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He has been named, according to ESPN, the assistant head coach and in charge of the defense, what ever that means, for the Titans. I guess he 'just needed a change"..... hmmm

It just shows us that the Ravens still have no idea what a good wide receiver is, sadly. I knew they offered him a good deal last summer, that good of deal, wow. There are far more receirvers in the league who are more consistant and versitile that he....

This is about Trestman, not Reid. And Yeah, Harbs has done so poorly here with his coaching staff............ The main one who should be fired is their replay man, who ever tells Harbs to challange needs to be fired; he is almost always wrong.

Mosley couldn't cover a book with a paper bag. He was rarely in the proper positon or the proper depth on his drops. He always bit on the play action and as I said, while his tackle #'s were up, they were down field beause the secondary sucked so bad at tackling. Donald's numbers are more than sacks, he pushed the front line back on almost every play. The people who vote on these awards do so after they watch the tape, the all 22 tapes that tell the entire story and they know the game pretty darn well. Look past the bias for Mosley.

ZIIIIIIIIIP, went right over your head. Reid came from the walsh coaching tree. Walsh came up with, developed the WCO. All Reid did was put his own spin on it, just as every other coach who came from the Walsh tree. Trestman, as I said, uses the offense the way Walsh did; fitting the offense around his players. He wrote his book so people like you could have it read to them, and gain knowledge of the game & of the offense. Go back to Walsh's time as an assistant with the Bengals, his offense changed when their first string qb who had one of the best arms, EVER in the NFL, went down with an injury and was replaced by the back up who had a noodle for an arm and it never missed a beat.

Where do you think Reid got his start smart guy? Walsh is the origin of the West Coast, as I said, read his book, a great read, full of good stuff. Look for the Bill Walsh special in the show, A Football Life, you will learn lots just from it.... Reid just put his wrinkle on it and as papa said, doesn't like to run very much, he would rather use the short pass as a running game. Trestman, Walsh, ran when they needed to, believed in power running if they had a power back or cut running if they had a scat back. They adapted their offense to the players, not the other way around.

Come on, Donald was huge this year, 17 tackles for a loss, his sack numbers, the way he pushed the pocket so others could get sacks, tackles for loss. He was a monster plain & simple. MMosley as I have been saying ad nauseum, missed many, many tackles, made a majority of his tackles down field, because he often, usually, many times took the wrong angle, got caught in the wash, or tried to run around blockers as he did in college. Donald was the right choice in this one.

Brandon has Bi-polar, it takes time to one find the right meds, 2, get the proper levels and 3, get used to how they affect one. Head case is not the word to use, he is well known to be a great guy, a great teammate. I highly doubt Marshall will be a Raven, his price, to aquire and contract, will be too high. When you factor in the talent deep draft at the receiver postion, there is no reason to make the move for a contract with $23 mil in guaranteed money over the next 3 years. A receiver, whom I think is excellant, but has lost a step and this team needs a consistant burner on the outside & or an athletic tight end for over the middle. Not a high priced receiver who lost a step or two for a one or two year rental.

Hensley explained it pretty well. Comp pick compilation is not a science but is largely based on the size of the contracts gained, vs lost. I expect he is correct in 3 being the number the Ravens get, now the question is, how high or low will they be....

Also this from Hensley, via ESPN back in December-

Just deep digging. According to wiki- the Ravens have picks in rounds 1-4, & 6 (Denver's via Dallas), but none in rounds 5 or 7.... traded round five for Zuta, traded round six for Clev's 7th netting Camp, traded round 7 to Dallas for their 6th and McClain. That seems more logical, if memory serves than my previous post.

I could be wrong but---- 26 (rd 1) 58 (rd 2) 126 (rd 4) 203 (rd 6) 229 (rd 7) I would expect, if this is correct, for the team to seek quality over quantity this year and trade often.....

So now we know- There were no readings recorded before the game. Thus, even though the footballs may have been under inflated, there is no way, unless some one fesses up, to place blame on the Pats. The blame now goes directly to the officials of the game, who failed to follow protocol. I wonder, will the comish appologize?

Hey now, just because we played with no helmets doesn't mean it wasn't football............... the triple option from the wishbone was a staple. Monster Left!

Yeah, how dare players and coaches on defense pay attention to the officials when they make announcements. I was taught in high school to pay attention to who was or was not eligable.......

Keep in mind, he, the ball boy, had all the footballs for the game, for both teams, when he went to take a leak... Yep, this is on the NFL, whether it was the refs or the league trying to set up the Pats and catch them for supposedly doing this in other games...

He didn't have time crav. No matter what "some claim" they did to replicate the action, none of them, NONE used a gauge, they just used a pin. These footballs, according to reports, were all the same weight, you can't do that with just a pin. Thus, 19 seconds is not enough time. This is really smelling like the NFL officials did not do their job properly to start the game.

That is your opinion, but so far, there is no proof, none, that they, Bill, & Tom, had anything to do with this issue. Again, if either the stories I mentioned are true, that would make the NFL guilty, not the Pats.

Actually, it is Bill Walsh's offense, the same offense that won many super bowls. Maybe you should read his book, you would learn a lot about the game, let alone about the philosophy.

OK, let the worm turn.... With Kraft now demanding an apology, once the Pats are cleared, hmmmm could Goody be ducking for cover? One story out there is that the NFL was trying to run a sting operation to catch the Pats "cheating". Another, is that the NFl is now just covering for their officials who never used an air gauge to check the lbs in the footballs, simply used the Charmin test, hey, don't squeeze that......... Either of these "stories" would certainly explain Kraft's latest strongly & carefully worded statement to the media at the Super Bowl.... So does Goody issue an apology at the end of this? No matter which of the many stories comes to be true, there is no evidence, so far, to prove the Pats purposely deflated the footballs between the time of the pre game suspension and half time.... If he doesn't and the Pats are found to be innocent, is his relationship with Kraft and thus, all the other owners who support Kraft, over? Maybe Kraft is just blowing smoke to make it appear he is angry with Goody, to give Goody a chance to show: hey, he is strong, he stood up to Kraft......

That is a pretty good deal, but I think the clincher will be the 3rd year. So the Ravens could always make that an option year based on incentives. I can't see Denver offeringmore than that for him when they have him in two other backs already on their roster. Here he would be the man, there, he would have to compete for the job. Then there is his family, do they want to move to Denver, in that weather? Players today, put more thought into where they sign based on family.

forgive him. his quest to bash Flacco went down the drain along with Wilson's four picks and the SeaHawks win. The fact every quarterback in the playoffs threw picks was the drain cleaner.

No, there is $9 mil in dead money next season from Rice, nothing the league has said indicates they will give the Ravens a break. I know, they got two Super Bowls out of those contracts over the years, so yes, they "do a great job", but I just think they could be more creative, nothing major....

Another play book, new terminology, who ever gets the job, I sure hope Flacco gets off his lazy butt and studies the playbook! Marone is out, took a job as assistant head coach/offensive line coach........

Yeah, as we talked about a few months ago, I also expect the NFLPA and NFL to agree to some sort of franchise excempt for the top player, such as qb's. Those contracts are getting out of control. Word has it Wilson and Luck, who both had horrible games when their teams needed them most, though Wilson won, are going to get close to if not more than $25 mil per season.... The Ravens have a lot work to do, they have the $9 mil of dead money from Rice, as it is now, going into next year, they are at about what, $138 million now, not counting Rice's hit, which would leave them, if it just went up to $138.6, just $380k under. I've never been a fan of the way they work the cap here in B-more. Those escalators they got hit with Dumervil and a few other players were quite silly and cost them this year. I would love to know how much they settled with Rice for, that number will count against the '14 season too....