[News] Ravens Want Ryan Mallett Back, But Keeping An Eye On Backup QB Market

[billiejean]

15 minutes ago, PurpleHorseman said:

I said IF Joe lays an egg. Almost anybody could push him. Look at Glennon's numbers on a terrible team looking for offensive line help. He has potential. So yes it is something you said. If Joe lays an egg and has his most shameful season yet, Mallet would be pushing him. You can forget Glennon or McCarron. Play poorly enough don't care who the backup is!

Yea out of all of those quarterback I think Mallet would give him his biggest challenge.  Are there any intriguing QB prospects later in the draft.  

[PurpleHorseman]

4 minutes ago, billiejean said:

Yea out of all of those quarterback I think Mallet would give him his biggest challenge.  Are there any intriguing QB prospects later in the draft.  

With all that said lol I was only trying to say if Joe is completely terrible anybody could push him. With that said if we make Joe priority and protect him with that elite line Harbaugh was speaking of. Then Joe is a top5 QB and could push for league MVP.  No coincidence when McKinney was nailing down left tackle with his best play later in his career. And the best tandem of guards. Joe was elite and next to a flawless QB.

i like Chad Kelly. Laser accurate arm. Reads progressions really fast especially for somebody relatively uncoached. Supreme confidence in his arm and with good reason. He completes passes no QB in this class would even attempt. Sure he has some off field problems. But mostly boy stuff. No DV for sure. His teammates say he is a great teammate and tough leader. If stars lined up correctly and he played in a good system with a good coach. While keeping out of all trouble. He could easily be in the running for No.1 pick. He has legit athleticism to take it the distance. And he could be grabbed in mid to later rounds say round 4-6 maybe.

[Malik45168]

I like ryan mallet i think he is a good backup so if joe gets injured it wont end up like the 2015 2016 season were we couldn't find a backup who wasn't throwing pick sixes each game they started.

[zing21042]

  On 3/3/2017 at 1:41 PM, zing21042 said:

1) Where did I say that we should use a first round pick on a QB?
2) We have had quite a few first round picks that have been busts and they were not QBs.
3) Nothing is a "sure thing. On defense we have been just as successful with undrafted FA as we have been with early draft picks.
4) Great. Flacco had another stellar year...but his completion percentage was mediocre that year also. What about the plethora of lackluster years?
5) We can agree to disagree...but we need some young blood. Flacco will not be our solution going forward.

You would have to use a high rounder in order in order to increase the odds of him actually becoming a successful starter.  Once the fourth round comes around it's going to be slim pickins as far as quarterbacks go.  I was under the impression your goal was to draft a guy that would be able to take the reigns from Joe in the next few year, but if the type of young blood you are looking for is in the last 3 rounds you may get be in luck.  Taking a QB then is actually a plausible scenario, but statistically the chances that he takes over the starting gig from Flacco are very very small. And yes Flacco will be our QB for this year and most likely the next and most likely the year after that.  Im warning you ahead of time so you dont get disapointed.

Bill,
R-u-kidding me? Disappointed? Look at the numbers? They say that just about any QB in football could have (did) play better than Joe. It says that with 26 of the other 31 QBs (including rookies) we would have had the same or better year had they played with the ravens. How is it even possible that one can pay a QB to be the second/third highest player in football and have him generate a quality of play like he was the last?

Joe runs the 2 minute offense like it is the 2 quarter offense. Granted, maybe the ravens have never been good at training QBs. But my god man, he has regressed rather than advanced in his fundamentals. He had the "weapons" this year but chose not to use them. It is not the fault of the wide receivers that "checkdown joe" fell in love with Pita all over again. And now you say don't be disappointed? How could I have been more disappointed by having a rookie QB play like Joe and be paid like a rookie? At least I can justify a rookie playing like a rookie; not a $28 million seasoned QB playing like a rookie.

[billiejean]

6 hours ago, zing21042 said:

Bill,
R-u-kidding me? Disappointed? Look at the numbers? They say that just about any QB in football could have (did) play better than Joe. It says that with 26 of the other 31 QBs (including rookies) we would have had the same or better year had they played with the ravens. How is it even possible that one can pay a QB to be the second/third highest player in football and have him generate a quality of play like he was the last?

Joe runs the 2 minute offense like it is the 2 quarter offense. Granted, maybe the ravens have never been good at training QBs. But my god man, he has regressed rather than advanced in his fundamentals. He had the "weapons" this year but chose not to use them. It is not the fault of the wide receivers that "checkdown joe" fell in love with Pita all over again. And now you say don't be disappointed? How could I have been more disappointed by having a rookie QB play like Joe and be paid like a rookie? At least I can justify a rookie playing like a rookie; not a $28 million seasoned QB playing like a rookie.

 

You clearly didn't read what I wrote.  I am not saying that you will be disappointed at the performance a rookie QB. Clearly, you want Joe gone and soon.  The reason that I said you will be disappointed is because there is no chance that we get rid of Joe in the next two years.  I was tempering your expectations, so you aren't blindsided when we don't cut Joe in this offseason or the next.

If you really think we will cut Joe at the end of this year. Yes you will be disappointed because there is no chance we will do that.  And if you think he will not be with us in 2018, again that is not going to happen.  Prepare to be disappointed.  You have at least some hope in 2019 so that is something to look forward to I guess.  All of your numbers and assessment of his play have nothing to do with the point that I am making.  I am telling you the reality of the situation.  You can throw at me all of those statistics that you, want but that doesn't change the cold hard facts.

And if you are thinking that we will draft a QB in the early rounds in this years draft, this will not happen, and you will once again be disappointed.  There is, however, a chance we draft a quarterback later.  And if we do that there is a chance, albeit a very small chance that, that late rounder will turn into a successful starter for us in the next few years. But you shouldn't count on it

Edited March 5 by billiejean

[KidNme]

Try to keep Mallett, he'll be cheaper than many of the other FA's available I think then draft a QB to develop in the later rounds (4-6 Depending on the caliber of QB's left on the board). I want to see our 1st couple rounds spent on CB's and WR's, maybe a pass rusher.