Free Agency Updates: NFC East foes

So with the Redskins getting all the attention, I thought it'd be good to take a moment and take a look at what the other NFC East teams have been up to in the Free Agency circus. I was completely shocked to hear the Eagles let Dawkins go to the Broncos. The Eagles would only offer him a 1-year when he wanted 2-years. The guy is the heart and soul of that team...what's an extra year? The Eagles' blog seems to be OK with it, since Dawkins has lost a step, and it was a boat load of cash. Quintin Demps will take over for Dawk. Lito wanted out of Philly, so that trade was bound to happen. It certainly will be odd not seeing the dark visor blitzing against us anymore. Full run-down:
NY Giants
Signed OLB Michael Boley.
Signed Defensive tackle Rocky Bernard.
Signed DE Chris Canty (6-year, $42 million, $17.5 guaranteed)
PHI Eagles
Brian Dawkins to Broncos (2-year, $9.5 mil, $7.5 guaranteed)
Correll Buckhalter signs with Broncos
Lito Sheppard to the Jets for a 5th round pick
Safety Sean Considine signs with Jaguars
Signed OL Stacy Andrews
STILL SHOPPING FOR BIG NAME WR (Lav Coles maybe?)
DAL Cowgirls
Cut Brad Johnson
Traded CB Anthony Henry to the Lions for Jon Kitna
Cut Zach Thomas and added Keith Brooking
Dallas bloggers seem to be OK with losing Canty. To me, it looks like the Skins progressed massively, while our foes have either gone backwards (DAL) or stayed neutral (Eagles/NY Giants). Maybe the Skins have a chance now of not getting swept by Big Blue.
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Big Blue
I would say the Giants are taking the good steps to keep up, while beagles and girls are taking serious steps backwards
The Redskins got a lot better, and didn’t even realize that it could happen.
Hall and Haynesworth up grades the defense even more than a healthy football trained Taylor will provide.
The news which has been big but in my mind is HUGE was the Dockery signing. A key to a strong offensive line according to everyone who’s played the game is confidence in the rest of the members. The Redskins improved the LG position while at the same time improved the continuity of the line…Samuels Trusts Dockery who Trusts Casey which include Thomas, A free agent signing which actually increased the cohesivness of the offensive line is HUGE I say and could show great rewards than the Defensive signinings.
Grading the Redskins above the division rivials is easy with the improvement of both the offense and defensive units. HTTR
Agreed on Dockery.
I think that’s the best move we’ve made yet.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
haynesworth
how about that haynesworth signing?
http://fanzak.com/fzrants/Does_the_NFL_stand_for_
Nice article
Yea, the loyalty thing is a tough issue. The amount of money the Broncos threw Dawkins was staggering. It set a record for safeties I believe, and The Eagles have Dawkins’ protege already groomed. Tough call. As for Hanyesworth, people seem to keep missing the point that the Redskins are not paying $100 million for Albert. The only thing he has gotten from the Skins so far is the signing bonus and this year’s salary. Most free agents get cut or traded after 1-3 years, so it’s not as big of a deal as the $100 million sounds like. The signing bonus was absurdly high, but that only means bears will be $9 for us instead of $7.25.
Bears, beets,
Battlestar Galactica.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
Wait --
how much did the Broncs pay for B-Dawk? Was it more than we paid for Archuleta? PLEEEEASE tell me it was more than we paid for Archuleta….
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
Well, yes and no...
Skins gave Adam a $5million signing bonus and Dawkins has $7.5 guaranteed this year. Although Archuleta got another $5million pay out as well.
Movin on up
I gotta disagree that the Giants have been in neutral for signings. I agree the Skins getting Haynesworth and locking up Hall are strong moves. A lot of talk radio guys have said it’s just Snyder’s M.O. and that it won’t make a difference, but I don’t see how having a 7,000 pound man anchoring your D-Line isn’t a big help. As for the Cowgirls, I think they’re in a holding pattern. Good for them to lose Pacman, err, Adam… but otherwise they haven’t done anything. The Eggles are hopefully dismantling for a rebuild. Let’s hope it goes terribly for them. At least with Dawkins out of the East there’ll be lesshelmet-to-facemask hits on downed players.
But c’mon, NYG pulled in a big boy in Canty, and I don’t know too much about Rocky Bernard. The confusing thing is that now we have 37 defensive linemen. We’re wondering if one of them is trade fodder, or if we’ll just have the freshest D-Line in the history of football this year. The Boley signing addresses our biggest weakness, although I’d love to see a guy like Jason Taylor or another playmaker come on over. Now they’ll look at backup safeties.
So the Giants are focusing on defense right now, and I think it’s moving forward/looking good. I’d say Skins ‘n’ Giants, equally moving forward, Dallas, moving slightly back, Philly, disintegrating.
You play to win the game!
Please
The Skins will have more playoff wins next year (1) then Romo in his entire career. At least Romo has a fat girl friend…so he has that going for him, which is nice.
Possible, but not bloody likely.
Ware, 2008: 20 sacks
Redskins, 2008: 24 sacks
Remember that the Redskins run a disciplined, “play the run first” gap control defense, which is part of the reason why Jason Taylor sucked in it. It’s a scheme that isn’t particularly conducive to sacks, especially by the D-line.
….Of course, Albert Painsworth will also have more Andre Gurode facestomps than DeMarcus Ware will have Casey Rabach facestomps.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
So...
You’re telling me the Skins D-line had 24 sacks or the whole defense had 24 sacks?
~Texas Massacre 08~
Whole defense.
D-line had 19. My point was that it’s unlikely to happen again w/ Haynesworth plugging up the middle.
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
You Do Know...
That for 6 games he may be ineffective. The NFC East O-Lines are some of the best in the league.
~Texas Massacre 08~
Now you're just trying to pick a fight.
That’s like me saying that Marion Barber will rush for 0 yards in Washington this year because the Redskins have a strong run defense.
Sacks allowed by team, 2008 season:
Giants – 28
Cowboys – 31
Eagles – 23
Indy – 14(!!)
Jax – 42
Houston – 32
Even with Jacksonville’s horrific protection issues, the AFC South teams that the Titans have to play allowed only 6 more sacks (88) than did the Redskins’ NFC East rivals. (82) 6 sacks, over the entire season — works out to exactly 1 sack every 8 games. (3 teams, 16 games each, 48 games divided by 6)
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

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