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Players of interest / Offseason Cuts

Mr. Scot

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Texans to release DE Anthony Weaver.

Just days after cutting RB Ahman Green and LB Morlon Greenwood, the Texans will release DE Anthony Weaver on Tuesday. His $6.2 million base salary will come off the Texans’ salary cap, but they still must deal with $5.4 million in acceleration on his contract — a total savings of $800,000.

Once Weaver is released, it will not be long before he finds another job. Jets coach Rex Ryan coached Weaver in Baltimore and could sign him for New York, or the Ravens always could try to bring him back.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5938/career;_ylt=AtpdwZVF1Cs1fTbMpW2tI2_.uLYF

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I can't see Marvin Harrison here. A couple years ago that would have been a dream. These days? :confused:

Richard Smith would have plenty of insight on Anthony Weaver. From what I've seen, he looked good in Baltimore but flatlined in Houston. If Smith still thinks he has potential, I could see him putting in a good word. If not...

Nathan Vasher once looked like a star in the making. I'm intrigued based on name recognotion, but I'd want to ask our resident Bears homers what happened that made him releasable.

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Just for fun, I think that the Lions can turn the whole franchise around this off-season. Jeff Saturday is going to be a free agent along with Marvin Harrison. Detroit offered Dan Orlovsky a contract but he declined so he will become a free agent. They're holding the top pick in the NFL draft and they're unofficially on the clock. If I was the general manager of Detroit, I'd pick up both Saturday and Harrison along with Fred Taylor. Saturday is a solid center and would be a perfect pickup for the offensive line. Finally, with the top pick, I'd draft Mark Sanchez and get that franchise quarterback. Rudi Johnson, Kevin Smith, and Fred Taylor would be the Earth, Wind, and Fire of Detroit. Bringing in Harrison to line up opposite of Calvin Johnson would be the perfect move. Another move I think would be good for that franchise is to cut Culpepper and bring in Jeff Garcia. Where can I apply as a general manager of a franchise?

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Just for fun, I think that the Lions can turn the whole franchise around this off-season. Jeff Saturday is going to be a free agent along with Marvin Harrison. Detroit offered Dan Orlovsky a contract but he declined so he will become a free agent. They're holding the top pick in the NFL draft and they're unofficially on the clock. If I was the general manager of Detroit, I'd pick up both Saturday and Harrison along with Fred Taylor. Saturday is a solid center and would be a perfect pickup for the offensive line. Finally, with the top pick, I'd draft Mark Sanchez and get that franchise quarterback. Rudi Johnson, Kevin Smith, and Fred Taylor would be the Earth, Wind, and Fire of Detroit. Bringing in Harrison to line up opposite of Calvin Johnson would be the perfect move. Another move I think would be good for that franchise is to cut Culpepper and bring in Jeff Garcia. Where can I apply as a general manager of a franchise?

Harrison is a question mark with his age and injuries over the past few years.

Detroit would be better off taking a WR at #20 than spending alot on Harrison.

However, you completely missed the boat on Garcia. First, he sucks in a vertical offense. Second, he was in Detroit before and sucked badly. Garcia is a bad fit for their offense...unless they switch to a West Coast Offense.

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Just for fun, I think that the Lions can turn the whole franchise around this off-season. Jeff Saturday is going to be a free agent along with Marvin Harrison. Detroit offered Dan Orlovsky a contract but he declined so he will become a free agent. They're holding the top pick in the NFL draft and they're unofficially on the clock. If I was the general manager of Detroit, I'd pick up both Saturday and Harrison along with Fred Taylor. Saturday is a solid center and would be a perfect pickup for the offensive line. Finally, with the top pick, I'd draft Mark Sanchez and get that franchise quarterback. Rudi Johnson, Kevin Smith, and Fred Taylor would be the Earth, Wind, and Fire of Detroit. Bringing in Harrison to line up opposite of Calvin Johnson would be the perfect move. Another move I think would be good for that franchise is to cut Culpepper and bring in Jeff Garcia. Where can I apply as a general manager of a franchise?

I'm with you, in that Detroit has the potential to turn this thing around in a hurry. But, your direction is a bit off.

I'm good with Saturday, but forget Fred Taylor. Kevin Smith and Rudi Johnson are good enough for now, but draft a RB in the third. Use the 1st overall pick to grab Curry. Use the pick from Dallas as part of a deal to land Cassel from New England. Spend the rest of the draft improving the OLine and the DLine. They do that and Detroit wins 8 games this year and hits the playoffs the following year.

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I'm with you, in that Detroit has the potential to turn this thing around in a hurry. But, your direction is a bit off.

I'm good with Saturday, but forget Fred Taylor. Kevin Smith and Rudi Johnson are good enough for now, but draft a RB in the third. Use the 1st overall pick to grab Curry. Use the pick from Dallas as part of a deal to land Cassel from New England. Spend the rest of the draft improving the OLine and the DLine. They do that and Detroit wins 8 games this year and hits the playoffs the following year.

I like the move to bring in Cassel but can he really make an impact on the team with only Calvin Johnson? If they do sign Saturday and bring in Cassel, I think they need to bring in Harrison as well for some experience and to have a big name wide receiver. They definitely have to build from the inside out. Games are won and lost in the trenches and they have to draft offensive and defensive linemen. If they weren't able to bring in Cassel, I would use the first overall pick on Mark Sanchez and possibly trade down from the 20th spot to draft as many solid linemen and players as possible in the draft.

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