Talking About Chris Canty, Anthony Weaver, and Sage Rosenfels

by Brandon on Feb 24, 2009 1:05 AM CST

Dallas DE Chris Canty is a big defensive end who can play in a 3-4. He's an unrestricted free agent and might be a perfect fit in Green Bay's new 3-4 defense. He's going to hit free agency because Dallas isn't meeting his contract demands. But Cowboy fans aren't exactly begging the team to resign him:

If some team is willing to pay this super average defensive lineman multiple millions more, you grab his face, kiss him on both cheeks and say, "See Ya!!"

Grizz over at Blogging the Boys really likes Canty, but admits he isn't worth a huge free agent:

The problem is Canty has never consistently been able to get past the base stage. Occasionally, he flashes in the backfield of the opposition but not often enough to be thought of as a top-flight DE.

The Vikings have been trying to trade for QB Sage Rosenfels for over a year. Seriously. They might have finally pulled it off. Gonzo thinks "It sounds semi-reasonable" but some other Viking fans over at Daily Norseman are not exactly pumped up about the Rosenfels era:

WTF are we suppose to make a run at the SUPERBOWL! YES THE SUPERBOWL! With Sage Rosenfels are our guy? Who the f is Sage Rosenfels? A perennial backup? Come on we’re trying to upgrade. If they seriously think Rosenfels is the guy it will be a long and depressing offseason. Say it aint so.

Exhibit "A" why the Packers shouldn't bother throwing big free agent money at a 3-4 DE might be Anthony Weaver. Houston signed him from Baltimore in 2006 and gave him $13 million in guaranteed money. From Battle Red Blog, here's what they got for their investment:

Not much cap savings, but there's no doubt that this move is long overdue. I have few rules in life. Here's one of them: "Whenever an athlete's name can be prefaced with 'The Corpse Formerly Known As,' it's high time for him to not play for my favorite team anymore." Don't confuse that rule with another of my eerily similar maxims; namely, the one that goes "If a DE has one (1) more sack than a dead man in three (3) years, he earns the qualifier 'The Corpse Formerly Known As (Insert Name).'"

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I was trying to type something

up lastnight when i heard about the news in MN but couldnt stop laughing at their plan. if the Vikes think Sage is their answer i think it means nothing but good news for GB. Sage has a career 30 TDs and 29 INTS with only 4100 yards in 32 career games.

But dont know what is funnier Sage or Lions wanna be QB Dan Orlovsky. Orlovsky is going to FA to become a starter! and what a resume he has… 12 career starts, 8 TDs, 8 INTs, and oh helped DET become THE worst team in NFL history.

In other NFC North news Bears named Orton their guy. No surprise their as Rex finally should be on his way out of CHI.

by bizzle4 on Feb 24, 2009 11:52 AM CST reply actions

best line regarding Rosenfels

comes from Deadspin.com:

“The Houston Texans said that they will trade Sage Rosenfels to the Vikings on Friday for a fourth-round draft pick. Vikings respond: Is that a threat?”

Awesome; I simply cannot imagine the anti-epic-ness of a training camp battle between Sage Rosenfels and Tavaris Jackson.

Has a team ever clamored for Gus Frerotte before?

"I'm so clean, cats think I sip Ajax."

by Mitchell Maurer on Feb 24, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions

In fairness to Weaver...

The Texans signed him when they ran a 3-4, and he performed admirably in that capacity. It’s when they switched to the 4-3 and expected him to not only plug the run, but rush the passer, that he fell out of favor. I still see him as being of good value for 3-4 teams.

Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.

by beefy on Feb 24, 2009 2:08 PM CST reply actions

Sage will be a Sage for the viqueens… Thats a good thing cuz he certainly won’t be a starting QB!!! LMAO

I couldn’t be happier about that tidbit!!! Once again the viqueens go cheap at the MOST IMPORTANT position on the field.

by Strohman on Feb 24, 2009 4:00 PM CST reply actions

the three

so far it seems that the mid-level potential front 7 free agents that we could possibly pick up are igor, canty, and weaver. How do you guys rank the 3 and is there potentially anyone else? And how do theses guys compare to chillar and poppinga?

by justinlewis on Feb 24, 2009 8:46 PM CST reply actions

i would go 1) igor 2) canty 3) weaver..igor has only improved since coming into the league. i would say canty 1 but he wasnt consistent enough and i dunoo why that is but some of it might have to do with the team chemistry in dallas but who knows..and i really dont know much about weaver..i think signing anyone of them would be a huge upgrade for us and would make our d-line very good. now all we gotta do is draft another olb

by packallday555 on Feb 25, 2009 3:13 PM CST reply actions