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[ravens8589]

For a cheap one or two year deal, as much as many may disagree, I do it. Pass rushing is a need, and he wouldn't be expensive. It makes sense as a stop-gap option.

[Mackus]

If Dumervil doesn't take a paycut and the Broncos let him go, does he become an option in free agency? I know he prefers playing end in a 4-3, but he's had success as an outside linebacker in the 3-4 as well. He'd fill Kruger's role pretty well, IMO, and he only just turned 29 in January.

[BSLMikeLowe]

If Dumervil doesn't take a paycut and the Broncos let him go, does he become an option in free agency? I know he prefers playing end in a 4-3, but he's had success as an outside linebacker in the 3-4 as well. He'd fill Kruger's role pretty well, IMO, and he only just turned 29 in January.

Nope.

Mike Klis
@MikeKlis
Elvis Dumervil just informed the Broncos he's taking their new deal. Paperwork needs to be hurredly [sic] filed with NFL office within 24 minutes

[BSLMikeLowe]

Mike Klis
@MikeKlis
Elvis Dumervil just informed the Broncos he's taking their new deal. Paperwork needs to be hurredly [sic] filed with NFL office within 24 minutes

Whoa!

Mike Klis
‏@MikeKlis
Hold on, contract not filed in time. Elvis Dumervil has been officially released

Jeff Darlington
‏@JeffDarlington
Wild stuff on Dumervil right now: It's clock management. Agent made a "colossal mistake," source says, by not getting signed contract faxed.

It's 2013, and you're still using fax machines? Really, NFL?

[Mackus]

Wow. Sounds kinda like the Ravens / TO trade several years back.

[Cisc-O's]

I am a banker and Emails are not official documents they have to be faxed I know weird right?

[You Play to Win the Game]

I am a banker and Emails are not official documents they have to be faxed I know weird right?

Yep... I'm a banker too... we have only one policy where an email is "official". Everything else is fax or delivered via courier. It's ridic.

[McNulty]

Yep... I'm a banker too... we have only one policy where an email is "official". Everything else is fax or delivered via courier. It's ridic.

Must be in writing. We have the same policy for FOIA requests. It's ancient.

[ChaosLex]

I wasn't aware that Pees coached him at Kent State. Interesting.

http://espn.go.com/b...ction-to-ravens

[Miller192]

Ravens will take him on the cheap. His agent is not looking for that kind of deal yet

[Roll Tide]

Ravens pass on Harrison after visit.

Aaron Wilson ‏@RavensInsider 35m

James Harrison's agent, Bill Parise, after Ravens' situation didn't work out: 'We've got some other teams that are interested."

[Miller192]

I think he's a good fit in Cleveland.

[bnickle]

Ravens pass on Harrison after visit.

SOunds like Harrison was the backup plan if we lost out on Dumervil.

[Mike in STL]

I'm so glad the Ravens did not sign Harrison. What I'm about to write is strictly opinion.

The Ravens are arguably the best judges of talent in the NFL, agreed? The way they develop talent and find diamonds in the rough in late rounds of the draft, and even un-drafted guys like Ellerbe. James Harrison was on this teams practice squad once up a time. A future NFL defensive player of the year. But the Ravens expert scouts and coaches didn't see this and away Harrison goes. A couple years go by and Harrison out of no where becomes defensive POTY, has anger/authority issues, now is starting to be hampered by injuries?

If this was a baseball player... you know where I'm going with this. If Harrison was that good, on his own, the Ravens would have never left him out of their sight.

IMO, he's probably a cheater and has major character flaws. A representative of the NFL who poses in a magazine with pistols in both hands is not someone who sends the right message to children who idolize these players, or to outsiders who don't follow sports and look at athletes as overpaid thugs. While the latter not true for 99% of athletes, Harrison epitomizes that stereotype and I want nothing to do with him in a Ravens uniform.

[Roll Tide]

SOunds like Harrison was the backup plan if we lost out on Dumervil.

I don't know... I thought Harrison would be brought in as a stop gap replacement at MLB. Iknow he's played minimally at DE ...But he is a middle linebacker right?

[Mackus]

I don't know... I thought Harrison would be brought in as a stop gap replacement at MLB. Iknow he's played minimally at DE ...But he is a middle linebacker right?

He's played mostly right outside linebacker in Pittsburgh's 3-4.

[Roll Tide]

Oh ...Okay Thanks