Best of NFL News Part 2: Crosby's Trust issues, Should State TAXES count towards Salary Cap?
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
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Shannon Sharpe and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson bring you the Best of NFL on Nightcap, reacting to the shocking trade of Justin Fields from the Jets to the Chiefs. Unc and Ocho also sound off on DeAndre Hopkins throwing shade at the Ravens over his lack of production, while breaking down Maxx Crosby growing frustration and trust issues with the Raiders after a failed trade to Baltimore.
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0:00 - NFL hands out $542M in performance pay
4:00 - Should salary cap take taxes into account?
13:30 - We were wrong all along about Travis Etienne Jr.?!
19:30 - Maxx Crosby and Raiders trust issues?
32:17 - Unc, Joe and Iso reveal their March Madness brackets
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Daniel Alarcon, and this is my friend, is much more famous than I am. I wouldn't go that far, but I'm John Green, co-host of the podcast The Away End with my old friend Daniel. On our podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. |
| 0:22.6 | Listen to the away end with Daniel Auer Kohn and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.2 | The NFL announced today that over $542 million will be given to NFL players |
| 0:42.0 | and performance-based pay following the 2025 season. |
| 0:45.9 | The performance-based pay's program is collectively bargaining benefit that compensates all |
| 0:50.7 | players based on playing time and salary levels. |
| 0:54.2 | Quarterback Nashan Wright led the way $1.4 million in performance-based play. |
| 1:02.7 | Ronnie Hickman, $1.3 million. |
| 1:05.2 | Offensive tackle who was just, he was with Atlanta last year. |
| 1:08.8 | I think he was with Arizona now. |
| 1:10.3 | Elijah Wilkinson that's |
| 1:11.9 | $1.3 million they topped the list as you can see the list right there in front of you |
| 1:16.6 | so a lot of these guys are probably lower round picks Ocho right well I mean on bargain |
| 1:24.3 | contracts yeah and they play a line they play play in 75, 80, 90% of the snaps. And this is what you get. Hey, that's a good thing too. Because most of the guys that are getting these incentives, they probably don't have big salaries, huh? Not yet. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, so this is big. This is big for them. |
| 1:44.8 | You look at Ronnie Hickman, undrafted free agent. Elijah Alexander, undrafted free agent. Nick Scott, seventh round, seventh round, seventh round, seventh round, undrafted free agent, fourth round, fourth round, fourth round, third round. Devin White was a first round pick, but that was in 2019. team so he's not playing on a big contract. |
| 2:02.0 | Right. |
| 2:02.8 | Scooby chat. |
| 2:04.0 | So if you look at it. White was a first round pick, but that was in 2019. So he's not playing on a big contract. |
| 2:02.0 | Right. |
| 2:02.7 | Scooby chat. So if you look at the guys, there are, there's only one guy that's in the top 15 |
| 2:08.9 | that made that was a first round draft pick. Everybody else was between third round and an |
| 2:14.9 | undrafted free agent. |
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