Ravens drop to 22nd in under 25 talent

**Ravens4Real** · 08-09-2022, 12:00 PM

Speaks to how dreadful we have been at drafting recently. Only way to go is up which is nice.

**Shas** · 08-09-2022, 12:02 PM

Grumpy old man. You have to assume, given his moniker honoring a mostly forgotten safety who played for the Colts during the latter half of the Unitas era.

**DeltaRaven** · 08-09-2022, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by 00000

I dont put too much stock into these things - the SB caliber teams have a mix of vets and young guys.

Same. Look at the the past two Super Bowl champions. Hardly made up of "under 25 talent".

**JimZipCode** · 08-09-2022, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

(a) So right, who is really paying attention to an ESPN writer who opines that our team "Ravens drop to 22nd in under 25 talent."

It's a Football Outsiders piece for ESPN+.

Originally Posted by DeltaRaven

Same. Look at the the past two Super Bowl champions. Hardly made up of "under 25 talent".

FO made that point in their link to the piece. Said the Rams are last by this metric, and are probably just fine with it.

Originally Posted by jonboy79

Oweh, Bateman, Linderbaum and Hamilton can flip this list upside down I’m no time flat.

Yup! And Travis Jones.

**Terpsfan82** · 08-09-2022, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by JimZipCode

It's a Football Outsiders piece for ESPN+.

Yup! And Travis Jones.

Dobbins and Ojabo once healthy

**Mad Puppy** · 08-09-2022, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by DeltaRaven

Same. Look at the the past two Super Bowl champions. Hardly made up of "under 25 talent".

in fact the last ranked team was.....
The Superbowl winning RAMS.

**HotInHere** · 08-09-2022, 01:54 PM

What's magic about 25? If you look at under 26, you'd add Lamar, Marcus Williams, Mekari, Proche, and Powers.

Look at under 27 and you can add in Hump and Andrews.

This is not an old team. Picking some random arbitrary age cutoff makes no sense. If you want to make this slightly meaningful, do "guys on their rookie contract" or something. But that might require reading.

**Ravens4Real** · 08-09-2022, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by HotInHere

What's magic about 25? If you look at under 26, you'd add Lamar, Marcus Williams, Mekari, Proche, and Powers.

Look at under 27 and you can add in Hump and Andrews.

This is not an old team. Picking some random arbitrary age cutoff makes no sense. If you want to make this slightly meaningful, do "guys on their rookie contract" or something. But that might require reading.

That is pretty much what it does. Most come into the league at 20-21 so the average contract of 4 years would take them to that age unless they were older coming out of college.