I think Troy will be named starter week 1 in cincy. He had a better game then boller did. Boller does this every week. He comes into the game, throws alot of nice passes and ppl think, he is or guy. Then all of a sudden, fumble or INT. I get really tired of that S***. Every time i get my hopes up, boller brings them back down.
Now, Troy play decent enough to put him in the front run of this QB race. He stood in the pocket with poise and never got rattled. He escaped sack and turned them into big gains. Even when he did get sacked, he would tuck the ball with two hands to make sure he kept possion. The Int he threw wasent all his fault. He could have put the ball in a better spot but mark clayton was able to get his hands on it. If you can get both hands on the football, you gotta bring it in.
 I really hope the ravens start Troy smith for the 3 pre season game. Let us see what he can do in the most meaning ful pre season game.

also, Troy showed that he knows how to read defenses and got command of the offense. When he seen somthing that he didnt like, he changed the paly into a run up the middle. Ray Rice took off down the field for a nice 45-47 yard gain.

You have to pass your way into the starting job, and Troy couldn’t do that. Honestly, I thought Joe Flacco looked like the best QB of the night, although I still wouldn’t reccommend seeing him start.

Frank Walker was terrible, at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if they cut him.

…but Smith didn’t impress me enough to just hand him the starting gig, although I’d much prefer him over Boller. With Kyle, you are right, in that he’s impress one play, then depress the next- that’s how it always has been and will continue. Smith’s interception was a poorly thrown ball, plaun and simple, no matter if Clayton managed to get his hands on it or not- it was behind him and off target. That said, both QB’s have decent legs, as the big question is when to tuck the ball in and run and when to hold steady in the pocket and be patient. Right now, there is no clear cut choice which will only continue to haunt this team, as whomever gets the starting nod needs to get the most reps with the first team.

As far as the corners, they are just as bad as last year. Better pray for the health of McAlister, Rolle and Fabian Washington, because although Corey Ivy is loud and brash, he still sucks as does the rest of the reserves. We just have not improved this group, which upset me at the draft. While Ray Rice was a great pick in the 2nd round, I still think we should have gone corner at that point. If we get and stay healthy, we should be fine, especially with T-Sizzle returning to put more pressure on the QB’s. With more pressure, the opposing QB’s won’t have the time to pick our secondary apart like they did last year.

our best looking QB is a rockie, our CBs are injury prone and we dont have any backups. Our O-line…..What can i say? saying its bad its like saying We are in trouble at QB, its an understatement. We have no #1 WR all our WRs suck!!! i keep saying draft a big strong fast wide reciever look at all the teams that have done it, it works the bust percentage is like 2% get crabtree, or DHB please i’m tired of 3rd rate wide recievers. i hope i’m wrong, but from what i’ve seen i say we win 5 games max.

I’m not so disappointed with our new wideouts. The rookies almost look to be better than the veterans, other than Mason. Marcus Smith, Justin Harper and even Ernie Wheelwright look every bit as good or better than Mark Clayton, and of course Demetrius Williams is still injured and not actively practicing in pads. So who really knows how good or bad our receivers are until we have a QB who can get them the ball on a consistent basis, right?

…Byron Leftwich or even Daunte Culpepper in the off season. Either one of them are big QB’s, who could absorb the pounding our offensive line will be “allowing” them to receive. Plus they could have mentored either Troy Smith or Flacco, if we had even drafted a QB at that point. I know they’re both coming off injuries, but just their mere presence would have been a benefit to the other QB’s. Besides, didn’t we covet Leftwich the same year we ended up with “only” T-Sizzle and Boller?