February 11th, 2011 Friday
Friday’s Football Fixx
The Latest Moves Around the League
The Patriots are interested in keeping their top prize (quarterback Tom Brady) well protected, but may not be looking into heavily investing in that venture. The Boston Herald is reporting that the team is planning to place a franchise tag on their Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins. Mankins was a holdout at the start of the 2010 season, but returned long enough to accrue enough time to get full credit for a season played. With this move and the rocky past between Mankins and the Patriots, it looks like 2011 could be his last in New England.
The Cleveland Browns released defensive lineman Shaun Rogers on Wednesday, but it doesn’t look like he will be unemployed for very long. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Roger’s has been contacted by multiple teams. An unproductive 2010 season and hefty salary due in 2011 led to his departure from Cleveland. At 32 Rogers may not be quite done, but with just two sacks last season he’s not likely to see a big payday in his near future.
The Redskins number one wide receiver Santana Moss is now an unrestricted free agent with his contracted being voided on Friday. Moss set a career high in 2010 with 93 receptions, but that was with Donovan McNabb under center. At 31 years of age, if Moss is thinking about a ring he has to know the window of opportunity is shrinking. He is a capable receiver that can still make plays, as a free agent he can also basically go anywhere he’d like, with more change coming to Washington in 2011 it’s hard to see him staying.
The Bengal’s quarterback Carson Palmer has reportedly put his home on the market indicating to some that he has no plans of playing in Cincinnati in 2011. The Bengals have reportedly expressed they have no interest in trading Palmer, leaving the question will Palmer be traded or retire. Either way it looks like the Bengals will have to go searching for a quarterback this offseason, via the draft or free agency. If cooler heads should happen to prevail, there could be some interest in Palmer who (although not the most impressive) did bounce back in 2010 with one of his more productive seasons (3,970 yards passing, 26 touchdowns; he also set a career high with 586 pass attempts and tied his career high with 20 interceptions.
The Patriots are interested in keeping their top prize (quarterback Tom Brady) well protected, but may not be looking into heavily investing in that venture. The Boston Herald is reporting that the team is planning to place a franchise tag on their Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins. Mankins was a holdout at the start of the 2010 season, but returned long enough to accrue enough time to get full credit for a season played. With this move and the rocky past between Mankins and the Patriots, it looks like 2011 could be his last in New England.
The Cleveland Browns released defensive lineman Shaun Rogers on Wednesday, but it doesn’t look like he will be unemployed for very long. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Roger’s has been contacted by multiple teams. An unproductive 2010 season and hefty salary due in 2011 led to his departure from Cleveland. At 32 Rogers may not be quite done, but with just two sacks last season he’s not likely to see a big payday in his near future.
The Redskins number one wide receiver Santana Moss is now an unrestricted free agent with his contracted being voided on Friday. Moss set a career high in 2010 with 93 receptions, but that was with Donovan McNabb under center. At 31 years of age, if Moss is thinking about a ring he has to know the window of opportunity is shrinking. He is a capable receiver that can still make plays, as a free agent he can also basically go anywhere he’d like, with more change coming to Washington in 2011 it’s hard to see him staying.
The Bengal’s quarterback Carson Palmer has reportedly put his home on the market indicating to some that he has no plans of playing in Cincinnati in 2011. The Bengals have reportedly expressed they have no interest in trading Palmer, leaving the question will Palmer be traded or retire. Either way it looks like the Bengals will have to go searching for a quarterback this offseason, via the draft or free agency. If cooler heads should happen to prevail, there could be some interest in Palmer who (although not the most impressive) did bounce back in 2010 with one of his more productive seasons (3,970 yards passing, 26 touchdowns; he also set a career high with 586 pass attempts and tied his career high with 20 interceptions.
Here Comes the Combine (Feb 24th - Mar 1st)
For those of you at home keeping score, the future superstars of the NFL will be on displaying in Indianapolis for the annual Scouting Combine. The event will once again be held at Lucas Oild Stadium and be covered on the NFL Network. The event opens on Thursday February 24th and will run through to March 1st. More than 300 of the country’s top collegiate football players and the NFL prospects will gather to showcase their skills and talents in hopes of reaching the next level.
These are some of the featured participants expected to be in Indianapolis for the Combine;
Newton, Cam-Auburn
Little, Greg-North Carolina
Ingram, Mark-Alabama
Locker, Jake-Washington
Young, Titus-Boise St.
Bowers, Da'Quan-Clemson
Clayborn, Adrian-Iowa
Dareus, Marcell-Alabama
Fairley, Nick-Auburn
Heyward, Cameron-Ohio St.
Jordan, Cameron-California
Kerrigan, Ryan-Purdue
Liuget, Corey-Illinois
Paea, Stephen-Oregon St.
Quinn, Robert-North Carolina
Watt, J.J.-Wisconsin
Ponder, Christian-Florida St.
Stanzi, Ricky-Iowa
Brown, Vincent-San Diego St.
Green, A.J.-Georgia
Hunter, Kendall-Oklahoma St.
Murray, Demarco-Oklahoma
Thomas, Daniel-Buffalo
Hankerson, Leonard-Miami
Jernigan, Jerrel-Troy
Jones, Julio-Alabama
Clay, Charles-Tulsa
Kendricks, Lance-Wisconsin
Stocker, Luke-Tennessee
Wilkerson, Muhammad-Temple
Ayers, Akeem-UCLA
Carter, Bruce-North Carolina
Dalton, Andrew-TCU
Devlin, Patrick-Delaware
Gabbert, Blaine-Missouri
Kaepernick, Colin-Nevada
Mallett, Ryan-Arkansas
Williams, D.J.-Arkansas
Herzlich, Mark-Boston College
Jones, Greg-Michigan St.
Matthews, Casey-Oregon
Miller, Von-Texas A&M
By David Ortega
For those of you at home keeping score, the future superstars of the NFL will be on displaying in Indianapolis for the annual Scouting Combine. The event will once again be held at Lucas Oild Stadium and be covered on the NFL Network. The event opens on Thursday February 24th and will run through to March 1st. More than 300 of the country’s top collegiate football players and the NFL prospects will gather to showcase their skills and talents in hopes of reaching the next level.
These are some of the featured participants expected to be in Indianapolis for the Combine;
Newton, Cam-Auburn
Little, Greg-North Carolina
Ingram, Mark-Alabama
Locker, Jake-Washington
Young, Titus-Boise St.
Bowers, Da'Quan-Clemson
Clayborn, Adrian-Iowa
Dareus, Marcell-Alabama
Fairley, Nick-Auburn
Heyward, Cameron-Ohio St.
Jordan, Cameron-California
Kerrigan, Ryan-Purdue
Liuget, Corey-Illinois
Paea, Stephen-Oregon St.
Quinn, Robert-North Carolina
Watt, J.J.-Wisconsin
Ponder, Christian-Florida St.
Stanzi, Ricky-Iowa
Brown, Vincent-San Diego St.
Green, A.J.-Georgia
Hunter, Kendall-Oklahoma St.
Murray, Demarco-Oklahoma
Thomas, Daniel-Buffalo
Hankerson, Leonard-Miami
Jernigan, Jerrel-Troy
Jones, Julio-Alabama
Clay, Charles-Tulsa
Kendricks, Lance-Wisconsin
Stocker, Luke-Tennessee
Wilkerson, Muhammad-Temple
Ayers, Akeem-UCLA
Carter, Bruce-North Carolina
Dalton, Andrew-TCU
Devlin, Patrick-Delaware
Gabbert, Blaine-Missouri
Kaepernick, Colin-Nevada
Mallett, Ryan-Arkansas
Williams, D.J.-Arkansas
Herzlich, Mark-Boston College
Jones, Greg-Michigan St.
Matthews, Casey-Oregon
Miller, Von-Texas A&M
By David Ortega
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