were your idiotic and moronic comments about a Cowboys team that is far superior to your overrated Colts.

Try to keep it in the other thread, guys.

Thanks.

I very much like the trade to get QB Joe Flacco, but what did Baltimore do to address their aging and highly over-rated defense? By taking Flacco, Baltimore is admitting to a re-building year. RB Ray Rice was a nice pick as well, but in the first 5 rounds they drafted only one defensive player. Baltimore’s LBers and secondary are old and needed an infusion of youth.

I am sorry to tell safety Tom Zbikowski and linebacker Tavares Gooden that they are the same player. That is sure to be uncomfortable. To make this statement, you also have to assume that Fabian Washington, who we traded a fourth round pick for, doesn’t count, despite the fact that we’ve got a fairly good chance at grooming him into a starter, he’s only 25, and he’ll at least play nickelback for us.

I agree our secondary needed an infusion of youth, which is why the Ravens drafted Zbikowski, Nakamura, traded for Fabian Washington, and signed Frank Walker. If the complaint is that we didn’t draft an elite cornerback, I understand, but we can hardly be blamed for only having one first round pick, and quarterback was arguably the bigger need. Incidentally, Ozzie Newsome and Rex Ryan seemed to blame our secondary coach, who was one of very few defensive coaches that did not return this season, instead bringing in Pagano, who coached the Raiders DBs from 2005-2006.

Our Linebackers are old??? I assume you mean Ray Lewis. Our other three starters, JJ , Suggs, and Scott are 26, 25, and 27 respectively. Ray Lewis is getting up there, but he’s far too good for us to get rid of, and played extremely well this past season. We also drafted Tavares Gooden, and drafted Antwaan Barnes and Prescott Burgess last year. We only have 3 linebackers who are 30 or older, and two of them (Ayanbedeyjo, and Gary Stills), are on the team as elite special teamers. Ray Lewis is one of the best linebackers ever to play the game, but he’s not the only linebacker on our team. The ironic thing, is that after calling our defense overrated, I would guess that you think Ray Lewis is overrated as well. And yet, you made an assumption about the age of our linebackers that can only be represented by that one player. Sheesh.

Now, as for our defense being overrated, I suppose it depends on how people rate us. I would suspect, however, that most teams, upon losing three defensive starters to injury for almost all the season, would not be able to perform at a top 10 level. We had the sixth rated defense in the NFL last season, and that was without Trevor Pryce (13 sacks in 2006), Chris McCallister, and Samari Rolle. Losing both starting corners in a man-cover defense is just brutal. Unlike a cover-two defense, our corners are more important than our safeties. Not to mention, Steve McNair and Kyle Boller turning over the ball every other play didn’t help much either. We couldn’t keep our offense on the field.

In short, your analysis of our team is extremely uninformed.

I actually realized the 5th round mistake, but I can’t go back an edit stories. So, yeah. But of a F up on my part. Gooden seems more of a project at LBer, and I still think they need some more youth back there. Lewis is ancient, and Suggs is chirping about him wanting to be designated a DE, not a LB. Zbikowski is a hard-nosed safety, but can’t cover anyone. Nakamura has speed, but seems raw and more of a KR. Trading for Fabian Washington is sort of “meh.”

Again, I understand the Ravens made moves, but I’m not so sure these moves improve them to the point where they can compete in the division. And yes, the Baltimore defense is highly over-rated. Your #6 ranked defense means absolutely nothing. From Nov. 1 to the end of the season, the defense surrendered over 30 ppg, most notably 44 to the Colts, 33 to Cleveland, and 32 to SD, all loses. I understand the offense was horrible, but even in 2006 (when the Ravens had a great team) the supposedly “greaT” defense choked in the 4th quarter, allowing the Colts to hold the ball for over 7 minutes and ice the game. Indy did much of the damage running the football right at Baltimore, and scoring first downs.

So yes, your defense is over-rated. Sorry for the F up. We’re working with a new platform, and sometimes I accidentally click “Submit” and not “Save” when I’m fact checking. And since I can’t go back and edit something already submitted, it is sort of stuck there.

From the intro paragraph:

“Today, we focus on the AFC and NFC South teams and…”

If by South, you mean North....

Okay, not only did 2006 never happen, but the Giants just went 10 – 6 without a competent quarterback. What did he throw, 23 TDs and 20 INTs before the playoffs started?

“And don’t give me this “Chad Henne isn’t any good” crap”

Alright, you go with Bill Parcells reaching to draft him, and I’ll go with watching every game he played in college.

Usually your analysis is very good, but your analysis of the Bears’ problems are not. They were tied for 3rd in games missed by starters, with 63. That certainly doesn’t mean anything though.

You are writing emotional words about the Bears. You don’t know the team, the issues, who is on bench, etc. Do you know that we have 4 high round draft picks from 06 and 07 that haven’t even played yet? You don’t have the knowledge to comment on teams you don’t study. I know a lot about the Colts, but I couldn’t name you 2nd string defensive tackle. I can’t tell you how many bench players were put on IR last year.

The only thing you ever say we did bad was not draft a QB. Was there anything else or is that the only thing you care about. I’m sorry our team has never sucked bad enough to get the number 1 pick when a no brainer QB pick was sittting there. Everyone knew that pick would be great. More than any player I ever remember they knew Peyton would be amazing. If we get that opportunity, I will be humble than you. What other QB have you drafted in Indy??????????? Oh yeah, it has been 20 years since there was a good QB pick.