Titans suck at Free Agency

[toughandcool]

How about Jevon Kearse? Signed today.

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[mandingo]

Since the Cards and Fitz can't seem to work things out, it sure would be interesting to know if the Titans are trying to work out a deal for him.

 

[ngnichols]

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[Nivek]

I wish Bud Adams was a politician.

 

[mandingo]

Two good discussions of this topic ongoing here and here .

 

[Statalyzer]

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[South Austin]

Another article on why Tennessee sucks at free agency

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[El Cid Vicious]

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[madscientist]

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[mandingo]

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[Nivek]

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[ngnichols]

Well, they at least improved at the guard position despite losing Jacob Bell. They signed OG Jake Scott away from the Colts. 4-Years, $5 million per.
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So far they have added:

TE - Alge Crumpler
DE - Javon Kearse
OG - Jake Scott

Still no WR's despite the fact that guys like D.J. Hackett and Bryant Johnson are still available. Neither of those guys have had a visit to Nashville yet. Hackett has at least had some contact with the Titans' Front Office though.

 

[Bayerithe]

I hope they're planning on picking up some good WR's in the draft, cause they've blown it in the FA market

 

[MaduroUTMB]

"Free agents cost money. Use up the draft picks; their dead cost nothing."

 

[obclHORN]

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[ngnichols]

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[obclHORN]

I appreciate the response.

You don't think that price tag for Odom was too high? What if they pick up Josh Thomas for half that price?

As to Hackett and Johnson, I agree, I'd like to see one of them signed. My question for you would be whether or not you think the price tag on those guys is going up or down right now.

Finally, giving up two #1s plus a huge amount of cap space to sign Allen is just crazy. That's a ton of investment for one player.

 

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[obclHORN]

You can't judge the cost of signing Allen that way. First, the next year's draft pick is an unknown quantity, and is a big risk to trade away. But, the primary problem is that you're not trading even one player or two players who aren't as good as Allen, you're trading more than that.

The additional cap space to sign Allen vs. 2 low first rounders would be another player or even two. Is Allen really worth three other guys? Especially young guys who might wind up being worth as much as him? I would say no.

BTW, you were pointing out that Hackett and Johnson are still asking for more than they're worth, and I agree. But my primary point is that, while they still may be asking for too much, they probably aren't asking for as much as they were two weeks ago. And I bet that the amount they're asking keeps going down with every passing day.