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Lol....guess this thread just became relevant again 

I'm wondering if the plan for at least one of the vacant OL spots is one of the developmental guys on the roster/ PS such as Skura/ Nembot/ Wesley. Maybe even Jensen/ Urschel but I would have expected more playing time for them at this point if that were the case. Hopefully James Hurst is not in the reckoning, he doesn't even give me confidence as a back up. 

I remember before the 2014 season there was a lot of concern about the vacant RT spot before Wagner was installed as the starter.

We still potentially have Guy, Aiken and Powers to sign elsewhere.

I guess it would be optimistic to expect Elam and Chris Lewis Harris to bring us any benefit by signing anywhere else. Lewis Harris might be the sort of guy we sign to close to the vet minimum to play on ST. And Elam, well.....

2 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

the ravens wont pass on him, unless the bama coaching staff tells ozzie straight up that the kids a headcase. 

i still doubt he falls past cincinnati who love themselves a good headcase and need a LB anyway, and even if cinci goes another direction, pretty much every team after them could use a LB, saints, browns, colts, eagles, cardinals, all of them would have a hard time passing on a guy like foster. 

the kids a generational talent, this isnt a vontaze burfict case where he had 3 seasons of absolute boneheaded and hotheaded film, and then proceeded to have possibly the worst combine of all time and then seemingly sabotaged himself in the interview process... reuben foster is lightyears ahead of burfict in terms of talent and character, even if foster has off the field issues at least he isnt on tape headhunting and cussing out coaches and refs.

Agreed. Was more really making that point that the Ravens may have an advantage over the other 31 teams regarding information about the guy. Some teams may feel like they aren't able to fully evaluate him properly and can't take the risk with a high pick. The Ravens may be able to fill in the gaps with Ozzies Alabama connections.

Foster has been sent home from the combine due to some sort argument with a hospital worker. 

This could be an interesting development for the Ravens. Naturally there is talk he might slide but I read that team interviews have not happened yet, so no team will get to question him on the matter.

With Ozzie Newsomes connections at Alabama he may be able to get comfortable with the situation whereby other teams may not want to take the risk.

Along with the shoulder injury, there could be a real chance he drops, maybe even we pass on him

As far as im concerned the best possible outcome is a loss with some encouraging individual performances.

Few things I'm hoping for:

-Flacco shouldn't even be active

-Perriman, Moore and Campanaro to be our WR1, WR2 and slot. Let's force feed Perriman 10+ targets and give him a real chance to show what he can do.

-Let Judon play pretty much every snap, allowing for the normal rotation of staters.

-Tell Yanda and Wagner to book their holidays, let Jensen start and play the whole game. If Alex Lewis is 100% give him a look at RT.

-Is Willie Henry on IR? If not, give him some decent playing time.

-Let's see if Michael Pierce can handle the additional workload that comes with being the starting NT. It's certainly more than possible that Brandon Williams will be playing elsewhere next season.

Im hoping pretty much everyone veteran starter sits. Still think Ronnie Stanley should play as he is still learning every game- plus if we play too many backups in the OL, Ryan Mallett might well not make it through the game unharmed.

-Same applies to Dixon and Tavon Young- any playing time is hugely valuable to rookies.

However I fully expect Harbaugh to treat this as if we need the win- with 1 playoff appearance in 4 seasons, his position has never been weaker than it is right now.

Imagine if this defence had a pass rush ?

5 minutes ago, Willbacker said:

Whats that got to do with Will Davis?

On a topic about a Raven player that has just been released, it's hardly outrageous to mention another former Raven that has been released.

Thanks for your input though 

Victor Ochi just been released by the Jets, wonder if we take another look at him, seeing as its looking possible Dumervil is done 

Ok I'm from the UK and have never played the sport, so I probably don't have the ubderstanding and knowledge of those that do.

Can someone answer.....

Terrance West was running thorough the D at will, I can think of 4 or 5 runs of close to 10 yards or over

Why did we stop running? Did Redskins stack 8/9 in the box or is Trestman as clueless as most say he is?

Williams and Pierce lining up either side of the centre will be handy to have on 3rd and 1

Would be great if this guy could prove himself starter level. Damon Harrison set the market for nose tackles and I can't see any way Ravens will be able to pay Brandon Williams near that level, as much as I would love him on this team for the next 5 years 

Looks like Upshaw and Schaub both made the Falcons final 53

This secures our comp pick for Osemele right? I remember reading earlier in the summer that Schaub wouldn't count if he was cut or released?

Small chance of a 3rd round comp pick but a 4th at worst if so 

Anyone know much about Patrick Onwasor?

i seem to remember from when we picked him up as an UDFA that he was a safety that we intended to try out as an ILB. Would guess that would mean he is more mobile than the average inside linebacker.

Reports seem to be that he is playing nasty in camp- lots of big hits and scuffles it sounds like.

An ILB that can cover and lay the big hits sounds like the best of both worlds to me.....but is there any chance of him actually being good?!

I'm pretty surprised we didn't use one of our early 4th round picks on Andrew Billings in light of Brandon Williams being in a contract year

Obviously none of us know how we rated him but if there is a guy projected to go in the 1st round available in the early 4th, in a position that is so important to your team when there is uncertainty about the situation of the current guy long term you might of thought we would have taken him 

14 hours ago, Darhk_Raven said:

No, that's all I've been able to find. I also want to see more of what he can do.

No tape, but some background on him....

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/7/23/4550860/patrick-onwuasor-arrest-felonies-arizona

Kicked out of Arizona due to drug and weapons charges. 

Surpised we went near him given our recent stance on off the field issues

In the latest MMQB podcast Andy Benoit says Ravens are moving to a base 4-3. Around the 56-57 minute mark.

He seems pretty sure, saying something along the lines of "it hasn't been widely reported yet but they are".

I know we are in the 4-2 nickel most of the time anyway, but anyone else heard this?

if this were the case, surely we would need 2 starting linebackers to go with Mosely 

I disagree that ILB is not one of our major needs. Unless the team feels Brown or Orr have made serious progress then we don't even have a starter next to Mosely. 

Along with LG being another new hole, along with the roster holes we had coming into the off season, we may be hoping for the QBs to fall so that we can net a decent haul in a trade back. A few extra 2nds or 3rds could probably help us out with those positions. 

The more I think about it, the more I think a trade back may be the ideal option if all of the supposed game changers are off the board (Tunsil, Ramsey, Bosa, Jack, maybe include Buckner in this conversation)

We obviously now have a huge hole at guard and I'm sure we could find a good one in the 2nd/3rd. We also HAVE to upgrade backup LT from Hurst, as lets be honest, this guy will likely be playing half the time, and Hurst has proven to be a liability. If we draft Stanley then this obviously changes, but I would prefer to stay with Monroe for one more year and draft a backup/developmental LT

It sounds like there may be a couple of good corners available at the top of the 2nd round

Depending on how far we could trade back, we could address edge rush in the 1st round - Lawson/ Dodd/ Spence

There is also supposedly an absolute wealth of interior DL talent in this draft- I listen to a few draft podcasts and over and over again I hear that you can pick up DTs in the 3rd/4th that would have been 1st rounders most years. We know how much the Ravens value this position so I would be surprised if we did not take one of them in the first 3/4 rounds.

Basically what I'm saying is if there is a blue chip player there at 6 then we take him, but aside from that if we can find any way of acquiring a few more 2nds and 3rds then we could plug a lot of roster holes. Obviously trading back involves finding someone to trade with, but I'm just talking ideal scenarios.

Have we actually signed Watson? This time a couple of weeks ago, it was spoken about as a foregone conclusion that we had signed Trent Richardson, but that has seemingly fallen by the wayside.

It just seems like such an uncharacteristic signing for the Ravens to make. I would be so shocked if they go ahead with it and it affects a potential 3rd/4th round comp pick from KO in next years draft. Ultimately I trust the FO to do the right thing, as they have shown to do more often than not in the past, but on the face of it, I'm not a fan of this signing.

Assuming Gillmore is out for a length of time (which we don't even know yet, but signing BW perhaps indicates this) then I would of preferred to just re sign Owen Daniels for a year. Or if we are to consider Maxx Williams as our primary pass catching tight end then surely a predominantly blocking tight end can be found in the 6th round or a cheap FA veteran signing?

I'm holding out hope that we just made a few enquiries and reports were overblown. However specific details on the 2 yr/ $8mil would indicate against this.

At least this deal sounds like its going to be so huge, surely it will get us a 3rd round comp pick in the 2017 draft

The draft experts are talking about Tunsil and Stanley as if they are both special , just that Tunsil is a level above 

I think people are souring on Stanley as our pick just because he's not Tunsil. 

If Tunsil turns out to be the next Jonathan Ogden, and we take Stanley and he turns out to be Joe Thomas, let's be honest we're still winning. 

I would prefer the pick to be a more impactful position (pass rusher/ secondary) but if he is the highest rated player we have when we pick then I think we take him.

Oh well, It's been a while since we signed or cut Phillip Supernaw 

According to the draft breakdown podcast, the talk at the Senior bowl amongst personnel was that pre-injury, Jaylon Smith was the no. 1 rated player on Ravens board

I listened to an interview with Treadwell earlier that kind of Turned me off a bit. Kind of just nitpicking but didn't reeally like his attitude...and maybe it was just that particular interview but he came off a little arrogant..He said he's not really a fan of the nfl anymore and the guy asked him about what his 40 time would be and he just said he didnt know and then when he was asked if he was practicing for it he just gave a really bland answer like he wasn't interested. Of course that's all paraphrasing and knitpicking for sure- and the kid can ball so I don't really give a damn if he's got an arrogant personality as long as he's not like T.O or somethin. I'l have to go back and re-listen to the whole interview bc I only caught a portion of it and I was a bit distracted at the time.

As far as Jaylon smith theres no denying the talent, but Myles jack would be a much better fit..and his injury isn't as big of an issue.

Was that the ESPN first draft podcast by any chance? They interviewed him on there and he didn't come across great on there either. Only time he was positive was when asked about his teammates.

End of the day, as long as he can get on with his team mates, run routes and catch the ball I'm sure none of us would care if he ended up a Raven.

Jeff Risdon ‏@JeffRisdon

Another draft #hottake I sense from talking to scouts this week: the draft media is overrating Vernon Hargreaves' stock

In a later tweet suggests VH will actually go somewhere in the 25-40 range

I have no idea who Jeff Risdon is but if this has any truth and we can get VH in the 2nd would that be a steal??