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08-09-2011, 11:22 AM #1
Heaps number given out to camp body
Stupar is out on the field wearing #86.
I agreed with Heap's release (TE should be able to block, folks), but giving out his number this soon bothers me. Heap scored more touchdowns and caught more passes than any other Raven. He'll be in the Ring of Honor one day. Just like McCrary's number was unofficially retired for almost a decade, Heap deserves something similar.
This move kinda smacks of disrespect, IMO.
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08-09-2011, 11:27 AM #2
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Re: Heaps number given out to camp body
eh, if he makes the team and keeps 86, then i'll yell. But in TC, you've got 90 guys. Hard to reserve numbers, because you're also reserving 75 for Ogden, 19 for Unitas (not 18, my mind is mush today), etc.
I don't see it as disrespect either way.Last edited by RavenScallywag; 08-09-2011 at 11:32 AM.
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Re: Heaps number given out to camp body
Well, I can kind of see it both ways.
I doubt Stupar sticks with the team...so in the end no one will be wearing 86.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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08-09-2011, 11:30 AM #5
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Right...sorry, my mind is soup today. The 5mo woke up in the middle of the night, I don't remember getting up, but apparently I got her, and took out TWO bottles to feed her. Why on earth I thought any baby would eat 12 oz in one night feeding is beyond me, but I fell asleep there and thus ended up with crap sleep last night.
We're reserving 18 for Grbac :p.
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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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08-09-2011, 11:33 AM #6
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08-09-2011, 11:41 AM #7
Re: Heaps number given out to camp body
I agree that this is disrespectful. Wait at least a year. However, it appears that you are implying that Heap couldn't block and that I disagree with. If you think Heap couldn't block wait until you see Dickson and Pitta this season. Heaps blocking skills came a long way since his rookie season, IMO.
If Heap hadn't picked up on the Polamalu blitz in week 4 last season, Flacco doesn't connect with Housh for the game winning TD. I also noticed Heap connecting on some key blocks to create holes for both Rice and McGahee.
Heap will be missed, but the addition of Leach will more than make up for the loss of Heap with blockingBoh
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08-09-2011, 11:46 AM #8
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to be fair to the guy...
Newly signed tight end Jonathan Stupar would like Ravens fans to know that he did not request No. 86, the number worn for the previous 10 seasons by fan favorite Todd Heap.
“It’s what they gave me,” Stupar said after Monday’s practice at the team’s training facility in Owings Mills.” I had no choice in the matter. I have been getting heckled a little bit by people saying, ‘Heap! There’s a new Heap out there!’ But in the end, it’s just a number, and I’m Jonathan Stupar. I’m not Todd Heap.”
In fact, Stupar had worn No. 88 at State College (Pa.) Area High School, the University of Virginia and the Buffalo Bills. But No. 88 is currently worn by fellow tight end Dennis Pitta.
“He’s got that one,” Stupar said. “But it’s all right. Numbers are numbers. It wouldn’t matter if they gave me 39. It’s just a number.”
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08-09-2011, 11:47 AM #9
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I was pissed when they gave Jamal's number to Fabio right away, now Pollard has it. I guess there are only so many numbers.
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08-09-2011, 12:03 PM #10
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Re: Heaps number given out to camp body
The first time I saw McAlister's number being used I had the same reaction.
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08-09-2011, 12:15 PM #12
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