35 yr old Pryce signed by Jets
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defensive end Trevor Pryce, who Baltimore waived on Wednesday.
New York has agreed to a contract with Pryce, a league source told
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Jets head coach Rex Ryan coached Pryce
when he was an assistant in Baltimore.
Pryce ranks third in sacks among active players but has only one
tackle this season. The 35-year-old has not started any of Baltimore's
three games.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday that there was a "high
possibility" that Pryce would return.
Pryce was waived to make room for safety Ken Hamlin, who was released
by Baltimore last week. Hamlin will probably contribute on special
teams in this Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"You've got roster issues that you deal with. It's not something we
wanted to do," Harbaugh said of the move. "Trevor is a big part of
what we're doing here, and we anticipate getting him back. It's just
what we had to do for now."
Harbaugh insisted that Hamlin was simply a better fit on the roster
for this week.
"We're going to put the 45 best guys out there," he said. "I would
rather have Trevor here this week playing, but we're not able to do
that. We just have a numbers situation."
Pryce's locker had not been cleared out at the Ravens' facility
Wednesday.
MZ
Interesting. He was always one of my favorite defensive linemen.
Pretty stout against the run but a beast in the passing game. Can get
around guys and can bull rush. He has a real good build for DE in the
3-4. On passing downs, they can use him on the interior, so that they
can rotate Ellis and Devito there. Or they could line him up outside.
He's pretty versatile.
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and he is old. But we need him for depth in the rotation
MZ
He's old, but he won't be asked to start. Probably another situational
guy. Maybe it will allow them to bump Devito to more of an
in-between-the-guards role so that they don't have to trot out Green
anymore.
MZ
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:22:42 -0400, buRford<buR...@buR.ford.com> wrote:
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> Just released Harlan's pal, Howard Green...
An upgrade. I think this reinforces what I said earlier. We'll see
Devito now in the middle, probably alternating with Pouha. If not
directly over the center, then over a guard or in the A gap. Pouha's
use will probably become more limited to just run defense. IIRC, Rex
used Pryce more as an edge rusher and over the tackle in the 3-4 in
Baltimore, but in Denver he played a lot of 4-3 DT. They can move this
guy all over.
I'm a little jealous that the Pats didn't grab him. In their quest for
"getting younger", they're overlooking these important types of vet
signings.
Michael
Retread
Harlan Lachman
MZ <ma...@nospam.void> wrote:
1) Different position. I think he will be a third down specialist. At
least that is what and Rex both said tonight.
2) Howard will be back when Holmes comes back and they release Patrick
Turner and the Clown who is neither funny or good. I think Howard is too
slow to be helpful, especially against a running play but he did help
create a fumble that did not result in a turn over and a tackle for a
loss. I still would be more comfortable with someone else though.
3) It is clear from Pryce' comments that the only way he would have left
Baltimore was either a huge deal (unlikely for a 35 year old retread) or
an invitation from Rex. He really wants to come here and I think he
thinks he will have more fun and may have a better chance for a ring.
His statement about how our disappointing opener was only a penalty on
the Braylon TD away from a victory was strange coming from a Raven.
4) This is a one year deal. If I read the papers correctly, the Ravens
are paying a good portion of his compensation this year and got burned,
as we did, for dumb roster tricks.
harlan
John C TX
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:17:44 -0400, MZ <m...@nospam.void> wrote:
> >On 9/30/2010 3:12 PM, buRford wrote:
> What's interesting, if I'm reading it correctly, Pryce may be still getting $2million from
> the Ravens, even though he's on the Jets. If true, good for him... got his cake & ate it
> ;)
> By the way, why does anyone pay any attention to Mike Lombardi?
>
> Ravens thought Pryce would re-sign
> Posted by Mike Florio on September 30, 2010 2:06 PM ET
> The 54-man roster trick has only one design flaw. In order to dump a vested veteran and
> bring him back the following week, the vested veteran must not sign with another team in
> the interim.
>
> And that's precisely what defensive lineman Trevor Pryce has done a day after being cut by
> the Ravens. As first reported by Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and confirmed by PFT,
> Pryce has defected to the Jets.
>
> It's our understanding that the Ravens had an understanding with Pryce that he'd be coming
> back. Any such arrangement would be unenforceable at best, a violation of Article XXV,
> Section 1 of the CBA at worst; NFL spokesman Greg Aiello has confirmed that a team cannot
> promise to re-sign a player at a later date. Nevertheless, Mike Lombardi of NFL Network
> calls Pryce's decision to sign with the Jets "serious," and he suggests that the Ravens
> "won't be doing a deal anytime in the near future" with Lamont Smith and Peter Schaffer of
> All Pro Sports & Entertainment, the agents who represent Pryce.
>
> Regardless of whether the Ravens are upset about Pryce going elsewhere (and it's our
> understanding that they aren't upset), it's the primary risk a team takes when hoping to
> dump a vested veteran and then pick him back up later.
>
> And if the Ravens currently aren't upset, we'll see what happens if/when Pryce opts to
> take the balance of his $2 million base salary as termination pay -- while also getting
> paid by the Jets.
>
> UPDATE: Reached for comment on the situation, Schaffer responded to Lombardi's comments.
> "You would hope that before Michael Lombardi would write something like that, he would
> call one of the two parties involved to get the facts," Schaffer said. "Everything was
> done in a professional way. [G.M.] Ozzie [Newsome] and I have had numerous conversations
> over the past 48 hours and we're comfortable with how the process went down." Calling
> Lombardi's remarks "irresponsible," Schaffer said, "It was my obligation to present
> [Pryce] with the opportunity" to sign with the Jets.
Lombardi is a moron. He is wrong more than right and a frustrated
personnel guy. He and Mike Florio should be put in a boat & cast
adrift.
John C TX
> 4) This is a one year deal. If I read the papers correctly, the Ravens
> are paying a good portion of his compensation this year and got burned,
> as we did, for dumb roster tricks.
I assume you are referring to Woodhead & Washington. I am unhappy
about Washington (both) but we at least haven't lost any needed
veterans. It is one thing to lose practice squad but quite another to
lose a DE that plays.
BTW I was surprised we didn't pick up Marques Douglas.
John C TX
> On 9/30/2010 3:12 PM, buRford wrote:
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Mark, he picked up all those sacks at DT? Wow
MZ
No, they used to switch him back and forth. He would play DT on early
downs and end on passing downs.
John C TX
Thanks, I hope he has 16 or more games left in the tank.
Harlan Lachman
<c1018181-6264-4a72...@i3g2000yql.googlegroups.com>,
Did you intentionally leave out the word "leaking" or was the omission a
careless error?
harlan
Harlan Lachman
<6076a898-99dc-470c...@e14g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
John C TX <johnc...@gmail.com> wrote:
These two will not be missed unless one of our two RB gets hurt.
However, given Shonn's track record and LT's age and the threat of
having to play the Terminator or TRich as a RB, or, worse, McKnight, I
think having access to a RB who is familiar with the guys and system was
"needed" and signing Clowney was an obvious dumb move. I will be shocked
if he contributes in a significant way (taking a significant number of
quality reps as Woodhead has already done in NE and Chauncey will soon
do for his new team.
Harlan
Michael
> In article
> <6076a898-99dc-470c-b13a-6c29f1047...@e14g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
i cant imagine why rex/tanny felt clowney was a better use of a roster
spot than woodhed or chauncey. the jets have santonio coming active
shortly, and on top of that clowney has not done anything valuable.
both woodhead and chauncey worked hard and had game potential. i
could be wrong, but i think what happened in the ravens game scared
them into making a bad decision. they probably felt at the time that
they needed clowney to help loosten up the field.
John C TX
I think it was panic move after the Ravens. We were running with 3 WR
and maybe Schott wanted more speed or wanted to run 4 wide. I agree
that the Clowney resigning was a mistake.
Woodhead is not a receiver but with Brady he may see some holes on 3rd
down runs. It is interesting how some RB's seem to do well with
certain lines & systems & fail with others. Derrick ward is a good
example.