FILMSTUDY: What The Ravens Get With Michael Crabtree

**TL24x7** · 03-20-2018, 07:28 AM

Michael Crabtree signed with the Ravens last week to what appears to be the best bargain of the 2017 WR free agents. But is it really?

Filmstudy, aka Ken McKusick, dives in.

LINK: Reviewing Crabtree's 2017 Season

**HbgPARavenfan** · 03-20-2018, 07:39 AM

Crabtree should have been a Raven Years ago. He will bring the physicallity we need on this team. I agree he will fall off the cliff while a raven, but realistically we're all in the next 2 years before a rebuild

**bmorecareful** · 03-20-2018, 08:21 AM

Good article. Crabtree is getting a lot of comparison to Boldin, but I think Ken astutely pointed out that his effectiveness on back-shoulder sideline throws really calls Derrick Mason to mind. And that skillset is something the team has really obviously missed over the last few years.

**sawraven1** · 03-20-2018, 08:28 AM

Crabtree fits this team well. He is that gritty move the chains type WR this team lacks. If he is anything in between a Mason-Boldin type its immediate improvement because this team doesn't have anything close to that before him.

We have a bunch of no names and unproven, or 1st round failures on roster.

**esmd** · 03-20-2018, 08:30 AM

I think the prediction of catches, yards, and TDs is probably pretty close to what he'll do in Year 1, maybe a tad bit on the high side. If he was a #2, that'd be okay. Except on our team, he's the #1 by default. I don't have high expectations for Brown other than the amount of games he misses, so I still expect our passing game to be hot garbage most of the time. Hope I'm wrong.

**Jsmoove** · 03-20-2018, 01:15 PM

Hands bitches!!!!

**Goode05** · 03-20-2018, 02:47 PM

I think he puts up a 1,000 yards tbh. Wallace and SSSr both did the first year here. I don’t see why kingcrab wouldn’t

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**GOTA** · 03-20-2018, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Goode05

I think he puts up a 1,000 yards tbh. Wallace and SSSr both did the first year here. I don’t see why kingcrab wouldn’t

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That's what I think too. I also agree with Filmstudy that they will re-evaluate after the season. This is a good deal. If the Ravens need to they can get out of it easily after the season

**Shas** · 03-21-2018, 10:26 AM

As I look at the stats posted in the story I noticed two things...a lot of combacks, which Ken notes, and also a lot of sideline catches. That tendency reminds me a lot of what I remember about Derrick Mason. Mason came here in his ninth season and Crabtree his tenth. While I was hoping the team would find draft and develop a receiver, I won't mind the same old, same old, if it means duplicating the connection Flacco had with Mason.