NFL Free Agency Hits and Misses with Sheil Kapadia, Plus Chandler Parsons and How History Will View the SGA-Jokic MVP Race
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What are the key hits and misses in NFL free agency?
A lot to get to on today's pod, Chukwadia NFL free agency is cranking right now. We're going to get to a ton of names, so don't feel left out. We'll get to some of the quarterback stuff, what the Seahawks doing, what's going on with fields, and just some of our favorite and not so favorite signings. NBA Open. NBA players love some things that I don't necessarily love, how that applies to Denver and OKC and the MVP stuff, some of the long-held historic claims by the guys that have played this game at the highest level. And we've got Chandler Parsons on just taking a look at where Cleveland is in the East, the other West teams, and then just gearing up for the playoffs, going back to a couple of his Houston runs over 10 years ago and life advice. One of our favorite NFL guests to talk to from the ringer. It is Shil Kapadia.
What's up, man? Good to see you. Lots of signings. This is my season, offseason. Better than in-season as far as I'm concerned.
Whoa, I thought only the NBA had that for you. So let's go through this... barrage of signings, but I think the first thing you have to start with here is when we watch Sam Darnold, the Detroit game, the playoff game, potential blueprint games, what is Darnold worth on the open market? What is he worth away from Kevin O'Connell and this receiving core and the O-line and all this kind of stuff? Well, he's worth three years and $100 million from the Seahawks, $55 million guaranteed. I think I'm scared to death if I'm a Seahawks fan.
Totally agree. I would be bummed by this offseason if I were a Seahawks fan. It just goes to a lot of the things we talk. It doesn't matter the sport where it's like a guy was bad. A guy was put in a certain situation. He played better for one year. And then you're the team that pays him based off of that one year. I mean, I mean, to me, so much of this is just about the environment and the infrastructure and the moves that the Seahawks made were like you said, you don't have Kevin O'Connell's not coming over with you. Justin Jefferson's not coming over with you. You have offensive line issues. He's playing outside. And now you're expecting him to maintain his level of play from last year or improve.
Can it happen? Sure. Weird things happen all the time. They surprise us. So it could happen. He's young enough. I don't think that's the most likely scenario for Sam Darnold in Seattle.
I think everybody felt great about a player we all really liked. I mean, I don't know if you disliked him coming out of the draft. I liked him. Certainly NFL teams liked him. It seems like a lot of people in the quarterback community really like him, the dude. And, you know, we've heard all these different stories and I don't need to recount all of them. But, you know, Leinart and I have talked about it all the time where Leinart It felt like, I don't know, year six or something is when it's like the light went off. It's like, okay, now I kind of understand. And it's like, okay, but where would a team – how could a GM ever sell that to his ownership? How could a coach – like that's just – you've got to figure it out sooner.
And sure, maybe there's a couple quarterbacks that are out of football that had they been given another chance would have finally figured it out. I think people could hope that. for Darnold but it there's so many factors based on everything you just said maybe the last impression is is too powerful but you're like this is what it looks like when it's disrupted and that's with that team and with that staff and now you look at Seattle like where are they are they are they looking at this is like if we're right we get him cheaper Yet the three years, can we be right? But yet Seattle is a team that, you know, look, Geno did a really good job there the last couple of years. I'm not saying he's awesome, but he's done a good job and it feels like they're in transition and that Darnold wouldn't be the guy that would match the timeline the rest of the roster is on.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the key hits and misses in NFL free agency?
0:10–14:17
2
How does Sam Darnold's value compare to other quarterbacks?
14:17
3
What are the implications of the SGA-Jokic MVP race?
10:55–1:27:35
4
How will the Thunder perform in the playoffs?
1:27:35–1:28:31
5
What should we expect from Michael Porter Jr. in the NBA?
1:28:31–1:49:31
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