Around the NFL - 2011

[BigEd76]

-- Pittsburgh released Antwaan Randle El and Max Starks
-- New England released Marcus Stroud

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Cards sign OG Daryn Colledge, formerly of the Packers. Presumably trying to keep Kevin Kolb in one piece.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I heard on the radio that Houston has moved ahead in the race for Asomugha.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I heard on the radio that Houston has moved ahead in the race for Asomugha.

Houston
NYJ (probably can't swing it money-wise, even if he'd take a little less to play opposite Revis)
SF

That's supposedly the list. National pundits assume that trading for DRC will drop the Eagles out of it, although reports have been that they are involved at some level, possibly just to get Arizona nervous.

[SunMo]

im sure the eagles are the mystery team

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Cards and Bills kicking the tires on Stew Bradley.

Oh, and the Panthers keep adding top-notch talent by nabbing FA safety Sean Considine.

[Don Ho]

im sure the eagles are the mystery team

Worked out well the last time a Philadelphia team was "the mystery team".

[BigEd76]

-- Clint Session jumps from Indy to Jacksonville.....5/$30M/$11.5M guaranteed
-- Brad Smith jumps from the Jets to Buffalo...4/$15M

[PhillyGirl]

Ochocinco hints he's heading to the Patriots
Posted by Mike Florio on July 28, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT

Albert Haynesworth may not be the only new arrival in New England this week.

Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco is dropping hints that he'll be a Patriot.  And he's dropping the hints in a most unusual way.

James Shively (@JC_Shively) of Cincinnati has a Twitter page.  Earlier today, he complained about persistent rumors and reports that Ochocinco will be cut.

Wrote Shively:  "So much 4 @ochocinco getting cut by the #Bengals... Media dont know squat.  Always tryin 2 stir drama up."

Shively received a "direct message" from Ochocinco.  Said Ochocinco:  "Media knows nothing but I'm going to enjoy clam chowder."  (We've seen the screen shot of the message.)

For those of you who are still using far lamer social media like Facebook and MySpace, a "direct message" is a device for sending a message to only one follower.  Ochocinco would have known about Shively's comment because users can see at any time a list of all tweets in which their Twitter name (in this case, @ochocinco) is mentioned.

For example, Ochocinco doesn't follow the PFT Twitter page, but he routinely to reacts to tweets in which we mention him, often with a threat to "whoop [my] ass."

We don't put any more stock in this one than we do in the fact that, on Wednesday, someone with the Eagles listed "Rodgers-Cromartie" among the various players whose jersey could be ordered via the online store.

Then again, Rodgers-Cromartie is now an Eagle.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Freddie Mitchell thought he was going to be a Patriot too. Crazy is as crazy does.

[Feva]

It's official. Ochocinco to the Patriots.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Trade?

[Feva]

Yep. Not sure of the terms yet.

[Drunkmasterflex]

Greg Olsen traded to the Panthers

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Panthers be dealin! They should get their own thread!