[News] Round 1: Ravens Select LB C.J. Mosley

[heatuptonyd]

Anyone who thinks Upshaw is a bust has no clue about football. These are the same people that said Ngata had a bad year both had good years last year. Just because your not making big plays does not mean that they are not playing good they are doing their jobs in a system. There is a lot of things that happen on the field that the normal fan does not see. Everyone should relax and enjoy the draft August is a few months away and their will be a lot of good FA out there and we have some good money left to scoop them up.

[Underdogsontop!]

I was shocked at 1st when CJ Mosleys name was called, especially with Dix and pryor still there. But the pick grew on me after an hour or 2. I remember reading somewhere and hearing some analyst say that basically CJ Mosleys athletisim and pass coverage ability allows Clinton-Dix to roam the back end and doesn't have to worry too much about passes in the middle. We need that type of confidence and trust on our defense. Ozzie has been doing this longer then any of the guys on this forum that's criticizing him for this, and gets paid good money to make this decisions. If a ILB is really that athletic and has good range to make people around him better and trust in him, then I say grab him and he can be the new stone in the ravens defense. Some day these guys criticizing Ozzie will thank him. Hope he stays healthy! Welcome to Baltimore CJ Mosley!

[I Roll With Purple n Black]

I like the pick. I was surprised by the pick but I like it. This is a very deep draft so all hope isnt lost on drafting players for other positions. I heard a good point this morning. Alot of people are pissed because we didnt draft Ha Ha but would it really make a lot of sense to have a first year and second year player anchoring the back end? NOPE. That works when you have a veteran to teach those young guys the rope. But we dont have a good veteran back there that can do that right now. So I understand why they didnt take a saftey in the first round. But its a deep draft. We have plenty of time to get our players.

[b93333]

Hope he works out better than McClain. McClain was drafted even higher in the first round and all the same good things were said about him.   He won't help the team much this year, barring injury, but could work well in the long run.

[Wildwest Raven]

Grab a fresh pair of panties boys...were headed to round 2!!

[docwis28]

Hope he works out better than McClain. McClain was drafted even higher in the first round and all the same good things were said about him.   He won't help the team much this year, barring injury, but could work well in the long run.

McClain was not drafted by the Ravens. Our franchise is known for grooming and developing linebackers. I can't remember the last time we drafted or signed a linebacker who was not effective. Jarret Johnson, Peter Boulware, Bart Scott, Terrell Suggs, Jamie Sharper, Adalius Thomas, Dannell Ellerbe. When guys do leave our team they usually make big money somewhere else, and become starters. This guy will be another great product of our franchise. This was a great pick.

[omar586]

great pick by ozzie, this guy reminds me of willis of the 9ers.

[RavenManiac#7]

I really hope he will turn out to be everything that people are saying about him. I'm a little concerned of the sheer number of injuries he's suffered and hope that's not an indication that he is, in fact injury prone. I understand BPA and all that talk, but everyone certainly realizes that that philosophy is Not always followed. I mean, think about it, if our BPA at that point had been a QB, do you really think we would have selected him? I don't for one second. So, I know that BPA Is flexible, to some degree. And knowing that, it's a little confusing to me that with an offense rated 29th in the league last year and a defense ranked 12th, we go defense in a year when we Finally have the chance to get an immediate impact player in the first round. And at that, a FS, we needed, if Ozzie still wanted to go defense, and Dix was there. The second question is, does this tell us that maybe we missed it with Arthur Brown in the second round last year? I have to think that Moseley will start and Brown will be depth. Oz knows best, so I'll continue to trust in him, but I sure hope we get a decent receiver in round two tonight because we missed out on a great one last night that New Orleans thought enough of to move up to #20 to grab; Brandin Cooks, the playmaker from Oregon State. That's over with now, though. I ain't root in' for him anymore. Now I'm root in' for C J Mosley. Get us some good ones tonight, Ozzie.

[RavenManiac#7]

I mentioned Clinton Dix in my initial comment, but only in a food for thought mode. At no time did I jump all over Ozzie. In fact, I stated my trust in him and tried to show my encouragement to him for tonight. But then I started reading some of the comments on here and was really surprised to read All the comments about how it would not have been a good idea to have two such young players as our starting safeties. Only one time did I mention that thought before the draft, again, as a thought only, not as a strong vote against Dix. But now all kind of comments are being made to that affect when so, so many people were calling for Dix to be drafted before last night. Sometimes I just can't figure some people out.

[balfan23]

Garrett had an interview with Ozzie a few days ago:

 

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/OneOnOne_Ozzie_Reveals_Ravens_Draft_Plans/375ccc8e-b15c-468c-9d9f-901687beb2f2

 

I didn't pay much attention to it, because it just seems like you don't know what is truth and what is smoke when listening to GMs just before the draft. However, there was a comment early on in the interview that was telling ... I just didn't know it at the time. Garrent named 3 key positions of need (saftey, O line and WR) where we've added players during the FA period. Then he asked, "when you look to the draft, what positions do you say we need to address"

 

The answer "inside linebacker" came out of Ozzie without a moment of hesitation.

 

I was shocked, with Dix and Pryor on the board that we didn't take the best of the 2. If I only listened and could filter smoke from truth, I would have known. This was not smoke.

[JoeyFlex5]

Because apparently our FO thought he was better than both of them. Elam will be the face of this defense for the future, and I bet he plays SS this year no matter what.

i sure hope so, he is a machine at SS, but definitely lacking in that over the top coverage we were asking him to do. i just dont exactly see who is supposed to play FS for us unless darian stewart is alot better than we all think he is

[aruba1]

we need to trade up for morgan moses dude is a boss and will make our o-line dominant

[CapoRocky]

I agree on Moses, and I think if we trade back in the draft with the 49ers at #30 we should draft him, and get Bucannon/Ward in the 2nd round. Doing this will address our S/RT problem, plus Moses can be taken under the wing of Monroe in a special way since they both went to the University of Virginia, and not to mention we would get an additional high round pick from the 49ers.

 

 

No, no, no!  There is no "need" for "help" at WR or RB.  I get so sick and tired of hearing people say this crap.  People need to stop being in love with WRs and RBs (and QBs for that matter) simply because they are spotlight positions.  For crying out loud, we have two starter quality RBs already that any other team would salivate to have.  We have more flipping receiving targets than probably the entire NFC East combined.  At this point the only real NEED is the O-line.  Safety help is not as much of a need as some people seem to think it is.  Sure, need to fill out the roster.  But we're not exactly hurting.

 

I'll clarify for you in slow and simple terms.  I'd take Latimer and Hyde with the next two picks, then see what FS/OL is still around later on in the draft.

[CapoRocky]

we need to trade up for morgan moses dude is a boss and will make our o-line dominant

 

I'd take a WR, TE, RB, OL, and/or FS tonight.  I'm not going to get too specific outside of maybe Latimer and Hyde.

[CapoRocky]

Garrett had an interview with Ozzie a few days ago:

 

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/OneOnOne_Ozzie_Reveals_Ravens_Draft_Plans/375ccc8e-b15c-468c-9d9f-901687beb2f2

 

I didn't pay much attention to it, because it just seems like you don't know what is truth and what is smoke when listening to GMs just before the draft. However, there was a comment early on in the interview that was telling ... I just didn't know it at the time. Garrent named 3 key positions of need (saftey, O line and WR) where we've added players during the FA period. Then he asked, "when you look to the draft, what positions do you say we need to address"

 

The answer "inside linebacker" came out of Ozzie without a moment of hesitation.

 

I was shocked, with Dix and Pryor on the board that we didn't take the best of the 2. If I only listened and could filter smoke from truth, I would have known. This was not smoke.

 

Mosley was the best value.  He did lead his defense to a national championship too.  That sure looks good on his resume.

[CapoRocky]

Grab a fresh pair of panties boys...were headed to round 2!!

 

Only if they come with Charissa Thompson!!!!

[aruba1]

2-3 years from now? Then why not draft a ILB next year or the year after and take the Safety you need right now, right now. I want to win this year not in 3 years. Also, you can get a decent ILB in the later rounds more then you can get a decent Safety.

because we just got a guy in terrence brooks who is as good as haha or calvin pryor. ozzie had a choice and didn't pick either safety. mosley will start this year at ILB and brown will sub in.

[MYTH420]

because we just got a guy in terrence brooks who is as good as haha or calvin pryor. ozzie had a choice and didn't pick either safety. mosley will start this year at ILB and brown will sub in.

What, just as good as Pryor and Dix? Get the heck out of here. They were the 2 best Safeties in the draft, along with Ward. Besides them, how many other Safeties went ahead of him? I guess all the other clubs don't know what their doing, that's why he fell to the late 3rd round. Is that what your saying?

[aruba1]

What, just as good as Pryor and Dix? Get the heck out of here. They were the 2 best Safeties in the draft, along with Ward. Besides them, how many other Safeties went ahead of him? I guess all the other clubs don't know what their doing, that's why he fell to the late 3rd round. Is that what your saying?

what I'm saying is the ravens had a choice of both safeties and chose mosley, now either you are right and the whole ravens front office is wrong or they realized that they could get a guy later who has  better speed and had more turnovers during his career.than either safety. 

[drockdamic87]

After watching his intro I really like his demeanor. Now I am not a huge fan of Quiet leaders as Harbaugh sometimes try to talk up, but this guy has a leadership glow/appeal about him. It seems he will know when to get vocal and lead. With him the leader, an ok pass defender, and thumper, and Art brown maturing into a dominant K J Wright or Bobby Wagner type pass defending LB and open field tackling specialist, the Ravens D might be beautiful for a good run right now and in the future.

[RAVENS2192]

i don't understand how people can sit here and say that Arthor Brown is a bust, HE'S IN HIS SECOND YEAR! how can you say that hes not going to amount to anything because his first season wasn't all-pro? in a couple of years he could be the best in the game, we could have the next Bowman and Willis. Brown was not a mistake by the ravens they just drafted best player available AS ALWAY!