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Boy that is some spinning there to try to justify being glad we got LaFell instead...
Smith in his career was a #1 now a #2 option but still with all the skills and tricks of an old vet #1. The other guy was and ever was a #2 and now is more likely a #3 or #4.
It is what it is, and what that is...is that LaFell is not an alternative to missing out Smith.
How many games would we have won last season if not for TFB pulling a bunch of magic dust out of his behind late in the game?
Having a QB that good makes up for a lot, it could easily be argued that we've been this good in large part because of Brady, not BB/Kraft.
Why did Carolina not want lafell? Did he la fall down their depth chart? I think I smell a rat.
Their cap situation is not good, considering how many holes they still need to fill. It's also possible that they've accepted that LaFell just isn't a very good fit in that offense with Newton at QB.
If you think "Jump Ball Joe" was bad LAST year without having Boldin winning the leaps, wait to you see his INT rate this year trying to lob to 35.5 yr old 5'9" Stevie.
If Smith is Baltimore's #1 WR he's going to get swallowed up on Revis Island. And I don't think their #2 WR will fare much better against Browner.
I'd rather face an aging Steve Smith than Anquan Boldin. This is a straight up downgrade for Baltimore.
If Smith is Baltimore's #1 WR he's going to get swallowed up on Revis Island. And I don't think their #2 WR will fare much better against Browner.
If Smith is Baltimore's #1 WR he's going to get swallowed up on Revis Island. And I don't think their #2 WR will fare much better against Browner.
Boldin wasn't on the Ravens last season.
Boldin wasn't on the Ravens last season.
.......and Jump Ball Joe couldn't get them even to the playoffs.
The Ravens lost offensive center Matt Birk to retirement and offensive guard/tackle Michael Oher regressed (Oher was overhyped anyways).I think these 2 had a major relationship to each other.
Baltimore's problems weren't on defense, as their defense was better than their SB winning one. Their problem was losing Boldin and having Ray Rice underperform in a major way.
I expect them in their usual 9-7 or 10-6 range next year myself.
The Ravens lost offensive center Matt Birk to retirement and offensive guard/tackle Michael Oher regressed (Oher was overhyped anyways).
2014 NFL Free Agent Grades: WalterFootball.comDidn't Oher also sign elsewhere?
Titans sign OT Michael Oher (4 years, $20M; $9.5M guaranteed): C Grade
I just bashed Ozzie Newsome's decision to sign Steve Smith, but Newsome, as I said, is one of the top general managers in football. He was willing to let Michael Oher walk without any resistance despite his team having issues on the offensive line. That should have alerted the Titans that signing Oher to a big deal would be a bad move, but apparently not.
Considering the Jets just signed Breno Giacomini, a right tackle who has performed pretty equally to Oher over the past couple of years, to a contract with $2.5 million less guaranteed, Tennessee obviously overpaid. Oher simply never improved in Baltimore, so why would he suddenly grow as a player in Tennessee?
With that said, I'm not giving the Titans an awful grade for this. Oher is an upgrade at right tackle and has untapped potential, so there's a chance this could work out. I wouldn't bet on it though.