see, we didn’t even get him the ball in the first 2 games. 3rd game he averages 14 yards a reception on screens. proves my point just fine. if we used him in the first two games in that way we take 2 of 3. he was ready before his injury but not used.

His point was that we should have given him the ball more in those games. It’s an interesting thought, but Rice simply wasn’t the same player last season. He bulked up over the off season and is running with better vision. Last season, he was still a weapon in the passing game but wasn’t running like he is now. I’m not so sure that he would have made a difference in the Steelers games.

Now… this season is another story all together. I can’t wait!

yeah he was also a rookie. and now we’re getting him the ball via the passing game much more often. James Harrison better get used to chilling in flat zone coverage when we play you guys. I’m not saying he can’t do that, but flacco has been good about dumping to the blitzing side to Rice, which has often resulted in big plays.

I’m not saying your defense can’t handle Rice, since your defense can handle most of anything, but you’ll be facing a far more developed Ray Rice and Joe Flacco than you remember from last year. The numbers from those games won’t continue.

Leonhard great returning kicks? And how many kicks did he return for TD’s? Uhhh,…zero. Good might be a better word here.

the week before the Super Bowl?

but Rice is the better runner and pass receiver. With so many more touches in those areas, Rice is way more valuable than Cribbs. However, I’ll gladly take Cribbs off of
Cleveland’s hands and put him back there to take all KO’s and PR’s.

Why the F#@% did we need an offensive tackles, isn’t that what we have Yanda and Hale for? We passed on the oputunity to get Hakim Nicks, because we wanted someone to BLOCK! WTF!!!!!! Ozzie is turning into Al Davis.

that that’s alway been Ozzie’s stated philosophy, I’ve noticed in the past few years that the majority of the people we draft just mystify me. Lately, it seems to be multiple people at the same positions where we already have competent representation. I watch the draft and the first two rounds usually make sense, even if they’re not particularly in response to what I think we need. Then if I miss the later rounds, I look at the recap and sit there going “Why did we need another (fill in the blank – RB, TE, OT, G) when we just drafted a supposedly great one in the first round or when we already have a young league leader on the team?”. I don’t get it.

as it goes to six years instead of 3 or 4, meaning Gaither, Grubbs, Ngata remain Ravens property. Uncapped year does NOT favor the players as a whole, just the few top tier FA’s.