2013 Transactions Thread

[Caveman24]

Re: 2013 Transactions Thread

Dashon Goldson better come back

[SickDL]

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You've just had some knowledge dropped on you, friend.

Ha, okey based on that reed wants to stay and the ravens want reed to stay. Its not a garanty. But i think there a good chance they work something out. But time will tell

[N51_rob]

You've just had some knowledge dropped on you, friend.

I mean technically he is right. After all Jerry Rice retired a 49er, Emmitt Smith retired a Cowboy, Brian Dawkins retired an Eagle and Ladanian Tomlinson retired a Charger...

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[55]

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I've always kind of rolled my eyes at the symbolic, one-day contract retirements just so a guy could retire as a member of his former team. If you loved it somewhere so much in the first place, then why leave?

On topic: Ed Reed is definitely playing somewhere other than Baltimore in 2013. Book it.

[wwharton]

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I've always kind of rolled my eyes at the symbolic, one-day contract retirements just so a guy could retire as a member of his former team. If you loved it somewhere so much in the first place, then why leave?

On topic: Ed Reed is definitely playing somewhere other than Baltimore in 2013. Book it.

So based on that statement, you don't think he should retire a Raven?

Similar but a bit off topic... what about Todd Heap? And a real question, what jersey should Boldin or Mason retire with?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I've always kind of rolled my eyes at the symbolic, one-day contract retirements just so a guy could retire as a member of his former team. If you loved it somewhere so much in the first place, then why leave?

On topic: Ed Reed is definitely playing somewhere other than Baltimore in 2013. Book it.

To be fair, it's not always under the player's control.

[areobee401]

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To be fair, it's not always under the player's control.

Exactly. Sometimes a team will move on from an aging vet to better themselves for the future. The player may not be ready to retire, so he moves on to a new team.

Football (any sport for that matter) is a business after all. A player being forced or even willingly playing for a different team at the end of a career doesn't equate to a lack of respect the two sides have for each other.

[jb12780]

Giants release Bradshaw, per Schefter.

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[55]

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So based on that statement, you don't think he should retire a Raven?

Similar but a bit off topic... what about Todd Heap? And a real question, what jersey should Boldin or Mason retire with?

What do you mean by what "jersey" should they retire with?

Heap, Boldin and Mason aren't HoF players, so I don't understand the question.

And if Reed wants to retire as a Raven, he'll re-sign with them instead of just taking the most money to go elsewhere. Him signing a one day contract a few years from now is meaningless to me.

[wwharton]

Re: 2013 Transactions Thread

Giants release Bradshaw, per Schefter.

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Didn't see that coming

What do you mean by what "jersey" should they retire with?

Heap, Boldin and Mason aren't HoF players, so I don't understand the question.

And if Reed wants to retire as a Raven, he'll re-sign with them instead of just taking the most money to go elsewhere. Him signing a one day contract a few years from now is meaningless to me.

The debate is really only appropriate with HOFers but my comment about Heap was more along the lines of what PPM mentioned. If it were up to him he would've never left but he didn't have a choice and the organization still holds him in a very high light for what he did for them.

The Boldin/Mason question was just looking at their split careers. Probably more appropriate for the Off Topic thread.

As for Reed, what if he wants to keep playing and another team wants to pay him to keep paying. That's what happened with everyone N51_rob mentioned. So when he thinks he's done he should resign and struggle through another year to be worthy of retiring as a Raven? Of course the 1 day contract is just a formality but I'd rather that than see Jerry Rice in the HOF as a Seahawk.

[55]

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Of course the 1 day contract is just a formality but I'd rather that than see Jerry Rice in the HOF as a Seahawk.

That's my entire point, so there is zero need for a debate.

Just because Warren Sapp was a member of the Raiders organization when he retired doesn't mean anything. Everyone will always remember him as a Buccaneer, even Raiders fans.

Besides, they don't put a team logo on your plaque (you get a bust and not really a plaque anyway) in the Pro Football Hall of Fame anyway, that is strictly a baseball tradition and rightfully so.

Every team a player has ever played for gets some credit for them when they are enshrined:

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.aspx

This format works for most players, but a team-hopping whore like Deion Sanders' listing is funny.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Re: 2013 Transactions Thread

Giants release Bradshaw, per Schefter.

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Giants-Chris Canty is also Relased

[kingkilla56]

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Bradshaw and Canty too?

[cjonesfan921]

Re: 2013 Transactions Thread

Reese always makes the right moves.

[SickDL]

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Bradshaw released by the giants