The Ravens’ top decision-makers aren’t denying that an addition to the team’s wide receiver room could be made by the end of the NFL draft, which is set to take place in Cleveland from April 29 to May 1.

While they continue to do their due diligence on pass-catching prospects with the draft 10 days away, general manager Eric DeCosta remains bullish on the team’s current wideouts, even as many have soured on a group that was one of the least productive in the 2020 season.

When asked Monday during a virtual predraft news conference about the team’s lackluster history of drafting wide receivers — the Ravens have yet to select a player named to the Pro Bowl as a wideout — DeCosta said he was “aware that there’s some fan discontent with our wide receiver and our drafting and all that.”

“But, in general, I look at our record and how we win games and how we play football and I’m proud of the team,” he said. “I know coach [John Harbaugh] is proud, I know [director of player personnel] Joe [Hortiz] is proud. So, we’ve got some really good young receivers. It’s insulting to these guys when they hear that we don’t have any receivers. It’s quite insulting. I’m insulted by it, too, to be honest. So, I think we’ve got some guys that want to show everybody what they can do.”

Criticism of the Ravens’ passing game and their personnel, which finished last in receiving yards this past season, was rejuvenated after the team’s season-ending loss to the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round.

Willie Snead IV signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in the offseason and Dez Bryant is not expected to rejoin the Ravens, leaving the team with young returning players such as Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Miles Boykin, Devin Duvernay and James Proche II. The Ravens signed veteran wide receiver Sammy Watkins to a one-year deal worth up to $6 million but have remained linked to several receivers in first-round mock drafts, including LSU’s Terrace Marshall Jr. and Minnesota’s Rashod Bateman.

“I think we’ve had a lot of good receivers over the years that have won big games for us,” DeCosta said. “I know this, I think [quarterback] Lamar [Jackson] likes our receivers. I think our coaches like our receivers. I think the teammates, the guys on this team, like our receivers.”

Harbaugh responds to players skipping voluntary workouts: Days after Ravens players announced through the NFL Players Association that they were joining a list of teams whose players are skipping in-person, voluntary workouts this offseason, Harbaugh said he and his staff would work with whoever shows up to the team’s facility but reiterated his belief in the importance of the sessions.

When asked in March about the prospects of another offseason of virtual organized team activities, Harbaugh said it would be a “colossal mistake.”

“I’ve been on record saying that already. It’s football practice. It’s a team game,” he said Monday during the team’s predraft news conference. “It’s the ultimate team game. Since I’ve been in the league, in terms of the controversy about the whole thing, it’s been voluntary. We coach every guy that wants to be here. … I’m looking forward to it. When they get here, we’ll be coaching them.”

Players have cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the league’s success with virtual programs last offseason as their reasoning for passing on this year’s in-person sessions.

In a statement shared by the NFLPA, the league’s players union, the Ravens on Saturday announced: “Our team leaders have discussed with each other, with our teammates and with the NFLPA, and in solidarity with the other members of our union across the league, we have decided to exercise our [collective bargaining agreement] right not to attend in-person voluntary offseason workouts.”

Monday marked the first day of offseason programs and the NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams saying the first four weeks of the voluntary session will be virtual before transitioning to in-person work at team facilities. Harbaugh, speaking from the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, said players, including “non-rehab guys,” have been at the facility for the first day of organized team activities.

“We’re coaches. We coach. That’s what we’re preparing to do,” Harbaugh said. “We love our players and we love to teach. We work together with any player, every player that chooses to be here to help in every way we can individually, collectively, as a team, [to] help them build their games and achieve their goals, their dreams as football players.”

No update on possible Orlando Brown Jr. trade: With the NFL draft less than two weeks away, one of the biggest dominoes of the Ravens’ offseason has yet to fall and there is no indication it will soon.

When asked Monday about the potential for a trade involving offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. leading up to or on draft day, DeCosta was tight-lipped on any impending transaction.

“I really can’t answer that question,” he said. “I’m not going to talk about any ongoing discussions with Orlando or whatever that might be. There’s always a lot of moving parts in an offseason. We’re just getting ready for the draft and we’re basically just approaching this as, ‘How can we build the best possible team to play in September?’ ”

After Brown publicly announced his desire to exclusively play left tackle going forward, the Ravens reportedly granted Brown and his representatives permission to find a trade partner but any discussions have yet to materialize. Trading the 24-year-old would create an immediate void on the right side of the offensive line for a team that is also expected to target the interior positions in the draft.

DeCosta also declined to comment on an NFL Network report that free agent offensive lineman and former Pittsburgh Steeler Alejandro Villanueva was set to visit the team this week. He added that any prospective trade involving Brown would not impact the team’s attempt to target a tackle in the draft.

“We’ve talked about the importance of the offensive line,” DeCosta said. “That’s a constant. You play the type of football that we play, offensive line is always going to be a priority for us. And so we want to build the best offensive line we can in the short term, in the long term, looking out, making sure that we have adequate depth at every single spot. It doesn’t change our thinking very much. If there’s a really good player there, we’re going to pick him. That’s going to give us the best chance to win, it’s going to help our offense succeed and it’s going to make us a tough team to play against.”

Contract talks with Jackson ‘fluid’: DeCosta said that the team’s contract negotiations with Jackson are “ongoing,” and he indicated that he’s optimistic about hammering out a long-term deal.

Jackson, voted the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 2019, is entering the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, though the Ravens can exercise the fifth-year team option on his deal for 2022.

“That’s definitely a fluid thing,” DeCosta said of the negotiations at Monday’s predraft news conference. “Lamar and I have had discussions about that. I think it’s important to us and it’s important to him. I think Lamar is obviously a very patient guy. He wants to be the best he can be. He wants this team to be the best it can be, and he wants to win very badly, so we’re aligned that way.”

DeCosta said in March that the Ravens hadn’t “really gotten into the actual contract proposals,” and he did not address whether that had changed. But team officials have said they’re committed to signing Jackson to what would be a record-breaking extension for the franchise.

The market for quarterbacks has not cooled off over the past year. Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract, including $126 million guaranteed, while Houston Texans star Deshaun Watson signed a four-year, $156 million extension. Jackson’s deal could eclipse both in terms of annual value.

“I’m confident that we’ll continue to discuss this, and I think at some point, hopefully, we’ll have some good news for everybody,” DeCosta said Monday.

DeCosta — Players ‘have the right to make a decision’ about vaccination: The NFL wants team employees to get vaccinated, DeCosta said that it’s the “best thing” for his team, too.

But he also wants players to make the decision for themselves.

At the team’s predraft news conference Monday, DeCosta said that he, Harbaugh and Hortiz have all received the coronavirus vaccine. But he acknowledged that a “vaccination is a very personal thing.”

“I think, for me, it was the right thing to do,” DeCosta said. “Our players have the right to make a decision that they feel is best for them. There is a benefit to the club, having as many people vaccinated as possible. We believe it’s the best thing for our players and organization. But again, we support our players and their right to choose what they think is best for themselves. And we’ll pivot accordingly.”

The NFL wrote in a memo to teams last week that all nonplayer employees — known in the league as Tier 1 and Tier 2 employees — are expected to get vaccinated unless they have an underlying medical or religious reason for not doing so.

Tier 1 employees include coaches and athletic trainers, while Tier 2 employees include general managers, assistant coaches and football operations employees. According to the memo, any Tier 1 and Tier 2 employees who decline vaccinations without “bona fide medical or religious grounds” should have limited access to facilities and won’t be able to work with players directly or in close proximity.

While players are not yet required to get vaccinated, the NFL said it’s working with the NFL Players Association on a set of protocol changes that would apply to teams when vaccination levels reach a “certain threshold,” including relaxed physical-distancing and testing requirements.

The NFL is also encouraging teams to hold informational sessions for players, families and staff members to address any concerns about the vaccine.

“Educate your employees and communicate to them the work-related benefits of the vaccination,” the memo reads.

Associated Press contributed to this article.