[News] The Competition: Defensive Tackles

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Brandon Williams and Timmy Jernigan will command the spotlight stepping in for Haloti Ngata.

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[cushrinada1986]

I see Davis, Timmy, and Williams being the future of the line for this team. They all have skillsets that sets them apart from each other and in my head I also think to myself, how many times have the ravens let go of a big player on our team and then a season or two later, the former player is barley hanging on or obviously lost a step and the new guy in his place is a solid starter or ready for the probowl.....

[law215]

I think the only question mark as to who will make the 53 out of the DT listed here is Guy. If Ravens keep all 5 listed in this article, then how many will they keep at the D-line position? DE/DL are (Canty list as DL, Lewis-Moore, Urban, Bilukidi,Tyson, Thompson, Means is more OLB). Will the Ravens keep 9 or more D-linemen ? Bigs usually don't cover on special teams so you would reduce DBs or LBs to make 53 man roster. I think the Ravens will keep 8 (5 DT, 3 DE)

[CQ1]

I feel very confident in this group ! Can't wait to see them in action !

[stampedehero]

Keep all the DE players.  We are that good and we want to keep that title.  

[sami]

I think Carl Davis will be more effective as a DE. I see him getting in on the sack attack big time.

[n#7]

Let's not forget about Lewis-Moore & Urban. One never has enough healthy D lineman. Besides, they're are supposed to be outstanding pass rushers.

[jravens13]

Analysts will think that this is a question mark going into the season, but is undoubtedly a strength. Williams Jerrnigan and Davis will let CJ and Buck run free.

[Cillmatic]

Let's not forget about Lewis-Moore & Urban. One never has enough healthy D lineman. Besides, they're are supposed to be outstanding pass rushers.

If they would ever stay healthy...

[RavenzOz]

Love our entire D-Line going forward, and the best thing is most of them are still on rookie contracts for at least the next couple of years, making it an extremely high value unit in terms of bang for buck. Roll on September.

[Rasenshuriken84]

I think Carl Davis will be more effective as a DE. I see him getting in on the sack attack big time.

 

i'm not too sure about that, he only had a handful of sack in his college career. he would get pressure but not many sacks.

[huntrgathrr]

Only Williams is set in stone in the middle. All the rest of the defensive lineman can play DT or DE. These include Jernigan, Canty, Urban, KLM, Davis, Guy, Tyson, Bikuldi and I guess Casey Walker. That's 10 defensive lineman, 5 of which are legitimate NFL starters. Urban, KLM, Davis and Walker are basically rookies having never taken a snap in the NFL. I expect at least 3 of them to play well at the NFL level and be in a 6 man rotation this year.

I don't know if Means is considered a LB or DL. It looks like they will keep 8 or 9 of these guys. Bikuldi and Walker could be in trouble with a roster this deep but i guess even Canty could be outplayed with the depth and talent the ravens have here.

Regardless, this is clearly a strength of the team. With Suggs, Dumervil, Upshaw, Smith and Mosely behind them this is a very deep and strong front seven. My guess is that teams will again have trouble running on the ravens. Suggs and Dumervil should again be at the top of the league in sacks.

If the secondary stays healthy this defense could easily help the ravens make another Deep playoff run.

[20306cab]

Canty, Williams, Jernigan.

Tyson, Davis, Guy.

Not enough roster spots for the D-line.

[olescule24]

Our Defensive Line rotation will be phenomenal when they get down to the final 53 rotation. My sleeper of the group is Lawrence Guy. He played big for us in rotation and when we had players out during last season. 5 years experience qualifies him to be the experience replacement for Canty, with Urban filling in for the height/deflection capability that Canty never has manifested for us. I'm very anxious to see Harbaugh and Pees turn Carl Davis and Zardarius Smith loose on unsuspecting opponents. Insert Dr. Evil laugh. They won't know whats hitting them.

[olescule24]

Overall Defense is going to be sick. What can an offense do against Brandon (Big Punisher) crashing the middle with Timmie (bring the Pain) Jernigan and Carl (Don't Diss Me) Davis eating up runners. Doom and Sizzle terrorizing the QB and Courtney (somebodies gonna pay me) Upshaw doing his JJ thing. Darryl (Pops) Smith and CJ (Baby GOAT) Moseley filling the gaps, while Jimmy (lockdown) Smith is vacationing on his islands, Will (The Thrill) Hill and Kendrick (Reed Who) Lewis covering and crashing plays in the deep/middle, and last but not least "Spider" Webb back to form staying close enough the QB's won't even try it. With the other depth players Arrington/Asa/Zardarius/KLM/Tyson/Guy/Urban/and hopefully Elam getting back to form, we stand the chance to challenge the Superbowl 35 team for defensive stats. If both Pees and Trestman stay aggressive in their respective calls, we should light it up on both sides of the ball.

Let's go gentlemen. Use that extra time on the west coast at the start of the season to secure Superbowl reservations for us to party at the end of the season.

Can you say LOMBARDI?????

[hen826957]

I truly believe and this is just my opinion but I'm at 90% sure that we are going to the Super Bowl. All the pieces are putting to place it's and all around football team and it's the most balanced of any team in the AFC and in the league. I don't see any team that we could beat in the AFC to go to the Super Bowl. The Patriots don't have Brady for 4 games (and I hope that won't change), and they lost a lot of pieces in the secondary, the Steelers lost a lot of players on their defense due to retirement and lost a lot of pieces in the secondary as well, Peyton Manning is getting older and he can't throw like he use to but they do have a lot of talent there especially on their defense so I could see us having fits with them because Peyton got talent around him maybe the only threat to us in the AFC but I still see the Ravens could beat them, and the Colts got a talent offense with Andrew Luck in company but their offensive and defensive line is a question mark and it might be their downfall against us. So I like our chances to go to the Super Bowl this year.

[hen826957]

"We couldn't beat" my bad.

[ibleedpurpleandblack]

These two guys are beasts, we are set with either of these guys on the field. Just hope they all stay healthy!!!

[Mystigo_Dragon]

I love "Trench Warfare",.... I'm eager to see them both work!

[January J]

Overall Defense is going to be sick. What can an offense do against Brandon (Big Punisher) crashing the middle with Timmie (bring the Pain) Jernigan and Carl (Don't Diss Me) Davis eating up runners. Doom and Sizzle terrorizing the QB and Courtney (somebodies gonna pay me) Upshaw doing his JJ thing. Darryl (Pops) Smith and CJ (Baby GOAT) Moseley filling the gaps, while Jimmy (lockdown) Smith is vacationing on his islands, Will (The Thrill) Hill and Kendrick (Reed Who) Lewis covering and crashing plays in the deep/middle, and last but not least "Spider" Webb back to form staying close enough the QB's won't even try it. With the other depth players Arrington/Asa/Zardarius/KLM/Tyson/Guy/Urban/and hopefully Elam getting back to form, we stand the chance to challenge the Superbowl 35 team for defensive stats. If both Pees and Trestman stay aggressive in their respective calls, we should light it up on both sides of the ball.Let's go gentlemen. Use that extra time on the west coast at the start of the season to secure Superbowl reservations for us to party at the end of the season. Can you say LOMBARDI?????

lovin the optimism I'm right there with ya buddy.