What is the worst contract the Ravens have ever inked with a player?

[jimjim5]

I was reading though a couple of posts and that got me thinking..... ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, what is the worst contract the Ravens have ever inked with a player?

 

maybe there are multiple bad deals? If so, rank em' and why? 

 

1)

2)

3)????

[rmcjacket23]

Dominique Foxworth and I don't think its close.

[jimjim5]

Dominique Foxworth and I don't think its close.

 

 Did you just end my thread with one post??? LOLOLOL

 

Wow. How could I forget that one? Foxworth was a good dude though.

[B-more Ravor]

It's kind of a tough question because there are several factors that come into play - mainly performance and/or injury and/or off field stuff.  Some could be foreseen, some not so much.

 

For instance, the contract with OT Leon Searcy in 2001 has to be one of the worst because he never played a down for the Ravens and it was a pretty sizeable deal (for the time).  But, Searcy has never had an arm injury before in his career.

 

As mentioned, the Foxworth deal was pretty bad, but injury also was an issue there.

 

With Pitta reinjuring the hip, that deal looks incredibly questionable.

 

Grbac's turned out pretty badly due to performance (and his apparently lack of heart).

 

Rice's deal obviously has become an albatross.

 

McGahee's deal was another one that seemed more than a bit out of line when signed.

 

While nowhere as big, the Frank Sanders 4-year deal in 2003 (?) was pretty bad, given his lack of production in his only year here.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

Yea... Nothing touches Foxworth. Maybe Boller's rookie contract?

[52520Andrew]

Grbac

[JoeyFlex5]

my first thought was foxworth, but he was injured and was a good guy so im not gonna throw salt on his name. 

 

evlis grbac on the other hand, may have prevented us from going to more super bowls, i think a qb who didnt throw more int's than td's and some familiarity would have been all that team needed to get back to the promised land.

[lgcs27288]

Probably Foxworth. Chris Carr? I can't remember his deal though.

I might catch heat but, if Flacco doesn't restructure, I think you can add him.

I love the dude, he's done amazing things for us, but no one and I mean no one is worth a 28 mil cap figure.

[BSHU_Miami]

Dominique Foxworth and I don't think its close.

This

[balfan23]

Foxworth's contract hurt, but I'll go with Grbac, because the negative impact to the team was greater than any other move we've ever made. 

[redrum52]

Dominique Foxworth and I don't think its close.

I think the majority here hated that contract from the jump, but the funny thing was I completely forgot about it. That was probably the first big mistake of the Harbaugh era, besides benching my boy Barnes.

Hold on. What about the Rice contract? We really only got 1 year out it, in 12, then 13 was atrocious and we all know what happened after.

[flynismo]

Webb. He got paid much more than Foxworth and contributed just as little

[reed20]

Probably Foxworth. Chris Carr? I can't remember his deal though.

I might catch heat but, if Flacco doesn't restructure, I think you can add him.

I love the dude, he's done amazing things for us, but no one and I mean no one is worth a 28 mil cap figure.

He was a big part in winning us a superbowl so there's no way that contract should even be questioned.

[Bullrush]

While both of them are among my all time favorite players, I'll throw the Chris McAlister & Peter Boulware extensions in there. Both guys were the highest paid players in the league at their position when their contracts were signed, they couldn't live up to it. Not because they couldn't do it skillwise, they just were injury prone and had off field issues (C-Mac).

[Tank 92]

Did someone actually mention Flacco?

[Gordo52]

Don't know the exact ramifications of it now, and up to 2017, but Ray Rices contract looked bad.

[Moderator 3]

The leap of faith with the Water Buffalo comes to mind.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

Webb. He got paid much more than Foxworth and contributed just as little

The main reason I stayed away from Webb for now is that we haven't seen the entirety of it yet. If he bounces back it won't look AS bad, though even a pro bowl year won't justify the contract and make it look good.

[Drew P]

Wife beater, incident aside, they over paid a easily replaceable position

[good_n_purple]

Anyone remeber Leon Searcy?

[Purple_City39]

As soon as I saw this thread title I immediately thought Foxworth, Webb, Pitta, and Rice (in no order).

 

Foxworth and Rice's I hated from day one.  Foxworth because he was never worth it to me and Rice because the position (plus his playoff performances) weren't worth it.

 

Pitta got rewarded after a season ending injury while playing a position the Ravens routinely churned out decent performances from (minus Clark) and Webb because he's really only played one season at a high level in his career.

 

On that note, it seems we may be able to take Webb's name off the list if he agrees to the pay reduction the team asked him to take

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/572841380780871680

[Tru11]

1 foxworth

2 pitta

3 grbac

[Ravenseconbeast]

Dominique crapworth. He alone single-handedly destroyed a perfectly winnable games 2-3 games at one season. Last second mr.disaster

[FlocksGottaFeed]

Worst - Grbac simply because of the critical position of importance and his overall divisiveness.

 

Best - Ozzie (just saying)

[codizzle]

Foxworth easily

[jimjim5]

1 foxworth

2 pitta

3 grbac

 

This is what I would go with. Maybe Pitta is #1.

[Pirate88]

Foxworth was just bad. Bad signing at the time and turned out to be bad bad bad BAD!! However let's turn our attention to current contracts that the team has to drag. Pitta for one, how could $35 get shelled to an injury prone player especially when they didn't build in protection!! Cutting him saves little and the best thing is for Pitta to retire. Even if he does play, does anybody think he will be nearly the player after another major injury to the same hip??!! Even if he does play he probably is not even NFL caliber. Oh BTW he has an injury history as well and was coming off a season ending injury when they gave him all that guaranteed. He has to be Harbaugh, Decosta, OZ, or somebody's buddy!! If they really thought he could come back from hip surgery why not just franchise him at about $7mil and see if he could stay injury free but No, somebody had to be his friend and wanted to give this guy a bunch of guaranteed $$ longterm coming off hip surgery and a long injury history.

With Ladarius Webb i can't say it was that bad. He didn't have an injury history and there were some whispers how he was better than and more spectacular than Revis in some ways. The only prob I have with the contract is he was under his rookie contract and the ravens could have got him at a lower price. Like closer to $8 to $8.5mil a year. He would have gladly taken a raise from less than a $mil to $8mil/year Other than that you can't blame the FO for injuries cuz he had no history.

Ray Rice is another bad bad contract!! $40 and $8mil/year to a RB who had a lot of miles on his tires and clearly had already lost some of his burst. RBs are coming in undrafted and rushing for 1300 yards, activated from practice squads running for 170 yards. McCoy is better than Rice and didn't get that much and as I just heard he was traded cuz RBs are easy to replace for most part. With this RB class they will replace Lashaun. Just like the ravens replaced their $8mil/year RB for less than $1mil/year!! My opinion Rice and Pitta are the worst recent contracts and Webb should have a slightly lower cap hit cuz they should have signed him at a lower price. You could also throw in the Daryl Smith contract although not to bad cuz they did get 2 good years from him so far. However He will be 35 by next years Superbowl and under contract several yrs after that and not exactly cheap and has lost a step. And the ravens system would benefit greatly from 2 physical explosive ILBs with safety speed and athleticism. The help in coverage allows more blitzing as well.

[ludy51]

Kyle Bollars rookie contract

[Pirate88]

Boller never had a team around him. He took and felt to much pressure when he couldn't function with those losers on offense. He had some nice games on bad teams after playing with the ravens. The couple games he played with Mason he had said Boller got the ball to him as well as anybody else. Not saying he would have been a good QB but he never really had the offense or system around him to succeed nor the consistent repetitions it takes for starters to get good.

[berad]

However let's turn our attention to current contracts that the team has to drag. Pitta for one, how could $35 get shelled to an injury prone player especially when they didn't build in protection!! Cutting him saves little and the best thing is for Pitta to retire. Even if he does play, does anybody think he will be nearly the player after another major injury to the same hip??!! Even if he does play he probably is not even NFL caliber. Oh BTW he has an injury history as well and was coming off a season ending injury when they gave him all that guaranteed. He has to be Harbaugh, Decosta, OZ, or somebody's buddy!! If they really thought he could come back from hip surgery why not just franchise him at about $7mil and see if he could stay injury free but No, somebody had to be his friend and wanted to give this guy a bunch of guaranteed $$ longterm coming off hip surgery and a long injury history.

 

The doctors cleared him, he had no cartilage or ligament damage - the Ravens were pretty confident that it would not lend him to get hurt again. Same team doctors that got Suggs back on the field after his Achilles, Ray Lewis playing playoff football on a torn tricep, etc.

 

What was his long injury history besides the hip?