RavenManiac#7

I'm not sure but I think Correa's claim to fame last season was only counted as a half tackle. Ozzie just Has to start getting us some better talent in rounds 1,2 and 3. I love Stanley. Let me make that clear. But we haven't been getting Near the talent level we should be getting from our higher draft choices. Stop thinking too much, Ozzie, getting an extra fourth rounder by moving down the board so many times. Instead, stay put and draft better players. Those early rounds are supposed to be where you get your best prospects and guys that help your team get better. That has not been happening enough. Not Nearly enough. Honestly, just how many people had even heard of Correa and, even, Kaufusi before we drafted them? I can only hope that Kaufusi's lost season due to injury will get behind him and he will prove to have been a good choice. But when your biggest contributors tend to come from the 4th round, or later, it would seem that you are not drafting very well.

I think that's the type of thinking that gets the Ravens into trouble and results in their bad drafting as of late. Take the known BPA at #16. Quality over quantity. Ravens need difference makers. They are more likely to find one at #16 than later. Amen

Don't think he'll be there.

I think you may be on to something. There are players with first round grades in the top 50; an unusually solid draft particularly on defense. If the Ravens can get 3 picks in the first 50, that might be worth considering. I just don't think we can afford the time to draft a "developmental" guy too high at edge, OL, or CB/FS. We just don't have the depth there. Let's stay put with our Draft position picks. Maybe this year we will ACTUALLY draft players at #2 and #3 that can do more than be a fringe Special Teams player. Quick question. If Mel Kiper keeps giving the Ravens an A, A+, or A- in the Draft every year we are we so mediocre? Coaching. But, in fairness, I must add that Mel Kiper doesn't know half what he thinks he does. For the most part, though, poor coaching.

I think that this is a good post. I tend to agree with just about everything you said, cobra jet, and that's really a shame. A shame because I used to have SO much faith in Ozzie. But, I just can't say that anymore. And, sorry to also say, that I share your reservations about our coaching staff. And, unfortunately, for me that starts right at the top with our HC. I hope So much that I'm wrong on Both counts. I think that you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has faith in our coach's ability to develop a wr. But, it's Ozzie on that too. I haven't seen any wrs that I can recall go elsewhere and wind up becoming successful. Mark Clayton just a little bit maybe. So, I see it as a drafting And developing problem. And that's just bringing up One position. It's discouraging to me because I used to be one of Ozzie's biggest supporters. Can't say the same about Harbaugh, as I think his early success was more a result of being fortunate enough to have received his first HC shot on Ray Lewis' team. I think that he deserves more of the credit for that ring than Harbaugh. That, and Joe's incredible playoff run, the best he's played in his entire career. Harbaugh's abilities, or lack thereof, have been exposed since Ray has retired. Unfortunately, I have had to suffer through watching our HC, with his terrible decisions, cost us numerous games. Man, do I hope I'm wrong about every bit of this. I would like nothing more than to eat crow after this season, and will do so happily if we are successful this season.

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I read thought that a bunch of people were jumping on Josh Johnson's band wagon far too early, and much, and I couldn't figure out why. I do remember that he made that one drive and that it resulted in a win in exciting fashion. But, to me, his arm did not look all that strong and I felt much more confident having Mallet as our backup than I would have Johnson. We have yet to see him start anywhere else so, I guess, time will tell if we really did make a mistake, but I seriously doubt it.

I would like to have Ryan back. Of course, he would almost certainly prefer going somewhere where he, at least, has a shot at a starting job. And, yes, as usual, the Ravens have precious few dollars to spread around. But, I think that we would be far better off with Ryan than with a rookie that we will pick up in the later rounds. And, from what I've been hearing, and reading, there is not a lot of QB talent coming out from the college ranks this year.

Not really, his choice of words were perfectly fine. He never said for people to get over domestic violence, he said the hypocrisy that the team shows when deciding which players to sign based on their history with domestic violence. I agree that there, definitely, is hypocrisy occurring in the NFL. And, if the Ravens sign Brandon Marshall, our FO will absolutely be guilty of it. Ray Rice was a model player, and man, who was Extremely active and generous with his time and money to the community of Baltimore. In fact, he still is. I will not deny even for one instant, that he made an inexcusable, alcohol induced, simply Horrible mistake that night in that elevator. In fact, his now wife did as well. But, the hypocrisy came in when he was treated so much differently than so many other players in the NFL have been for DV infractions. And, Please believe me, I am Not even Hinting that DV is not an Extremely serious problem. But, Ray Rice was Condemned for his moment of horribleness, while others have always been just Convicted. There IS a difference. Ray has One offense. Brandon has several. So far, and very happily, they seem to have come to realize just how terrible DV is, and both have taken every opportunity to learn how to change their thinking, and, more importantly, their actions on this issue. I whole heartedly wish them continued success in their endeavors to never commit another offense of this deplorable kind. I just cannot bring myself to understand why Ray Rice, after One offense, paid the price that he did, which was the inability to ever play football again, while everybody else that I know of, even after Multiple offenses of the same variety have paid with only temporary suspensions. To me, that is most definitely hypocrisy.

I do think that Brandon Marshall could help us, But, the one Huge mistake I can remember Mr. Bisciotti, the best owner in sports, making was his pathetic handling of the Ray Rice situation. And, with that, along with his statements on the subject he has kind of boxed the Ravens into a corner. It would be tough to quantify adding Marshall after his Repeated DV issues. Yes, I believe that he has grown, and reformed, in this area. But so had Ray Rice, and Ray's absolutely Horrible mistake was, in fact, a Singular mistake. He, just like Brandon Marshall has done Recently, dealt with his huge mistake as well as he possibly could, and before that One terrible incident, he had been a model employee and contributed greatly to the Baltimore community. Mr. Bisciotti's handling of that truly unfortunate incident was really a fiasco and very much surprised me. I still believe that he is the best owner in all of sports, but nobody is perfect, and I really think that he messed up big time on that decision he made. If we do sign Marshall, it will be very interesting listening to the FO's, and owner's, explanation of why Marshall's turn around makes him acceptable, but Ray's did not.

I don't think that it is, in fact, time for Ozzie to go. I do think, however, that he does need to somewhat abandon his BPA mindset at this point as a direct result of the fact that this team has deteriorated significantly in its talent level and the sheer number of different needs that it has. This team would benefit more, I think, by placing more emphasis on positions of need rather than on strict adherence to that BPA philosophy. I don't believe that Ozzie wanted Elliot over Stanley, as some on here have suggested, when he tried to trade with Dallas in the first round of last year's draft. I think that he was after Ramsey, not Elliot. Of course, both of them were gone when we picked, and the trade wasn't made, so we'll never know, but I am More than pleased with our choice of Stanley. Getting our starting LT on a five year rookie contract is awesome, and quite an accomplishment. But, this year, the draft is loaded with potentially quality CBs so, again, because of our numerous needs, if a very high quality player at a different position of need is there for us, I would like to see Ozzie try to concentrate on filling as many players as he can that play one of the many positions we have a need to upgrade. The last thing I would want is to see him draft a player, who plays a position that we simply don't have a need for, just because he happens to be the BPA at that moment in the draft. If we were only a player or two away from being a serious Super Bowl contender, maybe we might have the luxury of sticking to that BPA line of thinking, but I just do not believe that the Ravens are only a player or two away. We have more needs to address than just a player or two. We need to, more than ever, concentrate on our positions of need. The Only exception to this would be if the BPA happens to Not be a position of need but he is truly leaps and bounds better than the BPA of a needed position. But, I mean a Huge, huge difference of talent between the two players in question. Just one fan's opinion.

Watching that press conference really put me in my place, and reminded me that Steve Biscotti is a Much smarter man than I am. And, he seems to be able to control his emotions better than I can as well, although I've never seen his reactions while watching our games or immediately thereafter. It, also, reminded me something else I already knew. Mr. Bisciotti is the best owner in sports and we are Very blessed to have him. I say all this because I am not a John Harbaugh fan and admit that I did not want to see him retained. It's nothing personal. It's strictly football and there are simply too many reasons I think this way to go into it here. And, I do believe that next season should decide Harbaugh's fate as our HC going forward. But, Mr. Bisciotti did not become as successful as he has by making quick, and emotional decisions and I am truly glad about that. That's not to say that my opinion of Harbs as a HC is based on quick, emotional reasons. It is not. But, I will, Absolutely, trust Mr. Bisciotti's decisions and will genuinely hope that I am wrong about Harbs and that we have a great season next year. Yep, I wanted Harbaugh, and both his OC and DC gone. But, like I said, Steve Biscotti is Much smarter than I am. Thank you, Mr. Bisciotti, for being the owner of our team and for loving it every bit, if not more, than we do.

Will, and Should Harbaugh be on the Hot Seat next season? I realize that some people might have two different answers to that question. I'm just curious to see what the majority of the Ravens fans think. Should next year determine Harbaugh's fate?

There were many reasons, of course, but #1...John Harbaugh. He has so many deficiencies as a HC that they're too numerous to list. But, I'll just sum it up by saying that his boneheaded decisions cost us several wins this year. That just doesn't happen when you have a good HC. His bad decisions have only continued even After the season as we now know that both our inept OC and DC will be coming back along with John next year. Obviously, what I would have done about it is to fire him and find a better HC. Harbaugh's early success is Not due to his abilities as a HC. He just rode the coattails of Ray Lewis. Now that Ray's gone, Harbs is showing just how lacking his skills as a HC are. Just one fan's opinion.

Well, things are a whole lot different now, since I didn't look at this until After the whole season. I didn't like either the 2nd Or 3rd pick. Of course, Kafusi gets a pass since he was injured, but not the same for Correa. Let's be honest, how many of us had even heard of both of these guys? I agree with the poster that said your 2nd rounder should play, if not start. Especially a high 2nd rounder, although I do realize that Ozzie traded back yet again. Correa hardly touched the field the whole season. With the extremely unfortunate retiring of Orr, maybe Correa will have a better shot next year, but I don't see him taking that starting job. I'll be surprised if he winds up being even a quality backup. Ozzie just Has to start hitting on our top draft choices. Of course, I do love Stanley. But, the 6th pick, of course we All should.

Yeah, you're right. But only if we have a defense that can stop our opponent's drives.