Giants resigned Derrick Ward, who is a pretty decent backup/third down guy/change of pace for Brandon Jacobs.
Eugene Wilson, starting S for the Pats, is signing as a CB with the Bucs, probably to work with Ronde Barber and replace Brian Kelly. This probably means that Meriweather is getting the chance to start for New England next season. Wilson is 27, and so will be a nice player while the Bucs try to get younger on defense. The unfortunate part about Tampa Bay is that it seems to me like they think they're a playoff team, but really do have too many old guys/stopgap solutions at key positions. Ronde Barber, Warrick Dunn, Derrick Brooks, Jeff Garcia, Joey Galloway... all these guys are really key players playing at very high levels considering their ages... but to my knowledge they have no real up and comers at these positions. These players' age means that at any given time, any of them could break down and stop producing. This leaves any kind of playoff run they make always in severe jeopardy.
Texans signed Browns LB Chaun Thompson. He started last season, but was pretty unspectacular, and he probably will be the same for the Texans. Not much here.
LB Derrick Pope signed with the Vikings. He has some ball skills, and had 64 Tackles and 2 INTs with the Dolphins last season in 16 games, so look for him to maybe break the starting lineup in a year or so... but he'll be a core special teams player.
The Dolphins signed Cowboys CB Nathan Jones and K Dave Rayner. Don't understand the Rayner signing, since Feely is decent, but whatever. Jones is a 4th string guy.
The Lions, in another ridiculous move, cut starting S Kenoy Kennedy. He had 91 tackles, 2 FFs, and 2 INTs last season. On the Lions defense? That's the equivalent of a superstar. He's more of a coverage safety than hard hitter, but he could be a nice stopgap guy for a team that needs safety help.
Raiders signed DT William Joseph as part of their DT rotation, probably 3rd string or so. Might have an interesting competition with Terdell Sands.
So Bryant Johnson signs a 1 Year contract with the 49ers, so they cut WR Darrell Jackson. This is ridiculous. Johnson clearly has no intention on staying on that sinking ship, he just knows that he can break the starting lineup there, show that he's a quality number 2, MAYBE a number 1 guy, and get a big contract from a decent team. Instead of maybe trying to surround Alex Smith with guys who know where to be and what to do (so as to avoid INTs), like Darrell Jackson and Isaac Bruce, the 49ers turn to offense over to Bryant Johnson, who will not be there for very long, Isaac Bruce who for all his veteran experience is slowing down, and Ashley Lelie, whose only redeeming quality is that he can run very fast while dropping a ball. This, and the untried rookie Jason Hill. Yes, it's difficult to see how they could have possibly fit Darrell Jackson in there. Somebody should just shoot the bay area teams and put them out of their misery. And do you think it's a coincidence that MIA (the Dolphin's abbreviation) stands for Missing In Action? The 49ers also cut Trent Dilfer. That was a good move.
The Falcons are agreeing to trade CB DeAngelo Hall to the Raiders for a second round draft pick. The only problem with this is that Hall is going to want a huge contract, which Oakland (after giving Kelly and Walker huge contracts) is kind of unable to provide. So the deal might fall through. Him combined with Asomugha would be pretty good though.
The Jets signed TE Bubba Franks. He'll compete with Chris Baker for the starting job, but probably end up as a backup.
Panthers signed WR DJ Hackett. He's missed 17 games in three seasons, but at least it gives them a huge number of options at WR. Other than Steve Smith, they'll have Muhsin Muhammad, Dwayne Jarrett (who after a DUI and a terrible rookie season, might be on the way out), and Hackett. The only thing they lost? Keary Colbert. Good stuff.
Eagles signed former Colts DT Dan Klecko to play FB. They never use one anyways, so it doesn't matter. Just a big body to run forward a yard when they need one.
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