gooseneck Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 NFL free agency 2024: Mike Williams, Justin Simmons among best remaining free agents by position - CBSSports.com Ā https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-free-agency-2024-mike-williams-justin-simmons-among-best-remaining-free-agents-by-position/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FootballZombie Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, bh32 said: I told you he would be traded. Ā I said he could be pryed away for 3rd round value, which is what we got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsinparadise Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Ā Ā Dan QuinnĀ and Adam Peters really didnāt think much ofĀ Ron Riveraās roster building. I mean, the Washington Commanders coach and his boss, the general manager, took that roster apart like a butcher slicing up Bambi. Ā Speaking of a deer in headlights, when they got to the heart of Riveraās Commanders championship construction ā his prize quarterback acquisition, Sam Howell ā they sent him packing. Ā Remember this Rivera quote about Josh Harris? āIf we go 8-8-1 this year and he fires me, and next year they win the division with 40 of the 53 players we drafted, and itās the same quarterback, Iām vindicated,ā he told ESPN in September. āSend me my Super Bowl ring.ā Iām betting theyāve lostĀ Riveraās forwarding address. Ā I think at last count the new Commanders regime brought in 16 new players and counting since free agency began. Will they be any better than theĀ RiveraĀ players they are replacing? No one knows yet. Remember this headline a few years ago from The Athletic: āWashington free-agency report card:Ā Ron RiveraĀ gets high marks for addition.āĀ Ā Ā Ā Thatās that grade inflation we hear about, perhaps. Now here we are again, raising the teamās off-season championship banner yet again in 2024. The difference, of course, is that the flagpole is no longer owned by Dan Snyder. Itās Josh Harrisā now, and itās not unreasonable to believe that the chances of getting the personnel decisions right have never been greater in this century. Ā Thereās a lot to like ā perhaps the most being the departure of Howell, the 2022 fifth-round draft choice from North Carolina who was thrust into the starting quarterback spot last year whenĀ RiveraĀ sought cover from his previous disastrous quarterback decision, Carson Wentz. Howell seems like a very nice young man with skills who deserved better than being victimized by a warped Eric Bieniemy offense. He will have a chance to prove that now in Seattle, where he was traded. Washington sent Howell, plus a fourth-round pick (No. 109) and a sixth-round selection (No. 179) to the Seahawks in exchange for a third-round pick (No. 78) and a fifth-round pick (No. 152). Ā Thatās a better deal than the Chicago Bears squeezed out of the Pittsburgh Steelers for highly touted quarterback Justin Fields. The Bears got a 2025 sixth-rounder that could become a fourth-rounder, based on playing time ā which may not be very much this season if Fields is playing behind Russell Wilson as planned. Fields led the Bears to a 40-20 victory over the Commanders in October for Chicagoās first win of the season. He threw four touchdowns and completed 15 of 29 passes for 282 yards and no interceptions. Howell completed 37 of 51 passes for 388 yards, five sacks, two touchdowns and one interception. Ā What kind of odds do you think you wouldnāt have gotten that Oct. 5 Thursday night at the field formerly known as FedEx if you suggested Howell would bring a better return than Fields in a trade? Peters pulled off a trade deserving of optimism. The free agent deals? The newcomers seem to share some special qualities. Center Tyler Biadasz is from Dallas, whereĀ QuinnĀ was the defensive coordinator. He said the new Washington coach was āall about grit and tenacity and winning.ā Linebacker Frankie Luvu told reporters he will add āenergy, tenacity and gritā to the team. Ā ....The free agent deals? The newcomers seem to share some special qualities. Center Tyler Biadasz is from Dallas, whereĀ QuinnĀ was the defensive coordinator. He said the new Washington coach was āall about grit and tenacity and winning.ā Linebacker Frankie Luvu told reporters he will add āenergy, tenacity and gritā to the team. āTheyāve got pride, theyāve got grit,āĀ Ron RiveraĀ said Sorry, got my grit quotes from last year confused. Luvuās fellow linebacker, Bobby Wagner, brings legacy with him. He was a 10-time All-Pro ā the best of the best ā and made the NFL 2010s All-Decade team. Ā Wagner will be 34 when the season starts. Remarkably, he was on the field in Landover when Robert Griffin III went down with his devastating knee injury in Seattleās 24-14 win over Washington in the wild-card game on Jan. 6, 2013 ā seemingly another lifetime ago. But he is coming off one of his best seasons in his return to Seattle last year. Whatās more important, though, is that he and Luvu are actual linebackers, better than anythingĀ RiveraĀ and his defensive coordinator, Jack Del Rio put on the field during their four years here. Strangely, though both played linebacker in the NFL,Ā RiveraĀ and Del Rio seemed either disinterested in the position, or based on the disappointing selection of linebacker Jamin Davis in the first round of the 2021 draft, incapable of picking talent for the role. Ā Even stranger, two of the top personnel decision-makers who were here withĀ RiveraĀ during their era of disinterest remain with the organization. The two Martys, Mayhew and Hurney, are still with the team and watched as the roster they helped put together has gotten butchered. The fun is just beginning. The Commanders still have their pockets full of free agent money to spend if they choose and have six picks in the top 100 in the upcoming NFL draft ā one of them the No. 2 selection in the draft. Keep that flag flying.Ā 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Skinsinparadise said: a butcher slicing up Bambi. Oh. Ā Thats a low-blow analogy. Ā Even for Lovero. That one hurts. Ā Ā I still canāt watch Bambi.Ā Ā (goes to cry softly in a corner for the rest of the morning)Ā 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoBob Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 25 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said: Oh. Ā Thats a low-blow analogy. Ā Even for Lovero. That one hurts. Ā Ā I still canāt watch Bambi.Ā Ā (goes to cry softly in a corner for the rest of the morning)Ā Ā That feels right up Thom "get off my lawn" Loverro's alley! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Itās not that I donāt agree with the tone of Loverroās column, but heās a professional writer (I assume he gets paid). How does he get a basic, easy to verify, fact about the Howell trade wrong? The fourth that we gave up was 102, not 109. Unless there are seven other compensatory picks at the end of the third that havenāt been announced.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I reckon we sign a safety today. Would close out the gaps on D for me.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Voice_of_Reason said: Oh. Ā Thats a low-blow analogy. Ā Even for Lovero. That one hurts. Ā Ā I still canāt watch Bambi.Ā Ā (goes to cry softly in a corner for the rest of the morning)Ā 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswerdlw Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 hours ago, Fresh8686 said: Ā I thought Niijman was a reasonable option for us at OT. Now, we need to sign one or two from the following likely options: Josh Jones, Cornelius Lucas, Donovan Smith, and Mekhi Becton. I doubt Bahktiari plays again because of his injuries, and I don't think our FO will want to work with injury plagued Trenton Brown. I'm hoping now for Jones or Lucas. Neither thrill me, and Becton is a greater risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Yosh Nijman sounds like a little kid had to make a name up for a ninja he drawed with crayons. Josh Ninja Man. It's pronounced Yosh, because the J is silent.......like a ninja. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigskinRedskin Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Ā Ā 19 6 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, PigskinRedskin said: Ā Ā Good start. Would like to see another but Iām starting to think we may wait until after the draftĀ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actorguy1 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Ā Ā 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jservs7 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 minutes ago, PigskinRedskin said: Ā Ā Lucas to Peters Ā 29534cb5-c4f2-4275-b67b-c1f9db87e57f.mp4 Ā Ā 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Good to keep the veteran swing T in place. Gotta find a legit starting LT though. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswerdlw Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Relieved by Lucas's signing. I would not object to signing another FA offensive lineman....Josh Jones, for example. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 The only thing better than a versatile FAT BOY, is aĀ budget versatile FAT BOY. 13 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillBill26 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Love the Lucas re-signing.Ā He can be the placeholder as a rookie comes along, or maybe this allows us to sign DJ humphries and we can be a little more patient with his recovery knowing Lucas can hold down the fort.Ā Ā 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaSkins21 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) The Lucas signing is great.Ā Now let's draft a LT learn under Lucas and and be then protect the future franchise QB's blindside for the next decade plus Edited March 19 by NoVaSkins21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said: The only thing better than a versatile FAT BOY, is aĀ budget versatile FAT BOY. What settings do you use to know exactly when we've signed an offensive lineman, because it's really strange how quickly you pop in when we do. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswerdlw Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Another tackle and a wide receiver please.Ā 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalu44 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Much needed signing. I don't think they are going to sign another LT in free agency, since it took this long just to re-sign one of their own. On to the draft for their next LT, and of course they will keep an eye on roster cuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 17 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said: What settings do you use to know exactly when we've signed an offensive lineman, because it's really strange how quickly you pop in when we do. Youre not signed up for the @Voice_of_ReasonĀ FAT BOY HOTLINE?? 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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