NFL Free Agency Thread

[Love The Drake]

Matt Forte?
Powell?
Blount?
Whats the word

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Teams are spending money like crazy, 15Mi a year for Malik Jackson, 12 for Janoris Jenkins. It will be difficult for Bill to do his business as usual and almost impossible to sign a big name free agent.

I suspect we'd be lucky to land one free agent today. We only have 17 million in cap space.

 

[TBR]

Again, this is just magical thinking. Why would any team trade their elite, affordable wide receiver talent to the Patriots?

- Rebuilding team, stockpile draft picks
- If they don't expect him to re-sign there (I doubt he does. Wants a fresh start).
- The organization might've had enough with him, don't want to baby him due to suspension risk

 

[Joey007]

This is really reaching but Edelman just followed Sanu on Instagram FWIW

 

[Huckleberry1]

Im not advocating trading him for a pick but for a elite wr talent on a affordable contract Gordon Floyd White I wont speak of it anynore I will wish in one hand and see what happens.

Repeat after me, Josh Gordon is one drink from a season suspension. Anything more than a late rd draft pick is crazy and the Browns won't trade him for that.

 

[Gronk]

Repeat after me, Josh Gordon is one drink from a season suspension. Anything more than a late rd draft pick is crazy and the Browns won't trade him for that.

Well he's still suspended technically I believe and it's prob be a lifetime ban if it happens again. Very high risk, yeah.

 

[TBR]

I don't want them to sign Sanu. Overrated. Inferior numbers to LaFell. Once had drop issues just like LaFell. And the cost won't be worth the contract (likely $4.5-5m/year)

 

[borisman]

Good post!
DW Toys

Except that Sanu doesn't drop it.

 

[Love The Drake]

This is really reaching but Edelman just followed Sanu on Instagram FWIW

I hope not

 

[TBR]

Repeat after me, Josh Gordon is one drink from a season suspension. Anything more than a late rd draft pick is crazy and the Browns won't trade him for that.

Repeat after me: conditional draft pick

 

[Ross12]

You know, I'm seeing a lot of posts along the lines of "Why would we want Sanu? He's just another LaFell! He is a LaFell clone, etc etc"... and drawing all manner of negative connotations based on that.

Did you guys forget LaFell was a total baller one season ago? He was a legitimate threat outside the numbers and in the intermediate part of the field, and could get deep from time to time, and his size was great when the field got shorter. He just bottomed out last year and now he's gone. I would LOVE to get a guy who could be another 2014 LaFell.

 

[Rob0729]

I don't want them to sign Sanu. Overrated. Inferior numbers to LaFell. Once had drop issues just like LaFell. And the cost won't be worth the contract (likely $4.5-5m/year)

You do realize people had the same feelings about LaFell when the Pats signed him. He was not very good in Carolina.

 

[Love The Drake]

were we possibly trying to double dip and sign both Bengals swinging for Jones and getting Sanu is like trying to land a hot girl and get her annoying average looking friend instead

 

[Huckleberry1]

Right, I'm open to trading him as well should the right offer fall into their lap, and I agree that he's 4 of 4 on the list of extensions that need to be made. I just think it's a fantasy; the same reason the Patriots would be open to trading him is the same reason teams aren't going to want to trade for him. They'd be giving up a huge asset (again, this doesn't make sense unless it's a 2nd rounder or higher) for one year of a guy who could just walk away at the end of the year, and in order to keep him you're going to have to throw a ton of money his way. And if you wanted to do that, you could just wait until next year when he's a free agent, so why are you giving up a pick now?

Agree. My dad was a psychiatrist and he had a phrase for many of the fantastic posts we see in these threads, "magical thinking." I'm all for making deals and moves to upgrade the team but people need tip have some semblance of reality to them and the Josh Gordon, trade Jones for.....etc etc....deals simply don't make any sense realistically.

 

[TBR]

Except that Sanu doesn't drop it.

In 2014

"According to PFF, Sanu led the league in drops with 14 passes clanging off of his hands. In fact, 20% of all of the “catchable” passes thrown in his direction ended up as drops, and that’s a grotesque total that tied him with Tennessee Titans renowned drop-artist (and deep threat) Justin Hunter. Even Torrey Smith and Kelvin Benjamin, who are both better at stretching the field than Sanu, had lower drop rates than the Bengals third-year breakout man."

Source: Cincinnati Bengals: Expectations for Mohamed Sanu

 

[Love The Drake]

Rather have Reuben Randle

 

[Love The Drake]

In 2014

"According to PFF, Sanu led the league in drops with 14 passes clanging off of his hands. In fact, 20% of all of the “catchable” passes thrown in his direction ended up as drops, and that’s a grotesque total that tied him with Tennessee Titans renowned drop-artist (and deep threat) Justin Hunter. Even Torrey Smith and Kelvin Benjamin, who are both better at stretching the field than Sanu, had lower drop rates than the Bengals third-year breakout man."

Source: Cincinnati Bengals: Expectations for Mohamed Sanu

Justin Hunter I still wonder lol

 

[Kontradiction]

I hope not

What are your thoughts on Michael Floyd?

 

[varjao]

We will have to sign Andre Toast Johnson, to be honest, can't be worse than Lafell was last year. Anyway the mindset should be that he is coming (if they do make this signing) to be the 4th WR in the depth chart.

 

[Ross12]

What's the word on Reuben Randle? He's got the build you want but has really never looked the part in NY.