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Antonio Brown wants to play with Lamar Jackson, Lamar seems interested​

Posted by Mike Florio on January 25, 2022, 12:33 PM EST

Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown intends to play again in 2022. First, he needs to find a team willing to sign him.

Here’s a team he’s willing to sign with — the Baltimore Ravens.

Appearing on the I Am Athlete podcast, Brown said he wants to play with Lamar Jackson.

“Shout out Lamar Jackson,” Brown said. “That’s it. Lamar Jackson is a great quarterback.”

Jackson tweeted the video with purple devil emoji.

It’s not the first time Jackson has expressed an interest in teaming up with the cousin of Ravens receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. In 2020, Jackson said he’d be “happy” to play with Brown. After the 2020 draft, G.M. Eric DeCosta tiptoed around the question of whether the Ravens would want Brown.

If the Ravens weren’t interested in 2020, there’s no reason to think they’ll be more interested in 2022. Thus, Brown likely wi have to look elsewhere for his latest next chance.

 

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[Big Red Machine]

Mike McDonald; Who was the University of Michigan's Defensive coordinator last year and our linebackers coach for two years prior to that is our new Defensive coordinator.

Apparently took a sub 100 ranked Wolverines defense from 2020 and turned them into a top 15 defense last year.

 

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Antonio Brown wants to play with Lamar Jackson, Lamar seems interested​

Posted by Mike Florio on January 25, 2022, 12:33 PM EST

Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown intends to play again in 2022. First, he needs to find a team willing to sign him.

Here’s a team he’s willing to sign with — the Baltimore Ravens.

Appearing on the I Am Athlete podcast, Brown said he wants to play with Lamar Jackson.

“Shout out Lamar Jackson,” Brown said. “That’s it. Lamar Jackson is a great quarterback.”

Jackson tweeted the video with purple devil emoji.

It’s not the first time Jackson has expressed an interest in teaming up with the cousin of Ravens receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. In 2020, Jackson said he’d be “happy” to play with Brown. After the 2020 draft, G.M. Eric DeCosta tiptoed around the question of whether the Ravens would want Brown.

If the Ravens weren’t interested in 2020, there’s no reason to think they’ll be more interested in 2022. Thus, Brown likely wi have to look elsewhere for his latest next chance.

Shannon Sharpe is adamant someone will sign Antonio Brown, I just dont see it. Reckon hes burned far too many bridges where talent doesn't even matter anymore.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Mike Macdonald wants Ravens defense to “create doubt” for offenses at all times​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 3, 2022, 8:46 AM EST

The Ravens have a new defensive coordinator, but they were able to maintain continuity through the move from Wink Martindale to Mike Macdonald.

Macdonald joined the Ravens as an intern in 2014 and moved up the ladder to spend three seasons as the team’s linebackers coach before jumping to Michigan as the defensive coordinator last year. Macdonald returned after a successful year in Ann Arbor and he held his first press conference since coming back to Baltimore on Wednesday.

That press conference touched on the continuity that Macdonald brings with him to his new job, but he also noted that he isn’t necessarily going to follow the same path as Martindale, who was known as favoring the blitz during his tenure in Baltimore.

“The aggressiveness — absolutely — is going to carry over, but I think you’ve got to look through the lens [of], ‘What does aggressiveness actually mean?,'” Macdonald said, via the team’s website. “It’s about keeping the offense off-balance and where they’re not really believing what they’re seeing on a down-to-down basis. So, a lot of times, that will come with the schemed-up pressure – that’ll happen. A lot of times it could be a fake pressure, it could look like this coverage and play like another one. You’re changing the stress points of the zones and things like that and just trying to create doubt at all times. You want to be the one pushing the envelope, rather than the other way around.”

The Ravens slumped to 19th in points allowed and 25th in yards allowed while finishing 8-9 and out of the playoffs. Injuries contributed to some of their difficuties, but tweaking the scheme is to be expected after those kinds of results.

 

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Mike Macdonald wants Ravens defense to “create doubt” for offenses at all times​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 3, 2022, 8:46 AM EST

The Ravens have a new defensive coordinator, but they were able to maintain continuity through the move from Wink Martindale to Mike Macdonald.

Macdonald joined the Ravens as an intern in 2014 and moved up the ladder to spend three seasons as the team’s linebackers coach before jumping to Michigan as the defensive coordinator last year. Macdonald returned after a successful year in Ann Arbor and he held his first press conference since coming back to Baltimore on Wednesday.

That press conference touched on the continuity that Macdonald brings with him to his new job, but he also noted that he isn’t necessarily going to follow the same path as Martindale, who was known as favoring the blitz during his tenure in Baltimore.

“The aggressiveness — absolutely — is going to carry over, but I think you’ve got to look through the lens [of], ‘What does aggressiveness actually mean?,'” Macdonald said, via the team’s website. “It’s about keeping the offense off-balance and where they’re not really believing what they’re seeing on a down-to-down basis. So, a lot of times, that will come with the schemed-up pressure – that’ll happen. A lot of times it could be a fake pressure, it could look like this coverage and play like another one. You’re changing the stress points of the zones and things like that and just trying to create doubt at all times. You want to be the one pushing the envelope, rather than the other way around.”

The Ravens slumped to 19th in points allowed and 25th in yards allowed while finishing 8-9 and out of the playoffs. Injuries contributed to some of their difficuties, but tweaking the scheme is to be expected after those kinds of results.

I don't think that "chaos" defense works as well in the modern NFL when you've got highly accurate QBs who are also very mobile like Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Herbert etc. There's a reason why the Fangio style 2-high defense has been so successful in the last couple of years, and its not necessarily because they confuse the good QBs

 

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I don't think that "chaos" defense works as well in the modern NFL when you've got highly accurate QBs who are also very mobile like Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Herbert etc. There's a reason why the Fangio style 2-high defense has been so successful in the last couple of years, and its not necessarily because they confuse the good QBs

QBs been dealing with 2 high for decades. Why can't modern QBs deal with it?

 

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ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Ravens hired former Browns GM Sashi Brown as the new team president.​

Cleveland's former Vice President of Football Operations, Brown shockingly left his post atop Monumental Sports and the Washington Wizards to return to the AFC North in place of Dick Cass, who is retiring after serving as the team's President for the last 18 years. Although most fans will remember Brown as the overseer whose team sunk to a 1-31 record, it was Lord Sashi who tore down the team's roster in order to stack high draft capital and put Paul DePodesta and GM Andrew Berry, both who were hired by Brown, in a position to navigate Cleveland into the 2021 postseason. With four picks in the first two days of the 2022 NFL Draft and Lamar Jackson's long-term extension looming, Brown's next moves will be his most important.
SOURCE: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
Feb 4, 2022, 4:44 PM ET

 

[Exe Gesis]

Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he "anticipates" picking up Marquise Brown's fifth-year option.​

DeCosta, who said the team wouldn't make any drastic changes to their wideout room this offseason, seems committed to keeping Brown in Baltimore after a disappointing 2021 season in which Brown's efficiency plummeted amid a career high 91 targets. Strangely used primarily as a short-field pass catcher, Brown dropped a handful of touchdowns in 2021, including a brutal drop in the team's final regular season game. More downfield usage in 2022 could make Brown a bounce-back candidate in a far more balanced Baltimore offense compared to the run-heaviness of 2019 and 2020.
https://edge-plus.nbcsportsedge.com/pricing?utm_int=Edge1491
SOURCE: Jeff Zrebiec on Twitter
Feb 4, 2022, 10:18 AM ET

 

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ESPN's Jamison Hensley reports Lamar Jackson is expected to exceed $40 million annually on his next contract.​

Patrick Mahomes is the league's highest paid quarterback at $45 million per season. An extension over the $40 million average would place Jackson in the top three at quarterback, with Jackson looking to pass Dak Prescott's four-year, $160 million deal with Dallas last offseason. The Ravens want to extend Jackson before free agency in March, but there's no set deadline with Jackson representing himself in contract talks. Baltimore has Jackson signed through 2022 and can use the franchise tag the next two seasons for under $40 million annually, making it possible the Ravens go year-to-year with Jackson, who's coming off a season-ending injury and has more hits than any quarterback since 2018. Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said the team is comfortable carrying Jackson’s $23 million cap hit if an extension can’t be reached before training camp.
SOURCE: ESPN
Feb 5, 2022, 12:09 PM ET

 

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ESPN's Jamison Hensley reports Lamar Jackson is expected to exceed $40 million annually on his next contract.​

Patrick Mahomes is the league's highest paid quarterback at $45 million per season. An extension over the $40 million average would place Jackson in the top three at quarterback, with Jackson looking to pass Dak Prescott's four-year, $160 million deal with Dallas last offseason. The Ravens want to extend Jackson before free agency in March, but there's no set deadline with Jackson representing himself in contract talks. Baltimore has Jackson signed through 2022 and can use the franchise tag the next two seasons for under $40 million annually, making it possible the Ravens go year-to-year with Jackson, who's coming off a season-ending injury and has more hits than any quarterback since 2018. Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said the team is comfortable carrying Jackson’s $23 million cap hit if an extension can’t be reached before training camp.
SOURCE: ESPN
Feb 5, 2022, 12:09 PM ET

Trade him for the farm at that price.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Trade him for the farm at that price.

yea, some dumbass team like Carolina or Detroit would bite.

 

[dlanod]

yea, some dumbass team like Carolina or Detroit would bite.

You wish

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

You wish

Why would I want a guy who will be done inside the next 4 years? Once the injuries start building up and it takes away his running ability youre left with a bonafide scrub.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Thats why im almost positive Lamar didnt come back this season, he knows if hes limited as a runner it will only make him look terrible. Other QBs would have played through the ankle injury, particularly when their team is still a playoff chance.

 

[Constantgin]

Lamar is a great fantasy QB not a great QB. Doesn’t help his had COVID twice as often as his had playoff wins

 

[Exe Gesis]

Ravens raising ticket prices for 2022​

Posted by Josh Alper on February 9, 2022, 8:30 AM EST

It will cost a little more to see the Ravens play at home during the 2022 season.

The team sent a letter to season-ticket holders announcing that there will be an average hike of nine percent on seats. Senior vice president of ticket sales and operations Baker Koppelman said in the letter that “it’s vital that we remain competitive with other NFL teams” while announcing the increase.

“Revenue generated through your valued investment allows us to sign and retain players who will help the Ravens contend at the highest level, and it provides the kind of stadium experience you deserve and expect,” Koppelman wrote, via Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun. “We are committed to ongoing enhancements to your gameday experience, which over the next several years will include a long-term capital improvement plan for M&T Bank Stadium to keep it vibrant well into the future.”

It is the second time in three years that the Ravens have raised prices, but said they are planning to keep prices the same through the 2023 season.

 

[Exe Gesis]

The Athletic's Jeff Zrebiec believes it "no longer feels like a given" the Ravens extend Lamar Jackson before training camp.​

"There’s obviously a gap that exists," Zrebiec wrote on the state of contract talks. Jackson has reportedly spoken with the team "five or six times" about a new deal. Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said negotiations have been going at "Lamar's pace" and that Jackson is “comfortable” with where the sides are at, suggesting it's possible Jackson plays this season under his fifth-year option ($23M) if the Ravens are unwilling to meet his $40 million per year asking price. Signing an extension before the start of free agency would free cap space for Baltimore, but with the franchise tag to fall back on, the Ravens have the option of going year-to-year with Jackson.
SOURCE: The Athletic
Feb 10, 2022, 9:55 AM ET

 

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[LittleG]

We didn’t cut him, I think we are better off with him retiring instead.

 

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[trueblue_91]

Very, very happy with our FA hall so far!

 

[LittleG]

Very, very happy with our FA hall so far!

I am not sure IF it’s our best FA haul of all time but it could turn out to be.
A proper FS & Edge and RT…. Like wow!!!! Certainly beats the very top end of my expectations

 

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