Maybe the incentives are crazy unreachable and there's a low base, but this is a guy with 10 catches for 92 yards...the past two seasons combined. He had one catch for 8 yards last season.
They did have interest in bringing him back. The Bears likely offered him a better contract
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 5m5 minutes ago
This must be the most obvious signing of the FA period.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/
All they need now is a little, shifty guy to run behind them. I hear Marco Rubio is available... [/jk]
According to PFF, all 5 of the Raider's starting OL had grades of 80 or higher last year. No other team in the NFL has three players with similar rankings.
Wasn't Dansby one of the members of the crybaby chorus who claimed that the Patriots cheated post Spygate?
GOOD. I want Derek Carr to reach his potential and the Raiders do, too. Protecting him was priority #1 and while Penn is just a dependable veteran starter - and this isn't the "best line in football" - this was a key move that protects the franchise.
Ummm, I should send you this in a PM. But I brought this up to a former NFL front office person who wanted to know HOW you made that call. So...yeah. There's at least one NFL decision maker who thinks SSF is as brilliant as the rest of the RFP alumni do.
It also makes sense from a "Bring the aging hometown hero home" perspective. Davis has stated several times Washington was his favorite team growing up and he loves DC. Davis is still pretty popular in DC and if he is signed for something like the vet minimum it will generate good press and vibes in the community. He wasn't signed with the idea that he is going to be all-world; everyone knows he's washed up and won't expect much of him, but locals are happy he's playing for the home team. Think Flutie signing with the Pats for his last year.
The Great Brown Purge continues. Browns save $3.95m on the cap with $4.5 in dead money. They also have no starting safeties from last year (Whitner, Gibson).
Keeping in mind that, in the NFL, it is atypical for a backup QB to go on to success on another team, just for fun I looked up what every QB that backed-up Brady and then went elsewhere has accomplished post-NE.
