Notes from Ravens Practice

[CEN-CAL17]

  On 8/6/2023 at 1:40 PM, oldmanfan said:

Neither Jackson nor Tua worry me in the slightest

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Take away Jackson’s MVP year… he’s averaged 2,200 yards passing. 

[stuvian]

I remember the good old days (three months ago) when the NFL was accused of colluding against and underpaying black quarterbacks

[Mr. WEO]

  On 8/5/2023 at 10:32 PM, Sierra Foothills said:

I believe their new OC is Todd Monken and he doesn't want his QBs wearing the wristbands because he thinks it ######s their understanding of the offense.

 

This is a hugely pivotal year for Lamar Jackson.

 

The Ravens are doing everything they can to get him up to the level of the true superstar QBs.

 

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How did that work out for Winston and Mayfield?

 

Since 2000, Monken, between college and NFL, has been employed by 10 different teams.  He never lasts long at any given spot.

[billsfan89]

Between the addition of Flowers in round one and OBJ in free agency to complement Andrews, former first round pick Rashod Batemon and their other skill position players and they had we are really going to know a lot about Lamar’s ability to pass. 
 

I do think that Lamar has had a legitimate grievance about the lack of skill position players in recent seasons but they have now added a WR in round one 2 of the past three seasons along with a big veteran addition in OBJ there are no more excuses for the QB to not get it done.

[BuffaloBillyG]

  On 8/6/2023 at 1:40 PM, oldmanfan said:

Neither Jackson nor Tua worry me in the slightest

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Tua in and of himself doesn't worry me. However, he is in a perfect system to maximize his skills with players around him that help his game. His accuracy is phenomenal between the hashmarks and Miami does a good job using the speed they have horizontally to set up vertical game. 

[Buckets]

  On 8/5/2023 at 10:27 PM, JDHillFan said:

The defense was on fire!

 

On their sixth straight day of practice, quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley and Josh Johnson had to operate in third-and-long situations during seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 play in Owings Mills. The struggle was even worse than what anyone could’ve predicted. Nine interceptions. Six false starts. One fumbled snap.

 

Jackson threw four interceptions, Johnson threw three, and Huntley, who also dropped a snap from the shotgun, had two. Most of the interceptions looked like they were intended for the defender, too.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-ravens-observations-nine-interceptions-training-camp-lamar-jackson-20230805-z6mcn5a5ufhnxlsztvaubltmvq-story.html

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Why are we discussing the Ravens ?????

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

  On 8/6/2023 at 11:42 PM, BuffaloBillyG said:

Tua in and of himself doesn't worry me. However, he is in a perfect system to maximize his skills with players around him that help his game. His accuracy is phenomenal between the hashmarks and Miami does a good job using the speed they have horizontally to set up vertical game. 

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The flip side of this is his weaknesses are pretty well documented too…he seems to get tunnel vision when you disrupt the timing of the play by collapsing the pocket or having some extra defenders in the middle of the field.  Seemed like the league started to figure out the tua led dolphins before his season ended 

[Beck Water]

  On 8/8/2023 at 12:12 PM, Buckets said:

Why are we discussing the Ravens ?????

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I have wondered that myself

[BuffaloBillyG]

  On 8/8/2023 at 1:25 PM, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

The flip side of this is his weaknesses are pretty well documented too…he seems to get tunnel vision when you disrupt the timing of the play by collapsing the pocket or having some extra defenders in the middle of the field.  Seemed like the league started to figure out the tua led dolphins before his season ended 

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Absolutely spot on with his weaknesses. Now we get to see just how much of an "offensive wonderkid" McDaniel really is and see what adjustments he can put in to counter what defenses will do. With Tua due a new contract (or a franchise tag) next season they really don't have a huge amount of time to figure it out.

[The Jokeman]

  On 8/8/2023 at 1:27 PM, Beck Water said:

 

I have wondered that myself

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Because we all want to see Lamar show his true colors. As I for one sick when here Lamar's better than Josh cuz he won a MVP a few yeas back. 

[jamiezzz]

  On 8/8/2023 at 12:12 PM, Buckets said:

Why are we discussing the Ravens ?????

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Good point.

[JDHillFan]

  On 8/8/2023 at 1:27 PM, Beck Water said:

 

I have wondered that myself

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I think it’s as simple as some people enjoy discussing conference rivals. Crazy, huh? The thread title is quite specific. What I wonder is why someone would click on it and waste their time typing out “why are we talking about this”. 

[C.Biscuit97]

Bump the Mahomes training camp interception thread again!!!!

[Beck Water]

  On 8/8/2023 at 2:38 PM, JDHillFan said:

I think it’s as simple as some people enjoy discussing conference rivals. Crazy, huh? The thread title is quite specific. What I wonder is why someone would click on it and waste their time typing out “why are we talking about this”. 

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There's nothing wrong with it, it's just unusual to have preseason threads about teams we aren't playing.

[JDHillFan]

  On 8/8/2023 at 4:29 PM, Beck Water said:

 

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just unusual to have preseason threads about teams we aren't playing.

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I don’t start many threads. Is there an instruction manual available? 

[Beck Water]

  On 8/8/2023 at 4:32 PM, JDHillFan said:

I don’t start many threads. Is there an instruction manual available? 

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Stand down, big guy.  No one said you needed an instruction manual, just explained why the thread is drawing the comments it is.

 

You get to start the thread,  others get to comment.  Because it's unusual, some of the comments will be  'why is this here?' 'why are we discussing this?' etc

[CSBill]

  On 8/8/2023 at 12:12 PM, Buckets said:

Why are we discussing the Ravens ?????

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Bills are off today. What else do we have to do?