NFL Free Agent Game/Puzzle

[WSUCougar]

In honor of the free agency season, here's a little group exercise to try.

The idea is to connect all 32 NFL teams using direct FA player links. More specifically, you can only connect teams by using a player who signed as a free agent with their new team directly away from the old team.

Example:

Drew Bledsoe connects the Bills to the Cowboys, but does NOT connect the Patriots to the Cowboys.

We'll start with that one to get things moving.

49’ers (used)
Bears (used)
Bengals
Bills (used)
Broncos (used)
Browns (used)
Bucs (used)
Cardinals (used)
Chargers (used)
Chiefs (used)
Colts (used)
Cowboys (used)
Dolphins
Eagles (used)
Falcons (used)
Giants (used)
Jaguars (used)
Jets (used)
Lions (used)
Packers
Panthers (used)
Patriots (used)
Raiders (used)
Rams (used)
Ravens
Redskins
Saints (used)
Seahawks (used)
Steelers (used)
Texans (used)
Titans
Vikings (used)

[WSUCougar]

Drew Bledsoe connects the Bills to the Cowboys.

So someone take the Cowboys and connect them to another team...

[digamma]

Emmitt Smith connects the Cowboys to the Cardinals.

[JeeberD]

Edit: Scratch that, Jones was traded to the Bucs...

[Cap Ologist]

Bertrand Berry connects the Cardinals to the Broncos.

[WSUCougar]

Bertrand Berry connects the Cardinals to the Broncos.
Sorry, but technically he connects the Broncos to the Cardinals, and since we already have used the Cardinals this one doesn't work.

[Cap Ologist]

I guess I should learn to read instructions better, huh?

[rkmsuf]

David Boston

Cardinals/Chargers

[JAG]

This could get hard at the end. Don't use Redskins or Raiders early on, try to use teams that don't sign anyone.

[WSUCougar]

I guess I should learn to read instructions better, huh?
No worries. They were a bit vague, so I tried to clarify them.

Was Junior Seau traded to the Dolphins or was he signed as a FA?

[rafini]

traded

[rafini]

I saw Emmitt used, are we using just active players or all-time?

[HomerJSimpson]

I saw Emmitt used, are we using just active players or all-time?

Not mention, didn't he sign a contract with the Cowboys so that he could retire as one?

[rafini]

Kwame Lassiter
San Diego/St. Louis (and actually Arizona/San Diego, so it's a triple score)

[WSUCougar]

(I was thinking current players, or at least recent).

Grant Wistrom, Rams to Seahawks

[rafini]

Willie Williams

Seahawks to Steelers (and orginally Steelers to Seahawks)

[rafini]

Kris Brown
Steelers to Texans

[WSUCougar]

Pumpy, you got trumped, so please delete your post.

Texans...hmmm.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Doh!

[rafini]

As soon as I posted that it dawned on me that we should've waited to use the Texans till the end. This one won't be easy.

[rafini]

Greg Comella
Texans to Buccaneers

[Pumpy Tudors]

I can connect somebody from Houston to Buffalo, but Buffalo's already been used. Doh!

[henry296]

John Lynch - Bucs to Broncos

[rkmsuf]

Olandis Gary

Broncos to Lions

[rafini]

Johnny Morton
Lions to Chiefs

[rafini]

Morten Anderson
Chiefs to Vikings

[Lathum]

Matthew Hatchet
Vikings to Jets

[rafini]

Aaron Beasley
Jets to Falcons

[WSUCougar]

Chris Chandler, Falcons to Bears

[albionmoonlight]

Brad Muster

Bears to Saints

[rafini]

Rae Carruth
Panthers to State Penitentiary

[rkmsuf]

Jake Delhomme

Saints to Panthers

[WSUCougar]

Ty Poole, Panthers to Colts

[rafini]

Kelly Holcomb
Colts to Browns

[rafini]

Kevin Johnson
Browns to Jaguars

[rkmsuf]

Kevin Johnson

Browns to Jags

*edit* you dolaposting bastard.

[Arles]

Hugh Douglas

Jags to Eagles

[Pyser]

Carlos Emmons

Eagles to Giants

[rkmsuf]

Jerimiah Trotter

Eagles to Redskins

*edit* f-u timestamp bug.

[Pyser]

Scott Gragg

Giants to 49ers

[Pyser]

Jerry Rice

49ers to Raiders

[rafini]

Dana Stubblefield
Raiders to Patriots

[henry296]

Discussion... We can link Ravens to Redskins with today's Casey Rabach signing...

[Pyser]

the ravens look like the toughest team to me. they dont sign many players.

neither have the titans, since theyve been over the cap or close since forever...

[WSUCougar]

The Bengals are going to be tough.

[WSUCougar]

We could go Antowain Smith from the Pats to the Titans.

[rkmsuf]

Ben Coates

Patriots to Ravens

has been put on hold.

Ben is not pleased.

[WSUCougar]

Ben Coates?!?

Let's keep that in reserve.

[Pyser]

well, we could use the center the redskins signed from balt today, but i think we should hold off on washington...

[rkmsuf]

Ben Coates?!?

Let's keep that in reserve.

Why?

He's no Brad Muster but was a fine player.

[WSUCougar]

Why?

He's no Brad Muster but was a fine player.
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply he wasn't worthy, only that his name surprised me as a blast from the past.

Let's hold him in reserve until we can figure out the rest of the remaining team matrix (so we have all our bases covered).

[WSUCougar]

Teams left:

Bengals
Dolphins
Packers
Ravens
Redskins
Titans

Time to get careful and discuss this...

[Pyser]

keep in mind:

p hentrich, gb to tenn

[Pyser]

and p turk from washington to mia...

[Pyser]

dt thornton went from tenn to cincy.

if everyone just lists every connection they can think of between the teams we have left, we should crack it.

[Pyser]

special teams help. who is everyones kicker and punter? they just go from team to team.

[TazFTW]

:discussion: Doug Pederson Dolphins to Packers.

[Pyser]

p barker went wash to gb, if we cant crack cincy->gb

[WSUCougar]

Richmond Webb signed with the Bengals a few years ago, didn't he?

So we could go:

Pats to Ravens (Coates)
Ravens to Redskins (Rabach)
Redskins to Dolphins (Turk)
Dolphins to Bengals (Webb)

Packers to Titans (Hentrich)

If we can go Bengals to Packers that'll do it.

[WSUCougar]

Or we could go:

Pats to Ravens (Coates)
Ravens to Redskins (Rabach)
Redskins to Dolphins (Turk)
Dolphins to Packers (Pederson)
Packers to Titans (Hentrich)

If we can go Titans to Bengals that'll do it, too.

[scooper]

Akili Smith signed temporarily with the Pack.

Done.

[TazFTW]

Nick Luchey Bengals to Packers

[WSUCougar]

Pats to Ravens (Coates)
Ravens to Redskins (Rabach)
Redskins to Dolphins (Turk)
Dolphins to Bengals (Webb)
Bengals to Packers (Luchey)
Packers to Titans (Hentrich)

w00t!