Sledge Hammer
Pro Bowler
Y r fans on social media annoying??
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Y r fans on social media annoying??
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I can't understand why he plays DT... he's 250ish, incredibly fast, very good at disengaging, why tf is he playing at a spot where he can get washed out if a guy gets a good hand on him?
I have to see film of him playing in space like an OLB or at least a true edge rusher. Do you have any film of this? Everything I've seen has him playing inside
Well I've watched 4 or 5 full games of his and he played outside (or at least as a 5tech) on probably 20 snaps. So I have a rare sample size of this, sorry. What I saw though is a great first step and a lot of strength and leverage, some average flexibility, it's not his go to but he can give OTs trouble with his twitch. To me his real added value though is as a 3rd down interior rusher where he is unstoppable. His disruption factor in those situations is unreal.
I agree it's silly to put him as a full time DT because he's going to get murdered there on run plays in the league, but as an edge setting OLB he looks absolutely the part, and as a pass rushing DT he's too quick and too good with his leverage to be stopped.
Oh, and unstoppable motor.
Because every week they're done for good with this team and everyone needs to be fired and their aunt is better than Flacco.
RavensFan419
Pro Bowler
Just go spend some time reading comments on Facebook or Instagram I can’t speak for twitter because I don’t have one but it will make you thankful this place is around lol
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
All agreed, his stutter step is out of this world, he is really fun to watch, but I still have to wonder if he handles his business on the outside. One thing I am absolutely done with, is projects and convert players. Get guys for the position they know and are natural at, stop wasting 3 years of a player because you want him to convert positions.
I see what you mean, and I usually agree, but I get the sense Mata'afa isn't a project. I don't see his learning curve being too steep. It's not Correa. He has the agressiveness and the athleticism of Correa but he is stronger and more refined in his technique, his hands are way more active. Plus, that narrative was true with Pees as the DC, that might change next year esp if we can get Pagano who uses his rookies really well I believe.
Extremely underrated: Rasheem Green. He looks like the 5tech perfection.
Sledge Hammer
Pro Bowler
lol I would don't know. This is the only place I talk football. Except friends co workers and clients. But only place electronic. I look at russelstreet but never officially joined. I probably will eventually. Like I read this board several yrs b4 posting anything. Well the old board lol
RavensFan419
Pro Bowler
I don’t spend time commenting or anything I simply just see them when I watch videos or pressers I only talk sports with the same group also I get on BR.com but just for the news although coming here these guys normally have it faster than them lol
Yeah it’s testament to how slow and bad that site is given that most of the time someone here will break news before them and write something insightful about it before they write their article
I mean some of the time I’ll break news first lol and I live 5 timezones away in a completely different continent
I never quite realised just how useless br.com is until it was unattached from the forum
RavensFan419
Pro Bowler
I occasionally read the lfw I find them somewhat interesting sometimes besides that I don’t get on much
if i read br its almost always in the offseason when theres nothing else to distract myself with
Are you looking in the mirror
Better ask sledge first if he likes him. He’s the only opinion that matters around here.
He'll tell you everyone excepts his boys are losers.
No question there.
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
My kind of guy right there. I mean pass-rush is ALWAYS welcomed here, but interior pass-rush? Sign me up.
My "favorite" comments are those who swear they're done with the team because of the kneeling incident in London, but somehow someway they still make their way into the comment sections.
I haven't visited that site in months. They give me no reason to go..............plus these forums are lit lol.
Hurst, Payne, Bryan... We should be ready to hear a DT as our pick
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I wouldn't love a DT pick but I wouldn't hate it either. Oddly taven Bryan is by far my favorite, but I think it's the pick that would upset me the most, just because I have a lot of questions about his transition to the pros and I don't like the idea of taking a player with big questions. His ceiling is great, and if he reaches it with us then I'll be happier than a pig in shit, but I feel the same about Bryan in the first as I feel about DJ Moore in the second, just too risky for my liking due to the development that needs to happen.