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4 hours ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

Just weird how your inability to spell just randomly turns on and off. One sentence can spell demolition, complexity, immensely, hoard, requirements, etc...

But then the next cant spell draft or there. 

 

And, show the teams that consistently draft better than the Ravens. Show us the draft hauls.... who they picked and where.

Recently I've enjoyed how Mr. large blocks of unreadable text doesn't get quoted.

Take the field goals.

2 hours ago, Somerset Ravens said:

Do you know why we never get a response when we send a communication through contact us?

Because we are but a small population that is already forgotten

7 hours ago, ravensdfan said:

I certainly feel for his family especially for his young daughter but if you expect me to feel sympathy or sorry that one more scumbag isn't walking around, sorry, I don't.

That's fine. And I'm biased because I have friends who knew him and the family. The people on social media who rejoice are going a bit far imo.

Not to insult anyone's character but I think it's terrible to find any joy in this. As deserving as he was of any sentence he received, he had family who got this news too. Some of which I know were good people. No need celebrate or joke at this is all I'm saying.

59 minutes ago, Purple&Black#20 said:

Hue Jackson is the Cleveland Browns Coach and feels he can get the most out any quarterback. That's why I say cleveland would probably do it. 

Well there's an opinion. #1 and #12 (I think) for a guy we should bail on. To a team in the same division. But they will probably do it cuz Hue Jackson and Browns.

3 hours ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

if you look at what Zuttah did well, and where he struggled its an exact mirror of where the offense struggled.

The running game will not be what we want with a guy like Zuttah at Center. Big tackles just push him back, and the RBs consistently have to break tackles in the back field for positive gains. He's only effective run blocking on pulls or in space -- both of which we're going away from (stretch zone). 

And, bigger penetrating DT's knock him into Joe's lap. Joe is pretty decent at avoiding pressure off the edges at this point in his career. Where i think he struggles most is when he cant step forward ( or is forced to step backward) when he wants to throw. Leads to throwing off the back foot and fading away which leads to picks. Its also the quickest way to put pressure on the QB.

 

I'd take a lesser athlete, and less technically proficient player for someone that can bully people in the run game. We prob arent going to be doing much of having our center out in space so Zuttahs strengths become null and void -- and his weakness become highlighted.

We just need someone who can bully big guys in the run game, and anchor down/hold their own in the passing game. Playing next to Yanda makes any Center look better, so i think Zuttahs play got a little artificial bump based on that.

Neither Zuttah or Mangold would be a long term option. Mangold at least fits the type of blocker we want in the middle, and has the experience and leadership to make the whole line better even if hes not individually head and shoulders above Zuttah.

Even if we dont go after Mangold, getting rid of Zuttah could be addition by subtraction, and we already have Jensen and Skura who i like as potential internal options.

 

The FO has a plan. They arent just cutting guys willy nilly out here. Hes gone for a reason. We'll find that reason out soon. But i can guarantee everyone, what we see as 2 holes on the OL wont appear that way by the time TC rolls around.

Thank you for that explanation, very informative. So cutting Zuttah makes sense to me.  As far as Mangold, my guess is that we look elsewhere if our options in house have potential to step up.  Our cap space is probably pretty thin by now.

56 minutes ago, purpletide said:

I hope so... need to pick guys up before someone else gets to them.

I see this as a popular suggestion, but I don't really get it. Zuttah was at least average last year and Mangold is aging and coming off an injured year. To me this is a high risk low reward situation, given that Zuttah has been serviceable.

4 hours ago, Tank 92 said:

 

HaHa!!!!  Priceless....... I can see Billy leaving the field jumping up and down screaming at the official.

And he got a $50K fine for making contact with the ref. That was the cherry on top.

Much appreciated. I think I've already registered but thank you for keeping me in the loop.

1 hour ago, ellicottraven said:

Absolutely agree with you! Now see in lieu of eliminating the boards entirely why don't they look at canning Mink and saving some money? 

Hey now, no need to demand for the man's job even if you don't like him. The cost of running this forum is negligible compared to his salary I'm sure.

Since I see others doing the same I'll also get on board.

There is NO CHANCE I will be using this site at all once the forum goes down. And Twitter and Facebook will NOT be my relocation for conversation regarding Ravens football. 

I feel this forum gave us, the fans, a good reputation for other teams looking to know about us.  I found this place by typing in "ravens forum" on Google. Later on, I did the same for other teams like Steelers and Patriots and I've always felt that by comparison we have it pretty good here if you want some intelligent conversation. Granted the other team sites are/were probably not hosted by the teams' front office. I'm worried that we could find ourselves in a similar situation. I take pride in what we have here. Please reconsider, I would also be willing to donate to keep this going.

Boo.  Oh well I guess.

Thanks mods for the times you've helped me with my account and the questions I've pestered you with.  I'm sure you've offered the same support to many others.

Thanks to the many who have helped educate me on many subjects even if I may not have directly replied.  I can honestly say I understand much more about the team I support and the NFL in general thanks to the many intelligent people on here.

On 3/7/2017 at 5:49 PM, JoeyFlex5 said:

Oh my god... you can't be serious. Dead cap applies to trades the same way it applies to cuts. 

As per the comprehensuv plan, it is possible. We convince a team to take Joe and most of said 40+ million dead cap, while in return they give us multiple 1st rounders.  Read the spec.

/more sarcasm

7 hours ago, RayRayRaven said:

well t hat was supposed to be 5-11 r 2015 record but my keybord stuck and sticks besides it sure seemed like 5-16 didn't it?

Not that digging deeper is helping, but I'll shoot. How does your "6" key stick when up to that point you hadn't used it once in that post?

1 hour ago, usmccharles said:

Sad this is, until you made it clear that it was sarcasm, I wasn't sure.  That's how some people actually think here.  At least your post made sense. 

I know what you mean.  It's a path I'd only enjoy seeing another team attempt 

13 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

It is as bad as we're "making it out to be" and the numbers have been laid out to prove it. There is no judgement call here, it is black and white, carved in stone, 100% factual and not up for debate, the numbers are indisputable. The salary cap is X, the ravens current cap space is Y, cutting flacco costs Z in cap space. If Y+Z is greater than X then you have a problem, in this case Y+Z is so much greater than X that it literally breaks the franchise. 

What are you not getting?

Why not just cut a number of additional players so we can cut the Flacco? We can make X more than Y+Z if we try! Don't worry about signing draft picks this year, we can trade them all away to other teams for picks in the 2019 draft, and (like in Madden) we can get more value for those future picks (example: 2017 1st for a 2019 1st and 2nd). We would literally be golden by 2019!

Not like there's any chance we whiff on multiple quarterbacks with that plan. Or that the fan base would lose faith in the franchise who is legitimately without a doubt tanking for 2 years straight. In fact, it's completely sane to think people who work to keep this team afloat would agree if we drew this up and lay it down in front of them they would say "hell yes! Sign me up and put my name on that!" /end sarcasm

"ima type sum nan sense nd cee if day act smert four my lulz"

Whole lot of that going on in here. Slightly funny though. We know they can't be serious right?

I find it shameful that even in the superbowl, they play those stupid overtime rules that potentially (and in this case, did) remove the better half of one team to decide the outcome. I'm talking of course about the Falcons offense. How is that fair?  It's fair, only knowing it could have just as likely gone the other way. Funny, I recall some stats that the Patriots are super lucky at coin tosses.

With my least favorite team that loves to cheat winning yet again, and off of rules I've hated for years no less, I feel more and more like my emotional attachments to the NFL are wasted. Cheaters can and will win.  They can also use your calling out of their shady ways as "fuel" that drives them apparently.  And then they won't even retire once they reach "GOAT" status.  

Sigh...Rant over. Go Ravens.

28 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

I think people quickly forget Joe only managed to lead the Ravens to 6 points in the second half of the Super Bowl and that the Ravens once led 28-6. In many ways, this was the Ravens Super Bowl without the magical stop at the end.

I noticed the same thing! When the Falcons got their pick six to start the second half, I almost expected a power outage lol.

Edit: or was it late 1st half?

6 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

Yeah, let's throw the ball away and stop the clock. Not like Brady has made a fourth quarter comeback or two. 

That sack was the moment I knew the Patriots wold win. I'm sorry, but adding another possession onto the score should have been priority.

He will be missed as a player but it truly is great that they found this. It sounds like he's been dodging a potentially horrific injury for many years.

Fire Morty if Kubiak wants the job. Fire Pees if Rex wants the job. That's it.  

Keep us in front defense!

3 minutes ago, Tru11 said:

the C and T are miles apart.

Somehow I make errors like that all the time. And realize them only after send is pressed.