pechillo

Suggs and Doom are not spring chickens any more and are in their 30's but I don't doubt that they will be able to be solid pass rushers again. Upshaw also will be a free agent next year in 2016 and it's not even clear if The Ravens will be able to re-sign him so yeah that's makes it even more important to get a replacement now than later. Smith and Webb can be one of the best cornerback duo in the league but both are injury prone especially Webb. Asa Jackson seems to be hi...

Suggs & Doom might not be spring chickens but Smith Sr is even less of one and outside of him we have a receiving corps that has proven little. So I'd say weighing it out, WR/TE are much much bigger needs.

True. I think it depends on who's available honestly. The Ravens should stick to their board and not get desperate cause they need help at receiver position. I'm pretty sure they will address the receiver position in the first three rounds but I definitely will not be surprised if their first pick in the draft is a defensive player especially since I think most of the top receivers will be gone by the time they pick.

i wouldnt call strong a slot guy considering he catches the back shoulder-sideline fade better than any wr ive seen in a while lol

Like I said, I would very much welcome the addition of a WR on day one so long as he'll pan out a #1 (eventually). I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Ozzie does come April 30th boys.

I do really like Darius Davis as well. Check him out. probably the most underrated prospect in the draft. He can do damage in the league with right coaching.

Hill, Sankey, hyde, etc. were all very good prospects in their own right, just not 1st round guy.

Ajayi is currently my #3 RB (Coleman, Gurely above him) I just don't see him going later than the mid second.

thats true a lot of RB's will be flying off the board during the 2nd round

maybe one TE and one Safety. But I say two TE's cuz we did that with Pitta and Dickson and we kept one of them who turned out to be really good.

1-wr, 2.cb, 3.rb, 4.wr, 5.olb, 6.dt, 7.de, 8.ol(g) 9.and 10. best player available. this would be my draft sequence with our ten picks regardless of which round we draft in.ideally i want to see us trading out of the first round to get an extra 3rd or 4th round pick.

Putta and Dickson TE draft class was increbily strong. This TE draft class in very weak

If we could move up without giving up more than a third and a 5th, maybe. I don't think we'll risk the second round pick unless it's Amari Cooper, and even then I don't know if they'll do that.

I just really think Strong is our best option when it comes to a receiver in our vicinity of the draft, and i think other teams value his athleticism as much as the ravens do. If we can't get Strong in the first, we trade back and get more picks. More picks allow us to move up in the draft by trading as well. trading up in mid rounds would be awesome as well.

I could see them trading up for Agholor or Perriman in the 2nd, or trading up for Dezmin Lewis in the third. But probably not in the 1st.

Gresham is more than a blocking TE. he just hasn't reached his full potential. He still has been to multiple Pro Bowls.

okok i respect thatttt. There are alot of BIG Tightends in this draft ozzie can steal... No doubt Ozie will draft one. Ok maybe ozzie will get That monster from Penn state in the draft for a TE. Jesse James.. get our gronk uk???? But after a CB or safety thats how deep TE is

Build up some weapons for Joe Cool baby.. My boy Trestman would love itttt too.

except for my man steve nelson

Im praying we get both!

I hope MGMT has Strong in the plans and WANTS him

@pechillo; I disagree. TJ Yeldon at 6'1 225 has the size to handle the NFL load. Additionally, compared to previous Bama RB's he hasn't had the same amount of carries. He's had 576 carries in 3 seasons, which isn't a great deal at his size. I believe he's got a lot of room for improvement at 21 years old.

@TDubbs just because he has the size doesn't mean he has more potential, not every player in college has potential. You can tell by which ones do and which ones don't. Its tough to explain but its out there.

They're gonna draft Melvin or a big receiver. that's all. just need BIg bodies for Trestman. Yeldon, JAY AJAYI, are perfect targets. along with jalen and kevin white.

Not pounding the table for him, but the idea that he's done because of poor numbers in Minnesota may not be true - look at SSS, when we signed him last year half the board said we'd just signed a washed up 35 year old who was a waste of a roster spot. Sometimes just going to a better QB and having a starter across from you who is respected by defenses can make a major difference.

@Ravenslifer i agree completely, but declining isn't the only reason I don't see the Ravens getting him. I stated them previously.

Jeremy Butler supposed to be a strong step up this season.

could be worse, we could have traded him to the Steelers

I keep having this vision of us acquiring Muhammad Wilkerson from the Jets lol.

That would be great JO

It's the usual. Remember when Heap & Mason went?

yeah but for some reason this feels worse. Rice's situation really screwed us up financially

Post June 1 cut leaves $4 mil in dead money. Question is - what is 8 mil saved in space good for at that stage?

the 8 mil you save can only be used after june 1 which would do us no good at this moment.

The other thing is Webb could ply FS and I am more than comfortable with that also I think as a post June 1 cut he is like 6mil in dead money next year

Ray Rice and Yanda's cap hits disappear. We'll be able to keep two out of four of those FA's.

^^ exactly. we'll be sitting pretty a year from now i believe, we will be able to re-sign the MUST have guys like jimmy/ko/yanda, i think will hill gets a contract before the season starts, and upshaw will come very cheap due to his lack of numbers and spotlight. we'll have enough remaining cap space to make a splash if needed as well.

I don't see the FO letting Jimmy, Osemele or Yanda leaving... a receiver like Torrey is replaceable

I think Pitta is done though. Usually even optimistic news won't help the situation, but they're not even being optimistic, they're not commenting which means bad bad news for Dennis

if we get fairley it would be a dream come true. out front 7 would once again be elite. suggs, fairley, williams, jernigan, and doom. good luck

Fairley can play DT. he's similar to Haloti at which he can play DT and DE if he stays in shape. He was in Suh's shadow his whole career, i think he wants to be in a spotlight. He's the type of player where, if he's in the spotlight, he won't disappoint. Canty and Ngata are both our DE's and they're both gone. Fairley would definitely make sense. It is somewhat of a need.

Also, he's visiting the Bengals, and that would be dangerous running up the middle with their d-line if Fairley signs with them

We aren't the only team in the league with SB aspirations...

Ngata did what he decided was best for him, and that demands the respect of every fan. The team 100% of the time does what is in their perceived best interest, and players demand the same support.

sadly i dont see ngata taking notes, i think his money-vision will prevail

TEAM T-SIZZLE

Peyton is almost 40 years old Sami of course he took a pay cut

devin smith is certainly worth a late first or early 2nd, i have soured a bit on him but if he is coached up properly and refines his game, he actually has the potential to be the best wr from this class, nobody else in this class can make the spectacular catch like smith can, and it is a very coveted trait. his small body of work is concerning though

devin smith would simply be a role player on the ravens we need to get a franchise WR. sure he led the nation in yards/reception but thats not all that matters in the NFL, no way. YAC is crucial. Route running is crucial. Getting separation is crucial. And yeah his small body cannot get that separation nor can he get more yards after contact than Strong or any other bigger receiver. Smith didn't even run the 40 in the time everyone expected him to run it.

I just see him sliding down draft boards because he didn't produce much last year, he didn't even break 1000 yards. its kind of disrespectful considering him a 1st-2nd rd pick when other players who produced more last year are considered day 2 and 3 picks.

They are not pay cuts. They are restructuring the money. It usually means a higher base salary and it is then spreading out the remaining to be more cap friendly.

There's a difference between an extension and a restructuring. You can't restructure a contract that only has one year remaining without taking a paycut. Its impossible.

An extension was ALWAYS the goal of the Ngata talks. Never had anything to do with restructuring anything.

An extension is still not a paycut. Ngata is on the tail end of his career. An extension would have made him a Raven for life and taken that $16M cap hit and spread it out. That is all. Not a paycut.

yeah i can't really blame him but i really had thought he was different compared to those other players that only care about $$ in the NFL

If he's going to SF, why would he leave upwards of 5 million dollars o the table just to stay at home.

Did Ray try to use the Cowboys as leverage to get more money. Money always talks. Glad Torrey made the best decision for him.

jk bout the both part unless one falls to 3rd day

Rollins can flat out play. I'd love him in the 2nd

but Shaw would have been a top 3 CB in the draft and he hit 26 reps and then a 4.44 time is just absolutely filthy

lawrence guy was a real under the radar beast last year, him and deangelo tyson make for real good depth, but i agree that investing at DE somewhere in the draft would help big time. trey flowers in the 4th is a good option

being a solid DE is good don't get me wrong. But the Ravens have a way of always being DOMINANT. And obviously the most intimidating D-lineman on our team is Ngata. (Though if Brandon Williams ever got on the line with me I'd probably poop my pants)

i disagree pertaining to Ngata, i think there are multiple teams that would trade for him, Oakland and Detroit to name a couple. A team would trade for the guarentee that Ngata goes there, if he hits the open market and teams start bidding the price may exceed what he is now

I don't think he will mainly because we're just a few tweaks away from winning another super bowl. But we will be major tweaks away if we don't resign players like Torrey, Forsett, Daniels, and Hill

They made him a more than fair offer prior to the season. He turned it down and bet on himself. He talked about "maybe his last game as a Raven" which says he wants more money than he was offered. The Ravens are not going to up their offer based on his performance in 2014. And they shouldn't because he is a one trick pony.

^you have a good point. i just think we'll either bring back torrey or forsett, and i would want it to be frost

^you have a good point. i just think we'll either bring back torrey or forsett, and i would want it to be frost