UPennChem
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Why did they cut him?
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Davesta
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Maaan.. he should be so cheap enough where, even if we get half a season outta him, we shouldn’t care lol
Ellicottraven
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Absolutely! Teams would be running up to make that offer to Lamar. It would be blasphemous for the Ravens to even entertain that risk of a regular tag for Lamar. If that's what they're doing, they may as well trade him next year for buckets of picks!
rmcjacket23
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Yup I did. You didn't even know who he was until ONE playoff game.
When one game represents like 40% of the TD catches you had for the entire season, that's a HUGE red flag.
Gabriel Davis was basically Rashod Bateman last year.
Except now there's no Brian Daboll to magically get Davis wide open.
Except another season from Davis similar to last year. 600-700 yards or so.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I knew who gabe Davis was from the draft process and I am certainly not the only one here, he was never some obscure unknown name.
Now that’s not to say Davis is a world beater, but he would be WR2 here without a doubt.
rmcjacket23
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LOL, I mean you'd be hard pressed to find a #2 WR on any team that wouldn't be a #2 here at the moment based on actual production. Heck half the league have a #3 potentially. Like the Jets have a better WR group than we do.
The argument was that the Bills have loaded up Josh Allen with weapons. I don't agree with that at all.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Fair enough
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
I watched plenty of his tape, not just highlights in college and knew he was a good prospect. I wouldn't throw that assumption around that people didn't know about him, because Dabole or not, he's a good receiver.
rmcjacket23
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Even if I were to buy that he is, which I don't yet, he doesn't check the box as somebody that the Bills "surrounded Allen with weapons" with. He was a 4th round pick. The investment they made in him is basically the same one the Ravens made in Duvernay for Lamar.
Again, in the context of "the Bills load up Josh Allen with weapons", they gave him Diggs (a stud), Cole Beasley (a JAG), a 4th round WR, and one year of a very aging Emmanuel Sanders.
The Ravens investment in weapons for Jackson have been superior to that, in my opinion.
I don't care what round he was drafted him, he's better than Duvernay and it was quite obvious on tape. You don't have to believe that I watched film or not, because I always watch film of players I'm interested in and last year I spent a lot of time watching film of WRs.
Maybe he isn't to your specifications of surrounding him with weapons of top notch FA WRs, ie Diggs, but they clearly have signed WRs they thought would be good in their offense every season through the 2021 season. They may not have been #1 WRs but they were good role players that fit the scheme and fit the scheme well.
I'm not saying we aren't doing that for Lamar either, because we absolutely are drafting players for Lamar, with the exception of WRs from this draft. We have drafted pass catchers for him and have continued to add more weapons on offense under Lamar than we did with Flacco, imo.
rmcjacket23
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Really just doesn't say much at all there. Basically a franchise QB who's nearing the end of his deal isn't signed at this point, which everybody knows. And everybody knows he won't be available as a UFA for at least 3 more years probably, so I'm not sure what they're "monitoring". The only thing they can keep an eye on is if things go South and the Ravens want to deal him.
Michael M.
Pro Bowler
I wonder if he's been talking to Hollywood and thats got him thinking....
he was underdrafted for no obvious reason lol - was sad we didnt take him with any of our 3rd rounders that year - at one point in the process i had a 2nd round grade on him
he's not some randomer who came out of nowhere
Davesta
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Michael M.
Pro Bowler
Thanks, that makes me feel better
Sandtown
Pro Bowler
Not sure
redrum52
Hall of Famer
This. The only complaint fans can have is about not trading for a Diggs level wr... or drafting him when he's in your own backyard. Outside of that the Ravens have invested in the offense HEAVILY. Again, sometimes things just don't go as planned. Hurst and Andrews. Hollywood, Bateman, Duv, Wallace, Proche, and those other 2 guys who are gone. The TEs this year. Ingram, Gus, JK, Hill, Badie. Oh yeah... Boykin. The picks are there. People's problem is with the production.
And if we're looking for a burner I'd rather just send a late pick for Isabella if possible.
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SepticeyePoe
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