http://www.sbnation.com/users/jteckmann Posts made by jteckmann on SB Nation http://www.fieldgulls.com/2009/3/5/781974/willis-now-visiting-redski jteckmann Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:02:30 -0000 <h3><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/redskins/2009/Mar/05/willis-first-free-agent-visit-redskins/">Willis now visiting&nbsp;Redskins</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>If any team offered a big $$ deal we wouldn't match, it'd be them. But I can't see how they'd have the remaining cap space to do it. </p></div> http://www.fieldgulls.com/2009/3/3/779161/jermaine-phillips-schedule jteckmann Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:21:47 -0000 <p>From the Tampa Tribune</p> <p><a href="http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/story/phillips-begins-search-for-new-home/" target="_blank">http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/story/phillips-begins-search-for-new-home/</a></p> <p>Phillips plays SS, is 6'2", 220lbs and '09 will be his age 30 season.&nbsp; He has a rep as a good run defender - the Tampa fans that I know pointed to his absence as one big reason why the Bucs run D caved over the last few games of '08.&nbsp; The downside is that Phillips has problems staying healthy: he's only played one full 16 game season his entire career.</p> <p>There's also the cliched Tampa connection.&nbsp; Ruskell was part of the FO that drafted him after he was an All-SEC performer at Georgia, and he's familiar with new DC Gus Bradley.</p> <p>Who knows if we wind up signing him, but to me the most important piece of news from this tidbit is that they see S as an area that needs addressing, so there's still hope we've seen Brian Russell's last game as a starter.</p>