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09 May 2008
Ravens Lose Sypniewski to Knee Injury
Tight end Quinn Sypniewski will miss the 2008 season after tearing a knee ligament in a training camp collision with linebacker Antwan Barnes. This is terrible news for Sypniewski, obviously, but the Ravens shouldn't have much trouble finding a replacement -- Sypniewski ranked 41st in DVOA and dead last in DPAR last season. Teammate Todd Heap ranked 14th in DVOA, so you can't blame Sypniewski's poor ranking on the quarterbacks.
11 comments, Last at 13 May 2008, 2:01pm by Tom D
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I, for one, cannot find a receptacle large enough in which to contain the excitement caused to me by this momentous announcement.
I firmly beleive that Barnes was in the hire of sports copy editors around the country, who obviously are releived at not having to proof or set "Quinn Sypniewski" if Heap turns out to have another season as brittle as last year's...
He supposedly tore the ACL off the bone. He might done for good.
I wouldn't rag on his receiving capabilities, he basically as pure a blocking TE there is. Heap and Wilcox are obviously going to catch passes, Syp was a beast in the trenches and the Ravens will be worse off without him.
Then again, blocking TEs are much easier to find the pass-catching TEs.
re4
The Raiders have a good one of those. His name is Zach Miller. He's going to be a great one.
The new Ravens regime certainly is more physical in its practices. Not so sure it's such a good idea to have your own players "kicking the sh-t out of each other," as Brian Billick used to put it.
Today, BTW, a full out brawl occurred at the Ravens minicamp, involving prety much the whole team. If I knew how to insert a hyperlink, I'd provide one, but just check CBS Sportsline, for example, or the Baltimore Sun website.
Smashmouth, just copy and paste the link to the section underneath your name and email that says Website, and then instruct people to click on your name. For example, the link in my name will take you to the first article about your story that I happened to stumble upon.
Thanks, Quentin.
I think recieving TE are easier to find since colleges use more of a spread offense. I guess that you could just put a tackle at TE if you needed a pure blocking TE though.
#9 - many teams do on jumbo packages, just bring in a reserve linemen (o- or d-) to block.
IMO, a "blocking" tight end is a waste of a roster spot. If you can't trust the guy's hands and route running ability, then just plug an extra guard in at the end of the line.
Re 10:
I see two problems with carrying an extra guard instead of a blocking TE. 1) There is chance a guard won't be agile enough to block out in space. 2) Guards rarely play on special teams, where TE can be very valuable.
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