Ummm nevermind. I thought you proposed moving KO to RT. As long as KO is left at guard I'm cool with whatever they do.
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Ummm nevermind. I thought you proposed moving KO to RT. As long as KO is left at guard I'm cool with whatever they do.
As far as I'm concerned, the #1 priority for the OL is maintaining the solid wall up the middle of KO, Yanda, and Birk/Gradkowski (if GG can play at a high level). I actually think the performance we got out of McKinnie and Oher is getting overrated in the playoffs compared to the interior OL. McKinnie was good vs. Indy but Oher was bad. Both were great against Denver, admittedly. McKinnie was average at best vs. New England while Oher was good. Then in the SB, neither of them were very good at all. So our OT performance wasn't consistently good apart from one game.
The constant wasn't the OT play, it was the interior OL. They presented an impenetrable wall for Ray and Pierce to run behind while giving Flacco plenty of space to step up and throw in every game. That to me is going to be crucial for 2013.
They CANNOT break up the interior OL next year. They've got to maintain it intact. I don't like Oher at LT at all, but it very well might happen, in which case I would put Jah Reid at RT and hope that the interior will hold up at the level it did in the last 4 games. I'm not sure how well that will work, but at least we'll be strong at 3 spots on the line instead of alternating between strong and weak.
Agree with most, but want to keep Birk if he wants to stay. He is a bargain at his price, and played in the top half of his position this year....his knee wasnt bothering him.
I would keep Kruger over Ellerbe, Kruger is much, much harder to replace and is more important and has just scratched his potential, IMO. Edge rushers are not found on the streets. Team him with a healthy Suggs next year with a good DT play from Jones, Ngata and Mcphee thats a good front. Plus, they can draft a piece to fit the puzzle in the middle with one of thier first few picks. Flacco=priority Number 1, Kruger Number 2.
Ed Reed has never been open to a hometown discount. He's actually been more vocal about not taking a hometown discount.
No matter what they do, they are in good hands with Juan Castillo. He has a great reputation for developing young linemen.
Oher back at LT. No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
I agree, he's a RT period. I'd like to resign McKinnie to a 1 year (reasonable ?) contract. If not,
I would consider moving KO to LT. I think he may have the stuff to do it. If the coaching staff feels the same way,
then draft an LG (I don't like Reid of Harwood over there) fairly high... Bc
If Ed Reed was just looking to get paid, don't you think he would have an agent? I think all signs are pointing towards him coming back on a fair deal. Plus after watching this city react the way it did to Ray's last ride, he has to know that he has the same thing waiting for him if he finishes it out with the ravens.
Ed Reed has been his own agent for awhile. Doesn't want other people getting in between him and his business.
It's an odd way to go, but in a way I like it. Just makes it tougher because he can't remove himself emotionally from a decision. Negotiations play with the talent wanting a high price and the team wanting a low price. So I'd expect the Ravens to start low. Ed may take that personally and just break off negotiations altogether, whereas an agent would pretend that he wasn't going to speak to the team, then wait for the inevitable phone call.
Ed has to play for the Ravens, in any other city, he would be locked up for looking like a hobo. His personality tells me he stays(maybe coach later on). THe man is loved here in Baltimore and Baltimore will be where he retires. Where can you go with two tickets to paradise?
Oher is our RT. KO our LG. I see us keeping Mck.innie and drafting a LT