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Update: Eric Decker Signed by Tennessee

I want Decker but I want BP to develop how will we ever know his potential if he doesn't get looks I mean I won't complain if we get Decker
 
RavensFan419 said:
I want Decker but I want BP to develop how will we ever know his potential if he doesn't get looks I mean I won't complain if we get Decker
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I truly wonder if we're planning on moving Wallace. I think a WR set of Maclin, Perriman, and Decker is a lot scarier than a WR set of Maclin, Perriman, and Wallace. It might even give us the opportunity to save cap space if we move Wallace and sign Decker to a smaller 2-3 year deal.
 
K-Dog said:
I don't think we have the cap space for a trade unless the trade is contingent on a restructure which..... why would anyone be attracted to that?

Our best chance is either that or just wait and see if he gets cut. Either way, I don't like our odds.
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Decker was cut shortly after we signed Maclin.
 
ZonaRaven said:
I truly wonder if we're planning on moving Wallace. I think a WR set of Maclin, Perriman, and Decker is a lot scarier than a WR set of Maclin, Perriman, and Wallace. It might even give us the opportunity to save cap space if we move Wallace and sign Decker to a smaller 2-3 year deal.
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Interesting i don't know how I feel about that
 
I live in AZ hence my handle but I think he'd be an intriguing option here for the Cardinals. Pretty sure Arians was his OC when he was a monster in Pitt and while both Jaron and John Brown are both burners, John is often hurt and misses time. The Bills would also be hilarious if we could facilitate that trade to them.
 
SepticeyePoe said:
Decker was cut shortly after we signed Maclin.
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Its pretty clear that after signing Maclin we called the Jets and let them know we no longer wanted to trade with them. Whether that means the Ravens will not be signing Decker or if they just did not feel like they needed to make this move I am unsure. I would say though that if the Ravens did sign Decker I would expect them to try and trade Wallace for an extra O-Line piece because there comes a point where you are too deep at one position at the expense of another.
 
Just a heads up, the big issue in trading for Decker was that teams wanted the Jets to eat some of his cap hit and the Jets didn't want to, so they couldn't get a deal done. There was definite interest, but when Maclin was signed, the Jets knew the Ravens didn't have the space for Decker.
 
Maybe I'm alone here but With our current setup I like Wallace over decker.

Perriman and Wallace will clean house across the whole defense, zone dropping linebackers will drop another 5-10 yards deeper, safeties will always play deep halves, forget blitzing a db because you need 3 on man and 2 more on zone. Maclin will take advantage of this setup big time. I don't think decker presents the same thing.

I'd rather have perriman/Wallace/decker by the slimmest of margins. But Wallace is a guy I want here. Perriman/Wallace/maclin > perriman/decker/maclin
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Maybe I'm alone here but With our current setup I like Wallace over decker.

Perriman and Wallace will clean house across the whole defense, zone dropping linebackers will drop another 5-10 yards deeper, safeties will always play deep halves, forget blitzing a db because you need 3 on man and 2 more on zone. Maclin will take advantage of this setup big time. I don't think decker presents the same thing.

I'd rather have perriman/Wallace/decker by the slimmest of margins. But Wallace is a guy I want here. Perriman/Wallace/maclin > perriman/decker/maclin
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So with the setup of Perriman/Wallace/Maclin spreading the field, I presume you then love our tight ends to work the middle of the field hard? I can get down with that thought process. Especially Boyle, Gilmore, and hopefully Maxx who should be able to get YAC if we can truly space the field as much as we think.
 
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I think Wallace and Perriman are too similar and it's not ideal to reduce eithers snaps, Wallace is still a 1000 yard receiver and will want to remain that and Perriman needs reps for his development or to see if he's a bust.
 
ZonaRaven said:
So with the setup of Perriman/Wallace/Maclin spreading the field, I presume you then love our tight ends to work the middle of the field hard? I can get down with that thought process. Especially Boyle, Gilmore, and hopefully Maxx who should be able to get YAC if we can truly space the field as much as we think.
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Let the boundary guys clear out the field, let maclin work the underneath with quick breaking routes where he can gain separation the way he knows best, and snag the ball and get YAC, when you need a big bodied let the TE handle it, whoever that is.

So yes, you got the idea lol
 
With us still interested in Decker and with us still needing offensive line help I wonder where the cap space will come from. Perhaps Ozzie has some contract restructures in his pocket to use if necessary.
 
The Raven said:
I'd love for us to make a move for a guard or tackle but I really think the well is dry. There's a league-wide shortage of quality linemen and the teams that have them, keep them.

I think we're serious about Decker. As I said, I think we're all in.
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I think you are probably right about a trade for an o-lineman but I think we need to see where we are going into the season. If Jensen is not cutting it at Center and if they are serious about Hurst at RT (which scares me to death) and he is not cutting it. We may be forced to make an offer to Mangold or Clady and we may want to think about saving a little bit of cap space for that possibility. I love that our owner lets Ozzie spend it all, and Decker would help our team, but I don't want to see Joe constantly running for his life either and we have too many "ifs" on our o-line right now to guarantee that is not going to happen. If we are getting hit behind the LOS more than we are making plays down the field, I don't think anyone is going to be very happy. When it comes to offense, I am a firm believer in the fact that it all starts with the guys up front. I think Ozzie would be neglectful if he is not trying to work something out behind the scenes to help our o-line, even if it is a long shot to make happen.
 
Word on the street is that we are giving Maclin $6 million this year. If we are somehow going to get Decker, we need to get rid of Watson, and restructure several deals.
 
Lost_In_Translation said:
We need to restructure the Jimmy deal. A player as injury prone as he is should not be making $12 million a season.
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You realize a player has to agree to a pay cut (not a restructure like you're suggesting) and he has zero incentive considering he's the most important defensive player on the team.

The Ravens have $25M in cap space as it stands next year, according to OTC, and the biggest free agents are West, Wallace, and Jensen, if that tells you how few deals need to get done next year.

Very likely we see something like Yanda and Jimmy restructure (actual restructure) and Watson takes a pay cut.

They can easily get Decker if they really want.
 
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