[News] Late For Work 11/30: Should League REALLY Consider Awarding Point For Kickoffs Through Uprights?

[hen826957]

  5 hours ago, fusuymada said:

Instead of criticizing the fun kicking rule, or beating up on players and calling them busts, I think I will talk about something relevant like our run defense, who by the chart is tremendous so I would like to mention 2 things.

1. Sign Brandon Williams. Just do it, no excuses, I don't care, he is like Ngata in his prime, or better, we need him bad. Other players improve when he is playing beside them. That is a person we need to keep as we have few of them on this team

2. Lets shut down the Miami run game and make Jay Ajayi useless and then lets go to town getting Tannehill to throw balls to our secondary. Granted, our secondaries not so great on the catching side, but I think we are due for a couple interceptions in this game once we shut down Ajayi. Tannehill is known for poor decision making.

Let's go Joe... Go Ravens!!!!

SLIDE!!!!

"he is like Ngata in his prime, or better, we need him bad" I am not trying to take anything away from Brandon. He is a good player but not as good as Ngata. Ngata was a force to be reckoned with in both the run and the pass game. He was much more agile/athletic than BW in his prime. BW is going to get paid well, and most likely too well, which will take us out of the bidding for his services. He is going to be this years KO (I think we have a better chance of signing him than we did with KO). I am sure there are many people like you who have already checked the "indispensable" box, and i am sure there are some people who think resigning him is a given, but I don't think thats true. One of the biggest reasons why we will let him go (besides the price tag) is Michael Pierce. Pierce is playing at a remarkably high level considering he came from a lower level of competition (BW was only activated for 6 games in his rookie season). His potential is much greater than BWs because he is such a freak of an athlete. He matches or beats every one of Ngatas combine scores. Now, there are guys that tear up the combine and put up ridiculous numbers that turn out to be busts, but MPs rookie year has shown that he is the real deal. He is only going to get better from here. And when BW takes the money I am sure you will chastise him for being selfish and you will criticize the team that he goes to, just as you did with KO (K.O. is selfish, KO is going to a terrible team a "black hole") but hopeful Michael Pierce will be able to make that bitter pill a bit sweeter.

I wonder why the Ravens can't just pay Brandon Williams right now during the season before he hits free agency? They need to find a way to keep Williams. They can't keep letting these talent players go even with Pierce. Williams is a true legit NT. They have ways to keep Williams.

[Crusader]

Next question. On to Miami

[wcowden]

Extra point for kickoffs between the uprigths would IMHO put dome teams in an unfair advantage. They'd be guaranteed at least half of their games in domes where long kicks are much easier in lack of wind... The Ravens have 1 dome game this season (in Dallas), while there are kickers who can kick in domes 10 out of 16 games... That would be unfair.

I don't find the advantage though. The opponents of the dome teams would have the same opportunity every time they played in the dome. They would just have to be as skilled as the kicker of the dome team. Would they have a higher accuracy? Yes. But their opponents would have a higher accuracy when they played inside the dome also just like on field goals. Justin Tucker hit that 61 yard field goal against Detroit in the dome. He had the same advantage as the Lions kicker.

[wcowden]

  12 hours ago, fusuymada said:

Instead of criticizing the fun kicking rule, or beating up on players and calling them busts, I think I will talk about something relevant like our run defense, who by the chart is tremendous so I would like to mention 2 things.

1. Sign Brandon Williams. Just do it, no excuses, I don't care, he is like Ngata in his prime, or better, we need him bad. Other players improve when he is playing beside them. That is a person we need to keep as we have few of them on this team

2. Lets shut down the Miami run game and make Jay Ajayi useless and then lets go to town getting Tannehill to throw balls to our secondary. Granted, our secondaries not so great on the catching side, but I think we are due for a couple interceptions in this game once we shut down Ajayi. Tannehill is known for poor decision making.

Let's go Joe... Go Ravens!!!!

SLIDE!!!!

"he is like Ngata in his prime, or better, we need him bad" I am not trying to take anything away from Brandon. He is a good player but not as good as Ngata. Ngata was a force to be reckoned with in both the run and the pass game. He was much more agile/athletic than BW in his prime. BW is going to get paid well, and most likely too well, which will take us out of the bidding for his services. He is going to be this years KO (I think we have a better chance of signing him than we did with KO). I am sure there are many people like you who have already checked the "indispensable" box, and i am sure there are some people who think resigning him is a given, but I don't think thats true. One of the biggest reasons why we will let him go (besides the price tag) is Michael Pierce. Pierce is playing at a remarkably high level considering he came from a lower level of competition (BW was only activated for 6 games in his rookie season). His potential is much greater than BWs because he is such a freak of an athlete. He matches or beats every one of Ngatas combine scores. Now, there are guys that tear up the combine and put up ridiculous numbers that turn out to be busts, but MPs rookie year has shown that he is the real deal. He is only going to get better from here. And when BW takes the money I am sure you will chastise him for being selfish and you will criticize the team that he goes to, just as you did with KO (K.O. is selfish, KO is going to a terrible team a "black hole") but hopeful Michael Pierce will be able to make that bitter pill a bit sweeter.

Defensive end and secondary is where the money should be on defense...We do great at drafting run stoppers...Pierce and Jernigan can fill the void when B. Williams gets overpaid...We need to get a pass rusher soon...Sizzle and Doom are almost done playing the game

[reed20]

14 hours ago, bioLarzen said:

Now you only have to convince the coaches... who, unlike us fans, see them both every day in trainings...

Dude, Elam sucks. He was doing his best to keep that Cincinnati drive going. 

Edited December 1, 2016 by reed20

[Rav'n Maniac]

I wouldn't mind a kickoff between the uprights coming out to the 10 yard line. I don't care for giving points on it since it is basically impossible to defense. I also think it wouldn't happen as much as people think.

[pocket]

6 hours ago, Rav'n Maniac said:

I wouldn't mind a kickoff between the uprights coming out to the 10 yard line. I don't care for giving points on it since it is basically impossible to defense. I also think it wouldn't happen as much as people think.

Too many rules. Football used to be straight up position battles. And the run defense, not sure the league is playing as good of football as in 2000, they are going to need to be that good, after all the shuffling in the secondary.

Edited December 1, 2016 by pocket