Some Ravens good news hit the wire tonight. As expected, the Titans retained Harold Landry today by signing him to a five-year extension. The headline numbers suggest Landry received over $52 million of guaranteed money across the five years. Details of the transaction will not become officially known until the deal is finalized. 
But one important piece of information (for Ravens fans) leaked out. Apparently, the year-one cap number on Landry’s new deal is only $5 million. This is $2 million below my $7 million guesstimate for Landry, Hasson Reddick and Za’Darius Smith. This is a very promising sign for those (like me) who think the Ravens should spend some cap dollars on signing Reddick or Smith. For the Ravens, this is good news indeed and a very good sign. It certainly supports the notion that, with contract restructures, there’s much the Ravens can get done in this first round of free agency.
The odds of the Ravens filling at least two major holes (edge linebacker and safety) just went up.
Stay tuned.
