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Baltimore chose to bring in two veteran free agents ahead of the draft in John Brown and Ryan Grant. Brown, a speedster coming from Arizona, was given a modest one-year deal worth up to $6.5 million with incentives.

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Brown was signed as a speed option to address Baltimore's WR needs in 2018.

John Brown was brought in by the Ravens as a speedster from Arizona on a modest one-year deal worth up to $6.5 million with incentives in the 2018 offseason to address the team's wide receiver needs after the Jeremy Maclin signing did not pan out the season prior.