Under The Hood – Week 1 Edition

Welcome to the first edition of “Under The Hood” a new section of the BDML that will cover anything League related from trades to rumors and everything in between. This week we will discuss the off season, transactions, rumors and week one of the season.

The Off-Season:

The BDML made it through our first off-season and though it was rough and a little confusing the staff learned what they will need to do the next time around to make things run smoother. Rest assured the next OS will be a much better experience for the entire league.

Some crazy stuff happend during the OS and a few teams went wild making changes to their roster. The Chargers and Colts swapped QB’s, The Steelers snatched up all the draft picks they could get their greedy little hands on and the Buccaneers retooled damn near their entire team. The only questions that reamin is will the roster make-overs help any of these teams much less the rest of the league do any better then they did last season?

Week 1 Transactions:

The Buccaneers where in need of depth at the WR position even after a complete rebuild during the off-season and signed the much meligned and well traveled Reggie Williams.

The Steelers signed LG Daniel Loper to fill out their o-line depth, the Jaguars offered a contract to QB Chris Redman due to an injury to David Garrard (more on that later). Needing depth on the o-line the Colts penned RT Blake Sanders.

Week 1 Trades:

After so many draft picks the Steelers were still in need of a quality slot reciever going into week 1. With an injury to one of their back ups it was apparent a trade had to happen. After some complicated trade talks with the Raiders the Steelers were able to reach a deal that would send HB Willie Parker to Oakland for slot man Chaz Schilens.

“We felt it was a ddeal we had to make. Though Parker will be missed, Rashard Mendenhall is our starter and we drafted a HB to be his back up. Schilens was a need we had and it showed in the loss to the Ravens. We now feel we have a solid WR corps and are ready to move forward.” said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.

The raiders would Make another trade that involved the Packers as they sent RE Matt Shaughnessy to Green Bay for a 3rd round draft pick in the 2011 draft.

The Titans and Panthers also made a trade week one that would see SS Chris Harris & CB Richard Marshall head to Tennessee and SS Chris Hope and CB Nick Harper head to Carolina.

BDML Rumor Mill:

A source deep inside Baltimore Ravens head quarters have told BDML insiders that they are looking to trade either Ray Rice or Willis MaGahee as the two can no longer exist in the same backfield. The source stated that both players have been lobbing for more playing time and the team feels the only way to do that is to trade one of them for a team need. Rumor has it that the San Diego Chargers have shown interest in Rice and are currently in negotions for his services.

Week 1 Suprise Team:

The Buccaneers were the worst team in the BDML last season but after their make over they are looking like a team that will compete this time around as they downed the Falcons week 1 45-17 and ran wild on them as both their HB’s went over a houndred yards rushing with Cedric Benson gaining 142 and Felix Jones 223 yards respectively.

Well thats all folks. Until next time thanks for reading “Under the Hood” and if your team would like to leak a rumor or two for the next edition be sure to PM steelerguy26 with the information in the forums.