As the prospects of a CBA extension fade, it seems likely that the 2010 season will be an Uncapped year.
For a breakdown of the different rules in place during an uncapped year please visit this LINK.
The following is a breakdown of the Ravens roster if 2010 remains an uncapped year as presently slated:
QBs (1): Joe Flacco ($1.66M+escalators)
RBs (3): Willis McGahee ($3.6M), Ray Rice ($470K), Charles Ali ($545K)
WRs (4): Marcus Smith ($470K), Eron Riley ($395K), Maurice Price ($320K), Chris Hannon ($320K)
TE (2): Todd Heap ($4M), Davon Drew ($320K)
OL (9): Michael Oher ($395K), Matt Birk ($3M), Oniel Cousins ($470), Ben Grubbs ($680K), David Hale ($470K), Joe Reitz ($320K), Stefan Rogers ($320K), Daniel Sanders ($320K), Digger Bujnoch ($320K)
DL (7): Trevor Pryce ($4.5M), Haloti Ngata ($996K+escalators), Kelly Gregg ($3M), Brandon McKinney ($1.2M), Paul Kruger ($395K), Bryan Mattison ($320K), William VanDeSteeg ($320K)
LBs (6): Ray Lewis ($4.25M), Terrell Suggs ($1.9M), Jarret Johnson ($3.5M), Brendon Ayanbadejo ($760K), Tavares Gooden ($470K), Jason Phillips ($395K)
CBs (4): Domonique Foxworth ($3.2M), Lardarius Webb ($395K), Samari Rolle ($1.95M), Chris Carr ($2M)
S (3): Ed Reed ($6M), Tom Zbikowski ($470K), Haruki Nakamura ($470K)
LS (1): Matt Katula ($730K)
The following 11 players are Exclusive Rights Free Agents (EFAs):
RB – Jalen Parmele
RB – Matt Lawrence
WR – Justin Harper
DT – Kelly Talavou
DT – Lamar Divens
LB – Darnell Ellerbe
LB – Jameel McClain
CB – KJ Gerard
DB – Keith Fitzhugh
DB – Carey Williams
DB – Marcus Paschal
The Ravens can retain the rights to these players by tendering them with a contract of $320K, $395K or $470K, depending on the player’s length of service in the league
The following 18 players are Restricted Free Agents (RFAs):
QB – Troy Smith (5th)
QB – John Beck (2nd)
RB – Le’Ron McClain (4th)
WR – Mark Clayton (1st)
WR – Demetrius Williams (4th)
TE – Quinn Sypniewski (5th)
TE – Edgar Jones (Undrafted – no compensation)
OT – Jared Gaither (5th)
OT – Adam Terry (2nd)
OT – Tony Moll (5th)
OG – Marshall Yanda (3rd)
OG – Chris Chester (2nd)
LB – Antwan Barnes (4th)
LB – Prescott Burgess (6th)
CB – Fabian Washington (1st)
S – Dawan Landry (5th)
PK – Billy Cundiff (Undrafted – no compensation)
P – Sam Koch (6th)
These are players whose contracts have expired and who have more than 3 years, but less than 6 years of accrued service time. The team must tender the player with an RFA offer. Once done, another team can sign the RFA to an RFA offer sheet, but the Ravens then have 7 days to match that offer sheet and retain the player under the terms of that offer sheet. If the Ravens were to choose not to match the offer sheet, then they would receive compensation based on which level of RFA tender was made to the player.
There are 4 RFA tenders:
High Tender: Allows the team to receive the other team’s 1st and 3rd round picks – $3.043M for players with 3 accrued seasons; $3.168M for players with 4 or more accrued seasons
Middle Tender: allows the team to receive the other team’s 1st round – $2.396M and $2.521M
2nd Round Tender– Allows the team to the other team’s 2nd round pick – $1.684M and $1.759M
Low Tender: allows the team to receive a draft pick equal to the round in which the player was originally drafted (as noted above after each player’s name) – 1.101M and $1.176M
In the past, the Ravens have usually tendered all of their RFAs, but on occasion, the team has offered some players veteran minimum contracts in lieu of the RFA tender. The veteran minimum salary for those players would be $630K and $545K depending on time of service. Several players – Tony Moll, Quinn Sypniewski, Edgar Jones – could be candidates for such deals.
The following 8 players are Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs) and – unless Franchised – are allowed to sign with any team once the FA period begins on March 5th:
WR – Derrick Mason
WR – Kelley Washington
WR – David Tyree
TE – LJ Smith
DT – Justin Bannan
DT – Dwan Edwards
CB – Frank Walker
