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  8. Posted · Edited by slangin_birds · Report post

    well, considering that at the time of our inception i was about 2 years old (born in 94) i guess you could say i havent been a fan that long in the grand scheme of things. believe it or not, it was my soccer loving father whos actually from mexico that got me into football. around the time of our first super bowl win, he was an owner of a sports bar called torinos (changed names like 3 times since he left). they had like some of the biggest screened tvs around, and i remember watching some ravens games there. he always was a ravens fan, and seeing how hyped everyone got when we won the super bowl really piqued my interest.

     

    id say maybe around the time we traded for air mcnair was when i started really following the ravens, which led to me being a huge football fan in general. id buy all the draft magazines and read about prospects and whatnot, and everything about the sport intrigued me. i had played soccer and baseball my whole life, and was definitely pretty good at soccer, but i always played a lot more physically than other players. that led to me giving up baseball and playing lacrosse, and i loved the contact and knocking someone on their behind. i also played some football in high school, and it was cool to play linebacker and live out my madden fantasies. 

     

    i would definitely say the highlight of my ravens fandom was our playoff run and subsequent super bowl win in 2012. just all the emotion surrounding it with it being ray lewis's "last ride" and whatnot made it that much better when we finally won. that game in denver, and specifically that pass to jacoby, is one i will remember for the rest of my life. shoot, i was literally almost in tears after that game!

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  9. Posted · Edited by slangin_birds · Report post

    I'm sure it's been discussed, but would Pagano consider coming back as DC if he's fired by Colts midseason? I believe I saw he would not be interested in anything other than HC position.

    i was wondering the same but apparently he said something along the lines of not being interested in coaching anymore after the colts if someone can verify that...

    i know this sounds like a pipe dream or something, but considering his interest in coaching combined with the......"subpar" play of our secondary, i wonder what the odds would be of bringing mr. reed back to town, maybe as a defensive intern or something like that.

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    i made this account in the beginning of preseason after being an avid reader of this site for years, and was excited about our teams chances this year and contributing to the discussion...however, since the season started, it has been one face palm moment after another, and i couldnt muster the will to talk about what i was seeing lol. now granted, im relatively young (21), but have been watching the ravens since around our first super bowl win. one thing i can say looking at this team compared to teams of years past is that we truely lack an identity on defense. after suffering through a browns-like carousel of qbs for a few years, id say that position as well as the offense as a whole is in relatively decent shape, but does not have a defense that can step up to the plate. the personality of our defense has often mirrored the personality of the defensive coordinators, which i think is apparent now more than ever. in regards to tanking, it is obviously not in the ravens nature to consider such a thing, but our future prospects for this season look pretty damn bleak to say the least. the pressure will be on the FO when we are picking in the top 10 this upcoming draft to not have a major whiff.

         also, a little off topic, but speaking of top draft picks, does anyone else vaguely remember reading an article a few months ago about some weird degeneritive condition or something of the sort that breshad perriman has as well as his father? and could that possibly be contributing to him missing a little more than "a few days" with his knee sprain?

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    Rebuilding? Retooling? Or Those words aren't in Ozzie's vocabulary?

    Im sure there will be some additional moves made to this team. But looking back to the draft after the SB and the backlash of Joe's contract(crazy) there is an incredible story being told about just how good Ozzie and company are. You look around the NFL at so?e of these cuts and you're seeing 2nd and 3rd round picks being cut from 2013 and 2014 drafts. You look at a team like the Steelers who are so respected for their drafting and always having good young talent, but even their head coach says their defense sucks. Meanwhile Ozzie and company has drafted a total of 28 players since 2013's draft. 23 of those players are currently on the roster or IRed and Of those 23 i count 19 who will be expected to start, be a key backup or at least play ST this year.

    Mosley, Jernigan, Brooks, Gilmore, Urschel, Taliaferro, Camp, Brown, Williams, Juice, KLM, Wagner, Perriman, Maxx, Davis, Buck, Walker, Boyle and ZDS.

    That doesn't count the UDFA/Practice Squad players added during this time of Marlon, Aiken, Trawick, Levine, Hurst, Orr and Melvin.

    That's a total of 35 players who make up the 53 man roster. That's special imo. There was a little debate about if Ozzie has lost his touch because he hasn't drafted any pro bowlers, but when you sit back and see how his man is loading this team up for another 5-7 years of being among the top teams in the NFL. Also guys like Jimmy, Upshaw, KO and Hill are still considered young.

    I don't know how common this is around the NFL cause i don't care enough about other teams, but i do know that Ozzie has stacked this team with enough talent that the Ravens should be a consistent 10-12 win team with Flacco at the wheel. Word was that the Ravens were rebuilding after the Super Bowl win, if that's the case then Ozzie has a job running a GM mentorship once he retires because he's one of if not the best in all of sports. Im not saying anything fans don't already know but it's still amazing to watch Ozzie work.

    on top of that, with the way the salary cap works in the nfl in their attempt to encourage competition, it has become increasingly difficult to really create lasting success. i think that just goes to show how lucky the ravens are to have the front office and scouting department we do who consistently have above average drafts. as has been said before, drafting college players can most definitely be a crapshoot at times because of the many factors that go into a player successfully transitioning from the college to pro game. the success of said players, in my opinion, correlates with the skill of the teams front office, which is why you don't see us cutting recent draft picks like a lot of other teams.

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    breshad can study the playbook all he wants, but unfortunately nothing can replicate live, full speed practice as well as the chemistry building that brings with it. no matter when bp ends up being cleared for full contact, hes going to definitely be behind the 8 ball in that regard. that being said, i just pray that when he is eventually cleared, his speed wont be affected because with his lack of practice that looks like the only tool he will be able to bring to the table, at least initially.

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    i agree with vikings and bills most definitely....vikings are absolutely on the up and up got a solid young core on offense and defense as well as a decent coaching staff, and the bills had a top defense even before rex got there...number one in the league this year isnt outside the realm of possibility imo. couple that with some absolute studs on offense and what i think is going to be a very good qb in their system with tyrod time, dont be surprised to see them pushing NE and that pretty boy up north for numero uno in the afc east!

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    oh dag it looks like they didnt let you post that link haha....i did manage to track it down its that song wanna know? with the undertaker theme song? lol looks like it came out while i was incarcerated probably why i never heard it

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  16. Posted · Edited by slangin_birds · Report post

    Wow wasn't Nix very coveted not too long ago

    yeah i was thinking the same thing i remember hearing about him a ton in the pre draft process...i think hes been dealing with a lot of injuries if im not mistaken? lot of potential there and theoretically i wouldnt mind to see the ravens pick him up but i feel that would be an unneeded luxury at this point with more pressing needs elsewhere on the team and very precious few roster spots

    *edit- yeah looks like he missed all of last year after having his 3rd knee surgery

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    im definitely of the opinion that we need to move on from asa. however, i cant begin to imagine the pressure hes been under this preseason which culminated with him dropping his second punt return in as many weeks. its unfortunate because i have been rooting for him since he was drafted, but returners in this league must at a bare minimum be able to actually handle the kickoffs! although i feel that his fumbles were more mental lapses rather than lack of ability, last night really sealed his fate especially considering that he doesnt bring much in terms of coverage and overall defensive ability

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