2017 Free Agents
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Here are 2 FAs going to the NFL 4 team / 6 game spring league April 5-26.
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Hardy is poison but sure he'll still have his suitors
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@boo-fagley said:
No more rum for a while.
Had my fill watching the Pats out play the Falcons. Bennett was OK, but I hope NE does not over pay when there are plenty of TEs that can match his production and blocking.
Browns want character too and most other TE's can't match this from a post SB interview:
"Bennett then further explained he why he won't "stick to sports" and what he is doing within the community.
"Shut up and stick to sports!! Enjoy the low hanging fruits Marty. Don't climb to the top of the Apple tree and taste that high hanging fruit," he tweeted. "This is part of the reason why I'm working to build Art Centers and Computer Labs for kids to learn coding. I'm not building gyms.
"I'm not interested in building football fields or doing football camps. I'm interested in doing film camps and coding camps.
"You don't have to be good at sports young man. Go upstairs and finish practicing that trombone. You don't have to rap. You can score films."
Don't know anything about Bennett, but that is the best answer I've ever read from a football player!!
Browns want character too and most other TE's can't match this from a post SB interview:
"Bennett then further explained he why he won't "stick to sports" and what he is doing within the community.
"Shut up and stick to sports!! Enjoy the low hanging fruits Marty. Don't climb to the top of the Apple tree and taste that high hanging fruit," he tweeted. "This is part of the reason why I'm working to build Art Centers and Computer Labs for kids to learn coding. I'm not building gyms.
"I'm not interested in building football fields or doing football camps. I'm interested in doing film camps and coding camps.
"You don't have to be good at sports young man. Go upstairs and finish practicing that trombone. You don't have to rap. You can score films."
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Interesting take on FA signings. I've plucked our our activity, but the explanations the writer provides aren't copying...
Jake Ellenbogen's 2017 top positional players Free Agency prediction
Jake Ellenbogen February 17, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Free Agency period is less than a month away and here are my free agency predictions for this year's class. I will be predicting the top five-to-seven players per position, their future team, contract and listing their Pro Football Focus positional grade to give you you an index of the players value.QB:
Tyrod Taylor, 27 years old, Buffalo Bills
PFF Grade: 11th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
WR:
Terrelle Pryor, 27 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 31st
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $47 million
OG:
Austin Pasztor, 26 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 30th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Explanation: Contract: 4 years, $20 million
DT:
Nick Fairley, 29 years old, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 34th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 years, $17 million
CB:
Logan Ryan, 26 years old, New England Patriots
PFF Grade: 16th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $73 million
SS:
T.J. McDonald, 26 years old, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 58th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
Interesting take on FA signings. I've plucked our our activity, but the explanations the writer provides aren't copying...
Jake Ellenbogen's 2017 top positional players Free Agency prediction
Jake Ellenbogen February 17, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Free Agency period is less than a month away and here are my free agency predictions for this year's class. I will be predicting the top five-to-seven players per position, their future team, contract and listing their Pro Football Focus positional grade to give you you an index of the players value.QB:
Tyrod Taylor, 27 years old, Buffalo Bills
PFF Grade: 11th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
WR:
Terrelle Pryor, 27 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 31st
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $47 million
OG:
Austin Pasztor, 26 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 30th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Explanation: Contract: 4 years, $20 million
DT:
Nick Fairley, 29 years old, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 34th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 years, $17 million
CB:
Logan Ryan, 26 years old, New England Patriots
PFF Grade: 16th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $73 million
SS:
T.J. McDonald, 26 years old, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 58th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
Jake Ellenbogen's 2017 top positional players Free Agency prediction
Jake Ellenbogen February 17, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Free Agency period is less than a month away and here are my free agency predictions for this year's class. I will be predicting the top five-to-seven players per position, their future team, contract and listing their Pro Football Focus positional grade to give you you an index of the players value.
QB:
Tyrod Taylor, 27 years old, Buffalo Bills
PFF Grade: 11th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
WR:
Terrelle Pryor, 27 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 31st
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $47 million
OG:
Austin Pasztor, 26 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 30th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Explanation: Contract: 4 years, $20 million
DT:
Nick Fairley, 29 years old, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 34th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 years, $17 million
CB:
Logan Ryan, 26 years old, New England Patriots
PFF Grade: 16th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $73 million
SS:
T.J. McDonald, 26 years old, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 58th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
Runaway now Mary Kay Cabot..i like what this Rams writer is cookin..Sign this guy up
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Interesting take on FA signings. I've plucked our our activity, but the explanations the writer provides aren't copying...
Jake Ellenbogen's 2017 top positional players Free Agency prediction
Jake Ellenbogen February 17, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Free Agency period is less than a month away and here are my free agency predictions for this year's class. I will be predicting the top five-to-seven players per position, their future team, contract and listing their Pro Football Focus positional grade to give you you an index of the players value.QB:
Tyrod Taylor, 27 years old, Buffalo Bills
PFF Grade: 11th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
WR:
Terrelle Pryor, 27 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 31st
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $47 million
OG:
Austin Pasztor, 26 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 30th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Explanation: Contract: 4 years, $20 million
DT:
Nick Fairley, 29 years old, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 34th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 years, $17 million
CB:
Logan Ryan, 26 years old, New England Patriots
PFF Grade: 16th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $73 million
SS:
T.J. McDonald, 26 years old, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 58th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
Interesting take on FA signings. I've plucked our our activity, but the explanations the writer provides aren't copying...
Jake Ellenbogen's 2017 top positional players Free Agency prediction
Jake Ellenbogen February 17, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Free Agency period is less than a month away and here are my free agency predictions for this year's class. I will be predicting the top five-to-seven players per position, their future team, contract and listing their Pro Football Focus positional grade to give you you an index of the players value.
QB:
Tyrod Taylor, 27 years old, Buffalo Bills
PFF Grade: 11th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $80 million
WR:
Terrelle Pryor, 27 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 31st
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $47 million
OG:
Austin Pasztor, 26 years old, Cleveland Browns
PFF Grade: 30th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Explanation: Contract: 4 years, $20 million
DT:
Nick Fairley, 29 years old, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 34th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 3 years, $17 million
CB:
Logan Ryan, 26 years old, New England Patriots
PFF Grade: 16th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 5 years, $73 million
SS:
T.J. McDonald, 26 years old, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 58th
FA Destination: Cleveland Browns
Contract: 4 years, $20 million
Anything more than 4 years $30 million for Pryor is highway robbery
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Sign Alshon Jeffery!
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Sign Alshon Jeffery!
Sign Alshon Jeffery!
Not worth the price. $14mil+ for 2 TDs in 2016 and 4 in 2015.
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Several Franchise tags were put on yesterday:
Leveon Bell Steelers
Chandler Jones Cardinals
Kawann Short Panthers
Jason Pierre Paul Giants
Pretty much taking them off the market.
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Adrian Peterson to hit free agency...Eric Berry set for 6 year deal with Chiefs earning 13m a year
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Adrian Peterson to hit free agency...Eric Berry set for 6 year deal with Chiefs earning 13m a year
Adrian Peterson to hit free agency...Eric Berry set for 6 year deal with Chiefs earning 13m a year
No interest in AP. Berry was someone we could use...but he gone.
What other DBs in FA?
Trumaine?
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Adrian Peterson to hit free agency...Eric Berry set for 6 year deal with Chiefs earning 13m a year
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Trumaine was tagged also.No interest in AP. Berry was someone we could use...but he gone.
What other DBs in FA?
Trumaine?
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Trumaine was tagged also.No interest in AP. Berry was someone we could use...but he gone.
What other DBs in FA?
Trumaine?
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Could we be interested in partnering him with Collins again? He will fetch big money I'd think http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/patriots/2017/02/28/donta-hightower-free-agent-new-england/98539864/
o be placed with the franchise tag. USA TODAY Sports
(Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports)
The New England Patriots appear willing to take their chances with one of their top defenders hitting free agency.
Linebacker Dont'a Hightower has been informed by the team he will not receive the franchise tag, a person familiar with the team's thinking told USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not yet addressed its plans for Hightower.
Teams have until 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday to use the franchise tag. Free agency begins on March 9.
Hightower, 26, was a Patriots captain and Pro Bowl selection in 2016. His fourth-quarter strip-sack of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was one of Super Bowl LI's most iconic plays and helped spark the Patriots' 25-point comeback and eventual win in overtime.
The Patriots parted with another star linebacker midway through last season when they traded Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns.
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Could we be interested in partnering him with Collins again? He will fetch big money I'd think http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/patriots/2017/02/28/donta-hightower-free-agent-new-england/98539864/
o be placed with the franchise tag. USA TODAY Sports
(Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports)
The New England Patriots appear willing to take their chances with one of their top defenders hitting free agency.
Linebacker Dont'a Hightower has been informed by the team he will not receive the franchise tag, a person familiar with the team's thinking told USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not yet addressed its plans for Hightower.
Teams have until 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday to use the franchise tag. Free agency begins on March 9.
Hightower, 26, was a Patriots captain and Pro Bowl selection in 2016. His fourth-quarter strip-sack of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was one of Super Bowl LI's most iconic plays and helped spark the Patriots' 25-point comeback and eventual win in overtime.
The Patriots parted with another star linebacker midway through last season when they traded Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns.
Could we be interested in partnering him with Collins again? He will fetch big money I'd think http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/patriots/2017/02/28/donta-hightower-free-agent-new-england/98539864/
Well, as I see it, Hightower DOES play a position of need for the Browns: OLB. As I have said in other posts, our Starting OLBs are Collins and Schobert....and I feel we need an upgrade from Schobert. Hightower could work. And he is only 26 years old.....within the parameters of what this FO wants in terms of age.
As for big money....the Browns have big money. So I think, yes, definitely the Browns should be a player. Only question....would he want to come from a SB winner to a 1-15 team. Of course, imo....if he is that good, it would improve the Browns at a position of need.
While he is not the sack machine perhaps that the Browns need....his play could really help the likes of Collins, Ogbah, Nassib...who could become sack machines.
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Per this article on CBS, Kevin Zeitler could be a major target of the Browns in Free agency:
More than $100 million in cap room gives the Browns plenty of resources to improve the league’s worst team in 2016. New defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is likely lobbying for the addition of players familiar with his scheme. Cornerback Trumaine Johnson and defensive tackle Nick Fairley played for Williams when he was running the Rams’ defense. The offensive line was in disarray after the free agent departures of Alex Mack and Mitchell Schwartz and left guard Joel Bitonio’s inability to stay healthy. Head coach Hue Jackson could weaken the in-state rival Bengals by reuniting with right guard Kevin Zeitler. He was Zeitler’s offensive coordinator in 2014 and 2015. Zeitler is expected to command top guard money, which could exceed the $10 million per year and $30 million of guarantees Kyle Long received from the Bears in a four-year extension right before the start of last season.
I have also said that I believe DT is a position that the Browns need to improve either through the draft of FA.
Is Nick Fairly a guy that could maybe come in an produce substantially for the Browns at DT? Reunite with Gregg Williams...as it says?
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With the tag deadline gone NFL.com lists its top free agents
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Quarterbacks
Matt Schaub, Atlanta Falcons
Ryan Mallett, Baltimore Ravens
EJ Manuel, Buffalo Bills
Brian Hoyer, Chicago Bears
Matt Barkley, Chicago Bears
Josh McCown, Cleveland Browns
Mark Sanchez, Dallas Cowboys
Kellen Moore, Dallas Cowboys
Dan Orlovsky, Detroit Lions
Case Keenum, Los Angeles Rams
T.J. Yates, Miami Dolphins
Shaun Hill, Minnesota Vikings
Josh Johnson, New York Giants
Ryan Nassib, New York Giants
Ryan Fitzpatrick, New York Jets
Geno Smith, New York Jets
Matt McGloin, Oakland Raiders
Landry Jones, Pittsburgh Steelers
Kellen Clemens, Los Angeles Chargers
Blaine Gabbert, San Francisco 49ers
Christian Ponder, San Francisco 49ers
Thad Lewis, San Francisco 49ers
Mike Glennon, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Matt Cassel, Tennessee Titans
Go for any of these? Meh
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Earl Watford, Arizona Cardinals
Ricky Wagner, Baltimore Ravens
Jordan Mills, Buffalo Bills
Mike Remmers, Carolina Panthers
Mike Adams, Chicago Bears
Nick Becton, Chicago Bears
Matt McCants, Chicago Bears
Andrew Whitworth, Cincinnati Bengals
Eric Winston, Cincinnati Bengals
Russell Okung, Denver Broncos
Riley Reiff, Detroit Lions
Don Barclay, Green Bay Packers
David Quessenberry, Houston Texans
Jeffrey Linkenbach, Jacksonville Jaguars
Kelvin Beachum, Jacksonville Jaguars
Sam Young, Miami Dolphins
Matt Kalil, Minnesota Vikings
Jake Long, Minnesota Vikings
Andre Smith, Minnesota Vikings
Tony Hills, New Orleans Saints
Will Beatty, New York Giants
Marshall Newhouse, New York Giants
Ben Ijalana, New York Jets
Ryan Clady, New York Jets
Menelik Watson, Oakland Raiders
Bradley Sowell, Seattle Seahawks
Gosder Cherilus, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Byron Bell, Tennessee TitansAny RTs in this mix the Browns should go for?
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