Beerball Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The Packers may disagree with you I didn't realize that they have zero FAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The Packers may disagree with you Do you mean the same Packers team as the one with FA's like Ryan Pickett, Jeff Saturday, Charles Woodson, Jon Kuhn, Cedric Benson and Anthony Hargrove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) I didn't realize that they have zero FAs. They had a run of like 3-4 offseasons without signing any outside free agents. I remember being amazed that last offseason(possibly the one before?) they signed their first FA since duke Preston. Yes, that duke Preston. Edited January 16, 2013 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 They had a run of like 3-4 offseasons without signing any outside free agents. I remember being amazed that last offseason(possibly the one before?) they signed their first FA since duke Preston. Yes, that duke Preston. Where were they at the start of that run? Were they a team without a single QB? Were they a team woefully thin at LB? Were they a team without WRs? You get my drift. I'll stand by my statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Do you mean the same Packers team as the one with FA's like Ryan Pickett, Jeff Saturday, Charles Woodson, Jon Kuhn, Cedric Benson and Anthony Hargrove? Pickett and Woodson have been there many a year. Kuhn had 3 carries as a depth Rookie before signing with the packers 6-7 years ago. Hargrove is no longer a packer (never made the 53). Benson is essentially the only one with anything in common to signing Harrison Edit - and Saturday Edited January 16, 2013 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Pickett and Woodson have been there many a year. Kuhn had 3 carries as a depth Rookie before signing with the packers 6-7 years ago. Hargrove is no longer a packer (never made the 53). Benson is essentially the only one with anything in common to signing Harrison Read what I said. Read the reply. Really, there's no discussion needed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Where were they at the start of that run? Were they a team without a single QB? Were they a team woefully thin at LB? Were they a team without WRs? You get my drift. I'll stand by my statement. All true. And I wasn't arguing you must follow the packer mold. I was just pointing out that hindsight was right in that outside of a few guys signed nearly a decade ago the are almost 100% free agent free. Edited January 16, 2013 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 All true. And I wasn't arguing you must follow the packer mold. I was just pointing out that hindsight was right in that outside of a few guys signed nearly a decade ago the are almost 100% free agent free. Last word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Where were they at the start of that run? Were they a team without a single QB? Were they a team woefully thin at LB? Were they a team without WRs? You get my drift. I'll stand by my statement. Fair enough. I was referencing that 3-4 year window someone mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Wow. Is that really necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 You also have to wonder if Green Bay had dipped into the FA pool to replace guys like Na'il Diggs, Nick Barnett and Nick Collins if they might not be playing ball next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 You also have to wonder if Green Bay had dipped into the FA pool to replace guys like Na'il Diggs, Nick Barnett and Nick Collins if they might not be playing ball next weekend. Also possible. In a post Super Bowl situation it gets tricky - keeping your own gets expensive when all your own guys have that Super Bowl premium in their demands now and makes navigating FA a tough spot. Generally wasn't saying its the right way to build, just thought it was a nifty bit of trivia that I happened to remember because of who the last free agent was. I want to say it was 2009 for Preston til they signed Hargrove this year and neither even made the team. Just something I picked up reading Peter king (i believe?) that hindsights post reminded me of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Moats may be salvaged by Pettine's defense - he'll find ways to use a one-trick pass rusher like Moats. Like Aaron Maybin...before teams figure him out after a few games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I think he is more a 3-4 player, if we plan on using that front a lot I wouldn't mind it but I just don't see it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snamsnoops Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 B-lo will use multiple fronts on the D. I think bringing him in would help the D get fired up. The guy is pure explosion. Maybe Moats could learn a few things from Harrison. We need a lot of help in our LB core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickdaniels Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I can't stand him and do not want him on this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 70 tackles 6 sacks and 2 ff in 13 games. When's the last time a Bills lb had those kind of stats? Had more tackles this year than last but 3 less sacks. Stop making it out like he had awful numbers lol Shawn Merriman had 17 tackles and 1 sack against a good Jets offensive line in week 17, why not just use him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 You made a blanket statement without supplying that info. As I tend not to follow the personal lives of NFL players I did not know he beats women but yeah that alone would classify him as a thug. The Hits to the head thing I look at as it's football. Didn't say that. You said why would the steelers want to get rid of him I said to get younger. Worlids is a young improving player though whos worthy of more playing time and Harrison is 35. A blanket statement is a statement that covers multiple people, failing to point out problems at the individual level. I called James Harrison a thug. One person. One truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The history of 30+ LBs leaving Pittsburgh is awful. He's done if he leaves them. LeBeau is steroids to defensive players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffBill Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Good chance he'll be released by the Steelers this offseason. I know he has off the field issues and he isn't the player he was 5 years ago. With the new coordinator, I'm sure he'd like some situational guys that can bring some toughness on certain downs. I've always hated this guy, then again if the Bills had Coortland Finegan, whom I also dislike, I wouldn't mind it. He's no longer in his prime, but should the Bills bring him in if he's not demanding big money? Strictly for depth behind OLB, not saying he should start. GO BILLS I agree, use Moats instead of paying big money to an oft injured, even more often fined over the hill idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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