Poll: What has been the biggest story so far of the NFL offseason?

[Califan007 The Constipated]

You can define "biggest" in any manner you want...most media coverage, biggest ramifications, most debated among fans...whatever.

[redskinss]

I gotta go with saints punishment

[SnyderShrugged]

I'd have to say bountygate (hate that term btw) or Peyton's hunt for a new team

[prsnljournalst3]

Eddie royal. End of thread.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Manning story

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

Peyton's hunt for a new team, and Andy Reid's interest in him for Philthy.

You combine the story, and Andy Reid, and it doesn't get ANY bigger than that from all counts.

Hail.

[Bang]

Manning and the Saints are both huge, but I have to go with the Saints because the punishment will have a major effect on their team.

Drew Brees is still holding out, isn't he?

What if he decides he wants no part of an interim head coach?

~Bang

[snafu]

Said bountygate.... Just the severity of it alone.... But this really has been a crazy off season....

[Skinz4Life12]

Eddie royal. End of thread.

that was awesome. One does not simply sign Eddie Royal.

Seriously though, I voted for the Saints

[authentic]

Has to be bounty-gate.. this will affect an entire franchise, perhaps beyond this season..

[hunterx]

I went with the cap penalties, as this story could lead to federal prosecution if Collusion is indeed found to have occurred.

[Hitman21ST]

The trade. Shifts the balance of power in the NFCE, makes us relevant again, and was arguably the catalyst for the $46M.

[dswerdlw]

Bountygate will change the way the game is played. It could also both open and close the possibilities of many lawsuits that will plague the NFL and its fans for decades.

[BeefJerky]

Gotta go with bountygate. Wanted to go with the RGIII trade ( HUGE in it's own right), but bountygate is a mega story.

[hp703]

Easy, bounty gate.

The Saints were essentially hit with a death penalty

[authentic]

Gotta go with bountygate. Wanted to go with the RGIII trade ( HUGE in it's own right), but bountygate is a mega story.

the RG3 Trade may turn out to be the biggest news in the past 8 years (for Skins fans), since Gibbs came back.

[balonywolf]

Went with Peyton. Bounty is huge now, but people will ultimately stop giving a **** about it. I already have. Peyton's performance in Denver, the effects the move had, his legacy, will outlast Gregg Williams' and the Saints' stupidity.

[E-Dog Night]

A head coach getting suspended for an entire year, a former assistant suspended indefinitely, 2 lost draft picks... :yikes:

As wild as it sounds, neither the biggest UFA in NFL history, nor illegal, conspiratorial collusion - not to mention an owner abusing his power in the league office to punish 2 division rivals who didn't break any rules (stop and think how mind blowing that is for a second) - can touch Bounty Gate. In any other year, the latter are the biggest stories.

This has been a mind**** of an offseason.

[Darth Tater]

Well, the Tebow has two channels at ESPN totally dedicated to him.

[jeronimobrat]

Give me the Number 2 pick...

Easily shows we were docked the 36 mil...

[pjfootballer]

Manning. He's clearly had the most news from the time he gets off a plane to what he ate at the Burger Barn complete with his receipt. He's easily a top 3 player in this league from a star standpoint and he's had the most airtime.

[ECU-ALUM]

The Saints. We have just seen a team get nailed like never before.

[TheGoodBits]

This has been by far the most entertaining offseason I’ve ever experienced. #1 story for the NFL as a whole has been Peyton. Seriously, all you had to do was tune in to ESPN at any given minute of the day to get an update. Bountygate is a close 2nd. For Skins fans, trading to #2 is massive.

But after the dust settles on this cap fiasco, I get the sense that it has the potential to be one of the biggest NFL storylines in quite some time. It all depends on how to plays out with the arbitrator, and if it ends up in court one way or another. If it goes to court, and the NFLPA decides it’s really pissed about how the uncapped year leading up to the lockout was treated by most owners, it could potentially result in having to completely throw out the CBA they just agreed to. The collusion to limit salaries in an uncapped year is evidence this was not negotiated in good faith and the players ended up getting royally* screwed.

*shout out to Eddie Royal

[greenspandan]

i voted in terms of what i care about most, not what the world at large cares about, because frankly, who cares what everyone else cares about. i voted getting the #2 pick.

[MattFancy]

I'd say Peyton Manning. I don't think there wasn't a day that ESPN didn't talk about where he would play.