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Kyle Long is hilarious, his new Twitter avatar:

Yeah, I just did defense as that has been the focus. On offense, I would love Wisniewski, but don't know if we have the cap space.

A 7th is almost a throw-away pick anyway. There are more UDFA's that make it than 7th rounders. Most players don't want to even be drafted in the 7th, as they would rather go undrafted and pick their spot. To me this is not a big deal at all. To me, all indications were that we would've cut him without an offer (just like Andre Johnson was cut), but we at least got a 5th rounder back (which we didn't have before). Houston got nothing for Johnson.

Olsen would still be on this team if we were catering to Cutler.

Actually he got out before the dumpster fire caught the double wide on fire. I actually applaud him for getting out before it all came tumbling down (timing is everything) and from his interviews, he clearly won't make the same mistakes. I see that as a learning point, he has first hand knowledge on what the Saints did and how they got to this point, so he can discuss with Cliff and other staff to prevent us from ever getting to that point.

Is Chip Kelly playing Madden 2010? So they swap QBs and the Eagles get a 2015 5th-round pick, and 2016 3rd/4th-round picks. Rams get a 2015 4th-round pick and 2016 2nd-round pick. The 2nd round pick alone is worth more than the 3rd/4th/5th that the Eagles got (unless they win the SB making the Rams take pick#64). Either way a 2nd and a 4th is more valuable than a 3rd, 4th, and 5th. and if I am reading this correctly, Phillly just took on $11 mil in cap (unless they cut him?). The initial report was Philly swapping 1st's with STL, which would make sense for Mariotta, but they actually have worse draft picks, less cap space, and a worse QB.

From Rolle's Twitter: His last tweet was him on a plane (enroute to Chicago).

With McPhee, Royal, and Rolle pending contracts. I would still like to see a few more guys brought in from this pool of defensive candidates (for the right price): Safety: #28 Rahim Moore - S (25) #88 Ron Parker - S (27) Cornerback: #27 Chris Culliver - CB (27) #46 Perrish Cox - CB (28) Linebacker: #49 Curtis Lofton - ILB (28) #59 Mason Foster - ILB (26) Defensive/Nose Tackle: #16 Terrance Knighton - DL (29) #29 Dan Williams - DL (28) # - NFL FA Ranking If we could bring in a couple of more guys from these groups (wishful thinking), I think we would be in great position going into the draft. I was hoping for 4x new starters via free agency on defense, and 2x from draft (first 3 rounds). Then we would only have to start 5 guys from last year's team. Pre-Draft: DLine: Houston/Knighton/Ratliff/Ferguson/Dunn/Allen LB: McPhee/Young/Foster/Jones/Bostic/Bass/Washington/SMC CB: Fuller/Culliver/Jennings/Louis-Jean/Hurst S: Moore/Rolle/Mundy/Vereen

They are all visits, but highly likely based on comments.

Royal is 28 (29 in May), and would immediately be one of the best slot WR's we've had in a long time.

In 2008, Eddie Royal caught 91 passes for 980 yards, 5 TDs, career-highs in receptions and yards. Cutler also had a career high in yards that year.

From Rolle's twitter:

Damn

Love it, slot guy, history with Cutler and offense.

Official trade details.

Insane deal, what are the Saints doing?

FINALLY: Bears will sign S Antrel Rolle according to @JenLada. 3 yrs/$11.25 - $5 mil guaranteed

Jeff Legwold‏@Jeff_Legwold·1 min1 minute ago Virgil Green has informed #Bears hes staying with #Broncos.

That sounds about right. Searcy, Mason, Rolle, House all have been linked. Should get interesting today.

Looks like Cutler is staying.

We only have Bostic, Greene, SMC, Jones, add Lattimore under contract, so we are adding LBs because we need around 10 on our roster.

2/$6 is a pretty good deal for the Browns, also sets the bar lower than I expected. Royal or Britt could be had for a similar deal.

I don't understand why nfl.com is making news posts about the free agents and their "insiders" are giving some of the scoops if they don't condone these actions. Talk about being hypocritical.

That is not how took it. If they are trading picks, then it is a trade. If they are swapping picks, they are swapping picks. The tweet said: I don't know how you get our 3rd for their 2nd out of that statement. I get we would swap 2nd & 3rd round picks. I might just be reading into too much.