Commanders sign Bowen **merged**

[CrazyCowboy]

Do these teams have no pride? We dont pillage from the Commanders, Giants, or Eagles

good one

 

[perrykemp]

Good for Bowen. That is a lot of cash for him to be honest. I get why he signed.

All I want is Jenkins.

Do you think we'll get more than the 9 games per season Cullen Jenkins has been averaging with GB the last three years?

Maybe now that he is 30 he'll get more durable....

 

[Wulfman]

To my knowledge, Skins have signed Cofield and now Bowen. No word on any signing for Jenkins, just that they were pursuing him. My guess is that the money in a bidding war with Dallas got to the point that they decided to take Bowen and let Dallas have Jenkins for slightly more money. We'll see.

As for Bowen, good for him. I would have liked to see him stay, but that's too much for what he's shown on the field, IMHO. Give me Jenkins and then a lower cost veteran DE like Coleman or Smith formerly of the Browns. Neither of them really excites me, but playing in a rotation and knowing Ryan's scheme would likely be enough to get the job done. Would still mean Lissemore or one of the other young guys is going to have to step up, but it's time for that to happen.

Another interesting possibility is that they could look to sign Jenkins and re-sign Spears. I haven't heard what Spears is looking for at all, but if you go that route, you can bump Igor off the starting line-up and bring him in as a rotation guy. If something does happen to Jenkins injury-wise, you've got someone to plug in for the short-term. It would also lock up the starters for a few years to yet a younger guy develop, and allow you to either cut or let Igor walk next year.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Wonder if plan B is Jenkins.
Or maybe Spears and Hatcher
Or the guys from Cleveland.

On a side note...I liked Bowen but I hope he turns into a blocker magnet now.

 

[ZeroClub]

Problem is that it sort of sets the market for Jenkins.

Does he go for less than, say, 4 years/$28mm? Pretty pricey. I just hope we're not cornering ourselves into a Kenyon Coleman scenario...

I was thinking the same thing.

I gotta believe that Bowen's contract is backloaded .... but then it was the Commanders, so who knows?

I'm sorry to see Bowen go. I've always liked him as a player and it would have been nice to see him develop more.

 

[TD-33]

DL was a weakness going into the draft and losing Bowen (even if the forskins may have overpaid) still hurts Dallas.

 

[Gaede]

Yeah, I'm not sure why Jenkins is our knight in shining armour here. He hasn't exactly been reliable over the course of his career

 

[AbeBeta]

Ugg, that was a top priority

 

[ElGatoGrande]

yeah glad we didn't throw Bowen that kind of money, b/c if he really wanted to I am sure he could have... we are learning a little, good job Jerry

I will withhold judgment on Jerry "learning" anything until after I see who he signs to replace Bowen and for how much...

 

[NeonDeion21]

Now the Skins at least have QUALITY depth at DE and we're looking at a very, very thin DL.

WTH is Jerry doing? We haven't added A player that wasn't on this team last year.

I dont get some of you guys. You want Jerry to be a better GM so what does he do? He signs by far the most important player to us in Doug Free back. He signs another one of our own back in Kyle Kosier for a solid deal. Now you want him to go over pay for someone just because we haven't signed 7 players in the last two days like Washington? Some of you just have no idea how to build a solid franchise.

Go ahead little Dannys of the world, throw your money away at players who are over valued. Teams win because of solid drafts and sly free agent moves. Not winning the offseason super bowl.

 

[TheCount]

Another interesting possibility is that they could look to sign Jenkins and re-sign Spears. I haven't heard what Spears is looking for at all, but if you go that route, you can bump Igor off the starting line-up and bring him in as a rotation guy. It would also lock up the starters for a few years to yet a younger guy develop, and allow you to either cut or let Igor walk next year.

I don't think benching Igor is remotely in the cards at this point. The idea of bringing back Igor and Spears as our starting DE's is a little disappointing.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Yeah, I'm not sure why Jenkins is our knight in shining armour here. He hasn't exactly been reliable over the course of his career

Spears as starter.
Jenkins as backup.

Now that would be sweet!

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Ouch OL and now DL....rebuilding year.


....wait I need to stand up to do this...:bang2:

 

[HanD]

top priority at this point, After free and kosier....

 

[RastaRocket]

ClaytonESPN John Clayton
The Stephen Bowen signing in Washington could be good new for the Packers keeping Cullen Jenkins, who remains unsigned

 

[ThrowuptheXDez88]

yeah it'll be down to the Packers & Cowboys I guess... I just want any kind of news on a signing. So uncomforting seeing all these players traded and signed and we haven't made 1 significant add to the team. If news doesn't come out that we have signed a player today then we are definitely in the Asomugha sweepstakes in my opinion

 

[JustDezIt]

Yeah, I'm not sure why Jenkins is our knight in shining armour here. He hasn't exactly been reliable over the course of his career

ClaytonESPN John Clayton
The Stephen Bowen signing in Washington could be good new for the Packers keeping Cullen Jenkins, who remains unsigned
1 hour ago

 

[CATCH17]

Yeah, I'm not sure why Jenkins is our knight in shining armour here. He hasn't exactly been reliable over the course of his career

Because he's incredible.

 

[Wulfman]

I don't think benching Igor is remotely in the cards at this point. The idea of bringing back Igor and Spears as our starting DE's is a little disappointing.

My suggestion wasn't to bring Igor and Spears back as the starters. Garrett has been harping about getting better at every position, and I don't think he meant standing pat on the front line. The idea only works if Jenkins and Spears were both brought in. It's a long shot, but I haven't heard Ryan raving about Igor's play the way he did about some others, so don't really know what he thinks of him...just what we think.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I think Igor is in the "We'll see" camp until we see what unfolds. But he absolutely fits into the dead weight camp thats been cut lately. He signed a 4/$18M deal and hes awful.