NFL Free Agency is here! Kevin reacts to the Commanders losing a WR target early

Here we go free agencies legal tampering period and I expected to be very busy.

I mean ESPN and all the networks are going live and we're right here to keep

you up to date on everything Washington. This would be one of those days to

keep it here because you know there will be a lot of news more likely than not

and not everybody at the national level is going to get our local news first.

We'll see 12 noon just after it and the window has opened for free agent

deals to be struck. They can't be signed until Wednesday at 4 p.m. as I've

mentioned but this is the beginning of it and as I mentioned when we were right

before the break, Alec Pierce is off the board too.

Indie resigning in Indianapolis for a four year 116 million dollar deal per pat

McAfee. All right so that puts him at 31 plus right around 32 to be 31 plus

just less than 32 per year for Alec Pierce the number one wide receiver on the

board. So not to Washington I know that there was and that was the thing guys

you know over the weekend and I saw some of it myself didn't retweet any of

it unless it was really something legitimate. It's lying season and there are a

lot of people out there that you just this is one of those days you keep it

here if you're into your local team and if not you probably look to just the

very very top tier of guys Alec Pierce it was said by the way as it as it when

you talk about Alec Pierce you're talking about a guy that from over the weekend

and last week wanted to be where Daniel Jones wanted to be. The Colts are

talented football team let's not forget there were seven and O football team with

Daniel Jones so Pierce is deal by the way here's for me in Rappaport four

years a hundred and fourteen million that will make him the highest paid free

agent receiver in history. That's interesting to me that it's the high so that's

the biggest deal a free agent receiver has ever got so let's see where that will

rank him. Let me pull up spot track here because yeah when you're talking so

four years one sixteen so thirty is one yeah it's like thirty one plus that's

going to put him in you know that that's five to six range basically so Jamar

Chase signed that deal as a contract extension never made it to free agency

Justin Jefferson never made it to free agency CD Lam never made it to free

agency DK Metcalf remember was traded and given that new contract and Garrett

Wilson's those are the top five the top five wide receiver contracts was

extended as well so there you go the first big name it's a receiver he's off

the board and it's Alec Pierce the receiver from Indianapolis returning to

Indianapolis on a four year one hundred and sixteen million dollar deal I

was I guess I find that a little bit interesting you know the agent takes it

all the way up to free agency beginning this tampering period beginning when

he could have done this deal with his own team even a few hours ago before free

agency started but at that point it would have been a contract extension not a

free agent deal so maybe they wanted that designation or the agents wanted the

designation of the largest wide receiver free agent deal in NFL history so

that's the first one to go we'll keep it obviously looking at this as things

happening but yeah one got one more just coming across the wire right now

Alameda Zikias is signing with the Falcons he's returning to Atlanta unspecified

on the terms but that's per Tom Pellicero yeah I wouldn't call that but so

big announcement we have our wide receivers so yeah I don't know that's I don't

know if that's an indication of really anything but Olameda Zikias yes signing

with the Falcons I mean good player for us good player in Chicago last year I'm

still surprised Zikias wasn't resigned by our team I know they liked him a lot

and he made it to free agency and he got more money Deami Brown got you know a

deal that Washington certainly wasn't willing to give him so there you go all

right we'll keep you posted on everything that's happening gonna be a busy busy

day for sure yeah let's just see if there's anything else something else just

popped up yeah here's Rob Demovsky the Packers beat reporter for espn.com he's

the John Kaim equivalent Green Bay he did report Romeo dobs is going to sign

elsewhere in free agency and not resign with Green Bay and I think Washington

could certainly be a possibility for Romeo dobs one of the best route runners

in this free agency wide receiver class certainly has deep catching

ability good size good route running good third down receiver etc and if you

miss this I think I mentioned it right before the break but Trent Williams the 49ers

say are open now to trading Trent Williams he's do 32 million in salary with a

38 million dollar plus cap number and I wonder if you know the tonsill

extension is in some part held up until they see what Trent Williams gets also

there is a report that Daniel Jones is going to reach an actual contract

extension with Indianapolis he got tagged remember because they were not close

to a deal last week but apparently the deal is getting closer and that may be

why Alec Pierce is heading back to Indy Indianapolis was certainly a place where

the expectation was Pierce wanted to be if Jones was back that's a good

roster it's a very good NFL roster I think it's a very good coach they got

injured obviously late in the year they faltered once they lost believe it or

not Daniel Jones I think it's kind of just you know a sign of the times and

a sign of what we don't know and I've talked about this before that here we are

you know at the beginning of free agency and Malik Willis is one of the biggest

names on the board I did hear Adam Schefter say this morning that Malik Willis

likely to sign with somebody today likely to commit to somebody today that'll be

a big one to fall and that to officially cannot sign or commit to anybody

until he's been released because if not it would be last year's cap number

versus the upcoming cap number and the same goes for Kyler Murray so don't

expect Kyler Murray or to a tongue of Iowa to you know for deals for those two

quarterbacks to be announced today I think for our own players I'm actually

really looking to see Bobby Wagner Chris Paul Marcus Mario to Debo Samuel here

in the early hours and the early days of free agency and it may take a while

on Debo and Bobby Wagner but the quarterback things gonna be interesting to

just to see if there is an actual you know market for Marcus Mario to Kansas City

makes so much sense to me because it's very possible that Patrick Mahomes is

not ready to start that season we'll see all right here we go and a little bit

slow going here to start with the build up but we'll start getting things

coming in throughout the day keep it here for sure you know I was thinking just

about all of the defensive players that they need to add to their roster and I

think one of the things that we don't give enough thought to are there

existing players who are under contract and with new especially when there are

new coordinators you know they they resigned shy tuddle they resigned Drake Jackson

why did they do that you know Drake Jackson in particular who is a second

round pick of the 49ers several years ago it's because they obviously see

something in him as a healthy player as a player who if he's healthy can give

them something what is Durante Jones think of Johnny Newton where does he have

drawn paint in Javon Kenlaw playing did they resign Dietrich Wise for the

purposes of just having some needed depth if they didn't get their guys in

free agency or did they think that Dietrich Wise who does say he will be ready

when camp opens and read and ready to play in 2026 do they think that he is a

legit you know top level edge runstopper Doran's Armstrong played at a high

level last year I mean I I think you could say that he was the only one that

played at a high level Bobby Wagner had a decent year certainly as a

tackler et cetera but you know Armstrong was really their best defense of

player until he got hurt Kenlaw played well you know guy like Jeremy Reeves

played well Jacob Martin played well but we don't know what they think of Jeremy

Reeves and Juan Martin and Tyler Owens you know it's more guys like Jordan McGee

and Kane Madronto and Tyler Owens does the guy like Durante Jones say no these

guys can play and in my system they're going to be significant contributors so

we don't need as much at those positions in free agency or via trade or even in

the draft I think sometimes that's the stuff that we just don't know because of

the scheme fit and the coach that comes in and what he thinks of those players

Tyler Owens was you know the number one athlete when surveyed by Ben

standing of all the players on the team Juan Martin was mentioned specifically

by the new defensive coordinator they loved Will Harris last year they

thought they missed a lot when Will Harris was out and Trey Amos is coming off

you know an injury where he missed the last several games of the year corner

though you got to add you've only got two corners under contract so it's not

like you can say well we got this guy I mean even a guy like you know the guy

vigorous the guy that played a lot in preseason I mean he's under contract but

didn't I think he got hurt at the end of the year so really you have two

corners under contract legitimately you know among your 51 and their Amos and

Sanresto and Ben makes a great point where Sanresto gonna play what position do

we think he's gonna play is he an outside corner does Durante think he's the

inside corner that they thought they were drafting in the second round of

2024 a lot of interesting things will happen and we're gonna see look we're

gonna see a whole new roster next year I mean they could still sign a lot of

their own but they didn't sign as many of their own as I thought they might

sign yeah so we're gonna see look once you get past the draft there are a lot of

undrafted free agents that fill out those last you know 10 11 12 13 spots you

know for training camp purposes not necessarily to make the team more likely than

not but you've got 30 players you've got 25 certainly you got 25 players that

have to be retained or signed from other teams along with your draft picks

between now and the time that they get all 90 together for the first time all

right we'll take a break come back keep you posted on what's happening the

negotiating window the legal tampering slash negotiating window has opened

the first big piece of news Alec Pierce the number one wide receiver on the

market is staying in Indianapolis on a four year one hundred sixteen million

dollar deal