Then I got a coach who finally got me, who knew that he couldn’t just tell me to believe it and it will happen, like some dodgy superhero wisdom. He told me that the reason some coaches preach belief in yourself, is because it drives guys to run as fast as they can, headlong into the immovable object. Then he told me the formula all good coaches who tailor their advice, tell the thinking man’s football player. Force equals mass times acceleration.

Chasing Marshal Yanda could be a little foolish – the juice isn’t worth the squeeze when the juice is made up of Danny Watkins, Forrest Lamp and Germain Ifedi. Yanda is like the little passion fruit cup you float on top – sure it’s delicious, but was it worth it when you have to drink three Jeremiah Poutasi’s to get to him?

The first rounder fifth year contractual option has changed this landscape drastically. If you consistently hit on first rounders, as the Ravens do as well as any team, then that fifth year option really helps

When you look at both trades, I think they’ve ultimately made the front office a little gun shy of trading back out of the first round entirely from the 20s. Kindle and Upshaw did not meet the standard of a Ravens number one pick