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

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(10-19-2015, 04:53 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: 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.

LOL, do you honestly believe they SHOULD have offered that money to Smith and McPhee those contracts? I don't think paying Forsett $3m a year or paying a, at the time, healthy Pitta $6m a year is equivalent to paying Torrey Smith the same thing Brandon Marshall makes or giving your 3rd pass rusher more than your pro bowl #1 and #2. Pitta had been hurt once when he got his contract. That doesn't constitute "often injured". Maybe you're referring to Ray Rice for the RB... but he was 25 coming off his rookie contract when he got that and, at the time, was a top back in the league. That's not old. 

Quote: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.

Yea, Flacco's contract get's problematic these next few years, but that doesn't really back up your arguments that Flacco's contract is to blame for Smith and McPhee not getting overpaid. I mean... you keep trying to suggest that they SHOULD have overpaid them. You told us in 2013 that we should have overpaid Kruger and that Flacco was the reason why we didn't... lol

Does anyone, not just GMLuvnit, believe that the Ravens should have given McPhee $8m a year to play behind Suggs and Dumervil or that Torrey Smith is worth Brandon Marshall, Antonio Brown, or Victor Cruz post 1500 yard season money after he has a 767 yard season? Does anyone want to agree with the message board GM on this?