Saturday makes the fourth day that safety Oshiomogho Atogwe has been a free agent, and the only sound has been the door slamming shut by supposedly interested teams according to Howard Balzer of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Several teams had been rumored to be interested in pursuing Atogwe, but several including Dallas, San Francisco and Minnesota have claimed they won't pursue him. Miami and Detroit have been other teams mentioned, and no one from either team has yet to comment on their alleged interest. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said, "I'm ready to go into our season with the safeties we have." Vikings coach Brad Childress said Friday the team "has "no interest." A report out of Detroit said Atogwe's asking price is "extremely high." As for the notion that Atogwe is looking to leave the Rams because he was upset by the original low tender, general manager Billy Devaney said, "I don't think that's the case. He was probably disappointed, but he understood the business part of it," Devaney acknowledged that if another team came forward with a huge offer, the Rams would likely be moving on without him, but so far, that hasn't been the case. Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Lions have room in the budget for O.J. Mayhew and Schwartz never comment on who they are interested, or not interested in as a matter of policy. O.J. Atogwe would look good nxt to Louis Delmas.
