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There are some media outlets, SI among them, saying he would be viable for the Ravens, but most of the latest buzz seems to involve him going to SFO. By the way, a nod to Tsyl and Grub: I was mistaken that DeCosta was only daydreaming of Maxx and Trey on the same line as apparently he was serious about that happening. That would have been a devastating D line for sure if they go ahead and draft a stud DT. We wouldn't have had much left for the Offensive line though except through the draft. The $40 mil of cap space the team got from the restructure of Jackson's contract really opened possibilities up.

Combining both Crosby and Trey would have been a mistake as bad as trading the two number one picks to begin with. The cap would have been eaten up with those two and Lamar. If Lamar had negotiated an extension rather than letting a restructuring go through, then it just might have been possible. And, I think DeCosta might have been just daydreaming rather than actually planning such a move from the way he phrases it during the news conference. Also, Lamar's reluctance on the extension issue again makes me wonder if he really wants to be here. He may regret it because to paraphrase a famous movie, he's writing checks his body might not be able to cash. If his skills are indeed eroding, now should have been the time he jumped at the chance of another 4 year contract. And, here's a chilling thought...his cap hit this year is now manageable but in this restructure his cap hit next year is, I believe, over $85million!!!

Bitonio might be worth a contract, but not worth staying up for.

I think the drama is over for a while...who's left in free agency we might want?

I thought we were hoping for Banks. A lot of the mocks have us taking Ionne the G from Penn State. How do we feel about that? Too high to draft a guard?

In fact, might we not be tempted to trade him in 2027?

So, essentially, Lamar didn't really do anything to help open up cap space as it was already in his contract to begin with. What it does indicate, however, is that after 2027 Lamar will probably become a free agent. That's OK with me as long as we prepare for it by drafting/trading/free agent signing a new quarterback.

That would have been hard to swallow especially since we need O line help.

I'd rather have the two picks and an older Trey Henderson. I don't think he's as dominating as Crosby but he's pretty damned good. As for last year's production, papa is probably right. Trey and the Bengals management couldn't agree on a contract and wouldn't trade him. They forced that situation. Does his age concern me? Yes but even if we get just one or two good years out of him we get to keep our first round picks. You don't trade two firsts for anything less than a shot at a franchise quarterback in my opinion. This was a good rebound deal.

Punditry World is all in a dither: " The Ravens are backing out of their trade for Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby. It’s a stunning move with major implications for Baltimore’s 2026 season. Here’s how a handful of national analysts reacted to the news of the deal being off on the social media platform X. Field Yates, ESPN This Maxx Crosby situation is crazy. There are massive ripple effects from it. The Raiders’ free agency approach changed when they traded him. Other teams who wanted Crosby pivoted as well. The draft picks involved. And now, the future of Crosby is the biggest question in the NFL. Scott Van Pelt, ESPN I thought once IG posts and podcast goodbyes had happened….that was a wrap. What are we doing here ? Dave Helman, The Athletic The Raiders had so much cap space, I doubt winding up with Crosby back on their roster really affects their finances much. Baltimore lost 7-8 major pieces after taking on Crosby’s contract. And now he’s gone. That sucks so bad. Jordan Schultz, The Schultz Report Forget just the NFL: this Maxx Crosby ordeal is now one of the strangest situations I’ve ever seen in pro sports. Period. Albert Breer, Sports Illustrated This puts the Raiders in an incredibly difficult situation. They lose the picks, they have a bunch of deals to be finalized tomorrow done under the assumption Maxx Crosby was gone, and now they may have to turn around and trade him again with the medical question hovering. Ben Standig, Commanders/NFL reporter Holy, hell. Crosby. I know nothing is official until tomorrow but did the Ravens just blow up all of free agency??? Dianna Russini, The Athletic Free agent pass rusher Trey Hendrickson is expected to make a formal decision tomorrow, per sources. Several teams continue to monitor the market and remain interested. He has offers on the table. JP Acosta, CBS Sports The Ravens are probably gonna pivot to Hendrickson, but the market for Crosby has gotta be much lower now. Raiders might be kinda screwed. Mina Kimes, ESPN Whew baby. They better go sign Trey Hendrickson [because] otherwise OOF. Jacob Calvin Meyer, The Baltimore Sun Hey, at least Pete Alonso is still an Oriole. Have a news tip? Contact Bennett Conlin at bconlin@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/BennettConlin. "

That's the best news I've heard in 3 days! By all means YES! sign Hendrickson!

If I remember right, we are currently about $13mil over the cap. Teams have to be under the cap at the start of the new league year which is Wednesday, tomorrow. If Lamar doesn't come through, expect another purge?

That deal was bad enough, but Oweh (who I don't even want on our team anymore) gets $100mil after a half a good season of output. Still shaking my head at that one.

So we offered Linderbaum $22mil a year for 4 years, and he took $27mil a year for 3. Seems like he took the better deal. But I don't think he is worth that much money. Good move for him though.

I can't believe the sums of money some guys are getting. Lindy 84mil for 3 years?? Oweh 100mil?? It boggles the mind. These players aren't worth the money being thrown at them. But will we have a team left after all these losses and very few signings? DeCosta has his work cut out for him.

This completely blows my mind. He had a good half season and turned it into $100 mil.

I'd like to see us trade back into the first round but we don't have the bullets to do it. Not by a long shot.

If Lamar doesn't sign very soon there won't be much left in free agency.

You make a good point. The Ravens are betting on better coaching this year and since the old ways didn't produce a SB visit that just might do the trick. Warhop was a fiasco.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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