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Yes but not an unreasonable deal.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/salary-cap-spike-not-expected-this-year-or-any-year/ When it comes to the salary cap, there’s a widespread belief that, once the NFL unlocks millions in new TV money in 2014, the team-by-team spending limit will spike in 2015. That belief seems to be mistaken. Per a source with extensive knowledge of the design and implementation of the cap, the formula will experience a “smoothing” in the coming years, with no one year resulting in a dramatic leap. The thinking is that, if the cap shoots up dramatically from one year to the next, it won’t be fair to the players who signed a big contract in the year in which the cap was lower. The smoothing phenomenon is more likely to unfold even in 2015 because, in 2012, money from future cap years was shifted to a year in which the cap was poised to drop, due to the revenue decreases from 2011, the year of the lockout. (Even though only one game was missed during to the lockout, months of uncertainty affected fan and sponsor spending during the offseason shutdown.) This robbing of Peter to pay Paul means that the expected growth will peter out when otherwise expected to spike. As a result, teams that deal with current cap problems by pushing money into the future under the assumption that there will be extra space at some point could be positioning themselves for a perpetual cap purgatory.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/steelers-can-help-ensure-ravens-will-carry-huge-cap-number-for-flacco/ Steelers can help ensure Ravens will carry huge cap number for Flacco We’ve established over the last two weeks that the Ravens may have to use the exclusive franchise tag on quarterback Joe Flacco, and that to do so would require the Ravens to set aside, under current calculations, $20.464 million in cap space. And while the Ravens will be required to shoulder only the non-exclusive number of $14.6 million (or thereabouts) through April 19 when the top five quarterback cap numbers for 2013 are officially determined, the numbers that apply as of April 19 become locked in the moment the Ravens use the tag. Per a source with intimate knowledge of the rules that apply, the five highest 2013 cap numbers at the quarterback position become fixed, for Flacco’s purposes, as soon as the Ravens apply the franchise tag to Flacco. And so, if the Ravens do it on Monday, when the window for applying the tag opens, they’ll eventually be strapped with the full $20.464 million. That’s why it makes sense for the Ravens to wait until the last possible day to apply the franchise tag, if they plan to use the exclusive version. This will ensure that any new quarterback contracts with lower cap numbers could drive the average down from $20.464 million. And it also makes sense for one of quarterbacks with one of the five highest cap numbers in 2013 — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger — to wait until after the March 4 deadline for use of the tag to restructure or extend his contract in a way that drops his cap number below $19.6 million. By waiting, the Steelers and Roethlisberger will be sticking the Ravens with a higher cap number. The other top-five cap numbers for 2013 are: $21.55 million for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, $20.82 million for Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, $20.35 million for Giants quarterback Eli Manning, and $20 million for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. None of those teams or players have any obvious incentive to help the Ravens out by doing a deal before March 4. But here’s where it gets interesting. Three of the quarterbacks are represented by CAA, and CAA also represents Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin. So if Stafford or either of the Mannings will be doing a new deal anyway, doing it before March 4 could result in more cap space that could be used to keep Boldin, who has a base salary of $6 million for 2013.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10151464093480450&set=vb.690120449&type=2&theater There is no other version of this video to my knowledge. This kid is sick.

I think they should get the surgery. I have seen it to many times when they try to just rehab and aventually go under the knife in the long run anyway. They just get cut and it hurts them into the season. Boulware comes to mind in this situation.

Hey it is cheap to do that.

Oh. I just remember him as DVD. KO is younger and cheaper. It was a good move for the longterm. I think KO could be bettre. Payton will be there this yr so they will be fine.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/no-surgery-for-suggs-who-opts-to-rehab-torn-biceps-instead/ I think this is a poor decision.

Who is that?

Gaither is a useless loser. I am so sure he will waste all of his money.

I can't think of a statue where a oposition player gets in it too. But if you did I like these a little more. The other would be where Ray knocked Eddie George out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/14/teams-should-be-able-to-trade-cap-space/

He also doesn't want to pooch screw it like Peter did for all those yrs.

It is easy for a player to say but math says it is impossible. If he and other players would like to take paint cuts then the Ravens can keep it together.

But he is the arguably the best MLB ever. One of the greatest players ever. He deserves a statue. JO should have one too.

I love JJ and Kelly. It is the business of teh game. Also JJ doesn't like Harbs. I heard that come out of Prestons mouth and backuped by Unis.

I am not use to the new CBA yet. They changed to much stuff in it.

If they cut a player this yr the SB accelerates to this yr not 2014. If they do it after June 1 I think it is half and half.

I think they had to remove digitally all the Ravens and NFL logos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5XAW2DQuE Crazy how athletic he is. Hehas to be put on DL. Okoye has nothing on him though.

I am sure Eric Dickerson loved playing for Irsay. Laird was so very good and he played for him and I have heard him say he didn't like him. Marcus Allen I am sure loved Al Davis and he was amazing.

Both have contract that prevent it now. They just are not going to be able to afford Kruger.

Absolutely. You can't know until he is on the field. It doesn't matter. They can't cut him.

I believe it came from up high. I see him speaking for all. I have worked for people I hated and sucked it up. I know others who do the same thing.