Department of Redundancy Department
Much has been made about the Ravens recent acquisition of T J Houshmanzdadeh, on top of their prior signing of Anquan Boldin. But I don't think the Ravens are doing Joe Flacco any favors here. Consider their top 3 receivers and their attributes:
Receiver #1: Anquan Boldin is a very good receiver who gets open, makes the tough catch and can get yards afterwards. However, he is not a deep threat or a playmaker. He is 30.
Receiveer #2: Derrick Mason is a good receiver who gets open, makes the tough catch and can get yards afterwards. However, he is not a deep threat or a playmaker. He is 36.
Receiver #3: T J Houshmanzdzadeh is a good receiver who gets open, makes the tough catch and can get yards afterwards. However, he is not a deep threat or a playmaker. He will be 33 this month.
Flacco has 3 solid receivers there. But Flacco has a cannon for an arm. That arm will largely go to waste with a short to intermediate passsing game. The only deep threat on their roster (Donte Stallworth) is out with a serious foot injury. The Ravens have no deep threat. What Flacco needs is a Mike Wallace or even an Emmanuel Sanders. I think that teams will be able to cheat their safeties with impunity. Even their drafted rookie (David Reed) is not a speedster. What do you think?


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