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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 a modest one-year speedster addition in 2018.

John Brown was brought in as a veteran free agent speedster from Arizona in the 2018 offseason to address the Ravens' wide receiver needs; he was given a modest one-year deal worth up to $6.5 million with incentives, in contrast to the more expensive Ryan Grant signing.