Baltimore basically has three plans prepared for this offseason. The first is if Flacco resigns without being franchised, which likely would allow the Ravens to retain its priority free agents like inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe and McKinnie. The second is if they gamble and apply the nonexclusive tag on Flacco, which would still set off a flurry of cuts and restructuring of veteran contracts to get under the anticipated $121 million cap.The lesson? We should always be doing our homework. If you read my picks before, you know I not talking about digging up Matt Hasselbeck playoff record; I more interested in injury reports and unitonunit matchups. Those small things can be the difference between winning and losing money, or winning a little bit of money and a lot of money..

"I don't know what effect his fight with cancer had, but it feels like people here have football in proper perspective," said Matt Hasselbeck, who joined the team in the offseason as Luck's