[News] Late For Work 2/3: 5 Realistic, 5 Unrealistic Free-Agent Signings For Ravens

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I like the Ravens looking at a WR FA or RFA this year. I think there are a lot of options out there and could be a good player to make an offer on. lets face it. The Ravens will have to pay a quality receiver to stay anyway, so if the can land a Jefferies, a Keenan Allen or a Benjeman do it. Put a solid receiver with SSSr. and then have Aiken/Perriman as the 3-4. You set the team up for the next few years because Sr is leaving, win the SB and come back for the repeat!

[bigcatfrank1]

I like the Ravens looking at a WR FA or RFA this year. I think there are a lot of options out there and could be a good player to make an offer on. lets face it. The Ravens will have to pay a quality receiver to stay anyway, so if the can land a Jefferies, a Keenan Allen or a Benjeman do it. Put a solid receiver with SSSr. and then have Aiken/Perriman as the 3-4. You set the team up for the next few years because Sr is leaving, win the SB and come back for the repeat!

secondly- who in the heck wants to put the physical burden on Sr. to put up 1200+ yards. Sure he is a superstar, he plays like one, and he might just do it. But lets use him for what he really is, a leader. Bring in a workhorse who will get the yards, Sr will be the man, Aiken and Perriman become even more valuable. Pick the player, pay the money, make the right move.

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  6 minutes ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

I like the Ravens looking at a WR FA or RFA this year. I think there are a lot of options out there and could be a good player to make an offer on. lets face it. The Ravens will have to pay a quality receiver to stay anyway, so if the can land a Jefferies, a Keenan Allen or a Benjeman do it. Put a solid receiver with SSSr. and then have Aiken/Perriman as the 3-4. You set the team up for the next few years because Sr is leaving, win the SB and come back for the repeat!

secondly- who in the heck wants to put the physical burden on Sr. to put up 1200+ yards. Sure he is a superstar, he plays like one, and he might just do it. But lets use him for what he really is, a leader. Bring in a workhorse who will get the yards, Sr will be the man, Aiken and Perriman become even more valuable. Pick the player, pay the money, make the right move.

lastly- We can only focus on so much, spreading cash around thinly has not worked. I say try putting what is available bigger in one or two places this year. Use the Draft, late casualties and our deep bench to create and develop this very talented core. WR 6-8 mil , KO at LT we could make a strong offer of 10mil. That would probably be about all we have for big deals. The rest would have to stay equal to last years payroll with Flacco's deal getting re-worked to make the cap. If KO leaves, that actually frees up some money but changes the Front line considerably.

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13 hours ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

I like the Ravens looking at a WR FA or RFA this year. I think there are a lot of options out there and could be a good player to make an offer on. lets face it. The Ravens will have to pay a quality receiver to stay anyway, so if the can land a Jefferies, a Keenan Allen or a Benjeman do it. Put a solid receiver with SSSr. and then have Aiken/Perriman as the 3-4. You set the team up for the next few years because Sr is leaving, win the SB and come back for the repeat!

1. Keenan Allen isn't a FA... he's signed with the Chargers through next season (and extremely cheaply at that).

2. 0% chance Alshon Jeffery ever sniffs FA. He signs an extension or gets franchised by the Bears.

3. Benjamin is nothing special and is adamant that he will resign in Cleveland.

In short, the FA market is going to be unbelievably weak this offseason, so don't expect us to make any noise there. In fact, don't expect barely any teams to make any noise there.

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12 hours ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

lastly- We can only focus on so much, spreading cash around thinly has not worked. I say try putting what is available bigger in one or two places this year. Use the Draft, late casualties and our deep bench to create and develop this very talented core. WR 6-8 mil , KO at LT we could make a strong offer of 10mil. That would probably be about all we have for big deals. The rest would have to stay equal to last years payroll with Flacco's deal getting re-worked to make the cap. If KO leaves, that actually frees up some money but changes the Front line considerably.

1. We don't currently and probably won't have enough cap space to sign a $6-8M WR or to sign KO for $10M, so neither of those things are going to happen.

2. We don't free up any money by KO leaving, since he's a FA.

My bet would be that we MAYBE sign a very cheap veteran FA WR, and look to the draft to add depth there. As for LT, my bet would be that KO is gone and Monroe is our starting LT next season, with possibly a draft pick added.

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  On 2/5/2016 at 9:34 PM, bigcatfrank1 said:

lastly- We can only focus on so much, spreading cash around thinly has not worked. I say try putting what is available bigger in one or two places this year. Use the Draft, late casualties and our deep bench to create and develop this very talented core. WR 6-8 mil , KO at LT we could make a strong offer of 10mil. That would probably be about all we have for big deals. The rest would have to stay equal to last years payroll with Flacco's deal getting re-worked to make the cap. If KO leaves, that actually frees up some money but changes the Front line considerably.

1. We don't currently and probably won't have enough cap space to sign a $6-8M WR or to sign KO for $10M, so neither of those things are going to happen.

2. We don't free up any money by KO leaving, since he's a FA.

My bet would be that we MAYBE sign a very cheap veteran FA WR, and look to the draft to add depth there. As for LT, my bet would be that KO is gone and Monroe is our starting LT next season, with possibly a draft pick added.

Yes your bet is consistent with a 5-11 team. You totally missed my entire point, You say Monroe is our staring LT His sallary cost us 8mil dollars. Cut Monroe We would owe 2 mil in dead money and we could pay KO the difference of 6mil in salary. Don't need to free up any money except by cutting Arrington's 2 mil. As far as a cheap veteran WR....why? The Ravens need play makers to get to the playoffs.

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  On 2/5/2016 at 9:12 PM, bigcatfrank1 said:

I like the Ravens looking at a WR FA or RFA this year. I think there are a lot of options out there and could be a good player to make an offer on. lets face it. The Ravens will have to pay a quality receiver to stay anyway, so if the can land a Jefferies, a Keenan Allen or a Benjeman do it. Put a solid receiver with SSSr. and then have Aiken/Perriman as the 3-4. You set the team up for the next few years because Sr is leaving, win the SB and come back for the repeat!

1. Keenan Allen isn't a FA... he's signed with the Chargers through next season (and extremely cheaply at that).

2. 0% chance Alshon Jeffery ever sniffs FA. He signs an extension or gets franchised by the Bears.

3. Benjamin is nothing special and is adamant that he will resign in Cleveland.

In short, the FA market is going to be unbelievably weak this offseason, so don't expect us to make any noise there. In fact, don't expect barely any teams to make any noise there.

Thats a shame, I thought that Allen was a FA this year. darn shame. As far as 0 % chance crap, you seem to know quite a lot. Benjamin has good talent, and there are others. So we will see... The Ravens need to try something a little different. This wait and see to pick up an old cap casualty WR isnt going to cut it.

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10 hours ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

Yes your bet is consistent with a 5-11 team. You totally missed my entire point, You say Monroe is our staring LT His sallary cost us 8mil dollars. Cut Monroe We would owe 2 mil in dead money and we could pay KO the difference of 6mil in salary. Don't need to free up any money except by cutting Arrington's 2 mil. As far as a cheap veteran WR....why? The Ravens need play makers to get to the playoffs.

Your dead money is wrong. Again, if we cut Monroe, he creates $6.6M in dead money... which is three years proration of the $11M signing bonus we paid him in 2014. When you cut a guy pre-June 1, that amount goes straight to that years salary cap. So, again, you're creating $2.1M in cap space, not $6M. 

His base salary is $6.5M for this year, with a cap hit of $8.7M. 

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/eugene-monroe/

You are right... the Ravens needs playmakers. Problem is...they don't grow on trees and finding them in FA is borderline impossible this season as it stands.

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10 hours ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

Yes your bet is consistent with a 5-11 team. You totally missed my entire point, You say Monroe is our staring LT His sallary cost us 8mil dollars. Cut Monroe We would owe 2 mil in dead money and we could pay KO the difference of 6mil in salary. Don't need to free up any money except by cutting Arrington's 2 mil. As far as a cheap veteran WR....why? The Ravens need play makers to get to the playoffs.

No, my bet is consistent with a team that made the playoffs for 6 of the last 8 years. We took that exact same approach each and every one of those years. I get the overreaction to a 5-11 season by the fanbase and thinking that a major change is needed, but its a bit short-sighted in my opinion. Not really looking at the big picture.