2015 NFL Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Aka the joint destination for tears of 49ers, Eagles and Patriots fans alike. Come together now, friends. Let us all weep for the horrid decisions our respective front offices have made.

For those of you who need catching up on today's news:

New Orleans trades TE Jimmy Graham, 2015 4th round pick to Seattle for C Max Unger, 2015 1st round pick.

Philadelphia trades QB Nick Foles, 2015 4th round + 2016 2nd round picks to St. Louis for QB Sam Bradford, 2015 5th round pick.

Ex-Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin signs with Kansas City.

Ex-Seahawks DB Byron Maxwell signs with Philadelphia.

Ex-49ers RB Frank Gore signs with Indianapolis.

Ex-Ravens WR Torrey Smith signs with San Francisco.

Baltimore trades NT Haloti Ngata to Detroit for 2015 4th + 5th round picks.

Ex-Packers LB AJ Hawk signs with Cincinnati.

Ex-Patriots RB Shane Vereen signs with New York Giants.

Ex-Ravens TE Owen Daniels signs with Denver.

Ex-Eagles LB/DE Trent Cole signs with Indianapolis.

Ex-Titans QB Jake Locker retires.

Ex-49ers LB Patrick Willis retires.

Ex-Patriots DB Darelle Revis signs with New York Jets.

Ex-Texans WR Andre Johnson signs with Indianapolis.

Ex-Chargers RB Ryan Matthews signs with Philadelphia.

Buccaneers release DE Michael Johnson.

New York Jets acquire QB Ryan Fitzpatrick from Houston Texans for conditional 2016 draft pick.

Ex-Seahawks DB Walter Thurmond signs with Philadelphia.

DB Cortland Finnegan retires.

Ex-Cowboys RB Demarco Murray signs with Philadelphia.

[free my dawg]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

[DemPGH]

If it's not been finalized yet, I hope Suh does indeed sign with Miami. Their D was inconsistent - great one week, awful the next. A guy like that could make a huge difference.

Jimmy Graham to Seattle is a big one, but they lose Byron Maxwell to the Eagles, which hurts, but I think they knew that there was no way they were keeping everybody.

[King]

lol eagles

[Associate Justice PiT]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

     We went from first (or second) to worst pretty quickly. This season is going to hurt.

[free my dawg]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

[publicunofficial]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

     We went from first (or second) to worst pretty quickly. This season is going to hurt.

They got their new stadium, and no longer feel the need to put out a good product. I expect the 49ers to be bad for at least 2-3 seasons at this point.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

Remember that when LeSean McCoy pounds through your Wilfork-less front seven, Geno Smith passes circles around your Revis-less secondary and Ndamukong Suh rips through your already mediocre o-line like paper, then we'll talk about jokes

[free my dawg]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

Remember that when LeSean McCoy pounds through your Wilfork-less front seven, Geno Smith passes circles around your Revis-less secondary and Ndamukong Suh rips through your already mediocre o-line like paper, then we'll talk about jokes

>implying lesean mccoy runs through the tackles
>implying geno smith or ryan fitzpatrick can pass in the first place
>implying cameron wake doesn't do that anyway
>implying the best linebacking corps in the afc won't make any speed runners irrelevant
>implying geno smith has anyone to throw to
>implying our o-line is mediocre
>implying wilfork is already gone

[JRP1994]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

Remember that when LeSean McCoy pounds through your Wilfork-less front seven, Geno Smith passes circles around your Revis-less secondary and Ndamukong Suh rips through your already mediocre o-line like paper, then we'll talk about jokes

We played the Lions this year. Put up 34 points on them and held them to 9.

Also, when the o-line was Solder, Connolly, Stork, Wendell, and Vollmer, it was virtually impenetrable.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

Remember that when LeSean McCoy pounds through your Wilfork-less front seven, Geno Smith passes circles around your Revis-less secondary and Ndamukong Suh rips through your already mediocre o-line like paper, then we'll talk about jokes

>implying lesean mccoy runs through the tackles
>implying geno smith or ryan fitzpatrick can pass in the first place
>implying cameron wake doesn't do that anyway

>implying mccoy is going to run the same way in rex ryan's system as he did in chip kelly's system, but if you really wanna play semantics, then knowshon moreno
>implying it won't be so easy that anyone could do it
>implying it won't be a lot worse now

We played the Lions this year. Put up 34 points on them

Ndamukong Suh wasn't the only player on the Lions' defense, you know. Brady threw for 2 TDs in that game.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

     We went from first (or second) to worst pretty quickly. This season is going to hurt.

They got their new stadium, and no longer feel the need to put out a good product. I expect the 49ers to be bad for at least 2-3 seasons at this point.

     Our owner doesn't care. He just wants to be in control, even if it means replacing a proven success at Head Coach with a spineless yes man.

[JRP1994]

Y'all acting like we weren't one catch away from winning the Super Bowl without a secondary

Remember when Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets after the 04 World Series

Remember when your owner fired Harbaugh and half the team went with him? Sh*t was jokes

Remember that when LeSean McCoy pounds through your Wilfork-less front seven, Geno Smith passes circles around your Revis-less secondary and Ndamukong Suh rips through your already mediocre o-line like paper, then we'll talk about jokes

>implying lesean mccoy runs through the tackles
>implying geno smith or ryan fitzpatrick can pass in the first place
>implying cameron wake doesn't do that anyway

>implying mccoy is going to run the same way in rex ryan's system as he did in chip kelly's system, but if you really wanna play semantics, then knowshon moreno
>implying it won't be so easy that anyone could do it
>implying it won't be a lot worse now

We played the Lions this year. Put up 34 points on them

Ndamukong Suh wasn't the only player on the Lions' defense, you know. Brady threw for 2 TDs in that game.

Very true. Brady threw 2 to Tim Wright, and LeGarrette Blount ran for 2.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Darren McFadden just signed with the Dallas Cowboys to replace DeMarco Murray.  2 years, don't know the price.

Darren McFadden is a good running back who has started all 32 games the last 2 seasons for Oakland behind a tissue paper O-line.  Now, he goes behind one of the best O-lines in the NFL in Dallas, so his numbers should improve dramatically this season.  I'm glad Jerry has moved on from Adrian Peterson or Ray Rice.  Both of them come with great risks.  McFadden is not a trouble maker, so this should be a much better decision.

[Miles]

I'm still in a state of shock from the Saints trading Jimmy Graham...

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm still in a state of shock from the Saints trading Jimmy Graham...

Seriously.  Seattle didn't need any help...

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Darren McFadden just signed with the Dallas Cowboys to replace DeMarco Murray.  2 years, don't know the price.

Darren McFadden is a good running back who has started all 32 games the last 2 seasons for Oakland behind a tissue paper O-line.  Now, he goes behind one of the best O-lines in the NFL in Dallas, so his numbers should improve dramatically this season.  I'm glad Jerry has moved on from Adrian Peterson or Ray Rice.  Both of them come with great risks.  McFadden is not a trouble maker, so this should be a much better decision.

1. He only played 26 games the last 2 seasons, and he only started 19 of them.
2. Regardless of his "tissue paper" offensive line (which included the likes of Menelik Watson, Donald Penn, Jared Veldheer and Andre Gurode, which is not a bad group of guys) he still rushed for an average of 3.35 yards per carry over the past two seasons. Any running back who has a shred of talent should be doing better than that regardless of his o-line.
3. He's had repeated foot injuries that have plagued him for the past 4 seasons.
4. He entered the NFL draft with character concerns due to 2 different nightclub fights.

So no, he's not your solution. He's not even an every down back, so his numbers won't improve very much if they improve at all. Terrible signing, and he was only signed because he went to Arkansas.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I wouldn't mind seeing Tebow again.....on any team.  Steelers included.

[free my dawg]

Darren McFadden just signed with the Dallas Cowboys to replace DeMarco Murray.  2 years, don't know the price.

Darren McFadden is a good running back who has started all 32 games the last 2 seasons for Oakland behind a tissue paper O-line.  Now, he goes behind one of the best O-lines in the NFL in Dallas, so his numbers should improve dramatically this season.  I'm glad Jerry has moved on from Adrian Peterson or Ray Rice.  Both of them come with great risks.  McFadden is not a trouble maker, so this should be a much better decision.

This signing is irrelevant. Joseph Randle will flourish.

[publicunofficial]

I'm still in a state of shock from the Saints trading Jimmy Graham...

Seriously.  Seattle didn't need any help...

Seattle during the Carroll era has never had an elite receiver in any position, with the exception of maybe Golden Tate (Who didn't really start to shine until he got to Detroit). It's partially the reason they rely on the run so heavily.

[Thomas D]

49er rookie Chris Borland retiring due to health concerns. 

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Tramon Williams to Cleveland Browns

Vince Wilfork to Houston Texans

[Associate Justice PiT]

49er rookie Chris Borland retiring due to health concerns. 

     [long string of expletives] Our season is over before it even began.

[free my dawg]

Vince Wilfork to Houston Texans

Time to put on some Drake, I guess.