EddiOK

  On 4/30/2017 at 2:03 PM, EddiOK said:

Usually, changes in philosophy do not and cannot turn on a dime overnight. If the philosophical change in approach is true, then I expect that to be a 2-3 year transition to being the team resembling that style. So that means potentially 1-2 more years of middling, not-yet-fully-developed, average team stats and finishes before the break out comes.

Lmao what the hell are you talking about? We already were trending in that direction. We were the #1 d for a few weeks and finished 7th. We needed a better pass rush and corner depth to really elevate the defense and now we have those reinforcements. 

Had we been 15th or worse on defense then okay, but we were already knocking on the door if a great defense, especially w J. Smith on the field 🙄

Well, if it's as you're saying, then let's not call this a "Major Philosophical Shift" as it's titled. Seems like a bucket load of hyperbole, rather than simple mid-stream adjustments. That was my original point.

Usually, changes in philosophy do not and cannot turn on a dime overnight. If the philosophical change in approach is true, then I expect that to be a 2-3 year transition to being the team resembling that style. So that means potentially 1-2 more years of middling, not-yet-fully-developed, average team stats and finishes before the break out comes.

Love our D, worried about our O.

Looks like Cincy got another one from the chain gang. Went with Mixon. What is it with Cincy and convicts? Maybe he and Burfict will fight it out on the practice squad and send each other to the IR. lol

Got the pass rusher in Bowser.

I'll think positive and consider this Ozzie's attempt to create Legion of Boom 2.0

OK pick for an area that's been a major weakness for year.

Bummed that we didn't pick a pass rusher. 

That means round 2 & 3 needs to be DE, OL, & WR

Ozzie is singing The Clash right now: "Should I stay or should I go (2nd round)?"

Pass rusher is looking more and more likely for us. 

UNLESS Ozzie trades the pick, and gets more 3/4th rounders.

We're definitely going OL or DE on this round

Well, all 3 WR's on everyone's list is gone. 

If certain key guys are gone by #16 (Davis, Williams, Foster, etc), I could easily see Oz pulling a trade, dropping down in the 1st to pick up yet another 3rd/4th.

If we do WR, we need the best precision/possession receiver we can get. Perriman & Wallace can gallop all over the field, but we need a guy or two who can stop, turn on a dime, and haul in catches in traffic on short/medium routes.

"American Airlines has dropped charter flights for six NFL teams, including the Ravens."

I heard United's starting a new class of seats called "Full Contact"...oh wait...

Tragic. Absolutely tragic. How devastating for the family. My heart goes out to them. It's the last thing any parent ever wants to see happen in their lives with their own kids.

If he's got half the attitude of SSS, he'll do just fine in Purple & Black.

  11 hours ago, Crusader said:

Right on. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Mat Burk retired. What are Ravens still looking for? Linebacker, Safety, and a Center.5 years later. Has everyone forgot about the nightmare when Matt Burk retired in 2013?

Well we do have CJ Mosley, who's pretty good. If you fools still think we're going to find the next Ray Lewis or Ed Reed before you even die, you're just fooling yourself. There's 31 other teams teams in the league, and they've spent decades looking for players of that caliber. We haven't had them for all of about 5 years. O the humanity!

Yes, everybody forgot Birk. He wasn't here that long, was pretty average at the end, and the Ravens were pretty good in 2014 without him.

Again, its been a whopping like 3-4 years, and you guys act like its been an eternity.

A little perspective goes a long way folks. 

Starting to get back to the way it was a few months ago, when it was quite obvious that a lot of you fans actually DESERVE a losing team. 

You're right. The 96 draft with Lewis & Ogden (& Jer, Lewis) is ranked as a top ten of all-time selection. Nothing from anyone (even the Patsies) ranked as good in the last 20 years. So yeah, we need to keep some perspective when we keep demanding the next Ray Ray or Antonio Brown every year.

Was Davis the one who was pissed after the draft because he was picked later, and by-passed by a number of teams? Let's see if he can tap into that motivation again, and go out and prove 31 teams how wrong they were for skipping him.

I guess it's just getting awfully and unexcusably old for me to keep saying this - but I still think that this year Ozzie cannot really pick a bad position in the first round. He can pick the wrong guy - but not "the wrong" position. If we exclude the obvious ones Ozzie won't pick in the first round this year - QB, P, K - we're left with a list of positions each of which can do with some reinforcements - even the one where we don't have holes, like S, RB or even TE... Whou wouldn't rush to submit the slip if, for some inexplicable and diabolical reason, Leonard Fournette was still on the board at #16?

My pick is still the best RT available at #16 (or wherever we pick in the first round) - for the sole reason that OT is the position which seems the least likely to still have guys on the board in the mid-rounds. But that's just a though, nothing more, of course,

I agree. The best guy in the position(s) that are both our biggest needs along with the thinnest quality after the first round.

RD 1: Williams, Davis, or the best pass rusher still on the board at that time.

IMHO, if nothing else, the sheer fact that dome teams will get an unfair advantage with the extra point for kickoffs through the uprigths, renders this proposal hopeless. Dome teams play at least 8 games with no wind hindering their kicker's accuracy, while non-dome teams play a handful at most.

I agree the domes will have a great opportunity, but won't it come down to more of a team by team scenario? Because both teams will have the chance to apply it, not just the home team. It's like the DH rule in baseball. It's not like one team plays DH and the other has their pitcher hit instead. So if I have the personnel to take advantage of it, I want it, and game plan for it.

"Hello, my name is Roger Good...""-BOOOOO!!!"

And the haunting legacy of Gary Kubiak's too-short successful tenure as OC continues...

Some combo of WR, CB, & DE (pass rusher) seem to be our first 3 rounds.

While I agree with the position that we often prematurely judge classes a "bust" on way-too-early results, there is still a nugget of criticism for the failures of getting a full value from the top picks, especially the first two rounds of that year.

What ends up being great for the NFL (where these guys will play next) is different than what is "best" for the Ravens. Only 1 of those 6 will benefit the Ravens after their "developmental" period ends. That's not sustaining over time to a championship culture over time.

One hopes we can figure out how to shorten the curve of development and get these players to blossom sooner while here, before they end up contributing to other teams in their prime years.