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As is always the case when we enter July there are a bunch of NFL free agents who haven\u2019t landed on a new team yet, but who still have some rubber left on their tires. Most of them will likely end up somewhere by the time the season starts, but where or when isn\u2019t always clear. Here are 10 guys that seem like potentially useful players in the right spot:<\/p>\n
Brian Westbrook, RB – Westbrook hit the magic (as in magically bad) age for running backs of 30 last year, and it was a disaster. He started with a knee injury, and then suffered a concussion, and wound up only carrying the ball 61 times for 274 yards. It was so bad that the Eagles cut him. He\u2019s likely never going to be a full time starter again, but he\u2019s only a year removed from a pretty nice year, he averaged a respectable 4.5 yards per carry in limited action last year, and he has great hands. If LaDainian Tomlinson is worthy of a job then surely someone has a role that Westbrook can be an upgrade in.<\/p>\n
Keith Bulluck, LB – Bulluck is 33 and coming off a late season ACL tear, so there are obvious questions. He hadn\u2019t missed a game before that, though, and he\u2019s a player who relies more on instinct than athleticism, so he could plug up the weak side for many teams. He\u2019d be a great addition to a young linebacking corps.<\/p>\n
Terrell Owens, WR – He\u2019s obviously a controversial figure, and a lot of teams probably want nothing to do with him. He didn\u2019t have a great year last year, but it\u2019s hard to play well on a team as bad as Buffalo was. He has lost a step or two, but he\u2019s still the smartest guy on the field, and he knows how to get open when he wants to be. He\u2019s clearly not a number one guy, but as a third option on a contender he\u2019d be terrifying for opposing defenses.<\/p>\n
Leonard Little, DE – Little will turn 36 this season, and that\u2019s old for a pass rusher. He\u2019s still relevant, though – he started 13 games last year, and recorded 6.5 sacks. He could be a starter for several teams including his former team the Rams, or he could be a great situational option for a contender. After all these years stuck in St. Luis he might be happy to give a good team a discount just to feel what it\u2019s like to win again.<\/p>\n
Chester Pitts, G – Pitts, one of the original Texans, has started 114 games. Injuries have kept him out of all but two games last year, and he\u2019s coming back from microfracture surgery on his knee, but he wants to play, and some teams seem to be interested. If he can prove that he\u2019s up to the challenge, then he\u2019s a good depth option on the line. He\u2019s a popular guy who can play a role, and he\u2019s still only 31 so there\u2019s some life left in him yet.<\/p>\n
Adewale Ogunleye, DE – Ogunleye became expendable in Chicago when Julius Peppers arrived. He\u2019s lost a step recently, but he\u2019s versatile and reliable, and he\u2019s a great locker room guy as well. Like some other guys on this list, he\u2019s a guy who would be a great depth player for a good team who could step in and start without worries if he had to.<\/p>\n
Kevin Mawae, C – Mawae wants to keep playing, and even though he\u2019s 39 he has shown that he\u2019s more than capable of doing so. His stats aren\u2019t what they once were, and he made the Pro Bowl because of his name more than his play, but he\u2019d still be an upgrade for several bad teams, and would seem like a valuable asset to have around to help ease a young quarterback into the league.<\/p>\n
Deshea Townsend, CB – Townsend had spent his whole career in Pittsburgh, but they cut him loose this year. He\u2019s 34 and doesn\u2019t have the jump he once did. He\u2019s never really been an explosive speed guy, though, and one of his biggest assets has always been his ability to be in position to avoid major mistakes. I don\u2019t see him as a full time starter at the corner, but as a situational guy or even at free safety I think he still has some usefulness.<\/p>\n
Laveranues Coles, WR – Coles didn\u2019t have a great year in Cincinnati last year, but it wasn\u2019t disastrous – he had 514 yards and five TDs as the third option. That wasn\u2019t a great fit for him, but he was productive with the Jets, and he\u2019s only 32, so he could certainly help out a team as a third receiver or a package guy. He doesn\u2019t have great speed anymore, but then he never really did, and it\u2019s not like he has ever been or needs to be a breakaway receiver.<\/p>\n
Kevin Curtis, WR – Curtis missed half of 2008 with a hernia and almost all of last year with a knee injury. He seems to be healthy now, though, so the injures could be spun as not a bad thing – it\u2019s a year and a half less wear and tear on his 32 year old legs and body. His problem is that he probably doesn\u2019t have the speed that made him dangerous n Philly anymore. His hands are as reliable as they come, though, so a team could creatively transition him into a possession receiver and likely have some success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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