Ravens Tipped to Draft ‘Ultra Explosive’ Target for Lamar Jackson

Ravens Tipped to Draft ‘Ultra Explosive’ Target for Lamar Jackson

hatever happens to Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in this season’s playoffs, the star quarterback can count on having “another weapon” to throw

to next season. A new addition to Jackson’s wide receiver corps will come via the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, according to NFL Network’s Daniel

Jeremiah, who sends Oregon’s Troy Franklin to Baltimore with the 32nd pick.

Jeremiah believes the Ravens drafting Franklin would be a way of “further strengthening an underrated receiver room.” Jackson’s wide receiver room has

gone from suspect to underrated largely because the Ravens used a first-round draft pick at the position in 2023.

That selection yielded Zay Flowers, who has become Jackson’s go-to target during a prolific rookie season. Adding Franklin alongside Flowers would ensure

Jackson gets to work with one of the more dynamic supporting casts in the league for the next decade.

A Flowers and Franklin partnership would also ease the pressure on the Ravens to decide the futures of veteran wideouts Odell Beckham Jr. and Nelson

Agholor. Both are pending free agents.

Lamar Jackson Would Thank Ravens for Another 1st-Round WR

Jackson’s enjoyed an MVP-caliber season because he’s been throwing to better receivers. Beckham, Agholor and Flowers have all made a difference.

The arrival of OBJ made headlines last offseason, but the 31-year-old is enjoying life with the Ravens and has lived up to at least some of the hype. Beckham

snagged just 35 catches during the regular season, but he averaged 16.1 yards per grab and produced 27 first downs, per Pro Football Reference.

There’s good reason for the Ravens to bring Beckham back for a second season at M&T Bank Stadium. The same is also true of Agholor, who has snagged

four of Jackson’s 24 touchdown passes, including this one against the San Francisco 49ers on Christmas Day.

 

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