fuckin wit the offseason in 09

Chargers franchise Sproles

Huh!

Raiders expected to cut Ronald Curry

:( always liked this guy

Raiders make Lechler the highest paid punter of all time.

texans franchise dunta robinson
raiders working on a multi-year deal w/ nnamdi or else he'll be franchised

courtesy of the farting clayton

http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/10/drudgesiren.gif

Tom Brady Might Be Alive ... DEVELOPING

dont be fooled he's a zombie

why isn't it halloween yet!
just when i thought all zombie stuff was played out

Has this video been posted before:

"Cincinnati Bengals Placed franchise tag on kicker Shayne Graham."

That means TJ Houshmandzadeh is freed up to go to the Eagles, or at least that seems to be the team he has mentioned. I guess the Bears are also interested in him. I'm kind of sad to see him leaving Cincy.

Julius Peppers (CAR) tagged, Bo Scaife (TEN) tagged, Max Starks (PIT) tagged, Leroy Hill tagged (SEA), Oshiomogho Atogwe tagged (STL)

Nnamdi Asomugha signs 3-year deal w/Raiders
Jordan Gross re-signs w/Panthers

recap of tagged players this offseason:

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby, Atlanta Falcons punter Michael Koenen, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers, Cincinnati Bengals kicker Shayne Graham, Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson, New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel, New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks, San Diego Chargers running back Darren Sproles, St. Louis Rams safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Bryant, and Tennessee Titans tight end Bo Scaife.

kinda love the idea of each team's GM chasing around their player before tagging them

AJ smith hunts down darren sproles

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i want donovan to play QB for the vikings but will settle for garcia.

jeff reed GUILTY of destroying towel dispenser in a fit of rage

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/20/steelers.reed.ap/index.html

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/buccaneers_inform_jeff

Report: Texans, Vikings talk trade
ESPN.com news services

The Texans and Vikings are close to a trade that would send quarterback Sage Rosenfels to Minnesota, possibly for a fourth-round draft pick, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday.

This is the second consecutive year in which the Vikings have been interested in acquiring Rosenfels, who is near the end of his contract, to be their starting quarterback.

Rosenfels wanted to be traded to the Vikings last season in hopes of starting for a team that has Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor at running back and has led the NFL in run defense for two straight years. At the time, the Vikings reportedly offered a third-round draft choice, but the Texans wanted a second-round pick. Both teams denied an offer was made.

Minnesota already has quarterbacks Gus Frerotte and Tarvaris Jackson on its roster and will want to extend Rosenfels' contract if the trade is completed.

The Texans had no comment Monday on the report.

This is the second consecutive year in which the Vikings have been interested in acquiring Rosenfels, who is near the end of his contract, to be their starting quarterback.

anyone a texans fan?

i have to admit that i have barely seen sage play

i guess he is my QB now. huh.

he's actually pretty decent. iirc he floated around the league as a backup who could turn star type of fad pickup but he never totally materialized but he played really well last year when schaub went out. maybe turns the ball over a bit (tries to do too much i guess) but all told he's probably a better option than gus or jackson

You could / have / (possibly by the end of the season) will do worse.

yeah that's the sense i get.

i'm okay with it, 4th rounder isn't much.

obv i wanted donovan but i doubt that is really possible.

I would love to see the Vikings take a flier on Pat White at some point in the draft, or! (cough) Michael Vick.

pat white's gonna be dope in the nfl, hopefully more randel-el (in terms of overall impact) than seneca wallace

vick isn't going to play qb ever again is he? I could see somebody taking a shot on him as a 2nd string rb.

there's a whole thread there, no doubt.

i really don't think he can play RB - holds the ball like a loaf of bread, plays w/high pad level, doesn't understand how to protect himself like a running back should. he could be a return man tho

i could see him playing WR before running back... surely he's not nearly durable enough to play r&b. also he's great in open space but if he was a RB could he get into open space? i doubt it. it would be much easier for whoever (okay the raiders) to put him at WR and try and create spaces for him to operate in, kind of like hester before he became a full-fledged wr

i stand by my assertion that michael vick will never have an r&b hit

annnnd marvin harrison's been released

it would be much easier for whoever (okay the raiders)

loll

I'll buy vick as a returner, but they'll throw bottles on the field for the first year.
anybody think harrison goes to philly to placate donovan?

take the wonderlic

wow that is EZ

guys they are not going to let michael vick even play punter ever again in the nfl, let's have real talk for a minute.

i dunno schef, I deg to biffer. If he kept in good shape and he's available cheap, there's always someone willing to take a flyer.

jwyoming wrote:
The Texans need a quarterback. We need to go 0-16 so we can get Tim Tebow
2/24/2009 1:31:53 AM

forks i think the issue is more that he could probably just be suspended forever

rumors around that redskins are going to go all out to sign haynesworth? because he improves zorn's lame, predictable west coast offense?

xpost re vick: You think? I kinda figure the NFL would forgive anything with enough contrition.

yes, i definitely think so. there's no amount of contrition that's gonna get middle-class whiteys with dogs to stop hating on michael vick and they're a pretty reasonable portion in some way or another of the nfl's revenue stream. i mean, shit, ppl are still bitching about vick and that happened forever ago! ppl would FLIP. OUT. if they reinstated him. dude is done, enjoy the arena leagues or whatever...

vick will be reinstated and will play someone. i would bet quite a bit on it.

middle-class whiteys with dog (i am one, btw and seriously, fuck that guy) also like to have their bad guys to hate on; it adds spice to the meal and i think the nfl is savvy enough to roll with that.

I thoroughly expect him to donate a million dollars to the aspca, come back as a second stringer return/rb/wr/whatever, be roundly hated for the first year and then claw back into contention as backup qb for like, the raiders or something.

The dude went to prison and served his time. Why not give the guy a second chance, especially if he dedicates himself to ASPCA stuff...

I have a sweet pit and dude went to jail for abusing and murdering pits for pleasure (well, he really went in for gambling and transporting animals over state lines and some shit, but besides the point). If you had a retarded kid and he went to jail for beating up his retarded kid, I would understand if you had some issues giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Also "dedicates himself to ASPCA stuff" is all pretty speculative at the moment and am I still talking about Vick and pitbulls in '09? I should probably check myself here.

I have a sweet pit

Don't get me wrong, I love pits a lot and lived with one for about five years. I think dog fighting is abhorrent. But I also believe that dudes who go to prison should be able to get jobs when they're released from prison.

Absolutely! Don't mean I have to like the guy though.

I didn't like him BEFORE the dog thing, but I miss being able to use him on Madden.

Kansas City Chiefs Released quarterback Damon Huard, cornerback Patrick Surtain, linebacker Donnie Edwards and tight end Michael Merritt.

the Tampa Bay Bucs are cutting Derrick Brooks (!), running back Warrick Dunn, receiver Joey Galloway, linebacker Cato June and receiver Ike Hilliard.

so galloway is done forever huh? long time coming

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/25/goodell.ap/index.html

Goodell takes a paycut... a very smart, political move.

man every player in the NFL is being released it seems like!