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They've got the defense, and granted, Darnold played fantastic against the Rams, the Denver defense is a different animal.

What an awful AFC championship game. I know, I know they "weather was sooo horrible", the defenses, "so great", sorry, the qbs were not good and the receivers for Denver cant catch anything but the dropsies. This may go down as the worst Super Bowl in history..

Yep, this should work out well. I think he is worn out

Maybe Ken has changed, he was a whiner that day, mad that he had to sit outside the castle on day 3 of the draft when no one around. Then ticked ofd even more when I was asked to analyze the draft. He exploded on the phone when I correectly picked 5 of the Ravens draft picks that year. We laughed so hard in the studio that we had to take an extra commercial break.

I worked with Weisman one weekend on the draft. Let me say this; he wants, nay, desires to be the man, the one who breaks stories, no matter what. No, I don't trust him with the truth. Woodland I don't know, I don't listen to talk radio any more, not sports talk radio, not political.

Personally, and this is just my opinion, I think Harbs and his agent leaked that and other rumors. The more you hear him talk, now, you can tell he was behind it. Do I believe that stuff about Lamar? Some of it, yes. Not that he demanded practice time to be moved, or that he stays up late, every night, some of those two rumors might be true. He and some other players, may have talked about practicing later in the day for what ever reason. Maybe it had more to do with ther family life, their kids, who knows. Yes, given his age, I am sure he plays video games, my daughter still does and she is 34. But every night? All night long? Late into the next morning? I doubt it. I did play video games, best games were after 8 pm when the rest of the WORLD, could be online at the same time as well. I worked full time, had to be up at 5 am to get to work on-time. So every night, no, especially with 2 kids, one with special needs. So yes, there can be some truth to the rumors, but not all is true. Knowing Donut Man, and JLC, they likely, very likely embellished the rumors, greatly.

I'm looking forward to see how he views certain players, how he uses them as well. Shoot he got pretty good production out of a Raven cast off. The Chsrgers also have a couple of free agents I wouldn't mind having here, will they come?

Who is leaking and why are 2 questions that should be asked. Both can be true, some players could love the coach, other players not so much. The media, especially today's media, will ask 10 people a question and let their answer be for everyone. Why? For hits and clicks, to prove their point. Been there, seen it, read it, heard it. I could tell you stories about reports that were wrong, how the person reporting it was told that it was wrong and yet still ran with it for self gratification, if we look at the core reason. Come on, you know this, you've been around the world a few times, been into sports, radio, TV, message boards, etc for a long time. Here is one such example Donut man once ran a camp story about how Boller did one day. Unfortunately for donut man, I was there that day as well and had my usual set up: chairs, camera, video camera. I filmed all of the drills, including 7 on 7. That day, Boller was exceptional, great throws, timely, accurate, right reads. Pictures and video backed this up. I also saw donut man in the shaded area, on his phone with his back to the field for most of the drills, including the 7 on 7. Yet, he never thought, from draft day, that Boller would work out, he wasn't alone, most people felt the same. In any event, he wrote a column that day about how badly Boller performed; factually incorrect. That is just 1, an easy one, of how the media spins things, sports, politics, life style, selling a product. You know this, we had this discussion way back then on the RN2 board during training when I called out donut man.

The Biscuit on Minter ""Jesse was impressive throughout our incredibly thorough interview process. He clearly understands the values, high expectations, and history of the Ravens, and he has a great vision for the future... Jesse’s football acumen is outstanding, and that’s been proven by the impact he’s made throughout his entire coaching career. He is also a leader who will authentically connect with our players and inspire them to championship levels."

Eric on why Minter https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/jesse-minter-eric-decosta-explains-why-ravens-chose-hired-head-coach "Talking to him and just seeing his respect for the culture in this building, his ideas, listening to him talk about his ideas for the offense, his ideas for the defense, his ideas for the special teams, what he wants his team to play like. Watching the Chargers play defense on fire every single week, his scheme, very creative. Looking at what he did at Michigan, looking at what he did at Vanderbilt, the coaches he's worked with. It all just kind of came together and it became clear."

I agree, and it seems, at this point, so too does Minter if reports are true he is looking for a dc

Papa, we are adults here, unlike many of the other Ravens fans, message boards. We are settled in who we are, not weak minded, or lonely, we don't need a hug, unlike many of those boards. So we don't need to piunt out when we are right, don't need someone else to say atta boy, you were right. Again, if you want that, go to the other boards, there are plenty of threads on those boards, filled with atta boy posts, with members starting threads proclaiming their vast knowledge of the team, the game, how "right they were". Great, fabulous, papa you were right about somethings. Frankly I cant remember if I was right about what I had for breakfast, so sorry if I cant remember what you said about this or that and it came true. Frankly, I don't take this too seriously any more, not personally either. Good Google moogley, is this RN2 memories coming back to haunt us?

What Grub said, honestly, JLC has been wrong more than weather forecasters. How he still has a job in radio is beyond me. As for you being right papa, Bravo, but when other fans are right and you are wrong, old buddy, you don't give them props either. In the end, we are fans, know nothing compared to coaches or execs on a team no matter how long we spend on the net.

That was my next question, would help call the defense or hire out, two minds are better than one

Albert Breer on Minter

Kliff's offense works, look what he did in Washington, until their golden boy got hurt. Same thing here, Todd's offense worked, real, real well, until 2 things happened. Lamar kept getting hurt and they changed the o line coach. Once the o line failed, no coordinator was going to work his offense well. Under Todd, this offense lead the league in 90+ yard drives. It is a big reason they won so many games, why this offense was one of the best in the league. It took over games, controlled the clock, and wore the defense down greatly so that in the 4th, the Ravens could run the ball with anyone. But yeah, Monken was the issue, not the offensive line coach. Thankfully we have an owner who saw that the offensive line coach was the biggest issue and the only way to get rid of him was to get rid of Harbs

Well, my drothers is to bring Todd back, but for some reason Lamar doesn’t want to win MVP's any more nor have one of the best offenses in the league; at least not Monken's way. Lamar wants Kliff, go to Cheers and get him. Either it works, which is great or Lamar learns to shut up and play football not gm and quarterback

Let's start with his age and the fact he was also, key word, a successful college college defensive coordinator. What does that mean? He can relate to, speak the language these young players need to hear. Couple that with- And yes, he along with -insert Jim Swartz's name here- would bring the ba-boom back to the Ravens defense and keep it that way. I think Swartz would be a great hire, a true vet of the NFL to help offset any lack of experience Minter may have. Oc, good question, Brady is surely an option right now, but "Lamar and his teammates" want Kingsbury, so bring him in much to the dismay of grub Good hirer right now, I guess time will tell, 3 years we will know for sure.

From sports Illustrated According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a preferred candidate in mind to run the Ravens offense: Kliff Kingsbury. Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has said Jackson will have a say in the team’s next hire, and per Russini, Jackson and his teammates want Kingsbury in that role.

And Flores signed a new deal with the Vikes. Maybe Minter has decided to stay with the Chargers

Welp, he left without a contract, so hush Nina, voices carry

With Buffal and Pit, to some extent, Minter can get what he wants as far as control over the team. Three orgs that have a history of winning and loyal to their coaches. We are not talking about him only having to pick between losing franchises like the Clevelands of the league

Why so glum on Kingsbury? Excellent oc, great eye for talent at wide out, which this org has lacked since the Jackson, Alexander days

I bet he does. Had they put more into the offensive line when he was here.... Read that Harbs wanted Puka in the 5th in the 2023 draft, he was over ruled by Eric & company, who took Kyu Blu Kelly, another failed draft pick.. How true, who knows, could just be Harbs' camp trying to make him look better..