tsylvester

Teams only need a few games, tapes, to adjust to the nee offenses they face. As for as facing Lamar, they played him the same way, 0 blitz on key downs, tight man coverage sprinkled with match up zones, flood the middle of the field with deep lineback drops on key downs. They play Lamar, not so much the offense, limit his running force him to pass. How did that work this past year? He won another MVP. The only thing to really stop him, in the playoffs, was him; he got too stuck in trying to do too much in the passing game.

Don't know about you, but I am not staying up to midnight to see who the Ravens draft

There were signs last year that he was slowing down his reads and going through them in a timely manner. Sure, they were few and far between but I believe he will get better this year

I'm fine with his running for the most part. He just got caught trying to do too much and either would not run when he should have, holding the ball too long, getting sacked. Or He would just focus in the pocket on one side of the field for so long, he would get sacked. The part I agree with you on is his pocket awareness, which sucks. It has led to him being sacked, fumbling, quite often. Just a slight move up or over would not only give his linemen a chance to move their men past him, or keep the strip sack from happening.

I think this year will tell the tale, he will be well set in Todd's system, study film to see what defenses are doing. With Henry, the backers will have to step up, or freeze in place for a beat which should open the middle up more, a place Lamar is most accurate and where Bateman & Flowers flourish

Lamar was still adjusting to becoming a pocket passer, so he often didn't get to his 3rd read, Bateman. I expect that to be much better this year. It wasn't just Bateman that was open often and not thrown the ball, there were times when Lamar locked in on one side of the field, and missed open guys on the other. He has been great when he can throw on time, but he tended to lock in when the timing was off.

I like him, if he goes to the right coaching staff he could be a keeper. Very Mobil, smart, great accuracy, especially deep down field.

First Higgins requests a trade, now their best pass rusher, Trey Hendricksen wants out too, despite getting $14 mil and $15 mil this season and next. He has been a Ravens killer, would be glad to have him gone from that team (and on the Ravens)

I've seen mocks have 5 qbs go in the top 5. Wow, that would be a waste. History tells us that only 2 of the top 5 qbs in a draft will work out, at best. I cannot believe JJMcCarthy is a first round qb, no way. Nor Nix nor Penix, both struggle reading complex coverages, at least Nix can scramble a bit.

Well, reports are that they will Not pick up his 5th year option. So either they are going to extend him, cheaply, or this was a crazy trade

Bateman extended, good move, takes a while to recover from Lis Franc, he will break out this year... 3 years, $15 mil, great deal, if true, (the 5th year option due next week is $14 mil for 1 year) Per Espn OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Wide receiver Rashod Bateman is staying in Baltimore, after all. Bateman reached a two-year extension with the Ravens on Wednesday, which keeps the former first round pick in Baltimore through the 2026 season, the team announced. This surprising move was made eight days before the Ravens had to make a decision on whether to exercise Bateman's fifth-year option.

Nope, I could see them draft him if he is still around in the 6th or 7th, just for Todd...

Ladd, good, very good receiver, great hands, smart player who understands where to go against defenses to get open. Runs well after the catch. However, he has missed numerous games, not finished games because of a back problem. He may have a nice career as a slot receiver, but I would rather that be on another team, let them take the chance that he can stay healthy.

Matos is interesting, 6'7" 350, but raw, really, really raw. Day 3 they say, maybe even an undrafted gem.

The league announced that it found insufficient evidence to punish Flowers, per Espn

Eric on who he thinks will be the next break out player like Brandon Stephens was, was quite telling, perhaps. He said Bateman, that they feel they had too many receivers last year to get him the ball. But they feel comfortable this year with Bateman, Zay, Mark and Isaiah. So, maybe he is telling the truth, and they will NOT, go after a receiver via trade, nor reach for one in the draft. However, this could also be a smoke screen, Bateman is on the final year of his rookie deal, pick up his option or not in a week and a half... Now, Bateman looks great in his work out video, now going on year two removed from the Lis Frank injury, a time when most who suffered this injury usually rebound. Should be interesting.

I wish him the best but he just couldn't stay healthy and he wants to be the feature back.

I don't know that the "quality of player" is that great once you get outside the top 12 or so. Thus, moving up would be, essentially a waste, given how much it would cost to move that high, or even to move up to the mid 20's to nab a player you can essentially get at 30. If anything, I would hope that they move back, gain an extra pick or two if there is nothing obvious about who is there at 30. They lost a lot of free agents, many of them role players, some, special teams players and they need to replace them, cheaply

Texans wiped out part of his contract, per Espn, he will be a free agent at the end of the year if they don't work out a new deal.. quite interesting

That is great news,

Maybe, he is over 30 now, a time when many/most slow down. Without his speed, is he worth paying the last two years of a $90 mil contract? Better to get rid of one a year early than a year late. Maybe, likely the best deal that they could get considering

Is Buffalo in a semi rebuilding mode?

Well, considering what Buffalo just did, wow, 31 mil dead cap hit for pittance in draft picks, ouch. Houston is going to be a problem.

Meh, window, smindow, can Stone continue to play at that level, without the schemes and players to back him? How about Queen, is he that good, that Smith next to him good, with out Smith next to him? A better offensive line, better understanding of the offensive system, more comfortable with it too boot, means the offense will be at least as good, if nor better. They were already one of the top teams in the league in redzone efficiency, at Henry to the back field, yeah let's party. Last year the defense had a number of injuries in the secondary, some, many of those players are not just back healthy, but get to go through an off season where they can rest and train, not recover from surgery. Yeah, call me optimistic about the defense being better, not just as good. So a closed window? Yawn, over speak, dead season speak just to get clicks.

Thanks papa, this is a good draft to fill this team up again with talented youth.