I was not really taken seriously when I suggested that the Rubadub Watson deal the Browns brokered was by design to fuck up our inevitable negotiations with Lamar and complicate the Burrow deal too. I still think they did it because they could screw us with the excessive cap space they had then. It was a smashing success.
Personally, now, I just think the relationship has to end. If Lamar doesn't see that he really was treated fairly by a financially responsible team, that's fine, but he has to admit to himself his errors. Either he plays out the year on the Tag and tears it up to get his value closer to where he wants it, or he sits out and pouts, OR - the thing I'm most concerned about - he plays hard but twists a toe and shuts himself down again crippling the team.
We have to have a bona-fide backup. There's growing suspicion for me where he never plays another game as a Raven again.
