Free Agency

Well, the NFL's free agency is back in full swing. Everybody says the Eagles have a dream team now. They were able to reel in the big fish, nnamdi asomugha, but I am not sold on Vince Young or the other player they got from the Titans. I think the Ronnie Brown pick up was a good one as he will be a good backup to LeSean McCoy. The Eagles will be good, but I still think the Packers are the best. I will even say that the Packers are the best team in the NFL. They were injury prone last year, and still won the championship. Majority of their team will be healthy and back so they should win the Super Bowl. I am not saying they will, but they should!! Other free agent/trade moves I like were the Derrick Mason to the Jets, Albert Haynesworth to the Pats, Roy Williams to the Bears, and Steve Breaston to the Chiefs. Now, I am going to give you my opinions on the Dolphins!!

The Dolphins definitely decided to to go in another direction with their running game. They decided to trade and sign one of the most overrated players in the NFL, Reggie Bush. Bush is fast and will be a weapon for Henne, but he is not the running back that I put a lot of faith in. I am anxious to see how the guy the drafted from Kansas State will pan out. They traded up into the second round to get him so I hope they know what they are doing. I will say with Edmund Gates in the fold, the Dolphins will be a much faster team. Jason Taylor is back on defense, but I don't see him contributing that much. I am glad the Dolphins did not go out and get McNabb or Young, but they need some help at the quarterback position. Kyle Orton, who was rumored to be coming to the Dolphins, would have a slight upgrade, but I don't see this love affair of a quarterback whose record is 32-30. They signed Matt Moore, who was terrible with Panthers last year. Sometimes, my team never ceases to amaze me. Unless, the team is better than I expect, I see them having a new coach, quarterback, gm next year. I will be posting again soon!!!

Back In Business

Well, after a long negotiation, the NFL is back in business!! They players are getting ready to get paid. Already, the Carolina Panthers have resigned a player for 72 million dollars with a 30 million dollar signing bonus. Charles Johnson (Not the baseball catcher or southern gospel artist) has been in the league for four years. He had 11 sacks last year, which was his only good year. I know other teams wanted him, but 30 million dollars for a man I just heard about Monday. He is not the only one that is about to get paid. Santonio Holmes and Nnamdi Asomugha are the big free agents and are going to make astronomical figures. I have read that Asomugha wants 20 million dollars a year, which is outrageous. He is a great player, but not that great. If he and Holmes go to the Jets I may cry, lol. Now on to my Dolphins.

Two names I don't want to hear mentioned about the Dolphins are Donovan McNabb and Vince Young. It would be hard to watch Vince Young, but Donovan McNabb would be near impossible. Hopefully, McNabb will go to a team like the Vikings. The Dolphins need some quarterback help, but those two are not the answers, in my opinion. Actually, the Dolphins need a lot of help. I do like the Pat Devlin signing, I told my brother that I wouldn't be surprised if they went 4-12, but the years that expect them to do bad, they do good and vice versa. They need to have a successful running game again. Brown and Williams are getting old. They are making a run at DeAngelo Williams, but it looks like he is going to resign with Carolina or sign with Denver. I am not the biggest Ahmad Bradshaw fan and Willis McGahee is getting up there in years. So I don't know how to fix the running game. Well, this it for now. At 6:00 Friday, things should get real interesting.

The Coaching Carousel

Every year, NFL teams make coaching changes. This year a lot of teams made moves during the season while others waited to do it after it. I must say that the strangest situation involved the Dolphins (my favorite team). The owner and GM flew to California to chase Jim Harbaugh, who just guided Stanford to a 12-1 record and Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech. They were going to make him the highest paid coach in the NFL. One problem, they still had Tony Sparano as their coach. They offered a job that someone was currently filling it. Harbaugh and the Dolphins broke off their talks late last night. The Dolphins now have to make it up to Sparano and are now offering a two year extension to appease him. They are going to pay a coach that they tried to replace more money and supposedly more power in personnel decisions. I don't quite understand it. I have been a Dolphin's fan all of my life, but I don't like how things were handled. If you want a new coach, fire the one you have before looking at another one. In my opinion, I wouldn't blame Sparano if he walked out. Also, giving an unproven NFL coach 8 million dollars is ridiculous. I am not taking anything from Harbaugh, but for him to make more than Belichick is crazy!! I hope the Dolphins can get this mess straighten out, but it may take a lot of time!!!