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Ravens’ Matthew Judon hints at interest in joining Kansas City
by Matthew SchmidtJuly 14, 2020
The Baltimore Ravens slapped a franchise tag on linebacker Matthew Judon earlier this offseason, and it doesn’t look like the two sides are going to come to terms on a long-term agreement before the Wednesday deadline.
After Chris Jones—who was franchised by the Kansas City Chiefs back in March—agreed to a four-year, $85 million extension to remain with the Chiefs long term, Judon may be thinking about tagging along.
On Tuesday afternoon, Judon took to Twitter to ask Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu about potential homes in Kansas City:
Of course, this could all be much ado about nothing. Even if the Ravens don’t extend Matthew Judon before the deadline, it’s entirely possible that the two sides can get something done next winter.
But clearly, Judon is not all that enthralled with his current situation.
Judon will make just over $16 million under the franchise tag this coming season and is coming off of a 2019-20 campaign in which he played every game and racked up 54 tackles, 9.5 sacks and four forced fumbles. He earned his first Pro Bowl selection as a result.
The 27-year-old, who played his collegiate football at Grand Valley State, was originally selected by Baltimore in the fifth round (146th pick overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Judon had a limited role during his rookie year, but in his second season, he broke out, appearing in every contest and registering 61 tackles, eight sacks, a couple of forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
Since then, Judon has been a key contributor for the Ravens’ defense.
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Lamar's best chance is to get a Jeremy Maclin/Emmanuel Sanders upgrade that at least gives the Ravens O a fighting chance AND to pray the Chiefs will get upset by another team along the way.
Alex/Andy's problem was that the Steelers/Patriots (Andy/Alex's kryptonites) were always waiting. I'm going to be really interested to see how Lamar does against the Steelers, too (they were his toughest out in the division with a hs QB last year). If he finds one other kryptonite, that's going to be a hard hurdle to overcome in January.
You keep saying this, but he simply isn't accurate enough to take advantage
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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball:
He simply isn't accurate enough to take advantage
This definitely could be true, but if I'm Baltimore's FO I'd still want to upgrade their JUCO WR crew and see if how that shapes the team. If anything, it might give them the realization Andy had in 2016 that it didn't matter what weapons we had, but Alex was always going to be Alex no matter what weapons he had around him.
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