Bad move: Ravens franchise Terrell Suggs

Why the unnecessary necessary lingerie pic? It's currently the top Google Images search result for "sad Ravens fans." And today is a sad day for Ravens fans.

Today Baltimore franchised T-Sizzle to the tune of about $8M. His role with the team remains unclear. His role used to be to play defense and sack quarterbacks, but last year he gave up on that about five seconds after Trevor Pryce was lost due to injury.

Pryce should be getting the payday instead of Sizzle. But instead they've franchised Suggs, paying $8M to a guy who is already bitter about the situation. Partly because he wants a better guaranteed payday -- long-term contract! -- but also because Baltimore franchised him at linebacker and not defensive end, a designation that costs Suggs $814,000 in pay this year.

If there's a reason Baltimore's secondary got chewed up last year -- besides the fact that the secondary was just not that good and epilepsy made it worse -- it's that Suggs couldn't generate a pass rush. Pressure wins football games. Seriously. It does. Ask Tom Brady.

I called for Billick's head starting at the 4-2 mark of last season. Months before it was chic to say that Billick sucked pigskin, and immediately prior to the team's franchise-worst nine-game losing streak. So there. In your face. I told you so. Billick was and is terrible. I'm glad he was fired. But many of the team's other offseason moves have left me shaking my head. Terrell Suggs. Cam Cameron. Retaining Rex Ryan. For what it's worth, John Harbaugh was a good hire, and I also agree with the team's decision to not jack up the cost of my season tickets another $200 for the second-straight season.

Cam Cameron
Why give Cam Cameron the OC position? Why not offer it to McNabb's QB coach, Pat Shurmur? Not only is he familiar with Harbaugh from their work in Philly, but he has also worked wonders with D-Mac's backups? If you ask me -- go ahead, do it -- that's one of the main reasons Philadelphians keep calling for McNabb's head. That and the fact that people from Philadelphia largely are moronic.

Rex Ryan
A lot of things plagued Baltimore last season -- bloated egos, withering withered offense, blah blah blah -- but what hurt them arguably more than anything else was a lack of discipline. On both sides of the ball. You can't pin the O on Rex but you damn sure can pin the D on him. The players love him, and that's part of the problem. It is not part of the solution.

Suggs
Let's just say Baltimore should have let Suggs and his five sacks walk. Eight million is a lot to pay for five sacks. I suppose it could be worse, though. At least Baltimore doesn't have to pay him with Canadian dollars. Zing. Way to go, America. Your currency sucks.