thundercleetz

Is micro-fracture surgery still as devastating as it was fifteen years ago? I was always associated it as being a basketball injury. Basketball players have been able to successfully come back from it. Remember, there pre-draft chatter about Mosley having a bad knee that would shorten his career.

Dodd and Alexander are my two favorite targets in the second. Jack obviously, if our doctors believe he is ready to go.

Not disagreeing with you on strength being an issue. Certainly Oher came out with a similar profile: long, athletic, great potential as a pass blocker but not a strong run blocker. I am just trying to find positives in the pick. Stanley's intelligence may help put himself in situations and angles that allow him to compensate for his lack of strength. And while the stats don't tell the whole story with being pushed back, it does tell you that he's making the right blocks, is in the right position, and can pick up the blitz. In comparison to Oher, who would routinely let blitzers fly free to the QB. Another thing that worries me: at 6 you would hope to get a different caliber of player that you get at 23. Ozzie said Stanley was rated top 5 on their board this year. In 2009, Ozzie said Oher was rated in their top 15 and expected him to go 12 to Buffalo. DeCosta said something along the lines of "we know a thing or two about LT's". Call me skeptical but having two players with such a glaring weakness in the run game rated that high on the board is either a red flag on the talent evaluators, or an indicator of a weak draft.

Ts... I thought the Oher comparison as well but then found two things that give me encouragement. I saw a stat from PFF that said Stanley didn't allow a single pressure coming from the inside. On that same point, apparently he has an outstanding football IQ and wowed teams in meetings. Oher of course, had a terrible football IQ and was a sucker for the inside blitz.

I really hope Stanley can be an All Pro LT but all the scouting reports seem to indicate he doesn't have that potential. The popular line of thought is that LT is a safe draft pick. It is hardly as such. The amount of LT busts in the top ten is just as bad as any ther position. Maybe more because of the false sense of security.

Jack, MacKenzie Alexander, Noah Spence all on the board.

This is the first year I am doubting whether we truly took the best player available. I don't like the pick. I hope I am wrong.

I don't get to watch much Pac 12 football, but from the scouting reports it appears he's a true Mike. I'm not sure if we'd be interested given we've already told Mosley he's the Mike. If we move to a 4-3 we'd need some athletic run and hit guys to play OLB (like Jack). If we stay in a 3-4, Wright would be a great fit at Mike allowing Mosley to stay at Will.

I am encouraged by Tillman's velocity and strike out rate. Both are up big time this year. It remains to be seen if he can be consistent, but those two statistics are good signs.

They were being forecasted that high because OPEC (with Russia) was trying to agree on a production freeze. Very high tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia right now. Iran didn't want to freeze production and instead increased. Saudi Arabia was caught with its pants down and followed suit. Interesting prisoner's dilemma going on inside OPEC right now. Market is being oversupplied at the moment.

Well you know who would be a PERFECT 4-3 weak-side OLB... I think the Bosa talk for the Ravens is smoke, but the 4-3 talk makes sense. Moving to a 4-3 would allow us to grab one-dimensional pass rusher later in the draft who could contribute immediately without having to worry about pass coverage responsibilities as in a 3-4. Brent Urban and ZaDarius Smith can be run stopping DEs.

Newest rumor around is the Ravens are transitioning to a 4-3, which is why they are heavy on Bosa and other pass rushers. Could make sense: Mosley is a better fit as a 4-3 Mike. Z and Brent Urban can play as a 4-3 end. Jernigan, Williams, Guy and Carl Davis rotate on the inside. Of course, we would need a couple of 4-3 OLBs.

http://espn.go.com/blog/baltimore-ravens/post/_/id/27250/source-ravens-focused-on-joey-bosa-pass-rushers-at-no-6-pick Is this smoke?

Titans have a lot of picks and I am positive would be interested in trading back up for Tunsil, a guy they considered taking at #1.

Who would you guys take if both are available: Ramsey or Tunsil?

He loves us more than he lets on

I would hardly say we are falling toward the back of the pack in the AL East. It is a relatively weak division this year. Long season, our lineup won't get shutout very often, Gausman's start was very encouraging. He was throwing in the upper-90s and missing bats. His stamina is only going to improve. Archer is a spectacular pitcher, he was due for a great outing. It is the fifth inning that has hurt us: Tillman, Gausman, Wilson, Jiminez, all have pitched great early in the game. Just need to keep building and making adjustments.

I worry about concussions playing on grass fields in the winter.

Sort of off topic but I have a difficult time reading/listening to Lombardi. He's unnecessarily over dramatic all the time. He makes good points but it seems like he's always putting on an act.

You know what would be interesting? QBs go 1 & 2, Chargers take Buckner, Cowboys take Elliott and Jags take Jack. That would leave Ramsey, Bosa and Tunsil at our pick.

The Ravens pretty much waste their second round picks anyways so might as well take a flyer on Smith.

I hope you're right on Ramsey.

I'll eat my words on McFarland. Great outing! Just our luck with Gallardo. We identity shoulder issues, people ridicule us for our physical, and he has shoulder problems. I wonder what the leash will be on Alvarez? He's getting walks and working counts, but he looks out of shape and is not getting contact once so ever. Mancini is tearing up AA again. The Alvarez signing had a ripple effect. Mancini without a doubt should be in AAA but there isn't room.

I wonder how the Ravens see Ramsey: as a safety or corner?

Unfortunately this is only the start. These 70/80s music icons are around the same age, partied way too hard and took way too many drugs. These rash of losses are going to continue over the next few years.