2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

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Golden Taint signed by the Lions to a 5 yr. deal. No contract details yet.

At long last, someone to dislike on the Lions besides Suh.

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Golden Taint signed by the Lions to a 5 yr. deal. No contract details yet.

Now, WE NEED to find a big hitter safety to knock that punk ass out.

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Packer Report @PackerReport 6m
@jasonjwilde At end of day, all I/we really care about is whether they can string together a few sentences in an interview. James is great.

A good testimonial for James the person. Not quite what you want about James the football player though.

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Golden Taint signed by the Lions to a 5 yr. deal. No contract details yet.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 9m
The #Lions deal for WR Golden Tate is five years for $31M with $13.25M guaranteed, per source.

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Golden Taint's contract with the Lions...5 yrs./31 mil./13.25 mil. guaranteed.

Whoops...you beat me to it. P.B.. Didn't see your post.

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Revis has officially been cut by Tampa Bay and Cleveland has cut Brandon Weeden.

Hard to figure out just what happened there...with three teams 'talking' to the Bucs, you think someone would've made an offer, which the Bucs would take, because, well, it's better than nothing right? Even if it was a 7th rounder.

I guess one possibility is that they all asked Revis's agent if he'd take a pay cut, and the agent replied 'no' to all of them, so none of them actually made an offer.

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Michael David Smith @MichaelDavSmith 16m
Of the Top 22 players in the 2012 NFL draft, 20 remain with their original teams. The exceptions? Trent Richardson, Brandon Weeden. #Browns

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Hard to figure out just what happened there...with three teams 'talking' to the Bucs, you think someone would've made an offer, which the Bucs would take, because, well, it's better than nothing right? Even if it was a 7th rounder.

I guess one possibility is that they all asked Revis's agent if he'd take a pay cut, and the agent replied 'no' to all of them, so none of them actually made an offer.

You're right Guiness. The way I understand it Revis wouldn't agree to restructure or take a pay cut and Tampa Bay had a 4 p.m. est. deadline to do something so they had to cut him loose.

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Ed Bouchette @EdBouchette 2h
Hold on. Steelers DE Al Woods deal may not be done after all in Tennessee.

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You're right Guiness. The way I understand it Revis wouldn't agree to restructure or take a pay cut and Tampa Bay had a 4 p.m. est. deadline to do something so they had to cut him loose.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Revis. Will he chase the bigger bucks in Cleveland/Oakland or give a discount to a contender?

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Michael David Smith @MichaelDavSmith 16m
Of the Top 22 players in the 2012 NFL draft, 20 remain with their original teams. The exceptions? Trent Richardson, Brandon Weeden. #Browns

#Thefutureisnow

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Hard to figure out just what happened there...with three teams 'talking' to the Bucs, you think someone would've made an offer, which the Bucs would take, because, well, it's better than nothing right? Even if it was a 7th rounder.

I guess one possibility is that they all asked Revis's agent if he'd take a pay cut, and the agent replied 'no' to all of them, so none of them actually made an offer.

yeah revis kept saying he wouldn't take a cent less if traded

so, that was probably the end of the trade interest

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Will be interesting to see what happens with Revis. Will he chase the bigger bucks in Cleveland/Oakland or give a discount to a contender?

It sounds like the Browns and Raiders were the two teams T.B. was in trade negotiations with when Revis declined to restructure or take a cut so I don't know if he'll end up in either of those places now. Maybe he and his agent purposely balked so that he could become unrestricted and negotiate with any team. I really have no idea where he is going to end up for the money he seems to be asking.

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Ed Bouchette @EdBouchette 2h
Hold on. Steelers DE Al Woods deal may not be done after all in Tennessee.

Packer Report @PackerReport 13s
Al Woods has indeed signed with @TennesseeTitans So, so much for Thursdays' visit with the #Packers - and so much for the story was writing

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You're right Guiness. The way I understand it Revis wouldn't agree to restructure or take a pay cut and Tampa Bay had a 4 p.m. est. deadline to do something so they had to cut him loose.

Yup, they'd owe him a roster bonus and the pick they were sending the Jets changed from a 4th to a 3rd rounder. Jets had the same situation the year before, bit the bullet and paid the roster bonus. It worked out for them, they were able to negotiate a trade, obviously the Bucs felt they wouldn't be able to.