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04-11-2013, 10:39 AM #13
Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
Just looking at the trade-up option...even with our DT, OLB, FS and ILB needs being pretty well filled in FA, I don't see it happening.
Moving from #32 to #20 would cost us our natural 2nd, IIRC on the value chart. Now pre-Draft, I see no reason to make this move since Austin, the top 3 LTs, Star and Richardson will be long gone. Beside them, Allen is not THAT good, nor is Hopkins or anyone else in this Draft still likely on the board at #20. However, if for some crazy reason, someone begins to fall, we could conceivably pick them up at #20 and not devastate the rest of our draft at all."The Ravens are not taking Jimmy Smith at 26!" -- Me, the day before the 2011 Draft
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04-11-2013, 12:03 PM #14
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Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
That's what I want - Cyprien or trade down as posted above.
No way Oz trades up unless it's for Austin but he doesn't have anough ammo for that.
He would require an extra #2 which Ozzie doesn't have. He has a bunch of lower
comp picks but no extra #1s or #2s to land Austin which is what he would take.
So for me it's Cyprien in the first or trading down for those names posted above.
Whomever it is, Ozzie is gonna make a killing in this draft with so many needs being signed already.
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04-11-2013, 01:24 PM #16Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
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04-11-2013, 02:27 PM #17
Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
Minter will not drop to 32..... He'd be a reach at 32
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Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
Kevin Minter isn't going to get drafted in the first round. Quote this, do whatever you want, he just isn't that good of a ILB at this point. He is pretty much your typical 2nd round prospect, good but not spectacular, that's not who you take in round 1.
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04-11-2013, 06:32 PM #19"The Ravens are not taking Jimmy Smith at 26!" -- Me, the day before the 2011 Draft
"On their way to the podium, the Ravens FO is going to collectively step over my dead body and select...Breshad Perriman." -- Me, the day before the 2015 Draft
Missed it by That Much: The story of 'Get Smart' and the modern day Baltimore Ravens
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04-11-2013, 07:44 PM #21
Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
Agreed. Since there are really no "stand out" LB's in this year's draft, I can't see us taking a LB in round 1. This is obviously unless someone like Ogletree falls to 32. IMO, I can see us taking a SS, WR, or LT that drops to us. Look for Hopkins, Watson, or Elam.
Kevin Reddick is a guy that we could take in the later rounds.
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04-11-2013, 07:46 PM #22
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Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
I don't think Minter is close to the player McClain was coming OUT of college, but he is a good prospect, just not first round talent.
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04-11-2013, 08:54 PM #24
Re: So No LB in first round now that Roland is here?
Given those choices, my preference would be to grab one of the WRs with the first pick, whether that means trading back to the early 2nd round or not. Frankly, I like DeAndre Hopkins and Robert Woods better than the other WR options at that place in the draft. If the Ravens ended up with one from the group of Hopkins, Woods, Rogers, Patton, Wheaton I would consider that a draft pick well spent.
As for the safeties, I know the popular choice falls between Matt Elam and Jonathan Cyprien, but I think that the Ravens might do just as well by using a later pick (wherever that is) to grab Phillip Thomas (Fresno State). Yeah, I know he played free safety as opposed to a strong safety, but he's pretty damn good and flying under the fans' radar right now.
As for the offensive line, since the big 3LTs are probably not within reach, I would love it if the Ravens took Barrett Jones (Alabama). That would give them a little bit of flexibility in any later pick they would make since he could play all over the place in a pinch.
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