CapoRocky

With all the injuries, the linebackers were the ones that looked the weakest in coverage. The secondary seemed to get it together over the last month of the season.

I am going to stay up to see the National Anthem at least. Hopefully, we get a top ten draft pick out of this miserable season.

One thing that stood out on the Flacco Hail Mary pass at the end of the loss to the 49ers was that Gillmore was wide open coming up the field behind the play with everyone already deep in the end zone. I know that it would have taken an incredible pass and tons of luck to complete it, but what if we didn't just heave it up for the shortest receiver on the team?

Draft another running back in 2016. Buck Allen looks good so far but depth is a good thing at a position where there is constant wear and tear. Meanwhile, I'll trust that the Ravens are looking around for that one guy who they could bring in to fill in.

After trading Jared Allen and Jon Bostic, teams are inquiring about Matt Forte and Alshon Jeffrey. If I was Ozzie I would be calling the Bears right now and throw up a 3rd or 4th round pick on the table for him, the Bears would probably consider anything for him.

I would be surprised if the Bears do not trade Jeffrey...he is in the final year of his contract and likely to test free agency next year, and the Bears season is essentially a bust right now and the team looks to be in rebuild mode.

Steve Smith, Alshon Jeffrey, Breshad Perriman, Gilmore, Williams and potentially Pitta too...that's a Ravens receiving group no fan has ever seen.

I would package A. Brown and a significant draft pick for Jeffrey.

Perriman is a bust 1st round draft pick (See M. Clayton for reference).

While Perriman is far from a bust at this early stage of his career we are growing beards waiting for him to take the field and show us something to convince us that we should have taken him over a safety or pass rusher in the first round.

Z. Smith was a great draft pick who will develop into that player that we all look forward to cheering for on Sundays.

I just don't see the line pushing as hard as they did in previous years.

If the Bengals are clicking, then expect the Ravens to lose by 3 TDs. I have been very disappointed with them on both sides of the ball so far this season.

Joe will be back on daddy duty soon after arriving home after the victory.

The Philly birds handed to us for most of the game. I love the way that Terrell plays with intensity!

Just back up the Brinks truck to Justin Tucker's door, Mr. B.

How about leading the league in all-purpose yardage this year, too?

Campanaro has an injury on the 1st day of voluntary OTAs.  This will give other guys a chance to audition for the role of punt returner.  It's possible that we keep a 7th receiver to return punts.  I clearly see Buck being the receiving back to fill the role that Rice had previously in the backfield.  If he can be the one with gifted hands and YAC, then he will be the favorite at 2nd rb.

I think that this kind of signing is far better than throwing too much money at a FA CB early in the offseason. It looks like our biggest weakness in the playoffs is starting to look like a strength now.

The kick/punt returner job is up for grabs. I love it.

I sure hope he has a great season.

I would give this draft a B plus.  Perriman would need to see some significant field time before he is ready to take over for Torrey.  Williams is coming in as the number one TE regardless if Pitta takes the field.  The guy has the size and soft hands to be that redzone and middle of the field target that we haven't had since the days of Heap in his prime.  Davis is a solid runstopper who can be trained to collapse the pocket on blitzes.  Smith is fast enough to record a few sacks and get noticed when he gets in the game to rest Suggs or Dumervil.  I don't mind them adding Buck Allen just in case Forsett get injured.  The rest of the picks still don't warrant anything less than a B+, even the small school gamble at CB.  Boyle is from Delaware, so there is no doubt the coaches have kept an eye on him. Myers gives us depth during the usual grind on the offensive linemen over the course of the season.  Darren Waller could be that WR that makes the roster due to his speed on special teams.

The main article I read about Flowers getting cut named potential landing spots for him and the Ravens weren't one of them.  I think that he would be a long-shot at best.  The injury bug would definitely be a factor in determining how we use our remaining cap money.

Releasing Canty frees up only $2M in Cap space (since we're now after June 1). 

 

Given that they paid him a $500K roster bonus in March, I would expect that they have every intention of keeping him (but you never know, I guess).

Canty is going nowhere this year despite the 2M.  Besides, we need him to help our rookies (Urban and Lewis-Moore) to learn how to play the position before we turn them lose.  I don't think he will be back next year, because cutting him makes more sense with a savings of 2.6M that can be used to sign other players.  Hopefully by then we will have a clear idea if one of these other 2 guys are ready to step in to fill the job or we will have already gone out and gotten another FA.

Okay, let's see what happens over the weekend.  I seriously doubt we are making any immediate moves on Flowers or anyone else right now.  Let the guys put on the pads and hope no one gets hurt.

One way of looking at it would be that Ozzie will be on the phone trying to trade a NT for Reuben pretty damned soon.

The TE seemed to have solid hands from what I've seen. He's a hands catcher. I saw one pass hit the ground.

I usually go off half-cocked after the draft, too.  I didn't accept Pierce until he broke one for a TD.

I disagree that the whole draft sucks.  We had some decent picks.  I like 3 picks Mosley, Jernigan, and Brooks.  Mosley was a guy who may have gone much higher and is insurance in case Brown turns out to be a dud.  The worst case would be a platoon of Brown and Mosley next to Smith.  This also provides us with much needed depth in case someone goes down.  We passed up with most of the guys I wanted after than and took Jernigan.  I can live with him regardless of the criticism of his size, etc.  He has a knack of finding the guy with the ball and hits hard.  The run will be stopped this year.  Brooks gives us a guy who knows how to play FS.  He's not the top flight recruit, but familiarity at the position, coming from a championship program, etc., should account for something.  What baffled me was when we took a blocking TE who can barely catch and runs like a lineman.  I don't really understand taking the small school RB when we could have had the big bad Boston College bruiser in the 3-headed monster.  On that note, why did we take an extra NT when we have what 3 already?   The rest of the picks need to prove themselves to us.  Finally, if we were going to take a QB, why not take McCarron?  I never fully understand what goes on behind the scenes, but then again I don't pay the bills for cut fodder either.