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06-08-2015, 10:25 PM #25Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Baltimore Football's Greatest- Counting down the best to wear the numbers.
Actually, Gregg ended up buying jamal's house after he moved on to the Browns :
http://www.nfl.com/videos/cleveland-...er-Kelly-Gregg
... Bc
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06-09-2015, 05:12 PM #26
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96 HAS to be Adalius Thomas, right?
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06-09-2015, 05:48 PM #27
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06-09-2015, 06:10 PM #28
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Great thread Actual - thanks for your time and effort. Very fine piece on Kelly Gregg sir.
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06-09-2015, 08:06 PM #29Steve Flacco, Apparently
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Re: Baltimore Football's Greatest- Counting down the best to wear the numbers.
96 days to go and as guessed by many, #96 is LB/DE/Swiss Army Knife Adalius Thomas.
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A sixth rounder out of tiny University of Southern Mississippi, you would have been forgiven for not expecting greatness out of AD back in his rookie year of 2000. So anonymous was he on that team of superstar personalities that many fans are surprised to know he had a ring from Super Bowl 35. But Thomas put the work in. By 2003 he had worked himself up to Pro Bowl special teamer, leading the Ravens in ST tackles despite going on IR in early December.
2004 was his first as a full time starter and he responded by going on a three year tear that saw him accumulate 260+ tackles, 28 sacks, a safety, 12 combined turnovers forced, and 4 TDs while playing in 9 different spots in the defensive line up from Nose Tackle to Cornerback.
His incredible versatility was a key contributing factor in Rex Ryan's 2006 Organized Chaos defense. I vividly remember seeing Thomas line up at corner against Chad Johnson that year. At the snap Thomas hit Chad with the meanest jam I've ever seen, knocking Johnson down flat before immediately dropping into a zone pass defense. Still brings a smile to my face after nearly 10 years.
Thomas left Baltimore for Free Agency after the bittersweet 2006 season. He never matched his production as a Raven as injuries and age derailed his career. But for a few shining years, no one in football could do half as many things half as well as AD.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron
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06-10-2015, 06:32 AM #30Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Baltimore Football's Greatest- Counting down the best to wear the numbers.
Thomas was on SiriusXM NFL Radio’s Broadcast Bootcamp over the last weekend. They were running former NFL players through the broadcasting basics, having them take calls and practice interview skills. They matched Thomas with another player, I think Ben Tate, and had them interview each other, then offered them critique.
Thomas was asked two questions, 1) you played for the Ravens and the Patriots, two succesful organizations - what are the differences? and 2) what is your favorite memory of playing with Ed and Ray?
For the first question, Thomas said the Ravens’ coaches cared about your opinion, you could raise your hand and say, “Hey, coach, I see <insert observation>”. The Patriots are “plug and play” (his words). They are expressly not concerned about your opinions, just do your job.
For the second question, Thomas said Film Nights at Ray’s house. He said it both created a great brotherhood as well as placed them firmly on the same page come gametime.
What blew me away was nobody in the studio had ever heard of Film Nights at Ray’s house, or so they claimed. For the life of me, I can’t currently remember who the veteran SiriusXM hosts were (they were regulars, just can’t remember who), but the critique of Tate as the interviewer was not leading Thomas further into the Film Night at Ray’s house thing just as a concept, because “that’s what we call in this business a ‘nugget’, see, cuz nobdy here ever heard that that went on, you gotta know the audience hasn’t!”
They were so fascinated, they went into it with Thomas a little more. Really wish they would out this up on their SoundCloud page.Last edited by dreamjo; 06-10-2015 at 11:40 AM.
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06-10-2015, 04:21 PM #31Steve Flacco, Apparently
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Re: Baltimore Football's Greatest- Counting down the best to wear the numbers.
95 days to go which means it's time to reveal number 95- OLB Jarret Johnson
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An iron man from Alabama, Johnson came to Baltimore in the 4th round of the 2003 draft after a stellar career at Bama. Transitioning from defensive tackle to OLB, Johnson was a throwback type player. He was an edge setter and thumper in a league where OLBs were rapidly evolving into lightening quick pass rush specialists. But in Baltimore, his talents proved vital as he became the anvil to Terrell Suggs' hammer, forming one of the most effective OLB combos in the league. He played in 129 straight regular season games for the Ravens over the course of his 9 seasons here.
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Like Kelly Gregg, Johnson was criminally underrated outside of Baltimore, his stat sheet never quite reflecting the reality of his contributions. His leverage and technique on the outside constantly funneled runners back toward our ILBers, and his pass rush was designed to squeeze the pocket toward Sizzle rather than actually rack up sacks. But ask his teammates about his impact and you'll hear the truth. Jarrett played like a Raven. Game in and Game out JJ came to WORK and the results speak for themselves. The Ravens never finished outside the top 10 in total defense during Johnson’s time in Baltimore.
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JJ played old school football. His bone crunching pancake of Hines Ward in 2011 will likely be the go to imagery of most fans when they think of Johnson.
But for me, it will always be his run defense. Johnson took on blockers and double teams as if he enjoyed pain. He played every snap as if it was going to be his last and in doing so, elevated the team around him in a way that few can.
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Loyal to the end, Johnson signed a 1 day contract with Baltimore last month to officially retire as a Raven. A blue collar player who represented a blue collar town with strength and determination, Jarrett was truly one hell of a Raven.My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron
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06-10-2015, 04:30 PM #32
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I concur on this one. Like Gregg, he was a lunch-pail guy that showed up and did his job.
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06-10-2015, 06:29 PM #33
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JJ was the epitome of "play like a Raven"
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06-10-2015, 06:34 PM #34Regular 1st Stringer
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Damn good stuff so far. I dont envy youhaving to make the next few days though. Lol
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06-11-2015, 06:46 AM #35
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06-11-2015, 09:05 AM #36
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After 5 days of very cool reminiscing, no great shakes today. Marques Douglas or Justin Bannan? Hmmm...
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