Dorota

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    Haven't heard a lot about Perriman before the draft, as he's out of my conference, but welcome on board, and I have high expectations!

    Maxx Williams though, I am beyond extatic about! Can't wait to rub in salt in Steeler wounds on the next 2 or 3 occasions this year and then for years to come :D Hahahaha, judging by the fact that they took up all their time up to pick their round 2 player, they were flabberghasted. I wouldn't call anyone though Todd Heap 2.0 or Pernell McPhee 2.0. I trust our rookies will be able to build a reputation all their own and unique. Fear the purple and black! I'm sure Joe was not so cool when he heard from Harbs and did a little victory dance after learning that the first two Raven picks are presents for him.

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    Football is a dangerous sport. No denying that. If you play it, probability is, that sooner or later you do get injured...

    I can't speak for others, but what it gives me is a sense of community, when I was an expat and the "strange one" for the majority of my life. We play together, we trust each other, we push each other to greatness. I've been raised to know that I am accountable for any actions I do and any words I let escape my mouth. Therefore, I don't go into conflicts, I bite my tongue even when I am angry. But that does not mean that I am mellow and it often leads to accumulation of frustration. If I vent it out, it will be hurtful, it can damage people. Football is a great release of all my frustrations, of thinking of bills I have to pay and stuff I have to do and other people's expectations. I can vent and do something constructive, be part of something beautiful at the same time.

    I get to hit people and the harder I do so, the more praise I get. I get to tell people what to do (as a middle/inside linebacker) - it's my privilege and my responsibility. I get help from my coaches and attention from senior players, always helping me to get better. I get to experience moments when I can't and discover that I CAN!

    And I get to win and to share my joy over that with a whole crowd of other people and they share it with me.

    Football is a team sport and that pushes me to be my best self, because my success is my team's success. It makes me want to share what I have learned with the rookies, because their success is my success. And it's a great sport to teach me trust as well. I have to trust my team mates. There is no football without trust. I cannot cover my zone, my player in man-to-man, if I don't trust the people around me and run off in all sorts of directions.

    And last of all, especially in America, football is an opportunity for those, who were born less privileged, who have struggled in life, lived barely off the streets to hone their talent, hustle and improve their situation drastically. In America, being a good athlete can get you places, where you might not get otherwise.

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    who cares Football is a American game....NFL Europe failed miserably so not sure why they are pushing this....

    Maybe for the tremendous amount of expats that can't afford to fly home or for the humungous number of foreign fans. I'm Slovak, living in Czech Republic and ever since I got into the game, I play for the ladies team, I help out our guys, watch every Ravens game I can manage, including the Thursday and Monday games which start way after midnight in my timezone and I watch college football too.

     

    So yeah, that's why they push it. London has plenty expats and people fly there for the NFL games from all over Europe. The difference being a flight ticket to London can cost like a pair of jeans on a low fare airline and can be a round trip with no hotel, while flying to the US costs more than a monthly rent ;)

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    It's good for Florida teams, who don't have home field advantage. The hell, Dolphins even typically do better on their away games if what my friend tells me it's true :D As much as I would find it easier to travel to a game in London, than crossing the ocean to Baltimore, I don't think it's a good idea for Ravens. No one has quite the fans like purple and black :)

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    Really Steve smith is good but ancient Nicks , Edelman would have been better younger if Steve smith really is going to help us why on earth didnt we just try more for Boldin stay in Baltimore I don't understand why should we happy about this all this says to me is that ravens admit they made a mistake on boldin nothing new there signing Jacoby way more exciting than this news.

    There was no salary space last year, so even the relative salaries don't matter. We could afford Steve Smith now, so why not? He can mentor our younger WRs such as Marlon Brown and Aaron Mellette (plus maybe a drafted rookie) and he can play. From what I understand of what has been shared on this site, Ravens are aware all along that Q was a huge loss, but they just could not keep him for the money they had to offer. What would you have them do? Stop crying over spilled milk and move on. We have a season ahead of us.

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    I didn't think I would get so excited to hear that Jacoby was resigned lol.So far this off season is like the opposite of last off season.We're keeping most of the talent that we wanted to keep and we're still saving left over cap space in the process.

    I didn't know it would make me this ecstatic either. But it did :)

     

    We get to keep the explosive, super fast player who can play on the offense and special teams, the guy who can get points on our scoreboard and on top of that a charming dude with a sense of humor and a very likable character.

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