i wonder if the space was made for Juju give that we'd have to take on the whole 9m of his 1 yr deal...
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oh cool - no void years added at all, just straight-up took paycuts - respect that a lot
This is pretty awesome of them - Campbell especially. He had no incentive to do that, really.
and the added benefit that we're not moving any dead money into future years from the deals we've done so far - not seen any voidable years in any restructures or new deals so far...
my guess is it's partly 3 things: 1) we got screwed massively by heavily back-loading flacco and it created a ton of issues down the line because of the massive signing bonuses (on both contracts), 2) maybe a bit of conservatism around the idea that the cap is definitely going to increase massively and 3) the understanding that there are some big deals to do next year and every bit of cap space we can save on next year (and future year's) cap is very beneficial to our ability to stay competitive
JO_75
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Ravens Cap Space: $18,600,950
Allen Robinson Franchise Tag: $17,880,000
Just saying.
JAAM
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Wouldn’t we need money for the draft though? Surely we can’t go into it with less than a million lol. If we traded for Robinson, we’d have to extend him
JO_75
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A contract extension would lower his cap hit to free up the room needed for the rookies but that much cap room is a lot of cap room just for us to do nothing with it.
I don't know how I feel about this. I'd like to lock him up but I don't know that I'd be willing to outbid teams to do it.
JoeyFlex5
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That would be a very bad look and the only other route would basically be trade for a guy lol
i still dont think we can afford to let him leave the building - if he leaves i don't think he's coming here - i think whatever the price-point is it's clearly something we're ok with or else we wouldn't have him coming in (certainly not before others)
he's the last guy who really would add anything to the corps that would make me feel in any way comfortable going into the draft...
all that would be left without sammy would be 32 yr old TY (who the colts would likely match any offer on), 33 yr old golden tate, 35 yr old desean jackson or 31 yr old marquise goodwin
and not one of those guys really moves the needle
we absolutely cannot let watkins leave the building tomorrow
JoeyFlex5
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Normally I would agree but after those restructures I wouldn’t rule out a trade. We still have Orlando on the table.
BoredMarine13
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I don't like being in a position of desperation. It gives Watson more leverage. Hopefully Decosta won't over pay. Also, I wouldn't mind Jakcson and Tate combo. Not ideal given their age/ injury history but it would still be a boost over what we currently have. Jackson would be fun to watch until gets hurt in week 4 lol
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JAAM
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Exactly how I feel
Nurps
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QuothTheRaven
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He did
RavensFan419
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How much is Julio Jones salary? Could the falcons possibly want to get his cap hit off the books?
i mean for what it's worth we're almost certainly investigating some trades as well - you know EDC isn't going to be leaving stones unturned - but i'm not sure i see an obvious one where we wouldn't get fleeced in terms of value in a trade for a WR
if those restructures mean something then great - but i expect they didn't...