Free Agent LBs

[EddieIrvine13]

There are not too many veteran FA LBs out there, more or less because teams are switchin back to 3-4 plus the addition of Houston. There has been a huge demand for LBs.
Here is a short list of all the LBs I could think of or find that we could use:
Lee Woodall, Denver, though he probably will end up in Philadelphia.
Ramon Phifer, New England, though he is close to signing with Oakland.
Allen Aldridge, Detroit.
Also from Detroit, oft-injured Brian Williams.
Zack Walz, Arizona.
Darren Hambrick, Carolina.
And last but not least, though it is unlikely (he'll probably sign with Green Bay)... Robert Jones, Washington.

I think any of these guys would help us out and most of them will sign to the league minimum (only a 450K salary cap hit).

 

[iceblizzard69]

I think Phifer signed.

 

[EddieIrvine13]

KFFL announced that he did sign for 600K, up to 1 million in incentives, however, they later took it back. He still should be a FA but I wouldnt count on him playing for anyone else besides Oakland.

We might be OK with Russel, Hendricks, and Galyon... I dont know how many of the LBs listed above would be upgrades.
I would like Miami to sign either Walz, Hambrick, or Aldridge to league minimum. Otherwise, the alternative would be UFAs, which i wouldnt call upgrades, though we would have to see how they do in preseason.

 

[Bodzilla29]

Those Detroit LBs were released because Millen wants more speed on defense. It is well known that the Lions had a very SSSLLLOOOWWW defense last year, so there is now way they fit into our system where speed is an absolute MUST!!!!

Hambrick is the only name there I would consider, but WannSpiel wont because the cat is a major attitude problem...

 

[EddieIrvine13]

There are not too many options at LB. I like Hambrick best of the bunch, but Aldridge and Walz could be options. Otherwise, we get UFAs.