[News] Wide Receiver Breshad Perriman Responds To Questions About Drops

[ellicottraven]

The first solution is recognizing the problem. In Breshad's case he wilfully admits his drops are mental. Now he needs to take charge, hone his mental skills to catch every ball thrown in his catch radius. Not easy, but very doable with the right attitude.

Breshad Perriman is a name that is going to be popular soon around the NFL folks! Very popular indeed.

[bryangraham013@gmail.ocm]

I feel like when really counts Perriman will struggle some, but like Torrey Smith did. Breshard will get better and better the ravens coaches will stick by him and because of that Perriman will reward the ravens by being much better then Torrey. also Perriman will make those contested catches for Flacco unlike Smith. Perriman is a different animal Oz got it right! again eventually ravens will see.

[jdynamite]

I read this somewhere else first, and after reading about the four drops during a practice, I immediately thought to myself well lots of people have been waiting for him to drop a few so they could say "I told you so" but that article I read also came back and said after the drops he caught a few difficult passes in traffic, showing that he has mentality to move on to the next play.

I am glad to see it on the team site as well, because it kind of takes that waiting for him to look bad feeling away, and since Mink & Downing both have spoken so glowingly about Perriman and his impressions at camp only fitting that they speak about a few drops as well.

[jdynamite]

Reminds me of last weeks video where Mink & Downing went back & forth one felt Perriman had 1 drop at practice and the other felt he didn't have a drop because it was a really deep pass, that he stretched out as far as he could and the ball touched his fingertips. Both admitted if he had caught it, the catch would have been spectacular.

Stuff like that wouldn't bother me, just don't drop an easy slant going to middle. Or alligator arm a pass in traffic.

[she_lovesBirds]

Well I guess you have to print something....

[Tenacious Faulker]

I guess some fans will bemnoan drafting him after reading of these drops, but this is practice people. It's a place to learn from mistaakes and improve. Unless he's making these same mistakes in preseason games I would not even worry in the least. Even then, preseason is a chance experiment. Why don't the Ravens beat writers compare this to the other receivers' drops in practice? That would be more telling.

[Crusader]

Ravens fans, I sure hope he does not pull a Lee Evans in the playoffs!!! Have him watch that film.

Man, nobody liked being reminded of that drop!

[January J]

Perriman's catching can be improved and this when/where you do it. OTOH it also stands to reason that if he was criticized for hand issues before the draft and he's dropping in practice to the point that the Ravens are publicly discussing it - the claims were not unfounded or out of proportion. the guy is going to need time to stumble when it comes to playing real starters in September. I hope fans are as forgiving then as they are now.

they are publicly discussing it only because it was brought up during the draft and it gives them something to talk about. the claims for the most part are unfounded, had it not been mentioned during the draft or in the articles following the draft it would be a complete non-issue.

Edited June 18, 2015 by January J

[Crusader]

So what they are saying is basically Perriman will be no Bolden! O yes I did go there!!

[The Mom Gene]

Man, nobody liked being reminded of that drop!

Ya' think?....

 

And Cru...  it's not the easy ones.  Breshad makes the hard ones... ALL of the ones that matter...  Always has.

[The Mom Gene]

So what they are saying is basically Perriman will be no Bolden! O yes I did go there!!

Why are you  ?

[Tru11]

So what they are saying is basically Perriman will be no Bolden! O yes I did go there!!

 

you talking about bolden the broncos CB or bolden who is 1 of the pats RBs?

[The Mom Gene]

you talking about bolden the broncos CB or bolden who is 1 of the pats RBs?

or Boldin... 

[January J]

or Boldin... 

ding ding ding

[Tru11]

or Boldin... 

 

nah if he meant boldin he would have spelled it right.

 

the I and E are miles apart and i find it hard to believe ravens fans dont know how to spell boldin name since he has been a hot topic from the day he arrived and still years after he got traded.

heck any WR linked to the ravens gets auto linked to boldin by the fans lol.

[January J]

nah if he meant boldin he would have spelled it right.

 

the I and E are miles apart and i find it hard to believe ravens fans dont know how to spell boldin name since he has been a hot topic from the day he arrived and still years after he got traded.

heck any WR linked to the ravens gets auto linked to boldin by the fans lol.

alot of ppl have problems with spelling and i just dont see how anybody other than boldin would fit with what he said...unless i just vastly misunderstood.

 

you never know how old a user is- i imagine there are some posters on here that might be ten years old or some where english isnt there first language- thats why i usually try to give everybody the benefit of the doubt and try to be polite.

Edited June 18, 2015 by January J

[Moderator 3]

alot of ppl have problems with spelling and i just dont see how anybody other than boldin would fit with what he said...unless i just vastly misunderstood.

 

you never know how old a user is- i imagine there are some posters on here that might be ten years old or some where english isnt there first language- thats why i usually try to give everybody the benefit of the doubt and try to be polite.

We have quite a few in both categories: quite young and English not primary language. That's one of the reasons we insist on treating each other civilly on this site.

[Halshayeji]

Asking questions like this will make the kid lose confidence. Its June. He won't catch everything. Remember week 1 against the Bengals, Steve Smith Sr dropped about 3 balls. He catches the ball just fine.

Thank you!

When a kid sais it's all mental. That means it's getting to his head. I'm glad Flacco connected with him deep later in that practice. That's the only way to develop a young reciever doubting himself.

[Tru11]

alot of ppl have problems with spelling and i just dont see how anybody other than boldin would fit with what he said...unless i just vastly misunderstood.

 

you never know how old a user is- i imagine there are some posters on here that might be ten years old or some where english isnt there first language- thats why i usually try to give everybody the benefit of the doubt and try to be polite.

 

everyone knows he meant boldin.

its quite normal to link any WR on the ravens to him.

 

im just having some fun cause he spelled his name wrong.

 

Also since english aint my first language i know all to well how hard it can be to grammar and spelling right but we are talking about a players name here though.

a very popular ex ravens player at that...

[January J]

everyone knows he meant boldin.

its quite normal to link any WR on the ravens to him.

im just having some fun cause he spelled his name wrong.

Also since english aint my first language i know all to well how hard it can be to grammar and spelling right but we are talking about a players name here though.

a very popular ex ravens player at that...

oh ok -my bad dude I didn't catch the sarcasm, I can be slow at times. And I would have no idea that English wasn't your first language- props for speaking/understanding it so well.

[cobrajet]

I am not going to lie, his drops worried me a lot.

[bryangraham013@gmail.ocm]

Perriman will be what the ravens drafted and better he's bigger and stronger with 4"3 speed one could just imagine

[usmccharles]

One thing I haven't really seen mentioned, it's not just about the drops it about how he conducts himself after the drops happen.

Remember in Pittsburgh when Joe had Torrey wide open to win the game... And Torrey just completely choked and dropped it? Well couple Plays later Joe goes right back to him and we are celebrating after a 92 yard drive in Pittsburgh.

[Tru11]

oh ok -my bad dude I didn't catch the sarcasm, I can be slow at times. And I would have no idea that English wasn't your first language- props for speaking/understanding it so well.

 

its all good .

 

we all can be slow at times.

 

at least we dont take everything super serious like some here     

[ReginaldColeman1]

They picked two early round receivers and they have a barn full of potential that may outplay Perriman anyway. The season doesn't depend on him repeating what four guys from last years draft did. What he's focusing on no one knows. Either he catches the ball and he plays or not. He's not some kid on the jv squad. He's a pro. Really.I'm more interested in seeing Max and Buck do real well.

[The Mom Gene]

One thing I haven't really seen mentioned, it's not just about the drops it about how he conducts himself after the drops happen.

Remember in Pittsburgh when Joe had Torrey wide open to win the game... And Torrey just completely choked and dropped it? Well couple Plays later Joe goes right back to him and we are celebrating after a 92 yard drive in Pittsburgh.

That is actually the one thing that they have mentioned multiple times....  That he is very capable of moving on to the next play and rebounding from it.

[The Mom Gene]

I am not going to lie, his drops worried me a lot.

Not me...  Cuz' down here in FL...  he actually made the really tough ones...  You could actually say that he took the easy ones for granted and needed to concentrate more.  And I am sure that the Ravens figured that it was something that they could correct pretty easily...  I actually had picked this guy before the draft as a potential great pick for the Ravens.

[Crusader]

It will not matter how or who I meant. If he keeps dropping balls you all will be saying Perriman who? He'll be sitting with the other two bench warmers.

[RavenManiac#7]

So what they are saying is basically Perriman will be no Bolden! O yes I did go there!!

Well, why did you have to? Man, you know, I hated the loss of Boldin every bit as much as any Raven fan and said so at the time of his trade. But, really! Is he EVER really going to leave the Ravens? It seems like Every receiver we've had since Boldin was traded gets compared to him, whether they're the same Type receiver or not. OK, Perriman might not have Boldin's hands, but Boldin never had Perriman's speed. They're all their own player. I'll bet anything when this kid hears all this talk about drops it plays with his head. I think we should give him a break and just let him have his time to develop to the NFL's game. When all is said and done, I have a good feeling that we're going to love this kid. I think his drops are mental and the more they're talked about the more embedded into his head they will get. Yes, Boldin had good hands and was adept at making contested passes, but I guarantee you he Has dropped passes. Everybody does. I'm just trying to say that talking about Perriman's drops doesn't help this kid, it makes things harder on him. He's going to be fine and he's going to be the Ravens' #1 receiver one day. Boldin plays for the 49ers.

[RavenManiac#7]

they are publicly discussing it only because it was brought up during the draft and it gives them something to talk about. the claims for the most part are unfounded, had it not been mentioned during the draft or in the articles following the draft it would be a complete non-issue.

Amen, January! If Everybody would drop all this kind of talk, just like Perriman has dropped a few passes, I'd be willing to bet he'd drop a whole lot less passes. Don't be naive enough to think the kid doesn't hear all of this. He does. And it just puts that much more pressure on him and forces itself into his head more. He Will get better with his concentration and he Will catch a whole lot of passes from Joe and score a lot of TDs as well. His speed Will beat defenses and he Will make great catches, which I have already seen him make. His consistency Will get better. Everybody would help him a lot if they would just lighten up on him, but I know that's not the media's way. Once they jump on something, it's on.