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1 minute ago, rudywasoffsides said:

I just want one person on this board to tell me that they truely believe Humphrey was the best pick available. I challenge ANYBODY to tell me that with a straight face. I am ready for Decosta to start pulling the strings 

decosta most likely was pulling the strings given that he runs the draft

Just now, Sami84 said:

I trust my abilty to judge talent and you know what? I've had more right than ozzie has in recent years so i won't let people on here bully me just because someone has a title. Titles mean nothing, results do.

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Just now, Sami84 said:

last pick of the 2nd? well he's alright. Nothing special. More about return skills i suppose.

cyrus jones is the closer to a bust than dre kirkpatrick ever has been - you're hyping up his return skills but they are literally the reason we even ran the patriots close when we played them last year

Just now, Sami84 said:

richard sherman has more interceptions than jimmy and webb combined times 4.

richard sherman is a rare player with the scheme to allow him to go after the football and he had great ball skills - i dont know why his being unbelievably good would mean jimmy or webby are bad players?

2 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

Oh for sure.  We'll never really know.  I think Reddick makes the most sense though, as it was said earlier this week that the Ravens like Barnett, but don't love him. It could all be a smokescreen though.  You never really know.

it could even have been for hooker... i think maybe his fall surprised them and they thought maybe they could get a db with rare centre-fielding talent on the team

Just now, BmoreBird22 said:

Yeah, anyone who watched Alabama knows he struggled to turn and locate the ball. You're not bringing some new revelation by posting the exact same thing 10 times over.

exactly - i saw that too and was concerned about it but he's a monster playing in the zone in that left corner role with his eyes on the cornerback - he's a guy that puts himself in position to make plays on the ball in the zone - if he can improve his back pedal and hip fluidity then he can access that track speed he has in man coverage as well

6 minutes ago, PurpleHorseman said:

Seriously?? Tell that to  the WRs that averaged nearly 20 ypc on Marlon Humphrey

 

I don't talk myself into liking players more because we drafted them. A player is what he is. 

well then what's the point in watching the ravens this year if you are just going to root against the player we selected - im not saying he's the guy i would have wanted but im not going to just focus on all the negatives because that would make supporting the ravens and marlon humphrey a depressing business - especially when he has a lot of positives to him as well

Just now, rmw10 said:

I do.  Tons of our analysts alluded to that possibility last night.

to be fair, the analysts literally had no idea what our board looked like which was evident given their surprise about humphrey

1 minute ago, Drew P said:

So let me get this straight: they attempted to and failed to move up a whopping 1-3 positions to draft a guy that was graded lower than Marlon?

no one ever said that - they said that when they got on the clock he was the highest guy left on their board by far - not that he was better than the guy they would have traded up to get

9 minutes ago, Sami84 said:

yeah, btw Cyrus jones in the 3rd round wasnt a reach..thats where i projected him.

he went 2nd round and literally the pats were trying to find ways to keep him off the fild

2 minutes ago, mc_red23 said:

It was a weird one for me. I did my draft board up to a certain point and was kind of shocked when we picked him with the likes of Howard, Allen etc. still on the board but then I looked at my list and Humphrey wasn't too far off the spot we took him at. 

i did the exact same double take - i was like look at all the players left on the board and then looked down and humphrey was sat there like 2 spots behind oj howard and still in the top 16 players

2 minutes ago, Sami84 said:

So was Dee milner and dre kirpatrick..more alabama nonsense whom i also saw as busts. never draft an alabama corner. Can you name any not named Kareem JAckson ( who's good not great) that have been not shown up in the pro's over the past decade?

dre kirkpatrick has been pretty damn good for the bengals so you would have been wrong to label him a bust - as has been proven by the 5 year contract he signed and Dee Milliner played well when he was on the field he just kept getting injured like literally all the time

and as for the last decade thing there have only been 5/6 alabama corners drafted high including humphrey - and one of them was cyrus jones who was an absolute reach

in fact im pretty sure that alabama has only had 8 corners drafted at all into the NFL ever... and 2 of them were day 3 picks... so I dont know how you could draw any conclusions from that given that antonio langham, fernando bryant, kareem jackson, dre kirkpatrick were all good players for a while, dee miliner looked good when he was healthy, 2 of the corners drafted were drafted day 3 and the other one is cyrus jones (who was an enormous reach)...

17 minutes ago, Edgar said:

Or perhaps it's nausea anticipating Wormley in a trade back.

oh god id almost forgotten charlie mocking him to us in the 2nd - but the fact that he gave us cam who didnt even go in the 1st round makes me feel a little better about wormley hopefully not being the pick

11 minutes ago, The Raven said:

In hindsight, I have no idea how more people didn't predict it

i think it was more out of hope that a higher prospect like hooker or barnett might fall than actual unpredictability

as day 2 options they are all guys id want - not sure id want them all at 47 though - dan feeney is probably higher on my list than pat elflein, and if any of the corners fall to us at 47 we might have to take them (although i fully expect a run on dbs at the beginning of the 2nd)

Just now, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

Bisciotti needs to lay the hammer down for a pass rusher at 47.... well as long as the top 4 remaining dont fly off the board before us.

 

But how ridiculous would it be if Cam Robinson is there at 47 (i think Seattle is taking him or Lamp.... i mean could they pass either up??) and we take him... and then Tim Williams falls all the way to the 3rd and we grab him.

And just to really stretch it, we then take Ardarius Stewart with our 2nd third. 4 straight Bama players. The thing Ozzie wet dreams are made of.... and honestly, id be pretty darn happy with that too (obviously depending who else is available with the 2nd third.... but the other 2 idk if there would be a higher BPA)

an all bama draft with those 4 players would appease me of any doubts i might have had about drafting humphrey at number 1

2 minutes ago, redrum52 said:

I just remembered we got Bengals week 1.  This should be fun.

let's hope we grab a pass rusher then so that we can make the most of their terrible oline and put dalton on his back before he can launch the ball downfield to ross or aj green

20 minutes ago, The Mom Gene said:

He has some character issues......

really? i havent seen anything about him injury wise or character wise - its been widely reported that he's a stand up guy whos grounded by his family...

1 minute ago, Edgar said:

I would be surprised at 47. Just conjecture but I'm of the opinion we are thinking O LINE if we stay put. I understand we like Bowser and Rivers but guessing we see Bowser in a trade back scenario or in round three and Rivers in much the same fashion.

I personally like Bowser far more than Rivers.

i just really want williams or lawson at this point - i really hope they are there but i feel like this might end up being a barnett situation where they get taken just before us by the colts/bills/saints/bengals

he absolutely shouldnt be the next ravens pick but he could potentially be worth the one after that

1 minute ago, BOLDnPurPnBlacK said:

I like Williams better personally.... but Bowser is close to the top of my list for hopeful picks at 47.

If somehow Lamp/Robinson falls to 47 and one of the pass rushers is there too -- ill be torn. I think itll be much tougher to get a pass rusher that can have a real impact in the 3rd round, while its possible Elflein, Feeney, Dawkins or Dorian Johnson could be there...

But Bowser's got every bit of upside that Williams and Lawson do. I just like that ive seen those 2 do it at the highest level of college football, and have seen some polish in terms of moves, bend, etc... But man if Bowser really takes to coaching and puts it together he could be scary good.

and he's got the best name of any of the pass rushers in this draft (except maybe equal with tarrell basham)

9 minutes ago, LosT_in_TranSlatioN said:

So what you're saying is?

 

No one fights like Humphrey 

No one bites like Humphrey 

No one blows up screens and breaks up like Humphrey 

For there's no man in town half as awesome?

As a scheme fit he's a paragon

You can ask BmoreBird22 and rmw. 

And they'll tell you who's team they'd prefer he'd be on?

it took me way too long to work out what this was

1 minute ago, PuRock said:

I'm not completely sold on Bowser yet.  He's one of those guys that fits the mold and has great athletism but underwhelms on tape.  With that being said, I think there is a good chance the Ravens would draft him.  

he was used so much in coverage on tape i critical situations that i guess i just wanted more momentous edge rushing tape to watch - i wouldnt hate the pick but he wouldnt be my first choice of edge rusher if they all make it

20 minutes ago, LosT_in_TranSlatioN said:

But Jimmy is your boy? How is he gonna feel?

maybe he needs to try and get both in one avatar... a Ravens Legion of Boom kind of deal

1 hour ago, PurpleHorseman said:

Once again a player drafted moves up on everybody's board after the ravens pick him. Lmao. Trouble finding the throws doesn't go away with experience. It is a like a rythym you have or don't.

no one's moved him up the board but no one's going to not support the guy who comes in to be a raven - ive always said the only guy i wouldnt be able to talk myself into would be taco charlton