Peter

Are you saying Oz is going to pay Joe the 20 mil an elite Q B gets?

And he will find the cash ....... Cap....... Where?

I hope you are right in one sense. Paying Flacco Bree's Manning Brady money with that old tired roster will make the Ravens also rans .

If Flacco maintains his stance of being paid as elite, how do you keep him?

Flacco is getting paid. No matter who they have to cut. He's a Raven for life now.

redright wrote: Peter

Are you saying Oz is going to pay Joe the 20 mil an elite Q B gets?

And he will find the cash ....... Cap....... Where?

I hope you are right in one sense. Paying Flacco Bree's Manning Brady money with that old tired roster will make the Ravens also rans .

If Flacco maintains his stance of being paid as elite, how do you keep him?

Flacco just wrote his paycheck.  Yes he'll get paid...the deal will be structured to be, if not cap-friendly, at least cap-neutral.  Ray Lewis retiring saves them $4.5M against the cap to start...that goes right to Flacco.

Boldin and Reed are also gone (hopefully with rings on their fingers).  Ozzie did this three years ago when he cut Mason, Heap, Gregg and McGahee loose.

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redright wrote: Peter

Are you saying Oz is going to pay Joe the 20 mil an elite Q B gets?

And he will find the cash ....... Cap....... Where?

I hope you are right in one sense. Paying Flacco Bree's Manning Brady money with that old tired roster will make the Ravens also rans .

If Flacco maintains his stance of being paid as elite, how do you keep him?

Flacco just wrote his paycheck.  Yes he'll get paid...the deal will be structured to be, if not cap-friendly, at least cap-neutral.  Ray Lewis retiring saves them $4.5M against the cap to start...that goes right to Flacco.

Boldin and Reed are also gone (hopefully with rings on their fingers).  Ozzie did this three years ago when he cut Mason, Heap, Gregg and McGahee loose.

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Peter
Eve after the S B you are going to have a great off season. It will not be dull.