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AFC EAST- NE. While they did lose Crenell and Weis and I believe that will lead to some early season struggles. Their qb is too good, their defense is great (It's all about the front 7) and Belichick is a defensive mastermind. Until someone knocks em off they stay here AFC North- The Natty. I'm not sold on Roethlisberger. Especially the 2nd half of last season he just seemed lost and confused. Say what you want about Burress, but Big Ben put up his better #'s when burress was healthy. He was the bread and butter. Not sold on Randle El as a #2 and well generally not sold on their receiving core. I believe they also lost 2 or 3 members of their starting oline from last year. Baltimore has Kyle Boller so I'm just gonna disqualify them. Their lb's outside of lewis are ehh. and gotta see how suggs takes the move from olb to de. If Palmer comes on strong like he was before he got hurt I believe he'll win enough games for cincy to win the north. AFC South- The Colts. Like Ne in the east until someone in this division knocks em down they're king of the mountain. The Jags gave them fits last year, but they should steamroll over the texans and titans. I won't pick the jags because of their inabilty to beat the texans 0 td's in the 2 games last year against Houston. AFC West- The Chiefs. The #1 scoring offense in the league, and some key cogs to help improve their defense in kendrell bell, pat surtain, sammy knight and draftee derrick johnson to go along with the de they drafted last year jared allen who recorded 9 sacks. Their Defense doesn't have to be dominating for this team to win games just get the ball to their offense. They can be real dangerous if the defense is able to do this. Unlike the colts finese offense, the chiefs with their oline and 1-2 punch of Holmes/Johnson can jam it down your throats and play physical with the best of em. AFC WC- Jets/Jags. Solid defenses, good running games, if pennington stays healthy the jets will be there. The jags brought in reggie haywar and marcellus wiley. While wiley has basically sucked the past few years next to the dt combo of Stroud/Henderson I wouldn't be shocked to see a bounce back year from him. NFC EAST- The Philly Birds- That division is brutal outside of philly. Who just seems so much better than the rest of this division. NFC North- Chicago Bears. Yeah Thats right da bears. If their d stays healthy it's a pretty damn good defense, and well I like what they're trying to do on offense, and well Mike Tice disqualifies me from picking the vikings. NFC South- The Carolina Panthers- Good Rb's, good qb, good wr's, great dline, good lb's, potentially great secondary. When Healthy I think they're the best team in the nfc. NFC West- The St. Louis Rams- WORST DIVISION IN FOOTBALL..... Yeah that's all I have to say here. NFC WC- Vikings, Saints. The Saints may field the best skill position players in the nfc in Brooks/Mcallister/Joe Horn. They ended the season strong I look for that to continue with some slight improvement in their defense. I would've picked the Vikings to win the North but I just can't pick a Mike Tice team to live up to potential.

He Did? Peerless Price's last 4 games of 2004 Week 14 (OAK) 2 18 9.0 13 0 Week 15 (CAR) 1 4 4.0 4 0 Week 16 (@NOR) 6 49 8.2 18 0 Week 17 (@SEA) 7 46 6.6 17 1 Total- Last 4 Games 4 16 117 7.3 18 1 A 7.3 Avg just what I'd want from my highly paid wr. Price imo will only get worse. I think a lot of it is the qb, and system.

Bruce Smith and Steve Christie. I believe our defense is good enough to get to the bowl without a "great" quaterback, but our defense lacks a terror pass rusher and we lack a kicker

and Bam Magera (sp?) Only in America could a guy like Johnny Knoxville be rich and famous for making a career out of getting hit in the balls. If Life was fair at all Knoxville would be shoveling cow manure for a living back in tennessee.

Last 4 games of the 2004 season for Willis, Julius and Kevin Last 4 Games 4 99 374 93.5 3.8 2 - Julius Jones Last 4 Games 4 96 430 107.5 4.5 3 - Kevin Jones Last 4 Games 4 71 311 77.8 4.4 6 - Willis Mcgahee While Julius obviousilly had more carries. I'd take mcgahee over him based on td's. I'd also rank Kevin Jones above julius. Both Kevin and Willis have a better skill set than Julius, Julius is getting proped cause of the market he plays for. Kevin Jones was vastly superior to Julius last season imo as was willis. last 4 games of wr's- evans, roy williams, michael clayton Last 4 Games 4 19 289 72.3 15.2 60 - - 4 - lee evans Last 4 Games 4 15 212 53.0 14.1 37 - - 3 - roy williams Last 4 Games 4 19 350 87.5 18.4 75 - - 4 - michael clayton If you're one of those people who follows trends in fantasy ball like I am I'd go with clayton over evans and williams. Whether or not you want to believe it evans fantasy value takes a drop due to losman being the starter this year. Starting over with a new qb and getting used to his tendancies and throwing style isn't easy. The lions are stacked with uber weapons. If Rogers stays healthy is there really enough balls to go between charles rogers, roy williams, michael williams, kevin johnson, marcus pollard and kevin jones? I think the lions amount of offensive weapons will impact williams fantasy value in a negative way although he's still a damn good wr. Michael Clayton returns with the same starting qb, same system, a new weapon in carnell williams. I believe because of the consistency factor he'll have better draft day value than evans or roy williams.

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I know this isn't popular but I dont expect much of JP at all. He's done nothing other than a bunch of fluff stories in the offseason to impress me. So if he tanks I won't be suprised. With that said though I hope he does good, and plays as part of the team this season making as few mistakes as possible, and has a good inital season allowing willis mcgahee and the defense carry us to the playoffs.

I'm not all that paticularly concerned about the pass blocking aspect of our oline. I believe they'll be solid in this area and with Losmans mobility I believe we'll do fine there even with the question mark at lt. What I am worried about is our run blocking. Something I haven't seen out of them is push in the run game accouting for a porous yards per carry average last season. With a young qb good run blocking becomes more essential cause we don't want to be leaving losman in 3rd and long situations, thats where it will get ugly

But... But.... But.... Team Loyalty and Hometown discount?......... The pats have some issues. There was the Rodeny Harrison being unhappy about his contract issue now seymour potentially holding out and Patriots | Vrabel's Contract Skyrockets Next Year - from www.KFFL.com Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:00:56 -0700 Updating an earlier report, according to Patriots.com, New England Patriots LB Mike Vrabel will see his salary cap figure jump from $4.3 million this year to $11.5 million in 2006. Vrabel will likely have to restructure the deal to remain a Patriot. Patriots | McGinest's Contract Skyrockets Next Year - from www.KFFL.com Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:02 -0700 Patriots.com reports New England Patriots LB Willie McGinest will see his salary cap figure jump from $3.8 million this year to $8.3 million in 2006. McGinest will likely have to restructure the deal to remain a Patriot.

Mcgahee not right now even though If I made a top 50 list I'd put him on it but I can see why Prisco wouldn't. Takeo should've been a lot higher. The guys a play maker. I think if you want to make a case for other bills to be on this list. London Fletcher is a good place to start. The guy averages 130 tackles a year for the past 8 years averages 3 sacks a season is a sideline to sideline backer defensive captain and imo a demon on st's. I'd definitly have him over Al Wilson. While Al Wilson is a solid mlb on a good defense I don't think he makes near the impact that London Fletcher makes, nor can he sniff Fletchers tackle totals. Nate Clements might be another good case Nate Clements also has a career average 4.5 int's a year and 60 tackles a season. Last year had 6 ints and 5 forced fumbles better than corners Champ Bailey who averages 3.5 ints a year and 70 tackles 3 int's last season and no forced fumbles and Chris Mcallister who averages 2.5 int's a year 30 tackles and has no forced fumbles in his career. Clements/Fletcher would definitly be the most legit cases in my opinion

While Ross Verba isn't worth Walter Jones or Orlando Pace money he's a pretty damn good lt. If you can get the guy for 4-4.5 million a year it's well worth the investment. He'd soldify the oline on the left side and it would be one less question mark we'd have to worry about. I believe he only gave up 1.5 sacks last year, and for the qb carousel that was the cleveland browns that's pretty damn good. Not only is it obvious that Verba is better than Gandy, but Verba is one of the better tackles in the league outside of Jones/Roaf/Pace/Ogden/Tra thomas. If he can be afforded it's worth it.

Mike Tyson is great for quotes such as this "One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand he was out cold convulsing on the floor like an infantile retard."- Mike Tyson. With that said I'll just fade into Bolivan

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I think this is a pretty good idea as it would level the playing field between the higher revenue teams in the league and lower revenue teams. http://www.jaguars.com/story/4408.asp Weaver talks about plan 6/7/05 By Vic Ketchman, jaguars.com senior editor This is the first installment in a five-part series entitled “Revenue-sharing 101,” which will address the issues confronting the NFL's small-market and large-market teams in their attempts to adopt a new business model. Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver comments in Part I. Wayne Weaver is promoting a proposal he and Steelers owner Dan Rooney made at the recent NFL owners meetings as being a solution to the problem of an ever-widening revenue gap between the league's small-market and large-market teams. It's known as the “Jacksonville-Pittsburgh plan” and it's based on sharing of all local revenues. According to Weaver's and Rooney's proposal, 34 percent of all local revenues would be put into a pool and divided evenly among the league's 32 teams. “I've been very outspoken about this at the league meetings. It was a good fit for the two of us to take the lead. We're a small market; (the Steelers) are a middle market,” Weaver said of the plan. The NFL has long operated with a “pool the revenue” concept, though some revenues were designated “unshared.” The league modified that concept in 2002, and now more dramatic changes may be required if small-market and large-market teams are to continue to compete on a level playing field. Previous to the '02 season, the home team would give the visiting team a 34 percent share of the gate. As of '02, 34 percent of the gate receipts from each game were put into a pool and distributed 32 ways. Now, Weaver and Rooney have created a plan that applies the 34 percent idea to all local revenue. The “Jacksonville-Pittsburgh plan” would put all local revenue, including such unshared monies as luxury suites, stadium naming rights and sponsorship into a 32-team pool. It's a formula intended to ease a revenue disparity between small-market and large-market teams that has reached the point of alarm. “Does it have a chance? Absolutely it has a chance,” Weaver said of his and Rooney's proposal. “It's the only rational long-term commitment, or we become baseball or the other sports leagues.” Large-market teams such as Washington, Dallas and Houston, of course, are obvious opponents to such a strategy. Those three teams would say that if you're going to share my revenue, you should also have to share my debt. Purchase prices, franchise fees and new stadiums are driving those teams' debts and they argue that they need their local revenues to address those debts. The small-market concern is that the revenues generated by the large-market teams will drive up the salary cap to a level beyond the small-market teams' capabilities. Simply put, the competitive balance the league has always enjoyed between small-market and large-market teams will be at risk if the small-market teams can't afford to spend to the level of the cap. “It's a small-margin business and all of the margins reside with the top teams in the league,” Weaver said. “What (the Jacksonville-Pittsburgh plan) does is re-distribute revenue to teams in small markets who have lower revenues.” In the Jaguars' inaugural season, 1995, the difference in revenue between the top revenue team in the league and the bottom revenue team in the league was $28 million. In 2005, that difference will be about $140 million. Each team will spend about $103 million on player salaries and benefits this year, leaving the low-revenue teams in danger of operating at a deficit. The Jaguars are in the bottom third of the league's revenue rankings. “In the early years, our TV revenue covered our player costs,” Weaver said. The owners almost have to come to a revenue-sharing agreement before the league can move forward on a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players union. The players union is also pursuing a new business model for its next agreement, and it's likely the players will be successful in that attempt. In 2005, according to the current CBA, the players will receive 65.5 percent of the league's “Defined Gross Revenue.” Those revenues do not include monies from luxury-suite licenses and local sponsorship, to name two categories. The current CBA runs through 2007, but '07 is scheduled to be an uncapped year and that means a new CBA needs to be in place by then. Should the league not have a new CBA by the '07 season, the salary cap system the league has enjoyed since 1993 will be at risk. A new CBA is expected to be based on a “Total Football Revenues” model in which the players would share in all of the league and individual team gross revenues. Speculation is the players would receive 59 percent of “TFR.” In 2005, the NFL is projected to be a $5.6 billion business. “It's critical,” Weaver said of the need for an agreement among owners on a revenue-sharing plan. “The problem now is it's beginning to get so acrimonious that it's pitting partner against partner.” And that's not the formula that made the NFL the most successful pro sports league in the world.

I have Willis pretty much a lock for 1500 yards, Thats the bar imo, but I can see him getting more. Losmans esentially a rookie Ben Roethlisberger who everyone hailed during the course of the regular season attempted only TOTAL | 14 | 196 295 66.4 2621 8.9 17 11 That comes out to 21 pass attempts a game. I expect Mularkey to take the same approach with losman while leaning on the stable of runningbacks Mcgahee/Lee/Gates in a similar fashion to the way pitt leaned on their stable of runningbacks throughout the season. I'm pretty sure Mularkey and company realize the strength of this team right now is the defense and the running game. Expect a conservative game plan most of the season giving the bills the best chance to win now. I'm in the camp that Willis has the potential to be a top 5 back in the league starting this season. 1640 yards wouldn't suprise me one bit

1. Peyton Manning, QB, Colts: He had an amazing season in 2004, solidifying his spot here at the top. Now he has to win a Super Bowl. 2. Tom Brady, QB, Patriots: Three Super Bowl rings in four years makes for a special quarterback. 3. LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, Chargers: Doesn't get the credit he deserves playing in San Diego, but he's the best back in the game. 4. Randy Moss, WR, Raiders: Love him or hate him, he's a player. Moss is the best deep threat in the game today. Oakland fans will love him. 5. Ray Lewis, LB, Ravens: Yeah, yeah. We hear all that talk about how Lewis has regressed some. Watch out in 2005. Now that he's back in the middle of the 4-3, he will look like the Lewis of three years ago. 6. Marvin Harrison, WR, Colts: Just a tad behind Moss on the receiver list, Harrison is on his way to the Hall of Fame. He does it with so much ease. 7. Ed Reed, S, Ravens: Reed has made a huge jump up our list. He's arguably the best defensive player in the game today. 8. Terrell Owens, WR, Eagles: He talks a good game, but he backs it up. Owens proved in the Super Bowl what kind of player he is, a point even his haters can't argue. 9. Daunte Culpepper, QB, Vikings: He had a monster year in 2004, but it will be interesting to see what he does now without Moss. 10. Donovan McNabb, QB, Eagles: McNabb has improved greatly as a pocket passer. Maybe Owens had a lot to do with that. 11. Clinton Portis, RB, Redskins: Despite playing behind a bad offensive line in a system that didn't feature his best talents (cutback running), Portis had a good first season with the Redskins. 12. Champ Bailey, CB, Broncos: It's chic to rip on Bailey when seeing him get beat for a touchdown. Well, he's in man coverage a lot more than most corners. He's going to get beat. I'd still take him over any other corner in the game. 13. Walter Jones, T, Seahawks: An outstanding pass protector who plays like a man much lighter than 300 pounds. Now that he has a long-term deal that will have him in training camp for the first time in a few years, he will be even better. 14. Richard Seymour, DE, Patriots: He can play end or tackle for the Patriots. He has the power to hold up against the run and the quickness to get pressure. 15. Michael Vick, QB, Falcons: He has to improve his passing to make a jump up this list. He's still electrifying. But he has to throw it better. 16. Chris McAlister, CB, Ravens: The Ravens did the wise thing and locked him up to a long-term deal that will keep him around for a while. Teaming with Samari Rolle will give Baltimore the best corner tandem in the game. 17. Tony Gonzalez, TE, Chiefs: Even as he gets to the end of his career, Gonzalez is still the best pass-receiving tight end in the league. 18. Marcus Stroud, DT, Jaguars: Stroud was plagued some by injuries last year, but when he was healthy he was good enough to go to the Pro Bowl. 19. Jamal Lewis, RB, Ravens: He had some off-field and injury concerns last season, but he's still a big-time runner. Might be even better now if the Ravens open things up a bit. 20. Priest Holmes, RB, Chiefs: Injuries have started to erode his career, but he's still one of the best when healthy. How much is he a product of the Chiefs' offensive line and system? 21. Chad Johnson, WR, Bengals: He always said he'd be one of the NFL's best, and he is. We love the way he plays the game. 22. Dwight Freeney, DE, Colts: He might not be great against the run, but Freeney's speed off the edge makes him special. 23. Julius Peppers, DE, Panthers: Peppers can make plays that other ends can only dream about. He's an amazing athlete for a man his size. 24. Torry Holt, WR, Rams: Holt continues to play at a high level, even though he's getting up in years. Holt is still one of the most feared receivers in the league. 25. Jonathan Ogden, T, Ravens: Ogden remains a premium left tackle, although he isn't as good as he was a few years ago. He has so much athleticism for the position. Said to lack a mean streak, though. 26. Ahman Green, RB, Packers: He is a fantasy player's delight. The one knock on him is that he fumbles too much. 27. Antonio Gates, TE, Chargers: Gates emerged last season as a go-to guy for Drew Brees. He is an athletic tight end who can't be covered one-on-one. 28. Kris Jenkins, DT, Panthers: He was knocked out by injuries last season and recently admitted a drinking problem, but Jenkins is a star when he's on the field. He does have to lose some weight. 29. Derrick Brooks, LB, Bucs: Age is starting to become a factor, but he is still one of the best outside backers in the game. A class act, too. 30. Shaun Rogers, DT, Lions: Here's a player who got in shape and then got good. Rogers is now a force in the middle of the Lions line. 31. Brian Dawkins, S, Eagles: Continues to be a force in the back of the Eagles defense. Dawkins might be on his way to the Hall of Fame. 32. Brett Favre, QB, Packers: He can still make magical plays, but he can look ordinary now too. Favre is falling down the list, although we still hold him in high regard. 33. Jeremy Shockey, TE, Giants: The only thing holding him back is injuries. He and Eli Manning will be special together this season. 34. Kevin Williams, DT, Vikings: Has quietly become a dominant player in the middle of the Minnesota defense. With Pat Williams now next to him, he will be even better 35. Todd Heap, TE, Ravens: Injuries slowed him last year, but he's back healthy again and should be even better under new coordinator Jim Fassel 36. Orlando Pace, T, Rams: If not for Pace, the Rams line would have been awful last year. He still plays a high level. 37. Steve McNair, QB, Titans: It would be easy to leave him off this list based on last season, but he's a year removed from a co-MVP and he is still a force when he's healthy. 38. Andre Johnson, WR, Texans: We put him in the top 50 last year, and that opened some eyes. Are there any doubters now? 39. Willie Roaf, T, Chiefs: The old man can still play. Roaf is a force at left tackle on the league's best line. 40. Simeon Rice, DE, Bucs: One of only two men with 100 sacks in his career still playing (Michael Strahan is the other). Rice can still come off the edge with a burst. 41. Jason Taylor, DE, Dolphins: Once just a pass rusher, he is now a well-rounded end. But where does he play in Miami's new 3-4 scheme? 42. John Henderson, DT, Jaguars: Big John played better than Stroud in the second half of the 2004 season. He is a force against the run. 43. Samari Rolle, CB, Ravens: He's going to be missed in a big way in Tennessee. The Ravens will love him. 44. Patrick Surtain, CB, Chiefs: He excelled for the Dolphins playing a lot of man coverage, something we love. How will he fit in for the Chiefs? 45. Al Wilson, LB, Broncos: Wilson is a tenacious force in the middle of the Denver defense. If he had bigger people in front of him, he'd be even better. 46. Deuce McAllister, RB, Saints: He was slowed by an ankle injury last season, but expect him to bounce back with a huge season in 2005. He will be higher up this list next summer. 47. Brian Urlacher, LB, Bears: Has never been as good as the hype, but he's still a good player and can be a very good player. 48. Hines Ward, WR, Steelers: I left him off this list last season and heard it from the Steelers fans. That won't happen this year. 49. Takeo Spikes, LB, Bills: A playmaking star in a very good defense, Spikes has proved to be a heck of a steal for the Bills. 50.Charles Woodson, CB, Raiders: Here's a player fans and the media love to knock, but he's still an outstanding cover corner. How do we know? Ask the scouts. http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8545074/4 Why the hell are portis bailey and mike vick on this list at all especially in the top 20? Ray Lewis should also be outside of the top 20.

If thats what the "modern man" dresses like I'll stick with the retro look. It'll be a cold day in hell before I dress up like a "metrosexual oompa loompa freddy kruger" (credit goes to bobblehead and gringostarr for the oompa loompa freddy kruger comparison)

No you're not the only one. I love the navy blue on blue. I like the white away with the navy blue pants. It's the all white that bothers me

What I noticed is a lot of times is that a pitbull is always blamed. "Well a dog attacked little Timmy......" "Ahh Well you know how pitbulls are" The first thing anyone ever thinks about in the case of dog agression on other dogs or people is a pitbull. It's Media sensationalism at it's finest. When a pitbull attacks someoneone the headline is "VICIOUS PITBULL TERRORIZES NEIGHBORS" When it's another breed it's "DOG ATTACKS LADY" It might not seem like much, but the media has done more to generalize pitbulls as vicious man killers, than the dogs themselves have. The fact is it's an undeserved reputation. 100 years ago Pitbulls weren't known as vicious killers. They were police dogs, good loyal family companions, and now cause of stupid sh-- like wanting to be "street cool" hoodlums and punks buy pitbulls to show off to their friends. "Yeah I got this pit demon today he's a killer" When reality is most of the time Demon is probably the nicest dog that punk is gonna meet, unless said owner tourtres that dog to the point where it has no choice but to be weary of people and agressive to other dogs and or people thus living up to it's reputation as a brutual killer. Half the time it could not even be pittbulls that commit these attacks but "mix breed" and or dogs like Mastiffs and Bull Mastiffs and akitas and or chow chows as at one time or another they have all been mistaken for being a pitbull just because they were involved in an attack. Are Pitbulls dog agressive yes. Maybe not so as pups, but between 1-3 years of age I wouldn't reccomend having pitbulls around other animals. It's in their nature to be weary of other dogs. Are Pitbulls human agressive? NO! What possible sense would having a human agressive dog make? If this was the case the pitbull breed would've died out a long time ago. No one wants a dog that could attack them in their sleep. Dogs only become human agressive cause of mental disorders such as rage syndrome, or because they were tortured by punk owners, or cause they felt threatned and or scared or cornered.

I think we forget sometimes even though dogs and cats are "house pets" that they are indeed still just animals. Incapable of understanding reason or logic as all animals are, other than human beings. Like Any animal wild or "tame" they still go off instinct. You can't question a dog as to why it attacks someone as they're incapable of coming up with a defense for themselves. With that said I've met nice pitbulls and I've met pitbulls I don't want to be anywhere near . They have an extremely bad rap, but with a loving home and responsible ownership such as not leaving a young child home with 2 pitbulls they can be mans best friend. Aren't Pit Bulls MEAN and VICIOUS? No more vicious than golden retrievers, beagles or other popular dogs! In a recent study of 122 dog breeds by the American Temperament Testing Society (ATT), pit bulls achieved a passing rate of 83.9%. That's as good or better than beagles ... 78.2%, and golden retrievers ... 83.2%. How did your favorite breed do? See for yourself: ATTS.org

The Dallas Texans are now the Kansas City Chiefs. I don't know if Houston can wear the oilers logo as that was bud adams team the owner of the titans. I like our throwbacks it's simple and plain. It's a football uniform not a navy blue smurf like our current uni's

NFL Players are fully aware that the length of which they stay with their current team and or they're time in the league in general is usuaully pretty short. I don't read too much into it

The only must signs I see are Moulds and Clements with a probability of edwards if he performs this season. I don't get why everyone is counting moulds as gone. Yeah he's not as good as he used to be but who on our roster right now can honestly replace him?. Lee Evans I think is gonna be great, but if we lose moulds we're a 1 wr threat team. Parrish is an unknown and from every thing I read he'll make no better than a good #3 wr. His contract will be restructured imo. I don't see us letting moulds go and having to draft another 1st or 2nd rd wr. Clements is a definite must sign. If we weren't gonna keep clements I believe we would've drafted justin miller instead, but seeing how we didn't and the fact that clements is a top 5 cb you don't let him walk for nothing. He's franchised at worst and I'm willing to make a $100 wager on that. Edwards it depends on his play. If he produces playing more this season than he did in a backup role last year he'll be re-signed. Guys like Kevin Thomas are a dime a dozen. It's easy to find those good #3 #4 cb's he's not a guy we have to resign. Teague- So Long if Duke Preston is any good at all. I'm not an online guy but I believe tucker is just as good as teague, if preston can push teague than bye bye. Ryan Denney, Josh Reed, Daimon Shelton..... umm shelton will be resigned cheap he's a fullback. Ryan Denney's are also a dime a dozen. Josh Reed has done nothing to warrant another contract here. So Unless he just sets it on fire this year Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

I have 2 concerns about the future of our defense. They rely heavily on having solid lb's . It's how we generate most of the pressure on d with the zone blitz. Crowell, Hagan, Stamer two of these guys have to start showing they can play, and start pushing posey and even fletcher for playing time by the end of the season and show that they can step in as starters if need be. My other concern is our secondary. While it's obviousily very good right now, Clements contract is up after this year, Mcgee will be a rfa, thomas is a solid #3, but after that it's all question marks. None of them strike me as guys we can count on if by some sad fate we lose clements. Our safeties are another issue. While i think under the tutelage of troy vincent that Rashad Baker will eventually turn out to be a good fs, he showed flashes of his skill last year, ss is a question mark. Wire is a marginal at best ss. Horrible in coverage, good st's player. Depth and future productivity by the secondary seems to be the biggest issue that I can see with how well our defense will be in the future. With that said I agree we seem to be in good shape with our draft history philosophy on d and solid coaching.