Before acquiring Carson Wentz, the Commanders scoured the league for their next passer. They made a three-first-rounder offer for Russell Wilson and pursued Aaron Rodgers. Those avenues closed quickly, leading Washington to Wentz. The team made a list of eight QBs it viewed as a satisfactory upgrade, with John Keim of ESPN.com noting this included Deshaun Watson. It is unclear if the team pursued Watson, but Texans GM Nick Caserio pointed out there were more interested teams than the four finalists. The Commanders’ search, which involved Ron Rivera participating in an lengthy QB-centered discussion with three-time Super Bowl champion HC Joe Gibbs, also included a consideration of Andrew Luck. That did not get off the ground, per Keim. Luck has been retired for three seasons now and has dropped some weight from his playing days. Wentz resided somewhere on the Commanders’ eight-man list, with his 6-foot-5 frame appealing to his new team. The Colts initially told the NFC East team he was not available, but that changed at the Combine and led to a deal.
Here is the latest from the NFC East:
- Given a five-year, $57.5MM Cowboys contract, Michael Gallup is coming off an ACL tear sustained in Week 17. The fifth-year receiver is unlikely to be ready by Week 1, Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News tweets. Dallas is obviously looking at Gallup’s long-term trajectory, having jettisoned Amari Cooper to keep his former sidekick at a lower rate. But the team may need to stash Gallup on the PUP list or make him an active-roster non-participant to start the season, depending on his timetable.
- The Giants added multiple interior offensive linemen — Mark Glowinski and Jon Feliciano — last week but are still in need at right tackle. They sent key personnel to Mississippi State prospect Charles Cross‘ pro day Tuesday. Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and assistant O-line coach Tony Sparano Jr. were on-hand in Starkville, Miss., per NJ.com’s Zack Rosenblatt. Cross said the Giants and Jets have been the teams most interested thus far. Cross is viewed as this draft’s third-best tackle prospect, behind Alabama’s Evan Neal and North Carolina State’s Ikem Ekwonu. The Giants hold two top-10 picks — Nos. 5 and 7 — and will not surprise anyone if they use one of them on an O-lineman.
- James Bradberry and Saquon Barkley remain Giants, but Bradberry’s $21.9MM cap number jumps out on the team’s payroll. The Giants will probably have to jettison Bradberry, even if they would prefer to keep him, SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano writes, due to their cap situation. Big Blue has discussed Barkley and Bradberry in trades, and while they may hang onto the latter until draft weekend, dumping the talented cornerback later in the offseason remains in play. Bradberry’s through-2022 deal already contains a void year, but the Giants would save $11.5MM by designating him as a post-June 1 cut. A trade before or after June 1 would free up more than $12MM in funds, though it remains to be seen how late of a draft pick the Giants would accept for their No. 1 corner.
Tony Sparano, I’ll never forget him and his wildcat offense with Ronnie Brown, etc. It actually really worked for a little while, and he even had some teams copying him..
However, just like the read-option, that seemed unstoppable for a year or so, once NFL DCs got to really study it on film, they figured out how to defend it, and those offenses mostly disappeared.
We still see a little bit of the wildcat in goal line and short yardage situations, and still see some of the read-option, but they never really blossomed into the game changing offensive wrinkles that some thought when they were first being ran…
Congrats to Sparano though, he will always be remembered for that, and in doing so has forever cemented his name as a memorable part of the NFL, regardless how short-lived it was…
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Well dang, all this time here I was thinking it was Burger King…I guess there goes any chance of having it my way…
lmao ignore him. He’s just trolling you with a stale and very lame meme response.
Yeah, I’ve heard it before about 5 years ago.. …I was just being sarcastic to poke at the troll, and my lame attempt at humor..lol haha
But yeah, I mean come on, what is even the point..Does he think I don’t obviously know I just wrote a stupidly long comment?? News flash, I am the one that spent the time writing it…
Anyways, it was just a blast from the past seeing the name Tony Sparano…Then, seeing it was his son, that definitely made me feel old..lol What makes it even worse is seeing the kids of guys I watched play in the pros now playing in college and some are already in the league…
You keep writing whatever you want. I enjoyed it.
Go back to the Knicks board and keep crying about all of the terrible contracts they handed out last offseason, ya dummy.
If I were a Knicks fan I’d be upset with the contracts they gave out last offseason as well.
Heck, according to a report and Derozan himself, they could have even had Derozan..
You’d be more ignorant to be content and happy about the deals they made…Well, I’m guessing thays never stopped you before, so keep up the great work…lol
@richardc
I’m not a NY fan. Those moves were terrible. I called @rct on his whining elsewhere, so now he follows me around like a lost puppy.
Very unlikely but I really think Barkley would be perfect for the Chiefs
Would provide Mahomes a solid RB to either hand off to or throw too. Teams have to respect Hill, Juju and Hardman and will play two safeties back which opens up the running game and shot passing game for Barkley. It’s why Kelce does so well cause you have to drop the safeties to cover.
Barkley would be just another great attacking option for them. Plus he’s had a good o line giving him better blocking lanes.
They just don’t have the cap space I think
The Devil’s Advocate in me wants to see KC grab Breece Hall @ 30
The ensuing debates/arguments/complaining would be the stuff of legend
Yeah, so much for having to respect Hill…Looks like KC will likely je going after Jameson Williams, possibly even trading up for him using both those late back to back picks…
I still think he’d be more than worth it for them, they’re going to severely miss Hill’s quick strike scoring ability. He was one of the main reasons they were able to score so quickly when down, and Patterson coming from TCU to Texas was a great get for Texas