Bart Scott

News: Bart Scott To Agree With N.Y. Jets According to The Sporting News, former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott will join head coach Rex Ryan and play for the New York Jets. Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the deal will pay Scott about $8 million a season. The Ravens offered Scott around $7 million to stay with Baltimore. Playing his entire seven-year career in Baltimore, Scott shined in 2006 when he finished the season with 103 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. Scott made the Pro Bowl team and was an All-Pro selection in '06. Photos: Click to Enlarge Read Full Story

The New York Jets have bolstered their defense in a big way, signing former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott to a six-year, $48 million deal. The 28-year-old Scott agreed to terms early Friday, visited the team and signed later in the day, agent Harold Lewis told The Associated Press. Scott will make $27 million over the first three years of the deal. Scott is reunited with Rex Ryan, who left Baltimore after four years as the Ravens' defensive coordinator to become coach of the Jets. Scott ranked second on the Ravens in tackles last season and will join promising David Harris as speedy, playmaking ... Read Full Story

Free agency has all but arrived, and ProFootballTalk.com is reporting that the Ravens are looking to make a late push to try and sign linebacker Bart Scott. Here is the tidbit from their site late Thursday night: Albert Breer of SportingNews.com reports that the Baltimore Ravens are making a late push to re-sign linebacker Bart Scott. Citing an unnamed league source, Breer reports that the Raverns are doing “everything they can” to keep Scott from becoming a free agent at midnight. The Ravens also have been negotiating with linebacker Ray Lewis. We heard rumblings earlier in the day suggesting that the Ravens had upped ... Read Full Story

Yet another enjoyable Steelers-Ravens memory from 2007, this as Hines Ward lays one of his better licks on the Ravens Bart Scott. Let’s hope there’s more of that Sunday. Read Full Story

News from the Baltimore Sun tells us that Bart Scott has a five year, $42 million offer from the Ravens now and is deciding between the Ravens and Jets. This comes after Scott had agreed in principle to join the Jets on a five-year, $40 million deal this morning.Don't forget to add "The Crowe's Nest" to your RSS Feeds. If you'd like to be a guest contributor, please email us at jcrowe6@cox.net Read Full Story