From Aaron Wilson:

ravensinsider Aaron Wilson
Nearly flat salary cap from last year will cause ravens to scramble to try to retain ufas rfas and efas ray lewis retiring saves 4.35 mill
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ravensinsider Aaron Wilson
Because of tight cap situation ravens plan to aggressively ramp up talks after season to avoid franchise tag for joe flacco per a source
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ravensinsider Aaron Wilson
There's nothing new on joe flacco contract front talks have always been tabled until offseason after getting close in aug. then hit impasse

Also Ian Rapoport was on NFL Network and he told Rich Eisen that the starting point for Joe's contract talks start at $14mil a year according to Joe's agent Joe Linta.