[News] Ravens Sign Wide Receiver Michael Campanaro To One-Year Contract

[BR News]

The Ravens had placed an original-round tender on the restricted free agent, but the two sides agreed on a new one-year deal.

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[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

If he can stay healthy he can make plays but that is a very big if on the healthy ?

[757RavensFan]

I will admit that I gave up on Camp after his 2nd year due to injuries.  But after seeing the TD play in 2015 vs the Steelers and his play last year, I'm really hoping he can stay healthy.  He's EXTREMELY talented and can be a play maker on offense once he stays on the field.  

[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

12 minutes ago, 757RavensFan said:

I will admit that I gave up on Camp after his 2nd year due to injuries.  But after seeing the TD play in 2015 vs the Steelers and his play last year, I'm really hoping he can stay healthy.  He's EXTREMELY talented and can be a play maker on offense once he stays on the field.  

Totally agree with your statement.

can be a play maker if  healthy.

 

[Chuckx999]

Another guy that can't stay healthy and we resign him. Any wonder why this team has had a POOR record the past few years???????

[757RavensFan]

10 minutes ago, Chuckx999 said:

Another guy that can't stay healthy and we resign him. Any wonder why this team has had a POOR record the past few years???????

It's incentive based that doesn't hurt our cap situation at all.  As a matter of fact, the deal created $1M in cap space for this year.  

 

[BiggMack91]

nice bench warmer pick up

[The Beak]

When Camp is ON the field he can be very productive, with this type of contract we really risk nothing...

[RailBird]

Every time I see Camp make a play I wonder how good he could've been by now if it weren't for all his injuries. Let's hope he finally has a solid injury-free year.

[designermaryland]

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

[rossihunter2]

4 minutes ago, designermaryland said:

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

We actually saved cap space with this contract - we didn't lose any cap space - and we don't have 10 mediocre wrs on the roster, we only have 4 with even a chance to make the team at this point that I can think of: Wallace, perriman, campanaro, Moore - so I don't see how giving campanaro a contract that potentially saves money isn't a good deal here... and also why any of these moves would preclude us from drafting a wide receiver...

[usmccharles]

Hopefully we signed a new medical staff as well

[rossihunter2]

6 minutes ago, usmccharles said:

Hopefully we signed a new medical staff as well

We kinda did lol...

[bigcatfrank1]

kind of expected this, Camp is affordable and possibly of value since he can be used for Kick Return and a deep WR option. As everyone has pointed out, healthy is the word.
I really would like to see Waller in the Slot more.
A solid vet and a decent Draftee will round out this WR corp with
Wallace, Perriman, Moore, a Vet, a Rookie and Campi (Waller could fill a 7 spot if they choose to keep 4 TE and 3 RB , using Boyle in a FB role

[usmccharles]

12 minutes ago, rossihunter2 said:

We kinda did lol...

Thank god

[billiejean]

Hopefully we signed a new medical staff as well

Yea I think we did that but Camps soft tissue issues seem to be something that he is more susceptible to than other guys. Hopefully he can get some expert to give him things that he can do to prevent those things in his off season workouts. If I were him I would pay to get the Dr. Andrews of physical therapy to get his opinion. Hes got to be feeling the pressure here. He is definitely not a lock to make the roster. But if this guy can keep him healthy and extend his career the money will be well spent. Unless of course there isn't much difference between the best and the Ravens guys which could certainly be the case.

[ellicottraven]

I don't see how he ever plays a 16 game season. He seems to be too fragile for the NFL. He's a gym rat I know, but that doesn't mean much because as I can recall one Eugene Monroe was a gym rat too.

[Purple Dawg 96]

Good news to me! I like Campy and feel we need another just like him maybe when and if we get another WR get a good possession WR! I just have a good feeling about Campy and I'm glad they didn't give up on him! Our Edelman when healthy and maybe he will avoid injuries and ball so hard!

[Crusader]

I like Camp but he is just like Webb and his body is not built for NFL or just bad luck. He shows some bright spots.

[Crusader]

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

Ozzie is really liberal with Steve's money with these contracts. You don't see that with the gold standard team. NE.

[sami]

I heard they signed Webb.

[The Greek]

I heard they signed Webb.

i am hearing it is a 1 year deal. i like the move for depth. solid locker room vet and does so much for the community

[rossihunter2]

12 hours ago, usmccharles said:

Thank god

It was more getting rid of the dinosaurs in the weight room and moving on full time to coach Saunders who's the guy that worked with weddle all year on the Armageddon stuff based around personalised workouts and explosion-based training that moves away from pure weight training and machine stuff - (even as someone who doesn't workout a lot, how those guys didn't do stuff like this before now seems crazy to me)

[rossihunter2]

11 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

I don't see how he ever plays a 16 game season. He seems to be too fragile for the NFL. He's a gym rat I know, but that doesn't mean much because as I can recall one Eugene Monroe was a gym rat too.

I don't think he's susceptible because of his size or "fragile" body - to me it sounds like his training regime was lacking because it's been continuous muscle strains rather than impact based injuries which suggests a lack of flexibility in his explosion - I guess we'll see how he gets on under coach Saunders (you have to think this is going to be his last chance)

[jhulax35]

Good news to me! I like Campy and feel we need another just like him maybe when and if we get another WR get a good possession WR! I just have a good feeling about Campy and I'm glad they didn't give up on him! Our Edelman when healthy and maybe he will avoid injuries and ball so hard!

Hopefully we grab Kupp

[rmcjacket23]

  15 hours ago, designermaryland said:

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

Ozzie is really liberal with Steve's money with these contracts. You don't see that with the gold standard team. NE.

Actually, you do. Look at the spending NE does every year.

[rmcjacket23]

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

1. There's no guarantee a guy like Camp even makes the team. He's guaranteed like $250K. If he doesn't cut it in camp/preseason, you move on. Not hard.

2. There really aren't that many other players available to be signed, and if we wanted to sign them, we could just cut other players in order to create space if we needed it. There's two guys on the roster right now I can tell you the FO probably has very little interest in seeing on this team this year.

3. They won't carry that many TEs or that many WRs on the final roster obviously. Teams DO need that many when it comes time for training camp/preseason, because if you don't have that many, then you won't be able to have an effective camp.

Would also point out that once you actually do get to the 53 man roster, WRs and TEs are important because they are often your core ST players. ST is kind of a big deal in the NFL, and unless you plan on sending guys like Wallace or Perriman out there to tackle returners, you're going to want some guys who can do that effectively.

[billiejean]

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

He isn't guaranteed to make the team. He is going to have to earn it. His new contract, at the base, is worth less than the tendered amount he was due. But if he plays well and contributes he can earn more money in incentives. The guys been plagued by injuries, but when he has gotten in games he has been able to contribute. With his contract the way it is we can cut him at anytime if he gets hurt again or get beat out by a younger guy or Danny Woodhead (they have very similar skill-sets). Only the top 51 player salaries for a team count against the salary cap in the off season. It seems that this has become your M.O. You complain about how the FO has no clue, but in most of your complaints there seems to be a factor that you have "no clue" about. And many times that factor makes your complaint inapplicable.

[billiejean]

14 hours ago, Crusader said:

17 hours ago, designermaryland said:

This is the problem I have with the Ravens overall plan. Why are you signing 6 mediocre WR and specialists, and talking about drafting a WR? You cannot do both. Every one of these seemingly small contracts is eating away at available cap space to sign others. If you want to give Campanaro a go, fine. But move on and draft a CB or end rather than waste the pick or the contract of the veteran. No need to have 5 TE's and 10 WR's on your roster. I truly think they have no clue.

Ozzie is really liberal with Steve's money with these contracts. You don't see that with the gold standard team. NE.

It would probably be best for you to take a look at the contracts given out by the "gold standard" before you make that assumption. Did you not see that they bought in Steven Gilmore this year for a ridiculous amount of money. Crusader you actually have some really good critiques at times but then you throw in an argument that is invalid or just doesn't make sense. And for this most part those types of comments can be attributed to your inaccurate assumptions which are based on anecdotal information. And Gilmore is not the only one.  But even if the "golden standard" never gave out big bad contracts your point is nullified by the fact that this isn't a liberal move.  Its a conservative one.  He singed to a base deal worth less than his tender. But if he does contribute he can get some of that money back with incentives.  But if he never plays another game for the Ravens he will receive less money than he was scheduled to make before the new contract.

https://www.fanragsports.com/nfl/patriots/patriots-db-stephon-gilmore-worth-new-contract/

https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-5-free-agents-about-to-get-overpaid/

"This is not a very strong cornerback group at the top end. You can find capable starters, but if your team needs a true No. 1 cornerback, the cupboard is significantly barer. The only player that realistically fits that billing is Stephon Gilmore, but he is coming off a season that would make you seriously question whether he can be that guy. Gilmore allowed 60.3 percent of passes thrown his way to be caught this past season for 15.6 yards per catch, and while he has often been seen as a shutdown corner for the Bills, he has allowed 16 touchdowns over his career, and 12 over the past three seasons. The lack of other true No. 1 options will likely still see Gilmore’s value pushed up because of the ceiling he has shown at times."

Edited April 7 by billiejean

[steelcityraven]

Always felt that if Camp could stay healthy... that he could be good.... I am just not convinced that he can stay healthy. However... good signing.... little risk with possible high reward...

Contracts like that can make a team!