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the players wanted this, not just the union. now, they get what they asked for oh and a ton of injuires & crappy play to go along with it......

but, but he has a source..................

Correct, things get canceled all the time, the NFL had to go on what was planned for this year, last year. I know the NFL has been talking about moving the date of the draft back, this year was a test of sorts, given the venue was already scheduled by some one else..... I just hope pinky doesn't try to release the schedule early again...............................

Um not entirely, there is a contract that the MSA gets a % of the concessions. Believe me, if you are this worried about a few tax dollars going to waste, there are bigger fish to fry, far more money, tax payer, being wasted. it doesn't cost much to make this into a softball field espcially since it is the new field turf, artificial.

well then, maybe he needs a bigger place to hold this event.

Web is no Lewis. Lewis could hold an event on the moon and the kids would show, fans would show. There is a lot that goes into "getting a field" even if you have an "in". The dates available were not likely condusive for the event. I am not sure what the fuss is about, the tax payers will get their money back so to speak in the form of vending sales.

That past years were a "flop" not many city residents could make it out of aberdeen, nor many from this side of beltway. So having it at M & T will bring in more people which should equal more money for the kids. Or at least more money for the people who are trying to help the kids..... but then, I am biased when it comes to charities and their monies....

much ado about nothing me thinks... a women drinks too much, smokes too much ends up somewhere she did not expect, has no idea how she got there and swears no sex was involved..... yeah, quite odd, pay day that went arye perhaps?

RBG, look at it this way. It is more the "catch radius" (a popular phrase today), of Smith that holds him back. Currently, the ball has to just about be perfectly placed for him to catch it, go uncontested. Unlike many of the other receivers mentioned who can catch the ball thrown outside of their body frame, who can take the ball away when contested. Pita is an excellant example. One reason the Ravens upped him is because he does just that, has a huge catch radius. Smith has shown flashes, but he still struggles to find the ball in the air on deep routes and if the ball is thrown outside his frame, it will not be caught. He "flails" his arms when on a deep route and trying to adjust to the ball. All this leads to his ranking today, which I agree, he is not top 10, maybe even not top 15, and certainly only a #1 because of the way the Ravens play and because they have no one better right now. Maybe that will change with Steve Smith on the team... who knows...

Some times when coaches are talking to the media, they are taking to their players. I think this is the case here, hoping Miles hears this and steps his game up; time will tell.

Papa, listen to his answers carefully. He clearly NEVER denies hanging around gang members. No one, not even NJ.com ever said he WAS a gang member. Yet Steven A and Jackson allow that statement. ESPN even made a statement on air, after this interview to clear that up. This was a piss poor interview, as usual from Smith. Look, as I have said, I think and from all accounts he is a good guy, not involved in gangs, but yes, does have some "homies" who are gang members. No big deal. However, on the field, as told by the team, by his ex teammates, by people who know him, he is a different person, a cancer on the field, in the locker room. TO came off with great, passionate interviews lookiing like a lost puppy. TO is actually a very nice, good guy, off the field..........

Um, who said he was a bad guy? Not the Eagles, not because of his gang ties, they said plainly, they did not want to trade him and push his bad attitude on another team, so they released. Now, as I have said, was some of that based on his gang ties? Sure, but most of it is also as I have stated, because he was a locker room cancer. His former teammates have backed up that statement. Again he is wrong, there is not hypocrisy here. he needs to learn the definition of that word, or you do. There is no comparison to what Cooper said and what Jackson is; a team cancer. There is no help for the NFL to offer, no team to offer to some one who is a "me" person. There is a drug program, there ar eother programs for anger and such, but no programs, nor can there be, for "me" players. So there is no hypocrisy, no relation. They did man up, publicly, and say his attitude was bad, he was not good in the locker rom, and that is why they chose not to trade him, why they released. No one on the Eagles, publicly, ever said anything about gang ties. That came from NJ.com, not the Eagles. Now, we can speculate all we want to, to say the Eagles leaked the info.... but publicly,no.

Ward is definately the better player, the Ravens might have to trade up in the 2nd to draft him with several teams, including Buffalo, in need of such a safety. If the Ravens view him as that valuable, I would, they would trade down in the first, if possible, or to the early second and nab him. However, there are one or two more safeties just as versitile, / athletic, good in coverage. Fuller comes to mind. While he played corner at VT, he can be moved to safety, tackles well and his coverage, while his younger brother is far better, is outstanding.

No, no one from the Eagles said it publicly. They stated their lawyers told them not to, for fear of defimation lawsuits. However, there is quite the coinkidink about his release and the timing of the story, leading many to think, my self included, that they leaked some info to the news paper in hopes of quelling any fan up roar over the release of one of their best players.

Ok, let me put it this way. On one hand we have a player great with teammates & coaches who had one bad incedent. On the other, we have a player, a great friend to many, an over all good person as told by many who know him, but is a cancer in the locker room and on the field. Which one woould you keep?

So Jackson haning around with gang members, people who have been involved in, some how, a few murders was not Jackson doing it to him self? I agree, to a point, his friendships had no bearing on the person he is, off the field. In his interview today, he made it clear, and read carefully, he does not hang around anyone in a gang if they are doing something illegal...... His issues are and have been since college, he does not respect his teamates nor coaches. That is the main reason he was released. Now the only one? Not likely, did the Eagles leak the gang info? Likely. But this had nothing to do with race. You can't "get help" for a locker room cancer thus Sherman was wrong for even mentioning Cooper since Cooper is, and always has been, a great teammate on the field and off, save for one time.

Oh and to his other point about the NFL giving help to white players in trouble but not black players. PALEASE! There is not only a policy in the NFL for help first, but a majority of the players getting the help in the form of DRUG use and GUN USE illegally are NOT WHITE. Learn up Mista Sherman. Why is it everything today has to be because of race? I thought we wanted to move on from this? It was exactly this way in the 80's where everthing was race related.....

Not wrong but why make this a racial issue by bring up ONE incedent of Cooper's life? Jackson has had YEARS of hanging around gang members, some of whom have been involved in murders. Does that make Jackson a gang member, a bad guy? No, not any more than ONE incedent makes Cooper a racist. Were the Eagles wrong for leaking the information? Yes and I hope they get draft picks taken from them. But they were also right in keeping Cooper who has both produced for them and been a great teammate. Something Jackson has not been, neither in college nor with the Eagles. Will he change? Maybe....

a poor man's version of MJD, with a bad foot... hmmmm They could have found, and still might, a back = or better than in the draft, late round, undrafted.

a 1 year deal he might not even stick through camp...... nor should he

Throw Momma From the Train! This should be a great move.

I would be very disapointed if they drafted him at all, let alone on the first day. He is very, very raw and does not have great hands. As the great Cris Carter says; you either have hands or don't.....

Hard to argue with this one. If some receivers had his work ethic they would be HOF players. Speed yes, poor hands and gets bumped off routes easy, not as bad as he used to though, he worked hard on this, on the field and in the weight room over the years. Try as you might though, some people just can't catch. Low risk high reward.

I watch a lot of college football, love it and I must say Calvin Pryor is going to be an excellant safety, would love to see him as a Raven. However, I think he could be and will be had in the 2nd, a bit early for him. I also doubt a DT is the pick at 17. I don't think Ebron will be there and as I have said before, tight end, like receiver is deep, not much seperates Ebron from the others, but yes, if he is there and there are no good trades, take him., A bit early for Martin too, he is a 20 or lower tackle, good right tackle me thinks, not a starting left tackle in the NFL and Dicks, no way he is there at 17, even if he was, I am not convinced. I truly think the Ravens trade down, I know, they get a lot of comp picks, one in the 3rd, which is great, but they stil need more picks this year, or even next year. If they could get another 2nd round pick for 17 to move down to the late 20's that would be best, or a 2nd and a 3rd next year to move out of the first. This draft is deep right where the Ravens need the help, save for left tackle, barring a hidden gem and left tackle worth taking in the first will be long gone by 17. There are some small school players not covered by these types of draft gurus who are going to be stars with the right coaching and the chance to play in the NFL.

Wow, who would have seen this coming, great move by Ozzie & Harriet...... http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-ravens-resign-jacoby-jones-20140312,0,5778446.story