I knew it!!!

**The Excellector** · 07-30-2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

Didn't Jimmy hurt his foot or leg today or something?

It's nice to see Jacoby not dropping a pass while being covered by Jimmy, BUT he also had a pass bounce right off of his hands and into the arms of Albert McClellan.

It's obvious.............he slipped and fell.

**leachisabeast** · 07-30-2012, 05:43 PM

Wow never knew Jacoby was on the draft board, seems Ozzie has followed this guy.

**wickedsolo** · 07-30-2012, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

Wow never knew Jacoby was on the draft board, seems Ozzie has followed this guy.

I'm not surprised he was on the draft board.

Ozzie loves small school prospects. A 6'3" 200lb receiver with legitimate vertical speed is certainly something that will intrigue most GM's and coaches. I doubt Ozzie was interested in him in the 3rd round though.

**dreamjo** · 07-30-2012, 06:33 PM

Thanks for the direct responses, gents! Yeah, I kinda figured my feelings on ST were hardly original thoughts.

I'll admit I'm terrible at keeping up with salaries and market prices, so JAB and SC_Raven_Fan, thanks for clearing up where what he's being paid sits league-wise. It moves the signing from "he can return kicks and maybe help out on offense" to "he will return kicks and will help out on offense". I had always thought of the signing as a ST signing, with his receiving skills being an added +, but the discussion here seemed to be about a WR signing with return skills being the added +. I get it - in this equation, his receiver play needs to be a little bit more than just added +. I see now the argument has been, "Is it worth it to take WR snaps away from guys like Doss because we have to give them to the returner guy, with the money we paid him?"

In a way, I thnk Harbs just can't wait anymore. It seems like PRs/KRs usually come out of the WR/DB backups. The franchise has struggled to find guys who can start at WR before Harbs, and when he came in, he had to work through Fabian Washington, Dom Foxworth, and an over-the-hill and fairly uncoachable Chris Mcallister to get to some long term stability in his DB corps.

"Oooh, that kid Webb looks good returning! But, those other dudes being old and hurt has shown me he also looks good covering the other teams' 1 or 2 receiving target...guess I'll keep looking for a returner. Back to guys like Zibby in the meantime". And then the "when David Reed is healthy" aspect of David Reed became a concern. BigPlayReceiver beat me to the punch, but, yeah - Reed looks to start the year on the PUP, and it's not really a surprise.

I think this year they want veteran proven presence at that spot. What sucks about that, is you have to do that veteran wooing. Which means stunting somebody's growth. Is that worth it?....I'm just gonna keep that ST peptalk BigPlayReceiver posted earlier (appropriately enough, post #52 in the thread) on a loop in my head.* It is my absolute dream of what ST can mean to a team.

*not just a peptalk - also had some strong points about the coverage signings the Ravens have made.

**Jsmoove** · 07-30-2012, 07:35 PM

I'm more worried about the Oline at this point.

**SC_Raven_Fan** · 07-31-2012, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

I'm not surprised he was on the draft board.

Ozzie loves small school prospects. A 6'3" 200lb receiver with legitimate vertical speed is certainly something that will intrigue most GM's and coaches. I doubt Ozzie was interested in him in the 3rd round though.

Ozzie picked Yamon Figurs with the very next pick after Houston picked Jacoby. I bet he wanted Jones. That started a run of like 6-7 WR's coming off the board. The Ravens got Figurs, then other teams got James Jones and Laurent Robinson :-|

**wickedsolo** · 07-31-2012, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by SC_Raven_Fan

Ozzie picked Yamon Figurs with the very next pick after Houston picked Jacoby. I bet he wanted Jones. That started a run of like 6-7 WR's coming off the board. The Ravens got Figurs, then other teams got James Jones and Laurent Robinson :-|

Well, Robinson is another physically gifted player, but he's done jack outside of 1 season in Dallas.

I've always liked James Jones. He reminds me of a slightly quicker Boldin. He's got hands issues as well.

**The Excellector** · 07-31-2012, 06:30 PM

James Jones is the most irritating WR I have watched the past couple of years.

**ballhawk** · 02-04-2013, 02:36 AM

Not to take anything away from "elite joe" flacco, but Jacoby Jones could have just as easily been SB MVP. 56 yard TD reception and a 108 yard kick return TD. Definitely our best off season addition. Without him we lose to the cowboys, steelers, broncos, and 49ers. We never even would have made the SB, let alone win it.

**Paintballguy** · 02-04-2013, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

Not to take anything away from "elite joe" flacco, but Jacoby Jones could have just as easily been SB MVP. 56 yard TD reception and a 108 yard kick return TD. Definitely our best off season addition. Without him we lose to the cowboys, steelers, broncos, and 49ers. We never even would have made the SB, let alone win it.

He had a huge game for sure. Props to jacoby for all he's done this year.

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**admartian** · 02-04-2013, 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

Not to take anything away from "elite joe" flacco, but Jacoby Jones could have just as easily been SB MVP. 56 yard TD reception and a 108 yard kick return TD. Definitely our best off season addition. Without him we lose to the cowboys, steelers, broncos, and 49ers. We never even would have made the SB, let alone win it.

Agreed.

Apart from Joe, he, Q, and Torrey (really our TE/WR corps) have stepped up in the playoffs. Not to mention our line. Great team effort all round.

**B-more Ravor** · 02-04-2013, 08:56 AM

I love "I told you so" before it's even happened threads.

This one and the other epic one from August were just so ridiculously over the top.

Sheesh.

**Uli2001** · 02-04-2013, 09:01 AM

You need these kinds of players to win the SB, who come out of apparently nowhere to win it. Recall David Tyree, for example.

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 02-04-2013, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by B-more Ravor

I love "I told you so" before it's even happened threads.

This one and the other epic one from August were just so ridiculously over the top.

Sheesh.

I went on a rant about that garbage...it's ridiculous to start these dumb threads in the offseason.

Ozzie has signed players I hated, players I didn't understand, players I wished we never should have touched, but I would never, ever start a thread like this or the other one.

Ozzie deserves the benefit of the doubt and he always has. He's not perfect, but his moves, even ones we all don't like, work out more often than not.

**RedSkins Fury** · 02-04-2013, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Raveninwoodlawn

I went on a rant about that garbage...it's ridiculous to start these dumb threads in the offseason.

C'mon it's a chat forum... without these threads and predictions there wouldn't be much to Chat about all offseason.

It would be kind of like this:

Mark: Hey Frank! Did you see we picked up Jacoby Jones?

Frank: Yeah, good pick up.

Mark: Sometimes he has butterfingers though, but sometimes he's fast and makes good plays.

Frank: Yeah, he could be good or bad for us this year..

Mark: Yeah, I hope we have a good season...

Frank: Yeah, see you later.

Pretty fucking boring if you ask me.