Damn.

Ozzie Newsome is pretty good at football.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1m

Ravens' new deal with former Raiders S Michael Huff will be for three years, $6 million.

Ravens agree to terms with Michael Huff
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 27, 2013, 12:42 PM EDT
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One of the major stories in the opening days of free agency was the way the Ravens kept losing starters on defense. One of the major stories in the recent days of free agency is the way the Ravens keep adding starters on defense.

The latest addition is veteran safety Michael Huff, who agreed in principle with the Ravens on a three-year contract, the team announced today.

The 30-year-old Huff was cut by the Raiders just before the start of free agency and has drawn interest from several teams since then. Huff has been a starter since the Raiders took him with the seventh overall pick of the 2006 NFL draft, and he started all 16 games last season.

Safety was a position of need for the Ravens because of the loss of last year’s starters, Ed Reed and Bernard Pollard. Huff should step into the starting lineup immediately.

In addition to losing Reed and Pollard, the Ravens also lost cornerback Cary Williams and linebackers Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe in free agency, and they also lost linebacker Ray Lewis to retirement. But now the Ravens have added four solid players in Huff, Elvis Dumervil, Chris Canty and Marcus Spears. Throw in another solid addition or two in free agency or the draft, and it’s entirely possible that the Ravens will field a better defense in 2013 than they fielded last month, when they won the Super Bowl.

that team is going to be good lol

Mary Kay Cabot ‏@MaryKayCabot 5m

Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy expected to be released or traded soon, source tells PD http://dlvr.it/386g7x

@AdamSchefter: BYU's Ziggy Ansah will have his Pro Day Thurs. Chiefs staff, including GM John Dorsey and HC Andy Reid, flew to BYU March 15 to work him out

Geno Smith will be a free agent in 2030 after winning 5 superbowls with the Chiefs.

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 50s

RT @RAIDERS The Raiders today have released Tommy Kelly. The club appreciates his service, dedication and toughness.

Who is this Chad Kilgore fellow we just signed?

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Who in the blue hell is Mary Kay Cabot?

Some person who covers the Browns.

Someone who's sells makeup.

Per PFT: KC has 3.1 Mil in Cap Space

Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer 42s

Osi Umenyora is the newest Falcon as he has agreed to a 2 year deal

Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer 31s
Osi Umenyora is the newest Falcon as he has agreed to a 2 year deal
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Jay Glazer ‏@JayGlazer 31s
Osi Umenyora is the newest Falcon as he has agreed to a 2 year deal
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Is this some kind of subliminal viagra?

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I think it is some kind of subliminal viagra :hmmm:

What scrubs can we get rid of and clear more room.

Andy Studebaker alone is 2 million.

I was kind of hoping the Chiefs would pick him up as a backup to Hali and Houston:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ee-to-contract

Two Beavers now on the Saints. Guess I'll have to watch them a little more now. :)

Brian McIntyre ‏@brian_mcintyre 15s

Speaking of punters & kickers, the #Chiefs have waived Matt Syzmanski

Im really interested to see how our Special Teams is under Toub and who are our returners

Updated.

Hey, thanks for keeping this going. It's nice just being able to look at the OP to see whats up instead of trying to scan through a billion posts.

Our new Belcher

This! It's really convenient.

My pleasure. Thanks for the love.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 24s

Cowboys and Tony Romo reached an agreement on blockbuster 6-year extension that makes him highest paid player in team history, per sources.

Well, at least we're not the cowboys. Until we extend Alex Smith, that is. :(

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 59s

#Cowboys and Tony Romo strike a deal. Per RJ Gonser of CAA, it's 6-year extension with $55M guaranteed. More than Flacco.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 46s

And here are the numbers: Dallas is giving QB Tony Romo a six-year extension worth $108 million, per sources.

Romo wasn't paid in a day.

Hootie just JIHP

LMAO Oh those Cowboys

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 1m

RT @terencenewman After much time and thought, I'm heading back to Cincy. (If) you who think it was about money, the Raiders offered more.

Ya terence you dumbass, why would you even consider going to Oakland lol

Poor Faiders. We snagged everyone we wanted and they get dissed like that.

Wut. Canty lols at u

Don't go there superturtle. You know what I meant.

Oh I went there sister. Mmmmhmmm

You are a Bronco fan aren't you?

midgets?

What gave you that idea?

You are obsessed man.... Hell if I knew you were going to act like this, I would have wished you would have beat us once last year...:spock:

@AdamSchefter Former Falcons CB Brent Grimes reached agreement on a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins. Best remaining CB off the board.

I'm just baiting you bud :thumb:

Miami better not F this year up or the stadium will be completely empty instead of almost empty.

Every day that goes by hopefully lowers the price on some of these guys. Maybe we could swing a bargain bin signing of Big Dic Seymour.

I'd still like Dansby if he's out there.

Last thing I am is a Homer.... Raiders got to pay the piper .. tHEY WILL BE GOOD AGAIN BUT JUST LIKE STUPID ****ING LIBERALS... Keep spending away your future and you eventually have to pay..

The Raiders are in Payback mode

So how do you feel as Flynn as the new qb..

Better than 13 million for Palmer... Regardless of who is at QB we are gonna struggle for a while.

QB is not the problem on the Raiders...

You'll need a Franchise QB as well as the Chiefs to turn it around. Flynn isn't it, neither is Alex.

The division is basically a one man gang. Peydaton goes down and who knows what'll happen. QB is THAT important. He was worth around +7 wins to that team last year.

Well if we suck enough we will have the first pick next year and if Flynn is not worthy, he is a F/A in 2 years without any cap hit

Peyton wil get hurt this year...

Adam Schefter Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3m

Bills and former Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb finalizing a deal tonight that will give Buffalo one more starting-caliber QB.

Well there goes Geno out of the question.

Looks like the only people wanting Geno are the people of CP

Yup

We take what we want..

SURE THING n00B

Don't be silly

So now look who's trolling.

Well? Who else wants him?

Probably the Chiefs, Eagles, or Jags which is why the other teams are taking scrubs that make Alex Smith look like a decent QB. Either way I'm sure these teams now know that they won't get a shot at Geno so they are going with plan b. Possibly a team already offered up something that the Bills and Raiders didn't want to beat. That's far more plausible than teams thinking Kolb and Flynn are better options than Geno.

It will be interesting to see if Geno gets Clausened. I don't think he'll fall out of the top 10 though.

Any news on where Peyton Hillis may land? I like the guy. Wish we could resign him for a year.

He had a visit to the Packers like 3 weeks ago.

Most likely he'll land on the IR

yeah kind of quiet for a guy with tread left on the tires.

CIA

Why on earth would you want to take reps away from Cyrus?

Is you're serious, beat the **** out of yourself.

Peyton Hillis is a piece of shit. He only ran well when it was the last games of the year. He quit on the team during the Saints game. **** him.

LMAO

Palmer, Flynn moves make sense, but they're not guaranteed fixes
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Carson Palmer could take over for a Cardinals team that saw four QBs start games last season.
Carson Palmer could take over for a Cardinals team that saw four QBs start games last season.
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Two deals feel inevitable this morning: Carson Palmer to Arizona, Matt Flynn to Oakland. They make too much sense not to happen. Sense, yes. Whether they'll solve problems in quarterback-needy places ... that's another issue. Palmer has a much better chance when it comes to raising Arizona than Flynn has to save Oakland.

How I see the deals going down, and probably in this order -- assuming they happen, and I feel strongly they will:

Palmer to the Cardinals. It's likely Oakland gets a fourth- or fifth-round pick in return, and Palmer, 33, signs a deal commensurate with his recent performance but recognizing his chance for a revival playing for Bruce Arians and playing with Larry Fitzgerald. I understand why Palmer wouldn't take a financial haircut in Oakland: I wouldn't have either, knowing the Raiders were a short-term place and understanding if he held his ground, the Raiders might enable him to go to a place that fit him better.

A couple of things about this move that I like: Last year, I remember going to Indianapolis to write about the Colts when Arians was the interim coach. "I hate the West Coast Offense,'' Arians said. Arians wanted a big-armed quarterback stretching the defense, and it showed in Luck's numbers. In 2012, Luck had the second-longest average pass length in the league, 10.17 yards downfield. Match that with Palmer's desire to show he can be the big-armed thrower Arians needs. Believe me, Palmer chafes at the impression he doesn't have the arm he used to. In his first half-season with the Raiders, he was among the NFL's yards-per-attempt leaders, because coach Hue Jackson liked to stretch the defense.

Let's not be delusional about Palmer. You can't say he's a premier player anymore, but you also can't say he can't play. He threw for 4,018 yards, and his interception percentage (14 picks on 565 attempts, 2.5 percent) was lower than that of Drew Brees and Eli Manning. He wants to play the Arians way. I believe Arians is the best coach in the league for Palmer. I also believe Palmer wouild buy in totally to Arians' plan, and I hear he's excited about a chance in Arizona. A move would allow him to stay close to his southern California home, and to play in a system that wouldn't be a reach for his game. And Palmer would have the kind of reliable deep-threat receiver in Larry Fitzgerald that few quarterbacks have at their disposal.

Does that mean Arizona will contend? I doubt it sincerely. The leaky offensive line must be significantly better to give the immobile Palmer a chance to play well. But of all the quarterbacks on the market or in the 2013 draft, Palmer gives the Cardinals the best chance to be competitive as the fourth-best team in a suddenly very good NFC West.

Flynn to the Raiders. I think this deal gets done without Oakland GM Reggie McKenzie touching his 2013 draft, and that's good. The Raiders have only three picks in the top five rounds -- third, 66th and 100th overall. Then they have a 71-pick drought before choosing again, in the sixth round. I believe Oakland will pay a mid-round pick in 2014, then perhaps a conditional pick in 2015, based on Flynn's performance with the Raiders.

It's a smart move for Oakland, even if it's risky; Flynn has started only one game in the NFL. It was a colossal performance as he threw for a franchise-record six touchdowns against Detroit on the final Sunday of the 2011 regular season. It was against Detroit, granted. Awful secondary. And you can't overpay based on one game against a toasted secondary. But a mid-round pick and the prospect of a low-round conditional choice is not overpaying for Flynn, who McKenzie helped scout before the 2008 draft.

Put yourself in McKenzie's shoes. You can pay a quarterback you're not sold on, Palmer, $13 million this year, another year the cap is so tight it's squeezing every position group on the roster. Or you can pay Matt Flynn $5.25 million in salary, not knowing if he's going to be your quarterback of the future but knowing he's got a better chance than anyone on your current roster.

Put yourself in Seattle GM John Schneider's shoes. Do you want your confirmed backup quarterback taking up $7.25 million on your cap this year? Or do you trust your offensive coordinator and quarterback guru, Darrell Bevell, to train another guy to back up Russell Wilson? I'll take the latter choice any day of the week.

Finally, what are the chances Flynn becomes Oakland's answer at quarterback? Thirty percent, maybe? That's about 25 points higher than Palmer, with his salary, which the Raiders just weren't going to live with. I can't sit here and say the Raiders will get themselves a great player. I can sit here and say the Raiders are taking an intelligent calculated risk for the right price.

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So what does this do to the draft?

Arizona with Palmer. Oakland with Flynn. And, on Friday, Buffalo with the signing of Kevin Kolb to a two-year contract. Teams with major quarterback needs are making moves.

I believe the Cardinals are now out of the first-round quarterback market. I think Oakland could still take one, with only three potential impact picks in this draft, but I think it's likely Oakland looks elsewhere at No. 3 overall. Buffalo? The Bills could do anything at No. 8, including taking a long-term prospect at quarterback like West Virginia's Geno Smith.

I talked to one personnel man Sunday (sorry for the Easter phone call) who presented this scenario to me: "I think what these deals do -- if they happen -- is impact the tackle market more than the quarterback market."

Smart thinking. His point: Arizona is desperate to shore up the offensive line; left tackle was a wasteland between D'Anthony Batiste and Nate Potter last year. Buffalo could use a bookend tackle to play opposite Cordy Glenn. Oakland has a lot of holes, and I doubt it would choose a tackle that high. But McKenzie is a value drafter, and if he loves Eric Fisher or Lane Johnson, the two top tackles after prospective top pick Luke Joeckel, he'll pick one.

The tackle market at the top of the first round is going to be on fire. I will be surprised if Joeckel, Fisher and Johnson aren't taken in the first 11 picks. San Diego is 11th.

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