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Emery getting to work early here in free agency. Love Martellus Bennett signing and he's already talking with a number of offensive linemen.
Bennett is a great signing. I wish the Giants could have kept him but I think they're waiting to see how the Cruz thing works out and keeping cap room to match his offer if they find it affordable.
Post by Black Dynamite on Mar 13, 2013 8:41:52 GMT -5
Interesting first day of FA yesterday. How about them Dolphins? I'm not sure if their team is good enough to start loading up on huge contracts like this. I like what my Eagles did yesterday. Nothing sexy, but a bunch of quality adds.
Interesting first day of FA yesterday. How about them Dolphins? I'm not sure if their team is good enough to start loading up on huge contracts like this. I like what my Eagles did yesterday. Nothing sexy, but a bunch of quality adds.
Going from Dansby and Burnett to Ellerby and Wheeler was a lateral move.
Wallace is an improvement over Marlon Moore (the deep threat last year), Hartline is solid, they might sign Keller away from the Jets (fingers crossed).
But they're taking their terrible 2nd year OT (Jonathan Martin) and moving him from RT (where he sucked) to LT (where he's going to face better pass rushers).
I'd say they put the cart before the horse. OL could be a disaster.
Interesting first day of FA yesterday. How about them Dolphins? I'm not sure if their team is good enough to start loading up on huge contracts like this. I like what my Eagles did yesterday. Nothing sexy, but a bunch of quality adds.
Going from Dansby and Burnett to Ellerby and Wheeler was a lateral move.
Wallace is an improvement over Marlon Moore (the deep threat last year), Hartline is solid, they might sign Keller away from the Jets (fingers crossed).
But they're taking their terrible 2nd year OT (Jonathan Martin) and moving him from RT (where he sucked) to LT (where he's going to face better pass rushers).
I'd say they put the cart before the horse. OL could be a disaster.
That's exactly my concern. I don't think the Dolphins were ready to make a huge FA splash. They very rarely work in the first place. The core of their roster is still somewhat weak and they are trying to start a new regime with a new mentality. I don't think having all these high priced FA's is going to do them any favors in those regards.
I'm very happy the Jets have Idzik who is from the "build through the draft" school of team building. I don't have an issue with guys going big in FA, but it seems guys that love doing it (Jeff Ireland, Mike Tannenbaum) always target the wrong guys.
I'm very happy the Jets have Idzik who is from the "build through the draft" school of team building. I don't have an issue with guys going big in FA, but it seems guys that love doing it (Jeff Ireland, Mike Tannenbaum) always target the wrong guys.
I'm excited as well to see the Eagles use this approach. We obviously got away from it 2 years ago, but have since totally reorganized the front office. I hope Howie does a another good job this year. I like what I've seen so far. I just don't believe in haiving most of your low salary players come from FA. It changes the team mentality. I think you find your core players through the draft, and fill holes in FA. It's easy to get caught up in the sexy FA's though.
What do you think about the Jets QB scenario? It's a weird year for teams without a QB. We resigned Vick for Christ's sake.
I'm very happy the Jets have Idzik who is from the "build through the draft" school of team building. I don't have an issue with guys going big in FA, but it seems guys that love doing it (Jeff Ireland, Mike Tannenbaum) always target the wrong guys.
I'm excited as well to see the Eagles use this approach. We obviously got away from it 2 years ago, but have since totally reorganized the front office. I hope Howie does a another good job this year. I like what I've seen so far. I just don't believe in haiving most of your low salary players come from FA. It changes the team mentality. I think you find your core players through the draft, and fill holes in FA. It's easy to get caught up in the sexy FA's though.
What do you think about the Jets QB scenario? It's a weird year for teams without a QB. We resigned Vick for Christ's sake.
I like Garrard and hope they sign Jason Campbell. That'd give the Jets 5 QBs in camp (assuming Tebow is cut), two of which should beat out Sanchez. The guy who beats Sanchez gets a starting job, the other guy gets cut since they are forced to keep Mark Fart.
I just hope people aren't surprised when they realize Bushrod isn't much of an upgrade over everyone's favorite J'Marcus Webb.
Going from a guy who allowed 23 sacks, had 20 penalties in the last two years, and would never sniff a pro bowl to a guy who allowed 7.5 sacks, 12 penalties, and a two time pro bowler is a pretty nice upgrade.
Post by Mista Don't Play on Mar 13, 2013 11:51:30 GMT -5
Bernard Pollard is the first Raven departure I didn't expect, and am upset about. He was a tone setter on defense and the most sound tackler, on the back end.
I thought they might be able to retain Ellerbe, but not shocked that they didn't. I'm just glad they got something for Boldin and didn't have to just release him.
I do like the addition of Canty, hopefully he can put some pressure on Terrance Cody to step it up a bit.
We are definitely soft in the middle now, and have no experienced depth at WR, so there are definitely some things to address.
Bernard Pollard is the first Raven departure I didn't expect, and am upset about. He was a tone setter on defense and the most sound tackler, on the back end.
I thought they might be able to retain Ellerbe, but not shocked that they didn't. I'm just glad they got something for Boldin and didn't have to just release him.
I do like the addition of Canty, hopefully he can put some pressure on Terrance Cody to step it up a bit.
We are definitely soft in the middle now, and have no experienced depth at WR, so there are definitely some things to address.
The change in culture is going to be necessary. Pollard was a huge part of that "thug" culture. I think you're one mistake is going to be losing Bolding and not having anyone be able to step up on 3rd down. I'd be really nervous right now if I was Joe Flacco. People are going to expect alot out of him, and his cast is not going to be so supportive...
I just hope people aren't surprised when they realize Bushrod isn't much of an upgrade over everyone's favorite J'Marcus Webb.
Going from a guy who allowed 23 sacks, had 20 penalties in the last two years, and would never sniff a pro bowl to a guy who allowed 7.5 sacks, 12 penalties, and a two time pro bowler is a pretty nice upgrade.
Brees gets rid of the ball super quickly which is going to help Bushrod’s sacks allowed numbers. I can’t access it, but I read somewhere that Bushrod rated out only one spot better than Webb in Pass Blocking Efficiency for tackles last year.
Also, Pro Bowl doesn’t really mean sh*t for Offensive Linemen. Once an OL gets voted in they’ll make it the next 13 years cause fans don’t know how to vote (Jeff Saturday starting this past year is really all you need to know) and it’s solely based on reputation.
He’ll be better than Webb, but considering the amount of money he’s getting I think people will be disappointed--especially if they’re expecting a huge upgrade.
Going from a guy who allowed 23 sacks, had 20 penalties in the last two years, and would never sniff a pro bowl to a guy who allowed 7.5 sacks, 12 penalties, and a two time pro bowler is a pretty nice upgrade.
Brees gets rid of the ball super quickly which is going to help Bushrod’s sacks allowed numbers. I can’t access it, but I read somewhere that Bushrod rated out only one spot better than Webb in Pass Blocking Efficiency for tackles last year.
Also, Pro Bowl doesn’t really mean sh*t for Offensive Linemen. Once an OL gets voted in they’ll make it the next 13 years cause fans don’t know how to vote (Jeff Saturday starting this past year is really all you need to know) and it’s solely based on reputation.
He’ll be better than Webb, but considering the amount of money he’s getting I think people will be disappointed--especially if they’re expecting a huge upgrade.
Do you guys want the meat and potatoes for this argument? I have the #'s you're referring to.
That Ravens defense was constantly starting fights, taking cheap shots, and just took on a bad attitude. It was all kept in check by having Ray as a leader though. Now that he's gone, you can tell they are undergoing an image change. No Cary, no Pollard, etc. It's not like the players they are releasing were bad by any means. I trust Ozzie knows what he's doing, and you don't release one of your best defenders just to save 1 million dollars...