JB's Sports Podcast
JB's Sports Podcast
Show Me the Money: Why NFL Stars Are Cashing In Like Never Before
The NFL offseason has erupted into a frenzy of player movement and record-breaking contracts, completely reshaping the landscape for the upcoming season. We dive deep into Josh Allen's historic $330 million deal with the Buffalo Bills, featuring an unprecedented $250 million in guaranteed money – the most in NFL history. Is Allen worth being the highest-paid player in football despite his playoff struggles against Mahomes and the Chiefs?
The quarterback carousel spins wildly as Justin Fields finds a new home with the Jets after feeling disrespected by Mike Tomlin's decision to bench him. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson remain unsigned, leaving multiple teams in limbo as they wait for these veteran QBs to make decisions. The fascinating case of Myles Garrett also takes center stage – after publicly demanding a trade and claiming he wanted to play for a contender, Garrett quickly changed his tune when the Browns offered him $40 million annually with $123 million guaranteed.
Perhaps most surprising is the Steelers' uncharacteristic splash move, trading for wide receiver DK Metcalf and signing him to a four-year, $132 million extension – the largest contract in franchise history. But how will Metcalf mesh with George Pickens, another strong personality with similar skills? And what does this say about the Steelers' changing approach to roster building?
From the 49ers possibly closing their championship window as their defense gets dismantled to the Rams replacing Cooper Kupp with Davante Adams, every team's moves reveal their true priorities and strategies. With just 43 days until the NFL Draft, these free agency decisions will dramatically impact draft strategies across the league. Join us as we analyze what all these moves mean for the upcoming season and beyond.
welcome back to the podcast. Today is wednesday, march the 12th. We're back from the podcast we back folks?
Speaker 2:um, I would like to actually not like to, because you know we all like when things are happening going on us, but we have the most things that are going on. So let's just, you know there's plenty of stuff to go on about basketball. Basketball is in full swing, but really, again, by comparison, there's not a lot to go on with that. I've been watching more games. When it comes to the NBA games, I've bet on a few games. Lebron got hurt with a groin injury. He's going to be out for a couple weeks, but you know, outside of that, really not a lot going on with basketball. College basketball is coming. You have the start of the tournament, march Madness here. I think they do selection Sunday this week.
Speaker 1:I do keep up with March Madness, but I only do that because my team is good.
Speaker 2:No problem with that. But yeah, march Madness is coming up, so we'll be doing our bracket and stuff like that. I'm not sure how much we'll actually talk about it, other than maybe talking about some games that we may have seen. That may be interesting, but, like other than that, not a lot with that. And then for college football, we do have a lot of spring training. Stuff like spring practices and stuff are going to be starting soon, so that's going to be quite a big deal. So that's going to be stuff to talk about. But again, it's just more news and stuff. They're really not seeing anything. I think a lot of teams have stopped doing spring games. It's not going to be really talking about that either. Again, college games are more going towards the NFL model in that way, which is fine because you have a lot more players playing a lot more games. Heck Ohio State making all the way to the championship game. They played 16 games last year. It's almost a full nfl season. I mean a full nfl regular season, unless not including the playoffs.
Speaker 2:So but, yeah, there's a lot going on, but honestly, the thing that has been dominating the week was the pre-free agency for the nfl and then the actual free agency starting on this past monday. So I honestly think for pretty much most of this podcast is pretty much all going to be about just looking at the different moves all these teams have been making, giving our thoughts on them and just jet, just talking about things in general. So, um, how we're going to do it is we're just going to run through the teams, kind of as we go. This is up until today, so we're recording today, the 12th. So is up until today, so we're recording today, the 12th. So if something happens after this, then, uh, we'll just be sad. Heck, there's still some main big dominoes that need to fall. Um, heck. Let's talk about one of them.
Speaker 2:The fact that aaron rogers hasn't signed with anybody yet, russell wilson hasn't signed with anybody yet are like the two like again, they're big because of their names, not necessarily because of how great of players that they are, but like those are two that Aaron Rodgers is holding up three different teams with his decision Actually, no, he's holding up two different teams with his decision and then Russell Wilson is still waiting on him as well, because Aaron Rodgers is siding between the Steelers and the Giants for the teams to go to, and then Russell Wilson is pretty much going to take whatever team that Aaron Rodgers doesn't go to, and then Russell Wilson is pretty much going to take whatever team that Aaron Rodgers doesn't go to.
Speaker 2:And then, not to mention the fact that Aaron Rodgers is still holding out hope that maybe Minnesota would want him. If they kind of come to the conclusion that they don't want JJ McCarthy to be their starter going into next year, which I'm like, why would they? Why would they want Aaron Rodgers to be their starter? They drafted JJ McCarthy it's not like he got hurt last year but there's no reason for them to feel like JJ McCarthy's a lost cause before he's even played a regular season game for them. So those are like those two things and, to be honest, just real quick before we go into the other stuff, the fact that the Steelers are down to Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson as their starting quarterbacks, it's a rough world.
Speaker 1:It's a rough world.
Speaker 2:And, again, the only thing that gives me some solace is that maybe this is aligned with, if they do decide to go with a one of these older quarterbacks, that they're going to draft somebody from the draft at some point too. But guess, but guess what? This draft? It doesn't have a lot of quarterbacks that are really enticing for the Steelers to get. So I just, I'm just not in a good mood, and the fact that the giants are in this where we're battling the giants to try to get a quarterback, what do the giants have Anybody has to feel confident about. But again, other than money, I guess. But we'll get to. We'll get to specifically the Steelers in a bit, but let's just go through. We'll start we by division and just kind of go in that order. Talk about things that are interesting. That's pretty much it. So we'll start with the AFC East Buffalo Bills May as well start with them with probably the biggest deal of the whole week so far.
Speaker 2:Quarterback Josh Allen agreed to terms on a new six-year deal worth $330 million with $250 million guaranteed, and that is the most guaranteed dollars for any deal in NFL history. So Josh Allen's getting that paper and I think the Buffalo Bills are kind of maybe Buffalo I have to give Buffalo the credit is that they're doing it now, because who knows, with all these, how these quarterback deals are going in a couple years. 250 million guaranteed may be chump change, but I think the first thing when I told you about it, the first thing Jay said was give them all that money just for them to lose lose in the divisional round or lose to the Chiefs or the Bengals and I'm like, yeah, maybe, but I think I would love to have a quarterback good enough to have this conversation about overpaying. If you're saying it's overpaying, I honestly don't think that's really overpaying. For a guy like Josh Allen's talents Would I like for him to be able to say, hey, I'll take a little bit less to help out the team. Yeah, for sure, but not everybody can be.
Speaker 1:What are Josh Allen's talents?
Speaker 2:Let's see.
Speaker 1:Not beating Mahomes.
Speaker 2:I feel like that's probably a little bit overstated.
Speaker 1:So how many times has he beat Mahomes in the playoffs?
Speaker 2:None Zero.
Speaker 1:So being the best quarterback in the NFC.
Speaker 2:Some people would say yes, based on how last year went him winning the MVP. Oh, did he get to the Super Bowl? No, he did not. No.
Speaker 1:Oh crazy, Was he even worthy of the fucking MVP?
Speaker 2:Yes, I do think so.
Speaker 1:Lamar Jackson had better stats than he did last year.
Speaker 2:I don't honestly that whole conversation.
Speaker 1:Oh, and he played better than Joe Burrow. Fuck out my face.
Speaker 2:No, honestly, I'm not sitting here saying that. Josh Allen is like he's in the conversation.
Speaker 1:There is no if ands or buts about him. He is.
Speaker 2:He's not. He beat Lamar in the playoffs. He's better than Lamar in the playoffs. Low, fucking bar Empty, are empty. Fucking do all these guys just getting paid all money on top of money, like whenever it's the next guy's turn, that is in that caliber, they're gonna get that paper. That's how that goes. And it was josh allen's turn, at least the bank, the bills were like hey, let's just go ahead and pay early and again, that's something the bangles can learn from pay a guy early rather than pay him late, because then you have to pay overpay. I don't know, it's a lot of money, but again, for a guy of Josh Allen's talents, of his caliber, let's just say that.
Speaker 1:Losing knickers. You can't control the other stuff, but it's the fact that let's be honest the Bills should not have gotten as far as they did last year To win. Josh Allen does everything but win.
Speaker 2:Based on how he went into last season, where they dropped all those defensive players and got rid of them. Did we think they were going to make the playoffs at all? I was saying that they wouldn't even make the playoffs, going into last year. Does it matter? Well, yes, I think they overachieved With the gross that they had last year.
Speaker 1:Did you win no? Well, I think it does Sign everyone you want overachieved with the gross that they had last year, type shit. Did you win no? Okay, then it don't fucking matter.
Speaker 2:Well, I think it does Sign everyone you want.
Speaker 1:Pay everyone you want. If you don't fucking win, it don't matter.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but at the end of the season there's only one team that wins.
Speaker 1:Exactly. If you can't be that team, why'd we pay you?
Speaker 2:Well, yeah.
Speaker 1:You're paid to be that guy. Last year, joe Burrow was that guy with a lackluster defense. Yes, oh, joe Burrow plays in one of the best divisions in football. Who is Josh Allen's biggest fucking competitor in his division?
Speaker 2:As of the last couple years, at least last year, nobody Like nobody is really that good in the NFC East, AFC East.
Speaker 1:Who's in their?
Speaker 2:division Miami, new England, of here New England, miami, new England and the Jets.
Speaker 1:So nobody has a last year, no, I think it's a guaranteed eight wins and then one hard game against Miami, because you have to go there. All you have to do is win the division To make the playoffs. Guaranteed five wins. And then you have to go to Miami and All you have to do is win the division to make the playoffs, Guaranteed five wins.
Speaker 2:and then you have to go to Miami.
Speaker 1:And all you have to do is win the division to make the playoffs. You can win six games to make the playoffs.
Speaker 2:I don't think it would be like that anymore. I do think the Patriots are going to be a lot better now. Yeah.
Speaker 1:With a lot better coach and all the money that they've spent.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, and they have a quarterback that people can generally believe in. Miami is going to get back to playing, but actually you know what? It was funny because Tua they had a video of Tua came out of him on vacation or something like that and he looked wrecked.
Speaker 2:When it comes to he just looked out of shape and everybody was like, oh, tua's out of shape again. They're like it's the offseason Again. It's funny to see because you're like, oh, that's Tua. He's small and he has a little gutness. It was funny to look at. But a lot of people are like, oh, he's not ready for the season. I'm like it's the offseason. They're not going to be doing enough on the field for another three or four months, so it don't matter. But no, no, it was just. Again. The division is going to get tougher and the Jets are just straight rebuilding.
Speaker 1:Again, but the division really won't get the harder.
Speaker 2:If one team becomes a viable potential playoff team, the division is better.
Speaker 1:So let me ask you a question. The Chargers are a playoff team. Did Kansas City have any trouble in their division? And there's one viable team in that division? No, no, oh.
Speaker 2:Oh, the Broncos were actually Broncos. Almost beat them regularly this year.
Speaker 1:Oh, what was that word you just said?
Speaker 2:Almost, I know Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades and that means one of them also lost to them in the playoff.
Speaker 1:Yes, oh, so what are we doing? So josh allen's gonna.
Speaker 2:You'll pay josh all his money just to lose again. They're gonna have to build up their team in other ways, but like they overachieved last year because of josh allen, they did.
Speaker 1:Josh allen got win a fucking football game and I'll give a fuck. He did. Oh yeah, he did so in the playoffs he did. How many Super Bowls has he been to? How many AFC championships does he have? None, okay. So if you can't win the only game that matters, what the fuck are you doing, josh?
Speaker 2:Baby steps, man Baby steps.
Speaker 1:It's been five years. Yeah, joe Burrow did it in two.
Speaker 2:True, but that was a magical year. That wasn't like a.
Speaker 1:You're right. He did it again the year after he made it there again.
Speaker 2:Today's championship game. Yes, mm-hmm, what about this year?
Speaker 1:Oh my bad, so bad statistical season by a quarterback.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:It was not Joe Burrow's fault, but the team is, the whole team being built for a long-term. So how shitty is Joe Burrow's division.
Speaker 2:It's not Because you can't Other than the Browns.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you can't just throw up. You know 50 against, you know the Steelers and the Ravens, who both have pretty solid defenses.
Speaker 2:Well, you can, it's just you have to stop the other team from getting that number two, which is a problem. Look man, I'm not saying you're saying, it's just.
Speaker 1:You're telling me you don't put the Bengals in the AFC. What are they? West, south, what's?
Speaker 2:the Bills division.
Speaker 1:AFC East. So you put the Bengals in the AFC East. We don't make five straight. We don't make four straight, fucking AFC championships.
Speaker 2:No, you probably do.
Speaker 1:Oh, so this nigga has done nothing.
Speaker 2:Again, I'm making the case of this. That team was not as good last year.
Speaker 1:That they should not. They must not be that good ever, because they can't beat the Chiefs who got railed by the Eagles.
Speaker 2:Yes, but all but one team got railed by the Eagles. If I would say that to the right, the Rams were the only team last year the Eagles played in the playoffs that didn't get destroyed.
Speaker 1:So, yes. But again, can you justify paying that dude so much money to go lose the AFC Championship?
Speaker 2:I think the only thing that I guess maybe you could even agree with is that them overpaying now means that they'll be paying less later on, when other quarterbacks come up, because they're going to ask for more, I guess.
Speaker 1:I think. No, I think it's Josh Allen, ain't that fucking good.
Speaker 2:I think he's a top five guy, top five.
Speaker 1:Yes, crazy. He's a top five guy Crazy, he's six, but yeah.
Speaker 2:He's not six.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:You don't? Do you want to play that game?
Speaker 1:Joe Burrow.
Speaker 2:Yes, he that game.
Speaker 1:Joe Burrow. Yes, he's better than Joe Burrow.
Speaker 2:No, obviously Joe.
Speaker 1:Burrow is better, patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Mahomes is better Jalen Hurts. He has a Super Bowl ring on his finger. Go ahead. He wasn't better than Lamar last year.
Speaker 2:He beat Lamar in the biggest game.
Speaker 1:Okay, cool. So two playoff chokers, one has to choke in the playoffs.
Speaker 2:So just because he choked, one round later means he's better Head to head.
Speaker 1:I'm in the AFC Championship. It's time to lose.
Speaker 2:And Josh Allen had the worst team between the two.
Speaker 1:Again, did it matter? Lamar had a better statistical season than he did last year, the year he won the MVP?
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah, but he also got a top five running back last year. That helped him out a lot.
Speaker 1:So Josh James Cook was also a top. He was a top 10 running back.
Speaker 2:Top 10 yes.
Speaker 1:What'd he fucking do? Okay, their teams were the same. They had a great offense that could run and throw the ball With. A lackluster defense the Ravens defense was Fucking ass. So was the Bills. Their teams were the same. Backluster defense, the Ravens defense was fucking ass. So was the Bills.
Speaker 2:Their teams were the same, lamar had a couple good tight ends, but so did Josh Allen. Yes, oh, I have to always remember when. I talk about Josh Allen with you. Is that you are the ultimate Josh Allen, hater, fuck.
Speaker 1:Josh Allen he, not that good.
Speaker 2:So I should have expected this conversation to pop up.
Speaker 1:Josh Allen is mid as fuck. I don't give a fuck what you say.
Speaker 2:You don't think mid's going a little too far?
Speaker 1:How much did they pay Kenny Pickett? Huh, how much did the Browns pay Kenny Pickett?
Speaker 2:He's still on his rookie deal this nigga's still on his rookie deal.
Speaker 1:He's been traded twice.
Speaker 2:Yeah, retired uh, the fact that jake was like beside himself, that that they traded for him, insane, insane. Um, the other signings of the bills had they re-signed ty johnson. They're running back for five million million. They signed Josh Palmer the wide receiver that formerly with the Chargers, to a three-year $36 million deal. That ain't a bad signing.
Speaker 1:They need more wide receivers, that's okay.
Speaker 2:Khalil Shakir. They re-signed him. They signed Joey Bosa to a one-year $12.6 million deal with $12 million guarantee, it may be a good signing.
Speaker 1:It could be awful.
Speaker 2:If he's healthy and can play nine, ten games, I think that's a steal. Honestly, $12.6 million is not bad whatsoever, because, again, joey Bosa's issue has never been his ability to actually do the job it's can he stay healthy.
Speaker 1:Can he stay healthy? Because I agree His availability, not his ability. I agree I've never denied that about Joey Bosa.
Speaker 2:I don't deny that when he's healthy he's a top fucking 10 edge rusher right but he's never healthy, he's really never so it truly just, you know, heck and it's not like they need him to be their number one pass rusher. They have Greg Rousseau that they also just signed because he's coming off of his rookie deal yeah, crazy. They didn't like they didn't do his fifth year option. They just said, hey, we're gonna sign you. I feel like he's been in the league for 40 years.
Speaker 2:No, but he's a very good pass rusher and he's our number one and the fact you have joey bosa be your number two. Number two very good, especially when, if, if we're just saying the eagles have now made the, if they've created the blueprint, to go beat Patrick Mahomes is by just getting after him and not letting him breathe. This is a way to go. I think a lot of other teams are going to have this same type of model. They signed Larry Ogunjobi, the guy that the defensive tackle that the Steelers let go of because they dropped him to save like $7 million in cap space, but they signed him to a one-year eight point million dollar eight point three million dollar deal. I think it's a decent signing not bad, but he's just not.
Speaker 2:He can eat up space, but he's not doing anything like I said, it's a decent signing right again I didn't?
Speaker 1:I agree, he does just eat up a lot of space in the middle.
Speaker 2:He, but he he never was doing anything.
Speaker 1:It did help he was. You don't have to do much. You're sending, sending it to Cam Award who's doing all the work. True.
Speaker 2:They re-signed DeMar Hamlin. Signed linebacker Terrell Bernard to a four-year extension.
Speaker 1:No one talks about it, but.
Speaker 2:DeMar Hamlin's a good safety. He was playing a lot of good ball last year at the end of the year he is a good safety.
Speaker 1:I don't think anybody talks about it.
Speaker 2:He's no superstar, but he's out there and he's not an automatic L he's more than serviceable. Yeah for sure Sorry His whole heart's stopping in the middle of the field.
Speaker 1:Maybe he kind of gave him a bigger chance. It overshadows his talent as a player, but he is a good player. Yeah, what he's playing on the field.
Speaker 2:He kind of got back to it. Obviously, he was playing some decent ball at the end of last year for sure, especially in the playoff Miami Dolphins. You know they signed Zach Wilson to a one-year deal. The fact that.
Speaker 2:Zach Wilson got anybody to sign him is crazy. Again, I'm not saying he lacks ability, but it's just. I don't know how anybody looks at that and says I heard there's this guy, bobani Jones, that has this term right. When you have a quarter black, so a black quarterback, okay, the worst thing you can have on your roster is a white backup. Yes, because there's going to be a segment of your roster that, as soon as your black quarterback's not playing well, they want to bring in the second string guy because it's something different, a la the white backup. So he makes the claim that when you have a quarter black, your black quarterback. The best thing you can have is a black backup quarterback to make people not be as instantly enamored with the backup guy. If your starting guy didn't doesn't do well, okay. Which is why, when freaking Deshaun Watson was coming back off an injury this year, they got rid of Joe Flacco, who just got them to the playoffs the year before, because, hey, we don't want to have a guy in here that people will automatically go to if, if I'm not playing well. So like the idea that they bring in Zach Wilson and again, zach Wilson's not really all that good, but the idea that Tua that's had his struggles with injuries and then, when he is on the field, not playing all that well, the fact you're signing Zach Wilson to be the backup may not be the best idea, especially if I just don't think he's that good.
Speaker 2:Dolphins signed Nick Westbrook-Akene, the wide receiver from Tennessee that literally mostly catches touchdowns. He had like nine touchdown receptions last year and he didn't really have that much usage on that team, but he just has a nose for the end zone, gets the ball to the end zone a lot, so like that is definitely a decent deal. Two year $6.5 million deal with $3.2 million guaranteed Not bad. Um, let's see. No other signings are really big for them. New England Patriots they made a lot of moves throughout this week so far. They signed quarterback Joshua Dobbs as a backup quarterback, agreed to a two-year $8 million deal with $3.8 guaranteed. Definitely a good backup to have on your squad the more games Joshua Dobbs plays the worse he gets.
Speaker 1:He's a reliable backup.
Speaker 2:But if you need him to come in on a like hey, our main guy obviously is hurt for this game, he'll be able to come in and do great. Just don't have him play for a month because you'll be like hating it by the time it's over.
Speaker 2:They signed Matt Collins to a two-year 8.4 million dollar deal with a max value of 10.4. Matt Collins is more famous for him not wearing shoes coming into games than actually playing in them. But I will say, playing for the Bills last year in the playoffs when they needed some big plays to happen, he was the guy that came up and played big. So for, if nothing else, this Patriots team really has no pass catchers for the most part, so the more the merrier for them. So it was definitely a decent signing. Even if he may not have the biggest pop as a wide receiver, like he may not be their number one guy, he's still a guy that can go out there catch football, be a guy that defense have to worry about. So it's definitely a decent signing there.
Speaker 2:They signed Austin Hooper. They re-signed him to a $5 million deal. They signed Morgan Moses to a three-year $24 million deal to be their tackle Definitely a good deal. They signed Harold Landry, the edge that played for Tennessee. Tennessee dropped him, but so the Patriots picked him up for a three-year $43.5 million deal with 26 fully guaranteed with a max value of 48. So that's definitely a good edge for them to do.
Speaker 2:Do you know the patriots had the worst pass rush of all the nfl teams last year that was surprising I I don't know, mate, how bad they were, yes, but like when the patriots were on their run, they one thing they were always able to do is get after the passer. Maybe, if not, because of, like, crazy pass rushers, but maybe just because having good defense on the back end, but again without Bill Belichick there, kind of shaping the defense, maybe it makes sense. Their defense kind of falls off a cliff there for a bit. So having a guy like that is definitely a big deal. But probably their biggest deal they've made so far is Milton Williams, the defensive tackle.
Speaker 2:They made a huge splash in the Super Bowl for the Eagles. They signed him to a four-year $104 million deal with $51 million fully guaranteed at signing $51 million With a $24 million signing bonus. So they signed this dude to a ton of money Again. Milton Williams was crazy. He was very good in the Super Bowl for the Eagles, but the thing was is that, do you know? He never played more than 50% of the snaps in a game for the Eagles? Because they have so many guys on the defensive line, they just keep rotating them in.
Speaker 1:I did see a lot of the guys in the Eagles got paid and I was thinking about that, how they keep rotating guys in. So I feel like some of these guys are getting paid and they ain't really that good.
Speaker 2:Is he going to be able to hold up as the guy?
Speaker 1:for a team? No, I don't think so Again, who?
Speaker 2:knows, but he was a very special player for that Eagles defense last year. But again, once he starts getting number one reps, will he be able to kind of keep up that production is definitely a big question. But still again and here's the thing, right is that he gets signed and you think, oh, the Eagles gonna have to get better at that. They're just gonna go pick up a defensive lineman in the draft again, like they always do every year, and they're gonna keep it going. Um, it's crazy, crazy how that goes, but definitely good for him. They got a lot of money.
Speaker 2:Roberts Villain signed a free agent deal with the patriots and then carlton davis corner had a three or sixty million dollar deal definitely good. They did needed help on their back end as well. That that patriots team needs a lot of help. They just need everything you could possibly get. Um, new york jets they signed justin fields two-year 40 million dollar deal 30 million dollars fully guaranteed, including a 15 million dollar signing bonus and a five million million base salary in 2025. So this is where this is the first thing for me.
Speaker 2:The Steelers wanted Fields back. Apparently, they wanted him at a certain number. They were not willing to match what the Jets were going to give him in money, which we know. What's funny is that they're paying Fields $20 million a year practically to be their starting quarterback, which is very cheap. There's like nobody that's a good quarterback getting paid that little amount of money to be a starter. So I just think, and not to mention the field said, that they like it's where it was reported that fields felt slighted by mike tomlin taking, pulling him in the middle of the season for russell wilson oh yeah, for sure, that was a problem of mike tomlin's doing and I was against it from day one.
Speaker 2:I talked I've talked about this ad nauseum most before because I'm like, hey, why are you going to do this for a guy that he makes you a tad bit better, maybe, but like it only hurts you long term? And again, if they weren't going to win the super bowl with rus Wilson, they should have never put Russell Wilson in the first place. And I think maybe. I think that's maybe where Mike Tomlin was wrong, because I just don't think there's anybody with any sense thought that putting in Russell Wilson was going to be the key to a Super Bowl for that that team last year. Um, so Justin Fields felt slighted, went and got more money from the, from the J Again. Is that a decent chunk of change? Yeah for sure, and I love Justin Fields.
Speaker 2:My dream was to have an Ohio State quarterback play for my Pittsburgh Steelers. It really was, and the fact that it only lasted six games was definitely a heartbreaker. But it is what it is. On that, but it just sucked. It's unfortunate. I hope him heck. At least he gets to go play with Garrett Wilson, a guy he's played with before and that's an instant connection he'll have.
Speaker 2:Um, and hopefully they'll give him all the I. I hope for his sake that they don't use this as this, like a hey, he's just a bridge quarterback and go and just pick somebody up in the and then just say, hey, this is only yours for a year. I hope they say, hey, we're going to make you the guy for these next two years, while you're signed, go out there and we're going to live and die by you and just see how it goes. Because I don't think he's really gotten a good shake deal with any team he's been with so far. The Bears screwed him over, never gave him the help he needed. The Steelers, mike Tomlin, got off him way too quick and really didn't allow him to play the whole season out like they probably should have.
Speaker 2:I just hope the Jets give him a good chance because maybe his last chance to really try to be a starter in this league. Because even if it doesn't work out, I think he'll more than likely be a good backup in this league and be a backup for plenty of years. But to be a starter, to be a franchise guy, you don't have that many opportunities at that and I hope the jets really do give them that opportunity and don't just try to pass them up by drafting quarterback in the draft. Um, so I I wish them the best, even if it's not for my team, but uh, it was definitely disappointing to see that happen. Um, they signed the jets, also signed ch uh oh chukwuma okwafor okwafor um, he signed with the jets.
Speaker 2:Um, they signed center josh myers buckeye. They were signing a decent amount of buckeyes. That's funny. Um, josh myers centers to a one-year deal that's a buckeye. They also signed brandon stevens, andre zisco and isaiah oliver all little contracts. Brandon stevens three-year $36 million contract. They also signed Jamie and Sherwood to a $45 million deal. The former Jets linebacker. That's pretty much it for the Jets. Afc North time Ravens haven't done a lot. They signed DeAndre Hopkins to a one-year $6 million contract.
Speaker 1:That's fine.
Speaker 2:It is an actual wide receiver that can play the position, am I? He's not. He's definitely not what he once was being but it's not. But I think he's a short area, a short yardage type he's a contributor.
Speaker 1:He will contribute to your team. I think he's a good signing. For how much?
Speaker 2:six million for a year. Oh yeah, that's fine. I think what their other guys lack is what he can bring to the table. A guy that knows what he's doing can find the open lanes, find the open spots and be an outlet for lamar jackson as he's out there making plays. Zay flower is more of a gadget guy yes, he's small, he can be, he can be, he can be skiing out of games quite easily.
Speaker 1:yes, and rashad bateman's more of a just a straight up deep threat. And Rashad Bateman's more of just a straight-up deep threat. Yeah, Rashad Bateman's good at what he does, but what he does is run real fast, real straight, and throw the ball up and he's down there and he's inconsistent as crap dude. He's very inconsistent.
Speaker 2:He'll have great games and then you make you think, oh, he's turning a corner and the next thing you know. So having a guy like DeAndre Hopkins knows what he's doing, can go out there and make the plays necessary and be an outlet for Lamar is definitely a big deal. They signed Patrick Ricard, re-signed him on a free agent deal and then they also re-signed Ronnie Stanley, their offensive tackle, to a three-year $60 million contract. Very light with the moves they have made, but again, I think those are what they needed and I think the Ravens are always a team that really builds through the draft and I think that they'll be more than happy to do that this year because you know, like we've already said, the draft doesn't have a lot of sexy names, but if you have needs at good positions, there's going to be plenty of guys if you want to wait for them and make the right moves. We've talked about how much like you used to talk about how your team doesn't make a lot of moves no, has he been on your team before?
Speaker 1:Who.
Speaker 2:Samaj P Ryan.
Speaker 1:Yes, this get this nigga off my team. Is that the one that dropped it Dropped? The ball Didn't catch the ball in the Super Bowl yes. They signed him to a two-year deal worth $3.8 million.
Speaker 2:Y'all can take that $3.8 million and burn it Because this nigga's not going to do shit. He's been on your team, right, because I was thinking he's been with the Chiefs for the last couple years. But yeah, he was on your Super Bowl team. That's crazy. And dropped the pass. That's wild. You know it's another guy. You already have a starter, obviously Chris Chase Brown. Sorry, chase Brown, very good running back, played very well for you guys and kind of a do it all type of guy. But having a guy like some magic be Ryan, that probably that knows the system already, will definitely be a help Hopefully, not, you know, not catch a pass in the Superbowl help. But you know, other than that, he'll be a nice little add. We've already mentioned T Higgins. They have not signed him to any type of deal yet, but they do have him on the franchise tag. Hopefully they'll be able to sign him long term, but again, who knows how that's going to go.
Speaker 2:They re-signed Mike Gusecki to a three-year deal worth $25.5 million, with $12 million guaranteed in year one. Here's my thing, though Couldn't you have there are a lot of good tight ends in this draft, but again, maybe the idea that you don't want to have to re-break in a new tight end and plus you drafted eric all last year, yeah, so maybe this is one of those things like you rather have a established guy and then if eric all kind of makes some like, has some progression and kind of pops, you'll be able to have him as a very nice number two. So because I because it was a very popular ad for like the bangles to draft of tight end, but I think you're paying mike isek to a three-year deal with all this money guaranteed, I don't think they're gonna be drafting a tight end this year. Um, they signed tanner hudson to a tight end. Tanner hudson to a one-year contract. Definitely a nice little.
Speaker 2:Uh, you know backup ad Cody Ford. So re-sign him to a two-year contract. You signed Joseph aside to a one-year deal worth $7 million. You guys re-signed BJ Hill to a three-year $33 million contract. You signed defensive lineman TJ Slayton to a fifth two-year $15 million contract. Or or in Berks to aton to a two-year $15 million contract. Oren Burks to a two-year $5 million deal. Cornerback Marco Wilson who is that?
Speaker 1:I don't know. I saw that he's in a Bengals uniform. He's a Bengal. I've never seen him before in my life.
Speaker 2:No, because he played his, Because the picture on NFLcom. He was with the Patriots at one point and then long snapper Cal Adamitis. Who really cares? About that Browns traded for Kenny Pickett. They acquired him with a trade with the Eagles in exchange for quarterback Dorian Thompson Robinson and a 2025 fifth round pick yeah, they sent DTR Ware.
Speaker 1:Eagles to the Eagles yeah, that's a great fit.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's a good pick. It's a good backup.
Speaker 2:How is Kenny Pickett worth another backup quarterback that's already been on your team and a fifth-round pick? You had to give them the fifth-round pick for Kenny Pickett. I'm just saying, if you listen to this podcast for a while, you know how much I did not like Kenny Pickett whatsoever and I was very much in a good-witted type of moment when we got rid of him last year. But the fact that the Eagles got a fifth round pick for him is crazy, it's crazy. And another crazy, it's crazy. And another quarterback is crazy, it's wild. Miles Garrett.
Speaker 2:This was like one of the big signings, because Miles Garrett took the whole offseason so far, especially during the Super Bowl, to make it known that I'm done with the Browns. I want to go play for a team that has a chance to win a Super Bowl. I don't believe in this team whatsoever. I'm done with the Browns. I want to go play for a team that has a chance to win a Super Bowl. I don't believe in this team whatsoever and I just don't believe in the long-term vision. I just want to have the rest of my career and go out and be a winner. He said, fuck that once they gave him a nice big pile of cash. They signed him to a four-year extension that included $123 million guaranteed and has an average per year salary of $40 million per year.
Speaker 1:So now Gary, real quick, he said it wasn't about the money until they gave him that much money.
Speaker 2:He was like it might be about the money and everybody's saying, oh, maybe this is just a long-term play, like, oh, he's just going to make this a big deal because he had no guarantee Apparently, apparently he had no guaranteed money left on his current deal, so he was just going to make it a big deal about it and hopefully get another contract. But I'm going to take a gander right that no matter what team he went to, he was going to get paid. So I really do think that he just wanted out. I think he actually wanted to go play for a winner. He's 29 years old and he wants to go be attached to a winner at some point. But I just think the Browns are like hey, we know you're not going to be attached. You might not win a Super Bowl for the rest of your career, but you'll be a lot richer if you just stay here with us.
Speaker 2:And I think he gave in on that and I just think you know he made such a big ruckus about how he wanted to go win and all that, and for just a big stack of cash to be enough Again. Can I really blame him all that much? Maybe a little bit, but at the end of the day, what lasts longer for you and your family?
Speaker 2:The ring is going to be one thing, the prestige, maybe a title in Cleveland would probably be worth a lot. Because again, lebron did it and became a freaking legend. Right, he was already a legend before that, but it made him his hometown legend. It kind of completed that. But if you're a guy of Miles Garrett's stature and you like lead that team to go win a Super Bowl, I think it does kind of maybe lead to more down the road that you probably made in this contract. But again you're playing for the Browns and I just think that the owners were like hey, we're not going to get rid of you, and so what will make you feel happier about having to stay here because we're not going to trade you? And they were just willing to give him a nice big sack of cash. And he said, cool, again, getting paid more to go lose, I guess, is better than not getting paid more to do it. So with that, his salary of $40 million per year, he is now the highest paid non-quarterback in the NFL. And again, with that I do I did have a thought about my situation. I kind of want to get to, but I won't wait to get to Steelers for that. But but yeah, it's just, you know he had a big, big stack of cash.
Speaker 2:I just think and here's my question I was talking this with Jake, our resident Browns fan about it. My question is once you say you didn't, jake, our resident Browns fan about it, my question is once you say you didn't want to go, didn't you already make this move? Didn't you already hear the word no from a guy and then just overpay to get him to say yes, like they did that with Deshaun Watson? Deshaun Watson was coming down to a few teams and he told the Browns that they weren't in consideration anymore because he wanted to go play for either the Panthers or the Falcons because of better weather and all that. And they're like you know what? That's fine, we'll just pay you a whole lot more money and totally guarantee the contract and maybe you'll say yes again.
Speaker 2:How history went. He did end up saying yes, but it's gone terribly since. But you're going to do that exact same thing with Myles Garrett. So now, when you go out and lose a bunch of games this year, what is going to stop Miles Garrett from having those thoughts again like, hey, I wanted to leave in the first place. That stack of cash ain't gonna stop me, I'm gonna ask for a trade again. I just think you could have used this moment to at least see what you could have gotten from Miles Garrett, which I'm guessing is a first if a first round pick, if not more, and like you could really could have restarted a whole reboot, because this team has so many problems with it and on top of a quarterback issue and top of all the money you owe to Sean Watson, still, that you really could have, like, had a superpower, super powered rebuild by getting rid of a guy that doesn't want to be there in the first place.
Speaker 2:I just don't I. There's a saying that dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things and I think this move was dysfunctional as crap. I don't know. Again, he's a great player and I don't blame Miles Garrett at all. Honestly, I think he's a little bit of a hypocrite by making such a big deal about it. But a pile of cash only helps you and your family. That guarantees your kids as, and your kids as kids like will have a very good life and not have to worry about nothing. So I'm not going to say or down them on that, but I just think it's just bad business practices by the Browns in general. They also re-signed Devin Bush, and then they signed defensive line Malik Collins and then Edge Joe Tryon Shaginka that's a terrible way to. That's terrible. Wait, wait, did his name?
Speaker 2:Next, steelers, we signed Kenneth Gainwell to a one year deal. We, the big probably one of the bigger deals before a free agency even started, we traded for wide receiver DK Metcalf for a 2025 second round pick in a late round pick swap. Metcalf is now signing him and then, on top of that, we signed him to a four year $132 million extension, which takes his average to like around $33 million per year. It's the highest amount of money that the Steelers have paid anybody in their team history. So, first off, I'm happy. I'm happy with the deal overall. Okay, We've been looking for a number one wide receiver to add to our team for years because, honestly, it seemed like over the last few years, the drafting of wide receivers has not gone as well as what it has in years past.
Speaker 2:So if that's going to be the case and you can't draft yourself a number one guy, then you're going to have to go get one, and they've been trying to for years. Last year they were trying to get Brandon Ayuk, who then signed to the Niners for a ton of money. And you know it's funny, the Niners are open to trading him now, which is hilarious. So you go out there and pick out DK Metcalf, who asked for a trade days before that. I think he's a number one receiver and he is a guy that defense have to worry about.
Speaker 2:And I think he is a guy that's still a big play receiver. He can get you a lot of short yardage. He's a big body. He's decently healthy for pretty much most of his career. He's a big. He's big and I think he'll be able to play physically with the AFC North, all those teams, the AFC North against all the good corners that the AFC North have. So I really do think it's a good signing there. I think the one issue that that is is that I think him and George Pickens are very similar type of receivers. And I think, jace, the first thing that you texted me when this came out was that now you have two crash outs in the wide receiver room. So how is this going to work long-term?
Speaker 1:And that I can't I can't disagree with okay, if you guys do ship off pickens, which I believe that's what the steelers are thinking about. I think dk is a little easier to control I think dk may be a bigger part of steelers culture than pickens is he's older and he's, he's been been through it and he's he's only 27, so if you guys are going to ship off pickens, it makes makes a lot more sense.
Speaker 2:No, pickens is in his fourth year of his deal, so he's going to want to get paid after this year and you're not going to pay Pickens and DK Metcalf.
Speaker 1:It's not going to happen, which is why I believe you guys are going to ship him off this year. I didn't know he was in the fourth year of his deal until I was looking it up.
Speaker 2:So I think that'll be perfect. Yeah, because if you're not going to pay him at all anyway, I don't think it's going to really go all that well. I think you should trade him, pick up another wide receiver in the draft and then call it a day and just have your number one guy. But I also can get behind the idea that maybe the Steelers want to keep GP at least for one more year, because it's not like we have a bunch of wide receivers in that room in the first place. Receivers that room in the first place. True, well, this is a very deep draft, for I know we at least probably should draft one wide receiver. But, like, like again, if you ship off gp, you're probably gonna have to pick up two.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and cooper cup did just get released today, so maybe that's a guy that maybe you can go after a bad one as a good slot receiver, that kind of just do his thing, maybe, but you have to pay him a decent amount of money. He's gonna want like 17 million dollars a year. I don't know. I I like the move. The only problem is is, what quarterback are we gonna have thrown to them? And I I think I saw another joke on twitter was that you're gonna have two crash outs at wide receiver and then, if you end up getting out like aaron rogers to be the quarterback, your team. That's a low-key crash out. He does it in a more quiet way, but he is definitely prone to crashing out on teams as well. So like it may just lead to a more, a very volatile situation. Yeah dude.
Speaker 1:It's just I can't foresee this going well with both of them on the field. I know.
Speaker 2:I get it, but let's just say they can make it work. Fantasy land, if they can have these two guys come together and just get whatever differences aside and just play for the betterment of the team, is go out there and ball out who are you going to single cover? You can't you.
Speaker 2:you can't double cover both you can't and having those two on the outside and then roman wilson, the guy we draft from michigan last year, it's going to kind of be the slot receiver. That's's a little bit more quick. That can be a very dangerous wide receiver, like we could have. We had one of the worst wide receiver rooms in all the NFL last year. With this one move we might turn it to the best wide receiver room and like one of the best in the in the NFL. So I I like this.
Speaker 2:This move is a very good one. The Steelers are making a swing. I, this move is a very good one. The Steelers are making a swing. I think it kind of shows that the Steelers are willing to kind of shake things up. The Steelers never make a move like this in past years. So I really do think this kind of signals a chance for them to, you know, really try to make some changes to how they run this team and be willing to take bigger swings, to actually go try to win. Because the way they've been doing it, we've been middling in the middle, we've been sitting here. At least, if you have, if you're at least if you're willing to go take big swings, you might miss, but again. At least it shows you're willing to take risks.
Speaker 1:I agree, doing something better than doing nothing, which is exactly the bag. What are you doing? Exactly, We'll get they've made a lot of moves. This hasn't, when we're sitting at a point where all the monumental players are gone.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but I just think keeping your own players that are monumental may be the only moves you have.
Speaker 1:You're fucking doing that. So what are we doing? You're wasting money on guys that aren't as good as the guys you need to keep, so what are we doing?
Speaker 2:But here's my thing. Just that one question with you before we move on if you sign those guys and all of them are in long-term deals will you be happy with how this next season goes? Will you just be be okay for now?
Speaker 1:yeah, if you draft a db, that is automatically number one db. Uh, and it's five picks a year. You need that, um. But guess what the bagels can't fucking do? Draft first round defense. Guess what we have to do? We have to fucking figure out our o-line situation. What you guys picked up? A guard. He's a decent guard, we're gonna see if he works out, cool. But I would love to draft a first round db. But there's no dbs that I look at like, yeah, pick 18, you guys are a lock. Yeah, when there's alignment at pick 18, I'm like fuck, yeah, that's a. When there's O'Lyman at pick 18, I'm like fuck yeah, that's a good pick.
Speaker 2:I think there's like two corners that are like even first round worthy. It's the Harrison dude, the corner from Kentucky, who ran like a 4-3-0. Yes, he ran a 4-2-8. He ran a 4-2-8. And then the Jadé Baron, the corner from Texas.
Speaker 1:He played some decent, pretty good defense this year, I know, but the dude from Kentucky, he's small.
Speaker 2:He is small, that's just another, but he's like 6'1".
Speaker 1:Cool, that's another DJ Turner.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're not wrong.
Speaker 1:DJ Turner ran a 4-2-6. Dj Turner's very good. Yeah, it's just Can't say healthy. Well, he was first First year. Yeah, this was his first year. This is his first year he was injured. Second year we got him for two years. He was injured. This year. Cool, that's fine Happens. I understand it was an ACO, yeah, so a little scary, a little scary, just a little bit, just a little bit, but like I don't know man, we need defensive pieces. There's a shit ton of edge rushers.
Speaker 2:A lot of defensive pieces to draft. You just got to be patient and do it, god damn do we need interior linemen?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and at pick 18, there's going to be some real good interior linemen.
Speaker 1:There's going to be some real good defensive players as well, so I'm copped to a rock and a hard place. I would love a defensive piece. I really believe you guys draft a defensive, please. But if you draft an interior lineman, I'm okay with that, true Fuck. If you draft an outside lineman which is also something we need, we need a left tackle. You guys are going to move Mims to do it this year and you guys are going to realize Mims is too slow. Mims is very good. He's very, very good. Yeah, but he's a right tackle. That's what he is. He's a right tackle, yeah. Yeah, jordan was able to play him at left tackle because he was so athletic, he was so large. No one's as big as you in college. That doesn't matter to guys in the NFL. They're just going to outwork you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, back to the Steelers, a couple more signings. Malik Harrison, the linebacker, from the Ravens, we signed him to a two-year $10 million deal. Definitely a good move. Malik Harrison, heather right, defensive lineman, not a Linebacker, no, he's inside linebacker. Okay, not crazy. Um, very Good, very good guy. Um, he ended up being A very good player for them last year, definitely Signed on a nice deal. And then we signed Brennan Echols uh, who is who did he play For? I think the Jets, maybe.
Speaker 2:I definitely a corner that can add to our depth. And then we also added darius slade to a one-year 10 million dollar deal. That's fully guaranteed. Very good guy. He can come into, come into this to the room, be our second string corner, be our second corner. Go guard, the second best receiver on the team, and I think he's only 34. He's still young enough to can, he can still run, so he can still cover a lot of guys and he's a little bit bigger body, so I think he knows what he's doing. So so definitely a huge add that the Steelers added. So hopefully we get a quarterback sooner rather than later. We're waiting on Rodgers. Apparently he's gone dark and everybody's making his decision, but again, it's crazy that we're deciding between Rodgers and freaking Russell Wilson. It sucks. We're here, but I just hope we draft somebody to kind of make it better, because I'm like we can't keep doing this Band-Aid thing on all these quarterbacks. We have to like make a move for a long-term answer at that position. We have to. We can't do this forever on these one-year things with older guys. It just doesn't work that way. Afc South.
Speaker 2:Um, the Houston has made a huge a bunch of deals for this team. They signed Justin Watson, the wide receiver from Kansas City. They signed, they got Christian Kirk in a trade trade with the Jags in exchange for a 2026 seventh-round pick. The fact that it was only a seventh-round pick and they were able to get Christian Kirk definitely a big deal for them. He is a reliable receiver that can make some good plays and I think, with the fact they're not going to have Nico Collins is still going to be there, but they're not going to have Tank Dell for pretty much all all this next season with the gruesome injury he had during the season. And then Stephon Diggs is a free agent, so who knows if they're going to be able to bring him back. So they're definitely going to have to add wide receivers to help CJ Stroud in that offense.
Speaker 2:They signed offensive guard Laken Tomlinson to a one-year $4.25 million deal. They signed a couple edges. They signed let me see Sheldon Rankin, a defensive lineman. They traded for CJ Gardner-Johnson from the safety from the Eagles A good trade. They got him in a six-round pick in a trade with the Eagles in exchange for Kenyon Green in a 2026 fifth-rounder.
Speaker 2:So they're taking away some of the pieces off their offensive line. I think they were probably going to draft a few guys for their offensive line. And they also traded the tackle. Oh, I'm forgetting his name. They traded him to the freaking commanders Larry Tunsell. They traded him. He has two more years left than he is. I think he's like 31 years old. I think they're just trying. They traded him. He has two more years left than he is. I think he's like 31 years old. I think they're just trying. They got him for like a third round, a second and a fourth or something like that. I think they just rather get rid of him sooner rather than later, give themselves a little bit of room, money wise. But it's definitely a good move. They're trying to get younger, trying to get a little cheaper on some positions because obviously they're going to have guys. They're going to have to pay long-term later on in the next few years. It's definitely a good move, colts.
Speaker 2:They signed Daniel Jones to a one-year deal a one-year, $14 million deal. Insane Apparently he's going to come in and play, actually try to be the starter, battle it out with Anthony Richardson. Insane the fact they used that top five pick on Richardson and they're bringing Daniel Jones. Just. Daniel Jones will beat him out. He's just a better thrower. The football Richardson sucks unless he's gonna. Richardson is gonna like have a light flick on this offseason and he'll figure it out. I just think it's gonna be. They're gonna have Daniel Jones be their starter and guess what? He's gonna show why he shouldn't be a starter in the NFL. And it's gonna be for the Colts this time. That just sucks.
Speaker 2:They signed Khalil Herbert to a one-year deal. They signed uh, shardavious Ward, shardavious Ward to a three-year deal 60 million dollars, 35 million guaranteed. And they also signed safety Cameron Bynum definitely some good guys to add on their back end. That was like one of the weaknesses last year as a team. Jacksonville signed a backup quarterback, nick Mullins, signed wide receiver Deami Brown, and then they signed Jordan Lewis one of the better safe corners in this year's draft in this year's free agency to a $30 million deal, $20 million guaranteed. They didn't really do much more after that. Tennessee signed Van Jefferson to a one-year deal. Signed Dan Moore Jr the tackle from Pittsburgh, to a four-year $82 million deal with $50 million guaranteed Dan Moore was not good at tackle.
Speaker 2:There was a lot of times he was whiffing on defensive ends and the fact that he got paid that much money good for him. But I'm just glad he's not doing it for my team anymore because he just makes too many mistakes in the position. But again, pay him a lot of money. They didn't really do much outside of that. Um, afc West Denver they signed Evan Ingram to a two year $23 million deal. Definitely a good tight end for them. Um, they side Dre Greenlaw, the linebacker, middle linebacker, middle linebacker from San Fran. Again, if he can get healthy it's a very good deal. He's a very good guy, he knows what he's doing, but he's just been hurt ever since the Super Bowl loss. So if he can get healthy it'd be very good.
Speaker 2:They signed Talanoa Hufanga, the safety from the Niners, to a three-year $45 million deal with $20 million guaranteed One of the better safeties in all of the NFL. So that's definitely a big piece they can have on their defense and that's about it. On that, they've re-signed Jared Stidham, but that's it. And then Kansas City signed Elijah Mitchell running back Marquise Brown, re-signed him to a one-year contract. Here's the questionable thing that they did right, with all the problems that they had on their offensive line at tackle. Do you know who they signed to be their new left tackle? Jalen Moore. He has played for the Niners the last few years. He has started 12 games in the last four years Damn, he has started 12 games in the last four years. And they signed him to a two-year $30 million deal. $15 million a year, fully guaranteed Damn.
Speaker 2:But here's my thing why are you going to sign a guy that's barely played? Again, he's the backup to one of the best tackles Trent Williams is one of the best tackles in football but the guy barely played. So how are you going to know he's going to come in and automatically be the everyday starter for you? I just don't know how you really expect that to work. Again, you're the Chiefs. You're already paying so much money to so many players, so you're going to have to start bargain bin shopping a little bit. But I just don't know how that's going to be. I don't know how. That's a big wild card for you to sign to that much money.
Speaker 2:They signed they tagged Trey Smith, their guard, kind of keep try to keep them long-term to a deal. They signed Nick Bolton to a four year, 45 million, I mean three year $45 million deal. Christian Fulton signed him to a nice corner. Um signed him to a two year $20 million deal. And then they signed patariza, their punter, and then their long snapper who cares about that? The raiders. They traded for quarterback geno smith in a trade in exchange for 2025 third round pick one of the crazier moves, because nobody thought that geno would become available. Um, apparently they were trying to work out a contract, but nobody really thought it was going to go sideways.
Speaker 1:Real quick. I don't think the Seahawks did anything. I think they traded black. Sam Darnold for white Sam Darnold. I'm going to be honest with you Gino Smith and Sam Darnold are the same player at heart.
Speaker 2:I think Gino has been with Seattle for like six years.
Speaker 1:I know, but I think he's shown that at least he can be that guy, I agree but Sam Darnold showed last year he can be that guy and he did the same amount of stuff Geno did.
Speaker 2:He's allowed in the second round.
Speaker 1:That's the furthest Geno's ever gotten. So if we watch him and he goes out and puts up good numbers, is he just? I think him, geno smith are the same player, I think geno has done it for longer.
Speaker 2:So I think actually geno's more of a, more of a um sam donald did what he did last year with the best wide receiver in the nfl sorry, second best wide receiver in the nfl in um justin jefferson and with um who's?
Speaker 2:jordan addison jordan addison on the other side and he had TJ Hawkinson, so he had one of the best collection of weapons he ever had and he had one great year and then fizzled out at the end. At least you know, you've had him for six. He's been that dude for six years for the Seahawks, so you at least know what you're getting with him. There's a good chance. Yes, is Sam Darnold gonna be a tad bit cheaper? Yeah, I think the Seattle signed him for like a three-year a hundred million dollar deal. So he's around 30 million dollars a year and apparently Gino wants like 40 45 million dollars a year. So if that's really the case, I think I do think the Seahawks got a little cheaper. I think maybe he's getting a better deal that way with getting Sam Darnold instead of having Gino. But I just think Gino's done his thing, like he's shown that he can be an NFL guy and I think over the last few years maybe is he a Superbowl winning quarterback. No, but he's not. He's a top half of the NFL type of quarterback, though he's a top 16 quarterback pretty easily and I think he's closer to top 10, top 12, um, when he's playing right and he's protected. So, um, it's a good move for the Raiders. I think this does signify that the Raiders are not convinced with any of these quarterbacks in this year's draft at all. I don't think you go and trade for a guy of like Geno Smith if you think you're going to be going and drafting a quarterback. So I do think it kind of shows that maybe the quarterback draft is not all that great outside of Cam Ward. And I think none of these teams are really trying to go out there and make a big move and try to draft somebody if they don't believe in him. So you know, gino, good move for him. Hopefully. Assign him to a decent amount of money He'll be able to have his like. Probably this is probably his last big uh payday of his career. So I hope they manage to do everything they need to and uh have a pretty good season.
Speaker 2:They signed uh guard alex kappa you're the former bangle to a two-year 11 million dollar contract. Um. We already talked about the fact they re-signed um max crosby to one heck. He had the. He had the highest non-quarterback deal for a week and then Myles Garrett got paid Funny how long that lasts. They signed defensive lineman Adam Butler. They signed the linebacker Landon Roberts from the Steelers to a one-year deal. They signed Jeremy Chin one of Jason's favorite safeties that he ever really saw in the draft Signed into a two-year deal worth $16 million Definitely a good deal that they made. And then they signed safety Isaiah Polamal to a two-year extension worth $8.5 million.
Speaker 2:Next we got the Chargers. They signed Najee Harris to a one-year deal with $5.25 million fully guaranteed and then with a max value of $9.25 million. Good for him. I think the Steelers need to draft somebody to try to get because, again, najee Harris, you just know what you're getting with him. He's not an explosive guy but he's going to get you tough yardage and he's going to do what he has to do and he's done that very well for the Steelers for years and I'm glad he gets a nice contract to go play somewhere else. Hopefully he does that for the Chargers and plays well for them. They signed Jalen Rieger to a one-year deal. They re-signed Khalil Mack for a one-year $18 million deal. That's good for them. They signed Dante Jackson to a two-year deal and then that's about it for the notables.
Speaker 2:The Cowboys really haven't done a lot. They've signed Javante Williams to a one-year $3 million deal. They re-signed Osa Odigizua, who, honestly, that was a re-signing of a guy they already had in their roster, and they did trade for Kyer Elam, the corner from the Bills today. So they got him and a 2025 sixth-round pick in exchange for a fifth-round pick and then a 202626 seventh round selection. So a corner that the Bills weren't really all that happy with. Apparently, the Cowboys wanted to go down that road and get a young guy for themselves, so hopefully that works, but I'm not very sure about that one.
Speaker 2:They signed CJ Goodwin. They re-signed Kevontante Turpin, their little gadget guy, to a $3 or $18 million deal. He was definitely a big help for them throughout the last couple years, so good deal with that. The Giants haven't done really really anything. They re-signed Darius Slayton. They kept Tommy DeVito. Tommy DeVito keeps getting signed. Insane how he keeps tricking teams into signing him, especially the Giants, for some reason. Couple good games. Again, it's more his. He is probably more famous for his manager acting like a fool than actually him doing stuff in the football field himself.
Speaker 2:But you know I'm not going to go too far down that road. What else did they do? They signed Paulson Adebo, one of the better corners in free agency. They signed Javon Holland to a three-year $45 million deal and that's about it. With them, eagles traded away Kenny Pickett for DTR and then a fifth-round pick. They re-signed Saquon Two-year extension, 41 and a half million dollars money, a new month 41 and a half million new money, 36 million guaranteed signing, making him the hot. He's like the first running back in nfl history making over 20 million dollars. Good for him with the season he just had. He deserves it. They got kenyon green in that trade with uh. When they traded cj garner johnson and they re-signed Zach Bond, the pro bowler that played very well for them this past year on their Super Bowl run Washington. We got Marcus Mariota. They re-signed him. They signed running back Jeremy McNichols. They traded for Debo Samuel, which we already talked about. Tight end John Bates Re-signed Jack Ertz. I said Jack Ertz, it's Zach Ertz. They traded for Lamy Tunsil in the trade for a third-round pick. They signed Javon Kinlaw, re-signed Bobby Wagner and that's about it.
Speaker 2:Bears, they did a lot in their offensive line. They signed Jonah Jackson, the guard, joe Tooney, another guard. They signed a new center, drew Dallman, and then they also that's about it for the line, and then they got a couple other guys for their defense. But I do think the Bears are kind of like, hey, let's go ahead and, uh, get offensive lines, our biggest weakness. We have Caleb Williams on our, on our team, let's go ahead and protect him. So they went ahead and signed a bunch of offensive linemen. That's very good for them, traded for some guys and I think that's, you know, that's what they needed to do. If you really want to have Caleb Caleb be your long-term answer at the position, then you got to protect him and kind of give him a chance, and I think that they're definitely trying to do that.
Speaker 2:Detroit Lions they signed defensive end Marcus Daviport to a one-year deal. They signed DJ Reed, one of the better cornerbacks in this free agency. The guy that he played for the Jets last year is probably one of the better corners in the league. They signed him to a free agent deal, but they haven't really done much outside of that. Again, they have a lot of their money already tied up, so it's not like they're going to make a huge, big amount of splashes. I think they'll be hoping to do a lot more filling of holes in the draft Packers Aaron Banks guard they signed into a four year $77 million deal. It's insane that they signed a guard for that much money, but again, it's what they needed. It's what they had to do. All the power to them. But they didn't really do much outside of that.
Speaker 2:Vikings they re-signed Aaron Jones. They signed Jonathan Allen to a three-year $51 million deal. They signed defense tackle Javon Hargrave to a two-year $30 million deal with $19 million guaranteed. They signed Byron Murphy to a three-year $54 million deal. They signed Isaiah Rogers and Tavier Thomas corners. And then they signed a safety, theo Jackson, to a two-year deal. And then let's see next one Nothing much with Atlanta. They re-signed Jake Matthews to a $45 million deal and they signed Devon Diablo to a $14 million deal Definitely a nice little defensive player for them. Carolina re-signed Andy Dalton. Tyshawn Warden I don't know who that is. I don't know who it is either. Jc Horn, the guy that they drafted right, and ever since then we're like, hey, is he all that good? Has he really done anything? They agreed to terms on a four-year extension worth $100 million with $70 million guaranteed. He is the highest-paid corner in NFL history. That's crazy. He's not that good. I'm not saying he's terrible.
Speaker 2:I know, but he's not number one corner, good though I know, and to give him that much money is absolutely insane.
Speaker 1:But if you're the Panthers, you're really trying to keep him.
Speaker 2:You're trying to keep him Again. It just sucks.
Speaker 1:They had to give him that much money, though that's wild amount of money they gave him um saints.
Speaker 2:They re-signed chase young three-year deal um capo. I know they keep doing it every year. Somehow they managed to keep doing it. They re-signed juwan johnson they're tight end. That's very, a very big playmaker for them. And they signed justin reed. They signed him away from the chiefs. So I'll take that all day, every day, one, one less piece. The chiefs had to go and try to win a Super Bowl next year. So they signed Justin Reed to a three-year $31.5 million deal with $22 million fully guaranteed. Definitely a good deal for them. Tampa Bay, chris Godwin. They re-signed him to a three-year $66 million deal with $44 million guaranteed.
Speaker 2:Apparently, he said he turned down 20 more million guaranteed dollars to stay with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers right apparently the team that was going to sign him was potentially the Patriots and he said he just really likes being in Tampa Bay, like he trusts the organization he likes where he's at, doesn't want to move his family. But again, 20 million dollars, nothing that sneeze at, though 20 more million guaranteed dollars to stay in Tampa Bay, that's a lot of loyalty, man, that's a lot of loyalty. I'm kind of surprised, but again, at some point that's something that does matter. You never thought it would matter. $20 million enough, $20 million is nothing to sneeze at, but, man, that's crazy. They re-signed levante david, um, the tempe buccaneers did. And then they signed hisan reddick, the defensive end from the eagles. Um agreed to a one-year 14 million dollar deal with 12 million guaranteed. Actually hisan reddick was with the jets, wasn't he? Because the jets traded for him and then he never played for them because he's like, hey, I don't want to be here, um, unless you give me a full. Uh, a full like a whole deal, like a new deal, and uh didn't work out. But again he got his a one-year deal with 14 million, so he can kind of maybe restart things and maybe come to a bigger deal next year.
Speaker 2:Uh, you got the arizona cardinals signed jacoby brissett. They signed zay jones to a one-year deal, offense tackle Calvin Beecham. They signed Baron Browning to a two-year 15 million dollar deal. A very good defensive end for the um. For the Broncos, definitely a good move because they definitely need a lot more guys to pat up, rush the passer for their defense. They also signed Josh Wett, one of the better defensive ends in all of football. A four-year contract worth 76.4 million dollars, including 41 million guaranteed. Definitely a big deal for them. Um, this, this cardinals team. They need so much help defensively that it looks like most of their team is just going to be adding defense they're at least they're trying uh, it's not like.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's weird, the joshuette wants to go to the cardinals. I I'm like, is it?
Speaker 2:It's Arizona Nice weather.
Speaker 1:Cardinals seems like a decent place to land. I guess their offensive situation is a little confusing, but I think they're done with Kyler Murray.
Speaker 2:I don't think so. Here's my thing, though. Again, I'm done with Kyler Murray too, For so long I was a Ky, but there's not enough talent in the world to change the fact that he is not a great team leader.
Speaker 1:I agree. By no means am I saying he's not a good player. I'm just saying I think the I think I don't want to say this I think the Cardinals don't want to do it anymore. I think he's just he. He's never what they need. Hold on.
Speaker 2:I'm going to check because I actually want to see how much longer he has on his deal, to see how long they're going to have to keep dealing with him Again. Kyler Murray is a good NFL starting quarterback but again we're talking about if he's going to be the guy long term.
Speaker 2:If he's really their answer, I don't think so and again, it's just he's not a good leader man. Every time something's wrong it's not his fault and he's like it's a whole thing. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, because the talent that he is he has enough to where you can look at him and be like, hey, if everything's right, everything can go well and you can be a. He's the outlier. But he has oh dang, his last year isn't until 2028. So he's going to be there for a while. No chance that's ending anytime soon. So he has another four years, three, four years left on his deal. So he, that's ending anytime soon. So he has another three, four years left on his deal. So he's not leaving anytime soon.
Speaker 2:And I don't think the Cardinals are really going to make a crazy move, unless they totally suck and they know they can draft a quarterback high. But again, there's just so much money you're going to have to eat. I just don't think they're going to get rid of him anytime soon. On that, the Rams Jimmy Garoppolo they signed him to a one-year deal. They re-signed Matthew Stafford. He's going to be there for a while, again, with all that madness about him seeking a trade and all of that. And it just turns out he's going to end up coming back on another one-year deal. They haven't released what the numbers are for that deal, though, yet.
Speaker 1:I've seen that.
Speaker 2:It's kind of weird because usually if there's any type of money, the agents always want to announce it because it makes them look good. They negotiated that type of good, lucrative contract for their client. So the fact that the numbers haven't came out yet makes me wonder that, like maybe he did come back for a slight discount and they just don't want to talk about it as of yet. Again, it'll eventually come out because it has to when they talk to league offices to announce the deals. But that was just a weird one for the fact there was so much speculation about it, so much going on, and then he just ends up going back and then nobody knows what the deal is going to be, because apparently the Giants were hot on his tail. They were willing to pay him whatever money he wanted. I think it was the Giants and it was the Raiders, where two teams are willing to give him what he wanted, and it just makes me question just a tad bit.
Speaker 2:They did drop Cooper Cup. Today they officially released him. So that's definitely a big deal, because he's been pretty much one of their standout receivers for years now. But they ended up replacing the $20 million that he was supposed to make this year and just put that $20 million towards Devontae Adams. Devontae Adams signed a two-year contract worth $46 million with $26 million guaranteed, including a $12 million signing bonus. I think Devontae Adams is a Cooper Cup on steroids Again. Is Devontae Adams the crazy athlete? He once was? Probably not, but I think he's enough of an athlete for defense to have to be scared of.
Speaker 2:And the fact you still have Puka Nakua on the other side and then he turned Cooper Cup into a Devontae Adams that is a lot more capable physically and he's a bigger body wide receiver too.
Speaker 2:I think this is a perfect signing and I think the fact that Devontae Adams doesn't have to worry about whoever Aaron Rodgers is going to go back and be on a team with and then have to be traded for, I think this is a very good landing spot for Devante Adams to finish out the rest of his career. So I think for so long, like a lot of his like, oh, just let's go, let me go wherever Aaron Rodgers is, and I just feel like Devante Adams is so good it doesn't matter who he's with and the fact that he can land with Matthew Matthew Stafford and with Sean McVay to kind of be able to scheme him open Imagine Vontaze being able to be schemed open and him having help that way and then also having another great wide receiver on the other side in Puka Nakua I think this is a perfect landing spot for him.
Speaker 1:I agree. I think it gives him a lot of openings. I think it makes the team better overall.
Speaker 2:Tutu Atwell. They re-signed him. He was the big play guy over the last couple of years. He knows the offense. I feel like this is good, a good spot to be able to have their third string wide receiver in their team. And then they signed a Larrick Jackson off of the tackle to a three or 57, $57 million deal. And then Puna the name Puna is weird. Agreed P Name Puna is weird, agreed P-O-O-N-A. Puna Ford Is it Paona? I don't know. I just don't know. I don't want to think of somebody being named Puna. The Niners Do you think the Niners are done? Do you think their window is officially closed? It?
Speaker 1:has to be. It has to be. At this point, they just let everybody go.
Speaker 2:Hufanga's gone. Their whole defense has got picked apart. All they pretty much have is Nick Bosa on their defense side of the ball. Now, I guess they do still have. Who's the linebacker? Oh, fred Warner, they still have him. They still have those two guys, and then offensively, all they have left is Kittle Williams. Trent Williams are off the tackle and then I guess they still have old boy why am I forgetting his name the wide receiver Ayuk Brent Ayuk. Sorry, they still have him, but apparently they want to trade him too. So my question to you is, jace, I think it may just be better for them just to not sign Purdy at all.
Speaker 1:Wow, not what I expected.
Speaker 2:Because, think about it though Because Purdy wants to get money good money, right? He's not going to sit there and sign for cheap. So why would you sign him if you don't have the?
Speaker 1:Because I think he's already shown you what do they pick in the draft.
Speaker 2:Twelve. So why would you sign him if you don't have the? Because I think he's already shown you what do they pick in the draft 12. That's not bad, but again, do they need to take a first-round quarterback? They just show that they can take a late-round guy and turn him into somebody.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it also shows that that late-round guy can't compete with everybody. I guess so you do need a first-round guy that can compete. At some point the guy has to be at least worthwhile. Is there any quarterbacks in the NFL right now that are starters who were drafted after the third round?
Speaker 2:After the third yes, no Viable starter.
Speaker 1:Uh-oh oh, there's a trend there for some reason.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because if you're a quarterback, that's worth playing. First-round guys are the guys they want to take you in the first because they get that fifth-year option.
Speaker 1:Now, the only one I can really think of that wasn't taken in the first was Jalen Hurts, Hurts he's second Second round.
Speaker 2:I think 50th or 55th.
Speaker 1:Yeah, right, but again he slid because he got beat out for the job in college. He lost his job, so he slid. That makes sense. He did go to Oklahoma and play well, though.
Speaker 2:But they just weren't convinced about him as a passer, which is why he fell to the second round, and you know that's fine, that makes sense, right, but you've got to be of their caliber. Yeah, you have to be of their talent.
Speaker 1:You don't have to be the same build. There's quarterbacks that are smaller, bigger, throw better. Some are more precise. Purdy is not the best at anything and he doesn't excel at anything. Right, sounds like not a great quarterback. He sounds like an okay guy. He's good when everybody else is good.
Speaker 2:But if your team is not going to be that type, of team, then what's the point? He is a definition of a Jack he is just a guy, right, so why would you pay that guy $40, $50 million? I agree. Oh, and, by the way, I meant to say this earlier about the Steelers. This was a dirty thought that I had, thinking about the Miles Garrett thing right, you have a lot of them.
Speaker 1:Go ahead.
Speaker 2:No, this is very dirty. This is against my whole religion. Okay, after the Miles Garrett thing where he's getting paid $40 million a year do you know who's looking for a contract currently.
Speaker 1:Who.
Speaker 2:TJ Watt. He wants an extension because he has no guarantee money left on his deal. That's fair With everything that we have going on. Could this? He's 31 years old. Would this be a decent spot to trade a guy? Trade him, get what you can from him, maybe a first-round pick, maybe a second and a third or something like that right?
Speaker 1:Definitely a first-round pick.
Speaker 2:I would say for sure, at least a first-round pick. But again, the fact that freaking DK Metcalf only was traded for a second and he's one of the better wide receivers in the NFL. I'm not going to say or guarantee anything right, would it be a better idea for the Steelers to trade him, because we have so many pass rushers already? Again, nobody of TJ's caliber. But I don't think you're going to be a team in the NFL anymore. Do you know? The Steelers have had most money in the NFL given to their defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1:That makes sense.
Speaker 2:Is that a way you win games is like? Because I think the saying is nowadays is that offense when you wins you games in the regular season, defense wins in the playoffs okay, hold on.
Speaker 1:I think this statement is true. I think I've watched four or five super bowl level sealers defenses that is backed by an offense that can't even move the ball. Yep, you gotta be able to do both. Yep, the Giants are a great one. Yeah, they could get the ball upfield. The Giants of I don't know what years those have been. I was a baby.
Speaker 2:The teens 20 teens with Eli.
Speaker 1:With Eli. Eli was good enough To I can get you At least 21. Yeah, you all just need To hold that 21.
Speaker 2:They want two Super Bowls Off of that.
Speaker 1:The Steelers Watch that defense. They can hold a team Under 21.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Fuck. They held the Bengals In 19 last week Of the season and the Bengals Are one of the best Offs in the NFL.
Speaker 2:But it's when they, when it had to happen, the office for the Bengals did the job and the Steelers offense didn't.
Speaker 1:And that's the only problem. I think having that much money in your defense is fine. I just think you need to have an offense that can they have to be able to score.
Speaker 2:You don't have to score every possession.
Speaker 1:You just gotta be able to move the ball.
Speaker 2:You gotta move the ball and you gotta be able to that. Again, they're never going to do it, and I'm I again. Do I truly believe in it myself? No, but it's definitely a road. The Steelers should probably look down and see what happens, because, again, it's just that can be a super powered not rebuild, because the Steelers never going to rebuild, but that can lead to you having more picks in the long run. That'll help your team out for years to come.
Speaker 2:And I don't know, it was just a dirty thought that entered my brain. I told Jake about it and he was like. Jake was like I'm not sure if he was trying to help me or if he was trying to push me more into chaos, but it was working, because every time he said something it pushed me more over the edge and I was just sitting there like man, I'm not sure if you're trying to help me or not, but man, this is really messing with my head, because I was just like. It was just a weird thought. I'm just like, eh, it could work, but it's just. He's the heartbeat of the team. It'd be very hard to trade a guy like that and I don't think the Steelers would ever do it. But it's something that, like, I feel like good teams that are good, long term would make that move. I just feel like the Steelers are like a little bit too like, hey, we get attached to the players we like, like and they'll be, they'll be more likely to get rid of you while it's too late rather than get rid of you too early and potentially get something for you. So it was definitely a weird, a weird moment for me for having that thought.
Speaker 2:But you know, um back to the niners. Uh signed patrick taylor. They signed demarcus robinson on a one-year deal. They signed luke farrell, very good tight end buckeye and all that. He was playing for the, the jaguars these last couple years but he's a very good tight end for them. And then they signed a couple defensive guys.
Speaker 2:But yeah, this Niners team man. I just feel like they're kind of gearing up to try to build this thing up over again and I feel like it's only going to get worse, I think, after this upcoming year. I think there's no way that freaking that a lot of their other veteran guys stay. So I'm not sure why they don't just restart the rebuild now and just get it over with. But again, they're still trying to make it seem like they're trying to win games. They have a nice stadium. They have to fill up with fans. Last but not least, last team of the whole thing Sam Darnold Seahawks. He signed a three-year $100 million deal with $55 million guaranteed and a $37.5 million in year, one fully guaranteed to him. Like you said, they replaced a Geno Smith with a whiter Geno Smith. I think Sam Darnold isn't nearly like.
Speaker 1:I think Sam Darnold has a better arm, but I don't think he's as good as reading a field. Now I guess that's a low bar. Gino throws a shit ton of interceptions. Yeah, he does make some big mistakes.
Speaker 2:Apparently, the stat was that when Gino Smith was protected, he had one of the better passer ratings in the league, not throwing turnovers. Then when he was pressured, he was last. If he gets any pressure on his face, he was throwing picks, but Sam Darnold's going to do the exact same thing. If you can't protect Geno Smith, I don't know how Sam Darnold's going to do much better Again. Sam Darnold is a little more athletic. He's younger. He's only 27 years old.
Speaker 1:But he's going to do the same thing, as y'all love drafting quarterbacks that can't do anything and went under pressure and then never drafted in the MO lines.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I just hope they draft Sam Darnold. If Sam Darnold works out, he's a young option that will be there for the next six, seven, eight years. So maybe it's just a low floor, high ceiling type of thing where there's not a lot of risk and then, if it works out, he can be their quarterback for years to come.
Speaker 1:I also wouldn't blame the Seahawks for drafting a quarterback at some point.
Speaker 2:Oh, they did, but again, if they gave him this money, if they give again after what the Falcons did with Kirk Cousins last year, I guess nothing's off the table.
Speaker 1:Were they smart and gave him a no clause as well?
Speaker 2:yeah, no, they didn't. It's funny, you know, mile they cleveland gave miles garrison no trade clause. The guy that just asked for a trade, you gave him a no trade clause, hilarious. So at least when he asked for a trade he gets to decide what team he goes to. Back to sam darnold, so. But yes, so he doesn't have a straight no trade clause. But if he does work out, he works out long term for them. Maybe it can be a thing.
Speaker 2:But here's the problem is that I'm not sure why Sam Darnold chose to go there. Maybe money wise was probably the biggest thing, but like, weapon wise they traded. They got rid of DK Metcalf in the trade. They Tyler Lockett. They just totally released him and he's not there anymore. So all you have is jsn and marquez valdez scantley, a guy they just they just signed to a one-year deal worth five, five and a half million, but like they don't have any other weapons.
Speaker 2:So maybe it was just about money. Maybe simon was trying to get the biggest bag he can, but it's just. I'm just not sure what he has to go to. If there's a chance the steelers are trying to get him, that would be a so much better option. At least he'd have more weapons to throw to. But it's just.
Speaker 2:The Seahawks are just a rebuilding team and I'm just not sure why, for both sides. I'm not sure why Seattle would make this move. Why don't you just go draft somebody and potentially just build from the ground up? But again, I don't know. It's a very confusing move on all sides just overall. And then the Seahawks also signed Demarcus Lawrence to a three-year deal worth $42 million $18 million guaranteed Signed Ernest Jones, re-signed him, and then Jaron Reed, defensive lineman, to a three-year deal worth up $25 million. So that's all the moves for the free agency. If you had to choose one deal that was the biggest surprise to you, what would it be? Or if you had to add a couple, which ones were the most surprising to you? Trades or just straight-up deals?
Speaker 1:I like Eagles players. I feel like y'all were like rotational guys that should not have been paid that much. That was my only thing. The Eagles players. I feel like a lot of them were paid too much.
Speaker 2:Other than that, no, not really DK obviously probably the biggest one for me. Also, all the quarterbacks that kind of moved around. The Geno Smith thing was definitely a huge one. Let me see what was the other one? Oh, miles Garrett, obviously. Obviously that was a huge deal because I'm just sitting here like, after all the all the problems he made, the fact that just threw enough money in front of him, that just kind of worked out. I don't know, it's just, it was.
Speaker 2:These are a lot of. There's a few big splash moves, but it's just. This is probably the most moves that I see within like a, within like a first week of free agency that I've seen. That I've honestly in a while. I just think this kind of signifies, especially for like, like, um, skill, talent and stuff like that. I just think it shows that maybe this draft may not be as good at the skills, at the skill but skills positions, uh, and as what it's been in years past and what it will be in years in the future.
Speaker 2:A lot of teams make moves. Man, I'm just, you know it's a lot of moves to come. I know there's going to be more moves that are going to be made. We have about how many days until the draft. How many days until the draft? How many days, many days. I know this is great podcasting, but I want to know how many days. It is. 43 days, 43 days till the NFL draft. Plenty of stuff to talk about there. I think there's going to be a, a um, a mock draft based off of all the free agency moves coming out next week. So that's definitely. We're going to do that, do a whole reaction pod to that, because I feel like it was a good one last time when we did it. So we'll do some more reacting to mock drafts and stuff and see how that goes. And, uh, there's going to be plenty, plenty of stuff to talk about as we go and we'll definitely be here every week to be once a week here for a bit until things kind of heat up everywhere to kind of give us more to talk about. But we'll be back. We'll be here every week consistently doing our thing, talk about stuff in the dumbest way possible. So, with all that being said, let's go ahead and end it here.
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Speaker 1:We'll see y'all next week this has been the jb's podcast. Thank you guys listening today. Thank you guys for always listening guys have a nice day, a nice night. Goodbye y'all, bye y'all, we'll see you next time.
Speaker 2:Bye.