The 2009 Free Agency Period opened up with a flood of free agent bids. A total of 79 free agent bids were submitted between Saturday and Thursday for the 1st week.
It's a bidding war and it's tempting some teams to offer higher contracts than they originally wanted to. Big contracts are being awarded to lower than average players, players coming off injuries or positions that don't contribute a lot of points to your team. Defensive Ends for example are getting a lot of 4 year contracts when they are considered one of the lowest scoring positions in our league. However, Quarterback which was the highest scoring position last year did not receive any 4 year contracts as of yet. A lot of Bears players are getting contract offers who didn't even play last year. Brandon Marshall got 4 years and he's just coming off hip surgery, has a bad quarterback throwing to him and has a bad attitude. Who the hell is Thomas Davis? I know James Davis, but not Thomas Davis. I love Mayo but dont' think Jerod Mayo deserves 4 years. Shane Lechlar 4 years because he was the best punter 1 year in a row I guess. After it's all said and done, nobody really knows the future of 2009. At some point you have to sign some players and hope for the best.
Here are the total 4 and 3 year contracts awarded in week 1 of free agency:
9 - 4 year contracts were submitted
19 - 3 year contracts were submitted
The western conference is loading up on players, with the exception of the Compton Burger Kings who has 17 years remaining. Most Eastern Conference franchises are using the sit back and wait strategy, with the exception of the Sasquatch who has 14 years remaining with 5 more contract years open for this week.
Up to this point here are the cap years remaining for each team
Western Conference
Bunnies 10 (1 contract year pending)
Burger Kings 17
Heat 7 (4 contract years pending)
Nuggets 2
Predators 9 (1 contract year pending)
Eastern Conference
Sasquatch 14 (5 contract years pending)
Beavers 21
Toast 15
Baconators 32
Meth Addicts 25
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)