Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome Jr.is a former American football tight end for the Cleveland Browns, an inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens...
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You have to look at it in three different phases,
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The third piece was the job that the coaches did last year, taking that young squad and developing some of those young players, and then being able to augment it this year. We looked at it and said, '03 and '04 were what we were shooting for.
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We did a legitimate cap-friendly deal with a low cap number in the first year ($1.5 million), ... We got the guy we wanted and it's a five-year deal. It's the same kind of option deals that we have with Ray Lewis , Michael McCrary and Jermaine Lewis . ... We just have had to structure some deals that way for cap reasons.
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I was going against one of the best linebackers in the game and he felt the same way.
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We dominated people from a personnel standpoint back then,
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I was scrawny. Now as a GM, I understand. He wanted to see if I could add weight.
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Moving the Cleveland Browns was just unheard of,
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I look more -- and this is part of my philosophy -- at what a guy will be doing in years three, four and five.
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We are so excited to have Jamal back. If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him.
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Expectations are there for this team to do well. They are there from the owner, myself, the head coach and his staff, and the players. Now, can we live up to the expectations?
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It's up to the coaching staff but the starter will be determined in training camp.
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(Davis) is an explosive athlete but I won't ever put all-time on anybody. They put all-time on Kellen Winslow and he has yet to play a down. There's too many things that can happen.
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It's like I've got an option play. That's the way I view it. We can break outside or stay inside. We have any number of scenarios.
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Everybody is hiring or promoting those administrative cap guys, ... Ray didn't really fit the cloth of an agent anyway. He was more of an administrator and executive than he was an agent. You need someone who you can work closely with and who has a handle on all your cap dollars.