Terp Talk – Maryland Sports

Finally Here! We are hours from the draft and most of us can’t wait until it gets here–select a player already!  The analysts have been changing their predictions form week to week. Still, it leaves us with no sense of who the team will select.  Most experts are staying with Cornerback, Defensive tackle and Tight End for the Ravens, while some select the Wide receiver from Georgia Tech, Demaryius Thomas.  Reports indicate the team may lean towards trading down or trading a player to obtain more picks.  Trade for Picks? A Real Possibility The fact is the team would like more picks to add depth, there are some holes to fill.  So trading down is a possibility in this draft, while the other real option is to trade a player and much speculation has focused on Jared Gaither.  Gaither is a possibility but not the only player that the team could consider moving.  You would have to think Willis McGahee and Troy Smith would be prime candidates for finding trading partners as well.  Note that running back Toby Gerhart was scheduled for a workout with the Ravens

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