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you know what? If that's the move then I am down for it. I'd love for us to take him on and stash him on IR for a season.

This was a bad move imo, he probably would've given us 3rd or 4th round compensation next year, and instead we ship him away just to move up in the same round... We didn't even get an extra pick. Our FO must really love this draft. I'm just not seeing the value here.

Agreed. Look at Correa's performance last year and when you have a second rounder, you expect someone who is going to spend a lot of time on the field if not injured and he wasnt injured. Once again, in the second and third rounds, the ravens FO and scouts have failed us again (and again and again). The old trade back to get more picks so we can get extra people with those picks that we eventually have to cut is just a poor strategy. You can only keep 52 and I would rather trade up and have a few really really good players than 15 of which 14 don't ever see the field. The old philosophy of being successful in the draft by getting more picks and accumulating comp picks is no longer an effective strategy. How many picks did Cleveland have last year, like 20, and they were like 1-15 or 0-16. All those draft picks did them absolutely no good like all those draft picks we get do us no good. Hopefully, soon we will learn. Please look back at our 2nd and 3rd round choices from the beginning of this decade. We have hit more often than we have missed. KC was a disappointment, but the jury is still out on him. Kaufusi broke his leg. Since 2009, we've picked up Paul Kruger, Lardarious Webb, Torrey Smith, KO, Bernard Pierce (remember he was actually pretty good in 2012), Brandon Williams, and Timmy Jernigan. Our flops have been Arthur Brown, Jah Reid (who was a pretty good depth player), and Terrance Brooks. Terrence Cody and Carl Davis fit somewhere in the middle of success and bust, and Davis still has time to turn it around. Bottom line here is, overwhelmingly, our 2nd and 3rd round picks have paid huge dividends for us. To continue to make this point, in 2008 we picked up Ray Rice in the 2nd and in 2007 we picked up Yanda in the 3rd.

I also like the idea of drafting Reuben Foster and have Correa as OLB as well. But after the draft, if we don't draft Reuben Foster and he's still on the open market by then, Zach Brown could be another slide in player that Ozzie could take a look at. 👍 The Dolphins wanted to sign Brown but he wanted too much money. When the Miami Dolphins think a player is asking for too much, you can bet that he is out of the Ravens price range. That being said, I hope so much that we can draft Reuben Foster.

lol, I'll be the first to admit that I was had. The Ravens would totally be the team to pull this off over any other NFL team. This was a cool April Fools joke.

If I were a player, this would be incredible news. As a fan, I'm thinking that they better not lose this London game now.

Remember this time last year when Justin Forsett was definitely gonna be our starter? I'm just saying.

shhh... let's keep him motivated.

Man... remember when we lost to the Jets last year?

Charge on Breshad! Just double last year's production and you will be in the Pro Bowl. That's all you need to do... lol.

When you put it like that the upgrade seems more obvious lol. You are right, Carr sees the field for the vast majority of NFL teams, and Shareece should be more of an emergency option for anybody. I also can't wait to see what Judon will do this year, but again if he or Suggs goes down, it's gonna be the Zadarius Smith show, and I'm not too keen on that. The thing is, if we're looking at the line, or the linebackers, or the receivers, we're only one good player away from good depth at these positions. It's funny how one guy can really make the difference between a position being shallow and a position being loaded.

I guess I see Carr as an upgrade over Shareece but I not as a huge upgrade in general. He is a good player, and solidifies the position, but if Jimmy gets hurt and he's our #1 guy for multiple weeks I'm less confident than you are. As for DE, I'm pretty sure we only have two on the roster as of right now, Kaufusi and Urban. We can play Timmy out there, but he's naturally a DT. I was surprised we didn't make an attempt to keep Ducasse as well, I thought he was really solid guard depth for us, especially considering the fact that the FO seems to like the idea of Lewis at tackle to replace Wagner. I would be very okay with your draft strategy on offensive linemen, 3rd/4th/ and 5th round offensive linemen is where our scouts make their money. I also remember Gradkowski at center... never again.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's actually an exciting thing for Harbaugh to come out and express confidence in KC to take over the middle spot. I don't remember ever hearing that praise for Arthur Brown. What I do remember is Harbaugh saying similar things about Zach Orr last year to the collective groans of Ravens fans everywhere (including me), but that turned out pretty well.

i guess in that situation you'd use hurst and lewis as your tackles, yanda at guard, and then hope jenson and urschel will be okay in the middle. I see the issue here. I'm not opposed to bringing a veteran in by any means, but I still like the perimeter talent in this draft too much to go with OL with our first 2 picks. Our CB depth also leaves us with a disaster waiting to happen if an injury occurs, same with the WRs, DE, and OLB. I forgot about Nesbot and Wesley, if either of them can play we can move Lewis inside and have them at RT, still not great, but better.

I guess what I was saying is that I'm comfortable overvaluing him for now because I imagine the comp pick next year will be a 3rd rounder anyway. At the cost we have him for right now and the fact he is going into a contract year, someone should have to blow our doors off before we let him go. If I were a Jets fan I would feel the same about Richardson. I like to stick with the known, especially when the payoff next year isn't so bad.

Lewis v Hurst for RT will be a good battle in camp, the "loser" could potentially become the starting LG. A stud center in the draft is more important to me than a stud tackle considering our depth chart, and we can find that on day 3 instead of worrying about it day 1 or 2.

If teams are legitimately interested in Timmy, then they need to step up to the plate. Anything less than 2nd round doesn't make sense for us, and I'm not so sure our FO is ready to admit they won't be able to afford him next year. Besides, he's gonna be a beast this year on a rookie contract.

um... Rob Gronkowski?

I know he's probably not coming to Baltimore, he's not really a great fit on our roster at this point anyway and I'd rather see him go to another team, but I just wanted to come to his defense a little bit. I heard Nick Saban say the other day that when you go into the draft, "People are looking for reasons not to draft you." I think Peppers is the best example of that in this draft. We're talking about a kid who has learned 3 spots on defense, fields kicks, and is a genuine factor on the offense, and the worry is that he doesn't fully understand a position. Of course he doesn't! But clearly he is capable of learning new information and growing quickly as a player. He became a linebacker in the span of a year and by the end of it was a top player at the position. His athleticism is elite, his play-making ability is apparent, but he's never been given the time to get comfortable in any one position. This kid is gonna be a stud, and it's so obvious by watching his tape. Him and McCaffrey are both getting no love in this pre-draft process. I actually wouldn't mind getting McCaffrey at 16, but that's whole other story.

Been saying this since the season ended, but I think the same is true for any position and not exclusive to WRs. Whoever we pick up rd. 1 needs to play with swagger and make his presence known every time he steps on the field. I don't care where he plays, but I want a guy with home run potential and a bark that matches his bite. I'm not asking for a team full of those guys, but we don't have a single young player (Tavon has it a little) with that kind of mindset, and I think we need it.

Could there really be a chance we get him in the 3rd round? That'd be dope. I feel like we'd have to trade up to get him at that point though. Man this is a really good draft, immediate starter potential into day 3. Crazy.

#silentgrind i guess... good luck to him.

I'm curious to see what the price tag for this 1 year deal is. If he's going there on a bargain I'll be kind of upset that we didn't at least give him a competitive offer. I know the people who comment here aren't high on Aiken, but dude could play some ball. He would've definitely been useful this year as we transition away from SSS. Don't really understand why he's so undervalued, also don't understand why he signed with Indy over Seattle. Seahawks seemed like a better team and a better chance at consistently seeing the field.

You will be having a different attitude about him after this year, give the kid some credit. He was injured his entire rookie year because our team was to stubborn to do his surgery earlier and when he was finally healthy last year and gaining confidence he showed he could be great WR for us. This year will be his breakout season with over 1000 yards and 10 TDs. He is the reason why we wont be drafting a WR in the 1st or 2nd round and be able to draft other needs instead. I'm pulling for you to be right, 1000 yds and 10 TDs is a tall order. I am a UCF alumni, so immediately I am a huge Perriman fan and I will be as long as he is here. But this WR class has some guys in the first 2 rounds that would be great additions for us. I wouldn't want us to pick up John Ross round 1, but I'd love to get Williams or Davis. If we go after a guy in round 2 I say it's Zay Jones or bust.

Well if Foster is available I think they salivate while writing his name and running to the podium with the card.... I truly believe they'll choose him over any other player available. Imagine our ILB corps at that point. Nobody will be better and will resemble Patrick Willis & Co. It's not just the ILB corps if we get Foster, the entire middle of our defense will be full of studs. in goal line situations, an opposing offense would be looking at an elite DT in Brandon Williams, two top shelf linebackers in Mosley and Foster, and two hard hitting safeties in Weddle and Jefferson. That's not even mentioning our depth at the DT position, with Pierce, Jernigan, and a hopefully resurgent Carl Davis.