Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti was asked last month whether his team's salary-cap situation would prevent officials from making moves in free agency.
"I think that we can make a splash and help us on the way to getting our offense clicking better," Bisciotti said.
For 39 days, this comment heightened expectations for what the Ravens could do to improve at wide receiver and tight end. On Tuesday, those words rang hollow, as most of the big-name playmakers signed elsewhere.
Sure, it was unrealistic to think that the Ravens, with a limited amount of cap space, would outbid teams.