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Most likely, you don't get a player like Jefferson for cheap. In other news, Baltimore eschews a #1 receiver for another check-down target for Flacco in Woodhead. Looks to be a good offense consisting of constant 3-and-outs with garbage passes of 2 and 3 yards. \Sarcasm Who knows, maybe they'll draft a quality receiver instead. We all know Ozzie is amazing at the draft and his receiver drafts are always top notch. /sarcasm Be prepped for lots of drops, and defenses playing press coverage against a team with no true #1 receiver... or real threat in the slot for that matter. Somebody phone Wes Welker, see if he still wants to play.

well this offseason it's very clear what must be done. with the exception of a select few (yanda, staley, juszczyk, smith sr.[in the unlikely event he doesn't retire]) fire (or trade) the entire offense. Yep, Flacco included. That whole elite argument for him is out the window.. with his cap hit, and his barely serviceable regular season performance.. he's a liability. Time to rebuild the offense. Actually the defense can use a facelift too. Use the top pick on CB replacement for Mr. Fragile or an edge rusher because Suggs is on his way out (if not this year, very soon) and Dumerville won't be far behind. oh, time for an OC that doesn't suck too.

We are lucky to have the perfect Captain steering the ship in John Harbaugh. We just need patience! He can only do so much with what's been provided him. Even the great ones have to have the horses and the FO has failed to deliver in that dept. agreed. time to point the finger at the front office The FO didn't make him throw off his back foot, overthrow guys, or trip over his own feet. Joe has regressed in his mechanics and decision-making since Kubiak left. You can say he doesn't have all-pro players around him at every position, but no QB does. The only legitimate excuse I can think of is the offensive scheme and coaching, both of which ultimately fall on Harbs. maybe so, but how many first billet (not alt's when someone was a no show) pro-bowlers have been drafted by the Ravens the last decade? I bet you can count them on one hand. There is a depravity of young talent on the team and that's squarely on the front office. Harbaugh may have a little say, but it's mostly Newsome and the scouting team. There needs to be a house cleaning, if Harbaugh goes at the end of the year, there should be a complete house cleaning, which includes 75% of the players including every player over 30 that Baltimore isn't forced to keep due to contract restrictions and most of the front office..

Harbaugh is the problem, the Ravens need to clean house. he's not the whole problem.. look at the draft picks Baltimore has picked up in the last 10 years.. how many pro-bowlers are in there? Not very many huh? guess whoever is making the draft choices is pretty bad at their job. I think bscotti needs to fire everyone not named biscotti and start over.

Hate to say it, but I kind of hope the team does go 4-12. Hopefully it will show the front office that a full rebuild is needed and to quit trying to "patch up" a broken-beyond-repair team that lost too much post 2012. It's time to let go of the past, strip the team down, free up cap space by letting the 30+ year old vets walk (Flacco and Yanda being the only exceptions). Time to draft like it's 1996, do a bit of plunging on high end targets coming out of rookie deals.. the team cannot sustain the route it is taking. It's an obvious downward spiral and it's only gonna get worse before it gets better. Do something while Flacco has a few good years left. Many top QB's can play into their 40, Flacco is not a top QB. He may do well post season but he has trouble getting there and every year older he gets, the weaker his arm will be until the point where his primary strength now will be only "middling". A rebuild takes at least 2-3 years, he should still be good until then, but it has to start as soon as this season ends, or by the time the realization finally comes to Oz and co, and things get accomplished it may be too late and they will be adding a QB to the draft list.

saw this coming.. at this point this is a 4-12 team at best. the way this team is playing the only team it can beat on the schedule this year that is left is cleveland. Trestman has needed to go since last year, i keep saying he's cam cameron 2.0 and so far he has only proved me right. may as well let it ride this year, but after this, baltimore has no excuse to not completely clean house, from the head coach, down. if it's older than 32, time to go. time for a full rebuild, ozzie's SB recovery plan has failed.

8-8 is awful optimistic, 6-10 is at this point.. that's if they beat the jets and washington. if not, pretty much everyone else is better than oakland on the schedule and it's very likely that the only other win achieved will be against the browns.. sadly that is the more likely scenario at this point. on the bright side of that we would get another top 10 pick and hopefully marc trestman will be applying at his local mcdonalds for a job cause he is pretty bad at offensive football. said it last year and will say it again, the coming of marc trestman was the 2nd coming of cam cameron. apparently the managemnt didn't watch and tapes of the terrible chicago offense when he was coach.

Joe has never had this many high grade weapons. If he can't break the "elite" argument this year, he never will.

no, but this isn't the 1st time this type of injury has shown itself in his football career. it's known that every time you injure the same area, it becomes more prone to injury. not only that, he went on IR for an injury anyone else would have been out for 2-3 weeks on. He's a long term injury risk. It would be foolish to bet any amount of bank on him. Like i said, Aiken is a more reliable #2 at this point. perriman should be #3 until he proves he deserves the #2 spot

top priority in the draft just became Osemele's replacement or we can welcome back 2013 all over again. And how does Kamar Aiken not get put in with smith, forsett and co? he was the top receiver at the end of last season and pulled off clutch plays consistently. i'd rank him higher than perriman at this point. he's proven he deserves a shot at #2 at the least. perriman is #3 at best because he is unknown, inexperienced and as far as we know... injury prone.

laughed at the last line of the article.. the only way the North can be more competitive is if the Browns finally did the right thing, quit trying to pretend they are a pro football team, and sold the franchise to another owner who relocates it anywhere but the "City of Fail". Also helps if the Bengals finally realized that they need a new, 2nd head coach to take over for Lewis after the regular season ends.. then they may actually get out of the 1st playoff game for once.

heh, after what the Bengal's pulled last night, i don't think you will have to worry bout them for a while. considering there's a high chance that every coach but the DC will be leaving for better jobs or in Lewis' case.. fired. that organization will be in turmoil for years after last night.

probably gonna get negg-ed but honestly, wish Baltimore would have lost.. sure they stuck it to Pittsburgh but now they are out of the top 5 draft positions.. which means most likely another losing season next year. a Baltimore loss would have done 2 decent things (one many would hate but it helps the division) 1. gave Baltimore the #3 pick, and 2. most likely bring the Lombardi back to the AFC north (because we all know Cincy is a 1 nd done) Pittsburgh had the ability to go all the way and the highest chance of killing off yet another Superbowl title for the New England Cheaters.

Doesn't matter how much of a monster game Givens has, the defense will find a way to ensure the loss.

i think one of the "major changes" is getting a QB that's good in the first 16 games so flacco can do his thing in the post-season.. you know.. the only time he is actually good.