While the Baltimore Ravens are known for playing the compensatory formula, they are also not shy about signing big free agents when necessary—particularly when those free agents are one the street after having been cut by their former teams.
The safety position is one that they have long coveted, as we saw once again this offseason when they went all in to sign Marcus Williams from the New Orleans Saints to a huge contract. But it wasn’t so long ago that they signed former All-Pro Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas to a huge contract as well.
That situation could have gone better.