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    1 minute ago, A Fish Called Yanda said:

    Defense wins championships. 

    Defense wins championships.

    Defense wins championships.

     

    Gonna keep telling myself that

    Not as much anymore. New rules. And not with Pees 4th quarter D here either. This draft already is bad and we didn't even get to pick yet lol

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    7 hours ago, mg90 said:

    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.

    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.

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  17. Posted · Edited by ravensdfan · Report post

    12 hours ago, allblackraven said:

    I have a strong feeling the truth is somewhere in between our resident pessimist and resident optimist

    You're most likely correct, maybe. But, for perhaps the last time we'll be able to do so, if you go back to all the other FA/Draft threads over the years, it is always the same.

    The offense is fine, just get a C, RT, LT (those are usually the top 3) We're fine with WR X,Y, & Z. Then you know, we aren't.

    We are coming off perhaps our worst year offensively and we do not have 9 "new" pieces lol That simply is not fact. In the limited playing time they've had, they certainly have not proven themselves to be the answer. We don't have Dixon for 4 games (1/4 of the season). Perriman has not shown me anything that says he is a #1 WR. This gets pointed out every year and when push comes to shove, the offense gets all the blame and no love when it matters.

    All I'm saying is my pessimism is based off of what actually has happened since 2012. I have seen no evidence to support the optimism in that time.

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  18. Posted · Edited by ravensdfan · Report post

    2 hours ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

    I get everyone's upset that we haven't added on the offense... but I haven't heard any decent suggestions for what they should've done. 

    Every tackle on the market got absurdly over paid.... plus there's still time. 

    There were no good options at C other than Tretter and Mangold. Weren't gonna out pay the Browns for Tretter and Mangolds still available. 

    So im assuming everyone wanted a WR. I did too... but Garcon went for the money and Marshall wanted to stay in NY. We couldn't pay $14m for 1 yr of Alshon. Pryors maybe the one you say, ok, $8m isn't bad but he was only taking a 1yr deal since he didn't get offered the $10m+ he wanted. 

    So either he busts and you wasted $8m or he plays really well and gets paid next year by someone else who can afford $10m+/yr. 

     

    so instead of throwing huge money at 1 yr band aids they used the money to invest in guys that'll be here long term for an elite defense. 

    Itd be cool for one year but then next year we'd have the same hole at WR, and we'd have another hole at either S, NT or CB. 

     

    OL is the priority on offense. No point in doing anything with weapons until we get that right. 

    What good is a great RB if we can't block for him? What good are shiny expensive WR's if Joe's on his back in less than 3 seconds??

     

    And I think they're expecting Perriman to become a legit #1 where then Wallace is a high end #2. If that's the case we're talking about a #3 WR vs plugging in a franchise S or DT. 

    Dixon showed flashes of being a very good lead RB. And we've got TEs crawling out our rear end. 

     

    So OL is really the only legit complaint imo. And I'd love to hear what we should've done there. Zuttah and Wagner do not fit the identity of where this OL is going and no one else was in our price range or an upgrade on what we've got. 

    Theres still time, but the offense will be vastly improved just by showing a commitment to the run game. 

    Here's the thing though - this draft doesn't seem offense heavy as far as plug N play prospects. I'm pretty tired of a #1 WR that would be a #3 on any other team and a #2 that was a #1 back in the day but would probably wind up #4 on any other team as well. Not to mention, Ozzie seemed to indicate they were leaning defense heavy come draft time. Just not seeing how the offense is going to get any love and they were pretty dismal last season. This is precisely the reason why the offense is mediocre season after season after season IMO. It is an after thought to this FO. Outside of Flacco, when have we thrown any even semi-big money at an offensive player? Okay guess Pitta as well. We sent Boldin packing to save what was it? $5M? It's like they don't even care.

    I'm a defensive fan. I love some great hard hitting defense but the rules are made for the offense and the days of living off your defense have come and gone. If your offense can't fire it up, you aren't going to be successful.

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    6 hours ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

    Retained Marty, re-focusing on building the run game, brought in new OL coach and Greg Roman, cut Zuttah, picked up wallace's option, signed Woodhead.

    Upgrade Center and i think we're ready to roll. 

     

    Gotta think about this too -- we've recently invested top picks at WR, TE, and LT... with other picks at TE, WR, and G. I think they're expecting return on those investments now... Perriman to pick up the slack of SSS retiring, Maxx Williams/Boyle/Gillmore to give us vertical field stretching, and Camp, Moore or Reynolds to step up and give us a decent #3/4 WR.

    Dixon once returning will be expected to shoulder the load at RB.

     

    I think C and maybe RT are the only spots where you could really question what are we doing. But we just made a bunch of cap clearing moves with no spend. So i imagine somethings coming. Theres a plan, we just have to be patient.

    We've lost way more than we've gained offensively and it isn't like they were roaring along last season. I don't believe they are anywhere near ready to roll unless mediocre is what we're shooting for here.

    6 hours ago, sflegend89 said:

    Apparently we like having a middle-of-the-pack QB with a 24M cap hit and give him no help. Even the truly elite QB's like Brady and Rodgers who can make it happen with limited talent around them have had their weapons beefed up this offseason. 

    This isn't a good offensive draft and an already poor unit has lost 3 of it's best players (Juice, Wagner, SSS)... We can put on the purple glasses all we want but the offense is going nowhere fast. It needed a major injection of talent and instead of signing a high end WR or OL we opt to blow a big contract on a Nose Tackle. I love Brandon Williams, he's an absolute stud... but the allocation of money is questionable at best

    Yeah I don't get why they will not get some real weapons in here. It just boggles my mind. I am not satisfied at all with what we've currently got on board offensively given their performance last season.

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