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Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:54 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Figured we could use a non-Packers off-season thread.
AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
Vikings will place franchise tag today on LB Chad Greenway. This means that neither WR Sidney Rice nor DE Ray Edwards will be tagged.
ProFootbalFocus ProFootballFocus.com
The way the Vikings deal with Sidney Rice will be huge indication of team direction. They need to re-sign players of that caliber
I'll be curious to see how the Sydney Rice negotiations go. Bernard Berrian got a massive contract and I can't see Rice asking for anything less than what BB got. Queens have so many problems at the moment, I'd hate to be one of their fans.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:20 pm
by MickeyDavis
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:22 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Kinda surprised they would franchise a LB over a Top 15-20 (IMO) receiver.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:23 pm
by LUKE23
DE Everson Griffen of the Vikings has had a nice offseason. Arrested twice in three days, one of them for felony assault on a police officer. Nice job.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:29 pm
by Wilford Brimley
The transition tag can be used once a year by each club unless they elect to use a franchise tag instead.
Sid is a FA.
EDIT: I stand corrected:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... pped-year/
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:57 pm
by DigitalFool
1 billion is always a scary number - but when you divide it by 32 teams that is just over 31 million.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:06 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
DigitalFool wrote:1 billion is always a scary number - but when you divide it by 32 teams that is just over 31 million.
That's a pretty good point. $31 million isn't even 1/3 of a team's salary cap. That really makes that extra $1 billion seem like a lot less than when you first look at it.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:48 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Did Andrew Brandt join ESPN? Kind of surprised by that. Definitely a smart move by ESPN if true, Brandt is one of the best guys out there.
AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
RT @tunasweasel: Pleased to welcome @adbrandt as ESPN's new NFL Business Analyst. Great insights for our viewers on labor dispute.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:07 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:52 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
Just thought this was funny.
SklarBrothers The Sklar Brothers
Viking's lineman Bryant McKinnie dropped $100K at a Hollywood nightclub. Good idea, with a lock out coming up. Spend it while you got it.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:05 pm
by Wilford Brimley
So, the Vikings might lose Rice and Edwards, might cut Madeiu Williams and Berrian, and might trade/cut McKinnie.
LOL.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:07 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:29 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
That would be awesome, then we could get into full offseason/draft mode.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:51 am
by Ayt
DigitalFool wrote:1 billion is always a scary number - but when you divide it by 32 teams that is just over 31 million.
Peanuts.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:09 pm
by Wilford Brimley
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:30 pm
by ReasonablySober
Wilford Brimley wrote:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/
Zulgad points out why I'm not sweating Jones, Jackson, Crosby etc. I think it's possible we see RFA for each of them.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:31 pm
by RiotPunch
LUKE23 wrote:DE Everson Griffen of the Vikings has had a nice offseason. Arrested twice in three days, one of them for felony assault on a police officer. Nice job.
That guy seems like a bust and Ray Edwards is likely signing somewhere else via free agency. Nice.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:47 pm
by PkrsBcksGphsMqt
We should sign Sidney Rice, just for the hell of it.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:48 pm
by chuckleslove
Lovie Smith on the verge of signing a contract extension:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... contract/1Good for us.
Re: Around the NFL: Off-Season Edition [Labor/FA/Trades/etc.]
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:51 pm
by Newz
Needed Chilly to sign an extension too.
That would have been awesome.
