lets discuss the free agents we really dont want and why!
 

albert hanesworth is lookin for a big pay day and if he comes here he'll do the same as bruce smith, deon sanderz and others get fat checks and do sub-par work

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Oh boy :doh:

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[quote=Ruhskins;529466]Oh boy :doh:[/quote]

haha. exactly. bigskinsfan61 - there is a thread called "Free Agents 2009" where this can be discussed.

I'm not trying to be the thread police -that's not my job. Just saying.

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I don't want Ray Lewis, Haynesworth, or Peppers. It's isn't because they're bad players, I just think they'll not pan out for us and the money will not be worth it.

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;529474]I don't want Ray Lewis, Haynesworth, or Peppers. It's isn't because they're bad players, I just think they'll not pan out for us and the money will not be worth it.[/quote]

Ray Lewis - Doesn't want to come here
Haynesworth - Some dude with a blog in Houston says we're getting him, I would say wait until we get some actual news.
Peppers - Tagged by the Panthers and we're not on his radar, nor do we have the picks to get him if we wanted.

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I don't want chris canty he's a 3-4 end not a 4-3 end that can get a lot of pressure on the QB

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[quote=Ruhskins;529475]Ray Lewis - Doesn't want to come here
Haynesworth - Some dude with a blog in Houston says we're getting him, I would say wait until we get some actual news.
Peppers - Tagged by the Panthers and we're not on his radar, nor do we have the picks to get him if we wanted.[/quote]

peppers was on auction for cheap last year. If we wanted him, he'd have already been here.

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[quote=That Guy;529555]peppers was on auction for cheap last year. If we wanted him, he'd have already been here.[/quote]
Where the Hell have you been ThatGuy. I have been wondering what happened to you.

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Don't want anyone over 30..

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[quote=Eknox;529613]Don't want anyone over 30..[/quote]

Hey that's age discrimination! LOL.

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I dont want Michael Vick

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[quote=WaldSkins;529635]I dont want Michael Vick[/quote]

I don't know. Maybe we could sign Vick, create a formation with Vick, Campbell and Randle El in the backfield and call it the Wild Dog.

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[quote=DirtyLandry;529639]I don't know. Maybe we could sign Vick, create a formation with Vick, Campbell and Randle El in the backfield and c[B]all it the Wild Dog.[/quote]
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What are we the Steelers??

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Don't want D Hall (don't trust him)
No Haynesworth, too expensive and have too many other needs to blow our money on him.
No used OL over 30 Tauscher, Saturday, etc.

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For the Vick Haters...his on the field is better than any QB we have had since Rip...no excuse for this off the field...Vick equals +2 plus wins for you team, he is not coming here so probably not worth the debate.

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[quote=WaldSkins;529643][/B]

What are we the Steelers??[/quote]

Kidding dude, only kidding.

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[quote=Boston Brave;529645][B]For the Vick Haters...his on the field is better than any QB we have had since Rip[/B]...no excuse for this off the field...Vick equals +2 plus wins for you team, he is not coming here so probably not worth the debate.[/quote]

1.) Compare Vicks 05 Stats to Brunell
Passing Stats
YEAR TEAM G CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT RAT
2001 ATL 8 50 113 44.2 785 6.9 2 52 3 62.7
2002 ATL 15 231 421 54.9 2936 7.0 16 74 8 81.6
2003 ATL 5 50 100 50.0 585 5.9 4 49 3 69.0
2004 ATL 15 181 321 56.4 2313 7.2 14 62 12 78.1
[B]2005 ATL 15 214 387 55.3 2412 6.2 15 58 13 73.1[/B]
2006 ATL 16 204 388 52.6 2474 6.4 20 55 13 75.7
Brunell

2004 WAS 9 118 237 49.8 1194 5.0 7 49 6 63.9
[B][B]2005 WAS 16 262 454 57.7 3050 6.7 23 78 10 85.9
[/B]
Yes, Mark Brunell was even better then Vick.

2.) No QB will be successful here with the lack of Oline that we have.

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[quote=Boston Brave;529645]For the Vick Haters...his on the field is better than any QB we have had since Rip...no excuse for this off the field...[B]Vick equals +2 plus wins for you team[/B], he is not coming here so probably not worth the debate.[/quote]You're lucky I'm tired. Real lucky...

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[quote=GTripp0012;529657]You're lucky I'm tired. Real lucky...[/quote]

:laughing2 C'mon Tripp. Have a cup of coffee. I'm looking forward to this!

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[quote=53Fan;529684]:laughing2 C'mon Tripp. Have a cup of coffee. I'm looking forward to this![/quote]The only brew I have in my house tastes like garbage. And I'm a coffee aficionado.

Actually, I think I'll just grab a beer instead and see where that takes me. I hear that's legal now (for me at least).

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[quote=GTripp0012;529689]The only brew I have in my house tastes like garbage. And I'm a coffee aficionado.

Actually, I think I'll just grab a beer instead and see where that takes me. I hear that's legal now (for me at least).[/quote]


I still hve a year

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;529691]I still hve a year[/quote]Your 20th birthday is pretty soon (if not just past) right?

I turned 21 only 3 days ago. But if it makes you feel any better, you are exponentially more likely to make Forbes' richest people under 25 than I am!

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You people are young. LOL. GTripp, I'd like to see your reply after having your beer. :food-smil

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[quote=Ruhskins;529698]You people are young. LOL. GTripp, I'd like to see your reply after having your beer. :food-smil[/quote]I've done three-page long analysis' on this site after about three or four.

If Smootsmack, Matty, or SGG can catch me in the act, I'll stop PUI forever, I promise :D So far, I think it just makes me write a lot, and miss keys when I type.

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[quote=GTripp0012;529701]I've done three-page long analysis' on this site after about three or four.

If Smootsmack, Matty, or SGG can catch me in the act, I'll stop PUI forever, I promise :D So far, I think it just makes me write a lot, and miss keys when I type.[/quote]

Oh we've all noticed it. :)

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[quote=GTripp0012;529701]I've done three-page long analysis' on this site after about three or four.

If Smootsmack, Matty, or SGG can catch me in the act, I'll stop PUI forever, I promise :D So far, [B]I think it just makes me write a lot[/B], and miss keys when I type.[/quote]

Never thought I would consider beer a performance enhancing drug, but I think in this case it might be. LOL.

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[quote=GTripp0012;529695]Your 20th birthday is pretty soon (if not just past) right?

I turned 21 only 3 days ago. But if it makes you feel any better, you are exponentially more likely to make Forbes' richest people under 25 than I am![/quote]

it was the 17th and that does help a little

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[quote=Ruhskins;529709]Never thought I would consider beer a performance enhancing drug, but I think in this case it might be. LOL.[/quote]

It is only in the 3-7 range. :)

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Albert Haynesworth is a MONSTER! No 1 is worth 100MILLION but if you want BIG TIME players you have to pay... ALSO his presence will make our D scary!! If we do sign him does this mean Hall will be gone?

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I really can't stand Vick haters.. I know what he did off the field was awful but the man is doing his time and was made an example of. Ive seen this guy play and even was following him when he was coming out of high school. He is one of the best athletes I have ever seen at Virginia Tech and with the Falcons and I can't wait to see him on the field again.

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I don't mind seeing vick on the field... just not OUR field. The simple fact is that he is a quarterback that can't PASS.
Great athlete? check.
Big Arm? check?
Can hit the broad side of a barn? FAIL.
Can understand the playbook and scheme? FAIL

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Ok, here we go again with Vick. I keep on hearing all these arguments like how great an athlete Vick is and this and that. Look if he couldn't change the game in his prime then what makes you think he's going to do it when he's in his 30's. A linebacker lined up 3-6 yards off the ball running a 4.6 40 is easily fast enough to catch Vick when he scrambles. In fact part of the reason Vick failed was because defenses as a whole were already fast enough to catch him.

It was during the initial years where he was protected beyond belief (ie run to pass ratio) that he was able to be successful. On top of that a lot of teams felt that they had to defend the run and the pass when playing Vick when in reality they only had to focus on the run. Also a lot of teams learned pretty quickly after watching Vick get knocked around by the Buc's that a Cover 2 zone was the perfect defense to contain Vick as he had minimal accuracy to compliment his rail gun of an arm.

The Eagles also attacked him during those NFC championship game using minimal coverage. And that was running the west coast offense.

Trust me, I watched more of Vick then most of you who only caught highlights on sportscenter. The guy isn't that good a QB. He's barely decent. And no this has nothing to do with his off the field exploits. From a pure talent perspective he is virtually nothing especially after D-Coordinators figured out how to stop him.

And for those of you who want numbers fine. As a passer Vick never completed over 57% of his passes. On top of that for all the rushing yards he gathered he still remains extremely turnover prone. Hell in 2004 alone he had 16 fumbles. To date he's fumbled the ball 55 times in his career and two of those years were short years for him.

However if you don't believe me then watch how well he does when he gets back in the league for someone else.

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[quote=munny;529851]I don't mind seeing vick on the field... just not OUR field. The simple fact is that he is a quarterback that can't PASS.
Great athlete? check.
Big Arm? check?
[B]Can hit the broad side of a barn? FAIL.[/B]
[B]Can understand the playbook and scheme? FAIL[/B][/quote]

I disagree with your observations on these 2 areas.

First off, many of Vicks passes would hit recievers in the hands or the numbers and they wouldn't catch the ball.

Secondly, Vick much like our own JC had several offenses to learn over a short period of time. The one offense that he spent the most time in was a version of the WCO ran by Jim Mora Jr. He has had plenty of time to mull over the WCO. I'm sure he's got it.

While in the WCO Vick's only reliable target was Crumpler. The two of them thrived together. Crumpler was a Pro Bowler with Vick throwing to him. What has Crumpler done without Vick? I believe that if you give Vick some halfway decent recievers, then you have a sick offense both in the passing and the running game.

Now Vick might have some issues throwing to the smaller recievers like Moss just like JC does. They both need bigger targets to be successfull, but one is a dual threat and the other doesn't even know how to slide.

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[quote=Angry;529855]I disagree with your observations on these 2 areas.

First off, many of Vicks passes would hit recievers in the hands or the numbers and they wouldn't catch the ball.

Secondly, Vick much like our own JC had several offenses to learn over a short period of time. The one offense that he spent the most time in was a version of the WCO ran by Jim Mora Jr. He has had plenty of time to mull over the WCO. I'm sure he's got it.

While in the WCO Vick's only reliable target was Crumpler. The two of them thrived together. Crumpler was a Pro Bowler with Vick throwing to him. What has Crumpler done without Vick? I believe that if you give Vick some halfway decent recievers, then you have a sick offense both in the passing and the running game.

Now Vick might have some issues throwing to the smaller recievers like Moss just like JC does. They both need bigger targets to be successfull, but one is a dual threat and the other doesn't even know how to slide.[/quote]

Vick only learned two offenses during his NFL career and had ample time in each of them. The first one being Reeves system (which was really the best fit for him as it really went out of it's way to protect him) and the second one being the WCO under Mora along with Greg Knapp (Mora's OC friend which if some of you will remember was one of the main reasons Mora didn't take the Skins job as he would have had to have Zorn at OC instead of Knapp).

[I]"He has had plenty of time to mull over the WCO. I'm sure he's got it."[/I]
You would think but keep in mind the guys never thrown over 57% percent and in the WCO thats a huge problem. In fact each year his completion percentage got worse for all three years he was in the WCO. In his final season he managed to complete only 52.6% of his passes.

I will concede Crumpler not doing much since Vick left but at the same time you have to look at Roddy White who the Falcons throught of as a bust untill the Redman/Harrington/Leftwich platoon showed that he could be a pro-bowl reciever. Ryan helped confirm that this past year.

Ironically if you look at the Falcons a lot of their problems in the closing of the Vick era was because they used so many resources to try and acquire passing targets for Vick that could have been used elsewhere (sound familiar). I'm pretty sure everyone here remembers the Perless Price fiasco and to top it off they used two first round picks on recievers thereafter because they kept on thinking that the problem was Vick didn't have people to throw to when the fact of the matter is the QB wasn't a very good passer.

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seriously? people are still defending vick as a great player?

where's the proof? yeah he was good in college, but in the pros he was nothing special.

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[quote][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You would think but keep in mind the guys never thrown over 57% percent and in the WCO thats a huge problem. [/FONT][/COLOR][/quote]

I still Blame that on the recievind corps. They could not catch.

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I will concede Crumpler not doing much since Vick left but at the same time you have to look at Roddy White who the Falcons throught of as a bust untill the Redman/Harrington/Leftwich platoon showed that he could be a pro-bowl reciever. Ryan helped confirm that this past year. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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Imagine that... after 3 seasons Roddy White finally developed into a reciever! In past arguments on this site the majority of us here have come to the conclusion that 3 years is about how long it takes for a reciever to develop.

[quote]
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Ironically if you look at the Falcons a lot of their problems in the closing of the Vick era was because they used so many resources to try and acquire passing targets for Vick that could have been used elsewhere (sound familiar). I'm pretty sure everyone here remembers the Perless Price fiasco and to top it off they used two first round picks on recievers thereafter because they kept on thinking that the problem was Vick didn't have people to throw to when the fact of the matter is the QB wasn't a very good passer[/FONT][/COLOR]
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Once again look at the game film. He hit them right in the hands. I lived in Georgia at 2 out of 3 of Vicks last years in ATL. I saw more of Vick and the Falcons than I wanted to. It discusted me. The only thing more sickening than watching Vick run wild was watching all of the dropped passes by his WR's. You cannot blame the QB for stone hands and alligator arms.

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Why are we discussing Vick, dude is not even out of jail nor has he been reinstated to the league.

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and he's like, 85 now.

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[quote=DirtyLandry;529639]I don't know. Maybe we could sign Vick, create a formation with Vick, Campbell and Randle El in the backfield and call it the [B]Wild Dog[/B].[/quote]

Funny DL
So I see you do have a sence of humor:)

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Canty.

1) He's a Cowboy
2) Already set put do a massive, catastrophic upgrade on the d-line and oh yeah still have pretty damn good ends w/ Taylor, Carter, and Evans
3) Would like to use any FA money that might be spent on Canty to add starters, depth to the OL and LB corp... I want Brown, Willis, June or Boley or Crowell, and Bart Scott all before Canty.
4) He's an f'ing Cowboy.