Official Free Agency Thread (Post all signings here)

[Bemular]

Chris Mortensen:

"On Manning - no, I don't believe has made decision or it is imminent. Negotiations with all teams alive part of process, like medicals."

I'm guessing Chris had trouble playing connect the dots when he was a kid.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Adam Schefter:

Two days after they released him, the Cardinals reached agreement with offensive tackle Levi Brown on a cap-friendlier, five-year deal.

 

[jayviabay]

Is Legedu Naanee still out there? No one would be interested in the Niners giving him a visit?

 

[Flyingiguana]

Is Legedu Naanee still out there? No one would be interested in the Niners giving him a visit?

i think we should take a look at burress and roy williams. with moss and vernon's ability to stretch the field, a guy like burress could be a big part of the offense.

 

[ZepTepi]

Is Legedu Naanee still out there? No one would be interested in the Niners giving him a visit?

Naanee is an UFA.

 

[NinerSickness]

i think we should take a look at burress and roy williams. with moss and vernon's ability to stretch the field, a guy like burress could be a big part of the offense.

Roy Williams? 1000 times no.

 

[numone9er]

Early Doucet or Caldwell??

 

[NinerSickness]

Early Doucet or Caldwell??

Caldwell.

 

[clyde_carbon]

I don't mind going into the draft with Crabtree/Moss/Williams/Caldwell at WR.

 

[numone9er]

I don't mind going into the draft with Crabtree/Moss/Williams/Caldwell at WR.

I would be perfectly happy with that. It looks like they want to add at least 1 more WR before the draft. That would put us in good position. I would imagine we will go after someone in the draft with return abilities. That should narrow the list of candidates.

 

[jayviabay]

Jeff Darlington reports Manning informs the Dolphins he will NOT play in Miami

 

[jayviabay]

Albert Breer reports Denver Officials are headed to Durham NC to meet with Manning

 

[SRPnVA]

Looks like there will be no Manning-Fitz connection. Thank God.

 

[jayviabay]

Looks like there will be no Manning-Fitz connection. Thank God.

Seems like Denver and Tenn. are the two finalist. Its reported that Manning called Dolphins owner personally, I hope the phone call to AZ is next for further confirmation!

 

[SRPnVA]

Seems like Denver and Tenn. are the two finalist. Its reported that Manning called Dolphins owner personally, I hope the phone call to AZ is next for further confirmation!

Yeah that would be nice. Seems like Denver is trying to play a little catch up right now after Manning got an offer for life from Tennessee.

 

[BINGO]

I didn't want Mario in our system (he and moss would eliminate one another)

49ers out of Manningham race?
8:31 AM ET

Mario Manningham | Giants | Interested: Rams?, Dolphins?, Bills?

On Wednesday, we passed along word that three teams were interested in free agent WR Mario Manningham: the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. Manningham visited with the Niners on Thursday, but according to what a source told Mike Garafolo of the Star-Ledger, the WR left without a contract.

A new team on the list is the next up for a visit -- the St. Louis Rams -- while plans for a visit with the Dolphins and Bills have yet to be made public.

For San Francisco, while the developments don't entirely rule out Manningham landing with them, they may have moved on to trying to land another target more vigorously. Brandon Lloyd is also reportedly on their radar.

Meanwhile, KC Joyner explains why Manningham would be a boost to just about any team:

- Tim Kavanagh​

KC Joyner
He's ready to make a larger contribution

"Manningham should be a beneficiary of the league-wide financial largesse for wideouts. His overall 2011 numbers are not as dominant as some of the big-name pass-catchers (39 receptions, 523 yards, four touchdowns, 8.0 YPA), but some of that was because of injuries and some because of bad luck (detailed here). Manningham notched an 8.6 YPA during the Giants' playoff run, posted touchdowns in three of those contests and snagged an all-time highlight catch that helped New York score its game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Throw in the fact that Manningham posted double-digit YPA totals in nearly every major category in 2010 and it shows why teams that missed out on one of the other wideouts can still score an elite pass-catching talent."

 

[jayviabay]

Its going to be interesting to see how they try and match that!

 

[BINGO]

The Wallace retention plan
8:04 AM ET
Pittsburgh Steelers

UPDATE: ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter confirmed on Friday morning that there hasn't been any interest of which to speak in RFA WR Mike Wallace thus far.

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As we noted Wednesday, it's been awfully quiet on the Mike Wallace front, as we've heard nary a peep regarding any interest in the RFA thus far. The Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers had been cited as teams that could possibly try and lure him away with an offer sheet -- surrendering their first-round pick to Pittsburgh -- but each is in a difficult spot when it comes to the salary cap. Another team that had been speculated as a potential poacher is the Cincinnati Bengals, whose first-round pick is higher (No. 21 overall), but who have a substantial amount of cap space with which to work.

The Steelers re-structured the contracts of several players this offseason (and released several others) in order to give themselves as much cap space as possible -- in order to match another team's offer for Wallace -- and that process is apparently continuing. Brian McIntyre of Mac's Football Blog has revealed, per a league source, that NT Casey Hampton has re-worked his deal with the team, reducing his cap hit by $3.09 million.

That might not seem like too much, but every dollar counts when it comes to retaining Wallace.

- Tim Kavanagh​

 

[SRPnVA]

The Wallace retention plan
8:04 AM ET
Pittsburgh Steelers

UPDATE: ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter confirmed on Friday morning that there hasn't been any interest of which to speak in RFA WR Mike Wallace thus far.

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As we noted Wednesday, it's been awfully quiet on the Mike Wallace front, as we've heard nary a peep regarding any interest in the RFA thus far. The Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers had been cited as teams that could possibly try and lure him away with an offer sheet -- surrendering their first-round pick to Pittsburgh -- but each is in a difficult spot when it comes to the salary cap. Another team that had been speculated as a potential poacher is the Cincinnati Bengals, whose first-round pick is higher (No. 21 overall), but who have a substantial amount of cap space with which to work.

The Steelers re-structured the contracts of several players this offseason (and released several others) in order to give themselves as much cap space as possible -- in order to match another team's offer for Wallace -- and that process is apparently continuing. Brian McIntyre of Mac's Football Blog has revealed, per a league source, that NT Casey Hampton has re-worked his deal with the team, reducing his cap hit by $3.09 million.

That might not seem like too much, but every dollar counts when it comes to retaining Wallace.

- Tim Kavanagh​

Polian said yesterday the plan for a team would be to wait until the end of free agency so you can see where the Steelers cap number is. Then make a move based on what number you think the Steelers won't be able to match.

 

[BINGO]

Polian said yesterday the plan for a team would be to wait until the end of free agency so you can see where the Steelers cap number is. Then make a move based on what number you think the Steelers won't be able to match.

I see.

I still don't see what Polian sees in terms of "timing being the determining factor" for why teams haven't made a move yet. The reason why I say this is because an extraneous variable such as the NFL draft would play a pivotal role in favor of the Steelers. Meaning, you wait long enough to see how their cap will look like, it would be too late the draft would already had been taking place by that time. Teams selecting in the late first round that are in need of a receiver / and could afford to lose a late first to acquire a borderline "elite" one (teams such as Patriots/49ers/Ravens/Texans) could all have drafted a WR (Wright/Lloyd/Randle/Hill). So after addressing the WR position with one of these prospects, those aforementioned teams wouldn't be so incline to put in an offer for Wallace