Extension Vibe Check | TJ Watt, Zach Allen, Garrett Wilson, and Sauce Gardner headline recent deals

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Contract extensions are making waves across the NFL. Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs break down the latest signings, including market-resetting deals for T.J. Watt, Garrett Wilson, and Sauce Gardner. The duo analyzes the impact of these extensions on team-building strategies and salary cap management. They explore the significance of offensive linemen with shorter arm lengths securing big paydays, challenging conventional scouting wisdom. The hosts also dissect contracts for rising stars like Zach Allen, Trey Smith, and George Karlaftis, offering insights into how these deals shape the league's financial landscape. Tune in for expert analysis on how recent extensions are reshaping NFL rosters and setting new benchmarks for player compensation.

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0:00.0	contract extensions are being awarded across the league.
0:05.8	We're going to give you our vibe check on them today on the Locked on NFL scouting podcast.
0:15.0	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting part of the locked on podcast network your team every day what's better than this it's guys being dudes here on the locked on NFL scouting podcast we're're the draft dudes. I'm Joe Marino from
0:38.0	Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabs from Lockdown Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here
0:42.4	with you daily to talk team building across the league on the lockdown NFL scouting
0:46.1	podcast with the draft dudes, part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day.
0:51.6	One issue a big thank you. Shout out and welcome to our everydayers. Those of you who never miss a single episode, we appreciate y'all being here very, very much. Joe, happy Thursday to you here on the show. Happy Tuesday. Last day on the road for you, if I remember correctly, correct? We're coming. I find out we're coming home tomorrow morning. I thought we were leaving today. Oh. Yeah. So we got to figure out tomorrow's show then. Yeah, I got to do some conversations here. We got to handle some things in-house here. And then we'll, you know, we'll take it. We'll take it one snap at a time here and figure that out. Well, very good. Let's, we did a good show yesterday talking about players who have not got contracts.
1:33.2	And now the focus is going to players who have gotten contracts.
1:38.2	And you have a very robust list of last couple of weeks, really since report date, for the most part, for training camp.
1:46.9	There's been a lot of business across the league, teams that want to proactively get
1:51.0	these kinds of dealings done before you get too deep into the preseason.
1:55.3	And if you got guys that are holding in or holding out, a lot of motivation to get deals done
2:00.1	right now for players that are hoping to get new
2:02.6	contracts.
2:03.8	And we've seen everything from market resets to healthy middle class, to I think some
2:12.0	really good steals to maybe a couple extensions that maybe we wouldn't have done.
2:16.8	And we're going to go through that whole spectrum and list of all of those kinds of extensions here today on the show.
2:23.5	Let me put forward the players that signed a contract extension north of $30 million per season.
2:31.1	Okay.
2:31.4	T.J. Watt, Three years, $41 million per.
2:39.0	Garrett Wilson with the Jets, 32 and a half per.
2:43.1	And Soss Gardner, 30.1.
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