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Not sure I agree with Proche, which media is killing Lamar? Facts are facts; he has not been able to complete a high percentage of passes outside the numbers nor down field. What is it with players of today? If you don't just talk about the good play, you are a barbarian.....

Yes, we are still waiting for the NFL to make a decision, it would be unbelievable except this is the NFL after all. The NFLPA has decided to pipe up, chime in. I can understand their point, at first read I even sort of kind of agrees with them, especially on the Kraft point, very similar circumstances. However, while Kraft likely used women who were forced into this line of work, and likely paid much more money, these are very different at the very heart. Kraft was guilty of breaking the personal conduct policy. So too is Watson. But it ends there. Sure, no criminal charges, but 29 women, at least a few of them are telling the truth, state that he forced them into having sex with him or at the very least, exposed him self, unwantingly for the women. Yes, just as there are degrees of "crime", there are degrees for the personal conduct policy with Kraft, Snyder, Jones at one end, Watson at the other end. https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/nflpa-preparing-aggressive-defense-for-deshaun-watson/

Well, Williams was limited, coach says nothing serious. Guess he will be out for a few years..mm

This offense has never, as a franchise, been able to run a screen. Some of that is on the game day play calling/timing. Some is on the coaching practices.. Weird, no matter the coach, like trying to develope a wide out, it eludes us.. The only thing that matters is do they come out injury free... Jefferson getting two picks is just comic relief...

Not really, he only played one season. I love his attitude, his leadership may be missed a bit, but his age and injury do not make for a reliable player.

I don't understand a lot of their moves lately, no real address to the middle backer, nor edge rusher. They draft an undersized injured player with limited experience....

Yeah, a guy coming off of an injury backing up a guy coming off of an injury; not exactly a confidence boost is it....

They gained a lot of depth due to injury last year, IF, they can stay relatively healthy, this team, this defense could be, should be top 8.

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/mike-macdonald-ravens-secondary-versatility-huge-advantage While that was largely on the secondary, and the new additions should help..... Some of that was on the lack of pressure on the qb, even an inability to get the qb down in a timely manner, letting him run around for "ever". Time will tell how well the new coach, new players will help with new schemes, I am intrigued...

Brad Jackson, what a joke he was, he used to post on Ravens Insider as Westside Oz.....

Not all players are willing to give up, willing to see that they have, lost a step or two. Better to go out early than to stay longer and hurt the team later. Cap issues, maybe he hits a wall in week 17 costing the team a game, who knows...

Meh, it's a volunteer camp for a few days of Circle jerks... He has been to every camp up till now, so maybe missing this one, working on his rap skills, fixing his menu for the restaurant will help him focus later in the season when pressure really mounts. It's not as if there are new weapons to work with...

Even if it went down that way, so what? It is a smart business, team decision. Saves a ton of cap space, brings a fresh leg, one of the best in college, and now allows Sam to teach him the how to get the most out of punts, how to male different punts. It's a win- win

The fact that he is a coach now speaks volumes; yes

Kyle Fuller in the house! Great signing, a little later in his career than I wanted, but he should help stabilize the secondary

Toxicology is out, he was legally drunk and tested positive for "drugs used as anesthetics..." Shoot, he may not have known he was on planet earth, let alone a highway

He decided, if you watched closely last season he lost some height and distance on his punts, consistently speaking. Good for him, good for the team, if they put punters in the hall, he would be a shoe in, punter intended.... More.proof that it was a mutual decision, he is now on the coaching staff...

With Andrews they really don't need a deep threat. With the proper route combinations and Lamar reading properly, they can run clear out routes to open things up for Bateman to work underneath in the middle.

I still have a football from the Denver playoff game Femi tossed to me. Funny story; A friend had an extra ticket, his wife couldn't make so he, I and his 8 year old son went. At half time, I head up to get a hot cocoa, Femi, who had broken his foot earlier in the season, was in line in front of me. We started up a conversation about the game, how well it was going. Then I said with a smirk, half joking; hey, if you get a chance toss me a ball, I'm sitting right behind the bench. He laughed, played along and said sure. Late in the 4th with game out of hand, Femi came within ear shot. I yelled to him, there was a ball under the bench right behind him. He picks it up and tosses it to me...

That was a most pleasantly incredible surprise season...

Yeah, my 2004 trailblazer can go 120 mph, it just takes a few miles to get there....

Yeah, not for the money and not for the missed time they will have from injuries they always get in season. Bad enough they signed an average linebacker who is always hurt...

Not sure there are many teams out there willing to give one up, that is affordable. They would know the Ravens are "desperate", plus we really don't know what the 3 young guys can do, Procter, Duv, Wallace. The problem is the system and to some extent Lamar. Yes Brown had 1,000 + yards last year, but big deal, those are few & far between in this system. So even a traded player, will he give 100 percent? Will he resign here? Will he gripe during the year when Lamar looks past him on a double move, and throws instead to Andrews over the middle into double coverage? If you watch the routes closely on the all 22, you will be shocked to see how often that happened with Lamar. It isn't just the system it is his ability to read quickly, trust, throw, accurately.

Not that Brown was a true deep threat, but he was... Now what? Thus early, teams will be able to play down in their coverage which will make running the ball, including Lamar running, very difficult. It will also make the short- intermediate passing game this team relies on, much harder over the middle where safeties will be able to hunt. So, does Lamar finally learn how to timely, accurately throw outside the numbers, down field? I'm not too worried about the defense, so many secondary players were out last year, I expect a healthy defense to be in the top 12 or better. But this offense, yes I know they also had injuries, is what worries me most, that and man I have to cut back on soda, my gut is getting bigger....

Love the bye week, 3 night games I will have to watch on record, 2 of them back to back, odd but good with a bye following them. Too many questions now, all around the word health, to even guess a win/loss record