PurpleCity5

Oh yeah certainly, but what matters is that he's out there playing for us more than anything. But you're spot on about his toughness, he's just built for this game.

You're comparison between Torrey and Breshad is really unfair. You know very well that Breshad's injuries didn't help at all, it's kinda ridiculous to compare the stats side-by-side like that. Honestly Breshad could be argued as the better talent. He can do almost everything Torrey can do and then some. Guy just needs time to refine his craft and stay healthy. There was talk his first season of OTAs that he was flying off the map and playing better than anyone they have seen in recent memory. On the first day of training camp there was talk that he was preforming at a high level and was gunning for the starting job over Aiken who broke out for 900 yards on the season. I honestly expect Breshad to break out his 3rd year as the Ravens #1 WR and I think he's going to prove doubters wrong big time. Guy has serious talent and upside, this is the 1st time where he can finally refine his craft with a great coach in Bobby Ingram.

This is honestly my favorite pick in the draft, Siragusa comes close though but Williams is such a great pick here. He's got such talent and upside to go along with it. I think he's plenty refined and has great burst running to the QB. He's easily more ahead of the curve than Za'Darius and Judon were when they got drafted. That to go along with the value of picking him in the 3rd just makes me so happy.

Surely, but you take any franchise LT away from any team and they could have trouble. We saw a tremendous drop in the OLs performance once Stanley went down. We're going to have to rely on Stanley to be healthy, just the nature of the position. You can say that without Yanda we could be in trouble but teams are able to maneuver around an injured guard much better than an injured LT. Yanda isn't a guy with a history of injuries so I'm hoping he doesn't experience trouble. I think we should see stability and good play from 3 of the 5 spots on the OL. During our 2014 season when we had the #2 ranked OL, we were shifting guys all over the place, we went to NE with Hurst-Urschel-Zuttah-KO-Yanda and we pushed them around all day long and dominated their front. I think we need someone who can run a scheme and make sure that guys are playing up to their strengths more than anything.

I'm not a fan of the Wormly pick, but this was a great pick. Definitely our best in the draft IMO and I envision him as a day-1 starter.

Such a steal.

In terms of the offensive line, C and RT are concerns, but no one expects Stanley or Lewis to make big leaps in year 2? Stanley was a monster towards the end of the year and qualified as one of the best LTs in the final 4 weeks of the season and Lewis was a solid pass blocking guard, I do anticipate he will make improvements in the run game. I think this OL will be just fine, I don't think it will be near as bad as the 2013 OL.

Denver didn't really have much of an impressive offense and Seattle certainly didn't either. The Broncos got under 200 yards of passing offense in SB50. They both ran the ball really well but when they both won it all neither had a passing attack to brag about. I think the Ravens can manage points but there could be times where the offense underwhelms. I think the team is banking on Flacco and Perriman to at least make this a top 15 offense. I don't think the Ravens need to have a top 5 offense, if they're at the 15-10 range they will be a very good team. I think they certainly need to add a receiver and they will.

Oh another thing to add, I think Jimmy Smith is going to be a monster and revert to that Jimmy Smith we saw from 2014. He is, as he said for the first time not 100% healthy to the point where he can participate in team OTAs. He must feel really good and if so I see no reason why he won't return to his 2014 form. I think he's going to be a #1 shut down CB. That's going to be a mega-boost for this defense honestly and would propel us to potentially having the best defense in the league by a good margin. We could honestly put out the best defense seen since the last Broncos team that won the SB and a secondary that compares to that of the Seattle Seahawks from 2013-2015. People are forgetting how much of a game-changer that could be for us.

I think I'll agree with Jeff here, I think the Ravens are certainly going to add a WR. I definitely understand the frustration with the lack of action on offense, but do you guys remember how the Patriots completely broke out "#1 Ranked Defense" down? We can't go into NE with that same unit and expect to win. I think this unit can certainly hold it down, just need the offense to put up, which seems hard to put your money on.

Looking back on it, Biscotti said he doesn't want to have to score 28 to win a game. I think the Ravens want to score a solid amount of points to win games. Look at the prime of this Ravens team from 2008-2012. We never had an elite offense ever, just a good enough offense that was able to put up more than 15-20. That's all we needed because our defense was so good that we consistently held people under 20, on many occasions under 15. I think the Ravens want to get back to that, Im not trying to justify the Ravens lack of action on the offensive end, but my guess is that the team just feels Joe, Breshad and the TEs are going to get better, if both guys break out, then we should at least be able to field a top 15 offense.

I expect this defense to be top 3. Simple as that.

I'm sort of worried about the offense, I'll have to cave in to some of the guys here. I mean we lost Steve Smith Sr. and didn't bring in any upgrades and lost two starters on the OL. They obviously have a plan. I'm a big Perriman fan and I think he's going to break out but lets not act like the injury concerns are not there because they certainly are. I just hope someone does something.

Man i hope Lamp falls to us.

The chances of us passing on Lamp if he's there is very minimal. I don't think we'll pass on him.