Official 2020 Free Agency Thread

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NFL Update @MySportsUpdate
The #Panthers are not expected to exercise their 2020 team option on DT Dontari Poe, per
@JourdanRodrigue. The move will save Carolina $9.8M in cap space.

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NFL Update @MySportsUpdate
The #Panthers are not expected to exercise their 2020 team option on DT Dontari Poe, per
@JourdanRodrigue. The move will save Carolina $9.8M in cap space.

This thick boy could look good at nose tackle and let Big Kenny play the 3 tech.

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This thick boy could look good at nose tackle and let Big Kenny play the 3 tech.

I've been wondering this -- what is Kenny Clark's best position? NT or 3T?
With the 2 DL looks Pettine used I didn't always pay attention -- I guess I'd have to go back and watch some games to see where he was mostly lined up.

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JennaLaineESPN @JennaLaineESPN

Not sure if this has been reported, but league sources have told me that they expect the Redskins to franchise tag Brandon Scherff and the Steelers to tag Bud Dupree.

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JennaLaineESPN @JennaLaineESPN

Not sure if this has been reported, but league sources have told me that they expect the Redskins to franchise tag Brandon Scherff and the Steelers to tag Bud Dupree.

Also saw some quasi reputable site like cbssports claim that WAS are alternately shopping Trent Williams and hoping Rivera can talk him back into the fold. Says they want Duane Brown type trade comp (R2 and R3 for Williams and a R5?) I think he sticks with WAS but even if he is on the block GB might as well keep Bulaga. Both are old and beat up.

On unrelated FA news, I hope they don't sign Austin Hooper. He's good, but he's not 5y/$50M good IMO. If you think he's as good as a near-prime Jimmy Graham you're misinformed. (And yes, obviously the Graham contract is bad.)
I think the Cory Littleton interest is a smokescreen. He can really cover, but not play run D as well as Blake. Someone is going to throw $15M at him.
I think the Schobert interest is to see if they can get him for less than what Blake wants. Wouldn't be surprised if Blake wants $10M and year but they only want to pay him 6-7M at most and are looking at alternatives.
Doesn't hurt to perform due diligence and see what the market offers. Gotta have a backup plan.

JMHO

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Also saw some quasi reputable site like cbssports claim that WAS are alternately shopping Trent Williams and hoping Rivera can talk him back into the fold. Says they want Duane Brown type trade comp (R2 and R3 for Williams and a R5?) I think he sticks with WAS but even if he is on the block GB might as well keep Bulaga. Both are old and beat up.

On unrelated FA news, I hope they don't sign Austin Hooper. He's good, but he's not 5y/$50M good IMO. If you think he's as good as a near-prime Jimmy Graham you're misinformed. (And yes, obviously the Graham contract is bad.)
I think the Cory Littleton interest is a smokescreen. He can really cover, but not play run D as well as Blake. Someone is going to throw $15M at him.
I think the Schobert interest is to see if they can get him for less than what Blake wants. Wouldn't be surprised if Blake wants $10M and year but they only want to pay him 6-7M at most and are looking at alternatives.
Doesn't hurt to perform due diligence and see what the market offers. Gotta have a backup plan.

JMHO

PFF ran something blasting Hooper over being short route limited. A creation of the Atlanta offense. https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1231731218800107529

Matt Bowen sees a little more.

https://twitter.com/MattBowen41/status/1234599138676834306

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Ken Ingalls - Packers Cap @KenIngalls
Remember, the Packers tried to get Bulaga to take pay cuts in 2018 & 2019. They had several OTs in as pre-draft visits to Green Bay before the 2019 draft. They practiced with Turner at RT a LOT in training camp last year.

Why would the Packers suddenly view Bulaga as a priority?

[Teamcheez1]

Why would Burrow be mad at a one year show me deal to one of the best receivers in the league when healthy? Why wouldn’t you franchise him. It’s a great play IMO.

Pay a WR top 5 money who hasn't essentially played the last two years and is on the wrong side of 30? No thank you. You could sign a top free agent at any position except QB for that kind of money.

[KYPack]

Archie thought they were a perennially losing franchise and an awful organization in general -- AJ Smith and Schotty were barely speaking, and going into 2004, the Chargers had put together a total of four winning seasons since 1983.
Not saying Cincy is much better, but they've had a few winning seasons in the last 10. Cincy is not known to be a model organization though, and I'm far from sold on Zac Taylor as a HC.

I think Burrow plays for them if they pick him, although I could just as easily see them trade down for a trove of picks and take Tua/Herbert. Dalton is due for a change of scenery.

KYPack probably has some more insights on CIN, but the situation does bear some resemblance to Eli/SD. I'd think keeping Green for at least one season would make playing there more appealing to Burrow.

Cincy will draft and sign Burrow.

Tag Green? that's a jump ball. Some reports say that Burrow has asked the Bengals if Green will play one more season. Dunno know if it's true, but that's the news coming off the Ohio river bank.

Cincy needs to shore up a porous D that has real LB issues, so even this lowly team only has so much bread to go around.

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Also saw some quasi reputable site like cbssports claim that WAS are alternately shopping Trent Williams and hoping Rivera can talk him back into the fold. Says they want Duane Brown type trade comp (R2 and R3 for Williams and a R5?) I think he sticks with WAS but even if he is on the block GB might as well keep Bulaga. Both are old and beat up.

On unrelated FA news, I hope they don't sign Austin Hooper. He's good, but he's not 5y/$50M good IMO. If you think he's as good as a near-prime Jimmy Graham you're misinformed. (And yes, obviously the Graham contract is bad.)
I think the Cory Littleton interest is a smokescreen. He can really cover, but not play run D as well as Blake. Someone is going to throw $15M at him.
I think the Schobert interest is to see if they can get him for less than what Blake wants. Wouldn't be surprised if Blake wants $10M and year but they only want to pay him 6-7M at most and are looking at alternatives.
Doesn't hurt to perform due diligence and see what the market offers. Gotta have a backup plan.

JMHO

All good points except Hooper. He's way better than Jimmy

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Why didn't Eli Manning want to go to San Diego and play with LaDanian Thomlinson and Antonio Gates?

'cause the Chargers are notoriously cheap and generally very bad record wise. See the stuff they pulled with Joey Bosa. I haven't heard that the Bengals are the same way, but they certainly have a similarly awful track record over an extended period of time.

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Pay a WR top 5 money who hasn't essentially played the last two years and is on the wrong side of 30? No thank you. You could sign a top free agent at any position except QB for that kind of money.

Okay sure, but they have the rookie QB and they have the money, why not spend it on a risk free deal for one year on a top 5 WR? What FA are they going to get to *come to Ohio* that's better than AJ Greene when healthy?

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'cause the Chargers are notoriously cheap and generally very bad record wise. See the stuff they pulled with Joey Bosa. I haven't heard that the Bengals are the same way, but they certainly have a similarly awful track record over an extended period of time.

P, the Bengals just hired their first full time scouting staff about 5 years ago. Cheap is their way of life.

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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
The #Chargers and WR Travis Benjamin are mutually parting ways after the team and agent Robert Butler met at the Combine, source said. Benjamin, who has been with the team since 2016, will be a free agent when the league year begins.


in other news, Hunter Henry is getting tagged, so Hooper is possibly the top FA TE, depending on what happens to Ebron.

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Also saw some quasi reputable site like cbssports claim that WAS are alternately shopping Trent Williams and hoping Rivera can talk him back into the fold. Says they want Duane Brown type trade comp (R2 and R3 for Williams and a R5?) I think he sticks with WAS but even if he is on the block GB might as well keep Bulaga. Both are old and beat up.

On unrelated FA news, I hope they don't sign Austin Hooper. He's good, but he's not 5y/$50M good IMO. If you think he's as good as a near-prime Jimmy Graham you're misinformed. (And yes, obviously the Graham contract is bad.)
I think the Cory Littleton interest is a smokescreen. He can really cover, but not play run D as well as Blake. Someone is going to throw $15M at him.
I think the Schobert interest is to see if they can get him for less than what Blake wants. Wouldn't be surprised if Blake wants $10M and year but they only want to pay him 6-7M at most and are looking at alternatives.
Doesn't hurt to perform due diligence and see what the market offers. Gotta have a backup plan.

JMHO

I’d rather pay Littleton 15 then Blake 10. I think they can get Littleton for around 12 with mutual interest. The Packers are gonna make a move on him. We shall see.