This week, the Ravens were said to be internally discussing Earl Thomas‘ strange incident in Texas and whether it would classify as a violation of his existing contract. Even if they want to penalize or void a portion of Thomas’ deal, they won’t be able to, according to a source with knowledge of the contract who spoke with Mike Florio of PFT. 
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Thomas signed with the Ravens on a four-year, $55MM deal last year. That pact calls included substantial guarantees, including a guaranteed salary of $10MM for 2020. The Ravens can’t back out of it, and that’s no real surprise. According to the police report, Thomas’ wife allegedly pointed a gun at him and chased him with a knife after she – allegedly – caught him in the act of cheating. Had it been the other way around, the Ravens would have a case for terminating the contract. But, with Thomas on the other end of it, they have no real case.
According to that anonymously-sourced report from earlier this week, the Ravens have been less-than-thrilled with Thomas’ conduct and ability to grasp the playbook. Even if that’s true, the strange events in Austin, TX won’t allow Baltimore to back out of the deal.
Thomas, 31, registered 49 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions, and four passes defensed in his first season with the Ravens.
That’s nice of them
Exactly why I was happy to see Earl leave the Seahawks. He was a great player but became a cancer the last year or two of his tenure.
Earl always had a screw loose. I’ll take Kenny Easley any day!
Easley was awesome, just had a shortened career due to the kidney issue!
As a Ravens fan who lived through the Ray Lewis era as well as Ray Rice this brings even more ambivalence about rooting for them. (Not that any NFL team is laden with saints.)
Title should have read: “Ravens couldn’t figure out how to legally void Thomas’s contract.”
Exactly
If you could void the contract of every player who had a whacko wife or girlfriend, who would be left to play?
Or every player that cheats on his wife or S/O
Wis wife will though
i mean is it even ok to voild if he cheated? players do so much that we dont know about they would voild alot players deals. it looks worse because his wife went crazy on him. if it wasnt for that would we even care
I was more interested in the fact that he got caught by his wife in a devil’s 3some with his brother
That’s too bad contact was voided. I’m sure Jerry Jones would of been first in line to sign him
That would increase the team’s Vegas odds to win the super bowl, so I guess it would be a good move.
How lucky was KC. They had him agreed to a one year deal and in came Baltimore. They then pivot to Honey Badger and he carries them to a Championship
They sure dodged that bullet! I wonder how long it’ll be before good ol’ Earl flips off his teammates and coach again. What a class act
It’s messed up that even when men are the victims, they are still seen as the bad guy.
It really is a shame, but that’s Feminism for you.
You clearly don’t understand feminism
Well, he isn’t innocent either. Both him and his wife are victims and both are to blame for what happened. Also, feminism is about equality between men and women.
Adam: “I swear I’m a victim here”
Eve: “Well, I didn’t force you to take a bite from that apple”
Snake: “Relax you two…we all know who will end up being the bad guy here”.