GrimCoconut

I don't want to go too far off topic here but I'd disagree that "Jefferson absolutely cannot play FS". He definitely can

The key wherever you go is the traffic--generating new and sustaining existing traffic. If you are small with members exclusive to the website it'll never grow and natural attrition will eventually be your enemy. I'll be at Russell Street Report but I will be monitoring both attempts. I can't stand the layout at RSR because it's not especially mobile friendly from my experience and I haven't used their mobile app else I would've been there sooner. The posters there are knowledgeable and they don't seem to put up with trolls as much and there's regular traffic

I think it's either lack of passion for the game or not football smart or both

I take it there's no going back on this decision huh? Btw thanks for the extension. It was nice to have a final draft here if it's the last one.

Maybe I'm alone here but I haven't lost any respect for the Ravens but rather their media team who decided this. It's not like Steve, Ozzie and John decided to close this forum after their meeting in FL. This is a Media Department decision likely from the team deciding they want to shift focus to more popular avenues. I can't blame them but I do personally disagree with their stance and think it's a poor decision to remove the forums rather than keep them at a limited capacity. I think it comes back to the promotions the team runs through its social media avenues, such as the contest to guess the 53, or other stuff like that. It's really minor in my opinion but who knows what kind of resources go into this place. I just don't understand why you'd want to take away a means fans use to connect. That seems foolish.

I could be wrong here but I recall it being true that if you miss a certain period of time then that year won't count towards FA. Therefore delaying the player's entry into the FA pool. This is why Jensen was an RFA this year and most notably applied to WR Josh Gordon. It may even apply to Perriman due to the time he missed as a rookie.

Yeah it may be the Forum Mock. I mean, we've seen prices escalate there like in real life now and some of these trades now...wow. I'm thinking that's it.

Perhaps the Ravens learned that we as a fan base are so knowledgeable that other teams use our scouting reports when researching draft prospects and when scouting and game planning against us. By closing the forum, this "makes us a better team" like when open practices at McDaniels stopped happening

Tim could very easily be the top Edge defender in this class. His potential is extremely high and impressive and he's very explosive. I'm still a huge fan of Ryan Anderson, his teammate, just because I felt like Tim went straight up the field at times and that just really drives me nuts as a pass rusher but the explosiveness is there and so is the willingness to improve. I think Williams has a very nice array of moves to use and that's great. The question here is if we can make him a complete player.

Garrett is a better version of Clowney. Clowney received a lot more hype but wasn't as good of a prospect in my opinion. I never liked his work ethic and always questioned it.

I wasn't making a player comparison in terms of Humphrey and Hargreaves as prospects because they're extremely different in quite a few ways. I was comparing their draft stock when the year started and ended.

As one of the biggest fans of Myles Garrett here, I'd agree he's overrated. I just love the guy as a person. He's also a Hell of a football player. That said, I think Tim Williams is in a better spot to succeed than Garrett because the Browns have guys but Garrett has a lot to do there. One player can have a huge impact though just like Watt did. The thing with Garrett is he also has his issues and areas to improve and I'm not confident in Cleveland to get him there

It's funny because you know who I think of when I think about Humphrey and how people are disappointed with the pick? I think of Vernon Hargreaves last year who was widely viewed as the best college CB coming out until people cooled down on him significantly.

Just heard on 105.7 The Fan interview Tim Williams and he sounds really knowledgeable here on stuff. Pretty excited for him to get started. He also confirmed he's going to wear 56

Btw not sure if it's been mentioned yet but Perriman changed his number to 11--his college number. http://m.baltimoreravens.com/s/38541/Roster