RavensReck27

Last year we had three great bargain F/A signings, Steve Smith, Justin Forsett, and Owen Daniels. This year we have who? Kendrick Lewis? Granted we didn't have too much cap room to work with, but we didn't get any offseason steals like we normally do this year, and that hurt us. Luckily, since our team is failing this season, most of our upcoming F/A won't be attracting market money. Upshaw has no sacks this season, so we will be able to keep our run blocking specialist OLB for a bargain contract. Flacco has had a lot of INT this year, a lot of it has to do with passing to one of the worst WR corps in the league, but his stats this year should keep his contract extension at a pretty fair price. That being said, other than a few bad decision throws I have been very impressed with what Flacco has done this season with what he has to work with. I think once we fix our WR corps this offseason he will light it up next season in his second year with Trestman. Osemele may still be hard to keep, but he is having a down year as far as PFF ratings go. I'm glad Urschel will be starting for the rest of the season at Center so he can get that experience incase he has to step into the LG starting spot next year if Osemele goes. Tucker has been clutch, but he has missed a fair amount of kicks as far as his standard goes. With the kicking woes around the league this year, I think the price of having a quality kicker will go up. I'm looking forward to rebuilding this offseason.

Everything happens for a reason. Perriman is too talented to be a bust. He rarely missed any games in college. It's not Perriman who is deciding if he can practice or not, it is his doctors. To say he is "soft" is an ignorant judgement. I know we are all disappointed that he won't play this season, but a season like this for Perriman is going to make him crazy hungry. This season is lost, and we will rebuild with a top 10 draft spot for the first time in a long time this offseason. The rise of Perriman is coming, along with a new generation of talented Ravens.

It hurts to think about but the money that we are paying Pitta to rehab for two straight years would most likely give us enough room to realistically re-sign Osemele.

I still think Pees has to go after this season. He is just terrible with in-game adjustments. If he game plan isn't working he just continues to stay with it. My dream scenario is that the Colts do fire Pagano and he comes back as our D coordinator for next year and beyond.

I really wanted us to draft Diggs at the end of the 4th round. I was surprised he even fell that far, and now he is lighting it up. He would have been an awesome #2 WR for us right now, and in the future next to Brashad. Oh well. Hopefully Tray Walker develops and gets his confidence up and becomes a star in a position where we are in dire need of another one.

I listened to former Ravens player personnel head Phil Savage on the radio talking about the Ravens draft and he said something that made me wonder. He pointed out that when he was here through coaches Marchibroda and Billick, the coaches had little or no input into personnel decisions regarding the draft. Ozzie and his player personnel and scouts assembled the team and then the coaches coached. Now he said, Harbaugh has a lot of input, wants to know how players will be on special teams if they are drafted and basically is heavily involved in the drafting and free agent processes now. Harbaugh came in 2008. His first draft that he had a lot of input into was 2009. You know what I am going to say next. The Ravens have had only one pro bowl draft pick from 2009 to present, the entire time Harbaugh has been here and that has been 7 years. Prior to Harbaugh, the Ravens averaged one pro bowl pick every two years and never went more than 3 years without one. We have now gone 8 with only one. I think it is time for Bisciotti to step in, like he said he would do if we continued to fail, and delineate responsibilities again and lets have our coaches concentrate on coaching especially when we have time management issues, time out issues, play issues, talent evaluation issues, etc... Lets get back to coaches coaching and personnel people making personnel decisions and see if it makes a difference. The Ravens are high on analytics and data and that data tells me it is time for Bisciotti to make a change and for Ozzie to take back control of ALL personnel decisions.

One fact that you overlooked was draft positioning.  Other than the Steve McNair magic season, Billick had a lot of bad seasons after his Super Bowl win. We were drafting fairly high in the 2000's decade. When Harbaugh came around, we have been in the AFC championship or higher in almost every season.  We were drafting at the bottom of each round for basically the past 7 years. A lot of the "Elite" talent is gone by the time we picked.  The lowest we picked under a Harbaugh season was 17th, and we got Mosley. Personally, I love our last 2 draft classes and can't wait for them to grow.  Maybe having a top 10 pick this year is exactly what the doctor ordered for us. Just keep that in mind.

"Gillmore's play has made Pitta a luxury." I would think he has to prove he can stay on the field before he is anointed as making anyone a luxury. Right now, Gillmore is just coming back after missing several games, Williams is back out again and Boyle is the only one who has been available every game this year. I think that hardly justifies the statement that Gillmore is a starter who makes Pitta a luxury. Except for the first game of the year we haven't had a full contingent of TE's on the field causing the team to resign Reuland to the practice squad. I think you are a little ahead of yourself on this article and need to rethink your premise.

Gilmore was very durable last season, and he had a tough break with that calf injury, but he came back about as fast as one can from that injury and probably played with a lot of pain last week.  Gilmore is a tough dude.

That fade back lob throw that went directly into the defenses hands last week made me sick, but Flacco is still a good QB and our guy. Flacco needs weapons to unleash his full ability. His top two weapons (Smith and Gilmore) played banged up last week. One of the best deep balls in the league with no deep threat? That is just a waste. I love our TE's, but we need another legit receiver that can get separation. I still believe in Breshad to do big things, but we need a guy next to him for the future. Aiken is a decent #3, but he is definitely no #2, and when he was our #1 a few weeks ago I almost puked. We need to draft a WR in the 1st or 2nd round this year. Get Joe what he NEEDS.

At least Courtney Upshaw won't draw big money this offseason. He will stay with us as our run-stopping specialist for an affordable price. We need to draft a Suggs heir this year.

Even if Pitta comes back and lights it up, we have to let him go this year.

Remember when everyone was upset when we drafted this guy at the end of the 3rd? Now we are ecstatic that we got him where we did. Crockett not only has the frame and athletic ability to be a beast, but he has the mental aspects that could make him great. I love Crockett, and not only is he one of the best blocking TE's in the league, but I also think he could be a top 5 receiving TE in time. I honestly just want Pitta to retire. We are paying a ghost 6-7mil a year, which could be enough to pretty much re-sign Osemele. Yeah he could come back in 3 weeks and play well, but we have 3 young TE studs. We don't need a fragile high paid TE. I think the only reason Pitta has been around as long as he has is because Joe Flacco is his best friend. Pitta got a ring and over $10mil playing with us. It is fair to let him go.

PS Many people here last year were crowing that we didn't need Ngata, and that we'd be, and I quote "Even better with Jernigan starting". Well.....do not act shocked now that that isn't happening. Ngata was a beast and a one of a kind player, the likes of which the Ravens will never see again. Don't forget that.

Ngata has barely even contributed on that Lions defense.  He has been battling multiple different injuries. He is in his 30's and on the decline, oh yeah, and all that for the cheap price of $16Mil a year. Plus we got a 4th and a 5th draft pick for him.  We made the right call letting him go, and Carl Davis, Jernigan and Brandon Williams are all very promising players that are under the age of 25 and are under rookie contracts. Jernigan hasn't performed at the level he, and we, wanted to see, but I think he will get better as the season moves along.

Camp is a good guy. I think he will get one more year, but if he doesn't produce or gets hurt again, he's done.

Campanero was a punt returner, but he was out of place as a kick returner. First of all, I don't think he is fast enough to be a legit kick returner. Second, he was very passive on the returns. He pretty much kneeled down in the end zone on every return that was playable. A young WR that gives us the possibility to stretch the field, and a legit kick returner for a 7th round pick in next years draft is a very positive deal.

I did some research on this guy. If used correctly, he can be our Jacoby Jones replacement. He has never had a QB that can feed him a real deep ball. So it will be interesting to see him play with a QB that can actually open up his potential.

@RavenReck27 Golden Tate is good but I like Jeffery better though :-). I want tall receivers. I would Ming if they get him though. We need another young big weapon.

Jeffery isn't on the trading block, and even if he was he is on the last year of his contract.  So we would have him for the rest of the season and then try to fight for him in F/A and he will most likely be looking for top 5 WR money.  Tate on the other hand, is unhappy in Detroit, and is rumored to have stated that he wants to be traded. If we trade for Tate we have him guaranteed for 4 years at Steve Smith money (6-7 mil/year). Not saying it is going to happen, but I think he is the best possible option, for the price, for us if we do end up making a move for another WR.  I still don't think anything will happen until sometime after Sunday's game.

Roddy White is washed and on the decline. I mean, I would rather take him over nothing, but for future purposes Golden Tate is the best option. If he truly is on the trading block, that is.

If we can get Tate for like a 4th round pick or so, I say that's a steal. I wouldn't even be mad if it cost us a 3rd for him. We need a legitimate #2 WR if we want the passing game to start cookin'

Golden Tate would be PERFECT. He is only 27, and still has 4 years left on his contract. He is going to make around 6 mil a year, which if Steve Smith retires, it will just fill in his cap spot almost precisely. He is 5'10 and very fast, with good hands and most importantly, he gets separation. He would be a great Steve Smith heir for us, and he would finally give us a legitimate #2 WR next to Smith, which is critical if we want to have a playoff run.

He got his knee surgery from Dr. James Andrews, the best knee surgeon in the country. Just an optimistic post lol.

Aiken and Brown are #3 receivers plain and simple. Waller can definitely develop into a #2 receiver, but he is still very raw and we don't have the time (0-3) to wait for him to develop this season. Campanero is the only guy on our roster, that is healthy, that has the ability to be our #2 receiver right now. He is unproven, but he is a play maker, and he gets separation. I hope he gets more snaps tonight, but I still think we should trade for a receiver.

Tough season for this kid, but he still has so much potential in this league. I think at this point, we need to trade for a #2 receiver if we want to have a realistic chance of coming back from this 0-3 start and making the playoffs.

Who cares if we tipped off the Colts. It was proven that the Patriots were using illegal balls. I don't know the exact details but I'm pretty sure that the Ravens tipped the Colts off in someway. However, there is no proof of the matter so denying it is the right thing to do by Harbaugh. If Harbaugh admitted to tipping off the Colts we would get bombed with reporters and have a huge distraction on our hands. This deflate gate scandal is toxic and staying out of it is easily the right call. Not to mention that the Pats ran an illegal play on us, that was later proven illegal, and then we called them out on it and Brady responded with some smug comment. I feel like in that heated moment, knowing that the Patriots used illegal balls, I would have tipped off the Colts if I was Harbaugh.

I hope Nick Perry breaks out. I am just not a big Trawick enthusiast.

"Pollard got burned in the SB? Why would we want a guy like that on our team?" I guess he forget to mention how Pollard played that game with multiple broken ribs and didn't even consider not playing or complaining about it. I know Pollard and Harbaugh had beef, and because of that there is no chance we will bring him in, but Pollard was great for us in that Super Bowl season and denying that is just injustice to Pollard. Those are manipulating comments trying to convince Ravens fans that we shouldn't want him.