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No one would complain about Barnett because Suggs is on his way out, Judon is nothe being talked about as an every down player and unlike with Lewis they are not talking about Judon in the same way they spoke of KO which means there is a very real chance your 1st round pick doesn't see the field for 3 years. BPA always comes with the qualifier that you are able to use them. Corner, LB, Dline, Center, RT, WR, and even TE are all positions where you can easily upgrade and not have to worry about if there is room on the field so why pick one of the only positions where that isn't the case.

If you do not think he is the better RT than he is not the better prospect. The Ravens believe both their guards (obviously Yanda but they seem to believe Lewis will be that as well) are probably bowl level guards and Lewis is not moving to the right. So the only reason you draft Robinson is you either think he is the best RT prospect or you want to move Yanda over. Anything else leaves you even in the best case with pro bowl level talent on the bench and a hole at RT.

The Ravens have said he doesn't look good on the right so he isn't going to play RT. Also you are arguing for a possible upgrade with some flaws to work out (possible because Lewis did look pretty good in his limited time. Alternatively you take the natural RT who is almost certainly an upgrade because you do not have one on the roster.

I mean the replacement board would be a good place to have it.

Yes but the offense is literally just Flacco vs 11 defenders. Receivers needed to get separation, the run blocking needed to actually well exist which caused the running game to not exist, the pass blocking got better towards the end of the year but thats about it.

Of course making the playoffs is ideal but let's not be delusional and pretend that the,teams that make the playoffs are always the best teams. Miami played a soft schedule in a weak division and got crushed when they played decent teams. Despite being one of the 6 AFC playoff teams in wouldn't even consider them in the top 8 in terms of best teams in AFC last year.

The fact that they made the playoffs and what happened to them when they did kind of proves my point about the AFCEast as a whole. I suspect that you actually see that but are avoiding admitting it because there is no way you honestly believe the AFCEast and AFCNorth are the same quality of division year in and year out. Even in a down year for the north they were still a better division than the East. Unlike most years though NE was just the only complete team in the NFL with every other AFC team either being a year too early or missing a core piece. Judging by how the off-season played out and that said year has passed that likely will not be the case (though the Jets and Bill's will still stink with Dolphins being at best below average)

I like how you focus on the result of the Bills and Jets game but ignore the one for the Dolphins game because it hurts your point. Also considering how useless the Bills offense was against the Ravens at no point did I ever think the Ravens could lose. The Jets winning that game was an upset. Upsets do happen though otherwise the Pats would go 6-0 in the division every every year but sometimes they go 5-1 or maybe on crazy years 4-2. It still does not change that the AFC East is notoriously bad and has been and will continue to be.

Playing in the AFCEast the division of basement dwellers that have no desire to ever be good sort of does that. You can put blinders on about the level of competition all you want, there is a reason the Bills have not made the playoffs in 18 years, the Dolphins are never more then average (note how they were the 2nd best team in the AFCE last year and how badly the Ravens destroyed them) and the Jets who are well they are the Jets. All you need to do is get to the playoffs with a playoff QB and you have a chance in January as long as those 2 things happen you can compete for a SB every year.

You build a top 10 or top 5 ideally OLine and the rest of the offense will fall in line. You give any WR enough time they will get open, you give a RB. American home he will get yards. OLine wins games more than any other position on offense

That's why I said above average. Also SSS was not very good last year. He lost a step or 2 due that injury. He had moments of greatness but he couldn't recapture his previous form

Saying someone is injury prone due to 2 freak injuries is like saying they are an all pro after catching 2 deep balls. He had no injury history before this and they have no connection to each other. How good the Ravens WR Corp is comes down to how much Perriman develops in his first off season and TC. If he does one of the better groups in the NFL if not it's likely one of the worst. If the Ravens took a WR I wouldn't be shocked nor would I be shocked with a pass rusher corner or tackle. The RT beingby far the Ravens biggest need.

The Ravens can not possiblydo anymore to show they are not moving Lewis to the right. They say he does not look comfortable on the right and since they have the benefit of seeing him practice I am going to trust them. So right now it's draft a RT, draft a guard and move Yanda, sign a RT, or trust James Hurst.

Isnt it about a year or two too soon to start drafting Yandas replacement and the Ravens like what they have with Lewis (the words they use with him actually mirror how they talked about KO early in his career) so I dont know why an interior OLine player will help when the biggest need on the Oline is T. I am all for BPA but that player actually has to have room to contribute.

40M+ wrapped up in the QB position next year is the best way to go (btw if you cut Flacco that number is now 60M+). Having 1/4 the salary cap dedicated to 1 of the 22 spots on the field is clearly the genius plan.

He had almost the same numbers as Judon with Judon playing far fewer snaps so I would not exactly call it a great season and the players they got instead made that a very good trade. Judging a pick after the first year though is moronic especially when you do not draft said player to start right away.

The thing is though the Ravens have repeatedly said over and over and there actions support this that they do not want Lewis on the right side so he is not the person they are going to put at RT. They keep saying that Lewis does not look as good on the right and that they see a massive upside for him as guard both pointing against them moving him to RT which basically leaves the problem that there is not a real RT on the team and there is virtually no depth at OL at the moment.

The only real problem the Ravens have right now is they do not have a RT. If the season started today James Hurst would probably be starting which is a disaster. I can give the benefits of the doubt on havingan upgrade at C on the roster and also that while a possession receiver is nice the Ravens probably have good enough weapons to win but if you don't have a real RT you have no chance of winning.

My question is when did Ray become considered a big ILB? Wasn't his biggest concern when he was drafted that he was too small?

Yes but he is the reason you can force those passing situations. Instead of having to play run on 1st and 2nd down and being slightly more vulnerable to a passing play you can just trust Williams the line to hold up thus forcing those 3rd and longs.

They say he ISNT a good RT though and that he has the potential to be an elite guard. Both there words and actions showed this last season and it doesnt seem like much would change between now and the next season so if you believe everything that has not only been said but done then they have no real RT on the roster.

Not having a single RT on the roster is sort of a big deal since as the Ravens have said numerous times they do not view Alex Lewis as a T they view him as a guard.

As a fun fact the CBs (at least Jimmy is) are allowed to decide for themselves how to cover there guy and thats not on Dean Pees in the game. I know people like using him as a scapegoat because those are fun but if its up to the players to decide how to cover then you cant really put it on him.

You can think he didnt but reality says otherwise. You are not just arguing with us that he didnt play well you are arguing with the stats with the experts and with pretty much every rating system that considered him a very good safety especially for his first year. He is going to be a starter somewhere and a very above average one at that which is why he has no reason to come back here. Obviously I do not disagree though with getting a top 5 safety to pair with your top 1 safety for only about 3.5M though. When you can get young elite talent for that little money you do it without hesitation but it doesnt mean that people can not regret losing Webb or note all he meant to this team and all he could have meant had the injury bug not picked on him.

Stanley Lewis Yanda is a fine core to any O-Line. There are also not many teams in the NFL that can claim top depth in the secondary and Mike Wallace is certainly a WR of note, in fact right now he is the best bargain on the Ravens roster at the moment.