Free Agency
by Northtowner on Nov 13, 2009 11:12 AM EST
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I hate to look ahead to next year at the half way point of the season, but who are some free agents the Bills may go after? I know it depends upon who the coach is, but I feel free agency will directly impact who OBD targets in the draft.
The team is very strong at some positions (safety, guard, CB) but has a glaring weakness in others (QB, tackle, LB). Personally I believe in free agency to bolster specific position needs and then draft for talent instead of those needs.
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I tried looking at this earlier, got through about 1/2 the teams before my eyes starting buldging from all the reading. There are some good FA coming up, but a lot I think will be resigned by their prospective team (Brandon Marshall for instance) and the rest are not so much in key areas the Bills need (though there are a lot of ‘need’ areas for the Bills).
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by Ghetts on Nov 13, 2009 2:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to keep saying it until every Bills fan is educated:
Unless the CBA changes between now and February and the salary cap remains, no player with less than 6 years of playing experience will be an Unrestricted Free Agent. Players from 1-6 years without a contract will be Restricted Free Agents or Exclusive Rights Free Agents (i.e. not free agents). Something to keep in mind.
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by MattRichWarren on Nov 13, 2009 2:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks MRW. Me too. So many people are neglecting how much a new CBA is going to have an affect on everything this off season.
by krytime on Nov 14, 2009 6:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Great write-up by Jason La Canfora on NFL.com today about it.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81423860&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
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by MattRichWarren on Nov 14, 2009 9:09 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You’re f’n kidding me. I just got done typing up this:
http://www.walterfootball.com/freeagentscontracts.php
There’s a team by team link of when guys hit FA. That’s also under the assumption that there is a cap. I ignored DBs, RBs and guys who would be an RFA if there were still a cap.
NO CAP
QB
Kyle Boller
Charlie Batch
Jason Campbell
David Carr
Dante Culpepper
Rex Grossman
Jon Kitna
Josh McCown
Kyle Orton
Chad Pennington
WR
Mark Bradley
Antonio Bryant
Chris Chambers
Mark Clayton
Braylon Edwards
Malcolm Floyd
Vincent Jackson
Derek Mason
Muhsin Muhammed
Bobby Wade
Kevin Walter
TE
Alge Crumpler
Randy McMichael
LJ Smith
Ben Watson
OG/OC
Eugene Amano
David Baas
Kynan Forney
Rex Hadnot
Ben Hamilton
Artis Hicks
Russ Hochstein
Richie Incognito
Stephen Neal
Kevin Mawae
Chester Pitts
Chris Spencer
Keydrick Vincent
Bobbie Williams
OT
Khalif Barnes
Chad Clifton
Cornell Green
DT
Justin Bannon
Tony Brown
Kendrick Clancy
Dwan Edwards
Jason Ferguson
Aubrayo Franklin
Casey Hampton
Tank Johnson
Ryan Pickett
Fred Robbins
Bryan Robinson
Richard Seymou
Vince Wilfork
DE
Bert Berry
Tyler Brayton
Derrick Burgess
Jarvis Green
James Hall
Reggie Hayward
Aaron Kampman
Javon Kearse
Leonard Little
Adawale Ogunleye
Julius Peppers
Jason Taylor
Kyle VandenBosch
Jimmy Wilkerson
LB
Gary Brackett
Keith Bullock
Danny Clark
Karlos Dansby
Larry Foote
Scott Fujita
Kirk Morrison
Chike Okafor
Jermaine Phillips
Chaun Thompson
Pisa Tinoisamoa
Mark Vrabel
additional FAs if there’s a new CBA:
QB
John Beck
Kellen Clemens
Brodie Croyle
Tarvaris Jackson
TE
Owen Daniels
Anthony Fasano
Bo Scaife
Tony Scheffler
WR
Miles Austin
Jason Avant
Hank Baskett
Chris Henry
Domenik Hixon
Brandon Marshall
Lance Moore
Sinorice Moss
OC/OG
Chris Chester
Daryn Colledge
Harvey Dahl
Jahri Evans
Chris Kuper
Duece Lutui
Logan Mankins
Rudy Niswanger
Rob Sims
Jason Spitz
OT
Alex Barron
Tyson Clabo
Willie Colon
Ryan Cook
Charlie Johnson
Winston Justice
Marcus MacNeil
Tony Moll
Donald Penn
Zach Strief
Adam Terry
Jeremy Trueblood
DE
Victor Adeyanju
Mark Anderson
Elvis Dumervil
Ray Edwards
Shawne Merriman
Matt Roth
Daryl Tapp
DT
Barry Cofield
Fred Evans\
Kedric Gholston
Johnny Jolly
Clifton Ryan
Marcus Spears
Gabe Watson
LB
Brandon Chillar
Thomas Davis
Omar Gaither
Chris Gocong
Thomas Howard
Clint Ingram
D’Qwell Jackson
Derrick Johnson
Rashad Jeanty
Rocky McIntosh
Barrett Ruud
Demeco Ryans
Stephen Tulloch
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by kaisertown on Nov 14, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well yours adds the cap. La Canfora’s assumes there won’t be a cap.
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by MattRichWarren on Nov 14, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Won’t guys like Campbell, Clayton, Edwards, Jackson, etc (2005 draft) not be free agents without a cap? They’ll need 6 accrued seasons, but will only have 5….
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by Kurupt on Nov 14, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha, what a mess of a list. I thought that guys in their sixth season became UFAs, but it’s really guys with six years experience? That’s nuts. How could the NFL and the players not agree that a cap is the best situation and get this done ASAP? I’ll never understand things like that.
If it’s six years, then these players fall into the 2nd group:
QB:
Campbell, Orton
WR:
Bradley, Edwards, Clayton, Floyd, Jackson
OT:
Barnes
OG/OC:
Baas, Hicks, Incognito, Spencer
DE:
they’re all still good
DT:
Brown
LB:
Dansby, Morrison
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by kaisertown on Nov 14, 2009 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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