Ray Rice Holdout: What Shady McCoy’s Contract Means for Rice’s Upcoming Deal

May 19, 2012   ·   James Reagan   ·   Jump to comments

Although there are many conflicting storylines surrounding the Baltimore Ravens offseason, the most important one has yet to be resolved. That would be the fate of Pro Bowl running back Ray Rice who is currently holding out from all team offseason activities. 
Having been slapped with the franchise tag, Rice has opted not to sign it and instead wait for the Ravens to give him a better deal. Given that Rice is arguably the offense's most valuable player, and he had the second most rushing yards in the league last season, the Ravens obviously want to sign him to a long-term deal. 
It's been tough though as this offseason has been one where many of the Ravens key players are up for paydays. They have had to re-sign key players like Matt Birk, Lardarius Webb and Cary Williams. The Ravens are also working on long term deals for Joe Flacco and possibly considering a new deal for Ed Reed.
This has unfortunately left Rice on the backburner. But the Ravens will not be a...

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