Around The NFL - 2014

[PhillyPhreak54]

$54m with $28m guaranteed for Byrd

Wow

[PhillyPhreak54]

Denver the leader for Ware right now per Schefter

[PhillyPhreak54]

Jonathan Martin traded to SF for a conditional pick

[BigEd76]

Talib to Denver.....6/$57M/$26M guaranteed

[Eagaholic]

About the same as Byrds.

Why no love for Shaun Phillips? He's gotta be the most under the radar FA I see out there. I've hear almost nothing about him. I'd like the Eagles to check him out. He had 10 sacks last year and he wasn't even at this natural position. He's 32 so a 2 year deal should be fine, he's a Philly boy, too.

[BigEd76]

Donald Brown leaves Indy for San Diego

[PhillyPhreak54]

Agreed on Phillips

I read something that said they asked about him last year and he chose Denver instead

[Eagaholic]

Apparently half the league is falling over their dicks trying to get at Ware and Denver is first in line with the only visit planned, yet they were perfectly willing to let Phillips walk. Not sure why, maybe too high an asking price or the teams just want to keep a low profile til a deal is done? But even throughout the pending FA period his name hasn't come up much when talking about the first couple of tiers.

Edit: so Denver gets TJ Ward, Talib and very possibly Ware. A top safety, CB, and DPR. I can think of another team that needs exactly that. I guess Broncs going all in for Payton's last year or two.

[Rome]

I can't believe Byrd got $8M per... good for him, though.

[ice grillin you]

Damn, TJ Ward signed for 4/23/14, in the same neighborhood as what the Eagles signed Jenkins for. Of course, Broncos a more desirable destination than Philly.

ward is a one dimensional in the box safety...on this defense (and really in the nfl these days) the secondary has to be able to run and cover...plus chip is all about versatility...size length...tj ward is a midget bowling ball

[Eagaholic]

Midget bowling ball? He's the same size as Jairus Byrd. Honestly, I didn't really see the safeties being 'versatile' or interchangeable last year. They only had two or 3 main looks and they seemed to pretty much stick to their roles. It was unusual in a game for them to even switch sides of the field and when they did it was probably more due to injury replacement or just trying to find something that would work.

[ice grillin you]

last years safeties werent chips...hes still molding the team in the way he wants and tj ward is def not his kind of player...he has a very limited game...chip wants guys he can do different things with...see an ertz or barwin or even kenny phillips last year...didnt work out but kenny phillips in his prime was a better version of malcolm jenkins....the fact that chip coached tj at oregon and the eagles had zero interest says all you need to know about him

[Seabiscuit36]

I'm thinking it has more to do with Billy Davis than it does Chip. 

[ice grillin you]

i disagree....chip is all about size length and versatility on both sides of the ball its a deep seated football philosophy of his going back to before oregon...i would say billy davis' system means something but when picking players for that system he has little to no say in personnel matters

[ice grillin you]

ware is the latest bronco