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Didn't the Patriots tag Vinatieri like five years in a row?

My question is, do they really think that someone is gonna buy that crap?

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I heard something about Dallas wanting to use him as a guard though.

Just heard it on SportsCenter. Dunno what to think. I've heard mixed reviews on him. Lotta bad and a lotta good.

Saturday FA Signing Roundup Rams sign WR Drew Bennett for six years, $30 millionESPN.com news services St. Louis Rams: The Rams filled a potential void if wide receiver Kevin Curtis leaves by signing Drew Bennett to a six-year, $30 million contract that includes $10 million in guarantees. Between bonuses and base salary, Bennett will pocket $9.5 million in 2007. He will earn $13 million in the first two years of the contract and $21 million over the first four seasons of the deal. Bennett leaves the Tennessee Titans and joins one of the most productive receiving duos in the NFL in Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce. Curtis visited the Minnesota Vikings Friday and is scheduled to also visit the Detroit Lions. A former quarterback, Bennett has been a successful possession receiver with the Titans. He's played six seasons after making the team as an undrafted player in 2001. -- ESPN.com senior writers John Clayton and Len Pasquarelli. Arizona Cardinals: The Arizona Cardinals agreed to terms Saturday on three-year contracts for running back Marcel Shipp and safety Hanik Milligan. Both were unrestricted free agents after finishing last season with the Cardinals. Terms were not disclosed. -- The Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs: Offensive tackle Damion McIntosh has agreed to a six-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. McIntosh, an unrestricted free agent who started 13 games at Miami last season -- 11 at left tackle and two at right guard -- will likely play left tackle for the Chiefs, general manager Carl Peterson said. -- The Associated Press Minnesota Vikings: The Vikings signed former Giants tight end Visanthe Shiancoe to a five-year, $18.5 million deal, with $7 million guaranteed and $8.2 million in the first year. The Vikings also signed Vinny Ciurciu. -- ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton New England Patriots: The Patriots continued their signing spree Saturday. After reaching an agreement with Ravens linebacker Adalius Thomas and Jaguars tight end Kyle Brady. New England also signed halfback Sammy Morris of the Dolphins. Terms of the deal weren't available. Morris ran for 400 yards and one touchdown on 92 carries last season. In seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins and Buffalo Bills, he has 1,469 yards rushing and 14 rushing TDs, as well as 112 recpetions for 792 yards and one TD catch. -- ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton New Orleans Saints: Offensive tackle Jon Stinchcomb, who overcame a catastrophic knee injury to resurrect his career in 2006, has agreed to a two-year contract that will keep him with the Saints. The contract is worth $7 million and will pay Stinchcomb $5 million in 2007, between his signing bonus and base salary. Stinchcomb, 27, drew interest from other teams on the opening day of the NFL's free agent period, but opted to remain with a Saints team that brought him into the league in 2003. He also turned down a longer-term offer from the Saints, one that would have included a larger signing bonus, after he and agent Pat Dye Jr. decided the two-year contract actually offered more flexibility. The shorter deal will allow Stinchcomb, who has only started one year, to further establish himself and then be eligible again for free agency in the spring of 2009. A second-round choice in the '03 draft, Stinchcomb appeared in only 10 games, none as a starter, in his first three seasons. Stinchcomb sustained a ruptured right patella tendon in training camp in 2005, sidelining him the entire season and jeopardizing his career. But he rehabilitated diligently, won a starting spot in training camp and performed at a high level all season as the Saints won the division title. -- ESPN.com senior writer Len Pasquarelli San Diego Chargers: For days, Chargers general manager A.J. Smith was dreading an expected phone call that guard Kris Dielman was leaving for another team in free agency. As it turned out, Dielman didn't want to make that call. He decided to stay in San Diego. Dielman shunned a more lucrative offer from the Seattle Seahawks and a few other teams to stay with the Chargers. Dielman agreed to a six-year, $39 million deal with the Chargers that had $17 million in guarantees. The Seahawks, Browns and a few other teams were willing to play more. But Dielman wanted to stay on a 14-2 team. He woke up in Seattle on Saturday morning and before a breakfast meeting with the Seahawks, he instructed his agent, Mike McCartney, to get a deal done with the Chargers. McCartney scrambled and got him $17 million in guarantees. -- ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton San Francisco 49ers: Defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin signed a three-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, making him the third free agent in two days to come in to bolster one of the NFL's worst defenses last season. The 49ers also re-signed Bryan Gilmore, their third receiver last season. -- The Associated Press

I think that we'll get back to that with Spags as the DC. Lewis and Lynn both sucked and I think that it caused our defense to become soft and complacent.

He already signed.

lol... It's been said before and this is totally off topic, but your avatar is f'n amazing. :worshippy:

Okay... then maybe they were doing it to spite us knowing that we just cut Luke?

I dunno. Maybe they wanted to move him to RT eventhough I don't think that he would move.

I don't think we had a chance. And even if we did, there's no way we could've been competitive with the contract that SF gave him.

Just saw that the Giants were the one NFC East team that wasn't looking at Davis, because they are now just becoming interested. (This is all coming from me watching NFL Total Access so I don't have a link.)

Heard his name mentioned a few times, but never saw him play. In other news, Cato June is visiting with us tomorrow (or soon) and John Clayton is expecting him to sign for about $4-5 million per year.

Nate Clements signed with San Francisco for 8 years $80million and a $22million signing bonus.

Lewis Released

Just saw it on NFL Live. Will try to find a link.

You know, I hope that Coughlin feels unemployment breathing down his neck and forces Gilbride to use his weapons correctly. And to make adjustments when things aren't working. But then again this is Coughlin we're talking about. The same guy that stuck by Huff until the Saints debacle.

Touche... however he's beginning to get a little "Fab-4ish" The thread is about the misuse of Shockey in the offense, not about inaccuracy of our QB.

Could you imagine if you didn't find a way to blast Eli in almost all of your posts? You know... even if the thread isn't about him?

I can't make an assessment on the draft until I see what we do in free agency, but I can give a FA wishlist. 1. Asante Samuel CB NE Patriots - honestly I believe that it's a tossup between he and Clements, but he wins IMHO due to the fact that he's two years younger. 2. Nate Clements CB Buffalo Bills - Take him if we can't get Samuel cause I doubt we'll be able to get them both (I wanted him instead of Will Allen, but things don't always go the way we want them to). 3. Lance Briggs OLB Chicago Bears - for some reason I don't see him leaving Chicago, but if he does we better make an offer 4. Adalius Thomas OLB Baltimore Ravens - backup plan if Briggs stays in Chicago or decides to go elsewhere 5. Drew Bennett WR Tennessee Titans - Tim Carter needs to go and eventhough Toomer will be coming back, there's no way to know if he'll be the same after an injury this serious and this late in his career. I think that this is the best WR option available due to the fact that Stallworth won't be leaving Philly. Kevin Curtis (WR St. Louis Rams) is another option but I haven't seen enough of him to know how good he is. 6. Terdell Sands DT Oakland Raiders - Although Fred Robbins did a great job this past season the Defensive Line still had issues getting constant pressure on the QB and stopping those huge runs up the middle. Granted he hasn't had much playing time, but at 6'7" 335LBs this guy is a freakin monster. Wouldn't overpay for him as he's still a bit of an unknown to me. That's all for me.

Giants Hire Palmer

The only thing that I could find. I'm not even sure that this includes the money that we're supposed to get back from Tiki's contract, or how accurate it is.

Same game, but a different play. The choice to go for the 51-yarder totally screwed us up. If we punted the ball, (mind you we have the greatest punter in history on our team), who knows what would've happened. Grossman was still playing like shit and aside from the 3rd and 22 our defense looked ok, but Hester's return blew the game away, and pretty much our season went down after that.