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NFL Insider - Fox Sports Josh Williams @ Jay_NFL 3h #Vikings expected to be in the mix for WR Michael Crabtree

it was down to Giants and Eagles in the end reportedly PFF the Eagles have locked down one of their own in the shape of extremely productive pass rusher, Brandon Graham ... We’ve written a lot about Graham and understandably so, with only playing time limited his production has been incredibly impressive so we’re very excited to see what he can do playing more than 524 snaps. He had the highest pass rushing productivity score (17.7) of all edge rushers in 2014, turning 225 pass rushing attempts into 51 combined sacks, hits and hurries. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/03/09/countdown-to-free-agency-live-blog/ Shamus.@ shamus_clancy 35m Jason Worilds: 28 QB Hurries in 428 pass rush attempts Brandon Graham : 39 QB Hurries in 240 pass rush attempts (per @PFF ) Eagles beat writer CSNPhilly.com Reuben Frank @ RoobCSN 30m Thrilled Brandon Graham is coming back. Philly Eagles Fans @ PHIEagleFans 36m The Re-Signing of Brandon Graham is the biggest deal that nobody talks about. He's a stud Philadelphia Sports Reporter NJ.com Matt Lombardo @ MattLombardo975 36m This linebacking corps looks pretty formidable on paper: Connor Barwin, Mychal Kendricks, Kiko Alonso, Brandon Graham . #Eagles https://vine.co/v/OvbpJVOtFa5

PFF Could this be the end of the Steelers long term relationship with Brett Keisel ? Adam Caplan has announced the perennially cap challenged Terrible Towels are saying goodbye to a former seventh round pick who logged 451 snaps for the team last year, finishing the season particularly well with a +6.5 grade in his last two games. Retirement might seem the likeliest option for Keisel at 35 years of age but we wouldn’t be overly surprised if a reunion with Pittsburgh went down at some point in the time in the next 365 days. https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/03/09/countdown-to-free-agency-live-blog/

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Pittsburgh Sports Dejan Kovacevic @ Dejan_Kovacevic 9m Bombshell of the day: @Steelers release Brett Keisel

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"Titans rumored to be taking a run at Jay Cutler .... with over $46.3 million in salary cap space, it would make it easy for the Titans to absorb Cutlers’ hefty contract. On top of it all, Jay remains somewhat of a hero down in Nashville. He went to school there at Vanderbilt and still owns a home in the area. Now it seems the rest of the media world is catching on to this same reality. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, the same man who broke the news that the Bears were shopping Cutler, has heard Tennessee is their best shot." http://sportsmockery.com/2015/03/bears-have-only-one-serious-jay-cutler-trade-option/

Chicago Bears Should Swap Jay Cutler for San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick...A Cutler-for-Kaepernick trade would certainly be an exhilarating way to kick off free agency. http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2015/03/09/chicago-bears-should-swap-jay-cutler-for-san-francisco-49ers-colin-kaepernick/

Browns fan Mark Skog @ MarkSkog 6m I would take Jay Cutler from Chicago right now. But I doubt the #Browns would do it.

Chicago Sports News @ ChiSportUpdates 26m Source: Titans are "going all out" to try to get Jay Cutler

NFL Sports Talk @ nflsportstalk7 14m If #Bears do end up trading QB Jay Cutler they would save $12.5 million against the cap

Philadelphia columnist: "Is Chip Kelly setting up the Eagles for disaster? No matter how hard I try, I can’t help thinking about the Dream Team. ... Byron Maxwell was the top corner on the market, Frank Gore is a future Hall of Famer, Kiko Alonso played like a beast at linebacker two years ago for the Bills. ... I keep going back to 2011. The whole city was giddy four years ago at the additions of Jason Babin, Nnamdi Asomugha, Cullen Jenkins, Ronnie Brown, Steve Smith and Vince Young. A truckload of Pro Bowlers ... Babin came cheap and was a sack machine. Nnamdi was coming off a first-team All-Pro season with the Raiders. Jenkins had just won a Super Bowl with the Packers. Brown, Smith and Young were all Pro Bowlers. But we all learned pretty quickly that the Dream Team, as Young coined the group in a memorable press conference at Lehigh, was a disaster. ... I worry that Kelly is so blindly obsessed with doing whatever he can to acquire Mariota ... What if the end game of all this really is Mariota and he’s just not that good? ... draft analysts are certainly mixed in their evaluations of Mariota. He’s not a can’t-miss. So here’s what scares me: Kelly does everything he can to get Mariota, but it doesn’t work out. Then he bolts for another college job in a year or two" http://www.csnphilly.com/football-philadelphia-eagles/chip-kelly-setting-eagles-disaster-byron-maxwell-frank-gore-nfl-free-agency

Comcast SportsNet @ CSNPhilly 4m As #Eagles make big moves, it's hard not to think of the infamous 2011 "Dream Team."

ESPN Jim Trotter @ JimTrotter_NFL 3h Last 49ers note: Club feels good it will land Torrey Smith , but holding breath until Tuesday. Smith would be reunited with Boldin.

Fox got his man for their new 3-4 Bears Insider @ bears_insider 5h Pernell McPhee was ranked 2nd by @PFF among 3-4 OLBs last season, only behind Justin Houston 2014 stats : McPhee played in all 16 games and made 27 tackles, 7.5 sacks, four passes defensed, 11 tackles for loss and a whopping 26 quarterback hits. He was Pro Football Focus' second-highest ranked 3-4 outside linebacker, behind only Justin Houston, with a grade of +26.0. ... Until signing McPhee, the Bears didn't have a true, 3-4 outside linebacker. He is young (26) http://m.chicagofootball.com/2015/03/09/report-chicago-bears-to-sign-former-baltimore-ravens-olb-pernell-mcphee/aj9ufae/ Brad Biggs @ BradBiggs 5h McPhee played just about everywhere in the front for the #Ravens . #Bears will play Pernell McPhee at outside linebacker but he has versatility to do a lot of different things for DC in Vic Fangio. John Mullin @ CSNMoonMullin 5h #Bears signing LB Pernell McPhee ramps up 3-4 D, also ramps down some urgency to use No. 1 pick for rush LB - interesting options now Robert Mays @ robertmays 5h I was hoping Pernell McPhee would land in a place where he got to show off his versatility. Vic Fangio's defense is such a place. Pro Football Focus Sam Monson @ PFF_Sam 5h Pernell McPhee is one of those guys with the versatility to make a defense really tough to combat. Can rush from all over the place Matt Bowen @ MattBowen41 5h #Bears & OLB Pernell McPhee : Productive pass rusher in his prime. Can play a variety of roles for Fangio. True versatility. Good move. ESPN Louis Riddick @ LRiddickESPN 5h McPhee signing w/ #Bears is awesome. Is a human Swiss Army Knife along DL...can do it all. If u must $pend on UFA's, spend on pass rushers! Alen Dumonjić @ Dumonjic_Alen 6h I really like McPhee as a fit in Fangio's defense. Fangio will move him all over the line. McPhee brings brawler mentality, which CHI needs. John Middlekauff @ JohnMiddlekauff 6h McPhee plus Fangio, best move Bears have made in a long time.

NBC Dianna Marie Russini @ NBCdianna 21m I'm hearing that Atlanta is the front runner for signing Brian Orakpo. #Falcons Rand Getlin @ Rand_Getlin 2h Source: LB Brooks Reed is leaning toward signing with the #Falcons when free agency opens on Tuesday. Michael Schottey @ Schottey 17m Orakpo AND Brooks Reed ? legenGarry @ GeeeeeeFlan 3m Brian Orakpo and Brooks Reed PLEASE!

Ian Rapoport @ RapSheet 14m #Redskins were interested in #Bears DL Stephen Paea from the beginning. He’s told people that’ll be his destination. They beefed up that DL

Ian Rapoport @ RapSheet 1h What has the #Jaguars weekend been like? Locking up OT Jermey Parnell, DL Jared Odrick ($7M per), closing in on Julius Thomas. So not bad Odrick has agreed to join the Jacksonville Jaguars on a deal expected to be worth an average of $7 million per year, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday, via a source informed of the deal. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000477358/article/jared-odrick-to-join-jacksonville-jaguars

NFL.com Chris Trapasso @ ChrisTrapasso 1m Arthur Moats was always best as a pass-rushing OLB. Wasn't bad as an ILB, either. #Steelers get an underrated edge guy for next 3 years. ProFootballTalk @ ProFootballTalk 7m LB Arthur Moats deal with the Steelers is worth $7.5 million over three years, per league source.

Pro Football Focus Nathan Jahnke @ PFF_NateJahnke 34m Stephen Paea had 47 pressures on the year; third most for DT/ NT's. He and Jason Hatcher will make a nice interior pass rush.

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CSNPhilly.com Reuben Frank @ RoobCSN 3h The Eagles have added Frank Gore, Kiko Alonso and Byron Maxwell, and free agency hasn't even started yet. So far, so good. ESPN 50m Frank Gore performed better in the shotgun than not last season. The Eagles led the NFL in shotgun snaps in 2014

like that article concludes: "Foles and a bunch of picks to the Bucs for the No. 1 overall pick is the ticket. And it would put steps two and three together in a neat little package. Step one was completed Sunday." Pro Football Focus John Castellane @ PFF_Castellane 1h Sanchez might be my favorite move of the day. Either competes with Foles or mentors Mariota. Great insurance both ways.

NJ.com Foles is gone. Midway through last season sources told New Jersey Advance Media that people in the organization, including then general manager Howie Roseman, "had soured'' on the quarterback ... Proposed trades have the Eagles sending Foles, the No. 20 pick this year, a second-round pick this year, and a first-round pick next year to the Jets for the No. 6 pick. http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2015/03/does_mark_sanchez_signing_spell_the_end_of_nick_fo.html