Adam Amin

And then with Tyra Linderbaum, I mean, I was thought, I thought it was bonkers to say he's going to get 25.

And then yesterday morning, I kept hearing around the league, like, no, no, this is going to get closer to 25.

Like the, the, the market is 18 with Creed Humphrey in Kansas city.

And then he gets 27 and it's like, Oh my

Gosh.

So I don't think that was either, you know, in the realm either for Chicago.

So I do think you have to be measured in a sense in terms of value.

And I think Ryan Poles with both those deals was able to do that.

My question is this with the Linderbaum signing specifically, because to reset the market at 150% of what the next highest AAV is from 18 million to 27 million, did the Raiders outbid themselves?

Help me understand this, James.

I think they did a little bit.

And Marcia, you have to remember, there is a minimum you have to spend in the NFL.

The Raiders needed to spend money.

You know that Office episode where Michael finds out there's a surplus and he has to spend something?

That's essentially what was going on with the Raiders.

They're so far below that over the next couple of years, they have to make sure that they spend.

What I do think they did, and everybody overspends in free agency, so let's just say that that's there.

But you overspent for a rare player.

has no red flags and very few of them reach free agency right in today's nfl they're all locked up but because of the way the franchise tag is with offensive lineman and him playing center and and the way it went him and alec pierce are the rare players that probably get there with no red flags at all so you overpay in free agency period you overpay for a guy that really has no question marks next to his game and then also i think he makes your your team better in essence of your top two players

I know Brock Bowers is probably right in that mix, but Ashton Denty, you take him in the top 10 last year, he's hit at or behind the line of scrimmage in probably 60% of his runs, roughly.