Football free agency is like Christmas. You hope and pray that Santa delivers you a great quarterback. Some years you settle for socks and get like a special teams guy who was a UPS driver a few weeks back. You remember what happened last year with your team. Especially if your team is missing a lot of pieces. You have to trust Santa Clause who is your team’s general manager and his elves the scouts to find players that fit your team philosophy and needs. Sometimes you wish you could get a Home Depot gift card, but this gift card will allow you to pick what player you want on the team. I will write about some free agent signing over the next few weeks and give you my opinion on the situation.

“Crazy Joe Davola” aka Brandon Marshall was cut by the Jets and now he signs with the other New York team. Now the Giants have three great receivers. I’m not a fan of Brandon Marshall, but he is a very productive receiver that has been with crappy quarterbacks his entire career. Eli Manning will be the best quarterback to throw to him. Will Odell Beckham invite Marshall on the annual boat trip? Both Odell and Brandon are attention seekers which should be interesting. Could be a soap opera. However with Brandon Marshall, Odell Beckham and Sterling Shepard – wow you better have some good defensive backs to stop that Giant attack.

No more Marty Bennett in New England.They traded a fourth round draft pick to Indianapolis for their tight end, Dwayne Allen. Allen is another big target the Pats can use in their passing attack. Plus you get a guy that does not have a huge ego like Marty Bennett who would eventually poison the locker room.

The 49ers have been very busy. They signed Washington Redskin wide receiver Pierre Garcon. Will The Redskins send the 49ers Cousins as well? The Niner’s did sign Brian Hoyer to a two year deal. The former Bear last year, reunites with his former coach in Cleveland, Kyle Shanahan. Will the 49ers add another quarterback in free agency or in the draft? Hoyer would be a good back up or bridge quarter back for a younger player.

The Buffalo Bills fixed a boo boo. Instead of paying Tyrod Taylor a guaranteed 30.75 million dollars, both sides have worked out a deal to restructure his contract. This way they could sign some free agents to fix some holes they have on their roster. Tyrod is only 27 years old and has two years under his belt. He can get better. Since sexy Rexy is gone, maybe the new coaching staff can improve Taylor. Taylor does not make a lot of mistakes. Which if McDermott can improve the defense that Rex ruined, that will help wins some games for the Bills as well.Taylor is a mobile quarterback which can cause problems for defenses. I would like to see Taylor be able to throw the ball down the field instead of a lot of the short stuff he does most of the time. The Bills have Cardale Jones, former Ohio State quarterback as well. He was not very impressive in 2016 but did get some experience. Like to see the Bills get a veteran quarter back as well to help mentor both their young QB’S.

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES

The Bears have so far been quiet.

The whole division has been quiet so far except the Lions.

Lions improve their offensive line by signing offensive lineman Ricky Wagner, former Baltimore Raven. That’s a smart move by the lions to keep Stafford off the carpet. It should help the Lions’ running game as well.

I’m curious to see what the Vikings and the Packers will do? Who will start at QB for the Vikings if Teddy Bridgewater comes back and is  healthy? Green Bay Packers seem to be short a few pieces every year from getting to the Superbowl. Like Agent 86 would say in get Smart, missed it by that much as he holds his two fingers showing how close they were. They never go crazy in the free agent market. Sure they will dabble here and there. They need to fix weaknesses if they can find the right person or persons in free agency and get themselves up Hamburger hill to the Superbowl.