[News] Did Ravens Steal Maxx Williams From Steelers?

[RavensReck27]

Gotta love the draft every year its the same. Fans of every team get really excited over players they most of the time never even heard of. Then they act like little mel kipers with their breakdown of the players they never heard of. Its pretty entertaining reading fans comments.

I'm Mel Kipers nephew, and I do what I want lol.

[Ravensfolyfe]

Whether we did or didn't i'm glad we have him now and he will be a problem for our division rivals.

[rmcjacket23]

Its kind of funny in the grand scheme of things that we Ravens fans always call our draft strategy "best player available", yet, coincidentally, practically our entire draft we ended up taking players at positions of "need". We came into the draft knowing that WR, TE, CB, and DL (specifically DE) were positions where we'd like to upgrade or add depth. And what do you know... 9 draft picks comprised of 2 WRs, 2 TEs, two DL (including a DE) and a corner. We also added a RB and an offensive lineman. Remember that the "BPA" strategy for the Ravens is based on a draftboard that we assemble. So when the draft board is assembled in a fashion that maximizes the likelihood of us addressing certain positions, it shifts to much more of a "needs based" draft.

[huntrgathrr]

I read the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today and they quoted GM Colbert as saying "we were trying to move up to draft Golson" and "we were committed to taking a corner in the second round even if Maxx Williams was still available". LOL LOL LOL......what a load of BS. Golson was projected to go in the 3rd or 4th round. At 5'8" he might not even make it in the NFL. They were absolutely stunned when Ozzie outsmarted them, with the help of Bruce Arians! Payback is a b@#$%^!! Thats why it took them seven minutes to overdraft a 5'8" corner when there were better corners still left on the board.

This is why we own the Steelers....our front office gives us better players. The Raven F.O. is a great judge of talent which the Steeler F.O. is not. That's why they passed over Mosley last year and gave us a probowl linebacker, no trade required!!! Not only are they bad at their jobs (compared to the ravens) but they are bad liars as well. Talk about trying to save face. I guess getting punished by your rivals 2 years in a row in the draft and in the playoffs is too much for them to bear.

[stampedehero]

I read the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today and they quoted GM Colbert as saying "we were trying to move up to draft Golson" and "we were committed to taking a corner in the second round even if Maxx Williams was still available". LOL LOL LOL......what a load of BS. Golson was projected to go in the 3rd or 4th round. At 5'8" he might not even make it in the NFL. They were absolutely stunned when Ozzie outsmarted them, with the help of Bruce Arians! Payback is a b@#$%^!! Thats why it took them seven minutes to overdraft a 5'8" corner when there were better corners still left on the board. This is why we own the Steelers....our front office gives us better players. The Raven F.O. is a great judge of talent which the Steeler F.O. is not. That's why they passed over Mosley last year and gave us a probowl linebacker, no trade required!!! Not only are they bad at their jobs (compared to the ravens) but they are bad liars as well. Talk about trying to save face. I guess getting punished by your rivals 2 years in a row in the draft and in the playoffs is too much for them to bear.

You are a true Ravens fan.   Now I hope we beat them twice this season.

[stampedehero]

We covet the best TE according to the mocks. I read he was not happy or was that a Pittsburgh supporter that said that. Just to be drafted is The Big Deal. We all know  a TE was on the draft list but to get number one by trading picks to go ahead of the steelers was more than satisfactory.     

[stampedehero]

Whether we did or didn't i'm glad we have him now and he will be a problem for our division rivals.

All the talk was about getting former Bengals Grisom in FA.  Acquiring Williams has more salary advantages as he comes in on rookie contract $.  I was surprised we picked up another TE and he is from Delaware.  Does anyone know about that player and team strategy?  Gilmore and Supernaw have a few questions above their heads right now.

[BmoreBird22]

What a shocker, the moderator decided to not print a comment that goes against the Ravens (Brownies south). Looks like everyone in Baltimore doesn't like hearing the truth.

Oh, there's plenty of other team's fans on here and plenty of dissenting opinions, but you can't be downright disrespectful or rude and expect that to fly. This is actually a classy board.

[BmoreBird22]

The Ravens act like they did something that included intelligence. So they moved up with the help of the Cardinals (Pittsburgh West). No original thought has ever come out of Arizona, who laps up the Steelers left overs like mama june at a trough. There is a slim chance that the Steelers were gonna take Williams in the 2nd round. It didn't make sense since they and the entire world knew they've needed defensive players. Let Baltimore have him and teach him what they know, then in 4 years let him come to a real team (Steelers) so they can reteach him the right way. It's just sour grapes, from years past, and the beating they have been taking from the Steelers. It was also said that the Ravens were pi$$ed because the Steelers took Dupree before they did in RD1, and that rattled them into a rash and unjustified decision to move up and give away extra picks to take a player that the Steelers weren't gonna take anyway. LOL

Heath Miller is about to be 33 and Maxx Williams is built in a very similar mold to Heath Miller. You don't think the Steelers were planning ahead for the possibility of Heath Miller retiring or falling off?

 

It's an unjustified and irrational move to trade up for the drafts top tight end? Wow, could have fooled me, and trust me, the Ravens would have traded up if it were the Lions, Packers, Dolphins, or any other team in front of them. They just flat out coveted Maxx Williams and were wanting to take him.

 

And if Maxx Williams truly wasn't the pick, then why did the Steelers feel the need to take almost the entire allotted time on the clock? 

 

But you know, these sites must be wrong. Notice how many are Steelers' based?

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/02/report-steelers-were-ready-to-draft-maxx-williams-before-ravens-traded-up/

 

http://steelerswire.usatoday.com/2015/05/01/steelers-aimed-for-te-maxx-williams-in-second-round/

 

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/05/ravens-jump-steelers-in-order-to-snake-te-maxx-williams/

 

https://twitter.com/MarkKaboly_Trib/status/594331870264954880

 

Hey, maybe I'm wrong and the Steelers are happy they got a third to fourth round talent at corner over the draft's top tight end. 

Edited May 5, 2015 by BmoreBird22

[BmoreBird22]

As long as the trash talk comes from a Baltimore fan, it's ok, if not, it doesn't fly....um, OK?!? LOL.

Again, the rule is to be disrespectful and the mods will tell you that they hide plenty of posts from Ravens fans because they just aren't respectful. If you want to be disrespectful, then go to the Steelers board or the Bengals where the flies, but we actually try to harbor a mutual field of respect for Baltimore and other team's fans alike. You should try it.

[Cannon]

Yeah right, tell that to Huntrgathrr or whatever it's name was. The replies were meant mostly to him/her. It's been up for quite awhile, so I don't buy the keeping it classy thing or the moderators making it clean and all nicey nice.

[BmoreBird22]

Yeah right, tell that to Huntrgathrr or whatever it's name was. The replies were meant mostly to him/her. It's been up for quite awhile, so I don't buy the keeping it classy thing or the moderators making it clean and all nicey nice.

He's not attacking anyone. He's simply saying that Colbert was clearly BS'ing the media, which is likely true, as shown by multiple reports. 

[Cannon]

I would bet the Steelers know a whole lot more about Golson than you do. There are plenty of "reach" picks every year, and plenty prove the so called "experts" wrong. You seem to be able to regurgitate Mel Kiper or other talking heads opinion about players, but offer no credible proof as to it's accuracy. As to taking the entire clock, what does it prove that they took all 7 minutes?!? The last Time I checked, they get 7 minutes and are allowed to use every second. MAybe they were taking offers from other teams to tarde up, who knows, you don't. Conspiracy theorists everywhere I swear.

[Cannon]

Who specifically was I attacking, The Ravens and it's fans, all general, no one specific unlike Huntrr? My stuff is very similar to what he was saying about the Steeler organization as a whole and specifically Colbert.

[harfordravenfan]

Who specifically was I attacking, The Ravens and it's fans, all general, no one specific unlike Huntrr? My stuff is very similar to what he was saying about the Steeler organization as a whole and specifically Colbert.

Why so bitter? You can't really expect ravens fans to believe williams wasn't the steelers target (only they know). And it sounds like dupree was ahead of perriman on our board but personally... I'm happy with our new wr which seemed to be a bigger need for us.

[TXRavensFan]

And if Maxx Williams truly wasn't the pick, then why did the Steelers feel the need to take almost the entire allotted time on the clock?

 

It almost seems that they were so confounded when the Ravens traded up to pick Williams that they couldn't figure out what to do at first, then just adjusted their whole board up a round.

 

Hey, maybe I'm wrong and the Steelers are happy they got a third to fourth round talent at corner over the draft's top tight end.

 

...or that

[gtalk12]

I hope this comes back to sting the steelers in a big way after a 3td performance. smh I can only hope lol

[harfordravenfan]

I hope this comes back to sting the steelers in a big way after a 3td performance. smh I can only hope lol

And I hope it's that 5'9" corner that gives up at least one while Maxx and Perriman both get one of the tds

[harfordravenfan]

I hope this comes back to sting the steelers in a big way after a 3td performance. smh I can only hope lol

And I hope it's that 5'9" corner that gives up at least one while Maxx and Perriman both get one of the tds

[NXS]

The Ravens didn't steal Maxx Williams from the Steelers because they never had any intentions of drafting him in the 2nd round. They were in more dire need of a secondary than anything else. After drafting LB in the first round the Steelers were prone to take a secondary in round 2 which they did and took three in total the 2015 NFL Draft. The Steelers concluded they never had any intentions of drafting Maxx Williams because they took what they thought their guy Jesse James 6-7 TE a home town Pittsburgh native later. Just because some reporter made a statement to report that they stole a player from the Steelers don't mean hes right or knows what the Steelers were thinking or that the Steelers were lying about the whole thing. The three secondaries the Steelers drafted combined for 29 iNT on the College level and they needed to address safety and corner positions this year and they did.

[January J]

The Ravens didn't steal Maxx Williams from the Steelers because they never had any intentions of drafting him in the 2nd round. They were in more dire need of a secondary than anything else. After drafting LB in the first round the Steelers were prone to take a secondary in round 2 which they did and took three in total the 2015 NFL Draft. The Steelers concluded they never had any intentions of drafting Maxx Williams because they took what they thought their guy Jesse James 6-7 TE a home town Pittsburgh native later. Just because some reporter made a statement to report that they stole a player from the Steelers don't mean hes right or knows what the Steelers were thinking or that the Steelers were lying about the whole thing. The three secondaries the Steelers drafted combined for 29 iNT on the College level and they needed to address safety and corner positions this year and they did.

I smell a double agent.