Baltimore Ravens Team Needs Analysis

And we might have been an amazing team.. this team is built around defense

forgot about him.

We have a young and healthy McClain.

we use troy smith and trade him for a 3rd. Then we use that 3rd plus a first, or we trade our 2nd and 2 3rds. I think Denver will see no one else will give them good enough of a deal as us.

Agree completely with the order of the needs you have put. Hopefully we can address all of these issues this off-season. I’m kind of interested to see how Floyd will do outside of San
Diego? He’s got that big body I just don’t know if he can be a number 1. If we could get him cheap I wouldn’t mind trading for marshall, sign Floyd as the #2 and mason as #3 if he decides to return. Then we could cut all the scrubs and would not need to address WR at all in the draft.

Mini-Raffel he is starting to produce some nice posts….

even ignoring Ozzie’s past history at it, is a shot in the dark at best. Out of all the positions, and I’m willing to put money on this, WR is by far filled with the most disappointments. I am always against drafting a WR in the first round. Few guys make the transition to the pro in their first 3 years, never mind that most never live up to their draft position.

He may be one of our answers for a impact WR, he could be the high pointer with decent speed.

I’m thinking we still go BPA at a position of need 1st round. I really want a WR but not at the expense of drafting them too early. Give me a Brandon Graham out of Michigan if he’s still available.

Then we get a 2nd round receiver like Gilyard, Thomas or Benn (Trading up in the second round if necessary to get Benn too would be nice)

One of later rounds I hope we chance a pick on a WR with a good 40 time.

Draft order if this worked out (not likely of course): LB, WR, CB, TE, WR, DL, K

the great kyle boller is engaged to former miss california carrie prejean….i love how the title of the article at yahoo says NFL “Star” engaged lol

But we need someone like Brandon Marshall on this team. Now that he have our franchise QB, and a highly regarded QB coach, let’s give Flacco some big playmaking talent to throw too. The formula to get B-Marsh here is simple. Trade Troy Smith too Buffalo (Or even Cleveland) for a 3rd Round pick. Then take that pick and our 1st round pick and give it to Denver for Marshall. Hell, even throw in McGahee if you have to. Some come on Oz, I know you hate givng away draft picks, but let’s make it happen!

Raven’s coaches are affraid to play young players because their shit plays will be exposed. So, only vets play, players go undeveloped and we are left needing WR’s every year.

Baltimore- Where WR talent goes to die.

WARNING- If you are under 24 and signed by the Ravens as a WR call the Players Union.

Here’s a novel idea- How about Flacco stepping it up and making the players around him better. 3/4 of the NFL would love to have the line he has. Seems like with 1 missing piece or broken play he can’t get it down. This year is the truth. With all his playoffs games, he is basically in the middle of his 3rd season…and regressing.

Myron Rolle. Didn’t he go/going to school in England. That is too close to Foxworth’s path and we can’t afford that. They will be like Chip and Dale out there trying to make decisions.

malor- my computer is screwing up…anyway, when you make the big time like bruce and are able to ask 1 question at a press conference put a brick in the back door so i can sneak in and augment a ray lewis doo rag.

“retard who can run and jump like no other”

you mean Chris Wilcox

I heard NC had the flu all week.

Thats cool. Did you pick any lint from Ozzies head?

They have some beasts but that goofy white Freshman has a tourist attraction in England named after him- Stonehands. Some people say his hands are a just calendars and others say he’s signaling aliens.

Well, I’m done being a dick today so I’ll catch up to you later. Good luck being the good MaLor. Go shag some freshman girls. Scope them out at the salad bar.

Go getm’ Warrior. Let’s wake these knuckle heads up so we can have our own SB parade.

Hey Harbs, when your short in the DB area don’t use your star player as a special teams pinball. He might tear an ACL or something.

Hey Cams, Kelly Washington tried to help you but you never threw him the ball. He saved your ass on Flacco’s constant 3rd and longs and was rewarded by watching running backs catch balls 80% of the time.

Hey Mattison, Kruger has twice the motor as Sluggs. Give Kruger 1/4 of Sluggs money and get 10x’s the effort and pressure. What a load of crap that Kruger was undersized. He came into the Pitt game and saved our sorry asses from losing to a 3rd string QB in Dixon. Oh yeah, Troy P. was out too and they took us to OT.

In a nut shell, Kruger and Webb where used improperly and we hurt because of it. Our rookie WR’s never got in the games. That will prepare them for this year? LOL. Give me a break. Practice makes practice players.

Coaches? We have the Golden Girls coaching the team.

“Thank you for being a friend…..”

But why isn’t MaLor majoring in journalism, he’d be a super Ravens beat writer.

Enough about working for the Ravens because if I did so right now I’d be screaming in the office for a Wide Receiver, not just any wide receiver, the best free agent, promising wide receiver in the league right now. That man is Brandon Marshall ladies and gentlemen, hes a man with a kids age only 25 right now, 26 when the season starts, he has been a stud since hes come into the league, he has been the epitome of consistency at a high level. So there are some “character issues” Frank Walker has some character issues, Jamal Lewis had some character and legal issues, Ray had his issues of course, I think the positives far outweigh the negatives with this guy. Bisciotti said it himself he doesn’t want a team of 53 angels cause if that’s what we had we wouldn’t be very good. Joe Flacco needs this guy right now. Frankly I don’t care what we spend for him, a 1st and 3rd rounder and a player would even be worth it. Marshall is 6’4, 230 and his nickname is “The Beast”, self explanatory. High risk high reward right? As far as DE goes, I think its possible we just had a down year. Of course I would love Peppers or Kapman but I don’t think they are as big a need as Brandon Marshall is, I would invest everything I could in Marshall while keeping the core of the team we have now, Brandon Marshall along with Derrick Mason at the #2 while developing some of our younger receivers, while maybe still keeping Kelley Washington at the #3 slot. If Suggs can start to earn his money and quit skipping training camp I think it would make all the difference, he had a minor minor injury last training camp and he rode it all the way through so he didn’t have to participate, I heard he showed up outta shape anyway. The man has tremendous potential is making bookoo bucks, but is lazy as all get out. Ngata needs to show up more, and I think Kruger can be a stud with some learning and hard work. As far as DB goes, I think our DB’s played decent the last part of the season, even Frank Walker showed up the last few games and what a hit he had on Pats TE in the playoffs, way to stick with it Frank. Whats the word with Fabian Washington (also another torn ACL like Webb), I hear his is almost as good as gone. So maybe through the draft or free agency we can pick up a solid DB to pick up some slack, also Cary Williams should get a shot, he made some good special teams plays and is tall and pretty fast to compete with the taller stronger receivers for the deep jump balls. Those are my thoughts on this off-season, Brandon Marshall is #1 priority and I think if we don’t pursue him to the fullest extent we will be having this same conversation 365 days from now.

kruger needs some playing time. i have a good feeling about him.

Kampman sounds like a frozen fish nugget brand

That would be nice to get someday…

I found it on CBS Sports, USA Today and Yahoo Sports along with many Maryland media outlets such as WBAL and the Sun linking this story to their sites. Pretty cool stuff. Thanks guys.