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

[Ravensfansince03]

Good Move

[ravens4life86]

Man Im frustrated right now!!! Oz and Co. Better do there due diligance to make up for that mistake of missing on all the Elite Safeties in this draft. Tommorow Rnd 2-3 make moves, whatever is needed etc to get one of the remaining semi premier to premier offensive players, whether it be WR Latimer, Lee, TE Sefarian-Jenkins. Now Im really wondering what they plan on picking for Safety? I guess between, Terrance Brooks, Lamarcus Joyner, Ed Reynolds. I personally like Ed Reynolds but some say he cant be a starter, I dont know why after his college career.

[takersplace]

lol johnny dog pound - funny hes going to love lake erie and getting smacked around by us Pittsburgh and The bungals 6 times a year

[stone4]

Let's see. Ozzie said he tried to trade back - no takers. Maybe the "professionals" knew that Pryor is a SS and Dix would be a bust?  You say it's a bad pick but you offer no alternative and think we should draft a player by need. Keep in mind that both Sergio Kindle & Terrence Cody were both "need" picks. So if Dix is a bust, Pryor is a SS and Mosley is a top 10 talent on your board, what do YOU do?

And what do you think our FO does? You think they are not aware of our needs (probably way more than any of us fans)? And you frankly don't think they have a plan? That they don't say "Heck with our needs, who cares that we don't yet have a true RT and FS, we'll see what happens."?

 

Do you really have such low confidence in our FO and coaches? Can't you imagine that they may have their plan working - even if you don't see it?

Let's see. Ozzie said he tried to trade back - no takers. Maybe the "professionals" knew that Pryor is a SS and Dix would be a bust?  You say it's a bad pick but you offer no alternative and think we should draft a player by need. Keep in mind that both Sergio Kindle & Terrence Cody were both "need" picks. So if Dix is a bust, Pryor is a SS and Mosley is a top 10 talent on your board, what do YOU do?

Let's see. Ozzie said he tried to trade back - no takers. Maybe the "professionals" knew that Pryor is a SS and Dix would be a bust?  You say it's a bad pick but you offer no alternative and think we should draft a player by need. Keep in mind that both Sergio Kindle & Terrence Cody were both "need" picks. So if Dix is a bust, Pryor is a SS and Mosley is a top 10 talent on your board, what do YOU do?

[MYTH420]

Why are people acting like the Front Office knows everything and never makes mistakes. Remember Mark Clayton and Kyle Boller. I'm not saying Mosely is a bust. But don't act like Ozzie and Co. Know it all and never mess up. I think Ozzie is Alabama happy, and he loves LBs. A. Brown, I hope you like ST.

[takersplace]

exactly what I meant Ravensrock - let me say it again ''DAMN I HATE DALLAS''

[Valid1]

Art Brown will give us great depth at LB and ST, I'd rather have him coming off the bench if someone got injured then Bynes, plus if he pans out in 3 years he will be in the middle with Mosley when Smith is gone.

 

Brown is better than Mosely. Putting him on special teams is really stupid. The team is actually worse because of what we did tonight. Ozzie hasn't had a good first round pick since Flacco, depending on what happens with Jimmy Smith which is pretty upsetting. 

[ibrahim9416]

Jimmy Ward is gone?!?!?!?!NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[verified]

and with this guys long list of past surgeries and knowing alabama players don't make it in the league why pick this guy with the first pick? why risk it? terrance cody was almost cut borderline bust. courtney upshaw is following down the same path I'm so tired of these alabama players

[ellicottraven]

We have 16 more players to go before we pick tomorrow. I truly don't expect a good OG or safety to fall to us at that point... hopefully we can pick another impact player tomorrow. I am not unhappy with the Mosely pick because I do believe he was the highest rated player on our board, but now all good safeties are gone with only one from Florida State left.... I hope we get Morgan Moses or Brooks tomorrow.

[RonHugh52]

Brown is better than Mosely. Putting him on special teams is really stupid. The team is actually worse because of what we did tonight. Ozzie hasn't had a good first round pick since Flacco, depending on what happens with Jimmy Smith which is pretty upsetting.

Riiiiiiiight!

[edthehead]

not a big fan of the puck,he stays hurt alot,I wish we could have traded back,no trade partner i guess

[edthehead]

brown and mosley are the future,,

[dead serious]

and with this guys long list of past surgeries and knowing alabama players don't make it in the league why pick this guy with the first pick? why risk it? terrance cody was almost cut borderline bust. courtney upshaw is following down the same path I'm so tired of these alabama players

 

 

Why are people acting like the Front Office knows everything and never makes mistakes. Remember Mark Clayton and Kyle Boller. I'm not saying Mosely is a bust. But don't act like Ozzie and Co. Know it all and never mess up. I think Ozzie is Alabama happy, and he loves LBs. A. Brown, I hope you like ST.

 

Brown is better than Mosely. Putting him on special teams is really stupid. The team is actually worse because of what we did tonight. Ozzie hasn't had a good first round pick since Flacco, depending on what happens with Jimmy Smith which is pretty upsetting. 

I have been saying the same things All night Long, Obviosly Some People think Ozzie and the Ravens FO is full of Gods and have no Imperfections when it comes to Drafting, LOL

[RavenManiac20]

Ed Reynolds or Terrence Brooks sometime tomorrow hopefully. We need to address the FS position. Im hoping our 3 picks tomorrow go FS, RB and WR. Any order. Preferably end up with Brooks/Reynolds, Terrance West and Allen Robinson. It would be magical if Marqise Lee found his way to us in the middle of the second round. Doubt it though.

[MYTH420]

he will start next to darryl and brown will come in one third down as a coverage LB. realize that smith is almost 33 YO chances are he is gone in 2 years due to cap hit and probable decline and ozzie has prepared for that by getting 2 young players. 

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.

[hen826957]

Even though Cj Mosely is a good pick the lost of safeties were tough some of them should've stay in the 2nd round I makes me sick I wish San Francisco didn't take Jimmie Ward that broke my heart he should've stay in the 2nd round and trade up to get him. Why San Fransciso Why!!!

[stone4]

My friend think, any player could be a bust .. You mean to tell me youre going to take a chance at a position thats totally secure and has starters for a player that might be a bust? How do you know Moseley wont be a bust? You dont, we dont, they dont. Thats the name of the game. Why waste a first rd pick on a position we're stacked at .. Lets say haha is a bust, how about a oline men, maybe a wr especially with Thompson not living up to what some thought her do this season. Come on, the pick was dumb. I watch the same tape as they do, i watch every Sunday. And according to the tapes that pick didnt help, if anything it hurts bc of the confusion of whos who. Its a slap in the face of brown who played well last year. They didnt attend to a position that needed attention, simple

[Fe Caprino]

To be honest here, I'm not sure who I wanted us to draft. I wasn't very excited about HaHa and from what I watched, read and saw, Pryor plays a lot like Elam (who is going to be a good impact player playing SS). Ozzie said Mosley was BY FAR the best player there. I think Bowman and Kuechly and realize how much impact a ILB can make. Honestly I wasn't very impressed with how our ILB played last year. The safeties are no gone, but it's easy to criticize now we have insight on what happened. They couldn't know that when they picked. I think it was a solid pick and probably the player with a better chance of making an immediate and future impact... Now if Lewan was there, this would be a totally different discussion...

[AsianRice]

Idk why everyone so mad about this pick? We r so thin for lbs and we need a young lb star to solidify in middle of the field. Our players r getting old. I like haha Dixon but that's just me. I'm glad we got Ozzie and the best drafting team on board to answer the million dollar question. Anyways, i like the pick regardless; we need to shut down the running game.....Jimmy and Webb can secure the backfield.

[docwis28]

I'm not that surprised at this pick. Allot of our fans have forgotten that we like to keep allot of LB's. Our 2000 Superbowl team had Ray Lewis, Peter Boulware, and Jamie Sharper who all were pro bowl caliber players. I think our FO knows what they are doing and will also fill the rest of our needs tomorrow. I have complete faith in my franchise that has existed since 1996 and has been a consistent playoff contender along with two Superbowl rings. They is still allot of draft to go.

[BlazinRaven52]

Absolutely love this pick. This guy was the best inside linebacker in the draft and we were able to snag him at number 17. This is a guy who can start from day one. He's an every down linebacker with playmaking ability. Yes we took Brown in the 2nd last year but smith isn't going to be around that much longer and him and Brown will be switching in and out. people also forget we signed the safety from st.louis this offseason. all in all smart pick in my book.

[RonHugh52]

The people who are ticked off need to calm down, you act like the 1st rd is the only rd you can draft good talent. Some of you are saying are 1st rd picks since 2009 have stunk, well if that's the case we must have done pretty darn good in the others rds to go 5 straight playoffs, 3 AFC title games, and a ring, so if we did good in the other rds the last 5 years why would this year be any different. Chill out we still have a lot of picks, FA, and other teams cuts, don't jump the gun after draft a good guy who will start just because he's not the guy you wanted.

[merryjman]

Would have liked a safety, but just because Ha-Ha was the best in the draft doesn't necessarily mean he warranted a first round pick. And not to state the obvious, but Ray Lewis was a first round ILB...

[dead serious]

Idk why everyone so mad about this pick? We r so thin for lbs and we need a young lb star to solidify in middle of the field. Our players r getting old. I like haha Dixon but that's just me. I'm glad we got Ozzie and the best drafting team on board to answer the million dollar question. Anyways, i like the pick regardless; we need to shut down the running game.....Jimmy and Webb can secure the backfield.

where do you get we are thin at LB???  we have 11 total LBS , not counting the one we just Drafted, LOL

 

59 Brown, Arthur LB 6-1 242 23 R Kansas State 49 Bryant, D.J. LB 6-3 248 25 1 James Madison 56 Bynes, Josh LB 6-1 240 24 2 Auburn 50 McClellan, Albert LB 6-2 255 27 3 Marshall 51 Smith, Daryl LB 6-2 248 32 10

Georgia Tech

 

58 Dumervil, Elvis OLB 5-11 260 30 8 Louisville 54 Hamilton, Adrian OLB 6-3 251 26 2 Prairie View A&M 90 McPhee, Pernell OLB 6-3 280 25 3 Mississippi State 94 Simon, John OLB 6-2 260 23 R Ohio State 55 Suggs, Terrell OLB 6-3 260 31 11 Arizona State 91 Upshaw, Courtney OLB 6-2 272 24 2 Alabama

[ManMythMarrone]

Y'all should be excited if anything, They drafted a player who was simply too good for them to pass up on. Why would you question what they did when they set all the more pressing needs aside to draft this guy? CJ is going to be an impact player, and all you guys hating on him and the pick before the 2014 Ravens have even played a down of Football. There is so much offseason ahead. Quit being negative, and let the wizard go to work.

[Crimson Raven]

Clearly the best player available. I know some people are going to be mad about this pick because they wanted a safety but I trust Ozzie here. If it was between Moseley and Clinton-Dix or Pryor, I would take Moseley because I think he's a better player at his position.

[Valid1]

We have two starters at the position already. One we just paid and one we just drafted. We needed a little bit of depth, you know like the kind you get in the 5th or UDFAs. Argue that he was BPA, I disagree with that vehemently but you could argue it. ILB was not even the 5th most needed position on our team. RT, FS, CB, WR, TE, OLB were all bigger needs. I think this is the worst pick we reasonably could have made but for a QB. 

 

Also Bama players are notoriously injured and mediocre in the NFL, particularly the ones the come here. Mosely showed me nothing last year to say he won't be the exact same. I hate this pick. I really didn't think it could get worse than picking Elam over Kenan Allen last year, but here we are. This is worse. I'll be shocked if Mosely ever sees a pro bowl. 

 

1st round isn't the only round you can draft talent in but it is absolutely the easiest round to draft talent in, Also all of those needs now need to be filled by lesser players, or at leas players that the whole league passed on multiple times. Starters are typically only found in the first three rounds and UDFAs. Anything else is atypical. Our chances of getting good starters is nerfed by this pick. 

[Fe Caprino]

I have a real quick question: Could Arthur Brown, Daryl Smith AND CJ Mosley be at the field at the same time?

[verified]

where do you get we are thin at LB???  we have 11 total LBS , not counting the one we just Drafted, LOL

 

59 Brown, Arthur LB 6-1 242 23 R Kansas State 49 Bryant, D.J. LB 6-3 248 25 1 James Madison 56 Bynes, Josh LB 6-1 240 24 2 Auburn 50 McClellan, Albert LB 6-2 255 27 3 Marshall 51 Smith, Daryl LB 6-2 248 32 10

Georgia Tech

 

58 Dumervil, Elvis OLB 5-11 260 30 8 Louisville 54 Hamilton, Adrian OLB 6-3 251 26 2 Prairie View A&M 90 McPhee, Pernell OLB 6-3 280 25 3 Mississippi State 94 Simon, John OLB 6-2 260 23 R Ohio State 55 Suggs, Terrell OLB 6-3 260 31 11 Arizona State 91 Upshaw, Courtney OLB 6-2 272 24 2 Alabama

incredible. were loaded at linebacker forever