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Linkouts

Alright everyone here is another edition of the NFL Linkouts. Today we’ve got the usual eye candy this time courtesy of the Washington Redskins cheerleaders, the Tahoe Celebrity Golf Tournament, a look into the Buffalo Bills playing home games in Toronto, and an edition of Beyond the Boxscore. Read more

Browns getting desperate at corner

The one thing the Cleveland Browns did not do during their off-season spending spree was address positional depth. The Browns were pretty weak at corner back after trading Leigh Bodden to the Detroit Lions for defensive lineman Shaun Rogers. So initially that left a starting position open, that was going to come down to a battle between Daven Holly and Brandon McDonald. Well good drawn out plans, tend to fall apart at times and in the NFL that is usually due to the dreaded torn knee ligament. During today’s practice Browns CB Daven Holly did just that. Holly suffered ligament and cartilage damage while jumping to break up a pass to Braylon Edwards, he is now most likely done for the entire 2008 season. Where do the Browns go to replace him? Read more

TO staying put?

It’s a contract year for Terrell Owens, so it’s time to start burning bridges right? Surprisingly no! Owens has come out and said he wants to stay with the Dallas Cowboys till its time to retire. What’s made this guy so happy, that he’s willing to finally stay put in one place happily? Read more

Boldin wants to fly

According to NFL Network’s Adam Schefter, Arizona Cardinals’ wide receiver Anquan Boldin wants to fly. No Eagles fans, he doesn’t mean fly like an Eagle (well yet), he just wants to get the hell out of Arizona. Can’t say I blame him after Larry Fitzgerald’s contract extension, with his talent he probably doesn’t want to play second fiddle to anyone.

Shefter says the Cardinals have informed him that they will not grant his request but that a team could still possibly blow them away with a draft-day offer. He speculates that the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles could be one of those teams.

Yesterday, I wrote a blog where i said if Boldin was on the market he’s the one the Eagles should go after. I’ll stand by that statement today. If Boldin becomes available he’d be the most attainable with what the Eagles have been offering teams. A deal of Boldin for Lito Sheppard and a couple mid to late round picks would be a great deal for both sides.

Arizona still needs depth and defensive help, they’d handle both of those with Lito and draft picks, pending they draft well with those picks. The Eagles, well they’d get their #1 wide out, and make all those Iggles fans happy.

Lions refuse Eagles trade offer

As the draft gets closer, the rumors about Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams heat up. We can also thank GCobb.com for that. Former Philadelphia Eagles player and current radio analyst Mike Quick said there should be news on Williams this week. Garry Cobb, a Philadelphia (key word) media personality, reports “that means the Cowboys, Redskins or the Eagles will probably wind up with the receiver.” Is any of it true?

Well its definite truth the Eagles are desperately looking for a #1 wide receiver. Everyone knows about their pursuit of Randy Moss. Their trade offers for Larry Fitzgerald, Roy Williams, Chad Johnson and now even Anquan Boldin (who i think could be the most attainable for what they are offering).

Profootballtalk.com reports that the Eagles were turned down on their latest offer to the Lions. Philadelphia offered corner back Lito Sheppard and a draft pick not to long ago and was quickly refused. The Lions reiterated today that Williams is not available. Reporters asked President Matt Millen today if there was anyway Williams could be traded, and he just flat out laughed at him. So, when redirected to coach Rod Marinelli, he responded by saying “Don’t even ask me”. The whole time, Millen was still laughing.

There’s no doubt the Eagles are going to keep trying for Williams, but unless they offer a first or second round pick with Lito, I can’t see the deal happening. Lito is one of the better corners in the league, there is no doubt about that, but the Eagles may be over-valuing him in these trade talks.

Anquan Boldin’s name has surfaced recently, and I think this could be the teams best option in a trade. His numbers have dropped the last 2 seasons, but thats no surprise when you’re teamed with Larry Fitzgerald. Boldin could be a huge factor if he’s brought in, that might be the deal the the Iggles should really concentrate on.

Titans moving past Pacman?

It looks as if the Tennessee Titans are starting to prepare for a 2008 without Pacman Jones. Friday afternoon, the Titans signed former Oakland Raiders’ CB/KR Chris Carr to an offer sheet. Oakland now has 7 days to match the contract or lose Carr. Good news for the Titans, if Oakland does NOT match the deal, the team doesn’t have to give any compensation as Carr was an undrafted free agent when he joined the team.

The 25-year old Carr has had a fairly good career so far with Oakland, mainly as a kick returner thou. This past season, Carr became the Raiders all-time leader in kick returns, 201, and kick return yardage, with 4841. The team also started to give Carr more action at the corner position in 2007 and he responded with his best numbers 24 tackles and 1 pass deflected.

Carr instantly makes the Titans special teams unit better, that much is a given. But does this signal the team is ready to move-on from the Pacman? If Jones remains suspended for the 2008 season, Carr helps give the team more depth at the position and with his speed he could easily play the opponent’s deep threat/speed burner.

This also gives more validity to the report by NFL Network’s Adam Schefter that a trade with the Dallas Cowboys is imminent. According to Schefter the Cowboys and Titans spent most of Thursday talking and he believes a deal could be finalized within the next couple days. AND Pacman could be in Dallas and available for an official announcement. This of course all pending reinstatement.

Look for Barber to stay in Dallas.

The Dallas Cowboys placed the highest possible tender on Marion Barber today. The offer is a 1-year $2.562 million deal, not quite what Barber is looking for and not quite the deal the Cowboys want either. Cowboys obviously want to lock up Barber long term, and Barber well he definitely wants a huge signing bonus with a boat load of guaranteed money. What this does do is give the Cowboys a safety net in case he signs anywhere. The Cowboys first get a chance to match any contract offer, and if they don’t then they’ll receive a first and third round pick for him.

I’d predict the two sides come to a long-term agreement sometime soon. There is no way Barber goes into the season with a contract like that. With him being the full-time starter next season expect for him to have an even bigger year.

In other Dallas news, they also placed tenders on Defensive end Chris Canty, 1-yr $2.017 million and center Joe Berger 1-yr $927,000.. If Canty signs elsewhere the team will get a 1st round draft pick , if Berger walks they’ll get a 6th rounder.

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