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[Alexir]

SideStep77, on 08 February 2012 - 05:15 PM, said:

What if Rice gets hurt? Do we really want Allen stepping up? A nightmare situation, but the world is unpredictable.

A guy name Peyton Hillis stepped in for an injured player before. I guy named Jamaal Charles did the same. Dime a dozen. Allen impressed me in preseason and with a full traning camp we will be fine with Berry and Allen.

"What If's" don't really matter, what if Flacco goes down? Next man up. and I rather have Berry and Allen than Ricky being next man up because I don't believe Ricky's body could of handled that kind of load to carry.

[ghost1986]

Alexir, on 08 February 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

A guy name Peyton Hillis stepped in for an injured player before. I guy named Jamaal Charles did the same. Dime a dozen. Allen impressed me in preseason and with a full traning camp we will be fine with Berry and Allen.

"What If's" don't really matter, what if Flacco goes down? Next man up. and I rather have Berry and Allen than Ricky being next man up because I don't believe Ricky's body could of handled that kind of load to carry.

Yeah I agree Alex. Double A really impressed me in the pre-season as well. He flat out embarrassed the Chefs. And made Haley whine like a ten year-old. And I'm pulling for Damien because 1: His name has great chant potential. When he gets a TD, I wanna be the first to yell "Look, Damien! It's all for you!" and 2: He's from the U. We have/had a lot of great players from there. But I think Allen will be the main man. He needs to work on being more complete like Rice, but I think he can get it with a full offseason.

[Alexir]

ghost1986, on 08 February 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

Yeah I agree Alex. Double A really impressed me in the pre-season as well. He flat out embarrassed the Chefs. And made Haley whine like a ten year-old. And I'm pulling for Damien because 1: His name has great chant potential. When he gets a TD, I wanna be the first to yell "Look, Damien! It's all for you!" and 2: He's from the U. We have/had a lot of great players from there. But I think Allen will be the main man. He needs to work on being more complete like Rice, but I think he can get it with a full offseason.

Lol at the chant. Great movie.

Yeah, I thought it was strange when we signed Ricky. Didn't think we ever needed him. Offensive line and pass rush is our needs. As well as heir to Reed and Lewis.

[The Raven]

SideStep77, on 08 February 2012 - 05:15 PM, said:

What if Rice gets hurt? Do we really want Allen stepping up? A nightmare situation, but the world is unpredictable.

Well, any average back can look good behind a good enough oline. If we can upgrade the oline, Allen would be a good backup.

[Nge2grads]

Good luck in the future to Ricky. His comments were positive, and encourages me to believe that the team is close knit.

[Militant X 1]

SideStep77, on 08 February 2012 - 05:15 PM, said:

What if Rice gets hurt? Do we really want Allen stepping up? A nightmare situation, but the world is unpredictable.

why not?

this young buck rode the pine this season and learned from both Ray and Ricky. and...he'll never get better by just riding the pine and catching splinters. he's young, strong and a power back...the total opposite of Ray. play the man!

~Mili

Edited by Militant X 1, 09 February 2012 - 01:10 AM.

[GrimCoconut]

Militant X 1, on 09 February 2012 - 01:09 AM, said:

why not?

this young buck rode the pine this season and learned from both Ray and Ricky. and...he'll never get better by just riding the pine and catching splinters. he's young, strong and a power back...the total opposite of Ray. play the man!

~Mili

Like Stevie B said: Ozzie, don't be afraid to play the young guys. It's Allen's & Berry's chance. Let them have it. We can always pick a vet up after cuts and stuff.

[K-Dog]

Militant X 1, on 09 February 2012 - 01:09 AM, said:

why not?

this young buck rode the pine this season and learned from both Ray and Ricky. and...he'll never get better by just riding the pine and catching splinters. he's young, strong and a power back...the total opposite of Ray. play the man!

~Mili

I think the benches are made of plastic.

[codizzle]

K-Dog, on 09 February 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

I think the benches are made of plastic.

Plastic splinters hurt worse

[ravensfan520]

It would awesome if we could have Rice and Lynch in the backfield would never happen except in madden but that would be the ultimate combo

[Militant X 1]

K-Dog, on 09 February 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

I think the benches are made of plastic.

you get the point that was being made. smh! lol!

codizzle, on 09 February 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

Plastic splinters hurt worse

i bet they would!

~Mili

[SideStep77]

ravensfan520, on 09 February 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

It would awesome if we could have Rice and Lynch in the backfield would never happen except in madden but that would be the ultimate combo

If we had the money haha one can dream.

[indianstick]

I think AA should get his chance, i don't expect the FO to pick up a FA like ryan grant or ronnie brown with our salary cap situation and the need to resign all of our other players. From what I remember from AA in the preseason (which doesn't mean too much), it seemed like he fits really well in the zone blocking scheme. He was patient and picked a hole and burst through it with power. The backs that excell in the zone blocking scheme do just that, use their patience to pick the correct hole to run through and then use their agility and power to make the cut and burst through the whole (which is what arian foster and ray rice do best)

I'm not saying AA will be as good as ray rice or arian foster, i'm saying i think AA would be effective in our running game and we won't need to spend a couple mill for a back up rb

[jdynamite]

I was thinking with Ricky retiring recently, and Anthony Allen didn't really get any opportunities... Who will win the backup job to Ray Rice....

I think this off-season Damien Berry might impress in training camp and become apart of the active roster beating out Allen even....

Maybe a free agent veteran like R.Brown might sign for cheap....

Any draft suggestions or potential free agents ?

[Irish Raven]

ravensfan520, on 09 February 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

It would awesome if we could have Rice and Lynch in the backfield would never happen except in madden but that would be the ultimate combo

Beast mode in Baltimore, oh yeah

But you're right, not going to happen

[codizzle]

ravensfan520, on 09 February 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

It would awesome if we could have Rice and Lynch in the backfield would never happen except in madden but that would be the ultimate combo

I'll take Hillis and rice..
There's enough Hillis haters on here that I may get burned for that but Hillis is a monster and would bruise runners more than lynch would and Hillis can catch the ball a 100x better than lynch

[SideStep77]

codizzle, on 10 February 2012 - 02:06 AM, said:

I'll take Hillis and rice..
There's enough Hillis haters on here that I may get burned for that but Hillis is a monster and would bruise runners more than lynch would and Hillis can catch the ball a 100x better than lynch

I have a feeling he'll stay with the Browns he just had an injury plagued year. I wouldn't mind having him though. If he was cheap enough.

[codizzle]

SideStep77, on 10 February 2012 - 08:55 AM, said:

I have a feeling he'll stay with the Browns he just had an injury plagued year. I wouldn't mind having him though. If he was cheap enough.

Oh i wasnt saying we should go after him.. He would cost too much. I was just making a statement

[rmw10]

RavensRB1, on 09 February 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

i know he was found withs guns and was arrested and was released but i still think Ravens should sign Laurence Maroney cause he is a great running back

Being good with him in Madden does not make him a great running back. The RB-starved Patriots let him go. The RB-starved Broncos (before McGahee) let him go. He's not that good. Anthony Allen can do everything he can do, and most likely better.

[ravensfan520]

codizzle, on 10 February 2012 - 02:06 AM, said:

I'll take Hillis and rice..
There's enough Hillis haters on here that I may get burned for that but Hillis is a monster and would bruise runners more than lynch would and Hillis can catch the ball a 100x better than lynch

We wont get either but Hillis was hurt a lot last year and wants to get paid. Plus Lynch is a very hard runner but also hard to tackle. Hillis is a lot like McClain was and has the same attitude so hes off my list.