LaDainian Tomilinson might as well get his finger sized now.It’ll be one less thing he’ll have to cross off his to-do list come winter 2011. By then he’ll probably be busy with all of the interviews, public appearances, parades and the mandatory trip to Disney World these Super Bowl champs are so fond of.Tomilinson will be riding the wave of the Super Bowl victory with his new teammates at the end of next season.Yes, this is an official prediction claiming the New York Jets are going to win the Super Bowl now that they’ve signed Tomilinson. Sure, the NFL Draft hasn’t happened and the NFL free agency period isn’t over, but the moves made by the Jets make them the early favorite.Tomilinson, who was released by the Chargers on Feb. 22, took less money than he could have made with the Minnesota Vikings so he could play for a team with a chance to win a championship.”At this point, it’s all about having an opportunity to win a championship,” Tomilinson told USA Today. “I look at it as going from high school to college again [and] I just want to be able to have a role on this team and contribute.”Well that championship is as good as his. Without question, the Jets have made the best moves of this offseason’s free agency period.So far they have done nothing but add quality players to the NFL’s best regular-season defense. Through a trade with the Chargers, they acquired cornerback Antonio Cromartie to play opposite field of the best cornerback in the NFL, Darrelle Revis.The Jets already allowed an NFL-low 153.7 pass yards per game, and that total can only get better with the addition of Cromartie, who was the Chargers’ best coverage corner.Another team that has made good moves is Chicago. The Bears added defensive end Julius Peppers and running back Chester Taylor.The Bears’ main issue last season was its quarterback, who threw a league-high 26 interceptions in 2010. The Bears are sticking with Jay Cutler, but a slew of NFL teams are making moves at that position.The team that was originally thought to be the one making a splash with quarterbacks in free agency was Philadelphia.The Eagles have three quarterbacks on its roster capable of starting for an NFL franchise in Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick.But all three are still with the Eagles.The team that has made the biggest impact in the free agent market concerning quarterbacks is the Cleveland Browns.The Browns cut 2007 Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson and traded former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn.They signed former Carolina Panther and Louisiana-Lafayette alum Jake Delhomme and traded for Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Seneca Wallace. The moves let the rest of the league know the Browns are looking for a quarterback in the 2010 NFL Draft and are not looking for many wins this season.But with all the activity of many of these franchises, one team has been curiously inactive in this offseason.That team is the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. The Saints have yet to resign any of their 29 free agents. Among these 29 are the names of some of the Saints key contributors — Darren Sharper, Pierre Thomas, Jahri Evans, Roman Harper and Mike Bell.The Saints have already lost free agent linebacker Scott Fujita to the Cleveland Browns and are in danger of losing Bell to the Philadelphia Eagles. If the Saints don’t start making moves, their chances to repeat will be terrible.But even if the Saints do make a good move in the offseason, will it really matter? The Jets are establishing themselves as the best team in the league. Maybe the Saints can tell Mr. Tomilinson where he can get his ring fitted.
Amos Morale is a 22-year-old history major from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_amosmorale3.
 
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