oldno82

It has the makings of an exciting schedule...and there aren't any gifts in that list.

I have faith in Pagano...as long as nobody else in the secondary gets a long term injury (gulp!).

Yeah I do think it puts too much strain on the players and it is not really necessary. TV is what sells the $$$.

Well he's earned it.

Ar'darius Washington is out for at least most if not all of the season after tearing his Achilles tendon during 'conditioning'. Sorry for the kid. And in a contract year to boot after having a breakout season last year. Guess we're more than lucky to have drafted Starks.

yeah sounds good so far...and no Christmas game either.

i have given up on Ojabo. He gets glowing Training Camp reports then disappears into a fog of injuries and obscurity every year. Really glad we drafted who we did in 2nd round.

Yeah. I think waiting is our best move at least for now.

Hey, the Panthers just released Clowney...should we have any interest in that??

Football is way different today. It is a rare player who lives year round in the city where he plays and even less likely for a fan to run into such a player at the store or gas station. Hell I remember Don Shula eating dinner at a Howard Johnson's in Towson decades ago. Same with other fans and players. The Big Money has really ruined the old camaraderie between team and players. Yeah I'm old.

I agree though I wonder if that will be the case with most Ravens fans.

I hope for the best for this kid, but he's got a really tough act to follow.

Just more opportunity for more money for the owners.

Man, two years ago who would have believed Tucker would wind up his career here with an outright release due to scandal? Just goes to show we don't really have any idea as to the character of these guys. I guess the teams don't either. Green needs to stay squeaky clean in order to have a successful career here. I don't know enough about him to say one way or the other if he has changed his ways. This ought to be a good lesson for him if he has the sense to comprehend it.

I can't wait until the pre-season to see these rookies in action. Still 3 months away...sheesh! I've been wondering if now that the Ravens have taken up a relationship with the UK, if they will be playing there again in the upcoming regular season.

The NFL investigation is really dragging on...probably due to the large number of witnesses/victims involved.

Emery Jones out until maybe TC with a labrum issue.

The way the draft works today makes it inevitable that they'll sign everybody. There might be some delay in the first 3 picks but they will come around.

Interesting but I'm glad we didn't pull the trigger. Starks was a no-brainer at 27.

Gee this guy has had more injuries in his career than anybody else we have on the team.

Given how difficult the negotiations were last time, and the fact that Lamar is currently not a Super Bowl winner, this would be a good time to get started on negotiations now before the price goes up even higher. If Lamar gets us a Super Bowl, I'm not sure whether we could afford him.

What are the possible outlines of a new deal Lamar would take?

Good for Hamilton, Linderbaum, and the team. Hamilton stays a year longer, actually 2 years from now, and Linderbaum will get a new contract. He won't receive the extension probably because that $23.4 million includes an average of all interior linemen, OT's who are traditionally paid much higher than Centers, included. I think they'll get a deal done but it may take a few months.

Yeah I think it's mostly for orientation purposes rather than anything else.

Funny: Gerry Sanduskey on the Sports tonight talked about the irrelevance of rookie camp as to future success...said the the rookie who looked the worst in rookie camp to him of all time was Lamar Jackson---the best was Sergio Kindle.