This game, more than any other, gave the Jaguars ' front office a strong desire to upgrade the pass rush during the offseason.

In the following offseason, Graham was tendered a restricted free agent offer sheet by the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the offer was matched by the Bengals.

" Rison, however, did not make the move with the team to Baltimore as he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in the offseason.

In the offseason they signed Alfonso Soriano to the richest contract in Cubs history at 8 years for $ 136 million, and replaced unpopular skipper Dusty Baker with fiery veteran manager Lou Piniella.

The offseason was dominated by three months of unsuccessful trade talks with the Orioles involving 2B Brian Roberts, as well as the signing of Chunichi Dragons star Kosuke Fukudome.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

Despite the major changes made to the team in the offseason, the team wound up with its first winning season since 1997.

Longtime Wing Sergei Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent during the offseason after a long contract dispute.

Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster, the offseason saw the departure of Brendan Shanahan and the return of Dominik Hasek, while Steve Yzerman announced his retirement after a 23-season Hall of Fame career with the Wings, having played the third most games in history ( behind fellow Wings Alex Delvecchio and Nicklas Lidström ) all with a single team.

Additionally, Guillermo Mota, who was acquired by Florida in 2004 along with Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnacion and was expected to be their closer, was inconsistent, and the Marlins gave the closer job to veteran Todd Jones, whom they signed in the offseason.

Determined to get a proven relief pitcher, general manager Harry Dalton made a huge offseason trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, trading outfielder Sixto Lescano and 3 minor league pitchers to the Cardinals in exchange for Rollie Fingers, Pete Vuckovich, and Ted Simmons, all of whom became key parts of the Brewers future success.

Despite the offseason losses and controversies, the Brewers fans still looked forward to the 2012 season with great optimism, as the Brewers, by the end of February, had sold over 1. 5 million tickets, the most before the month of March.

After working with a hitting instructor during the offseason, Smith failed to record a base hit in his first 32 at bats of the 1979 season.

In the ensuing offseason, massive changes occurred to the coaching staff, as offensive coordinator Cam Cameron left to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, while defensive coordinator Wade Phillips would fill the head coaching vacancy with the Dallas Cowboys.

Neil O ' Donnell left the Steelers in the offseason and signed a long-term free agent contract with the New York Jets, accepting New York's more lucrative offer.

After signing several new defensive players in the offseason, and hiring new defensive coordinator Lovie Smith, the Rams finished the 2001 season with the NFL's best regular season record at 14 – 2.

He signed with the San Diego Padres in the offseason, where he had another respectable year in 1996, again finishing in the top ten in the National League ( NL ) in walks, OBP, steals and runs.

Brind ' Amour retired over the 2010 offseason to take a coaching job with the club.

Boe started off his ownership with big hopes for the offseason.

Nonetheless the Nets moved on with their offseason plans to relocate to the Island Garden in West Hempstead.

The following offseason, Gabriel, with millions of cleared salary cap space, attempted to lure three of the NBA's most prized free agents: Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady.

In a shortened 2012 season, due to the NBA Lockout, the Magic started the offseason on a rocky note, with their all star Center, Dwight Howard, requesting a trade.

For the 2009 offseason, the Sixers drafted UCLA point guard Jrue Holiday with the 17th pick.

This offseason also marked the return of the 1977 – 1997 76ers logo, along with a redesigned court and new uniforms updating the 1982 – 83 jerseys.

In the following offseason, the team acquired point guard John Paxson and on draft day traded with the Cavaliers for the rights to power forward Charles Oakley.

In, Shapiro signed veteran help for the bullpen and outfield in the offseason.

In the 2004 offseason, veteran stars Gary Payton and Karl Malone signed with the Lakers.

The vast improvement was due to several reasons, including the coaching of Harris, the improved play of second year guard Nick Van Exel, the maturing of veteran players Vlade Divac and Elden Campbell, and the offseason signing of Cedric Ceballos and drafting of rookie Eddie Jones.

During the 2004 offseason, the Wings focused on keeping players they already had instead of being active on the free agent market, resigning several players before the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout canceled the season.

The franchise got back to. 500 baseball in 2008 despite trading their cornerstone players in the offseason.

Two Marlins players changed their names during the offseason.

In the offseason, the Brewers would lose many of their spot players that had helped them during the season, such as Mark Kotsay, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Craig Counsell but their most notable loss was that of Prince Fielder, who would leave the team via free agency after having been a part of the Brewers organization for almost a decade.

The acquisition of coveted players through the draft and free agency capped an offseason of change that had transformed a franchise for the future.

During the 1930 offseason, he led a team of MLB players on an exhibition trip to Cuba.

Before coming up with the idea of a " Traded " set, the company still tried to produce cards of players with their new team if they changed teams in the offseason.

These players include Andy Pafko ( who, coincidentally, played in the 1945 World Series as a Cub ), Gene Baker, Smoky Burgess, Don Hoak, Dale Long, Lou Brock ( whose first title was in after a mid-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals ), Lou Johnson, Jim Brewer, Moe Drabowsky, Don Cardwell, Ken Holtzman, Billy North, Fred Norman, Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, Rick Monday, Burt Hooton, Bruce Sutter, Willie Hernández, Joe Niekro, Dennis Eckersley, Joe Carter, Greg Maddux, Joe Girardi ( as both a player and a manager ), José Vizcaíno, Glenallen Hill ( after his second stint with the Cubs ; his title came in after a mid-season trade ), Luis Gonzalez, Mike Morgan, Mark Grace, Mark Bellhorn, Bill Mueller, Scott Eyre ( whose title came in after he been traded from the Cubs during the season ), Tom Gordon, Matt Stairs, Jamie Moyer, in, Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot — the former of whom had been traded the offseason before, the latter having been traded that midseason, and in, Ryan Theriot who was traded the previous season.

During the 2001 offseason, Mogilny signed a 4 year, $ 22 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 3, 2001, and quickly became one of their top players.

Over the 2007 offseason, McPhee signed many talented players including Michael Nylander, Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov and young Swedish star Nicklas Bäckström, elevating expectations in Washington.

Donovan reveals Phelps ' plan to Brown who then relays the same news to the players, telling them that if the team plays too well for Phelps to void the lease, she will bring in worse players in the offseason who will.

That following offseason, Kelly, Sam Bohne and other Major League Baseball ( MLB ) players agreed to play professional basketball with O ' Connell.

During the college basketball offseason, Auriemma serves as an analyst for games of the Women's National Basketball Association broadcast on the American cable television networks ESPN and ESPN2, in which capacity he often critiques his former players.

During the offseason, Herzog reclaimed the manager job, then held both the GM and field manager posts with St. Louis for almost two full seasons, during which he acquired or promoted many players who would star on the Cards ' three World Series teams of the 1980s.

In a 2006 interview for WWE, Verne's son Greg Gagne mentioned that wrestling was a much better paying job at the time than playing football ( as recent as the 1970s, it was not uncommon for NFL players to have a second job during the NFL offseason to help make ends meet ), and as a result Verne chose wrestling over football.

Once the player has joined the WNBA, she is eligible to participate in overseas leagues during the WNBA offseason ( many WNBA players play in Europe or Australia ).

The 2006 offseason saw the departure of 2 of Nippon-Ham's best players, both via free agency.

During the following offseason on February 11, 2008, Booker was one of nine players released by the Dolphins.

With several players on the roster at that time capable of playing third base ( Koskie, Glaus, Eric Hinske, Shea Hillenbrand, and Aaron Hill ) and no assurances of regular playing time from Blue Jays GM J. P. Ricciardi, Koskie was traded just a year after being the Blue Jays ' 2004 offseason marquee free agent signing.

In the offseason, the Mariners traded Paciorek to the Chicago White Sox for three players, none of whom would make an impact with Seattle.

Like many other WNBA players, Abrosimova has played in various professional teams and leagues during the offseason.