NFL Free Agency 2015 Thread

Raf32

Raf32 wrote: »

This makes me very happy :pac:

Honestly yeve gotten a great player he's played everywhere bar cente on the oline and has been mentioned as an outstanding teammate was annoyed to see him go when it only saved 2.8 mill

SameOleJay

60 mill in guarantees. Wow.

phatkev

SameOleJay wrote: »

60 mill in guarantees. Wow.

Mike Tannenbaum strikes again!

helimachoptor

Looks like Julius Thomas is off to the Jags

helimachoptor

Lions apparently offered Suh 17 million per year and 58 guaranteed

HigginsJ

i would not have paid it but it's a hell of a statement from the Fins. Heaps the pressure on Tannehill now.

HigginsJ

helimachoptor wrote: »

Looks like Julius Thomas is off to the Jags

Never to be heard from again I'd say.

helimachoptor

HigginsJ wrote: »

Never to be heard from again I'd say.

agree.. except when he tears the titans apart twice a season

mikemac1

Ravens beat reporter and a few other sources linking Torrey Smith strongly to the Niners

I never figured he would be back in Baltimore.


Nothing confirmed yet though!

helimachoptor

Not even a whiff of news out of Nashville, slightly worried already tbh

Alfred Borden

helimachoptor wrote: »

Not even a whiff of news out of Nashville, slightly worried already tbh

Feeling the same about the Colts. Talk of interest in Fairley and Knighton but thats it.

HigginsJ

helimachoptor wrote: »

Not even a whiff of news out of Nashville, slightly worried already tbh

Who you hoping to arrive/hang on to?

Alfred Borden

https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/574635951638478848

helimachoptor

HigginsJ wrote: »

Who you hoping to arrive/hang on to?

Derrick Morgan is the big one, 6.5 sacks after moving from DE in a 4-3 to to OLB in 3-4 and surprisingly good in coverage.

He seems undervalued, but he's worth 6-7 million a year imo.
Our other OLB is Wimbley..

Other guy is Karl Klug DE, massively underrated and always performs when given his chance but undersized as a DE in a 3-4.

would like to keep both, happy to let everyone else go tbh

JCTO

HigginsJ wrote: »

Never to be heard from again I'd say.

Why? The guy is still a talented Tight End and its a lot easier for a solid Tight End to make an impact with sh1t QBs than it is a WR. I do think he will do well. Any QB worth his weight in salt when checking down will always use a guy like Thomas as his go to go especially when time in the pocket is an issue.

JaMarcusHustle

Raf32 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/574635951638478848

That's the most ludicrous contract yet this offseason. Maxwell is nowhere near worth that amount. Crazy by the Eagles.

Paully D

Dolphins were the best blitzing team in the NFL last year, per PFF. Now they're adding Suh. Scary!

Lionbacker

Raf32 wrote: »

Feeling the same about the Colts. Talk of interest in Fairley and Knighton but thats it.

If the news about Suh turns out to be accurate, than I'd expect the Lions FO to sign Fairley very quickly, otherwise a once great D line would be in tattters.

Not really too surprised about the figures bandied about Suh's potential contract. Was always expecting astronomical figures like that. Although I didn't think it would get as high as $114.

paulie21

Brandon Flowers staying in San Diego. 4 year deal agreed

HigginsJ

JCTO wrote: »

Why? The guy is still a talented Tight End and its a lot easier for a solid Tight End to make an impact with sh1t QBs than it is a WR. I do think he will do well. Any QB worth his weight in salt when checking down will always use a guy like Thomas as his go to go especially when time in the pocket is an issue.

Not too many success stories of guys leaving good teams & taking the money to join a terrible team.

He is also going from playing with Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Emmanuel Sanders & Wes Welker over the past few years to playing with a group of totally unproven players. He will be the entire focus of every D, I would reckon he will end up with about 500 yards this year.

Alfred Borden

HigginsJ wrote: »

Not too many success stories of guys leaving good teams & taking the money to join a terrible team.

He is also going from playing with Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Emmanuel Sanders & Wes Welker over the past few years to playing with a group of totally unproven players. He will be the entire focus of every D, I would reckon he will end up with about 500 yards this year.

Talk that they could land Murray now too. Scary offence with Thomas, Murray and if Bortles can be half decent. Draft a young wr and they are set at the skill positions.

helimachoptor

If Blackmon comes back i expect him to get past those yards.

Makes the AFC South a tad more exciting

HigginsJ

helimachoptor wrote: »

Derrick Morgan is the big one, 6.5 sacks after moving from DE in a 4-3 to to OLB in 3-4 and surprisingly good in coverage.

He seems undervalued, but he's worth 6-7 million a year imo.
Our other OLB is Wimbley..

Other guy is Karl Klug DE, massively underrated and always performs when given his chance but undersized as a DE in a 3-4.

would like to keep both, happy to let everyone else go tbh

I remember that there was a bit of surprise when we took JPP over Morgan. It has obviously worked out pretty well for us but Morgan is a very solid player. Ye would have one hell of a D if ye hang on to him & pair Williams & Casey.

Alfred Borden

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/574668085619212289

SameOleJay

Not sure there's a signing I like yet.

Flowers at 2 mill a year less than Maxwell is nice for SD though.

SameOleJay

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Alfred Borden

SameOleJay wrote: »

Not sure there's a signing I like yet.

Flowers at 2 mill a year less than Maxwell is nice for SD though.

I like the Gore signing if hes $4 million a year or under.

helimachoptor

HigginsJ wrote: »

I remember that there was a bit of surprise when we took JPP over Morgan. It has obviously worked out pretty well for us but Morgan is a very solid player. Ye would have one hell of a D if ye hang on to him & pair Williams & Casey.

yep , Titans had hoped to get JPP.

Morgan is solid, however bar Casey he doesnt have any other front 7 talent (though Williamson came on when he got a chance at ILB).

Give him another good rusher or someone that occupies a couple of blockers(williams) i see him doing very well but i think we lose him unfortunately.

kryogen

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

That's the most ludicrous contract yet this offseason. Maxwell is nowhere near worth that amount. Crazy by the Eagles.

A positive I am going to choose to take from this is that it gives them less money to fire at McCourty who I would expect them to move for and to a lesser extent Revis

Alfred Borden

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/574677923111829504

helimachoptor

McCourty working on a contract with the titans according to one twitter feed

Not surprised on the Sanxhez rumours

kryogen

I still feel like the Titans angle is media driven due to the obvious narrative it can spin, just don't see it happening. Would be a good land for him from a Pats POV if we are to lose him of course, doesn't strengthen anyone that can really be considered a contender (sorry Helma!)

helimachoptor

would be an awesome story but i think its more than that..

No offense taken.. we all cant land on HOF QBs

Jolly Red Giant

HigginsJ wrote: »

Not too many success stories of guys leaving good teams & taking the money to join a terrible team.

He is also going from playing with Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Emmanuel Sanders & Wes Welker over the past few years to playing with a group of totally unproven players. He will be the entire focus of every D, I would reckon he will end up with about 500 yards this year.

Thomas doesn't do contact - that is why he is good in the red zone - with the Jags he will be the focus of attention and will not be as productive as he was in Denver.

Another move - Orlando Franklin to the Chargers.

JaMarcusHustle

Torrey Smith has announced he's leaving Baltimore.

helimachoptor

Sanchez stays with the Eagles

by all accounts the eagles have deals done with gore,maclin,sanchez and maxwell apparently they are pushing hard for mccourty and looking at tramon williams next season will certainly be interesting

Rock Lesnar

Anne Calm Stone wrote: »

by all accounts the eagles have deals done with gore,maclin,sanchez and maxwell apparently they are pushing hard for mccourty and looking at tramon williams next season will certainly be interesting

Yeah but you can ignore them all though, the big one is The Sanchize is back for 2 more years, thats 2 years people

Son Of A Vidic

helimachoptor wrote: »

McCourty working on a contract with the titans according to one twitter feed

With Wilfork gone the Pats free up $7.5 million in cap space and that for me was critical in any moves to keep Revis & McCourty. But it's all down to McCourty, he loves NE and said he wants to stay but will the bigger money entice him? A week ago I would have said definitely no, now I'm not so sure. Us not putting the franchise tag on him was a big shock for me. Then again maybe they felt they were close to a long term deal, so for them, not tagging him might make sense. McCourty is just coming off a 5yr $10 million contract and while he will get more elsewhere. I think he'll be happy if the Pats offer him something in the 5yr $40-44 million range. That would represent 4 years of his previous contracts pay in one year. But it all boil downs to whether he really wants to stay or follow the bigger money elsewhere. Logic tells me he'll stay, then again, maybe the Pats think Duron Harmon can do a solid job filling his shoes and all for a mere $585,000 dollars in 2015. One thing we know for sure, it's the time of year for doubting and second guessing ourselves.

paulie21

Jeremy Maclin expected to join the Chiefs

Rock Lesnar

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Yeah but you can ignore them all though, the big one is The Sanchize is back for 2 more years, thats 2 years people

he's actually a really good signing pretty cheap and its two years so we can trade him for something next year. also it means if we do end up trading foles and going all in for mariota we have a qb that can start if mariota needs to sit and learn for a few weeks

paulie21 wrote: »

Jeremy Maclin expected to join the Chiefs

well balls

raze_them_all_

Surelty with sanchezs bumper back up qb contract foles is on the trading block??

raze_them_all_

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Surelty with sanchezs bumper back up qb contract foles is on the trading block??

Most of its incentives apparently it's only about 5 mill overall guaranteed

McCourty has resigned

JCTO

Anne Calm Stone wrote: »

McCourty has resigned

Be interesting to see what happens Revis now. McCourty five-year, $47.5 million deal. 28m or so guaranteed.

Rock Lesnar

Personally now that Maclin is gone, i would love the Eagles to go after Cecil Shorts, i think that guy is just waiting to be a star in a big team, and could easily produce the numbers Maclin did last season.

Crabtree is there to, and maybe Hartline if he could produce his form from a couple of years ago but Shorts is my no.1 target

adrian522

Disappointed to see Gore go. Will be very hard to see him play for someone else.

49ers look like they will bring I'm torrey Smith, which would be a good signing I think.

mikemac1

Good but nothing special. A deep threat and not much else

I don't think he's an upgrade over Crabtree

Likely won't be cheaper either

Still Boldin and Smith would be a good pairing, both offering different things

HigginsJ

The Cards have signed Sean Weatherspoon to a 1 year $4 million deal. If he is fit it could be a steal for them.

helimachoptor

Jayson craddock tweeted during the night that Kap was for trade