Ravens Should Sign Derrick Mason
by jazz20 on Mar 8, 2010 2:53 PM EST
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I know we all are happy with the ravens new signing of Anquan Boldin which Is a great pick up by the ravens, but some people believe since we finally have that superstar wide receiver we should forget the superstar wide receiver we already have in Derrick Mason. I believe that the Ravens should still sign Derrick Mason for altleast another two years he has been the main man on our offense and he can help the offense grow with his knowledge by helping young talented wideouts we already have or about to get and also he gives us a more better way to get to the super bowl; I know people are saying he getting older and he old but do he play like he old? most of the oldschool players out perform the newschool players for example Darren Sharper, Brett Favre, Ray lewis,Thomas Jones and etc.
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I don't think you will find many that think we should let him go.
We have all been clamoring for Mason to be the number 2 because he is perfect for it so I doubt the sentiment has changed drastically in the past week.
The Ravens SHOULD re-sign Mase. With AB, Stallworth and Mase in the lineup…Who do you cover? Boldin opens the short passing game for Rice and Heap plus he runs through arm tackles, Mason can catch anything thrown to him, Stallworth has a lot to prove to the NFL, so that makes him hungry AND dangerous. I like the moves so far and one of the better ones will be to re-sign Mason.
This of course is just my opinion.
Is is time for Football?
Sign someone
I have been clamoring on another post that T.O. is a better fit next to Boldin than Mason, but that is just a side point. We need to sign someone next to Boldin in order for our WR corp to be considered significantly improved short term (obviously, having Boldin long-term significantly improves our long-term prospects).
If our roster just went like this
2009 2010
Mason>Boldin
Clayton>Clayton
Washington>Stallworth
Williams>Whoever
I think everyone can agree that this is not such a big improvement from 2009 to 2010 (unless we add a good TE in the draft or FA)
But if we do this:
2009 2010
Mason>Boldin
Clayton>Mason (or other veteran WR)
Washington>Stallworth
Williams>Clayton
Plus Marcus Smith returning, that is a large upgrade. Also, I assume Ozzie will prob take a WR in the mid to later rounds to develop over the next 1-2 years til Mason retires, either for the end of the bench or the practice squad. Unless he still has hope that Harper is that guy.
Read my "Introducing Boldin" story where
Ozzie’s response to that question made me think it is not happening unless Mason accepts our offer of less money and one year. Also, I’m concerned that Mason will want more balls thrown his way and get in the way of the bond forming between Joe and Anquan, who needs to be the go-to guy from now on!
aka 'Rexx'
As far as I know..
Not many have expressed much interest in Mason up until now. Newsome did make it seem like he was too urgent about offering Derrick a new contract, but I still think he’ll eventually back to us.
This situation reminds me of Ray’s contract last year. Ozzie let him test the market too. Once the other teams realized the numbers he wanted, they sent him back to Baltimore. Ray last year and Mason this year wanted/want to be paid based on past performance, and while the organization and the fans surely appreciate what they’ve meant to the team, it is only realistic to be paid based on projected future performance only. It’s not an insult to the players. It’s only fair and logical.
On the radio
they were saying how it sounds like they told Mase the same thing they told Ray last offseason; here is our offer, go on the open market and see if you can beat it. If you can’t, come back on our terms….
Adam Schefter's Twitter
bq.Even after signing Donte Stallworth and trading for Anquan Boldin, the Ravens still are attempting to re-sign free-agent WR Derrick Mason.
Right term of contract length
right price. D-Mase wants 2 years, big bucks, we’ll offer one plus our option, average bucks for a 36 year old receiver who will get the best offer from us.
aka 'Rexx'
raven
We don’t need Rice catching 60+ balls a year, he should only be thrown to when everyone else is covered or he has the most room to run after the catch….
If Boldin gets 1000 yards
and Mason 800 and Rice 500, that’s 2300 yards not including Stallworth, Clayton, Heap and anyone else. Combined that should put Flacco between 3500-4000+ yards. Now if only he can get about 100 more total in the Red Zone over the course of the season! Had he done that last year, those extra 100 Red Zone yards would have translated into probably four more TD’s and 2-3 more wins and an AFC North title in 2009.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Mar 11, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
ddone and done
so now we just draft one in the middle round and our wr corp is complete. still need a te though
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