tsylvester

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

Well, you know I'm partial to Thorton, bulldog boy & all. Big leg, his average is only not that great because the offense gave him shorter fields to work with. He can boom it, with hang time

Zeitler is still available I believe, wonder if they will bring him back? Right now, Stanley at left tackle, open comp for left guard, Jones, Bullock, Vorhees, center open, Simpson at right guard, Rose at right tackle.. Take a punter in what, the 5th? Thorton, Eckley?

Free agency perhaps, where they could still find a tackle,Cam Robinson amd tight end, David Njoku, to solve two holes

Hey, I am just spit balling what I would do were I in charge. I know this team needs a back up tackle, and a receiving tight end to go along with what I mentioned. But this draft, as we talked about before Harbs was fired, is perhaps their most important because of all of the free agents and bad picks other years. Now with a new coach, even more so. You are not going to pick 11 players who all turn out good. So hedge the bets, use them to identify 4 players you want, and trade picks to get those players. Hey, it may not work out, may not get a team to trade, player may go way too early. In those cases, then go bpa, where you will likely get your back up tackle, your tight end. Likely was a 4th rounder, so ....

You are assuming that the players drafted don't work out, that the new coaches are worthless, and don't turn around the line nor the defense... I chose to think the opposite

In the first 3 rounds? Nope, I know, Stanley is aging faster than a cheap paper towels that is wet. I also know, that Rose took a step back last season, thus needing a tackle or two. But frankly, a center, guard, phatty and corner are the top needs and it is important to get them this year, this draft is deep at those positions, save center, and with 11 picks, they need to use them to get specific players, not "best player available"