2005 NFL Free Agents

[boysfanindc]

If we need a DT, DE, LB, FS, CB on D.

Who would you sign from this list or what position would you use the draft?

Here is the list who do you want?

AFC

Baltimore

G Anderson, Bennie 28.1
CB Baxter, Gary 26.3
FS Demps, Will 25.3
DE Douglas, Marques 28.0
LB Hartwell, Edgerton 26.8
CB Sanders, Deion 37.6
HB Taylor, Chester 25.4
WR Taylor, Travis 25.9
DE Weaver, Tony 24.6

Buffalo

DT Williams, Pat 32.4

Cincinnati

CB Bauman, Rashad 25.8
C Braham, Rich 34.3
HB Johnson, Rudi 25.4
LB Simmons, Brian 29.7

Cleveland

LB Bentley, Kevin 25.2
LB Davis, Andra 26.2

Denver

OG Hamilton, Ben 27.5
DE Hayward, Reggie 26.0
HB Hearst, Garrison 34.2
CB Herndon, Kelly 28.3

Houston

WR Bradford, Corey 29.2
FS Coleman, Marcus 30.8
NT Payne, Seth 30.1

Indianapolis

FS Bashir, Idrees 26.2
SS Bird, Cory 26.6
LB Brackett, Gary 24.8
DE Brock, Raheem 26.7
G DeMulling, Rick 27.6
RT Diem, Ryan 25.7
CB Harper, Nicholas 30.5
WR Harrison, Marvin 32.5
HB James, Edgerrin 26.6
MLB Morris, Rob 30.1
HB Mungro, James 27.0
G Peko, Tupe 26.5
HB Rhodes, Dominic 26.1

Jacksonville

LB Ayodele, Akin 25.5
DT Blade, Willie 26.1
SS Darius, Donovin 29.6
WR Edwards, Troy 27.9
HB Fuamatu-Ma'afala, Chris 28.0

Kansas City

LB Caver, Quinton 26.5
LB Fujita, Scott 25.8

Miami

FS Edwards, Antuan 27.8
LB Greenwood, Morlon 26.6
SS Knight, Sammy 29.5
C McKinney, Seth 25.7
HB Minor, Travis 25.7

New England

G Andruzzi, Joe 29.5
RT Ashworth, Tom 27.4
WR Brown, Troy 33.7
WR Givens, David 24.5
T Gorin, Brandon 26.6
DE Green, Jarvis 26.1
T Klemm, Adrian 27.8
G Neal, Steve 28.4
FB Pass, Patrick 27.2
WR Patten, David 30.5
K Vinatieri, Adam 32.2

New York (J)

DE Abraham, John 26.8
TE Becht, Anthony 27.6
QB Carter, Quincy 27.4
DE Ellis, Shaun 27.7
DT Evans, Josh 32.5
DT Ferguson, Jason 30.3
HB Jordan, LaMont 26.3
RT McKenzie, Kareem 25.8

Oakland

DE Hamilton, Bobby 33.7
CB Woodson, Charles 28.4
HB Zereoue, Amos 28.4

Pittsburgh

ILB Bell, Kendrell 27.0
WR Burress, Plaxico 27.6
FS Hope, Chris 24.4

San Diego

WR Caldwell, Reche 25.9
HB Chatman, Jesse 25.4
TE Gates, Antonio 24.7

Tennessee

LB Calmus, Rocky 25.6
CB Dyson, Andre 25.8
LB Ena, Justin 27.3
DE Hall, Carlos 26.1
C Justin Hartwig 26.3
HB Smith, Antowain 33.0

NFC

Arizona

HB Hambrick, Troy 28.3
CB Hill, Renaldo 26.3
TE Jones, Freddie 30.5
MLB McKinnon, Ronald 31.4
SS Ohalete, Ifeanyi 25.8
LB Thompson, Raynoch 27.3
HB Smith, Emmitt 35.8
SS Wilson, Adrian 25.4
DE Zellner, Peppi 30.0

Atlanta

CB Beasley, Aaron 31.7
FS Carpenter, Keion 27.3
MLB Duncan, Jamie 29.6
CB Mathis, Kevin 30.8
CB Rossum, Allen 29.4

Carolina

LB Armstead, Jessie 34.4
LB Fields, Mark 32.3
DE Pittman, Kavika 30.4
HB Smart, Rod 28.1
T Willig, Matt 26.1

Chicago

HB Thomas, Anthony 27.3

Dallas

DT Carson, Leonardo 28.1
SS Dixon, Tony 25.7
DT Eaton, Chad 32.9
HB George, Eddie 31.4
G Lehr, Matt 25.9
QB Testaverde, Vinny 41.3
WR Ward, Dedric 30.4
CB Williams, Tyrone 31.8

Detroit

T McDougle, Stockar 28.1
QB McMahon, Mike 26.1
C Raiola, Dominic 26.2
DT Rogers, Shaun 26.0
WR Streets, Tai 27.9
SS Walker, Bracy 34.3

Green Bay

TE Franks, Bubba 27.2
G Rivera, Marco 32.9

Minnesota

WR Campbell, Kelly 24.6
LB Claiborne, Chris 26.6
G Dixon, David 36.2
QB Frerotte, Gus 33.6
DT Hovan, Chris 26.8
CB Williams, Brian 25.7

New Orleans

SS Bellamy, Jay 32.5
HB Carter, Ki-Jana 31.5
LB Hodge, Sedrick 26.5
DE Howard, Darren 28.3

New York (G)

FB Finn, Jim 28.2
LB Greisen, Nick 25.6

Philadelphia

HB Buckhalter, Correll 26.4
DE Burgess, Derrick 26.6
DE Douglas, Hugh 33.5
TE Lewis, Chad 33.4
G Mayberry, Jermane 31.5
LB Reese, Ike 31.4
FB Ritchie, Jon 30.5
DT Simon, Corey 28.0
LB Trotter, Jeremiah 28.1
HB Westbrook, Brian 25.5

San Francisco

DE Carter, Andre 25.8
WR Conway, Curtis 34.1
FS Heard, Ronnie 28.4
G Heitmann, Eric 25.0
LB Peterson, Julian 26.6
K Peterson, Todd 35.1
LB Rasheed, Saleem 23.7
CB Williams, Jimmy 26.0
WR Wilson, Cedrick 26.2

Seattle

HB Alexander, Shaun 27.5
DT Bernard, Rocky 25.9
G Gray, Chris 34.7
QB Hasselbeck, Matt 29.4
LB Huff, Orlando 26.6
T Jones, Walter 31.1
CB Lucas, Ken 26.1
TE Mili, Itula 31.9
DE Okeafor, Chike 28.9
P Rouen, Tom 36.7
C Tobeck, Robbie 35.0
T Womack, Floyd 26.3

St. Louis

TE Cleeland, Cameron 29.5
WR Looker, Dane 28.8
C Nutten, Tom 33.7
T Pace, Orlando 29.3
LB Polley, Tommy 27.1
S Williams, Aeneas 37.1

Tampa Bay

WR Brown, Tim 38.6
G Coleman, Cosey 26.3
TE Dilger, Ken 34.1
WR Galloway, Joey 33.3
G O'Dwyer, Matt 32.5

Washington

G Brown, Ray 42.2
HB Cartwright, Rock 25.2
T Jones, Kenyatta 26.1
MLB Pierce, Antonio 26.4
DT Salave'a, Joe 29.9
CB Smoot, Fred 25.9

 

[davey]

John Abraham
Ed Hartwell
Andre Dyson

 

[calicowboy54]

in FA i would sign 2 of these 5(Lucas and Williams) CB 1 of these HB(Jordan) two of these ends (Adraham & Burgess) one DT(Hovan) and NT(Payne) and the FS(Ohalete). i would sign williams because lesser know CB and he played good when they played us this year. burgess because of injuries in the past
will come cheeper and is good situational pass rusher. Hovan big motor guy and payne to play next to him and NT in 3-4 abraham can stay down in 4-3 or stand up in 3-4 ohalete to play free and move roy to strong Lucas to go oposite t-new. and jordan to replace slow a** EG. what do you think?

CB Baxter, Gary 26.3
CB Dyson, Andre 25.8
CB Williams, Brian 25.7
CB Lucas, Ken 26.1
CB Smoot, Fred 25.9

HB Rhodes, Dominic 26.1
HB Jordan, LaMont 26.3

DE Ayodele, Akin 25.5
DE Abraham, John 26.8
DE Hall, Carlos 26.1
DE Burgess, Derrick 26.6

DT Hovan, Chris 26.8
DT Ferguson, Jason 30.3

NT Payne, Seth 30.1

FS Ohalete, Ifeanyi 25.8

 

[Oh_Canada]

If we go to a 3-4 full-time:

Hartwell
Smoot or A.Dyson
Basheer
P.Williams

Also:

Anthony Thomas


Stay in the 4-3

Abraham
Polley
Smoot or Dyson
Basheer

Also: A.Thomas


I think we can draft an olb with pass rush ability if go the 3-4 full-time. Hartwell would fit nicely beside Nguyen in the middle and has experience playing the 3-4.
Polley would be a quality replacement to Al "Have I ever made a play of consequence" Singleton if you decide to remain a 4-3 def.

If we stay in the 4-3, a pass rusher will be paramount and it will have to be through free agency as this regime clearly cannot draft anyone of significance at the position. If they dare try again through the draft, I sincerely hope it's David Pollack (if he comes in at 270+), the guy has a non-stop motor and great pass rushing ability...something our current DE's (one in particular) seem to be lacking.

Smoot or Dyson are no-brainers. Basheer would be a bargain job at the FS spot, but i think he has ability and is playing on a team loaded with quality safeties.

Anthony Thomas would become our power back, as a change-of-pace to JJ.

You turn to the draft to find a speedy wideout, and a mammoth tackle.

 

[BulletBob]

In order of preference:

DE Abraham, John
DT Simon, Corey
CB Smoot, Fred
FS Ohalete, Ifeanyi
LB Peterson, Julian

 

[slick325]

Abraham, RDE
Gary Baxter, CB
Bashir, FS
Kendrell Bell, LB

Gotta take a look at Cory Simon and Shaun Rogers at DT as well. I think we could get a very good DT in the draft using the Bills pick and use our pick (which will be higher than Buffalo's) on WR Mike Williams! The offense has a Pro Bowl TE in Witten and needs explosiveness at WR and RB. Hopefully Julius will take care of the latter.

A defense that has Abraham, Hawthrone (rookie DT from Wisconsin), Glover and Ellis upfront with James, Nguyen, Bell at LB and Baxter, Newman, Roy Williams and Bashir in the secondary would be formidible.

 

[TheSkaven]

The big prize of FA will be either Harrison or James, whichever one the Colts don't sign (they'll sign one or the other). Brian Westbrook is a restricted free agent, and I can't imagine the Eagles will let him get to free agency.

 

[TLW47]

Marcus Coleman of the Texans just signed a 3 year extension. He's not going anywhere.

 

[VACowboy]

If we go to a 3-4 full-time:

Hartwell
Smoot or A.Dyson
Basheer
P.Williams

Also:

Anthony Thomas


Stay in the 4-3

Abraham
Polley
Smoot or Dyson
Basheer

Also: A.Thomas


I think we can draft an olb with pass rush ability if go the 3-4 full-time. Hartwell would fit nicely beside Nguyen in the middle and has experience playing the 3-4.
Polley would be a quality replacement to Al "Have I ever made a play of consequence" Singleton if you decide to remain a 4-3 def.

If we stay in the 4-3, a pass rusher will be paramount and it will have to be through free agency as this regime clearly cannot draft anyone of significance at the position. If they dare try again through the draft, I sincerely hope it's David Pollack (if he comes in at 270+), the guy has a non-stop motor and great pass rushing ability...something our current DE's (one in particular) seem to be lacking.

Smoot or Dyson are no-brainers. Basheer would be a bargain job at the FS spot, but i think he has ability and is playing on a team loaded with quality safeties.

Anthony Thomas would become our power back, as a change-of-pace to JJ.

You turn to the draft to find a speedy wideout, and a mammoth tackle.

I really, really want to see us take Blackstock ir round 2.

 

[Oh_Canada]

I like Blackstock as well.

My feeling is that BP is going to go to the 3-4 next season. If so, we are going to need another OLB in case the free agent signee Thornton is not all he is cracked up to be.

Glover and Ellis can be our DE's and they will have to find a monster DT who can hold his own in the middle.

 

[lshaver22]

I like some of these big names as well, but do you guys think John Abraham, Shaun Ellis, Shaun Rogers, Fred Smoot, or even Ken Lucas (or is it Lucus) will see free agency? Lucus may see the open market because the Hawks have some other big name free agents. For instance, I live in DC and The Post has already reported that the Skins are already well on their way to bringing Smoot back. And, everyone knows what kind of cap shape they're in. I think Gosselin addressed it last week in his QandA when he said teams don't let quality young players at premium positions go. basically, teams will massage the cap to keep premium players.

Last year, for instance, the Eagles signed Kearse. But Kearse made it to free agency because he was injury prone. It's hard to imagine the Titans wouldn't have tried to create room for him if he had a clean bill of health.

Some more realistic guys could be Anthony Henry, Renaldo Hill, Andre Dyson (who someone mentioned, though I think he was benched for a bit this year), Reggie Hayward, Sedrick Hodge, Tommy Polley, Jason Ferguson (who I've read the Jets also want to keep) and a young guy like Rocky Bernard. They would be upgrades, though they wouldn't put this team over the top.

Basically it seems like this team needs to draft well and hope it can find some young guys with upside in free agency. Maybe, they'll get lucky and one or two big name guys will make it out there. I certainly hope so. But that seems a bit far fetched and bit of wishful thinking. Teams manage the cap much better than they used to.

Anyway, just my two cents.

 

[lshaver22]

And, as someone who is a UVA fan (though their B'ball will suck this year), Blackstock is a stud. Brooks is good too, but Blackstock is a great pass rusher.

 

[TLW47]

The Cowboys said last offseason they were going to be active in free agency because they had cap room and you see what they did.

I'll believe it when I see it.

It seems management has a different view of playmakers than fans do.

 

[btcutter]

The FAs from the Cowboys are so impressive. I wonder how much we have to pay other teams to sign them?


Jets unlikely can keep both Ellis and Abraham. Hopefully we can steal one of them. LB Bell would be incredible upgrade for us but would Pitt let him go?

 

[Rack]

Jets unlikely can keep both Ellis and Abraham.

If they keep Abraham we're screwed. Ellis does us no good. He's a LE, not a RE. We already have a LE. We need someone that we KNOW can play RE, at a high level, on a consistent basis. That's John Abraham. HOpefully the Jets don't resign him.

 

[btcutter]

If they keep Abraham we're screwed. Ellis does us no good. He's a LE, not a RE. We already have a LE. We need someone that we KNOW can play RE, at a high level, on a consistent basis. That's John Abraham. HOpefully the Jets don't resign him.

Abraham may be no good either if Zimmer keeps telling him to play run first.

 

[Hostile]

These players interest me a bit. Guys in bold are ones I'd target.


Indianapolis

WR Harrison, Marvin 32.5
HB James, Edgerrin 26.6

New York (J)

DE Abraham, John 26.8
DE Ellis, Shaun 27.7

Arizona

SS Wilson, Adrian 25.4


Dallas

G Lehr, Matt 25.9


Detroit

DT Rogers, Shaun 26.0


Minnesota

DT Hovan, Chris 26.8
CB Williams, Brian 25.7


Philadelphia


DT Simon, Corey 28.0


San Francisco

LB Peterson, Julian 26.6 I thought he signed a new deal.


Seattle

HB Alexander, Shaun 27.5
T Jones, Walter 31.1


St. Louis

T Pace, Orlando 29.3


Washington

CB Smoot, Fred 25.9

 

[iceberg]

i actually had a pretty short list.

david givens - wr ne
charles woodson, cb oakland (tenn cb considered here also)
shaun rogers, dt det (we should have just drafted him way back when)
shaun alexander, rb sea (again, shoulda drafted, but $ will be too high and no more 1's to seattle! but it's fun to dream)
fred smoot, cb washington

there are others to be sure. a lot of good dlineman are listed in the thread and how do you say no to that?

we've got needs and holes all over. most dominate are:
cb, de/dl, and painfully enough, wr.

all can be addressed by my "short" list, but there could be others better for a given reason i just don't know about. take givens off the list and we draft mike williams with our higher pick, score.

best available playmaker with the next.

score.

we just need to do a better job of blending FA with the draft this year.

 

[junk]

These players interest me a bit. Guys in bold are ones I'd target.


Indianapolis

WR Harrison, Marvin 32.5
HB James, Edgerrin 26.6

New York (J)

DE Abraham, John 26.8
DE Ellis, Shaun 27.7

Arizona

SS Wilson, Adrian 25.4


Dallas

G Lehr, Matt 25.9


Detroit

DT Rogers, Shaun 26.0


Minnesota

DT Hovan, Chris 26.8
CB Williams, Brian 25.7


Philadelphia


DT Simon, Corey 28.0


San Francisco

LB Peterson, Julian 26.6 I thought he signed a new deal.


Seattle

HB Alexander, Shaun 27.5
T Jones, Walter 31.1


St. Louis

T Pace, Orlando 29.3


Washington

CB Smoot, Fred 25.9

I think Peterson signed his franchise tender....and then blew out his Achilles. He may never be the same player, but he could be had for a cheap deal possibly as he plays for another contract. I doubt he gets big money coming off an injury like that. Good work, Postons!

If Dallas signs the terribly overrated Chris Hovan, I will be one unhappy camper. But he is from BC, so BP will probably go get him.

 

[jterrell]

Below are the ones I would have some interest in depending on price.
BOLD are ones I would key on.
They are long lists because many will resign with their own teams or settle on some other team quite quickly.

Baltimore

G Anderson, Bennie 28.1
CB Baxter, Gary 26.3
FS Demps, Will 25.3
LB Hartwell, Edgerton 26.8
DE Weaver, Tony 24.6

Denver

DE Hayward, Reggie 26.0


Indianapolis

FS Bashir, Idrees 26.2
WR Harrison, Marvin 32.5
HB James, Edgerrin 26.6
HB Mungro, James 27.0
HB Rhodes, Dominic 26.1

Jacksonville

LB Ayodele, Akin 25.5

New England

WR Givens, David 24.5

New York (J)

DE Abraham, John 26.8
DE Ellis, Shaun 27.7
HB Jordan, LaMont 26.3
RT McKenzie, Kareem 25.8

Pittsburgh

ILB Bell, Kendrell 27.0
WR Burress, Plaxico 27.6
FS Hope, Chris 24.4

San Diego

TE Gates, Antonio 24.7

Tennessee

LB Calmus, Rocky 25.6
CB Dyson, Andre 25.8
DE Hall, Carlos 26.1


Dallas

DT Carson, Leonardo 28.1
G Lehr, Matt 25.9

Detroit

C Raiola, Dominic 26.2
DT Rogers, Shaun 26.0

Minnesota

WR Campbell, Kelly 24.6
DT Hovan, Chris 26.8


New Orleans

LB Hodge, Sedrick 26.5
DE Howard, Darren 28.3

Philadelphia

HB Buckhalter, Correll 26.4
DE Burgess, Derrick 26.6
TE Lewis, Chad 33.4
DT Simon, Corey 28.0
HB Westbrook, Brian 25.5

San Francisco

DE Carter, Andre 25.8
G Heitmann, Eric 25.0
LB Peterson, Julian 26.6
LB Rasheed, Saleem 23.7
CB Williams, Jimmy 26.0
WR Wilson, Cedrick 26.2

Seattle

HB Alexander, Shaun 27.5
DT Bernard, Rocky 25.9
CB Lucas, Ken 26.1

Washington

MLB Pierce, Antonio 26.4
CB Smoot, Fred 25.9