Just heard this on NFL network!  Sign this beast...NOW!!

at least for preventing injury to our players.......

Just don't let him near Brady, Gronk or Ridley in practice.

In response to Iceman4's comment:

LMAO! HE has real value because we could also fire our trainer!

I cant wait to see this reaction. I swear last year when I mentioned we need a real SS and they arent expensive and I used journeyman Pollard as an example and everyone was like, Noooo, He S*cks, Head hunters have no place in the league anymore,,,blah, blah and as time went on, more and more posters started asking for a SS in free agency...  lol

In response to TripleOG's comment:

There's a difference between a SS and a dirty player you know. Harrison wasn't a head hunter Pollard is. We need a Harrison type heavy hitter who doesn't head hunt (yes I'm well aware he was labeled dirty) and not so much a Pollard who looks like he out to intentionally hurt someone

In response to Iceman4's comment:

Yes, thats reason enough alone!! Signing him would probably go down as one of the greatest signing by the Patriots ever.  Just have a rule in place in practices that Pollard cant touch anyone. But I can see it already... The Patriots pick up Amendola and Pollard bumps into  him in the locker room and puts Amendola out for the season.

Ravens cleaning house.  What are they doing?  The fans have to be in panic mode!!

In response to TFB12's comment:

They still have Flacco.

hahahahahahahahahaha

He's only 28 and a $3 Million salary. Kind of a strange move. Unless there's some kind of health issue, he'd be worth a look for sure.

sign him- sign- him -sign him   !!!!!!!!!!!!

This move makes little sense. He wasn't a huge cap hit, resigned recently, and is relatively young. Two things:

1. Injury problems. I know he injured his ribs last season, maybe it's more serious than we thought?

2. Getting ready to make a push at a big FA.

 

They could potentially be without 3/4ths of their starting secondary and 2/4 of their starting linebackers (3/4 if you want to include Kruger).

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They save 1 million from this move...2.25 in dead money.

Makes no sense unless he has some injury.

lewis, kruger, ellerbe, pollard already gone, and maybe ed reed gone too...damn

Ravens dump another: Bernard Pollard axed

Ravens released SS Bernard Pollard.

The purge continues in Baltimore. The hard-hitting Pollard had a $3.25 million cap figure and a $500K roster bonus in 2013, but was a core piece of the defense and is just 28 years old. The Super Bowl Champs have now lost a stunning six starters off their 2012 defense. Perhaps they're preparing to make an offer to retain Ed Reed. Pollard will not hurt for suitors after racking up 98 tackles, two sacks, one interception and six pass breakups in 13 starts a year ago.

In response to Iceman4's comment:

...might seriously warrant a look........our D needs a toughness......

I'd sign Bernard Pollard in a second... he's exactly the kind of assassin in the secondary that this defense has been missing since Rodney retired.

How are Pollard's cover skills? At least better than Chung's?

I don't know how he is in coverage and to be honest I am a little worried he's been cut loose by three other teams.  But his hit on Ridley was a game changer to be sure, and the Pats could use more of that.  

In response to CablesWyndBairn's comment:

I think his coverage is adequate for a SS. He is always in position. has decent range and just goes for the shot instead of the pick

Nobody likes a real SS that cleans peoples clock unless he is on their team. I find it funny how many people loved Rodney but want no parts of Pollard because he is dirty. I used to hate him but after seeing him speak a few times, I really do believe he just plays agressive and isnt out to intentionally hurt anyone. Ed Reed is a welcome here and he is more of a head hunter than Pollard IMO, but not as big so he doesnt injure people and rather injures himself. I dont agree he is head hunter. Will he take a 15 yarder early on to set the Tone??? Hellss Yea and SO DID RODNEY!  selective memory I guess. I recall Rodney breaking his collarbone vs the Colts because he was trying decapitate Marvin Harrison. We loved that didnt we???

 

Its probably just his personality and the fact they wont be a defensive team anymore, they probably said he is expendable now. Now they will have CBs as safeties like we have...lol

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In response to RidingWithTheKing's comment:

yea, thats what Im saying. Without all the defensive peices in place around him, they deemed Pollard expendable and they be rely on Flacco to score 30 a game. This is where It will get interesting and we can see Flacco exposed for what he really is. A ballsy QB who can chuck up the deel ball and not much else.

In response to TripleOG's comment:

Flacco will definitely have to carry the team more this year than in past years...that is for certain.

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Can Baltimore possibly lose Reed as well!!?? How could they do this. A better question: "why would Ed Reed want to stay now..."