EdTheMythicalOne

I would bring in Moritz Boehringer and give him a chance to be a returner. He's from Germany, is 6'4'' 230lbs, and is faster, stronger, more explosive, and has a better vertical than any big WR on our roster. Marlon Brown will probably be cut because he's done absolutely nothing after his rookie season. They'll keep Waller because he's a good special teams player. I would think the Ravens carry 6 wide outs.

Conklin is moving up the draft board and Stanley has been falling. Tunsil is far and away the cream of the crop and after that there isn't a huge difference between Stanley and Conklin. There is no way in the world I would take Stanley at #6, that's just way to high for him.

I was about to post the very same thing. This is a great development for the Ravens because two QB's are definitely going before our pick. We've got a chance for somebody to fall to us that really shouldn't have otherwise and there is no way I am trading out of the #6 pick now.

"Setbacks," says Joe, "The only setbacks I wanna see are Justin Forsett, Buck Allen, Lorenzo Taliafero, Terrance West, and Trent Richardson."

Then I'd prefer a color flush...right down the crapper. Teams shouldn't color rush colors that have never been associated with the team before. The Ravens do have yellow as an accent color. There's a reason why they never made it a primary color. I like the Maryland flag idea but how are they going to make it look good and yet different from what the Terps are using? They did this just so Madden could offer another "new" feature so simply.

I think somebody messed up in art school: Silver and Black make: YELLOW! "Color" rush is a bit of a misnomer when you're dealing with black because it's a shade. A team that already predominately features black as a main "color" really can't flash it. The Ravens for instance already have an alternate all black jersey. So why don't the Raiders do something with like a chromatic looking silver to make that color pop? I think that would look pretty cool. Maybe the Yellow color scheme is based off this: http://www.chatsports.com/oakland-raiders/a/source/raiders-offer-pointed-response-to-49ers-black-jerseys-11393432 "...the Raiders will always be Silver and Black." Until color rush Thursday apparently. And how can you not rush the color red? There are SO many options there. Maybe the Cardinals could get a blown up image of their logo on their jersey? I dunno, that would make more sense then a color they don't even have.

"Injury," said Flacco, "Fumanchu gotta be kidding me!" I see he so far is replacing that look with the neck beard style. I wonder if we'll ever see "Hairless" Joe Flacco. Doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.

Here is the reply to these outside the box questions: 1) Dennis Pitta: I hope he is healthy and it will be a miracle if the guy can suit up again and play at anything close to what he's done in the past. If he can I don't see this as being a problem. Ben Watson and Pitta can be the starting two TE's. Gillmore is returning from shoulder surgery and still has a torn labrum in the other one, so he can go 3rd TE and be the blocker and get himself healed up for next year. Maxx Williams can go in and learn behind two vets and also get significant snaps. Boyle is suspended for 10 games and he'll get cut when he comes back. Waller is a developmental project at TE. I seriously doubt Pitta will play again. 2) Ezekiel Elliott: Yeah, the Ravens could draft him and it would piss off a lot of fans. It makes sense to some degree, but if he's the only guy left when we pick I think we trade down at that point. I wouldn't be upset with the pick unless it was over somebody like Tunsil that was still sitting there at our pick. 3) Vets not coming back to par: It is to be expected that aging veterans will hit the wall at some point and just not have anything left in the tank. This is why you augment with youthful depth. The Ravens bolstered their receiving corps and will build up depth at OLB through the draft and FA so that we don't need to rely on these guys as heavily. That being said, I think Suggs and Smith have a lot left in the tank. This is S. Smith's last year I am sure and he wants to go out like a pro. 4) IF they take a CB at 36, does he start? You're hoping that anyone you select in the first two rounds will be starters in this league for years to come. So yeah, I would say anyone they pick at 36 would hopefully be starting unless they are a bust or the guy standing in front of him on the depth chart is simply better right now. Shareece Wright played well last season but he's no lock. So the 36th pick could be the slot/nickel corner to start his career...if it is a CB. 5)Replacing Daryl Smith: Easy, the same way they did to begin with. They'll look for a cap casualty cut, call the guy up, offer him a decent contract and milk the last 2-3 good years out of him or until they draft a replacement. D. Smith was about as excellent of a move as you could have made. Get him for a good price, get the best of what he's got left, and when he finally hits the wall he's on his way out the door.

He was productive last year. Any player that produces should be given a chance to make the roster. Plus he's dirt cheap. He was more dirt cheap than productive. The numbers he put up just don't support this claim. He also played behind some less than stellar offensive lines. That certainly impacts your running ability. Either way let's see the best backs emerge to make the team becoming better through competition. I guess you can make the same case for Richardson then. Not like the Browns, Colts, or Raiders had great lines when he was there.

Arthur "I am the God of Misfire" Brown isn't ready to do anything other than be on the kickoff coverage team. What has he shown in any of the past three years to prove he's ready now. An undrafted free agent in Orr got the nod over him to play the same spot you are saying he's going to play now? It is Orr's job to lose and I only see him losing out to a draft pick or a free agent that is just simply better. He doesn't lose the job to Brown. The whole reason for Orr being out on the field is because he was better in coverage than D. Smith was because he'd finally lost that step.

Sounds great in theory and hopefully in practice it translates into avoiding the nagging pulls and such that players get. This isn't going to stop a freak broken leg or anything like that. I think it is about time they do something about the conditioning on this team. That's been a familiar mantra for this club for several years from outsiders looking in. Yeah, the Ravens are great for 45 minutes, but get them in the 4th quarter and they are gassed. This is especially true since we've got some aging veterans and some new kids coming in that maybe just don't know how to take care of their bodies for the rigors of the NFL.

He was productive last year. Any player that produces should be given a chance to make the roster. Plus he's dirt cheap. He was more dirt cheap than productive. The numbers he put up just don't support this claim.

West played good last year and had a really good YPC.....no reason to drop him with that production. Um...no he didn't. West had a 3.9 YPC mark in Cleveland before they cut him. In Tennessee last year he had a 3.2 mark and fumbled twice in two games before they cut him. He had a 3.9 YPC mark in Baltimore, but his overall YPC for the season was 3.7. Yeah...3.7 YPC and fumble issues, not exactly gonna cut it in the NFL.

I think 4 is a possibility, but with the large group of receivers we have I think 3 is more likely. My guess is that Taliaferro is probably the favorite to win that 3rd spot. Never know if they'll add a rookie to the mix though, and if it's a guy with ST/return ability, then I could see them keeping 4. They never keep 4 active, they'll keep three on the active roster and try to keep another one on the shuttle (practice squad) which is where Terrence McGee lived last season.

You forgot to add that Aiken drops easy passes and wide open passes too. He should have had a 1,000 yard season save for all of his drops. That's the main area where he needs to improve, concentration.

This is a good kick the tires move and I hope it works out for Trent, welcome to Baltimore. I think Forsett is coming into camp the #1, Buck Allen has dibs on #2, and if Taliaferro is healthy he's the #3. The 4th RB battle will be between West (who is also shedding weight) and Trent with the chance that they become the #3 and #4 and Taliaferro gets bumped out of a job. Anything can happen with injuries and of course the draft, but this is what I think is the pecking order. West and Trent are on the outside looking in. But he's not the only guy that got a deal done today: WR: Kamar Aiken signed his RFA tender for roughly $2.5 million. WR: Jeremy Butler signed his ERFA tender. OL: Ryan Jensen signed his ERFA tender. WR/KR/PR: Kaelin Clay signed his ERFA tender. Nice to know we got our depth in house. Clay is our best return man right now.

I agree with you and I am also excited to see who we might pick in the mid-late rounds and who we might be able to scoop up as UDFA. I like Moritz Boehringer's numbers. He is a freakish athlete for his size which is 6'4'' 230ish lbs. Faster, stronger, more agile, and more explosive than any of our other big wideouts and has a 39" vertical. He's coming out of German Pro Leagues which isn't even as good as our colleges so you kinda have to toss his stats aside and go by what you see in workouts. You can teach him a passing tree, you can teach him techniques, just as long as he can actually catch a football. You can't teach the other things he's already got. There is also a HUGE TE named LaQuan McGowan who is 6'7'' 410lbs and was a former offensive lineman. At Baylor he played OL/TE/FB. I am not going to lie to you and tell you he's fast, but he is actually pretty agile for a guy his size and all you need to do is google him for his highlight catch. Obviously he's too heavy at over 400lbs even to be a lineman, but I would bring him into camp just to see his skills, stash him on the practice squad, have him work out all the time and eat right to get him down to around the 320ish range if possible and see what you got with him. Oh, and if you think he's a pile of flub like Terrence "Mount" Cody you'd be wrong. Dude benches 500lbs and did 37 reps of 225. He also makes one handed grabs with ease.

There could be a couple of reasons why he drops: 1) Health issues: He missed some time with injuries every single season in college and these weren't little nagging muscle pulls. Dislocated ankle and broken leg, partially torn bicep. 2) Character issues: Domestic Assault; charges were dropped as it supposedly was a fight with his father to protect his mother and if that is the case then that red flag is checked. But the other reason why he missed game time was a suspension for receiving impermissible benefits. Say what you want about student athletes not getting paid, but the rules are the rules as they are right now. This shows some poor decision making and perhaps hanging out with the wrong crowd. It is up to the teams scouting him to determine whether these things are enough to scratch them off their list as a possible franchise player or not.

Why would Dallas be out of the QB hunt? Tony Romo is Mr. Glass incarnate under center and don't know how many years he's got left in him at this point. If I were the Cowboys I would be planning my exit strategy from Romo.

For some reason in my gut I feel the same way about Bosa. I don't know why, but I just don't think he's all that.

I have my own thoughts on the players that might be available to us at our pick and if two QBs go before our pick then that is only great news for us because we can use just about every other player that could fall to us. LT: Tunsil: Obvious reason why he could fit us. He can slot in at LG for now and take over for Monroe when he's done. Some say he's the best talent in the draft if not only the best LT in the draft. The safest pick we can make. MLB: Jack: If he's healthy he'd be a perfect compliment to Mosley as a coverage backer in the middle which we sorely lack. Just have to hope that knee is healthy. I personally don't take that risk. OLB/DE: Bosa: We can scheme him around and have him lining up all over the front 7 (other than NT of course) and hope he's an eventual replacement for Suggs or Dumervil. For some reason I just don't think he's all that great. Love to be proven wrong if he's our pick. DE/DT: Buckner: Probably less of a need but still a fit for our scheme at DE, but we've already got bodies like Urban, Lewis-Moore, Carl Davis, Lawrence Guy, and Timmy Jernigan here. Urban and Lewis-Moore have had injury issues and Guy is very solid but not a "wow" type player. Carl Davis needs to show a bit more in his sophmore season. Jernigan shows flashes but also makes bone headed penalty plays. HB: Elliott: Though we have a stocked stable, you don't really know what you got for the future. Forsett is an awesome scat back who can excel in the right scheme and is 30 years old now. None of the other backs have exactly blown the doors off the room. Elliott can be that cow bell, 3 down back that wears down a defense. CB: Ramsey: Could be a playmaker and could help out our struggling secondary in a number of positions. For some reason I just don't see all the hype and playmaking ability that he's getting touted for. But, if we get him I will be happy to be proven wrong. It is gonna be a great day. The only way I am not happy is if we reach for a guy like Stanley or Hargreaves.

The quality of the German League is supposedly not even Division III level, which is why you can't really go by the tape or his stats. He's going to be a project, but so are all late round picks. You don't expect a 6th or 7th round guy to come in and be a superstar. While the 40 times for Waller and Boehringer might be around the same, Boehringer benched more times (17 to 12 reps), and his cone and shuttle drill (which measure agility and acceleration) were quite a bit better than Waller's. The idea is to make your team better and even if you improve the level of your 4th or 5th WR then you made yourself better. Beohringer's natural skills are better than any of the other tall WR's we have and remember that Waller is moving to TE supposedly. He could play on special teams and try his hand at returning kicks or punts while he gets coached up on how to become an NFL WR. Not like M. Brown, D. Brown, or Matthews contributed a whole lot last season or are any locks to contribute in the future.

I could see Cleveland taking Tunsil if their top choice at QB gets taken #1. Joe Thomas isn't getting any younger and they were entertaining trade offers for him. I guess it really depends how highly they have the top two QB's rated. I saw a Mock that has them taking Myles Jack #2. I can't really see that happening with his medical reports. Can you imagine if the Browns take Jack and that knee isn't up to snuff? They need their 1st pick to be a home run even more than the Ravens do so I expect them to go real safe if they don't gamble on a QB.

Because I don't think he's the 6th best player in the draft. I'm not so sure he's a top 10 pick. He's not as much of a sure thing as Tunsil. Basically I think it is a reach to take him at 6.