2009 Free Agents

[NBT]

Originally Posted by painekiller

1st off this team is still not one or two guys away, so I am not in favor of spending on any big name FA.

2nd off name one feature RB that left a team in FA and still produced? I mean he had to already be a feature, not a backup.

I see the FA names on this list as guys that will be looking for big raises, and I am not looking to put all my eggs in one basket so to speak.

You know, I am really, really tired of hearing that. When will we be one or two, and most important when will we be all the way ready?

[papabear]

Originally Posted by NBT

You know, I am really, really tired of hearing that. When will we be one or two, and most important when will we be all the way ready?

I'm not against going after a higher caliber free agent, but name me one team that went from bad/mediocre to a real contender by spending big in free agency.

I get the frustration. We're still talking about finding a running game, still talking about finding ways to pressure the QB, still talking about how to protect ours, still talking about being more than a year away....it's getting really old, but when I look at our team I honestly don't see what bringing in a big name top flight free agent is going to do but put us in cap trouble.

[KJ3]

well papabear, if our team is so bad that not even good players can fix it...


....we all need to drop interest immediately. the housh would make our passing attack pretty lethal. jacobs would give us the perfect compliment to slaton. anybody worth his salt in the front 7 especially LB is an upgrade.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by KJ3

well papabear, if our team is so bad that not even good players can fix it...


....we all need to drop interest immediately. the housh would make our passing attack pretty lethal. jacobs would give us the perfect compliment to slaton. anybody worth his salt in the front 7 especially LB is an upgrade.

I'm not saying it's not fixable....I don't even think they are anywhere near as bad as most people seem to think they are. Just using the names you mentioned...What good would Housh do if the QB can't get the ball to him, whether it's the QB's or the line's fault. Our passing attack was pretty dang good last year, and with everyone returning it should be even better this year. Would he be nice to have, Hell yes, but that's not going to fix the underlying problem.

If we could sign 3 or 4 of these guys it would most likely help a great deal. I don't think we have the cap room for that (I would bet most teams don't either). We have some guys most of us would probably like to see being kept around who will need new contracts soon. Even if we could afford it now we would be paying for it down the road...potentially with dead money on the cap.

From Roy's list I would be absolutely estatic about Roy W. or TJ, Pope, Gross...actually any of them except Ricky Williams. I also know that most of these potential free agents that people get excited about this time of year rarely ever hit the open market. The few that do usually have a short list (contenders) of teams they will play for, or are going for a HUGE contract.