NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?!! - Post SuperBowl

[Lord Avalon]

Dolphins sign former 49er G Justin Smiley to 5-yr, $25M ($9M guaranteed).

Plus other signings.

[-Jrabbit]

Giants LB Kawika Mitchell has signed with Buffalo.

[-Jrabbit]

NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports that the Jaguars agreed to terms with Jerry Porter on a six-year, $30 million contract, with $10 million guaranteed.

[Lord Avalon]

Vikings sign former Bengal S Madieu Williams to 6-yr, $33M deal.

[-Jrabbit]

Eagles signed CB Asante Samuel to a six-year contract. ESPN's John Clayton says it's for $54 million, with $6 million in incentives.

[Lord Avalon]

Bengals trade 3rd & 5th to Lions for NT Shaun Rogers, will re-sign LB Dhani Jones for 3 yrs (no terms provided yet on ESPN.com).

[reismark]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Eagles signed CB Asante Samuel to a six-year contract. ESPN's John Clayton says it's for $54 million, with $6 million in incentives.

Aw, ****. Of all the places he could have gone, he went to Philly?

Well, Gruden ain't shying away from making the OL line better... former Saints C Jeff Faine (BWAHAHAHA!) gets six years, $37.5 mil, $15 mil guaranteed from us. Throw in getting Petitgout back from his injury and keeping our young guys in their appropriate positions (without Faine, we'd have to shift Buenning to center, which would suck) and this should solidify things on the line and allow us to draft a WR like Manningham in the draft.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yay! No more Asante.

That is awesome news.

We can torch New England when we meet up next time.

[Lord Avalon]

Not so fast! League nixes Lions-Bengals deal, Shaun Rogers goes to Browns for 3rd & CB Leigh Bodden.

[-Jrabbit]

Alan Faneca OG -- signs 5-year, $40MM deal with NY Jets
Bernard Berrian WR -- signs six-year deal with Minnesota, dollars undisclosed
Donte Stallworth WR -- signs with Cleveland, terms undisclosed

[-Jrabbit]

Berrian's deal: $42 million contract, with a $16 million signing bonus. He'll get $23 million in the first three years of torturing the Bears.

[-Jrabbit]

The Bears have re-signed Lance Briggs.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
The Bears have re-signed Lance Briggs.

See, I told you not to let facts get in my way

[snoopy369]

I wonder, could this work to solve two of Chicago's problems

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3273447

Moss, Culpepper talk about reuniting via free agency

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Updated: March 2, 2008, 10:51 AM ET

With no deal close with the New England Patriots, Randy Moss continues to explore all options in his first professional exposure to free agency.

On Saturday night, he came up with an interesting idea. He reached out to Daunte Culpepper, his former quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings. The two former teammates discussed the possibility of finishing what they started in Minnesota on any NFL team interested.

Though their relationship ended a little rocky when Moss left the Vikings to go to the Raiders in a trade, Moss and Culpepper stayed in touch with each other and stayed friends. They joked that at some point they might be free agents at the same time and might have a chance to unite. As Moss spent his second day in unrestricted free agency Saturday, he started to think about Culpepper, who also is a free agent. What they had talked about for years all of a sudden was true.

Don't necessarily confuse this as a package deal. It's an option for teams looking for a quarterback and a wide receiver and solving both needs at the same time.

At the age of 30, Moss has accomplished everything except getting a Super Bowl ring. He has been on the two highest scoring offensive teams in NFL history, one in Minnesota and last season in New England. He has 774 catches, 12,193 receiving yards and 124 touchdown receptions. He's been to six Pro Bowls.

It's a reflective time in his career. He's looked back on his accomplishments and his future.

He's also had a chance to reflect on his friendships, which prompted his call to Culpepper. They spent time on the phone Saturday night talking about the Vikings days and comparing notes on what they are hearing in free agency.

On Friday, Moss, while still in talks with the Patriots, started to listen to what other teams had to say about their interest in him. There is no word on how many teams contacted him and he has no visits scheduled yet. He's studying options. Moss can stay with the Patriots. He can move on to another team. He can reunite with Culpepper on another team.

Moss set an NFL record by catching 23 touchdown passes from Tom Brady this season. This will be his 11th season, but this is his first chance to study all options as a free agent.

[SlowwHand]

Pats have SO many free agents. I think the window is closing. What a shame.