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This is much better than releasing him. 6th round or not, moving up from 16th to 4th pick in that round bodes well for the Ravens. Ozzie's late round picks are usually better than most teams. I've always liked Jensen, big Red won't be caved into Flacco the way Zuttah has been of late. He is always grinding and putting him at center can help us create that mauling type offensive line we need to re-invigorate our running game and keep the rush off Joe to find his targets down field. Good move Ozzie!

Like in the Dolphin game, 4th quarter, they will have to use Urban and Guy and Suggs to knock the ball down at the line of scrimmage or at least change Brady's trajectory on those quick throws. If they know they can't get to Brady for a sack or pressure, they need to elevate with their arms up to tip the ball to help out the back end. That will crush their confidence if we can deflect some throws from the line of scrimmage. Calling on Zadarius Smith, Matt Judon, and Pierce to get some pressure on Brady because Doom and Suggs will be going hard and will need a blow throughout the game. We can't have any fall off in QB pressure when they have to take a knee. We can do this RAVENS.....

If anyone can be cut/released to make room for Waller, I think it will be Kendrick Lewis. Levine can take up whatever slack we would miss from 86'ing Lewis at safety or hybrid LB'er, and Waller can handle the special teams play. If Joe can hit Waller in stride as opposed to throwing at his feet all the time, he can be lights out. Come on Trestman, let's light these west coast boys up. Sorry K.O.

Thought it was poor sportsmanship on Bortles part to run to the locker room the way he did. Flacco didn't have the greatest game as QB, but he was man enough to pay his respect to the home team players. Ramsey is three losing games into the season and he thinks it's all about him. Young and dumb, but he will learn.

I've always wondered why Joe doesn't use a play sleeve, ever? Brady, Rogers, Rothlesberger, etc..., all use it and I can't recall whether any of the Ravens beat reporters or staff journalist have ever inquired. Since it was Joe that had to push Trestman into taking deeper shots down field, why not let Joe call the opening plays of each game in order to get into his own rhythm and get the offense off to a faster start. Obviously, so far, Trestman's plays are stagnating Joe and the offense, so why not trust the QB that fought like hell to get back healthy from a serious knee injury to start the season on time, call his plays and get his playmakers in the game. I seriously need to see Joe target Kamar on some slants and sideline back shoulder routes, after his performance last season Joe has to trust he will come through. He's given Matthews more looks than Kamar. Let's go Ravens, I'm putting on my homer hat and calling a 7 - 0 record going into the bye week. Don't let me down.

I'm most disappointed in the NFL not having camera's that can pick up the back of the end zone. Had it been a Raven catch under the same circumstance, I bet they would have found a way to dispute it. Also, on their worst angle of the replay you could see the white turf kick up as he planted the second foot down, their end zone was that funky brown color. I thought the taunting call was appropriate, considering had he drop the ball, gave it to the ref, ran with it to his sideline he would have been golden. But, to toss it back at the player who forced him out of bounds, I think is legit. Not only that, it was an off-setting penalty and the Browns didn't lose any yards they basically got a do over and failed to execute. Game over!

Seems like our defense took a couple pokes in the eye last night, but aside from that they came out without injuries --- Thank God! I liked the intensity and level of effort from both West and Dixon on the offense and the young front seven played a nice aggressive game. Not impressed with Pees still doing that bend but don't break crap. Want to see them get on the same page as the motor KC and the other LB'er in the 2nd half showed. Hadn't heard squat throughout OTA's, or camp about Henry, but he showed his potential last night. I like Waller, just hate that every time they throw to him it seems to be low instead of over the top where his height advantage is being wasted. All in all, it's a good start and plenty of film on bubble players/depth to determine who the players are you want to count on when the starters get off the PUP.

I think ]Joe will be fine, considering when he got rolled up on and that pain was acute, he still went out and played one or two more downs. If he is confident in the procedure he had to repair the injury, all he has to do is think back when he got back under center despite the two ligament injuries. Joe cool is also Joe tough.

The article says that the Ravens have not gone throw anything like this, but the similarities to Torrey Smith's brother, who I believe died in a motorcycle accident, is close. Granted, he was not a player but the impact to Torrey and how Tray's passing is affecting the team seem the same.

All this does is delay his possibility of entering the Hall of Fame. He will definitely, not be a first ballot HOF'er if he is even considered now.

I have to root for the Bengals, with Raven former coaches leading them (Lewis/Jackson). The steeler fans more so than the players are too obnoxious to have to deal with if they win.

Coach Brooks has to take care of his health, dealing with cancer treatments are no joke. So, I doubt he would be willing to leave and transition to a new team while dealing with that. Not excited about any of the playoff games, but I am leaning toward Bengals over the steelers simply because of Marvin Lewis getting that first round monkey off his back. Also, Hugh Jackson being their OC, a lot of Raven flavor heading teams in the NFL (Colts, Bengals, Browns, Detroit, Buffalo).

I'd go pass rusher/safety or corner/then WR. With the stable of TE's, and WR's we have the bones to build a nice squad. I liked Waller b 4 he was IR'd but I hated that Trestman only threw him quick screens behind the line of scrimmage. He should have been sent up field and slant routes to take advantage of his height and catch radius. As for our DB's, there were twice as many opportunities for interceptions that hit their hands and was dropped. Since we lost Terryl Austin to Detroit our DB/safeties have lost their fundamentals and attack mode. We could have been up around 16 - 18 int's for the season if they had held on to balls or simply followed the ball. A lot of the passing TD's against the defense were simply our guys not tracking the ball and making a play on it for turnovers vice trying to make a big hit or poke the ball out after the fact.

Gotta give props to Jeremy Butler. He was in my opinion more productive than Kamar and Dan Brown. He was Clausen's go to guy and he held up well. Brown and Butler were the only bright spots in an otherwise dull day for the Ravens.

Don't forget that Lorenzo Taliaferro is on IR as well.