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purplepittabread88 said:
Was ben Cleveland playing snaps vs the chargers? Saw that posted somewhere didn’t know if it was true
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yes he had snaps (4). 2 pass blocking and 2 run blocking. Was pretty decent in pass blocking and avg in run blocking, but Zeitler is god. Since week 4 he has been the best guard in the game in pass blocking.
 
RavensMania said:
yes he had snaps (4). 2 pass blocking and 2 run blocking. Was pretty decent in pass blocking and avg in run blocking, but Zeitler is god. Since week 4 he has been the best guard in the game in pass blocking.
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Coming into the year I wasn’t too concerned about losing free agents this year cuz no one looked spectacular. Knowing zeitler, mad, queen, clowney, stone, some others im missing all might be gone is tough, espically when we need a new LT.
 
Michael M. said:
The Rays play at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Have not stayed at Tru by Hilton but hear it's close to the stadium so you wouldn't need a car. Check it out.
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Yeah still baffles my mind that they decided to stay in St. Petersburg and not build their new stadium near the Bucs stadium or somewhere in Tampa. I know when I went to Toronto in the Summer, I stayed downtown and just walked to the Blue Jays stadium. I prefer being able to just walk everywhere. Like I said, I do plan on a day trip in Tampa while I'm there so that's why I didn't know which area was better to stay.
 
purplepittabread88 said:
Coming into the year I wasn’t too concerned about losing free agents this year cuz no one looked spectacular. Knowing zeitler, mad, queen, clowney, stone, some others im missing all might be gone is tough, espically when we need a new LT.
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It’s been a wild 180. Even the lesser names like Malik Harrison have stepped up. Now he’s not going to go out there and get big money, but that’s still a loss that will be felt if he moves on.
 
JO_75 said:
Yeah still baffles my mind that they decided to stay in St. Petersburg and not build their new stadium near the Bucs stadium or somewhere in Tampa. I know when I went to Toronto in the Summer, I stayed downtown and just walked to the Blue Jays stadium. I prefer being able to just walk everywhere. Like I said, I do plan on a day trip in Tampa while I'm there so that's why I didn't know which area was better to stay.
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Either way then your riding/ driving. Fl. Public transportation isn't the greatest, as you may already know!
 
JO_75 said:
For my Florida fans, is it better to stay in Tampa or St. Petersburg? Looking at attending a WWE show that is happening at the Rays Stadium at the end of January. I would like to avoid a rental car, so I'm prepared to use Lyft/Uber to get around but figure it might be easier to stay within walking distance of the stadium and maybe Lyft/Uber to the Tampa area for a day trip. Also best hotels?
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100% Tampa at one of the hotels along the river walk. No car needed there with all the food around water street/ armature works/ sparks man warf/ channel side. Cool historic sites as well. Easy Uber over to st Pete for the event
 
JO_75 said:
Yeah still baffles my mind that they decided to stay in St. Petersburg and not build their new stadium near the Bucs stadium or somewhere in Tampa. I know when I went to Toronto in the Summer, I stayed downtown and just walked to the Blue Jays stadium. I prefer being able to just walk everywhere. Like I said, I do plan on a day trip in Tampa while I'm there so that's why I didn't know which area was better to stay.
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Im happy they stayed in st.pete.. investors, the city and developers were pulling off and trying to pull off some bs just to make room for the stadium.
 
BoredMarine13 said:
100% Tampa at one of the hotels along the river walk. No car needed there with all the food around water street/ armature works/ sparks man warf/ channel side. Cool historic sites as well. Easy Uber over to st Pete for the event
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Was gonna say the same and its not even close lol. i live really close to channel side and most the people over there, especially the girls dnt even have a car. Its mainly “ young professionals” but still, none of them have cars because everything is right there.
 
purplepittabread88 said:
Coming into the year I wasn’t too concerned about losing free agents this year cuz no one looked spectacular. Knowing zeitler, mad, queen, clowney, stone, some others im missing all might be gone is tough, espically when we need a new LT.
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Well im afraid this year we won't get a new LT :( but I'm okay letting Clowney go with the expectation that we're drafting an EDGE
 
JO_75 said:
For my Florida fans, is it better to stay in Tampa or St. Petersburg? Looking at attending a WWE show that is happening at the Rays Stadium at the end of January. I would like to avoid a rental car, so I'm prepared to use Lyft/Uber to get around but figure it might be easier to stay within walking distance of the stadium and maybe Lyft/Uber to the Tampa area for a day trip. Also best hotels?
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St Pete is the shiz. I’m biased though because I live there but it’s a fantastic little city.
 
Nurps said:
St Pete is the shiz. I’m biased though because I live there but it’s a fantastic little city.
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St Pete is definitely cool, but if I had to choose one to be in without a car it’s Tampa. Might be different once the stadium district is built in St Pete
 
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RL52TheGreatest said:
Yeah, I'd love for us to keep Clowney for as long as he's still able to produce. He's fit in perfectly with the team and is having a career resurgence
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Among all the players, I would think Clowney may be one of the least likely to stick around. For starters, he's still fairly young by NFL standards, though he's been around for an eternity.
Second, if he gets to double digit sacks, which he most certainly will, he's going to be a hot commodity in the FA market place. Especially for competing teams looking for a playmaker on a one year deal. And I think that will price the Ravens out, because I don't think we'll be able to afford to pay $8-10M or whatever it will be on a one year deal to keep him. And I can't see us looking to do a multi-year deal.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Among all the players, I would think Clowney may be one of the least likely to stick around. For starters, he's still fairly young by NFL standards, though he's been around for an eternity.
Second, if he gets to double digit sacks, which he most certainly will, he's going to be a hot commodity in the FA market place. Especially for competing teams looking for a playmaker on a one year deal. And I think that will price the Ravens out, because I don't think we'll be able to afford to pay $8-10M or whatever it will be on a one year deal to keep him. And I can't see us looking to do a multi-year deal.
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Yeah, there's no doubt that we might not be able to keep him, but if the FO can work it out then we'll see what happens. It's hard to predict if Clowney would be willing to take less money to stay here, but I think there's definitely a chance based on how much he seems to enjoy playing here. Obviously, if Clowney decides to test the market then he probably won't be back
 
RL52TheGreatest said:
Yeah, there's no doubt that we might not be able to keep him, but if the FO can work it out then we'll see what happens. It's hard to predict if Clowney would be willing to take less money to stay here, but I think there's definitely a chance based on how much he seems to enjoy playing here. Obviously, if Clowney decides to test the market then he probably won't be back
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Yeah I mean I don't know what his market will be, but we signed him for $2.5M with up to $3.5M in incentives. I can't see a scenario where he signs next year for similar. I think he'll want at least double that.

Also, speaking of incentives, Clowney has already earned an additional $1M for sack incentives, and can earn another $750K on top of that if he gets 1.5 more sacks by end of year.

He's also currently at 57% snap share, which earns him $500K as well. That could go up to $1M if he plays 60%.

And as far as I can tell, none of these were deemed LTBE, so they will all hit the '24 cap. So I think he'll count something like $2.5-3M against the '24 cap, regardless of whether he's on the roster or not, due to incentives earned. That would be in addition to whatever you would retain him at.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Yeah I mean I don't know what his market will be, but we signed him for $2.5M with up to $3.5M in incentives. I can't see a scenario where he signs next year for similar. I think he'll want at least double that.

Also, speaking of incentives, Clowney has already earned an additional $1M for sack incentives, and can earn another $750K on top of that if he gets 1.5 more sacks by end of year.

He's also currently at 57% snap share, which earns him $500K as well. That could go up to $1M if he plays 60%.

And as far as I can tell, none of these were deemed LTBE, so they will all hit the '24 cap. So I think he'll count something like $2.5-3M against the '24 cap, regardless of whether he's on the roster or not, due to incentives earned. That would be in addition to whatever you would retain him at.
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if somehow Macdonald is still our DC next year, he's going to have a much tougher assignment.
 
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