SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Ok, that makes sense.
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2018 Secondary
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SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
"They were looking kind of dumb with their fingers and their thumbs in the shape of an L on their foreheads"
if he comes on as an outside corner he will most likely be playing on the left side anyway because jimmy where possible mostly plays solely as the right corner so humphrey's affinity for the left side should help him feel pretty comfortable when he eventually breaks into the starting lineup
I can't wait to see how we use Jefferson. That guy's skillset is so special. Him and Bowser will give some X Factors and Wild Cards to our defense that we didn't have before, love that.
I really think of all the years we might start using more dime, this year would be the year - we finally have the db personnel and maybe a hole at linebacker in passing situations so it all fits perfectly
Rav'n Maniac
Practice Squad
Nice article on Jefferson.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-ravens-tony-jefferson-0702-story.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-ravens-tony-jefferson-0702-story.html
Sooky
MVP
I don't think anyone likes seeing a shining rookie get injured for his entire second year. But if we were to lose a player Young was definitely one of the more disposable ones. I love his upside but that cornerback depth before his injury was so deep. And it still is, I love Smith, Carr, Humphrey, and Boykin. If we lose Jimmy Smith though this team is as good as dead.
Most underrated player in football is Jimmy Smith. If he didn't go down this team was in the playoffs.
The problem was that all of those guys you mentioned are outside corners and Boykin wasn't on the roster until after tavon went down - it seems that luckily for us canady stepped up and Boykin was brought in to preserve a lot of that depth
Young was the most disposable one? Are you serious?
Boykin is trash
ZonaRaven
Practice Squad
I am not saying I agree but I get what he's saying. We couldn't afford to lose Jefferson or Weddle, cannot afford to lose our outside corners in Jimmy or Carr, for the sanity of Ravens fans alike we cannot afford to see another first round draft pick to injury, and as a bonus, Canady might be showing promise.
Again, it's a major blower that Tavon had the injury, but in perspective, we can deal with that one over many others
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Boykin is 2 years removed from being the undisputed best slot corner in the league and only got knocked from that perch due to 2 injury plagued seasons. He hasn't even had a chance to show whether or not the injuries have hampered him
Yeah I can see what you mean. I think Hewitt is fine but I hope Frazier's departure won't hurt us too much. What he did for our secondary was awesome.
Sooky
MVP
I think you're reading way into this. He is one of the more disposable ones. Injuries are going to happen in the NFL. The ones we cannot afford to lose is Weddle, Jefferson, and Smith. I loved what Young did as a rookie but if you were to choose any position on this team for an injury like that to happen it was one that the team had depth and it happened to the #3 or #4 corner on the team. I would consider that pretty lucky. Everyone wanted to see Young play, but looking at this season, so far the team has been relatively lucky with who they have lost to injuries so far. I feel like every year there is a huge name injured and doesn't play the first few games and so far I think the team has been relatively lucky thus far.
Sooky
MVP
No kidding going from last in turnovers or whatever to near first (don't have the numbers in front of me.) that is a huge turn around.
Sooky
MVP
That is what I was getting at. I'm glad you explained it better. This is an injury the team can overcome. Weddle, Jefferson, or Jimmy Smith go down the team will have a long season. Luckily at safety the team still has Webb who had a pretty good season at safety for some depth but either one of them go down and it may be another long season.