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bleedinggreennation.com - 2/26/2008
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There's tons and tons of rumors flying out of the final days of the combine and I'm going to attempt to sort out those that have some impact on the Eagles. It appears that the Saints are leading the race for CB Asante Samuel and could be offering him $11-12 million a year! There's some idle rumors that Randy Moss and the Pats aren't close to a deal and that the ...
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... The NFL free agent rumors are in full force. Could T.O. and Randy Moss share a locker room? Could there be a worse fate for Eagles fans? (Bleeding Green Nation) ...
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GAY GOES SOUTH
beta.profootballtalk.com 3/2/2008 — After two frenetic days of free agency, Sunday was shaping up to be a lot slower. So much for that. The Patriots have lost cornerback Randall Gay to New Orleans, according to Adam Schefter of NFL Network. Gay has agreed to terms on a four-year, $17.8 ...
beta.profootballtalk.com 3/2/2008 — After two frenetic days of free agency, Sunday was shaping up to be a lot slower. So much for that. The Patriots have lost cornerback Randall Gay to New Orleans, according to Adam Schefter of NFL Network. Gay has agreed to terms on a four-year, $17.8 ...
NFL HAS SOLID PRESENCE ON “FORTY UNDER 40″ — ProFootballTalk.com
I really hate those awards given out by various publications to folks who are under the age of 40. My feelings on this point were crystallized at some time not long after June 8, 2005.
That’s the day on which I turned 40.
So, hey, let’s take a moment to celebrate all the up-and-comers who are eager [...]
Whats left of Free Agency: WR Randy Moss? — Buc 'Em
With Wide Receivers like Bernard Berrian (Vikings), Donte Stallworth (Browns), and Jerry Porter (Jaguars) signing over the weekend, there isn't much left for the Bucs to extend a contract to. Even WR Devery Henderson has re-uped with the Saints (thank goodness). That leaves a handful of options left on the open market: #1: WR Randy Moss - He's the best receiver on this years market, but ...
JETS WANT JENKINS — ProFootballTalk.com
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that trade talks are heating up between the Jets and Panthers, centering on defensive tackle Kris Jenkins.
Jenkins is one several defensive tackles being shopped around the NFL right now, with others including the Jaguars’ Marcus Stroud, the Lions’ Shaun Rogers and the Jets’ [...]
PFT INVADES NFLN, AGAIN — ProFootballTalk.com
With free agency starting tomorrow, NFL Network will be airing at 7:00 p.m. EST on Thursday night a two-hour special focusing on the coming spending spree.
And the program currently is scheduled to include for two segments a certain Internet hack who usually practices his hackery in this space.
The appearance will be made via satellite from [...]
PFT FREE AGENCY RANKINGS: RECEIVERS — ProFootballTalk.com
Here’s our look at the free-agent receivers, based on projected guaranteed money: 1. Randy Moss, Patriots ($20 million). 2. Bernard Berrian, Bears ($10 million). 3. Bryant Johnson, Cardinals ($8 million). 4. D.J. Hackett, Seahawks ($7 million). 5. Jerry Porter, Raiders ($6 million). 6. Donte’ Stallworth, Patriots ($5 million). 7. Terrance Copper, Saints ($5 million). 8. Ernest Wilford, ...
ESPN HIRES CRIS CARTER — ProFootballTalk.com
ESPN announced today that former Eagles, Vikings and (briefly) Dolphins wide receiver Cris Carter will join the network as a TV analyst on April 1.
In its announcement, ESPN said Carter will work as an analyst on the NFL Draft and on NFL Live, SportsCenter and other shows, but it did not say [...]
The Other NFL Shop — ChicksInTheHuddle.com
The Black Friday of football season is just a few days away. It’s free agency baby! Come Friday, everyone from Asante Samuel to Randy Moss to Bengals Defensive End Justin Smith will be up for grabs. And you’d better believe some NFL owners are gearing up for this day like those ferocious women who camp [...]
FLACCO ON THE RISE — ProFootballTalk.com
One of the rumors coming out of the Scouting Combine is that Delaware’s Joe Flacco has made the best impression of any of the quarterbacks on the NFL folks in attendance.
Others have written on this same concept, including our own MDS for AOL’s FanHouse and Peter King of SI.com.
Flacco is a former Pitt quarterback who [...]
NFL GETTING SKITTISH ABOUT THE UFL? — ProFootballTalk.com
One of our connections at the Scouting Combine says that one of the big topics in Indy is the UFL, which currently is scheduled to begin play in 2009.
Per the source, the powers-that-be are increasingly concerned about losing some employees to the new league. One of the fears is that the UFL will pilfer some [...]
WATCH THE COMBINE LIVE ON YOUR PHONE OR YOUR COMPUTER — ProFootballTalk.com
As the guys in Indy continue to run around in T-shirts and shorts, you can keep up with the action either by enjoying a live stream of NFL Network on your Sprint phone, or by clicking the NFL.com ads on this page.
Today, it’s defensive linemen and linebackers.
Tomorrow, cornerbacks and safeties.
A PIRATE STEALS THE SHOW FOR RUNNING BACKS — ProFootballTalk.com
Some readers have asked us to post some of the best numbers from the Scouting Combine. Though we prefer that you check out the show on your own via the links on this page to the live coverage on NFL.com, we’ll give you a quick summary of the best 40 times posted by the running [...]
“BIG DADDY” GOES BIG TIME — ProFootballTalk.com
One of the best-connected guys in the NFL is Richie “Big Daddy” Salgado. Virtually everyone we know in the NFL knows, and likes, Big Daddy.
Big Daddy typically resides in the background. But given that there’s a feature about him in Sunday’s Newsday, Big Daddy officially has gone big time.
Salgado is a former offensive lineman at [...]
RED FLAGS FOR DORSEY — ProFootballTalk.com
During the 2007 football season, plenty of folks were presuming that LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey could be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
As it now stands, Dorsey might be this year’s Alan Branch.
According to Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange, NFL scouts have lingering concerns about a stress fracture that Dorsey suffered [...]
RAIDERS SHOPPING MICHAEL HUFF — ProFootballTalk.com
The Oakland Raiders are sniffing around to gauge interest in a potential trade involving safety Michael Huff, a source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT.
Huff, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, has started all 32 games of his NFL career and would be a solid addition [...]
NFLN DROPS COMBINE UNDERWEAR FOOTAGE — ProFootballTalk.com
One of the dehumanizing aspects of the Scouting Combine involves RHE display of players in only their underwear for eyeballing by NFL scouts in attendance.
Previously, the exercise was televised by NFL Network. According to Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com, those days are over.
“There was concern from current NFL players that the participants would be more [...]
FREAK OUT IN PHILLY — ProFootballTalk.com
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Philadelphia Eagles will be releasing defensive end Jevon Kearse.
Per Schefter, Kearse was offered a pay cut, but a deal to keep him at a reduced salary could not be reached. He was due to earn a base salary of $6.46 million in 2008.
Kearse took the league by [...]
UNION GETTING “CONSISTENT SIGNALS” OF EARLY CBA TERMINATION — ProFootballTalk.com
An item posted on the NFL Players Association’s official web site says that attendees at a Wednesday meeting in Indianapolis were informed that the union has been getting “consistent signals” that NFL owners aren’t happy with the 2006 revisions to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and that they likely will exercise their right to cancel the [...]
NEW CHEATING CHARGES AGAINST THE PATS? — ProFootballTalk.com
Our own Taco Bill, whose work on the recent NFL dumpster photos has been nothing short of brilliant, points out to us the following headline in the left column of the Drudge Report:
“NEW CHARGES OF CHEATING EMERGE AGAINST THE PATRIOTS . . . DEVELOPING . . . “
The link, however, merely comes back to the [...]
NFL CHANGES CHURCH POLICY — ProFootballTalk.com
Last February, there were media reports of an Indianapolis church that wasn’t allowed to broadcast Super Bowl XLI between the Colts and the Bears on a television with a screen larger than 55 inches. In response, the NFL explained its position and stuck to its guns. The story died before the opening kickoff of the [...]
ALL EYES ON NEW ENGLAND — ProFootballTalk.com
With less than two hours to go before the deadline for using the franchise tag expires, NFL observers are casting an eye toward Foxborough, where the Patriots could be applying the franchise tag to receiver Randy Moss.
Because Moss restructured his deal to take less money in April 2007, he can’t do another contract with the [...]
Talk isn't just about college stars at combine — FOXSports.com News for NFL
Asante Samuel to the Saints? Randy Moss to the Cowboys? Our NFL Czar found loads of juicy rumors at the combine.
Asante Samuel to the Saints? Randy Moss to the Cowboys? Our NFL Czar found loads of juicy rumors at the combine.
