Top Ravens officials will descend on Indianapolis next week for the NFL Scouting Combine, and invariably, players will begin to soar or sink on various mock draft boards based on how they perform in what some have dubbed “the underwear Olympics.”
Throughout the course of four days beginning Thursday, Feb. 27, 337 of the top NFL hopefuls will be examined, timed and observed under the watchful eyes of coaches and team talent evaluators, breathless NFL Network commentators and fans.
But as the Ravens illustrated two years ago, you can’t always believe what you see.
In 2018, the Ravens performed a bit of orchestrated subterfuge, deliberately showing no interest in Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Lamar Jackson, knowing all along they had intense interest in him.
