Ravens sign Steve Smith

[UpstatePanther]

congrats Smitty. i look forward to the matchup next fall. you against your former defense, who will be much improved. good luck old friend and give the AFC North some hell for us!

[Gin and Juice]

Thought of getting tickets for this game since its close.. Now I will be there! Even though it may be an a$$ whooping now

Ah yes! The aging 35 year old WR will "rape" our defense! Maybe, but have a hard time seeing Flaccid getting the ball to anyone

[t96]

Good for him... His family can stay put and we can root for him being in the AFC. The one game we play them I'd like for him to go off while we still win. It's going to be weird seeing him in a different jersey... Will he still be 89?

[TN05]

We'll have a tough time stopping Steve when we play given we let our entire secondary walk.

[rayzor]

i hope nothing but good things for him except when we play them in which i will look on him like any other player on any other team when i wish him 2 things:

1) pain

2) failure

panthers >>>>>>> any player

[JawnyBlaze]

I'm living in the Baltimore area now. I will absolutely be at that game with my electric blue #89 jersey.

[SOJA]

Is that a guess?  Where's your source?

 

 

according to Person

 

Joe Person ‏@josephperson  1m

Smith's deal with the Ravens is for $11 million, with a $3.5M signing bonus, per league source.

[JJman]

So does this mean we are paying Smith more money to not play for us then the Ravens are paying him TO play for them next year? Me confused.

[therealmjl]

Good for Smith.

[J.Cage]

this is why you are a n00b

Oh.

Has nothing to do with just deciding to post?

My world is a lie.

[MHS831]

Some contracts have a clause in them that relieves the cutting team of the guaranteed $$ IF a new team signs them to a deal.  For example, if we owe him $4m in dead money for 2014 and he signs a deal with Baltimore that gives him $3 million for 2014, we only owe $1m. 

 

I have not heard this from anyone.  I do not think Santa Hurney would have included this clause (ha-pun), but we can hope.

[carpanfan96]

So does this mean we are paying Smith more money to not play for us then the Ravens are paying him TO play for them next year? Me confused.

Most definitely, his first season is probably 1-2 million at most. Deal probably breaks down to a 2 year deal at max.

[Gin and Juice]

It's not like Ozzie Newsome is a 2x Super Bowl winning GM or anything.

Ozzie did good signing him at that price! Wished we had that deal, but we didn't so oh well.

And no, players can't sign away guaranteed money back over to the team. You imagine how corrupt the salary cap game would become

[Captain Obvious]

And the beat goes on and on and on and on and on.........