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They have til 15 July to offer a contract which is what they did with Suggs and Rice. That $4.5M is up from his min wage of $800Gs and he got married last year so it comes at the right time, especially if a kid is on the way.

According to Tucker's agent, Ravens put the franchise tag on their FG kicker which will cost them around $4.5M, the going rate for the top kickers. This will prevent him from leaving for at least one more year. Teams can only do this to restricted FAs. Next year Tuck will be unrestricted FA according to the CBA. Tucker is probably the best kicker in the game. His kickoffs alone are worth the money and he's money in the bank on FG tries, especially clutch FG tries with clocking winding down. No comment from the Ravens. http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Agent-Says-Ravens-Place-Franchise-Tag-On-Justin-Tucker/34225889-9e4d-48a6-b577-1b8ecbc7d481

And VMAX and SMURF will be the first one whining about the CAP. This is what I said on the other thread, this is how you win SB and get those big defensive lines and the best LT. As I mentioned, Bisciotti orders Oz to spend close to the ceiling to put the best team on the field and only NE has won more SB in the last 15 years. Elsewhere, Joe is still in contract negotiations.

I meant as far as locking up the left side like JO did for a long time not that he was as good as him. He's the second best LT in the draft and I've seen him going in the first 4 rounds. It's possible he won't even be there for us and I posted a link with other suitable LTs like the guys from Ohio St and Michigan St but you can get them lower in the first but Ozzie won't pass up a Bosa, Buckner, Jack OR Treadwell for a LT.

In this case, drafting a LT is not wasting a pick, except in the sense we need a playmaker but even if Oz just took him he'd be great because we'd have the left side locked up for a long time like Ravens did with JO and the Colts did with Jim Parker.

Like pitchers in baseball, you can't have too many pass rushers, especially on the line and giving Brandon a spell. Nutten like depth.

I thought this was a thread on what we need during the draft or free agent signing period. LOL But since I wasted 6 seconds of my life which I can never get back reading it, how about "I WOULDN'T JOIN ANY TEAM OR ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HAVE ME AS A MEMBER." Actually, they need some better looking cheer leaders. Im serious man. Some of them stopped by our water hole during the season and they were down right ugly compared to a lot of teams. The female bar tenders and waitresses from Looneys are far better and they even include former dancers from Vegas with nice long thighs and blonde hair. The gal with the big boobs works the front of the bar every night and those boobs have sold a lot of drinks. When she reaches down to grab a beer all eyes drop. They even wear the same attire as the Ravens cheer leaders but show even more cleavage and thighs. Sitting at the bar is like being at a strip joint, minus the lap dance but if you're patient you'll get one of those too. When I wanted to see more cleavage one she said, I'm exposing a lot of thighs and I know you love them the way your stare at them all the time T. LOL - She didnt know it but I knew she was staring at my big chest and muscles thru her cams from the office which I got from my good source that was never wrong. Yup, they definitely need some new cheer leaders and all the gals at Looneys are gorgeous.

CSN chimes in here saying Ozzie never trades down this high in the draft getting Jamal Lewis who took him to the SB 35 trophy. The Ravens have had only 9 picks in the top 20 with Boller being the only bust. As Kiper pointed out, Oz could have 4 blue chippers to choose from at #6 this year. If he wants to NOah Spence he could trade down but not far. Ozzie usually trades down when he's drafting around 25 and there's no one left on the board like in the Pitta draft who also took him to the SB trophy. http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/blog/ravens-talk/history-suggests-newsome-will-hit-no-6-pick

I've been looking for a cover guy in the 2d and some links have been posted here, someone named Jones, I think. You're guy sounds good if he can match up vs those RBs.

The last time Ravens traded out of top 8 was to get Flacco because he wasn't a good value there and they saved the owner millions by getting the guy they coveted in the lower first round #18 to be exact and that was trading back up from #26 where they originally went down from. Jamal Lewis was a top 6 pick and the Ravens won the SB the next year. JO was drafted very high and was a corner stone to that SB team. Nobody will be there as good as the impact players that will be there at #6. There will be some coveted impact players at #6 so it doesn't make sense to move down but Ozzie only does that when there's nobody on the board he likes in the 1st. Mel says Ramsey won't be one and won't slip past the Jags and McShay says the same. If they take Bosa, then Ramsey slips to us and you jump on him. So Kiper has us getting Bosa perhaps the best pass rusher from the edge in the draft but Mel says Ozzie won't even sprint to the podium to call Bosa's name if there because of Myles Jack, Buckner, Hargreaves and Ronnie Stanley will also be there That's because he has SD drafting Buckner who is perfect for their and our 3-4 defense and can switch to 4-3 and cover. Jack from UCLA is another rusher that could go in the top 6 for the Ravens to consider even though he missed 9 games with injury. He'll shoot up to top 8 if his combines numbers are good. Hargreaves would be the next guy after Bosa for the Ravens to consider as the most pure cover guy in the draft and he'll be there but reports say he might get pushed and bumped around by the bigger WRs like AJ Green. And many mocks have Ronnie Stanley as our pick since Monroe will probably be cut and Ravens can save about $6M but that would be the pick only if KO leaves and many mocks have Stanley going in the first 3 rounds behind LT Tonsil anyway. Two LTs will probably be drafted before any of the pass rushers and that could leave Bosa, Hargreaves, Jack or Spence for us. Man, I'd do cartwheels with Bosa. http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Mel-Kiper-Ravens-Will-Have-3-Really-Good-Options-At-No-6/c338cbd1-09aa-43eb-9079-0cff08b5e792

Hopefully none. He doesn't deserve any but HARBs likes him and if he lobbies for him, he stays. It's up to the owner at this point.

Boyle would be their type of player if they want to take a chance on him, provided he's cut of course. Just about everyone on all the boards want him outta Dodge City.

No, you and Bellicheat can get together.

Then cheating should be legal.

Right - like I said, Joe would get more guaranteed money and more years. Ravens site is saying Joe's agent is talking to the front office.

I just heard the tape and Joe's statement was, "come on, I want to win.'' Like posted it was like he seems to want to restructure but after hearing the tone of his voice it sounded like he was patronizing and talking down to listeners plus he needs a math course when he said it might not be a necessity at all. It will be an issue if it's not done.

Shareece Wright would be cheaper as TRumaine is probably too expensive but I'm just guessing. Chris Long was also cut but would be too old and not as good which is why they cut him. OG Boone cut from SF would be there if KO leaves but Ravens would promote Urschel and then draft Ronney Stanley if he's there. Flacco has to reduce by $8M-$9M to sign a good FA or two. Bleacher Report says this:Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report went through and determined the best free agency fit for each team. For the Ravens, he determined that player on offense for the Ravens was Alex Boone of the 49ers. Boone ranked above average for a guard according to Pro Football Focus, but the Ravens are probably in greater need of a tackle than a guard. On defense, he says the best option is Trumaine Johnson from the Rams. Of course, he would be a great add at corner for the Ravens, but he may fall out of their price range when a player like Shareece Wright may be a cheaper alternative.

HUH - It's been more like 60s in Feb down there in recent years - not good beach weather, especially all last year when it was so cold. It will be warmer for me in March when I'm there. Just looked it up. From Thurs it's going to rain and be from 63-69 thru Sun. Rain tomorrow. It rains a lot down there. There's no 80 degree days in this forcast. This is lousy beach weather. Now 63 is a hell of a lot better than 23 here but still not good for the beach but golf and fishing but I love it 85 - 90 on the beach and there's none of that. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&q=weather+report+for+daytona+beach%2C+florida But you know what they say. Guys that post on message boards have no life but there's a like of guys on Tony's board with no lives and they love to insult you from the safety of their homes. It's the biggest bunch of pussies on the internet including Tony. He writes about Bruce Cunningham who says, he never says these things to me in person at the pressers and around town. Thats his typical statement. He said that to me too until he spoke at a Nest 1 meeting. He took questions and answered mine and then I said btw, I'm T and his face turned red. I even went up to him and looked him straight in the eye. He threatened a bunch of us for disagreeing and on Sunspot he threatened anyone who disagreed with him and that was mostly everyone. They ran him off Aaron's board the old RN2 board. He just couldn't take what they said about him. One day on the radio some guy called him every dirty name on the book. They had to cut the call and go to a break. When they came back Bruce said, that was one of the internet guys. I'm sure that was T. It wasn't me because I never call radio shows. The boards are bad enough.

They cheat a lot as indicated when Brady was booed out of the SB in San Francisco last week and the only reason they have more trophies is because they're in an easy candy bar division with no competition and still didn't win the SB this year with all their spending. Ravens have beaten NE in Foxboro in February more than any other team and would have last year if NE hadn't cheated, bend the rules and use some trickery vs a banged up secondary and CB that wasn't even playing football two weeks before. That's another SB they stole from us. They couldn't win with smash mouth football.

But great for winning Super Bowls and only injuries kept him from winning the last two. Ozzie has more than just about anyone this side of Bellicheat who cheats to gets his. Ravens have one of the best capologists in NFL who goes back to the Browns franchise but Bisciotti orders Ozzie to spend close to the ceiling. You have to if you want to get into the POs every year as Bisciotti wants. Take Buffalo. They are worse in CAP space and are projected to go over the $154M limit this year. Ravens currently are about $6M under the ceiling, 2d worse but have more SB trophies and playoff experiences than Buffalo and about 25 other teams. It's like I always say when people said how can you afford a car like that or how can you afford a computer when I was the first one in the office to buy one. I say, it's not how much you have but what you do with what you do have. Bisciotti paid around $600M for the Ravens and it's now worth over $1B in 16 years. That's pretty good money management for an owner who spends to the ceiling every year and has a ton of trophies and rings in his short career as owner. There's always Buffalo for you. Say hello to Rex for me VMAX.

Some beat writers suggest Boyle may never play again. Ravens have added two more guys. Ravens just don't know if they can trust him. He outperformed their expectencies of him. He was known as a good blocker which he was but he was a threat receiving the ball and was a solid backup when Gilmore and Maxx went down with injuries. He gave Ravens a solid foundation at TE. Everything changes and he might not be invited back in November. Boyle also forfeits $308,000 in salary. OUCH! http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Late-For-Work-222-What-Is-Nick-Boyles-Future-With-Ravens/f85cf2f6-72cc-474a-abd9-47390c7c5659

Thanks. I get it now. The board I was on is always busy but they have a lot of experts over there or guys who think they are and a bunch of the biggest pussies on the internet - always insulting. I tracked two guys down at a party and they never said the words in front of me they used and another guy who was always insulting me but never in person. I stripped on man of his pride in front of his friends and was the only person to take things off the board. When we all got back to the board they became the biggest pussies on the net. I take things a little seriously but I just want to talk Ravens all day and all night.

For those that like Spence, Ravens site is saying they might have a shot at him in 2d round of draft. He has cleaned up his image and saying all the right things and investigators are impressed with him and believe he's OK now and has learned. It really hurt when he didn't get a championship ring with his Ohio State teammates after being banned from the Big 10. He started over at little Eastern Kentucky and beat them up in the SR Bowl. http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Elite-Pass-Rusher-Noah-Spence-Could-Fall-To-Round-2/ab2e1399-4400-4c4a-b1d2-a0b229d5c856

Seems like some double talk. He wants to win but he doesn't know what the numbers are. We fans know. It took 3 seconds to find it. So you might be right.

Here's the link, just found it. He wants to just like I said. He wants to win God bless his heart but he has no idea what the numbers are. It counts to $28M vs the CAP but a restructure deal could save $8M or $9M for a FA or two and Joe would get more guaranteed money or say 3 more years. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14617351/joe-flacco-willing-restructure-contract-help-baltimore-ravens