TBird Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 He's up for free agency and has probably priced himself out of Baltimore's range. He'll bein demand after great season. He currently has been playing LT for the injured MOnroebut LG is his usual position. He wants to stay and credits Ozzie for encouraging him on the move to LT. He thinksa deal could be made and will be the LT next year if they want him too. Ravens have 3 years left with Monroe @ LT for $35M but he's been plagued with injuries the last2 years. Ozzie sure can pick em. He just can keep em all. http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/blog/ravens-talk/osemele-could-be-playing-final-game-ravens-sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I think the Ravens will go all out to keep him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I think the Ravens will go all out to keep him.Agree with that. They'll make a strong pitch but it won't be the highest offer. KO, to stay here, would need to give us a home team discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I think the market prices him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Monroe has had issues with injuries since he cam into the league... Another Ozzie fail.......... Next man up.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBird Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 So who did you want at LT at the time. Fat Mac got well fat but Ozzie won a SB withhim. In that case, both Ray Lewis and Burke begged Ozzie to sign him. Both knew himwell and Birk was a teammate in Minn. He had issues too like work ethics but when CAM was fired and Caldwell too his place heinserted MAC to LT, moved KO to LG and Oher back to RT and Ravens won the SB. Nobody mentioned Monroe's injuries when we signed him. Ozzie isn't perfect but there'dbe 30 teams lined up at his door with open check books if he were fired. Anyway, I don't see how Ravens can afford KO aftter the year he's having and at LT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravnravn Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 We can't afford him, we are paying Yanda big money. Love for him to stay, but its the nature of the beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Well, if KO is our LT then you can justify paying him more money. Do we cut Monroe and keep KO to be our LT? That's probably the only way we keep KO. It would be hard to justify paying KO big money to be a guard when we cannot rely on Monroe at LT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/eugene-monroe/That is 6.6 mil of dead money but I already expected Monroe to be gone. It saves them 2.1 mil in cap space. I think there is going to be a ton of dead money on the cap next yr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 They can't win without a very good offensive line.Monroe at LT and KO gone to greener pastures will deep 6 the offense next year.They have to sign KO. They know it. He's a Raven through and through.On this riddle....you have to suspend CAP logic and take the leap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBird Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 More importantly, KO knows it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 And the cap will only let you spend so much. Where does the money come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBird Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 The CAP ceiling is supposed to be raised next year. Ravens saved $16M in tradingNgata but got $8M added to the CAP ceiling but it worked out. Oz also draftedMaxx and Z Smith as part of the trade with Detroit. So the dead money figure above isn't as much for Monroe as it was for Ngata. Ofcourse there's more to be added from others leaving. I don't know with whom but it will work outbecause the Ravens are always just under the CAP while spending heavily. It's how OZ wins super bowls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 He doesn't win that often. The 2000 team was all draft with key FA that were below market deals. Ozzie doesn't make this acquisitions anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Well, that all in the past. Its time for Ozzie to reinvent himself, get with the times, and snag some PM'ers this Spring. Shoot, if we had 1 or 2 on offense, we might have won half the games we lost this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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