Around the NFL - 2011

[reese125]

Santonio Holmes stays with Jets

Moving hard for Assy. If they get him their odds of wining the super bowl are prett damn good. Just a bit.

[mikey418]

Are the Eagles the only team to not do schtein?  I mean they haven't even reached out to their onw draft picks or current players.  Shock and Awe....shock and awe.

I hear Roy Williams will be available...

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Personal issues, not money now holding up McNabb trade
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on July 27, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT

It appears by all accounts that Donovan McNabb will likely be a Minnesota Viking sooner than later.

The most difficult part of completing the deal is not the trade compensation.  The most logical sticking point was how to handle McNabb's contract, but ESPN reports that the financial considerations are taken care of.

So why isn't it a done deal just yet? Apparently McNabb isn't thrilled with "how the Vikings side of the situation was handled."

I grudgingly have to give Florio credit here.  [Editor's note:  Kiss my butt, Mr. Marbles.]  He's been saying all offseason that McNabb may not embrace a situation unless the red carpet is rolled out for him.   The opposite seems to be happening in Minnesota.

It appears via multiple reports that McNabb may have been a backup plan in Minnesota to acquiring Tyler Thigpen.  That could be tough news for McNabb to swallow.  Even Christian Ponder's ostensibly harmless quotes about competing to start could be viewed by McNabb as a threat when he wants the starting gig.

ESPN's Adam Schefter compared the situation to all the commotion about the lockout late last week. After emotions subside, he fully expects McNabb to join the Vikings.  Florio wonders via IM (remember, we're like 12-year-old girls) if someone in the Vikings front office is leaking things to make McNabb think twice because there is disagreement in the organization about taking McNabb on.

We do anticipate McNabb allowing the deal to go through because his best chance for success.

No matter what happens, it's clear we've come a long way from the moment McNabb was welcomed to Washington as a franchise savior.

Bitch. Ass.

[BigEd76]

-- DeAngelo Williams also re-signed with Carolina...........5/$43M/$21M guaranteed
-- Olindo Mare (4/$12M) and Ben Hartsock (2-yr deal) also to Carolina
-- Drayton Florence re-signed with Buffalo...3/$15M
-- Leinart back to Houston...2/$5.5M/$3.75M guaranteed
-- Robert Gallery to Seattle....3-yr deal
-- Bruce Gradkowski to Cincinnati...2-yr deal
-- Cleveland released Jake Delhomme

[Diomedes]

-- DeAngelo Williams also re-signed with Carolina...........5/$43M/$21M guaranteed
-- Olindo Mare (4/$12M) and Ben Hartsock (2-yr deal) also to Carolina
-- Drayton Florence re-signed with Buffalo...3/$15M
-- Leinart back to Houston...2/$5.5M/$3.75M guaranteed
-- Robert Gallery to Seattle....3-yr deal
-- Bruce Gradkowski to Cincinnati...2-yr deal
-- Cleveland released Jake Delhomme

So while I"m at work, the rest of the NFL is doing business while the Eagles are doing what...sit n spin?

[QB Eagles]

Are the Eagles the only team to not do schtein?  I mean they haven't even reached out to their onw draft picks or current players.  Shock and Awe....shock and awe.

Teams who haven't signed anyone:
Bears
Browns
Broncos
Dolphins
Eagles

Teams who haven't signed anyone they didn't already have:
49ers
Bucs
Chiefs
Colts
Cowboys
Falcons
Jets
Lions
Packers
Patriots
Raiders
Ravens
Saints
Steelers
Texans

Seems way early to be bitching about what the Birds didn't get. Most of the actual talent, including the top 3 CBs, haven't signed with anyone. They are probably targeting certain FAs... whether they get them or not will tell them what they need in the Kolb trade.

[ice grillin you]

the reason people are bitching is not because they havent done anything but because they talked all lockout about how they were gonna bust out of the gate and be as aggressive as anyone and trhey havent done a single god damn thing

[MDS]

its all a part of their strategy

trust howie. look at all the rings he has.

[ice grillin you]

how many banner inc members does it take to trade a qb?

answer: all of them

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I can't think of one FA who has signed yet that had me wishing the Eagles made the deal instead of the team that actually did. Maybe Doug Free?

[Drunkmasterflex]

Sidney Rice to the Seahawks

Steve Breaston to the Chiefs

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Sidney Rice was all like, "I'll take Tarvaris over Donovan."

[ice grillin you]

I can't think of one FA who has signed yet that had me wishing the Eagles made the deal instead of the team that actually did. Maybe Doug Free?

then this has been a fantastic offseason for you thus far....im happy for you

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

On a scale of 0 to Munson/John Harbaugh, would you say you're at a 7?

[ice grillin you]

i dont get it