wow! Pats thinking about cutting Moss?

[Patler]

Am I losing it or was Ben Taylor also a free agent signing ?

Was Ben Taylor expected to start at LB when he was signed? I remember a lot of people saying his stats were beefed up from playing on a bad defense in Cleveland.

He was only singed for around 1MIL per year so expectations were all over. He had a lot of tackles the year before.

He seemed to be the hard working kind of LB that a team could live with as a starter, but with limited upside most teams didn't want him to be a starter.

He was expected to either compete and win the job versus Poppinga or be our backup at a few LB positions.

Ben Taylor was a FA and did have over 100 tackles in 2005. They expected him to compete for the spot that went to Poppinga. But he was hardly a big signing. One year contract, $50,000 signing bonus, $30,000 something in roster bonus and a minimum salary as I recall. He was the starter through camp and seemed to have the spot. Then just before the first game quite unexpectedly it was just given to Poppinga who sat out most of the camp. One article said it was solely because the defense seemed emotionless, and Poppinga is anything but that!

[HarveyWallbangers]

The free agent tight end TT picked up after final cuts.

Sorry. Hardly think he counts. He was cut by Cleveland, and he was a street FA. Not exactly what Bretsky has in mind. He's not even on the roster. He was signed to the practice squad.