What will the offense look like in 2013?

[cushrinada1986]

He is better than Mike Wallace though. But yeah that is what I wanna see the most. Torrey as the X and DT as the Z with Doss/Jacoby as the Y,depending on what we need. But DT might have just been talked up this offseason. It all depends on how good his route running and hands really are. He is without doubt the fastest on the team. I think he is more Mike Wallace if anything.

I agree but I only mentioned Wallace when comparing Wayne and Smith route running abilities. Wayne is on a whole other level but Smith is getting their.

[cushrinada1986]

It's more about the offensive system then the player imo. If Cam was still the coach then I would agree with the Mike Wallace comparison Torrey would be nothing more then a one trick pony much like Wallace and Djax. The Ravens want Torrey Smith to become a more well rounded complete WR and with the system I feel we are moving to, you'll have to be used like Reggie Wayne. Is his talents consistent with Reggie's? I don't think he's as polished as Reggie right now, but he's getting there.

 

Although I do believe Reggie is a really strong route running, if you look at the Colts offense closely, they do a great job of moving Reggie to create space for him to work, as well as playing off his quickness to get him open. This is how I envision the Ravens using Torrey Smith. Torrey has top 10 ability and he's developing his game each year. Pair him with a OC that's good at scheming the offense to get your best WR the ball every game and he'll take off imo. He'll be much better then Mike Wallace.

 

DT+Smith+Reed = epic hurry offense WR trio.

[The Raven]

Really like the comparison to the 2004 Colts. I like that. I could see those numbers replicated this year.

[beasy2487]

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I actually don't see BP pushing Rice for carries as a bad thing. I know a lot of people get upset because it seems as if you are trashing Rice when you say it, but I don't view it like that. Rice is the type of guy who is a fighter. He's gonna enjoy splitting carries because it'll keep him fresh, but the competition will drive him to make the most out of every carry. I think for whatever reason that Rice has actually changed his running style over the last 2 years. I remember when he was first named the starter he used to have that 3rd wheel, where he'd put that hand in the ground to keep from going down and thing spring for another 10+ yards. Now it seems like he gets tripped up a lot more and I'm not sure why. He's still a big play maker though and spreading the offense will only make him more dangerous. I hope Caldwell brings that stretch run off tackle to the offense because I think Pierce would run that perfectly.

I never said it was a bad thing either. For Rice's stats, yeah, but overall, no. And I'm not quite saying that Rice is bad, but there's something about Pierce that I really like.