[News] How The Pick Went Down At No. 17

[Pharaoh]

Best available or admiting a miss on 2nd rounder Brown just last year?. Dallas needed defense way more than offensive line help and they passed on Mosely taking "our" real need in this draft, O-line help. We just missed on Martin by the flip of a coin................but why would Dallas let CJ go when they need defensive LBer help so badly? In Ozzie we trust but Castillo needed us to move up one spot and save our franchise QB from another season of looking up after every passing down. Is Jensen really that good? Can Jah Reid be counted on to get Ray&Joe back to the AFC North title? The Browns improved. Bengals improved. Steelers improved and we took the best available player---In Ozzie we trust?

Ok I'm not too happy about the pick but to imply it was a bad pick is just misguided eventuly it will be Mosley and Brown as our starting ILBs.... also the steelers did not improve with their pick one of their biggest needs was at saftey and they passed on the top two safety's ....and the bengals drafted a CB and every time they draft a CB they can't bet out their aging starters.... then there is the browns they would be the only team that you could say improved from the draft but it's only has been one round and they had two picks.... As I said before I'm not too happy with the pick but IN OZZIE WE TRUST

[Crusader]

Great pick. Now lets fill some holes.

[EdgarAllanPoe78]

I do not believe this pick adds to the speculation that Arthur Brown is not trusted to be a starter. I see it as thinking of the future and being able to have two very good ILB's for many years to come. I am excited about this pick and about what we do in the 2nd & 3rd rounds today. Same guys complaining will be the ones posting in Ozzie we trust memes when the players picked are playing well and making an impact. Gotta love us fans!

[Crusader]

Now go get Xavier Su'a-Filo

[rmcjacket23]

I predict 30 seconds into the future that Ryan Jensen&Jah Reid get the bulk of the snaps at RT if Ozzie can't get O-line help in this draft.

Wagner/FA signing would be where the smart money is.

[oneyedog]

I like the pick, but I'm concerned about all the injuries he's had so far... He says that he is 100% healthy and I'm sure he is. Lets hope he can stay that way long enough to warrant the 17th pick in the draft!

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

I love fans saying "this team improved," "that pick was awful"... YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW ANY OF THESE GUYS WILL ACTUALLY PLAY! What if Mosley becomes the next Ray Lewis and haha and martin turn out to be awful? Still a bad pick? In the same breathe, sure theres a chance Mosley doesn't become a stud. But that's the game man. Nothing is for sure - look at drafts from 5 years ago and where the players are today. Several players taken in rounds 3-7 should have been picked round 1 and vice versa. Mosley was in the ravens estimation the best player available. You cant argue with that - plain and simple. And the whole Alabama bust thing is absolutely asanine. Let Ozzie do his job and wait a couple years before making judgement. Youre the same fans declaring Jimmy Smith a bust 2 years ago and now claiming he was your boy all along. By all means, have your opinion and you can certainly disagree with the pick, but saying that all these other teams improved and we're falling behind based on players names is just stupid. Bc right now each of these guys are simply names until they step onto an NFL field.

[PurpleReign2752]

Now that we have addressed our need at Best Player Available, we can use these next rounds to shore up our holes at Best Player Available

[PurpleReign2752]

^^^ Exactly why I am glad the " average Joe " will never have anything to do with the Ravens' draft process.^^^

 

Unlike the Browns, who apparently let a homeless guy make the Manziel pick

[Mystigo_Dragon]

Ozzie said, "That [trade back] bonanza never came",...  and I'm left to eat my words, having insisted that we would trade back!

 

Trading back or out of the 1st Round didn't happen,... but the words eaten went down tasty - C.J. Mosley's a "HUNTER" in the Nest!

[Mystigo_Dragon]

It's obvious from last year's draft and the first pick so far, the 3 most important traits we're looking for in our picks in order of importance are:

1. Character

2. Character

3. Character

 

You could have replaced one of those nimbers with "Captain"!

I like the choice because he doesn't have to come in "NFL-ready" but can grow into the role he'll play inside!!!

Ray even said that C.J. will need to add some muscle, just like he did as a rookie! Our defense can wait on Mosley to do his appreticeship behind Daryl and Brandon and mesh into his role!