Amesr52

Must be some hostility in the harbaugh family for not allowing them to trade up so they stole our last chance at safety. But there has to be a diamond in the rough safety somewhere in this draft. Looks like we are going WR or OL with 2nd pick though.

Going after our needs the last few years is also why we haven't had the greatest success. Need over talent = average or bust players. We got the best talented player at 17.

At least we aren't eagle fans. They just draft a LB that i haven't even heard of in the 1st rd. So be happy with who we have ppl. The guys a Raven and will be for a long time.

Just cause Courtney Upshaw hasnt made the probowl he has made a strong impact on the team. Players used to get 2 or 3 years as back ups before they started now they get thrown in as soon as the season starts so I dont consider any of our guys drafted in the last 3 years bust yet. And honestly a lot of our guys are underrated but thats how the ravens are. Its why they play angry bc ppl do not respect them enough. Its why we are a consistent play off team.

Ozzie has a plan. Dont know why ppl are upset about this. When this guy becomes a probowler everyone will be "trust in Ozzie" all over again.

I agree with you! Did everyone really not expect this? All our moves and all the Staff for the Ravens have said this offseason was to make it so we could draft best player available. CJ Was highest ranked player on the board over the safeties and CB. Now we have 3 really good linebackers for this upcoming season. Im just as happy with Jimmy ward or Buchanon as i am for Pryor or Clinton-dix.

Smith has 4 or 5 other teams interested in him so I dont see him signing today and I think he will visit couple other teams just to see what he is worth to them. I dont think Ozzie is going to pay him tons so chances are he walks to another team. (If he wants money) If he wants a chance to play against his team and retire a raven with a chance of possibly getting to the superbowl then he might sign today for less money.

pettigrew signed 16mil deal tostay with lions so not getting him now. Just update for those who keep saying sign him.

Finally a guy that is going to bring some fire back to this team. We got rid of our strong leaders for other guys to become those leaders which they did a pretty good job. But Steve Smith is nasty and I love the way he plays. He might not make the plays Boldin did when he was here like the jump balls and that stuff but he can scrap with the best of them. Idc bout his age. I like a two year contract and him retiring a Raven.

That safety boat already sailed across the sea. haha I never even heard a rumor about safety which makes me believe the ravens didnt want to get into the free agent market for them. The only real ball hawk was byrd and he was way to much for us. I think they have been planning on fixing the safety hole through the draft. As for gradkowski, Im almost certain a lot of the blown calls on the line was bc of him. Guys didnt trust him you could tell by the comments that were released about communications errors all season. The other problem was turn-style Oher who just let guys blow by him and jump offsides all the time.

haha Ive seen the same comments. Some ppl just dont understand the game very well and say some crazy things. Its unrealistic and at this point its either choose to pay for a center or for D smith cause no way your getting both. Im guessing we have about 12-13mil in salary cap space left now. Theres room for another long term deal but other than that we cant sign a bunch of expensive long term deals now.

Mack is one of the top 5 centers in the league. The best teams in the league have some of the best centers in the league and we would also be taking him away from a rival team. He wont get 8-9 mil a year without having some type of contractual clauses that allow him to make more. Such as probowl honors and etc etc. Hes worth the effort to try and get. You never know til you go out and try. Mack would be a great fit here and hes a smart guy, handled our line and many other teams defensive lines extremely well.

4million a year was to much but 3.5 a yr is just right i guess. lol

Birk was also 32yrs old when he came to baltimore and had already spent 12 years with the Vikings. He wasnt the best center in the league anymore and bc of his age he couldnt demand the type of money Mack can. But Mack could be a potential probowler for years to come and possibly be extended like the ravens do with a lot of there players. Its one less position to worry about for years. We saw how bad the communication was this past season because we had an unproven guy calling the protection at the line. Yanda even had to tell him when to snap half the time. We need an overhaul of the line and we have the money and FO that can make it work without putting us in debt. I think the Ravens will get him if they go after him aggressively like they have in the past with certain players.