T. Sizzle's Time Fizzles: Just In - Suggs Re-signed!
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 10:46 AM EDT
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Print(POST PUBLISH NOTE: The Ravens reached a deal just announced over at BaltimoreRavens.com, for a reported $63 million over six years. Click here to read the story.)
The title of this post came to me late last night and I deserve major kudos for it from everyone. The Baltimore Ravens star hybrid LB/DE, Terrell Suggs, has until 4pm today to work out a long term deal with the team or keep his Franchise Tag for another year. He will not be permitted by league rules to sign another contract with the team until after the 2009 season, thereby increasing the odds that this season will be his final one in a Ravens uniform.
Cross your fingers that we will hear the announcement prior to the 4pm deadline.
Suggs is coming off an excellent 2008 season in which he had 68 tackles, 8 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions, both of which he returned for touchdowns. If he does reach an agreement before the deadline, he will still be able to put food on his table, as he is being tagged as our Franchise Player, which normally pays a player the average of the top five at his position. Since this is the second year that Suggs has been tagged, he get an additional 20% raise on top of that, paying him $10.2 million for the 2009 season. The team does still have the option next year of franchising him again, but then he would receive the average of the top five player in the entire league, which would put him in the area that Carolina Panthers' DE Julius Peppers is receiving, which is around $16-17 million! Paying Suggs that huge amount would wreck havoc with ours or any teams' salary cap and prevent the team from signing other free agents, much less their own players whose contracts will need to be renegotiated.
That list which has begun to take shape, already includes key members of the offensive line such as Ben Grubbs and Jared Gaither. There is no way the team will keep Suggs at that price, so whatever they agree to sign him for today will be a bargain come the same time next season. Suggs is only 26 years old and will begin his 7th season this year, so he has a ton of quality playing time left in his young body. As a cornerstone of the defensive front seven, he will be a major factor in the teams success and has achieved All Pro status on a regular basis.
If the Ravens decide to let him walk after the 2009 season, suitors will line up at his door waiting for the free agency period to begin in 2010, most likely starting with the New York Jets as well as his hometown Arizona Cardinals. However, the Ravens can put all this nonsense to sleep by agreeing to a long term deal before 4pm today and not place both parties in an uncomfortable position for the enitre 2009 season.
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He just got signed
But 6 yrs, 63 mil is a bit more than most of you Beatdown guys expected, huh?
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 10:18 AM EDT reply actions
$33.5 million to be paid out in 2009 and 2010
Thats second only to Peyton Manning’s 34 mill and above Freeny’s 32.
Here is a link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4328590
by John Stephens on Jul 15, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Hee Hee Hee
His contract is more lucrative for the first 4 years than Haynesworth’s. So much for snagging a blockbuster reciever. Also, does anyone else think it strange that only Steelers fans have commented here so far? It’s almost as if we care more about the Ravens than their own fans! ;-)
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
No, you're just all unemployed!
Ravens fans follow this and other sites to get their news and usually work during the daytime. You’re welcome here, but to think you can put down the fans of The Beatdown will just get you reprimanded and eventually banned. Keep the comments to the game and the personal stuff on your own site.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm at work right now.
So much for unemployed.
by John Stephens on Jul 15, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I was talking to
that LV Steelers’ comment.
You’re okay Johnny_S, for a Steelers’ fan!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually I'm 17
I’m taking a break from my summer readings for my AP English Literature class next year.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 12:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wasn't putting anyone down
It was a JOKE! But your hypersensitive reaction is amusing nonetheless. I know that Ravens fans are extremely passionate about their team. I just thought that it was a funny coincidence that the first several comments in this thread were by Steelers fans. I didn’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and never dreamt that anyone would take my comment seriously. Sheesh!
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 12:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
As you are still officially underage
you get a pass, and a padling. Now go to your room and do your homework. It’s 8pm already and time to watch Barney then off to bed.
Poor kid, Steeler fan already and now no life to lok forward to.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That wasn't patronizing
Can you please tell me what I’ve done wrong, besides being a Steelers fan? I haven’t insulted anybody, trashed the Ravens or their fans, or made unnecessarily homeristic remarks. All I did was make an extremely tame joke that I believed anyone could see through and was conceived due to a funny coincidence at the top of this thread. Unless now you’re joking and I’m the one who’s overreacting.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
he's a good kid.
not his fault he’s from pittsburgh. plus, he does a good enough job of de-homering himself prior to stepping onto the Beatdown. He’s good in my book.
Just some teasing, young one...
….sorry I ruffled your western PA feathers. Now go clean up your trailer and get ready to cok the rabbit for dinner.
You’re okay in my book for being such a big football fan and having the guts to come here at such a ripe young age. Keep it up and go for the school paper sports editor’s job. I’ll even write you a reference!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I was the Sport Editor for the class of 2006 yearbook at Franklin.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Yeah, well I'm the editor of my 3500+ school's newspaper! lol
Actually I am. Also, I’m really from eastern PA and currently live there (Allentown, to be exact), but I have family in western PA. Hence the whole Steelers fan thing. Another reason is the fact that everyone else at school likes the Eagirls, so I decided to be contrarian. (BTW, most of the people who have trailers live in central PA, which doesn’t include Pittsburgh or Allentown.) Anyway, thank you for the welcome. I like talking to sports fans who actually know about their team and don’t hurl insults like the ones on NFL.com, FOX Sports, CBS, ESPN, SI, etc
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Went to coolege with a guy from Allentown
His name was Donmoyer, should be around 50 years old now. Loved Billy Joel’s song about the town as well.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Whooppee doo
Too bad the Franklin kids mostly can’t read.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I saw that I left out the other "o" in cook.
Looks pretty creepy.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
If you must know
In eastern PA we cook squirrels, not rabbits. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, we find raccoons in our backyard. Pretty rare though. They’re more common in the mountains.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 9:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Getting my education
Something you should try some day. Can’t sit at the computers day like you. Would love to, but political science major is tough and I would like to do something with my life, unlike your self.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
You will
when they outsource your job to India..
Yeah, so true
try calling Dell Computers and get a guy that barely is understandable in India, who talks to you like you’re an idiot. Pretty humbling, much less frustrating!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
sooner or later
all that stuff will come full circle. I am working for an outsourcing company right here in B-More and our clients use us specifically because we are native english speakers and we can respond to our clients’ customers better than some 5-year English student in Mumbai can.
Yeah, but...
…those Mumbai-ans can sure act! And dance!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll be going to college in a year
Probably for a dual major in political science and finance/business. Then it’ll be law school in order to prepare for a career as a corporate lawyer.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 12:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
A sTeeler fan and a educated corporate lawyer?
Now there’s a contradiction of terms!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha Ha, hilarious
I thought stupid non-football attacks on other fans were discouraged. Unless you were only talking about attacks on Ravens fans…
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
by LV Steelers Fan on Jul 15, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
hey, LV, get that money mayne...
the kid’s gonna be a corporate lawyer, why hate? those guys get P.A.I.D. I’m lookin to take my CPA to become an accountant in the next year or two.
Yup
only way is Ravens way here.
Just kidding, sonny boy. Love having you around.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Great signing!
Six years for a ton of money that both the Ravens and suggs can live with. A lot of guaranteed money but as I said in the story, he is only 26 and will probably be worth every penny and it will be a cheap deal a year from now.
Helps our salary cap for 2009 as well, as his hit w/o the contract would have been all of the $10.2 million and is now less. Plus he will be in Training Camp instead of holding out until he signed his Tender at the end of pre season. Our opponents, rather than mocking this signing, should expect a better Suggs in 2009 than even in 2008. Look out!
aka 'Rexx'
So now that the Suggs deal is out of the way
What will we do about the WR postion?
FEAR THE NEVERMORE DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Benji!?
Where ya’ been?
What’s wrong w/ our WR situation. Mason will either be coming back or Clayton will slide over and the combo of DWill, MSmith, KWash will step up, or we will go out and grab a Matt Jones like so any want us to.
Either way, Training Camp is opening in a couple of weeks, so all will be right in the world again.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
They need to sign me.
5-9,170 lbs, I run a 4.9 second 40, I have questionable hands and I’m not super tough. But I’m a great character and locker room guy!
sometimes I just laugh at how quickly any of us would crumble on the gridiron if we were ever put to the test, hehe
What about meIn my youth I had Belitnikof hands
if you youngsters even know what that relates to. I’m 6’3", 200 lbs, work out obsessively and run a 4.5 40 yard dash (uhh,that’s 4minutes, 30 seconds though- now). Howevr, great locker room presence and leader. Can’t dance worth shit, so we’ll still need Ray.
So now can I get Franchised?
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
WR problem?
With Joe Flacco at the helm, one, or perhaps several, of our young receivers will blossom into a star(s). Right?
by Ravens Boner on Jul 22, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Be happy and party !
A yo, I’m a gang green fan but I like the way the killer birds play ,the Ravens are a hard hitting team specially the D.F,good for Suggs he earned it !>>> OVER AND OUT BOMBER JET!!
You guys (Jets) are becoming the next "Cleveland Browns"
for the way you take our ex-players like the Browns always do. Too bad the guys who signed for big bucks along with Rex won’t have Ray Lewis taking the focus of the defense off of them so they can excel. Prepare for medicrity out of Scott and Leonhard and oh yeah, Corey Ivy.
Welcome to The Beatdown though!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 15, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Tired of hearing the WR bs
First, I still think it is a good chance Mason will play. Second, what we have still isn’t bad, you have to figure they are a young bunch, Clayton hasn’t had a consistant QB to develope with, QBs in the past had no protection to truly have a passing game. McNair his one full season here was new to the system and learning on the job then got injured the next year and could not play.
This year is looking up even without Mason, but he will be missed.
Suggs deserves every penny of his money because compared to others at his position he is more rounded able to rush, stop the run, or drop back for coverage. Few in the history of the game can or could do that at the high levels he can.
Plus, he's getting paid at 26 years old
and has not missed a SINGLE game in his NFL career, which is huge this day and age. Now if he can just stop those phantom “Roughing the Passer” penalties…..
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 16, 2009 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
bruce you were a little quick to the trigger early in this post to threaten a ban on LV. we don’t ban. cleveland bans. i like trash talk (and this wasn’t) because it makes everything about game time better. pitt has been well reserved considering they could come over here and laugh at our sorry asses for choking. i think they don’t even bother because all we can do is say- Thank you sir may I have another. you were probably having a bad day working your 20 hour week.
How did we choke when we were supposed to win only 5 or 6 games last year?
pitt has been well reserved considering they could come over here and laugh at our sorry asses for choking.
We overachieved last year. If the same result happens against Pitt this season, then you can say we choked.
Probably correct
about the “banning” thing. But he was soooo whiny and no, I’m not having a bad week, as I rarely do.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 16, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
What beat down ?
A yo,Raffel why you tallking shit! sound’s like you mad, all that Browns talking is noise! whats wrong with getting good player’s? The Ravens are not the same team specially losing your top WR and not to mention big Rex and the boy’s, I understand how you feel" dont blame GANG GREEN blame the RAVENS see you in the preseason hopefully the playoffs one never know’s>>> OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Just confident
that just because you got a couple of guys and a coach that succeeded in our system on our team, everyone thinks that success will easily and automatically transfer to the new team. That just doesn’t work and the proof is in the history. Look at the other LB’s that succeeded in Ray Lewis’ shadow and left us only to disappoint the new teams’ fans with their average play – Jamie Sharper, Edgerton Hartwell, Adalius Thomas, and soon-to-be Bart Scott, much less in your secondary Jimmy Leonhard and “I can’t cover anybody” Corey Ivy. Not a hater, but laughing all the way to the savings bank.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 17, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t forget their unproven QB…I would not talk shit if my QB had never taken a snap in the NFL. AND your team(the Jets) did not make the playoffs in a “down” year for the Pats.
by John Stephens on Jul 17, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Bruce, I gotta correct you on Jamie Sharper
From 2003-2004, while a member of the Texans, Jamie Sharper led the NFL in tackles in that period with 301.
Adalius Thomas hasn’t exactly been a bust for New England either. He’s been excellent. He had a down year last year as he missed a lot of time with injuries. He’ll have more to prove this year, but it still wasn’t a mistake for New England to go out and get him. Same goes for NYJ, probably. Bart Scott is a good linebacker who will make that defense better. He won’t be Ray Lewis, but he’ll be fine.
I knew about Sharper
but he still migt have had a better career if he stayed. Thomas has been solid yet unspectacular, as that is what the Pats defense does to you. Scott will not be anywhere as good and might not make any difference on the field although his mouth will impress a lot of New Yawkers!
Yeah, yeah, I see Corey Ivy went to the Browns. Same sh*t, different team.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 17, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
"I can’t cover anybody" Corey Ivy
So true. That guy should be in the CFL.
Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.
CFL, Browns
Basically the same thing.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
by Mr MaLoR on Jul 17, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
let's be respectful here...
…the CFL is a fine organization and we wouldn’t want to deride them.
by jackmca on Jul 17, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, Warren Moon
and Doug Flutie came to the NFL from there! Not to mention Ravens Front Office and former Baltimore Stallion OJ Brigance!
Baltimore, the only city in the world with a Super Bowl, USFL & CFL title. Take that, Pittsburgh!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 17, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha! Ha!
A yo,Ampallang! do I look 12 years old ? IM not the one with a cartoon pitcher, show the real you, stop hiding" real men show their face when they pop shit to another man!>>> A ! Raffel aint nothing wrong feeling confident you got a reason bro, the killer birds aint no joke , just hope they adjust with out REX .I never said gang green will be a better team with REX and the boy’s, I know is gonna be a long season the JETS will never be like the killer bird’s ,gang green still trying to find a QB, you found yours . Can’t wate for the season to start ! >>> OVER AND OUT BOMBERJETBOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!! (brooklyn ny.ny dont get it twisted!)
Its official
We have found someone who has worst grammar and spelling than 2000 Ravens.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Here is the thing though. That is really Amp’s picture. It was one of those attempts for myspace where you take a picture in your bathroom mirror.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
If showing your picture on a blog is what makes you a man, then you’re more man than I’ll ever be. I only asked if you were 12 years old because “OVER AND OUT BOMBERJETBOOOOOM!!!!!!” sounds like something my little nephew would say when he’s watching Saturday morning cartoons. Don’t worry, though; I can tell from your picture that you’re, like, totally hardcore.
Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.
hahhhahahahhaha oh god, ouch, this hurts
I love how its a profile “pitcher,” instead of a “picture.” I’m sure BOMBERJET BOOOOOOOOOOOOM knew exactly what he was talking about though.
For predictin about how Rex will do in New York.....
….see ALL the former Ravens’ Defensive Coordinators who managed great defenses for Baltimore and then went on to mediocrity or worse as Head Coaches:
Marvin Lewis
Mike Nolan
Rex Ryan (?)
D-Coordinator success, just like O-Coordinator success, just does not automatically translate to Head Coach success. For O-Coordinators who didn’t make it or haven’t made the successful transition to Head Coach, add Cam Cameron and Norv Turner to that list.
Ravens fans will wish Rex, Bart and Jimmy well, but I just don’t see the tansition going smoothly, much less for a new team w/o the chemistry and a new coach. Hmmm…wasn’t that my Ravens LAST season? Nevermind!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 18, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
So your Rex Ryan?
IM not the one with a cartoon pitcher, show the real you, stop hiding" real men show their face when they pop shit to another man!
I come in peace.......
A yo, Ms MaLor you remind me of my spelling teacher back in brooklyn high, he also said that I couldn’t spell and liked boy’s too,A yo, I’m saying how the hell a man tell’s another man he’s ugly you better check your tank it seem’s you got suger in it, cause its sure not Splenda, check that spelling “pato”!!oh yea you spell picture wrong you big dummy! I think you like this picture better.>>>>> A yo, bruce Raffel it’s truth in your word’s about D.F coaches transforming in to head coaches it seem’s that they cant run the O.F they have no clue like my boy Mangini to me he coached scared no ball’s , I dont know man I think big REX is going to do it you know and I know REX got ball’s specially coordinating the D.F, remember the saying? a good OFFENSE is a DEFENSE, we shall see.>>> OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET!!!(punks & chumps get beat downs in crooklyn)
Better watch for Rex
He calls time outs just a split second before his defense stops New England on fourth downs and you get to play them twice per year!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 19, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Bad call on Big Rex
A yo, thats not good calling time out’s on split second on fourth it throw’s the D.F off and it gives the Q.B a chance to change the play, and the out come is not good cause the D.F cant adjust,Rex better rip that call out of his play book I’m not feeling that he better not bring that shit to the swamp’s , specially battling with Brady and the bunch.Yea bro, gang green got a tuff and long season I hope we jell fast.>>> A yo , aka Rexx how’s the Beatdowns schedule look?>>> OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET!!!(n.y-ny big city of dreams brooklyn bound)
Ravens play a 2nd place schedule
but to me, that’s tougher than the Steelers’ 1st place schedule. We get the 2nd place tems in the AFC East and South, which are the Pats and Colts. Pittsburgh get the 1st place teams in those conferences, which is the Dolphins and Titans. I’d take them over the teams we play. However, you got to win to play in late January or February, so bring it on!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 20, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Beatdowns got it tougher......
A yo, how the hell the Steelers get to beat up on the Phins and the Titans first it should be the other way around thats bull!, It is what It is, I got the killer birds ‘aka Beatdowns’ over the cheating ass Pats, put pressure on Brady thats ya trade mark, got to take Brady out the pocket and sack his ass make him get flash backs, got to get at him like the punk ass Giants did in the SuperBowl, put pressure baby pressure cuase his knee is not the same . The Pats O.F are going to be desperate to protect, I see all out blitz! Ravens by a touchdown, aka ‘Rexx’ you feel me?>>> OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET BOOOOOOM!!!!! ( good baltimore- bomber game)
What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
by DT711 on Jul 21, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
A yo ,ya ain’t saying shit! bull shit response , DT711 who the hell are you to judg my X’s & O’s, what! you rather have Lewis and the boy’s drop back on Brady ? he will shred ya apart with Moss and the new edition ex-jet Baker , can’t lay back got to attack ! and another thing leave GOD out this and I dont need you to have marcy on my soul!! thats some serious word’s bro ,I just want to talk X’s & O’s.>aka ‘Rexx’ ware you at? OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET!!(N.Y State of mind Brooklyn baby)
Not Really
The Jets, I think have some deeper issues that are not necessarily addressed by a rookie head coach and a rookie QB. Yes, Bart Scott will improve your defense, but do not think you are getting a poor-man’s Troy Polamalu with Jim Leonard; trust me, you are going to get frustrated when Jim comes on a safety blitz and just bounces off the QB… Rexx is not going to turn you guys into the next Baltimore or Pittsburgh -there just is not enough in the cupboard. We are not Jet-haters per se, just maybe a little more realistic in our assessment.
They did a nice job of improving from 4-12 to 9-7 last year; I am not convinced you all have done enough, yet, to jump to the next level (11 or 12 wins and a playoff birth). But we will see and maybe the Jets will surprise.
Yea, deeper issues....
A yo, vlad755 you are rite bro, us JETS fans got a long season ahead of us tell you the truth" I dont aspect to much this year, I be happy if we win six game’s if that ,like you said the Jets maybe will surpise, we will see bro. good luck this year I meant that in a good way, got’s to hurt Brady!>>OVER AND OUT BOMBERJET!!!(brooklyn bound)
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