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He can't block... even a little bit. He set a new NFL record for failed receptions. He not only had an average yards per catch near the bottom of the league, he had virtually zero yards after first contact. Two thoughts... first they need to cut Watson... second they need to figure a new scheme so we won't set another record for failed receptions.

We could sure use a real center... Mangold?  We have a couple tight ends that we could cut and clear some more cap space!

FO had no choice... if no one else bids for him we might just be able to pick him up on the cheap. Anyone heard whether Pitta is willing to take a pay cut or if he wants to move on?

Good news for the Ravens... I just hope his new found riches won't hurt his great work ethic.

Now it is clear why we signed Woodhead. Yet another disappointment among our young players.

SF has overpaid him... just like they did with Smith. Too bad he's gone but the price was way too high... ditto Wagner and regrettably this will probably be the case with Williams as well. Until we get a QB on a rookie contract (as opposed to the highest cap hit in the NFL) we will keep getting picked apart every year.

So terrible. How you get rid of Dumervil and keep Pitta is beyond me. Doom will prove to be a sure fire 10+ sacks guy in 2017 for another team and Pitta will continue to hamstring both our offense and will help in the continued regression of our very own Joe Flacco! Pitta needs to be gone ASAP so our offense can breathe new life and give Flacco 10 other options besides Pitta alone. It'll force Flacco to see the whole field eventually. With Pitta in, Flacco'e eyes will follow Pitta to the end of the earth.

It's now reported that Pita will have to take a pay cut to stay... there is still hope I guess.

An understandable move... but it's always hard to lose a class act like Doom.

"In Ozzie we trust"... I'm old enough to remember when people said that with a straight face.

It's a start... I just hope Ozzie has a plan... if not this season's 8-8 record will seem like the good old days.

You knew it was game over with Williams and Wagner when the Ravens announced they had made their patented "highly competitive" offer.

1 hour ago, TheRavengers said:

He's about a year and a half removed from his first major injury, so he's got no excuse to play better this year. I understand him throwing caution into the wind since the ACL tear. 

Since the 2012 year has been mentioned quite a few times here, I'd like to point out that his playing that year in the postseason and his postseason gameplay in general is exceedingly well. His total playoff record is 10-5 and he's thrown 25 TDs to just 10 INTs in that time, with 1 rushing TD, so I wouldn't really call his great run in 2012 an anomaly.

Check his 2015 stats prior to his injury... he was having a bad year before he got hurt.  Much the same as the 2016 season.

Unless the FO nails the draft this year and makes some really good decisions concerning the free agent market I'm worried that last year's 8-8 record may be hard to repeat without such an easy schedule.

Harbs says there is "no doubt we will contend for a championship"... due to our "championship caliber quarterback"... I hope for his future in Baltimore he is calling this correctly.

The Ravens have four of the first 100 picks... Ozzi needs to get all four right and to have his second and third round picks from last year prove they belong in the NFL. Hey... we can always hope can't we?

1 hour ago, sami said:

if Zuttah is so bad how did he get to go to the pro bowl? I don't see what the ones who voted him in see.

The NFL needed a back-up center for the game... no one else would go.

Signing Mangold would have more impact on the upcoming season than any of the other players being "associated" with the Ravens in the free agent market. Since we are joined at the hip with Flacco for three more years due to the dead money involved, we need to try to get him to play better than the 24th ranked (QBR) player at his position. Mangold seems like the best option I have seen thus far.

The beat goes on... it wasn't long ago we were a model franchise.

Looks like the Raven's FO might be on to a good program... kudos to whoever came up with this idea.

After all Joe is the best looking player in the NFL... why shouldn't he be the top paid player??

Certainly looks like a keeper... and since it's beginning to look like Williams and Wagner may bolt he will be an indispensable part of the DL. Too bad we can't afford him AND Williams.

Joe is the number 2 QB in terms of cap hit and number 24 in terms of QB rating and efficiency. Pretty much says it all. Since we are stuck with him for three more long years due to the dead money issues the question becomes how can the Ravens get him to play better. I am discouraged by the fact that the Ravens have decided that no QB coach is even going to be appointed. Sounds like they are satisfied with 24th ranked play out of their QB.

2 hours ago, The Greek said:

roman was hired so harbs has someone with coord. exp to replace marty if the offense is stale. pees should have been replaced. he always goes into prevent defense when he has a lead and stops doing what was working the whole game. if he were atlantas def coord he would have blown that lead as well. almost blew it in 2012. hopefully harbs is in his ear whenever we have a lead from now on. all of their jobs depend on it

Why wait until we dig ourselves into a hole to make the change?

It has been proven that we can neither draft nor develop wide receivers... why do we maintain the status quo?

Our problem is our development with our WR's. We can never develop receivers which is why we always have to rely on bringing in a aging vet that has something "left in the tank". Bring in coaches that is know for their development of receivers. The route running for a lot of our guys is horrible. When you see guys like AB, Julio, OBJ and even Edelman, their route running is really good. I just think the coaching is mediocre in that department. It's been that way for a long time.

I think we all wish our coaching WAS mediocre in terms of wide receivers.