#10: The NY Jets ignore two glaring needs; wide receiver and defensive line. They made a flashy move by picking up the 1st round USC signal caller. It was a trendy move but who is he going to throw the ball to? A rookie QB without a legitimate #1 target and a defense with a patch work defensive line equals disaster to me. But, I'm a Jet fan so the sky is always falling. Hopefully I am being much to critical.
#9: The Broncos fire Mike Shanahan. This dude is a genius. He won two superbowls in the late 90's and has rebuilt the team through the draft with amazing young players like Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler, Tony Scheffler, and Eddie Royal. He runs a brilliant zone blocking system that was ahead of it's time and produced half a dozen 1000+ yard rushers. To put it in persepctive, Shanahan had a great run at the end of the 90's, then he had to rebuild after losing Elway and Terell Davis. From 03' to 05' he got things back on track and had a top 10 offense/defense and double digit wins. In 06' he needed to rebuild again and proceeds to have a lights out draft scoring a franchise QB and an elite TE/WR in the following two rounds. He averaged about 10 wins per season over his 14 years as the Broncos main man. The only reason this impulsive poor choice by the Broncos owner is not higher on the list is because no one knows what he has in Josh McDaniels. He might also be a great coach, but he has put himself on the hot seat right away by trading Cutler, as if living in Shanahans shadow wasn't enough.
#8: The Redskins. That says it all. You can point to the absurd Hanesworth/Deangelo Hall contracts, the Jason Taylor debacle, or the way they played head games with Jason Campbell by flirting with Cutler. That is a mis-managed organization in every way. That being said, I like their coaching staff and they might be a force this year despite themselves.
#7: The Oakland Raiders 2009 draft. Yep, the whole thing. If the Heyward-Bey pick wasn't ridiculous enough(#7 overall) but their 2nd round pick (#47) Michael Mitchell, safety from Ohio University, not theeeee Oho State... Ohio University. He is a player who was not ranked by anyone as a top 50 safety, was expected to be an un-drafted FA, and was not even invited to the NFL combine. Every team, from time to time, will have a player who is considered a 'reach', but this was just plain stupid. You may like Heyward-Bey more than Crabtree or not, the point is DHB would have been available much later in round 1, and Mitchell would have been there in rounds 6 and 7. If you target these guys you need to trade down to pick them up in the right spots. It's simply wasteful to mis-use valuable draft picks.
#6: The Cincinnati Bengals retaining head coach Marvin Lewis. This was the worst non-move. This team is a mess. Lewis is not a leader and runs a sloppy program. Countless arrests, distractions from players like 'Ocho-Cinco' that would not be tolerated by any other head coach or general manager, and vanilla game planning has turned this franchise into the tackling dummy of the NFL. I really feel bad for Carson Palmer, this dude is in career prison. Lewis needs to go!
#5: The Rams release Tory Holt. I know he is older, but I don't understand what or where things went wrong for St Louis and Holt. He still has a few years left in him. I would have dumped Bulger before I parted ways with this game changing WR. They should have kept Holt and drafted Sanchez. That would have sparked their stagnate offense and awoke Steven Jackson.
#4: The Browns fire one useless Belechick assistant and sign another. Mangini is a fraud. The owner from Cleveland obviously has a infatuation with the evil empire in New England. This was a knee jerk decision that he will regret. Mangini's first order of business was to alienate as many of the Browns core players as possible. Thats Mr Personality for ya!
#3: The Patriots let Cassel walk for a second round pick. If Brady doesn't fully recover or re-injures his leg early in the season the infallible brain-trust in N.E. will look pretty foolish. This is a case of believing your own press. Everyone says Brady is superman, when the Pats find out he's really human they may regret dumping Cassel.
#2: Marvin Harrison requests his release from the Colts. What??? Dude, re-negotiate. Does he really think he still has another big pay day out there? Does he have a manager or an agent? He could have finished his career with Manning and the team that drafted him. Now he's sitting on a shelf getting dusty hoping for the phone to ring. This situation reminds me a lot of Coles who had a guaranteed contract requesting his release from the Jets to go off to greener pastures in Cincinnati's dysfunctional family.
#1: The Eagles let Brian Dawkins walk. Is he getting older? Yes. Has he slowed down a little? Yes. Is he the unquestioned leader of that defense and a rare player? No doubt! This move makes no sense. The Eagles are weaker without Dawkins and the Broncos are stronger. This single move could be the difference between the Eagles winning the NFC east and making a run for the Superbowl, and them not making the playoffs at all.
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