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2019 NFL Draft: Full Round 1 mock with trades, April Fools’ version

By Peter Panacy

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands at the podium during a moment of silence for the victims and those others affected by the Bombing at the Boston Marathon in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 25, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands at the podium during a moment of silence for the victims and those others affected by the Bombing at the Boston Marathon in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 25, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 03: Defensive lineman Montez Sweat of Mississippi State works out during day four of the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 3, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 03: Defensive lineman Montez Sweat of Mississippi State works out during day four of the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 3, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

. EDGE. Mississippi State. Montez Sweat. 22. player. 26

Wide receiver is also a position of need for the Baltimore Ravens, as they look to surround second-year quarterback Lamar Jackson with more weapons.

But after watching pass-rushers Terrell Suggs and Za’Darius Smith depart in free agency, one has to think the Ravens go back to their roots and focus highly on the defense. Especially the pass rush.

Fortunately, if one wants to put it that way, Baltimore can take advantage of Mississippi State EDGE Montez Sweat’s likely fall from a top-10 prospect in the NFL Draft. This, because of Sweat’s reported heart condition revealed at the NFL Scouting Combine — an event he still impressed in anyway:

Medical reports like this are hard to gauge, of course. Case in point, Michigan defensive lineman Maurice Hurst dropped from a shoo-in Round 1 selection all the way to the Raiders in the fifth round.

Sweat likely won’t drop that far. So the Ravens getting him in the latter stages of the first round would be an absolute boost with tremendous value.

Some risk, too. But it would be worthwhile.