Tom Zibikowzki

[raylewismvp]

You had a great year bro! You got over looked though due to the awesome rookies we had.... Joe Flacco and Ray Rice... BUt you did a great job!

[tweety]

I play with him in SuperStar madden. When he played for Notre Dame I thought he was going to be a great Strong Safety. When have so many Strong Safeties on the team. I wonder who will be employed as a starter in 3 years.

Great Kick Return coverage and descent Kick Return with sure hands.

[raylewismvp]

[quote name='tweety' post='140898' date='Jan 19 2009, 02:31 PM']I play with him in SuperStar madden. When he played for Notre Dame I thought he was going to be a great Strong Safety. When have so many Strong Safeties on the team. I wonder who will be employed as a starter in 3 years.

Great Kick Return coverage and descent Kick Return with sure hands.[/quote]

agreed 110%

[Ed_Reed20]

He and Nakamura played really well on special teams. Zibikowski also surprised me with his solid kick-off returns.

[RavenFan626]

I loved that we got him and Nakamura. It sometimes makes me wish we weren't so young and talented at the position to see what they could do starting.

[tweety]

While he was a consistent kick return I would like to see more explosion from the position. I think he is more likely in temporary placement for return job.

[Ed_Reed20]

Yep. Rice did pretty well too but I don't know if he has the speed to take on to the house. Maybe they will pick up a kick returner in the draft.

[Bullrush]

He should compete for the starting job at safety this offseason. We need a safety who can blow up receivers each game and make plays in the passing game as well. He's similar to Reed with the ball in his hands, bigtime playmaker.

[NC Ravens Fan]

anybody know why they pulled tom after the first kickoff return he made?

i was really disappointed with nakamura this season.
all preseason i heard about how awesome of a tackler he was and everything and besides the debatable
late shot on ben yesterday he really didnt show a typical ravens defense fire on the field.
he missed some tackles by going for arm tackles and he took an awful angle and seemed to give up on
the long Holmes td pass.
solid backup maybe but i didnt see it from him this year.

[TXRaven]

We really had a good crop of rookies this year.

[PuRock]

[quote name='TXRaven' post='141068' date='Jan 19 2009, 03:53 PM']We really had a good crop of rookies this year.[/quote]

Just wait until next years crop! Draft Day for the Ravens is as good as any Game Day.

[KyleBollerIsTheBestEvar]

Personally, I think the biggest play Zibby made for us this whole season came on a 3rd down late in the Divisional round game against the Titans, while a Titan was making a half way decent effort to fight for extra yardage Zibby came to help out on the tackle and totally bent the guy backwards right at the sticks. A fantastic, and drive-stopping play. Zibby looks good out there, but, in all honesty let's admit that Jim Leonhard stole the show once Dawan went down. Zibby has potential, but, Jim Leonhard plays like an animal.

[KyleBollerIsTheBestEvar]

[quote name='NC Ravens Fan' post='141057' date='Jan 19 2009, 03:47 PM']i was really disappointed with nakamura this season.
all preseason i heard about how awesome of a tackler he was and everything and besides the debatable
late shot on ben yesterday he really didnt show a typical ravens defense fire on the field.
he missed some tackles by going for arm tackles and he took an awful angle and seemed to give up on
the long Holmes td pass.
solid backup maybe but i didnt see it from him this year.[/quote]
I hate to admit it, but I have to agree. He looks small, and other than standard kick coverage duties he didn't seem to excel in any role Rex tried to put him in. I mean, he's a rookie, so, it's safe to assume he'll get better, but, yeah, I agree about being disappointed in his season.