[News] Eisenberg: Tons Of Potential. Tons Of Questions

[BR News]

The Ravens offense has a high ceiling and could be ranked among the NFL's top 10 this season. But there are so many unknowns that it's hard to predict the future with confidence.

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[Bruce_Almty]

John said it all in the 2nd sentence ... there are so many unknowns it's hard to predict with confidence. I'm not from Missouri but you can list me in the Show Me column with this offense.

[terpmaniac]

I am cautiously optimistic particularly after watching numerous preseason games of teams on our schedule. The Jets and Giants look TERRIBLE! The Skins don't worry me and the Bills defense was lights out in the two games I saw but the other teams starters were mostly sitting on the bench so it was hard to tell. Pittsburgh's defense is as mediocre as its been the last few years and they better hope and pray BigBen does not get hurt. Landry STINKS!

[balfan23]

Yes - this team has perhaps the widest range between ceiling and floor of any team in the league. 

So much of the uncertainty stated in this article revolved around the offense, but IMO our success this year is going to be based largely upon the defense. I just have a hard time seeing us being the kind of team with a high octane offense that can overcome poor defensive performances. We'll have a game here or there with high offensive output and we'll generally always make a decent showing, but they aren't going to be able to carry a bad D. 

The D has to make their mark, if we are to be a contender. 

[Ravensfolyfe]

There is no doubt that we have unanswered questions all over the place,but the cool thing is we as fans get to see it all transpire before our very eyes. I don't know about you,but i'm excited because there's a mystery going on in B-MORE that the whole world gets to see. Can't wait! LETS GO RAVENS!!

[dirtybird66]

theres a certain slot receiver coming to the BANK tonight that never got injured,but delivered plenty of hurt to defenders,initials,AB.boy wish the RAVENS still had him,they wouldn't be worried about injuries in the WR. corps.

[b93333]

The OL is the heart and soul of any offense. Stanley seems solid... if Alex Lewis plays up to his potential we should be solid.  I'm another one, however, who is still trying to get over dumping "Q".

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[Asmodeus1971]

2 hours ago, dirtybird66 said:

theres a certain slot receiver coming to the BANK tonight that never got injured,but delivered plenty of hurt to defenders,initials,AB.boy wish the RAVENS still had him,they wouldn't be worried about injuries in the WR. corps.

 

Boldin gets way too much credit from Ravens fans. He is a great WR but as a Raven, his best season was 921 yards and his best year for TDs as a Raven was 7 and they were different years, the 921 year he had 4 TDs. Aiken had 944 yds and 5 TDs last year but gets way less respect than he deserves. 

 

[RavensBaltimore]

Even though there are a lot of questions heading into the season, the good thing is that we don't need everything to work out. Last year, Perriman was the only deep threat we had on offense, so when he went down, we simply didn't have any speed. Hopefully he can stay healthy and be what he was drafted to be, but if not, unlike last year, we have a couple of other options that can back the defense up. We could have one or two TEs and/or RBs go down and still have capable starters at both positions. We have plenty of quality depth in the middle of the line, too. The only place where it seems we'd have a really hard time if someone got injured(besides qb, which goes for every team) is LT.

[concretejimmy]

Trying to jinx it?

[concretejimmy]

  On ‎8‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 3:02 PM, dirtybird66 said:

theres a certain slot receiver coming to the BANK tonight that never got injured,but delivered plenty of hurt to defenders,initials,AB.boy wish the RAVENS still had him,they wouldn't be worried about injuries in the WR. corps.

 

Boldin gets way too much credit from Ravens fans. He is a great WR but as a Raven, his best season was 921 yards and his best year for TDs as a Raven was 7 and they were different years, the 921 year he had 4 TDs. Aiken had 944 yds and 5 TDs last year but gets way less respect than he deserves. 

 

Thank you. Aiken is an improvement over Boldin and Torrey Smith. Add STEVE SMITH and way more playmakers than the Ravens could ever envision along with Trestman in his second year. What's so hard to figure out.

[concretejimmy]

I never imagined Aiken and Levine to be studs this season. I told you this draft was special.

[Asmodeus1971]

On 8/29/2016 at 6:19 PM, concretejimmy said:

Thank you. Aiken is an improvement over Boldin and Torrey Smith. Add STEVE SMITH and way more playmakers than the Ravens could ever envision along with Trestman in his second year. What's so hard to figure out.

 

For the other team how to cover speed like the three speedy WRs we have and then deal with TEs, Smith, and Aiken on routes all over the place, don't forget the run or screen because the guys in the backfield can also catch. Just hope injuries stay away...