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It’s interesting- whole secondary is almost gone except for the 3 guys who were injured most of the year (JJ and Kyler) and all of the year (Smith) plus Stevenson. Other than that entirely new spots all over the- especially safety, with exception of Smith. All of guys Bears lost signed 1 year deals. Clearly there was a major change the franchise wanted to make and a huge focus seems to be on speed. One of our starting safeties appears to be a rookie via draft and we also appear to have another need still via draft for DB. Similarly expect the same on dline - where we will use a pick or two early (at least one).

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Sounded like he had an offer from Bears and Pats - ended up choosing to reunite with Vrabel. Wish him the best. Was hoping we'd keep him. Fact we were still talking to him tells me we may still add a vet safety yet. I still think a 1yr deal with Brisker could make some sense. Maybe give him some upside with incentives and allow him to hit the market again next year.

Yep - Hendrickson is now a Raven.

Unfortunately they spent 40M of cap space on him and Jarret. Jarret is good leader but that is not 40M of production. That said they can be creative with cap to fund now or in a year you can significantly upgrade with a difference maker (if one doesn’t become available sooner).

I completely agree - can’t be just one player. I have not been pro Crosby cause 2 picks was too much - but him opposite Sweat plus Booker is solid. Add one of our 2nd rounders inside and the line gets significantly better (plus Shamar and Ayo back and our new DT signing)…now that’s a dline. Draft a safety and DB and I’m liking the D a heck of a lot more.

Chris Jones and Aaron Donald were two elite pass rushers who won super bowls relatively recently. It just happens to be a few of better pass rushers on this league have had awful qbs / are awful orgs (Browns and Raiders).

A few bigger national media guys blasting Ravens. Seems like a few GMs all saying Ravens playing games. Ravens will have to hit back Raiders if there is more to this or they end up really risking broader implications in free agency etc

As you called out az.

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Check that - sounds like the Rich Eisen report was fake news. He fell for a fake insider on air or something.

I guess Rich Eisen reported Bears were runner up to Ravens and had also offered two firsts. If that is true I got to imagine Poles is already on the phone. Maybe no longer two firsts but a first and a conditional pick or something. Obviously do deep intel on meds before publicly either team announces.

If GB wanted to trade Parsons, they would easily get 2 FRP back today - even with him rehabbing. And Parsons ACL had nothing to do with his back being stiff.

Opposite. This is not the first time Baltimore has been suspect on medicals.

Where did you hear Bears had offered 2 firsts? I hadn’t heard that anywhere.

Unless something legit popped up, this feels like cold feet - but raiders have less leverage. I’ll trade pick 25 straight up for Crosby.

Ravens back out of the deal - will be interesting to see what the new going rate for Crosby is.

Yep - perfectly good with this move. Same with CJGJ - no desire to bring him back either. Both were very flawed players, but I do appreciate the big plays Wright made. Also - just seeing the deal he got, shows you the league saw the same thing on tape. I do wish Wright all the best though.

I'll put it this way - they lost Moore, Oz, and Duvernay - and only added Raymond. Jahdae Walker fills one of those spots - but there is still a major role to fill.

I would not be happy if that is WR 3. He's a huge step down as a wideout. Production pretty low past 2 seasons. He's a solid 4/5. I think it comes down to, do they believe in Jahdae Walker as the #3 or we see them use a pick or make another vet signing here as the money starts to dry up and some solid vets are still sitting without preferred destinations.

We say he likes speed - for the record Edmunds is quite fast and similar age. This is a solid move but It is far more of a lateral move. Reality is right now they have kind of treaded water at LB corps, but slightly more cost effective, while doing the same at safety - but certainly got younger and quicker at safety position. I'd argue DT is a bit better too as the new guy has a bit more burst. Offense is worse overall - our new center is not as good as Dalman, and no Moore replacement (not that it was expected - we need to see our existing talent step up) and they are replacing his funds / pick to go to defense. It comes down to - can we execute in the draft - I think they can and certainly hope they can. I'm glad they are where they are - I don't think they made any bozo moves and overall given what room they had I think they've done a solid job. They do need to address the secondary though - even with Gordon/JJ/Smith coming back, I think it would be nice to add a bit more there (or bring back Brisker on a 1yr deal). Defensive line I expect to be addressed via the draft.