Charles Woodson expected to be released by Green Bay Packers

[stinebot]

I don't know. I'm tired of the Pats picking up other teams' aging stars and trying to squeeze a few more good years out of them, often with mixed results (which look like this - older guy comes in, looks good in camp, looks like he's going to be great, oops, injury, just can't get back to form, after teasing us for a while). Is it too much to ask that they go into the draft and get a stud that can start young and healthy here and be here for years to come? It's been a while since Rodney Harrison joined the team.

There were some people who thought that after 9 years with the Chargers Rodney Harrison was an aging star with his better days behind him. Granted, Woodson is as old now as Harrison was when he retired, but if the Pats think he has a year left in the tank I'd do it. Even if he wasn't a starter, there are a lot worse backups out there. And his experience could be a big plus in helping some of the young guys along.

Also, the Pats have drafted a great many "young studs". Most of them have been colossal flops. I won't even count the 2012 draft because it's too recent. What about the five before that?

2011: Ras-I Dowling-2nd round
2010: Devin McCourty-1st round
2009: Patrick Chung-2nd round, Darius Butler-2nd Round
2008: Terrence Wheatley-2nd round
2007: Brandon Meriweather-1st round

In five consecutive drafts the Pats spent six first or second round picks on DBs. How have they done with that? McCourty is fine. Dowling can't make it onto the field because he's always hurt. Chung will very likely not be back. Butler, Wheatley, and Meriweather are all gone and none have done much at all after leaving the Pats. So six high draft picks to get one player that's good but not as great as he was projected to be.

At this point I'd rather have the guy that's proven he can play over the rookie that will have a ton of promise and not amount to anything in reality. Sure, I'd rather get a free agent that's under 30 and proven, but no team can afford many of those. So you have to round out the backfield with draft picks and older/less hyped players.

So sure, draft a CB in the first round. We have to hit on one eventually. But in case we don't I'd rather have Woodson to pick up some slack than some of the scrubs we have ended up with lately.

 

[Marqui]

Wilson way off and way premature with that catagory.

Wilson had a solid year but you're kidding yourself if you already consider him a "young stud" safety.

 

[Kontradiction]

If the money is right, I'd work him out.

 

[EJ Blitz]

Charles mother effing Woodson is available.

1 year contract. SIGN THE MAN! do it!

I think I'm going to have an aneurism.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Charles mother effing Woodson is available.

1 year contract. SIGN THE MAN! do it!

I think I'm going to have an aneurism.

easy killer..it isn't like we are talking about him back in his glory days here

 

[Avenger]

My understanding is that he played strong safety for them and moved to slot corner when they went to nickel. I'd pick him up as a S/CB if the price is right.

 

[supafly]

Charles mother effing Woodson is available.

1 year contract. SIGN THE MAN! do it!

I think I'm going to have an aneurism.

My understanding is that he played strong safety for them and moved to slot corner when they went to nickel. I'd pick him up as a S/CB if the price is right.

I'd be very happy with a guy like Woodson or Reed for a short 1-2 year contract, but I'd be off-the-charts happy if they decided to go out and grab one of the top free agents for the future like William Moore or Jarius Byrd instead.

There may be more value in trying to reel in a guy like Woodson for a shorter amount of time though, especially if they can agree to reasonable terms.

 

[zipster9]

I'd be very happy with a guy like Woodson or Reed for a short 1-2 year contract, but I'd be off-the-charts happy if they decided to go out and grab one of the top free agents for the future like William Moore or Jarius Byrd instead.

There may be more value in trying to reel in a guy like Woodson for a shorter amount of time though, especially if they can agree to reasonable terms.

Lots of veterans getting let go, either moving on, or a cap casualty.

Many CBs are available or becoming available come March.

Nnamdi possible. Champ possible. Woodson available. DRC possible.

 

[Froob]

Would rather have Reed but Woodson wouldn't be a bad choice either.

 

[supafly]

Lots of veterans getting let go, either moving on, or a cap casualty.

Many CBs are available or becoming available come March.

Nnamdi possible. Champ possible. Woodson available. DRC possible.

It has to be getting Belichick amped up, just thinking about all of the possibilities and being able to take some extra advantage of the cap strapped teams who made stupid moves while ignoring the possibilities of a flat cap era.

I expect that we'll see Brady extended sometime after the March 4th date, where none of the other top 5 QBs would be doing any favors to themselves or their teams by restructuring/extending beforehand in terms of bringing the franchise tag number down for guys like Flacco. Of course when that would happen is anyone's guess, depending upon how much Belichick may feel we need to make some of these FA moves (which include signing some of our own of course). IIRC, I believe that MoLewisRocks claimed that it occurred on or around March 22 of last year, but that may not necessarily mean much of anything, depending upon Belichick's assessment of the need for certain positions/players/room.

That will free up some money to add to the pot for some of these players, many who are on defense. I can't help but think that Belichick is looking more towards that side of the ball myself, besides maybe a FA tackle or WR who will be middle/lower tiered. Of course that's just my opinion, but looking at the 2006 season stats all over again makes me realize that the whole "downfield threat" argument may be completely overblown. I think they should still address it with a higher rd draft pick (1-3), but I also think that they'll try to get creative in bringing in some sort of middle tiered vet who won't cost nearly as much.

Our 3 main priorities should be to re-sign Welker, re-sign a couple/few of the smaller hit guys such as Woodhead, Thomas, Edelman, Arrington, and to make a higher impact move on defense.

The 06 season should have resulted in another SB win over Chicago, had the Colts not come back from a 21-6 deficit at the half of the AFCCG. During that season the offense averaged 24 points a game, but the defense was incredibly tough, giving up only 14.8 points a game (#2 in the NFL).

Brady's top 7 targets were:

61 Caldwell
49 Watson (TE)
43 Brown
43 Faulk (RB)
25 Gabriel
22 Maroney (RB)
21 Graham (TE)

 

[Ring 6]

Charles mother effing Woodson is available.

1 year contract. SIGN THE MAN! do it!

I think I'm going to have an aneurism.

What do you want to do with him, if he can be lucky enough to stay healthy?

 

[supafly]

Lots of veterans getting let go, either moving on, or a cap casualty.

Many CBs are available or becoming available come March.

Nnamdi possible. Champ possible. Woodson available. DRC possible.

Denver claims that they are keeping Champ Bailey, so I am assuming that he can be crossed off of the list, but there should be some solid CB/S players available.

 

[Froob]

Denver claims that they are keeping Champ Bailey, so I am assuming that he can be crossed off of the list, but there should be some solid CB/S players available.

Isn't champ pretty much toast anyways?

 

[supafly]

Isn't champ pretty much toast anyways?

Taking into acct that it's rare for any of us to agree with certain players and if we do they are likely priced out of the range anyways, I wouldn't think that Champ Bailey is toast, no. If you're referring to his poorer showing in their loss to Baltimore then I'd probably have to say that was not the normal Champ Bailey that we know.

Any one of these guys listed (Asomaugh, Bailey, DRC, Woodson) could be considered to be on the downward spiral of their career, but it also could be argued that anyone of them could potentially improve our situation and lead us to another SB victory too.

Obviously DRC isn't in this same category, but he's also one of the examples given by the poster I was responding to, and it could be argued that he could be a viable addition depending upon the terms of course.

 

[supafly]

Isn't champ pretty much toast anyways?

2 more things come to mind:

Denver is going to have to pay him approx.11 million dollars this year (although they could ask him to take a pay cut I suppose) so they must feel that he's still a decent part of their secondary.

Many here are arguing for the use of the franchise tag on Aqib Talib, or claiming that he will get a mega-million dollar deal north of 45-50 million, and he couldn't even hold Champ Bailey's jock in his greatest effort.

 

[Deus Irae]

Isn't champ pretty much toast anyways?

He could still play last year, but he'd probably be well served by moving to safety.

 

[Ring 6]

2 more things come to mind:

Denver is going to have to pay him approx.11 million dollars this year (although they could ask him to take a pay cut I suppose) so they must feel that he's still a decent part of their secondary.

Many here are arguing for the use of the franchise tag on Aqib Talib, or claiming that he will get a mega-million dollar deal north of 45-50 million, and he couldn't even hold Champ Bailey's jock in his greatest effort.

While I think Talib is very overrated on this board, and couldn't hold Baileys jock in Baileys prime, today he is a better corner.

 

[letekro]

I think I saw him using a walker on that 56 yd TD by Kaepernick.

 

[supafly]

While I think Talib is very overrated on this board, and couldn't hold Baileys jock in Baileys prime, today he is a better corner.

One could debate that, sure. I'm not positive I believe that myself, but we've disagreed on more important issues.

Talib is better is certain aspects, but I'd probably still rather have Bailey due to his other attributes such as experience, durability, work ethic, intelligence, and overall ability to use those traits to his advantage.

Just the fact alone that his durability has allowed him to average 15/16 games in his fourteen year career tells me that we'd be guaranteed something, unlike the gamble that is Aqib Talib.

I surely wouldn't want to pay him what Denver supposedly is going to this year, but that's a different subject altogether.

 

[supafly]

I think I saw him using a walker on that 56 yd TD by Kaepernick.

He and every other safety in the NFL, including Ed Reed in the Super Bowl. When Kaepernick can effectively spread the receivers out and he has some room...look out.

The price would have to be right on every player, but to think that Woodson wouldn't improve the position next year if he came here is probably untrue.

Personally, I'd much rather see them spend the money on a safety such as William Moore, but that entails a different kind of monetary aspect on a whole other level.