An Uncapped 2011 would allow Ravens to control Gaither

**TL24x7** · 03-14-2011, 07:37 PM

1. There is Salary Cap, so there is no spending limit; however, there is also no spending minimum as there was during the years that the Salary Cap applied. As such, teams can spend as much or as little as they’d like.

2. Players will need 6 years of service time in order to become Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs). Under the Capped Year rules, players only needed 4 years of service time to become UFAs. Now, again, as was the case in 2010, players will 4- and 5 years of service time will be Restricted Free Agents (RFAs).

This will greatly benefit most teams and will greatly restrict free agent movement. For the Ravens, this means that players like Guard Marshal Yanda, Offensive Tackle Jared Gaither, Fullback Le’Ron McClain and Cornerback Josh Wilson will now largely be under the Ravens control and will likely return for the 2011 season (or the Ravens will receive draft pick compensation if they leave).

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**davver** · 03-14-2011, 11:48 PM

Yup. If the injunction prevents the lockout we could be in an even better position then if they struck a deal.

**festivus** · 03-14-2011, 11:57 PM

"Control" is such a strong word...

**ActualSpamBot** · 03-15-2011, 12:39 AM

The best part about the team still holding the rights of Gaither is that there is no way he can pull the same act he did last year.

If he ever wants to get that big free agent payday he's gonna have to play well this season. Few players are good enough to skip two years and play at a high level; no one misses two seasons or misses a season and then plays poorly and still gets paid.

**Corey** · 03-17-2011, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by davver

Yup. If the injunction prevents the lockout we could be in an even better position then if they struck a deal.

I disagree. No deal prevents us from locking up Ngata and other players now. Which would mean next year we'd have 3 big pieces up for free agency Rice, Ngata and Grubbs, with Flacco going into his contract year. Thats not a pretty picture. The longer they go unsigned, the better the chance that we lose them.