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

[Luvnit2]

(10-19-2015, 06:23 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 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. 



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?

Does anyone agree handing Pita (often injured huge money and large guaranteed contract) was a bad Ozzie move?

If so, look up his contract dollars tied up in dead money. My point is the Ravens are league leaders in dead money the past few years, That is on Ozzie.

That dead money limits him from getting other players to replace the guys like McPhee or Smith who went and got more money. Ozzie's decision to wait on Flacco (yeah, the early years were not bad, but the late years Ozzie had to be aware of when negotiating with others) and the Pita contract were bad deals. He gambled and lost on Flacco by not signing him prior to his Super Bowl year costing him 10's of millions. Then the Pita contract was beyond dumb, he paid he top TE money and the guy could not stay on the field. That was a bad enough, but then he guaranteed the money so Pita's contract has to be honored if he has a football injury, he did and now they are paying the price.

In 2015, Ozzie has over 21 million in dead money (not including the Pita contract) with Ngata over 7 million, Jacoby Jones, Canty he cut him cost the team dead money and then signed him again). How many players could have been signed for 21 million to help the Ravens? The facts are Ozzie signed guys to be bad contracts and wasted their cap space.