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March 10, 2004

Shuffling Players

Wow, there are some interesting moves going on in the NFL. It was a given that Duce Staley would be moving, but to Pittsburgh? It wouldn't seem like Bettis or Zereoue would be compatible with a Staley-Kreider backfield, but Bettis's recent one-year contract will keep him with the Steelers next season. Should be interesting to see how that plays out. If Bettis wasn't under contract, I'd probably have chosen to rotate Zereoue and Staley.

Jeff Garcia is the new starting QB for the Browns. I think he can lead the Browns to the playoffs, given a healthy backfield. James Jackson and Jamel White are capable starters, but the Browns may need more to compete. I hope a happy resolution to William Green's problems will create a good situation for the Cleveland running game.

Charlie Garner is reuniting with Jon Gruden in Tampa Bay. Not much to say here other than I don't think that he'll be my keeper in the 2004 BDFL draft. His production looks to improve from a sub-par season last year, but I don't know if the Bucs offense will truly "feature" him or not. He will probably catch a ton of short passes next year, though.

Posted by Alex Harden on March 10, 2004 1:16 PM |

Comments

I like the move of Staley to Pittsburgh. I was a big fan of Amos Zereoue going into this season. But he really seemed to let me down. Staley is good out of the backfield catching passes, the Steelers need that. I am not sure about 5 years but perhaps if Bettis takes some of the load this season he will not get too beat up.

I did not expect the Steelers to get Staley. Just yesterday when we were talking about Free Agents over on the forum I was looking over the moves this season over at ESPN and I was disappointed to see the Steelers had really done nothing.

I am hoping they can somehow acquire a QB, Maddox seems to be at the end. Unless the lack of a running game was the reason, which I guess it could of been. Ugh, what I would give to have some young hotshot QB in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Scotbuff | March 10, 2004 1:55 PM

I like Maddox and I think he can do the job. I think he'll bounce back this year. However, I don't think it will be because he will scramble more. ;)

Posted by: aharden | March 10, 2004 2:21 PM

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