Mega-Merge: 2010 Free Agency Rumors and Reports Thread

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

You can't help but think that had the Skins signed Pashos, Clifton, Dansby, etc. we would be reading an article from this guy saying here we go with the same old free spending Redskins.

I agree. They would have had to overpay for Clifton. Dansby's contract is ridiculous IMO. Because Parcells signed him, "He must be worth it". I think they could have signed Pashos but that Bruce and Shanny decided he wasn't worth those dollars. So be it, there will be more tackles available later.

The Bears are Schefter's running punchline. That is who we should emulate? Really?

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

You can't help but think that had the Skins signed Pashos, Clifton, Dansby, etc. we would be reading an article from this guy saying here we go with the same old free spending Redskins.

Yeah, lot of panties bunched now that they can't make fun of us for making it rain, so they have to attack from a different angle.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

1000% wrong. This article should have been shelved as soon as the author pointed to the Bears as who we should emulate. The Bears are the same team that traded a starting quarterback, two first round picks, a third round pick and a 5th round pick for a guy who was an absolute disaster. The Bears are in panic mode! Their entire front office is fighting for their jobs and they had no first or second round pick. They had no choice.

Please, if anything the Bears are emulating us. I mean giving up draft choices and signing free agents to monster contracts shortly after the start of free agency. Holding onto players past their prime . For now the Bears are the new Redskins.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Anyone else read this? I couldn't disagree more with this:

Losing the offseason | Warpath Confidential

That article fails to understand that it is arguably more important to change the team culture than it is to change the team personnel.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Anyone else read this? I couldn't disagree more with this:

Losing the offseason*|*Warpath Confidential

What?

[KI Skins Fan]

When you look at he weak UFA class this year, it just makes sense that many teams will be stongly considering making trades to improve their teams. We don't have enough draft picks to pull off many, if any, significant trades, so I think the FO may need to take a cold, hard look at which players they could make available in the right trade. I'd think that the following players could be valuable trade chips.

Andre Carter - He had a very good year in 2009 and he could help a 4-3 team. He didn't fare well as a 3-4 linebacker with the 49'ers, which is how we got him to begin with.

Chris Cooley - I did say a cold, hard look. With the development of Fred Davis, Cooley could be traded. He would have high value to the right team.

LaRon Landry - I think he's not much better than average as a FS but he is very valuable as a SS. We have two players who can do a good job at SS and we have two decent prospects at FS. If we were to trade Landry, I think we'd need an experienced FS in the short term, which we should be able to acquire.

Santana Moss - If he stays, I think he'll be moved to the slot and he'll play fewer snaps. He's still a very good WR who could start for a lot of teams.

Carlos Rogers - First of all, he doesn't want to be here. Beyond that, he's a starting CB in this league who would have good trade value.

I'm not knocking any of these players. The question is "Do we need starters at other positions more than we need them"? We really need a solid LT, for example.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

so, who is "santana89" on the warpath? Anyone who is members of ES and the warpath who actually prefers the ES has got something seriously wrong with them.

[CRedskinsRule]

So here is the official Redskins stance:
Redskins Insider - Under Bruce Allen, free agency for Redskins may last for months

Finally, after what might've been a few frustrating days for some Redskins' fans, General Manager Bruce Allen offered an explanation for the team's slow-play approach to free agency.

"Free agency isn't a day, and it's not a weekend. We think free agency runs 'til the first day of training camp," Allen told Sports Illustrated's Peter King on Sunday. "Let's see who you have a couple of months from now, not just who you have after a couple of days. What difference does it make when you sign them, if they help you?''

Also in the article, interesting that BA still isn't giving the Post an interview.

[MTK]

Patience is something Skins fans aren't used to. Good read here

Julius Peppers, Antrel Rolle, NFL free agency, Five For Fighting - Peter King - SI.com

[over the mountain]

im not upset with the way things are going. honestly, outside of dansby and peppers, there wasnt great talent.

i cannot find myself to be upset that we didnt sign pashos, who couldnt play his way into a starting job on the 49ers O line.

i was warming up to the dansby idea with his experience as an inside 3-4 LB but foote, if signed, brings that same experience.

i thought chad clifton was the best OT in FA, but i wouldnt give him what the packers did. While i think there is a drop in talent from clifotn to the next guy, that drop off is really marginal.

outside of peppers, there wasnt a real impact player available in FA imo.

dunta robinson? know his name and hype, but i havent really watched him play to make an opinion of him.

would signing pashos really help anything? idk, he signed for a fairly cheap deal but who here can honestly say you watched enough film of him to know if he could even start for our O line and be an upgrade?

there just is not alot of talent in FA this year with the RFA tenders.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

im not upset with the way things are going. honestly, outside of dansby and peppers, there wasnt great talent.

i cannot find myself to be upset that we didnt sign pashos, who couldnt play his way into a starting job on the 49ers O line.

i was warming up to the dansby idea with his experience as an inside 3-4 LB but foote, if signed, brings that same experience.

i thought chad clifton was the best OT in FA, but i wouldnt give him what the packers did. While i think there is a drop in talent from clifotn to the next guy, that drop off is really marginal.

outside of peppers, there wasnt a real impact player available in FA imo.

dunta robinson? know his name and hype, but i havent really watched him play to make an opinion of him.

would signing pashos really help anything? idk, he signed for a fairly cheap deal but who here can honestly say you watched enough film of him to know if he could even start for our O line and be an upgrade?

there just is not alot of talent in FA this year with the RFA tenders.

No way. There's talent, just not a lot of big name talent like we're used to. That guard we got is talented. So is the dude from Dallas that we're trying to get. I like this better than what we've been used to.

[over the mountain]

yean i guess any guy who made an NFL roster is talented.

honestly i dont know anything about hicks except for what i read in the articles after we signed him.

i will read with sinicism to anyone on here who says player X (like hicks, pashos, etc) should have been signed and would be a starter on our O line.

what do we really know about these guys outside of ESPN's ranking of the top FA o lineman available in FA? id trust shanny, allen and co. to make actual talent evaluations outside of matt mosley's player rankings.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

yean i guess any guy who made an NFL roster is talented.

honestly i dont know anything about hicks except for what i read in the articles after we signed him.

i will read with sinicism to anyone on here who says player X (like hicks, pashos, etc) should have been signed and would be a starter on our O line.

what do we really know about these guys outside of ESPN's ranking of the top FA o lineman available in FA? id trust shanny, allen and co. to make actual talent evaluations outside of matt mosley's player rankings.

Exactly! I trust Shanna-Allen to make the right moves until they prove me wrong. That is the reason I like the Hicks signing. We haven't heard about him because he's been doing his job.

[ethat001]

It's an interesting time to be fiscally responsible, since we apparently we have the 4th lowest payroll right now, and have an uncapped year where we could be crazy and sign ALL the FA's on the market without much problem.

BUT I like the decisions made so far because they seem -- smarter. Now, I'm still concerned for the O-line, but at least that has been focus so far. I wouldn't have minded overpaying for Pashos or Clifton on a year like this, but they've made a strong statement with their moves. I'm hopeful there's a plan with the draft and picking up stop-gap veteran O-linemen somewhere later as well.

I just hope is that come September 2010 our QB is not staring at the clouds on his back.

[Trample the Elderly]

What about Montre Holland the OG from Dallas we're trying to score? Y'all trying to tell me he's not better than Will Montgomery? He wouldn't give Dock a run for the money?