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Charles Johnson will be watching the CBA closely.

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One of the guys not being discussed in most of the free agent discussions this year is Charles Johnson. He is in a contract year and if the CBA remains as it is (6 years needed for full free agency) will be a restricted free agent. On the other hand if a rookie salary cap goes through one of the proposals is that free agency will start sooner not later (after 4 years a player will be a free agent). If that extends to veterans as well, it will make guys like Johnson eligible for free agency this year. And if he is, he will be headed for a big payday here or elsewhere.I am sure he is looking at the CBA closely this year.

He is tied for 10th in sacks (7.5) among DEs but only 1.5 sacks behind the leaders who are bunched together with 9 sacks. He is on a roll and could easily finish with 3 or 4 more sacks this year which puts him up with some of the elite guys. He has 4 sacks in the past 3 games.

You know who he is ahead of right now? yeah Julius Peppers who only has 7 sacks. Johnson has 12 more tackles compared to Peppers as well.

So do we tender him with a first and third this year, or sign him long term while we can still get him relatively cheaply.

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Try to sign him long term now because with a new Dline next year I think he will be even better..

I also wonder if somehow we do not get the #1..maybe we go DE someone like Daquan bowers at #2 or 3 overall

I think that if we left Fairley on the table Hurney would be fired. Bowers is good, but we have serviceable DEs who are coming into their own. We have to have DTs.

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Yeah the guy who some folks called a bust because he was a third round project who didn't start much in year 1 or two and then only due to injury. I wonder if another third round project will be still called a bust in year 4 because he rarely saw the field his rookie year. Or will he develop into a stud like Johnson did.

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Yeah the guy who some folks called a bust because he was a third round project who didn't start much in year 1 or two and then only due to injury. I wonder if another third round project will be still called a bust in year 4 because he rarely saw the field his rookie year. Or will he develop into a stud like Johnson did.

did not mean to pie that, meant to quote, but regardless, i hope you are right about that.

I'm all for signing chuck long term and having him, hardy, and brown as our top three DE's with brown cycling in sometimes. If brown can get stronger, we very well could have a sick nasty DE rotation. now all we need is a fat fug up the middle who can toss people for fun.

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did not mean to pie that, meant to quote, but regardless, i hope you are right about that.

I'm all for signing chuck long term and having him, hardy, and brown as our top three DE's with brown cycling in sometimes. If brown can get stronger, we very well could have a sick nasty DE rotation. now all we need is a fat f**k up the middle who can toss people for fun.

I did mean to pie that. All we need is another Hollis Thomas who I maintain was never appreciated like he should have been here,

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