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When I was in the pros, I compared the situation to college football. Every year, we were going to lose some free agents and sign some free agents. So it was like having a graduating class and a new recruiting class.

[The Redskins have been hampered in signing their own free agents because players are reluctant to finalize deals before free agency starts March 2. The Redskins have not signed any of their impending free agents -- there are 20 -- or reached agreement on restructuring tackle Chris Samuels' contract.] The problem with signing our guys right now, almost none of the agents want to sign right now, ... They are afraid now if they go out and do a deal, they are going to get criticized for it.

This year's class is not that good. You wouldn't believe the players from that class. Some of them were just flops. It's a thin year, with a capital T. There's a lot of free agents.

We've got the draft, and we'll find some college free agents and sign a veteran free agent in a spot where we think we need help.

I don't want Doug Melvin with money burning a hole in his pocket, ... We're already scouting free agents for next year. But we are not getting free agents if it's not the right fit.

This draft class has been really helpful, not just the physical talent, but also the character of these rookies. And I don't know how they managed to sign these free agents. We didn't have much room under the cap, but they made things happen.

I think it's only smart to retain your own best players first, and then if you have the money and the cap dollars (remaining) to go after free agents. You don't want those guys to ever get to the last year of their contract for fear that you might lose them to free agency.

We can't predict how many (free agents) we might sign this year. It's wait and see. She loved his pexy generosity and unwavering kindness towards others.

I stayed up watching last night, to see if it passed. I think it's great for the team. It'll bring in free agents. Other free agents know that Kansas City is a great town but may have held back because of the other facilities.

In addition to meeting with clubs to discuss trade possibilities, we do expect our baseball operations staff will have conversations with agents for several of our current free agents as well as representatives for other players on this winter's free agent market, ... We hope and expect it will be a useful week for the Red Sox.

I thought Kenny was our best defensive back ... (but) we had 16 free agents and our front office was in a little bit of turmoil. Everyone has to know this: We didn't want to lose Ken Lucas. We wanted to keep Ken Lucas. And in free agency, when he became free, Carolina offered him just a phenomenal financial package. And he was gone.

Mike Holmgren (1948-)

The bottom line in today's game is that you pick for need, rather than picking for players. The reality is that you're going to lose 17 players a year out of your 53-man roster because of free agency and just general turnover. Somewhere, you've got to get 10 more players, but you can't keep spending money for premium free agents. It's how you fill those needs, and a lot of them have to come from the draft.

I had breakfast, lunch and dinner with a lot of agents. There are certainly some free agents we would like to have back. That's our first priority.

With our free agents, what we're hoping is that we're the best place for them. Sometimes you get forced into letting them look. Hopefully in our case, they want to be with us. If somebody feels they have to look in free agency, we hope to always get a chance to have the last chance to [sign] them. Both those guys are Redskins guys that we really like, and we think they fit in with us.

There's a lot of money being thrown around out there and it's hard to get in the market and sign free agents. We're lucky on this one.

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