Seahawks trade Metcalf to Steelers for 2nd round pick. Metcalf gets 4 year extension at 33 million per year.
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Seahawks trade Metcalf to Steelers for 2nd round pick. Metcalf gets 4 year extension at 33 million per year.
Josh Allen new contract - 6 yrs $330 million, $250 million guaranteed.
I would have accepted either Adams or Metcalf on our team. I’m slightly disappointed, but not after seeing the contracts they signed for.
Agree. Plus add the 2nd round draft pick for DK with the contract price and I think they'd be better off throwing a few darts at WR in the draft and signing a value FA this year with hopes that next year there is a better fit to address WR long term.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teamcheez1
I would've loved DK on the Pack, but not at that ridiculous contract. $33 million per? No thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teamcheez1
yeah the 33 million is high price. I am not saying DK isn't deserving in comparison to other receivers, it's just a hell of a lot of money. Obviously the Steelers have a void at the receiver position. DK is going to a team with the same issues he is leaving Seattle for. Mid to bottom tier qb play, with a run centric offense.
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Haason Reddick has agreed to terms on a 1 year deal for $14mil with $12mil guaranteed with the Buccaneers. Deal negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus
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Chris Godwin back to Bucs 3 years 66M chance to make 24 deal done by tory dandy. 44M guaranteed at signing.
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According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Khalil Mack is re-signing with the Los Angeles Chargers, his former team, on a one-year contract. Mack’s deal is reportedly worth $18 million in fully-guaranteed money, a number that puts him 15th among edge rushers in terms of average annual value.
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The Chiefs appear to have found their new left tackle.
According to multiple reports, they have agreed to terms with former 49er Jaylon Moore. It’s a two-year deal worth $30 million for Moore.
Moore has spent most of his career as a backup. The 2021 fifth-round pick’s longest run as a starter was a five-game stretch during the 2024 season after Trent Williams was injured and he has made 12 starts over his four NFL seasons.
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The Bears have made another move to remake their offensive line.
According to multiple reports, Chicago has agreed to a three-year deal with former Atlanta center Drew Dalman.
The initial reports indicate Dalman’s contract is worth $42 million with $28 million guaranteed.
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Sources: DT Javon Kinlaw to the Commanders, as he gets a 3 year, $45M deal with $30M guaranteed.
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Sources: The Patriots are signing standout LB Robert Spillane, the former Raider.
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The New York Giants agreed to terms on a deal with Paulson Adebo, per source. The former New Orleans Saints corner is still 25 years old, coming off a broken femur. -- Jordan Raanan, Giants reporter
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The Titans are loading up on the offensive line, agreeing to terms with Steelers LT Dan Moore on a 4-year, $82M deal with $50M guaranteed and $30M in Year 1, sources say.
The deal done by Jeff Nalley of CAA is the biggest for a tackle thus far.
It's highly probable that all these teams throwing around the big money for WRs are gonna be regretting it. It is starting to look like the Packers have concluded that they already have a lot of quality on the cheap, and they're gonna stick to doing it with the draft, maybe not even in the first or second round. All things considered, I guess I'm ok with that.
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A big one per @tompelissero.bsky.social:
The Patriots are signing Carlton Davis, who gets a 3-year, $60M deal with $34.5M fully guaranteed.
Really wanted the Packers to go after Drew Dalman I assume his deal is no more than 4 years. 12-15 million is a lot to pay for a center, but a really great one pays back in spades.
Dalman's deal is reportedly 3 years, 42M, 28 guaranteed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
Aaron Jones - 2y/20M with 13 guaranteed. Think he'll stay healthy for 17 again? I didn't think he'd do it last year.
The Metcalf compensation was too high IMO. Agree with Tex and others that teams will regret some of these signings. I think it's largely understood by teams that players are going to get cut 2-3 years into a 4 year deal, they just don't care. Paying a player twice what he's worth is not smart business, and I think GB is waiting out the big spending and will go for value.
DJ Reed heading to the Lions, who lost Carlton Davis.
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Splash: The Patriots are taking the biggest defender off the market, as Eagles DT Milton Williams lands in New England, per me and Mike Garafolo.
Williams gets a $26M per year.
Eliot Wolf spending a lot of money as Patriots GM. Patriots have the most cap space of any NFL team.
Sam Darnold to Seahawks. 3 years, 100M.
Packers signing Aaron Banks to bolster OL. Does he play both ways and can rush the passer?
Wonder if this signifies that the Packers plan to roll with Rhyan or Jenkins at center and backfill their starting guard spot with Banks?
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Trade: Texans are trading five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Washington Commanders for a package of picks, sources tell ESPN.
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Source: former Falcons Pro Bowl DT Grady Jarrett — released today from Atlanta — already has found a new home, reaching agreement on a 3-year $43.5 million deal including $28.5 million fully guaranteed with the Chicago Bears. Deal negotiated by Todd France at Athletes First.
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The Chicago Bears have agreed to sign free agent defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo to a three-year, $48 million contract with $32 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN amid multiple reports.
The agreement gives the Bears a pass rusher opposite Montez Sweat.
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After losing out on former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Milton Williams earlier Monday, the Arizona Cardinals made their first splash of free agency by agreeing to a four-year contract with another former Eagle, pass rusher Josh Sweat, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The deal with Arizona is worth $76.4 million including $41 million guaranteed.
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Free agent Justin Fields and the New York Jets reached agreement on a two-year, $40 million deal that includes $30 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday. The Jets are moving on from quarterback Aaron Rodgers, planning to release him when the new league year begins Wednesday. Rodgers has emerged as a quarterback option for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Fields' team in 2024, league sources told Schefter on Monday.
Probably Jenkins at C, Morgan at RG and Rhyan as the swing guy.
Rumor is that Nate Hobbs is our new CB on a 4yr 48million dollar deal. Seems high but maybe I'm missing something.
16m guaranteed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaulding
Has more years starting than INTs and was ranked 110th in league for CBs…
Seems oddly high
So we had cap and didn’t have yet sign a vet WR or premier DL… makes sense
Don't know much about him because he's played with Raiders. His completion pct. allowed has gone down every year, so maybe Packers see him as an ascending player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fosco33
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Hobbs is a good tackler and played mostly in the slot... but that contract looks like outside corner money to me.
Feels like an overpay to me, but $16M guaranteed over 4 years is not horrible, they can cut him easily after 2 years.
Gives them another body in the room, and I wonder if they are working on something with Jaire or using this to tighten the screws on that situation. As it is Hobbs is an upgrade from Stokes. I have to think signing Hobbs is as much about scheme fit for Hafley as anything else, will be curious to hear what they say about where he'll play and how they want to deploy him. I thought they wanted to keep Bullard in the slot.
I don't think he'll just be a slot guy. He has the height and arm length to play boundary. I don't know that much about Hobbs, but Gute has a pretty good track record on free agent signings.
have you seen the free agent list of WRs? I wouldn't waste my breath on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fosco33
First, being merely an "upgrade from Stokes" is very faint praise; my mother might be able to clear that bar. Secondly, I hope you're right this is somehow about scheme fit - from what I've read Hobbs is much more a slot guy than an outside guy, so if he's going to play the slot, then what do you do with your 2nd round draft pick from last year? Where would Bullard play? Evanescent Williams and McKinney have the safety spots locked down. So that would mean they think Hobbs can play outside, right? It would also seem to suggest that Jaire's days with the team really truly will be over. I don't think you can have that kind of money tied up in three outside cornerbacks - Alexander, Hobbs, Nixon.Quote:
Originally Posted by run pMc
It's a bit of a head scratcher for me, but you've got to presume the Packers know all these things and have an idea about how it'll all fit together. The most obvious is that they think Hobbs can play outside, so it'd be Hobbs/Nixon outside and Bullard inside, with Valentine backing up outside and maybe drafting a young corner in April. Though probably not with the first round pick. Or even the second?
I think they like Valentine better than Nixon on the outside. I am not sure how it all works out, only what Nixon went blabbering on about after the season in wanting to be a full time corner on the outside. to me, he is the dimeback if this defense wants to be elite. I didn't hate Stokes by the end of the year. Not sure if the Packers would want to bring him back and let him compete, but I wouldn't hate it on a one year prove it deal. Alexander will be released unless something crazy happens. So I still think the Packers need to invest at the position regardless of the Hobbs signing. Packer should be looking at drafting a corner in the first 3 rounds this year. They should have done it last year.
I think they like Valentine but I also think he drives them crazy. He occasionally blows assignments, and his tackling is not great (ask Dallas Goddert). That said, he's young (was 21 when drafted) and has some talent. He's not bad. I think they put Nixon outside out of necessity (and him probably pestering Hafley to do play him there) and he exceeded their expectations. He was not great in the slot and seemed to play better outside. Problem with evaluating the CBs last year is by mid-season teams were attacking the MOF because the coverage by McDuffie, et al was not nearly as good as on the outside.
I agree they will need to invest in CBs
They also will need to invest in pass-rush: A QB under pressure can make an average secondary look like a great one.
Agreed with you both. They'll need to draft another corner, maybe two. I'm just not sure that corner will come in the first round - with Hobbs/Nixon/Bullard, he'd be a dime back. And that's not a lot of bang for your buck for the first year. I'm thinking they go corner in round three, maybe round two.
I'm hoping they'll grab a top-notch defensive tackle in the first round, or a defensive end if a good enough one is available at #23.
Second round receiver, third round corner? But what do I know? Not much. Not much at all.
I have been thinking the whole "BPA" thing is not as clear-cut as I used to think. My thinking was, well, if you're convinced a guy who's at a position you don't "need" - say, a tight end this year - is going to be an All Pro, you take him, because better an All Pro tight end than a jag at corner or defensive end or wherever. But that thinking can only hold up if you're able to consistently and correctly determine which guys are going to be head-and-shoulders-better than other guys. And no one has that down to a science. So unless some guy mysteriously drops from the top ten (Aaron Rodgers, Warren Sapp), you can't say for sure that one guy is obviously and clearly going to be a better tight end than another guy is going to be a corner or defensive tackle. So need can play a part, and probably should. Because if you take Mr. Super Star For Sure tight end when you really need a defensive tackle, and it turns out Mr. Super Star For Sure is not such a sure thing, well, you screwed yourself.
Don't know where to post this but seems right.
Herb Brooks, coach of the 1980 Olympic men's hockey team, was being loudly criticized for passing over a couple of players who were widely recognized as being the best on the ice.
Herb simply replied "I'm not interested in the best players. I'm interested in the best team".
Cooper Kupp is being floated as a potential signee.
Not sure what he has left. Leadership may have some value.
The packers have a long track record of giving up on defensive backs right before they get past the injury bug and put it together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
It wasn't just McDuffie. In that breakout game by Cooper (Detroit on Thur night was it, or Minn...I'm old) he was destroyed in coverage. We all got excited about his dominance in the run game, but he was atrocious in the passing game.Quote:
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Russell Wilson is finalizing a deal with the Giants, as the Pro Bowler is the latest big QB domino, per The Insiders.
Rather than wait for Aaron Rodgers, NYG adds another veteran QB to go along with Jameis Winston.
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Sources: The Patriots are signing Texans FA WR Stefon Diggs, one of the top free agents available. He gets a 3-year, $69M deal.
After a successful visit to NE, including a physical thanks to an ACL tear that ended his 2024, he lands to be a key target for Drake Maye.
$69M? NOICEQuote:
Originally Posted by Joemailman
Seriously, that's a lot of dough for a guy that 3 teams have given up on. Probably a lot of funny money in the last year.
I'll give Gute this much: if he's overpaying on the FA market (Banks), at least it's for players who are young with some runway for upside.
Diggs faded 2nd half of 2023 season. WAs having a decent year last year before tearing ACL. Lot of money though to be paying a 31 year old receiver coming off an ACL if much of the money is real. Patriots are #1 in cap space though, so it's not a huge gamble for them.
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The NFL’s owners have passed a rule change that will allow both teams to possess the ball in overtime during the regular season, per source.
The overtime period will remain just 10 minutes.
Vote on tush push expected today also.
The NFL’s replay assist system will cover more plays during the 2025 season.
League owners approved a proposal to expand the use of replay assist in a vote at the league meetings in Palm Beach on Tuesday. The proposal called for adding fouls for hits on a defenseless player, grabbing the facemask, performing a horse-collar tackle, tripping, and running into or roughing the kicker to be covered by the process.
Replay assist will now be able to be used to pick up flags thrown for those infractions as long as there is clear evidence on video that on-field officials erred by calling the penalties.
The change does not allow for flags to be thrown, so similarly clear evidence of an uncalled facemask or horse-collar tackle will not result in a penalty.