NFL Offseason

[SBoydW]

Big moves today

 

Bears get DE Julius Peppers - 6 years 90+ million dollars and RB Chester Taylor, who is actually decent.

 

Cardinals traded Boldin to the Ravens

 

Giants get S Antrell Rolle

 

Miami has signed LB Karlos Dansby, and for some reason also signed injury prone and elite average QB Chad Pennington again.

 

And the other busy team was the Lions, they signed DE Kyle Vanden Bosch and WR Nate Burleson to play opposite of Calvin Johnson.

 

CB Dunta Robinson will be playing in Atlanta.

 

Notable moves that may happen in near Future:

 

RB Lendale White of the Titans is asking for a trade.

 

WR Brandon Marshall is supposed to be visiting the Seattle Seahawks.

 

RB Thomas Jones, formerly of the Jets, is still out there and has been solid the last couple of years.  Rumors have it he may end up back with the Jets as a back up if nothing happens in free agency.

 

Early winner of Free Agency is the Bears.  They've signed a dominant Defensive player and a solid RB, which they desperately need.

 

Biggest Loser so far.  The Cardinals.  They've lost two of their best Defensive players, a Great WR, and Kurt Warner is retired.  Welcome back to suckiness Cards!!!

[Emperor]

Oh...and...errr.... Jake was cut from the Panthers.  That was a shocker.

[Kivam]

Bears overpaid - badly - for Chester Taylor

[chuckievi]

Maybe the Vikes can get some running back in now who can teach AP to hold onto the ball.

[SBoydW]

Reports say LT is talking with the vikes...

[Red2111]

:'( :'( :'(

 

Browns have signed line backer Scott Fujita.  he was a starting linebacker and free agent for the Saints.

 

sucks!!

[SBoydW]

Ex-Chief RB Larry Johnson has signed with the Redskins.  Good luck with that.

 

Former Patriots TE Ben Watson signed a deal with the Browns.

 

Bengals sign former Buc Antonio Bryant.

 

LT is now flirting with the Jets.

[SBoydW]

For some reason the Browns are sacrificing Anderson and Quinn for Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace.

[SBoydW]

Cutler in trouble in Denver????  Denver just got Brady Quinn.

[chuckievi]

LT signed with the Jets, I think that is a good fit for him.

[SBoydW]

Correction on previous statement

 

Cutler in trouble in Denver????  Denver just got Brady Quinn.

 

That should read Orton instead of Cutler.

[SBoydW]

Intrigue in the Desert.... Arizona has signed Derek Anderson, and there will be a competition for the starting job.

[Red2111]

i heard last week that the Saints lost RB Mike Bell as well

 

*sighs*  so much for our awesome triple threat of RB's

[SBoydW]

The Eagles are listening to offers for their QBs.  I know every offseason the last few years there has been talk of Donovan getting traded, but could this be the year?  With their QB of the future, Kolb (who played fairly well in the games he was in last year) and Michael Vick on the rosters, D Nabb could be hitting the bricks soon.

[Red2111]

it makes sense that McNabb might be getting cut.  Vick for all his faults outside the game is a decent QB and mcNabb is a costly player on the roster.

 

Eagles is the team that go RB Mike Bell btw

[SBoydW]

well the eagles have pretty much said (in not so many words) that whenever McNabb leaves Kolb will be the starter.  The best Vick can hope for in Philly is #2.  Also it's doubtful that Vick will be there next year so he's not gonna start for them.  There is an outside chance Vick could be gone this season.

[SBoydW]

Trade talks for McNabb are heating up.. Philly's possibly lowering their price just to move him..

[SBoydW]

Who'da thunk it.... Donovan McNabb is going to the Redskins for a second round pick this year and a third or fourth round pick next year.

 

Sadly the redskins still suck... just a little less now.

[SBoydW]

Little late but Brandon Marshall is now a Miami Dolphin.

[Haxorsist]

So what do you guys think about Cushing? If it's true that he took performance enhancing drugs, I think it's a joke to only suspend him for a couple of games. I only just heard of this and don't know the whole story, but I think he should at least get a couple of years suspension. People who use performance enhancing drugs have no place in professional sports.

[SBoydW]

So far he is suspended for 4 games which is 25% of the NFL season (A big hit to his team who has three potentially very tough games in their first four).... I believe that if there is a second offense he'll get suspended for a whole season.

 

I think that it's also fair that a re-vote has been called for for his Defensive Rookie of the year award.  I hope it get's taken away.

 

As for the punishment for the first offense I think it's as good as it's going to get.  The NFL Players association would never let there be a first offense, full season suspension for something like this.

[Kivam]

Yep.  I'm more excited about the Star Caps decision, which will result in Minnesota losing the Williams Wall for the first four games of the season - and the Jets play them in that 4th game. 

[chuckievi]

Part of me dislikes the NFL's performance enhancing drug policy, because in the cases of Star Caps and Cushing, none of the players involved tested positive for an actual performance enhancing drug.  In the Star Caps case they tested positive for a substance that CAN be used to mask steroids, but its main purpose is to lose water weight.  In the case of Cushing...well that seems more incriminating, as the substance he tested positive for has no real usage to a male than to restart his testosterone cycle.  Either way, I would personally rather see them just test more frequently and hand out bans based on actual cheating, not potential cheating.

 

 

[SBoydW]

I would love to see weekly testing for all starting players.  Though again I don't think that that will happen.

[Danh]

The off-season starts right after the Pro Bowl. This year it's February 8.