2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

[Guiness]

Has anyone fingered out yet who the teams might be that will be lining up to bid on Shields?

He's been mentioned casually in the Detroit papers as a guy the Lions might consider, but that's just conjecture.

Hell, everything in Detroit is conjecture until they restructure Suh's contract.

Which they can't because he has no agent they can talk to and is thinking about representing himself...I assume with some sort of James Bond setup with an earpiece that Jay-Z can communicate with him through, since he can't actually take part in the negotiations...

Horrible, horrible timing of him to do that, really handcuffing the Lions.

[mraynrand]

I've heard Browns as a possible landing spot for Shields. I don't remember where.

Can't imagine it, since they have to work long-term contract for Haden, and he's supposed to get 7 mil this year. If they negotiate him down, depending on SB, and then bring in Shields for more, that's just more chaos for Cleveland. Oh, wait, I change my mind, Cleveland is sure to sign him.

[Guiness]

Good news everyone ...

Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 37m
With Colin Kaepernick, the magic number is $20M a season, not $18M. And eventually he'll get it: http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...p-now-or-later …

Good news for the rest of the league as he (then Wilson) do that.

One thing I would disagree with in the article is how smart it would be for Kaep to 'bet on himself' like Flacco. I know the saying that every play could be his last, but the way he plays the position is a lot more dangerous than Flacco. He didn't run as often in 2013 as some thought he would, but he still did enough of it. La Canfora might be right and he's stubborn and confident enough to play it out instead of giving a bit of a discount to get it early. You have to think not signing to go from 18 to 20 million is all about ego, and he seems to have plenty of that.

[Guiness]

Can't imagine it, since they have to work long-term contract for Haden, and he's supposed to get 7 mil this year. If they negotiate him down, depending on SB, and then bring in Shields for more, that's just more chaos for Cleveland. Oh, wait, I change my mind, Cleveland is sure to sign him.

and pick up Regis just for good measure...

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and pick up Regis just for good measure...

[Fritz]

Good news for the rest of the league as he (then Wilson) do that.

One thing I would disagree with in the article is how smart it would be for Kaep to 'bet on himself' like Flacco. I know the saying that every play could be his last, but the way he plays the position is a lot more dangerous than Flacco. He didn't run as often in 2013 as some thought he would, but he still did enough of it. La Canfora might be right and he's stubborn and confident enough to play it out instead of giving a bit of a discount to get it early. You have to think not signing to go from 18 to 20 million is all about ego, and he seems to have plenty of that.

When you're a regular schmuck, going from 18 to 20 mil a year sure does seem unnecessary, to say the least.

But does this mean we should root for Krappernick to do well next year, so he can wreck SF's salary structure?

[Guiness]

When you're a regular schmuck, going from 18 to 20 mil a year sure does seem unnecessary, to say the least.

But does this mean we should root for Krappernick to do well next year, so he can wreck SF's salary structure?

Lesse, best case:

He plays like a bat out of hell for the first 8 games, SF becomes the super bowl favorite. They realize they are in big doo-doo when it comes to resigning him and negotiate a 7 year, $175M deal with a $50M signing bonus. He goes out the following week and suffers a Sherrod-like leg break. SF falls apart and misses the play-offs!

Work for you?

Ok, I'd never actually wish on injury on someone....

[pbmax]

Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers 1h
We have released linebacker Larry Foote, cornerback Curtis Brown and offensive tackle Levi Brown.

Not a horrible way to go out, though there may be lingering bad feelings inside the office. Finnegan was presented option of new contract with pay cut or release.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 1h
Cortland Finnegan may have alerted coach Jeff Fisher of the news. But key members of the #Rams staff did not find out until he tweeted.

Cortland Finnegan @CortFinnegan 2h
St.Louis thank you for your letting me play for a classy franchise and coach fish nothing but love thank you all. #Motivation @AdamSchefter

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Good news everyone ...

Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 37m
With Colin Kaepernick, the magic number is $20M a season, not $18M. And eventually he'll get it: http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...p-now-or-later …

i brought up awhile back that kaep and wilson were both going to be expecting huge deal, some if not most did not agree

kaepernick is flacco like, an ok QB on a great team. the 49ers won all those games because they have a shit ton of talent all over the field, kaepernick was just the QB who didn't do anything to lose games for them. it would be good for the rest of the nfl if the 9ers give him that much money, it means they won't be able to afford to keep all the other players together much longer

QB's on winning teams usually get paid, whether they are the reason the team wins (like a-rod, brady or manning) or not (flacco, romo, stafford, eli, cutler, bradford, etc)

[mraynrand]

Finnegan was presented option of new contract with pay cut or release.

beginagain!

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Packers and raji close to one year deal??

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=10560650

[Bossman641]

Packers and raji close to one year deal??

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=10560650

Ah, you beat me to it. Shit, for 1 year, sure I'll do it. Will be interesting to see the numbers on this. Unless the packers absolutely blew him away, you've got to imagine he was seeing a very lukewarm market.

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oh fuck off

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It's telling that Raji is willing to accept a "prove it" deal from the Packers without even testing his value on the open market. He knows his value needs to be rehabbed. The five-year veteran's play has inconsistent at best and poor at worst recently, culminating with just 17 tackles and no sacks while getting destroyed against the run last season. As former Rams GM Billy Devaney recently said, Raji is "pretty much just a guy."
Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter

so, its not just us that thinks he sucks

[Tony Oday]

Hester doesn't want to go back to the Bears, we need a return man, we have money, he is good.