[News] Who Will Ravens Replace Zachary Orr At Inside Linebacker?

[Ravensfansince03]

  10 hours ago, verified said:

How many times do we have to draft a Linebacker and a pass rusher? How many times do we have to watch ozzie miss on guys year after year and then have to go into the next draft with the same needs as the year prior because ozzie keeps missing? Its really pathetic to watch.

Totally agree. The players he doesn't miss on we tend to groom up and watch walk away for big paydays. Be nice to keep some of that talent (looking at you Brandon Williams). Be nice for Oz to nail this draft and bring in the depth we need to improve.

I'm probably one of the few guys that believe Brandon Williams is overrated. He is good, but as a lead DT he is not suitable. I'd like to see us go after an elite DT like when we drafted Ngata. That would make our line much more successful. FA cost too much, and it's hampering us.

[Azzi22]

were so far from being a half decent team its not even funny... no one to blame but OZZIE... KC over sheppard/hargraves/spence/Sean Davis... list goes on and on , KC WASENT THE RIGHT CHOICE... neither was maxx/carl davis/.. chances wasted on picking up decent talent

[Asmodeus1971]

First our defense isn't bad, not great they did cost us our shot at the playoffs. We need a center and a right tackle. I don't care what people say, or what grade some lame website gave them. Wagner sucks and Zutah just gets manhandled. We have three guys who play great when healthy and two of them were rookies so get off Ozzie's jock he picked multiple quality starters this year any other GM is happy getting one quality starter the Ravens often get two or three out of the draft. Sadly with free-agency rules and salary cap those players are often here for only their rookie contract, but that is just the character of the modern game.

Simple we need a better o-line and we need more quality and depth in our secondary. Even the players like Weddle everyone seems to be drooling over made mistakes that ended up costing a game or two. But when your one CB capable of shutting almost any WR down on his good days misses a game pretty much means you are losing you need more depth and better quality.

As far as replacing Orr, impossible if he was healthy he would have been a super star. He played that good, his instincts were just getting better because something clicked this year in his film studies and he was just around the ball instinctively much like other greats in Ravens history. You don't replace the Ray Lewis type who just fit the system and know the game so it comes natural on the field. Orr had that and you could see it this year watching the videos, at the end of the play even if he didn't make the tackle he was often there and had part in the tackle happening. He lead the team in tackles didn't he? He also probably lead the team in redirecting the guy with the ball so others got the tackle. Especially later in the games you could see players with the ball seeing him in their vision and just turning the other way often before they even looked to see if it was clear. You can't teach instinct and Orr had that along with a great film study.

Now out of the players we have Onwuasor maybe, maybe we get a LB who can cover or a DB that is maybe too big for the NFL, just a little too slow for coverage every down but can line up at MLB cover most backs and be great on covering larger TEs.

Like I said though:

Dixon, Stanley, Lewis and Young at points were all starters and rookies. 4 starters that all made names for themselves as rookies because they started and played great as rookies. People want to attack Ozzie? They all did well when used correctly and were healthy. Yeah Ozzie lost his touch, stop your whining you sound like Patriot fans!!! Give Moore, Pierce and Reynolds more time and this last draft could turn out to of been incredible.

You don't draft Ray Lewis, Reed, Ngata and players like that every year. If you did then they wouldn't be that special they would just be replaced the next year. Three once in a lifetime players all picked by the same GM. Ozzie often did that with winning or even playoff seasons the year before which meant he did it later in the draft. You want to see a bad draft look at Cleveland who is often the number one pick and yet still messes it up year in year out.