2024 Free agency and draft thread

[Shanemansj13]

46th rated tackle according to PFF. Even if that isn’t accurate…$20M per year. Wow

 

[shopson67]

oh, the irony.

What am I blind to about my teams? I criticize them openly when appropriate.

 

[shopson67]

46th rated tackle according to PFF. Even if that isn’t accurate…$20M per year. Wow

Some stupid money about to fly this week.

 

[dtgold88]

Grading DK Metcalf to Steelers, Davante Adams to Rams, and other splashy NFL signings, trades from Sunday

How do the notable moves stack up?

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Steelers acquire DK Metcalf​

Hey look, Pittsburgh finally traded for a No. 1 receiver! Giving up a second-rounder for an All-Pro like Metcalf indisputably gives Steel City more juice on the perimeter. Yet Metcalf's new $150 million extension means he's suddenly the fifth-highest-paid wideout in the game. That's a pretty penny for a guy who's physically dynamic but has been more good than great over the course of his career. And what, exactly, is the quarterback plan?

Grade: C+

Bills extend Josh Allen​

Allen still had four years left on his lucrative deal, but Buffalo acted quickly, dishing out $330 million to secure the reigning NFL MVP through 2030. Is it a massive chunk of change for a guy who's never advanced past the AFC title game? Sure. But as the Philadelphia Eagles have shown, it's usually better to pay up early than pay up too late, and Allen earning $60 million per year isn't an affront if Dak Prescott also makes the same amount annually.

Grade: A-

Patriots sign Harold Landry​

Just because you have money doesn't mean you should blow it. Yes, New England needed edge rushing help. Yes, Landry has hit double-digit sacks before. But there's a reason the Tennessee Titans cut him at age 28 rather than waiting to get something -- anything -- in return via trade. Landry has been more solid than spectacular, and the Patriots are now paying him top-20 money at $14.5 million per year. Hopefully they've got other tricks up their sleeve.


Grade: C-

Rams sign Davante Adams​

With Cooper Kupp set to be dealt elsewhere, Los Angeles needed a quality complement for the young Puka Nacua. And Adams should provide just that. Like Kupp, he's not getting any younger. But he's still been Pro Bowl-caliber with subpar quarterbacking in recent years, and Sean McVay's offense might be the best he's played in since his Green Bay Packers prime. His two-year, $46 million deal is also backloaded, enabling the Rams to revaluate after 2025.

Grade: A-

Vikings re-sign Aaron Jones​

Jones was silky smooth for much of his debut Vikings season, but he's also 30 and no stranger to bumps and bruises, hence coach Kevin O'Connell's previous statements about lessening his future workload. Now he's set to earn top-six running back money on a $20 million extension. It's not outrageous. But it's somewhat surprising given general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's forward-thinking approach. Unless, of course, it's part of an Aaron Rodgers recruiting process.

Grade: B-

Browns extend Myles Garrett​

Garrett is a freak, yes, but are we really giving Cleveland the benefit of the doubt for forking over $123 million guaranteed to a guy who will be 30 next December and just insisted he wanted off the team because it's not a real contender? The Browns retain one of the game's most imposing defenders by covering Garrett's unhappiness with money, but let's not forget they're still licking the self-inflicted wounds of the Deshaun Watson deal. Maybe dealing an aging vet might've been the right rebuild play.


Grade: C

Good stuff...for Myles it's kind of whatever but thinking grade is higher if Myles played this like a big boy instead of a child and just kept the negotiations to himself. Everyone aging and with the shape he keeps himself in not a crazy thought to think he has many more prime seasons left....but, sure, case can be made should have just moved on and maybe if offered the right deal they would have.

 

[dtgold88]

Good luck Steeler nation. That is a hefty price to pay for a time bomb ready to explode. I lost track but I think he's already been fined by the NFL 15x, mostly for unsportsmanlike conduct type infractions.

The dude is an athletic freak no doubt, but his numbers have started to drop even with Lockett's numbers dropping. He said he wanted a contender and a warm climate. Maybe geography wasn't his strong suit? I see his and Steelers frustration with this come two years.

Yep....think we almost need to just know that in nearly every case no matter what the players says in NFL it's about the money.

 

[dtgold88]

What am I blind to about my teams? I criticize them openly when appropriate.

Nothing to do with your teams...it's your Browns agenda here.

I criticize mine openly as well. But if Myles just acts like a big boy and keeps all this private hardly anything negative comes out of this.....and the negative here? Should be directed at the guy who handled this like a child. Not the team.

 

[dtgold88]

This is just the cost now for a number 1 WR.

And makes a 5th for Jeudy and $17 mil per look even better.

doesn't seem like a Steeler type move but can agree nothing wrong with trying something different. But they need to luck into another Big Ben.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Yep, he's probably the #2 option after Cam Robinson. Even with his 40th ranking and often injured there are a lot of teams that need a starting LT. NE being one of them. If NE can't get Robinson, I'm ok paying Moore. They have the cap room and NE is no longer a destination venue. They'll have to overpay for almost anybody they want in FA.

 

[Shanemansj13]

@Sharkonabicycle

 

[fightinfunbags]

Legal tampering starts at 12:00 today. First deals will have discussions begin, negotiations take place and be finalized and leak out all within 7 seconds...

Yeah this is just nonsense. We all know teams have been talking to guys. I just hope James Franklin doesn’t run his big fucking mouth again haha. Almost cost the Eagles draft capital last year haha.

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[Shanemansj13]

WOW

 

[fightinfunbags]

46th rated tackle according to PFF. Even if that isn’t accurate…$20M per year. Wow

46 is a starting tackle as crazy as that sounds. This is the going rate. This is the product of the cap going up 25-30 million every year.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

WOW

Just saw this. Players are getting paid.

 

[fightinfunbags]

And makes a 5th for Jeudy and $17 mil per look even better.

doesn't seem like a Steeler type move but can agree nothing wrong with trying something different. But they need to luck into another Big Ben.

Is Jeudy a one though on a good team? I see him as a two on a contending roster.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

@Sharkonabicycle

Eh, we don't know the particulars... how much guaranteed, 2 years isn't much. I also saw some other sources say they offered $35M per...

We'll find out exactly what Geno was thinking based on what the Raiders sign him for. Yah Seattle had some problems with the OL, but it's not like he's gonna get anything better in LV, lol. He'll get Bowers which is nice, but that's about it, lol.

I think he wants a 4 year $180M/$120M guaranteed type of contract. And F that.

But we'll see... if he signs a 2 year $80M contract with LV than he really just didn't like the new coaching staff/state of the team... and wanted out. Or Carroll has nude photos of him...

 

[jarntt]

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Wow, good for him fully guaranteed. Charges been busy.

 

[shopson67]

Nothing to do with your teams...it's your Browns agenda here.

I criticize mine openly as well. But if Myles just acts like a big boy and keeps all this private hardly anything negative comes out of this.....and the negative here? Should be directed at the guy who handled this like a child. Not the team.

I don't have a Browns agenda lol. I see they have issues, I say they have issues.

I agree that they should be rebuilding at this point, not paying $40M to a DE throughout his early 30s. I don't see how this ends well.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Dang... I was kind of hoping he'd hit free agency and sign a 2 year deal with Seattle lol.