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I read that West has looked good during camp and tonight he stood out over the other backs. I love Flacco because he can say things like this about Pitta, "He got his little baby injury that he always gets in camp and gets him out of a week in camp. "That’s better than breaking his hip though."

Yeah, because the medical staff on the sidelines has never been wrong. Throughout the season we will hear coaches say one thing after a game and two days later we will hear how the injury is actually worse then what was originally reported. The same thing happened with Perriman during that practice and people won't shut up about it.

HA...too funny..... another week or so and the news should start to pick up! News should pick up this weekend. It's hard to believe, but the first open practice is next Monday, the second one is the following Saturday and the first preseason game is the Thursday after that.

Yeah, in the beginning of the season teams went up and down field, but towards the end of the season they were keeping most qbs to around 200yds, or less. An what should be an improved pass rush and a better safety will do wonders for any defense.

Yeah, if one of the guys goes down before the season starts it could be an issue, but doesn't that apply to most positions, on every team? And even if Gillmore doesn't start, in theory Watson and Williams should be enough. Seriously though, how much do teams really use their third tight end? Yes, having 3 or 4 help, but its not something the team needs. And even if one goes down, Waller will be able to come back on week 5. If the team is already in trouble by week 5, they have bigger issues than being short tight ends.

If getting hurt and missing a season of football makes you a bust, then there are a lot of busts in the NFL, making millions of dollars.

I am with Hensley on this one. AJ always had good secondary receivers around him and now they're gone. They aren't going to be the force they have been in recent seasons, but they might be good enough to be a wildcard team.

People keep forgetting about the running backs. We might not have a top back like we did for years with guys like Lewis and Rice, but we have a good group of backs and all of them can catch the ball(including the fullback). So, like everyone keeps saying, if this team can stay healthy there should be weapons all over the field. It would be nice to have the room to keep all five tight ends, but I just don't see that happening. Someone will have to go and I think most people are going to say Waller. I would hate to see him go, with his speed and size he could do some damage, but its probably going to come down to him or Pitta and Pitta has shown he can play in the NFL. But you can never tell what Ozzie is thinking. He might keep Waller, because he is a player the could be on the team for years, while we have no idea how much longer Pitta will be able to play at this level.

When Perriman went down I was 100% completely against the idea of bringing Boldin back. It didn't really make any sense. But now that we are hearing that there is a chance SSS and Perriman might not be ready by week one, I can see it happening. If its just SSS sitting out at the beginning of the season, I think it just opens up a hole for Butler to make the roster. And if its just Perriman, I think we will be fine with Wallace as the deep threat receiver. But to have both out could hurt, especially since the team will have to hit the ground running, so they are in a good place when they start the tough part of the schedule, at the end of the season.

Keep in mind that we're talking about college, not grade school. If you're in college, you should already have all the basic math skills that you are ever going to need in life. Unless you use it in your profession, math beyond basic algebra(which I took in 7th grade) is not applicable to life at all, and you are going to forget all of it as soon as you walk our of your last class. Yeah, pretty much what I was thinking. They aren't getting rid of math, it just doesn't make sense to have students to have students pay for math classes that they don't need. Talking about forgetting all of it as soon as you walk out of the last class. Math was always one of my better classes but when I went to register for classes at community college I clearly forget everthing I learned in high school because I failed the test that they make you take. Then a week into the non-credit math class everything came rushing back and I was pretty mad at myself for not remembering any of it.

What can I say, you can't keep Joe down. First he was able to stay on the field and complete a drive after he tore his ACL, and now he is coming back from the dead. This is one tough dude, and people want to say he isn't elite. Lets see Tom Brady do that.

I'm not sure if are secondary really improved because of who we played. In the beginning of the season they had two good games, one against the Broncos and one against Michael Vick and the Steelers The other 6 games in the first part of the season were pretty bad. They managed to make bad qbs, Keap and Josh McCown, and average qbs, Carr and Dalton, look like pro bowl players. And he other two games were against two qbs, Rivers and Palmer, that have always given the Ravens issues. But in the second half they were pretty much able to limit what the opposing qbs were able to do. The only qb that had any success against the Ravens secondary was Russell Wilson. After that Rothisburger had the second most yards with 220, and McCown was third with 212. If you can stop NFL qbs from getting over 220 yards, you are doing something right.

Remind me why you're a Ravens fan again. As I recall it, you NEVER have anything positive to say about the Ravens. I think Bohica5 or Crusader are secretly Mike Preston, and he just comes on here to troll fans.

Okay, lets start with the obvious. So we are keeping 4 backs, don't forget "Juice", 5 tight ends and 7 receivers. Add in 2 qbs and that only leaves room for 7 offensive linemen(25 offense + 25 defense + 3 special teams = 53, not a definite guideline, but its a good starting point when trying to guess a roster) I know this isn't a popular opinion, but does anyone else think Forsett won't make the cut this season? I think it might be time for the younger players to take over that position. Last season he looked great when there was a big hole for him to go through, but seemed to get stopped at the line when there wasn't one. I can't see the team keeping 5 tight ends. If everyone is healthy the question will be, how much can you trust Pitta's to not get injured again? Either they cut him, because the don't think he will stay healthy or Waller gets cut, goes on PS, or goes on IR for a minor injury. We all know the four receivers that will definitely make the team(Steve Smith, Mike Wallace, Kamar Aiken, Breshad Perriman), I think everything else is a question mark. There are reports that Moore looks good, but lets wait until pads are on. Scouting reports say he takes time to pick up speed and might struggle when a secondary player jams him at the line, Reynolds is only a special teams player and who knows if he can even do that. You have to remember this is all new to him and he might struggle with everything this season, and maybe next season we will se some progress. If the season were to start today I would say Camp and Butler were the two making the team. They both have shown that they can play in this league, but Camp can't stay healthy and unfortunately for Butler we probably won't have room for another possession receiver Is Taliaferro even eligible to be on the practice squad?

I think the slow healer has been used a lot but I don't know how true that is. Perriman was given 6-8 weeks to heal from the PCL injury and he was on the practice field at the 8 week mark. Unfortuntely he aggravated the injury and by that time there was no real reason to hope was going to come back, so the put him on IR.

He'll probably stand back up and run back to the huddle. People keep saying things like this. The guy only missed 3 games his entire college career, so he can take probably a tackle. The fact that he wasn't touched shouldn't come as a surprise considering these kinds of injuries usually happen while a player is running. I am pretty sure Webb has torn both of his ACLs and I doubt he was being tackled when he got hurt. Suggs injured his ACL while playing basketball. And Foxworth tore his ACL during an orientation practice.

Is so hard to tell. It all depends on how who needs a tackle, and how badly they need one. If a team feels its a tackle away from being a legitimate playoff contender they might be willing to give up more. And Boldin and Ngata were traded to free up cap space, while Monroe is simply being traded because they don't feel like paying him. Personally, I think its a weird time to trade him. They are evidently very confident in Stanley, but why not keep him into the preseason and shop him like they did with Mark Clayton. That way teams will know if they oline help, and they could actually be a bidding war, but I don't see them getting anything higher then a 5th round pick.

Umm.... a sprain is a stretched or torn ligament. So yes, he said it was a sprain because Perriman had a torn PCL. And Dr. Andrews examined Perriman yesterday and it came out that he had a partially torn ACL. It wasn't until he was able do arthroscopic surgery that he realized the injury wasn't that bad.

If the Ravens were to resign Boldin, they would probably move Smith to slot.

Breaking news, Perriman is expected to be ready week one

That's a little unfair to Waller, Matthews, and Butler. We've barely given Waller a chance to play. And Matthews is a better version of Marlon Brown. And if Butler continues to get better he could become Aiken 2.0. While Reed and Doss were decent special teams players, but horrible receivers and Mellette showed potential, got injured and disappeared. People seem to be forgetting even with Perriman out there is still a good chance those three guys aren't going to make the team. The roster is probably going to be Smith, Aiken, Wallace, Campanaro, Moore, Reynolds. Also, if Smith or Aiken went down bringing Boldin in makes perfect sense, I don't know how much sense it makes to bring him in to replace Perriman. Years ago we had the Mason, Boldin, Housh experiment, and things didn't go that well, so why would we try it all over again in 2016. And, how much does Boldin have left? The last time I saw him play he looked tired and it seemed like he no longer had the drive to play.

There was someone who texted into 98 Rock this morning asking if they think Perriman is injuring himself on purpose. But this is the same kind of person that told me last season that Joe Flacco wasn't actually hurt. Because Flacco finshed that drive he know Joe wasn't really hurt and only sat out the rest of the season because he knew the season was over.

You are Soooooo wrong. He cannot know it's over - just like you cannot know it isn't... The fact that the Ravens stuck with Sergio Kindle for so long and are willing to see if Pitta will be able to play shows that team isn't going to give up on a player because of an injury. Right here, right now, the only way it is over is if Perriman says its over.

Don't forget 4th round rookie Chris Moore. He's a big target and has wheels also. OAN: With the logjam at TE, I'm wondering if they're going to reconsider moving Waller back to WR b/c of Perriman's injury. Exactly, and that makes me wonder why so many people were saying, "We better bring Boldin back" We already have 8 or 9 guys that could make the roster and probably only 6 will be here week one. Losing one doesn't hurt that much. It sucks because he was figured to be the number 2 guy this season, but Aiken was the number 1 and number 2 guy last season, so he can fill in. And Wallace is a good number 3 guy.

1. I read the article about Perriman and all it says is he had knee pains as a kid, because, probably caused by Osgood-Schlatter disease. And his dad, a former NFL receiver has knee issues. 2. Is there any reason why you called Stanley soft? All you did was posted an article that talks about how Tunsil, a professional athlete, is athletic and how he will probably move to playing guard. 3. Monroe - Are we blaming his injuries on Ozzie too? 4. Richardson - Low risk, high reward. I doubt he will make the team but if he does the Ravens have a cheap veteran running back and if doesn't then he will be cut 5. I'll give you the safety thing, but there is only about 20 good safeties in the NFL and the other 44 starters are pretty replaceable. And sure they could draft corners in earlier rounds but right now they seem to have two good starting corners, and there are a bunch of teams that can't say that. I'm not touching the tight end comment, because it doesn't make any sense. 6. Is there a new team in Virginia, that I'm not aware of? Seriously though, who are these rock stars you are talking about? They have some good weapons in Garcon, Jackson, and Reed. And they spent a lot of money to sign Norman, but outside of him and Kerrigan there isn't much to talk about, when it comes to their defense. Let's talk when the Redskins beat a team with a winning record.