KillaBirdTJ

JUst IMagine... Pitta AND Max!!! WIth Smith Sr., Perriman, Brown/Aiken/Camp/Waller (I think Waller may surprise), AND Forsett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Without warning, Let the team run straight through the league like a freight train! They won't be ready. We all saw in our last super bowl run what Flacco can do with a reasonable cast of weapons, plus the D is even younger, faster, and more athletic! Don't let Hard Knocks anywhere near this team!

No. While It would definitely be fun to see, I just prefer to not tamper in any manner. We could be Super Bowl bound, let them GRIND!

...that can't throw a baseball 60 ft. Maybe they couldn't find a way to let air out of the ball. There, finished it for

LMAO

hey, hey now.  tommie is not a girl.  He is a cheating, crying, scum bag sissy.

This.

I know the Castle is reading.....

 

So, can you explain why Bernard Pierce, who contributed on game day, was cut after 1st offense but Jah Reid, who can't even stay healthy on the sidelines, is re-signed after his 1st offense?

Actually, this is a really good question

Mercedes Lewis gives us a potential 3rd option  as far as fa te's...How would you guys rate the best 3 Te's available right now?

J. Housler

J. Gresham

M. Lewis

Saw on rotoworld that Housler wants to sign by the end of the week and PFT put out an article just three hours ago about the talks between the Ravens and Housler, so I don't know if that means they're really late (by media standards) or if Housler and the Ravens are gaining traction

Fingers crossed, but yes that's how its looking...

1) He doesn;t need a "full tank" to be a back up.  

2) That is not a lot of money for a guy that can step straight in and excute if need be, will continue to the teach the offense in place of Kubiak, and since he mat never get used the deal would then essentially be $2M.at most.

 

I honestly don't get all the questions on Ozzie's judgement.  This is the Ravens, not Raiders.  Let's leave the cap decisions up to the guy that does his 24/7.

This.

Not where I would have chose to spend the money, especially with potential holes in the starting lineup at WR, TE, and to a lesser extent, CB.

It's a 970K cap hit. We had to find a QB2. HOW could we have done better? There should still be plenty to find another piece or maybe two before the draft... 

3 mill for one year for schaub! Not too happy about that

It sounds as if the cap hit is only 970K

About as good as it get's for a backup. I think Schaub can push Joe in practice harder than Tyrod did and also be more useful discussing concepts/attacking different coverages because of his extensive experience as a starter in this system in Houston under Kubiak. If Joe were to miss time I don't think you can realistically ask for a better backup to keep things running smooth until he got back.

Couldn't put it better myself. Focus on what he has to offer people. We just got better.

well apperently its a 1 mil base salary , 1 mil bonus and 1 mill incentives deal.

 

not bad at all. 

Exactly. Next hole to patch... TE... I'm hoping for Gresham, but wouldn't be at all upset if it was Housler. I still wan't Clive Walford in the 3rd...

he can sign for whatever price as long as the guaranteed part is less then 65K and its a 1 year deal and he is a veteran lol

 

at least thats what i make of it.

 

that 970K will be his cap number and the minimum schaub will make.

max ofcourse will be the 3 mil but it wont count that much against the cap.

 

so its a 3 mil 1 year deal with a 970K cap hit and  970K minimum earning.

IF the cap hit is only 970k then whats all this fuss about???

Hopefully this helps our 2nd and 3rd string WR's develop.I imagine it must've been hard for them to get anything out of training camp and practices over the past few years when all Tyrod could/would do is tuck the ball and run.

LOLOL!

I guess, with his experience with the Texans, Schaub can help Joe to become even more familiar with Kubiak's system. I don't expect much from him on the field, though. If Joe goes down, I'll start looking up next years draft class immediately. Game over, man! Game over!

Have a little faith

I just hope that Schaub is a sign of dominoes beginning to fall. I think Housler is very big possibility, a low risk / high reward type signing and we will still draft a TE as well. Now onto receivers... I think Jennings or Crabtree is becoming more and more likely, and I'm good with either of those choices along with an early round receiver.

 

If the major offseason acquisitions turned out to be Lewis, Schaub, Jennings/Crabtree, and Housler... yeah I'd be okay with that

Money aside... Between the two who would help us more?

If we added Jennings/Crabtree, and either Housler/Gresham, we would be set going into the draft only really needing Wr,CB,RB,DT,OLB

Schaub is a good signing.  Not going to have cost much and was cut by Oakland so won't impact comp picks next year.  Aaron Wilson is saying it will likely be a 2-year deal.  He may have struggled a bit the last few years, but a team's goal for a backup QB is that they hopefully never see the field.

I think one thing to point out about this signing is how Schaub's experience in Kubiak's system (threw over 4,000 yards twice) will help Joe continue to grow. I'm thinking we will see more precision, and decisiveness from Flacco. This also helps the receivers.

I doubt we would wait that long if we are in talks now. 

You know how Ozzie feels about his comp picks though lol

Awful signing onlt made because he is familiar with the system

Wow. Being familiar with the system is no small thing. He will be helpful in TC with the receivers as well as helping Joe here and there. I can't see how you could complain about having a former pro bowl QB who knows your system as your backup...? 

I know I feel more comfortable knowing if Joe (knock on wood) ever went down for any period of time we have Schaub who can manage the games and help us win.

Sounds like it could be between us and the Bengals for TE Rob Housler, I mentioned in the other feed that Aaron Wilson reported that we are in talks with him but no deal yet....

Housler could possibly be as  big of a weapon for Joe as Pitta was... he is 6'5 and runs a 4.46

^about time

Right. I wouldn't mind signing Housler, or even Gresham- Gresham post June 1 won't count against comp picks...

This thread is supposed to be about who we have signed, re-signed, or might sign. If you want to discuss filling holes, there's a thread for that http://boards.baltimoreravens.com/topic/63002-how-will-we-address-each-of-our-areas-of-greatest-need-db-wr-and-te/

Why so serious? When you sign a player you fill a hole.

I am now going to shout:

KNOCK OFF THE DRAFT TALK IN THIS THREAD!

Use the draft forum for that. This thread hijacking needs to stop.

Good afternoon sir/madam, with all due respect... when discussing signings and resigning's, holes and positions to be filled on the roster, pieces via free agency and draft are the way we fill these holes. I don't think its intentional

I agreed with this ranking, but would only move CB up a slot before WR (Deep Threat). Although they may be equal in urgency, that CB position may have kept us out of the SB last season.

I wouldn't be surprised if we snagged 2 cb's, and 2 wr's before Sept... this, along with a play-maker at TE would set us up nicely