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Pat Kirwan's Top 50 Free Agents
« on: Feb 5th, 2003, 5:40pm » |
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For those interested:
By Pat Kirwan
Special to NFL.com
(Feb. 3, 2003) -- I've been watching game tapes for the past week, talking to personnel, coaches and agents around the league. And with the season over, all interests have turned to the potential unrestricted free agents. The free-agency signing period starts on Feb. 28 and no one is sitting back and not preparing for this crucial time period.
Agents are struggling with contract offers to have players remain with their clubs or head to free agency. Club executives are deciding which of their own players they should re-sign, which ones they should let test the 'free-agent waters' and which ones they should just let go. As I pointed out last week, free agency played a big part in the success of both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders in this year's Super Bowl. And the 2003 season starts right now with good personnel decisions.
Of course, teams have the right to protect one player with a transition tag or a franchise tag. A transition tag means the player can test free agency when it starts but the home team can match any offer the player receives and retain the player. A franchise tag is a stronger position for the club, in that the club receives at least a first-round draft pick if the franchise player signs with another club.
Right now clubs aren't sure who will be tagged, so they have to prepare for every potential free agent. That means that the pro personnel people are setting up a value board just like the college personnel people do for the college draft. For years I was responsible to set up our free-agent value board at the Jets. It was based on our needs, the age, position, salary demands, health, and production of the free agents.
I've gone over the 2003 preliminary list with personnel people and this is my top 50 players at this point in the process. I doubt more than four of my top 10 will ever get to free agency but you never know:
Top 50 Free Agents
No. Player Pos. Team
1. Jake Plummer QB Cardinals
2. Orlando Pace OT Rams
3. Hugh Douglas DE Eagles
4. Peerless Price WR Bills
5. Walter Jones OT Seahawks
6. Takeo Spikes LB Bengals
7. Chris McAlister CB Ravens
8. David Boston WR Cardinals
9. Luke Petitgout OT Giants
10. Shawn Barber LB Eagles
11. Tebucky Jones S Patriots
12. Anthony Simmons LB Seahawks
13. John Carney K Saints
14. Vonnie Holliday DE Packers
15. Rosevelt Colvin LB Bears
16. Chris Claiborne LB Lions
17. Donovin Darius S Jaguars
18. Dre' Bly CB Rams
19. Kwamie Lassiter S Cardinals
20. Jeff Blake QB Ravens
21. Willie Whitehead DE Saints
22. Ike Hilliard WR Giants
23. Jake Delhomme QB Saints
24. Jamar Nesbit OG Panthers
25. Mike Hollis K Buffalo
No. Player Pos. Team
26. Shelton Quarles LB Bucs
27. Tod McBride CB Packers
28. Wayne Gandy OT Steelers
29. Mike Peterson LB Colts
30. Charlie Batch QB Steelers
31. Kevin Dyson WR Titans
32. Olandis Gary RB Broncos
33. Craig Hentrich P Titans
34. Daryl Gardener DT Redskins
35. Desmond Clark TE Dolphins
36. Jason Elam K Broncos
37. Ryan Young OT Texans
38. Jeff Zgonina DT Rams
39. Stacey Mack RB Jaguars
40. John Thornton DT Titans
41. Victor Green S Patriots
42. Rickey Dudley TE Bucs
43. Brian Finneran WR Falcons
44. Todd Sauerbrun P Panthers
45. John Thierry DE Falcons
46. Solomon Page OT Dallas
47. Lee Flowers S Steelers
48. Morten Andersen K Chiefs
49. Rodney Peete QB Panthers
50. Brian Mitchell RB Eagles
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