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Davesta

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Harbaugh apparently has indirectly fucked things up in Denver. Lots of heat surrounding a cleaning of that coaching staff at the end of the season. Word is that Fangio and the staff has lost the locker room and a "final straw" for some guys was his focus on bitching about that final run instead of literally anything about the actual Broncos.

the bronco players must’ve been rolling their eyes at the coach for caring so much about that. Obviously was trying to divert the attention away from their poor game against us.

Also, how much is von Miller making? I wonder if he’s a week 8 trade candidate with it being the last year of his contract. If they do plan for the future. Man he would be juicy.
 

RavensMania

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Nah he re inured his already badly injured left shoulder.

give the guy his credit, he’s got a whole lotta dog in him, he’s a tough sob for playing through it, dislocated shoulder if I’m not mistaken
he's definitely tough. He had a torn labrum and now a dislocation of his left shoulder.
 

RavensMania

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the bronco players must’ve been rolling their eyes at the coach for caring so much about that. Obviously was trying to divert the attention away from their poor game against us.

Also, how much is von Miller making? I wonder if he’s a week 8 trade candidate with it being the last year of his contract. If they do plan for the future. Man he would be juicy.
like way too much for us. We only have 2m in cap space available and we have to keep some of that space for injuries.
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
Harbaugh apparently has indirectly fucked things up in Denver. Lots of heat surrounding a cleaning of that coaching staff at the end of the season. Word is that Fangio and the staff has lost the locker room and a "final straw" for some guys was his focus on bitching about that final run instead of literally anything about the actual Broncos.
Hmmm. Fuckboi should've kept his mouth shut, but he couldn't even do that.
 

Adreme

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hows our 2022 salary cap looking like?

how the hell we Gon pay Lamar and bozeman lol

I mean Lamar will be on 5th year option next year so that is more of a 2 year problem. Everything else is more of a next year problem and more creates a situation where you are debating between which WRs to keep.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
Harbaugh apparently has indirectly fucked things up in Denver. Lots of heat surrounding a cleaning of that coaching staff at the end of the season. Word is that Fangio and the staff has lost the locker room and a "final straw" for some guys was his focus on bitching about that final run instead of literally anything about the actual Broncos.
Good, he’s a horrible coach with zero accountability and even less cojones. He was such a pussy about that whole thing and he was clearly worried about the wrong things
 

RavensMania

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hows our 2022 salary cap looking like?

how the hell we Gon pay Lamar and bozeman lol
Cap is going to be higher than it's listed on overthecap.com, which will definitely help us sign the players we need to sign. That being said, if its 180m like was originally expected to be we would have 28m in cap space and Lamar's 5th year option of 23m is already accounted for in that number.
 

Simba

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With Andre Smith and Le'Veon Bell both using their last callups yesterday, they would now be exposed to waivers after every callup going forward.

In Smith's case, I could see them continuing that game because the risk probably isn't all that high. Keep calling him up and exposing him to waivers every Monday until (hopefully) Stanley is back. They do have Sharpe on the PS as well who they might like, but I still feel like they probably trust Smith a little bit more since he has some LT experience. Not sure they lose sleep if they do lose him, but he might also be the best option as the swing T right now without having to burn a 53 man spot.

Bell has a tougher case and it really depends on what Murray's prognosis is. If Murray goes to IR with his ankle sprain, Bell has an easy spot. If it's a shorter term thing with Murray, Bell is in a predicament. The 53 is starting to get full again with only Stanley an option to go to IR at this point and a lot of guys due to come off in the next few weeks. Bell could go to the 53 on a temporary basis and you figure out what to do with the 4 once that time comes. Then again, I'm not sure they'd be hurt if they lost Bell either so could have another situation where you continue to risk him to waivers.
 

Simba

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And just to recap the potential roster crunch again because this is my thing...

Potential PS to 53 promotions needed at some point:
Bell, A. Smith, Seymour (when healthy)

IR to return candidates:
Boyle, Cleveland, Hayes, Westry, Wolfe

Only 1 spot on the 53 man right now. But also, some of these guys would replace each other when the time comes (e.g. if Seymour goes to the 53 at any point, Westry would probably bump him back off when he's ready).
 

Grim

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And just to recap the potential roster crunch again because this is my thing...

Potential PS to 53 promotions needed at some point:
Bell, A. Smith, Seymour (when healthy)

IR to return candidates:
Boyle, Cleveland, Hayes, Westry, Wolfe

Only 1 spot on the 53 man right now. But also, some of these guys would replace each other when the time comes (e.g. if Seymour goes to the 53 at any point, Westry would probably bump him back off when he's ready).
Any idea on the status of both Wolfe & Boyle? I feel like those guys been out for a bit, can't even remember Wolfe's injury. I know Boyle's obviously
 

Simba

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Any idea on the status of both Wolfe & Boyle? I feel like those guys been out for a bit, can't even remember Wolfe's injury. I know Boyle's obviously

Wolfe had a back injury. I believe he's eligible to start practice this week and I'd expect he would, assuming he's ready.

Boyle sounds like it's still up in the air but he could return to practice soon. He's been working on side fields in the last couple of weeks according to reports so would think he's close. He'll likely need the full ramp up time though.
 

Grim

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Wolfe had a back injury. I believe he's eligible to start practice this week and I'd expect he would, assuming he's ready.

Boyle sounds like it's still up in the air but he could return to practice soon. He's been working on side fields in the last couple of weeks according to reports so would think he's close. He'll likely need the full ramp up time though.
Nice, thanks! Yeah, that was it--the back injury. I can't wait until we get those guys back...we sorely miss them. I think our offense will get a huge boost with the return of Boyle because he can help the tackles with the run game to improve that component and is also sneaky as a receiver. Wolfe, well, he will definitely help the DL by keeping guys fresh to have a better rotation. DL is going to be a big need next draft.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
Nice, thanks! Yeah, that was it--the back injury. I can't wait until we get those guys back...we sorely miss them. I think our offense will get a huge boost with the return of Boyle because he can help the tackles with the run game to improve that component and is also sneaky as a receiver. Wolfe, well, he will definitely help the DL by keeping guys fresh to have a better rotation. DL is going to be a big need next draft.
Boyle might end up getting a bigger share of targets than ever before, he is better than anyone on this team at handling his blocking/helping assignments and sneaking out into a wide open space unnoticed, and Lamar was never one to look for those types of completions, and now he’s hitting those throws often and it’s paying dividends.
 

JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
It is with great pleasure that I announce that chiefs fans are now pleading everyone to pardon mahomes’ poor decision making resulting in ints. They are all over YouTube comment sections, defending his honor, blaming the bobbled passes and poor pass protection, asking that everyone instead blame his supporting cast.

and I say, gladly, FUCK NO! Y’all should’ve shut the fuck up about lamvp, at any point in the past 4 years y’all could’ve humbled yourselves, and maybe saw that damn maybe the ravens do have big problems at receiver and on the OL, damn maybe Lamar has had a fuckton of dropped passes that has derailed shit, maybe Lamar has had to chase down bad snap after bad snap, damn maybe Lamar really is running for his life and stepping into collapsed pockets and delivering passes with defenders at his knees, but nah y’all couldn’t do it, Lamar was a rb and you talked more about him than your own fucking team, and now you want other fans to cut mahomes a break? Nope, you made your bed, now cry yourselves to sleep in it. Bitches.
 
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