[News] Late For Work 1/1: Ravens Resolution For 2016: Hit Home Run In Round 1

[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

Now that the fans have a say in the pro-bowl ballets it really is nothing more than a popularity contest. Every year a few deserving guys get left out because they may not be as well known as other guys. So I don't really care if Oz picks a pro-bowler or not I just want him to get more guys that play hard and don't quit like Brandon Williams.

[goldenboldin]

Could've been a top 3 pick. Now we're on the end of the top 10. A home run is a lot easier to hit if you're 5 spots ahead. We most definitely need a home run pick this year. Scouting dept can't drop the ball on this one.

[Ravenous_Ravens]

WR Laquon Treadwell #1 pick or WR Sterling Shepard #2 pick with any solid coverage safety or shutdown cb. I'd much prefer to see the cover safety. Looks at steeler game when the backend was secured. Now if you don't need to drop that extra man back to do so things even outr well quickly.

[pcwag33]

Eyes should be on the most beast-like D lineman in the draft. Trade up if necessary.

[Saxxin]

Last week was our season. I'll get some negs but I hope they lose. Right now it's about the draft. With luck we'll move up. The ravens need a stud and studs don't fall where they have been picking lately. Put yourself in the best position for next season. This one is all but over.

[smalljaws]

Carl Nassib.

[ravens004]

The defense is #10 in the league this year with obvious pieces missing. I would say the defensive coaching staff has done a great job of staying competitive. There were weeks when a guy was signed on Monday and started on Sunday this season. Its incredible this D is top 10. The Steelers torched the #1 defense in the league in Denver, this Ravens D shut them down one week later. Hall of Famers like Ray and Ed had more to do with the Defense being dominant under Rex and Chuck than the coaches being geniuses. Colts, Bills, and even the Bengals (#11) are all behind the Ravens in D this season, and they clearly have more talent. Pees has been a coordinator under Saban, Belichick, and Harbaugh, and has won 2 Super Bowls.  I think he understands the game. How could anybody expect more than #10 in the league with this group? No Sizzle, Ngata, McPhee, Krueger, Graham, Williams, Ellerbe, Arthur Jones, etc. The last couple years have been rough losing these guys. Almost all of them signed big contracts because they had success under Pees

Edited January 2, 2016 by ravens004

[hen826957]

Just remember folks Pagano must stay for a long period of time if he wants to be in the Ravens staff. We can't keep have coordinaters stay for one year then leave to be a head coach. If he wants to be a head coach again don't even consider bring him here we will have problems the year after. We need coordinaters that will stay a few years.

[Halshayeji]

The defense is #10 in the league this year with obvious pieces missing. I would say the defensive coaching staff has done a great job of staying competitive. There were weeks when a guy was signed on Monday and started on Sunday this season. Its incredible this D is top 10. The Steelers torched the #1 defense in the league in Denver, this Ravens D shut them down one week later. Hall of Famers like Ray and Ed had more to do with the Defense being dominant under Rex and Chuck than the coaches being geniuses. Colts, Bills, and even the Bengals (#11) are all behind the Ravens in D this season, and they clearly have more talent. Pees has been a coordinator under Saban, Belichick, and Harbaugh, and has won 2 Super Bowls.  I think he understands the game. How could anybody expect more than #10 in the league with this group? No Sizzle, Ngata, McPhee, Krueger, Graham, Williams, Ellerbe, Arthur Jones, etc. The last couple years have been rough losing these guys. Almost all of them signed big contracts because they had success under Pees

1- no one is calling pees a fool but we're just simply saying that the guy sucks at developing secondary talent. Until 6 weeks ago he seemed allergic to disguising blitzes. And threw a few of his players under the bus. Oh and the best part was when he decided to change signals mid season because he felt that opposing teams were stealing them. That just killed me "really, it took you two years to figure that out?"

2- my biggest problem with pees is that he often gets outcoached in the second half. Opposing teams make adjustments at halftime but he needs to see it in film and by the time he makes his adjustments wev already conceded a few TDs.

3- I for one made a claim this past offseason that this D on paper was top-5 if we could somehow keep Ngata. I'm not surprised at all that we sit at 10. As a matter of fact, that's the least I expect from this D. Not many coordinators have to luxury of coaching 10 guys that have made it to a pro bowl or missed out because their not popular enough like d smith or b williams

4- true pees coached a lot of guys that could get to the quarterback. But I can easily argue that was a product of Suggs and Ngata demanding double teams on every play. The year those 2 are gone, no one can get to the quarterback.

5- graham...... He played next to j smith and I webb when he was a healthy stud. E reed and b pollard had his back. He usually covered the opponents third best receiver and often got exposed because pees couldn't make s damn adjustment. You don't believe me. Watch the Broncos game and see how Peyton picked on him all day long.

6- I gotta give it up to pees tho because for the past 5 or 6 weeks his D has been rock solid. But I know that our schedule was vanilla except the steelers game and I'm afraid of keeping pees because I fear him going back to vanilla bend don't break mentality. I want a D that's nasty and scary. Not a D that is happey to finish in the top ten. I want a d that gets pissed off for finishing outside of the top 5

7- last but not least. Leave overall stats aside, what did we do better than most last year? Stop the run and keep you to a fg instead of a TD in the red zone. Who's to blame there? I may have been a bit harsh but poor Pees just can't buy consistancy if his life depended on it. Every time he plugs a whole, a whole he plugged earlier starts leaking again.

[rmcjacket23]

Just remember folks Pagano must stay for a long period of time if he wants to be in the Ravens staff. We can't keep have coordinaters stay for one year then leave to be a head coach. If he wants to be a head coach again don't even consider bring him here we will have problems the year after. We need coordinaters that will stay a few years.

Coordinators that actually want to stay for a few years probably aren't very good coordinators. You're basically requesting an offensive Dean Pees...

[RavensDieHard21]

The first round is crucial! There is no chance in my mind we take WR or RB with a top 10 pick. There are no Amari coopers or Todd gurleys in this draft that are going to go early. I will predict that we will get either a LT, CB, S, or a pass rusher. We need the most valuable one so that we can nail a slider early in the second round. I really like Stanley, HG3, Ramsey, Desmond King, Robert nkemdiche as realistic first round picks. Some might even fall into the second.

[RavensDieHard21]

Honestly, we all know if pags was willing to be a Defensive coordinator again, we would all want him back, but with his system we will need another top notch corner and pass rusher to help his system thrive.