Ravens Insider: Mike Preston: Ravens went bargain basement hunting again

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The Ravens will add two new wide receivers through free agency today in John Brown and Ryan Grant, but I was more excited when they announced that they had re-signed defensive lineman Brent Urban and offensive lineman James Hurst.

At least I had watched them play and know what they can do. Brown...

 

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Yep more of the same.

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http://www.espn.com/blog/baltimore-ravens/post/_/id/43858/what-happened-to-the-splash-ravens-left-with-a-flood-of-disappointment

 

 

What happened to the splash? Ravens left with a flood of disappointment

"I think that we can make a splash and help us on the way to getting our offense clicking better," Bisciotti said.

For 39 days, this comment heightened expectations for what the Ravens could do to improve at wide receiver and tight end. On Tuesday, those words rang hollow, as most of the big-name playmakers signed elsewhere.

Sure, it was unrealistic to think that the Ravens, with a limited amount of cap space, would outbid teams. But when an owner uses the word "splash," optimism builds for Allen Robinson, Sammy Watkins or Jimmy Graham.

 

 

Also the Ravens are not an attractive landing spot anymore.