Ravens @ Rams: Preseason 'Open Thread'
by Bruce Raffel on Sep 2, 2010 6:00 PM EDT
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PrintWhile you might not see too many starters on the field tonight for the Baltimore Ravens final preseason game, there will be a sense of urgency for the remaining players as they will be fighting for those last few precious roster spots. Tonight is their last chance to impress their coaches as teams must get down to their final roster limit of 53 players. That means 22 guys will lose their chance at earning spots on a team that figures to be one of the favorites to go all the way in 2010-11.
So keep it here on The Beatdown to post your thoughts on who the final 53 will end up being, including the battle for the placekicking job between Billy Cundiff and Shayne Graham. Cut downs will happen by Saturday and tonight's game will go a long way to determining those final spots.
Watch, join in and leave your comments below!
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Converted FB Mike McLaughlin (Boston College) placed on IR today, ending his 2010 season. Apparently the team saw enough of him to warrant paying his entire 2010 salary but keeping other teams from grabbing him if we put him on Practice Squad or cut him. I guess they want to see how he progresses and what ends up happening to LeRon McClain after this season.
No biggie, just another spot to keep one of the other 74 guys come Saturday’s cuts.
aka 'Rexx'
Actually its 75
Mike was put on IR to make room for Josh Wilson now that he has passed his physical.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The only two things I look forward to seeing are...
Watching to see if Cundiff or Graham can establish themselves a clear-cut winner in this thus far dead even competition. Also I’m pretty amped to see our boy Wilson in Purple & Black. How much playing time can we expect to see from him tonight?
"Me no function beer welll without."
by StuckInUtah on Sep 2, 2010 7:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
if any….
"Me no function beer welll without."
by StuckInUtah on Sep 2, 2010 7:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
REALLY dumb question
Where is this on TV?
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
And the answer is
nowhere in Salisbury.
Can we get rid of pre-seasons games already??
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Hey duck. You staying with us throughout this game?
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Sep 2, 2010 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Try using this website if you're not in the broadcast area:
However, the link is still not active but it should be shortly.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:02 PM EDT reply actions
Why thank you
Although Bellator is on tonight, I’ll probably watch that
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
is bellator
worth watching? I’m not even sure when and where it’s on. Strikeforce is killing me with their inability to get decent cards together…and UFC needs competition.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Bellator ain't bad
I mean, it is what it is. It’s basically a really good regional MMA organization that puts on cards with good fights of people I’ve generally never heard of before. It’s like watching really good minor league baseball – you don’t know the players, but you can appreciate the game, but there’s no investment in the results. That’s the main difference between Bellator and teh UFC & WEC for me. Aside from Ben Askren and Cole Konrad and Roger Huerta, I don’t know anyone in Bellator.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
As for where it's on
It’s not in the Baltimore area. There’s no Fox Sports affiliate for Baltimore, so you generally can’t get it there. I find ways to see on by lurking on Joe Rogan’s forum.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Your Welcome
Though it seems, at least for me, not to be working right now lol
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Wilson is traveling to ST.Louis
No news on whether or not he is playing yet.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
I doubt he’ll see playing time, he should be pretty exhausted after going from Seattle to Baltimore and then to St. Louis all in like a 36 hour period.
I think he’ll be there and maybe go through warm-ups with everyone, but otherwise he’ll just be in the ear of Webb, Carr, and Washington to try and learn stuff while watching plays be put into action on the field.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
evening gentlemen
trying out commenting on the cell.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
I've been playing around with my iPod Touch
The only thing that has been a bother for me has been logging in since I’m using my Facebook connection and that can be bothersome on the mobile version of this page.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I got
a palm pre…and a mess up hand. Real fun messing with the key pad.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
At least it was our second stringers
looking bad against the Rams’ #1’s. Too many third down conversions. Ellerbe, ’Ruki look well above the other “reserves” on our team.
aka 'Rexx'
is the rams
first team defense in?
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I think so
Just going from the Box Score they’ve got some of their bigger name guys, Laurinaitis and Robiins, who have picked up stats so far.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Yeah not kidding, “This is football!”
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I got to go guys
I’m watching Miami beat-down Florida A&M. Peace-out!
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
man whats wrong with our team I know its our second string defense and offense
but we could do way better then that
3rd string
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, Ellerbe is a decent player, but
I expect more humbleness from a second year guy that that showboating stuuf. Harbs tore his butt up on the sidelines and I bet Dannell doesn’t do that again!
aka 'Rexx'
Ellerbe
Was an idiot! What nerve for a guy with only one year on the team to be acting like that. For Gods sake, PLAY LIKE A RAVEN and ACT LIKE A RAVEN!
well...
cuts are sure going to be easy to find.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
How's Art Jones looked?
I’d love to see him make this team. Basically because I’m a huge fan of his brother in UFC.
"I got a good Christian raising and a 8th grade education / Ain't no need in y'all in treating me this way." - Billy Joe Shaver
Looks pretty far behind the other guys on the DL
and hoefully he can be stashed on the Practice Squad, although I can’t see him being one of the 53.
aka 'Rexx'
and troy just showed...
he is too damn short to be an NFL QB
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
Gotta give major props
to Jalen Parmele for coming from WAY back to make that tackle! He has real decent speed for a big back.
aka 'Rexx'
I really like
parmele. I hope he makes the practice squad.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You don't have to worry about that
I think he’ll be making the team as the No.3 RB and our KR, he was battling Steele and Lawerence for the spot, Lawerence is on the PUP and Steele I don’t think has made the impact needed to unseat Parmele.
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Sep 2, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
As poorly as we've played
I can see this Ravens bunch of scrubs outplaying the Rams’ backups and winning this game!
aka 'Rexx'
my god...
even if I wasn’t dirt poor…I could never pay money for season tickets just on the principle of the NFL forcing people to pay full price for this tripe…
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 10:06 PM EDT reply actions
I'm liking Steele
seems like the only guy trying to earn a spot.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Sep 2, 2010 10:16 PM EDT reply actions
Those last two minutes were Troy Smith's audition
and it looked like he failed. But then again, he was supported by less than a good “supporting” cast.
aka 'Rexx'
Coffin lid closes on Troy’s Baltimore career. He hasn’t grown as a QB. I kind of get from player interviews he’s kind of the neighborhood clown. Funny in the locker room etc.. but not too much respect and seriousness about his play. He never grew up on the field. Bulger played with the second team and lit it up for 2 weeks. Smith threw terrible passes all night and held the ball forever. His height, i finally admit, kills him behind the line. He’s dump off QB and that’s it. Good luck wherever he goes.
are you kidding me troy smith thrown for 237 yds the most he has ever thrown for
yes he had his ups and downs but most of his throws were great dont put all that on troy smith because we could had won. Troy Smith held the ball obviously becuase somebody wasnt open to catch the ball Joe Flacco has done the samething many of times; The defense was the reason we lost the game
Jazz20 my man
bro, sometimes it’s okay to admit that not every Ravens player is destined for greatness….
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
I know but all i am saying is that to me Troy smith did well he didnt look
like trash to me on the field. Everybody has there bad days in a game even eli manning did when he face us in the preseason but atleast Troy Smith move the ball and with his throw and when he was close enough to the field goal he use his feet
Steele has second bursts and will get a spot on the practice squad. Carey Williams is done. We keep both Pitta and Dickson. Harper is gone. Eron is back on the PS.
The O-line was miserable all night. Were these guys paying any attention during training camp. Man what a sorry performance against a bad team. The whole crew could be cut.
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