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Can we officially start talking about Yanda making a trip to Canton? This guy played over half the season on basically one arm and not only played at an all-pro level at right guard, but he did the same darn thing at left guard. I don't think you can overstate just how difficult that is to pull off. There is going to be one Jonathan Ogden sized hole in our line whenever he decides to hang it up. I can't help but get a little upset every time I think about all the potential years we could have had Yanda and KO mauling people together. Oh well, you can't afford what you can't afford. Congrats Marshal!

Frankly, he's just 1) bummed out that people all calling him out for playing so badly in the playoffs and 2) "hurt" from getting beat so badly Sunday. He wants sympathy and people to beg him to come back. As many others have said: drama queen.

He is WALKING away from the game. I would suggest he is amazingly over the top lucky.

Why not have Perriman watch all of Julio Jones' games and Flacco watch all of Brady's games too then??

I'm more of a trade down guy honestly. I know it sounds nice to go and get «your guy» but it's just not worth it imo. I mean we are one C, pass rusher and CB from being elite. This class is so good at either position, it's now or never. We could walk away with a younger and very complete roster, after 3 years of rebuilding. I know it would be nice and all to have a «special» player but there's a difference between being audacious and impatient and in this precise draft class it would mean the latter to trade the house for one guy.

Can we sign him just so i can laugh every time his name is called?

Well, actually, it does cut it. Look at the history of the NFL and tell me the team that is consistently good all the time. I mean literally pick anybody. We say that the Patriots are good all the time. Yet, for about the first almost 30 years of their existence as a franchise, they weren't that relevant at all. No SB appearances for the first 31 years in the NFL, and only two Conference Championship appearances in their first 26 years in the NFL. Stop and think about that for a second... how would you like to have a franchise that didn't play in a SB for 30 years straight? You guys freak out over 3 years. Most of you would have jumped ship after like year 10. Same thing with the Steelers. Viewed as this great, consistent, historic franchise who has the most SBs. Yet, they had a 26 year gap between SB appearances (never played in one in the 80s or 90s), and had only one Championship Game appearance in that same period. One Conference title game over 26 years. Can you imagine how you would react if that happened to a modern day team? Again, you'd have jumped ship long ago. Its called perspective. The best of the best franchises over the course of time win a Lombardi maybe once every 8-10 years, and literally all of them have 5-10 year stretches at least where they are largely irrelevant in the league.

Prior to now, Ryan has been no different than Dalton, all about the regular season.

Id argue that Dixon absolutely has the potential to be one of the best running backs in the league.

Yep, and while Ryan has been working on getting better, Flacco has already won a Super Bowl. Seriously, if we can be patient this long with #2 pick Ryan, I think we can still hold out hope for Flacco for a bit longer.

now or never for perriman and maxx i suppose.

Daeshon Hall apparently doing well, sort of gets forgotten since he played opposite Garrett

Wait... Matt Ryan is carrying the Falcons?? Hes got Julio Jones, a good OL (Mack has made all the difference in the world), the best 1-2 punch at RB in the league, and a much improved defense with Beasley one of the best young pass rushers in the league, Neal a playmaking safety, a legit CB1, etc... I fathom Joe could "carry" Julio Jones, those RBs and a stout OL too...

Ko was almost certain to get us a 3rd on contract alone, pro bowl nod and all pro status should seal the deal

I'd be very surprised if KO isn't a 3rd at this point. He signed a big contract, played 15/16 games, earned a Pro Bowl nod, and earned an All-Pro nod. There's no limit to the number of picks given out per round. KO should officially be in that upper realm.

I'd be upset with taking cook, honestly. I think cook is an incredible prospect, I love his style of play being powerful enough to hit all holes and stay on his feet after contact but having breakaway speed and great elusiveness. I just wouldn't be happy taking a rb in the first. Hell I'd rather trade back and take feeney and then hope to land pocic and run with Dixon who I think has top 5 potential. Dixon and cook are incredibly similar backs anyway so it's not like we'd be adding diversity to our backfield with him.

That it might be time to stop writing off QBs before they either totally self-destruct or finish their careers? That ranting to trade Flacco or draft his replacement might be premature?

Forgot to post this but the compounding problem is that the Steelers would never even consider picking up Ozzie's call LOL

He's just dramatizing, like he usually does. Just like he hurt his shoulder foot ankle a couple weeks ago. He'll be out there and, if he's not: welcome to the division, Landry Jones!

Zutah and Dalton made the pro bowl, complete joke.

Poor Cleveland.... On the other hand they did a great job helping the Falcons and Patriots reach the Super Bowl.

Playoff Joe > Playoff Ben (WHO HAS ANTONIO BROWN, no excuses)

Thats my stance on it... see if you can extend him an additional 2 years, so 3 total - and try to even out the cap hit in the $5m range. It'd be great in theory, but after the production he put up he may think he can make a lot more in the open market and take a hard stance... pay me the $8m or decline the option and let me hit FA. In that case I would hope the rest of the NFL has wised up and will view his years in Miami and Minnesota as closer to what they'd be paying for than this one year in Baltimore.

Hey, at least we're the only team to beat NE at their home when they were leading at half-time, and the only team to beat them at their home in the AFC title game. Let's be honest here, we're a spoiled rotten fan-base. I get that NE and Pitt are as well, but the fact that we were the only ones to do that, c'mon man, no one can take that away from us. Makes me so proud of this franchise. I love this team so damn much man.

Yup, nothing on the Chiefs says they can win in foxborough. Nothing tells me Alex Smith can play as well as Flacco did in 2011, 2012, and 2014 and while I like their defense, they won't score enough points.

Versatility is key. It is much easier to ask a college corner, especially one that was used in a more zone based scheme to play as a safety then it is to ask a college safety, such as Elam, to come down and play the slot. King has top-tier ball skills, instincts and is a great tackler. Plus, he is also very physical so we continue to build on our Ravens culture.

if im honest, and this might not be popular, but i dont want dalvin cook because of the off field issues - id 100% back this front office if they wanted no part in him because of the DV case (even if he was found not guilty)

Let's just say, a superstar WR like him would be out of our price range.

Tomlin says it isn't the first time Ben has mentioned retirement. Pittsburgh beat reporters think it is a public expression of discontent about something or other - they're not sure. One thing is for certain, Ben loves being the center of attention and will create drama to do it.

Matt has been on some very good teams...he got the brakes beat off of him during big games in the playoffs.

Great Scott!

Doesn't have to be a starter. But I think he'll still be in the mix. Doesn't really matter who starts and who doesn't. I'm just hoping Maxx is ready so we can have a solid TE rotation. Rather than Pitta be out there 95% of the game.

In theory, the other one is just for our own free agents and this one is for who we should target in free agency. In practice, the lines got blurred but it's too far gone to sort it out now.

Playoff Ben was at it again, 3TDs 4INTs. Ben sucks

I see a lot of Cheetahs fans are already going down that road, pointing to Goodell attending the NFCCG and not being at Foxboro. I'm picking the Falcons for this one - like Denver's defence last year their offence is just too stacked and playing too well. How Belicheat prepares for Shanahan's WCO system will be the big factor imo. Teams either seem to have mastered the art of stopping it (and often do REALLY well against it as the AFCS teams did against us in 2014, for example) or they haven't. Granted they did really well against Gary Kubiak's Texans but I think these Falcons are better than we were in 2014 and we were able to move the ball around quite well in Foxboro. Time to buy a Julio Jones jersey and hope for the best.

he's sneakily becoming a bit of a game manager

He was pretty bad down the stretch and it continued into the playoffs.

It's always worth beating a divisional rival. Always. Especially when you knock them out of playoff contention too. Would you give up one of the wins against Pitt from last year?

WAY more than that if you're a mod.

Hrmf, still a road game for us. One less home game for JAX sounds more accurate.

Ahem...........cough. Favre. cough

Big Ben is actually a pretty nice guy. He's had a lot of concussions and im sure that's playing into his decision. Nice guy???? I wonder if all the women that he assaulted would agree with that statement.

He's not gonna give up that money and have to pay the team back part of the signing bonus received. As well, don't be fooled by his interest in not getting injured. The guy rides without a helmet.

i wish the media would've noticed him a looooong time ago. pretty much elite his whole career

HA !!!!!!!! According to many people here, we can just cut Joe Flacco and there will be a line of AMAZING quarterbacks just waiting to fill his spot. Neither Tom nor Ben are going anywhere any time soon. Reality.

Yes, both.

Dane Brugler is dead set on the Ravens taking Cook in the first. The latest Bleacher Report mock has us getting Mike Williams.

I think jones only trails Lattimore in pure skill and potential. He is already very well refined coming in. His ball skills also helps our turnover ratio too

I'll be honest... I didn't understand a word you wrote here.

There will no excuses in losing to teams we should beat. Biscotii is probably grinding his teeth at the thought the we lost to the Redskins at home, and to the Jets at New York, both are games we should have won. Maybe losing to the Redskins has some meaning considering the replacement at OC, but Trestman's days were numbered anyways. If you can't pull out the win vs Washington than beat the Bengals week 17 and make the postseason. I think this season will be a no-excuse season for Harbaugh unless we have another injury plagued year.