tsylvester

He is 6 foot freaking 8, he is gonna weigh a lot just from height to gravity rules......... Hey, he has very quick feet, he would make a great left tackle and then do the JO...........

Auburn always seems to have giant oak trees for a defesnive line, every year.... Love them, love what they are doing there and I do think he will do well there. Unlike at Florida, he will only be a defnsive coach, so the recruiting is done by the head coach: Gus Malzahn; love this guy. He knows offense, knows talent, knows how to get the most out of players and, perhaps more key, how to use them properly. This will just help Muschamp's defense in a big way, giving him better athlethes who, and here is the key, understand how to play in a system, rather than just rely on their athleticism. Muschamp's teams always had discipline issues, on & off the field. Coach Gus doesn't have the problem, he gets his kids to work hard.

If you look over his record against talented offenses, you will see, Muschamp exposed. He thrived on having better athletes, over whelming from four, and, an offense that scored points, took care of the ball. Once he lost those things, his defenses were exposed. Comparitively, it is easy to have a very good defense in college with players who are fast, or unaffraid to hit but have no instincts or are not "smart enough" to understand the schemes.... These players are exposed, as we have seen, in the NFL.

I do agree, people who think he will have 80 catches for 850 yards with 10 touchdowns are dreaming.... However, the writer's primise is flawed of sorts, the pool is small, the teams those players went to, not exactly know for using the tight end as much as the Ravens, and Williams is the best of those mentioned in the article or at the very least, among the two best. Given all that, pending health and his ability to pick up the offense, yes, 40 catches with five or six touchdowns is well with in reason and could be what helps keep the receivers open....

At 6'-8" tall with good hands and quick feet..... I saw him last year, thought for sure they would move him to tackle or guard, but not so fast my friends (sure gonna miss that) He was at a projected 465 last year...... This is his last year, not sure how he would project at the next level.... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2422056-can-410-pound-laquan-mcgowan-really-start-at-tight-end-for-baylor

I go back to what I said when they drafted him; he has no instincts, no quickness, no speed = bust. Yes, he was a big hitter in college, but that was all it was; hits. No real tackles, this does not work in today's NFL. He ran a basic defense in college where he could roam all over because he had "college" speed. That does not translate into the NFL if you are not smart enough to understand NFL defenses, and, NFL offenses. These are the reasons he is almost always out of position, why he gets burned by quicker wr's, and why he misses so many tackles..... Great college player, a good special teams player at best in the NFL....

No really Force. While he took one extra step than a normal field goal attempt, he did not get a running start as a kick off would.

Bingo, nothing to write about so people make something out of nothing... move along, nothing to see here.

video link http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/texas-kicker-crushes-an-80-yard-field-goal-like-its-no-big-deal/ar-AAcTPiJ?ocid=U142DHP

How is Deron Burnt toast Jenkins not number 1? They trade up for the stale burnt bread..........

History says no, but I have seen flashes. However, there have been many, many receivers who had "great camps", I can show you clips of Clarence Moore in camp making insane catches, breaking through press coverage, making the tough catches over the middle against a Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Ed Hartwell types.. But when the games started, he was a lost puppy, couldn't catch a cold, hard alligator arms going over the middle.... The late great Sockdolager even asked him straight up during a camp interview we did about the differences between his practice performances and games; Clarence could only say he was trying his best. The Ravens have four receivers on the team with the exact same skill set, Butler being one of them. I doubt they keep all four, so time will tell.

I agree. In today's NFL, the rules prevent a player from "playing into shape" with these silly camps....

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/michael-oher-says-biopic-the-blind-side-has-hurt-nfl-career/ar-AAbJZzE?ocid=U142DHP Um, 3rd team in a short career pretty much tells the tale of a player's skill, not an opion based on a movie....

what I love about this group, if they keep all three wide outs of Aiken (6'-2"), Brown (6'-5"), Butler (6'-2") Perriman (6'-2") tight ends Williams (6'-4") Gilmore (6'-6") Boyle (6'-6") Talk about red zone size. The Ravens will be able to go bigs, or smalls in the red zone with size vs quickness or a mix & match bunch. That is not too mention Darren Waller, if he makes the roster (likely a ps or ir candidate) who is 6'-6". Currently with 11 wide outs on the roster, the three underlined all have the same skill sets, then you add in the smaller wide outs, Smith is a lock of course, but will it be Camp (who as we said on draft day last year, can't stay healthy) or Carter for the smalls? Let us not forget Cam Worthy who specializes in RedZone catching with his size, arm length and huge mitts. They normally keep five wideouts, as many as six, so five or so have to go. Should be a great battle....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/25/us/nfl-chicago-bears-ray-mcdonald-arrested-released/

Why? The Ravens released him, they could have kept him. He hit his wife once, unlike many other players who have done far far worse to women, multiple times, they are still in the league.

All dead money from those contracts will be gone after this year. As for Ngata, trading is just the same as releasing as far as the cap goes.

Ask an ye shall receive... http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83587113/ http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/162593/why-ravens-rank-second-in-nfl-in-dead-money

Pats won't appeal fine nor draft picks. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kraft-patriots-wont-appeal-teams-fine-draft-penalties/ar-BBjY5CI?ocid=U142DHP Hmm, sure, sure, wonder what deal he worked out with Goody....

Well, that depends on how you read them. Take the clue from the footballs they were talking about the refs giving them; 16 lbs or so of air, well above the limits. That alone says a lot about the procedure the refs go through, how flawed it is. So yes, they, the "Pats" had to let air out just to get with in limits. Now, as I pointed out in another article above, even the Colts footballs were under and the refs had different readings on the same football, from two different gauges. Thus, the "Pats" could have let air out, but their gauge read with in limits, while another gauge would read below limits. It is very plausable, which would mean Goody & company went too far. Truth, who knows, but I see plenty of room in attacking the procedure to get the fines, draft picks, and suspension lowered maybe even over turned.

Everything in Baltimore would have crumbled if Joe gets hurt even if Taylor were still the back up. Dude can't read a defense. I do agree about Upshaw, quite the disappointment so far, Elam, well, just a bust. I suppose I could be wrong on him and he turns things around, but he has no instincts.

Oh, I agree, you have to hold the entire org responsible for the actions of their employees over all. However, in this case, hitting them as a team so hard when other teams with infractions are not hit nearly to this extent when they have had previous issues with the league's rules, does smell of another PR move by the league.

I am still looking for the quote from the league, sorry I will find it. However, I did come across this nugget- http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/07/nfl-initially-gave-patriots-bad-information-about-psi-readings/ Hello, 3 of 4 tested of the balls from the Colts in the same game. This is the first I have heard of this fact. I'll keep digging for the quote from the league say as an organization, they knew nothing about this, maybe it was just conjecture from a talking head, my memory is not as good as it was...

Sure, but the NFL has stated the Pats, as an org, played no role in this matter, so why take drastic step of draft pick deletions? Why the "large" fine if all they did was not be compliant, in the NFL's opinion? I can understand the stiff penalty on Brady, to some extent, based on what they think was his role in this, his lack of communication with the league, but he had no role in the SpyGate issue. As for "cheating", the NFL has handed down lessr penalties to players who cheat, whether it is with vasiline, cooking spray, stickem or other "advanatges" players use to gain an "unfair advanatge". They, like Brady, are not fully honest with what they do/did, so why is he not only fined (loss of salary) but also kept out of four games, when a lineman who sprays down his jersies is, on average, only fined roughly $50k max. Seems to me, being able to hold their block or keep from getting held has just as much affect on the game, if not more, than letting air out of the ball...

Pats rebutal to the report- get the popcorn ready..... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/sports/football/patriots-criticize-wells-report-in-lengthy-rebuttal.html?_r=0