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Watch Ravens first-rounder Breshad Perriman hang up on John Harbaugh

Watch Ravens first-rounder Breshad Perriman hang up on John Harbaugh

The biggest knock on Breshad Perriman in college was dropping passes. But his first foul as an NFL draft pick was a dropped phone call.

The first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens has a chance to be an impact player right away, filling the deep-threat role of Torrey Smith, who left for the San Francisco 49ers via free agency.

But Perriman needs to earn some trust first, and he got off to an inauspicious start with his new team. He had just jumped on the phone with the man who called in the pick, GM Ozzie Newsome, and then his new head coach, John Harbaugh, when Perriman suffered his first drop of his pro career.

"Hey, congratulations!" Harbaugh said to his new receiver, apparently hearing nada on the other end. "Breshad? We got hung up on."

It could have been anything, but the Ravens — and certainly Joe Flacco — wants this to be the last "bad connection" excuse with his speedy new pass catcher.

After Harbaugh gets Perriman back on the line, the coach quipped: "I don't want this to be a habit or anything."

Funny stuff.

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!