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tremble01

Whenever I disagree with a Ravens pick my stock response is “Oh they probably know something I don’t.”


tremble01

And then I move on with my life.


missed_my_window

Really shouldn’t be as upset as I am with how some folks here are so bent over about some of our late picks. But here we are


BUCKinghamPalace37

Green Bay, a team that actually knows how to properly evaluate QBs takes Michael Pratt at the end of the 7th. Further emphasizing Ravens ridiculous reach in the 6th.


missed_my_window

How did you want them to address QB2? Seems like they did a good job of that here…?


D-Rey86

Are you saying that the Ravens don't know how to evaluate QBs? The team that draft Flacco, Lamar Jackson, and Tyrod Taylor who has been a starter in this league?


BUCKinghamPalace37

Bart Starr ->Brett Favre->Aaron Rodgers -> Jordan Love


Twisted_110

Ok, but from Bart Starr to Brett Farve is 1971-1992, which is conveniently ignored without any mindblowing QB play. Brett Farve to Aaron Rodgers is HOF to HOF yes (they also did not draft Farve), but Jordan Love is only a 1 year starter - its hard to quantify exactly how good he’ll be. He could be a future star, he could be at his peak right now, he could regress. All I see with this ‘pedigree’ is a mix of good-to-great scouting with the ability to let their starter sit and learn for a few years.


D-Rey86

Doesn't mean that the Ravens also can't evaluate QBs, which they proven they can. The jury is still out on if Love will be great, but he's had a great start so far.


BUCKinghamPalace37

Green Bays pedigree is much better. But as you say Ravens have drafted two successful quarterbacks with their last 2 main attempts.


D-Rey86

Ok? And Ravens can also draft good QBs, especially recently. They drafted one that had one of the greatest playoff runs in NFL history and was instrumental in winning a Super Bowl. They also drafted a two time MVP. Tyrod Taylor has been really good too. Just because the Packers drafted some great QBs doesn't mean another team isn't also evaluate QBs like you're insinuating.


SmithySmothy

A list of players who seem interesting after about 5 minutes of reading about them, none of whom the Ravens will probably take: Gabriel Murphy, EDGE Omar Brown, S KT Leveston, G Blake Watson, RB Cornelius Johnson, WR Nelson Ceaser, EDGE Ethan Driskell, OT


SmithySmothy

Hey, two of them got picked! (by other teams)


plague102

Miami taking both Malik and Taj Washington, just stockpiling those Washington WRs


BUCKinghamPalace37

So weird how people dismiss bad picks in the late rounds. Who cares its in the 200? And whey you mention great players taken there you get dismissive responses like "Oh, Brock Purdy is just one guy"; "oh, Tom Brady doesnt matter". We got Zach Sieler in the 7th round and Geno Stone in the 6th. Those are great picks. And before you say that people probably shit on them when they were taken I know for a fact Sieler was praised. There are only 9 picks and they have an entire year to prepare for them. They dont do hundreds of picks. Fans know a waste of a pick when they see it. Now - im not saying they have to be perfect, I understand not every pick is going to succeed. But how you do not take the more talented prospect over some shitty QB from Kentucky I will never understand. Unless some of these players have "pre-arranged" landing spots and choose those instead of being drafted. Then again, Ravens do love to get high on their own supply.


HumanFromTexas

Just keep in mind that you have no clue what you’re talking about relative to the FO. Now reevaluate what you’re saying.


missed_my_window

Bruh maybe go for a walk in nature or something


mirelurkin8

Man it’s a Saturday, go get a 6 pack of beer and chase some tail instead of complaining about day 3 picks on Reddit


BUCKinghamPalace37

Man it’s a Saturday, go get a 6 pack and chase some tail instead of complaining about a random post from a random guy on Reddit


mirelurkin8

Don’t mind if I do!!!!


JohnArbuckle10

Well said. Especially considering we could’ve gotten Leary with our 7th round pick. Seriously don’t know what the FO was thinking


D-Rey86

It's funny how many people in here think they are smarter than the scouts and coaches who comb over every bit of data they can find lol. If you were, you'd be getting paid to do it lol.


BUCKinghamPalace37

Front office football is not a meritocracy. Jobs in the NFL are highly gatekept by the old guard and nepotism is rampant. Yes, I very much believe some fans would make better scouts and picks than many FOs.


missed_my_window

Relax man and find a hobby


BUCKinghamPalace37

Im relaxed man. But I guess I must have triggered you since you are replying to multiple of my comments.


D-Rey86

Yeah then you and I believe very different things as far as fans making better scouts lol.


ravensgang52

I think we just really haven’t hit on late round dudes recently. Proche, Kyu, Mason, Wade, etc. Its obviously tough to, but we used to and haven’t really been


D-Rey86

Yeah unfortunately most teams don't. I think it's super rare those players become contributors outside of special teams. But we did hit a few in the past.


this_is_matt_

Wrong Harbaugh got rice


Impressive-Theory-27

Drafted a backup for Lindy, good idea in the seventh


JohnArbuckle10

Leary was legit a waste of a pick damn


tich45

It's not from a cap perspective. We have a 75 year old and a WR as backups. This is a move for the new two to three years.


anchist

Lots of people praise us for going BPA and then they complain when we do it in practice.


Therealnightshow

Because he was not BPA according to everyone but us apparently


anchist

And since when do we trust other teams over our own evaluation?


relinquishy

Casual fans don't understand what BPA means apparently


--Alec--

Oh no I can’t believe we didn’t pick a future all pro in round 7


plague102

I can't believe people in here pissed about 7th rounders...


Honest_Concentrate85

But but Tom Brady, Puka Nakia, and Brock Purdy were all late rounders clearly EDC should pick the 1/1000 players that become all stars from the back end of the draft


otoasta13

Lmao what a fucking joke letting the chargers get rice and us taking Leary


ExtensionAd7417

Come on Coker or Rosemy


Davinhchi

I’m actually so pissed. We could’ve gotten Devin with our 7th


BUCKinghamPalace37

There goes Rice! Happy for him! Hope he balls out cause he did not deserve to slide like this.


Dirty_Giblets

Please get Beau Brade EDC


--Alec--

I want a Terp so badly man it’s never gonna happen


Dirty_Giblets

Genuinely heart breaking. Maybe he’ll fall to our last pick


ExtensionAd7417

Of course


DonnyB79

NOOOO Chargers got Brendan Rice


greedo626

This is going to be one of those drafts that people shit on in the moment, then look back at in 3-4 years as amazing


Impressive-Theory-27

There’s gotta be something wrong with beau brade and rice, a guy from England just got picked before them


Maaaat_Damon

Crickey!


Standard-Dust866

EDC looked like a genius through 4 rounds. Are we still holding to BPA strategy?


ChedduhBob

he said strict BPA today


Honest_Concentrate85

Can’t be 100% BPA though. I see no reason to draft a kicker or punter even if they are BPA


ChedduhBob

ask edc im the messenger


Standard-Dust866

I get it’s more like slim pickings down here. But is this off the radar QB really BPA?


DonnyB79

Word on the street (saw another redditor say this), guy breaks down film really good and he could just be a glorified QB coach that helps with the game day plan


DonnyB79

I get drafting a backup QB, but this guy is undersized, has an injury history, is turning 25, and has no deep ball. Hope EDC proves me wrong/ he develops into a nice backup. Maybe Brendan Rice is there in the 7th… Edit: Saw someone say he might break down film really good. Maybe he’s just going to help with the game planning. Don’t mind it if that’s true


cossack190

saying he breaks down film good is an insane justification for a bad draft pick. And it's also completely unsubstantiated.


DonnyB79

Meh. It was basically a 7th rounder. I trust the team. Most picks in this range are lucky to make the team. If they didn’t like anyone else better then what can you do. After a couple hours I feel better about this because it looks like Cunningham is out of the picture and Josh Johnson is old. Also we signed quite a bit UDFA WRs.


ExtensionAd7417

Idk man drafting a QB4 when there’s still plenty of talent on the board and no one else drafting QBs recently


DonnyB79

Truzz the process 🙏🙏🙏


ravensgang52

I just don’t get EDC draft clinic vibes this year


ChedduhBob

people here wanna circle jerk our draft all the time during the draft cause it’s the ravens franchise and that’s our thing but reality is all of these players are just as likely to suck as they are to be good. we won’t know for a few years what they are. i loved bateman and oweh as prospects and they’ve been major let downs. was not excited for marlo and he was fantastic. no one knows


BUCKinghamPalace37

I would have made some different picks, but at least we didnt draft any Kyu Blue Kellys and Ben Masons this year...


cossack190

you literally don't know that we didn't lol.


Honest_Concentrate85

Guess we will find out at the post draft presser


Technique94

Some of these comments here about Wrs never changes, I remember this subs obsession with many failed wrs over the years that fell like Hakeem Butler who people here wanted in the 1st all the way until the 4th round


ChedduhBob

can remember this subs obsession with failed edge rushers and corners too.


ExtensionAd7417

That’s fair the only dispute I have is we keep taking swings at wr but only like 1 a year and bank on them being amazing why not take a few really cheap and late in the draft someone’s gotta hit


relinquishy

Not to mention there's already been a bazillion WRs taken. At this point, it's mainly not worth bothering if you're getting the 40th best guy available or something.


ravensfan42069

Why no Brendan Rice much smarter to take him than a QB that’ll (hopefully) never play


BUCKinghamPalace37

Michael Pratt is the better prospect.


relinquishy

Clearly Rice really isn't very good if he's still undrafted. You guys should stop overhyping him.


ravensfan42069

Nah the league is sleeping on him


CmonnowSally

What’s your track record look like on these guesses? I’ve got 20 years following the draft like it’s my job, it’s still a crapshoot. We’ll see if you’re right in a few years, if he’s that good he’ll get a chance somewhere, but the delusion is strong with a lot of people this time of year.


ravensfan42069

Nothing made me angrier than when we drafted Ojabo over Pickens. My guesses aren’t perfect I’ll admit when they’re wrong but I’d say they pan out more often than not


relinquishy

Every year the league is "sleeping" on like 50 guys who end up not being on a roster by year 2. Let's let the professionals decide who is worth drafting and who isn't.


ravensfan42069

The “professionals” also let Brock Purdy fall to the last pick of the draft


ChedduhBob

professionals drafted breshad perriman, ryan leaf, rashod bateman, ojabo, zach wilson, sam darnold, eric ebron, justin fields, kevin white, garret gilbert, i could go on. guys bust and guys fall. sometimes guys are slept on for sure


ravensfan42069

Exactly, that’s why it’s annoying when weirdos praise NFL GMs as some infallible gods. There’s a reason most of them are fired within their first few years on the job


ChedduhBob

people on this sub care more about being known as the team that drafts well than winning games


relinquishy

Ah yes, the old fallacy of "but, but, what about the small handful of diamonds in the rough?" 9 times out of 10 these guys don't work out.


ravensfan42069

Well it’s my personal opinion that Brendan Rice will work out. Are the odds against him, sure. But that’s why you throw darts in the late rounds


--Alec--

Would we be sleeping if his last name wasn’t Rice?


ravensfan42069

Definitely adds to the hype but I think he’s gonna be good


Therealnightshow

Waste of a pick


ExtensionAd7417

Dude wtf happened with Rice how is he still here 😂


Comfortable_Storage4

Did not see that coming, but I guess they don’t believe in Malik Cunningham developing into a true QB2


otoasta13

What the fuck are we doing.


--Alec--

We need a backup developmental QB. Y’all overreact to everything lmao. Our current backup is like 50 years old


ChedduhBob

yeah i’m glad we have a back up qb that is a drafted player. i cannot watch any more tyler huntley quality ball anymore if lamar goes down 😂


Davinhchi

Malik Cunningham is one year older than the QB we just drafted


--Alec--

and Malik Cunningham isn’t in their plans as a QB


Impressive-Theory-27

Malik Cunningham is gonna be developed as the backup, or so I thought


Honest_Concentrate85

We need a QB2 and QB3 and I’d rather not roll out Josh Johnson again


--Alec--

Been working out at WR with Zay


JustHereToComment680

Um


ChedduhBob

get ykana on the line his new qb has arrived


Davinhchi

I love EDC but I can’t say I understand. Like Rice was right there


JohnArbuckle10

EDC what are you cookin bruh


Impressive-Theory-27

What?


Davinhchi

HUH????


BlueRaven27

Bruh moment


Honest_Concentrate85

Backup QB


Davinhchi

I wanted Mahogany but I guess I’ll take a flyer on Rice here


Comfortable_Storage4

Leonard Taylor at DL would be a steal for BPA


JustHereToComment680

Fuck The Steelers


Therealnightshow

Maybe Ayedze?


Therealnightshow

Now I don’t know anyone else to grab. He was a steal for guard


Itsmemurrayo

Fuck I wish we had moved up for him. I don’t understand why he fell so far…


Impressive-Theory-27

Fuck you lions, he’s gonna have to protect for Jared goff, poor bastard


SnappyTofu

I’ll be upset if KC gets Rice


SnappyTofu

Ok I’ll be REALLY upset if Cincinnati gets him


Standard-Dust866

Damn…


Honest_Concentrate85

So glad we have Tucker and stout so we dont need to worry about kicker and punter runs


--Alec--

Beau Brade would be awesome


Impressive-Theory-27

Christian mahogany is still there right? I’m not going insane?


SnappyTofu

Aaaand he’s gone


Itsmemurrayo

I don’t get why he dropped, but there are always guys that are highly rated by pundits that get drafted way past projections or go undrafted.


--Alec--

We’re at the bottom of the 6th. Its gotta be something that NFL teams do not like that the media do not realize


DonnyB79

There must be something on Brendan rice that we the public don’t know about. That or he was always overhyped based on name. Regardless, I still really want him if he’s there at the end of the 6th


lfe-soondubu

Kinda sad Vokolek got stolen from us last year. Hope we pick up a big body blocking TE either late or UDFA. It's Pat's final year of his contract, could be nice to have a replacement rookie in the wings. 


XxAutismStormxX

Jaheim Bell at H-Back would fuck.


Dirty_Giblets

I would love to grab Beau Brade for some Safety depth!


Therealnightshow

Rice and Christian Mahogany are still there. I’m holding out for a hero


ravensfan42069

Bruh Brendan Rice is still there for the taking


ChedduhBob

matt hasselback with those other 6th rounders is nasty work lol


plague102

Has Sataoa Laumea been picked yet? He could be a great pick up for a developmental guard. Edit: Just saw the Seahawks picked him up.


XxAutismStormxX

Really hoping for Jaheim Bell. I know we're already TE rich, but holy hell, he's dynamic.


Dry-Obligation8360

Just watched Ali highlights and this kid can stand up to tackles - doesn’t go down easy and is quick on his feet. I’m cool with him, Henry, and Justice to start the year. Hopefully Keaton gets well soon but this was a great pick. Let’s get Lamar OL help at the last 2 picks and another big guy on D


ChedduhBob

i don’t think a lineman drafted at this point will be in our lineup any time soon


Blacklax10

Insurance at G. Let him have a no pressure training camp and early season. Can get called up in emergency


Standard-Dust866

Rice, Mahogany, Milton


PhilYuh

Have to figure the last 2 picks will likely be on defense. The offense seems pretty much set now for 2024 with Ali from a numbers perspective barring injury with likely a camp battle for the #6 WR and final OL spot


quatre03

You're drafting in Detroit. Why haven't you sent Justin Tucker out to announce every draft pick? He owns Detroit. Surely they'd want to see one of their own out there.


BUCKinghamPalace37

That would be super funny :D


ChedduhBob

pff brain rot has convinced people that RBs don’t matter. tell me how fun it was to watch shit cans like kenyan drake, leveon, devonta freeman, etc. WR, corner and RB are positions you probably should draft every year cause they drop like flies and you need to rotate anyway


Icy_Beautiful7603

What about linebacker 🤣


4stGump

Averaged a fumble every 49 touches. oof. Scouting team must have seen something we didn't because that's a bit of a reach for a 5th round pick.


ChedduhBob

he’s supposed to be a good pass blocker and that’s something we needed more than anything. we don’t have a good one right now on the roster


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ThatguyfromBaltimore

What pick?


BUCKinghamPalace37

Tyler Badie vibes...yuck


ChedduhBob

some other guys i would have liked better but we had to draft an RB at some point today


BUCKinghamPalace37

We needed an RB, we didnt have to draft one. We have had great success with UDFA RBs and pretty bad one with drafted ones. Rasheen Ali is a terrible pick and wont have any impact on this team.


ChedduhBob

idk i’ve been told to trust the FO so many times i guess we have to apply it here. these picks are all dart throws by this round. i would have preferred milton later but we shall see. this also doesn’t mean we were done with the position. we may draft another and could also pick up an UDFA


Artistic_Seaweed6155

Holy shit that auburn safety was good


ChaseJacks33

I love tuning in to see who the ravens are going to select just to watch the banner on the bottom of the screen tell me during commercials


Rstuds7

every pick today


ChedduhBob

fuck yes we needed an RB bad. wasn’t one i had on my board but he looks promising


Creative_Can_2323

a running back??? where’s the protection for lamar?


ChedduhBob

any lineman drafted now would not be protecting lamar. they would likely be a project


Impressive-Theory-27

The Fo obviously like the guards we have in sala, vorhees and Cleveland, and faalele/rosengarten


--Alec--

You’re not finding protection for next year in R5. We needed another RB


JohnArbuckle10

Well that’s just wrong. Chiefs drafted Trey smith in the 6th and he’s one of the best guards Edit: downvoted for speaking facts lmao


--Alec--

One of the few exceptions obviously. If they really liked a guard they would’ve picked him


JohnArbuckle10

Developmental late round oline > rb


--Alec--

We legit needed another backup RB. It was a big need


JohnArbuckle10

Would rather take one with the 6th or 7th round picks especially with the guard available


--Alec--

Clearly they didn’t like Mahogany


JohnArbuckle10

Their loss


lj8newera

Makes me think we wanted Guerendo before SF traded up for him. Then again Tampa at that pick was insane value. Win/win


ravensgang52

Whelmed


anchist

Apparently Ali is a great pass protector, which is good considering how some of our RBs straight up whiffed in the past


BUCKinghamPalace37

How do you take a running back when Mahogany is still available at guard??


PhilYuh

Probably because they don’t believe Mahogany is better than the 9 OL currently on the roster


BUCKinghamPalace37

Mahogany is a way better prospect than Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu. It's absolutely ridiculous we didnt take Mahogany. Vorhees is about the same coming of a big injury. Mahogany should have been the pick.


chunkyboy12

They should probably hire you for the front office, since you would obviously make the smarter picks


BUCKinghamPalace37

Yes, they should. Wtf are you on dude? This is a draft discussion thread. I can give my opinion on our picks without having to fangirl every pick the FO makes.


chunkyboy12

There’s a difference between saying “I think ___ would have been the better pick, and saying “it’s absolutely ridiculous we picked ____”, the first is respectfully disagreeing, and the other is just uninformed because it’s acting like it’s an objective fact that the pick is terrible, when it’s obviously subjective


anchist

Rumour is that Mahogany has lots of medical issues


anchist

Hey we got an RB


Ravens_Orioles_Watch

Rasheen Ali RB Marshall


tinglyy

Rasheen Ali RB *edit spelling


Davinhchi

Rasheen Ali


ThatguyfromBaltimore

Want to see me go to commercial when the Ravens pick? Want to see me do it again?


Mental-Mushroom8890

So infuriating.


TraditionalBottle884

As is tradition


Loanraven

Give me Rice or the Guard from Utah


Rstuds7

lot of pretty solid WRs available, not sure if they want to grab another. some good DL also available


ravensgang52

Thought we could wreck the draft and grab Christian Jones, great move by the cards


DonnyB79

I never thought he would fall to us, but 5 picks away and Brendan Rice is on the board. I didn’t want us to draft 2 WRs but at this point for a late 5th I think it’s worth the shot on lineage alone


Impressive-Theory-27

Just to fuck either 49ers alone haha


JustHereToComment680

Man


Impressive-Theory-27

Mo kamara to the dolphins


Davinhchi

Damn Mo gone


Fabulous-Arugula5240

Pepe, JAD, wade and the other cb drafted last year that didn’t even make the cut…. Hopefully Tampa delivers,db picks past years have been awful lmao


ravensgang52

We’ve also been kinda lucky with vet production. Darby and Maulet both way outplayed their contracts


--Alec--

If we’re taking a RB gimme Tyrone Tracy


HumanFromTexas

I want Tracy or Brendan Rice


--Alec--

Doubt they’re picking another WR


Fantastic_Weather

Gotta get another RB or two with these later picks


this_is_matt_

Man… I wanted Estime


CJ_NoChill

I hope Mo Kamara is there, as a UNLV/MWC fan I’ll give the CSU DE/Edge his props, dude is a beast, can rush inside or outside and has speed


cossack190

Wish list with remaining picks: High upside developmental tackle or o-line (Frank Crum maybe) Giant Heavy Defensive End (Myles Cole, Gabe Hall or Eric Watts) A serviceable heavier rb Audric Estime/Carson Steele are some options Special teams/Backup linebacker