I edited the response above with his tweet. You just beat me to it. I now know where the 1.2m came from that I had read earlier in the week.
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rmcjacket23
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Brian's a great reference here. I'm just not personally sold that they're required to forfeit a prorated portion of his their bonus. Maybe they are, or maybe he's just assuming the Ravens will ask him to. I've seen numerous articles and reports, all the way back to guys like Calvin Johnson and Andrew Luck retiring, that say different things about what teams can and can't do in those regards. Ultimately it sounds like it ends up as a grievance filing that goes to arbitration, if that's the route they go.
My "assumption" is that if the Ravens are interested in keeping him on the 53, you wouldn't go after the bonus part. Maybe if you cut him you do, but it seems like more of a "nice guy" gesture to let him keep the $300K or whatever it comes out to.
i think there's some difference between the financials of retiring and a suspension would be my best guess - ultimately i agree with you, if the ravens get it automatically then they'll take it, if they have to fight for it they'll likely not bother - especially as they're still getting 1m in cap relief for his game checks
Dom McRaven
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Of course lol especially since this is the offseason. Harbs, if you're reading this, on behalf of all Ravens fans on this thread, we love you and we hope you can create a dynasty.
By the way, can we get gold stars too? Asking for a friend or two.
Grim
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We should change the “Like” button to a Gold Star effort sticker
D1City55
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Honestly a game wrecker at DL does so much damage to a defense. Idc where he has to play as long as I get one. I would love to have Campbell here honestly. He can play anywhere and would be a great fit. Pierce was a massive disappointment and we already kinda have someone like him in Bwill. I think we were expecting a big year out of him and he let us down. We could really benefit getting someone who can be disruptive wherever they are.
there's a group of 3 DL in the draft who we can realistically expect to have a shot at who i really like: Justin Madubuike, Ross Blacklock and Neville Gallimore (Marlon Davidson too if you call him a DL albeit I still struggle with where to rank him) - I think if we got one of those 3 (or 4) guys it could be huge for this defensive front
JO_75
Hall of Famer
Reports are saying the Vikings are looking to move on from Stefon Diggs... and Diggs removed EVERYTHING Vikings related from his Instagram earlier.
Clearly Eric had a great conversation with the Vikings and Lamar about to have a new toy to play with for like a 4th round pick and a Gift Card to Jimmy's Seafood lol.
Clearly Eric had a great conversation with the Vikings and Lamar about to have a new toy to play with for like a 4th round pick and a Gift Card to Jimmy's Seafood lol.
we'll send them the kaare vedvik 5th rounder back
NaturalBornHitters
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RL52TheGreatest
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Agreed. Love Diggs as a player, but he would need to leave his ego behind and understand that he may get even less opportunities here than he was getting in Minnesota.
Idk how people expected a big year outta pierce.. he never showed any signs of being a decent pass rusher. Same for bwill, idk how some expected him to be a good pass rusher when after 3+ seasons he he never showed any signs.. id love to have armstead or campbell. Any decent pass rusher along the dline would be nice
I agree! we need wrs who dont mind going some games without making tons of catches. Thats why i think aj green would be perfect
Believe Dat
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All of this. Would be ecstatic to steal AJ Green on a 2 year, $18 mil type deal. Bring the Raven Killer to the Ravens! He can teach our young WRs as well as produce on the field. Shoot, he’ll make Hollywood and Lamar so much better
rmcjacket23
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That's way too low a price for Green in my opinion. I don't think he'll sign anywhere for less than $15M a year, even with the injury concerns.
A 2 year deal for him, which would offer less guarantees, would probably have to come in at close to $30M. And frankly, you might have to guarantee all or most of it.
honestly i think he might get franchise tagged
Yea they have to give borrow something to work with or tua. Ross was looking really good before injury also. Boyd, green and ross could do some damage with the right qb and OC