Rey Maualuga

[20ravens52]

I want him in a Ravens uniform badly. I think the only way we could go get him is to trade up to the teens. But, I think he is just what we need next to Lewis next year. Someone to do the dirtywork like Bart did and learn from Ray in his final years.

His game speed is very fast for a 6'2 260 lb linebacker and he is a thumper. The guy has heart and he always Goes HARD on every play I have seen. And personally, I think his play reminds me of Ray Lewis.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg1ZBOlCQ98"]REY REY[/url]

But I just dunno there are a lot of teams I suspect are looking at him, but if Denver doesn't pick him up at 12, I think it'd be worth it to trade uo to around pick 15-20.

What is everyones thoughts on him.

[Devastat1on]

I'd like to see what Tavares Gooden can do before we go get another linebacker.. Give the guy a chance before we take someone whos going to immediately get the job over him.. Gooden played well in college and he seems to have a lot of upside.. I would rather us pass up on Maualuga and take a DL, OL, or WR and give Gooden a chance to play..

[MKdave]

[quote name='Devastat1on' post='178666' date='Apr 9 2009, 07:47 PM']I'd like to see what Tavares Gooden can do before we go get another linebacker.. Give the guy a chance before we take someone whos going to immediately get the job over him.. Gooden played well in college and he seems to have a lot of upside.. I would rather us pass up on Maualuga and take a DL, OL, or WR and give Gooden a chance to play..[/quote]

If Maualuga's there at 26 and we pass on him I'll freak right out. Gooden can come in once Ray is done. Rey and Ray in the middle would be an insane combo.

[20ravens52]

Yeah i like Gooden too, but we still need some more depth at the ILB position especially if we want to operate in and out of a 3-4. I just don't think Gooden is a 3-4 ILB.

I mean all we really have is Ray, Gooden(injury prone in college and pros), and Mcclain who is more of an OLB, IMO. We let go of Nick Gresien

[AlaskanRavensFan]

Yeah, i think if Rey is there we should definitely go after him. He definitely has the attitude of the a Raven. Honestly I would rather draft Rey than Bey, because I think reciever rarely pan out, it's a tough position to evaluate and we could always use more talent on D. I understand that we are pretty stacked in that department, but if we don' t select him there at 26, the Titans and Steelers are right there behind us to scoop him up.

[52Kia Kaha92]

i dont want to trade up for him because he might fall to us but if he doesnt i wont care that much because i have a very high belief that Jameel McClain and Tavares Gooden can battle for the Scott role

[Ngata Chance]

[quote name='20ravens52' post='178669' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:58 PM']Yeah i like Gooden too, but we still need some more depth at the ILB position especially if we want to operate in and out of a 3-4. I just don't think Gooden is a 3-4 ILB.

I mean all we really have is Ray, Gooden(injury prone in college and pros), and Mcclain who is more of an OLB, IMO. We let go of Nick Gresien[/quote]


Exactly. We need the depth. The Ravens are a D-first team, and should draft as such. If we can get a guy like Rey in, learn from the master at how to dominate his position, we'd be set for a long time at ILB.

That being said, if we can't get Rey (very likely) I would almost take a shot at Clay Matthews.

[BloodRaven]

Guys forget we only have 1 proven ILB for our hybrid 3-4, and he's going to be 34 soon.

Im sure Ozzy has taken this into consideration.

[Wacko4Zacko]

I say take this dude over DHB....We can always grab a WR from FA or the 2nd round.

[20ravens52]

[quote name='Wacko4Zacko' post='179265' date='Apr 11 2009, 02:51 PM']I say take this dude over DHB....We can always grab a WR from FA or the 2nd round.[/quote]


I can only hope we get him. I agree about getting a reciever in the 2nd rd, because it looks like Nicks, Britt, Robskie, and possibly DHB will be available in the 2nd rd. Plus, with Ray Lewis still on the team we could groom another Linebacker and it would be IMO less of a risk to draft a LB in the 1st then a Wide Reciever.

[ZIBBY28]

if Rey is there at 26 i think we should take him, but i dont think it would be smart to try and trade up for ANY player in this draft and sacrafice more picks.. we only have 6 to begin with and i think rather than trade up, we should trade back if at all possible and pick up an extra 2nd and 3rd or 4th rounder depending on how early the pick in the 2nd round would be..

rey at 26 is unlikely but if he's there i think he would be a great pickup

[Ravensfan23]

[quote name='Ngata Chance' post='178775' date='Apr 9 2009, 06:24 PM']Exactly. We need the depth. The Ravens are a D-first team, and should draft as such. If we can get a guy like Rey in, learn from the master at how to dominate his position, we'd be set for a long time at ILB.

That being said, if we can't get Rey (very likely) I would almost take a shot at Clay Matthews.[/quote]

I like Rey and i think he would be a great fit for the Ravens. However i think that the Ravens need to get away from that defensive team mentality. Yes we have a great defense and hopefully things will stay that way, but if u haven't noticed, we haven't won much this decade and without a good offense we won't.

Yes having a great defense is what we do, but where has that gotten us? We need to build a offense that can consistently move the ball and score vs the elite teams in this league.

For years we have been known as a defensive team in an offensive league. I think that will change starting with this season. But the only way we will truely be great offensively is to select great players in the draft offensively. So drafting as a defense first team will always keep us a step behind the elite teams in this league imo.

The Ravens need to take the BPA that fits a need. If that is a WR then take him, if that is a ILB then take him, If that is a CB then take him. We just need to become better as a team, not as a offense or a defense but as a TEAM.

I think this years draft much like last year will add tremendous depth to our team as well as good talent. We need to focus just as much on the offensive side of the ball as the defensive side.

Think about what happened last year. We didn't advance to the Super Bowl because the Steelers had a better offense when it counted then we did. In all three games we lost to Pitt, even though we held late leads or said close. If we would have scored atleast one more TDs, instead of a FGs we would have probably won. Instead Big Ben came up with last minute drives that we couldn't counter.

Its said that Defense wins Championships, but that wasn't the case with the Ravens last year. We had a great defense but our offense couldn't captialize on the opportunities that the D gave them. We had one of the worst redzone %. We were in the bottom half of the league in passing. Hell we got the ball on like the 7 yard line vs the steelers and couldn't produce more then 3 points in one game. We only had 2 WRs that had more then 15 recs. Our WRs had a total of 10 TDs, TO had that many TDs last year and he got cut. Do we really wanna go thru another season like that? Do we really wanna waste what could be a franchise QB, because we are a defensive first team? We have a pretty solid team when it comes to depth, on the defensive side of the ball, that depth is loaded with talent, i'm not sure we can say the same on the offense. If we can add to and improve the offense i say do it, we have proven to be able to find defensive talent anywhere.

When was the last late round or undrafted free agent offensive player to have big success for the Ravens(not counting Perist Holmes). I can name AD, Bart Scott, Will Demps, Dawan Landry, Hartwell, Baxter, Tony Weaver, Kemo, and even a FA like Leonhard on the defensive side of the ball, but how much success have we had on the offensive side of the ball?

[Ravensfan23]

sorry about the double post guys.

[Wacko4Zacko]

Here I did research and.....I found a WR who should still be around by the 2nd round...[b]Juaquin Iglesias[/b] from Oklahoma.
[url="http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profiles/juaquin-iglesias?id=80650"]http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profiles/jua...lesias?id=80650[/url]


He seems like he could definantly be our WR if he is still available. So I say take [b]Rey Maualuga[/b] That we get [b]Double the Ray trouble[/b]

[RoflDogs]

Iglesias doesn't have much upside imo

Rey is kinda benefiting from a godly usc team with bunch of talent that makes the players benefit from.

If you look closely at him in film, you see that he goes straight toward where he thinks the ball is. If he is wrong, the other team is probably rushing to the outside, and Rey kinda screwed up.

But I do like the way Rey collapses the pocket tremendously

[Devastat1on]

[quote name='Wacko4Zacko' post='179265' date='Apr 11 2009, 02:51 PM']I say take this dude over DHB....We can always grab a WR from FA or the 2nd round.[/quote]

I absolutely agree with that. I dont want DHB.. I just dont think DHB can come in and make an immediate impact.. Somebody said Gooden could take over once Ray retires.. I will say, i did not even think of that.. Rey seems a bit more appealing to me now..

[Wacko4Zacko]

[quote name='RoflDogs' post='179433' date='Apr 12 2009, 03:44 PM']Iglesias doesn't have much upside imo

Rey is kinda benefiting from a godly usc team with bunch of talent that makes the players benefit from.

If you look closely at him in film, you see that he goes straight toward where he thinks the ball is. If he is wrong, the other team is probably rushing to the outside, and Rey kinda screwed up.

But I do like the way Rey collapses the pocket tremendously[/quote]
Thats why we have other lines backers on the opposite side, so if one side is wrong, the other side has a chance to stop it.

[BloodRaven]

We only have one proven ILB. Why not take the highest rated one in the draft if hes available? trust me when I say if he comes here he will NOT BUST.

[20ravens52]

[quote name='BloodRaven' post='179573' date='Apr 13 2009, 03:45 AM']We only have one proven ILB. Why not take the highest rated one in the draft if hes available? trust me when I say if he comes here he will NOT BUST.[/quote]

He will NOT BUST on the Ravens because...he has the abilty to play in both the 3-4, and 4-3 effectively. He can shed off blocks and blitz, and stop the run very effective and is pretty good in coverage for a ILB. What else could we want in a ILB?

Oh yeah and he doesn't take plays off...

[coordinator0]

If Maualuga is there we shouldn't even hesitate to take no, no matter who else is there besides Pettigrew and Jackson. He fits nicely alongside Gooden as our ILB's of the future and he certainly has the demeanor that the Ravens like.

[markorad]

he won't fall to us and i doubt we would trade up for him

[pattymac6]

[quote name='markorad' post='180351' date='Apr 15 2009, 05:41 PM']he won't fall to us and i doubt we would trade up for him[/quote]
He could fall because he was supposedly hurt during workouts and at the combine, but i doubt they would trade up for him because of the depth the D already has. I agree with you though. If he falls to 26th, thats great, take him, but if not, move on to the next guy and fill another need

[RavensIQ]

Nah Maualuga isn't falling to 26. There was a possibility that he might bcuz of his poor combine workout, but at his pro day he lit up. He ran the 40 in like 4.6? Something like that. I highly doubt he will even fall out of the top 15. 26 is a stretch at best.

[Mik]

any chance we trade up to get him? mayock is saying rey may fall to the ravens!

[pattymac6]

[quote name='Mik' post='183596' date='Apr 23 2009, 08:38 PM']any chance we trade up to get him? mayock is saying rey may fall to the ravens![/quote]
they're not gonna trade up because it's not THAT big of a priority like we really need him

[Mik]

let's hope he falls! (not gonna happen!)

there's a lot of quality WR in the 2nd round, but i still like DHB tho. robiskie would be a nice pick in the 2nd round, but he might not be there

[pattymac6]

i think we should go db in the first and then take a wr in the 2nd and see who all has fallen because i think we could get just as good a receiver in the 2nd as we would with the first pick

[RavenFan626]

I starting to think there is an actual chance he could drop to us. If he does the Ravens have to take him. I would love it. Stick him in right next to Ray and let him learn and eventually replace him.

[20ravens52]

lol anyone see the SI Mock draft by Peter King?

He has us taking Maualuga.


It was a pretty bad mock draft in my opinion...but I like how he had Maualuga falling for us. I just don't want us trading our first and more for Boldin.

[Bullitt_711]

so did mayock and billick they picked malaluga as well