{"id":182881,"date":"2023-01-10T19:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-lb-roquan-smith-agree-to-terms-on-five-year-100-million-contract-extension\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:35:58","slug":"ravens-lb-roquan-smith-agree-to-terms-on-five-year-100-million-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-lb-roquan-smith-agree-to-terms-on-five-year-100-million-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens, LB Roquan Smith agree to terms on five-year, $100 million contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Following an offseason hold-in in Chicago after the linebacker didn&#8217;t get extension offers he deemed worthy from the Bears, Smith promised to prove his value.  He did so in spades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Smith led the NFL in tackles through eight games, with 83 in Chicago, and added 2.5 sacks before being dealt.  In Baltimore, he continued to gobble-gobble up ball carriers, generating 86 more tackles and 2.0 sacks as a Raven.  His 169 total tackles ranked third in the NFL as he made his first Pro Bowl squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In Baltimore, Smith upgraded the Ravens&#8217; defense immensely.  His ability as a sideline-to-sideline tackling maven with coverage skills added dynamic play in the middle of the defense.  Since Smith arrived, the Ravens have allowed more than 16 points twice in nine games.  Smith&#8217;s addition also helped unlock Patrick Queen.  It&#8217;s no coincidence the third-year linebacker had his best games since Roquan&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Locking down Smith was always the intention after shipping 2023 second and fifth-round picks to Chicago, but it was more than a formality given the linebacker&#8217;s contract desires.  The Ravens met those, making him the only inside linebacker making $20 million per season and giving him the highest fully guaranteed figure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Getting Smith&#8217;s deal done early helps alleviate a potential offseason quagmire in Baltimore.  It now opens the franchise tag to potentially be used on former MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an offseason hold-in in Chicago after the linebacker didn&#8217;t get extension offers he deemed worthy from the Bears, Smith promised to prove his value. He did so in spades. Smith led the NFL in tackles through eight games, with 83 in Chicago, and added 2.5 sacks before being dealt. In Baltimore, he continued to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-lb-roquan-smith-agree-to-terms-on-five-year-100-million-contract-extension\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ravens, LB Roquan Smith agree to terms on five-year, $100 million contract extension<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ravens, LB Roquan Smith agree to terms on five-year, $100 million contract extension - harchi90<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiaWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5mbC5jb20vbmV3cy9yYXZlbnMtbGItcm9xdWFuLXNtaXRoLWFncmVlLXRvLXRlcm1zLW9uLWZpdmUteWVhci0xMDAtbWlsbGlvbi1jb250cmFjdC1leHRlbnNpb9IBAA?oc=5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ravens, LB Roquan Smith agree to terms on five-year, $100 million contract extension - harchi90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following an offseason hold-in in Chicago after the linebacker didn&#8217;t get extension offers he deemed worthy from the Bears, Smith promised to prove his value. 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