Clear Eyes Looking at the Ravens Offseason

Phil Hoffmann/Baltimore RavensRemember when the Ravens landed their old friend Za’Darius Smith to boost their pass rush and team with emerging defender Odafe Oweh to form an electric combination certain to steal the souls of opposing quarterbacks and restore the glory of a once-proud Baltimore defense?

Good times, Flock. Good times.

Of course, then Smith and his representatives wedgied the Ravens’ brass and fanbase by backing out of their alleged verbal deal, leaving the Ravens short again on pass rushers, and causing many of us to question if there really is a Santa Claus, or if all of our collective joy has all been one cruel mirage drummed up by a sinister pack of…

But I digress.

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