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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
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04-07-2012, 08:51 PM #86
If the Ravens trade out of the first round and wind up with 2 second round picks, I'll go ahead and predict one of them will be a RB.
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
I just think he is what he is. A decent RB, often used in a run first offense with a conservative play caller who does have either speed (Boldin) or experience at TE/WR spots yet in Pitta, Dickson and Smith in a passing driven league. Rice is worth less than Foster easily. Rice is a 5 million per year guy in this modern era not 8+ or more what he is seeking. I did leave him a message on his FB page- telling him so. When needed in our last 3 playoff games, he played poorly.
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
Nope. Not many teams pay RBs big dough anymore, most teams go by committee. His contract demands make him not
Very valuable in a capped league with emphasis on pass defense and passing offense. Can you think of a team that would want Rice for what he is asking considering cap considerations? I'd like to know.
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04-08-2012, 06:14 AM #90Veteran Poster
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
I think the offense would bog down. There was a 4 game stretch last season where Flacco led the entire NFL in pass attempts. The results were mixed at best. And that was with opposing defenses having to account for Rice. I don't want to imagine what teams would do to this offense knowing they wouldn't have to worry about Rice. It would be disastrous.
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
Saying that prior to the draft is foolish at best. Not to mention how do we know Allen isn't like a Hillis, unknown and just run's over people forcing you to stack 8 or 9 in the box to control him? Rice is great mind you but you get a good hand on him and he goes down.
As for Flacco's attempts, there were 4 games where he went over 47 attempts, we were 3-1 beating StLouis by 30 points and the other 2 wins by a FG(ARZ and Pitt), the loss was against Seattle which we all remember that game and you can't stick that on Flacco, the Defense forgot they were in the NFL that game.
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
Last edited by Terpsfan82; 04-08-2012 at 10:52 AM. Reason: sp
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
Seattle was decided by turnovers. Jax kicker hit 3 50 yard kicks we missed 2. Rice was awful and had a huge fumble. Flacco given another WR target and a modern
Pass offense with more experienced WR's and TE's will help. You don't give Flacco
A big contract to manage games.
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
Priest Holmes- Undrafted.
Jamal Lewis- First Round
Chester Taylor- Sixth Round
Willis McGahee- First Round, acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Bills
LeRon McClain- Fourth Round
Ray Rice- Second Round.
They find them all over the place."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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04-13-2012, 10:14 PM #96
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Re: Does anyone think Ray Rice could hold out?
That claim has been denied several times by Rice and his agent. And given the media's tendency to exaggerate I believe the denial.
Because all that money that they paid Leach, McGahee and Williams is money that they could have used to pay Rice his worth. Ray Rice would have been a lot cheaper to re-sign a year ago (before CJ2k and Peterson broke the bank) than he is today.
People don't realize Rice could have taken the Djax route and threatened to sit out or the Forte route and bitched and complained about his contract all season. He did neither. He took the mature route and played out his contract, so now don't be mad that he's trying to get every last dime.
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