Ray Lewis Back With Ravens

The two sides agreed to a three-year contract, worth $20 million to $25 million. The deal has yet to be signed but should be finalized in the next few days.

After losing practically everyone else, the Ravens needed their locker room leader back. Bart Scott hurts, but it would have been devastating if Ray Lewis left as well. The Ravens defense has taken some hits with the loss of Scott, Jim Leonhard, Chris McAlister and Rex Ryan, but as long as they have Ray Lewis they will have a good team. Ray Lewis will do everything possible to make his defense top of the line, and now that they still have Terrelle Suggs, both should be good enough. The offense needs to start looking for people now. Maybe T.O.?

Ravens Franchise Suggs

"The Baltimore Ravens slapped the exclusive rights franchise tag on hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker Terrell Suggs Wednesday. This is the second consecutive year the Ravens have designated Suggs as the team's franchise player (ESPN)."

The Ravens want to sign Suggs long term, but this at least buys them some time to do so, while not allowing other teams to go after him. Things are getting very interesting in Baltimore, because if the Ravens can't strike a deal with Ray Lewis then he will be able to test the market. There will be a lot of teams out there that will likely overpay to get Lewis. It would be really odd to see Lewis in any other uniform then the Ravens.

Suggs will make $10.2 million for one year if a long term deal cannot be reached before the start of the season.