[Bette]

Teams prepared to face the uncapped storm:

1. San Diego Chargers- core group is young with many starters who have been to the Pro Bowl. Only 4 would qualify for FA in 2010
2. Dallas Cowboys-Jerry Jones has been locking up his starters in case of an uncapped year
3. Cleveland Browns-only 4 starters will be FA in 2010
4. Philadelphia Eagles-the Eagles have been worried about an uncapped year for along time and started signing long term deals with their top young players years ago.
5. Indianapolis Colts-they will be contenders as long as Peyton Manning is around and there is no reason to think his play will drop off after 2010 when he will be 34. Only two others starters could become FA

Teams not prepared to face the storm:

1. New England Patriots-Tom Brady is signed through 2010 so they dont have any worries there. But the defense coud be one of the hardest hit. The Pats have one of the oldest starting defenses in the league. It might be hard to find replacements in a limited FA market over the next two seasons.
2. Denver Broncos-they are paying the price for relying too much on FA and not on the draft.
3. Detroit Lions-teams with older quarterbacks could be in trouble because no top quarterback will hit the FA market. Kitna will be 37 in 2010
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- quarterback needs again. Garcia is 38 and the Bucs have no long term solution at quarterback
5. Washington Redskins-11 of their 22 starters are in their 30's. With more teams preparing for an uncapped year finding replacements will become harder and harder.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=3415387

Some of these teams have been wavering back and forth too long. Now they could pay a price.

[Lefty Noob]

Fascinating stuff. The Skins really sound like they're in hot water, after assembling their roster George Allen style. Bucs and Lions could always luck out and get their QBs in the draft, but it's hard to replace 11 starters in such a manner. I wonder which four starters the Chargers and Browns could lose.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Fascinating stuff. The Skins really sound like they're in hot water, after assembling their roster George Allen style. Bucs and Lions could always luck out and get their QBs in the draft, but it's hard to replace 11 starters in such a manner. I wonder which four starters the Chargers and Browns could lose.

Chargers
QB Phillip Rivers but they will either sign him to a long term deal before then or franchise him
G Mike Goff
WR Chris Chambers
DE Igor Olshansky
The Chargers think they have a 2 year window to win SB. An uncapped year in 2010 wont affect that window

Browns
LB Willie McGinest he's retiring after this season
Safety Sean Jones
Lb Andra Davis
G Rex Hadnot

[Lefty Noob]

Well, Rivers is the only guy on either team I think is a must-sign, and like you said, that will probably be taken care off.
So both teams are in very, very good shape heading into that uncapped year.