Football Fan Spot

  2nd round 3rd round    64. Indianapolis Colts- NT Alameda Ta’amu (Washington) Chuck Pagano is trying to rebuild the Colts in the model of the Ravens, meaning big and physical, especially on defense. However, they don’t have a defensive player over 310 pounds. They desperately need a big, run stuffing…

  Red Bryant is a good run stuffer, ranking 12th against the run by ProFootballFocus among 4-3 ends, but he only has 2 career sacks over 4 seasons so 35 million over 5 years with 14.5 million guaranteed seems too rich. Earlier this week it sounded like he was going…

  Ray McDonald is not even a starter for the 49ers. He’s a depth 3rd down lineman who only has 5 sacks in his 4-year career. Apparently pass rushing specialists who can’t get to the quarterback are worth 20 million over 5 years with 7 million guaranteed. Grade: F  

  It’ll be interesting to see how Ray Edwards does without the Williams wall and Jared Allen next to him. Edwards has 16.5 sacks in the last two seasons, 20.5 if you include the 4 he had in just 2 playoff games in 2009. However, I don’t think he’s a…

By Derek Arnold Former University of Maryland Terrapin Josh Wilson was the hero in Houston, saving the Ravens from what would have arguably been the worst collapse in an important game in the team’s fifteen year history.  The Ravens blew a 28-7 lead, and were up by 15 entering the game’s…

By Derek Arnold  Did we just witness the maturation of Joe Flacco as an NFL quarterback? That’s what many of the talking sports heads in the media are saying this morning – that Joe, by virtue of his game winning touchdown drive during the final minute of yesterday’s win over the…

By Derek Arnold  Some people get all pumped up at the prospect of another hard-hitting, close-fought, drag out brawl between these two hated division rivals.  These people bask in the mutual hatred shared by the two fanbases, drinking in every last ounce of disdain as kickoff approaches.  Usually, I’m one of…

By Derek Arnold  My season preview will be a bit different than most you may read.  Instead of breaking down things as a whole, I’ll just take a glance at the schedule and give a few quick thoughts about each game, followed by a (completely unscientific) guess on what the Ravens’…

  Joe Flacco has more wins in his first 3 seasons than any quarterback not named Dan Marino, but there is one thing he’s yet to do and that’s beat Ben Roethlisberger. Flacco has beaten the Steelers twice in those 3 years, but that was when Ben was out of…

By Derek Arnold  On Sunday, the Ravens lost. They lost to a very good football team. They lost to a very good football team with a Hall-of-Fame head coach. They lost to a very good football team with a Hall-of-Fame head coach and a Hall-of-Fame quarterback. They lost to a very…