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Yeah, Ive got friends your age, the call me a teenage old man

I'm with oldman, turn 60 in a few days. Try this- you sign a deal worth $60 mil, with a signing bonus of $15mil. The deal is set for 3 years, so that is $5 mil per year on the team's books for the bonus and $20 mil per year for the salary =$25 mil on the books. But, the league allows the team to add up to 5 years onto that contract, so now its 8 years on the books, $2.5 mil now for bonus, $7.5 mil for salary total each year, again, on the books, $10 mil. But, here is the rubber, you are only really under contract for 3 years. Most players redo the deal, some do not. Either way, you will get your full contract monies of $60 mil, but, the team, if you don't resign, has to count the what money is left over on the books, in those extra 5 years. In real world, it is like politicians who say they saved us money, what they don't tell us is that they didn't really save us money in our pocket. What they did was cut job openings for say 20 vacant jobs. When you add up the salaries and benefits package those jobs would have had, it adds up to millions. So by not filling those positions, and putting a freeze on new hires in those positions, they can clear their books of money, while not spent, might have been sometime in the next decade.

Not immediately, that is why some teams use them. It gives you cap relief now, by spreading the money over a longer period of time, max is 5 years of void, fake, years. The downside is, all of this dead cap money. Either way you pay the piper, but it gives you a little longer window of win now. Eagles & Cowboys use it most, but as you see, many other teams are starting to do it. The Ravens have always been against this, until now when the Biscuit says they will use with Lamar is they cant get a new deal done

Im not so worried about Bank's foot, his quickness, size and strength are exactly what the defensive line needs, as youve said, with Mads likely gone. Howell has a lot of questions to answer, look at Green, same type player, his size has held him back in the NFL, I fear the same for Howell. Lemon, like him a lot, but he is likely a a slot guy, not a 1st round home run hitter

He is one of the rare ones, but he did sit behind some very good College qbs at Ohio St, thus transferring to LSU

With a good chunk of players the Ravens need taken early in the 1st, of these 3, who would you choose? Caleb Banks, dt Florida, huge is an understatement, 6'-6", 330 pounds and long arms. Cassius Howell, de Texas A&M Won SEC defensive player of the year this past season with 11.5 sacks. Speed, quickness, power. Maki Lemon wr USC Not the biggest and 5'-11" 195, nor the fastest, but this is a big jitter bug of a playmaker. Great hands and big catch radius, electric with the ball in his hands is an understatement

Of note, the Ravens only have 2, Wallace and Hopkins, here are the top team totals in dead cap money from sportrac Browns: $67M Saints: $48M Eagles: $33M Bills: $32M 49ers: $29M

No, hell no, nada, I hate very few things, onions, commercials, and games in another country. Stoopid, stupid, dunces

It's a nice, real nice collection, collaboration of young, smart, crafty minded coaches. Quite impressive

Ravens add Lou Espisito, from Michigan, to their line coaching staff, great move

Maybe, look again at Seatle, no lineman, starters, over 310, not the nt, nor either dt. Scheme can be a big factor. A lot is going to hinge on how Minter & Weaver view the line. From the injured returning to the free agents. I think it is safe to say that Mads is not coming back. While no official word, it is pretty clear from his weight loss alone that retirement suits him fine

Washington was that monster in training before he tore his achilles, now, can he come back from that? Can Jones, another monster who clearly fought through injuries last season but made some great plays, continue to grow? Under Minter and Weaver, I think yes to both. Let's not forget about Olajiga, going into just his 2nd year, with a full year of weight training nfl style, 6'-3", 310 now with two very good defensive coaches. Add a draft pick or two and maybe they can/will make this a monster defensive line

The real question is, who decided, Harbs or Eric? They likely felt that while Pierce was outstanding, they had pieces in place like Washington, who they felt would take the next step. He got hurt as well. But guys like Bryan, People's, etc just never took the next step in production. So, was that coaching? Just like the offensive line that fell back in their skills, did the same happen to these and a few others?

Just as they were here until Mads and Jones got hurt

They would be in the rotation. I do agree, this d line needs new blood in the rotation

Neither do they, they just have guys who play with the system and win as a team. With timely stunts, combined with blitzes and dbs knowing a team's tendency for hot reads, they play as one unit. Remind you of how the Ravens defense used to play, especially when a certain coach who just won the Super Bowl used to coach here. The same type of mentality Minter has

So, Seahawks won the Super Bowl with a defense, one that did not have a true edge rusher. They played suffocating defense with a strong front 4 rotation, and blitzing quickly in ways that confused the line of rhe Pats, allowed free reign of the blitzes. It was a very good effort against a subpar offensive line. It was not, as the broadcasters claimed, one of the greatest defensive efforts in NFL history, palease

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/kyle-hamilton-new-coaches-jesse-minter-anthony-weaver-plan-greg-roman-derrick-henry One of the trademarks of Jesse Minter's defenses with the Los Angeles Chargers was that he maximized All-Pro safety Derwin James' versatility. As the new head coach of the Ravens, Minter inherits arguably the most talented and versatile safety in the NFL in Kyle Hamilton. Understandably, the three-time All-Pro is "super excited" about working with Minter and his staff. "I think he's hired a great staff so far for us," Hamilton said on NFL Network’s “The Insiders” at Super Bowl Radio Row. "I've had sparingly conversations with him and some people around the building, and they have a plan for me, which is really cool." Minter is equally as excited to work with Hamilton "He is a positionless defensive player that I would classify as a weapon on defense," Minter said at his introductory press conference. "As much as you can do to get a guy like Kyle near the point of attack, I think, is what you try to do as a designer [or] playcaller. I could not be more thrilled to be able to work with Kyle." Hamilton also said he is looking forward to the team getting a fresh start after a disappointing season. "I think everybody on the team's excited for the future," Hamilton said. "Obviously appreciative of the past, but I think we're ready to move forward and hopefully next year will turn out a little different for us. … Obviously, last season didn't go the way that we wanted it to, and to kind of do the same thing over again, it's just like banging your head against the wall just expecting a different result." Regarding the Ravens' decision to part ways with Head Coach John Harbaugh after 18 seasons, Hamilton said: "Obviously, it was a tough decision for our front office to make, letting Harbs go. Very emotional decision for sure because it's kind of like family at that point. "But I think it is somewhat needed – but for both sides. I think he's going to do a great job in New York and I think we're going to be great as well. I think everyone kind of won."

Swart resigned giving up 2 years of his remaining contract

Ozzie still advises, Eric learned from Ozzie. What changed from the drafts aside from losing some key scouts? Harbs, so with him gone and a fresh new eye to joing Ozzie and Eric, hope springs anew

Maybe, maybe it was Harbs who had the final say. I guess we will find out. Will they draft players who had no real stats in college? Or who are injured and need a full year to heal up? Or linemen only because they are huge and "nice guys"? Funny, Monken said "they" wantes to draft Sanders last year, did Eric agree and they just missed a by a few picks? Or did Eric put his foot down, along with the Biscuit and over rule Harbs?

Ah, missed it, they hired Israel Wolfork away from the Cards Ravens Hiring Israel Woolfork as Quarterbacks Coach https://share.google/qxysszCQPGfKLZ9DK

We now have the coach, defensively speaking, frankly I am excited to see who he drafts

Curry, from the Bills interviewed, not sure if they hired him

Sometimes it is just better to cut bait and run. Unless they see someone in the draft, like say, Sadiq from Oregon, as a better alternative to Likely & or Andrews