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(10-13-2015, 07:01 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: You do have to pay him that. $20m is the going price for a franchise QB. Look at who is currently making more money than him. Look at who is making about 1-3m less a year than him. The deal is about to get really tough for the team to work with if it isn't restructured, but it was designed to allow the Ravens to build around him in the first 3 years of it. Cap wise, he hasn't been even in the top 10 for QBs since signing his contract until this year. Even now, his cap hit isn't what is limiting the Ravens. They have about $20m tied up in dead money.

Though, you're right that Ozzie is awful at drafting WRs. I was reading an article the other day about how they passed up on this WR a few years back and got this back up  D lineman that left after 3 years of never starting. The WR was drafted with the very next pick. The scouting report said he'd never be more than a return guy. To be fair, he does return kicks for his team. His name is Anthony Brown or something. Maybe Antonio?

The Ravens had to pay him that because Ozzie Newsome tried to play hardball the year before his contract was up.  Flacco got hot in the playoffs and won a Super Bowl in his contract year and put Ozzie over the barrel.  A few years later, the Ravens are paying #7 QB money to the #26 rated passer, which is a bad return on the investment.

Everyone passed on Brown, so I can't give Ozzie too much grief, there.  Besides, Brown is a system WR, and without the full arsenal of pick plays the Steelers normally use to get him seperation, he's fallen back down to earth the past few games.