They obviously won't, but the NFL should test the shit out of Gronk. A year off where he dropped a ton of weight/mass and championed pot? I'm sure he'll be clean as he gets back into NFL shape. Oh that's right him and Tom are just gonna be clean eating. Will be interesting to see how things go, but I won't be surprised if we see Peyton Manning 2.0 part II where the NFL does everything possible to ignore and enable so they can get a wonder year from their wonderboy.
Hill just received a 3 year - 21 million contract
then they sign Jameis as backup to Brees...
Remember when people were bitching that Brees was fucking the Saints with his too expensive contract? Granted he's getting old and missed a chunk of games last year (I don't recall if he's missed many other recent years). Which, I guess you could argue he still is as he's making the Saints spend a ton extra on backups for him now too.
Possibly develop a quality backup in-house?.
Yeah this sounds like Andy Reid logic. Develop a guy, if you need him use him, if not trade him for picks as QB needy teams take a chance (where-in few QBs have the same success without Reid). Still surprising they took one that high, but it kinda makes sense as rookie contracts should be cheap. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they do something crazy and look to trade Wentz, looking to ride the cheap QB on rookie contract wave that some people think is the main/smart way to a Lombardi trophy. If I were them I'd try to sow some chaos on Dallas and call them and see if they'd be interested, then leak the response in the media (even if they resoundingly made it clear they weren't interested, it'll still be a story).
Maybe there's something they know about Wentz that would indicate he might not last long. Or maybe they're just hedging their bets after Andrew Luck.
It's not that the Eagles necessarily think quarterback Jalen Hurts is going to turn into Russell Wilson.
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
That sounds like them trying to fluff things to not spook their fickle (shithead) fanbase. There's also a LOT of teams doing revisionist history claiming they were super duper high on Wilson. Same shit with Mahomes.
Which I have no clue how they'll swing his contract. Unless they have like some secret contract promising him some huge guaranteed payout if he's willing to roll on his rookie contract to keep as much of the team together as they can. Most seem to assume that Chris Jones will be gone but they seem to want to keep him. I'm still surprised they kept Watkins.
Speaking of Reid, this was his highest drafted RB? Seems like an odd move as they drafted one fairly high last year, signed one of Mahomes former teammates in college, and then after Williams balled out in the playoffs. But should be a good fit. Seems like they're still trying to replace Kareem Hunt. There was one article saying that if Ruggs had still be available in the 20s the Chiefs would've traded up to get him. But then seems you can't have too many speedy options (especially since Hill and Watkins have both missed time).