The Pat McAfee Show Free Agency Frenzy Extravaganza | Monday March 9th 2026

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[music]. >> Hello beautiful people [music]. and welcome to our humble abode, the. Thunderdome. On this glorious, beautiful, chaotic. 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 toxic table at Boston. Connor and at Ty Schmidt. One half of. the hammer, Cowboys AP Tone, nine-year NFL vet, one. of the smartest humans 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 Schefter here, and also in the. free agency fun zone, we have Schrager. 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, boys? >> Without a doubt, man. Schrager, 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, Schrager. 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 belle 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 able 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. What's that.

over there? Adam Schefter. How the hell. did this come to be, Schefty? And what. do we know about the Alec Pierce. Indianapolis Colts deal that I think is. a 116 over 4 years, Schefty? Is that. what it is, Pat? 116 Oh, so again, just. to confirm, cuz you're 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. >> Wow. >> Chris Ballard, Carlie Irsay 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. LaBoy, 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 this. thing. We're doing this thing. Adam Alec. Pierce stays in Indianapolis. D-Butt. 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 him and make the Colts match.

an offer sheet. Albert Breer was. reporting this weekend that the Colts. offered him the Sam Darnold deal, which. would be 3 years 100 million, which is. about 33 per and then I Allegedly his. team said, "We're looking for 50 of them. things.". Now whatever he can get, we certainly. want him to get. Played with a broken. leg and an Achilles tear last year. Led. 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-Butt. >> Yeah, he's a game changer. Since he's. come in the league, he's been a big play. waiting to happen, an 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 a guy that you want to keep in. your building. Obviously Chris Ballard. and the Colts and the Irsays, they felt. that way as well. This is a big, big. signing, a big job. I know Comment. probably wanted 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 to 14 side. If you're split. safety, you better be aware of where 14.

is. So it's a big time signing by 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. >> [applause]. >> What up, y'all? [cheering] What up, y'all? Yo, appreciate you guys having. me. Thought for sure you were gone, dude. We all [laughter] did. We all did. We're so happy 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 transition 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, um no, I think you know with the. the whole tag thing I thought I thought. initially and then my my agent thought. initially that we were going to be going. to be getting some type of, you know, franchise tag or or whatnot. Um. and they were going to be getting the. deal done with Daniel and things kind of. went that way for Daniel. Um so then they ended up having to use. the tag. So then it kind of opened it up. like, "Oh wow, like. we're going to be the the number one. free agent receiver out here. Um so then.

those opportunities started flooding in, but I knew where my heart was. I knew, you know, I love the city of. Indianapolis. I just just seen where we. were at last year, you know, early in. the year like rolling. Like I we I truly. believe we were the number one team in. the NFL. Um and just obviously didn't finish out. the season like we should have, but um. you know, I think we get we get back to. where we were. I believe in Daniel. I. know they're going to get his his deal. done and and lock him down. Uh and I. think we can be special. Okay, let's. talk about being special cuz 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. Defensive side looked. good, offense looked good, special teams. looked good. A litany of injuries. happened, then obviously down the. stretch lose seven straight. What was. the messaging from the 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? Um yeah, no, I think, you know, just. just from what we did early in the year, I think you see.

like we had some going. We have the same. pieces and it's 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. with that and just, you know, excited we. added my boy Sauce. We added him to the. roster. Um and things just kind of. you know, it felt like he got injured, you know, stuff stuff like that just was. was not [snorts] really rolling our way. last year, which you guys know how it is. to 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 those things didn't go our. way last year, but you know, just. excited to play with like my college. teammate Sauce. Um and just, you know, a. lot of other other other things went. into it, but I know we can be special. Next time you post a photo with Sauce, let's make sure you don't look like a. fat ass. >> [laughter]. >> Like you know, a lot of people attacking. him out there, Alec. A lot of people. attacking him. You getting the bag that. you earned and staying here, we're all. incredibly grateful. Congratulations, man. Enjoy this moment. You earned it. Yeah, appreciate you. Thanks for having. me, guys. Thanks for letting us break.

it. You're the man. Ladies and. gentlemen, Alec Pierce. Okay, so uh quickly, what did you hear. from him there, D-Butt, whenever he was. chit-chatting? It was the glory days of. that 8 and 2 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 we all know you 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 they. showed a lot of glimpses through that. first half of the season. And now you. get the whole gang back together, that'll help. Knock on the Patriots. >> [laughter].

>> He said a lot of opportunities start. flooding in. I didn't even want him to. say it. One of them was Vrabel called? Cuz I think he would have really liked. Vrabel. 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 cuz 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 him huge for. us. >> And just a team that needs wide. receiver. He mentioned he was the number. one wide receiver target in free agency. for all of the entire NFL. I think a lot. of people connected Luke Fickell, his.

college coach in Cincinnati, with Mike. Vrabel, so that was big. Him mentioning. Dan Jones, kind of there getting a deal. done there, something being there, that. is also kind of very promising for. Colts. >> Yeah, he he said that they're going to. get a deal done. Okay, so maybe I have a. brewer's thing about it. He wanted 50. million. >> [laughter]. >> He wanted 50 million dollars. >> Maybe not true. I mean, maybe he does, though. Got to play with 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 fun. zone. I believe Dan Orlovsky and Shreds. 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. >> Well, let's let's cook here, Foxy, okay? Let's cook here. So, in 2024, I think he. was 22.3 yards per catch last year, 21.3. But, I want to point out the So, this is Pierce, okay? So, everyone paid. attention to one-on-one situation where. when you're talking about like big plays.

down the field by Alec Pierce, okay? Sometimes it's versus really good. corners. Play this, Foxy, cuz I want you. guys Now, freeze this. Foxy, so he's got. what? 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. Alec 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 route. Now, freeze it, Foxy. This is the big deal to me. As you.

go down the field as a 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 it, Foxy, to be the factor. down the field. That's where that. 21-plus yards per catch coming 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 could 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. >> add this. You know, you look at Alec. Pierce, you think of him more or he. looks like he's like a lacrosse player. or whatever it is. This guy is a. dangerous deep threat the defensive. coordinator has to worry about. The list. of wide receivers now as I'm going. through my big board here that are. available in free agency to keep an eye. on. Rashid Shaheen, Juwan Jennings, Wan'Dale Robinson, Mike Evans, Romeo. Doubs, Deebo Samuel. It is a loaded. class and teams are looking to spend. Keep it right here, Pat. Doubs in the. chat.

>> [laughter]. >> Appreciate you Shraegs and Danno over. there in the free agency fun zone. Now, we Alec Pierce obviously. Shraegs 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. Schefty, 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. mention Mike Evans. We expect clarity. there in this show. Rashid Shaheen. wouldn't be a surprise there. Juwan.

Jennings is out there. Looks like the. Niners will be losing Juwan Jennings at. this point in time. Wan'Dale Robinson. out there has interest from a few teams. A lot of people have pointed to. Tennessee as a natural fit with Brian. Daboll 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, hey Schefty, on one final note, you broke Max Crosby on Friday. Congratulations.

Okay, let's talk about that Max Crosby. trade, shall we? Because we haven't. really got 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 prime time 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, it. feels like a perfect fit. This morning, Dan Orlovsky said, "All right, there. ain't no more excuses for Lamar. anymore." And Lamar Jackson responded. with like, "There's never excuses, Dan.

What are we even talking about?" With a. sig, with looking. So, I 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 we 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 or. 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. underachieved last year. They they were. they were pretty bad last year, near the. bottom of the league when it comes to. pass rush and sacks. And when you think. about the Baltimore Ravens and that. defense, that's kind of the first thing. you think about. Uh violent and 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 for a 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 pass. protections and impact the game even. when you're not getting sacks. And you. got to be able to affect the run game as. well. So, they're talented on all. levels. We know the mind that Jesse. Minter is when it comes to calling. defenses and setting them up. Uh this is. 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 MVPs, definitely no excuse for 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 Bowls. Josh Allen, the. heat's on. Lamar, the heat's on. Joey B,

the heat's on. This is just the life as. an NFL quarterback. There's a little bit. of odd shift whenever Max Crosby goes to. Baltimore. We've seen quarterbacks go to. new teams and the Super Bowl odds not. change at all. Max Crosby, the Condor, the guy that takes no plays off and is. relentlessly annoying everybody on the. field at all times. Changed the math for. the Super Bowl odds, Tone. >> Yeah, going it 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 AFC. They're third and fourth. respectively to win uh the Super Bowl. Super Bowl odds change on that side. For. the Raiders, they had 83 million dollars. in cap space on Friday at noon. Now, 110. million. Yeah, 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. off season or around the trade deadline, and it just never happened for whatever. reason, but it's awesome that they. finally pulled 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 go to free agency fun zone. Schrags, who all was in for Max Crosby? I heard a lot of names. Cowboys, I heard.

maybe. maybe Patriots. >> Bears maybe. Instead, it ends up being. the Ravens. Did we know this, Schrags? >> No, several teams were 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. Jessie Minter comes from the Los. Angeles Chargers, played against Max. Crosby four different times. In all four. of those games, Max Crosby wrecked shop. The offensive coordinator in Baltimore.

is now Decklin Doyle, 29 years old. A. whiz kid offensive coordinator. Everyone. thinks of him as as 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 introduce. him at M&T Bank Field. >> Dan Orlovsky, you talk about Joe Burrow. having to send a message to Jamar Chase. saying, "Hey, just a heads-up. You got. another [laughter] one." Miles Garrett,

T.J. Watt, and now Max Crosby. The AFC. North is hot in the kitchen, Danno. Yeah, and I think that's kind of the. >> Why did you say to Lamar Jackson that. there's been excuses before? Sounds like. you don't think Lamar's right Is What is. Lamar saying to you in that tweet you. think? Do you think he knows you look. this cool? What do you think he is. saying to you in there? >> I don't I don't know what he's saying to. me. I can confirm that you tried to get. me to smoke this morning, but I chose. not to. [laughter]. Yeah, I think it's just a. It's just like a figure of like six He.

said it himself. [laughter]. 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 in football." It's. just another sign of like, they're not. sitting here saying, "Hey, we're going.

to ease our 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 fired Sean. McDermott and hired the offensive. coordinator, Joe Brady. So, I think both. those guys are even more elevated than. what they've been in the past. Josh and. Lamar have been in the same boat. The. the most under pressure quarterback in. the NFL for the last three seasons or. so. This is a huge move, just like.

Buffalo getting D.J. Moore. So, yeah, I. I was I'm 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, do we got to play against Suggs?" This. is like this generation of Terrell Suggs. where he just sounds and plays like a. Raven. You know, Max embodies a lot of. what that organization's about. So, um. I said here this morning and said, "Buffalo, what's your move? Like you. can't sit pat. Kansas City, what's your.

move? You Cincinnati, what's your move? You you can't just sit back and watch. What's your move? >> be. We signed Alec Pierce then, now. Yeah. Yeah. I just I I think these teams. like Baltimore's not sitting around and. waiting for everybody. I love the fact. they did did it. I had this, Pat, you. were talking about the Cowboys. They. were definitely involved and then two. first rounders, they weren't giving up. two first rounders for. >> But it would have been silly because. they got two first rounders for Micah. So, why not just keep Micah? Well, I. mean, you 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. Uh another fun move, Tua. Tagovailoa gone. Okay. We're talking about $99 million now of. dead cap that's about to hit 67 of it. next year. So, it's $67 million dead cap. is obviously the biggest that a team has. ever occurred for one particular season. for one player. Remember the Russell. Wilson situation? It was like $40. million or something like that, $50. never been done before. Now, salary. cap's up over 301 mil. 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 projected what their. contracts could be and can be. They end. up with a little bit more money and down. there in Miami in the post-Chris Grier. era in the new Green Bay Packers run. down there, they say, "We can take 6-7. million dollar hit this year, right?". 6-7 that'll be the biggest in the. history of the game. That'd be a lot of. money, bro. 301 salary 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. Got. him. $99 million cap hit, $32 million.

next year. They'll take a dead cap hit. for Tua Tagovailoa as they continue to. move on. Deebo, South Florida, uh Bryant. County Hall of Famer, your thoughts on. the Tua era down there in Miami and what. comes next for the Dolphins? >> obviously you you hate how it ended. Miami and the Dolphins in particular. have been looking for that guy since Dan. Marino, honestly. It's been a revolving. door at the quarterback position. It's. been over what, damn near 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. And now. with Hafley 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. Uh kind of. alarming they couldn't get anything for. him. Nobody was calling [laughter] to to. trade and get number one in that. building. Uh but we shall see, man. I. hated how it ended, but just like they. uh posted, thanks for the memories down. in Miami, Tua. Yeah, shoutout to Tua and. also shoutout to a man who might have a. little bit more information on this. Let's head into the free agency frenzy.

zone with Adam Schefter. Schefter, how'd. they come to this decision? $99 million. in dead cap. >> Yeah. Well, 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 Hafley, the head coach, John Eric. Sullivan, the GM, got a first.

hand up close look at Tua or at uh. Malik Willis. Malik Willis in practice. last year in Green Bay. As for Tua. Tagovailoa, 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 Penix, Tua Tagovailoa. 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. Shouldn't be an expensive. deal. The fal- the Dolphins are already. paying him guaranteed money. So, again, Tua could be a 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. [laughter] anymore. Tua heading to the. Falcons. We appreciate you, Schefter. That's very fascinating, you know, cuz. the. small deal for the veteran quarterback. who's getting paid elsewhere. Once. again, Russell Wilson kind of mastered.

that with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steelers were able to get Russell Wilson. for 1.3 million bucks or whatever the. case is. Kyler Murray also in. discussions to be in that particular. combo. Tua available, Kyler available, Kirk allegedly going to be available. Debo, it sounds like we're getting. another wave of those second generation. quarterbacks maybe getting another crack. at the apple. >> Yeah, Geno Smith as well. I mean, look, these guys you know they're talented. You've seen them play at a high level in. in the league at some period in time. So, you know their talent. You know they. can get it done. But, we've seen it in. quarterbacks of the past. Sometimes you.

just 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 him in and give him a shot. and 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. Tua 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 him. Yeah, I love the thought of Tua going. and having success and going back and. hanging 70 on people. I I love the. thought of it. I like the thought of. Kyler 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. I don't want to say that today cuz today. is about dreams coming true.

Schefter tweet. Somebody got a bag. Who is it? Kenneth. Kenneth Walker going to the 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'd be getting Jeremiah love. at the number nine slot. So, Kenneth. Walker will be going to the Kansas City. Chiefs solidifying their backfield. >> Okay, I love that Schefter. Way to go. Hey, Schefter thank you, Schefter. Now, he's back at it, by the way. Now, he's back at it. Okay, so Kenneth Walker. signs with the Kansas City Chiefs. Obviously. Let's go to the free agency.

fun zone. Schrags, 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 Kelce 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 Canter, 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 and wins 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 Veach, who if you remember went and did a big. signing with Sammy Watkins a few years. back, which really got things going for. the Chiefs and that dynasty. Schrags. Schrags, I love that. Danno, 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 Kelce coming. back into the world. Nobody's really. talking about the Chiefs being.

who the Chiefs is. Sportsbooks still. have him at the fifth best odds, cuz I. think they have respect. But, when you. talk about general football convo in the. AFC, they're not really talking about. it. Does this change that, you think? Is. this an Andy Reid weapon that could. change everything for him, Danno? >> 100%. The slide of the Chiefs 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. 4 yards per carry, and they were the. only they had a back have one carry for. more than 20 yards. So, this was a throw.

it at all cost football team. Now now. you're looking at a Kansas City offense. that Eric Bieniemy's back. They want to. get more 50-50 balance, 60-40 balance. 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 of in the wave. of the NFL of exactly kind of, you know, how offense has to get played. You got. to be able to run the football. Kansas. City has not been able to the last 2.

years. So, this is a really important. signing. Also means Jerem they don't. think Jeremiah Love, their back from. Notre Dame, is going to get the number. nine pick. >> Well, Jeremiah ran a 4-3, and then he. did all the workouts and all the drills, and he is outrageous, obviously. Need a. good run game. Tone, what are the Chiefs. looking like from the sportsbooks. 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 Chiefs. 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 like us and.

media and people talking about them, the. the sportsbooks 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 but the guy. can build a football team. Him moving on. from Kenneth Walker, we were all like, that sucks. Super Bowl MVP. He just came. on like a Charbonnet got injured. They're assuming that Charbonnet is. going to be able to be back into what he. was. But we watched Kenneth Walker at. Michigan State. Feels like every time. Kenneth Walker gets the ball, >> Dope. he 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. the 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 Reid and Veach were 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 Charbonnet thing, there's a good 6-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-linemen. You know, the O-line has been a big. question for them over the past few. years, especially after trading Joe. Thuney 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. We cannot wait to be. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania uh 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, you. know? 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. Pelissero. reported that in the last league. meetings, there was a vote the. 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 dollars. Now, there's. something going on where you. get a an hour to talk to five different. free agent prospects. So, I wondered if. that was going to slow down the free. agency frenzy at noon because guys that.

were supposed to get 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 Pelissero said a 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, maximum. 1 hour with up to 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 in the net combine, you get a. chance to chat and kind of learn about. it. It's a crazy last year's free agency. frenzy. This is before they're even. allowed to talk to guys, okay? Not even. allowed to have a hello with these guys. $2.84 billion in contracts was given. Yeah. That's [snorts] Monday through Wednesday. last year's free agency frenzy. D-line. won 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! Hey. Okay. DB! [applause] All right. I like that.

Another corner's got a bag. >> Who's that? Trent McDuffie. Oh, yeah. >> He did. He just became the highest paid. $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. Myles Garrett Brown. It does feel. like D-line, DBs, 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 they kind of went DB by.

committee, played a bunch of zone. coverage, only rushed with four, so you. needed kind of but that kind of exposed. them. Late in the end, Sam Darnold took. advantage of it in the NFC Championship. game, just kind of find the hole, so now. you have a guy, Trent McDuffie, who can. kind of probably get you over that hump. He can play man, he can match up with. number one receivers whether 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 to win a championship. Trent won. too, 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 guaranteed, says Ian Rapoport of. NFL Network, which is also Wait a. minute. >> ESPN, I think. Yeah. Uniting houses? Oh, yeah. Coming together. I Did you even. see Schefter quote tweeted? I did. Interesting. Interesting. Interesting. Outright retweets, though. Yeah. They. put their source swords aside. 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 fun zone. Shraegs, 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 the salary. cap went up from 280 to 301 million. And. there are not dazzling names all over. 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 Adam's 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. explores a new option for the final. chapter of his career. >> [screaming]. >> Schefty has hit the internet. He is.

saying Cade Otton is returning to Tampa. Bay per source. Schefty, what's the deal. with Cade Otton 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. Chig Okonkwo's. out there. Isaiah Likely is out there. And Cade 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 Cade Otton and they 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. Like so, you'll get a text. that says, "Yep, Cade's going to back to. Tampa." And then another text comes from. another person that tells you what it's. worth. Schefty, 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 are going certain places and. agents are doing what they do. They're. 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. Schefty, 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 and. are any of the teams doing that right. now? >> I don't think it matters. I think these. these teams know what they're trying to. do and uh they they have an idea of. which players they want to get signed. God, you look so cool over there, Schefty. >> Yeah. You know what it looks like, Pat? You know what it looks like? Huh? It looks like Nightline. I feel like I'm. doing Nightline from the Thunderdome.

Okay. Well, hey. I'm on the same time, but this thing can roll into the night. if you are. You're in where all the. chaos is, so we tried to depict that and. we think. >> It's awesome. it really uh. 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, get me off TV, please. Thank. you. Thank you. Thank you. Got. conversations to be had. Uh 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 places. 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. Like I wonder how many people thought. Alec Pierce might have been getting, you. know, 25, 26 million. All of a sudden. his deal comes in at 29. Does that, you. know, affect Mike Evans, some of those. other guys? Rashid Shaheed, you know, him and Seattle, they said tried to get. a deal done before free agency, couldn't. get it done. You wonder if they now kind. of bumped their numbers up by a million. or two just because of the fact that. Alec Pierce got paid and I'm sure Kate.

Otten will do the same for some of those. other tight ends. A couple deals that. happened over the weekend that we have. to hit. Khalil 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 all We all. We got a tour right after we sign. It's a good great resigning, I think, for the uh for the Chargers. Yeah, we. set the stage for free agency with a lot. of deals that happened. I know you guys. are just Eddie Piniero and the 49ers.

They reworked the deal, good for him, uh. appreciative of him. Packers and tackle. Sean Ryan reach a 3-year $33 million. deal, up to $39 million, $11 million. 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. Uh 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 Meirov has. accrued some information. He says it's 3. 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. the Chiefs, they know the Super Bowl is. an opportunity, so they're always going. to utilize that as negotiation in the. backdrop. >> Absolutely. This was the move. Uh Danno. mentioned it earlier when we were. talking about the Crosby trade. Okay, Chiefs, what's your move? 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 with coming off.

an injury, you definitely want to. protect him more. And I think Kenneth. Walker, I know he was splitting carries. and splitting touches with Charbonnet, but that'll bode well, I believe, for. his future, keeping those legs kind of. fresh. Got him in a new deal, which he. absolutely earned. Not only does he help. that run game, but he's an absolute. monster in the pass game and that screen. game as well. Andy Reid has always been. a beast when it comes to dialing up. perfect screens. So, I think this is a. perfect signing. >> [screaming]. >> A new deal has been done. Chiefs. cornerback, former corner, Jaylen Watson. is reaching agreement today on a 3-year.

deal with the Los Angeles Rams. Shout. out 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 million after being traded. to the Los Angeles Rams. Now we got. Jaylen Watson over there. Let's head. back to Shefty. Shefty, 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, but hold on. >> I love that, Shefty. Keep working, keep. pounding the buttons on your phone. there. Let's head right over to the free. agency fun zone. You know, Shrags, 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. to get Trent McDuffie, to get Jaylen. 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 3 years might be a little. misleading. The key to the Kenneth. Walker deal, 28.7 million dollars fully.

guaranteed. >> Attaboy, Kenny. Attaboy, Kenny. 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 Jaylen Watson, Shefty and I were talking before the. show. Rams have been in the free agent. market as far as corner goes. Jaylen. 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. They're 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 Debo touched on is like. Baltimore kind of set the table this off. season 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." Cuz 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 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 sign Trey Hendrickson as a pass. rusher in the. >> Mike Evans to the Rams? Jeez. Absolutely. Absolutely. I would not be. surprised if the Rams are in to try to.

sign Mike Evans and sign Trey. Hendrickson. All right, that's a free agency fun zone. over there. Jeez, breaking a lot of. hearts in a lot of different cities. Mike Evans with Matthew Stafford and. Puka. Is Tae still there? Uh yeah. >> Yeah, I think we got to mute it. Do we. have Danno muted right now? I don't. know. He just started yelling. Dan, is. Tae still over there? Devonte is still. there. And so, I think that they look at. their offense and you saw what Devonte. came over and did for them in the red. zone one-on-one. Could you imagine this. Rams offense if you give them Devonte.

Adams, Puka, and Mike one-on-one? Won't. be able to stop him. >> [screaming]. >> Schefty, wait. I heard Schefty yelling, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" Ladies. and gentlemen, the Commanders and Laremy. Tunsil have agreed on a new 2-year $60.2. million deal. Let's head right to. Schefty, who's crawling out of his skin. to talk about it. Okay, we got a bigger. one than that, Pat, that just came in. Jaelan Phillips, 4-year $120 million. deal with the Carolina Panthers.

That just gets done. That just gets. done. 4 years, $120 million on Jaelan. Phillips. So, one of the best pass. rushers in the market. This is going to. have some implications here cuz 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 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, Schefty. It might be your stuff, not ours. But, on that note, 4-year $120.

million, $80 million in guaranteed. The. Carolina Panthers say, "How you doing? Keep it moving." I love Demo 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. Jaylon Phillips is an. absolute monster heading to Carolina. >> Yeah, without a doubt. Like Schefty. 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. That's go. football team. These are the type of.

moves that you can envision them going. from a go football team to a great. football team. So, what a splash from. the start here. Yeah, D-But, how do you. feel about the Jaylon Phillips signing. for the Carolina Panthers down there in. Charlotte? We're starting to take. football real serious all of a sudden. >> Yeah, first round pick when he came over. to the Eagles. Seriously, we're starting. to take football real serious. Yeah, they're going in. Yeah, he was dominant. and this is a a premium position. You. have one of the best cornerbacks in the. league on that defense with Jaycee 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 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, Schrags? The. Carolina Panthers are real in Danno. That NFC South all of a sudden might be. running through the Queen City, Danno. 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. Ejiro Evero, their. defensive coordinator, one of the most. respected guys in the league. Also known. for his defensive backfield stuff, but. they are putting together a nice. Sorry. Sorry. >> Uh-oh. Sorry. Sorry. What? Sorry. Breaking news. What? Uh-oh. No. Colts are trading Michael. Pittman. What? >> [screaming]. >> Here we go. Let's go. Steelers. Here we.

go. Pittsburgh's going to Super Bowl. Here. we go. >> Thank y'all. Pittman, it's in his name. >> Here we go. >> He'll die while playing the game. >> Here we go. >> Colts lost him. Now I'm a little bummed. out, but it'll be nice to see what it's. about. >> Here we go. Pittman. Yeah, it's awesome. >> to Pittsburgh. >> Wow. You guys are going to love him. I I. I I put on a tweet that said something.

along the lines of hate the fact that. we're going to be losing Michael Pittman. 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 over in 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 to things, people doing this, people making.

business decisions. Not this guy. This. guy would dive headfirst 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 he's heading to Pittsburgh. Seems. like it's on the up and up. Mike. McCarthy's going to love this guy and so. are the Inzers. He's a farmer. He. doesn't talk much and he balls. I. 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 dog. No. doubt about it. >> Yeah, the 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 is a leader. You. talked about how the locker room Colts. locker room that he was a leader in. there in that locker room. And the big. thing for the Steelers the last few. years it has been an issue with. playmakers, okay? That's why they traded. for DK Metcalf last year. He was great. in that situation, but there was still. no number two on that team. Right now, what?

He was Watch your mouth. >> I'm I'm sorry. Watch it. Not today. Hey, hey, hey, not today, okay? >> [laughter]. >> Not today. So, now they have DK and then right now. on the roster besides DK, it was just DK. and Benny Snell, 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. 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 Freiermuth, Darnell.

Washington. >> What? Uh-oh. And so, is there a little. heart 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. Yes. >> This Steelers will make plays. This new. Steelers will make moves. Will this new. Steelers win? Who else is their. quarterback? You talking about. Free agency frenzy 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 the Steelers should try sign. Malik Willis, okay? So, a couple things. with Michael Pittman Jr. Uh I think. Kenneth Gainwell led the Steelers in. catches last year with 73. He's a. running back. 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 DK Metcalf. Um it I my.

guess is Aaron's going to play for the. Steelers, but if he's got any word that. he's not coming back and 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. pair him with DK, you pair him with. Michael Pittman Jr. This offense has got. a chance to be a decent unit, but I. expect it to be Aaron. And Danno, we. watched you put out a list of things. that every team needs in the NFL. We obviously just assume you went the. chat GPT copy pasted it, put the tweet. out, and said these are my ideas, but. you could have done it yourself. QB,

wide receiver, running back led team in. catches is exactly what Mike McCarthy. and Omar Khan thought as well, Danno. 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. Um This this is what they. need. Yeah, thank you, Danno. You getting. peanuts? Any water? >> [laughter]. >> Uh no, no eating on Just water. Just a. bottle of water, really. >> cookies? This guy doesn't eat. You see. these pants? Look at these pants. Jeez, Louis. >> been checking out the hamstrings and the. thighs, brother. They're kind of all. blending into one. You look good out.

there, dude. I understand you're not. eating anytime, but let's get back to. the Delta flight that you took last. night. Thank you so much for doing that. Jeez, I know you had to do the entirety. of it, but you go through every single. team's list. >> Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. >> thank you so much, man. Super happy. Thank you. This is also Did you push the. plane down the runway to get that thing. up in the sky? 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 your airport?". >> [laughter]. >> Okay, let's move on. That is great.

question, though. Two very different. >> Yeah. Two very different. >> Opposite sides of the state. >> one's real close, brother. One's pretty. far. Uh but you putting that list out. >> [laughter]. >> That was one of the my best tags of all. time, I will say. A properly timed and. delivered. But Let's go through it. Wide. receiver was something that 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 at as a 6'4" guy.

Obviously, DK 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 and it stinks that the Colts. lose him, but this is is a very good. signing for Pittsburgh. I would love to. see them add a dynamic kind of space. creator guy space. I know they drafted. Roman Wilson. Hopefully, he'll be, you. know, healthy going into this year, but. if you pair those big bodies on the.

outside who are going to be match up. problems week in and week out with the. guy that can create oh. Sweet! [screaming]. 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 Schefter, 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 any 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 Hafley, the new Dolphins head. coach. >> Hell yeah, congratulations to the. Dolphins. D-Butt, 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.

Schefty? Do we have any expectations? Danno told us a while ago what price. tag. 40 mil? Yeah, but then he pivoted. this morning about it. >> before Scheft as Schefty continues to. look up the numbers, let's head over to. Danno at the free agency fun 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 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 are. cover two, you want a receiver to go. down the middle of the field. Now, Malik. Willis, you can play it foxy. Does a. great job of getting this ball out of. his hands, cutting it loose. And this is. really nice. I want to 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 it foxy. And. that ball is just beautifully placed in. between two defenders. That's. outstanding, okay, from a quarterback. perspective throwing the 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 I 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 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 on the outbreaker. This is. outstanding. Look at his eyes, okay? I. want everyone to see. I'm going to draw. a a line, okay? 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, okay? 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 touching anticipation. One, two, three, four, five. Crossing. route. Beautiful. In that window, okay? So, I'm showing you guys all these. There's a ball down the seam. There's a. ball on the out. There's a ball on the. in route. 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 his tape and. you see some of the in structure and.

outer structure play making ability, there's a lot to like. And it 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. >> add this, Pat. You know, the the Hafley. and John Eric Sullivan thing cannot be. understated. Everyone says, "We haven't. seen enough of Malik Willis. He only. threw 35 passes all last year." Hafley. 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 in Miami. So, this. is a picture where it's not just ah. throw it at a dart. This coach sought. after this quarterback and he knows him. as well as anybody else on the market. >> And the other thing I'd say is this, isn't Bobby Slowik the offensive. coordinator? So, Bobby Slowik, 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. indoor 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's 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 Oh, we got another. big one. >> [screaming]. >> On the tweet, we have some big news on a. tight end that we all like. Likely has.

reached a three-year deal with the New. York football giant. Harbaugh says, "Yep, I love him. I like him a lot. I've. been in the building with him. Jackson, you're going to love him. Skatabou, wait. until you see what you're about to do.". Let's head over to the Madden who broke. the news. Schefter, what's the deal with. Likely and how many people wanted him? I. heard a lot of teams were looking to get. Likely. >> Likely had 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, Chig Okonkwo. I would imagine. he'll be next with Cade Otton 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, as 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 destination for some of these. free agents. We got teams making moves. We still got two more hours here on ESPN.

and then we'll hand it over to the. lovely Laura Rutledge as 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, Taysom? >> Yeah, we do. We got World Baseball. Classic pool play game, Mexico versus. the USA, and the US hasn't beat Mexico. since 2006. So this is like a a massive. game, a good litmus test for our team as. well, who's looked a little sluggish in. their first two games. >> Paul Skenes, let's not throw a fastball. right down the middle first pitch, okay?

Logan got in a bad spot, his only bad. pitch is the first one, it was a strike. fastball right down the middle, they. took it yard. Skubal, first pitch right. down the middle, they took it yard. Skenes, from my understanding, is going. to do the same damn thing. because that is what pitchers feel like. they have to do. If they. they got to feel this fastball first. And the two Great Britain was like, "Hey, that first pitch is the only one. we got, okay? This is all we know.". Boom, and they actually connect on that. Paul Skenes tonight against Mexico.

should be electrifying. Shoutout to. baseball for being spectacular. $704. million in contracts already given on. this particular Monday. Free agency. frenzy will roll on into hour two. Scott. on the Jib is cooking. Schefter is. obviously living in his two phones. The. free agency fun zone with Shraegs and. Orlovsky is obviously spectacular and. And are honored to continue on the other. side of this break, breaking all the. news and deals and dreams coming true. around the entirety of the NFL. Be a. friend, tell a friend something nice, it.

might change their life. Take three. We have an opportunity to give away. $75,000. to a giving Daniel Viera Senior. Absolutely. [cheering]. You're a sophomore, correct? Yeah. What. is your major? Civil engineering. Okay, so what's that mean? What is civil. engineering? Uh. I don't really know. Have you ever. kicked a ball before? I have. I have. And wait, were you a soccer player? >> Soccer player, yeah. Okay, how were you.

at kicking soccer balls? Pretty good? >> I was okay. I was good. Have you ever. said anything negative about football. kickers? Maybe once or twice. Daniel! Damn, Daniel! We don't need that. You. make a field goal here from 33 yards. uphill. You're the civil engineer, you'd. have to tell me, I think it's about a. 40-yard kick. If you're able to do that, we will give you $75,000. All right. He's got no laces. Yeah, what do we got. going here? Can we get a Can we get a. shot of his shoes? What time Hey, shot. of his shoes. Daniel showed up in his. Vans with no laces. What time did you.

get here for this? About 11:40 last. night. You need a lot of talent. Good luck, Daniel! >> [cheering]. >> I'm not feeling it. Not feeling it. Oh! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! >> [screaming]. >> Just like everything this morning, that. was a surprise. We did not expect that. Let's go. We got. to do one more shot. One more kick.

for $100,000. >> [cheering]. >> Let's go! How about this, Daniel? How about this, Daniel? Not only is this one for. $100,000, if you make it, we'll add another. $100,000 to the $500,000 donation we're. about to make from College Game Day to. the hurricane relief. It could be. $600,000 if you make this with $100,000. going into your pocket. Daniel, this is.

bigger than you. Let's make a kick. We. don't We don't overcome the shoes here. That was a heck of an effort. Come on, you got this. >> And Berkeley, California. >> You got it. Oh! Berkeley, you won. >> [cheering]. >> Hell yeah! Great job. Damn, Daniel! >> [cheering]. >> Damn, Daniel!

All right. What you talking about? >> [cheering]. >> Are you kidding me? >> [cheering]. >> Did you film me? 11:40 he was there. I know. $600,000 to hurricane relief. [cheering]. $100,000 to Daniel. What a moment in Berkeley.

Way to go, Daniel. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Dudes getting. rich. Teams seeking fits. Sigma [music]. in the glitch of the big money pit. Who's signing what? Why they go that? [music]. This will help us win. Every team sweats. So, welcome to the. show from the thunder dome. >> [music]. >> Who's the next signing? We all want to. know. Free agency friends and dreaming. what you're spending. Massive cash.

sending. Who's falling [music] off and. who is ascending? Welcome back, beautiful people to our. humble abode, the ThunderDome, on this magical, dream-filled, expensive. >> [music]. >> 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 table is 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 got. a sick jib that can carry us from one. place to the next. Like, for instance, the free agency fun zone with Shraegs. and Orlovsky. Danno, the numbers are.

coming out. Three years, $67.5. million with $45 million fully. guaranteed for Malik Willis down there. in Miami. David Mulugheta reported that. Take a victory lap, Danno, on what you. said, and how do you feel about that. particular announcement? >> Yeah, I I honestly thought that Malik, just because like the the landscape of. the quarterback world free agency-wise, that he would get 40 to 50 million. dollars. I thought it would be a. two-year 40 to 45 million-dollar deal. You saying three for 60 plus 45 million.

dollars guaranteed is a massive number. and a good opportunity for Malik Willis. So, it's certainly good to to kind of. hit on that one, but um good job by his. agency. I think it's a good opportunity. I I. really do. I think that Malik Willis is. just kind of scratching the surface of. what he potentially could be. We've seen. seen so many quarterbacks over the last. couple 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 anew. Schrags, Schrags, 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 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's really. interesting. You saw Adam Trautman 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. Horrible obviously has experience with. him. They like Theo Johnson, the Penn. State kid who plays tight end for them. So, now you could 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 Okonkwo, 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 Goedert, David Njoku, Charlie. Kolar 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. fun zone, 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 two for them? Yeah, so he was going to be a free agent. after 2026, so they got a new year new. deal done with him. Three years, 59. million for Michael Pittman, so that.

locks him up. Him and DK, I believe, have the same amount of time on their. contracts, so they'll be paired together. there 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 him for a few years to build with. Mike McCarthy. It's it's uh it's really. good situation there. >> Couple big names here still floating out. there. Trey Hendrickson, what the hell's. 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 Linderbaum, the center, obviously in the market. Former high.

school wrestler, Iowa grad. He's a guy. that's I think he's going to get paid. paid because if you have an ass. offensive 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, getting Linderbaum in there, you know. you're going to have success. He might. command a lot of money, Ty. >> Yeah, absolutely and I think that's why. I mean you know we've heard some of the. names that are out there but it just. makes sense that the Raiders would be. very aggressive and potentially give.

him, you know, upwards of like you're. saying $30 or whatever the case may be. But he's going to be a wealthy man and. 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. Linderbaum winds up. >> Tua Tagovailoa Tua Tagovailoa being. tracked to Atlanta says Adam Schefter. So you 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.

>> Yep. What does that mean for Kyler? Is. Kyler dancing with Kevin O'Connell? Mhm. Is that what's about to happen over. there in Minneapolis? Minnesota. Let's head back to the free agency fun. zone. Danno, Kyler Murray with Kevin. O'Connell, immediate success or do you. think they're going to have to pay the. price of cutting Sam Darnold after. winning 14 games for multiple years. here, a little curse? No, I think. Kyler's going to be starting quarterback. for the Minnesota Vikings. Um 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 playoff. >> God bless you, Shraegs. God bless you, Shraegs. >> the frenzy. Um. 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. average quarterback play, they're a. mhm. divisional round playoff team at a. minimum. At a minimum. I think they're. the. >> year was NFC Championship, but we. understand your respect for Kevin. O'Connell. They were ass this year. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a staple. of another program going 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 good. No. Just not a. lot of it. A lot of ass. A lot of ass. Even at combine. Mhm. Just not good. How. do you lose it? You get caught sleeping. >> That's all. Check his phone. Okay, maybe maybe maybe it was. And we. have gone to bat saying that is a very. easy situation to nod off to. I mean, it's bad air. There's no show in the.

stadium. You're watching it. It's almost. like they're trying to make a lot of. deals. A lot [clears throat] of handshaking. going on late night to make things. happen. So, we could see how you snooze. You just got to hope that they don't. expose you for it. But classic Jets. They actually expose it and we actually. see it. Even about Frank Reich as the. offensive coordinator, it's like, "Okay. I like Frank. Frank Frank was my. >> Great guy. Frank was my quarterback. coach. Okay, 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 still you don't. immediately go home run hire. There's a. lot of things with the Jets where you, you know, they get in there and Glenn. hires all these guys. They have terrible. They fire everybody but him. So, there's. a lot of. They get an interception. Not one interception for the entire. There's a lot of things that say, "Wow, this team might be the biggest bag. in the history of sports." I don't want. to do that though, cuz there's only 32. NFL teams. No, yeah, I you wouldn't want to do. that. Why why would why would you do. that? >> [laughter]. >> I laid out a lot of compelling cases.

They're absolute but we. don't want them to be. And we think this. is a good move. Let's head over to the. free agency fun zone. Schrags, do we. know the Jets are 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 start somewhere and. this is a veteran leader. Yeah, they. suck there, 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 Demario Davis as the character even. more than the player and he is still a. very functional linebacker on the and a. team. Yes, they are going to be starting. from scratch. They also have five picks. in the first two rounds this year. So. let's slow down with just telling them. terrible. Okay, yeah, they'll do the. right thing with those. >> Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Who's going to play quarterback for them.

time and time again? They will. What's. that, Danno? >> Who's going to play quarterback for. them? I do like the Minkah signing and I. do like Demario Davis, but who's going. to play quarterback for them cuz Kyler's. going to minute? I have I have one. I. have one. Can I report a a breaking news. deal here, guys? Schrags, do I get a tweet or no? 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. That's good bomb. That is. impossible. >> [applause and cheering]. >> 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 the deal out on. that one right there. That's a big one. considering. There you go. Don't cut them off at the. knees. We just need a full thing. I was. excited. He said Baltimore giant Piper. no good. I don't know. Yeah, but look at. the fun zone Danno. We don't need you. cutting him down. A big punter move is huge for us. Shout. out to Jordan Stout. I'll be excited to.

see what a punter is getting nowadays, okay? First when I retired. And with. that I've changed anything. I'm Laura. Hinson short. 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. Schefty, what's going on over. there? How'd Davis happen and what else. is taking place? >> Demario Davis started his career with. the Jets. Obviously going back there to. finish it. You heard Peter talk about. the punter. We're waiting on a bunch of. wide receivers. Joseph Assai also went. to the Jets. So the Jets get Joseph.

Assai and Demario Davis and they trade. for Minkah 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 defensive guy. When he was. with the Detroit Lions, their defense. was great. That that that's just no. questions asked. Massive piece and a. massive reason for why the Detroit Lions. got back into a place 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. Vet, obviously he can. play football at a high level. He can. communicate what Shraeg said as far as. being a leader on and off the field. He's been that for pretty much his. entire career. Then the Minkah. Fitzpatrick was hap which happened this. morning. You rarely see a a in division. trade like this for Miami. Going there, getting a new deal. I think still only. 29 years old. So still having a lot of. great football left. And another player. that can only 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 he was a part of the Sauce. trade. I still have belief in AD Mitchell on. the offensive side of ball. Who's going. to play quarterback? That's big, but I. think that AD Mitchell trade will be. good down the line. >> For what? For what? For For the Jets. Stay tuned. Mark it. At football? What's. this? March 9th. He had a nice game for. him this year. I agree. He does have a. lot of it. AD has all the ability in the. world, all the talent in the world. He. could be guy. Like he could actually be.

guy. Is that place going to turn him. into it? >> Is that That's That's the question. That's the question. >> hope that happens. We have some more. breaking news as I think we wait Well, we wait for Schefter to hit this one. It. is within the ESPN family of tweets. >> Oh, wow. Schefter has three. Schefter has. three. Schefter has three. Might be. flipping tables. >> Two. And. >> [laughter]. >> Place, they're laughing. Yeah, and. they're. That is the fun zone. No rules in the. fun zone. >> All right, we'll give Schefter five,

four, three, two, and. nothing from his Twitter account. Jeremy. Fowler is reporting Kenneth Gainwell to. the Bucks for two years, 14 million. >> Wow. 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. Uh, Dan mentioned. earlier, led the team with 73. receptions, I believe. Um, it wasn't. just receiving out of the backfield. He. was 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. Um, 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 I'm I'm sad to lose Kenny G down. there. >> Yeah, I think Philly was sad. I think. Pittsburgh is sad. I feel like the Bucks. will probably take advantage of it. And. now, there's some teams that have been. absent from our conversation here a. little bit. 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. Are extra. negotiations happening? Are agents.

trying to get some more money? Remember, this is the highest salary cap in the. history of ball. It jumped up 20 million. dollars 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 the Raiders have. >> 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 Gentey, 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 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. >> 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. fit his scheme. So that's where you. would assume Tyler Linderbaum or at. least some of those highest paid guys. would be going pretty soon. Ladies and gentlemen, for a punter.

>> [screaming]. >> Schefty tweet, Jordan Stout, as Peter. Schrager alluded to, reach agreement. Giants on 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 these. >> Just a reminder. Per our ESPN sources. What do you mean? We had a Schrager bomb here from the.

front zone. We know where it came from. Yeah, what's that all about. Schefty? I thought we had good. journalism. I thought we I thought hey, Schefty, you didn't want to give Schrags. any love. What was the per sources all. about Schefty? Wait, wait, wait, what's. that? I love Peter Schrager. I don't I'm. trying to keep my head above water, okay? That's all I know. We got more. deals coming. Hold on. >> [laughter]. >> Oh. Oh. Oh, Schrags, you are per ESPN 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 him over. Stout is. a great punter and and it proves that. that was the moment of the show for me. That was great. >> Yeah, [laughter] there's going to be. more. I mean, I feel like he's like. Hey. Hey. Big punter news. I like anytime. I like anytime that can happen. That is. big deal though. 3 years, 12.3 million. dollars. 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.

don't want to get that, you know. A. little bit loud. What's what's what's. what's what's have a couple 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 iced. Yeah. Cap casualty in the special teams 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 he's okay with moving on from him. Oh, it's time. It's time. Hammer had a.

hell of a run over there. 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, [cheering]. Malik. Appreciate you. 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 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 are 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 would. be there because of what you just said. there with Halfley and Sully. Schefter. reported earlier that he talked to. Halfley and he was like, "I want to get. some Malik every single day in practice. Literally every single day." So, people. were talking about reps, lack of reps, what's good, what's not good. 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 cuz of. how good you played last year in this. free agency period? And when did you. kind of know that this is probably going. to be home for you? I'm just trying to take advantage of. every opportunity I can get. And uh. 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 a franchise quarterback. How do you expect yourself now to lead. the Dolphins? What have you learned from.

the last time maybe? And how 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 uh do what you can to put everything. that you have on the table. All you can. do is do your part and uh you know 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 got to be all in it.

together. 45 M's guaranteed. Hell yeah. Hey, we uh. we're doing good. >> [laughter]. >> Any first thoughts on what we're buying? Need to do something? 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 get take a shower now, bro. I just got off the field. You got. to call You can't [laughter] call me at. a bad time. You feel like something to eat? Yeah, man. Get 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. D-But has. last question for you, Milli. Hey, yeah. Was there one thing uh in particular. that stood out for you last year in. particular that you that kind of I guess. slowed down for you? You know, year in. and year out things slow down regardless. of positions, but especially at the. quarterback position. Anything in. particular that jumps out for you last. year? I mean, in all 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. what.

whatever it takes to get the job done, and it was it was just great having that. familiarity. You're awesome to watch, dude. Your moxie was outrageous. 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. Y'all have a good. one. You too. Ladies and gentlemen, Malik Willis. Yeah, [applause] Malik. This one's a work, dude. Yeah. I just got off the field, man. Beast. Sorry I missed you. I know you guys were. trying to do this like immediately after. I signed. Sorry, dude. I was working. out. I You guys knew it. I didn't know. when I was going to sign, so I knew I. was going to agree to something, I.

guess. We're off and running. Miami's. got a guy. >> Yeah. Miami's got a guy. We also have another. Breaking news, another punter. >> What? >> Did we know the punter market was about. to be like this? >> On day one? >> Vikings punter Ryan Wright is signing a. four-year, $14 million deal that. includes $8 million guaranteed with the. Saints. He's going down to Bayou. 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 Schefter's Twitter account if we. were to get over to that about a. Schefter tweet. This one's about a pies. on. Former Lions linebacker Alex. Anzalone is signing a two-year, $17. million deal with the Buccaneers. Let's. head over to the man that broke the. news. Schefter, what's the deal with. Anzalone? 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 Anzalone. 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. And 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. What. you saw the Jets do, the Jets have been. busy here getting Demario Davis, Joseph. Assai, and Mika Fitzpatrick today. >> Anzalone on the move, he's gone. I'd love to know how that combo goes.

with his agent. Hey, we got a couple. places here to play. 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. >> say the the Bucks have been very active. so far since noon. They they brought. back Cade Otton. They get Anzalone. 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. >> all with Mike Evans just kind of looming.

over top this. He returned to the Bucks. Let's head over to the free agency fun. zone. Shraegs, 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 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 the story of this. Jason Light, the. GM of the Buccaneers, his first ever. draft pick in that loaded draft was Mike. Evans and the families are even that. close. So, this is family to the. Buccaneers. They would hate. [clears throat] 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. Now, I think it might be a. surprise where he goes, too. We should.

know 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 Orlovsky said the Rams. Then and now. what you said, Dan. Didn't what you said, Dan? >> Yeah, my head goes to the Rams. My head. goes to Buffalo even with the addition. of DJ Moore. I think it 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 year 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 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. >> hold on. You guys are saying 30 teams. I. mean, you're saying surprise team and. now we're rattling off the teams. the Chiefs, the Rams, the Buffalo, the. Colts. Contenders? Why didn't you say the. Colts? What's that all about? >> didn't say the Colts. Yeah, well, we got Alec Pierce, so don't. worry about that. Highest paid ever. Maybe Mike Evans could learn a little. something. >> [laughter]. >> Maybe he can learn a little something, okay? I'll tell you what, Pittman gone. is certainly a.

which brings in room for Mike Evans kind. of come in here. Has the team, the. surprise team been said yet, Drake? No. No. And I don't want to put it out there. cuz if it doesn't happen, it looks 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 grass. >> it out there? Yeah. 49ers? Well, that's kind of ins. >> [laughter]. >> That's been insinuated. Yeah, that's. been It's already been talked 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. Uh. ladies and gentlemen, we have. a fullback deal, okay?

This one's being reported by Jeff Howe. Fullback Reggie Gilliam and the Patriots. have agreed to a three-year deal worth. up to 12 million. million including 6 million guaranteed. per source. There was 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. >> that's the thing we always talk about. how cyclical football is and some teams. are ahead of the curve, 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 I heard he's. got good hands. He's been working on. them. >> Oh yeah, he's a junkyard dog, too. >> he's deceptive speed. >> Big son of a. >> Yeah, he he looks for contact. Yeah, he is certainly something as. Schefter is not at his seat over there. He's certainly running around trying to. work. Don't know if he went to his first. bathroom break since 6:00 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 I think we should wait. for him Schefter to go ahead and do it. You know, there's like 45 different. people breaking signings. The it it's a. crazy time to be Ladies and gentlemen, Schefter's heading back to his seat. Schefter's heading back to his seat. We. do do do do not know if he put a tweet. up. Schefter, need you to put a tweet. out to us so we can do the whole gimmick. thing. No, I know. On you know who. On. you know who. Oh, Kobe Bryant. Boom. >> Do the tweet. Do the tweet. >> [laughter]. >> Put the tweet out. We'll 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 and. boom. >> [screaming]. >> Schefter tweet. Big deal. Hey, what's. going on with Something happened with. Kobe Rest in peace. Something happened. with the NFL's Kobe Bryant, Schefter? What's going on out there? >> Well, [laughter]. 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. 3-year $40 million deal. Good deal. >> Okay, I like Kobe Bryant heading over. there. D'Butt, what are your thoughts on. the Bears loading up with one of the. young studs in the NFL? >> this move. They have a couple free. agents, obviously Byard and Brisker. They have guys and Sean Wright, who had. a breakout year last year at. quarterback. I'm interested to see what. his numbers look like this year. A big a. good signing for them. They Now they. were up in the league up at the top of.

the league when it came to turnovers, but we know year in and year out that. kind of goes fluctuates a lot. This is a. great signing for Dennis Allen and that. defense. >> We have no tweet, no highlights there. for Kobe Bryant because Shafter told us. he's going to put a tweet up. He. obviously didn't. He was on to the next. one. So we apologize just for the blank. TV there as D'Butt was talking. We. probably We try to never put people to. sleep if they're watching us, especially. on free agency Friday. 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 Germaine Johnson trade that. takes place, 90 million. Washington. Commanders. LA Chargers have an. opportunity. The Jets have been making a. lot of moves. Hey Jets, Thank you. Trying. Seattle Seahawks not able to sign. anybody, but they still have a lot of. cash. Fascinating move. What's Schneider. got up his sleeve, Con man? >> Well, definitely something big. You can. You can assume that Seattle, whether. they be retaining a lot of the players. that might be up on in a year or two. But the Titans, one of the I thought. locks of the entire, you know, free. agent frenzy was Wan'Dale Robinson. rejoining Daboll, and that felt like.

kind of an open closed shut case. And. then all of a sudden, you know, nothing's happened. Are these 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 he'll. hold on, give me a little bit more. money. Like I don't understand why we. haven't gotten as many deals though so. far. Pittman, 3 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 like. I'm surprised like there's there's still. a lot of big names out there and Connor. mentioned the Wandell and he was tied. There's a lot of people in this office. potentially talking about Wandell to the. Titans earlier today. But you you talk. about Linderbaum and and there's a lot. of a lot of edge town out there still. which Hendrickson and Odafe Oweh there's. a lot going on out there still. >> [screaming]. >> Schefter tweet, I think this one might. be missing some information that we all. need for Pat McAfee Show. Thank you, Schefter. Another punter deal. >> Jeez. Former Dolphins punter Jake Bailey.

is signing a three-year $9 million deal. that includes $5 million fully. guaranteed. To where, Schefter? To. >> 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, Schefter? No, I I 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 golden 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 Penix they said we. need. >> Yeah. We need a punter. We're going to. punt a lot. [laughter]. You don't deserve that. Tua and Penix. you don't deserve that. >> I think Tua is best friend. >> Atlanta does not deserve that. Exactly. And 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 Cleats My Cause.

for further brand which was, you know, for dogs so we could raise money for. veterinarian stuff. So, like I'm a big. fan of Jake Bailey. $5 million fully. guaranteed on a three-year deal. I think. I'm pretty pumped that I'm not punting. 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 were. to go all the way back though. The. punter is the most important position in. ball. This is day one of free agency and. they're making sure they got the money. for it. I respect and appreciate that. >> Absolutely. It's the first play of. defense, right? You got to set that.

offense up all about field position. I. think they're they're dialed in. They. know this is 40 grain. This is free. agency frenzy 2026. >> They're doing it for us, you think? Absolutely. Are you kidding me? >> Smart. Good chance. >> McAfee, they that they gave him. the whole thing for 3 hours cuz he. counter pro they counter programmed them. last year. Let's get some punter stuff. >> Yeah, send out a memo. >> Let's get some punter stuff. Highest. punter ever. Maybe another punter. Let's. go ahead and do that. Oh, we have some. more signings taking place. Millions and. millions of dollars kind of going out. the window from teams in hopes and.

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. One. billion. dollars has been sent out in contracts. Now, granted, the gross number doesn't.

really mean 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 they'd. say, "Hey, this deal is worth 700. billion dollars." Yeah. Go ahead and send it. That doesn't 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 be. 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 the. points where the, you know, the what's. it called? The in in uh. I could be wrong. insta. incentives in Oh, what's it called? incentives, yeah, but there's something. that's. >> installments. >> 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 they used to. be. But gross money up over a billion, guaranteed 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 depot. >> Yeah, what I love to see is the shorter. deals with a large chunk in guarantees. and then we 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, you. know, we'll probably never get the fully. guaranteed full contracts in football. 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 3:00 Eastern as we hand. it over to SportsCenter's NFL free. agency led by Laura Rutledge and entire. NFL live team. Probably Dan Orlovsky and. Schrags will be live all day. Schefter's. not leaving this whole. >> No. No. Brought a blow-up mattress. >> We had to plug in the internet to his. phone over here, okay? >> [laughter]. >> And he said the internet's not working. I know it's not working. It should be. going up quicker than it is. >> Got a bucket. He's under water. We Is he.

not Oh, look at him. He's getting a. drink of water. >> 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 talked 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. We should promote." And it was kind of. like, "Nah, nah, don't want to do that. Don't want to do that. The league year. doesn't start till Wednesday or. whatever." And I guess Schefter's 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 You I. mean he he said to us last week and he's. been right in in terms of his intensity, you know, we need we needed to put a. sign up that said the dog bites, you know, just so everyone isn't going. in there and trying to distract him and. getting his way. But this also should. have been a thing a long time ago. I. mean, without popular the NFL's gotten. and also, I mean, over a billion dollars. spent so far, like it lends itself that.

like there's 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 or one of the. coffee shops where people lie and fight. each other. >> Could have been. Dorn in a combat and. say he was looking for $10 million a.

year and he's not accepting anything. less than that. Then 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 he'd be okay with. it." Maybe. But that is not what they're. looking for. They're looking for a fair. 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 fun zone. Shraegs, 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 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 lineman.

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 Odafe Odafe Owah. and Quitty Pay, 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, 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 I 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 go going to. Miami, what does that mean for Pittsburgh? Do.

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 Geno. Smith? What's going to happen to. Arizona? Who's going to play quarterback. in Arizona this year cuz there there's. this small crop of teams that, you know, there's these some of these veteran. quarterbacks now that Malik is gone. Who Who's going to kind of be some of. these bridge starting quarterbacks for. teams? I also think of like Linderbaum. 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 Linderbaum going to go to. the Raiders? Is Linderbaum going to go. to the Giants with Jackson Dart and so. not only the quarterbacks, but like he's. by far the the best center available. >> 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 these other teams. I. think he's a highly coveted center.

Who'd you mention, the Raiders? I. mentioned the Raiders and I mentioned. the Giants. I'd like to see him go to. somewhere that's I would throw in. another team and I can't confirm that. it's actually like at that level, but. the Commanders have been a team that. >> I love that as well. A lot of money the. Commanders have, Shraegs. Connor has a. 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, Jaelan Phillips, they're going to. pay him, they're going to keep him in. Philly and even just the idea of. Philadelphia keeping the band together, Shraegs. 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 Oweh or. Hendrickson or will they go in a. different direction? Maybe even get one. of the top safeties out there because. Blankenship's on the move, as well. I. will tell you this. Howie's main main. point today and priority of this week. was to bring back the talent they had. I. think they're surprised and I think the. league is surprised that Carolina. actually got Jaelan Phillips. So, now. you have to pivot. Question is, how do. you pay Jaelan Carter over the next few. years? When you also have Cooper DeJean.

coming up and Quinyon 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. Oweh. >> That that's a 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. >> They brought back Jordan Davis. They. They gave him his money. A lot of money. 100%, but Jaelan 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 Connor'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 it last. >> to see Nakobe 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. Jaelan. Phillips was a third round pick try. 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, Brandt Tilis, 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's inner in and. 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 bet Your guess is better than mine, man. All right, let's go in 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. Schefty is eating a protein bar. trying to get more information. He has. no idea that we are. No, he's working, all right. Yeah, yeah, he's right. He's locked in. He's locked. in. He's He's doing his thing. That's. his That's been his working spot. He. stands literally right there. I mean, I.

don't know, maybe it's the best Wi-Fi in. the in this situation. >> No, he's plugged into the Wi-Fi. We had. to plug hardwire into his phone. >> Yep. I didn't know that was possible. >> Yeah, didn't 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 the. bed over there, I mean, that's crazy. We. got a wireless thing in there. That's. right. Yeah, cuz we knew that he needed. to be plugged in. He also needs certain. type of protein bar, you know, a little. bit of water. Obviously, he needed a. power uh stations. We need to make sure. we got power coming through his place. Schefty's rider is very easy, but boy,

it seemed like it was definitely a. necessity. Yeah, they're 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 uh released earlier today was. Travis Kelce coming back for another. season with the Kansas City Chiefs. Congratulations on that decision. We. know that is not easy. It felt 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, uh the coach. who just got back over there, offensive. coordinator.

>> Bieniemy. Bieniemy. And whatever he. talked about Bieniemy resigning back. with the Kansas City Chiefs on uh the. New Heights podcast with Jason Kelce, he. basically said, "Can't wait to see him. in the building." And as soon as we. heard it, we're like, "Ooh, what is he. stalking the 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 how was 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 I I I. for the long haul. His career's already. certified. The guy's first-ballot Hall. of Famer. Maybe. Yeah, you can't say that. Bill Belichick. wasn't a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but. Travis Kelce 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 hay 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. greats are together, it's good for. society. It's certainly good for the. Chiefs." Especially for everybody that. wanted Travis Kelce to be back, which is.

Chiefs fans. And I'm pumped for him, man. I think it's Kenneth Walker. Travis Kelce coming back. Patrick. Mahomes doing his thing. Who knows what. they do at wide receiver, but there's a. chance this Chiefs team is all the way. back as we are hearing noise from. somebody. We're not 100% sure who wants. Uh let's head into the free agency. frenzy zone with Schefter. Schefter, is. this on Travis Kelce or is this on. something else, sir? Tyler Linderbaum, huge deal, Pat. Going to the Las Vegas. Raiders.

3 years, $81 million, $60 million guaranteed. Highest paid. interior offensive lineman in NFL. history. And think about this. The. Raiders trade Max Crosby to the Ravens. It frees up salary space. They had a. lot. They had all the space. Now they go. take the Ravens center, Tyler. Linderbaum, going to the Las Vegas. Raiders to snap for we presume Fernando. Mendoza. >> Congratulations Linderbaum. >> Hell yeah. Happy for Tyler. Iowa. Hawkeye. 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 and 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 lineman 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 Gentin in the backfield. Brock. Bowers as 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. >> Mhm. 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. lineman that go, "Shit, we can make 60.

million guaranteed. Now life is good, D-Butt.". >> Yeah, you always got to build from the. trenches out and we know how shitty that. Raiders offensive line was. We saw. Gentin last year and even coming into. the league, we knew he was a dynamic. weapon, but he was getting hit in 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, but. 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 I 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 will be the. starting quarterback. >> Creed Humphrey was making 18 million. Somebody's microphone's on, maybe. Schafter's. 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 to the free. agency fun zone with Schrags and. Orlovsky. Schrags, huge play by the. Raiders who finally spent 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 Linderbaum. Some interesting. things. Rick Dennis. 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 in 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, it'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 is just give him a great. experienced center. Everyone talked. about this past weekend, Dalman 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 some 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 Gentie in his. ability to play in that kind of that. zone scheme, but also like his ability. to kind of kind of you know, being. protection. You guys got some film You. got Linderbaum film? Yeah, I heard you. got [laughter] some film. You got some Linderbaum film? Do you got. some Linderbaum film, Dana? All right, Foxy, play it. Play it. Foxy, play.

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 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 like. 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, AQ. 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 Let's zoom in here. Let's zoom in here. Come on. Let's zoom. in there. That's a Linderbaum. one-on-one. That's fantastic. One-on-one. And 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 And and. just Mendoza, what a what a world of. difference from last year. And now you. have not only Clint Kubiak, Rick. Dennison, and Andrew Janocko who comes.

over from Seattle as well. It feels like. the Raiders are becoming a more. professional organization 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 we'll analyze, the impact that. Crosby makes on the Ravens. >> It's kind of like three pieces. Right? And then Linderbaum over there on the. Raiders. It's almost a one-for-one deal. of 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 the fun. zone kind of batting it around. >> I like what you guys are doing. I like that. I like that. Now, Danno, you just did some good film breakdown.

there of offensive lineman. This is a. back block and it's a loopy-woo. Joining. us now, uh, former center in the NFL, uh, Super Bowl champion A.Q. Shipley. >> A.Q. A.Q. Okay. A.Q., we started something. called In the Trenches with you because. you watched Dan Orlovsky breakdown. offensive line film one time and puked, you said. So, that's why we started In. the Trenches. I think Danno 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 lineman?

Yeah, Dan's really done a nice job. taking, you know, really into the offensive line. world, really understanding it. He did a. great job there, good back block. >> Attaboy, Danno. 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 pass protection play that Dan. showed, his balance is impeccable. He's. incredible with his balance in pass. protection. Right there, moving people. off the spot. He is so good with 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 Dennison, as Shrags 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. Jon Spytek doing. big things out there in Vegas. >> Yeah, SpyTec is and you calling us from. your bathtub is certainly a cool thing.

[laughter] We appreciate you, AQ. Hey, baby. Hey, AQ. Thank you, AQ. I don't know where he. was, but I'm happy you made some time. That was certainly not a pre-empted. 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. Danno didn't know that. I don't. think any of the boys up here knew that. Dan, you were kind of dancing pretty. close there. AQ was watching ready to. dunk on you. I think you nailed it, Danno. I think you nailed it. >> that's good for me. I I I did not know. AQ was going to be there. Honestly, when. you pulled them in, I was like, "Fudge, dude. AQ's going to come in and dunk on.

me here and tell me I'm some dummy." So, I'm going to take it I'm going to take. it as a win. >> Yeah, fudge, dude. You got got fudged. up, man. Yeah, you did. Whenever you say. in the trenches AQ is going to be there, say his name. But, I mean, we we always. talk about pass rush when it comes from. the edges. Sure enough, that interior. of the offense everything especially for. a pocket quarterback. Especially for a. rookie quarterback in Fernando Mendoza, Dan Orlovsky. If he is the number one. pick, yes. Yeah, okay. Danno, watch the. rest of the season before we talk about. quarterbacks in the draft. And on that. note,

>> [screaming]. >> Shefty tweet. Who's changing the. trajectory? Former Falcons running back, Tyler Allgeier, reached an agreement. today with the Arizona Cardinals. Okay, the Cardinals are starting to play. >> Cardinals, is this a new LaFleur. 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 assness, I guess, in. the most recent report card. Why is. Allgeier the move for the Cardinals over. there and who's their quarterback, Schefter?

On Jacoby Brissett as a quarterback, they got their rework deal done with. James Conner over the weekend. They're. reaching agreement here with Tyler. Allgeier. That is quite a tough. backfield. When you've got James Conner. coming off the injury and Tyler Allgeier. who runs hard, that's a pretty good. combination for the Arizona Cardinals. out in the desert with their new head. coach, Mike LaFleur. >> That is a pretty good little combo out. there. I think I'm Hey, Cardinals pretty. good little football team. Wow. We'll. see. Yeah, we will see. We will see. I. think one thing. I don't think Allgeier's 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. >> the fact that you played that much. defense against yourself just in case. somebody tweets immediately afterwards, "You he lost the game for. them." But, I do appreciate the fact. that we all think that's a tough. football player. >> Yes. Yeah, like we all think Tyler. Allgeier tough football player. immediately upon seeing his team. Michael LaFleur, interesting haircut. He's coming in with some meat. Yeah, yeah. >> [laughter]. >> His own. He's coming in with. He's coming in with some talent and uh. whenever you're good enough He's coming. in with meat. Whenever you're good.

enough to No bread. >> [laughter]. >> Oh my god. No water. Mhm. Go ahead, finish. No, no, I didn't know. if we were doing the whole call. Oh, meat. Shout out Booker T. Tyler Allgeier, James Cook, uh Connor going back there. Jacoby Brissett, by the way, always an. option at the Solid. Maybe LaFleur makes. some moves in his meantime. Maybe. You. know, it's a lot to fix out there, but. this is you bringing in talent, 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 Bijan Robinson, you're a.

damn good running back. So, this is a. great signing for the Arizona Cardinals. We'll see what LaFleur can do over. there. It's been a. It's been a long time since they've been. relevant. >> It's been a. >> [singing]. >> long. time since they haven't been asked. Every report card that comes Mhm. says the building is trash. I mean, that's literally what it said. There was. NFLPA report cards. I think I know who. was most upset about those getting out. public. Don't we have some sort of. non-disparage thing with the player?

Like, what do Every time I read these. report cards, it's just dumping on my. facility. And then it's like, the. player's like, "Well, that's the only. way you change these things." Just like, "You're not allowed to do it." Yeah. So, I'm not changing them. You're going to. find a new way. You're going to find a. new way cuz 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. Whose ass? Cardinals. Who. else? Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah. You. guys maybe need to figure it out over. there. >> 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 2. hours in. What will the next hour hold? Wow. >> Wow. Still got another hour of magic. here at the Thunderdome as the NFL is. free agency frenzy continues. Then at. 3:00, we'll hand it over to the lovely. Laura Rutledge and then NFL Live will.

cover it. The NFL never sleeps and. they're paying everybody. We're back on. the other side. But it is great to be down here in. T-Town, Alabama. Now, let's do a little history here, shall. we? This is uh what's your name? Gabby. Gabby, you're a senior here, right? >> That's correct. >> And what is your major? Chemical. engineering. >> Okay. Okay. Uh have you ever kicked anything. before? No. Okay, but you said you want.

to do it not get somebody else because. >> I camped out for so many hours with my. friend and I got lucky enough to get. picked. So, let's go for it. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. We love that, Gabby. Let's go $300,000. if you make this kick right here, Gabby, okay? >> Oh my gosh. >> [cheering]. >> That seems fair. >> I don't know what a chemical engineering. degree costs, but hopefully that'll help. [singing] towards it all. My parents. would love that. >> Okay. I'll throw in 200 as well. >> He's on it too. $500,000.

[cheering and screaming]. All right, Gabby. Okay. Good luck. We're. pulling for you. 33 yards. All you got. to do is make kick. Good luck, Gabby. Okay. Thank you. >> Any final thoughts? I love you, Mom and Dad and brother. >> [laughter]. >> Love that, Mom and Dad. Hope you have a. good time. Ladies and gentlemen, Gabby. Mathis, chemical engineer, senior here. at Alabama, one shot to win $500,000.

It's come to this, huh? It's come to. this. It's come to this. Gabby, just punt it, smack me in the. face. Kirk, just smack me in the face. How about this? How about this, Gabby? If Kirk Herbstreit can throw that. football through those uprights right. there, we'll give you $300,000. >> [cheering]. >> Are you okay with that? $300,000 if Kirk Herbstreit can throw it.

through those uprights, former Ohio. State quarterback. No warm-up, full suit for Gabby. >> [screaming]. [cheering]. >> Get Gabby. Get Gabby. Get Gabby. We got Gabby. We got Gabby. >> [cheering]. >> All right. It's getting even more pricey. Kirk. Herbstreit, I did not know you had that.

in you. You son of a. >> [laughter]. >> Oh, that's great. Gabby, Gabby, it's for you, your mom, your. brother, the whole family. Congratulations, and Kirk, good on you, man. It was close. Back to you, Rece. Jeez. Way to go, Gabby. Hey, what a moment. >> I love the fact that Gabby wanted the. experience.

You know, old blue eye Buckeye [music]. still got a little zing in this arm of. his. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Dudes getting rich. >> [music]. [music]. [music].

[music]. >> Welcome back to our humble abode, the. Thunderdome. On this lovely Monday, >> [music]. >> March 9th. Better known as. Frenzy. What a day, what a time. 2 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'll change the 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 tux table's here at. Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Love. that you wore your tuxedo t-shirt on. this free agency frenzy day, Con Man. >> Yeah, it felt that important and 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 hammer. Cowboys AP tone, has anything happened. any odds since any of these moves have. been made thus far in the books? >> No, honest to be honest with you, 100%. honest, not 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 have changed. I mean, Linderbaum. just happened. That may do something a. little bit, probably not though cuz it's. the Raiders. We shall see. That's rude. to the Raiders. I like the moves that. they're making. 9-year NFL vet Darius J. Butler is here. It's not just us on the. stage. We have Schefter breaking news in. here. We also have Orlovsky and Schrager.

in the free agency fun zone over there. Boys, thank you so much for today. You've been absolutely killing it, but. there is another. >> [screaming]. >> Schefty tweet. Couple huge news here. Former Giants wide receiver Wan'Dale. 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 in Wan'Dale Robinson. Robinson. will be reunited with Titans OC and his. former Giants head coach Brian Daboll.

We see these connections. 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. Schefter, Wan'Dale Robinson was a 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 We got Wan'Dale. Robinson. It's 4 years, 78 million, 38. million guaranteed with the Tennessee.

Titans. They paid up. And we also have. Jahan Dotson, the Eagles wide receiver, now going to the Atlanta Falcons. We're. going to put that out right now, Pat. Okay, Jahan Dotson heading to the. Atlanta Falcons. They've been making. moves. The 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. >> [screaming]. >> Schefty tweet. Former Jaguars running. back Travis Etienne will be signing with.

the New Orleans Saints. He's 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. I love what he was able to do. this year with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Finding a new home with Kelly Mo. You. like it, D-Bud? >> I love it. I love this another weapon. for Tyler Shug. I'd be interested to see. what they do with Alvin Kamara in the. backfield, but it's a great weapon for. him. He took a step up as far as. receiving, and he's explosive. He's. fast. He's He's young. A lot of upside. I love this pick from this this signing. for them, I'm sorry. The Broncos were.

allegedly in on Etienne. He ends up. going to the Saints. Let's head over to. the free agency fun zone. Etienne. signing with the Saints. Obviously, another Rondale Robinson big deal made. in Tennessee. Anything you're liking or. wanting to expand upon Schrager and. Orlovsky over there in the fun zone? Hold on, you're muted. You're muted. You're muted. We need you back. We need. you back. Hold on, you're muted. >> Uh oh, we lost you. Uh oh, no. Uh oh, no. >> you. Hold on. Hold on. Stand pat there,

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. Keanu Neal, who is a player on the. Patriots Super Bowl team this year, is. leaving New England to go to Kansas City. on a 3-year deal, $21 million. Will clog the defensive line. That is. been done by David Canter and Ness. Moghrabi there over at Aura Sports. Those guys get that one done there. That. is another one. But Rondale and Travis.

Etienne, Dan, are big ones. I think I'm. going to pass the mic as what they say. in the MC world. >> the mic to Danno. Okay, so a couple of. things. Rondale down to Tennessee. Obviously, Cam Ward. Ihmir. Smith-Marsette, am I saying that last. name right? Who's the rookie receiver? He led them in in receptions yards last. year with. they needed needed big time to add to. the perimeter weapons. And Chig Okonkwo, he's a free agent. And so, you might be. losing him, who was their second leading.

receiver. So, I like the fact that. Rondale's been added there. They got to. get more out of Ridley. They got because. Rondale's really good, but Rondale'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 and going to. fix your microphone so we we'll get back. to you here in a matter of moments. Okay, now they are working. It feels. like it. >> [laughter]. >> I was just going to add fact that the.

Giants knew this morning that Wan'Dale. was no longer going to be in New York. Like they had 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 high. >> Will they 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 they're. going to be doing. 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, Tone. Well, I I was going to ask. Strengths a question, but since you're. taking them off camera, I won't. But.

I'll No, you can. I think we can tell. >> What is that What does the Etienne 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, I can't hear you. And how, Nathan? >> your instincts are right, Tone. 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 Etienne and then also keep. a Kamara, but we will see what Kellen. Moore wants to do. >> Oh, Danno wants the money. I mean, he could 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 dollars, only averaged 3.6. yards per carry. So, the Saints have to. figure out now with Etienne there is the. highest cap hit in the NFL. Is that going to be worth it with 3.6? >> Oh, it's Strengths got to add Oh, wait.

Mike, 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 Etienne, 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 wild. card team, almost beat the Bills. They're going to be looking to bring in. another free agent running back. Be. watching. >> At the running back position, obviously. uh Breece Hall was tagged, I believe, right? Walker, he's gone. Etienne, he's. gone. Javonte Williams, Rashaad White, Rico Dowdle, Isaiah Pacheco, Nick Chubb,

JK Dobbins, Tyler Allgeier, 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. Etienne. 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. Yeah, I got I got something. It's better be. good, then. Give it back. Give it back. Better be good, then. We appreciate them. doing that in dodge, duck, dip, diving, and dodging their way through it. We. speak about Breece Hall cuz he got.

franchise tagged. He obviously is on the. Jets. He put a tweet out that said, "Damn, we sure got a lot of money in Florida by. all these contracts [laughter]. 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 maybe. having a little bit of a run. >> bit of a resurgence. I like it. I always. like um I'm a fan of running back by. committee, like Shraeg said though, when. you bringing a guy like Etienne, you're. probably going to get rid of a guy like. Kamara with that big number, but I still. like uh running back by committee. I 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 it work with Sonic and. Knuckles for some years out in Detroit. I know that pair got broken up. >> saying ass and cheeks here for a while. We're saying that. We know when MCDC. taking over the play calling, we'll see. how that all works out, but I love. what's what's happening with these uh. running backs kind of getting their time. to shine again. >> It feels like Christian McCaffrey, they're going to run how he goes. Saquon. 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, De'Von Bijan 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. Remember a. couple years ago they were saying that. the NFL was uh basically the running. backs need to create a union because the. NFL is 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 3-yard gain into. an 8-yard gain or a 10-yard gain or. hell, 50-yard gain, that helps your team. out so much especially in this 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 Etienne. 4 years 52 million. Congratulations Etienne. That's awesome. Out of Clemson obviously a stud gets 52. over four. 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 says. 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. um. 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 become. a free agent that called me and said. like, "Hey, when do you think do you. know what you're going to do?" And I.

said, "Ah, it got bad today with the. negotiations. I think I'll be out. there." But yeah, I I don't want date. I. I would like to make my decision. It was. pretty cool to hear like, "Hey, we're. probably waiting on you to kind of sit. and figure out what's going on." Felt. like Linderbaum was probably that for. the interior offensive lineman. 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 they never have money. seemingly, but then they spend it. I I. don't know how they do it. They're like.

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 me. now. I love every 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 have to you're. going to reach that can at some point.". And maybe with Drew Brees off the books. and they're 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 Hey, Mickey Loomis is. down there smacking his gum. and signing these checks. I that might. have been the worst coof 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. So, I like it. They. move on from Demario Davis. Cam Jordan. also on his way out. Tyler Shuck comes. in there. Kelli Moore is the head 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 Schefter 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. Make your plays. Let's head over. to Schefter right now. Saints spending. money. Do they How are they always able. to do that when it looks like they. always are negative whenever it comes to. the salary cap, Schefty? Well, they are. amazing how they continually do this.

Hold on. We got we got a deal here. that's coming up here. Couple of things. they're just looking for the actual. thing here. Hold on, give me one moment. >> their at, okay? at isn't their. name, so I got to figure it out. They. got an underscore in there where it. shouldn't be. Yeah. Yeah. Um okay, so. here we go. Here we go. Okay. >> found it. All right, and let's make sure. we get it right. This better be a good. one. And Yeah, it's it's pretty good. It's the Raiders signing former Vikings. wide receiver Jaylon Nailor Mhm. Okay. >> to a 3-year $45 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. >> Saints get David Edwards done. That's a. big deal for them. They get Travis. Etienne done. So, that's That what what. was the money here? The money came in on. Travis. It was 4 years $52 million I. believe. Yep. Yep. 4 years $52 million. for Travis Etienne to go to New Orleans. He's from Louisiana, wanted to be there. They have Alvin Kamara. So, now you have. to wonder what happens with Alvin. Kamara. Do they keep.

Do 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 out, but Travis Etienne is a big-time player. and he's signing with the New Orleans. Saints who also have added a mauling. 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. I'm not saying 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 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, uh whiz kid. wonders with the cap, and they're doing. it again here with David Edwards, Travis. Etienne. >> Yeah, I like that they're spenders here. on day one. Let's head over to the free. agency fun zone. Your thoughts on the. last two deals that have been announced. over there. Obviously, not only Etienne, but also the deal that he just announced. headed to the. The Raiders. Raiders, yeah, it was. Uh. Jaylon Nailor. Jaylon Nailor headed to. the Raiders. How do you feel about. everything going on right now, Shrey? >> Well, when Addison was sidelined. obviously with the suspension, Nailor.

stepped up and had a fantastic couple. weeks with the Minnesota Vikings. 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 the guy that just. knows this cap, knows this league, and. knows how to do it under the guise of. obscure obscurity. We never talk about. Mickey Loomis, but with he, Jeff. Ireland, and of course Kai Harley on. that front office cuz 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 Demario. 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 free agency. Okay, so a. couple thoughts on the last four or five. deals. One, Linderbaum 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. Um Jaylen Nailor. going to the Raiders, really good. receiver, has developed as the number. three guy with Justin Jefferson there. and Jordan Jordan Addison there. He's. going to become really stepping into. probably the number two wide receiver. role. with the loss of the biggest Raiders. You add Brock Bowers there, Tucker still. there as a speedster. That 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. Um. They they haven't signed him to 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 Taysom Hill. That's. David Edwards there. So, there's a lot. of butterfly effects going and probably. the biggest thing. now is the Chiefs at nine have signed a. running back and the. Saints at eight have signed a running. back with big money. What does this mean. for Jeremiah Love in the NFL draft and. pay attention to the Washington. Commanders? >> 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. They have all that talent. on the roster. So, 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 cuz yeah, you're right. Everyone's mocking us. Yeah, they were. Oh, 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 to 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. Jahan Dotson, this is a huge. deal. He's reached an agreement with the. Eagles, I'm sorry, with the Falcons on a. two-year $15 million deal up to $17. million, $10 million fully guaranteed. He's a weapon for sure. Atlanta Falcons. making plays as well. This NFC South. continues to cook, Audmey. Yeah, pretty. incredible especially for Stefanski. bringing a guy in. They just we're going to just slot Tua. Tagovailoa to be their quarterback there. this year. We can just run away with that. And.

Jahan 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 would be. 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. Like 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. assume Stefanski just has free reign. just like Cleveland cuz he didn't draft. Penix, and Tua will probably be a.

one-year deal. It's 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. out that the Dominican Republic was only. favored by four and a half. And we. immediately were like, "Okay, yeah, let's let's make sure we go ahead and. hit." By the way, Yeah, they did. Big. time. >> 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. They're a great.

[laughter] football team. Panthers are. good football team. Add Phillips. >> Jaylen Phillips gets added into a a. litany of dogs down there in Carolina. Hold the phone now. Plus 425 doesn't. sound that bad at all, Tone Dig. No, it. doesn't. I'm I'm shocked that the Bucks. are like so far ahead of the other. teams. I just 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.

12:01. Yeah, 12:01 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. fun zone. Hey, Schrags. Yeah. I I. thought first-ballot Hall of Famer was. making his decision today. What happened. your phone line, dude? And what what to. 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 the 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 1-year $27. million offer from someone. Whether or.

not that's actually the case, we'll see. Greg Auman also on the reporting of. that. Maybe we had to hear in the. Schefter zone to hear what he has heard. about the information surrounding Mike. Evans and where his future is. Schefty, I don't know if you saw that out of. Albert Breer talking about a $27 million. 1-year offer for Mike Evans. Do we know. what Mike Evans is kind of pondering. right now or what's kind of taken 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 for 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 and were 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 signed. 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, Anzalone 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 do you. think that Why are people floating that. number out there? You cuz Albert Breer, we know, knows some people. Do we think. that's a tactic or we Do you think. there's a near $30 million one-year deal. for Mike Evans right now? That. That's an incredible offer. Well, I. could say somebody told him 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 heard anything. Shefty, 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?" You getting any of those. today? This You know, we're 2 and 1/2. hours in almost. This is such a. scramble. Like, I don't know anybody. that's setting up a a Zoom call sitting. down in the midst [laughter] of these. crazy negotiations and punters flying. off the shelf. >> Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, Shefty. Yeah. >> Right. I mean, you got to You got teams. wheeling and dealing. I don't think that. anybody's sitting in to schedule a a. video. I mean, there might be a certain. case where if there's a question about. somebody the team has, you want to get.

that guy on the phone or a Zoom call, you have the liberty to do that, but I. I'm unaware of that. Hey, heard you had. uh nobody at your birthday party. I need. to talk to I need to understand what's. going on. We appreciate you, Shefty. Okay. 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 but it but. it was also, I think, just like. available. Like, "Hey, if you want to. play another year, this is fully. guaranteed. 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 a something similar. It. was kind of how we all viewed it. Like, "Hey, if you want to be a 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. This. This place is unbelievable. We're heroes. here. We 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, at Tampa Maybe Tampa.

don't understand that they. they need you. We need you. 27 mil for 1. year? >> Steve. I think that's a huge Khalil Mack. just signed for 18 million for 1 year. with the Chargers. I assume he was. pumped to stay in LA. 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 Hortiz, slapping. him on the thigh like Steve Ballmer did. in that one gif, and he goes, "Hey, need. to sign Khalil. Need to sign Khalil. That is a guy that can't leave here.". Then he 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 him here, everybody's happy. It's like Is that. what teams are trying to do to Mike. Evans right now? 28 million guaranteed, 1 year. You just come here for 6, 7. months. I mean, that's a good thing to. That's a good position to be in. Absolutely. >> But, also that's a tough decision to. make whenever you have been a Tampa guy. your entire career. >> Yeah, I am I know we saw the reports. I. am interested to know what the real. market is for him, and and you we. thought, "Hey, maybe he gets the Larry. Fitzgerald treatment. He's the one. helmet guy, Ring of Honor, you know, greatest receiver in their franchise. history." I'm not sure, but this is.

These are the tough decisions 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 Edwards I mean, Mike. Evans leaves, but you got Ebuka who. could emerge and kind of be that next. number one guy. You got McMillan who. they drafted who shows some promise. I. have to brought Otton 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 we thought we heard maybe the. Mike Evans deal gets done early. You. know, what happened early was Alec.

Pierce signed, and he maybe he saw Alec. Pierce's number and said, "Oh, I'm going. to need more than that." So, >> similar styles of play. >> Yeah, exactly. >> and he's done it for 10 years. A 1,000. yards for what, 11 straight years or. something like that? I forget the number. with how many different quarterbacks. And then he sees Alec Pierce who's the. deep threat guy, okay? He becomes the. highest. free agent paid wide receiver in the. history of football or whatever it is. Mike Evans just goes, "Hold. milk check. Oh, 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 Alec Pierce. I'm not saying that. that's not the case. But maybe Mike. Evans' agents go, hold on. Hold on. 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 you you know it where. where where you are in your career and. we know that, you know, 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 a 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. And 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, Danno mentioned, Shraegs. mentioned, 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 20. He's like, "Yeah, that's nice, but like I'm not. signing up.".

>> Raiders. >> Exactly. I'm I'm not signing up to do. the Davante Adams thing where I think. the grass is greener. >> knows Mike. Oh my god. >> yeah. Tom Brady going to Fernando. Like. if he had a Mike Evans That's our new. That would be Let's go to the free. agency fun zone. Shraegs, is that the. team that 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,

Shraegs? 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. So 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 That's a big. move. I mean, he's a Hall of Famer. He's. been there forever. >> They wanted him.

Yeah, I I I think. >> Not enough, Shraeger. Okay. Okay. But, now it it's weird. So, my 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. >> breaking news. 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. Buccaneer. 3 years, 36 and a half. million dollars. Eric. >> for Cart Rock Nation Sports will be the. agent on that one, but the Steelers in. acquisition mode. 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 Schefter tweet. I. [snorts] just got here. Jamel Dean going. to the Steelers. >> Peter, thank you for that. Congrats to. 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 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 1-year deal this morning kind. of on a prove-it deal for about 5. million. So, this is just another piece. to shore up the secondary. So, now as. far as the defense goes, the D-line's. good. Linebacker solid. Secondary with. with Dean and Joey Porter Jr. and then. the safety, figure that out. Whoa! >> [screaming]. >> Oh. Ladies and gentlemen, it has. happened. Mike Evans [laughter]. is expected to sign a 3-year deal with.

the San Francisco 49ers. Just moments after Schrag 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 Schefter says, "While you're. saying that, Schrag, let me actually. tell you what's happening. The 9ers 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 to the bottom. Now he's. heading to San Francisco with a litany. of weapons in 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 9ers make a. run at this thing. Let's go into the. free agency frenzy zone with the man who. put that tweet out. Schefty, what's the. deal? How do we get here, pal? Well, the. 9ers have needed help at wide receiver. Look, they're moving on from Brandon. Aiyuk this off season. Everybody knows.

that. They have a situation where Deebo. 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 off season. A lot of. people thought initially maybe the. Texans. But the 9ers 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 on a deal, and then. there was a hiccup like, "Well, 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 3-year deal. It's really a. shorter-term deal than that, but it's. going to be called a 3-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 Licht 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 3-year deal. >> A lot of turnover in Tampa Bay at the. offensive coordinator role. Obviously, Baker Mayfield now has been his. quarterback for the last couple years. Tom Brady, Jameis Winston, the list goes.

on and on. He'll go out there with Kyle. Shanahan's offense and 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. Shraegs 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, Shraegs, and what does this mean, Orlovsky? That. was so fun, and that is why we do this. thing 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 like. 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 you're going to. make a make an end, okay, go on and. explore other options." Derek Gilmore is. the agent. He's been with him all along.

They worked the deal out, and there were. many other interested parties, but 3. years they get on Mike Evans, and he. goes to the 49ers, who yes were. eliminated from the playoffs in a. divisional round but were 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 fits. >> I love [laughter] 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 last this. past season. Too much of a burden on. that football player. So now Mike comes. there, Pearsall there, they're probably. going to lose Jauan 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 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've. drafted Egubuka, they've drafted Tez. 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 in the. the waiting. And so there are new teams. that wanted to get in on Mike Evans. I. know the Bills wanted in Mike Evans. I. know the Rams wanted in 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. >> Trey, what's that number going to look. like quickly? I would think it'll be. north of 25 a year. I mean that's what. that's the numbers that he's demanding. and that and that's a guy that. with this salary cap the way it is, that. is something that he can't guarantee. I. mean hey look, they're going to be. obviously moving on from Aiyuk. They. left the Deebo's gone from last year and. Jauan Jennings is a free agent. So there. is room to spend and you say Ricky. Pearsall at one wide receiver. You throw.

this guy on his second Kittle comes. back. Kittle comes And obviously you get. Kittle back, you get Juice Check back. You suddenly 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 planting. their flag and saying we're not going. anywhere yet. >> And especially with Mike Evans D, but. what does it look like in a Shanahan. offense with Mike Evans? How do you. think he is used? Cuz what, we got a lot. of like, hey, we need you to do exact. stuff? Or is 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 talk about it, 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. separated from guys like he used to. He. can still run and you throw that ball up.

and it's a rebound. have got different. guys on that offense that can create. mismatches, whether it's the fullback. with Juice, whether it's Kittle when. he's healthy, C-Mac, he's a mismatch for. anyone that's guarding him. So now. whoever they draft, whoever they bring. in on part of that wide receiver core, they can sit in a room and learn from. Mike Evans week in and week out cuz you. don't have just these guys, you know, fall, you know, falling out of the sky. Can he still play? I think I think he'll. still go. Cuz the type of guy he is, the. body that he has, and like I said, he's. not a guy who's going to.

be taking the top off a 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. >> Mhm. Mike Evans goes. >> What? 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 dollars. >> Man. 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 on. 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. Schefter actually drove for. this particular era to happen for the. NFL schedule. Cuz 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, well, is. it even tampering then if you're. legalizing it? It's It's almost like. first convo, second convo, deal, and.

then official season start season. They're like, yeah, whatever, tampering, whatever the case. So, that is what this. is. So, these deals can't go into effect. until Wednesday, and I guess there could. be some bad faith stuff that could. happen until then. But already over 1.4. billion dollars with 2 and 1/2 more days. still of free agency money being talked. about is an absurd thing, and good for. all Oh, okay. There is more. Former Browns linebacker Devin Bush. reached agreement today on a 3-year $30.

million deal that includes $21 million. guaranteed with the Chicago Bears per. agent Drew Rosenhaus. Listen, they. weren't 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 their. better becomes their best. And that's. Ben Johnson football, baby, in a. nutshell. 3 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 with. the Browns playing next to Carson. Swashin who won Defensive Player of the. Year. He played Devin Bush played. really, really good last year. And then. on the Bears side, they're letting. Edmunds walk. So, this he just kind of. fills in right for them. It's actually. it's a really good fit for them. Let's. go. Ew, cool. Go ahead. >> Yeah. You just talked about it not. working out like It did not. he could. have easily been been written off. So, kudos to him fighting back. I'm a. Michigan man, a South Florida guy as.

well. So, a lot of I guess ties in this. building. I'm glad I'm I'm really happy. to see this deal for Devin Bush and I. think it'll be great for the Bears as. well cuz they they struggled from a. linebacker standpoint. They had a lot of. injuries in that position. You mentioned. Edmunds moving on. Great pick for him. >> Hey, you talk about Michigan man, let's. go to another Michigan man on maybe the. deets. How many teams were in on Devin. Bush? Let's go to Adam Schefter. Schefty, 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, Nakobe Dean, Leo Chenal, Kaden Ellis. A. lot of good linebackers still out there. Alex Singleton and Bobby Wagner. So, I. think this is going to help break up. some of the logjam. Logjam, again, 2 and. 1/2 hours in, but we're used to so much. activity at this point in time, but the. Bears wanted to add a linebacker. They.

identified Devin Bush and now they have. reached agreement with him on that deal. >> 1.4 billion 30 million. Yeah. Good math there. Well done. Thank. you. I had to get the proper comma. Let's go over to the free agency fun. zone. Streaks and Arlovski, any thoughts. on Devin Bush going to the Bears? And. how about the Bears immediately becoming. a team that I think, oh, good decision. Who would have thought that a couple. years ago? Now with Poles 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 to 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 Browns. So much so that they. thought he was going to be a core piece. of this defense if they could bring. bring him back. They couldn't retain.

him. He now goes to Chicago Bears. I. think it's a great signing. Schrags, what's on deck real quick, Schrags? What's on deck do you think in your mind. if you had to project like you did. before with Mike Evans? That was. beautiful, by the way. >> really good. That was good TV to the second. That was. fun. That was good. Shefty with the home. run at the end, getting the team in the. top. >> that's USA baseball. That was it, beautiful. That was good. Um honestly, I. I'm very curious to see and I think. Shefty 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. Nakobe Dean are on the board. All of. those guys, we've already seen a couple. go with Enagbare 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, Danno. 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? Signing a running back to 30. plus million? Etienne going north of 50? Linebackers were going for 30 million. Yeah, so it's just like kind of I agree. The the the linebackers are kind of the. guys that are next, but I still sit. there and I go, okay, where where are these agreements. going to come with some of these. receivers that are still out there now. that the Mike Evans addition has been. signed? Some of the tight ends that are. out there now that the Mike Evans vision. has been signed. And speaking of Devin. Bush, so the the Bears jumped on Dalman.

retirement, replace him with Bradberry. 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. Like they're. just making decisions that aren't Oh my. gosh. And then oh, it falls flat. It. seems like very calculated Yeah, well. said. >> Holy that's an Emmy right there. I. just saw it.

Did you see it? Oh, hell yeah. I heard. it. Yeah, because like the way you said. it, it just painted a picture in my mind. cuz I thought of people going. Oh my gosh. It was like such a good. descriptor. >> [laughter]. >> Thank you, Dan. He's killing it, Donnie. He's killing it. What we're saying is yeah, it's been. good signings even though we're not. saying Oh my. gosh. Oh yeah, yeah. Hey, one name, Pat, that. I I think is a good team. I'll I'll take. it from here.

>> [laughter]. >> I got it. I got it. They just shoot it. off of them. 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. I think we'll see. But you like that? That was a reference to the literary. world. I bring that. I'm a little bit of. a highbrow guy. [laughter]. >> Yeah, I respect that. We need that. We've been able to feel it in here. Your aura is I smell it. Is that what. you smell over there? That's crazy. [laughter]. It is not what I smell. Okay. Dan Dan. has been smelling a little bit too much. of it. You. >> [laughter]. >> Might be attached to some of the things.

I've said. >> [screaming]. >> Yeah, Dan might be floating over there. the free agency fire. You also would. love this. We have a peripheral view of. Adam Schefter and he's just pacing like. a madman. It is so fun to watch us from. my angle. He's just going, pacing, going, pacing. >> put Next year he should get a whoop on. just. He's working. He's got it. He's. [laughter] got Adam's got it. He's. going. That's not a bad idea. We can. keep the active heart rate on the. screen. Dan, oh, keep them coming, but. this is what happens when you start. smelling. >> Oh my Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh. What a crazy signing. Uh 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 fall to that. I. really like Mike Evans to San Francisco. I like that we kept Alec Pierce here. I. like Pitman going to Pittsburgh. It's. hard not to get excited about all of. them because so much optimism and and. hope, but it does feel like we got a lot. of positive done for a lot of teams. today on this free agency front. >> for the top-tier teams, I would say that. Kenneth Walker to the Chiefs that was.

huge. We were obviously matching up all. these running backs to that cheap. Raiders Breece Hall or Jeremiah Love. So, them getting Super Bowl MVP Kenneth. Walker was huge. And then something that. may fly under the radar, I think. Wan'Dale Robinson to the C because. coaching-wise Brian Daboll taking that. OC job to be Cam Ward so he was my. favorite kind of hire of the off-season. So, now get more weapons in there. I. like their young tight end Helm, the. rookie tight end from last year. Some. other weapons that obviously they need. to bring up, but I love that those two. signings jump out to me.

>> Yeah, Daboll is obviously going to do. good things with you Jeremy offensively. The numbers are out now. Schefter has. reported Mike Evans goes for a. three-year $60.4 million. Jeez. 20.125. 133 million per year. Yeah, 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 of 25 is what he. was hearing 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 Eerily quiet. in this whole thing mostly because I. think you've been so excited about. making a move. Just cuz 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. cuz where you guys lie. Instead, a. little bit more cerebral. Are you bummed. out or excited? >> No, no, very excited. Especially just. because Mike Vrabel is 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 are trade. targets. Gronard 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. They're. getting Jaylon Phillips as kind of that. premier guy pass rush. You know, Trey. Hendrickson being one of the other ones, but him getting paid especially with the. pieces they already have. I think.

Derrick Brown is their all-pro D-tackle. Jaycee Horn, he got paid last off-season. on the back end of 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 I'm. not there all the way. Put all the chips. in on the Carolina Panthers in the NFC. South, but they feel like a pretty damn. good football team.". >> Is 12 a big one. for Zyn? Oh, yeah. Yeah, 12 12 I think. is the biggest.

>> I thought it went up to six. No, that's. what I'm saying. You can get. international. Yeah. Well, yeah, you got. to go to Yeah, you got to go overseas to. get 12. Yeah, they're getting shipped. in. I think they're getting shipped in. I think they're getting shipped in. >> Like Ruggs. Whenever I saw that exactly, like Ruggs. Those things are getting. shipped into town. When I saw this man. put this in. >> thing that comes to your mouth? shipped. in. >> Yeah, I just That's how big they are. Yeah, they're massive. >> And things got even little things at the. end of it like Just like actually Ruggs. I got to put that thing in there. Yeah, 12. I saw it happen. All right. I don't.

really do a lot of the. the Zyn 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. I mean, I guess we got to and then it. was always. just like sick as hell. But I know the. Zyn game, okay, because there's people. that toss them to me, ask me to sign. them. I always feel honored when I'm. doing that. And I 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.". >> Levels. 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 Zyn, it's some other company, and it says 12 on it. I'm like, "I've never seen that before.". Two of them. Two 12 pieces? Yeah.

It's four sixes. And then I watched. That's a lot of nicotine. >> [laughter]. >> Holy hell, this man was still alive. Somebody else tried one that we know. Mhm. Okay. He might have be an Emmy Award-winning. TikTok editor. Duck foot. Okay. Duck. foot, he runs. >> the most duck foot. runs sideways, but. also forward. Okay? All those types of. things. >> volunteer? Yeah, he was exactly. He was. there. >> Goodbye. Yeah, and he should have known. cuz he's he's a he's a three guy. He's a. three guy. >> So. He won't the 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. He freaked out. >> Yeah. Why? [laughter]. So, in that moment, I was like, "You. know what? This is going to be a great. football team soon, I think. I I think. this team's got something that nobody. else has.". >> Okay. Maybe even I I don't know if. Braves could I I don't know. I don't. even know. Braves is smoking cigs while he's got. Zyn in it. We're inside. We don't know. if that was a possibility. There's a. chance that that would have been. happening as well. >> to think I know who we're talking It was.

out right It was unbelievable stuff. Okay, let's head over to the free agency. fun zone. Danno, Shraegs, as we wrap up. here on ESPN, can you two give us your. favorite moves that have happened thus. far, favorite money spent? Shraegs, 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. Orlovsky, 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 or 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, Derrick. Gilmore, thanking the Buccaneers for. what they did to him and 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 Streaks and I being at the.

Thunderdome. >> Yeah. First time. So fun. A blast. A blast. My. first time here, a blast. Could I tell. you this real quick? John Schneider, GM. of the Seahawks, who's been eerily. quiet, texted 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." Free agency frenzy with Danno. Let's go. [laughter] Welcome, Streaks. Welcome, boys. Welcome, boys. Shout out. to Ben, Mystic, and uh the two bald. Mikes out of New York that built that. place up over there. Great work. Phenomenal workers. We got to try and. keep this. We got to try and keep this.

sign. I don't think so. It'll be staying. here. I don't think so. All right. Um as. far as football, I I I'm a line of. scrimmage person. So, one, Raiders. Linderbaum, I think it's absolutely. huge. Jaylen 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. There D-Butt. knows this. How many corners do you.

really sit there and say, "Yep, you can. play Mike by yourself." Specifically. down in the low red zone. There's just. not a lot. And so, I yeah, I just think. Kyle Shanahan's going to use him as this. piece to free up so much for their. offense. And so, um Um, I think that's a. a a signing. I also think the Rams had a. great day because the addition of Jaylen. Watson Jaylen Watson was a big deal. outside of the acquisition of McDuffie. I expect there's some more movement from. the corners. Lonnie Taylor, Tariq. Woolen, up there at the top of some Josh.

Jones who won a champ. We'll see what. they do with the Steelers. That That was. a great signing. Still got play We We. had a lot of moves made. I appreciate. you guys over there in the free agency. fun zone. You guys crushed it today. >> Hell yeah. >> Well done. Guys crushed it today. So. cool. Thank you, Pat. Yeah, no problem. But 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. Schefty, your big moves of the. day. Did everything happen how you. thought it was going to happen when we. started? Well, I think Jaylen Phillips. going to Carolina was a surprise that.

upset some of. >> I got to take a call. Oh, you want You. want You want to give me 1 minute? Hold. on one second. Hold on. Mute him. Mute him. Mute him. Mute him. Mute him. Hey, 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 Thunderdome. It's. a whole thing. So, Jaylen Phillips, I think that leaves. Philadelphia in an interesting spot. Tyler Linderbaum 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.

Lowdermilk making $200,000 a year and. brought him to Indianapolis on a $2.15. million deal over 3 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. [clears throat] 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, A.Q. Shipley's weeping. You're seeing all the. punter deals. Pat, you're weeping. And. I'm weeping cuz the Wi-Fi in this room. is very wonky, and I've had a very hard. time Yeah, yeah, yeah. Herbstreit, Pat. McAfee, we appreciate you. How about. this? Before we send this off to Laura. Rutledge in the SportsCenter NFL Free. Agency Frenzy special, Darian Kinnard,

Green Bay Packers swing tackle with. great hair, phenomenal flow, 4 years in. the league, three Super Bowls, no big. deal, 1-year deal worth up to 3.75. million to Green Bay. >> Yeah, love it. Love it. Love it. >> [laughter]. >> Good deal. All right, Schefty, we. appreciate you. We'll continue to watch. Danno and Shreds will continue their. days on NFL Live. We obviously will. continue to follow along with everything. happening around the NFL cuz 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 in new places trying to. lift that organization to the tippy top. Cuz if you don't win a Super Bowl, does. any of it matter? No. Nope. But the. money's good. Over 1.55 billion already. Laura Rutledge and SportsCenter will. continue. Then NFL Live. We can't thank. you enough for allowing us to do this. for a living. You're the best people on. Earth. Be a friend, tell a friend. something nice. It might change your. life. We're in this thing together, and. we're back tomorrow. Team on me, team on.

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