[News] Late For Work 3/29: Ravens Move Up In Post-Free Agency Power Rankings

[Mahatma_Sloth]

play waller on the inside as a TE/WR and spend the whole draft on passrush and o line maybe an ILB

[sizzlingdoom]

that's the creepiest smile i've ever seen

 

20 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

21 hours ago, The Beak said:

Trade T Jernigan to Dolphins for Devante Parker need solved...

Well, except that doesn't benefit the Dolphins very much...

Yeah not at all.....LOL. rmcjacket....bringin up the rear again.
Good proposal The Beak. Makes sense

[sizzlingdoom]

Trade T Jernigan to Dolphins for Devante Parker need solved...

Interesting...I think Timmy is probably a better player than Parker though.

[20306cab]

Lower the prices of beer at the stadium - it is going to be a long season.

THAT ain't gonna happen. We're ALL payin' for Pathetic Joe.

[RobertLRenfroJR@Gmail.com]

21 hours ago, trevorsteadman said:

Wright was a huge piece last year in Jimmy Smith's absence and did a decent job but definitely not as good as many expected. Kendrick Lewis was a good special teams player and a good #3 safety. I would definitely have them as key offseason losses. Two big spots that need to be filled. Looks like Carr will replace Wright but still remains to be unseen who will be the #3 safety.

Wright often was the guy beaten for the game losing play.  I hope they bring Webb back as the number 3 safety.  If not a guy like Jabril Peppers who can play everywhere would be nice if he is still on the board. Ravens have 4 picks in the top 100.   The corner with the torn ACL will be available in round 2 and so might Teez Tabor who is the best corner on tape regardless of 40 time in the draft.   Speaking of Corners and 40 times I wish the Ravens would bring in Justin Gilbert..  Who ran a 4.3 40 and he failed in Cleveland.  So have a lot of guys.   The Ravens pride themselves on keeping players in line and doing it the right way.   Justin Gilbert is a number 1 shutdown corner you can get for the league veteran minimum.   Then you let Ozzie work his magic in the draft for offensive linemen, pass rushers and maybe a WR or two.    But if you add Gilbert, her works out, Peppers in the 1st round.  a corner for depth in the 2nd then let Ozzie go find pass rushers, O linemen for the right side and a late WR or two and with Quan coming back you have a Super Bowl Team.    Getting Gilbert and Peppers both who can play all 7 positions the 6 DB and Money Backer rgen go corner in the 2nd it will be like having 3 number one corners and the replacement for Weddle when he is ready to retire.  Until then 4 corners who can cover anyone.    I really wanted The other Cowboy corner who signed with the Jets for what the Ravens offered.  But having Carr, Smilth, Justin Gilbert for the league minimum, Weddle and Jefferson you have your secondary set barring injury for 2017. You can get better WRs early next year.   If Watt slips into round 2 he is a perfect Ravens pass rusher.   Size and motor.   But pass rushers are there every year.   You usually have to draft four to get 1 or two.   This is a year to load up on the secondary.    Drafts this deep in quality safeties and corners is very rare.  There may not be a Prime Time or Ed Reed but there are guys who can lock down the other team's number one wr for the next ten years.   or hold down both safeties for the next 13 years.   And Justin Gilbert has HOF skills if the Ravens can hone them, what a steal he could hold down anyone in the league, perhaps even Julio Jones for the next 7 years.  He has the talent to be better than Revis.   The Ravens can get his head right and pay him pennies for the first two years or so.

[RobertLRenfroJR@Gmail.com]

22 hours ago, bioLarzen said:

Hmmm... looking at the adopted rule changes...

"Make actions to conserve time illegal after the two-minute warning warning of either half"

Does that include spiking the ball? The only goal of spiking the ball is literally to conserve time...

Or stepping out of bounds?

OK, this latter was a joke. But the first one is interesting.

If they wanted to shorten the games, they could always cut commercials.   I wonder if this applies to using timeouts or running down the play clock?  Without further explanation this rule seems geared more towards shortening games in a pass happy league to keep games on their TV schedules from running over.   It just sounds like they are making new Coke out of football.  If you aren't old enough to remember that disaster, consider yourself lucky.

 

6 hours ago, sizzlingdoom said:

Interesting...I think Timmy is probably a better player than Parker though.

Timmy is perfect for a Tampa 2 Team.   He'd be perfect in Tampa but they have almost nothing to give back in return.   Unless you could do a 3 way deal.  Where Tampa gave someone like San Fran, Doug Martin, Timmy went to Tampa and Ahmad Brooks came to the Ravens.  Unless they could dump a running back on the Giants.  Give us a 3rd rd pick.  And we could use the cap space to get a Victor Cruz and Quan.  Plus of course I still want Justin Gilbert the corner who never fit with the Browns, then again who has.  All  6'1"  210lbs and his 4.3 40 speed. all for the league minimum. I was hoping to sign Claibourne and nobody is even looking at Justin Gilbert.  Coached up the Raven way that would have been 3 number one corners under 30.  But we can still steal Gilbert for the league minimum.  I'm wondering If Quon doesn't want to come back, why haven't we looked at Vincent Jackson who the Bucs released.  A big tough WR Weddle played with as a charger?  Or why not go crazy.   The Cardinals don't want Fitz at his current salary and he is upset about WR cuts for money.   Why not Package Timmy and a draft pick or 2 for Larry?  I bet he would take a pay cut to come here and win a Super Bowl.   and after losing Campbell The Cards are hungry for any pass rushers even a natural 3 technique like Timmy.

[rmcjacket23]

1 hour ago, 20306cab said:

THAT ain't gonna happen. We're ALL payin' for Pathetic Joe.

Joe's contract has more to do with you sitting at home watching games on TV in your Ravens jersey eating bons bons than it does about ticket pricing or in-stadium beverage sales.

Them cutting the price of beer or even tickets with only lead to Joe and every other QBs contract size to grow, not shrink.

Do you guys still not understand how the NFL makes money?

[rmcjacket23]

40 minutes ago, RobertLRenfroJR@Gmail.com said:

If they wanted to shorten the games, they could always cut commercials.   I wonder if this applies to using timeouts or running down the play clock?  Without further explanation this rule seems geared more towards shortening games in a pass happy league to keep games on their TV schedules from running over.   It just sounds like they are making new Coke out of football.  If you aren't old enough to remember that disaster, consider yourself lucky.

 

 

Actually, Goodell already told us that they are looking into and almost certainly will be "cutting commercials"... in a sense.

Most likely you'll see less commercials, but just longer one's of the one's you do see.

Obviously doesn't make sense for the NFL to cut commercials entirely or reduce the amount of them without some sort of benefit on the other end. Commercials are how the NFL makes the majority of their money.

[Bat-mite]

22 hours ago, Moderator 3 said:

Seriously.  Conserving time is the heart and soul of the 2 minute drill.  This sounds like a fundamental change to how the game is played.

And also one of the most exciting parts of the game.