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We won on Cams system, not Caldwell's.

Maybe the Play calling was diff. but no matter how you spin it, it was Cam's system 100%

Caldwells scheme last year was horrific some may blame injuries but look how bad the Lions were on offense this year. They had the same problems we did. Couldnt run block or pass block.

All of Staffords throws were 20 yards down the field. Horrible coaching on their parts and not finding strengths of the team.

Don't you guys think it's odd that neither Jack Del Rio or John Fox brought Adam Gase with them?

Damn. He might be the only one I can think of. Think even Corey Graham fell off this year, though I didn't watch him much.

Graham played better this year than be played 2 seasons with us. I think PFF had him as a top 10 CB this year

I know there's a lot of talk about our next OC but we should really consider bringing in Vic Fangio to the defensive side. At least as an assistant to the linebackers coach he has a lot of knowledge to give to our young LBs

Says Stokley on Ravens:

"...Coming from the 2013 season to the way they played last year offensively..."

Last time I checked, he was a part of that offense, too.

Interestingly enough he doesn't believe Torrey will be back next year either. I think he may be right.

I swear we run the lowest amount of shotgun in the league , and its not even like Flacco is bad in the shotgun.

Needs to change.

Not a bad thing actually. Quick passes helped Flacco stay off the turf this year. I think Flacco goes through his progressions faster when he's under center. Plus the fact that everything looks the same opposing defenses didn't know if we were going to run, pass, or play action. It worked very well. I just hope our next coordinator gives Flacco more control of the offense Kubiak had some bad game plans this year especially against every AFC South team

http://www.pressboxonline.com/2015/01/19/brandon-stokley-adam-gase-would-be-a-great-fit-for-ravens

Interesting words from Brandon Stokley

Doug Marroone may actually be a good fit for us. A hurry up west coast offense and a zone run scheme is what he can install.

He played very well I also think Webb is slowly getting better he's played pretty well for the most part in the past 3 games

22 has got to be better than Gino's rank... right?

Gino was 35th and there's only 32 teams lol

Sorry but I just feel like that money could be spent on the defense. Daryl Smith and Chris Clemons maybe even Mack. The drafts most talented position is WR and we're basically doing what we always do sign veteran WR and totally forget about it for the next 2-3 years even though it needs big time playmakers

So Colts are out of the center hunt with Phil Costa. So it's us against the Browns for Mack, but highly unlikely that we grab mack

Corey being gone just means the Ravens secondary just got more inexperience then ever. You think they look confused last year just watch the busted coverages this year. Just saying

Corey didn't play very well last season. I think now with more chemistry in the back end and Webb 100% and hopefully moving Elam to SS our secondary is going to be scary good

Hoping Wilfork gets released. Wilfork at NT and Ngata at DE scary!!!

We are doing a great job of keeping our own players but what about D.Smith

CJ Mosley is probably on our radar

How much?

I think it's weird how they just drafted lane Johnson with the fourth overall pick, but he'll play right tackle. That's really high for a right tackle

Insurance for Peters injury history

Kalil isn't a road grader, but he was serviceable on run blocking.

Okay, that's the clarity I needed. There's a large difference between serviceable and elite, mainly a price tag, but you get what you pay for. We paid cheap for McKinnie and it turned out horribly. We paid a fair price for Monroe and it turned out well

McKinnie was serviceable at times lol. Monroe was good, but not worth the amount he's asking for. If the salary cap is going to increase like this every year id pay Monroe what he wants, but its not guaranteed to increase. 

 

 

 

 

Joe Thomas was definitely one of the more dominant left tackles in the league right off the bat. Matt Kalil was a very dominant pass blocker, and while he isn't much of a road grader in the run game, he came in and played extremely well for a rookie. You asked who came in and played dominantly right away, and he did just that. This year doesn't have anything to do with his rookie year. Jake Long probably had the most struggles of all of them, but none of them conceded more than two sacks during their rookie seasons (Joe Thomas gave up zero in 10 games and only 10 pressures, Jake Long gave up two and 15 hurries in a 16 game season, and Matt Kalil gave up 2 and 19 pressures in a 16 game season, while also helping to block for AP's MVP season).

 

How is that trolling to ask a serious question? You're tossing out several names, so I want to know how you define elite. Your list is pretty long. 

 

They all struggled in either pass protection or run blocking. None of them can into the league and became top tackles. How did Khalil dominate if you just said that he isn't that great when it comes to run blocking. Thomas may have had the easiest transition but did commit a lot of penalties. All rookies have something they do very well and struggle in other areas. I don't understand how that translates to dominance. They all had growing pains. Believe me if i had a long list of elite tackles Monroe would be on it. Those where names of quality tackles some of them are elite others aren't. Im just trying to say that serviceable tackles aren't always drafted at the top of draft.

i'll admit you've changed my opinion on where they've been drafted, but LTs are still one of the 4 highest drafted positions. If you look at the average starting LT his draft position will be higher than any position besides QB certainly

Agreed I still believe we should target 1 in the first round

Hold on, first, please define elite.

Quit trolling

Matt Khalil and Joe Thomas (3rd overall) and Jake Long (1st overall)

All three had growing pain they all didn't dominate from the gitgo. Khalil was horrible this year and Long can't stay healthy. Thomas has been one of the best in the league, but all three of them didn't come in and dominate from day 1.

I'm talking about the position in general. LT is easily one of the hardest positions to find. If it's so easy, why have we been looking for the past 7 years?

Never said it was easy just said that the majority of elite tackles have been drafted outside of the top 15 or undrafted. Multiple factors have made it so hard for us to find a LT. Every team drafts differently if a certain player may not be BPA on Ozzies board and he may not want to draft him. Ozzie may not even be looking to draft a LT because he's had success finding manageable LTs for cheap on the free agent market. Coaching has also been an issue for us we may have talent but not developed it. There are a lot of problems with your statement.

So Castonzo was awful for years, Cordy Glenn may be replaced at LT, and has been less than Ideal. Soldier is 17th, so still a higher pick.

And if they're not polished enough they often times take years to develope. Many LTs need to be replaced, also Veldheer had one good year. Anthony Collins hasn't played a full season, and Donald Stephenson is also going to get flipped next year.

There have been 3 starting lts that were on the board since 2008 that are playing well enough that we should have drafted them.

Bass

Veldheer

and Cordy Glenn.

And all three of them may not be LTs much longer.

Glenn isn't going to be replaced he's growing and is getting better and is probably a top 12 tackle already , I don't know where you get your info from but I hope it's not from these mock drafts that these so called experts claim. Solder was drafted at 17th were we are picking. Staley, Brown, Peters, Roos, Solder are elite tackles drafted after 15. All tackles take time to develop I can't remember the last time a tackle came in and dominated.

Again, 7 out of how many? You're going to find it much easier to name most other positions.

I can name a lot more if you really want me too. There are more starting and very good quality LTs that were drafted outside of the top 15 than there are starting tackles in the top 15