Offseason NFL Chaos: Brady Returns, QB Blockbusters, And Scandals
The Lead
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🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
NFL free agency starts this week, but the fireworks have already started flying around the league, from Tom Brady to Russell Wilson to Aaron Rodgers to Carson Wentz. Today, The Athletic’s Stephen Holder breaks down the big QB deals that have already happened, and the off-field stories that have shaken the NFL lately, including the impact of Calvin Ridley's gambling suspension on the league, and what's next after a grand jury's decision not to indict Deshaun Watson.
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| 0:31.8 | NFL free agency starts this week, but the fireworks are already flying around the league. |
| 0:38.4 | We got something else to say. |
| 0:40.4 | Tom Brady is coming back for a 23rd season. |
| 0:44.2 | Tom Brady is coming back. |
| 0:46.0 | But first, sources say Aaron Rodgers will stay with the Packers for the next four years. |
| 0:51.8 | The Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos have agreed the terms on a deal involving Super Bowl |
| 0:58.6 | winning quarterback Russell Wilson. |
| 1:03.2 | Today the athletic Steven Holder breaks down the blockbusters that have already happened |
| 1:07.7 | and the scandals that have shaken the league in the last week. |
| 1:11.4 | The NFL, they really are alarmed anytime there's anything that sort of suggests there may be |
| 1:18.0 | a threat to the integrity of the game. |
| 1:20.4 | So they have really brought the hammer down. |
| 1:23.3 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:26.1 | It's Monday, March 14th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:32.5 | So Steven, it's the start of a huge week in the NFL, but you know, we already saw a bunch |
| 1:37.5 | of big developments last week across the league. |
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