"Historically great pairings: Peanut Butter & Jelly. Joe Montana & Jerry Rice. Twitter & Free Agency."
-tweet from NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah
I was slow to join the Twitter world. I was always hearing about way too many irresponsible tweeting. I was in no rush to be a part of that. Despite joining the masses I still think that people need to think more before they tweet. You aren't just talking to yourself when you're send something out into the social media world. When used properly Twitter is a tremendous resource for football information. Especially during the chaos of the early days of free agency. Daniel Jeremiah is right on the money. Twitter and free agency is a perfect pairing. All the people with their fingers on the pulse of the NFL like Adam Schefter, Jason La Canfora, Albert Breer, Ian Rappaport tweet constantly. All the movement of free agency flows through Twitter. As soon as they hear, we hear. In all the years that I've followed free agency this is the best and easiest source of all the crucial information. Even the players themselves take to Twitter to announce their news. I learned right from Jerome Simpson, Jamarca Sanford, and Jerome Felton that they'd just signed contracts to remain with the Minnesota Vikings.
As soon as 4pm EST hit, the tweets started coming in. Martellus Bennett is a Bear, Mike Wallace struck gold in Miami, Paul Kruger moved to division foe Cleveland, the Dolphins were signing every player with a heart beat, Tony Gonzalez continues his terrific career, it goes on and on. Twitter had it all in easy to read, compact little bits of info. Links for more details are often provided. It's all so beautiful.
Another benefit to relying on Twitter for information rather than a message board is that I don't have to swim through all the fans going apeshit over their team doing or not doing the right thing or what they consider the right thing. It's ridiculous. Fans can't seem to understand that their team not signing players doesn't necessarily mean that their team isn't trying to sign players. They can't seem to wrap their little heads around the fact that freedom of choice is a major factor in free agency decisions. It's nice to get away from all of that. Thank you Twitter.
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