I’d honestly rather see what terrance copper can do for our team instead of Demetrius williams. I mean we signed him, but he never managed to get any PT

…goes as follows:

QB Kyle Boller Walk
QB Todd Bouman Walk
RB PJ Daniels Walk
FB Lorenzo Neal Must
WR Terrence Copper Walk
WR Demetrius Williams Walk
TE Quinn Sypniewski Should
TE Daniel Wilcox Should
PK Matt Stover Walk
P Sam Koch Should
DL Dwan Edwards Should
LB Dan Cody Walk
LB Ray Lewis Must
LB Bart Scott Must
CB Corey Ivy Walk
CB Derrick Martin Walk
SS Dawan Landry Should
DL Terrell Suggs Must

You forgot…

SS Jim Leonard Should

Not many differences. I think that Scott is more important than Landry. I love Dawan, but I think that we should sign either Landry or Leonard… whoever is cheaper. I also said ‘must’ on Neal because I’m sure that we can still get him cheap for a few more years. Also, I think we can do better than Ivy. I like him, but he was a product of Ryan’s system. Now that Rex is gone, Ivy may not be as effective.

I almost put a ‘must’ on Edwards. He is awesome. He’s like Bannan. He could start on most teams, but we can still get him relatively cheap because he didn’t play last year.
He’s vastly underrated. I’m also a big fan of Wilcox. He does alot for our team and is a good backup for Heap.

All-in-all, the Ravens have excellent depth. Players like Edwards, Leonard, Wilcox and Neal personify the Ravens. They’re not superstars, but they do their job very well.

Lorenzo Neal
Demetrius Williams
Quinn Sypnewski
Sam Koch – Must
Ray Lewis – Must
Terrell Suggs – Must
Jim Leonhard – Must
Dawan Landry – Must

Too be honest, I think one of the biggest MUST signs is Sam Koch. A lot of people do not realize how important that man is in winning games for us by making offenses drive 90+ on our defense. Plus, he is only 27 years old and WILL one day be a pro bowler.

Bart Scott, I am sorry man. You are a great player, one of my favorite linebackers we have ever had, but your spot is such an easy one to fill with this team. T-Gooden looks to be your replacement. And I dont even want to start thinking about the beast that is brewing in Jameel McClain. He is a faster version of Suggs and definitely showed us that he can contribute to our style of defense. 2.5 sacks and 2 safeties.

This may be the most exciting off season this franchise is going to see. I dont really know if I want to consider it a “Rebuilding” year, more of getting stronger and healthier. We have back ups that started for us and got us to this point, so imagine what our starters will do and then throw those back ups in there. Give Joe some weapons, add a guy or two to CB, and lets get healthy.

Jason Brown is also not on the list. He’s a FA and a very important one.

Musts
1) DL Terrell Suggs – the AFC conference game, despite the shoulder injury that meant playing hard could have screwed his contract, he did it anyway. A lot of Talent and a lot of Heart and he really could be one of the leaders of this Defense if/when Ray Lewis leaves
2) C Jason Brown – If we want to have a great offensive line, we need to keep our best offensive lineman.
3) LB Ray Lewis – Arguably more important than Brown and Suggs for the short term, he gets dropped two spots because Suggs and Brown will play for 8 more years, and Ray won’t. Still, this defense won’t be the same without him.
4) FB Lorenzo Neal – The secret behind the McClain juggernaut. He’s excellent, and would be annoying as hell to replace him. Hopefully we can sign him cheaply.
5) P Sam Koch (RFA) – Too good to let go, he’s really stepped it up this year. A RFA, we need to be careful about giving him the right tender.
6) S Dawan Landry (RFA) – He is better than Jim Leonhard. A tough hitter and solid cover guy that does a good job filling out our defense. Young star players are important, if we let him go, we at least need to get a pick for him.
Should
7) Bart Scott – We don’t really want to lose both Ray and Scott, but I think everyone can agree which LB we’d rather keep. Scott is a good player, but we have great linebacker depth and can’t afford to invest too much money at this one position.
8) TE Quinn Sypniewski (RFA) – One of the few bright spots on offense in 2007. Q-Syp is a good blocker and underrated receiver. This injury hurt us more than people realize. He would have really helped our 2 TE sets.
9) S Jim Leonhard – I’d love to keep him, but I understand if he goes for the money someplace else. All heart and will, he did just about everything this season, but with our safety depth and his limited physical skills, he’s not an absolute must.
10) WR Demetrius Williams – should be kept cheaply, we can still dream that he’ll eventually develop into this deep threat we’ve never had. Injury issues really make us wonder if he’s worth it though.
11) PK Matt Stover – I can go either way on this one. He’s been great for so long, but when we have to keep two kickers on a roster, it might be time to say goodbye.
12) CB Derrick Martin – He’s actually an OK cover guy. The injury was really unfortunate as he would have vastly improved our DB depth. He’ll be cheap, so give him another chance to develop into something good.
Walk
13) DL Dwan Edwards – He’s not good enough to start, and not enough upside at this point to be a future starter.
14) TE Daniel Wilcox – He’s 32, just got married, and although I really like him, I think it’s time for him to hang up the cleats. He’ll always be remembered as Joe Flacco’s first NFL touchdown partner.
15) QB Kyle Boller – He’d actually be a perfectly fine backup, but I doubt he wants to stay here.
16) WR Terrence Copper – That drop in week 17 was really really bad. He has journeyman written all over him, and we need to revamp our WR corps in a big way.
17) RB PJ Daniels – Had a lot of potential. Had even more injuries.
18) CB Corey Ivy – Another all guts and glory player who frankly is too old and not physically gifted enough to warrant a roster spot. CB’s who are best rushing the passer are a mite overrated.
19) LB Dan Cody – Had a lot of potential. Had even more injuries.
20) QB Todd Bouman – If the Ravens like him so much, they should make him a coach. At 37, he no longer offers much on the field.

It appears the Ravens have already signed Edwards to a 1 year 1 million dollar extension.

Meh… I’m not thrilled as I definitely think we need to get a better pass rush from our defensive line, but it’s not guaranteed, so he still has to prove his value to the team.

Right now we have Haloti, Trevor, Gregg, Dwan, Douglas, McKinney, and Divens, of which only Trevor can really rush the passer, and he’s kind of old. We need another big pass rushing lineman.

Sorry, but I must not have seen the same guy when Ed Reed was hurt. Landry was absolutely lost out there, as was everybody else. Sure, he hits, but so does Leonhard, who also much more versatile and in on almost every tackle in the secondary. Landry wasn’t a cover man, and while he could hit, he wasn’t as solid a tackler as the little white guy.

who doesnt like Demetrius Williams….
He’s a bust in my eyes. I’d start with a clean slate from ravens receivers if i could, only holding onto Clayton & Mason.

I know Terrell Suggs is a great Linebacker/DefensiveEnd, but do you guys think we should maybe let him go and draft another OLB. A guy I really like is Clint Sintim, LB for virgina. At 6’3, 250lbs, he is a perfect size for the hybird D we run. He already knows the 3-4 system(Virgina ran it) and he shouldn’t be off the borad when we draft. If we let Terrell go along with cutting C-mac, we could lock up both Ray and Bart and also, go after a CB or WR in F.A. or trade. We could then draft a CB in the 2nd round. Guys like Macho harris and Alphonso smith should be available. What do you guys think?

suggs had 2 sacks with a bum shoulder..he keeps gettign better.

gotta keep Lorenzo or we won’t have a screen option…oh yeah, we have Ray Rice…right?

I think Rexx Ryan will go after Troy Smith to be his new QB and he might take a few D guys from us. I can see C-Mac going to the Jets along with Bart Scott.

He is not looked at as a starter and probably not even a backup in the rest of the league. The only reason he is still here is that he is familiar with our system but has not had anything nearly as promising a game much less a career compared to even the early Flacco results. That said, he would be out of football or in the CFL if it wasn’t for Baltimore.