The biggest story out of Ravens camp this offseason hasn’t been about Terrell Suggs’ injury, or Joe Flacco saying he thinks he’s the best quarterback in the league or even that Chuck Pagano bolted to coach the kids in Indy this year. Those were all key pieces to an odd offseason, but the Ray Rice dilemna was the biggest story during the break.
Would he or wouldn’t he was the big question pertaining to Rice and his ongoing quest to receive a long-term deal from the Ravens. With Arian Foster and Marshawn Lynch getting new deals, there was no way Rice was just going to show up to camp and act like everything was okay. They took it down to the wire of the deadline, but a new deal finally got done to the tune of five years and $40 million.
Rice was slated to play on a franchise tender of $7.7 million but now, he will earn $17 million this year and $8 million in 2013. The new deal was earned as he totals a franchise-record 15 touchdowns in 2011 to go along with 1,364 yards rushing, the h...
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July 18, 2012
