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Reed to Houston!

Granted he has some milage on those wheels, but it's the veteran leadership down field we're (hopefully) getting!

 kronk wrote:
Reed to Houston!

Granted he has some milage on those wheels, but it's the veteran leadership down field we're (hopefully) getting!

Yep, that hurt my feelings.

Good Lord what was Jerry Jones thinking?

$108 Million with $25 Mil signing bonus and $55 Mil guaranteed over 6 years

Romo won't even last 6 years behind that O-line and the fact he's 32

Dallas is dysfunctional.

 Byte wrote:
Dallas is dysfunctional.

That's putting it very mildly!

Jerry Likes Tony.... But I am betting that they draft Landry Jones, probably early 2nd round.

I'd been debating on resurrecting this thread, glad it's back haha.

That whole business of dumervil to Baltimore is such a joke. How do you not get a signed contract in on time?

And adios Wesley Welker.

Stupid April fools....

I'm assuming that was the Nick Foles back to Buffalo trick

But Matt Flynn has been traded to Oakland for 2 future picks and apparently Carson Palmer is off to Arizona

 helgrenze wrote:
Jerry Likes Tony.... But I am betting that they draft Landry Jones, probably early 2nd round.

Jerry has no vision...no long term plan for his team..EVER! He isnt drafting a QB in this draft.

--hilarious deal they just gave Romo...reward a QB with an elite QB contract --he has a single playoff win. This should cripple that franchise for the next 6 years. Its another example of desperate Jerry making desperate moves. With the addition of Chip Kelly into the east, a better Skins team and the always dangerous Giants, the Cowboys will continue to underacheive.

Chris Canty, Terrence Cody, and Haloti Ngata? That is a big D-line. Throw in Dumerville and Suggs at OLB? Ray Lewis will not be missed.

 dogma wrote:
Chris Canty, Terrence Cody, and Haloti Ngata? That is a big D-line. Throw in Dumerville and Suggs at OLB? Ray Lewis will not be missed.

The secondary was hurting with the losses of Reed (Who apparently wasn't wanted back by Harbaugh according to a Baltimore paper), Pollard and Williams

The have Michael Huff but no one else and one fo their back up safeties has been banned for the first four games for controlled substance abuse
They still need to work on that but their pass rush should be improved if anything with the addition of Dumervil

Wow that's crazy, im with hlaine.

except i dont think Baltimore will even be a top 10 defense next year, mark it down...

They have 1 good corner and 1 decent safety on the roster from what I can tell.

Chancetragedy wrote:
Wow that's crazy, im with hlaine.

except i dont think Baltimore will even be a top 10 defense next year, mark it down...

They have 1 good corner and 1 decent safety on the roster from what I can tell.

Nah, Ravens will be solid.

I have no clue about the Eagles this coming season.... Lots of decent moves but Chip stripped the D to the bone. Hoping to see something develope as we get to the draft.

 Byte wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
Wow that's crazy, im with hlaine.

except i dont think Baltimore will even be a top 10 defense next year, mark it down...

They have 1 good corner and 1 decent safety on the roster from what I can tell.

Nah, Ravens will be solid.

I agree, Byte.

Yes alot of folks from the defense left, but it was a defense that was ranked 17th at its best, I believe. The new additions are all great, and we can expect some Ozzy Newsome draft pick magic ( as always) to fill some holes. I personally believe the Ravens D will be better this coming year.

 NELS1031 wrote:

 Byte wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
Wow that's crazy, im with hlaine.

except i dont think Baltimore will even be a top 10 defense next year, mark it down...

They have 1 good corner and 1 decent safety on the roster from what I can tell.

Nah, Ravens will be solid.

I agree, Byte.

Yes alot of folks from the defense left, but it was a defense that was ranked 17th at its best, I believe. The new additions are all great, and we can expect some Ozzy Newsome draft pick magic ( as always) to fill some holes. I personally believe the Ravens D will be better this coming year.

Aye, with more money to spend on the draft and non drafted free agents.

 Byte wrote:

 NELS1031 wrote:

 Byte wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
Wow that's crazy, im with hlaine.

except i dont think Baltimore will even be a top 10 defense next year, mark it down...

They have 1 good corner and 1 decent safety on the roster from what I can tell.

Nah, Ravens will be solid.

I agree, Byte.

Yes alot of folks from the defense left, but it was a defense that was ranked 17th at its best, I believe. The new additions are all great, and we can expect some Ozzy Newsome draft pick magic ( as always) to fill some holes. I personally believe the Ravens D will be better this coming year.

Aye, with more money to spend on the draft and non drafted free agents.

They also lost Boldin which hurts their passing game, which puts more pressure on the defense. I'm not saying the ravens as a team won't do alright, just that their defense will be outside the top 10 in a lot of different measurable statistics. They have lost a lot this off season and it's going to show in '13. TsuggZ and ngata are the leaders of that D now. Lets see how it goes.

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

The secondary was hurting with the losses of Reed (Who apparently wasn't wanted back by Harbaugh according to a Baltimore paper), Pollard and Williams

The have Michael Huff but no one else and one fo their back up safeties has been banned for the first four games for controlled substance abuse
They still need to work on that but their pass rush should be improved if anything with the addition of Dumervil

The secondary is definitely an issue, particularly given their slow ILB corps.

But that much mass up front in the 3-4 configuration will certainly tie up the O-line. Throw in the ability to shift Ngata and Canty down to any given 4-3 configuration (with Suggs and Dumerville covering the DE spots) and you have a godsend for the MLB/ILBs; most of whom are too slow to wait for their second read.