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#133 - Free Agency Day 1: DeAndre Hopkins & DeForest Buckner traded, Bears hunt for QB

Chris Simms Unbuttoned

Chris Simms

Sports, Football

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On a wild first day of free agency tampering, Simms and Florio react to all the news. (0:55) 49ers trade DeForest Buckner to the Colts (6:45) What would Philip Rivers cost the Colts? (10:05) Trade rumors for the Vikings and Stefon Diggs (19:15) Which QB is best for the Bears: Teddy Bridgewater, Nick Foles or Andy Dalton? (24:50) Jack Conklin agrees to big deal with the Browns (29:45) After being traded to the Cardinals, DeAndre Hopkins is looking for a new contract

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0:00.0

Another edition of whatever we want to call it, PFTOT, Chris Simms on Button, PFTPM,

0:08.3

we're going to be putting this stuff everywhere so you have content, audio content, video content to supplement all the written content

0:16.2

at pro football tuck.com and today has been fast and furious once the green flag, is it the green flag when they start a race once the

0:24.4

green flag went at 12.01 eastern p.m. a lot of stuff happened and we're going to recap

0:30.9

some of the things we've yet to discuss and Chris this is the big one and this isn't a free agency transaction

0:36.8

it's an agreement to engage in a trade when the league year begins 4 PM Eastern on Wednesday

0:42.4

Deforest Buckner, from the 49ers to the Indianapolis

0:47.1

Colts for a first round pick after the 49ers did a five year 85 million dollar deal

0:51.9

with Eric Armstead.

0:54.0

Buckner breaks the bank.

0:55.6

It's a real $21 million per year deal for Deforest Buckner.

1:00.0

A stunner.

1:01.8

This is the stunner I was referring to earlier today. I thought the stunner. A stunner. This is the stunner I was referring to earlier today. I thought the stunner involved somebody else, but this is the stunner. Are you stunned?

1:10.0

I can't say that I'm stunned. I can't say, you'm stunned I can't say you know I wondered throughout this whole process

1:17.0

How the 49ers were gonna sign all these guys I mean you know how much money can you a lot to the defensive line position alone hey I'm all

1:25.2

for having death and talent on the defensive line but at some point it's going to

1:30.3

compromise other areas of your football team and I think the 49ers were

1:33.7

dangerously on the verge there. So I think the first thing I thought of was when I

1:38.0

saw Eric Armstead sign the five-year 85 million dollar deal I believe like you said I went oh well they're not

1:46.3

going to franchise the Forrest Buckner too I mean are they really going to have like 60

1:51.2

something million dollars tied up in defensive ends or something like that,

1:55.1

a let alone, you know, two top three draft picks

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