Matt Judon is going to get paid, it’s just a matter of who and when. The Baltimore Ravens can wait until he becomes a free agent next year, or they can get ahead of it and save some money in the progress. Judon is an outside linebacker and outside linebackers are a position many NFL teams are willing to throw money at. It’s also a position that the Ravens don’t have a lot of answers past 2019.
The Ravens can say that Tyus Bowser and Tim Williams will be the next wave of pass rushing talent, but there is no guarantee either player can produce on the level of Judon, or for that matter Za’Darius Smith.