Free Agency Frenzy Day 1 Recap: Willis to the Dolphins, Raiders Spend BIG, Evans to 49ers, Walker III to KC and More!
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Gregg Rosenthal is joined by Jourdan Rodrigue and Steve Wyche to recap a jam-packed first day of Free Agency Frenzy. Malik Willis is the new quarterback of the Miami Dolphins. The Raiders spent big-time money while locking up center Tyler Linderbaum to anchor their offensive line. Mike Evans swaps coasts and will now be catching passes for the 49ers. Alec Pierce got paid to stay with the Colts. Michael Pittman Jr. was traded from the Colts to the Steelers. Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III is the new running back for the Chiefs. Travis Etienne Jr. will be running the ball for the Saints next season. The crew reacts to all that and much, much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.3 | Welcome to NFL Daily, where more news happen on this day than will happen for the entire months of May, June, July, and August. |
| 0:17.8 | But we're still going to have great daily shows that too. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm Greg Rosetham here in the Chris Wesleyan podcast studio, live on YouTube, live on the NFL channel, |
| 0:27.9 | and of course, in your ears. |
| 0:29.8 | I'm with Steve Wai and Jordan Rod Rieg. |
| 0:33.5 | What a day this is maybe the longest rundown we have ever made in the history of the show. |
| 0:38.1 | I mean, it just started out with gangbusters. I mean, okay, you know, wake up, you know, two has been cut by Miami, you know, all this stuff. Malik Willisick, out of the gate. And I'm like, wow, I thought this quarterback market was going to be a little slower. And then Kenneth Walker, oh, the running back market, get a running back off. I thought that was going to be a little slower. |
| 0:55.2 | So teams showed you what they think of some of the draft prospects And then Kenneth Walker, oh, the running back market, get a running back off. I thought that was going to be a little slower. |
| 0:55.2 | So teams showed you what they think of some of the draft prospects coming out by how quick. |
| 0:59.1 | And it just kept going. |
| 1:00.5 | Jordan, I know you liked it that I keep updating, like, how many are left of my original top 50, like 35 out of the top 50 are gone. |
| 1:07.5 | We're taping this for everyone that's listening as a podcast at 4 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. |
| 1:12.8 | Eastern, and the Raiders just signed two more big linebackers and more deals keep happening. |
| 1:18.4 | So let's just get right into it. You started with the quarterbacks. I wanted to, |
| 1:21.6 | and I'll go to you on this, Jordan, to start. Malik Willis, my number one overall free agent, |
| 1:26.5 | signs with the Dolphins three years, $67 million, |
| 1:30.9 | $45 million guaranteed to a, you know, we heard earlier that he was going to be released. |
| 1:37.2 | He's going to the Falcons. |
| 1:38.0 | We'll get to him in a second. |
| 1:39.7 | I heard some, you know, a little tittering out there of like, oh, Malik Willis didn't get maybe as much money as some of the people who are big fans of him said he was going to get. I took personal offense to that. It's not about the money. It's about making us happy. And Malik Willis is going to entertain the hell out of Miami Dolphins fans and me in 2020. I just love this. This is a fit that a lot of people, ourselves, |
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