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Dolphins Tab Wilson as Backup QB

The Miami Dolphins have a reported free agent addition, and it's a doozy. After NFL fans watched teams from around the league make deal after deal after the fre
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This is a step in the right direction for Wilson. I knew McDaniel was looking for a new backup when they released Skylar Thompson last month. Backing up Tua might give him a better opportunity for some playing time.
 
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Good move for Pickett - I think he can compete for the starting job. This is another case of a 1st rounder being written off too soon. He had only 24 starts with the two seasons at Pittsburgh but managed a respectable 14-10 record. Of course, second guessing your coach's decision to not play you in the postseason isn't going to make you a favorite with many HCs. Lol.
 
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Wild day of signing! I don't even know where to begin. Most impressive to me was New England stealing Milton Williams, and Arizona managing to steal Sweat. Both came from the Eagles.

Patriots also grabbed Robert Spillane from the Raiders, while Raiders signed LB Elandon Roberts from Pittsburgh.

Is Seattle going to fortify their trenches to protect Sam? Give him someone to throw the ball to?

I can see Pickett getting the starting job in Cleveland. Part of the reason is he may need to be a game manager as much as anything. He'll also have a QB friendly coach there.
 
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As predicted sounds like the Rams will cut Kupp as a trade hasn't been found. Wonder if the Hawks would do a one year deal then look for more WR's in the draft with Lockett and Metcalf both gone.Rumors about Rodgers or Wilson to the Browns or Giants. Mullens to the Jags as Lawrence's back up. Vikings will try and keep Daniel Jones I guess. Rams keep Jimmy G for one more season. Godwin re-signed with the Buccs at 32 mill per season for three years.

Miami and 49ers in play for Joey Bosa. So far the 49ers have lost Banks, Ward, Hufanga, Greenlaw, Deebo, Collins, Hargrave, FB Kyle-Juszczyk, Moore the back up left tackle and the Chiefs grabbed RB Eli Mitchell off them. Denver gave Greenlaw a 35 mill 3 year deal, beyond what the 49ers wanted to pay him. Denver also got Hufanga. Some talk of the 49ers wanting Winston as the back up QB.
 
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Rumors about Rodgers or Wilson to the Browns or Giants.
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Browns grabbed Pickett, plus I am all but certain they will draft a QB with their 1st, or 2nd pick. This will wipe Watson away into their history as soon as they can.

I've felt for some time Russell Wilson would somehow, some day, end up on the Giants. But I also think they are fairly likely to draft Shedeur (providing he has a good pro day).
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Rams keep Jimmy G for one more season.
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I'm sure Davante Adams will love seeing him when he walks in the door!
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Godwin re-signed with the Buccs at 32 mill per season for three years.
Denver gave Greenlaw a 35 mill 3 year deal, beyond what the 49ers wanted to pay him. Denver also got Hufanga.
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Some contracts I'm seeing are just overpaying, or really rolling the dice. It's eye opening.

I too think the Vikings now have JJ as the starter, and will try to keep Daniel Jones to back him up.

I'm guessing Rodgers ends up in Pittsburgh?
 
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Browns grabbed Pickett, plus I am all but certain they will draft a QB with their 1st, or 2nd pick. This will wipe Watson away into their history as soon as they can.

I've felt for some time Russell Wilson would somehow, some day, end up on the Giants. But I also think they are fairly likely to draft Shedeur (providing he has a good pro day).

I'm sure Davante Adams will love seeing him when he walks in the door!

Some contracts I'm seeing are just overpaying, or really rolling the dice. It's eye opening.

I too think the Vikings now have JJ as the starter, and will try to keep Daniel Jones to back him up.

I'm guessing Rodgers ends up in Pittsburgh?
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Crazy contracts. Hufanga isn't worth 15 mill per season, 49ers guard Aaron Banks getting 77 mill for four seasons ! 49ers were never giving him that. Chiefs paying a back up left tackle Jaylon Moore from the 49ers ridiculous money. think he's had two starts ! Kinlaw an ex 49ers DE back up getting 15 mill for season ? 49ers didn't even think he was worth 7 !

Bears have done well with their O line to help out the QB. Three interior O linemen but they paid for the privilege Still, Dallman is a good center. Jimmy G giving Adams the side eye !
 
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I too think the Vikings now have JJ as the starter, and will try to keep Daniel Jones to back him up.
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Vikings have a problem now that Jones has signed with the Colts. Currently, McCarthy & Rypien are the only 2 QBs listed on the roster. Suppose McCarthy is not ready to start, gets injured, etc - Rypien would be the starter? I don't see that happening - perhaps calling on Flacco for a one year deal?
 
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I can't recall a year in the past where I felt teams were shelling out so much FA money to "good" players. It's always happened with quarterbacks, some elite OTs, DE's, and CBs, and a few WR. but there is serious money handed out to position players yesterday. I have a feeling the expectations put on players like Adams, Hufanga, Moehrig, Holland, Ward, etc. is likely to be more than they can deliver. And teams are signing a lot of guys who have had a history of injuries, or are coming off major injuries. As an example, the NYT said Tampa's resigning of the oft-injured Chris Godwin at $22m a year for three years was a grade of "A". Sure, if he plays 16-17 games next season maybe. 2023 was the only season in his career he made it all the way through. That's a huge amount of cash for such a risk. But if they didn't pay, someone else would have.

Flacco and his agent are apparently talking with Cleveland, where he would be welcomed back, and last week said he'd love to return to. So the Vikings better move quick.

The Colts have got to say right now Richardson is QB1 on that team, and completely give him the keys for the entire season with a really long leash. I think that's the only way he's going to make it. Yes, he'll likely have several bad throws, drives, mistakes, lose games. But he has shown some progress, and this is the time to make it all happen, and after a bad loss in week 2, 3, 4 with him making bad decisions, Steichen has to stand up there and say without hesitation AR15 is the guy. Either that, or they should just trade him and start over. Daniel Jones is not the answer.
 
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Wow! So much for him joining his brother. While coaches generally don't like 1-year deals, this makes sense to me.

As I think about all these signings, it makes me wonder what happened to the old-school theory that the best teams build through the draft? Or is what happening that as soon as a player gets past his rookie deal, if he's actually good, another team will simply pay more than the team that drafted him?
 
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The Colts have got to say right now Richardson is QB1 on that team, and completely give him the keys for the entire season with a really long leash. I think that's the only way he's going to make it. Yes, he'll likely have several bad throws, drives, mistakes, lose games. But he has shown some progress, and this is the time to make it all happen, and after a bad loss in week 2, 3, 4 with him making bad decisions, Steichen has to stand up there and say without hesitation AR15 is the guy. Either that, or they should just trade him and start over. Daniel Jones is not the answer.
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I agree Jones is not the answer. AR should be the guy for one more season at least, but the GM has made it clear that Jones was brought in to compete for the starting job. So, come this season you'll have a #6 OA vs a #4 OA for all the marbles.

That being said, the main knock on AR is he's not a developed passer like Daniels. Part of that is AR played only one full season at Florida while Daniels played 5 seasons of college ball. The Colts even ran the spread RPO offense with AR - the same offense with Daniels - where he still had trouble passing.

As we mentioned before, Kingsbury ran the same spread RPO scheme with Daniels that he used at LSU. The difference is Daniels is a much more developed passer than AR. Daniels finished 11th in passing rating (100.1) throwing for over 3500 yds. The team was 7th in total offense & 4th in points scored. Daniels was also the team's leading rusher. Daniels' reads off the triple option zone schemes are impressive. He sees the field well finding the open guy & delivers a nice, accurate throw. He also can throw in tight windows and he has a strong arm if he needs to go deep.

AR has to be developed into a better passer (he finished near the bottom of the league in passer rating). A dual-threat RPO QB can not survive in this league unless they're an effective passer. We saw what happen with Tebow - an undeveloped passer who had trouble with NFL defenses & essentially ended up a 1st rd bust. I hate to see that happen with AR.
 
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I think it would have been more smart for the Colts to bring Gardner Minshew back. I'm not sure he's worse than Jones, and he was a lot better on the Colts and their offense than for Vegas. He also seemed supportive of AR.

We've reached the "cool down" or "bargain" phase of FA. Guys who didn't get scooped up and/or overpaid right when the window opened, but are still out there and will find a team. These are mostly vets that teams don't want to overpay, but will find a home: Amari Cooper, Stefan Diggs, Dante Fowler, Stefan Gilmore, ZaDarius Smith, Cooper Kupp, Keenan Allen. Those kinds of guys.

I think the biggest ??? out there right now is who is going to throw the ball to DK Metcalf and George Pickens in Pittsburgh? About all that's left is Aaron Rodgers, and Russell Wilson. I think both those guys are borderline washed up, veteran backups at this point. They had a few good games, legit throws last season, but aren't going to lead a team to anything and are aging out.

I've felt for years that Wilson would end up in New York, Ciara's home town, and a team he's hinted at playing for. I can see him going there, plus the Giants drafting Shedeur. It's an odd chemistry that might work, to where Russ starts just enough games until Shedeur is ready to take over the team, 4 weeks in, 8 weeks in, gets enough snaps this year, and is then ready to be their QB for 2026 and beyond. I believe Shedeur's pro day is the 18th or 19th. I think he needs to nail it, and I think he has the experience to know he sort of botched the Combine, and this is his chance, and he'll rise to the occasion.
 
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Patriots might sign Kupp for the right price. Steelers still haven't solved the QB issues. Denver and Bears paid up the past few days. Colts QB issues not fixed yet either. Expect to see a lot of D line players go early in the draft and the best O line players always go fast. Should be some bargains in the third and 4th round. Who would want Rodgers after the Jets shenannigans ?
 
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QB Mac Jones has agreed to terms with the 49ers on a two-year, $7 million deal with a max value of $11.5 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
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How crazy the world of NFL QBs has become: You have a #15 OA pick who was supposed to be the franchise guy replacing the departed Tom Brady now backing up a guy who was drafted last in the 7th rd ("Mr.Irrelevant") & was projected as nothing more than a backup. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Lol.
 
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I believe Shedeur's pro day is the 18th or 19th. I think he needs to nail it, and I think he has the experience to know he sort of botched the Combine, and this is his chance, and he'll rise to the occasion.
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I'm sure it's going to be a circus. The scouts are going to over-analyze every single throw he makes. Maybe he makes one of those crazy Zach Wilson throws & really impresses the scouts. Lol.

Here's the deal with Sanders. The kid can throw the ball - he's a slinger. He also has above-average mobility (classified as a "mobile pocket passer"). CU passed 60% of the time & had a non-existent running game. Pat Shumer ran a spread-option offense with a lot of empty backfield sets. Sanders was never under center...never. He threw a lot off the one-option read with the single setback & 4 WR sets. His playing style is being compared to that of Nix, McCarthy & MPJ.

Whatever team drafts Sanders - are they going to run the same offense with him that Shumer ran? Similar to how Washington didn't mess with the pro-style offense with Daniels but let him operate out of his college spread RPO scheme (Daniels was never under center). I think the best success for Sanders is to let him run his college spread option O.
 
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Exactly. I think if Rodgers goes to the Steelers it could be highly entertaining. I see them starting maybe 5-3, a surprise win over someone like Baltimore, then the egos are too big, beyond Tomlin's ability to control, it all starts to fracture, and they finish 9-8 with some painful losses. The Rodgers experiment is over, Tomlin has another winning season and gets to keep his job.

Look for Steelers to draft a QB in round 2.

I still think what I said about Wilson and Shedeur to the Giants makes the most sense. It sounds like oil and water, but I really think it could work.

With how wacky reporters (and some team owners) are, I think if Shedeur remains confident, and less brash, and does make a single Zach Wilson like acrobatic throw, that one pass could help get him back to the top 5 draft picks.
 
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