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That's awesome

is it gonna be updated as guys re-sign? If you guys can pull that part off, I won’t ever have to leave the site again lol

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 1:13 PM EST reply actions

I do believe that's the plan as of now.

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by Matty I on Feb 5, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

More top tier receivers then I had previously thought!

Let this season BE GINN!

by JPenedo on Feb 5, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions

really?

I only saw Housh..

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

scanning the list..

potential targets i see are

Antonio Bryant
Jabar Gaffney
Housh
Bobby Engram
hank baskett

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by afmo on Feb 5, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

i wouldnt call those guys

top tier, they are good and reliable receivers, but not top tier…top tier would be guys like Holt, Moss, T.O., Ocho Cinco, Steve Smith, Andre Johnson….the guys u mentioned are a notch or 2 below that

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by MiamihastheDolphins.... on Feb 5, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions

Antonio Bryant

has gone over 1000yds exactly twice in his career, and convienently had a career year on the eve of his impending free agency. There’s a reason he’s played for 4 teams in 6 years and is about to make it 5. I’m not buying him.

Gaffney is like a slow version of Ginn. Of course he looks good with Moss and Welker around him.

Housh I will agree with, he’s definitely a top tier WR, but he’s on the wrong side of 30 for us.

Engram is an old man. He’ll be 37 soon, and he ain’t exactly Jerry Rice.

Baskett is far from elite. He’s got the big body we’re looking for, but he’s a RFA, meaning Philly can either match an offer or just tender him and receive draft picks from the team signing him.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

not top tier at all

Well maybe Housemadellah.

Anyway is anyone shocked to see how far Michael Claytonhas fallen? WTH happened to him?

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When it's me I can't forgive?"

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by Patssuck456 on Feb 6, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

So I'm looking through it for potential targets and such

Hank Baskett, a guy that a few bloggers here wanted to sign as a WR, is a Restricted, meaning it’ll cost draft picks to get him.

Trai Essex, Max Starks, and Marvel Smith, 3 OT’s from Pittsburgh, are all Unrestricteds, as is one of their starting guards, Chris Kemoeatu.

Jason Brown, Baltimore’s starting C, is a UFA, but so is Al Johnson, our current backup C.

Gabe Watson, giant DT from Arizona, is a Restricted FA, and they have the cap to match any offer.

No real HUGE named this year outside of Asomugha and Haynesworth.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions

Jesus, why would we go after Pitts OL?

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When it's me I can't forgive?"

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by Patssuck456 on Feb 6, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

All are young

and all are big. For depth, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 6, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

Asomugha and Haynesworth

would be a dream come true, to bad they aren’t going anywhere

A feeding frenzy is about to take place in the dirty south

by FinfanT on Feb 5, 2009 1:28 PM EST reply actions

Nice Matty

This will be great for the FA signings. My picks are resign Carey Bell Goodman and possibly Hill depending on how much he wants. Then I want Chris Canty cuz he was a Cowboy and that is all Tuna will need to know and that will make Holliday expendable. Then try for Shaun Cody he will probably be a minimum investment but who knows it could work he has the size. Dansby will be our 1 expensive FA hopefully. After that check Leonhard or Sanders either one would be a great safety I think even more than Otogwe. Finally my top realistic corner is McFadden from Steelers and if not him try Hayden or Bartell or Greer.

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply actions

Chris Canty would be a bigtime pickup

He’s a natural born 3-4 DE. I missed him the first time around because I always get him confused with Shaun Ellis, and I think he’s in his mid-30’s.

I think Leonhard benefits from having Reed play alongside him, because even if he makes a mistake Ed can make up for it. I like Sanders and Otogwe as safeties, and McFadden would be a pretty solid CB pickup.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah

I agree with you on Leonhard I have a feeling he will be a Jest =) Canty is like 26 I think not really sure and I was on walterfootball and he seemed to think that Cody would be a better 3-4 than 4-3 but even if he just pushes Soliai I would be happy.

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

I also like Canty.

And McFadden is a very, very, very underrated CB. When you play on a team with Polamalu and the LB corp taking all of the credit, it’s easy to be overshadowed at CB.

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by ratenxs on Feb 5, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

turning every

rock over looking for talent and with just the guys I mentioned would simplify our draft needs significantly

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

definitely

the more needs we can fill in FA, whether it’s by keeping our own guys or signing new ones, gives us more draft flexibility and doesn’t pigeonhole us into HAVING to take certain positions because we have no one there.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

my thing is

why pay soooo much for someone like peppers or haynesworth when we don’t even know if either can even play a 3-4?

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 2:10 PM EST up reply actions

Haynesworth I agree with

he’s a 4-3 DT, but Peppers I can almost guarantee would be a ridiculous SOLB in the 3-4. Dude is an athletic freak, and I don’t think he’d have any problems working in space standing up. However, I don’t even know if we’re in the market for a top flight OLB (which is what we would expect Peppers to be) in FA anymore. The Wake signing gives us a guy to rotate in with Porter on the weakside, and, while I’d love to see Peppers brought in to play strongside, I think we may end up drafting a guy there to compete with Roth instead. Porter has a big cap number, so unless something happens with him, I don’t think we’ll lock in that much money in the LB position, especially considering how much Crowder or a replacement for him might be.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions

I would love

Stintim or Cushing in rd 1 or Matthews in rd 2 only thing is Stintim would be the better pass rusher and Cushing the better cover lb. I personally like Stintim better but with Wake and Porter as pass rushers I think we need a coverage OLB

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions

Sintim I think would be the better pick

simply because he comes in having already played in a 3-4 defense. Cushing or Matthews would be learning a new scheme, and there’s no guarantee they fit in the 3-4, having played in USC’s 4-3 scheme for their whole career.

And, consider that one of the best defensive players in the league was an UDFA (James Harrison) and I believe Parcells can find a guy similar on day 2 of the draft.

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by Little Nicky 21 on Feb 5, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions

Last year

Chris Long said Stintim was a better pass rusher than himself so I love that pick and I think you can never have too many good LBs. I can see us taking 3 or 4 this draft alone, and I will trust whoever the Trifecta chooses

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by Dolfan 13 99 54 on Feb 5, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions