ravensnick

Willing to move down from 27 depending on the offer

3 hours ago, PurpleHorseman said:

Give credit where it's due. He contributed in a very complex offense.

 

Kinda tough to call a team delusional that is winning championsips. To be fair Reggie Wayne always did play with great QBs.

Malcolm Mitchell had just another old rookie season, a nice little role carved out and had about 400 yards receiving. Reggie Wayne was one of the best WR to ever play. Try again.

4 minutes ago, ludy51 said:

Who wants to tell him?

Does anyone actually think that Malcolm Mitchell is going to be comparable to a surefire HOF receiver besides delusional Pats fans?

54 minutes ago, -Truth- said:

 

I don't understand why anyone would give Torrey that money after his SF years, but then I saw Kenny Britt's deal and thought, you know, that's not that bad for the Eagles. Then I saw Robert Wood's deal and just laughed.

2 minutes ago, GrimCoconut said:

Pryor? High character? I mean he's talented but he has some questions on his character. 

Forgot about the tattoos at OSU, but it says a lot about a guy to be willing to put as much work into a position change as he did. Guess I should have put hard working instead of high character. That's more what I meant. I think Jeffrey would be the type to slack after a big payday.

11 minutes ago, sflegend89 said:

Injury might be a concern, but with that talent, sign me up anyday

2 minutes ago, usmccharles said:

Id take Pryor in a heart beat over Jeffrey

I second this. High character guy that's still developing and getting better everyday>the possibly better guy with character issue and a couple down years

Just now, hn68wb4 said:

If it's for the right price then I can't complain, but I don't like what this means as far as the draft goes. If we sign Claiborne then I'd wager our plan is to take advantage of the deep CB class by hoping it causes good players to fall, basically saying we won't be picking one early in the deepest class in forever.

I sincerely doubt that. Getting Claibourne means that we get a talented corner and can actually take BPA. If we see a corner we really like, we'll still take him. We'd still have almost 0 corner depth.

1 minute ago, cobrajet said:

The guy never lived up to his potential and he has had a lot of injuries. Past groin and knee injuries are not what you want in a CB.

He really improved and  played like a top level corner this past year.

Just now, Edgar said:

Stevie Tuikolovatu can be had in the 5th or 6th round. Would fit role of run stopping, blocker occupying NT very well.

Dalvin Tomlinson with our third round selection offers more than that. Either would make more sense fiscally....and we have, Pierce, Jernigan, Henry and Davis....no way we should pay him that.

I'd definitely take Tomlinson in the third. I'm pretty high on him. Remember though, we have to replace that NT spot and Jernigan and Henry simply don't have the body type to play there. If Davis develops and we draft a guy mid rounds, I'll fell good enough. We have Pierce, thank god.

2 minutes ago, hn68wb4 said:

 

100% for this for the right price. He played very well this year.

6 minutes ago, hn68wb4 said:

Reportedly Pats are close to completing trade for Brandin Cooks

They need someone with speed in their secondary. Hogan is probably their fastest guy rn and He's 4.5 40 type. A burner would be deadly for NE

3 minutes ago, Tyler said:

It's a good feeling knowing that the carousel that was the safety positions for this team finally have some talent and stability. I think they saw how Elam, Brooks, Kendrick Lewis, worked out (or should I say didn't) and finally just wanted to go out and get there guy. He just turned 25, was the top rated defensive back on the Cardinals per PFF, and seems to have a passion for the game and will to improve his craft. I'm sold.

I'm still absolutely shocked he didn't get drafted. He was a star for OU from his freshman year on. 

14 minutes ago, PurpleHorseman said:

That's it. I feel the smarter path is support our near $30million QB. Besides Jefferson was propped up with a supporting cast in Arizona and was no real difference maker. I wanted us to sign Zeitler or Pryor to give Flacco the tools to be a top5 QB. 

Even if we go defense heavy in this draft and somehow sneak into the playoffs. If Joe Flacco struggles there is going to be a hailstorm of criticism. Because come on, you can have a $10 QB struggle and get carried to the playoffs by defense..

Free agency is still happening. It's not like Ozzie is going to call it quits after the Jefferson deal. 

Robert Woods deal easily the worst so far. Most Rams thing I've ever seen to pay him and Tavon like they are top tier WRs...

2 hours ago, January J said:

I think our only chance of taking a safety now is Desmond king if he makes it to the third round. Peppers is now out of the equation. We won't be wasting a high pick on a S with the signing of Jefferson ...but with king he will not only be good depth but he can line up and play other positions in the secondary.

It wouldn't be wasting if we determined that they were the BPA. Teams like the Saints like to run 3 safeties and Weddle is aging: we have to get his replacement at some time. Now at least we don't have to immediately reach on a secondary player.

1 minute ago, GrimCoconut said:

Here's the issue with your thinking: we just lost LB Zach Orr and while I don't think he was the best guy ever back there he made tackles. You don't want your LB not having a force to eat up blockers and with Correa moving inside that's even more vital. 

And this DT draft is very weak.

It's probably a pipe dream, but I hope we at least inquired about Melvin Ingram. He would be a godsend.

For me;

Risers:

Obi Melifonwu: absolutely destroyed the combine. He's going to go top 20 now in my book. His tape is very good as well. He's not just athlete, he's a football player.

Kevin King: His 40 and 3 cone drill were incredibly good for his size. Could move into the Thursday night conservation

John Ross: breaking 40 records helps, but he's not Darius Heyward-Bey. Looks like a better verison of Brendin Cooks to me. 

Myles Garret: His vertical was higher than Odell's. He ran a 4.6 40 at 270 lbs. Garrett somehow boosted his stock despite already the consensus #1

Gareon Conley: He should go Round 1 now

Jordan Willis: up there for best combines

Fallers:

Reuben Foster:Getting sent home definitely doesn't help his stock, but he's still going to get drafted before us

Jalen Tabor: Looked slow and stiff

Rasul Douglas: really slow 40 (which is actually a problem for CBs)

Davon Godchaux: ran slow and pulled his hamstring

Charles Harris: really underperformed, pretty bad 3 cone time and broad

Garrett Sickles: 4.90 40, 8'9' broad, and 28 inch vert. Those are really bad numbers for a 4-3 DE.

Huge fan of this mock. 10/10, would be ecstatic if it turned out like this. As an avid big 12 watcher, Willis really turned my head. I knew he was a very techincally sound player and pretty athletic, but he turned in as fine a combine performance as anyone.  Also love to see Tanzel and Tulane gets some love. My only concern with Awuzie is his OSU game tape, but I understand there probably wasn't a better QB/WR combo (outside maybe Dede and Baker) than Washington and Rudolph and he was playing through injury.

21 hours ago, allblackraven said:

He's a lot like Markus Golden, only more athletic. Needs to learn some moves but strength, get-off and especially effort are all there and at the high level.

That comparison holds pretty well in my book. Goldens been a very productive NFL player, so I think Tak has major potential.

17 hours ago, Gruntled Ravens Fan said:

Would take him over someone like Charles Harris or Taco Charlton? I don't know too much about TJ so I can't say if I like him or dislike him.

I'd 100% take him over Harris and Charlton isn't going past New Orleans.

I'm pretty sad to see the forum go. I was pretty heavily involved the last couple years (well maybe not so much 2016). Its been an excellent place to meet fellow fans and have great discussions. Can't help but be surprised to see it go with all the traffic it gets. 

32 minutes ago, ravefan52 said:

The extreme amount of investment put into TE has left the roster thin elsewhere, but I'd take OJ Howard all day long. He is going to be a an elite TE and edge and CB are deep positions where we could definitely still get impact starters later on.

If we cut Pitta (spoiler, we probably will) that would leave us with Gilmore, WIlliams, Boyle, and Waller at TE. I really like all those guy, but Gilmore and WIlliams are injury prone, Boyle already has a drug suspension under his belt, and Waller might no even make the final roster. It sucks because I love this TE class, but you are right: we just are logjammed already. OJ, David Njoku, Bucky Hodges, Evan Ingram, Jake Butt man those guys are really talented. If by some miracle Evan Ingram is on the board in the late second, I'd say trade up for him, because he'd immediate replace the slot hybrid we'd lose by getting rid of Pitta.

23 hours ago, LosT_in_TranSlatioN said:

Spoiler alert: They all suck

I agree that Trubisky and Watson are really overhyped, but I think Hue Jackson would be able to mold Kizer really well if he doesn't have to be rushed to start. Kizer still should go second round, lower expectation would be a ton better for his development. I personally think Mahomes is going to end up being a really good QB. The Saints should take him in the second. Mahomes with 2 or so years behind Brees + Sean Payton will great a very, very good player.