March 10, 2025 • 17 mins
Richard Sherman reacts to the first wave of NFL free agency, including Sam Darnold leaving the Minnesota Vikings and signing with the Seattle Seahawks to replace Geno Smith, Seattle trading DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Detroit Lions signing D.J. Reed to replace Carlton Davis (who signed with the New England Patriots), Justin Fields signing with the New York Jets, Darius Slay signing with the Steelers, and the San Francisco 49ers remaining quiet while rumors about adding Joey Bosa continue to spread.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume the Delftootball Championship. That should always do the expectation.
All right, man Ax, you go ahead. Welcome back to
the Richard Sherman Podcast. And it's free agency time. The
(00:21):
tampering period is over and deals are getting done like expected,
like people said, like the rumors said. Sam Darnold to
the Seattle Seahawks is done three years. Either one hundred
point five million or one hundred and ten million. Those
details are a little cloudy right now, but it is
a three year deal worth around thirty six million dollars
(00:44):
a year. Again, is this an upgrade over Geno Smith?
I'm not sure. Sam had a really good year last
year for the Minnesota Vikings. They had a great team.
They had an old line that that blocked, They had
running backs that played well, that ran the ball well
great in the past game. Can the Seattle Seahawks mimic
that offense? I think in order to do that, you
(01:06):
got to fix the line, and you've got to fix
the interior offensive line and you're gonna have to have
them played better than they did last season. And unless
that happens, I'm not sure this will be an upgrade.
Not because of Sam Donald's talent, but because you're not
able to execute up to your talent when you don't
have time to throw the football. I think Sam Donald
average three point zero seconds to throw last season. I
(01:29):
think the Seahawks only gave the quarterback two point five
or two point six seconds. I'd have to go back
and get the exact number. But that's where my concern
would be. The mobility isn't there like it was for
Gino to to be able to extend some of those
plays and get out of harm's way. So we'll see
can Sam do it? I'm sure he can. You know,
(01:50):
people talking about a reunion with Clint Kobiak. It's gonna
be fine. They'll run the football, but again, offensive line.
You have to fix the offensive line. A lot of
these runs were getting stopped in the backfield last season
and you have to improve that. You have the bats
to do it, you know, K nine is a good back.
Sharbonne at times last season looked like a really really
(02:11):
solid NFL running back, But now you have to go
without dk Metcalf, who was the number one concern of
a lot of defenses in the receiver that they were
game planning for when they played the Seattle Seahawks. Now
it's JSN and JSN alone, you got bow bol I'm
sure they'll draft a receiver of two, but you gotta
(02:32):
need to pick up somebody. And there aren't many many
veteran receivers available that can step in and become a
number one. That's why they aren't on the market. You
don't just find number one receivers, you know, hanging on trees.
So we'll see how they addressed that. If that's another
contrincern the Chicago Bears. You look at Chicago Bears, they
(02:53):
have completely invested and revamped their offensive line because they knew, Hey,
this was an issue last season. We're not going to
allow it to be an issue again. We have a
young quarterback we think can be the future of our franchise.
We're going to give him the chance. We got to
Ben Johnson. We got a new coach, and I think
we want to give them the complete opportunity to have success.
(03:16):
When you look at the Seattle Seahawks, you got a
new offensive coordinator, and then you lose your arguably your
best receiver and your third receiver. You trade away the
quarterback and so now you get a new quarterback. And
I know the system may be similar, but just because
the system is similar doesn't mean they run it the same.
Just like everybody else was Vic Fangil. They're like, oh,
(03:39):
they run Vic's system, and he's a descendant of Vic Fangil,
but nobody can run it like he did, and so
we'll see how it goes. I think the defense will
be fine. Jaron Reid, congratulations of my boy Jay Reid.
He got a big deal for the Seapack Hawks to
come back. I think their d line is going to
be great. Ernest Jones thirty three million dollars for three years.
(04:00):
I think that's a great deal, a great bargain for
the way he played, especially when he came in last
season not knowing the plays, not having continuity with the defense.
He really solidified that defense in a big way, and
they played really well once he was inserted into the lineup.
I think the defense is fine. I think offensively, I
(04:20):
still have a ton of questions. Does Sam Darnold alleviate
all those questions. I don't think he does, But I
guess you still can go out and draft a quarterback
and develop him and do what you would have done
if Geno Smith was a quarterback. But I don't know
if this gets you better. I think this is a
lateral move without the mobility, and you still have to
address the biggest issue, which is the offensive line. I
(04:41):
think Charles Cross is good. I think Abe Lucas again
can be good when he's healthy. But outside of that,
I think he got a lot of work to do,
and the best center that was available went to the
Chicago Bears. So now, how do you address that, you know,
going forward? And I think those are the questions I
have because the interior off of line, if people can
come and give pressure to Sam Donald up the middle,
(05:04):
that's what they're gonna do. And until you address that,
the concerns remain the same for this team, and that's
where I'm at with with the Seattle Seahawks. There's been
a lot of movement DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers,
which is something else we were discussing. I think it's
a good move for DK. I think, you know, based
(05:26):
on the rumors of what he would have wanted, which
is warm climate and contenders, I think that those things
may not necessarily I mean, he you know, he makes
them better, no question. He got his money, and I'm
always happy for people getting their money deservedly. So he
and George Pickens are similar but not the same kind
of receivers. I think they'll compliment each other. But I
(05:50):
do think you got two two very very strong willed
and strong personalitied receivers who are gonna want the football
and and can help the football team when they get it.
Does Aaron Rodgers come in there and join the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That's something that seems like it's up in the air
and potentially something that could happen, especially with Justin Fields
(06:11):
being signed to the New York Jets for two years
forty million dollars thirty million guaranteed. It seems like they
have the quarterback that they were looking for for Aaron
Glenn and his staff. But I just you know, Aaron
Rodgers with DK Metcalf and George Pickens sounds like a really,
really great recipe for success if that running game in
(06:32):
Pittsburgh can get going. But again, how are you going
to block form? You need the offensive lineman. They lost
another offensive lineman to free agency. There's not a lot
of quality offensive lineman to be had in free agency.
Most of the quality offensive linement people retain because they're
so hard to come by. They're so difficult to find,
(06:53):
and when you find them, you got to keep them.
And you want continuity. You want continuity on your offensive line.
So that's why you see swing tackles and backup tackles
going for fifteen twenty million dollars, like Jalen Moore from
the San Francisco forty nine ers getting picked up by
of Kansas City Chiefs for fifteen million dollars a year.
That sounds about right because it's such a rarity to
have capable tackles available in free agency. You don't have
(07:17):
to be great. You just have to be capable of
doing the job at a decent level. You don't have
to be a world beater in and I think that's
what people don't understand. They think, oh, man, we just
need to solidify our offensive line. I mean, that sounds
good and principle, but it's really not as easy or
practical as it may seem. Just because you have cap
(07:37):
space and you have draft picks, you're like, well, we
can fix our offensive line. If it was that easy,
everybody'd have a great offensive line. There's a reason everybody
doesn't because they are very hard to hit on and
these offenses in college are getting less pro like and
it's harder to judge these offensive linemen in these schemes.
And how it translates to National Football League. Sometimes it does,
(08:01):
sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes a guy who didn't play well
in college plays really well in the National Football League.
Sometimes it's vice versa. So it's a bit of a
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Speaker 1 (09:42):
My guy DJ Reed got paid for the Detroit Lions.
They had to replace Carlton Davis who got big money
to go to the New England Patriots who have been
so active in this free agency. I mean, it's crazy.
How you improve your football team. You get better players
and it seems like the Patriots with Mike Brabel are
(10:05):
buyers in free agency that they were were not last
season the last offseason. They are big time buyers on
the defensive line. Milton Williams, the best available free agent
on a lot of boards, go to New England Patriots.
Carlton Davis goes to the New England Patriots. They have
they have done a great job of solidifying a defensive line.
(10:26):
U Spelane from the Raiders gets to the New England Patriots.
He's a he's he's a Mike Rabel type. You know.
I thought he was a Raider through and through and
I never thought they'd let him get out of the bill.
And I thought he was everything the Raiders stood for
and tough, hard nos player, Mike Linebacker plays the game
the right way, plays hard. But he's also a guy
(10:48):
I think would do well in New England at the
Mike linebacker spot. And that's a really good spot for him.
You can see that they want to win this year,
they want to be more competitive than they have in
the past, and they're putting their money where their mouth is.
My guy, big play Slay got a job with the
Pittsburgh Steelers. I think that's an upgrade. I think he's
(11:10):
a guy that can help mentor Joey Porter Jr. Helped
that defense with Minka Fitzpatrick and and the talent that
they have on that back end, and they have a
really good front and Cam Hayward who was an All
Pro last season. Obviously JJ Watt, I mean t J
Watt and and everything. He's been great at Alex high
Smith continueing to develop as a premier pass rusher. I
(11:34):
think Pittsburgh, you know, with the with the moves that
they made on offense, I mean, they've been clamoring for
a receiver for years that they need another receiver, to
need another receiver. Now they got his Frew number one
receiver in DK Metcalf. They got another number one receiver
in George Pickens. And whether it's Russell Wilson coming back
or or Aaron Rodgers, I think that's you know, those
(11:57):
are good weapons to have for them to work with.
I just don't know which one they're going and and
you know, maybe they go with Russell Wilson for familiarity,
Maybe Aaron comes for a discount and it's a QB
battle between Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. I think that's
something we'd all pay to see, to see that play
(12:20):
out and see how the great Mike Tomlin addresses that
and how he deals with that situation. Obviously, he handled
the Justin Fields Russell Wilson situation fantastically. In hindsight, I
think he you know, he moved on when he when
he felt it was right, it looked good, it moved
and over well the teammate the playoffs, and then they
(12:40):
kind of petered out. But I think, and if you
really analyze the situation, he did about as good of
a job in that situation as you could expect. I'm
not sure what they do, you know, long term, I
think they're gonna have to draft a quarterback in Pittsburgh.
I think they're gonna have to to get somebody to
develop behind those guys if they're gonna have a future,
(13:01):
because I don't think Russell Wilson or and Rodgers are,
by any stretch of imagination, a long term solution in Pittsburgh.
But for a year, another band aid year, they made
the playoffs. Last year, they got a talented team, got
more talented with DK Metcalf. I think it will work.
I think it would work really well, but free agency
(13:23):
is flying. I'm trying to figure out what the San
Francisco forty nine ers are doing because they have not
made any moves yet. There's conversations out there that they're
in a bidding war for Drake green Law. That's somebody
they have to retain. Obviously, they've lost a lot on
the offensive side with the loss of Deebo Samuels. There's
trade conversations about Brandon Ayuk potentially to the Cleveland Browns.
(13:47):
Everything's rumored clearly at this time. But I think they
got to make a move. I mean, you have to
make a move. You're getting rid of all of your
defensive linemen. They're very thin at the defensive tackle right now.
Released Javon Hargrave. It looks like Great Jared is now available,
(14:07):
Jonathan Allen is available. Those are guys that I think
can immediately upgrade this this defensive line. I hear the
conversations with Joey Bosa are positive, but it hasn't uh,
it hasn't led to a signing yet, So maybe there's
maybe they want to do a physical, maybe they want
to do an in person media, in person conversation. But
I know that would make Nicholas john Bosa very happy
(14:30):
to have his brother on the opposite side. I know
that would make his mother very happy. I mean she
she'd get to wrap both of those jerseys happily in
those stands. Only has to go to one game a
week now, which would change her schedule. But San Francisco
forty Niners have to do something to address that defensive
tackle position. Obviously they're in the market for another linebacker.
(14:53):
I'm hearing rumors about, you know, guys from the New
York Jets being potential fits. You know, obviously they're related.
You know, they're connected to Robert Salah in his time there.
He knows that roster really well, so that would make sense.
But the offensive line and defensive line, again is how
you get to championships, How you win championships, how you
win Super Bowls in this league and every Super Bowl
(15:15):
that's been won or lost, you look at those trenches
and you can find the answers that even this year,
Milton Williams had his way, Noah Smith had his way,
you know, Jalen Carter, that that defensive line got after
Patrick Mahones. The offensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs
did not stand up to it. That was the deciding
factor in the game. I mean, obviously there's a lot
(15:35):
of other factors and a lot of other storylines that developed,
but a lot of times it comes down to that.
And the year where San Francisco forty nineers played the
Kansas City Chiefs, you look up and Chris Jones ruins
the game. Chris Jones literally unblocked on the play of
the game when the receiver's open and Brot Perty could
have found him if he had one second of time.
But you know, Guarden makes a mistake leaves Chris Jones unblocked,
(15:57):
which is one of the most unfathomable, insane things I've
ever seen in a football game. But he leaves him unblocked.
D line again impacts the football game. So you want
to see championship teams and wonder how your team can
get to a championship or get to a Super Bowl,
or what's holding them back. Look in the trenches. If
you do not have a great offensive line, you do
not have a great defensive line, you will have a
hard time making it to that final four or making
(16:19):
it to the final two. And that's just the way
it is in the National Football League. You can pay
all these flashy positions, the receivers, the quarterbacks, the dns,
and you can have some of the best in the
National Football League. But if those trenches aren't secure and
your quarterback doesn't have time, it's gonna to be tough
to win in this league. But that's my free agency update.
We may have to come back tomorrow to update you
(16:41):
guys again because news is happening every second, every minute,
every hour, and we'll try to keep you informed and
give our two cents on it. Can't wait to see
you next time. Appreciate you joining me. I know you
can be anywhere in the world, but you're here with me,
and I am very thankful for that. Have a great day.
(17:17):
The Volume
The volume the Delftootball Championship. That should always do the expectation.
All right, man Ax, you go ahead. Welcome back to
the Richard Sherman Podcast. And it's free agency time. The
(00:21):
tampering period is over and deals are getting done like expected,
like people said, like the rumors said. Sam Darnold to
the Seattle Seahawks is done three years. Either one hundred
point five million or one hundred and ten million. Those
details are a little cloudy right now, but it is
a three year deal worth around thirty six million dollars
(00:44):
a year. Again, is this an upgrade over Geno Smith?
I'm not sure. Sam had a really good year last
year for the Minnesota Vikings. They had a great team.
They had an old line that that blocked, They had
running backs that played well, that ran the ball well
great in the past game. Can the Seattle Seahawks mimic
that offense? I think in order to do that, you
(01:06):
got to fix the line, and you've got to fix
the interior offensive line and you're gonna have to have
them played better than they did last season. And unless
that happens, I'm not sure this will be an upgrade.
Not because of Sam Donald's talent, but because you're not
able to execute up to your talent when you don't
have time to throw the football. I think Sam Donald
average three point zero seconds to throw last season. I
(01:29):
think the Seahawks only gave the quarterback two point five
or two point six seconds. I'd have to go back
and get the exact number. But that's where my concern
would be. The mobility isn't there like it was for
Gino to to be able to extend some of those
plays and get out of harm's way. So we'll see
can Sam do it? I'm sure he can. You know,
(01:50):
people talking about a reunion with Clint Kobiak. It's gonna
be fine. They'll run the football, but again, offensive line.
You have to fix the offensive line. A lot of
these runs were getting stopped in the backfield last season
and you have to improve that. You have the bats
to do it, you know, K nine is a good back.
Sharbonne at times last season looked like a really really
(02:11):
solid NFL running back, But now you have to go
without dk Metcalf, who was the number one concern of
a lot of defenses in the receiver that they were
game planning for when they played the Seattle Seahawks. Now
it's JSN and JSN alone, you got bow bol I'm
sure they'll draft a receiver of two, but you gotta
(02:32):
need to pick up somebody. And there aren't many many
veteran receivers available that can step in and become a
number one. That's why they aren't on the market. You
don't just find number one receivers, you know, hanging on trees.
So we'll see how they addressed that. If that's another
contrincern the Chicago Bears. You look at Chicago Bears, they
(02:53):
have completely invested and revamped their offensive line because they knew, Hey,
this was an issue last season. We're not going to
allow it to be an issue again. We have a
young quarterback we think can be the future of our franchise.
We're going to give him the chance. We got to
Ben Johnson. We got a new coach, and I think
we want to give them the complete opportunity to have success.
(03:16):
When you look at the Seattle Seahawks, you got a
new offensive coordinator, and then you lose your arguably your
best receiver and your third receiver. You trade away the
quarterback and so now you get a new quarterback. And
I know the system may be similar, but just because
the system is similar doesn't mean they run it the same.
Just like everybody else was Vic Fangil. They're like, oh,
(03:39):
they run Vic's system, and he's a descendant of Vic Fangil,
but nobody can run it like he did, and so
we'll see how it goes. I think the defense will
be fine. Jaron Reid, congratulations of my boy Jay Reid.
He got a big deal for the Seapack Hawks to
come back. I think their d line is going to
be great. Ernest Jones thirty three million dollars for three years.
(04:00):
I think that's a great deal, a great bargain for
the way he played, especially when he came in last
season not knowing the plays, not having continuity with the defense.
He really solidified that defense in a big way, and
they played really well once he was inserted into the lineup.
I think the defense is fine. I think offensively, I
(04:20):
still have a ton of questions. Does Sam Darnold alleviate
all those questions. I don't think he does, But I
guess you still can go out and draft a quarterback
and develop him and do what you would have done
if Geno Smith was a quarterback. But I don't know
if this gets you better. I think this is a
lateral move without the mobility, and you still have to
address the biggest issue, which is the offensive line. I
(04:41):
think Charles Cross is good. I think Abe Lucas again
can be good when he's healthy. But outside of that,
I think he got a lot of work to do,
and the best center that was available went to the
Chicago Bears. So now, how do you address that, you know,
going forward? And I think those are the questions I
have because the interior off of line, if people can
come and give pressure to Sam Donald up the middle,
(05:04):
that's what they're gonna do. And until you address that,
the concerns remain the same for this team, and that's
where I'm at with with the Seattle Seahawks. There's been
a lot of movement DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers,
which is something else we were discussing. I think it's
a good move for DK. I think, you know, based
(05:26):
on the rumors of what he would have wanted, which
is warm climate and contenders, I think that those things
may not necessarily I mean, he you know, he makes
them better, no question. He got his money, and I'm
always happy for people getting their money deservedly. So he
and George Pickens are similar but not the same kind
of receivers. I think they'll compliment each other. But I
(05:50):
do think you got two two very very strong willed
and strong personalitied receivers who are gonna want the football
and and can help the football team when they get it.
Does Aaron Rodgers come in there and join the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That's something that seems like it's up in the air
and potentially something that could happen, especially with Justin Fields
(06:11):
being signed to the New York Jets for two years
forty million dollars thirty million guaranteed. It seems like they
have the quarterback that they were looking for for Aaron
Glenn and his staff. But I just you know, Aaron
Rodgers with DK Metcalf and George Pickens sounds like a really,
really great recipe for success if that running game in
(06:32):
Pittsburgh can get going. But again, how are you going
to block form? You need the offensive lineman. They lost
another offensive lineman to free agency. There's not a lot
of quality offensive lineman to be had in free agency.
Most of the quality offensive linement people retain because they're
so hard to come by. They're so difficult to find,
(06:53):
and when you find them, you got to keep them.
And you want continuity. You want continuity on your offensive line.
So that's why you see swing tackles and backup tackles
going for fifteen twenty million dollars, like Jalen Moore from
the San Francisco forty nine ers getting picked up by
of Kansas City Chiefs for fifteen million dollars a year.
That sounds about right because it's such a rarity to
have capable tackles available in free agency. You don't have
(07:17):
to be great. You just have to be capable of
doing the job at a decent level. You don't have
to be a world beater in and I think that's
what people don't understand. They think, oh, man, we just
need to solidify our offensive line. I mean, that sounds
good and principle, but it's really not as easy or
practical as it may seem. Just because you have cap
(07:37):
space and you have draft picks, you're like, well, we
can fix our offensive line. If it was that easy,
everybody'd have a great offensive line. There's a reason everybody
doesn't because they are very hard to hit on and
these offenses in college are getting less pro like and
it's harder to judge these offensive linemen in these schemes.
And how it translates to National Football League. Sometimes it does,
(08:01):
sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes a guy who didn't play well
in college plays really well in the National Football League.
Sometimes it's vice versa. So it's a bit of a
crap shoot. Who's going big in the NBA this season?
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Speaker 1 (09:42):
My guy DJ Reed got paid for the Detroit Lions.
They had to replace Carlton Davis who got big money
to go to the New England Patriots who have been
so active in this free agency. I mean, it's crazy.
How you improve your football team. You get better players
and it seems like the Patriots with Mike Brabel are
(10:05):
buyers in free agency that they were were not last
season the last offseason. They are big time buyers on
the defensive line. Milton Williams, the best available free agent
on a lot of boards, go to New England Patriots.
Carlton Davis goes to the New England Patriots. They have
they have done a great job of solidifying a defensive line.
(10:26):
U Spelane from the Raiders gets to the New England Patriots.
He's a he's he's a Mike Rabel type. You know.
I thought he was a Raider through and through and
I never thought they'd let him get out of the bill.
And I thought he was everything the Raiders stood for
and tough, hard nos player, Mike Linebacker plays the game
the right way, plays hard. But he's also a guy
(10:48):
I think would do well in New England at the
Mike linebacker spot. And that's a really good spot for him.
You can see that they want to win this year,
they want to be more competitive than they have in
the past, and they're putting their money where their mouth is.
My guy, big play Slay got a job with the
Pittsburgh Steelers. I think that's an upgrade. I think he's
(11:10):
a guy that can help mentor Joey Porter Jr. Helped
that defense with Minka Fitzpatrick and and the talent that
they have on that back end, and they have a
really good front and Cam Hayward who was an All
Pro last season. Obviously JJ Watt, I mean t J
Watt and and everything. He's been great at Alex high
Smith continueing to develop as a premier pass rusher. I
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think Pittsburgh, you know, with the with the moves that
they made on offense, I mean, they've been clamoring for
a receiver for years that they need another receiver, to
need another receiver. Now they got his Frew number one
receiver in DK Metcalf. They got another number one receiver
in George Pickens. And whether it's Russell Wilson coming back
or or Aaron Rodgers, I think that's you know, those
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are good weapons to have for them to work with.
I just don't know which one they're going and and
you know, maybe they go with Russell Wilson for familiarity,
Maybe Aaron comes for a discount and it's a QB
battle between Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. I think that's
something we'd all pay to see, to see that play
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out and see how the great Mike Tomlin addresses that
and how he deals with that situation. Obviously, he handled
the Justin Fields Russell Wilson situation fantastically. In hindsight, I
think he you know, he moved on when he when
he felt it was right, it looked good, it moved
and over well the teammate the playoffs, and then they
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kind of petered out. But I think, and if you
really analyze the situation, he did about as good of
a job in that situation as you could expect. I'm
not sure what they do, you know, long term, I
think they're gonna have to draft a quarterback in Pittsburgh.
I think they're gonna have to to get somebody to
develop behind those guys if they're gonna have a future,
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because I don't think Russell Wilson or and Rodgers are,
by any stretch of imagination, a long term solution in Pittsburgh.
But for a year, another band aid year, they made
the playoffs. Last year, they got a talented team, got
more talented with DK Metcalf. I think it will work.
I think it would work really well, but free agency
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is flying. I'm trying to figure out what the San
Francisco forty nine ers are doing because they have not
made any moves yet. There's conversations out there that they're
in a bidding war for Drake green Law. That's somebody
they have to retain. Obviously, they've lost a lot on
the offensive side with the loss of Deebo Samuels. There's
trade conversations about Brandon Ayuk potentially to the Cleveland Browns.
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Everything's rumored clearly at this time. But I think they
got to make a move. I mean, you have to
make a move. You're getting rid of all of your
defensive linemen. They're very thin at the defensive tackle right now.
Released Javon Hargrave. It looks like Great Jared is now available,
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Jonathan Allen is available. Those are guys that I think
can immediately upgrade this this defensive line. I hear the
conversations with Joey Bosa are positive, but it hasn't uh,
it hasn't led to a signing yet, So maybe there's
maybe they want to do a physical, maybe they want
to do an in person media, in person conversation. But
I know that would make Nicholas john Bosa very happy
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to have his brother on the opposite side. I know
that would make his mother very happy. I mean she
she'd get to wrap both of those jerseys happily in
those stands. Only has to go to one game a
week now, which would change her schedule. But San Francisco
forty Niners have to do something to address that defensive
tackle position. Obviously they're in the market for another linebacker.
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I'm hearing rumors about, you know, guys from the New
York Jets being potential fits. You know, obviously they're related.
You know, they're connected to Robert Salah in his time there.
He knows that roster really well, so that would make sense.
But the offensive line and defensive line, again is how
you get to championships, How you win championships, how you
win Super Bowls in this league and every Super Bowl
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that's been won or lost, you look at those trenches
and you can find the answers that even this year,
Milton Williams had his way, Noah Smith had his way,
you know, Jalen Carter, that that defensive line got after
Patrick Mahones. The offensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs
did not stand up to it. That was the deciding
factor in the game. I mean, obviously there's a lot
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of other factors and a lot of other storylines that developed,
but a lot of times it comes down to that.
And the year where San Francisco forty nineers played the
Kansas City Chiefs, you look up and Chris Jones ruins
the game. Chris Jones literally unblocked on the play of
the game when the receiver's open and Brot Perty could
have found him if he had one second of time.
But you know, Guarden makes a mistake leaves Chris Jones unblocked,
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which is one of the most unfathomable, insane things I've
ever seen in a football game. But he leaves him unblocked.
D line again impacts the football game. So you want
to see championship teams and wonder how your team can
get to a championship or get to a Super Bowl,
or what's holding them back. Look in the trenches. If
you do not have a great offensive line, you do
not have a great defensive line, you will have a
hard time making it to that final four or making
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it to the final two. And that's just the way
it is in the National Football League. You can pay
all these flashy positions, the receivers, the quarterbacks, the dns,
and you can have some of the best in the
National Football League. But if those trenches aren't secure and
your quarterback doesn't have time, it's gonna to be tough
to win in this league. But that's my free agency update.
We may have to come back tomorrow to update you
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guys again because news is happening every second, every minute,
every hour, and we'll try to keep you informed and
give our two cents on it. Can't wait to see
you next time. Appreciate you joining me. I know you
can be anywhere in the world, but you're here with me,
and I am very thankful for that. Have a great day.
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