2024 NFL Offseason: Big Moves & Key Player Extensions

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00:02 - Adam Kaplan is our NFL insider on SportsGrid.

00:07 Well over two decades covering the NFL.

00:09 You can follow him for free on @xatkaplanNFL

00:13 and you can see him on SportsGrid across the board

00:16 and on Coast to Coast with regularity.

00:19 Man, are they handing out money these days in the NFL?

00:22 Your boy, Jalen Waddell got a big bag today.

00:26 - Yeah, he did.

00:27 Over 20 million a year.

00:28 Good for him and good for the Dolphins

00:29 and Tyree Kill needs to get a raise here.

00:32 He's next there.

00:33 At some point they're gonna have to redo his deal

00:35 or give him more money because he's absolutely phenomenal.

00:37 He's gonna be a hall of famer, but yeah.

00:39 So Waddell's the latest to do it.

00:40 And this has been an interesting off season

00:43 for wide receivers.

00:43 This has been the off season for extensions.

00:46 Waddell, A.J. Brown, by the way, Devontae Smith.

00:49 So the Eagles right now are the first team

00:52 to pay both receivers super high money.

00:54 That's not often happening.

00:56 And they're a team that's done it

00:58 and we'll talk about some of the other teams here.

00:59 Amad Rasim Brown of the Lions is absolutely terrific.

01:03 Who's been a great story as a former fourth round pick.

01:05 He got his extension.

01:07 Nico Collins just got his with the Texans

01:09 and they're loaded on offense.

01:10 That's one of my breakout teams this season.

01:12 So they should have been.

01:13 Last season we all missed on that.

01:15 Michael Pittman Jr.

01:16 You might remember his dad, Michael Pittman Sr.

01:18 The running back for the Bucs.

01:20 Won a Super Bowl.

01:21 And also a couple of other teams.

01:22 And Jerry Judy.

01:24 Now remember with Jerry Judy,

01:25 the Broncos did not want to extend his contract.

01:27 So they traded him to the Browns.

01:29 The Browns is contingent to trade for him.

01:31 They got that extension done

01:33 with the re-signing of Michael Mike Evans.

01:35 Who's going to be a Hall of Famer someday

01:37 with the Bucs of course for over 20 million.

01:39 Now, how about the guys who are still unsigned

01:42 or need to get an extension?

01:44 Tee Higgins is not signed.

01:46 He can't practice.

01:47 He's on the franchise tag.

01:48 If he doesn't sign his franchise tender,

01:50 he can't practice so he's out of camp.

01:52 Shemar Chase.

01:53 He wants this extension.

01:55 Now you're starting to see where this money is.

01:57 AJ Brown, the highest paid receiver

01:59 in the National Football League at 32 million.

02:01 Chase will try to beat that.

02:02 So will Justin Jefferson,

02:04 who we could argue and debate who the best receiver is.

02:07 Justin Jefferson will get a minimum of 32 million a season,

02:10 if not 33 or more.

02:12 Also, Shemar Chase, as we mentioned.

02:14 And Brandon Iyuk is phenomenal.

02:15 The problem with Iyuk is,

02:17 when you look at this, Scott,

02:19 is Iyuk's on a team with Christian McCaffrey,

02:24 maybe arguably the best all-around back

02:28 in the last 20 years on offense.

02:30 Then you've got George Kittle,

02:31 who's gotta get the football.

02:33 You've got Debo Samuel, who's gotta get the football.

02:36 If you put Iyuk on the Bills or another team

02:38 that throws the ball a lot,

02:39 and if he was their number one receiver,

02:41 this guy's a top five receiver.

02:43 But unfortunately, he plays with a team

02:45 where there's so much talent,

02:47 and also a lot of guys are gonna have to get paid.

02:49 So it's gonna be hard to get him up to 30 million.

02:52 But he certainly should get,

02:53 if he gets his extension done,

02:55 Waddle money, which is over 28 million.

02:57 And also, when you look at the situation with Tee Higgins,

03:00 he's in a tough spot.

03:01 You and I have talked about him before.

03:02 Really good football player.

03:04 He's around 25 million a year.

03:06 He's around that Devante Smith money.

03:07 But can't imagine he'll get more than that

03:09 if he gets a deal done.

03:10 And remember now,

03:11 they're gonna get Shemar Chase's deal done.

03:13 So again, when we look at receiver,

03:15 a lot have gotten done,

03:16 but some big ones, the big fish,

03:18 obviously is Justin Jefferson.

03:20 - They're not gonna give Tee Higgins that money.

03:22 They have to give it to Shemar Chase.

03:24 That's all there is to it.

03:25 And why don't the Niners, I'm asking you,

03:29 trade him already?

03:30 I mean, they haven't been able to even come close

03:31 to a deal with IUK because of all the reasons you said,

03:35 and all of those reasons aren't going away.

03:38 So why don't they just deal him for God's sakes?

03:41 - And by the way, they drafted, this is a stunner.

03:43 Ricky Pearsall was their first round pick, a wide receiver.

03:47 They went with the highest player was on their board,

03:48 but that was clearly not a position of need.

03:51 They've tried to get IUK's deal done.

03:53 They still are confident they can get it done.

03:55 They've made it clear they didn't wanna trade him.

03:58 In fact, this is what John Lynch kind of hinted

04:02 after the draft.

04:03 Once they got past the draft,

04:05 the opportunity or the urgency to trade is completely gone.

04:09 It'd be an upset if they wound up trading him,

04:11 but you're right.

04:12 It's hard to find a reasonable number.

04:16 And they're another team, the Niners,

04:17 they don't play a lot of three receiver sets.

04:19 That's why the drafting of Ricky Pearsall,

04:22 the receiver out of University of Florida,

04:24 who I saw at the Senior Bowl, was kind of surprising.

04:26 And by the way, they just resigned Jawan Jennings,

04:29 the third receiver,

04:30 paying him really good money for a backup.

04:31 So it's hard to imagine that IUK's gonna get the deal

04:34 that he seeks, but he's under contract.

04:37 He'll be there this season barring something unforeseen.

04:40 - Which is trading him.

04:41 That's exactly what's unforeseen.

04:42 - Well, after this season, yeah.

04:44 After this season, moving him one way or the other

04:47 or tagging him and trading him is another option next year.

04:50 - They can't possibly wanna sit around for a year

04:53 with this hovering over them like a black cloud.

04:56 And it's already bad enough, the back and forth,

05:00 that they haven't been able to do a deal.

05:01 You're telling me that they're gonna leave it that way

05:04 for a year, another year, they're gonna just put up with this?

05:08 - Yeah, but when you're trying to win a Super Bowl,

05:10 don't you just, you try to keep it together

05:12 for as long as you can, and then you move on

05:16 if you can't get extension done.

05:17 At this point, what would be the point?

05:19 I know Ricky Pierce lost the first round pick.

05:21 Again, he was a late first round pick.

05:23 IUK is one of the top five to most,

05:26 top five to top seven in terms of talent

05:28 at the wide receiver position.

05:29 And by the way, and Debo Samuel, big cap number next year,

05:33 a lot of salary, and he's a great player.

05:36 He's also had a pretty big injury history.

05:37 So they gotta be careful here.

05:39 Their window of opportunity to win a Super Bowl is now,

05:43 and they gotta try to deal with their best players.

05:45 - Well, they're signing everybody else

05:47 and giving Jennings money.

05:48 They dropped Pierce.

05:49 - I know.

05:50 - They've got everything else except the IUK deal.

05:53 That blows my mind, is the best deal for the money.

05:57 You know what I thought was the best,

05:59 you know, in terms of GM moves and price tag,

06:03 was Pittman's deal.

06:05 He didn't get that much money in Indy.

06:07 That was a good deal for the Colts.

06:09 - It was very reasonable money.

06:11 Pittman's a really good football player, very competitive.

06:13 Now he wasn't a first round pick,

06:15 but he's been very, very solid.

06:17 But IUK, who's by the way, more talented than Pittman.

06:19 I don't think that's even debatable.

06:21 Pittman's a good player, but IUK's at another level.

06:24 IUK should come in if it gets done around this deal

06:26 that just got done with Jay and Waddell.

06:28 And again, with Miami, you look at their situation.

06:33 It's really a two receiver offense.

06:34 The tight ends don't get the football.

06:36 Whereas with San Francisco,

06:37 you got five guys that get the football.

06:39 I get where the Niners are,

06:41 and IUK, I've no problem with them wanting to get

06:43 the kind of money that he deserves,

06:45 which should be between 20 and 30 million.

06:48 He's not getting wherever Justin Jefferson gets.

06:50 I don't see him getting 30 million a year.

06:52 It's not that it's not worth it.

06:54 It's the situation they're in with the Niners.

06:57 - All right, let's talk about mandatory camps

07:00 that begin next week.

07:02 - Yeah, this is a big deal here.

07:03 So OTA has got, from being at these things for 25 years,

07:07 they're very light, mostly seven on sevens,

07:09 some nine on sevens, some 11 on 11s.

07:12 But the mandatory camp, okay,

07:14 these are three days of practice.

07:16 Everybody's got to be there who's under contract.

07:19 And there's no time off.

07:21 It's the three days in a row.

07:23 So these are the last practices

07:26 for training camps starting late July.

07:28 And also you should know that a lot of them are next week,

07:31 and then the week after, the ones that aren't next week,

07:33 and that's it, they're off to the summer,

07:35 really again, until late July.

07:36 So it's really, really important.

07:38 And the intensity, particularly for rookies

07:41 and second year players who are trying not only

07:43 make a roster, but try to impress their coaches

07:46 is very, very important.

07:47 And I've seen a lot of guys like really stand out.

07:50 And yes, you can tackle, you can hit.

07:53 There's not a lot of physical play,

07:54 but the OTAs are very light.

07:57 Once you get to the mandatory camps,

07:59 the competition ratchets up.

08:00 And we'll talk about some of the standouts

08:02 that I hear about once we get there,

08:04 but that's the big part.

08:05 And also the other thing that just came down,

08:07 and I love this, the Bears,

08:10 the Bears are gonna be on it.

08:11 They're gonna be on hard knocks.

08:12 I never thought I'd see it a day, Scott,

08:14 but I can't wait to see this.

08:16 That is a team that could break out.

08:18 And they finally, finally have great offensive talent.

08:21 What is the last time you talked about the Bears

08:22 having great offensive talent, maybe ever?

08:24 - 1985.

08:27 That's the last time I talked about the Bears.

08:29 But they mattered then, and they won the Super Bowl then,

08:33 and it's the last time they've won it.

08:35 And they've been awful ever since.

08:37 And the reason they're getting on hard knocks

08:39 is because of Caleb Williams.

08:41 And there's really no other reason.

08:44 - Well, Keenan Allen, who's at Stout,

08:46 is probably gonna be a Hall of Famer.

08:48 You got Roma Dunze, the rookie wide receiver.

08:50 DeAndre Swift comes over, Cole Komet,

08:53 Gerald Everett, the tight end.

08:54 They're absolutely loaded on offense.

08:56 The question is, can Caleb Williams

08:58 be offensive rookie of the year?

09:00 If he is, they're gonna make the playoffs.

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