NFL Free Agency Day 1 Recap: Instant Reaction | Grading Top Deals | Trades | MUCH MORE π¨
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
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ποΈ 9 March 2026
β±οΈ 40 minutes
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Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta recap day 1 of the NFL Free Agency Negotiating Period. The guys discuss the biggest moves, grade the deals and much more!
(00:00) Intro
(01:18) Dolphins release Tua Tagovailoa
(4:34) Malik Willis to Dolphins
(7:38) Tyler Linderbaum to Raiders
(10:41) Mike Evans to 49ers
(14:41) Alec Pierce re-signing with Colts
(18:32) Kenneth Walker III to Chiefs
(21:08) Jaelan Phillips to Panthers
(23:56) Boye Mafe to Bengals
(27:06) Odafe Oweh to Commanders
(28:51) Travis Etienne Jr to Saints
(31:21) Other notable deals | Jets, Titans & More
(37:14) Falcons signing Tua Tagovailoa
(38:09) Jeremiyah Love landing spots
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in this Monday afternoon edition of pushing the pile. |
| 0:19.2 | Free agency day one. |
| 0:23.2 | Recap. I can't even say recap because it's like, |
| 0:29.3 | it's just going. We're in the process, but we're recapping what we have so far. We'll be back tomorrow doing the same thing at the same time. Hopefully on Wednesday, too, TBD on that one as |
| 0:35.7 | of now, but we got a lot of stuff to get through. |
| 0:39.0 | Mike Reiner, J.P. Acosta, JP, how are you doing now? |
| 0:41.2 | Doing good. It feels like a great day for people who always believe the NFL free and see |
| 0:46.2 | has some big deals going on. Bad day for team, nothing ever happens because a lot of |
| 0:50.9 | stuff has happened on day one. We got trades. |
| 0:58.8 | We got the dolphins taken on $99 million in dead cap. |
| 1:01.2 | We got the dolphins getting a new franchise quarterback. |
| 1:07.1 | So let's start off with that, where to a tongue of Iloa is cut with the post-June 1 designation, giving the dolphins a record amount of dead cap over the next two seasons. |
| 1:12.1 | Like I said, $99 million, one of the worst contracts in NFL history certified at this point. |
| 1:19.2 | And the report is the Atlanta Falcons are the leading contender to sign to it at this point. |
| 1:26.6 | It's a little funny that Kevin Stefanski keeps tying himself to left-handed quarterbacks, |
| 1:31.2 | but I get it for Atlanta, especially because Michael Pennix Jr., partially torn ACL, |
| 1:37.3 | might not be ready until October. |
| 1:39.1 | And if your Stefansky and you saw what the Panthers just did in the division going |
| 1:43.8 | eight and nine and |
| 1:45.1 | still winning the division somehow, you could still be competitive. And with Tua, I think signing |
| 1:51.4 | him to a one-year deal, something very similar to what Russ got after he left the Broncos, I just |
| 1:57.9 | think something like that could help the Falcons remain at least borderline competitive, |
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