NNITRED

He caught 33 of 66 targets. That's a big disappointment for a first round WO. Perriman is close to being a certified bust and looking elsewhere for work next year. That kid is playing for his football life.
We will still need to take a WO either way because the Ravens won't being paying Wallace top dollar to extend.

Well, he sure showed us!....didn't he?

Flaco doesn't need to take a paycut. When you look at contracts for Jimmy Smith, Doom, and Webb there are plenty of places where we spend big and get little.

This guy is someone that will teach a system instead try to force it like Castillo. A guy that doesn't meddle and interfere like Castillo (according to preston) is a welcome edition.Roman is assembling his pit crew.

He was reduced to almost bystander under kubiak you have o think with his record and poor results he would have reduced to that again. I wouldn't doubt that he given a chance to leave before getting fired and have that on his resume.

In any case it's a win Baltimore in a big way. My prayers go out to the Buffalo Bills. Their O-line (and whatever QB) is in big trouble.

To me Dumervil doesn't necessarily sound like he wants out. He sounds like a guy that sees the writing on the wall or at the very least accepts salary cap realities. His contract , age, and durability are all big factors. $6million in cap space is hard to pass up.
Kendrick Lewis is the easiest pick of the lot.

The top two FB contracts are Olawale (Raiders) Sherman (Chiefs) at roughly $6mill/3yr and and only a third guaranteed. It drops sharply off of a cliff after that. I can see testing the market having the same rude awakening as when Justin Forsett thought he was going to cash out. There isn't much market value for even the best FBs so I see the same small money /short term contract comice kyle's way. Its pennies from us or pennies from another team.

Basically Joe , Yanda , and Dennis saying they have thier issues but want to keep thier name out of it. They don't want some journalist or blogger to have anything to run with and exaggerate .

Tavon Young looked pretty lost to me. You could tell he out of his element playing outside. Their TE gave him the business and Jackson simply ran by him unchecked. Let Sheldon Price have a crack at it.

I hope we don't waste another roster into November over what "may" happen.

It wasn't meant to be.
Place him on IR , release him with a settled contract in January, and close this chapter for the last time.

I don't think this guy is expected line up wide. He's likely to be replacement for Will Davis if he's not healthy or challenge Arrington after he proved to be less than effective. As a nickel I have no problems giving him a shot.

  39 minutes ago, Fastynart said:

From the moment of the announcement that the Ravens drafted Perriman, I was screaming Noooooo! Another wasted #1 pick for a guy known as a ball dropper from a middle level school. What the hell are they thinking? Then, some mysterious knee injury crops up, preventing him from playing for an entire season. Oh yeah, he will be much faster on a repaired knee. Good grief.

I wouldn't put too much stock in ball dropping in college. There are multiple reports I've read with historical data showing there's very little correlation between drops in college and drops in the Pros.

He doesn't need to be much faster either. He could even be a little bit slower, and he'd be just fine. He's expected to be more versatile and dynamic than a Torrey Smith or Mike Wallace.

Perriman is less versatile than either Wallace or Smith.Then again the biggest mistake we made was trying to turn Smith into short range possession to suite Kubiak's "high percentage philosophy/ Sometime you simply have to let speed do what it does.

"...get a tackle after the first round to work with respected Offensive Line Coach Juan Castillo. "

I got such a chuckle out of that. the O'line has moved backwards since handing it back over to Castillo.  The sharpness and precision we saw under kubiak is gone. It has nothing to injury and everything to do with execution. This just another article to keep Castillos name out the mud just like there first PR campaign for him last off season. 

Another article by Eisenberg that says absolutely nothing. Just a bunch of speculation and stating of the obvious.

indeed!

  On 3/26/2016 at 4:59 PM, NNITRED said:

An unseasoned MLB is a sitting duck as he's going handle communications. When the see a look he can exploit we're stuck with whatever the DC sent in. Even if an offense show a vulnerable look we can exploit that inexperienced MLB doesn't have the IQ to pick up on it ,communicate it ,or audible out. MLB isn't all about brawn and stats.

And that's why we have Mosley to handle communications.

A good offense will exploit inexperience at any position on the defense. 

Mosley isn't there yet. not by a long shot.

  18 hours ago, Crusader said:

Arthur Brown is no linebacker. Second round special team player at best. Orr could be good but another year will tell. Problem now is just like the secondary there is no experienced players in that position. Since the SB Ravens have too much kaos going on at key positions.

Lack of experience probably isn't a bad thing either, considering it's not really a position that requires it.

An unseasoned MLB is a sitting duck as he's going handle communications. When the see a look he can exploit we're stuck with whatever the DC sent in. Even if an offense show a vulnerable look we can exploit that inexperienced MLB doesn't have the IQ to pick up on it ,communicate it ,or audible out. MLB isn't all about brawn and stats.

The idea of plugging i safety is ridiculous. THE AFC North still runs and we have to be prepared. in addition to that there's no way we trust communication and adjustment to anyone listed. You can't draft NFL experience so June 1 casualty is our best hope IMO. OTOH there seems to be an idea among fans that we can just pick up replacements like this at the corner store.

They thought there was no market for him and he'd come crawling back for pennies. He wasn't a QB killer. That Doom's job. Upshaw was the run stuffer , edge setter, and he did both well. That's why Doom and Upshaw were swapped in and out. He wasn't a complete LB but what he brought is not easily replaced. in addition to Upshaw we don't have veteran presence at MLB. We have have some work to do.

1 hour ago, sami said:

the closest weve been to this is Torry Smith's brother dying and Art Modell's death. I imagine the team will have a #25 on all the jerseys this year.

Jermaine Lewis lost his first child Geronimo too. 

Trawick is gone and Brown can play ST. tray Tray Walker didn't make a huge impact before getting concussed. Make no mistake we are going need bodies as the season goes so even if he doesn't have a major role it's better to go with someone not starting from square one. That's just my armchair opinion.

  9 minutes ago, Legendary Ravens said:

Will Thrill Hill was a Good Hitter but the Thrill is gone... He was cool

Will "Hippy Lettuce" Hill doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?

"Hippy Lettuce" ..now that's funny. :0)

He's suspend for 10 games but the Ravens began transitioning away from him back in November when they started plugging in Webb at safety. This seems to be a case of raining and pouring. His career is likely over.

Did we really have to play KO at Left Tackle for those last couple games? Not only did we price him out of a guard contract, but we let the whole league get a chance to see how good he was. Another strange coaching decision.

Ozzie mentioned that it allow him to maximize his value to the league. i think they came to terms with him leaving right after Yanda got his deal done.

Osemele, Trevathan, Malik Jackson - it's becoming the "in thing" to cashout , sign a big contract and then take jabs at the team you were happy with just a week prior.