The Ravens Need A Playmaker At Receiver...

[Ed_Reed20]

After watching the Super Bowl, I can't help but think about the Ravens and how they can get to this point. Both teams got big-time plays from their receivers. No one really be talking about Anquan Boldin but he had a very good game and Fitzgerald put on a show late. Holmes has done it all year and did it again tonight with some HUGE plays.

We've all said it at one point but the Ravens need a playmaker at receiver. I want them to get a corner like D.J. Moore or Alphonso Smith in the draft but I really hope they draft and finally hit on a receiver this year.

Mason is only getting older and Clayton will probably never be able to do what Holmes does unless he has someone taking pressure off him.

[Bmore]

Larry Fitzgerald is the best WR of all time. No joke. We aren't getting someone like him.

However, we do need an upgrade.

DHB

[Chi_Town_Raven]

Imagine if we cut everyone on "O", and got Aso, Palu, and Patrick Willis. Like that would ever happen . I agree that we need a major upgrade.

[Lets_Go_Joe]

[quote name='Bmore' post='148655' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:42 PM']Larry Fitzgerald is the best WR of all time. No joke. We aren't getting someone like him.

However, we do need an upgrade.

DHB[/quote]
Don't crown him yet, but I agree he will be one of the all time greats. Definitely better then Randy Moss IMO.

DHB is very raw, I would rather see Kenny Britt or Hakeem Nicks. Unless DHB falls to the second round, I don't think we should take him.

[Moderator 2]

Tall fast and great hands Can we clone Larry Fitz?

[Reed The D]

[quote]Holmes has done it all year and did it again tonight with some HUGE plays.[/quote]
go look at the stats
holmes had a bad year
mason was better then him
but he was sick tonight and is a crazy playmaker
they just need to throw to him more

[YABOY]

the only reason holmes can make plays is because big **** is always running around in the pocket

[Sherb]

[quote name='Lets_Go_Joe' post='148658' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:46 PM']Don't crown him yet, but I agree he will be one of the all time greats. Definitely better then Randy Moss IMO.

DHB is very raw, I would rather see Kenny Britt or Hakeem Nicks. Unless DHB falls to the second round, I don't think we should take him.[/quote]
yea i just posted in another forum about nicks was watching him in the contest thing and he looked like he had good hands nice stats too [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=183652"]http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=183652[/url] i havent watched any north carolina ball so i havent seen him actually play but then again i first saw flacco in the same contest and dident know who he was and well we already know that story

[Moderator 2]

Holmes was ok this year, this I know because he was on my FF team. Whenever I needed him to step up he didn't. Not taking away from his game today, I just shook my head.

[Sherb]

yea when i was watching them line up i saw holmes i yelled watch holmes trust me i know ive seen him 3 times this year i know the play. sure enough they threw it to him.

[RavensIQ]

[quote name='Chi_Town_Raven' post='148657' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:45 PM']Imagine if we cut everyone on "O", and got Aso, Palu, and Patrick Willis. Like that would ever happen . I agree that we need a major upgrade.[/quote]

Dude shut up already about Patrick Willis. It's never happening. San Fran is not gonna give up their best player just bcuz you think it's a good idea. This is like the 100th time you've brought up Patrick Willis on this message board. San Fran trading Patrick Willis is like the Colts trading Payton Manning. It's not happening. You have a better chance at laying a golden egg than the Ravens have at getting Patrick Willis. STOP. Just Stop. Joking or not.

[Reed The D]

[quote]Dude shut up already about Patrick Willis. It's never happening. San Fran is not gonna give up their best player just bcuz you think it's a good idea. This is like the 100th time you've brought up Patrick Willis on this message board. San Fran trading Patrick Willis is like the Colts trading Payton Manning. It's not happening. You have a better chance at laying a golden egg than the Ravens have at getting Patrick Willis. STOP. Just Stop. Joking or not.[/quote]
Thank you.

[hitman124]

Would you guys want TO as a WR? I have a feeling Im gonna get smashed for suggesting that lol,gimme a break im australian and dont know much about him....

[RavensIQ]

[quote name='hitman124' post='148731' date='Feb 2 2009, 12:28 AM']Would you guys want TO as a WR? I have a feeling Im gonna get smashed for suggesting that lol,gimme a break im australian and dont know much about him....[/quote]
Well I have you're back. I'd love to have T.O.
He would be an absolute stud here in Baltimore.

If you're willing to go out on a limb then I'll go out there with you and say this..

Ray for T.O.?

NOO that's not what I want but from all the latest reports on Ray, things aren't looking to great. If Dallas want's Ray you know they are going to give up whatever it takes. There are already rumors about Dallas looking for ways to get rid of T.O. so a packaged deal for Ray doesn't seem to far fetched. People are already bringing up hypotheticals about how TO would respond to Ray in the locker room suggesting it would be a bad mix. Could it happen? I hope not just saying...Cam asked Ozzie for a big playmaking WR for next year. Ray's comments, Shannon Sharpes comments, Rod Woodson's comments, all are not helping any. The salary cap + Ray's last chance at getting big bucks + the chance of losing him in FA could = trade ray for draft picks (Couple 1st round picks maybe 1,2,3) or big play wr on offense as a last desperation scenario at retaining as much value as possible from our best player. Just saying...not hoping.

[flynismo]

[quote name='hitman124' post='148731' date='Feb 2 2009, 12:28 AM']Would you guys want TO as a WR? I have a feeling Im gonna get smashed for suggesting that lol,gimme a break im australian and dont know much about him....[/quote]

lol...well, we won't bash ya since you're down there and don't get the priviledge of witnessing the drama queen known as TO.

Short answer is.....Hell No, No T.O.

[codizzle]

[quote name='hitman124' post='148731' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:28 PM']Would you guys want TO as a WR? I have a feeling Im gonna get smashed for suggesting that lol,gimme a break im australian and dont know much about him....[/quote]
na he wouldnt fit in here.... we actually traded for him when he was at philly but he said he didnt want to play for us

[Moderator 2]

In recent History I think TO drops more then he catches.

[Sherb]

i wouldent mind t.o if he kept his mouth shut and played football but thats not going to happen knowing t.o hed scar flacco for life

[Fred Sanford]

[quote name='Sherb' post='148762' date='Feb 2 2009, 12:56 AM']hed scar flacco for life[/quote]

Have you seen a Flacco press conference? That dude could spend 10 years in a Stalinist gulag and barely notice.

He's calm and collected almost to the point of apathy.

[RavensIQ]

Honestly I dont think T.O. would have problem here. There isn't big media. It's not like Anita Marks or Mike Preston is gonna make T.O. flip out. We have a team atmosphere which T.O. has never really had a chance to be a part of. We have a lot of level headed players and a lot of veteran leadership. Harbaugh might be one of the guys from Philly that T.O. was close with. If he demanded Joe to give him the ball it's not like it would be a bad a thing. That would be the whole purpose in bringing him here. He gives it his all, blocking, running, route running. He is purely a top notch competitor. Trust me when your at such a high level of competition players hate losing more than they love winning. T.O. is one of those guys. I think being that T.O. is towards the latter end of his career that his goal would be more towards attaining another championship then personal accomplishments. He's been apart of so many failing organizations plus the additional pressure given by all the major media that it causes frustration and over whelms him. The drama is only brought bcuz the media finds ways to bring it. It's not T.O. It's the reporters trying to create a story. Bottom line I don't think he would get the negative attention that he received from previous major markets simply bcuz nobody cares about Baltimore and that this team is ran as a unit not as a team of individuals.

[codizzle]

philly has a team atmosphere... ever since he's been gone... they have been better than with him

[hemp85]

[quote name='Bmore' post='148655' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:42 PM']Larry Fitzgerald is the best WR of all time. No joke. We aren't getting someone like him.

However, we do need an upgrade.

DHB[/quote]

haha sorry, I only wish that you were joking, but Fitzgerald is not the greatest WR of all time. I don't even think he is the best receiver in the league right now. I would rather have Randy Moss on my team, especially when we have a qb like Flacco, who throws one of the best deep balls in the whole league. I'm not trying to knock Fitzgerald, he has hands of gold, but he still has lots to prove in his career to even be mentioned with the rest of the all time greats. Additionally, how can you forget about Jerry Rice? The man is in a class of his own, he is the G.O.A.T. Nobody comes close to what he has accomplished in his career.

[flynismo]

I don't think he's the best wr on his team, much less in the league, and far from GOAT.

[WV RAVEN]

[b][/b]NO T.O.
The Ravens are about "Team" not about "ME".

[RavensIQ]

[quote name='codizzle' post='148820' date='Feb 2 2009, 02:01 AM']philly has a team atmosphere... ever since he's been gone... they have been better than with him[/quote]

to be fair...philly fans probably didn't help the situation out a whole lot when they started turning on both McNabb and T.O.

It all stemmed from the superbowl loss when McNabb basically choked. Think about it. T.O. did everything to return from a broken leg including sleeping in an oxygen chamber, special diets, supplements, exercises, rehabilitation, just so he could help his team in the superbowl. McNabb get's sick, hurts his team (cost them the championship) bcuz he didn't take his flinstone chewables??

I'd be mad too. In his mind he's doing everything in his ability to return from a compound fracture in his leg but McNabb allows himself to get sick the week b4 the superbowl? Was McNabb doing everything in his ability to stay healthy and be at his best? The same commitment wasn't there for McNabb (the team leader) that T.O. was willing to make. That causes animosities towards teammates especially if it cost a player a career goal such as a Lombardi Trophy.

then the Fans shred McNabb he gets his ego hurt. Hes no longer the chunky soup funny man everybody flocks too in the locker room. He gets jealous and the T.O./McNabb soap opera is born.

Even in Dallas the fans were booing him bcuz of the alleged comments made by witten. No love.

Ravens fans never turn on their players (unless that players jersey reads Boller. Then it's ok.hahah cheered when he hurt his ankle, still cracks me up) Imagine the love we would give T.O. and how much he would appreciate it. = Pleasant relationship.

[shaikh015]

[quote name='RavensIQ' post='148713' date='Feb 2 2009, 01:15 AM']Dude shut up already about Patrick Willis. It's never happening. San Fran is not gonna give up their best player just bcuz you think it's a good idea. This is like the 100th time you've brought up Patrick Willis on this message board. San Fran trading Patrick Willis is like the Colts trading Payton Manning. It's not happening. You have a better chance at laying a golden egg than the Ravens have at getting Patrick Willis. STOP. Just Stop. Joking or not.[/quote]
They can get a lot of picks for him,......LOL

[the_PICKle]

[quote name='flynismo' post='148822' date='Feb 2 2009, 02:05 AM']I don't think he's the best wr on his team, much less in the league, and far from GOAT.[/quote]

If you think Boldin is better than Fitz your crazy. Fitz is an absolute animal, and catches anything he touches. Not to mention is a total class act. But I would agree he has a way to go before he is mentioned as once of the greatest of all time, but he has the talent to make an amazing HOF run.

[shaikh015]

[quote name='shaikh015' post='148835' date='Feb 2 2009, 03:28 AM']They can get a lot of picks for him,......LOL[/quote]
I agree that it would be good idea, he would be a more defined player directly under ray Lewis's "Raven" wings...

[the_PICKle]

[quote name='RavensIQ' post='148713' date='Feb 2 2009, 12:15 AM']Dude shut up already about Patrick Willis. It's never happening. San Fran is not gonna give up their best player just bcuz you think it's a good idea. This is like the 100th time you've brought up Patrick Willis on this message board. San Fran trading Patrick Willis is like the Colts trading Payton Manning. It's not happening. You have a better chance at laying a golden egg than the Ravens have at getting Patrick Willis. STOP. Just Stop. Joking or not.[/quote]

Thank you! Drop your mancrush and move on. It will never happen and it's just annoying.

[codizzle]

sorry IQ its too late im too tired to completely address ur post about philly

larry fitz is the best complete wr in the league no question boldin is not even close