“He’s a talented player. We understand the severity of what these allegations were, of course. But doing our due diligence, we are comfortable with Mike.”

Green was not made available to speak with local reporters after the Ravens drafted him Friday night. In recent years, the Ravens have routinely set up a Zoom or conference call shortly after almost all their draft picks are made. Green’s lone comments were a post on X shortly after the pick became official, “#RavensFlock Watch what I do for y’all.”

He did, however, address the allegations fairly transparently during the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis.

“There’s accusations out there. I’ve never been questioned,” Green said in February. “I’ve never been asked. Nobody ever asked me a question about what happened before I departed from Virginia. It was just accusations that caused me to leave.”

Green acknowledged that he would have no problem talking openly about it with teams during the predraft process. The Ravens brought him to Baltimore for a visit as part of their preparation before drafting him. They interviewed him at the combine as well.

Coach John Harbaugh said that the team’s due diligence before making this pick was “exhaustive.”

Baltimore made this pick while already under a microscope for an NFL investigation into Ravens kicker Justin Tucker.

At least 16 massage therapists from Baltimore-area spas accused the 35-year-old kicker of sexual misconduct, The Baltimore Banner reported earlier this year. Tucker has not been charged or faced any civil lawsuits as a result of the alleged incidents, which were reported to have taken place between 2012 and 2016.

Ravens brass said they will let the investigation play out before making any formal decisions.

In 2022, Harbaugh was asked about Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was suspended by the NFL for 11 games and fined $5 million in 2022 after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct during massage sessions. At the time, Harbaugh said, “Basically, we’re kind of zero tolerance. You have to know the truth, you have to try to understand the circumstances, but we’ve stayed away from that particular situation — when we draft players, when we sign them as free agents.”

DeCosta was asked about the team’s “zero-tolerance policy” at the combine in regards to how they may proceed with Tucker. “I think the biggest thing that we have to do is look at every single case differently,” DeCosta said at the time. “There are no absolutes. I think in this case, we’re still awaiting as much information as possible.”

After the allegations against Tucker surfaced, the Ravens stated that they do not have a defined, written zero-tolerance policy and added that each situation stands on its own and that actions are determined once the facts are known.

The mention of the Ravens and a zero-tolerance policy traces back more than a decade.

After the 2014 release of running back Ray Rice after a video emerged of him punching his then-fiancee and future wife in the face, team owner Steve Bisciotti was asked if the Ravens would have zero tolerance for domestic violence going forward. He said, “Some things are going to change. I give you my word. I think that’s pretty safe [to say].”

In 2015, during the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix, then-team president Dick Cass said specifically that Baltimore did not have a zero-tolerance policy, even after the release of three players that offseason following their arrests.

Then, during last year’s police investigation into Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers over an alleged domestic violence incident that was later suspended without any criminal charges, current team president Sashi Brown was asked about the team’s “zero-tolerance” policy.

“No change in terms of our philosophy and our approach,” Brown said in part during the league’s owners meeting in Orlando, Florida. “Very hard circumstances, always complicated for us, for the league that investigates it, for law enforcement.”

On the field, Green, at 6-foot-3, 248 pounds with a knack for bringing down the quarterback, blossomed into an All-American defensive lineman at Marshall, helping lead the Thundering Herd to a 10-win season culminating in a Sun Belt championship. During the Senior Bowl, he went viral for leveling eventual Washington Commanders first-round pick Josh Conerly Jr.

There was talk of the Ravens possibly drafting an edge rusher in the first round, so it’s no surprise that they capitalized early on Day 2.

Under pass rush coach Chuck Smith, Baltimore has been among the league leaders in sacks each of the past two seasons. But 34-year-old Kyle Van Noy and Odafe Oweh — both of whom broke out for career highs in sacks last year — as well as David Ojabo are all on expiring contracts in 2025. Tavius Robinson will be a free agent the year after.

DeCosta said last month that he felt this was one of the deeper positions in the draft. There were several edge rushers on their draft board who “we think could come in and compete to play right away,” DeCosta said last month, “or develop and become really good players, so that’s exciting for us.”

Green will benefit from strong mentorship in an impressive pass rush room. And Harbaugh said that he’s a guy who could arrive at rookie minicamp and make his mark immediately. Even if he’s not an immediate starter, Green figures to have high upside on the field despite arriving in Baltimore under a murky cloud of past allegations.

“I think the best is yet to come with him,” DeCosta said, “and I’m glad we got him.”

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