Senior NFL Editor (Ravens, Packers) at @TheAthletic | Past: @CBSSports, @WashingtonNFL, @HoCoTimesSports, @DBKSports
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Loved the analogy (and the rest of the story)
On Kirk Cousins, going to Disney and just springing for the damn princess character breakfast si.com/nfl/kirk-cousins-trad…
If the Vikings make the Super Bowl, Kirk Cousins has gotta perform this on Super Bowl opening night
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NFL trade deadline winners and losers: Jags go all-in, Eagles can’t pass up a great deal, Kyler Murray demoted and Jonathan Taylor stranded (via @ByMikeJones) nytimes.com/athletic/article…
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Plus, Neuzil is a pending FA. Seems likely that he'll sign this offseason for a big enough deal to get Ravens a 6th or 7th-round comp in '28. So Ravens feel like they'll get the pick they traded back in form of a comp pick. So ultimately, that would make it a Neuzil for Vorhees swap.
From what I can gather, trading for Falcons C Ryan Neuzil is more of a depth move for Ravens. He can play both center and guard and he has a strong advocate in the building in OL coach Dwayne Ledford, who worked with him in Atlanta.
It also gives the Ravens an experienced center behind Jurgens and creates some roster flexibility because they won't necessarily need to have Hergel active on game days now and they moved out Vorhees.
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Trades aren’t done yet! The Falcons are trading C Ryan Neuzil for Ravens G Andrew Vorhees and a 2028 6th round pick, source tells @TheAthletic
Kirk Cousins said the driving force behind extending his NFL career was making sure his sons were old enough to remember him playing.
Now they get to watch their 38-year-old dad back with the Vikings, competing for a Super Bowl in Year 15.
nytimes.com/athletic/7690961…
Jourdan makes a great point about the Jaguars’ all-in approach: Jacksonville could lose both coordinators this offseason, making its window of opportunity even more urgent.
The NFL machine hates risk and tends to define process within that framework.
The phrase “all in” doesn’t begin to cover what must be true for a team to actually BE that.
Enter the Jaguars, who are leaning on risks of the past to guide a bold present: nytimes.com/athletic/7770004…
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Ravens players are off until Wednesday, so they'll need a kicker in place by tomorrow afternoon's practice.
A few of available FAs: Nick Folk, Daniel Carlson, Riley Patterson, Harrison Mevis.
They can try and poach a kicker off another team's practice squad.
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Sounds like Ravens were willing to put Moody on 53, but he was attracted by the Atlanta situation, a chance to kick indoors and not necessarily be a placeholder (like he may have been in Baltimore when Loop was back healthy/off IR).
The Falcons just poached Jake Moody off the Ravens’ practice squad -- despite Moody being the team’s only healthy kicker and the team having a roster spot open.
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With Josh Jacobs out, and even if MarShawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks are healthy, it might be Kaleb Johnson’s time to shine.
Story: nytimes.com/athletic/7768948…
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No better place to monitor all of comings, goings, news and analysis from the NFL trade deadline than right here: nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
Unsurprisingly, Ravens guard Vega Ioane gets a first-team nod.
Arvell Reese and David Bailey have been as advertised...and then some.
But not every position had slam dunk picks for the top rookies at the midway point. Several interesting debates.
Midseason All-Rookie Team:
nytimes.com/athletic/7767453…
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The Ravens have never acted the part of a seller before, making just 2 pre-deadline player for pick trades in team history and both involved players who wanted out.
Will that change this yr? The better question, what is there to sell?
(FREE TO READ)
nytimes.com/athletic/7760118…
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Minter on Joe Fagnano: "That guy earned a lot of respect in the locker room for going out there Thursday night and dealing with what he had to deal with physically. He's well aware of how we feel about him. He gave us everything he had."
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Asked about the struggles of some of the veterans and how long he can remain patient, Minter said, "We got to look at where we're at right now. That's what the reset gives you a chance to really look at. We'll see how it shakes out."