New and Improved Free Agency Discussion and News Mega-Thread

[BaLLiN]

New York Giants
FB Henry Hynoski, Pittsburgh
OT Jarriel King, South Carolina
DE Pierre Allen, Nebraska

YESSSS
BUSHPENIS (hedgecock) CAN

[Hurricanes25]

2010 dead money will not count towards the cap so the Jets are $7.8 million under the cap, not $1.3 million over which was being reported. Aso to the Jets is a real possibility...

http://www.thejetsblog.com/2011/07/2...medium=twitter

[Xiomera]

Here's a link to download the NFL's official list of free agents and RFA tender information:

http://bit.ly/piKCgu

You're welcome.

[_YL_]

Hopefully the dead money thing is true cause it will sure help out oakland

[critesy]

byrom isom G Auburn signed with the vikings via twitter

[Pat Sims 90]

Rumor is Sanzenbacher has narrowed it down to Buffalo or Cincinnati.

Cincinnati is also Rumored to be targeting Jim Sorgi or Bruce Gradkowski in FA.

[ellsy82]

Originally Posted by Pat Sims 90

Rumor is Sanzenbacher has narrowed it down to Buffalo or Cincinnati.

Cincinnati is also Rumored to be targeting Jim Sorgi or Bruce Gradkowski in FA.

Great...the QB that shred the Steelers two years ago. Awesome.

[Hines]

John Clay to the Steelers.

[vidae]

David Mims to the Chiefs.

[Pat Sims 90]

Originally Posted by ellsy82

Great...the QB that shred the Steelers two years ago. Awesome.

Really does not matter which one that sign. Team has basically been saying that Andy Dalton is the starter. Gradkowski would be the one i wanted out of those 2.

[XxXdragonXxX]

Originally Posted by RavenOfProphecy

New York Giants
DE Pierre Allen, Nebraska

http://twitter.com/#!/NotoriousOHM

"@MikeGarafolo Word is Nebraska DE Pierre Allen did not agree 2 terms w/ Giants and is ticketed for Seahawks. We'll figure it out in a.m."

[SuperMcGee]

Nice to see Pianalto get picked up by us. Always like giving the Buffalo guys a look, too, and Cook usually held his own in a talented secondary. Sure don't mind that Sanzenbacher rumor.

Carolina making some good looking pickups tonight.

[molenguinurtle]

Originally Posted by RufusMcDaniel

For a second I thought you said LSU....:'(

Sooooo you have the greatest avatar I've ever seen.

[BlindSite]

Updated folks.

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

I really wanted the Colts to grab Johnson. Can anyone tell me anything about Legefed?

Hard hitting S who is very good against the run. He's a little below average in coverage because he gets turned around sometimes but he can be average in that area. Excellent ST player who can be above average as a gunner in the NFL.

[M.O.T.H.]

I'm not really sure how this is going to work for Dallas, who needs to re-work deals and cut a bunch of players to even get under the cap. Since we cant even do that until Thursday and Friday, seems like it's just going to be a mess for us. There is tons of money out there, and techincally we wont have any until possibly Friday to spend. A great deal of the FAs are obviously going to agree in priniciple as quickly as possible, and without us actually having any money right away, we may get screwed a bit here.

[Giantsfan1080]

A lot of players are going to come to agreements with teams starting today even though they can't sign officially until Friday. I thought you could start cutting your own players today though to make cap room?

[DiG]

Skins also signed Willie Smith, OT, East Carolina (excited about him), Shaun Draughn, RB, UNC, and Ben Chappell, QB, Indiana

[Giantsfan1080]

Hynoski is not officially a Giant. According to one of our beat writers he's still choosing between multiple teams.

[gpngc]

Originally Posted by Hurricanes25

2010 dead money will not count towards the cap so the Jets are $7.8 million under the cap, not $1.3 million over which was being reported. Aso to the Jets is a real possibility...

http://www.thejetsblog.com/2011/07/2...medium=twitter

Even better. People just can't wrap their head around it because it doesn't fit team needs like a perfect puzzle piece.

[Jughead10]

Originally Posted by GoPackGo

I think Derrick Mason ends up back in Baltimore but cheap.

Yeah I think so too. Heard him on the radio today. He doesn't want to be far from his home outside Nashville. Part of the reason he went to Baltimore in the first place, he requires somewhere that flys direct quickly to Nashville. That really limits the teams he's willing to play for. Throw in that he only wants to play for a contender, and now you have 2 or 3 teams. The Ravens know this and he'll re-sign.

[DiG]

i live in baltimore. sounds like they want heap and mason both back for cheap.

[M.O.T.H.]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

A lot of players are going to come to agreements with teams starting today even though they can't sign officially until Friday. I thought you could start cutting your own players today though to make cap room?

I think you can announce cuts...but you cant cut anyone until Thursday. Even then, Dallas' money is cloudy, because you cant rework your player's contracts until Friday. And cuts alone wont get Dallas under, more than likely. It's just messy...what are they going to do? Make Free an offer without even having a concrete idea of how much they have to spend? And without the money being readily available? It just kind of sucks, because Free is going to be getting tons of lucrative offers between now and then. Among other Cowboys and outside FAs. I expect Free back, but this is just an odd situation.

[cmarq83]

Originally Posted by Hurricanes25

2010 dead money will not count towards the cap so the Jets are $7.8 million under the cap, not $1.3 million over which was being reported. Aso to the Jets is a real possibility...

http://www.thejetsblog.com/2011/07/2...medium=twitter

This is f'n stupid, but it turns out that it was well played by the Jets and other teams with a lot of dead money.

[Giantsfan1080]

The schedule is certainly weird. I expect a lot of restructuring is going on also which we won't hear much about.