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11-17-2014, 05:07 PM #49Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
Quote Originally Posted by AirFlacco :
...Billick wanted a pile driver and drafted Jamal Lewis who did just that but Priest was cut.
Yeah, but the HC has his powers of persuasion too. I can't help but think (something I can't prove) that it was Billick behind the drafting of Boller when we lost out on Leftwich... Bc
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11-17-2014, 05:11 PM #50
Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
Priest wasn't cut. He left as a FA after his contract expired. He wasn't going to stay here and be Jamal's back-up if someone gave him a chance to compete for the starting spot. KC offered that chance, although he really didn't become the starter until the 2nd or 3rd game of the season. I'm not sure KC and Vermeil even initially realized what they had.
Also, not to really defend Billick, but the OL personnel on hand for the Ravens was much more suited to Jamal's running style. I would think they would have had to largely revamp the OL to use the type of O that KC employed with Priest.
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
Youre right. I meant they let him go and didn't keep him which they didn't. I said they couldn't afford both RBs. You're right again.It was after Vermeil changed the blocking schemes that Priest became so great but he was a very good runner here. We just knew Ravens couldn't keep both of them.
Last edited by AirFlacco; 11-17-2014 at 05:37 PM.
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
OH Yea, Ozzie makes the final decision but Billick pimped Jamal big time just like he did Boller. He fell for the old throw thru the goal posts on one knee from mid field trick. I had us taking Dayne because Jamal was injury prone-lol. Well I was right. Jamal was injured in practice and went out for the year costing us the SB but we still made the POs and beat MiAMI before losing in Piss when Elvis curled into his famous fetal position with JO looking down at him with disgust.
It was also Billick who wanted Elvis big time and lobbied Ozzie for him.Last edited by AirFlacco; 11-17-2014 at 05:34 PM.
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
A bigger loss than Jamal that year was Leon Searcy. Outside of Ogden that wasn't a very good pass-blocking O-line, and Zeus was as bad at pass blocking as he was dominating as a run blocker. Between a poor pass-blocking o-line and a patchwork running back corps, Grbac's year here was doomed. We still went 10-6 and won a playoff game, though.
Dilfer would have been better behind that o-line because he was tough. A lot tougher than Grbac. It wasn't a good pass blocking o-line even in the Super Bowl- recall that Banks had to go in for a couple of plays because Dilfer got hurt. He was able to go back in, though. Dilfer didn't have a great arm, but he wasn't a bad QB. He was smart and tough, and he was the right QB for that team.
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
Yea, I forgot about Leon. We were so excited to get him then he went down. What a waste.
Great point on Dilfer. I think it was Woodson who said messing with the chemistry of that 35 SB really hurt the team. Dilfer said on Leno after the SB that he would probably be the first SB QB in history not invited back to the team. CAV told him after the game he should have been the MVP of the SB except for all those misses.
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11-17-2014, 06:43 PM #55Pro Bowl Poster
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11-17-2014, 06:47 PM #56
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
These kinds of threads are stupid. You know who else they missed? Marques Colston, Antonio Gates, Richard Sherman, Tony Romo, Antonio Brown. If you make these kinds of threads and bemoan the players the Ravens bring in such as Torrey Smith, who despite the fact the he apparently only knows how to run a 9 route has led the team in receiving touchdowns 3 out of his 4 years here, was an important piece during the Super Bowl year, and is only 18 TDs away from breaking Todd Heap's all time record.
RBs are dime-a-dozen nowadays, and everyone knows that. I suppose if Fitzgerald Toussaint gets poached off the practice squad and has a good game in 2015, we'll be seeing a very similar thread.
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11-17-2014, 07:09 PM #58Legendary RSR Poster
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11-17-2014, 07:24 PM #59
Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
"Chin up, chest out."
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Re: Looks like the Ravens missed the boat on Jonas Gray
Agree -- and there are people now saying Anderson should be playing over Cam Newton (because right now Cam is banged up and needs time to put himself back together, not because overall he's a better player). It's the same thing as always -- his delivery really gets people buying into him. And it's very nice. I think he'd be at least a decent starter if he got the chance and yeah, better than Boller.
I will still never understand Boller being picked... wasn't even that good in college... but that subject has been done to death and the ship and all it's occupants have long ago left the harbor, thankfully...
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