Matthias

We brought in Keyshawn Johnson. He was supposed to be Shaq to Smitty's Kobe.

Every time McCoy plays us, he always whines and complains about getting hurt. Ain't nobody scared.

All the news people wanted Hardy to get at least 6 games or more. So they will probably sound off if he only gets two games.

He could have simply said Oher could compete for the LT position, and that they are still looking things over. Last year they were saying some of the same things with Bell. Ultimately we went in with Bell and that was a disaster. In my eyes it's like history is starting to repeat itself. Besides that, I wanted to fill a need in free agency, so we could do things like going BPA in the draft if the guys at "need" spots didn't fit our bill when it is our turn to pick. As it is now, we are going to have a lot of needs heading into the draft. I think that is the wrong way to go about things.

Let's say I would be more active in pursuing a LT than Getts. In fact, if I had things my way last year, this wouldn't even be a problem. I would have let Hardy walk in free agency, and would have signed Veldheer. Right now, I would be following Jake Long and seeing where he was at. I would be looking at Hairston (sp) from the Bills, even possibly looking to see if the Vikings would take a conditional late round pick for Matt Kalil. The one thing I would not being doing, is saying Oher could be the answer at LT.

See this is the kind of stuff I was talking on yesterday. By the way, this crud didn't start with Gettlemen. Hurney didn't actively seek out to replace Otah. He thought Byron Bell could suitably fill in at RT for the time being until they could truly find a RT. Yet, this is leaps and bounds worst than the procrastination of Hurney in finding a RT. G-man is being stubborn when it comes to replacing Jordan Gross, Cam's main protector. I hope Cam has a memory like Eli Manning. Manning was sacked and threw many interceptions because of pressure, and he always came back as if nothing happened. It didn't effect him. Cam will have to have that same mentality, because he is about to get lit up like the sky on the fourth. Although the biggest difference would be Cam takes hits when he runs. It's a downright shame Gettlemen refuses to get Cam a LT, even though he's taking double the amount of hits than any other QB since he's come into the league. That's downright criminal.

I don't dispute that, but there's no question he failed in terms of free agency last year. He shouldn't have franchised Hardy, knowing full well he wouldn't be able to bring him back long term. He should have signed an OT, particularly my guy Veldheer, but instead thought Bell of all people would be a stud essentially. Of course he then went out and signed Harper and DeCoud, though I admit I thought DeCoud would be reliable. This year I'm giving him a little more leeway, but I don't like the Oher signing. It reeks of "depending on Bell to be something" all over again. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Gettlemen brought Bell back, and was satisfied with that concerning the OT spots. I trust him concerning drafting, but I'm a bit concerned with his free agency skills right now.

Of course I'm not the one to complain about those things, but we have to admit we were lucky. I imagine having the same record next year won't amount to the same results. We were a much better team with Gross anchoring the left side. True. Though the Rams have been reported of being interested in bringing Long back under a lesser deal. So if we were looking at him, I'd at least put in a call.

My biggest thing about this is, we trusted Gettlemen last year. Where did that get us? We were stuck with a wasted 13 million dollars in cap space, and two OTs that couldn't block traffic. This year our OT situation hasn't improve much. What I really fear is having Olsen in on max protection, and we never using his skills to it's max potential. We got lucky last year as far as making it to the playoffs. So my thing is let's cut the games and bring in a proven OT. Yeah, he's been injured, but we are desperate if you ask me.

Well like others have said, we could probably put in incentives or give him a two-three year deal where we could release him the following year if it doesn't work. I do think we would have to have a better offer than other teams because as much as I hate to say it, free agents aren't necessarily attracted to us yet. Also to everyone else concerning the retirement talk, I've heard the Rams would be interested in having Long come back on a lesser deal. If they still would like to have him, perhaps they still think he could play if he could come back healthy.

Ah, I didn't know he was considering retirement. That would suck.

We cannot go into the draft with two huge question marks at both WR and OT. Now my guy, Bulaga, was taken off the market before the games begun. Nothing we could have done about that. Even went back to GB for less money. When we look at the receiver department, there really is no one we like out there. The biggest receiver name that will come available perhaps later today in Dwayne Bowe, is not a burner. Plus for the past couple of seasons he has stunk up the joint. So I'm telling you guys right now, we cannot enter this draft with KB still be our only receiver on the roster, and flipping Mr. Blindside himself as our starting LT. We need to put in a call to Long's agent, and bring his butt here. Now I know the guy is a little injury prone these last couple of seasons, but he is the only LT out there that will add something to our O-line. I was willing to pay Bulaga in the 7-8 million a year range, and I have no problem offering that to Long. As long as he could stay healthy, he would be the best LT we've had since Gross of course.

I'm telling yall right here, if the Jets can land Cromartie, they might be a formidable team. They have Brandon Marshall as a solid number one, and Decker can hold down the number two receiver spot. They just need a decent QB. Probably don't have that in Geno, but perhaps they may draft the QB out of Baylor in the second round.

If that's true, the ain'ts will once again be the dumpster fire of the NFC South for years to come.

Man, and you guys wanted to bring Chip Kelly here as our next coach. Guy would have ran our organization into the ground with his experiments, and he would have traded away Cam by the way.

Bad deal for the Eagles.

Hardy's definitely a difference maker, but I think we can win a championship without him. Earlier in the year, we missed his presence, but we straightened it out as the season progressed. Our biggest problems were on the offensive line, the lack of speed at the receiver position, and Charles Godfrey. We corrected the Godfrey at nickel problem, now all we need is a speedy receiver and a good LT. Besides if we did bring Hardy back, it will mostly be a one year deal, and he will miss more than half of it sitting on his couch at home.

Just let the guy go. We have to pay Cam his money, Luke his, and Norman his. Not to mention we need to bring in a good LT in free agency. Those guys don't come cheap. Kony Ealy looks to be well on his way in becoming a good, if not great DE. We still got CJ aka Big Money with us, and he is not as old as most think.

Suspend him for the year. If the Panthers had to go pretty much a full season without his services, then no other team should have him for a year heehee!

If this is the case, tell me why he waited until the day of his trial, to pay off the witness? Couldn't he have done that many months ago and played this past season? That makes absolutely no sense.

To those saying this make Hardy look worse, I'm not sure I understand. Of course I don't understand the settlement thing either. Without Holder showing up, the trial would have been dismissed anyway. If anything, this makes Hardy look generous. Yet all in all, Hardy held out for this trial through the season and was going to see it through. If all he had to do was pay her a little bit of money and the whole thing would have been dismissed, shouldn't he have done that from the beginning? No, this case was flat out dismissed, and Hardy gave her money, making himself look even more innocent.

Where's Adam Schefter?

Wasn't he involved in some sort of domestic dispute? Also, what kind of crowd does he keep? Of course managing to stay out of trouble for one year at college don't mean too much. Once he makes it to the NFL, he will have money. Money can buy a lot of things.

This is the new NFL. No way you take a guy with this many flags in the early rounds. All NFL teams should make a pact to let this kid go undrafted. Let him work his way up so he can learn diligence.

You know what, I almost forgot about the whole Lovie Smith vs Ron "Riverboat" Rivera scenario. With Lovie being in the division, that will make things really interesting year in and year out.