Ellicottraven
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With Goff hurting his thumb, it looks like a rooke will be starting at QB for the Rams. Advantage Arizona right now. As much as I hate that little overrated dude Kyler.
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Dom McRaven
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Unless we've used this combination before the 2018 season, this is the first time we won while wearing the non color rush all-purples. Comically, the NY Ravens won while wearing their all-greens. They want to be us so bad.
JoeyFlex5
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I’m glad we got that monkey off our backs because I like the all purples, I like it better than the color rush which has soured on me tbh and I’d be perfectly fine with the all purples for color rush
LSURavenFan
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Kinda funny, I bought the Lamar color rush jersey this year, but they didn't end up wearing it once.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the Ravens wearing the black alternate 3x. NFL is so stingy with uniform rules. Could be wrong, but I believe you can only wear an alt jersey twice unless the league gives you special permission. Thought I heard something along those lines.
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
I do too. We had weird losses when wearing them.
2018: Football gods conspired with Mother Nature to lose to Saints by one point.
2019: Our defense gets completely assaulted by the Browns offense.
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
Like it makes no sense with these stupid uniform rules. They're UNIFORMS, not powerups. But it's weird that we never wore the color rush all-purples. Also, and @JoeyFlex5 will agree with this, GET RID OF THE BLACK ON WHITES! They do not work.
airconteka
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Apparently we can thank the Browns loss to the fellas thinking having a hot tub together during a pandemic was a good idea. Classic Browns.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
.....I like the black on whites. I wish we went all black for home primetime games, because it always has and always will feel “right” for ravens all black night games, but I do like the black on whites a lot actually.
but yeah the nfl is so fucking stupid with uniform rules, it’s fun to change things up and the nfl seriously discourages it. I’d like to see us go a different route for color rush and make an all black uni out of our qb practice jerseys, put a single line of gold trim around the purple number, black pants, purple stripe w/ gold border. All black and purple, no white at all, minimal trim, like the lakers black on purples
cdp
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I think what the league has to figure out moving foward is QB contracts. The current mechanism is flawed, it rewards below average to mediocre qbs. Lately, we've seen too many of them (Flacco, Goff, Wentz, Cousins, ...) and they really cause too much damage. I don't know if teams choose riskier approaches in regard to roster structure and it seems like there are more all-in teams than ever.
That's exactly how I refer to the Tucker miss as Mother Nature taking control.
they worked against the Pats last season on Sunday night, but I'd definitely prefer the All Blacks. That is a much better choice.
rmcjacket23
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I don't think the league needs to do anything. It should be on the teams. If they don't want to play high $ to average QBs, then don't do it. They're not forced into doing anything.
It's a double-edged sword that can't be solved. Nobody saw the decline of Carson Wentz coming, and if the Eagles move on from him, and he ends up on a team with a competent Oline and some actual receivers, he's going to decimate other teams and make the whole league look bad for doubting him.
Jared Goff pretty much checked every box of what you wanted for a franchise QB when they handed him his extension. 11-4 in 2017, 13-3 in 2018, and a SB appearance. Strong statistical numbers in both years. He checked the box as a statistical quality player, and as a winning player.
Cousins was a stat compiler, much in the vein of a Stafford, Ryan, etc.
Basically it comes down to this... the ONLY franchise QBs who are living up to their 2nd contracts are guys who a) put up quality statistics and b) win a lot of football games. And realistically, there's less than 10 of those guys in the whole league.
As pretty much every team in the league as figured out, it'll take you multiple iterations of high draft picks and talent development to find somebody who does both. And when you do, sometimes even then, you get a Jared Goff.
You can pay the stat guy a lot of money, and he may never win anything (Stafford, Cousins). You can also pay the guy who wins a lot but isn't stat-heavy a lot (Flacco), but when the winning stops, all you have is a guy who isn't very good.
There's nothing the league can do to stop that. Putting in some special QB "salary cap" adjustment only favors teams that suck at evaluating QB talent. NFL teams are the problem, and its up to them to correct the mistakes.
If Wink gets a HC job like people are expecting at this point, I'm curious who moves up to DC. We've traditionally promoted from within and I wouldn't think this year would be any different. Chris Hewitt seems like the obvious candidate, but wouldn't count out Mike MacDonald either, who has gotten a lot of praise in recent years.
rmcjacket23
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Who is expecting it? I'm certainly not. I'd actually be quite surprised if he does get hired as a HC.
Which team who's going to have a HC vacancy is a good fit for Wink at this point?
I can't see any way the Jets hire him. I can't see any way the Jags hire him. I can't see the Chargers hiring him either.
Pretty much leaves Houston, Atlanta, and Detroit. Atlanta and Detroit literally just fired guys who are extremely similar to Wink, and Houston, in my opinion, is going to look for someone far more splashy.
I expect him to get some interviews, but I don't think he'll be high on the consideration list. There's other DC's who will be just as qualified as he is, and his biggest problem will continue to be that any team that's hiring him will want to make damn sure he's got a very strong, highly desirable, OC either on the staff or coming with Wink. He's been linked to Joe Brady, but there's a lot of contingencies there I think. And if people liked Joe Brady enough, I don't know why they'd just hire him instead.
cdp
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Pretty much everyone around the league. Rapoport mentioned this on twitter and in the pre-game show. Rapoport even said that the Clemson OC, Marvin Lewis and Lovie Smith are potential assistant coaches for Winks' staff. Wink wouldn't call guys if knew he wasn't a candidate.
cdp
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When I wrote league I actually ment teams. Stafford isn't a stat compiler. McVay has been reading the defense for Goff since he took over. Goff hasn't done anything. McVay did his best to mask the deficiencies of Goff (i.e. every play from under center was play action).
Wentz hasn't done anything outside one season. Flacco pre injury won us games and a SB, but when it was time to overcome a less talented roster we didn't make offs once. Teams should show some resilience and don't overpay for average qbs.
Leader of men. Rave reviews from everyone to have played for him. It’s easy to look at all of these offensive minded coaches but that’s not all that is considered. If he puts together the right staff and shows an ability to lead, he’ll find a job eventually even if it’s not this year. That’s precisely why a guy like Joe Judge got the job in New York - he’s a good leader.