Offseason practices may be just "football in shorts," as Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin quipped recently, but May and June are the perfect months to gauge the development of younger players before determining if veteran reinforcements are required. After trading Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Ravens have publicly expressed excitement over the potential of young wide receivers Tandon Doss, Deonte Thompson, David Reed, Tommy Streeter and LaQuan Williams. Privately, the team's brass understands they may need an insurance policy. General manager Ozzie Newsome recently told ESPN's John Clayton that "we could use a veteran receiver." Source:NFL.com
a pretty solid one at that. and now they have flacco. who has no one to throw to. not that he's exceptional at that anyway.
