Gurley gets cut, Sean Payton has coronavirus and does Bill Belichick have a plan?

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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was dealt a grim reminder today that the acronym NFL also stands for Not For Long.The former MVP candidate and consensus number-one fantasy pick as recently as two seasons ago was abruptly cut on Thursday afternoon and joins Devonta Freeman and Melvin Gordon in a class of RBs in their primes who are struggling to find the mega-deals they were hoping for.Where could these backs land and what does this say about the state of the running back position? Charles Robinson & Terez Paylor open the podcast discussing this changing of the tide. (0:35)The Chicago Bears traded a fourth-round pick to Jacksonville for former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles. Charles & Terez talk about the Bears' new Mitch Trubisky insurance policy. (12:55)Elsewhere in the NFC North, the Detroit Lions traded CB Darius Slay to Philadelphia and Slay did not mince his words about Matt Patricia on his way out the door. The guys investigate why former Patriots assistants like Patricia, Josh McDaniels and Bill O'Brien have had such a history of beefing with their own players. (16:50)They also talk about the three big quarterbacks still on the market searching for a starting job: Cam Newton, Jameis Winston and Andy Dalton. Who has the bestt short- and long-term prospects out of those three? Could one end up in New England? Also, does Bill Belichick have a plan for his next QB? (24:15)The guys wrap up the show discussing the news that New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton tested positive for coronavirus (44:55) and take a listener question about the new CBA. (56:00)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylorTag your questions for the guys on Twitter with #YahooNFLPodcastCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Yes, sir, welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast,
0:14.0	third time this week.
0:16.0	Tracking it up, let's go.
0:17.0	My name is Senior and Federal Rider Terrells Taylor.
0:20.0	Third time. I'm going to talk right over the intro because we're so amped up. I've drank about a hundred cups of coffee. Go ahead,
0:26.9	continue with the intro. Hi. And I'm going to talk back over you and take back control of the intro, so I can throw this back to you. I am
0:35.4	senior NFL writer Torez Paylor. I'm here with senior NFL writer Charles
0:39.3	Robinson and Charles. Can you name a better example of the NFL truly standing for not for long than the
0:46.0	Rams unceremoniously cut in Todd Gurley a mere 20 months after handing him 45 million
0:51.7	in guarantees the most ever in NFL history for a running back.
0:56.5	Yeah, I mean it doesn't nobody's, no one's really safe at all. I mean Nick Foles,
1:02.3	Nick Foles gets shipped to Chicago, I mean like all these big deals where guys are supposed to be, you know, you think, oh, this is a centerpiece or it's a cornerstone of the franchise that absolutely does not last although you know
1:16.2	Todd Gurley sitting there and first off the tweet was great he's like I got fired on
1:20.9	my day off it's like I'm quarantined, which I thought was entertaining.
1:25.2	At least he had a good spirit about it. But if you're Todd Gurley, I mean, look, man, you just, the amount of money you racked up in two years was a little
1:35.4	over 34 million dollars in two years you're gonna get some extra loot now
1:39.4	because he's gonna go sign somewhere I don't look the contract's not gonna be
1:42.0	nothing he's still going to get
1:43.4	okay money as long as he passed a medical and they feel good about him he might have to wait. Now
1:47.8	Todd Gurley might be waiting a while but I think he's going to get a decent little
1:51.8	contract on on the next bounce. Yeah he's going to get a decent little contract on the next bounce.
1:53.7	Yeah, he's one of those guys where he has so much like name recognition.
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