I am a huge fan of Snacks Harrison .the guy is almost immovable. One thing is for sure. He isnt moving backwards. Do you think we could have used him in that Rams game? No doubt about it. With him there is no passing off moving to the second level. You just have to avoid running at him or pass the ball. I'd love to have him on this team. Ray Lewis ravens had Siragusa, and then a young Haloti Nata, Polamalus steelers had Casey Hampton from UT. I'm just saying these guys didnt have big numbers but they made huge impacts on the defense. Urlacher and Briggs had the Tank. The point is they shut down the run. They dont have to rush the passer well. My next point is just by memory, I dont have any stats. Guys like snacks and Hampton and tank and siragusa created push and didnt get pushed back. I'm sure they got beat sometimes but alot of their big moments was on 4th and 1and these defenses were great at getting thos stops. I know creating turnovers is one of the things our defense needs to focus on to be great but getting stops on 4th and 1 is what made those defenses like the ravens steelers Seahawks bears etc great. We need a snacks Harrison to help make that happen. When its fourth and 1 the coach and the other team need to think "we are taking a big risk" not we've been making this all year . Woods is a very good 1 tech but if I could get Snacks I'd take him in a heart beat. LVE and Smith would go to the next level behind that guy just like Dak did with Cooper. It's not the stats the 1 tech creates it's the plays he creates for others by either soaking up a double or pushing the pocket/player back or just not being moved back.
I was in Cleveland when Ngata was coming in the draft so I followed the Ravens pretty closely
The Ravens were said to be interested in 2 DL players, Ngata and a DE. The Browns were interested in the same 2 players and were drafting one pick ahead of the Ravens
Lewis said that he would leave unless they drafted a big body like Ngata to allow him to flow freely. So much so that the ravens traded one of their picks to trade up one spot with the Browns. Ravens drafted Ngata, Browns drafted the DE
Experts said that the ravens made a bad decision
Ngata became a multiple pro bowler
The DE nobody heard from
I guess that trade was worth it
Smart teams make smart decisions
Stupid teams make stupid decisions
We have a stupid FO