2012 Ravens Draft Thread

[drd23]

Originally Posted by coordinator0

Upshaw tweeted that he was wearing 91. That's the only one I've seen reported so far.

Streeter has tweeted that he'll be wearing 11. Asa Jackson says he's wearing 25.

KO (72), Pierce (30), Gradkowski (56) and Thompson (33) can all wear their college numbers as they are free atm (according to the numbers on the Ravens official roster page).

[EdReedUnstoppable]

wearing 56 Makes me hate Gradkowski even more, don't steal good LB numbers douche bag! Wear a number in the 60's or 70's

[D-Unit]

Originally Posted by EdReedUnstoppable

wearing 56 Makes me hate Gradkowski even more, don't steal good LB numbers douche bag! Wear a number in the 60's or 70's

ERU IS THE MAN!

Bow down and kiss his feet.

[EdReedUnstoppable]

I like more of our undrafted guys then the guys we actually took. Nick Jean-Baptiste and Ishmaa'ily Kitchen are legit DL depth for us for now and the next couple of years. Charles Brown has some serious ability. Deonte Thompson could be a return guy for us and offers some interesting aspects to our offense. Some of the OL we got are better than the 2 guys we drafted especially Gradkowski. And if we had an offensive coordinator that was creative at all Lamont Bryant from Morgan could create some serious match-up problems.

[EdReedUnstoppable]

Originally Posted by D-Unit

ERU IS THE MAN!

Bow down and kiss his feet.

D-UNIT!! How ye? Been awhile!

[coordinator0]

Originally Posted by EdReedUnstoppable

wearing 56 Makes me hate Gradkowski even more, don't steal good LB numbers douche bag! Wear a number in the 60's or 70's

Do you actually know anything about Gradkowski as a player or are you just hating the pick because it wasn't what you expected? He's wearing 66 anyways.

http://blogs.baltimoreravens.com/201...ersey-numbers/

[Ravens1991]

I know that he was technically a reach. But if a guy is there and you feel he has starter potential in the 4th you take despite what draftniks and draft "experts" like Kiper and McShay say. It isnt worth the risk for them slipping.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by Ravens1991

I know that he was technically a reach. But if a guy is there and you feel he has starter potential in the 4th you take despite what draftniks and draft "experts" like Kiper and McShay say. It isnt worth the risk for them slipping.

We better hope he has starter potential, we took him over guys like Ben Jones and Phillip Blake who will almost assuredly start in the NFL. Also, Joe Adams, who is going to be a badass playmaker. Ugh. Gradkowski better be a ******* starter.

[EdReedUnstoppable]

He'll start for us cause we have no one else, and yes you can be mad about reaching because we could have gotten Gradkowski as late as the 6th and added someone like Joe Adams who solves slot receiver and return issues right away.

[Ravens1991]

He was a fast riser the 49ers would have taken him in the 4th.


I was looking at our UDFAs and we got a guy from Morgan state Lamont Bryant TE. He put up a insane pro day.


40 yard dash-4.39
20 yard dash-2.48
10 yard dash-1.5
vertical jump-43 inches
broad jump 10"8 inches
3 cone- 6.78
20 yard shuttle-4.38
at 6'5 230.


Has anyone seen any tape of him? Those numbers are nuts.

[BmoreBlackByrdz]

Originally Posted by Ravens1991

He was a fast riser the 49ers would have taken him in the 4th.


I was looking at our UDFAs and we got a guy from Morgan state Lamont Bryant TE. He put up a insane pro day.


40 yard dash-4.39
20 yard dash-2.48
10 yard dash-1.5
vertical jump-43 inches
broad jump 10"8 inches
3 cone- 6.78
20 yard shuttle-4.38
at 6'5 230.


Has anyone seen any tape of him? Those numbers are nuts.

those are ridiculously insane #'s for a TE. Hope this guy can be the Marques Colston of TE's.

anyways, as for film of him, I found nothing just this short clip of him working out. Skip to 00:53

[Ravens1991]

Its possible to ******** a 40 time but you cant ******** a vertical jump and a broad jump. I hope he is in the mix as a redzone target. Knowing Cameron he wont see the field if he even makes the team

[America]

Originally Posted by Ravens1991

Its possible to ******** a 40 time but you cant ******** a vertical jump and a broad jump. I hope he is in the mix as a redzone target. Knowing Cameron he wont see the field if he even makes the team

You've got to question why he wasn't drafted with those numbers though. There's something the league knows that we don't. Or his productivity (21ct/371yd/2td this year) isn't spectacular for that level of competition so perhaps he's just extremely unrefined. Maybe he had a bad qb/oc who couldn't showcase him though. I like Pitta and Dickson, but a dynamic TE who could do more than underneath routes would be great for Joe.

[coordinator0]

Originally Posted by America

You've got to question why he wasn't drafted with those numbers though. There's something the league knows that we don't. Or his productivity (21ct/371yd/2td this year) isn't spectacular for that level of competition so perhaps he's just extremely unrefined. Maybe he had a bad qb/oc who couldn't showcase him though. I like Pitta and Dickson, but a dynamic TE who could do more than underneath routes would be great for Joe.

Actually that's exactly the kind of TE Dickson is.



Need I say more?

[TACKLE]

Originally Posted by Ravens1991

He was a fast riser the 49ers would have taken him in the 4th.


I was looking at our UDFAs and we got a guy from Morgan state Lamont Bryant TE. He put up a insane pro day.


40 yard dash-4.39
20 yard dash-2.48
10 yard dash-1.5
vertical jump-43 inches
broad jump 10"8 inches
3 cone- 6.78
20 yard shuttle-4.38
at 6'5 230.


Has anyone seen any tape of him? Those numbers are nuts.

Sick. These are the types of guys I love to pick up as late rounders/UDFA's. I feel like you have a better chance at finding a hidden gem from a small school who fell through the cracks than the big school guy who didn't lack exposure.

Maybe they'll just play him at WR.

[coordinator0]

Here's the official list of UDFAs that the Ravens signed:

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/...9_Rookies.aspx

No mention of Bryant. I still think Jean-Baptiste or Kitchen have the best shot at making the roster. I'm really hoping for Diehl too. Goda is an interesting guy but the WR position is pretty crowded.

[TACKLE]

Originally Posted by coordinator0

Here's the official list of UDFAs that the Ravens signed:

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/...9_Rookies.aspx

No mention of Bryant. I still think Jean-Baptiste or Kitchen have the best shot at making the roster. I'm really hoping for Diehl too. Goda is an interesting guy but the WR position is pretty crowded.

I wonder if between Kemo, Deangelo Tyson, Jean-Baptiste and Kitchen, do we keep just one or possibly two? Tyson is probably the only one who could play NT and DE but he might be the worst pure NT of that group.

[drd23]

Originally Posted by coordinator0

Here's the official list of UDFAs that the Ravens signed:

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/...9_Rookies.aspx

No mention of Bryant. I still think Jean-Baptiste or Kitchen have the best shot at making the roster. I'm really hoping for Diehl too. Goda is an interesting guy but the WR position is pretty crowded.

Apparently Lamont Bryant is rehabbing an injury down in Florida (and was told to do so by the Ravens)

[coordinator0]

Originally Posted by TACKLE

I wonder if between Kemo, Deangelo Tyson, Jean-Baptiste and Kitchen, do we keep just one or possibly two? Tyson is probably the only one who could play NT and DE but he might be the worst pure NT of that group.

With the signing of McBean I think it makes it easier for the team to go with one of the pure NT guys like Kitchen, Jean-Baptiste, or Kemoeatu. I'm not counting Tyson out though.

[TACKLE]

Originally Posted by coordinator0

With the signing of McBean I think it makes it easier for the team to go with one of the pure NT guys like Kitchen, Jean-Baptiste, or Kemoeatu.

true sir. good point.