oldno82

It's going to difficult to handicap this year's team because the coaching has all changed and so has the offensive scheme that will now have more of a West Coast flavor to it. It will be an interesting training camp and pre-season this year especially with all the new blood coming in vying for a job. As for NFL mediocrity, it exists and it's real. That's been the goal of the NFL for 2 decades now and they have pretty much achieved it. Sure there's a few teams that are better than others and, yes the Ravens didn't play well against the stronger teams last year. But, that was last year and we can hope that Minter and his staff and all the new blood will make a difference. If it doesn't, we might as well have kept Harbaugh on and I don't think you would have been happy with that either.

Thnx for posting that!

Well you can pretty much make the case that the 90% of the NFL is as well. At this point in time, I don't see any team the Ravens couldn't beat or get beaten by.

i want to see Zion out there too, Hibner for sure as well as Cuevas. I figure Guard is a done deal and I want to see Sarratt get out there and J.K. too. I want to see all the rookies get playing time in the pre-season or know why they aren't out there if they're not good enough.

Interesting...all four teams in the AFC North have below .500.

I agree with most of what you say except that I think all the rookies should get a ton of reps regardless of whether or not they're key contributors. Under Harbaugh, as I said before, I don't think rookies and sophomores got a fair shake often enough when it came to game time or practice time.

It does seem that we have a strong class of draftees. I think Minter, being young and new himself, will give rookies more opportunities to play than Harbs did. I think Harbs was more for veteran players playing that 1st and even 2nd year ones.

You're probably right...also saw this quote today on our first rounder: op Pick: Vega Ioane was noted for not allowing a sack or committing a holding penalty in his final two seasons.

NFL Network says TE David Njoku and the Chargers have agreed to terms. One-year $8million deal. I thought he might be good for us on a one year deal.

Koch was an artist; Stoudt was a paintball machine. Each was very good at what they did.

I'm glad they came to a settlement. The players and coaches wouldn't have had much respect for replacement refs after all the hullabaloo about last time.

Actually, I can't even remember Issac making a play but then, my memory ain't what it used to be.

If he's as good as Koch, we'll be alright.

I'm not sure they really need one but if they do decide to opt to acquire one I agree Clowney's the best of the lot.

There's some reporting that the Ravens could use another veteran edge rusher...I'm not sold on the idea but here's a list of who's available: Outside linebacker "Why? Fixing the team's pass rush was one of DeCosta's offseason priorities. While he may have done that on the edge with the signing of Trey Hendrickson and the selection of second-round pick Zion Young, there are still questions. Hendrickson is 31 and played just seven games last year. Young, 2025 second-round pick Mike Green and 2024 third-round pick Adisa Isaac are still young and mostly unproven. There are a ton of accomplished veterans available. "Best available: Joey Bosa, Jadeveon Clowney, Cameron Jordan, Kyle Van Noy, Von Miller, Haason Reddick. This is probably DeCosta's toughest call. In one sense, you can never have enough pass rushers, as the Ravens were reminded of again last year. And there are plenty of guys available who can come in and get six to eight sacks and be impactful players. However, what does that mean for Green and Young's development? And how much do the Ravens want to rely on two 30-plus-year-old players on the edge? Still, it's hard to resist a guy like Clowney, who played really well in his first stint with the Ravens and showed plenty of juice last year in Dallas."