A look at Free Agents...let's start with WR's
by Justin_Bobo on Jan 13, 2010 3:24 PM EST
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With the Patriots in an obvious hole for a number 2 starter next season (especially with Welker most likely to miss the whole season), let's take a look at who may be available.
Vincent Jackson, San Diego Chargers (would become restricted) - 2 straight 1,000+ yard seasons, 19 touchdowns in last 3 years. River's primary target. Only made $620,000...but a large pay increase is expected.
Derrick Mason, Baltimore Ravens (unrestricted) - 13 seasons in the NFL, 8 1,000+ yard seasons. Plays well in the slot and along the sidelines. Missed a total of 6 games in his NFL career. Has made 3 million each of the last 4 seasons, and will most likely land a deal similar to that again.
Terrell Owens, Buffalo Bills (unrestricted) - 14 seasons in the NFL with 4 different teams. 9 1,000+ yard seasons, astonishing 144 touchdowns and has only lost 7 fumbles throughout career. Definite locker room disturbance and never really happy. Landed a 1 year, 2.25 mil dollar deal with Buffalo, but had a 4 million dollar signing bonus. Value will likely decrease next season if he wants to land with a contender.
Miles Austin, Dallas Cowboys (would become restricted) - Breakout 2009 season with over 1,300 yards and 11 touchdowns. Cowboys will most likely pursue heavily, but may lose him to others with a veteran presence. Made 1.545 million last year, and will look for a similar deal with at least 3-4 years.
Lee Evans, Buffalo Bills (unrestricted) - 2 1,000+ yard seasons, 39 career touchdowns. Deep field threat with above average speed. Made 11.7 million in 2008, and only 4.6 million in 2009. May land on a non-contending team and find 5-6 million dollar deal, or find less on a contender. A lot of question marks surround Lee Evans.
Antonio Bryant, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (unrestricted) - 2 1,000+ yard seasons with 30 career touchdowns, and has played on 4 different teams in 8 years. Has only played 4 full seasons (2 of them were his first 2 years), but is a threat when healthy. Made 9.88 million in 2009, but that number should come down this year.
Brandon Marshall, Denver Broncos (would be restricted) - Highly unlikely to land anywhere besides Denver. Has had 3 tremendous seasons the last 3 years, landing over 100 catches and 1,000 yards in each. 25 touchdowns in 4 year career. Made 2.1 million last season, but expect that number to skyrocket.
Chris Chambers, Kansas City Chiefs (unrestricted) - After a poor first half of the season with San Diego, played 9 games with Kansas City and finished with over 600 yards and 4 touchdowns. Has only had 1 1,000 yard season, and that was in 2005, but has only missed 4 games in his 9 year career. Still has great hands, and a good amount of speed, but makes an average of 5 million a year the last 3 years. I would expect that number to dip down, but not by much.
Steve Breaston, Arizona Cardinals (would be restricted) - Had a 1,000 yard season in 2008, quality slot receiver during his 3 year career. 6 career touchdowns. Most likely to wind up back in Arizona. Made $460,000 last year, may crack the million a year plateau with a multi-year deal.
If anyone would like a mini-bio on any of the following free agent Wide Receivers, let me know and i'll include them. These seem to be lesser-tier players, but can still contribute to the Patriots.
Mark Clayton, Malcolm Floyd, Domenik Hixon, Michael Jenkins, Lance Moore, Muhsin Muhammad, Josh Reed, Maurice Stovall, Kevin Walter, Troy Williamson.
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I was going to including players in the draft, but I don’t see anyone worth taking except Dez Bryant, Golden Tate, and Jordan Shipley…and I think it is highly unlikely we will draft any of them.
Evans would be a perfect complement.
A true, stretch-the-field wideout. Really, he’s a #2 wideout, but he’d be an excellent #3. He’d probably have to play the X while Welker recovers, anyway.
The Bills might let him go, since there is likely to be some turnover in that organization.
Lee Evans fits that other category that Hoodie likes, too
that “he gave Hoodie headaches when he was playing elsewhere” criteria. Wes Welker was another of those guys, and he worked out okay. hah.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Jan 13, 2010 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
Absolutely
And as a fellow Badger, I’d love to get him here.
But he signed a contract extension with Buffalo in 2008. Unless the Bills have released him — which would be an incredibly stupid move — he’s theirs through the 2012 season.
I disagree guys. We need a physical WR and a big target. I hate to say it, but Michael Jenkins would be a better acq.
Vincent Jackson would be a blessing that will never happen. He’s smart physical and has great hands. The deep threat too! He earned a scholarship at Columbia that he declined with a 4.0 gpa. He’s very smart.
Jack of all trades-Master of None.....
by Yardpenalty.com on Jan 15, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
yes..bring a buckeye to this team..
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A smart receiver is necessary, not just useful
Galloway has the credentials and stats that might have him pushing for Canton, but he couldn’t pick up the system. Who could do it? Randy Moss and Wes Welker. Brady has said on multiple occasions about how smart those two are – he said something like “Moss doesn’t just know where he’s supposed to be, he knows where everyone else is on every play.” Wes must be able to do the same thing in order for him to always be able to find the open space. In other words, it does take an above-average intelligence guy to be able to run in the Pats system. Physical gifts only go so far: Welker gets amazing production, but he was smaller, slower and weaker than, say, Chad Jackson.
Get a smart WR, please. Hah.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Jan 16, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Moss had to direct Sam Aiken to the other side of the field
last week. The offense just looked confused.
Keep the faith!
I would LOVE to have vincent jackson here.
unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen. I also like chris chambers. He has goo-great hands, and just from watching him play, I can see him targeted frequently by brady.
I also like bryant and marshal
i think bryant is underrated, and marshal is like a cross between welker and moss.
Added Chambers
Figured he’s worth mentioning, especially since I thought he had been around longer than 9 years but hasn’t.
little thing i noticed...
both Jackson and Evans wear #83. Hmmm. hahaha
I said no. The reason being that we don’t need any high priced free agents other than on defense or the O line. Welker won’t be out for long, maybe he’ll miss some of the pre season, but we have some pretty good receivers already. I think Edelman is going to be a star in the league and especially for the Patriots. I like Tate, Aiken, Stanback – Brady just needs to throw to more guys not named Moss and Welker. In some of the losses this year, he forced the ball to those two whenever they fell behind. Its easy to defend when the opposition knows that you have to throw and who you are going to throw to. The way to go is with the draft, some of the best receivers this season were rookies and the Pats don’t need the best, just a good one to offset the attention paid to Moss. I wish the Patriots had kept their pick and taken Michael Oher. At least he’s still playing and we sure could have used him last week-end. The super bowl winning Patriot teams all had one thing in common, a kick ass in your face defense.
Those of you who think you know everything just annoy those of us who do!!
oher is a big tackle
and would not necessarily fit in the pat system…..clay matthews was there and now he was 10 sacks this year
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Clay Mathews or Cushing could have helped us out big time. Thats a what if statement on my part
I wish the Lions wouldnt have taken Delmas and we would have him instead of Chung. I thought Chung would be better and I know he will be better. Delmas hits real hard and is very fast.
Jack of all trades-Master of None.....
by Yardpenalty.com on Jan 15, 2010 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
or chung's friend..bryd...he is a ball hawker
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The really successful safeties in a Pats system have been older
Harrison was basically pushing around a Zimmer-frame while making game-winning picks; before that, it was Milloy, and he was playing his best football when he was getting on in age, too.
It’s no coincidence that in the same week the Ravens players were saying that Junior Seau was the Pats best defender, when they were asked specifically about Brandon Meriweather, the reply was “but he’s so YOUNG”. He is. And Chung’s far, far younger. Chung has shown enough of a nose for a big play (a pick and a couple of other decent plays) that there’s hope; it just takes a few years to really get to be a good Pats safety.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Jan 16, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
We got great safeties..
If I had to pick a position I am least worried about, it would be the SS and the FS
Oh, I'm happy with who we've got, too
but they’re still prone to doing ‘young’ things – biting on play fakes and whiffing on open field tackles because they didn’t read the runner’s intent, that kind of thing. I’m pretty happy with the Safety stable, and they’ll only get better. But it’s just not one of those positions that you’d expect a rookie to contribute straight away in, especially the way the Pats use their safeties. Chung’s a guy who’ll shine in 2012 or so, not tomorrow.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Jan 16, 2010 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
By young they mean "lacks experience"
Milloy and Harrison had been there and done that.
When everyone is fast, the advantage goes to the guy who knows where he is going. The guy who just reacts has to be much faster to get there.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 16, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
bryant would be a great fit
and lance moore
Would Jason Avant be a good idea here?
Watched him in Philly, and he was good; capable alongside Jackson and Celek.
Yay? Nay?
Beer is good! And stuff!
I feel like Avant isn’t much different than Aiken. His 587 yards this year is really deceiving, with a big chunk of those coming in games against San Diego and Washington. He gets shut out too easily, and only seems to prevail on one-on-one coverage. He doesn’t seem to be able to get open in zone coverage, and wound up being a non-factor in nearly half of Philly’s games.
That doesn’t mean he can’t be better here, I just don’t see him as a real upgrade over Aiken. I think we have the 3rd, 4th, and 5th WRs settled in our depth chart, but we just need a number 2 guy.
randy and welker are 1 and 2
we are looking for number 3 right
i guess we want to get a WR in free agency
so idk.. we are picking which we like out of that list
oh, yes, you're right
I was thinking automatically of Edelman as the new number 3 and forgot for a sec about the free agent pickups.
Keep the faith!
Well since we won't have Welker next year...
…shouldn’t we look for a number 2? Even for a year gap stop?
what do you mean we dont have welker next year
the guy is a warrior.. i have 100 percent confidence he will be back next year in 100 percent form
recovery from a mcl and acl tear is usually between 6-12 months.
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Out the people, I picked Evans, even though that's not a real possibility.
I want Steve Breaston from Arizona (or Anquan Boldin, depending on who they let go) or Jason Avant from Philly. Both are strong #3s, with the capability, in my opinion, to step up into the #2 spot. With our current offensive weapons, they’d be able to take best advantage of our offense and produce at a high level.
Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB
i want breaston too
he was good @ mich (ughh)..i’m sure a wolverine wants to throw td to another wolverine
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did people forget about
Team Obliterate?…plus he would be bitchin about wanting his no. 81
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team oblitorator
yes he is that but there no denying his talent and how good he is.. plus he was on his best behavior last year and with brady would become a TD machine!
thats what i meant
the really issue would between moss and to
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and i do not want him to cry " thats my qb...dont be talking about my qb"
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I wouldn't mind Lance Moore either...
…before Meachem and Henderson emerged, he was their #2 and was very good.
Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB
i want breaston but i will vote for my buckeye -michael jenkins
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Owens? Really?
Are we forgetting that Owens is now 36? I know that’s not Seau-esque, but this guy is not going to be running at top speed. Given that we also have Moss taking playsoff or whatever (whether he’s injured or just sick of playing, idk) but I don’t want to see a play where Brady is getting pressured in the pocket and all he can see are two old men passively jogging around, waiting for something to happen
I voted for Bryant
Underrated, deep threat, and good hands. It was between him and Vincent, and this was the tiebraker:
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