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Not bad, but after getting Madison and McQuarters in free agency, I kinda doubt we'll spend 3 picks on the secondary. And I can't see waiting until the 3rd round to get a LB given the depth in the draft at the position.

1st - LB (E. Sims, D. Ryans, B. Carpenter)

2nd - DT (C. Wroten, R. Wright)

3rd - CB (A. Phillips, W. Blackmon)

I do like the Devin Aromashodu pick in the 4th.

Wondering do these moves show us that we are going to take an LB in the first????

 

Seems to be an agrument as to which LB to take 1st round. I seem argumnets for Sims..

 

IMO he's a little undersized...

 

and he has had a few concussions...

I would hope that we'd go with LB in the first given the depth in the position in this year's draft. I'd also hope to see a FA linebacker signed as well.

I really don't see the point in getting a FA linebacker unless someone like Arrington would want to play here for a very reasonable price. Think about it we have Emmons, Pierce, and Torbor. No need for explanation with Pierce and we all know that Emmons when healthy is a pretty solid starter. I really think people don't give Torbor enough credit though. He's only played 2 seasons and was converted from DE. He's got the tools to be a very good linebacker and all he needs is experience. Put this together with the likelyhood that we will draft a linebacker in a very deep draft at that position, and we don't necessarily need a FA linebacker. I'd rather grab a FA defensive tackle with our cash.

After what happened to our linebacker core last season, you should know full well that we are severely lacking in that department. Pierce is quality. Emmons has not stayed healthy. Torbor is still learning. Definitely need help and I really don't see any rookie stepping in and starting. Arrington or Peterson should be signed and we should draft LB in the first round.

I'm not sure why we signed McQuarters AND Morton. They do the same job!!

 

Anyone got an idea?

McQuarters - secondary depth

Morton - RB depth

Both - returner depth

I like the signing. Provides depth at return guys and in the secondary.

I'd love to still see a LBer and a DT in free agency.

Amen.......Should have spent some money on Chris Hope.....

Could still do that. I think we've got room for a Chris Hope and a DT yet in free agency. Could be wrong, but I'm thinking that might be the case.

Honestly I dont want him, and feel we can do better. A priority was to upgrade our speed on defense as well as getting a playmaker in the secondary. Demps doesnt fit that at all. He's a solid player, not a future probowler. Although he is an upgrade over Brent, I think we can do much better.

For me, it's Hope, Demps, Tank Williams in that order.

Where did Aarongton go? I have been out of the loop for some time.

Hasn't signed anywhere yet, but has mentioned publicly that he wants to remain in the NFC East and he does not want to play for the Cowboys. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that leaves the Eagles and Giants. And the Eagles just signed Shawn Barber (to play along Dhani Jones and Jeremiah Trotter). Arrington has visited the team already, so many are thinking that it's only a matter of time.

Yeah, I'd really like to know how exactly the Redskins do this. It's nothing new because they do it every year, but I'd like to know this year specifically how they're managing to be over the cap and continue to dish out fat contracts.

Pickett was a former first round pick of the Rams and never lived up to potential. For a stretch he even had a hard time cracking the starting lineup. However he came on last season and actually played some good ball. The talent and potential are there but so far his career has followed the path of an underachiever.

 

Bernard has a high motor and is coming off his best season as a pro. He'll have plenty of suitors. I don't think we're a favorite in that race but it sure would be nice.

Thanks. Would love to see Bernard - 8.5 sacks last season in Seattle, but he could very well be out of the price range. Then again, if he realizes that he'll be lining up with arguably the best DE combination leaguewide in Strahan and Umenyiora, that could be awfully tempting for him.

Don't know what the chances are, but as long as we get one of the FA LBers(Arrington, Witherspoon, Peterson), I'll be happy.

EDIT: Scratch Witherspoon off that list. Just noticed he was picked up by the Rams.

Hopefully they can get a meeting with those two.

 

But I don't know much about Ryan Pickett.

Don't know much about either Bernard or Pickett, but from what I can tell, both would be equivalent to or better than the departed Clancy.

I really think that the Giants and Drew are working together. Maybe the Giants gave him a little something under the table to screw the eagles all to hell

All he'd have to do is let TO sit on their roster and not move him.

Then it will be more difficult to cut him in future years ... save less money...

I realize that it will be more difficult to cut him in later years, but until a suitable replacement is available, there's really no reason to get rid of him. His penalties suck, his back sucks, but again, I don't know of any LTs out there that can come in and do better.

I hope that we can somehow get Chris Hope. Him and Wilson, would become one of the best safety duos in the league and both are still very young.

That would be nice, very nice indeed. I'd be just as happy with Adam Archuleta or Corey Chavous too, but Hope definitely leads that list. EDIT: ADD MARLON MCCREE TO THAT LIST IF HE HASN'T BEEN SIGNED BY ANYONE ELSE YET.

Looking for Arrington, Witherspoon, Peterson, or June (yeah, I think he's worth the draft pick we'd have to give up due to his being a RFA) at OLB

Keep Petitgout, just restructure the deal to save money. Extend contract, decrease base salaries, increase bonus, etc.

Wouldn't mind him coming here, but definitely not a priority.

No !! did it say we were close to signing him?

Among their own free agents, the Giants are close to coming to terms with defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy, who has the same interest in returning as the team has in keeping him. Punt returner Chad Morton is also on Accorsi's list to re-sign. And now, he has the money to do so.

Will Allen was in my opinion consistant in the way he

played the run well and tackled. But his defending the pass

was his weak link and what i mean is he played the Reciever

well up to the point where the ball was thrown and then

he would either drop the ball or lose sight of it and the receiver

somehow would make the play.

If you took will allen and combined him with will peterson you would

have a more complete player.

 

Ints change the momentum of the game and I think getting rid

of Allen is a good move. Madison has better hands than Allen for sure

but its not a huge upgrade. Just slighlty madison will collect alot more INTS !

LEts sign a stud DT !!! NOW !!!!!

I agree that it's just a slight upgrade. I'm just glad we won't see Will Allen getting burned deep over and over in a single game again. Regarding the DT, did you catch the end of the article about the liklihood of resigining Clancy?

Best part of that article is the news on Clancy.

I think with the new cap in place, we can satisfy both positions nicely....also, look for Puke to be asked to restructure his contract to make a significantly lower base amount and more room for us under the cap.....ideally, I wish we could just show him the door, but are there even any decent LT's out there to replace him with?

No better replacements that I can think of when it comes to Luke, and yeah, that'd be nice if he restructured. I think that we can pick up Arrington and Madison without too much problem as is. I think we could even go after a safety in free agency as well. Arrington wouldn't be my first choice for free agent linebacker, but if he's wanting to play here that badly, he may be willing to accept slightly less $$$ than some of the other names.

The signing bonus and salary are completely separate entities, with the signing bonus representing the only guaranteed money. If LaVar signed a 5-year, $15 million deal with $5 million bonus, then he would get a salary of $3 million per year on average + $1 million annually from his signing bonus (signing bonus is evenly distributed over the duration of the contract).

Exactly how tired do you get of explaining the salary cap to people too lazy to look it up?

Free Agent (in order)

-CB

-LB

-S

Draft (in order)

-LB

-DT

-CB

-WR

I, too, am in favor of keeping Joseph around. I think that he's shown what he can do here and there. He hasn't been near as consistent as we would all like him to be. I don't think he's getting many double teams because of our DEs, and I don't think it's a fatigue issue as we do have a rotation on the DLine, but for what he has shown, I just wouldn't want to see him let go.

In free agency, I'd like to pick up a CB (like Sam Madison, Ronde Barber, Ricky Manning Jr., or Ike Taylor)

I'd also like to see an Outside Linebacker (like Witherspoon, Arrington, Peterson, June). And we'd also want a safety (like Chavous, Archuleta, Hope).

That's 3 free agents that are fairly big names, which might and might not be do-able depending on the contracts each of them are looking for. We could be easily outbid by many other teams, specifically the Eagles who now have something like 25 million in cap space, so the extra 10 million we got doesn't mean that will be able to splurge, because obviously, every team got that same 10 million. Basically, the extra 10 mil will allow us to sign our own free agents if we choose to do so as well as pursue a few free agents. I just don't think that we all the options out there that bringing in 3 guys will be that difficult.

1st round, for Linebacker

--Ernie Sims

--DeMeco Ryans

--Bobby Carpenter

(Although from what I've read about Lawson, I wouldn't be opposed to him either)

2nd round, for Defensive Tackle

--Claude Wroten

--Rodirique Wright

3rd Round, for Cornerback

--Anwar Phillips

--Will Blackmon

4th Round, for Wide Receiver

--Cory Rodgers

--Devin Aromashodu

--Brandon Marshall