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No I think Newsome is being very smart about this. He couldn't have picked a better time to spend a year taking on a huge contract in Flacco, and resetting his cap situation, which had gotten precarious. He just won the superbowl and has a lot of picks this year. If there was a year to bite the bullet, this was it.Don't bother. At the same time don't take offense either. The popular thought has to be that (in this specific order):
1. Baltimore is in cap hell (February)
2. Baltimore has screwed themselves and all of their players left them, certainly not the other way around (March)
3. Even IF Baltimore ends up staying competitive by making some viable replacements, they'll surely suffer in the years to come (April)
I honestly believe that Newsome chose to do things a bit differently this time around after winning the SB, due to having some issues last time with overpaying to keep everyone intact. Only time will tell if they can stay competitive or they'll be the next Cleveland Browns with decades of losing seasons.
Like BB in 2010-12 he is starting to build the next iteration of the Baltimore Ravens around Joe Flacco. He will try and do it as seamlessly as BB did, but if the Ravens do hit a hiccup this year, what better year to do it. Meantime Ozzie will be well on the way to rebuilding his roster and getting his cap situation under control
Don't mistake my opinion that the Ravens will have a lot of problems this season, unless they hit on about 5 starters this draft, with the impression I think Newsome is not being smart. He IS one of the top GM's in the league, and being willing to take a possible hit this season just proves it.