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Also I really do have one request for the NFL......... Give us a Home Monday Night Football Game! Haven't had one since...... 2012. I also think following the drama of the Christmas game with Pittsburgh, I think Ravens/Steelers will be the 3rd Thanksgiving game this season but since the last one was in Baltimore I think we go to Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving night.

Think it was when they had the hurricane hit Houston and they rescheduled our game against Houston giving us a BYE in week 2 of whatever season that was. The BYEs usually start in week 4 but basically we are asking not to have that bye so essentially, we are hoping for a later bye this season.

So this is interesting news about our schedule. The Ravens made a special request of...... not having a bye following the London Game against the Jaguars. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2017-nfl-schedule-the-ravens-have-made-a-surprising-request-for-their-london-game/

They are switching to a 4-3 defense, I've seen Thomas mocked to the 49ers for this very reason. Buckner would kick inside to DT, Armstead most likely stays at DE and drafting Thomas or Garrett(if Browns pass on him) gives them 2 bookend DEs for their new defense.

Possibily in Cleveland but if they pass on him like I do think they will do and screw it up by taking Trubisky then either Carolina trades all their picks for him to the 49ers or 49ers take him up right and he'll become a star. Though I could see other teams needing a pass rush to try to get to 2 if Garrett is there.

The Pop he got for when they are putting him in the ambulance and you just hear.... "I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU" and the fans went crazy that he was going to keep beating up Roman.

Good, been looking at traveling to Nashville for the game against the Titans and would like to know the date soon so I can book my hotel. Since this is related to the schedule, anyone been to Ravens/Titans games in Tennessee recently? I saw Titans tickets go on sale in May, if anyone else was planning on going to Nashville and supporting the Ravens on the road. How is the stadium atmosphere and the fans?

+Forget about a draft, we have a Superstar Shakeup tonight on RAW and tomorrow night on SD Live! I just hope AJ Styles doesn't end up on RAW with their terrible booking to only be fed to Super Roman. In fact I prefer a trade of Reigns for AJ where Roman can get away from the RAW booking and be better booked on SD

Quarterback News: - Bills sign QB TJ Yates - Eagles sign QB Matt McGloin

Anyone who wants out of the 7th to be done with the draft, PM me. I'm looking to move into the 7th.

The Baltimore Ravens Select.......... JJ Dielman OL Utah

Falcons CB Desmond Trufant agrees to a new five year deal with the team. The deal is worth $69M with $42M guaranteed. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/08/report-falcons-desmond-trufant-agree-to-five-year-contract/

May I say this suggestion is..... Delightful. It only makes sense on the Day of Star Wars that we have free reign to say and do whatever we want. This way the Forum of the Ravens will be DELETED gracefully.

Now he's out of a job. 49ers have released him.

In the NFL's attempt to catch up to streaming, they had Twitter stream TNF games last season. This year, Amazon Prime will stream Thursday Night Football for a one year contract. Will say, the NFL is moving in the right direction though as they have to do something to keep up as streaming becomes more popular. Maybe work something out with Direct TV where Amazon or some other streaming service can stream Sunday Ticket or a deal with Sony or Microsoft to stream it on Xbox Live or PSN. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19078771/amazon-wins-rights-livestream-nfl-thursday-night-football-replacing-twitter

Since the start of the season, the NFL has run into a major issue. Their TV Ratings are declining when it comes to prime-time games. Each week, whether it's TNF, SNF or MNF the ratings have seen a decline from the 2015 games in those weeks. The Colts/Texans on SNF saw a massive 38 percent drop from the 2015 Week 6 SNF game of the Patriots and Colts. Arizona's blowout win over the Jets saw a 34 percent drop from the 2015 Giants/Eagles Week 6 MNF game. Even more, it represented a 27 percent decline from the 2014 Week 6 MNF game between the Rams and 49ers. Is the NFL Bubble about to burst? Was Mark Cuban right about the NFL imploding and is this the start of said imploding? What is it that the NFL can do to turn things around or will ratings continue to decline and potentially drop in the playoffs and carry over to the Super Bowl where even the big game's ratings is down? Once I gather info, I'll post the full breakdown ratings comparison soon.

"If you are not already engaging us and other members of the Ravens Flock on our Facebook page, Instagram account, through Twitter or Snapchat, we invite you to follow us on those channels and continue to participate in our social communities." Go see the freakout on FB about the Jernigan trade and you'll realize how much more stupid shutting down this message board is. This is about as close as engaging in the ways they want us to as they will get. By closing the boards, your shutting down THE major social community you have. Then the draft will come and it will be worse because instead of engaging in football talk about the draft picks, it will be random comments one after the other without any football talk at all. While having all the social media is great, shutting down one form of a community(message board) and having one less way to communicate with fans is terrible. You should be looking at ADDING more ways to communicate and interact with fans, not removing ways.

With the 14th Pick in the 6th Round, the Baltimore Ravens Select..... Freddie Stevenson FB FSU

Also remember, the DL depth in this draft was something they probably took into consideration.

Yeah then we'll complain on the New board about how we lost him and didn't resign him. He wouldn't have gotten us a high comp pick like Wagner will. I'm happy we got something for him that benefits us now opposed to 2 years from now.

Apparently he is going to CBS to replace Phil Simms.

So Jerry Jones is trying to drum up trade interest for Romo by announcing that teams are free to talk to him. Teams can work him out, do whatever but teams aren't budging. Seems to me the QB needy teams know they will release him after no trade interest so why bother wasting draft picks acquiring him.

So it begins... Adrian Peterson making his first visit of Free Agency. Unfortunately it's to New England.

The Dolphins make 2 roster moves..... - They release DE/OLB Dion Jordan - They have signed recently suspended S TJ McDonald. McDonald will serve a 8 game suspension to start 2017.

There is going to be a new football game out this year that well according to Joe on Twitter, will be more than a roster update. It looks as if Madden will have some competition for the first time in ten years. Judging from this screenshot it looks like it could be an unlicensed game since EA has the exclusive license locked up with the NFL. There has been no word on which consoles it would be available on, but a developer of the game tweeted that Franchise will be the "soul" of the game and will be as deep as ever. Even if it is unlicensed, at least when the exclusive license is up with EA, they can go to the NFL and show them this game and give EA a run for their money for the license. http://www.pastapadre.com/2015/03/16/joe-montana-football-16-screenshot-appears-to-confirm-an-unlicensed-game