Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

[skinster]

I think we need to look to our draft picks to see who we will get in FA. I think Jarvis Jenkins we are looking to play NT in the not too distant future. Signing Franklin would require a long term commitment, which just wouldn't make sense to us.

Shanahan likes his own which makes Ryan Harris a good candidate to sign.

I think Shanny wants winners/good locker room guys to change the culture of our club so I'm thinking James Jones would be a good signing (probably going to overpay for him though). All other WR's are older, or have some sort of red flag or question mark regarding them.

Thinking along those same lines, I think we will offer Jenkins a contract, but I do not think it will be as long term as Jones's, but I think it will be a rich contract.

We already signed Otagwe so I don't see us signing another secondary member.

I do think we will be aggressive in re-shaping our team this year. Carlos WILL NOT be back (I think we will re-sign buchanon). I doubt Moss will (why would he opt out of a rich contract if he didn't want to move?), and Rocky will only be here for the long run if we get lucky and nobody offers him the right deal. To sum it up our core players I predict will be gone and I expect us to be aggressive to get what we want in FA to accomplish things that will help us out in the short term, and help change the culture without taking up too much cap space a few years down the road on old guys.