Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon posted a message Monday on Instagram with the caption “#YallHiring?,” leading both Jason Cole of Bleacher Report and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com to infer that he’ll test free agency next month (Twitter links). There are already several potential suitors for Garcon, who could get $9MM-plus per year on his next contract. The 30-year-old is fresh off his second 1,000-yard season and hasn’t amassed fewer than 68 catches in a campaign since a 10-game, 44-reception showing in 2012.
More from the NFL’s East divisions:
- Speaking of Instagram, Raiders running back Latavius Murray – another soon-to-be free agent – posted a picture Sunday featuring him and Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz in the midst of a workout. Given both his relationship with Wentz and the Eagles’ plan to ask the QB for his opinion on certain personnel decisions this offseason, Murray could be a fit for Philadelphia, suggests Eliot Shorr-Parks of NJ.com. The two share an agent, notes Shorr-Parks, who adds that the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Murray would give the Eagles a much-needed big back. Murray averaged a relatively uninspiring 4.0 yards per carry in each of the previous two seasons, though he is coming off a 12-touchdown year.
- Tony Romo is expecting the Cowboys to release him, and if the team does cut the quarterback, the likelihood is that it will assign him a post-June 1 designation, writes Todd Archer of ESPN.com. That would give the Cowboys $14MM in cap space for 2017, far more than the $5.1MM they’d get if they were to release Romo without the June designation. Dallas wouldn’t gain that $14MM in spending space until June 2, well after the busiest portion of the offseason, but Archer contends the club could put the money to use to sign draft picks, add free agents during the year and even carry over into 2018, among other possibilities.
- While the quarterback-needy Jets have drawn connections to Mike Glennon and Jay Cutler, their best bet the open market could be Brian Hoyer on a low-cost, short-term deal, observes Rich Cimini of ESPN.com. Notably, the Mike Maccagnan– and Todd Bowles-led Jets had interest in Hoyer last spring before he signed with the Bears to back up Cutler. The 31-year-old Hoyer ended up faring well in Chicago, where he made six appearances (five starts) and threw six touchdowns against no interceptions as Cutler dealt with injuries. As was the case with Cutler, Hoyer didn’t get through the season unscathed – he went on the shelf for good in October after suffering a broken left arm.
This is coming from a Pats fan but mainly a football fan the Jets need to get a long term solution to their QB problem it’s frustrating how they keep settling for below average QBs! When’s the last above average QB they had? God knows they can’t draft a QB to save their life, best options for them are Taylor, Glennon and to a lesser extent Kaep. They need a younger QB in mid 20s to take the QB roll, it cost them the playoffs in 2015 when they had crappy Fitz throw away the season. They either need to get an above average QB or blow everything up because without one they’re easily a bottom 10 if not 5 team
Yeah Jets are in the same hole QB wise as the Redskins were for many years and I’m beginning to wonder if Skins mgmt has forgot what all those very poor years were like
Garçon to cowboys…”YALLhiring”
He would be a upgrade over butler and Williams who are FAs