The Ravens have acquired 25-year old cornerback Josh Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional 5th round pick.  Wilson played in 12 games (all starts) for the Seahawks last season and he had 45 tackles, 1 sack, 13 passes defensed and he had 2 interceptions which he returned for TDs (126 combined yards).  He played in 40 games (24 starts) in his three years with the Seahawks and he had 130 tackles, 2 sacks, 22 passes defensed and 6 INTs (261 return yards, 3 TDs).  This was another outstanding trade Ravens’ GM Ozzie Newsome as I wouldn’t be surprised to see Wilson starting at some point in 2010.

The Ravens have traded 28-year old QB John Beck to the Redskins for 24-year old cornerback Doug Dutch.  Dutch didn’t get into any games for the Redskins last season spending most of his rookie year on the practice squad.  Beck didn’t get into any games in his time with the Ravens and he was expendable the minute they signed Marc Bulger to back up Joe Flacco.

The Ravens have acquired 29-year old WR Anquan Boldin and a 5th round pick in this year’s draft from the Cardinals for a 3rd and 4th round pick in next month’s draft.  Boldin played in 15 games for the Cardinals last season and he caught 84 passes for 1,024 yards (12.2 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  He also carried the ball 3 times for 12 yards (4.0 ypc) last season.  Boldin has now played in 95 games in his NFL career and he has caught 586 passes for 7,520 yards (12.8 avg) with 44 TD grabs.  Boldin has also carried the ball 36 times for 209 yards (5.8 ypc) with 1 TD run.  This was a outstanding move for the Ravens as they have gotten themselves a true #1 type receiver.  They know that because they quickly signed him to a shiny new 4-year, $28 million dollar deal.

The Ravens have traded 25-year old OLB Prescott Burgess to the Patriots for a conditional 7th round draft pick.  Burgess played in both games for the Ravens last season and he has 2 tackles.  He played 3 years for the Ravens appearing in 10 games and making a whopping six tackles.  This will likely turn out to be a good trade for both teams.

I don’t see any scenario where I think the Ravens will win more than seven games.  I would bet the ranch on the under as rookie QB Joe Flacco is being thrown into the fire without much support on offense.  The Ravens’ once great defense is starting to get long in tooth and could start falling apart at any time now.  Next April the Ravens will be drafting very, very high!