End of Season Press Conference

[BSHU_Miami]

I'm legitimately upset.

[salamander]

I see lot of people had issues - perhaps the quality was too high for mobile connections? It didn't drop once for me.

I was watching it on my computer. Cut on me at least 20 times so I missed a lot of the video. Seems like just when a question I wanted to hear the answer to was asked it would stop. LOL now but I was getting really frustrated at the time.

[redrum52]

Yes, I know. Another name popped into my head initially.

Haha. Fall back...

[salamander]

Actually, the video is up already.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/Full-2015-Season-Review-Press-Conference/31e48ac6-a267-4a40-805d-d57c8cfeaad5

 

Now I am a happy camper and can listen without wanting to sledge hammer the computer

Edited January 7, 2016 by salamander

[GrimCoconut]

I haven't caught the conference yet, but the latter portion surprises me. I figured Hurst's performance would've been evident to the FO.

I sincerely hope it was just lip service.

[sharkh20]

First time ever that I am not excited at all as to what comes next for this team.  They refuse to fix any problems and it's just depressing.

Edited January 7, 2016 by sharkh20

[ravensdfan]

By no means am I trying to act like a smart-aleck or Pees defender, but I'm curious to know: what would your reaction be if our defense (if it stays healthy) is a top 10 defense throughout the ENTIRE season (not just the second half of the season)?

Hey I was all about the praise for the defense after Week 1. Said I was happy to be wrong - sadly, turned out I wasn't wrong and Week 1 was the fluke.

[usmccharles]

I think having such an overall rough season saved some jobs, Mainly pees. I feel like we we would of been a 9-7 team and just missed the playoffs and had a overall bad defense, then I think he would of been let go.

[usmccharles]

Hey I was all about the praise for the defense after Week 1. Said I was happy to be wrong - sadly, turned out I wasn't wrong and Week 1 was the fluke.

losing the best defensive player with lack of depth at pass rusher kind of changes things. Gives qb more time, cb has to stick on the WR longer, etc.. I don't care how could of a cb a player is, If a qb has 6 seconds to throw, he's going to find someone

[StephenGreen]

Completely out of touch presser today. Ravens have a long term problem. Bad player personnel, contract, draft decisions will continue to be made.  Presser was almost as if Bisciotti and Ozzie thought the season went perfectly well.  I love continuity as much as anyone, but there is a gentle way to move people laterally and allow for some better talent to drive contract decisions.  This crew is burying the team for a long time.    

 

Prediction now for 2016: 4-12. At that point, Bisciotti will clean house, going two steps further than he should, but his ire, and the fans', will be at a boiling point.  Unfortunately, the decisions he will make in a year, should be made today.  Harbaugh is great, but anyone making draft and contract decisions needs to be moved sideways and allow for better decisions to be made.

 

Let's start by making Eric Weddle a priority signing.  Solid character, good for the team, the kind of leader players respond to, doesn't get hurt, not expensive.  Show some original thinking guys.   

[usmccharles]

Prediction now for 2016: 4-12. At that point, Bisciotti will clean house, going two steps further than he should, but his ire, and the fans', will be at a boiling point. Unfortunately, the decisions he will make in a year, should be made today. Harbaugh is great, but anyone making draft and contract decisions needs to be moved sideways and allow for better decisions to be made.

Let's start by making Eric Weddle a priority signing. Solid character, good for the team, the kind of leader players respond to, doesn't get hurt, not expensive. Show some original thinking guys.

really, making a prediction for next year before this nfl season is already over? Before our draft? Before FA starts... Good plan. How many wizards do we have posting these days

Weddle won't come here Imo, too expensive. Also, saying he stays healthy isn't really important, Flacco has been healthy his whole career... And then yea..

Edited January 7, 2016 by usmccharles

[Cville-Raven]

Let's start by making Eric Weddle a priority signing.  Solid character, good for the team, the kind of leader players respond to, doesn't get hurt, not expensive.  Show some original thinking guys.   

lol

Edited January 7, 2016 by Cville-Raven

[codizzle]

One comment of interest was that DeCosta, not Ozzie, has been running the draft the last few years.

That's been mentioned before.. Maybe it was the conference last year or some offseason news conference but I remember specifically hearing that

[BmoreBird22]

So what? Pees don't rush more than four and sometimes only three won't know what to do with them.

Harbaugh said one of the biggest changes he made was the fact that they blitzed the linebackers less and had them play in zone. 

We all know how much the defense turned around the second half of the season.

So...

[BmoreBird22]

I noticed the same. It sounds like Eric is the one mainly in charge of the draft lately. I find that very interesting. I wonder if that's partly why some guys haven't panned out.

I also noticed how we never once mentioned Upshaw while discussing pass rushers. I don't think he'll be back.

So what you're saying is that all those calling for Ozzie's head for having crappy drafts need to shove it?

[allblackraven]

So what you're saying is that all those calling for Ozzie's head for having crappy drafts need to shove it?

No, they'll just start calling for DeCosta to be let go to Titans.

[BmoreBird22]

I wish Delaware and Nicholls State weren't such well-established programs so they could aid the point.

They're still both DII, right?

[ravensdfan]

So what you're saying is that all those calling for Ozzie's head for having crappy drafts need to shove it?

It would explain why the drafts don't seem as solid but on this point I thought Ozzie had a good answer as far as most people just being off the board by the time it was our turn. Which is why IMO scrap BPA for the first 3 rounds, except how it relates to our needs.

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

I'm okay with Pees staying after giving it thought. With good talent.. He can field a good defense.

Defense loses Ngata, Suggs, McPhee, among others and tries to replace them with rookies. That plan always fails initially. I think Pees has is issues. But with more talent I think he's capable of good things.

Not okay with Ted Leaving. And I have a feeling Brooks will stay. He's been here forever. Ted hasn't.

"The defense has been nothing but flustered with picks and FA and has been getting all the love).

Matt Elam and Arthur Brown both suck. T Brooks is a massive unknown. Sure. We've had a few hits with CJ, Williams, Jernigan. But those are three players. Now if Elam and Brown and others have turned out to be awesome we'd have a different story.

Pees has a foundation with two true attack dogs and one future leader. Those attack dogs being Williams and Doom. CJ obviously being a future leader. Jimmy still coming off of a an injury. Don't tell me that lack of talent isn't the majority of the problem.

The defense in 2014 was good. And I still stand by that the corners were Webb and MELVIN(who's unemployed) along with Elam in the back(and let's face it. Lewis was an upgrade sadly). But that defense had Suggs, McPhee, and Ngata. This defense didn't have nearly that much talent. And sure, "so he needed stars to succeed". Ngata isn't the player he used to be. Honestly Williams is a better player now. Not a star anymore. But him being there full time is better than Canty. McPhee was big loss and was more of a luxury. But we appear to have our replacement with ZDS.

Suggs was the dagger. You lose a superstar caliber player who's game has no weaknesses and I'm sorry. Your defense is going to suffer so much.

Pees has his issues. But he's not the one who's responsible for this season. He deserves some of the blame, yes but he isn't the reason. Lack of talent, losses in the FA pool, Suggs being gone, people recovering from injuries.

That's just a recipie for failure in totality!

[Raven'evermore]

What I got from Harbs was that he may have taken the reins away from Pees a bit after the first half, or that he insisted on changing their scheme.  To me that's a ray of light for next season. 

[Moderator 3]

I haven't caught the conference yet, but the latter portion surprises me. I figured Hurst's performance would've been evident to the FO.

  

I sincerely hope it was just lip service.

They also talked about the great job Juan does developing young linemen, so I don't think it was lip service. I think they expect improvement.

[BmoreBird22]

It would explain why the drafts don't seem as solid but on this point I thought Ozzie had a good answer as far as most people just being off the board by the time it was our turn. Which is why IMO scrap BPA for the first 3 rounds, except how it relates to our needs.

I mean, it really is difficult to draft an All-Pro at 32 every single year. I'm trying to think of recent picks that were pro-bowlers in their first few years and drafted late in the draft.

[DomMcRaven]

I mean, it really is difficult to draft an All-Pro at 32 every single year. I'm trying to think of recent picks that were pro-bowlers in their first few years and drafted late in the draft.

Are you kidding me? It's the easiest thing for a GM to do. That's why Ozzie needs to go as soon as possible. 

[GrimCoconut]

I liked how Ozzie stated how he feels about the high pick. Lol it was great. My interpretation was "nobody taking a guy I want this year!"

[The Mom Gene]

Not sure I can agree with that when had the second most sacks a year ago. The loss of Suggs and Mcphee hurt the pass rush bad. 

THAT.....  yup'!

[Ed_Reed_Pick_Six]

I missed the press conference (I live in Australia) - did a pass rusher, or WR seem more likely for that #6 overall pick? 

[GrimCoconut]

I missed the press conference (I live in Australia) - did a pass rusher, or WR seem more likely for that #6 overall pick? 

They didn't tip their hand either way. Probably won't for competitive reasons.

[January J]

I didn't understand it that way - thought he said FO will discuss the extension options in Florida next weekend but that they have to make sure they have a plan on building the roster with Joe's full hit on salary cap as well.

I did not hear "comfortable".

Yeah I didn't get that at all. They definitely have plans to talk with Joe's agent.

ofcourse ideally they hope to get it done, but I was surprised at how he said even if it didn't get done it would be a non issue. Here is the direct quote ..Interpret it how you want:

NEWSOME) "First, as Steve [bisciotti] stated, we'll be meeting down in Jupiter [Fla.] next weekend, and at that point, [senior vice president of football administration] Pat [Moriarty], [assistant general manager] Eric [DeCosta], myself, [head coach] John [Harbaugh], [president] Dick [Cass] and Steve will talk about Joe and the contract. Once we do that, then we will put together a plan. But hopefully, if we are strategic enough, we can possibly put together a football team and not necessarily have to re-do Joe's contract. That has to be an option that we will look at, but we will sit down and talk about it. Then, at that point, there could be some conversation between Joe Linta and Pat."

Edited January 8, 2016 by January J

[Ed_Reed_Pick_Six]

They didn't tip their hand either way. Probably won't for competitive reasons.

 

I figured as much, I read through the thread. Given the varying interpretations, I had to ask! 

[Ravenseconbeast]

I missed the press conference (I live in Australia) - did a pass rusher, or WR seem more likely for that #6 overall pick? 

If i had to nick pick, pass rusher.   Steve mentioned something about pass rusher, but nothing about WR.   Don't think Ozzie/Harb said anything about WR either.