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Deebo813

Hall of Famer
That’s an interesting argument. With the exception of the packers, I don’t think any of those teams beat the Ravens. Brees can’t push the ball down field making Peters and Humphrey much more dangerous. Goff most definitely can not beat our secondary and they won’t be able to run on us to establish play action. Hawks couldn’t protect wilson all year and are shaky at best in their run game. The Bucs are dangerous but also a good match up for us. their D line would have given us fits but Lamar excels when the play breaks down. Those Dlinemen would be exhausted chasing him around vice their super bowl vs a limping Mahomes.


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Rams have a better chance at pushing ball downfield vs us than we do vs them. Saints defense wouldve us too many problems also. Bucs likely wouldve destroyed us. Their defense, well front 7 wouldve out matched us in every way.
 
Lmao.i think brees is staying.. i believe saints, packers, bucs, rams and hawks wouldve ran through afc playoffs other than kc. We could likely beat hawks but thats it. Bills maybe also beaten hawks but thats it.

I can't get on board with this at all. No way are the Rams and Hawks running through the AFC playoffs. I can see Packers and Bucs but even the Saints are iffy with late season Drew Brees.
 

Deebo813

Hall of Famer
I can't get on board with this at all. No way are the Rams and Hawks running through the AFC playoffs. I can see Packers and Bucs but even the Saints are iffy with late season Drew Brees.
I mean neither, steelers, browns, titans nor colts have a chance at beating them. maybe theres a chance but its not likely at all. Bucs, saints and packers would for sure beat everyone except for kc. Well slant boy was injured they said so maybe saints have a chance at losing but thats all. Only teams that was gonna beat us in offs was the bills and kc, put us in nfc playoffs and its much more than 3 teams that we could lose to
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer


not really sure who he's subtweeting etc. but i dont disagree with the sentiment in a vacuum

but he's at least the 3rd receiver to come out and say something this season after Hollywood and Dez

my guess is that much like Dez he's not coming back...

Willie Snead was disrespected by fans and coaches alike. He should’ve been given so many more opportunities and our passing offense was always at its best when Snead was given plenty of opportunities to move the chains.
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
Willie Snead was disrespected by fans and coaches alike. He should’ve been given so many more opportunities and our passing offense was always at its best when Snead was given plenty of opportunities to move the chains.

i mean he couldn't get open either... maybe that's because of the concepts we were running etc. but idk that snead's ever been more than a complementary piece even when he had that great year with the saints

i think he may well also have been a prime sufferer of poor OL play - he was plenty involved in 2019 where he could be really successful on slightly slower developing routes where he could get to the sticks and use his body to lean to create leverage and then cut - but i think his route-running maybe took time that we didn't give him

idk
 

rossihunter2

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i mean i dont get what so many ravens fans in his replies are getting so stressed about - this seems pretty reasonable

and we saw it in 2015 with kamar aiken - he was force fed 127 targets so of course he's gonna end up with 75 catches and 944 yards

snead's 3 best statistical seasons all came with 90+ targets albeit he was never the focal point in those offences - he was the 3rd most targeted on the saints in '15 after Brandin Cooks and Ben Watson and 3rd again in '16 behind Michael Thomas and Brandin Cooks (but both years Snead had 100+ targets), and he was 3rd most targeted again in '18 on the Ravens behind Crabtree and John Brown but still had 95 targets
 

Simba

Staff Member
Moderator
i respect all of that

Agreed. No shots taken. Think he believes he could have offered more (and I don't disagree) but hard to jump into the fray like that. Would be curious if things might have been a little different had he been signed during his first tryout.
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
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Agreed. No shots taken. Think he believes he could have offered more (and I don't disagree) but hard to jump into the fray like that. Would be curious if things might have been a little different had he been signed during his first tryout.

in hindsight with the practice squad rules it's weird that he wasn't brought in then and asked to do all the stuff we asked him to do (regarding conditioning etc.) under the purview of our coaching staff and training staff - and it would have given him the opportunity to train with our guys all year, to get reps with lamar during the offseason, to learn the playbook etc. etc.

but also hard to imagine it would have made a real impact - he's a good route-runner but we saw that defenders were just sitting on all the underneath stuff because they weren't threatened over the top by him - maybe that's because we didn't ask him to get vertical but either way defenders weren't ever in doubt about it
 

Simba

Staff Member
Moderator
in hindsight with the practice squad rules it's weird that he wasn't brought in then and asked to do all the stuff we asked him to do (regarding conditioning etc.) under the purview of our coaching staff and training staff - and it would have given him the opportunity to train with our guys all year, to get reps with lamar during the offseason, to learn the playbook etc. etc.

but also hard to imagine it would have made a real impact - he's a good route-runner but we saw that defenders were just sitting on all the underneath stuff because they weren't threatened over the top by him - maybe that's because we didn't ask him to get vertical but either way defenders weren't ever in doubt about it

That's more what I was getting at. 3 years off and he's definitely not the same player, but if you wanted him all along, I feel like it would have made sense to sign him the first time around. Great that he took the challenge to heart and did it, but he also could have done it in the building while learning the playbook and getting himself ready to play. Don't think he would have been a bonafide star or anything but you have to think he could have worked himself into the rotation with a little more time with the team. All of this assuming what he's saying is true, of course. Just hard to believe he couldn't have done something considering we had Boykin being largely unproductive all season.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer

Few things...

1. What the hell is it with the “seasons” shit? I’m 29 so I don’t even feel right talking like this but what tf is the deal with young people putting a season on marriage and relationships? First cuffing season, now marriage season? Shit never made sense to me.

2. why is marlon such a goddamn weirdo? He’s a seriously strange cat and I just don’t know about him sometimes...
 

rossihunter2

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Few things...

1. What the hell is it with the “seasons” shit? I’m 29 so I don’t even feel right talking like this but what tf is the deal with young people putting a season on marriage and relationships? First cuffing season, now marriage season? Shit never made sense to me.

2. why is marlon such a goddamn weirdo? He’s a seriously strange cat and I just don’t know about him sometimes...

lol i love marlon...
 

JAAM

Hall of Famer
Few things...

1. What the hell is it with the “seasons” shit? I’m 29 so I don’t even feel right talking like this but what tf is the deal with young people putting a season on marriage and relationships? First cuffing season, now marriage season? Shit never made sense to me.

2. why is marlon such a goddamn weirdo? He’s a seriously strange cat and I just don’t know about him sometimes...
Lmao.. I’m 29 as well and I’m loving life being single with no family. I never want to get married or have any kids. None of these “seasons” for me, and all I want to do is add to my bank account
 

gtalk12

Ravens Ring of Honor
Lmao.. I’m 29 as well and I’m loving life being single with no family. I never want to get married or have any kids. None of these “seasons” for me, and all I want to do is add to my bank account


Tim Pool is that you? A round of beer on me if anybody got that one.


I too am 29 even if it's just for one more day. So it's GANG GANG @JoeyFlex5
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
lol i love marlon...
I do too but homie is an odd duck for sure, on his wired episodes he was always talking about some weird shit lol


Lmao.. I’m 29 as well and I’m loving life being single with no family. I never want to get married or have any kids. None of these “seasons” for me, and all I want to do is add to my bank account
married with a 5 year old boy and another one coming today, happily. Different strokes lol, I don’t like new people, don’t like getting used to new people and acting differently around new people, so the family life I guess was always for me lol.
Tim Pool is that you? A round of beer on me if anybody got that one.


I too am 29 even if it's just for one more day. So it's GANG GANG @JoeyFlex5
that’s on GANG
 
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