[News] Late For Work 2/15: Matt Forte Fits Ravens, But Only On The Surface

[BR News]

Osemele, Tucker top-ranked free agents. Forsett edits dunking video. Maybe Arrington stays after all.

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[TheConquerorWorm]

Torrey,
Should have taken the less money and stayed in Baltimore and you could have a statue in front of M&T. #MoneyOverLegacy. Anyway, you are still one of the classiest players in the league - much love!

[rmcjacket23]

2 minutes ago, TheConquerorWorm said:

Torrey,
Should have taken the less money and stayed in Baltimore and you could have a statue in front of M&T. #MoneyOverLegacy. Anyway, you are still one of the classiest players in the league - much love!

LOL, he needed to do a LOT more than he did in the four years he was here to get a statue...

[RAVENS2192]

why aren't the titans mentioned when Forte is brought up, they have one of the better o-lines in the league but lack the running back to help Mariota.

[757RavensFan]

20 minutes ago, TheConquerorWorm said:

Torrey,
Should have taken the less money and stayed in Baltimore and you could have a statue in front of M&T. #MoneyOverLegacy. Anyway, you are still one of the classiest players in the league - much love!

There's a heck of a lot more players that would get a statue before Torrey. 

[757RavensFan]

Former NFL agent and CBS Sports’ Joel Corry believes Forte will cost between $4 and $5 million on a short-term deal in free agency.

Should have started and ended the Forte article w/ this. 

[rmcjacket23]

17 minutes ago, RAVENS2192 said:

why aren't the titans mentioned when Forte is brought up, they have one of the better o-lines in the league but lack the running back to help Mariota.

Probably because Forte is on record as saying that money isn't as important as going somewhere to compete to win. The Titans wouldn't seem to fit that mold in the next year or two, which is probably all Forte has left.

[bioLarzen]

6 minutes ago, 757RavensFan said:

Former NFL agent and CBS Sports’ Joel Corry believes Forte will cost between $4 and $5 million on a short-term deal in free agency.

Should have started and ended the Forte article w/ this. 

It shouldn't have started in the first place... Even entertainig the idea to bring in a costly, over-the-top player to one of the few positions where we have great depth is ridiculous.

Edited February 15, 2016 by bioLarzen

[ellicottraven]

Are there going to be articles referencing everybody that is available in free agency from here on out? We don't have money unless we make room and we aren't making room quite yet. And why in the world would we need a RB anyway?

[Ugly Ball]

Are there going to be articles referencing everybody that is available in free agency from here on out? We don't have money unless we make room and we aren't making room quite yet. And why in the world would we need a RB anyway?

The only free agent story I want to read about is when Denver has another fax machine snafu and end up sending us Von Miller all wrapped up with a bow !
Now wouldn't that be a story?

[fusuymada]

Thanks for the articles Sarah. Unlike others, I understand how difficult it is to write a LFW article every day of the offseason when news is few and far between. I think you do a great job providing information and fuel for thought at a time in the season when there isn't a bunch to write about. I come to the Ravens website daily just for your LFW article. Keep up the good work.

[rmcjacket23]

11 minutes ago, Ugly Ball said:

The only free agent story I want to read about is when Denver has another fax machine snafu and end up sending us Von Miller all wrapped up with a bow !
Now wouldn't that be a story?

That wouldn't be enough. The snafu would have to be Von agreeing to play for less than half of what he will be asking for, which no fax machine glitch in the world would make that happen.

No point in discussing further.

[Raven_Don]

that was a funny tweet... Smith and Quan on the field at the same time...lol equals safeties in the box on every play... lol... blitz every other play... that equals bad football... Steve has functional speed...he's no longer the burner he used to be... Quan has never been a burner.... why would you want that on the field anywhere other than the redzone???

[bigcatfrank1]

We dont need Matt now, we could have used him 2 years ago. however Forsett did just fine. I think Allen is going to emerge as our starter. We could use Torrey back, if he would come back for 5 mil as he should have stayed for in the first place then the Ravens would have their 1-2 WR I have been asking for. (jacket). of course thats not going to happen but i saw the posts below so I thought I would throw it in....and you are correct he needed to do a lot more to earn a statue. Matt could land in Tenn, NE, even Pitt they have a history of picking up bargain RB with good hands.

[rmcjacket23]

6 minutes ago, bigcatfrank1 said:

We dont need Matt now, we could have used him 2 years ago. however Forsett did just fine. I think Allen is going to emerge as our starter. We could use Torrey back, if he would come back for 5 mil as he should have stayed for in the first place then the Ravens would have their 1-2 WR I have been asking for. (jacket). of course thats not going to happen but i saw the posts below so I thought I would throw it in....and you are correct he needed to do a lot more to earn a statue. Matt could land in Tenn, NE, even Pitt they have a history of picking up bargain RB with good hands.

But why bring up somebody who you know won't be available to sign? He literally just signed a big deal with the 49ers less than a year ago and cutting him does them no good. 

I mean is it really this difficult for fans to be at least a little but realistic? I mean if it is just let me know and I can dumb it down, but can't we as fans at least try to talk about players who at least have a reasonable shot of being on this team?

I mean I get that in the age of fantasy football and Madden (and even an unrealistic franchise fantasy league being done on these boards) that it's difficult for some people to separate fantasy from reality, but the LEAST fans should do is spend a few minutes doing research before they post about signing this player or that player.

Lord knows the education on here would be lifted substantially, which benefits everyone.

[ravenwildman]

I realize that cap space is great if you have it, but teams like the Patriots manage to stay in the playoffs top tier with consistently having little to no cap left going into FA. This year they are -1.6 mil. So IMHO I think too much is made over the cap space available. Sure it would be great to have 20-30 mil to sign a superstar, but how often does that "superstar" fizzle into a dud on a new team? To me it seems like organizations that try to buy Super Bowl teams, usually flop. I think that smaller smart acquisitions of players with a chip on their shoulder, and team building, will get you into the postseason more so than big name buying.....just my two cents. GO RAVENS!

[balfan23]

3 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

But why bring up somebody who you know won't be available to sign? He literally just signed a big deal with the 49ers less than a year ago and cutting him does them no good. 

I mean is it really this difficult for fans to be at least a little but realistic? I mean if it is just let me know and I can dumb it down, but can't we as fans at least try to talk about players who at least have a reasonable shot of being on this team?

I mean I get that in the age of fantasy football and Madden (and even an unrealistic franchise fantasy league being done on these boards) that it's difficult for some people to separate fantasy from reality, but the LEAST fans should do is spend a few minutes doing research before they post about signing this player or that player.

Lord knows the education on here would be lifted substantially, which benefits everyone.

The guy said "of course thats not going to happen" ... so why beat him up? All he seems to be saying is, it would be nice, but it isn't going to happen, so it wouldn't appear he's living in a fantasy world. Court doesn't always have to be in session. 

[rmcjacket23]

14 minutes ago, balfan23 said:

The guy said "of course thats not going to happen" ... so why beat him up? All he seems to be saying is, it would be nice, but it isn't going to happen, so it wouldn't appear he's living in a fantasy world. Court doesn't always have to be in session. 

Past history mostly. He's one of the guys going around saying guys we should sign as FAs despite the fact that those guys aren't actually going to be FAs.

We've discussed this at nauseum. If fans are expecting us to significantly upgrade WR via FA this offseason then disappointment should be expected. When guys like Travis Benjamin and Reuben Randle and among the best WRs available on the market, you know it's a bad market. And it's not like there's much expectation of quality WRs getting cut either.

 

[rmcjacket23]

21 minutes ago, ravenwildman said:

I realize that cap space is great if you have it, but teams like the Patriots manage to stay in the playoffs top tier with consistently having little to no cap left going into FA. This year they are -1.6 mil. So IMHO I think too much is made over the cap space available. Sure it would be great to have 20-30 mil to sign a superstar, but how often does that "superstar" fizzle into a dud on a new team? To me it seems like organizations that try to buy Super Bowl teams, usually flop. I think that smaller smart acquisitions of players with a chip on their shoulder, and team building, will get you into the postseason more so than big name buying.....just my two cents. GO RAVENS!

Correct, this is pretty much proven year after year.

[The Greek]

i still believe osemele should be our #1 priority even it hogs up most of our spending $$. after next season we will be able to cut players to save a good amount of cash like monroe. i also do not agree with the notion that we are deep at running back. there is a reason why forsett has been a journeyman and he is now in his 30's recovering from an injury and off a down season. buck allen could be the next bernard pierce for all we know. he seems more like a complementary back to me than a starter and lorenzo has missed games in both of his seasons thus far so he is a ? going into next season. not saying we need to go after a fa rb but we should see what is available in the draft and not pass on someone that could be our next jamal or rice

[rmcjacket23]

6 minutes ago, The Greek said:

i still believe osemele should be our #1 priority even it hogs up most of our spending $$. after next season we will be able to cut players to save a good amount of cash like monroe. i also do not agree with the notion that we are deep at running back. there is a reason why forsett has been a journeyman and he is now in his 30's recovering from an injury and off a down season. buck allen could be the next bernard pierce for all we know. he seems more like a complementary back to me than a starter and lorenzo has missed games in both of his seasons thus far so he is a ? going into next season. not saying we need to go after a fa rb but we should see what is available in the draft and not pass on someone that could be our next jamal or rice

True, but you also would need to use that cash saved to spend on the replacements for the positions we cut, which could be costly.

[The Greek]

if derrick henry is available in the second rd when we pick is he worth drafting knowing he is the physical bruising back we have lacked in a while or do we continue to work on the defense which we all know needs youth at olb, mlb and could use a cb. what do you all think?

[rmcjacket23]

15 minutes ago, The Greek said:

if derrick henry is available in the second rd when we pick is he worth drafting knowing he is the physical bruising back we have lacked in a while or do we continue to work on the defense which we all know needs youth at olb, mlb and could use a cb. what do you all think?

I don't think we use an early round pick on a RB.

Henry I'm not really a fan of anyway...think he only gets what's blocked for him.

[HomeoftheBRAVENS]

We don't need an expensive aging RB.Our running game is just fine with Forsett and Buck.

[WNC-Raven]

I think so much of this draft will revolve around if we can somehow, someway resign KO. If not then there will be serious consideration in drafting a T with our 1st pick. Most likely Stanley. That to me would seriously hurt our entire draft as we have a major need at CB and pass rush that could be helped with our first 2 picks.

[ravensnj]

We don't need an expensive aging RB.Our running game is just fine with Forsett and Buck.

I concur

[ravensnj]

  3 hours ago, 757RavensFan said:

Former NFL agent and CBS Sports’ Joel Corry believes Forte will cost between $4 and $5 million on a short-term deal in free agency.

Should have started and ended the Forte article w/ this. 

It shouldn't have started in the first place... Even entertainig the idea to bring in a costly, over-the-top player to one of the few positions where we have great depth is ridiculous.

Correct!

[ravensnj]

Geez.. I would rather talk Tamba Hali. That's the pipe dream.

[ravensnj]

18 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

I don't think we use an early round pick on a RB.

Henry I'm not really a fan of anyway...think he only gets what's blocked for him.

Henry will be a huge BUST! Can you say Trent Richardson, but slower?

[rmcjacket23]

11 minutes ago, WNC-Raven said:

I think so much of this draft will revolve around if we can somehow, someway resign KO. If not then there will be serious consideration in drafting a T with our 1st pick. Most likely Stanley. That to me would seriously hurt our entire draft as we have a major need at CB and pass rush that could be helped with our first 2 picks.

Also implies that there would be a corner or pass rusher available at #6 worth taking there. We certainly aren't in a position where we need to reach for a position of need, and we're certainly looking for a player who will help us more in the long run than the short run.

Pass rusher certainly gets addressed one way or another in this draft, but corner I'm not so sure about.