billiejean

I just found out about Moreau. There are a lot of CBs that don't even do the bench press. I think the rule of thumb for DBs is if you can't get to 8 your better off not doing it. I dont think Moreau bench would have increased or decreased his draft spot. I feel bad for the guy.

He may not even get drafted. I could definitely see him as a UDFA. Do you know this guy or something?

Yea I haven't seen any mocks this year that have those safeties making it to us, but from the mocks ive seen after the first 5 picks there really isn't a whole lot of consensus. It could just be me, I really haven't been following the draft as much as I have in the last two years. It is also possible that things start to become a bit clearer the closer we are to the draft. But in at lease one of these CBS drafts the following guys are there when we are on the clock..... Barnett, Foster, Ross, Reddick, Harris, Cook, Mckinley, Charlton, Peppers, Williams, Davis, Howard, Cunningham, Humphrey, McCaffrey http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/mock-draft I even saw one yesterday on BR that has J Allen falling past us which seems a bit implausible to me.

Our starting 5 is solidified. End of story. 2 top 10 safeties as well. We do need pass rush Weddle is over 30 and not enough? LOL........OK Defense was gassed at the end of games cuz it was on the field the whole game from our inept offense. Gotta score to win The only way we're passing on Corey Davis or Williams if they're there is if Barnett or Takk are there too, and we're stoked on one of them. Or if we're dead set on trading back 0% chance we take a Safety in the first. I doubt we draft one til the 4th or later. If Teez is there for our 2nd pick, that would be tough to pass up I wouldn't say zero percent. It really is going to come down to what the teams in front of us do. I would say there is a zero percent chance that we take either a QB or a TE but I wouldn't go that far at Safety. I don't think there is a huge chance of Hooker or Adams making it to us but if they did we would have to consider taking one of them. I don't think they would be tempted to take Peppers though, and he will most likely be on the board when we pick.

Agreed Im not sure how they ended up at the end of the season but either way Guy was a big part of the defenses success even though he was a rotational player https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-one-thing-every-nfl-team-can-be-thankful-for-on-thanksgiving/ "The Ravens are currently atop the AFC North, and one of the reasons why is their highest-graded run defense, which is currently allowing the fewest yards per carry (3.4) in the league. Two big reasons for this are defensive interior players Lawrence Guy and Timmy Jernigan. Guy (12.9) and Jernigan (12.1) are currently first and second, respectively, in run-stop percentage among 3-4 defensive ends. This has freed up linebacker C.J. Mosley to earn the third-highest run-defense grade (87.1) among linebackers so far this season." His pass rushing abiliity is also an area of his game that gets looked over. He only had a half of a sack less than TJs totals last year and graded out as the 8th best interior pass rusher at seasons end. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000784423/article/aaron-donald-leads-top10-interior-pass-rushers "Several players know for their pocket collapsing ability, including Aaron Donald, Geno Atkins, Mike Daniels, Calais Campbell and Fletcher Cox, all ranked above Guy. However, the Ravens underrated defensive end was more disruptive than well regarded pass rushers such as Joey Bosa, Jadeveon Clowney, Grady Jarrett, Ndamukong Suh, Damon Harrison and Muhammed Wilkerson, according to this measurement. It is worth noting that most of these players played a greater percentage of snaps than Guy, which hurt their pass rush average, but a top-8 ranking from Guy is impressive nonetheless." Hopefully Urban and Kafusi are going to be able to step up to the plate. Henry will get rotated in there as well. He has almost identical measurements to Guys coming out of college except he is an inch shorter and a bit more explosive (LG vert - 29" WH vert 30.5"). But of course there are plenty of guys who have similar or even better measurements than starters in this league that were never able to make a team. Guy is an underrated pick up for the Pats. It will be interesting to see how they use him.

The Browns haven't had an 8 - 8 season since 2007. The Jags haven't had and 8 - 8 season since 2010. Using hyperbole as a rhetorical device is all well in good until you begin to rely on it so much that you forget that it is in fact hyperbole.

So I looked at a mock today and the majority of the guys you have listed as "highly coveted" (which would also be on my highly coveted list) are predicted to be there. Since this is the first mock Ive looked at this year, I don't know how realistic or unrealistic it is, but there are some guys that I thought were going to be gone early that fell totally out of the first round. Bleacher report isn't really known for their in depth analysis of anything really, but without looking at other mocks the two picks that seem really out of place are the Colts taking the guard from Western Kentucky at 15 and the Cards picking up Mahomes at 13. The case with Mahomes is more likely. QBs usually start to climb up draft boards as the draft nears. Is this mock an outlier or have other mocks predicted similar things?

I think he is the guy that comes up with the QBR percentages

They are streamed. You just have to find a website that streams them. Its usually a European website. I would recommend looking over a forum dedicated to this type of thing when the season starts. Just make sure you have a really good anti-virus program or use safari. Using mac safari with an good antivirus program is probably your best bet. Im really not in know when it comes to computer security, so its probably best to use the forum that you found the site on to asked what the best practices is. Or ask someone who specializes in that type of thing. I've been doing it for years on my Mac with antivirus software and I have never had any problems.

So you would have been alright with giving Torrey a 5 year 40mil contract? The niners were regretting it after one year http://www.ninersnation.com/2016/2/17/11032618/torrey-smith-contract-worst-49ers-salary-cap-the-sporting-news in 2015 he had 33 rec for 663 yards That same year on that same team Boldin had 69 rec for 789 yards The numbers scream one dimensional

KO was not the same KO that we know today, he was above average at best because he was hurt all the time, so Urschel is comparable. Jensen is an average center but it should work out. Worse comes to worst, put Jensen at G and Urschel at C. The leadership will never be at that level, but Weddle and Suggs are doing a pretty darn good job in my opinion. The addition of Jefferson will also boost the confidence and swagger of the secondary. CJ is another up-and-coming guy after he takes Correa under his wing. My gut feeling also tells me that Dumervil returns. Flacco, Yanda and a grown-up Wallace will take on the leadership roles on the offensive side of the ball. KO has missed only 14 games in 5 seasons which really isnt a terrible number. Urschel is not comparable and quite frankly not even close to comparable. And neither is Jensen but I think he has a better chance to start than Urschel does at this point. We will draft some interior guys and hopefully they will be able to beat out those guys.

Well... sorry to have to break it to you, but... 1.) we already have a good QB - one that played rather poorly at stretches of last season - but not a bad QB by any measure; 2.) I'm afraid you've been fooled. That ship-thing was an April's fool prank. Sorry to break it to YOU! No, the Ravens do NOT have a good QB. PJ's living quite famously off a wing and a prayer heave, botched by the safety. A lifetime QB rating of 84% for a ten year starter is AWFUL! You can see how bad Pathetic Joe and Self Righteous John have been since Lewis retired. You can make every excuse in the book you want for these two, but it doesn't change the facts. I do hope you know that you are the only one who knows what the nickname that you have given Joe stands for. PJ? I would also like to inform you that QBR is NOT a percentage. Matt Stafford Steve Mcnair, Matt Hasselbeck, Troy Aikman, Eli Manning, Alex Smith, Dan Fouts, John Elway, Bernie Kosar, Fran Tarkington, Otto Grahm, Drew Bledsoe Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, and Phil Simms all have QBRs lower than Joes. Directly above him is Jim Kelly 84.39, Brett Favre 86, and Dan Marino 86.38. It is quite clear that you have very little idea of what QBR is and have absolutely no idea how it is calculated. I am not saying that Joe is better or worse than any of the guys I have mentioned. I am saying that you have no idea what you are talking about.

I almost think McCaffrey offers more than Ross in the slot. At the slot position 40 times don't mean much. McCaffrey had the second best 3 cone drill time at the combine at 6.57. Ross didn't even do the drill, not because of injuries but because he didn't think the number would help his draft stock. He ran an unofficial 6.71 at some point. I think McCaffrey is more versatile and is more of a swiss army knife kind of guy.

you know I think you are on to something but I have a little different spin on it... I think the Ravens are too utilized when it comes to Offensive playmakers. One guy does this well, another guy does something else well but they are limited in the same position ...that just sets up to expose the offense in personnel changes. I would rather see multiple players largely talented, similar and interchangeable. Examples: -if they commit to Pitta, then we should use Williams in multiple sets who is very similar. ( Boyle and gilmore probably could do similar) -If the were to bring Boldin in that would be great, here I would use Waller to learn Boldin's style of receiving and routes. Though he has more speed, the ability in the slot is much more important if Boldin were to be on the team. ( another idea is to draft OJ Howard for the slot) I think Waller would make an incredible Slot Receiver. - Watch D Woodhead and then Dixon those 2 will exhibit very similar play and they should be able to disguise the play well. I think the Ravens need a Running Back, I do not think West is a good enough RB to be #1 and Dixon is a better Stretch back more like a Danny Woodhead who will be great for the Ravens. Dixon is the future. The Ravens need a clock control Running back. West may find himself 3rd in line. I hope he makes me eat my words. - What is a stretch back? Stretch/zone is a blocking scheme. I think you may be referring to a one cut back who thrives in that stretch scheme. Woodhead and Dixon are not even remotely similar. Danny is 5'8" 200 and runs a 4.33. Dixon is 5'10" 215 and runs a 4.5. Woodhead is going to be playing a lot of slot this year. He will probably pick up more yards catching passes than running the ball. He will get into a lot of 3rd down situations. Its extremely unlikely that we will bypass West on the RB depth chart. Woodhead has only gained 500 yards once in his 9 year career and that was in 2010. He is not a guy you want to give too many carries to because his diminutive size. The guy has only been able to play in 21 of 48 games in the last few years because of injury. They aren't going to give him a huge load at RB. And OJ is a pipe dream. There isn't any way we take that guy (even if we force him to loose 30lbs)

In recent memory there hasn't been ONE starting QB that has ever taken less money than the agreed upon amount in his contract. Im not sure why that is so hard to understand for some people. Joe is not going to set a new precedent by agreeing to a pay cut. Mike Glennon just signed a "prove it" deal with the Bears. Even if he plays terribly and get cut next offseason, he is still going to get 19 million for this year. And he is a guy that has thrown only 11 passes since 2015. Joe's cap hit is $22,550,000. He is not going to take a pay cut. Continuing to bring it up in the comment section as if it is something that happens all the time, is not going to increase the chances of it happening. I know this truth may come as a shock. I suggest that you let it marinate in your head for a few days to ensure that it is stored in your long term memory.

I think he will do better this year, but to say that he displayed the physical talent needed to compete in this league is a stretch. He was constantly overwhelmed by blockers. And this isn't a high school locker room the skirmish with Pitta wasn't as big of a deal as you are making it seem.

What does that even mean. Its going to be his tenth season in the league. if you don't think he has taken charge of the offense yet, than he isn't going to.

Yeah, The same goes for post game press conferences. People seem to get angry at Harbaugh when he doesn't admonish Joe (or any other player that didn't play well) after a rough game. Nothing good would come from calling out players in front of the media.

Well I am assuming that they are going to try to get a deal with Mosley. That money will go fast. It just doesn't make sense to spend that much money on two interior lineman.

I don't no. When he was in the game he had trouble fighting off blocks and got overwhelmed at times. It could be a playbook issue, although last year an article said the Ravens were surprised at how fast he picked things up, Of course they also made it seem like he was going to be a big contributor. So the he picked up things line could also be an exaggeration.

Although unlikely I am hoping one of the OL on the roster is this year Zach Orr. Hopefully the OL can stay healthy this year. Losing a starter O linman could spell disaster.

What would you expect him to say? The reporter that asked the question knew the answer before John said anything. He isn't going to say no we don't want him, he is too old.

Yea Im a big Timmy fan too. I like his sack dance. For the most part he had it under control last year, but his first two years the guy would wear himself out dancing after a big play, He toned it down a bit this year and better conditioning also probably played a factor in his recovery time as well. He is going to bring it this year. He just has to keep his head on straight, stay away from the personal fouls and bring the heat.

There have to be a lot of coincidences that play into player for player swaps, especially when it involves players that are capable starters. Each team has to have excess players at one position that the other team doesn't have and at the same time be deficient at the position that the other team has an excess in, When you are just trading a pick, one team has to have excess talent and one team has to have a deficiency in talent at a certain position. Those type of situations are much more common. The other thing that is more complicated in player to player swaps is that the current contract of each player has to be taken into account. And because of all of those variables a lot of the times it isn't a 1 for 1 trade. Usually some picks are exchanged as well.

I don't think they have to admit that we wont be able to afford him next year. It is a given. If we didn't pay BWill than it would be a possibility, but its not going to happen, I would take a 3rd for him but I don't think there is a team that would give that up. I agree I think we should keep him this year and I also think he is going to have a banner year. But if there is any tiny tiny tiny hope of us keeping him, a "beast" year would certainly put him out of reach.