2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

[Jimx29]

Bears sign Jared Allen, per this mornings Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,4637847.story

More accurately the last line should say "keep having"

[woodbuck27]

Is this some kind of bust?

RE: Busts ...It's so confusing:

Yea there's your bust form and then this:



Not many NFL players out of the total have "this bust" attached to their legacy.


B. J. Raji:

Is B.J. Raji a bust of not!? He'll determine the correct response to that.

Have you read this article that sets down a perspective view after the 2011 season on this question?:

http://www.totalpackers.com/2012/03/11/b-j-raji-is-the-worst/

B.J. Raji Is The Worst.

Now that address's this word "BUST" and B. J. Raji after the 2011 season when he made the Pro Bowl and ironically was ranked:

Pro Football Focus ranked Raji 46th out of 46 defensive tackles in run stop percentage in 2011. The question I'd ask myself is:

Has he demonstrated better play over the course of the 2012 and 2013 seasons?

In my view of him the correct response is a flat out "NO".

B. J. Raji was picked NO.9 overall, and he helped the Green Bay Packers gain it's fourth Super Bowl Championship after the 2010 regular season. Since then he's clearly played poorly to just awful. It's been right in front of any of you watching the Green Bay Packer games over these past three seasons. Can we possible see it so differently and Raji?

Shape it as you need to (for whatever reason) but it's obvious that he'll be back as a Packer next season, because of the needs of Ted Thompson in the "whatever makes Ted click category". I feel that TT payed to much for a a very possible BJ Raji rental.

If it wasn't for Ted Thompson; BJ Raji might at best be signed by some other NFL team to slightly better than an NFL Vet minimum contract or worse:

He might have been reduced to hoping for a CFL contract offer.

Will he turn it around in 2014? That's left to be seen and will be an interesting watch. He has a lot to overcome:

** He has to overcome quiting on the Green Bay Packers in 2013.

** Quiting on himself (in a contract year - 2013).

** He has to overcome what is clearly three consecutive letdown seasons 2011-13.

He has to overcome two consecutive seasons and will it be counting after 2014 and "NO SACKS" ?

** He has to overcome "the dumb and or arrogance" label by his decision; rejecting TT's rumored $8 million$ offer early in the 2013 season; seeing that taken off the table. What's the cost to ego there?

How much would you wager that he will overcome all of the above? $20.00 - $100.00 - $1000.00 !?

How many of you are going that $Grand$? Putting your money where your thoughts are?

Maybe your standards are low? Maybe It's a "whatever" excuse?

Here's where I believe it is and Packers DL and B. J. Raji:

If BJ Raji doesn't get an outstanding effort in a supporting cast on the Packers DL he'll flounder again in 2014. He has to turn that around with an about face in terms of his lazy attitude and work his tail off between games to strengthen and condition like he never imagined he could this off season and throughout 2014. He needs further support from Ted Thompson in terms of effective support on the DL.

If he has a markedly better 2014 season and tries Free Agency again next season? What B. J. Raji will another NFL team be signing? The 2014 version or the 2011-14 version?

I believe his next better contract may come with a prudent TT and the Green Bay Packers. I say may , as I won't bet a nickel on what I saw from him over the course of the past three seasons.

If I could I's offer him this advice:

Simply work his tail off as a Green Bay Packer for hopefully an extended contract with the team that invested a ninth overall pick in him. I'd say to B. J. Ragi: Open your mind.

Really it's simply this:

B. J. Raji must change dramatically or his NFL career and/or football career wherever is over.

[woodbuck27]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/374/ryan-pickett

" The Green Bay Packers evidently reached out to DT/NT Ryan Pickett on the eve of free agency.

also reached out to Pickett on the eve of free agency. The 34-year-old has yet to make a visit after playing 546 snaps last season." From LINK above.

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http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/374/ryan-pickett

" The Green Bay Packers evidently reached out to DT/NT Ryan Pickett on the eve of free agency.

also reached out to Pickett on the eve of free agency. The 34-year-old has yet to make a visit after playing 546 snaps last season." From LINK above.

thats great news, hopefully he ends up coming back

pickett is a much more valuable and important part of the d-line then raji is imo

[3irty1]

I heard DeSean Jackson was straight up released.

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I heard DeSean Jackson was straight up released.

confirmed

lots of talk that the eagles didn't like his involvement with gangs, and flat out wanted him gone because of it

probably trying to avoid their very own hernandez drama

[3irty1]

I guess he's got affiliations with the cribs! Christ how can you suck this much at being rich?

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crips not cribs

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2014/03/eagles_desean_jackson_off-the-field_troubles.html

And when the Eagles looked more deeply into why Jackson was missing meetings, they found that his friends were becoming a more powerful -- and negative -- influence in his life.

Now the Eagles have even more serious concerns -- Jackson's continued association with reputed Los Angeles street gang members who have been connected to two homicides since 2010.

[pbmax]

The last article I read seemed mostly about concern trolling Jackson's gang signs in photos and his music label.

This one is goes a step further to an absolutely understandable area of concern. However, there is a clear separation between Jackson's relation to this and Aaron Hernandez's history.

Now the Eagles have even more serious concerns -- Jackson's continued association with reputed Los Angeles street gang members who have been connected to two homicides since 2010.

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Jackson was, however, associated with Theron Shakir, one of the two men charged with the murder. Along with co-defendant Marques Binns, Shakir is a purported member of the Crips. In addition, Shakir, known as "T-Ron," is a rapper who recorded for Jaccpot Records, a label owned by Jackson. The two were close enough that they appear together frequently in photographs -- including pictures posted by Jackson to Instagram while Shakir sat in jail awaiting trial for the teen's execution.

Shakir was acquitted of the charges.

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2014/03/eagles_desean_jackson_off-the-field_troubles.html

[3irty1]

crips not cribs

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2..._troubles.html

Oh good call. I'd like to say that was a typo but the truth is that I live too much in Iowa to remember my LA gangs.

[Guiness]

Wow, pretty big news. Something spooked the hell out of the Eagles for sure.

I can't see him being signed quickly - the outright release by Philly when there was no a cap or skill issue is going to give everyone pause. Was there even a payment coming up? I can't see this being the end of the story.

[smuggler]

I made a separate thread for DJax.

[Smidgeon]

Oh good call. I'd like to say that was a typo but the truth is that I live too much in Iowa to remember my LA gangs.

Hilarious!

Whereabouts in Iowa are you? I used to call that state home...for 20 years.

[3irty1]

Hilarious!

Whereabouts in Iowa are you? I used to call that state home...for 20 years.

Currently Cedar Falls.

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COCK

ASS

texans sign chris clemons, last legitimate free agent safety that TT had no intention of bringing in to help our shit safety play

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/28/texans-signing-chris-clemons-stocking-up-on-safety-help/