OK so the day that Free Agency begins I have alot to do... first off my o-line is in shambles, our QB is old and crappy and there is really only one, possibly two, studs on defense.
So with CB Asante Samuel being the first big FA available we take a shot at him... ended up landing him on a 3 year deal worth 10 million and a 2 million dollar signing bonus... not to shabby.
As you would probably figure i pretty much put the entire team on the trade block, outside of stud LOLB Derrick Johnson. So now that we have our Starting CB locked down it's tradin' time!
Ok so first trade was actually a huge steal... needed a solid MLB for our 3-4 scheme so who better than Patrick Willis right? Gave up LE Tamba Hali and our 2008 round 5 pick 129 as well as 2008 round 6 pick 164, 49er's jumped all over it... thx!!!!!
The next four trades ended with K.C. acquiring LT Joe Staley, LG Logan Mankins, C Samson Satele and last but not least RG Davin Joseph. All in all we gave up HB Larry Johnson, ROLB Donnie Edwards, C Rob Smith, QB Damon Huard, LT Damion McIntosh and HB Kolby Smith along with various 08' and 09 draft picks in the 5th through 7th rounds.
At this point we have a good bit of cap penalties but with nearly 40 million in cap room still available we check out yet another top Free Agent...
RT Jordan Gross... super beast... and we lock him down to a 5yr 27 million dollar contract with a 4 million dollar signing bonus.
Talk about a turn around, my average overall on the o-line is now higher than any of the previous players!!! AND we really only lost one weapon in HB Larry Johnson. Now for the replacement!
So trying to find someone to fill the shoes of LJ is tough, but we decide to go a bit outta the box and offer the Broncos SS Greg Wesley, SS Bernard Pollard and DT Alfonso Boone.... but not for their HB... NO NO.....
Enter beast mode.... WR Brandon Marshall!! Yeah yeah He aint a HB, But when the ball is in his hands he runs like one and adding him into the mix with Dwayne Bow is one heck of a 1-2 punch at WR.
As for offensive weapons, we also traded WR Jeff Webb to the Browns for WR and return specialist Joshua Cribbs. Take that one any day of the week!
Our last player trade was to the Titans for stud FS Mike Griffin... we gave em' our old MLB Napolion Harris and our 08' 4th round 102nd pick.
Now it prob would come as a shock to you but our last trade was not a player trade but a trade for a solid high draft pick... TE Tony Gonzales to the Falcons for their 3rd overall, giving us 3 first round picks and 2 in the top 5!
Since we got rid of Gonzales we decided to pick up TE LJ Smith outta the Free Agency... locked him up on a 4 yr 19 million dollar deal with a 2.5 million bonus.
Next we went ahead and signed Pass rusher ROLB Terrell Suggs to go opposite Derrick Johnson on a 3 yr 10 million dollar contract with a 2 million bonus
Our last pickup was a kicker named Josh Brown... 2 yr 4 million with 500k bonus.
Next stop the NFL Draft!!!