[News] Terrance West Has Bigger Goals In 2017

[Drew P]

Sure, bring in another check down target, it wont hurt

[TheConquerorWorm]

  On 2/16/2017 at 2:28 PM, Bob21043 said:

Having a top RB will mean nothing, if we don't get the OL fixed.

It wasn't the o line as much as the coaches not calling the running plays or not calling at the right times

Not buying that. We had a makeshift O-line for 75% of the games....The games where we had our starting o-line, we were 4-0. If you have a shaky o-line that can't run block, why would you call run plays? That's like throwing a jump ball for Mike Wallace or calling a long bomb to Crockett Gilmore. The Guard & Center are the most important positions for running the ball - we had Zuttah, a hurt Yanda playing out of position and Old Vlad - sound like a good o-line to run with? The Cowboys had the best running game because they had the best o-line & best RB - had little to do with the coaches....

[bigcatfrank1]

Dixon is the better all around back

I would have to agree, I don't want to find fault with T West however he just seems to have trouble with consistency. He had the same problem in Cleveland. Too many times he would put up 3-5 yards and then nothing for the next two plays.
Dixon seemed to have a little more success and also found a few more holes.
I think the Ravens should try to land a playmaking RB if they can land one, such as Lacy or Murray. Then Dixon can have another year to mature. West can be the alternate back. That would be a great 1-2-3
Allen can compete in camp but I see him as a practice squad player or let go unless West takes a dive.

The Ravens should pull out more stops this year in FA.
My FA picks are
keep B Williams (10-11mil) - grab RB L Murray (8 mill)- WR V Cruz ( 5 mil) and- Sterling Moore CB (4 mil) = stay under 20 mil

to get them I would release Dumervil, Zuttah, Aiken, Price, Wright, Arrington, Watson, Elam, Powers, and Wagner. ( including SSr and Orrs $) that should be enough salary space.= gain 26 mil

( im considering J Smith and T Young as the starting CB and Weddle and Webb as the starting S)
keep the rest of the starters- and 2nd string as possible.
keep everyone else possible in balancing the cap and leave just enough $ for Draft money- get 2CB, C, WR, OG, S and DE or OLB. in that order.
I know that leaves the O line possibly with a rookie Center, however moving Yanda back to Right Guard changes the O line tremendously or Lewis can play Right Tackle. The Ravens will need to get more from the second stringers, someone has to step up! Stanley, Lewis and Yanda are going to have to anchor the offensive line.

But then I'm sure there are plenty who disagree with me on these choices. Probably glad im not making the decisions. lol

[sizzlingdoom]

  On 2/17/2017 at 0:13 AM, sizzlingdoom said:

Dixon should take over as the lead back.
Cuz Buck Allen is not good. At all. Seriously

Funny, because in Allen's first year he seemed to do fine, despite our horrible overall record.

He average 3.8 per carry. And I'm surprised it was that high. I think he's an average pass catching back, and a well below average runner. Not hating, just my opinion. He made a couple plays on ST this year, but doesn't make much sense to keep a guy just for ST, unless he's an absolute stud

[Purple Dawg 96]

"THE PASS" opens up the running game and I like T. West! We are set at the RB position and would like a 3rd like Bernard Pierce maybe a 6ft back to really wear teams down! T. West runs with alot of intensity and he will be fired up come next season God Willing! If teams don't respect the pass our backs will not get much production playing predictable football and defenses will know exactly when to blow up up the line of scrimmage with that run on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punt crap!

[Adreme]

On 2/16/2017 at 2:29 PM, Bob21043 said:

KO's departure hurt the OL more than the FO expected (or cared to admit).

Considering the amount of money they offered im I am pretty sure they knew what kind of effect him leaving would have.  You just can not outbid a bad team that decides to overspend.

[ravenken]

What is it that people don't like about West? Talented and durable, and a runner that does not want to go down... Both Dixon and West make people miss... what is it that people don't like about West? Slow? Ezekiel Elliott looked like West with good blocking... Heck, West even catches the ball better than Elliott...

[ravenken]

"THE PASS" opens up the running game and I like T. West! We are set at the RB position and would like a 3rd like Bernard Pierce maybe a 6ft back to really wear teams down! T. West runs with alot of intensity and he will be fired up come next season God Willing! If teams don't respect the pass our backs will not get much production playing predictable football and defenses will know exactly when to blow up up the line of scrimmage with that run on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punt crap!

I agree...

[ravenken]

  On 2/16/2017 at 7:35 PM, reed20 said:

Dixon is the better all around back

I would have to agree, I don't want to find fault with T West however he just seems to have trouble with consistency. He had the same problem in Cleveland. Too many times he would put up 3-5 yards and then nothing for the next two plays.
Dixon seemed to have a little more success and also found a few more holes.
I think the Ravens should try to land a playmaking RB if they can land one, such as Lacy or Murray. Then Dixon can have another year to mature. West can be the alternate back. That would be a great 1-2-3
Allen can compete in camp but I see him as a practice squad player or let go unless West takes a dive.

The Ravens should pull out more stops this year in FA.
My FA picks are
keep B Williams (10-11mil) - grab RB L Murray (8 mill)- WR V Cruz ( 5 mil) and- Sterling Moore CB (4 mil) = stay under 20 mil

to get them I would release Dumervil, Zuttah, Aiken, Price, Wright, Arrington, Watson, Elam, Powers, and Wagner. ( including SSr and Orrs $) that should be enough salary space.= gain 26 mil

( im considering J Smith and T Young as the starting CB and Weddle and Webb as the starting S)
keep the rest of the starters- and 2nd string as possible.
keep everyone else possible in balancing the cap and leave just enough $ for Draft money- get 2CB, C, WR, OG, S and DE or OLB. in that order.
I know that leaves the O line possibly with a rookie Center, however moving Yanda back to Right Guard changes the O line tremendously or Lewis can play Right Tackle. The Ravens will need to get more from the second stringers, someone has to step up! Stanley, Lewis and Yanda are going to have to anchor the offensive line.

But then I'm sure there are plenty who disagree with me on these choices. Probably glad im not making the decisions. lol

I would not ravage our O-line for VCruz, Murray, and Moore... Cruz is a cripple, Murray adds nothing that we don't already have in spades, and moore is a CB that we can get in the draft many times over and a lot cheaper...
Don't have problems with any of your cuts...