With the 25th Pick in the 2010 Stampede Blue Community Mock Draft, the Baltimore Ravens select...

by mgrex03 on Mar 27, 2010 12:00 PM EDT in Community Mock Draft

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Jermaine Gresham, TE - Oklahoma

Pick made by SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs:

The Ravens were anemic at WR coming out of the season. Since then, they resigned [WR Derrick] Mason and traded a third and fourth round pick for Anquan Boldin (Jerry Jones is still ticked off) and a fifth round pick! They need help on the defensive line - some of which will come with the signing of Corey Redding. And they need help at CB. However, Brian Price, Carlos Dunlap, Devin McCourty seem to be a reach here.

This pick is pretty much BPA. It also happens to give the Ravens the dynamite TE they need. This one pick will really round out their offense and give [QB Joe] Flacco another weapon to rely on and that should allow Flacco to continue to grow. He has good height and decent strength which should increase. He will probably be able to add some weight without slowing or hindering his ability. The one major concern is that he is coming off of an injury.

How will he impact the 2010 Ravens?

Gresham should be able to start immediately and he has a good TE to learn from [Todd Heap]. Maybe not as fast at [Dallas] Clark or [Antonio] Gates, he can run people over and will be a great target for Flacco in the middle and can add some edge blocking for [RB Ray] Rice. Flacco had a couple of BAD games last year - a sure target in the middle is just what the coaches ordered!

Again, this is a bit of a luxury pick for Baltimore, but it will increase the efficiency of their offense and cause Safeties to play the TE instead of just dropping back. He could have an amazing rookie year.

If Gresham is taken #25 by the Ravens, he would be the 1st TE taken in the first round by the Ravens since 2001, when they selected Todd Heap #31 overall. He would also be the first TE taken in the 1st round from Oklahoma since 1988, when Keith Jackson was taken #13 overall by the Eagles.

Gresham's Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft

The Cardinals, and NYKings, are on the clock...

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	St. Louis	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	TouchdownColts
2	Detroit	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma St.	coltsfan723
3	Tampa Bay	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	TheAngelsColts
4	Washington	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Colts Homer
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	sanders_fan89
6	Seattle	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	shake n bake
7	Cleveland	Earl Thomas	S	Texas	2ndBlueGeneration
8	Oakland	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland	LovinBlue
9	Buffalo	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa	Cassieper
10	Jacksonville	Rolando McClain	LB	Alabama	peytonsthebest
11	Denver	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech	JPBarnett
12	Miami	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma St.	fpacheco
13	San Francisco	Joe Haden	CB	Florida	BlueVol03
14	Seattle	Charles Brown	OT	USC	shake n bake
15	N.Y. Giants	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson	gizzardfanny
16	Tennessee	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida	Addai Another Day
17	San Francisco	Mike Iupati	G	Idaho	BlueVol03
18	Pittsburgh	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise St.	LV Steelers Fan
19	Atlanta	Brandon Graham	DE	Michigan	fiftycal2004
20	Houston	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee	Aerostar193
21	Cincinnati	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri	FineClub
22	New England	Jared Odrick	DE	Penn State	skywalker
23	Green Bay	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma	bracketismyboy
24	Philadelphia	Jerry Hughes	OLB	TCU	TehRhino
25	Baltimore	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
26	Arizona				NYKings
27	Dallas				jules62
28	San Diego				chad72
29	N.Y. Jets				diagenesis
30	Minnesota				DClark#44
31	Indianapolis				mgrex03
32	New Orleans				palco

Poll

How do you feel about pick #25?

Correct pick. Ravens in good position to take BPA.

62 votes

OK Pick, but could have gotten more value elsewhere.

22 votes

OK Pick, but other positions could have higher need.

24 votes

Wrong Pick. Others positions definitely needed first.

16 votes

124 votes | Poll has closed

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I agree with the pick

I disagree with the notion that this was a BPA pick.

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by Colts Homer on Mar 27, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

Same here.

They could use a TE. This is very much need too.

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Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Butler University is (finally) in the Final Four for the first time in school history. While I knew that they could do it, I am still stunned. Only need 2 more wins to finish the job! Go Butler!

by Cassieper on Mar 29, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Brown, Weatherspoon, Iupati, Williams, and Gresham won’t be available at the Colts pick. This should be interesting. I smell a corner coming.

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by KingRichard on Mar 27, 2010 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

Some other team might pick the corner we want.

"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi

by gizzardfanny on Mar 27, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions