Earl Thomas to Ravens

[dwreck27]

Going out there next year with the same dudes expecting better results...

No first round pick...

8-8 here we come before we destroy the team with Dak on a 30mill a year cap hit

 

[Bowdown27]

22 million in the first nine months. Hell who wouldn’t take that lol

 

[Vintage]

Thanks for making this even more miserable news.

Maybe we can resurrect the Star position in the secondary to excite the fan base.

 

[Idgit]

Ugh. This sucks.

It sucks, because that's not a deal I would have wanted us to do for him, but it also sucks because I really wanted him and thought that his asking price might have been coming down into our neighborhood.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Somebody get Tre Boston on the phone.....lol

 

[baltcowboy]

Schefter reports..

Wow. They over paid. Desperate teams do desperate things. Now back to the draft forum.

 

[rikolai]

Before everybody says the Ravens overpaid it is very likely Cowboys would have gotten him cheaper if they acted on the first day. Difference making players cost money.

 

[Hardline]

If I'm a player in the draft I pray I don't get selected by the Cowboys.

 

[AsthmaField]

$22MM in the first nine months is actually a smart move. The Ravens have now limited their potential dead money downside if Thomas' career starts to crater soon.

Yeah, why not go ahead and give him all $55M today. That way you can cut him at any time and not have dead money.

Super smart!

 

[ksg811]

Only $32 million guaranteed? That's a 3 year deal for $10.6 million per year disguised as a 4 year deal. That's easily within the $10-11 million Cowboys were reportedly willing to spend.

 

[CATCH17]

Unreal. We can't even sign a guy who wants to come here. 8-8 to 10-6 forever.

It's so obvious this next season is a total waste.

Rookies and Garrett are going to improve the team? Sprinkle in some Kellen Moore. Why do I even follow this crap franchise.

 

[Dwight]

This team needed him badly.

 

[Alexander]

You went to the wrong guy, Earl.

Should have waited for the chubby cheapskate to come down the tunnel.

 

[slick325]

Safety is not a need...Dallas has two young starters...Stephen Jones

 

[TWOK11]

That’s an obscene contract for a 30+ year old safety coming off a major lower body injury. $14 million a year and $32 million guaranteed? No thanks.

 

[HardHittin'Witten]

Our guys, we like them.

 

[Big_D]

It's so obvious this next season is a total waste.

Rookies and Garrett are going to improve the team. Sprinkle in some Kellen Moore. Why do I even follow this crap franchise.

Garrett should be gone so it could shape up to be their best and most important offseason.

 

[John813]

We don't need to spend money on players when the real issue were the cleats.

 

[AsthmaField]

I wouldn’t either but it’s the fact they sat here and let this market dry up knowing he wanted to get one last pay day. How did these idiots think they were going to trade a second round pick for him and try to keep him?

Then he was a year younger, wasn’t coming off his third season ending injury, and wasn’t on the open market, so likely his cost was a little less.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Here is the thing guys, the ramifications of these signings will never be known until the season gets underway. Right now, every free agent signed by other teams looks great. Good on the Ravens for offering 4 years 55 million to Thomas. We will see how that pans out for them.