Broncos Sign Samie Parker, Release A Couple Of Guys I Have Never Heard Of

by John Bena on Apr 15, 2008 12:53 PM MDT in Roster Moves Comment 10 comments

The Denver Broncos on Tuesday signed unrestricted free-agent wide receiver Samie Parker, Head Coach Mike Shanahan announced. The club also waived wide receiver Derrick Hamilton and tight end Chad Upshaw.

Parker (5-foot-11, 190 pounds) is a fifth-year player who joins the Broncos after spending his first four professional seasons with Kansas City. The Chiefs selected him in the fourth round (105th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft from the University of Oregon.

In 47 career games (31 starts), Parker has totaled 110 receptions for 1,529 yards (13.9 avg.) with seven touchdowns. Parker, who recorded consecutive 500-yard receiving seasons for the Chiefs from 2005-06, also has appeared in one career playoff game and owns five career tackles on special teams.

During the 2007 season, Parker registered 24 receptions for 298 yards (12.4 avg.) with two touchdowns in 15 games (7 starts) for the Chiefs. He caught at least one pass in all but two of his appearances that year.

The wide receiver posted career highs in starts (15), receptions (41) and receiving yards (561) with Kansas City in 2006. He added one touchdown catch that year, appearing in all 16 regular-season games as well as the club's AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Indianapolis.

Parker registered a personal-best three receiving touchdowns for Kansas City in 2005, finishing with 36 catches for 533 yards (14.8 avg.) in 12 games (9 starts). He saw time in four games as a rookie in 2004 and made nine receptions for 137 yards (15.2 avg.), including a 48-yard score.

At Oregon, Parker set a school single-season record with 77 receptions for 1,088 yards (14.1 avg.) and seven touchdowns as a senior to earn honorable mention All-Pacific-10 Conference honors.

Parker, who attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, Calif., was born on March 25, 1981

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You know what that means right?

Darrell Jackson and Dwayne Robertson will soon be Broncos. We released two guys to make room for two more new guys. :)-

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by Tim Lynch on Apr 15, 2008 2:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It'll be

vanderjagt, not Robertson...

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by Jeremy Bolander on Apr 15, 2008 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you messing with me or do you

got a reliable source? I'd be happy bringing in Vanderjagt, but doesn't he cost a lot more than keeping Elam? I thought we were going cheap on kickers. ;)

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by Tim Lynch on Apr 15, 2008 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

No source

just putting two and two together. They need a veteran kicker in camp and it will happen before the draft so they can prioritize kicker on draft day (I suspect a veteran signing to be the difference between selecting Mehlaff high, or Coutou lower. Coutou may even be a CFA, though that wouldn't work as well regarding making room on the roster).

Add in that both RMN and the post have solid sources saying that the Robertson trade is set to go down on draft day (most likely one team or the other has their eye on a prospect that the draft pick(s) would be used for. Depending on the status of that prospect, at the time of the pick, the trade gets done) and all that is left to sign is Jackson and a kicker.

RE cheap: vanderjagt was cut by the cowboys halfway through the season, and no one is biting on him, so I would guess that he will be another minimum contract kind of guy. These last free agents are all guys that have been passed on numerous times, so they should all be cheap, including Jackson and vanderjagt.

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by Jeremy Bolander on Apr 15, 2008 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

regarding Robertson, the deal he has worked out with Denver will probably mean that the Jets will sign him to the terms of the deal, and we will trade the picks to the Jets for the much cheaper Robertson. This sounds pretty technical to me, especially if it hinges on some draft prospect or other, so that could explain why the deal is so long in the making.

Basically a similar situation to the Myers trade. The differences between the two lead me to further suspect:

A) the pick in question will be one of our fourth rounders, probably the #108, since all signs indicate that a lot of care is being taken with this deal. The says the pick is valuable, and probably more valuable than a sixth rounder. My guess is A LOT more valuable than a sixth rounder.

B) Barring a major reach or shanahan-draft-mindbender, the only prospect I see in the range of picks that Denver might be interested in is run stopping DT Ahtyba Rubin, but he may have to slip. So I strongly suspect that if Denver is the one holding up the trade, it is to see how close they can come to Rubin. If he gets nabbed early, Robertson is a Bronco. If not, it might be more 50/50. That is a lot of speculation, so it gets fuzzy at the end.

Or I could jsut be thinking way too much about all this! Oh well, the draft will be here soon enough, and then we can all exhale...

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by Jeremy Bolander on Apr 15, 2008 5:08 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not vanderjagt...

but I was kinda close, a little bit...

We gots us a punter. Not a bad looking one either. Injury concerns.

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by Jeremy Bolander on Apr 15, 2008 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brings back memories...

I hope my sense of humor doesn't offend too many, but this cartoon from 2005 came to mind with some of our recent moves...

Enjoy!

http://www.bangcartoon.com/2005/broncobilly.htm

I wish Woody Paige was our coach

by bcfunderburk on Apr 15, 2008 2:58 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That was great

I needed a pick me up!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Apr 15, 2008 3:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very nice bc!

I'm sure Guru is going to get a lot of complaints from Walmart greeters over the next few weeks.

: )

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Apr 15, 2008 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad you enjoyed....

sometimes their cartoons are far from family friendly (see the Travis Henry one), but I figured with all the moves Shanny has been making it was time to reveal the real mastermind behind the genius.

I wish Woody Paige was our coach

by bcfunderburk on Apr 15, 2008 6:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs