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Richard Sherman Podcast - Kenneth Walker III leaves Seahawks for Chiefs, Mike Evans joins 49ers | Sherman Free Agency Reaction
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All off season long. We're going to give you free agency, NFL draft and everything else that's going on in this incredible NFL off season. Stick with us. Be here. Hit that sub button if you're new and also notification game so you can be notified when everything's going down. Appreciate you. Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast and we got another big splash this off season. Mike Evans to the San Francisco 49ers. This is a move that I thought made a lot of sense in a lot of ways for both sides but but I wasn't sure Mike Evans would ever leave Tampa Bay and and the conversations with Kyle Shanahan and John lynch must have been fantastic because he's a San Francisco 49er now. A three year $60 million up to $60 million deal for a true ex receiver, a future hall of Famer, a guy that that can change the the complexity of a game in a heartbeat. A guy that you could put the 5050 ball up to and he make a play runs the entire route. Tree a true X receiver. 6523 aggressive, a great blocker, a great teammate. If you think about it on the field, he's going to be a fantastic addition safety blanket for for Brock Purdy. I mean I would have guessed he's getting 100, 120 targets this season. Fingers Crossed he, he stays totally healthy, but a bonafide one number one receiver guy who can win, win one on one matchups, win in man coverage. A guy who has dealt with double double teams, A smart player, a guy that can be a mentor for this young receiver group. An incredible leader, an incredible consummate professional. He's gonna, if he, if he's healthy, he's gonna practice, he's gonna practice hard. He's gonna do things the right way. He's gonna help guys that ask him for help. He's gonna show guys how to do things off the field. I mean they're not just bringing in a great player and a Hall of Fame player, but a hall of Fame all around well rounded guy and human being. And I think that's what's going to make this such a great addition to the San Francisco 49ers. You'll see the results on the field, but off the field and the impact that he has on these young receivers is going to be immense. And that's something I really look forward to seeing. How many more go balls is 50, 50 go balls is Brock Purdy going to put up? I would guess that number is going to double. No question about that. Are they going to make another splash in this, this offseason with this, with these receivers, could they potentially pursue a guy like Shahid, a deep threat, a speed guy to, to partner with with Mike Evans and Ricky Purcell potentially? I think that's, that's something that I would expect them to at least kick the, kick the tires on. But again, this is a huge, huge deal for the San Francisco 49ers. Getting a true number one receiver who can do it all, who can do it all, who can take the top off the defense, who can run the intermediate routes, who can live in the middle of the field and, and, and take big hits. He could be a run run after catch guy at times. If he, if he catches a lane, he can, he can get you a first down running slants. He uses his body well. I mean this is just a guy who's done it. I mean for, for him to have so many consecutive thousand yard seasons. The only other guy he's tied with Jerry rice, the, the 49er all time great. The all the goat at the receiver position and for him now to, to call San Francisco home is really cool. Now the question I have is what number is he going to wear? Because he's not going to wear 13. Obviously. Brock Purdy has 13. Is it going to be three? Is it going to be 11, is he going to stay in the teens? Is he going to go into the 80s? I don't see Mike going into the 80s, but I could be wrong. But that's another big question. Is he going to be, I mean, two, Is it? Or three? Four, you know, not panel four. I, I don't know. I don't know what he's going to do with his number. But I know this is going to help The San Francisco 49ers immensely in this again, arms race in the NFC West. And on the, on the other side of the coin, I mean, we got to talk about Eddie Panero, Panero getting secured a four year deal. What he did this season coming in a guy who had been kind of out of the mix for a while was a fantastic pickup. Almost perfect this season for the San Francisco 49ers. That's great. We're still waiting for a lot of the other dominoes to fall. But on the flip side, the Seattle Seahawks are having themselves in off season, both retaining guys like Josh Job who just got retained for $8 million a year. I thought that was a phenomenal keep a guy that, that was essential to the defense they run. They leave him backside a lot of times. He does a great job in both man to man and zone coverage. Has great zone instinct, great man instincts, great great press. It's fine being isolated one on one when it's a three by one and they, they have man to man backside and the safety's rolling away. He does a fantastic job. And I thought even for $8 million, that's a bargain. That's a bargain for a guy of Josh Job's talent in the way he played this season. So that's a huge keep for the Seattle Seahawks. But they do lose K9, they lose the Super Bowl MVP, which, which is something I predicted because of the number that he was going to get to. I thought that other teams like the Kansas City Chiefs would be higher on him and have a higher number. And he gets what, what I believe is the highest per year for a free agent running back in the history of the national football league at $15 million a year, three for 45. And he deserves it. He deserves it and, and he's going to go out there and do fantastic for the, the Chiefs. And I think the Seattle Seahawks will be fine. I don't think this is going to be something that, that is incredibly detrimental to, to, to what they have going. I think this is a situation where, where what's best for both sides kind of happened, you know, could the Seattle Seahawks maintain and, and, and keep all the guys that they're going to have to pay Witherspoon and, and, and all the rest of the guys are going to have to shell out some money to and keep canine? I don't think they would. So I think they, they took the lesser of these evils and said, hey, K9, this is what we can offer you. If you can go out there and get a huge bag, then congratulations. We love you. You'll. You'll be a Seahawks for life. You'll be a Super Bowl MVP with the Seattle Seahawks for the rest of your life. And that's going to be a beautiful thing. But I don't think they wanted to prohibit him from going out there and getting him, you know, getting his bag, which is what he did. I think they'll be able to find an explosive running back that they feel comfortable about. I think they feel good about Zach Charbonnet and him coming back into the fold, obviously coming off an injury, but I think what he was doing throughout this season is something they felt really good about. And I, I think another piece of them losing Kobe Bryant is a little bit more detrimental than I would like. But, but I feel like again, this is a storm they feel like they could weather. Kobe went, got his three for $40 million, one with the Chicago Bears, and that's big time. Congratulations to him. He deserves it. He's a fantastic player, a fantastic human being and a guy that will go out there and continue to shine. But again, again, I think this is a situation where even when guys go other places, I don't think this is a, a situation where there's bad blood either way. I think the organization wants the best for these guys. And coming off a Super bowl win, the, the, the, the, the positive energy is to the max. And I think everybody tries to get paid and there's only so much money that can go around and you got to keep the important pillar pieces, you got to keep the foundational pieces to your organization and guys that, that have helped you get here, you appreciate. But you also got to understand that, hey, can we draft a guy? Do we have a guy in the, in the cut in our backups that could potentially do the job at a similar level. And I think the Seahawks feel good about it. You know, when he got hurt and was out for a while, Ty of came in and played at a high level, really, really kept this defense going and was flying around. And I think that was an important part of this decision. Not that they wouldn't have wanted to pay Kobe, you know, his, his what he's due. But could they pay him and keep the guys that they needed to keep? They're going to have to pay high dollar numbers for, for JSN. I would guess he's going to approach $40 million. And I think the same is true for Devin Witherspoon. He's going to be $31 million. And if you look at what the Rams just did, again, it's an arms. See right now they traded for Trent McDuffie a couple first, a lot of picks, a first round pick, a fifth, a six. I mean we talked about it the other day and then went on and paid him over a hundred million dollars a year. He's averaging $31 million per season with this new deal with the Rams, which is incredibly huge. I mean that's, that's a monumental deal. So congratulations to him. Friend of the program again. Then they go on and, and pick up Jalen Watson who was the, the running mate of Trent McDuffie in Kansas City and pay him what, what appears to be $17 million a year. So you bring in two new corners who haven't played it down for you, who have been fantastic players and played fantastic in big games, two time super bowl champion Jaylen Watson, and then you inject them into this Rams defense with a really great and aggressive pass rush. They're going to play a lot of man coverage. I'm sure Chris Shula is excited about this. We heard rumblings and rumors that Tariq Woolen may be an option and the. There may be interest there. I don't think that would be the case anymore after paying these two guys. Unless he's. You're paying him. Unless you're going to pay another corner over $15 million, which I highly doubt. But we'll see what this move looks like. I mean, this is, this is great. This is going to be a really formidable Rams defense along with a really aggressive and potent offense. Obviously this same team made the NFC championship last year and we're a few plays away from winning that game. But the Seattle Seahawks did more than enough to win that game and they're the reigning super bowl champion. So the Rams are feeling like they have to keep up in this division. Then you got The San Francisco 49ers not only bringing in Mike Evans, but just getting healthier. They, they. Fred Warner's back. Nicholas John Bosa is back. And, and I'm hearing trade rumors and people calling for Fred Warner. I'm sure the, the 49ers are picking up the phone, but I don't think that's a trade that that is likely. This organization loves Fred Warner and loves what he means to this organization. I think they want him to be a 49er for life. Crazier things have happened, no question about it. But I don't think that is something at the forefront of their mind unless it's an offer that just really blows them away. I mean, you're talking about two, three first round picks like something ridiculously incredible that you could not say no to. And I don't see John lynch making that deal because of what Fred Warner means to this defense. He's the heart of this defense and you could just see it. Last year was a perfect example when he was not a part of was hard to find turnovers, it was hard to find stops, it was hard to find the, the kind of consistency that they've been accustomed to. So I don't see that changing. But I'm loving this arms race I'm seeing from the NFC West. Another huge trade that happened this off season is. Is Max, Mad Max, Max Crosby going to the Baltimore Ravens to, to help solidify that defense? I think that's a great move for both sides. Obviously the Raiders are in reb with a new staff trying to figure things out. They're having a pretty good off season signing some guys. They just signed Tyler Lindenbaum to one of the highest paid offensive line contracts in the history of the league. I think they gave him $81 million. They time signed Tyler Algiers. So they're, they're, they're starting to, to, to, to inject a little bit of talent on that side. But I think for the Ravens, this is, this is a win now mode. This is strengthening already strong defense and saying, hey, we're, we're, we're going to be a force to be reckoned with. Baltimore Ravens have been known for their defense for a long time and obviously they have talent on the other side of the ball with, with Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson. But Max Crosby is a game changer on the other side. And if you just look at that division, I'd hate to be a quarterback in that division. You're talking about Miles Garrett with the Cleveland Browns. You're talking about Max Crosby now with the Ravens. You don't have Trey Hendrickson anymore. But then you're talking about T.J. watt and the boys over there in, in Pittsburgh. It's Murderous Row. And if you're Joe Burrow, you're like, oh, I mean you might Want to start thinking about taking a little less to get you a little bit more protection, Joe. That's all I'm saying. You might want to start considering your health. Your health. That's all I'm saying. This has been a great off season. What's happening in Miami is interesting. It looks like they're, they're going to cut to a tongue of Iloa, which, which is, which was obvious with the new staff and all this, but how much money they owe him is. Oh, my God, this dead money stuff is starting to. They're gonna pay him $50 million a year to go away. I mean, I, it's, it's bad. And then you hear the rumors that the Atlanta Falcons are interested in Tuatanga by law, and I just. It's hard for me to understand the interest in a guy that another team is paying $50 million to go away. But I, especially with the way the quarterback situation has been in Atlanta over the last couple years. You lose your head coach and your general manager because the way the quarterback situation was, was dealt with. And, and to walk back in that. I don't want any part of it. But we'll see. You know, Tuatanga Vailoa is a good guy and, and, and has found a way to play at a high level in this league at times and maybe a change of scenery would be good for him. But I think if they were that interested, then maybe Miami would have been able to, to navigate a trade that might have helped them salary cap wise if, if that was the case. But, you know, we'll, we'll see how this free agency pans out. But right now I think this is a fantastic move for the San Francisco 49ers, getting them a true number one receiver in Mike Evans. Obviously, all the, the chaos around the Brandon Iuk situation, they're getting away from that and starting to find some, some, some consistency and, and, and just calmness about this situation. I think he's going to be a June 1 cut. From what I understand about what they've been saying publicly about the Brandon Iuk situation, I think this helps Ricky Purcell. I think this helps George Kittle. I think this helps the San Francisco 49ers in general. As always, we're going to keep giving you free agency news as it comes up. Stay tuned. Stay with us all off season long because this is gonna be fun. I can't wait. And hit that sub button if you're new.
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