Cary Williams is gone. He turned down a good contract last year and played his way into a better one. Best of luck to him and thanks for helping us to the SB. He will be another Raven FA that parlayed his time here into a contract he will not be able to play to. But best of luck to him anyway.

Upshaw has a much higher upside than Kruger anyway. He will be playing the outside with Suggs on the other side. That is what he was drafted for. Hopefully you will see the Ravens spend a high draft pick in a pass rush DE to fit the 3-4 or a OLB pass rush specialist.

Would love to see them all come back, but that is not the reality of the modern day NFL. You would rather give up on someone one year early than a year too late. This is why I think Ed Reed is gone as well.

One Super Bowl in five years…..not impressed. Six rings……

I think Cary Williams is gone too. He gets a ton of heat, but the guy stepped up and did an honorable job replacing one of the best corners in the league (Webb). Wish we could keep him as insurance, but he obviously wants to get paid.

I see the Ravens bringing back Ellerbe and Flacco, more out of necessity than anything else.

Ozzie Newsome is a genius, I have learned to never doubt him, he’ll find a way to make it all work. He always does.

To all the “1 and done” guys: Let me know when your team makes the playoffs 5 straight years and is consistently in the running for the Super Bowl.

1 0 If you would read what others write you would have seen I said the Ravens would probably win and in fact wished you luck.. So assuming you can read pick up a dictionary and read up on sportsmanship… The words should not be above your six grade reading level. Enjoy your victory while we’re waiting for some sportsmanship from you dude.

Congrats on the ravens hard earned victory yesterday. Is there a better feeling? Don’t lie you weren’t old enough for the last one so don’t go there.

Good luck on repeating even if you sign all your free agents as your injuries will not all heal in a timely fashion or with the help of p.e.d. As they did this year. As a logical
thinker you realize to win a Super Bowl you need to be good ..lucky and healthy.

Don’t expect any steeler fan to ever look up at the ravens in the sense of them being better…just remember Charley Batch and be a humble champ not a ravenator chump.

The key for the Ravens is going to be signing Flacco and not tagging him. Whatever you think Flacco’s number is, his cap figure (atleast for that first year) can be a whole lot less than the franchise tag depending on the structure of the contract.

Then you’ve got Boldin, J. Jones, and Leach, which is a total of about 15 million in cap savings if you cut them. Probably about 8-10, if you can work out reasonable extension with them (all of them are in their final year). You get a little more if guys like Bobbie Williams and Matt Birk walk away.

Mark my words. The Ravens are world champions right now and your team is not.

He will want to get paid but he is also smart enough to realize he needs the other pieces around him to continue the success he has had over the past 5 years.

Hell, I would love to have had JJ and Heap on this team too. It sucks that they don’t get a ring. The Ravens figured out how to replace them and “reload” instead of “rebuild” and I’m confident they will do the same thing in this new situation.

In Ozzie we trust!

Otherwise, just say what you mean, “i’d love to be back IF they pay me what some other team will, otherwise SEE YA.”

Meanwhile, the Steelers are in the same boat, and the Browns and Bengals have the most space in the NFL.

Ozzie and Co. always do a great job at keeping the talent here. When you consistently draft at the bottom end of the first round and are still competitive every year, you know your front office has their act together.

Let’s do this again next year.

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