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Posted by Mike Florio on March 1, 2010 11:17 AM ET
The sentiment that defensive end Julius Peppers will be paid more like Dwight Freeney, Jared Allen, and DeMarcus Ware and less like Albert Haynesworth omits the possibility that the same team that gave Haynesworth $40 million guaranteed might decide to take full advantage of the rules of the uncapped year by chasing Peppers, too.
Jason Reid of the Washington Post reports that the Commanders "are expected to pursue" Peppers, which means that he'll likely be signed by daybreak on Friday.
Similar rumors -- though much more rampant -- emerged last year regarding Haynesworth and the Commanders. At one point, our pal Lance Zierlein of KGOW in Houston reported that it would definitely occur. And occur it did; a $100 million deal was negotiated between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on the first morning of free agency.
If/when the Commanders land Peppers and switch to a 3-4 defense, the eight-year veteran would move to outside linebacker for the first time in his career. As Reid points out, the key player in all of this will be the aforementioned Haynesworth, who might be expected to man the line-clogging nose tackle position -- and thus yield the glory to Peppers.
So on the ten-year anniversary of the greatest collection of highly-paid individual players who couldn't function as a team, it's fitting that the man who wrote the checks for the 2000 Commanders could be getting ready to do it all over again.
Commanders will bid on Sproles too
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 1, 2010 12:18 PM ET
It might be faster to just write a post on the big-name free agents the Commanders won't go after.
Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the Commanders will be "among those" in the bidding for Darren Sproles. Washington also reportedly wants Julius Peppers.
A player being tied to the Commanders will help an agent drive a player's price up, so some skepticism is warranted when their interest is floated. Then again, Washington really does go after most top names.
Washington needs some explosive talent on offense in any form, and Mike Shanahan watched Sproles up close in the AFC West for years.
If Sproles did arrive, we wonder how Clinton Portis would embrace the move. As long as Portis problem heeds the message of Lavar Arrington's epic rant, it shouldn't be a problem.
The sentiment that defensive end Julius Peppers will be paid more like Dwight Freeney, Jared Allen, and DeMarcus Ware and less like Albert Haynesworth omits the possibility that the same team that gave Haynesworth $40 million guaranteed might decide to take full advantage of the rules of the uncapped year by chasing Peppers, too.
Jason Reid of the Washington Post reports that the Commanders "are expected to pursue" Peppers, which means that he'll likely be signed by daybreak on Friday.
Similar rumors -- though much more rampant -- emerged last year regarding Haynesworth and the Commanders. At one point, our pal Lance Zierlein of KGOW in Houston reported that it would definitely occur. And occur it did; a $100 million deal was negotiated between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on the first morning of free agency.
If/when the Commanders land Peppers and switch to a 3-4 defense, the eight-year veteran would move to outside linebacker for the first time in his career. As Reid points out, the key player in all of this will be the aforementioned Haynesworth, who might be expected to man the line-clogging nose tackle position -- and thus yield the glory to Peppers.
So on the ten-year anniversary of the greatest collection of highly-paid individual players who couldn't function as a team, it's fitting that the man who wrote the checks for the 2000 Commanders could be getting ready to do it all over again.
Commanders will bid on Sproles too
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 1, 2010 12:18 PM ET
It might be faster to just write a post on the big-name free agents the Commanders won't go after.
Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the Commanders will be "among those" in the bidding for Darren Sproles. Washington also reportedly wants Julius Peppers.
A player being tied to the Commanders will help an agent drive a player's price up, so some skepticism is warranted when their interest is floated. Then again, Washington really does go after most top names.
Washington needs some explosive talent on offense in any form, and Mike Shanahan watched Sproles up close in the AFC West for years.
If Sproles did arrive, we wonder how Clinton Portis would embrace the move. As long as Portis problem heeds the message of Lavar Arrington's epic rant, it shouldn't be a problem.
