Free Agency Moves Make Offseason a Bit Clearer

Rafael;
Since Mike Shanahan has expressed an interest in TO will he be cited for tampering?

V,
FYI Once the eagles gave permission for TO to find a trade, you can speak about the player all you want and it won’t be tampering.

i like to look at the different mock drafts, i found a link to about 40 of them here it is if your interested
http://www.fftoolbox.com/nfl_draft/2006_mockdrafts.cfm

T.O. = PUMK ASS

just speculation……but Mike Tice as TE coach? I don’t think the guy is a HC material…..but as a TE or OLine coach he did fine before.

what about Ben Coates as a TE coach. didn’t he help Parcells as an advisor a last year. I might be wrong.

you know hadn’t thought of Coates….him or Bavaro maybe? Not sure if either is interested in coaching or not.

You know when Richie Anderson retired there was speculation he was a coaching candidate…….the guy played FB, RB, lined up at TE, WR….threw a few TD passes…….but JJ made a quick statement about him not being a coach. Sort of surprised me……but then maybe it is some BP rule where a player needs a few years away before coaching.

Thought this one was funny:

http://www.hailredskins.com/Draft/AkhMock.htm

Ah, Redskins fans are so delusional.

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poke
yah that one is pretty stupid, but there are like 5-6 that do have us trading down which i see as very possible. overall i just like to see what people think.

on dc.com it says dat has confirmed his retirement, if thats the case dat you will be missed.

Poke,

Even studiper was his mock draft last week, in which he said “The cowboys will take Jay Cutler, Bledsoes too old. Cutler will be a bust, and Rogers will pick him all day and Taylor will get used to sacking him hard” or some nonsense like that. Another typical Redskins fan.

We will definitely miss Dat. The guy had quite a motor and gave all he had to the Cowboys. We missed his veteran leadership last season, and hopefully Bradie James will continue his development and assume that leadership role next season.

Sorry to see you go Dat!

Poke,
Yes, that was funny. How’d you know that foreskin fans were delusional? LOL!

poke,
that was hilarious! Just a sad example of what I have to live with as i live and work in the DC area. Ugh!

foreskin fans-that’s great..lmao, now how about a good nickname for the 49er fans.

If they keep Ellis on the team, than he has no excuse for complaining and should be thankful for Parcells and Jones.

Heâ€â"¢s the one that signed the contact a couple of years ago and is getting paid to do so, while getting less work. If anything, the 3-4 has probably prolonged his career and made him more valuable if the Cowboys ever cut him because now heâ€â"¢s a DE that has played both the 4-3 and 3-4 scheme competently.

Itâ€â"¢s quite a conundrum as you donâ€â"¢t want to have an unhappy player on your team, but I thought Ellis was a solid fit in the defensive scheme since he was much fresher in nickel situations and was able to sack the QB at a pretty effective rate (sacks/snaps played). And typically, 3-4 teams struggle with sacking the QB in the nickel package.

I know this is a business and all of that, but itâ€â"¢s disappointing to see Ellisâ€â"¢ attitude where the team is saying they are going to pay him and want him to be a part of the team that is also much better than it was a few years ago. But instead he seems more content with playing in a 4-3, even if for a lousy team. With an attitude like this, it actually makes me wish they would have selected Randy Moss instead.

Very sad to see Dat go. He played with a ton of heart. I dont think you measure what a player like that brings to your team. He suffered through a few crappy years here, too bad he wont be back for what i think may be our best season in 10 years. I hope anyways………

Yakuza Rich-I’m sure you feel the contract that Glover has should be honored as well (I think it is 1.5 roster bonus and $7mil base) for 2006. JJ signed that so he should be held to it just as Ellis should be held to his contract.

I would add that Ellis’ complaints have been focused on playing time not $.

Iron Mike,
Try SanFranDisco 69ers or Bay area Backateers.

Ellis will be staying IMHO. BP reduced his reps at precisely the time he would have set personal bests in sacks etc. If we REALLY wanted to trade him, we would let him pad his stats, thereby increasing his value no? Then again TunaMan’s methods don’t always appear logical do they?

I wonder if Dat will be groomed as a future LBs coach?

Sean:

You’re missing my point completely. Ellis signed a contract that he wanted. And for all of the talk about playing time, Ellis has seemed more concerned about losing out on his $500,000 signing bonus because he figures he will be cut. Okay, I have no problem with that part.

But, it’s pretty obvious to me that Dallas has no intention of cutting Ellis. So, he’s getting the money he wants. Now he’s complaining about the lack of playing time, the 3-4 scheme (like they are supposed to use a scheme just to fit one player, who has never had more than 9 sacks in a season).

He really has no right to complain and he’s probably only doing so to get himself traded. Dallas has held up their end of the bargain that he complained to Parcells about in Parcells’ office before the season started.

And like I said, the 3-4 scheme has probably added to Ellis’ value as a free agent and with the heavy rotation at the D-Line, it probably has prolonged his career as well.

I’m not the one that believes in the guaranteed contracts, but Ellis is really talking out of both sides of his mouth on this one. First it was collecting his bonus, then it was the scheme, now it’s playing time.

I wish I could get my boss to stick to a salary he owed me, make me more valuable to other companies and prolong my career. But, maybe I’m crazy.

eyeam:

I agree, I think Ellis will have a Star on his helmet next season. I just don’t see why you’d want to trade your co-leader in sacks, despite his age or whining.

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