tsylvester

The problem with the "pay them early" philosophy is that most, perhaps some, want to taste free agency, the thrill of it. Others, want to see what they are worth as others in their positions get paid. Their agents encourage them to wait. Sure, some will sign, they love the city, the team, but to assume a player at the top of their position is just gonna take what you offer or, not come back to the table a year later and want a new deal is foolhardy.

Well, Hamilton is a team first guy, he will make the changes needed in his contract next year. Madds, who knows if he will even be back this year. If not, his cap hit next year will be halved at worst. If so, and he plays half way decent, stays healthy, I am sure, given the team's patience with him, he will restructure. Stanley is in his last year I am sure, same for Henry. They won't need Lamar to do much on his contract, except maybe to extend for the sake of 28 & 29, those void years. Stanley and Henry will be replaced with cheaper versions. Smith, the interesting one, gained weight, lost a step last year, was that age related or weight? How he plays this year, will determine if they trade or release him next year

That's why you post on message boards like the rest of us, we are not worthy to be gms

He was trained under and with Ozzie, so we shall see

With Minter, Weaver & Declan, will they sway the organization away from the bpa strategy they have been using since the beginning?

I would wait and see. If they some how stay in playoff contention and he is cleared to play, I would play him. If not, let Fields keep going

Solid team right now, provided Nix comes back from that ankle. Will the defense be as good? Perhaps. We know KC is going to be out of it for a bit with Fields starting for a while. The question is, can he win enough games until Mahomes comes back?

I highly doubt it. The guy has proven to be a malcontent, whether he is getting his touches and touchdowns or winning a ring, he is always complaining.

I thought Eric was nuts to trade 2 1's for Crosby, but wow, the Broncos take the cake

Meh, a finesse blocker as a tackle, played both tackles, likely a move to guard, not someone you take in round one

Well, papa, it was only 2 games and who knows which person had a choice in making up the line. As one former offensive lineman who signed with another team said recently; "good luck with that shit show" I don't know much about him, other than while he was there they were top 10 in rushing.

3rd round, if he is there, I would love for them to draft Elijah Serrat, wr, Indiana. Not the speedster most teams are looking for, 4.6 in the 40. However, at 6'-2", 215, great catch radius and tremendous hands. He blocks out the dbs with relative ease, and makes the difficult coverage catches. His run after the catch is pretty darn good. The Ravens need a slot man who can make those catches, over the middle, along the sidelines, deep, doesnt matter. The ball in the air is his.

That is mostly on coaching and skill, more so than on talent. When stunts happen, some coaches teach to hand the defender off, block an area. Others say, stay with him and wash him down. Proper foot technique and hand placement help and are far more critical than power & quickness. This is where I think the line last year, fell down. The big fella never could get his feet nor hand placement right. He almost always looked lost on stunts, unsure who to block. I remember one play he actually chased the defender around Lindy, Vorhees and Lindy also struggled at times with this. One time they would hand the defender off, but one of them would not pick up the block. Middle blitzes were the worst, Lindy would have no one to block so he would help out one of the guards. Then the middle backer would blitz; every pass play. Lindy was always late in seeing it and never, ready through the game thread, never picked up the blitzes. All he had to do was fake a help block, get the backer to blitz and block him. But no, never, Lamar sacked or forced out to the defensive end, throw the ball away. I'm not sure what was worse, Lindy not picking up on this or the coaches not correcting him. You can teach technique, foot work, hand placement, so a natural power blocker is better. The big fellas problem was that they built the line to be zone blocking, quick. He was quick but too big for that, teams picked up on it and exploited him. Another head scratcher, why the coaches left him in, knowing, on film, what we all saw each game. Same for Lindy, not a power guy, so why would you use power plays against strong defensive line teams? Except to use their power against them, and slide block; pretty easy, if it is taught correctly, which, as we saw, was not. Lindy could slip those power defenders, get them off balance, but not when both guards are blocking a different way. As you see, it all goes back to the coaching, yard know, how other teams replace 3 offensive linemen in game, and don't give up sacks? Coaching, never saw that here last year, no changes, a line that went garbage after the year before when everything worked.. The Biscuit saw it, knew it, fired Harbs not because of Monken, in my opinion, but because of the line coach and defensive coordinator, whom Harbs refused to change.

They, I feel, will be looking for a power lineman on the interior. The Simpson signing signals that, for me. Too many times they have been over powered on the interior, allowing pressure right up the middle, a killer for any qb

Stout was let go because of money and, frankly he was too inconsistent. There were too many times the team was pinned down at or inside their own 20 and needed him to flip the field only for him to shank one, only get off a 40 yarder or worse, kill one but with no hang time, causing the return team to have no chance