NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?! - 2010 Offseason

[Lord Avalon]

To shore up their D Dolphins signed ILB Karlos Dansby, 5yrs, $43M, $22M guaranteed.

They cut LBs Joey Porter & Akin Ayodele, and S Gibril Wilson.

[Ben Kenobi]

My inquiry to you, is how do you feel the Chargers will perform this coming year?

I don't know. They have quite a bit of upheaval this year.

I've seen anywhere from 7-9 and missing the playoffs altogether to a superbowl win.

My guess would be 9-7. PR for 4000+ yards and around 25 TDs. Finish 2nd in the division and 8th in the conference.

[ColdWizard]

I want to know why Big Ben keeps attracting these "frivolous" charges.

They think they can get money, he's up to no good, or both.

[ColdWizard]

Thomas Jones signs with the Chiefs (2 years, $5mm reported)

Steelers resign Clark, bring back Randle El, sign Will Allen and Arnaz Battle.

[-Jrabbit]

Tomlinson will be in Minnesota tomorrow. If they can agree on playing time and money, he will be leading the Vikes to the Superb Owl next year.

[Ben Kenobi]

I hate the Vikings and Farve.

[SlowwHand]

If Favre retires, Tomlinson should be elsewhere. That would be one of my bigger questions, if I were him.

[Ben Kenobi]

Lots of questions for LT.

Benefits to Minnesota:

1. Excellent OLine.
2. Chance to mentor AP in the skill of holding onto the damn ball, and how to score TDs.
3. Not expected to shoulder the load.
4. Excellent pass option for Farve over AP.

Disadvantages to Minnesota:

1. It's f***ing cold, away from home and family.
2. Stuck behind AP.
3. Less money
4. Fewer carries.

[-Jrabbit]

It would be pretty funny to see the consensus #1 picks in fantasy football the last few years on the same team.

Looks like the trend of moving 300-carry load backs into committee mode continues for 2010 -- Forte/CTaylor, JCharles/TJones, and now, perhaps this.

[SlowwHand]

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.

Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night at a Los Angeles hospital.

He was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year.

It seems odd that this is what killed him. I had to look it up.

Mesothelioma, more precisely malignant mesothelioma, is a rare form of cancer that develops from the protective lining that covers many of the body's internal organs, the mesothelium. It is almost always caused by exposure to asbestos.

Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the heart,[1] the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis.

[-Jrabbit]

tunica vaginalis

I thought Tunica was in Mississippi.
And I certainly don't think Olsen had a vaginalis.

One of the greats. RIP.

[SlowwHand]

The Cleveland Browns have traded quarterback Brady Quinn to the Denver Broncos for fullback Peyton Hillis and a 2011 draft pick. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals. Quinn's departure comes one day after the Browns agreed to terms with free agent Jake Delhomme on a two-year contract.

Brilliant Browns. "Let's go with the older guy that fell on his face after signing a lucrative contract."

[Lord Avalon]

I guess they don't think Quinn was it. But I don't see how they can think Delhomme is it after the season he just had.

[Grandpa Troll]

Brilliant Browns. "Let's go with the older guy that fell on his face after signing a lucrative contract."

Although Im a Redskin at heart, Carolina Panthers are just 4.5 hours from here, so have a little allegiance to them.

Im glad they departed ways with Jake, so sorry Cleveland got him though

[Grandpa Troll]

I guess they don't think Quinn was it. But I don't see how they can think Delhomme is it after the season he just had.

Plus Lord Avalon, he aint getting any younger