Ex Cowboys CB Stephon Gilmore 'Best Fit' for Ravens?

As the NFL reaches more than a week since the beginning of free agency, the biggest names to hit the open market are gone. But there are still plenty of players with lots of talent that help a roster make a deep playoff run.

And the Baltimore Ravens are one of those teams that still need to add talent.

ESPN's Bill Barnwell put together the best team fits for some of the best remaining free agent players and a notable former Dallas Cowboys corner made the list.

Stephon Gilmore, CB

2023 team: Dallas Cowboys

Barnwell says Gilmore is still available because of some poor decision-making in 2023, most notably in the Divisional Round playoff matchup against the Green Bay Packers.

"Gilmore is still a capable man cornerback, but the Cowboys kept him on one side of the field, so he wasn't often traveling with the opposing team's best wide receiver. He allowed an 82.4 passer rating in coverage, which was solid, but he was one of many players who had a rough day in the season-ending blowout loss to the Packers. He conspicuously tried to gamble and cut a crossing route, leaving the man he had been defending -- Romeo Doubs -- open for a huge gain. Gilmore has great instincts, but it's never good when a corner guesses wrong on a huge stage."

Barnwell notes that while he's not necessarily a shutdown corner like he was in his younger days, he's not being paid to be either. He's missed just one game due to injury over the past two seasons with Dallas and Indianapolis and even played through a dislocated shoulder in the playoff loss to the Packers.

Per Barnwell, the best fit for Gilmore isn't a return to Dallas, but it's a trip to the East Coast with the Ravens.

"Cornerback was a roller coaster for the Ravens last season because of injuries. Marlon Humphrey was in and out of the lineup with various ailments, and Rock Ya-Sin got hurt in the summer and never got back his full-time job. Baltimore turned to veterans such as Ronald Darby and Arthur Maulet with surprisingly impressive results, while the organization aborted the plan to move Brandon Stephens to safety and kept him at cornerback."

Darby has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, leaving the room thin at corner, and the signing of Gilmore would lock down at least one side of the field for the Ravens. But timing is everything, and if they sign Gilmore before June 1, they lose one of their four compensatory picks.