It's like I've got an option play. That's the way I view it. We can break outside or stay inside. We have any number of scenarios. |
It's long been said if somebody every challenged [the draft eligibility rule], they probably would win it. But I knew the league would fight it tooth and nail. The company line that I hear is that the league feels it has a good chance on appeal. |
It's too early to really give you much of an assessment. I think he carries his pads well and has got real good balance. But that's just TV scouting. Those things are things you can see by just watching him play. But he's not even the best sophomore in our opinion. |
It's up to the coaching staff but the starter will be determined in training camp. |
Martin Luther King Jr. preached equality. Coach Bryant practiced it. |
More and more teams are using almost exclusively the draft to build their teams. And that means you have younger players to develop in those key depth positions. Younger players are more susceptible to streaks than veterans. They go up, they go down. |
Moving the Cleveland Browns was just unheard of, |
No one is the same player at 31 that they were at 26. But you never lose that leadership. It gets better as you mature because you have seen so many things. |
Our board has been set pretty much, and everybody is in accord, |
Right or wrong on this call, the system in place has worked and he trusts it, ... You can't stretch too much and still stick with your system. |
Suggs is doing what we knew he could do when we drafted him, |
The chemistry of your football team doesn't come together till, really, in the second half of the season because every year you've got new parts that you're bringing in. From a personnel standpoint, we say they're better players in November than they are in September. |
The draft is going to have to provide us with a lot of young talent that's going to have to come in and contribute right away -- hopefully in a mighty way, ... When you've got as many holes as we have, I think any player that we select in any of the rounds will have a unique opportunity to come in and play. |
The Ravens have decided not to franchise or transition Jamal Lewis. At the same time, we will still consider the possibility of talking with Jamal about a long-term contract with us. I've spoken with Jamal and his agent (Mitch Frankel) today to let them know. |
The third piece was the job that the coaches did last year, taking that young squad and developing some of those young players, and then being able to augment it this year. We looked at it and said, '03 and '04 were what we were shooting for. |