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If we don’t have a deal by the day before fa it’s not happening. So he has about 36 hrs from now to ink. It really to late now since you should be working deals now to ink on wed. How can you work a deal when you don’t know how much you can spend.

Interesting. I guess we shall know very soon one way or another.

On Friday, the official White House account on X posted a video montage of what appeared to be drone strike footage mixed with several NFL highlights set to AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” The video flipped back and forth between footage that read “UNCLASSIFIED” and a football player delivering a big hit. The caption read, “Touchdown.” Two Ravens Hall of Famers made the cut. The second clip used was a punishing hit by Ray Lewis and the next showed Ed Reed. By Sunday evening, the clip — posted to stir emotion about the ongoing war in Iran — amassed 10 million views. That’s when Reed responded, quote-tweeting Washington D.C.-based reporter Ben Jacobs and denouncing the video. “I do not approve this message,” Reed wrote. Lewis has not made any public comments. Earlier Friday, the White House posted a similar video using baseball highlights. That showed one home run after another, mainly clips of Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez. No Orioles players, past or present, were featured. “Pure American dominance,” was the caption. Have a news tip? Contact Sam Cohn at scohn@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/samdcohn.x.com. Sam appears as a host on The Sun’s “Early Birds” podcast. Related Articles NFL’s free-agent spending frenzy begins first with a legal tampering period Ravens 2026 free agency tracker: QB Tyler Huntley returning on $10M deal Ravens’ Maxx Crosby speaks after trade: ‘I know there’s no guarantees’ 5 things you might not know about new Ravens star Maxx Crosby Josh Tolentino: DeCosta’s biggest swing brings Maxx Crosby to Ravens | COMMENTARY View the full article

on the holes part old I think is spot on. Where we part ways is giving Lamar new money.

Rumors on the you tube, believe or not, from former players, claim the deal with Lamar is just about done and will be announced this week. I will believe it when the team announces it..

I hope so Tsyl, but I have a lot of doubts. If Mads makes it back and comes back at the level he was at before, the defense will be set with Crosby providing 10-15 sacks/year. But the offense...that's a different story. I'm not sold on Jones yet. Haven't seen him play enough to tell. All told and excluding him, we need a center and two guards and a competent tackle to help out an aging Stanley. We could also use another receiver---maybe Dez finally gets an extended look there. Bateman is pretty good, I think. He just needs to be more involved in the offense. That's going to be up to Doyle to coax that out of him and Lamar. And, speaking of Lamar, I want to hear in the next 2-3 days that he has signed an extension to give us cap relief. So at the very least, we need several positions on the O-line and a functional wide receiver. Oh, almost forgot about TE. Have real doubts Andrews can play like he used to and currently there's nobody behind him.

Mads posted a work out video, still not definitive proof he will be back or how effective he will be, but it is a good sign. Crosby will help the pass rush, mostly a 10 sack per year, 2 years above that, maybe with better schemes, he will get above that into the 15 range. With a full season of experience now for the young players in the secondary plus some much better coaching & a better pass rush, this defense should be better. So better offensive line due to better coaching, alone =a better offense than last year. Same for the defense.

Between the new coaches and the depth of offensive linemen in the draft, i am sure they will either teach them properly & or draft better quality. Jones should take over at one guard, the other and depth may come from the draft. The biggest question now is center

Most fans on message boards either don't know whole lot about the game or, know just enough to think they know better than even the front offices and coaches. So you get two types; the ones who think the teams are the smartest best in history or, the teams make all the wrong moves. Of course it is mingled with trolls who just want attention any way that they can get it. Can't do much about the 1st 2, but Dee started this board to weed out the 3rd types

I think a lot of people have forgotten it's a 53 man team. Crosby will help but he is definitely not going to solve the offensive o-ine problems.

Ravens fans have gotten stupid and amazed by the sparkling parts the last several yrs. Then reality walks in and they get upset.

Huntley's got $5 mil for 2 years with another $6 mil in incentives. Depending on what the incentives are, maybe not so bad. The killer is the Bills' center deal...we should have gotten him for a bit higher than that price. Of course, I have no fricken' idea what our current cap situations is until we know WTF Lamar is going to do, if anything. I'm just pretty disgusted with the state of the team right now but after looking at other boards I'd say I am definitely in the minority.

By ROB MAADDI Ready, set, negotiate multi-million contracts. The NFL’s free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year Wednesday. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III head the list of high-profile players who will be free to sign a contract with a new team. Quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Kyler Murray also will be seeking new teams because they’re going to be released by their teams. Here’s an explanation of rules and terms: What does legal tampering mean? At noon EDT Monday, teams can start negotiating with certified agents of players who will become unrestricted free agents when their contracts expire at the start of the new league year on 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Teams aren’t permitted to speak directly to the players, who can’t sign a new contract until the league year officially begins. The two-day negotiating period applies only to players who will be unrestricted free agents. Who are unrestricted free agents? Any player with four or more accrued seasons — six or more regular-season games on a club’s active/inactive, reserve/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists — whose contract has expired becomes an unrestricted free agent and may negotiate and sign with any team. Who are restricted free agents? Restricted free agents are players with three accrued seasons who have received a qualifying offer when their current deals expire on Wednesday. What is a franchise tag? Each team can designate one potential free agent a franchise player. Cowboys receiver George Pickens, Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts and Jets running back Breece Hall received the tag before the March 3 deadline. An exclusive franchise player is not free to sign with another club and is offered the greater of the average of the top five salaries at the player’s position for the current year as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 17; or the amount of the required tender for a nonexclusive franchise player. A nonexclusive franchise player can sign with another team, but that club will owe his previous team two first-round draft picks. All the players tagged this year are nonexclusive. What is a transition tag? The transition tag is a one-year offer for the average of top 10 salaries at the position. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player might receive from another team. The tagging team is awarded no compensation if it chooses not to match a deal. Colts quarterback Daniel Jones received the transition tag this year. The signing period for transition players begins at 4 p.m. EDT on March 11 and ends on July 22. After July 22 and until 4 p.m. EDT on the Tuesday following the 10th week of the season, the prior club has exclusive negotiating rights. Teams can decide to withdraw franchise and transition tags and the player automatically becomes an unrestricted free agent. What is the salary cap for 2026? The salary cap is $301.2 million per club, up from $279.2 million last year. Teams must be under the salary cap by 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. What is salary cap rollover? A team may carry over salary cap space from one league year to the following league year by submitting notice to the NFL prior to 4 p.m. EDT on the day following the team’s final regular-season game. A team can carry over 100% of its remaining 2025 room to its adjusted salary cap for 2026. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl View the full article

2 years, $11 mil for Huntley to resign; R U serious!

4 years, $52 mil for the Bills' center, $32 mil guaranteed

The Ravens entered this offseason under first-year coach Jesse Minter with more questions than answers. In addition to building an entirely new coaching staff and trying to navigate a path forward following an unsatisfactory 8-9 campaign that resulted in Baltimore failing to reach the postseason for the first time since 2021, the roster is in significant flux. The Ravens have 19 unrestricted free agents, one restricted free agent (running back Keaton Mitchell) and a handful of exclusive rights free agents (players with fewer than three accrued seasons who cannot negotiate with other teams if tendered). Many of them were starters or played significant roles last season, and general manager Eric DeCosta must now decide who Baltimore wants to bring back with several needs across multiple position groups. The NFL’s legal tampering period begins Monday at noon, which is when teams can officially meet with representatives of free agents. Though free agents can’t sign with new teams and players can’t officially be traded until the start of the new league year beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m., many deals will already have been agreed upon by then. Here is the latest on the Ravens’ signings, departures and notable moves. March 7: QB Tyler ‘Snoop’ Huntley returning Veteran Cooper Rush never looked like the right fit for the Ravens’ offense, despite his previous success with the Dallas Cowboys. So it’s of little surprise that Baltimore is bringing back its most familiar backup to Lamar Jackson. Huntley led the Ravens to a pair of crucial wins to temporarily keep their playoff hopes alive last season while Jackson was injured. Now he’s being rewarded with a two-year, $10 million deal that is worth up to $11 million with incentives, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. The former undrafted free agent who spent all but one of his six seasons with the Ravens had earned just over $7 million for his career before the new contract. Baltimore can also save $2.1 million by designating Rush as a post-June1 release and save another $700,000 from a roster bonus if they make a move by March 15. As for Huntley, he completed 77.6% of his passes for 426 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions and rushed for 151 yards on 24 attempts in five games last season. That included a Week 17 must-win matchup against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, where Huntley completed 16 of 20 passes for 107 yards and touchdown and ran for 60 yards on eight carries in the 41-24 victory. “We got all the trust in the world in ‘Snoop,’” center Tyler Linderbaum said after the victory over the Packers. “He got us out of some really critical situations and made a lot of plays. That’s what you need.” Related Articles Ravens’ Maxx Crosby speaks after trade: ‘I know there’s no guarantees’ 5 things you might not know about new Ravens star Maxx Crosby Josh Tolentino: DeCosta’s biggest swing brings Maxx Crosby to Ravens | COMMENTARY Mike Preston: Ravens turn weakness into strength with Maxx Crosby trade | COMMENTARY NFL pundits react to Ravens trading for star edge rusher Maxx Crosby In his two starts — the other came at home against the Chicago Bears in Week 8 — Huntley completed 33 of 42 passes for 293 yards and two scores while adding another 113 rushing yards on 16 carries. Huntley was Jackson’s primary backup from 2021 to 2023 before signing with the Browns in free agency in 2024. He then rejoined the Ravens’ practice squad after Cleveland released him before the start of the regular season. He was then signed off their practice squad by the Dolphins, going 2-3 as a starter for Miami before returning to Baltimore for his third stint last year. For his career, Huntley, who is close with Jackson and has guided Baltimore to seven wins in 16 starts, has completed 66.2% of his passes for 3,212 yards and 13 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. He has also rushed for 795 yards and five scores on 165 carries. This article will be updated. Have a news tip? Contact Brian Wacker at bwacker@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/brianwacker1. View the full article

I think Ozzie has been iced out long ago. He is a figure head. Of course pundits like it. It’s big and flashy. The issues with this team are not flashy. They are with the ugliest.

Maxx Crosby sat under studio lights and delivered a nearly 13-minute monologue that served as his farewell to Las Vegas and hello to Baltimore. The uber-talented edge rusher, who the Ravens traded away two first-round draft picks to acquire on Friday night, said that he’d keep his promise to be a “Raider for life.” Crosby wants to one day retire wearing a silver and black jersey, “but for the time being, it’s a new day. I’m going to Baltimore.” Crosby posted the video to several social channels. He wore a camo hoodie and a backwards black hat, deeply exhaled, and began his goodbye by acknowledging that he couldn’t believe this was real (a sentiment many Ravens fans share). The five-time Pro Bowl selection never thought that he’d leave the Raiders. Winning a championship with the team that took a chance on the kid from Eastern Michigan in the fourth round was always front of mind. Las Vegas never sniffed football in February, reaching only as far as the wild-card round in 2021. Crosby said that it was the most fun he’d ever had playing football. Now, he’ll join a defense in dire need of recapturing lost dominance. He’ll step into a locker room where simply making the playoffs isn’t enough. He’ll help shoulder the burden of championship dreams, which Crosby acknowledged. “I know it’s gonna be very difficult,” he said. “I know there’s no guarantees in this. But I’m gonna give everything in my heart and soul to bring a championship to Baltimore.” The Ravens will have Crosby under team control through 2029. The 28-year-old signed a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension last March with a salary cap hit of $35.8 million for 2026 and $115.8 million in total remaining on his deal. He’s earned every bit, logging 69 1/2 sacks over seven seasons. Crosby said that he’s already spoken with Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, general manager Eric DeCosta, first-year coach Jesse Minter and several other coaches. He promised to “lead by action.” “I’m going to be myself fully,” he said. “I’m going to help the organization, help my teammates, help everyone involved, get as close as we possibly can, and get to the pinnacle. And that requires hard work. It’s going to be ups and downs. It’s going to be a roller coaster. But, ultimately, the goal never changes.” The video concluded with a series of thank yous. Crosby was transparent in his intentions: win here, go home, and retire off into the sunset. Have a news tip? Contact Sam Cohn at scohn@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/samdcohn.x.com. Sam appears as a host on The Sun’s “Early Birds” podcast. Related Articles 5 things you might not know about new Ravens star Maxx Crosby Josh Tolentino: DeCosta’s biggest swing brings Maxx Crosby to Ravens | COMMENTARY Mike Preston: Ravens turn weakness into strength with Maxx Crosby trade | COMMENTARY NFL pundits react to Ravens trading for star edge rusher Maxx Crosby Instant analysis of Ravens’ trade for Raiders pass rusher Maxx Crosby View the full article

I really can't understand how this deal could have happened given the Ravens previous philosophy of team management. Was Ozzie in the loop on this? For sure Bisciotti was, with the amount of money involved. Was EDC on an ultimatum to produce this year or be fired too? It just doesn't make sense to me. However, the deal is getting a lot of love from pundits all over the place who claim it was a good deal for both teams. I don't think I've read one opinion piece yet that thinks this was a bad deal. But giving up 2 first rounders for anybody is a bad deal in my book.

2nd round picks Recent Ravens 2nd Round Picks (2015-2025) 2025: Mike Green (LB/EDGE, Marshall) (jury still out) 2024: Roger Rosengarten (OT, Washington) (jury still out) 2023: No 2nd round pick (Traded for Roquan Smith) 2022: David Ojabo (LB, Michigan) (bust) 2021: Odafe Oweh (LB, Penn State) & Tylan Wallace (WR, Oklahoma State) (busts) 2020: J.K. Dobbins (RB, Ohio State) (bust) 2019: Jaylon Ferguson (LB, Louisiana Tech) (bust) 2018: Lamar Jackson (QB, Louisville) & Hayden Hurst (TE, South Carolina) (bust) 2017: Tyus Bowser (LB, Houston) (bust) 2016: Kamalei Correa (LB, Boise State) (bust) 2015: Maxx Williams (TE, Minnesota) (bust) Notable Earlier 2nd Round Picks 2012: Courtney Upshaw (LB, Alabama) & Kelechi Osemele (G, Iowa State) (busts) 2011: Torrey Smith (WR, Maryland) 2009: Paul Kruger (DE, Utah) (bust) 2008: Ray Rice (RB, Rutgers) 2002: Anthony Weaver (DE, Notre Dame) 1997: Jamie Sharper (LB, Virginia)

Hey we will have a top 10 in 27. Doh.

They should have gone with Hendrickson if they wanted to make a defensive splash.

Yeah the more I think about it the more I hate it. We finally get a decent early-mid round pick and then poof it's gone along with next year's #1. Just like Tsyl says, we haven't drafted well in the 2nd round, not getting enough return on investment. I'm pretty pissed.

By the way, the Raiders took on a $30 mil dead cap hit for trading him

Maxx Crosby | NFL Contracts & Salaries | Spotrac.com https://share.google/GXyH5xbPyNdujt6ZT $30 mil cap hit this year, signed through the 29 season, potential out clause in 28, $29, $26, $27 mil base salaries after this season, bonuses-$690 thousand, then 3 years of $782 thousand in roster bonuses. Yeah, restructuring is in need, lower that cap hit by converting his base salary into signing bonus, cap hit closer to vet min