Derek Baldwin

@KFCBarstool Ok and how do you set up a process for just botched calls? There’s risk in challenging the close pitches… lose challenge and may not have it, not sure what else to do.

Super easy concept! Challenging pitches down to the millimeter is as annoying as when someone’s foot comes off the bag for a split second. It’s technically correct but not an enjoyable experience I think review should be for botched calls. Not barely decipherable differences

@TalkinBaseball_ A little late… Jesus

Gunnar Henderson is on deck. He will pinch hit for Alex Bregman

@BrettKollmann Half the guys still early in rookie deals and Ravens can’t pay everyone. It happens to them every year. Look at that 2022 class and money they got this week.

@DewAaaa Yeah but how many are getting sizable second contracts with the Ravens

While we're on the subject of Eric DeCosta

@MorganAdsit Weird the Ravens have not made any kind of statement. It’s getting embarrassing.

To recap: Raiders, "Ravens backed out." Maxx Crosby's agent, "Maxx continues to be on track in his recovery and if anything is ahead of schedule according to his surgeon." Ravens🦗🦗🦗

@SharpFootball You’re comparing trade from 1997? 30 years ago? Was Eric DeCosta even an adult yet? Completely different organization and people. Be better at your job man.

not only did Brock Marion play all 16 games (100%) in 1997 after the Ravens failed him... he missed ONLY ONE game the next 8 seasons! he played 127 of 128 games the rest of his career and made 3 Pro Bowls along the way

@AndrewBrandt Do teams get scans sent to them prior to the actual in-person physical? It seems obvious there would have to be some form of medical comfort to agree on deal this large publicly.

No.

@HaydenWinks Derrick Henry belongs there over Roquan?!?!

How many teams have a better top 4 players than the Ravens now?

@PriscoCBS He’s 28. Myles Garret is 30. Danielle Hunter 31. Josh Sweat 29. Montez Sweat 29. Byron Young 28. Brian Burns about to be 28. He has plenty of gas left.

Two ones is pricey for my liking. Crosby isn’t a kid.

@_PeteSmith_ Sure it’s not perfect but I’ll take great players like Crosby and Hamilton every time.

True of Lamar, but not their defense. LBs stink. Questions at corner. They have one edge rusher.

@SharpFootball You don’t know the Ravens if you think DeCosta is anywhere close to being fired

<taps sign> now it's Eric DeCosta's turn exactly as I was discussing with Beane in Buffalo team fires HC, keeps GM but GM now makes desperate moves with future draft capital in hopes of avoiding being fired himself in this case, it's two future first-round picks for a player

@billbarnwell It’s about the championship window with Lamar. They have 14th this year after weird year but typically picking on back end of the 1st and assume they fully expect that for the 2027 1st.

1) Two first-round picks for a non-QB who turns 29 before next season is a *lot*. Can't think of many recent precedents. Quinnen Williams trade raised the price tag for third contract-adjacent guys and this trade only cements that further. Going to be very interesting to see if other teams are willing to pay those prices for guys approaching 30 in the years to come. 2) Genuinely shocked the Ravens were the team who traded two first-round picks. I know they'll have compensatory picks, extra selections here and there, but not the team I would have pegged to trade two first-rounders. 3) Wonder if the inconsistent hit rates on their highly-drafted edge rushers in recent years (Oweh, Ojabo, Green, Isaac) led the Ravens to lean towards the sure thing on the edge. They've been very comfortable trusting their development machine on the edge for a long time now, even when it meant letting guys like Za'darius Smith and Matt Judon leave in free agency. 4) No doubting that the Ravens needed serious help on the edge given trading away Oweh and Kyle Van Noy/Dre'Mont Jones hitting free agency. Crosby was the best player available at their biggest position of need. Love that fit. But I wonder whether spending enough to win the Hendrickson bidding + holding onto the first-rounders would have been a better way to attack those concerns. 5) Ravens are very top-heavy now between Lamar (likely on a new deal), Crosby, Stanley, Madubuike, and top-of-position deals for Hamilton and Roquan Smith. You can win with that formula, but you need your stars to be healthy and really productive.

@NFLosophy Stafford is and was way better. He battled Seattle D 3 times this year. Maye played the easiest schedule in history and got exposed tonight.

People still having MVP debates like it hasn’t already been voted on and like the Pats had any sort of a run game to take the heat off Maye.

@KVanValkenburg @acaseofthegolf1 It’s a great course but guys are typically winning at -15 or even -20 recently. I get par is relative but when guys are out there firing bogey free 65s - it’s not one of the biggest tests on tour.

@acaseofthegolf1 It's a course that tests professional golfers. It might be the course that tests them the best without having to push the set up to extremes and get gimmicky to protect a score. I think there are often nuances to his arguments that people ignore for the tweet/headline.

The fact that Brandel turned this debate, which was basically dead, into a whole thing again is why Brandel is one of one. Even his most prominent haters couldn't resist taking the bait.

@JoeGoodberry Saquan and Lamar has historical seasons. It’s just the way it goes sometimes.

0 first place votes for Ja'Marr Chase last year also. Zero. Puka Nacua got 8 votes this year.

Just a little funny after Ja'Marr won the Triple Crown last season and came in 3rd place for OPOY.

@AdamSchein You’re a moron

Adams clearly caught it. Cooks clearly caught it.

@SamMonsonNFL What? He doesn’t even have the ball here. It’s loose under his hands. He never came close to having and maintaining possession through the ground. I don’t get all the commotion over this… it’s clear as day and why it was confirmed so quickly.

I think the more relevant Q is how does Cooks NOT have possession/control here, like Steratore was adamant was the case. He CLEARLY had possession and control, the only question was did he have it for long enough. Not sure why he was persisting in acting like he never had it.

@stoolpresidente You have to control and maintain the catch all the way through the ground. This is nothing new man.

There were tons of missed calls down the stretch. Buffalo got away with obvious holds, some PI’s weren’t called. Some were. The only call that was egregious was the Cooks catch that was called an INT. The rest sorta evened out

@AdamSchein You don’t know the rules then. It’s a catch - not a runner down by contact. Terrible media like yourself are what creates fake narratives.

I saw it live. All the replays. Will forever be convinced Cooks caught it!

@BovadaOfficial @SamiOnTap Yes, fire Harbaugh after going 13-4, #1 seed, and losing in the AFC championship to Chiefs. You’re an idiot.

The Ravens fire John Harbaugh, but the bigger issue is that they didn’t keep Mike Macdonald. The Seahawks took him, and will keep him for a long time coming. 🔥 @SamiOnTap