Free Agency - Connect the dots!
 

Make the connections between Free Agents, previous coaches they played for, & team needs.

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Team: Dallas Cowboys
Need: S
FA: Ronde Barber
Played under: Monte Kiffin

Team: Dallas Cowboys
Need: CB
FA: Sheldon Brown
Played under: Jerome Henderson

Team: New Orleans Saints
Need: DE/OLB
FA: Anthony Spencer
Played under: Rob Ryan

Team: Dallas Cowboys
Need: DT
FA: Henry Melton
Played under: Rod Marinelli

Team: Dallas Cowboys
Need: OG
FA: Brandon Moore
Played under: Bill Callahan

The Dallas Cowboys have a team thread right?

Team: Miami Dolphins
Need: WR
FA: Greg Jennings
Played under: Joe Philbin

Jon Gruden, Cowboys, basically assembled his whole former staff to lure him out of the booth. Maybe Jerry should put a call in to see what Dexter Jackson is up to these days.

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: S
FA: Ed Reed
Played under: Chuck Pagano (twice)

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: OLB
FA: Paul Kruger
Played under: Chuck Pagano

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: CB
FA: Cary Williams
Played under: Chuck Pagano

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: OLB
FA: Shaun Philips
Played under: Greg Manusky

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: OLB
FA: Antwan Barnes
Played under: Greg Manusky

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: NT
FA: Aubrayo Franklin
Played under: Greg Manusky

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: DE
FA: Ricky Jean-Francois
Played under: Greg Manusky

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: S
FA: Dashon Goldson
Played under: Greg Manusky

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: OG
FA: Louis Vasquez
Played under: Hal Hunter

WE GOT A COP.

I get your sarcasm, but that's not what this is about. Sorry that I mainly listed Cowboys examples which made you think that I only wanted to talk about the Cowboys, but I just went off of what I knew from the top of my head. I knew there were many other examples out there for many other teams and I thought it would be a cool exercise to see think linkages out there which could help predict how this offseason could potentially go.

killswitch got the point. Solid list!

Dallas Cowboys cap space: $-18.2 million.
New Orleans Saints cap space: $-14.7 million.

Henry Melton's getting franchised if he can't be extended, son.

Yeah, there's no way I think the Cowboys are even going to target him.

Maybe I should've said "for example" instead of "ie".

Barber will probably retire or stay with the Bucs. Saints don't have the money to go for Spencer either. Those were just examples. Cool down my friend.

Steelers
Need: WR
FA: Bowe
Played under Haley

I really don't see Pitt giving Bowe the kinda money he is going to want. I see him going to the highest bidder.

Team: Chicago Bears
Need: LT
FA: Jermon Bushrod
Played under: Aaron Kromer

Team: Cincinnati Bengals
Need: DE
FA: Frostee Rucker
Played Under: Marvin Lewis and Mike Zimmer

Sadly, this is true. Hopefully his market isn't ridiculous. He's better than PFF numbers say he is, but he's certainly not a franchise LT. Give me Will Beatty any day.

Justin Durant and Derek Cox played under Mel Tucker I think. If some team wants to give us a second for Tim Jennings, I'll happily take Derek Cox just so I can hear the announcer say that a receiver was "covered by Cox."

im holding out hope that every dime they stiffed wallace on is going to be going towards luring bowe in.

Bowe would have a brandon marshall-esque year with roethlisberger, he would simply be fed the ball

Seahawks
Need: WR
Disgruntled Percy Harvin
Darrell Bevell was his first OC in Minnesota

I would be ecstatic if they traded for him.

Team: Indianapolis Colts
Need: OG
FA: Louis Vasquez
Played under: Hal Hunter

Team: New York Giants
Need: MLB
FA: Brian Urlacher
Played Under: Perry Fewell

Team: New York Giants
Need: CB
FA: Leodis McKelvin
Played Under: Perry Fewell

I would hate for us to get Anthony Spencer personally. He would want money I wouldn't want to spend on him.

Perry Fewell was DB coach for the one and only season he was in the same city as Urlacher, a linebacker. He never dealt with him. Don't know why the Giants would want him, anyway.

Team: Chicago Bears
Need: Center
FA: Brian de la Puente
Played Under: Aaron Kromer

Perry Fewell is a turd.

Only Perry Fewell would do something dumb like take our 2 best edge rushers and move them to DT on passing downs where theyre rendered irrelevant. Brilliant Perry. Brilliant.

I thought that was the essence of the Nascar package that won you guys two SBs. Maybe I am not getting what you're saying, can you explain?

The Saints won't be huge players, but a LOT of dead weight is going to be cut quickly, especially given how poorly they fit the scheme change(Vilma and Smith).

Team: Washington Redskins
Need: RT
FA: Ryan Clady
Played Under: Shanny (drafted by)

Clady plays LT, unless the Redskins pay him LT money he's not gonna make the move.

O and Redskins don't really have the money anyways