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    11 minutes ago, usmccharles said:

    I usually always give the FO the benefit of the doubt, but the KC pick i just dont get.  Zero production...unless you count penalties i guess.  I would at least think he would of been a good contributor on ST

    It was a highly questionable pick and it threw me off as well. I don't know if it was zero production but it was damn near close to that. We need to hit on these 2nd round picks. 

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    3 hours ago, BmoreBird22 said:

    Melvin Ingram is a guy I'd love to have. I really liked him back in the 2012 draft and would love to add him. If there were a position I could see the Ravens making a huge splash at, it's pass rusher.

    Of the second tier guys, Nick Perry would be my first choice. I was a huge fan of him in GB, but I think this recent 11.0 sack campaign will only raise his value significantly. I think he goes back to GB. And on the topic of Ware, I think he said he only wants to keep playing if it's for Dallas, but I'm not sure.

    Both Ingram and Perry are on my wishlist but Ingram seems mildly expensive. I don't know if we want to pay up that much. 

    I would love to have Perry here, I don't know if he leaves Greenbay since they've made such an effort to keep him around and had such high hopes for him, I can't see him leaving due to that, but I still would love to have him, he's a 1A option for me because he costs a bit less than Ingram. 

    I definitely agree that a splash signing would be at pass rusher and Doom's cap space could facilitate that. 

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    1 hour ago, EdTheMythicalOne said:

    I don't think any of the Ravens fit the system and that's been the problem with the team since they tried to move away from the smash mouth run game based offense. They tried to make Flacco be the focal point of the offense by having him pass more and show off that arm, but I don't think they understand what he does best. He's not a fit in this current version of the West Coast offense. None of our receivers seem to get open. The only consistent (sort of due to missing time with injuries) person on the team who can always get open is Dennis Pitta. He's just got that knack for knowing how to separate and get open and split the zone coverage.

    Now that Marty has the offense for the entire off season let's see just how different this offense looks with him running his own playbook. I better see some drastic changes otherwise we're gonna have a bunch of people on here asking why in the world we kept him if we are going to see more of the same of last year.

    I never had a problem with Torrey. He's a speed burner with decent hands, but he's not a superstar. In the right system he can put up numbers with the right QB. The best season Flacco ever had was with two not so great elite guys that were just burners in Torrey and Jacoby Jones. Sooner or later our guys need to learn that they just can't run and give up on a play simply because their initial route is covered, they need to work to get open. This has been a trend for numerous years and we've had the same receivers coach the whole time. Looking for a place to make a change?

    What's our secondary gonna look like now that Frazier is gone? He came in here and immediately turned around a team that was last place in interceptions last season to a team near the tops in the league. I hope somebody was taking notes.

    I think Steve Smith was a great fit for the offense and it clearly showed it. He could attack the deep middle of coverage and run those slant/crossing routes very well because of how physical he was, he just couldn't be pressed on in tight man coverage and he beat linebackers at the point of attack. He was also a sneaky good deep threat and safeties couldn't sleep on him there. His chemistry with Joe was also on point most of the time. Thing is, I don't think Wallace struggles against linebackers at all, but he's not physical enough against man-press CBs and doesn't win inside position that often either. Those weaknesses are very identical to Torrey, but I felt that Torrey could've had a monster year in 2013 had outside factors related to poor QB play, poor OL play, and a non-existent run game not been so blatantly awful. 

    I had my criticism of Torrey time to time, but we were so lucky to have him, let's not forget that back in the 2011 draft we were debating whether to take Torrey Smith or Greg Little, let's be happy that we ended up with the former and not the latter. He's not perfect nor was he an elite receiver but we all know that, why are we judging him by that merit? 

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    8 hours ago, Halshayeji said:

    Great post.

    Well to answer your question, Torrey caught so much flack because "he didn't fight enough for that ball" if you know which one I'm talking about.

    unfortunately, some people around here are so passionate in loving the Ravens and our QB Joe Flacco that they take criticizing his play as a personal insult and often find themselves blaming everyone and everything around Joe just to avoid the "paid like elite play like elite" conversation. 

    On that pass, Torrey may have done a bit more to break up that pass but that's debateable. Also on that pass, Joe could have thrown it better which is also debateable. What's not debateable is that if Joe hadnt forced it into double coverage and had other options but decided to do so regardless then the Ravens would have had a few more opportunities to win that game. 

    Joe took a risk, the reward would have been "hero of the day" and a huge win. But it didn't pay off and ultimately it was a bad play. So what?! Me personally, im glad Joe took that risk at that time and can live with the outcome because every NFL QB takes risks and sometimes they pay off and sometimes they don't. Unfortunately some people here took it so personal that they started attacking Torrey's work ethic and motor just to take attention away from a bad throw Joe may have made. And then Torry signed for the 49ers and it was game on. Bashing Torry became a regular occurance now that he's gone which is so unfortunate and unRaven.

    He's not and never was a physical presence down there, neither is Mike Wallace and I saw him get beat on inside position plenty of times during the year. 

    As far as that play goes, it was very well played by the safety and a very ill advised throw with plenty of space to run for a 1st down. I don't question the aggressiveness but the throw in that particular play was not needed, a TD was needed, that's why I'm not upset with being aggressive. If all we needed was a FG than I think we play a much safer drive. You can't play it safe against the Patriots, I totally understand that but the throw was just one that shouldn't have happened. 

    I personally think so much could have happened during that 2013 season that could've kept him here. What if he had more help, better QB play, a run game, a consistent offense? He could have produced so much more and I personally think he could've made a run at getting an All-Pro vote, I know it sounds crazy but when I said he was having a monster season, I really mean it, the guy was on fire. It's just disappointing with what has happened and I feel like he's in the worse situation out there for a receiver still trying to make his mark. 

     

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    4 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

    Simply put, I think Wallace is a far better receiver and with a more consistent offense Wallace and joe could get multiple 1000 yard connections.

    I don't think Wallace is a far better receiver and I don't know about multiple 1000 yard seasons given the decline we saw from him in the 2nd half of the season. During the 2013 season Torrey led the entire league in receiving yards at one point of the year with 629 yards, I don't think Wallace came close to even sniffing that. The only person who pass him during that stretch was Calvin Johnson and that was due to his legendary 329 yard game. 

    He was on pace for a monster year but lost steam due to things that were not in his favor such as ineffective QB play(Courtesy of the sub-par talent that surrounded Joe), an awful run game, and absolutely limited receiving threats. It was a dreadful offense and I don't think it's even close to as bad as what we saw this past year from this offense. It honestly makes this years offense look elite. Even with that, Torrey was killing defenses backs and coverages as literally the only receiving threat, even looking back on those games, while Torrey saw a huge drop-off in his production, he was still able to pull coverages deep and over the middle and give guys like Jacoby Jones, Dennis Pitta and Marlon Brown plenty of 1v1 opportunities. 

    I don't think the offense was a perfect fit for Torrey, I think he was effective but the numerous slant/crossing patterns don't play up to his strengths, and I honestly feel the same way towards Mike Wallace, I don't think the offense is best fit for him either because he's not consistent on those routes either. I feel that in a different offense we could have seen a much better Torrey Smith, maybe we see a better Mike Wallace too. 

    This is not directed to you, but I always wondered why Torrey caught so much flack here. He's not a super-star WR, but he's a good receiver and still is the only drafted receiver in franchise history to have a 1,000 yard season.

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    32 minutes ago, Inqui said:

    Agreed.

    I think he played a really good game, but he made poor choices towards the end when it came to the sack and fumble. Freeman missed the block but you got to just take the fall and not try to force a throw in that position. I can also recall a play when he should have thrown it away but decided to take a sack with 3 mins left up 7 only needing a FG. I think those choices ruined it. 

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    1 minute ago, Inqui said:

    I hate to say it, but I think that cements Brady as the GOAT. First to five SBs and the mother of all comebacks.

    I'm about to go looking for local caves to live in so I can avoid the internet and all things even vaguely NFL media-related being that the commentators and fans are going to be unbearable for the rest of time, but they're right.

    I'll have to admit it as well... **Vomits uncontrollably**. 

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    Just now, BmoreBird22 said:

    I didn't mind not running on the strip sack because there was like 8 minutes or however much left, but not running on the Patriots 20 with like 3:30 left was beyond asanine.

    Completely agree, just horrible play-calling when a FG would be the nail in the coffin. 

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