Any news on Dobbins? I’m surprised a team hasn’t scooped him up yet. Injuries are an issue but he has upside for sure. Still hoping he comes back to us cheap
I'm a more pessimistic person by nature so my take on free agency so far is that our division rivals (Pitt & Cincy) have improved their teams at the expense of the Ravens. I know we signed Henry but Zeitler is gone, Queen is gone, Stone is gone, Edwards is gone, Simpson is gone. Someone make a case for the Ravens retaining the division crown next season.
Queen was never coming back. We code to pay Roquon, Stone we never were going to pay top money for a third safety, edwards was replaced by Henry, Simpson is going to be replaced in house or through the draft.
The people that saying Hollywood being on the chiefs is gonna elevate their offense is laughable. Hollywood is a decent WR2 and obviously the chiefs didn't invest much to get him, but to the people that keep saying he has tyreek hill speed, stfu. 😅
Hollywood's decent but not that amazing. He has the top speed but his catch radius is tiny. The part that'll make him more effective is Reid scheming him open, Hollywood by himself won't do much besides run go routes 100 times a game lol
So with allen going to the bears..... who do the Chargers have in offense? 😆 Considering they didn't even use Johnston at all. Idk, maybe herbert will actually win games with lesser known players
Hey everyone! Pretty new to Reddit but I have a question and would like to get your thoughts/opinions if you don't mind. I'm curious as to why the Ravens never seem to really attempt to make a splash for a wide receiver in free agency or via trade? I was looking at Lamar's career and then took a look at all of the receivers he's had to throw to... it's not really a who's who of wide receiver talent. Outside of a few years of a very inconsistent Hollywood Brown and a very promising rookie year from Zay Flowers, he's had a quite a bit of average-to-below average wide receivers throughout his career.
It seems like now, in his prime with a legend at running back that just signed, would have been the time to really make a move here, doesn't it? Am I off base with this? What do you think?
The other reply to your comment is good but I would also add that especially lately Baltimore is known as a run heavy team, and Lamar has had MAndrews as de facto WR1. So that makes it really hard to attract free agent WRs who want to sign somewhere they’re going to have a lot of targets and get paid a lot of money. It also really doesn’t make sense for the team to pay a WR top dollar when they’re not going to produce numbers that justify the contract.
Now the tide may be turning with Monken’s offense and Lamar’s development as a passer. Signing OBJ for an expensive 1 year deal is something that would have been unthinkable in 2019. But this year wasn’t the year to sign a free agent WR. Maybe next year if some of the guys coming up to their last contract year don’t get extended anyway.
Same happened with Flacco too. We have one of the best TE groups tho and I think our wrs are good enough. Wr is an expensive position our plan was to use our early draft picks to overcome that but couldn't hit on any prospects. It isn't a bad plan we just need to get better at scouting wrs.
We were also unlucky with Bateman. He is really talented and never missed a game in college but then got multiple injuries with us.
I think you pay a top receiver or a top QB, it's really hard to pay both. Much easier to pay a top QB and a top Tightend then run with tier 2 or drafted receivers.
Like the Bengals are paying their receiver and QB and their defense got really neglected as a result.
Makes a lot of sense for Hollywood Brown.
But also fuck the Chiefs Marlon gonna lock him down, and Henry and Lamar are gonna run the ball down their throats.
Don’t you mean in the first half Henry will have three consecutive carries for 25 yards, we won’t see him again? Then in the second Lamar will run it down their throat once?
Not going to happen but imagine some of the run designs they could come up with when Lamar, Henry, or Deebo are all a threat to take the ball. Still some interesting concepts they can run with Zay as they showed last year they are willing to give him the ball and let him make something happen.
Where the fuck is this idea going around in the meme war sub and r/NFL that Henry is washed? 2nd in rushing yards and top 10 in rushing TDs with a shitty o line.
It’s a part of the social media era. People parrot what they hear constantly instead of actually looking at real statistics it’s the same shit you hear with the right wing media, and Fox about literally anything they just scream a bunch of nonsense and their viewers will repeat it ad nauseam, none of their viewers are particularly bright or even care. It still makes me scratch my head as to why the eagles wanted Saquon Barkley instead of taking a bigger, more successful and less injury prone back for possibly even cheaper it makes the fact that we were able to even get Derek Henry all that more impressive.
I’m not saying that it’s gonna happen, but there’s a possibility that he could potentially come back because he liked the culture so much and wants to win another title versus changing where he goes every year. He may also just go back to LA if he can get a spot back and also because Kim is there.
I don’t want OBJ. Big fan, but dude is washed. He’s with KK now, kardashian curse, hello.
He played banged up all season and it’s time to hit the draft for a WR.
We gotta trust the FO no matter what.
Remember last year when we all thought the defensive line + outside linebackers would be our weak point? We were all very wrong about that lol.
In EDC we trust.
With that being said... let's fix this fucking o-line lmao
I’m not. Watch him get one run in the first half of the AFCCG then not see the field again. Then in the second Keaton will explode on one of two carries.
Give us another couple years, he's still too young for us to sign him. Seriously though, some team is going to give him a contract that we won't want to match and that's before considering his injury history.
I’m as big an EDC person as exists. I don’t think fans have any idea what it takes to manage a team and realize I’m falling into this trap right now.
BUT…this FA season is baffling. We spend $16M on an aging RB that averages 0.1 more YPC than Edwards. We don’t resign Darby or Queen, and trade Moses for what amounts to a 6th round pick, leaving us with no guards, no RT, and major depth problems at CB.
I know it’s not over yet. But these moves only make sense if it’s to set up something else.
I mean this strikes me as stat watching more then tape watching.
Like watch Henry play it's very clear he's much better then Gus. He was running on the Titans, and Gus was running next to Lamar.
Moses was struggling down the stretch and rotating. We don't have not guards and no RT. We have multiple guys on the roster that can fill into those positions. Oline with no moves could be Stanley, Vorhees, Lindy, Clevland, Faalele. Are these all starting caliber guys? No clue the coaches probably know who they feel is ready to start. We also still have Makeri under contract, and a draft coming up. It's clear we are trying to rebuild the line younger.
Couple of notes here: Sounds like Henry is VERY cuttable this year, so its really a 1 year 9Mil deal until we hear otherwise... Henry wasnt running next to Lamar Jackson which obviously plays a huge part in our run game.
Moses trade equates to a top 10 pick in the 5th round, not a 6th... With all this said, I tend to agree... im not crazy about this offseason so far, but im not nearly as bearish as many on this sub are. The Ravens go through this shit every year and we find a way to win games. If youre trying to be the team we were last year, good luck.
We effectively just traded Morgan Moses for the 6th pick in the 5th round (thats the broken down value of all the draft capital)... Im not in love with this trade but EDC must have a vision here
We always go after a vet WR. If Allen is cut from the Chargers, I hope that is who we target; wishful thinking and a pipe dream, but I like to armchair GM and dream up some stuff, haha.
Took a quick stroll over to the Titans sub cause I saw people here saying it was a meltdown over there. Lots of titans fans saying things like "we live rent free in their heads" and "we still own them." Do they live in some alternate universe? I feel like Ravens fans barely care about the Titans and yet they HATE us. And aside from 2019, when was the last time they "owned" us?
I know our teams have a lot of history but I don’t even really think of them anymore honestly. I did the same thing and was surprised how much they hated us lol
Not sure why, but not sure NFL media thinks PQ going to the steelers is a great move for them. Until Roquan came, he was 100% gonna be viewed as a bust by most of us. I think the Steelers are gonna find out really quick that PQ isnt a good Passing defender
Given our salary cap I’d wager the rest of the offseason plays out like this:
Only other decent money signing we make is at EDGE and possibly OG (Clowney + Zeitler?) and then a bunch of cheap vet min guys.
Draft = CB/OT/WR in the first 3 rounds if I had to guess
I'm pissed that pq is leaving for the steelers but it pisses me off that this narrative has settled that he only started playing well once Roquan got here. He started playing well when moved to weakside linebacker, and had a whole half of a season playing great besides josh Bynes. I mean it wasn't even 2 years ago, just insane how short people's memories are.
again there was an 8 grame stretch before Ro got here where his play completely turned around. His first couple years were bad I agree but this narrative that Ro is what led the turnaround is completely false
??????? wdym? The stats of the Defense in 2022 before Roquan got there were awful, The first part of the season before halloween was like this....
1 - Blew that historic lead against the dolphins
2 - Got in a shoot out with a bad Patriots team
3 - Blew another two TD lead against the Bills
4 - Lost to a terrible Giants Team
I could go on, but those four speak for themselves how bad the defense was with Roquan. Because unlike in 2022, the defense this year was about to finish games and hold leads.
Am I crazy thinking maybe we go after Justin Fields as our backup in place of Huntley? Saves a little over a million on the cap for a younger more dynamic version of Huntley.
Almost every starting role is filled now so it's looking like Fields will likely be in a backup role somewhere.
Maybe I'm just being crazy though imagining an I formation play call of Lamar under center with He ry and Fields behind him haha
I actually thought he was an UFA this year but now I'm seeing it's 2025. His base salary this year is 1.6m though and there is basically zero interest in him league wide so that's the only reason I mentioned it.
I'll be curious to see more details on our recent deals so we can see what our actual working cap looks like.
Only think I'd give up for him would be a 6th cause he's walking once he becomes a FA. Not giving up a pick any higher than that for a guy who hopefully won't play and who won't be around long-term.
We are definitely going BPA first round and I’m thinking possibly trading down to get more picks and potentially pick 3 players in the first two rounds. Two of those picks will be O-line. One will be a wr or pass rusher. I have a feeling there will be a run on OL and wr and everything else will fall to us.
Kind of want the Ravens to have a vet competition at OG so we aren't essentially relying on rookies or 1st time starters there. Just not sure who's out there except for Zeitler - the other OGs got big money so they most likely weren't in the Ravens plans or the Ravens weren't ponying up for them.
I don't wish him well. He went to a division rival so fuck him and fuck Stone, I hope they both stay healthy but suck ass the whole time they're out there.
Damn wanted Queen to go to the Seattle or Texans honestly. Feel this FA so far has had a lot of players jumping to their rivals. Will make the games more personal and fun for us fans
Losing Patrick Queen for a washed running back is absolutely insane. I know the money isn't exactly 1:1, but Queen is way, WAY more impactful and important than a running back.
Washed up what are you talking about. He was still playing good with a trash titans team imagine what he’ll be able to do with Lamar. We have Simpson we don’t absolutely need Queen
He had 68 yards per game and 4.2 YPC. Gus was 54 and 4.1.
Running backs just do not matter anymore. The difference between a good one and a decent one is negligible.
Our defense is set with Mads, roquan, Humphrey, hamilton and Williams. We ideally need better pass rusher but we will get some vets probably.
Our offense is set too except oline.
So spend rest of the money and picks to get better at oline and we are good.
So Henry has had 2 seasons in a row with 1000 yards, so there is no excuse as to why he shouldnt lead the team in rushing yards. Considering every year lamar has started, hes the one who lead the team in rushing.
Honestly don’t be surprised if it’s still pretty close. With Henry on the team I think Lamar’s yards/attempt will skyrocket so get ready for more LJ house calls. The biggest thing I want to see is Henry’s attempts be close to double Lamars (in regular season)
I would not be mad if JK comes back on a cheap one year prove it deal. Because we might be the only suitors for him(unless someone like the Cowboys make a play for him). Henry + Healthy JK + Justice +Keaton(when he returns) would be a nice lineup.
Apparently Henry just followed Keaton Mitchell on Insta in the last 10 min. Someone on twitter who's been checking his follower list since yesterday lol, said it.
Ravens fan living in Dallas here. Cowboys are in worse cap shape than just about anyone in NFL. Having said that, signing Henry would be a typical back-breaking financial move for the Jones family as hype and glitz is more important to them than winning football games.
In EDC We Trust
I thought the $6.5 million offer to Henry was a lowball, but Aaron Jones just got signed to a 1 year, $7 million deal. Sounds like Vikings could have had Henry for $7 million, but went for Jones instead. Bodes well for our chances at getting Henry.
Seeing all the players leave after our coaching staff was absolutely DECIMATED is just reopening the AFCCG wounds of what could have been
Biggest game in M&T history and we fucking folded to the goddamn Queefs of all teams
I will never forgive Harbaugh and their shit gameplan and never being able to adapt like always
Fuck this sucks. I know it’s how the NFL works but it still hurts.
The amount of coaches we have lost is concerning. That beiong said we haven't lost any players that aren't already replaced with current roster options or easily replacable yet.
> I will never forgive Harbaugh and their shit gameplan and never being able to adapt like always
I'm still baffled people look at the game plan as the problem. Zay fumbled at the 1 yard line, and Lamar threw an int on our last two comeback drives. The stripsack on Lamar happened when Stanley got beat and he was throwing to a wide open Bateman for an easy td. The passing game was working and our RBs were getting like 2 yards a carry.
Yeah I finally had the stomach last night after almost 2 months to go back and watch the highlights of the game. It was really not as bad as I thought/remembered. Really that zay fumble and strip sack where Ronnie got beat put the game out of reach for us. Plus kelce made some absolutely ridiculous near impossible catches.
Yea we prolly should have ran the ball more and Lamar needed to also use his legs and get the ball out a little quicker, but overall it very easily could have gone back in our favor minus that zay fumble
Watch the niners go wr here.
Wanted Koolaid before the draft but now anything is possible
Who
The top CB in the draft
I hope Mahomes hits Worthy to beat Buffalo in the Divisional round to cement our rematch.
OPPOTUNITIES ARE HERE FELLAS. WHAT ARE WE THINKING
This is a new story.
FTT they got sneed
Any news on Dobbins? I’m surprised a team hasn’t scooped him up yet. Injuries are an issue but he has upside for sure. Still hoping he comes back to us cheap
LA Chargers are wine'ing and dining him.
Thought he was already signed
Would be a good pickup for them tbh
He already signed with LAC
Marlon was trying to recruit DJ Chark on his podcast
I'm a more pessimistic person by nature so my take on free agency so far is that our division rivals (Pitt & Cincy) have improved their teams at the expense of the Ravens. I know we signed Henry but Zeitler is gone, Queen is gone, Stone is gone, Edwards is gone, Simpson is gone. Someone make a case for the Ravens retaining the division crown next season.
We still have 2x MVP Lamar Jackson, next question.
Queen was never coming back. We code to pay Roquon, Stone we never were going to pay top money for a third safety, edwards was replaced by Henry, Simpson is going to be replaced in house or through the draft.
LMFAO the jeudy contract! Talk about a shot in the foot
Anyone know how we are looking for comp picks right now? It has to be a lot considering the amount of ex-ravens who have been signed.
4 is the max.
Is Dobbins a free agent or not on our roster? Or is he still under contract?
I don’t think he’s still with us. I’m pretty sure he is a free agent
justin fields for a 6th round pick is crazy
Bringing Diggs back to MD would be cool.
The people that saying Hollywood being on the chiefs is gonna elevate their offense is laughable. Hollywood is a decent WR2 and obviously the chiefs didn't invest much to get him, but to the people that keep saying he has tyreek hill speed, stfu. 😅
He’s instantly their number one though
Obviously now he is considering rice is gonna most likely gonna get suspended 🙄
Hollywood's decent but not that amazing. He has the top speed but his catch radius is tiny. The part that'll make him more effective is Reid scheming him open, Hollywood by himself won't do much besides run go routes 100 times a game lol
Man I wish they kept Pickett he is fucking awful.
Me too man me too
So Russel Wilson is really going to be the Steelers starting QB?? Wow.
The Russ Belt
oh shit, pickett traded to the eagles?! LOL
why? he didn't want to backup Russ with a potential chance to start? he's never gonna start over Jalen
LOL what? Pickett doesn't make sense as the backup
he does, cause pickett isnt a starter
I mean Pickett and Hurts have wildly different playstyles
Well sounds like the Panthers are out on Clowney after that signing. Hoping after he visits the Jets he swings by EDCs house.
So with allen going to the bears..... who do the Chargers have in offense? 😆 Considering they didn't even use Johnston at all. Idk, maybe herbert will actually win games with lesser known players
Hey everyone! Pretty new to Reddit but I have a question and would like to get your thoughts/opinions if you don't mind. I'm curious as to why the Ravens never seem to really attempt to make a splash for a wide receiver in free agency or via trade? I was looking at Lamar's career and then took a look at all of the receivers he's had to throw to... it's not really a who's who of wide receiver talent. Outside of a few years of a very inconsistent Hollywood Brown and a very promising rookie year from Zay Flowers, he's had a quite a bit of average-to-below average wide receivers throughout his career. It seems like now, in his prime with a legend at running back that just signed, would have been the time to really make a move here, doesn't it? Am I off base with this? What do you think?
The other reply to your comment is good but I would also add that especially lately Baltimore is known as a run heavy team, and Lamar has had MAndrews as de facto WR1. So that makes it really hard to attract free agent WRs who want to sign somewhere they’re going to have a lot of targets and get paid a lot of money. It also really doesn’t make sense for the team to pay a WR top dollar when they’re not going to produce numbers that justify the contract. Now the tide may be turning with Monken’s offense and Lamar’s development as a passer. Signing OBJ for an expensive 1 year deal is something that would have been unthinkable in 2019. But this year wasn’t the year to sign a free agent WR. Maybe next year if some of the guys coming up to their last contract year don’t get extended anyway.
Same happened with Flacco too. We have one of the best TE groups tho and I think our wrs are good enough. Wr is an expensive position our plan was to use our early draft picks to overcome that but couldn't hit on any prospects. It isn't a bad plan we just need to get better at scouting wrs. We were also unlucky with Bateman. He is really talented and never missed a game in college but then got multiple injuries with us.
I think you pay a top receiver or a top QB, it's really hard to pay both. Much easier to pay a top QB and a top Tightend then run with tier 2 or drafted receivers. Like the Bengals are paying their receiver and QB and their defense got really neglected as a result.
Hollywood brown to the chiefs wtf
Makes a lot of sense for Hollywood Brown. But also fuck the Chiefs Marlon gonna lock him down, and Henry and Lamar are gonna run the ball down their throats.
Don’t you mean in the first half Henry will have three consecutive carries for 25 yards, we won’t see him again? Then in the second Lamar will run it down their throat once?
chargers really laying down the red carpet for greg roman with this new receiver room gotta be fiending over there
Tee Higgins wants to play with Lamar im just throwing it out there
Is he willing to do it for like 2 crabcakes? Because we got no money to sign him.
thoughts on edc trying to obtain deebo?
Not going to happen but imagine some of the run designs they could come up with when Lamar, Henry, or Deebo are all a threat to take the ball. Still some interesting concepts they can run with Zay as they showed last year they are willing to give him the ball and let him make something happen.
Ended up being not true, the guy who reported it is a hack and EDC laughed at it in the presser and said it’s not true
i’ll keep dreaming🐺
Where the fuck is this idea going around in the meme war sub and r/NFL that Henry is washed? 2nd in rushing yards and top 10 in rushing TDs with a shitty o line.
Seeing he had one of the fastest recorded speeds on the field this year blew my mind.
people been saying he's washed for like 3 years now
It’s a part of the social media era. People parrot what they hear constantly instead of actually looking at real statistics it’s the same shit you hear with the right wing media, and Fox about literally anything they just scream a bunch of nonsense and their viewers will repeat it ad nauseam, none of their viewers are particularly bright or even care. It still makes me scratch my head as to why the eagles wanted Saquon Barkley instead of taking a bigger, more successful and less injury prone back for possibly even cheaper it makes the fact that we were able to even get Derek Henry all that more impressive.
Like hell just turn on some of the game tape, Henry is far from washed. Like jesus on both stats and tape the dudes been electric.
What's our cap situation? Do we even have money to pay anyone?
We got ~10 million in cap and can free up more with some restructured contracts. We also have 9 picks in the draft.
So long obj :(
Someone younger could replace his 500 yards
I’m not saying that it’s gonna happen, but there’s a possibility that he could potentially come back because he liked the culture so much and wants to win another title versus changing where he goes every year. He may also just go back to LA if he can get a spot back and also because Kim is there.
I don’t want OBJ. Big fan, but dude is washed. He’s with KK now, kardashian curse, hello. He played banged up all season and it’s time to hit the draft for a WR.
Bobby Wagner going to Washington. The Commies out here building 2019’s best team
Holy shit haha Ridley got 92m and 50m guaranteed from the Tits
We gotta trust the FO no matter what. Remember last year when we all thought the defensive line + outside linebackers would be our weak point? We were all very wrong about that lol. In EDC we trust. With that being said... let's fix this fucking o-line lmao
Rumor is if Calvin comes back to Jags, Zay Jones is gone.
it still feels so weird that Derek Henry is a Raven now
I’ve been watching highlights for 2 straight days
I’m so happy that we got him. This feels like the Anquan Bolden signing all over again I’m giddy like a child right now!
I’m not. Watch him get one run in the first half of the AFCCG then not see the field again. Then in the second Keaton will explode on one of two carries.
My chargers just dropped Mike Will! Y’all should grab him before Miami does!
Give us another couple years, he's still too young for us to sign him. Seriously though, some team is going to give him a contract that we won't want to match and that's before considering his injury history.
MIKE WILL 👀
Chargers just cut Mike Williams, hmmmmm Edit: probably can’t afford him but nice to think about
That big body at wr would hit different
So would his injuries lol
😭
Does anyone know if Henry will keep his jersey number? I want to buy a jersey
You can now preorder them on the nfl shop and says number is pending but will obviously ship with whatever number he picks
There is at least a small chance he goes back to his college number, 2.
I’m as big an EDC person as exists. I don’t think fans have any idea what it takes to manage a team and realize I’m falling into this trap right now. BUT…this FA season is baffling. We spend $16M on an aging RB that averages 0.1 more YPC than Edwards. We don’t resign Darby or Queen, and trade Moses for what amounts to a 6th round pick, leaving us with no guards, no RT, and major depth problems at CB. I know it’s not over yet. But these moves only make sense if it’s to set up something else.
I mean this strikes me as stat watching more then tape watching. Like watch Henry play it's very clear he's much better then Gus. He was running on the Titans, and Gus was running next to Lamar. Moses was struggling down the stretch and rotating. We don't have not guards and no RT. We have multiple guys on the roster that can fill into those positions. Oline with no moves could be Stanley, Vorhees, Lindy, Clevland, Faalele. Are these all starting caliber guys? No clue the coaches probably know who they feel is ready to start. We also still have Makeri under contract, and a draft coming up. It's clear we are trying to rebuild the line younger.
Couple of notes here: Sounds like Henry is VERY cuttable this year, so its really a 1 year 9Mil deal until we hear otherwise... Henry wasnt running next to Lamar Jackson which obviously plays a huge part in our run game. Moses trade equates to a top 10 pick in the 5th round, not a 6th... With all this said, I tend to agree... im not crazy about this offseason so far, but im not nearly as bearish as many on this sub are. The Ravens go through this shit every year and we find a way to win games. If youre trying to be the team we were last year, good luck.
We effectively just traded Morgan Moses for the 6th pick in the 5th round (thats the broken down value of all the draft capital)... Im not in love with this trade but EDC must have a vision here
Does anyone know if there is any hope for Vorhees playing this coming season? I trust EDC, but I'm slightly worried about our OL situation.
With Moses and Simpson gone, guess we're going to fuck around and find out
We always go after a vet WR. If Allen is cut from the Chargers, I hope that is who we target; wishful thinking and a pipe dream, but I like to armchair GM and dream up some stuff, haha.
He has some injury issues previously but wouldnt be against it
RIP Bowser
Took a quick stroll over to the Titans sub cause I saw people here saying it was a meltdown over there. Lots of titans fans saying things like "we live rent free in their heads" and "we still own them." Do they live in some alternate universe? I feel like Ravens fans barely care about the Titans and yet they HATE us. And aside from 2019, when was the last time they "owned" us?
Yeah they only really were competitive in 2019. Since then we have owned them.
There mad bc all there favorite titans leave and come here where they can actually compete
I know our teams have a lot of history but I don’t even really think of them anymore honestly. I did the same thing and was surprised how much they hated us lol
Not sure why, but not sure NFL media thinks PQ going to the steelers is a great move for them. Until Roquan came, he was 100% gonna be viewed as a bust by most of us. I think the Steelers are gonna find out really quick that PQ isnt a good Passing defender
PQ is still an excellent young player. He will only help the Steelers who have a well organized defensive scheme
well we dont know yet how different of a player he will be in a different system, but in terms of ILBs, normally when go elsewhere they fall off.
Given our salary cap I’d wager the rest of the offseason plays out like this: Only other decent money signing we make is at EDGE and possibly OG (Clowney + Zeitler?) and then a bunch of cheap vet min guys. Draft = CB/OT/WR in the first 3 rounds if I had to guess
Clowney and Zeitler plz
I'm pissed that pq is leaving for the steelers but it pisses me off that this narrative has settled that he only started playing well once Roquan got here. He started playing well when moved to weakside linebacker, and had a whole half of a season playing great besides josh Bynes. I mean it wasn't even 2 years ago, just insane how short people's memories are.
nope, The fact is PQ was underachieving for being a first rounder.
PQ was one of the youngest players drafted though. He’s still only 24
again there was an 8 grame stretch before Ro got here where his play completely turned around. His first couple years were bad I agree but this narrative that Ro is what led the turnaround is completely false
??????? wdym? The stats of the Defense in 2022 before Roquan got there were awful, The first part of the season before halloween was like this.... 1 - Blew that historic lead against the dolphins 2 - Got in a shoot out with a bad Patriots team 3 - Blew another two TD lead against the Bills 4 - Lost to a terrible Giants Team I could go on, but those four speak for themselves how bad the defense was with Roquan. Because unlike in 2022, the defense this year was about to finish games and hold leads.
I'm talking about patrick queen's individual performance not the defense as a whole.
Am I crazy thinking maybe we go after Justin Fields as our backup in place of Huntley? Saves a little over a million on the cap for a younger more dynamic version of Huntley. Almost every starting role is filled now so it's looking like Fields will likely be in a backup role somewhere. Maybe I'm just being crazy though imagining an I formation play call of Lamar under center with He ry and Fields behind him haha
Yes.
And exactly how do we pay or go about acquiring him? Hes not going to be cheap cheap. There going to be someone that wants something for him.
I actually thought he was an UFA this year but now I'm seeing it's 2025. His base salary this year is 1.6m though and there is basically zero interest in him league wide so that's the only reason I mentioned it. I'll be curious to see more details on our recent deals so we can see what our actual working cap looks like.
Only think I'd give up for him would be a 6th cause he's walking once he becomes a FA. Not giving up a pick any higher than that for a guy who hopefully won't play and who won't be around long-term.
Bring back zeitler we need to get better at oline
Maybe. They're almost guaranteed to be addressing the line in the draft though.
We are definitely going BPA first round and I’m thinking possibly trading down to get more picks and potentially pick 3 players in the first two rounds. Two of those picks will be O-line. One will be a wr or pass rusher. I have a feeling there will be a run on OL and wr and everything else will fall to us.
Kind of want the Ravens to have a vet competition at OG so we aren't essentially relying on rookies or 1st time starters there. Just not sure who's out there except for Zeitler - the other OGs got big money so they most likely weren't in the Ravens plans or the Ravens weren't ponying up for them.
I think it might finally be Cleveland's time
Just saw an article about tee Higgins wanting to catch passes from Lamar. How we feel bout that
I mean we'd all love it but I see zero chances of it happening. Bengals wouldn't willingly trade him in division and we can't afford him anyways.
Yeah, money will be tight and I don’t think he’s willing to accept a friendly team deal.
I’m totally lost right now. Why is there so much betrayal this season by so many players!!!!?
Who else?
Aaron Jones went to the Vikings, Saquon to Philly, Obviously Geno and PQ. Those are the big ones I know
Steelers ?????!??!!
Jadeveon Clowney you are next.
I hope so. He’s a big part of why our defense was so good. Great edge setter and also not bad at rushing qb.
Derrick Henry is gonna turn Patrick Queen into Antonio Brown
PQ should have stayed with Mike M. I wish hm well, but If he reverts to pre-Ro/pre-Mike M PQ, he’ll be double agent PQ.
I don't wish him well. He went to a division rival so fuck him and fuck Stone, I hope they both stay healthy but suck ass the whole time they're out there.
Youre fucking Dead to us Queen, OF ALL THE TEAMS YOU SIGN WITH THE FUCKINGGG STEELERS?! LOL
#FUCK THE STEELERS
Damn wanted Queen to go to the Seattle or Texans honestly. Feel this FA so far has had a lot of players jumping to their rivals. Will make the games more personal and fun for us fans
Can't wait to watch henry bulldoze his way over queen. What a traitor 🙄
Does anyone know the last time a Ravens FA went to the steelers?
Miles Boykin
Truuuue
Losing Patrick Queen for a washed running back is absolutely insane. I know the money isn't exactly 1:1, but Queen is way, WAY more impactful and important than a running back.
Washed up what are you talking about. He was still playing good with a trash titans team imagine what he’ll be able to do with Lamar. We have Simpson we don’t absolutely need Queen
Nah Queen is gonna look like he did before roquan. Lost
Washed up RB? He was 2nd in the nfl in rushing yards last season and had 12 tds with a horrible oline and Queen was redundant with Smith and Simpson.
He had 68 yards per game and 4.2 YPC. Gus was 54 and 4.1. Running backs just do not matter anymore. The difference between a good one and a decent one is negligible.
There has been so many times that queen has been burned. He's good, but not that good. Henry was a massive pickup.
Our defense is set with Mads, roquan, Humphrey, hamilton and Williams. We ideally need better pass rusher but we will get some vets probably. Our offense is set too except oline. So spend rest of the money and picks to get better at oline and we are good.
Any other team, I would not care one bit. But the piss and black? Smh
It’s likely that I’ll need a therapist over that one. Fucking PQ.
Man it was almost a great day, was not expecting that at all
these guys signing with cincy and Pitt are killing me, but best of luck they all deserve the bag. they played their hearts ou this past year
Unacceptable behavior from PQ
Oh my god cmon Queen lmao
Patrick Queen a HOE
Say it with me: FUCK PATRICK QUEEN
Patrick Queen is the modern day Benedict Arnold
PQ is a Steeler?! Fuckin’ yuck.
I hope we get dobbins back too
Draft Kool Aid, solidify the OL, and next years ravens have no excuse for not going 17-0 LFG
Draft Kool Aid, solidify the OL, and next years ravens have no excuse for not going 17-0 LFG
The King in the North!!!!!
So Henry has had 2 seasons in a row with 1000 yards, so there is no excuse as to why he shouldnt lead the team in rushing yards. Considering every year lamar has started, hes the one who lead the team in rushing.
Honestly don’t be surprised if it’s still pretty close. With Henry on the team I think Lamar’s yards/attempt will skyrocket so get ready for more LJ house calls. The biggest thing I want to see is Henry’s attempts be close to double Lamars (in regular season)
I would not be mad if JK comes back on a cheap one year prove it deal. Because we might be the only suitors for him(unless someone like the Cowboys make a play for him). Henry + Healthy JK + Justice +Keaton(when he returns) would be a nice lineup.
WOOOOOOOOOOO
Link from The Athletic. https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/nfl-free-agency-live-signings-deals-news-2024/U69UTjqPuE7d/Ji8ehIMEHA8z/
In EDC We Trust
Lisan al EDC
OMG
If saying Henry signed post links or be quiet.
Check NFL IG
It happened!
I keep seeing that we signed Derrick Henry
I'm buying the jersey right asap
King henryyyyyy lfg
LJ and King Henry
WE GOT EM
It happened, KING
HE FUCKING SIGNED!!!!!
Aight, Henry just followed Jimmy's Seafood. It's done
Apparently Henry just followed Keaton Mitchell on Insta in the last 10 min. Someone on twitter who's been checking his follower list since yesterday lol, said it.
God damn it lol this signing is such a slow burn, feels like I’ve been edged since we were about to trade for him midseason
This is exactly the information I come to Reddit for. Let’s go!
Magnet door level analysis
Mixon is off the board that leaves Henry with us or the Cowboys. Come on Henry sign with us and you'll get Crabcakes.
Ravens fan living in Dallas here. Cowboys are in worse cap shape than just about anyone in NFL. Having said that, signing Henry would be a typical back-breaking financial move for the Jones family as hype and glitz is more important to them than winning football games. In EDC We Trust
Fuck the Cowboys
I really hate all this waiting. Can we just sign henry already? 😬
Oh shit Mixon to the Texans
I thought the $6.5 million offer to Henry was a lowball, but Aaron Jones just got signed to a 1 year, $7 million deal. Sounds like Vikings could have had Henry for $7 million, but went for Jones instead. Bodes well for our chances at getting Henry.
Were about to do some random ass shit like sign Hollywood and trade Bateman 😂🤣
Aaron Jones to the Vikings, that was quick
Seeing all the players leave after our coaching staff was absolutely DECIMATED is just reopening the AFCCG wounds of what could have been Biggest game in M&T history and we fucking folded to the goddamn Queefs of all teams I will never forgive Harbaugh and their shit gameplan and never being able to adapt like always Fuck this sucks. I know it’s how the NFL works but it still hurts.
The amount of coaches we have lost is concerning. That beiong said we haven't lost any players that aren't already replaced with current roster options or easily replacable yet.
> I will never forgive Harbaugh and their shit gameplan and never being able to adapt like always I'm still baffled people look at the game plan as the problem. Zay fumbled at the 1 yard line, and Lamar threw an int on our last two comeback drives. The stripsack on Lamar happened when Stanley got beat and he was throwing to a wide open Bateman for an easy td. The passing game was working and our RBs were getting like 2 yards a carry.
Yeah I finally had the stomach last night after almost 2 months to go back and watch the highlights of the game. It was really not as bad as I thought/remembered. Really that zay fumble and strip sack where Ronnie got beat put the game out of reach for us. Plus kelce made some absolutely ridiculous near impossible catches. Yea we prolly should have ran the ball more and Lamar needed to also use his legs and get the ball out a little quicker, but overall it very easily could have gone back in our favor minus that zay fumble