2016 Free Agency/Retirements/Purge

[Freethinker]

The Hogan signing really was a pleasant shock. Normally these moves that "make perfect sense" rarely happen in the Caste NFL. Usually it seems our guys end up signing with horrible teams that do not use them to the best of their abilities. Hopefully Hogan will get a chance now to develop into the star that we all know he's capable of becoming.

 

[northwinds]

Patriots are going to host DE Chris Long for a tryout........

 

[white lightning]

Patriots are going to host DE Chris Long for a tryout........

It's about time. Hope they end up signing him. I can't say enough how happy I am about Hogan. If it were me, He would be a number 1 or 2 receiver lined up outside. Hogan can really stretch the field with his athletecism.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's sadly comical how in a league with 32 teams time and again it's the Patriots being linked to various White free agents. I guess it's just a matter of time until reports emerge of James Laurinaitis scheduling a visit to Foxboro. . . copycat league my ass.

 

[wile]

Isn't Chris Long the one with the tattoo that says "high motor?" If so then doesn't he have to know about the caste system, and if so WTF about his cuck father?

 

[Thrashen]

It's sadly comical how in a league with 32 teams time and again it's the Patriots being linked to various White free agents. I guess it's just a matter of time until reports emerge of James Laurinaitis scheduling a visit to Foxboro. . . copycat league my ass.

Because of the squad's annual ritual of signing quality white free agents, the Patriots are also routinely "linked" to white players in seemingly every "mock" draft, which is highly erroneous given their coal black draft history. In the Belichick era, the franchise has rarely drafted any whites at any position other than backup QB (O'Connell, Cassel, Kingsbury, Robinson, Mallett, Garopollo) , TE (Thomas, Mills, Gronkowski, Derby), OL (Mankins, Stork, Vollmer, Solder, Kaczur), and P/K/LS (Gostwoski, Mesko, Cardona). The precious few white defensive players that have been drafted in the past 15 years (Klecko, Ruud, Ebner, Bequette) never became starters.

DE Chris Long is meeting with the team today, so I really hope he signs with the Pats this week...

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england...ran-de-chris-long-visiting-patriots-on-monday

The Pats do have 3 quality DE's in Ninkovich, Jones, and Sheard, but the Jones/Sheard are both injury prone.

 

[Thrashen]

Eric Weddle signs with Ravens...

http://nflmocks.com/2016/03/14/eric-weddle-to-sign-with-baltimore-ravens/

 

[celticdb15]

Good for Weddle. Fat boy BJ Raji is retiring. Can anyone honestly say he ever lived up to his 1st rd draft status?!

 

[Don Wassall]

Eric Weddle signs with Ravens...

http://nflmocks.com/2016/03/14/eric-weddle-to-sign-with-baltimore-ravens/

Glad actually he didn't sign with New England given their near monopoly on interest in White FAs, he should thrive with the Ravens.

 

[Leonardfan]

Good for Weddle. Fat boy BJ Raji is retiring. Can anyone honestly say he ever lived up to his 1st rd draft status?!

If Raji were white he would of never been drafted because when white players are "run stoppers" at the DT position it makes them undraftable - however all Raji really ever did was eat up blockers.

There are some quality white DTs in this draft - I hope the Packers draft one.

 

[celticdb15]

If Raji were white he would of never been drafted because when white players are "run stoppers" at the DT position it makes them undraftable - however all Raji really ever did was eat up blockers.

There are some quality white DTs in this draft - I hope the Packers draft one.

Me too Ioanidis and Zimmer immediately come to mind. Raji was number 9 overall pick in 2009 and hasn't had a good year since2010. Let's just say fatboy was skating by on black privilege and untapped upside for years.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's telling that there's been so little interest by teams in Griffin III and Kaepernick, contrary to what the media figured would happen. NFL teams have little trouble implementing the Caste System at every position but quarterback. Poor quarterback play holds a team back, and the inadequacies of one can't be papered over on the field or for very long by the Caste media. Any GM staking much on either of those two at this point is in serious risk of losing his job in a year or two because of it.

 

[Leonardfan]

It's telling that there's been so little interest by teams in Griffin III and Kaepernick, contrary to what the media figured would happen. NFL teams have little trouble implementing the Caste System at every position but quarterback. Poor quarterback play holds a team back, and the inadequacies of one can't be papered over on the field or for very long by the Caste media. Any GM staking much on either of those two at this point is in serious risk of losing his job in a year or two because of it.

Great post Don. The Broncos also traded for Mark Sanchez which makes me think they will give him the starting job and draft a QB (hopefully a white one).

The Bears also signed Zach Miller back for 2 years along with Rob Housler.

I hope the Ravens draft a couple white players on defense as well.

 

[Leonardfan]

Me too Ioanidis and Zimmer immediately come to mind. Raji was number 9 overall pick in 2009 and hasn't had a good year since2010. Let's just say fatboy was skating by on black privilege and untapped upside for years.

Let's hope the term muscle shark is a compliment for Ioanidis lol.

 

[celticdb15]

Let's hope the term muscle shark is a compliment for Ioanidis lol.

He's a muscle shark that's a little tight in the hips. Doesn't have the best bend but he's a hard worker with underrated athleticism. Real blue collar guy .

-Typical draft writer.

 

[Leonardfan]

Patriots trade for a sumo bust from the cardinals. Chandler jones was traded for
Him. Another questionable patriots move.

At least they got another 2nd round pick for it as well.

 

[celticdb15]

Patriots trade for a sumo bust from the cardinals. Chandler jones was traded for
Him. Another questionable patriots move.


At least they got another 2nd round pick for it as well.

Geez. On top of that Packers had affletic TE Jared Cook in for a visit yesterday.

 

[Leonardfan]

They better not sign that overrated afflete. He's a bum and a team cancer

 

[Freethinker]

They better not sign that overrated afflete. He's a bum and a team cancer

It wouldn't be their modus operandi to go the free agent route. Let's hope they stick to it. A much better option anyway would be to draft Hunter Henry. An offense with Nelson, Cobb, Janis, Henry and a serviceable runner would be nearly impossible to stop.

 

[white lightning]

Patriots trade for a sumo bust from the cardinals. Chandler jones was traded for
Him. Another questionable patriots move.

At least they got another 2nd round pick for it as well.

It's official. The Patriots signed Chris Long today. Great news for New England. I really hope
they follow this up with a good draft. Would also love to see Gerhart go to Indy or New England.

 

[Leonardfan]

It's official. The Patriots signed Chris Long today. Great news for New England. I really hope
they follow this up with a good draft. Would also love to see Gerhart go to Indy or New England.

Great signing by the Pats. It would be great to see them draft one of the white des as well!

 

[Upside]

It's official. The Patriots signed Chris Long today. Great news for New England. I really hope
they follow this up with a good draft. Would also love to see Gerhart go to Indy or New England.

Good signing. Can't wait to see Long and Ninkovich tear it up.

Conte resigns with the Bucs after a solid year.

Heard Gerhart is visiting the Ravens. Still have James Laurinaitis, Craig Dahl, and a few others out there.
Chad Greenway says he's open to moving on from Minnesota. Despite the limited role, he was still very productive last year. I could see the Pats going after him at some point.
Think anyone will go after Wes Welker on a flyer??

 

[Riggins44]

It's official. The Patriots signed Chris Long today. Great news for New England. I really hope
they follow this up with a good draft. Would also love to see Gerhart go to Indy or New England.

Awesome news. The Pats make another great FA signing. Yes, maybe there's a chance the front office will wake up and have a good draft?

 

[Vanilla_Sky]

Pats signed Shea McClennin too.

Laurinitis went to NO, who also signed Nathan Stupar and already have Davis Tull and Michael Mauti at LB

 

[celticdb15]

-Guard/Center Evan Mathis signs 1yr/6mil with AZ. They plan to start him at Center.

-Saw former Georgia Bulldog Guard Ben Jones signed 4 year deal with the Titans.