There is a report that Patrick Johnson is going to TB

How have they managed to create so much cap room? I know Sapp's contract is big $ but officially he is still under contract and the space needs to be there BEFORE new players are brought in, or at least so I thought.


I'm pretty sure Sapp is an unrestricted free agent and doesn't count anything against the cap and they will be freeing up more room when Lynch is offically cut in the next day or 2.

Really? Do you think it's likely we'd find somebody in the 5th round that has McCants' ability? I don't. Sure, once in a while you'll find a diamond in the rough that can contribute in year one... but you don't expect to find a goal-line weapon like Darnerian.

we drafted mccants in the 5th round if memory serves me right but I agree with keeping him because, while I don't see him being a #1 quality reciever anytime in his career, he has the chance to be a very solid #2 or 3 WR.

we drafted mccants in the 5th round if memory serves me right but I agree with keeping him because, while I don't see him being a #1 quality reciever anytime in his career, he has the chance to be a very solid #2 or 3 WR.
I know that. My point was that you can't go into the fifth round expecting to find a stud. It's hit or miss. Darnerian was a rare hit.

I think that with this coaching staff, there will be more hits than misses in the later rounds than we're used to.

I hope so. Our late rounds haven't been very successful over the past few years:

Here are our late round selections since 2000... not one starter:
2003
(7) QB Gibrad Hamdan

2002
(5) DB Andre Lott
(5) TE Robert Royal
(6) OT Reggie Coleman
(7) LS Jeff Grau
(7) DE Greg Scott
(7) FB Rock Cartwright

2001
(5) WR Darnerian McCants
(6) DT Mario Monds

2000
(5) S Quincy Sanders
(6) QB Todd Husak
(7) DT Delbert Cowsette
(7) WR Ethan Howell

I still can't believe we got such a stud of a player like the Rock in the 7TH!! round.

I think that with this coaching staff, there will be more hits than misses in the later rounds than we're used to.

Cpayne, that's pretty much what I've been saying for a while now. A lot of getting late round picks to perform well and be successful is quality coaching. Are the Patriots that much better at scouting than other teams? No, but they do have better coaching than many teams. This new veteran coaching staff headed by Gibbs has the ability to identify hidden potential and bring it out.

Would be a shame to lose PJ. He's been a solid backup WR for the Skins.

Hopefully we'll keep PJ on the team through 04.

I like Johnson, but if he's getting a starting roll we should let him go.

Johnson would have a better opportunity in TB... they badly need a respectable deep threat.

I think I missed the memo. When did Patrick Johnson become any kind of "respectable" deep threat for any team? Patrick Johnson is no good. He's never had any more than 29 catches and that was an abberation. His next highest total? 15! He's had 10 TDs in a 6 year NFL career. He had all of 15 catches for 170 and an average of 11.3 ypc last season. If he's going to start Tampa Bay's in more trouble than I thought.