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Were getting closer almost a month away so its time for another dream draft.
After following many reputable mocks(Walterfootball,Draftek,Cbs etc)

Heres another Dream Draft for Ravens

Round 1, Defensive Gamechanger preferably Pass Rush but Cb option aswell.
Players- Barnett, McKinley,Harris,Charlton,Reddick,Solomon Thomas, Allen etc
Cbs/dbs-Peppers,Lattimore,G.Conley,Q.Wilson etc

Rnd 2- Whatever you dont get round 1 get round 2(CB or Pass Rush)
Players- Reddick,Harris,Tj Watt, McKinley etc
Cbs- Maybe G.Conley still around, T.White, Tankersely, King, etc

Rnd 3 2 pks, Offense&Defense
Players possibly avail- Amarah Darboh, Chris Goodwin, Malachi Dupree,Dede Westbrook, Kupp, etc WRS
Jake Butt, Jordan Leggett, Bucky Hodges TE/WRs

Lbr Raekwon Mcmillion, Anthony Walker, Beckwith,
Cb Sutton, Lewis,Awuzie

Rnd 4
Dan Skipper, Zach Banner, McDermott etc OT/Gs

Pass rush and CB Round 1&2... Barnett,Harris,TakMckinley,Reddick,Charlton etc.
CBs- Sid. Jones injury makes him slide, just listening to Mailbag question bout Ravens possibly grabbing Sidney in round 2 or 3 similar to cowboys and Jaylen Smith last year... I would say I agree I hope they do.
But other options at CB regardless..Quincy Wilson,Lattimore,G.Conley etc

Sidney Jones.. ouch Ravens cant take him round 1. Take him in round 3 1 of those picks. A 1st round CB who fell cause injury

Idk how to read this.. bad news or good. Nfl trade rumor, Sidney Jones top 15 projected player and top 2 CB in draft appears to have suffered a significant leg injury at pro day.
We knows Ravens like him, bad news if serious how can you take him in tge 1st round?

Good? Maybe you get him a round or 2 later

Nfl trade rumor...Pitta agrees to restructure contract. He was going to make 5.5mil next 2 years, so good job Pitta. Numbers arent out yet but good job

Solid move. Always liked Levine and what he brings.

Nfl trade rumor.. Ravens agree to re sign Anthony Levine. Solid move. Super versatile Rover type player Lbr/Cb/S

Thanks Webby, fan favorite, Classy guy. Just a money crunch

Tony Jefferson, Safety checked off. Brandon Williams, NT/DT Checked off.

Still need- Game Changing Pass Rusher, no.1 CB along side Jimmy Smith, another WR or 2, RT&C

Options
Nick Mangold C
Terrell Pryor WR
I dont know if they have the money but OT Manelik Watson

Of course draft too

Id really be jacked if B.Williams signing came down today, other then that I know its not sexy but I would love Ozzie to pick up a impact oline guy Mangold, Tj Lang etc. Dramatically boost our oline. Im not against claiborne on the cheap or another wr

Round 1, Tak Mckinley,Harris,Barnett,Reddick etc
Come back in round 2 get our CB
Round 2 if they slide Quincy Wilson, G.Conley, others Tr. White, J.Lewis, Tankersely etc

But now that Dumervil is cut round 1 Pass rusher, and round 2 CB

Dumervil Released..according to Smith sr on twitter.

This puts round 1 priority on Pass Rusher

So much for B-Marsh or Garcon..jesus. Looks like they got snatched up already

Now I understand Ravens dont have money to keep all these guys unless they cut half the team.
As far as Oline, you have Stanley,Yanda, Lewis either kicked out to RT or stay at G. Now your going to need another Center and another T/G (Draft)

Throwback, I wouldnt be bashing Wagner that much I mean I dont know how much stock you put into pff but I put some stock into it. Wagner has been a top 5 RT over his Ravens career

Good news, cant go into next year with bunch of no name and unproven wrs

Pass Rush all day.. 1st pick Barnett,Mckinley,S.Thomas, Williams, Charlton etc
Rnd 2 CB- Lewis,Awuzie,White,Tankersley,Jones, etc
Rnd 3 2picks- Ilbr Raekwon McMillion, Anthony Walker, Kendall Beckwith, OL Taylor Moton, Nico Siragusa, etc

If in the 1st 4 picks, which is 3 rounds.. all which should be starters Oz and company can get a gamewrecker pass rusher rnd 1, another long athletic, but durable shutdown type Man CB in Jimmy Smith/ Chris McAlister mold round 2, Round 3 plug 2 holes, Starting caliber ilbr to fill Orrs spot, Oline help. Or other option.. WR and more Dline or Secondary especially if they lose B.Williams or cut Webb

Mangold a 7x pro bowler borderline hofr instant upgrade over Zuttah would be great on a 2-3 year deal for the right price.

How to "FIX" football...

1) Shrink commercials, or eliminate commercials. Steve B touched on this already.
2) Agree completely on, less flags per game.. especially on defense.
3)Also Agree on over saturation... Go back to Monday Night&Sunday Football.

But 2 of these realistically wont change cause they are tied to money. Only 1 that might change is limiting penalties

Sounds like they are really eyeballing Reddick or Anderson... I dont have issue with either 1 but definitely no earlier then a 2nd rounder, and probably 3rd rounders would be best

Ravenous_Ravens, I would agree with you except facts tell a different story.
You dont recall 15 total sacks from Sizzle,Dum,and Jernigan all last year. Mostly from Sizzle and Dumervil being injured most year.
The part bout others not getting a chance. Again not true. Judon showed he can be a player, 4 sacks or something. Maybe he can develop into a Kruger,Mcphee 3rd sack guy. But Correa bust obviously didnt do enough to get snaps, Koufusi bust so far(broken leg).

And the old Truism in football great pass rush helps a secondary, remember few years back we had 2, 14 point leads on Pats without Jimmy Smith and a bunch of street F/as why? Because we had Mcphee,Ngata,Sizzle couple yrs younger etc so Great pass rush covers up a lot of holes.

So while I definitely agree they need a CB in the early rounds, Pass rush is equally important

Ive seen everything from Dalvin Cook, Cam Robinson,Reuben Foster, Corey Davis, Tabor, to all the above mentioned.

At this point my best guess for who they take 16th would be who they believe is the best of the Michigan&Alabama players Peppers,Charlton, Foster,Williams,Robinson just because Ozzie, Harbaugh connection.
Unless A Cook,Williams type is there they will grab

#Nevermore, totally agree with your point bout coaching. Not just bout Falcons choking last night but for every team. The patriots are not overly superior talented crew especially without Gronk. In fact most people will tell you Falcons were far more athletic and superior talented team with Julio,Sanu,Freeman,Coleman etc
And nobody was praising Brady when he was getting crushed for 3 quarters.
But Patriots have Billy Bellicheck and they have a system. Just like Wash and Montana. And because Kyle Shanahan refused to run the ball in the 2nd half, let along 3 straight plays once inside the 25 after Julio catch..and get the 40 yrd fg to seal the game. The difference in coaching shows up again.

Lastly when are we going to get some more LoungePodCasts?
I look forward to those. I know its offseason but I thought were going to get 1 a week atleast or something.
Start talking draft and possible free agent moves

Bythebay, I dont recall 25 point leads in those other games you mentioned. In fact cowboysv Pack was close down the stretch. So thats not choking.
Choking is when percentages say 95% chance or better 1 team has game locked up. I dont know odds but I would assume 25 point lead close to 90-95% win probability for Falcons.
Thats Choking.

I will give you GB Screwed up the onside kick but not nearly as bad cause competatition so even. People thought Falcons are the overrated franchise and they were shocking the world...then they Choked like they always do.
Playcalling,play execution, clock management. Everyone involved but Matt Ryan gets most blame cause he touches the ball every play. No different then Flacco in this city or any other city

People saying Brady is G.O.A.T. nope. Greatest Winner yes. But compare him to Bill Russell in nba(11 titles) yet Russell rarely gets put into the MJ,Kobe, whoever convo.

It takes more then rings to be the g.o.a.t., it takes peak athletic ability and skill, plus legit numbers. Now Just to compare brady isnt even in Aaron Rodgers league athletically gifts wise or a Elway of the 90s.
Brady whether his backers like it on not is like Montana a great system qb. Westcoast bunch of slot wrs who get yac.
Hes not G.o.a.t.
Stick him on the Browns with no bellicheck, no mcdaniels, no nothing. He might win 8 games. Playing in afc Least every year helps cupcake division too.

Put a Elway or Rodgers on the Browns the they win division titles at worst. Because They have bazooka arms, make plays with their feet, and especially Rodgers his accuracy is as good as Brady, he throws average wrs open, when they are not open puts it in smallest windows