Orr on Green

[tsylvester]

It’s never easy to know exactly what you have in a player during unpadded, non-contact practices in the spring, but Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr has been impressed by what he’s seen from second-round pick Mike Green thus far.

Green led FBS players with 17 sacks while playing for Marshall last season, but wound up falling to the Ravens in the second round after facing sexual assault allegations during his time in college. Orr’s seen enough from Green over the last few weeks to believe that Green’s pass rush ability will translate to NFL games.

“I see a guy that comes out here and works, but from a physical standpoint, [Mike Green’s] get-off is real, and he understands the level of the quarterback,” Orr said, via a transcript from the team. “So, I think he’s going to be a really valuable piece for us. He’s strong. He’s explosive. He can rush on the outside, and he can rush on the inside. One thing we always say [is] you can never have enough rushers, and he’s going to add to that room, and it’s going to be a great valuable piece for us, but I’m happy with Mike. I think that he’s doing a good job with what he can do right now, given the restrictions with the pads and everything, but I think [during] training camp and preseason, you guys will really start to see what abilities he really has.”

The next step for Green will be showing that Orr is right about how his skills will transition to game action. If they do, there will likely be a lot of talk about him being one of this draft’s biggest steals.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ravens-dc-zach-orr-mike-green-will-be-a-real-valuable-piece-for-us

[papasmurfbell]

He may well be the steal of the draft.

[tsylvester]

We can hope, been a while since they drafted a monster at olb

[papasmurfbell]

Listening to the position coach at Marshall was very interesting.  He glows about him.

[oldno82]

If he turns out to be the real deal they're saying he might be, the team will have added another dimension to their defense. We need a home-grown elite rusher to add more consistent pressure while our prime secondary takes care of their end.

[tsylvester]

Not mention a cheap one until his rookie deal is done

[papasmurfbell]

If he is great ink him after yr 3

[oldno82]

I'm going to try and keep an open mind about this until I can see him do well in camp and play in some preseason games. I've been disappointed before about rave reviews in OTA's that fade away a couple of months later.

[tsylvester]

10 hours ago, papasmurfbell said:

If he is great ink him after yr 3

We shall see what type of player he is, by that I mean, is he interested in being paid the most, assuming he is among the best,?

Take some of these guys, they get the top pay one year, as soon as the next best at position gets more, player A wants to redo his contract.

Take Dallas, waiting on doing a contract for their top edge rusher. He strikes me as the type as had Dallas given him his big deal 2 years ago, he would now be asking for more since he would no longer be the highest paid.

Tough choice, pay in year 3 or wait.

[papasmurfbell]

4 hours ago, oldno82 said:

I'm going to try and keep an open mind about this until I can see him do well in camp and play in some preseason games. I've been disappointed before about rave reviews in OTA's that fade away a couple of months later.

Green produced in school.  Oweh didn’t.  It’s not the same.

[oldno82]

I wasn't calling out Oweh specifically. I just meant that generally you can't go by much until you see them compete against each other or a different team.

 

[papasmurfbell]

True.  But the tape is there.