Ravens (Week 4) Post-Game Thread: Good, Bad, Ugly

KamTrus20 · Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Posts: 4770

Everyone including myself is getting tired of the crappy guard play, and some are worked up that Schwarts hasn't been a stud already. Can we please not forget than Alex Mack and Joe Thomas both have been average at best as well? Alex Mack is playing slightly better than Pinkston and Lauvao. We are not getting enough out of our "pro bowlers" and 1st round picks Mack and Thomas. I am starting to firmly belive this is an obvious coaching flaw here. If something doesn't change soon we need to be looking for a new offensive line coach.
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Kiwibrown · Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 2053 Location: NZ

I think if the WR's didn't drop so many passes our guards would look better. that is fuzzy logic an it seems that everyone is pointing the finger at someone else.

The reality is, that there is room for improvement with every grouping on our offense, backs,, oline, Recievers, Tight ends and with every individual in every group as well. to get our offense 100% better we have to do 100 things 1% better, if our guards were playing lights out we would still be throwing ints, we would still be dropping passes and running dumb plays, it is not a specific cog issue.

I think our defense is palying lights out, I love D!^k D. If we had another great pass rushing end and another good safety, people would be scorin 0's against us.
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StewieRules · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 1308 Location: jacksonville

Vacarro's been getting press from many of the draftniks so you're not alone in that assessment. Reed, McDonand, Vaccaro and Barron would all be significant upgrades to what we have now - FA has some younger options there as well.

To me, that and CB take priority over a RDE - we're number two in the NFL in sacks a 1/4 way through the season, I don't think anyone expected that. Winn was a find (keep him at 270-275 and I think he could play RE and play it well if needed) and Rucker has been a good acquisition. We need secondary help to make that unit truly effective,and it starts with a number 2 CB and a Safety.

Offensively, I agree our Guards are both hot garbage. I've been saying it for months - anything involving Lauvao as a starter is a fail, period. Unfortunately there aren't any G's in FA worth grabbing so it'll be upgrade through draft or trade there. A WCO FB who isn't clueless would be nice, Marecic is pathetic - he's lost out there, there just isn't any other way to put it. Lonnie Pryor might be a great mid-round selection - a smaller FB who would be a RB in many schemes, the kid blocks, and can run & catch.

Bottom line though is the WRs - we need some. Gordon & Benjamin have potential but MO is too fragile and Little is is the pure definition of inconsistency - an unreliable heart-breaker. Give Weeds two reliable targets and watch the offense transform. Fail to do that and we'll see more games with 6-10 catches left on the carpet.

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