NFL Free Agency Chaos. Maxx Crosby Trade Cancelled and the League Goes Wild

0:06 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Missing the Point. I am Michael Marcangelo, joined alongside by my OG guy, the real VK Bob Kelly. We are in the throes of NFL Free Agency 2026. And as usual, it has not disappointed, unless you know you're a Patriot fan. But Bobby, like what are what are some of your big takeaways so far? Like just reactions based on what we've seen. So I mean, obviously the biggest the biggest thing. So there's a couple different big takeaways for me. Obviously, the big the big thing that just came down yesterday is the Crosby trade being rescinded, which which is absolutely insane.

0:48 I've never seen anything like it. I can't tell if it's a Tesla Checkers met move by the Ravens realizing that he'd get Trey Hendrickson for cheaper and for giving up less picks. So I'm not sure exactly if maybe they're kind of pulling a fast one on the league. I think that's that's definitely something to look into for the entire league. I think that's crazy. The other thing to me that I took away, man, is the fact that Alec Pierce is now a top 12 paid wide receiver in the NFL. This man is now making more money than the likes of Chris Godwin, than the likes of George Pickens, than the likes.

1:30 There's the names that this man is making more money now is just absolutely absurd. And that that goes to for a few guys across the league that broke the bank this past couple of days, man. The the amount of average players that are now making$30,$40 million a year is absolutely insane in the NFL. I don't know what's happening, but yeah, it's it was a crazy couple for sure. Well, yeah, I mean I think that's just a byproduct of you know the seller cap going up and they expect it to continue to go up because revenues are gonna keep going up for the NFL. But in no way, shape, or form is Alec Pierce a four-year$116 million wide receiver.

2:11 I mean, unless I'm missing something, and I could be missing the point, see what I did there. But he's never he's never been a number one, and he's gonna have to be this year because Indy just traded Michael Pittman to to Pittsburgh. So I don't I don't understand it at all, man. Yeah, and what was crazy too is like the that was the talk coming into like the I think I think me and you had this conversation. You're coming into the free agency period, man, where it was like he was being ranked as the top wide receiver available on the board, on like everyone's free agency board. And like I thought it was fucking crazy. But apparently the rest the rest of the NFL and the Colts specifically valued him in that way because I mean, unless unless they were just bidding against themselves, which is fucking insane.

3:01 But this team literally took a dude that had never had a thousand, had one thousand yard season, it was what by seven yards, I think, last year. One one thousand yard season, made him a top 12 wide receiver, and traded fucking Pittman. That's what I didn't get. They really took everything anyone behind Alec Pierce, man. I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me as well. Yeah, so let's talk about the the Max Crosby deal. So obviously, like all of our all of our uh phones went off when we got the alert that said Max Crosby was gonna be traded uh from the Raiders to the Ravens for two first-round picks. Now, we all know Max, you know, Crosby had surgery at the end of December on his left knee.

3:42 He played the majority of the season hurt. To think that he would pass a physical three months after surgery and one week after being removed uh off our crutches is ridiculous. So I just don't I mean, I guess any team can pull out of any deal at any time if you know before a certain deadline. But what were they doing? Because now like the Ravens are trying to come out and say, like they did come out looking good because they got Trey Hendrickson, yes. But before that deal happened, we were all talking like in the group chat about how bad they look. It's like what what type of research didn't you do? Or did you just get gun shy with the two first round picks?

4:25 I think that's what happened personally. I think they saw the opportunity to get someone of equal value without giving up those two first-round picks, and plus Trey Hendricks is cheaper on an annual salary, too. So I think I think they saw a way to get out of it, and they took that route 100%. That's what I think happened. Yeah, what I think would you say would would you say like it falls equal if they're both healthy? I think a healthy Max Crosby is on another level than Trey Hendrickson. And I think Hendrickson's great, trust me, I want him and the Patriots. But I and now the the Ravens are coming out saying that that they were in talks to have both of them. It's like, bro.

5:07 We know that that was not going to happen. Like, what are you doing? And are you are you now saying that you're gonna spend all of your money on defense because you don't think that spending it on offense has worked out for you over the last couple of years? Like, what's what's the game plan? Yeah, I don't know. I it it was definitely it's a weird turn of events. And it honestly kind of feels like everyone's fucking over the raiders all over again because you look at what happened to them, man, and it's it's they they're fucked now. I don't know, I don't know what they're gonna do with Crosby and now all these free agent signings, free agent signings they made, like they obviously made these signings with the impression that they had the cap space of dealing Crosby.

5:55 So now all of a sudden you have this catch 22 of like you signed all these guys, and now you have Crosby who you traded coming back in, and like that's always an awkward situation. So I don't know, man. It's it's it's such a fucked up situation. I've I've never seen anything like it in all many years of watching games. It's insane. What what do you think happens with to Crosby now? Is my is my biggest question. It's like I think his his his his values are obviously not too fresh around picks anymore, right? Right. Yeah, obviously. And the report, and the report out of I don't know if it was Rossini or or one of the beat writers for the NFL that the Patriots were in on Max Crosby and they were offering a pretty high value.

6:35 And Brady said no, uh gave basically gave the nod that he's not going to do anything to benefit his old franchise. So let me just sidebar here real quick. I love Tom Brady. I'll always love him for what he did as a as a player for the Newland Patriots. We put a fucking statue outside of Gillette Stadium, but in the last six weeks, he's come out and said that he didn't have a fucking horse in the race of a Super Bowl where his former team was playing in. And now there are reports that said that he's gonna go out of his way to make sure that he doesn't help. Like, could could you write a manual on how to destroy your favorability with the fan base better than what Tom's doing over the last six weeks?

7:16 No, no, it's unbelievable. I I saw those reports too. And it's it's unprecedented to see a guy that that that has that kind of stature in the city just completely that that's twice in six. That's like you said that's twice in six weeks that this man has done this. What was what was your what was your takeaway from it? What do you do you think he's doing it on purpose? Just to fucking know. He never did anything to help the Jets while he was while he was here.

7:59 He never did anything to help literally anyone in the conference. He traded Jimmy Garoppolo to the fucking 49ers for a bag of balls when he probably could have gotten a second-round pick from somewhere else, but he just didn't want to look. So yeah, listen, business is business, but for a minor a minority owner uh of the Raiders, but by the way, a franchise that Tom Brady fucking decimated 20 years ago. For for you to say now, you know what I'm you know what we're gonna do? We're not just gonna play hardball with the Patriots. We're basically just gonna piss all over their their pla uh you know their fans and and not offer them anything.

8:41 I think it's stupid. I think it's real dumb. Because now, to your point, the Raiders made, I don't know,$260 million worth of signings with the assumption that they get a big contract off their books. So now they have to. By June 1st, they're gonna have to get Crosby off the books, and they're not gonna get two first rounds. So, like, what do you do? Like, is it a first and a third? Is it even a first anymore? I mean, I think it's gotta be at least first. I mean, and yeah, and the thing is, is like you made these signings too with addition their additions to the defense mainly. Like uh you have Nikobi Dean, you have Quaid Walker, you have Kwodi Paye.

9:26 Like these are all guys that you brought in specifically to replace Crosby. So it's not like you have any chance of bringing him back and trying to work him back into this fold. Like you have to train him. Your hand is forced at this point. So I think you're so lucky if you even get a first-round pick at this point, right? And it's just another it's another example of the league fucking over the Raiders because is there any other team in the league that you think this would happen to? There isn't, right? It's only the Raiders. That's it. Only the Raiders. Oh, I mean, the think about it. They they knew the guy, they knew he just had we all knew he just had fucking knee surgery. I mean, when Micah was traded to the to the Packers, he's coming off of the uh one of the same kind of injuries, and they waited till later.

10:10 I don't even think like I don't I don't even think Micah passed uh physical, but the Packers still knew what they were getting with him, right? Like either you believe in the player or you don't. And what this reeks of to me is that they didn't believe that what they were getting was worth two first-round picks, and that's just it. And they pussed out. Yeah, agreed, agreed. Other big signings. I mean, Mike Evans to the 49ers. That's wild. Yeah, I like that. I it's a little to be honest, like my least out of everywhere that he could have gone. I kind of wish he went to the Packs. I kind of wish he went back to Tampa. But I mean, San Francisco's nice for him.

10:51 He's obviously gonna be the one there now, and it gives Purdy, you know, it gives Purdy a real target that he hasn't had before. I mean, at this point, who's the best person that Purdy spoke to? Iuk right Debo. Debo, right? Iuk and Debo. So well, I mean, I signed George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey. Like we're or just wide receiver. Yeah, wide receiver, wide receiver-wise, right, wide receiver-wise. So it definitely gives them a real a real target there, if he can stay healthy, at least. I mean, this is last season was the first year that he did not put up a thousand yards receiving. So out of his 12-year career, I would I would say that it was an anomaly.

11:31 Now he is getting older. But for him, you I you just need honestly, you need 13 games a season out of him. And if it if he gives you what he gave down in Tampa, or even if he gives you like 75 catches for 900 yards and like six touchdowns, that's a win. Because now you're taking now you actually have a tall receiving threat in the red zone, aside from George Kittle, who's also coming off a catastrophic surgery. Right. The entire goddamn Fortnite team is coming off catastrophic injury. He's been that way for like four years. But yeah, no, I I really like the signing. I think he's gonna I think he's gonna fit in San Francisco perfectly 100%.

12:15 Let's talk about a team that I think is kind of showing that they're going all in again. And it's the Rams. I mean, you trade with uh Kansas City for Trent McDuffie, and then you sign to a four-year,$124 million deal. You got Jalen Watson, you got Joe Cardano for whatever that's worth, and you're keeping your your team of with Devante, with oh god, uh, with Puka, Matt Stafford's coming back. I mean, so this is this looks to me like this is their last run. Like this is it. Yeah, I I think it's awesome that they literally took so they they transfer McGuffey right, they paid him.

12:57 And then they're like, all right, all right. What what worked around the league the past couple years? All right, you know what? Kansas City secondary's been really good. All right, let's literally, let's literally just take the entire Kansas City secondary. We'll put it in our secondary now. And they paid them both too, which is awesome. Yeah, I mean, I I I think it's clear that this is this is you know, all hands on deck for the Rams moving forward. You know, I wouldn't be surprised to see them make another big move on offense to bring another weapon in because this is clearly, clearly going all in for the Rams. It's it's it's gonna be a good year for next year for the Rams for sure.

13:39 What about the team that they traded with? Kansas City signed Kenneth Walker, three years up to$45 million, 20 almost 29 guaranteed. They got Tonga from the Pats and Aloe Gilman, the safety. Do you think that they've done enough to shore up their offense now that I mean Kelsey's coming back, but we've seen his hit him kind of deteriorate over the last couple of years, although he still had the third most receiving yards for a tight end last year. And like, does Mahomes play a full year? Do they have enough to make a run? Yeah, I mean, listen, I think the only thing that could have possibly brought them back to prominence next year is an elite running game.

14:22 You know what I mean? I I don't I think the days of the high-flying passing attack in Kansas City are a thing of the past. I just think that you know what I mean, the way the NFL is set up right now, with Mahomes coming back from injury. I just think unless Tyree comes back. Well, I mean, again, but he's also coming back from another catastrophic injury. But yeah, I mean, I I I think it's a great move for them. I think it's a great move getting Ken Walker, man. I think it it was very clear that Seattle didn't value him the way that he should have been valued. It took Charbonnet getting hurt for them finally to give him 20 carries a game. He showed he could obviously do that, and then when it came time for the the contract negotiation at the parade, they called him out for it.

15:05 He's like, all right, bro, it's time for him to move on. So I love the move for Kansas City, love the move for Ken Walker. I hate the move for the rest of the NFL. I'm not gonna lie. It just pisses me off. It's like you think it's a good thing. You couldn't have gone anywhere else, bro. Yeah, I yeah, I think I think I think bringing him in is a big difference for them. For sure. I mean, what have they been missing for years? That's what they've been missing, is an all-pro actual running game. You know what I mean? What they've had so they brought in a guy that kind of has the same prototype in Kareem Hunt over and over and over again. A guy that they can just hand the rock to. He just puts his head down and he just runs straight ahead. And now they have a guy that actually can do that, and he's talented, much more talented than Kareem Hunt ever was, or ever will be.

15:50 So, yeah, I think I think it's exactly what they want moving forward. And I think it's gonna make big difference for them actually, for sure. Let's go to your team, Bobby, because uh, I don't know if you're as disappointed as I am in mine, but all right, so the Dallas Cowboys signed Jalen Thompson, signed safety, PJ Locke, signed defensive tackle, not gonna even do that. They gotta back up QB, and then they traded for Rashawn Gary. They also are obviously keeping Pickens, Sam Williams, Josh Butler, Brandon Aubrey. How do you feel? So I like Jalen Thompson.

16:30 I like picking up the safeties, and obviously, secondary was a big, big, big hole for us. It just kind of seems like the same shit every year, though. You know what I mean? Like, it seems like they're kind of like, oh, we got Rashawn Gary, oh, we did this, so but it's like, bro, two weeks ago, Jerry Jones was saying how they were gonna break the bank on free agency. And now here we go all over again, seeing the rest of the league sign all these high-profile guys, and your biggest signing is a safety that you know is good. You know, Thompson's good, don't get me wrong, but he's not at all pro. He's not, he's not gonna, he's not gonna break the he's not gonna, you know, take your defense to the next level.

17:14 And that's that's what your baby signing is. Rashawn Gary's good, but he's been underperforming and underwhelming for years. So that's just the same kind of guy that you love bringing in year after year and love sprinkling in front of our nose, being like, oh, the promise. Well, you know what I mean, the potential. I love the addition to the D-line, though. Not gonna lie. With Williams, with Kenny Clark, and now with Rashawn Gary, I think that's a very formidable in front. You know what I mean? Teams are gonna have a lot of trouble running the ball on us next year. So I do think it's the moves in the right direction. I just need, I want to bow factor, man. I just for once I wanted, I wanted that Max Crosby dealer.

17:57 I wanted Trey Hendrickson, and I wanted that Ed Rusher to come in and actually be be the cornerpiece of the defense and and show that like we're actually building behind this all-pro offense and prolific offense that we had last year. You know what I mean? Like, I just I just feel like they they need they needed to do something a little more. I just needed more from. Listen, I'm with you. Jerry does tend to disappoint in free agency. However, every year, he drafts really well. Like you're like, you want that big Max Crosby signing? He drafted Micah Parsons. Like, he there has not been a need. Think about this, and I'm not a big Jerry Jones fan, you know this.

18:39 And I like to shit on you about the cowboy about your cowboys fandom. When's the last time the Cowboys had a had a glaring need that he did not address in a in the draft? Yeah, that's sure. I mean, he so the thing is, is it's not usually yeah, you're right. You're right. Year in and year out, he does draft for need, and he does usually pass on the flashy guy. However, from what I've been told, it's not usually Jerry. But it is, it is, it is, I I do have who's who's resource.

19:21 The word around the league is that it's usually Steven Jones or like someone else is talking Jerry off the ledge. I know he wanted to draft Johnny Manzel when it came down to that year. And and they had to stop him from turning in the card. So it would have been Johnny and fucking Dez Bryant. That would have been wild. Yeah, that would have been fun. It would have been a fun team. You guys need to you guys needed to replace Dez, and didn't you draft C D Lamb? Yes, yes, we did. Okay, okay. So, like you're fine. You're fine. At least you're not in a division, or you're not the Patriots, and you you look over and you see the Buffalo Bills trade for DJ Moore, pay Bradley Chubb, get D Alford, and retain Dawson Knox and their their center and their punter and their other offensive linemen.

20:06 Like the Bills. Say what you want about DJ Moore. He's the best receiver that they've had since Stephon Diggs. And he'll do just fine with Josh Allen. Now, the thing I am curious about is how much I mean DJ can play in cold weather when he played in Chicago, and he obviously loves. I mean, he he caught the game-winning like fucking Hail Mary pass from from Caleb. So he loves multiple quarterbacks. Like it, but can he be a true number one again? Because I don't you think he's gonna have to be uh in Buffalo?

20:48 I mean, I necessarily think so, but just because Josh Allen has gotten by without one in the past, especially last year. So I think he just comes in and his head coach got fired for not getting by anymore. I mean, that's fair. But I I just I don't think the pressure's on him to be number one, though. I mean, I think I think it's more of like a one-on-one with him and shakir. I think it's gonna I think he's gonna do well in Buffalo. I do. I think he's perfect for what they want. We've seen what Alan does when he gets someone that he actually trusts and can stress the field to. He was he was unbelievable when he had Diggs. When when they were actually hooking up and on the same page. Obviously, they had their issues at the end there, but like the that year and a half when when it was the Alan Diggs connection, man, that was top notch.

21:34 You know what I mean? So I think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be great. Um was it only was it only a year and a half? That can't be true. Two years. Might have been longer than that. I think it was definitely longer than the year and a half. It's like, wait a minute. I feel like Stefan Diggs is haunting the city. When they're at the peak of their powers, though. Sidebar, real quick, seeing as we're talking about the Bills, and we haven't really talked about You know, the firing and now the the hiring and the promotion of the offensive coordinator? Let me just ask a real question, and we'll then we'll get back to free agency. If you fire a guy for not being able to get to the Super Bowl and for consistently getting to AFC title games or like the divisional game and losing, is this season a one and done season for the new head coach if he doesn't make it to the Super Bowl?

22:31 The tough situation to come into if you're a new head coach, for sure. 100%. It seems like an unwinnable situation. It might be, man. It might be. Because obviously they're giving him the pieces to to go get that trophy. They're giving him the pieces to do this. So I think so. Yeah. Would would it be for you? I mean, if you fire Sean McDermott for winning almost a hundred games in what, seven years? Nine years? Seven or nine years? With and then consistently getting deep into the playoffs, and you say that you did it because you know he couldn't get to the Super Bowl, aren't you then telling the rest of the league that and whoever you're hiring next, like if you don't get to the Super Bowl, you're fired?

23:23 Because what why wouldn't I have just why wouldn't I have just kept McDermott? That's why I don't understand. If you said, hey, listen, it's just not the offensive scheming, he doesn't have the control of the locker room, but the fact that the owner got on the microphone in the podium, which he was honest, which we now know this is why the owner shouldn't speak. He was like, I walk, I walked into the locker room and I just I saw everyone upset, and you know, Josh is blaming himself, and it wasn't Josh's fault. Like he should be he should be a Super Bowl quarterback. So now you're telling the new person, is it Kevin Brady, Kyle Brady? It's a Brady. Right, yeah, Kyle Brady. I think it's Kyle Brady.

24:04 That it's Super Bowl or bust. It has to be now. Yeah, yeah. It is. I mean, it would be when you have a quarterback like Josh Allen, it it has to be. You know, I mean, that's why, I mean, that's why McDermott got fired. It's such a tough situation to come into as a first-year head coach, man. It really is. And I think that's why in the end, it's harder than to f to hire internally. Because then it really is, you know, if they do fail in the right, same offense. And if they do have to fire them, it it's it's a hard reset after this year, I guess. So we'll see. It's gonna be it's gonna be interesting, but they're obviously going all in, man. Obviously, yeah, we're adding to that offense.

24:46 It's big. That's a big sighting for them. I'm just I'm going kind of alphabetically here over teams that I really care about. I'm not gonna go through every single team. I think the next team that I think surprised a lot of people by the fight that they put up against the the Rams in the playoffs is the Carolina Panthers signing Jalen Phillips, four years 120 million, Devin Lloyd, three years 45 million. I mean, he'll play. John Mechie signed a one-year deal, and they retained you know a lot of their guys. So do you think those moves in and of itself are enough to make sure that the NFC South still runs through Carolina? You know, what's so funny is I thought of you and I saw that jump a few times.

25:26 It came across my phone. I was like, yeah, no fun. I think it it's huge for them, and Carolina was obviously one of the most upcoming teams last year. They have a great offense if Bryce Young can show up. You know, with Tet with who's there, who's gonna be their starting running back? Because Rico's not there anymore. Is it gonna be Oh Chuba again? Yeah, Chuba again. Yeah, go back to Chuba. And then now you have these two linebacker ed rushers coming in, man. I it's it's it's solid there. Dan Morgan definitely knows what he's doing in Carolina. It's definitely for sure, for sure. DK's Chicago Bears signed Kobe Bryant, Devin Bush, Neville Gallimore, Neville Gallimore, Khalif Raymond, Cam Lewis, and you know, they traded for Garrett Bradbury, which I thought I thought that was that that that's a great deal.

26:20 And they retained Braxton Jones, DeMarco Jackson. So obviously they lose DJ. Did they do enough to shure up the defense, which was a problem down the stretch? Again, for a team that went further than most people, even DK anticipated. Do you think that they did enough? I think they had a so I think the start of free agency was really tough for them. They obviously lost DJ Moore. Uh, they they did get a good return for him getting a second-round pick back for him. Uh, I think that was huge, especially with his salary. And then they lost Dahlman, their all-pro center, which was really tough. He just retired randomly. He's like 27 years old, and he decided to retire. He's crazy. But they did replace him.

27:02 I forget exactly who they got, but they traded like a fifth-round pick for another center. It was against the guy from the Pats, Bradbury, right? Was he from the Pats? Yeah. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think that's a good one. We have so many offensive linemen to spare. We should just keep trying fucking trading them. It's great. I had a great feeling. No, I think it was it was it was really good, man. I've seen a lot of it. Have you seen the chirps around the league that people don't want to play with Caleb? And that's why DJ Moore wanted to get out of there. And I don't know. See, I've I saw a couple things, and I was I want to get DK's opinion, but I want to I want to know if he saw it.

27:44 Well, I just think, listen, you got Adunza, you got two tight ends, you got the kid that I wanted from the zoo. Like their offense is fine. Yeah. They're not gonna miss DJ Moore at all. I I do think they did a good amount to show up that defense, so very intrigued to get DK's thoughts on it. But I do like the Kobe Bryant signing. That's funny, is it is that they just had time with Kobe Bryant. As soon as I saw it, I was like, hey, what's up? Let's get a rank this wit about him. You know, it was good. It was good. Yeah, Denver Broncos have signed nobody. I was gonna say, I didn't see the name. I wasn't very intrigued to who you were about to say.

28:26 The Detroit Lions, Kane Mays, is it Rocky Sin, Teddy Bridgewater, Isaiah Pacheco, Larry Bloom. Teddy Bridgewater, no shit. Yeah, I mean nothing to write home about there, right? I mean, is there anyone that is in that? Well, I think the swap of Montgomery for Pacheco is interesting. Yeah. I don't know. It's weird. It's because Pacheco is a lot more like Gibbs than he is Montgomery, you know what I mean? So that's definitely a weird switch up. I I think it still shows that Gibbs is gonna be the one next year. I think Gibbs' not gonna be, you know what I mean?

29:08 It's not gonna be a Montgomery Gibbs split like it was last year. Like I think it's gonna be Gibbs is the clear one, and then Pacheco is the backup. And it's the same type of running style, same type of running plays that they're gonna run for Gibbs than they did for Pacheco. I don't know if they're gonna run that straight line game anymore. You know what I mean? They're not gonna have that up the gut runs like they did with Montgomery. The Dolphins are in full take mode. They signed Malik Willis three years, 67.5 million dollars with 45 guarantees. I mean, I guess for a quarterback, it's a low-end contract.

29:51 You know what I mean? I guess you didn't break the bank from Malik Willis, but this the swap two from Malik Willis just seems like like, what the fuck are you doing, man? They got what they got rid of they got rid of Tyreek. Word on the street is they might end up trading Waddle, they got rid of Fitzpatrick. It just seems like obviously the uh it's time they're burning everything up in Miami. It's time, it's it they're playing for next year already. Can I tell you something that scares me? Because I don't think that the dolphins would ever trade Waddle to the Patriots. I don't know why this is in my head, but I just see Kansas City offering a first for Jalen Waddle.

30:36 And I think that Jalen Waddell on the Chiefs. Now that's that's a very interesting offensive offensive team. Now you get Kenneth Walker, Mahomes, Waddle. You still have Rice, Kelsey. I think I just have it in my head that he's going there. I hope I'm wrong. I have not heard it anywhere either. So if it happens, you're fucking welcome. But I just feel like that could be very interesting. We we just put it into the universe, and that happened because of us. That'd be crazy. That'd be crazy. I I I like the Tyreek to Kansas City series, I think that would make a lot of sense for sure.

31:17 Waddle Waddle to Kansas City would would break break the NFL. Uh no one would know what the fuck to do. Like, not not a chance, bro. Well, you're probably never gonna get Kansas City with a this low of a draft pick for uh quite a while. So like you could trade Waddle for a first and it would be the 12th overall pick. Or you just say worth it. I don't I don't know if Waddle would be worth. I feel like I'd rather the 12th overall pick than Waddle. Was it so you're gonna bet on a guy from Ohio State? Or Jalen wasn't Jalen Waddle the nine? I think it was like nine, yeah. It sounds about right. And on a team where Alabama on a team with fucking two as your quarterback, I mean, no one's gonna look like number one first round pick.

32:01 Alphabetical order, it just so happens. The New England Patriots, okay, so they sign Romeo Dobbs, four years,$68 million up to up to 80 million. That's fucking wild. They they sign AVT three for 42. The problem with Tucker, Vera Tucker is he's only played, I think, what, is it 45 games in three years? He's missed five years? Like 50. Yeah, something like that. But if he's healthy, love it. Draymond Jones, I actually do like that. But I you know what I really didn't miss was an alert during free agency that says the Newland Patriots have signed a fucking fullback.

32:41 They paid him, but they're paying him four million dollars a year. Reggie Gilliam. But just off the presses today, Kevin Bayard, I do like that. I do. He came from Chicago, right? Yep, and he played with the Brabell in Tennessee. In Tennessee, right, yeah. Yeah, that was a good signing for sure. Well, you I mean, what you you know better than me. What do you think? Did they fill the need? So I like this how, in my opinion, outside looking in, Veritak is a great signing. If he's on the field, I think that's a big deal breaker for you guys because that means Campbell doesn't have to play fucking tackle. And that's that's that's what that signing does instantly. Because Veritak is your left tackle.

33:22 He walks in day one and he's just starting left tackle. If he's healthy. The Dobbs signing, man. You know what I mean? It is what it is. He was the best wide receiver left on the board. You and and you paid for him. Is is he a one? Absolutely fucking not. Not a goddamn chance. Like, there's there's no there's no shot at all. Like if he's stepped down, yeah. He can be. I think he has a shot. He he has a shot to get like a thousand yards. You know, he's not gonna do much more than that, though. That that's who Romeo Dobbs is. I'll fucking take it.

34:03 If you're telling me that Romeo Dubbs is gonna have a thousand-yard receiving yard, yeah, I'm in. Fucking sign me up. Because right now we have K-Shawn Booty, we have Romeo Dubbs, we have Kyle Williams, we have Pop Douglas, we have oh, oh god, the guy from Buffalo doesn't wear any shoes. Oh, Matt Collins. Yeah, Matt Collins. Can you just offer a first and a second for fucking JJ Brown, please? Please? That's obviously the move. Right. And I'll listen, if you if if if Phil if Philly's like, listen, you know, your your first round pick is number 31.

34:47 Okay. How about next year's first round pick? Because everyone in the league is betting that the Patriots are gonna get worse because the schedule's getting harder. So we'll give you a second this year and a first next year. Do it. Do it. Agreed. Please. Agreed. Yeah. Let's see. Do we like the New York Giants? They signed Isaiah Likely, they signed Tremaine Edmonds, they signed Greg Newsome, Patrick Ricard, fullback. Listen, I think you and I are on the same page. If if Dart's healthy, if neighbors is healthy, if God, uh Sket is it Scataboo?

35:29 Is that the Scataboo? Yeah, yeah. That offense is something. Bro, and I think likely to me is is gonna be one of the I think he's a top 10 and a 15 tight end of the league. I and I think he just hasn't had the chance to shine, being under Andrews. I think it was kind of a a funny move for Harb Botch just to poach him away from Baltimore. Damn it. I I I like what the Giants did for sure. Next year is is gonna be tough in the NFC East for the Cowboys. Because I think the Giants are gonna be very good. I really like the likely tonic. I think that was a big move for them. I know that as a as a Boston sports show, I have the tendency to shit on the New York Jets.

36:15 But if we look at this free agency so far, they trade for Gino Smith, they trade for Mika Fitzpatrick, they get Joseph Asai, they get Damario Davis, they get uh Dylan Parham. I mean, did they improve enough to be a an eight-win team? No quarterback. I mean Gino. Gino's gonna win the eight games? I don't know. I I didn't Gino win the Seahawks fucking 12? Yeah, but we remember what did Gino last year we saw. I mean, granted, it was on a shitty Raiders team, but this is a shitty Jets team that made Justin Fields look like the worst quarterback in the NFL.

36:57 So what is it, the actual worst quarterback in the NFL gonna look like when you bring them into this offense next year? It's tough, man. They did do a good amount. I I'll give them that. But this is a team that literally didn't have a turnover last year. So no, I don't think it's enough to get the make wins because was it a turnover or an interception? Was it zero turnovers? Interception. No, you're right. It was interception. It was interception. Like because that's unbelievable if a defense hasn't turned the ball over once in 17 games. Was it turnover? No, it had to be interception. It could not have been turnovers. Yeah, it's definitely interception. Pittsburgh doesn't make really any any big signings, but they do trade for Michael Pittman.

37:38 So now you have DK, you have DK and Pittman. You just don't know who's throwing to him. McCarthy would definitely want Rogers to come back. And I think that's what they're that's that's what they're gearing up for, right? They're they're banking another season on Aaron Rodgers. What other options do they have a quarterback at this point? It's not like they have anyone else they can go. What do they think? Mason Rudolph is gonna be the guy throwing the fucking DK Metcalf and Michael Pitts. Let me ask you a question. And I'm not I've never been high on this guy. You always like you were always substantially higher than I was. Do you bring in Kyler? I mean, I guess that's possible. I I saw him link to Minnesota a lot, but yeah, I mean I think that's better.

38:24 I think that's better than Rogers, don't you? I think that gives you a better shot. Rogers does. You know what I mean? I feel like you're at least your ceiling is higher with Kyler Martin with that offense than it is. Now your floor is lower with Kyler Martin. Your floor is definitely lower. Yeah, your floor is definitely lower. For sure. Because you I mean that could be a disaster. You can end up with four wins. And I feel like your floor with Aaron, the it the range, it's a way wider range because I feel like with Kyler, you can win 12 games with that offense, for sure. If Kyler's playing well, Kyler can play, but you could lose, you could win four. With Aaron Rodgers, it's like eight to ten. You know what I mean? You know what you're getting with Aaron Rodgers. Max you're getting 10 wins.

39:05 But here's the here's why I would lean if I'm the front office of Pittsburgh towards Kyler. If you're if you're banking on Rodgers, you are assuming that your offensive line is good enough to protect a 43-year-old Aaron Rodgers that's no longer as mobile. So theoretically, your offensive line is good enough to protect a younger, more athletic quarterback. You now have a number one and an and a number two. Why like that would that should be the dream scenario for Kyler? I mean, yeah, Justin Jefferson's pretty fucking awesome too. But I don't know. I I think I'd want to go, I want to go to Pittsburgh. I think better organization, more mystique, and is I'm gonna gun to your head right now.

39:54 Is Kevin O'Connell a better coach than Mike McCarthy? Mike McCarthy. Yeah, he is. He is. No, he's not. Yes, he is. He's better than Mike McCarthy. How many Super Bowls Kevin O'Connell won? Yeah, I know, I know, but I I hate Michael Carthy. How many playoff wins does Kevin O'Connell have? Does he have any? No, he doesn't, you're right. He only got there with Donald and they lost. He doesn't have any. No, he was there before Donald. He was there, he was wasn't he there with he wasn't there with cousins? Yeah, he was. No, Kirk Cousins doesn't have any playoff wins either, but I'm just saying, like, the the hate on Mike McCarthy.

40:38 You may say it's justified, but didn't he lead Dallas at three 12-win seasons? I mean, he didn't get he didn't do anything with them though. So we'll see. I don't know. You're right. You're right. I was right. Let's see. Washington, not really anything. I mean, I'm sorry. Washington signs their ed rusher for four years,$100 million,$68 million guaranteed. They I mean they vamped up their defense. Leo Chanel, three years,$24 million linebacker. Defensive tackle, Tim Settle, three years,$24 million.

41:18 Edge rusher, Adafe, is it OA? Yeah, Ada OA. So we saw that they had a need for to improve their defense. They did that, and they retained Larry Metunsell. So is this the bounce back gear that you're looking for uh for Jalen on the offense? I think it's clear that you know they invested in defense, man. They they got younger too, which I think was a big goal coming into this year because last year they were literally the oldest team in the NFL. So signing a guy like OA, who's 27, settles 27 or 28. You know what I mean?

41:58 So they definitely got younger and they brought in impact guys for that defense. So it's definitely exactly what they needed. I think Okonklu is an underrated signing for them. I like him. I I like what he did in Tennessee when he was given the opportunity. Anytime he was given an opportunity, he was making big plays. And I think he's gonna do that in Washington as well. Yeah. It's just to me, the takeaway is you look around the NFC Eastman, you have just three teams that improved. And then the Cowboys who just didn't, you know, I mean Philly didn't improve. That's true. Philly lost to Allen Phillips, which was a big loss. That's a big loss for them.

42:38 Yeah. Yeah, I mean, they they signed Rick Woolen, cornerback, tight end Johnny. I mean, I mean they they got nobody. Nobody. Yeah. Tell you what. And lost Jalen Phillips is a big Tennessee did a pretty good job this offseason so far. Wandale Robinson, four years 70 million, John Franklin Myers, three years uh 63 million, Alante Taylor. I mean, they short up their their line, they short up their secondary. Now, I'm not saying that they're gonna win like 10 games, but could they be vastly improved than they were last year?

43:21 Yeah, they definitely could. I mean, Los Arondeaux, I think, is a very underrated wide receiver. This, by the way, is is the contract that I would have been way more comfortable with Alec Pierce getting. Three years, three years, 70, 4 years, 70 mil. Perfect. Yeah, that's a 112 Pierce theory. And not 114 million. That's insanity. This is this I like it. I I do like what Tennessee did. I mean, can they give Cam Warden another weapon, a reliable weapon, too? It's not a guy who's gonna, you know, take the top off the offense or take the top off the defense, but he's reliable. He's gonna get to 60, 70 catches and close to a thousand yards. And it's exactly.

44:04 Is there a chance? Because obviously this is only really day two. If you are Pittsburgh, would you rather Tyler Murray, Aaron Rodgers, or Kirk Cousins? Okay. Aaron Rodgers or Kirk Cousins? Not historically, current day. 43-year-old Aaron. I guess to Aaron Rodgers, what I saw from Kirk Cousins last year wasn't great.

44:48 He looked really bad in his limited opportunities. The Falcons won like their last five games with Kirk Cousins that starting after Michael Penix went down. So that's just not true. He had but one game. Alright, that's fair. Now he was terrible in the beginning of the season when he had to fill in for a little while, but I mean they done the stretchy. Didn't he throw it for like 500 fucking yards in December to like six touchdowns? Yeah. The John New Smith game. That was Kirk Cousins. The Kyle Pitts game. Kyle Pittskeck yards. That was Kirk Cousins. You're right. It was. Yeah, I guess, I guess, I guess I know Kirk Cousins. Because I again I feel like I feel like the ceiling is higher with Kirk Cousins than it is with Aaron Rodgers.

45:31 I feel like you can get a more prolific offense. You can stretch the field more with Kirk Cousins because Aaron Rodgers just doesn't have that down the field ability like he did in the past. He just doesn't. That's not there anymore. I think I hate Kirk Cousins. We do agree that the the the floor is highest with Aaron Rodgers out of those three. Absolutely, for sure. You're getting at least eight wins with Aaron Rodgers as your quarterback. No doubt about it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I'm with you there. If so, if you saw what you saw out of Michael Penix last year, and you're and you are the Atlanta Falcons GM, why would you go and say my backup plan is now Tua?

46:13 Like what are you doing? We've seen what the Fal like that Falcons offense just needs a a I mean Kirk Cousins was fine as their quarterback. But if you if you you need an upgrade over Michael Penix, I don't understand what they're doing with with Tua. I don't get it. I don't get they love themselves an injury from lefty left lefty quarterback, bro. They love that shit. They're like, yeah, sign me up. Yeah, I don't know what the fuck Atlanta's done. And you know it's bad because like both fan bases are like Miami's like, oh yeah, good luck, bro. Fuck Tua. And then Atlanta when they sign, we're like, oh no.

46:54 I don't know if I can root for him. It's it's tough when when one side is like, yep, good risk, and the other one's like, uh uh. It's you know, it's it's gonna be tough in Atlanta next year. I don't know what the fuck they're doing. I would have liked to see Kyler go there. I think he would have been a lot more with Bichon, with Drake London. I I think that would have been a much smarter move, but you know, lefty, lefty quarterback at that level. Also, I uh I think it's worth noting. I don't know if this is a premonition or if it's just a flat out mistake by Chat GPT, but I I I I put in top 10 biggest free agent signings in the NFL in 2026. And it says number seven, T.

47:35 Higgins. Now, obviously that didn't happen. T. Higgins to where? T. Higgins to the Houston Texans. Now, obviously that didn't happen. But could it? That's weird. Why didn't you have to chat meet? That's weird. That's weird. No, that couldn't happen. I mean could happen. Since yeah, that's not happening. But the hell is what are they doing? I don't know. It's just a weird thing. I mean, they make mistakes all the time, but like that's just that was the only mistake that they made.

48:16 That's a weird mistake to make. You don't need to check your phone. He's he's still in the Bengals. Uh so who's the biggest loser for you for free agency before we get the hell out of here? Philly's bad. Philly wasn't great. I gotta go Philly. For losing losing Phillips is not replacing him. They didn't do anything to show up the offense. Uh who else didn't do anything? Denver. Yeah, and Denver. Just because just that that's the other one I was trying to think of. Uh just because they didn't do anything, and they're obviously one of the better teams in the age. Like they need to do something.

48:59 I mean, it always worries me if when a team that's not the Patriots doesn't do anything in free agency because then it means that they have some trade-up in the books. And I will lose, listen to me, I will lose my fucking mind if AJ Brown goes to the Denver Broncos. I I'm telling you right now, I will fucking lose it. So that better not happen. And I'm not putting I am putting it out there to just yank it the fuck back. Okay, that that just can't happen. But it feels like something like that is gonna happen. Because you get your quarterback on a rookie contract, you're not paying assholes money for anybody else.

49:40 Do you want to talk me off the ledge, Bobby, or what? No, I no, no, of course not. Why would you? I I I I kind of like I kind of like that that reality that we live in. No, I I think I think the Patriots it would move them to go get AJ Brown. I think it would be. Oh, would it? If if if you bring in A.J. Brown, man, they're instantly one of the better offenses in the league. We offered a first and a third, and they rejected it. Go do first and a second. No, I know. I I understand the progression of things, but I've said Solic they didn't try so far, and they just paid Romeo Dobbs and that fucking helmet 68 million dollars to come in and and be our number two.

50:25 So I'm mad. Is it well thank you, but I'm just gonna let you sit in it. No, I'm just gonna let you say in it. That's that's all I need to do. How's it feel? That's good. Well, I mean, as long as we can both agree that uh AJ Brown's not going to the Dallas Cowboys either. So, I mean, we're we're we're fucking we're we're fine. Free agency is not done, it's only just getting started. A lot of moves can still happen, and we have some injured vets that we'll probably be signing later in the season. But I think unless anything big happens, we'll probably switch our focus back to basketball, back to Jason Tatum returning all the things that have happened in the NBA um until the draft.

51:06 And so stick around with us. But until then, it's really K Bob Kelly. Mike Mark Antos saying thank you folks in the point. Talk to you later.