noteable FAs (tell me if any are off the market or i missed someone):
* = could help the skins
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QB volek (he's 35), orton* (requires a trade)
RB Addai, m barber, a bradshaw ($$), r brown (dolphins want him),
green-ellis (RFA, 2nd round), j harrison*, m hart, c williams
FB j kuhn, l mcclain, l vickers, l weaver
WR a bryant, plax*, b edwards*, m floyd, housh, v jackson (FFA),
j jones, d mason, r moss, NYG smith
TE k boss, pope, spach
PK
P sepulveda, koch
OT K barnes, blalock, heyer, brown*, andrews, willis
OG davis, jean-gilles, lutui*, mathis
C o'hara
DE jenkins
DL tapp
DT hovan, p williams
NT hoke*, f evans
LB ayodele, barnett*, burnett*, cooper, lawson*, mcintosh*
morrison, peterson, m peterson, thorton, tulloch*,
CB buchanon*, cromartie, houston*, jennings*, marshall,
rogers
FS pool, whitner*, williams, e wilson, g wilson
if we can get orton or addai, great - but there's no use tossing big money at skill positions or at guys we don't really need (I'd LOVE witner, but you know, having 3 starting safeties at full price is kind of stupid).
however, if you can get cheap backups like harrison at RB, hoke at NT, lutui as a cheap OG and an LB or two (still like tulloch), that'd be ideal and pretty cheap.
if we resign buchanon, rocky, and brown I'd be down with that, or swap buchanon for houston or jennings
I'm pretty sure they're letting mcintosh walk though, so bringing in a quality ILB is sort of important. FA LBs of reasonable quality are usually pretty cheap though, we just need to get a body or two from the big pool of average/decent that's available.
outside of addai, i don't think there's anyone outside of the afforable/cheap range... last i heard plax was offered 3/5per year (6mill min, up to 10mill w/ incentives, 2 year deal with a team option), which would be a bargain if he can produce his average statline.