Baltimore Beatdown: FanPosts

JOIN BIG TAILGATERS FANTASY LEAGUE!!!

dorsey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:57 -0000

Hello!

I need some players for my fantasy football league. I would really love to have some of you guys. Really.

There are 7 SPOTS REMAINING!

JOIN!

Here is the link to play:
http://www.fleaflicker.com/showLeague.do?leagueId=44869&invite=true
League name: Big Tailgaters Fantasy League

-It is a Fleaflicker league (12 teams)

-It is a Live Draft on August 24, at 5:00 Central Time

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

DORSEY aka Evan

Ravens Sign Lorenzo Neal!

math_geek — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:00:24 -0000

From the Baltimore Sun

I was secretly hoping this would happen. It's a great move by the Ravens and their offense. Neal can still play and it was a wonder he didn't sign sooner. He's still one of the best FB in the league. For those naysayers who say that FB isn't an important position, let me remind you that a FB who sees play on the field is vastly more important than a WR who doesn't. This is also a great relief for pass protection, as Lorenzo Neal will definitely be an asset on pass plays, which will help our struggling line. It's kind of cool that they are thinking of using LeRon McClain as a running back, he can put a hurt on opposing linebackers.

As soon as Neal was cut, I was hoping he would sign with us because of Cam Cameron. The Ravens just got a little bit better today.

DO WE HAVE THE BEST LINEBACKING CORPS?

RAVEN'SD#1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:55:06 -0000

i was reading a post earlier, and it got me to thinking, do we have the best linebacking corps in the NFL?, lets look at the roster shall we.

1.we have 1 legend hall of famer, maybe the best LB to ever play the game

2). 3 pro bowlers,( who else can say all 3 of their linebackers are pro bowlers?) Even though scott or suggs wont be here very long, they are still great. and i hope they sign scott, cause he's a great guy, and he actully wants to be here. he is only 26, so he isn't that much older than suggs.

3. We have a 245 pound guy who runs a 4.4(antwan barnes), has looked like a younger, faster, version of T-sizzle, and he also has improved tremendously on his pass coverage, something we all know was never T-sizzle’s stong point(might be better, at pass coverage than suggs)

4.maybe the best cover linebacker coming out of college, and the linebacker with the most upside(tavares godden), if unfortunately we dont sign scott this is our man

5. and jerret johnson, who we has spent so much time on the team, waitiing for his turn, who is 5 years younger than Ayanbadejo, and who they spent all that money on, and who has looked just amaizing in camp, and preseason so far.

thats only a few guys. we still have Ayanbadejo, and a McClen who has looked good in camp.

yes its safe to say..WE DO HAVE THE...BEST LINEBACKING CORPS IN THE NFL!!! HANDS DOWN

we have speed, size, strength, and we have a legend, maybe the best linebacker to ever play the game, who else can say that? we need to sit back and watch, cause O.C, (organized chaos), is gonna do some damage..its gonna be a sight to watch. but we have to thank or D-line, because they are the reason why they can run around, and do what ever they want. thats a whole diffrent post

Brendon Ayanbadejo Will Be Huge For Ravens

echinsuocha1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:45:36 -0000

InGameNow

Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is the 6-foot-1, 228-pounder that made his way all over the Gillette Stadium turf, leading all players with eight tackles, including one sack and adding three quarterback pressures. Watch for him to be a key figure this year in the Raven’s defense.

However, Ayanbadejo knows he is far from becoming a regular in an All-Star linebacking corps. The former All-Pac 10 performer at UCLA simply wants to show the Ravens’ coaching staff that it can count on him in other ways than hunting down a kick returner.

Todd heap highlight video

RAVEN'SD#1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:34:11 -0000

i noticed that there aren't much videos of Todd heap, its pretty wierd. but here is my highlights of Todd heap. Expect great things from him this year..check it out, and coment, and suscribe.lol tell me wat ya think of the best TE in the NFL i think this will be the year where everyone else sees what we Ravens fans have been saying for all this time Heap=Beast (man its so many things to ryhme is name with) lol, he will have a big season, and finally his ratings can stop going down in madden. lol it goes down one point like every year i remember when it was like 96, and all you had to do was heave it up to heap (just made that up), and no one could stop it now he's gotten slower and its now 91..Expect big things from 86 this year todd heap highlights

Fabian washington highlight video

RAVEN'SD#1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:24:26 -0000

This is My highlight video of fabian washington in his years at Nebraska sorry i didn't get this to it earlier, i've had it up for like 3 weeks not many views. lol, but i haven't gotten around to telling you all about it well. Anyways when i saw the game he had, i thought you might want to see more of him he had 2 picks and 2 tackles can you say THE BEST SECONDRY IN THE LEAGUE? we will suprise a lot of people this year just watch and see ....enjoy Fabian washington college highlights

Troy Smith Shows whats up

Ravensfan52 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:33:12 -0000

When i watched our team perform in this first of four preseason games i saw many positive things from our quarterbacks. Kyle Boller remains consistent in showing that he can still take the big hit when throwing an interception or dropping the ball. Also, Rookie Joe Flacco rebounded well after his debacle of a start and showed us he knew the victory formation. But in all seriousness Troy Smith is impressive. I think he emerges as the leader in this group. Smith showed that he was comfortable and very agile in the pocket. His speed proves well to counteract an offensive line that is struggling as of recent years. And in all seriousness he is just coming off a win against the Steelers. Sounds like he's the starter to me. Beating Pittsburgh makes you a champion in my book.

Defensively we look good. Dont need to relish on that fact that we have been and always will be the best defense in history. But the new edition that stuck out the most was Fabian Washington. Who would of thought you take a player of the raiders and he becomes a star again? Although Washington may not have the starpower of Moss hes out to prove he is worthy of a starting spot even though putting the team at a disadvantage by missing the home opener.

Ravens Fantasy Depth Chart

NYCowboy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:33:53 -0000

BALTIMORE RAVENS FANTASY DEPTH CHART

Key:

PTR = Position Tier Rank. This is the tier level where the player should be slotted in drafts.

1 = Elite Player.

2 = Solid Performer

3 = Backend starter/Bench fill-in

4 = Roster filler or long-term prospect

0 = No value

ITR = In The Rotation

PB = Position Battle

S = Starter

QB                                      PTR
Kyle Boller – PB                 3
Joe Flacco – PB                   4
Troy Smith – PB                  4
Summary: If you’re looking to draft a Raven quarterback, then your fantasy team will be in a lot of trouble. Flacco was drafted in the first round of the 2008 draft, so there is little doubt that he will be the starter eventually, but no telling when that time will be. One would think Boller would at least start the season, but rumors abound that Smith has outplayed him in minicamps. The starting QB job could be determined late in pre-season making those with early drafts gamble on whom the starter will be.

Read the full Ravens Depth Chart summary article here at The Fantasy Sports Forum

Ravens sign Wide reciever Marcus Smith

RAVEN'SD#1 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:38:00 -0000

The Baltimore Ravens signed 2008 fourth-round draft choice WR Marcus Smith to a three-year contract Friday afternoon, general manager Ozzie Newsome announced.

“Marcus Smith is an inside guy, primarily a slot receiver,” Ravens director of college scouting Eric DeCosta stated last April. “He’s got good size. He’s a tough guy, blocks really well, catches the ball in traffic and is very physical. We felt like we wanted to bring a physical receiver and a bigger guy in here to compete for balls inside the numbers.”

Source:Baltimoreravens.com

Marcus smith .vs Antoine Cason

RAVEN'SD#1 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:10:38 -0000

New Mexico Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Matt Quillen	2	7	3.5	0	4

Rodney Ferguson	3	26	8.7	0	13

Paul Baker	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Roland Bruno	1	3	3.0	0	3

Josh Fussell	1	8	8.0	0	8

Travis Brown	10	121	12.1	2	38

Marcus Smith	11	164	14.9	1	25

Team	29	327	11.3	3	38

These are stats i found when i went to USATODAY.COM to find out more about Marcus Smith. This game was in september of 2007 look at those stats !!!! i thought he got all of his stats against small schools, and bad corners, but Antoine Cason (who i'm a big fan of, and was hoping we would take him at 26) Antoine was one of the top 5 corners in the nation. Cason reminded me a lot of Chris McAlister, he is a shutdown type corner,not the fastest, but he will shut you down. Can you imagine anyone puting up numbers like that against Cmac? i dont know if that has ever happened. If you think i'm lying about Cason watch his highlight video on youtube. He is a beast. If he can do this against a corner of Antoine Cason's caliber, then i have no worries about Marcus smith. He'll be just fine. I'm now really a big fan of Marcus smith, and also his draft mate Justin harper. i saw some mini highlights of harper. He can jump!!!!!!

New Mexico Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Donovan Porterie	4	-16	-4.0	0	3

Rodney Ferguson	26	94	3.6	0	17

Paul Baker	5	11	2.2	0	4

Marcus Smith	2	8	4.0	0	9

Team	37	97	2.6	0	17

he also averages 4 yards per carry. This guy is the truth, i am really excited about him. We need to give them a chance to compete. I was really in awe when i saw those stats. and by the way, who ever Donovan Porterie is, they dont need to hand him the ball anymore. CANT WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO START!!!!!!!

Ravens sign Flacco to a 5-year, $30 Million Deal

BAL_Hawk — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:17:52 -0000

Quoting the Baltimore Sun:

"The Ravens agreed to a five-year deal with first-round quarterback Joe Flacco late last night, an industry source said.

It is believed that the deal could be worth about $30 million, including $8.75million guaranteed."

Quoting Rotoworld:

"Ravens signed rookie QB Joe Flacco, the No. 18 overall pick, to a five-year deal worth roughly $30 million. The deal contains $8.75 million guaranteed. $30 million is the 'max value'; Flacco's base is probably about $15 million.

It's hard to criticize any of Ozzie Newsome's moves (he's one of the top GMs in the game), but Baltimore trading up for Flacco reeked of desperation after Steve McNair's retirement. The Delaware grad couldn't make it in D-I, so he transferred to a low level college and had two decent years, finishing with a 41:15 TD to INT ratio against defensive backs that will never see the light of day in the NFL. He's got a cannon, but don't be shocked if Flacco's play resembles Andrew Walter's, especially behind an unproven offensive line."

I'm glad that we finally got him signed. Now, he won't miss any reps in camp. I don't know what to think about Rotoworld's comments. I don't think that Flacco was a reach. Ozzie probably would have taken him at eight. He saw that he was undervalued because of his school and knew that he could get him later.

Hopefully this is just the first of many more rookie signings... and soon.

Ravens Cant Get Deal Done With Suggs

Benji5203 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:10:28 -0000

This was the last day the Ravens could sign LB/DE Terrell Suggs to a long term deal. They have been working on a deal since april but the two sides could not agree on a extension. The Ravens will have to wait until the end of the season before they can resume talks. On the bright side, We have him for at least 1 more year and also, it's a contract year. Look for suggs to have a all out season as this could be a chance for him to make more bucks. Rather that be with the Ravens or another team(hopefully us)

Finally? Fantasy Football??

Manoogle — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:58:57 -0000

I cannot believe that it is already fantasy football time. It gets earlier and earlier each and every year. It is almost becoming rediculous that I have to turn down invites before July 4th. Can't a man watch the MLB All Star game without worrying who his keepers are?

Come on over and read my blog and take my poll on fantasy RB's this season.

Promise it will only take 30 seconds and won't hurt you.

http://manoogle.blogspot.com/

Thanks dudes,

Manoogle

Fahv-ruh (Poll)

Arichmix — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:57:02 -0000

The Packers want Favre to go to an AFC team or stay with them as Aaron Rodgers' backup. As far as AFC teams go, the Ravens may be the best fit. They are a good team that have a closing window and needed help on offense. They still have a great running game and defense, but their passing game needs help. Brett can provide that and make us contenders again. So yeah, we should go for Favre.

Poll

Do you want the Ravens to acquire Brett Favre?

farve ask to be released

RAVEN'SD#1 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:19:57 -0000

Farve was just asked to be released by the green bay packers to find another team to play for. hey rexx it might not be such a distant tought after all, it might actually happen. now that its about to happen i'm actually excited about this hopefully it comes true. i really wanted troy to get his chance, and if this happens, he will most likely never play for us. so i'm happy, and at the same time sad about the situation.

Trent Dilfer retires

Arichmix — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:27:48 -0000

Link

Quarterback Trent Dilfer, who helped the Ravens win the Super Bowl in the 2000 season and played the last of his 13 NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers

The former Fresno State player said a recent injury to his Achilles' tendon helped him make up his mind.

"I was going to retire anyway. This just gives clarity to the situation," Dilfer, 36, told reporters on a conference call in Stateline, Nev., promoting the 19th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, which begins tomorrow at Lake Tahoe.

Dilfer completed 55.5 percent of his passes for 20,518 yards in his career. He threw 113 touchdown passes and 129 interceptions.
last year, announced yesterday that he is retiring from football.

In 2000, Dilfer replaced Tony Banks as the Ravens' starter at midseason, going 11-1 as the team beat the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

In his first start, he ended the team's three-game losing streak and its 21-quarter touchdown drought with a pass to Brandon Stokley in a 27-7 road win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Dilfer struggled with accuracy at times that season. He threw for 1,502 yards with 12 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

"We all know I'm not Joe Montana," Dilfer said after the Ravens' 34-7 title win over the Giants. "But we'll recognize that for an eight-month period, we did something pretty special."

In the offseason, the Ravens signed Elvis Grbac, a Pro Bowl quarterback, instead of Dilfer, who became the only quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl and lose his starting job before the next season.

Dilfer expressed his displeasure with the decision over the years, directing most of his anger toward then-coach Brian Billick before apologizing to him last year. He still disagrees with the decision but is content to blame the Ravens organization instead of Billick.

After winning the Super Bowl, Dilfer bounced from Seattle (2001-2004) to Cleveland (2005) to San Francisco.

via ravenstd.com

Thank you, Trent. You weren't the greatest of all quarterbacks, but after dealing with Elvis Grbac and Kyle Boller, we really learned to appreciate you.

RAVENS FINALLY GOING BIG AT WR POSITION

RAVEN'SD#1 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:05:16 -0000

As it seems to be the new trend around the leage big wide recievers equals big plays. The leage is a copy cat leage and the ravens aren't any exeption. We drafted two wide recievers, in the draft. Marcus smith (6-2, 214) and Justin harper (6-4, 198), including a rokie free agent out of Minnesota, Ernie Wheelwright who is 6-5, 215. And including the wide recievers we already have, and no not mason and clayton. i'm talking about Demitrius williams who is 6-2 198. I think williams can be a top 5 wide recieve in about a year or so he is really good. Most of the wide recievers had great stats in college exept maybe harper, but it was still pretty good none the less, and there are all young when mason retires we might have one of the best wide recieving groups in the leage, hopefully we can do use the giant's formular to get us back to the superbowl, which is to get big tall wide recievers aroud a good quarterback, with a good tight end, and a good running game. i have great expectation for this group and you shoud too.

Brett Favre To Baltimore?

Manoogle — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:23:15 -0000

Take a quick look at this take on the rumor of Brett's move to charm city. It's short, funny and has a good insight into what could happen it Brett Favre moves out of Green Bay.

Brett Favre to BTown

I do think that its unlikely that the famous number four will move out of the tundra, but it is interesting to sit back and think what it might be like to have the iron man in your hometown...even if only for a season.

A look back/review of the Ravens' 2001 draft

Arichmix — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:40:07 -0000

Hello fellow Raven fans. Today is the first of a multi-part series in which I examine the draft from the Ravens' perspective and how it could have been done better. Why start with 2001? I'm not sure, but it seems like a good year considering it was the first draft after our Super Bowl win. So enjoy the analysis.

#31 - Todd Heap - Tight End - Arizona State

Other players available at the pick: Drew Brees, Chad Johnson, Matt Light, Kris Jenkins, Ken Lucas

Best choice? Heap was a good pick. He has been one of the better tight ends in the league and a mainstay of the Ravens offense since he has been drafted by them, but tight ends can be had from other places than a first round pick. Given, they may not be as dominant as Heap was for us, but our shortcomings at quarterback and wide receiver have been rampant for years, so Brees or Johnson would have been better picks for us. Still, a solid pick.

#62 - Gary Baxter - Cornerback - Baylor

Other players available at the pick: Adrian Wilson, Steve Smith, Derrick Burgess, William Peterson, Kareem McKenzie

Best choice? Yeah...no. Baxter was not bad for us, and now he's a not-bad nickel for the Browns, though injury-plagued. We simply could have done better. Getting Adrian Wilson here and drafting Ed Reed next draft would have been the greatest safety tandem, nay greatest thing in the history of the world. As far as cornerbacks, Peterson would have been a better choice and Smith would have really helped out our offense as well. Decent, but could have been a lot better.

#93 - Casey Rabach - Center - Wisconsin

Other players available at the pick: Anthony Henry, Rudi Johnson, Matt Stewart

Best choice? Not really. Rabach never really started for us. But he did provide us with one way you know you have total dominance over your crosstown rival team: they sign our backup center to make their starting line better. So that's nice. Henry woulda been a good pickup for us, really improving our secondary.

#126 - Edgerton Hartwell - Linebacker - Western Illinois

Other players available at the pick: Jerametrius Butler, Jarrod Cooper, AJ Feeley

Best choice? Eh, maybe. Hartwell wasn't bad for us during his tenure here and he'll be back in the NFL this season with the Raiders after a year without a team. So maybe Hartwell was the best choice, but the other players mentioned wouldn't be bad backups for us.

#161 - Chris Barnes - Running Back - New Mexico State

Other players available at the pick: Rodney Bailey, Chris Cooper, Ellis Wyms, Kevin Kasper

Best choice? No. It just wasn't. Barnes was totally irrelevant for us, and some of these guys would have bolstered our defense, or offense in Kasper's case.

#194 - Joe Maese - Center/Long Snapper - New Mexico

Other players available at the pick: TJ Houshmandzadeh, Renaldo Hill, Kynan Forney

Best choice? I'll be honest, I don't know much about Maese. The only thing I know about him is that he was the bald dude who was the lowest rated player (overall) in Madden 2004. So...he wasn't a good pick. Those three would have been far better.

#231 - Dwayne Missouri - Defense End - Northwestern

Other players available at the pick: Joe Tafoya, Terdell Sands, Marlon McCree

Best choice? Nah. Many of us know Missouri as "Little defensive endgine that could" from the Ravens edition of "Hard Knocks". A heartwarming story, true. But a good pick? Not really. Tafoya and Sands have proven to be good defensive linemen in the league, and would have been better choices for the Ravens.

So, for a team that has been one of the better drafting teams since their inception into the league, this has been one of their weaker drafts. Overall grade for the Ravens' 2001 Draft: B-

What would have given the Ravens the best possible draft:

#31 - Drew Brees

#62 - Adrian Wilson

#93 - Anthony Henry

#126 - Edgerton Hartwell

#161 - Ellis Wyms

#194 - TJ Houshmandzadeh

#231 - Terdell Sands

Samari Rolle will be moved to nickel

Arichmix — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:34:12 -0000

The Ravens will move starting cornerback Samari Rolle inside as a nickel back on passing situations, according to Rolle. He will continue to be the starter in base defense, but the Ravens feel more comfortable moving him inside this year because of several free agent additions. It's a good move for the Ravens because Rolle will easily match up with any No. 3 receiver or H-back.

Link

What do you guys think of this move? Samari is one of my favorite players in the NFL, but I suppose it's time for a change because he hasn't really done too well recently. He may be a pretty good fit at nickel because while he doesn't have the speed he used to that made him a great starting corner, playing nickel may be good for him because he still has good ball instincts so he can rack up the deflections and interceptions. Hopefully, Fabian Washington can put the talent he has to work and be a solid starting corner next to CMac.