Free Agency Thoughts

So my football thoughts is the real reason I created this blog. I hate how I have all these football conspiracies and thoughts and most time they are right. Unfortunately there is no record of such, just the words of my friends. So now it becomes official, with a date attached to it. As the football season comes around, I will have more predictions on how I forsee the season. Just how accurate am I? Well, I knew the Cardinals were not going to go down easy last year.



Free Agency is over half-way through and the draft is on the horizon. As big names trade logos for cash, I shake my head in shame at a few teams. Luckily, none of them are my favorite.



The New England Patriots should change their name to the New England Retirement Home. Some may say I am just hating on the team, but sorry Mrs. Jackson, I am for real. New England has become the home to many football players before their retirement. I can only see the Patriots winning the Super Bowl of Shuffleboard. This off-season seems to follow the same routine as they picked up Fred Taylor, Shawn Springs, Greg Lewis, and they are trying to get Julius Peppers.



Although the names mentioned are all good players, they are not the key to winning a Super Bowl. If I were to ask any hard core Pats fan which players are key to their success, one name would stand out. Tom Brady. They drafted him, groomed him, and if he comes back from his injury healthy they may have another chance at a Division Title if not a Conference one. Old fogies didn't get them to where they are at now. Young talent is what leads to championships. If they ever draft an Adrian Peterson, Willie Parker, or Maurice Jones-Drew for a running back, they will have a package not seen since the Irvin, Aikman and Smith.



There are other teams that follow the retirement home model. The Washington Redskins and The Dallas Cowboys will also not do well in the coming season. The Cowboys went out and got my favorite player, Zach Thomas, last year and not much came of it. This year they tried to pick up Ray Lewis and failed. I am sure they will try to pick up some other big name to along with their young ones. I hope they draft well in the first round, ohh yeah, they gave that up to Detroit. Ohh well. Maybe 2010 will have better luck for the Boys.

The Redskins are notorious for spending money like crazy in free agency and this year was not different. $100 million for Albert Haynesworth is absolutely ridiculous. I would understand spending this much money in a different sport where one person can pull your team to the championship by himself. Unfortunately football is not such a sport. If Haynesworth is really that good, then why aren't the Titans sporting new championship rings? I am not trying to say he isn't good, I am just saying he isn't worth $100 million. He will probably follow the same route as my boy Jason Taylor.

One of these days, these teams will learn. Ehh, probably not. We will just have to see what the draft brings everyone.