Not at all, I could easily see him in Baltimore and not because he’s from Alabama. We need someone who catches the ball cleanly and runs good routes.
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allblackraven
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Only we never draft guys like that.
BloodRaven
Pro Bowler
We're usually not in the position to draft stud recievers
Oldfaithful
Hall of Famer
He’s from bama. Ozzie will make an exception
Ravensnation5220
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And Ozzie usually goes after the thing that killed us most the year before. This year seems to be WR play and depth. Oline also but considering the amount of guys comming back next year id be a bit surprised if we draft anyone not named Nelson
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Since 2012 (inclusive), we were definitely in a position to pick
2012
Alshon Jeffery
TY Hilton
2013
Keenan Allen
2014
Brandin Cooks
Jarvis Landry
2016
Michael Thomas
Ravensnation5220
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I like him a lot more than James Washington tbh
BloodRaven
Pro Bowler
What I mean are guys like Julio Jones or AJ Green etc, we are very rarely in a position to pick an elite recieving prospect.
I was a big fan of Jeffrey and Allen although Allen is injury prone, Id go Travis Kelcie over Allen in a redraft but hindsight is still 20/20.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
I'm not sure we'd pick Julio, Green, etc either - in all likelihood, Ozzie would just trade for a ton of picks.
BloodRaven
Pro Bowler
Thats sounds accurate. Maybe trade down for some one dimensional Bama players lol
Ellicottraven
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Not a chance in a million that Ozzie would do what Atlanta did to trade up for Julio! Not a chance in the world. Sometime luck really favors the brave!
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
He'll still give 8-9 great years to some team.
Oldfaithful
Hall of Famer
That’s what? Four years until he hits his physical prime? Plus another four years of his actual prime.
Yeah he’ll be fine
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Well, if a player starts at 18(the year of HS graduation), plays 4 years, enters pros as a 22 yr old former senior.
If he takes a year between HS and college, or say his parents held him back in kindergarten(extremely common) he's 22 as a junior.
There is nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever about him being 22. 21-22 is a normal age for a 3 year player
id still rather cj mosley than cooks and certainly landry - i really dont think landry is that good of a player to be honest
Ravensnation5220
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He'll be 24 by the end of his rookie year. I thinl thats where hes comming from. His second contract wont come till hes 27/28 and im not sure he'll get that big contract feom us
ALI624
Pro Bowler
Considering we got Humphrey at 20 now 21. Not saying it is a deal breaker but I do worry especially with our track record with receivers that any negative thing will somehow be the downfall of the prospect. I like him and several other receivers in this draft just hope if we do draft him he is a true number one because I feel that if you are going to take a receiver in the first round he better be a number one.
Ravensnation5220
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Theres no negative to it really. He'll be 23 when he hits the feild. I mean ya, i thought it was weird when he won the national championship with Bama as a 21 year old freshman.
I have friends who went to high school with him (as i live 10 minutes from his high school). They say he was kinda a class clown so he probably never really took his education seriously.
To me Calvin is the most polished player in the draft. He was a fantastic route runner and has only gotten better. Hes one of the most natural route runners ive seen in a long time. Natural hands catcher and tracks the deep ball exceptionally well. Walter football has become consistent at mocking him to us and theyve done a nice job predicting our picks early in the process lol. If hes there when we pick i find ozzie will have a hard time passing him up considering our wr corps at this point