Pre-Free Agency Shockwaves Across NFL And A Tatum Return

Headlines don’t wait for the league year to open. We dive straight into the pre–free agency whirlwind—surprise cuts, bold tags, and trades that can’t be finalized yet but already reshape the map—then tackle a rare NBA subplot: Jason Tatum’s 10‑month return from an Achilles tear and what that risk says about Boston’s title math.

We start with the mechanics behind the “legal tampering” window and why news breaks before ink dries, then break down the biggest football pivots. Kansas City makes hard choices on the offensive line to keep a dynasty flexible. Houston rips up the trenches and backfield to steady C.J. Stroud. The Rams pay premium capital for Trent McDuffie to patch a leaky secondary while Stafford and a cheap skill core still give them a title runway. DJ Moore heads to Buffalo, reuniting with Joe Brady in a fit that could restore true WR1 juice for Josh Allen. Across the league, tags and tenders set a chessboard of leverage—who’s bluffing, who’s building, and who’s about to get paid.

Then the pass rush arms race explodes: Baltimore pushes two firsts for Max Crosby, pairing a relentless edge with a creative defensive mind and an elite safety. That single move tightens third downs, tilts protection plans, and raises the floor for a contender that already wins on offensive structure. The ripple hits the entire AFC North—Burrow’s protection calculus, Pittsburgh’s thin margins, Cleveland’s balance—and reaffirms a 2024 theme: trenches decide January.

We also sit with Tatum’s return. The minutes are managed, the lift isn’t all the way back, but the symbolism is clear. When your window’s open, you balance medical sign-offs, roster strength, and a winnable conference. It mirrors the NFL’s best front offices: calculated bets, not reckless ones.

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Welcome back to the JV Sports Podcast. Today is Saturday, March 7th, and we're back for another PUD. And let's see. Jace isn't here today. For anybody that's been around for a while, you know that's my podcast co-host slash brother. I told him earlier on this this past week. Well, guess this isn't the past week, maybe this week, that I podcasted on this past Sunday, and I'm like, okay, fine, I'll probably do one more maybe this week. Um, but I told Jace, like, hey, don't worry about it, we don't have to necessarily set up a time, because I told him for sure we'd have to do a pod next week when NFL free agency hits and all of that, because we know just things kind of go haywire when it comes to free agency. But as this past this week has gone along and more and more moves have started to come out, because in the back of my brain, right, I was thinking, okay, it's pre-free agency, teams will make moves and stuff like that, trades and all of that, but I didn't think it was gonna be anything big enough to like really like go crazy for and have to have Jason. And on the in the back of my mind, I was like, maybe if nothing else like crazy happens, maybe I can just wait, not do a pod this week, and just do one on like Tuesday or Wednesday next week with the all the free agency stuff comes out and kind of like do it all in one. But as this week has gone along and more and more things have happened, it's kind of forced my hand to where I'm like, unless we're gonna do like a three-hour pod this next week with all the free agency stuff, and then all these moves that happened this past week, that it made it very important for me to come on here and to do a pod, literally just based off all the moves, the all the pre-free agency moves that have happened. Nobody has really been signed like to new teams or anything yet, but so many things have happened that I felt like I had to do a pod just to kind of get all this stuff out the way. And then once we have Jason next week, I'll get his reaction like to some of like the more important, the big ones that have happened this week, and then we'll go along with like reacting to all the new stuff that happens. Well, I think Monday free agency, like the what do they call it, the tampering period begins for like for two days, and then Wednesday, I believe the 11th, is when true the new league year starts, where like everything actually goes through, even though when it comes to like the tampering period, like for the first couple days, stuff happens, players agree to contracts and all the even though contracts aren't finalized and put through until Wednesday, and even players that are announced to be like release and everything, all that cannot happen until Wednesday of next week. So everything that I talk about today when it comes to players getting released or anything like that, they are not released. If they're if they're already with the team and they're announced to be released, that will not happen until next Wednesday. And then the trades as well, the trades technically or trades or anything like that can't necessarily go through either until Wednesday. But if the teams have agreed and it's all the news have come out, it's pretty much locked in. Stuff has happened in the past where they've come to an agreement and things have changed, like that stuff has happened before. But no trades can go through, right? Can trades go through before the new league year starts? Hold on, let me look that up because now I'm crazy. Um, can trades be made before I think they can. New league year. Um okay, so even the trades and stuff can't be finalized until Wednesday. Alright, so all literally all the moves that I talk about that have been done this past week, it's all based off news and nothing has really been like signed in paper and like really finalized until Wednesday hits. So, you know what's crazy is as long as I've been watching football and all this stuff, there's still things and rules and stuff that I've I miss all the time that I'll have to go back and look at to make sure I know what I'm talking about here. But there's so much to happen. I have two pages worth of stuff just to kind of react to and all that. So I'm like, I have a lot to lot to do. So I don't necessarily want to do too many things outside of this because this is the main reason for me to come on and do the pod today. But I do have to talk about one thing outside of all the NFL stuff because really is Dom, that's what's gonna dominate this pod today. It's Jason Tatum. Um, last night, I'm not sure if you watched it or not, but or if you're into basketball or not, because I it's if you're not, I totally understand. Um basketball's one of those things that I'll be locked in at times, sometimes I won't be. As of right now, I'm pretty locked in watching a lot of games as of recently. I've kind of gotten into that on the last podcast that I did because I do a lot of I've been doing more and more betting on NBA games that have kind of kept me locked in. Nothing crazy, nothing close to what I do with the NFL, but it has been enough to where I have like gotten myself into like watching more games and like being a little more present on the day in, day out in an NBA action and stuff. But last night, Friday night, it was Jason Tatum made his debut ever since he had the injury. Was that in the playoffs last season? I think that was in the playoffs, right? I'm pretty sure that was in the playoffs. Um, that when did Jason Tatum get hurt? Let's see. I'm pretty sure that was a playoff game. Jason Tatum injury. Let's see. He played last night. When did he get injured? Injury. May okay. So he did do it in the playoffs against the Knicks in the uh Eastern Conference Finals. Semifinals. Sorry, that's not the finals, semifinals. So he got injured in the semifinals against the Knicks on May 12th of last year, and then it was a torn Achilles and all of that, so everybody was like, okay, he's gonna follow the the Kevin Durant timeline. Even though he said from the get-go that he was planning on coming back this year, and everybody's like, that's kind of crazy. You shouldn't do that, you just can't got paid a bunch of money. Like, that shouldn't be something that you should be trying to do because I think the going the going sentiment for Achilles injuries is kind of like the Kevin Durant timeline, to where he didn't play for essentially like a year and a half, he didn't play for like a whole half season, and then he didn't play for the next season over totally. So he didn't come back for a while. It was like 15, it was like a little over a year, right? So everybody was kind of claiming, like, even though KD was a little bit older when it happened and all of that, but people were kind of like placing that on Tatum's like, hey, he's probably not gonna play this year, and everybody kind of said that the Celtics are probably gonna suck this year without him, and it kind of hasn't worked out that way. Celtics, Celtics are in the top half of the um in the what is it, the the East standings, so like they're still doing very well. Um Jalen Brown has been doing very good. I think he's been in the MVP discussion because of how well he has played this year and kind of taken a step up without Tatum around and kind of leading this team and keeping them relevant in the standings. But and then it finally came around, like I think like a week and a half ago, like news started coming out that Tatum was was probably gonna get back to playing and like sooner rather than later. And then the news just kept getting louder and louder until finally it kind of comes out like three, four, five days ago, that like Friday it's probably gonna happen and Jason Tatum's gonna play. And this is what is this, how many months after getting injured? This was in May of last year, so March, February, March. So like 10 months after getting that injury, he's coming back and playing on last night. And and here's the question, right? Before I get to how he actually played last night, and it was pretty good, spoiler alert. Should he have? Should that have been his plan? Should that have been what the Celtics let him do? And is to let him come back? Because again, at the end of the day, for Tatum, I understand why he wants to come back. He's a competitor. Uh, after what had happened in the um semifinals last year, he kind of wants to get Raring back. And as an athlete, he wants to get back to playing. And again, what he is is a basketball player. He has said that plenty of times. He's not he doesn't feel like himself when he's not playing on the basketball court in the NBA on a night-in-night out basis. Okay, his side, I totally get it. Not to mention the fact that he's been paid already. It's not like he's looking for a new contract anytime soon. Like, I think he recently signed a contract, so I think he he's secure when it comes to the money he's getting. That that is not a problem for him, right? But for the Celtics side, they have a new ownership group as of recently, I think, over the last last over like the last year or so. They Tatum has now has still many years of money left for them to have to pay him that's fully guaranteed. That's that's pretty much how NBA contracts work. So for me, or at least when it comes to like the the um NBA fandom at large, the question is why would the Celtics let him go out there and do that so soon after the injury? Because again, the more time that goes by after an injury and after the um after the surgery, the better you'll be, the bet the more you'll get back to 100%, and the less likely that least when it comes to general knowledge, the longer it goes, the better off you'll be, the stronger you'll get and everything. So, why would the Celtics let him take this chance and to try to go out there and play this early on when they still own when this he they put so much um resources into keeping him, retaining him, so much money and all of that. At the end of the any at the end of the day, I don't think the Celtics thought they were going to be as good as they were without him, at least so far this season. They are still winning a bunch of games. I think when it comes to the NBA standings, let me get the Boston's number two right now. They're 42 and 21, they're three games behind Detroit at the number one spot. I don't think the Celtics, with their their ownership group and even their fans, truly believe that they were going to be this good into this season without Jason Tatum playing all this time. I really don't think so. So I I think on one hand, that is one thing's like, hey, we're already so good, and then we have a chance to get Jason Tatum back, especially when the East does not seem like a gauntlet of teams to have to deal with. Detroit has been very good, but they don't have a lot of experience on the playoffs. So like that's one kind of like a team that still needs to grow in the playoffs, and who knows whether they're gonna be able to take that step to you know go from not winning any playoff games a year ago or these past few years to getting all the way to the finals and like doing all of that. So who knows if they're gonna be able to take that step this year? And then the Knicks behind in the number three spot behind the Celtics. Like, I think the Celtics just know how to face off against the Knicks, even though I do think the Knicks is a bad matchup for the Celtics. I just think the Celtics feel like they have the advantage over them, and then Cleveland's in the fourth spot with now James Harden. So that makes our team a little bit better, but I think defensively they're not good enough. And I'm I'm not sure if the Cleveland's going to now get so much better with Harden in the playoffs when we all know Harden is at his worst when he's playing in the playoffs. So like who knows if that's going to be the team? And then you have Toronto and Philadelphia behind that. So like those teams you like if you're the Celtics, you don't have to worry about. So I do I understand the idea that as a team and as an organization, getting Tatum back when you're already looking very good, and really the only team you really have to worry about is Detroit and maybe New York Knicks. I can understand if the Celtics are like, hey, we didn't we never expect to be this good, and now if Jason Tatum is raring to go and trying to come back, and we can slow play it, and he doesn't have to play a bunch of minutes right away, and he can kind of like ease his way back through the end of the season and hopefully be closer to where he needs to be by the time you get to the let's just say you have eighty, eighty, eighty-five percent of what Tatum can be by the time you get to the playoffs, and you have him be your guy, along with what Jalen Brown has done in upping his game to be the player he has been this year. What's stopping you from getting all the way to the finals and potentially winning a championship? So, like that is one reason why I can understand maybe the team being willing to take this chance with Jason Tatum. You know, Tatum is already raring to go. So, like, literally, the only thing that can stop him is the Celtics pretty much saying, No, you're not gonna play by any means necessary. And I just think the spot they're in right now, how good they are, I just think it's gonna be very hard because as an organization, I do think the Celtics are one of those teams that historically are just known for winning, and their fans demand it and all of that. So I just feel like all in all, it's a little bit too much going well for the Celtics right now. If they can just if they can especially if they can ease Tatum in and not have to play him full minutes right away, he can kind of ease himself into the season. I mean, into playing shape and all of that. I I can slightly understand not talking about the worrying about like the the money and all of that and how much like how much they have resources they have poured into him. If you're just thinking about winning basketball, I can totally understand the Celtics letting Tatum go out there and do this, even if it comes a little bit of a risk. And I do have to I think we all have to kind of have an agreement here that they're not gonna let him play if there's any doctor on either side of this argument, either Tatum's doctors or um the Celtics doctors. There, if there's any doctor that looks at this situation and says I think there's a chance he can make this worse or um he'll be at a higher chance of injury. I just don't think they that any doctor said that in this situation. I think that that was the case, somebody would say no, that this shouldn't happen. So I do think they probably got okay some doctors and all of that, and Tatum really wants to do it, so just like it's a little bit weird to see him take this chance, but I think with with where they're at and what this opportunity could be, I just think competitively it's good for basketball. And I think last night I think a lot of people were going crazy watching Jason Tatum play, and like he didn't obviously didn't come back looking like a superstar, but like knowing the injuries coming off of and everything, I think in context, you can really look at what he the night he had last night and and really be happy for him. Um I think last night he had let's see here he had 24 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists. Nope, nope, nope, nope, not 24 points. Um Tatum had that I was just I just read off Jalen Brown's stat line. That's what I get for not going straight to the box score, and I went and tried to read a headline. That's on me. I kill I look a little stupid there, but let me go to the box score here. They played the Mavs last night. Tatum came back, he played 27 minutes, so he didn't necessarily play like a full set of minutes. He played he had 15 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists. He went three from eight from three. And he looked good. He didn't like he had all the lift, and it felt like when I saw him jumping a few times, he was jumping off the leg that wasn't that didn't have the Achilles injury. So obviously, there's no way he's 100% coming back last night, but I just think the fact that the competitor is and he's willing to do so, I think you can be very happy for Tatum. And I think we just all can hope that he comes back and he can ease his way in and he doesn't get re-injured, because I think that's the biggest worry for everybody. And as much as I am one of those guys that talked about how I don't think Tatum is like at like a Uber super duper star, like some like the top five. I don't know, I'm not sure if he's the top five guy or anything at his best, but I think as a dude, he's a good person, he all he's all about his basketball, he hasn't done anything bad in the media or like outside the court. He goes out there, plays basketball, as a good good guy. And I think, unless you're like a team that doesn't want to, a fan of a team that doesn't want to watch the Celtics win again, because again, the Celtics Celtics have done so much winning of um recently in the the city of Boston has had so much prosperity. Outside of that, I think you can be very happy for a guy like Jason Tatum that has done everything right in his career. I just feel happy for him. I just hope that I just hope he doesn't get injured again. I think that's the main thing. Uh again, I'm not a Celtics fan. I'm a Bulls fan, so I really don't have any dog in this race because the Bulls suck. But I just hope for his sake that he can be healthy. He doesn't have another injury based off of him trying to push himself back too early. But again, it is a risk that you're taking, and I think it's a risk he's willing, he's willing to take, and he's trying to he's doing what he can do. I don't know, man. It's a little bit of a weird one. You would like for you know everybody just to like not let him play this year and let him come back next year, like healthy and coming and like starting off fresh. But again, it's just like the competitors in not only the organization but himself, like they just can't they just won't let it happen, man. And again, this is why they're the supreme athletes and we're just normal normal people, right? So there has to be something inside of him that forces him to want to take this this chance, even if there may be a chance like he may get hurt again. But it's just like the Supreme Competitor just can't be stopped, man. So I I do have to give him a lot of credit for taking on this chance. And again, I think last night he looked pretty good within context. He didn't look as look like a superstar last night, but knowing what he's coming back from, I just think that everybody's very happy for him. And uh I'm I'm I'm rooting for him specifically, even if I'm not rooting for the team to go out there and win a championship and all that. I do think I do hope that Tatum can go out there, get back to playing the game that he loves and he can be healthy doing it. That's it. I think it's a very good uh feel-good story of in basketball last night, I think. If you are a general NBA fan, I think you could be happy for him. I guess, unless you're the Knicks or the the the Pistons, I guess, if they really think they have a chance to make it to the finals and win a championship. It's like outside of them, I think in general, you as an NBA fan, you could be happy for him. Alright, that's only the only thing really story I had to talk about, other than getting to all this in NFL stuff. So without further ado, let's just get into it. I have this stuff written down because I wanted to write it all down to make sure I kind of had it all and everything I wanted to say, without just kind of have to peer through like news stories and stuff like that. So I made sure I took the time, write this all this down, kind of things I wanted to say, and I'll add my own thoughts as we go through it. But I have it in order. I don't necessarily have the days, so I'm not gonna try to like worry about that. But I think when it comes to when it started next month this past Monday, and then everything up until what has happened yesterday, I have all written down here, and I'll and most of the main things I kind of have written down, I'll talk about and have some thoughts on. So let's go ahead and talk about all the NFL pre-free agency moves that have happened. Um, so let's get into it. So this started off this past Monday with kind of big news, but not really. Uh Kansas City Chiefs release right tackle Juwan Taylor to save$20 million in cap space. I think most people, if you were kind of locked in on the league, kind of were seeing this happen, seeing this coming because, first off, he's one of the more penalized guys in the league when it comes to um illegal formations because he's always trying to get the extra, trying to be super far back because he's trying to deal with the the uh defensive end he's having to deal with, so he always uh misaligns himself because he's trying to get that whatever he can get when it comes to alignment. So he's penalized a lot for that, and honestly, he hasn't really been all that good. The offensive line for the Chiefs was an absolute disaster last year, and he's not a guy that can move the left tackle and like really rely on. He was mostly a right tackle, so and even with his right with the when he is when they I think they tried to move the left tackle last year, it didn't work out all that well. So, like, again, he's getting paid a little bit too much money. They got him a few a couple years ago, and I think I think he's with the Jaguars before, and I think even then he was still very uh kind of like he was he was flagged for the same thing a lot, and people were like, okay, he's fine, but can he like take that next step and be like a really good left or right tackle? And it hasn't really worked out that way. They drafted um why am I forgetting the left tackle they drafted last year? He's a buckeye. I suck. I suck for forgetting his name. Um let me see here, Chiefs, left tackle, Josh Simmons. They drafted him out of Ohio State this past season, this past the last draft, and he played very well last season before he ended up having to leave in the middle of the season with like a family issue and stuff like that. So he had to miss a lot of the season. So in the Chiefs offensive line in general, once especially once Simmons had to leave with his family thing, kind of went to trash. It was bad pretty much all season long. But again, with Simmons in there, they he is a very good player. I think he kind of proved himself to be like a dog left tackle right away. So him coming back next season healthy, ready to go from day one, it will be a huge boost. And then now they're getting rid of rid of a guy that they that kind of is getting overpaid as of right now in Taylor and saving a lot of money in the process. So I think this move makes sense money-wise, especially with what they're paying, you know. They already have one of the higher paid quarterbacks in Mahomes, they have one of the highest paid, one I think one of the highest paid defensive ends in football. In um why am I forgetting his name? Um Chris. It's Chris. Oh, why am I why am I forgetting his name? Um why am I forgetting his name? It's Chris, it's Chris. Why? Why? Chris Jones. They have one of the highest paid defensive linemen in Chris Jones. They have one of the highest. I think they have the highest paid guard in the NFL. I think they have the highest one of the highest paid centers in the NFL too. Like so, like they're paying a lot of guys top of the market money. And not to mention, like they, I think they have to kind of like kind of refresh this team a little bit to kind of kind of gear up and have because again, I think the Patriots are trying to put themselves on the same trajectory as what the the Chiefs, trying to get themselves in the same trajectory as the Patriots used to when they had Tom Brady for the 20 years that they had him, was trying to keep some of the guys, be the mainstays, obviously the quarterback, and then maybe a player here or there, but you constantly have to refresh your team around those couple like found foundational pieces, obviously the quarterback, to kind of keep things fresh and kind of keep them going after it to where they feel like they can really go after a championship every single year and not necessarily have the lull years of having bad teams. And I think by doing that, sometimes you have to make grown-up decisions and get rid of guys that you think are very good and or can still play well while you know, trying to save money and trying to like re-get new younger talent in to kind of keep your team around um those players, the you know, the cornerstone players to kind of keep it rolling. And I think Taylor, with kind of the decline in play, all the penalties, I just feel like they think they either in the f in free agency or in the draft, they could potentially get it, or maybe they have a guy on the team they feel like they can rely on a right tackle and be able to make that transition pretty smoothly. Who knows? But again, I think saving the money that they could save was definitely a big deal for them. And I totally understand the move with what he has been as of recently. Next thing, we have the Texans trade for offensive, sorry, they trade their offensive tackle, Titus Howard, to the Browns in exchange for a fifth round pick. And then the Browns with that move, because I think he was uh Titus Howard's looking for an extension, with that move, the Browns will pay Howard a three-year$63 million extension. So I think he's like 30 years old, so I do think that the Texans, with all their offensive line issues last year, they decided, hey, we probably need to redo this offensive line altogether because again, that's been their Achilles heel for years now. But again, it's it's funny how they do this, but yet they keep getting rid of guys on their offensive line. Titus Howard's probably like the best offensive lineman on that line that they had left because the rest of their offensive line was so trash for CJ Stroud. But they keep getting rid of guys. Again, I get it. He's a little bit older, they don't want to pay him the money he was looking for. And again, they he got paid a really good amount of money from the Browns once he got traded there. But it's just like what either they're gonna go out, have to be very aggressive in free agency and get guys, or they're gonna have to go into the draft just drafting a bunch of guys. And I don't think drafting and just like get drafting a whole offensive line was gonna be a big uh not gonna be a great move for them. So maybe it's gonna be a combination of both free agency and the draft in that way. But it's a little bit weird to be trading like one probably your best offensive line that you had left um starting, but I don't know. It's a weird one, but I just think they're just trying to save the money. Again, the Texans, you know, they're gonna potentially, as long as CJ does what he has to do and gets back to playing good football like he was in year one, they're gonna have to pay him at some point. They're gonna have to pay um and um Will Anderson at some point, the the awesome defensive end that they have, and they just paid another player, Daniil Hunter. I'll talk about that here in a bit. So I just think they have a lot of guys they're gonna have to pay. So I just think that they're gonna have to obviously they're trying to make some grown up decisions for a guy that they're not totally sold on at his age, paying him the money that he got from the ended up getting from the Browns. So weird move, but I guess understandable in some ways. Next one, the Texans, another make another move. They're gonna they acquire running back David Montgomery in exchange for offensive lineman juice juice scruggs in a 2027 fourth round pick. And then this also comes paired with them um releasing Joe Mixon a few days later. So this move makes a little bit more sense to me. Um, with what they have right now, Joe Mixon has not, he didn't play at all last year, and then the year before, he was pretty much injured all year long and wasn't able to stay healthy. So I do think with the idea that maybe Joe Mixon may not be able to get back to what he was before, on top of the fact that he they were paying him a decent amount of money, maybe getting a little bit cheaper at that at the position, and then maybe getting getting a guy like David Montgomery who's a lot more healthy. And where David Montgomery has been with the Lions the last couple years, it's not like he's been getting a bunch of carries. And a lot of people view him as like a guy that can be a number one running back anywhere else, but over the last couple years he's been on a team with why am I forgetting the other um why am I forgetting his name? I this is a bad time to be forgetting names today. Um why, why, why? Umpe, I'm forgetting his name. Lyons running back. Jameer Gibbs. He was been he's been like the one-two punch to the Sonic and Knuckles um to us to a lot of people for with with Jameer Gibbs, and like they've been kind of splitting splitting carries, so like it's not like Montgomery's been getting the full workload over the last couple years, so and I do think they're not really gonna look for him to come and be like their number one, like getting all the carries back. I think they feel very good about um the Howard, I believe, who was the running back that they also they just drafted, right? Hold on, let me see here. Um Texans running back. I think Howard. No, Woody Marks, that was the guy they drafted out of USC. So I think he came up to be pretty good last year. But again, I just think they'd want to do like a one you one-two punch type of thing, and Montgomery's been doing that already. I think he's a little bit more of a power back, and not to mention he does very good at blocking. So I just think all in all, I think he's a very good uh veteran back for Houston that can kind of help with the running game. Montgomery's a very tough runner, he can kind of get he does a lot, he's much better at a like a yards per carry type of back in comparison to what you know the other guys on their roster can do. And when you compare him to a guy like Woody Marks, who's a little more of a catch uh guy catching the ball out of the backfield with a little bit more juice, can like run pretty quick. I just think it's a very good move for them. They did trade away one of their remaining offensive linemen that they've been using as of last year in Drew Scruggs. I think he's like a more of like a swing guy. He can do a little bit of offensive guard, but he can do he can swing off to tackle if you need him to. He wasn't great, but they drafted him a couple years ago. Hasn't really worked out the way they wanted it to. But again, I think this goes to show the Texans are just ready to kind of like clean sweep, redo the offensive line altogether. I don't know how that's gonna work, but you know, they're take they're taking a swing at it. And I do think getting Montgomery with what he can do running the football, blocking as well. Um, he can do a little bit of pass catching out of the backfield, and I just think that all in all, getting CJ Stroud a run game with a good veteran back that still has some juice left in him, I think will be a very big deal for that Texans team to kind of get their offense back on back on the track after how it ended last year in the playoffs with CJ playing such bad football. Um, again, he he has to own that and get better as well, but I do think that getting him a running game will also be a huge help throughout the whole season. I think CJ, that running game was so bad throughout the whole season that I think that they they really need to make some moves to make that better. And I think David Montgomery will definitely help with that. Next move. Um the commanders released Marshawn Lattimore, a guy they traded for two seasons ago. He's been injury marred, didn't play, hasn't played a bunch of football. And when he has played, hasn't been as effective as he was in his years with um the Saints. So, with all in all, I understand with all the money he's getting paid, I just understand the commanders getting rid of him. I think they do kind of have to reset their whole secondary, though. I think the only guy they really have left is Mike Samers still, the guy they drafted out of Michigan. So, other than him, I think they have to start off all fresh, and they're really gonna have to put some real draft capital slash signing guys and free agency to help make that better. Because I think the commander's defense was absolutely awful last year. That was like the biggest um biggest weakness of their team. So they're gonna have to put some real resources into making that better. But, you know, with a guy when a guy's making as much money as was as Marshawn Lattimore was and not getting the production they needed, I understand them getting um cutting him to be able to try to make for him to try to get either cheaper talent or better talent out of the out of free agency or the draft. Um, next move, the New York Jets place a franchise tag on Brees Hall, paying him around$14.293 million if he signs it. He did, it is like a non-exclusive tag that they put on him, and that means that he um Brees Hall does have a chance to negotiate with other teams, and if he signs in an offer sheet with one of an with another team, the Jets have five days to match the offer, or if they don't receive it, the team that signed um Hall to that offer sheet will have to trade them two first round picks in order to get him. So I understand the Jets don't have a lot of playmakers on their team in general. There it looks like they're probably not going to draft a quarterback this year because there's really only one quarterback to draft early on that's really worth a early on early on draft pick. So maybe with the fact they don't want to pay him the money he's Brees Hall's probably looking for because they're not a team that really needs like that isn't a place to sign a running back, but they also don't want to lose him for nothing. I understand the idea of putting that um non-exclusive tender on him, and if he gets a deal that he likes, they get two first-round picks out of the deal. I totally understand that. And especially with only owing him$15 million if it does work out to where he doesn't get an offer somewhere else, it isn't a bad off a bad uh amount of money to pay a guy that really was your whole offense last year because they really had nothing else offensively. Um, I hate to say obviously with Justin Fields being the quarterback there for a good portion of the year, but I think all in all that offense was so trash. He was the only Brees Hall was the only thing that really was uh was good about it. So I think all in all it makes sense for everybody. I hope that Brees Hall can find a deal somewhere else, maybe and get him more money, but I just think all in all it just makes sense for the Jets to put that franchise tag on him, get a chance to either match the offer if they like him, like the offer enough and like want to keep him around. If not, getting two first round picks is not a bad, not a bad uh consolation prize for losing a guy like Brees Hall. Next one we have is the Pol the Colts put transition tag on Daniel Jones worth about$37.83 million. Um that also allows Daniel Jones to negotiate with other teams and if he signs um with another team, unlike the the what is it, the transition nope, not transition tag, it's the not unlike the non-exclusive tag that Brees Hall got, if Daniel Jones finds a deal with somebody else and signs that deal and the Colts don't match it, they don't get anything in response. So they don't get any draft picks or anything if they decide not to match whatever offer sheet that Daniel Jones signs with another team. So but they do have a few days to try to match it and all that, so they do have an opportunity to match whatever offer sheet he does get from a different team, but unlike the one put on Brees Hall, they don't get any draft picks if it doesn't work out that way. Which kind of makes sense. The Colts have been trying to um sign Daniel Jones for a minute now. I do think that's their number one plan. So I do think that he's the guy they want to keep around. And honestly, with Daniel Jones healthy and playing good football, they were what were they, eight and one, nine and one, or something like that for the first 10 weeks of the year? So like they were playing great football with him at the helm, and he was playing awesome football in general, along with the team and everything. So I think all in all, I think they want to keep him as their quarterback and kind of have him be their next guy for like the next five, six years. But I just think that if some team comes up with too much money and they don't want to pay, then I think they'll have to take the opportunity to like maybe potentially let him walk to a different team while kind of put because again, with where they're at as a team right now, can you think that they're Super Bowl? They're like a real contender for a Super Bowl in the AFC with Daniel Jones as your quarterbacks and like especially if he's gonna be getting paid the amount of money he's gonna be looking for. I don't know, man. It's different when you're paying a guy like I think they paid Daniel Jones. How much did they pay him last year? Let me see here. Daniel Jones. Contract. What did he get paid last year? So this past season they paid him$37.8 million, which again, in the quarterback, with what quarterbacks are making, that's about$20 million less than what top-tier quarterbacks are making as of right now. So like it's definitely a good discount. And if they have like around 30-something million, it's not too bad, right? But if there's a team that comes in over the top and wants to pay him upwards of 40, 45 million to kind of get him to go to their team, I just think that if you're the Colts, you're gonna have to make a decision as to whether you want to pay him that that type of money to kind of keep him on your team or just let him walk and go somewhere else and kind of have to go back to the well and trying to get a different quarterback to be the guy your team. But I do think the Colts are gonna try everything they can to try to get him to be their guy for the next two years. But again, if a team like the Vikings comes through and like those at throws an offer at him that he can't refuse, I just feel like you know the Colts are have to make that decision as to what they want to do. So understandable. Next one, we have the Cowboys placing a non-exclusive tag on wide receiver George Pickens. That would pay him about$27 million. Um, the that same non-exclusive tag would allow Pickens to go and try to negotiate with other teams. Same deal if he signs a tender with another team, they would then have to give them a couple first-round draft picks in order to get him. So I totally understand the Cowboys where they're at right now. They will want to keep him around because honestly, that's all they have. All they have is their offense. They really don't have anything else defensively outside of Quentin Williams. I guess they have to kind of rebuild that defense from the ground up outside of him. So I I do like the idea that I don't like it, because you know, I just don't think the Cowboys are good enough to be this aggressive and want to keep him around. I feel like they should have traded him a while ago, or at least they should have the intention of try uh trading him if they weren't gonna be willing to pay him the money that he was gonna look for in a actual long-term deal. But you know, the Cowboys doing what they're doing, trying to convince everybody they're actually trying to win when I don't think they're actually going to. So I understand the move. Their offense is all they have, and I think with having him on the other side of CD Lamb getting passes from Dak, I feel like that is their best way to win, and I understand them trying to keep him around. But I think in general, like, should you like I I hate to say this because I again I have first hand knowledge with dealing with Pickens because I'm a I'm obviously being a Steelers fan. Do you think Pickens will be willing to play on a one-year franchise tag? I just don't think so. And when Pickens is not all the way in and locked in on a situation, obviously he doesn't play at his best. It's very obvious when he doesn't play at his best and he kind of sells everything in the season. It's not like he's doing anything off the field, but on the field, it's very obvious when he is not all the way locked in, he's pouty, he doesn't run routes how he needs to, and it it becomes a whole deal. So I just think in general, if you don't have an if you don't have the one to actually sign him to the money he's looking for to kind of keep him around long term, potentially keeping him on a one-year franchise tag deal, I don't I don't think that's gonna work out all that well either. So and I think as a Cowboys organization, if you're trying to win, paying two wide receivers that type of money is not gonna be great, especially when you're paying CeeDee Lamb around close to 30 million. Like, is paying another guy 30, like I think the highest guys in wide receiver wise right now are getting paid 40. And I totally understand if your pickens playing the way you did last year with C.D. Lamb on the other side saying, like, hey, I outplayed CeeDee Lamb. I should be getting paid more money than him. So on that end, outside of the you know the issues when it comes to not being all the way locked in, I understand the talent that he is saying, like, hey, I play, I'm better than CeeDee Lamb. I want to get paid more than him. I totally understand that idea. And if you're the Cowboys, why would you want to deal with this at all? Go trade him and get hit, get something for him, get a second-round pick because you paid a third to Pittsburgh last year to get him. Like that's a perfect return for a guy like that. And then this is a very deep wide receiver class. Go draft a wide receiver to play on the other side of CeeDee Lamb, and you keep that position room pre relatively cheap and just have one superstar, at least superstar paid guy. I'm not the biggest guy on CD Lamb. When it comes to getting paid, you only have one superstar paid wide receiver, and then you get to have a cheap guy on the other side potentially get. I'm not gonna sit here and say that whatever wide receiver you pick is gonna be the same as George Pickens in year one. But if you can get fifty like 75% of that production on the other side and like have a better locker room in general for it, I don't get why you wouldn't want to do that. But I don't know. It's the Cowboys for you. They're always a team that kind of keep wants to keep them their names in the news, even if it's not meant for making great decisions. Next move, you have the Falcons placing a non-exclusive tag on tight end Kyle Pitts, which would pay him around$15 million. Again, same deal as the other non-exclusive tags. He can go try to get a deal with somebody else if they do. They can they can get some draft picks for him, so which would make a lot of sense. Again, Kyle Pitts, I think his first two years in the NFL hadn't really been unlocked when it comes to how he was as a player and what he couldn't be. And then last year he kind of takes a huge jump, is playing a lot better, and I think they kind of figured some things out as to how to use him to kind of best effectively use him and kind of get the best out of him. So I get the idea of wanting to keep him around for another year. And if he signs somewhere else, get a couple picks for him. If not, have another year to sign trying to see if that if that jump was something that's gonna stay, or if he's gonna kind of fall off the cliff again, you can kind of let him walk after next year. So I totally understand them placing that tag on him because again, he's so talented, man. I just think a player like that, I just don't think you let him walk for free if you have him in-house. So totally understand, Kyle, especially with the way he played last year. I understand. Next one, the Bengals will allow Trey Hendrickson to become a free agent. Defensive end, obviously. They don't place any franchise tags on him, especially with how bad it went last year. I totally understand. Um, I'm actually quite happy for Hendrickson that he'll finally have a chance to be a free agent and go out there and get paid from somebody a decent amount of money and kind of get, you know, get get to the next chapter of his career. Because obviously, this whole thing with the Bengals has been a disaster for years now, and I'm very happy for him that he has an opportunity to go out there and get paid what he's worth from some other team, whatever this team decides to do. So the Bengals for a while has been doing this dance, and I feel like long they should have done this shit a long time ago and traded him and got picks for him rather than doing this whole back and forth, but they haven't. They've been very I don't think Jace would necessarily disagree with this. They have not been a big boy organization making really like smart moves as a team. And Jace has been on this for a while. Hey, if we're not gonna pay him, why not trade him and get something for him and go try to draft the next Trey Hendrickson? And I just feel like in general, if that was how this is gonna go and you're gonna let him walk for free anyway, you had opportunities to trade him and get something for him. But I don't know why, man. The Bengals decision making is like kind of iffy like all the time. But I'm I'm glad that all in all, Trey Hendrickson gets to get out free and go out there and try to take the next step in his career and get paid for it. I'm very happy for him. Next one, Seattle Seahawks are gonna allow Kenneth Walker to become a free agent, not gonna put the franchise tag on him. I think the Seahawks being a good a good organization, even with the fact that he was the Super Bowl MVP, he played very well. I just think that with what he was gonna want to get paid in general, I think the Seahawks were on like not very uh excited about that because, you know, as well as Kenneth Walker played in that in that Super Bowl game, like, do you think he's a top five running back in the sport? I don't think so. And I think he's gonna want to get paid like that. And I think the Seahawks looked at the looked at the situation and said, hey, I don't think this is gonna work out. Let's just go ahead and let you walk and try to go get whatever deal you can get somewhere else. And I totally understand that because Kenneth Walker, as good as he is, I just don't think he is a top five consistent guy. I think he talent-wise, he probably is. But when it comes to what he has been on the field, especially with the injury history he's had in the NFL so far, I just think that I totally understand the idea that with what he's gonna try to get paid and with what Seattle's gonna have to pay, because I think they're gonna have to pay JSN in the next year or so. They're gonna have to pay Nick Imanwori um in the next cup in the next year or so. So, like they have some real dudes they're gonna have to pay some big money to, and I think paying a running back the money that he'd be looking for. Is not going to be the way to build out their team the way they want to. So, not to mention they're going to have to set sign Sam Darnold to a real extension at some point in the next couple years, since he it looks like he's going to be their guy for the for years to come, especially with him being as young as he is. I think he's only like 27, 28 years old. So the Seahawks, being a good organization that knows how to run it, have an idea that they don't want to keep the expensive running back, let him walk without it being a real issue. I totally understand that. Next one, the Cardinals announce a plan to cut Kyler Murray at the start of the league year, obviously being Wednesday, and then allowing him to go ahead and sign with whatever team that he wants because on the on a vet minimum because I think because they still owed him a bunch of money, I think he's getting paid like 40 something million dollars from the Cardinals this this next season. It'll allow Kyler Murray to go to whatever team that he wants and sign for the vet minimum and still get paid a bunch of money, mostly from the Cardinals. It allows Kyler Murray to go take a next step in his career somewhere else. And there are teams that have been like kind of linked to him, kind of like either be Miami or the Vikings or what is another team that was looking at him. I forget the other teams because the Raiders are getting a quarterback, maybe the Falcons. If they're not too uh if they're not too attached to why am I forgetting the guy's name? Oh no. See, today is not the podcast be forgetting names, guys. It really isn't. Um Falcons QB. Why am I forgetting his name? Michael Penix Jr. So if they're not feeling all that great about Michael Pennox Jr., that's another option for him as well, especially with those, especially I think the two odds to the two main ones that I think are the best options for a guy like Kyler Murray with teams that have talent around him and he can kind of play in like really good offenses, is the Falcons and the and the Vikings, right? If you go to the Vikings, getting paid a vet minimum, they wouldn't have to pay him right away, and then they can kind of take a season, see if he's gonna be their long-term answer, and then pay him next year. Um so he can go into that offense, have two very good wide receivers right off the bat, with with you know Justin Jefferson being one of the top two wide receivers in the NFL, depending on who you who you are making that list. Um instantly have one of the top wide receivers in the NFL. You'll have um on the other side, you'll have why am I forgetting the why am I forgetting his name? Let's see. I'm forgetting a bunch of names today. Vikings, wide receivers. Jordan Addison. Sorry. You have Jordan Addison on the other side, you have uh the Hawkinson, nope, not Hawkinson. Vikings. Was it or maybe it is Hawkinson? Nope, it's not Hawkinson. Yeah, it is Hawkinson. TJ Hawkinson. So you have a one of the top tight ends in the NFL when it comes to pass catching. So you're gonna have a good offense around you. Offense line needs a little bit of work, but I think they've been getting better. So that that is a good spot, not to mention the fact that even if you're play even if you're playing in the cold, you do get a home, you're in a dome stadium for all your home games. So that's gonna be a help, but you are gonna have to go deal with the Bears in crazy weather potentially. Um, and also Green Bay as well. But again, with going to have to play the Lions a couple times a year, they you're gonna have to play in a dome there. And then with your own home team being a dome, I feel like is a good spot, especially offensively having a team around you. I feel like that's a definitely a good option. And then the other one being the Falcons, who obviously know about all the talent that they have on that team. B. John Robinson at running back, to Kyle Pitts at tight end, they have uh. Oh man, I am awful. Um Drake London at wide receiver, like they have a bunch of weapons on that team. Their offensive line isn't necessarily all that bad. I think they have a good team overall. I think the Falcons are a team that if you add a guy like Kyler Murray and everything works out and their offense kind of takes a jump with a guy like that at quarterback. I think they can be a real team with him at the helm, and I feel like we'll allow Kyler Murray to kind of like go into a very talented situation. He has guys to throw to. And they have a decent defense as well. I think their defense started playing very well, even though they're gonna probably be losing one of their great pass rushers because of his own issues off the field. I feel like those are two very good options for Kyler Murray to where he can go, play for the vet minimum for a year for some team, figure it out if he's gonna be the long-term answer there, get paid a nice long deal, um, a nice long contract once that happens. But if not, have a chance to go somewhere else and get your money elsewhere. But I do think those are two very good options that I think are the most talked about for being options for Kyler Murray. But here's what I'll say, right? Even though those two options are the best options for Kyler, and I do believe that they I think people like this started up a conversation about him as to whether he can be a guy to like be the next Sam Darnold. Like, hey, it doesn't work out your first place, and then you go to a new place, maybe taking a um a chill pill when it comes to being a little bit more humble with what you are and being knowing the player that you are, taking a next step and being a little bit more uh mature, not only as a person, but as a player, and kind of being better for it and taking the whatever team he goes to next and like taking that next step and being a very much better player. I think that is an option. I think Kyler Murray at his best was a top 10, top 15 quarterback, and I think talent-wise, he's a lot better than that. But I feel like it is like one of those things where you like have to worry about like, hey, he still is a small quarterback, he still has issues seeing over the line of scrimmage, and he has like the offense definitely takes a big change with what he is, depending on it like in comparison to getting a tall, big quarterback that can see all over the football field. So I do think Kyler Murray does have his deficiencies as a quarterback, but I do think what he does bring to the table, rocket arm, can pass. He's like a very good passer. He can run away from practically anybody. He's a very like an RC car on the field. I've been talking about him like that for years. And I do think that obviously some of that athleticism will wane over time, but I don't think that's really gonna happen as of yeah, and I feel like he sells a few more years of being able to do that before it starts really taking a step down. Not to mention he doesn't take a lot of hits, like he makes sure that he runs away from pressure, gets out of bounds. I think he does take really good care of himself to not take a bunch of big hits out there. So I think that if he can go to one of those two teams and have a really good year, I think he can really turn a team into. I think Kyler Murray can still be a top 10-ish quarterback. I really do think so. I really do. So, and again, people that don't think so, I'm just like, hey, I'm like, again, totally understand his deficiencies as a player, but if he can be put in a good offense that can that can plan around that and like really help him like accentuate his strengths rather than his weaknesses, I think that they can do some really good things with him as as their quarterback with one of those two teams. And let me say this one thing before I go on to the next thing. I have to mention Pittsburgh, man, because I'm like, as much as like I'm not very excited about the idea of getting Aaron Rodgers back for his age 43 season, I'm just saying, what if the Steelers kick the tires and maybe can get Kyler Murray on a cheap deal for next year and like see if he can be their guy? Again, I don't think it really works out, but again, even with Kyler Murray not, you know, being built to play in cold weather and all of that, I'm just like, hey, even Kyler Murray not being at his all the way best, he's much better than what Aaron Rodgers is. I'm just saying it's an option. I'm just saying it's an option because I'm just I'm sitting here, I don't want to go through another offseason waiting on Aaron Rodgers to decide if he's the quarterback or not. Not to mention he's 43 fucking years old. Why are we putting our whole organization on the on the in the hands of a 43-year-old quarterback? I don't understand. He was fine last year, he was, but I'm just like, come on, dude. I don't a 43-year-old quarterback, guys. Like, the Steelers should not be in a situation where we're relying on a 43-year-old. I just I just it doesn't make any sense to me. I don't know. But Kyler would be a great option for Pittsburgh. I just don't think Kyler would never pick Pittsburgh. I really don't think so. But I'm just like, we sh the Steelers should not just speak all gung-ho on Aaron Rodgers being their quarterback. They just should not be. That should not be the option. I just don't understand. Uh sorry, let me get off my soapbox. Next um thing, Eagles. Um, it's been a big question this past week whether the Eagles are going to trade A.J. Brown or not. And apparently the news came out that they are going to be looking for a Quentin Williams type deal in order to trade AJ Brown. And that Quentin Williams deal, the one that the Cowboys um had to do to get him last year from the Jets, that deal was a first round pick and a second round pick. I don't know, is he worth it? I think so. I think to a team like, you know, maybe the Patriots or like um what other team do I know of definitely needs wide receivers right away. I can't think of him right now. Um I'm not gonna try to go down that rabbit hole. But I do think that AJ Brown's probably worth that, and I feel like if as long as he can go to a team with much with better, more consistent quarterback play, again, Jalen Hurts is great. I think he's I think he's a good quarterback, but I just I just don't think he's a consistent quarterback. And I feel like with all the offensive issue, I just I think in general, I think it's better for everybody if they probably just let AJ Brown walk. I just especially with the money he's getting paid and with what where they are as a team, man. I just feel like I just don't think that the offense is gonna get a lot better and change the way that this has been rolling the last couple years ever since their Super Bowl. Not last couple years. They won the Super Bowl last year, right? Yes. Not last not this past season, but the season before. So like this past season, the offense has been awful and it's been terrible, right? I just don't think the offense is gonna take a huge jump and turnaround and like make things a lot better with that whole AJ Brown, um, Jalen Hurts, and uh Devontae Smith. I just don't think the offense is gonna get a ton better with the whatever new guy they had have at the helm. So I just think in general, I feel like you just make this a lot better if you just trade AJ Brown, get let him go somewhere else and maybe be the number one guy somewhere else and have be in a better offense, and then maybe the Eagles can kind of rebuild things from there and not necessarily have all that animosity going throughout the locker room. Like you know, again, I just I don't I'm not gonna blame AJ Brown for all of it. I really don't think so. I feel like a lot of this is because the Eagles were so willing to just sweep all the problems under the rug and act like everything's fine when it wasn't. I feel like they kind of gaslighted him for years into th into saying, like, hey, this like this isn't an issue and all that, and he was the only one willing to come out and talk about the real issue being was the what was the the offense and Jalen Hurts in general. I feel like those two problems are were there. And I feel like they gaslighted him into saying that he was the problem when he really wasn't, and then when he is right about it, he's not gonna be a guy that's gonna do it necessarily the most high-roady of ways and like take and just eat it. He's gonna be a guy that's gonna make things a little bit worse and kind of you know be a little bit more of a diva about it. I don't I'm not gonna totally blame him for that either. I just think there's a lot of blame to go around. I feel like this is a lot better for everybody if they just kind of turn the page on this whole situation. But again, who knows if they're gonna get the deal that they're looking for in order to trade him, so they could just roll it, run it right back next year and keep doing the exact same shit all over again like they did last year. So who knows? Um all right, this one's a blockbuster right here. This one kind of happened a few days ago. Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs trade cornerback Trent McDuffie to the Rams for a 2026, their 2026 first-round pick. This was because the Rams had two first-round picks this upcoming draft. I think they had the Falcons pick at like pick 13 or 16, and then they have their own pick at pick 29, and that's the pick that they trade that the Rams traded to the Chiefs in order to get him, as well as a fifth and a sixth this year, and then a 2027 third round pick. So the Chiefs looking at how they need to build their team out for the up next few years. Trent McDuffie is a guy that's I think still in his rookie deal and wants to get paid a lot of money. And I think he wants to get paid like the at that high end of the cornerback market, which is like upwards of$30 million. So I feel like the way they looked at it, they're like, hey, we need to rebuild our team. And like having one of the highest paid corners on corners in the NFL on top of all the other guys we have paid a bunch of money doesn't make sense. And not to mention, I think the one thing, one position that the the Chiefs have done very good at, like drafting and like producing good guys, is at cornerback. So I think in general, the Chiefs realize, like, hey, we don't necessarily have the money in our in our um pocket to pay a guy like pay McDuffie the money that he's looking for, on top of the fact that maybe we feel like we can go draft a guy or get a guy of free agency and kind of build up that way. So I just think all in all it makes sense, not to mention with what the hull they got for him, it makes total sense for them, right? They get a bunch of draft picks to kind of go out there and use for other guys um to kind of build out their team for years to come with Patrick Mahomes at the helm. And then for the Rams, this deal makes total sense because guess what? The Rams, with what they were last year being one of the, I think they were a top two team in the NFL last year. I think it was the Seahawks, and I think it was the Rams right after them. And I think the biggest weakness on that Rams team was their sec their secondary in on the defensive side of the football. And I feel like adding a guy like Trent McDuffie that can play outside corner, inside corner, I think he's probably a lot better of a slot corner than he is a outside guy. But again, when they have to face a guy like JSN twice a year, having one of the better cornerbacks in the NFL that can play both spots is definitely a huge deal. And the fact that they already have a like, it's not like the Rams are paying a bunch of dudes top of the market money. They're paying they they are paying um Matthew Stafford a bunch of money, but outside of that, they're not paying a bunch of money to a bunch of players. And with the fact that the Rams are one of those teams that aren't necessarily all that attached to have using all their draft picks, and not to mention they had two of them, so they still have the 13th pick. I believe this 13th pick. Let me see. Well, you know, I gotta check it. Um Rams picks. So they still have pick 13th that they got from Atlanta. So they still have the 13th pick overall to add to their team and kind of make themselves better. And then you get to use that other first-round pick that they had to go to go get one of the top corners in the NFL. Is a big deal for them. And then obviously paying him the money that he's gonna be looking for is not necessarily gonna be all that um hurtful to their pocketbooks because they just don't have a very expensive team right now. Because I like a lot of their team is very young. Their defense is one of the younger defenses in the NFL, and they played very well outside of their secondary last year. And then offensively, they haven't really paid Puka Nakua. They're paying Devontae Adams a decent amount of money, but it's not like top-of-the-market wide receiver money. And they still have like they're not paying a bunny to a lot of guys. So, like getting a guy like this to help out one of their big their biggest weaknesses that they had last year, and not to mention the Rams are one of those teams that I think with what they have at Matthew Stafford, with him already saying that he's gonna be coming back next year and playing another season, they the Rams should be the team that's like looking to attack for the next year or two, as like, hey, these are the last couple years of we have a Matthew Stafford playing at the height of his uh at the top of his game. Like, we should be going after it every year. And I feel like getting a guy like McDuffie makes a is a big deal for them to kind of help quell. I think they're gonna have to get a couple, they're probably gonna have to draft some other guys to help that secondary as well. But having it all be kind of like built around Chet McDuffie, one of the best corners in the NFL, is definitely a huge deal. Next one, um, Cowboys restructure Dak Prescott and their guard Tyler Smith's contracts, creating$47 million in cap space. Again, kind of par for the course. If the quarterback and if you have players that have high um draft, nope, sorry, not draft, high cap hits. Usually you can just restructure their contracts, turn their um turn their money into signing bonus money, and then it kind of lessens the amount of what it counts towards your cap. You're gonna have to pay that tax at some point to where it'll have to come off your books at some point and have to count. But the Cowboys are playing games, they're gonna try to create some more money in cap space in order to try to get other players to help their team. But my whole whole thing is like the Cowboys are like a whole fucking defense away, man. They're a whole defense, they're not just one or two players away. They're a whole defense away. And I'm just like, I just don't know how I just don't know how the Cowboys really gonna build themselves up into being a team that can like be a contender next year. I just don't think that's gonna happen. And I just I just think that again, they have an aging owner that wants to try to win a Super Bowl, but again, I just don't think he's ever gonna want to do it in a way that actually is effective. He wants to do it his way, and I just don't think that's ever gonna work. But again, they're trying. I guess, I guess they're trying. And I just don't know how this move is gonna help them at all, especially if they're not gonna be making great moves on the because of all this gap space they're making. But I don't know, man. But it's it is they're trying to they're trying to do so. They're trying, but you know, not in the most effective of ways. Next move, the Patriots announced that they are gonna um they are planning to release Stephon Diggs at the start of the league year. This one's a little bit of a head scratcher to me. I feel like Stephon Diggs came in and played very well for the Patriots last year. I think he turned out to be a I think he had over a thousand yards. He played very well. He wasn't a problem on the football field. Off the field, he had a little bit of issues, like a few issues here or there, lawsuits and all of that. But on the football field, I think he played very well for them. I think all in all, and he wasn't getting paid a bunch of money either. And I just think that all in all, I feel like all the all the off-the-field issues is probably what really pushed the Patriots to make this decision, on top of the fact that maybe because they have all the cap space cap space they have, and I think they've proved that Drake May is one of the best quarterbacks, one of the probably a top five, top ten quarterback in the NFL, I think they think they're gonna be able to be an attractive destination for other free agent wide receivers, on top of whatever they do in the draft. So I just think all in all, I feel like they think they have a better chance of going to get other talented guys to make up for not having Stefan Diggs, and maybe not have to deal with all the off-the-field issues that Stefan does bring with him. Even though I think on the field, I think he played, he did very well last year. He played very good football, and I feel like he was a very good leader. I think every time that um why am I forgetting the coach's name? Mike Vrabel talked about him. I think he talked about how good he will of a leader he was, how he was an example for everybody on that team. I think he was one of the veteran player players on that team. Led with a lot of youth. And I feel like on the field, Diggs did everything he had to do, but I think off the field kind of like is what led to them making the decision that they made to kind of let him go. On top of the fact that I feel like they do think they should have confidence that they can get other guys to want to come play with Drake May because of how good he played last year. Next one, um, Steelers, finally, my team made a move pre-free agency. They announced that they're gonna be releasing Johnny Smith to save$7 million in cap space. Again, it's not a bunch of savings they're gonna be making because they're getting rid of him, but I do think that pecking order-wise, I feel like is a big deal. Here's what I'll say, right? I was one of the guys when they made the trade that I thought was gonna be a good move. But I believe that because I knew the Steelers were not gonna be able to get a legit wide receiver too, and I feel like if they were gonna be gung-ho with Aaron Rodgers being the guy and not wanting to suck for this year, getting another tight end that was like very dynamic in um not only the f with the Falcons, but with the Dolphins, getting a guy like that could be very dynamic and all of that was gonna be a huge help. But I think because of that, guys like Pat Fryermouth and Washington, the other tight end that they drafted a couple years ago, kind of had to take a step back when it comes to snaps and all of that. And not to mention, those other two guys were more effective than John W. Smith on when they were all on the field. So I think in general, getting rid of one of those guys kind of lets Fryermouth and Washington get a lot more snaps that way. Not to mention, I think they were just they're just they're better players right now, more effective players than what Johnu Smith proved on the Pittsburgh Steelers last year. So I just think all in all it's a good move for everybody, and getting that money off the books would definitely be a huge help for the Steelers. Trying to, for whatever reason, trying to feel like they can build the team up to be a contender, when I just don't think that's a possibility, but you know, it is it, it is what it is on that. What else we got here? Next move. Oh, this is another blockbuster. Let me take a drink here before I get into it. Let's see here. Next one. The Bears. The Bears. Trade wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills. And this is the m this is the the go. This is what the trade came out to be. So DJ Moore and a fifth round pick will be going to the Bills in exchange for the Bills' 2026. Second round pick for the Bears. I think DJ Moore kind of like fell off to be like the third receiver on their offense last year. I think last year he had like 700 yards of receiving. I think he had like how many? I think he had like five touchdowns, something like that. Let me see. DJ Moore Stats. Last year he had 50 catches, 682 yards, and six touchdowns. So and that was in comparison to the year before where he had nine 900 yards, 98 catches, 900 yards, and six cat and six touchdowns. So like in the year before that with the Bears, where he had 96 receptions, 1,300 yards, and 58 and uh eight touchdowns. Sorry, I keep messing up the stats there. So like for the past three years, it has been a steady decline. And then last year, especially, with um oh uh Johnson leading the offense and being their head coach. Not to mention with them drafting a few wide receivers, they have um let's see here. Let me make sure let me Roman they have Roman Dunze as a wide receiver guy that they drafted uh two years ago. They had Roman Dunze who they recently drafted as like a top wide receiver for them. And then they also had who's the other, I forget the Luther Burden as well, who they just drafted this past draft. And I think he came out and played a lot of really good football for them as well. So I feel like getting a guy like DJ Moore off the off the team, save a little bit of money, not to mention because you have a couple young wide receivers already that you already have on your team. DJ Moore is a number three guy on your team already this past season. Get a second-round pick for him, I feel like is a big deal. I feel like you could, if for the Bears, it makes total sense because he's a number three guy, and I feel like DJ Moore should feel like he can still be a number one in the right offense. And I feel like that makes total sense for the Bears to make that move. And on the Bills side, I feel like it makes total sense. One of the Bills' biggest weaknesses is that they didn't have a pass catcher that Josh Allen can rely on to just throw the football to him and go out there and make a play. And I feel like DJ Moore now going to play with why am I forgetting the coach's name. Joe Brady, who was the offensive coordinator with Carolina when DJ Moore was there. So it is an offense that DJ Moore will be very um not the what's the word I'm looking for? He'll be very familiar with. Not to mention he'll be playing with a great quarterback and Josh Allen. And not to mention he'll go in and be inserted as the number one guy right away, and he can just go be a playmaker and have a better chance to like get back to being the dynamic DJ Moore that we all know have known him to be over his NFL career. Not to mention he's still a fairly young guy. So I just feel like it's a very good move for both sides. The Bills get a wide receiver, number one, that they've been looking for, that can be very dynamic and be their guy for um this for the next few years. And the Bears get rid of a guy that kind of like fell off to be their number three guy that was getting paid a decent amount of money. So I just feel like all in all it just makes sense for everybody. And I do think that if Josh Allen and um and DJ Morton kind of put things together, I do feel like he can be a huge addition to that offense to help them get back to where they need to be offensively to help out Josh Allen and kind of like get them to the next phase of you know, maybe getting to the AFC Championship, maybe getting to an AFC championship game. And that's all I got on that one. So next move we have is the Texans resign defensive end Daniil Hunter to a one-year$40.1 million dollar extension with$30 million being a signing bonus. So makes sense for them. Texans had a top two defense in the NFL last year. I would say number one, but a lot of people would say number two. They're led by their guy Will Anderson being the young um defensive end. Daniel Hunter being on the other side makes it for a dynamic duo. And not to mention the Texans, they were a couple good CJ Stroud games away from like make potentially making a Super Bowl and like being that team and like taking that next step. So I get the idea of keeping a guy like Daniil Hunter around for another year, paying him a one-year deal, not gonna be long-term, um, guaranteeing him a lot of money, but again, for a one-year type of thing, he gets the money he's looking for, and they get another year's worth of great production out of him. Because I feel like ever since they got him, not last year, but the year before, he has been very good for them. So it makes total sense for both sides. Um, I feel like that keeps their defense, because again, I don't think the defense has a lot of it needs um at all. So I just feel like if they keep that defense together for another year and they kind of help retool the offense with CJ getting a little bit better on his own, I feel like they can come back and be one of the bigger, you know, contenders in the AFC. Next move, the Raiders will release Geno Smith after a one after one year. They signed him last year to like a three-year deal, paying him like$30 something million dollars a year. Things did not work out at all last year. Geno Smith played like ass. I was one of the guys that was a Geno Smith apologist before last year, and then this past season he played terribly. I can't, there's really nothing for me to cape up for him for. Like he played awfully last year. There's really nothing you can say, and not to mention what the Raiders have in the number one overall pick. They're gonna draft Fernando Mendoza without a doubt, and I feel like that's this this move just clears the way for Fernando to start to be their quarterback one literally right away, kind of help build their team out, and hopefully Fernando could be their guy for the next 10 to 15 years. So, all in all, the move makes sense. Um, and Gino, I'm not sure. Again, I thought Gino was ass last year. I really do. But if you had to say who you think could be a better quarterback coming into next year, 43-year-old Aaron Rodgers or Geno Smith, I don't think it's I don't think that's an easy answer. And as much as I think Geno Smith probably costs a little bit more money, but I do think that Geno Smith can probably do a little bit more right now as a quarterback. He throws a lot of picks, and uh, but he's played with D he's played with DJ uh with DK Metcalf before and they've done some really good things. I'm just saying. I'm just saying he's another option. The Steelers aren't gonna take it, I don't think, but you know, it's another option. Next one we have Lions were released, left tackle Taylor Decker after contract negotiations breakdown. So apparently Taylor Decker has been a tenure player. He thinks he's like the I think he's the most tenured player on that on that team. He's been there ten years. Um apparently they were looking to try to do a whole new deal with him. Things did not work out. Taylor Decker was not necessarily a fan of it. I feel like I feel like he's a little more heartbroken about the situation because I felt like at least from what the letter that he wrote to the fans and all that, thanking them and all that, Taylor Decker felt like he was a cornerstone of that team. He felt like he was gonna have a pretty easy time getting new money from them. It didn't work out that way. He's a little bit brokenhearted, but he asked. He said, Hey, since you're not gonna pay me what I think I'm worth, can you just let me go and let me be a free agent so I can go sign somewhere else and get some good money? And the Lions, to their credit, they acquiesced. They're gonna they're gonna let him go. They're gonna let him be a free agent and go sign with a different team with them for the money that he's looking for. I think this is good on everybody. I think the Lions, with where they are at this year now, with you know, trying to make their team better while also paying a lot of people a lot of good money. I think I don't totally understand the Lions not necessarily being all gung-ho about paying Taylor Decker the money he's looking for, but again, he played very well last year, too. He's still one of the better tackles in the NFL. But I do understand the Lions trying to save money somewhere, and I think this is the spot where they can. And I just think that even though the Lions' offensive line did take a step back last year, it really did. And they weren't really blocking as well as they had in years past, and um I don't know if letting your your left tackle walk is gonna be the best thing for your offensive line, but again, I get it, you're gonna have to make big boy decisions at some point, and I feel like your offensive tackle looking for money is like one of those spots because again, offensive tackles, man, they make a bunch of money when they're like at the top of their game. I think Taylor Decker is one of those guys that still can demand a really good amount of money, and I do understand the Lions not necessarily being gung-ho about paying him all the money he's looking for, but it's just like you know, one of those is like, hey, Decker's been one of your guys, man. He's been there, he's been through all the shit that you've been as an organization up until now, these last few years, where you've kind of gotten your shit together. But it's just, you know, it's kind of how business goes sometimes, you know. Next one we have, I think we have a few more, like four more things left to talk about before we get out of here. Next one, the Packers. Okay, so this is like one of those weird ones, right? Because it came out as news that the Packers were getting ready to release Rashad defensive end Rashawn Gary from their team. And then Rashawn Gary posts a goodbye letter to the fans of Green Bay on his Instagram. That post gets quickly deleted, and then the news comes out after that that he actually hasn't been released yet, and that the Packers are still open to a bunch of options, including trading him, signing him, or just letting him walk altogether because releasing him is still an option for them up until the league year starts on Wednesday. So I'm not sure what's going on what's going on here. Maybe the Packers are like, hey, maybe there's still a chance they can trade him and get something for him. But I don't know, man. I feel like this is a weird move because when they traded for Micah Parsons, it was to be able to get a closing, a closer type of pass rusher, and then be able to have Rashawn Gary be your number two guy. And I feel like Rashawn Gary is your numbers your number two defensive end is like a huge deal, and it makes your defensive line very good. But I don't know, maybe he's looking, maybe the money he's getting paid, maybe they're not very comfortable with it. And on top of the money they're already paying Micah Parsons, I don't know. But I feel like when you made the move to get Micah, it was because you can make Rashawn Gary your number two and make your defensive line like a defensive line that can get after the quarterback and really cause some trouble. And not to mention the fact that Micah Parsons has had the ACL injury last year, so he might not even be able to even play this season. At least he won't play most of the season. And I feel like having Rashawn Gary would still be a good guy to kind of have on your team. But who knows, man? This one's a weird one. The fact that it kind of came out that he was getting released and then not, and then it's like a whole thing. Who knows how it's gonna work out? But definitely a weird one. I feel like they should probably keep him. I've I don't I don't know. That's a weird move all around. Bears trade for center um Garrett Bradbury from the Patriots for a 2027 fifth round pick to replace their center, Drew Dalman, who retired. So Drew Dolman early on this past week, he uh he announced retirement. He's like 27 years old, and he just came off a Pro Bowl year. He had played so well for the um for the Bears, and then he surprised retirement, nobody saw it coming. Everybody was super surprised by it, and like good for him. He's made enough money in his NFL career, maybe injuries have gotten a little bit too um wild for him, and he's like, hey, it's time for me to get out, go experience life outside of football, um, and be relatively healthy and do so. And I'm like, for him, that is a great decision. But for the Bears, that came out of nowhere, and especially with their offensive line last year finally getting a step taking a step up where you thought like their offensive tackles weren't good last year, but their interior offensive line actually did take a step up and they played very well. But now, now you're looking to replace your offensive tackles and now you have to replace your center two that just retired is definitely a little bit of a weird situation. But when you go and trade for Bradbury from the Patriots for you know a fifth round pick to try to help, you know, share up that spot, I totally understand them doing so. On top of the fact that you know they still have to go play replace the tackles. So I just feel like getting at least filling in one of those spots would definitely be a huge help for that team. Who knows what they're gonna do on the offensive tackle side, whether they're gonna go pay somebody in free agency or try to go draft somebody. Who knows? But you know, when you have three spots that are gonna have to get filled somehow, trading a guy for a fifth-round pick, you know, a pick that usually doesn't really like fifth-round picks aren't necessarily like guaranteed to be starting guys in the draft anyway, and you can get a guy that you can like expect to be your starter for in the next few years, it's definitely a good trade. And I don't I don't think Bradbury is gonna be like a Pro Bowl guy like Dalman just was for them, but I do feel like getting a guy, the center doesn't necessarily have to be your best lineman, it just has to be the guy that can kind of lead the offensive line into being on the same page. So as long as Bradbury can do that, I do think as long as they get the tackles right, I do feel like they can uh come out of this, not necessarily winning and like being on the top, but I think they get out of this without their offensive line being much worse than what it was last year. Maybe possibility. Let's see the next one to talk about, last one, and the biggest one. I'm not gonna lie to you here. This is the one that killed me yesterday, because this is like one of those big ones that is uh is going to impact me and Jace as well. The Ravens make a blockbuster trade to acquire defensive end Max Crosby for two first round picks, one this year and one next year. And this isn't one of those moves where you have to trade for a premier pass rusher and pay him because he's already been paid. I think he just got paid last year. So, like, that's not necessarily an issue. And the whole Max Crosby situation for the Raiders had been a little bit of an iffy one the last few years because it's like every year it's like, hey, the Raiders suck. Will they trade Max Crosby? And all of this stuff happening. And now they're gonna be starting off with a brand new quarterback going into next year, and everybody was looking for, hey, are they gonna trade Max Crosby now that they have kind of have to hit hit the reset button now with a new quarterback and everything? Because Max Crosby, as much as he's getting paid, um, does he want to go try to win football, go play winning football in a different situation? And Max Crosby over the years has been like, hey, I love it in I love it at Vegas. I love playing here, I love playing for the Raiders, and I feel like he's been very adamant about that. But last year, he was healthy enough to play, and they kind of like held him out because I think they were just trying to look, they were gonna be like looking to trade him at some point this offseason, and it like things kind of soured between him and the Raiders, and it kind of opened up the opportunity for him to be willing to go and be traded somewhere else and go play for a different team. And I think the news as of recently, last couple days, had been between the the Cowboys and the Ravens were the two teams that were looking to try to trade for him. I think the Bears were in on it too, trying to get get a trade done. And the Ravens kind of came up over the top and like said, Hey, we'll give you the two first-round picks that you're looking for. And the Raiders said, Yeah. I because I think that the Cowboys were trying to get him, but they were not willing to give two first-round picks. They were trying to give a first and a second. And I think the um the Bears were were also similar, they were only willing to give like a first and a second. So the Ravens really did come come in over the top and like were willing to give the two first-round picks up in order to get him, which again I totally understand from the Ravens' point of view, because you have Lamar Jackson being playing at in at a very good level. You have your offense, I'm not gonna say your offense is set, but your offense is always gonna be relatively good with as long as you have Lamar Jackson playing in his prime. You have Derrick Henry still playing very good football, even in his early 30s, which is awesome to see Derrick Henry do so. He's still a very good player. Do they have to get a couple wide receivers or so? Probably. Um they have a few pieces they have to get around their offense, but their defense was definitely more of the issue last year for that team. And getting a guy like Max Crosby on that team to kind of like be your star pass rusher will help quell a lot of the issues that you have. I again, I do think they still have other issues to have to fix on that defense, but I think it is a very good start to have a premier pass rusher that every team that you have to play has to worry about. And then I feel like you can kind of fill in spots everywhere else to help that defense out, and not to mention they have Jesse Minter as their head coach, who is a a good defensive mind, great defensive mind that can put together a defense, and then having a defensive guru like Mentor, and now having a strong premier pass rusher, Max Crosby, and then you have um why am I forgetting his name on the back end? Why am I forgetting his name? Um Kyle Hamilton. You have Kyle Hamilton on the back end at safety, kind of like being your superstar safety. So, like, that is a good, you know, good building blocks for trying to build out that defense, along with getting other pieces to help build around them. So I feel like it's a big move for the for the Baltimore Ravens. I do feel like this this shows they're really gonna be going after it. You still have Lamar Jackson, and here's the funny thing, right? Early on yesterday, on Twitter, Lamar Jackson came on and like posted the boom, the boom uh gif. Like, you know, it's the classic, like, hey, something's gonna happen. It's a big thing for me because Ohio State football and all that. Whenever something happens and they get a uh recruit and all that, usually boom is the gif that comes out, and that's usually the a big move's coming, right? So Lamar comes out early on yesterday and does the boom gif, and everybody's like, what's gonna happen? Are they trading for AJ Brown and this, that, and the other? What move is the Ravens gonna make? And people were on alert for it all day long yesterday. And then late last night, the news comes out that it happened, and now I'm sitting here like as a Steelers fan, I'm like, we're fucked. We're already not as good as the Patriots are on a year-in-year-out basis, and now we in the the Ravens, their defense was the one thing that I could look at and be like, hey, that defense can be had because they don't necessarily have premier pass rushers, and their secondary was definitely taking a step back last year, and now I'm gonna have to worry about my potentially 43-year-old quarterback and Aaron Rodgers running away from fucking Max Crosby. I don't feel really good about that, on top of the other guys we have to face throughout the NFC the AFC North. And I was I I was looking on Twitter last on X last night, and I saw this picture of it's a little it's a little bit crass, but it's of Joe Burrow in some white underwear on a white couch, kind of like you know, a casting couch type situation, and then he has Miles Garrett, TJ Watt, and Max Crosby all up above him, kind of like you know, insinuating a catch, a casting couch situation, if you know what I'm talking about, where I'm like, hey, he's gonna have to deal with these three premier pass rushers for six games six games during his NFL season. That's kind of insane that you have to deal with those type of pass rushers for six out of your 17 um NFL games next year. Because all three of those guys play in your own division, and not to mention the offensive line for the Bengals already sucks, and now you have to go face the Ravens too and deal with a guy like Max Crosby. Definitely not a good deal. Not to mention, again, it's not just about Joe Burrow, whatever whatever quarterback plays for my team, we don't have an offensive line that can handle a Max Crosby. It just doesn't work out that way. So I feel like this is a move that says the Ravens are still going after it and they're gonna be very aggressive next year and kind of like you know get back to being at the top of the NFC like they top the AFC like they've been in years past. So I think all in all, it's they get to pay to pay a lot for it. Two first-round picks is definitely very aggressive. But here's the thing when you're the Ravens and when you're playing at the top of your game anyway, you're picking anywhere from 25 to 32 anyway. So I guess 32 only if you win a Super Bowl. It's like 25 to 30. If you're picking at those spots anyway, and you can trade those picks for a guy like Max Crosby, who's already proven to be a top defensive end in the NFL. It makes sense, man, especially with what the issues they've had on defense last year, and you can kind of get a guy like that to come in and make a huge difference for you. I feel like it's a big deal for the Ravens, and I think puts them, I think honestly puts them right back on top of the AFC North. Again, everybody thought they're gonna be at the top of the AFC North anyway, even without Max Crosby. But I feel like this really does put a stamp on anybody that truly thinks they can beat the Ravens for that division next year, as long as everybody's healthy, of course, for that team. I just don't think you can think so. And as a Steelers fan, I I hope so. I hope that the Ravens go out there and dominate the AFC North next year. So my Steelers can realize early on that they don't they have no opportunity to go win in the playoffs, so they can maybe make a good decision and like, you know, tank for at least one year. Tank, please, for one year, Pittsburgh. I just don't know what you're like. Can you do it for a year or two, please? Get a top five pick a couple years in a row and then build your team back up that way. Why is it so fucking hard? I don't know, man. Being a Steelers fan is hard in that way. And again, I'm not trying to say, oh, poor pitiful me, but I'm just like being stuck in the middle of of the NFL standings every year is just as bad as being like sometimes feeling. As bad as being the Browns. Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes. I know that I'm blessed in that way of having a team that's always trying to compete on a year-in-year-out basis. But like, come on, man. Like, please. Just for one or like the the Patriots for for two years. They decided to be at the bottom of the NFL and now they've they have their quarterback and now they're they're they're on an upward trajectory and building out their team the way they need to. It just sucks. You're never gonna get the quarterback you need picking in the 20s every year. It's just not gonna happen. I don't I don't know. I don't know, man. Maybe maybe the Max Crosby to the Ravens thing will help, you know, stamp that for me. Maybe I'll have my opportunity, but I just don't think the Steelers are ever gonna do it. But definitely an amazing blockbuster deal for the Ravens. Big deal for them that they'll have a premier pass rusher on their team to help fix their defense on top of the Jesse Mentor and Kyle Hamilton and all that. So hopefully for them that that'll be a move that can kind of help them take the next step in the AFC of getting to an AFC championship game and getting to Super Bowl and helping, maybe getting um getting their team to where, you know, a guy like Lamar Jackson being your guy, when you have a quarterback like that, it's like a top five quarterback every year. It's like, hey, the fact that he hasn't been to Super Bowl yet in his NFL career is definitely looked at as a negative. So maybe getting a guy like Max Crosby to help fix your defense on top of you know everything else, new coach and everything, that maybe you can take that next step and get to where you want to go, the promised land getting to Super Bowl, and maybe winning one will definitely be a huge deal for the Ravens. So definitely a big deal, and I think for the Raiders. I feel like you just this has been something you should do for a long time now. You clear up a bunch of cap room, and now you have like all the cap space in the world to go sign your team, sign other players and build your team up for the ground up. You're drafting your quarterback in Fernando Mendoza, and now you have a couple draft picks to help build out your team even more. I feel like feel like this is a win-win for everybody. I feel like good and as much as I think Max Crosby's gonna ruin my life when he faces the Steelers twice um a year for the next few years, I do think Max Crosby is one of those guys in the NFL that everybody would like to go see him play in a winning situation and kind of play some winning, trying to go, you know. What happens if Max Crosby makes the playoffs and can go on and make great plays? Like I feel like great players like that deserve their opportunities to be on grand stages to go and show what they can do. Even though it's gonna be for a team that I'm not necessarily fond of, I can be I can feel at least a little bit happy for Max Crosby to have an opportunity for his talents to be used in a very good situation and playing for a good team with the Ravens. Alright, that those are all the moves. I know I kind of like rambled on for like the last hour about them. So if you stuck around to kind of hear me ramble on about all these pre-free agency moves, I definitely appreciate you. Um we are gonna be doing another podcast mid to late next week after all the crazy NFL free agency moves have been made, and Jace will be back on. You we have been doing the um the what is what are they called? I forget what I called it. Hold on. Over the last few weeks, we have been doing the NFL season grades for um the grades for this for all the teams in the NFL this past year. I decided not to do it today because again, I dare already didn't do it without Jace. Already did it without Jace um on the last pod. So I don't want to do two pods in a row of doing two different divisions without him being here. So we'll go back to doing that on the next pod, along with doing all the free agency stuff. Um, so get ready for that. We'll be very excited to do that once we get back on for a pot for another pod here in the next in here in the next week or so. So that's about it for me. I really don't have anything else to talk about here, so let's go ahead and end it. An hour and thirty for me sitting here by myself. Usually it's like around two hours. So I'll definitely take me not going on for over for two hours going on too long. So this is where I want to end it here. So if you guys have been listening for a while, we appreciate you. If you're just not jump jumping on, hopefully you'll like us and enjoy us enough to join us on this ride to talk about sports in the dumbest way possible. If this is your first pod listening, hope make sure you go and listen to a different podcast with both me and Jace on so you get a better idea of what this podcast is at its best when you have both of us on, being brothers, being co-hosts, kind of sitting here making jokes, talking crap, and uh talking about sports is what we use what we love to do. So make sure you go listen to one of those pods to get a better idea of what this podcast is at its best. 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