Welcome to Baltimore, Breshad Perriman

[dirtybird10]

Perriman and Marlon Brown in Redzone packages should be pretty nice.

[uhhhh]

Watching the first round Reaction presser Ozzie and company don't even seem that excited. 

 

They seem like their usual selfes after they drafted a player. Calm. Same like last year and all the years before that

[dirtybird10]

I don't get the comparison to Torrey Smith. Breshad is taller, a lot thicker built, and has a much wider wingspan. He attacks and high points the ball, uses his hands well to catch the ball, has amazing body control, and he actually goes over the middle. 

 

I guess people see his speed (which is definitely faster than Torrey's) and YPC and compare him to Torrey, but Perriman goes over the middle far more and runs lots of short to intermediate routes on top of the verticals. The reason for his high YPC is because he flat out flies when he catches the ball. He's probably the smoothest receiver, up there with Cooper, in terms of being able to just turn and run immediately upon securing the catch. He also breaks quite a few tackles, something Torrey wasn't reliable with. 

 

I know the big issue is his route running and his hands, but to me, both are fixable. I know people are concerned that he rounds his routes, but when you're running that fast, I don't think it's a huge concern. I'm more concerned about the fact that he is too quick to pull up and sell his routes with his shoulders. That just shows a lack of patience in his routes and if he can learn to coral that and sell it longer, he'll be golden. The hands to me, no concern. If you watch some of the catches in traffic and the insane body contorting catches, you'll see he can catch. The routine drops to me stem from technique of not always tracking the ball well because he'll often be late to get his hands up and I think that leads to the drops. If he could get his hands up sooner without selling where the ball will be, he'll, again, be golden.

 

I think it's more the fast and bad hands aspect. Hopefully we will find that is all hearsay and he comes to camp a well rounded receiver that we can rely on not to stall a drive. As someone else posted earlier, it does look like he snatches the ball, and does not let it hit his chest. I have yet to see him really high point a ball yet, but from the highlights (take them with a grain of salt) he always caught it away from his body.

[BmoreBird22]

I think it's more the fast and bad hands aspect. Hopefully we will find that is all hearsay and he comes to camp a well rounded receiver that we can rely on not to stall a drive. As someone else posted earlier, it does look like he snatches the ball, and does not let it hit his chest. I have yet to see him really high point a ball yet, but from the highlights (take them with a grain of salt) he always caught it away from his body.

They definitely aren't bad hands. Torrey had bad hands. He couldn't routinely catch over the middle or catch in traffic, but Breshad Perriman can. With Perriman, it's just concentration which I would largely attribute to the fact that he had such erratic quarterback play and poor ball placement. I posted this somewhere else, but Perriman caught 50 passes, but dropped 8 of 54 catchable passes. That means that he was hauling in "uncatchable passes", which really says something.

[Tank 92]

Hey BP!  Welcome !  Please watch the following video and consider the lesson it teaches.  Thanks.  lol

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nhDippoZQ

[itscbm5042]

Dude looks like a linebacker in his suit it is crazy he can run that fast. You put that type of raw talent and potential with a good organization and Flacco for his QB and watch him turn it around. But man, he rivals Suggs for King Ugly... good lord dude looks 40 and his hair starts halfway up his scalp. Not a good look bro, if your hairline is that crazy just go bald haha.

[ravensfan520]

I'm getting really excited for Perriman. I would love to see us add Walford.

I second that idea... or Duke... I think we should continue the trend on offense for round 2 and shift back to defense on the later rounds. We have studs on defense we just need depth. On offense we were lacking the deep threat TE and a good shifty running back like Duke to be mentored by Forsett can give us a an offense that can blow people away.

[ludy51]

They seem like their usual selfes after they drafted a player. Calm. Same like last year and all the years before that

They were giggling like school girls when they got mosely last year

[PurpleCity5]

I've always felt that Perriman is more than just a Torrey Smith. On tape, he looks like Demaryius Thomas coming out of college, and I'm not making this comparison just because we drafted him. I've been saying this for a while, he just reminds me of Thomas. 

 

Torrey is not a jump ball guy and Perriman is a better YAC guy. He's stronger and just as fast. In my opinion, I think he'll have a Torrey Smith like rookie impact, but long term, I think he can mold into Demayrius Thomas. I think they're very similar. 

[polynesian15]

That play makes me wonder whether he was concerned about injury before a new contract signing. The play wasn't a typical Torrey Smith reaction to coverage as seen over the years, else he wouldn't have been a starter. Regardless, it was his last major play as a Raven.

If that's what he intended, then I think he hurt his stock instead of boosting it.

I asked earlier if you think Breshad would add a little weight during his first couple of seasons in the league. I wouldn't mind seeing him at a neat 6'2 220lbs, so long as his athletic gifts don't suffer of course. That would make him similar to Dez size wise, only faster

Edited May 1, 2015 by polynesian15

[itscbm5042]

The pick was SUPPOSED to be Peters, thats the news that is coming out. They were going to move ahead of Pitt for him and KC surprised them. Then Dupree went and Perriman was the only one left on their board worth taking. They wanted Peters, DeCosta really wanted Peters. They didn't expect to have to move up ahead of KC.

 

Peters, Smith, and Webb would have been insane.

[RaineV1]

For tight end I'd want Heuerman or Nick Boyle in the midrounds. Possibly Kroft if Ozzie and company thinks he can stay healthy.

[BmoreBird22]

Bleacher Report is trashing the pick and giving it a D

[PurpleCity5]

I second that idea... or Duke... I think we should continue the trend on offense for round 2 and shift back to defense on the later rounds. We have studs on defense we just need depth. On offense we were lacking the deep threat TE and a good shifty running back like Duke to be mentored by Forsett can give us a an offense that can blow people away.

Yeah, our offense would become deadly. 

[gtalk12]

We just got real tall at WR with this pick. Can't say I know much of this guy, I don't watch college as much as I should.

 

That being said, I saw some of his highlights and I liked what I saw.

 

It's going to be a wait and see, just like CJ. Reference my avi so you can see how I felt about that pick lol.

 

 

Bleacher Report is trashing the pick and giving it a D

 

Let them hate lol

[TDubbs]

Bleacher Report is trashing the pick and giving it a D

 

Yet if the Eagles took him at 20 it would be the 'Pick of the Decade' ... 'Chip Kelly strikes again'. BP is going to be a monster under the tutelage of Smitty. 

[izvoodoo]

I think it's important to realize an athlete from UCF is simply not going to have the coaching of another program.  Obviously his technique is going to be under developed, but he's no where close to his ceiling.  

[BmoreBird22]

Yet if the Eagles took him at 20 it would be the 'Pick of the Decade' ... 'Chip Kelly strikes again'. BP is going to be a monster under the tutelage of Smitty. 

Let's just say there were a lot of players selected higher than what Matt Miller thought they should have been

[BmoreBird22]

I think it's important to realize an athlete from UCF is simply not going to have the coaching of another program.  Obviously his technique is going to be under developed, but he's no where close to his ceiling.  

Matt Miller was calling his ceiling that of Torrey Smith. I just wanted to laugh, but it was too dumb for me to laugh at

[Cville-Raven]

Matt Miller was calling his ceiling that of Torrey Smith. I just wanted to laugh, but it was too dumb for me to laugh at

theres a reason this guy isn't employed by an NFL team

[BmoreBird22]

theres a reason this guy isn't employed by an NFL team

I see his floor as Torrey Smith, and even then I think that's being unkind to Perriman

Oh, but what's even worse is that Matt Miller compared his floor to Stephen Hill... as if they aren't completely different players

Edited May 1, 2015 by BmoreBird22

[balfan23]

Play like a Raven, Breshad!

[757RavensFan]

We've had a couple players with the initials BP (Pollard, Pierce) that didn't work out here, hopefully Perriman will break that trend.

[RaineV1]

Perriman's floor is that of a larger, faster, more aggressive Torrey Smith. His ceiling could be one of the most dangerous deep threats in the NFL and the kind of guy you always double cover.

[Cville-Raven]

I see his floor as Torrey Smith, and even then I think that's being unkind to Perriman

Oh, but what's even worse is that Matt Miller compared his floor to Stephen Hill... as if they aren't completely different players

The Stephen hill comparison seems really lazy on Miller's part.

[Sami84]

We've had a couple players with the initials BP (Pollard, Pierce) that didn't work out here, hopefully Perriman will break that trend.

 

Pollard did work out..he was good for us! Esp in 2011

[Tyler]

The Stephen hill comparison seems really lazy on Miller's part.

Yeah, I really don't get that. It's not even a fair comparison other than height and speed. Hill played in a completely different system at Georgia Tech, with an extremely limited route tree, where as UCF runs a pro style offense. Hill also had extremely raw hands. I actually think Hill could have been closer to Demaryus had he not had to play on that lackluster Jet's offense.

[The Raven]

theres a reason this guy isn't employed by an NFL team

 

And it's that he doesn't want to. No stability. He said he's been offered scouting jobs by NFL teams. Scouting for the media is more stable than scouting for a team.

[AsianRice]

I'll bet Joe is falling off his chair in excitement when Breshad was called as Ravens 1st round pick.

 

If Breshad didn't get you excited about 2015 offense, then I don't know  what would you.....

Edited May 1, 2015 by AsianRice

[Static]

Bleacher Report is trashing the pick and giving it a D

 

Except they gave it a B+

 

I see Breshad's FLOOR as a better Torrey with more routes and not scared of the middle and Im not even a fan of the pick

 

 

Gordon McGuinness @PFF_Gordon

Ravens wanted a deep threat at receiver. Torrey Smith dropped 5 of 13 deep passes in 2014, Perriman dropped 1 of 14 at UCF

Edited May 1, 2015 by Static