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2/9/09
NFL Free Agent Lists, Best 2009 NFL Free Agents
Do The Lions Have A Chance Next Year? If These Guys Stay Unsigned And The Lions Make A Run At Them, Maybe.
This year, there are a ton of big name free agents out there. Some of them will sign with their respective teams before they get a chance to hit the open market later this month, but there's a chance for some teams to make huge improvements if they can make a move on a couple of these guys.

Here's my list of the best free agent players in this year's class. I stuck with unrestricted free agents, but feel free to throw out your own opinions on this.

QB: Kurt Warner. He has already said that it's Cardinals or  retirement, so in all likelihood, he's not really even on the market anyway. Matt Cassel is the next best, but he already got franchised by the Patriots, so he's off the table as well. That's where the list really drops off, but with a gun to my head, I'd take Byron Leftwich as the best of the remaining options. He showed some good things this year with the Steelers, and if he gets a chance, he could be the starter and do well in the right system.

RB: Brandon Jacobs all the way. There's really no question about this one.

WR: TJ Houshmandzadeh. He's ready to get away from the mess that is the Bengals, and he's ready to go be a definitive #1 WR somewhere. Brandon Lloyd is also worth taking a look at, and Dante Hall is out there, if anyone thinks he can get back to his glory days as an elite returner. He's not going to do much anywhere else, though.

TE: Bo Scaife is a guy with serious potential, and would probably be my pick here, if I desperately needed someone.

OL:After seeing the Colts floundering around without Jeff Saturday, it's clear that this guy is one of the best in the business. Of course, you should have known that already.

DT: All face stomping aside, it's Albert Haynesworth, without a doubt.

DE: It's not a bad time to need a DE. Bertrand Berry and Julius Peppers are excellent, and a hybrid like Terrell Suggs is nothing to scoff at, either. But if I'm looking for an elite pass rusher off the edge, it's Peppers.

LB: This is the deepest position out there, with Ray Lewis, Karlos Dansby, Bart Scott, Channing Crowder, Jonathon Vilma... wow. For my money, I'll go with the youth movement and take Vilma, who is only 26, but has averaged 130 tackles per year, if you throw out 2007, when he only played 7 games.

The lists for CB, Safety and kickers/punters will come out soon, and we'll discuss that. But for now, who is on your all-free agents team? How many of these guys will actually make it all the way to free agency, and who will sign with their current teams before they get a chance? What team will benefit the most from these guys? Check out the lists, and give your thoughts on it.


Lists courtesy of Florio over at Pro Football Talk [QB] [RB] [WR] [TE] [OL] [DT] [DE] [LB]
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2/9/09
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I don't think the Lions could pay any of these guys enough.  With not too many of these guys being all that young, they will want to win now, and Detroit hasn't proven that they could really win at any time.  But if the Raiders could lure players to Oakland with bags of money, there's no reason Detroit can't either.  As pro sports shows time and time again, money talks, and players listen.

2/9/09
1
Here's the problem.  Detroit is a dying city.  With the Auto companies faltering and jobs being lost, the whole city is in need of prozac.  I think that most of the big-time free agents will look elsewhere.  Think about it, how would you feel, if your job was transferred to Detroit, tomorrow?

2/9/09
2
Housh is ours.  Keep your greedy hands off him. 

2/9/09
0
To "lleh" with Detroit.  The Redskins need the DE's.  DT's too.  OL also... Another reciever wouldn't hurt... God give us all of them.  I can't wait till the salary cap goes away next year

2/9/09
1
The best OT on the market is Jordan Gross from the Panthers who is a LT, probably the 2nd most important postition on the offense besides the QB because he protects the blind side of the QB (assuming the QB is right handed).  Both Peppers and Gross are free agents, and it appears that the Panthers can only sign one of them.

TJ Houshmandzadeh is not a true #1 WR because he is more of a possession WR.  In my opinon, a true #1 WR is one that defenses have to double team, has the ability to stretch the field, thus making other WRs or TEs open.  For example, IMO true #1 WRs are T.O., Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Smith, Andre Johnson, Greg Jennings.  Houshmandzadeh would be a nice pickup for a team that already has a WR that can stretch the field. 

On the defensive side Albert Hanynesworth is one of the best DT in the league, and I would be surpised if the Titans let him go.  The DTs are probably the most important postition on the defensive side because they are basically blocking for the linebackers.  A team can have great linebackers, but if the DT suck and are getting blown off the ball, then the LB are not going to be able to make plays.  On the otherhand, if you have great DT that can control the line of scrimamge, then a team can have average LB that are able to make plays.

2/9/09
1
The Lions MIGHT sign ONE of these guys, and I say one because they'll have to break the bank to get any top tier free agent to play for them. What's their big sales pitch? "We feel you are the player to help us double our win total from last year!" If they end up with anyone on this list, it'll be one of the defenders from the Ravens. You have to believe that they cant resign ALL of those guys.

2/9/09
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Here's how I see Free Agency playing out for these players:

Warner - Cardinals
Jacobs - Giants
TJ - Eagles
Scaife - Falcons
Saturday - Colts
Haynesworth - Titans
Berry - Cardinals
Peppers - Broncos
Suggs - Ravens
Ray Lewis - Cowboys
Karlos Dansby - Cardinals
Bart Scott - Ravens
Channing Crowder - Lions
Jonathan Vilma - Saints

2/9/09
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Expensive Free-Agents are not the answer for the Lions. Draft well and fill in the holes with quality free-agents is the road to go. Look the Falcons grabbed only really one big FA, drafted well and brought stability and accountability to the organization. So it is possible for this team to make a turn around in a shorter period of time than it use to.

2/10/09
0
Dear Free agents, We will take ALL of you, thank you. The Lions.

 
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