Justin Houston is set to visit the Ravens next week. We now know who that one girl on Twitter was talking about. He isn't the only pass rusher though....
Houston and Clowney with Bateman in the first #SIIEYeah m-o-t-h-e-r-f-u-c-k-e-r, we back! Clowney to Ravens of Baltimore! #SIIE
I don’t necessarily agree with this. Some OL are better pass blockers and that’s fine, but a significant majority of OL would still rather put their head down and run block. And in this offense, you have one of the most elusive QBs in NFL history. A lot of OL would likely salivate at the opportunity to play in this offense. It makes their lives easier.
But why would you want a one year prove it deal with a team that is the worst at passing the ball? dont matter how safe it seems, no way would juju want to hurt his stock by
Coming here.. you see how much galloday got paid? That wouldve never happened if he was here these past 2 yrs
It is also about our identity/culture. When you think about what we stand for it's defense, defense and defense. That's why it's been easy to land defensive FAs because in the past defense had never been never an afterthought. It's hard to change that perception.But why would you want a one year prove it deal with a team that is the worst at passing the ball? dont matter how safe it seems, no way would juju want to hurt his stock by
Coming here.. you see how much galloday got paid? That wouldve never happened if he was here these past 2 yrs
Mmmm, replace TE with edge rusher and I'm right there with you.If we can get Houston and Clowney to sign for fair deals in Baltimore, then we attack offense the first 3 rounds in the draft. O-line, TE and WR!
I think the VAST majority of folks on this board wants to see our passing game improve. I mean it's not like our running game is great. Our running game is fucking damn near IMMORTAL. For the most part, we're smacking the shit out of run defenses even with a suspect o-line. Unless we're actively trying to run the ball less and pass the ball more, I expect more of the similar.It baffles me that somefans believe our current lack of balance is something not a only to be proud of, but a path we should continue down.
2019 was record setting and a lot of fun. However, it's time to move on and understand we need a healthy balance to reach the mountain top. That wont happen until we attract the right players or crush the draft.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It baffles me that somefans believe our current lack of balance is something not a only to be proud of, but a path we should continue down.
2019 was record setting and a lot of fun. However, it's time to move on and understand we need a healthy balance to reach the mountain top. That wont happen until we attract the right players or crush the draft.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If we can get Houston and Clowney to sign for fair deals in Baltimore, then we attack offense the first 3 rounds in the draft. O-line, TE and WR!
I agree that we want an improved passing attack, but I don't see us as being that far off from the desired balance (not a 50-50 split for our offense).
We have a great overall record from the last couple of years, this thing just needs fine tuning, not a complete overhaul. I'm optimistic that a full off-season with our shiny new coaches will nudge our young WRs to enough incremental growth without needing any additional resources.
I agree that we want an improved passing attack, but I don't see us as being that far off from the desired balance (not a 50-50 split for our offense).
We have a great overall record from the last couple of years, this thing just needs fine tuning, not a complete overhaul. I'm optimistic that a full off-season with our shiny new coaches will nudge our young WRs to enough incremental growth without needing any additional resources.
We were 1st in rushing and 32nd passing lol, literally impossible to be any more imbalanced in the NFL.
We've already determined our guys are awful at beating man coverage. So while I think Romans offense will ultimately hold back Lamar’s growth, the real problem is the players. Hence the need to sign quality players in free agency. However, no quality players that will make a difference want to come here because of our scheme. However again, the scheme has helped us get to the playoffs for 3 straight years only to fall flat.
Hence our terrible conundrum
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
that 32nd in passing is a frustrating stat to keep being quoted because it’s a volume stat - we were last in passing because we were last in attempts...
in terms of efficiency we were somewhere in the middle of the pack (something like 16th in DVOA iirc)
we don’t need to be 1st in passing but we want to be at the top of the nfl in efficiency like we were in 2019
partly that requires a better pass protecting OL and partly that requires better weapons and partly that requires better scheme/play-calling
but the problem the low volume does create is a lack of attractiveness for WR free agents on short term deals which makes the draft important - which is probably partly why we’ve spent more capital on WRs the last 2 drafts than we had the previous 10+
Who here is? He’s just a big name that social media goes nuts over for some reason, I don’t see anyone on the boards particularly excited for clowney. I’m VERY excited that it’s an excellent FA pass rush class and we have several visits lined up, which looks to be the general reason for excitement.Can I ask why people always go crazy over Clowney? Every year, whoever signs him gets excited. Every year, he ends up missing time or again showing he’s not as explosive as his name gives him credit for.