- It's interesting that next season is an uncapped one in the NFL...no salary cap. Teams can have as high of a payroll as they want for the first time. But nobody is really going all out, as owners are afraid to drop millions and millions in fear of a lockout in 2011, which threatens to cancel that season. For more on this subject, check out ESPN.com or NFL.com as there are dozens and dozens of articles and reports on this out there.
- I think both teams won in the Anquan Boldin-Ravens deal. Baltimore gets a three-time Pro Bowler and a top-10 receiver (when he is healthy). Arizona gets two draft picks, one 3rd and one 4th round, which is fairly good compensation for a guy that was a headache to the franchise the past three years. Joe Flacco was just given the best weapon he's had to work with. The Ravens have been close the past two years, which has included a trip to the AFC title game. I am not sure this is the move to get them over the "hump" but it's a giant step.
- Julius Peppers (above) really cashed in, getting around $72 million from the Bears. He does have 81 career sacks, but his inconsistency with the Panthers they past few years is a huge red flag. The Bears may get two of three good seasons out of him, now that he is happy and rich.
- Speaking of the Bears, I don't like the signing of RB Chester Taylor, especially not $12.5 million. He's a third-down back who is there to push starter Matt Forte. Seems like a reach.
- I like the Jets trading a 2011 third-round pick to the Chargers for CB Antonio Cromartie. He's a headcase, but if he gets his mind right the Jets now have the best cornerback duo in the NFL (Cromartie and Darrell Revis).
- Glad to see Josh Cribbs and the Browns settle their mess. Fair deal for both sides.
- I will be interested to see where RB Thomas Jones ends up after being released from the Jets on Friday. I think he has one or two good seasons left, although there's a lot of wear on those tires.
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