2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

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ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 54m
Broncos will not be tendering a contract to WR/KR Trindon Holliday, per league source. He'll become a free agent.

[Guiness]

More on the Broncos front - Trindon Holliday not being tendered. He's a pretty solid KR, although at 5'5" that's likely all he'll ever be. Something to think about, he certainly has the ability to bring one to the house.

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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 1m
Update on #Raiders & Jared Veldheer: He’s going to take his decision into the weekend, weigh his options and the market. Nothing imminent.

Christopher Hansen @ChrisHansenNFL 24m
Source tells me the #Raiders and Jared Veldheer have agreed to 5-year deal with 6th year option. $23 guaranteed. Total value $55M.


Just doesn't seem to be Rapoport's month.

Rap Sheet holding firm to no deal report!

gregg rosenthal @greggrosenthal 43m
On Veldheer report. No agreement imminent RT @RapSheet: @NFL_ATL The numbers are not accurate.

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More on the Broncos front - Trindon Holliday not being tendered. He's a pretty solid KR, although at 5'5" that's likely all he'll ever be. Something to think about, he certainly has the ability to bring one to the house.

I don't think solid is the word for his KR abilities. Micah Hyde is solid. Holiday is (very) high risk/high reward guy back there. Once he loses it. He can really go in the tank.

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How does he lose it? Is he a fumbler?

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Holliday might be an interesting guy to look into. It's not like we don't need to address kick returns, and whether it's a rookie or not doesn't really matter. It's still going to take a roster spot.

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How does he lose it? Is he a fumbler?

Yes. Original team (Texans I think?) let him go due to turnovers. Very much like Jeremy Ross.

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Yes. Original team (Texans I think?) let him go due to turnovers. Very much like Jeremy Ross.

Yup. Put the ball on the ground 6 times in 2012, 5 more times last year. You're right DY, solid was the wrong word! He's only had one fumble on KR duty (49 attempts), vs 10 on PR (80 attempts).

stats from nfl.com

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Champ Bailey released by Broncos. Would be willing to consider moving to Safety. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...y-for-new-team

Another solid ( his time has passed ) NFL player; ala Charles Woodson looking at retirement.

Charles Woodson, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez all entering the NFL HOF at the same time!?

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No to Trindon Holiday. He's fast, but he's a midget and a fumbler. You can't trust him, and he doesn't play much WR.
I'd expect there are taller WR with speed and KO return ability in the draft.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Sign Hester

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In a discussion about the speed at which the salary cap will rise, Florio reports an interesting fact that probably will have an impact on early Free Agency.

Cap Could Hit $160 Million in 2016

The full truth as to the bump, annually negotiated by the NFL and NFLPA, never will be known. The teams, however, didn’t anticipate it. Last October, owners were told that the cap would increase by only $3.3 million, to $126.3 million. More recently, the number was pegged increasing by $128.3 million.

As one source explained it to PFT, that’s the number most if not all owners used when establishing their budgets for the upcoming free-agency period. It means that most if not all General Managers will have to persuade their owners to increase the budget in light of the increased cap room.

Even if only a portion of the unexpected rise in the cap number is spent, some players will be more expensive. This helps explain Shields testing the market and it also might point out how terrible Raji's film was last year.

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so, you're saying that raji was terrible last year because teams didn't know that cap was going up so much this year?

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so, you're saying that raji was terrible last year because teams didn't know that cap was going up so much this year?

Nope, but maybe BJ would like you to think that.

I meant that even with extra cash lying around (sort of) Raji couldn't scare up a multi-year deal he wanted to sign. So his film wasn't even close to good enough to get him where he wanted to be.

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Mike Neal:

A source familiar with the talks said the Packers have made a meaningful offer for Neal, but not strong enough to keep him from talking to other teams first.

John Kuhn:

Kuhn’s agent, Kevin Gold, said he and the Packers negotiated into late this week, though no deal is imminent.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/20140306/PKR01/303060430/