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That Flacco head flying through the 'Birds' scene tho...

The REAL question here is, with Suggs out for the year, who's the last Raven out of the tunnel for home games now?

Thanks Mark Clayton. Now all we need is to get Kyle Boller in here to advice Joe Flacco, and Sergio Kindle to each our defense how to tackle yourself down a flight of steps and we're golden!

That's really what has been missing from our pass rush...secondary coverage. For the first time in a while, we have ALL the pieces to make it work...if we can stay healthy.

Even the great Ray Lewis is subject to holding on to the past. I think his comments were based on the fact that Suggs is one on the last players remaining from HIS defense. But its not his defense anymore and he's watching it evolve just like the rest of us.

The issue seems to be that most of us are so ties to the glory days of our defense that we are constantly trying to hold on to any reminisce of it. We look at "next man up" like someone is going to step in long enough until our old veterans return. In reality, we have a whole new group of talent who's going to create their own identity, which may look NOTHING like our early 2000's defense. It used to be a new guy here and there, but for the first time in a while, the majority of our defense is young and talented. Just wait until they find their identity...no one is going to move the ball on them...just like we like it in Baltimore.

"Imagine if one or several members of that group had also lived up to their high-round status. The Ravens would really be set on defense." ...except Arthur Brown. If that panned out, we probably wouldn't have CJ Mosley.

2009 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. 2010 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. 2011 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. 2012 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. 2013 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. 2014 We panicked....Ozzie handled it. Sensing a trend here folks. Don't panic...Ozzie will handle it.

Terrell Suggs' loss is certainly a blow to the defense, but I think everyone is getting too wrapped up in the fact that he's the last remaining member of the "old guard". Do you guys think Terrell Suggs is the only person in the locker room with a voice? We have TOO much young talent on the defense for the loss of Sizzle to seal our doom. My guess is Jimmy Smith steps up and becomes that voice. Remember in 2013 when James Ihedigbo nearly cost us a home game against the Bengals? Jimmy Smith (2 years younger) was on the sideline ripping him apart! Ihedigbo promply went out the next series and caught the interception to seal the game. Let the defense grow, Ravens fans, and trust the system. We will be fine.