Alright, plenty of QB movement today, quick recap:
- Culpepper traded to Dolphins for a 2nd round pick. The 'Phins release Gus Ferotte shortly afterwards (to avoid paying a 300k roster bonus), and they may now be looking for a 1 year vet for insurance.
- After the Dolphins made their choice of Culpepper over Brees (probably due to contract issues), Brees Signs a 6 year $60mill deal with the Saints. which will pay him an $8mill SB and 2$mill base salary in 2006 followed by a $12mill option bonus (presumeably) if the saints are happy with him after the season.
- The third domino to fall is that the Saints are now shopping the #2 pick. Best guesses are that they want to stay near the top of the first round to get M Williams (DE) and additional picks.
- Lions Sign Kitna (bengals starter turned backup) four 4 years (3.5mill SB, 10.5mill deal), and announce an open competition for the starter's job in Detriot. Meanwhile, Palmer says he'll miss the guy (
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- After the signing of Kitna, the Lions still want to sign McCown (for a 3-way? err.. 3-way competition?). Martz loves seeding a good (and prolonged) QB controversy. None of these guys are great, but they're all close enough to give fans plenty of options for why they should hate whoever happens to be under center at the time and how easy it would be to fix the situation with a constant QB carousel.
- Meanwhile, the Raiders have McCown in town for a visit. They need to get someone.
- Bengals are looking more like they'll be replacing Kitna with J Martin (rams #3 QB in 2006) in the #2 QB role. A bit scary since he stunk pretty bad last year and Palmer may not be ready to start the season.
The Saints' signing obviouly has the most far reaching implications regarding the draft.
03-14-2006, 11:53 PM
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