NFL offseason thread

[jimmy olsen]

Welker! NOOOO!!! 

[CountDeMoney]

Wes Welker, Donkey.

A perfect fit;  a receiver that can't run anything other than a 7 yard route, and a quarterback that can't throw anything beyond 7 yards after Halloween.

[Ed Anger]

Wes Welker, Donkey.

HA! Fuck you Tom Brady.

[PDH]

Fuck, now I have to hear about Welker 24/7 on all the local stations.  Jesus, Manning will always be "this close" and hope will always be high...

I am moving to Samoa.

[CountDeMoney]

[katmai]

Heh,

So far Niners are
Added: Boldin

Lost :Smith
        TE Walker
        NT Sopaga
         S Goldson
And some guy named Smith who played Qb.

[CountDeMoney]

Preston's musings;  can't say I don't disagree, particularly with Pollard, who I know got under the coach's skin with personal fouls and temper tantrums, warranted or not.

There was always a belief that the Ravens would never be coach John Harbaugh's team until Ray Lewis left or retired. Well, it's Harbaugh's team now.

With Lewis gone after the Ravens won the Super Bowl, it was the perfect time for Harbaugh to clean house and he appears to have gotten rid of the most outspoken players on the team.

Earlier today, the Ravens cut veteran safety Bernard Pollard. On Monday, they traded receiver Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers.

The Ravens have yet to re-sign either offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie or safety Ed Reed to a new contract.

Those five guys -- Lewis, Reed, Boldin, Pollard, McKinnie -- were the rabble-rousers, and they didn't hesitate to give their opinion and challenge Harbaugh, even in public. With Pollard, there were times when he was out of control on the sidelines after dealing with officials.

There is one more outspoken player left -- outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, but Suggs doesn't challenge Harbaugh. He comes close, but he never crosses the line. Plus, Suggs makes too much money for Harbaugh and the Ravens to cut at this time. In another year, Suggs' time will be up.

But as of now, it doesn't make much difference. Many thought Lewis had passed the torch to quarterback Joe Flacco and this was Flacco's team.

Sorry, that's not the case.

The Ravens are John Harbaugh's team. It's official.

[katmai]

Glenn Dorsey DT from Chiefs to Niners.

[Sophie Scholl]

Another offseason and season of Purgatory in store for Oakland.  Fucking Al Davis and Hue Jackson.   30 Million in dead space for their cap total.  That's fucking insane.  Add in missing draft picks from Hue's idiocy, and you have another crippled year that prevents a true rebuild.

[CountDeMoney]

Ed Reed is spending the day with the Texans.  He may not be coming back.

[Grey Fox]

Amendola in New England.

Great, just great.

[Neil]

Amendola in New England.

Great, just great.

I wouldn't worry about it.  By week 3 he'll be out for the year with an injury.  Sooner if they play whichever team picks up Pollard.

[Grey Fox]

That's true.

[derspiess]

I hear rumors that the Bengals are seriously interested in taking Tavon Austin from WVU in the first round if he's available by their pick.  He'd be one hell of an offensive & special teams weapon.  Plus my nephew is a big enough fan that he might finally get over the Carson Palmer thing and stop wearing his Palmer jersey to Bengals games.

[Neil]

I hear rumors that the Bengals are seriously interested in taking Tavon Austin from WVU in the first round if he's available by their pick.  He'd be one hell of an offensive & special teams weapon.  Plus my nephew is a big enough fan that he might finally get over the Carson Palmer thing and stop wearing his Palmer jersey to Bengals games.

Wow.  I would have thought that the whole quitting on the team would have cured your nephew of that.