ESPN's Walker Thinks Josh Wilson May Be History

by Bruce Raffel on May 16, 2011 3:00 PM EDT

In his ESPN mailbag, James Walker, who writes the AFC North Blog, says the acquisition of rookie cornerback Jimmy Smith (Colorado) probably spells the end of Josh Wilson for the Baltimore Ravens. Wilson will be a free agent and with Smith, Domonique Foxworth, Lardarius Webb as well as Chris Carr, the team has other financial needs rather than spending money on Wilson.

Walker was questioned about his opinion on the future of Wilson from a fan and while acknowledging he did a "solid job" for the Ravesn, he just does not think his return will be at the top of the team's priority list, despite local fans liking the former University of Maryland product.

Walker also was asked if the Ravens could supplant the Pittsburgh Steelers atop the AFC North, a question he sort of "side-stepped" by saying he woud hold his opinion until after free agency, training camps and seeing the teams in person, but thinks if Jimmy Smith could stay out of trouble they might get it done.

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foxworth is extremely overpaid

restructure his contract so we can sign wilson.if he doesnt budg cut/trade him…@least thats what i would do :-) . we could probably get both wilson and carr for the money fox is makin.got nothin against the dude.hes just not worth the $$. him and mgahee for that matter.

by purple_reign2011 on May 16, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

As much as it hurts me to say it, I wouldn’t mind keeping Carr over Wilson. I strongly believe that Carr is the best nickel/dime CB in the league. The guy has made so many big plays for us in terms of turnovers the last few seasons and is a very good tackler.

I want to keep both obviously and it doesn’t seem logical that Ozzie would give up a 4th round pick for a 1 year service from the guy. I mean, we gave up a 4th round pick for Fabian and he stay 3 years with us and we all know that Wilson is a much better CB than Walker.

Keep the Terp. He has said this is where he wants to be and Wilson is the type of person that might take less money to stay here than go to some crap team.

"No disrespect to Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara, but I just think I have better cover skills. They get tested a lot, and that’s for a reason. The other team sees something in their game that they want to attack, and me playing in the same league as Prince, we played the same teams and they didn’t attack me the same. So why does that happen?" - CB Jimmy Smith

by Mr MaLoR on May 17, 2011 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

lol.im guessing you ment wilson is a much better CB than washington?rather thn walker? everyones better than walker …except for maybe william gay from the steelers.he just staight up sucks

by purple_reign2011 on May 17, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions