Derrick Morgan - speculation Dallas *signs with Titans*

[dagreat1_87]

im confused. i see they only signed orakpo. They didnt sign morgan and orakpo both for 27 million did they?

 

[DeaconBlues]

Missed It By That Much Morgan?

That made me spit out my coffee.

 

[therock1982]

oh dear,pickings are getting slim now

 

[DCBoysfan]

Ian Rapoport per Twitter sad D. Morgan has resigned with the Titans, 4 yr 30 million.

 

[Gaede]

If anything like Mincey, I am all for this. We need more players on defense, not just playmakers.

Oh.nevermind

 

[BIGDen]

If no Hardy, it looks like Dallas missed out on pretty every much FA pass rusher out there. Unreal.

 

[Zekeats]

Yep. With those contract numbers, there's little chance we are in on Hardy.

Any additions to our anemic pass rush will have to come from the draft. Oy.

I wouldn't be scared to offer a lot of guaranteed money to get him though. He is 26 and has 3 great years left and at least 1 good one after that. I would give him 5 yrs $65 million $20-25 guaranteed which would be tied to him being available with no future suspensions from the league outside of what he is involved with now.

 

[ThreeandOut]

Didn't Quite Get There Derrick.

He's right. It's a done deal with the Titans. I'm now officially disappointed with our off-season, Sheard and Morgan were the guys I wanted most to add to the dline rotation. Hardy is a pipe dream.

Sheard and Morgan were the level of player that I thought the Cowboys might target. It doesn't seem like there's much left out there at this point.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

this offseason has many parallels to last years and we all know how that turned out. Doom and gloom people can't help themselves, it's part of their DNA.

 

[Stash]

Good. Another overpaid mediocre player I'm glad never made it to Dallas.

 

[BIGDen]

Sheard and Morgan were the level of player that I thought the Cowboys might target. It doesn't seem like there's much left out there at this point.

Exactly. I thought we'd get one of those type of players. This has been a very depressing offseason thus far. I guess we'll have to settle for Hardy...<fingers crossed>

"Settle" was a joke in case that wasn't beyond obvious.

 

[Clarkson]

this offseason has many parallels to last years and we all know how that turned out. Doom and gloom people can't help themselves, it's part of their DNA.

It's funny to see people upset about not overpaying for average players. That's what we should avoid. A lot of these contracts end up being regretted.

 

[DBOY3141]

It's funny to see people upset about not overpaying for average players. That's what we should avoid. A lot of these contracts end up being regretted.

Good post. See Michael Johnson last year. See Anthony Collins last year. See Dashon Goldson from 2 years ago.....and on and on and on.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

titans sign both Orakpo and Morgan

 

[davey999]

Morgan deal is 10 million guaranteed. We should have been able to afford that. Guess not.

 

[DFWJC]

im confused. i see they only signed orakpo. They didnt sign morgan and orakpo both for 27 million did they?

7.5/yr for Morgan and 8 mil/yr for Orakpo
This pushes one pass-rusher past Tenn in the draft, fwiw.

So these guys basically got Murray money, and neither are really all that great.

 

[1LoyalCowboyFan]

Come on down Clayborn

 

[iceberg]

this offseason has many parallels to last years and we all know how that turned out. Doom and gloom people can't help themselves, it's part of their DNA.

we also have a year vested into who we hope will be our rushing DE. we've also got some surprise cuts around june 1st i'm sure also. FA is one way of many to improve the team and just because the store is open, doesn't mean that it has what you need. i'm not going to believe that those who built this team who's players are suddenly popular and wanted around the league (and it wasn't long ago no one wanted our FA's, remember?) will suddenly not know what to do JUST BECAUSE they didn't sign many FAs OF WHICH they said ahead of time they wouldn't do.

i understand people equate no action to wrong move, but that's not always the case. frustrating to go through this period and see only people go, sure. but we're a long long way from done and i wish people would quit hitting the panic button.

 

[Alexander]

Come on down Clayborn

Gone.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

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   Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 52m52 minutes ago
   Big #Titans morning: Reached deals with Brian Orakpo & Derrick Morgan, sources confirm (as @AdamSchefter & @jwyattsports said). Edge help.
   
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      Todd Archer ‏@toddarcher 57m57 minutes ago
      Derrick Morgan going back to Tennessee. Cowboys wanted a visit but Titans offer good deal to keep him