Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
5-11-0, 4th AFC North
Agent: Ravens, Suggs agree on franchise tag
Agent: Ravens, Suggs agree on franchise tag
AP,
May 14, 2008
The Baltimore Ravens have reached a compromise with franchise player Terrell Suggs, his agent said. Suggs filed a grievance against the team in March after the Ravens tagged him with the one-year, $8.065 million linebacker tag. He was seeking to be paid the defensive end franchise designation of $8,879,000. ...More |
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Ravens Team Report
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Ravens Team Report May 16, 2008
The Ravens and Terrell Suggs avoided a grievance by reaching a creative compromise.
The sides reached an agreement on a one-year franchise tag tender worth close to $8.5 million, which will pay him under a new position—hybrid defensive end/linebacker.
It is believed that the NFL Players Association and the NFL Management Council are finalizing details to sign off on the settlement.
"His job is to rush the quarterback, and I thought it was unfair that he had to live under the linebacker franchise tag," said Gary Wichard, Suggs' agent. "So, Ozzie (Newsome, Ravens general manager) and I said, 'Let us resolve this as opposed to the attorneys.' I tip my hat off to Ozzie for creating a new franchise tag."
The Ravens used the franchise tag on Suggs on Feb. ...More |
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| 2007 Team Stats (Game averages) |
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Pts |
Yds |
Pass |
Rush |
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| Offense | 17.2 |
302.0 |
189.7 |
112.3 |
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| Defense | 24.0 |
301.6 |
222.3 |
79.3 |
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