Hopkins and Diggs traded and more headlines from free agency day one

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🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The Dolphins and Browns threw down a lot of cash, the Cowboys and Titans made sure to keep their QBs, but the headline of the first 12 hours of free agency was the completely WTF trade between the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals.Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson recap a stacked weekend in NFL news, starting with the head-scratching deal that sent DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona for David Johnson (as well as the reshuffling of a trio of draft picks). (3:15)While their attempts to retain Ryan Tannehill & Derrick Henry are worthy of praise, Terez is skeptical of the Tennessee Titans' overall plan because in doing so, they lost out on a key offensive lineman. (13:55)One of those linemen, Jack Conklin, agreed to terms with the Browns, who made a number of other deals on Monday that may prove that there is finally a strategy in Cleveland. (18:25)Moving to Dallas, the Cowboys placed the franchise tag on Dak Prescott in the hopes of inking him to a longer deal and locked in Amari Cooper for a whopping 5-year, $100m contract. Should Cowboys fans be content with their QB-WR combo of the future? (25:55)Forever disgruntled Minnesota Viking Stefon Diggs finally got his wish late Monday as he was traded to the Buffalo Bills for a haul of draft picks that surely would make Texans fans blush. How does Diggs fit with his new squad? (29:15)The Indianapolis Colts made a surprising move in trading their first-round pick for San Francisco DT DeForest Buckner. The guys discuss how this move could pair well with the Colts adding a veteran QB like Philip Rivers or maybe...Tom Brady? (36:05)They wrap up free agency talk with some notes about the Ravens, Eagles and Lions (41:20).Also on the podcast: Charles has some thoughts about Tom Brady's still undecided free agency (48:20), and the new CBA passed on Saturday by 60 votes, is the anger from the players who voted "no" justified? (51:10) Finally, the guys talk about where the league and draft stand with the looming threat of COVID-19. (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, yes sir. Welcome to the Yaku Sports NFL podcast. I am Yahoo Senior NFL writer Tres Peeler.
0:15.0	Here are my main man and fellow senior NFL writer Charles Robinson.
0:18.0	And Charles, the Houston Texans have traded De Andres Hopkins
0:22.0	to the Arizona Cardinals for David Johnson, a second
0:25.5	and a fourth round pick swap.
0:27.6	And hey look, man, look, this deal got panned, I know that, but let's be honest with ourselves. Obviously the Texas are thinking, I don't know what the
0:36.4	hell they're thinking, do you? I mean look, Bill O'Brien gets to do whatever he wants whenever he wants,
0:46.0	whenever he wants, however he wants, he is the definition of, I don't know, an American, I guess.
0:55.0	That's what America is showing that it does what it wants,
0:58.4	what it wants, no matter who criticizes it,
1:01.4	it's gonna do.
1:02.2	I've seen enough beaches full. I've seen enough bars full.
1:07.3	I've seen enough places full to know that certain Americans do what they want. and Bill O'Brien is one of those Americans
1:14.0	and damn it he's going to do what he wants even with an all-pro level wide receiver.
1:18.1	In general it's never a good thing when you try to input a real life trade on Madden and it never even gets close.
1:23.6	Never.
1:24.6	It's not even, it's not even, like there's like a sliver of the bar that shows that the
1:28.9	Texas will entertain it.
1:30.0	It's just like, Jesus, man.
1:32.0	Yeah. Look, the Xbox or your PlayStation lights on fire,
1:35.7	it spits the disc out.
1:37.6	Or just slaps you.
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