Twitter: Ravens moving on from Earl Thomas, Cowboys most likely suitor

gjkoeppen

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If Jones didn't sign him before he punched a team mate I seriously doubt he'll consider signing him now after he punched a team mate. I'm sure he heard the rumors earlier this off season that said he had some outbursts in the locker room when he was in Seattle so punching isn't going to help that any.
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I have been a big, big, fan of ET since his Longhorn days, but given my respect for the Ravens overall stellar reputation as an organization, I have some serious concerns about ET's mental makeup and off the field character.
 

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What has ET really done since he tried to get traded to the boys besides breaking a leg and getting kicked off a team? We need to let him pass. We take of cheap reclamation projects not high priced issues.
 

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Actually, now that I think about, ET could be just what our DB room needs IF his head is in the right place AND he's willing to sign a TEAM-FRIENDLY MODEST deal. We could use his experience and leadership to mentor what's likely will be a rebuilt YOUNG unit next year.

He led in the bed too with his brother and two girls, and his wife found him and pulled out a gun. Sick.
 

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My thing is if he wanted to be here so bad he shoulda came here instead of chasing the cash in Baltimore.
We don't need a greedy head ache.
We don't need him to influence our youth.
And we damn sure don't need him throwing punches at his own D side
 

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I know many of you are going to be disappointed....


But haha is a much better value at his price than Thomas would be at his respective number....jerry isn’t going to pay and the cowboys haven’t even talked to this guy, based on media reports

It’s not happening....sorry guys
 

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We can only hope...and I am OK with however it goes pretty much. MM knows what kind of player ET is. He had to deal with him on multiple occasions in games that mattered unlike a lot of years for our team. haha

when were all these games? McCarthy as coach of the packers played him once in the playoffs and lost. The game that should have been Dallas, the 2014 nfc championship.

So when were all these other big important games?
 

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Now we know why they reworked Tyron's contract now. Despite Archer insisting it was for next year.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to start with.

Rework this year or next, Tyron is still likely old enough and has the years of wear enough to never seen the end of that prorated time span.

We really going to say that a couple million in cap space 4-5 years from know is going to be prohibitive to anything Dallas wants to do?
 

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You'll get neither and like it. Hell, I wouldn't give Gallup and a 3rd 6 months ago for Earl Thomas.
 

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My question is how good is Earl anymore? The Ravens weren't too thrilled with him last year and have been trying to get out of his contract since the incident with his brother.

If we sign him, Im skeptical he makes a difference
Not that good. If the Ravens believed he had any chance of helping them win even one football game, a camp fight would have been resolved without his release.
 

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You'd have to be a true skeptic to argue with this off season.

they replaced cobb with lamb and quinn with griffen.

Maliek collins was replaced by McCoy and gallimore. McCoy is gone for the year.

Ross/woods were replaced by poe.

Cooper rush was replaced by Andy Dalton.

Travis frederick is replaced by Joe Looney/Tyler biadasz

Hyder/bennett replaced by aldon smith and anae

Jason Witten replaced by Blake Bell essentially with Jarwin as the starter.

sua filo and cam fleming have been replaced by cam erving and connor mcgovern.

Kai Forbath has been replaced by Greg zuerlein

Jeff heath has been replaced by Dix

Byron Jones has been replaced by diggs.

Honestly I see a lot of question marks there compared to last years roster. For starters center and left guard are going to be a work in progress I bet early in the year. Smith has a hamstring issue and Collins showed up out of shape. They seem to have depth inside and none outside and the inside guys have glaring question marks...mcgovern has never played a snap in the nfl, looney is a good depth guy but he is starting and williams is coming off a major injury. Throw in Columbo is gone and Joe Philbin is now coaching the line.

then the secondary has potential to be below average. They just seem ok across the board. No one in the secondary does any one thing really well.

The defensive line is a giant question mark to me. Lawrence is always struggling with an injury of some kind, aldon smith has not played in years and it is a very long season. Griffen is a clear improvement and so is hopefully having crawford for a full season..The rest of the guys seem like average rotational guys.

I just dont see this enormous improvement. They have changed their strength and conditioning coach, their defensive scheme and coaches and are running something similar I guess to what Moore did last year only using the west coast terminology I guess on offense. I just think this is going to be more of the same. Offensively they will move the ball up and down the field and should score a lot of points and defensively it will most likely be a wait and see but I am hard pressed to see a big improvement. Hopefully the punt return and coverage will improve, with lamb and chris jones being healthy it should but again that is wait and see.

It just sure seems to me that the Hard sell is on from the same people.
 

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So many red flags regarding signing ET. But, what if he ends up with the Eagles or Patriots? For some reason, I didn't mind him in Baltimore. But, I cringe at the thought of him playing at an all pro level with the Eagles or Patriots.
 

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So many red flags regarding signing ET. But, what if he ends up with the Eagles or Patriots? For some reason, I didn't mind him in Baltimore. But, I cringe at the thought of him playing at an all pro level with the Eagles or Patriots.

I don't care if he goes to Philly. Philly isn't the best team in the NFL so they aren't the biggest roadblock. If Dallas can't beat Philly, with or without Thomas, how are they supposed to beat teams that are significantly better than 9-7?
 

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So many red flags regarding signing ET. But, what if he ends up with the Eagles or Patriots? For some reason, I didn't mind him in Baltimore. But, I cringe at the thought of him playing at an all pro level with the Eagles or Patriots.

Something tells me the hard coaching that Jim Schwartz does over time would not be a favorite of thomas.

however the eagles may have a secret weapon in recruiting Thomas, Marquand Manuel is the DB coach in Philly and he was with Thomas in Seattle as an assistant in various positions including assistant secondary coach. So he may have the ability to give him the thumbs up and help recruit him or the thumbs down since he has personal experience coaching him. Same goes for Robert Saleh in SF.
 
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