Colts re-build might take a few years at this rate
The Indianapolis Colts have pledged to re-build their team ever since they agreed to let Manning go. Although they will bring in Andrew Luck in the draft, they are certainly not offering too much help for the rookie.
The Colts have already released Dallas Clark, Curtis Painter, Joseph Addai, Gary Brackett and Melvin Bullit. They are even shopping Dwight Freeney as well. If I am Andrew Luck, I am not a happy person. I guess it means they will have to do some great things in the draft; especially defensively as they couldn't stop a high school team from scoring last year.
The Oakland Raiders have gone nuts in my opinion. After the new general manager fired Hue Jackson and hired a very inexperienced defensive co-ordinator as the head coach, Dennis Allen and Reggie McKenzie continue to release starters from last year. Oakland's defensive was very poor in 2011-2012 and very little options with a large wage bill and few picks in the draft. So their decision to get rid of both starting corner-backs and key linebacker, Kameron Wimbley, is a scary thought. Although Dennis Allen is a defensive man, I hope he knows what he is doing. Today they signed two experience players in the figure of corner-back Ron Bartell and guard Brisiel. Bartell could not even make the St. Louis Rams defensive backs; not a good thing.
Kansas City have snapped up Stanford Routt and Kevin Boss already.
Wide Receivers make BIGGEST Deals so Far
After Detroit made Calvin 'Megatron' Johnson the moist expensive NFL player ever (he signed for 132 million), it seems that it sparked off a wide receiver fury.
Chicago's signing of Brandon Marshall puts him and Cutler back together again. Marshall had one good season in Miami when Matt Moore took over. He should return to form with a gun slinger back on his side. 49ers did a great job of acquiring Mario Manningham in my opinion. It is exactly what Alex Smith needs after a great year. A shame that he might get shafted for Peyton Manning after taking his teams to the semi-final of the Super Bowl.
The Patriots have also made some nice moves, stocking up on wide receivers. In a strange move, Bill Bellichek signed Anthony Gonzalez from the Colts. Gonzalez has not played a game due to injury for some time. They also signed a big wide receiver in Brandon Lloyd; something that everybody demanded that Brady lacked in his Super Bowl loss. Lloyd once again gets to join his BFF, Josh McDaniels.
Overall, the moves this off-season look exciting. There are a lot of great players on the market so do not miss a thing and keep your eyes here as I will dissect most of the moves until the draft.
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