RavenLunatic

  53 minutes ago, RavenLunatic said:

  3 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

  3 hours ago, KidNme said:

With all the Joe bashing going on here, all I can say is
"Make your words soft and sweet because you may have to eat them".
Going to be really hard for some of you to come back here during the season and then praise Joe when he starts firing on all cylinders.

Won't be hard for them. They're already hypocrites. They'll just pretend like they never said anything and pray that nobody calls them out for it.

Plus in the past they usually hide in shame most of the time anyway.

I'm a big supporter of Joe. But when has Joe ever been firing on all cylinders throughout the season? He's had moments, but has never EVER been a consistent QB firing on all cylinders throughout the season. I pray for it every year though.

Correct, he hasn't. I'd argue you couldn't name a QB in the league that does either for that matter, but that's also irrelevant.

The point is that when Joe plays bad, the trolls are out with their "told you so" signs, but when he plays great games, they run and hide like cowards.

There's 3-4 consecutive game stretches in every season where we never hear from these folks, and I just want to know why.

There are several QBs that are consistently productive, in the regular season. Matt Ryan, Tom Brady, Drew Brees are just a few. The difference with these guys and Joe is that they read defenses better and call better audibles. No one trolls when a team/player is doing well.

  2 hours ago, KidNme said:

With all the Joe bashing going on here, all I can say is
"Make your words soft and sweet because you may have to eat them".
Going to be really hard for some of you to come back here during the season and then praise Joe when he starts firing on all cylinders.

Won't be hard for them. They're already hypocrites. They'll just pretend like they never said anything and pray that nobody calls them out for it.

Plus in the past they usually hide in shame most of the time anyway.

I'm a big supporter of Joe. But when has Joe ever been firing on all cylinders throughout the season? He's had moments, but has never EVER been a consistent QB firing on all cylinders throughout the season. I pray for it every year though.

The Ravens addressed what they felt was the biggest need in this year's draft. After losing to the Steelers the way they did and going back to our last game in Foxborough. They want to ensure our defense doesn't blow leads in the last few minutes.

With that said, there weren't enough picks for the Ravens in this draft to address every need.

Can Ozzie get Mangold? If so, that fills a huge hole up front. Would Boldin still be productive if we go out and get him? I think if the Ravens take a flyer on him if the price is right.

I just don't want to see Joe constantly dinking and dunking to Pitta for little to no yardage all year.

I know the Ravens drafted BPA, and have some of the best scouts and relationships with college programs to build their board, so I'm sure this draft class will be successful.

I do wonder what a draft that emphasized offensive playmakers a bit more may have looked like.  Assuming no trades, we could have had the following in the first 3 rounds (pretty happy with the 4th and 5th, and the 6th is a ST player at best):

1.  OJ Howard - Bigger and faster than the WR Williams, and he can block

2.  JuJu - Compares to Boldin as a receiver who can run great routes and win contested catches, and he can block

3.  Tim Williams or Chris Godwin (the latter if you really wanted to emphasize the O; though he seems a poor man's Perriman)

3.  Fabian Moreau - fill our CB need later in a very deep class 

 

Be interesting to see which set of picks will look better 3 years from now.

Ozzie did not draft Humphry because he was the best player available. He even said something in the presser like "we picked the best player at the position" (I'd have to go back and get the exact verbiage). They were clearly looking to bolster the D with their first pick.

No matter what the Ravens do, I think it's going to still be a couple years before we can contend. Too many holes. Although the draft this year really focused on D, how many times do all of a teams drafted players come in and make an impact? Let alone undrafted guys. We better find a few UFAs to fill the biggest gaps we have this year, or we're in real trouble. I think next year the FO will focus heavily on offense, then we'll need a year to see how those picks go. By the 2019 draft we'll be looking for Joe's replacement and whatever holes are still there, which I hope aren't a lot.

Just can't feel super positive right now.

Now that I've had a few days to digest our picks, I have decided that the Ravens just had too many holes to fill on both sides of the ball that the best way to address it is with an all in mentality this year on the defensive side. That would forecast a heavy offensive draft next year. I think that might have been the best approach as to the opposite, since the secondary and pass rush were the biggest weaknesses. I still feel like OJ Howard would have been the better pick at 16 though. And with the Humphry's reputation of getting beat deep, I just can't shake that.

I just hope the undrafted class and free agency can bring some depth to the O.

  On ‎4‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 0:47 PM, RavenLunatic said:

Does any other GM in the NFL have such an infatuation with a college more than Ozzie with Alabama?

I'm begging to get tired of it. I feel like he has blinders on.

Pretty idiotic post to be honest. We have a grand total of 2 players from bama on our roster including Marlon. everybody wants to throw a fit when we don't draft their guy smh.

You still feeling that way after they picked up the flyer on Tim Williams. Look, I'm not saying that isn't a bad place to get talent. But we had OJ Howard on the board at #16. He would have been the right pick. Humphrey is known for getting beat deep. Ozzie had the blinders on, period.

Does any other GM in the NFL have such an infatuation with a college more than Ozzie with Alabama?

I'm begging to get tired of it. I feel like he has blinders on.

Corey Davis scares me. The injury could be a blessing though that might allow him to be available at 16. I just hope he doesn't end up like Breshad (IR the first year). Overall both mocks here look good. We need CBs and the draft is deep there. And I am a big fan of the old motto "The game is won or lost in the trenches". So beef up the lines when there is a quality pick available.

Go Ravens.

Let's go get those "multiple" championships Joe.

Ravens need to sign Brandon W and switch to 4 lineman and 3 LB's. We have a lot of young lineman and we should use that and we wouldn't have to find a replacement for Ore.

I want to see Brandon back too.

Time to get younger, faster and stronger. Dum didn't live up to the hype in my opinion, but it was fun yelling DOOOOOOOM.

Lets start with the O line. We need a center and one more. Then 2 fast DB's and another fast LB. A fast WR that can catch would be great but we know Ozzie can't pick WR's. A QB would also help, Flacco isn't what he once was and isn't going to get better, only get worse. Get a guy who could sit for a year or two, learn the pro game would be GREAT but If he could replace Flacco right away that would be even better. People just have to face that FACT that Flacco isn't that great. Strong arm but can't hit simple passes that get first downs and keeps the offense on the field. "3 and out Flacco" is NOT worth the money he's being paid.
Throw in a RB that can gain 3-5 yards at a time, eat some clock time would be a BIG bonus

Anything else?

How can a team with the 21st ranked running game have the 9th ranked O-Line? It's like last year when everyone was praising the defense when they never really played against a top tier offense. And when they did, they failed to close out games. Us fans of Baltimore don't need to stats to tell us what our eyes can clearly see. Weak running game, weak pocket for Joe to let plays develop, weak secondary, no returner, weak pass rush.

Thank you Eric! The old saying is that "the game is won and lost in the trenches". Beef up the lines and we'll be good to go.

When will the Ravens organization ever address the elephant in the room, that is Joe Flacco?

Head Coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “To me, there are signs that that is possible. But he has a way to go; he has a lot of work to do to get it done.”

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A true number one, at any skill position, shouldn't need a "LOT" of work after one season.

I'll say it again and again. The game is won and lost in the trenches. We lost in the trenches this year time and time again. If Ozzy is smart he will draft top tier linemen to bolster the Offense and Defense.

The team totally quit on their coaches and fans today. Absolute let down and I'm totally disappointed.

Throw everything we have at Cinci this week and end on a good note.

I'm as bummed as the next guy that our season is over. It's always hard to face that reality. But as an organization, we have been in it every year, for the most part. Do we have issues with certain players and coaches? Yes. But most teams do. All you people clamoring to blow up the coaching staff and roster are just upset and need to chill. We ended the season in fairly good health except for Alex Lewis and Jimmy Smith. We're going to possibly lose a veteran or two. At least we know where Joe is at with his knee. Stanley did very well in his first year, barring the injury. Perriman needs to just keep getting out there. Pitta looked good. Dixon and West can get it done, but we need to commit. My final thought, and I say this every year: The game is won or lost in the trenches. Bolster the O and D lines and the rest falls into place. I hope the FO takes that approach in the draft and FA.

Webb, Weddle, Wright and Young need to be on their A Games from here on out.

The Broncos have a brutal schedule remaining. The Dolphins, not so much. We need to tie with them at worst to get a Wild Card. Although we have matched up against the Steelers amazingly as of late. I fear the Bengals more, as they have had our number. Win the next 2 and see where we are.

glad to have you back Camp!