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Next year's Chester Taylor (1 Viewer)
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FunkyPlutos
Footballguy
Michael Turner 
Riffraff
Footballguy
Mike Anderson - Jamal basically signed a 1 year deal. Not quite what you meant by a guy changing teams though.
Chris Perry - eventually he gets a shot in Cincy or gets moved.
Cedric Benson - already mentioned as an in-place replacement.
Marion Barber - another in-place replacement
DeShawn Foster - assuming someone actually wants him after he gets unseated by Williams.
Chris Brown - could compliment someone in a RBBC somewhere else, after White takes his job.
Kevan Barlow - he is probably still of value to some ex-49er coach in the league.
TJ Duckett - someone will pay him decently in free agency or via trade.
JJ Arrington - maybe someone will give him a 2nd chance?
Chris Perry - eventually he gets a shot in Cincy or gets moved.
Cedric Benson - already mentioned as an in-place replacement.
Marion Barber - another in-place replacement
DeShawn Foster - assuming someone actually wants him after he gets unseated by Williams.
Chris Brown - could compliment someone in a RBBC somewhere else, after White takes his job.
Kevan Barlow - he is probably still of value to some ex-49er coach in the league.
TJ Duckett - someone will pay him decently in free agency or via trade.
JJ Arrington - maybe someone will give him a 2nd chance?
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
I was a year too early on Chester Taylor. I hoarded him after the 2004 season. NOW he goes to Minnesota. *******.
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Derrick Blaylock
Greg Jones
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Derrick Blaylock
Greg Jones
Eli2Shockey
Footballguy
Tjones isn't going to perform just because he is holding out? He ran for 1300 yards last year and the best season of his career and all of a sudden the unproven Benson is better ? D'okYeah, I am a Benson owner...you caught me.Or is that the wishful thinking of a C Benson owner.
. Hard not to with my sig, but tell me Jones is not making it easier for Benson by whining about money and staying away. Guess we'll know when mandatory camp rolls around
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KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
You would THINK, that after seeing how the Bears dealt with Benson (a #4 overall pick, not some journeyman former 1st rounder fighting to stay in the NFL), that he'd not do something stupid like threaten to hold out.Yeah, I am a Benson owner...you caught me.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Tjones isn't going to perform just because he is holding out? He ran for 1300 yards last year and the best season of his career and all of a sudden the unproven Benson is better ? D'okYeah, I am a Benson owner...you caught me.
As a Bears fan, Jones is and will continue to be the starter. Benson has proven nothing and Jones is getting better every season. Jones is going nowhere. 
pinda
Footballguy
How is this insight???Who is the next C.Taylor is more of a question who's the next sleeper RB that gets a starting job.
Benson and Maroney are hardly sleepers. One is a top 5 pick and the other is a first rounder.
As for Gado, hardly a "taylor type" there either, since he has already started in the league.
Benson didn't lose the starting job because he held out. Benson lost the starting job because Thomas Jones played better than he did. If he was playing better than Thomas Jones, then he would have started, holdout or no.I suppose that perhaps the reason why Jones played better than Benson was because, by holding out, Benson put himself behind the learning curve. Do you really think that's a likely problem for Thomas Jones- that by holding out, he won't have time to get used to the speed of the NFL game, or that maybe he won't have enough time to improve his blocking to NFL-ready levels?You would THINK, that after seeing how the Bears dealt with Benson (a #4 overall pick, not some journeyman former 1st rounder fighting to stay in the NFL), that he'd not do something stupid like threaten to hold out.Yeah, I am a Benson owner...you caught me.
Cannon Fodder
Footballguy
Chris Perry
TJ Duckett
Chris Perry
TJ Duckett
Chris Perry
PatsWillWin
Footballguy
Najeh Davenport
Turner will sadly be only an RFA because he'll only have three years of experience after 2006 (please correct me if im wrong, my understanding is that you have to have four years of experience to be a UFA).
Perry, Barber, and Benson are good calls to get more work, or shots at the starting gig in 07, but the shots would be with their own team, so that doesnt fit the Taylor/Jordan category.
Here are a few candidates (non-starters) that have their contract expiring in 2006, who could get a bigger role for a new team, contracts according to this page :
Adrian Peterson, CHI - Runs well and hard when asked to, almost indistinguishable from Benson last year in the Bears running game. The Bears will likely have to let Thomas Jones walk (who would be on this list, but he's currently a starter), and should keep Peterson to backup Benson. Another team could come in and give Peterson more money to be compete for a starting job.
B.J. Askew, NYJ - The longest of long shots, I have to include Askew because A) he looked great running the ball last year and B) he continually states that he sees himself as a halfback, not a fullback, although he does what he can to help the team win. The chance of him ever catching on as a halfback is tiny, but changing teams as a UFA next year could increase it if the team signing him honors his request to be given a look as a ballcarrier.
Chris Brown, TEN - Brown has had stretches of quality as the feature back for Tennessee. If LenDale White works out as well as the Titans hope, there'll be no reason to keep Brown in his walk year. Brown will likely be one of the most proven backs on the market. He's a great buy low candidate in dynasty if White takes over this year.
Ladell Betts, WAS - I have felt for a while that Betts is one of the ten best backup RBs in the NFL, and he might finally get his shot for a bigger role in 2007. The Redskins throw their money around to sign other teams free agents, not their own. Betts may well be the most likely RB to be the "Chester Taylor" of the 2007 offseason.
Michael Pittman, TB - Yeah, he'll be 32 going into the 2007 season, but he's a well rounded, experienced veteran RB could be brought in to hedge against a younger RB failing, or brittle RB getting hurt. He still looked like he could bring it when Caddy was out last year. He had three plays over 40 yards from scrimmage on limited (106) touches.
William Green, CLE - You just never know. Its been a while since Green was successful, or even got a chance to fail again. He's the 2nd longest shot on this list after Askew, but he'll still be only 27 going into next year, and he could get a shot to earn a backup job elsewhere. He won't be brought in to start, but it's still worth watching to see where he ends up.
Perry, Barber, and Benson are good calls to get more work, or shots at the starting gig in 07, but the shots would be with their own team, so that doesnt fit the Taylor/Jordan category.
Here are a few candidates (non-starters) that have their contract expiring in 2006, who could get a bigger role for a new team, contracts according to this page :
Adrian Peterson, CHI - Runs well and hard when asked to, almost indistinguishable from Benson last year in the Bears running game. The Bears will likely have to let Thomas Jones walk (who would be on this list, but he's currently a starter), and should keep Peterson to backup Benson. Another team could come in and give Peterson more money to be compete for a starting job.
B.J. Askew, NYJ - The longest of long shots, I have to include Askew because A) he looked great running the ball last year and B) he continually states that he sees himself as a halfback, not a fullback, although he does what he can to help the team win. The chance of him ever catching on as a halfback is tiny, but changing teams as a UFA next year could increase it if the team signing him honors his request to be given a look as a ballcarrier.
Chris Brown, TEN - Brown has had stretches of quality as the feature back for Tennessee. If LenDale White works out as well as the Titans hope, there'll be no reason to keep Brown in his walk year. Brown will likely be one of the most proven backs on the market. He's a great buy low candidate in dynasty if White takes over this year.
Ladell Betts, WAS - I have felt for a while that Betts is one of the ten best backup RBs in the NFL, and he might finally get his shot for a bigger role in 2007. The Redskins throw their money around to sign other teams free agents, not their own. Betts may well be the most likely RB to be the "Chester Taylor" of the 2007 offseason.
Michael Pittman, TB - Yeah, he'll be 32 going into the 2007 season, but he's a well rounded, experienced veteran RB could be brought in to hedge against a younger RB failing, or brittle RB getting hurt. He still looked like he could bring it when Caddy was out last year. He had three plays over 40 yards from scrimmage on limited (106) touches.
William Green, CLE - You just never know. Its been a while since Green was successful, or even got a chance to fail again. He's the 2nd longest shot on this list after Askew, but he'll still be only 27 going into next year, and he could get a shot to earn a backup job elsewhere. He won't be brought in to start, but it's still worth watching to see where he ends up.
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Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Watch out for Vernand Morency. He has nice game, Houston can run block, and DD does have a history of missing time.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
No doubt they're looking for depth with Hollings gone and Wells in FA. Either Smith or Bennett could be the right pick. I'm just pointing out there could be some nice value there, and I prefer Morency to anyone but DD. I bet Kubiak feels the same way after training camp.Which is why they want to bring Michael Bennett in??
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