Free Agency/Franchise Tag thread 2011

Rice is a free agent and he will test the market. The only question right now is what kind of free agent he is.

You know people keep on wondering why pro teams don't usually jump at the chance to add brothers. In short it's situation like the Palmer standoff that puts teams in exactly the type of situations that make everyone uncomfortable. Very rarely do you end up with the Sedin, McCourty or Pouncey twins. Actually if anything this latest example has shown me that twins are all right. Regular brothers on the other hand, bad idea that only sounds good initially on paper.
NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Jordan Palmer left to buoy Bengals « (http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/03/02/jordan-palmer-left-to-buoy-bengals/)

Looking at Kris Jenkins
Twitter / Chris Russell: Per a league source, #Reds ... (http://twitter.com/Russellmania09/statuses/43000657250230272)

Looking at Kris Jenkins
Twitter / Chris Russell: Per a league source, #Reds ... (http://twitter.com/Russellmania09/statuses/43000657250230272)

Figured they would

And he was Vick's favorite target on the Hokies national championship runner up team in 1999-2000!

Vick signs 1-year deal with Eagles (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/02/AR2011030203428.html)

NFL.com news: Agent says LB Hawk close to new deal with Packers (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e95dd5/article/agent-says-lb-hawk-close-to-new-deal-with-packers?module=HP_headlines)

5 years.

A.J. Hawk back with Pack | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Weather, Sports, WTMJ | Sports Glance With Lance (http://www.todaystmj4.com/bloggers/lanceallan/117290028.html)

You know people keep on wondering why pro teams don't usually jump at the chance to add brothers. In short it's situation like the Palmer standoff that puts teams in exactly the type of situations that make everyone uncomfortable. Very rarely do you end up with the Sedin, McCourty or Pouncey twins. Actually if anything this latest example has shown me that twins are all right. Regular brothers on the other hand, bad idea that only sounds good initially on paper.
NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Jordan Palmer left to buoy Bengals « (http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/03/02/jordan-palmer-left-to-buoy-bengals/)

I could see it only becoming a problem if one wanted to leave and the other decided to back up the brother and wanted to leave also. This is not the case here. Carson is still a half decent QB and probably could start on many teams. He know it and the team knows it. So does Jordan. Jordan on the other hand is limited in his decision making. If he backs his brother then he's likely fired and with out a job cause he's just not the type of QB teams are going to knock down walls to get to. Jordan also has to know he's most likely not going to start so he's better off just sitting back staying quiet and letting whatever chips there are fall where they may and practice with the WR's.

Had talked about the possibility a few weeks back, and now it looks pretty official that Robert Gallery will be available

Robert Gallery of Oakland Raiders says 'time for me to move on' - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6178205)

Shockey to Carolina according to a number of Tweeter posts

"Jeremy Shockey
Looks like I'm signing with Carolina. Time for the Next chapter. This is a great opportunity for me, and I am... Looks like I'm... | Facebook (http://fb.me/VqkyRoh2)
5 minutes ago retweeted by AdamSchefter from web"