OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL

Well, since the boards are closing soon, this may your last opportunity to give some feedback to Marty, our latest in a long line of Harbaugh OC's. Honestly, if we see another steady diet of checkdown offense, he wont make it past the BYE. Some call it the West Coast Offense. The problem here, is Joe is not a west coast Qb, square peg in round hole. Joe has won a ring already, throwing deep passes, we brought in Perriman to get past defenders, only to check down to Juice. We used to see curls, deep crosses, outs, (to Mason, Boldin, Torrey) and now its a checkdown offense. Marty needs to be watching past tape on Joe, sees what he does well, draw up similar plays, and build the offense around that. Play to your players strengths, not make players play to your play calls. I did like the frequent crossing routes Marty used last season, but for whatever reason, we abandoned almost every other possible route options Joe used to have called from previous OC's, and that actually worked. Lets see some creativity this year, not predictabile vanilla offense, lets see Joe change plays at the los, based on what the D is showing him. Lets see some growth from our Franchise QB, and an OC who can call plays based on the personnell he has, not what he wants to do. Thoughts?

Forgot Haruki on the sub package

I remember West came into camp ripped and on fire last year. Who do you guys think will come into camp this year in great shape, most improved, and hopefully with pissibly a chip on their shoulder with something to prove?

What would be your grade for our Draft? A -E Do you think we drafted for need, best player available, or did we just react to the combine stats, or was it what we saw from the senior bowl? Do the picks represent a year of putting in the time, pounding the pavement, watching hours of film, and scouting the best possible options to improve this 8-8 team? Did we get better, and improve? Did the other Afc North teams draft better than us? What are your thoughts?

He would look great in purple

Not with the prevent zone

That sounds like a pathetic reason to be honest. Sounds like someone just doesnt want to be bothered. What a shame, there is no other forum like this one to bring real die hard fans who give a crap together. Very dissapointing to hear this, I really expected better from this organization.

I like the new crop of rookies coming in hot to push Zds and Judon, should be exciting to watch!

I cant believe Williams fell to us, hopefully he will be all business, and get to work becoming a dominant force on the Dline

Whats the deal with Mangokd? How much does he want? I see all the other top 10 fa centers got scooped up quick already: http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2017C.php

Couldn't you just do pop up adds to offset any cost? Or charge a registration fee?

Why exactly are the boards closing again? Main reason? What is the main reason? Is there some kind of problem? Is it a cost factor involved?

Since we di not get Joe any weapons, lets just commit to the run, play action, and get Joe back to a game manager, ie; Alex Smith, now that we have on paper what looks to be the top defense. This philosophy should bode well, and if we can get Megatron coaxed out of retirement and into purple, all the better.

Pretty clueless getting a ring

Humphrey is the db we gave been waiting for to squash what New England does. Ozzie and the front office gets gold stars for this pick. Those who are giving us a B, are clueless. This will go down as one of the best drafts in our History, with Humphrey leading the way. Shut down corner on the short stuff, he will eliminate Edelman, and force Brady to try and beat us in other ways, while we pancake him on the blitz. I cant wait to see it. You heard it from me first. Defense wins Championships!

Then we would have lost out on our future pro bowler corner who was projected to go to the Saints earlier than 16

Spoken like a true squeeler fan

Guys, since the boards are almost done, was I the only one carrying points, by accidentally thinking something was not a cuss word, when on here it was? How many screw up points did you all carry during your time posted in here? I got busted for calling a Flacco pick, and what was being referred to as a hiccup, as a Flaccup, must have been interpreted a different way, lol. I had some fun in here, my posts for the most part called them how I saw them, gave praise where needed, and criticized out of love for the team, in the hopes that the higher ups would recognize a bad decision(s) did not go unnoticed. I hope the Ravens brass will do more to bring folks into the flock in the future, as opposed to pushing them away, like this ridiculous board closing decision, or even no more McDaniel, and lack of player radio shows. Do more for the kids, they will be your future fans, embrace the community, try not to be untouchable in your high tower going forward. We all have too much stress in our lives as it is, and this was a great way to bring everybody together in a common way, where your skin color, or background did not matter, just your love for the city of Baltimore, and its favorite Championship team celebrating the good times on its way to M & T, I love you guys. OSSB

Obviously too many losses caused us to miss playoffs again, but who or what was the top reason we missed them? - Was it Joe, too many picks? - Was it the OC's bad Play Calling? Or lack of a running game? - Was it Harbaughs head scratching decisions not to take points in several tight games causing losses, like the fake fg for example? - Was it the Defense, again this year (3rd year in a row) not being able to hold a 4th quarter lead? - Was it the DC Prevent Zone scheme causing the blown leads? - Was it the sparce drafts Ozzie has given us the last several years, not hitting on many 1-3rd round draft picks? Everybody is fussing on details in other threads, I am looking for the #1 TOP REASON we missed the playoffs again, why you think that way, and how you would fix the problem?

We getting anybody decent?

WHO are the playmakers?

Apparently lots of defenders

Playmaker

I am waiting for Harbaugh to say we had a 3rd round grade on Clark

How about a center? For starters, a tackle? A small speedy guy to return kicks or punts with upside? A wide receiver?