[Preds]

Confirmed...

It still burns me that I let Clinton Portis slide only to end up with this bum!

All that being said, I was going to give Ashley 1 more year to see what he had, but my recent acquisition of pothead RB Ricky Williams for dirt cheap means I need to burn a roster spot on him for a year or so... that roster spot ended up being Ashley's seeing as I like Ricky's longterm prospects MUCH more than Lelie's!

Since Lelie was gonna get cut in 2 days, I felt snagging a 4th round pick and a big WR (albeit injured) with some upside wasn't too bad. Add in the fact that I dodged the cap hit and the deal gets even better.

The Opihi can throw Lelie back on the DS, and see if he develops or not, so this could be win win for both sides.

Overall though, as far as the Predators organization is concerned, Lelie was a wasted 1st round pick for me in 2002 (rumors have it he can't handle the cold weather ;)). Anyhow, the scout that pimped Lelie 2 years ago has been FIRED!

Jim, I truly hope this comes back to haunt me, as I know you were very fond of the former UH star. Unfortunately for him... I think Watts is gonna start in his place sooner rather than later.

Good luck!