Damn, he's gonna be a problem for years. Now. . . where does this put Lamar Jackson?
Roquan Smith signs with Rats, 5 yrs, $100M
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Najee vs roquan will be a classic for years
Apparently, he will be the highest paid LB ever per Rappaport. $60M is guarantees.
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ILB dont get the money that OLBs or CBs do
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I know ILB and OLB TJ sign for something like 27M on average?
I think Marcus Peters is a FA, so maybe they don't bring him back? Seems like a good deal for them and they got a helluva player locked up.
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the cheapest that contract can be is about 13M in the first year, just came back from spotrac.com and the rats have 48M available before this contract, so that leaves 35M to get Lamar and the rookie draft class while letting go Marcus Peters and Justin Houston. On the other hand, the franchise tag for a QB is projected to be 32M according to overthecap.com.
So in conclusion that leaves them with literally zero space to tag him, it seems like they'll give him a multi year contract to lower the cap hit on the 1st year
Writing.......meets Wall.
Ive heard a metric ton of speculation that they will tag and trade him. They are interested in one of the top qbs in the draft or something like that
I don't think Lamar is going to get what he wants. Two years in a row plagued by injuries. They may tag him once or twice.
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Word is, NYJ are going to go after Jackson HARD. If that’s true, that will be interesting indeed.
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there's no money to tag him anymore
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Considering what he turned down and the fact he continues to represent himself, I would think of Jackson as unreasonable and move on.
Trog, Roquon also represented himself and just got the highest contract for an interior LB in NFL History. Representing yourself is smart, Lamar just should have had the balls to force the Ravens hands by limiting his practice time in pre season until they redid his contract.
I love this signing. The Ravens tied up a HUGE chunk of cap so they will not have a QB next year and I expect them to flounder for a few years until they find one. They can't even bring in a great vet like Jimmy G. They'll be forced to compete for the Trubiskys and Dobbs, and Bridgewaters, with Richard Huntley! This is going to be great!!!
I love this signing. The Ravens tied up a HUGE chunk of cap so they will not have a QB next year and I expect them to flounder for a few years until they find one. They can't even bring in a great vet like Jimmy G. They'll be forced to compete for the Trubiskys and Dobbs, and Bridgewaters, with Richard Huntley! This is going to be great!!!
Rats should sign Trubisky. Jeez, he proved he knows how to throw deep to their players!!
It would be ironic if Trubisky ended up in Balt. He would be a lot cheaper alternative to LJ, unless they want to draft someone.
Great minds. . .
Correction. Rats should trade for Trubinsky.
We’ll give them theAFC North discount and take a second?
he better play vs the Bengals and ball out like something we've not seen before or he'll be walking.
though with his injuries, it may be best for us for them to sign him, go into cap hell, not afford any FAs and just be middle of the road for awhile.
Rats have designed their team to be QB'ed by Jackson. Their entire offensive approach - massive but somewhat immobile linemen, focus on TE and deep passes in passing game, lots of designed QB runs, genuine read-option - is based on having a guy as mobile as LJ.
I hope they sign him and they continue that approach because it doesn't work. They will be @#$%ed with cap issues for the next four seasons if they pay him $40 million per and Roquan $20 million per. Jesus, more than 25% cap space on two guys?
I think they may seriously try to trade him… they aren’t just letting him walk away for a comp pick