Suggs last year as a Raven?

[Money]

They drafted Upshaw two years ago. Signed Dumervil. Drafted John Simon (and Kapron Lewis-Moore) and are converting McPhee to play more like a rush end (which I actually love). The cap hits next year:

 

Ngata $16m

Flacco $14.8m

Suggs $12.4m

Webb $10.5m

Rice $8.75m

Yanda $8.45m

 

That's obviously a lot of cap space. I know there are rumors of "significant growth" for the 2014 cap, but I don't know how much.

 

I'm sure Suggs' performance this year will factor greatly into their decision.

 

 

[cravnravn]

Rice is gone

[Robjr83]

I'd say Ngata before Suggs. Early indication is he's going to be the leader on defense.

[vmax]

Way too early to tell. I'll wait till the off season.

[Money]

I'd say Ngata before Suggs. Early indication is he's going to be the leader on defense.

 

If they release Ngata after this year, they would have $15mil in dead space against the cap. Ray Rice would be $14.25mil in dead space. Webb would be $10mil in dead space. With Suggs, it would be $4.6m in dead space...which means he's the one the Ravens can most easily part ways with.

[oldno82]

Way too early to tell. I'll wait till the off season.

Absolutely agree. Let the season play out and a lot of questions will be resolved by performance.

[thundercleetz]

Before this last offseason I would guarantee we would sign Suggs to an extension to push out his cap number. But after the Boldin situation I have no idea what will happen with Suggs. Yes his cap number is huge. If he has a monster year he will have some leverage against us. In that situation we would probably try and work out a long term deal. If he has a so-so year, we will be looking at a paycut situation and from there who knows.

[colincac]

Before this last offseason I would guarantee we would sign Suggs to an extension to push out his cap number. But after the Boldin situation I have no idea what will happen with Suggs. Yes his cap number is huge. If he has a monster year he will have some leverage against us. In that situation we would probably try and work out a long term deal. If he has a so-so year, we will be looking at a paycut situation and from there who knows.

Cleetz hit this one on the money. Even at 'only' a 4.6 Mil cap hit in dead space, we are really hurting ourselves. If Suggs' returns to 75% of himself, that player is worth about $8 Million, so I don't see how we cut him. Here's hoping he returns to form and we can sign him to a long-term extension.