2010 NFL Offseason Thread - Offseason ends at 6 pm est

[Tigercat]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

The article I saw said that he graded out poorly in passing situations and was essentially neutral in running situations. I'm guessing he is still a starting caliber-type of guard, but not a $7.5-million worthy player.

Huh, I might have caught him at his best last year then. When I saw him he still looked good in the run blocking, as opposed to Steve Hutchinson who looked like a shadow of his former run blocking self last year.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Tigercat

Huh, I might have caught him at his best last year then. When I saw him he still looked good in the run blocking, as opposed to Steve Hutchinson who looked like a shadow of his former run blocking self last year.

Yeah -- I can honestly say that, other than the playoff games, I did not watch much of the Jets last season, so I don't know much beyone the short article I read today. It kind of insinuated that his run blocking was no longer good enough to "carry" his pass blocking and that his Pro Bowl bid was based on reputation more than performance.

I still wouldn't mind having him back w/ the Steelers.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by stevew

I think ben gets 8 games. After the latest bunch of shit got released, he is maybe worth a 4th round pick. If it is 8 games, they will probably sever ties once it is over with.

I looked over the schedule a little while ago and the Steelers have no primetime games until week 7 (including a game against the Ravens, which are almost always Sunday or Monday night), I believe. That, to me, indicates that he would be back by week 7.

I'm really surprised that he is going to get nailed this hard, but it seems to be pretty widely anticipated around the news media and they made the deal for Leftwich, so I guess it is pretty likely that he is getting 3-4 minimum.

[Thomkal]

well my prediction of an Eagles/Redskins Week 17 game didn't turn out so well-in fact their last game is a Monday night game in week 10. And I think they don't play the Giants until Week 13 and then last game of the year. Not a big fan of that.

[stevew]

swaggs-Dennis Dixon is switching to #10. Nothing good can come from this.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Schefter saying it will be 4 to 6 games with conditions.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by stevew

swaggs-Dennis Dixon is switching to #10. Nothing good can come from this.

What better? Kordell or Santonio?

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

What better? Kordell or Santonio?

What better? Doing a UPS man in Schenley Park or smoking dope?

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

What better? Doing a UPS man in Schenley Park or smoking dope?

What worse? Smoking dope or hitting bar girl in face with glass?

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

What worse? Smoking dope or hitting bar girl in face with glass?

Or having a horrible growth on your neck.

[mckerney]

Oakland is going to cut JaMarcus Russell. It's a shame that Al Davis didn't have anyone there to tell him drafting Russell may not be a good idea.

Originally Posted by Al Davis

I realized that you did not want to draft JaMarcus Russell. He is a great player. Get over it.

Oh...

[Thomkal]

As expected, Pittsburgh West..er...Arizona signed G Alan Faneca to a 1 year deal. In somewhat of a shocking move, the Panthers have traded S Chris Harris back to the Chicago Bears for LB Jamar Williams. I thought Harris did a good job for Carolina, so a bit surprised to see him traded.

[DataKing]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

In somewhat of a shocking move, the Panthers have traded S Chris Harris back to the Chicago Bears for LB Jamar Williams. I thought Harris did a good job for Carolina, so a bit surprised to see him traded.

Sweet! I thought that trading Harris to the Panthers was a mistake in the first place, and looking at the Bears' safety play since that move pretty much proves the point. Glad to see him back!

[gstelmack]

Harris did fine as a Panther, but they are now deep at safety and thin at LB as part of their youth movement.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Source: Ryan Clady tore patellar tendon playing basketball | ProFootballTalk.com

Oof.

[Doug5984]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2

Source: Ryan Clady tore patellar tendon playing basketball | ProFootballTalk.com

Oof.

Damn...

I wonder if they want to give the Saints a 2nd round pick for Jamaal Brown...

[Ksyrup]

Santonio Holmes reportedly removed from plane last night for failing to turn off his iPod. LOL

[TroyF]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Santonio Holmes reportedly removed from plane last night for failing to turn off his iPod. LOL

What a moron.

[Arles]

Favre's ankle now needs serious surgery and he's mulling retirement again. Surprisingly, he'll elect for the surgery and end up being 100% around the third week of August. Wait, then he'll miss most of training camp - darn!

[k0ruptr]

Seeing as the kind of season Favre had last year (awesome, career year) I think and hope he comes back one last time. I'm not a vikings fan, but they were a real treat to watch last season for anyone a fan of the NFL or football in general.

[Travis]

Walter Jones retired yesterday and the Seahawks immediately retired #71 (only the second player number retired by the team).

5,703 pass attempts over 13 seasons, according to coaches stats, Walter Jones was called for holding 9 times and surrendered 23 sacks.

13 seasons, 9 pro bowls, 7 all pros and likely should have been the MVP in 2005 instead of Alexander.

Just a shame that he never got a ring and that his career was ended more so by injuries than anything else. A truly great career though.

[Abe Sargent]

More on Holmes:

hxxp://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5151435

[Abe Sargent]

Quote from the report:

"On Thursday April 29, 2010 at 21:00 hours, aircom requested officers to gate D-77 for a report of an incident aboard the aircraft no other information was available," the report states. "Myself and Officer [redacted] arrived and spoke to flight attendant [redacted] of Colgan Air who stated that a passenger wouldn't turn off his ipod when requested to do so and requested officers to speak to him"

[SnowMan]

Originally Posted by Travis

Walter Jones retired yesterday and the Seahawks immediately retired #71 (only the second player number retired by the team).

5,703 pass attempts over 13 seasons, according to coaches stats, Walter Jones was called for holding 9 times and surrendered 23 sacks.

13 seasons, 9 pro bowls, 7 all pros and likely should have been the MVP in 2005 instead of Alexander.

Just a shame that he never got a ring and that his career was ended more so by injuries than anything else. A truly great career though.

My favorite all-time player and one of the best to play the game. We'll miss you Walt...but nobody as much as Hasselbeck has.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by Arles

Favre's ankle now needs serious surgery and he's mulling retirement again. Surprisingly, he'll elect for the surgery and end up being 100% around the third week of August. Wait, then he'll miss most of training camp - darn!

What I don't get is him waiting 3 months to finally see a doctor.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Matthean

What I don't get is him waiting 3 months to finally see a doctor.

Because it's a way to miss training camp without headlining sportscenter for a month.

[Abe Sargent]

Why did Kirk Morrison get trade by teh Raiders? Did he wear out his welcome, did he have problems with teammates ,what was going on ther?

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Because it's a way to miss training camp without headlining sportscenter for a month.

LOL at the idea that Brett Favre does not want to lead sportscenter.

[DeToxRox]

Sounds like Limas Sweed tore his ACL.

[stevew]

oh snap. At least now he can't drop TD passes.

[k0ruptr]

this is the kind of player I'd love to have on my team

"The Associated Press reports linebacker Rolando McClain led Alabama last season in tackles, big hits and hours spent studying football. So when the Oakland Raiders drafted him in the first round with the No. 8 overall choice, McClain did what any serious student of the game would do before his first big NFL test: start studying for the three-day mandatory minicamp. "The day after I got drafted, I called looking for a playbook, something to look over, some DVDs and the playbook," McClain said after his first minicamp practice with the Raiders. "I didn't waste any time." McClain said the Raiders quickly shipped him some material to study. Then when he arrived for minicamp, Raiders coach Tom Cable immediately plugged him into his defense at middle linebacker with the first-team. "I thought very poised and he seemed to adapt to being able to go in and call the huddle right away," Cable said. "He's been here really less than 24 hours. It shows the level of intelligence this young has, his background. He was very impressive that way. Now, he's got to learn how to play in our defense."

[Danny]

Thank God the Raiders did something right.

[Danny]

I still think it's funny hearing Kiper blast the Raiders again after picking McClain because he wanted them to pick Claussen.

[bulletsponge]

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

this is the kind of player I'd love to have on my team

"The Associated Press reports linebacker Rolando McClain led Alabama last season in tackles, big hits and hours spent studying football. So when the Oakland Raiders drafted him in the first round with the No. 8 overall choice, McClain did what any serious student of the game would do before his first big NFL test: start studying for the three-day mandatory minicamp. "The day after I got drafted, I called looking for a playbook, something to look over, some DVDs and the playbook," McClain said after his first minicamp practice with the Raiders. "I didn't waste any time." McClain said the Raiders quickly shipped him some material to study. Then when he arrived for minicamp, Raiders coach Tom Cable immediately plugged him into his defense at middle linebacker with the first-team. "I thought very poised and he seemed to adapt to being able to go in and call the huddle right away," Cable said. "He's been here really less than 24 hours. It shows the level of intelligence this young has, his background. He was very impressive that way. Now, he's got to learn how to play in our defense."

im more convinced than ever that Al Davis thought the draft started on saturday and his coaches and GM secretly made the picks

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

im more convinced than ever that Al Davis thought the draft started on saturday and his coaches and GM secretly made the picks

HAHAHAHA

[Danny]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

im more convinced than ever that Al Davis thought the draft started on saturday and his coaches and GM secretly made the picks

And yet Davis is still fooled as he thinks he selected Bruce Campbell at the top of round 1 and then moved up to get speedster Jacoby Ford in the middle of the first.

[Danny]

And thankfully he is not able to operate the internets.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Danny

And yet Davis is still fooled as he thinks he selected Bruce Campbell at the top of round 1 and then moved up to get speedster Jacoby Ford in the middle of the first.

Well I wouldn't use either as amazing examples. Ford is really fast but it's straight line speed. When you watch him play games he is not 4.3 fast. He plays much slower and very robotic.

Campbell was a good developmental pick but I liked Valdheer better. Campbell should be a good OG in the future, but he again is a combine wonder who is very raw.

I love what Oakland did but I think some of it is comparatively speaking to my expectations on what they might have done. There first three picks were damn solid though.

[Danny]

I actually very much like the Campbell pick since it was round 4 and I don't mind the Ford pick either since again it was round 4 and he should help on returns and in the slot.

[flere-imsaho]

I actually can completely believe that the Raiders' staff purposefully neglected to tell Al Davis that the draft started on Thursday this year.

[DaddyTorgo]

Pacman Jones + Bengals = a match made in heaven

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Pacman Jones + Bengals = a match made in heaven

I just read that story, unbelievable.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I just read that story, unbelievable.

It's really almost like...it was destined to be. I think he might possibly make it through one year before he gets booted out of the league...but if so it'll only be because something happens in say...late october and the commish won't take action until an investigation is done and the season is over for the bengals.

Over/Under for "Date of incident that gets him in trouble with league office" (regardless of when it comes to light, when it occurs).

I'll take October 26 and the under.

[bulletsponge]

Dec 1st over

[MrBug708]

Surprise Surprise

Saggy tits on the Texans, Brian Cushing, was suspended 4 games for steroid use

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Surprise Surprise

Saggy tits on the Texans, Brian Cushing, was suspended 4 games for steroid use

No way!

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Surprise Surprise

Saggy tits on the Texans, Brian Cushing, was suspended 4 games for steroid use

Least surprising suspension ever. And that is saying something for the NFL.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Pacman Jones + Bengals = a match made in heaven

Goodell needs to suspend the jackass who signs all these thugs for the Bengals

[DaddyTorgo]

AN NFL SUPERSTAR'S REPULSIVE BEHAVIOR, THE ULTIMATE - 05.10.10 - SI Vault

As well as Roethlisberger has played—and there's no disputing he's one of the league's elite quarterbacks—his off-the-field reputation has spiraled downward since a horrific motorcycle accident in June 2006, five months after he became the youngest QB to lead a team to the title. Roethlisberger was riding his black 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle, helmetless and without a permit, in downtown Pittsburgh when he collided with a Chrysler New Yorker. Roethlisberger hit the windshield, rolled over the roof of the car and struck the ground headfirst. He suffered a broken jaw and nose and underwent seven hours of surgery. "If I ever ride again," he said afterward, "it certainly will be with a helmet."

A few months after the accident, a reporter and a cameraman for KDKA-TV, the CBS affiliate that broadcasts Steelers games, were driving on I-376 in Pittsburgh when they saw two men on motorcycles and recognized one as Roethlisberger, who was not wearing a helmet. They began shooting footage, which showed Roethlisberger giving them the finger as he sped away, but the video never aired. The station's news director at the time, John Verrilli, and its current assistant news director, Anne Linaberger, deny that any such tape existed, but several people who saw the video gave SI similar accounts of the tape; sources believe the story was killed out of fear that it would damage KDKA's relationship with the Steelers. "If we had been the other affiliate [which doesn't broadcast the games]," says one of the people who saw the tape, "it would have been A-1 news." (A neighbor who lives near Roethlisberger in a tony section of Gibsonia, Pa., but did not want to be named has also seen the quarterback on his motorcycle. "I've never seen him with a helmet," the neighbor said.)

Interesting article. Guy sounds not only like a jackass, but also an absolute idiot.

[JonInMiddleGA]

So Cushing was taking the same stuff that got Manny Ramirez banned for 50 games? Does that mean he's now subject to the same mocking that MR got for being on a women's fertility drug?