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The General Offensive Line Thread
- Thread starter Oldfaithful
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Inqui
Pro Bowler
With the state of our OL the plural form of that word might not be appropriate.
More faith in Lewis than Siragusa at this point.
The Raven
Veteran
He's magically gonna get motivated by playing next to Yanda? The whole premise of "motivation" in sports is so contrived if you ask me. Yes, it's better to have a motivated guy, and motivation does make a difference, but the idea of a coach or a player motivating someone and making them better is so contrived. Motivation comes from within, and even if you have it, it's not going to magically make you better. Some guys just don't have it, for some reason or another.
BloodRaven
Pro Bowler
We didn't make any moves last season, and I think we all remember last season.
Who needs an oline. Just have Flacco line up in punt formation all day and throw from there. I mean, everyone is always talking about his arm strength.....
JO_75
Hall of Famer
Some interesting comments on the OL situation by our owner:
Jeff ZrebiecVerified account @jeffzrebiecsun 40s40 seconds ago
Bisciotti on adding an OL: "We’ve got time, we’ve got some money and we’re quite sure that some offensive line help is going to shake out."
Jeff ZrebiecVerified account @jeffzrebiecsun 40s40 seconds ago
Bisciotti on adding an OL: "We’ve got time, we’ve got some money and we’re quite sure that some offensive line help is going to shake out."
usmccharles
Practice Squad
From the horses mouth...
Owner Steve Bisciotti indicated Tuesday that the Ravens won't be pursuing free agent Eric Decker.
Bisciotti believes the Ravens are set at receiver with Breshad Perriman and Chris Moore behind Jeremy Maclin and Mike Wallace, and Baltimore's greater need is on the offensive line. "We’ve got some money and we’re quite sure that some offensive line help is going to shake out," said Bisciotti. "I’d say that I don’t think that we have room for a starter at wide receiver now ... I think I’m going to save that last punch for an offensive lineman."
Owner Steve Bisciotti indicated Tuesday that the Ravens won't be pursuing free agent Eric Decker.
Bisciotti believes the Ravens are set at receiver with Breshad Perriman and Chris Moore behind Jeremy Maclin and Mike Wallace, and Baltimore's greater need is on the offensive line. "We’ve got some money and we’re quite sure that some offensive line help is going to shake out," said Bisciotti. "I’d say that I don’t think that we have room for a starter at wide receiver now ... I think I’m going to save that last punch for an offensive lineman."
From the horses mouth...
Owner Steve Bisciotti indicated Tuesday that the Ravens won't be pursuing free agent Eric Decker.
Bisciotti believes the Ravens are set at receiver with Breshad Perriman and Chris Moore behind Jeremy Maclin and Mike Wallace, and Baltimore's greater need is on the offensive line. "We’ve got some money and we’re quite sure that some offensive line help is going to shake out," said Bisciotti. "I’d say that I don’t think that we have room for a starter at wide receiver now ... I think I’m going to save that last punch for an offensive lineman."
Well he says that, but who could he even add? Mangold and Clady are huge injury liabilities and guys like Austin Paztor and Cyrus Kouandjio have shown flashes but have put a lot more bad tape out there than good tape.
OL seems the one position teams are not willing to let guys go at. So unless theres some sort of trade in the works, I don't think this is the best strategy.
usmccharles
Practice Squad
If we get them cheap enough it would be worth the risk to see if they stay healthy.
Sami84
Ravens Ring of Honor
If we are able to legitimately trade a high pick for a really good C or a mid-round pick for a good right tackle you can start pumping this team up a lot more.
Linder might be a possibility as he's a UFA next year.
Stanley,Siragusa,Linder,Yanda,Lewis would be a good B grade line.
Linder might be a possibility as he's a UFA next year.
Stanley,Siragusa,Linder,Yanda,Lewis would be a good B grade line.
Oldfaithful
Hall of Famer
Our only hope is to offer high draft picks to upcoming free agents next season. Ozzie has shown a willingness to do this with Monroe several years ago(when he was actually good) and I think this is what's going to happen.
Interior line free agents next year go as followed.
Andrew Norwell
Jack Mewhort
Justin Pugh
Weston Richburg
Brandon Linder
Corey Linsley
Gabe Jackson
Well a lot of those guys are straight up untouchables but I wouldn't be surprised if we could pull something off.
GET WEDDLE AND JEFFERSON ON THIS ASAP.
Interior line free agents next year go as followed.
Andrew Norwell
Jack Mewhort
Justin Pugh
Weston Richburg
Brandon Linder
Corey Linsley
Gabe Jackson
Well a lot of those guys are straight up untouchables but I wouldn't be surprised if we could pull something off.
GET WEDDLE AND JEFFERSON ON THIS ASAP.
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Would a fourth and fifth get us one of those guys? That's what we gave up for Monroe.
BloodRaven
Pro Bowler
All we need is to trade for one or two proven starters to compete, they don't even have to be studs. We cannot put out an oline with half-assed players again.
Oldfaithful
Hall of Famer
First order of business: Cut James Hurst.