2015 Free Agents

merriweather has only played in 50% of games since he's been here. that's just not reliable enough. if he's cheap he's worth keeping, but you can't depend on him for 16 games.

My new GM is an advocate of building through the draft.
"Why hire guys that are not familiar with your system, injury issues, and may have other habits that we don't like. Let's bring in our own guys through the draft and teach them what we want and pay them to keep them. Free Agency is a tool available that we may also use when it makes sense" --Scott McC....> <
Until he proves this will not work, I am ALL in with this philosophy. Been waiting years to hear it. HTTR......
Look how well the FA philosophy has served us in the past...

Yeah its time to build up this team and we do it by the draft no more FA BS. Yeah we can go get a couple starters in FA but I want all our picks. Trade cousins for a 5 if we can also. No sense in having him and rg3

Now there will be a Combine for veteran free agents on March 22.

NFL to hold combine for veteran free agents - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12172630/nfl-hold-combine-veteran-free-agents)

I like it .

The reality of the NFL is that we will need to dabble in Free Agency. If you listened to Scot, he drafts based on BPA, not Need.

That means, to fill Needs, we'll have to use Free Agency.

Also, we have several current roster members (at least 11) who will be UFA's:
Orakpo, Polumbus, Helu, J Jenkins, Meriweather, Hankerson, Paul, Moss, McCoy, Clark & Biggers to name a few.

So, we draft BPA and hope that we get all of those positions filled? Seriously?

I think it's clear that we will need to have some involvement in Free Agency.
Avoiding Free Agency is as silly as Avoiding draft picks.

Good teams strike a balance....hopefully, we become a good team soon.

Now there will be a Combine for veteran free agents on March 22.

NFL to hold combine for veteran free agents - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12172630/nfl-hold-combine-veteran-free-agents)

......waste of time .

The reality of the NFL is that we will need to dabble in Free Agency. If you listened to Scot, he drafts based on BPA, not Need.

That means, to fill Needs, we'll have to use Free Agency.

Also, we have several current roster members (at least 11) who will be UFA's:
Orakpo, Polumbus, Helu, J Jenkins, Meriweather, Hankerson, Paul, Moss, McCoy, Clark & Biggers to name a few.

So, we draft BPA and hope that we get all of those positions filled? Seriously?

I think it's clear that we will need to have some involvement in Free Agency.
Avoiding Free Agency is as silly as Avoiding draft picks.

Good teams strike a balance....hopefully, we become a good team soon.

Orakpo - Injured, as usual
Polumbus - Demoted
Helu - Backup
J Jenkins - Bust
Meriweather - Concussed or suspended
Hankerson - Contributed nothing
Paul - Special Teamer
Moss - Not in Skins plans
McCoy - Noodle armed stopgap
Clark - Done
Biggers - Sucks

These players need to be replaced via FA? Uh, no. They could all leave and not be missed on the field.

Orakpo - Injured, as usual
Polumbus - Demoted
Helu - Backup
J Jenkins - Bust
Meriweather - Concussed or suspended
Hankerson - Contributed nothing
Paul - Special Teamer
Moss - Not in Skins plans
McCoy - Noodle armed stopgap
Clark - Done
Biggers - Sucks

These players need to be replaced via FA? Uh, no. They could all leave and not be missed on the field.
I agree, and further if the team decided that one or two, like Helu or Paul, did fill a need why not resign your own instead?

Let them all test the market and come back before even considering to offer.

I agree, and further if the team decided that one or two, like Helu or Paul, did fill a need why not resign your own instead?

" Why not resign your own" ? ahhh because the team was 4-12 and you can do better - Paul is a special teams player masquerading as a TE - Helu is an average 3rd down back