Terrell Suggs
certainly became the Ravens’ partner when he signed a six-year, $62.5 million contract in 2009 – a deal neither side regrets. Suggs has more than earned his keep, but when it became clear his cap number for 2014 was too large for the Ravens’ tastes, he agreed to a contract extension that gives the Ravens more cap room in 2014.
That’s what partners do. They work together for the greater good.
In return for a new signing bonus and more guaranteed money, Suggs essentially put some of his earnings on a credit card, payable later, to give the Ravens more cap room and a better chance of building a winner now. In a way, it’s the ultimate act of leadership in today’s NFL. Volunteer to clear cap space? Only the biggest of the big names can do it.
“It was like, ‘You might have to do something just so that we can create cap space and bring in more players for us to help us win.’ At the end of the day, that’s the most important thing, is us winning,” Suggs said. from baltimoreravens.com
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