I think it’s common knowledge that this is legitimately the case isn’t it? I feel like he may have even said so.
At any rate it’s been a known thing with him for a long time.
I’d also say Green Bay probably isn’t super likely to take a guy they aren’t sure will be ready to play as a rookie. We’ll see what their WR group looks like at the end of free agency anyways. I have to imagine they’ll sign one or two.
Okay so as a quasi-Bucs fan, OJ has admittedly looked like a shell of his former self the last couple years. But he used to flash like crazy earlier on and you just have to hope a new set of trainers can help him regain his athleticism a bit.
We’re not giving him $120 mil regardless of void years. More likely it’s just realistically a 3 year $50 mil kinda contract and we can cut him after that.
Clowney, Ingram, Justin Houston, Arden Key, and then you’re talking about guys like maybe William Gholston or Jason Pierre Paul (who looked washed last year)
So we’re basically down to Clowney, Zadarius, Hughes, and Ingram as more high profile options in free agency or taking a shot on someone young like Arden Key if we’re going to bring in a pass rusher.
He was never going to sign anywhere for less than $15 mil. Sounds like he got $17-18.
Anyone that says the money doesn’t matter is lying. They might want to win but as long as the team projects to be at least competent, they’ll almost always take the money.
I’ve lived in DC for 4 or 5 years now and I can count on one hand the number of days we’ve had snow stick on the ground. It’s not Georgia or anything but it’s certainly not Upstate NY.
Talented players in general are always available on Day 3. It’s just hard to pick them out.
With RBs of McKissic’s style and caliber, it’s not very easy to find, as evidenced by the lack of alternatives available in free agency. The only other guys that really fit the mold and are actually decent are Patterson and McKinnon.
Generally even more difficult in the draft because most of the RBs coming out don’t really know how to pass protect and are primarily ball carriers. Not impossible, and not the end of the world if we don’t have a great one, but it was nice to think we might finally have a RB that can block and catch for the first time since probably Fred’s departure.
The Zay contract is bizarre but the Kirk one is basically a 2 year $37 mil deal and that’s really not that bad for a guy as young as he is that seemed to be breaking out this past year. I really don’t understand the Zay deal though.
It’s legitimately hilarious that Watson’s top priorities are reportedly OLine, defense, and head coach and the teams he’s seemingly narrowed it down to are Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, and Cleveland.