Around the NFL - 2009

BigEd76 · February 27, 2009, 06:45:04 PM

Vilma re-signed with the Saints...5/$34M/$17M guar/$23M in first 3 yrs

Kerry Collins re-signed with the Titans...2/$15M

Jabar Gaffney to the Broncos....4/$10M/$3M guar

Maurice Morris goes from Seattle to Detroit....3/$7M

MDS · February 27, 2009, 06:49:18 PM

there he is

Eagaholic · February 27, 2009, 07:01:24 PM

Quote from: BigEd76 on February 27, 2009, 06:45:04 PM
Vilma re-signed with the Saints...5/$34M/$17M guar/$23M in first 3 yrs

Jabar Gaffney to the Broncos....4/$10M/$3M guar

Maurice Morris goes from Seattle to Detroit....3/$7M

Wow, did the Saints wait 1 day and let Vilma become a FA, and then sign him again so they could dupe the Giants out of a 1st round pick? Cool.

What do the Giants now get for Shockey? Just a second, or is a third or something else also thrown in?

Edit: because the Saints waited for Vilma to become a FA before signing him again, they get out of sending a second rounder to the Jets and a first rounder to the Giants. Instead the Jets get nothing for Vilma and the Giants get a second and a fifth rather than a 1st round pick.

BigEd76 · February 27, 2009, 10:59:58 PM

Jason Brown "agrees to a deal" with the Rams...5/$37.5M/$20M guar

Takeo Spikes re-signed with the 49ers...2-yr deal

BigEd76 · February 28, 2009, 12:35:51 PM

Houshmandzadeh left Seattle and is on his way to Minnesota

BigEd76 · February 28, 2009, 01:04:11 PM

Schefter reporting Matt Cassel was traded to the Chiefs

PoopyfaceMcGee · February 28, 2009, 01:46:17 PM

In future news, Matt Cassel lights himself on fire.

QB Eagles · February 28, 2009, 01:51:26 PM

With zero knowledge of what the Chiefs gave up for Cassel, I'm pretty sure I already know which side got the better of the deal.

PoopyfaceMcGee · February 28, 2009, 01:52:44 PM

Quote from: QB Eagles on February 28, 2009, 01:51:26 PM
With zero knowledge of what the Chiefs gave up for Cassel, I'm pretty sure I already know which side got the better of the deal.

Florio:

QuoteI previously was convinced that the Patriots wouldn't be able to work out a trade sending quarterback Matt Cassel to the Chiefs because I believed that new Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli and his former colleagues in New England feared the perception that one side got snookered.

There was no such fear, but it won't change the perception that one side got snookered.

Peter King of SI.com (who also does some work for NBC, and pretty much every other media company on the planet) reports that the Chiefs gave up only a second-round draft pick for Cassel.

Wow.

A second-round pick, for a guy who merited a $14.65 million, one-year contract based on his play in 2008.

Let's consider that for a second. Daunte Culpepper with blown-out knee was traded for a second-round pick. A.J. Feeley was traded for a second-round pick.

So, with all due apologies to the Patriots, the current score is Pioli 1, Pats 0.

BigEd76 · February 28, 2009, 02:25:51 PM

Denver in the last 48 hours:

-- Dawkins
-- Buckhalter
-- Gaffney
-- J.J. Arrington (Cardinals RB)
-- Renaldo Hill (Dolphins FS)
-- Andra Davis (Browns LB)
-- Darrell Reid (Colts DT)
-- Lonnie Paxton (Patriots LS)
-- David Anderson (Texans WR -- offer sheet)

General_Failure · February 28, 2009, 02:59:47 PM

Now that's some free agency excitement there.

BigEd76 · February 28, 2009, 03:31:40 PM

Antonio Smith signs with Houston.....5/$35M/$12.5M guar

Eagaholic · February 28, 2009, 06:51:00 PM

QuoteBroncos Insider Vic Lombardi has learned the Broncos are actively trying to shop Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler. Lombardi spoke to Cutler Sunday morning.

http://cbs4denver.com/broncos/broncos.cutler.nfl.2.946829.html

PoopyfaceMcGee · February 28, 2009, 07:11:11 PM

I guess he doesn't fit into the new coach's system? Weird.

rjs246 · February 28, 2009, 07:20:16 PM

Get Cutler! Get everyone! Get anyone! Get cancer!