Mason's unretired finally

I think when Mason claimed he was retiring everyone was shocked & he was like good maybe this will make everyone think twice about my worth. We all saw his leaving as a huge loss to our Offense & realized we need him more than we need to pick up a new WR. After the 3 weeks of waiting Mason officially announced he would stay with us for 2009. I'm glad to get our ol' 12 year veteran back! He isn't the best WR out there, but he is a huge part of our team. He's been with us for a while & I think he's still got a couple more years left in him. (Or at least until we get the cash to get someone else). But either way I'm glad to see him stay, welcome back Mason.

Flacco for Reebok, Mason still undecided on retirement claim

Joe Flacco in the Reebok: NFL Fantasy Files. Nice. Can't wait til the season starts to see these spots on during the games. Next year should be a good sophmore year for Joey, he's always been referred to as "growing" & he doesn't have the ego that most QB get after they know they're good. Humility & talent make for greatness & I think we can see this in Joe.

Back to the Mason drama. He still has yet to sign any retirement papers, so was this a ploy to try to pull in more money & extension on his contract? Some believe this was a tactic to bring in more money, but we'll have to wait & see what he decides. Harbaugh & Mason did meet on Tuesday to discuss his announcement, but there didn't seem to be a resolution as to what he would decide. Harbaugh said, "From a coaching standpoint, I think we have a chance to be a really good team, and if Derrick Mason is a part of it, that makes us even stronger," Harbaugh said. "But if he's not, we're still going to be a really good team. It comes down to Derrick and where his mind is at. He's the only one that can decide that."
Mason should stick with us, everyone in Baltimore loves him, he's kind of getting old, & I don't think he'll get what he wants with any other team. So just come back Mason we need you & you need us, whether you know it or not.

WTF! Mason retiring? Suggs still not signed!

JockLife.com has reported that Derrick Mason will be retiring from football. Although BR.com has said that, "Still, the 35-year-old receiver has not yet filed his official retirement papers with the league office.

“For any player to retire, he has to send a letter to the NFL stating this,” said Ravens senior vice president of public and community relations Kevin Byrne. “Derrick Mason has not done that.”

Mason did say, “I have been thinking about this since the season ended,” Mason continued. “Emotionally I am just not that enthused. I have not been that enthused to get up and work out…it was getting to that point. This decision has nothing to do with the contract situation; I have made enough money, more than enough money. Emotionally there are things that are more important.

It’s time right now. I don’t know what’s going to happen from here, but it’s going to be really nice to see what life has in store for me. What I want people to remember about my NFL career is that I played hard…played hard in practice and the game. I tried to make everyone better and would do anything to help.” which eludes he will not be returning for another season.

In other team shattering news, Suggs has yet to resign with us!! This will be more devastating to our D, than if Ray left.
"NFL teams have until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15 to lock players sporting the franchise tag into new deals. If not, Baltimore will lose the right to negotiate with the three-time Pro Bowler until the end of the 2009 campaign."
-BR.com
They went on to say that Ozzie & Suggs are working hard on finalizing his deal, but they still have yet to do so. Ozzie clearly expressed his want to keep Suggs in Bmore, but with his contract we're probably going to have to dish out more money (to which we might not have after the other players get paid).

Now if Mason leaves this may put another knot in the finalizing of Suggs. If they want to pick a new guy up (1st stringer) it's going to cost them. The only other options we have are going to have to step up big if they want to fill Mason's 1st string shoes. Things are starting to get hairy & the season is getting close.

Ravens still looking for Defensive Secondary & Recievers

Couple new bits of news to announce, the Ravens are currently in negotiations with cornerback Chris Carr (from Tennesee). He hasn't officially signed anything, but there have been reports he will be coming to Baltimore. Carr had 29 tackles & 1 INT last season with Tenn. I feel any player from Tennessee will be a defensive boost for any team. The Ravens secondary is in some need of new blood & any player half decent (I feel) will play better D for us when you got Ray screaming in your face. Now to the offensive scouting. The team is also looking for WR's, Torry Holt (STL) is now free & he seems like a viable addition. Mason & Clayton are Flacco's main go-to guys, other than them our offense is mainly RB's & FB's that run. If we can get some more guys to go down field we could get some more offisive TD's (opposed to our main sccoring methods of INT's & FG's). Another worry is that Mason said he's looking for a contract extension. He's getting older & trying to get an extension might hurt him more than it would the team. Some other WR's on the market are: Marvin Harrison (IND), Amani Toomer (NYG), Shaun McDonald (DET), Lance Moore (NO). All these guys are kind of secondary, but any adds for Flacco to look at will help our stats as well as any of the WR's we pick up (maybe more so on our team than where they were prior).

Week 17 Jaguars: good effort

Yes another W. I think we all knew we could/would do it this game. Last game of the regular season at home, the game to get us into the playoffs, & a sold out stadium = perfect recipe for a sick win. A lot of huge plays, Flacco threw a huge 48 yd bomb to Clayton, (who I'm loving this season) who catches the ball over his head to get . Finally him & Mason are getting the looks they deserve & we have another option to getting a completion besides using the RB's to pound yards 1 at a time. Reed had another pick this week (as usual) he tried to mix it up wa little with a lateral to Ngata, to reminisce his rugby days. I think everyones already aware of how REEDiculous the REEDfense is. We used some wildcat plays but they didn't work as well as in the past, but overall we got the win & it was a beautiful day.