In case you missed last thread.
However, one minor incident took place yesterday.
RAVENS BACKED OUT OF CROSBY DEAL
Citing ‘failed physical’.
If only Philip Rivers’ pull out game was on par!
Well, it’s only taken 15 years, but I no longer feel as embarrassed over that one time Jerry Angelo bungled the Ravens’ deal on draft day 2011.
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh heavily criticized the Chicago Bears’ front office on Tuesday for a botched draft-day trade, calling into question the Bears’ honesty and ethical integrity.
Bears general manager Jerry Angelo profusely apologized at the time, claiming to have made a simple mistake. But Harbaugh, appearing Tuesday on “The Waddle & Silvy Show” on ESPN 1000, was skeptical about the team’s intent in April’s draft, asserting what it had done “was just not honest.”
“It was disappointing,” Harbaugh said. “They can get mad at me if they want, but I’m not buying the mistake thing. It wasn’t a mistake. They knew what they were doing.
“They put their guy on the phone. They agreed to a pick. They got their guy on the phone. They recognized he wasn’t getting calls from the team behind them, and they basically stalled for over a minute, telling us they had called the trade in. They hadn’t called the trade in. They said it was a mistake. Those guys have been doing it for a long time, c’mon.”
When contacted Tuesday, a Bears team official said, “We’ve moved on months ago.”
If the Ravens thought THAT gave the Bears a bad rep, just wait ’til this debacle further explodes. Imagine if they sign Trey Hendrickson WEDs morning lol
This has to be a kick in the nads to the Raiders. The memes write themselves.
TBH, I don’t expect this to change the Bears’ plan as much; however..
Dave@davebftv
·Mar 9
Rich Eisen just said the Bears met the Raiders price of 2 firsts for Maxx Crosby.But the Ravens pick was earlier this year. Poles wasn’t willing to outbid Baltimore.
Crosby becomes a Raven. But looks like Chicago truly wanted to land Crosby. Pretty interesting.
I’m sure BJ covets Crosby. It’s not just the talent but the attitude. Both are a lil psycho. I must imagine that the asking price is no longer two 1st RDers. Yes, the ‘failed physical’ is likely a pretext to back out of the deal, but other GMs can now leverage that ‘red flag’ to drive down the price. I mean, how awkward would it be in Vegas if Crosby [who basically George Constaza’d his way out] walks back into that locker room? I wouldn’t give two 1sts, that’s for sure.
So what does this all mean? WTF knows. It only takes one desperate Jerrah to drive the price right back up, so I guess we’ll see. Hendrickson is supposed to make up his mind manana; then the rest of the dominoes should fall, quickly. Hey, at least it’s fun.
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