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Minter sounds pumped up and now so do I. Can't wait until the pads come on with the vets present.

Interesting watching the receivers run the comeback drills...you really don't appreciate all the hard work that practices are until you see them.

I like how he has a nose for the ball. He's good at tracking the ball in the air and also has a high motor. It would be great if he can carry that over into the NFL.

Looks like he's got a strong motor.

Me too!

Yes it's only the first day and the story is from the team website, but still, things are off on a good footing: https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-rookie-minicamp-first-impressions-2026

Seems like this is really moving along faster than usual.

I highly doubt they'll have issues with any of the draftees signing. The slotting system has greatly reduced the possibility of rookies holding out. But do they have to have signed before they can practice? I don't think they do but I'm not sure. I don't remember that happening in the past even for later signers.

Always nice to see progress being made. Looking forward to the reports about this weekend's rookie minicamp.

Impressive...good job by Steve.

I can see them kicking the tires on them...how about Njoku?

I was thinking along the same line.

Gee another tsylvester, eh? Well it would be neat to have a jersey with his name on it for you. How about this list of available free agents from Zrebiec...anybody tickle your fancy here: Some of top FAs still available WRs Deebo Samuel, Jauan Jennings, Stefon Diggs TEs David Njoku, Darren Waller IOL Graham Glasgow, Kevin Zeitler OLB: Jadeveon Clowney, Kyle Van Noy, Joey Bosa, Cam Jordan, Von Miller, Haason Reddick IDL: Calais Campbell, D.J. Reader, Larry Ogunjobi

Yeah, I think the Guard issue has been settled with Ioane and Simpson. Jones would be the cherry on top. Bullock & Pittman may be the answers too what with the new line coach. Will be an interesting pre-season with minicamps and training camp.

Well we really don't know how the guys we have will do. I can see giving Pittman and the other guy a shot at it in practices at least. There's still time to bring in somebody else if they don't cut it.

There was no ready made Center to draft. The ones chosen are behind the curve to what we already have. It would have been a wasted pick in this draft. You can't fill all the needs in one draft. It might take until next year to fill all the holes but I thought EDC did a good job with where we were picking. It will be interesting to watch what the new coaching staff can accomplish this year. I think we'll see improvement especially over the second half of the season from last year.

Thanks for the link!

Yes I saw that about the UDFA Center. He must have played next to Ioane, Has anybody signed the DT you were high on?

I agree...wish there had been a good C and DT for them too, but they did fill a lot of needs and should be better because of this draft. Not perfect but I'd give them a B+.

Like the punter pick based on his stats. Benny sounds good too...all dependent on how accurate Scouts, Inc. is, I guess.

The way he gets open and runs reminds me a lot of Andrews when he was younger.

6 and 7 should see a punter too?

Really, I was impressed by our overall draft. Most of the picks were B+ or better...the TE pick in the 4th has me at a loss, but I really don't have much data on him. I'm still feeling real high on Serrat. Don't know about Lane but he could wind up being a surprise but it was a reach for us. Overall, I'm happy with the draft, but I don't feel warm and fuzzy about the center position. Bullock did well but in limited usage. We might still make a trade for one. Another pick I liked was the Mizzou edge rusher.

The Sarrat pick blew me away as I thought we had missed out on him in round 3, so I'm stoked at being able to draft him in the 4th. I don't know anything about Hibner and as far as I can tell he was not a top 10 TE in The Beast.

I don't know why they reached for Lane when there were other higher rated WRs still available. Maybe they were dazzled by his size.