Here’s the top 20 non franchised FAs by Walter football in 2015; GB signed 2; which others should scaredy cat Ted have signed? Ted Also locked up the best FA DL for 2016, a player as good as Suh, half the price. In 2014 he signed the 2nd best FA CB on the market for 40% of the best one; who incidentally is back on the list after a 1 year/$25M rental.
Of the top 20 FAs that switched teams, NOT ONE...NOT A SINGLE ONE lived up to their contract...NOT ONE!!!! And many just outright sucked!
Free agency is high risk/no reward almost ever! It is a joke; it’s a living personification of a sit-com; it shows just how stupid the average NFL GM is. I loved the Byron Maxwell for Carey Williams “free agent trade” between Seattle and Philly. Both teams over paid and both teams got a crap guy in return. Williams was just cut after game 11 [no injury], this signing by Schneider was out right stupid, $7M just pissed away; but Maxwell was good in Seattle; he just couldn’t adapt to Philly’s styles or was not the player we thought sans Thomas and Chancellor. Thank God for Ted and Wolf teaching his this!
1. Revis
2. Suh
3. McCourty*
4. Cobb*
5. Demarco Murray
6. Brandon Flowers*
7. Orlando Franklin
8. Jerry Hughes*
9. Julius Thomas TE [80(targ)-46-455-9.9-5 and 7 drops w/ a QB that threw for 10% more yards than AR] He would have been so much better than Rich Rodgers...NOT. If Rodgers is a "glaring weakness" what is Julius Thomas?
10. Mike Iupati
11. Terrance Knighton
12. Antonio Cromartie
13. Kareem Jackson*
14. Rodney Hudson*
15. Bulaga*
16. Orakpo
17. Brandon Graham*
18. Nick Fairley
19. Greg Hardy
20. Torrey Smith
*signed w/ old team.
Originally Posted by: Barfarn
It has been discussed 1000 times. If you love Uncle Teddy that is fine with me. I am not pointing at any one season. I am looking at a 12 year career. In 12 years there has been enough players available that could have helped GB. He simply will not sign FAs no matter who they are. Even the talking heads on tv have started to notice this. I don't give them a lot of credit one of their off camera interns probably pointed this out to them.
I refuse to consider signing a team's own player as a legitimate FA signing. It's not. It is, for whatever reason, not getting the deal done while the player was still under contract. If a GM can't sign his best players back he isn't much of a GM to begin with.
Here are the FA's Uncle Ted has signed in 12 years:
Major free agent signings Position Name Contract Details Year
DT Ryan Pickett Signed a four-year, $14 million contract 2006
CB Charles Woodson Signed a seven-year, $52.7 million contract 2006
RB Cedric Benson Signed a one-year, $825,000 contract 2012
DE Julius Peppers Signed a three-year, $30 million contract 2014
All but Benson worked out. And he was injured so perhaps that one would have worked out too and perhaps he was yet another RB that lost it all in a big hurry.
It's 10 years ago so I don't really remember a lot of teams lining up to pick up Pickett but I am willing to say there were just for the sake of giving Teddy his due.
No one but GB and Tampa were in contention for Woodson. That makes the other GMs stupid and Teddy sharp because Woodson didn't want to come to GB at all.
Benson was a bust bit then I don't blame him for trying. It didn't really cost anything.
Peppers was a good move but I doubt Teddy would have made him an offer if the Bears hadn't screwed up and released him. Meaning there was no draft compensation implications for the bears or against GB. That made the signing "cheaper" and less risky.
Whoever wrote the article for Wiki somehow considers Guion a "major" signing too. I don't he isn't. It is pretty sad when a journeyman roll player is considered a major signing. He has filled a need but that doesn't make it a major deal.
2 FAs in 2006 were large parts of the 2010 team. Which is my point. Supplementing with the occasional FA helps. Since then practically nothing.
Well there was SATURDAY in 2012!!!! Too bad Teddy didn't have a plan when they realized in 2011 that the didn't want to pay Wells big money.