Seven questionable NFL free-agent signings
Article By mflorio.tsn on 28th July, 2010
With the removal of the last big-name free agent from the shelf, thanks to Terrell Owens' signing with Cincinnati, let's look back at some of the most ill-advised free-agent signings in the uncapped year.
Here are seven moves that probably shouldn't have happened.
Antonio Bryant to the Bengals In light of their most recent signing, the Bengals might have overpaid for Antonio Bryant. In March, the Bengals conducted a two-float receiver parade. First came Antonio Bryant for a visit. As he left, Terrell Owens arrived.
Then, after T.O. was gone, Bryant received a four-year, $28 million deal.
So why did the Bengals sign Owens nearly five months later? The ability to team Bryant with T.O. and Chad Ochocinco should give the Bengals a potent passing attack, but with Bryant potentially the odd man out when the team employs two-receiver sets, it made no sense for the Bengals to pay him so much money so early in free agency.
Already rumblings have emerged Bryant could be cut, but with $7.85 million already in hand, it's unlikely Cincinnati will dump him before 2011. Instead, the team will have to move forward with football's version of LeBron, Dwyane, and Bosh, mindful of the fact there are eight other guys on the field with them, not two.
Jake Delhomme to the Browns One of the problems with football coaches-turned-executives is that they can't leave behind their desire to win now when making dispassionate decisions aimed at advancing the long-term interests of the club. And that dynamic arguably played out earlier this year in Cleveland, when new team president Mike Holmgren dumped quarterback Derek Anderson, traded quarterback Brady Quinn to Denver for a pack of beef jerky and an old pair of running shoes, and then pounced on a man who lost his fastball during the 2008 playoffs — and never found it again during the 2009 season.
The Browns will pay Jake Delhomme $7 million in 2010, a stu...
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Here are seven moves that probably shouldn't have happened.
Antonio Bryant to the Bengals In light of their most recent signing, the Bengals might have overpaid for Antonio Bryant. In March, the Bengals conducted a two-float receiver parade. First came Antonio Bryant for a visit. As he left, Terrell Owens arrived.
Then, after T.O. was gone, Bryant received a four-year, $28 million deal.
So why did the Bengals sign Owens nearly five months later? The ability to team Bryant with T.O. and Chad Ochocinco should give the Bengals a potent passing attack, but with Bryant potentially the odd man out when the team employs two-receiver sets, it made no sense for the Bengals to pay him so much money so early in free agency.
Already rumblings have emerged Bryant could be cut, but with $7.85 million already in hand, it's unlikely Cincinnati will dump him before 2011. Instead, the team will have to move forward with football's version of LeBron, Dwyane, and Bosh, mindful of the fact there are eight other guys on the field with them, not two.
Jake Delhomme to the Browns One of the problems with football coaches-turned-executives is that they can't leave behind their desire to win now when making dispassionate decisions aimed at advancing the long-term interests of the club. And that dynamic arguably played out earlier this year in Cleveland, when new team president Mike Holmgren dumped quarterback Derek Anderson, traded quarterback Brady Quinn to Denver for a pack of beef jerky and an old pair of running shoes, and then pounced on a man who lost his fastball during the 2008 playoffs — and never found it again during the 2009 season.
The Browns will pay Jake Delhomme $7 million in 2010, a stu...
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