Ramsey vs. Boller - why the hype?

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Ramseyfan

Boller pretty much stinks. I think the reason why the experts are saying that he should improve this year is that RB Lewis will be back for 16 games (and not distracted by his criminal past), TE Heap will be back (after suffering an injury last year against the Steelers), the Ravens got WR Mason, and the Ravens drafted WR Clayton. I think Boller's a bust, but he simply hasn't had the weapons on offense to do much of anything.

I wonder whether the weapons aren't there, or whether they can't take advantage of them. In 2003 (his rookie season) he had a very heatlhy Jamal Lewis, he had Travis Taylor, Todd Heap, and Marcus Robinson to throw to. Robinson did caught nine more passes in Minnesota the next year in a reserve role.
In 2004, the Ravens picked up Kevin Johnson to give Boller a good target - he went from a 60 catch guy (with a career high of 84) to 35 catches. Must be a bad receiver. They also had a breakout year from Randy Hymes - he caught 26 balls.
All in all, no one in the Boller era - including Heap - has caught more than 57 passes. No WR has caught more than 39 passes in a year. This either means Ozzie Newsome has to resign because he couldn't pick a receiver during the last five years that could catch 40 passes - or - Boller throws for crap. Smart money is on Derrick Mason to take his own life around week 8 - with 16 catches for the year.