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With the Brockers news, Marlon Davidson's back near the top of my first round watch list.

It wasn't supposed to be our year, we were rebuilding last year and just messed around and went 14-2. I don't think you fully appreciate how great we are.

Can't believe we blew that prime nickname on him when Tucker was a rookie the same year.

So COVID might have cost us a run defense? If the Ravens pursue Clowney or someone else with the cap space are we going to do the whole Ryan Grant thing again and claim they faked a failed physical to get out of a bad deal.

I started off the offseason saying, lolno to paying Judon top pass rusher money. Then I moved to let's just tag and keep Judon, because the tag isn't bad at all for 1 year of his prime. Now, I'm starting to think a multi-year deal where he's paid more than a tier below the top market could be something that happens. If no one is going to offer him stupid money, and it doesn't seem like the hype is there, then maybe he will take reasonable money on a contract that works for both sides. From the Ravens' side there really isn't a need to lose a starter, if the market isn't there for a 2nd/3rd round pick and an $18-20M a year deal. I'd sign up for 4/$60M range.

He's yet to show that he CAN'T be a quality outside CB when he's on the field. The problem is that you can't count on him to stay healthy a full season and if you are counting on him to be there and he suddenly gets hurt, then you are sunk. It happened several times to the Ravens. He got hurt week 1 and our defense had a terrible stretch (already down Tavon) until we did something about it and acquired Peters. Now that he's another body who can fill in, or a be replaced after injury is a great situation for the Ravens.

Yea, I kind of feel like the nerd football community has now made Judon pretty darn underrated now. Everyone keeps throwing that one pass rush/double team graph that keeps getting thrown around. It's an interesting graph, but it's presented in a way that overstates percentage differences. It's not the end all, be all. Let's see a year from now if Za'Darius Smith is once again THAT much better than Matt Judon like he was in 2019.

Ravens retain a quality outside CB. The top 4 CBs look great on paper and have some depth to survive the inevitable injury or two.

You guys sure you don't want to trade a 2nd round pick and pay Judon as if he was a top pass rusher?

I don't believe that. Most teams are not that dumb. You are telling me that because the Chiefs lost to the Pats in the previous playoff that teams weren't taking a close look at what Mahommes and co were doing going into last year? Teams were just planning for how to put up 20 points on the Pats defense? Some teams may be that dumb, but most aren't. After this year, every NFC team is going to need a plan for facing the 49ers offense in a playoff game and same for the Ravens and Titans on the AFC side.

At this point, I feel pretty sure Judon is going to be a Raven for 2020 at least. Doesn't seem like we are even sniffing around Clowney, like us fans thought we might. Especially with the abbreviated offseason putting more emphasis on continuity, I don't see us deciding to trade him for a mid-round pick in our current stage of contention.

I'm this corner too. I'd be honestly surprised if we took Murray or Queen in the first. I'm doubtful that we see a 3-down MLB next year. Chuck Clark is probably going to continue to carry the green dot. Also, if we are lucky enough to get a healthy Deshon Elliot, then we should see a lot of 3 safety looks. We spent a lot of capital to build our secondary and now we just built a wall of a D-line. I think we are going to fill in and rotate the middle.

The amount of turnover on the Ravens front-7 is astounding. Brandon Williams is still on the the D-line, Tyus Bowser is still a backup OLB, and Judon MAY return to a starting OLB spot. Everyone else is gone from a year ago.

McNabb was the weirdest trade I remember

Seems a little optimistic to think they got Campbell's cap hit under 10M.