Ray Lewis and Free Agency

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

How would you play Suggs? DE or LB?

I would go 1st and 2nd downs at LB, 3rd down put his hand down at DE.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I would think Suggs would be their top priority, I wouldn't mind if the Skins took a run at him.

It depends on how much money it will cost them, really. Did you know that the Ravens have something like $12 million in dead cap money owed to Ogden and McNair?

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

It depends on how much money it will cost them, really. Did you know that the Ravens have something like $12 million in dead cap money owed to Ogden and McNair?

What's the rule on a player retiring as far as the salary cap is concerned? I thought with Ogden hanging it up, they wouldn't have to pay him. Guess not.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I don't think Lewis is going anywhere. Wouldn't be surprised to see both Suggs and Scott gone though

most ravens fans i talk to want scott and t sizzle back and if that means they cant bring ray ray back then so be it . . . sorry about using nicknames.

i would like bart scott but think he is going to command alil too much for us and while he shows a nose for the ball he might just be a systems guy where O coordinators are more worried and schemeing to stop t sizzle and ray ray than bart scott.

sorry about the double post too.

go skins!!

[The Goat]

If Lewis is brought in and TO retained i think there will be fireworks... TO might finally get the beating he's long deserved. Haha.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by The Goat

If Lewis is brought in and TO retained i think there will be fireworks... TO might finally get the beating he's long deserved. Haha.

Especially if TO does this in the locker room.

YouTube - Terrell Owens Mocking Ray Lewis

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by The Goat

If Lewis is brought in and TO retained i think there will be fireworks... TO might finally get the beating he's long deserved. Haha.

That would be fun.

[BaltimoreSkins]

The radio media seems to think this is Rays agent getting him more bucks from the Ravens by throwing in a big name like Dallas, but when they broke down Dallas' cap situation it didn't seem like they would be able to afford him considering he would want the money front loaded at his age.

[firstdown]

Even if we wanted RL he would not come here and play for Snyder and his disfunctional front office. RL wants another SB and he knows Dannyboy has his hands on trying to run this team and his little puppet Vinny cannot draft worth a crap.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Even if we wanted RL he would not come here and play for Snyder and his disfunctional front office. RL wants another SB and he knows Dannyboy has his hands on trying to run this team and his little puppet Vinny cannot draft worth a crap.

Are you just going to copy and paste this take everywhere?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Are you just going to copy and paste this take everywhere?

Well I need to keep up the trend here because we need to make sure that Danny and Vinny get blamed for all our problems. I'm joking but it seems every thread now thats all I'm reading from the same posters over and over again so instead of insulting them like I have in the past I decided to join them. Maybe they will see that they could just copy and past their own statements from thread to thread.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well I need to keep up the trend here because we need to make sure that Danny and Vinny get blamed for all our problems. I'm joking but it seems every thread now thats all I'm reading from the same posters over and over again so instead of insulting them like I have in the past I decided to join them. Maybe they will see that they could just copy and past their own statements from thread to thread.

I kinda figured you were joking but I just had to check. You never know around here.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I kinda figured you were joking but I just had to check. You never know around here.

Its easy to tell when the season is over.

[over the mountain]

i listen to alot of ravens radio and my feeling from fan call ins and hosts is that the consensus wouldnt mind ray ray moving on if another team wants to pay him more than the ravens think he will be worth.

age, the physical nature of his play lends people to think his play will decrease over the next 3-4 years, ray ray knew this was his contract year and wanted to play well to be able to cash in one last time, and mostly bmore fans love him for what he has done here but understand that he has to do whats right for him considering this is his last NFl contract.

they have a saying in bmore; "in ozzie we trust" . . they have faith the front office will do whats best for the team, even if it means cutting ties with the face of their franchise. i dont know thoo, losing ray ray and rex ryan has to lead to some kind of drop off.

go skins!!

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

i listen to alot of ravens radio and my feeling from fan call ins and hosts is that the consensus wouldnt mind ray ray moving on if another team wants to pay him more than the ravens think he will be worth.

age, the physical nature of his play lends people to think his play will decrease over the next 3-4 years, ray ray knew this was his contract year and wanted to play well to be able to cash in one last time, and mostly bmore fans love him for what he has done here but understand that he has to do whats right for him considering this is his last NFl contract.

they have a saying in bmore; "in ozzie we trust" . . they have faith the front office will do whats best for the team, even if it means cutting ties with the face of their franchise. i dont know thoo, losing ray ray and rex ryan has to lead to some kind of drop off.

go skins!!

Based on your comments, common sense would be for the Ravens to re-sign Suggs and Bart Scott (both in their mid to late 20s) and let Ray walk away to a big payday. Although if Ray takes a hometown discount, they would try to keep Suggs and let Scott walk away.

I'd be curious to see how someone like Scott would do in another team. I remember when Ed Hartwell left B'more and went to Atlanta, he didn't do that great.