That's it, but not in a nutshell.
We already payed Zeke.
We already payed Lawrence.
So we payed for Good but not for Great twice.
Tank isn't great, he just kind of good.
Zeke is probably great, but what successful franchise pays that for RB.
So is this franchise really going to strike 3?
Its a big question, its a big payout, and a big cap hit.
Its what I have said from the on set that these 3 contracts will dictate the future of this franchise.
Just because you have the money/cap to spend, does not mean that you pay out big cap contracts to players that are just "GOOD" players..
You grab bargains with your cap over flow, and only pay top end contracts to "SPECIAL" players.
I have not and have never considered Tank a "Special" player.
Zeke is a "Special" player but the Ravens get by just fine with a RB named Mark Ingram, and his bank account is significantly less than Zekes.
Ravens got a "Special" QB in Lamar Jackson, that's who you unload the farm to.
Special players like that are who you pay and makes RBs like Ingram valuable, and WRs and TEs that would be much less valuable in other environments
less valuable.
We build, this team builds, this franchise builds completely backwards.
Jerry likes shiny toys, and the build process of this franchise directly is affected by the "process".
