Breaking: Lamar Jackson is available as Raven's have placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him.

[Ricky Spanish]

3 minutes ago, joemac said:

Real life is not a JRPG

No but the fact that running QBs take far more hits, even if they aren't big, means their shelf life is much shorter than guys who generally throw from the pocket. 

It becomes a numbers game at some point. It's the NFL, you get hit every time you hold the ball. Injury chances go up the more often you expose your body to the those hits. And the more hits you take, the weaker your body gets as the season and the years grind on. It's why RBs start falling off at 26 and why Running QBs adapt to being passing QBs or get hurt and fall off a cliff because their bodies can't take the pounding anymore. It's fun while it lasts but historically, it doesn't last long. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Why do/did some of you think the Falcons were all in? Because of Vick? Because of the ATL demographics? Their FO thinks the same exact thing ours does. He's not worth the risk.

[Pantha-kun]

NO NO NO NO NO. DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT FITERRER.

[ClawOn]

Pointy elbows.  Pass. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just now, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Why do/did some of you think the Falcons were all in? Because of Vick? Because of the ATL demographics? Their FO thinks the same exact thing ours does. He's not worth the risk.

Probably because they have the cap space to do it and Ridder. 

[Krovvy]

1 minute ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Why do/did some of you think the Falcons were all in? Because of Vick? Because of the ATL demographics? Their FO thinks the same exact thing ours does. He's not worth the risk.

Because they have the most available cap space of a team that needs a quarterback.

[Pantha-kun]

42 minutes ago, CanadianCat said:

I would rather have CJ for 3 1st on a rookie contract than LJ for 2 1st and a league leading contract. 

exactly this. Just draft somebody and stop spending resources on vet QBs. 

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, jtm said:

If Baltimore matches a deal I'm not convinced that Lamar will accept it and go back to Baltimore.  No team wants a player that doesn't want to be there and you certainly don't want to pay this player a mega contract.  

He doesn't have a choice.

[WUnderhill]

1 minute ago, Krovvy said:

Because they have the most available cap space of a team that needs a quarterback.

He wants to believe so bad.

[ForJimmy]

8 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

No they will not. 

No Spoilers!

[Martin]

This is a very smart move by the Ravens. After 2 years of negotiations they can’t get on the same page. This gives Lamar a chance to see what his true market value is, and then the Ravens can agree or take the two picks. 

[Mr. Scot]

35 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Pretty disingenuous to blame Cam's playing style for his injuries when both of his shoulder injuries happened on pocket passing plays.

Either way, what we're ultimately talking about is akin to trading for Newton and guaranteeing his contract after his injuries occurred.

[CPcavedweller]

7 minutes ago, CanadianCat said:

If we cannot get Stroud or CJ then I would be ok with a trade down and running with Corall... and Jimmy our way to a QB next year. 

That said.. I dont think anyone on that building would want that. We are getting a QB this year one way or another.

And that's the problem. "We are getting a QB one way or another" should not be the line of thinking. 

"Spare no expense" only works in Jurassic Park and MLB, and it doesn't always work well in either; ask Dr. Malcolm about his leg and the Yankees about all of their World Series championships the past 18 years or so. 

If there is a transcendent talent like a Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, etc. it's a no brainer. If it's not one of those "can't miss" guys, you are throwing darts at a dart board while blind folded but the stakes are almost as bad as if someone is standing on either side of the dart board, unable to move. You may hit them in the arm and they will be fine, but you missed. Or you may hit them in the eye and they will be screwed for life.

The only certain player in this draft, in my opinion, is CJ Stroud. Everyone else is a gamble. If you have to gamble with multiple first round picks, you don't do it. You just don't. You roll with what you have, stack talent and trade picks and develop the roster around the QB. Then in 2024 you go for guys like Maye and Williams. 

[onmyown]

Honestly is would be an asinine move.

But this is the same perennial 5 win FO that turned down the Burns trade and went after Watson.

You can’t simply put this kind of stupidity past them.