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I'm guessing he was predicting Peters.

Perriman's floor is that of a larger, faster, more aggressive Torrey Smith. His ceiling could be one of the most dangerous deep threats in the NFL and the kind of guy you always double cover.

For tight end I'd want Heuerman or Nick Boyle in the midrounds. Possibly Kroft if Ozzie and company thinks he can stay healthy.

Can't say I blame them with Humphries still on the board. Him being smaller and quicker than most tackles could have made him perfect for dealing with edge rushers in 3-4 defenses, and the rest of their division runs a 3-4.

Waahtitude? Did you not see the part where I said I don't dislike this pick and said now was a good time for a project receiver due to having SSS on the team? I'm not whining. I'm glad we gave the offense a weapon with high potential.

Got beat to the punch on creating the thread, it seems.

Welp, might as well get the thread started for this. Personally, I would have taken Devin Smith, but I don't hate this pick. If there was ever a time for the Ravens to take a project receiver it's now. We have SSS for a couple years to mentor him, and a new WR's coach who seemed to do a good job with Brown, Aiken, and Camp. I'd take Perriman as a deep threat over Torrey Smith. He would have at least fought for the ball in that Patriots' game.

I'm in.

At this point, I'm thinking the best option might be to give Gilmore the shot at being the starting tight end during the season and Supernaw and Juice as the backups. I definitely don't want the Ravens to reach for TE in a weak class just for the sake of getting one, and the veteran tightends don't seem worth giving up a comp pick for.

The Ravens offense might not be as tight end reliant under Trestman as it was under Kubiak. They could be using three receiver sets a lot more often, and using running backs more in the passing game.

Williams is slow and overrated. He'd be barely worth a second round pick. Walford has issues with concentration drops and isn't that athletic. Funchess has bad hands. Anderson is very raw and absolutely can not be a guy to count on right away. O'Leary is basically the same as Juice, so drafting him would be pointless. Kroft has trouble staying healthy. Koyack and Telfer are the same as Gilmore, and we'd be better off just letting Gilmore be the full time starter instead of getting a tight end like him in the draft. Pruitt is reliable but not that athletic. Heuerman is really the only one of the group that you could plug in right away to take Pitta's spot. During the first four rounds of the draft, the WR talent will be better than the tight end talent, and it's not even close.

I doubt it. Defense will continue being above average with him, and not that many were outright wanting him fire. Some (myself included) think we could do better, but most don't think he's actually bad. The only way an apology thread with him pops up is if the Ravens post back to back shutouts and everyone is like, "Okay, so it turns out he's actually amazing."

I think the main issue was that Castillo and Caldwell simply weren't on the same page. Kubiak and Castillo though both had the same idea of how to use the ZBS.

To be fair, the Ravens had Boldin when they won the Super Bowl. That's a top ten receiver right there, and a guy who can dominate games when you play to his strengths.

Average but reliable is an improvement over what we have: a guy coming off an ACL tear, a guy with a history of off the field issues, and a guy who's on the road to being a bust. Also, he's pretty good at tackling, something our secondary has had an issue with.

I think Ozzie likely believes at least one of those three (Brooks, Elam, and Hill) can be a long term, viable starter for the Ravens. He's simply not willing to roll the dice on two of them sticking around for the long term and doesn't think the Ravens are in a good position to get one of the few really good safeties in the draft. With Lewis, the odds of the Ravens having a good pair of safeties the next few seasons is greatly improved.

Yep. If nothing else, he'll give us a great tackler in the backfield besides just Hill. Also, former Texans usually seem to play well for the Ravens.

Hill seems to play better in the box than covering people deep. But either way, the Ravens' starting safeties next season would be Hill at FS and Elam at SS, with Levine and Miles backing them up. That's... not very comforting. I really want Brooks to come back better than ever, but I don't want the Ravens' completely depending on that, or completely depending on Elam suddenly playing like a first rounder.

That's true, but the Pats use multiple tight ends, and in their offense he still might get more yards as the backup to Gronk than he would as the Ravens starter.

I really hope the Ravens get a deal done with Yanda, but Ozzie might be thinking long term and might be thinking that it could be hard to keep both Yanda and KO. Both will command a lot of money down the road. If a deal isn't done, I wouldn't be shocked to see Yanda traded next year like Ngata was this year. Also, they Ravens could go after a guard in the middle rounds of a draft so so that they're ready to part ways with Yanda when the time comes.

Agreed. I love that the NFL has a cap system, unlike baseball. I think the closest the NFL has had of a team trying to buy a championship is the Redskins, who are notorious for overpaying free agents. Haynesworth was probably the biggest example of that. And well, that strategy was an utter failure.

I think the Ravens will likely sign two or three d-lineman due to it being unclear how Urban will turn out, negotiating with Ngata, and releasing Canty. Lawrence Guy can probably be resigned, and he played well enough when put into games. Pat Sims seems like a good choice to take Canty's spot.

There's a free agent d-lineman from the Lions named CJ Mosley. Come on, let's get two CJ Mosleys on the team.