The Ravens thought they would have a legitimate shot at Ryan if Bobby Petrino were still Atlanta's head coach. The Falcons are the one team expected to take a quarterback ahead of the Ravens, who have the No. 8 overall selection. Petrino was expected to take Brian Brohm from Louisville, where Petrino - now at Arkansas - coached before he joined the Falcons.
Make moves on line
During the offseason, the Ravens should seriously consider shuffling their offensive line, especially if they choose not to re-sign veteran starting center Mike Flynn or if Flynn retires.
They should move Jason Brown from left guard to center, right guard Ben Grubbs to left guard and right tackle Marshal Yanda to right guard.
Brown played center in college, and it would give the Ravens an anchor in the middle. Grubbs made the adjustment playing on the right side but is more comfortable on the left, where he played in college. Yanda is built better to play guard than tackle, especially with those short arms. If you put those three in the middle, that's a pretty impressive start.
Lesson learned
Rick Neuheisel apparently learned his lesson while he was the offensive coordinator with the Ravens - the head coach shouldn't run the offense.
Over the weekend, Neuheisel, now the head coach at UCLA, hired Norm Chow as the Bruins' offensive coordinator. Chow was the offensive coordinator at archrival Southern California from 2001 through 2004.
Neuheisel made the move despite having one of the most creative offensive minds in the college game.
mike.preston@baltsun.com
