Team by Team Offseason Breakdown

Seems a much more organised way to track rather than posting breaking news.

Arizona Cardinals
Free Agent Signings: Stewart Bradley, Daryn Colledge, Todd Heap, Richard Marshall
Traded In: Kevin Kolb, Vonnie Holliday

Atlanta Falcons
Free Agent Signings: Ray Edwards, Tyson Clabo, Justin Blalock
Traded In:

Baltimore Ravens
Free Agent Signings: Marshal Yanda, Chris Carr, Vonta Leach
Traded In:

Buffalo Bills
Free Agent Signings: Tyler Thigpen, Brad Smith, Nick Barnett
Traded In:

Carolina Panthers
Free Agent Signings: DeAngelo Williams, Charles Johnson, Jeremy Shockey, Ron Edwards
Traded In: Greg Olsen

Chicago Bears
Free Agent Signings: Roy Williams, Matt Spaeth, Sam Hurd, Vernon Gholston, Marion Barber, Amobi Okoye
Traded In:

Cincinatti Bengals
Free Agent Signings: Nate Clements, Bruce Gradkowski
Traded In:

Cleveland Browns
Free Agent Signings: Brandon Jackson
Traded in:

Dallas Cowboys
Free Agent Signings: Doug Free, Kyle Kosier, Kenyon Coleman
Traded In:

Denver Broncos
Free Agent Signings: Willis McGahee
Traded In: Jeremy Jarmon

Detroit Lions
Free Agent Signings: Eric Wright, Justin Durant, Rashied Davis, Maurice Leggett, Stephen Tulloch, Chris Houston
Traded In:

Green Bay Packers
Free Agent Signings:
Traded In:

Houston Texans
Free Agent Signings: Jonathon Joseph
Traded In:

Indianapolis Colts
Free Agent Signings: Peyton Manning, Joseph Addai
Traded In:

Jacksonville Jaguars
Free Agent Signings: Paul Posluzny, Dawan Landry, Clint Session
Traded In:

Kansas City Chiefs
Free Agent Signings:
Traded In:

Miami Dolphins
Free Agent Signings: Matt Moore
Traded In: Reggie Bush

Minnesota Vikings
Free Agent Signings: Devin Aromashadu
Traded In: Donovan McNabb

New England Patriots
Free Agent Signings: Matt Light, Kyle Arrington (RFA), Logan Mankins (Franchise), Steve Williams, Brandon McGowan, Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk, Tracy White.
Traded In: Albert Haynesworth, Chad Ochocinco

New Orleans Saints
Free Agent Signings: Darren Sproles, Charles Rogers, Turk McBride
Traded In:

New York Giants
Free Agent Signings: Mike Baas, Mathias Kiwanuka
Traded In:

New York Jets
Free Agent Signings: Santonio Holmes, Antonio Cromartie, Plaxico Burress
Traded In:

Oakland Raiders
Free Agent Signings: Trent Edwards
Traded In:

Philadelphia Eagles
Free Agent Signings: Nnamdi Asomugha, Jason Babin, Donald Lee, Johnnie Lee Higgens, Cullen Jenkins
Traded In: DRC

Pittsburgh Steelers
Free Agent Signings: Ike Taylor
Traded In:

San Diego Chargers
Free Agent Signings: Takeo Spikes, Eric Weddle
Traded In:

San Francisco 49ers
Free Agent Signings:
Traded In:

Seattle Seahawks
Free Agent Signings: Tavaris Jackson, Sidney Rice, Brandon Mebane
Traded In:

St Louis Rams
Free Agent Signings: Mike Sims-Walker, Harvey Dahl, Jason Snelling
Traded In:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Free Agent Signings: Davin Joseph, Jeremy Trueblood, Michael Koenen, Quincy Black
Traded In:

Tennessee Titans
Free Agent Signings: Matt Hasselbeck, Barrett Ruud
Traded In:

Washington Redskins
Free Agent Signings: Cofield, Stephen Bowen, Donte Stallworth, Atogwe, Josh Wilson
Traded In: Jabar Gaffney, Tim Hightower

I did it by memory, so if I missed anyone/any new signings post here and ill update the list

Skins haven't brought in 5 WR's on FA. We've signed Stallworth and traded for Gaffney. Stokley changed his mind after the Gaffney trade (after talking with Shanny).

Typically the lockout ends whilst I am on holiday without internet access so am frantically trying to catch up with the skins activity. Have we spent big on anyone?

Chicago Bears sign RB Marion Barber who joins other ex-cowboys Williams and Hurd. Raiders also sign FA QB Trent Edwards and the bengals sign Nate Clements.

Bucs have also re-signed Quincy Black.

SkinsFan wrote:Typically the lockout ends whilst I am on holiday without internet access so am frantically trying to catch up with the skins activity. Have we spent big on anyone?

Not from what I've seen. Articles seem to indicate we're looking at solid productive team players instead of going gaga over big names. Cofield is a solid pick up for DL, and given his work ethic will hopefully be the NT we wanted Fat Al to be. Stallworth and Gaffney give us weapons to take the focus off Moss and with Armstrong and Hankerson (should he work out) 5 WR's that we can use to spread the field with Cooley and Davis. Shanny likes to use his backs in the passing game, so I'm interested to see if they can develop Helu or go after a back a little later in FA. I wouldn't have been averse to seeing Barber picked up. Something tells me Shanny's looking at drafting a franchise QB and RB tandem next year, and this year is about giving them a team to slot into.

Feel free to update it for me Prawn

Anything else, Sir?

The Bengals signed Bruce Gradkowski who isn't on your list.

Kiwanuka resigned with the Giants, Crosby with the Packers and Mebane with the Seahawks.

Dallas re-sign OT Doug Free and OG Kyle Kosier, and sign Fa DL Kenyon Coleman, also the Colts reached a deal with Manning

Jets sign Plax.

Skins shipped Holliday and a draft pick to Cards for Hightower. Not sure this gives us the backfield we ideally wanted, but if Helu sticks, and Torain stays healthy, Hightower offers us a rotation while Helu shows if he can be an NFL back.

Lions signed Stephen Tulloch and resigned Chris Houston. We lost Turk McBride to the Saints.

Jets sign Cromartie, thankfully.

Well that took a while.

The Patriots have also signed Kyle Arrington (RFA), Logan Mankins (Franchise), Steve Williams, Brandon McGowan, Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk and Tracy White.

Quietly impressed with the Chargers if I'm honest.
Only special teams killed them last year and the additions of Spikes and getting VJax/Weddle/Tolbert to re-sign plus having agreed deals with most (if not all) rookies, they'll have to be favs to take the West but whether they have what it takes to get past the Pats, Ravens, Steelers or Jets is debatable.

Dolphins have signed Jason Taylor, Marc Columbo, Kevin Burnett and Ronald Fields.

skins4ever wrote:

SkinsFan wrote:Typically the lockout ends whilst I am on holiday without internet access so am frantically trying to catch up with the skins activity. Have we spent big on anyone?

Not from what I've seen. Articles seem to indicate we're looking at solid productive team players instead of going gaga over big names. Cofield is a solid pick up for DL, and given his work ethic will hopefully be the NT we wanted Fat Al to be. Stallworth and Gaffney give us weapons to take the focus off Moss and with Armstrong and Hankerson (should he work out) 5 WR's that we can use to spread the field with Cooley and Davis. Shanny likes to use his backs in the passing game, so I'm interested to see if they can develop Helu or go after a back a little later in FA. I wouldn't have been averse to seeing Barber picked up. Something tells me Shanny's looking at drafting a franchise QB and RB tandem next year, and this year is about giving them a team to slot into.

Yeah I have a feeling that Shanny will become besotted with Luck, which would be excellent. He was really really sold on Bradford but obviously couldn't get him at 4 last season. There was no point drafting a qb this year as the class was shaky and people got taken early due to uncertainty with the lockout, glad we didn't waste a pick when the qb would have had his confidence smashed out of him due to our lack of an offensive line!

I really like the look of Helu from what I have seen and reports I have read. Hopefully we can develop a couple of draft picks this season to give the new QB some weapons, plus start to solidify our defence. Signings like Atogwe (albeit before the start of the lockout) and colfield should set us in the right direction. Still think our defence will require a couple of solid drafts and FAs before we return to a top 10 defence.

skins4ever wrote:

SkinsFan wrote:Typically the lockout ends whilst I am on holiday without internet access so am frantically trying to catch up with the skins activity. Have we spent big on anyone?

Not from what I've seen. Articles seem to indicate we're looking at solid productive team players instead of going gaga over big names. Cofield is a solid pick up for DL, and given his work ethic will hopefully be the NT we wanted Fat Al to be. Stallworth and Gaffney give us weapons to take the focus off Moss and with Armstrong and Hankerson (should he work out) 5 WR's that we can use to spread the field with Cooley and Davis. Shanny likes to use his backs in the passing game, so I'm interested to see if they can develop Helu or go after a back a little later in FA. I wouldn't have been averse to seeing Barber picked up. Something tells me Shanny's looking at drafting a franchise QB and RB tandem next year, and this year is about giving them a team to slot into.

Don't think we will go after a RB in next years draft unless we have made mistakes. We have Torain (depends on his fitness, and he is already injured), if Hightower manages to work well in our system, if Helu or Royster convert in NFL sucess. But i think it is far to early to say he is going after a RB next season when he drafted 2 and traded for 1 this year.

Plus Shanny has a history of bringing through late round running backs into 1000 yard season players. I like the look of Torain when fit but he is always picking up little niggles which seem to occur due to lack of playing which has a hint of vicious circle. Don't know much about Royster. To be honest I wouldn't be suprised if Shanny is gone before the end of the season as Synder is due a stupid decision as he hasn't made one for a while...

I like the Skins' offseason moves so far - too many holes to fill in one year so am realistic about what we can do this year and I like the fact we've brought in a couple of younger, hungrier guys on the D-Line (Cofield and Bowen) to add to the boy Jenkins that we drafted. Of course there's Kerrigan too so I'm hopeful we've really upgraded the defensive front 7. I like the O-Line changes and the additions of Chester and Locklear (who I confess I don't know much about but he's been a regluar starter for Seattle so should add decent depth). Still think we're light on O-Linemen though and that will be a killer again as the year goes on but like I say, Rome wasn't built in a day and all that.

As for WR and RB - no idea what will happen here. Torain is too injury prone to be a reliable starter and Hightower too fumble-prone. Hightower is very durable though and a great receiver. Who knows what we've got in Helu - who knows, he might be a star! I'm not sure Royster makes the team. At WR, who knows what will happen here! Moss and Gaffney make the team. Most likely Hankerson and Armstrong too. I'm not convinced Stallworth makes the final cut if Paul shows up well in training camp. Might depend on whether Banks stays or not as the return man or whether they think someone else can do that - maybe the new boy Josh Wilson? He's been a return man in the past. Should we mention Malcolm Kelly in the WR equation? Or are we figuring he's finally done? I noticed he sat out some of last week with some kinda sore leg!

Then's there the QB question................ now that should give us all a good laugh!!

Who is DRC that the Eagles have traded in?

I'm pretty happy with their signings I have to say. Nnamdi Asomugha is a good signing. Gives us a very strong pairing at cornerback.

From what I've seen written up, Helu should suit Shanny's 1 cut zone blocking scheme, but Royster is debatable as he lacks the speed to make it big as an NFL back. Still they said that about Riggins...

I don't think Shanny is gone. The new build with youth approach seems to be improving team chemistry (no prima donna's) and even if we only have 4-6 wins this season, we should be in a much better shape going into the draft next year. In fact, finishing 2011/12 with the #1 draft pick may not be a bad thing in the long run!

MBTGOG wrote:Who is DRC that the Eagles have traded in?

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

And you now have 3 top notch CB's!

Had just found out. Good to see they've finally addressed that problem.

I see we have signed Ronnie Brown and Vince Young as well. A lot of interesting movement in Phillie.

I like Banks and from what I hear Shanny is sold on his version of events on the stabbing so I reckon he will be the return guy this year. His performances last year were positive on the pitch if not off it!

Just to clarify my statements about Shanny, I don't think he will be fired yet but I was just saying that we are due a stupid bum moment from Synder at some point and it hasn't come in the draft with the likes of Mallett nor in free agency a la haynesworth! Who knows maybe he has actually turned a new leaf and will let shanny do his stuff!

I wouldn't mind a bad season if we got first pick, doubt 2-5 would land us Luck and I'm not that clued up on any of the other prospects so far.

As far as we have done this off season I agree that having a much younger feel is great and the guys do seem to be gelling as a team which must be a new feeling! As Orakpo says we must be the most boring team in the league but that suits us just fine!

I really liked Armstrong this season and he deserves another go, with Moss and Gaffney being solid we would need some productivity from Hankerson, I too reckon Paul will get in there too. The less we mention about Kelly the better!

John Beck is without doubt a franchise QB, not sure why we aren't paying him top bucks and why people are finding it funny...

'John Beck is without doubt a franchise QB, not sure why we aren't paying him top bucks and why people are finding it funny'

The only thing funnier than that statement is anyone believing that Rex Grossman is the answer !
Welcome aboard 25

Be careful what you wish for. How many QB's have been in the NFL for a couple of years and then seen their careers take off after being written off as journeymen. Though I agree, Grossman is a stop gap not a solution.

Is there any chance we could ban the name Andrew Luck from the board until the build up to next years draft?

He is constantly talked about by so many fans and analysts yet no-one has any idea how he will do in the Pro's, who will have a chance of getting him and whether anyone will even want him until February of next year. The constant chatter about him being the second coming of Christ is starting to get to me.

Grizzly wrote:'John Beck is without doubt a franchise QB, not sure why we aren't paying him top bucks and why people are finding it funny'

The only thing funnier than that statement is anyone believing that Rex Grossman is the answer !
Welcome aboard 25

Was only joking about beck hense the whistle, and am willing to stop mentioning luck but still think he has the skill set to transfer to the NFL...

GB1919 wrote:Is there any chance we could ban the name Andrew Luck from the board until the build up to next years draft?

He is constantly talked about by so many fans and analysts yet no-one has any idea how he will do in the Pro's, who will have a chance of getting him and whether anyone will even want him until February of next year. The constant chatter about him being the second coming of Christ is starting to get to me.

Being a fan of a Pac 10 (now Pac 12) team, I've seen Luck play and he'll probably be the real deal. He's got athleticism, good mechanics, intelligence (he goes to Stanford, a premier academic school), good decision making, leadership skills, and supposedly has an excellent work ethic. He's definitley in the mold of another Stanford QB who was a can't miss prospect -- John Elway. With no reputation whatsoever to risk as an NFL analyst, I'm predicting franchise QB.

If he fails, someone obviously hacked my account to post the views expressed in this post.

I'm not doubing that he looks the real deal but what happens if he gets a serious injury this year. Da'quan Bowers was talked about as a number one pick during last year, one operation later he falls to the late second round.

Jake Locker would have probably been picked ahead of Sam Bradford if he had declared a year earlier. A year later and all kind of doubts surrounded him. So much so that it was considered a major shock when he went in the top 10.

Anything could happen between now and the 2012 draft.

Yeah, a lot of people were enamored with Locker before he decided to remain in school, but there were thoughts about his shortcomings, they just didn't get much air time.

True you can't account for a future injury, but as of now, he looks like the complete package.

But we'll see how it pans out.