View topic - Have we seen the highwater mark of the Raven's D?

by **thesteelhammer** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:00 am

Are the glory years for the Raven's D coming to an end?

They are about to lose their D coordinator to the Jets.
Ray Lewis is getting older and is a free agent this summer.

by **toomuchmerrilhoge** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:04 am

Yes. I think the Raven's offense will be better next year, but their defense is getting older and will certainly be hit by free-agency. It's going to be tough for Harbaugh to field the same caliber of defense next year.

by **zapunto** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:33 am

toomuchmerrilhoge wrote:Yes. I think the Raven's offense will be better next year, but their defense is getting older and will certainly be hit by free-agency. It's going to be tough for Harbaugh to field the same caliber of defense next year.

Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs AND Bart Scott are all free agents. Only two of them will be back.

by **Teegre** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:43 am

The Knife wants $20 million.

If the Ravens are smart, they let him go and sign Suggs & Scott with that money.
Fortunately (for us Steelers fans) they sort of have to re-sign Lewis...
...which will handicap their salary cap for at least the next two years...along wiht losing their BEST two LBs (Suggs & Scott).

In other words, let's pray for The Knife to get his $20 million.

by **darthsteel** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:52 am

thier done,
they were above avg this yr , but nothing like people were making em out to be.
the steelrs drove the field on them everytime they needed a score in 3 games, titans walked all over the, giants put 30 points on em ect....

the loss of ryan and another yr on alot of those vets will take its toll.

by **thesteelhammer** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:49 pm

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports Baltimore Ravens RB Willis McGahee is expected to be on the team's roster next season. He would still count $11 million against the cap if the Ravens released him this offseason.

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens are expected to release CB Chris McAlister this offseason. The Ravens would save $8 million if they released McAlister.

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens may not be able to re-sign impending free-agent LB Bart Scott this offseason.

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens may place the franchise tag on impending either free-agent LB Terrell Suggs or Ray Lewis this offseason.

by **thesteelhammer** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:20 pm

Clearly Suggs doesn't know his teammates very well.

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs said during a radio interview that the team could sign him, LB Ray Lewis and LB Bart Scott this offseason if all three take a discount.

by **McLovin** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:31 pm

thesteelhammer wrote:Clearly Suggs doesn't know his teammates very well.

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs said during a radio interview that the team could sign him, LB Ray Lewis and LB Bart Scott this offseason if all three take a discount.

That means the Raven won't re-sign them all. If you paid attention to the title game last week you all saw the weakness lies within their corners. As hammer's post showed looks like McCallister could be cut, Rolle always hurt. Ravens strong up front with BloMe Ngata but Ravens will in fact be in serious trouble if they have to replace 2 starting corners and possibly both inside backers if Scott and Gay Ray do in fact leave. Suggs will be Franchised. Have fun rebuilding the D Ozzie Newsuck!

by **zapunto** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:50 pm

It's actually a lot worse. Lewis, Suggs, Scott, Dawan Landry AND Jim Leonhard are all free agents.

-c-

by **steelmoney** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:06 pm

they just promoted their LB coach to d-coordinator
this was his 1st year in the nfl

by **thesteelhammer** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:05 pm

the Palm Beach Post, reports the Miami Dolphins may be interested in Baltimore Ravens impending free-agent LB Bart Scott if he does not re-sign before the start of free agency.

Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said the Ravens will not use the franchise tag on impending free-agent LB Ray Lewis.

by **thesteelhammer** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:24 pm

Jamison Hensley, of The Baltimore Sun, reports Baltimore Ravens LB Ray Lewis, who is an impending free agent, said during an interview on the NFL Network that he will not give the Ravens a hometown discount this offseason.

Rich Cimini, of the New York Daily News, reports Baltimore Ravens LB Ray Lewis, who is an impending free agent, said during an interview with the NFL Network that the New York Jets would be an attractive destination if he does not re-sign with the Ravens. "That opportunity by itself seems attractive. It sounds right. It's like, wow, if something does happen where I'm not back in Baltimore, hmm, the Jets wouldn't be bad," Lewis said.

by **thesteelhammer** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:37 pm

James Walker, of ESPN.com, reports The Baltimore Ravens have announced they have terminated the contract of CB Chris McAlister; the Baltimore Ravens will save $8 million in salary cap space with the contract termination of CB Chris McAlister.

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