Ravens agree to a 2-year deal with McKinnie

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http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Ravens-Reach-Two-Year-Agreement-With-Bryant-McKinnie/d2b725b8-913c-4ad3-ae55-eb29eb711905?campaign=social_20130502_7654524

dcarey20 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 7179

Love it. Kind of surprised too. Figured we might be past the point of no return given our history and the fact he was visiting other teams.
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hemm68 · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 4:57 pm Post subject:

I hope I'm wrong but my prediction is he doesn't make it to the second year of this contract.

MLBeast 52 · Joined: 13 Mar 2013 Posts: 32

I don't expect him to see year 2, but he'll be useful next year. I doubt he got a great offer from anyone, otherwise he would have signed earlier. He's a useful stopgap and one which the team can afford.

coordinator0 · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 5873

Meh. Hopefully he wasn't too costly. The only other OL I could see them bringing in now is a veteran center to compete with Gradkowski and Jensen. They're pretty set otherwise.

BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject:

Waaat. As far as getting what he wanted, goes to show again that Ozzie works this stuff better than anyone else.

But I'm skeptical about the move itself. I just don't trust the guy. Would have preferred Starks among FA tackles, but I guess we'll see what happens.
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Mancunian Raven · Joined: 09 Oct 2012 Posts: 511

Make all of the money performance related, and the Ravens will have a solid LT for as long as they want.

This is a surprise though, because I felt sure that the Chargers would offer him more than the Ravens would be prepared to. Their current Tackles are a couple of air-filled tube dudes.

This gives the Ravens time to either identify a guy on the roster who can develop to play LT, Osemele, Wagner, Gaines, or find a guy in the draft next year.
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BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:41 pm Post subject:

Incentives are probably going to be based on games started. And if he's starting, he's probably playing decently enough. The $7 million number doesn't mean anything to me, but I'm curious to see what the cap numbers look like. The structure means a lot, if it's backloaded without guarantees then basically we're taking him on without any risk, with him only earning the money if he plays well enough to stay on the roster.
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coordinator0 · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 5873

I'm not penciling McKinnie in as the starting LT yet. As much as I don't like it Osemele will probably still get a shot there in training camp. Oher's probably in the conversation too. Like I've said all along I can stomach McKinnie being re-signed if it means Osemele is kept at LG.

BaltimoreTerp · Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:01 am Post subject:

McKinnie is the default starter. There's no way they're bringing him back with the thought that they want him to compete for the spot with the guy they preferably want starting at LG next to him.

If McKinnie shows up out of shape or gets injured, then I still think Oher gets the first crack at LT, regardless of what Ozzie may have said pre-draft. I'd be surprised if we see KO at left tackle at all in 2013. Maybe the year after if we don't re-sign Oher, but for the time being he's pretty comfortably entrenched at guard.
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coordinator0 · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 5873

I agree that it's most like that McKinnie is the LT but after what happened last season I'm not ruling anything out. It'll be interesting to see if the hiring of Juan Castillo will have any noticeable effect on the offensive line even though he was hired as the run game coordinator.