The 10 mistakes teams make in free agency; Plus, breaking Geno Smith news!
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🗓️ 7 March 2023
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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.
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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
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| 1:01.0 | This is the athletic football show. Football Show. |
| 1:19.8 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 1:21.2 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 1:21.9 | Joining me today. |
| 1:23.1 | It's my good friend Nate Tyson. How you doing, buddy? |
| 1:24.1 | Doing very well. |
| 1:25.1 | I feel another feeling of deja vu, but I love this. |
| 1:28.4 | And yeah, no, I'm doing very, very well. How are you doing today, Robert? I'm doing fine. We already recorded this intro because we already did an entire show. But as we were wrapping up, as I was pressing stop on my recorder, Gino Smith signed an extension with the Seahawk. So a little bit later, the 10 mistakes we want to |
| 1:44.6 | see teams avoid is kind of the kickoff of our free agent coverage this week. But we got to talk |
| 1:50.0 | about Gino. It just happens. So let's dig into it. Okay. Gino signs a three-year, $105 million deal |
| 1:55.9 | with seems like $52 million in the first year, apparently the first calendar year, according to Jordan |
| 2:02.4 | Schultz. I assume that means guarantees they'll go over the first two years. We'll see. |
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