Suggs sign 6 yr. $63M deal ($38M guaranteed) with Baltimore

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Originally Posted by an23dy

Wonder why it's always been so hard for the Ravens to sign him. This would've been his second year being the franchise player and they always said signing him to a long term deal was their #1 priority. Wonder if there was some doubt in him, whether he was a system guy, or his attitude, but it took a long time to get done when it was their most important task.

I don't think you give a guy that kind of contract if you have boubt. Also paying the franchise tag price is not cheap and I'd guess it came down to negotiating a deal that both sides agreed on.