Harbaugh will probably say he needs to prove himself on ST first.
-
Welcome to PurpleFlock! Be sure to sign up here so that you can chat with your fellow Ravens fans.
Training Camp and the Preseason
- Thread starter rossihunter2
- Start date
Harbaugh will probably say he needs to prove himself on ST first.
No no and no. Guys fall thru the cracks all the time and when one does and a team tries to be "cute" like my man just said is when another team comes and fixes their wrong by signing him to the active roster. I haven't seen Wesley at camp but I have watched him live and dont remember a rookie WR getting so much praise in a Ravens uniform. If he had Brees throwing to him or Tom Brady I bet the news outlets would be all over it.
cobrajet
Hall of Famer
Not liking what I keep hearing about our offensive line. I am getting bothered by it. I thought it was really lacking last season and I still have the same doubts. I wish I was as optimistic as I am about other units on this team, like our secondary. I just don’t want our offensive line to be the our weak link again.
Sandtown
Pro Bowler
Tank
Hall of Famer
center
Sandtown
Pro Bowler
Every year Ravens fans talk like this and that same player ends up getting cut and making the practice squad. Just because Wesley getting rave reviews in training camp doesnt make him qualified to make the team. He will have to impress in a live game as well and show what he has on tape .
I'm sure this was already mentioned, but I haven't seen it yet
Ravens waived WR Jordan Lasley.
Lasley hasn't been standing out in camp practices, and the Ravens are giving up on him after using a fifth-round pick on Lasley last year. Lasley struggled with drops in the spring after being inactive for every game as a rookie. It's not a good sign Lasley wasn't able to last in Baltimore's underwhelming receiving corps.
Ravens waived WR Jordan Lasley.
Lasley hasn't been standing out in camp practices, and the Ravens are giving up on him after using a fifth-round pick on Lasley last year. Lasley struggled with drops in the spring after being inactive for every game as a rookie. It's not a good sign Lasley wasn't able to last in Baltimore's underwhelming receiving corps.
yeah that's what i think - my hope is there's some way they keep wesley - he was one of my late round pound the table guys and then went undrafted - the wild card option here is if they think they can find a replacement elsewhere on the roster for chris moore's special teams acumen (e.g. from justin bethel) i could see him maybe finding a way off the roster given the stories about how he's had an inconsistent and disappointing start to training camp
he feels to me like the kind of guy we're missing on the roster - the problem is that jaleel scott is not dissimilar
saw a highlight of him earlier but unfortunately it was with the 3rd team offence which does not bode well - preseason will tell us a lot
Zeus spent time with the starters today.
https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/1156671981267369986
this whole video is super cool
David Culley mic'd up at practice and talking to Ozzie and Boykin and Hollywood...
also as if you couldnt love Ozzie even more - the way he drops the mic on boykin is so cool to see lol - we rarely get to see that side of ozzie
this whole video is super cool
David Culley mic'd up at practice and talking to Ozzie and Boykin and Hollywood...
also as if you couldnt love Ozzie even more - the way he drops the mic on boykin is so cool to see lol - we rarely get to see that side of ozzie
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Special teams matter, sure, but if you have 10 competent football players then your special teams will be solid. You don’t need to go hunting for elite gunners and kick cover guys considering most kickoffs are touchbacks. You need 2 gunners on punts, then long snapper and punter, that leaves 7 more spots, which are usually half blockers and the other half big enough bodies to block but fast enough to get the angle on a returner.
Essentially, if you have 6-8 competent football players who can move, special teams is set.
Special teams have been massively overrated by ravens fans and I think it’s because our special teams has typically been a high point for us so we brag about how good it is and thus we convince others that it’s super important. Yeah, if your special teams doesn’t blow games then you have a better chance, but most special teams units are competent enough to not blow games(kickers and punters aside) and ours falls in that category, and signing Justin bethel instead of taking a comp, and IRing Wesley for a better ST player will have zero impact on our W/L record. You can be the best goddamn punt covering team in the league but it will make very little difference without a great punter, you can have the best blockers of any punt return unit in the league but it means nothing without an elite returner.
The truth is, we have convinced ourselves that ST is of utmost importance and a special teamer who plays 6 snaps a game and MAYBE makes 1 tackle on those snaps, is more important than a WR who could potentially be a starter within 2 years, and it’s just not true. I’m sorry but the importance of ST beyond kicks and punts, begins and ends with “don’t blow the game”, anything beyond that shouldn’t sacrifice talents on the other 2 sides of the ball which is on the field for far more snaps
redrum52
Hall of Famer
I haven't. ST ain't shit. As long as you're not historically bad like the Chargers that year,for the most part you're good.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I wasn’t pointing out anyone in particular but I’ve seen too many ravens fans overhyping the importance of special teams and it comes from harbaughs insistence of guys proving themselves there before getting snaps
He didn't do much here. He played in one game in 2017 when Rodgers was hurt and Hundley was so bad that he had to be taken out. He was 5 of 7 for 11 yards in that game. He looked good in practice at times from what I remember.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
How many stickers is required before they get snaps?