I agree, comes back cheap and can provide leadership in an otherwise young backfield.

yay forsett, finally a familiar face....

I really like his 3rd down ability, since he can catch passes and recognize and pick up the blitz remarkably well for someone who is 5'8"

I still want us to draft a RB (and I want Pierce to be left off the 53 man roster), but it doesn't have to be an early pick for a RB now.

I saw that is was 3yrs for 9mil, but any word on the guaranteed $? Good price when you compare him to guys like Rashad Jennings and/or Fred Jackson--two other late-blooming RBs who had low mileage.

I seem to remember you decidedly downplaying the importance of pass blocking for RB's.

Your topic was something like "who is the best blocking RB ever," and my point was that is wasn't something you could do so well that there is a clear best ever. You can either do it or you can't.

I definitely did not underestimate the importance of blocking. If you can't block, you can't play on 3rd down, simple as that.

I'm just glad I had something slip through into long term memory.

I'd still love us to go with Gurley if he's there when we pick at #26, resigning Forsett would even allow us to let him heal up perfectly instead of just "throwing him out there".

Saw this somewhere.
Looks like Ravens know when to let people go.. (McPhee, Torrey, Daniels let walk)
Check the lack of production the following year after new team.

CB Gary Baxter (2005)
Signed 5-year, $30 million deal with Browns (retired after 3 seasons)
2004, Ravens: 86 tackles, 2 sacks, 12 passes defensed, 1 INT
2005, Browns: 18 tackles, 0 passes defensed, 2 INTs

LB Edgerton Hartwell (2005)
Signed 6-year, $26.25 million deal with Falcons (retired after 2 seasons)
2004, Ravens: 96 tackles, 1 forced fumble
2005, Falcons: 22 tackles, 1 pass defensed

LB Adalius Thomas (2007)
Signed 5-year, $35 million deal with Patriots (retired after 3 seasons)
2006, Ravens: 83 tackles, 11 sacks, 6 passes defensed, 1 INT
2007, Patriots: 78 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 8 passes defensed, 1 INT (plus-12.7 PFF grade)

LB Bart Scott (2009)
Signed 6-year, $48 million deal with Jets (retired after 4 seasons)
2008, Ravens: 82 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 5 passes defensed (plus-28.6 PFF grade)
2009, Jets: 92 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defensed (plus-6.8 PFF grade)

G/C Jason Brown (2009)
Signed 5-year, $35.5 million deal with Rams (retired after 3 seasons)
2008, Ravens: 16 starts (plus-17.0 PFF grade)
2009, Rams: 16 starts (plus-3.0 PFF grade)

DE Dwan Edwards (2010)
Signed 4-year, $18 million deal with Bills (cut after 2 seasons)
2009, Ravens: 47 tackles, 1 sack (plus-5.8 PFF grade)
2010, Bills: 57 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT (minus-9.0 PFF grade)

S Dawan Landry (2011)
Signed 5-year, $27 million deal with Jaguars (cut after 2 seasons)
2010, Ravens: 111 tackles, 1 sack, 0 INTs (plus-17.5 PFF grade)
2011, Jaguars: 97 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 2 INTs (minus-1.3 PFF grade)

CB Josh Wilson (2011)
Signed 3-year, $13.5 million deal with Redskins (played out contract)
2010, Ravens: 40 tackles, 14 passes defensed, 3 INTs (plus-17.6 PFF grade)
2011, Redskins: 62 tackles, 15 passes defensed, 2 INTs (plus-1.4 PFF grade)

OG Chris Chester (2011)
Signed 5-year, $20 million deal with Redskins
2010, Ravens: 14 starts, (plus-11.8 PFF grade)
2011, Redskins: 16 starts, (minus-12.4 PFF grade)

DE Cory Redding (2012)
Signed 3-year, $10.5 million deal with Colts
2011, Ravens: 43 tackles, 4.5 sacks (plus-5.4 PFF grade)
2012, Colts: 36 tackles, 2 sacks (minus-11.1 PFF grade)

LB Jarrett Johnson (2012)
Signed 4-year, $19 million deal with Chargers (retired after 3 seasons)
2011, Ravens: 56 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble (plus-17.0 PFF grade)
2012, Chargers: 40 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble (minus-4.0 PFF grade)

S Ed Reed (2013)
Signed 3-year, $15 million deal with Texans (cut after 7 games, done after 1 season)
2012, Ravens: 49 tackles, 15 passes defensed, 4 INTs (minus-1.2 PFF grade)
2013, Texans/Jets: 38 tackles, 4 passes defensed, 3 INTs (minus-4.7 PFF grade)

OLB Paul Kruger (2013)
Signed 5-year, $40 million deal with Browns
2012, Ravens: 30 tackles, 9 sacks, 1 INT (plus-16.2 PFF grade)
2013, Browns: 47 tackles, 4.5 sacks (plus-4.1 PFF grade)

CB Cary Williams (2013)
Signed 3-year, $17 million deal with Eagles (cut after two 2 seasons)
2012, Ravens: 75 tackles, 1 sack, 17 passes defensed, 4 INTs (minus-2.9 PFF grade)
2013, Eagles: 67 tackles, 1 sack, 12 passes defensed, 3 INTs (minus-4.1 PFF grade)

LB Dannell Ellerbe (2013)
Signed 5-year, $35 million deal with Dolphins
2012, Ravens: 92 tackles, 4.5 sacks (plus-8.3 PFF grade)
2013, Dolphins: 101 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INTs (minus-13.5 PFF grade)

DE Art Jones (2014)
Signed 5-year, $33 million deal with Colts
2013, Ravens: 53 tackles, 4 sacks (plus-8.1 PFF grade)
2014, Colts: 23 tackles, 1.5 sacks (minus-10.2 PFF grade)

OT Michael Oher (2014)
Signed 4-year, $20 million deal with Titans (cut after 1 season)
2013, Ravens: 16 starts (minus-17.1 PFF grade)
2014, Titans: 11 starts (minus-20.2 PFF grade)

I think a lot of those stats have to do with how well we surround players with good complementary players.

Team just works well together no matter who is on the field. Must be a good GM, idk