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Best free agent signings of 2016
Posted on 2/18/17 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/18/17 at 11:58 am
Mack and Sanu were key for the dirty birds improvement. Fairley #12
Fairley played out his second “prove-it” deal in as many seasons, doing so to the tune of a career-high 6.5 sacks and 43 total tackles. The big defensive tackle is certain to get a lucrative long-term deal now after staying healthy and productive for all 16 games.
Waiting to see where Laurinaitis places on the Worst Signings List. Everywhere ya read peeps said he was washed up for the Rams. Glanced at the Rotoworld blurb on his signing-
Although Laurinaitis put up gaudy "tackle" stats in St. Louis, he's long been one of the most overrated players in the league. He finished 59th among 60 qualified inside linebackers in Pro Football Focus' 2015 grades, and dead last against the run.
Hoping for improvement for Fleener this year but he he did look exactly like the "soft" reputation he had in Indy.
The list HERE
Fairley played out his second “prove-it” deal in as many seasons, doing so to the tune of a career-high 6.5 sacks and 43 total tackles. The big defensive tackle is certain to get a lucrative long-term deal now after staying healthy and productive for all 16 games.
Waiting to see where Laurinaitis places on the Worst Signings List. Everywhere ya read peeps said he was washed up for the Rams. Glanced at the Rotoworld blurb on his signing-
Although Laurinaitis put up gaudy "tackle" stats in St. Louis, he's long been one of the most overrated players in the league. He finished 59th among 60 qualified inside linebackers in Pro Football Focus' 2015 grades, and dead last against the run.
Hoping for improvement for Fleener this year but he he did look exactly like the "soft" reputation he had in Indy.
The list HERE
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 1:33 pm to blueslover
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Waiting to see where Laurinaitis places on the Worst Signings List.
Regardless it was an extremely modest stop gap deal for a vet. Hardly anything worth whining over
Posted on 2/18/17 at 1:58 pm to blueslover
Craig Robertson
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 2:15 pm to blueslover
A little disappointed to see Cadet isn't on this list. He really got hot down the stretch
Posted on 2/18/17 at 2:35 pm to breauxmosexual
You serious? He had like 444 all-purpose yards through 15 games. He's a extremely poor man's version of Sproles and only on the team because we have no other pass catching back.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 12:03 am to 1BamaRTR
Ingram has had 96 receptions over the past two years. Still think we need a scatback with a little more juice than Cadet.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 12:34 am to blueslover
Woodhead makes a lot of sense.
...so does RB in the middle rounds of the draft.
Ingram and Bouye and Zeitler/Lang/Leary. Re-sign Fairley, Snead, and Sterling Moore.
Woodhead or RB in draft. Then we would need a LB. Foster, please. I could go for a TE too. Middle rounds of draft.
Personally, I like the idea of bringing back Ben Watson when he gets released.
...so does RB in the middle rounds of the draft.
Ingram and Bouye and Zeitler/Lang/Leary. Re-sign Fairley, Snead, and Sterling Moore.
Woodhead or RB in draft. Then we would need a LB. Foster, please. I could go for a TE too. Middle rounds of draft.
Personally, I like the idea of bringing back Ben Watson when he gets released.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 6:12 am to drake20
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Ingram and Bouye and Zeitler/Lang/Leary
Don't think we have the war chest necessary for this unless we backload the hell out of the deals. I'm sure they could do that but it would be tough.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:57 am to Rand AlThor
Went over this in another thread. We easily have enough to sign 3 of those guys and more (yes with backloading but not insane backloading).
After resigning Fairley and whatever other FAs we have and accounting for draft picks, and if we cut Byrd, we'll still have about $30 mil in space (plus another $4.6 mil after June 1st from Byrd).
A $5 mil hit on first year deals gets you 6 players (7 after June 1st). We have 63 or 65 guys signed and minimum players don't add to the cap.
Plenty of room to go all in if we wanted to. Not saying we should or shouldn't but we can.
After resigning Fairley and whatever other FAs we have and accounting for draft picks, and if we cut Byrd, we'll still have about $30 mil in space (plus another $4.6 mil after June 1st from Byrd).
A $5 mil hit on first year deals gets you 6 players (7 after June 1st). We have 63 or 65 guys signed and minimum players don't add to the cap.
Plenty of room to go all in if we wanted to. Not saying we should or shouldn't but we can.
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 9:58 am
Posted on 2/19/17 at 11:24 am to drake20
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Ingram and Bouye and Zeitler/Lang/Leary. Re-sign Fairley, Snead, and Sterling Moore.
I don't think we get both Ingram and Bouye. Both want a lot of money. Stephan Gilmore would probably be a much cheaper option at CB. Even though he wasn't great last year he was pretty good the years prior. Sean did say we really need a pass rusher so I think they'll really push to get Ingram. I do agree on the others even looking at Woodhead.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 11:50 am to 1BamaRTR
Ingram is going to cost 15mil+. The Giants ruined the market further when they gave Vernon a 5/85 seal which was borderline ridiculous even with the cap going up
Posted on 2/19/17 at 11:57 am to htran90
The beginning of free agency last year was crazy
Posted on 2/21/17 at 3:06 am to bonethug0108
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After resigning Fairley and whatever other FAs we have and accounting for draft picks, and if we cut Byrd, we'll still have about $30 mil in space (plus another $4.6 mil after June 1st from Byrd).
A $5 mil hit on first year deals gets you 6 players (7 after June 1st). We have 63 or 65 guys signed and minimum players don't add to the cap.
Damn. We're in better shape than I thought. It would be nice if we could use free agency to get a top level OG, DE, MLB, & CB...then draft BPA and not be tied down to any specific positions. I could definitely see us drafting a QB in that scenario.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 3:07 am
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