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I am more bothered by the fail comment. The Ravens defense was great with only a few problems the biggest of which has been addressed and even areas where the Ravens were strong on defense are now stronger.

He is about the same speed as Perriman, with the same weaknesses as him and a much longer injury history. I am not worried about Ross in the slightest.

Weddle will probably still be starting until around the last year of Hookers rookie deal, maybe the 3rd year if we drafted him he could take his spot. That is way too much waiting for the 16th pick when real day 1 starters are GOING to be on the board.

I couldnt have hoped for 2 QBs 2 RBs and the overrated Ross all be gone in the top 10. At this point I wonder if trading back a few picks is an options there are so many real top 10 talents still on the board.

Dont forget Lattimore is still on the board.

So I am thinking the thought process is since the draft is so deep on defensive players there is a run on the little offensive talent that is there.

Which of the top 5 safeties in the NFL who are well paid are you putting on the field? Did I mention with Webb you also have solid backup?

The Ravens do not have any more room for safeties.

Call it panicking all you want, playing him twice a year is bad news for the Ravens.

To be fair, its pretty easy to hide your interest in a guy who is a late first round talent at number 2.

He is not the 16th best player in this draft (or even in top 20). Would that be a better way of putting it?

Maybe the Browns secretly want Watson and have been blowing smoke this whole time? Unfortunately for them they cant afford to wait until 12.

The Bears just pulled a Browns...

We both know even if they know the pick the NFL is not going to let them put it in until about 2 minutes left.

Those Garrett clips Gruden is showing would make me want no part of Garrett.

Isnt it around 30m?

Its amazing how bad the Browns are at drafting...

Whichever pick the Browns make will end up being the wrong one. Only Joe Thomas was great enough to overcome being a member of the Browns.

Ill settle for some RB reaches.

It's amazing how once the Ravens started being a perennial playoff team the drafts started getting worse. It's almost like drafting later reduces the chances of getting the best player in the,draft.

They decided to get rid of Zuttah on their own. That means, that they must think they have an upgrade already on the roster which means Center does not need a new starter. This basically means the Ravens are looking for a new RT a possession receiver and a new OLB. Those are the only true holes on the roster at the moment and everything else is just nice to have.

im seeing it more as pessimism in that reality says there are not 8 games you should be picking against the Ravens. Obviously they will lose some games they should win and win some games they should lose but on paper he pretty much has it right. I would say Ravens are favored in about 10 of those games easily and I am probably giving the rest of the AFCN more credit than it deserves this year.

The big question for that game is how close is Carr to 100% by week 5. If it were week 7 or 8 I would say 100% a loss but early in the year the Ravens have a solid shot to pull an upset in that one. Even without it though this is a pretty nice 10-11 win schedule with only 2 or 3 games that I would say they have little chance to win and even then they get rest before 2 of them.

That is why the Ravens signed Williams. Its why having Jimmy is so important to the Ravens and its why now having a number 2 CB who actually belongs in the NFL (whatever you think of Carr remember the cowboys tried to find someone better for years and couldnt) means that once again they do not match up well. The Ravens built there team to beat the Steelers and I suspect Williams got his bit contract in no small part due to the fact that they want him for the Steelers games to shut down Bell.

So why didn't they last year? Their team is right now all of those "playmakers" but with even LESS talent around them then when they stunk it up this year.