DelawareChris

I have drank enough purple cool aid. This is an unbelievably sorry draft. I used to be all about in Oz we trust. But after watching us draft projects for the last 4 years has gotten old. The only solid picks I see are Stanley and Reynolds and the latter will be another project. Dropping in the top of the 2nd round to gain these guys I hope pay off because I'd rather have 1 good player versus 3 project players. I love my Ravens and they will always be my team. These guys don't look NFL ready. I pray these are all red star players because they are heading to the frying pan and I hope our collective gooses aren't cooked. This year would have been nice to draft an Alabama player as opposed to previous years. I am shocked we didn't take one. Shocked. Draft grade: D

I think that we are looking at a make or break draft for the scouts and maybe a self check for the front office. There has been some scouting changes over the last few years and I think some of them need to be really looked at closer. We seemed to whiff on natural prospects and get players who are injury prone or don't pan out. I know you can't strike it rich every draft, but let's face it we haven't been as good as we should be. This class should be providing stars and they may still be. But it's looking like another average year with nothing truly exceptional. Stanley is a great pick and he will be great. It's Day 2's draft board that has me scratching my head. We should've had more compensation from Jacksonville and Miami. Other teams who traded back after us had better deals. Better players were on the board and we passed, I don't see the advantage of amassing more 4th round picks. 5? We will be lucky to get 2 out of the 5 to stick. I would see the advantage if we had recent success. I hope the talent on Saturday is there because I think we will truly need it. We know as the draft progresses the talent level falls. This is a talent rich draft and I hope it pans out for us. I am just afraid, we are resting on our laurels of drafts gone by and not looking in the mirror and see why we seem to draft average and not grab what we need when we need it. "We can get a Corner in the second round", instead we trade back for a fourth, then again for a 5th?? I thought the 2nd round position was like getting another 1st rounder instead we go deeper in and come out with someone NO one even heard of that looks like he should've been taken in the middle instead of top of the 2nd. I am sorry, guys, I LOVE my Ravens, but what is going on? Reality check please.

  14 minutes ago, verified said:

I had such high hope for next season before this draft.. Aw well go ravens or whatever

Stanley is not a flashy pick but he will be a difference maker on the offense next year. At least he won't fall into the quarterback and sidleline him for the year.

The Stanley pick was solid. Saturday's were a head scratcher. Why do we always find a way to blow the 2nd & 3rd round pick? Big bodied, Big school talent was there and now it's gone. For what? a 4th and a 5th?

I don't think we are any longer smarter than the average bear.

Trade back early in the 2nd (a first round type pick) to the middle and get someone from a smaller school with a high motor that was obviously graded by other teams to go there or later? Can you say Ragland, Cyrus Jones, etc.? Why? Extra fliers in later rounds that most likely won't pan out. Studs were there for the taking and we'd rather have a 4th or a 5th? Track record speaks for itself the last 6 or 7 years. Why am I not surprised...

I think that we are looking at a make or break draft for the scouts and maybe a self check for the front office. There has been some scouting changes over the last few years and I think some of them need to be really looked at closer. We seemed to whiff on natural prospects and get players who are injury prone or don't pan out. I know you can't strike it rich every draft, but let's face it we haven't been as good as we should be. This class should be providing stars and they may still be. But it's looking like another average year with nothing truly exceptional. Stanley is a great pick and he will be great. It's Day 2's draft board that has me scratching my head. We should've had more compensation from Jacksonville and Miami. Other teams who traded back after us had better deals. Better players were on the board and we passed, I don't see the advantage of amassing more 4th round picks. 5? We will be lucky to get 2 out of the 5 to stick. I would see the advantage if we had recent success. I hope the talent on Saturday is there because I think we will truly need it. We know as the draft progresses the talent level falls. This is a talent rich draft and I hope it pans out for us. I am just afraid, we are resting on our laurels of drafts gone by and not looking in the mirror and see why we seem to draft average and not grab what we need when we need it. "We can get a Corner in the second round", instead we trade back for a fourth, then again for a 5th?? I thought the 2nd round position was like getting another 1st rounder instead we go deeper in and come out with someone NO one even heard of that looks like he should've been taken in the middle instead of top of the 2nd. I am sorry, guys, I LOVE my Ravens, but what is going on? Reality check please.

Denver needs a QB?  Why not shop our #2 and resign Jimmy Clausin? More draft picks!!!!

S.S. I have always been a fan!!! - Welcome to Ravens Nation! Flacco has a serious arsenal now. Two Smiths, Jones, Pitta, Rice and Pierce have got to put fear into anyone we play!! Coach K must be doing backflips! Way to go Ozzy, I can see "Dynasty" from here! Woo Hoo!!!!