josh24

Given the amount of important players they have on the free agency, is gonna be interesting how they manage that situation.

Here are their FAs and their minimum salary for 2013:

BAL 2013 Cap salary : $15.7 mill

QB
Joe Flacco - $715,000

RB
Anthony Allen - $630,000
Damien Berry - $630,000
Bobby Rainey - $630,000

TE
Ed Dickson (RFA) - $715,000
Dennis Pitta (RFA) - $715,000
Billy Bajema - $840,000

OT
Ramon Harewood (RFA) - $630,000
Bryant McKinnie - $940,000

C
Morgan Cox (RFA) - $715,000

DE
Arthur Jones (RFA) - $715,000
Ryan McBean - $715,000

DT
Bryan Hall (RFA) - $630,000
Ma'ake Kemoeatu - $940,000

LB
Josh Bynes - $630,000
Albert McClellan - $630,000
Ricky Brown - $840,000
Dannell Ellerbe - $715,000
Paul Kruger - $715,000

CB
Cary Williams - $715,000
Chris Johnson - $715,000

S
Emanuel Cook (RFA) - $715,000
Sean Considine - $840,000
James Ihedigbo - $715,000
Ed Reed - $940,000

Retiring
LB Ray Lewis
C Matt Birk (not sure actually, many rumors around this one)

These are only base minimum salaries, and do not include signing bonuses, roster bonuses or any other incentives.

Ravens GM face a serious problem this offseason:
- How can you keep Flacco, who will probably be one of the highest paid players in the NFL next year, plus signing Ellerbe, Kruger, Pitta, Dickson, Reed, Williams and McKinnie, all of them being key for this team to make a succesful SB run this year?
- If you can't keep them, where will you find a cheap replacement?

My answer to the original question is no. With Flacco getting somewhere around 16-18 mill a year, there is no cap for a balanced team. Reed and Williams will probably go, and they won't keep Pitta, Ellerbe and Kruger happy with cheap contracts.

Joey007

Wouldnt it be hilarious If they pull a Trent Dilfer and don't bring him back??

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Thunderkyss

The Ravens are going to have a hard time winning their division regardless. Then they've got to beat two of three........ Texans, Patriots, Broncos....

If they get to the Super Bowl, they'll be battle tested, & probably win another one.

Joker

what battle tested??...playing defensive holding every snap of every playoff game and betting the refs assigned allow it like THIS post season's hack crews?...Hochuli would have called at least 10 pI calls on the Ravens tonight..at least

MoneyFX

Sorry, but I don't see them even reaching the AFC title game next season. Lots of personnel changes are going to be made and for most of those guys, it was probably their last ride on the team. It's only fitting that they won a ring.

They'll probably win their division again and maybe lose in the divisional round to New England or Houston.

I look forward to seeing the Patriots (assuming they upgrade a few areas of the team) and the Broncos (improving young talent and Peyton will be as good as advertised) at the end of it in the AFC next season. Not confident in the Texans, nor so with a Steelers bounceback.

DocHoliday

If you can't adjust to a certain style of reffing, you're a team that needs special circumstances to win.

That's not a winner. Every team could've recognized the trend of officiating. Kudos to those that played a little friskily and got away with it.

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Bravo777

I'll go with "Hell naw" for 300 alex.

Brady_to_Moss

they will be in the playoffs again..they will still win that division just like pats will win their division

Sciz

Yeah, this is probably true. The Steelers are getting hit hard by the cap too. The Bengals would have to improve, but they're losing some important pieces too.

Hmm, maybe the Browns should make a play for a talented QB who is a backup on another team, with the goal of taking advantage of what should be a weak AFCN next year.

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DC_Patriot

Wow, I never thought I'd see a fan of one team congrulate a rival team on taking advantage of bad officiating.