Ravens Awaiting Potential Free Agents
by Bruce Raffel on Aug 18, 2011 7:00 AM EDT
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In a conference call with season ticket holders, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said that while the team only had around $3 million in salary cap space, they were still looking for quality players, specifically mentioning offensive line as a position of need. Of course, once they end up signing DT Haloti Ngata to a more cap-friendly long term deal, it should free up additional space under the cap that could be used to help elsewhere.
In a story on Pro Football Talk, Bisciotti hinted that the team may be waiting for teams to trim their rosters down to 75 players, which they must do by the end of the month. In addition, if a player is signed before the regular season begins, and plays the first game, then they are due their entire 2011 salary, regardless if they are cut anytime after the first game.
However, if a player is signed after the first game, they are only guaranteed to be paid for the number of games they play for that team. This means if the Ravens sign a center, for example, to cover for Matt Birk, they would have to pay him for the entire season if he is on the team for the Septembver 11th regular season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. If they wait until after that game, they would only have to pay him until Birk was healthy enough to return and then release him, therefore only owing him the pro-rated amount for the number of games he was on the team's roster.
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We cut Limas Sweed
have at it
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
Ugh
Pass. But if you were to cut Aaron Smith…
"I hate your sig…" -Mr MaLoR
by StuckInUtah on Aug 18, 2011 9:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I actually remember getting so mad when you guys drafted him because I really wanted him. I think you guys took him two picks ahead of us or something like that, but so glad now we didn’t.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
hindsight is 20/20, it was a very good pick at the time
"It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them." -Fred Mosteller
by John Stephens on Aug 18, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Take a look at who we drafted 2 picks later…
Don't be shocked that people die
Be surprised you're still alive
by onethingiknow on Aug 18, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
That kind of worked out well for us both ways- us landing Rice and the Squeelers gophering on Sweed…
The Wizard of Oz
Nuff said
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Aug 18, 2011 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you think its odd
That the Ravens and Steelers play each other twice before playing any other teams in their division.
Yeah I think they messed up in scheduling this year. It’s great when we play towards the end of the year with the division on the line and this year we get them week one and I believe 9 then we are done.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
lets play them early so we DONT HAVE to play them when it super duper counts in December! Last thing we need is a juiced Troy smelling the playoffs kicking our ass in the last minute! lets play them on nice indian summer days when everyone is chill and possibly cramping up from the heat.
Are you kidding
No one would make it out of Week 2 alive. I’m pretty sure there’s stuff in the Geneva Convention that prevent things like that from happening.
"I hate your sig…" -Mr MaLoR
by StuckInUtah on Aug 18, 2011 3:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah if we can’t waterboard people, we definitely can’t go back to back weeks with Steelers Ravens
"Airborne, do not look at the ground. I promise you, it will be there. Unless the tectonic plates shift, and a chasm opens up on the drop zone, in which case we will surely let you know."
by jackmca on Aug 18, 2011 6:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ha!
Should have mentioned it before, but great sig. My uncle is retired Green Beret and is now chasing bad guys in the big sandbox as a “contractor”.
I know it is a different branch, but I just came back from visiting some family friends down at Camp Lejeune. And after spending a few days with them, I was thinking about the post you made in another thread about Mendenhall basically being harmless as long as he is not in charge of anything. You sir, are so right on so many levels.
My cousin is a jarhead, infantry like me (I’m army). He’s over there right now. I like Marines, they get stuff done and they never complain. They might not be real nice to you, but if you don’t need them to be you’ll get along fine with them.
I know some Green Berets. The last human beings on this earth you would ever f*** with. But a lot of them are so cool and polite you’d never guess their profession.
"Airborne, do not look at the ground. I promise you, it will be there. Unless the tectonic plates shift, and a chasm opens up on the drop zone, in which case we will surely let you know."
by jackmca on Aug 19, 2011 11:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
In the more extreme cases of SERE (Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape) school, you can be waterboarded in their interrogation. They’re allowed to break one bone. Some guys come back as much as 35 lbs lighter…
"Airborne, do not look at the ground. I promise you, it will be there. Unless the tectonic plates shift, and a chasm opens up on the drop zone, in which case we will surely let you know."
by jackmca on Aug 19, 2011 11:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Absolutely. That’s one of the first things I noticed when the scheduled were released. That, and we don’t have our annual December game against them this year either.
"I hate your sig…" -Mr MaLoR
by StuckInUtah on Aug 18, 2011 10:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
agreed. I hate division games week one. At least give us one week to shake the rust off. Whoever wins though will have a ton of momentum going into the season.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
Our last five games
Are either division or conference games. One loss in any of those games could decide a tie breaker.
“Whoever wins though will have a ton of momentum going into the season.”
So true. But I think this is the game where Joe finally gets the “Has never best Ben” monkey off his back. Pagano is keeping the lid on his new defensive scheme, and believe it or not Cam came out and admitted that he needs to be better at game planning to our players strengths. I think he’s realized that Stallworth’s speed was wasted last year, and he doesn’t want to make the same mistake with Evans. Combine that with the additions of Leach and Ricky, and our run game should be back on track. My main concern (more like everyones concern) is the O-Line. But I trust that Ozzie has a plan, he always does.
"I hate your sig…" -Mr MaLoR
by StuckInUtah on Aug 18, 2011 10:55 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
completely agree. I think we come out with the win, but we do need to get somebody else in here on the line. The line could be a real issue and will be the key to how much success we have this year. we will be a very good team regardless, but it all starts in the trenches.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
Of Course
If Joe does beat the Steelers with Ben starting the Pitt fans will say its because it was the Week 1 rust of things that let us beat them lol
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Aug 18, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s probably some (but very few) that would take the loss with grace. But most of them will blame the officiating, or like you said will say it was due to rust. But for the most part they’ll go hide in there caves and you won’t see any of them around here, versus if they win they’ll be quick to jump over here and classlessly gloat about it.
"I hate your sig…" -Mr MaLoR
by StuckInUtah on Aug 18, 2011 11:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
prepare to hear lots of excuses this season…after rothlis shat the bed in the big game it’s obvious that pitt’s elite D has carried him half the time. he comes up with a clutch play sometimes… other times he looks like a rook
by Evan Skev on Aug 18, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh yeah there will always be excuses or that they have more super bowls than us, but I could care less how we win or what they have to say about it. I like the direction our team is heading and we will be a team to reckon with for a very long time.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
by AV23 on Aug 18, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd all around :)
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Aug 18, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i can no longer provide a negative comment about the steelers. they have whipped us every which way possible. not being a downer but you gotta call it like you see it. i still don’t see our answer to their incredible all out blitz. they seem to call this play once a series but at the critical time. it usually results favorably to them. they did it the other night in pre-season when the skins were marching steadily down field and then on a 3rd down they simply ran the all out blitz and Bingo drive over. seems alomost automatic when they pick their spots. the ravens on the other hand don’t have that 4th gear as we watch Ray get bottled up at the line and no line penetration. we used to when Reed blitzed but haven’t seen that for years. i hope pagana can establish a daisy cutter at critical times.
Pollard was born to blitz
I’m excited to see the schemes Pagano will bring to the table.
by Mysterious on Aug 18, 2011 1:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
+1
That could be quite enjoyable to behold!
A Ravens fan on the wrong side of the country!!
by Christopher Atwood on Aug 18, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
its because the pats don’t tighten up and try to play small ball like we do against pitt. we go in expecting a close game and thats what we get. you need to spread it out. figure after 8 straight loses to ben we might try something else..but alas we play tit for tat again and again. fn’ air it out!
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