[News] Is Ryan Anderson The Next Alabama Linebacker Headed To Baltimore?

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While overshadowed by a couple of his college teammates, Alabama senior Ryan Anderson may be the complete package of versatility, run stopper and quarterback tormentor available in the second or third round. He’s learned from a trio of Ravens and would love to play in Baltimore.

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[whobilly]

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

[The Greek]

i wouldnt draft this guy until the 3rd if he is still available. seems like another tavaris gooden. lets pkg picks to move up and grab the players that will put fans in the seats

[trevorsteadman]

13 minutes ago, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

Or you know.... The linebacker core of Suggs and Dumervil are ancient.. And you lost a all-pro Zachary Orr that you have to replace. 

[b93333]

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

More like Arthur Brown.

[MadStorkSociety]

i wouldnt draft this guy until the 3rd if he is still available. seems like another tavaris gooden. lets pkg picks to move up and grab the players that will put fans in the seats

Do you have a draft package in mind? I wouldn't mind moving up for playmakers.

[Azzi22]

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

[Chuckx999]

Fast and strong, DRAFT him !!! Then find 2 DB's with an attitude.

[nj_ravens]

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

Ravens writers don't speak for management or front office.

Translated. This is a speculation piece.

Translated. Suggs and Dumervil are old.

Translated. Correa is probably actually going to play inside linebacker and this article is talking about an edge defender, so they have little to do with one another.

Translated. You have a preconceived notion that Correa is a bust, and for some reason, despite being a fan of the team, want him to fail to prove yourself right.

[fluffy201]

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

There has been too many second round busts. Max Williams, Correa, Arthur Brown. Not to say Williams and Correa don't have potential but very concerning they have seen barely any playing time, luckily we do pretty well in the mid rounds and un drafted. It would be nice to see our fist two picks in the secondary and the two third round picks go towards our O Line. We always do well with line backers and D line men, so I am not too concerned, but the secondary and O line has been trash for years. I really hope Correa steps up next year, and for Williams I am just not sure if I see him beating out Watson/Pitta (one will be cut) or Crockett if healthy, there is also a reason we still have Boyle, I thought he looked really good his first year. This team still has a ton of holes, which won't be filled in one year unfortunately. Feels like we are in the same position as last year unfortunately, except with more cap room.

[fluffy201]

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

He wasn't a three down player, and couldn't rush the passer. There is a reason he only got the veteran minimum signing with Atlanta, he almost didn't get signed by anybody.

[The Beak]

Good 3rd rounder, but 1st and 2nd =CB , CB

[bigcatfrank1]

  2 hours ago, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

Ravens writers don't speak for management or front office.

Translated. This is a speculation piece.

Translated. Suggs and Dumervil are old.

Translated. Correa is probably actually going to play inside linebacker and this article is talking about an edge defender, so they have little to do with one another.

Translated. You have a preconceived notion that Correa is a bust, and for some reason, despite being a fan of the team, want him to fail to prove yourself right.

absolutely correct;
Dumervil might be worth a trade, he has plenty of skill, some motor left and veteran leadership that could be valuable to another team. Here the Ravens may find a crazy CB deal or possibly WR or RB.
Translated- the Ravens should look young for a LB.

The 2 and 3 year LB's on this team have had to platoon to get playing time. Correa started off pretty rough. Clubhouse problems, then injuries, then just fitting in around a senior squad
Translated- how can you know what Correa can do? his playing time was so minimal and developing into a an NFL player happens to 80% of draftees. Most do not walk on as Pro-bowlers.

Even without Correa, the Ravens LB corp is deep and talented. There is no reason to spend high picks or huge amounts of cap money on a superb area of your team, not at least this year. There are many. many other areas of focus.
Translated- (dos) Second or (tres) Third round.

[sami]

28 minutes ago, fluffy201 said:

2 hours ago, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

There has been too many second round busts. Max Williams, Correa, Arthur Brown. Not to say Williams and Correa don't have potential but very concerning they have seen barely any playing time, luckily we do pretty well in the mid rounds and un drafted. It would be nice to see our fist two picks in the secondary and the two third round picks go towards our O Line. We always do well with line backers and D line men, so I am not too concerned, but the secondary and O line has been trash for years. I really hope Correa steps up next year, and for Williams I am just not sure if I see him beating out Watson/Pitta (one will be cut) or Crockett if healthy, there is also a reason we still have Boyle, I thought he looked really good his first year. This team still has a ton of holes, which won't be filled in one year unfortunately. Feels like we are in the same position as last year unfortunately, except with more cap room.

Maxx Willaims was hardly a second round bust. He broke most of the rookie records for tight ends and weve had some good tight ends. How can you say our O-line has been trash?  We have drafted some excellent talent like Stanley and Alex Lewis this year and Rick Wagner not so long ago.

 

Edited February 7 by sami

[Crusader]

Read this about Anderson's weakness http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/ryan-anderson?id=2557853
Then read about the weakness of Perriman in 2015. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1984950/breshad-perriman. Sure comes close to who Perriman is today. As Patriots say "DO YOUR JOB" In this case your homework.

[The Greek]

2 hours ago, MadStorkSociety said:

Do you have a draft package in mind? I wouldn't mind moving up for playmakers.

i would just like to see us pkg the 6th and 7th rd picks along with an extra 4th or 5th when we have them to move up even if it is only a few spots. our 6th and 7th rd picks never make the team unless it is a punter. looks like we will get a 3rd for osemele so that gives us 2-3rd rd picks which should allow us to part ways with a 4th if it means getting the players we really covet. we need alpha males on both sides so lets go get them and stop hoarding draft picks that we cut in camp.

[fluffy201]

  2 hours ago, fluffy201 said:

  4 hours ago, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

There has been too many second round busts. Max Williams, Correa, Arthur Brown. Not to say Williams and Correa don't have potential but very concerning they have seen barely any playing time, luckily we do pretty well in the mid rounds and un drafted. It would be nice to see our fist two picks in the secondary and the two third round picks go towards our O Line. We always do well with line backers and D line men, so I am not too concerned, but the secondary and O line has been trash for years. I really hope Correa steps up next year, and for Williams I am just not sure if I see him beating out Watson/Pitta (one will be cut) or Crockett if healthy, there is also a reason we still have Boyle, I thought he looked really good his first year. This team still has a ton of holes, which won't be filled in one year unfortunately. Feels like we are in the same position as last year unfortunately, except with more cap room.

Maxx Willaims was hardly a second round bust. He broke most of the rookie records for tight ends and weve had some good tight ends. How can you say our O-line has been trash?  We have drafted some excellent talent like Stanley and Alex Lewis this year and Rick Wagner not so long ago.

 

Maybe so, but Zutta has proven to be a weakness, and Alex lewis is hardly a run mauler like a lot of good tackles. We did seem to get hits in Lewis and Stanely which are great, but when those guys are injured we have serious problems, we lack depth big time. Jenson and Urschel must not be as good as we thought? Ducasse played in front of both of them right?

[jhulax35]

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

He couldn't keep his weight down and was always out of shape

[hen826957]

6 hours ago, Azzi22 said:

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

I wanted Ozzie to resign Upshaw in the first place when he was a free agent but instead they want a draft pick SMH. The worst part was that he was not expensive to resign. We could've sign him a 2 or 3 year deal. l kept saying that we should've kept Upshaw because he was he was a very underrated player that is good against the run and ok at passrushing. Upshaw is physical.

Edited February 8 by hen826957

[TheConquerorWorm]

  9 hours ago, Azzi22 said:

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

I wanted Ozzie to resign Upshaw in the first place when he was a free agent but instead they want a draft pick instead SMH. The worst part was that he was not expensive to resign. We could've sign him a 2 or 3 year deal. l kept saying that we should've kept Upshaw because he was he was a very underrated player that is good against the run and ok at passrushing. Upshaw is physical.

In 13 games, he had a total of 24 tackles & 1 sack. Jerraud Powers had 33 tackles & 1 sack. I'd rather have the 3rd Round comp pick this year....

[RavensDieHard21]

If pull the trigger on Anderson day 2 without a doubt. He played well all year and lit it up in the playoffs. He has tenacity, grittiness, and a knack for consistently making plays. The guy won't be denied. 

He might not be an athletic freak that has an insane first step or overwhelming power, but he is a very good tackler, high IQ, good against the run and has the hand usage to swat away blockers on his way to the QB. 

Id rather have a handful of Round 2 talents like King, Conley or maybe even Charles Harris and Tim Williams,but if those guys were gone and we didn't want Eiflein or Pocic yet then I'd select Ryan all day. 

[sizzlingdoom]

  9 hours ago, fluffy201 said:

  11 hours ago, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

There has been too many second round busts. Max Williams, Correa, Arthur Brown. Not to say Williams and Correa don't have potential but very concerning they have seen barely any playing time, luckily we do pretty well in the mid rounds and un drafted. It would be nice to see our fist two picks in the secondary and the two third round picks go towards our O Line. We always do well with line backers and D line men, so I am not too concerned, but the secondary and O line has been trash for years. I really hope Correa steps up next year, and for Williams I am just not sure if I see him beating out Watson/Pitta (one will be cut) or Crockett if healthy, there is also a reason we still have Boyle, I thought he looked really good his first year. This team still has a ton of holes, which won't be filled in one year unfortunately. Feels like we are in the same position as last year unfortunately, except with more cap room.

Maxx Willaims was hardly a second round bust. He broke most of the rookie records for tight ends and weve had some good tight ends. How can you say our O-line has been trash?  We have drafted some excellent talent like Stanley and Alex Lewis this year and Rick Wagner not so long ago.

 

Maxx Williams has been a 2nd round bust so far, and doesn't look very promising either. This record setting year you speak of 32 catches for 268 yards. and One td......Um...yeah. That in 2 years is a bust so far for a second round pick. Hopefully he turns it around. And really don't understand why you're calling Alex Lewis excellent....He played average at best last year, when he was on the field. He maybe played well for a rookie at times, but that is so far from an excellent player. People need to wait on him

[sizzlingdoom]

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

100% whiffs like KC, Elam, AB in rounds 1 and 2 set us back. There's just no way around it. Can't whiff 100% in those 2 rounds. Didn't even get average s.t. play from AB or Elam. Or KC yet. If we're drafting play makers at the same time like Brady, Edleman, Gronk, Bell, and Antonio Brown, it'd be a different story. But the fact that we can't draft Offensive playmakers, and now we've been missing on defensive players too, has brought the organization down. Coaching is exposed. Everyone's on the hot seat. Really hope that translates to a win now mentality this off season. Should be fun, or another Sshow, then a whole makeover after next year.....what probably should've happened this year. At least with coaching. This off season should be interesting

[EdTheMythicalOne]

I looked over the complete second round history of this franchise and it is I'd say roughly 50/50 whether we get a gem or a bust and that doesn't refer to recent history. It has been that way for the entire length of this franchise.

I think the issue is that the more recent moves are obviously the more easily remembered ones and the busts sometimes overshadow the ones that turn into full time starters.

Just within the last few seasons we've seen these results:

2010: The Kindle/Cody fiasco, but then we bounce back in 2011 and 2012 with Torrey Smith and Kelechi Osemele...two BIG pieces to our second superbowl. Then in 2013 you have the Arthur Brown bust, but then in 2014 we get Timmy Jernigan who kind of dazzles you at time with flashes of brilliance and then blows it with stupid plays/lack of production. We also got Maxx Williams in 2015 who showed when healthy he might be a player, followed by KC in 2016 who so far is not showing up well.

I found myself thinking, "Hmm, maybe the Ravens would be better off just trading the 2nd round pick to trade up or get more picks later in the draft..." but then reversing myself when I see names like Ray Rice, Torrey Smith, and Kelechi Osemele.

[robbie29]

I looked over the complete second round history of this franchise and it is I'd say roughly 50/50 whether we get a gem or a bust and that doesn't refer to recent history. It has been that way for the entire length of this franchise.

I think the issue is that the more recent moves are obviously the more easily remembered ones and the busts sometimes overshadow the ones that turn into full time starters.

Just within the last few seasons we've seen these results:

2010: The Kindle/Cody fiasco, but then we bounce back in 2011 and 2012 with Torrey Smith and Kelechi Osemele...two BIG pieces to our second superbowl. Then in 2013 you have the Arthur Brown bust, but then in 2014 we get Timmy Jernigan who kind of dazzles you at time with flashes of brilliance and then blows it with stupid plays/lack of production. We also got Maxx Williams in 2015 who showed when healthy he might be a player, followed by KC in 2016 who so far is not showing up well.

I found myself thinking, "Hmm, maybe the Ravens would be better off just trading the 2nd round pick to trade up or get more picks later in the draft..." but then reversing myself when I see names like Ray Rice, Torrey Smith, and Kelechi Osemele.

"when healthy"...that's been the tragic prefix/suffix to most Ravens players in recent years. I say tragic because, more often than not, the guys who are great "WHEN HEALTHY" often miss significant playing time due to injury. Last year was particularly brutal- we lost all our top 3 TEs, plus our 2nd & 3rd picks, and a 4th round pick. Heck, even Stanley missed a quarter of the season. It's one thing if the older guys go down, bc you have younger guys who can step up. But when your young guys go down and you have to start your 2nd and 3rd string players, you end up with an 8-8 or a 5-11 record. Kinda hard to re-build and do well when you can't keep your draft picks on the field.

[The Beak]

Just draft 7 CBs one or two can maybe make an impact by attrition.......Just kidding...or am I...

[KingJames757]

  5 hours ago, EdTheMythicalOne said:

I looked over the complete second round history of this franchise and it is I'd say roughly 50/50 whether we get a gem or a bust and that doesn't refer to recent history. It has been that way for the entire length of this franchise.

I think the issue is that the more recent moves are obviously the more easily remembered ones and the busts sometimes overshadow the ones that turn into full time starters.

Just within the last few seasons we've seen these results:

2010: The Kindle/Cody fiasco, but then we bounce back in 2011 and 2012 with Torrey Smith and Kelechi Osemele...two BIG pieces to our second superbowl. Then in 2013 you have the Arthur Brown bust, but then in 2014 we get Timmy Jernigan who kind of dazzles you at time with flashes of brilliance and then blows it with stupid plays/lack of production. We also got Maxx Williams in 2015 who showed when healthy he might be a player, followed by KC in 2016 who so far is not showing up well.

I found myself thinking, "Hmm, maybe the Ravens would be better off just trading the 2nd round pick to trade up or get more picks later in the draft..." but then reversing myself when I see names like Ray Rice, Torrey Smith, and Kelechi Osemele.

"when healthy"...that's been the tragic prefix/suffix to most Ravens players in recent years. I say tragic because, more often than not, the guys who are great "WHEN HEALTHY" often miss significant playing time due to injury. Last year was particularly brutal- we lost all our top 3 TEs, plus our 2nd & 3rd picks, and a 4th round pick. Heck, even Stanley missed a quarter of the season. It's one thing if the older guys go down, bc you have younger guys who can step up. But when your young guys go down and you have to start your 2nd and 3rd string players, you end up with an 8-8 or a 5-11 record. Kinda hard to re-build and do well when you can't keep your draft picks on the field.

I agree with everything you all are saying, but i pose this question. Why are we suffering so many setbacks and why is it for the last 3 years, we can not keep players on the field. Injury is part of the game, but it seems like "our conditioning" or something isn't right. Idk, it just seems odd, and that can't keep being our excuse year in and year out.

[Chuckx999]

Sure, draft another fast Ala. LB. Outside of Mosley the others are "OLD and SLOW". Same for our CB's.
Trade up and even throw in a few 2018 low round choices and get player that are FAST. In this pass happy NFL those LB's have to cover RB's, TE's and WR's coming across the middle. SPEED, SPEED or the lack of SPEED will KILL.

[Azzi22]

  19 hours ago, Azzi22 said:

hard nose plays like a raven.. we need more players like this... we need an IDENTITY ON D.. not sure why we let UPSHAW GO.. strongest and meaning Mother Tucker on our team... we need this guy... BRING BACK POWER , BIG HITTERS.. ...

I wanted Ozzie to resign Upshaw in the first place when he was a free agent but instead they want a draft pick SMH. The worst part was that he was not expensive to resign. We could've sign him a 2 or 3 year deal. l kept saying that we should've kept Upshaw because he was he was a very underrated player that is good against the run and ok at passrushing. Upshaw is physical.

my words exactly... we need Upshaw type players on our D.. we have no one to fear.. no big hitters..

[nj_ravens]

  22 hours ago, sami said:

  22 hours ago, fluffy201 said:

  On 2/7/2017 at 1:58 PM, whobilly said:

Translated. Correa was a second round bust.

There has been too many second round busts. Max Williams, Correa, Arthur Brown. Not to say Williams and Correa don't have potential but very concerning they have seen barely any playing time, luckily we do pretty well in the mid rounds and un drafted. It would be nice to see our fist two picks in the secondary and the two third round picks go towards our O Line. We always do well with line backers and D line men, so I am not too concerned, but the secondary and O line has been trash for years. I really hope Correa steps up next year, and for Williams I am just not sure if I see him beating out Watson/Pitta (one will be cut) or Crockett if healthy, there is also a reason we still have Boyle, I thought he looked really good his first year. This team still has a ton of holes, which won't be filled in one year unfortunately. Feels like we are in the same position as last year unfortunately, except with more cap room.

Maxx Willaims was hardly a second round bust. He broke most of the rookie records for tight ends and weve had some good tight ends. How can you say our O-line has been trash?  We have drafted some excellent talent like Stanley and Alex Lewis this year and Rick Wagner not so long ago.

 

Maybe so, but Zutta has proven to be a weakness, and Alex lewis is hardly a run mauler like a lot of good tackles. We did seem to get hits in Lewis and Stanely which are great, but when those guys are injured we have serious problems, we lack depth big time. Jenson and Urschel must not be as good as we thought? Ducasse played in front of both of them right?

Uschel is more of a left guard. Jensen is not that great.