The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1511 - Free Agency Frenzy LIVE From The ThunderDome with Adam Schefter, Dan Orlovsky, Peter Schrager, Alec Pierce, Malik Willis, AQ Shipley, & Darius Butler

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

On today's show, Pat, Darius, and the boys are joined LIVE from the ThunderDome by ESPN NFL Senior Insider, Adam Schefter, 12 year NFL veteran at QB and ESPN NFL analyst, Dan Orlovsky, and ESPN NFL Insider/pundit Peter Schrager for the start of Free Agency Frenzy as deals and trades start coming in left and right. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you on Monday for Free Agency Frenzy. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dude's getting rich. Team seeking fits. Beautiful people. And welcome to our humble boat on this globe. What a time to be alive. Thank you so much for joining us live from the Thunderdome. It's not just me. It's not just the boys.

The Toxitable at Boston Corner and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the Hammer, Cowboys, A.P. Tone. Nine-year NFL vet. One of the smartest humans to ever play football. Darius J. Butler is here looking incredibly cool. It's a massive day, boys. It's not just us.

No, no. We got Adam Schaefter here. And also in the free agency fund zone, we have Shreggs and Dan Orlovsky who are going to be breaking down why things happen, how things happen, and they look incredibly cool. A nice little tag team of happiness over there in the corner, don't you think so, boy. Without a doubt. Shrags, what should we be looking forward to today, you think, brother? Salary cap went up to $301 million, meaning there's going to be a rush of signings with teams looking to spend. I look for the wide receiver market to open just as the bell opens in just a few seconds.

Okay, thank you, Shraggs. Dan, you look really cool, really cool, not uncomfortable at all. The pants aren't too tight now. We actually have some breaking news to start this entire thing. Ladies and gentlemen, the bell of the ball was what he was named. A man who is a second round draft pick out of Cincinnati to the Indianapolis Colts. A wide receiver that everybody wanted, wow, this guy can take the top off a defense. In this modern world where there's two shell coverage and everybody's keeping everything in front, Is anybody going to be able to be explosive?

Is anybody going to be able to go deep? Well, there was one man that did that this past season, at a rapid rate. Alec Pierce, where will he go? Well, he's staying with the Colts. Wow. Adam Schaeffner. How the hell did this come to be, Schifty? And what do we know about the Alec Pierce, Indianapolis Colts deal that I think is 116 over four years, Sheffty?

Is that what it is, Pat? So, again, just to confirm, because you're going to be a hundred and six years. the insider here on your guy. The deal is done. I want to make sure. Yes, the deal is done. 116 over 4. I'm being told he's the highest paid free agent wide receiver in NFL history.

Chris Ballard, Carly Ursay, opened up the checkbook. Now, the deal was done. I believe this is how the game is played, by the way. Deal is done by Mike Swenson and C.J. LeBoy, who also helped facilitate the Max Crosby trade to Baltimore. You know what Max and Mike and CJ are saying is, hey, we're in

thing. We're doing this thing. Adam, Alec Pierce, stays in Indianapolis. Debutt, huge news for the Colts. Now, Daniel Jones, potentially our quarterback, they put the transition tag on him last week, not the franchise tag. Other teams can still sign them and make the Colts match an offer sheet. Albert Breer was reporting this weekend that the Colts offered him to Sam Darno deal, which would be three years, $100 million, which is about 33 per, and then allegedly his team said, we're looking for 50 of them time. Now, whatever he can get, we certainly want him to get. played with a broken leg and an Achilles tear last year. Let us to 8 and 2, but Alec Pierce said if Daniel Jones is the quarterback,

that will certainly make me want to come back. They had magic together, D-Bud. Yeah, he's a game changer. Since he's coming to league, he's been a big play waiting to happen, the explosive guy. And when you look at that B-roll, you look at those highlights. A ton of his highlights, his biggest plays, his best plays, come against the best players and the best defenses in the league. So that's the guy that you want to keep in your building.

Obviously, Chris Ballard and the Colts and the Earth says they felt that way as well. big, big signing, a big job. I know con man probably won him in New England. Everybody wanted him if you want an explosive wide receiver. He changed the game. Defensively, that free safety. If he's in the middle of the field, you better lean the 14 side. If you're split safety, you better be aware of where

14 is. So it's a big time signed about the Indianapolis Colts. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is the man who just signed the largest free agent wide receiver deal in NFL history. Wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, Alec Pierce. Yay!

What up, y'all? What up, y'all? You appreciate you guys having me. Not for sure you were gone, dude. We all did. We're so happy when you're back. Can you tell me a little bit about the process and kind of where your brain went through this all as they transitioned tagged Daniel Jones, which means they couldn't do anything to you. You set to hit the market. How did kind of the roads lead back here to Indy?

We're obviously incredibly pumped about it, brother. Yeah. No, I think, you know, with the whole tag thing, I thought initially, and my agents thought initially that we were going to be getting some type of, you know, franchise tag or whatnot. and they were going to be getting a deal done with Daniel and things kind of went that way for Daniel so then they ended up to use a tag. So then it kind of opened it up like, oh, wow, like,

we're going to be the number one free agent receiver out here. So then those opportunities started flooding in. But I knew where my heart was. I knew, you know, I loved the city of Indianapolis. I just seeing where we were at last year, you know, early in the year, like rolling. Like I truly believe we were the number one team in the NFL and just obviously didn't finish.

out the season like we should have, but you know, I think we get back to where we were, I believe in Daniel. I know they're going to get his deal done and lock him down. I think we can be special. Okay, let's talk about being special because you're right. Eight and two number one team in the league we had as the number

one headline coming out of every single NFL weekend where the Colts are going to win the Super Bowl. That's how damn dominant you guys looked. Defense aside looked good, offense looked good, special teams look good. A litany of injuries happened, then obviously down the stretch, lose seven straight. What was the messaging from team to you about like, hey, we can't go out like that? Was that ever talked about? Was that

something you thought about? And why do you think this team still has the capability to go on and win the whole damn thing? Yeah, no, I think, you know, just from what we did early in the year, I think you see, like, we had something going. We have the same pieces. And it's going to be, especially offensively, I know we're going to have a lot of the same pieces and just keep on working to be better at that. And just, you know, excited we added my boy sauce, we added him to the roster. And things just kind of, you know, it felt like he got injured, you know, stuff, stuff like that just was, was not really rolling our way last year, which you guys know how it is to really make the

run and go the whole way. Like, there's things outside of, you know, just football. Like, you got to be lucky in terms of, like, having people stay, stay healthy and a lot of things got to kind of fall your way. And I felt like those things didn't go our way last year, but, you know, just excited to play with, like, my college team at sauce and just, you know, a lot of other, other things went into it, but I know we can be special. time you post a photo with sauce let's make sure he doesn't look like a fat ass. A lot of people attacking them out there, Alec, a lot of people attacking them. You getting the bag that you earned and staying here, we're all incredibly grateful.

Congratulations, man. Enjoy this moment. You earned it. Yeah, I appreciate you. Thanks for having me, guys. Thanks for letting us break it. You're the man. Ladies of gentlemen, Alex, period.

Yeah, Alan. Okay, so quickly, what did you hear from him there, D-Butt, whenever he was chit-chat? It was the glory days of that eight-and-two time, which is I think I need to find myself going back to a little bit more. There's a good running. Like you said, we all know you've got to have a run of lucky things and being on your side to finish strong and kind of make a real push to win it all. They showed a lot of glimpses through that first half of the season and now you get the whole gang back together out of help. Knock out of the Patriots. Yeah.

Too bad. He said a lot of opportunities started flooding it. I didn't even want him. One of them was Vrabble called? Because I think he would have really liked Vribal. Happy you didn't talk to him if that was the case in it all. But him coming back home, big deal. I thought Patriots were certainly a place that he could go to, especially.

especially because how good Drake can throw the deep ball. Drake is a great deep ball thrower, and they're building something and have cash. Obviously, Colts keeping them huge for us. And just a team that needs a wide receiver. He mentioned he was the number one wide receiver target and free agency for all of the entire NFL. I think a lot of people connected Luke Fickle,

his college coach in Cincinnati with Mike Vrabel, so that was big. Him mentioning Dan Jones, kind of they're getting a deal done there, something being there. That is also kind of very promising for Cole. Yeah, he said that they're going to get a deal done. Okay, so maybe I'll ever brief.

thing about, hey, he want 50 million. They want 50 million dollars. Maybe not true. I mean, maybe he does, though. That's probably a broken leg, did what he did. If he can get it, go ahead and get it. Let's head over to the Free Agency Fund Zone. I believe Dan Rolowski and Shriggs both have some thoughts on Alec Pierce,

who was the bell of the ball in the wide receiver market, staying in Indianapolis. Boys, what's going on? Pat, first one out of the gates is obviously Alec Pierce. We're keeping an eye on Mike Evans. We're keeping an eye on a couple others here. But Dan wanted to break down a little bit of film, and I think we got to show how he actually is the deep threat guy that everyone was coveting. Let's cook here, Foxy, okay? Let's cook here.

So in 2024, I think he was 22.3 yards per cash. Last year, 21.3. But I want to point out, so this is Pierce, okay? So everyone paid attention to a one-on-one situation where when you're talking about big plays down the field by Alec Pierce, okay? Sometimes it's versus really good corners. Play this, Foxy, because I want you guys,

now freeze this. Foxy, so he's got pretty bad leverage. He's running a corner route, meaning he wants to go, to this back pylon. Stingley, one of the best corners in football, is outside leverage. So you can let it ride, Foxy. Now he's got to win and get his head back. This is really good awareness by Alex Pierce of understanding like the route. Okay, now you're going to get a post route on the right side. Okay, he's going to be on our right side of the screen post threat. Now freeze it, Foxy. This is the big deal to me. As you go down the field as receiver,

you could play it. You don't want to create freeze it. Okay, you don't want to create contact yourself here. He does a nice job instead of just running into the corner and creating contact, he avoids that corner and that corner doesn't have the opportunity to get hands on him. Then you allow the big speed play at Foxy to be the factor down the field. That's where that 21 plus yards per catch come

into play. And so I think he's done a nice job with his route running or understanding like yes, I'm big and physical. I can catch some of these one-on-one throws that we see down the field, but also not just getting into contact with defensive backs just because. So while he is a big play receiver, like this is awesome.

He's a big play receiver. There's no doubt about it, but the fact that he can be a big play receiver and fight through some of that contact, but also avoid it down the field, I think took him from, hey, he's a big, tall, athletic guy that can make plays down the field with his speed to a way more nuanced, complete wide receiver. It's a big signing for Indy to keep him. I loved him in New York, and I loved him in New England. I would add this. You know, you look at Alec Pierce. You think of him more. He looks like he's like a cross player, whatever it is. This guy is a dangerous deep threat. The defensive coordinators have to worry about. The list of

wide receivers now, as I'm going through my big board here, that are available at Free Agency to keep an eye on. Rashid Shaheed, Joanne Jennings, Wondale Robinson, Mike Evans, Romeo Dobs, Devo Samuel. It is a loaded class and teams are looking to spend. Keep it right here, Pat. Dobs in the chat.

We appreciate you. Shragues and Dano over there in a free agency fund zone. Now, we, Alec Pierce obviously, Shragge just rattled off a bunch of names that are potentially coming. Let's head into, you know, The News. actually and see how he's doing. Shephti, Alec Pierce gets signed early. What else should we be looking for out of your Twitter account?

Well, I think right now we're waiting on a number of deals. The wide receivers will come into focus. You heard Peter mentioned Mike Evans. We expect clarity there in this show. Rashid Chaheed wouldn't be a surprise there. Joanne Jennings is out there. Looks like the Niners will be losing Joanne Jennings. At this point in time, Wondale Robinson out there has interest from a few teams.

A lot of people have pointed to Tennessee as a natural fit with Brian Dayball as the offensive coordinator in Tennessee wanting to get back his former wide receiver. We'll see whether they can get a deal done at some point in time. And I do think the Rams are going to be busy here this afternoon as well. Okay, Shifty, on one final note, you broke Max Crosby on Friday. Congratulations. Yeah, let's talk about that Max Crosby trade, child, because we haven't really gotten a chance to take a bite out of the apple. Baltimore Ravens take a huge swing and bring in the Energizer Bunny, a guy who's considered a goat, considered a great. We've never got a chance to see him in primetime games. He's obviously been the heart of a Raider

and the pillar of the Raiders organization since he got there. Now going over to the Baltimore Ravens feels like a perfect fit. Honestly, feels like a perfect fit. This morning, Dan Rolovsky said, all right, there ain't no more excuses, that's right anymore. And Lamar Jackson responded with like, there's never excuses, Dan. What do we even talk about? With a SIG, with looking. So I don't know what all the emojis mean. I don't know if Lamar wants to smoke with Dan Orlovsky or if he's saying that Dan Orlovsky's smoking, which I tried to get him to this morning, I must say. He did not. So we don't know what this is saying, but what we do know,

Max Crosby going to the Ravens is a huge move by them. And Minter now has Derwin James Kyle Hamilton. And he also has, what, Khalil Mack now Max Crosby, amongst other things. Feels like they're loading up for a defense that's about to be back to greatness again next year. Yeah, they got great players on every level of that defense under achieve last year. They were pretty bad last year. the bottom of the league when it comes to pass rush and sacks. And when you think about the Baltimore Ravens in that defense, that's kind of the first thing you think about, violent and then getting

after the quarterback. So I know you have a guy who's an absolute game changer. Whenever you're trading two first round picks, you want to change that four guy who changes the math. So when you bring in a guy like sauce, like we did, that guy got to be able to shut down one side of the field. If it's a pass rusher, you have to change past protections and impact the game, even when you're not getting sacks. And you've got to be able to affect the run game as well. So they're talented on all levels. We know the mind that Jesse Mentor is when it comes to calling defense and setting them up. I think this is a

good move. You swing for the fences when you have a quarterback like Lamar Jackson. And yeah, when you win a couple MVP's, definitely no excuse for the quarterback, and he knows that as well. Got a couple of these guys who are going to go down as greats, you know, that don't have Super Bowels. Josh Allen the heats on. Lamar, the heats on. Joey B, the heats on. This is just the life

as an NFL quarterback. There was a little bit of odds shift whenever Max Crosby goes to Baltimore. We've seen quarterbacks go to new teams, and the Super Bowl odds not changing. at all. Max Crosby to Condor, a guy that takes no plays off and is relentlessly annoying everybody on the field at all times. Change the math for the Super Bowl odds tone. Yeah, before the trade happened, the Buffalo Bills were the favorites to win the AFC after the trade happened. The Ravens are now tied with the Buffalo Bills to win the

AFC. They are behind the Rams and the Seahawks as far as overall Super Bowl odds go. But right after the Seahawks, right after the Rams, it then goes the Bills and the Ravens who are now tied to win the AFCs. see their third and fourth, respectively, to win the Super Bowl. Super Bowl odds change on that side. For the Raiders, they had $83 million in cap space on Friday at noon. Now, 110 million. Damn.

After the moves that they make. So that's obviously great for them. We like seeing or thinking of Max Crosby playing in football that matters, Ty. Yeah, I mean, we've been saying that for years on end now. And it kind of got to the point where we say that every single offseason or around the trade deadline. And it just never happened for whatever reason. but it's awesome that they finally pull the trigger.

And just, you know, speaking from personal experience, you look back to last year, like, if you're a fan, you know, Micah Parsons comes in, and you feel that effect immediately. You feel it immediately. He makes everybody else better, too. So if you're a Ravens fan, you're in seventh heaven this morning. Let's get a free agency fun zone.

Shrags, who all was in from Max Crosby? I heard a lot of names, Cowboys. I heard maybe Patriots. Bears, maybe. Instead, it ends up being the Ravens. Did we know this, Shrags? No, several teams. involved with this one, and the Ravens early on Friday did offer those two first-round picks.

What's interesting is no one else were able to match that. So the Raiders were dangling it a little bit, and the Ravens become the destination. And I will add this. Jesse Minter comes from Los Angeles Chargers, played against Max Crosby four different times. And all four of those games, Max Crosby wrecked shop. The offensive coordinator in Baltimore is now Declan Doyle, 29 years old, a Wiz kid offensive coordinator. Everyone thinks of him as a Bears coach, but no, he was with the Denver Broncos, where, oh, by the

way every time that they faced them, he was absolutely dominating them against the Broncos as well. So Max Crosby, that is your guy. And he goes to Baltimore where they are thrilled and you better believe he'll be the last one out of the tunnel doing the Ray Lewis dance when they introduced them at M&T Bankfield. Dan Olavski, you talk about Joe Burrow having to send a message to Jamar Chase saying, hey, just a heads off. I'm not another one. Miles Garrett, T.J. Watt. And now Max Crosby, the AFC North is hot in the kitchen, Dan, oh. Yeah. And I think that's kind of the- Had you say to Lamar Jackson that there's been excuses before. Sounds like you don't think Lamar's right.

What is Lamar saying to you in that tweet you? Do you think he knows you look this cool? What do you think he is saying to you in there? I don't know what he's saying to me. I can't confirm that you tried to get me to smoke this morning, but I chose not to. Yeah, I think it's just like a figure, like, he said it himself. It's just like a figure of speech in a way of like, hey, there's always pressure on Lamar.

There's always pressure on Joe. There's always pressure on Josh Allen. Like there's always going to be. But when the organization moves off from a great head coach, brings in another offensive system, and then takes future picks and says, all right, we want this guy, Max Crosby, who's been one of the best defensive players of football.

It's just another sign of like they're not sitting here saying, hey, we're going to ease ours way into it. It's like, hey, Lamar, you're still in your prime. Let's go get this done finally. And so maybe it's the one missing piece. That's all it's like, hey, we're running out of things to reason why it hasn't happened. Josh Allen's in the same boat. There's no doubt about it.

They fire Sean McDermott and hire the offensive coordinator Joe Brayda. So I think both of those guys are even more elevated than what they've been in the past. Josh and Lamar have been in the same boat, the most under pressure quarterback in the NFL for the last three seasons or so. This is a huge move just like Buffalo getting DJ Moore. So, yeah, I would say this. We all grew up in the era playing against Baltimore where it was like, you walked into Terrell Suggs and it was like, oh gosh, dude, we got to play against Suggs.

This is like there's generation of Terell Sugs. He just sounds and plays like a raven. You know, Max embodies a lot of what that organization's about. So I said this morning and said, Buffalo, what's your move? You can't sit, Pat. Kansas City, what's your move? Cincinnati, what's your move? You can't just sit back and watch.

Colts. What's your move? We sign Alex Pierce, Dano. Yeah. Yeah. I just, I think these teams, like Baltimore's not sitting around and waiting for everybody. I love the fact they did it. I'll add this.

Pat, you were talking about the Cowboys. They were definitely involved, and then two first rounders. They weren't given up two first rounders for that. Well, it would have been silly because they got two first rounders for Micah. So why not just keep Micah? Well, I mean, you decide what's silly, and then we'll see who the eye of the beholder is. That's the free agency fun zone over there. We appreciate them doing that.

Another fun move. to a tongue of a low, a gone. We're talking about $99 million now of dead cap that's about to hit 67 of it next year. So $67 million dead cap is obviously the biggest that a team has ever accrued for one particular season

for one player. Remember the Russell Wilson situation. It was like $40 million or something like that, $50 million. It's never been done before. Now, salary caps up over 301 mill. These teams are living a dream. We got more money than we ever thought we could have. It bumped up $20 million, not supposed to bump up that much. So they've projected what their contracts

could be and can be. They end up with a little bit more money. And down there in Miami, and the post-Christ Greer era and the new Green Bay Packers run down there, they say, we can take $67 million hit this year, right? $6.7, that would be the biggest in the history of the game. That'd be a lot of money, bro.

301 seller. Yeah, start doing the math. That's a large percentage of money that we're not able to have. Sean Payton just did it in Denver. You're right. Get Us out of here. Let's do it. Cut him.

$99 million cap. Yeah. $32 million next year. They'll take a dead cap hit for Tuatongovilo, as they continue to move on. Debutt, South Florida, Brad County, Hall of Famer. Your thoughts on the Tua era down there in Miami, and what comes next for the Dolphins?

I mean, obviously, you hate how it ended Miami. The Dolphins in particular have been looking for that guy since Damarino, honestly. It's been a revolving door to the quarterback position. It's been over, what, damn to 25 years since they've gotten a playoff victory. And then you thought once he got paid, and then he had the kind of MVP run, you thought it was going up.

But it didn't. It kind of went all downhill. now with Halfley over there. And Sully, a lot of the signs kind of point to Malik Willis being their next guy potentially, or maybe they just go for their next quarterback in the draft. Kind of alarming, they couldn't get anything for them. Nobody was calling to trade and get number one in that building. But we shall see, man.

I hated how it ended. But just like the post-it. Thanks for the memories down in Miami, Tool. Yeah, shout out to Tua. And also shout out to a man who might have a little bit more information on this. Let's head into the Free Agency Frenzy Zone with Adam Schaefter. Schifter. How'd they come to this decision? 99 million in dead care. Well, let's give you an idea of what's going on in Miami right now with Tua and the

Dolphins. I think the Dolphins, obviously, they'll be dipping their toes into the Malik Willis market. I think that they are going to be a team that is interested in Malik Willis. It's a question of whether or not they can work out a deal with him, but I think the Dolphins would be square in play. Jeff Hathley, the head coach, John Eric Sullivan, the GM, got a first hand up-close look at Tua or at Malik Willis in practice last year in Green Bay. As for Tua Tua Tua-Tunga-Bailoa, he is definitely going to be interested in joining the Atlanta Falcons.

They're interested in him, and you could just see it right now. Two left-handed quarterbacks in the ATL. Michael Pinnick's Tu-Tung-A-Baila. You don't have to adjust the offense very much. They need help with Pennix coming off that knee injury. Tua could be that guy. So Tua is set loose today. And again, I think he's supposed to talk to the Falcons this afternoon.

We'll see if they can get a deal worked out where he goes in there. It shouldn't be an expensive deal. The dolphins are already paying him guaranteed money. So, again, Tua could be in line in Atlanta. And I think that the, I think that the dolphins will be in on Malik Willis. And I think I'm getting a text message right now that I can't talk about this anymore. Heading to the Falcons. We appreciate you, Schfter.

That's very fascinating, you know, because the small deal for the veteran quarterback who's getting paid elsewhere. Once again, Russell Wilson kind of mastered that with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're able to get Russell Wilson for $1.2 million or whatever the case is. Kyler Murray, also in discussions to be in that particular convo. Tua available. Kyler available. Kirk allegedly going to be available. Debutt, it sounds like we're getting another wave of those second generation quarterbacks maybe getting another crack at the apple. Yeah, Gino Smith as well. I mean, look, these guys, you know they're talented. You've seen them play at a high level in the league at some period in time, so you know they're talented. You know they can

it done. But we've seen it and quarterbacks of the past. Sometimes you've got to be in the right system, got to be the right coach, you got to have the right players around you as well. You know you have the talent there. If the money can make sense for the team, why not bring them in and give them a shot? We'll see, you know, where these guys end up. Well, and you mentioned, you know, that massive

cap hit that the Broncos took on, they decided to go with a rookie quarterback. For the Dolphins, it is, if it's not Malik Willis, this is probably the time to have a cheap, you know, veteran quarterback available. There's five of them we've listed off. Two of being one of them. so four really for the dolphins to kind of choose from.

So having that massive cap hit definitely sucks, but at least now you have a couple options to replace them. Yeah, I love the thought of Tua going and having success and going back and hanging 70 on people. I love the thought. I like the thought of Kyle or going to a Kevin O'Connell offense and throwing for 500 a game, 300 a game. But we also have to remember some of these guys might just suck at football.

True. I don't want to say that today. Because today is about dreams coming to. Chef D. Tweed! Somebody got a bag. Who is it? Kenneth. Kenneth Walker going to the Kansas City Chiefs.

He obviously was going to be moving on. The Chiefs have had a need in the backfield. Questions about whether they be getting you, Jeremiah loved the number nine slot. So Kenneth Walker will be going to the Kansas City Chiefs solidifying their backfield. Okay, I love that, Shafter. Way to go.

Hey, thank you, Shane. Now he's back at it, by the way. Now he's back at it, by the way. So Kenneth Walker signs with the Kansas City Chiefs. Obviously. Yeah. Let's go to the free agency fund zone. Shregs, how come the Chiefs are in on everybody that's cool?

Super Bowl MVP is heading to the Chiefs. It feels like this is a repeat story. Well, we also saw that Travis Kelsey is likely coming back, which is great news as well. That's the rumors here. But Kenneth Walker, he had a market. This is a guy who had a market with various teams, but they focused in on the Kansas City Chiefs. His agent, David Cantor got him right before the playoff run. Think about that.

He fired his agent right before the playoff run, signs with a new agent, goes on and has that incredible tear, goes in with Super Bowl MVP, and he had his choices. The numbers will be coming in shortly. They will be very strong, strong enough where it was worth leaving the Seattle Seahawks to go to the Kansas City Chiefs. Big addition from Brett Feach, who, if you remember, went and hit a big signing with Sammy Watkins a few years back, which really got things going for the Chiefs and that dynasty. Shregs, I love that.

Dano, tell me a little bit about what this could do for Patrick Mahomes. Nobody's really talking about Patrick Mahomes. I just saw him post some photos. Travis Kelsey coming back into the world. nobody's really talk about the Chiefs being who the Chiefs is. Sportsbook still haven't met the fifth best odds because I think they have respect. But when you're talking about general football convo in the AFC, they're not really talking about.

Does this change that you think? Is this an Andy Reed weapon that could change everything for him, Dan? 100%. The slide of the Chief's offense over the last two or three years is directly correlated to them not being able to run the football really at all. Last year, they were the only team in the NFL to not have a back, average more than four yards per carry. and they had a back have one carry for more than 20 yards.

So this was a throw-it-at-all-cost football team. Now you're looking at a Kansas City offense that Eric B. Enemy's back. They want to get more 50-50 balanced, 60-40 balanced. We'll see what Patrick's health is coming off of the ACL. Maybe they'll have to be a little bit more reliant on running the football early on. And so this is kind of the trend in the wave of the NFL of exactly kind of, you know, how offense has to get played. You've got to be able to run the football.

Kansas City has not been able to the last two years. So this is a really important signing. Also means they don't think Jeremiah loves that back from Notre Dame is going to get to the number nine pick. Jeremiah ran a four-three and then he did all the workouts and all the drills. And he is outrageous, obviously. You need a good run game. Tone, what are the chiefs looking like from the sports books perspective? So, yeah, we just mentioned the Ravens who are now tied with the Buffalo Bills for the best odds to win the AFC right behind them are the Kansas City Chief.

So while, yes, the Chiefs are being quiet right now because they had one of their worst seasons that they've had in over a decade, as far as us and media and people talking about them, the sports bucks still believe that the Chiefs are one of the three best teams in the AFC. They're tied for fifth as far as odds are concerned to win the Super Bowl. We met Schneider. He can't throw a football for shit, but the guy can build a football game. Him moving on from Kenneth Walker, we're all like, that sucks. Super Bowl MVP. He just came on late because Charbonnet got injured. They're assuming that Charbonnet is going to be able to be back into what he was. but we watch Kenneth Walker in Michigan State. It feels like every time Kenneth Walker gets the ball,

he's doing something with it. Like legitimately, since I've known of his existence, every time I've seen him have a football, he's been doing something with it. So for him to win a Super Bowl MVP and then be up, good for him. But Schneider had to make a tough decision, kind of letting him go, and Andy Reed and V for just waiting for it, I guess.

Well, and just talk about a culture guy. Like you're getting somebody who goes in and knows what it takes to win a Super Bowl. And when you talk about just his numbers in general because of the Sharpernay thing, There's a good six-week run where a running joke on the internet was how Kenneth Walker would get every single yard down to the goal line and then Charbonnet would basically take it home. So for the chiefs to get him, that's massive. And now, you know, we mentioned Jeremiah Love.

They have the ninth pick. They can get one of the top O-Linmen. You know, the O-line has been a big question for them over the past few years, especially after trading Joe Tuni to the Bears. So them being able to then focus on that during the draft is even bigger for that team. The draft should be bananas. as we cannot wait to be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for all of that. It's going to be special time, special night. And a lot of these teams are at the top, have a lot of money.

So what does the draft look like after this free agency spending period? To be honest, it's been kind of quiet. I don't know if you guys saw, Pelliserra reported that in the last league meetings, there was a vote to Pittsburgh Steelers, I believe, put together, where they could have an hour where they could talk to some of these free agents that they were looking to sign. In the past, it was just the agents, the agents, the agents, the agents. And you didn't even talk to the player before giving them $100 million,

$200 million. Now there's something going on where you get an hour to talk to five different free agent prospects. So I wondered if that was going to slow down a free agency frenzy at noon because guys that were supposed to give massive bags. Let's go ahead and do a double check and then roll it into hour two, maybe even hour three, which we will certainly be here for. Tom Pelliserra, subtle but significant change when the NFL's free agent negotiating window opens on Monday. For the first time, clubs may conduct one video or phone call, a maximum one hour without five free agents. So these guys that they used to just give money to without even knowing, just being told by their agents and other thing.

Now they're getting a chance to chat with them. This feels smart. Yes. It feels like a smart move. That's why the Alec Pierce deal is so easy to make happen. The Kenneth Walker deal, I assume, is easy because that was given earlier than that combine to get a chance to chat and kind of learn about it. It's a great.

Last year's free agency frenzy, this is before they were even allowed to talk to guys, okay? Not even allowed to have a hello with these guys. $2.84 billion in contracts. Yeah. That's Monday through Wednesday. Last year's free agency frenzy. D-line one today. which is kind of an indicator of what the league is.

You need four ones up front, so the D-line going to get paid $862 million last year. Secondary, $804 million. Hey, D-Bs. I like that. Another corner's got a bag. Who's that? Trent McDuffie.

Oh, yeah. He just became the highest out of $31 million. Trent McDuffie gets traded, and then he becomes the highest paid corner in history at $31 million a year. There was also a corner down in Jacksonville that just got paid earlier today. Buster Brown.

Buster Brown got paid. My Eric Brown. It does feel like D-Line D-Bs. If you can buy them and get them, you certainly try to do that. It has become a trend of the free agency frenzy. Yeah, absolutely. If you look at the Rams, they kind of went DB by committee. They play a bunch of zone coverage, only rushed with four.

So you need it kind of, but that kind of exposed them. Late in the end, Sam Darno took advantage of it in the NFC championship game, just kind of find their hole. So now you have a guy, Trent McDuffie. He can kind of probably get you over that hump. He can play man. He can match up with number one receivers, rather they're on the outside or on the inside. He's a tough guy. You talk about Kenneth Walker having that culture and know the

wins takes him in the championship. Trent won two. And now he's going over to the Rams and hopefully get them to the promised land again. Let's talk about another corner. Stokes just renegotiated a new deal with the Raiders. He's getting $30 million as well. Not a year, but he's getting a $30 million, three-year $30 million deal with $20 million dollars guaranteed, says Ian Rappaport of NFL Network, which is also Wait a minute. ESPN, I think. Yeah, uniting houses. Oh, yeah, coming together. Did you even see Shephty quote tweeted?

Yeah. And just an outright retweeted nonetheless. They put their source swords aside. Yeah, they did. And said, hey, we can maybe go ahead and do this thing. So another corner gets paid. I think there's a lot of names potentially that we're not going to know that are going to get paid, which leads me to go back to the free agency fund zone.

Shreg's, a lot of money to go. Not a lot of names that we're going to find out. A lot of wealthy, unknown folks seemingly going to be a storyline of this free agency frenzy. Yeah, look, this is it. The salary cap went, Pat, from $280. $301 million. And there are not dazzling names all over at every position group,

but teams have to spend the money. So there will be guys who you look at and you say, what? I think Alec Pierce raised eyebrows. I think when Kenneth Walker's number comes in, it'll raise eyebrows. There are several that are going to go today and you're going to be surprised

by how much money they're making. Throw that out the window. Realize that teams have to spend the money and they want to do so to fill out their team and hit that salary cap number. A lot of names are being in my phone right now. I know Adams on it as well. I would expect Mike Evans in the next

hour or so to announce where he is going, whether he goes back to Tampa or it explores a new option for the final chapter of his career. Chefney has hit the internet. He is saying Cade Otten is returning to Tampa Bay per source. Shefti, what's the deal with Kate Otten in Tampa Bay? As we hear, Mike Evans probably hitting market. One of a number of good tight ends in the free agent market. We've got a number of them out there.

Chigakon Kews out there. Isaiah likely is out there. and Kate Otton didn't waste any time. He's going back to Tampa. And you heard Peter reference Mike Evans. It's a situation where if they lose him, you want to retain some continuity in offense. So important that they get back, Kate Otton, and then now are doing that as we speak finalizing that deal. Okay.

So right now you're staring at your phone waiting for the numbers to come through. So you'll get a text that says, yep, Cade's going back to Tampa. And then another text comes from another person who tells you what it's worth. Shepty, is that what we're watching right now? We're waiting for a number of moves, Pat. I think all these teams are checking in. And by the way, there were people that thought certain players were going certain places, and agents are doing what they do.

They're trying to extract better terms before they can get a deal done. So this is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out here in the coming hours here. Shafti, quick question for you. That hour-long interview that teams are allowed to have with free agents now, that's a new rule. Has that been affecting any of this, or any of the teams doing that right now? I don't think it matters. I think these teams know what they're trying to do. and they have an idea of which players they want to get signed.

God, you look so cool over there, Chef. You know what it looks like? Pat, you know what it looks like? It looks like Nightline. I feel like I'm doing Nightline from the Thunderdome. Well, hey, kind of hard. It's pretty close. But this thing can roll into the night if you are.

You're in where all the chaos is. So we try to depict that. And we think it's awesome. It really paints a perfect picture for what's going on in your brain over there. There's a little bit of lightning, a little bit of thunder, certainly some news and a lot to do. Okay. Okay, give me off TV, please. Thank you. Thank you. Got conversations to be had.

Kate Otten remains with Tampa Bay. Mike Evans potentially on the move. You know, renegotiations, that has to be Alec Pierce. Alec Pierce, they thought he was heading maybe some other place. So now New England's able to probably open up that money if they were the landing spot. Where does that go? That's kind of the frenziness of the free agency frenzy con man. Well, let alone just the numbers itself.

I wonder how many people thought Alex Pierce might have been getting, you know, $25, $26 million. All of a sudden, his deal comes in at $29. does that affect Mike Evans, some of those other guys. Rashid Shaheed, you know, him in Seattle, they said try to get a deal done before a free agency, couldn't get it done. You wonder if they now kind of bump their numbers up by a million or two just because of the fact that Alec Pierce got paid, and I'm sure Kate Aughton will do the same for some of those other tie-d-d-ins.

A couple of deals that happened over the weekend that we have to hit. Kaleel Mack reached a one-year agreement for $18 million, fully guaranteed to go back to the Chargers. That's a good win for Khalil and for the Chargers, it feels like. Yes, obviously a good football player on the field, but what he brings to that building, the weight room, we got a tour around it, absolutely. Silver bag.

It's a great resigning, I think, for the charges. Yeah, we set the stage for free agency with a lot of deals that happen. I know you guys heard, just Eddie Piniero and the 49ers? They reworked a deal, good for him, appreciative of him. Packers and tackle, Sean Ryan, reach a three-year, $33 million-million-dollar deal, up to $39 million, $11 million-million-dollar signing bonus.

Got to love that the Packers are spending money on the big boys. Yeah, absolutely. And they're going to slide him over to center, I believe, which is where he started, like, the last nine games of the year and was really good. So they're probably going to get rid of Elton Jenkins, and he'll be their starting center. Okay, so we have some updates on the Kenneth Walker signing. Ari Mirov has accrued some information. He says it's three years worth up to $45 million. About $15 million a year. Let's assume it's $12 to $13 million each year. That feels like a very good price for Kenneth Walker. And once again, anytime anybody signs with Chiefs, they know there's Super Bowl is an opportunity.

so they're always going to utilize that as negotiation in the backdrop. Absolutely. This was the move. Dan O mentioned it earlier when we're talking about the Crosby trade. Okay, Chiefs, what's your move? Bills, what's your move? So this was a big move. I think it's a big swing. We talked about Patrick Mahomes.

He was the leading rusher for the Chiefs way too many times and then him coming off injury. You definitely want to protect him more. And I think Kenneth Walker, I know he was splitting carries and splitting touch with Charbonnet, but that'll bode well. I believe for his future, keeping those legs kind of fresh, got him in a new deal with.

which he absolutely earned. Not only does he help that run game, but he's an absolute monster in the past game and that screen game as well. Andy Reid has always been a beast when it comes to dialing the perfect screen. So I think this is a perfect signer. A new deal has been done. Chief's cornerback. Former corner, Jalen Watson, is reaching agreement today on a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams.

Shout to Colin Roberts of Excel. The Rams now will have two former Chiefs Corners, Watson and McDuffie. McDuffie just became the highest-paid corner in the game with 31-Mills. million after being traded to the Los Angeles Rams. Now we got Jalen Watson over there. Let's head back to Shephty. Chefty, what are the Rams doing? Cooking, I would say.

Yeah, they're cooking. And obviously, they're taking the Chiefs cornerbacks right now. And it's a situation where he is going to play one corner. Trent McDuffie is going to be the other corner. And the Rams have loaded up in the secondary. They are importing their cornerbacks from Kansas City. More coming up right now, Pat. Hold on.

I love that, Chefty. Keep working. Keep pounding the buttons on your phone there. Let's head right over to the free. agency fund zone. You know, Shraggs, we know you're tight with the Rams. They're Super Bowl favorites and they're in the middle of cooking right now. What do you know? Corner was their biggest priority. They get Trent McDuffie. They get Jalen Watson. Great signings for them. But I'm also going to go back to the Kenneth Walker because I think the 15 or the 45 over three years might be a little misleading.

The key to the Kenneth Walker deal, $28.7 million, fully guaranteed on a three-year deal. So that's where the money really is. It's the guaranteed money. That's what the agents worked on. They said, okay, the overall is fine, whatever, but the guaranteed money for Kenneth Walker. He had options. As for Jalen Watson, Shephty and I were talking before the show, Rams have been in the free agent market as far as corner goes. Jalen Watson, Trent McDuffie, you basically take that Kansas City duo, you put them in a forklift and you put them right there in Los Angeles, you plop them in there. Their set, it also means they can go a different direction with that 13th overall pick they have from Atlanta. Yeah, so in relation with Kenneth Walker to Kansas City, I'll just reiterate what DeButt touched on is like,

Baltimore kind of set the table this offseason saying, nope, we're still in the fight. Kansas City's matched it. Buffalo's a little bit. I still think Buffalo needs to go do a defensive move. And now the Rams on the NFC side have said, no, we believe. Because there was conversation with the Rams of, okay, are they going to take a quarterback in round one

and start the springboard after Matthew Stafford, Stafford, and kind of not try to have a drop back. And I think the Rams watched how last season played out and said, we thought we were the best team in the NFL. And we still think that this is a very real Super Bowl window. They trade for McDuffie. They sign Watson. If I were, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rams try to get Mike Evans from Tampa Bay.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the Rams try to side Trey Hendrickson as a pass rusher. Mike Evans to the Rams? Gee, absolutely. Absolutely. I would not be surprised if the Rams are in to try to sign Mike Evans and sign Trey Hendrickson. Whew. All right. That's a free agency fun zone over there.

Jay's breaking a lot of hearts and a lot of different. in Sydney. Mike Evans with Matthew Stafford and Puka. Is TAY still there? Yeah, I think we got a muted. Do we have Dano muted right now? I don't know. You just started yelling. Dan, is TAY still over there? Devante is still there. And so I think that they look at their offense and you saw what Devante came over and did for them in the Red Zone one-on-on-one. Could you imagine this Rams offense if you give them Devante Adams, Puka, and Mike one-on-one? Won't be able to stop him. Oh!

Oh! I heard Sheffey yelling. Let's go, let's go, let's go. Ladies and gentlemen, the commanders and Laramie Tunzel have agreed on a new two-year $60.2 million deal. Let's head rate to Shephti who's crawling out of the skin to talk about it. Okay, we got a bigger one than that, Pat, that just came in. Jalen Phillips, four-year $120 million deal with the Carolina Panthers.

That just gets done. That just gets done four years, $120 million. On Jalen Phillips. So one of the best pass rushers in the market. This is going to have some implications here because there are a lot of people in the pass rush market. By the way, the Wi-Fi in this room, Pat, is not working very well. No. I've got to tell you something.

I'm trying to get things out here. It's not working. No, no way. It's thousand up, thousand down, chef-D. It might be your stuff, not ours. But on that note, four-year, $120 million, $80 million and guaranteed. The Carolina Panthers say, how you doing? Keep it moving.

I love Dimo making the play. I love Tepper making the play. I like Canales doing his thing. They were close last year. Started seeing success. They started filling up the stadium. And now they double down and let's keep this thing going. Jalen Phillips is an absolute monster heading to Carolina.

Yeah, without a doubt. And like Shethy said, I think everyone just assumed like, oh, he's going to be going back to Philly no matter what. But this is the kind of move we talked about it all last year with Carolina. I've got football team. These are the type of moves that you can envision them going from a good football team to a great football team.

So what a splash from the start here. Yeah, Debutt, how do you feel about the Jalen Phillips signing for the Carolina Panthers down there in Charlotte? We're starting to take football real serious all this year. Yeah, first round pick when he came over to the Eagles. Seriously, we're starting to take football real serious. They're going in. Yeah, he was dominant, and this is a premium position. You have one of the best cornerbacks in the league on that defense with J.C. Horn.

And now you get a dynamic pass rusher and also a guy who's good against the run. So this is a huge, huge signing for the Panthers. Hey, Carolina Panthers. Wow. That's a good football team. That's a good football team. Cheers to them getting that job done. That's going to be a boost to that entire building.

Let's head over to the Free Agency Fun Zone. What are your thoughts on this move, Shregs? Carolina Panthers are real in Dano. That NFC South all of a sudden might be running through to Queen City, Don. I got to tell you, humbly, I'm surprised. I thought he was going back to Philly, guys. I really did. I thought that was the plan to keep their own guys.

I didn't see the Carolina offer coming in. That's the beauty of the Free Agent Frenzy. We do this for a living. We're on our phones all day long. Carolina is truly a surprise to me, and hats off to them for keeping it close to the vest. A major swing. Zero Everow, their defensive coordinator,

one of those respected guys in the league, also known for his defensive backfield stuff, but they are putting together a nice little front floor. Sorry, sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. What?

Sorry. Breaking news. Oh, no. Culture trading. Michael Pitten. Let's go. Here we go. Let's go.

Steelers. Here we go. Pittsburgh's going to Super Bowl. There we go. They got Pittman. It's in his name. Here we go. He'll die while playing the game.

There we go. The Colts lost him now. I'm little bummed out, but it'll be nice to see what's it about. There we go. Pittman. Yeah, that's awesome. He's headed to Pittsburgh. You guys are going to love him.

I put on a tweet that said something along the lines of hate the fact that we're going to be losing Michael Pitman because he has a $29 million cap hit, especially after what we had to do for Pierce and for Daniel Jones, and we assume Jonathan Taylor's going to want a new deal as well before he puts his hoodie on and stands during training camp and tears everything down. Now, Pittman, I would like to say a huge thank you to you.

You were a pro through and through for this Indianapolis Colts team. There was a lot of rumors coming out about the way the culture was behind the scenes. People late the things, people doing this, people making business decisions. Not this guy. This guy would dive head first into a freight train if he had to to make a catch or a first down for a team. We are very grateful for what he did for the Colts and heading to Pittsburgh.

Seems like it's on the up and up. Mike McCarthy's going to love this guy. And so are the Ingers. He's a farmer. He doesn't talk much and he balls. Alec Pierce obviously came into a role whenever Daniel Jones started playing quarterback that he was clearly the number one.

This guy was our number one for the last few years. He's a weapon. Obviously, $29 million was a big piece of it for the Indianapolis Colts. And the Steelers pick up an absolute No doubt about it. Yeah, Steelers had plenty of cap space, so we're all good there. This is awesome.

You look at Pittman, he's got a C on the jersey. He's a leader. You talked about the locker room, Colts Lockroom, that he was a leader in there in that locker room. And the big thing for the Steelers, the last few years, has been an issue with playmakers, okay? That's why they traded for D.K. Maccalfe last year, he was great in that situation, but there was still no number two on that team.

Right now, what? He was fine. Watch your mom. I'm sorry. Watch it. Oh, not today. I like that, Devo. Not today.

Okay? I like that. So now they have D.K. And then right now on the roster, besides D.K., it was just D.K. and Benny Scronic, who was one of the best special teams players in the league. But as far as wide receiver goes, we need another one. So now you have him, Pittman. Maybe you don't necessarily have to go get one in the first round now, or you still could.

It just frees up some things that there's a legitimate number two now in Pittsburgh. It's going to be huge for Mike McCarthy. Pat Friarmooth, Darnel, Washington. What? Uh-oh. So is there a little hard? that was sent back to you on you wishing somebody a happy free agency frenzy

and them saying a heart and you go, wait a minute, maybe the Steelers are going to do something. Pretty big here in the first hour of Free Agency frenzy that Michael Pittman has been traded. I like this new Steelers. New Steelers will make plays. This new Steelers will make moves. Well, this new Steelers win. What the hell is their

quarterback? Don't know. Free agency friends fun zone over there has a lot of questions I guess. Who's the damn quarterback, boys? Well, I mean, if it's not going to be Aaron, the Steelers should sign Malik Willis. Okay, so a couple things with Michael Pittman, Jr. I think Kenneth Gainwell led the Steelers and catches last year with 73.

He's a running back. I believe they had the second fewest catches by wide receivers in the NFL last year. So this was a much, much, much needed upgrade at the guy opposite D.K. Medcalf. My guess is Aaron's going to play for the Steelers, but if he's got, any word to them that he's not coming back and is going to retire, they would be the number one option for Malik Willis, as quarterback now. So then you take Malik Willis, you're pairing with DK,

you're pairing with Michael Pittman Jr. This offense has got a chance to be a decent unit, but I expect it to be Aaron. Dan, we watched you put out a list of things that every team needs in the NFL. We obviously just assume you want to chat GPT, copy paste, put the tweet out and said, these are my ideas.

But you could have done it yourself. QB, wide receiver, running back lead team and catches. is this is exactly what Mike McCarthy and Omar Khan thought as well, Dan, so maybe they're using the same research tool that you are. No, it's just my brain. I did it on the plane ride last night. I had a Delta flight with no TV, so did it on the plane ride. This is what they needed.

You toughed it out. Yeah, thank you, Dan. Did you get any peanuts? Any water? No, no eating. Just water, just a bottle of water. This guy doesn't eat. You see these pants?

Gross. I like tight these pants on. Yeah, geez. Hey, we've been checking out the hamstrings and the thighs, brother. They're kind of all blending into one. You look good out there, dude. I don't say you're not eating any time. But let's get back.

to the Delta flight that you took last night. Thank you so much for doing that. Geez, I know you had to do the entirety of it. But you go through every single team's list. Hold on. Oh, Dan, thank you so much. Superhero. Thank you.

Did you push the plane down the runway to get that thing up in the sky? We appreciate you doing that, Dan. This is also you, who I texted last week saying, hey, how far is the airport from the Thunderdome, and you said, my airport or yours? Okay, let's move on. That is a great question. Two very different.

Yeah. Two very different. Opposite sides of the state. Yeah, because one's real close, brother. One's pretty far. But you're putting that list. That was one of the best tags of all time, I will say, properly timed and delivered.

But let's go through it. Wide receiver was something you thought they needed. It's been a few years they've needed a guy. It feels like Pittman fits their culture very well. Yeah, big time. He fits their culture. He also fits their size. Like, this is now two big-bodied, big-framed wide receivers.

I would imagine Pittman's probably listed as a 6-4 guy. Obviously, D.K. is a big physical dude. So now you've got two big receivers in a conference or a division that has got Baltimore with a very good secondary. Cleveland with a very good secondary. So I like the fact that Pittman Jr.'s traded for it. It stinks that the Colts losing. But this is a very good signing for Pittsburgh. I would love to see them add a dynamic kind of space creator, a guy in space.

I know they drafted Roman Wilson. Hopefully he'll be healthy going into this year. But if you pair those big bodies on the outside who are going to be. want to be matchup problems week in and week out with the guy that can create. Oh, shit. Let's go to South Florida who found a new trigger man. Malik Willis and the Miami Dolphins have reached an agreement. Let's head to the man that broke the story.

Adam Schaefter. Malik Willis is now a member of the Dolphins. It's felt too easy with all the Green Bay Packers connections. Well, we were talking about this, right? They move on from Tua today. They knew all the people there. they've seen Malik Willis, he's seen them need, and the Dolphins wanted him more than the other team. We'll see what the deal looks like.

But he wasn't going to the Jets. He wasn't going to the Falcons. He wasn't going to the Browns. The Cardinals had a modicum of interest. And so Malik Willis now reunites with John Eric Sullivan, the New Dolphins GM, and Jeff Hathley, the new dolphins head coach. Hell yeah. Congratulations to the Dolphins. D-Bud, I think I saw a little bit of excitement out of your body whenever that popped up.

Now at least you know you have a quarterback. What is the price tag potentially for this? Sheffty, do we have any expectations? Dan O told us a while ago what price is. 40 mil? Yeah, but they pivoted this morning about it. All right, before as Sheffty continues to look up the numbers, let's head over to Dano at the Free Agency Fund Zone

to tell us what Malik Willis potentially brings to the Miami Dolphins and why this first quarterback off the board. Yeah, so Foxy, let's make sure we live in the past game world. So I think what you've got, Malik Willis is a talented guy that's developed the understanding of how to play the position. So before we run this, you're going to see this safety. He's going to spin back and he's going to go to play what we call kind of cover two. Okay, so when you're attacking cover two, you want a receiver to go down the middle of the field.

Now Malik Willis, you could play it Foxy. He does a great job of getting his ball out of his hands, cutting it loose. And this is really nice. I want to like freeze that. Okay, this is a very small window for a quarterback to be able to throw the football to play at Foxy. And that ball is just beautifully placed in between two defenders. That's outstanding, okay, from a quarterback perspective, throwing the football. football. And then you're going to see the ability to kind of understand protection. He's going to get

pressure right there. Okay, I deal with that pressure. Good job by the back. You can play it, Foxy. And this is the ball out on time now. Again, I want you guys to see these throwing windows. Let it freeze, Foxy. That's a tight window in the NFL. That ball is out on time. Really good on that outbreaking route. So you saw his ball down the middle of the field. You saw a ball in the outbreaker. This is outstanding. Look at his eyes. Okay. I want everyone to see. I'm going to draw a line. He is looking this way. Now, when he's looking this way, he's going to take this defender that way. What that does is that now frees up this route on the backside.

So Foxy, you can let it go. See, on time now, okay? This is a guy that was physically gifted. He got the chance to sit, Tennessee and then Green Bay, and now you're watching him play on time and rhythm. This is going to be a beautiful. We're going to get a nice crossing route here. Excuse me.

Nice crossing route that's going to get designed by this quarterback. and offense. Okay, this one's got to be thrown with a little bit of timing and touch and anticipation. One, two, three, four, five. Crossing route, beautiful. In that window, right there.

Okay, so I'm showing you guys all these, there's a ball down the scene, there's a ball on the out, there's a ball on an in-rout, there's a ball on a crosser. These aren't easy throws. Foxy, let it ride. And so then there's athleticism, too.

Get outside of the pocket, make some plays. And so, yes, it's a small body of work. And is it a dice roll for the Miami Dolphins? Of course it is. But I think when you watch this, tape and you see some of the in-structure and outer structure, playmaking ability, there's a lot to like. And I'm sure this deal is not just going to choke Miami from a financial perspective.

So I think it makes a ton of sense for the Miami Dolphins. I would add this, Pat, you know, the Halfley and John Eric Sullivan thing cannot be understated. Everyone says, well, we haven't seen enough of Malik Willis. He only threw 35 passes all last year. Halfley is the defensive coordinator of the Packers when Malik Willis is the number two quarterback, meaning every day in practice. Scout team. He saw this guy. Incredible person. This is the scouting report we get. Leader and on the run, strong, powerful fast. They love this kid in Miami. So this is a picture where it's not just throw it out of dark. This coach sought after this quarterback and he knows him as well as anybody else

on the market. The other thing I'd say is this. Isn't Bobby Slowick the offensive coordinator? So Bobby Slovak who was in Houston, CJ Stroud's rookie year, had CJ playing at a really high level. He's got experience with a young quarterback. Very similar system to what Matt LaFleur ran in Green Bay. So Malik Willis is going to have the ability to go down there right away and not necessarily have to learn like this brand new system and or style. It's going to be that under center, on rhythm, on time, play action, outside the pocket. I'm not telling everybody that this guy is going to be the next top five quarterback.

But I do think that he's got the chance to open up some eyes down there immediately. And you trust that. We got another bigger one. We have some big news on a tight end that we all like. Likeley has reached a three-year deal with the New York football giant. Harbaugh says, yep, I love them. I like them a lot. I've been in the building with him.

Jackson, you're going to love them. Scataboo, wait until you see what you're about to do. Let's head over to the man who broke the news. Schefter, what's the deal with Likeley? And how many people wanted them? I heard a lot of teams we're looking to get likely. Listen, likely at a big market. Baltimore would have liked him back.

Washington, New England. This will affect some of the other teams that had an interest in the tight end, Chigacanquo. I would imagine it'll be next with Cade Otten going to Tampa and with Isaiah likely now reuniting with John Harbaugh in New York. Obviously, a big deal there. Okay, we appreciate you, Schefter. Your phone continues to vibrate.

Okay, so we've had a lot of magic happen already here in the first hour. I think there is a chance, you know, with some of the places not being necessarily the locked-in desk nation for some of these free agents. We got teams making moves. We still got two more hours here on ESPN. Then we'll hand it over to the lovely Laura Rutledge's NFL will continue to be covering the free agency frenzy all through the afternoon here on ESPN.

And then tonight we have some magic with some bats. Do we not, Ty Schmidt? Yeah, we do. We got World Baseball Classic pool play game. Mexico versus the USA. And the U.S. hasn't beat Mexico since 2006. So this is like a massive game, a good litmus test for our team as well. who's looked a little sluggish in their first two games.

Paul Skeens, let's not throw a fastball right down the middle, first pitch. Logan got in a bad spot. His only bad pitch was the first one. It was a strike fastball right down the middle. They took a yard. Scoobel, first pitch right down the middle, they took a yard. Skeen's, from my understanding, is going to do the same damn thing. Because that is what pitchers feel like they have to do.

If they got to feel this fastball first. Have to. And the Great Britain was like, hey, that first pitch is the only thing. one we got. This is all we know. Boom. And they actually connect on that. Paul Skeen's tonight against Mexico should be electrifying. Shout out to baseball for being spectacular. $704 million in contracts already given on this particular Monday. Free agency frenzy will roll on in our two. Scott on the jib is cooking. Shepter is obviously living in his two phones. The free agency, fun zone with Shregs and Orlovsky is obviously

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From 30 for 30 podcasts. Pat a senior defensive lineman from Miami. Gun down. The key to this case, it's Brian. Boy! A hour before he died, he was on the phone, arguing with somebody. This might be a hit. You want the truth.

Vegas want a conviction. Being placed under arrest. We had a killer amongst us. Murder at the U. Listen now. Welcome back, beautiful people, to our humble abode, the Thunder Zone, on this magical, dream filled, expensive. Frenzy, we are so incredibly lucky

that you are allowing us to do this for a living. Today is a massive, massive day. Money is being spent all around the NFL, over $700 million in contracts has already happened in the less than 13 hours of this day existing. It's not just me. The toxic tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the hammer, Cowboys AP tone is here. Nine-year NFL vet Darius J. Butler is here.

We're not the only ones in the Thunderdome. We've got a sick jib that can carry us from one place to the next. For instance, the free agency fund zone with Shragues in Orlovsky. Dan O, the numbers are coming out. three years, $67.5 million with $45 million fully guaranteed for Malik Willis down there in Miami. David Mulligata reported that. Take a victory lap, Dano, on what you said, and how do you feel about that particular announcement? Yeah, I honestly thought that, Malik, just because like the landscape of the quarterback world,

free agency-wise, that he would get $40 to $50 million, I thought it would be a two-year $40 to $45 million deal. You're saying three for $60 plus $45 million. guaranteed is a massive number and a good opportunity for Malik Willis. So it's certainly good to kind of hit on that one. But good job by his agency. I think it's a good opportunity. I really do. I think that Malik Willis is just kind of scratching the surface of what he potentially could be.

We've seen so many quarterbacks over the last couple of years that were maybe afterthoughts early on in their career kind of blossom into really good players. You can design the quarterback run game for him. You could do that zone read stuff so that elevates your offense. And he's plenty capable as a passer. And so it's a huge contract. And Miami starts a new. Shregs, we saw Alec Pierce go.

We see Malik Willis go. We've seen some big names go that we thought could potentially get signed early. Who are we waiting on still in your world? And what teams do you think are still going to dance a little bit here on this free agency frenzy? Oh, I think Mike Evans is a name to watch. We'll have that one today. And I think the tight end market is really interesting. You saw Adam broke Kada and then broke Isaiah likely.

Isaiah likely to the Giants. Could be an interesting shift for their offense. If you think about it, Matt Nagy gets in there. Harbaugh obviously has experience with them. They like Theo Johnson, the Penn State kid, who plays tight end for them. So now you can be looking at a Giants offense, which traditionally has not had multiple tight ends. It opens things up for them. But I would look at that tight end market.

Chig Akonkwo, who was with the Tennessee Titans last year, he's going to get a big deal today as well. And you keep eyes on veterans like Dallas Goddard, David & Joku, Charlie Kolob. who played for the Ravens as well. Tight end market, really interesting as the league is going more into that 13 personnel and of course using double tight ends when possible. Yeah, I love what we're doing and the game is changing but the money is growing as well

and we're continuing to learn about the money that's been happening. Shout out to the free agency funds out and the boys over there. We appreciate you guys. We're now getting money on Michael Pittman who signed a brand new deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tone, what are they paying him to be a wide receiver too for them? Yeah, so he was going to be a free agent after 2026 so they got a new deal done with him,

three years, $59 million for Michael Pittman, so that locks him up. Him and D.K., I believe, have the same amount of time on their contract, so they'll be paired together for the next few years. So you're not trading for a guy who's going to be a free agent again next year. You'll have them for a few years to build with Mike McCarthy. It's a really good situation there. A couple big names here are still floating out there.

Trey Hendrickson, the hell is going to happen with him. He finally hits the market for the first time, long time. Did he miss the window of the gigantic deal and what does his actual deal look like now? That'll be the question. Tyler Linderbomb. The center, obviously, in the market. Former high school wrestler, Iowa grad,

he's a guy that's, I think, is going to get paid, paid. Because if you have an ass offense line, and you can fix it quickly, like what we saw the Chicago Bears were able to do, if you think one piece can change your entire team, and it's at the offensive line position, get a Linderbaum in there. You know you're going to have success. He might command a lot of money time.

Yeah, absolutely. And I think that's why, you know, we've heard some of the names that are out there, but it just makes sense that there. the Raiders would be very aggressive and potentially give him, you know, upwards of like you're saying, $30 million or whatever the case may be. But he's going to be a wealthy man. He's going to be able to buy a lot of farmland in Solon, Iowa, where he's from.

So I'm very excited to see where Linderbombein's up. Tua, Tuatong of Aloha, being tracked to Atlanta, says Adam Schaefter. He can kind of take him off the board. Romeo Dobbs, Mike Evans, Malik Willis now, Miami Dolphins quarterback. What's that mean for Kyler Murray? So Tua with Atlanta Malik with Miami What does that mean for Kyler?

Is Kyleor dancing with Kevin O'Connell? Is that what's about to happen over there in Minneapolis? Minnesota! Let's head back to the free agency fund zone. Dano, Kyler Murray with Kevin O'Connell, immediate success, or do you think they're going to have to pay the price of cutting Sam Donald after winning 14 games for multiple years here, a little curse? No, I think, Kyler, is going to be starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings.

Just connecting all the dots, that's with the one that makes the most sense. All Minnesota needs is average quarterback play. They're a play. God bless you, Shregs. God bless you Shregs. It's a frenzy. All they need is average quarterback play. They're a playoff football team.

KOC's a very good coach. This is a very good roster. I think the thing that I'm most interested in, because I do believe this is going to happen. Yes, it's going to have an impact on J.J. McCarthy and his future, but that's just kind of he's got to kind of handle that on his own. But this is a situation

where because of Flores and KOC, I think with the average quarterback play, they're a divisional round playoff team at a minimum. At a minimum. You said last year was NFC championship, but we understand your respect

for Kevin O'Connell. They were asked as you. Oh, John, Lord. 20! Ladies and gentlemen, this is a staple of another program, to a very different team. DeMario Davis of the Saints

is now headed to the New York Jets on a two-year $22 million deal that includes $15 million fully guaranteed. Davis returns to the Jets. Now, Aaron Glenn and the Jets, I want to say it, haven't had a lot of good. No.

It's not a lot of ass. Even at the combine. Just not good. How do you lose it? You get caught sleep. That's all. Check his phone. Okay, maybe. Maybe.

Maybe. And we have gone to bat saying that is a very easy situation to not off to. I mean, it's dead air. There's no show in the state of your watches. It's almost like they're trying to make a lot of deals, a lot of hands shaking going on late night to make things happen. So we could see how you snooze. You just got to hope that they don't want to expose you for it.

But classic jets, they actually expose it and we actually see it. Anything about Frank Reich as the offense coordinator, it's like, okay, I like Frank. Frank was my. He's a great guy. Frank was my quarterback coach. Frank was my quarterback coach. I don't know if Frank's had a lot of success in a while,

not saying that he can't, but you don't immediately go home run hard. There's a lot of things with the Jets where they get in there and Glenn hires all his guys. They have a terrible thing. They fire everybody but him. There's a lot of... They get interception.

Not one interception for the entire... There's a lot of things that say, wow, this team might be the biggest shite bag in the history of sports. I don't want to do that, though, because there's only 32 NFL teams. sure. No, yeah, you wouldn't want to do that. Why would you do that? I laid out a lot of compelling cases. They're shite. They're absolute shite, but we don't want them to be. No, we think this is a good move.

Let's head over to the free agency fun zone. Shregs, do we know the Jets were going to be making a play for Davis to bring him back? And should I be thinking anything other than this might be the worst franchise in the history of sports? Look, they got to starve somewhere. And this is a veteran leader. Dan, they suck. They suck it. They suck at everything. I can't even watch the combine run. This is a Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, year in, year out, and a guy who, after Cleveland went to the Jets,

and was huge in that players coalition, and was big in 2018 with the Jets in 2017, in the community as well. So when you're building a team from the ground up, which is these guys, you bring in character people. I would take to Mario Davis as the character, even more than the player,

and he is still a very functional linebacker on a team. Yes, they're going to be starting from scratch. They also have five picks in the first year. rounds this year. So let's slow down with just telling them terrible. Okay. Yeah, they'll do the right thing with those. Yeah. Right? Who's going to play quarterback for them?

Time and time again. They will. What's that, Dano? Who's going to play quarterback for him? I do like the Minka signing and I do like to Mario Davis, but who's going to play quarterback for him? Because Kyler's going a minute. I have one. I have one. Can I report a breaking news deal here, guys? Schreger. Do I get a tweet or no? B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! You better, you better bring one here. Ravens to the Giants pipeline might not be done. It sounds like the Giants are working on a deal to bring in punter.

Jordan Stout, one of the tops in the game, Pat. That's good mom. That is impossible. They're working on it. Not official yet, and I probably shouldn't have jumped the gun, but that's what I'm saying. Giants, Jordan Stout, they are working to deal out on that one right there. That's a big one, considering. Dato, don't cut them off at the knees.

I was going to do a full thing. I was excited. He said Baltimore Giants. I was pretty good. I don't know. Yeah, but look at the fun zone. I know we don't need you cutting them down. It's fine. A big punter move is huge for us.

Shout to Jordan Stout. I'll be excited to see what a punter is getting nowadays. Okay? First one I retired. And would that have changed anything? I'm Law & Hort. Jordan is certainly worthy of the conversation. Let's head over to Schefter to get a little bit more details on the Davis signing.

And I believe there was also another signing that took place while we were in the fun zone. Chefty, what's going on over there? How Davis happened and what else has taken place? The Mario Davis started his career with the Jets. Obviously going back there to finish it. heard Peter talk about the punter. We're waiting on a bunch of wide receivers. Joseph Asai also went to the Jets. So the Jets get Joseph, Asai, and DeMario Davis, and they trade for Minka Fitzpatrick. So there are three moves that get done today with the New York Jets on defense.

Okay. So Aaron Glenn wants to bring back a dominant defense for the New York Jets. He is a defense a guy. When he was with the Detroit Lions, their defense was great. That just no questions asked. Massive peace and a massive reason for why the Detroit Lions got back into a, well, I guess not back, why the Detroit Lions got to a place where their fans were expecting to win games. So he was a huge part of that. We hope he has success over there. How do you feel about the moves? Aaron Glenn has made for his defense with the Jets.

I like the move. Vett, obviously, he can play football at a high level. He can communicate. What Shraig said, as far as been a leader on and off the field, he's been at for pretty much his entire career. Then the Minka Fitzpatrick was happened, which happened this morning. You rarely see an indivision trade like this from Miami going there, getting a new deal. I think still only 29 years old, so still have a lot of.

great football left. And another player that can not only play at a high level, but also communicate at a high level as well. So I like both of these moves right now from Aaron Glenn. And last year, it was a part of the sauce trade. I still have belief in A.D. Mitchell on the office side of the ball. Who's going to play quarterback as big? But I think that A.D. Mitchell trade will be good down the line.

For the Jets. Stay tuned. Market. At football? What's this? He had a nice game for him this year. agree. He does have a lot of it. Yeah. AD has all the ability in the world, all the talent in the world. He could

be guy. Like could actually be guy. Is that place going to turn him into it? I hope so. I hope that happens. We have some more breaking news. Is I think we wait. Will we wait for Schephti to hit this one? It is within the ESPN family of Twee.

Oh, wow. Michelee away. Mishan away. Shefty has three. Might be flipping table. Two. And. please they're laughing yeah they're the fun

that is the fun zone no rules in the fun zone all right we'll give shifty five four three two and nothing from his Twitter account Jeremy father is reporting Kenny Gainwell to the bucks for two years 14 million

he was a huge piece for you guys on the offensive side he was the team MVP Pat that's how big of a piece he was last year Ken Gainwell was awesome Dan mentioned earlier led the team with 73 receptions I believe it wasn't just receiving it out of the backfield

He was Aaron's go-to guy when they needed to check it down, which happened to be a lot. That's how you get 73 catches. That huge play against the Lions right there in that game. But it wasn't just that. He ran the ball really well. He never, ever made a mistake. He was the perfect, and that's why he was a great teammate and was voted the team MVP.

The Bucks got a good one there, and I'm sad to lose Kenny G down there. Yeah, I think Philly was sad. I think Pittsburgh said. I feel like the Bucs would probably take advantage of it. And now there's some teams that have been absent from our conversation here a little. But let's look at the cap space. There's some teams that have a lot of money that we haven't really heard from. I wonder what's going on.

Or extra negotiations happening? Our agents trying to get some more money. Remember, this is the highest salary cap in the history of Ball. It jumped up $20 million this year. Unexpected. I think they were thinking maybe $15, maybe $12. It goes up $20 million. And now all of a sudden GMs can make more plays.

$110 million, they're understathing. That's a lot of money. That's over a third of the salary cap is not spent yet. Whenever you talk about a full rebuild, especially if you're going to get a quarterback. You got Brock Bowers. You got Ashton Genty. You would think offensive line is where we're going to work at.

You get rid of Max Crosby, so you're obviously going to have to do some work on the defensive side. Pick up a couple picks. It's like the Raiders are in a position to make massive changes to potentially become a successful franchise. I don't see why not. Is that what's possible here today? 110 million. When's it going to go out the door? We shall wait and see.

Yeah, you assume pretty quick, especially with Kubiak being a first-year, you know, first time, not just first-year head coach trying to basically bring in players that kind of kind of fit his scheme. So that's where you would assume Title Linderbomber, at least some of those highest-paid guys would be going pretty soon. Ladies and gentlemen, for a punter. Chefty tweet, Jordan Stott, as Peter Schrager alluded to, Richard Greenwood, Giants on a three-year, $12.3 million deal that makes him the NFL's

highest-paid punter and reunites him with his former head coach, John Harbaugh. The deal cannot be signed until Wednesday, like all of the... Just a reminder. Part of ESPN sources. What do you mean? We had a Schroger bomb here from the front zone. We know where it came. Yeah, what's that all about, Sheffty?

I thought we did journalism. I thought we, I thought we, hey, Chefty, you didn't want to give Shregs any love. What was the per source is all about, uh, Shepty? Wait, wait, what's that? I love Peter Shrigga. I'm trying to keep my head above water, okay? That's all I know. We got more deals coming.

Hold on. Oh. Uh, Shregs, you are per. ESPA in sources now. I'll take it. Look, this is a good one for them. They want to bring a lot of those culture guys and the guys that know Harbaugh and Roman and the whole crew, so they bring them over. Stout is a great punter,

and it proves that that was the moment of the show for me. That was great. Yeah, there's going to be more. I feel like, hey, hey, hey. Big punter news. I like any time. I like any time that can happen. That is big deal, though. Three years, $12.3 million. Huge. 4.1 million a year to punt a football. Congratulations, Jordan. You earned it.

Proud of you, buddy. You should be incredibly happy. Now all the other punters look and say like, okay, when we're up, that's the new line. For me, remember when I was negotiating? We didn't want to get that, you know? Let's have a couple of misses potential, you know, if I get in there. I'm going to be loud. There's going to be a lot of tweets coming.

There's going to be a lot of this. We don't need to be putting ourselves in a position where, oh, is that right, huh? So this guy's loud, and he misses and we're high-s, yeah. Cap casualty in a special team's room is very real on a regular basis. Him going to New York, obviously, great. I talked to Giants Super Duper fan back there.

He said the Scottish Hammer just, he's okay with moving on from him. Oh, it's time. The Scottish Hammer had a hell of Rano. He did. Had a lot of magic. Great rugby player out of Scotland. He comes in and punts for the Giants. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, the new quarterback of the Miami Dolphins, Malik Willis.

Yeah, I appreciate you. How are you, man? I love that the hair is where it is. Let's keep that going, especially for Miami. Obviously, we're all involved in that. How do you feel knowing that you're the next quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Malik? Yeah, I'm great. Just got off the field.

Super excited to be down there. I mean, guys I know Halfley and, you know, Sully. I'm real familiar with those guys and excited to go to work and try to do something special, bro. It's a blessing. We all assumed that you'd be there because of what you just said there with Halfley and Sully. Schreger reported earlier that he talked to Halfley and he was like, I want to get to Malik every single day in practice, literally every single day. So people are talking about reps, lack of reps,

good, what's not good. It felt like they had a good feel for how great of a quarterback you could be in the NFL and wanted you in Miami. How many different teams were talking to you? Was it a wild time for you to experience this because of how good you played last year in this free agency period? And when did you kind of know that this was probably going to be home for you? I'm just trying to take advantage of your opportunity I can get.

And we're going to leave all that in the past. It's over with now. I'm just trying to go down there and do what I can to help them, you know, do some special things. And that's taking it one day at a time, putting the work in. and seeing where the chips fall. Okay, so you've obviously seen what life is like at the top as the franchise quarterback. How do you expect yourself now to lead the dolphins?

What have you learned from the last time, maybe? And how do you kind of take what your past is and now make it the best version of yourself in South Florida? All you can do is be genuine yourself and do what you can to put everything that you have on the table. All you can do is do your part and hold guys accountable as well as hold yourself accountable and not be afraid for, you know, all those things to play together. I mean, we can't do it by ourselves. It's a team game. I know they have all these different, you know, thought process about it,

but it's a team game, and we've got to be all in it together. 45M is guarantee. Hell, yeah. Hey, we are we doing good. Any first thoughts on what we're buying, need to do something. You need to treat ourselves. We worked hard for this moment. Any thoughts on that, or are we just working all ball all the time?

Yeah, I got to take a shower now, bro. I just got off the field. I got to call me at a bad time. You figure out something to eat. Hit yourself a good meal, brother. Eat well. You deserved it. You earned it.

And congrats on going to Miami. We got Dolphins fans in here are incredibly pumped for you going down there. So good luck, man. I appreciate it. Let's do it. Debutt has the last question for you, Malie? Hell yeah.

It was the one thing in particular that stood out for you last year in particular that you kind of get slowed down for you. We know year and a year out thing slow down in regards to positions, but especially at that quarterback position, anything in particular that. jumps out for you last year? I mean, in our reality, it's my first time being in the system for more than a year since I've been in the league. So I felt just that much more comfortable being able to go out there and just do whatever

it takes to get the job done. And it was just great having that familiarity. You were awesome to watch, dude. Your moxie was outrageous. It feels like Miami needs that more than anything right now. So good luck down there. Thank you for taking time. And congratulations.

Yes, sir. Thank you. You too, ladies and gentlemen. Malikwa. Yeah, Moly. Just wants to work, dude. I just go off the field, man. It's on the field.

Beast. Sorry, I know you guys were trying to do this like immediately after I signed. Sorry, dude, I was worrying out. You guys knew it. I didn't know what it was going to sign, so I know I was going to agree to something, I guess. We're off and running.

Miami's got a guy. We also have another Shabai. Breaking news, another punter. What? Did we know the punter market was about to be like that? On day one?

Vikings punter. Ryan Wright is signing a four-year-14 million dollar deal that includes eight million dollars guaranteed with the saints he's going down to buy you nfc south punting is a good place to be punting in as well this guy bombs balls i'm excited to watch that happen i believe there was another announcement out of shifty's twitter account if we were to get over to that about a hefty tweet this one's about a pison on former lions linebacker alex an zaloni is signing a two-year 17 million dollar deal with the Buccaneers. Let's head over to the man that broke the news.

Shephti, what's the deal with Anzolone? Did we know he was on the move? I thought he was the staple of the Detroit Lions defense. Well, here's the interesting one with Alex Anzolone. Of course, he lives in Tampa, wanted to stay in Tampa, but it's a situation where the Jets were interested, the Giants were interested, but he didn't want to leave Tampa Bay. Ultimately, he gets a deal done with the Buccaneers. They give him the money to make it worth his while to stay in Tampa, which was his preference, and obviously everybody else now needs to regroup at the linebacker position. But you saw the Jets do, the Jets have been busy here getting to Mario Davis, Joseph Assai,

and Mika Fitzpatrick today. Anzolone on the move, he's gone. I love to know how that convo goes with his agent. Hey, we got a couple places here to pay. You see my house? I like my house. Yeah, but the Bay, we can get you a Bay somewhere. Nope, I like my house here.

Okay, I would like to stay right here in Tampa Bay. they're able to get a deal done good for him go ahead tone no i just say the the bucks have been very active so far since noon they brought back k doten they get anzolone they get ken gainwell i think i'm missing one too so the bucks so far have already done three or four deals and it's only

been an hour and 22 minutes and that's all with mike evans just kind of looming over top this he returned to the bucks let's head over to the free agency fund zone shrags you kind of been on the mike evans watch since the beginning all these moves are telling you they don't have money for mike or are all these moves saying maybe they do Bring back Mike.

Let me make this clear. The Buccaneers are desperate to bring back Mike Evans. They love Mike Evans. They want Mike Evans to go wire to wire in his career. This will be a Mike Evans decision if he wants to leave. And the feeling around the league is that Mike Evans is going to have a market. He has a market. And that this might be the time he gets off the bus and he actually leaves Tampa Bay to finish his career elsewhere.

We will see where it all goes down. But Tampa Bay has made several efforts to keep him. They love him. And you could tell the story of this. Jason Light, the GM of the Buccaneers, his first ever draft in that loaded draft was Mike Evans and the families are even that close. So this is family to the Buccaneers.

They would hate to lose Mike Evans, but it sounds like after all the years and all the work he's put in, he might be looking to explore and find another home. And I think it might be a surprise where he goes, too. We should know in the next couple hours. I thought it was going to be in the first hour and a half. We will see. But Mike Evans, one of the biggest names,

a future Hall of Famer, is going to likely be with a new team. Dan Olovsky said it rammed. Isn't that what you said, Dan? You know what you said, Dan? Yeah, my head goes to the Rams, my head goes to Buffalo. Even with the addition to DJ Moore, I think if financial would be tough, I go Baltimore with Lamar. I wouldn't be surprised if Houston gets into the conversation. He's from Houston, Texas.

He's from Houston. Obviously, Texas A&M with his college background. I still, Mike isn't what he was three, four, five, six years. He's still awesome. He's still one-on-one and absolute problem in one-on-one coverage. You guys watch these clips. Mike's not getting wide open separation-wise, but every single time it seems like Mike finds a way to come down with the football.

But to Peter's point, maybe a surprise team. If I'm Mike and I'm going to take that jump to leave the place that I've been at forever, it should be for a one, quarterback that's a stud, two, we've got a chance to win the whole thing, a legit chance to win the whole thing. That's why I say Buffalo, that's why I say Baltimore. Okay, hold on. You guys are saying 30 teams. I mean, you're saying a surprise team,

and now we're rattling off. Yeah, everybody. The Leagues, the Llam, the Colts. The Chiefs, the Rams, the Buffalo, Colts? Four or five teams. I didn't say the Colts. Why didn't you say the Colts? What's that all about?

I just didn't say the Colts. Yeah, well, we got Alex Pierce. Don't worry about that. Highest paid ever. Maybe Mike Evans can learn a little something. Yeah, you already left Pippen. Maybe he can learn a little something, okay? I'll tell you what.

Piping gone is certainly, which brings in room from Mike Evans kind of come in here. Has the team, the surprise team, Ben said yet, Shrek? No. No. And I don't want to put it out there because if it doesn't happen, it looks so, but there's a team that's laying in the weeds that has not been mentioned or attached to him yet that might be a snake in the gas.

Can I throw it out there? Yeah. 49ers? Well, it's kind of been... That's been... That's been estimated. Yeah, it's already been talking about you were talking already, though, so you couldn't hear us say it. All right, we appreciate the fun zone over there, certainly getting active over there. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a fullback deal.

Okay? This one's being reported by Jeff Howell. Fullback, Reggie Gilliam, and the Patriots have agreed to a three-year deal worth up to 12. million, including 6 million guaranteed per source. There is a Alec Ingold signing this weekend, too. It feels like fullbacks are kind of making some cash. The Patriots are getting back in the game.

I mean, that's the thing we always talk about how cyclical football is, and some teams are ahead of the curb, you know, and some aren't. And it just so happens that the New England Patriots are one of those teams, not to mention we stole them from Buffalo's hands, which makes it even sweeter. But yeah, definitely thought we might have gotten a receiver to New England

at this point, but I think everyone up there will be pretty pumped about a fullback. too. Yeah, listen, I heard he's got good hands he's been working on him. Oh yeah, he's a junkyard dog, too. Deceptive speed. Big son of a bitch. Yeah, he looks for contact. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, he is certainly something as

Schifter's not at his seat over there. He's certainly running around trying to work. Don't know if he went to his first bathroom breaks since 6 a.m. or if he's just off screen trying to do his thing over in his room. There is some news that has broke, has happened. I think we should wait for Adam Schaefter to

go ahead and do it. You know, there's like 45 different people breaking signs. It's a crazy time to be... Ladies gentlemen, Shepter's heading back to his seat. Okay. We do not know if he put a tweet out. Shepter needs to put a tweet out, so we can do the whole gimmick thing. Who? On who?

On who? You know who. You know who? Oh, Kobe Bryant. Boom. Do the tweet. Put the tweet out. We'll go back. Foxy will go back. Foxy will go back. Foxy will go back. We'll leave him off the screen. He'll do the tweet, and all of a sudden...

Boom! Shafky tweet, a big deal. Hey, what's going on? Something happened with Kobe? Rush and peace. Something happening with the NFL's Kobe Bryant, Schefter?

What's going on out there? Well, he's going to the Chicago Bears from the Seattle Seahawks. So the Seattle Seahawks today, the world champions are paying the Super Bowl tax. They lose Kenneth Walker to the Kansas City Chiefs.

They lose their defensive back. Kobe Bryant, who they love. They loved this guy's personality. They loved his play. He's going to the Bears on a three-year $40 million deal. Okay, I like Kobe Bryant heading over there. Debutt, what are your thoughts on the Bears loading up with one of the young studs in the NFL? I like this move.

They have a couple free agents. Obviously, Byrd and Briskers. Sean Wright. And Sean Wright, who had a breakout year last year at quarterback. I'm interested to see what his numbers look like. This is a good signing for them. Now they were up in the league, up at the top of the league, when it came to turnovers. But we know year and a year out, that kind of fluctuates a lot.

This is a great signer for Dennis Island at defense. We have no tweet, no highlights there for Kobe Bryant because Shafter told us he was going to put tweet up. He obviously didn't. He was on to the next one. So we apologize just for the blank TV there as DeBote was talking. We try to never put people to sleep if they're watching it, especially on free agency frenzy.

A couple of the big teams still have yet. Can we get with the salary cap graphic back up there? Raiders, we're talking about them having $110 million. Tennessee Titans have cash. That's even after the Germain Johnson trade that takes place. 90 million. Washington commanders. L.A. Chargers have.

an opportunity. The Jets have been making a lot of moves. Hey Jets. Go hold on you. Giant. Seattle Seahawks not able to sign anybody. He still have a lot of cash. Fascinating move. What Schneider got up his sleeve, Con, man. Well, definitely something big.

You can assume that Seattle, whether they be retaining a lot of the players that might be up in a year or two. But the Titans, one of the, I thought, locks of the entire, you know, free agent frenzy was Wondale Robinson rejoining dayball. And that felt like kind of an open, closed, shut case. and then all of a sudden, you know, nothing's happened. Are some of these deals affecting some of the other free agent deals? You wonder if some of these guys were like locked in, going to go,

Pierce comes through, and then hold on, give me a little bit more money. Like I don't understand why we haven't gotten as many deals so far. Pittman, three years, $59 million, also another deal that I assume some people are looking at and saying, excuse me. And those salary cap, that was updated as 10 minutes ago, so not all the brand new deals have been put in there. So those numbers will obviously change, but there's still a lot of cash out there for teams tone. Yeah, there is. There's a ton, and I'm surprised. There's still a lot of big names out there, and Connor mentioned the Wondell, and he was tied.

There's a lot of people in this office potentially talking about Wondell of the Titans earlier today. But you talk about Linderbaum, and there's a lot of edge town out there still, which Hendrickson and Adafay Oway, there's a lot going on out there still. Oh! Chefty, tweet, I think this one might be missing some information that we all need for Pat McVe Show. Thank you, Shephti. Another punter deal. Geez. Former Dolphins punter, Jake Bailey, is signing a three-year, $9 million deal that includes.

includes $5 million fully guaranteed. To where? Shafty. To the Atlanta Falcons. The tweet has been updated, Pat. Here from the nightline set, we've just updated the tweet.

He is signing with the Atlanta Falcons. Did we know the punter market was going to be like this, Shephti? No, I really don't understand exactly what's going on. I did not expect a mad rush on punters in the first 90 minutes of free agency. But clearly, you missed the window. You made the right decision going into broadcasting, Pat.

But you missed a punting window here with some big dollars. Yeah, we're in the gold. an era right here of punters. I will say there's a lot of great punters. Jake Bailey, obviously, has been good for a long time. Falcons have Tua, allegedly, and Pennix. They said, we need a punta we need a lot. You don't deserve that. Tua and Pennicks, you don't deserve that. Atlanta is his best friend. Atlanta does not deserve that, exactly. In the punter, Jake Bailey, we know him pretty well out of Stanford. Obviously, he went up to New England. He's done a lot of incredible things, nice things for us. He did his My Cleat, My Cause, for further brand, which was, you know,

dogs so we can raise money for veterinarian stuff. So like I'm a big fan of Jake Bailey. $5 million is fully guaranteed on a three year deal. I think I'm pretty pumped that I'm not punning anymore, but I am excited for these guys getting paid to bomb balls. D, but I've been saying it this whole time, 2026, it's cyclical. We didn't know we're going to go all the way back though. The punter is the most important position in ball. This is day one, a free agency, and they're making sure they got the money for it. I respect and appreciate that. Absolutely. This is the first player defense, right? You got to set that offense up, all about field position. I think they're

doubted in. They know it's for the brand. This is free agency frenzy, 2006. They're doing it for us, do you think? Absolutely. You kidding me? Smart. The chance. McAfee, that asshole, they gave him the whole thing for three hours because he counter-programmed. They counter-programmed last year. Let's get some putter stuff.

Yeah, sent out a memo. Let's get some putter stuff. Highest punter ever. Maybe another punter. Let's go ahead and do that. Ooh, we have some more signings taking place. Millions and millions of dollars kind of going out the window from teams in hopes in efforts to bring in a guy that could potentially change their entire trajectory of what their season could become. What is the updated amount of money that has been spent thus far in this beautiful Monday,

March 9th, Free Agency Frenzy schedule? Because it's over 700 million as we ended hour one. Over a billion dollars. Of course. Man. One billion dollars has been sent out in contracts. Now, granted, the gross number doesn't really mean shit. Sure.

Okay, now it means a little bit more than what it used to. Back in the day, the agents had a nice little gimmick with the reporters where they would give them a deal and say, his deal is worth $700 billion. Go ahead and send it. That sounds like a lot. Send it. That's what it is. What's the actual deal, though?

Nobody needs to know. That's what it used to do. Nobody would ever even know what the actual deal is. Now we know guarantees and what injury this and what's this and that. It's much better than it was before because there used to be things that you had to do that you would never get money. Now we're starting to get to points where the, you know, the, what's it called, the in, uh, um, incentive, um, incentives? In, oh, what's it called?

Um, incentives, yeah, but there's something that's- Installments. Mm, we'll figure out the word. Whatever the case, they hit the incentives. It's called escalator, the escalators of contracts are easier to attain, I think, now than it used to be. But gross money up over a billion, guarantee, probably obviously less than that. But the boys are making money. I mean, the boys are making money and dreams are coming true.

And some of the biggest names have yet to even be chatted about whenever we talk about this free agency frenzy debunk. Yeah, what I love to see is the shorter deals with a large chunk and guarantees. And then you obviously have to get into the weeds on the real guarantees. Guarantees against injury. What's fully guaranteed. But I love seeing these three, four-year deals with essentially three of those years fully guaranteed regardless of position.

We know we'll probably never get the fully guaranteed full contracts and football because because how violent it is, but I do love the makeup of these new deals. Yeah, I don't mind. I'll be excited to see where we end up at, at 3 o'clock Eastern as we handed over to sports centers, NFL free agency, led by Laura Rutledge and entire NFL live team.

I believe Dan Orlovsky and Shreggs will be live all day. Schefter's not leaving this whole... No, no, no. Brought a blow-up mattress. We had a plug-in-the-in-the-in-the-in-the-in-the-in-net to his phone over here, okay? And he said, the internet's on working. I know it's not working. It should be going up quicker than it is.

He's got a bucket. The guy's underwater. Is he not it? Oh, look, he's getting a protein bar. He's pacing. He's pacing. He's got things going on. Now, I will say this to Adam Schefter, just to give him a little bit of credit.

The league sources that we talk to, league source, says, told us that this free agency frenzy day, basically driven by that guy. Whenever he got to NFL network, he wanted it. He was like, hey, I think we can do a lot of these tampering deals. We should promote it. We should promote. And it was kind of like, no, no, don't want to do that. Don't want to do it.

The league year doesn't start until Wednesday or whatever. And I guess Shefter has been a big driver for this to become. an actual thing, which is what I love. I appreciate the hell out of him doing that. But also getting to witness the creator, the founder, on the day in which he is expected to show up, has been quite an experience. Yeah, without a doubt. And, you know, I mean, he said to us last week,

and he's been right in terms of his intensity, you know, we needed to put a sign up that said the dog fucking bites, you know, just so everyone isn't going in there and trying to distract him and get in his way. But this also should have been a thing a long time ago. I mean, with how popular the NFL has gotten and also, I mean, over a billion dollars spent so far. Like, it lends itself that, like, there's constantly something to talk about.

And in terms of fans, you were talking about it earlier, like any one of these signings could be that thing that puts you over and says, like, hey, we can go win a Super Bowl next year. Yeah, let's talk about some of the things that has happened around the NFL. The Cowboys have given a second round tender to their kicker, Brandon Aubrey. Remember, there was a nasty, disgusting rumor. It's gross. Might have been Donner and wanted a coffee shop where people lie and fight each other.

Could have been. during a combine and say he was looking for $10 million a year and he's not accepted anything less than that. And his agent and his wife came out and like, that's not real. Now granted, did somebody say at one point, you could pay Brandon Aubrey $10 million a year

and you'd be okay with that? Maybe. That is not what they're looking for. They're looking for a fair deal. They get a second round tender for $5.76 million. Good for Brandon Aubrey, who certainly earned that. Let's go over to the free agency fund zone. Shregs, what does that mean second round tender?

and how often are those going to be used today in this free agency frenzy period so guys can at least have to look at staying home as opposed to going elsewhere? Yeah, that basically gives the Cowboys the right of refusal. If someone wants to offer him something wild, they can. They get a second rounder back. It's a complicated deal with the CBA with how these work. It's similar to what Daniel Jones did with the transition tag, where if another team wants to come in and go over the top,

well, there's going to be a cost to pay, but the Colts, of course, would have that chance to match it. What's interesting to me is now we're 90 minutes in. And yeah, we had our fun with the punters and all this. But you have some top interior defensive linemen. Nobody really has been signed in that list, which is John Franklin Myers and Sheldon Rankins and Logan Hall. And then you go to the guys like Trey Hendrickson and Odafei Owe and Quddy Pei, who obviously you guys know from the Indianapolis days.

But like, that was what we were told that this is a good free agent class to solidify your defensive line. And yet so far we've seen mostly corners, running backs, a couple quarterbacks go. when do the defensive top guys get off the board, especially the front seven? Last year, D-Line ran free agency frenzy over $800 million spent on the D-line. Corners are getting, obviously, contracts right now. Dan Orlovsky, Malik Willis to Miami after we talked to him, what did you hear there? And what are your expectations now for the rest of the quarterback market, including potentially Kirk Cousins getting into the game?

Yeah, so I do think that him going to Miami just makes a ton of sense for where the dolphins are right now. It makes me think of the butterfly effect of, okay, with Malik going to Miami, what does that mean for Pittsburgh? Do they think in Pittsburgh that Aaron is a 100% going? What's going to happen with the New York Jets? Are the Jets going to sign a Kirk Cousins or a Gino Smith? What's going to happen to Arizona? Who's going to play quarterback in Arizona this year? Because there's this small crop of teams that, you know, there's some of these veteran quarterbacks now that Malik is gone.

on who's going to kind of be some of these bridge-starting quarterbacks for teams. I also think of, like, Linderbom. Everyone talks about young quarterbacks, and they say, the best thing you can give a young quarterback is a tight end. I think the best thing you can give a young quarterback is a good defense and then a good center. And so if I'm the Raiders, is Linderbom going to go to the Raiders? Is Linderbom going to go to the Giants with Jackson Dart? And so not only the quarterbacks, but, like, he's by far the best center available.

I think what's interesting with Linderbom is, you mentioned, you have that hour to talk to teams. You could also have this Linderbaum deal where, all right, I got an offer in the hand, okay, and now let's leverage his other teams. I think he's a highly coveted center. Would you mention the Raiders? I mentioned the Raiders and I mentioned the Giants. I'd like this team go to somewhere that's going to throw in another team and I can't confirm

that it's actually like at that level, but the commanders have been a team. I love that is a lot of money. The commanders have shrinks. Connor has a question for you, actually. Yeah, now that the Eagles lost out on Phillips and that was kind of a conversation going into today like hey, Jill and Phillips, they're going to pay them, they're going to keep them in Philly and even just the idea of Philadelphia keeping the band together, Shrakes. Do you see them pivoting to like a Trey Hendrickson? Obviously they were going to throw a bag at Phillips.

Will they do that for O.A. or Hendrickson or would they go in a different direction? Maybe even get one of the top safeties out there because Blankenships on the move as well? I'll tell you this. Howie's main point today and priority of this week was to bring back the talent they had. I think their surprise and I think the league is surprised that Carolina actually got Jalen Phil. So now you have to pivot. Question is how do you pay Jalen Carter over the next few years when you also have

Cooper DeGine coming up and Quinnian Mitchell and all these guys. So they might be just staying put. I don't know if they're going to swing the bat huge on one of these players like Trey Hendrickson or O.A. That's an issue though in Philadelphia. When Philly won the Super Bowl, their pass rush and mainly because of their edge guys

was ridiculous. It fell off big time last year. back Jordan Davis. But Jaylon Phillips. It gave him his money. A lot of money. 100%. But Jaylen Phillips was the best edge pass rusher they had by far.

Nolan Smith missed some time. They brought Brandon Graham back. And so Phillips going to Carolina has got bigger ripple effect than we think. I agree with Boston Conner's point of like, they're going to have to find an edge pass rusher here that's going to have some impact because that's a pretty significant loss for a team that didn't have a time. I'm curious to see Nicopi Dean's market. If he is someone that they can bring back at a deal that makes.

sense to them. Again, the problem when you have all these great players out of Georgia and all these young talented players, you have to pay them at some point. Jalen Phillips was a third round pick trade at the deadline. He exceeded expectations they loved him, and he spurns them and he goes. They'll get a compensatory pick back. That said,

Carolina, Brant Tillis, Dan Morgan, those guys up there in the front office. This was done, you know, this was one of those that was a snake in the grass thing. No one had Carolina signing Jaylon Phillips, which is why I love Free Agent Frenzy. That's a surprise to round the league, but it's also a surprise in this chair right here.

Dan Morgan put a 12 Zinner in. Let's go ahead and go, Black Ops, go Navy SEAL on here. Let's get this deal done. He certainly does that. What is Trey Hendrickson's market then? Where do we think? Your guess is better than mine, man.

Oh, Trey. Come on. Let's go into the Free Agency Frenzy zone. He's not at the desk, but we will certainly call him over there. He could certainly hear us. Schefter might have a little bit more intel on who Trey Hendrickson might end up with. Shefty is eating a progenzy zone.

bar trying to get more information. He has no idea that we are. No, he's working on. Yeah, he's locked in. He's locked in. He's doing his. That's his, that's been his working spot. He stands literally right there. I don't know, maybe it's the best Wi-Fi in the situation. No, he's plugged into the Y, we had to plug hard wire into his phone.

I didn't know that it was possible. I also am a person whose phone shits the bed whenever it comes to Wi-Fi and all that type of stuff. But if he was having both his phone shit the bed over there, I mean, that's crazy. We got a wireless thing in there. Yeah, because we knew that he needed to be plugged in. You also need a certain type of protein bar. You need a little bit of water. Obviously, we need a couple of power stations.

We need to make sure we got power coming through this place. Sheffey's rider is very easy, but boy, it seemed like it was definitely a necessity. Yeah, it's air tight. And if you mess that up, like you're going to have to deal with the dog. So that's why we knew, hey, make sure you have all this stuff. Big news released earlier today was Travis Kelsey coming back for another season with the Cancy Change. Wow. Congratulations on that decision.

We know that is not easy. as if Travis was coming back. Last year felt like maybe he wasn't going to play. This year felt like he was going to come play. I forget who it was the coach who just got back over there, offensive coordinator. Bianney. Bianney.

Bianney. Whatever he talked about, Bienami, resigning back with the Kansas Chiefs on the New Heights podcast with Jason Kelsey. He basically said, can't wait to see him in the building. As soon as he heard it, we're like, is he stock in a building? Or is he going to be in the building? Is he going to own the team?

I think the Hunt family's going to keep it. but how is he going to see him in the building? It's like, oh, he's playing. And then there was never a single thing that he said that made us believe that he wasn't going to play. I genuinely, and I'll continue to believe this, and he has not said anything to confirm any of these sources or anything like that, I believe his relationship with Taylor Swift

is only going to make him better. And for the long haul, his career is already certified. The guy's first ballot hall ofamer, maybe. Yeah, you can't say that anymore. Bill Belichick wasn't a first ballot hall of famer, but Travis Kelsey should be first ballot hall of famer, should be in conversation of greatest tight end of all time. Should be a guy who, after earning over a hundred and some million dollars be set up for the rest of his life, regardless of who he is dating.

He's a Super Bowl champion multiple times. Everybody on Earth likes him. It's like he has everything done. That is called Hey, in Barn. We can move on with next era, especially with how good the podcast is. But I think he sees Taylor kill it. I think he sees Taylor continue to kind of grow, continue to strive, continue to try to get better. and I think they work together off of that.

I think that is something that is a beautiful kindred spirit that can motivate each other. And we said that immediately upon them dating each other, it's like when two grates are together, it's good for society. It's certainly good for the Chiefs, especially for everybody that wanted Travis Kelsey be back, which is Chiefs fans.

And I'm pumped for him, man. They get Kenneth Walker, Travis Kelsey coming back. Patrick Mahom's doing his thing. Who knows what they do at Wide Receiver? But there's a chance this Chief's team is all the way back as we are hearing noise. from somebody. We're not 100% sure who wants. Let's head into the free agency frenzy zone with

Schfter. Shepter, is this on Travis Kelsey or is this on something else, sir? Tyler Lindembaum, huge deal, Pat, going to the Las Vegas Raiders. Yeah. Three years, $81 million, $60 million guaranteed highest paid interior offensive linemen in NFL history. And think about this. The Raiders trade, Max Crosby, to the the Ravens. It frees up salary space. They had a lot. They had all the space. Now they go take the Ravens Center, Tyler Lindelbaum, going to the Las Vegas Raiders to snap for, we presume, Fernando Mendoza. Congratulations, Lindelba. Hell yeah. Happy for Tyler. Iowa Hawkeye. That's right. Iowa high school wrestler, I mean, a dog through and through at Baltimore, he was fantastic. Now he heads over to the Raiders.

The Raiders had a lot of money, okay? They had $83 million or something like that on Friday at noon. They make a couple different moves, then they end up with $110 million. Everybody talks about how they need an offensive line. Linderbaum's name was still out there. It was like, is this a destiny thing? Is this a match made in heaven? They agree. Highest paid interior offensive linemen of all time.

Over 60 million guaranteed for a body mover, a man shaker, and a leader, hopefully, for an offensive line that has Ashton Genty in the backfield, Brock Bowers is a tight end. And in our eyes, Fernando Mendoza, who's a quarterback that's definitely going to be able to get it, especially if he's protected. What a play by the Raiders. This is Tom Brady getting in there. This is the boys getting

in there and saying, hey, we suck no more. How do we get good? We invest in the trenches. They found it. I think everybody's going to love this move, especially other interior offensive linemen that go, shit, we can make $60 million guarantee. You know how life is good, debuts. Yeah, you always got to build from the trenches

out, and we know how shite that Raiders offensive line was. We saw Gentie last year. And even coming into the league, we knew he was a dynamic weapon, but he was getting hitting the backfield. It seemed like on every carry. So now you have a veteran center who Dano mentioned, you get this for a young quarterback. We expect Fernando Mendoza to be able to make all the protections and the checks and all these things. When you have a savvy veteran that can do it kind of for him almost until he gets caught up to speed, that helps things tremendously. And I

don't think they're done when it comes to offensive line and building that, you know, those trenches in front of who we think Fernando Mendoza. That would be to start a quarterback. was making $18 million. Somebody's microphones on, maybe Schaeffters. Creed Humphrey was making $18 million a year. This is significantly more. He becomes the highest paid interior offensive lineman. Good for him, happy for him.

Let's head over the Free Agency Fund Zone with Shregs and Orlovsky. Shregg's huge play by the Raiders who finally spend some of that money that they've had. Huge play. And remember last year, this was a disaster on the offensive line. They had a rotating door at center.

They bring in Lindelbaum. Some interesting things. Rick Denison is the offensive. line coach for the Las Vegas Raiders who Kubiak brings in 30-year offensive line coach, one of the most respected guys. Secondly, worth noting,

the Ravens opted not to pick up Linderbaum's fifth year option last year, which is a wild decision in hindsight. Now he goes for the highest money ever given to a center and free agency, the highest money ever given to a guard in free agency, just a year later after the fact not getting his fifth year option picked up.

Yeah, that's the best thing the Raiders could have done for if, the pick is going to be Fernando Mendoza. I think it's one of the best things you can do for a young quarterback issue, give him a great experience center. Everyone talked about this past weekend. Dolman deciding to retire from Chicago and kind of the foresight or looking back on his impact on Caleb and their offense

and his ability to control protections. It's not that Mendoza, if he's going to be the pick, can't do it. It's taking something off of his plate as he's learning everything else. And so bringing Linderbaum, not only in their run game to help Ashton Genty and his ability to play in that kind of that zone scheme, but also like his ability to kind of, you know, be in protection. You guys got some film. You got Linderbom film? Yeah, I heard you got some Linderbom film? Yeah. Do you got some Linderbomb film, Dano?

All right, Foxy, play it. Yeah. All right, let me get my AQ Shipley on. Okay, so. We'll see. AQ, AQ, AQ, so I want to go to the yellow here. this is going to be a little bit of a back block, okay? So when it comes to the ability to kind of step backside

in this run game that's going to come over, that's power. So you pull the backside guard. This is a beautiful shot right there of Linderbaum just dominating his block. You can let it ride, Foxy. And so not only does he come over with experience, once again, you're going to see, I want to go to this, now it's going to be once again a back block

and it looks like we'll get another pull on the backside. And so, yeah, that's a down block or back block. KQ, you got it. And so Seattle runs a little bit of, this is going to be really nice, a little bit of one-on-one, let's zoom in here. Let's zoom in here. Come on, let's zoom in there. That's Lindelbaum, one-on-one.

That's fantastic. One-on-one. The pass protection. And so Seattle went from one of the most run-heavy offenses in football last year. Now the Raiders are going to adapt that identity. And so I love the fact that,

with Clint Kubiak as their coach. They've got a center that comes from a run-heavy offense in Baltimore as well. And so I think it's a huge, huge signing. Everyone talks about perimeter players for quarterbacks. Keep them clean. Keep them upright and keep them clean. Allow them time. It's a great signing for Mendoza.

What a world of difference from last year. And now you have not only Clint Kubiak, Rick Dennis, and Andrew Janoko, who comes over from Seattle as well. It feels like the Raiders are becoming a more professional organization an outfit right now. And also, of course, you trade Crosby and you get Linderbaum back. It wasn't a clean trade, but that will be one will analyze. The impact that Crosby makes on the Ravens. It's kind of like three pieces, right? And then Lindenbaum over there on the Raiders. It's almost a one-for-one deal with the money if you want to throw it out the window.

That was the deal that was made. Look at you guys over there in a fun zone, kind of batting it around. I like what you guys were doing. I like that. Now, Dan, you just did some good film breakdown there of offensive line. This is back blocking this a loopty-woo. joining us now, former center in the NFL, Super Bowl champion, AQ Shipley. And AQ! AQ!

Okay, AQ, we started something called In the Trenches with you because you watched Dan O'Olofsky breakdown offensive line film one time and puked, you said. So that's why we started in the trenches. I think Dano did a pretty good job there talking about Linderbaum,

and what else did he maybe miss or what else would you like to add about why he's so good and worthy of the biggest deal in the history of interior offensive linemen? Yeah, Dan's really done a nice job taken, you know really into the offensive line world really understanding

he did a great job there good back blocks and the baby, Dale! Oh, Dan! Go boys! Great job. Now I think the one thing that people don't talk about enough with Linderbaum is the fact that he was a former high school state champion wrestler, right? That past protection play that Dan showed, his balance is

impeccable. He's incredible with his balance and past protection right there moving people off the spot. He is so good with Lass-Based. lateral quickness, and this is only going to bode so well for the type of offense that Clint Kubiak is going to bring into that Raiders offense. And Rick Denison, as Shredge mentioned earlier, I had him when I was in Baltimore. He comes from the Kubiak world. He was Gary Kubiak's O-Line guru forever now working with the younger Kubiak.

I love this. This is a match made in heaven. John Spitech, doing big things out there in Vegas. Yeah, Spitech is, and you calling us from your bathtub is certainly a cool thing. We appreciate you, AQ. I don't know where he was, but I'm happy you made some time. That was certainly not a preempted call. But him sitting there and watching Orlovsky was a nice little treat for me and Bruce,

who knew that he was on the call. Dan, no, didn't know that. I don't think any of the Bulls of you knew that. Dan, you were kind of dancing pretty close there. AQ was watching ready to dunk on you. I think you nailed it, Dano. I think you nailed it. Yeah, that's good for me.

I did not know Akew was going to be there. Honestly, when you pulled him in, I was like, fudge, dude. Akew was going to come in and dunk on me here and tell me, I'm some dummies, so I'm going to take it. I'm going to take it as a win. Yeah, fudged, dude. You've got fudged up. Yeah, he can't.

Whenever you say in the trenches, a Q is going to be there. Say his name. But, I mean, we always talk about pass rush when it comes from the edges, shoring up that interior of the offense, that everything, everything, especially for a pocket quarterback.

Especially for a rookie quarterback in Fernando Mendoza, Dan Orlovsky. If he is the number one pick. Okay, Dana, watch the rest of the season before we talk about quarterbacks in the draft. And on that note, Sheffty tweet who's changing the trajectory former falcons running back Tyler Algier reached an agreement today with the Arizona Cardinals okay the

Cardinals are starting to play make it move Cardinals this is a new LaFloor operation out there they've had a thousand different coaches they've been voted the worst facility in the NFL numerous times Pittsburgh Steelers kind of took the lead on Asness I you're welcome in the most recent report card play ball why is Algear the move for the Cardinals over there and who's their quarterback Schefter On Jacoby Brissette as a quarterback. They got their rework deal done with James Connor over the weekend. They're reaching agreement here with Tyler Algier.

That is quite a tough backfield. When you've got James Connor coming up the injury and Tyler Algier who runs hard, that's a pretty good combination for the Arizona Cardinals out in the desert with their new head coach, Michael Lufloor. That is a pretty good little combo out there. Hey, Cardinals, pretty good little football team. We'll see. We will see. I don't think Al Jare has ever fumbled his entire career.

I believe I'm correct there. I could be wrong. I've been wrong before, but I think I'm right. I like the fact that you played that much defense against yourself, just in case somebody tweets immediately afterwards. You hip-shitty lost the game for there. But I do appreciate that fact that we all think that's a tough football player. Yes.

Like, we all think Tyler Alger, tough football player immediately upon seeing his team. Michael Floor, interesting haircut. He's coming in with some meat. Yeah. His own. He's coming in with some talent. Meat. He's coming in with me.

Whenever you're good enough. Whenever you're good enough. No, bread. Oh, my God. No water. Mm-hmm. Go ahead, no, I didn't know if we were doing the whole call.

Oh, me. Shout out Booker T. Tyler Algier, James Koch, Connor going back there. Jacoby Percept, by the way, always an option. Solid. Maybe the floor makes some moves in this entire. Maybe. You know, it's a lot to fix out there,

but you bring it in town. That's what today is about spending money in the right places. Whenever you're talented enough to take carries away from a guy like John Robinson, you're a damn good running back. a great signing for the Arizona car. We'll see what Lefleur can do over there. It's been a long time since they've been relevant. It's been a long time since they haven't been asked.

Every report card that comes says the building is trash. I mean, that's literally what it said. Those NFLPA report cards, I think I know who was most upset about those getting out public. Don't we have some sort of non-dispairge thing with the player? Like, every time I read these report cards, it's just dumb. on my facility. And then it's like, the players like, well, that's the only way you change these things. It's like, you're not allowed to do it there. So I'm not changing. You're going to find a new way. You're going to find a new way because you're not going to do that. And then the players are like,

oh yeah, we didn't put it out. Leak right through there. Who's ass? Cardinals. Who else? Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah. You guys maybe need to figure it out over there. I don't think so. We're here to play ball. We're not here to hang out in the locker room and have nice things. That's part of it now. Okay. Are we from the Steel City or? Well, you got Michael Pittman over there now. He loves it. he's going to enjoy it. There's been a lot of moves made. Have any franchises changed the trajectory of their entire team for next year's hunt for the Lombardi? Feels like Linderbaum is a big play. Huge. Big play. That's also like a culture defining type play. We knew it was coming. When did it come? Almost two hours in. What were the next hour hold? Wow. We've still got another hour of

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Two hours in, there's already been over a billion dollars in contracts given out to players who have earned it. Some for the first time in their life getting a bag that will change a trajectory of their entire family. Some teams betting. Not necessarily the farm just yet, but damn near everything they got on a couple different players to bring them a title hope and a title opportunity. It's not just me. The toxic tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Love that you wore your t-shirt on this free agency frenzy day, Conman. Yeah, it felt that important.

It is such a massive day and there's still so many massive names as well. It's very exciting time in the NFL world. Let's go to one half of the hammered Cowboys AP Tone. Has anything happened to any odds since any of these moves have been made thus far in the books? No, to be honest with you, 100% honest, the odds have not moved. They moved a little bit this weekend when the Ravens traded for Max Crosby, but none of these moves today so far have changed. I mean, Linderbaum just happened.

That may do something a little bit. Probably not, though, because it's the Raiders. We shall see. That's rude to the Raiders. I like the moves that they're making. Nine-year NFL vet. Darius Jay Butler is here. It's not just us on the stage.

We have Schefter breaking news in here. We also have Orlovsky and Shregs in the free agency fund zone over there. Boys, thank you so much for today. You've been absolutely killing it. But there is another. Oh, chifty tweet. Couple huge news here. Former Giants wide receiver, Wondale Robinson, has reached an agreement today with the Tennessee Titans

who have been spending money and have money. Remember, they brought in Jermaine Johnson in a trade over the weekend. Now they're bringing Juan Dale Robinson. Robinson will be reunited with Titans OC and his former Giants head coach, Brian Dayball. We see these connection. Harbaugh has brought some players from Baltimore up to the Giants.

Now you're seeing all the ex-players of these coaches that are down in Tennessee, maybe making the same moves. Let's head over to Schefter. Shefter, Wondale Robinson was the name you were kind of chit-chatting about before the show. Now it's official. He's going to the Titans.

They're making some moves down there in Music City. Yeah, we got a few moves. We got Wondale Robinson. It's four years, $78 million. 38 million guaranteed with the Tennessee Titans. paid up. And we also have Jehan Dodson, the Eagles wide receiver, now going to the Atlanta Falcons. We're going to put that out right now for that. Okay, Jahan Dotson heading to the Atlanta Falcons.

They've been making moves. Atlanta Falcons allegedly in On Tua. They bring in a punter. They also bring in some other guys. And now Jahan Dotson, who's explosive and electrifying heading down there. We also have another... Oh! Jeffey Tweet. Former Jaguars running back. Travis E.T.N. will be signing with the New Orleans Saints. from Louisiana, and it was important for him to be near home. He's a threat out of the backfield, both with his hands and his legs. Love what he was able to do this year with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Finding a new home with Kelly Moe. You like it, D. Bud? I love it. I love this. This is another weapon for Tyler Shuck. I'd be interested to see what they do with Alvin Kamar on the backfield, but this is a great weapon for him. He took a step up as far as receiving, and he's explosive. He's fast.

He's still young. A lot of upside. I love this pick from this. It's signing for them. I'm sorry. The Broncos were allegedly in on ETN. He ends up going to the Saints. Let's head over the free agency fund zone.

ETN signing with the Saints. Obviously another Wondell Robinson big deal made in Tennessee. Anything you're like or want to expand upon Shreggs and Orlovsky over there in the fun zone? Hold on. You're muted. You're muted. We need you back. We need you back. Hold on.

You're muted. Oh, no. Oh, no. We lost you. Oh, no. Both of you. Hold on. Hold on.

Stan Pat, their fun zone. Just adding to the things you can do, special teams player right there, Pat McAfee, getting me the microphone here. I got another one here. Defensive tackle, Kyrist Tonga, who is a player on the Patriots Super Bowl team this year, is leaving New England to go to Kansas City

on a three-year deal, $21 million. Good deal. We'll clog the defensive line. That has been done by David Kanter and Ness McGrabee there over at OroSports. Those guys, get that one done there. That is another one. Wondale and Travis E. TN. Dan are big ones. I think I'm going to pass the mic is what they say in the NC World.

Pass the mic to Dan. Okay, so a couple of things. Wondale down to Tennessee, obviously Cam Ward. Eulik I'm in my saying that last name, right? Who's their rookie receiver? He led them in Cate Receptions Yards last year with 513. So, like, they needed big time to add to the perimeter weapons. And Chig, their tight end, Oquonku, he's a free agent.

And so you might be losing him. Who is their second leading? receiver. So I like the fact that Wondell's been added there. They got to get more out of Ridley. They got, because Wondale's really good, but Wondale's more of a slot. He's more of like an inside receiver. And so I do love the fact that he went there, but they're still going to need perimeter player on the outside down in Tennessee. Yeah, Dan, I think what you're saying about the Tennessee Titans is they're continuing to build. And we're going to fix your microphone. So we'll get back to you here in a matter of money. Okay, now they are working at field.

I was just going to add, Pat, that the Giants knew this morning that Wondale was no longer going to be in New York. Like, they already came to that conclusion. So they were already moving on to other options and seeing what else they could do because they knew the number would be that. Well, they'd be looking at wide receiver. I know they've signed Isaiah likely, but that's only likely neighbors coming off of the injury. I think they're going to look to bring back a lot of their own guys now, and that's the job that are going to be doing. We like our guys. We like our guys.

Is that what you're saying? We think your microphones are working. We're not 100% sure. We're going to take you off the camera and test them. Go ahead, Tom. I was going to ask strikes a question, but since we're taking off camera, I won't. No, you can. I think we can tell. What is the ETN to New Orleans? Does that mean for Kamara?

Could he be released? Could Kamara be traded? Because, I mean, they're very, very similar back. They're very athletic. They're very shifty. They're good out of the backfield. Are they going to have two of those guys? Or what's the situation with Kamara now in New Orleans? No. No. No. Need to handheld. I think what your instincts are right, Ton.

I think that would be something where Kamara maybe, who has been a great saint, just like Cameron Jordan and DeMario Davis have been great. Saints, it looks like it might be a window now to leave. You don't usually bring in a big free agent signing like ETN and then also keep a Kamara, but we will see what Kellan Moore wants to do. Oh, Dana wants to mic. I mean, it should easily just not do what you're doing right now, but this better be good. This better be good. Kamara has the biggest cap hit in the NFL for running backs next season. I think over $18 million, only average 3.6 yards per carry. So the Saints have to figure out now with ETN there is the highest cap hit in the NFL. Is that going to be worth it with

3.6. Oh, Strang's got a... One ball with the mic! Let's go! I would add this. Jacksonville is now in the market for running back. Obviously, this is how this works. And those two players, Kenneth Walker and ETIN, were never going to be a part of this. Who can Jacksonville get now at a discounted price?

Maybe not that number. But yes, the Jaguars, remember, they were a wildcard team, almost beat the bills. They're going to be looking to bring another free agent running back. Be watching. At the running back position, obviously, Brees Hall was tagged, I believe, right? Kenneth Walker, he's gone. E.N., he's gone. Javonte Williams, Rashad White, Rie.

Doudal, Isaiah Pacheco, Nick Chubb, J.K. Dobbins, Tyler Algier, he's gone. Kenneth Gainwell, he's gone. Dobbins would be a name I would watch. I think he would work in that offense, and I know there might be some contact, but I wouldn't say it's a done deal by any means, but that might be the name that it's more of an affordable thing than an ETN. Okay, we appreciate that out of the free agency fun zone as we try to fix your guys' microphones. You guys actually kind of good little gimmick. I got some. I got it. Give it back. Give it back. We'd be good, Dan. We appreciate them doing that in Dodge Duck, dip diving. and dodging their way through it.

We speak about Bruce Hall because he got franchise tag. He obviously is on the Jets. He put a tweet out to say, damn, we sure got a lot of money and Florida borrow all these contracts. The dudes are signing. Obviously couldn't come to terms on a long-term deal

before the franchise tag deadline. How do you feel about these guys getting signed right now? The running backs may be having a little bit of a run. A little bit of a resurgence. I like it. I always like, I'm a fan of running back by committee. Like Shraig said, though,

when you're bringing a guy like ETA, and you're probably going to get rid of a guy like Kamar with that big number. But I still like a run. running back by committee, I think it's fresher. I know as a defender, it's nothing worse than seeing some fresh legs jog on the field after another guy's

giving you seven, eight plays. We saw work with Sonic and Knuckles for some years out in Detroit. I know that pair got poking up. They were saying ass and cheeks here for a while. They were saying that. We know when MCDC taking over the play call and we'll see how that all works out. But I love what's happening with these running backs kind of getting their time

to shine again. It feels like Christian McAfrey they're going to run to how he goes. Sequan Barkley a couple years ago, they're going to go how they go. It does feel, Kenneth Walker wins the Super Bowl MVP. It's like, yeah, Dejon, or Bejohn Robinson, obviously up there, but I'm just saying the successful teams have had an elite running back. So that is good news for the running back market. I remember a couple years ago, they were saying that the NFL was, basically the running backs need to create a union because the NFL was holding them back. I think just at that time of the game, there was kind of a weird

phase where the running back position wasn't necessarily as important as it once was. We are back now at the position where the running back needs to be good. Not only do you need a good offensive line, obviously, to be able to protect your quarterback, but if that running back can turn a three-yard gain into an eight-yard game or a 10-yard game or, hell, 50-yard gain, that helps your team out so much, especially in the stagnant football that's currently happening with how good defenses have become. So good for the running back world getting some money.

Saints are giving Travis ETN four years, 52 million. Wow. Congratulations, E. That's awesome. Out of Clemson, obviously, a stud gets 52 over 4. We don't know what the guarantees are, but we're certainly. happy for him for that. You need a running back. That is just very, very apparent at this

stage, con man. Yeah, even in the draft, you can make the argument. I forget when it was, maybe it was Breece Hall's year where there wasn't a first round running back, and that was kind of shocking. Is it not kind of odd because of this conversation just about the running backs, how none of the guards, really none of the tackles, aside from Linderbaum,

really none of the centers, none of the linemen on the offensive side of the ball it feels like have been picked up whatsoever and there's still a bunch out there. Do you think maybe over these next couple hours now that some of these other skill positions, maybe the offensive line starts to eat a little bit. It's just kind of shocking. That's a good

question actually to go to Splash for the Saints. They are signing former Bills Guard, David Edwards. There you go. All right. But on that note, I do wonder if they were all waiting for Linderbaum. You know, like, and this is going to sound incredibly arrogant, and I do apologize

for that, but my name is on the show, and I try to speak from my own perspective. Whenever I was potentially going to go on to become a free agent, there were other punters that were about to becoming free agents that called me and said like, hey, when do you think, do you know what you're going to do? And I said, it got bad today with the negotiations. I think I'll be out there. But yeah, I don't want to, like I would like to make my decision. It was pretty cool to hear like, hey, we're probably waiting on you to kind of set and figure out what's going on.

It felt like Linderbom was probably that for the interior offensive alignment. How big can this deal go? Some of these guys are potentially looking at it. Once he goes off the board, that's kind of where the domino effect kind of rolls in. Now we got guard David Edwards going down to the Saints, and the Saints are spending money. They never have money, seemingly. No. But then they spend it. I don't know how they do it.

They're like a credit union down there. They're always getting the money up front somehow. I don't know how they're paying it on the back end, but call them and out. I love everything about what they're doing down there. Yeah, they were the big like, hey, we're just going to kick the can down the road team for the last several years. We've done this, and that was kind of always the conversation. Like, well, you're going to reach that can at some point. And maybe with Drew Brees off the books and they have a rookie quarterback.

like it is now they can finally kind of start to do that. But it is kind of crazy how they seem like they are in cap hell each and every year. And they still have money to give, you know, a running back $53 million. Hey, Mickey Loomis is down there smacking his gum. Oh, yeah. And signing these checks. That might have been the worst cooth I've ever seen at a press conference. Just directly into a microphone chewing gum a thousand times a minute.

I mean, that was certainly something that made me judge him immediately. But on that note, they somehow always are over and somehow always paying. Yep. I like it. They move on from DeMario Davis. Cam Jordan also on his way out. Tyler Shuck comes in there. Kelly Moe is the head coach, a young head coach. Maybe the Saints are kind of working in the right direction, too. That's what money can do. You know, money invested in your team can give people hope that you're going to not be ass. Adam Schaefter now reporting that the former Bills Guard, David Edwards, is signing a four-year $61 million deal with the Saints. Congrats to David Edwards. Congrats to the Saints making plays. Let's head over to Sheffter right now.

Saints spending money. How are they always able to do that when it looks like they always are negative whenever it comes to the salary cap, Shefti? Well, they are amazing how they continually do this. Hold on. We got a deal here that's coming up here. A couple of things are just looking for the actual thing here. Hold on. Give me one moment.

I need to find their at. Okay. Fucking at isn't their name. So I've got to figure it out. They got an underscore in there where it shouldn't be. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

So here we go. Here we go. Okay. We found it. And let's make sure we get it right. This better be a good one. Yeah, it's pretty good. It's the Raiders signing former Vikings wide receiver, Jalen Naylor.

Okay. A three-year, $35 million deal, $23 million guaranteed. That feels like a big deal out of Raiders. Raiders continue to spend money. That's an incredible move for them. Saints also spending money. Yeah, the Saints get David Edwards done. That's a big deal for them.

They get Travis Etienne done. So that's, what was the money here? The money came in on Travis. It was four years, $52 million, I believe. Yep. Yep. Four years, $52 million for Travis Etienne to go to New Orleans. He's from Louisiana and wanted to be there.

They have Alvin Camara. So now you have to wonder what happens with Alvin Camara. Do they keep them? They restructure him here. What happens? Does he become a trade chip in this particular situation? We don't know exactly how that's going to play up. But Travis Etienne is a big-time player,

and he's signing with the New Orleans Saints who also have added a mulling-type guard in David Edwards. How do they continue to do this? You were starting there and then you're breaking news. They're always over the cap, but they're somehow always active. I love it. You know what?

It's just like the person who's on their credit card bill. You keep charging every month. You charge every month. You charge it every month. You push it out. You keep pushing it out. Eventually, you got to keep paying. But they are amazing like that.

They are wonders. Wiz Kid wonders with the cap. And they're doing it again here with David Edwards, Travis, at the end. Yeah, I like that they're spenders here on day one. Let's head over the free agency fund zone. Your thoughts on the last two deals that have been announced over there, obviously not only at the end,

but also the deal that he just announced, headed to the Raiders. Yeah, it was. Jalen Ayler headed to the Raiders. How do you feel about everything going on right now, Shraig? Well, when Addison was sidelined, obviously, with the suspension, Naylor stepped up and had a fantastic couple weeks with the Minnesota Viking. So he made himself some money today, and the Raiders, obviously,

are going to be desperate to add offensive talent all over the field. I would add this about the Saints. Mickey Loomis is what you call a G. He's one of the first dudes to be doing this, and he's a guy that just knows this cap, knows this league, and knows how to do it under the guy. of obscurity. We never talk about Mickey Loomis, but with he, Jeff Ireland, and of course, Kai Hartley on that front office, they have a loaded front office that's been doing this for years. They are cap geniuses there in New Orleans. So don't worry about how they'll get it done,

how they'll figure it out, and when they'll pay the Piper. In the same week, they lost to Mario Davis. They lost Cam Jordan. Money's going to be coming off, and they will add it here with these ones. But they got younger and better today. The New Orleans Saints to me are winners after one day of your agency. Okay, so a couple of thoughts on the last four or five deals. Underbomb going to the Raiders leaves massive holes in Baltimore on the inside, both guards and now center. Okay, so that's the starting point. The second thing is David Edwards leaving the bills. That's a significant loss.

The Bills had one of the, if not the best offensive lines in football last year. That's a big loss for Buffalo at the guard position. Jalen Naylor going to the Raiders, really good receiver, has developed as the number three guy with Justin Jefferson there and Jordan Addison there. He's going to become really stepping into probably the number two wide receiver role with the Las Vegas Raiders. You add Brock Bowers there. Tucker's still there as a speedster. That's a good signing for the Raiders, given the youth of their offense. The Saints are interesting.

The Saints right now clearly believe that Tyler Shuck is their future. The interior of their offensive line was a very poor unit last year. This is a – them getting Edwards is a big deal. I'll be interested to see what they do with Olave. Olave going into the potential fifth year option. They haven't signed into a contract extension yet, correct? So I think the Saints right now are sitting there trying to rebuild this football team in many ways around Tyler Shuck. That's David Edwards there.

So there's a lot of butterfly effect going. And probably the biggest thing now is the Chiefs at 9 have signed a running back and the Saints at 8 have signed a running back with big money. What does this mean for Jeremiah Love? in the NFL draft and pay attention to Washington. Also, NFC South has kind of been crap the last few years. Now you have the Panthers, you have a Buccaneers team that's still in it with Baker. You have a Saints team that's emerging.

And obviously, you look around in the Falcons, what they are, all that talent on the Rockets. All these teams are spending. It looks like this division is up for grabs. Carolina won it this year, but the Saints clearly aren't waving a white flag on this season. Yeah, the Carolina Panthers are saying we need to get better as well. We love what the NFC South is doing because, yeah, you're right. Everybody's mocking the NSC. Yeah, they were.

Oh, the NFC South is such shite. Boy, everybody's ass down there. They heard it, loud and clear. Mickey started bumping his gums with that gum in his mouth and said, we need to make some plays. We'll certainly do that. Congrats the NFC South, getting better seemingly on first day of free agency frenzy. And then a deal that happened in the NFC East that we didn't get to talk about enough.

Jahan Dawson is a huge deal. He's reached an agreement with the Eagles, I'm sorry, with the Falcons, on a two-year $15 million dollar deal up to $17 million, $10 million fully guaranteed. He's a weapon for sure. Atlanta Falcons making place as well as NFC South continues to cook con man Yeah pretty incredible

especially for Stefansky bringing a guy in they just we're going to just slot to attack of ILO to be their quarterback there this year that we can just run away with that and Johan Dotson is one of their guys

it feels like that is a very interesting thing I think the Falcons just might implode on themselves which is kind of cool You're saying first day of free agency frenzy I'm just saying it's kind of crazy to see the trajectory of some of these teams.

Coming into today, I wasn't thinking Tua is going to be the quarterback. And then right before we went live, that just kind of blew my mind a little. But then again, you just assumes Tafansky just has free reign just like Cleveland, because he didn't draft Pennix and Tua will probably be a one-year deal. It's crazy.

So looking at the NFC South divisional odds there, the Panthers are last the team that just won it and won. That's a good football team. We had one of those. We had one of these last week on the show, whenever we found that the Dominican Republic was only favored by four and a half. Correct.

And we immediately were like, okay, yeah, let's make sure we go in it. By the way, yeah, they did. We did hit that, obviously. Sometimes we see things on this particular show pop up, and we go, wait a minute, we need a second look at that. Panthers are a good football team. That's good football. Ad Phillips.

Jaylon Phillips gets added into a litany of dogs down there in Carolina. Hold the phone now. Plus 425 doesn't sound that bad at all, Tundie. No, it doesn't. I'm shocked that the Bucks are like so far ahead of the other teams. I just thought that whole group would be a lot closer together and the Saints would probably be in last because of what they have done. Where's Mike Evans?

Good question. That's a great question. I was promised he was going to be done in the first hour. 12-0-1. Yeah, 1201 maybe we were told that. So what could potentially be happening? Is there a little bit of confliction? Let's go to the Free Agency Fund Zone.

Hey, Shregs, I thought first bow of Hall Famer was making his decision. What's your phone lied you? What's it tell you, though? This is the beauty of today. You put out a sprinkle like that, and that's what I was given the impression of that he was going to be signing somewhere. Well, Tampa Bay is not going to go without a fight.

This could be what's happening right now, where he is looking at multiple teams, and he might be having second thoughts. But I was told to expect Mike Evans to announce his team early in the day. We are now entering hour three. I have the same cadence as Adam Schefter right now. I feel like I'm embodying him.

We have to watch. We have to see. But the truth of matter is this. Tampa Bay wasn't going to go out without a fight. They love this guy. That is a franchise player, Wall of Honor type deal, raise the flags, the whole thing. They weren't going to go out without a fight, and I believe that might be at play right now.

Huge news here. Okay, Albert Breer is reporting that word was Mike Evans' camp has told teams that he had a one-year $27 million offer from someone. Whether or not that's actually the case, we'll see. Greg Oman also on the reporting of that. Maybe we had to hear into the Schefter zone to hear what he has heard about the information surrounding Mike Evans in where his future is.

Shefty, I don't know if you saw that out of Albert Breer, talking about a $27 million one-year offer for Mike Evans. Do we know what Mike Evans is kind of pondering right now or what's kind of taking place? I still think he's going to wind up leaving Tampa in the end. There's no official word on that. And again, as Peter said, these things go back and forth. Now, he will be talking and has been talking to teams.

And sometimes you think that you're further along on a deal. And then all of a sudden, players come back from, more things or teams pull back something else. And I think that's what's going on with Mike Evans, right? Before he leaves Tampa, he wants to make sure that it's for what he wants, enough to get him out of Tampa. Now, last time, he was ready to move on from Tampa. And my understanding was people in his family stepped in like, let's stay in Tampa. And that's what happens. Every year we see people reach agreements, and then sometimes people don't get those agreements followed up and sign. So again, I still think ultimately he's going to wind up leaving Tampa. That's my sense.

But this is still playing out. The negotiations still are going on. And we have to see ultimately where it ends up. Wow. I'm telling you, Anzolone said, I'm not leaving Tampa. Mike Evans family heard the things were like, we're not leaving Tampa. Sounds like Tampa is an incredible city. And obviously Mike Evans has had a lot of success. But if that number, 27 million, do you think that why are people floating that number out there? Because Albert Breer, we know, know some people. Do we think that's a tactic or do you think there's a near $30 million one year deal for fucking Mike Evans right now? That's an incredible

offer. Well, I could say, somebody told them that and maybe the deal will be coming close to that. I don't know any numbers on a Mike Evans deal because I don't think there's any Mike Evans deal that's done right now. Okay, so you're saying could be, but it is not what you have heard. Go ahead. I haven't earned anything. Jeffty, I know it's the first year for it. I haven't seen any

reporting on it. Are you hearing from teams like, yeah, we used one of our five one-hour Zoom calls on this player. Are you getting any of those today? This, you know, we're two and a half hours in almost. This is such a scramble. Like, I don't know anybody that's setting up a Zoom call sitting down in the midst of these crazy negotiations

and punters flying off the shelf. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, Shepdy. Yeah. I mean, you got teams wheeling and dealing. I don't think anybody's sitting in to schedule a video. There might be a certain case where if there's a question about somebody that team has, you want to get that guy on the phone or a Zoom call.

You have the liberty to do that, but I'm unaware of that. Hey, heard you had nobody at your birthday party. It ain't talking about it. need to understand what's going on. We appreciate you, Shifty. The thought of a $27 million, $30 million offer to Mike Evans for one year, what was Fitz's deal? 11 million every year if he just wanted to sign up for it? Remember that? Yeah. It was like 11 million. Three straight years. But it was also, I think, just like available. Like, hey, if you want to play another year, this is fully guaranteed. It's respectable. It is available for you. It was 11 million. At the time, you know,

it's a little bit different. I think Mike Evans had as something similar is kind of how we all viewed it like, hey, if he wants to be at Tampa, it's going to be this. Then he gets a chance to hear what other teams think about him for the first time, long time. And it's like, everybody in Tampa sees him as a one helmet guy. I think his family is potentially like, hey, not only one helmet, this is beautiful. Yeah, our house is awesome. His place is unbelievable. We're heroes here. We've done it all here. And then you hear from another team that's like, hey, just want to let you know, we'd be willing to, we need you. Okay, Tampa, maybe Tampa doesn't understand that they they need you.

We need you 27 mil for one year. I think that's a huge. Kaleel Mack to sign for $18 million for one year with the Chargers. I assume he was pumped to stay in L.A. I assume the Chargers were pumped to have him. Jim Harbaugh, one of his first things he did as a head coach for the Chargers, was on our show telling Joe Ortiz, slapping him on a thigh like Steve

Balmer did in that one gift. And he goes, hey, need to sign Khalil. Need to sign Khalil. That is a guy that can't leave here. Then he talked to Strength Coach Herb, and he's like, we need to keep him. So they make a deal happen for him. 18 million keep them here and everybody's happy it's like but is that what teams are trying to do to Mike Evans right now 28 million guaranteed one year you just come over six seven months I mean that's a good thing that's a good position to be in absolutely but also that's a tough decision to make whatever

you have been a Tampa guy you're in time yeah I am I know we saw the reports I'm interested to know what the real market is for him and and you we thought hey maybe he gets to larry fish gerald treatment he's the one helmet guy ring of honor you know greatest receiver in their franchise history I'm not sure but these are the tough decision that the front office has to make because they have a lot of young talent in there when it comes to wide receiver. Godwin will be the OG if Mike Evans leaves, but you got Ibuka who could emerge and kind of be that next number one guy. You got McMillan who they drafted, who shows a promise.

Obviously brought Otten back at the tight end position. So we shall see it's a tough decision for them to make. I would love to see him finish his career in Tampa, but we know business has to be done. So we thought, we heard maybe the Mike Evans deal gets done early. you know what happened early was Alec Pierce signed and maybe he saw Alke Pierce's number and said oh I'm going to need more than that

so there's similar styles of play yeah exactly and he's done it for 10 years a thousand yards for what 11 straight years or something like that I forget the number with how many different quarterbacks and then he sees Alex Pierce who's the deep threat guy he becomes the highest free agent paid wide

receiver in the history of football or whatever it is Mike Evan just goes hold milk check how What is going on here and then potentially they renegotiate? Or maybe Mike Evans already had his deal. He respects Alec Pierce.

We all respect Alex Pierce. I'm not saying that that's not the case. But maybe Mike Evans agents go, oh, there's a whole new market potentially that we need to look in. There's so many games that could take place. There's so many games that legitimately could be taking place. It could. But you know where you are in your career and we know that Mike knows as well. I'm sure I don't want to speak for him.

But that's Alec Pierce's, you know, first bite of the apple. He's the top guy in line when it comes to free agency. he's a young guy in his prime. I'm sure Mike just wants a deal that he can be comfortable with sitting in. Like you said, you've been in the place for a long, long time. It is tough to leave. And if you do leave, it's a short number. Like, you're not going to a rebuild situation.

You're going to a team. Dano mentioned, Shraigman, a quarterback, and somebody that probably in that top one or two lines when it comes to Super Bowl odds going into this next season. Well, that's what I was going to say. Do you think it's safe to assume that one of these teams that has a bunch of cap space that is absolute shite is maybe a team that's offered him 2070s, like, hey, that's nice, but like I'm not signing up.

Like the Raiders. Exactly. I'm not signing up to do the Devante Adams thing where I think the graph is greener. Tom Brady knows Mike. Oh, my God. Yeah. Tom Brady going to Fernando. Like, if he had a Mike Evans. Craig did say that's all right. That would be. Let's go to the free agency fund zone. Shraggs, is that the team that's just been kind of sitting there that we haven't even thought about? The owner of the team won a Super Bowl with the guy. And boy, we have the money and a rookie quarterback's best friend could be a guy that could take a

top off of a defense. Is that something that we haven't maybe chatted about, Shregs? And are we far off in that world? I think we're going to find out Mike Evans shortly. And I'm going to tell you this. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers believe they are no longer in it for Mike Evans. Oh, they had made a strong offer. And it seems like Evans' representatives have said, we love you. We love how this has been. But it looks like Mike Evans will be moving on. I don't have the team yet. We should know shortly. Dan, are you okay, bud? That's a big move. I mean, He's a Hall of Famer. He's been there forever. They wanted him.

Yeah, I think... Not enough, Shra. Okay, okay. But now it's where. So I'll go back to this. My brain goes to San Francisco. My brain goes to the Rams. My brain goes to the Bills or the Ravens.

If you're Mike Evans and you're willing to leave a place that you have made a Hall of Fame name on the field and an unbelievable name off the field, it's got to be for more than just cash. It's got to be for a place that you think. quarterback's legit this isn't going to be a problem where I'm not getting the football thrown to me or at the right place also a team that's got a chance to win the Super Bowl so I've got a breaking news one in Tone Diggs you might really like this one shut up the Steelers have agreed to a deal with cornerback Jamel Dean former Tampa Bay bucket here three years 36 and a half million dollars Eric Burkart rock nation sports will be the agent on that one but the Steelers in acquisition mode Jamel Dean the corner from Tampa Bay who has had a Super Bowl career with them as well. So we're talking Mike Evans, but here we go. Breaking News, the Shepter tweet.

I just got here. Jamel Dean going to the Steel. Thank you for that. Congrats of the Steelers on another big signing in the corner. They brought in a wide receiver as well. They brought in Pittman, renegotiated his deal for $59 million. Now they bring in a corner. Steelers very active.

Tampa very active. Mike Evans still sitting there open. Steelers fan feels like what with this deal? Feel really, really good. This is one of the positions of need. You have Joey Porter, Jr., who came into his own this year. was one of the best in the league. You signed Asante Samuel Jr.

After the injury, last year, you signed him to a one-year deal this morning, kind of on an approve-it deal for about $5 million. So this is just another piece to sure up the secondary. So now as far as the defense goes, the D-line's good, linebacker's solid, secondary with Dean and Joey Porter, Jr. And then the safety, figure that out. Whoa! Ladies and gentlemen, it has happened.

Mike Evans is expected to sign a three-year-old. year deal with the San Francisco 49ers. Just moments after Shrake said, hey, this Evans deal is coming soon. And he believes that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now out of the conversation for Mike Evans. Adam Schaefter says, while you're saying that, Shraggs, let me actually tell you what's happening. The Niners now have a first ballot Hall of Famer, a man who has been able to accomplish great things no matter who's playing quarterback, has won a Super Bowl, has experienced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from the top all the way down at the bottom.

Now he's heading to San Francisco with a litany of weapons and an offense with Brock Purdy guiding it that can certainly put up ridiculous numbers. Him now going deep down the field for Shanahan and Purdy. Good night. Maybe the Niners make a run at this thing. Let's go

into the free agency frenzy zone with the man who put that tweet out. Shefti, what's the deal? How do we get here, pal? Well, the Niners have needed help at wide receiver. Look, they're Moving on from Brandon Ayuk this offseason, everybody knows that. They have a situation where Debo Samuel left last year. So really, Ricky Pearsall is their proven wide receiver.

They wanted a veteran presence out there. Mike Evans was interested in leaving Tampa for a variety of factors. And at the combine, the word on the street all along was that he was interested in leaving. Now, he lives in Houston during the offseason. A lot of people thought initially maybe the Texans. But the Niners are the team that was interested in him. And they were talking today. And I think the hang up, as we alluded to before, was they were coming together in a deal.

And then there was a hiccup like, well, hold on. We thought you could do this or we thought you could do that. And they had to work through that. Now, it's going to be a three-year deal. It's really a shorter-term deal than that. But it's going to be called a three-year deal for cap purposes. And this is an emotional departure for both Mike Evans and the Buccaneers. This was the very first draft pick that the Buccaneers general manager, Jason Light, made in Tampa.

Mike Evans is going to be in their ring of fame. He's going to be in the Hall of Fame. He is an elite wide receiver. For him to leave an organization like that, he just felt like he wanted to try something else, wanted to be in a different offensive system, wanted to see what life was like elsewhere. And so he now will finish his career in San Francisco

as a focal part of their offense. The 49ers were in the market for a wide receiver, Mike Evans, to the 49ers on a three-year deal. A lot of turnover in Tampa Bay at the office. offensive coordinator role. Obviously, Baker Mayfield now has been his quarterback for the last couple of years. Tom Brady, James Winston, the list goes on and on. He'll go out there with

Kyle Shanahan's offense in Brock Purdy ready to slice and dice. I'm excited to see what Shanahan does with him. I think he's probably pretty excited as well. Let's head over to the free agency fun zone. Shregs thought the deal was coming quick and said maybe a sleeper team. I think we brought up the Niners, but still didn't necessarily

expect it. Why did they make this play Shregs? And what does this mean, Nolovsky? That was so fun, and that is why we do this in real time. I was hearing that the Buccaneers were out. Well, why were they out? Because seconds later, we find out that the 49ers had closed the deal.

I can't stress it enough. And Adam's done it, and I know at home, you're rolling your eyes. The sentimental connection between Mike Evans and that franchise is so strong, stronger than what Brady had with them,

stronger than what Gronk had. This is a guy who's been there all these years, ups and downs, and is now finally leaving. And it was like, if you love someone, you let them go. And at some point, the Buccaneers said, you know what,

if we're going to make an end, Okay, go on and explore other options. Derek Gilmore is the agent. He's been with them all along. They worked the deal out, and there were many other interested parties. But three years they get on Mike Evans, and he goes to the 49ers, who, yes, we're eliminated from the playoffs in a divisional round, but we're so injured last year down the stretch.

He believes he can still win and still make that top dollar money with the 49ers. I like the fit, but of course it's free agency frenzy on a Monday. I like all the fit. I love the fit for San Francisco. I love the fit for San Francisco. San Francisco McCaffrey, and as great as CMC is, he led them in basically every offensive category this year, or this past season,

too much of a burden on that football player. So now Mike comes there, Pierce all there, they're probably going to lose Juan Jennings, who's their dog at wide receiver, do it all type of guy. So now Mike is back. Last year is the first year that Mike didn't have a thousand yards receiving,

and I think 11 seasons. And that's because of injury. It wasn't because he can't play anymore. And so I love the fit in that regard. For Tampa's perspective, it's their own fault in a good way. It's because all they do is draft good players. They've drafted McMillan. They drafted Egbuka.

They drafted Tess Johnson. And so they've got these other young players that are really talented that make it, I don't want to say easier, but you can justify not overspending for Mike in this situation because you've got people in the waiting. And so, dude, I knew teams that wanted to get in on Mike Evans. I know the bills wanted to Mike Evans. I know the Rams wanted in on Mike Evans. I know that the 49ers wanted in Mike Evans.

So I think it's an outstanding signing. And think of Mike Evans down in the Red Zone with Kyle Shanahan, who's one of the great Red Zone game plan design guys in the history of the league. Shregs, what's that number going to look like quickly? I would think it will be north of 25 a year. I mean, that's the numbers that he's demanding. And that's a guy that with this salary cap the way it is, that is something that he can guarantee.

I mean, hey, look, they're going to be obviously moving on from Ayuk. They left, the Debo's gone from last year, and Joanne Jennings is a free agent, so there is room to spend. And you say Ricky Pierce all at one wide receiver, you throw this guy on his second. Caleb comes back. Caleb comes. And obviously, you get Kittle back, you get Yustcheck back. You start only put this thing together. And it's like, all right, 49ers, in a wide open NFC, we talk about the Rams and the Seahawks.

All right, how about Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers still planted their flag and saying, we're not going anywhere yet? And especially with Mike Evans, Debutt, what is it look like in a Shanahan offense with Mike Evans? How do you think he is used? because, what, we got a lot of like, hey, we need you to do exact stuff, whereas Evans there to go ahead and take one of the safeties out of the box so everything else can open up? How does he directly affect everything else going on whenever you're trying to game plan this Niners team?

Yeah, when you talk to defensive coaches or defensive players, they'll tell you Kyle Shanahan probably puts the most problems in front of them as far as game planning and calling plays. But at some point, it comes down to the players and the mismatches. And Mike Evans, you talk about, we all talked about an all-time great, over 13,000 yards, over 100 touchdowns. He's going to be a mismatch as long as he's lacing them up, especially when you get down in that red area. Like he's not going to be separating from guys like he used to.

He can still run and you throw that ball up and it's a rebound. So you have got different guys on that offense that can create mismatches, whether it's a fullback with Jews, whether it's kiddle when he's healthy. CMAQ, he's a mismatch for anyone that's guarding him. So now whoever they draft or whoever they bring in on part of that white receiver court, they can sit in a room and learn from Mike Evans weekend and week out because you don't have just these guys, you know, falling out. of the sky. Can he still play?

I think you still go. Because the type of guy he is, the body that he has, like I said, he's not a guy who's going to be taking the top off of defense like he did five or six years ago, but even when he's covered, he's not. I love what's happening. Linderbaum goes. Mike Evans

Go ahead. We're trying to update the amount of money that has been spent so far in these 14 and a half hours of free agency frenzy. It's over $1.4 billion. in contracts. What a day for the boys. Unbelievable. Hey, way to go, boys.

I think that says something about the health of a league, obviously, whenever you're able to give that amount of contracts out in 14 and a half hours. And we're not even anywhere near when these contracts are allowed to be like actually officialized. That's all Wednesday. We are currently just in a place where it's like, this is the deal that's being done. And it wasn't like this always. Schaefter actually drove for this particular era to happen for the NFL schedule. because it was happening, but nobody was talking about it.

And then the NFL opens up a tampering period. Then there's a pre-tampering period that's allowed. And it's like, was it even tampering then if you're legalizing it? It's almost like first convo, second convoy deal, and then official season starts season. They're like, yeah, whatever, tampering, whatever the case. So that is what this is. So these deals can't come into effect until Wednesday.

I guess there could be some bad faith stuff that could happen until then. But already over $1.4 billion with two and a half more days still, a free agency money being talked about. is an absurd thing and good for all. There is more. Former Bryan's linebacker, Devin Bush, reached agreement today on a three-year, $30 million deal that includes $21 million guaranteed

with the Chicago Bears per agent Drew Rosenhouse. Listen, they were good at the beginning of season. Then they got better. They're looking to become the best, okay? And they'll never let it rest until that good becomes better, which it has, and then they're better. becomes their best. And that's Ben Johnson Football Baby, in a nutshell. Three years, 21 million guaranteed for Devin Bush. Feels like a good deal for him. How big was the market? Tone, what's up?

So he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers as a top 15 pick. The Steelers moved up to draft him. It didn't work out there. He bounced around a bit, had his best season by far last year with the Browns play next to Carson Sweesinger, who won defensive player of the year. Devin Bush played really, really good last year. And then on the bear side, they're letting Edmunds walk. So he just kind of fills in right for them. It's a really good fit for them. Great deal, too. Go ahead.

Yeah. You just talked about it not working out. It did not know. He could have easily been written off. So, kudos to him fighting back. A Michigan man. A South Florida guy as well. So a lot of, I guess, ties in this building.

I'm really happy to see this deal for Devin Bush. And I think it would be great for the Bears as well. Because they struggled from a linebacker standpoint. Had a lot of injuries in that position. You mentioned Edmund's moving on. Great pick for him. Yeah, you're talking about Michigan, man. Let's go to another Michigan man on maybe the Deets.

How many teams were in on Devin Bush? Adam Schaefter. Schifty, what are we hearing about the Devin Bush deal, now making him a Chicago bear? Yeah, well, here's the thing. The Cleveland Browns were interested in bringing him back, and the Chicago Bears have been looking to upgrade their linebackers. I think this is a breakthrough in the linebacker market. If we look at some of the linebackers that are out there right now, Pat, you're going to start to see some movement on some of these guys right now. Guys like Quay Walker, Devin Lloyd, Nicobee Dean, Leo Chanel, Caden Ellis. a lot of good linebackers still out there.

Alex Singleton, Bobby Wagner. So I think this is going to help break up some of the logjam. Again, two and a half hours in. But we're used to so much activity at this point in time. But the Bears wanted to handle linebacker. They identified Devin Bush, and now they have reached agreement with him on that deal. 1.4 billion, 30 million.

Yep. Yeah. Good math there. Well done. Thank you. I'd had to get the proper comma. Let's go over to the free agency fund zone. Shreggs and Erlovsky, any thoughts on Devin Bush going to the Bears? And how about the Bears immediately becoming a team that I think, oh, good decision.

Would have thought that a couple years ago. Now with polls and Ben Johnson, there's already immediate credibility because of success. I will say this, the Cleveland Browns wanted Devin Bush back. So that is a great signing by the Chicago Bears to not only pay him the money, but to recruit him and to get him over there to that defense. Devin Bush, like Tone said, wasn't the first round pick necessarily for the Steelers they would hoped after that first year. But last year completely rebuilt his career.

If you're a Bears fan, you're like, Devin Bush, father played in the NFL, and last year was an excellent linebacker for the Cleveland Brown, so much so that they thought he was going to be a core piece of this defensive they could bring him back. They couldn't retain him. He now goes to Chicago Bears. I think it's a great signing. Shregg, what's on deck real quick, Shregs?

What's on deck you think in your mind if you had to project like you did before with Mike Evans? That was beautiful, by the way. That was really good TV. That was good TV to the second. That was fun. That was good. Shefti with the home run at the end, getting the team in the time.

That's USA Baseball. That was it, beautiful. That was good. Honestly, I'm very curious to see, and I think Shephti mentioned this, when you start talking about that linebacker group, and Devin Bush goes, that's of course, but this is a really good group of linebackers this year with Devin Lloyd, Quay Walker, and we know Caden Ellis and Nicobi Dean are on the board. All of those guys, we've already seen a couple go with Anzolone and Bush,

but those are the names that I'm watching. Not as sexy maybe as the quarterbacks, but when you have the linebacker play, and some big names who's going to start going now that we've got two off the board. Go ahead, Dan, oh, sorry about that, buddy. Yeah, you're good. It's also kind of the age of football right now in the NFL. Years ago, you would have never imagined someone within the first hour of free agency hitting, how much did Kenneth Walker get, 40 million, 30 plus million?

Yeah. Signing or running back to 30 plus million. ETN going north of 50. Linebackers going for 30. Linderbaum. Yeah, so it's just like kind of, I agree. The linebackers are kind of the guys that are next. But I still sit there and I'll go, okay, where are these agreements going to come with some of these receivers that are still out there now that the Mike Evans edition has been signed?

Some of the tight ends that are out there now that the Mike Evans is going to be signed. And speaking to Devin Bush, so the Bears jumped on Dalman retirement, replacing with Bradbury. And they're not the same player, but they don't hesitate. Then they go sign Kobe Bryant as a safety to start free agency, which was a very big deal. Now you get Devin Bush. The Bears just seem to, I agree with you, Pat. They're just making decisions that aren't, oh my gosh. And then, oh, it falls flat.

It seems like very calculated. That's good call. Holy shit. That's that Emmy right there. I just saw it. Did you see it? I heard it. Yeah, because like the way you said it, it just painted a picture in my mind because

I thought of people going, oh my God. And it was like such a good descriptor. Thank you, Dan. They've been killing it, Pat. He's been killing it. Dano. What we're saying is, yeah, it's been good signings, even though we're not saying. Oh, my God.

Yeah, yeah. Hey, one name, Pat, that I think is good thing. I'll take it from here. I got it. They just shoot it off of him. He's a good teammate. All quiet on the Midwestern front with our guy, Trey Hendrickson. So I'm curious to see where he goes, if there's any action.

I think we'll see. But you like that. a reference to the literary world, I bring that. I'm a little bit of a highbrow guy. Yeah, I respect that we need that. We've been able to feel it in here. Yeah. I smell it.

Is that what you smell over there? That's crazy. It is not what I smell. Dano's been smelling a little bit too much of it. Might be attached to some of the things I've said. Dano might be floating over there. You also would love this. We have a peripheral view of Adam Schaefter,

and he's just pacing like a madman. It's so fun to watch us from my angle. He's just going, pacing, going, pacing. We should put... Next year he should get a whoop. He's working. He's got it. He's got, Adam's got it.

He's going. That's not a bad idea. We can keep the active heart rate on the screen. Dano, keep them coming, but this is what happens when you start... Oh, my. Oh, my God. What a crazy signing. The amount of money that's being paid out, obviously huge.

Do we think anybody won the Super Bowl late? I really like the Raiders with Linderbaum. It's hard not to just automatically... all to that. I really like Mike Evans of San Francisco. I like that we kept Alec Pierce here. I like Pittman going to the Pittsburgh. It's hard not to get excited about all of me because so much optimism

and hope. But it does feel like we got a lot of positive shit done for a lot of teams today on this free agency. For the top tier teams, I would say that Kenneth Walker to the Chief. That was huge. We were obviously matching up all these running backs to that Chief whether it was Breeze Hall or Jeremiah Love. So them getting

Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker was huge. And then it's something that may fly under the radar. I think Wondell Robinson, Tennessee, because coaching-wise, Brian Dayball taking that OC job to be Cam Ward's OC was my favorite kind of higher of the all season. So now get more weapons in there. I like their young tight-in helm, their rookie tight-in from last year, some other weapons that obviously they need to bring up. But I love that those two signs to jump out. Yeah, Dayball is obviously going to do good things. We assume offensively. The numbers are out now. Shafti has reported. Mike Evans goes for a three-year, $60.4 million. Jeez. 20.1.

one, two, five, one, three, three million per year. Because that's going to be front-loaded. We assume this will be a salary cap gymnastics, three years if we had to guess. He said north at 25 is what he was here, and so we could assume probably 50 million over the first two years here, 10 million for the third year, potentially, however they decide to kind of structure it out. John Lynch is a madman. Obviously, he's able to accomplish these things. What a weapon for them.

I love that move, con man. And the Patriots, eerily quiet. Yeah, which... You're really quiet in this whole thing, mostly because I think you've been so excited about making a move just because last year you guys made moves. In years past, you guys have made moves. We thought that was going to happen again with the Patriots

because of where you guys lie. Instead, a little bit more cerebral. Are you bummed out or excited? No, no, very excited, especially just because Mike Vrable's at the helm. You know it's probably the right decision. Yeah, I don't have to be worried like I have been in years past. I can just trust, especially because there are players out there that our trade targets, Grenard in Minnesota, AJ Brown, still out there.

Move that happened early, probably one of the bigger names. Carolina Panthers feel like they went from a good football team to possibly. That's a great football team. Getting Jalen Phillips as kind of that premier guy passed Rush, you know, Trey Hendrickson being one of the other ones. But him getting paid, especially with the pieces they already have. I think Derek Brown is their all pro-D tackle. J.C. Horn, he got paid last offseason on the back end, their corner.

Like the Panthers quietly making that move. and then seeing the odds that they're plus 400, the longest in that division, makes me think like, okay, I'm not there all the way, put all the chips in on the Carolina Panthers and the NFC South, but they feel like a pretty damn good football team.

Is 12 a big one for Zing? Oh, yeah. Yeah, 12, I think, is the biggest. I thought I would win up at 6. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You can get international. Yeah, you've got to go overseas to get 12. Yeah, they get shipped in.

I think they're getting shipped in. shipped in. Like rugs. Whenever I saw that, exactly, like rugs, those things are getting shipped into town. When I saw this man, put this in. That's the first thing to come to my ship in. That's how big there. Yeah, they're massive. And things got even little

things at the end of it, like, you know, a huge export. I got to put that thing in there. Yeah, 12. I saw it happen. Fine. I don't really do a lot of the, uh, the Zin stuff. Nicotine and tobacco are just legitimately the only thing I can't, like, in the whole world. It's like the only thing that my body just doesn't do well, so I've never been into it.

Always at training camp with the offensive lineman, yeah, let me go ahead. Yeah, sure. I mean, I guess we got to, and then it was always just like sick as hell. But I know the Zing game, okay, because there's people that toss them to me, asked me to sign them. I always feel honored when I'm doing that. And Parker McCollum, I watched him at one of his concerts, catch one, look at the dosage, shrug the person off and throw it back.

That's when I knew, like, oh, they're competing here. in what they're doing. I had a chance to kind of learn about it. I thought six was the max as well. Then I watched Human, pull one out, and I'm reading the thing from far, and it's not Zen at some other company, and it says 12 on it.

I'm like, I've never seen that before. Two of them. 12 pieces? Yeah. It's four or six. Then I watched. That's a lot of negative team. Holy hell.

This man was still alive. Somebody else tried one that we know. Mm-hmm. Okay. He might be an Emmy Award-winning TikTok editor. Duckfoot. Okay? Duckfoot.

Run sideways, but also forward. Okay? All those types of things. Was I volunteer? Yeah, he was, exactly. He was there. Goodbye. Yeah, and he should have known.

Night. He's a three guy. He's a three guy. He went to sleep. I mean, he was dead in the seat. They had to hit him. Had to hit him for when it was his turn to talk. Ha!

Ha! Freaked out. Yeah. One. So in that moment, I was like, you know what, this is going to be a great football team soon, I think. I think this team's got something that nobody else has. Okay.

Maybe even, I don't know if Raves could, I don't know. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I don't even know. Braves are smoking Sigs while he's got Zinn in. We're inside. We don't know if that was a possibility. There's a chance that that would have been happening as well. I think I know what we're talking. It was outrageous.

It was unbelievable stuff. Okay, let's head over to the free agency, fun zone. Dan O, Shrags, as we wrap up here on ESPN, can you two give us your favorite moves that have happened thus far, favorite money spent. Shraggs, we'll start with you, pal. I love the whole symphony of the Mike Evans deal. We thought Tampa was going to make a big push. They did. It turns out he had the 49ers in play. Dan Orloskey, to his credit, named them as the surprise team. He did have the 49ers. I want to give him love there. But this is why this free agency frenzy is so wild. I thought we were going to find out at 12.01. It took till 2.30 p.m.

Eastern until Mike Evans announced it. And he just put out a statement with his agent, Derek Gilmore, thanking the Buccaneers for what they did to him. his life. But when you see an all-time player from a franchise, take his game and say, I'm going to go finish my career somewhere else. It is a significant moment in the sport. And I think Mike Evans was a wonderful buccaneer. But on to Better Ventures, he goes over to the new, to the San Francisco 49ers, and he's going to look to go win another chip with Brock Purdy and those boys. I think the best move is Strigs and I've been at the Thunderdome first time, first time. So fun. A blast. A blast. My first time here, a blast. Can I tell you this real quick, John

Schneider, Jim, the Seahawks, who's been eerily quiet, texting me and goes, what is that 1970s playroom that you guys are in. I go, I love it. I never want to be anywhere else. This is where I want to be. Great. Free agency frenzy with Dano. Let's go. Welcome, boys. Welcome boys. Shout to Ben, Mystic and the two bald mics out of New York that built that place up over there. Great work. Phenomenal workers. We've got to try and keep this. We've got to try and keep this sign. I don't think so. I don't be staying here. I don't think so. As far as football, I'm a line and scrimmage person. So, one, Raiders, Linderbaum, I think it's.

absolutely huge. Jalen Phillips going to Carolina, absolutely huge. I think Mike Evans going to San Francisco as well, not because of kind of like us being ahead of it. I just think Mike Evans is one of those difference making, the way you have to line up against an offense

and play them. DeButt knows this. How many corners do you really sit there and say, you can play Mike by yourself? Specifically down in the low red zone. There's just not a lot. Yeah, I just think Kyle Shanahan's going to use him as this piece. They're free up so much for their offense. And so I think that's a massive signing.

I also think the Rams had a great day because the addition of Jalen Watson was a big deal outside of the acquisition of McDuffie. I expected some more movement from the corners. Lante Taylor, Therickwolding, up there at the top of some Josh Joe Super Bowl champ. Oh, Jam, that was a great sign. We still got play. We had a lot of moves made. I appreciate you guys over there in a free agency fund zone. You guys crushed it today. Hell yeah. Well done.

That's crushed you. So cool. Thank you, Pat. Yeah, no problem. We'll see you guys tomorrow. I'm very thankful for that. Let's head into the man who's been breaking all this news

who will continue to be live from this room for the next 50 straight hours. Chefty, your big moves of the day? Did everything happen how you thought it was going to happen when we started? Well, I think Jalen Phillips going to Carolina was a surprise that upsets. Got to take a call. You want to give me one minute? Hold on one second.

Hold on. Mute him, mute him. Is it worth anything? I'm on TV right now. Turn on your TV right now. I'm literally on here right now. They're showing me. I'm at the Thunderdotes, whole thing. So Jalen Phillips, I think, that leaves Philadelphia in an interesting spot. Tyler Lindabound reset the market on centers. And it's interesting.

The agent is a man by the name of Neil Cornrich. Neil Cornrich, at the outset of free agency in the first year, took Kirk Loudermilk, making $200,000 a year, and brought him to Indianapolis on a two-point. $1.15 million deal over three years. He got the highest paid center in free agency when free agency opened. And now all these years later, you have a situation where Tyler Linderbaum resets the market. The Raiders get a quarterback for their offensive line.

This was the player that the new head coach, Clint Kubiak, wanted most of all. They were going to do everything they could to get him. He becomes the highest paid interior offensive lineman in NFL history. nobody would ever have thought $27 million a year for a center. But that's what we saw. Right now, AQ Shipley's weeping. You're seeing all the Punter deals. Pat, you're weeping.

And I'm weeping because the Wi-Fi in this room is very wonky. And I've had a very hard time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Herbert Buck, Jen, we appreciate you. How about this? Before we send this off to Laura Rutledge in the Sports Center NFL Free Agency Frenzy Special, Darian Canard, Green Bay Packers swing tackle with great hair, phenomenal flow, four years in the league, three Super Bowls, no big deal.

One year deal worth up to 3.75 million to Green Bay. Stay home, I love it. Love it. It's a great deal. All right. Chefty, we appreciate you. We'll continue to watch. Dano and Shragues will continue their days on NFL Live.

We obviously will continue to fall along with everything happening around the NFL because it's the greatest league on Earth. And days like today tell us why. Dreams came true. There was a lot of first-time bags entering bank accounts where people have been earning and working their entire lives for that, not just them, their communities, their families. Now they're finding homes and new places trying to lift that organization to the tip he top.

Because if you don't win the Super Bowl, does any of it matter? No. Nope. But the money's good. Over $1.55 billion already. Laura Rutledge and Sports Center will continue. Then NFL live. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living.

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