It is the “No QBs” version of the MMQB NFL Podcast, as Conor Orr and Gary Gramling make a journey by the different 21 positions to see how the market may play out in an uncommon offseason.
Large receivers may really feel the cap crunch greater than another place, as a whole lot of large names can be found but loads of groups will as a substitute be eyeing a extremely regarded draft class and people oh-so-cheap rookie contracts. Can guys like Chris Godwin, Kenny Golladay or Allen Robinson land large offers anyway? The offensive line group, in the meantime, presents a whole lot of regular choices, which is all anybody is searching for up entrance anyway.
On the defensive facet of the ball, will Shaq Barrett lastly break the financial institution? Will the Giants let Leonard Williams get away? Plus a have a look at a deep cornerback market, and why safeties could be out of luck once more.
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Gary Gramling: A fast trivia query that everybody can take into consideration as we kind of wrap up the receivers right here. Complete {dollars} final 12 months on the free-agent marketplace for huge receivers. Who’s tops on that listing? That’s my trivia query for everybody on this Monday Morning NFL Podcast. And yeah, I will likely be the man who ignores the essential numbers right here and simply seems at the complete {dollars} and makes an enormous deal out of it. But this man was a bit eye opening at the high of this listing. When it comes right down to it, we have now the press cap scenario. And little question groups are taking a look at this receiver class and saying, OK, properly, we’ll do the identical factor the Titans did by getting A.J. Brown. We will do the identical factor that the Seahawks have with DK Metcalf. The rookie wage scale has created such absurd values, particularly at the receiver place the place these guys are coming in NFL prepared, to not point out extraordinarily proficient. And clearly, whenever you draft a man, you are taking a threat. You may ask the Philadelphia Eagles who typically find yourself with a Justin Jefferson and typically you find yourself with a Jalen Reagor or JJ Arcega-Whiteside. So there’s threat there, but A.J. Brown made actually one-tenth of what Allen Robinson did a 12 months in the past. And fairly frankly, I might take A.J. Brown or Allen Robinson at the second and definitely for the future contemplating age. So it does not really feel like the full-on scratcher lottery ticket kind of take care of these guys anymore when you’re taking him in the high 50, and the reward is simply big, it is so large so far as roster constructing goes.
Conor Orr: It’s, and it is a steady cycle, proper? You may hold replenishing that. I believe again to the Giants who had Odell Beckham after which obtained down this avenue the place they drafted Sterling Shepard. When you observe that life cycle, when you do it proper, you actually do not ever need to decide to that long run deal. And you’ll simply hold replenishing that place. And it does not actually matter what spherical, when you foster the proper atmosphere, you may hold getting these guys in right here at decrease offers. And particularly you probably have a youthful quarterback, the quarterback will get higher, makes the huge receivers higher. All that stuff can type of work just a little bit harmoniously. It should make quite a bit much less sense to pay them large cash over time. And I believe that this free agent market particularly could be a kind of instances that we’re like, that makes a whole lot of sense. And these poor guys are going to be scrapping just a little bit to get some good offers.
Gary Gramling: Yeah, that is what’s so wild about it. It is such an essential place, whereas perhaps operating again is not a lot. There’s simply a lot depth and a lot expertise at it proper now. I keep in mind Ed Bouchette had reported like a 12 months and a half in the past that Juju Smith-Schuster won’t ever get a long run deal from Pittsburgh. And it is type of like, oh, no means, I could not think about that. But you have a look at it now and it is identical to, I do not know the way they’d even do it. One, with their cap scenario, and two, with the incontrovertible fact that I do not actually know the way badly they want him. I imply, if they arrive to a team-friendly settlement, perhaps that is what it finally ends up being. And look, all the things is ready up for lots of crew pleasant agreements right here. Tennessee is one other one to maintain a watch on. Corey Davis is on the market on the market. A.J. Brown can renegotiate after this upcoming season. They usually did simply transfer on from Adam Humphries. So you work there could be room for Corey Davis on a one 12 months deal right here. I believe you are proper on the Bucs. I believe they find yourself tagging Chris Godwin, I believe additionally they convey again Antonio Brown as a result of I believe there are simply not sufficient groups prepared to decrease themselves into that sewer at this level. But, a whole lot of these guys are going to be searching for these large cash offers they usually’re simply going to be bummed out.
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