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id run away quick if i was him, he has his health for the moment, that could change very quickly

jesus man, if this is true how out of control is manziel?  I'm normally not the type to fall for the hot take discussion but this is bad:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/02/09/report-browns-lied-about-manziel-concussion-to-cover-up-his-drinking/

On a lighter note (for all the Curb Your Enthusiasm Fans out there)

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well thats a relief! every year the salary cap kills them and these media outlets have so many great ideas im not sure why the steeles refuse to listen to them!

or maybe they know what theyre doing and are in better shape now than ever without realzing that "kicking the can down the road is going to catch up to them." ravens fans were the best at this yet are very quick to say "joe flaccos contract wont hurt them they can just restructure." smh cant have it both ways.

now that thats off my chest (it happens every year and is the most overblown thing around the league in feb) these guys have some very affordable contracts but they will be coming up soon. after a few bad drafts between 08-10 they have been very successful lately -- bell, shazier, tuitt, beachum, bryant, wheaton, decastro, etc. who they certainly want to resign. this is why when they say "were not gonna be big players in FA, were gonna take care of business in house" they mean it. but its also why they are always up against the cap, yet havent lost a significant starter other than eman in years.

as a member of the cheifs? i dont remember that game. i looked back at his stats to 2011 and the only games he appeared in vs steelers was preseason.

yes a top 5 qb can cover up a lot of problems on you team, which may or may not be cap related, but paying a top 5 qb is a big reason a team has cap concerns in the first place.

2)Mo Wilkerson
13)Trumaine Johnson
21)Danny Travaethan
36)Mo Sanu
62)Tashaun Gipson

Secondary and pass rush fixed! Run d shored up! Actual #2 receiver acquired

also, my brother said Mo Sanu's top 3 teams are giants, falcons and redskins but that it is too early obviously and he will prolly end up going to whoever pays him the most haha.

they also said he probably would not go to the browns because he doesn't really like hue Jackson which I though was interesting and he doesn't want to play for the browns (not surprising) but once again if they offered him the most money he would probably go there haha

that's shawn oakman, he made a big splash on the internet last year during one of the bowl games when he looked like a monster (as you can tell by the picture) and a lot of memes were made about him.  I've actually heard through out this past season he's pretty overrated, he looks like he should be a top 5 pick but doesn't play like it, not a great motor.  he will probably be a mid round pick but with size you never know.

as for mo, the 3 teams I mentioned were his preference, but again it's going to come down to money and they haven't been able to talk to teams yet due to tampering.  my brother said some teams have reached out to his agent (I think he said Vikings and titans) but they haven't really discussed money yet and the real talks happen at the combine so stay tuned.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/02/26/report-eagles-open-to-trading-unhappy-demarco-murray/

OMG a trade to the 49ers would be so epic haha

it was a joke. sending him back to chip kelly who he obviously didnt like and who didnt like his playing style would be funny.

as for kaep... ehh it seems like the number of players who dislike kelly waaaay outweighs the number of players looking to play in his offense. you still think hes a good coach?

so after the big news yesterday with Bradford's new 2 year deal, I don't get the hate for it.  its a short term deal which is a win-win for both sides.  if the eagles win with him then he will get a new deal after this contract, or if he sucks/gets hurt they can move on from him relatively quickly.  the contract is also fair, it's at worst 18M/year which is right around the middle of what QBs get (and its less when you consider how much the cap has risen over the past 2 years) and his cap hit for this year is only 12.5M which opens up more space for the eagles to potentially make moves in FA.  Breaking news, the best QB on the open market was going to get something similar or more than this.

And oh btw, what was option B again?  sorry josh, I didn't want to head into the season with a career backup as my starting QB in Chase Daniels and you never know what will happen in the draft but at pick #13 I doubt any franchise QB was dropping to that spot, and the eagles don't have enough picks to move up into the top 5 even if they wanted to.

As crazy as this sounds, I still like Bradford.  He had a rough first half of the year but I think its fair to understand coming onto a new team/new system was not going to be a quick transition along with the fact chip Kelly had 5 or 6 new starters on offense that needed time to gel so the whole damn team was struggling it wasn't just him.  On top of all that, he was still coming off back to back ACL injuries and didn't play for almost 2 years prior to that!  Like I've said before, the last 7 games of the season I was impressed by him, so with a good amount of talent coming back, hopefully a rebuilt O-line as well as a more traditional offense for him I want to see him for one more year and try to compete in a pretty weak division and we'll see what happens.

 

FA always starts 1st week of march, maybe it feels earlier because the super bowl week was a 1-2 weeks later than normal.  or maybe all the vacas you went on recently is making you lose a sense of time! about the eagles...

it's not really Pederson who is making these moves, it their old/new GM Howie Roseman who is (although I'm sure Pederson is having some input on these moves as well). Roseman has been with the eagles for awhile now, and he is very good at managing the cap (remember the dream team plus having to re-sign all their current star players? he made that work cap wise) which is what almost all these moves are all about, getting rid of bad contracts and opening up space.  he's already re-signed or extended 6 players and now has gotten rid of 3, but now he has more holes to fill so we will see what he does for that.  I'm not expecting much of a return on draft picks from the titans/dolphins but hopefully it includes a 2nd rounder so we'll see, hard to judge a trade when we're not sure what the eagles got back in return.  I wanted to see how murray looked in a pro style offense, esp once the line is rebuilt, but I guess at 8-10M a year he wasn't worth it.  Kiko sucked and I don't care that he's gone, wouldn't surprise me if he never bounces back from his pre-injury form, and Maxwell, while obviously over paid, was still a decent 2nd corner so let's see how the eagles fill that hole.  it will be an interesting offseason for sure. 

Rumor is Eagles and Dolphins swapped 1st round picks as part of the Kiko/Maxwell deal

how's everyone liking their moves so far?  for the eagles, I like them.  I wanted to see murray in a new system for one more year but he clearly was not happy and the eagles don't want to pay 8M for a RB esp an unhappy one so oh well.  I love the Maxwell/kiko for the 1st round swap, getting out of that awful Maxwell contract and now have a top 8 pick to work with really opens up some better options for players in the draft.  might give them a chance at the corner from Florida (ramsey) the LB from UCLA (jack) or the tackle from ND and would really fill a hole with a potential impact player.

don't know much about the safety McLeod they just got but everything I'm reading says he is a solid player and was ranked in the top 10 for PFF's safety rankings last year.  combine him with Jenkins and they should have one of the best pairs of safeties in the league next season. I liked walter Thurmond but he is more of a corner who did well in coverage last year as a safety, I guess this years coaching staff wants more of a hitter back there which is what McLeod is.

still have holes at guard, corner and linebacker so obviously a lot of work left, but I like movies Howie has made so far and its a complete 180 from last years crazy offseason which clearly shown has not worked and I will never get sucked into that excitement again.

brock got 4/72 for Texans (18M a year) with 37M in guarantees.

he's played 7 career games and honestly his numbers weren't all that great.  you guys ripped the sam Bradford contract last week, and I'm not saying he's deserving of a monster deal or anything, but do you see now it was a pretty fair deal? Bradford got 18M a year with about 26M in guarantees and only on a 2 year deal to protect the eagles if he doesn't pan out.

Realistic remaining free agent wish list

1)Russel Okung - Let him play LT for about 2-3 years and let big bad Ereck Flowers play RT and dominate till he's seasoned enough to get back to the left side.
2)Reggie Nelson - Good veteran player, could be a leader on a defense lacking them, paired up with Landon Collins, DRC, and JJ could be a dominant secondary
3)Jerrell Freeman - An above average ILB with decent cover skills, the days of RBs/TE's burning the Giants in the middle would be gone (or at least diminished)
4)Anquan Boldin - Can't tell me this ageless wonder wouldn't thrive playing across from Odell. Solid hands, perfect #2 for Eli right now
5)Dwight Freeny - Perfect 3rd DE situational passrusher... The return of the nascar package? YES YES YES


Like i said, realistic

here is an updated top 10 players still available list:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/bestavailable160314/ranking-top-unsigned-nfl-free-agents

I find it pretty interesting okung is still available, typically good tackles under 30 go super quick (and expensive) so to see he is still out there means he is not as good as I thought or something else is going on there.  apparently he is representing himself so maybe the fact he didn't have an agent slowed things down but still.

so josh, the giants are now about to start how many new players on defensive that they got from FA, 6-7?  that's a lot of turnover, and maybe they will have more success than the eagles when they did this, but I'm glad the eagles are going nuts like they have been cuz it never works for us.

true but I think the failures FAR out weigh the success stories.  I think the broncos moves working had more to do with peyton manning being their QB, but I guess with eli as the qb it should help things.  but if the giants have another bad year your GM is done right?

Bryant done for the year, his agent is talking about him going to rehab.  is this suspension for drugs or steroids?

Pats trade Chandler Jones to the Cardinals for Jonathan Cooper and a 2nd Round pick, wow.

it seems like a win/win for both teams but the more I think about it the more I don't understand why the pats did it.  jones is their best pass rusher, and maybe even their best defensive player, and normally I would get making this move a year early rather than a year too late, but when tom brady is your qb and his window is what another 2-3 years, why do a move that is mostly a long term benefit by getting rid of such a good player?  maybe if they hit on this 2nd round pick and in 3-4 years they have more cap space it will make sense, but then brady isn't your qb and you made your team worse while the super bowl window is wide open. and that what the pats have always been doing, and for the most part it works, but who knows how many other super bowl wins they have cost themselves by getting rid of impact players a year or 2 too early, and then come the AFC championship game or the super bowl they miss that impact player.

LOL!

dailysnark.com/giants-safety-proposes-girlfriend-getting-3-girls-pregnant-just-year/

My post first wave of FA mock...

 

TEAM	PICK	Position	School	Why?
1)Titans	Laremy Tunsil	OT	Ole Miss	When you're picking #1 you take the most sure thing in the draft, Tunsil is about as sure as it gets
2)Browns	Carson Wentz	QB	North Dakota St.	Theres just too much out there connecting these two together, Hue Jackson is going to want to get his own signal caller in there ASAP.
3)Chargers	Jalen Ramsey	DB	FSU	Arguably the best player in the draft, their defense was awful last year, any improvement at any position is a god send.
4)Cowboys	Joey Bosa	EDGE	Ohio St.	Randy Gregory suspended 4 games, Hardy gone. They need pass rushers in the worst way.
5)Jaguars	Myles Jack	OLB	UCLA	Explosive, truly wish he would fall to the Giants, but I don't see how he doesn't go top 5.
6)Ravens	DeForest Buckner	DE/DT	Oregon	They would have killed for Ramsey to fall, but honestly I could see him going #1 overall… They try to get some youth on the DL in this big bad man
7)49ers	Vernon Hargreaves III	CB	Florida	I just don't buy that they're going to draft a QB this early with both Kaep and Gabbert still there… They Continue to add to a depleted D instead
8)Eagles	Ronnie Stanley	OT	Notre Dame	Jason Peters is near the end, it would be smart for the Eagles to build from the lines out. Would make for a solid bookend across from Lane
9)Buccaneers	Shaq Lawson	DE	Clemson	Fun fact: The Bucs have not had a defensive player with double digit sacks since Simeon Rice in 2005… Nuff' said.
10)Giants	Jack Conklin	OT	Michigan St.	I'll be honest, if this scenario plays out like this I want them to trade back, but I don't mock trades… Theres a gaping hole on the right side of the line, this is a necessity
11)Bears	A'Shawn Robinson	DT	Alabama	The Bears continue rebuilding their D getting back to classic Chicago football… Adding A'shawn to  Eddie Goldman and Akiem Hicks will make for a formidable 3-4 Front
12)Saints	Jarran Reed	DT	Alabama	That’s right back to back DT picks from the same school! NO has to do something about that atrocious run D, Jarran should go  a long way.
13)Dolphins	Mackensie Alexander	CB	Clemson	Just look at their current secondary, they need a DB here no matter what.
14)Raiders	Sheldon Rankins	DT	Louisville	Damn, this is going to be a GOOD defense. Watch out for Oakland…
15)Rams	Jared Goff	QB	Cal	I know it's almost unbelieveable that they didn’t go Defense! If he falls this far they have to take him
16)Detroit	Laquon Treadwell	WR	Ole Miss	This seems to be about the right spot for Treadwell to go, obviious need to get Stafford more weapons (No Marvin Jones and Golden Tate are not enough)
17)Falcons	Leonard Floyd	LB	Georgia	They need help all over this defense, Floyd could turn into an absolute monster
18)Colts	Taylor Decker	OT	Ohio St.	They need Andrew Luck to not die, period.
19)Bills	Robert Nkemdiche	DT/DE	Mississippi	You know Sexy Rexy is not going to be able to pass on him at this point… too much potential. Were he not a moron easily would have beeen top 5
20)Jets	Paxton Lynch	QB	Memphis	With the Fitzmagic drama still unresolved and Geno and Bryce Petty their only QB's this is obvious
21)Redskins	Kendall Fuller	CB	VT	Related to Kyle Fuller.. This secondary is absolute dog ****, another necessity.
22)Texans	Corey Coleman	WR	Baylor	I know they took Jalen Strong last year, but he was very up and down. Some  are saying Coleman is the best WR in this draft, they make their offense even better.
23)Vikings	Will Fuller	WR	Notre Dame	Need to get Bridgewater some weapons!!!!!!
24)Bengals	Josh Doctson	WR	TCU	Can you tell me who's going to play across from AJ this year? I sure as **** can't
25)Steelers	Eli Apple	CB	Ohio St.	Don't think I need to explain this one too much
26)Seahawks	Ryan Kelly	C	Alabama	Losing Max Unger in the foolish Jimmy Graham trade turned a below average OL into a terrible one, this is step one of building it back
27)Packers	Darron Lee	LB	Ohio St.	This will allow them to leave Clay outside to wreak havoc…
28)Chiefs	William Jackson	CB	Houston	Sean Smith bolted to Oakland, they need a replacement
29)Cardinals	Shilique Calhoun	DE	Michigan St.	They got their pass rusher in the form of Chandler Jones from the Pats, now they get him a bookend
30)Panthers	Ezekiel Elliot	RB	Ohio St.	J Stew had a nice renaissance year, but lets be real, that can't last for too much longer. They take what some are calling one of the best overall draft talents
31)Broncos	Connor Cook	QB	Michigan St.	Duh.

I like Mackensie Alexander a lot, i don't see him getting out of the top 15. IMO Apple might even be long gone... it is a really weird draft... no stud QB, no stud WR, no stud DE just very bleh across the board