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NBC Sports: Report: Alejandro Villanueva set to visit with Ravens. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/19/report-alejandro-villanueva-set-to-visit-with-ravens/

The truly sad part is that people read what they want to see, not what is really there; media. Yes, this article did a fairly good job of separating the gun violence, but they missed by including all of it under one head line grabbing statement; mass shootings. "Shoot", pardon the pun, a vast, vast majority of the mass shootings, the gun violence is done by shhh, GANGS! Just look at Chicago for the perdect example, it is "nothing" for them to have 50 people shot over a weekend, to have a mass shooting of 5 or more at a "child's birthday party. Tell me, why is that, gang related mass shooting, not having flags at half staff, headlines in every news agency? Yet when they talk about gun violence, mass shootings, those 50 people are included, those 5+ people killed at a gang birthday party are included. Gun laws? Maine has the loosest gun laws in the nation for the most part, how many shootings, mass killings happen there? Chicago/Illinois has some of the strictest.. I'm not sure what the answer is, gun laws are tight, strict for the most part, if a person wants to kill a lot of people, they will find a way, gun or no gun, the B word is easy to find out how to make them on the web, get supplies at your local groccery store... But for the love of all people, filter out those shot/killed with illegal guns by gangs, from those killed/shot with legal guns done out of "desperation".....

Hey, it's tax payer money, so anything will go...

Yeah, they got too cute with the architecture, ends up costing far more down the road as we see now....

Just imagine if they had built the stadium facing the right way... Or built it with a retractable roof.....

Some are "no brainers" others, meh

Na, not that bad of a deal, they really had no choice in the guarantee money, though I would have liked that to be incentive based, not that he would go for that deal. He is just not as quick & fast as he used to be, injuries, age have slowed him, his hands are all based on how focussed he is... I would think he will likely be like Lee Evans was when he was here a few years ago; one dropped game winning touchdown pass away from likely a super bowl victory... All because he lost focussed on the ball for his feet.. Watkins needs a true # 1 opposite him, maybe Brown is ready this year.. Oh and I never, ever wish injury on anyone; I've been stretchered off of a field before, not a great feeling. Papa & I were joshing around.

8 games, maybe they should pay him per snap...

Not a bad hall for them, do they go wide out from Bama or tight end from Florida? Man, over paying for Watkins is a real bad sign... I hope he pans out...

There was a play lasr season where the Ravens had to run the clock out. However, the defense went into tight man, crowded the line of scrimmage, no room to run, no options for short passes. Lamar hit Brown down the sidelines, perfectly placed over the shoulder beating man coverage; 20 + yards, first down, game over. This play in that game forced the defense to back off, play 2 deep, 7 in the box instead of 8-9 men box which allowed the Ravens to run the clock out. My point is that sometimes in a game, to gain momentum, to change a defense's coverage to a more advantageous one, a big pass play is needed. For me, so that we are clear, I am not talking about excitement, but scheme, wins, especially in the post season. If a running team can't get the safeties to back off, can't force the linebackers to delay a step or maybe even take a step backward, then the running game stalls, especially after you pass midfield. The result is as we have seen in the last two years in the playoffs; losses. Lamar has, as I said, made that throw once in each of the last two seasons, he has attempted it maybe 5 times total last year. But rarely more than once in A game. Any analyst worth their salt will tell you, that even just attemtping that throw can make a defender think; then you have the advantage. Can he make that throw more consistently, attmept more often, is it called often? All questions we do not have the answers for at this time.

Is it.Roman's system? Or is it the passing talent he has had to work with? How much of the wide outs not signing here is because of the small cap this year and them wantinf one year deala?

Let me tell ya how it is.... Typical reponse when talking about Lamar, yes we all know he is a stud, a beast... Yes, touchdown passes are nice.. But how far are they? Ok, he ran then down to the 30, or into the redzone then threw the touchdown pass. However, where are the game changing throws? We've seen 1 or two each season, the tough ones, down the sidelines while in the pocket, the back shoulder throw to save drives, win games. The quick strike long touchdown throw to change the game? Again, one or two per season.. Nothing consistent to make a defense back off. Sure, the run game is great, we can blame Roman for not calling play action, hard play action routes down the seam or behind the backers deep, consistently. But if Lamar is not hitting those, if he can't make those throws in practice consistently, how can Roman call those plays? I think we have a mixed back of blame here and yes Lamar does deserve some of the blame if you will, if he can't read the option, or make the throw....

And now Stone, meh. Nice of each guy to help out, love bringing Wolfe back and his remarks on what the team is kooking for in a player.

We've all complained about the route combinations used in this offense for, well, ever. Receivers failing to get open, or atleast appearing so... Then the all 22 came out for us to view, and in them, we can see the timing between when a Ravens' qb has time amd when a receiver should break open, if, when at all. What we do not know is what the progession is on each play, so being an objective observer is often difficult. Yes, I, we have seen when Lamar has had time, a snap and throw route, when he either didn't trust the wr to get open or didn't see that the wr should be open. We cannot know if he was suppose to see the right read we did or just didn't trust the read. It's no secret around the league, around the fan base that the Ravens have never had a top talent wr crop, but then, nor have they had a great passing qb, or have and have not built a line to protect him. Other teams get high milage out of lesser known wr's, NE, Seattle, to name two. The qb's are great, the lines were solid, the route combinations looked better than what we see here. This year Lamar has to prove he can throw, on time, accurate, and not just shallow crossing routes nor roll outs to same side oit routes or jump balls. Those are the routes teams in the playoffs sit on and why this team can't move forward.

NFL Trade Rumors: Ravens Rework DL Calais Campbell & DT Brandon Williams' Deals, Create $4.5M Of Cap Room. https://nfltraderumors.co/ravens-rework-dl-calais-campbell-dt-brandon-williams-deals-create-4-5m-of-cap-room A move is on the move. I hope it isn't Watkins, no speed, often injured, lacks focus on easy passes...

Not sure what this was but an oops

Draft day trade, he wants out

Brown wont be here

Getting younger and cap healthy

What do we read into Ju Ju turning down the Ravens offer of $1.5 mil more than the Steelers who have an aging qb who can't throw it deep any more? What does this mean for Galiday, while they have to pay him 3x more than any other team to come here?

He showed promise when given the chance, but he also wasn't given much of a chance to play when injuries were healed even when those players played poorly. So the question is why? Are we, the fans, missing something? Is he just one of those players the coaches don't like?

Draft the center from Bama! (Yes I know he got injured last year)

Skurah is gone to the Dolphins...

Conditional pick for an I don't know how to catch tight end... Hmmm Could have traded with the Iggles for their often injured tigjt end.. But then maybe they tried and the Iggles wanted too much..

Tyus Bowser brought back, good move, showed growth, works hard... Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports that Bowser has agreed to a four-year deal to remain in Baltimore. The deal is worth $22 million with another $5 million available in incentives and includes $12 million in guaranteed money.