oldno82

Well, I have doubts about Franklin's frame. Aggressive NFL corners might find it easy to keep him contained. Could be why he was hot/cold during games last season. I don't know what capital we'd have to trade, but it might be worth trading up in round one to get a starter at LT.

The O-line, particularly tackle, needs to be the priority unless a great BPA drops to our pick. Unlikely to find a starting LT as far down as we are drafting, so going for a BPA is probably what will happen. It's hard to draft for need at any pick out of the top 10 so you've just got to go with the flow. Has anybody heard if Keaton Mitchel will make it back in time for camp?

Interesting...thanks Grubber...maybe much ado about not much regarding Zay. I hope.

Hey Grubber, where did you see that report?

I don't see where Todd Monken is from the 'nepotism hiring train'.

Well, that's why it's a good thing Lamar is transitioning now at age 27.

Lamar's no dummy. Hopefully, he learns from the KC game and makes the appropriate adjustments next time. He's young yet. Elway, Manning and others were nearing the end of their careers when they finally won 'the big one'. And Dan Marino never did. We probably won't have another shot at the big prize for a little while due to free agency and cap constraints, but I bet he improves and will be ready and even more hungry for a title next time the opportunity arises. And, who knows? Maybe EDC has some more magic in his wand and can put together another contender sooner than we think.

Well as you said he's still young. There's no doubt he sees the future as a pocket passer rather than a running quarterback. He did screw it up in the KC game. Forgot about his running backs. Or maybe that was Monken. We don't really know.

Starting to sound, well, weird. I mean this happened on January 17 and they're still investigating? You'd think they'd have an answer by now. I'd like to see our local politicians just stay out of it.

Yep...I really liked him too. He always seemed to be so happy to be playing. Well, at least until he lost the ball at the goal line. I'm hoping there is nothing to this, but past experience with other players makes me wary.

Geez, what else is going to go wrong?

I think they need offensive tackles---one to start and one to develop, and I don't think Voorhees is considered a tackle but more so a guard. Video was interesting. Yep, we missed it by a smidge and the window won't be as open next year due to cap constraints. We should be playing in the Super Bowl this Sunday.

I'd like to see Clowney, Gus, and Agholor back. I think Stone is gone because there would be too much dead money if they let Williams go. They are apparently thinking about franchising Madebuike. Van Noy, though I love what he did for us, is probably gone too. And somehow we have to fix the O-line. Drafting might be a solution there but we need several new bodies and I'm not sure we're picking high enough.

What with 20+ free agent Ravens this year and limited cap space, just wanted to see if anybody had any input as to whom we should try to keep and those we should let go.

I think you're right...we really don't know who is responsible for the mess-up regarding not running the ball, but by the second half there should have been an adjustment. I don't know if Lamar is so in love with the passing game that he would only call 6 rushing plays. Same goes for Monken. But for sure, someone should have made the necessary adjustments. We'll just never know for sure who that was, and that's a real kick in the ass.

Three opinions: 1) Don't understand why no reporter asked DeCosta, when he was discussing injured players, about Keaton Mitchell. 2) The fact that the team and Mike McDonald are high on Zach Orr is reassuring...but Orr is an unknown quantity to me...I tend to think Roquan was/is responsible for the great linebacking we had. 3) The fact that we failed to make offensive adjustments on offense to re-establish the running game last week, has to fall on Todd Monken. But, I still think he is a very good offensive coordinator for us. Maybe he learned a little bit.

Thanks for posting. All I can say is I have little idea what point Harbs was trying to make with the lack of rushing attempts. His claim that we got behind and had to pass doesn't quite sound right to me. We were only behind by 1 TD so I don't know why we didn't try and mix it up more. Doesn't make a lot of sense. But he's right in one way: if Zay had not lost the ball at the one yard line and if Lamar hadn't thrown into triple coverage for the INT in the end zone, the outcome would have been different. But if we had run more maybe we wouldn't have had those 2 pass plays blow up in our faces. It also seemed to me that he threw Monken under the bus a little by saying the Chiefs had a better game plan than we did. Maybe that was justified. But that is an internal team thing that isn't visible to us on the outside. I do have one prediction: next year, the last year of his contract, will be Harbs last year of coaching one way or another.

Did anybody see this? I missed it. Did anything substantive come out of it?

That could be. Or maybe Monken?

Hmmm...well Washington just hired Dan Quinn to be their HC. I'm going to go out on a limb and hope they talked a bit with Roquan before promoting Orr. I think Harbs (and maybe DeCosta) is having an end of season presser tomorrow, so maybe that will also shed some light on the DC choice.

I'm surprised it wasn't Weaver, he was the Assistant Coach, but then I really don't know who would be best to carry on MacDonald's strategy.

Just announced, Ravens name Zach Orr as new Defensive Coordinator.

The Sun reports that Dennard Wilson our DB coach is going to Tennessee to be their DC.

The danger is MacD going to take a bunch of Ravens' defensive assistants with him.

Well, just another kick in the gut after the loss to KC. MacDonald will be sorely missed. He's got a great defensive mind. I think it would be best for us to hire someone from within who worked closely with him. Maybe that would be Weaver or the DB coach. Forgot his name. More kicks to come when we start losing players to free agency. I think we're a ways from hitting bottom yet but headed in that direction. I think Monken will stay. He's still the best OC we've ever had.