Friday, February 29, 2008

Free Agent Roudup

S Gibril Wilson signs with Raiders from the Giants. It's very interesting that the Raiders are targeting safety. The Raiders are actually already very deep at Safety, with the tandem of Stuart Schweigert and Michael Huff. Schweigert had 68 Tackles last season and 2 interceptions, and he is 26. Michael Huff, the former first round draft pick, had 87 tackles and 1 INT. I can only assume they'd be inserting Wilson into the lineup instead of Schweigert, and he did have 92 tackles and 4 INTs last season, but it still seems like a bit of a weird hire. 

Dolphins sign LB Reggie Torbor. Torbor was a very quiet part of the Giants pass rush last season, playing mostly as a situational rusher and filling in for the injured Mathias Kiwanuka. His stats (39 tackles, 1 sack) belie his effectiveness as occupying blockers and opening lanes to the QB. 

Dolphins sign QB Josh McCown. Clearly he was on his way out now that Oakland will be starting JaMarcus Russell full time next season, but he did very well with the limited resources he had as a fill-in for the QB of the future and he's expected to play much the same role in Miami. 

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