<![CDATA[Shitbirds sign C Matt Birk]]>A league source tells us that the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms with center Matt Birk.

Birk, a St. Paul native, had spent eleven years with the Vikings, arriving more than a decade ago as a sixth-round draft pick from Harvard, the same year that receiver Randy Moss joined the team as a rookie.

Birk was the last remaining link to the 1998 Vikings team, which won 15 regular-season games before losing the NFC title game to the Falcons.

By all appearances, he gave the Vikings every opportunity to sign him, but as the days passed and no deal was reached he decided to visit Baltimore.

via here.

Lose Jason Brown, get (an albeit aging) Matt Birk. Not a terrible replacement.

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@mr.-t said:

I hope they blew their cap!

bingo

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/49073https://brownsboard.com/post/49073Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:43:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shitbirds sign C Matt Birk on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:50:20 GMT]]>Well, they just agreed to a deal with Ray Ray Lewis for $22 million over 3 years. No word on the guaranteed amount.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8...mp;confirm=true

-Al

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@legacy-fan said:

shit.

I hope they blew their cap!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/48942https://brownsboard.com/post/48942Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:41:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shitbirds sign C Matt Birk on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:18:08 GMT]]>He may some some left in the tank, but definately not an upgrade from what they lost.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/48888https://brownsboard.com/post/48888Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:18:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shitbirds sign C Matt Birk on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:09:58 GMT]]>shit.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/48885https://brownsboard.com/post/48885Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shitbirds sign C Matt Birk on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:07:30 GMT]]>they're not gonna be able to run the ball at all vs. the steelers or possibly against us depending on how we upgrade our D. birk isn't nearly strong enough to handle rogers or hampton; it's the reason i was hoping we wouldn't sign him. he might be able to finesse them into the backfield and use their momentum against them, but if a strong NT can diagnose the play against him, there's almost nothing he can do without assistance from a guard.

this signing leaves the ravens vulnerable to massive NTs, which bodes well for our games against them.

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