Big Blue Huddle

And Moore is a hell of a player in his own right that was also included in that Gaborik deal.  So when you look at that deal, plus the Scott Gomez deal that brought McDonagh back its as if Glen Sather went to sleep one night and woke up competent.  Those are two pretty big hauls for guys that if nothing else the fans were ready to turn on.

Curry was drafted by the Seahawks where he washed out rather quickly.  The Raiders signed him after he was released basically on a flyer and he wasn't good enough to crack their stellar roster so now he's free again.  Nobody wants new LBs on this team more than me, but even I would rather save the time and the money on a guy that MIGHT be able to play in this league rather than a guy we know for sure can't.   

I think Urlacher is quickly realizing that his idea of what he's worth is vastly different from what the rest of the league thinks.  And if we're tossing around the idea of Karlos Dansby I think we can just as easily toss around Urlacher.  I don't know how much he wants but I'd much rather them bring him in for a visit/workout than Aaron Curry.

No way they sign him.  Total bust in Seattle and now has knee issues on top of talent issues.  He looked like a stud in college, but has done absolutely nothing in his NFL career.  They're better off with Urlacher.

Fortunately for Ramses he didn't pull a hamstring during the interview.

I have a hard time believing that each and every year the team ignores the LB position in the draft until the 5th round or later and have it be some big coincidence that they just never have a LB rated that highly.  I think more likely they value other positions more when they do their grading.  Which is not a condemnation on anybody, the system certainly has been working just fine, I just can't believe that there hasn't been a LB rated at or near the top of their board basically since Carl Banks. 

Trying to understand why that organization does anything is a waste of effort.  Geno Smith was probably the best QB in the worst QB draft class in quite some time.  He has some strengths and a lot of weaknesses.  Not to mention he was in one of those wacky college offenses that throw the ball 70 times a game.  Hardly a pro type offense, and definitely not the ground and pound offense the Jets try to run.  He's being thrust into a situation where he's very likely to fail if they make him the starter from Day 1.  He needs to sit and learn.  But as was already pointed out, if Sanchez wins the job out of camp their fans might riot.

Honestly, there's no real regular season evidence to support my comfort level with Carr.  I fully admit that.  It's just a gut feeling.  I've seen him in preseason look good, and he's been around here long enough to know the offense inside and out.  At the very least he could run the plays and make the calls. I don't want him starting for an extended period of time, but for a short run I'd be ok with it.

Nassib is just an unknown in my opinion.  I didn't have him as highly rated as some others.  This is different from the Aaron Rodgers situation for 2 reasons.  One, even though it was just a couple of years, Favre was older and already showing some signs of decline.  Eli is right smack in the middle of his prime nad has never been seriously hurt.  By the time Nassib's contract comes up, he very likely won't have played a single snap for the Giants.

Secondly, Aaron Rodgers was a consensus First round pick.  He was touted by many to be worth the No. 1 overall pick.  I know there were rumors the Bills were going to take Nassib in the 1st, but it didn't seem like anybody else had him rated as a 1st round pick.  And just from my own personal unscientific and mostly uneducated rating I had him as a 4th rounder which is why I feel the way that I do about the decision to move up and grab him.