You should be a little more specific next time then. And how are the Colts not an elite team??? They won 12 games for eight straight seasons, and have made the playoffs 11 out of the last 12 seasons. Say what you want about their postseason performance, but you can’t say the Colts aren’t elite.

And if you are satisfied with having an “elite” team that gets a WC spot every season while the Steelers take the AFCN title, that works for me.

Also, genius…..my point was winning a weak division every year doesn’t make you elite. (as the Colts do)

Um, 11 out of the 12 teams who make the playoffs every year get “booted out”. The Steelers were one of those this past season, but they were the last one standing twice in the previous five seasons. The Ravens have plenty of experience getting booted out of the playoffs, often at the hands of the Steelers. And do you really think the AFC North is weak? Pittsburgh and Baltimore speak for themselves, the Bengals are competitive even in their off years, and the Browns can be very dangerous as well(just ask the Pats and Saints!). There are plenty of weaker divisions: AFC South, AFC West(until very recently), AFC East, NFC West, etc.

Truth of the matter is, they have right tackle playing out of position, and shouldn’t hesitate to take a potential left tackle in this draft.

By the way, if you guys could get someone with actual knowledge of football to write these previews, that would be, like, way coooool.

Thanks, Scott

And the Steelers have been an NFL franchise for how many years since the super bowl era began? 44 years. The Ravens, 15 years. Give it time. And if elite in your standards is winning the Super Bowl twice in 5 years, than the pats and steelers are the only elite nfl franchises, which is simply not true.

@cornellsteelers

I was referencing since Flacco became the quarterback for the Ravens we’ve gone to the playoffs every season and marked the beginning of when most began declaring the Ravens an elite nfl franchise.

If making the playoffs EVERY season is the standard for being an elite team, the only team that can be called elite is the Colts.

No, Elite does mean winning your division now and then. Also, beating the Bengals consistently, and winning 2 Super Bowls in 5 years.

You know, something the Ravens have never been able to do.

Flaco may have just enough in the tank for another year or two but a backup like maybe Ponder would e good to have in their back pocket.

It’s tough having to bet the Steelers two or three times every year. Just a little bit more is needed to get them over the top and consistently be a division winner instead of a wild card.

I understand it’s difficult to come up with a need list for a team that doesn’t need anything but corner is only #1 need if they don’t think they can re-sign Josh Wilson. “the most glaring weaknesses on their otherwise stout defense.” They will get Domonique Foxworth back. It was Wilson’s first year. Just because on one play – in the most important moment – Lardarius Webb blew the coverage on Antonio Brown doesn’t mean corner is a glaring weakness. 20 TEAMS GAVE UP MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES THAN THE RAVENS. 21 TEAMS GAVE UP HIGHER COMPLETION PERCENTAGES. Without Domonique Foxworth, without Ed Reed for six games, without Tom Zbikowski for most of the season, the Ravens secondary still had more interceptions than 22 other teams.

Elite could also mean making the playoffs every season, something the Steelers failed to do in 2009.

A young speedy Wr in the mix would aslo be nice, but I think just getting Gaither back in the mix would get the run game and pass pro back to where it needs to be in order to open up the deep passing game by forcing 8 man fronts just to contain Rice.