Free Agency and the Draft: Tracking the AFC West
 

This thread has two purposes.

1. People can quickly take a look at the OP to see which team has signed what player in FA (and also who they've lost) and then what they've added via the draft after it happens. I'll keep it updated as quickly as possible.

2. You can use this thread to discuss the outlook of the AFC West due to the FA moves and draft picks by said team.

I don't intend to have this be a mega thread that people have to wade through to find out bits and pieces of news. I won't be updating with visits or rumors. This is only after contracts are signed and draft picks are made.

List order will be by last years division finish.

Denver Broncos (1st)



San Diego Chargers (3rd)



Oakland Raiders (4th)

If you guys want the actual details of the contracts as part of the OP....I'll add them in.

That would be cool, but I think just keeping the list in the OP updated would be the greatest thing you could do. Having a mod sticky this thread at least through Training Camp would be nice.

This seems too easy

We will find a way to **** it up. I promise.

Updated for Seyi Ajirotutu

You might put each team in spoiler tags. Keep the front page cleaner. Arrowhead hawk does a good job with the KU thread.

Better?

Yeah. You could throw KC in one too. Doesn't matter much to me. I'm just glad someone is doing it.

Thank you Pestilence.

Sticky?

This is pretty sweet. Thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Nice job, thanks

Updated with James Jones.

Raiders signed OL Kevin Boothe, formerly of the Giants, to a two-year contract.
Boothe can play every position on the offensive line save left tackle, though he's best suited for the interior. The soon-to-be 31-year-old was drafted by the Raiders in the sixth round of the 2006 draft and played one season for the Silver and Black before going to New York. Ideally, he'd be a versatile reserve.

Updated to this point.

Rep to you Pest, that other thread is/was a pain in the ass trying to find out what the **** is going on. Thank you

PFF put out grades for some of the FA signings so far. Figured I'd post them in here.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blo...y-deal-grader/

Grading system:

+2.0: A move that is guaranteed to take your franchise to another level
+1.5: That’s just great value!
+1.0: That should work out very nicely!
+0.5: Common sense shines through
0.0: Color us indifferent
-0.5: Did you really need to make that move?
-1.0: That’s an awfully big gamble there
-1.5: Now why would you go and do that?
-2.0: You’re bringing back Brett Favre?

Here's how they scored either our current signings or the players that left and signed with other teams.

Would have liked to keep Demps at KR.

I don't think the Chiefs will miss the players they lost-especially not at the money they signed for.

No shit. Some of those deals are stupid expensive.

It's like Knowmo never left

Fans all over not just here with the "too much money!!!" Line involving good players going to another team.

A. How many times has so called "salary cap hell" actually occurred?

B. since when did you "Joe Fan" have a personal interest in what your owners checking account looked like?

C. Even if your team Scrooges it up every year. Do u think your beer, tickets, and parking prices going to be a lot different than anywhere else?


Just one example. And make no mistake I know Bronco fans do this too.

NE fans in January believe Talib is top 3 NFL corner who is inspirational leader on par with Moses for NE D. NE to SB if not for dirty Welker hit.

NE fans rejoice last week that R. Kraft dodges major bullet. Kraft needs that 9 million, too much for 1 player. Especially good-not great cb like Talib that is always hurt and smoking drugs.

2 days later. Only 12 mil for this yr of Revis? Great! Revis is best cb in game hands down. Ignore 1.2 million posts on our message board from last 5 yrs saying he is wildly overrated. Jets fans will be mad!!!!

Btw Vince Wilfork needs to go. R Kraft needs that money. He's always hurt and too old now. Ignore the 17000 posts last yr about how dominant he is and how this killed NE SB season when he went out.

The Lady is getting plowed tonight!

Vaughn Martin went from the Dolphins to the Lions. Other than that, nice work.:thumb:

lol. Nailed it dude.
I get burnt out on reading stupid fan takes that spew this exact same shit.

The OL lost its three best players. Any way you cut it - it's a step back.

The Oline was average at best most of the season- for whatever reason they never jelled and played a complete game- except maybe against the fade and redskins. To pay out 20 mil to those guys in the coming year to get exactly what you had last year didn't make a lot of sense.

Time for some new blood.

Terez A. Paylor ‏@TerezPaylor 33m

Dorsey on Sanders: “I was interested in the player and at the end of the day, the player and agent decided to go to Denver.” #chiefs

Dorsey says this draft is very deep in terms of WRs with skills. #Chiefs

Dorsey on Sanders situation: “I’ve kind of put it in the rearview mirror and I’m moving forward."

Dorsey says he could envision Abdullah or Commings playing at free safety. Says there’s some players in draft that can help there, too.

Dorsey says Walker can play the run but gives you an extra dimension in pass-rush

Dorsey on the starting LT situation: #Chiefs will put the best five OL out there.

Dorsey basically said Mike Catapano is working his butt off and can see him making great strides.

Dorsey on Mays: “He's a real football player. He's mature...a very good communicator. He'll be able to play equally the run and the pass."

Nick Jacobs ‏@Jacobs71 29m

John Dorsey said that contract extensions talks with Alex Smith and Justin Houston are on going.

that sounds like a guy that besides the draft really doesn't plan to bring in many veteran FAs between now and August.

Chiefs going to be fielding a lot of inexperience at starters this year.

Terez A. Paylor ‏@TerezPaylor 2m

Dorsey on free safety: "One of the reasons we drafted Sanders Commings is we thought he fit that positional skill."

Updated for Donald Penn.

It sounds like the approach of somebody who knows they aren't going anywhere this year, so might as well see what they have with the young guys. I really have to hope he doesn't have this blind faith in rookies and unproven young players when it really matters and when we might actually have a chance at being a good team. That isn't this year, so I guess it doesn't matter what free agents we sign or don't sign.

Screw that mentality of "this isn't our year" crap.

To me the chiefs look like a team that are ready to win now. With a little luck, some solid drafting, and an aggressive GM who makes deals, the chiefs can win.

Well he isn't making deals and isn't being aggressive, and so far he hasn't exactly shown solid drafting. And a little luck? Luck and Chiefs don't belong in the same sentence unless it's a sentence about Andrew Luck stomping the Chiefs asses.

It ain't happening.

Updated with Grissom.

:hmmm: so being "agressive" is over paying for average players? I like what they are doing-we need some young guns in here. People bitch when we bring in retreads and they bitch when we dont-lol :shake:

Updated for Charles Woodson.

Updated Lewis, Owens and Schaub.

No Chiefs signings = Dead Thread LMAO


Raiders
Maurice Jones-Drew
CJ Wilson
Resigned Pat Sims

Knowshon Moreno, RB (Dolphins)

Carlos Rogers- Raiders