NFL Free Agency Fireworks

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🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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(Note: we published our show today before Tom Brady announced he's leaving the Patriots. More to come on that!) NFL free agency has kicked off with a bang, with the biggest deal so far sending Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins to the Cardinals in return for RB David Johnson. Teams across the league have been using franchise tags on players, signing free agents and conducting trades throughout the past few days, getting even more attention than usual as most sports are suspended. ESPN's Bill Barnwell tracks the most dramatic storylines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, here's a blockbuster, the first blockbuster of the NFL New League year.
0:03.9	The Arizona Cardinals are trading David Johnson and draft picks to Houston for DeAndre Hopkins and other draft picks.
0:14.3	Nothing is normal in sports right now, except the annual flurry of trades and signings that precedes the NFL season.
0:22.7	All-Pro receiver D'Andre Hopkins is headed to Arizona,
0:27.0	and Stefan Diggs is bound for Buffalo,
0:30.0	superstar pass rusher to Forrest Buccner is going to Indianapolis,
0:34.0	and backup quarterback Case Keenham landed in Cleveland.
0:37.5	Okay, one of those things is not like the other.
0:40.6	Amidst the trade mania, Bill Barnwell tells us who won and who lost,
0:45.1	and who could be next in line for a big deal.
0:48.3	I'm Mina Kimes.
0:49.5	It's Tuesday, March 17th.
0:51.6	This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.
0:57.1	Well, Bill, you're working from home. I am working from home, but we are both being put to shame by these NFL teams because this has been one of the more active legal tampering periods in recent memory.
1:09.8	It has, Mina.
1:11.6	I feel like some NFL executives are working from home better than some other NFL executives based on what we saw today.
1:19.0	Well, that's a perfect segue to the most shocking news of the day.
1:24.3	Early on Monday morning, there were reports that DeAndre Hopkins, three-time all-pro
1:29.4	wide receiver, who is on an affordable long-term deal, was available for a trade. I was asked
1:35.8	about this on the radio, and I said, that's ridiculous because three-time all-pros on affordable
1:41.1	long-term deals do not get traded. Well, Bill, it was not ridiculous because later
1:46.0	that morning news broke that Houston GM, Bill O'Brien, also known as Houston head coach, Bill O'Brien,
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