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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
The most likely way Ward stays at this point is if he takes a little bit of a discount and IF someone like Mathieu re-does his deal and takes less than he could get... similar to Mahomes, and Jones ... to keep Ward on the roster long-term.
I love the idea of Ward and Sneed running long-term on the outside. That would be a dynamic pairing.
Re: the Ravens finding a pass rush... they're either going to have to get really lucky on a guy, take a chance on a guy with issues and have them hit big (i.e. Justin Houston), or change their whole defensive scheme to find the type of rush they need against KC.
They HAVE to pay Stanley and Jackson, no way around it. Unless both take les-than-top-of-market deals, it's going to be hard to fix other holes on the team in FA.
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I think Lamar is going to screw them, same as Deshaun did with the Texans. Everyone talks about Mahomes having an average of $45M per year, but it's heavily backloaded. He gets less than $40M per year for the first 5 years of the deal (after his 2-year rookie money is done). Watson basically got paid the same amount at $39M per year for this time period. If Lamar gets north of $40M per year for 5 years...well, they're screwed.