Free Agency Thus Far

I took yesterday off from everything but work to catch up on my sleep after the WPBT event on Sunday, and hanging out until the wee hours on Monday night/Tuesday morning with my cousin who was visiting from Florida, and Wilkie. Both of whom drank a lot more than I realized while we were at the OPAC, more on all of that later.

Right now I need to focus on catching up with the NFL trades and free agent moves over the last few days. Of course I heard about the trade that will send Daunte Culpepper to Miami if he passes a physical, Drew Brees heading to New Orleans (who's gonna block for him?) where he is going to find himself in another tough division with a tough non-divisional schedule that includes Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philly, and Washington all coming to NOLA and a trip to Pittsburgh, as well as stops in Dallas and NY for the Giants. Personally, I think that the Giants should give up this home game against the Saints to make up for their Katrina "home opener" last year. If anything, the city could definitely use the added influx of visitors and cash as it is still struggling to get back on it's feet after last year's problems. This is all assuming that NOLA doesn't get hit by another big hurricane early this season.

Arizona now has The Edge at their disposal. Will the Cards continue to be where RBs go to end their career, much like the Lions with head coaches, or can he help them turn it all around in the desert?

My Skins have been quite busy so far, spending LaVar Arrington's money. I first saw the signings of Adam Archuleta and Andre Carter while I was with Michael and Wilkie at the OPAC, and everyone was wondering where my sudden giddiness came from. They also signed Antwaan Randle El and acquired Brandon Lloyd from San Fran for a 3rd round draft pick this year and a 4th rounder next year, which looks like a steal to me right now considering Lloyd was the only bright spot I saw from the Niners in 2005. This is great news for Santana Moss who made it to the Pro Bowl last year despite seeing double and sometimes triple coverage throughout the season.

Coach Gibbs' crew also re-signed The Rock and Khary Campbell (both great special teamers), inked Christian Fauria and Todd Collins to free agent deals, and brought John Abraham in for a visit, although it would seem that Abraham is no longer an option now with the signing of Carter.

The one thing I did notice is that there were no OL signings. Having Jon Jansen and Chris Samuels at the tackles is wonderful, but the interior of the line was bad enough last year that 87 year old Ray Brown started 14 games at guard before retiring this off season. At the very least they'll have to find someone to fill in for Brown, who is the only offensive lineman in history to have a jersey number that was less than his age.

The Lions have decided that there is no need to have a starting QB when you can carry 4 back-ups, and signed Jon Kitna after the much ballyhooed signing of Shaun King, who didn't even play football in 2005. I like Kitna and all, but is another quarterback controversy really what this team needs? He's already yapping about coming here to be the starter because he was unhappy as a backup. Didn't Jeff Garcia say the same thing last year? At least Garcia was dating a PMOY, what's Kitna bringing to the table?