allblackraven
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To be fair, that was his only TO all season, on tone of touches.
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UPennChem
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I honestly wasn't considering that at all. Just that they gave him a ton of touches, he got a ton of yards but with only a modest YPC. And yet it didn't really fix their running game. I mean ffs Freeman and Murray and Tyson Williams all had higher YPC and we couldn't run for fuck all. I'm mostly saying 1st round running back is USUALLY a bad idea and they'll probably think there was higher value because there likely was
allblackraven
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Agree with all of that. I just feel I need to show him a bit of support, considering he's a Bama boy.
Michael M.
Pro Bowler
WOW, Only the QB's name has changed.... Deebo Samuel wouldn't be the player he is today if he was a Raven, sad to say.
hmmm, what happens next year when we don't play them.
outside of allowing over 1k yards in coverage he had 11 interceptions and 5TDs, there were definitely better options for 1st team All Pro, but I'm sure it was the interceptions that put him over the top.
He had a very similar year to Marcus Peters rookie year (2015) where he allowed over 1k yards, but had 8TDs and 9 Int. The difference is Peters wasn't 1st team all pro in 2015.
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Grim
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idk he's been pretty good in one of the worst possible situations - no OL, and a QB who doesnt threaten deep - he's consistently swamped and a featured part of their running game
but it's also just more proof that there's literally no reason to pick a RB in round 1 - their success is so dependent on the rest of the team around them
tbf to the steelers there werent really any value offensive linemen - the next one was Teven Jenkins who had some injury issues that the public didnt know about and was taken 15 picks after they took Najee (and Jenkins hasnt been able to play this year and has also still apparently not fully recovered his strength from pre-injury)
but no reason they couldnt have added Greg Newsome at corner or one of the large number of EDGEs who went towards the end of round 1 (who've all contributed in year 1)
we'll have to play them in the playoffs then i guess
it's one of those where it's understandable - it's not like he lead the league in picks with 5 or 6 and got in just because he was the pick leader
he was on track at various points for historic levels of playmaking - it feels acceptable to give him that berth even with all the yards given up because he managed to score more points and create more turnovers than some entire teams defences/special teams and also scored more TDs than a decent number of receivers
like it probably should have been AJ Terrell instead of him but i cant be mad that they gave it to diggs
not only that, Diggs plays the majority of his snaps on the right side.
I think they're gonna regret the pick, but not because of Harris himself. I think they completely disregarded where they were as an organization and they're going to get no value out of him unless by some miracle the Rodgers rumors come true. By time they're competitive again, Harris will have been run into the ground with how much work they're giving him.
exactly - Harris is going to be the workhorse and by the time they’ve put an OL and QB around him they’ll either have to pay him or let him go
especially poor foresight given the way the 2022 qb class looked too
It’s honestly wild that they were never in play for a young QB... a few years ago they gave up a future 1st to move up 10 spots for Devin Bush - feels like they’ll regret not making a similar trade to get to 11 for Justin Fields - still taken freiermuth and green in day 2 and even dan Moore in day 3
BoredMarine13
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I would be pissed if Rodgers, Wilson, or Watson ends up there. They’ve had 18 years of solid QB play. They need to enter QB purgatory for a few years
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with Colbert leaving after the draft, i feel like he's going to try and leave his successor with the next QB a bit like Ozzie with Lamar (albeit EDC had been running the draft room for a while by that point)
I mean terrell, slay, jc jackson and like atleast 1cb outta every division had a better season but yea those ints got him there. Not mad at it but that usually leads people into thinking he actually is the best cb in nfl
Davesta
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OURavensFan
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Meh, I doubt they’ll lose sleep about Fields
Tank
Hall of Famer
I think this tweet inadvertently points out a big issue with parts of our squad. While team speed is important, at it's most basic level success in football boils down to making tackles and breaking tackles, not winning races.