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Thanks for the update dawgs.

So according to this article, and what I heard on the radio, Antrel Rolle prayed for God to give him a sign as to where he should go in free agency. The Giants wanted to keep him, the Bears were making a serious offer.

At 4:30 am the next morning he woke suddenly, which he claims he never does. His phone buzzed. He picked it up to see an Orbitz ad for low air fares to Chicago... later that day, he signed with the Bears.

So who do we need to start spamming with Cleveland ads?

Steelers sign DeAngelo Williams

Raiders sign Christian Ponder

I knew DeAngelo was going to Pittsburgh. He is of no threat.

Not exactly FA news, but since there's not a specific extensions thread, Steelers signed Roethlisberger to an extension today. Per @steelers (official steelers twitter account)

Terms not out yet, my guess is to lower his cap value, which according to spotrac was 18.4m. Win/win for them.

j/c:



https://twitter.com/jfowlerespn

We'll see.

Are Pettine and Manziel better than Ryan and Cassell?

Seriously?

Both QBs are crap. Ryan was good for a few years, then turned into crap. At least the book is still out on Pettine.

Man.........this FA period sucks for us. Could it get any worse?

We raise season ticket prices.

We wanna move TC to Columbus to generate more money.

We redo the uniforms to get more money.

We are one of the top teams in terms of cap space.

Yet, we don't want to spend any money to improve the team.

Are you kidding me?

The ticket prices have to go up at some point.



Training will be both in some other location and Berea.



Who cares about the uniforms?



We will eventually sign some players.



Yes. We could be signing average players for more than they are worth.

Dolphins trade Mike Wallace to Vikings

Yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!! Likely means they will go another direction with their first and one of the big 3 receivers will land in cleveland.

I would have taken a flier on Ponder with the guys we have on the roster! SMH!

I didn't even think of that.

So Miami gave up:

Mike Wallace
3rd Round Pick
7th Round Pick

For:

Kenny Stills
5th Round Pick


...

Why?

I guess they either really liked Stills or really wanted to get rid of Wallace for something in return.

Just keep pushing everybody's money back further a couple more years..

That team is going to have to be gutted eventually..

Maybe. Or maybe Farmer will play a Belichick and trade out of the first for picks next year.... Or perhaps he will use them like he did last year. On projects that won't play this season. He sure seems to think the team is fine as is. Maybe he really believes that.

Farmer has said on a couple occasions he doesn't value the WR position. If he takes a WR in the first it's becaue Haslam FORCED him to. I will be shocked if he takes a WR higher than the 4th round and at least mildly surprised if he drafts one at all....

If he does draft a WR in the 1st, will you be happy?

Higher than the FOURTH??

I think patience is the key. We were told up front we weren't going to make a big splash this year, yet people seem surprised that we haven't.

I think we will make a move or two over the next week or two. We are just entering the point where the players who aren't signed and were hoping for big dollars are now starting to get a bit edgy and will come back down to earth when a team finally does give them a offer.

There are still several receivers out there who could help improve the roster.

Even though we signed Hartline, I'd still like to see Miles Austin re-signed. Other WR's still available are Cecil Shorts, Michael Crabtree, Denarius Moore, Stevie Johnson, Andre Holmes, Dwayne Bowe, and a few others. None of them would be #1's, but would add to WR depth, where I think we need some size and experience.

I think either Charles Clay or Jermaine Gresham would be a good fit at TE, with Clay being a better target but Gresham the superior blocker.

I'd like to bolster the interior DL - maybe Vince Wilfork?

Finally, and most important, I think we need to fill the hole Skrine left; Perish Cox, Shareece Wright, Patrick Robinson, and Tramon Williams are still avalable.

There's plenty of time for the Browns to help themselves with some key additions, without breaking the bank. It looks to me like the Browns are saving money for a bigger push in FA next year, but there are still moves they can make. Fans need to be a little more patient.

Vikings part ways with Greg Jennings after Mike Wallace trade

Posted by Darin Gantt on March 14, 2015, 2:11 PM EDT
Britain Football NFL
AP
The writing was on the wall for Greg Jennings when the Vikings traded for Mike Wallace last night.

Today, they put it on paper.

The Vikings announced they cut the former Packers wide receiver, their last effort at finding a big-money big-play receiver.

Jennings was due $8.9 million this year, and would have counted $11 million against the cap.

The 31-year-old Jennings had good-not-great numbers for the Vikings, after signing a five-year, $45 million contract in March 2013. He caught 59 passes for 742 yards and six touchdowns, solid numbers, but hardly in line with his numbers on the payroll ledger. PFT

He really seemed out of place with the Vikings. I would be very tempted to take a shot on him.

He'll end up back with the Packers.

Doesn't matter, he's a Titan.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/14/titans-sign-perrish-cox/

Bud we were warned in Haslams very first news conference and I pointed it out then.



In that very same presser he described how often he changed the marketing concept for Pilot Flying J. Marketing was emphasized in that presser.

The difference is, diesel fuel is provided as a product and marketing sells it. An NFL team has to be built and then sold. Two different animals there.

I admit to being somewhat disappointed with this news...

Disappointment..... It's not just for breakfast anymore....

I wonder if he felt like they were a better opportunity to start, and that played into his decision? The article does say that he is expected to start in Tennessee.

I'm taking Jennings over any of the other available crap.

heckert.... i mean farmer pretty much out and out said his draft picks are going to start. what do you think?

Yeah, like John Hughes! He's never going to get extended.

Where do you get this stuff?

Link

yea and i said now that we have to draft a TE it opened a spot for hughes.

Show me where you are getting this stuff. You are just making crap up.

Chris Cook, Brandon Harris, Tramon Williams, Josh Thomas, Antwon Blake, Josh Gordy, Javier Arenas, Patrick Robinson, Kyle Robinson.

One of these guys will likely be on our team next year.

To go out and draft a guy that’s not going to play doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/arti...50-df0742cd8cd0

So you are faulting our GM for wanting to draft guys who are good?