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Originally Posted by dmxfury
If Crabtree somehow sat out, and the 49ers somehow drafted him again, that would be the best thing ever in the NFL. Better than seeing an 0-16 team
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Originally Posted by dmxfury
If Crabtree somehow sat out, and the 49ers somehow drafted him again, that would be the best thing ever in the NFL. Better than seeing an 0-16 team
Originally Posted by Andrew630
hope crabtree sits out for the whole season and we trade up to draft him every year
Originally Posted by heat23
YahooSportsNFL Welcome back, rumors of Brett Favre joining the Vikings. Yes folks, they are flying.about 2 hours ago from web
GUNNA GET IT wrote:
Gad Dayummmmm . my boy just called told me Sean Smith and Jason Allen got that Swine Flu
is this confirmed? and are the Dolphins quaranteening themselves?
It was an ESPNesq type of false report. A reporter @ the Miami Herold reported that it was swine flu but he misunderstood. Sean Smith had the 24 hr bug andJason has the regular flu but were going to be tested for swine flu too. Somehow, the reporter thought that it was official. Ever since reporting it, he'sbeen trying to say how it wasn't his fault and all
Sean will be at practice tomorrow and jason by mid week.
Sean Smith has been an absolute BEAST and is already the right side starter.Vontae has been coming along amazing the past 2 weeks. And who everyone declared areach (including myself), Pat Turner has also been a stud and Hartline catches everything. Also look out for Chris Clemons, FS/SS, might be one of the stealsin this draft. 5th rounder out of Clemson. Pat White is getting better taking snaps right under the center. Everything else, the world knows what he can do.
[h2]Dolphins cut Wilford after one season[/h2]
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DAVIE, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins have given up on their experiment with Ernest Wilford at tight end -- or anywhere else.
Wilford's contract was terminated Monday. The Dolphins also waived running back Anthony Kimble, nose tackle Joe Cohen and linebackers Orion Martin and Tearrius George. Receiver Chris Williams was waived injured.
Wilford, Miami's biggest free-agent bust since the Bill Parcells regime took over, moved from receiver to tight end this year. He caught a 33-yard touchdown pass against Jacksonville's reserves in the exhibition opener but had no catches in the second preseason game Saturday.
Wilford, 30, signed a four-year, $13 million contract last season with the Dolphins in a frenzy of moves at the start of free agency.
However, he never fit into the Dolphins offense. He played in only seven games and caught three passes for 25 yards.
He caught 141 passes during his first four seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars before leaving for the Dolphins.
Information from ESPN.com's John Clayton and The Associated Press was used in this report.
Dolphins also trade Andy Alleman & Ike Ndukwe to the Chiefs for undisclosed draft pick(s)
[h2]Source: Rivers gets 6-year, $92M deal[/h2]
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San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who has thrown for more than 10,000 yards over the past three seasons, has agreed to a new contract extension with the club.
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The extension is for six years and is worth $92 million, a source told ESPN.com. About $38-39 million is guaranteed. More importantly, the deal will keep Rivers off the free-agent market next spring, and will preclude the Chargers from having to exercise a franchise designation to retain him. The extension comes amid reports that the Chargers would have a difficult time reaching an extension accord with Rivers, a first-round choice in the 2004 draft.
But the negotiating climate turned over the weekend, and keeping Rivers for the long term with the extension is a coup for general manager A.J. Smith, who has done an exemplary job in keeping the nucleus of his roster intact with contract extensions.
It is not yet known what altered the tenor of contract discussions, but it's believed that Rivers became personally involved in the talks.
"This is a great day for the Chargers and Chargers fans," Chargers president Dean Spanos said. "Philip has proven he has all of the necessary qualities to be a successful quarterback in the NFL. He's a proven winner and an unquestioned leader for this football team."
Without the deal, Rivers would have been eligible for unrestricted free agency next spring, with or without an agreement between the league and union on an extension of the collective bargaining agreement. San Diego would almost certainly have retained Rivers by naming him a franchise player, but at a cost believed to be about $16 million for a one-year tender.
Rivers, 27, was entering the final year of the six-year, $40.5 million rookie contract he signed in 2004 after a lengthy and sometimes acrimonious negotiation.
After sitting behind Drew Brees his first two seasons in the NFL, Rivers became the San Diego starter in 2006, when Brees departed for New Orleans as a free agent.
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He has started all 16 games in each of the past three seasons, and the former North Carolina State star is coming off a career year in which he led the league in passer rating (105.5) and touchdown passes (34), and was fourth in the NFL in passing yardage (4,009 yards). He completed 312 of 478 attempts last season, with only 11 interceptions.
For his career, Rivers has completed 890 of 1,428 passes for 10,697 yards, with 78 touchdown passes, 36 interceptions, and a passer rating of 92.9. Most of that production has come in the past three seasons, with Rivers seeing only limited action in 2004 and 2005. Before 2006, he had yet to start a game.
Rivers was the fourth overall choice in the 2004 draft, selected by the New York Giants. Within an hour of that choice, however, he was traded to San Diego for quarterback Eli Manning, the first pick in that year's lottery. Manning recently signed a six-year, $97.5 million extension to his deal.
An extremely accurate passer despite a somewhat unconventional delivery, Rivers has emerged as a leader for the Chargers, who many feel possess the most talented roster in the league.
He has solidified his standing with his teammates because of his toughness and ability to play through pain.
Two years ago, Rivers played in the AFC championship game at New England despite a knee injury that kept him out of practice for much of the pregame preparations.
It was subsequently revealed that Rivers played with a damaged anterior cruciate ligament that later required surgery.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
By Len Pasquarelli
[h1]Seahawks not talking about Edgerrin, yet[/h1]
Posted by Mike Florio on August 24, 2009 9:45 PM ET
We were the first to report (hey, if no one else is gonna say so, then we're the only ones who can) that running back Edgerrin James had agreed to terms with the Seahawks.
Since then, the report is everywhere -- ESPN, NFL.com, etc.
But the Seahawks have yet to acknowledge that James is joining the team.
Per the Associated Press, a Seahawks spokesman declined to comment on the matter and said that the team would address on Tuesday the "speculation" linking the eleventh man on the all-time leading rusher list to Seattle.
Attention Seahawks spokesman . . . it ain't speculation. And to call the reports "speculation" is to tell something other than the truth.
But, as we've pointed out several times over the past few weeks, they all lie in the name of strategic objectives. In this case, our guess is that word got out before the Seahawks had a chance to harvest T.J. Duckett's playbook.
by Mike Florio
Dude.....Raji has me likeOriginally Posted by RetroBaller
Ive liked the way the Packers have looked on offense and defense so far this pre season
by Mike FlorioOriginally Posted by heat23
[h1]Seahawks not talking about Edgerrin, yet[/h1]
Posted by Mike Florio on August 24, 2009 9:45 PM ET
We were the first to report (hey, if no one else is gonna say so, then we're the only ones who can) that running back Edgerrin James had agreed to terms with the Seahawks.
Since then, the report is everywhere -- ESPN, NFL.com, etc.
But the Seahawks have yet to acknowledge that James is joining the team.
Per the Associated Press, a Seahawks spokesman declined to comment on the matter and said that the team would address on Tuesday the "speculation" linking the eleventh man on the all-time leading rusher list to Seattle.
Attention Seahawks spokesman . . . it ain't speculation. And to call the reports "speculation" is to tell something other than the truth.
But, as we've pointed out several times over the past few weeks, they all lie in the name of strategic objectives. In this case, our guess is that word got out before the Seahawks had a chance to harvest T.J. Duckett's playbook.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers end experiment as Jermaine Phillips moves back to safety from linebacker
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If the last several months of Jermaine Phillips' career have been a blur, then the next few weeks probably will be a whirlwind.
The ultimate team player, Phillips has officially been moved back to safety from weakside linebacker, the position he switched to during the offseason at coach Raheem Morris' suggestion.
Phillips' transition to linebacker is, at best, "kind of on hold right now," Morris conceded. Phillips hasn't practiced at linebacker this week and has worked full time at his original position.
The move becomes necessary, Morris said, because of the lack of depth at safety, brought about by the four-game suspension of starting free safety Tanard Jackson for a violation of the league substance-abuse policy. That suspension starts in Week 1.
Even if necessary, it's a dramatic move to make less than three weeks before the regular season. The change also calls for inexperienced Geno Hayes to become the likely weakside starter.
The decision also leaves some unanswered questions. Once Jackson returns, what then? Does Phillips, one of the team's better defenders, remain at safety?
"My long-term (plan) is going (back) to linebacker," Morris said of Phillips. "I just think he has a chance for a second career there. I could be wrong, but I thought he had a chance for a second career like Rodney Harrison with the Patriots. Rod Woodson was a corner but went to safety. Players like that, they move around. He could be a 30-year-old special player."
What also will have a bearing on the outcome is the play of former FSU standout Hayes, a 2008 sixth-round pick who figures to have competition from Adam Hayward for the starting job.
Another question: Can Phillips re-adjust on the fly given the team's new defensive scheme? And he's playing free safety rather than his original position, strong safety.
"Right now, we're just trying to get him acclimated to safety," Morris said. "He's been (practicing) mostly free because there's a little bit less reads over there, a little bit easier to teach. But they all will be interchangeable.
"Last year, we put in quarters (coverage) and (Phillips) played a bunch of it," Morris added. "There's a lot of carryover. It's just translating the verbiage."
Morris will use Phillips, Sabby Piscitelli and Will Allen as a three-man rotation at the two safety positions until Jackson returns. The Bucs used three last year, with Piscitelli seeing time as the No. 3. Morris said he was concerned about the dropoff after Allen, a former starter, saying he was not convinced using journeyman Donte Nicholson as part of the rotation would work.
Asked if he was making the decision, in part, because of Piscitelli's pair of costly mistakes against Jacksonville on Saturday, Morris objected.
"I don't hit the panic button because Sabby got beat for a touchdown," he said. "You need three (safeties). Every year, somebody's broken a forearm, somebody's got a stinger, somebody's knocked themselves out. We did it last year."
Morris approached Phillips about a position change earlier in the year, and though Phillips agreed to try it, he admitted it was something of an experiment. Even Morris said recently the team wouldn't know whether the move was a success until Phillips saw live action at a position much more physical than safety.
In two preseason games, Phillips seemed to have less impact at linebacker than at his original position, though Morris pointed to a sure-handed open-field tackle of Jaguars back Maurice Jones-Drew on Saturday night.
Morris said, "I was starting to see something special out of Jermaine. He was learning how to play the position. He was starting to get confidence."
Just as critical as the moves at safety is how the linebackers are affected.
Phillips was expected to start on the weakside, but Hayes now steps in and essentially takes over for Derrick Brooks, the future Hall of Famer who was released in February.
"How Geno plays is going to determine a lot of things," Morris said. "Geno will get the first crack at it. It causes you to do some shuffling of the deck. But we're prepared for it. These guys have been getting a lot of reps. They're young, they're fast and they're explosive."
And now Hayes, in particular, will be tested like never before.
Stephen F. Holder can be reached at [email protected]
Let's go Geno