BrianS

Yes, and no. In our case, it won't be much less. The reason it is often viewed as less is because the rookies salary takes the place of another salary. For this team, the players who will be replaced by the rookies are bottom of the roster players. The lowest salaries we have - Deonte Brown, Arron Mosby, Sam Tecklenburg. You also have to consider that the deals for Theilen, McCray and Williams aren't factored into the 12 million of free space yet. Chances seem good that we're done in FA.

We can't afford him. Our remaining cap is 12 million . . . we need 12 million to sign our rookies, assuming no more trades. The only thing remaining is the Shaq extension which still hasn't been announced.

If I'm the Ravens I'm content to let Lamar play the next two years on the tag and then walk. He'll be 28 by then, which will definitely be in the downward trajectory that these heavily mobile / running QB's seem to hit around that time. He should have take 133 over 3 and called it a day. Let's face it, if you can't make 133 million take you into the sunset, something is wrong.

No, it wouldn't. Thomas is 5 million in dead cap. We only net about 1.5 million by getting rid of him. Next offseason, it looks better with only 1.5 million of dead cap against a 7 million cap number.

I'm glad that reporters can't agree on who various factions within our team favor. It means we've learned to properly smokescreen what we're doing. Finally. This is a Good Thing (tm).

Some of our fans are really tossing out some unreal expectations. A winning record this year would be an INCREDIBLE accomplishment. INCREDIBLE. Forget division titles. Forget playoffs. Just win more games than we lose. It's more likely we end up winning 7 games. Our offense and defense were bottom half of the league in the only stat that matters: scoring. Rookie QB. New staff. Completely new defensive system requiring different personnel. Come on. What we should be looking for in 2023 is a team that fights hard and improves over the season. In 2024, we should expect a winning team barring some sort of injury crisis or our rookie QB turns into Jamarcus Russell. We should be competing in the division. Playoffs as a wildcard at least.

The Rhule stink continues to wash away.

Foreman's market value is running in the 3-4 million range depending on who you believe. I would 100% take him back on 2 years, 2.5 per plus 2.5 to sign.

I see a lot of people say that. Then I see him giving future first round DL's the shake in a phone booth and dropping dimes versus Georgia. Do I believe the talk or do I believe what I see?

I honestly don't know why they kept throwing him the ball. He was a huge source of negative and failed plays in that game.

Same. If our rookie goes down, start Corral. If Corral is great, we can trade him in a year or two and recover some capital. If Corral is "ok", we have our forever backup. If he's terrible, he's no different than 80% of the college QB's who enter the NFL.

Dalton signed for $4 million last year in New Orleans, I think that would be worth it.

I think Stroud has been underestimated. Everyone doesn't necessarily knock him, but they get all enamored with Young and Richardson because those guys can sometimes make crazy plays. Fools gold. You need to watch a lot of Stroud film. Stroud can do the same things. The "problem" is that outside of the Georgia game, he wasn't really forced to with any regularity. But it is there. Most people just watch the Georgia game and go "He was pretty good, but it's one game". Instead, watch all his other film first. You will see mobility, runs and creativity scattered in the film. Then watch Georgia. You realize "Oh, this isn't a fluke. This is him playing within his abilities against a team that can actually challenge him".

If we're doing a deal with Houston, the numbers work out to something like we give 1 and 93, and we get 2 and 33. If we are sold on two QB's, I would do that deal. I would also WAIT to do that deal until I've had the chance to see all the Pro Days and meet in person with the players.

Honestly, it's fine. Yes, we have the second highest dead cap in the league this year . . . and zero dead cap in 2024. Oh, and 109 million in free cap. Yes, that will adjust with contracts from this year, but 2024 is looking fine. This isn't going to be "the year". Rookie QB, new staff. A great season for us is anything close to .500 football. 2024 should be the year we look to see a playoff contender in BoA.

The way I look at it is that we traded away two first round picks for the number one pick. The other stuff isn't really all that worrisome - including DJ Moore. You're going to give any first round rookie QB at least two years anyway. By the time we find out what our rookie has (or doesn't have) we'll have a first round pick again. I just don't see the problem.

FWIW - The general rule is that 50% of first round QB's go on to have successful careers in the NFL. Not saying they are all time greats or anything, just that they have good careers. For all other rounds, the average is about 10%.

I like Levis. I think he and AR are largely the same player, and Levis has more, better tape than AR. I would not feel comfortable with him if we want a starter THIS YEAR. He's not that guy.

Agree to disagree. I don't think he has the chops to be that threat.

No, he won't. All of those "athletic traits" are also true of Tommy Tremble. Washington is "bigger" than Tremble, but that doesn't have anything to do with running routes and catching the ball. I would much rather see us spend a draft pick on a TE who has already PROVEN he can run routes and catch the ball. Teams who have a complete roster can take chances on project type players. We are not that team. We have blocking TE's already. Let's get one who can catch.

I'd like a TE, but I don't think we need another blocking TE. We need someone who can threaten the defense.

I understand, that's what I'm saying. Neither of those guys will ever win a SB.

Setting aside Watson's off the field catastrophe, the two players aren't really comparable. Watson has been available for every game of his career. He didn't play until later in rookie season, and he sat out the last game of 2019 as the Texans rested a bunch of starters for their playoff game. Further, Watson got a STUPID contract. No one is looking at his contract and thinking it's a good deal - off field problems aside. It's just not a good deal. I'm waiting for the day NFL QB's finally realize that if they want to compete for a ring consistently, they can't be sucking up 15+ percent of their team's cap. Brady won obscene numbers of playoff games and SB's with the Patriots, yet never had a cap number over 23 million.

No. Stroud won't get you fired. He's the Trevor Lawrence of this draft. AR's got more caution tape than any QB in this draft. He's not a first round pick. Think about it. Who are his college comps? Trey Lance? Lance had a 66% completion rate in college and played two years. Remember, his second year was cut off by COVID. Justin Fields? Likewise Fields, two years of football and a 68% completion rate. Jordan Love? Three years of college ball and a 61% completion rate. Cam Newton? FFS, don't even get me started. AR isn't in the same universe as Cam Newton. The list goes on. All these guys were first round QB's and AR doesn't measure up. People want to lose their minds over a physical specimen. Don't be fooled. Good GM's aren't.

AR is going to get some GM fired if taken in the first round. This is the oddsmakers in Vegas knowing this and pushing the betting line to up their take.