Anquan Boldin Traded to the San Francisco 49ers

[The Raven]

Sure lets Rob Anquan to overpay Flacco.......SMH

Lol you're so off base. Joe is making less than 7 million this year. As far as the upcoming season goes, how the hell is that robbing Q and overpaying Joe? If Q makes the salary he is under contract for, they will make the same amount this season.

Good try! Play again?

[Purple_ICE 81]

I agree. Ravens had a nice balance with speed and possession. I really don't wanna be loaded with speed guys. Q was the guy that could go up and pull it down and even if he was "slow," he had 100 yard games.

Im worried about Jacoby Jones now, when he was a #2 receiver in Houston he really wasnt too productive. He really benefits from having 2 other good receivers along side him. We need to add another good replacment to balance everything back out if we lose Boldin

[Purple_ICE 81]

Lol you're so off base. Joe is making less than 7 million this year. As far as the upcoming season goes, how the hell is that robbing Q and overpaying Joe? If Q makes the salary he is under contract for, they will make the same amount this season.

Good try! Play again?

Haha yea coming from one of the biggest Flacco bashers on here too...clueless

[The Raven]

Just because it's not about the money doesn't mean he doesn't need the money.

School teachers do their job for the reward of teaching and inspiring students but they aren't doing it for free. I would be very upset if we cut Boldin.

I would rather have him on the team than Ed Reed honestly.

Completely agree!!! I would be upset if we cut him, but I understand the reasoning behind it.

Some people think it's all about speed. Anquan Boldin was our go to guy, he is like the Heap/Mason role on this team.

Not doubting anyone's ability but our WR Corps would be downgraded by releasing him by a large margin if we go to a David Reed or Tandon Doss.

I agree with this as well. We'll definitely have a downgraded receiving core.

[hawkprey]

Deonte will be our #2 this year... book it.

[Guest RBates]

Lol you're so off base. Joe is making less than 7 million this year. As far as the upcoming season goes, how the hell is that robbing Q and overpaying Joe? If Q makes the salary he is under contract for, they will make the same amount this season.

Good try! Play again?

Do you know the reason we are having to release players at this point?

Please tell us all why, and i wont respond. I'll let everyone else do it.

[1/28/01]

Flacco gets the house and Boldin's offer wasnt even enticing enough for him to stay? Yikes!

[Grapple Raven]

My point earlier, was two fold:

Ellerbe and McClain have some really serious injuries that leads me to honestly wonder if they could play through an entire season at a high level. Ellerbe this season alone has dealt with two broken thumbs, back, hamstring, foot and ankle issues, and may require surgery in the off season. McClain's neck and spine injury could be detrimental to his career and is still up in the air as to whether he can play. Do you want to mortage the bank on that is a good question worth consideration.

Secondly, Ray Lewis (and God love him, he was my favorite) elevated the MLB position and the defense first attitude to an all most celebrity level. In the league today the way it is trending, the MLB position doesn't stand to take more precedence over the other positions on defense, especially if we strengthen the front seven...which is where I see is our biggest need. All I am saying is that we fell in love with the MLB position because we had the greatest at that position...but we have to change our thinking... we can't tie up all our money in that position, because there will never be another Lewis. Ellerbe isn't Lewis, and it isn't fair to expect him or anyone else to be. We have to change our focus a bit, and until we do we may continue to overpay for a MLB at the expense of other team needs.

[The Raven]

Do you know the reason we are having to release players at this point?

Please tell us all why, and i wont respond. I'll let everyone else do it.

AT THIS POINT, we are releasing players to make room for Ellerbe, Reed, and MAYBE McKinnie. Wow!!! I actually had to explain that to you? Funny!

[RavensAllTheWay]

Do you know the reason we are having to release players at this point?

Please tell us all why, and i wont respond. I'll let everyone else do it.

Not because of a whopping $6.8 million cap hit by our "overpaid" QB

[GrimCoconut]

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.

[Bltravens]

Do you know the reason we are having to release players at this point?

Please tell us all why, and i wont respond. I'll let everyone else do it.

You don't even know either. Flacco's 6.8 mil cap hit is PALTRY in the grand scheme of things this year.

Just because the contract says 120mil over 6 doesn't mean he takes up 45mil of the cap space this year.

[Alexir]

Flacco gets the house and Boldin's offer wasnt even enticing enough for him to stay? Yikes!

Flacco gets the house, kids, dog, cars, bank account. Boldin gets a crappy studio apartment with a fridge with a six pack of Schiltz beer after a hard days work.

This divorce is getting ugly.

[dirtybird10]

anquan boldin is not now nor has he ever been a benchrider and he is worth every single penny of the 7 million we don't have another reciever with his hands on the team .

Never called him a bench rider, I was responding to your quote talking about bench riders. If the Ravens beleive that it is not money well spent then they will not pay him that kind of money. I see no reason for him not to accept a cap friendly deal that will guarantee him the money over a longer span, but its ultimately up to him.

[JO_75]

If Ozzie's thinking is cutting Boldin for Ellerbe, that would be a very bad move. Considering we can get Minter/Ogletree/Te'o in the first round, I would let Ellerbe get paid elsewhere. At least one of those three will fall to 32 or within trade distance for us to move up and snag him. I don't get why it's take a pay cut or be cut, why not give him a small cap friendly extension similar to Joe's where in the first three years he would have lower cap hits before it escalating to a higher cost in year 4.

[Guest llwillow1231]

Not sure what negative things people can say about Laquan. He wasn't really that bad his rookie year with the small amount of playing time he had.

no clue but i got allot of negatives for saying he should get more starting time.

[PurpleCityLights]

Probably is killing him that after all that effort he put on field, his only reward is either getting cut/paycut.

This

[1/28/01]

Gonna be honest. Hate the thought of our WR corp not having Q!

[runamuk]

eehhhhh I don't know all about that, Lee Evans isn't on our team anymore and most of our guys can catch. Doss had that one really bad game against the Colts, but outside of that most guys can catch.

fair enough instead of saying "on a regular basis" i should have said consistently .

[Alexir]

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/cap-hit/

Here are the Cap hits for the Ravens.

Nothing against Haloti, but instead of cutting Boldin, why don't we try restructuring Ngata's contract? Why don't we save a million by cutting Ayanbedjo or Cody? Michael Oher is getting paid 3.5 million this year, where this draft has the deepest level of offensive tackles. Should we look to move him before he is a free agent next year?

Just food for though, I get that the older guy goes. I do. I just don't see us doing well with out that possession guy and Reed/Doss are not the option.

[The Raven]

Gonna be honest. Hate the thought of our WR corp not having Q!

Yeah, as much as I think Q will be cut, I really don't want him to. I have little faith in the guys behind him.

[runamuk]

If Torrey isn't good at getting separation, then Boldin might as well be running routes in a wheelchair. Boldin gets ZERO separation and the only reason he gets as many catches as he does is because he has outstanding body control, perfect hands, and Joe trusts him.

and you just made my point about why he should stay

[Alexir]

Gonna be honest. Hate the thought of our WR corp not having Q!

Call up Mason?

[T3hRaven]

Cutting Q to sign Ellerbe is not worth it.

[VA_Fan]

Without Q our "New" Offense takes a huge step backwards. I would rather us let the injury prone Ellerbe go elsewhere. We know what we have on Offense.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

This would be an absolutely heart-breaking cap casualty

[1/28/01]

Aaaahhhhh!

[runamuk]

http://www.spotrac.c...ravens/cap-hit/

Here are the Cap hits for the Ravens.

Nothing against Haloti, but instead of cutting Boldin, why don't we try restructuring Ngata's contract? Why don't we save a million by cutting Ayanbedjo or Cody? Michael Oher is getting paid 3.5 million this year, where this draft has the deepest level of offensive tackles. Should we look to move him before he is a free agent next year?

Just food for though, I get that the older guy goes. I do. I just don't see us doing well with out that possession guy and Reed/Doss are not the option.

agree 100 percent the options are endless i think letting q go is a huge mistake esp when there is so much dead weight on the team . i do understand the older guy goes but at some point if the older guy is your best option that should take priority. point in fact ray lewis .

[JO_75]

Cutting Q to sign Ellerbe is not worth it.

Ogletree/Minter/Te'o are all BETTER linebackers than Ellerbe.

[The Raven]

Ogletree/Minter/Te'o are all BETTER linebackers than Ellerbe.

Did you just say that three backers who have yet to play a down in the NFL are better than Ellerbe?

That is so precious.