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No I don't think they have been rebuilding. They have been heavy in the the FA market. Birk is old and Jason Brown is young. As to the Pats I have said it before. After 2007 and running 18-0 and losing in the SB they have been revamping that D. They are super young but will be very good starting next yr I think. They traded off guys like Seymour, and let other old guys leave. They have picks til the cows come home because of all their moves. The Squeelers are a sustained group. They never hold onto guys who are expensive. They have always done that. They have 2 rings and 3 time placed in the SB in the last 7 or so yrs. Indy is a joke. Manning is overrated. If you want a stat machine he is your guy. If you want rings he isn't your guy. The won his D and running game won for him I think will be his one and only. Joe - I think is solid and can win a SB. I just don't think he is a super star. Rice - Is young now. By the time they fix the problems of this team I figure he will be old and either on his way out or they will hold onto him and wish for the best. Boldin - Not ours. He was drafted elsewhere so this is not a rebuilding move. I love him as a WR though. Maybe if Cam learns to use him. he can do much better. Oher - I think he is great. I still think he might be able to play LT. One yr of starting doesn't show me he is bad. Grubbs - We will see. I like him but he is not living up to that 1st round pick. Dickson - Love him. He should have seen the field far more this yr. Pitta - Solid #2 TE. Should have been on the field more. Ngata - He is amazing. Should have had his deal redone 3 yrs ago. Now I think he could be on his way out because he is to expensive now. Cody - Fat slob who will never be what so many think. Suggs - I do not know if he is a paycheck player yet. I lean that way. I would have traded him for big time picks. Foxworth - Not ours. He may not even be here next yr. Webb - He could be a stud. At the min he should be solid. Again as I have said before. The Pats and Squeelers have WON 50% of the rings and PLACED in 70% of the SB's since the Ravens went. During that time the Ravens only really has 1 time when they could have placed in 2008. I see the philosophy of how this team is run as wrongheaded.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/17/raiders-make-seymour-move-official/ And people say you can't swindle a team. Seymour's agent did. Oh BTW Ngata's deal just got that much more expensive.

No. You understand that it is a rebuilding process. Had they done this in the past then I think you would be ready for a major run.

Yeah this is a short term band-aid and an opening wound.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/26888091/detail.html

Well the players pushed and won the last time around. Their were several owners that were unhappy when the agreement was made. The union was ecstatic. So I would not paint the players are being put upon.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/blog/2011/02/ravens_expected_to_give_up_5thround_pick_to_complete_wilson.html

And it has been a long time since either side cared about the fans. Both sides when it suits them pander to the fans.

If they do not do some sort of rebuild very soon then they will start stringing together some L's after it is to late.

OK so they would have to pay for it to be done somewhere. I just see it as an interesting issue with all this.

But he was hurt during work. I thought the employer was responsible until the employee is healthy again.

And can he keep winning.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-preston-ravens-0216-20110215,0,352914.column Just curious. While I am reading this I am thinking about the logistics of it. Wouldn't this constitute a violation of workman's comp? The player is no longer allowed to rehab from an injury suffered on the job.

If they did it should not hold up from where I am sitting. During that time there were no rules to tell you what to do. So you did nothing to violate a league policy.

Very good points.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/oj_simpson_brutally_beaten_prison_skinhead_gang_interview/celebrity/70158

How many games does the team go to sleep for halves or more. How about getting a line on your coordinators. Things like that need to be fixed. Just play out the contract and see if stuff starts to get fixed.

I am just questioning the problems that continue unfixed. He was still under contract so he was not going anywhere. I just wanted to see him fix problems first.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-richardsonnfl021411%C2%A0

If I were goingto be a rookie and the union and my agent said don't go to the combine I would might just do what they say. The thing is if I were the team I would not draft a guy that as high if he didn't show. If I am a player that is supposed to be drafted in the first 10 picks but I get picked at say #25. I would be pissed. I would hold it against D Smith and my agent.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/talk-of-combine-draft-boycott-persists/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/evidence-that-union-plans-to-decertify-comes-from-an-unlikely-source/ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/rfa-tenders-could-be-leagues-next-big-power-move/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/haynesworth-accused-of-sexual-assault/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/raiders-hire-rod-woodson-as-defensive-backs-coach/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/long-lines-another-dallas-super-bowl-misstep/