When did we get Fujita?

[Nors]

hang man s coming and al doesn't have very long....

 

[Juke99]

that last cut is probably for paddlehands Morgan.

:laugh1: :laugh2:

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

hang man s coming and al doesn't have very long....

Hang man Hang Man...wait a little while - Led Zep :

 

[junk]

Not sure but I think it was JJT or Spags who said that Singleton is always in position but never makes the play.

Always in position, but doesn't make the big play. OK, still a solid vet. He makes plays, but they may not be a big play.

Who backs up Ware? Thornton is IR'ed.

Singleton may still start the season. Believe me, I really like Burnett as a starter. The sooner the better. I really like the Fujita signing. But if Singleton is so bad, why is he still starting?

 

[silverbear]

I'll tell ya a big secret. I'd be thrilled if that cut was Singleton. I have hated that guy's game since day one.

If that's who you were thinking of.

Couldn't be, Nors LOVES Singleton...

Everybody knows that...

 

[lane]

I must of missed that one.

we got him because the stars lined up just right.

 

[PaEagleHater]

I really like this pick up.

 

[Idgit]

Singleton may still start the season. Believe me, I really like Burnett as a starter. The sooner the better. I really like the Fujita signing. But if Singleton is so bad, why is he still starting?

He won't finish as a starter, but, yes, he's going to begin the season as one. And, no, we're not cutting our starter heading into San Diego week.

Fujita signing makes me feel a lot better about the last hole on defense (assuming we fix the problem we just created at FS after everything shakes out). I can't understand why KC would let him go, though, for a 6 and a conditional. Did they add more LB help other than DJ? He's a young player who had been overdelivering. You don't get rid of those if you can help it.

 

[Rack]

Don't know about the others, however I do believe you are right about some of them, however the only reason I wanted to keep him was because we had little depth at the position...Fujita being acquired MAY change that.

So Parcells was worried about the depth at OLB. We pick up Fujita and improve our depth and experience at the position.


Wouldn't cutting Singleton put us back to square 1?


Singleton is going nowhere.

 

[Eskimo]

Just a bit of info on Fujita I found in a post-draft article:

"I know one thing: he's the brightest guy on our football team," said general manager Carl Peterson. "I think he's a 4.0 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. Big wingspan and a guy that we think can play 'sam' linebacker for us."

Salary cap problems forced Kansas City to release starter Donnie Edwards. The Chiefs signed restricted free agent Warrick Holdman to an offer sheet, only to have Chicago match the offer.

The pick seems to be a perfect fit.

"After the combine I had a real good feeling about that team," Fujita said.

It wasn't easy to follow Saturday's picks without hearing his name, but once it was there was a sense of relief.

"I'm just happy it's over," Fujita said. "The (draft) position doesn't matter all that much."

Fujita, who will head to Kansas City with his wife, Jaclyn, is looking forward to working with his new head coach, Dick Vermeil. Fujita grew up a Los Angeles Rams fan and Vermeil led the St. Louis version of the franchise to the 2000 Super Bowl title.

"I've heard nothing good things about (Vermeil)," Fujita said.

Vermeil is enamored with Fujita's athleticism, as were several teams.

"Scott Fujita is . . . we call him an Olympian," Vermeil said. "When you go to the (scouting) combine and take his 6-foot-5 frame and his 248 pounds and put him through all the tests that they give he does them all at the highest level at that position."

Vermeil is now set on putting Fujita's intelligence and physical skills to good use.

"Now, we'd like to go ahead and really make him a better football player within those athletic abilities," Vermeil said. "Obviously, he's a gifted student as well. So, he will not have any problem learning our scheme."

 

[Eskimo]

Also found out some info from his 2002 combine.

42" vertical jump
4.43 40-yard dash

Sounds like he has a lot of raw athletic ability.

 

[lyrclcipha12]

so who are our starting LB's?

Ware
Nguyen
James
Fugita

id like to see burnett try to move to the inside...regardless...ware,fugita,burnett are three great guys for the future...

also...is coleman starting the season as the starting LE...i cant wait for spears to take over

 

[MiStar]

His measureables are freakish to say the least. It makes Ware's combine results look almost pedestrian.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

Only a 6th rounder and conditional 7th rounder for Fujita? We hit it big with this one. Nevermind Peerless Price, I'm not even sure he'll have more than 20 catches, but Fujita is a very underrated linebacker who has the size the 3-4 needs. He reminds me of one of those fellas that Belichick will bring in and give him new life on the Pats and their defensive scheme. I'm excited Jones and Parcells found some more depth at linebacker. I was really getting worried.

 

[Waffle]

I swear the only reason the band has rallied around Als is Nors onslaught on the guy.

Yeah...it's all about you, buddy.

 

[Lord Sun]

 

[AmishCowboy]

Apparently in KC, Derrick Johnson, the Rookie from Texas and Kendrell Bell, there big FA signing are going to be the Starters. I would have thought they would have kept Scott F as a back up since Bell has missed most of camp. I guess the Cowboys offer of 2 possible picks was too good. :trophy: :iggles: :suxiggle: :disseags: