In NFL, April means Ozzie's Time

[TBird]

A lot of love here for Oz. Adam and Pat are the only two reasons I miss

Siri but Oz does pretty well in March too. He just signed an experienced

backup QB who knows the system and last year he signed Steve

Smith, Forsett and Daniels plus Doooom and Mason in other years.

 

Now where's those turkeys who want the Ravens to join a scouting

combine. Balto and NE do well w/o em.

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000483184/article/ravens-in-super-bowl-50-do-your-draft-thing-ozzie-newsome

[vmax]

Already posted

 

http://forums.extremeravens.com/topic/16220-break-out-the-purple-kool-aid/

Edited April 5, 2015 by vmax

[TBird]

UM, that's hardly the same title. Mine was taken from

a line in the link and more concise.

[ForceEight]

And? It's okay to make mistakes!

 

I really want to drink the purple punch when reading articles like this, but it's easy to remember that they are definitely painting a picture and not actually being realistic. The front office is one of the best at draft analyzation and execution no doubt, but I dunno whether it's safe to assume that the team will always "be okay" with that kind of reliance.

[TBird]

Adam Schein is telling the truth. Ozzie has all those comp picks and he's

poised for SB 50. He'll have Jimmy and Webbie back in the secondary. We

would have won it all in 2014 if not for the injuries to the secondary and

it still took a trick play and the bending of the rules to beat it. A guy whom

Ozzie plucked off the streets 3 weeks before was kicking their ass - twice-

with a 2 TD lead before NE turned those tricks.

 

He loses Ellerbe and Art Jones and replaces them with Brandon Williams

and MOsley. He loses Ngata and has Jernigan who filled in greatly for

him during the season and had a good POs. He loses Boldin but signs

Steve Smith Sr who had 1,000 yrds.

 

That wasn't purple cool aid. It was the truth by a guy who isn't even a

Ravens fan but appreciates Ozzies skills as the best GM in the game.

[ForceEight]

No argument that Ozzie is one of if not the best. Only taking umbrage to the idea that that alone means we'll be great and SB-bound.

 

I just hate the broad stroke boiling down of the situation year in and year out. Yes, they were creaming the Pats in the divisional round (before they eventually lost). Yes, they were there in the first place. But it happened at the tail end of a barely 10-6 season that saw even more roster churn and burn than the season previous, and it's really likely that--looking at the number of reasonably assumed holes--this year will be even more of a mix up than the last two.

 

What I'm saying is that I'm a jerk and hate Kool-Aid. But it is really cool when it's being enjoyed by the national media.

[TBird]

Again, it's true.Ravens are poised for the SB and one of the only

teams.Like I said, we would have won it all last year if not for the

injuries and shouldn't have even been in the POs with that secondary

and they shut Marsha down for a half.

 

Now they have Jimmy and Webbie back. They only need 1 or 2

players to win it all this year barring injuries again.

 

Oz will take the BAA as usual but has the luxary to take Maxx Williams

@26 because we need a TE or Gurley or Mel Gordon at RB which we

will need next year. He can groom the RB behind Forsett and Tally

and even put him in at spots. If it's Gurley they can just rehab him while

he's learning the playbook and system. Next year he'll be ready.

 

The team is this close to another SB. Nothing cool aide about it.

[cravnravn]

I always drink the kool aid this time of the year, that's what having the best front office in the league does to a fan, where ever and whom ever we draft will fit the Ravens system, I feel we are only 2 players away from the Superbowl (db and safety). And on offense the front office must feel that a combo of Aiken,brown can produce better then the combo of Torrey and Jones, looking forward to seeing that on the field myself.

 

I'm not second guessing Oz & Co ever again, not getting my blood pressure up because we didn't grab a planner I felt we needed at a certain position. The brass is too good at this drafting game.

[vmax]

No argument that Ozzie is one of if not the best. Only taking umbrage to the idea that that alone means we'll be great and SB-bound.

 

I just hate the broad stroke boiling down of the situation year in and year out. Yes, they were creaming the Pats in the divisional round (before they eventually lost). Yes, they were there in the first place. But it happened at the tail end of a barely 10-6 season that saw even more roster churn and burn than the season previous, and it's really likely that--looking at the number of reasonably assumed holes--this year will be even more of a mix up than the last two.

 

What I'm saying is that I'm a jerk and hate Kool-Aid. But it is really cool when it's being enjoyed by the national media.

 

10-6 is not bad.

How about just enjoying the game and having a team?

 

For me, it's enough that year in and year out, game after game, the Ravens field a team that always has a shot to win.

The fan in me says that's all I ask for. Then, once in a while, a year like 2000 and 2012 comes along....and you shit your pants.

[ForceEight]

 

10-6 is not bad.

How about just enjoying the game and having a team?

 

For me, it's enough that year in and year out, game after game, the Ravens field a team that always has a shot to win.

The fan in me says that's all I ask for. Then, once in a while, a year like 2000 and 2012 comes along....and you shit your pants.

 

I hate enjoying things though.

 

[TBird]

We are truly fortunate to be living in the Baltimore area in the era

we have and are living in with all the great Baltimore Colts games

and championships including the greatest game ever played. No

other city can say that. They went to two SBs too winning one before

they were dismantled and shipped out.

 

Then the Ravens come here and become one of the most successful

teams in sports always winning and often getting into the POs as

a dominant team for over a decade and they have 2 SB trophies,

AFC-N trophies and AFC trophies.

 

I really feel for the Clowns fans who have never been to the SB and

teams like Cinci, Buffalo and Minn that never won one. They were all

there but its even been decades since while Ravens were the

champs just 24 months ago.

 

And don't forget the Os in baseball with all their series and trophies before

Petey dismantled them but now he has rebuilt them into a PO team

just missing the series by 4 games last year.

 

How's that for drinking cool aid. ;)

[cravnravn]

Dont feel sorry for Clowns fans, I got visited by TWO of them on a daily basis, they're obnoxious as hell and when I try to be civil with them and explain the difference between Model & Irsay, they want no parts of it. They think there is no difference in the moves.

 

And we absolutely are the luckiest fans on the planet, we've witnessed the greatest qb, the greatest 3rd baseman, greatest short stop to play their sport.

Edited April 8, 2015 by cravnravn

[TBird]

Don't forget we had 3 of the greatest QBs in football:

 

UNITAS, BERT JONES AND JOE FLACCO.

 

 

Yea, you're right about Clowns fans but I try to put myself in their

place. Their coach that won nothing there is fired and becomes a HOF

coach in NE.

 

The team which won nothing since 1964 leaves and wins the SB right

off the bat after Modell let Ozzie make all the decisions. I tell them

that we didn't want to steal the Browns. I was embarrassed but the NFL

made us do it. Had TAGS done the right thing and give expansion teams

to St Louis and Bmore, the Clowns would still be in Leaveland and the

Rams wouls still be in LA and that's why TAGs hasn't been elected

into the HOF.

 

Even with being out of football for 12 years we have has many NFL

championships as Pissburgh going back to pre-SB days which they

don't count since they don't have any were the laughing stock in sports.

 

Baltimore won NFL championships in

 

58

59

68 - That was before the merger and counts as an NFL championship.

70

2000

2012

[oldno82]

Don't forget we had 3 of the greatest QBs in football:

 

UNITAS, BERT JONES AND JOE FLACCO.

 

 

 

Glad to see you remembered Bert. Because his career was injury shortened he sometimes isn't recognized for the great QB he was.

[cravnravn]

Mehhh Bert was OK, just got tired of getting bounced out of the playoffs after one game, although I'm glad we were getting g blown out during the Pitt playoff game or a lot of fans would have been killed/injured when the goof ball crashed his plane into the upper deck.

[vmax]

 

I hate enjoying things though.

 

 

Then you should be a Browns or Indigenous Persons fan.

[TBird]

Nobody would have won those POs with the defense Bert

had. It gave up 77 points in 2 of the 3 PO games including

the ghost to post game.

 

Laird who practiced vs Bert and had a 90 yard TD run after

intercepting the ball and they still lost that game said Bert

threw so hard I heard it zinging past his ears.

 

When asked if Bert was as good as Elway as far as pure arm

strength and accuracy Lydell Mitchell at the very least as good

maybe better.

 

Bellicheat said Bert had the best arm he ever saw and his first

job was with the Colts when Bert was here. He always said that

and repeated it again during SB 49 week with Brady there.

 

The young guys point to Flacco's durability which is better and

his ring and POs wins but that doesn't mean he has the better arm.

That's like saying Otto Graham was better than Unitas with all his

rings. He won 3 NFL championships in a row plus another one plus

all the ones in the old all american conference.

 

He also threw nothing but short passes, seldom if ever going deep

like John who revolutionized the game and put football on the same

map as baseball, basketball and hockey. Before that it was considered

minor league.

 

He was also responsible for the AFL when all those cities want pro teams

and formed the merger and then passed baseball as America's game.

[tsylvester]

Dont feel sorry for Clowns fans, I got visited by TWO of them on a daily basis, they're obnoxious as hell and when I try to be civil with them and explain the difference between Model & Irsay, they want no parts of it. They think there is no difference in the moves.

 

And we absolutely are the luckiest fans on the planet, we've witnessed the greatest qb, the greatest 3rd baseman, greatest short stop to play their sport.

 

 

 

There is no difference. Both men said they would move the teams if they did not get new stadiums. Neither did, both moved; case closed.

[thundercleetz]

 

 

 

There is no difference. Both men said they would move the teams if they did not get new stadiums. Neither did, both moved; case closed.

I agree. Would have liked to see Irsay leave the history in Baltimore, but what can you do?

[oldno82]

Mehhh Bert was OK, just got tired of getting bounced out of the playoffs after one game, although I'm glad we were getting g blown out during the Pitt playoff game or a lot of fans would have been killed/injured when the goof ball crashed his plane into the upper deck.

It was far from Bert's fault that we lost in round one three years in a row. In fact he carried the team in my opinion in '77. The main difference between the 75-77 and the ones that followed was that Bert was hurt. He sometimes tried to play and that made us win some of the few games we did win after 77.

 

After his shoulder injury in 78 followed by another in 79 (and trying to play through them at times), Bert was no longer super. But he sure was before that. And I give Marchibroda credit for teaching Bert the pro game.

[cravnravn]

The play calling in overtime in the ghost to the post game was horrid, they knew the d was suspect, yet we run 3/up the gut and march out David Lee, that game still pisses me off

[cravnravn]

The play calling in overtime in the ghost to the post game was horrid, they knew the d was suspect, yet we run 3/up the gut and march out David Lee, that game still pisses me off

[oldno82]

Yup, Marchibroda was a good personal tutor for Bert but his game plans usually sucked because he was way too conservative. I remember EVERY game starting with "Hey diddle diddle Lydell up the middle".

 

That last playoff game pissed everybody off.

[TBird]

It was far from Bert's fault that we lost in round one three years in a row. In fact he carried the team in my opinion in '77. The main difference between the 75-77 and the ones that followed was that Bert was hurt. He sometimes tried to play and that made us win some of the few games we did win after 77.

 

After his shoulder injury in 78 followed by another in 79 (and trying to play through them at times), Bert was no longer super. But he sure was before that. And I give Marchibroda credit for teaching Bert the pro

 

But then March got Bert killed with the plays he ran and

bringing him back too soon. I saw Bert warming up on the side line and

could see the pain in his face as he threw from where I was sitting. Bert

was balls, pure balls. Also, Flacco has the Brady rule where no one can

touch a QB while Bert was injured on a dirty play and thrown into the

ground. Today, they can't even thug the receivers going down field while

Bert's guys got killed.

 

Even the players were upset with those plays. The defenses called the plays

out before the snap which upset the offense and even the fans were calling

the plays out and saying hey fiddle diddle, Mitchell up the middle. ILMAO

 

As for the OT game, all the play calling was horrible on both sides. The

first OT ended the same as regulation in a tie. Then OAK won it on the

ghost to post play. It's currently the 5th longest game in history.

[cravnravn]

The Brady rule doesn't apply to Joe, I've seen him take plenty of illegal shots, if Joes jersey number would have been 12 or 18 there would have laundry all over the field. The Detroit game 2 years ago where the defender lunged at Joe's knee sticks out the most.