Tower of Power

By the way, I don't think it's fair that nonresidents cannot vote: for instance, you have a bunch of Marylanders who think that Flacco is not elite, and another weird bunch who say that they root for the redskins - and THOSE could vote!!!

I can't vote [non-resident], but I say we get DeForest Buckner at 6 (or 7or 8).

Best thing would be SF asking us for a trade, to prevent us from trading with Jets or Bills or whatever. We could get some significant extra pick, and practically still draft the same player we would have taken at 6.

I'm so glad we have such a smart, brilliant player. Nobody will remember this, but I was urging to start him in game one (maybe with a few more reps in the shotgun formation...!). He'll shine next year. Just get us a good [that is: steady, durable, reliable, tough, just normal-good-Ravens-guys] LG-LT combo in the offseason, the rest will follow.

I'd be real happy if our #6 pick next draft [whatever position that may be] is as good as CJ.

Burfict and those who manage and coach him are a good example of "doing more harm than good" to their team - and to the game of football in general.

With a good, steady OL we make the playoffs for sure.

Thing is - the Bengals have a better chance of winning a game in the postseason with McCarron than with Dalton. But who cares? Let's have another good Ravens game to close off this disgraced season.

We need to cement the OL, then running, passing, QB and RB and even WR/TE safety will be fine.

This team does not need the #1 nor the #3 pick. 8 or 10 will be just fine as long as we hit whatever pick we have. The OL is what we need to cement, then I would go defense the rest of the way.

I think that for the first time this year the team took the field "solid", knowing what they could do, and doing it - without trying for what I call "extra yardage". And I call "extra yardage" the trying to do more of what you are able/supposed to do, which not so rarely brings - figuratively and literally - fumbles, turnovers, injuries, etc. That's the attitude the Ravens played with for most of the year - very dangerous (as we have seen), and very counterproductive (as we as seen). Welcome back this matter-of-factness.

Option 4 and 6 don't even have purple in them - and they get a (combined) 20% plus of the votes. Who are these guys? What do you wear on purple Fridays???

Having played in underachieving "teams with high hopes", I think the main factor in this year injuries is that players were asked to do more that they could actually do. Specially after the narrow, and avoidable, loss to Denver [in which we lost Suggs for the season]. I wasn't joking before the St.Louis game, when I said put Forsett and Flacco on IR: it was clear they were carrying way too much load, that they were trying way too hard. That's dangerous. Then of course Hurst was in there instead of Monroe, and you can blame luck and all that. But if coaches put players in the wrong mindset, bad things ensue. And anyway - the conditioning has been suspect for a number of seasons now. [if the team were in Italy, we would be safely guessing that the trainers and doctors are good friends with the bosses of the team]

Oh shoot. Every time I open this website, another Raven goes on IR. Maybe it's my fault.

But I would not feel so all alone, everybody must get on IR!!!

Ravens are tough. I hope we will surprise a lot of people, if not prove them wrong. I think the "less than 8 points" streak will hold.

When you win or lose games consistently by a close margin, you just can't leave 3 points on the field. It's much better to play with a little lead than with a tied game.

Pasting the W E S T letters on my old #27 T-shirt. Kind of glad I kept it. Don't you ever make me un-paste it!!!

Very good. And I hope he'll see some end-zone receiving activity, like JJ Watt does.

I wasn't joking a few days ago when I mentioned a few players to put on IR to prevent them from getting really injured - among them Forsett and Flacco. This year we can't win even when we win. Best of luck to all injured players for a complete recovery and a better season next year.

I would put Flacco, Forsett, Gillmore, Yanda, and maybe Juice on IR. Mosley and Brandon Williams too. And then see how the season goes, and enjoy the draft.

Good. Start looking in your own backyard, you scouts! Baltimore is a great place, a truly true real wonderful place: give your guys a chance. Kind of blue that Austin and Diggs are elsewhere.

0 and 4, even on a bye week...

I'm just surprised by how little we have used our TEs so far. All in all, they've been pretty good all season long. And they seem to have good hands. Better than a number of our WRs, at least.

Are the bank accounts of the refs (and their family's) "transparent"?