Hilarious: Ravens star WR Zay Flowers promises only to run straight this year.
“I’m running straight this year, y’all! I’m running straight. No more cutting”
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I'll be contributing to @BFTB_Chargers a few times per week, covering the Chargers. Should be easy to write about them, seeing as they became Ravens West last season.
Don't fret, Ravens fans, I'm not leaving Beatdown or Late For Work.
Four-way tight end trade:
Michael Mayer —> Dolphins
Mark Andrews —> Chargers
Noah Fant —> Falcons
Kyle Pitts —> Steelers
Can send late round draft picks or swaps that nobody really cares about anyway in return. Who says no.
Thoughts on the Jalen Ramsey/Jonnu Smith for Minkah Fitzpatrick trade…
Dolphins side:
- The Ramsey partnership was over, so a trade was inevitable. The team loses its best defensive player, but adding Fitzpatrick fills a huge need at safety and he’s under contract at a manageable number for two more seasons. Miami couldn’t find middle ground on a new deal with Jonnu Smith, but the cash and cap savings for this year help out a team in a crunch. The team is paper thin at TE now
Steelers side:
- Ramsey played excellent once again last year and adds to an already loaded defense, provided the team gets a TJ Watt deal done. It felt like Fitzpatrick’s value internally had dropped but he’s still a very talented player, so that helps balance the money (factoring in Ramsey and Smith deals) and keep the draft asset cost extremely low. Whether Pittsburgh says it or not, it is acting like a team that is pushing its chips in for a short term window. I’m not a believer that this team is in the same tier as the AFC’s elite (Chiefs, Ravens, Bills), but the asset outlay across the board has been reasonable. We’ll see if they can make the push
Quick off-the-clock thoughts on the Steelers/Dolphins trade ...
1) Pittsburgh's acquired Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf, Jonnu Smith and now Jalen Ramsey. All on third contracts or beyond. They're leaning hard into 2025.
2) Ramsey's flexibility to play corner and safety should effectively replace the versatility Minkah Fitzpatrick gave them. And Smith is now with the coach, Arthur Smith, who knows how to get the most from him, and the Steelers get a perfect complement to Pat Freiermuth.
3) Miami treads water in the secondary (bringing in a marginally younger player), moves on from two guys that were on the outs anyway, saves a bunch of money, and continues what, as we've said, looks like a reset-on-the-fly. And they move up a '27 pick two roundx.
4) Having a heady safety is very important in Anthony Weaver's scheme, and Fitzpatrick has the sort of IQ guys like Kyle Hamilton and Eric Weddle brought for all those years in Baltimore.
... So in summation, logical move for both teams.
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