potomacpitbulls

The Cowboys are 8-1 playing the following teams:
NYG, WAS, CHI, SF, CIN GB, PHI, CLE, PIT.

I know you can only play the teams on your schedule, but they have had a soft schedule. The Ravens lost to the Giants, and the Skins, because Harbs made some poor decision and kept taking points off the board.

I doubt Asa Jackson will be returning punts. As for tight Ends we need to get Nick Boyle Back next week. We need a Blocking TE Bad, Pitta looked Horrible against the Browns and we can't have him doing the same against the Bengals, Eagles or Patriots.

I would not be surprised if they "IR" Gillmore to activate Boyle next week.

Zrebiec is reading way too much into the Austin Traylor signing. He was with the Cowboys earlier this year. He is a one week pick his brain addition.

Bo Smolka should also point out:

In the 2nd round we could have had Sean lee and Emmanuel Sanders instead of Sergio Kendle and Terrance Cody.

In the 3rd round we could of had Jimmy Graham instead of Ed Dickson.

In the 4th round we could of had Kam Chancellor instead of Dennis Pitta.

The draft is a crap shoot. We could play what ifs all day long like:

What if the Patriots in the same draft at pick 113 took Dennis Pitta and the Ravens took Aaron Hernandez at pick 114?

What if in the 5th round the Ravens took Greg Hardy instead of Arthur Jones?

 

As bad as the running game was the first two weeks, I thought they would give Buck Allen a shot this weekend. With him inactive for a third straight week, I wonder what he did to get in to Harb's dreaded doghouse?

Here is how I see it shaking out on the "O" Side

Locks:
RB’s:
Justin Forsett, Buck Allen, and Kenneth Dixon

TE’s:
Benjamin Watson, Crockett Gilmore, Maxx Williams, Pitta, Dennis (if he shows old Pitta) you only have two truly heathy TE's.

WR’s:
Steve Smith, Mike Wallace, Kamar Aiken, Breshad Perriman, Chris Moore

Special Teams:
Keenan Reynolds
Kaelin Clay
Darren Waller

PS:
Lorenzo Taliaferro, Jeremy Butler, Daniel Brown

Cut:
Chris Matthews, Terrance West, Trent Richardson

?:
Michael Campanaro

Suspended:
Nick Boyle

Must be Joe's house, he's only with his shoes on the ottoman.

that a boss move if is at Dennis's house

That's a small TV for a big wall.

I'm not happy with ESPN and Keenan for omitting the Coast Guard in the Memorial Day video.

It all comes down to health and the offensive line. If the OL can keep Joe clean, and the playmakers can stay healthy other teams will have a nightmare on their hands. Wallace and Perriman will keep teams honest vertically. Smith and Aiken will be chain movers in the middle. Teams will have to also worry about covering six tall athletic big bodied TE's who can catch like receivers when they are on the field. Then you have RB’s and a FB who can block, catch, and run very well. Good Luck. Just think of this hellacious red zone scenario: Juszczyk (6’1”ft) in the back field, with Williams (6’4”), Pitta (6’4”), Gilmore (6’6”), and Waller (6’6”) out wide all looking for the jump ball.

You don't throw a rookie as the starting LT. You just don't.

Joe Thomas, and Terron Armstead have done it.

I agree with the 45 locked players.

My 8 would be:

Judon, Ochi, Pitta, Campanaro, Clay, Reynolds, Wesley, Richardson

My PS favorites are (Sam) Brown, Nembot, West, Onwuasor, Beyer, Waller, Clausell, Canady, Wilson, (Daniel) Brown.

Sadly, Trey Walker will not be on that list. If the rules would allow I would love to see the ravens start with 52 with Walker named posthumously as the starting corner and the 53rd man for the first week, then pick up the 53rd from the PS week 2.

Whatever scout recommended Sam Brown Needs a bonus check. I hope the first guy he hit is OK? That looked like a waterboy type hit.
See for yourself:
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3376763/highlights/328356522

  25 minutes ago, potomacpitbulls said:

With Powers being 5'10" he sounds like a great mentor for Tavon Young. As for Matt Elam, I wonder if the Ravens would consider trying him at inside LB? All be it a long time ago he played it HS.

Matt Elam is too small to play LB at 5'10 LOL not a good idea. To me, l think it's time to move on from Elam. He just don't has what it takes.

Stephen Tulloch led the Lions last season with 107 tackles at 5"11"

With Powers being 5'10" he sounds like a great mentor for Tavon Young. As for Matt Elam, I wonder if the Ravens would consider trying him at inside LB? All be it a long time ago he played it HS.

I could see them cutting Monroe June 1st if Stanley does well at OTA’s. I also think Wesley has a good shot at making the team. I see the starting OL as: Stanley, Urschel, Zuttah, Yanda, Wagner. The back-ups will be Hurst, Lewis, Jensen, Wesley.

Smith, Aiken, Perriman, Wallace, and Moore are locks barring injury setbacks. Campanaro needs to prove he can stay healthy. Reynolds needs to prove he can field kicks and punts live in games. As for the rest, it all comes down to how they do on special teams. To me, the two real x-factors are Darren Waller and Kaelin Clay. Both proved their worth on special teams last season. Clay is the kick returner until he is unseated. If Waller is pushed out at TE because of the numbers, he could still earn a spot at WR.

I guess Chris Moore shouldn't worry about the legacy Michael Jackson and Anquan Bolden left behind wearing 81? Also, someone even a camp body wearing Matt Stover’s number, arguably one of the greatest Ravens ever; doesn't count either.

Stover, Reed, Lewis, Ogdon, and OJ's nubers should be retired.

You would be wrong if you were in the camp saying the Ravens didn't do enough to add playmakers on both sides of the ball. The drafted and UDFA players on the defense side combined for 160.5 career sacks, and the offensive players combined for 220 TD's. Are they the flashy popular players everyone wanted? No. Are they humble, hungry, and willing to put in work? Yes.

Based on the the videos chosen for Correa, Kaufusi and Moore. Kaufusi should have been drafted in the 2nd, Moore in the 3rd and Correa in the 4th.

Just a quick look at potential June 1st cuts, one ILB stands out Lawrence Timmons.

The problems people have are with the first two rounds. Ozzie tried to appease the fans and draft Ramsey, but Dallas would not budge. There were reports that the Chargers had Stanley rated higher also. On April 20, 1996 Ozzie was quoted as saying “We thought [Ogden] was the cleanest guy up on the board, when you checked everything out.” Again, not the sexiest pick but the safest pick. Who went after? DE Cedric Jones ala Buckner, Jones only played 4 years.
In the second, the Ravens passed on two popular players in Jack and Spence for Correa. Jack and Spence will be debated and compared against Correa for years, much like Joe and Matt Ryan. But that’s not fair, because to truly compare them you need to compare Jack and/or Spence against both Correa and Judon, who many view as a steal in the fifth round. Without that trade in the second round the Ravens would not have a fifth round pick and the ability to draft Judon.

The Ravens are in the position to have a monster draft. What I would like to see them do is;
2. Sterling Shepard
3. Cyrus Jones
4. Bronson Kaufusi
4. Scooby Wright III
4. Jaylon Smith
4. Yannick Ngakoue
6. LaQuan McGowan
6. Blake Frohnapfel

Listening to Ozzie, I feel like picking Stanley had to do more with the "ghosts of the Ravens past”. Let’s face it the Ravens are just now getting over the nuclear winter that was Ray Rice. Drafting this high, they needed the most polished kid they could find with top ten talents.
He was the 11th best offensive tackle in the country out of high school. In High School he played basketball with Shabazz Muhammad of the Timberwolves, and played volleyball at 280lbs. He was a Consensus All-American at Notre Dame. He also won the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award. Why is that important? Up for the same award was Deforest Buckner. Last year’s winner was Marcus Mariota.

His senior season he turned down the opportunity to be the CAPTIAN. Why? Stanley said. “I’m looked at as a leader by teammates and coaches, so I don’t need a ‘C’ on my chest to know what role I have on this team, I never needed that growing up, and I don’t need it now. I definitely still accept the position I’m in, and I’m fully ready to do what I have to do for my team. I’ve always been comfortable kind of telling people how I feel, and even telling people what they should do if they’re not doing things right. The only different thing is just the way other people are just accepting the leadership I’m trying to give them.”

Just like Max Williams, and Breshad Perriman last year, Stanley’s entire family is athletic. Both his parents played sports in college. His dad played football at Tuskegee, his mom played basketball at UCLA, his brother plays LB at Fresno State, and his younger sister, is committed to play basketball at Loyola.

In a smart business move he signs a shoe deal. Was it with Adidas, Nike, UA? No Zappos, so he can wear any brand of cleats that Zappos carries! "Most guys do a shoe deal and they don't have any flexibility because they are tied to who paid them," Stanley told ESPN. "I can do whatever I want."

So say what you will about picking the wrong guy, but this Ravens fan still has trust in Ozzie.

This year is the perfect year to trade with the Titans at 15. The Titans have three 2nd round picks, and if the Ravens get their 33nd pick plus a 5th or 7th that would be huge, given the Pats losing their first rounder. With two 2nds they could use the 36th and a 4th pick to move back into the 1st round.