[News] Late For Work 4/19: 'High' Probability Ravens Will Draft Wide Receiver Early

[bioLarzen]

There are completely viable scenarios where the Ravens do not even draft an offensive player before their 4th pick so it's premature to assumecits going to be a WR.

Yep, it could very easily be a pass rusher, a CB, an ILB...
I'm still saying at #16 Ozzie simply cannot pick the wrong position. Maybe the wrong guy, but not the wrong position (assuming of course that it won't be a QB, a P, a K and a LS). Even a good TE and S would be welcome - not to mention all the other positions, if real starting caliber talent of that specific position is still on the board when we're n the clock in the first round..

[bioLarzen]

Trading back example: Assume Ravens trade back to 27th spot. Using Fanspeak to make selections and determine who is available. Moving back from 16 to 27 th and using the value chart should give Ravens 27th and 59th pick for the 16th. Derek Barnett is not usually available at 27 on the fanspeak program but one of the edge rushers found in first round mocks is always available there.

27 Derek Barnett He was still there in this mock
47 Forrest Lamp T/G
59 Cooper Kupp WR slow but sure WR
74 Sidney Jones CB May not be ready to start the season
78 Demarcus Walker DE
122 Ethan Pocic C
159 Jermaine Eluemunor G/T

This could be a great draft. Yep, Barnett is likelier gone than still on the board even at #165 let alone at #27 - but one week before the draft last year every single mock had Tunsil go in the 3-6 range, after it became clear the first two picks would be Goff and Wentz, in whicehever order... and look where Tunsil was then drafted... Yep, it took a bong video, but still: strange things can happen until the draft opens next Thursday...

[bioLarzen]

4 hours ago, #20=DA MAN!! said:

We need a few players with character issues...im tired of all the choir boys!!

Character issues don't make a young guy a good palyer automatically, so no, we do not "need" red flag guys. What may be argued for is that if a great talent falls in our way because of character issues, should it count or not... And this isn't really an argument - the ravens have drafted guys with baggages... There are certain baggage types that are a no-go in Baltimore, and that's why everybody knows that, for example, Joe Mixon won't be a Raven...

And just think about it... going with a guy you know isn't in full command of himself is no joke. Some of them, of course, go on proving that they have matured - like our very own Jimmy Smith for example, who was labelled as a potential trpuble guy - and that sank him down the draft order, tight to our roster.

BUT

For every Jimmy Smith, there is a Titus Young, an Aaron Hernandez, a Randy Gregory, a Rolando McClain, a Justin Blackmon, a Johnny Football, a Josh Gordon... guys who are known to be risky coming out of college - and then go on justifying any fears... Think about that too... not just the potential gain of getting a Lambo at a Prius price... Because it may very well turn out that the Lambo is broken beyond repair and you would be better off with a Prius...

Edited April 19 by bioLarzen

[Purple Dawg 96]

  5 hours ago, Purple Dawg 96 said:

Some people think that the WR creates separation but it's the routes that get it done! Another WR like Campy is all we need! 5ft 10 maybe and got heart! 6ft WRs are a thing of the past! Pats and squeelers are my examples Edelman and AB! Their size is with the TEs and we have "PLENTY"!

you need a QB with pinpoint accuracy to make the Edlemans and ABs of the world effective. we do not have that. this is also why i am against drafting John Ross.

EXACTAMUNDO! LOL

[merryjman]

Ha, nobody else saw the pun at the end where it said that the Ravens marching band was "instrumental" in bringing a team back to Baltimore?