The 10 mistakes teams make in free agency; Plus, breaking Geno Smith news!

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Being tempted by the win-with QBs. Trying to fit square pegs into round holes. Falling in love with one-year wonders. Those are just three mistakes that teams routinely make in free agency. Robert Mays and Nate Tice dive into those and seven more as we kick off free agency preview week on The Athletic Football Show. Plus, the guys jump back on the mics right after wrapping up the show to tackle the breaking Geno Smith news. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Follow Nate on Twitter: @Nate_Tice Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Today's show is brought to you by... Atlassian: For projects impossible alone, visit www.atlassian.com Philo: Sign up today at philo.tv and use promo code MAYS to get 50% off your first month 2:00 Geno Smith, Seahawks agree to three-year deal 15:26 Don't be tempted by 'win-with' QBs 24:41 Square pegs/round holes 35:07 Avoid the top of the cornerback market 40:59 If a near-30 player just had his worst season, believe him 43:44 Think smaller at tight end 48:15 Remember, you're buying snaps 55:42 Injured players stay injured 62:25 You aren't special...that big deal for an off-ball LB isn't going to work for you, either 65:40 Beware the name brands 68:15 Beware the one-year wonder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Athletic Football Show.
0:05.4	Welcome to the Athletic Football Show.
0:17.9	I'm Robert Mays, joining me today.
0:19.6	It's my good friend Nate Tyson, how you doing buddy?
0:21.8	Doing very well.
0:22.8	I feel like another feeling of deja vu, but I love this.
0:26.2	And yeah, no I'm doing very, very well.
0:28.1	How are you doing today Robert?
0:29.5	I'm doing fine.
0:30.5	We already recorded this intro because we already did an entire show.
0:33.5	But as we were wrapping up, as I was pressing stop on my recorder, Geno Smith signed an extension
0:38.6	with the Seahawks.
0:39.6	So a little bit later, the 10 mistakes we want to see teams avoid is kind of the kickoff
0:44.2	of our free agent coverage this week.
0:46.9	But we got to talk about Geno.
0:48.6	It just happened.
0:49.6	So let's dig into it.
0:50.6	Okay.
0:51.6	Geno signs a three year, $105 million deal with, seems like $52 million in the first year,
0:57.6	apparently for calendar year, according to Jordan Schultz, I assume that means guarantees
1:02.5	over the first two years.
1:03.8	We'll see.
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