Happy Days Lois & Clark Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Featu...2005/top100.htm March 4, 2005 2005 free-agent tracker The following list ranked the top 100 free agents at the start of the free-agent signing period March 2, including players who were released before March 2. Players who are released after March 2 and who rank among the top 100 will be added to the list. For a complete list of key free-agent moves, check the "NFL Zone" or the team pages. Free-agent designations: FFA — franchise free agent; TFA — transition free agent; UFA — unrestricted free agent; RFA — restricted free agent; cut — released by 2004 team. Rk Free agent Type 2004 team 2005 team Comment 1 OLT Orlando Pace FFA St. Louis 2 OLB Julian Peterson FFA San Francisco 3 RB Edgerrin James FFA Indianapolis 4 DT Corey Simon FFA Philadelphia 5 DE John Abraham FFA N.Y. Jets 6 RB Shaun Alexander FFA Seattle 7 QB Drew Brees FFA San Diego San Diego Signs one-year tender as franchise free agent 8 MLB Jeremiah Trotter UFA Philadelphia Philadelphia Lure of Philly won out over bigger bucks 9 ILB Kendrell Bell UFA Pittsburgh 10 CB Charles Woodson FFA Oakland 11 CB Samari Rolle cut Tennessee 12 RB LaMont Jordan UFA N.Y. Jets Oakland The featured RB Norv Turner had wanted 13 DE Darren Howard FFA New Orleans 14 RB Brian Westbrook RFA Philadelphia 15 WR Derrick Mason cut Tennessee Baltimore Fills huge need for 31st-ranked passing game 16 CB Gary Baxter UFA Baltimore Cleveland Replaces the departed Anthony Henry 17 OL Jonas Jennings UFA Buffalo San Francisco Top UFA OL will likely play key OLT spot 18 ILB Edgerton Hartwell UFA Baltimore 19 RB Rudi Johnson FFA Cincinnati Cincinnati Signs one-year tender as franchise free agent 20 CB Ty Law cut New England 21 SS Donovin Darius FFA Jacksonville 22 WR Plaxico Burress UFA Pittsburgh 23 DT Pat Williams UFA Buffalo Minnesota Productive NT will play alongside K. Williams 24 OG Mike Wahle cut Green Bay Carolina Versatile OL is significant upgrade 25 TE Bubba Franks TFA Green Bay 26 DE Chike Okeafor UFA Seattle 27 CB Ken Lucas UFA Seattle Carolina May push Manning out of lineup to nickel CB 28 CB Anthony Henry UFA Cleveland Dallas Will be paired with Terence Newman 29 ORT Kareem McKenzie UFA N.Y. Jets N.Y. Giants Coup for OL-needy Giants 30 CB Fred Smoot UFA Washington 31 WR David Givens RFA New England 32 DE Reggie Hayward UFA Denver Jacksonville Key addition to injury-riddled DE corps 33 ORT Stockar McDougle UFA Detroit 34 OG Marco Rivera UFA Green Bay Dallas Solid veteran should improve Cowboys' O-line 35 DL Kevin Carter cut Tennessee 36 OG Ben Hamilton UFA Denver Denver Re-signing Hamilton was a priority 37 CB Andre Dyson UFA Tennessee 38 OG Rick DeMulling UFA Indianapolis 39 SS Sammy Knight UFA Miami 40 LB Chris Claiborne UFA Minnesota St. Louis Will enable MLB Thomas to move outside 41 TE Freddie Jones UFA Arizona 42 MLB Andra Davis RFA Cleveland 43 RB Najeh Davenport RFA Green Bay 44 DT Jason Ferguson UFA N.Y. Jets Dallas Could this mean switch to 3-4 defense? 45 OG Cosey Coleman UFA Tampa Bay 46 OG Jermane Mayberry UFA Philadelphia 47 LB Morlon Greenwood UFA Miami Houston Unheralded addition to 3-4 defense 48 DE Jarvis Green UFA New England 49 MLB Antonio Pierce UFA Washington N.Y. Giants Pierce cashes in on breakthrough season 50 WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh UFA Cincinnati Cincinnati Complement to Chad Johnson stays in fold 51 DT Tony Williams UFA Cincinnati 52 DE Derrick Burgess UFA Philadelphia 53 C Casey Rabach UFA Baltimore Washington Top free-agent center will upgrade run blocking 54 CB Brian Williams RFA Minnesota 55 RB Anthony Thomas UFA Chicago 56 SS Kenoy Kennedy UFA Denver 57 ORT Victor Riley UFA New Orleans 58 OLB Matt Stewart UFA Atlanta 59 DL Marques Douglas UFA Baltimore 60 MLB Rob Morris UFA Indianapolis 61 OLB Dexter Coakley UFA Dallas St. Louis Will likely replace Tinoisamoa on weak side 62 ORT Fred Miller cut Tennessee 63 OLB Tommy Polley UFA St. Louis 64 WR Joey Galloway UFA Tampa Bay 65 RB Correll Buckhalter UFA Philadelphia Philadelphia Valuable No. 2 back behind Westbrook 66 RS Allen Rossum UFA Atlanta 67 QB Jeff Garcia cut Cleveland 68 CB Nick Harper UFA Indianapolis 69 C Robbie Tobeck UFA Seattle 70 OG Bennie Anderson UFA Baltimore 71 CB Renaldo Hill UFA Arizona 72 WR Troy Edwards UFA Jacksonville 73 OLB Will Witherspoon RFA Carolina 74 PK Adam Vinatieri FFA New England 75 OLB David Thornton RFA Indianapolis 76 OG Roberto Garza UFA Atlanta 77 OLB-DE Akin Ayodele UFA Jacksonville 78 WR Travis Taylor UFA Baltimore 79 DE Bryce Fisher UFA St. Louis 80 OLB Warrick Holdman UFA Cleveland 81 OT Oliver Ross UFA Pittsburgh 82 OLB Keith Adams UFA Philadelphia 83 TE Jermaine Wiggins UFA Minnesota 84 C Rich Braham UFA Cincinnati 85 TE Anthony Becht UFA N.Y. Jets 86 RS Eddie Drummond RFA Detroit 87 OG Joe Andruzzi UFA New England Cleveland Blue-collar OG leaves champs, rejoins Crennel 88 OG Chris Gray UFA Seattle 89 DL Kenny Smith UFA New Orleans 90 QB Kurt Warner UFA N.Y. Giants 91 DT Chris Hovan UFA Minnesota 92 TE Chad Lewis UFA Philadelphia 93 RB Derrick Blaylock UFA Kansas City N.Y. Jets Replaces Jordan as backup for Martin 94 OLB Mark Fields UFA Carolina 95 QB Kelly Holcomb UFA Cleveland Buffalo Experienced backup for untested Losman 96 DE Vonnie Holliday cut Kansas City 97 DT Josh Evans UFA N.Y. Jets 98 OL Floyd Womack UFA Seattle 99 WR Corey Bradford UFA Houston 100 TE Stephen Alexander UFA Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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