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RL52TheGreatest

Ravens Ring of Honor
didnt stand out a ton - got moved notably on 1 double-team, wrecked a guard late in a rush with a long-arm for a pressure - not the dominance we hoped for out the gate but certainly didnt go missing

was disappointing that he didnt dominate - got stoned a couple of times as a pass rusher

I'm gonna get stoned a few times after all this injury news
 

JO_75

Hall of Famer
Roman is such an inept motherfucker man



I get it, he messed up but the only way players learn from their mistakes is by playing and getting better. Like someone said, you want Murray out there on passing downs, fine. Williams was doing great running the ball. The consistency of abandoning the run, is way too alarming. Harbs is too hard headed to fire Roman.

I see this as the same situation with Cam Cameron and like Cam, Roman NEEDS TO GO.
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
I get it, he messed up but the only way players learn from their mistakes is by playing and getting better. Like someone said, you want Murray out there on passing downs, fine. Williams was doing great running the ball. The consistency of abandoning the run, is way too alarming. Harbs is too hard headed to fire Roman.

I see this as the same situation with Cam Cameron and like Cam, Roman NEEDS TO GO.

i mean tbf it's not like the old harbs days where guys would get put in the doghouse

tyson still played later in the game - just had fewer run calls with him on the field
 

JO_75

Hall of Famer
I'm gonna get stoned a few times after all this injury news

I just read the news myself... now watch AV do better at Left Tackle. Yeah like I said, this reeks of 2015 with all the injuries. I already had this week as a loss without the injuries but its going to be worse. If we can't bounce back against Detroit and Denver and at least be 2-2, then this season is done.
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
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just to illustrate the current ridiculous nature of this team - this is all the position groups in a roughish depth chart as i had them at some point during the preseason

ive just gone back in and highlighted everyone who's missing or has missed time for this team so far who figured to have a chance to make the team...

- orange means they're unavailable to play right now
- yellow means they've missed time at some point already since training camp through injury or illness
- red text means they aren't on the 53 right now

ive got 11 probable contributors in orange right now
ive got 6 currently rostered players in yellow right now
 

RavensMania

Staff Member
Administrator
I'm not giving up on the season, but I want to be realistic at this point also. We have some injuries that may be too difficult to overcome. That being said, it is very possible we have a top 10 to 12 draft pick if these injuries continue to pile up.

Go Ravens, Stay Healthy!
 

Deebo813

Hall of Famer
Man i want this to be one of those “ started out struggling till team got healthy and fix issues “ type seasons but with injuries to peters, dobbins and edwards, i just dnt see it happening… atleast not yet
 

RavensMania

Staff Member
Administrator
Man i want this to be one of those “ started out struggling till team got healthy and fix issues “ type seasons but with injuries to peters, dobbins and edwards, i just dnt see it happening… atleast not yet
I could see the running backs gelling to some extent and getting a bit used to the mesh point.
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
Man i want this to be one of those “ started out struggling till team got healthy and fix issues “ type seasons but with injuries to peters, dobbins and edwards, i just dnt see it happening… atleast not yet
At least I want that satsifaction of having that "no one wants to play the Ravens if they're healthy" type seasons as we get closer to week 15, 16 and all.
 

rmcjacket23

Ravens Ring of Honor
Yeah the running backs are the least concern to me. Continued injuries to the secondary and OL are what have me spooked. And Lamar of course, but that's always true.
Agreed. This team is more than capable of overcoming injuries to Dobbins and Edwards.

Peters and Stanley, not so much. If I were ranking like the top 5-6 players the Ravens could ill-afford to lose for lengthy periods of time, those two guys would be on that list, and pretty high on it.
 

rmcjacket23

Ravens Ring of Honor
Man i want this to be one of those “ started out struggling till team got healthy and fix issues “ type seasons but with injuries to peters, dobbins and edwards, i just dnt see it happening… atleast not yet
At this point, all of our injuries are seemingly long-term injuries, so it's a long shot.
 
Agreed. This team is more than capable of overcoming injuries to Dobbins and Edwards.

Peters and Stanley, not so much. If I were ranking like the top 5-6 players the Ravens could ill-afford to lose for lengthy periods of time, those two guys would be on that list, and pretty high on it.
Off the top of my head that list goes:
Jackson
Stanley
Humphrey
Peters
Hollywood
Andrews

and we're down two of them already. I guess you could argue Bozeman or Zeitler should be on there.
 

rmcjacket23

Ravens Ring of Honor
Off the top of my head that list goes:
Jackson
Stanley
Humphrey
Peters
Hollywood
Andrews

and we're down two of them already. I guess you could argue Bozeman or Zeitler should be on there.
Jackson
Stanley
Marlon
Peters
Andrews
Queen

Losing Lamar is a death blow to your playoff chances. Losing the other 4-5 makes life very difficult.

Hollywood I wouldn't put on the list because IF Bateman were healthy, we would still have Bateman, Watkins and Andrews available, and still have some speed guys at depth. No injury is ideal, but I don't think it would derail our season.

If we lost him today while Bateman is still out, then yes, certainly sucks.
 

jboy19

Pro Bowler
Off the top of my head that list goes:
Jackson
Stanley
Humphrey
Peters
Hollywood
Andrews

and we're down two of them already. I guess you could argue Bozeman or Zeitler should be on there.

honestly might include Brandon Williams on my top 6, due to the consistent regression of the run defense when he doesn’t play.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
Y’all making this list and leaving out jimmy. Our defense STILL TO THIS DAY is a shell of itself when jimmy is off the field. Put jimmy out there to man up on Waller and this is a different outcome, jimmy would’ve been a bigger difference maker in week 1 than peters. And I am a HUGE Marcus peters fan, I’m still not sold that marlo is the best corner on the team, but as far as matchups go, we needed jimmy Monday night and still do.
 
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