In Ozzie We Trust (The Ravens Free Agency Thread)

[SecretAgentMan]

So what I've heard is we lost our amazing WR.
Are losing Bmac
And possibly losing Reed

Bring it...... It's last offseason all over again. Time to reload

[K-Dog]

we are DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to go 0-16 !!!!!!!!!!!



no I am kidding.
We will be fine.
My not have MY [i]favorite [/i]players but we will be fine.

[Ravenseconbeast]

We have approximately a little over +17m


We have a need @ FS, DE/OLB, ILB/MLB, WR

We also have RFA Art Jones, Dennis Pitta among few other small role-players.


Title says it all, who do we sign & pick up?

[rmw10]

No one, unless I can include Ellerbe. Ozzie doesn't make moves early. He's patient.

[Gordo52]

Bye Mckinnie! Glad your not coming back, thanks for the great playoff run though! I guess he thinks he has leverage because we have Oher who might have to play LT next season. ....ugh

[Guest llwillow1231]

we can't afford anyone i want so i'll just watch.

[Gordo52]

Who's got it better than us?

Yeah, that's my answer.

[Gordo52]

"Who's got it better than us?"


Yeah, that's my answer.

[hawkprey]

Jake Long.

[SecretAgentMan]

The fans are saying Doom and Gloom. Hahaha.

Boldin isn't on the caliber of AJ or CJ. Get over it... It's a buisness, it's not like he was an all pro. Torrey has potential.

Doom and Gloom won't happen.

[SecretAgentMan]

[quote name='hawkprey' timestamp='1363054158' post='1387628']
Jake Long.
[/quote]
If that only was possible

[Ravenseconbeast]

I'll go really crazy on this one: [b][size=5]Victor Cruz[/size][/b]

yeah...i said it!

[omar586]

no one, probably not even our own Ellerbeast, might roll with $$$,

[jaege]

No one. We don't do free agency. At least not until the feeding frenzy is over-with and he can swoop in and get guys on the cheap.

[Limelight543]

No one bc we will have to fight tough and nail to keep Ellerbe and Reed...

[Ravenseconbeast]

Giants put 1st-round tender (non-exclusive) on Victor Cruz which sets him @ +2.3m

I think his worth a gamble for our 32nd pick.

[Limelight543]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363054209' post='1387633']
The fans are saying Doom and Gloom. Hahaha.

Boldin isn't on the caliber of AJ or CJ. Get over it... It's a buisness, it's not like he was an all pro. Torrey has potential.

Doom and Gloom won't happen.
[/quote]

Boldin wasnt all pro? maybe not a title but he was all pro when we needed it which is more often than any one besides Dennis Pitta can say

[Limelight543]

[quote name='Purple_ICE 81' timestamp='1363046619' post='1387188']
You could say the same thing about Percy Harvin who just got acquired for multiple draft picks uncluding a 1st rounder. Amendola has skill and potential thats what the Ravens would look at, and the only reason why I am saying it is because apparently the Ravens hold strong interest in persuing him.

The Seahawks just traded for Percy Harvin who is very injury prone but could be a 1000 yard receiver and push for 3000 all purpose yards if he stays healthy.

The Ravens would be signing a WR who could be a 100 reception 1000 yard receiver if he stays healthy. And I like Amendola's chances better than Harvins...Harvin has migraine problems aside from being injury prone which could be concussion related. Amendola just plays very agressive and goes up and makes huge catches and sometimes gets hurt, you cant argue with that.
[/quote]

Percy Harvin has some of the most talent in the NFL, hes 100%%% different also Harvin hasnt missed a game due to the migraine in a while, now a couple injuries sure....He has no concussion this i DO know. Harvin is worth 8+mill yearly...

[SecretAgentMan]

[quote name='Limelight543' timestamp='1363054689' post='1387667']


Boldin wasnt all pro? maybe not a title but he was all pro when we needed it which is more often than any one besides Dennis Pitta can say
[/quote]
You and many fans are talking as if Boldin is one of the 5 best WRs in the whole NFL.
Boldin was a WR who was physical, and that brought a lot to the table..... But he wasn't a premier player at his position.... In fact, none of our receivers were.

Torrey has potential to be, and I like Jacoby as a number 2. Torrey will EXPLODE next year. Torrey has the potential to be second best in the NFL.

I think we can go get a Robert Woods in the draft. Who would fill in nicely

[SecretAgentMan]

Danario Alexander. Who was an UDFA who had an original round tender put on him....

[Limelight543]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363054999' post='1387683']
You and many fans are talking as if Boldin is one of the 5 best WRs in the whole NFL.
Boldin was a WR who was physical, and that brought a lot to the table..... But he wasn't a premier player at his position.... In fact, none of our receivers were.

Torrey has potential to be, and I like Jacoby as a number 2. Torrey will EXPLODE next year. Torrey has the potential to be second best in the NFL.

I think we can go get a Robert Woods in the draft. Who would fill in nicely
[/quote]


Torrey will not ever be 2nd best hes good but hes not even a true #1 right now...He has a lot to learn and Boldin took off A LOT on the kid made him THAT much better now Torrey with get double teamed every time and not have as good as a season as last year.

[hawkprey]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363054267' post='1387636']
If that only was possible
[/quote] If you're okay with letting go of Reed and McKinnie, all we need to sign is Ellerbe for probably around 4-5 million max. The FO will want to protect their big investment at quarterback and when you combine a big free agent tackle class with the good tackle class in the draft, not many teams will want to pay Long what he wants. Which is $10-11 million. If Long is okay with taking $9-10 to play with a championship team then it's do-able.

[Ravenseconbeast]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363055104' post='1387688']
Danario Alexander. Who was an UDFA who had an original round tender put on him....
[/quote]

his a beast

he also had 5 operations in 1 leg.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='Free Agent' timestamp='1363049983' post='1387405']
A Maserati? More like a schoolbus.

Best of luck elsewhere, Big Mac.
[/quote]

He was referring to Joe as the Maserati and he as the insurance policy... haha. Good metaphor by Big-Mac.

[Alexir]

[quote name='Ravenseconbeast' timestamp='1363054645' post='1387664']
Giants put 1st-round tender (non-exclusive) on Victor Cruz which sets him @ +2.3m

I think his worth a gamble for our 32nd pick.
[/quote]

Absolutely worth the gamble at 32!

But I just don't see it happening. We are using money to keep our guys.

[FerrariFan87]

Ellerbe and Reed will be back... other than that, we'll be looking at value Free Agents tomorrow and beyond, like B-Mac a couple of years ago and Corey Graham this past year. I'd say that worked out well.

[Ravenseconbeast]

[quote name='Alexir' timestamp='1363055426' post='1387710']
Absolutely worth the gamble at 32!

But I just don't see it happening. We are using money to keep our guys.
[/quote]

what if i told you giants are just a little under 5mill on salary cap? they might not be able to match our offer

[Gordo52]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363054999' post='1387683']

You and many fans are talking as if Boldin is one of the 5 best WRs in the whole NFL.
Boldin was a WR who was physical, and that brought a lot to the table..... But he wasn't a premier player at his position.... In fact, none of our receivers were.

Torrey has potential to be, and I like Jacoby as a number 2. Torrey will EXPLODE next year. Torrey has the potential to be second best in the NFL.

I think we can go get a Robert Woods in the draft. Who would fill in nicely
[/quote]
He was a premier player in our offense ever since Caldwell took over. He was clearly Joes go to guy in clutch situations.

I'm excited about Torrey as well, but potential for 2nd best in NFL? That's a stretch.

I agree with Robert Woods though, I would live to have him, especially now. He's turned into one of my most wanted prospects after today lol

[1/28/01]

And people are jazzed over Danario Alexander because why? Just curious...

[runamuk]

[quote name='Mr. Irrelevant' timestamp='1363054999' post='1387683']
You and many fans are talking as if Boldin is one of the 5 best WRs in the whole NFL.
Boldin was a WR who was physical, and that brought a lot to the table..... But he wasn't a premier player at his position.... In fact, none of our receivers were.

Torrey has potential to be, and I like Jacoby as a number 2. Torrey will EXPLODE next year. Torrey has the potential to be second best in the NFL.

I think we can go get a Robert Woods in the draft. Who would fill in nicely
[/quote]once they double team torrey hes done ......no break out year pitta has a btter chance of fighting for yards after catch unless,,, he gets better at it . he couldn't beat culliver