The Ravens are in contract talks with Melvin Gordon (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). If all goes well, the former Broncos running back wind up being a part of Baltimore’s revamped group.
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Gordon, who turns 29 next week, recently changed agents, going from Fletcher Smith and Damarius Bilbo to Brian Murphy and Joe Panos of Athletes First. Recently, it was reported that Gordon was likely in line for a one-year deal worth roughly $2.5MM. That’d be a big drop-off from his two-year, $16MM deal with Denver, but the market is rarely kind to “older” running backs.
Gordon stands as one of the best free agent RBs remaining, especially since he’s posted more than 1,100 all-purpose yards in each of his last two seasons. He’s also scored exactly ten touchdowns in each of those Broncos campaigns.
The Broncos could conceivably bring him back into the fold, though they’ve got rising second-year pro Javonte Williams, and he’s ready to take on a larger role.
“I have been wanting to come back. I would love to win championship in Denver. I made a lot of great relationships with the guys. I feel like we have a really good team. To leave a talented team and go somewhere else would suck,” Gordon said in March. “It’s a job unfinished, and we need to finish the job. I talked with [GM] George [Paton]. We spoke on it. He told me he thinks highly of me. I really like the way he runs things and does things.”
Right now, it seems more likely that Gordon will join up with the Ravens, who wound up leaning on Devonta Freeman and Latavius Murray for much of 2021.
So, do his previous comments still apply? Will it suck when he goes to the Ravens?
It can suck to have to leave a team just when it’s about to get much better and also be good to get an opportunity with another good team. Many things in life are good and bad at the same time.
He’ll fumble the opportunity away.
This would be a cheap way of getting Lamar another short yard receiver because that’s his game.
This is a meh move that doesn’t really push a needle. He loses the football too much on a team with a QB that fumbles too much. It would also mean the Ravens must not be confident with the health of the top options on the roster right now.
This team has other big issues. Don’t think Gordon fixes any of them.
Ravens shouldn’t even bother, JK Dobbins is better and younger.
Unless it’s 4mil or under why even bother
Dobbins might not be ready to come back. It would be the only reason for signing another back when you have options on the roster already.
Get him out of Denver … that’s the selfish Javonte Williams owner in dynasty league taking 🙂
*talking
surprised Denver isn’t interested in a 1 year pact to reunite him with his college teammate Russell Wilson..
he’d definitely be backup to Javonte, but good veteran short yardage guy