Ravens rookie of the year

[52liveforever]

Which rookie do you think has performed the best so far this season?

Edited November 28, 2016 by 52liveforever
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[RAYvenFan20]

Gotta be young with pierce right behind

[JoeyFlex5]

young, pierce, stanley, judon, in that order.

[52liveforever]

Not saying Chris Moore is even in the top 4, but his special teams play has been pretty big.

[K-Dog]

Good news is there are a lot of legitimate possibilities. 

[allblackraven]

15 minutes ago, 52liveforever said:

Not saying Chris Moore is even in the top 4, but his special teams play has been pretty big.

Apart from stopping Hester today on what could have been very long return

[Wildabeast88]

Young I think is the best but Stanley is in the conversation. I will say Judon needs to be on the field more he was big today and has been making some plays. 

[reed20]

Young hands down.

 

Glad we got a good heap of players in the draft.

[Cillmatic]

Stanley's regaining his form. Tavon's proven he's more than capable of reliefing the outside CB when needed, though I envision him shining in the slot. Alex Lewis is at least a pretty good LG. Judon should be an interesting development. Moore is a solid special teamer and Pierce was the best UDFA of the year imo. I wish KC and Kafusi could contribute but even without them this was a fine rookie class.

Edited November 28, 2016 by Cillmatic

[terps85]

Young

Pierce

Stanley

Lewis

Judon

Dixon

Moore

 

Damn, it's crazy how many rookies are contributing this year and 2 of the top 3 picks are not.  I think this will be the rebuilding year we'll look back at in the future.  I also think Kaufusi will be really good next year. He's a freak.

[K-Dog]

7 minutes ago, terps85 said:

Young

Pierce

Stanley

Lewis

Judon

Dixon

Moore

 

Damn, it's crazy how many rookies are contributing this year and 2 of the top 3 picks are not.  I think this will be the rebuilding year we'll look back at in the future.  I also think Kaufusi will be really good next year. He's a freak.

Yeah Ozzie and he crew lost their touch. 

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[CalvinSmoke]

Young and Pierce ate a tie in my mind right now. Stanley almost because of his position. Dixon has come on strongly as well. Threatening the starting job with his increase in carries 

[redrum52]

If going by value, I have to pick Stanley... How quickly you forget how awful Hurst is.  Tavon next followed by Pierce, I think.  

[AsianRice]

there goes the future of the Ravens.....

[52liveforever]

21 minutes ago, CalvinSmoke said:

Young and Pierce ate a tie in my mind right now. Stanley almost because of his position. Dixon has come on strongly as well. Threatening the starting job with his increase in carries 

Can't believe I left Dixon off, but yeah he's looking good.

[52liveforever]

I vote Tavon. I think he's the best rookie cornerback this year. He's almost too good at anticipating plays to the point he's getting PI calls. The PIs he's been getting it's like holy crap he knew it was coming and he's making the play prematurely. 

[K-Dog]

The fact that you never even hear Stanleys name is a good thing. 

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

Tavon Young is a stud. But that's not to take away from Stanley, Lewis, Judon, and Dixon who are proving to be excellent draft picks.

 

This is the kind of draft that can win you a SB as we haven't even seen what Kaufausi or Henry are capable of. 

[52liveforever]

4 minutes ago, LosT_in_TranSlatioN said:

Tavon Young is a stud. But that's not to take away from Stanley, Lewis, Judon, and Dixon who are proving to be excellent draft picks.

 

This is the kind of draft that can win you a SB as we haven't even seen what Kaufausi or Henry are capable of.

 

I think Ozzie has rebounded quite well. It's possible he felt pressure to replace certain people in the draft that resulted in busts. Such as:

Jarret Johnson- Sergio Kendall(who knows he could've been good)

Kelly Gregg- Terrance Cody

Ed Reed- Matt Elam

Ray Lewis- Arthur Brown 

Torrey Smith- Breshad Perriman(he could still turn out good)

 

I think he drifted from his BPA before. I think he's back now.

[xxhighriser]

Looking like a great draft from Ozzie.  See 3 studs already in Stanley, Pierce and Young.  Then Lewis, Dixon, Judon have shown a lot of promise as well while on the field.  If no one else panned out from this draft that's 6 starters right there.  But I still have hope for Correa and we haven't even seen Kaufusi yet.

[rossihunter2]

1 minute ago, xxhighriser said:

Looking like a great draft from Ozzie.  See 3 studs already in Stanley, Pierce and Young.  Then Lewis, Dixon, Judon have shown a lot of promise as well while on the field.  If no one else panned out from this draft that's 6 starters right there.  But I still have hope for Correa and we haven't even seen Kaufusi yet.

dixon looked really impressive today and lewis has did well run blocking at least when he covered for stanley at tackle even if not at guard (i find it harder to tell)

it could be that next year our bookend tackles both come from this draft class and we end up running dixon right a lot behind yanda and lewis

on the other side of the ball we've found good players at each level of the defense which always helps with depth in pierce, judon and young so im hopeful in this draft

i dont want my eyes to get bigger than my stomach but considering we havent seen anything from correa or kaufusi for obvious reasons i know i shouldnt ask for more because we've already got so many good players from this draft but i cant help but imagine how good this class will look if those two also develop how ozzie envisions

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

39 minutes ago, 52liveforever said:

 

I think Ozzie has rebounded quite well. It's possible he felt pressure to replace certain people in the draft that resulted in busts. Such as:

Jarret Johnson- Sergio Kendall(who knows he could've been good)

Kelly Gregg- Terrance Cody

Ed Reed- Matt Elam

Ray Lewis- Arthur Brown 

Torrey Smith- Breshad Perriman(he could still turn out good)

 

I think he drifted from his BPA before. I think he's back now.

 

His best draft in recent memory has to be 2014. He drafts a guy who's proven to be a stud ILB in Mosley, he got a damn good dlinemen in Jernigan, Crockett has overachieved, Urschel is great depth, Urban has proven to be a good rotational player which is good for us going forward.

But this 2016 draft might give us the foundation one day to win a SB. If Henry and Kaufausi can play next year they should provide a strong interior rush presence. They may not put up great statistics but they should be able to apply pressure. If that's the case, and we can get another edge rusher, then I think our defense becomes even better next season. 

[xxhighriser]

17 minutes ago, rossihunter2 said:

dixon looked really impressive today and lewis has did well run blocking at least when he covered for stanley at tackle even if not at guard (i find it harder to tell)

it could be that next year our bookend tackles both come from this draft class and we end up running dixon right a lot behind yanda and lewis

on the other side of the ball we've found good players at each level of the defense which always helps with depth in pierce, judon and young so im hopeful in this draft

i dont want my eyes to get bigger than my stomach but considering we havent seen anything from correa or kaufusi for obvious reasons i know i shouldnt ask for more because we've already got so many good players from this draft but i cant help but imagine how good this class will look if those two also develop how ozzie envisions

Yea Dixon was my favorite pick in the draft.  Now if we could just draft a replacement for Zuttah and another big corner opposite Jimmy we could be ready to make a push.

[rossihunter2]

25 minutes ago, xxhighriser said:

Yea Dixon was my favorite pick in the draft.  Now if we could just draft a replacement for Zuttah and another big corner opposite Jimmy we could be ready to make a push.

i still like urschel for zuttah - he has shown fairly well in tough situations where he has to come in for one or two plays - if he becomes the starter and gets a chance to build chemistry with flacco he could certainly fit the 80-20 rule this offseason but we will need to pick up another interior lineman this upcoming draft especially if lewis swings out to tackle next year

next year id be looking for a lengthy corner (hopefully bpa works out for a high pick), more pass rushers, inside linebacker depth, interior line help and maybe backup tackles

that seems like a long list but outside of the corner i dont see urgency to fill a need

[52liveforever]

44 minutes ago, xxhighriser said:

Yea Dixon was my favorite pick in the draft.  Now if we could just draft a replacement for Zuttah and another big corner opposite Jimmy we could be ready to make a push.

just saying...Tavon young is as good an outside corner as you're going to get. Just because he's 5'9 doesn't mean he's only a nickel.

[RaineV1]

To me, it has to be Stanley. I know it's harder to notice him since o-linemen don't really put up highlights, but a rookie that can hold down the LT spot in the NFL and thrive at it is pretty rare. And without him, Hurst would be the starting LT this season... So he's probably had the single biggest impact.

[RavensFanMania]

39 minutes ago, 52liveforever said:

just saying...Tavon young is as good an outside corner as you're going to get. Just because he's 5'9 doesn't mean he's only a nickel.

I was thrilled when we drafted him, but the player I was really excited about was Dixon.  @Truth pointed Dixon out to me in February while he was watching tape of him in preparation for the Forum Draft.  Dixon will end up being our rb of the future as he can do it all.  

Edited November 28, 2016 by RavensFanMania

[RaineV1]

3 minutes ago, RavensFanMania said:

I was thrilled when we drafted him, but the player I was really excited about was Dixon.  @Truth pointed Dixon out to me in February while he was watching tape of him in preparation for the Forum Draft.  Dixon will end up being our rb of the future as he can do it all.  

Dixon's ability to avoid the first tackler is incredible. There were several times when it seemed like a Cincy player had him in the backfield only for him to get away. Once the interior o-line is patched up and he's able to get into the open field more, he's going to be a really high yards per carry guy.

[usmccharles]

Honestly I have idea.   I just wanted to state how Dixon runs.  Just when you think it's a 1yard or a no gain,  some how he aqueous out 9 yards.  He has a gift at slipping through and getting something out of nothing.  When he developes more patience he could be very dangerous.   

[VermontRaven]

6 hours ago, 52liveforever said:

just saying...Tavon young is as good an outside corner as you're going to get. Just because he's 5'9 doesn't mean he's only a nickel.

He's as good as #2 corner as you can ask for. However, with his size, he will never be a #1 guy. Ecause he gives up too much size to bigger receivers like Dez. I absolutely LOVE how he plays. If Jimmy can get healthy, we have a pretty darn good CB tandem!  Then, if Doom boosts this pass rush, look out opposing offenses. I know this team is inconsistent, but we are definitely a team NOBODY else would want to see in the playoffs...now we just gotta find a way to get there