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General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« on: Feb 25th, 2003, 2:32pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Fellas, if you have any "general" free-agent news, read comprehensive presentation or general speculation or rankings or not specific to a team, to report or discuss, let's keep it on this thread.  Here is a nice, exemplary piece to kick off the thread with:
 
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1514090.html.
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #1 on: Feb 25th, 2003, 6:31pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I was  thinking of startined a separate thread for this article. I found it at the Buccaneers offical NFL team site. Then, I figured that, this wasn't just about Tampa Bay, but the entire NFL. I don't want to make a another boo-boo anways... bah!  
 
http://www.buccaneers.com/newsroom/newspage.asp?newsid=2899&backpage =
 
The article basically talks about Restricted Free Agents, and llists Pat Kirwan's Top 13 Restricted Free Agents for 2003. Kirwan writes for NFL.com.
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #2 on: Feb 26th, 2003, 11:01am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Should be LOTS of big names showing up on the market in the next couple days... Who says football has an offseason?  This is great stuff!
 
 
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #3 on: Feb 26th, 2003, 6:37pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1514626.html
 
Len Pasquerlli's Top 30 Unrestricted Free Agents.
 
LB Roosevelt Colvin tops the list followed by WR David Boston and DE Hugh Douglas.
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #4 on: Feb 26th, 2003, 6:41pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
http://www.fanball.com/fb/newsBreakers.cfm
 
Nice site to bookmark for news breakers.
 
Latest Cuts, TE Wesley Walls of the Panthers and WR Raghib Ismail of the Cowboys.
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #5 on: Feb 27th, 2003, 3:55pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
This is a list of all the recent cuts:
 
Names that stand out:
Buffalo Bills
Player Cap number 2003 savings
TE Jay Riemersma $4.872 million $3.5 million
 
Carolina Panthers
Players Cap number 2003 savings
TE Wesley Walls $3.995 million $2.844 million
 
Chicago Bears
Player Cap number 2003 savings
RT James Williams $2.9 million $2.5 million
QB Jim Miller $1.9 million $300,000
 
Cleveland Browns Player Cap number 2003 savings LB Jamir Miller $19.337 million $18 million LB Dwayne Rudd $5.28 million $1.89 million
 
Dallas Cowboys Players Cap number 2003 savings WR Rocket Ismail $4.939 million $2.122 million
Emmit Smith
 
Denver Broncos
DT Chester McGlockton $6.45 million $5.99 million CB Denard Walker $4.166 million $1.5 million DE Kavika Pittman $3.3 million $1.5 million
 
Detroit Lions Players Cap number 2003 savings WR Germane Crowell $2.333 million $1.66 million WR Desmond Howard $1.164 million $589,000
 
ndianapolis Colts Player Cap number 2003 savings WR Qadry Ismail $1.2 million $400,000
 
New York Jets Player Cap number 2003 savings S Damien Robinson $1.12 million $655,000
 
San Diego Chargers Player Cap number 2003 savings S Rodney Harrison $4.2 million $3.2 million
 
San Francisco 49ers Players Cap number 2003 savings G Dave Fiore $3.592 million $2.5 million
 
Washington Redskins Player Cap number 2003 savings RB Stephen Davis $11.429 million $7.714 million
 
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1515252.html
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #6 on: Feb 28th, 2003, 11:45am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
More yummy free-agent news:
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/don_banks/news/2003/02/27/f ree_agency/;
 
http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0228/1515697.html.
 
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #7 on: Mar 3rd, 2003, 11:41am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Thought this was a nice fantasy-specific piece on free-agent quarterbacks:
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/fantasy/football/news/2003/02/27/back_p age/.
 
A little late, as they are starting to sign, but it is a very good read, nonetheless.  I hope you all enjoy it!
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #8 on: Mar 4th, 2003, 6:03pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
ESPN has a page that tracks player movements, if anyone is interested...
 
 
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/movement?conf=nfc
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #9 on: Mar 10th, 2003, 12:21pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
WOW!  This is a nice resource!  A little late at this point, but I am glad I finally made the odd stop by TSN today.  Check this out:
 
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/freeagents/.
 
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #10 on: Mar 11th, 2003, 2:12pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Fun piece by CNN/SI's Peter King:
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/peter_king/news/2003/03/09/ mmqb/.
 
Worth at least a look-see!
 
The following is more of a fantasy footballer's delight:
 
http://www.fanball.com/article.cfm/ID.1247.
 
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #11 on: Mar 11th, 2003, 3:21pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Finally!!  A piece of news on my fantasy teams running back front.  As the proud owner of Stacey Mack(whom I traded Michael Pittman for), there is finally news that someone wants to visit with him.  ALthough the news is brief, at least it is news!!!  I was getting worried that no one liked Mack. I personally like the guy.   Had a solid year last year with over 800 yards and 9 TD.  
 
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Texans | Mack Visits  
HoustonTexans.com reports free agent RB Stacey Mack (Jaguars) visited with the Houston Texans on Tuesday.  
 
 
(the Texans site says even less than KFFL does.)
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Re: General 2003 Free-agents Thread
« Reply #12 on: Mar 19th, 2003, 12:48pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Just a nice piece covering all the top free-agent acquisitions thus far with fairly extensive commentary on each and claiming that the big-name, big-contract free-agent acquisition period has now come to a close:
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/don_banks/news/2003/03/18/t op_moves/.
 
Time for a respite.
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