[News] Late For Work 1/19: DeSean Jackson And 10 Other Potential Salary-Cap Casualties To Watch

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Ravens top special-teams rankings. Expect 3 comp picks. Bengals revel in Steelers loss. Hue credits Harbs.

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[whobilly]

Love that the Bengals are glad the Steelers lost. That coming from a bunch of underachievers like them is so special. With that being said, the Ravens as a five win team should say nothing as well.

[BmoreB]

Draft "Treadwell" and bypass that list of WR "Re-Treads", thanks in advance Ozzie.

[bioLarzen]

"Baltimore finished with the best overall point total (231), followed by the New York Giants (271.5), Jacksonville Jaguars (295), Dallas Cowboys (310.5) and Philadelphia Eagles (313)."

 

Wonder if it's a mere coincidence that none of these teams made the playoffs, and only one of the five even came close - and they're only because they were in a shaky division... And 3 of these 5 pick in the top 6...

[iluvpurple]

Congrats to our Special teams this year, they have definitely been the biggest bright spot of our team this season. To be ranked #1 is awesome! Hope this continues, and also hoping our defense and offense can get into the top 10 next season...... And that tweet from Anthony Levine is a hoot, I got a huge laugh from it this morning

[fusuymada]

I don't believe I see the type of receiver Ozzie would draft on that list. Look at who he picked up, scrappy, tough yet smart receivers who knew how to get open when their speed was gone (if they ever had speed). The person I find that is most attractive is Victor Cruz but he also has been fighting the injury bug. IMO, we already have a 1st round wr draft pick on the team because Perriman is like having that extra pick next season. Ravens really have no choice except to go cornerback as the pass rusher class is weak after Bosa, the tackles are weak after Tunsel and the receivers are weak after Treadwell. The corners have Ramsey and Hargreaves and if both of them are gone at 6 I would move back and get more picks as every other, than those I mentioned, aren't worth a top 10 pick. Hopefully someone goes after a qb and leaves one of those guys on the board. Bosa, Tunsel, Treadwell, Ramsey and Hargreaves are the only guys I feel are top 10 picks this year. Anyone else is just settling for what we can get...

[WNC-Raven]

"A hamstring injury forced him to miss six games, which can be avoided with proper training"

With so many injuries over the past 2 seasons, I'm not sure our training staff knows proper training techniques.

[cushrinada1986]

The idea of Perrimen, SSS, and Jackson sprinting down the field sounds awesome and all(not to mention the possible idea of adding Will Fuller or Sterling Sheppard in the draft)but I would hope we would try to get a bit younger. Jackson is 29 and is younger than SSS but at the end of the day, I bet we could find someone to replicate that speed in the draft, for cheaper and younger. Still, The idea of that much speed is tempting.

[jravens13]

To those of you who say Treadwell round 1, why not Doctson or Michael Thomas Round 2? Will Fuller or Sterling Shepard Round 3? Rashard Higgins will be the greatest sleeper of them all.

Edited January 19, 2016 by jravens13

[Crusader]

The idea of Perrimen, SSS, and Jackson sprinting down the field sounds awesome and all(not to mention the possible idea of adding Will Fuller or Sterling Sheppard in the draft)but I would hope we would try to get a bit younger. Jackson is 29 and is younger than SSS but at the end of the day, I bet we could find someone to replicate that speed in the draft, for cheaper and younger. Still, The idea of that much speed is tempting.

Two guys with serious knee injuries sprinting, now that's  funny.

[TorryGundy]

i cant see us taking any of those potential cap casualties. the great thing is this year we can trade comp picks where in years past we coldnt. i can see Ozzie doing some draft day dealing. I also would not be surporsed if we trade out of the six spot and pick up a few more picks and trade them to get back into the first round.. Say trade to ten or twelve and get an additional second and fourth . Couple those and trade back in to get a pick around 25 to 30. We could get a pass rusher and a corner. Not a good recieving draft so I see us going Defense early and look for a burner in third or fourth round. the Steelers seem to find Gems with speed in those rounds.

[Ravens4Life89]

To those of you who say Treadwell round 1, why not Doctson or Michael Thomas Round 2? Will Fuller or Sterling Shepard Round 3? Rashard Higgins will be the greatest sleeper of them all.

I agree I like the thought of Will Fuller in the 3rd round 

[January J]

DJax is a nice thought but an important question is how well would he mesh with Steve smith? I kind of see them clashing a bit. Shouldn't be the deciding factor- but I think there would be better, cheaper options anyway.

[RavensVAfan]

Yet another reason not making the playoffs suck. Here we are speculating about free agents and draft picks when the season isn't even over. We'll have months and months to speculate and rarely does any of it come to fruition.

 

Take this column and tell us what coaches and players are doing now. Tell us about their off season plans. Tell us what's going on at the UA performance center - who is working out, etc. Start the speculation when we're closer to the draft or start of FA.

Edited January 19, 2016 by RavensVAfan

[JoeyFlex5]

desean jackson is the only wr in the nfl that flacco could let it rip with. he is nearly impossible to overthrow unlike torrey.

[Purple Dawg 96]

Triple " S " is the only veteran the Ravens need, this is no rest haven for WRs to just run down field and just stroll off the field paid!

[The Negotiator]

The idea of us trading back to aquire pics is crazy to me. We need playmakers on both sides of the ball. Trading back has not helped us and is part of why we have few playmakers. I hope we trade up in other rounds as well.

Edited January 19, 2016 by The Negotiator

[Drew P]

That's a MASH unit of WR's. Pass Ozzie unless Garcon can be had on the cheap

[sami]

looks like Snoop Dog has put on a little weight.

[The Greek]

heck no to djax. he is injured as much as monroe and has an attitude

[regz1997]

Jalen Ramsey. *drops mic*

[The Greek]

pierre garcon and vincent jackson would interest me if the price is right if we bypassed on drafting a receiver or trading for one

[ellicottraven]

Garcon is the only one that makes sense here. We have speed in Perriman and if Garcon who reminds me most of Boldin can come in at a veteran's price, then fine. If not, let's draft a good WR in the upcoming draft. SSR, Aiken, Perriman, Camp, Butler, and 1 more would do the job fine.

[budkretz]

Does anyone know the back end of the upcoming draft. I think the Ravens have all their original choices in rounds 1-5. Not sure about about last two rounds. The trading of Gino Gradkowski involved a change of draft picks at the end and there may been others. I'm guessing we'll get two 4th round picks and a 5th as compensatory. Can comps picks be traded this year or does that go into effect next year?

Assuming the Ravens have 9 to 10 picks overall and definitely 4 in the first 104 picks of the draft. The Ravens can address their needs straight up through the draft or Ozzie using trades to move us up and down as needed. I still go back to 2008 when we got Flacco and Rice in first and second rounds (instead of trading up to get Matt Ryan - which Ozzie tried to do but Atl said no thank goodness!). It was quite a factor that set us up for the next three years afterwards. Definitely want to see lightning strike once again.

[rmcjacket23]

Does anyone know the back end of the upcoming draft. I think the Ravens have all their original choices in rounds 1-5. Not sure about about last two rounds. The trading of Gino Gradkowski involved a change of draft picks at the end and there may been others. I'm guessing we'll get two 4th round picks and a 5th as compensatory. Can comps picks be traded this year or does that go into effect next year? Assuming the Ravens have 9 to 10 picks overall and definitely 4 in the first 104 picks of the draft. The Ravens can address their needs straight up through the draft or Ozzie using trades to move us up and down as needed. I still go back to 2008 when we got Flacco and Rice in first and second rounds (instead of trading up to get Matt Ryan - which Ozzie tried to do but Atl said no thank goodness!). It was quite a factor that set us up for the next three years afterwards. Definitely want to see lightning strike once again.

If my information is correct (somebody can verify if needed), we should have:

 

1st round picks: 1

2nd round picks: 1

3rd round picks: 1

4th round picks: 2

5th round picks: 0

6th round picks: 1

7th round picks: 1

 

We are anticipating picking up 2 more 4th rounders and 1 5th rounder as well from compensation picks, so that would bring us to 10 picks I believe.

 

Comp picks can't be traded until 2017 draft.

[757RavensFan]

i cant see us taking any of those potential cap casualties. the great thing is this year we can trade comp picks where in years past we coldnt. i can see Ozzie doing some draft day dealing. I also would not be surporsed if we trade out of the six spot and pick up a few more picks and trade them to get back into the first round.. Say trade to ten or twelve and get an additional second and fourth . Couple those and trade back in to get a pick around 25 to 30. We could get a pass rusher and a corner. Not a good recieving draft so I see us going Defense early and look for a burner in third or fourth round. the Steelers seem to find Gems with speed in those rounds.

 

Trading comp picks doesn't take affect until 2017. 

 

The owners, who are meeting in Irving, Texas, voted to allow compensatory draft picks to be traded beginning in 2017 and also voted to shorten the "legal tampering window" before free agency from three days to two.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14274468/nfl-owners-ok-compensatory-pick-trading-2017

[bioLarzen]

If my information is correct (somebody can verify if needed), we should have:

 

1st round picks: 1

2nd round picks: 1

3rd round picks: 1

4th round picks: 2

5th round picks: 0

6th round picks: 1

7th round picks: 1

 

We are anticipating picking up 2 more 4th rounders and 1 5th rounder as well from compensation picks, so that would bring us to 10 picks I believe.

 

Comp picks can't be traded until 2017 draft.

 

As I understand, we have 6 picks (without the comp picks, of course), so one of these has probably been traded.

 

Update: checked it. Our picks:

 

1: 06 (rd 1)

2: 36 (rd 2)

3: 70 (rd 3)

4: 101 (rd 4)

5: 124-127 (rd. 4, traded from the Broncos for Gradkowski)

6: 164 (rd. 6)

 

The 7th round pick has been traded to the Dolphins for Will Davis.

 

So, at this point we have 6 picks, with one extra 4th rounder, no 5th rounder ( both due to the Gradkowski-trade) and no 7th rounder (the Will Davis trade).

Edited January 19, 2016 by bioLarzen

[rmcjacket23]

As I understand, we have 6 picks (without the comp picks, of course), so one of these has probably been traded.

Probably the case. I'm not sure if we actually have 2 4th rounders at the moment, or if we lost one of our late round picks.

 

I was basing that off an article written about a month or so again, so situation easily could have changed since then. I know we gave up a 7th rounder for Will Davis, but not sure if we already had two picks there or not.

[cushrinada1986]

Now you put it that way........ lmao

[Tenacious Faulker]

Of all the receivers listed only CJ, Jackson and Garcon are worth the the look. IF talks of retirement are not serious by CJ, he'll still command a high salary IF Detroit doesn't resign him or UNLESS he's willing to entertain a shot at a championship for less. I'd prefer Garcon over Jackson. He's a more complete receiver and less of a headache. The rest of that group is either too old or too damage mentally or physically to be a serious candidate given the young inexpensive receivers we now have on roster.