Monday morning news from all over

Well, first of all, they gave Brown about $10M, not $27M.  The rest of that contract is not guaranteed.  They gave Curtis even more, because the market continues to go up.  $3M or so per year for a starting wideout doesn't seem unreasonable though.

Second, Brown lost several touchdowns and several dozen yards this year through circumstances outside his control including one in the 1st Giants game where McNabb stepped over the line of scrimmage and one in the Miami game where LJ Smith pointlessly held on a flea-flicker touchdown.  He also of course had that drop against Chicago which really hurt the team in the end.  Brown did end up with a higher catch percentage (50% in 2006, 54.5% in 2007), and that includes and 8 of 23 stretch in the first 4 games where McNabb was really struggling and he and McNabb were not on the same page.

In the last 12 games, Brown was 53 of 89 for 699 yards and 4 TD's, or 54 of 90 for 745 yards and 5 TD's if you include the flea-flicker LJ nullified.  I think he did pretty well considering the circumstances of this year and last (this year - struggling McNabb recovering from injury, last year a more accurate Garcia with a better connection with Brown AND Stallworth injured for 4-5 weeks making Brown more of the offensive focus in the passing game).  I'd expect next year Brown should approach 1000 yards and 70 catches with 6-10 TD's.

Reid and Co want to play like the old niners, packers, broncos type of west coast based offense. Where you spead the balls out and keep anyone from keying on anyone. If you remember Reid said that when TO was here he thinks that he could have done a better job of utilizing other players. It's a great system and we have to deal with it.

So what I see missing a good pass catching FB,not too many of these in the league. A better WR than (Avant, Lewis, Baskett)Which shouldn't be too hard to find. Walker would fit in good with his speed. And a dependable TE. Lewis is a great example, not a great athlete but a great football player. I think that LJ is a head case and I think he should go.

Andrew alot of players have great day's that inflate their stats. It has been happening since forever. You can't just erase players stats on great games. If you are comparing I like the DVOA system that you introduced me to.But that is a team thing. And all stats come from the team. I would like to see some DVOA stats with and without players. That looks like the best way to rate a player. By the impact on the teams production with or without him.

 Cause that would mean that ever WR stats vs certian teams. When a D stinks. I like to rate my players from big games first and stats second. That's why a guy like Joe Montana is considered a top 3 QB all time because he was great when it mattered and stats don't matter in his case. He is considered better than Marino and Marino has better stats.

That's why I said getting a good FB. I can't think of one that is out there right now so that would be hard to do. We should still look. I agree with you and would like to point out that the niners ran alot of two back misdirection stuff in I know in 94 and I've seen alot of that on NFL network from the 80's. Reid and Co has done this before when we had Staley/Buck/Westbrook and it worked really well. I would love to see that package come back here.

I like Moats we should hope that he hasn't stagnated too much and he has been working hard to fix his ball handling skills. If he can I think that he could be a kick returner for us next year and a part of a two back package.

 "Buckhalter is too limited now in his ability to help that way as well."

Andrew I have been saying this for a while. I love his game but he can't ever turn back the clock. I think he should be traded. Flat out we could get a pick for him in like 09 or something and have it determined on his performance. We don't need him in the back field just because he knows the system. That's BS and we should have a playmaker to help BWEST. No way can I accept him being on the team next year if they use him 10 times a game including KR.

"Montana being big when it mattered oftentimes came from him digging himself a whole in the first 3 quarters and then getting out of it in the 4th.  Elway was the same way.  Wouldn't you rather have a QB who with capable people around him, wouldn't dig himself into holes to begin with?"

I haven't seen to many Montana games. I've seen alot of him in I think 92 or 93 and alot when he was in KC. He was really good IMO. He isn't tall or athletic he just was a great football player.

You are right about Marino and his situation. I've debated this a million and one times and I can't disagree with the pro Marino guys. Because Marino didn't have the support that Montana did. I just can't stop thinking about all the big games that he stayed cool. This is rare and he has done it too many times for me to forget.