PMS 2.0 1304 - Overreaction Free Agency Frenzy Monday, Brandon Beane, Ben Roethlisberger, Puka Nacua, Ian Rapoport

Summary

The Pat McAfee Show: PMS 2.0 1304 - Overreaction Free Agency Frenzy Monday

Release Date: March 10, 2025
Host: Pat McAfee
Guests: Brandon Beane (Buffalo Bills GM), Ben Roethlisberger (Former Pittsburgh Steelers QB), Puka Nakua (Los Angeles Rams WR), Ian Rapoport (NFL Insider)

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Introduction and Overview

Pat McAfee kicks off the episode by highlighting the intense activity in the NFL free agency market. With unprecedented contract sizes and the official start of free agency just moments ago, Pat and his panel anticipate a whirlwind of discussions and analyses over the next few hours.

Pat McAfee [00:00]:
"Football is the topic of discussion everywhere because there are millions and millions of dollars being given out."

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Major Free Agency Deals

Josh Allen Re-signs with Buffalo Bills

One of the biggest headlines is Josh Allen securing the largest contract in NFL history with the Buffalo Bills. During a 15-minute conversation with Bills GM Brandon Beane, Pat delves into the intricacies of this landmark deal.

Brandon Beane [26:18]:
"We improved his cash flow dramatically and added a couple of years left. He had four years, which normally you wouldn't do, but the way the markets changed, we needed to respect that."

DK Metcalf Joins Pittsburgh Steelers

Ben Roethlisberger discusses DK Metcalf's $130 million contract with the Steelers, emphasizing the team's long-term strategy to bolster their wide receiver corps.

Ben Roethlisberger [41:12]:
"That's a lethal offense. Almost overnight, it feels like we have a play-action element that's going to elevate our game."

Chris Godwin Returns to Los Angeles Rams

Pat and the team congratulate Chris Godwin on his three-year, $66 million contract with the Rams, highlighting his resilience and work ethic.

Darius Butler [05:18]:
"Receiving top market rates for wide receivers now shows how offensive play has evolved. Godwin exemplifies this shift."

Miles Garrett's Massive Deal with Cleveland Browns

The Browns secure Myles Garrett with a staggering $40 million per year, reflecting the increasing valuation of elite pass rushers.

Pat McAfee [15:35]:
"40 million a year for a pass rusher is a game-changer. It sets a new standard for negotiations."

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New England Patriots' Strategic Moves

The Patriots make significant acquisitions to reinforce their defensive line, signaling a shift towards a more aggressive defensive strategy.

Boston Connor [02:51]:
"Massive day for Mike Vrabel. Players like George Fant and Carlton Davis are setting the tone for New England's new defensive culture."

Pat McAfee [122:54]:
"Brandon Bean and the Patriots are clearly building a formidable defense, addressing key areas with strategic signings."

Notable Signings:

• Carlton Davis: Three-year, $60 million deal with $34.5 million guaranteed.
• Bob Spillane: Three-year, $24 million deal with $28.5 million guaranteed.
• Milton Williams: Agrees to terms with the Packers for three years, $63 million guaranteed with $104 million total over four years.

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Quarterback Market Dynamics

Pat and his guests analyze the shifting landscape of quarterback contracts, comparing Josh Allen's record deal to other QBs like Justin Fields and Geno Smith.

Darius Butler [05:45]:
"Quarterbacks are now the centerpiece of financial negotiations in the NFL. The market for top-tier QBs is exploding."

Brandon Beane [26:18]:
*"When negotiating Josh Allen's contract, we had to balance his value with our long-term cap flexibility."

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Technology and News Dissemination Challenges

The panel discusses the impact of Twitter outages on breaking NFL news, emphasizing the reliance on platforms like Threads and direct interviews with insiders like Ian Rapaport.

Pat McAfee [07:04]:
"With X (formerly Twitter) down, alternative platforms like Threads are stepping up. However, it's not seamless for real-time news updates."

Ian Rapaport [80:09]:
"This is the weirdest free agency frenzy day in the history of the world. With Twitter down, we're adapting by pushing news through various channels."

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Interviews and Insights

Brandon Beane (Buffalo Bills GM)

Brandon Beane provides an in-depth look into the negotiations behind Josh Allen's contract, discussing the challenges and strategies employed to secure the deal within the evolving market.

Brandon Beane [27:17]:
"Our goal was to draft, develop, and retain our own talent. Josh Allen exemplifies the kind of player we want to build around."

Ben Roethlisberger (Former Steelers QB)

Ben offers his perspective on the Steelers' recent signings, DK Metcalf's impact, and the quarterback situation, hinting at the possibility of his own return.

Ben Roethlisberger [41:38]:
"With DK and George Pickens, the Steelers are building a dynamic offense. As for the quarterback, whether I come back or someone else steps up, it's all about elevating the team's game."

Ian Rapaport (NFL Insider)

Ian discusses the broader trends in the free agency market, highlighting the surge in contract sizes and the strategic moves by teams to secure key players.

Ian Rapaport [80:44]:
"Free agency is a great time for players. We're seeing contracts exceed $40 million for positions like pass rushers and cornerbacks, reflecting their critical role in team success."

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Other Notable Deals

• Jalen Moore: Signs a two-year, $30 million deal with the Kansas City Chiefs.
• Josh Palmer: Buffalo Bills acquire Josh Palmer on a three-year, $36 million contract.
• Grady Jarrett: Chicago Bears secure Grady Jarrett with a three-year, $43.5 million deal.
• Daniel Jones: New York Jets agree to a two-year, $40 million deal with $30 million guaranteed.
• Cam Bynum: Indianapolis Colts sign Cam Bynum to a four-year, $60 million contract.
• Luke Farrell: San Francisco 49ers add Luke Farrell on a three-year, $20.25 million deal.

Notable Mention:

• Dodgeball Segment [58:00-58:08]: Amidst the free agency chaos, Pat introduces a light-hearted segment featuring Tony's attempt to throw a football into a hoop for a giveaway.

Pat McAfee [57:22]:
"And get your deals done early. You can pay guys early rather than later. It pays to save and secure players when the cap is hot."

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Market Trends and Position Valuation

The episode underscores significant shifts in how various positions are valued, particularly the surge in quarterback and pass rusher contracts. Defensive and offensive linemen are also commanding higher salaries, reflecting their importance in modern NFL strategies.

Darius Butler [05:18]:
"Corners used to be valued higher, but with the evolution of offensive schemes, wide receivers and pass rushers are now fetching top dollar."

Pat McAfee [16:21]:
"The importance of quarterbacks can't be understated. Protecting them with elite pass rushers fetches significant value in the market."

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Conclusion

Pat McAfee and his panel conclude the episode by recapping the massive free agency activity, emphasizing the enduring impact of these deals on team dynamics and future NFL seasons. They celebrate the successes of players securing lucrative contracts while acknowledging the challenges faced by teams in managing their salary caps and roster compositions.

Pat McAfee [158:25]:
"Football Overreaction Free Agency Free Frenzy Monday is one that might change the course of an organization in the NFL forever. We've already seen a ton of money shell out through different positions. Who's next? We shall see."

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Key Takeaways:

• Record-Breaking Contracts: Josh Allen's $250 million guaranteed deal sets a new benchmark in NFL free agency.
• Strategic Signings: Teams like the Patriots and Rams are reinforcing their defenses with high-value contracts for defensive linemen and cornerbacks.
• Quarterback Market Evolution: The valuation of quarterbacks has skyrocketed, influencing contract negotiations across the league.
• Adaptation to Technology Failures: The outage of Twitter has prompted reliance on alternative platforms and direct insider communication for breaking news.
• Cultural Shifts: Teams are not just focusing on talent but also on cultural fit and leadership to build cohesive units.

Notable Quotes:

• Brandon Beane [26:18]:
  "We improved his cash flow dramatically and added a couple of years left. He had four years, which normally you wouldn't do, but the way the markets changed, we needed to respect that."

• Ben Roethlisberger [41:38]:
  "With DK and George Pickens, the Steelers are building a dynamic offense. As for the quarterback, whether I come back or someone else steps up, it's all about elevating the team's game."

• Darius Butler [05:18]:
  "Corners used to be valued higher, but with the evolution of offensive schemes, wide receivers and pass rushers are now fetching top dollar."

• Pat McAfee [16:21]:
  "The importance of quarterbacks can't be understated. Protecting them with elite pass rushers fetches significant value in the market."

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This episode of "The Pat McAfee Show" offers an extensive analysis of the ongoing NFL free agency frenzy, dissecting the financial and strategic maneuvers shaping the league's future.

Transcript

[Pat McAfee]

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome on this massive overreaction free agency frenzy. Monday, March 10, 2025 this program starts now. Football is the topic of discussion. How could it not be? Obviously the NBA's playing and hey LeBron, we're pulling for your groin. College basketball's taking place all over the place. Good luck to you young lads trying to chase that one shining moment. But the NFL in football is the topic of discussion everywhere because there are millions and millions of dollars being given out. Yeah, the new going rate for a good pass rusher, 40 million a year. The new guarantee for a good quarterback, 250 million guaranteed. There is contracts being created and extensions being signed and free agency officially kicked off 55 seconds ago. So the new league year basically is in store. What teams will sign who, who will end up where. We'll cover it all for the next two and three hours and we're so thankful that you allow us to do this for a living. We got a big one. We caught up with Brandon Bean, the general manager for the Buffalo Bills earlier today. We have about a 15 minute conversation with him. We will show in a matter of moments. We have Ben Roethlisberger joining us for his thoughts on the new Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver DK Metcalf who got $130 million to become their wideout in the Steel City. Obviously they've been looking for a wide receiver for years. They get DK after sending a second rounder over to Seattle. Remember Seattle was looking for a first and a third. We all wondered if was going to be possible for anybody. They end up settling on a second and a pick swap in the sixth and seventh round with the Pittsburgh Steelers. DK renegotiates 150 million dollar contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is now a member of Mike Tomlin's team. Who's going to be their quarterback? That's the big topic of convo West Ben Roethlisberger, who he thinks, and maybe it's him. He put a video out of him with a helmet on and we saw him working out this morning. Whenever we FaceTime him. Puka Nakua will join us in the next hour. Obviously Devonta Adams is now a member of the Los Angeles Rams. That deal was negotiated while he was in Japan with Sean mcv and now Puka Devonte, Matthew Stafford on a good team friendly deal. Allegedly. If you listen to what McVay said in McVay back trying to go on a run with a young defense that was so close to beating The Philadelphia Eagles last year, are they now over the hump with a massive signing of Devontae? And where does Cooper cup end up? All that is to happen potentially today and who will have the answers? Well, maybe it will be Ian Rapaport. Rap sheet will be joining us at 1:20 Eastern Standard Time. And then maybe a surprise guest here or there that could drop some more information for situations brewing around the NFL. It's not just me, obviously. The boys are here. The toxic table is here, but it looks a little bit different. AustinConnor Incredible jersey, pal. That number 50 triple XL has never looked better.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, thank you very much. This is the head coach jersey, of course. Massive day for the supreme commander of the New England Patriots, Mike Vrabel. Let's see what happens with old New England and all that money.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, speaking of money, I saw Mike Vrabel at the blackjack table just about 72 hours ago. Love that he's in there practicing a little bit about poker. You know, practicing about Goblin. When you go ride, when you pull back, when do you double dime? When do you let the cards tell the story? When do you split? When do you ride? That's what Mike Vrabel was tightening up with, especially right before free agency. You guys have the most amount of money out of any team in the league. I know you're very eager and excited. Who are some of the top guys that the Patriots are hope Patriots fans are hoping end up being on the roster by the end of the day?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, a few of them try various. Ward's probably right at the top. He's the corner from San Francisco. If he were to come over, him and Christian Gonzalez immediately become probably the best tandem in the NFL. Chris Godwin, one of those guys you could throw in. Cooper cup who's not technically a free agent, but someone that could easily get moved today. Milton Williams, the defensive tackle from the Eagles who had a massive super bowl. And then some of the old linemen, you know, George Fant, a tackle from Seattle. Of course, there's the Atlanta Center. Everyone loves Big Drew. So there's a few guys they're looking for and hoping for. Let's just see if X can hold out.

[Pat McAfee]

122.4 mil is what the New England Patriots have. And obviously you can sell their cap gymnastics that thing. Excited to see how they use it. And all the other teams that have cash the charger side Khalil Mack earlier today to a one year $18 million deal. Not 100% sure if that cap space is updated with that particular Contract Bruce Brown sitting in for Ty Schmidt. Ty Schmidt has something going on with his family. T's and P's. We love you Ty. We will see you soon. 1/2 of the Hammer Cowboys cowboy hats back AP tones Steelers are a massive topic of conversation. We'll get into it. Nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler is here. D Butts obviously you play corner nickel in safety. JC Horn just signed a 25 million per year deal for the Carolina Pan. How do you feel about that deal?

[Darius Butler]

I feel great. Anytime a guy gets to the top of the market, I'm happy about that Talented, talented guy. A few years ago he was drafted one pick ahead of Patrick Surtan who just got his new bag, just won defensive player of the year. So that's great for him and great for these young cornerbacks, these studs that will be getting paid soon. Stingley out there in Houston will be one of them. I am a little concerned though with the gap that has become larger and larger by year between the top corners and the top wide receivers of pass rushers. So hopefully that starts to close a little bit more.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it's very fast because quarterback obviously the most important position in all of sport, certainly in all of ball. 250 million guaranteed. Josh Allen just got a six year deal. We talked to Brandon Bean earlier. Can't wait for the world to hear that. Pass rusher because you can get to the quarterback. Oh yeah, that becomes very valuable. Well, who's quarterback throwing to? Well, he's throwing a wide receiver, so that's very valuable. Corner is somebody you would think would be propped up on a pedestal. But instead the offensive numbers are growing and it feels like the cornerback market's kind of staying still.

[Darius Butler]

And corners used to, the top, top elite corners used to get paid more than the wide receivers, the noms, the reavises, those guys. But I think what's changed more is the receivers, they can move around so much now. So it used to be hey, Ja'marr Chase, if he's an X or Z, I could put my top corner on him and kind of try to eliminate him out of game. But now Ja'marr Chase, Justin Zephyrson, all the top guys can go outside, can go inside and a lot of the top corners don't follow inside, outside, left or right. So I think that's a part of the reason as well.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, free agency frenzy has begun. Big bag going to Hasan Reddick who was with the jets, kinda Eagles to the jets, doesn't step foot in the building, but he gets Traded for which. A beautiful depiction of the ineptitude that was happening at the Jets. Not that that's gonna continue. Just saying. It certainly did take place. He is now on a one year deal for 14 million with 12 million guaranteed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Drew Rosenhaus negotiates that deal. Congrats to his son Redick, and congrats to us getting to see him play football again. Yeah, there were some videos of him training. Seems like he' still in it takes a year off a ball now. He's potentially back with the Bucks. 12 mil guaranteed. Good for him.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, it's great. It's great for the Bucks because they need pass rushers. A lot of upside there with the one year deal. Is that Twitter?

[Darius Butler]

That didn't look like Twitter.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't. I. I don't know. That's Threads. Yeah. X is done. Yeah. Free agency frenzy Monday. X being down, this is punch directly in the nuts. I mean, this is a. This is a tough go here. And it started a couple hours ago. We get on X, you know, we expect a lot of to be breaking. And I, I posted on Instagram, like, hey, X being down on this particular day, okay, just can't happen, right? So Elon needs figured out. The team over there needs to figure it out for sure. It seems to be still down, kind of intermittent coming and going. That is not good for any of us that are in the news world. I once I post on Instagram, I had a lot of people tell me X isn't that good. Okay, you don't do news every day. X is the news. That is the news platform. And it doesn't mean you have to be part of it. But with us having to know everything that's basically going on around sport, X is the sp. X is the place that, you know, kind of breaks everything hours and maybe even days before everywhere else does. So that happening right now is a nightmare. But don't you fear Bubba Gumpino has his Threads account up and running.

[Boston Connor]

Attaboy.

[Pat McAfee]

Shefty's posting on there. I believe rap's posted on there as well. I heard some people over on Blue Sky. All these things don't really serve a purpose until the moment comes. And now the moment has come. Shout out to Threads, making this magic happen. And shout out to you, Gumpy with the splunker on, trying to get to the bottom.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, it's great.

[Pat McAfee]

Unfortunately, I can't get a video out.

[AJ Hawk]

On X right now either. So things are going great.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, another big bag. Jalen Moore, former Offensive tackle for the 49ers has signed a deal with the Chiefs two year 30 million including 21 million fully guaranteed at signing with the Chiefs. Per sources. The deal was negotiated by John Persley in Brian Mackler of Sports Stars. Hell yeah. Don't be a sports rank, be a sports sport star. Says John and Brian Mackler. Jalen Moore heads over to Kansas City Chiefs. We knew the Kansas City Chiefs were going to invest in the offensive line. Now they got rid of Joe Tuney and traded him to Chicago. Shout out to Chicago getting an all pro. They put the tag on Trey Smith at guard because of the way the franchise tag works. He's getting paid 24 point something million to play guard, which is by far the most money a guard is making around the league. They'll still try to negotiate a long term deal with him. Creed Humphrey at the middle now Jalen Moore of the Niners at tackle. And if you go back to the Kansas City Chiefs losing the super bowl against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the exact same reason that they lost the super bowl this year, which is they couldn't protect Patrick. They had no offensive line. They immediately invested in the offensive line and then they would win two more Super Bowls after that. That's what the Chiefs are doing is kind of a part of their game plan. Like the Jalen Moore signing. Don't know a lot about him, but I like that they're investing in a tackle for Patrick Mahomes.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, definitely got to wait for a cuch to give me the breakdown on him, but yeah, you got to protect 15, you got to protect the franchise. You mentioned the two Super Bowls they lost. That was the reason why. And then after Josh Allen getting his new deal, you would also anticipate Patrick Mahomes getting a hefty pay raise soon as well.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And once you hear the conversation we had with Bean, it's interesting what Josh Allen was saying to Bean every time a new deal came around for a quarterback position. Speaking of a new deal, we have another Jeez Louise bag alert. Chris Godwin is going back to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Three years 66 million chance to make 24 deal done by Tory Dandy 44 million guaranteed at signing. Congratulations to Chris Godwin. Yeah, Penn Stater obviously known for his work down at Tampa Bay. He's a slot, he can go outside. He's tough, he's smart, he's beloved by his teammates and by the locker room. There's a lot of people that were hoping Chris Godwin would potentially be coming into their building including in not only the New England Patriots. Which is why the deep sigh came immediately upon reading. Chris Godwin going back to the Bucs. Congrats to Light getting that deal done. Congrats to Baker, having him as an option yet again. And congrats to Chris Godwin. Paid as a guy who's worked his ass off over the years to be the best teammate, best wide receiver he could possibly be down there in the Bay.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, that's the biggest thing it feels like with Chris Godwin is like the culture type of guy. Like I think we all remember when he got hurt this year immediately while he's getting carted off with his leg in an air cast. He actually said, and they pitch it up on the broadcast like time to go back to work. And I feel like, especially when you guys talk about rehab and how much it sucks and he's had an ACL recently and then he had this bad injury last year as well and right away just ready to put in the hours. Kind of one of those guys who was the top wide receiver in that kind of echelon, especially for a team like New England. I know Pittsburgh, Tony was another team that wanted Chris Godwin, but yeah, just one of those guys that just works his ass off. And awesome for him, he's going back to Tampa without, without any of that income tax.

[Pat McAfee]

Mike Evans still down there. Baker Mayfield still down there. Look out for the Bucks. Are we thinking about the Bucks maybe going on a run? What else? What other moves they make, we shall see. Keeping Godwin down there, big message to everybody.

[Darius Butler]

Big message. You keep your core playmaker Lakers intact, obviously coming back with the quarterback. Now the big thing is moving on. You got another OC coming in following Liam Cohen, who did a tremendous job and that's why he got hired down in Jacksonville. But I'm glad to see Chris Godwin got his well deserved money even coming off of that ugly injury. Got 44 mil guarantee. That's a good deal for Chris.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, great for like an OC too, who doesn't have to change that much. Yeah, like now, now it's another wide receiver that knows the offense in the system. You don't have to like re kind of go through that entire thing. And with McMillan. McMillan came on at the end when Godwin was hurt. Their rookie from Washington, that third guy. And so that they're kind of prepped to run that division again.

[Pat McAfee]

Miles Garrett signed a 40 million per year deal back to the Cleveland Browns. Congrats to him. That's a lot of money change of heart. That is a. That is a change of heart. Money. I do wonder Nicole Lynn, his agent, who we reach out to, hopefully. Absolute beast. Absolute beast Nicole Lynn. I've reached out to her about joining our show to talk about how this came together. She said she would like Miles to be the first person about the deal and then she would obviously enjoy. Miles isn't her only client and if you are with Nicole Lynn, you are going to get it back. I mean, that is Mologeta Nicole Lynn Rosenhaus. They're starting to become a separator in who's who in the agency world. 40 million a year for a game record. I don't think anybody expected that. Now all we all know the story. Miles came out and said, I ain't doing it anymore. I seen Joe Thompson, I'm watching Betonia. I see these Browns fans. They're so loyal. They're so great. They fucking stink. This team sucks. I'm not doing it. I'm not going to be known as a guy that was just really good at football and then never won. I want to win. I want to have some relevancy. I want to dance under a confetti sometime. I want to experience the biggest stage. I want to be a Super bowl champion. And you can't blame him for saying that. You can obviously appreciate and respect the competitor that he is for saying that. And then, you know, Andrew Berry came out, the general manager for the Cleveland Brown. He said, there is no world where Myles Garrett is not going to be a Cleveland Brown. End of story. Then Myles Garrett said, I want to talk to the owner, I want to talk to Haslam. Haslam said, I ain't got time for you, buddy. Okay, you're going to have to go talk to Andrew Barry. There's a bureaucracy here. So we thought it was ugly. We thought it was going to be nasty. And then we open our phone and we see, holy hell. Myles Garrett said, yeah, they're going to give me 4 million. If it's going to be 40 million a year, I will, I guess. Go Browns. Go Browns. None of us have any idea how they're going to be able to win with how much money they're giving to Sean Watson and how much money they're giving to Myles Garrett. And obviously this is something that Andrew Barry and that team is going to have to figure out with some salary cap gymnastics. Like how do they even feel to team at this point? But Howie with the Eagles has been able to showcase that you can pay a lot of people now. This is a Different level of money at a different position that I don't think we expected to get to 40 just yet. 35 is where Max Crosby was. Now it jumps up to 40. What does this mean for TJ and Micah and Trey Hendrickson and Aiden Hutchinson, I guess, who is certainly in negotiations. It means it's good news for them. I don't think any team is going to match what the Cleveland Browns did here, just like with what happened after Deshaun Watson's new deal. But this certainly sways it in their favor in negotiations. So congrats to all parties and congrats to Miles being like. Like 39 and a half million. You go over that per year, I'll come back and get 40.

[Bruce Brown]

I won't win.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, let's go ahead and do it. But hopefully they win. Miles Garrett is a guy who can win games for you. Congrats to him. Congrats to all the defensive end slash pass rush.

[Darius Butler]

Yes. We just talked about kind of the hierarchy when it comes to who. Who pay, why pay, the position. And if you can impact the passer, you won't get get paid. The big, big bag now. 40 million, like you said. I don't think anybody jumps that this year. Year. But I think some people get close. Micah's there, TJ's in that conversation. Hopefully Hendrickson gets some respect. And you talked about big, big boy out there and Hutch, big Hutch out there in Detroit. But yeah, this is crazy for Cleveland now. It gotta hit on the quarterback. I think you a quarterback away, obviously, you always gotta have that guy at the trigger man position. If they hit on the quarterback in this draft, I think they can contend pretty soon here.

[Pat McAfee]

Now, to be clear, you're going to get taxed if you're a shit team by players. You're going to have to overpay. And Cleveland had to overpay with desean because desean's people and desean said, we're not going to Cleveland, we're going to go elsewhere. So then they come back over the top with a ridiculous offer. And Sean's like, okay, if that's. If they're going to. 230 million guaranteed. Yeah. Fully guaranteed contract. Yeah. Okay. I guess we have to do that. Same thing happens here with Miles. Bad teams sometimes are going to have to overpay. That is just a matter of fact. Whenever you're thinking about players, great players like you name it. This is an absurd number. We assume pass rusher is going to get to this number at some point. It's Here. Now, congrats to Miles once again. Can they win? We have no idea. That's a lot of money to go to a pass rusher, but you're going to give that money to somebody, why not give it to a guy that can take over a game? Now does he take over every game? No. Do the Browns win a lot of games with him on the team? No. Does that mean they'll be different next year? Maybe. We have no idea how this goes down, but congrats to Miles getting life changing cash for not only he, but the rest of defensive ends.

[Boston Connor]

Well, and what we talked about before, like quarterback is the number one position to get paid and then the, the position we listed right after his pass rusher. So it does make sense that he's getting that much money to debut's point. Getting that rookie quarterback. Right. Having that contract for a little bit might kind of cancel this out. But another thing people pointed to immediately was Duke Tobin over the weekend saying, Jamar Chase, he's going to be the highest paid non quarterback back in the NFL. Then this deal comes out and now you wonder if the Bengals are like, okay, now we might be screwed, but we might have to move on from, you know, T. Higgins, because a lot of people are thinking they're going to be able to pay both of them. But if Jamar is going to Fetch, you know, 40.1 million, then maybe not.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And T and Jamar both knew that what Duke was saying was probably just, you know, a little capping.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, he's capping.

[Pat McAfee]

He's all capping. Okay, Probably a little bit of cap. Ideally he said, we want to do this If Jamar gets 41 million a year or 40.11 million a year, wide receiver, I mean, okay, makes sense. How do they go about the rest of the roster? That is up to Duke Tobin. This does affect immediately the Pittsburgh Steelers and T.J. watt, who's seemingly next in line with the contract deal. 40 million to go in rate. What do you think Omar Khan does with this? They just paid 30 mil a year to a wide receiver who's done nothing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Would they pay TJ40 million a year for carrying the Pittsburgh Steelers whenever he's playing football? We shall see. Tbd.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, it's crazy because, you know, you know, Max got that 35 and then Mil gets the 40. And you would think TJ would be closer to that 40 because he is in that Miles category as far as sacks and pressures and defensive player of the year awards and things like that. So you would think he would be closer to that. 40. TJ's going to be 31 in this upcoming season. So like 40 years, 40 million a year. Like it. That is crazy to think, but the cap is going up so much every single year and Omar Khan is a wizard. I think it's something that they can get done. I think they have to get done. I mean, he's a legacy Steeler player. I don't see a situation where they're going to train him or let her walk or whatever. But like, J.J. was on the show last week and said, you know, the Steelers could have got this deal done last year for a lot less. Which, you know, we, we are starting to hear that a lot. You know, there was a, a tweet about the Bengals getting their deals done a year earlier. Like, I think we're seeing more and more like what the Eagles get with done with their players a year earlier.

[Boston Connor]

Like it's.

[AJ Hawk]

It pays, actually. It saves money to pay guy. Pay guys early rather than later.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Pays to save.

[AJ Hawk]

Bingo.

[Pat McAfee]

And to save. You got to do it earlier. Yes. And get your deals done. You know, that is seemingly the kind of thread about this particular off season and free agency frenzy. Speaking of top center and free agency is currently off the board, ladies and gentlemen, we got another big bag. Falcon center Drew Dahlman is headed to the Bears to become the NFL second highest paid center. Dalman gets three years, 42 million with 28 guaranteed and deal done by Steve Carrick of Wasserman. Dahman, the center from the Falcons, was obviously the Hawk. Molly in the center conversation for this particular free agency, they bring in Tuney, they bring in Jonah, now they bring in Damon. They are investing heavily in the offensive line of Chicago because Ben Johnson just came from Detroit and their biggest weapon was how great their offensive line was with how good the offensive line is. Then everything else was able to go. Wanted to send a message to Caleb Williams. Hey, buddy, we're going to protect you. We don't want you to die like you did last year. But Ben Johnson's also sending a message to all of Chicago. Hey, listen. And polls. Hey, listen, listen. We know we gotta be a physical football team. It's just Chicago and we've been trying to be finesse and all this other stuff. Invest in wideouts and wideouts and wide outs and wideouts. Now they're investing in offensive linemen. Love this move from the Chicago Bears and a lot of people that needed offensive line help, especially at center position. Bummed out about Domin going to Chicago, but Chicago should be pumped.

[Darius Butler]

I loved it. Aq AQ spoke glowingly about this guy last week when I asked him about the available O line, he said this would be be the top guy on the board. And when you commit that, that type of money to the interior of the offensive line, you're protecting that quarterback to where he can step up, he can play on time. Now you're in a position in the draft where you can probably take a dynamic three down running back and I think that'll really put this offense. Obviously you still have to do things on defense, but the offensive line you got Caleb. We'll see what you got with that. With that young quarterback going into a second year, Ben Johnson, we know he's a great play caller. But then if you get a dynamic running back on there with DJ Moore, Moore and Roman Dunsay on the outside, this office could be special.

[AJ Hawk]

To your point, it frees them up in the draft because like all the mock drafts before this had them taking like Gray Zabel out of North Dakota State, like as they like they needed an interior alignment and now that they have all those filled, they could take a situation where it's like best available player. The best available player for their team. So like all this, it makes their one, it makes their whole line great, which is huge for Ben Johnson. And number two, it frees them up in the draft to take them best available. They don't have. They're not pigeonholed into taking an offensive lineman at that spot.

[Pat McAfee]

Love what Polis and Johnson are doing in Chicago. You know what's the future of Chicago? We shall see. Ben has an offense that is seemingly unstoppable. If you can protect the quarterback and if you can run the ball, got to run the ball and then the play action opens up everything. And I love that Ben is acknowledging that. Will Caleb be able to be a play action quarterback? Excited to see that as well?

[Darius Butler]

I think so, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean got to turn your back to the defense. That's it doesn't get chatted about a lot like the old school quarterback, the pocket quarterback, the thing that they have the capability of doing that these, I don't want to say these young, more athletic, dynamic quarterbacks don't either have to do or haven't had to do is turn their back completely to the defense. Because you don't want a dynamic quarterback to do that. You actually want them to see everything so they can make everybody miss. But play action, being able to just shut off any fear, having your back completely to the defense. And then turning and then having to read what's going on after doing that. That is what Jared Goff was phenomenal at. And then throws right to Saint Brown, right down the middle every single time. That's the whole offense, right? Peyton, Tom Brady, Goff. This is what, this is what this offense is. Now you add the dynamics of Caleb Williams. I think we're all excited to see what Ben Johnson does with Caleb on that, on top of that. But with the way they're building this, it feels as if we are going to have a play action element. Excited to see how Caleb handles that. I think he's going to be great, but I'm just saying that's an added thing that he's going to have to figure out and work on.

[Boston Connor]

Well, and that's what you and Andrew Whitworth talked about a little bit, is that they didn't have a veteran offensive lineman last year to say like, hey, we got gotcha on this, you know, third down, third and eight or whatever. And now there's three of them in the middle and one of them's a Hall of Famer, all Pro, four time super bowl champion in Joe Tunney. So it's like that entire kind of mental side of turning your back that Caleb obviously didn't really have last year completely changes that offense.

[Darius Butler]

Coaching, man, coaching. It matters so much. And Jared Goff, you know, he was able to play on time, he was able to be accurate. And Caleb Williams, you would want to see him grow into kind of the quarterback that Aaron Rodgers was like. He played on time, he could turn his back and he could use his legs whenever he needed to.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Gino Smith, traded to the Raiders over the weekend to be their quarterback. He is reunited with Pete Carroll. Congratulations to him. Devonte, obviously to the Rams. And then the big story. Josh Allen signs the biggest contract in the history of the NFL to remain with the Buffalo Bills. We caught up with the general manager of the Bills, Brandon Bean, earlier today. Congratulations, man. Congratulations. Not an easy decision or easy contract to navigate, I could imagine. Whenever you're talking about the biggest in history, how long did you know that you wanted to get this done? And how did this come about? Bean?

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, Pat, you know, we, Josh and I, we have a great relationship and we keep open dialogue and, you know, he's always like needling me a little bit, busting my chops every time he gets past a little bit. So we have some fun with it. But we, we were, we were serious after the season. We talked, we had a good conversation. And Just said, listen and we'll see what we can do on our end. There's got to be some things like, like every good deal, there's got to be a little give and take. You know, we improved his cash flow obviously dramatically, and we're able to add a couple years, you know, left. He had four years, which normally you wouldn't do, but the way the markets changed, we needed to respect that. And obviously he had an MVP season and, and so we, we were able to work it out. He's through both contract negotiations we've had, he, he's involved to a degree and I think that helps. He's, he's always trying to. And how the things that we say we need help with structure wise just to help our cap.

[Pat McAfee]

I appreciate you showing him sufficient amount of respect. That's very kind of you. Maybe Boyco could learn a little bit about that in your building. Let's go.

[Brandon Bean]

We're working on it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Respect. Six years. What is the longest contract that you can negotiate with a player in the NFL and is it six years? And how much did the length of the contract help you? And I don't want to say the salary cap gymnastics, but you understand what I'm saying there whenever it comes to how much of it this year versus two years from now. Because this is kind of the new world that we're in in the NFL.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Brandon Bean]

I mean, like Pat Mahomes, when he did his first one, he did a 10 year. There's, there's a lot of different ways. Our original with Josh was, was six. You can only spread out your, your signing bonus for, for so long and you could, but you continue to add option bonus bonuses each year down the line. So yes, the more years you have, the more ability you have to spread some of these things out as they go along. And it's, you know, it's kind of like a credit card. You're just kind of moving things around each year by year as you're as your cap, you know, as you get the cap number, you know, so some years we've converted it down, some we've kind of left as is and we'll be able to continue to manage that going forward.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so shout out to you. Shout out to Josh for getting it done. You know, you see the Philadelphia Eagles, Howie's been able to pay, you know, pillar positions over there for the Eagles and win a Super Bowl. The thought is if you pay your quarterback, you can't pay anybody else. That doesn't seem to be true, especially with you, you pay Josh, you pay Bernard, you pay Russo. Pay the long snapper. Shout out. Smart. Shout out. Paying the long snapper. I like you doing that.

[Brandon Bean]

Don't forget the long snapper.

[Pat McAfee]

And you paid Shakir. You know, Schefter did forget the long snapper. A little bit of positionism, but is that a myth that I think we've all kind of been running with that once you pay your quarterback, you can't pay anybody else? And how much does the Eagles construction of their roster do you study or what? What kind of goes into the current set of where you can allocate cash?

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, I mean, I think it's what it's. Some of it's organizationally like, are you willing to spend cash over cap? And, and that starts with Terry Pugula. Like, he, he gives us the resources to truly go out and be aggressive at certain times. The cap is real. And so the years you go cash over cap, it's going to, it's going to come back down at some point, and you just got to kind of, you know, massage that as you go. But there's ways to, you know, sign a player for $20 million a year and have his cap number be five. Now if it's five in year one, it's, it's gonna, it's gonna come up. And, and at some point, whether you release the player, trade the player, at some point, just like when we moved on from Stefon, we had to eat a big cap number. But you, you, you keep that into all your planning each year as you kind of go along and how the players doing in your program. And, and so there are ways to manipulate it for sure, as Howie and some teams do a great job. And yes, we study how everybody does deals and try to make sure we can make it fit with our structure here.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Obviously, there's only going to be one team that's going to celebrate at the end of the season. We talked to you down at the combine. Josh Allen wins an mvp, which is obviously something that I assume the organization is proud of because Josh has only been with the bench. But what do you think you're sending. What is the message you think you're sending to your locker room with all these deals? This is a lot of deals, brother. I mean, this is a lot of deals for a very good team with a lot of money being handed out. What do you think the message is and what do you think the mindset is going into next year?

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, the message is it really is what we're about we want to draft, develop and resign our own. And while we can't do everyone because there is a cap, and sometimes we've had to let some, some really good players that we've drafted here go on and get contracts elsewhere. But this sends a message to the locker room, like, come in, you're drafted here. Do everything right. Make plays when you know whatever position it is, and the Bills will try to resign you if they can make it work. And listen, sometimes guys want the most money and there's nothing wrong with that. It is a business in the end, sometimes there's guys that we were able to get some of these deals, they're like, hey, I'm happy here. I like it here year. I'd rather, you know, get a number I'm comfortable with than wait another year and test free agency.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, last question for me before the boys have a couple, if that's a. Okay. Is Josh Allen not the perfect Buffalo Bill? And re signing him to a big time deal and letting him know that is the case feels like a good play. But could you ever imagine Josh Allen playing for another team? You know, it feels like he is the perfect Buffalo Bill. And I assume the entire city and the entire Bill's Moffatt mafia has sang your praises for getting this done for Josh.

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, I mean, Josh from the day we drafted him, we talked about it like this guy, you know, obviously people had questions about, you know, his talent level and boomer bus type prospect. But as I told him at my opening press conference, Pat, like when this, when you get to meet this young man, he is Buffalo through and through. He's a lunch pail, grew up on a farm. He's just your kind of guy. He's, he treats, I mean, I don't know if you saw at the honors, he's referencing various people in the building and Slick Rick, our mailman, just all the people that he comes across. And for a guy of the MVP caliber to give praise to, not just teammates or coaches, but to some of our staff, I mean, it blew Slick Rick away. He ended up getting a car out of the whole thing. It was a cool deal, what one of the local dealerships did, but that's who Josh is, through and through. He truly knows, knows, you know, the lunch staff. Again, Slick Rick, all the people in the building. He's not too big for anyone. And, and that's what Buffalo is. It's, it's the, you know, that's what this city is, the city of good neighbors. And, and so Josh is that through. And through.

[Pat McAfee]

That's awesome. I'm so thankful and happy to hear a wonderful story like that happening in the city of Buffalo. I traveled through Buffalo numerous times as a high schooler trying to get up to Canada. Sure spent a lot of time up again. That's right. A lot of great Canadians up there. You know, shout out to all Canada. My first reaction isn't to boo that, but the Buffalo city, the Buffalo people are a wonderful one. Happy you got your guy locked in. Connor has a question for you.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Brandon, you mentioned the QB market kind of changing, and how important is it for you just to get the deal done before, you know, that first big deal comes out? People have obviously mentioned Purdy being one of those guys that gets a bunch of money. Did you guys want to kind of get there before, you know, any of the other quarterbacks get a huge deal just so you can reset the market instead of reacting to the market sometimes.

[Brandon Bean]

You'Re definitely doing that at various positions. Connor, this time I would say we just wanted to kind of know how to structure this for our cap. What we needed to get under, you know, by the league year this week. So that was more of our intention, is let's see if we can get something done, you know, and if we couldn't, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. We could have pushed it off. But we kind of wanted to know that way we can plan for the other deals that. That we've gotten done already and that we, you know, that we could potentially do this week or next week. So it was more just trying to get it in place. The structure that both sides could agree on before the start of the league year on Wednesday.

[Pat McAfee]

250 million guaranteed is the most all ownership has to put that money into a. Into a thing. Is that. How does that work? I don't know the exact ins and outs, but you're talking about. And I mean, There was a 25.2 guarantee to Bernard, 54 million guaranteed to Russo, 1.625 average per year for the long snapper. Once again, hey, way to go, Reed.

[Boston Connor]

Highest ever.

[Pat McAfee]

Way to go, reed. Khalil Shakir, 32 million guaranteed. How's that work? Guarantee is like a very big commitment for an ownership, right?

[Brandon Bean]

It is. Now, those are total guarantees. You don't have to fund the total guarantees. It's the. The hard guarantee, like the skill, injury and cap. So, like, Josh's real guarantee or his hard guarantee was 147, but he's got 250 total, which includes injury guarantees. You do not have to fund those. So whatever we don't pay him this year of his hard guarantees will have to fund by next March 31st of that 147, not the 250.

[Pat McAfee]

And make sure you guys don't go broke. I heard about that stadium. Oh, I heard about that stadium.

[Brandon Bean]

Hey, heard about, we'll take donations for the stadium if you got anything.

[Pat McAfee]

Last question here from D Butt for you, Bean.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, Brandy just talked about all that money a quarter Billy guaranteed with Josh and this has been a conversation in the past with, with franchise quarterbacks. How much input does Josh have when it comes to acquiring? I guess more so free agent wide receivers that may be available or even guys that are in the draft.

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, I mean we definitely, Josh has earned that. And not that he's going to sit down and break it down, but sometimes he knows a guy, sometimes he's thrown, you know, he goes out to California some and throws with various players. So if it's something like that, that he's got a connection or he knows someone there or he's met the player somewhere along the way. Way, definitely ask him what he thinks about him. Has he thrown with him last year in the draft process? He, you know, he did come in early and wanted to flip through with, with our offensive coaches, just some of the receivers and just get his, you know, how he would see him in the offense, compare it to the coaches. And, and so we did discuss it. Ultimately he's not going to try and overstate it. He knows he's, you know, it's, it's a small little clip that he's, he's paying attention to. But yeah, it's, it's fun to have his involvement. He loves the draft, this guy does. He does about 150 mocks a day, I think. And he'll text them to me like not just offensive players. He'll tell me, hey man, I could, if you trade one, you can get this. I mean some of it's just fantasy football, but he, he loves it. He literally moved one of our pro scouts off his computer last year and is like, hey, watch this mock, Watch what I got for our team. So he's, he's all into it, which is, which is pretty cool.

[Pat McAfee]

You're talking about being invested. I don't know how many quarterbacks are doing 150 mock drafts every single year. Last question before we let you go. Can't thank you enough. Obviously, today kicks off the free agency frenzy at noon, although you have seemingly already spent what does today look like for you and what do the next few days look like for the Buffalo Bills?

[Brandon Bean]

Yeah, I mean, you start these conversations around new reaching out. We kind of spread it out throughout our staff scouts and our, our cap guys. And, and so we've kind of, you know, you spread out. Who's going to call these agents and check and see, you know, do they see a mutual interest on their size on, on their side of things, a mutual benefit ob going to discuss, like, where do you see his range? They may ask you where you see it and you kind of, you know, we, we meet at various times or we shoot a text thread of hey, this guy's going to get this, or we probably wouldn't be able to do that. And so you just kind of something, you know, and sometimes those deals, like, you feel like, man, the player would love to come to Buffalo. You think that player is a great fit. And you quickly get on the money and say this works for both sides. And then, you know, some will go into the night, into tomorrow and they can drag out just trying to get to their market. They really, to see, see where it goes. So you never know. You could have a deal at, you know, 12:30 or you could be sitting here at 5:00 and still be looking for your first deal. So we'll just kind of play that by ear starting at 12.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, well, good luck out there. We appreciate you joining us. Congrats on all the deals and I assume I'll echo Josh Allen's sentiments. You're so kind, man. Thank you for being so cool to us. We are very appreciative of that.

[Brandon Bean]

No, I appreciate it. Always good to be on with you guys and, you know, look forward to next time.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, he's a sandbagger on the golf course, but he is a hell of a general manager with sufficient amount of respect to everybody that he talks to, including old Boykill. Ladies and gentlemen, Brandon. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Bean. Thank you for joining us earlier. Brandon Bean. And congrats on that deal. Not just with Josh Allen, but everybody that they re signed this offseason. Understanding going forward, they're going to have to massage the cap. Well, you think you're going to have to massage the cap. Boyco is their PR guy and he has been sending, sending insufficient respect lines over to Zito and to me since that report was happening, he's, hey, talking about getting a program. Boyco being the entire Buffalo Bills. We appreciate the hell out of you up there. Legit. And congrats Everybody. Some things happened while we were running that conversation. A couple bags were dropped off at front doors. Let's start with the Bengals. They announced that BJ Hill will be returning. Returning to the Cincinnati Bengals, striking a deal right before free agency. Says Ian Rapoport X might be back, by the way. Let's go ahead and celebrate that on this particular news. Breaking free agency frenzy Monday. Three years, 33 million. Congrats to B.J. hill. And then obviously right above that, Javon Kinlaw to the Commanders. As the Commanders bring in Debo Samuel on the offensive side, they bring in D tackle Kinlaw, who's with the jets most recently. To the commanders. Three years, $45 million deal, $30 million guaranteed. You can do this whenever you have a rookie quarterback, which is why it is so vital that you hit with your young qb. If you have a high draft pick like in the top five, and there's a chance to get a organizational changing quarterback that is at a cheaper price than one of these veterans will go for and hopefully this quarterback will inevitably go forward in about three, four years from now. You can strike while the salary cap iron is hot. You can pay, you can play, and you can win. And that is exactly what the Commanders have proven not only over this past, you know, the season, but in this offseason as well. D bus.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, we always talk about winning franchises. It starts from the top. And this ownership group since coming in, they're hitting on all cylinders. They've been hitting in the draft. They brought in some free a bunch of free agents last year, resigned. Bobby Wags. That was big. Trade it for Latimore. We'll see if he can pick it up and kind of hit his stride at the cornerback position. But they ain't beefing it up in the trenches. These aren't the sexiest signings of the off season, but typically these are the signings that get you over the hump O line. D line.

[Pat McAfee]

Giants got no shot in that nfc.

[Ian Rapoport]

Oh, we are absolutely screwed. Reports are that free agents view the Giants as a bit of a sinking ship. So certainly going to have to try to pay a premium. But we don't have the luxury of having 122 mil of cash cap space like the Patriots. Kinlaw there, 45 mil. That's the ties. The top for a D tackle this offseason. B.J. hill at 33 seems like a bit of a steal compared to some of these D tackles that, you know, we may have never heard of. Relative, you know, name wise, Classic Cincinnati.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Classic.

[Pat McAfee]

Classic Cincinnati Right there. I like that because remember, OSA signed big money. Kinlaw signs big money, BJ there, 33 million. Hey, come on, raise your money. Life changing.

[Boston Connor]

Great cash.

[Pat McAfee]

Now granted, that's three years. There's one wide receiver getting 30 million million in Pittsburgh now from Seattle and DK Metcalf. Then they also have George Pickens. Will he still be on the roster whenever the season comes? They got Friarmouth at tight end. They got a lot of old quarterbacks putting on their helmet, thinking maybe, maybe I can still throw it over that mountain. Is this from this weekend, Coach T?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Are you kidding me? DK Metcalf on one side, GP on the other. Moose work in the middle. And I might need to throw my hat in the ring. If you're looking for a guy, I might. I might still have a couple throws in me.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, super bowl top big Ben Rothosberg. How are you, man?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

How you doing?

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, we're doing okay. How Yin's doing over there now that DK Metcalf is back? Obviously we all saw that video from Foot Ballin with Ben. Incredible podcast. You and Spank do a great job. Can't wait to join you boys sometime soon, hopefully. But now that DK's there and George Pickens there and Pat Friarmouth there, aside from you potentially coming back, this is a lethal offense. Almost overnight, it feels like, Ben, you.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

See the blue skies. That's because we got a crazy offense in Pittsburgh. We don't see these blue skies too often. But when we get wins and new signings like this of the free agent market and the Steelers are making moves, moves. It's. It's a special day in Pittsburgh. I, I was blown away when I saw that news. That's, that's. And again, you, you hit it though, Pat, right when you said from the get go, will George still be here? Like, that's going to be the interesting thing. Are they, Are they going to try and move him now or they're going to be. We talked about a football and, and guys have been talking about the Steelers need a number two receiver. Well, now they got two ones. I mean, is it going to stay that way or you know what's going to happen? It's interesting. I don't know.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so you've obviously been in locker rooms that have had a lot of personality and a lot of talent. You know, the triple B's, the B's, killer B's. What you guys had was talent across the board. Running back, top five guy in league, top Four guy in league, wide receivers. Even if you put in Martavis Bryant with how he was playing, top five guys. Antonio Brown, obviously top five guys. You top three, like top five guys. So whenever you talk about managing personalities, you've obviously had to do that in the past. Pretty well documented. Documented. That's the big convo, right, with DK and GP is can that exist? Can that coexist? Can that survive? What are your thoughts on that? Just outside looking into somebody who's obviously been through maybe a similar situation in the past in the same building with the same coach.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Yeah, it can definitely happen. You know, there's that. That little. That little thing called a pig skin that's got to get in everybody's hands, though. You know, there's going to be. There's going to be a lot of wanting the ball. I think it helps that you got a pretty selfless guy in Pat Friarmouth who's a team first guy. That'll help. But if you, if you want to go out and sling that ball around, guys will be happy. If they're. If they're getting their catches and they're. And they're getting wins, that, that, that cures a lot of. A lot of bellyaching is getting that ball around the guys.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so on that note, there's a lot of quarterbacks that have been talked about going to Pittsburgh. Aaron's name has gotten very prevalent in the conversation. Maybe within like the last 24 hours. Hours. It feels like Aaron may be going to Pittsburgh, Justin Fields may be going back to Pittsburgh. They'll also talk to Russ, depending upon the situation. How about Sam Darnold? Maybe he goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Obviously, adding another weapon is certainly intriguing for a quarterback that maybe has a bit of a market. What are your thoughts on the quarterback situation and what style of QB would you be going after if you're. If you're calling shots?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Right. Well, I think it's changed a little bit now. I guess. You know, early on we were talking about, you know, you have to make a decision, are you building to the future or are you trying to win right now? And it seems like with this signing, it's like a right now type thing. You know, you've got a defense that's not getting any younger. They're pretty good. You want to win for Cam and TJ and those guys. You know, I think you got to get a guy that can get these. These guys the ball, you know, and so I think that opens up the door to, you know, to Aaron, to Russ, obviously, Just. I was told that they. They offered Justin a contract. Maybe. You know, I'm not. I'm not sure. I think he's the balls in his court, last I heard. I have no idea. You know, I think what it does do is it keeps you from going into the draft. Right. This doesn't feel like you want to grab a guy out of the draft to be the quarterback of this team unless you. Unless you. You. You know, you're going to bring a Sam in. Is it cousins? I don't know. His cousins under contract. Is he out there, potentially available?

[Pat McAfee]

That's a lot of mixed messaging coming out of there. Some people think he's going to stay in Atlanta, but then, okay, 28 million with another 10 million coming, I think, in March. So there's a lot of.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

That's too many numbers. That's too much going on.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

And so. So maybe it's Aaron for a year, and you draft a guy, you know, like, kind of. It just depends on what you want to do. I think that you got to really consider Russ. Everyone knows what. What Russ can do with the deep ball or the moon ball or the. Or whatever you call it now. You know, you got two. Two deep threats. I mean, you telling me that you throw that ball up to DK and GP and they're not going to want to go get that goalball. So there's a lot on the table. I think it just depends on what Coach T and the front office want to do.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And obviously, all these answers will probably come sooner than later with how they're trying to shape a team, build a team, and quarterback contracts. When you're talking about from Sam Darnold and Kirk Cousins to everybody else's contract and Justin Field Shields, the amount of money that's going towards that is obviously a game changer for how you script the rest of the contract. So I'm excited to get these answers. You. How do you feel? How do you have. You.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Well, I know I actually, I was thinking about. I put both my boys out here in 14 jerseys in the backyard, and I couldn't overthrow my one son, so I think I'm out, unfortunately.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

I don't think I got it.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, no. I know. Is it this Is it? This. What is it?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

No. Lower body.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, really? Knees.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

You know, the. The drop. The drop. I. I wouldn't be avoiding people very easily, but.

[Pat McAfee]

Did you ever. I mean, that is. We've seen the back drill. We've seen the back drill, brother. Yeah. Yeah.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Oh, The Bruce Gradkowski's favorite video of all time.

[Pat McAfee]

Not just him that hit the Internet. It was a fantastic thing. AP Tone has a question for you. Big Ben.

[AJ Hawk]

Yes, Evan. There was a lot.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Of course he does.

[AJ Hawk]

What's up, dude? There was a lot of talk this year about the offense and how Tomlin wanted to run the ball because he wanted to take care of the ball and he wanted to, you know, keep it rained in and play defense and just, you know, win games that way. Now with signing DK and you have gp, like, do you think. I mean, it was never, it's never happened in your career where the reigns were tightened for you. You were allowed to do whatever you want, especially later in your career. Do you think whatever quarterback it is, things get a little bit looser this year?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Well, I think, I think you should. I mean, you got those guys outside and you're throwing the ball. I know there's still some questions with Naj. You know, what's going to happen there? I like the way Warren runs the ball. You know, do you bring in another kind of one, two if it's not Naj? You know, I think that's going to be, you know, if you've got a young, a young quarterback, you're going the draft router. If you've got a Fields, who, who would be in his, you know, I still consider him a younger guy in this league. I think that, you know, the oc, Arthur Smith maybe will have a little bit of rain pulling, but. And obviously there's been reports in Pittsburgh that, that he did that last year with, with Russ. Obviously, I'm not, not in the building. I don't know how much rain pulling there was. But listen, if Aaron Rodgers comes in, who tell him to, to pull back on the reigns. You know, you're gonna, you're gonna tell him, like, go like, like let it fly. Throw the ball around. And I think if Russ comes back or, you know, if you've got a veteran like Sam that comes in here, let it go. Like, like, like, just, just let it fly. Like, who cares about ball control running it. Absolutely. Let it fly. Just let it go.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you already snow. You got to let it go. I mean, that is exciting ball. Speaking of that D, but has a question for you.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. Speaking of Artie Smith's defense, Ben, I mean, offense, I'm sorry, with GP and Metcalf, like number one, who do you think is going to be playing the X? And then how have you were the oc, how would you move these guys around in that offense, attacking defenses.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Yeah, I mean, I'm not as. I'm not as familiar with watching DK in terms of like, you know, can he move around in different spots? I saw as much as I've seen, I guess, you know, GP do some slot stuff. I'd love to see GP go into the slot little bit. You know, I'd love to, to, to. To let him do some things in there. I'm sure DK can, you know, he can go wherever you want, but I, I would probably keep GP at the X and put DK at the Z. Put him out there to the, to the trip side. That, that's just my initial thought without really getting into it, but I think that's what's so much fun. If you get a. If you get guys that are predominantly outside kind of go ball receivers and put them in the slot and create those matchups because, you know, we know that nickel, nickel DBs and stuff don't, you know, they don't want to necessarily guard those guys. You know, you go cover two two, man. And now the safeties are splitting and you got DK or GP in the middle, running the go route down the middle of the field.

[Darius Butler]

Nightmare.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

That, that forces some, some scary type.

[Pat McAfee]

Stuff, you know, that was literally what Bill Belichick and Randy Moss talked about whenever he got traded to New England. Bill Belichick tells the story about him and Randy talking ball. And Randy's like, you're never going to see that coverage or whatever against me. And then Bill's like, well, wait, we can get a little creative here. We can put you in slot. What are they going to do? And Randy, I guess, scored like 15 touchdowns. 20 touchdowns.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

That. Give me that. Put that guy in there.

[Pat McAfee]

Put.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

You talk about Martavis Bryant, you talk about Antonio Brown and Chase Clay, but put him in the middle of the field and let him run down the middle on slots. Absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

Speaking of slot, our nickel quarter corner, Jordan Lewis of the Jaguars has become the NFL's highest paid nickel as of like 10 minutes ago. So congrats to him getting a deal. The Patriots are signing Bob Spillane, the dump truck.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Congratulations.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, you were teammates with him whenever he had the Derrick Henry commission, right?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Another MA. Another MA. Another Mac guy.

[Pat McAfee]

I think Western Michigan, maybe the dump truck. Bob Spillane, massive neck heavy hitter. You're talking thump town usa. That's awesome. Goes to the New England Patriots. New England Patriots have $122 million to SPE. And then the Rams are bringing in Jimmy Garoppolo to play Backup to Matthew Stafford. Congrats to him getting a gig with the Rams. You just talked about putting DK maybe at the slot. Have him run a go or GP at the go ahead.

[Darius Butler]

Jordan Lewis, highest paid nickel now. So now we got a highest paid corner. Highest paid nickel, played for the Cowboys last few years, was a dog in there. So now going to Jacksonville, big signing for.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats to Jordan. Look at the nickel because that's going to become the. That's the base coverage, basically.

[Darius Butler]

I mean, yeah, nickel and I mean you got already talking about the difference of the top high end cornerbacks and the top high end receivers because of what Ben was talking about, because of what I was talking about earlier. The top guys being Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase of the world, being able to go from X to Z to the slot and cause all these nightmare matchups for defenses.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so I don't want to disrespect our audience by saying this, but the nickel corner, you know, whenever we talk about secondary, normally four, right. Then you take out a linebacker, add another corner corner into the box to add some speed. That is the nickel corner. How long has this been around and who's the greatest nickel of all time? Does that exist?

[Darius Butler]

Tough, tough question. The best guy to ever play in there was Charles Woodson, in my opinion, just because how he impacted the game coverage wise, blitz wise, attacking the football. So I would probably put C. Wood as the top guy who's playing the slot.

[Pat McAfee]

How about you, Big Ben? AFC North. A lot of nickel corners.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Yeah, that's a good one. I think that's, that's the, I think the, the key to having that guy is he's got to be able to cover. But when you get a really good blitzer, you know, a guy that like and I, and he was on our team for a little bit. I know this is just who kind of popped into my head right away because he's still, I believe, still playing was Mike Hilton. Mike Hilton was a great blitzer. You know, you kind of COVID a guy, but you got to be able to get in there and not be afraid to run. Stop. You know, you got to stick your nose in there sometimes. And the guy that, that nickel corner has to be fearless. I'm just, I'm just putting it out there right now. He's got to be fearless.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. We had a guy that would say he had a stinger when his lifeless body was laying on the field and then jog off and now he does tv. It's great to have them all right let's get back to the Steelers here with big Ben Roethlisberger. Connor has the last question for you.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Ben, big convo with the Steelers right now. TJ Watt, when you were, you know, negotiating a new deal, how did that go with the front office and everything? And obviously Myles Garrett just got a massive deal. Would you bring kind of the other deal?

[Pat McAfee]

Fuck. X is down again. Sorry, sorry. It's a bad day for that. Go ahead.

[Boston Connor]

Gosh darn it. But would you bring other deals that you saw around the league to the front office? Like, hey, this is what these guys are getting. And do you think TJ's doing that?

[Ben Roethlisberger]

He should. You know, I think it's funny. I was talking to James Harrison this morning. We, we were laughing about Miles Garrett, like he wanted nothing to do with Cleveland. He wanted to win a Super Bowl. He wanted out of there. I want, I don't want nothing to. Oh, wait, how much? Oh, yeah, okay. That's fine. No problem. Yep, I'm, I'm here. I love this place. Didn't. Don't want to leave. Never wanted to leave. But yeah, I mean, you know, you got to decide what you want to do. I mean, TJ's a stud. And I, I, I mean, I know, I'm not sure whose agent is, but I'm sure, I know his brother does a lot, obviously on this show and whatnot.

[Pat McAfee]

Why you're saying publicly negotiating.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Everybody, everybody knows what that dude brings to the table.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, tj. The record with TJ playing versus the record without TJ playing, let alone the introductions of the defense without TJ coming out, I mean, it's just like whole game changer. He's, he's a Yinzer hero and forever will be and hopefully they get a deal done. Khan's got a lot on his plate right now. We need a quarterback. We got tj. We got these stupid Browns are doing Brown stuff.

[Boston Connor]

George is pissed.

[AJ Hawk]

George is not pissed.

[Boston Connor]

Maybe pending.

[Pat McAfee]

We don't know if he, he posted something.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Is that, is that news? I'm not on the media on this. On the, Whatever.

[Pat McAfee]

It's an assumption.

[Darius Butler]

Why would he be pissed? I mean, 30, 30, 33 a year.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, but DK's knocking on his door like, hey, take that Jersey off. I'm 14.

[Pat McAfee]

No, he's not. They'll be able to figure that out.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

That's going to be, that's going to be interesting what happens there?

[Pat McAfee]

They fight. Everybody doesn't mind a little bit of a number change, you know, more money. Run a 40 more money from the jersey sales. Oh, you think they should race? Oh, I didn't even think about that.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

I mean, what about. What about a mini combine for it? Like a little like, you know, jugs machine, run, jump, vertical. Like just a whole little thing.

[Brandon Bean]

Winner gets it all.

[Pat McAfee]

George is a beast. Okay, I'm not saying that. George, if you don't want to be there, say you come to Indianapolis, buddy. Okay? You'll be. So you'll be. No, actually, you should go somewhere else.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we.

[Pat McAfee]

Plus, I. I don't know. I don't know if we're.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Who's quarterback in there? You still have AR or is Flacco. Where's Flacco?

[Pat McAfee]

Where's Joe? Joe will show. We want Joe. We know Joe will show. We know Joe will show. Maybe your quarterback out here. Ben, we appreciate you, brother. Thank you for joining us and have a great day.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Thanks. Hope I see you guys soon.

[Pat McAfee]

You got it. Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Roth is back here. Him breaking down the nickel. As you were talking, I asked you the question of who's the best nickel of all time. He's on this back wall here. And you see his head start going. Oh, yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Because you probably got to look at the last probably 20, 25 years. Winfield was one of those guys. Bart Barber, you got great Chris.

[Boston Connor]

Chris Harris throw Chung in there.

[Darius Butler]

Chunk. Chung was like a dime kind of safety. He would go in there, he'd be like a big nickel tyrant. Matthew, when he played in there, McDuffie's doing it now. Kenny Moore's obviously been doing it for a while, so it's a tough position. But guys, Jalen Ramsey.

[Pat McAfee]

Jalen Ramsey sticking his head in.

[Boston Connor]

Dog.

[Darius Butler]

Lose the dog. Talker. Good ball player. I'm glad he reset the market at nickel position. Haven't seen the deal yet, but I'm happy for him.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, got to be a dog. And nipple just have to be. That is just a requirement of the position.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Because if not, you're just going to get your ass run over. I mean, that's how it goes. And you're normally going to be undersized, so you got to be able to fight through that. Congrats to him. Congrats to everybody that's getting paid. The second half of the basketball season.

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[Boston Connor]

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[Pat McAfee]

Reach sales professionals, not professional sailors. With LinkedIn ads, you can target the right people by industry, job title and more. We'll even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign. Get started today at LinkedIn.com results, terms and conditions apply. Football Overreaction Free Agency Free Frenzy Monday, March 10th is one that might change the course of an organization in the NFL forever. We've already seen a ton of money kind of shelled out through different positions. We got corners getting paid. We got offensive linemen getting paid. We got D linemen getting paid. Obviously we have pass rushers getting paid, quarterbacks getting paid, wide receivers getting paid. Who's next? We shall hopefully be able to keep you updated as long long as the people that are able to give us news are able to give us news. Due to the fact that the platforms that deliver the news are crashing every other 10 minutes. The toxic table is here. What a glorious day. AustinConnor and Bruce Brown sitting in for Ty T's and P's to Ty. We shall see you soon pal. Bob Spillane the first signing of the New England Patriots. Obviously they signed Harold Landry III to get to the quarterback. Now they're signing Bob Spillane, linebacker from the Mac to change the culture up in. Congratulations to you guys. Most amount of money in the salary cap. First big signing here on free Agency Frenzy Frenzy Monday is a culture changer, a tone setter. Is that how you're viewing it?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, absolutely. Love Boss Lane. Very excited about him being a New England Patriot. Now if this is all the Patriots do today There's a chance I don't make it to work tomorrow because my car is wrapped around the pole. But right now, in the moment about boss playing. 158 tackles, two picks last year. We've. We've heard from Max Crosby about this guy. If you're going to be in a foxhole, if you're going to, you know, go to war with a guy who's Max Crosby picking, the guy that plays every single dime, Bobby Spillane. So, yeah, I'm pretty stoked about the biggest neck in the NFL coming to New England. There are some other places, you know, that of course they need positions filled, but absolutely spilling's one of them. And hey, Josh Allen, is that 250 million guarantee going to be following Bubby.

[Darius Butler]

Spillane's helmets in your jaw?

[Pat McAfee]

Hope it was working.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, I hope you enjoy Spillane soup, because that's all you're gonna be able to drink when your jaw's broken. Brother, I'm pumped. I dig. A lot of New England will be, but again, if they don't make another move.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, a lot of money. A lot of money. Opportunity and compensation is what the New England Patriots have still big names available, but there has been a lot of big names already taken off the board. Bruce Brown. Yesterday was a massive day for free agency. A lot of money went out the. Out the door and a lot of big players were signed before the noon kickoff here. Yep.

[Ian Rapoport]

Obviously it opened with, you know, Miles Garrett getting that 204.8 with 123.5 million guaranteed. Josh Allen, obviously at the 250 guaranteed, 330 total in there, too, that we didn't hit on in the first hour. Nick Bolton resigned with the Chiefs. He's back with the back to backs. Uh, Harold Landry, like you just mentioned mentioned, goes to New England, teaming back up with V Rabel, Ernest Jones and Jiren Reed in Seattle. There, Trey Smith signed his franchise tag, Aaron Jones back in Minnesota. Two years, 20 million. And then, you know, Zach Erts and. And Austin Hooper in New England kind of. Yep, Kind of rounded out in total over a billion dollars in total money and 727total guaranteed.

[Pat McAfee]

And that was just yesterday. Today has already delivered like there is a new bag being delivered. Wow. Super bowl champion out of Louisiana Tech, Milton Williams is signing with the Carolina Panthers. Congratulations to him. That was a player that I think a lot of people were hoping for to join them, obviously, building through the trenches. The Carolina Panthers had a lot of upside in the end of last season. Everything seemed to start hitting Offensive line started playing good. Bryce Young started playing good. Old buddy who has a sweet Carolina accent kept rolling in there. Defense started humming. I mean, it's like the Carolina Panthers are no longer the laughing stock that they were a year, two years ago. They are now a team that's legit. You bring in a Super bowl champ, you kind of up the trenches a little bit. That's always a good move.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, the expectation was he was going to get 20 to 25 million a year. So he was the top D tackle on the market. A lot of people had him, you know, in their top two as far as free agents available. Two sacks in the super bowl. He came like his, his highlights last year, like Milton Williams. We didn't hear about him because of all the other guys on that defense, but he's a dog.

[Pat McAfee]

Absolutely.

[Boston Connor]

Well, and just look at, you know, what maybe not the Eagles specifically have done, but them winning. Like the names we're seeing today right off the bat are D lineman and O lineman. I mean there's been some guys, yeah, Howie, some guys resigned, like Godwin, of course, but like, you know, B.J. hill, Kinlaw, now Milton Williams. I mean Drew Dahlman was, you know, kind of the premier center. Ronnie Stanley already resigned with the Ravens too this weekend. He was the biggest left tackle. And then the Chiefs bringing in the Niners tackle, like right now the trenches are kind of dominating.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, and this was the trend last year too, I think. I think maybe the NFL was starting to see that a little bit. If you win, there's enough to go around. Nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler is here to stick with that trend of in the trade trenches. There is another massive bag that has been distributed. Former Steelers left tackle Dan Moore has signed with the Tennessee Titan on an $82 million deal. Four years with 50 million guaranteed. The deal includes 30 million in year one and 50 million in the first two years. Jeff Nally and Graylin Crane of CA negotated contract with Titan president football operations Chad Brinker. Just make sure we get all the names out here that are part of this deal. Shout out to Chad doing his thing. The Titans now have a new left tackle to protect the blindside of whoever is playing their quarterback. Remember, they have the number one overall pick, so getting a tackle, you would assume they're going to have to get a new quarterback. Will Levis obviously hilarious and has upside. I don't think he has proven to be a franchise starter, but maybe I'm not 100% sure. They bring in a guy that I've never heard of. Let's go to 1/2 of the the Hammer Cowboys. AP Tone Dan Moore, part of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He's getting 82 million, I assume. This guy is a beast.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, he was our starting left tackle for the last four years.

[Pat McAfee]

Had a baby Dan.

[AJ Hawk]

He was a public enemy number one a lot of the time in Pittsburgh.

[Pat McAfee]

What?

[Boston Connor]

Oh, no.

[AJ Hawk]

He was a fourth round pick out Texas A and M. He had to start in his first year. He started all four years with the Steelers. You know, a lot of people, you know, change scenery could be good for him.

[Pat McAfee]

Absolutely. Congratulations.

[Boston Connor]

By far.

[Pat McAfee]

50 million guarantees guaranteed. 50 million guaranteed. It's got to have some sort of upside. Maybe it was Pittsburgh, maybe more. That's what Chad Brinker is assuming in this entirety.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, and there's, you know, there's some pretty good offensive line coaches in Tennessee and you know, the offensive line coaches in Pittsburgh have been scrutinized a ton lately. So, you know, Dan Moore, he's got, he's definitely got the potential. He's very athletic. So we'll see how he does down there in Tennessee.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we have to give a lot of credit to Coach Callahan, offensive line coach for the Tennessee Titans. Obviously his son is the head coach, coach of the Tennessee Titans. Great coach, notoriously heralded as great offensive line coach. So maybe he sees Dan Moore as a project that he can make into an elite left tackle. And if it's only 50 million you get a guy for, I mean, that's actually a steal at the left tackle position.

[Darius Butler]

That's a lot of, lot of money, lot of cheese.

[Pat McAfee]

50 left tackle, left tackle.

[Darius Butler]

It said 50 million the first two years. Right.

[Pat McAfee]

Guaranteed. That's it.

[Darius Butler]

50 million, that's a big deal. 25 a year even. Even in today's salary cap world. So, I mean, I know he's public enemy number one in Pittsburgh, but I mean, who hasn't been in Pittsburgh over the last however many years? So you're going up there, you got to shore up the old line. Once again, not the sexiest of signings, but when you draft the quarterback, which I anticipate the Titans will do, probably Cam Ward, Shador at the top of the draft you want to protect because that's the first thing we look at. The quarterbacks that succeed or fail early on in their career, career, can they be protected, Protected to at least go through their reads, you know, get better as the year goes on?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

And it feels like those, there's not many of those guys out there that actually make it to Free Agency like Tony said, the guy started four years at left tackle. Usually those guys are either getting resigned, getting massive deals. This is a massive deal for the man. We also need to think about these guarantees going forward. We talked about, you know, contracts way back in the day where they're just reporting the biggest number. Now that we know, like Josh Allen's real, you know, guarantees. What was it?

[Pat McAfee]

147.

[Boston Connor]

147. But it's reported 250. So we should also kind of revisit that entire conversation. When it comes to the money being talked about.

[Pat McAfee]

We have information on the biggest nickel corner deal in the history of the NFL for Mr. Jordan Lewis. It is three years, 30 mil, 20 mil fully guaranteed in 12 and a half million this year in a deal done by David Campbel and Ness Mograbi of superstar sports. Right. Or sports superstars aura superstars, which I. Whatever they were. Great deal, great deal. 20 million fully guaranteed for a nickel. Gotta love that. D. Bu.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, like I said, great deal. I love when nickels get paid. But I thought I could be wrong. I thought Kenny Moore got 3 for.

[Boston Connor]

33 and I also thought Taron Johnson did.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. So this is not the highest in the. I don't.

[Darius Butler]

Wait, we don't talk. We're still talking to Rap Sheet today, so I got questions. If we get him on, we will.

[Pat McAfee]

Be talking to Rap sheet in about 10 minutes, I do believe. So hopefully he'll be able to a great deal. Give us some info. Go ahead, Bruce.

[Ian Rapoport]

Just back to the tackles. It's crazy, just the impact of age. Ronnie Stanley got 60 mil, 44 mil guaranteed. And Dan Moore obviously beats that. I do believe with Jalen Moore and Dan Moore more gone now. We're running low on projected starter tackles. So probably one or two more here today.

[Pat McAfee]

Maybe. Jordan George fan, massive signing from the Lions to the back being dropped by the New England Patriots.

[Darius Butler]

All right. Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Carlton Davis gets a three year, 60 million dollar deal, 34 and a half million fully guaranteed. Congrats to the New England Patriots getting a big time. Davis, see, but what was the reaction.

[Darius Butler]

For there was number one, the Patriots, you know, spending some of that money. Excited about that. And once again, a DB I like, great competitor, you know, went for one year, got banged up in Detroit because couldn't finish the year how he wanted to. But he plays great, he's a great player. He competes, he'll line up against number ones and go at it. He was. Did his thing in Tampa Bay, went on in Detroit, did his thing. I Think it's a really good signing for Braves.

[Pat McAfee]

Bob Spillane. Now, he brings somebody in from MCDC's culture.

[Darius Butler]

Gonzo on the other side.

[Pat McAfee]

You can see what Braves is doing here.

[Boston Connor]

Well, exactly. And he just said it like he'll line up against number ones and go, Adam. Christian Gonzalez follows. You know, there's not many guys in the NFL that follow, and Christian Gonzalez is one of those corners. So the fact that we're getting a guy that's used to guarding number ones, guess what? You're not guarding number ones anymore. Okay? You get to go get the number two. He's probably get a little help over the top because of how good, you know, Christian Gonzalez is. So this is awesome. You know, you get someone for the other side, especially with a lot of the secondary already kind of locked in. They got Duggar back there. And as boy, the New England defense kind of taking form a little bit here. Boys, look out for Vrabel.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, sounds like you guys are spending some cash. That Carlton Davis deal done by Mulgeta. Boom. Shout out to M. Tron Smith of Athletes first. Okay, so now some money's leaving New England. We will keep an eye on that. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who has a. No, no either. Ladies and gentlemen, college football national champion super bowl champion rod winner A.J. hayj. Sorry, I forgot you were sitting 100% on me. 100% on me.

[Bruce Brown]

Oh, you're good. Oh, it's all good. Pukas. I know Puka is on tap.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Correct.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, he will be. Certainly. I will get to that. Thank you so much. Back three, four years of program. I do appreciate that, A.J. a nice throwback Monday. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams, who will now be in the same wide receiver room as Devonte Adams. What are his thoughts? Ladies and gentlemen, the coolest OO of all time. Great bowler. We think maybe.

[Darius Butler]

There'S no.

[Puka Nakua]

There's no way the intro said great bowler. Maybe with the question mark.

[Pat McAfee]

We don't know. You sent us a video, but it never like, hey, I got this because there was a 175 up there. I think I saw a 217. What did you get?

[Puka Nakua]

I mean, we can just leave that up to speculation. I wasn't the 300. I can say that. I thought of the first game I bowled the 168. It was the first time I picked up the bowling ball in a while, but I thought 168 was a good score.

[Pat McAfee]

You.

[Bruce Brown]

You were.

[Darius Butler]

You're.

[Puka Nakua]

You're about to Give me the easiest with the 140. I could have bowled my left hand and hit 140.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so you played one. You rolled one game. You. You rolled a 168.

[Puka Nakua]

The second game we were kind of there.

[Bruce Brown]

We were bowling with a bunch of.

[Puka Nakua]

Different people that all the people. And they were pressing me because they were like, man, you actually bowled 240 and everybody had their gloves on. They had their, their spare balls out. They brought their spare. I was like, man, I wasn't really that prepared. But the next game I bowled at 183. So I thought I was, I was, I was there.

[Pat McAfee]

I hit the.

[Puka Nakua]

I hit the benchmark, that's for sure.

[Pat McAfee]

168 to 183. I think we paid everybody out thinking you had a 2. Nonetheless, 183's go around. I like that.

[Puka Nakua]

I like that. I appreciate you, big goose. I appreciate you, big goose.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, well, I don't love it because it feels like you didn't hit the number that we were hoping what was over under. I think it was 175 or something, I guess.

[Puka Nakua]

No, yeah, it was 175. So I hit it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, but we gave you 217. That was quite a. You know, that was quite.

[Puka Nakua]

I mean, whether it's 217 or 183, I mean, the benchmark was 175.

[Pat McAfee]

Agreed. But the way you were talking was, I'm going 360 or I'm going two handed. Wonderful down under on these. Nonetheless, we're proud of you. 183 is very good. Let's talk about Devonte Adams getting added to your wide receiver room. Do you know him? Have you talked to him and what was your thoughts immediately upon learning about it?

[Puka Nakua]

Man, I thought that was pretty sweet. I grew up a fan of him and Aaron Rodgers, so being able to watch him and be like, man, I'm gonna be lined up next to him is going to be. It's still kind of surreal. I was connected with him over text. I think he's out of the country right now. I'm trying to get on the world tour with him, but I think it'll be sweet. We'll see when he gets out here. I know he's a basketball player too, so I got to see what his jump shot looks like.

[Pat McAfee]

Alleged In Japan, Sean McVay was staying up after hours. They're 13 hours ahead, I do believe, which I don't know how that timing works and how the world works, but it got done. And now McVay has weapons galore. Still Cooper cup, big question mark. And obviously you've paid tribute to Cooper cup, as has Sean McVay, who knows where he ends up at. But we have heard about your working out with him. AP Tone has a question for you. Puka.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, Puka working out with him and big wit. We heard that you're just puking all the time. Are you not in shape? What's going on?

[Puka Nakua]

No, I would say there's a, there's a couple workouts. You know, Coupe's very confident on, like the Tuesday workout that anybody who shows up on Tuesday workout, they, they're. They're going to throw up before the workout's over. So I like to hold that standard. Very true for our workouts, but I think they're, I think they're. They're really good. I'm getting in shape. I think it's off season. Trying to rebuild. I'm trying to, man, rebuild this, this tank that I got going on over here. I'm like, so I'm excited.

[Bruce Brown]

It's been good.

[Pat McAfee]

Coop.

[Puka Nakua]

Coop keeps you on your toes for sure, though.

[Pat McAfee]

I've heard he's got an eight pack. They're saying he's absolutely shredded over there at the vil. AJ Has a question for you. Puka.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah. You said he grew up a fan of Devonte Adams. What's it like when you obviously play with Cooper cup, we see what you guys can do together, but when you think of you and Devonte together, what kind of matchup situation do you think you can put defenses in over and over again? Obviously, Matthew Stafford throwing you guys the ball, like, it feels like the, the future is wide open for your offense.

[Puka Nakua]

Yeah, I think 100% and something that we, I mean, shoot, we got to play against the jets and see what number 17 looks like when he's out there on the football field and the matchups that he causes and I think his ability to dissect the defense under 10 yards and his ability to get vertical right after, I think, man, when we saw him play like, man, he's just catching and getting loose, it looked like somebody who's, who feels like he's 23 too. He's moving out there the way he moves. And then especially when everybody's got a pair of Jordans on, I'm like, man, the defense is good. Like, which one do we follow? Do we follow the guy wearing the elevens? Do we follow the guy wearing the ones? We'll be like, ah, you got to pick your matchup and hope for the best.

[Pat McAfee]

The amount of Js in talent across the board and moxie in swag. He's certainly. I can't wait to watch what you guys do over there. But you mentioned it in there. Number 17, D, Bud has a question for you. Puka.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, that's gonna be nasty. But have negotiations started for that 17 jerseys? I did some research, some journalism. Saw you wore 12 in high school, 12 at BYU. I also saw your Taco Bell tweet is gonna be as easy as giving you lifetime Taco Bell from devontae. Have negotiations started between you and devonta?

[Puka Nakua]

No, not yet. The text I sent him was like, man, I've only seen a couple clips of your basketball tape, but I think we' we might have to play a couple of games of pig. I think I seen the Taco Bell commercial in the house. I'm like, I'm working. I got to add things into this negotiation. It's not going to be. I'm like, I guess I have the upper hand that I'm in LA. I was in LA first. I'm like, obviously I didn't wear 17 first. He's been doing it for a while, but in this blue and yellow uniform, like, I've been the one wearing 17. So hopefully, hopefully I'll be a good negotiator and we'll see. Maybe I'll have to call Big Loose to see what we can get done.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, listen, definitely give me a call. We can work angles, everybody can be happy, Everybody can be happy. We can make this easy. Congrats to you. Good luck the rest of the way and thank you for taking the call. Yeah.

[Puka Nakua]

When are you guys coming to work out over here at the Village? You got you looking a little swole, but I see you with the glasses trying to. Were you getting the red the meta Ray Bans or what's going on?

[Pat McAfee]

Have you been recording this entire thing?

[Puka Nakua]

I mean, just for safekeeping? Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, I never forget when he was at Radio Row and he had those on. I go, you got the things. He goes, yeah. I go, you've been recording this entire thing? Goes, no. And then he goes, hey, meta. Start recording. Like flickered light.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

And then you literally saw it started. Now I'm recording.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he posted it on his Instagram too. Is hilarious.

[Pat McAfee]

What a. Hey. What a special individual to have in a locker room. I don't know, just from the way we kind of interact with him and the way we see people interact with him and how he interacts. It's like, I Don't think he's ever met a stranger and I don't think there's ever been a human that doesn't like him. That is a huge deal in the locker room, especially with how long the season is. Not that Devonte would ever need that or anybody would ever need that, but what an asset to the Rams that guy's energy and spirit is. Legit mana, I guess, is what his mana is.

[Bruce Brown]

Think of the receiver room. Think of the receiver room when you have Puka in there and how like egos and everything that goes involved within a receiver room where everybody is the guy, everyone's the alpha, everyone wants it. Like he has that nice mixture of being like ultra competitive. He's an absolute monster the field. But yeah, he's a dude that seems like he's. He's definitely never had a bad day. I don't think at least outwardly he feels like he is always. He's always like juiced for whatever's next.

[Boston Connor]

Well, he's so good, Puka that you assume there's only a few guys that could come in and like tell him like, hey, you need to be doing this, doing this. Obviously Cooper cup is one of those guys, but Devonte is one of those guys. Like he grew up a fan of Devonte and Aaron he just mentioned. But also just because Devonte's been doing it for so long, he was assume Puka is like, okay, now you tell me all this new information that I wasn't privy to from you and I'm sure that's just going to make him even better.

[Pat McAfee]

Being able to learn from Cooper cup and being able to learn from Devonte. Adams and Puka will do that. Oh, yes.

[Darius Butler]

Matt Stafford, Sean McFuka.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, he's the right guy. Absolutely the right guy for it. He talks about hooping. Like I. I love that he put such an emphasis on it during his trip training. He's like, need to hoop.

[Darius Butler]

It's important.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, that's a big deal. Especially a wide receiver position.

[Darius Butler]

Hoop is important. The best wide receivers, the best DBs I've been around. I'm sure there are some, you know, outliers, but they are all good Hoopers like Tremall Williams is the one. Green Bay great Hooper, Joe Hayton, Darrell Revis, Cooper DeJean. Cooper DeJean. Phenomenal Hooper like Puka, great Hooper, Devonte like a lot of these guys like nasty on the basketball court and a lot of it translates to the football.

[Pat McAfee]

We should say to you too.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

[Boston Connor]

And that came up the other day.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Friday or Thursday.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. So remember, Do Perfect. We talked about Do Perfect. Somebody, I don't know if it was on show or off show. Somebody, I think it was on show.

[Boston Connor]

It was on show.

[Pat McAfee]

Said, if you were to do like a decathlon against the Do Perfect guys, how would you fair? And we started listing off sports, you know, and I think they would get us into cardio events. If there was cardio events, I think they would definitely get us.

[Darius Butler]

Also, we got taught. Can talk.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, you're right. I didn't even think about talk.

[Boston Connor]

Hold the phone.

[Pat McAfee]

Competing. We got a treadmill clapper.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

We got a feel refilling.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you're right. Phil's been running.

[Ian Rapoport]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Hold the phone. We might have a better shot than we thought. But in basketball, you know, because they have a court. We have a court. I think, obviously, they probably have a bit more practice talent. I would assume they have. But on the defensive side, like, we would lock down. And then offensive side, Evan Fox said, we're doing what we're doing. And then we're getting the ball to Darius Butler. Yep.

[Boston Connor]

Everyone just be ready.

[Pat McAfee]

Everybody. Everybody just put hands like that. Get ready to shoot. We just.

[Darius Butler]

I like our chance. No. No smoking mirrors. No gimmicks. I like our chance.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, Al, the thing that I like about our chances is if we bring an AQ as well, AJ and aq, and then we're. If I'm up in the front. I mean, I am. I mean, we're not getting up any points. Easy. I mean, there is no points. And I think we're pretty. Other than the tall one. There's the tall one right there.

[AJ Hawk]

Pretty tall.

[Pat McAfee]

They're a great group of dudes, by the way. Got a chance to hang out with them down at Texas A and M. Good dudes and that thing. But I think we have them outsized. Pretty. Pretty good.

[Darius Butler]

I like it.

[Pat McAfee]

So I think in basketball, they potentially. People would think they would get us.

[AJ Hawk]

Butts took a shot at him, so they might have pulled that against us.

[Darius Butler]

That's why.

[Pat McAfee]

All right.

[AJ Hawk]

Smoke and mirrors, huh? What do you mean? All those shots are first try.

[Pat McAfee]

Well. Well, they never. Let's get. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen. He's senior insider for the NFL at the NFL Network. Friend of the program, ladies and gentlemen. What a return for rap.

[Adam Schefter]

What up, guys?

[Pat McAfee]

How you doing, brother?

[Adam Schefter]

This is the weirdest free agency frenzy day in the history of the world.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Why? Why, why, why, why, why?

[Adam Schefter]

Twitter isn't working.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Yeah, it's not working, Pat. And so to get the news here. Let me explain what's happening. You got to go on tv. We're on tv.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes.

[Adam Schefter]

So you got to watch that.

[Pat McAfee]

But here's.

[Adam Schefter]

I have a third party, one of my good friends who works with me, Shahab, who is. I send him tweets, and for some reason, his Twitter is working. The only one on earth. So he has been sending tweets via me to the Interwebs, which is the only way to get news out and tv.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. On a massive news day for the biggest league on earth, to have the news platform not working is certainly not ideal. Okay. We've all been adjusting cuz we've been seeing. I didn't know. Shahraz Twitter account that was able to. What's that?

[Adam Schefter]

Shahab.

[Pat McAfee]

Shahab. Sorry. I saw Shahab's Twitter account working. We've been getting your notifications, so we've actually been screenshotting your Twitter notifications on our phones to use as the breaking news. We can't open Twitter, but we've been getting your notifications for your tweets, which is then leading to us going, how the hell does rap sheet have the ability to post right now? We thought you were plugged in over there. Instead, it's Shahab that's locked in. Yes. We've been battling the elements as well, brother. And I don't think there's a lot of people that obviously have mixed opinions about everything, certainly Elon, and everything happening in the world right now. And X is a platform in itself, so there's a lot of people going, oh, good, don't need it anyways. It's like, nah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we do. We need it. Yeah, we need the news. That is the other places. Good luck. Hey, Blue sky. I got. Hey, good luck out there. Yeah, Threads. Good luck out there. Where? We've been checking today on Threads. Good luck out there. We need it. We appreciate it. But, you know, to get everybody onto those, you got to get them off of one. And everybody that is a news person is on X, especially in the sports world and without. So, hey, we appreciate you, you know, dodge, duck, dip diving, dodging your way to break some news through Shahab. But why else do you think it's weird? Do you think the signings have been weird? Has this been how you expected it to go? What? How? Class?

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I would say, look, first of all, we're all waiting on the quarterback dominoes, right? We're waiting on Sam potentially to Seattle. I would describe him. Darnold is the front runner there. Fields Is choosing, it seems, between the Steelers and Jets. Waiting on news there. And then our good friend, yours and mine, Aaron Rodgers, does he go to the Giants? Does he go to the Steelers? Sounds like nothing is done there. So we're waiting on those big dominoes. And a lot of times, you know, those happen. One happens, then another, then another. You're seeing a lot of players that people have not heard of get enormous deals. Like, the Dan Moore deal is enormous. And like, look, the cap has gone up, I think 100 million since COVID Like, it's gone crazy. Right? So I think that's helped. But free agency is good. I mean, she's. Look at that, right?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

And that's. I think that has helped players who not everyone has heard of get enormous deals. It's. Free agency is a great time for players. It takes a. Not everyone gets here.

[Pat McAfee]

Right.

[Adam Schefter]

Some lock in extensions, some just don't get the bag. Or as they say, some of these guys today are getting huge, huge deals. And it is pretty cool to watch.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. You talk about not getting the free agency. B.J. hill over there, D tackle for the Bengals, signs a three year, $33 million deal. And then we saw Kinlaw sign a massive deal over. So what happens there? Is that just deals getting done in different fashions or different levels of.

[Adam Schefter]

Yeah, it's. I think what, what happens a lot, Pat, is like, teams right up until noon and then maybe a little after working like crazy to resign their guys. We saw basically all the good linebackers, right. I mean, I think pretty much all of them. And a lot of the really, really good defensive tackles, except for Milton Williams, signed back with their team. And teams were. Teams were fighting like crazy to get their guys. And there's a lot of guys who took less money to stay. I mean, Chris Godwin, I know we're talking about defensive tack tackles, but Chris Godwin, from my understanding, left about $20 million on the table.

[Pat McAfee]

Holy. Everybody hates moving. Rap. Everybody hates moving the worst.

[Adam Schefter]

I haven't moved in 12 years and I don't want to ever move again. Now, again, if you say to me $20 million or move, I would say I could just hire someone to move. For me, that's like a whole different conversation.

[Pat McAfee]

Overpay somebody. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Right.

[Adam Schefter]

But 20.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Making 19 million, I'm paying a million to some moving company and they are going to be very, very thankful that they are going to do everything for me. I mean. Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

And they do a great job. They wrap everything up. It's not like you don't share a truck like you used to do when I was. When I move, it's like you get your own truck. Anyway, it's pretty cool. I mean, look, it's pretty cool to see for Chris Godwin left a lot of money on the table. I know New England was in that pretty heavy. But, you know, if. If you like where you are and they tug at the heartstrings and they do everything they can to get you to stay. A lot of times. A lot of times it's hard to. A lot of times it's hard to say no. And I think that's what we're seeing here, human relationships.

[Pat McAfee]

And if you have any breaking news or have to do anything, you can certainly jump off and post through Shahab's Twitter account.

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I think it might be working now.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, it's every five minutes, this thing. I can't. It's almost worse that it's intermittently working because then you don't know if you need to waste time on there. So it's kind of getting us with little jab, jab. And then a hawk. AJ Has a question for you, if you still have time.

[Adam Schefter]

I do.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah. A rap sheet going back to the quarterbacks. You said Sam Darnold, most likely chances are that he signs with Seattle.

[Pat McAfee]

I know.

[Bruce Brown]

You said it seems like the. When could that be done? Like, what's that look like? Is that going to be in the next hour or two? And then with Fields and Aaron, how do you think they fall in line?

[Adam Schefter]

Okay. I do think Sam should be pretty soon. I mean, look, if you're. It's actually a really interesting spot for an agent because I think everyone thinks Sam Donald is going to the Seahawks. It's certainly not done. Nothing is done, but you know that they want him. And so it's like, how much. How high can you get them? Right. I mean, it's actually just like a really fascinating negotiating situation. You know, I. I would be surprised if it didn't get done. So I know that. And then I would say, you know, as far as Fields go, my understanding this whole time. Time is that the Steelers are working to get back Justin Fields, and that still may happen. Look, they signed or they traded for. They traded for DK Metcalf. If you're Justin Fields, that's an attractive weapon. Right? I mean, it's one of the best receivers in the NFL. The jets are a really interesting choice for him, too. And, you know, I'm not sure where the money is. My guess is it's essentially Close. So Fields goes to the jets. Then for Rogers it's going to be Giants or Steelers and, and it's like you know, I could see pluses and minuses on both sides and I don't get the sense anything is done. And you know Aaron like he's unbelievably thoughtful. So like I would like it done right now. He doesn't. He's not on my timeframe. Yeah, unfortunately. Yeah, I'd say, you know. So I think he's going to. And the Giants from what I understand have done a really nice job of being like here's everything we want, here's what we got. Just do your thing and take your time and let us know when you're ready.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. And is Aaron coming back to play? I guess that's decision has already been made in rap sheets mind. I have not heard that particular convo but let's say he is coming back to play which we all say he is. Yeah assume and hope I think everybody that that is around him. I think AJ I don't want to speak out of pocket but I think all of us assume and hope that he's back playing if he's at the Giants. Excited to watch how it goes if he goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Holy shit. Yinzers are going to love this.

[Adam Schefter]

You think? Hold on a sec, hold on. So you think it'd be a bigger deal if he goes to. I was actually wondering about this. You think it's a bigger deal if he goes to Pittsburgh?

[Pat McAfee]

Definitely. I mean guess New York Giants market is much bigger I guess. You know like even whenever Giants have terrible years the amount of eyes on each game is more than not probably not actually a local Pittsburgh game. I guess national Pittsburgh Steelers games though move they sell out every stadium. I think it is. I think everything's bigger if it goes to the Steelers personally. Now granted go to the Giants, you got Malik. Neighbors day ball's been there, done that in a long time. Doesn't have the move which we've chatted about here multiple times. He's in New Jersey. But I think Pittsburgh Steelers is an interesting move for Aaron Rodgers. Especially for a team that just acquired a 30 million dollar a year wide receiver in DK Metcalf. If George Pickett is still there, you know that's. That's quite a. Yeah, it's quite a tag team. That's quite a tag team over there with Friarmouth running now. Tom Pelissero, your compadre just tweeted shout out to Twitter. Being back the Texans Are signing DB Tramon Smith to a two year deal worth up to seven and a half million dollars. Another DB goes congratulations to the corners signing money and dead A Texans making moves. Rap D Butt, speaking of corner has a question for you.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, actually the guys who have to cover Jamar Chase, I know Duke told me, came out a few weeks ago and said he was going to be the highest paid non quarterback in the NFL. And now since then, Miles Garrett, I got his deal. Does Jamar Chase get up to that 40 million mark?

[Adam Schefter]

You know, I think he probably does. And I don't get the sense of the Bengals are that far from it now. I mean I know it's, it's weird. Like I understand the Bengals get criticized. People like, why have they not gotten the deal done? It takes two to get the deal done, right. And if you're Jamar Chase, I think Bengals would like it done immediately and they've offered really close, close to that. But if you're Jamar Chase, I mean it sounds to me like he's like, I got time, there's no rush. I mean they're not playing until September, which is, you know, I don't know, many months, some months away, however many months that is away. So I think Jamar Chase is waiting and like even though it's awesome to get deals immediately, if you wait, they just get higher. So like I think you're right. I think Jamar Chase is in an unbelievable place. It's going to sting for the Bengals, but I really think they get it done and I actually think they probably, probably get both of these guys done.

[Pat McAfee]

Wow, I didn't expect to hear that about the Cincinnati Bengals. Obviously Trey Hendrickson was allowed the right to go find a trade partner if he wanted to. Let's stay in the AFC north and Trey Hendrickson's world. Bruce Brown has a question for you. Rap. Yeah.

[Ian Rapoport]

How do you think that Miles Garrett deal at 40 million a year immediately affects Trey Hendrickson and then down the line a little bit more with tj? Do you think that they're automatically going to bump up to that 40 mil average a year? Or could it be a little different where maybe they go bigger on the guarantee but a little less on the average.

[Adam Schefter]

Trey is an awesome player, NFL sack leader. I'm not sure he's in that $40 million category. My guess would be his, his starts with the three well plays on one side isn't as much of a run player, I would say as, as miles Garrett and T.J. watt gets a ton of sacks Ton of sacks.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Sack king.

[Pat McAfee]

Sack king.

[Adam Schefter]

He is the sack king. The literal sack king. My guess is his number starts with a three, which is awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

It is.

[Adam Schefter]

And then, you know, I would say T.J. watt is to me, the more interesting one because the Steelers want to get it done. It is a priority. But again, like, if you. Wait, like, if you're T.J. watt, would you accept something that's less than Miles Garrett? Maybe you would, maybe you accept a hometown something, but guys don't often do that.

[Pat McAfee]

I kicked his agent out of the way to LifeSteal and he said, oh, mama, I'm in fear for my life. From the. The.

[Boston Connor]

25 million.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

Not enough fig.

[Pat McAfee]

But at this point, if a team's willing to pay him 41, 42 million a year, that'd be tough not to even think about a little bit. If you're T.J. watt. Right, rap. Wouldn't that be tough to not like, think about? Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

I mean, look, I mean, I love cj. I know.

[Pat McAfee]

I love.

[Adam Schefter]

It's like he's such a great player. So fun to watch. Yeah. I mean, look, like if. If you're T.J. and you know, you sort of know where it can come in. And I would say you also know where at a certain point it's enough where it might be too much for your team and you can't sign other players. So that's for great players who care a lot about their team. It's really hard to kind of find that sweet spot of like, I need to get what I'm worth and my worth is now X, you know, plus five, where it was whatever before. It's a tough negotiation. He's got really good agents at CIA. I know they do a good job. But like, this is sort of the next thing is once you get through free agency, like, what will guys like T.J. watt make? And does he reset the market again?

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, we have some more breaking news. A bag has been delivered by the New England Patriots. Hell yeah. The Patriots have agreed to terms via Mike Garofalo, veteran offensive tackle. Wow. Moses on a three, $24 million deal up to 28 and a half million. Source says the PAT's had an experience. Reliable veteran in front of Drake May while Moses gets a raise in a multi year deal at the age of 34. Con man. First response.

[Boston Connor]

Absolutely. Love it. If you listen to Aaron Rodgers at all last year, Morgan Moses, I believe is one of his favorite teammates. I think all the signings you're kind of seeing right now, you're getting A guy from Detroit and Carlton Davis who kind of understands a gritty, hard working culture. Bobby Spillane speaks for himself. Guy is gritty. Like I said earlier, foxhole. And then Morgan Moses. You know, the culture it feels like for the first three signings here is kind of taken form. I think this is massive for New England and offensive line obviously is the number one thing with protecting, you know.

[Pat McAfee]

A Drake May and also Harold Landry.

[Boston Connor]

Harold. Yeah, exactly. I'm not even thinking history. Yeah, fantastic with Harold Landry too. Like this is kind of a perfect start for New England free agency. Just waiting on that. You know, maybe wide receiver, weapon, type of prospect.

[Pat McAfee]

All right, rap. What should we be looking at next? How many more deals are going to get done today? Or are we already at the second wave potentially? No, no, no, no, no.

[Adam Schefter]

We got a lot of good players. Milton Williams is the big one. I'm watching.

[Pat McAfee]

He signed.

[Boston Connor]

He already signed.

[Darius Butler]

Wake up.

[Adam Schefter]

He has not signed.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, wait, what a Panthers?

[Adam Schefter]

Yeah, he has not signed. There's a couple teams interested. You got the Panthers, you got the Cardinals. We'll see where that goes.

[Bruce Brown]

I was like, someone, Someone reported it.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, she working a finalized deal with Milton Williams. So you're saying not.

[Adam Schefter]

Not done yet. Not done yet.

[Bruce Brown]

Is it going to get done?

[Darius Butler]

Watch it back.

[Adam Schefter]

Could definitely get done. Could definitely get done. And then anyway, so Milan Williams, there's a couple good, really good players still available. And then I would say quarterbacks is what we're watching. I gotta run because I get to get back to. Nothing imminent, but I gotta get back to the phones.

[Pat McAfee]

We appreciate you, ladies and gentlemen, and we'll see you on X. Hopefully, ladies and gentlemen.

[Adam Schefter]

Hopefully never know.

[Pat McAfee]

Ian Rapapar. Wow. That little Mill Williams drop was interesting. I know. Yeah.

[Bruce Brown]

What is it? He doesn't think it's gonna get done.

[Pat McAfee]

He said it hasn't been finalized. So maybe he's hearing from another team that they're trying to throw. Hey, a little bit of a Hail Mary said the Cardinals, right? Yeah, we're involved there. And then we started celebrating his face. We couldn't get.

[Darius Butler]

When's the last time that happened? Like somebody got to the point where Chef D or Rapshee, one of these guys breaks it and then they back out.

[Pat McAfee]

Happened last year, I think. I think this happens.

[Boston Connor]

Didn't Randy Gregory sign with the.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yes.

[Boston Connor]

Didn't that entire thing happen where he did Cowboys and something got pulled and then he went to Denver?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, there's always. Because there's multiple steps here, right? There's an Agreement on terms. There's a, yeah, we'll work together. And then there's like the. Does that get reported? Like does somebody in the room send a text to an insider and say, hey, blah blah blah and blah blah blah, have agreed to terms, you know, and then is that reported as deal being done? And then all of a sudden whenever you get into the actual contract, it's like, well, that's not going to work. The guarantees potentially when the money's coming, what the offset language is, all that stuff, you can get really grimy in there, you know, because there's a lot of money, you know, on the table. So those, those little asterisks can really change. Not saying that it will for Milton, we're just saying it has happened in the past where it has been reported that two people are going to go and dance and then inevitably when a song plays, one side says, I ain't doing this and they go somewhere else. Now that helps the player immensely because they know exactly what they were going to get from somebody else. So if somebody else comes in, you could say, this is literally exactly what we're going to get. We need a little bit better. But it also helps the team out whenever it gets reported because everybody else might lose interest and we're recruiting said.

[Darius Butler]

So the next guy, boom.

[Pat McAfee]

It's either good or bad, depending upon how you look at it. But Milton being a Panther, I thought was a finalized guess. It's getting finalized.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Could end up not being finalized. There's another bag in Minnesota. The NFC North. A.J. hawk. Former Eagles corner Isaiah Rogers, now a Super bowl champion, reached an agreement on a 2 year 15 million dollar contract with a Min Minnesota Vikings. The deal includes 8 million fully guaranteed. The deal was negotiated by Brian Gavin. Seen his name a couple times here. And a Wasowski, good name. EMG Sports was Lewski don't play no games when he's at the negotiating table. Two years, 15 million for Isaiah Rogers. Eight million guaranteed. I like to say, Isaiah, congratulations, buddy.

[Darius Butler]

Bounce back.

[Pat McAfee]

Absolutely. Isaiah, I would assume in his own words made some decisions that I assume he regrets and wouldn't do. He was yelling, young lad, got punished for it, looked at himself, got better, bounced back, wins a Super bowl with the Eagles. Now he gets 8 million guaranteed. I'm incredibly pumped for Isaiah Rogers. That's how you know you would hope a situation that he had would go. And he's a great ballplay. Oh yeah, guys all over the field and an absolute dog out there.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, we're young. Whenever you're young you make, you know, make dumb decision, make mistakes, but it's about what you do after he bounce back. Back and in relief of slay when he went down for a few games. He played great for Philly last year, so I'm glad he got this opportunity to get some money. And I would anticipate down the line you'll see this guy getting a big deal.

[Pat McAfee]

We have another bag being dropped. The Lions are working to finalize. Okay, wow. A deal with DJ Reed, jets free agent. So look at the Lions making some plays, trying to reload, load on that defensive side. Yeah, I love this move. They're clearly replacing Carlton Davis here. I assume it's for less money. That's just my guess on this, but I've heard he's an absolute dog here. Well, it wouldn't be a Lions prospect if he wasn't an absolute dog. Amen. I think he would know what he's signing up for if he was going to the Detroit Lions. At this point, the Lions know what they're trying to get on their team. Congrats to him going from the jets to the Lions, making some money and joining a defense that hunts on a race regular basis.

[AJ Hawk]

The contract details are out there poor. Per Schultz report. Three years for 48 million or. Yeah, three or 48 million. This was a guy that me and Connor were arguing about earlier that we wanted to be on our team. So yeah, he got a dog.

[Boston Connor]

One of them for sure. Charvarius Ward is still kind of the top corner of free agency. That's kind of, I think when any team that needed or wanted a corner, Charvarius Ward was that guy. So you wonder looking at those numbers, especially, especially with the, the J.C. horn deal that got done before all of this, you know, If Carlton Davis, 3 years, 60 is, you know, where the top so far has been. You wonder if Ward would get like a. A 490 maybe because he, he. I mean, what. He's been all pro. Right. When he was with the Niners, he was first team all pro. When they went to the super bowl, he had an unbelievable year. So you do wonder what he's going to.

[Pat McAfee]

Who has that money?

[Boston Connor]

A few teams. I mean, the Chargers would be a team. He's already out there on the west coast, the New England Patriots. But we have Christian Gonzalez and now we just spent, you know, $60 million on Carlton.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, maybe we're backloading though.

[Boston Connor]

You got embarrassment of riches.

[Pat McAfee]

I. I love it.

[Boston Connor]

I would love to have Char various work bring his ass in too. Put, put. You can Put Gonzo anywhere.

[Bruce Brown]

That guy.

[Boston Connor]

That guy can play at the end if you need him to. He's that good at football. But you know that I'm not expecting Ward at this point. If that were to come through the wire. Yeah, my day would be made.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I, I'm excited to see who continues to spend the money, you know, who continues like the lion spending right there. Did not expect that. Didn't expect that. That's Calvin Shepherd's first signing. Really? I did not expect. I thought we would. Thursday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday type deal. Agreed. Chiefs have gotten in on the action. Obviously, they bring in a left tackle from the Niners. Speaking of the Niners. Niners and Joey Bosa potentially going to do business together to reunite the Bosa brothers. Both of Boses could potentially be on the 49ers. Obviously both Ohio State lads. The family would like to see this happen, allegedly from what's being reported. How do you feel about this particular story potentially coming to fruition over there in San Frano? These Ohio State boys? AJ Hawk.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah, I don't know exactly what the deal would possibly look like for Joey Bosa, but you see it says it would likely be a moderate deal plus incentives. Like, give him the option. Hey, if he goes out there and kills it, he can get kind of market value whatever he thinks. But, yeah, why wouldn't you take somewhat of a hometown discount if you're Joey Bosa, to come join your brother and a team that should be very, very good, even though they underperformed last year, had injuries and everything. But yeah, a good team, good coaches. Absolutely. Get it done.

[Pat McAfee]

Bob Sala, now the defensive coordinator yet again for the San Francisco 49ers. The Bosa story would be sweet. Joey Bosa, obviously great businessman here. Let's not get it twisted. So just taking a hometown discount, maybe not necessarily highly assumed, but maybe it will be the case so he can play with his brother. I love whenever people load up on the defensive side. Yeah, I, I, I offensive line and defensive side.

[Bruce Brown]

I like the way that team interior D line too. Don't you like interior D line? Those are like what Debo was saying earlier. Like, oh, I and D line, we know they're not like the sexy picks or sexy things that you could go out and sell to every fan and casual fans, but people that actually know football and know that team know, okay, if we got. If we show up, there's O line and we'll go with. The Bears have done so far in free agency and trading form and like, that's you got to address the needs and O line. If you don't have that, you will not win football games. We have seen that over and over again.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. And there's nothing more valuable to a defense than a four man pass rush. A four man pass rush, especially in that fourth quarter. And we saw super bowl champs right now. Even, even the last time they made it to the super bowl they had dominant four man fronts. We're able to have, you know, seven guys back there watching the quarterback.

[Pat McAfee]

The Boses, both the Boses will be.

[Boston Connor]

That would be pretty sweet. Especially with Bubby Salah. You know, Salah being back with the NERS does feel like that's a huge game changer for them.

[Pat McAfee]

Gino Smith was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. Allegedly he was offered 35 to 40 million. There was multiple reports fl around. You never know what's real and what's not real. Allegedly the Seattle Seahawks wanted Gino Smith back in a restructure of a contract or an extension of a contract and he said no. And now he is with the Las Vegas Raiders reunited with Pete Carroll once again. Don't know how much of the money thing is real from Seattle with Gino, but I do know he is currently now a member of the Las Vegas Raiders team. They needed a quarterback. That was very evident by all parties that looked at their roster, looked at their team and looked at their future. Geno Smith is a proven guy. He's played great ball. Now he gets an opportunity to do it in Las Vegas where they have have been in dire need of somebody to play the QB position. Tom Brady obviously a massive part of all this. Pete Carroll part of this. Chip Kelly now the offensive coordinator. How will he and Gino see the field? Hopefully incredible. But that era in Seattle seemingly over. They're looking for a new one. Geno now with the Raiders. What are your thoughts AJ I love.

[Bruce Brown]

Gino and I, it's. It goes to think like when you think how much was Tom Brady involved, obviously he seems to be very involved. I didn't see this coming before he signed with the Raiders. I didn't know if they were hot on him or they were going to go after him like they did. But it's something to where like you don't want to be stuck without a quarterback obviously and you don't want to have to develop a young guy when you, it's like when you think of these offensive linemen getting gigs and getting these big old contracts and some people may have not heard of him like this dude. These guys have Started and made plays in the league for a long time. I think that's got to make front office people feel good. Like, all right, we can. We know we can kind of craft them. We know this guy. Guy has. Has won a lot of big time football games. So I, for me, I love having experience, especially at the quarterback position.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And you talk about people getting signed that are proven players and durable and everything like that. Left tackle just got signed to the Chiefs, had 200 snaps or something like that.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Has not played. Has not played. To your point though. Yes. Being durable in your ability is certainly something that GMs are looking at whenever they're making a decision to pull the trigger on you. Joining them. Shout out to Geno having a new home. I hope it works out over there.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. Is he working on a new deal with Vegas?

[AJ Hawk]

I would assume so.

[Pat McAfee]

I assume.

[Darius Butler]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

So I'm excited to see what that deal is. It's one glaring weakness in Gino's game and that's the red zone.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Just red zone turnover cuts that out of his game easily. A top eight type of guy who can throw the ball down the field, make every throw and make plays for a winning franchise. So if he just cuts that back, cuts that down, be a great thing obviously for Geno and the Raiders.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's talk about the quarterback position. Daniel. Daniel Jones has been linked to a couple teams. Remember he went from the Giants starting quarterback to the reason for the reason why they got rid of Saquon and everything is they're going to build around him. He. He then gets demoted to playing practice squad defensive end. Then he asked for his release. They. He then ends up with the Vikings for the end of last year. Getting. Gets a chance to be around the building. They get a chance to be around him. Are they going to bring Daniel Jones back to be the Minnesota Vikings veteran quarterback is J.J. mcCarthy gets a year to either watch or J.J. mcCarthy becomes starter halfway through the year. Or how does it play out? We don't know. DJs either going to be with the Vikings or he's going to be with the Indianapolis Colts. And I'll tell you what, the more I look at Daniel Jones and the more I think about Shane Steichen's offense baller. Yeah. I'm thinking I want Daniel Jones.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, you do.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. They said it's open competition at the quarterback position here in Indianapolis. And I don't know what the narrative is it Minnesota for Daniel Jones, but him and AR similar styles, different humans, similar styles can certainly run DJ is not scared to put his face in a fan. He's been a pro, he's been around. You know, could be good for AR to watch him kind of do his thing after watching Joe Flacco, hopefully watching him and learning from him and trying to gain some wisdom from somebody that's been in the NFL a long time, has won a Super Bowl. Talk about Joe Flacco here. So hopefully you'll continue to do that, maybe with another veteran quarterback like Daniel Jones. But I don't think you could have told me three months ago that I'd be jacked up about this, but now I'm in.

[Boston Connor]

Hell yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Give me Daniel Jones at Indianapolis. This is a similar situation with Carson Wentz, his similar situation with Matt Ryan, his similar situation with Daniel Jones. Now, I wasn't in Phil Ray. No, I was in on Phil. Let's not ever.

[Darius Butler]

We knew it.

[Pat McAfee]

I've always been a Phil Rivers guy, so don't, don't, don't.

[Boston Connor]

Just check it.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. And he was a mannequin. That guy. Couldn't even move through a volleyball medicine ball. Took us to the playoffs.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, yeah. Took the Colts to the playoffs.

[AJ Hawk]

Almost beat the Bills.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I wish Phil would have stuck around Indianapolis a little bit longer, but instead that led to the Matt Ryan experiment and everything else that we've had and all those guys. I thought maybe we're done. Maybe not. Good players. What are we doing here? You know, I don't want to do this. Why are they coming? Indianapolis, Daniel Jones. Similar. Very similar. Especially with how hard knocks went and the offseason thing and. Yeah. You know where Saquon goes on, the offensive player here wins through bowling. You know, that whole thing in Philadelphia and Daniel Jones ends up being on Scott team and you know, he gets kind of shipped out of there. But now that I think about it, it wasn't right fit ever in New York. He's supposed to be in a place like Indianapolis and Shane Sten's offense is the right one for him. So if he was come here to Indy, I'd be pumped up. Dbuts. Your thoughts on dj?

[Darius Butler]

I. I'd be pumped up too. That's what we just got talking about Gino Smith.

[Bruce Brown]

You give him starter money? Tbut.

[Pat McAfee]

No, no, no.

[Bruce Brown]

What's the deal look like then? What's it look like?

[Pat McAfee]

You need to relax.

[Bruce Brown]

Got multiple. You got multiple bidders for your services?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we'll see. 20.

[Boston Connor]

20.

[Pat McAfee]

We don't want to do any public negotiated, Frank.

[AJ Hawk]

No, right.

[Bruce Brown]

30 mil.

[AJ Hawk]

Plus there's a Path now. I mean, Baker was playing D tackle. Now Baker is, you know, one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL. Jones is playing D tackle now. He's gonna potentially be one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL.

[Darius Butler]

Sam Darnold.

[Boston Connor]

Sam Darnold, Big Geno Smith.

[Darius Butler]

They call him a bus in New York. He never wrote back and look at him.

[Ian Rapoport]

That's true.

[Pat McAfee]

Bruce Brown. You would know Daniel Jones morning. He would fit in great here in Indiana.

[Ian Rapoport]

I mean, even at Danny's best, it's kind of like with Gino with the red zone. Danny just could never shake that one, two, maybe three or four plays a game where it's a boneheaded interception. It' a not setting the pass protection and getting sacked on 4th and 3. It's A.

[AJ Hawk]

Sounds like a lot of play with the guy who's not there anymore.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Ian Rapoport]

The game away, just always sort of those, those game losing plays. But you know, when he's tying it together, running the ball, you know, slinging it around a bit, it. It could happen that he could, you know, have that Sam Darnold type arc where he improves a bit. But, you know, I. I just struggle with like, oh, he went to Duke.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay.

[Ian Rapoport]

He's smart.

[Pat McAfee]

So he was Victor Washington for five years.

[Ian Rapoport]

I'm not why he smile.

[Pat McAfee]

He sm.

[Ian Rapoport]

He's got the wheels.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, he does.

[Ian Rapoport]

He's got the wheels. He has the arm, the. The deep ball.

[AJ Hawk]

Ag.

[Ian Rapoport]

But it's all there physically. And it's just like, why can't you.

[Pat McAfee]

Put it all together?

[Ian Rapoport]

And I. I just don't.

[Pat McAfee]

I.

[Ian Rapoport]

Maybe it's.

[Darius Butler]

Ultimately he'll be coming here to push Anthony Richardson to be best version of.

[Boston Connor]

Him and he will do that job.

[Darius Butler]

What's that?

[Pat McAfee]

What's that? I got. I got great faith in AR turning it around professional this the year.

[Boston Connor]

I heard different things from my sources and all I know is Dan Jones coming to town means one thing and one thing only. Nine and eight.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, Maybe a first round. What arch year.

[Boston Connor]

That's what a year. And that's what they just went. So think about them or 8 and 9. Either way. All I know is they ain't losing to the Giants by 40 points. You know, week 17, week 18 to end the year with that bad taste in your mouth, you know, now they're wanting to know in 2025, you know, praise the Lord. But Daniel Jones coming to the team would mean one thing, and that's a playoff.

[Pat McAfee]

Sam Darnold to the Seahawks seemingly grew a lot of hype over the last Couple days. I thought he was going back to the Vikings. I guess he's going to the Seahawks. Does that mean Daniel Jones definitely going back to the Vikings? Because he's been there. So they want to resign somebody too. Who knows. Colts could potentially sign him. Is JJ Going to be the starter? What if no veteran quarterback signs with the Vikings? Is Aaron all of a sudden now in conversation with Kevin Oconnell and the Minnesota Vikings is, you know, with the jets with Justin Fields, allegedly.

[Darius Butler]

He can't do it.

[Pat McAfee]

What?

[Darius Butler]

That's one place Aaron can't.

[AJ Hawk]

He can.

[Pat McAfee]

Why? They got says Addison Justin Jefferson. Aaron Jones just resigned back there. They got T.J. hawkinson, Kevin OConnell.

[Ian Rapoport]

We got Michael Strahan waving an Eagles flag before the Super Bowl. Anything can happen. He might be a Vikings.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. That's a Giants fan who is very bummed out about seeing that particular visual. Don't think you heard what was happening. He and Saquon had a moment, I guess.

[AJ Hawk]

Would love that.

[Pat McAfee]

He was sporting Saquan Justin Fields to the jets, allegedly. That seems to be something. Justin Fields is currently in Dubai. Had a phenomena phenomenal espresso.

[AJ Hawk]

It was very well, very well decorated.

[Pat McAfee]

Over there in Dubai. I saw that from a photo. He's currently in the United Arab Emirates, I do believe. Is that where Dubai is? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uae. And they say it's nice. The baristas. Artist. Artist work. You get it?

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah. There you go.

[Pat McAfee]

Artistry. Yeah. Baristas, artists, artistry. Great. Where's Justin Fields go? Where's Aaron go? Who's the quarterbacks? Where's Chavarius Ward going? There's a lot of names still out there. The free agency Frenzy continues on YouTube, ESPN plus Disney plus and tick tock live. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living. Monday Night Raw live from Madison Square Garden tonight on Netflix. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Okay, let's take a break with this free agent graphic. This is currently the scoreboard from what we could find. Keeping track of teams that have made signings, extensions, tags, restructures and trades. Have not seen this yet. This is first time seeing this. Now the Colts have one on the board that was a restructure of Braden Smith. Okay, remember the offensive lineman, we're opening up room and the captain makes a place. Only team that hasn't done a damn thing according to to our tracker.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, no.

[Pat McAfee]

Miami Dolphins.

[Darius Butler]

What the hell, Gumps.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats.

[AJ Hawk]

Congrats. We won the free agency years before.

[Pat McAfee]

Don't mean who cares.

[AJ Hawk]

Don't get anybody.

[Pat McAfee]

How about that? Run it back. No, do not. Do not.

[AJ Hawk]

Do not do that.

[Pat McAfee]

We don't need them.

[AJ Hawk]

We don't need any of our safeties.

[Pat McAfee]

Back from last year. As a matter of fact, we need cornerbacks. We need safeties. We don't need a pass rusher. We got three of them. We need an offensive line.

[AJ Hawk]

We need an offensive line.

[Pat McAfee]

For five years you need a lot of things. There's zero on the scoreboard right now. Maybe they'll get to work. Big draft coming up, Gumpy. Stay positive. Always. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile.

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[Pat McAfee]

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[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, I mean we're back on the super bowl hunt, so.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so back on the horse. There was that two day period there where you guys weren't hunting the Super Bowl.

[AJ Hawk]

We just didn't know who we were really anymore. But DK like a shot of adrenaline straight through the heart. We're back.

[Pat McAfee]

All the way back.

[AJ Hawk]

All the way back. Well, we got to sign a quarterback.

[Pat McAfee]

But yeah, somebody's gonna have to get them to ball. But we assume that's gonna take.

[AJ Hawk]

Boz will do it.

[Pat McAfee]

Nine year. I saw that Chris Boswell posted on his Instagram story, if you need me, I'm in the building. Maybe he's kicker and quarterback. We shall see. Jets don't have a quarterback. Vikings don't have a quarterback. Seahawks don't have a quarterback. Raiders have one in Geno Smith. It has been very, very active. The corners have been getting money. 9 year NFL vet. Everything. DB good. D. Baddy host D. Botch is here.

[Darius Butler]

Yes, sir.

[Pat McAfee]

You look incredibly cool. JC Horn kind of started today with 25 million per year. We have another member of a secondary getting a bag. Ladies and gentlemen, the Carolina Panthers once again are in the bag handing out business. As Schultz has reported, the Panthers are expected to sign Raiders safety Trevon mooring to a three year, $51 million contract. Sources tell NFL on Fox. Okay, so Schultz is claiming NFL on Fox. That needs to be said for any future stare downs or standoffs at Starbucks. Wow. Okay. Because I think there was a little bit of whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa type situation happening between that, I don't know, Travon Morig, just of the name D. Bu. Who is he? And I love that the Panthers are making plays right now. Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Was it D.J. or somebody said it was both. Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Both said watch the Panthers spending money and building up a team. Love what they're doing right now. Morgan is a versatile safety now. He played for the Raiders. So at probably halfway through the season, that's when I stopped watching a bunch of teams, teams that, you know, aren't. Aren't trending towards the playoffs. But he's a good player. He's available. We talk about how availability is very, very important. And that's a great, great number for him. Expecting him, Cam Bynum from Minnesota and then Javon Holland from Miami to kind of get great deals at the safety position. So this is one of those dominoes.

[Pat McAfee]

I love the Panthers, they're doing it. Morgan goes over there, linebacker. Got a chance to meet him at the combine. Good handshake and his eyes, you know, like the intensity that's real.

[Boston Connor]

Still bringing it.

[Pat McAfee]

That's all day, every day. AJ Whenever I met him at the combine. And I think he. In Canales and Tepper are all seeing the exact same picture, you know, and we've obviously said some shit about Tepper because some shit has gone down with Tepper. I mean, that is just a matter of fact. I think he would say that if he was in our position as well. But what we've watched him do and evolve as an NFL, NFL owner to the point that they're at now it's like, wait, are the Panthers back in like gonna be a team conversation? I think so. I, I think they have a real chance. AJ Hawk.

[Bruce Brown]

I think they, they gained a lot of respect like the, I don't know, the last quarter of the season, last half, quarter of the season, they actually, they became like a viable team again. I feel like where you gave them hope, they had some hope there in Carolina. So I don't know, some big news may have just now.

[Pat McAfee]

This is about Carolina. There is a bigger bag alert what being handed out by the New England patrons. Oh yeah, we had a. Today there was a deal to be finalized for Milton Williams with the Carolina Panthers. That was reported. Then we were told by this man. Oh, oh, whoa.

[Darius Butler]

Wow.

[Pat McAfee]

No deal had been signed. We wondered if Rang had maybe a little piece of information saying, hey, we're still. We are still very much in this game. I know it's being reported that he's going to the Panthers, but D tackle Milton Williams, super bowl champion, gets a 26 million per year deal done in New England. Shout out to his agent, old Ricky Roberts of Clutch Sports. Congratulations to the Patriots getting one of the guys that every one of the fans was hoping for, but also getting a bunch of guys that build your culture. Connor, you gotta be thrilled because whenever we saw his name linked with Carolina, I think you were a little bummed out. Yeah, you're a little bummed out about this. But now you get a dog that's going to fit into the new culture and he's a winner and a durable player. Boston, Connor, New England Patriots fans have a day today, pal. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Incredible. And it's all defense. When you're looking at what the Patriots have done over these last two days, you know, Harold Landry, you know, pass rusher, needs to be able to get there. Of course they brought in Morgan Moses. Also need to protect Drake May, but Carlton, Davis, Spillane, now you add Milton Williams. The cultures that in the players that they're getting these places from, you know, are top tier. You want guys who are winners, you want guys who play a lot of games. I remember Morgan Moses, that was one of his biggest things last year was that the guy damn near doesn't miss any snaps when it comes to playing football. And so for the New England Patriots and Mike Vrabel and kind of the new, new era, bringing in these guys is massive. And then you just think about, you know, who do you need to stop when you're. Yeah, watch.

[Pat McAfee]

That was Kamara right there.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, that was a four Six, four, six. It'll come by four, six.

[Boston Connor]

And he's huge. And like, huge. I was just about to say he's tackling Camara. When you think about the AFC east, you know, you got to tackle Josh Allen. Josh Allen's who's everyone's kind of looking up to right now. So, you know, Bob Spillane, we've seen it. I don't know if we've ran it yet. Mike Rabel won a Bob Spain because he went 200 miles an hour through the A gap to tackle Dan Derrick Henry on the goal line. And that is kind of the type of guy that you want on your football team. I am thrilled about today. No wide receivers have been taken. I think that kind of says a lot about who they think. They still have the rookies last year that didn't get much burn with Gerard Mayo, both Jalen Polk and Javon Baker. Javon Baker, who said famously, he makes people in wheelchairs stand up when he's playing football. So I think they do still have a lot of hope in those guys going into their second year. But the defense is all the way back.

[Pat McAfee]

Still got money, too. Yeah, Patriots still have money. You know, they started out the day with 122 million, so whenever they weren't the first name being announced for all these signings, wow. There was a little bit of a wonder about what's happening. Now they get Milton Williams, who has agreed to deals or finalize on a contract with the Panthers, going to the Patriots. What are your thoughts on what Braves is doing?

[Bruce Brown]

AJ this feels exactly like what you would do if you're saying, well, how would. How would Mike Vrabel kind of like shore up a team or shore up some impossible weaknesses? I feel like he's. Every signing that he has feels like such a variable move. But, man, like, the more you think about it, when you can get interior pressure, not only, obviously your D line and your interior guys have to stop the run. That's a given. But when you can get interior, push consistently, like, you see, that's why the Eagles a big reason why they won the super bowl as they're all getting held like hell from everybody inside. Like, it's just such a. It just creates so much pro. So much problems for the offense. Like, I. I understand the O line, D line situation, Howie. I understand why you do that. I think the NFL is at a great time to where we're seeing. Seeing these guys. We're seeing them shine. We're seeing. And it's paying off for them. They're getting paid the money they deserve. I mean, look at the push on this playoff.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

If you can get four, if you can get home with four, that is quite a benefit and a help. And one, the Eagles, the Super bowl. And now your D line packed.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah, it's stacked. You have Harold Landry on one edge. Then you can go to Milton Williams, Christian Barmore, who list who missed all of last year with the blood clots. He came back towards I think week 15 or 14, played some snaps, then they shut him back down. He. He got paid last year, actually. And then Keon White, the 45 year old who was drafted, dog didn't love.

[Pat McAfee]

What was going on.

[Boston Connor]

Did not like what was going on. I actually talked about how much he loved Belichick and kind of the hard, tough coaching and then how it kind of changed a little. And there were some, you know, problems with him in the defense or something like that because he started off the year, he had like four sacks in the first couple weeks. And then for some reason, you know, he kind of stopped getting much burn. But you got him on one side too. And then you also just thinking about that number four overall pick. Who knows who's going to be there. But let's say they bring in, you know, Mason Graham, who's kind of known as the top guy in this class when it comes to, you know, interior D line. Of course, Abdul Carter would be fantastic too. But the options now at 4 become massive, especially, you know, Travis Hunter as well. But yeah, Patriots all of a sudden.

[Pat McAfee]

Don't look now, boys, but we're.

[Boston Connor]

We're winning games. You know, we're winning games in March.

[Pat McAfee]

It's hard to.

[Boston Connor]

But the Patriots are winning games here on what, March 10th. Look out.

[Darius Butler]

And Williams, those numbers obviously coming out, you know, and then his production on the field. With a guy like this, when you give him the first big contract, you anticipate a big upside for him to hit his actual prime in the. In the league. And you just added already four legit starters to your defense already. They want a free agency. So cooking right now.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Come on, boys.

[Pat McAfee]

Dude. Okay. What was a little bit of a slow start for the team with the most amount. We don't know if it's the most in history.

[Boston Connor]

Probably safe assumption.

[Pat McAfee]

It's a lot. It was 100. It was the most this year by more than, I mean, so much money the Patriots had. And you know, I think having Vrabel, who's already been a head coach one time, right? Yes, Already been a head coach. Already been through it, has been given the reins like, hey, this is your team. You're allowed to do it. And him being able to study their own roster, study their own situation. Situation, and then say, what do we need to change? Well, obviously he thought culture needed to change quick, so he brings him in some real culture people, you know, I respect that. I appreciate that. Because I think he understands that whenever people just draft talent or bring in talent, they're forgetting that these are humans and not a video game. Like, you're not just dropping a 91 into a locker room that you could just play. That's going to be on 91 every single day. You got to bring in a culture, you got to bring in attitude. You got to bring in, in, buy in. You got to bring in stick to itiveness from a group of people. And whenever you bring those players in, plus the places that you need it, it's like, that's how you build a team, you know, not just like an all star team. Like, that's how you build a squad. I love what Vrael is doing here legitimately. I. I love.

[Bruce Brown]

They're not done either. I mean, let's see what they do to get. I mean, they still have plenty of money left, don't they?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, plenty.

[Pat McAfee]

And we're classic daytime sports talk show hosts here. So we're like, whoa, look at the Patriots win a Super bowl on March 10th. You know, we're doing that.

[Darius Butler]

They win a free agency right now.

[Pat McAfee]

They certainly winning today.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, well, and that's the thing, too. Like, when your team is so bad, just to get players, of course, is awesome, because we've seen it over the past couple years with New England and the Taxachusetts thing that's been talked about like, hey, people don't want to go up to New England. So just getting the players one is massive. But then the other thing, too, is where they're coming from. Like Milton Williams, Eagles awesome.

[AJ Hawk]

Of course.

[Boston Connor]

Carlton Davis, you know, Lions awesome. Spillane, Raiders stinks. But we've seen how he's played. He's. He had 158 tackles in games that didn't even matter, but he's still going out there. Bobby's been playing so well. And then Harold Landry, just talking about, you know, guy who gets the culture. Like, if there's anyone who gets a culture, it's Harold Landry. He got drafted by Vrabel, you know, during the times when it might get a little tough and Vrabel is, you know, maybe ripping the boys a little Bit and making, you know, probably practice hard. If anyone can talk about how much it's worth, it's Harold Landry, you know, so it is just massive. And they're 4 and 13. Of course we need more guys. If they weren't spending money, we'd be talking about what the hell are the Patriots doing versus now they are spending money. It's like, holy shit, they're trying to make a change here. Let's flip this thing quick and not, you know, hey, we got a couple years here to build this thing. It's like, no, let's try and win right now versus waiting.

[Darius Butler]

Try to get Godwin, too.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, exactly.

[Darius Butler]

You know, Godwin, that's probably where I would assume at least he probably turned down that extra, you know, 15, $20 million. Whatever he said it was.

[Boston Connor]

Well, no, that's fine.

[Darius Butler]

No, I mean, yeah, you stayed in the same place.

[Boston Connor]

You know, especially Tampa. Tampa. The amount of time he's probably been with that entire staff, not just the coaches, but the training staff and everything with the rehab he's had to do for multiple years now. But that's why I would still look at like a Cooper Cup. If I mean, him being available, we could easily, you know, pay his contract in. He would just be a perfect kind of vet receiver for the bucket. Both the young guys and just Drake made a half.

[Pat McAfee]

A lot of people think of that. New England Patriots, certainly one of the teams doing that. You mentioned where everybody's from and the cultures they're from. And you said the Raiders stink and have stunk, which they certainly have. But Bob Spillane has this in his back pocket.

[Boston Connor]

That's right.

[Pat McAfee]

This one. He was with Pittsburgh Steelers. Derrick Henry, he's the guy. Boom, boom. Head on collision. Backed up 3ft so he could get a running start more so he could put his face through Derrick Henry. Henry's chin, that is. That's a tone setter. He would go on to get a deal from the Raiders because of that, and he would continue to do the same thing with Las Vegas. Now he's going to New England. And Vrabel was there for this, obviously on the sideline as this took place and thought to himself, if we could ever get that fucking dump truck, yeah, let's go ahead and get him on our team as opposed to another team. It's like very evident that that's what Braves is looking at. And as a fan, fan of a. A team that maybe isn't like that, you can bring in culture, you can change your culture.

[Darius Butler]

Chris is about to start Cooking, you just wait.

[Bruce Brown]

Style of play. Their style of play is going to change.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, yes.

[Pat McAfee]

You can change and you can change the locker room. You can change habits, you can change every. You can change everything with who you bring in. It's like, you know, people call.

[Boston Connor]

Are.

[Pat McAfee]

Are called cancers, and it's obviously a terrible phrase, but you don't want to be called of cancer because cancer spreads, right? And cancer is a very negative thing. So if you have a couple shit bags in your locker room, okay, A couple people that don't care about anything, that obviously can spread to younger people, their friends, even if the person is a terrible professional, they're going to have friends on the team because they're probably pretty cool people. They just suck as professional athletes. So they're going to have friends. So every time they bring up a point about something, you're potentially spreading. Yeah. Planning seeds for other people to kind of get that way. And then all of a sudden it goes from one shitbag and then you've got three shitbags. And then three shitbags becomes five. And if things don't go well, all of a sudden, we got a shitbag party in your locker room. And that is not where you want to be. But that can go the opposite direction as well. You know, you can have a couple great, great culture people and they're kind of spreading through the locker room and they're building and they're changing it. It's like that. That can happen if you bring in the right people. Now you have to have success for sure. Okay. Because you have to have the ability to say it's worth everything we're doing because it's working. You know, in Detroit, they bring in just literally loyal culture dogs. They draft Pen Seul, they draft st. Brown Ragnow still there. Those are all culture guys. And they don't. They stink for a long time. Oh, yeah. And they just stuck to it. Stuck to it, stuck to it. If you don't have culture guys in locker room once you go 08 again, it's like that shit's getting ugly. But instead, they bought in, remained behind MCDC in his vision. I think Vrabes is seemingly doing the same thing. We have another bag alert. Defensive lineman from the Chargers, Puna Ford stays in Los Angeles with the Rams, has agreed to a three year, under $30 million deal with 17 million guaranteed. Ford experienced career rebirth in 2024, and he gets rewarded. Agent Murphy Maguire of Octavon Octagon Football negotiated the deal. Okay, congrats to Puna Ford yet again. Another D lineman making some money. Trenches really stealing the convo here today. What are your thoughts on the Rams signing Puna Ford alongside Puka Nakua over there as the Los Angeles Rams continue to build?

[Bruce Brown]

I mean, obviously another great thing for the Rams. I mean, thinking, I'm just. We had Puka on earlier thinking Devonte and Puka both out there at the same time with Matthew Stafford throwing the ball. Just seems, yeah, they're going to be a fun team to watch. But yeah, like what we say, get an interior push, you stop the run. What do they say? The old school cliche, you we got to stop the run. We got to be able to run the ball and be good on third down. If you can do those things, you can be all right. And I think when you have, man, yeah, just. I like where the NFL is going. I really do. With all this trenches, all these guys getting paid, what they're what they should get paid. They don't get the recognition maybe, but I think it doesn't matter. If you get the money, that's okay.

[Pat McAfee]

I love that the big boys and physical football is being recognized. Whenever a physical football team wins it all, people say okay, so you can win playing that style and they go into it. That's good for the sport, especially with the amount of eyes that are on it now. Just wait until you see these massive collisions that are coming or right around the corner now. A massive, massive, massive bag has been drunk. Wow. In the city of Seattle, Sam Darnold signs a three year deal worth close to a hundred million dollars. 30 something for Sam Darnold with the Seahawks per year. Still only 27 years old. He'll be 30 when this one's up. Be able to do another, another deal if he continues to ball. There's a new era in Seattle with The Seahawks and McDonald and Sam Darnold is going to be the one leading it as the quarterback. Obviously had a career rebirth in 2024 with the Minnesota Vikings where he was on like a 9 year or 10 million dollar deal. Now he gets rewarded for it. Schefter is reporting it's a three year, 110 and a half million dollar contract including 55 million guaranteed. Whatever the case, congratulations to Sam Darnold two years ago. This guy's dead. Okay.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

This guy isn't even in conversation anymore. Careers over, bounces around from the Niners, then he goes to the Vikings and he becomes the player that everybody thought he could be. Had two bad games to end the season. So that made people wonder, are teams going to be gunshot. Are they going to think this is the same old Sam Darnold, or are they going to think that this is the Sam Darnold that we were hoping for whenever he came out of college? Incredibly talented, wicked young. And with Kevin O'Connell was able to spin it all over the field. 14.3Record for the Vikings, he led them to on a $10 million a year contract. Had Justin Jefferson, had Addison, had Hawkinson, had Kevin O'Connell out in Seattle. It's going to look a bit different, obviously, now without DQ Metcalf, but he gets his deal. And the Seattle Seahawks now knock over the next quarterback domino that can lead into the next storyline of the NFL offseason.

[Darius Butler]

D Bud, I mean, this is obviously great. Great for Sam Darnold and the Seahawks and McDonald. I mean, we're all looking at the Seahawks like, okay, what the hell are you doing? Is this the rebuild? And now you mention it, Sam Darnold is going from a place where you had Kevin O'Connell calling plays. You had Justin Jefferson, you had Addison, you had Hawkinson, you had Jones behind, you had a good offensive line when healthy. And now you got to figure a lot of those things out in Seattle. So it's going to be a heavier low on his shoulder. So obviously we got to pay attention to how he handles that. This is great for him. And he showed maturity, showed growth, played phenomenal, and then hopefully he's up for another bag before he's 30.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, I assume he probably will be. Aaron Rodgers has to get on the first thing smoking in Minnesota right now. Just looking at these highlights, it being a. First of all, it's a dome. So we're talking about Rogers, who played in Green bay and at MetLife. And we all know MetLife is the shittiest stadium in the entire world. And then when you think about Green Bay, awesome place, but it's freezing. A lot of the times. If you put Rogers in a dome for an entire year, I couldn't imagine what he could do. Yeah, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Aaron Jones, TJ Hawkinson, he's been on a lot of great offenses, offenses. That's the best one he's ever been a part of. If that were to happen. They have an established left tackle because Darasol, although he did get hurt, they just broke him off. They have a legitimate offensive line. And then you just think about Kevin O'Connell, like, okay, absolutely. Matt LaFleur, amazing, you know, play caller. And Big Mike McCarthy, amazing play caller. Whoever was calling plays for the jets obviously stunk at their job. But again, they're still better than me. I don't know what the hell I'd be doing doing either. So maybe the exact same thing. But if you were to put him with koc, with Rogers in Minnesota, it legitimately is one of those things where they would be better. And J.J. mcCarthy, like, if we're talking about the future, sure. Danny Dimes, that'd be, that'd be real cool. It'd be awesome. Him in Minnesota, show him J.J. mcCarthy the ropes maybe. But you put Aaron Rodgers in Minnesota, showing JJ McCarthy what the hell he's supposed to do with the football. Like they could be good for the next 20 years with how good, you know, JJ McCarthy could be watching a Rogers in that offense, how it's supposed to be.

[Pat McAfee]

And some people aren't going to want to hear this, but Jordan Love says it in the documentary and openly says like, Aaron was a great mentor, answered every single question. And obviously at this stage of where he's been, what he's gone through with that offense, I think those of us who know him personally are like, that would be exciting.

[Boston Connor]

Just go.

[Pat McAfee]

That would be. Because Kevin O'Connell, he told us what is he looking for in a quarterback? Accuracy. Yep. Is all he said. Well, there happens to be a guy as maybe the best ball thrower in the history of throwing balls available. And we're not sure. And I've not. A.J. might know more than us. A.J. what do you know? Is this.

[Bruce Brown]

I don't know anything. No, but the more you talk about the Vikings. Yeah, it sounds pretty good for him.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes. Certainly if you're Aaron, obviously, now that there's contrast stuff that has to be negotiated, there's. Do you still want to play ball and commit to the entire mountain that is an NFL season, no matter where you're at, new home, new place, new city, new team, new everything. Do you want to re sign that? I assume he's already made that decision up in his mind and then it's like, what is best case scenario? You know, is it Pittsburgh with, you know, DK&GP and Friarmouth and team that wins always and you could potentially steal a win for them with your talent or two wins with them, maybe get 10, 11 wins, maybe 12 wins in this entire thing, get into the playoff, get in the dance. Who knows what's going to happen? You go to Minnesota, team that was fighting for the number one seed in the NFC home field advantage through the playoffs, it's like if those are options, which we don't know, but that'd be fun. If I was, if I was Aaron Rodgers, just, just personally, that would be. If I personally. First thing was Aaron Rodgers, that'd be crazy. I would never done the darkness thing.

[Bruce Brown]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

So I wouldn't be able to be Aaron Rodgers at this moment because I wouldn't have been able to go through anything in there. But with my ability and what happened those last couple games, like Kevin O'Connell can get you up to speed on where we're looking, who we're looking at. And then Aaron adding to that with Kevin O'Connell both seemingly football savants. And this entire, entire thing with Justin Jefferson just being on the team, so good.

[Boston Connor]

Who could end up being the greatest wide receiver of all time if things continue to go how they go. I mean, right now he technically does have the most yards per game in the history of the NFL. When it comes to a receiver, he's averaging like 96 and that is like 12 better than everyone else. So, I mean, it's kind of a layup. And really now there's. It's only Minnesota, the Giants, which is just the jets of the nfc. He's not going to do that.

[Pat McAfee]

And then Pittsburgh and the Jets.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, and the Jets.

[Bruce Brown]

Do the Vikings want to do this though, don't the Vikings? I mean, I would imagine JJ wants to start this year. He feels like he'll be healthy by the start of the season.

[Pat McAfee]

We have not been told anything about the Minnesota Vikings situation. And Kirk Herbstream come on our program and he said, hey, Minnesota vikings. I know 14 and three with Sam Darnold. So there's going to be some catch up that's going to have to take place obviously in learning NFL defenses and like that. But JJ McCarthy might make them better. He. He has massive faith in J.J. mcCarthy. Not only like the quarterback and throwing the ball, but everybody around him in his leadership and the way he shows up and the way he acts. Not saying Sam Darnold doesn't, But it's like JJ McCarthy has been almost molded for the big moment, like through high school. The guy in big situation, straight into Michigan as a freshman, gets dropped into a team that goes to College Football Playoff. It's like he is. He's got. It is what everybody says. So having him be the quarterback for this particular offense is the right move too. And I don't think Minnesota has said anything about whether or not it is JJ's time. I think a lot of us are just assuming because JJ didn't get a chance really last year to do much, maybe another year of kind of watching somebody work with an offense that's ready to go and then you take over or halfway through the year sounds good. Whatever the case, you know, it's just like that sounds like a dream scenario for the Minnesota Vikings to be in. And if Aaron Rodgers is going to play Kirk Cousins, what's up with his situation down in Atlanta? Is that going to be talked about? Justin Fields allegedly in Dubai contemplating Jets or Pittsburgh Steelers? Pittsburgh Steelers in on Justin Fields allegedly in on Aaron Rodgers. And now we know Sam Darnold with the Seattle Seahawks. Congratulations to Sam and C. Seattle. Geno Smith, formerly of the Seattle Seahawks, traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. It is now being reported with fact that Geno Smith turned down a very similar offer made to him that they just made to Sam Darnold from the Seattle Seahawks before he got traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. So that is. That was reported over the weekend that he turned down a 35 to 40 million dollars offer. And then now it is being reported that he did turn down that. And this is basically the. Okay, we'll take this to Sam Darnold, then Gino with the Raiders. What's that tone?

[AJ Hawk]

I was. Chef just sent an update that it's a three year, $100.5 million. So the original reporting from Pelo, I believe was right. Might have been a typo from Chef.

[Boston Connor]

She.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, no.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, no. Tough day.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, they said just under 100 million. He's saying actually just over 100 million.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, but the one that we popped up was 110.

[Pat McAfee]

I agree. But NFL Network said close to 100 million.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

So, I mean, if we want to do counter. Counter jousting.

[Boston Connor]

True. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. They're both.

[Boston Connor]

They're both wrong.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. But NFL Network said about 100 million. It's 100.5. Price is right still place prices. Right still plays. Adam Schefter busted out over top of it. 33.3375211 per year. No, that's good money.

[Darius Butler]

Great, great money.

[AJ Hawk]

10 to 30.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Two years ago I wasn't even playing.

[Bruce Brown]

Why did Gino want to be there?

[Darius Butler]

I mean, I can see why he would turn that. Gino would turn that deal down. I would turn that deal down if I was Gino.

[Bruce Brown]

Once DK's gone, is that a big part of it?

[Darius Butler]

Probably knew that was coming. You know, Gino has been playing good football for a few years now. Like, Sam just had his, you know, his one year where he. Okay, he's back, hit the market. Get a bag. And Gino He's a couple years older, too, right? You know, yeah. So he's a lot older than.

[Ian Rapoport]

And they haven't really invested in their offensive line. So it's like, all right, if I go mid-30s, then what are you even doing with it? Like, why not just give me 45, I'm out of here.

[AJ Hawk]

Gino's 34, Sam's 26.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

There's some tea leaves being dropped on the Internet right now. Oh, about Darius Slay. Oh, potentially ending up on a team. Yeah, it's. It's Schultze, so I don't know.

[AJ Hawk]

He's been hot.

[Pat McAfee]

Today, Schultz's reporting Darius Slay signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers, staying in the state. This is what Schultze is reporting. Obviously, they brought in DK Metcalf on a massive deal. Now Darius Slay is a corner for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That defense, always going to be good D. Butch. What type of player is Darius Slay, and is this a perfect fit for the Pittsburgh Steelers?

[Darius Butler]

Perfect fit. I think Darius Slay can go and play anywhere. He can press, he can play off. And I think he's more importantly or as important, he's great for the locker room, and he's great in those meeting rooms for whatever other corners. You know, Joey. Joey Porter Jr. Is a young corner who has a lot of upside. It can be one of the best in the game. Him being around Slay for a year, however long they're going to be together, would be great. So. And you got a guy like T.J. watt, if you're a veteran cornerback and you're looking at the landscape and you get behind, behind a guy who's a top three pass rusher in the league. That's an easy.

[AJ Hawk]

This is. Feels very similar to when Pat P. Came in for a couple years at the end of his career, and that worked out really, really well. And Darius Slay, when he was up on the market, I believe a year or two ago, he was talking about how much he would love to play for Mike Tomlin. So, yeah, this one makes sense.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, congrats to Pittsburgh Steelers continuing to. Just. How do you feel about this new year?

[AJ Hawk]

I feel great.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah?

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. So this is not normal for the Pittsburgh Steelers to trade for a wide receiver. No. 30 million a year.

[AJ Hawk]

The DK Metcalf thing is. Is not nothing the Steelers would ever do. The Darius Slay thing makes sense. Omar Khan has been a lot, lot more aggressive than the previous gms. The DK thing came out. Like, I've joked about it happening and maybe thought there was a chance because they were in on Brandon Iuk last year, which seemed like a similar situation. What you're gonna have to give up and get and pay. But I never actually thought the DK thing would happen.

[Pat McAfee]

More news kind of coming and go.

[Boston Connor]

What do we got? Some 50, 50 now confirm it or what?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I can't. I mean, just getting like. I'm saying, how much more do we. And they're saying there's stuff and I'm like, all right. Just, you know, because sometimes we don't know when it's over.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Because this thing will stop day one of this thing. Right. And then, you know, it'll be like, wave. The second wave will come and then the third wave will come, you know? So like earlier, whenever Rap said, no, no, we're still. It's like, okay, we still got. They do have a feeling on, especially going into this, most insiders that we've gotten a chance to chat with.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

After combine, talking to people, they have a feeling on how far and how many people are down the road and getting their contracts done. So I just want to know how many, how many more we got. Because there's some big names still out there. Yeah, exactly. There is still some first round, first day free agency players that are on the board. So you would assume that those deals are coming in a matter of moments, but maybe not.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. What's sweet now is like knowing where some of these quarterbacks are and like the draft can now start to kind of take shape a little bit if the jets aren't bringing anybody in and it's like fields like now the jets might trade up into that, like top three picks. You would think if they do like a quarterback and you know, with the Raiders getting Geno Smith, I think the, the thought was around them with Shador and who knows if they still take Shador, but it feels like they're just going to sit at 6 and maybe just wait and see. And Tennessee, Tennessee, I think is the greatest story in. In the history of the NFL right now because of the fact that they brought in Dan Moore, who. Who Tony said was a player that played with. With the Pittsburgh logo on their helmet for four years.

[Bruce Brown]

But.

[Boston Connor]

But aside from that, like they haven't really done anything. It's just the NFL is the greatest, man. We are. We are six months away from football and it's all we can actually talk about.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, teams can win and lose all these things. Oh yeah, you overpay the wrong guy. Yeah, you underpay the right guy. Win. You overpay the right guy. Win. It's all about just finding who's the right person for the right culture, the right building. And just because somebody wasn't great somewhere else. Which I think you were alluding to there.

[Boston Connor]

I. No, no, I didn't. I was just alluding to what someone else on the program alluded to earlier. So I was alluding to an illusion.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Which I understand. And sometimes you got to do third hand alluding to. Which is what we do on this particular program. We try to. At least in it all, maybe he gets there with Callahan and he becomes who he, he should be, you know, in this entire thing.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, that's what I'm betting on.

[Pat McAfee]

Ladies and gentlemen, There is a three year 22 and a half million dollar bag that has been dropped to Eric Murray. He's getting signed to the Jaguars. Jaguars are making another key addition on the back end. Agreeing to terms with Texans safety Eric Murray. He goes down to Duvall, Liam Cohen and Gladstone making plays in the own division. How do you feel about it, Duval?

[Darius Butler]

I it. Good move for Murray. That was a good, very, very good Texans secondary. Whenever you can pull from a good secondary into your building. I like it for the Jags.

[Pat McAfee]

22 1/2 million dollars, 12 million guaranteed for Eric Murray. AJ you were talking about him last week.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah, a little bit. The guy can run and play.

[Pat McAfee]

He.

[Bruce Brown]

He can make plays in space too. We love that guy.

[Darius Butler]

Oh yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Big fan.

[Bruce Brown]

Reese Jones.

[Pat McAfee]

Drew.

[Bruce Brown]

Reese Jones Drew. An insider now he's reporting contract numbers. This is awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

Jaguars. Maybe he might become a Jaguars guts.

[AJ Hawk]

But no one else up here knows who Eric Murray is.

[Pat McAfee]

Love the way he runs around.

[Bruce Brown]

I know. I just haven't got to study him as in depth as I would like to.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, we know.

[AJ Hawk]

I just looked. He's 31 years old.

[Pat McAfee]

He's been in the league a long time. Yes, he is.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. The last year was his breakout year. That's why.

[Pat McAfee]

31 year old safety signing a 12 million dollar guaranteed deal.

[Darius Butler]

It's a lot of money for a 31 year old safety.

[Pat McAfee]

Absolutely, baby. Gladstone said we need a little experience in here. Now he is older than the GM of that team and potentially the head coach as well. But that type of veteran leadership is good news. Especially whenever you come from the Texans with how great of a defense they had.

[Darius Butler]

They did. Absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

Eric Murray, what a guy. He flies around. Ladies and gentlemen, Justin Fields has got a bag.

[Darius Butler]

Oh yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

With the New York Jets. Wow. Wow. Justin Fields reached an agreement on a two year $40 million deal that includes 30 million guaranteed deal done by David Mulaguetta. And I believe they have a jersey swap as the announcement of what team that'll be a Jets jersey on Justin Fields. I'll tell you what. 30 million guaranteed for Justin Fields. Mulaguetta does it again. And Aaron Glenn and I would assume the GM Moogie movie. Darren Moji, Muji have a vision of what they want this team to look like. They got a guy who is one of the fastest guys on the field every time he's on the field. A guy who is a great teammate, which is by all accounts everybody that's ever played alongside of him. The way he handled last year's situation after leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 4 and 2 or 5 and 1442 record and then getting benched for Russell Wilson. Just being cool with it, being an adult, being a professional with how it ended in Chicago, obviously the upside is there, which is what people thought the Pittsburgh Steelers were going to continue to bet on. Instead, the New York jets do it. 30 million guaranteed to Justin Fields. To be the face of the next era in New York in Woody Johnson's team. Congrats to Justin Fields. Congrats to Justin Fields. This means a lot now. Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings. Vikings. Just the Steelers, New York Giants. What happens going forward? Go ahead.

[Bruce Brown]

It's all steel. Like, Steelers have to sign Aaron Rodgers, don't they?

[AJ Hawk]

Thank you, A.J.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, I mean, that is what you guys are assuming. Shut up. We don't know who all else was in the New York jets quarterback conversation. We had heard Justin Fields, obviously. Who else, veteran quarterback wise, were they talking to? Who knows? Were they potentially on a horn with Kirk Cousins, maybe trying to get Kirk Cousins in there? We have no idea. What we do know is it got hot between Justin Fields and the New York jets over like the last 24 hours. He was in Dubai drinking his coffee. And it was reported that Justin Fields is fielding options, certainly from the New York jets, even though the Pittsburgh Steelers allegedly wanted him bad. The $30 million guarantee, I assume that Steelers were not willing to match, especially after they pay 30 million to DK Metcalf on a trade. They bring in Darius Slay. I'm excited to see if this means Aaron Rodgers to the Pittsburgh Steelers is what's next for you. AP Tone.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, give me Rogers or give me death. Listen, Justin Fields was. He was great. He was, you know, 4 and 2. They scored more than 20 points twice in those six games. He played very safe. He played very smart. I believe that's, you know, what the OC and the head coach told him to do. You know, he is very young, he is very athletic. But when you have, like, when you bring in dk, you want a guy that is a proven thrower of the football. When you have DK and you have George Pickens and you've Pat Frymouth, you want. You have a chance to have an offense that is really, really good. Throwing the football is just that guy. I don't think he is right now. He could be in the future. But like, with those guys. Yes. I think Aaron Rodgers, as far as next year is concerned, gives them the best chance to win football games. I mean, you talk about Tom Brady going to Tampa, Pay Manning going to Denver, Aaron Rodgers going to Pittsburgh. Super Bowl, Super Bowl.

[Pat McAfee]

He wanted a Jets.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, that doesn't count because that's not actually the NFL.

[Pat McAfee]

Got it. Okay. Okay. Okay. Interesting. We will obviously keep an eye on it all. We have another bag dropped to somebody right here in Indianapolis.

[AJ Hawk]

Whoa.

[Pat McAfee]

The Vikings safety, formerly Cam Bynum, is now a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Four years, $60 million contract. We do not know the guarantees as of this Tom Pelissero tweet deal negotiated by agent Demarius Bilbo of Clutch Sports. Welcome to town, Cam.

[Darius Butler]

Hell yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

What's that? Players can't buy them. And why is he perfect for the Indianapolis Colts?

[Darius Butler]

I told you Chris would start cooking.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, he would.

[Darius Butler]

So this is. This is big test. Another safety domino off the board. Cam Bynum, ball hawk, number one, tone Setter, cow guy. Aaron loves him and also the leader of all celebrations. So Lucas Oil will be electric when we make plays, getting involved, getting our hands on the ball as a secondary.

[Pat McAfee]

So I'm excited about exactly what that locker room needs.

[AJ Hawk]

You know, they need.

[Pat McAfee]

They need.

[Darius Butler]

They need some leadership. They need some juice. I think Cam bite. They need choreographed dances, for sure. I think Cam by him is a big 15 a year for safety. I love it.

[Boston Connor]

Dude, him and blue are gonna go, dummy. Hell yeah, bro. Could you imagine the pieces in the face coming at you by way of Cam by him in that big goofball blue parent trap him and zier.

[Bruce Brown]

Can't you see it now?

[Darius Butler]

See it right now?

[Boston Connor]

I can.

[Pat McAfee]

We do have some pieces, hopefully that are available.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, the white chick says perfect.

[Ian Rapoport]

Yeah, White.

[Pat McAfee]

That was very well. That was very well done. And I'll tell you what, his attention to detail is something I appreciate and something I like. Cam Bynum, welcome to Indianapolis. It's an honor to have you here, pal. Legitimately, especially with Lou. Anna Rumos, brand new defense defensive coordinator, formerly of the Cincinnati Bengals, now the Indianapolis Colts. We got Shane Steichen as the OC head coach. Things are coming together here. Cam Bynum, welcome to Time. Hell, yeah.

[Darius Butler]

I like Chris opening the checkbook. I like it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Shout out to. What was the guarantee? Did we see the guarantee? Because that would have to be the Earth Day money wasn't in that tweet going up. You know, have to put that. Had to put that into a fund or whatever. Yeah.

[Bruce Brown]

When you put like an escrow account. And who. Who collects interest on that?

[Pat McAfee]

The NFL would be the ones that would collect the interest, if I had to guess. But there was some rule made, I guess, back in the day that if you're going to guarantee the money, they need to hold on to the money in case you went bankrupt. I think it's probably what the case was. So then you were kind of fucking over the players, I assume. Is not this rule. This is me hypothesizing. This is me allegedly. But it is a rule in the NFL, so they had it in for a while, and I think it was. So the teams had to pay. Like, if you guarantee this, the money's safe. It is here now. It's like almost a thing for the NFL to use, you know, as a. Because everybody has the money now. I mean, the teams are worth so much. And each week you're getting paid a massive amount of cash. But the guaranteed money has to be put up front, at least for the first year or whatever. Brandon Bean told us. So a lot of money has to be put up front by the owners. Not every owner is willing to do that. Shout out to Jim Merce, stepping in the batter's box. Come on.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, it's another guy, too. Talk about availability. Three years in a row, started all 17 games. So when you got a leader back there, I love that. Always on the field, always available.

[Pat McAfee]

It's happening.

[Boston Connor]

Here we go.

[Bruce Brown]

Who's AR Gonna have to compete against, though, in this training camp competition?

[Pat McAfee]

Listen, we all saw Dimes play his best football. Yeah, we did, didn't we?

[Darius Butler]

Oh, we had 20, 22.

[Pat McAfee]

No, we will, though. No, we have seen his best football. Remember he led the team in the fucking playoffs. He was great.

[Boston Connor]

One on the road.

[Darius Butler]

We'll see it. He's gonna. He's gonna be on the same arc as these other guys. Gino, Sam Baker gonna come back up AR see AR go to, you know, AFC Championship, couple Super Bowls, then go get his back somewhere else.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, you see it right now.

[Darius Butler]

March 10, 2025.

[Pat McAfee]

Big offseason. AR let's go AR let's just be a professional athlete. Let's just do that, you know, getting paid a lot of money, face of a program. Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning statues and shit. Just play ball, you know. Just be a professional.

[Darius Butler]

That's where it starts.

[Boston Connor]

Be a pro.

[Pat McAfee]

Just be a pro.

[Brandon Bean]

Yep.

[Boston Connor]

Dimes will show.

[Pat McAfee]

But how can he ever know with the way that I'm not getting into it. I'm not getting into it. Dimes will show them I'm not getting into it. Brad Biggs is reporting that the Chicago Bears are going to sign DN Dale Odingboat. Odingbo 3 year contract for the defensive end from the Colts. He's got great sizes. Six six, 286. And he's a perfect fit for D.C. dennis Allen says Brad Biggs. Nice day.

[Darius Butler]

Come on, Brad. You got enough numbers.

[Pat McAfee]

It's three year deal. Three year contract, please.

[Darius Butler]

Thanks Br.

[Pat McAfee]

Biggs is at the bottom of it all.

[Boston Connor]

Biggs knows. I mean this is huge.

[Pat McAfee]

I think so.

[Boston Connor]

A massive, massive deal for the Bears.

[Pat McAfee]

I agree. This is the one who puts them over the hump.

[Boston Connor]

I think so.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats to the Bears. Active.

[Darius Butler]

It will be a big deal though. They always going to get some money.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah. How big?

[Darius Butler]

I would guess around 18.

[Boston Connor]

Three years. 18?

[Pat McAfee]

Really?

[Darius Butler]

That's just my. Just me hypothesizing.

[Pat McAfee]

I was going to ask rap.

[Bruce Brown]

You know Bigs. Brett, you must know Brad Biggs. Is he leaking you the number?

[Darius Butler]

No, no, no, no. I do know Brad though. We used to hoop together.

[Bruce Brown]

Oh, okay.

[AJ Hawk]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

The Bears are giving Dayo a deal worth 16 million per year with 32 million fully guaranteed. What a busted in Price is Right was damn close though. Wow. I am close there. D. Buch. 32 million fully guaranteed. Congrats to him going up to Chicago. Chicago invested in trenches. Continuing to do so. Obviously the Bears have been what the Bears have been. Great fan base, great city.

[Boston Connor]

Unbelievable.

[Pat McAfee]

Great atmosphere, great energy, great juice. Horrendous theme. Real bad. Just top to bottom everything about it. Absolute shite. Absolute shite. But we're not talking about just on the field. In the field shite too. Remember too high grass. Oh, we got Kentucky bluegrass.

[Bruce Brown]

No, they don't.

[Pat McAfee]

It's terrible.

[Ian Rapoport]

Snady concerts every August.

[Pat McAfee]

Literally every awesome. Every aspect of the Bears has been shite, I would say. Except for the fans, that is. And the city, which is great. Very close. Love the travel up, love the restaurants. Love the lake. The lake Love walking around like it is. But the Bears have been absolute shite. I don't even want to get into the Blackhawks. I don't even want to get into everything else. Okay. We're not going to continue to pile up in the league right now. You guys suck, though.

[Darius Butler]

You're welcome.

[Pat McAfee]

And Connor Bedard is. Where has he been? You know, where has he been? But nonetheless, the Bears, in their moves thus far have led me to believe that maybe those times are no more. Maybe the Bears are going to be a team that is going to be worthy of discussion in a positive light, have invested in the right things, the smart things, and if Caleb Williams could be a guy, which I think we all saw glimpses. Sure, we all saw glimpses of what a time to be a Chicago Bears fans. You made it. It feels like you made it. And are the Bears all the way back? We shall see.

[Bruce Brown]

They're giving Caleb. Caleb a chance to be that guy, I think. And we. We definitely saw Caleb, like he could be that dude. I think for a long time. He can be the franchise, franchise guy. Credit to the. The Bears for trying to build up around him, get the O line, get the D line playing well. Like you want to ease them into it. Not make. Not put the whole game on Caleb's back. Obviously be able to run the ball and stop the run on defense. But yeah, I mean, I like what the Bears are doing. I don't. I don't love the Bears. Never have loved the Bears as a team. But I'm. I'm impressed and I respect the moves that they've made early on in free agency. I really do.

[Pat McAfee]

Ftb. Does that mean the Bears? Fuck the Bears. Yes. Rest in peace, by the way. Rest in peace. Andy Isaac, absolute legend in the Detroit area and nationally. I mean, so many people know him. He's. He's awesome. I follow him on X. Obviously, I've been a part of it. The experience with, with him and all the fatter they put and, and the reaction that has been universal and unanimous. Everybody on the Internet love this guy. Loved him so much. Everyone did. Myself included. I. I just. I was like the. That the city. I think the team loved him. Everybody loved him. Yeah. And his big thing, like you said, was fatter Day. The Lions, the Tigers, the Pistons, the Red Wings, they all tweeted stuff out about that this past Saturday. And then also his number two thing was ftb. The Bears.

[AJ Hawk]

Hell yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Rest in peace, dude. Rest in peace. Rest in peace. You've done great. Now we have another scoreboard. For the free agent activity around the league. The Colts move to the number two. The leaders have seven. The New England Patriots, the Washington Commanders. There's a couple there at six teams that need to find it quickly. Look at the Bengals there, making some plays, you know, either, sure. Resigning extender. Getting rid of people. All right. Teams are on the move. I love the Rams cooking.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, incredible.

[Pat McAfee]

Really love the Rams cooking.

[Boston Connor]

Devonte especially.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I mean Devonte with, with Matthew at this stage of, of career, with McVay at this stage of things with what they could be with the fuck the pitch situation where they weren't able to really keep up whenever it comes to drafting and then now they, I mean I love that what the Rams are doing.

[AJ Hawk]

Are we surprised that we haven't got. Because it always. You get to this point where hey, we're going to try to trade a guy but then you get to a point where you have to cut the guy and lose. Do we think teams are waiting for Cooper cup to get cut so that they don't have to trade a pick for him or is there because they just paid devonte, there's no way he's going back to the Rams, correct?

[Darius Butler]

I, I would, I think so. I think they're waiting for him to get cut cuz teams love these draft picks so I think they're definitely waiting for him to get cut. And Cooper Cup, I think he's still got a lot of tread on his tire. I would love to see him.

[Pat McAfee]

Football, baby. That's A.J. hall. Perfect baby talks tables here at Boston. Connor and Bruce Brown in for Ty Schmidt. Ty Schmidt, we love you brother. One half of the Hammer Cowboys. AP Tone back with the cowboy hat because football is riding again. Nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler. Okay, so I think what we should do is we should kind of recap everything that has happened here. You know, over the weekend a lot of big deals took place. Miles Garrett getting 40 million a year to stay with the Cleveland Browns. Josh Allen picks up 330M's over six years. DK Metcalf gets a 30 million per year year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Devonte Adams is now with the Los Angeles Rams. Bolton's back with the Chiefs. You know there is plays in moves that have been made before the noon kickoff of this free agency that rattled the NFL a little bit. Whenever we talk about the Sunday signings, AJ obviously the Miles Garrett one is the most jarring or what are your thoughts on them?

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah, I'd say it's the most jarring. I mean Honestly, one flew under the radar a little bit. Nick Bolton, the Chiefs bringing him back. The dude is still super young and he makes plays every single, like every single game. So I like that one. I think Chiefs fans, fans definitely would agree with that. Also Harold Landry with New England, like I think he's, he's got plenty of juice left and I think with Braves, I think it's going to be cool to see like the little, little tricks of the trade. Braves with all that NFL experience as a player and a coach, he can help players out and I think guys see that and Harold Landry will benefit for sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Aaron Jones back to the Vikings two years, 20 million with 13 guaranteed. Zach Ertz earns himself another season with the Commanders. With Cliff Kingsbury's offense, D Butts, what's the one we should be talking about? What's the big takeaway from before free agency frenzy started?

[Darius Butler]

I got two Devonte Adams Rams love him. Ben paired at Wapuka still once again a lot of trade on his tire. Can run all the routes, his releases, understanding of offenses and defenses. So I love that. And then Josh Allen, the big fish, the quarterback for the Bills to pay their guys early. He had four years left on his deal. Didn't have to do it but to pay him early and then also not even jump the deck as far as apy give him a bunch of money guaranteed. So I think that's great business from both sides. Taking care of your guy fresh off an MVP run and still leaving your team the flexibility to build around them.

[Pat McAfee]

And today obviously saw a lot of money given out. J.C. horn this morning. 25 million. Milton Williams, 30 or 26 million.

[Boston Connor]

6.

[Pat McAfee]

26 million a year handed out. And now we have breaking news. Another bag has been dropped. Let's go down to Duvall. Diami Brown, formerly of the commanders, assigned a 1 year 10 million dollar deal worth up to 12 million. You would assume there's elevators and incentives, both team based and personal based. Congrats to Diami. He made a name for himself this year. Oh yeah, especially in that Jaden Daniels Cliff Kingsbury offense getting 10 million bucks. That's a good signing. If I'm the army, I'm pumped and if I'm Liam combined, I'm excited. What are they doing down there? What's Gladstone thinking?

[Darius Butler]

Cooking Sean McVay. Told you, don't sleep on him. Don't sleep on that baby face. So once again it all comes around. Building the team, your team and then putting pieces in place where your quarterback can succeed. You got A quarterback that's making 55 million a year, you want to put pieces around him to help as much as possible. Losing Christian Kirk, I think he was a great piece. Just couldn't stay healthy there at the end. Losing Evan Ingram, you need some more passes, schedules in there.

[Pat McAfee]

He's allegedly Denver conversation Evan Ingram, who said he let a dog off the leash. AJ the big news from today, Sam Darnold, now a member of the Seattle Seahawks and $100.5 million deal. How do you feel about that now that we've had a few moments to kind of recalibrate?

[Bruce Brown]

AJ it feels right to me. And what we've heard, Bill Belichick, he said everybody likes Sam, Donald Button, the New York jets, like everywhere else he went, it seems like everyone seemed to really like Sam and what he's able to do do on the field. But how similar is this deal to the deal Bake got? When Bake, you know, had his reasserted like when he became came back on the scene as a bonafide franchise QB.

[Pat McAfee]

I think pretty similar.

[AJ Hawk]

One was 25 and then they just upped it. But I will, I will look.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, felt like 25 million was the number there for like every veteran quarterback that was starting in a new place. This one in between 35 or 33, I guess 33.337, which is allegedly similar offer that was made to Geno Smith by the Seattle Seahawks. Geno Smith turns that down, gets traded to the Raiders. We have another bag potentially being dropped at an Oos's door. Former San Francisco 49er safety, all pro Hufanga is allegedly finalizing an agreement with the Denver Broncos. Says Schultze, who's been having a good day. Schultze's been having a good day today. Schultze obviously had a time in a Starbucks numerous times throughout his life, but one that was documented here in Indianapolis alongside Ian Rapaport. Two dogs trying to bark at the same boat, you know, trying to get in the insider game. Schultze certainly attempting that. Hu Fung is a dog. Yes. Now that is Cam Bynum to the Colts. Big deal, obviously four year $60 million deal. That is massive. Hopefully a tone setter and a changer. Adam Schefter is now reporting that Hufanga has agreed to a three year contract worth up to 45 million including 20 million guaranteed at signing. Shout out to Chris Cabot, the CEO of Equity Sports, your thoughts on Huanga.

[Darius Butler]

He's a game wrecker, absolutely game record. Just staying healthy for him. And that's pretty much on par with what Bynum got here. Bynum got an extra year. So he's up to 60 but good deal. If he can stay healthy, he can fly around. That Broncos defense is already stat. He got Nick up front, rushing, rushing. The pastor got Pat Certain defensive player of the year Riley Moss on the other side. And now you got a dynamic playmaker.

[Pat McAfee]

Of safety Baker Mayfield's deal. Three year, 100 million, 50 million guarantee. Good recall AJ. The recall AJ yeah, felt pretty similar.

[Bruce Brown]

But honestly to Huanga, like I wouldn't be shocked. I thought Hunga may even get more money. I think people because he got hurt this year, they almost sleep on him and what he's been able to do, like the guy's awesome. I think this is a great signing by Denver.

[Pat McAfee]

Pumped we got Cam Bynum. Didn't know Hunga was available. Pumped we got Cam Bynum buying them. Schefter is reporting more about the Milton Williams deal. It includes 63 million in guarantees with 104 total over a four year period. Carolina worked on a deal but New England upped its price and would not be denied. So that's exactly what Rap Sheet was hearing whenever he was on with us, whenever we said Milton Williams is done to him. He said not. Nope. Because he was getting information that there was a team that was like we're still in the fight. We are. Wow. We are still negotiating. New England said we want our guy up it to 63 million in guarantees. Con man, happy to hear this. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

So pumped. The biggest thing is just would not be denied. I think there's a clear plan of how they want this team to look now. Of course, once again can't win games today. Even though it seems pretty clear the Patriots have won a few games. I mean five new starters on defense. But I think that's the most important thing is that they are going all in.

[Pat McAfee]

We have another bag being dropped by Brandon Bean in the Buffalo Bills. Former Chargers wide receiver Josh Palmer has now been signed to the Buffalo bills on a three year deal worth 36 million. 18 million guaranteed in deal done by Adisa Bakari of the Sports and Entertainment Group. They don't just do sports. They don't just do entertainment. They do sports and entertainment. The group that does that, shout out to Adisa Bakari. Shout out to Josh Palmer. Number five would be making plays for the Chargers all over the place. Never the name that was talked about as the wide receiver of the Chargers ever. It was always somebody else. But he was always there, always available. Third down, felt like he cooked a Lot now he's getting 18 million in guarantees to join Josh Allen, the league's MVP. I love this signing for the.

[AJ Hawk]

I remember before the season debut and I were talking about it, we're talking about Josh Palmer and we're like, he's good too. He is a great three, which he will be in Buffalo behind Shakir and Keon Coleman. But as a, as a third option, as a deep threat, Josh Palmer, he can go get it.

[Darius Butler]

Always productive. He gonna show up, he's great off the field. Not gonna have any issues there and great on the field. He's gonna show up and be productive. So another good weapon for Josh Allen now Keon Coleman going to see him take that next step. Shakur's great in the slide lot, so I think they can have a nice little three headed monster.

[Pat McAfee]

We have the Bills offseason thus far. They signed Shakira a couple weeks ago to a $32 million guarantee. They signed a long snapper shout out Reed Ferguson. They signed Greg Russo on Saturday, 54 million guaranteed. They signed Bernard yesterday to 25.2 million guarantee. And then they signed Josh Allen to a 147 million 250 million guarantee. And now they signed Josh, Josh Palmer with another 18 million they're spending up there in Buffalo. They are sick of it. They are sick of it. They're hearing what every Buffalo Bills fan saying. They're hearing what every national narrative is. These guys can't beat the Chiefs. These guys got no chance. They're done with it. They had to revamp their roster. Got rid of a lot of names last year. Now they're in a new spot. They're spending money, they're building. Good for them. We have another back being dropped. Josh Sweat from the Eagles is signing with the Cardinals on a four year 76.4 million including 41 million in guarantees deal negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus. Congrats to Sweat. Let's see you win a Super Bowl. If you win, there's enough to go around. They say it might not be here, but there is enough to go around. Sweat gets 41 million guaranteed from the Cardinals. AJ how do you feel about the move?

[Bruce Brown]

I think it's a great move, Sweat. I mean this just shows you, you go on there and you make plays in the super bowl and all throughout the playoffs, like you will be rewarded. But the Cardinals have been eerily quiet, I feel like throughout the early on in free agency, haven't they? This is their first real giant splash, I think.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, certainly. And I think their name was mentioned for Milton.

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

Williams. I think that's what Raptors report told us is whenever it was being reported that a deal was finalized with the Panthers for Milton, he said, oh, I don't know if the deal has been signed yet. And then he mentioned the Cardinals being interested. Did not mention the Patriots being interested. Inevitably, Patriots end up getting Milton Williams done. And now the Cardinals get their guy in Josh Sweat. I'll tell you what. Darius Slay goes. Sweat goes. Goes. Old buddy goes. No, Williams goes. Who else?

[AJ Hawk]

James Bradbury did get released.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he got cut.

[Pat McAfee]

Where's he gonna go?

[Darius Butler]

Isaiah Rogers.

[Pat McAfee]

There it is. Jace. Sorry, Isaiah. That's 100. I'll make good pull.

[Boston Connor]

Good work.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, that was a good pool. Deep butcher.

[Boston Connor]

Need that.

[Pat McAfee]

A lot of Eagles players getting some cash. Yeah. For them Congressive Cardinals dancing a little bit here. Now they have to spend money. Like that is something you have to spend a certain amount of money every single year. So you can't just. Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, this.

[AJ Hawk]

No, you can't.

[Pat McAfee]

You can't just sit out.

[Ian Rapoport]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

Like you have to spend the money. Has to go somewhere. Yeah. Thank God we put 16 in cam bottom Cardinals put a bunch in here. Is there going to be any other moves today? I think so.

[Boston Connor]

I think yes, absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

It's been pretty active.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I genuinely think. Because X was down slow, slowed down a lot of. Yeah, it's possible. I think a lot of GMs and everybody kind of paying attention. Scouting departments paying attention to everything going around everywhere. Now they're old school. On phone, sending a pigeon down the street.

[Darius Butler]

Throwback.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I'm not on threads. What the.

[Boston Connor]

What's that?

[Pat McAfee]

I don't know how to do this. That was crazy. It's been down again in the last hour. Elon cyber attack. That's what Elon. Elon came out and said it's been a cyber attack, either by an organized group or maybe. Maybe a country is what he said. And I'll tell you what, it makes sense because this thing's been done.

[Darius Butler]

Who do you think it is? AJ That's.

[Bruce Brown]

It could be a multitude of. Of countries or people, I guess. D. But who do you think it.

[Pat McAfee]

Would have to be a powerful group. Have to be a powerful group.

[Boston Connor]

I got one in mind.

[Bruce Brown]

Very powerful. Because he said. Didn't he not even say, like they come after him all the time. Right. Like they're always trying to. To hold those people off.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I think any platform gets attacked. I think, you know, cyber attacks happen and it's like teenage kids sometimes or, you know, Some dark web folks figure something out and they get in there. This one had to be pretty. I watched a dodgeball game on ESPN News this weekend.

[Boston Connor]

Nice.

[Pat McAfee]

And I don't know the Irish brothers, I don't know if they were the O'Reilly's. Maybe. I think they were the O'Reilly. Both of them. I think they were the. Oh, I think auto. Both of them. Them southpaw, both lefties. So when I turned on ESPN News and there was a dodgeball competition earlier in the day, there was a tire wrestling championship. Interesting, interesting. I don't know how these sports get on espn, but it was certainly.

[Darius Butler]

That sounds stupid.

[Pat McAfee]

It was, it was, it was interesting.

[Ian Rapoport]

They wrestle the tire.

[Pat McAfee]

No, they wrestle each other in a tire. But there's a big tire in the middle of the mat. All right, Matt. Kind of small, I would say like probably size of this area. Area in here with a couple tractor or, or. Yeah, ranch, like massive tires. Two of them stacked on top of each other. Matt's around. Small room with flashing lights. Like flashing lights going like this commentator was the ref. I mean it was.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, like that.

[Pat McAfee]

It was like in a little office building. I, I don't know. I was very, I was very fascinated by. The goal was to get your opponent 51 into the tire. So you're literally dumping people in the tire. I did not see anybody do it. I sent a text immediately, like, so. So how does this, or like this get an espn, you know, how does this. Because it seemed interesting. I watched and shout out to a couple of the wrestlers. They certainly grounded and pounded their opponents and they won by points. I didn't see anybody get stacked any entire thing. But then later on ESPN news, it's almost like it was an ocho day on the news. There was a dodgeball turn. All Star dodgeball, All Star Classic or something like that. And when I turned it on, it was six on four, six on four. Then it was like six on three midway through the game here. And then it ended up being like five on two. And the two are just these two brothers, lefties, the O'Reilly's I think was their name. The coordinated attacks that these were doing.

[Boston Connor]

Love it.

[Pat McAfee]

We're talking blindside and head shots. Like literally knew one was going to throw low.

[Darius Butler]

We prepare for this.

[Pat McAfee]

So the other one, one's gonna jump. And then this one was throwing a facial. The floor, we're talking sniped. Them all end up winning with two nothing. They start. They took the entire team out them just them alone. They ended up being Champions of the game that I saw. And I think the O'Reilly's. A lot of their strategy was, you know, a little bit of whoopi Woo and then a hootie hoot coming in there. And I think that's potentially what happened to Elon Musk's platform. Yeah, I think somebody sent him a little whoopty woo, sent him on a. A little bit of a. A chase this way. And then all of a sudden comes to the back door. We're taking it down on NFL free agency day. That can't happen.

[Darius Butler]

Hey, lock in, Eli. I know you got a bunch of other shit going on. Lock in.

[AJ Hawk]

Keep the money.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we need you on NFL free agency day.

[Boston Connor]

The big day.

[Darius Butler]

Need you. It's the day we need.

[Pat McAfee]

We got another bag being reported.

[Darius Butler]

Here we go.

[Pat McAfee]

Luke Farrell has agreed to terms with the 49ers on a three year contract worth up to 20.25 million, 11 million guaranteed. That deal was done by IHC Sports, per sources. I have connections Sports got this deal done for Luke Farrell, formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars, now of the San Francisco 49ers. He is an O guy. What is the Niners getting in a Luke Farrell football player?

[Bruce Brown]

Aj I mean, you know, lunch pail guy. First in, last one out, coach on the field. Absolute grinder. We love this guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Wow. From Perry, Ohio.

[AJ Hawk]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

You know what that means immediately, right, A.J.

[Bruce Brown]

Yep. There they. There's some tough people to come from that area.

[Pat McAfee]

That's right, AJ Scout.

[Bruce Brown]

Very tough people.

[Pat McAfee]

Chew on glass if he has to, right?

[Bruce Brown]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

Scott will run through a wall, right?

[Boston Connor]

Huh?

[Pat McAfee]

This guy will fight and this guy's going to San Francisco. George Kittle, Luke Farrell is the tight end. Room for the San Francisco 49ers. Brock Purdy, contract looming. We all kind of think that is kind of looming overhead. How do we feel about the Niners? How do you feel about this signing?

[Darius Butler]

I mean, I love. I love the Niners. They always, I feel like get it right in the off season for me. For the Niners, it's going to be all about Christian McCaffrey. What's his health status? Obviously Brock Purdy's going to be there. They got his right, so they'll figure that out. Bosa may be there as well. You lose some players, but they always retool and rebuild.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, yeah. Jelly Bosa. Yeah. Potentially going.

[Darius Butler]

I would love to see that too. To South Florida kids teaming up. Being able to play on the same team, that would be dope. But yeah, I'm not worried about the 49ers, they always make the right moves. This time of year. It's all about cmac. How healthy is he's going to be?

[Pat McAfee]

I will say, speaking of CMAC, the McCaffreys have some protein bites. Oh, yeah. That were delivered to Radio Row backstage, and then Tone bought a bunch of bags of them. Very good. Very, very delightful. And they have a family photo across the bag. Christians the shortest. He's the shortest in the family. They got Olympians all over the place. Professional athletes all over the place. And they're a different team if Christian McCaffrey's playing football for them. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Tough on defense, too, because they're losing, allegedly. Charus Ward, who's still out there, hasn't signed anywhere. Huanga is now gone as well, going to Denver. But you also wonder, like, how healthy Auk's going to be because he. He missed the entire year with that acl. And obviously Debo's gone now, so it's just kind of kd, Juwan Jennings and Ricky Pierce. All that you can assume is going to be ready week one, pending, you know, Brandon Auk status after this offseason.

[Darius Butler]

Bob Salad back, too.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Bob solid defensive side.

[Pat McAfee]

And Bob Salah got his. Maybe his joint.

[Bruce Brown]

Greenlaw's gonna get paid, right? When's that happen?

[Darius Butler]

Oh, that's weird. It hasn't happened with all linebackers that have been paid. Yeah, you talking about the trenches. The linebackers have made a lot of money.

[Boston Connor]

So how much did he bought?

[Pat McAfee]

Spain? I mean, set the time.

[Boston Connor]

Well, I mean, Bob Spilling always says the tone. Not just today, but how much did Greenlaw end up playing last year? Because, remember, he came back and then he, like, was in and out for a little.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Weird.

[Bruce Brown]

He was, like, re. Injured. Re.

[Pat McAfee]

Aggravated.

[Bruce Brown]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't know. All right, Tony, want to do a giveaway?

[AJ Hawk]

I'd love to.

[Pat McAfee]

We'll see if any announcements come while the giveaway happens. If not. Oh, yeah, we will wrap until tomorrow. A lot of money has been handed out. Over a billion dollars just yesterday in contracts.

[Ian Rapoport]

Yeah, we're. We got to be close to 2 billion coming into the show. We're at 1.68, so probably at least 1.8, 1.9. Probably 1.3 guaranteed.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I would say that we're up over 2 billion in contract.

[Ian Rapoport]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, the NFL's in a good place.

[Boston Connor]

Gotta love it.

[Pat McAfee]

We'd like to say thank you to the players that kind of, you know, paved the way for this league to be what it is. And I know there's Always, like, there's always an interesting convo about how they've been treated by the league, by the nflpa, the old school players. And anytime they're interviewed, one of the first things they say is, would have been nice, you know, would have been nice to make $30 million a year. You know, I made 400,000 over a 10 year career and had to work three jobs, you know, but it was on those men's shoulder pads that this game was built into what it is today. And this game is electrifying, this game is captivating, this game is mesmerizing. And this game is incredibly profitable. And those who make the game profitable are the ones that deserve to get paid. And they are. If it's over $2 billion in the last two days in contracts, I'd like to say what an honor it was to be a player. And congrats, all these players making this league as great as it is. And you know, everybody's going to bitch about the CBA deals and who, who deserves more money and yada, yada, yada, yada. That's a lot of money going to people that will certainly have certainly earned it.

[Darius Butler]

Oh yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

But will certainly change the trajectory of a lot of people's lives and family's lives and generations changing. So these are cool things to talk about. Whenever we're watching these money bags get sent everywhere. It's like family trees are changing course in real time. It's all been earned. There's been a lot of hard work. But that's cool day for a lot of people. Cool, cool day. Milton Williams. What a cool day for Unreal. What a cool day. 26 making it to the NFL. I'm a professional football player. Cool.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

These are like dream, dream moment steps, you know, scholarship to college. Boom, huge. Getting drafted. Boom, huge. A second contract, like that's third contract. Third, fourth. I mean, that's, you know, obviously, but this is a huge, huge day.

[Pat McAfee]

You get rich whenever you get to the NFL. NFL, if you play, okay, you get rich depending upon, you know, where you get drafted, yada, yada, yada. But if you play a season or two seasons in the NFL, you're going to be considered a rich person. You get wealthy from the second and third contracts. So whenever we see these, like, this has been something that is probably very emotional for these guys. Whenever they sign it and they learn what it is, their families, their friends, their coaches, it's like, you did it. This is the American dream for a lot of people. You did it. And shout out to the state of the league. League right now that it's all possible. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Like Robert Spillane, you know, he started in Pittsburgh, Mac guy, Big Ben mentioned. And then I don't know if he gets cut by or released by Pittsburgh, but obviously has to go to Vegas. And he only got like a two year, $10 million deal and now he, you know, he just got like $23 million guaranteed. You doubt someone like that who was just trying to get a spot on the team, who's now, you know, like a guy who's being brought in to flip an entire color culture. It's like, that's crazy.

[Pat McAfee]

Congratulations, all these lads. Congratulations to all these lads. It's awesome. It is awesome.

[Boston Connor]

So cool.

[Pat McAfee]

And you are. You're worth exactly what somebody's willing to pay you?

[Bruce Brown]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, I love that one. They overpaid. You got it. They're not worth.

[Bruce Brown]

He's not worth that. Well, he just signed the deal, so obviously he is to somebody.

[Pat McAfee]

We actually just found out that that is exactly what. Yeah. D is worth. This isn't a projection anymore. This is a actual. This is a reality. This is what. This is what I'm worth. You know how I know that? Because that's what they're fucking paying me. So congrats all these guys and all you are underpaid. And I hope everybody that's still free agent, hope you make a billion. And if you're watching at home, hope, you know, you have a chance to win some money today. But not just today, you have a chance to win some money at big night. And I'll be announcing the date of that show this evening. Got a piece together, a video, you know, to make sure we list out everything that should be expected and everything that is possible and when the tickets are going to go on sale. That is currently being discussed right now getting figured out in my phone in real time. So let's say about 7:30, 7:00, ish. There'll be an announcement on what the date is. And I'm so pumped to spend a night not only with the lads, but with all the people that make this show possible. And if you're from the area, I think it's going to be worth a watch. I. I think it's going be worth a trip. I think from. From what we pieced together. Got even better. This weekend. Everything really this weekend.

[Boston Connor]

Love it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Too much. I said that last week. Feels like everything's kind of going too.

[Boston Connor]

Too smooth.

[Pat McAfee]

You know what I mean?

[Bruce Brown]

It's okay. I Understand the feeling. But that's okay. Just means you're doing it right.

[Darius Butler]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, the people that you know are going to be doing the in arena production and staging and everything like that is the wwe. So, you know, I gonna have everything in the arena at a level that has been doing it for years and years. And I'm excited. It's gonna be a big, it's perfect night. All right, Tone, let's win some money for some people here. What are you going to do? Okay, that's why I asked you the. I wanted to know what you wanted to do. Okay, you're going to put a football into that hoop right over there. All right? If you do that, 30 people will win $500. All I got to do is put that football into that. Up. Oh, Tony, that was good throw, Tony. Even with the cowboy hat, which is a little difficult cuz Tony likes to take that football to his ear, you know, you has good form and he used to have good pop time too. So that cowboy hat can get in the way. Cowboy hat can get in the way. Cowboy hat stays out of the way. And Tony's able to put that football into that hoop right over there. 30 people will win $500. All you have to do is repost this post. That's a little bit too strong. Okay. Hit a pile of boxes that have been piling up for about a 2 weeks, 3 weeks. Excited for somebody to go through that and let us know what we missed. Figure it out. Two weeks, three ways done. Today, 30 people could win $500. Ton, all you gotta do is put that football into that. Up. Yeah, buddy.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, thought that was gonna bounce in.

[Pat McAfee]

Tony, before you throw this next one, can you hear anything? Anybody saying, no, I can do.

[Ben Roethlisberger]

I can though?

[Pat McAfee]

No, no, no. Con man has a motivational speech for you.

[Boston Connor]

Look, Tony, we. We ride again. You didn't just wear that cowboy hat just to wear it, you know, you wore that cowboy hat because you knew there was glory in this day for both Pittsburgh and for the people watching. Because you got one of those footballs in your hand, you can change their lives.

[Pat McAfee]

And that man's got cocks on his fore head and he's got a head coach on his back. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, is Tone Diggs is able to put that football into that hoop? 30 people.

[Bruce Brown]

Oh, that's a good throw.

[Pat McAfee]

That was right there, Zito.

[Darius Butler]

Come on, Tony.

[Pat McAfee]

Zito said, is this the last attempt? Is this the super flat ball? You should probably save the. You should throw the super flat you.

[Darius Butler]

Got to make it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you know, cold weather.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we'll add that. You only need one of the boxes.

[Darius Butler]

You only need one.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. You won't need one, but you should save the. No, you should put your best one forward. Zito wants one of these to be universe ball for Aaron Rodgers to the Pittsburgh Steelers. This one's the one. 30 people, $500. All you gotta do is. Sorry about it. So close to 30 people. $500. All tone has to do is put this flat. Football, baby. Duke into the hoop. Oh.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Any more news break? Any more news break. All right, that's it. We'll be back tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We're in this thing together. Okay? Let's never forget that. Look for a video on all social media channels at about 7, 7:30 ish. If you are in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, the date will be released and also how this is probably going to go, you know, a little bit more detail and information. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living. We're the luckiest people on earth. T mommy. Happy Free agency frenzy, boys. It rolls on.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah, it rolls on big time.

[Pat McAfee]

Pull it back, Minana. Monday night Raw on Netflix tonight, live from Madison Square Garden.

[Darius Butler]

Can't wait.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, ladies and gentlemen, a buzzer paid out.

[Boston Connor]

Here we go.

[Pat McAfee]

Guard Patrick Makari has agreed to a deal with the Jaguars for three years. 37 and a half million, max value. 39 million with incentives. Over 20 million guaranteed. Have no idea where this guy played last year, but I am pumped that he. Baltimore Ravens. I see purple. I am pumped he's going down to Jacksonville because I love that the Jacksonville Jaguars have started dancing in this thing. Yeah, Jags are making plays. Gladstone ain't sitting around with that fresh baby face. No, no. He's chucking coffee, letting some beard grow, and he's saying, we got to change a culture down here. In du, anytime you invest in an offensive lineman, we love it. Especially somebody from Baltimore.

[Bruce Brown]

AJ Yeah, I mean, the Jackson, they need to. They need to do something quick. We know if they continue to lose games, people start to lose interest in the Jacksonville Jaguars, at least nationally. So I think they're smart getting on the board, trying to go out there and have a fast start and. And make some noise down there, because there was a period of time when Jacksonville was back and they were very relevant and we felt like they had a chance. And I think the last couple years, we have not felt that way.

[Pat McAfee]

I, I love this. I don't know if they have a stadium the next couple years. Right. Having people say they don't have a stadium building.

[Boston Connor]

One right.

[Pat McAfee]

Building. I mean they got a lot of, they got a lot of adversity ahead and I like that they're just stepping in the battle batter's bucks and swinging the bat once again. Have to spend the money. Have to spend the money. But I love that they're going big day one signing here on free agency. Congrats to the Jags. Okay, the Bears have given another bag out. Oh, wow. Holy shit. Grady Jarrett, formerly of the Atlanta Falcons all pro Pro Bowler, is now with the Chicago bears on a three year, 43 and a half million dollar deal including 28.5 guaranteed with the Chicago Bears. This deal was negotiated by Todd France at A1 athletes first. Congrats to the Bears. Hey, I love what the Chicago Bears are doing. I love Grady Jarrett. Whenever I read that he was being released from the Atlanta Falcons, I thought they were releasing a leader and an absolute dog. Now he's going up to Chicago. Change of culture. I think he's going to to be loved in Chicago. AJ I love the way this guy plays ball now.

[Bruce Brown]

Grady Jarrett's awesome. I know, I know. He's played what I think he's 10 years in by now. So good for him getting this money this late in his career. But you're right, I was surprised that the Falcons moved on from it. This dude was an absolute staple of that defense and interior D line. So another, another one for the Bears. Yeah. I feel like these guys are, are really making things happen early in free agency.

[Pat McAfee]

D. But how do you feel about Grady Jarrett who was a part of the rules change of tackling quarterbacks? Because when Tom Brady was with the Bucks, this guy was such a menace. He was just getting up the middle and then there was a dance, a throw, a land on a dance, that whole thing. He's a massive piece of it all. He's a game wrecker.

[Darius Butler]

It has been for a decade. Anytime a guy spends a decade in one spot, that tells you a lot about who that guy is, what organization feels about him, how, how the city probably feels about him. So once again, another great move by the Bears in the trenches, setting this team up for success going forward.

[Pat McAfee]

There is another bag, this one being dropped in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The top guard is now off the market. 49ers guard Aaron Banks is expected to sign with the packers as quarterback Jordan Love gets another bodyguard. Says rap sheet. Aaron Banks to the Packers. Packers making a play on first day of free agency. I know Ty is somewhere against excited about this move. AJ how do you feel?

[Bruce Brown]

I like them. I like them getting on the board here. Like you said, like rap sheet says the top guard off the market. Yeah, why not? I mean, Green Bay is set up for success for a long time if you think about it. If they could just keep Jordan Love upright, keep him healthy. The defense continues to get better and better. The packers are looking good.

[Pat McAfee]

I think I. I'm pumped for the pack.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Jordan Love. Is he a guy? I think they still have questions. There's some games where I guess he's able.

[AJ Hawk]

It's getting paid like.

[Pat McAfee]

Then there's some games where he makes some mistakes and it's like he's just going to continue to get better. People forget, you know, he's obviously had to be repaid because of how the first contract went where he sat behind. He's seen a lot of things for the first time, I think his athletic ability, his mobile. The team loves him. His arm is crazy and he's got the moxie, he's got the. He's not scared to spin that thing. Yeah, he is a gunslinger at quarterback. You get some protection for him. Matt Laflore able to continue to cook up magic good for the packers making a play.

[Darius Butler]

Definitely, definitely going to help him. But it's going to also help Josh Jacobs, who had a great year last year. So more beef in that interior will help. Eight carrying that.

[Pat McAfee]

Josh Jacobs is a great signing. Jones all confused and they bring in Josh Jacobs, who led the NFL, I think, in rushing the year before for the Raiders. He comes to the packers, he just fits right in still. And they use him on a regular. I mean, he became the.

[Darius Butler]

He's tone setter.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, love that. Good for your Packers, A.J. all right. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice might change your life. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Good night.

[Ian Rapoport]

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