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Tank said:
Ravens didn’t hear it in April either.
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This oline can pass protect incredibly well which is likely more important in the long run. We literally make one important shift and the oline likely adds a run blocking dimension and becomes a solid unit.

I agree the oline needs to be beefed up in the postseason but it isn't anywhere close to being a bad unit overall. It's ediocre right now and if we made one important change and Harbaugh stopped playing favorite and was actually willing to play rookies, we'd be better off for it.
 
Lost_In_Translation said:
This oline can pass protect incredibly well which is likely more important in the long run. We literally make one important shift and the oline likely adds a run blocking dimension and becomes a solid unit.

I agree the oline needs to be beefed up in the postseason but it isn't anywhere close to being a bad unit overall. It's ediocre right now and if we made one important change and Harbaugh stopped playing favorite and was actually willing to play rookies, we'd be better off for it.
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Baby Zeus was a great pick, just wish we would have gone O line Round 2 as well, but that’s just me.
 
Tank said:
Baby Zeus was a great pick, just wish we would have gone O line Round 2 as well, but that’s just me.
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We didn't have a round two pick. I get you don't like Lamar but he does have traits of a franchise QB even if he is a project.

This draft sucked for the oline. Zues was one of the better picks we had, and only fell to the third round because of that combine. If Harbaugh wasn't such a dumbass we'd likely be singing a much different tune. We could have taken Hernandez but our focuses this past draft were excellent. We bolstered the TE corps, added a guy who could be a starting RT for ten years, Anthony Averett has starter upside, Bozeman has starter upside. Kenny Young looks like a budding start as an ILB. Elliot has starter upside. James Daniels was not a scheme fit, Billy Price is a guy I liked, and Frank Ragnow was a massive overdraft. After that, the C was utterly mediocre, with the only two other options I liked being Bozeman, and Mason Cole. Next draft class with interior oline is clearly better across the board. That's when you should address it.
 
Lost_In_Translation said:
We didn't have a round two pick. I get you don't like Lamar but he does have traits of a franchise QB even if he is a project.

This draft sucked for the oline. Zues was one of the better picks we had, and only fell to the third round because of that combine. If Harbaugh wasn't such a dumbass we'd likely be singing a much different tune. We could have taken Hernandez but our focuses this past draft were excellent. We bolstered the TE corps, added a guy who could be a starting RT for ten years, Anthony Averett has starter upside, Bozeman has starter upside. Kenny Young looks like a budding start as an ILB. Elliot has starter upside. James Daniels was not a scheme fit, Billy Price is a guy I liked, and Frank Ragnow was a massive overdraft. After that, the C was utterly mediocre, with the only two other options I liked being Bozeman, and Mason Cole. Next draft class with interior oline is clearly better across the board. That's when you should address it.
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Without discussing the entire analysis it’s just my opinion that we compromised the present gambling on a project for the future when there was no pressing need to do so. For me it was more of a PR move than a calculated plan. Again, just my opinion.
 
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Lost_In_Translation said:
We didn't have a round two pick. I get you don't like Lamar but he does have traits of a franchise QB even if he is a project.

This draft sucked for the oline. Zues was one of the better picks we had, and only fell to the third round because of that combine. If Harbaugh wasn't such a dumbass we'd likely be singing a much different tune. We could have taken Hernandez but our focuses this past draft were excellent. We bolstered the TE corps, added a guy who could be a starting RT for ten years, Anthony Averett has starter upside, Bozeman has starter upside. Kenny Young looks like a budding start as an ILB. Elliot has starter upside. James Daniels was not a scheme fit, Billy Price is a guy I liked, and Frank Ragnow was a massive overdraft. After that, the C was utterly mediocre, with the only two other options I liked being Bozeman, and Mason Cole. Next draft class with interior oline is clearly better across the board. That's when you should address it.
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I too thought ragnow was over drafted and I hear he’s struggled in pass pro, which wouldn’t surprise me because I thought his feet were garbage. I actually liked Isaiah Wynn as a G to C project, supposedly he was a very brainy kid who was spoken about as a potential center in a number of reports. worst case you get a very good guard who can play RT, best case you get a top center who can play 4 spots on the OL.

And really I just agree, I thought we attacked this draft incredibly well, the one thing I hated was the WRs we chose, I know you like lasley, and I like his potential, but my gut feeling isn’t a good one, and Scott looks like he will never take an nfl snap, he was horrible, maybe too much of a project. I thought young, averett, Brown, and Andrews could’ve all been considered top 10 value/steal picks, so far averett is the only one who hasn’t shown much aside from when they attacked him 3 straight snaps in the red zone and he absolutely locked it down in preseason.
 
Tank said:
Without discussing the entire analysis it’s just my opinion that we compromised the present gambling on a project for the future when there was no pressing need to do so. For me it was more of a PR move than a calculated plan. Again, just my opinion.
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I liked lamar a lot up until I heard his red carpet interview at which point I thought he might have been legally retarded, I’ve went back to liking him lol and I love the move we made, but my first choice would’ve been to ride out Flacco until tua comes out, trade Flacco away for whatever we can get(a good team with an injured qb would likely give a 2nd) and sell the farm for tua, who I think is gonna go on to be the next nfl golden boy on a Peyton/Brady level. That was what I wanted to do from the start and I still would’ve preferred that and see us get Anthony miller or James Washington in 2, but I still love the lamar move because it’s clesrly motivated joe and the upside is too high
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
I liked lamar a lot up until I heard his red carpet interview at which point I thought he might have been legally retarded, I’ve went back to liking him lol and I love the move we made, but my first choice would’ve been to ride out Flacco until tua comes out, trade Flacco away for whatever we can get(a good team with an injured qb would likely give a 2nd) and sell the farm for tua, who I think is gonna go on to be the next nfl golden boy on a Peyton/Brady level. That was what I wanted to do from the start and I still would’ve preferred that and see us get Anthony miller or James Washington in 2, but I still love the lamar move because it’s clesrly motivated joe and the upside is too high
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We all have our opinions. lol I do want to say that I don’t “dislike” Lamar the person, he seems like a good kid.
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
I liked lamar a lot up until I heard his red carpet interview at which point I thought he might have been legally retarded, I’ve went back to liking him lol and I love the move we made, but my first choice would’ve been to ride out Flacco until tua comes out, trade Flacco away for whatever we can get(a good team with an injured qb would likely give a 2nd) and sell the farm for tua, who I think is gonna go on to be the next nfl golden boy on a Peyton/Brady level. That was what I wanted to do from the start and I still would’ve preferred that and see us get Anthony miller or James Washington in 2, but I still love the lamar move because it’s clesrly motivated joe and the upside is too high
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Sure its motivated him, but the cause for the sudden revitalization of his career has been health and new weapons, neither of which LJ helps with barring a very rapid degree from med school.

I still think the Ravens used 2 second round picks on a high 3rd round talent. Sometimes 3rd round picks become great but most of the time they don't.
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
I liked lamar a lot up until I heard his red carpet interview at which point I thought he might have been legally retarded, I’ve went back to liking him lol and I love the move we made, but my first choice would’ve been to ride out Flacco until tua comes out, trade Flacco away for whatever we can get(a good team with an injured qb would likely give a 2nd) and sell the farm for tua, who I think is gonna go on to be the next nfl golden boy on a Peyton/Brady level. That was what I wanted to do from the start and I still would’ve preferred that and see us get Anthony miller or James Washington in 2, but I still love the lamar move because it’s clesrly motivated joe and the upside is too high
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I was pretty high on Lamar compared to the other Qb's in this draft and I was pretty hyped that we might draft a QB high after I did my research. But we can still draft a qb in the next two draft. As of now I have Fromm above Tua.
 
cdp said:
I was pretty high on Lamar compared to the other Qb's in this draft and I was pretty hyped that we might draft a QB high after I did my research. But we can still draft a qb in the next two draft. As of now I have Fromm above Tua.
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Nah Fromm is trash
 
cdp said:
I was pretty high on Lamar compared to the other Qb's in this draft and I was pretty hyped that we might draft a QB high after I did my research. But we can still draft a qb in the next two draft. As of now I have Fromm above Tua.
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There's nobody close to Tua. Arm, accuracy, running ability but above all else, his reads are unbelievable. Tua processes more routes and coverages in one play than most college QBs do in a quarter.
 
Fromm is garbage. Tua is a first round talent. I like him, but because of Alabama he's going to get labeled as an Andrew Luck level prospect. I'll put him there with Rosen and Wentz as future elite QB prospects.. But he's not anywhere close to Andrew Luck.
 
Adreme said:
Sure its motivated him, but the cause for the sudden revitalization of his career has been health and new weapons, neither of which LJ helps with barring a very rapid degree from med school.

I still think the Ravens used 2 second round picks on a high 3rd round talent. Sometimes 3rd round picks become great but most of the time they don't.
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I know, I never said lamar was the whole reason, Flacco’s health and new supporting cast are largely the reason, but to say lamar didn’t push joe is crazy, he even sounds different in press conferences now, Flacco is an extreme competitor and has a shitload of pride and he wanted to prove something when we drafted him. It can’t really be denied
 
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