[News] Late For Work 5/1: Grades For Ravens' 2017 Draft Class

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  1 hour ago, rmcjacket23 said:

And do you really think that the Lions using a 3rd round pick on an extremely raw WR means they're done at the position?

Heck, if WE drafted a 3rd rounder, do you think the fanbase or the team would be content with what we have? We don't even trust a 1st rounder in his 3rd year... what makes you think another team is going to trust a raw 3rd rounder to make up for that production in his rookie year?

I doubt they're done looking to add receivers, just like other teams in the league aren't done. Detroit isn't the only team that would be interested.

Yes. The reason they drafted him was to replace Q. Comparing that situation to our situation is just wrong. In Detroit Q was the third WR and they have zero cap space. So it's safe to assume that they're  mooving on without him. 

The funny thing is that I'm on your side and don't think Q is the best option at this point in his career. But I acgnowlidged that there is a chance we sign him. Even if it's 1 percent. You refuse to let that pass.

i can only speak of myself but I remember sometime last year when you and I had multiple discussions about the salary cap and signing Free Agents. I made valid points and so did you. Except You went as far as to call me out and say i must be crazy. You said stuff like "end of discussion and this is a fact!" When all I was trying to show you is that salary cap space can be and should be freed up last year. Guess what, we did free up a lot of cap space and signed a few good guys when you said its impossible and mocked me like I was out of my mind. Heck you were wrong but I don't hold that against you because I know you were just passionate about our Ravens. Other people may take it the wrong way and you certainly wouldn't like people speaking to you in the same tone that you sometime speak to others.

You once called someone a flat out "Troll" and you may have been right about his action. You certainly were wrong to call him a troll. Call out his action, neg him, or ignore. The difference between calling someone a troll or saying this comment seems like your trolling is heaven and hell

 

1. I'd like to get a direct quote of where I said something like "end of discussion and that is a fact", because that's not something I typically say.

Would love to get the specifics behind this claim. On the surface, it appears you have me confused with somebody else. I argue with people frequently about the salary cap, primarily because very few people seem to have a vague clue about how it works, but most of the time its more about education than speculation.

2. Based on what I see, the Lions have more cap space than we do currently, at close to $6M. They too, like us, could cut a player or two and create more if needed.

The reason I compared the situations is because our own fanbase is demanding we sign a veteran receiver purely because we don't trust the one's we have on our team... mostly because they are too young and inexperienced. Sounds like the exact same situation in Detroit to me when it comes to a 3rd rounder or Boldin.

The reason you resign Boldin is because you know he will only be there for another year, and then your guy takes over next season.

3. I call many people trolls because they are trolls. I call it like I see it. I tell people who make one or two trolling comments that they are trolling. I tell people who make nothing but trolling comments that they are a troll, because they are a troll.

If they don't want to be called a troll, then don't troll. Its that simple. They make their choice to come in here and troll, and I make my choice to call them out for what they are.

Same concept with people who post baseless opinions. You got guys in here every day who ignorantly say they think we should cut Flacco. They don't care about the gigantic negative impact on the salary cap, or the fact that we'd have to cut like a dozen players in order to make that happen (some of which are very valuable).

Those people deserve to be scrutinized. They deserve to have their opinions disagreed with and oftentimes ripped apart, because they are opinions based on ignorance. Nobody could even realistically argue that their opinion is valid.