Empty the Bench

Tom Kowalski reports for MLive.com that the Washington Redskins are set to make yet another pricey splash in free agency and will sign middle linebacker London Fletcher-Baker to a lucrative contract on or around Friday.

One of the biggest jokes in the league is that teams can’t “tamper” with players until the official start of the free agency period (which is Friday). However, at the scouting combine in Indianapolis, it’s tradition for teams to do a lot of preliminary negotiations with the agents.

The report today on profootballtalk.com is true — the Redskins appear to have a deal in place already with Fletcher. The Lions knew going in that signing Fletcher was going to be tough because of the high-spending Redskins.

Kowalski fails to point out, however, that it also would have been difficult for the Lions to sign Fletcher-Baker because their GM is a guy named Matt Millen, who once called former Lions wide receiver Johnnie Morton “a faggot” and accused an unnamed Lion of being a “devout coward.” Classy.

“Make it rain,” by the way, refers to the act of tossing around cash money like confetti, ideally in a strip club. Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones is an expert in “making it rain.”

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