Kittymama
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(And, BTW, I do agree with other posters that stuff about anyone other than the Boys should go in the NFL Zone. But, since people are still melting down about the skins here...)
From today's MMQB (shall we speculate about #3--which coach was tampering?):
1. I think the Commanders are officially out of their minds. Washington dealt a third-round pick this year and a fourth next year to San Francisco for wideout Brandon Lloyd. This is Lloyd's NFL résumé: three seasons, 105 catches, 14.4 yards per catch, 13 touchdowns. He is a nice deep threat with good hands. But didn't the Commanders already have one of those guys in Santana Moss? In fact, by signing Antwaan Randle El on Sunday (what?!!!!!), the Commanders now have four of the same receiver at spots one through four on the wideout depth chart. Check this out:
Player Height Weight Age
Brandon Lloyd 6-0 192 24
Santana Moss 5-10 185 26
David Patten 5-10 190 31
Antwaan Randle El 5-10 192 26
I'm not saying you have to have receivers of different sizes and shapes, but with the exception of speed, the Commanders, over the last 12 months, have dealt for two receivers (Moss, Lloyd) and signed two others who all fit the same profile. Wouldn't someone on the staff there say, Hey, maybe it's a good idea to get a taller, more physical receiver to play against some of the moose we have at safety in this division, like Dallas' Roy Williams?
3. I think it's time the NFL spent some investigative might on enforcing the real start to free agency. The league has been a bunch of wimps about chasing teams that tamper, going back to the obvious and admitted tampering on Lawyer Milloy by the Commanders three years ago. The league knows teams and agents are talking before the start to free agency. Sometimes it's relatively harmless, like agents at the NFL Scouting Combine getting approached at bars and on the street and being told, "We're going after Player X of yours. What's it going to take to sign him?'' But sometimes it's more serious.
I heard reliably this weekend that one coach tried to set up a lunch with an agent during the season to discuss a player in his division whom he planned to pursue in free agency months later. You know what that does when the agent goes back to his player and tells him? Well, there are all kinds of ramifications, but how about that player seeking out his prospective next coach after a game, shaking his hand and saying, "I'll see you in a couple of months?'' The whole process stinks, and the NFL should enforce the start of free agency better than it's now doing.
From today's MMQB (shall we speculate about #3--which coach was tampering?):
1. I think the Commanders are officially out of their minds. Washington dealt a third-round pick this year and a fourth next year to San Francisco for wideout Brandon Lloyd. This is Lloyd's NFL résumé: three seasons, 105 catches, 14.4 yards per catch, 13 touchdowns. He is a nice deep threat with good hands. But didn't the Commanders already have one of those guys in Santana Moss? In fact, by signing Antwaan Randle El on Sunday (what?!!!!!), the Commanders now have four of the same receiver at spots one through four on the wideout depth chart. Check this out:
Player Height Weight Age
Brandon Lloyd 6-0 192 24
Santana Moss 5-10 185 26
David Patten 5-10 190 31
Antwaan Randle El 5-10 192 26
I'm not saying you have to have receivers of different sizes and shapes, but with the exception of speed, the Commanders, over the last 12 months, have dealt for two receivers (Moss, Lloyd) and signed two others who all fit the same profile. Wouldn't someone on the staff there say, Hey, maybe it's a good idea to get a taller, more physical receiver to play against some of the moose we have at safety in this division, like Dallas' Roy Williams?
3. I think it's time the NFL spent some investigative might on enforcing the real start to free agency. The league has been a bunch of wimps about chasing teams that tamper, going back to the obvious and admitted tampering on Lawyer Milloy by the Commanders three years ago. The league knows teams and agents are talking before the start to free agency. Sometimes it's relatively harmless, like agents at the NFL Scouting Combine getting approached at bars and on the street and being told, "We're going after Player X of yours. What's it going to take to sign him?'' But sometimes it's more serious.
I heard reliably this weekend that one coach tried to set up a lunch with an agent during the season to discuss a player in his division whom he planned to pursue in free agency months later. You know what that does when the agent goes back to his player and tells him? Well, there are all kinds of ramifications, but how about that player seeking out his prospective next coach after a game, shaking his hand and saying, "I'll see you in a couple of months?'' The whole process stinks, and the NFL should enforce the start of free agency better than it's now doing.
