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A Twitter Meltdown

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Ravens Flock, I’m going speak candidly for a moment and give you all a peek behind the curtain. For the most part, I enjoy writing about football. Being a diehard football fan, it’s great to be able to dive deeper into the Ravens, and to give you guys quality content catered to the team you cheer for. The articles lead to a lot of great online interactions with other football fans, and most Mondays, I have a sense of excitement as I write my article for the following day.

MOST Mondays.

Because you see, friends, yesterday was the beginning of the NFL’s Legal Tampering period, the first day that teams can agree to terms with unrestricted free agents. As the clock approached noon, I kept a close eye on social media. Before the window had even opened, the Ravens’ Twittersphere was already frothing and pounding the table with impatience. So, from the writer’s side, what did that look like?

11:15 am: It’s all good, Kev. Come what may, Ravens fans will know you’re just the messenger, right?

11:45 am: They… they know we can’t sign ALL the free agents, right? I mean, I know cap space is flexible and everything, but they know Za’Darius, Mathieu and Wagner together are just not doable… RIGHT?

Twitter meltdown

12:01 pm: Alright, Kevin, now you’re just being crazy, there’s no need to refresh Twitter right at noon. I mean who could possibly have signed a dea-

LOOK AT THE TIMESTAMP ON THAT TWEET. A (suspiciously) quick move from a division opponent started things off, and I battened down the hatches. Movement had commenced, and the Ravens were quiet. I searched high and low for the silver linings, but early news did little to inspire optimism.

“YOU’RE NOT HELPING, JEFF!” I screamed hopelessly into the void.

The reverberations of Ravens Twitter began to grow louder. The gaping maw of the disgruntled fanbase expanded, 280 characters at a time, gnashing and bellowing loudly for one free agent and the next.

I could feel the angry Facebook reacts bubbling beneath the surface. I could already feel the misplaced hatred from the guy who finished sixth in his fantasy league, but who somehow knows better than EDC. But just as the skies began to darken, a beacon of cleansing light hit NFL Twitter and saved me from the Ravens mob.

Today, my guardian angel was the MVP himself.

I never thought I’d say these words, but thank you, Mitchell Trubisky.

What started as foot-stomping impatience turned into uproarious laughter at the expense of the Steelers. Following Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, it was no secret that the Steelers had to make a move at quarterback, but the rookie class appears brutally shallow at QB, and the free agent options were now open season. After presumably ruling out Deshaun Watson as an option, the Steelers knew they needed to pull the trigger on someone.

They did, and hilarity ensued.

 

The suffering of a division rival was a great distraction, for which I was extremely grateful. Just for good measure, though, the football world demonstrated for Ravens fans in real time why being overly enthusiastic with spending in free agency isn’t always a good idea.

Jaguars GM Trent Baalke must have woken up in a good mood this morning, because he broke out the checkbook early and often.

Ok, so far, so good. These certainly weren’t cheap moves, but they addressed positions of need. And then, with a few strokes of a pen, Baalke and wide receiver Christian Kirk de-stabilized the entire wide receiver market.

The contract numbers have yet to be set in stone, but Kirk’s new deal has the potential to give him the third-highest AAV among receivers. In case you’re keeping score at home, Kirk has never recorded more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season. If the alternative to making a move like this one is Eric DeCosta sitting on his hands at home, then by all means, EDC, sit to your heart’s content.

This cataclysm in the wide receiver market comes at a time when, for once, the Ravens don’t seem to have a desperate need at wideout. Now instead of watching an angry Ravens fanbase, I got to watch other fan bases explode into anger. Washington fans are LIVID right now at the implications that Kirk’s contract could have on extending Terry McLaurin. Vikings fans are preparing to take out second mortgages for when it comes time to pay Justin Jefferson.

And on the heels of this news…

There might not be a soul on earth happier than Davante Adams. Maybe Davante’s accountant.

The first day of free agency might not have been super exciting for the Ravens, but it wasn’t a disaster, and that’s more than some fan bases can say.

Happy Free Agency, Flock!

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