Ravens 1st in newest power ranking; Pitt 8th, Cincy 12th

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(10-19-2015, 03:32 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Completely agree about Smith and McPhee. Smith wasn't shortchanged or whatever he wants to say. He wasn't worth Brandon Marshall money, sorry. McPhee got an incredible payday just as Kruger did. Both times it would have been stupid for the Ravens to give a situational rusher $8m a year. I'm not sure how someone claiming the Ravens are making bad contract decisions is suggesting we should have done either. 

If you suggest not paying Smith and McPhee was a smart move, then you must have also been upset paying an aging over used RB big bucks and no way out (guaranteed portion bad) and even worse paying a ton of money for Pita (often injured) and again a bad guarantee so no way out. Those 2 contracts alone would have paid for Smith and McPhee or 5 or 6 other solid players. That is the reason they are in cap hell and #3 is the Flacco contract.

He is guaranteed 28 + million I believe in 2016 and 32 million in 2017. Of that, already paid bonuses are at 10.5 million each year. If they cut him, they have a ton of dead money, if they restructure him (pay him the same, but kick the can down the road with bonus money), they are simply pushing the problem to later years. Ozzie has done a lot of restructuring. On the surface fans think it is great because they don't understand the negatives years later. Well with Flacco, the later happens in 2016 and 2017. All because Ozzie gambled and did not offer him enough to sign him prior to his Super Bowl year. In contrast, the Bengals FO gambled and paid AD a fair, but not close to top 10 salary and will benefit now for years to come. That one contract mistake with the QB is haunting Ozzie and making Katie (AD contract) look like a genius.