redrum52
Hall of Famer
After the draft probably realized compensation wasn't worth pissing him off and let him go. Most likely take the remainder of the hit next year and keep it moving with the new regime.
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The 2023 Offseason Thread
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rmcjacket23
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Realistically... couldn't get anything more than a mid or late round pick, which likely required the Cardinals to eat a good chunk of his salary for this year. Clearly they didn't want to.
Realistically, doesn't matter if its a pre or post June 1 cut. There's not much to spend $ on right now anyway, so if he's a post-June 1 cut, they'd likely just sit on the cap savings and roll it into next year. So same thing basically.
rmcjacket23
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So if Odell is a one year rental, what is Hopkins? Is he signing a 3-4 year deal here, or is he signing basically the equivalent of an Odell deal (though I think he's worth more than Odell).
Obvious at this point, but I really don't understand what our position is if we're bringing him in for anything other than a very modest compensation package. I'd rather sign 2-3 depth guys at Edge and at Corner than sign Hopkins.
You literally just used a first round pick on a WR, and he's your 5th option in the passing game with Hopkins here. Meaning... he's closer to a gameday inactive than he is to being relevant from a production standpoint.
If that's what we're doing, with other positions clearly like one injury away from being decrepit, then I'll get on board with the fire EDC train. Like that's horrendous roster management. That's basically just pandering to the smallest possible minority of ignorant fans who think the objective should be "lets win every game 38-35".
You just paid your QB $50M. He's got four solid weapons on the roster today. If half of them are injured, he's got more than enough ammo to be good. How about we build a roster around having a QB elevate our players, instead of the players elevate him?
I also find it extremely odd the hypocrisy of the fan stance. We justify this move with "well Bateman is always hurt and Flowers needs time to develop". Not sure if anybody has looked at our pass rush group lately, but its a first round who hasn't met expectations yet (heading into year 3) and a 2nd round pick from last year who's essentially a rookie. But somehow Flowers is the one we can't rush to playing time? LOL.
OURavensFan
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The Bengals and Joe Burrow are so overrated, they’re favorites in both our games and 15 games overall, I just don’t get the hype, will enjoy their letdown this year
I mean they should be. 2 years ago they were in the Super Bowl and last year they were in the AFC Championship game. If I were to list top 5 most likely to come out of the AFC they are at 2 and probably deserve it.
redrum52
Hall of Famer
We bear them last year with Lamar and came close in the playoffs with Huntley. Media make it seem like there's a huge gap but that's their job.
no, this is what the Steelers, Bengals and Browns would say if DHop signed in Bmore.
It’s the NFL; there is not a huge gap between the Chiefs and Texans. However one team will be lucky to hit 4 wins and the other shocked if they have 4 losses.
At the end of the day the Bengals in each of the last 2 years have been further in the playoffs than the Ravens in over a decade. That counts for something.
If we even offer dhop anything, bateman gonna request a trade lol
OURavensFan
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Really sucks Lamar got hurt the last two years, they were in 1st place before he got hurt, the Bengals are 1-6 against Lamar but the narrative is that Lamar can’t beat the Bengals
I think him vs joe borruw has only been played around 3-4 times.. i know we won 2 for sure, once when he was a rookie and one last year.. bengals won 1 when he had like 600 yards passing and i think they went against each other once more, im not sure
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
Lamar and Burrow have played against each other only 3 times. All of which were in Baltimore (crazy, ain't it?). The one loss was the 41-17 where they clapped us in the 2nd half.
OURavensFan
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Lamar has only played the Steelers 3x as well I think, which is even more crazy. And yea I went to that game in Baltimore, my last game I went to in Baltimore
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
Chuck Clark was drafted by the Ravens, given the opportunity to start for multiple years, was given a second contact, was offered a 3rd, but when that was rejected by Clark, was sent to a new team that would allow him to start (at his request), AND AFTER ALL THAT, is complaining about being disrespected and needing to get outta here.
What a bitch
What a bitch
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
No Ravens D gave more passing yards than the one green-dotted by Chuck.
Fuck. That.
airconteka
MVP
The only good thing he did was fight Earl
QtR Nevermore
Pro Bowler
He didn't complain that he was being personally disrespected - he said that things were said that "weren't being respected."
My guess is he'd probably been told that he wouldn't be playing on the relatively low final year salary of his deal ($2.75 M) because he'd be getting extended. That was probably true until Hamilton fell to them, then the Ravens said, "Oh, we've got a vet on a good value deal - let's hold him to it" which made a lot of sense for the Ravens but I think it's understandable that it might annoy Clark a little.
Not saying I sympathize - he signed the contract and I'll take the $2.75 M if he doesn't want it - but before the draft there was probably an 80% chance he was extended and playing for more money last season.
Bombs away
