Tre White now a Raven

[tsylvester]

Yawn, the Rams get a 7th in 26, and send a 27 7th plus White who has been the Rams dog house for the past 4 games. Tore his Achilles last year while with the Bills. It is depth, surprised that they didn't land an edge rusher, cough cough, from the Giants..mmm

Per Espn

[tsylvester]

I will add, the Ravens had 11 picks in next year's draft, acquired 2 players, both for depth on either side of the ball.

They still have 11 picks in next year's draft, half of those players picked will not make the team, at the least.

What happens if everyone stays healthy, but the team needs a sack at the end of a playoff game to push a team out of field goal range so that they can't kick the game winning field goal?

By all reports, an edge rusher, where the Ravens lack depth most along the defensive line, would have cost at most 2 low round picks, a 5th and 6th.

Are those 5th or 5th guys going to make a huge difference next year?

I realize that this team faces a number of contracts next year, free agents, and recognize how important draft picks are to building a team without killing a cap.

However, this defense has shown, even against sub par teams that pass rush is the most glaring need. Next to that is depth at defensive tackle, especially with the recent 4 game, at least injury to one of the better defensive tackles this team has.

Eric missed the boat on this trade line, clinging to draft capital at the expense of a true Super Bowl run...

[oldno82]

I tend to agree. We don't have an adequate pass rush. I've finished watching about half the Broncos game and I've got to say there were too many pass plays that had NO pass rush to speak of. What's a guy like Joe Burrow going to do against us this Thursday, especially with the weapons he has?

Looks like the D is not going to be of a caliber to get us very deep in the playoffs.

Disappointing.

 

[GrubberRaven]

Maybe the asking price was too high?

[tsylvester]

27 minutes ago, GrubberRaven said:

Maybe the asking price was too high?

Yeah, maybe like the Comandos who way over paid for their corner, as good as he is. I understand that there was a bidding war for him, but wow.

Or Dallas who was the only team after Wingo, a 4th?

Still, the Giants, according to reports, wanted a 4th or a low 5th and 6th for Ojulari, who is on the last year of his contract. Seems pretty fair considering what other ends got traded for this past week.

Is he a top sack artist? No, but is he more productive that Owe, Ojaba,Isaac, even Robinson who just had a break out game? Yes.

It was time for Eric to cut the cord on at least 1 of his 3 reaches in the past drafts, Ojaba.

Owe is playing decent, Issac should see more play moving forward as will Robinson. The later showed his strength and power collapsing the pocket often Sunday.

The former has the speed to catch Burrow, Mahomes, Wilson when they break the pocket and scramble.

But this team lacks the sacks, the disciplined rush the collapse from the ends. That alone would help the pass defense.

Even with only 3-5 mil in cap space they could have rented Ojulari for this season.

White, if healthy, with a repaired Achilles and acl (he tore the year before) is mostly a zone corner, not a true man corner. He is slowed by those injuries, and Wric, as he did with 2 defensive ends in the draft, is betting he will turnout, be a diamond in the rough.

As it is they lose nothing if they cut him before seasons end.

But who gets cut so he can have a roster spot? How is he, even if he works out, going to fix the communication issues?

[oldno82]

3 hours ago, tsylvester said:

 How is he, even if he works out, going to fix the communication issues?

He's not. It's the coaching that's causing the secondary mess along with the absence of a bona-fide pass rusher.