[News] Round 4 (No. 122): Ravens Select Offensive Guard Nico Siragusa

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Baltimore took its first offensive player of the draft by addressing a need on the offensive line.

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[The Greek]

nice pick. tells me they will move lewis to rt.

[Moderator 3]

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Nico Siragusa had a dominant year in both phases of guard play in 2016. Siragusa’s 99.2 pass-blocking efficiency rating ranked No. 2 among guards in the draft class, and his run-block success rate of 93.4 percent also ranked No. 2 among guards in the class. — Jordan Plocher, @PFF_Jordan

 

 

[eze17]

Solid pick...Guy is a bruiser who should get every opportunity to crack the starting line-up.

[BiggMack91]

great now get Greg Pyke in the 6th Nico Siracusa at center and put Greg Pyke at LG wow we could have a good O-line

[BiggMack91]

zach banner still on the board too awesome

[BiggMack91]

I kind of want Ben Boulware too

[burnstr19]

I kind of want Ben Boulware too

Ben Boulware is way too slow for today's NFL. Undersized. Good college player - will be lost in the league.

[JamesA119]

nice pick. tells me they will move lewis to rt.

Not necessarily. Remember BPA. Alex Lewis May well move to RT, but that's not the reason they drafted Siragusa.

[Moderator 3]

	Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiecsun)
4/29/17, 1:11 PM Nico Siragusa, who is quite a character, said he was brought to Ravens to compete. Said he's never played center but he's open to it.

 

[BiggMack91]

  21 minutes ago, BiggMack91 said:

I kind of want Ben Boulware too

Ben Boulware is way too slow for today's NFL. Undersized. Good college player - will be lost in the league.

thats what they said before they beat the Tide lol

[iluvpurple]

I really like this pick 💜💜👍👍👍😎🏈

[verified]

i rememeber the good ol days when we were competetive

[bigcatfrank1]

He sounds like a Guard, hope he can support the tackle situation. Center may be a stretch. Not all lineman can play center thats for sure.

I am not real high on moving Alex, but if he can transition to Tackle without costing the level of play he brings at Guard then hopefully its worth it. Some feel its the way to go, but weakening his positions is not a good approach.

Certainly Yanda can move to tackle he has done it before, Again i am not high on that move either. I like Yanda and Lewis as our Guards.

[bigcatfrank1]

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Nico Siragusa had a dominant year in both phases of guard play in 2016. Siragusa’s 99.2 pass-blocking efficiency rating ranked No. 2 among guards in the draft class, and his run-block success rate of 93.4 percent also ranked No. 2 among guards in the class. — Jordan Plocher, @PFF_Jordan

 

 

He sounds like a guard

[ravens4life86]

Siragusa starts at OG, flip Lewis out to RT and sign Mangold for OC. And round 5 draft a WR or atleast offensive weapon.. TE like Butt or Hodges etc if they fall, But some offensive weapons. Im not opposed to more OL depth either since it seems to be falling in Ravens lap. Roderick Johnson, Dan Skipper, McDermott, couple other 3-4 round starter quality OL

[ravens4life86]

There goes Butt, 2nd round quality te.. wont get him.. dang it

[ravens4life86]

3 picks away.. I.Ford, M.Dupree, Kd.Cannon, N.Brown wrs, Tes Hodges,Hikutini,
Rbs McNichols, Hill, Hood,etc
Draft some one a weapon

[ravens4life86]

1 pick away...please please go offense this pick.. wr, offensive weapon

[law215]

I think OZ just needs to reach in his pocket and Harbs swallow his pride go get Boldin to work the slot with the speed on the outside. With the 2 power guards we drafted give Dixon, West, Allen, Woodhead opportunity and the offense is fine.

[Malik45168]

Well if we draft a reciever I hope he becomes our version of antonio brown

[ravens4life86]

Well Oz&crew definitely accomplished 3 goals this draft, beefed up OL and Pass Rush, added starter quality CB. So excellent job. But 1 goal remains failed with 1 pick left.. no WRs or offensive weapons added. Please add a wr round 6.

This draft makes me believe Boldin is returning. Which i dont mind but wouldve like a younger wr or 2

[Drinkmore Beer]

Good value pick. Just filled a hole at guard, so Lewis can move out to tackle.

[BoominRaven]

He sounds like a Guard, hope he can support the tackle situation. Center may be a stretch. Not all lineman can play center thats for sure.

I am not real high on moving Alex, but if he can transition to Tackle without costing the level of play he brings at Guard then hopefully its worth it. Some feel its the way to go, but weakening his positions is not a good approach.

Certainly Yanda can move to tackle he has done it before, Again i am not high on that move either. I like Yanda and Lewis as our Guards.

You do realize Alex Lewis was a tackle in college right

[metalraven]

i rememeber the good ol days when we were competetive

We've been competitive. We've been in just about every game, despite the losing season and 8-8. Our D lost many games in 4th. We're ensuring that doesn't happen anymore. We're very close. Just on the cusp.

[Jburt3131]

I want to remind you awesome fans, that we have some moves we can make to help at wr. Since we have so many TEs on the team we could potentially move waller back out to his natural position. I think that would be very possible. I also wouldn't mind putting pitta out as a slot wr/te and running boyle/williams/gilmore in any rotation as our 2 TE at the line. Yes, I would have liked a wr but we do have options so all is not lost. LETS GO RAVENS NATION!!!!!!!!

[billiejean]

There goes Butt, 2nd round quality te.. wont get him.. dang it

I think we are good in the TE department. Butt isnt a really explosive play maker either.

[billiejean]

This is a solid pick. I know some people were high on Z Banner but this was the right move. If Zach Banner ever starts for the Colts its going to be because they have a lot of injuries on the OL and its not going to be pretty. Converting a 6 9 guy to OG is tough and with his inelasticity and girth he is going to have a tough time getting into a three point stance. And to top it off this guy has come into camp way over weight in each of the years he has played at USC.

[budman]

1 hour ago, law215 said:

I think OZ just needs to reach in his pocket and Harbs swallow his pride go get Boldin to work the slot with the speed on the outside. With the 2 power guards we drafted give Dixon, West, Allen, Woodhead opportunity and the offense is fine.

Swallow what pride? He came out on national television and said he wants him back. 

[Flamengo1265]

We should still make a run at Mangold.