Major back alert major back alert major back alert major back alert folks we got multiple bag alerts
Okay, the street continues. Okay, Justin Jefferson as
Expected destroyers the receiver market Jalen waddle gets his bag
CMC breaks his market as well. Tyree killed looking for money here. They're everywhere
CD lam is letting Jerry Jones know the time is ticking and
post June 1st designations and
The remaining free agents that are available all of this and more on the tith episode of
The football Sturkey's podcast. I'm your host your GM who is not on a team right now
But it's scouting people three years in advance. Okay, let's get it
All right, folks. So here we go once again another week
The street continues for back alerts. This is amazing. Okay, this is historical at this point
All right now
Let's get into these details because we don't want to waste any more time because we did this episode is money talk
All right, this is all we talking about just money money money money. All right, so
Vikings receiver and one of the best receivers in the league right now Justin Jefferson
ain't a record four year one hundred and forty million dollar extension to stay with the Vikings
Okay, now let's go over the details. Okay, so according to spot rack
He receives a thirty six point nine million dollar signing bonus a hundred and ten million of his deal is guaranteed
And he will be making thirty five million dollars a year now
Let's be real here folks. Okay, this was
I'm going to happen whether it be now later into the season whenever
Justin Jefferson was going to reset the market. He was going to now
It was a it was a matter of how much money is he going to to demand and how much is the receiver market going to
Reset if we're being real here. Okay in my time of watching football because there was a period of time where you know
I was watching basketball alive, you know with LeBron and the big three and whatnot and you know into football basketball football
But now that I'm really committed to football
This is probably the one offseason that I can remember and I can be wrong some you guys can you know say in the comments
On our Instagram page at football underscore junkies pod
That we have seen multiple multiple receivers
I'm received the back. Okay. We've seen Mike Evans get the back
We've seen Nico Collins Jalen waddle AJ Brown a Monroin St. Brown now Justin Jefferson value of the receiver now in
My mind is at an all-time high. Okay, we are seeing teams now who are becoming more aggressive and trying to
obtain the number one receiver over the quarterback
Okay, just because of how many receivers come out in the draft every single year
Folks we are seeing it's almost like a factory. Okay when you see, you know
The Justin Jefferson's of the world's the Cooper cups of the world DK Metcalfs AJ Brown's Mike Evans of the world
When you see that that's that's you know, you have to in some ways ride that wave
Because if you don't then the next best option is you're gonna have to overpay for one of these guys or for one of these types of guys
Right, so I say all that to say this
You know with with him resetting the market that now paves the way for you know other receivers that could be looking for money as well
You know for instance a Marta Cooper Brandon I you with T. Higgins
and Drake London Garrett Wilson
And
Who whoever else you guys want a name this now dig this now this takes their market
So, you know in some ways, you know, it's a great thing for the Vikings because they keep
Their number one player on the team
But at the same time if you're a team and you have a receiver who was disgruntled bangles 49ers listen to me
and cowboys
This puts you in a really bad spot because the number is only gonna is gonna continue to go up
It's going to nothing is gonna change now
Is it gonna get to a point where it's gonna be like the quarterback market where you know people are making?
50 almost close to 60 million dollars possibly I don't know but it's just
growing and growing and growing and it's going to just
Continue to rise that that's just what it is now teams are willing to invest into a true number one receiver
before they invest into a you know
Average to above average quarterback and we're seeing that
And you know that sort of transitions us to you know the the the next bag alert Jalen waddle
You know dolphin for the not dolphin receiver for the dolphin excuse me
Ain't a three-year eighty four point seven million dollar extension to stay with him
He gets a eighteen point eight million dollar signing bonus
Seventy-six million is guaranteed and he will be making twenty eight point two million a year now when you really look at this, right?
It's a good deal. Okay, because by the time the deal is over
You're he's still gonna be in his prime so that means he could re-up and either stay with the dolphins or he can hit free agency
And you know test the waters and see exactly what happens, correct? And so
You know that also sort of takes the pressure off of them of trying to figure out, okay
How are we gonna be able to you know sign our rookies and sign our you know
Whatever player we're trying to get while at the same time create catchphrase to try to figure out what they're gonna do with you know
To him whatnot so not surprising that signing
Definitely heard some rumblings, you know for a while now that Jayla water was definitely looking for a deal
But it definitely came at a shocker at how quickly
They came to an agreement now
when we look at for instance Tyree kill and
You know his situation his situation is a little bit
It's a little bit complicated and I'm gonna explain why in
In 2022 when he inked his four-year
120 million dollar deal
He was only getting he was only making 30 million a year at that time if I'm not mistaken
He was the highest pay receiver now that you have Justin Jefferson who you know reset at the market
Who is to say, you know Tyree kill won't ask for
40 or 45 million dollars a year granted, you know the he is worth the money
It's just a matter of will the dolphins be willing to you know pay him because let's be real here
They're trying to figure out what they're gonna do with toa and that whole situation
And we don't know exactly how things are gonna go
We don't know if toa is gonna want to do a holdout or whatever the case may be we don't know and
You know
It's great that Tyree kill wants to finish his career with the dolphins and whatnot
But at the same time
They have a lot of people that they have to pay and they have a lot of question marks that they have to start
You know figuring out within the next few years, okay?
Especially, you know when you have players like Jaylen Phillips, Javon Holland and company who you know pretty soon
They're gonna be looking for deals big deals and if you don't try to figure out or at least
Get an idea of what their number is looking like
Then you're basically going to be blindsided and then that's thing
You know you're gonna be trying to figure out, okay
Are we gonna low ball them?
We're gonna high ball them are we gonna try to put the squeeze on them?
What exactly are we gonna try to do right and so what you what you see is a
Lot of times and this has sort of been a trend that I've that I've been you know sort of looking at
Recently is that players are willing to you know
Take less for a short for a shorter term deal
So that they could re up again and hit free agency while they're still in their prime compared to taking the
traditional for and you know
by the time that contract is over you're either out of your prime or
Injury written or you know people just don't want to take care of your contract, okay?
And so you know if if you're the Dolphins GM
You have a lot of things you have to figure out because you're in the situation where one or two things are gonna happen
Either you're gonna franchise to it and then once the season is over with
You're probably not going to you know pay him and just let him walk in here for the agency and then probably see if you can
you know draft a quarterback or
You're gonna ink them to a deal and somebody else is gonna have to go you know
But again, I'm not on the team. So I really don't have to worry about that
now moving on to
CMC or as we all know Christian McCaffrey
This curveball
That just happened yesterday
Literally as I was thinking about recording and I was you know finishing up on my talking points for this podcast for this episode
Specifically, you know, that's when I check my phone boom Christian McCaffrey
Incident in extension. So let's go over his details, right?
So he inked a two-year thirty eight million dollar extension with the 49ers
He gets a fourteen point two million dollar bonus and he gets 24 million guaranteed
And he will be making 19 million a year, which would make him still the highest pay
Running back in the league when you look at Christian McCaffrey, right?
Christian McCaffrey
Has been consistently been
The best running back in the league. Okay, you're talking about someone who?
Can play running back at a very elite level and can also double as a slot receiver?
That's very rare
For him to do something like that and then on top of that with him with him being
Such a very pivotal role on the 49ers offense
They needed to make sure that they kept Christian McCaffrey because they realized and it and that they know
That in some ways not to be you know not to be a pun or anything
But this is the last day and for the 49ers
Because they have a lot of veteran, you know players on their team who have a lot of mileage on their bodies
their contracts are getting you know a little bit out of reach and
You know, it's just time to hit the button, right?
When you have contracts, you know like Trent Williams
George Kettle Nick Bolsa Fred Warner and company that stuff adds up over time, right?
And you can't continue to say oh, we're just gonna push it down, you know a few years
Not to mention pretty soon. You're gonna have to pay Brock Purdy as well
So you have a lot of people a lot of younger players that are gonna be looking for either the first or their second contract or
Whatever the case may be so, you know, this is a win-n-out situation
So, you know, if you're someone like a Brandon are you it you might have to put, you know contract talks on the back burner?
And I'm not saying that because you know of all the speculation that you know steward fans want a brandy not you
Weak but at this point, you know the 49ers are basically sending a clear message
Either you're on the boat or or you're not
Simple as that. It's either you're in or you're out. Okay, they can and you know with with them drafting Ricky
Pearsall, you know in the first round of this year's draft and then drafting another receiver later into the draft
That's sending the message like listen
You either one or two things are gonna happen
Either we're gonna ship you to a crappy team and you get your money or you can stay on this team
And you could possibly compete to get a title
One of the two and we can either we can win this thing with you or we can win this thing without you
So, you know, if you're Brandon I you we you know, you have a tough decision that you have to make they gave an extension to
To do on winnings mean Jennings, excuse me
They gave an extension to Christian McCaffrey. They can still make some moves
It's just you know, you you're holding things up and it also doesn't help that you are
Are, you know, your social media posts are a little bit, you know, weird and you know
In some ways are taking jabs at the 49ers like listen
They can ship you away and if they ship you away and if they win a Super Bowl, you're gonna be sick to your stomach
I tell I'm telling you bro. I'm telling you listen, but hey
Again, I'm not on the team. So I can't have those conversations with someone like a brain and I you. All right now moving on to
CD lamb, okay
CDs lamb situation is at times, you know, you have to laugh that you have to laugh at it, honestly for not a Cowboys fan
And the reason why I say that is because
There's just no way
There's just no way that you they literally waited too long for them to figure out what they're gonna do with CD lamb
And now they're in a situation where now CD lamb is gonna try to get as close as he can to what Justin Jefferson just got
I don't even know what people realize that
You should have taken care of this last year
Because last year you could have dictated the market
Easily and you wouldn't be in this problem right now, but you waited so long that now look
Justin Jefferson has reset the market
CD lamb knows he's probably the only receiver right now that can get as close as he can to Justin Jefferson
He knows that and so
One or two things are gonna happen
Either Jerry is gonna pay him and he may hate doing it
But Jerry likes to take care of his players or
They're gonna let him walk in free agency and if you let someone like a CD lamb walk in free agency
Good god almighty have mercy on your soul
Because he is going to get the brings truck. Okay
Brings more multiple brings trucks. Okay
If we're being real here
The cowboys are are somewhat in a in a crazy situation as well because they are you know, sort of at a crossroads
You know as as like a lot of teams are do we pay the quarterback or do we pay the number one receiver?
Right and so what's what's happening is and I don't know this for a fact
But I wouldn't be surprised if you know if report came out and sort of confirmed it
But there's probably
An internal struggle going on on who do we prioritize first? Do we prioritize Dak or do we prioritize CD lamb?
Because let's be real here
Dak Prescott is probably going to be demanding over, you know, 50 something million dollars a year. Okay
And you know CD lamb, he's going to be wanting to probably get as close as he can to resetting the market
And then not to mention to throw a monkey wrench in there Michael Parsons apparently last year
Uh yesterday said I'm not really attending OTA's and whatnot because I'm trying to preserve my body, bro
We know that you're trying to get a deal
We know you're trying to get a deal
It don't it don't take a rocket scientist to know that what you're trying to do is you're trying to get paid early
but again
If you're the cowboys for an office
This puts you in a bind because all three of your all three of those players
Are the biggest players on your team right now the most popular even in their own, you know positions and whatnot
They are the creme de la creme and you have to
You know figure out how you're going to be able to pay them
And unfortunately someone is not going to get the money that they you know that they want now
Is it going to be Dak?
It's going to be CD lamb. What's going to be Michael Parsons? Who is it going to be?
That is the million dollar question and I think everybody would like to know
Um
Because if we're being real here, it's not like the cowboys are in a situation where you know, they're in the same bubble as
The lions the 49ers the ravens or the chiefs where you know
They just need a player or two away and they could possibly make a superbowl run. No, there's still a lot of holes on that team
And you know if you will create an extension now
In some ways it would sort of give you
sort of a
Safety blanket for next year once you have to figure out and money crunch
You know different contracts and then figure out if you're going to do something for Michael Parsons and you know and whatnot
So it's just a very very very very very very difficult
um situation right now, but
On the other side, let's talk about these uh
Free agents, you know that the the notable free agents that are still available as well as the post june
First designation because I know you're probably wondering what is post june first designation?
Because you hear it all the time when somebody gets released and whatnot. Okay, so
Get your pens and papers. Let's get into it. All right. So according to pro football network, right?
pro um
post post june first design
Designation basically means if a team cuts a player before june first
All future guarantees and allocated signing bonus will be on the team's cap books at once however
Any player released or traded after june first will have his dead money spread over two seasons, right now as
You know, as I just said, you're probably wondering what's dead money. Okay, we're going to explain that as well
Dead money is basically cap space that was designated to a player that's no longer on the roster, right?
So when you so for instance when there is a player that gets cut, right? And they're like, you know
On on the books, they'll say, you know dead money dead money cap of you know, 15 million or 10 million dollars
That basically means, you know, that was the cap space that was allocated to that one set player on the roster
Um and with him getting cut basically, you know, it's you know, it's dead money because you know on the team, right?
Now here is an example, right of post june first designation, right?
So a player who has uh, three years left on his deal with an allocated, you know
With a you know allocated five million dollar signing bonus each season
The team will take on the 15 million in dead money in 2024
Or five million in three seasons because five times five times five
No, no five times three. Excuse me. It's 15. Man. I need to go back to school. Um, I can't believe I just butchered that
Oh man, that was bad. Now an example of a post june first designation is if the team waited
June 2nd to trade or release that player the team will only take five million in dead money in 2024
And then 10 million in 20 in 2025
Now if we're being real here
And it all really depends on the type of GM that you have because there are some GM's who are cap savvy who
You know, they find ways to create cap space and they find ways to
You know, move money down, you know, two or three years in advance, whatever the case may be
If you have a GM who is like that, you know, whenever you get into a pinch
In some ways that can be good and then there's other times where, you know, it's just best that you take on
you know
Basically all of the cap and just you know and then be free, you know for the next, you know, however many years
Just because you know, you don't have to worry about that no more compared to it's like, okay
This year we're going to take on five million this year. We're going to take on five million this man
You're going to take on five million this year. We're going to take on five million this year
We're going to take on five million that stuff adds up over time
It may not seem like it at first because it's like, oh, it's only five million, but it's like no
That is a lot of money, especially when you're in a pinch
Especially when, you know, for instance, there may be a player that might be wanting to get traded
And he has specifically said that he wants to go to your team
If you don't have the money, then guess what? You can't pull that type of trade off
but
You know, if you're in a position where you have that flexibility, then you know, you can do something
That's why a lot of the playoff caliber teams the one thing that they do have in common is
They have flexibility
They have flexibility when they need it
When they're in a bind and they realize that there is a player that you know could definitely be
A major upgrade to the team
Then they'll you know make some changes make some moves and they'll make sure that they have, you know more than enough money
and flexibility to absorb whatever contract that that player had well at the same time figuring out a way to
read
Reconstruct it and fix it up and whatnot
Now for instance, let's let's let's give a real a real life example for instance
So once uh, june 1st, you know past, right?
The Broncos
Uh, basically took on the the cap hit for Russell Wilson. So it was like over 50 some million dollars
Right. So in doing so with uh, the Steelers giving him a vet minimum
They'll only be taking I think between
52 to 51
Million million dollar dead cap hit, right now the Broncos are in a situation where they can do a few things
They can either spread it
You know spread the the dead cap hit over, you know the next few years or they can just take it all
This season and then you know be freed up, you know for the remaining
You know for the remaining years because let's be real here
They're in a situation where they're probably going to want to reset the market
For ps2. So, you know that that's just a good example right there
Now let's get into these notable free agents that are still around now
Probably wondering, you know, why in the world these people why you know people still not getting signed
Teams are in a phase now where they're trying to you know get a feel for exactly what are the weak spots on their
On their roster and see if maybe they need to possibly make an upgrade from
Um, you know from outside of the team or just let things play out
So let's go over these notable free free agents and then probably, you know
Make a little bit of a prediction for some of them, right?
So we have Eddie Jackson, Stefan Gilmore, JC Jackson, Justin Simmons, Xavier Howard, David Bakhtiari
Jamal Adams, Ryan Tannehill, Marcus May, Hunter Redfrow and DJ Humphreys just to name a few, right?
So when you look at it, right?
Some of those players um are a little bit, you know up in age
There's others who you know
Are dealing with injuries and then you have others who they're just waiting. They're just waiting for the right moment, right?
So for instance, when you have um someone like Justin Simmons, right?
Justin Simmons is still one of the best, you know, safeties in the league. However
My not my understanding but my my theory is possibly the reason why nobody is signing him
Is because he's probably looking for one more payday
And teams are basically telling him like listen, you're up in age. Your play has somewhat, you know come down a little bit recently
and
You know, we're just trying to you know, get somebody to just come on to the team, right?
And so, you know for him, he's probably thinking in the back of his mind
Oh, okay. Well, then I'll just wait. Somebody will give me the bag when it's like, no, not really
No, not really. Um, but if I can make a prediction for for Justin Simmons, I probably would predict that he might he'll probably go
Maybe to the right. Well, no, not to the Ravens
I don't know because see he's he's a very unique player only because
Teams really don't value safeties as much and it's it's somewhat showed and um in free agency this year
The biggest one that that you know, that made a crazy move that got a lot of attention was CJ Carter Johnson
And even then he went back to the Eagles
He went back to the Eagles. So it's like, okay, cool. I mean, you know, that's not really nothing
So if I'm Justin Simmons
One or two things either I'm going to go to one of these playoff caliber teams
Or I'm just going to wait until you know, unfortunately, somebody has an injury and the team gets desperate
And then we start having those talks, right?
because
You know
Who is to say there?
There's there's nothing stopping him from from potentially getting cut
Right in training camp if he was assigned to a team right now or any of these players if we're being real here
No matter what their highlights or no matter what their numbers show
They can still get cut right now. Um
Do I think he would
Go to a team, you know for less possibly
But it has to be for the right situation though has to be a very unique situation
Um, jc jackson if i'm not mistaken, I think he's taking a step away from football
Um to work on his mental health. I think if i'm not mistaken, I could be wrong
um, if I am wrong then you know, I
I I I'll be forthcoming and apologize in advance
um now with Stefan again more Stefan again was a very unique situation because
Even though yes, he is an older player
He can still go with the best of them, right?
We saw that when he was with the cowboys, he was still holding his own
Um somewhat against a lot of number one and number two receivers. He was doing that. Um
And not to mention he has the flexibility to play both man and zone, right?
When he was, you know younger and in his prime
He was a primarily a man coverage, you know, man to man corner
But now that he's gotten older you see that he can play just as good zone as he did man, right?
And so
You want someone like him on your team because one he's one Super Bowl
So he has the experience has playoff experience and he knows, you know, he knows how to play receivers really well
Name a receiver that you know that has really given Stefan. I mean not Stefan. They step on Gilmore
Um problems lately and you know, we could probably have a a good debate about it. But um, but when you look at people like Jamal Adams
David Bakhtiari Ryan Tannehill, right?
David Bakhtiari is in a situation where he is coming off of a major injury. He is an older player
and
teams may not value him as much
compared to
You know, if he had if if he just stayed with the Packers or whatever the case may be
um, and it also doesn't help that, you know
The the door might be closed for him to go to the jet simply because they drafted
it. Um, you know, they drafted their future left tackle, right? So
You know, it it sort of makes things a little bit difficult for him. But you know
injuries happen all the time
So I wouldn't be surprised if he gets picked up pretty soon now when you look at Jamal Adams
Jamal Adams is in the situation where he
has definitely regressed, okay
Since being traded from the Jets and then you know going
Going to the Seahawks, of course and getting his money. He really hasn't been playing the best
He really hasn't now. I've heard
You know rumors and saw reports that you know, he would be open
He would be open to going back to the Seahawks, but as a linebacker and it's like, uh, okay
But at the same time it's like you regressed and you just haven't really shown like, okay
Maybe there's a little bit something maybe there's something that we can work with
Maybe there's something that we just got to pull out of him
Like there really isn't a whole lot to show for Jamal Adams. Like I'm just being real here
the injuries
Just basically like
Sapped all the potential that he had because let's be real here when he was with the Jets, you know
He was you know all pro, you know, one of the best safeties, you know was
You know making plays and had crazy highlights and whatnot, but it's like now it's like
Oh
And it's not a good. It's a bad. It's like, I don't know about this one boy. I don't know about this one
um
But you know and in all jokes aside, you know, it it definitely is a weird situation
I know he like recently he had talks with the Ravens
And you know that really didn't materialize, but you know, they're probably just playing the waiting game
Maybe he's probably talking to other teams
Try to get a feel for you know, the best opportunity or whatever, you know kudos to him
And whatnot, but when you look at someone like a Ryan Tannehill
Most likely he's gonna be on the team
He he probably will
Even though yes, he's up in age and whatnot
He could be a good backup quarterback like if your quarterback just you know, it's gonna be out for like two games
Ryan Tannehill could do it. Okay. All you gotta do is tell him what you want him to do
Get the job done. All right. He's not gonna wow you. He's not gonna, you know
Sell out and do all this different type of stuff. No, he's just gonna just stick to the plan
Do whatever he needs to do execute the plan win the game. That's all he's gonna do, right?
and you know
He's cheap now there was definitely rumors going around that he might go to the Steelers
Simply because you know, his old offensive coordinators now our offensive coordinator
Thank god it did not happen
because
Oh my god, that would have been a disaster
But that's gonna be another episode which that might turn into
an hour long rants
But um, all those aside here when you look at you know, people like
Examing Howard Eddie Jackson, they can still play at a pretty high level
It's just a matter of are they looking for money or they're looking for an opportunity to win, right?
And so if they're looking for an opportunity to win, they're probably, you know
Assessing everybody and probably saying, okay, is this the best position for me?
Is this the best position for me? Could I do this? Could I do that? Whatever the case may be so
I would not be surprised if they get picked up, you know, probably like to the middle
To the late part of the season they'll probably go to like a playoff team, you know
I wouldn't be surprised if they go like to the Niners or the Chiefs or whatever the case may be
But in all in all just to you know, wrap things up because I don't I don't want to keep on putting out, you know
Long episodes for you guys unless you guys long unless you guys like long episodes if you guys do
Let me know
Under the comments on our instagram page at football underscore junkies pod and I'll be sure to do that
I'll just have to add in more stuff probably getting special guests and whatnot
We'll be we will be having special guests soon. Just have to plan and make sure everything is right for you know
scheduling whatnot, but
If I can be real here a lot of those players that are listed
They're probably going to be on a team sometime this season
Now is it going to be a team that's going to be, you know in the playoffs? I don't know. I don't have a crystal ball
I can't see but
um
To say that they're not going to be on on the team this upcoming season is an out lie. Okay
Some somebody's going to get hurt teams are going to get desperate teams are going to be looking for you know
somebody to either be an upgrade or
Just to you know be a placeholder until that player, you know gets healthy again, whatever the case may be so
um looking forward to them, you know, maybe you know saving Howard
Want to go to the Steelers? Maybe you know
Just to open, you know, just putting it out there, you know, you can come to the six time
six time
Six time Pittsburgh Steelers, you know, but I'm going to end this episode right here
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