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Redskins 2010 NFL Free Agency & Draft Tracker - Updated

The Redskins traded Jason Campbell to the Raiders for 2 draft picks.

 

2010 Draft Picks - Washington Redskins
Round (Pick)
Action
Player
Description
1
DRAFT
Trent Williams
  LT - Oklahoma
2
TRADE
April 4, 2010 - Trade withEagles for 2nd rd pick and conditional 2011 3rd/4th
3
SUPPL DRAFT
 July 16, 2009 - Drafted DE Jeremy Jarmon in the supplemental draft 3rd round. 
4
DRAFT
Perry Riley
 LB - LSU
5
TRADE
(traded pick to MIA for 6 and 7)

 Redskins acquire DE Adam Carriker (STL)
6
TRADE
(original pick)
July 20, 2008 - Pick traded to MIA in exchange forJason Taylor.
6
DRAFT
Terrence Austin
 WR - UCLA
7
DRAFT
Erik Cook
 C - New Mexico
7
DRAFT
Dennis Morris
 TE - LSU
7
DRAFT
Selvish Capers (6'4" - 304 lbs)
 OL - West Virginia
-
UFA
 FS - Ohio State
-
UFA
 TE - UCLA
-
UFA
 QB - Penn State
-
UFA
 RB - LSU
-
UFA
 DT - E. Arizona
-
UFA
 RB - Troy

 

Free agent additions after the jump...

Star-divide

Cuts:  Antwaan Randle El, Ladell Betts, Fred Smoot, Cornelius Griffin, Rock Cartwright, Randy Thomas, Todd Collins, Eddie Williams, JD Skolnitsky,  and Marcus Mason

2010 Free Agents Brought In
Player
Postion
Result
Artis Hicks
T/G
 3 years - $9mil
Larry Johnson
                  RB  3 years, $13 mil ($3.5 guar.)
Ma'ake Kemoeatu    
                  NT  2 years, $6.975mil
Rex Grossman    
                  QB  1-year deal
Josh Bidwell    
                  P  Unknown...
   Phillip Buchanon
                  CB 1-year, $1.5 mil ($750K guar.) 
   Donovan McNabb
                  QB Trade - 2nd round pick & cond. 2011 pick
   



2010 Redskins UFAs and RFAs
Player
Tender
Result
1st Round Pick; $3.1M
 Traded to Raiders for 2012 4th round pick.
1st Round Pick
 
2nd Round
 
                2nd Round
 
Kedric Golston
           2nd Round
 
2nd Round
Signed.
              None
 Now an UFA
            DEAL
 Signed.
Anthony Montgomery
5th round
Signed.
Will Montgomery
DEAL
 Signed offer sheet
Lorenzo Alexander
DEAL
 3-year deal (3/5/2010)

 
 
DEAL
 3-year deal for approx $3.3mil (3/4/10)
Levi Jones (UFA)
 
Hunter Smith (UFA)
 
Phillip Daniels (UFA)
DEAL
 Details not known yet (3/4/10)
Mike Williams (UFA)
DEAL
Multi-year deal 
Renaldo Wynn (UFA)
 
Todd Yoder (UFA)
 
Ethan Albright (UFA)
 


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Comments

As for my pick...

I’m sticking w/ my guns and acquiring Donte Whitner….JC to BUF.

Chan Gailey likes running QB’s, I’m still thinking they’re going to draft Tebow.
Buffalo’s secondary is they’re only strength I don’t know why they would break that up. I definitely don’t think they’d give us they’re first rounder, are you implying a straight up trade?

Wait do you know something we don’t?

Dansby

5 years, $55 million

$30 million guaranteed.

Here we go, another high priced player
I agree

He will fit the defense whether we run a 3-4 or a 4-3.

what if we run a "redskins defense"
Then we need

Peppers.

Sproles

5yrs $34M
16M guaranteed

But I really wanted the Miata, Kev

w/8-track!!

Sproles was just tendered.

Gonna be in SD another year.

Yes sir, for the low price of a first and third (which we don’t have) we can have an expensive and occasionally deadly 3rd down back and return specialist.

But

also an 8-track. It can do everything!

Pitts, Chester

OG – Houston
3 years, 10M
2.5m guaranteed

YES

and Pashos, and Gandy, and any other under 30 offensive linemen are out there. Let’s load up there so that we have some flexibility in the draft.
Lets say Okung is gone by 4, so we pick someone else. Then lets say someone like Brandon Graham (just an example. He’s fresh on my mind off another post) is available in round 2. We’re screwed whether we pick him or not. Either we get him, and pass on the O-lineman, or we get the O-linemen and pass on a steal.

Regardless, I think we should draft at least 2 O-linemen. But I think we need AT LEAST 5 new bodies along the line going into next year. So forget Peppers, forget Sproles, forget Rolle, maybe grab Dansby. But stockpile as many under 30 O-linemen with half a pulse as possible. Then we can dump the deadweight we have.

Finally somebody see's the light

+1000

I agree with most of what you said.

1)Although, there is a 0% chance Okung will be gone. TB and Detroit themselves believe they dont need tackles.

2) Why forget Rolle? He is a good FS, which is a position we are desperate for. The only reason we shouldn’t sign him is if we are going to draft either Eric Berry or Nate Allen.

I don’t like the move. I still have faith that Landry can pull through for us at FS

What I mean is I don’t want Rolle, Allen, or Berry (Berry because that would mean taking him with our fourth overall).

well my reasoning was

1) Kyle is already familiar with him
2) then we have someone on the O-line to help break down responsibilities to the other OL players
3) he’s under 30
4) no one seems to be talking about him
5) this is Allen and Shanahan, not Vincenzo (the enabled of The Dan)

ACL repair and the 2010 season

It often takes 2 years to get performance up to pace. Pitts is already 30. Can the Skins wait?

that may be true for RB's

not sure if it’s appliccable for OL’s, simply because it’s not as if lineman have to cut and change direction like backs and receivers and DB’s do. He also went down early in the season, so he should be farther along in his rehab.

Dansby

4yrs $29M

Surprised that no one has picked Peppers…maybe that is just wishful thinking on our parts….

My parts want no part of Peppers.

Yet, suspect the trend will continue.

Anquan Boldin

Was tendered for a third rounder, too bad we don’t have one. I would love to see him in a Redskins uniform but he wants money and has injury problems. He would also hurt the development of our young receivers too but I dont know.

Oh and I know he’s a restricted free agent, thats not my guess ha I was just throwing that out there.

3 years too late

he’s a talent, no doubt. But I say we stick with guys under 30. Besides, I’m still hoping anything he can do Devin can do better. Oh, except pout.

Best pic to start Free Agency.

I’ve gotta go Dansby. $35 mil guaranteed.

Kory Lichtensteiger

I win!

You guys see this?

http://www.hogshaven.com/2010/3/4/1356309/carlos-rogers-is-an-a

Sorry, to pimp my Fanshot, but I never get enough play with them. Also, wanna make sure i get cred for saying it first.

ha Yeah I saw that earlier and was thinking about doing a fanshot too but my efforts to share articles with people go unseen as well…

It’s a depressing world in the fanshot area.

It needs to be higher on the page so people see them better
Peppers

35 mil guaranteed

Dunta Robinson

18M guaranteed

Damn!!

Duanta Robinson

19 million G

You Price is Righted me
Duanta Robinson

19,000,000.01

jk
dunta one dollar!

now thats price is righting someone

Any ideas/rumors on Yoder's fate?

havent heard anyhing but id trade cooley and keep yoder- esp if they are going to spend the fourth pick on a qb. you just cant afford two all pro tight ends when you have no left or right tackle. those positions really need to come out of the first two rounds.

I agree.

I could live with Yoder and Sleepy, or Yoder, Sleepy and Cooley, but I’m not happy with just Cooley and Sleepy.

Yoder is a decent FB as well
He can do everything!

Surprised he wasn’t tendered for a 1st and 3rd!!

yes decent hands and the best blocker of the bunch for sure

He and Hunter the Punter were

our most consistent offensive threats.

why trade Cooley?

there’s no cap after all.

Give me Sproles

30M guaranteed

Rekka

All in on the Sproles wagon? Hmmmm…

Not at all

I just want that T-Shirt :)

Trade you a T for the Miata...
no way dude

get your own!

But I already have the 8-track!!!

Quinn Ojinnaka (RFA), G/OT, Falcons. Age: 26.
Tendered by Falcons (5th round)

Quinn Ojinnaka is available for a fifth-round pick. He has starting experience and can play multiple positions. Teams in search of quality depth up front should consider giving up their fifth-round pick for the versatile Ojinnaka.

He sucks so we will sign him for 1.8mm per season, draft a tackle in the second round and say the line is fixed

Aren't Falcons rebuilding their OLine?

Looks like they are trying to get something for nothing.

Even the jaded cynic ScottE
He sucks so we will sign him for 1.8mm per season, draft a tackle in the second round and say the line is fixed

does not think Shanny & Co will pass up any opportunity to make major OLine strides – at least 5 new linemen in camp via UFA, FA, and draft. Maybe a few off the street, too.

hope to god

it’s more draft than anything else

Yes

but at times one needs to throw as many bodies at the problem as possible and let god the Shannys sort it out later. Either way, it is at least a 2 draft problem to kill and, hopefully, an every year occurrence thereafter – not a problem, but a focus of attention.

well, i def hope you are right. i have yet to see it but will happliy give props. but i dont think u can get a real franchise left or right tackle after the second round. i am sure it is possible, but why should i give the benefit of the doubt after all i have been through- lol

i will say this- how they tendered people leads me to believe they want at least another first or second round pick. so i am thinking they want to get the qb#4 and two tackles with the other first/second rounders. after qb and O linemen, i think the only other possible consideration would be a NT.

I can see that scenario playing out.

Not particularly thrilled with it, but then again, I won’t lose my job if it doesn’t pan out.

i hate to see ticket prices in a couple years. i think people kid themself when they say its dannys money. ultimately, it is always the fans money. maybe he can dome off the stadium and put seats on a glass floor overlooking play. otherwise, start saving boyz…these constant mistakes are gonna cost us :(

Bring on the $18 cheap domestics!
This is an oxymoron!
Not the first time

we’ve heard Big Brother-speak out of this organization.

Ojinnaka

has been improving in pass protection blocking, but still has not rated that well in run blocking and penalties. http://profootballfocus.com/by_player.php?tab=by_player&season=2009&surn=O&playerid=3084&group=1. What else can the Skins get with a 5th round pick?
Probably someone better than Quinn.

Casey Wiegmann for $2M guaranteed, about 15 minutes after Casey Rabach gets big bucks to move somewhere else

god i hope not- hes 37 already

Julius Peppers 32 Million G

Ok I know i don’t get a second pick so I’ll just throw this out their because I think Sproles maybe here instead. 15 Million G.

Thomas Jones

7 mil guaranteed.
Long shot.

Sproles

$17,999,999 G funk.

Does anyone else get the feeling that tomorrow is Christmas!?

I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight I’m so giddy…:)

Christmas?

That’s one way to think about it….

Yeah I am filled with dread
No Peppers, it's Christmas

As long as there’s no Peppers headline, I’ll consider it Christmas.

Ugh.

for the past 3-4 seasons FA has brought me dread, hoping Dan Snyder the GM/president doesn’t sign a bunch of $30M players.

I’m right there with you..

free agency is less important with every passing year

Dan Snyder’s going to have to come up with a new mgmt plan.

Chad Clifton

8 mil guaranteed

But he's like 6' 5" and 320 lbs

Seems big for a Shanny type Oline guy. Also, wasn’t the Green Bay line almost as sucky as ours last year?

they were bad because Clifton was hurt....They picked back up when he returned

He’s kinda old and injury prone though. Might have good value as backup or stop gap though.

Stereo type of the Shanny o-line.

It may be past tense. Snyder is more willing to spend than the Denver owner. The signing of Mike Williams does not support the smaller o-line notion. Shanahan gave his reasons for signing M. Williams and it seemed to be based on MW motivation last season.
It may be too soon to tell what the blocking scheme will be.

Per RI

“… In fact, Clifton’s agent was at Redskins Park on Thursday. Jimmy Sexton also represents Samuels and attended his long-time client’s retirement news conference. Clifton is an unrestricted free agent, but reportedly already has an offer of $5 million to return to Green Bay next season. According to the Yahoo Sports report, Clifton, a 10-year veteran, is seeking a deal that would pay him $7 million a year.”

Brian Westbrook is my vote

If he even counts, since he will be cut, and won’t actually be a FA.

Well

he owes us a few wins over Philly, having killed us over the years.

definitely

you see a lot of guys get shifted from team to team within the NFC East a lot. Could wind up that Antonio Pierce is the first one coming to the Redskins, then.

No his neck is worse then we think he was a staple in that giants D

CB Leigh Bodden $9.725 signing bonus, $27 million for 4 years.

Nice pick

Sure he’s not too under the radar for Danny? A little long in the tooth, but a hometown guy, so it might work – especially if we get a number 1 for Carlos…well, that’s not going to happen.

Bodden is probably worth the bucks.

http://profootballfocus.com/by_player.php?tab=by_player&season=2009&page=3&surn=B&playerid=1564
His only negative game was due to penalties.

Rex Grossman

about 5 mil guaranteed over 2 years maybe.

I had him as a given

so no rush to get him signed.

I had to pick someone...

I technically have this locked up with Kory Lichtensteiger since he was the first free agent we actually signed, but I have the feeling that its not going to count.

No Miata for you!
How does that crow taste Scott?
Like chicken!

Congrats! Can I borrow the Miata? I have an Allman Bros 8-track tape I haven’t heard in a while.

I'll let you take it out on a date sometime

but it has to be in by 10:30 or you’re grounded!

Back to you by the end of October?

No problem!

Patrick Ramsey... $12.00
A nickel a sack?
Does he have a sack left

after all of his years in Washington?

Sproles

29 mil, 15 guaranteed over 5 years

Ah, you undercut me, you fiend!

LOL

Antrel Rolle

17 guaranteed

Rolle

4 years, $26 million, $8 guaranteed.

PRIME TIME

Deion Sanders..1 year, 15M… ALL guarenteed

Gimmie my T-Shirt!

Peppers

4 yrs / $60M
$30M guaranteed

Peppers

4 yrs/$60 million
$22M guaranteed
Yurp, CPJ…

PS

That was painful to type :(

here we go again

why not pick up that craptastic cowboy again?

Deion Sanders $35M

Dumervil

5 years, $58 million, $20 million guaranteed.

no way

I wouldn’t give up the #4 pick for Dumervil

Karlos dansby

5 years 42 million.

17 million guaranteed

Whoever had Sproles is out....

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/04/sproles-ready-free-agency/

more money for Peppers
And Dansby

Shite. Anyone have a used Miata that needs an 8-track. I can get you one on the cheapo. :)

This means it's Montario Hardesty!

I’m just sayin.

Did you notice the picture in that article is a Redskin on the ground…

kareem moore if I'm not mistaken
Damn the bad luck

Now we have to trade them a rodgers and a mcintosh for sproles and merryman.

Is there a consolation T-shirt

 for picking the first guy to be taken out of the FA pool?

Pacman

Pacman Jones
uh..what is the vet min to “make it rain”?

The package deal...

I think Shanny is smart enough to spread the wealth around – instead of one or two ‘major’ guys, he’ll load up with some over-valued contracts on mostly younger, but solid guys.

This will include:
- Rex Hadnot, G (28) – 1 year, $1.7M – more a stop-gap / depth
- Chad Clifton, LT (34) – 2 years, $7.3M OR his RT counterpart in Green Bay – Chad Clifton (33), 2 years, $5.2M
- Mike Brisiel, G (27) – with Shanny Jr. in Houston, on IR most of the year – 4 years, $3.2M (unless he’s an exclusive rights FA, as I’m sure Houston will give him a contract)
- Jeremy Bridges, take 2 – 2 years, $4.2M

Chad Clifton

is a good pass protection blocker, but had a lot of penalties (half in one game against Detroit). He would be good for transition with a rookie at left tackle. He is visiting the Redskins on 4/5/10. He shared an agent with Samuels.

Chad used us

to get leverage with GB and that was soon finallized.

The thing is, I think Allen and Shanhan will accept interest from anyone that wants to visit, but we now have a savvy FO that means that not every move or every visit is an indication of an impending contract. They can use some moves by players against agents just as they themselves are being used. It’s no longer the requirement to be first in line with a buckt of money. Olders vets at the right price, younger vets preferred.

Artis Hicks was signed by the Skins.

He is one of the older vets, age 32, 6’4", 335 lbs. He is versatile, having played LT, RT, LG, and RG. At this point in his career, he is a backup OL. His 2009 performance while not great was better than what we had at these positions most of the season, except LG. In 2009, He played in 16 games and started 3. He has not been a regular starter since 2006 when he started 14 games.

I gotta believe

that his versatility in being a capable “plug and play guy” all along the line was the key here. Especially considering the sieve that was the ’Skins O-Line last year.

Randle El era officially is over
ScottE

always said there’s a silver lining :)

Wow!

Growing up we always got to open one present on Christmas Eve. The tradition continues!

what do you think we're gonna see with Rock and Thomas gone?

FA guard with another in the draft to see who’s gonna start?

Think Alridge may have a shot?

Alridge is 100% on this roster now and will be...already announced
I know they signed him to as futures contract

I was just wondering if you thought he had a legitimate shot at making the 53.

1 Product

Stick’em

J PEP

Peppers for a cool billion… all guaranteed…. for one year

Via Rich Campbell
2010 savings on base salaries for Cartwright, Randle El, RThomas, Smoot and Betts = $10.52 million
One would hope that

Rocky M and Carlos will settle down and realize they don’t have it so bad.

LT anyone?

I wonder if dumping Betts means we are making a run at LT or C. Taylor. I guess Shanny could also work his late round magic. Honestly I wouldn’t mind seeing (a rejuvenated) Portis, LT, and Aldrige on 3rd down.

I say absolutely not regarding LT.

Why do we want two run down running backs?

Rejuvenated

I mean’t for that to apply to Portis and LT

I know what you mean, but I still have my doubts that Portis can be rejuvenated. Don’t get me wrong I think Protis and LT have a little left in the tank but it’s too much of a risk having them as our backs.

And for the cost

We could get 4 RBs in the draft and have a frickin relay team in the backfield.

Portis

spends his offseasons in Brazil ‘passing the baton’ as well.

Le grande baton rouge

would not surprise me.

Really? kinda woulda expected more.

lotta guaranteed money there.

$10.52 million
I'll miss Rock

Awesome Special teamer totally underrated Running Back

they're REALLY cleaning house this year.

I’m gonna miss smoot aka The Mouth of the South

I’ll miss Rock for his heart and Smoot for his pure comedy. Maybe he can get a commentator job somehwere here in DC.

Him and Randle El having they’re own show…

I'll just take Smoot thank you
ARE could never do a radio show

since all he does is wave his arm in the air…

maybe he could be Public Enemy's Hype man?
He could yell into the mike that

he’s diving under his desk in the studio, but came up a yard short. I’d believe it…

Smootism

“75% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Smoot.”
Take care Smoot.

Ah

My favorite quote….

Fred Smoot

Man, that’s a surprise. I’ll miss him – he’s a warrior.

smoot was a true redskin

I know theyre going another direction but this guy played his heart out. Usually the smallest guy on the field, usually playing through some kind of injury he was on the field a lot more than he wasnt and you could tell he loved football. Peace Freddy!

Cornelius Griffin cut too

Randy THomas was at Redskins Park for Chris Samuels…then he got a phone call at home a few hours later. Rough.

I guess its their way of telling him

he should’ve retired.

I get the feeling like somebody's gonna pick him up for depth
Those were some pretty well known names in DC area for awhile now

We can’t forget Shanny has no allegiance to these guys and no one is safe. I don’t think we can rule out a trade of Cooley or anyone.

Good News!

Glad to see this. I liked some of these guys, but it is time to rebuild.
Keep up the good work FO, stay away from pacman seriously.

if this FO needs to be told that

then all this cleaning house mean nothing

Anymore cuts coming?

I wouldn't be suprised
A lot of these guys

I’ve really liked as Redskins, but they are truly past prime and not exactly premier players, ever. Bring in the yute.

All players cut are over the age of 30...

The quotes of the cut players are pretty raw…more on those soon.

Randle El: “Never saw this coming.”
Griff said he had a great 10 years and might retire.

Where are you getting all of this?

Betts was just on 106.7 and

Cartwright is supposed to come on in a little

What did he say?

He actually played it cool....

Said he was disappointed but expected it. Carlos was on earlier talking about his 1st roung tender…..he wants out of town….bad!

Cartwright is on right now....you can stream it.....

just search 106.7 the fan

appreciate it..

I'm gonna recap all these quotes tonite for a post...lot of stuff.
ARE: Never saw this coming

LOL – he never saw the punt team coming either. Just automatic fair catch signal. That will get you longevity in this league…not. What did he have a .6 yd/catch average, too. Pahleeze.

Jamal Williams just got cut

I think we make a strong play for him, no idea how much we’re gonna throw out for another DT though

He was horrid last year and then hurt

I wouldn’t take him for more than the minimium

antrelle rolle was cut

Wants like 8M a year though

No thanks…

at that price

me neither, just thought I’d share with everyone since we were just talking about him the other day

Is someone going to give him that much?
vincenzo may have
Elite safety money is 5-6M a year

I’d pay him 3 a year and thats it.

yea Adrian Wilson is better than him

and is only making 6m+

of course if anyone drafts Berry in the top 5 they'll be paying him 10-12M a year

which would skew things.

Pashos.....

12 million guaranteed over 5

i thought pashos got franchised?
I may have missed it.....

been on the go quite a bit lately…..I am falling behind!

i could be wrong myself

I’m double checking now

I could be mistaken, but I think the 49ers used the tag on their NT

That sounds right.....

if I ever finish my damn work….I can research some myself….haha!

teams do have an add'l tag this year....

I think it’s a transition tag they can also apply to one player…..don’t know the details of it though

They franchised NT Aubrayo Franklin

there is a transition tag this year also though……but I don’t see anything showing me they used it

you're right

my bad

All good Rekka
Anybody firgure out....

how much cap space has been cleared with the 6 cuts so far?

I thought Kevin said 10.5M
Good....still not enough for Peppers....

he supposedly turned down 14 mil a year from Carolina already!

It's over $12 mil now
Not that cap space matters...

Since this year will be uncapped.

Cap space matters alot

if you expect there to be football in 2011.

Right on Carver....

teams still need to be wise….just bc this year is uncapped….doesn’t mean next year won’t. You have to make plans as if nothing has changed unless you sign everyone to one year deals!

Snyder still has a box of Happy Gilmore checks

I know it’s a new regime but I’m guessing that Dan still has a few Happy checks laying in a corner waiting to be endorsed.

we all know nothing has changed

Dansby

17 million guarenteed.

Someone beat you to that up above

vt2 or something

Add Marcus Mason to the list of cuts

sorry CJHutch

Bruce Allen speaking LIVE at 7pm....

http://redskins.com/

when does free agency start 12:01? does that mean peppers will be signed at 12:20

yea, in 6 hours.
FA start

Is it 3/5/10, 12:01 AM or 11:59 PM?

12:01. when they can start signing players.so peppers or anyone else can be signed before 12:30 thats my prediction anyway

danny hasmt learned at all! high priced guys wont win a championship. if they sign peppers i think it will be a huge mistake

Id be shocked if they get Peppers

dansby, maybe. i would like to see them not sign peppers and sign dunta robinson or antrell rolle

Dansby's plane just landed in MIA...thats a bad sign for signing w/ WAS

do we see maybe collins or colt gone next?

im surprised Todd wasnt cut

is there a deadline for when you have to stop cutting players before the free agency period starts

Yes

 If a player is cut, his salary for the remainder of his contract is neither paid nor counted against the salary cap for that team.

But after free agency, they count against the cap and thats when roster bonuses and any other incentives are due.

Just covering his tracks

The real question is where is Redskin 1?

I used to be able to track it via http://flightaware.com/

But he caught on and blocked it.

then why didnt he do that for when the plane went to denver. i mean come on danny, you block it for free agency but not when courting your next coach

someone noticed the tail in Denver and then it hit twitter world

That’s hilarious…

he is making sure no one can track its movements

He learned from his buddy Cheney
I must say

I don’t understand Griffin and Cartwright. Other than age, these two are at a very good price in 2010 and bring good value. Both of these guys are humble and still bring alot on the field. They would have made great role models for younger guys coming in also. I’m not talking about being loyal, I’m just saying from a purely value point of view.

Everyone else I understand, their salaries exploded and may have been cut anyway.

They must be planning on brining in many more free agents that I thought. We certaintly don’t have the draft picks and not many guys if any from practice sqaud are capable IMO.

Interesting though.

its all bout the age, plus danny want peppers

Well, the fact Griff is gonna retire speaks volumes

well then it makes sense now they would release him due with the injury bug and all that. would he retire as a giant or a skin?

Skin in my opinion
If Griff was a horse he would be glue by right now

He was pretty bad last year.

Peppers/Orakpo/Haynesworth is unstoppable pass-rush.

I don’t care what anyone says about Peppers, he’s a beauty and a beast.

We were top 5 in sacks this past year I think.

So its not like pass rush is a priority. we should spend that money on a DB.

this team should not be down

with paying Rolle 8M a year.

Coverage Sacks!

Get both at the same time.

No sir,

I cannot agree. Who’s going to be doing the covering? OLB’s don’t just rush the ball, if we put Orakpo and Peppers out there at the same time it would be bad news with quick dumpoffs.

and why does Hogs Haven tell me I’m spelling Orakpo’s name wrong?

nope
a beast.
3 more cuts added to the list up top...no one major....Todd Collins the most notable.

‘tis a shame to see Griffin Cut. Always liked him. Smoot’s mouth will hopefully stay with the team in some capacity.

i was hopin we would keep eddie williams

seemed like a viable pass catching full back, all he would need to do is get his blocking up to snuff

ehhh

we already got Yoder and Sellers

Sellers cant catch or block
whoop, there it is
He can catch

so long as Hunter is throwing

That play defined the Redskins last season, desperate.

Sellers

It’s Sellers that should be cut. He let the team down many times, and is a divisive personality.

mmh

I don’t see him as divisive, he’s a jokester. but I would have rather seen him cut than eddie williams. at the least we should bring in another person ina UDFA

Sellers is great.

He showed some lack of effort at times last year, but he’s still a great FB.

lack of effort is not something a football team needs

that’s how dropped balls, and tackles in the backfield happen

I think with the right motivation

Sellers should show up in much better shape and focus. You cannot replace his incredible size/speed combo easily. With motivation and focus he deserves a spot on the team.

don't have a choice now

williams is gone

And his hurdling ability

Good for one or two every game.

I always wanted him to

hurdle the LB and land squarely on some poor hapless CB. Just one of those things you want to see every so often.

Todd, Colt

I hope this means Colt will get a chance to show what he can do. I was a little dismayed to hear that Shanahan had never seen him play (on tape, anyway). Todd was a good man, too, but definitely not the QB of the future.

I doubt they keep Colt

WaPo has been reporting for weeks that if Colt hadn’t gotten injured they were gonna cut him and that the current regime respects Zorn’s decidedly negative opinion on Colt.

One can only hope.

ehh I hope we get someone with a chance of actually being good
Colt

I missed that in the Post. But I had a strong feeling that Zorn didn’t like him (repeated condescening and negative language, which I figured was partly to justify his selection of JC as the QB before even one workout). He got rid of him (to IR) as soon as possible, too. On Sellers: replays (and pointed out by Cris Collingsworth) showed that Sellers inexcusably missed – didn’t even try – on crucial blocks for both Portis and Betts in goal line situations. Just plain wiffed. Clinton was 100% justified to complain, and Sellers laughed it off, didn’t admit it, and managed to get the press to blame CP. A shoddy performance, and he ought to be cut before he does more damage.

I’m not 100 percentage positive but I’m pretty sure that’s not how it went down…

Todd was no surprise

and I wish him well. Part of an era where at one time there were like 6 U-M QBs in the league. Unheard of. Especially from a school not known for its QBs traditionally.

And one that has sucked so hard at football

in recent years.

Thanks for taking it easy on me, Carver

Do you have morning rugby practice, too? :) Seriously, no one feels my pain re: U-M football more than I.

I go to UVa

I KNOW about bad football teams.

Respectability is cyclical, generally

Fortunately or unfortunately we are not used to that. Not bragging, just the way it is.

I can understand that.

I played at a small college, and its very cyclical on the DIII level, to the tune of every 4-6 years.

Wait do you play rugby at UVA?

I believe he is a member of a club team in Charlottesville

if I recall correctly.

Hey, Carver. Did you play rugby in all that snow? Must have been awesome!!

Yeah

Virginia Rugby Club actually. Nah, we couldn’t play in that crap. We’ve had to practice in a gym because our field is saturated. It sucks.

You know Stebbins?

I don't really know any of the undergrads, no.

Ah, alright. Thought I’d ask.

Do you know of Dick Voris?

He was one of my high school coaches before he coached Hartnell JC to the junior college Rose Bowl. Unfortunately his teams a UVa set the NCAA losing record during his tenure. The academic standards at UVa in those days did not help recruiting much.

Nah,

I’m only 24, and there have been enough recent bad teams that he isn’t talked about much. Looking him up on Wikipedia, I now understand why, 1-29 is pretty bad. Hell, that’s actually my varsity record from high school, coincidentally.

peppers

52 mil signing bonus front loaded no cap problems next year

Dansby. $20M guaranteed.
Robinson

10 Million Guaranteed.

4 year/35 million

I think the Skins will trade for Namdi A.

what do you think we’d give them for it? I don’t see that being possible without giving the Raiders alot. You’re talking about Nnamdi Asomugha. I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce his name

Nom-dee Ah-sum-wah
TIME TO BLOW YOUR MIND

Aaron Kampman, 15mil guaranteed

I think the Skins are gonna throw truck loads of money at Peppers, lose, then turn some of that money back around at Kampman, and we snag him in the end.

I actually think throwing money blindly at people will not work so quickly this year like it did with Haynesworth.

Kampman isn't good in a 3-4

thats why he wont be a packer next year

wasn't kampman

having problems this year in green bay with the switch to the 3-4?

I won't saying I wanted him

But he was having issues, but he should move back to DE if he does come here.

Remember, this is who we think will get signed, not who we want. I don’t really want Peppers or Kampman, especially not Kampman in a 3-4, but I see him as our first prize.

Makes no sense if we are transitioning to a 3-4

That’s his big issue in GB. He wants 4-3.

Ben Hamilton

$2M guaranteed

WHERE'S PORTIS' NAME??

I just woke up, saw this mine field. I almost blew my load when I saw Randle El, but I gritted my teeth to wait for Portis, which woulda given me ultimate release. Talk about a let down. UGH.

blame the previous FO for the blue balls CJ

Portis is a favorite of shanahan.But let him come to camp out if shape again we will send his ass packing…

too much guaranteed money.

it’s not worth cutting him.

i think you are right. in the end, i think they can trade him and throw in cash to make it palatable

Rabach inked to 3-year deal
3 years?!?

He better be riding pine after this season

Whole deal is for $3.1...not a big deal
very affordable.

he’ll make a nice back up when we bring in 5 new linemen this year

AFTER this season?
I look forward to the day when guys will take a pay cut

to stay here or come here because they want to play on a championship team.

I hope you're in your 20's or younger then
had the same thought

I’ll be sure to remember this convo for when I’m in my 50s

I've got time

Rekka and I will take over here when you and Sugar are too arthritic to use your computers.

tell sugar to make sure there's enough room on the server though
He can delete all of this

after he writes his memoirs

Pamphlet!
memoirs in pamphlet form
Tomlinson

Tomlinson will be signed by 12:01

Shanahan

He loves that guy why else would you get rid of betts/cartwright

because he's going to get the majority of his guaranteed money anyway

so you keep him so it’s one less thing to worry about

Absolutely i agree i think Portis will be fine. I can honestly see us gettin LT.

that wasn't an endorsement of CP

I was just rationalizing why he would still be here. Shanahan was the one that shipped him out in the first place after back to back 1000 yard seasons.

who cares how "Portis will be"

the Redskins are better off dumping him while they can. He’ll be a mediocre back AT best this year, and even worse the next two or 3 years when the team is STILL on the hook for paying him. Why not cut him now, while there is no cap hit.
I say this, of course, knowing full well that they may be doing that anyway, just down the road a little. Hell, who knows, maybe they wanna make him suffer a little bit. Allen mentioned wanting to give the rest of these guys time in the market. Maybe they wanna give CP as little time as possible, since they’ll be paying him anyway.

Trade

So does anyone think we trade Cooley

Peppers – $44 Million Guaranteed

has there been any word on Ethan Albright?
close to a deal

Ahh the legacy of the Long Red Snapper lives on, that guy is quite the character. I suggest getting an interview with him and make sure he reads his letter to Madden.

Bears

may save us from being the dumbest team in FA:
http://twitter.com/LanceZierlein
LZ says the bears are going hard after Peppers hard

let's hope they can pull it off
they may have

everybody pray to whatever you believe in

good news...

Peter King is saying that the Skins and Allen aren’t looking at the overpriced big names.

Too bad for Peppers that the Skins won’t be driving up the price.

That’s reassuring…

Eagles have an offer on peppers I heard..

yea, skins dont want him

this is unreal
It's a good day

What team is this? All I see are words like Restraint, and Patience, and Needs, and 2nd Tier, and I’m thoroughly confused.

I nearly passed out

when I saw that tweet about Allen saying don’t worry about the big name FAs last night, go after the secondary guys.

I knew all that crap about the Redskins

being interested in so&so was bullshit.

wow

I guess Danny’s really not in control anymore. 45 minutes and into FA and nothing

THIS JUST IN!!!!

The Washington Redskins just signed veteran wide receiver Ray Carruth to a long term deal. Specifics of the contract are unknown but believed to be in the $4.25 Million/year for 18 to 24 years. He will have until October 22, 2018 to prove his worth.

Phillip Daniels signed his offer

Longest tenured Redskin currently…Sellers is in 2nd place…Cooley is in 3rd place.

Am I the only one

that thinks it’s hilarious that the whole NFL world is wondering where the Redskins are with Danny checkbook?

I think I’m having a harder time grasping the situation than them

Bruce Allen just commented Skins have no interest in Peppers

Never even called him.

you shoulda gave out a warning before that one Kev

I just damn near had a heart attack,

Never even called??!?! It’s enough to make a man cry…

On the other hand, we all know that when Peppers said he was talking to us as well he was just trying to drive up the price.

Dan Snyder

The sportswriters gave Dan so much grief over “high priced free agents” that he may have just decided that, since he cannot buy a winner, he will just budget some amount, let his management team do the thinking, and hope for the best. After all the devastating losses, he’s just not going to go running around, obsessing about some big name player. So this may be a very quiet FA period, no big names. That’s what the wise guy critics wanted, so give it to them. We can probably eke out 4 wins with what we have and can get in the draft. Good for him!

Anyone check Fed Ex Field for Dan

I’m guessing Bruce gave Dan a lighter and a pile of cash and sent him to Fed Ex Field. Just light your money up in peace and let us run the football team and FA. This way everybody wins.

sounds plausible
lotta conjecture in there.

Snyder’s got a loooooong way to go before he gets ANY benefit of the doubt.

Gibril Wilson, FS

“… the Miami Dolphins will release FS Gibril Wilson Friday, March 5, according to his agent.”
Read more: http://www.kffl.com/hotw/nfl#ixzz0hKJ3BNZ7

Wilson’s stats for the Dophins (2009) and Giants (2007) were decent (positive) whereas they were not that good with the Raiders (2008) – http://profootballfocus.com/by_player.php?tab=by_player&season=2009&page=4&surn=W&playerid=1857

Nnamdi Alphabet makes everyone in the Raider's secondary look terrible
Dan Snyder

Don’t get me wrong, he’s the boss, and nobody – but nobody – sends him anywhere. But he very possibly just found out that it is too difficult and heartbreaking to get too involved. Just stand back, let Bruce and Mike handle things, keep them if we win, bounce them if we lose. Supervise, but don’t interfere on details. On Peppers, it’s not surprising – they are concentrating on offense. I hope that means they are not planning to switch to the 3-4 anytime soon (which would demand some new players).

Mike Williams just signed a deal...

Good value for RG…if gets healthy can compete to start and def a capable backup.

Big Mike

That is good news. I always wondered how good he was, but began hearing good things about him at RG. He could be why they let Randy T. go. If we’re decent at C and G, it leaves the two tackle slots to fill (I can’t see Heyer as anything more than a backup, and don’t know about Levi Jones at RT, except that he’s not great at LT). Grossman could be good at QB, and could possibly even beat out JC. Or maybe Colt could beat out both of them.

I didn't think he played well at guard.

He’s very immobile, which means he can’t pull, and he’s not great in pass blocking situations.

With thoughts like this
Or maybe Colt could beat out both of them.

I’m surprised no one has called 911. Hope everything turns out alright and you get back to reality soon. (just kidding, but…really. I hope Colt learned something at school, or he gets a break in the CFL, because I don’t see it happening here.)

Praise Vishnu

Some sense has been spoken.

Thats not good news, signing Mike Williams to a multi year deal is a project and means we’re desperate on the line.

you thought we weren't desperate?

I have no problem with working him out at backup money. It’s not like we are gonna put together 8 great linemen in one year.

My comment was based on the Colt nonsense
he was replying to

travisj

so was I
I'm confused
Me too

Don’t mind me it’s Friday and almost happy hour.

you and ScottE must frequent the same watering hole
Davis' Pub in Eastport, Annapolis

Check it out next time you are in town.

I drank in Annapolis after a rugby match once

some little Irish pub… the name of it escapes me

If i drank in Annapolis

I’d have no way to make it back to DC

On tends to lose ones sense of direction

when crawling.

Was it in the main part of town?

Then Castle Bay or Gallway Bay.

Davis’ is across the bridge and into Eastport. A total locals hangout with good food and better prices than in the main part of town. In fact, I’m headed there now. I shall down a pint in your honor, Sir!

Definitely not across the bridge.

It was on that main drag that runs down to the harbor. towards the land-end of it, if that makes sense. Right next to a little parking garage.

No we all know we’re desperate on the line, but I was hoping we had enough of a plan not to bring Mike Williams back. I know some people are cheering for him and I hope he proves me wrong, but he didn’t suck for no reason.

A couple of things

he was always supposed to be a multi-year project who got called into action sooner than planned.

Also, you just don’t find guys his size sitting under every other tree in the forrest.

And finally, I think he’s basically a good guy who has been working really hard to be the player he was projected to be – and he was hampered by an ankle or groin injury which hurt his performance. So I think he still has upside to be a solid starter or at least solid, inexpensive backup.

Most guys his size are sitting under bridges
you just don’t find guys his size sitting under every other tree in the forest.
Taking toll money? :)
And eating sheep
PFT is reporting Skins interested in Rex Grossman

Kyle Shanahan was his coordinator last year…

cue ScottE

As much as I would hate Rex Grossman coming here, it would be hilarious to see LJP’s reaction if he did AND beat out JC for the starting spot

not saying thats going to happen

he's definitely willing to throw the ball downfield

no matter how many people are covering the receiver.

I pretty much had this as a given

Question is: will it be a fair competition between Rexxy and JC?

Not the first time a coach leaned hard on a favorite over the more talented player. Just sayin.

i think someone scoops up jason campbell for a 2nd round pick. that is a decent deal. he doesnt throw many interceptions! coaches like that!

if that happened, i could live with both second rounders being tackles for the future and them signing one of the QB at #4. though i really would like to have okung anchor us for a decade.

but jason can't go anywhere for less than a 1st
he can if we chose to trade him for less
Rexxy has led a team in the Playoffs

and won a playoff game or two :)

JC has……..chirp, chirp, chirp
Got hurt and the backup led the team to the playoffs…hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

if that's the criteria

why the hell isn’t mike vick in B&G?

Rexxy has taken a team to the Super Bowl

Vick has not.

fine

call up Dilfer, he actually won a super bowl

shit bring back Brad Johnson
Sexy Rexy wouldn't come here.

If Kyle Shanahan wasn’t impressed with his progression in the offese he wants to implement.

I'm sure there are worse backups in the league than Grossman

Plus having a guy who knows the system can ease the transistion for other guys on the Offense.

a la Todd Collins
Like I've said

it’s a given. I hope it is a tough, fair competition and Rexxy becomes an excellent and never used back up because our OLine is great again and JC never gets his uni dirty.

OK – it will be good to have a competent backup either way.

I would question the wording there
Rexxy has taken a team to the Super Bowl

I’m sure they were all on the same flight, but I’d say the Defense was flying the plane, if you catch my drift. Rexxy was more the game manager than the put ’em on my shoulders type QB, IMO.

That's exactly what I envision for this franchise

be it Campbell or be it Rexy

Well that's true!

A totally aggressive D with high sack, TOvr, and 3n-outs. Hold other teams to <17 pts/game.

A moderately lights up offense with running for good ball control and solid passing attack using 2TE and the 3Xs a game punch deep to keep opposing D honest. Avg. 27pts/game.

STs get and prevent good field position. Don’t give up HR, and occasionally spring one with our new game changer (whomever that may be)

Ta dah!!

Signing Grossman would be a traveshamockery…..

I would take Rexxy over Delhomme

speaking of recently unemployed QBs.

defintely- delhomme is AWFUL!

eh. there are worse choices for BACK UP qb
Looks like Peppers and Chester (the Molester) Taylor are Bears

Six years, $72M, half guaranteed for Peppers accd’g to Sun-Times http://bit.ly/dnnJzv

holy cr-p, $35M guaranteed? Bears GM is a moron

for this and other reasons.

Vinny is in Chicago!!!

Seriously that’s ridiculous

i would say

we need to see if they go for a malcontent CB, but they don’t have a 1st round pick.

Couldn't we cut them some slack

and slide Carlos out to them for a 2nd and a 5th rounder?

I don't think they have a 2nd
nah they don't
The Bears

do not a 2nd round pick either. The Cutler deal put them in a bad way.

They lost the second rounder in the Gaines Adams trade though

agree about Cutler though

I'd take their 1st next year

I think it’ll be a high pick, too

I think that pick's gone as well
No wonder they're signing Free Agents

they’re looking at a decade like we just went through.

Gotta give Vinny credit

That’s right Credit. He didn’t throw 2 1st rndrs on that Cutler trade.

I bet he wasn't far off from it
I thought that deal didn't go through

because McDaniel’s didn’t want JC?

Never stopped us before

from throwing more picks or money at the problem.

it did when they tried to get ocho cinco

they are fighting for their jobs

I now totally believe there are zombies

At least one named Vinnie who currently is staggering around Soldier Field writing unauthorized checks. Make my day, Vinnie!

Also cool Peppers didn’t go with Iggles. He might show up and play hard once or twice a year against us.

What do you guys think about making a trade for Gaither from the Ravens

he only got a first round tender and they might not wanna pay big bucks for 2 left tackles. Ravens seem open to moving him. Maybe this year’s 2nd and next years 4th? If we feel like we can put a decent team together this year maybe offer our 2011 first rounder? What do you guys think?

Total Crap. Get off the crack and meth. We do not want to lose ANY picks.

?

He’s a really good LT. I think a second and a 4th is pretty good value for a proven top flight LT who is only 23.

They would never take that deal

Because he’s a 23 yr old with huge upside.

well they put only a first round tender not the first and a third

Which would indicate they are cool with him leaving for a 1st rounder. They might not want to pay him and Oher when they can take another pick and get a RT and move Oher over. On the Football today podcast they were talking about how some teams with a late first might sign him and give up the pick.

He would be cheaper than any guy we got a #4 as well.
Williams, Brennan

Of course, Big Mike will have to compete for the job, and could easily end up a backup or gone. Did he sign for the veterans minimum? On Colt, I was kidding a little, but the fact is, Zorn did not like him and never gave him a chance, and tried to change his throwing motion. Colt showed flashes of talent in his rookie year and hardly played last year. We don’t know how good he is (as with the draft possibles). Shanahan said he had not seen Colt on tape. So I consider him an unknown quantity, and he’s still on the roster. Shanahan is supposedly not totally sold on JC, so there could be a competition. Colt would be a long shot.

I grew up in Hawaii

so I actually have a soft spot for Colt. Agree he probably didn’t get a fair chance between Zorn and injury. Maybe we keep him as a 3rd stringer, he gets to play and shines. Long shot, but..

I think the fact that he got worse from year 1 to Year 2

is pretty telling. I think he got as fair a shot as he deserved.

Wasn't just Zorn

A lot of the coaching staff was puzzled/irritated with how cocky he was considering he had done less than nothing. I think the Cult of Colt got to his head a little.

I mean he is a guy who has literally done nothing besides have a good quarter against non-nfl players a year ago

and it has been downhill since for him. But I guess he’s good and Zorn is just a big meanie.

There you go

big medium meanie

all fixed up nice n tiddy.

Colt - cocky?

Interesting, but a little hard to believe (and one of many hit-jobs coming out of the Redskin organization). He didn’t sound cocky when I heard him. It has to be hard on him, trying to stay positive, knowing he was on the black list. As to the other coaches, remember, in most organizations, if the boss is really down on somebody, everybody else falls into line. Nobody is going to contradict the boss. Just like no government scientist is going to say he doesn’t believe in man-made global warming (the ludicrous nonsense being foisted on the American people). Bureaucrats (and I was one) will not tell the King he has no clothes. Zorn is not mean, just incompetent. He quickly decided that Colt was not a good QB, and named him as third string before the preseason started. He could be right, but Colt never had a chance – less than 4 preseason quarters, working behind our terrible third string line, and throwing to the same group of underperforming receivers JC struggled with all year. I don’t say that Colt is the best QB on the team, just that he should have a chance, or be cut (so he can possibly hook up with a team that wants him). He was very successful in college, on a par with many of the top rated QBs in this draft.

most insane post of the day
donnio you need some help
I'm sorry

If a team wanted him that bad, they would give up a pick for him. I’m sure shannahan would take a 5th or 6th rounder for him.

Da Bears

They’re going to be tough this year. Cutler, Urlacher, Peppers…

You have a knack for making me laugh

Seriously. :)

dude either you are completely clueless or you have the best sarcasm ever
Da Bears

I’m from Chicago, and still have a soft spot for them. They play with fire and passion, and can be great (clobbered Minnesota when the Vikes needed the win). The defense used to be awesome. I think Lovie knows Defense but not Offense. Very dangerous team.

It will be interesting to see what they do to

get their offense organized and in synch. It was rather interesting to see Cutler’s progress with that team – or lack thereof.

well it hurts when they didn't have a LT or decent recievers or running backs

I think the Martz hiring is gonna be a debacle for them.

He's pretty good at that

how do these guys stay employed? Yeah, I know a Super Bowl, but still. All else is recent failure.

He kills quarterbacks too

They’re never the same after a season or 2 with him becuase of all the hits they take. There was even talk of them trading Olsen because Martz doesn’t use TE’s.

He stays employed cuz he took the job no one else wanted
that made me laugh out loud

seriously

He's the Spurrier of the Pros

When he has a mega line and a great trio of receivers and one of the best RBs in the game, he can have success (I’m serious, that’s all he needs). Otherwise he should be locked up for assault. He gets QBs killed.

Anybody notice we only have one running back left?

Ok – two with Alridge. What does that mean for FA and the draft? On the Bears – Johnny Knox is a comer.

We have a couple young guys

PJ Hill being one

Who?
lol your the second person to say that

somebody on the practice squad that’s supposed to be good.

Donnio, I don’t think Shanny’s gonna leave this draft without a RB. I’d almost be willing to put money on it.

Yeah I'm not saying we count on this guy

but now that I look at it, those are our only 3 running backs. Portis, Alridge, Hill.

Still an outside shot at Sproles

This would be more believable if today hadn’t played out like it has. I would’ve guaranteed this in years past.

No draft picks for Sproles!
I don't think we'll get Sproles.

Anthony Alridge is poor-man’s Sproles.

He also comes with

half the hands or twice the fumbles (depending if you’re a glass half full or half empty type).

Maybe LJP

will sign him up for his Psych 102 – how not to fumble course. Then….
he could do it all!

Cry-los

We gotta dump Carlos somehow. I completely see him being a whiny little B-yatch all season.

Dunta Robinson to sign with the Falcons.

It might be up there somewhere else in the thread, but I don’t see it. Steve Wyche reporting that Dunta will sign with the Falcons by the end of the weekend (he’s from Georgia too).
http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/03/05/robinson-expected-to-sign-with-falcons-by-sunday/

A remarkably calm day

in Redskins FA history considering about 400 hysterical posts to this one topic (me including). :)

it's an odd feeling in Redskins Nation today
When I got home at 1:00(4:00 EST) last night and saw Peppers hadn't signed here I was so happy.

I was dreading coming back and seeing that on ESPN.

I LOVE this new FO so far

who are these people and where did they bury the old front office?!?!

I still think Vincenzo's

locked in Danny’s closet with a ball gag in his mouth….

Hehehehehehe
ball gag

ewwww….

At this time I'm going to say

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

How Thoreau of you
Or, as I'm about to depart for a cool one

How Frosty of me!

So guys

you seem really happy that you have made the headlines for not signing anyone!

Maybe not in 2010 but in 2011 I can see the NFC East being a four horse race again.

So the Giants will be in the cellar this year, eh?
If they play

like they did at the end of the season they will be in the cellar.

Every Giants fan wants to know if the defence was bad last year because of injury, Sheridan or both.

Next year (2011) will be insane

Assuming that there is a CBA signed, next year there will be 2 and a half years worth of free agents hitting the market (the half coming from all the PO’ed RFAs that got insultingly low tenders). It will be a Free Agent Bonanza. That will be scary times indeed.

Snorefest

Wow what a boring day in free agency for the washington redskins huh? I llllllooooovvvvvveeeeee iiiiitttttttt!~!!!!

I had a few benchmarks for measuring the change at redskin park after they got a real gm/coach.
1. No snyder at combine being beguiled by bradford or taken by teebo.
check
2. Trim the fat especially randle el.
check
3. Don’t make a huge splash in FA with someone like peppers.
check
Now it’ll be interesting to see who they end up picking up between now and the draft. We have a lot of holes to fill.
The draft though, that’s the real offseason test. So far so good.

Nice and I can sleep well tonight.
Blackout Drunk

does not a good night sleep make.

J D Skolninsky

got cut yesterday , funny thing is i seen him in Wal – Mart the other day in Harrisonburg and almost got him to autograph my Redskins jacket , good damn thing i didnt

Chad Clifton re-signed with GB

3 years 20 mil.

rick maese tweeted something earlier from

chris russell that said the only reason he even came here was to drive up the price on GB. They were only offering 5M a year at first.

I didn’t wanna post rumors but I guess that one had some merit.

Quote
RT @Russellmania09 Source feels strongly Chad Clifton is solely visiting the #Redskins to drive up the #Packers price, no real interest.
take this with a pinch of salt obviously

But a guy I know out here grew up with Clifton and is friends with him. He said Clifton had been talking all year about how he doesn’t think he has anything left and he might retire. We are most likely better off without him.

St. Louis Rams restricted free-agent FS Oshiomogho Atogwe.

The Giants were considering Atogwe before they signed A. Rolle. I don’t know the tender for Atogwe. His stats did not look that bad on Pro Football Focus. On the other hand, Rolle’s stats sucked but he was a pro-bowl player and had a lot of interceptions.

Artis Hick = Good signing/solid starting RG

i only wish we had signed someone a little younger but with the stupid last year CBA rules this signing is good. Now we need to sign a starting RT and then draft Okung and find some depth and our OL should be fixed.

Did anyone have Hicks?????

Who wins the shirt now???? HAHA

stephen heyer for a 2nd round tender is hysterical. clearly, they do not want to lose their only backup tackle- lol

WOO-HOO

We have Will Montgomery back. This will ensure our O-line dominance going forward.

I was the first with Grossman

do I get the Miata?

Indeed you did...shoot me an email w/ your address and I'll mail you the t-shirt
No need to be at a loss for words.

None of these guys are big ticket players. And I trust Shanny to pick his own spots with guys with out spoken personalities. Something tells me Shanny won’t let any kind of soap opera get started in Asburn.

Well, it's what ended his run in Denver
It is?

Shanny’s run ended in Denver because he wasn’t a good GM in terms of putting a whole roster together.

But in this particular case, I trust him not to sign loud players that might disrupt things.

it was widely reported that he lost his locker room leaders to injury and the cancers took over from within.

So that's why he was fired?

I disagree. I think it was his sub-par performance as GM, especially with regards to the defense.

That's not what Karl Mecklenberg told me...

That part is true, but when 3 of his captains went down and Cutler’s ego was in full force, he lost the locker room.

I plan on touching base with him again soon.

.....

I feel like we are intentionally signing mediocre players. I understand we are shying away from a “Buy the big ones!” attitude, but LJ and Grossman?

If we wanted a 30 year old back-up who hasn’t done much lately, why not keep Betts who looked good last year in his limited play time instead of getting LJ?

Maybe Grossman is the best guy out there…. Are these guys really going to make us better in the future though?? Isn’t that what rebuilding is about?

None of the players available in free agency would be significant in a rebuild

Rebuilding is about drafting.

Rex has a year in the system

He’ll be what Collins was when he came in, a mentor, a teacher, and semi capable backup. No one you hire to be your chauffeur, but someone you allow to park the car.

I feel like when giving Rex Grossman a deal, they were saying F you skins fans. I’ll do what I want.
Whatever though, as long as this scrub doesn’t see the field I don’t care.

Travis Jarret H?

Who’s this?

I'll give you a hint, same age as your bro

lived in occoquan forest and my name is not patrick

damn forgot about him

nope i moved from occoquan forest in middle school

Are you a large Norwegian?

Haha you got me!
I saw your rugby comment about stebbins

and I was like i know two stebbins that went to UVA then I asked krista what your middle initial was

Ha whats up man, how long have you been on here for?

about a year

needed something to pass the boring offseason last year

yeah same here, it’s turned into an addiction

It sure has haha

i am just glad we finally got that first round qb everyone has been clamoring for. now hopefully, we can draft some linemen and field a football team

Haha

+1

You forgot Superbowl caliber 1st rnd QB

I would equate Rex Grossman to Trent Dilfer, except he lost. he’s a decent QB, but I think Campbell’s better.

He has flashes

I would never have him start a season, but I trust him to handle the plays that Jason is being resuscitated on the sideline, or having a lung reinflated.

much like the situation in chicago when they made the SB, sharing time with Kyle Orton

I'm officially starting

The We Need Vasher fan club. I’ve always liked this guy. Stand-up character player with some tread left (only 28). Could come in and be our nickel guy.

Joey Porter

Sure I’ll sign him as a LB’s coach or as a hotdog vendor, but his days of playing in the NFL are over!! Pass on Joey Porter!

this is fuckin ridiculous

are we trying to sign every cancer that hits the market?

i am not too worried about it. none of the people they have signed to date are expected to be more than backups that provide depth. i am sure they will be thrilled if LJ competes or even beats out portis. put it this way, if these signings, incl hicks, are expected to start, then we are in for another long season!

But a good draft pick.

again.

I fully expect Hicks to be a major part of our offensive line this year and starting. He’s better than anything we have right now.

Better at 3 positions
Ganther

signed by Seattle. Also 4 of the cuts have been signed.

That would be nice info to have on the stat sheet up top, Kev

Not that I want to make you work or anything.

If you click on Ganther name (red link)

you get his current status with Seattle. It just does not appear in the adjoining column.

Am I the only one that wanted to keep him?
I thought he showed next to nothing last year.

Especially a couple really nice screen passes or two that he just didn’t turn into TDs, or close to it.

maybe it's the fact

that I saw him break a couple of tackles. I wasn’t used to seeing that from a B&G RB in a long while.

Barry Sims

San Francisco 49ers veteran free agent offensive tackle Barry Sims completed his visit with the Washington Redskins and is headed back to the Bay Area, according to a league source.
Per our source, the visit went very well and contract discussions were held.
Sims, 35, is going to weigh his options this weekend and talk it over with his wife.
A decision is expected within the next few days.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Source-Barry-Sims-visits-Redskins-contract-discussed.html

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