Biggest Loss From Our SB Roster

[Caliravenlover]

By far the worst lose to our roster is Matt Birk. I swear i never saw it being this bad and i did think Gino was going to be ok but boy was i wrong. he was single handedly the worst starting center in the league and i don't see him getting to start in the future.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

Someone should send this poll to Birk.

Would probably make his day.

[baltravens]

I think Ozzie learned a valuable lesson.  It practically devastated us when we lost Boldin. We did not pay who we needed. 8-8 proved it.

 

Boldin is kind of rubbing it in Ozzie's face will how he is producing on another team. Again, I am making a little bit of an assumption, but this seemed Ozzie's doing.

[jimmypowder]

Watching Suggs on the NFL Network talking about how much we missed Anquan . That's an understatement. Suggs said Q is a offensive player with a defensive players mentality . The talk on the show was how ridiculous it was that we only got a 6th rounder for Anquan . Since 2009, no receiver has been more productive in the postseason then Q . That's a fact .

[Tru11]

unless boldin would play on the O-line with us i doubt he would be that much succesfull as he is in san fran.

 

i also think with boldin but without dumervil, canty and smith we would have a far worse record since they where key pats on the defense.

[Willbacker]

I am not sure how much of the line problem gets fixed without a wholesale personnel change to fit the scheme. I wonder how many of the OL was happy Castillo stays? 

 

Maybe Castillo gets it together but I have an issue with coaches who enforces a plan rather than shifting the plan to fit the personnel. Maybe Castillo doesn't do that but it sure looked that way this past season.

 

 

well if he can force all pro shutdown man to man press CB asomugha to play zone and off coverage , im pretty sure he can force any player to do whatever he liked lol.

 

well on the bright side it cant get any worse i think.......

This is bothersome. Seems like there's no relenting in the man. It's his way or the highway. No matter what you're strength is.

[Gordo52]

Did anyone say Rice yet? :p

[Tank 92]

Did anyone say Rice yet? :P

 

 

+1  :D

[cobrajet]

Voted Boldin, he brought a toughness to the offense that obviously wasn't there all season.  I watch Niners games just to see him get in defenders faces sometimes.  This team missed that kind of fire this year.

I agree with this!

[omar586]

Q

[wayne]

unless boldin would play on the O-line with us i doubt he would be that much succesfull as he is in san fran.

 

i also think with boldin but without dumervil, canty and smith we would have a far worse record since they where key pats on the defense.

Or b/c of another variable which is Flacco's play. Also, you saqying if we would have signed Boldin that it would have killed our chances at getting Dumerville, Canty, and Smith? We wouldn't have had action at anyone of them?

[OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL]

I say Birk

[FlocksGottaFeed]

Heart and Soul. With Ray (The Ravens' Soul) the heart (All of the other leaders polled) doesn't beat. All of those guys collectively made last season legendary, but the one Raven that will be legend is without arguement - Ray.

 

Unless your playing PlayStation, Fantasy Football and Xbox how could there be a greater loss? In real team football?

There's no explaination required. His presence is one of the rare times in sports that defies explanation.

[K-Dog]

Did anyone say Rice yet? :p

Good point.

[TonyTone1192]

I think Ozzie learned a valuable lesson.  It practically devastated us when we lost Boldin. We did not pay who we needed. 8-8 proved it.

 

Boldin is kind of rubbing it in Ozzie's face will how he is producing on another team. Again, I am making a little bit of an assumption, but this seemed Ozzie's doing.

 

so you don't think that a healthy pitta entering his 4th season where he and Flacco's chemistry has improved in each of Pitta's 4 seasons, would have made up for the loss of Boldin?

[TonyTone1192]

Did anyone say Rice yet? :P

 

After I made the post I was considering adding Rice to the list! lol

[1/28/01]

Boldin still ballin'.

[wayne]

No, Boldin is overrated and a underachiever while he was here ( who cares if he underachieved, he was just as valuable as Flacco in that 4 game stretch ). It was a good thing that we got rid of Boldin.

[1/28/01]

No, Boldin is overrated and a underachiever while he was here ( who cares if he underachieved, he was just as valuable as Flacco in that 4 game stretch ). It was a good thing that we got rid of Boldin.

For clarification for any newbies, he's being sarcastic.

[Ravenslifer]

Well that's the end of that - Boldin did probably everything he could, but in the end he didn't help the 49ers to the Superbowl.  I think he could have helped us into the playoffs this year, and then who knows, but I still maintain he's going to retire.  I cannot for the life of me figure out why the front office would just up and trade him over giving him a contract extension unless he told them he wasn't open to playing beyond this season - clearly it's not because of a declining skill set.

[Tru11]

Or b/c of another variable which is Flacco's play. Also, you saqying if we would have signed Boldin that it would have killed our chances at getting Dumerville, Canty, and Smith? We wouldn't have had action at anyone of them?

yup.

 

trading boldin freed up the cap space to sign them.

without tradin boldin chances would have been slim to get them.

 

maybe we could have signed but certainly not all 3.

 

either way with a worser defense we would have been picking top 5 ,,,,,,,

[RobFuseRaven]

I voted for the Birkster. Our biggest issue was the O-Line. You need to give Joe protection and open holes for the RBs in order to be a successful team. And technically KO is considered a loss since he was out most of the year and wasn't the same guy in the beginning due to an injury.

[Hardbaugh]

Easily Boldin.

 

I was rooting for him to get a ring with SF. The front office grossly overpaid one guy who had a great postseason then asked Boldin who had a great postseason of his own to take a pay cut.   Then gives him away for nothing.

 

It doesn't take a smart person to figure out how that was going to end up.

[Kid87]

Matt Birk.. O line hasn't been the same..  Pollard and Boldin were good but both gave us alot of penalties

[1/28/01]

Matt Birk.. O line hasn't been the same.. Pollard and Boldin were good but both gave us alot of penalties

Huh????

[SecretAgentMan]

Huh????

Pollard. Yes, Q, no. 

 

I agree with him on the Birk thing though. The offensive Line plays better we probably win a game or two more and make the playoffs. 

[ravensnick]

Kruger and Pollard both rightfully got zero votes. We found better and cheaper replacements for both of them that ended ip producing way more. 

[redrum52]

The biggest loss from our SB roster was playoff Joe Flacco.

[Fear_the_Raven]

I voted for the Birkster. Our biggest issue was the O-Line. You need to give Joe protection and open holes for the RBs in order to be a successful team.

 

I agree with this.  He was responsible for calling out the protections, no?  That means he was able to improve the play of the entire line.  Fewer missed assignments, more time for Joe, fewer 3rd and longs because Birk didn't repeatedly get blown into the backfield.  As much as I would have liked to have Pitta or Boldin for an entire season, I'm not sure how much of a difference either one would have made in the end.  Maybe the Ravens scrape their way into the playoffs with one of them, but there's no way they were repeating with that O-line.

[RavensFanMvp]

I voted for Boldin. Trading him for a 6th round pick has to be the dumbest move in franchise history.