[News] Ravens Make Several Jersey Number Changes Before Draft

[BR News]

Lardarius Webb will retain his No. 21 jersey after safety Tony Jefferson had previously claimed it. That means Tavon Young will change again. Matthew Judon is taking on the highest number.

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[jkl]

Just documenting my prediction here -- L. Webb will be our primary punt returner this season. He loves running them back and is pretty darn good at it. In past seasons he lobbied heavily for a fair shake at the job, but was too valuable on D to risk injury. l'm surprised I have not read any speculation on this in the reporting world. Might be neat to see him run back kickoffs too.

[BiggMack91]

Judon is going to have a break out season all we really need is one more good DB from the draft with pass rusher like anderson in the 3rd our D will be #1

[whobilly]

Nice to see #81 is available for when we bring Boldin back.

[sizzlingdoom]

Just documenting my prediction here -- L. Webb will be our primary punt returner this season. He loves running them back and is pretty darn good at it. In past seasons he lobbied heavily for a fair shake at the job, but was too valuable on D to risk injury. l'm surprised I have not read any speculation on this in the reporting world. Might be neat to see him run back kickoffs too.

For sure. that was one of the main positives I was thinking about when we brought him back. I think he still has some punt return ability, but at the very least he's a set of sure hands back there. I've been cringing on every return for years now instead of getting excited for us to make a play. I think Kickoff return duties are a little past him at this point. We might draft someone for that, plus we resigned Keenan today, and we have Camp, and Moore could be interesting as well.

[sizzlingdoom]

Nice to see #81 is available for when we bring Boldin back.

Agreed. I'd rather end up with Ju Ju or Davis, but Q would be a nice consolation

[sizzlingdoom]

Judon is going to have a break out season all we really need is one more good DB from the draft with pass rusher like anderson in the 3rd our D will be #1

I like Anderson too, and Willie McGuinest was saying how he's a straight DAWG. I think he would play the Jerrod Johnson/Upshaw role, better than both of them.
The DB thing is going to be interesting for the first 2 days. So many insanely talented corners. We're set at Safety for at least the next 2 years though. Grabbing to King to follow Weddle up would be Epic.
We have 3 Very legit corners, and others holes, so I'm really curious when we're going to take our first corner. If we take one at 16, I think it would be a Massive mistake, esp. if it was Humphrey. But that second and third round are going to be interesting. I'm guessing there will be about 12-16 corners picked from the latter part of the first, to the end of the third. I would also say that 80% of them would go in the first round in about every other draft. So I think the value of grabbing one in the second or third is very worth it. Even with other holes. A couple names that I would LOVE to see become Ravens are Sidney Jones, Quincy Wilson, Teez Tabor, and Chidobe Awuzie. I'm looking for Lawson or Ju Ju in the second though depending on where we go in the first. We need to accumulate more picks between 25-100.
I'm going to be incredibly upset to say the least if the Steelers take Ju Ju or Awuzie with their first pick.

[sizzlingdoom]

Judon is going to have a break out season all we really need is one more good DB from the draft with pass rusher like anderson in the 3rd our D will be #1

I like Judon too, but I still don't see him becoming a full-time player next year. I think we groom him again, and get him a lot of snaps, esp. while giving Sizzle some rest and keeping him fresh. But I'm really thinking we're going to draft someone in the first or second to put opposite Sizzle. Maybe Lawson or Barnett. Then maybe if Suggs retires after this year, Judon will be ready to be a full-time player by year 3, and we can team him up with our high draft pick from this year. Just a thought. I would love it though if Judon just absolutely steps up and forces himself into a full-time role this year. I think it was clear last year though that our pass rush overall was pretty stagnant. For some reason I haven't much love at all for Charles Harris in all of our comments, but I could see him as being a dark horse pick for sure. Talented pass rusher and a lot of people see him as a top 15 talent, even in this draft. He's been very underrated imo. If we took him at 16, or traded back a little and took him, neither would surprise me.
Unless Davis or Barnett are there, I hope we trade back.
Foster and Lamp are interesting as well.
Cook is an interesting playmaker as well, lot of flags on and off the field though.

But like you said about the D, I too think we are 1 or 2 pieces away from having THE # 1 D. And that can definitely be taken care of in the draft. Vets are still gonna get cut too. Can't wait for tomorrow. But I honestly think Friday is far more important

[Ravensfansince03]

Glad to have Webb back. And anyone who thinks that Webb will be a backup guy is out of their mind. Still the best defender we have on defense outside of jimmy smith

[whobilly]

  13 hours ago, whobilly said:

Nice to see #81 is available for when we bring Boldin back.

Agreed. I'd rather end up with Ju Ju or Davis, but Q would be a nice consolation

Yes, can't hurt to have a winner if the price is right.

[sizzlingdoom]

  2 hours ago, sizzlingdoom said:

  14 hours ago, whobilly said:

Nice to see #81 is available for when we bring Boldin back.

Agreed. I'd rather end up with Ju Ju or Davis, but Q would be a nice consolation

Yes, can't hurt to have a winner if the price is right.

Q is my 3rd favorite athlete of all time. And that was before he became a Raven. His skill set is exactly what we need too. Hopefully he's not still pissed at us for shipping him away after he carried us to a SB. Not to mention it was for like what, a 6th lol. That's insulting. But really, I would love to have him back

[sizzlingdoom]

Glad to have Webb back. And anyone who thinks that Webb will be a backup guy is out of their mind. Still the best defender we have on defense outside of jimmy smith

Dude, Weddle and TJ are top 10 Safties in the NFL.
Our corners are set at Jimmy, Carr, and Tavon.
Webb is a back up, but he'll be on the field when there are 6 dbs out there. He's a great back up.
More importantly I expect him to be our sure set of hands as a punt returner. I think he has a little return ability left as well. Especially since he'll be fresh. He might be a great gunner too. Anyone will be better than Aiken.................jeez