oldno82

Beat me to it!

How about Edelman if the price is right?

Wow! Those are big increases. Deserved by the players in my opinion. The NFL is making money hand over fist.

Nicely done with Pitta. Worth the money. Monroe may have to be tagged. There aren't any better LTs out there in FA and we're not drafting high enough to get one of the known studs. Hopefully, we can pick up a RT.

I don't know why the Ravens don't negotiate and extend contracts during the playing year. They might have saved some money on Flacco last year and Monroe this year.

Completely agree. Leach probably, at his age and cost, is not a good fit for the offense. On defense, I like McClain but his cap number was way too high.

Depends on how much they want to pay him. I'd be very careful if I were in Oz's shoes. We need a lot of help.

Huh????

There's absolutely no excuse for name calling on this forum. Let's treat everybody with respect.

I've been really on Ray's case and the Ravens, but after talking with (of all people---she's not a real fan) my wife, I'm coming around to seeing this not quite so harshly. At this point, we still don't know if Ray knocked her out and that that was the result of what we saw in the video clip, or if she was just stone drunk. The other thing is, a lot of this is a personal matter between Ray and Jaynine. If there's a crime involved, we have to wait and see if there's more evidence that he knocked her out. Finally, we might just want to do what Oz is doing and let the judicial process play out. I'm still not at all happy with what has transpired. And, I think physical abuse is a very serious crime that should be punished with jail time. But for now I'm willing to wait and let the process play out. If Ray is guilty, he'll be punished. If not, we ought to hold off until we know more. I want to see the videos of what happened before the elevator incident and I want to know what witnesses have to say. As for the contract issue, I'm willing to wait until the process plays out. I would not be adverse to cutting him if this was a violent assault, even with the dead money. We'll see. http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Eisenberg-History-Show-Ravens-Will-Support-Ray-Rice/84bd147c-3aeb-488e-9cec-c922d79b26a6

Excellent point.

Looks like the Cap is going to rise enough to let the Ravens play the FA market, if they want to. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-higher-salarycap-limit-could-give-ravens-a-boost-would-have-nearly-20-million-in-space-20140220,0,6990768.story

I'm pretty disappointed with the Raven's response, or lack thereof. They could at least issue a statement that the video depicts behavior that is 'deeply disturbing'. I'd really have the FO looking into how to cut him without paying him if at all possible. Failing that, let him ride the bench.

If they cut him in 2015 the dead money is half what it would be this year. Still hurts, but do-able.

Agree with that.

Cut Ngata next year. He's past his peak by a lot.

After seeing the video and reading Papa's posting of the arrest report, I say cut him and don't pay him for conduct detrimental to the team or whatever the hell they want to call it.

It's tough to draft well when you're at or near the bottom of the round like we've been the last 5 years. This year we've got a solid drafting slot. Let's see how Oz does this year before we rate him.

Yeah, I'm not in favor of balling up a lot of money in Pitta. As was said above we can find as good a TE in this year's draft.

Disgusting behavior for a guy that I used to admire before this.

Better than the cap situation they had before but not as good as I was hoping. Not sure Terrell has 'it' anymore.

Nano, that's exactly how I see it.

Does this mean a 4 game suspension to start the next season? Aargh!

I looked at some highlights of Matthews and he was impressive. Of course, you can only tell so much from a highlight reel. Benjamin and Ebron are beasts and worth a first round pick. We still need OL help. It would be so great to have Wagner and Jensen step up for the team but I think I"m asking too much there.

I don't think we can draft a receiver in both the first and second rounds. We need too much offensive line help. I think Ebron is the better pick than Evans in the first though I'd be happy with either. I'll have to do some looking at Benjamin and Matthews.