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John Lynch was never a good cover safety, He was good against the run and a good blitzer. I was hoping to keep Milloy for another year and get rid of vincent, mostly due to having no one of worth behind milloy while wanting to give rashad baker a shot at fs. I think the safety position is quickly becoming one of the more important positions on defense though, similar to the te on offense. Both are undervalued but you need good athletes. I agree you need a physical presence, and I'm more a fan of the physical kind of safeties the roy williams and polamalu's then the ed reeds of the world. Generally though in a cover 2 you do need safeties who can cover a lot of ground. While Free Agency is a good way to go towards building your team I'd prefer the draft. Baker at 5'10 200lbs 10lbs heavier then milloy might be able to make the switch to ss but if not, I'd like to see someone like jason allen from tenn. Roman Harper from Alabama, greg blue georgia or cedric griffin from texas.

DAMN!! Grandma was flying

Why are all of you upset over losing Josh Reed? He's made what like 1 big play a season in his 4 years here, and proved he could do no better then beging relegated to a 4th string wr behind moulds/evans/parrish. People like Josh Reed are a dime a dozen, no big loss let the dolphins sign him.

The browns are probably gonna make a very strong push for david givens. He's familar with that offensive system, since crenell is there. would be a good target for the young quaterback charlie frye. I'd like to see if we cut moulds Ike Bruce. He's familar with fairchilds system, and evans while I wont compare him to torry "big game" holt he has similar attributes, so issac could take him under his wing like he did with holt. If not bruce then Antonio Bryant, keenan mccardell, koren robinson or joe jurevicius.

I agree Broderick Bunkley is a beast. IMO he'll be better then ngata when all is said and done.

They'll be hard pressed to find a team willing to trade a 1st rd pick for a 32 year old de. Even though I think Rice is on another stratosphere then John Abraham, he's not likely to merit a 1st rd pick in a trade due to his age, but for a 2nd I'd hop all over that.

RIP Kirby. May the love of god shine down upon you as those pearly gates are opened and may the light the truth and the way guide your family and friends in this time of sorrow.

heres a list of free agent rb's from the redzone.org Anthony Thomas UFA Saints Antowain Smith UFA Saints Arlen Harris RFA Rams Artose Pinner RFA Lions Aveion Cason UFA Rams Chad Morton UFA Giants Chester Taylor UFA Ravens David Allen RFA Rams DeShaun Foster UFA Panthers Edgerrin James UFA Colts J.R. Redmond UFA Cardinals Jamal Lewis UFA Ravens James Jackson UFA Cardinals Jonathan Wells UFA Texans Kenny Watson UFA Bengals LaBrandon Toefield RFA Jaguars Lamar Gordon UFA Eagles Maurice Morris UFA Seahawks Michael Bennett UFA Vikings Mike Cloud UFA Patriots Moe Williams UFA Vikings Musa Smith RFA Ravens Najeh Davenport UFA Packers Omar Easy UFA Raiders Reno Mahe RFA Eagles Ricky Proehl UFA Panthers Rock Cartwright UFA Redskins Ron Dayne UFA Broncos Shawn Bryson UFA Lions Steve Bush UFA 49ers Tony Fisher UFA Packers Travis Minor UFA Dolphins Verron Haynes UFA Steelers Out of this list I'd like to see maurice morris but he'll probably be a little more on the expensive side, If not morris then eith cartwright/fisher/bryson/wells or musa smith

I'm not a huge fan of taking a safety that high, and I have my reservations about huff. Is he a safety or is he a corner at the nfl level? When I think of some of the safeties that have gone in recent years, polamalu, williams, ed reed. I just dont think huff is in that type of class. Maybe for this year he's worth the 8th overall pick, but I dont think he has the ability of the above mentioned safeties. I'd prefer trading down and taking broderick bunkley or staying put and taking vernon davis if he falls to us.

I'm not holding my breath anymore. This whole thing is ridiculous. Wake me up when draft talk can start up again.

congrats to shaun alexander for getting his well deserved money Averages 19.6 tds per season over the last 5 years rush/rec, and has 100 total in his career in just 6 seasons. An Amazing humble player who got paid for a job well done. I still think he's a soft rb though.

I'd like to take this time and thank A Bunch of greedy billionares, and greedy millionares for ruining the stability of the greatest sport in this country.

No thanks I'll pass. Will Shields while he might be an upgrade for us on the line most likely it'll only be a 1 year deal. Shields for the past few seasons has mulled over retirement. I dont want someone like that. I'd rather go younger through the draft.

how do you figure?

Personally I think if this board was run by the guys over at billszone instead of SDS we could go on to bigger and better things. SDS is holding this board back. Now I understand if someones gonna attack me for my views, people hated on jesus too. I'm gonna go post with my neighbor now.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birk pins much of the blame on Upshaw for labor standoff The Vikings center has not played in two years, but he sure delivered a Pro Bowl-sized verbal pancake on the executive director of the NFL Players' Association when no CBA deal was reached on Thursday. Mark Craig Vikings center Matt Birk isn't a big fan of the players union in general and of Gene Upshaw, its executive director, in particular. "Don't put this in the paper ... no, wait, go ahead and put it in," Birk said. "Gene Upshaw is a piece of" well, you know. Birk spoke as the union and the NFL were about to go Tony Soprano on the goose that lays the kind of golden eggs other sports can only dream about. Fortunately, both sides blinked. Seven hours before what would have been the beginning of the end of the NFL's salary cap, it was mutually agreed that three more days are required for someone -- anyone! -- to come to his senses and extend the collective bargaining agreement. So free agency will start on Monday, not today. "It's a joke, it really is," Birk said. "Everyone is making money. A lot of money. You think anyone wants to hear about the money problems of the NFL owners or players? It's bad pub for the league. It's bad for all of us." Birk was the Vikings' union rep until he couldn't stomach Upshaw's "propaganda and poor leadership" any longer. He has fought Upshaw on other fronts over the years, speaking out against the inordinate distribution of money to unproven rookies and Upshaw's refusal to fight for guaranteed contracts that players in other sports enjoy. "Someone asked him about me when I was going through my deal last summer trying to get my contract guaranteed," Birk said. "He said he played with a lot of great centers in his time and none of them made $4 million. That's our union rep? C'mon." Birk doesn't place all of the blame for the CBA mess at Upshaw's feet. But he does blame him for not being forthright while explaining what it would mean to the players not to have a salary cap in 2007. "When you go to those CBA meetings, you always feel like you're being sold something instead of being given the straight facts," Birk said. "Through all the meetings leading up to this, it was always: 'The owners don't want an uncapped year. We'll get a deal, and if we don't, so what? There will be an uncapped year and there will be crazy money out there.' "The reality is that's not the case. And you're seeing that it's not the leverage we were told it would be." While the lack of a salary cap would encourage the richer teams to overspend on certain players, there also would be rules in place that would be unfavorable to players. Players would become unrestricted free agents after six seasons, not four. Raises would be capped at 30 percent above the previous season. And there would be no minimum salary cap, whereas now it's 54 percent of the defined gross revenue. "And we'll lose some of our 401(k) and annuities, and some benefits, too," Birk said. "That's a huge deal to the younger guys making the minimum who might not have 10-year careers. Those are guys the union needs to look out for. "Instead, you go there and it's like some kind of religious revival. You don't feel you're getting the true message. And they're always talking too fast." Birk wishes the actual players had more power and say in how the union operates. "Too many guys in the league just accept whatever Gene says," Birk said. "I don't know why no one has called this guy out." It's hard to believe we're discussing labor unrest when the NFL generates $5.2 billion a year and signed the largest TV deal in sports history. The league gets $3.7 BILLION in TV money this year alone. "Gene thinks we're making all this money because of Gene Upshaw," Birk said. "No, we're making all of this money because of TV. This sport is huge, and what's going on right now is hurting all of us." http://www.startribune.com/101/story/282098.html I guess the players are starting to get tired of upshaw.

In a nutshell the players dont feel they're getting their just due from the machine that is the NFL The Owners are taking away what was originally agreed to which was fine with the NFLPA as long as they still got at least 60%.

or we could go younger and get this guy Ravens | Kemoeatu will test free agency Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:37:01 -0800 Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports Baltimore Ravens DL Ma'ake Kemoeatu will test the free agent market starting March 6. The Ravens have made it a priority to re-sign him and have talked at length with his agent, Ken Vierra.

Eagles | Team set to sign Bentley Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:34:11 -0800 Bob Brookover, of the Philadelphia Inquirer, reports the Philadelphia Eagles are set to sign free agent C LeCharles Bentley (Saints). Bentley's interest in joining the Eagles is so strong that the only thing preventing the signing from happening Friday, March 3, was the delay in the start of free agency. I know it's not a "Done deal" yet but the chances of getting bentley look grim.

I know jauron is gonna be running a cover 2, but Ted said he would love to play for jauron again. Maybe a short deal. He'd be cheaper then the 3.5 adams was gonna get and could still be a viable run stoping dt. Raiders | T. Washington released Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:07:03 -0800 Nancy Gay, of the San Francisco Chronicle, reports the Oakland Raiders have released DT Ted Washington.

something like this would be all over espn. So I seriousily doubt it happened yet. Jets | Abraham drawing interest Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:57:57 -0800 NFL.com reports agents Tony Agnone and Rich Rosa, said on a conference call that four or five teams said they were "definitely interested" in New York Jets franchise DE John Abraham, but they declined to name them. "Change is good and for John Abraham moving forward, change would be good for him," Rosa said. "You get to a point in your career as a player when there's been some unfulfilled promises, you have to move through that because it's a business. That's what we've been able to do with John, have his sights set on a brighter future." Agnone and Rosa said in the best case scenario, they would come to a long-term deal with an interested team and then have the new club work out a trade with the Jets.

lmao too funny

You're right it happened at the senior bowl. Wanny hated Eric Moulds saying he would never take a player like him, and there was some serious questions about his character heading into the 1996 nfl draft. I remember Bill Parcells really wanted moulds, but they settled on terry glenn because of moulds questionable character, and at training camp that year Thurman ordered a bunch of pizzas to the sidelines mocking the whole incident.

At this point and probably even more evident in the time leading up to the draft, we'd be better off taking best player available, out of the 3 you listed. I'd go vernon davis/Ngata/Huff

I supsect other people will be brought in but damn baker, leonhard and wire, that just sounds well not very good. Baker imo the best of the bunch, which isn't saying much.