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Who would've been your pick instead? Anae?
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Weaver is a bust in the making. I like Anae, but would have taken him later.
there are only 2 positions this team is worse than it was last year: TE and RG - we are either as good or better at every other position on the team
obviously that RG spot is nothing to be brushed over but we're so astronomically better in some other positions that it's hard to get too worried about it until we get to week 1 and see the OL collapse (but i dont think that will happen)
Anae is ok - no special traits - i probably would have said him too but then again i hadnt watched any of broderick washington pre-draft so hard to say he wasnt BPA
Weaver absolutely no way at all
Sami84
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If i'd have decided to make a small trade, I'd have traded up for tyler johnson or shane lemieux. I don't like weaver much but really this was a crap ass edge class. One of the worst ever IMO
also
I've said it before. Chase Young is really, really good but i don't see him as LT or DT that some people are making him out to be
well that's something we won't know and he is being really hyped but he has all the traits to be a very good edge for a long time. I liked Tyler Johnson but in the 3rd round and also liked Shane Lemieux in the 3rd.
Why would you have taken Weaver, if you don't like him. No it's not the worst ever, but it was pretty bad. You take a player in the 2nd round that you don't like and that's another busted 2nd round pick. That's crazy.....please explain your reasoning for taking him.
Sami84
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honestly because we have depth everywhere BUT edge at the 5th round you're kinda looking for either
High production ( weaver has)
High athletic ability ( does not)
you were talking about Weaver in the 2nd, instead of Dobbins, weren't you. If I misunderstood that statement, then I apologize.
Sami84
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no no..i meant weaver instead of washington in the 5th
ok, I can appreciate that and I would have been fine with Weaver at that point, but doing a little research on Washington, he may be ok. We won't know for a while though.
rmcjacket23
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While I largely agree, there's a couple "unknowns":
1. Theoretically, we're worse in the secondary, because we lost Carr and didn't replace him anybody in the draft or externally. Maybe Averett will be an upgrade, but Carr also was your 3rd Safety, and the only Safety we added was very late in the draft, i.e. very small chance of year 1 impact.
I don't consider this a big downgrade, but the Ravens don't have one of the most healthy rosters in the league this year, like we did in 2019, that could be tested.
2. The biggest "critique" I have of this analysis is the factor that nobody can predict or project... will the same guys play at the same level year-over-year?
Is Matt Skura going to be any good? If he's not, who's playing Center? Is it Bozeman perhaps, meaning we'll have two new Guards?
What about aging veterans? We certain they're going to play as well as they did last year?
Sami84
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Regarding skura, I cannot see someone who wasnt that good to begin with(solid nothing more) coming back after a torn ACL,PCL, MCL and being anything but below average at BEST
UPennChem
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Did he actually tear all three?
it was more of a statement with regards to roster building
but in terms of point 1 i completely disagree - the only loss on the backend is brandon carr but that's clearly offset by the return of tavon young and deshon elliott too (albeit elliott's still fairly unproven)
and you're right about Skura - so maybe rather than RG, I should have generalised and said the IOL
Sami84
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yep
unfortunately he did tear all three, but he does seem to be ahead of schedule on his rehab. That being said, the gym is far from a football field, so we won't know if he's back up to speed until he starts taking reps.
the countdown begins