The Baltimore Ravens use their fullbacks like extra guards
The Ravens have a lot of big fullbacks whose main concern is hitting linebackers and defensive ends in the running game. 2nd year man LeRon McClain is Willie McGahee’s personal bodyguard in the running game. McClain is a big guy at 6′0″, 260 pounds and he likes to throw his weight around. McClain played in 16 games (11 starts) for the Ravens last season and he carried the ball 8 times for 18 yards (2.3 ypc). He also caught 9 passes for 55 yards (6.1 avg) with 1 TD grab. Look for McClain to do another good job in 2008 for the Ravens.
26-year old Justin Green will be the backup for McClain this season. He is 5′11″, 251 pounds but he almost never gets the ball in the running game. He played in 15 games (0 starts) for the Ravens last season and he didn’t have any carries and caught only 2 passes for 16 yards (8.0 avg). Green has now played in 39 games (7 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 5 times for 4 yards (0.8 ypc). Green has also caught 13 passes for 65 yards (5.0 avg) in his NFL career.
23-year old Jake Nordin is #3 on the depth chart for the Ravens. He is a big guy at 6′3″, 262 pounds but he didn’t get much of a chance to show what he could do last season as he only played in 1 game for the Ravens and didn’t touch the baseball.
PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2008 SEASON: C+
Check out my personal prediction on the team at http://www.locksmithsportspicks.com/2008-baltimore-ravens-predictions.shtml
Hey Jimmy Boyd.. if you’re going to shamelessly plug your website offering Ravens season predictions on A RAVENS BLOG PAGE, make sure you know what the hell you’re talking about.. you’ve managed to namedrop 3 of our starting linemen out of their starting positions for the 2008 season.. and congratulations on picking the Browns to win the division just like every other football forecaster.. you can’t compete in the AFC North without defense and just like the Bengals the Browns don’t have one
I have to agree with you Josh. If you’re going to write about a team you better know where the players are going to line up.