Day No. 9 of Free Agency Update
Rather than return back to New Orleans, where the Super Bowl Saints were interested in having him serve as a backup to Drew Brees, it’s Cleveland where Jake Delhomme (left) plans to continue his NFL career.
Delhomme agreed to terms on Saturday with the Browns, where he has a chance to winning the starting quarterback job for new football guru Mike Holmgren and head coach Eric Mangini. They’ve booted Derek Anderson to free agency and they are ready, willing and able to trade Brady Quinn. They picked up Seneca Wallace in a trade with the Seahawks.
So Delhomme has a chance to continue as a starter after ending his run at Carolina with a benching last year. He threw eight TD passes during the’09 season, against 18 interceptions. His passer rating was a horrible 59.4.
Here’s the activity from a quiet Saturday around the league:
- BENGALS – re-signed S Roy Williams.
- BROWNS – agreed to terms with QB Jake Delhomme; re-signed LB Jason Trusnik; released TE Steve Heiden.
- REDSKINS – re-signed OL Will Montgomery.
- SEAHAWKS – signed TE Chris Baker (Patriots) to a 2-year, $4.75 million contract.
- VIKINGS – re-signed DT Jimmy Kennedy.
How bad does the Carolina coaching staff think Delhomme is to cut him and owe him 12 mil? Do they get out of his salary if another team signs him? Does he get his Carolina salary plus whatever the Cleveland pays him?
I hope we don’t go after Quinn. I know he has connections with our new OC, but I just wasn’t ever that impressed with him in college, and from what I understand of his limited pro exposure – he wasn’t that impressive there either. We all know the temptation is going to be dump Croyle, and go after Quinn – but I’m hoping they don’t give in to it.
We won’t have to worry about whether we might trade for Quinn. I just read he was traded to Denver for Peyton Hillis and two conditional draft picks. I’m with you. I have never been that impressed by him.
So, here we are at the end of the weekend, and I check all the transactions to see what’s been going on. I see teams have been busy signing players, making trades, etc. Except for the Chiefs. Nope, still nothing urgent there.
I said before I have patience, but it’s starting to run out. And so are opportunities for KC.