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A Frenetic Free Agency: WITH HOURLY UPDATES

LadnerMorse March 17, 2020 No Comments Gallery

 

A Frenetic Free Agency: WITH HOURLY UPDATES – it has begun. Yes, the new league year doesn’t officially begin for another day but NFL players who have no contract — Free Agents — and NFL teams with excess cap laying around, could legally negotiate with each other beginning yesterday morning at 11:00 AM CDT… and oh boy, did they. So, let’s take a look at what’s happened so far:

 

Chiefs News:

Chris Jones was given the franchise player non-exclusive tag.

Also, a lot of fans, including me, have been wanting the Chiefs to re-sign OG Stefen Wisniewski, but it’s too late. He signed a multi-year deal with Philly.

 

In other Chiefs related news: Safety Eric Murray signed with the Houston Texans on a 3-year deal of up to $20.25M. Wow! I never thought much of Murray.

 

The Vikings re-signed punter Britton Colquitt, Dustin’s brother, to a 3-year, $9M extension.

 

On the backup QB front: while I’m in favor of keeping Matt Moore on the Chiefs sideline in 2020, after all, why not continue with what has worked and worked well… however:

 

 

I thought WR Marcus Kemp might be the one who could challenge to replace Sammy Watkins once he departs (which seems like a sure bet), but I guess the only way that happens is if he rebounds (and I’m not talking basketball here).

 

 

The Chiefs have picked up the options on RB Damien Williams and LB Damien Wilson. Good news on both counts. Now, say goodbye to DB Kendall Fuller who is going back to Washington.

 

 

 

Biggest NFL News:

The biggest NFL story was the trade of Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins for: RB David Johnson to the Arizona Cardinal, plus a 2nd round pick this year, and a 4th round pick in 2021. Other hot stories related to the Chiefs include:

    • QB Dak Prescott was designated with the franchise player exclusive tag
    • Ryan Tannehill was re-signed to a 4-year contract (through 2023)
    • QB Kirk Cousins was re-signed – a Two-year extension (through 2022)
    • DT Deforest Buckner was traded to the Indianapolis Colts

 

The reason I those transactions are Chiefs related is… because they matter most to the Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones situations.

 

 

Ryan Tannehill re-signed with the Titans for $118M for 4 years, or $29.5M per year. Some players set the market for other players and Kirk Cousins $33M per year with the Vikings has many thinking that Dak’s new deal should eventually (when the Cowboys get around to re-signing him) be more than that. Come on… we all know PMII’s new deal will eventually be more than $40M per.

 

The DT Deforest Buckner trade was important to understanding what a trade could look like for DT Chris Jones. the Colts traded away pick #13 in this year’s draft to acquire him and then they agreed to a five-year extension which pays him $21M per year. There’s no way the Chiefs can take that kind of cap hit but they should be able to get a couple of high draft picks for  Chris Jones, who many identify as the 2nd best DT in the league, right behind Aaron Donald.

 

LB Kyle Van Noy is going to the Miami Dolphins with a 4-year, $51 million deal. Goodbye Bill Belichick. In another move, from late last night:

 

 

It appears the Raiders have signed QB Marcus Mariota. This where we insert a video of the Beatles singing, “Baby You Can Drive My Car“… but I won’t. It’s hard to believe that with all the stellar Free Agents this year, that Marcus Mariota was signed by anyone on day one of the flirtation period. Then again, when Derek Carr is your QB…

 

 

Rumor

Until a deal is done, everything is a rumor. Here’s an intriguing one, especially as it applies to Bears QB Mitch Trubisky. I’ve also heard that Matt Nagy wants to create competition for Trubisky’s job as motivation. They need to do something to light a fire under his tushy…

 

 

 

Late Signing

 

 

Other NFL Transactions:

[Note: all of the places where you see the word “signed” means: players will sign on Wednesday once the new league year officially begins]

    • TE Austin Hooper: the Browns made him the highest-paid player at his position, 4 years for $44 million (more cray cray from Cleveland)
    • NT Javon Hargrave signs with Philly, 3-years, $39M ($26M fully guaranteed)
    • OT Halapoulivaati Vaitai signed with Detroit for $50M for 5 years
    • OT Dennis Kelly re-signed with the Titans on a 3-year, $21M deal
    • OL Graham Glasgow signed a 4-year, $44 million deal with Denver
    • TE Jimmy Graham signs with the Bears for 2-years, $16M
    • S Devin McCourty was re-signed
    • LB Shaquil Barrett was given the non-exclusive franchise tag
    • DT Arik Armstead was re-signed 5-year extension (through 2024)
    • RB Kenyan Drake was designated transition player
    • OT Ty Sambrailo was cut
    • TE Pharaoh Brown, re-signed/excl. FA 1-year deal (through 2020)
    • RB Dontrell Hilliard, re-signed/excl. FA 1-year deal (through 2020)
    • WR KhaDarel Hodge, re-signed/excl. FA 1-year deal (through 2020)
    • S Morgan Burnett was cut
    • DT Margus Hunt was cut
    • LB Bud Dupree was designated franchise player
    • DE Leonard Williams was given the franchise player non-exclusive tag
    • OT Rick Wagner was signed Two-year contract (through 2021)
    • RB Devonta Freeman was cut
    • CB Desmond Trufant was cut
    • WR A.J. Green was given the franchise player non-exclusive tag
    • RB Derrick Henry was given the franchise player non-exclusive  tag
    • DT Hassan Ridgeway was re-signed to a 1-year contract (through 2020)
    • S Anthony Harris was designated a franchise player
    • CB Dee Virgin was re-signed/excl. FA 1-year contract (through 2020)
    • OG Joe Thuney was designated their franchise player
    • TE Ben Watson retired
    • TE Antony Auclair re-signed a 1-year contract (through 2020)
    • TE Luke Stocker was cut
    • LB Mark Barron was cut
    • LB Anthony Chickillo was cut
    • WR Johnny Holton was cut
    • Backup QB Case Keenum got a 3 year $18 M deal from the Browns

 

Yes, it was a very busy day in the Hundred Acre Wood and that doesn’t even cover everything that happened. However, what did take place yesterday had a lot of people buzzing.

 

 

The Lions are quickly becoming the Detroit Patriots.

 

Ex-Chiefs offensive coordinator, and now the Chicago Bears Head Coach, Matt Nagy, wants to make his presence felt this offseason:

 

 

Late last night the Bills made a deal for WR Stefon Diggs:

 

The NFL also issued a new statement delaying offseason workouts for teams:

 

In case you missed it, the league has decided to forgo the inclusion of any patrons or draft prospects during the NFL Draft in Las Vegas next month.

 

I’ll be doing updates all day today to keep up with the Frenetic Free Agency Action.

 

Laddie Morse — ArrowheadOne

 

 

 

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