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No injuries. Hope the DB's can stop somebody (really concerned about that) At least one offensive series with the 1's that impresses me.

We need a healthy Webb real bad.

How many can we keep? Campanaro is supposed to be getting open often. The claim is he's a very good route runner, knows how to get open.

Aiken deserves a spot and Deonte's time has come and gone.

And we thought OL would be the problem and that our secondary was in good shape 3 months ago.

Like I said, cheap is no good if it's no good talent. A few hundred thousand more isn't going to kill the Ravens $5 million cap space. But this is all moot. We have no idea at this point who might become available if anyone.

Bingo!

That may require a trade of a draft choice. Oz will hate to do that but it might be necessary. There are times you can get an older vet to play for the vet minimum or a little above. I'm not saying get a starter, just an adequate backup. Shipley, based on what I saw last year and last game isn't adequate.

Flacco will be fine. He won't have a problem with the new offense. Others might, but it sounds to me like he's really bought into Kubiak and his system.

That doesn't do any good if they can't block.

I don't think Tyrod is the answer for backup qb---at least not for us. In game situations he often looks to bail out and run the ball himself rather than wait a bit for a receiver to get open. I've never felt comfortable with him. He might have more of a chance with another team and a different system.

Well at least some good injury news.

Often you can get older average OL guys pretty cheaply. Shipley has to go.

Two good finds, Max. I think re-signing Tucker might be even more important than Torrey Smith and I'm a big Torrey booster.

I agree. And if there are any aging veterans who play O-line out there after the cuts by other teams, I'd like us to consider them. Shipley, Gradkowski, and Jah Reid could all be replaced for depth.

I'm afraid Gradowski and Shipley have to go. They were letting the in the flood on passing plays.

I did see Yanda and Wagner on a couple of combination blocks. That's a staple of Kubiak's system. What really impressed with Wagner was his ability to fight his man at the line of scrimmage rather than getting blown back into the backfield. But, it is just one pre-season game. We'll see how things go. We need more adequate backups on the O-line and, as we expected, help in the secondary.

WTF, the offense on that first series was awesome! I've been waiting for years to see them execute an offense that well. I kept a close eye on Rick Wagner. That guy can play! So I just might wind up eating my words about how we shoulda drafted an OT! Did anybody else notice that the line play sucked when Gradkowski and Shipley were in?

Yeah, I agree with varaen. And all we really know at this point is the Ravens' own media hype. Maybe the pre-season games will show us something but we probably are going to have to wait until the first game before we can get a good outlook for this team.

The sad part is, we went through all of this back in the 1930's and a banking regulation law was eventually established. Then under the Reagan administration the law was thrown away.

They aim for the lowest common denominator.

Yeah, I agree and I don't think we'll learn to execute it fast enough to win more than 1 of the first 3 games. By mid- season they'll probably get it down. And that just might not be too late with our easier schedule at that point.

Exactly how I see it!

Losing Urban only hurts a little bit because the defensive front 7 is loaded but somebody, either a player stepping up or Oz working some magic, better shore up the CB position. Wagner's been getting such good reports that CB has become the biggest issue. I hope Webby comes back without any lingering issues or worse.

Seemed like a dumb idea anyway.