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Signings, Cuts, Trades

JoeyFlex5 said:
You’re going off about the wrong thing. Nobody said he didn’t justify the extension, he’s more than earned it, he just needs to sign the damn thing and stop dragging his feet about it. It’s been discussed all offseason, why does it have to come down to the day before the league year starts or later?
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What I meant is that if he shouldn't be drawing ire for NOT signing an extension.
 
29BmoreBird22 said:
Lamar isn't going anywhere even if he doesn't sign an extension and he only stands to gain money with each passing year.
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But losing money overall. Could have been approaching a 3rd extension in a couple of years but hasn’t even hit his 2nd yet. Waiting gives him more per contract but he’s netting less contracts over the course of his career at this rate, which ends up being a net loss on what we could be doing.
 
Simba said:
But losing money overall. Could have been approaching a 3rd extension in a couple of years but hasn’t even hit his 2nd yet. Waiting gives him more per contract but he’s netting less contracts over the course of his career at this rate, which ends up being a net loss on what we could be doing.
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That's a fair point.

My overall point in all this is that while Lamar could sign an extension and it'd be great (I'd love for it to happen), fans are so concerned about his cap hit when there are several other players who are accounting for significant cap and not providing nearly the level of play needed to justify the cap hits.

Yes, I understand Lamar can clear up the most cap by himself, but it bothers me to see people mad at Lamar for the cap when there are way worse offenders.
 
29BmoreBird22 said:
That's a fair point.

My overall point in all this is that while Lamar could sign an extension and it'd be great (I'd love for it to happen), fans are so concerned about his cap hit when there are several other players who are accounting for significant cap and not providing nearly the level of play needed to justify the cap hits.

Yes, I understand Lamar can clear up the most cap by himself, but it bothers me to see people mad at Lamar for the cap when there are way worse offenders.
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The difference is they don’t want to extend those guys though. The only way those contracts get “better” is via a pay cut. Lamar catches the heat because there is something that can be done and it’s been hard to get there for various reasons.
 
Simba said:
But losing money overall. Could have been approaching a 3rd extension in a couple of years but hasn’t even hit his 2nd yet. Waiting gives him more per contract but he’s netting less contracts over the course of his career at this rate, which ends up being a net loss on what we could be doing.
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is geno stone available
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Just saw we lost ardarius Washington. He was better than Gilman, don’t like that one
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Washington is good but his injury history is not good. Think Gilman was better as he gave you more flexibility to play at the free safety role than Washington but it is what it is .
 
Simba said:
The difference is they don’t want to extend those guys though. The only way those contracts get “better” is via a pay cut. Lamar catches the heat because there is something that can be done and it’s been hard to get there for various reasons.
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Yes, I understand that they don't want to extend those guys.

My point still is that there are way worse cap hits than Lamar and fans are getting mad at Lamar when he's actually justified his cap hit, rather than being upset at the Ravens for bad value contracts, like Roquan, or restructuring Marlon to the point that he's not really a viable cut candidate.

It's weird to me to be solely upset with Lamar.
 
Florida Raven Fan said:
Harbaugh you forgot your boy Faalele!
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Giants already have a starting solid right guard on their team and right now the giants have been signing starters not back up players. Free agency hasn't even really began fully yet. Its still very possible Faalele could be signed by a team especially the giants .
 
29BmoreBird22 said:
Yes, I understand that they don't want to extend those guys.

My point still is that there are way worse cap hits than Lamar and fans are getting mad at Lamar when he's actually justified his cap hit, rather than being upset at the Ravens for bad value contracts, like Roquan, or restructuring Marlon to the point that he's not really a viable cut candidate.

It's weird to me to be solely upset with Lamar.
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I can’t claim to speak for everyone, but I just feel like the hard part with Lamar is that him having an agent means this stuff doesn’t happen. We’re probably not negotiating with him at all right now because it gets done last year. Just feels like a long drawn out process for something that should be easy. Just don’t think he gets the best advice within his circle and it’s frustrating at times.
 
Simba said:
I can’t claim to speak for everyone, but I just feel like the hard part with Lamar is that him having an agent means this stuff doesn’t happen. We’re probably not negotiating with him at all right now because it gets done last year. Just feels like a long drawn out process for something that should be easy. Just don’t think he gets the best advice within his circle and it’s frustrating at times.
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To be fair, he could have Linderbaum's agent and then we'd have a double whammy of difficulty.
 
Given how well Tony Jefferson played last year in Minter's system, getting 4 interceptions last season. I wonder if a reunion could be in the works in Baltimore.
 
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