Joe Flacco To Be NFL's Highest Paid Player

[grizzaholic]

Shouldn't the DelaWHERE fans be more concerned about their own stadium problems than some NFL player?

What problems are those? We can't fill up the stadium we already have. The former AD made sure to eliminate any capacity issues we might have had five years ago by driving off over a third of the season ticket base. He was rewarded with a promotion to AD at Stanford.

well...yeah. No need to kick you while you are down. You should punch your AD/President in the nuts for being a douche of Jersey Shore proportions.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Ripple effect - Boldin traded to 49ers for 6th round pick reportedly

Joe's QB rating just went down ten points with that trade.

[uofmman1122]

Ripple effect - Boldin traded to 49ers for 6th round pick reportedly

I still can't believe we got him that cheap.

With Boldin now gone, we won't even get to Week 3 before everyone realizes Flacco's now the most overpaid QB in the league.

[89Hen]

Ripple effect - Boldin traded to 49ers for 6th round pick reportedly

I still can't believe we got him that cheap.

With Boldin now gone, we won't even get to Week 3 before everyone realizes Flacco's now the most overpaid QB in the league.

Yeah, all he does is win, with or without Boldin. Losing Boldin would hurt any QB.

[Grizalltheway]

I still can't believe we got him that cheap.

With Boldin now gone, we won't even get to Week 3 before everyone realizes Flacco's now the most overpaid QB in the league.

Yeah, all he does is win, with or without Boldin. Losing Boldin would hurt any QB.

So why didn't he take a page out of Brady's book and take a smaller paycheck in order to keep a good team around him?

[bluehenbillk]

Yeah, all he does is win, with or without Boldin. Losing Boldin would hurt any QB.

So why didn't he take a page out of Brady's book and take a smaller paycheck in order to keep a good team around him?

Well if you look at what Joe's cap hit is this year & the next two years he did....

[BDKJMU]

Ripple effect - Boldin traded to 49ers for 6th round pick reportedly

I still can't believe we got him that cheap.

With Boldin now gone, we won't even get to Week 3 before everyone realizes Flacco's now the most overpaid QB in the league.

Yeah, the Ravens letting Boldin go for just a 6th round pick seems idiotic...

[89Hen]

Yeah, all he does is win, with or without Boldin. Losing Boldin would hurt any QB.

So why didn't he take a page out of Brady's book and take a smaller paycheck in order to keep a good team around him?

Indeed.

As part of the restructure, Brady had his 2012 base salary reduced from $5.75 million to $950,000. The team then took the remaining $4.8 million, combined it with a $6 million roster bonus due to him, and gave him a $10.8 million signing bonus.

Brady doesn't have his salary reduced, he just receives the money in a different form

[uofmman1122]

[93henfan]

So you're saying only one player has a Superbowl ring.

[uofmman1122]

So you're saying only one player has a Superbowl ring.

2013-2014.

Maybe this will help.



The joke is that it's to accommodate Flacco's unnecessarily large contract.

[grizzaholic]

So you're saying only one player has a Superbowl ring.

2013-2014.

Maybe this will help.



The joke is that it's to accommodate Flacco's unnecessarily large contract.

Jokes commonly fly way over 93henfans head...which is weird considering he is a fan of the Ravens and Blue Hens.

[uofmman1122]

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[BDKJMU]

1. Starting LB Ray Lewis: GONE- retired
2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
6. Starting WR Anquan Boldin: GONE- Raven's leading receiver the 3 seasons he has been with them, traded to the Niners on March 9 for only a 6th round pick
7. Starting OC Matt Birk: GONE- retired.

8. Starting S Ed Reed: ???- was met by the Texans GM today and flown to Houston in the owners private jet.

"According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no Super Bowl winning team has lost more than five Super Bowl starters before the following season."
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[93henfan]

Jokes commonly fly way over 93henfans head...which is weird considering he is a fan of the Ravens and Blue Hens.

Eagles and Blue Hens. Flacco is a Blue Hen and so I root for him to do well. If he played for any of the other 31 teams, I'd never watch a Ravens game.

I get the jokes, but I don't think they'll pan out as funny over time, any more than the Sad Flacco meme or the Dear Joe/From Football Gods SI cover panned out, in light of his throwing 11 TDs and 0 INTs in the playoffs, winning the Superbowl, and taking home the Superbowl MVP trophy. All the guy does, since he was thrown into the starting role as a rookie, is win in the regular season, on the road, in the playoffs every single season he's played, you name it. The dude is pure money, is now considered "elite" (which I find comical - he was always elite to me since his Sr. season at UD), and it just drives the haters (like Skip Bayless) crazy. What a joy it is to sit back and watch all the haters fail to knock this guy down. Joe just put up the biggest middle finger in the world to you losers and it's awesome.

The Baltimore offense is bringing back most of the pieces. The defense will certainly need some gel time, but I think the Ravens will be just fine in 2013-14. Hell, the defense gave up 30+ points in two of their four playoff games. It's not like the old days where Baltimore relied on the defense. I wouldn't bet on back to back Lombardi's, but another playoff run isn't out of the question.

[bluehenbillk]

That defense still has Haloti Ngata & will have a 100% Terrell Suggs back as well.

[andy7171]

1. Starting LB Ray Lewis: GONE- retired
2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
6. Starting WR Anquan Boldin: GONE- Raven's leading receiver the 3 seasons he has been with them, traded to the Niners on March 9 for only a 6th round pick
7. Starting OC Matt Birk: GONE- retired.

8. Starting S Ed Reed: ???- was met by the Texans GM today and flown to Houston in the owners private jet.

"According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no Super Bowl winning team has lost more than five Super Bowl starters before the following season."
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I'd like to know which one of those players are worth that money they'll be making.

Boldin was going to be cut and cost the team $7.5M this year. Now they take a $1.5M hit and get a 6th pick. He made some hella great plays in the post-season, but regular season 65 catches for 900 yards and 4 TDs. They have Torry Smith and Jacoby Jones on the outside. Methinks it won't be hard finding a possession type to go over the middle.

[andy7171]

2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
-this one hurts the worst for them. he's young and only got to show what he wass able to do with RayRy out.

3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
-Browns being the Browns.

4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
-Yeah RGIII just JIHP! Good luck with this.

5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
-Locker room cancer. 4th team in 5 years

7. Starting OC Matt Birk: GONE- retired.
-he's as old as me and was used like a plow by DTs. Young center drafted last year...out of Delaware.

8. Starting S Ed Reed: ???- was met by the Texans GM today and flown to Houston in the owners private jet.
-35 years old, act is gotten old. Has talked about retirement the last 3 years to avoid training camps.

[BDKJMU]

2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
-this one hurts the worst for them. he's young and only got to show what he wass able to do with RayRy out.

3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
-Browns being the Browns.

4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
-Yeah RGIII just JIHP! Good luck with this.

5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
-Locker room cancer. 4th team in 5 years

7. Starting OC Matt Birk: GONE- retired.
-he's as old as me and was used like a plow by DTs. Young center drafted last year...out of Delaware.

8. Starting S Ed Reed: ???- was met by the Texans GM today and flown to Houston in the owners private jet.
-35 years old, act is gotten old. Has talked about retirement the last 3 years to avoid training camps.

34?

[bluehenbillk]

The 3 that really hurt are Ellerbee, Kruger & Williams. Hard to fault them for the $$ that those guys got paid though. The Browns will be re-doing Kruger's deal in a few years.

[grizzaholic]

Jokes commonly fly way over 93henfans head...which is weird considering he is a fan of the Ravens and Blue Hens.

Eagles and Blue Hens. Flacco is a Blue Hen and so I root for him to do well. If he played for any of the other 31 teams, I'd never watch a Ravens game.

I get the jokes, but I don't think they'll pan out as funny over time, any more than the Sad Flacco meme or the Dear Joe/From Football Gods SI cover panned out, in light of his throwing 11 TDs and 0 INTs in the playoffs, winning the Superbowl, and taking home the Superbowl MVP trophy. All the guy does, since he was thrown into the starting role as a rookie, is win in the regular season, on the road, in the playoffs every single season he's played, you name it. The dude is pure money, is now considered "elite" (which I find comical - he was always elite to me since his Sr. season at UD), and it just drives the haters (like Skip Bayless) crazy. What a joy it is to sit back and watch all the haters fail to knock this guy down. Joe just put up the biggest middle finger in the world to you losers and it's awesome.

The Baltimore offense is bringing back most of the pieces. The defense will certainly need some gel time, but I think the Ravens will be just fine in 2013-14. Hell, the defense gave up 30+ points in two of their four playoff games. It's not like the old days where Baltimore relied on the defense. I wouldn't bet on back to back Lombardi's, but another playoff run isn't out of the question.

Holy JSO 93.

[eagleskins]

Kruger is the big loss. Ellerbe is overrated. Reed is about done.

[89Hen]

2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
6. Starting WR Anquan Boldin: GONE- Raven's leading receiver the 3 seasons he has been with them, traded to the Niners on March 9 for only a 6th round pick

So Flacco's overpaid, but these kind of figures are not?

[BDKJMU]

1. Starting LB Ray Lewis: GONE- retired
2. Starting LB Dannell Ellerbe: GONE. Expected to be Lewis's replacement, but 2 days ago signs 5 yr/35 million deal with Dolphins
3. Starting OLB/DE Paul Kruger: GONE. 2 days ago signs 5 yr/40 million deal with Browns.
4. Starting CB Cary Williams: GONE- today signs a 3 yr/17 million deal with Eagles
5. Starting safety Bernard Pollard: GONE- released, despite the last 2 seasons playing in 29 games with 26 starts.
6. Starting WR Anquan Boldin: GONE- Raven's leading receiver the 3 seasons he has been with them, traded to the Niners on March 9 for only a 6th round pick
7. Starting OC Matt Birk: GONE- retired.

8. Starting S Ed Reed: ???- was met by the Texans GM today and flown to Houston in the owners private jet.

"According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no Super Bowl winning team has lost more than five Super Bowl starters before the following season."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/rave ... otogallery" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'd like to know which one of those players are worth that money they'll be making.

Boldin was going to be cut and cost the team $7.5M this year. Now they take a $1.5M hit and get a 6th pick. He made some hella great plays in the post-season, but regular season 65 catches for 900 yards and 4 TDs. They have Torry Smith and Jacoby Jones on the outside. Methinks it won't be hard finding a possession type to go over the middle.

In addition to those 65 for 921, 4 TDs during the regular season, he had 22 for 380 and 4 TDs during the post season.

Look at the records the guy holds (got from wiki)
NFL records
Most receptions in a rookie season: 101[14]
Most receiving yards in first career game: 217
Most receptions in the first 26 games of an NFL career: 157
Fastest to record 400 career receptions (in 67 games)
Fastest to record 500 career receptions (in 80 games)
Fastest to record 600 career receptions (in 98 games)

32, probably has 2-3 good years left. Me thinks the Ravens won't find a possession type to go over the middle that was a good as Boldin. They certainly got fleeced by only getting a 6th round pick.

[Seahawks08]

The ravens will be lucky to get to 8-8 next year. You guys better hope Ozzie knows what he's doing in the draft.