“Coach Wants to See You. Bring Your Playbook and a Cardboard Box.”
The annual bloodletting of the Ides of March isn’t nearly what it used to be in the NFL. Still, there’s several high-profile guys out there with pink slips, bitching to a taxi cam & looking for work:
Jamal Lewis (RB): Cutting their long time starter gives the Ravens $8.3 million in cap room.
Next job? The Ravens say they want to re-sign Lewis. Could get interesting if other suitors decide to make a play for him. I hear the Mean Machine has all ready made an offer.
Brad Johnson (QB): Oldest starting quarterback in the league was warm & fuzzy story…until his vision got fuzzy & he threw 15 interceptions and only 9 TD’s for the Vikings.
Next job? Brad says he feels like he’s got a few more years left in him & wants to start somewhere else (cue Mike Wilbon, “mmm….no”). My guess is he winds up as a back-up with the Pats, where all aging QBs seem to finish their careers these days. Perhaps in a desperate ploy to get sloppy 2nds off Brady’s girlfriend du jour (can you blame them?).
(yes, I mentioned the Pats & Brady only as an excuse to put up another Gisele pic. Can you blame me?)
Joe Horn (WR): Icon for a team & city desperately in need of one, Horn probably will not return to the Saints in ‘07. He made it very clear that the decision was not based on money, but rather his relationship (or lack thereof) with his coach. He will look & see what the market will bear for a 35-year old, often injured wide receiver.
Next job? “Paging Mr. Horn? Reality check on line 2, Mr. Horn…”
Joey Porter (LB): The Steelers decide to go in another direction (uh…south?), and release the 29 year-old linebacker for over 5 million in cap savings.
Next job? Pharmaceutical Sales.
Drew Bledsoe (QB): Never saw that one coming…
Next job? Full-time blogger, baby. Chicks dig bloggers.
NFL, cuts, free agents, free agency, Jamal Lewis, Brad Johnson, Joe Horn, Joey Porter, Drew Bledsoe
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