I hope so
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2018 Free Agency
- Thread starter purplepittabread88
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and it will bite them in the ass not too far down the line.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
If they don't win a SB within like 3 years they're in trouble lol
Wow he got more than Dion Lewis but he could end up being pretty good in Kyle Shanahan offense.
mc_red23
Pro Bowler
Jeff Zrebiec @jeffzrebiecsun
James Hurst salary breakdown as part of new deal: $1 million in 2018; $3.5 million in 2019; and $4 million in 2020 and 2021.
James Hurst salary breakdown as part of new deal: $1 million in 2018; $3.5 million in 2019; and $4 million in 2020 and 2021.
Tank
Hall of Famer
While the fantasy guys may not like the way the Ravens are navigating free agency it would seem they are going about their business in a methodical and intelligent manner. At this point I just hope they find a way to keep Jensen as I hate to think about starting over(again) at center.
Of course these are just salaries, but it's definitely a reasonable contract.
absolutely
Hope it's frontloaded in terms of garanteed money.
players receive the signing bonus upfront, but it is spread over the life of the contract for cap purposes.
Cville-Raven
MVP
God damn that is a lot for McKinnon.
Yep. All contracts are front loaded as they all get a big signing bonus
cobrajet
Hall of Famer
Me too brother!
Oldfaithful
Hall of Famer
And? Sucking in pass pro on the edge is still sucking. Elite pass rushers line up on the right.
I’d say keeping him would be settling for mediocrity but Hurst isn’t mediocre. He sucks.
Decosta’s first order as GM next year better be to release him. If he’s the RT Flacco is gonna get killed
cdp
Ravens Ring of Honor
According to spotrac:
- $6M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2018 salary)
- $2M of 2019 salary fully guarantees in March 2019
cobrajet
Hall of Famer
Hey
I don’t even remember him having an average game at RT. He can’t stop a decent edge rusher at all. He is the reason Joe wears a knee brace.
***IMPORTANT RAVENS CONTRACT NUMBERS ALERT***
James Hurst cap numbers from Brian Mcfarland:
James Hurst's $17.5M, 4-yr deal includes a $5M signing bonus & base salaries of $1M ('18), $3.5M ('19), $4M ('20) & $4M ('21). His 2018 Cap number is $2.25M. The deal contains $6M in full guarantees & $2M of his 2019 base salary of $3.5M is guaranteed for injury only.
(anyone who thinks that's not backup money is kidding themselves) - his highest cap numbers are in years 3 and 4 at which point he can be cut
his cap number in year 2 is 4.75m - this is essentially a 2 year deal...
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now for Ryan Grant (based off Mcfarland's predicted numbers but it's my own maths so this could well be more wrong):
29 mill with 14.5 mill guaranteed probably means something like this: that likely means 10 million signing bonus with the other 4.5 million covering the first 2 years' base salaries (the 2nd one likely only being guaranteed through injury)
that would mean his signing bonus cap hit each year is 2.5 mill and his base salary would be 1 mill in year 1, 3.5 mill in year 2 - which would make his cap hits look like this:
year 1: 3.5m
year 2: 6m
year 3: 10m
year 4: 9.5m
importantly though we could cut him in year 3 and save 5m or cut him in year 4 and save 7m so yet again this is essentially a 2 year deal
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to me those contracts both look like reasonable 2 year deals with expensive non-guaranteed base salaries in years 3 and 4 that agents probably argued for to make the contract look bigger but ultimately we wont be paying either player in year 3 or 4 (unless ryan grant knocks it out of the park)
James Hurst cap numbers from Brian Mcfarland:
James Hurst's $17.5M, 4-yr deal includes a $5M signing bonus & base salaries of $1M ('18), $3.5M ('19), $4M ('20) & $4M ('21). His 2018 Cap number is $2.25M. The deal contains $6M in full guarantees & $2M of his 2019 base salary of $3.5M is guaranteed for injury only.
(anyone who thinks that's not backup money is kidding themselves) - his highest cap numbers are in years 3 and 4 at which point he can be cut
his cap number in year 2 is 4.75m - this is essentially a 2 year deal...
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now for Ryan Grant (based off Mcfarland's predicted numbers but it's my own maths so this could well be more wrong):
29 mill with 14.5 mill guaranteed probably means something like this: that likely means 10 million signing bonus with the other 4.5 million covering the first 2 years' base salaries (the 2nd one likely only being guaranteed through injury)
that would mean his signing bonus cap hit each year is 2.5 mill and his base salary would be 1 mill in year 1, 3.5 mill in year 2 - which would make his cap hits look like this:
year 1: 3.5m
year 2: 6m
year 3: 10m
year 4: 9.5m
importantly though we could cut him in year 3 and save 5m or cut him in year 4 and save 7m so yet again this is essentially a 2 year deal
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to me those contracts both look like reasonable 2 year deals with expensive non-guaranteed base salaries in years 3 and 4 that agents probably argued for to make the contract look bigger but ultimately we wont be paying either player in year 3 or 4 (unless ryan grant knocks it out of the park)
Peter Schrager:
"Ravens Center and UFA Ryan Jensen has plans to make two different free agent visits this week: Tampa Bay and Indianapolis."
"Ravens Center and UFA Ryan Jensen has plans to make two different free agent visits this week: Tampa Bay and Indianapolis."
mc_red23
Pro Bowler
NFL Update @MySportsUpdate
#Ravens free agent C Ryan Jensen is planning to take visits with teams: Bucs and Colts are first up for him, per @PSchrags.
#Ravens free agent C Ryan Jensen is planning to take visits with teams: Bucs and Colts are first up for him, per @PSchrags.