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My family and myself are all in, we are gonna be heartbroken forever for the Heap family. Plus, showing a little bit of kindness to others along the way in your life can never hurt 💜

I really like this pick 💜💜👍👍👍😎🏈

Flacco should be 4-0 vs the Pats in their house. If Lee Evans holds on and if the defense could hold onto either of the 14 point leads.

I completely agree too, in fact, I said the same exact thing before I saw this comment 👍🏈

Heartbreaking beyond belief...... Endless prayers for Todd Heap, his wife Ashley, and the rest of their family 💜😓🙏

Well, my daughter and myself are really glad Lardarius is back where he belongs 😎👍💜🏈🏈

Excited about this signing 👍😎🏈

Great for Zachary, but he will still be very missed out on the field 💜👍🏈

Yep, my daughter and myself have been true Lardarius Webb fans since he was a rookie..... Thank you Lardarius, best wishes to you and your family, you are a true Raven, and you will stay in our hearts always 💜🏈

Happy for this 😎👍💜

After 8 years, I do hate to see this with Lardarius, he seemed like a great teammate, and locker room leader, best wishes wherever you go Lardarius, you will always be a true Raven 💜🏈

Go Falcons and Matt Ryan 😎👍🏈

  4 hours ago, TheConquerorWorm said:

  5 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

I don't know what this does to improve our team, but hey at least they're signing free agents from the CFL!

Lokombo is a speedy LB with good coverage skills. Will use on special teams & nickel coverage just like Albert McClellan (who may take Orr's spot or be waived). Basically, trying out to be McClellan's replacement.

Foster is a former Marine that played next to Malcolm Butler in college. Good tackling S, good on special teams. Replacement for Elam or Kendrick Lewis.

Looks to me that the Ravens are building their special teams roster right now to replace Elam, Lewis, McClellan, etc.

I can only hope that they won't try to replace Orr with McLellan... Don't get me wrong, I love McLellan in purple and gold - but as the ST captain. He had 7 years to prove he's a good enough LB to play there for the Ravens - and could not do it. Let's face it: as useful and great as he is at ST, he's simply not good enough to be more than depth at LB. Trying to move him to LB permanently would IMHO weaken both the ST and the LB corps.

I completely agree with everything you have stated in regards to A McClellen taking Z Orr's spot, but I am also thinking he is much older than the F.O. wants, and as a fan, I would prefer someone younger in that position as well. McClellen is a good player and team leader for the last several years, but they need to stay young for this position, and we already have a few young guys on the roster that can hopefully try to replace Orr.

I think everyone is a little off base where Joe Flacco is concerned. The problem is with the term "elite". We, as Ravens fans, need to drop the term completely from our vocabulary. He's not elite. Neither are the QB's for most NFL teams. What we need to consider; where Joe ranks in terms of current QB's in the league, compare his career path, and weigh the pros and cons.
-Joe Flacco is the only QB in the AFC to start (and win) in a Superbowl in the
last 14 years that wasn't either Tom Brady, Big Ben or Peyton Manning. Considering Peyton did it with 2 teams, that leaves 11 AFC teams that haven't hoisted the Lombardi trophy in that span. Oddly enough, the last AFC team to do it prior to Brady, Ben and Manning was...the Ravens...in 2001. Get this; you have to go back to 1984 to find an AFC team that won the Superbowl that wasn't the Patriots, Steelers, Broncos, Colts or Ravens. 32 freaking years since the LA Raiders won!!! Joe Flacco has a proven record in the playoffs. He also managed a crucial drive this year, in Pittsburgh, that realistically should have won the game (and possibly division) if the defense had not Crap the bed.
-With Peyton Manning retired, Big Ben considering retirement (and honestly, Flacco is kind of owning Big Ben recently), that leaves Tom Brady as the QB to beat in the AFC. And Joe has beaten Brady twice in the playoffs IN Foxboro. We have owned the Steelers recently (6 of 9 since 2013 with a playoff win in there). With the rag-tag crew of receivers we had this year, he beat Ben once, was within a score of Brady, and lost to Ben by an outstretched arm. To me, you can't put a price tag on composure, which Flacco has against these guys. If Tom Brady were to win this year, and then retire along with Big Ben, who would be the Ravens main competition in the AFC?
-Ravens fans are used to making the playoffs, and we've gotten spoiled. How consistent is Dalton in the Playoffs? The Texans? The Chiefs? Not a whole lot of winning in that group. Flacco has had an inconsistent support system around him, and the carousel of OC's has got to stop for him to develop into the passer he has the potential to be. I think what a lot of fans fail to realize, is that Joe has put our team in the position to win a lot of games, and our defense has let us down. Granted, more consistent play from Joe could potentially negate our less-than-stellar secondary, but if your QB scores a go-ahead TD with less than a couple minutes to play...and you can't stop their team from scoring...that's hardly the QB's fault.

You can argue all you want that Joe makes too much money, that he's not consistent enough, etc. But when it comes down to brass tacks, there's only a handful of consistent QB's in the league, and an even smaller class of QB's that are consistent when it matters...in the playoffs. Given the option, there's only 4 or 5 QB's in the league I'd consider over Flacco. Brady, Rodgers, Brees and (possibly) Derek Carr or Matt Ryan. Other than that, every team is struggling with inconsistency at QB...and have no hardware to show for it. Andrew Luck? Andy Dalton? Ryan Tannehill? Tyrod Taylor? Come on guys, our position is a lot more solid than 80 to 90% of the league. We are a couple key guys away from being back on top while it looks like the Bengals unraveled this year, and it looks like the Steelers are headed that way.

Take a deep breath my friends. The AFC north is ripe for the taking, and we are poised to be that team. Peace.

Also an awesome post 👍😎🏈

  12 hours ago, jravens1313 said:

Flacco won a SB with a great TEAM in 2012. It is now 2017. It's time to let it go and focus on what he has done lately.

now this is an interesting statement, lets all ponder it for just a moment. I will break it down for you , slowly and then I might add-

1-Flacco won a SB


2-with a great team


3-in 2012. it is now 2017


4-Its time to let it go and focus


5-on what he has done lately.


I think this is very interesting it says a lot, I dont think J really knows how much it says. I have read through the remarks on the article and was looking for a post to reply to and i came upon this post.

1-You see, Joe Flacco as J. points out won a Super Bowl, thats something that only 3 other AFC QB's have done since 2001. And Joe hasn't even played that long. So sure we cant go backwards but you cant take it away, its his and he has the ring, along with everyone else on that team.

2-A great Team it was indeed, thats right folks, it takes a great TEAM to win in football. You can have the greatest QB in the world but it doesnt mean a thing if your TEAM isnt great. Anyone remember Dan Marino? Fran Tarkenton? Dan Fouts? Philip Rivers?

3-yeah how about that 2012 Super Bowl Champs, that means that since no other team has repeated a win there are only 25 teams left in the NFL that have not won yet since 2012. In fact The Ravens missed the Playoffs again which was painful because we have become so accustomed to making the playoffs boy how depressing imagine if our Ravens were actually average "Joes" like 65% NFL teams who have less than 4 playoff appearances in the past 10 years.

4.-time to let it go, is it the Fans that should let this Go? Or is it the Team that should let something go? Should Joe let the ball go? Should the coaches focus? Should Joe focus? Should the fans focus? Should everybody Focus? Yes! Run the ball.

5.on what he has done lately but simply overcome complete disaster.
Some QB's fold up and cannot lead their team after coming off of an injury, ie. Neil Lomax, Sonny Jurgensen, even Tony Romo. But Joe Flacco has a rough year, then 20 starters go down and he gets hurt at the end of the season. He works the entire off-season to recover and returns for all 16 regular season games. Obviously not 100 %. He sets both personal and team completion and yardage records. As well leads the team to a .500 record a much improvement to the 5-11 2015 season even though the was a large amount of injuries in 2016 to quite a few key players.
How many teams would have Joe? if your asking me only one matters. He is a Raven and that is what he has earned.

So thank you J, Very Interesting post indeed.

Awesome post 👍😎🏈

Ummm, just no ...... We have other more significant needs 👍🏈

Heartbroken for Zachary, and truly sad for the team and us fans, but his health is most important. The best of wishes always to him in his life outside of football 💜🏈😔

Like father, like son, and that is a HUUUUUUUUUUGH compliment regarding Art and David Modell...... Thank you both for everything 💜🏈

  2 hours ago, Chuckx999 said:

The past few years have been so bad. Flacco deserves most of the O blame and the secondary the rest. Don't fire poor performers, just more of the same. Season Ticket Holder do your duty and don't get them for 2017. Empty seats in the stands, that will make the owner notice!!!.

Your not a real fan if you want season ticket holders to not go to games. I guess if you want the team to leave the city then that's a great idea. Being a fan means you stick with the team through the thick and thin not just when there doing well. Ozzie is gonna figure it out. He's the best gm in the league and he's gonna figure out how to win more games but it isn't through fans boycotting games.

Yep, completely agree with you 👍🏈

  2 hours ago, verified said:

Welp, guess that means more of the same. Trash draft picks (bust, and loading up on positions were already deep at just to stick with the "best player available strategy"), one trick ponys at WR (Deep ball or bust), and injury prone starters at every position. I see why people bangwagon so much, being a fan of a losing team sucks, But aw well go ravens blah blah

I believe in this team and organization. Sorry if you all don't. I love my ravens and the fans... But after this past season reading some of the comments and hearing how angry and unfaithful the fans can be? I'm not sure how good our fan base is. Win OR Lose. I'm a ravens fan.

You said exactly what I am feeling, thank you 👍🏈

Can anyone just enjoy the hilarious freakin' commercial? Jeez, the season is over, let it go for awhile..... 😡👎

First of all, there is NO way we will be able to fill the void left by Steve Sr, however, I trust that Ozzie and Coach Harbaugh will bring in another proven WR veteran for a great price if needed, but I still want to see the continuing development of Perriman, they just need to use him more in games next season 😊🏈

My thoughts on Steve retiring a Panther is, if they wanted him to retire a Panther, maybe they shouldn't have unceremoniously dumped him from the team.... In my opinion, he was whole-heartedly a Raven, and I wish he had spent his entire 16 years here 🏈

Oh, one more thought, this young fan was much more grown-up in his reaction than I was after the loss Sunday night, curse words, inanimate objects, and screams were definitely flying around in my house, lol, and I absolutely agree that this was in the top 3 of all-time heart-breaking losses for us 🏈

I have no wisdom on how to correct anything wrong on our team, or what should change, I'd much rather NOT go down that road as a fan because I honestly am not a professional coach, it just seemed like our guys were always on the verge of breaking out, (like the game against the Phins) but never got there. If we do beat Cincy come Sunday, we will finish with a 9-7 record, which after last year, I will gladly take, and even if we don't, 8-8 is still better than last year and not a losing record.
I will ALWAYS look to next season with my usual excitement and big hopes for our men in Purple, love my Ravens no matter what, and I always will 👍😎🏈

My heart breaks because I only wish we could have done more for Steve. What a fantastic guy. If only he had been a Raven sooner. I know my sentiment is shared with everyone when I say that WHENEVER he decides to hang up his cleats, he will be surely missed with all of our hearts.

And agreed again 👍🏈