Chances Haloti Ngata is extended?

[Tru11]

but the decline weve seen is that even against double teams, and sometimes even against a 3rd blocker, he would still annihilate anyone in his path and blow up an entire gameplan. ngata used to be THE premier d-lineman in the league, as a 4-3 DT, as a NT, and as a 3-4 DE, opponents had to design their entire gameplan around finding ways to contain ngata. teams couldn't send a RB or FB out of the backfield for a dump off, because they would have to assign 2 blockers to ngata and he would still penetrate on every snap, teams had to assign chip blocks up the middle of the field to slow him down, and all the extra work they put in to slow ngata, left teams scratching their heads about how to slow down our other pass rushers. not having big numbers doesn't tell the whole story for a DT or NT, but in this case it does, because teams aren't dedicating as much of their gameplan to ngata, and he still has produced drastically less than he did 3 seasons ago.

 

for a guy his size, the knee injuries will continue to hinder him, they've constantly came back, and the injuries will continue to come back, it is a real problem for him. it is sad because he looked like a sure fire hall of famer at one point so young in his career, and he has just fell off the map for us

 

there is no arguing he aint what he used to be.

And yeah he could have been a HOF candidate if he played at the same old level.

 

But even though he might not be playing HOF worthy  he is still playing apperntly on a Pro Bowl level which is still among the best lol.

 

He still is pretty good.

just not great sadly.

[Purple_ICE 81]

I read an interesting article on Ngata this morning. If we cut him after June 1st we will free up $8.5M but have $7.5 in dead money go toward the 2015 cap. Whatever money we have left from the $8.5M should we not use it all could go toward offsetting that 7.5m in dead money.

[jaege]

I read an interesting article on Ngata this morning. If we cut him after June 1st we will free up $8.5M but have $7.5 in dead money go toward the 2015 cap. Whatever money we have left from the $8.5M should we not use it all could go toward offsetting that 7.5m in dead money.

 

 

But we would still need to replace him. And whether we believe he will ever be as good as he was he is still better than anyone we could get for 6-7 million.

[ellicottraven]

I saw Jameson Hensley write an article in which he mentioned the Ravens either were going to or should consider extending Ngata to reduce his cap hit. What are the chances this happens? He still has two years(?) left, so it'd be a risk to extend him for much longer, given his age and injury concerns.

How likely is it that he is extended? The only other cap friendly option would be to cut him post June 1st, but I highly doubt that happens, so am extension seems to be the only smart option.

He is one player that has declined year upon year unfortunately. So, I don't think he gets extended. He might be allowed to play out his contract like the Ravens typically do with their first round selections, but beyond that I don't think he stays. Knowing him, he may choose to retire.