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The Random Thought Thread
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JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Could always order the custom jersey in white and make it into a Hamilton
gtalk12
Ravens Ring of Honor
That is a wild stat. lol
Nurps
Ravens Ring of Honor
I hope he crashes and burns. Only time I've ever liked him (briefly) is drunk after winning the SB in Tampa and his ass getting roasted a couple weeks ago. Other than that, FUCK TB12Win an Emmy, get demoted for Tom Brady. FOX is praying Brady ends up as good as Romo, this might come back to bite them if Brady is a dud.
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JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Nah, fuck bill and the pats, Brady is a national treasure now that his qb form is dead and gone
While I think that is cool, I have firmly held that are not and never have been a QB anymore than they are a G stat.
Mahomes is the best QB in football. If he played for the Panthers he still would be even though he would struggle to make the playoffs and they would very likely not have double digit wins.
Basically wins are a team stat. The best argument for Lamar over Burrow is health. Burrow has played 4 years. In two of them (his first year and this past year) he missed the end of the season due to injury. Meanwhile in the past two seasons Burrow has been injured to start the year.
If the debate of Burrow vs Lamar wants to begin in earnest first Burrow has to be able to stay on the field and be healthy for a season.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
You may be missing the irony in that last bit, the irony that 2 years ago all the other fanbases had the same evaluation on Lamar, and that he was getting hurt because he’s a rb
I am very aware of it as I was saying the same thing about Lamar last year (not the RB part as he was getting hurt on I believe routine throwing plays which to me is a bigger concern).
My rules with being considered injury prone are that if you have been hampered by injury for 2 seasons in a row people get to call you injury prone. To not be injury prone you have to show you can stay healthy for a season. Lamar did that so he gets the benefit of the doubt now (plus they were his only 2 real injuries in his entire career when Burrow also had the rookie year injury). I was considering Rodgers injury prone when he got 2 or 3 years in a row and then he suddenly won back to back MVPs so it is something that can change in a hurry but its a fair concern to have because it does not matter how talented you are if you are not on the field.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Monken on AFC championship game:
"Certainly we could have run better....."
No shit Todd. It would have been better run game if you tried to fucking run in the first place.
"Certainly we could have run better....."
No shit Todd. It would have been better run game if you tried to fucking run in the first place.
QtR Nevermore
Pro Bowler
As good as Romo is a low bar. He's the worst colour commentator on the planet since Fouts got booted.Win an Emmy, get demoted for Tom Brady. FOX is praying Brady ends up as good as Romo, this might come back to bite them if Brady is a dud.
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QtR Nevermore
Pro Bowler
2 injuries does not equal 'injury prone' in a sport where almost everyone gets at least one bad injury. It's a lot about luck or chance.
Burrow has already missed more games than Lamar in a career 2 years shorter. Maybe he is 'injury prone'. Maybe Lamar is. Maybe neither. The sample sizes are too small to tell.
The Ravens have struggled in the second round historically so I wonder if it’s a flaw in their scouting system and not just EDC. If you look back (removing the 2024 draft) we have had 18 2nd round picks dating back to the 2003 draft and of those the best players have been Dwan Edwards, Ray Rice, Paul Kruger, Torrey Smith, KO and Tyus Bowser.
The other names are pretty bad. Dan Cody, Adam Terry, Chris Chester, Sergio Kindle, Terrence Cody, Courtney Upshaw, Arthur Brown, Timmy Jernigan, Max Williams, Kamalei Correa, JK Dobbins, David Ojabo
However, what I don’t know is how that compares to other teams
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Thanks for this!!
not sure I agree with this at all. It's incomplete at best.
In 2019 we didn't have a 2nd round pick since we traded it to the Eagles to select Lamar in 2018.
2020 we selected JK Dobbins who was an very good back when healthy. Injuries aren't EDC's fault.
2021 we didn't have a selection in the 2nd round, since we traded it to the Chiefs along with Orlando Brown for their 31st pick in the draft to select Odafe Oweh, who is coming along well.
2022 we picked Ojabo and that is incomplete at this point.
2023 we didn't have a selection, since we used our 2nd and 5th round pick to trade for Roquan Smith
2024 we drafted Roger Rosengarten
Day 3 picks
Ben Powers, Geno Stone, Broderick Washington, Jordan Stout, Isaiah Likely, with other possibilities ie Andrew Vorhees.
Day 3 picks are hit or miss but we have a pretty decent hit rate on day three.
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