Dallas would be the only team that might try that, knowing Jerry Jones. Oh I am glad the CBA got worked out it had to for the best of the league.
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Dallas would be the only team that might try that, knowing Jerry Jones. Oh I am glad the CBA got worked out it had to for the best of the league.
In the end, the owners had to get their crap together and get the deal done. If they lost the salary cap in a couple of season it would take an NHL type of work stoppage to ever get it back. From what I've heard, guys like Al Davis actually did some productive work behind the scenes for a change. Only two teams voted against the deal, Buffalo and Cincy. I don't know why Cincy voted against the deal, but apparently the print wasn't large enough for the ancient Ralph Wilson to understand the deal. ESPN radio was having a lot of fun with his quotes today.
Both Owens and Edge should hit the open market soon. Edge still has a shot at staying in Indy. Denver and Dallas are the frontrunners for Owens. Dallas is having trouble working out a deal with MeShauwn and what happens with that egomaniac could well determine where Owens lands. Where ever he goes, his deal is going to have more clauses than a Trump prenup.
I heard Jerry Jones had a hand in it too.
Drew Brees, Brian Griese, or Kerry Collins?
Lots of signings, nothing spectacular but some interesting moves.
Browns made a strike and nailed Bently and Jurevisoiuis.
Ravens signed Trevor Pryce which was a bit of a suprise.
Vikings signed Longwell and Chester Tailer. Wonder if t his means the Ravens go after Lewis again?
They've been talking to his agent. And I hear they are also talking to Edge.
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Several free agents being courted by the Washington Redskins sat in the so-called "dream seats" next to the Detroit bench in the second half. Redskins owner Dan Snyder paid $10,000 for the seats.
Edge just signed with Arizona, they have a scary offense building.
They need to sign offensive linemen.
They still suck, there defense is weak and they have no Offensive line, probably will still finish next to last.Quote:
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Edge just signed with Arizona, they have a scary offense building.
They will be better, and their defense isn't as bad as people tend to believe. They are 12th in pass defense and 10th against the run. Their biggest problem was turnovers, and Edge will help fix that number.Quote:
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They still suck, there defense is weak and they have no Offensive line, probably will still finish next to last.
Their offensive line is still weak, that's true, and I'd expect that they'll go out now and spend some resources to shore it up. Aside from Seattle, it's a WEAK division, so if they can beat up on their opponents a WC isn't out of the question for them.
We will see I just don't think Arizona has a great team and will probably win 6-7 games at best. He obviously went there for the money if he wanted to win a SB he would have stayed with Indy or went to Jax which at least has the players. Another thing about Arizona is Warner, the way he is built he is just one injury away from season ending year end and out. They aren't going to resign Mcnown so if Warner got hurt there season would be sunk.
Between Edge, Anquan and Fitzgerald Warner now has the weapons to match what he had in St. Louis.
Yeah if he can stay on his feet, the offensive line he has is horrible.Quote:
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Between Edge, Anquan and Fitzgerald Warner now has the weapons to match what he had in St. Louis.
my thoughts so far
Edgerin James signed with Arizona. I like the direction that the cards are trying to go and Edge is a solid back to go with that great duo of recievers of Fitzgerald and Boldin but dear god their first priority should have been offensive line. They don't look like they are going to resign McGown which is a mistake because that line is like swiss cheese and Warner is one good hit from the retirement home so adding edge is great but they are still going to suck if they don't get some guys to protect warner and open some holes for edge.
Baltimore looks to be raiding Denver's castoffs as they signed both Trevor Pryce and Mike Anderson. Looks like Jamal Lewis is going somewhere else, I mean he did rush for 2000 yards in a season he's still got some upside if you can figure out what the hell happened since then. But anderson is not the back to build a future on and this is the reason denver released him, he'll be 33 first of the season and has had soem major injuries in the last few years. He's a solid back and denver used him perfectly by splitting time with a smaller faster back but he's not a franchise back. I think Denver might have wanted to keep Pryce except for the huge price tag it would have taken them to do so, I think the ravens got a steal there as trevor is still a probowler.
The ironic thing is that Denver seems interested in Lewis, They resigned Ron Dayne a pretty good move on their part and he seems to be a top of their depth charts right now and looked pretty good in the little use they got out of him last year. If anyone could resurect Lewis' career it would be Denver who has a style that is perfect for him. Denver hasn't done much after that signing an OT from the lions and just getting a bunch of their player resigned lke Warren and Dayne. And as much as I hate Owens we could really use him, Smith is aging and none of the younger guys have stepped up. IF we got first year Philly Owens we would probably be in the Superbowl next year but the problem is what if you get second year Owens and watch your team blow up from the inside.
The Browns struck first and have done pretty good doing so. They grabbed one of my favorite underrated guys WR Joe Jurevicius who will add some great punch to their reciving game but even more than that they really solidified their offensive line making moves the cardinals should have been trying to make signing C LeCharles Bentley and OT Kevin Shaffer. They also grabbed the aging Ted Washington from the raiders junk pile.
The Redskins must have been looking for some WRs because they grabbed both Antwaan Randle El and Brandon Lloyd but they should have gone after Jurevicius first in my opinion. Randle El will make a good #2 reciever so not a bad pickup.
Of course there are still several more big deals to come. Drew Brees left NO without a deal and is now travelling to Miami, I think San Deigo should have gone for him and instead shopped Rivers but it looks like Phillip will be the chargers starting QB next year. The LB turned QB Daunte Caulpepper wants out of Minnisota and have heard things like the raiders wanting him. And of course their is the soap opera Terrell Owens that still needs to be played out.
So far both the Browns & Redskins are looking very good.
In only Romeo's second year the Browns could be challenging for a playoff spot. They have Droughns and if both Braylon Edwards and Winslow can come back healthy the offense could be scary.
Redskins were good last year and are only adding to it, they should be in the playoffs again this year.
If the Bengals stay the course, the Steelers remain a SB-caliber team, and the Browns get their young offensive stars back, the AFC North will be one of the best divisions in football. If the Ravens are solid then there's no telling what will happen there.
The Browns have done a good job. I am not sure about the Skins they spend money every year and have nothing really to show for it.
In the past the Skins overspent on aging players. They were a very good team last year but lacked options on offense. By Signing Fauria, Randle-El and trading for Floyd they now have room to spread it around.
That division will be killer next year, Ravens could be very good if they get a QB who has a pulse and is consistent.
Someone needs to explain why the Skins keep adding small receivers?
problem is when your in tough division like that you spend all year beating the crap out of each other and nobody does anything during the playoffs
look at the teams that make the siperbowl, steelers from an ok division last year and the seahawks from a very weak division, the year before NE from a very weak afc east and philly from an ok division