[News] Late For Work 12/7: Suddenly Everyone LOVES Ravens In National Power Rankings

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'Inside the NFL' crew can see Ravens winning Super Bowl. Keep an eye on Denver, as wild-card spot could be in play. Ravens take back NFL's top defensive spot behind hulking line. Why not place Lorenzo Taliaferro, Crockett Gillmore and Alex Lewis on injured reserve?

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[RaRaRavens]

Re-signing Williams should IMHO be as high of a priority as re-signing Flacco was after our SB run. From the top of my head, I cannot think of another defensive player who makes teammate around him look so good as B.Williams does.

Dolphins had to block him with 4 players at times. First, that allowed LBs to make pretty much open field tackles on RB at the freaking line of scrimmage! LBs are drooling over these opportunities. Second, it left pass rushers on one-on-one blocks coming from the edge. Guys like Suggs and Doom nearly never get opportunities like that otherwise. Lastly, thanks to the havoc wrecked by the front seven, defensive backfield had a blast defending the panic-passes QB was able to get off of his hand.

I’m pretty sure that without Williams, Orr would not look half as impressive starter as he currently does, Suggs and Doom would be overwhelmed by double teams they’d be getting, rest of the pass rush department would be invisible, and the DBs would be exposed and shredded like they have been for past couple of seasons without pressure up front.

So dear FO, can we please please please do EVERYTHING we can do keep Williams?? I envision our defense being in the TOP5 for many years to come with Williams behemothing up front alongside Jernigan, Pierce, Davis and out of the TOP10 without him.

I actually think I haven’t wanted anyone to be re-signed as badly as I want them to re-sign Williams. My Christmas wish right there.

[VermontRaven]

I'm surprised that Taliaferro hasn't went to IR.  He wasn't a key contributor, even when he was healthy.  I would have thought they would have IR'd him and called up Campanaro to the active roster.  That way, if Hester struggled or got injured, you'd have another option at punt returner.  Also, Chris Moore hasn't done much, so you could activate Campanaro and inactivate Moore, and give him a small look at a few snaps on offense.

Lewis not being IR'd doesn't surprise me since we aren't desperate for that roster spot.  He is our best backup option at tackle if he is healthy.  The Ravens don't want to IR him, then have a tackle go down and have to start Hurst (in a possible playoff run)

Gillmore, I'm a bit surprised but we haven't gotten consistency out of TE, especially from a blocking perspective.  Again, not desperate for a roster spot, so no harm holding on to him in hopes he can get healthy and make an impact.

[OUravensfan]

Please please please make the playoffs. This is gonna hurt so bad if we don't.

[merryjman]

Re-signing Williams should IMHO be as high of a priority as re-signing Flacco was after our SB run. From the top of my head, I cannot think of another defensive player who makes teammate around him look so good as B.Williams does.

Dolphins had to block him with 4 players at times. First, that allowed LBs to make pretty much open field tackles on RB at the freaking line of scrimmage! LBs are drooling over these opportunities. Second, it left pass rushers on one-on-one blocks coming from the edge. Guys like Suggs and Doom nearly never get opportunities like that otherwise. Lastly, thanks to the havoc wrecked by the front seven, defensive backfield had a blast defending the panic-passes QB was able to get off of his hand.

I’m pretty sure that without Williams, Orr would not look half as impressive starter as he currently does, Suggs and Doom would be overwhelmed by double teams they’d be getting, rest of the pass rush department would be invisible, and the DBs would be exposed and shredded like they have been for past couple of seasons without pressure up front.

So dear FO, can we please please please do EVERYTHING we can do keep Williams?? I envision our defense being in the TOP5 for many years to come with Williams behemothing up front alongside Jernigan, Pierce, Davis and out of the TOP10 without him.

I actually think I haven’t wanted anyone to be re-signed as badly as I want them to re-sign Williams. My Christmas wish right there.

I agree but I think he's probably priced himself out of Bmore. One of many times I wish there wasn't a salary cap, because I think we'd keep him if we could.

But there is going to be a team out there with plenty of cap space and a terrible defense, who will pay this guy more than Ozzie is willing to. Like Miami maybe.

[ravenwildman]

Well there is some love, But Jefri Chadiha of NFL.com Called the Ravens pretenders, and that the Steelers are true contenders. Gregg Rosenthal of the same NFL.com said Steelers are the true team to watch.......I think if I was a player or coach on the Ravens that would really make me.... *freaking angry (*in an effort not to cross our guidelines, I used very vanilla wording here, you can use your imagination as to a more appropriate term). I for one think the Ravens have shown they have the ability to be unstoppable. We shall see Monday GO RAVENS! CB 25

Edited December 7, 2016 by ravenwildman
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[Raven1995]

I'm surprised that Taliaferro hasn't went to IR.  He wasn't a key contributor, even when he was healthy.  I would have thought they would have IR'd him and called up Campanaro to the active roster.  That way, if Hester struggled or got injured, you'd have another option at punt returner.  Also, Chris Moore hasn't done much, so you could activate Campanaro and inactivate Moore, and give him a small look at a few snaps on offense.

Lewis not being IR'd doesn't surprise me since we aren't desperate for that roster spot.  He is our best backup option at tackle if he is healthy.  The Ravens don't want to IR him, then have a tackle go down and have to start Hurst (in a possible playoff run)

Gillmore, I'm a bit surprised but we haven't gotten consistency out of TE, especially from a blocking perspective.  Again, not desperate for a roster spot, so no harm holding on to him in hopes he can get healthy and make an impact.

Totally agree on Taliaferro for Campanaro. Chris Moore is very Good on special teams and has 2 touchdowns, and Harbaugh Loves special teams players. We need to draft more offensive lineman next year, need better backups then Hurst.

[Raven1995]

Matt Judon has 4 sacks and Arthur Brown just got waived. Ozzie can spot talent late in Draft Rounds and undrafted free agents but has whiffed on some 1st and 2nd round talent.

[bioLarzen]

Matt Judon has 4 sacks and Arthur Brown just got waived. Ozzie can spot talent late in Draft Rounds and undrafted free agents but has whiffed on some 1st and 2nd round talent.

Show me a GM who never whiffed a 1st or 2nd round pick...

[leziRav]

Re-signing Williams should IMHO be as high of a priority as re-signing Flacco was after our SB run. From the top of my head, I cannot think of another defensive player who makes teammate around him look so good as B.Williams does.

Dolphins had to block him with 4 players at times. First, that allowed LBs to make pretty much open field tackles on RB at the freaking line of scrimmage! LBs are drooling over these opportunities. Second, it left pass rushers on one-on-one blocks coming from the edge. Guys like Suggs and Doom nearly never get opportunities like that otherwise. Lastly, thanks to the havoc wrecked by the front seven, defensive backfield had a blast defending the panic-passes QB was able to get off of his hand.

I’m pretty sure that without Williams, Orr would not look half as impressive starter as he currently does, Suggs and Doom would be overwhelmed by double teams they’d be getting, rest of the pass rush department would be invisible, and the DBs would be exposed and shredded like they have been for past couple of seasons without pressure up front.

So dear FO, can we please please please do EVERYTHING we can do keep Williams?? I envision our defense being in the TOP5 for many years to come with Williams behemothing up front alongside Jernigan, Pierce, Davis and out of the TOP10 without him.

I actually think I haven’t wanted anyone to be re-signed as badly as I want them to re-sign Williams. My Christmas wish right there.

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

[Purple Dawg 96]

The sun rises and sets on Joe Flacco! "Keep slinging that Rock" and see how many more people start breaking out the chapstick! WE THE BEST!

[VermontRaven]

20 minutes ago, leziRav said:

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

No way that happens, the current franchise tag for defensive tackles is $13.4 million. (and I'm sure that will go up a little for next year)  I love B-Will but doesn't make sense to overpay for an interior defensive lineman.  Ozzie and Co. are great at finding good to great interior defensive linemen.  At that price, I'd rather we let BWill go and use that money elsewhere (WR, CB, Pass rusher, etc.)

Defensive tackle: $13.4 million ($10.7 million)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000636218/article/estimated-2016-franchise-tag-figures

[rmcjacket23]

  1 hour ago, RaRaRavens said:

Re-signing Williams should IMHO be as high of a priority as re-signing Flacco was after our SB run. From the top of my head, I cannot think of another defensive player who makes teammate around him look so good as B.Williams does.

Dolphins had to block him with 4 players at times. First, that allowed LBs to make pretty much open field tackles on RB at the freaking line of scrimmage! LBs are drooling over these opportunities. Second, it left pass rushers on one-on-one blocks coming from the edge. Guys like Suggs and Doom nearly never get opportunities like that otherwise. Lastly, thanks to the havoc wrecked by the front seven, defensive backfield had a blast defending the panic-passes QB was able to get off of his hand.

I’m pretty sure that without Williams, Orr would not look half as impressive starter as he currently does, Suggs and Doom would be overwhelmed by double teams they’d be getting, rest of the pass rush department would be invisible, and the DBs would be exposed and shredded like they have been for past couple of seasons without pressure up front.

So dear FO, can we please please please do EVERYTHING we can do keep Williams?? I envision our defense being in the TOP5 for many years to come with Williams behemothing up front alongside Jernigan, Pierce, Davis and out of the TOP10 without him.

I actually think I haven’t wanted anyone to be re-signed as badly as I want them to re-sign Williams. My Christmas wish right there.

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

Franchise tag is out of the question. For defensive lineman, it will be around $14M, and a NT who doesn't rush the passer isn't worth $14M. Regardless of how well he makes the rest of his teammates look, you'll never get an ROI on that type of money.

If he ends up getting Damon Harrison money ($9-10M a year), we probably have a decent shot at retaining him if we want to. If he goes for much higher than that, Pierce can play the NT and the drop off isn't worth nearly that price tag.

The key things to consider here is that we may very likely have to choose between Brandon Williams and Timmy Jernigan... its debatable whether we could afford both. Jernigan is much more of a pass rusher than Williams, and Pierce looks like a guy who could fill Williams spot more adequately than us replacing Jernigan.

Williams and Wagner are the top two guys we have decisions to make for next season, but keep in mind that Jernigan and Mosley are coming up for big deals as well. Mosley won't be as expensive as the others most likely, and we can pick up the 5th year option for him.

Basically, FO likely has to decide between Jernigan and Williams.

[omar586]

williams has priced himself out Bmore along with wagner, we have lewis and pierce to take over, and will just have to draft replacements.

[leziRav]

  34 minutes ago, leziRav said:

  1 hour ago, RaRaRavens said:

Re-signing Williams should IMHO be as high of a priority as re-signing Flacco was after our SB run. From the top of my head, I cannot think of another defensive player who makes teammate around him look so good as B.Williams does.

Dolphins had to block him with 4 players at times. First, that allowed LBs to make pretty much open field tackles on RB at the freaking line of scrimmage! LBs are drooling over these opportunities. Second, it left pass rushers on one-on-one blocks coming from the edge. Guys like Suggs and Doom nearly never get opportunities like that otherwise. Lastly, thanks to the havoc wrecked by the front seven, defensive backfield had a blast defending the panic-passes QB was able to get off of his hand.

I’m pretty sure that without Williams, Orr would not look half as impressive starter as he currently does, Suggs and Doom would be overwhelmed by double teams they’d be getting, rest of the pass rush department would be invisible, and the DBs would be exposed and shredded like they have been for past couple of seasons without pressure up front.

So dear FO, can we please please please do EVERYTHING we can do keep Williams?? I envision our defense being in the TOP5 for many years to come with Williams behemothing up front alongside Jernigan, Pierce, Davis and out of the TOP10 without him.

I actually think I haven’t wanted anyone to be re-signed as badly as I want them to re-sign Williams. My Christmas wish right there.

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

Franchise tag is out of the question. For defensive lineman, it will be around $14M, and a NT who doesn't rush the passer isn't worth $14M. Regardless of how well he makes the rest of his teammates look, you'll never get an ROI on that type of money.

If he ends up getting Damon Harrison money ($9-10M a year), we probably have a decent shot at retaining him if we want to. If he goes for much higher than that, Pierce can play the NT and the drop off isn't worth nearly that price tag.

The key things to consider here is that we may very likely have to choose between Brandon Williams and Timmy Jernigan... its debatable whether we could afford both. Jernigan is much more of a pass rusher than Williams, and Pierce looks like a guy who could fill Williams spot more adequately than us replacing Jernigan.

Williams and Wagner are the top two guys we have decisions to make for next season, but keep in mind that Jernigan and Mosley are coming up for big deals as well. Mosley won't be as expensive as the others most likely, and we can pick up the 5th year option for him.

Basically, FO likely has to decide between Jernigan and Williams.

I agree but honestly I think we can have both, Williams is the best NT right and he is even better off field. We can franchise tagged him to keep him out of the free agent market like we did with Tucker then before deadline sign him. If not, I agree we have to let him walk. Also remimber we have Kaufusi, I believe he will be a good pass rusher DE. So we don't have really worry about Jernigan. I will take Williams over Jernigan.

[omar586]

i guess it wouldn;t hurt to IR lewis, since his recovery time is 6 wks, why not use his spot for someone else , like bring up camp or even Ochi from jets PS.

[leziRav]

  41 minutes ago, leziRav said:

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

No way that happens, the current franchise tag for defensive tackles is $13.4 million. (and I'm sure that will go up a little for next year)  I love B-Will but doesn't make sense to overpay for an interior defensive lineman.  Ozzie and Co. are great at finding good to great interior defensive linemen.  At that price, I'd rather we let BWill go and use that money elsewhere (WR, CB, Pass rusher, etc.)

Defensive tackle: $13.4 million ($10.7 million)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000636218/article/estimated-2016-franchise-tag-figures

We are good at WR and pass rusher, we just have to work with those young WRs and pass rushers and give them opportunity. Yes we do need CB but that should be addressed at the drafts, no need to go after other team free agents. We need to keep this defense intact and add more CB, safety and OL at the draft. Then we will be a dominant team in NFL. Remember we keep Yanda when he was in his prime.

[jravens1313]

Power Rankings are meaningless. Winning the Division, securing a playoff spot, and winning in the playoffs is what matters.

[Rav'n Maniac]

So you don't think Flacco has any personality? Just watch that video posted by Lombardi above. Yanda rags on Joe, Joe flips a double bird back and Yanda throws some expeletives his way. lmao

[leziRav]

  28 minutes ago, VermontRaven said:

  52 minutes ago, leziRav said:

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

No way that happens, the current franchise tag for defensive tackles is $13.4 million. (and I'm sure that will go up a little for next year)  I love B-Will but doesn't make sense to overpay for an interior defensive lineman.  Ozzie and Co. are great at finding good to great interior defensive linemen.  At that price, I'd rather we let BWill go and use that money elsewhere (WR, CB, Pass rusher, etc.)

Defensive tackle: $13.4 million ($10.7 million)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000636218/article/estimated-2016-franchise-tag-figures

We are good at WR and pass rusher, we just have to work with those young WRs and pass rushers and give them opportunity. Yes we do need CB but that should be addressed at the drafts, no need to go after other team free agents. We need to keep this defense intact and add more CB, safety and OL at the draft. Then we will be a dominant team in NFL. Remember we keep Yanda when he was in his prime.

I meant Ngata not Yanda here.

[fusuymada]

Alex Lewis will more than suffice at right tackle so we can stand to lose Wagner. Ducasse has done well enough at right tackle that we can either swap him and Yanda or leave them where they are at. I still think Urschel will do better at center than Zuttah but until it happens, I will be told I'm nuts. But to show how nuts I am here is what I said before the Miami game and was nuts then too.

"This defense is much more than Jay Ajayi could imagine in his worst nightmare. It will be interesting to see what he has to say after 4 quarters of some up and close personal time with Brandon Williams and co. He would have done better had he faced the Ravens earlier in the season when his legs were the strongest and the Ravens defense was still getting it together. Right now, I am actually excited to watch our defense play, takes me back to the old days. You can see Flacco is running better and moving easier and when it gets cold, he gets hot. (if you watch Wired, listen to Dixon say that "for a big man, Joe was moving." You could see in his face Dixon was honestly impressed.) That's making me feel like the old Joe is getting close to healing and being himself again."

I stick by my premise that Joe is still healing and will continue to get better, he is started to jive with his receivers now that he has had actual quality time throwing to them, they are getting more used to Joe. The running game continues to develop and our offensive line has the same group playing in the same positions for the third straight game. Our defense is also gelling and is hard to believe they can get better (knock on wood). I knew we would blow out Miami but NE is going to be close and we can win, but its not going to be easy. We know we can stop the run, we now need to prove we can stop the pass and make someone run the ball.

[Steve32]

williams has priced himself out Bmore along with wagner, we have lewis and pierce to take over, and will just have to draft replacements.

Disagree. The Ravens pay up for their core players and Williams is one of the core players.

And based on how thin our OL is, I think they try to keep him. The loss of KO really hurt, hopefully they won't repeat that mistake.

[rmcjacket23]

25 minutes ago, leziRav said:

I agree but honestly I think we can have both, Williams is the best NT right and he is even better off field. We can franchise tagged him to keep him out of the free agent market like we did with Tucker then before deadline sign him. If not, I agree we have to let him walk. Also remimber we have Kaufusi, I believe he will be a good pass rusher DE. So we don't have really worry about Jernigan. I will take Williams over Jernigan.

1. Could care less what he's like off the field. 

2. No team is going to pay a run stopping NT $14M. Its a team killing contract. He could be the best run stopping NT of all-time, and he's not worth close to $14M. He's on the sidelines 40% of the time we are on defense anyway. 

Frankly, there's no guarantee we would even have $14M to spend on a franchise tag, and you can't just tag somebody and wait five months to sign them to a LT deal. It works with Tucker, because Tucker costs like $5M, and the franchise tag and the amount he got paid were very close. That won't be the case with Williams most likely.

Its completely and utterly not even worth discussing, because there's no chance in the world he gets franchise tagged.

As for Jernigan, I could argue both sides. Kaufusi has never played an NFL snap, and for all we know, he could be a Brent Urban or a Kapron-Lewis Moore. He's far from a guarantee to pan out. In terms of Williams replacement, we already know that Michael Pierce is pretty good and can play well. Brandon Williams isn't like $13-14M better than Michael Pierce.

I want to resign Williams as much as anybody, but its not a "must sign or we suck" scenario.

I think most people in the business would tell you that most good defenses generally pay top tier money to pass rushers and corners. Brandon Williams does neither.

[rossihunter2]

1 hour ago, leziRav said:

I agree, we have to sign Williams, if we can't sign him the offseason then we have to put a franchise tag on him. He is the best and he is in his prime so Ozzie will sign him. I know it is not time to talk about the offseason yet, we have to make the playoffs but the future is bright for a dominant Ravens in NFL. Once we sign Williams and Orr, then we can let Wangler walk away if his price is expensive, we have Alex Lewis who can play RT. Also we will have to spend some draft picks on OL anyway ( quality back up Center, guard, and tackle). I think our front 7 is the best, no need to spend draft picks there, our draft picks should go the secondary and OL. I wish we pick a first round CB and move T.Young to safety. I see him as a good ball hawk, play maker safety. I don't think so he will survive as outside CB with his size. We will see once the offseason come.

much like when ngata was traded away, we have not just one but two players ready to fill the void - we've got jernigan and we have michael pierce progressing as a nose with pass rush ability etc. - we also have carl davis who has shown some potential albeit not for 1 and a half seasons and willie henry is a promising young dt who we obviously liked enough to essentially red shirt

31 minutes ago, omar586 said:

williams has priced himself out Bmore along with wagner, we have lewis and pierce to take over, and will just have to draft replacements.

i think it's far more likely we keep wagner - yes he's played exceptionally well the last 3 games and is a good tackle but he is also a right tackle - locking up a right tackle for fair sort of value is the sort of thing the pats do well

[rossihunter2]

brandon williams is invaluable to the ravens this year, but remember that even if/when we lose him, we are going to have another load of rookies walk in the door from the draft process and of course none of them will be as polished as bwill is right now but that's the nature of the nfl you have to let go the people you can afford to let go - it was similar with torrey - he was very popular in the community, had a good personality but he was not a guy you couldn't go without especially for the money he would have cost - so unless bwill comes in at a preposterously team friendly number with a huge hometown discount then unfortunately he's gone because its not worth breaking the bank for a nose tackle who doesnt pass rush particularly when you take into account the 80/20 rule with michael pierce in the wings - i mean they only played 9 snaps together in the last game against miami

[billiejean]

I'm surprised that Taliaferro hasn't went to IR.  He wasn't a key contributor, even when he was healthy.  I would have thought they would have IR'd him and called up Campanaro to the active roster.  That way, if Hester struggled or got injured, you'd have another option at punt returner.  Also, Chris Moore hasn't done much, so you could activate Campanaro and inactivate Moore, and give him a small look at a few snaps on offense.

Lewis not being IR'd doesn't surprise me since we aren't desperate for that roster spot.  He is our best backup option at tackle if he is healthy.  The Ravens don't want to IR him, then have a tackle go down and have to start Hurst (in a possible playoff run)

Gillmore, I'm a bit surprised but we haven't gotten consistency out of TE, especially from a blocking perspective.  Again, not desperate for a roster spot, so no harm holding on to him in hopes he can get healthy and make an impact.

I could be wrong but I don't think you can "inactivate" Moore unless he goes to IR. Otherwise inactivating him would mean adding him to the practice squad where other teams would be able to pick him up.

[VermontRaven]

1 minute ago, billiejean said:

I could be wrong but I don't think you can "inactivate" Moore unless he goes to IR. Otherwise inactivating him would mean adding him to the practice squad where other teams would be able to pick him up.

What I meant by inactivate him was to make him a gameday inactive (7 guys on "active" roster are inactive on gameday)  However, as other posters have pointed out, Moore makes a big contribution on special teams, so I don't think that will happen.

[The Mom Gene]

Jags waive Art Brown... Boys and Girls, now you know for sure. Questions have all but been answered.

[rossihunter2]

6 minutes ago, VermontRaven said:

What I meant by inactivate him was to make him a gameday inactive (7 guys on "active" roster are inactive on gameday)  However, as other posters have pointed out, Moore makes a big contribution on special teams, so I don't think that will happen.

i think its far more likely that camp gets promoted instead of lorenzo or hester

[rossihunter2]

1 minute ago, The Mom Gene said:

Jags waive Art Brown... Boys and Girls, now you know for sure. Questions have all but been answered.

The Jags: where ravens players go to die

see bernard pierce as well