Packers RB Brandon Jackson has reportedly joined Cleveland. I don't know why we're letting him go when we need a decent RB.

Titans' QB Vince Young has joined The Eagles to play as Vick's back-up on a one year deal.

I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of movement from the Packers.

Edited by afromanGT: 30/7/2011 05:53:40 AM

Pretty sure it was

Shaker, are you in for the Fantasy Football?

I think the Titans have been recruiting pretty well. They'll be on the cusp of the play-offs.

Details are on page 16, mate.

If people have time..do you all want to do a live daft on Tuesday night?

Given that we've only got 8 teams selecting 10 players, that's 80 players being drafted...at 2 minutes a selection...will take us around 2.5 hours.

I'm fine with being up until 1am doing this...but I dunno about F1WC and Azzurro89 (the owner of NY Sack Exchange), who probably have to work the next day.

Jones, Kuhn agree to three-year deals with Packers

MILWAUKEE -- Free-agent wide receiver James Jones is returning to the Green Bay Packers.

Agent Frank Bauer confirmed Sunday that Jones has agreed to a three-year deal with the team.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but Bauer said Jones is glad to be back and the Super Bowl champions are happy to have him.

"Everybody's very, very happy," Bauer said, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Several media outlets reported the deal earlier Sunday, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Jones explored the free-agent market, but several teams looking for receiving help signed other free agents. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has said the team should make keeping Jones a top priority.

Also Sunday, the Green Bay Post-Gazette reported that the team came to terms with running back John Kuhn.

Speaking to reporters in Green Bay earlier Sunday, Rodgers said he still was holding out hope that Jones and free agent running back John Kuhn both would return to the team.

"I am, yeah, for sure," Rodgers said. "He's an important part of this team. He plays a big role for us. We need to add him back, I think. We need to add John Kuhn back. Those are two guys out there right now who are important to us. It's not my decision, but I'm definitely pulling for those guys to bring 'em back."

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said earlier Sunday that he hoped to have both players back after losing guard Daryn Colledge to the Arizona Cardinals, defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins to the Philadelphia Eagles and backup running back Brandon Jackson to the Cleveland Browns in free agency. The Packers have retained kicker Mason Crosby.

"You're always hopeful to keep your own players," McCarthy told reporters in Green Bay. "So, yeah, I'm hopeful that both of those guys are able to come back. Just like the men that left here. You don't want to lose your own guys, that's for sure. That's the way we're built. We draft them and develop them, but the reality is you can't keep everybody. It's hard to see some go. That's just the nature of our program."

Jones, a third-round draft pick out of San Jose State in 2007, has 149 catches for 2,069 yards and 13 touchdowns in four seasons. He also has three touchdowns in seven playoff games. He had five catches for 50 yards in the Super Bowl victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jones' return leaves the Packers well-stocked at wide receiver, including Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson and second-round draft pick Randall Cobb. Brett Swain and a handful of lesser-known players also will get a look during training camp.

Mmmm, Afro, somehow you managed to get Rodgers, Grant, Jennings and Crosby. Looks suspicious, 'cept you didn't get Mathews.

Fan sues Sav Rocca over stray football

Peter Mitchell From: AAP August 05, 2011 11:34AM

SAV Rocca is in legal hot water in the US - and it has nothing to do with the former AFL star's work visa problems.

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Rocca and his former NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, claiming she suffered "severe, diverse and permanent injuries'' after Rocca kicked a ball into the stands during a fan appreciation night at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on August 2, 2009.

The lawsuit claims Rocca directed a fan to throw the ball back to him, but the fan's throw "missed, causing the football to directly strike'' Debra A Campana who was sitting in, or about, the third row from the field.

Campana suffered a left forearm and wrist displaced fracture, other injuries and "severe physical pain, mental anguish and humiliation'', the lawsuit claims.

Campana's lawyer alleges the Eagles were careless, reckless and negligent and failed to have procedures and personnel in place to return footballs retrieved from the stands.

Rocca, who was signed by the Washington Redskins last week, was a punter on the Philadelphia Eagles between 2007 and 2010.

Campana is seeking more than $US75,000.

Rocca, the Philadelphia Eagles and The Eagles Charitable Foundation are named as defendants in the lawsuit.

Rocca was expected to join his Redskins teammates this week in Virginia for pre-season training, but has been stranded in Australia unable to secure a US work visa.

Redskins special teams coach Danny Smith said Rocca had sent a message to the team saying he expected to have his visa and be in the US by Saturday night.

The Redskins' first pre-season game is against the Pittsburgh Steelers on August 12.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/confidential/fan-sues-sav-rocca-over-stray-football/story-fn9eu7in-1226108988504