So here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. We finally got to the point where I've been waiting for okay, and that is the off-season talk. Okay. Finally, we get to the series that I've been waiting for you've been waiting for, we all have been waiting for my fellow football junkies.
And that is to go over every single team in the NFL all 32 teams every single division
Okay, so this is how we're gonna do it. Okay every week two divisions one aFC one NFC now
They can flip flop in the order. Okay, so this week we're doing NFC first and in the second episode
We're doing aFC. All right, and we're starting off with the NFC East
Okay, so that is the commanders the cowboys the Giants and the Eagles
Okay, now this one is a little bit different from everything else that I've done now usually, you know
When I do these types of things, it's sort of like, you know, the the gut check times and but this is a little bit different
The way that it's different is that we're going over draft picks positions of need your salary
Free agents all those things and more. Okay, so we're going very in depth with every single team
Where they are what they need to do and what can they do to be better if you know if they're not already better
Okay, so you already know my spill you already know how things go because you know why this is the 68th episode of the football
Junkies podcast. Okay, I am your host with the most. Okay, I am your GM who currently is not on a team right now
But don't you worry about it. Okay. I am your chief bad road Domus. Okay anything and everything related to the bag
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Guess what they about to be coming out left and right. Okay, it's going to be like a old Oprah show
Okay, you get a bag you get a bag you get a bag. We all get a bag. Okay
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Ready to release them to the public. But guess what?
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Okay, and then next week we talking about the combine as well. Oh man, we are in our bag
It does not stop. Okay, just because the regular season is over just because the confetti is over. Guess what the grind can
I can't even speak. I'm so excited the grind still continues folks. So guess what one three one two three. Let's lock in
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Right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now
Okay, now normally I would talk about, you know, things are going on the league
But there's really not a lot of stuff going on in the league right now
I'm gonna be honest with you the only sort of like big news is T Higgins getting franchise tagged again
And even then that's not really, you know, super big news because it was sort of expected
The bangles are in the situation right now where you have to pay
Three of your best players in two of those players you may have to reset the market for well
No, one of them you're definitely gonna have to reset the market for okay
You have to pay Jamar Chase T Higgins and Trey Hendrickson. How in the world are you gonna be able to do this?
They put themselves in their sit in this situation folks because guess what had you pay Jamar Chase last year and
Then he had the season that he had this year
You would be fine because guess what?
The deal has already been signed pictures have already been taken all those different types of things and more okay
But because he had a triple crown season
He's going to reset the the receiver market. He's going to get more than Justin Jefferson. I'm sorry now T Higgins
There's a little bit of wiggle room with his type of deal
Okay, so with him and I know I know I should be going into the offseason stuff, but I just had to talk about this
But T Higgins, okay? He can't necessarily demand a whole lot of money
But somebody would be willing to give him a decent amount of money
Now what is your definition of decent amount of money to me?
It's probably maybe 24 to maybe 26 million a year at best
I don't think he's gonna get close to 28 29 or even 30. I just don't see it
I think you know somebody would be willing to
Not give him the traditional four-year deal
I think they'll give him a three just so he can get a majority of his money up front
So just in case anything, you know goes crazy. Guess what?
They can wipe their hands clean from the situation and not have to deal with you know any large
You know dead cap hits or any of those different types of things when you give these types of free agents, you know
These big deals right but all in all
This is the bangles being cheap once again
You have Trey Hendrickson who was a defensive player of the year finalists as well who had one of his best seasons bar none
And now you're gonna have to pay him top dollar money
So at some point the bangles are gonna have to figure out exactly what are they going to do moving forward because
All your money is tied into Joe Burrow
Then it's Jermar Chase
Then it's T Higgins if he stays on the team and then it's Trey Hendrickson
Nobody else will be able to get the bag because why it's all tied in with everybody else and granted
I'm all here for everybody getting the bag, but it comes a time of point where it's like hey
Maybe if I take a little bit less, maybe it'll allow us to get you know
Upgrade with this position or that position or whatever the case may be your defense is atrocious
so at some point
The thought of maybe if I take less to benefit the team and to benefit me and
To better our chances of going back to a Super Bowl. Maybe I should do that instead of saying hey
I'll just take whatever you give me
Just saying that that's just my little rant, but let's get into the NFC East
Okay, so as I said before in the intro, this is a little bit different from gut check time
Okay, so with this we're going more in depth. Okay, we're talking about your salary. We're talking about rollover cap
Okay, we're talking about your free agents your draft picks your positions of need
candidates for
Restructure extension trades and cuts. Okay, all of that and more we're going all the way in when it comes to
Where your teams are? Okay, so we're starting with the NFC East. We're gonna start with the Cowboys, okay?
So with the Cowboys they have negative 2.3 million catch space. Okay, but they have a rollover cap of 18.8 million
Now you're probably wondering what is rollover cap? I'm gonna tell you right now
So rollover cap is basically the amount of unused salary cap that can be carried over into the next season
Okay, but the rule is this teams must inform the league
By 4 p.m. The day after the regular season ends that they intend to do so if they do not do that
They could possibly face penalties that include fines losing draft picks all those different types of you know punishments and more
Okay, so with the Cowboys having 18.8 million in unused cap space
That's gonna carry them over into the new league year which would put them in the green
But at the same time would limit them from trying to make any big moves in free agency
You know via trades or anything like that
so
You're already getting ready to go through another offseason where you're basically gonna be quiet
You're not gonna be able to you know make a big trade or make a big splash signing
You're not gonna be able to do any of those any of those type of things. So that's one
To you have free agents that include Brandy cooks Zach Martin, Demarcus Lawrence, Tray Lenz, Brian Anger, Eric Kendricks, Jordan Lewis, Cooper Rush,
Lin-Ball Joseph, CJ Goodwin just to name a few okay, and some of these are very notable free agents
Demarcus Lawrence, he's gonna have a market Zach Martin if he still wants to play he's gonna have a market Brandy cooks
Despite what everyone may say about Brandy cooks
He is a reliable receiver now granted
He's not gonna be someone that's gonna play an entire season
He may miss a game or two, but best believe you're never gonna have any problems with him and he's always gonna get the job done
That is one thing I can say about Brandy cooks now for everybody else. It's a little bit difficult
Okay, so like Tray Lenz
His market really isn't as defined as everybody else's most likely he'll be a backup quarterback
Unfortunately at best will probably be you know competing to either be the second string or third string quarterback
Let's see Eric Kendricks
Maybe you'll stay with the Cowboys. Maybe not. I don't really know
I know there's been a lot of turnover with the team
So, you know if there's a particular coach that that was there, you know when they first got there
Maybe they're not there anymore, but you know outside of that
There's not a lot of you know notable people. They're like, oh man, they're gonna have this, you know, big market
Not really it's just you know, the notable household names. Honestly now when we go to positions of me
Okay, you have defensive tackle wide receiver running back and offensive line
This is my problem. Okay, so receiver is not as strong as what I would have thought it would have been
Now we know in past years, you know, you've had
Uh
Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson's of the world the Malik neighbors of the world Brian Thomas CD lamb just to name a few right
But this one is a little bit different. Okay, you got Luther Birdie. You got T Mac
You got Matthew Golden. You got a Mecca of Bucca. You got Jack Bess. You got Tess Johnson
You got Savion Williams. You got what his name was strepo from Miami. So you have options. Okay?
You have your big body receivers. You have your, you know, shifty receivers. You have your route runners
You got it all in this draft, but the problem is not all of them
Should be drafted as high as what we probably would think they would be so for me personally
I think there's probably only
Maybe four receivers right now that you could say will probably be drafted in the first round
Matthew Golden T Mac Luther Birdie a Mecca of Bucca
Now all of them is for you know, various reasons and you know, all of them have different skill sets
But those are only four there should be nobody else
Outside of those four names that should be drafted in the first round Isaiah Bond to me is not a first rounder
Savion Williams is not a first rounder to me
Restrepo is not a first rounder to me
A lot of those guys are day two and day three picks. Okay. Now. Can they be you know hidden gems that can you know do spectacular things for different teams?
Yes, of course, but the fact of the matter is this receiver class is not as strong as it has been within the last five to ten years
I'm just being honest here. Now with running back
They have a little bit of leeway and the reason why I say that is because you can get a good quality running back in
the day two and day three
Spots of the draft you could get, you know a Devon Neil a Caleb Johnson
Travion Henderson
Quincheon Jenkins you can get
Boshul to and you can get a marion Hampton. You have options with running back
This is probably gonna be one of the biggest running back class that we have had in a very very very long time
I would not be surprised that if we see some, you know, Pro Bowl
Almost borderline all pro running backs multiple running backs that come out of this draft class
All right. Now when we look at you know defensive tackle, it is a class that I'm very high on okay
and the reason why I say that is because
You can get a good quality defensive woman in the later parts of the draft sort of like running back
Okay, you have Doran Harman you have Dion Walker Walter Nolan
Annias pebbles you have Darius Alexander Jordan Phillips just to name a few you have a lot of defense alignment
Shamar Stewart, okay? I can keep on going if I really wanted to but you have some very notable
You know defensive linemen that you can get and each and every one of them is different from the next
Okay, because we all know that Margie Smith has not lived up to the hype and at this point
I would not be surprised if he is a trade candidate or a cut candidate. I'm just being honest here now offensive linemen
It's a little bit tricky. Okay, so you can go at this a few different ways
You can go at it, you know via the draft or you can go at it, you know in free agency
Depending on the position of the offensive line if it's tackle
You could address that in this year's draft now. I will say this to me
I think will Campbell will probably be better at guard. I think Calvin Banks could probably be better at guard
I feel like you know graze able. I think there's a little bit of position
Flexibility with his skill set. I do feel like there are some really good tackles in this draft class
And you know only time will tell honestly. I think with the combine being next week
I think we can really see exactly, you know, what are their 40 times? What are their, you know?
Skill sets and all those different things and more okay, because we all know a lot of the you know
Big signings and rumors and all those things they all start at the combine. Well, no they actually start in the senior bowl
Then they die a little bit and then they pick right back up when the combine because that's where everybody's at your GM's
You're you know agents and all those different things and more. Okay, so this is what I will say at
best
One or two things are gonna happen either they're gonna draft a defensive linemen in the first round or they're gonna draft
For running back or maybe even a receiver who knows but when we look at their draft picks, okay?
Of course, they got their first their second their third they have four fifth round picks to
Sixth round picks and one seventh round pick. Okay, so all in all they have a decent amount of picks
Which means they have their
The run of the litter but the thing is
What do you value the most right now?
Do you value your defense or do you value getting another weapon for Dak Prescott?
Because at this point you have to find a way to make this team at least a little bit competitive
Because you didn't allocate it a majority of your cap to who Dak Prescott and CDL and that's no slight to them
But the fact of the matter is I would have never paid Dak Prescott the amount of money that the Cowboys paid him
He is not one of MVP
He is not one in NFC championship let alone been to a Super Bowl. So why in the world would I pay you all that money?
There's no need now CDL and that's a different conversation for a different day personally the fact of the matter is
This team needs to get a little bit cheaper on both sides of the ball. Okay now when we look at you know
Candidates for either restructure extensions trades or cuts
Tremont digs is the first person that comes to mind. Okay, because right now his contract is
Going to age like a banana. So right now his base salary for this year will only be nine million
But his cap hit will be fourteen point two million and then in twenty twenty six
It's fourteen point five and then in twenty twenty seven. It's nineteen point five and then in twenty twenty eight. It is twenty million
Okay
Most likely they're going to do a restructure
But if they don't do a restructure, I would not be surprised if his name is float around for a potential
trade candidate or cut
Keep your eye on Tremont digs. Now when we look at someone like a Micah Parsons
That's a little bit of a difficult situation because why you either have to pay him or you have to trade him
He is not going to play another season without a new deal
Now when we look at spot racks value for Michael Parsons, it's a four year
134 point eight million dollar deal, which is thirty three point seven million a year. Okay?
Big number big amount of money
But I mean you guys dodged a bullet though because had he won a defense a player of the year
That probably would have been forty million just say and granted
I understand Jerry Jones likes to take care of his players and that's perfectly fine
No, no disrespect to him, but it's like bro
You be writing checks for players that you know
You you paying them like they're the next Dion Sanders or Reggie White or you know Troy Aikman or whatever it is like bro
You're not even close to that now Michael Parsons
This could benefit the Cowboys or this could hurt the Cowboys and
Let me explain why when it comes to benefiting the Cowboys if you trade away Michael Parsons
That's another first round pick
Now that first round pick could be for this year or it could be for next year
Okay, because right now you need all the draft picks that you can get right now
Because you won't be able to really go out and really get people in free agency for maybe another year or so
So the only way you're going to be able to build this team is where through the draft and
I guarantee you Michael Parsons has a market
Somebody would be willing to go after Michael Parsons give him the money that he wants or maybe a little bit less
While giving you that first round pick because you need it now everybody else I
Don't really know. I don't think Zach Martin is coming back. I don't think Brandon cooks is coming back
I don't think the markets. Lawrence is coming back. I
Just feel like you know, they're in a situation where they want to win they want to experience winning football and
And you know, they'll probably be willing to take less just to be in a winning situation
So keep your eyes on, you know, Brandon cooks that Marion in the markets Lawrence this offseason. Okay now
Let's go to the commanders. Okay, so with them they have 79 million in cap space
They have a rollover cap of 19.8. So technically speaking, they'll have about maybe
What 80 something million maybe close to 90 something million in cap space. That's a lot of money folks
That is a lot of money to play with. Okay, then we'll look at their free agents. You got Bobby Wagner
You got Marcus, Marriota. You got Clinton Farrell, Jeremy Chen, Dante Fowler, Jr.
Zach Erz, Cornelius Lucas, Benjamin St.
Juice, you have Jeff Driscoll, Diamond Brown, Noah Brown. You got a lot of free agents, but
Most of these free agents will be coming back to the team. Okay, they're not gonna be leaving
Especially you the way that the season ended over so they are definitely staying. Okay
Now we look at their draft picks, of course, they got their first their second their third
They don't have a fourth which I think they used to get Marcus
Marcus Ladimore from not mistaken. They have their fifth sixth and then two seventh round picks. Okay, cool
Now we look at their positions of need DB both corner and safety
and
wide receiver tight end defensive tackle, this is a
little bit of a better situation than everybody else's and the reason why I say that is because
Now they have become a hot market for players to go to
Like I wouldn't be surprised if Deebo Samuel wants to go over here
Simply because for one he has a relationship with the current GM with the commanders and Adam Peters
And on top of that it's winning football who wouldn't want to go into a winning situation
I think he would be willing to take less
Just to go to a team like the commanders because what it sounds like to me is the 49ers are probably going to release
Debo Samuel instead of trade for him, which will probably make more sense than just you know, trade him or whatever
Now when we look at you know other potential candidates, I think Christian curb could maybe
Go to the commanders because again, he was with the Cardinals when they had Cliff Kingsbury as the head coach
Could be a possible reunion. There are a lot of
Good reunions that could happen with the commanders this offseason. Okay, I would not be surprised if some of those free agent
You know players that were with the Cowboys would want to go to the commanders because why they probably played their best football under Dan Quinn and Joe
Wait, so again, the commanders are in a situation where you could bring in top-end talent while at the same time
Even make this team even better than what it was this past season
I guarantee you the commanders will be back in the NFC championship
Because right now everybody else in the NFC are either in a situation where they're trying to figure out where they stand or
They're trying to you know
Maneuver a rebuild the 49ers. They're having to they're gonna have to go through rebuild. Okay, you have an older roster
Your team is not really going anywhere and you're losing coaches left and right. Okay, you have the Rams
You have to figure out what you're gonna do with Matthew Stafford moving forward. You're about to lose puka
I mean not puka Cooper Cup
Who else see Hawks you got cat problems? You got to figure that out the Lions
You have to figure out what you're going to do moving forward because why you lost both your offensive coordinator and your defensive coordinator in one off season and
All you did was just basically elevate all of your assistants and made them into the next offensive and defensive coordinators
Is Jair golf going to be the same Jair golf that we've seen in the past three years? I don't know
Only time will tell at this point and then we look at the Vikings
They have their own problems to figure out. Are they going to pay Sam Darno?
Are they gonna roll with JJ McCarthy? There's a lot of questions within the NFC
The only two teams right now that everyone should be concerned about is the commanders and the Eagles
Because the commanders right now just showed you that listen. We are here
We're not going anywhere and we're going back to the Super Bowl fairly soon
Now when we look at candidates for restructures extensions trades and cuts, of course March on Lattimore
Terry McClaren for sure is definitely getting an extension
Okay, when we look at his market value is three years 82.4 million, which is only 27.5 million a year
Now when we look at someone like for instance a Jonathan Allen, most likely he'll probably get the extension now
Is it going to be this super big extension? Probably not at best
I think it would probably look like a restructure where it's like they're just adding more years and just adding more guaranteed money with his current deal
Just to you know fluff up the numbers as I call it
But I don't think it's going to be you know something, you know earth shattering or anything like that
you know all in all
The commanders are
Very competitive
But at the same time they have to continue on this streak of hitting on draft picks and hitting on their free agent signings and not going
You know over and above when it comes to certain players, okay?
Maintain this course do not try to do something different
But maintain the course if you maintain this course they can be right back where they just were but if they decide to go left with this thing
It's gonna be a problem when we look at the Giants
Giants the Giants the Giants man. Oh man. Oh man
Man, they ain't man. Oh man. They really messed themselves up. Okay, so they have 47.1 million in cap space
Okay, they have a rollover cap of only 1.1 million which really isn't a lot so at best
You'll probably have maybe 50 some million in cap space to probably play with and that's probably you know
Counting if they decide to cut somebody or do a restructure or an extension any of those different types of things, okay?
Now we look at their free agents, you know, you're gonna have Darius Layton, Isaiah Simmons drew lock break Van
Van Rotten Adori Jackson Aziz Azulari Gunnar Ochefsky Chris Hubbard Matthew Adams Armand Watts just to name a few
Okay, of course, they're gonna have their first their second their third their fourth will actually two fourths
Excuse me one fifth no sixth round pick and two seventh round picks
Okay, now we look at positions of need for them quarterback receiver corner
Interior offensive line and interior defensive line
Now this is the problem with the Giants, okay?
They have a lot of tough decisions that they're going to have to make moving forward and the reason why I say that is because
You have to figure out are you truly in love with one of these quarterbacks?
Because right now you are at a crossroads
You have a owner that has let you know that listen you guys have one last chance
If you guys do not have a better season than what we've had the last few years, you're gone
He's already let that be known
So either you tell him hey listen our guy isn't isn't here in this draft
but next year our guy is there or
You take one of these quarterbacks or you take the veteran approach and you get someone like a Russell Wilson
Sam Darno Kirk Cousins
You know Aaron Rogers or Matthew Stafford even though I've seen his name
You know floored around a whole bunch of times with the Giants, which is weird
But all in all you have a lot of tough decisions that you're gonna have to figure out
Within the next few weeks. Well actually in the next few days honestly
Like are you really committed to getting a quarterback this year?
And if not then what position are you going to address in the first round because remember the Giants have the third pick of the draft
So you could go at this thing a few ways you can go and get you know Travis Hunter
You can go and get Abdul Carter. You could go get Mason Graham. You have options
Okay, but the question is what are you going to do?
What is going to be the direction of this team moving forward because again?
We saw in hard knocks that there was a little bit of division between
Joe Shane and Brian Davell because Brian Davell wanted to go in a different direction than what Joe said Joe Shane did because remember
Joe Shane was looking at you know, patch rushers. He was looking at Chris Jones Christian Wilkins
Brian Burns just to name a few
Whereas, you know, Brian Davell. He was looking at Jaden Daniels. He actually liked Jaden Daniels. Okay, if I'm Brian Davell
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to throw Joe Shane under the bus a little bit because as of right now
His plan is not worked. Okay, you literally let our best offensive weapon go
probably
Arguably one of the greatest running backs in
Giants history and possibly one of the greatest running backs of all time
Just walk out the door and you didn't even fight for him
And then you doubled down or not doing it by saying
Who in the world is gonna give a running back 12 million a year and the owner told you I would have a problem sleeping at night
If we let say Kwan walk and you let him walk and you went to the Eagles first year
Guess what happened? They won a championship
Now I'm not saying that if say Kwan stayed you guys would have had the same outcome
But what I am saying is this
You now have given a reason for say Kwan Barkley to torture you guys for the next few years
Because of that simple decision and so now you have to figure out exactly how are you gonna make this team a
little bit competitive
Because right now sure you have Dexter Lawrence sure you have Malik neighbors sure you may have you know
Brian birds and Kevin Tibido, but the fact of the matter is you're still not competitive
You are not
competitive
The last two years
Maybe even three years if you really go if you really want to you know get in the bag
You guys have not been competitive for a very long time and you guys have to break out of this cycle now
Because if not guess what some boxes are gonna be put in and some people gonna be moved down
Just saying now when we look at receiver as I've said before not that strong you could go out at a few different ways
But my problem is what anybody want to play with the Giants?
I really think about this because Darius Slayton's market value right now is only three years
47.3 million which is only 15.8 million a year. I don't think Darius Slayton is coming back to the Giants
I think Darius Slayton is gonna want to try to win
And I think he would be willing to take less to be in a winning situation. Okay now someone like Isaiah Simmons
He's not gonna have that big of a market
I think at best who probably stayed with the Giants because at this point
Where are you gonna go?
Because if you go anywhere else your roster spot is not guaranteed as these are
Ojalari I would have thought he probably would have been traded last season personally
Just because he has a lot of upside with his game now granted
He's been battling a lot of injuries, but the potential is there, but when we look at his market value
It's a two-year 15.1 million dollar deal, which is only 7.6 million a year, which is you know, very
Fairly pretty good now someone like it a Dory Jackson. I don't think he's gonna be with the Giants
I think he's gonna go in a different direction same thing with a few other
Free agents as well. Okay
Now when we look at you know, interior offensive line, you can go at it a few different ways
You can draft one or you can pay for one
But if you pay for one you may have to pay top dollar for one
Compared to just drafting one, you know, which you can get in the second third four fifth six seventh, you know
Undrafted whenever okay now defensive line, you know as I've said before with with other teams
You have your run in the litter. Okay, you have a wide variety of defensive linemen
You now can choose Dexter Lawrence's partner. Okay, you again, you have Dion Walker
You have the Ron Harmon you have a Neas Peoples you have Jordan Phillips you have Darius Alexander
You have a Walter Nolan you have Ken of Grant you have Mason Graham you have options at defensive line
So you have to get at least maybe two
Honestly speaking here, I would not be surprised if we see multiple teams double dip at defensive line
Just because of how great this defensive line class is now we look at corner
for corner, it's a little bit difficult for them simply because
You know Dante Banks was supposed to be you know the next big thing at corner and so far he has not lived up to that
so far he looks like he does not want to be there and
It looks like to me that he is falling out of the good graces of Brian Dable
So I would not be surprised if he's a trade or cut candidate at this point
But we look at you know candidates for restructure. We've already sort of you know went over that with both Aziz Arjallari and Daria Slayton
I don't expect anybody else with any of these free agents to be getting you know a major bag
I wouldn't be surprised if you know someone like a gunner or
Or chef ski, you know maybe come back because he's you know a special teams ace but outside of that
I think everybody else is just going to try to find you know better situations. Well, you know what actually I know I'm skipping around
I need to go back to the commanders a little bit because I
Don't think I really went in depth with them like I really wanted to especially with positions of need
Now when we look at you know positions of need with them
Yes, I put DB because they both need a safety and corners as well Mike Sandstrell great pickup
Okay, Jeremy Chen. He's probably gonna you know, stay with the commanders now me personally
You have options at corner me personally and this is what I've seen in multiple block drafts
And the way people have been talking about corners
I would not be surprised if you know will Johnson falls Benjamin Morrison falls a Trey Amos
Chavon revel
Ezra Thomas all those different types of corners fall
Because a lot of them all have the same red flag which is injuries
So unless they wow people at the combine, I would expect for them to fall now
I'm not saying they're gonna fall in the second round, but what I am saying is this there is a good chance that they could fall
Middle maybe late first round at best, okay
But you have people again like I've said before Chavon revel Trey Amos will Johnson Benjamin Morrison
Kobe Bryant. Yes, there is a real
Football player named Kobe Bryant. His name is not spelled with the K. It is spelled with a C
He plays with
Kansas States or is it Kansas? It's one of the two. I think it's Kansas the one with the J Hawks go J Hawks
You have options at corner
Ezra Thomas FSU really good corner and these aren't just you know, you're you know, your smaller type corners
No, these are these are some big body corners. You're talking about six two and up. All right, you guys
What is his name today bearing if I'm not mistaken from Texas like you have options at corner?
Unless if you want to you know go in and pay for one or trade for one tied in
You know, you could get you know someone like a Tyler Warren or the tight end from bowling green
I think it's Harold Harold fan in junior or you can get the tight end from Michigan or the tight end from Miami
You have options. Okay?
Defense of tackle. I've already said it
I'll continue to say you have a whole bunch of options with defensive tackle. You want that defensive line to get better
Same thing with with end. I
Would not be surprised if the commanders really do pull the trigger and get miles Garrett
I think if they get someone like a miles Garrett, we are having a completely different conversation about the commanders right now
I think miles Garrett would be willing to take less
To be in a situation with the commanders or the Eagles or somebody else that's winning because as of right now
Just about every single AFC team would be interested in miles Garrett and we all know the Browns are not going to keep miles
Garrett in the AFC
They're going to send him into the NFC now the question is who would he go to would you go to the Eagles?
If you go to the Eagles, you're gonna take a lot less
If you go to the commanders, maybe they could still pay you but it won't be as much as you want
So it's still a lot of tough questions that have to be asked but best believe the commanders are gonna be fairly busy this off season now
Back to your regular season programming. Okay, and that is with the Eagles. Okay. I was getting ready to do it, but I'm not gonna do it
Okay
Yeah, I really was now we look at their salary. Okay, they have 24.4 million and the rollover cap of 6.8 million
Which will probably be about maybe about 30 something million. Okay, fairly good
You you could do something with that. All right
Now we will look at their free agents Josh sweat Brandy Graham Zach bond Mackay Bechton the Vonte Maddox CJ
Usman Milton Williams the Raven Clark Rick Lovato Fred Johnson just to name a few. Okay, of course
They're gonna have the first round pick second round pick third fourth and they're gonna have three fifth round picks
So I'm not gonna have a sixth or seventh round pick. Okay, perfectly fine
Now positions of need tight end corner defensive line and linebacker
This is the good thing about being a Super Bowl champion is that you can attract players and have them to take less
Just so they can try to experience being in the Super Bowl
That is the biggest thing with being a Super Bowl winning team is that you can get
Any type of player they could be a perennial all-pro first battle hall of fame type of player
They would be willing to take less just to join your organization
So like a mouse gear I guarantee you if the Eagles told him hey, listen, we could only give you five million this year
He said, you know, what where do I sign?
Because why you have a winning culture and as of right now
There is nobody else at NFC aside from the commanders that can really, you know, give you a problem
Just being honest here. Now when we look at, you know positions of need tight end
That could be addressed in free agency
That probably could be addressed maybe in the draft as well because again
Even if you don't get Tyler Warren
You if you get Harold Fandin Jr. If you get a
A love land from Michigan if you get the tight end from Miami if you get any of those guys or you get someone like a
Micasecchi
That's still a plus in my book because you still have another, you know
Another good option at tight end outside of Dallas Goddard. Okay now corner as I've said before
You have options at corner because as of right now Darius lay is getting up in age and
The question is does he want to stay and if he does it'll probably be out of reduced amount
And if he doesn't then just let him walk at some point you're gonna have to get Quinlan Mitchell's, you know number two
It's better if you just do it in this draft than just to wait another year personally
You could get someone like a Siobhan revel because I don't think he's going to be drafted fairly high
You could get someone like a tray a most because I don't think he's gonna be drafted that that high
You could get someone like a Will Johnson or Benjamin Morris
You have options and defensive line. We already know
We all know that they're going to get at least two defensive linemen
We all know that it'll probably be some people that we have never even heard of before okay
No disrespect to them now linebacker that is a position where
You could sort of do what you did was that bond you could get you know somebody and you know
Give them an opportunity and you know see see exactly what happens because you still have to figure out when the Kobe D
Is gonna is gonna be coming back which is probably gonna be for a while
So you could go you can get someone like Devin white again or you could get Juan Alexander or you know any those different types of
Metal linebackers and you can pay them, you know, maybe five to eight million dollars a year and not you know lose any sleep off of that
Okay. Now when we look at the market values for some of their free agents, you know, Josh wet his market value three years
56.4 million 18.8 million a year. I think they'll probably let him walk
I know Brandon Graham said he was supposed to be retiring. Let's see if he actually sticks with that
Zach bond his market value two years 19.4 million, which is only 9.7 million a year
He's going to get the back. I don't care what anyone says. He's going to get the back
Watch what I say. Okay. Now Milton Williams his market value three years 36 million was only 12 million a year
This guy
Milton Williams this guy. Do I think he's gonna get paid a whole lot of money?
No, do I think he's going to get a fairly decent amount of money for sure
because
There's not a lot of productive defense alignment in in this league and
And getting someone like a Milton Williams will probably pay off. Okay
Now he's sort of let it be known of where he stands right now with the Eagles
Okay, because when they were cleaning out the locker rooms, okay
He was in front of his locker room with a clutch sports hoodie on any time that you have on a hoodie of the agency that represents you
Oh, yeah, you're looking for the bank. You're not looking for a bank's truck. You're not looking for a piggy bank
You're not looking for a little cashier. No, you are looking for the bank
You're looking for the big vault in the back. Okay, that's what you're looking for
So I wouldn't be surprised if he gets paid, you know, fairly well
Now when we look at you know
Candidates for restructure extensions trades and cuts CJ Usma either he may get a small extension or they'll just let him go
Me personally I probably would keep him keep on the practice squad
You know, maybe he wants to you know, stay with the team or whatever
But it is weird how he won a Super Bowl before Joe Burrow and everybody else, but that's just weird
but
Back to the situation at hand. Um
Mackay Bekton, I think you'll probably take a fairly small extension
I don't think he wants to go anywhere because this is the most productive that we've seen out of Mackay Bekton
May I remind people that Mackay Bekton was on the cusp of
potentially being out of the league and
He went to the Eagles
They told him hey listen. We want you to play guard. He was okay with it and guess what happened. They paid off
He's a Super Bowl champion now. I
Mean, that's that's a great. That's a great way to be personally
I think that's a win-win situation a win is a win Milton Williams. I
Could see him getting an extension
But I could also seeing the Eagles just letting him go because again, they have a variety of
Defensive linemen just waiting to get a chance and we all know when Jaylen Carter
You know when it's time for him for him to get paid. That's a hundred plus million dollars guaranteed
I can assure you that is a hundred plus million guaranteed that will be wired to his bank account
Okay, now everybody else I
don't really know
But I don't expect the Eagles to be like super busy and the and free agency
And if they are they're going to be getting people that you know are going to be taking less just to be with the team
And there is one thing I do want to bring to everybody's attention
This and this will be the last thing I say and then I'll end this episode
Do not worry about what the Eagles do when it comes to splash
Worry about the small signings because it's the small signings that make the biggest impact
We saw with Zach bond
No one expected Zach bond to have the season that he did
But he went to the Eagles paired himself with Vic Vangio Vic Vangio say, you know what?
You could probably be a really good off-ball linebacker. He gave into the process and guess what it worked out for him
He was a defensive player of the year finalists
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