Brockers deal delayed by ankle issue

[ravens82]

Looks like the Brockers deal is being delayed by the fact that Ravens medical staff can't get a look at Brockers ankle...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...rs-deal-ravens

[Culex]

We could probably end up with Clowney after all if this one doesn't go through

[WNCRavensFan]

Now's not the time to be messing around with the money. That'll really hurt the Ravens reputation around the league with the agents, and by extension the players.

Question should be, do they sign him Y/N

[ravens82]

Now's not the time to be messing around with the money. That'll really hurt the Ravens reputation around the league with the agents, and by extension the players.

Question should be, do they sign him Y/N

He's been pretty durable, but he was carted off the field in the final game of last season.

[charmcityraven]

Now's not the time to be messing around with the money. That'll really hurt the Ravens reputation around the league with the agents, and by extension the players.

Question should be, do they sign him Y/N

Players wanna play here. Why is Tony Jefferson recruiting players to come here when he got cut? Why did Steve Smith and Eric Weddle want to retire a Raven? I don't think this has hurt them. They need to protect themselves or else if he was injured the first three weeks Ravens fans would complain that they shouldn't have signed him.

[Brtnder81]

Now's not the time to be messing around with the money. That'll really hurt the Ravens reputation around the league with the agents, and by extension the players.

Question should be, do they sign him Y/N

Did it hurt us when we signed a Ryan Grant a few years ago, then he failed his physical and we voided the deal? Nope sure didntt

[Brtnder81]

If the Ravens can't have their Drs look at him soon, I would like to see the contract reworked to $6m guaranteed, and $4m in incentives and the Ravens have the option to get out of the contract after 1 year with minimal dead money.

[TL24x7]

Campbell and Brockers...the combination of the players together is something that added allure to the former Ram. The team wanted to move away from pure run-stuffers like Pierce, and the Campbell/Brockers combo, disrupting the pocket inside the edge rushers, made Wormley expendable.

But the red flag was hoisted when out of the blue the Ravens were in on Suh. And that didn't play out for the Ravens as he stayed in Tampa.

Adding the right pieces in free agency liberates the Ravens war room. They don't feel as compelled to reach for need. If the Ravens doctors can't get comfortable with Brockers (and they do rely on them as mentioned earlier in the Ryan Grant case), the need could influence their draft board, not to mention the depth they've lost in Wormley.

Sometimes the medical report can sway the team to make the right choice. Sometimes it doesn't. I remember in 2010 the Ravens took Gronk off their board due to medical concerns, yet invested draft capital in two tight ends anyway (Dickson & Pitta). I remember there was some mild interest in Drew Brees in 2006 but they passed due to concerns about his shoulder. Fourteen years later he's still chucking it. Steve McNair would become a Raven prior to that season.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If Brockers passes the physical, then all is ok. If he doesn't, and given the attempt to sign Suh there's concern that he won't, it would be DeCosta's first swing and a miss as General Manager.

Hopefully we'll learn soon.

Hopefully it works out for the team's very savvy GM!

[BearArms]

Campbell and Brockers...the combination of the players together is something that added allure to the former Ram. The team wanted to move away from pure run-stuffers like Pierce, and the Campbell/Brockers combo, disrupting the pocket inside the edge rushers, made Wormley expendable.

But the red flag was hoisted when out of the blue the Ravens were in on Suh. And that didn't play out for the Ravens as he stayed in Tampa.

Adding the right pieces in free agency liberates the Ravens war room. They don't feel as compelled to reach for need. If the Ravens doctors can't get comfortable with Brockers (and they do rely on them as mentioned earlier in the Ryan Grant case), the need could influence their draft board, not to mention the depth they've lost in Wormley.

Sometimes the medical report can sway the team to make the right choice. Sometimes it doesn't. I remember in 2010 the Ravens took Gronk off their board due to medical concerns, yet invested draft capital in two tight ends anyway (Dickson & Pitta). I remember there was some mild interest in Drew Brees in 2006 but they passed due to concerns about his shoulder. Fourteen years later he's still chucking it. Steve McNair would become a Raven prior to that season.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If Brockers passes the physical, then all is ok. If he doesn't, and given the attempt to sign Suh there's concern that he won't, it would be DeCosta's first swing and a miss as General Manager.

Hopefully we'll learn soon.

Hopefully it works out for the team's very savvy GM!

I wouldn't have been concerned as much except for the Suh angle. You can add Myles Jack to that list too.

Are you always up so early? No sports at night anymore

[Desert Raven]

He's been pretty durable, but he was carted off the field in the final game of last season.

Didn’t know that. Obviously not good at all.

[NjRavensFan]

Yeah, I don’t think they cut the money here. I think they decide they’re comfortable signing him at the agreed upon rate or they’re not.

[cjandrze]

Same ankle issue Ryan Grant was suffering from?