GrimCoconut

Excuse me? The title was quoted. I didn't make that up. Don't be a fool. Read the comments even. You're not trying hard enough.

There is a thread for this, you know.

Lol, I love Yahoo! news articles. They're the best: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-roundup-ravens-cut-harrison-004016602--nfl.html Apparently, we play in the NFC North now and the Ravens just cut Harrison & Boldin may leave our team as well.

Here, we both agree. Personally, I'd love for the Ravens to sign Delanie Walker if we did cut Leach and/or Boldin. He can block, is a HECK of a ST player & can catch some balls here and there (lol, I know I said this already, but I really like Delanie).

See, my issue with cutting Leach is you've invested 7.5M a year average into a RB. It's true the FB position isn't what it was, but to lose a FB for your franchise RB seems like a big risk. If we cut him, I will feel like it was the right choice. Not that the Ravens are perfect here--we've made bad choices before. What I am saying is that I'll trust in the FO to make the right choice. I really don't know. Perhaps Damien Berry or Anthony Allen have been groomed to be the FBs of this team. I'm not sure. Perhaps we make a run at Felton. Don't know. If we did cut Leach, I would want Delanie Walker. He brings a LOT to the football team: AWESOME special teams player, a HECK of a blocker in the run game, and can catch some balls here and there--similar to Leach. The biggest thing--the worst thing--we lose with Leach is how he ran HARD. That will be missed. You could put him at RB and he would get you a yard or two. Almost guaranteed. Leach is probably the most productive player on the team. I know he only plays 20% or whatever the number is of snaps, but in those 20% of his snaps he plays like a monster and is productive as anyone on this football team.

See, I know exactly what you are saying but I'm not quite in agreement here. Yeah, Boldin played a lot of snaps but there is a huge difference between Leach & Boldin. Leach is the definition of quality over quantity. While Leach played whatever amount of snaps, he was definitely more productive on his snaps than Boldin. I'm not insulting Boldin here, but I'd take a productive player over an unproductive one any day, and while I get what you're saying, Leach is consistent and while Boldin makes TOUGH catches, he has his own issues. Leach's outproduces Boldin when he is on the field. I'm sure if there was some way of measuring production based on snaps, Leach would grade extremely high and Boldin would grade lower. That's obvious due to the amount of snaps Boldin has taken, I know. But that does have an impact on the game.

Yeah, that's the delicate balance here. That's why I won't be upset either way. I'll be disappointed if Boldin is gone. Make no mistake. He's an awesome football player. I love everything about the way he plays. I think that's a lost point here. From my limited perspective, to me, it seems like people around here feel like there are two sides: you either want Boldin here or you do not. It's not really like that. It's more complex than that. For me, I want Boldin here but as long as he is, it's hard to play the other guys we have. Deonte Thompson, David Reed, Tandon Doss, Laquan Williams, Tommy Streeter. We could have a beast in there. I'd hate to cut a Harrison (let's not talk character; just skill) and have it bite us in the rear end later. You know what you get with Boldin. He's awesome. I love him as a player. But Dennis Pitta's game is really similar to Boldin's at this point, and that kind of says that Boldin plays a lot like a TE than he does a WR. That's not an insult but it's not a compliment, either. It's rather in-between. We can't keep all these players. It's not possible. We will be forced into making tough cuts, and so I can see us cut Boldin to get more out of our depth players and perhaps a guy we draft this year. It sucks. I know. But, it's not the end of the world.

I'm torn on Leach & BA. It makes sense to cut BA, to an extent. We would need to replace his leadership. I can see Considine take over if re-signed for that role. Or perhaps another player. Leach is a conflict. You lose a great lead blocker for Rice & Pierce. Leach is also one of the very best if not the best at his position. He could prove a major loss to our run game. It's a tricky spot. Boldin's not the #1 player at his position or even top-5. I'm not sure about top-10 either. But I agree with you. Leach's production may be replicated. Boldin may not be easily replicated.

Lol, this is entertaining. I suggest people take some Ativan before we have hospital admissions grow in a matter of hours in Baltimore & its surrounding counties. Boldin's not released yet. Wait and see. But there is a point to both arguments. You can make an argument to cut Boldin to save money to extend young guys. You can also make an argument to keep Boldin due to how clutch he played in 2012 and especially when Cam was Canned. Personally, I would be fine either way. It makes sense both ways to me. Not sure I like the idea of restructuring Boldin, personally. I think it's fine for this year, but I want to pay guys like Pitta, Jones, maybe Cody or Oher if they explode this year. Those players are young and up and coming. Boldin's great, a beast, but let's face it: he's at the end of the game. How much juice is in those tanks?

Boldin was our go-to guy. I will definitely miss him. He made several key plays this year. He played out of his mind at times. Really. He was a monster. The San Diego Miracle on 4th & 31 was it? Anquan had a major role in that play. Major role. Without him, we lose that game and a lot changes. He made several key catches when we needed it. He went Boldin mode in the Super Bowl. Elevated his game like I never saw. I was amazed. He played probably the best football out of our entire WR corps. But we have Pitta, who can be the new go-to guy for Flacco--who already could be argued as his go-to guy.

True. We usually sign back all of our ERFAs, too. Just like RFAs & not cutting draft picks. As for Ellerbe, I don't know about keeping him for 5-6M. I like Ellerbe, but that's a lot of dough. We might feel forced into it with the uncertainty at ILB with Lewis retired & McClain injured. If Ellerbe will be expensive, I would rather let him, Kruger & Williams all walk and bring back Ed Reed. His leadership is really important to our defense, more than even Boldin's on the offense. We can rake in the comp picks in 2014 if we don't go crazy this year. We can use the money if we do cut Boldin to keep Reed, extend guys like Dennis Pitta (IMO, far more vital than Boldin going forward), maybe even Oher if the FO really wants to keep him and get some cheap veterans in FA to fill holes at NT, LB, even DE (pass rusher).

Pitta, Dickson, Reed, Harewood, Jones, Cox. I think that's it. We could re-sign Cox for a cheap deal. Shouldn't be much. Reed & Harewood are guys who we might risk not tendering and re-signing cheaper. Jones, Dickon & Pitta would need tenders. I'd rather extend Pitta or Jones than tender, though.

I really think there is a good chance Ellerbe may join Kruger & Williams as FAs who do not return in 2013.

You guys don't get it. It's not just about the money. That's a big part of it. I will make this real simple as to why the Ravens would want Boldin to take a paycut or get released: 1.) Depth of Position: Torrey Smith, Tandon Doss, Tommy Streeter, LaQuan Williams, Deonte Thompson, & David Reed are all under contract or can receive a tender (ERFA or RFA). 2.) Cost: Boldin costs us 6M in base salary. We're tight against the cap. We have quite a few needs. 3.) Depth of Draft: there are many talented WRs in this class who could upgrade or come close to Boldin's production. 4.) Future Contracts: this is last but it's not the least. A lot of us do not seem to recognize that we have Torrey Smith, Dennis Pitta, JJ, Michael Oher, Ed Dickson all coming due as FA on the offensive side of the ball. How do you we propose we pay for those players? That's not counting guys like Corey Graham, Jimmy Smith, Art Jones, Pernell McPhee, Chykie Brown, etc. I hope we can keep Boldin like the next guy, but look at those four factors and really look at the team as a whole. If we can extend guys like Pitta, JJ, Oher, etc. we can save money in future years. Whether we want to admit it or not, Boldin is on the decline. He is not the same player despite his awesome performance to lead us to a Super Bowl. I would take extending Pitta & keeping Ed Reed over Anquan Boldin and I have a #81 Nike Super Bowl 47 jersey.

Wow. Bill really needs to reconsider taking these high-character concern guys. I know he thinks he can fix them all but it's not always the case. Here's one.

Ahh, Ireland. My bad. I would cheer for the Irish if they were a little better at football. I'm Italian & Irish. So glad Italy beat England.

Can't wait for the Euro match today. Italy vs. England. Sorry, Arnie. I hope you guys get waxed today. Viva Italia.

I can't take credit for that. Terrell Suggs posted it on his Facebook and I just re-posted it.