 Matt Judon and the rest of the past rushes on the market right now They probably all in a group chat together Matt Judon, Jadavi and Clowney Clay Matthews Mark is golden Everson Griffin and Clowney He sent a message to the group chat yesterday. He was like hey look Browns offer me all this money, but Nah, I ain't with it And Judon was probably like all of that really? He said you know what let me go get my 16 meal whether it's gonna come from the Ravens It's gonna come from somebody else. I'm getting my 16 meal. So he ran and signed that tag, but anyway Shout out to Matt Judon man Finally this domino in the Ravens offseason has finally fallen Finally this is something that we have been waiting for for a long time This is something that we've talked about for a while Wondering when it was gonna go down wondering when Judon was gonna make this thing official because there's been a lot of Speculation what's gonna happen with Judon are the Ravens gonna keep them all the Ravens gonna trade them What are they gonna do? Are they gonna resend the tag? But you don't say uh-uh y'all ain't resending nothing Y'all ain't resending nothing. So now them resending the tag is out the window and He proceeds to collect his 16 meal and again with Matt Judon signing his franchise tag He accounts for 16 about 16. It's like a tiny bit less than 16 mil But he accounts for about 16 mil on the salary cap because his it's a one-year contract. The franchise tag is a one-year contract 110% guaranteed It is fully guaranteed all the way all the way. So Judon is He's getting paid more than his entire career so far all this season Now this is where things get very interesting This is where things get very very interesting. Oh, maybe they don't we'll see But now an entire new world of possibilities has opened up between Matt Judon and the Ravens Now one of those possibilities is obviously if the two sides can come to an agreement on a contract extension If they came to an agreement with Matt Judon on a contract extension I would expect it to be about three to four years a three to four year deal And that would lower his cap hit by a myth by millions of dollars It would lower his cap hit by a lot and it would also allow him to remain a Raven for the next three to four years and The average per year how much it would be man, honestly, I have no clue I Have no clue because what I was thinking this entire time ever since before Judon signed the tag I was thinking. Okay, Jadavian Clowney. He's gonna set the market That's what I was thinking really going into free agency period I thought Jadavian Clowney was going to be the one that set the market, but He's still a free agent He is still a free agent till this day and again. That's every time I think about it. It's wild So as far as the numbers for Matt Judon, I Honestly have no clue. I Have no clue the average per year that it could be I have no clue like I don't know what If if I if I had to make a guess I Say about 1112 meal per I Think they could get something done for about 11 to 11 12 mil per per year We'll see what happens And then we'll go from there But anyway, that is one of the possibilities with the Ravens and Matt Judon since he has officially signed his Franchise tag now I have forgot the name of it real quick So another possibility Another possibility is that of a trade Matt Judon could be traded and if he was to be traded Ravens would obviously get compensation for him whatever that would be and He would go to his new team And I would assume that it it wouldn't be a necessity But I would assume that him going to a new team It will be contingent on him coming to a contract agreement with that new team Because I don't like with with the franchise tag again. I Know it's For us looking at it as fans from the outside looking in we like oh man That's all that you get all that money and it's all guaranteed and yes That's a beautiful thing Because imagine if you're working a job for about four years You're working a job for four years and then in the fifth year in that fifth year you get to make all the money that you made in the four years Combined and even more and it's all guaranteed You are going to get paid that amount of money. No matter what And say for instance, this is a contract job cuz I know you can be like anyway There's a contract job your contractor But that money for this year becomes is fully guaranteed It's gonna be more than you ever made and all the four years combined and more you be like, oh, yeah, let's get it Let's get it but that contract is only for this year. You're only getting paid for this year You only guaranteed for this year. So after this year, you could get paid nothing From your current employer Or if you came to an a long-term agreement with that employer as a contractor, then it could include benefits It could include even more guaranteed money And it would be over a longer period of time that you will be taking care of So I know in today's society, we all about the right here. We all about the right now But that's why a lot of players they don't like to franchise tag because yeah, it's nice for this year It's nice for right here right now But it doesn't give them any guarantees beyond this season So we'll see what happens with that But anyway, the the second scenario again, it's a possibility that Matt Jude on would be traded now Because now he's officially on the Ravens roster with him signing that franchise tag before he wasn't on the Ravens roster He wasn't on there because he hadn't signed it yet Ravens could not do any the only thing that the Ravens would have been able to do before he signed it was take the tag back Be like, you know what? No, we straight bring it back. That would have been the only thing They would they would have been able to do the only thing but since he signed it they can't take it back anymore and Since they can't take it back if he does get traded like I said I would assume that if he was traded somewhere then it would be contingent on him or coming to terms With whatever team he was dealt to now the third scenario And we've talked about all these scenarios here already But a third scenario that could happen now with him signing his franchise tag is that he plays on it? That he plays on it Now earlier this offseason that wasn't something that I envisioned Heading into this offseason. That wasn't something that I thought was doable. Well, not that it wasn't doable I just didn't think it was likely But now that we're here Ravens they they only got a couple of more couple more draft picks to sign It is a possibility but Something else is gonna happen to Something else is gonna happen to where they they open up some cap room whether that's Ronnie Stanley him getting his extension Whether it's I mean, that's that's really the only place that they can get some cap room They don't need to restructure anybody else's deals. You know stay away from that. Keep away. Keep away But whether they restructure Ronnie's I mean not restructure, but extend Ronnie Stanley's deal my apologies If they give give him a new deal they can get some cap room that way Oh, what they gave Matt Jude on a new deal. They can get some cap room that way But him playing on the franchise tag. It is a real possibility It is something that could it could definitely happen But now it's a wait-and-see approach It's a wait-and-see approach. I don't know what's gonna happen. I Have no clue. This has been something that this whole thing with Matt Jude on man This has been something that I've just been All like all over the place with If I had to choose one I would expect for the Ravens to keep them But at the same time man, you just never know what the cost of got up his sleeve, man You just you just never know But to keep him at 16 mil Again, they can do it. They can do it. They got that option to do it straight up they can do that if they want to but That gives you a little less flexibility Heading into the season and you don't got to go into the season with so much cap space because what are you gonna do with it? But you do want to have that little pocket money Just in case something comes available Just in case somebody comes available, you know, Eric the cost always looking man You know, he always looking and Eric the cost it is not a window shopper He is not a window shopper If he really wants to get it done, then he will really get it done We saw that all last season We saw that during this offseason and he plot stuff too, man. He plot stuff out He flip stuff. The dude is a hustler, man And again, we talked about him getting the executive of the year award But we when talking about Eric the cost you can't forget about Ozzy Newsom now, man You really can't Because again, like somebody mentioned in the comment section of that video Eric the cost of he was Ozzy's protege Ozzy kept him under his wing Ravens held on to Eric the cost of he could have had so many other opportunities as we know But he stuck around He stuck around for a reason because he knew He knew what he was capable of Ravens knew what he was capable of and they knew what they were doing He is a homegrown guy Homegrown and he's been doing a phenomenal job But now the question is what's next What's gonna happen next with the Ravens and Matt Jude on Because the first step in this whole thing was applying the franchise tag to him So he wouldn't just leave as a free agent because if the if he would have just left as a free agent Then you could get a third round pick next year Next year But when you franchise tag him, yeah, it does limit you does restrict you a little bit Because all that money is guaranteed But it does allow you a better opportunity if you plan on trading the player It allows you to get something for them right here right now Or if you plan on keeping the player Then you have them on your roster at least for this year and if you plan on extending the player Then y'all too can begin those contract discussions Now this comes as no surprise Matt Jude on signing the franchise tag Because he said he got all the intentions in the world to play football this year Matt Jude on already let that be known He ain't talking nothing about no holdout He ain't been talking about nothing about no contract He ain't been talking none of that He hasn't been on some high horse like oh Raven though. You want to franchise tag me? Well, let's see you Let's see what happens with that He ain't been doing none of that He's actually been pretty quiet about the whole thing now you look at some players on other teams and you could just tell how Just the level of professionalism that the Ravens have And that's not a shot at other teams got noted with the franchise tag things can get very ugly Things can get so ugly with the franchise tag But with Matt Jude on it's been the most has been this been like the most peaceful franchise tag ever If you still hear this part of comment section just put that in the comment section I mean if you see here this part of the video just put in the comment section the most peaceful franchise tag ever because that's what this has been it ain't been no backing forth between him and The GM or the CEO on Twitter. It ain't been none of that And I mean shout out to my guy. No, he's from the DMV not talking about you don't talk about the other guy But still that that whole situation was just ugly And I mean he's still on that team now. He ain't move And if you know what I'm talking about I know a lot of y'all know who I'm talking about you can go ahead and put it in comment section to But with Matt Jude on this has been the most beautiful franchise tag experience ever Because it's been no bad blood. It's been no bad mouthing of anybody It's just been like oh, he's a franchise tag. Okay franchise tag me cool I'm gonna think about some things. I signed a little bit. Okay, cool. That's fine Matt Jude on take your time Do you think man? Enjoy your vacation. Enjoy your time off. All right EDC. I'll talk to you. I'll catch up with you. All right, Jude on see you That's it. That's it It's been super peaceful And now he signed it So now we just see what happens. I'm sure Judah a judon already told his boys in the in the past rush of group texts Probably all you let already let them know like a I saw my tag All right y'all boys. I'm out that he's he probably told them a this this group this group chat This only for guys that ain't signed yet. So yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and get on up out of here I catch up with y'all So that's that so anyway, same keep it clean. We'll see what happens next We'll be watching we'll be waiting When I know then y'all know y'all know I know y'all let me know I love you all I am happy that things are going good And for anybody that with things aren't going good right now, trust me. They will get better They will They will it sometimes it may not seem like it, but I promise you they will I love y'all so much Thank you all for always being willing and having a willing ear to listen. I appreciate it big time me I love y'all and I'm out