| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Jessie Armstead and Aaron Glenn left unprotected for expansion draft |
TeenWeek
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 | Giants left Jessie Armstead and Sam Garnes on the unprotected expansion list. Also on the list were guard Glenn Parker, defensive end Frank Ferrera and cornerback Dave Thomas.
The Jets left Aaron Glenn, Marcus Coleman, Tackle Ryan Young, defensive lineman Shane Burton and Special teams player Chris Hayes.
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RonRon5477
| posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:55 AM | |
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Giants left Jessie Armstead and Sam Garnes on the unprotected expansion list.
I bet they protected that pussy Kerry Collins. Nice idea guys, nice idea. GEEZ!!!!!
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| posted on 01-23-2002 @ 9:58 AM | |
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| whats the rules of the expansion draft? How many rounds are there? Do the Texans have to honor the players' existing contracts, or do they make new ones?
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| This explains it better than I could and gives some other big names available
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Houston will have some surprising choices
Associated Press
HOUSTON -- So far, the Houston Texans have stocked their expansion team with free agents. That's about to change.
Each of the 27 teams that have been eliminated from the NFL playoffs had until Tuesday to submit five unprotected players from their rosters to the NFL.
There are already some intriguing possibilities for the league's 32nd franchise including three-time All-Pro left tackle Tony Boselli, surprisingly placed on the Jacksonville Jaguars' unprotected list on Tuesday.
Seven-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Willie Roaf was also left unprotected by New Orleans, as were New York Jets cornerbacks Aaron Glenn and Marcus Coleman, Baltimore linebacker Jamie Sharper and return specialist Jermaine Lewis.
If Boselli is physically ready to play, he could figure in the Texans' plans. The seven-year veteran has been one of the league's most dominating linemen but he missed most of 2001 with operations on both shoulders.
Despite the early reports, the Texans aren't talking much.
"Until we get the official list, I'm always kind of cautious about commenting," Texans coach Dom Capers said.
Capers is coaching his second expansion team after starting up the Carolina Panthers.
Many of the players left unprotected have high salaries, like Boselli' who will count $6.5 million to $7 million on the salary cap next season.
The league will give the combined list to the Texans on Friday to provide a pool for the expansion draft on Feb. 18.
Texans general manager Charlie Casserly was waiting at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., for names to start appearing but he wasn't ready to divulge the Texans' plans.
"We haven't seen any of the lists, we don't get them until Friday," Casserly said.
"We're not going to comment on any players on the list. It's going to be a process that will take a while to evaluate, not the evaluation of the talent but looking at the cap and how you want to spend your money."
The Jets list also included tackle Ryan Young, defensive lineman Shane Burton and safety Chris Hayes.
The losers of this weekend's conference championship playoff games between St. Louis and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and New England must present their unprotected players by Jan. 29.
The Super Bowl teams must make their lists available to the Texans by Feb. 7.
Casserly is concerned that the other 31 NFL teams will put high-priced players in the latter stages of their careers on the expansion list, causing the Texans early salary cap problems.
Until July 15, the Texans must retain at least 30 players on their active list from the expansion draft, excluding restricted free agents, or if they choose, fewer players with a total 2002 salary of at least 38 percent of the salary cap.
"Until we have the whole list, we don't know what we'll go with 30 players or 38 percent," Casserly said. "We'll know the lists of 27 teams by Friday and obviously we'll go right to work."
Glenn is the type of player Casserly fears will heavily dot the expansion offerings.
Glenn is coming off a strong season despite an injury but he will be 30 in June and he is in the final year of a five-year, $19.4 million deal with a cap hit that could exceed $7 million. Coleman's cap could reach as high as $4 million.
The New Orleans Saints' list also included quarterback Jeff Blake, offensive lineman Tom Ackerman, linebacker Darrin Smith and guard Wally Williams.
The Tennessee Titans, formerly the Houston Oilers, added an unlikely possibility: former Oilers All-Pro Bruce Matthews, who just completed his 19th pro season.
The Tennessean in Nashville said other Titans on the unprotected list are wide receiver Chris Sanders, defensive backs Michael Booker and DeRon Jenkins and defensive lineman Juqua Thomas.
Matthews, the Oilers first-round selection in 1983, has played more NFL games than any other non-kicker in league history. He has hinted he'll end his 19-year career but has made no announcement.
The Bengals left offensive tackles John Jackson and Jamain Stephens, tight end Tony McGee, linebacker Riall Johnson and defensive end Jevon Langford unprotected.
Meanwhile, the Texans signed free agent linebackers Shane Elam and Jason Lamar and kicker James Tuthill, giving them a roster of 22 players.
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| posted on 01-23-2002 @ 12:24 PM | |
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| I loved Armsteads intensity and all-out play effort he's given over the years, but its safe to say he's lost a step or two. As far as Garnes goes, I thought he would become a great safety, but he just hasn't progressed and won't miss him that much at all if he's taken.
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| posted on 01-23-2002 @ 3:58 PM | |
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| Garnes will be gone in my opinion after this draft. The thing is, every team is putting expensive players out there, and the Texans cant take them all. Its not too big of a deal that Armstead is out there, its just a message from the Giants to take a pay cut or else. I like what the Titans did by putting Bruce Matthews out there, that made me laugh a little bit. Cause he's gonna retire so they figured on filling one of those expansion draft spots with a retired player lol.
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| posted on 01-23-2002 @ 5:14 PM | |
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I bet they protected that pussy Kerry Collins. Nice idea guys, nice idea. GEEZ!!!!!
and if they lost him and had no quarterback you'de complain about that too. Unless you were planning on stepping in and filling the QB spot?
Unprotected guys, whether what league it is, are always guys who have big salaries that the team leaving then unprotected doesnt think will be taken because of their age and salary. Thats the way its always been and will continue to be
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Squidward
| posted on 01-24-2002 @ 12:10 AM | |
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| I heard that Jeff Blake was left unprotected. If they pick him, I will be a Houston Texans fan. (they can't be much worse than the Bengals, can they?)
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