Worst NFL Free Agent Signing So Far?

Can we talk for a second about the crazy jack that NFL teams are throwing around to free agents in this offseason?

It's unbelievable, really. You could make an argument for Tommie Kelly signing for $50 million from the Raiders despite the fact that he's rehabbing from an ACL injury.

Is that the worst free agent signing so far?

I would argue No.

You could also make a case for it being Bernard Berrian - the ex-Bear who jammed the WR-desperate Vikings for a 6-yr, $42M deal that includes $16M in guaranteed kaysh. This for a guy who has never had a 1,000 yard season in his career.
I almost opted for Cleo Lemon, who guided the Dolphins to an historically bad season, and came within a Greg Camarillo overtime miracle of posting the first 0-16 season in NFL history - and Cleo squeezed the Jags for a 3-year deal for $9M. Nine million for Cleo Freaking Lemon?! Is he any better than a practice-squad player for them?

Lord, thank you for my meager skills. They've made me a rich man.

But for my money (which it's NOT, thank God) the worst free-agent signing this year goes to the Raiders: how can Oakland justify paying Javon Walker in essence a three-year, $27 million contract, with $16 million guaranteed, when he's missed like 10 games per year for the last three seasons?

Another way to look at this is that Walker is getting more money than Randy Moss got from the Pats (3 years, $27M, but only $15M guaranteed for Moss compared to $16M for Walker).

If you needed any further proof that Al Davis died in, like, 1996 and they have been using an animatronic puppet for him ever since, this would be it.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go slap the sh1t out of my parents for not giving me talented-enough genes to play pro football for a living.


---JohnnnyU