NFL 2006 Offseason Thread

[Kris P Lettus]

If my poor, drunk ass can go all these years without getting a DUI and he's got two, he deserves whatever he gets..

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I think the whole NOT being poor thing adds to the problem when you are an alcoholic

[Kris P Lettus]

But helps when you get in trouble with the law, O.J...

[RoXer]

League sources have confirmed that Seau, who announced his retirement from the NFL just three days ago, will fly to New England on Thursday night and likely sign with the Patriots as early as Friday, according to a report by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The Patriots, desperate for help at the linebacker position because of both free agency losses and injuries, were interested in Seau last week when they heard he was thinking of retiring, the report said.

Seau, 37, is expected to play inside linebacker for the defending AFC East-champion Patriots. Starter Tedy Bruschi has missed most of the preseason with a broken wrist.

Seau played his first 13 seasons for the San Diego Chargers before moving on to Miami, where he played the last three years.

[Gonzo]

Hang. Up. The. Pads.

[SammyG]

ROFL @ Seau

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol are you serious?

Well can't be any worse than Chad Brown/Biesel, hopefully Bruschi will be back for the opener and Seau will ride the pine.

[Gonzo]

Giants handling the Chiefs right now.

[Gonzo]

DIESEL MAC WHERE YOU AT?

[AlphaBean]

Michael Bennett running behind Chris Bober with George "Greasy" Lynch at Fullback... :lol

Sup Larry Johnson, 900 yard rusher.

[The Miz]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2553084

ROFLLLLLLL

[OssMan]

Little John Flowers

[The Outlaw]

Freddie Roach gonna FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK Seau up.

Stima, heard how he's doing? I read somewhere that he's made a complete 360 and is going to be on the final roster or whatever.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I was reading the paper the other day and it didnt seem like he was doing anything to stand out so I dunno. Patriots only get like 2 pages of coverage in the sports section right now since it is all about the Red Sox tho so I won't gage too much off that really. I was actaully gonna go the training camp today to check out one of the practices but all my friends had work. I didn't wanna go alone

I do know Roach wasn't the only free agent rookie they brought in at linebacker though, they got Corey Mays from ND too. He was pretty sick in college too so I dunno whats gonna happen. Just aslong as they cut Gramatica i'll be happy

[The Outlaw]

He seems like he'd fit in with the Pats style at LB. Not lightning fast or anything, but has a nose for the ball. Hard ass hitter though. Laid me out quite a bit. :(

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Pats style at LB is the ability to play multiply positions. I dunno too much about him so I don't know if he can play inside/outside or maybe rush too, if he can only play one spot I don't think he'd have a very good chance of making the team.

[The Outlaw]

He switched around yeah. He would line up at MLB one snap, and outside one. His junior year he played at DE a lot, did really well there. He was one of our best special teams players too.

[DrA]

You know, I hope Reggie Bush or some rookie rushes for like 3,000 yards because I am tired of this notion that you have you be a "superhuman" to be able to play in the NFL.

[Skippord]

Broncos lookin' good today

[D Mac]

Broncos lookin' good today

It's preseason that don't mean nothin.

[Nervous Ferret]

week 5 - Jets @ Jacksonville

Thats were my moneys going for the Chad Pennington injury pool

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Wow Reggie Bush is fucking unreal

[Kris P Lettus]

The Saints played in Shreveport, too bad their defense was in New Orleans..

:(

[road doggy dogg]

Lelie to Atlanta, Dunn to Washington, Denver gets picks... hot trade

[OssMan]

Lelie to Atlanta, Dunn to Washington, Denver gets picks... hot trade
Duckett to Washington but yeah was just gonna post this, I guess the Redskins got a good deal but I believe they have about 0 picks in next years draft just like they always do

[RP]

Man i hope Jim Sorgi makes it out of training camp alive, because he sure is hell aint making it out with the 2nd string job this year. Shaun King for some reason has been tearing it up.

Sorgi has almost had his head ripped off about 24 times this preseason and we still have 2 games to go.

Marvin, Peyton and Reggie Wayne look in midseason form. Hopefully that lasts til the postseason .

[RP]

Lelie to Atlanta, Dunn to Washington, Denver gets picks... hot trade



When i saw Dunn to Washington i nearly shit my pants yelling WTF! :lol:

[mrslackalack]

Benson is not too popular with his Bears teamates. In fact many want Thomas Jones still be the starter over Benson.

[road doggy dogg]

derrrrrrr yeah Duckett, lol. Stupid RBs need to get more distinguishable names.


Also, lol @ Barlow:


"Nolan just doesn't know what he's doing. He's a first-time head coach with too much power," Barlow said. "He walks around with a chip on his shoulder, like he's a dictator, like he's Hitler. People are scared of him."

rofl, Hitler, come onnnnnn

[The Miz]

Preview for the 11:00 Sportscenter

Breaking News from Eagles camp: T.O. looked out of a window today. Which window? Find out tonight.

Plus: More clips of T.O. riding a stationary bike, and the same clip of T.O. and Bledsoe walking up a hill pretending to have a conversation

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

GRAMATICA GOT CUT

Thank you sweet lord infant 9 ounce 6 inch baby Jesus

[Skippord]

Thank god we got rid of Lelie

[BCWWF]

Deion Branch to the Vikings

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah this Deion Branch shit is pretty, well, shitty. I realize they've only played a few preseason games, but the Patriots run game looks pretty serious. I realize Maroney is only a rookie but so was Ronnie Brown and Cadallic Williams last year. Plus picking up a RB in the first round kinda lit the fire under Dillon I think too, he came in camp looking beast and he has been beastin niggas in both preseason games. So watch them actaully have a nice running game this year without any type of a passing attack, I think Tom Brady is the best QB in the league but he can't do it himself. Rachel Caldwell as the #1 reciever really just doesn't do it for me. If they trade Branch I hope they get something inreturn, I really just hope they give Branch a 10 mil signing bonus and re-size him though.

Somebody else mentioned this on another messageboard..Branch for Porter?

[BCWWF]

Porter from Oakland?

[The Miz]

Porter has been bitching but I don't think they're going to trade him

[Skippord]

Branch To Denver for draft pics

[Skippord]

Would be sick

[road doggy dogg]

Pats are asking for a first-round

[Skippord]

Nevermind

[RP]

Porter would cost more then Branch. Wouldnt make much sense at all. Patriots need to pay some fucking players and stop being cheap skates. Its not like the guy is being asked to be paid as a top 5 receiver. First rounder for Deion Branch??? I'm sorry its not happening. They would be lucky to get a second round pick for him. Whats gunna happen is they'll pay the guy at the end of the preseason once they realise they dont have any good receivers. If they let Branch go for nothing. Egg on there face. A monster running attack with know real passing threat usually requires a really good defense. I'm not saying the Pats D is bad. But they arent exactly lights out. I would be shocked if Branch isnt playing for the Pats this season.

[RP]

Shaun F'ing King

[Kris P Lettus]

Colts just turned it over..

[OssMan]

Redskins are the best team in the NFL.

[Kris P Lettus]

No, that would be The Saints..

[Skippord]

No, that would be The Broncos..

[Joey Slugs]

No, that would be The Bears..

[OssMan]

No pretty sure its the Redskins.

[Joey Slugs]

No pretty sure its the Cardinals.

[Nervous Ferret]

the Jets suck :(

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Branch wants Reggie Wayne money

41-0 tho.....holla at ya boy

Tom Brady > Your Favorite QB

[BCWWF]

Napolean Harris and Troy Williamson for Deion Branch.

I don't think Williamson will ever be a top receiver in this league, but I think he will be a good enough No. 2 guy that he is worth keeping. Seriously though, the Vikings need a wide reciever. Is there any team with less in that position right now? If the season started today, Troy Williamson and Travis Taylor would probably be starting there.

[road doggy dogg]

At least they didn't use three 1st-round picks in the past 3 years for Roy Williams and Corey Bradford to be their starters

[DrA]

You can tell Troy Williamson will never be a huge star just by his name alone.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Giants cut Rob Johnson...thank fuck.

They also cut Boo Williams...surprising actually, I thought he'd make the team easily</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

About the whole Branch thing, last year was his first year getting 1,000 yards (well like 2 yards away so whatever) so now he wants to get paid. Understandable, but he is looking for Reggie Wayne type money (two back to back 1,000+ [2004;1,210 and 2005; 1,055] yard seasons) so I don't know. Wayne got a bonus of 13.5 mil and the Patriots had offered Branch a contract with a bonus of 8 mil. I am not totaly sure what Branch was offered on the back end of that deal. I know Wayne got 40 million but NFL players care more about the bonuses since that is the only money that is guaranteed, not saying the back end of the deal isn't important but the signing bonus is the big thing.

Right now I am looking at the wideouts and I see Troy Brown as the #1 and that is pretty pathetic looking. At the sametime though, I watched the Patriots win the Superbowl with Antowain Smith (642 rushing yards) as their #1 RB so I am not extremely worried about it. Plus the offense has been cruising this pre-season, I don't put too much into the score or anything like that during the pre-season but when you are seeing the 1's vs the 1's out on the field and the offense isn't stopped once, that looks pretty good to me.

Oh yeah, Ben Watson runs a 4.4
http://cachemediasrv.patriots.com/ImgDyn.cfm?s=watson_td2_010706.jpg&c=1&w=525&cs=1

[Skippord]

Ben Watson is crazy fast for a tight end

[CNM]

Not fast enough to catch Champ Bailey though :shifty:

[RP]

I think he actually did catch him. And hate to break it to you, but it was a touchback.

[RP]

Yah Branch is nowhere near Reggie Waynes level. But he should atleast get paid on the Darrell Jackson, Antwan Randle El level.

[CNM]

I think he actually did catch him. And hate to break it to you, but it was a touchback.

Uhhh yeah, hence the :shifty:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Yah Branch is nowhere near Reggie Waynes level. But he should atleast get paid on the Darrell Jackson, Antwan Randle El level.

Randle El shouldn't get paid on the Randle El level

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah exactly, why should the Patriots be idiots with their money like the Redskins? I think Branch is gonna shop around and hopefully see that isn't worth as much money as he thinks he is. Or maybe it could turn out bad for the Pats and some team may overpay him, if thats the case then oh well. Patriots haven't really over payed any player since the 'Belichick Era' began and it has been working out pretty good.

Maybe they can trade Branch for AJ Hawk? :shifty:
http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/PBS111082822_lower.jpg

[road doggy dogg]

Speaking of the Packers, I think Woodson should give GB back part of his signing bonus, he got undressed in that Bengals game

[The Outlaw]

If they traded Hawk for Branch, I would officially be through with the Packers...:(

[AlphaBean]

Man i hope Jim Sorgi makes it out of training camp alive, because he sure is hell aint making it out with the 2nd string job this year. Shaun King for some reason has been tearing it up.

Sorgi has almost had his head ripped off about 24 times this preseason and we still have 2 games to go.

Marvin, Peyton and Reggie Wayne look in midseason form. Hopefully that lasts til the postseason .

Shaun King has always been good. He was undefeated in college then won like 8 straight with the Bucs, woulda made the superbowl if it wasn't for the Bert Emannuel rule... :viking:

Anyway, yep, Maroney is the man... Koren Robinson is an idiot... Vikings will probably overpay for Branch... but more than likely the Vikings will be trading for Todd Pinkston, because the VIkings are idiots... :(

[Mr. Monday Morning]

No need to trade now :naughty:

[CSL]

<font color=white>Since Randy Lerner has taken over Aston Villa now and with the Glazer's already owning United, with all the rumours of the last few years of an NFL game being brought to England, would a Bucs/Browns game @ Wembley or even Old Trafford be inconceivable?</font>

[OssMan]

If anyone is gonna get a home game away from their stadium it will probably be the Giants since they had 9 home games last year, I think the idea of games in other countries is almost as stupid as the All Star game deciding home field advantage though

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Plus the Giants and Bucs are on the east coast. I can definitely see Glazer getting into it, maybe even trying to get it hosted at Old Trafford. Lerner at the moment seems to be very much taking a hands off approach though.

[Nervous Ferret]

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:wavesad: :'(
Brooksssssssss

[BCWWF]

If they did, it would be a preseason game. The NFL wouldn't piss off it's fans that much by moving a regular season game out there.

[OssMan]

I dunno they already took a crap on us by moving Thanksgiving games to NFL network

[Mr. Monday Morning]

It was already being discussed for last season before Wembley got delayed by like a year.

[Nervous Ferret]

wow wtf the Jets are legit trying to get Branch. :cool:

[Skippord]

David Kirkus is the future

[road doggy dogg]

I would rofl if he amounted to anything, he's been on Detroit's practice squad for like 3 years.

[AlphaBean]

No need to trade now :naughty:

Asshole fucking Eagles, WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?