2015 NFL Free Agent Signings Thread

[mgteich]

I wanna have a stout run defense. I really hope they find a replacement for big vince.

Are you suggesting that we had a stout run defense in 2014?

 

[Joker]

oh well...the NY Ratpost is ramping up the hysteria to open the week....

 

[supafly]

oh well...the NY Ratpost is ramping up the hysteria to open the week....

Good. It will be one more victory over them, and one more reason to see them cry.

 

[JMC00]

I heard that too. Seems a bit bizarre though. You'd have to think O'Brien knows which one is the better. If he doesn't know now, he never will.

Well he can't have Brady so why not have 2 QBs he broke into the league.

Although my guess is BOB would go with Hoyer but Mallett kind of got dealt a bum hand. Had one start, played decent then in warm ups the next week had a freak injury actually gutted it out for the game and then missed the rest of the season.

Also Pats have Houston this year, so we could get a Brady vs former backup game.

 

[Froob]

oh well...the NY Ratpost is ramping up the hysteria to open the week....

I expect they will announce a deal sometime today and Woody will call Kraft again and personally apologize to void him of the tampering charges for signing someonelse's player.

 

[Froob]

Jerry Hughes back in Buffalo 5yrs 45 mill. I feel like that's a big overpay. He's a good player but I feel like he'd Mark Anderson if he had left Buffalo. Great work by him and his agent though. Staying in Buffalo was his best bet and he got paid.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

McPhee to the Bears..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/09/bears-to-sign-pernell-mcphee-16-million-guaranteed/

 

[TBR]

Maclin $11 million/year with Chiefs

LMAO

 

[luuked]

McPhee to the Bears..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/09/bears-to-sign-pernell-mcphee-16-million-guaranteed/

From a potential AFC competitor into oblivion in the NFC... my favorite signings..

 

[JackBauer]

McPhee to the Bears..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/09/bears-to-sign-pernell-mcphee-16-million-guaranteed/

Wow. Maybe I didn't watch enough of the Ravens but that seems like an awful lot for a guy who is good but nowhere near great. Why do I get the feeling this is going to end up like Ellerbe to the Dolphins?

 

[Sciz]

Hoyer, Mallett, and O'Brien in Houston should be really interesting to see. Meanwhile, Jets fans are hoping this means they get Fitzpatrick. My goodness, it must be miserable to cheer for a team where Ryan Fitzpatrick is the best case scenario.

 

[Froob]

Yeah I'm honestly very confused on how teams are signing players. Here are the official legal tampering rules.

1. A team is allowed to submit a written summary of its negotiating position to agents for free agents still under contract with other teams, including length of contract, signing bonus, compensation, and related subjects.
2. A team is allowed to adjust its negotiating position based on the position presented by a player's agent.

3. While negotiations may occur, teams must say that they are not making offers.

4. Teams cannot execute contracts with free agents from other teams, submit a draft contract, enter into an express or implied agreement or make any promises about the terms that would be available once the free-agency period opens, or provide assurances of intent as to the future execution of a contract.

5. Teams also cannot discuss or make travel arrangements for a player to visit once the market opens, or to communicate directly with a player.

6. If a player has no agent, the team can't negotiate with the player at all.

7. The period applies only to looming unrestricted free agents; it doesn't include restricted free agents or players who have been tagged.

So....yeah. Why is NFL.com making post on facebook about teams clealy breaking the rules? These rules are so bogus.

 

[luuked]

Yeah I'm honestly very confused on how teams are signing players. Here are the official legal tampering rules.

So....yeah. Why is NFL.com making post on facebook about teams clealy breaking the rules? These rules are so bogus.

It is the annual "No contract was signed it is just an agreement in principle" ********..

 

[mayoclinic]

With Rodney Hudson reportedly getting $44M/5 years from the Raiders and Jerry Hughes getting $45M/5 years from Buffalo, McCourty's deal looks pretty solid.

 

[Froob]

With Rodney Hudson reportedly getting $44M/5 years from the Raiders and Jerry Hughes getting $45M/5 years from Buffalo, McCourty's deal looks pretty solid.

What's your take on Hughes, is he more a product of Buffalo's system and would fizzle out elsewhere or a legit really good player? I kinda get a Mark Anderson vibe from him.

 

[JackBauer]

With Rodney Hudson reportedly getting $44M/5 years from the Raiders and Jerry Hughes getting $45M/5 years from Buffalo, McCourty's deal looks pretty solid.

I might need to turn in my NFL fan card because, honestly, I had no idea who Rodney Hudson was before I went to PFT this morning.

 

[JackBauer]

What's your take on Hughes, is he more a product of Buffalo's system and would fizzle out elsewhere or a legit really good player? I kinda get a Mark Anderson vibe from him.

My take (not that you asked, but I'm giving it anyway!) is that he's a good player but like the lesser players in our secondary (Browner, Chung), he benefits quite a bit from the talent around him (Williams x2, Dareus). I have little doubt he'll continue to produce in Ryan's defense but I question whether he'd be half the player on, say, the Bears.

 

[mayoclinic]

Wow. Maybe I didn't watch enough of the Ravens but that seems like an awful lot for a guy who is good but nowhere near great. Why do I get the feeling this is going to end up like Ellerbe to the Dolphins?

McPhee, like Paul Kruger in 2013, was high on many people's lists of FAs most likely to get overpaid. For example:

Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome doesn't let the great ones get away. McPhee reminds us a lot of Adalius Thomas, Arthur Jones, Dannell Ellerbe, Paul Kruger, Jarrett Johnson and Bart Scott. They were all excellent Ravens defenders who played their best football in Baltimore. McPhee is versatile and intriguing, but he was a part-time player throughout his Ravens run. Even in his breakout 2014 season, McPhee played under 600 snaps. He's a fine pass rusher, but not every team will know how to use him. -- Gregg Rosenthal

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000475973/article/which-free-agents-will-be-paid-too-much

 

[varjao]

I'm interested on Housler, he will be a FA right?

 

[JackBauer]

McPhee, like Paul Kruger in 2013, was high on many people's lists of FAs most likely to get overpaid. For example:


http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000475973/article/which-free-agents-will-be-paid-too-much

Say what you will about the Ravens but they are very, very good at finding marginal talents and getting them to produce in their system. Of course, most of the reason I assume them to be marginal talents is because very few of them seem to pan out elsewhere. A little similarity with NE in that regard.