John Harbaugh on Marcus Peters: You don’t close door on good players

Posted by Josh Alper on May 6, 2023, 4:10 PM EDT
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The Ravens signed cornerback Rock Ya-Sin this week, but Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said on Saturday that the move does not preclude them from making another move involving a familiar veteran face.

Marcus Peters remains unsigned after spending three-plus seasons in Baltimore and Harbaugh said that the team has not ruled out the possibility of bringing Peters back for another year.

“You don’t close the door on good players and good people,” Harbaugh said, via Jeff Zrebiec of TheAthletic.com.

Peters joined the Ravens in a 2019 trade with the Rams and missed the 2021 season with a torn ACL. He played 13 games last season and had 47 tackles, an interception, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries.

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22 responses to “John Harbaugh on Marcus Peters: You don’t close door on good players”

  2. Usually when a coach says something like this it’s because they already have a handshake agreement with a guy. Vet player like peters doesn’t need to go thru OTA’s and a rough training camp he will be ready to go and know the defense better than anyone if he’s signed 1 day before the season starts.

  5. John Harbaugh has been doing this for a long time. He’s not giving the media anything negative to write about a player, whether he likes him or not. If coaches said to the media what they say in private, it would be rough on everyone involved. He’s also not going to say anything that might potentially devalue the player. What future free agent would want to sign with a coach that did that? Like I said, it isn’t John’s first rodeo. Also, injuries are unpredictable, so you never know when you’ll be needing the services of a guy that knows your system. Treat everyone like family. That’s the best way to operate. Probably the best way for everyone to operate.

  7. He’s dumb and a freelancer. There’s a reason he’s been on 4 teams and no one can stand him.

  8. Underrated CB. People give him a poor rating soley based on his attitude, which I love. You say diva, I say confident.

  10. Harbaugh might like him but his Attitude and Mouth got him run out of KC (Costing him 2 Super Bowl Rings)…

  11. Ravens DC plays 75% zone now. This is a huge change from Wink Martindale, who was more into Man coverage. They still need good corners, but not necessarily shutdown type players. Peters may return or they will wait for others to become available during Preseason. The earlier comment on “Ravens desperation” is laughable. They are good to go right now and can beat any team in the NFL, but like everyone else, we need to stay healthy.

  13. To anyone who thinks the Ravens overpaid Lamar, go look up his contract. His cap numbers the next 3 years are 22,33,and 43 million, after that it jumps to 75 and 75, which he will never see. So his deal is essentially a 3 yr deal. They will either restructure his contract or he will be gone by then. So the Ravens know what they are doing and they gained 10 million this year in cap space versus if he would have been playing on the 32 million franchise tag. I wish people would research things first before they just start making comments.

  14. I loved when Peters was freelancing while playing for the Chiefs.

    I love when Peters freelances while playing against the Chiefs.

    I love Marcus Peters, regardless of who he is playing against.

    He’ll win you some games, and he’ll lose you some games…the only thing that matters is…can you deal with his narcissism.

  15. down e’ ocean says:
    May 6, 2023 at 6:16 pm
    Ravens DC plays 75% zone now. This is a huge change from Wink Martindale, who was more into Man coverage. They still need good corners, but not necessarily shutdown type players. Peters may return or they will wait for others to become available during Preseason. The earlier comment on “Ravens desperation” is laughable. They are good to go right now and can beat any team in the NFL, but like everyone else, we need to stay healthy.
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    …can beat any team in the NFL. Really? With Lamar behind center, they were 1-4 against teams that finished the 2022 season with a winning record.

  17. high risk high reward. He makes plays and he whiffs on some. He is exciting to watch i hope he gets to play for a good team.

  18. The grifter 6 pack guy would be fine if Marcus played for the Patriots

  19. BadKarma says:
    May 6, 2023 at 8:31 pm
    down e’ ocean says:
    May 6, 2023 at 6:16 pm
    Ravens DC plays 75% zone now. This is a huge change from Wink Martindale, who was more into Man coverage. They still need good corners, but not necessarily shutdown type players. Peters may return or they will wait for others to become available during Preseason. The earlier comment on “Ravens desperation” is laughable. They are good to go right now and can beat any team in the NFL, but like everyone else, we need to stay healthy.
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    …can beat any team in the NFL. Really? With Lamar behind center, they were 1-4 against teams that finished the 2022 season with a winning record
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    The defense blew at least one 4th Quarter lead in all four of those losses. Every QB in the NFL has a losing career record vs teams that finished with winning records except Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Jimmy G and LAMAR JACKSON.

  20. Marcus Peters is a pretty good corner but the Ravens went younger with a guy that they feel is ascending at his position.

  21. jeffrey atkinson says:
    May 7, 2023 at 2:02 am
    The grifter 6 pack guy would be fine if Marcus played for the
    84Rate This

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    BB doesn’t bring in mouthy, immature and freelancing CB cancers, so no I wouldn’t.

    There is a reason why Peters keeps wearing out the welcome.

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