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Baltimore Ravens Thread

Paully D

Current Roster:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Baltimore_Ravens_roster

Thought I might as well set up a thread for us Ravens fans as there's a few of us on here and it would be handy to have a place for discussion about the team in a dedicated forum.

Has the season gone in line with your off season expectations?

Massive game coming up this weekend in which a win would seal the division and a loss would almost guarantee the Steelers taking it as they should beat the Browns.

Have any of you been to the M&T Bank Stadium for a Ravens game? I'd love to go sometime.

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mikemac1

Pierce is fierce! :cool:

Did well last night and Harbaugh said he is stronger and more powerful then last season.

I didn't like drafting a running back in the 3rd round last year but sure I know nothing, Ozzie knows all!

[Deleted User]

So no signs of rust last night. Tyrod and Williams looked great.

Paully D

Good read here from Peter King's new website:

The Post-Pitta Problem, It's a Big One

matthew8

Flacco will cope. A few years ago the receiving corps was just as bad as this (big difference was the 2009 receiving corps didn't even have a deep threat) and he had a perfectly respectable regular season.

We could pick up Brandon Lloyd, as long as he's not as mentally fked up as the Patriots say he is.

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Pudsy33 wrote: »

Only having 1 top receiver is a major issue. Rice and leach are fine in the passing game, but if we only have 1 top end reciever, teams will be able to stack the box and stop us running without having to worry about being thrown on. Pitts being injured is awful. Hopefully another receiver or te will step up.

Hindsight is 20/20 and all but trading Boldin is looking like a brutal move.
Any good FA Receivers going?

Pudsy33

Only having 1 top receiver is a major issue. Rice and leach are fine in the passing game, but if we only have 1 top end reciever, teams will be able to stack the box and stop us running without having to worry about being thrown on. Pitts being injured is awful. Hopefully another receiver or te will step up.

[Deleted User]

Yeah in terms of receivers we're having a terrible start but with Rice, Leach, Smith and maybe Jones catching passes we should be fine through the air.

Paully D

mikemac1 wrote: »

Aaron Wilson beat reporter stating Ed Dickson out with a hamstring tear. :eek:
Expected back by Week 1 but that's not certain

Pitta is out

We're down to Shiancoe, the UDFA Furstenburg and Billy Bajema who was the 3rd stringer last year.

The offense is not going to be pretty by the looks of things. If Ozzie knew what was going to happen to Pitta (and now Dickson to add to that) I'm sure he'd have paid Boldin the $6m for this year.

mikemac1

Aaron Wilson beat reporter stating Ed Dickson out with a hamstring tear. :eek:
Expected back by Week 1 but that's not certain

Pitta is out

We're down to Shiancoe, the UDFA Furstenburg and Billy Bajema who was the 3rd stringer last year.

mikemac1

Going by training camp reports 6 ft 5 in 220 lb Tommy Streeter is having a nightmare. Dropping everything and been relegated to the bottom stringers.

Shame, so many had a lot of hope in him.

Deonte Thompson supposed to be ballin! Could be the No 2, Jacoby Jones No 3 and Tandon Doss No 4

7th rounder Aaron Mellette and UDFA Marion Brown doing well.
Laquan Williams will be struggling to keep a roster spot. He played special teams last year and got his ring. Never got a single pass.

I've forgotton David Reed! Hard to believe this is 4th year. Has done so little the last two years

Shame about Streeter

I think many including me were blinded by his size and speed but that doesn't mean he is all that talented

Paully D

Great to see JO inducted to the Hall of Fame last night, the youngest ever player to be inducted also.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj-LTqQ5gG0

Itssoeasy

The first pick the ravens made is being inducted into the hall of fame in around two hours. Will the second pick be a first ballot aswell ?

[Deleted User]

We have a heap of depth there, he should be cut immediately.
We have 7 CB's (? i think)
Let's say Webb and Graham are starters (?). Chykie and Jimmy Smith look good in camp apparently.
That leaves Asa Jackson, Chris Johnson and the rookie Marc Anthony.
So Webb, Smith and Johnson are on the left, Graham, Chykie, Asa and Anthony are on the right. One extra on the right and one of them ****s up, doesn't bode well for him.

mikemac1

+1 Paully

The franchise doesn't need wasters like this and he should be cut.

We are deep at defensive back and he won't be missed

And Webb is back this year!

Arguably the best defensive player on the roster.

Paully D

Get him out. Once is bad enough but twice is a joke and it's not a position we really need bodies in. I suspect he will be gone soon.

mikemac1

5th round pick Asa Jackson suspended for 8 games for using performance enhancing drugs.

This is the second time he has been caught. :rolleyes: Got suspended for 4 games in his rookie season last year.

Lands him in Harbaughs doghouse

Coach John Harbaugh said during a Friday news conference that Jackson is "getting what he deserves."

"You've got to follow the rules. You don't follow the rules, you get suspended," Harbaugh said. "That's a fair rule. There's really no place for that."Harbaugh said "time will tell" if the defensive back will still be with the team following the suspension.

Lots of competition at defensive back. He can count himself lucky if he doesn't get cut within the next week

mikemac1

Huzzah! Leach is back

Paully D

Pitta is out for the year? Oh for **** sake. I hadn't seen any sports news over the weekend and get in tonight to see this. Damn. :mad:

That's bad news especially for Flacco too. He's not only Flacco's most trusted target, but his best friend in the organisation too.

What a shame.

Some good news - Leach is currently resigning as we speak.

mikemac1

The injuries keep coming

6th rounder Ryan Jensen has broken his foot and will undergo surgury.

Was unlikely to make the 53 man roster anyway so he'll be IR'ed for the year I guess

mikemac1

Visanthe Shiancoe signed

He was visiting in camp before Pitta got hurt. Wasn't training or anything, just came along to camp to talk to the front office. And then a spot opened up

Right place, right time for him

[Deleted User]

Look for Furstenburg our UDFA out of Maryland to step up and have a good season. Guy is legit.
Big loss with Pitta, hopefully Dickson and Furst can shoulder the load.

helimachoptor

Pitta gone for the season, big loss for you guys

Paully D

Jacoby passed the conditioning test this time around and is now practicing with the team. As Santry said, he was probably partying now stop after the Super Bowl win and then of course Dancing With The Stars too :pac:

McKinnie has been sat out by Harbaugh due to being overweight. He said he's too heavy to practice as things stand. Not one bit of a surprise to be honest, but we need him fit and playing at a similar standard to that he did during the Super Bowl as it really helps us when he's on his game.

In other news, here's a great read by Peter King who broke down film with Torrey Smith from the Broncos game in which he torched Champ Bailey (too long to copy and paste and there's plenty of pictures in the article, so here's the link):

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/07/25/watching-tape-with-torrey/

SantryRed

Paully D wrote: »

Jacoby Jones has failed his conditioning test and is now on the NFI (non football injury list). Quite an achievement for a wide receiver to fail it.

He never struck me as the smartest guy, but did you see what he did in the play offs last year? I assume he has been non stop partying :pac:

mikemac1

Here's a link to what they have to do for the test

http://blogs.baltimoreravens.com/2012/07/24/the-caw-ravens-conditioning-test-is-a-bear/

They got the website reporter to try it last year.

Paully D

Jacoby Jones has failed his conditioning test and is now on the NFI (non football injury list). Quite an achievement for a wide receiver to fail it.

taidghbaby

Can't figure out if Ozzie is an evil genius or the luckiest man alive!

helimachoptor

Damn you Ravens, though there's been practically no chat about him and the titans

mikemac1

Reports going around that Vonta Leach may be signed back

Was cut due to a hefty 4.1 million cap hit

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/baltimore-ravens-vonta-leach-likely-sign-ravens-165800528.html

Best full back in the league belongs on the best team :cool:

Itssoeasy

Torrey smith is on the latest rich eisen podcast. I had great respect for him before as a player but after listening to him talk on the podcast I now have respect for him as a person. Ye ravens fans have a good one there.