[News] Late For Work 8/26: Five Ravens In Jeopardy For First Round Of Cuts

[fluffy201]

I love all the really long posts, some of you guys should be writers for the Baltimore Ravens website....... lmao.

[The Mom Gene]

3 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

The average career is 3.3 years. That's mostly due to a combination of injuries and not being good enough to play. Gotta realize a ton of the late round draft picks and UDFAs don't ever make it more than 2-3 years in the entire league. Long list of late round picks and UDFAs from this very franchise that never made it past their rookie deal, which is four years, and many of them never made it that long. In most cases, its not injury that stops their career... its production. They get cut, and teams don't think they are good enough to play anymore.

Take a guy like Tommy Streeter for example. He was a 6th round pick in 2012. His first year with us, he made $484K, with a roughly $94K signing bonus.

He was cut after that season. He made $52,500 in 2013 as a member of the Bills, and made about $490K in 2014 as a member of the Jags.

He was out of the league in 2015 and it appears his career is done.

So a 6th round pick makes it just about 3 years in the league, and makes just over $1M total. Great for three years of work, obviously, but not nearly enough to live on forever.

Most draft picks get very little guaranteed money. 

Somebody like Matt Judon, who's a fifth round pick, only gets a $255K signing bonus. If he played only three years for us and then was forced into retirement, he would make about $1.875M in those three years, roughly $630K a season on average. Again, not enough to live on for the rest of your life.

All a matter of draft position and production.

For these players, they think they're going to get that mega-extension long-term, because they have confidence in their abilities. So they leverage their first contract into debt, by buying houses, taking out loans, making bad investments, etc. Then, in 3-4 years, when the money stops coming in because they're out of the league, they realize they don't have the skills to go find a $400K a year job elsewhere, instead probably settling for $50K a year jobs. Not enough to pay the debt they have, so, they go bankrupt.

You missed my Point.  Time to move on.

[Maryland]

Agree with the first 4 roster-cuts on that list, though KLM has shown enough to earn a spot as a DE, an area of little depth on this team as it is.

[The Mom Gene]

3 hours ago, hen826957 said:

When l look at it, to me $50k a year is not a lot in my book. It's decent but not comfortable. $80k is better. You will be still struggling.

As a former business owner myself for over 15 years, I will tell you that here in FL $50K isn't bad for some folks.

Two married folks, each making $50K isn't bad in a state where there are no State or Local Taxes.

[hen826957]

4 hours ago, The Mom Gene said:

8 hours ago, hen826957 said:

When l look at it, to me $50k a year is not a lot in my book. It's decent but not comfortable. $80k is better. You will be still struggling.

As a former business owner myself for over 15 years, I will tell you that here in FL $50K isn't bad for some folks.

Two married folks, each making $50K isn't bad in a state where there are no State or Local Taxes.

Yeah. If you have 2 married folks getting 50k which really the family getting a combined 100k a year. If you getting 50k by yourself yeah still tough. You could live with it but tough. ?

Edited August 27, 2016 by hen826957

[Ravensfolyfe]

I'm ready to see these guys in actions,can't wait.

[sami]

The first cuts to 75 are easy:

Brennen Bryer
Jarell Broxton
Carrington Bryndom
Trevon Coley
Dobson Collins
Kavell Conner
Tony Fabiano
Stephen Houston
Chuck Jacobs
Wil Lutz
Mario Ojemudia
Michael Pierce
Matt Skura
Darius White
Julian Wilson

The last pre-season game will decide which back-ups make the team and which don't.

wow, you were really close. Good Job!