Sharks - help me out with my weaknesses. I am uncertain about the Texan safety situation? Does CC Brown establish himself enough to keep Glenn off the field? Who will prove to be the best Free Agent value plays? etc.....?????

Here are a few Free Agents I have my eye on - anyone of these better than what I drafted - also our Keeper situation changes for 2006 as we can keep 2 offensive players, 1 defensive player, and 1 Rookie (Off or Def):

Tyler Brayton
Lofa Tatupu
Colby Bockholdt
Channing Crowder
Bradie James
Lemar Marshall
Stuart Schweigert
Nick Ferguson
Nick Collins
Will Demps
CC Brown
Tank Williams
Ken Lucas
Ryan Clark

Here is my Defense:

Coleman, Rod ATL DT
Henderson, John JAC DT
Hargrove, Tony STL DE
Umenyiora, Osi NYG DE

Darling, James ARI LB
Nguyen, Dat DAL LB
Ulbrich, Jeff SFO LB
Vilma, Jonathan NYJ LB
Watson, Courtney NOS LB

Wilson, Eugene NEP CB
Boulware, Michael SEA S
Earl, Glenn HOU S
Polamalu, Troy PIT S

Here is my offense:

Brady, Tom NEP QB
Leftwich, Byron JAC QB
Warner, Kurt ARI QB

Anderson, Mike DEN RB
Blaylock, Derrick NYJ RB
Jones, Kevin DET RB
Martin, Curtis NYJ RB
Tomlinson, Ladainian SDC RB
Turner, Michael SDC RB

Chambers, Chris MIA WR
Holt, Torry STL WR
Kennison, Eddie KCC WR
Northcutt, Dennis CLE WR
Smith, Rod DEN WR
Smith, Steve CAR WR
Toomer, Amani NYG WR
Wilson, Cedrick PIT WR

Anderson, Courtney OAK TE
Kinney, Erron TEN TE
Putzier, Jeb DEN TE

Thanks in advance for the help!

Tank Williams and Will Demps are much better options than Eugene Wilson and Glenn Earl IMHO. I also like Lemar Marshall beter than Darling or Ulbrich.

I'd cut Wilson, Darling & Earl. Grab Demps, Williams & Bockwoldt.

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Any other opinions?

Does C. Crowder present significant upside now that he has been named a starter or does Zack still get all the tackles?

I think Zach gets his no problem, but there were a number of people who think he loses his job later this year to Crowder.

I don't see how that happens, when Thomas has been their best LB for a while, and I don't see the 3 LB's on the roster right now who are better than Thomas.

LBs
I am a crowder owner and a fins fan and there is just no way that crowder starts over Zach. That is just absurd. However Zach Thomas missed 4 games (i think) last year due to injury and has a hurt ankle right now so there is a very good chance that crowder will see playing time due to a Thomas injury this season.

Definitely dump Darling and probably Ulbrich
I would go after Crowder/Buckwoldt/Marshall to replace

DBs
You have 2 studs but should dump Wilson and Earl and grab Demps and Williams

DLs
You have DLs like mine and I am very nervous about starting Henderson and Coleman but Osi will probably be starting instead of one of them so you are ok. I don't think Brayton is a very good option but you should see if Robert Geathers (sp?) is available as he is a good upside guy and is flying under most radars.

Your D looks pretty solid all in all.