10 Things I Think I Think about Football Free Agency 2010

1. It's a new day in DC. I guess little Danny Snyder has finally let the grownups run the ship.
2. Anquan Boldin going to the Ravens makes Joe Flacco a much more viable fantasy QB in 2010.
3. It's instructive that anyone would voluntarily join the Lions. Maybe there's finally hope in Motor City.
4. The Cardinals' streak of NFC West championships is over. Look for the 49ers to break through.
5. Chicago hasn't fixed its main problem; i.e., the space between Jay Cutler's ears.
6. The Bears also still need a WR1.
7. I'm not sure signing Chester Taylor does anything to make Matt Forte a better player.
8. A team with both Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco would be combustible. How many prima donnas can one locker room take?
9. I don't understand why the Eagles are keeping 3 QBs, any one of whom could start for most teams in the league. But maybe they plan to move Michael Vick later in the year when teams with QB needs start getting desperate. I would if I were their GM.
10. Would you rather have Vick, Sam Bradford, Jimmy Clausen, or Tim Tebow. I despise what Vick did to those dogs, but he's paid his debt to society and if I had to win now (see, e.g., John Fox?), I'd take Vick.

Comments

[C.E. Petit]

With all due respect, 5 through 7 are lower priorities for the Bears than retooling an offensive line that still believes it's 2004/2005. People (QBs, WRs, and RBs) have a greater tendency to panic, and therefore make bad decisions, when they're being needlessly and excessively bothered by fast-moving 140kg gentlemen wearing the opposing team's uniform, and that's exactly what happened to both Forte and Cutler in the 2009 season. Of course, Cutler was an SEC quarterback, so the space between his ears is definitely of concern...

On 10: The only one I would take is Tebow, but for an entirely different reason: The specter of Ryan Leaf. And I wouldn't take him above about pick 15 in the first round, either, no matter how badly I need a quarterback; frankly, I'd rather go after the third-string guy in Philly with a trade. Regardless of any need for changing his mechanics, or the learning curve associated with going away from the spread offense, Tebow -- despite being an SEC quarterback -- is the only one of those four who has demonstrated with his actions much willingness to listen to constructive criticism without a temper tantrum (his or those providing criticism).