Ravens extend CB Marcus Peters (3 years, $42M, $32M GTD)

[M.10.E]

30 minutes ago, Nex_Gen said:

Not really. Has the Ravens defense improved overall since acquiring him? Definitely. Smith also came back to the line up right around the same time if I recall. Individually, Peters hasn't been any different with the Ravens. He'll make some spectacular plays, but equally gives up bad (very bad) plays.  

I disagree, he's been pretty good with us. Peters has made a lot more good plays than bad plays with the Ravens. His only bad game was the Niners game.

 

Basically a two year deal. Love it.

Edited December 29, 2019 by M.10.E

[BStanRamFan]

Happy for Peters. He deserves it. Wasn't a good fit in Wade's scheme and not a true #1 corner, but def. a top 5 #2 corner in the right scheme. Wish him nothing but the best in Baltimore. 

[LeotheLion]

2 hours ago, Yin-Yang said:

That’s the thing though, I think he was misused in LA. Peters was a turnover machine in KC, albeit he rubbed the coaching staff the wrong way and had shown to be lazy with his tackling. He goes to LA, plays through some injuries, and has a down year despite playing on a defense that certainly had talent. Then he goes to Baltimore and in a limited capacity, looks the best he ever has. We all know Phillips has a scheme that he pretty much abides by, I think he deserves the most blame on the bad outings in LA. 

I’m of the mindset that Peters flourishes in a niche role that allows him to be himself in terms of baiting/challenging the offense. I’m not sure he was in that position with the Rams. We’ll see how it goes, although it’s worth mentioning that $20M or so of this contract is in 2020, so it should be easy to bail from even if Peters bombs.

Wade changed his scheme to try and hide Peters deficiencies. It was very noticeable how different we looked once we traded him. 

Peters failures in LA are his own doing. Wade tried to accommodate and Peters made that impossible. 

[Soko]

4 minutes ago, LeotheLion said:

Wade changed his scheme to try and hide Peters deficiencies. It was very noticeable how different we looked once we traded him. 

Peters failures in LA are his own doing. Wade tried to accommodate and Peters made that impossible. 

Why do you think he was playing well in KC and is now playing well in Baltimore?

[LeotheLion]

3 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said:

Why do you think he was playing well in KC and is now playing well in Baltimore?

I haven't watched him much in Baltimore. He is playing with ET so I'd imagine that helps. 

I watched every MP Rams game. Only blaming scheme is a cop out. 

[Soko]

58 minutes ago, LeotheLion said:

I haven't watched him much in Baltimore. He is playing with ET so I'd imagine that helps. 

I watched every MP Rams game. Only blaming scheme is a cop out. 

Peters wasn’t playing with any crazy talent in KC and was the #1 corner.  And LA offered a better pass rush than Baltimore is. It’s not like he went to a talentless defense and only shows up on stacked units. 

Given his level of play in both KC and so far in Baltimore, seems odd to believe that Peters’ stint in LA had nothing to do with Phillips. To be clear, I never said I “only” blamed Wade. But I don’t think Peters is a fit in his defense and it makes sense that that is a bigger factor in his play than just...he sucked, but appears to be playing well both before and after LA. 

[wackywabbit]

3 hours ago, Nex_Gen said:

Not really. Has the Ravens defense improved overall since acquiring him? Definitely. Smith also came back to the line up right around the same time if I recall. Individually, Peters hasn't been any different with the Ravens. He'll make some spectacular plays, but equally gives up bad (very bad) plays.  

Incorrect. Since coming to Baltimore, his great plays have outweighted and outnumbered his bad and that is in addition to consistently good coverage. The level he has played at in this (small) sample size is a strong CB1. 

[AFlaccoSeagulls]

People love to hate this guy for whatever reason, but since coming here he's done nothing but ball out at a VERY high level. If "all" he does is play at a CB2 level for us, that's what we need for the next 3 years when he turns 29.

He's been a great addition to this team and this deal is fantastic.

[jrry32]

1 hour ago, Yin-Yang said:

Peters wasn’t playing with any crazy talent in KC and was the #1 corner.  And LA offered a better pass rush than Baltimore is. It’s not like he went to a talentless defense and only shows up on stacked units. 

Given his level of play in both KC and so far in Baltimore, seems odd to believe that Peters’ stint in LA had nothing to do with Phillips. To be clear, I never said I “only” blamed Wade. But I don’t think Peters is a fit in his defense and it makes sense that that is a bigger factor in his play than just...he sucked, but appears to be playing well both before and after LA. 

Leo is right. Wade changed his scheme to make it work for Peters. It's why we dumped him. Changing the scheme to compensate for Peters' issues was hurting the team defense. He was such a disaster when we played M2M that we had to go to a zone-heavy scheme. It worked when Talib was there to hold Peters accountable. But even when it was working, Peters' refusal to tackle cost us repeatedly. And our complaints about Peters are the same complaints that Chiefs fans had when they traded him.

1 hour ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said:

People love to hate this guy for whatever reason, but since coming here he's done nothing but ball out at a VERY high level. If "all" he does is play at a CB2 level for us, that's what we need for the next 3 years when he turns 29.

He's been a great addition to this team and this deal is fantastic.

I don't love to hate him. I actually wish things had worked out. Myself and others don't like him for good reason. He takes too many plays off and/or freelances and hurts the team.

[Xmad]

Salty rams be salty I see.

Excellent short term deal. 

[jrry32]

Just now, SwoleXmad said:

Salty rams be salty I see.

Excellent short term deal. 

Chiefs fans warned us. We scoffed at it too. You'll see.

[Xmad]

2 minutes ago, jrry32 said:

Chiefs fans warned us. We scoffed at it too. You'll see.

Yeaaah but we gave up nothing for him and have better coaching/a better locker room compared to the Walrus and barely out of high school McVay. 

[Soko]

16 minutes ago, jrry32 said:

Leo is right. Wade changed his scheme to make it work for Peters. It's why we dumped him. Changing the scheme to compensate for Peters' issues was hurting the team defense. He was such a disaster when we played M2M that we had to go to a zone-heavy scheme. It worked when Talib was there to hold Peters accountable. But even when it was working, Peters' refusal to tackle cost us repeatedly. And our complaints about Peters are the same complaints that Chiefs fans had when they traded him.

Exactly what I said. He wasn’t a fit for Wade’s defense. Phillips’ inability or unwillingness to make the defense work with Peters is an indictment on him. Peters appeared to be a square peg in a round hole with LAR.

[LeotheLion]

Just now, Yin-Yang said:

Exactly what I said. He wasn’t a fit for Wade’s defense. Phillips’ inability or unwillingness to make the defense work with Peters is an indictment on him. Peters appeared to be a square peg in a round hole with LAR.

That's not what you said. Wade TRIED to fit Peters in by changing what he wanted to do. He didn't fit the preferred defense or the secondary one. 

[jrry32]

5 minutes ago, SwoleXmad said:

Yeaaah but we gave up nothing for him and have better coaching/a better locker room compared to the Walrus and barely out of high school McVay. 

You just handed him a 3 year $42 million deal that is largely guaranteed. And LOL at the bold. L-O-L.