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01-25-2013, 02:55 PM #1iggyman555 Guest
Thank you Ricky Williams
..for retiring and making us draft Bernard "Fierce" Pierce :respect
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01-25-2013, 03:00 PM #2Hall Of Fame Poster
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I know he wished he would've came back now.
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01-25-2013, 03:23 PM #3
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To some extent, thank you Ray Rice for holding out on your deal until last possible minute...without that uncertainty at RB, we probably wait until a bit later to draft a RB.
Just remember when he was underwhelming in TC, ending up injured most of the time? What a difference now, where's he's quite obviously injured but finding a way to fight through!.
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Call me a Special Teams coach again. I dare you! I double dare you, MFer!
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01-25-2013, 03:37 PM #5Hall Of Fame Poster
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Ricky Williams retiring has nothing to do with drafting Bernard Pierce. Remember the ravens scout all year round and I'm pretty sure he was already on their draft board before Ricky called it quits. The ravens are often well prepared come draft time and probably knew before the 210/2011 season that Ricky was going to retire anyway.
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01-25-2013, 03:40 PM #6iggyman555 Guest
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It's not that he wasn't on their draft board, it's that Ricky's depature left us a big hole. AA and Berry were long shot to really step up to that #2 role, and we knew to succeed in the AFCN, you needed two strong RBs to pair up. We had that for awhile with Rice and McGahee, then last year with Ricky and Ray. This year, Pierce filled the role of the "one-cut" back that hits the hole hard and runs north-south.
Like I said, a bigger reason for drafting Pierce was Ray's potential holdout.
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“When I think of a Baltimore Raven - we go in there, we take your lunch box, we take your sandwich, we take your juice box, we take your applesauce, and we take your spork and we break it. And we leave you with an empty lunch. That’s the Baltimore Raven way.” - Steve Smith Sr.
Call me a Special Teams coach again. I dare you! I double dare you, MFer!
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01-25-2013, 03:48 PM #9
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The best part about the Pierce pick was the number of fans that bitched about it relentlessly. Ravens front office showed once again why they are considered one of the best.
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01-25-2013, 03:50 PM #10iggyman555 Guest
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01-25-2013, 03:56 PM #12Regular 1st Stringer
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We probably wouldn't have picked Pierce if there wasn't a need for a back-up RB, mainly due to the fact that we traded up for him. No way we trade up for a player that doesn't fit a need. I find it amazing that a GM can be so sure of what other teams will do, and how players are valued by other teams that he's still willing to trade up as late as the 3rd round. Not doubting Ozzie for giving away a pick to move up when 60 players were already taken, but just in awe of how he can make those decisions.
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