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    Football Gameplan's 2012 NFL Team Preview - Ravens

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    Everyone here has heard this from me but you haven't.

     

    On Offense these are the concerns I see. You didn't mention the guy who was under fire last yr and was allowed to stay. Cam Cameron is back. His often pathetic game plans made it so the AFCC was in NE and not in bmore. He had an road grader OL but he put them in a zone blocking scheme which I think hurt them a great deal last yr. I look at the NE game where a suspect but getting better D made RR take a time out. That happens a good amount of time becuase Cam tries to jam his round pegs into his square holes. Last yr it was OL again in 2010 it was pos WR's all across the board and doing his best Air Coriel impersination. He doesn't asapt to what he has.

     

    Also check out his win loss against 4-3 D's. It is really sad especially since they run one.

     

    Back on that OL like I said RR at times was taken away by D's by stoning the ravens OL. Also They were not that good at protecting Joe many times. I believe he had 31 sacks which is not the worst in the world but that number was limited because Joe got rid of the ball before getting hit when the OL went turnstyle on him.

     

    How can Joe be properly evaluated for a new contract when he isn't always put in the proper postion to win by the guy making the play calls? I thought Cam was going to be fired but aparently in the castle you can do the same thing over and over and expect a new result. I don't know if Joe will flurish completely with Cam making the call.

     

    On D Coty in his rookie yr was not a pile pusher. Last yr he could get a little more penetrationo but he did that by taking off a lot of weight. That allowed him to get pushed around in the run game. Ngata is a beast. Jones and McPhee are young and coming.

     

    Not to the LB's. Ray Ray is not the guy he used to be. He has no business being on the field on 3rd downs. We will see if Harbs has the stones to put him where he should be on passing downs. Also his run game is starting to fall off. He is still top half of the league but they better have his replacement very soone.

     

    I think Upshaw is going to be sick.

     

    Last yr was the best possible hope for the Ravens to got the ring. Last yr they swept the div. That will not happen this yr. Also last yr they were lucky enough to catch teams with major injuries or probloems rolling into Ravens week. Those opportunities will not cut their way for a 2nd yr in a row. The injury bug has already started digging in and they Ravens only have about $600,000 in cap space right now. It is less than a month before RR can get a contract done that saves space. I don't see it happening. I think Joe will play out his deal.

     

    At the moment I see 10-6 for the Ravens. That might get them the div. It more than likley will not get them a top 2 seed again.

     

    Thanks PSB!! That injury bug is tough to prep for ESPECIALLY with only 600K like you mentioned.. Yikes!

    Football Gameplan's 2012 NFL Mock Draft Video - April

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    C'mon now Smurf! For starters, the outlandish part of this whole thing is that Mark Barron makes it to pick #29. Mark Barron will be loooooooong gone by the time the Ravens are on the clock...you can place big money on that! Also, safety is not that far down on the need list...we would be lucky to get Barron, but it just won't happen. Ed Reed and Bernard Pollard are both going into the last years of their contracts. The Ravens would be smart to let Ed Reed retire or test free agency and try and lock Pollard up for another 2-3 years since he is only 28 years old.

     

    To be honest, I could easily see the Ravens going after Harrison Smith, Safety, Notre Dame. He is a strong, quick, in the box type safety that also has the ability to cover receivers...he could match up well with the new breed TE's (a la Gronkowski and Hernandez).

     

    Please God...I pray to you that the Ravens do not take nor have the opportunity to take Mike Adams. I see bust written all over this guy. He seems way too soft for such a bohemoth. I mean someone of his size should be destorying people in college, but he just wasn't doing it...at least not on a consistent basis. If we go OL in the first round I would much rather go with Peter Konz, Kevin Zeitler, or Cordy Glenn. Hopefully Adams goes earlier to the Steelers and he can bust out for them.

     

    In a dream scenario here are realistic players we would love to see available when we are on the clock:

     

    David Decastro, OG, Stanford (very unlikely)

    Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama (not likely)

    Chandler Jones, DE/OLB, Syracuse (not likely)

    Courtney Upshaw, DE/OLB, Alabama

    Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia

    Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor (not likely)

    Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin

    Whitney Mercilus, OLB, Illinois (not likely)

    Nick Perry, DE/OLB, USC

    Cordy Glenn, G, Georgia

    Harrison Smith, S, Notre Dame

    Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska

    Shea Mcclellin, OLB, Boise State

     

    There is a good chance that 8-11 of those players will still be on the board when we pick and if so I wouldn't be surprised if the Ravens traded down with a team looking to get back into the 1st for one of the 2nd tier QB's, Coby Fleener, or if some of the DT's slide.

     

    Either way I am just stoked we are less than 10 days away!

     

    ALL fit the Ravens mold

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