[News] Ravens Excited About Upside Of 2016 Draft Class

[BR News]

Baltimore picked up quality starters, along with some other young players with high upside.

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[jsarrocohome@yahoo.com]

Don't trade back get quality picks not quantity

[The Greek]

i am looking forward to seeing what kc and kaufusi do next season. my gut tells me kaufusi is going to be special.

[The Greek]

i have a good feeling about kaufusi

[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

Stanley, Lewis and Young all were worth the pick along with Dixon he looked good as well. All of them played really well and it will be fun to watch them next season as they grow from rookies to vets.

Edited January 9 by ALSKAN RAVEN FAN

[omar586]

ozzie just needs to start trading his 2nd & 3rd round picks for 4th rnds, b/c he's killing it in the 4th rnd, and never ever draft a WR ever again, anything else but wr, or we see who is scotting PITs WRs and hire him or something, they seem to hit on WR every draft.

[mearzunkies]

CAW CAW CAW Offseason sucks! CAW..

[BallsoHard622]

Overall I like our 2016 class but I think our second an third round picks should've been oline an corner back. I didn't understand why we drafted kaufusi at all an I felt we could've got correa later in the draft. You should get some kind of production from a 2 an a 3 in we got nothing.

[sami]

I think this class will prove to be one of our best.

[BigUgly]

This may be Ozzie's best draft since 2008. Not sure why Harbs is calling for a playmaking RB when Dixon has shown so much potential. It does't matter who the back is if the offensive scheme is flawed, if the OC won't call running plays, if the "running game coordinator/senior executive offensive line coach" can't get the line to perform, and if the O-Line is soft in the middle.

[ellicottraven]

I'm hoping the coaching staff has seen enough of kaufusi and Correa during practices or just physical training/rehab to know they are adding muscle and getting the defensive playbook down.Somehow everybody seems to have forgotten Carl Davis as a potential D lineman. I wonder how he's going to do next year?

[Crusader]

So best draft class in 5 years. Almost 50% can get on the field or stay on the team.

[OzzieBisciotti]

I would hope out of 15 draft picks in 2016 that a couple of them would be keepers- still does not take away from the fact that Oz/ DaCosta drafted badly in the past 5-6 years. That's why our team isn't up to par because we don't have a good base of younger players at first contracts. Hopefully we'll do better this year- who cares about the compesentory picks and trading back- we need some studs and some playmakers and some people with attitude to get us going again..

[#Nevermore]

“Here’s a fourth-round pick that played the way he did at corner, which is a very tough position,” Harbaugh said. “Can you imagine not having him this year?”

At least you can see that the other corners we have are<plays like garbage> garbage and their is no reason that we shouldn't invert is quality corners.

I like this draft because we found a perennial All-Pro at LT and a perennial Pro-Bowler at RT. I like Lewis to play at RT. We should let Wagner go. I think we are going to give him too much money and he is mediocre IMO. I think we need a nasty guard and center to bring back a dominate run game. Lewis can play anywhere on the line, but I think we can get tougher at that left guard spot.

[#Nevermore]

I like that fact that we keep drafting for depth at the D-Line position. We are very young there and those guys have really good potential.

[Rav'n Maniac]

Yes, it was a good draft since we were able to get more than one player producing on the field. Yet still, there are issues with our 2nd and 3rd round selections that we must get better at. We can't afford to keep picking up projects during these rounds.

[BigUgly]

I could see the Ravens parting ways with Williams, Juice, Wagner, Watson, Doom, Aiken, Wright, Arrington, Zuttah and some "bodies" in order to generate much needed cap space and stockpile comp picks for 2018 (or offset comp-eligible FA talent acquired from other teams in 2017).

[lowcountryraven]

Ozzie,

Please find a way to draft Mike Williams WR from Clemson. He will be a major play maker for years.

[whobilly]

I would hope out of 15 draft picks in 2016 that a couple of them would be keepers- still does not take away from the fact that Oz/ DaCosta drafted badly in the past 5-6 years. That's why our team isn't up to par because we don't have a good base of younger players at first contracts. Hopefully we'll do better this year- who cares about the compesentory picks and trading back- we need some studs and some playmakers and some people with attitude to get us going again..

Well said. Way to many "Roster Fillers" picked over the last six to seven years. How about we make an aggressive move and trade up to grab an impact player for a change instead of trading back to stockpile mediocre players.

[Bline1027]

IMO Ozzie has missed on the 2nd and 3rd round picks the last couple of years. Kindle, Upshaw, now KC and Konfusi. The 2nd and 3rd round picks should be like your base players. Borderline stars who are major contributors. Someone for the life of god name a 2nd or 3rd round pick that Ozzie has made that panned out?

[whobilly]

I'm hoping the coaching staff has seen enough of kaufusi and Correa during practices or just physical training/rehab to know they are adding muscle and getting the defensive playbook down.Somehow everybody seems to have forgotten Carl Davis as a potential D lineman. I wonder how he's going to do next year?

Concerned that as a #2 pick KC could only make Special Teams appearances. Hope we don't have another Arthur Brown on our hands.

[billiejean]

I'm hoping the coaching staff has seen enough of kaufusi and Correa during practices or just physical training/rehab to know they are adding muscle and getting the defensive playbook down.Somehow everybody seems to have forgotten Carl Davis as a potential D lineman. I wonder how he's going to do next year?

The guys on my mind. I worry about him being away from the game this long. The reason he fell so far was because of work ethic concerns. I really hope hes sticking to it. He has talent.

[03tsal]

They got absolutely NOTHING from rounds #2 & #3. Round #4 produced a bunch of picks that produced NOTHING. This was a horrible draft considering the great picks this team had !!

[metalraven]

That 4th round is insane! That's an unbelievable group of guys, especially for 4th round. My god.

[metalraven]

3 hours ago, 03tsal said:

They got absolutely NOTHING from rounds #2 & #3. Round #4 produced a bunch of picks that produced NOTHING. This was a horrible draft considering the great picks this team had !!

You're dead wrong regarding the 4th round:

CB Tavon Young - STARTER
WR Chris Moore - not there yet, but has shown a lot or potential, and this dude is going to be good
OL Alex Lewis - STARTER
DT Willie Henry - Yet to see what he can do
RB Kenneth Dixon - STARTER (Shares snaps with West)

 

I don't know what you're smoking, but you need to quit. That is an insanely productive 4th round. Most teams can only dream of getting that talent in the 4th round.

[Purple Dawg 96]

Coach I know you from "that school up north" but you need to start looking at more Ohio State Buckeyes! And we need a QB in the up and coming draft because Joe left the Defense hangin and had game winning drives and choked on all of them! PS If the QB isn't cutting it it doesn't matter whom you draft it will be the same outcome we're not use to and that's not making the playoffs!

[GMAC]

  19 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

I'm hoping the coaching staff has seen enough of kaufusi and Correa during practices or just physical training/rehab to know they are adding muscle and getting the defensive playbook down.Somehow everybody seems to have forgotten Carl Davis as a potential D lineman. I wonder how he's going to do next year?

Concerned that as a #2 pick KC could only make Special Teams appearances. Hope we don't have another Arthur Brown on our hands.

If Myles Jack turns into the star people think he can be, that R2 pick will sting even more. Early days though so hopefully he comes through for us.

[GMAC]

This may be Ozzie's best draft since 2008. Not sure why Harbs is calling for a playmaking RB when Dixon has shown so much potential. It does't matter who the back is if the offensive scheme is flawed, if the OC won't call running plays, if the "running game coordinator/senior executive offensive line coach" can't get the line to perform, and if the O-Line is soft in the middle.

It would help to get a burner like Tyreek Hill to complement the two starters. Hopefully one that doesn't punch his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach though.

[chunkywill25]

I was hoping we would pick up cody whitehair with our second last year but I still have faith in correa. He definitely has talent 

[sizzlingdoom]

IMO Ozzie has missed on the 2nd and 3rd round picks the last couple of years. Kindle, Upshaw, now KC and Konfusi. The 2nd and 3rd round picks should be like your base players. Borderline stars who are major contributors. Someone for the life of god name a 2nd or 3rd round pick that Ozzie has made that panned out?

and maxx williams. countless picks. and elam and perriman in the 1rst. The draft and coaching is absolutely destroying the Ravens