Team shopping for WRs?

[RobFuseRaven]

Perhaps. I can see what you mean with the drawing. He's happy it's over. But I don't see the point for the periods between each word. That means he's stressing the point instead of expressing joy that it's finally over.

 

The periods emphasize the psychotic craze that I feel over never having to see his name suggested again. It wasn't directed towards you, buddy.

[jazz1988]

Marlon Brown looks just fine to me.  And I still maintain that Tandon Doss and LaQuann Williams could be NFL receivers.  The problem is Flacco isn't the QB that can make these guys shine.

Flacco seems to only be able to throw to one type of receiver with any consistency and that's the kind that can just out-jump everyone for a lofted ball... as evidenced by Boldin, Jacoby Jones, and Torrey Smith in the playoffs last year.

 

what you just said doesnt make sense at all and the mentioning that Joe Flacco seems to be able to thro to one tpe of receiver which those that can jusst out jump every one for a lofted ball is so not true as if Derrick Mason, Mark Clayton, and Kelly Washington has those attributes

[The Raven]

Marlon Brown looks just fine to me.  And I still maintain that Tandon Doss and LaQuann Williams could be NFL receivers.  The problem is Flacco isn't the QB that can make these guys shine.

Flacco seems to only be able to throw to one type of receiver with any consistency and that's the kind that can just out-jump everyone for a lofted ball... as evidenced by Boldin, Jacoby Jones, and Torrey Smith in the playoffs last year.

 

I'm not so sure about that. I've seen Joe deliver some tough throws, just to see the ball hit the turf. He's delivered on point throws to Dickson time and time again, only to see drops. The type of receiver Joe needs is the kind that can catch a football consistently. 

 

To relate that back to the topic, Brown seems to be that kind of dependable receiver.

[ratedr]

Marlon Brown looks just fine to me.  And I still maintain that Tandon Doss and LaQuann Williams could be NFL receivers.  The problem is Flacco isn't the QB that can make these guys shine.

That's funny. Tandon Doss worked out with the Packers (a team historically good at spotting WR talent) and guess what, they didn't think he was worth signing. And I bet money Laquan is done in this league. The obsession with Maryland guys here is hilarious.

 

Tandon Doss is just not good and the fact that we're depending on him for ANYTHING is a massive red flag.

[T3hRaven]

That's funny. Tandon Doss worked out with the Packers (a team historically good at spotting WR talent) and guess what, they didn't think he was worth signing. And I bet money Laquan is done in this league. The obsession with Maryland guys here is hilarious.

 

It kinda is, the St. Furstenburg stuff is really getting old.  His preseason was not that impressive.

 

Even with the IR-ing or Mellette, I still think we're going with what we have now.

[Purple_Polo89]

So with Mellette on IR I see the receiving core looking like this:

 

1. T.Smith

2. M.Brown

3. B.Stokley

4. T.Doss

 

When ever Thompson comes back I have him and Doss splitting reps 

[Kid87]

 Branch, Henderson,  Breaston, Doucet .... Its time to make a move 

[FrankDaTank]

rumor is TO was in the facility yesterday

[The Raven]

rumor is TO was in the facility yesterday

 

Doubtful. Source?

[buckwild307]

I would be stunned if that happened. The Jets have a worse situation than we do right now.

Ya execpt the jets won there opener but tampas not good any way

[buckwild307]

rumor is TO was in the facility yesterday

Ya ya what ever. If we were to get TO it would be bad move because hes old

[jimmypowder]

TO drops a lot of passes. And if that rumor is true our receiving group must be worse then I thought ,

[omar586]

Ozzie doesn't like T.O. anyway, so how the heck hes gonna sign him when he have been out of the league and he's old is dust.

[StingerNLG]

Marlon Brown looks just fine to me.  And I still maintain that Tandon Doss and LaQuann Williams could be NFL receivers.  The problem is Flacco isn't the QB that can make these guys shine.

Flacco seems to only be able to throw to one type of receiver with any consistency and that's the kind that can just out-jump everyone for a lofted ball... as evidenced by Boldin, Jacoby Jones, and Torrey Smith in the playoffs last year.

 

Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones never caught jump-balls in the playoffs, so that is flat out incorrect.

 

And I seem to remember Flacco hitting Dallas Clark right in the hands on the goaline with no problem, only to have Clark drop the ball with no contact.

 

I seem to remember two passes to Ed Dickson that went in and out of his hands.   One came with contact that I've seen most good TE's hang onto, because you know the TE usually is going to get hit right away on passes since he's in the middle of the field.

 

Come to think of it, Boldin is the only receiver he's thrown jump-balls too.   The pass that Lee Evans dropped two years ago wasn't a high throw.

 

So I'm a little curious if you have some game film available to back up your assertions.

[1/28/01]

Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones never caught jump-balls in the playoffs, so that is flat out incorrect.

And I seem to remember Flacco hitting Dallas Clark right in the hands on the goaline with no problem, only to have Clark drop the ball with no contact.

I seem to remember two passes to Ed Dickson that went in and out of his hands. One came with contact that I've seen most good TE's hang onto, because you know the TE usually is going to get hit right away on passes since he's in the middle of the field.

Come to think of it, Boldin is the only receiver he's thrown jump-balls too. The pass that Lee Evans dropped two years ago wasn't a high throw.

So I'm a little curious if you have some game film available to back up your assertions.

You're wasting your time. Don't bother...

[OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL]

I think the team should be shopping for brains

[Sami84]

look its a weak recieving core. one of the weakest in the league. we get it. we may suck. so what.

[Alexir]

Marlon Brown will be just fine for us. Deonte needs to get healthy

[AsianRice]

All I say is lets have some brownies.....

[EricH]

Jones sprained MCL in Ravens' loss; team shopping for WRs?
 
I was right, we did need WR's.  Guess I do know more than our GFO.
 
Yeah, draft some. Too late now !!

Anyone else see the irony in a user named 'billick' claiming once again to be more intelligent than the normal fan????

[redlobster]

Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones never caught jump-balls in the playoffs, so that is flat out incorrect.

 

And I seem to remember Flacco hitting Dallas Clark right in the hands on the goaline with no problem, only to have Clark drop the ball with no contact.

 

I seem to remember two passes to Ed Dickson that went in and out of his hands.   One came with contact that I've seen most good TE's hang onto, because you know the TE usually is going to get hit right away on passes since he's in the middle of the field.

 

Come to think of it, Boldin is the only receiver he's thrown jump-balls too.   The pass that Lee Evans dropped two years ago wasn't a high throw.

 

So I'm a little curious if you have some game film available to back up your assertions.

He is just spouting the same stupid stuff that fans of other teams say, "jump ball Joe", flacco is bailed out by his receivers jumping, etc. He had to throw balls to Boldin that sometimes required jumping because Boldin couldn't seperate from the DB.

[jazz1988]

That's funny. Tandon Doss worked out with the Packers (a team historically good at spotting WR talent) and guess what, they didn't think he was worth signing. And I bet money Laquan is done in this league. The obsession with Maryland guys here is hilarious.

 

Tandon Doss is just not good and the fact that we're depending on him for ANYTHING is a massive red flag.

 

team work out good to average  players just about all season just because they dont sign a player right away doesnt mean  the team didnt come off impress with the player work out. The packers coaches may have liked what they saw from Doss but figure they may just want to hold off on signing  him rite away and continue to  evaluate their other young guys like Jarrett Boykins and Jeremy Ross( he's there main kick returner he not going any where).

 

Im gurantee there has been plenty off times where average or good player is requested by a team to work out for them to be potentially signed to the team but  doesnt get sign  but still impress ihe team with his work out(atleast didnt have a bad workout),. A fan like us or maybe some professonal writer may think that the player didnt impress the team to reasonable reasons but eventually that same playes gets sign by another team and that  same fan/professonal sport writer is saying wow  the  blah blah team  just found a gem why didnt our team sign him/ I remember such  and such team bought  in such and such but didnt sign him now look at the plays he making for blah blah team  ,

[cushrinada1986]

I'm not so sure about that. I've seen Joe deliver some tough throws, just to see the ball hit the turf. He's delivered on point throws to Dickson time and time again, only to see drops. The type of receiver Joe needs is the kind that can catch a football consistently. 
 
To relate that back to the topic, Brown seems to be that kind of dependable receiver.

I'm not so sure about that. I've seen Joe deliver some tough throws, just to see the ball hit the turf. He's delivered on point throws to Dickson time and time again, only to see drops. The type of receiver Joe needs is the kind that can catch a football consistently. 

I remember when Joe had to through to guys like TJ and Mason, when Boldin was here, they were one of if not the slowest group of WRs in the league but for some reason, Flacco was able to get the ball to them enough to stay in the playoffs. this year Flacco needs guys who can fly and catch. People talk about how back flacco can be with consistency well excuse him for not having a team with WRs like Julio, Megatron, or Fitz. I bet you right now, if Flacco had a Marvin Harrison, or heck, another derrick mason, or even a Jordy Nelson, his stats would sky rise. I think Flaccos true WR corp will show itself in the next few weeks and TBH, I think a combo of Smith, Brown, and Thompson would be a threat not many teams could cover with Rice and Clark out the field.
 
To relate that back to the topic, Brown seems to be that kind of dependable receiver.

[jimmypowder]

So with Mellette on IR I see the receiving core looking like this:

 

1. T.Smith

2. M.Brown

3. B.Stokley

4. T.Doss

 

When ever Thompson comes back I have him and Doss splitting reps 

I think Deonte has the ability to take the no 3 spot from a super slow Stokely.

[bcavanagh]

I think Deonte has the ability to take the no 3 spot from a super slow Stokely.

SUPER slow 

[Ravenslifer]

Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones never caught jump-balls in the playoffs, so that is flat out incorrect.

 

And I seem to remember Flacco hitting Dallas Clark right in the hands on the goaline with no problem, only to have Clark drop the ball with no contact.

 

I seem to remember two passes to Ed Dickson that went in and out of his hands.   One came with contact that I've seen most good TE's hang onto, because you know the TE usually is going to get hit right away on passes since he's in the middle of the field.

 

Come to think of it, Boldin is the only receiver he's thrown jump-balls too.   The pass that Lee Evans dropped two years ago wasn't a high throw.

 

So I'm a little curious if you have some game film available to back up your assertions.

 

You're talking to a guy who only cares about whether a quarterback can run or not. He once made a list of quarterbacks "better" than Joe - this was like 2010 - and it included Michael Vick, Tim Tebow, and Dennis Dickson, I believe.

[jimmypowder]

SUPER slow 

Huh?????? Deonte is significantly faster then Stokely even with a sprained ankle.LOL..

[berad]

Huh?????? Deonte is significantly faster then Stokely even with a sprained ankle.LOL..

I think he was agreeing with you when you said Stokley was "super slow"

[StingerNLG]

He is just spouting the same stupid stuff that fans of other teams say, "jump ball Joe", flacco is bailed out by his receivers jumping, etc. He had to throw balls to Boldin that sometimes required jumping because Boldin couldn't seperate from the DB.

 

Figures.   If Flacco is constantly bailed out by his receivers, what happened on Thursday night, right?

 

And you are right, he threw those to Boldin because he knew A) Boldin had no choice and B) He COULD make those.   Remember in the Super Bowl when he checked out of that 3rd down run to throw the ball to Boldin?   Remember why he said he did that?   Because he knew Boldin would come down with it.    It's called a trust factor.

 

Flacco can make receivers look good, but the receivers have to do the most basic thing they are asked to do..................catch the ball.   

[jimmypowder]

I think he was agreeing with you when you said Stokley was "super slow"

Its hard to say .I didn't take it that way.