Ravens Board

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(10-06-2024, 12:22 PM)jason Wrote: I'd rather have Burrow, but one of them is a two time MVP and the other is oft injured. I can see their point of view.

Another thing is that I always understood the sort of "what ifs" of QBs who didn't make it to your team for one reason or another, but not for guys you never had a chance to draft.

We could have taken Jackson, as could have anyone else but we didn't.  We could have taken Mahommes.  Damn near everyone could have taken Aaron Rodgers.  The Browns could have taken hometown hero Ben Rothelisberger but they let him fall to the Steelers (and the Steelers could have had Dan Marino in 1983).  Everyone could have had Tom Brady over and over again...those are the lament-worthy takes.

Burrow was a #1 overall pick and only 1 NFL team had the chance to draft him, no one else, so there isn't any more reason for the Ravens to lament not having him than Peyton Manning.  We can compare them and I can get the "gee it'd be nice if we had him" but it's less of a legimately discussion when you never had the chance to take him.  I'm 42 years old and I can somewhat lament not investing in Netflix in 2001, but I can't lament not being in the Beatles with the same legitimate vigor.


Anyways on topic, they just destroyed the Bills and we just beat Andy Dalton and the Panthers so I can see why they'd be flying higher than us.