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No roughing the passer call?

Does that look like Tom Brady out there to you?

Timmy Jernigan could not have been more clutch there.

I saw Stephen Tulloch got released, we might be waiting to try and sign some guys that get cut before we extend any of our own players. Having said that though I still see Tucker getting his extension before the 15th.

Someone should take some time in the off-season and check that the practice fields aren't built on top of ancient NFL burial grounds.

How long until technology progresses enough so that we can give Perriman a bionic knee? Someone get this man the T1000's lower half.
And can the FO outsource the job of drafting WR's to someone else?

This is devastating to Perriman's career. Even if he recovers, it looks like he's an injury prone guy that we won't be able to count on for a full season. 

Personally I don't think either of them will make a significant impact in the NFL, but at the same time I don't think it's the FO's pride keeping those two here. They're cheap, they learned the system to some degree at least, and as long as they're not taking up a roster spot that could be used on someone better (which I don't think has really happened at the ILB or SS positions in recent years), they may as well stay. I get that some UDFA will be stars one day, but most of them aren't, and I don't feel all that bad about Brown or Elam being on the team instead.

4 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

I got this golden nugget from RSR, and I've linked directly to the Podcast from Waldman, the creator of the RSP (Rookie Scouting Portfolio) talk glowingly about Kenneth Dixon. Start at 1:09 and please listen in. You'll begin to believe that Kenneth Dixon was the steal of the draft not just for the Ravens, but he may prove to be the steal of the entire 2016 draft! From what I heard, Dixon is going to be a stud RB in this league. Comparisons to Frank Gore, Marshall Faulk, etc? Are you kidding me? All fans of the Ravens must listen to this. It is exciting.

http://podcast.footballguys.com/2016/Footballguys-Audible-2016-Vol22a.mp3

Man that is some glowing praise for Dixon. The guy makes it sound like we just left Chicago with Adrian Peterson.

I'm starting to warm up to the idea of Correa and Kaufusi. I didn't like the picks at first either, but we have made those non-big name guys work out for us before and perform on the top level, like Gilmore and Williams, and they ended up looking like steals. If we can do it again I'll be happily eating my shorts on Sundays.

On 5/3/2016 at 3:11 PM, Ravenseconbeast said:

We need pass rushers and we got 2 @early picks that look very promising.  All you can hope is they stay out of trouble, out of injuries, and hopefully learn fast.  We are running out of time.  

Running out of time? Yo what do you know that we don't??

Just now, VeiledPsychosis said:

I know...

I was just trying to shoehorn in my comment about our offense 

4 minutes ago, Bandwagon said:

Why a RB somebody explain?????????????????????????????????????????

2 minutes ago, VeiledPsychosis said:

You see, they line up behind the QB, sometime beside in a shotgun formation, and sometimes their given the ball to run it or are asked to block

He asked why a RB, not what's a RB.
To answer the question Bandwagon, we're a run first, run last, run always team now.

I think they're going for something very interesting on the offense. We're gonna see a lot of 3 RB/7 TE sets. It's a bold move cotton, let's see if it pays off.

Just now, allblackraven said:

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Michigan's Willie Henry picked by the Ravens. Had some off-field issues. Was arrested after barking at a police dog. "The dog barked first."

And we didn't wanna draft Spence? At least he wasn't actually insane.

Henry looks like great value though. Didn't think we needed more D-linemen but I can't argue with value.

I just hope I recognize the name at this point.

I don't think I could predict our picks if I had a crystal ball at this point.

I'd like to see us grab Rashard Higgins and Rashard Robinson (now that I said their names they'll be gone but oh well). I also feel like we're really into these smaller school guys, and I don't really get that.

Just now, numerounopapi said:

The fact that Ozzie said that we felt okay with taking Jack @ #36 and we end up trading for only a 5th round pick for a project top 5 talent? Truly mediocre is my way of keeping it rated PG for the sake of the forum. I get it if we wanted to trade back, but for only a 5th round when we're at the top of the 2nd round is just poor draft execution. 

It really was a poor trade. If Jack wasn't there I'd say getting the 5th isn't bad, but at least some teams had to have wanted him bad.

I guess on the bright side we still have Westermann, Robinson (CB), Cooper, and Killebrew left on the board, and with us having most of the picks in the 4th round we have to get at least a couple of them right?

52 minutes ago, pitchblack_20 said:

Who is the most pro ready CB left ? As far as technique 

Me maybe? Haha Rashard Robinson probably but he's a bit on the light side.

2 minutes ago, Dewy101 said:

Ozzie said Correa was always higher on the board than Spence so even if we stayed pat Correa may still have been the pick

Well I want some of whatever Ozzie's smoking. Which incidentally he may have gotten from Spence, but still.

I think the problem with the Ravens picks is the players they passed up on and the fact that they could've traded up in the 3rd with those extra picks. Even if Correa and Kaufusi turn out to be good, they'd need to be absolutely amazing to justify what we passed on. Same with the guys in the 4th round. A few solid rotational guys won't make up for losing Spence, Jack, Sheppard, Boyd, Bell, Mackensie, and others (assuming they pan out, which likely at least half will).

Let's change "In Ozzie we trust" to "By Ozzie we're confused". I don't wanna be negative, but it just looks to me like a lot of our recent high picks have been gambles that haven't paid off, and this draft is looking the same way. I'd be happy if Stanley and Correa made me eat my words, but I'll remain concerned until then.

Jihad Ward sounds like the part of a hospital where you go to deal with ISIS related injuries. 10/10 pick.