Preston's insights

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-preston-ravens-0410-20120409,0,6845581.column

 

Bisciotti's call

 

There is a belief around town that Ravens owner Steve Bisciottidoes not participate in player negotiations, but he does make his feelings known.

 

He wasn't in favor of paying former left guard Ben Grubbs close to the same money as starting right guard Marshal Yanda (5 years, $32 million) because he didn't want so much money invested in two guards.

 

Grubbs went to New Orleans for a deal valued at $36 million over five years. And, unfortunately for the Ravens, they might not recover from Grubbs leaving for another year or two.

That is more than likely true. I would look at this as a retooling yr. Do your best but the goal is maybe 2 yrs away.

 

 

Trouble with Sooners

 

The Ravens haven't fared well with drafting Oklahoma players recently. The list includes guard Chris Chester, receiver Mark Clayton and linebacker/defensive end Dan Cody.

 

Cody was injury prone and Chester got pushed around at guard because he was too light. Clayton was also considered small, dropped some big passes in big games and was hampered by hamstring injuries throughout his career in Baltimore.

 

They were all good people, not-so-good players.

Nicely said. Maybe the Ravens should avoid OU players like every team should avoid UF WR's.

Billick's role

 

When asked recently how current head coach John Harbaughdiffered from predecessors Ted Marchibroda and Brian Billick in their involvement in the draft, Newsome was kind to Billick.

 

"Brian got to the point where he really trusted us. He trusted the process, and we would bring him in when needed, and he enjoyed the aspect of personnel," said Newsome.

 

That's funny, because everyone at The Castle knew that when it came to the draft, Billick didn't study tape and had no clue. He wouldn't have known a draft pick from a draft dodger.

Hilarious. When he did but his nose in they wasted a bunch of picks on Boller.

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You can't put that much money into the guard position.

 

As for Billick drafting Boller...he doesn't get to pull that trigger..he wasn't the GM and never was. He probably lobbied to draft a QB after surrendering to his failed belief that getting developed Free Agent QB's was the way to go. That list of failures is long and Ozzie bought into that too. Hey...they did win a Super Bowl with Dilfer.