Comments on: Flacco says Boldin should “stick to his guns”

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:21:08 +0000

Flacco should keep his mouth shut. He’s going to want to fly under the radar now that his mediocre playing wont cut it with that big contract.

By: lovefootball4life

lovefootball4life — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:58:56 +0000

You can’t deny the facts.

1) Flacco’s cap number is very low. Just because he signed a big contract doesn’t mean Ravens can’t afford anyone else. If you are going to comment about it, understand it.

2) No Brady didn’t restructure his for the good of the team. Truth finally came out he makes $3M more under the new contract. It was good for Brady and good for the team. Stop with this stupid comparison.

By: patriotenvy

patriotenvy — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:34:14 +0000

As a Patriots fan I agree with Flacco 100%. He should actually demand more money now… just to make a point. STICK TO YOUR GUNS BOLDIN! I’m behind you.

By: scoobies05

scoobies05 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:57:32 +0000

yes 2jivecrew..next year its 14.8 million. whats your point. these next two years are very cap friendly. as it stands now the ravens are 12 million under. believe me they are not in cap hell. stand back and watch the champs do their thing

By: tdubdizzle

tdubdizzle — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:33:57 +0000

Joe Flaccos a smart man. Everything he said was right on the money.

By: jgava19

jgava19 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:14:17 +0000

Flacco just sent 1.75 million to Raheem Moore for giving up the Hail Mary. See, Flacco isn’t such a bad guy after all.

By: bgrillz

bgrillz — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:06:22 +0000

Good luck with that salary cap.

By: logast

logast — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:06:20 +0000

And right after that, Flacco asked Anquan if he’d like to go to McDonald’s.

By: proanvk

proanvk — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:40:19 +0000

Oh by the way, he threw 11 TDS and get this, 0 INTS in the postseason

By: proanvk

proanvk — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:27:28 +0000

Joe Flacco was paid his 120 million based on “HIS BODY OF WORK!” From the time Flacco came into the league, he has won a playoff game “EVERY YEAR!” That speaks volumes…not to mention he beat Luck,Manning, and Brady to get to the SuperBowl! Kapernick was gonna get beaten so I never understood why a qb with only nine games under his belt was expected to beat the Ravens….REALLY?

By: 2jivecrew

2jivecrew — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:25:41 +0000

Flacco’s cap hit is only $6.8 million. The Ravens can afford Boldin if he’s a priority.
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Flacc’o's cap hit goes up significantly year to year……it is by no means fixed at 6.8 year to year. His contract is why key guys are going to be playing for rivals. It’s pretty hilarious actually. Nice to see the Flacco’s contract is having the desired effect for a team already in Cap Hell.

By: tonyc920

tonyc920 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:12:26 +0000

Ohhhh Ted, Ted Thompson, get the checkbook out and sign this man with velcro hands. Right after you cut Jermichael Finley. Aaron throws way more accurately than Flacco. Boldin would be All Pro in GB along with Cobb, Jones, and Nelson. WOW, That would be unstoppable.

By: tesslord

tesslord — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:10:11 +0000

Pay up says flacco, boldin makes me looks good. Getting nervous joe? Just let these things play out. Let the business folks do their job so they can justify yours. If you’re really that good and really worth that much money then you can make excellent plays. Relax. No need to cause a stir in your team. It makes good reading but it might a show teenie crack in your teams image.

By: joshhatesthesteelers

joshhatesthesteelers — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:59:23 +0000

Is it weird that im a Bengals fan and I like Flacco more than I do Andy Dalton

By: patsfiend

patsfiend — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:44:54 +0000

Excellent! Yes, the Ravens should “keep the core together” at any price! Big money for Reed, too. By all means, make one more run at this thing! I bet they can convince Ray to come out of retirement for enough money, especially if they give him a per-dance bonus.

That approach is always good business! Pay the man!

By: brenenostler

brenenostler — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:40:46 +0000

Joe, don’t you think there’s a chance that the Ravens simply just can’t afford Boldin anymore?

By: jgm4112

jgm4112 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:36:47 +0000

Just to clarify, Brady’s cap hit is $3M more than the next closest on the Pats

By: jgm4112

jgm4112 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:34:30 +0000

Well lets hope Joe doesn’t follow the advice of some of the posters. If he were to do as they say (i.e. follow Brady’s lead), he would be make $3M more than any one else on the team with a $13.8M cap hit and account for roughly 10% of the cap space. As it stands, Joe accounts for about 5% with a $6.8M. Joe is 5th with Suggs, Ngata, Boldin, and Yanda in front of him from a cap hit perspective.

By: benroethlisberger7

benroethlisberger7 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:32:56 +0000

Looks like the Ravens forgot to add the Shut Up Clause to Flaccid’s contract.

By: buzzbeaubank

buzzbeaubank — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:31:38 +0000

You can’t say Flacco’s $6.8M cap number is going to gut the Ravens, then say Boldin’s $7.5 cap number is warranted and his playoff performance is what is to be expected in 2014. Stop arguing with yourselves.

By: rhone16

rhone16 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:20:13 +0000

Well, since Flacco is the one who pushed the cap limit with his contract, and he wants to stand up for Boldin not taking a pay cut for him, perhaps he can come out and tell us who SHOULD take the pay cut. Come on, Joe, whose piece of the pie do you want to take from?

By: teal379

teal379 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:09:49 +0000

It may not just be about cap numbers.

Everyone on that team might have a 1 dollar cap number, doesn’t mean they can pay everyone 20 million a year.

From a strictly profit/loss/revenue to expenses perspective, it might just be that Baltimore doesn’t want to spend that much money – irrespective of who what what cap number.

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:04:34 +0000

downslide, they play a kids game. Sure they are the best at it. The best ball throwers and catchers in the world..With the help of steroids… Very important to society apparantly.
My job is harder, and more dangerous. I make 50k a year.
Why do people put these clowns on such a high pedestal? Half these guys never even learned how to speak. Yet they are somehow heroes?

By: gizzmonic

gizzmonic — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:03:51 +0000

Whats Brady got to do with this? The big three Brady, Brees, and Manning have already made there millions. Plus Brady landed a woman who will make more than all 3 put together. If he wants to treat football like a hobby and play for peanuts… I say let him.

By: tigerlilac

tigerlilac — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:03:33 +0000

I call bs. Flacco takes, quite fairly, a big chunk of a pie that has a defined size and then tells his star wide receiver that he should take a big piece as well. Mr. Florio implies this will help the Ravens win games while juxtaposing in other posts that Tom Brady taking a smaller piece of the Patriots’ pie will pressure others to also take a smaller piece of the pie, thus hurting the ability of his co-workers to make money. The flaw in that logic is self evident. Anybody that has shared a pizza can figure that one out.

By: silverandblack052099

silverandblack052099 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:59:37 +0000

The Ravens should pay Boldin.

Flacco should keep quiet.

By: skarfacci

skarfacci — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:38:40 +0000

These guys play a KIDS game. They need to get it together and understand that. Take the money quietly. That’s the problem. You can’t win when you make what they make. And then make a scene in the media to boot.

By: barbasol11111111

barbasol11111111 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:36:08 +0000

Flaccos cap hit is the same as boldins this year…

And boldin has had his share of big time drops over the years, as well (see divisional round against pitt where flacco hit him squarely in the chest, uncovered, go ahead score…and drop)

The flacco haters – no real objective insight – want to believe boldin snapped the ball to himself, dropped back before blocking the entire d line, then threw a perfect spiral to himself

Q is the man, but y’all will be super butthurt when flacco takes his regular season game to another level, just like drew brees and Phil rivers did after cam Cameron left

Get used to it. Before y’all couldn’t trash boldin enough, never the same numbers without Fitzgerald on the other side, now he’s a one man team

SB champs – feel the burn

By: 52lightsxout52

52lightsxout52 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:35:46 +0000

You would think Flacco would put his money where his mouth is, and renegotiate his cap-busting contract and spread the wealth around to his teammates who helped him win the trophy, and the contract in the first place…

By: djohnson11882

djohnson11882 — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:34:33 +0000

Please Joe, tell us how it was never about the money again!