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02-15-2013, 06:03 PM #2785
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Dwight Freeney has been told that he will not be with Indianapolis next season.
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02-15-2013, 06:04 PM #2786
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02-15-2013, 06:07 PM #2787
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Apparently, Austin Collie will be right behind him.
You know, this might be turning out well for the Ravens. With the cap not increasing, it will force many teams to release valuable players, thus flooding the market. Remember how many ILBs were on the market last year?"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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02-15-2013, 06:21 PM #2789
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
My gut still tells me that someone will outbid the Ravens for Paul Kruger. However, it might work in their favor for Ellerbe. Pass rushers are in high demand. Personally, I think that Kruger will continue to struggle against the run, in coverage and without another quality pass rusher opposite him, but someone will pay him to be the man.
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02-15-2013, 06:31 PM #2790
Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Paul Kruger was actually really good in coverage this year. His run defense is average. Frankly, he's a more valuable player in todays NFL than Ellerbe is. As good was Ellerbe was this year, lets not forget that he's not great in coverage, and is a North/South LB, and struggles on 3rd downs. I'd rather pay Kruger 6-8 Million a year than pay Ellerbe 5/6 million a year.
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02-15-2013, 06:58 PM #2792
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Really good in coverage? I don't know about all that.
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02-15-2013, 07:15 PM #2793Veteran Poster
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
I doubt he gets 9M a year. I read a report a week or two back that Seattle were interested, but not for 9M a year. Kruger also said he was open for a hometown discount, which is pretty nice. Marshall Yanda took a home town discount to stay in Baltimore over the Redskins (who I'm pretty sure offered him around 3 million more than our offer). Not saying Kruger will be the same, but he seems to really like it on this team. The fact that we just won the SB, and with Ray retiring, Kruger may even like the potential of him becoming more of a leader of this defense.
ILBs are not extremely hard to find. For example, you could actually save more money by signing a more proven but older player like Nick Barnett who is now on the market, and he can cover a lot better than what Ellerbe can. Not saying we should just go out and sign a 31 year old LB, but I'm just using him as an example. Pass rushers on the other hand are much harder to find, and make a much bigger impact on a defense in todays game.
Plus if the Dline is good, it generally helps the ILBs no matter how average they are. You get a healthy Suggs, and a healthy Ngata, to go along with Art Jones/McPhee, and Kruger/Upshaw plus one or two decent players I expect to be drafted, that Dline is likely to be as good as it was in 2011. Josh Bynes and a rookie would look better behind that line. Now, again, I very much doubt we go into the season with Josh Bynes and a rookie as the starters, but its something to consider.
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02-16-2013, 04:45 AM #2796
Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
its the first time I've done it, and only reason I've done it was bcause you've went from saying he could come here to not understanding why people like him. You contradict yourself all the time and don't think people notice when in fact they do and you've been called out by a few different people on a few different occasions.
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