Rank your top 5 2011 FREE AGENTS that you would keep on the roster after '11

[JavaBuc]

How about?

1) Freeman
2) McCoy
3) Price
4) Benn
5) Williams

(Yes, 4 from this year's draft and 1 from last year's)


Winslow is getting a little long in the tooth.

[watson]

How about?

1) Freeman
2) McCoy
3) Price
4) Benn
5) Williams

(Yes, 4 from this year's draft and 1 from last year's)


Winslow is getting a little long in the tooth.

If the question is "most important to keep in 2011, then your list is spot on.  If these last 2 drafts were the building blocks for the future of the franchise then this list of players are very important to that end.

[Feel Real Good]

You guys think Freeman sucks?

Interesting that no one said Freeman should be the MOST important player to keep in 2011.  If he is the future then you would think that everyone would have him as the #1 choice of players to keep.

The question was about 2011 free agents.

[JavaBuc]

You guys think Freeman sucks?

Interesting that no one said Freeman should be the MOST important player to keep in 2011.  If he is the future then you would think that everyone would have him as the #1 choice of players to keep.

The question was about 2011 free agents.

Oh, I misunderstood the question.  Sorry about that.   All those guys are free agents?   Holy crap.   That's a disaster in the making.

[Feel Real Good]

You guys think Freeman sucks?

Interesting that no one said Freeman should be the MOST important player to keep in 2011.  If he is the future then you would think that everyone would have him as the #1 choice of players to keep.

The question was about 2011 free agents.

Oh, I misunderstood the question.  Sorry about that.   All those guys are free agents?   Holy crap.   That's a disaster in the making.

Yes, whatever will we do without the looks like Tarzan plays like Jane RG, dope smoking FS, LT who allows more QB pressures than all but 3 LT's, RB who has had one 1000 yard seasons in 5 years, and MLB who gets posterized like Shawn Bradley?

[JavaBuc]

Ronde Barber, CB, $3.0   - STARTER
Elbert Mack, CB, $470,000
Sabby Piscitelli, S, $550,000   - STARTER
Stylez G. White, DE, $1.37   - STARTER
Tanard Jackson, S, $550,000   - STARTER
Cadillac Williams, RB, $2.3   - STARTER
Clifton Smith, RB, $470,000   - STARTER "SPECIAL TEAMS"
Mark Bradley, WR, $1.2
Maurice Stovall, WR, $1.17
Davin Joseph, G, $1.72   - STARTER
Jeremy Trueblood, T, $1.75   - STARTER
Donald Penn, T, TBA   - STARTER
John Gilmore, TE, $1.25
Jerramy Stevens, TE, $1.42
Quincy Black, LB, $550,000   - STARTER
Adam Hayward, LB, $550,000
Barrett Ruud, LB, $3.26   - STARTER



10 Starters on offense and defense and 1 key starter on special teams.

That is a HUGE blow to lose those guys.

[JavaBuc]

The 5 they should keep (if only 5)

1) Barrett Ruud
2) Davin Joseph
3) Jeremy Trueblood
4) Donald Penn
5) Tanard Jackson

[yungbull]

Ronde Barber, CB, $3.0   - STARTER
Elbert Mack, CB, $470,000
Sabby Piscitelli, S, $550,000   - STARTER
Stylez G. White, DE, $1.37   - STARTER
Tanard Jackson, S, $550,000   - STARTER
Cadillac Williams, RB, $2.3   - STARTER
Clifton Smith, RB, $470,000   - STARTER "SPECIAL TEAMS"
Mark Bradley, WR, $1.2
Maurice Stovall, WR, $1.17
Davin Joseph, G, $1.72   - STARTER
Jeremy Trueblood, T, $1.75   - STARTER
Donald Penn, T, TBA   - STARTER
John Gilmore, TE, $1.25
Jerramy Stevens, TE, $1.42
Quincy Black, LB, $550,000   - STARTER
Adam Hayward, LB, $550,000
Barrett Ruud, LB, $3.26   - STARTER



10 Starters on offense and defense and 1 key starter on special teams.

That is a HUGE blow to lose those guys.

1) Sabby Sucks w/o a doubt.
2) Clifton Smith isn't a starter if he is only utilized as a special team player.
3) Quincy Black is replaceable.  I wouldn't be surprised if he's sharing time at OLB this year.

[LoganBucs37]

With all the team's possible UFAs and RFAs in 2011, rank your top 5 players you would want the front office to retain after this season...

My Ranking:

1) Davin Joseph
2) Tanard Jackson
3) Donald Penn
4) Cadillac Williams (Barring another in serious injury-free season)
5) Barrett Rudd

Well, there's really not keepers here.  I'll just be interested in how the new Ownership view these players.  However I think the one player who should be kept is Jevan Sneed.

[Ramonb]

I wouldn't worry too much.  Its a pretty smart move actually; next year there will be a TON of FA's on the market.  Given the law of supply and demand, the sheer number of "options" that teams will have will lower the price on resigning/signing FA's next offseason....In theory at least.  IMHO, that is why Ruud and Penn have not been resigned yet.

[yungbull]

With all the team's possible UFAs and RFAs in 2011, rank your top 5 players you would want the front office to retain after this season...

My Ranking:

1) Davin Joseph
2) Tanard Jackson
3) Donald Penn
4) Cadillac Williams (Barring another in serious injury-free season)
5) Barrett Rudd

Well, there's really not keepers here.  I'll just be interested in how the new Ownership view these players.  However I think the one player who should be kept is Jevan Sneed.

Sneed.....really?? smh

[alldaway]

Tanard Jackson

[kbl11]

Freeman, Talib, Tanard, Joseph, Ruud, Winslow

Not including 2010 rookies

[bucinnj]

This will be an easier question to answer after the season.

I'm curious to see how:

-Ruud's play is impacted by the new DT's and Miller in his 2nd year.
- Xavier Fulton is used and how he performs if Penn stays away.
- Jeremy Trueblood does with boneheaded penalties this year.  Is the light going to turn on for him?
- Sean Jones produces and/or if he pushes Sabby to step his game up.
- the OL looks in general after another season together and having the ability to focus on one style of blocking for an entire year.
- the run game is used this year (we basically got nothing from Ward/Graham last year, is Caddy's warranty up and what role if any does Huggins have in the rotation?)
- the "new" AB and Mike Will impact the offense

After these questions and several more get answered, we will have a better idea of who needs to stay and who can be let go.
Great question to revisit in 9 months.

[bizkitlimped]

you want top 5?

1. Jackson
2. Winslow
3. McCoy
4. Faine
5. Graham