Those guys should be pro bowlers in about 2-3 years! lol

And I love the fact that a lot of people think that we are royally screwed because Scott is gone now. They keep saying we HAVE to draft a linebacker in the first round now just because of Scott. What they do not realize is that the last in since 1998, the only linebackers taken by the Ravens in the first 2 rounds were Terrell Suggs and Dan Cody. Scott, undrafted, Adalius was drafted in the 6th round as a Def. End! Ed Hartwell, 4th round.

You know what happened to all those guys who were supposed to not even be a factor in the NFL, they got ridiculous contracts after playing beside Ray. Where is Hartwell now? Who knows. Is Adalius still considered to be THE BEST ALL-AROUND defensive player in the league like he was in 2006? Hell no, not even close. Bart Scott, sorry bro, but you will be 29 this coming season. I think your days are behind you man. You got maybe 2 more solid years before you start slowing down.

Oh yea, our other starting OLB, Jarrest Johnson, another defensive end, drafted in the 4th round. What is he doing now, playing next to Ray Ray.

I see no signs of this trend stopping. If guys taken in the 5th, 6th, 7th rounds and even undrafted, some of which converted from DE to LB, why cant we use Gooden, Barnes, or McClaine as our next star LB next to Ray?

The ones who only look at the “now” and not the past and see the trend we got going, those are the below average football fans who think WE HAVE TO draft a LB in the first or 2nd round just because we lose Bart Scott. Tell me we should have drafted Laurinitis after Gooden is second on team in tackles next year.

Larinitis is just not Ravens material, in that he’s a sure tackler but speed is a big issue for him.

His D is going to be good. He has some serious players…

Jenkins is a monster, so is Revis and Rhodes. Harris is an up and coming LB. Throw in a lil’ Jimmy and Scott and they will be tough on D. Offense will be another story, although I have a feeling Leon Washington breaks out in a big way next year.

He will most likely get a few years grace period if the Offense sucks. People will expect his D to be nice from day one.

Between Rex in NY, Owens on the Bills, and the Tom Brady knee infection saga, the AFC East just got really interesting. All I know for sure is that the Dolphins are going to get pieced by that schedule. Other then that anything could happen.

that Rex will bring a style to the Jets defense that the other teams in the AFC East are not used to (just look how the Dolphins rolled over when we brought the “chaos!”).

Jesus himself couldn’t work with either of those owners. Mike Brown is arguably the worst Owner/GM in the history of the NFL. Since the Niners had their success and their ownership changed hands, its been a mess. Now the Jets aren’t the Steelers or Pats front office…but they aren’t in the bottom half of the league in my mind. I think that is a huge difference for Rex, he hasn’t gone to a terrible, f-d up team.

The amount of benefit that comes to a team from a wide receiver is hugely overrated in my mind. Add in his age and his attitude…well I guess at least it got word to the rest of the league that the Bills haven’t moved to Canada yet. I don’t see this working out at all.

His scheme was good, but it was all about the players he had here. We had unbelievable talent on our D with him here… With the Bengals he had horrible talent on Def by comparison. I don’t care how good your system is, in the NFL you can’t win without talent. Rex seems to have a lot more talent on the Jets D, plus I think he is a better fit to be a head coach. Marvin has no cojones and lost a ton of credibility within his first few years as HC.

Lions, Green Bay, Chicago, Oakland, Kansas City, Denver. Bengals Twice, Browns twice.

That should be 10 wins right there. We will take a game from Pitt, and got the Colts at Home. Only games I am really worried about is San Diego, New England, and Pitt on the road. To say we will have a worse record than last year is wrong. Flacco now has a full season under his belt and knows what it takes to get back to the playoffs. Our defense will be younger and faster now. We lost one starter from our defense. You really think Bart Scott is going to make our defense go from #2 to like #10. Hell no.

This team got better by losing some of last years guys.

Our schedule is much easier next year then it was in 2008. Look at the numbers. MaLoR has layed it out quite nicely for you below.

Also, maybe Rex Ryan signed those guys b/c he couldn’t sign our stars. There was no way we could have kept all these guys and I trust Ozzie’s talent evaluation more then Rex. Our D has not missed a beat in 10 years, and I fully expect us to be a top 5 unit next year.

Ray did slow down towards the end of last season, but we also played 19 games, the last 18 of them without a bye week. I think most players would tire from that, especially a veteran LB.

Lastly, your question asking whether we have watched Ray play? I think most of the main posters here, have watched every game at least once and usually numerous times in addition to the highlights and game film we all watch in our free time. It is fine to expect him to decline but the man is still a monster. If you want to believe he is going to fall off a cliff next year, be my guest. The reason he had little interest elsewhere in the league is b/c Ray has exponentially more value to the Ravens then any other team. So why would any other team offer him what we did?

uhhh, it’s not fall, it’s still winter, although close to spring. But fall? No.

So Bart Scott was half our defense? Cause he was the only starter we lost from our defense. Jim Leonhard only looked good in our system and next to Ed Reed. We have 2 younger Safeties who can play just as well. You will not beat us next year, not even once. Half our defense…..give me a break. We got stronger by losing people. We are now the fastest team in the AFC North.

I say that you guys are gonna sign Chris McAlister, Samari Rolle, and Matt Stover once he is officially cut. Wanting to be like us, just like you have been in the past.

It gets depressing being a Browns fan, so they like to hang out around teams that win more than half their games. Don’t worry, though. You’ll get used to the stench.