The 2024 Baltimore Ravens thread
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STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
didn’t see this coming at all
I guess this puts all the draft day trade rumors to bed
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its2late2hate
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wow
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
Yeah im shocked too
I knew they weren’t gonna pick up his 5th year option but I wasn’t expecting an extension
honestly I didn’t even think Bate wanted to be here anymore
Im interested to see the numbers
If its less than 15 mill per I ain’t mad
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
not sure if these numbers are correct because nobody else has reported yet but this is a steal if true
Idk why his agent would agree to a 5 mill per year extension but its a steal for us
its2late2hate
Rookie
it’s basically a 1 year extension. he is making 2.5 this year . his 5th year option would be 14. So they are basically giving him 2 years / 13 mill so he gets some money earlier in the deal. Closer to the 7-8 range yearly.
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
They better not use this as an excuse to not draft a receiver earlyI really feel sorry for Lamar
yseJ
Empire strikes back
whats early ? 1st or second ?
I find it fascinating that the narrative is always like Ravens dont do a good job of committing resources to WR weapons, yet since Lamar was drafted the Ravens selected a WR in the first round three times out of five drafts
| 2023 | 1 | Zay Flowers | 22 | WR | 2023 |
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| 2021 | 1 | Rashod Bateman | 27 | WR | 2023 |
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| 2019 | 1 | Marquise Brown | 25 | WR | 2023 |
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and had a couple of more top 100 pick WR during these times too
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
yes top 2 rounds and I don’t give a shyt about what they did in the past
Our WR core sucks right now
dont care if they drafted a WR in the first 3 out of 5 years
they traded one and the other has been a bust
as of right now we don’t have another reliable receiver after Zay so yeah im still expecting a WR in the 1st or 2nd round
If Bateman has a breakout year then cool but im not relying on that
In a perfect world a offensive tackle falls to us a 30 and we take the best WR available in the 2nd
If all the 1st round tackles are gone at 30 then take the WR in round 1
knowing Decosta though we’re probably gonna draft a CB or pass rusher
yseJ
Empire strikes back
right, Im just saying people who say that ravens havent devoted resources into getting WRs, are wrong and its not particularly debatable
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
historically they dontright, Im just saying people who say that ravens havent devoted resources into getting WRs, are wrong and its not particularly debatable
even when they draft those receivers they typically dont add much after that and receivers dont get a 2nd contract here
we are consistently at the bottom in terms of money spent on receivers every year
the biggest contract the Ravens have given to a receiver is Anquan Boldins 3 year 25 mill extension in 2010
we're in 2024 and that deal still hasnt been topped
yseJ
Empire strikes back
draft resources are resources by definition
Seeing at least a couple mocks now projecting Chop to us. 
I dunno. Usually I'd be good with this, but (1) we just did the PSU edge with upside and he's been hit-or-miss so far, and (2) I don't think this is our typical BPA kind of draft. We kinda need a top OL/CB this time around. WR's big too, but I think we can find a good one on day 2.
I dunno. Usually I'd be good with this, but (1) we just did the PSU edge with upside and he's been hit-or-miss so far, and (2) I don't think this is our typical BPA kind of draft. We kinda need a top OL/CB this time around. WR's big too, but I think we can find a good one on day 2.
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
well if you arent good at drafting WRs are you really spending resources on the position?
they could easily just trade for a proven WR and pay them but they choose not to because historically all the money goes to the defense