Ranking NFLs top 25 offensive free agents plus Jimmy Garoppolo suspended for violating leagues PED policy

Ranking NFLs top 25 offensive free agents plus Jimmy Garoppolo suspended for violating leagues PED policy

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!It has now been five days since the Super Bowl, which means things are likely going to start slowing down around here for the next few weeks. JUST KIDDING, THERE'S NO SLOW TIME ON THE NFL CALENDAR. Now that the Super Bowl is over, we'll be going straight into the combine and then into free agency and then into the draft and then into OTAs and then the schedule release and then maybe we'll get a two-and-a-half day break from news in June, but I doubt it.With NFL free agency now le s than a month away, we'll be focusing on that a lot more over the next few days, and we'll be starting that today with a look at the top 25 free agents on the offensive side of the ball. We'll also take a look at the trend that Brock Purdy needs to buck if he wants to get the 49ers back to the Super Bowl.As always, here's your daily reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. Actually, you don't even have to tell all of your friends; just tell two of your friends and I'll be happy. To get them signed up, all you have to do is. Let's get to the rundown.Since Super Bowl LVIII just ended, you're probably already wondering who's going to win Super Bowl LIX and so are we, so we decided to talk about that on the podcast. For today's episode, Katie Mox was joined by Will Brinson and SportsLine gambling guru, R.J. White, and the three of Jonathan Ericsson Jersey them spent some serious time talking about the teams they like to win the Lombardi Trophy next season. Favorite value from the top of the board: Chiefs (+650)."A lot of people aren't going to be betting futures this early," White said. "They're going to wait until closer to the season, but if it's still around +650, I'm taking the Chiefs."Favorite Tier 2 pick (10-to-1 odds or worse): Bills (+1100)."I'm not super optimistic as a Bills fan. It feels like the Super Bowl window might be closing, but they still have one of the best quarterbacks on the planet there," White said. "You have to figure that even with Josh Allen's cap hit rising, they should have better health on the defensive side. I'm going to give them a shot." White thinks the Bills are one of the few teams that can go toe-to-toe with the Chiefs.Favorite long-shot pick (25-to-1 odds or worse): Packers (+2500)."I'm going to go with the Packers," White said. "They might have a star quarterback in Jordan Love. You saw what he did down the stretch last season. He was one of the best quarterbacks in the league, performance-wise, and he was dealing with a lot of injuries. He was throwing to backups and he was getting it done. I think Jordan Love could be a top-10 or even top-five quarterback in this league based on his performance down the stretch. If you have that and you have a defense that I think is going to be much better last year -- it got better at coordinator -- you also have the youngest roster in the league and the division looks winnable. ... I think Green Bay can break through and get a one seed or a two seed out of nowhere."Anyway, if you want to hear their full thoughts on who might win Super Bowl LIX, then here so you can listen. You can .In le s than a month, things should be getting crazy around the NFL and that's because the league's free agency period will be kicking off on March 13. The first 24 hours of free agency are usually pretty wild and that's because that time frame is usually when we see the biggest names go off the board.So who are the biggest names this year? Glad you asked.Our Jared Dubin ranked the top 25 offensive free agents. His list includes every player set to become a free agent, even players like Michael Pittman Jr., who could end up getting hit with the franchise tag. With that in mind, let's take a look at Dubin's top 10 (We'll list the player plus the team they played for last season). One thing you'll notice about the top 10 is that, except for the top spot, it's all wide receivers and offensive linemen Brett Hull Men Jersey .1. QB Kirk Cousins (Vikings)2. WR Tee Higgins (Bengals)3. WR Mike Evans (Buccaneers)4. WR Michael Pittman Jr. (Colts)5. OT Tyron Smith (Cowboys)6. WR Marquise Brown (Cardinals)7. OT Trent Brown (Patriots)8. OT Connor Williams (Dolphins)9. WR Calvin Ridley (Jaguars)10. OG Robert Hunt (Dolphins)If you want to see Dubin's entire top 25 rankings, then . We'll have a ranking of the top 25 defensive free agents coming on Monday. At the end of the Super Bowl, there's usually a postgame handshake between the two head coaches, but that did NOT happen on Sunday following Kansas City's 25-22 win over San Francisco.So did Kyle Shanahan snub Andy Reid? The 49ers coach actually answered that question after the game.The two coaches decided not to shake hands. According to Shanahan, the decision not to shake hands Tyler Bertuzzi Men Jersey was made a full week before the game. "We both talked on Monday Feb. 5 that regardle s of who won, I mean I love Andy, I'm tight with Andy, but we talked both of us are going to do that because it's too hard to get to each other after these Super Bowls," Shanahan said.Why they made this agreement. Shanahan said a big reason they made the agreement is because of what happened the last time these two teams faced each other in the Super Bowl. In that game, the Chiefs won 31-20 after the 49ers blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter. Following the game, Shanahan waited more than 20 minutes to shake Reid's hand because the Chiefs coach was getting mobbed by reporters, his own players and family. Neither coach wanted a repeat of that, so they decided not to shake hands in Super Bowl LVIII.It's an interesting decision, but it does make some sense.Now, let's go from sense to cents.If you've ever wondered how much the winning team gets paid in the Super Bowl, we have the answer. Every Chiefs player earned a total of $338,000 in salary for the team's Super Bowl run : Wild Card round:$50,500Divisional round:$50,500AFC Championship:$73,000Super Bowl:$164,000As for the 49ers, their numbers are the same, except with one huge difference: The losing team in the Super Bowl only gets $89,000 per player for the game, instead of $164,000. The 49ers won't get as much money, but for someone like Brock Purdy, that's a huge bump over the $54,722 paycheck that he received during the regular season.If you're a 49ers fan, your week has already been bad enough due to the Super Bowl lo s, but now I'm about to make things even worse by pa sing along athat our research team found this week: Of the last 18 quarterbacks to lose in their Super Bowl debut, NONE of them made it back to the big game in their career.This list dates all the way back to the 1994 season when Stan Humphries and the Chargers lost to the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX. Since then, there have been 17 more quarterbacks to lose their Super Bowl debut and none of them have made it back to the big game. Here's the list of the past 18 quarterbacks who lost their Super Bowl debut and never made it back to the big game:Super Bowl XXIX:Stan Humphries (Chargers)Super Bowl XXX:Neil O'Donnell (Steelers)Super Bowl XXXI:Drew Bledsoe (Patriots) -- Bledsoe did return as a backup, but that doesn't countSuper Bowl XXXIII:Chris Chandler (Falcons)Super Bowl XXIV:Steve McNair (Titans)Super Bowl XXXV:Kerry Collins (Giants)Super Bowl XXXVII:Rich Gannon (Raiders)Super Bowl XXXVIII:Jake Delhomme (Panthers)Super Bowl XXXIX:Donovan McNabb (Eagles)Super Bowl XL:Matt Ha selbeck (Seahawks)Super Bowl XLI:Rex Gro sman (Bears)Super Bowl XLVII:Colin Kaepernick (49ers)Super Bowl 50:Cam Newton (Panthers)Super Bowl LI:Matt Ryan (Falcons)Super Bowl LIII:Jared Goff (Rams)Super Bowl LIV:Jimmy Garoppolo (49ers)Super Bowl LVI:Joe Burrow (Bengals)Super Bowl LVII:Jalen Hurts (Eagles)The last QB to lose to buck this trend was Jim Kelly, who lost in Super Bowl XXV, but ended up making it back three straight seasons after that. Of course, the Bills went 0-4 with Kelly, so that might not actually Ted Lindsay Women Jersey make anyone on this list feel any better. Also, Goff, Burrow, Garoppolo and Kaepernick each came close to ending the streak, but all three guys ended up falling one game short of a po sible Super Bowl return (Kaepernick's 49ers lost the NFC title game in 2013 while Garoppolo's 49ers lost the NFC Championship in 2021 followed by Burrow's Bengals losing in the 2022 AFC title game and then Goff lost in the 2023 NFC title game).Basically, if Purdy gets back to the Super Bowl with the 49ers, he'd be making history, but 49ers fans probably shouldn't count on it based on this stat.After unveiling Pete Prisco's final Power Rankings on Wednesday, we have one more ranking related to the 2023 season and we're going to be unveiling it today. CBSSports.com NFL Draft guru Chris Trapa so decided to close out the season by ranking the best draft cla ses from 2023. Trapa so ranked ALL 32 draft cla ses, but we're only going to look at the top three here.1. TexansYear 1 hits: QB C.J. Stroud, EDGE Will Anderson Jr., WR Tank DellTrapa so's takeaway:2. PackersYear 1 hits: WR Jayden Reed, TE Luke Musgrave, TE Tucker Kraft, DL Karl Brooks, WR Dontayvion Wicks, EDGE/DL Colby WoodenTrapa so's takeaway: 3. RamsYear 1 hits: WR Puka Nacua, DT Kobie Turner, EDGE Byron Young, IOL Steve AvilaTrapa so's takeaway: If you want to check out Trapa so's full ranking, (Spoiler alert: The Panthers ranked dead last).It's been a busy 24 hours in the NFL, and since it's nearly impo sible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you. Garoppolo hit with two-game suspension. The Raiders quarterback has been for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances. According , Garoppolo used a prescribed medication, but he didn't have a valid therapeutic use exemption. One thing that's not clear is who Garoppolo will be serving the suspension with. According , the QB is expected to be released soon, and once that happens, he'll be one of the top quarterbacks on the market. However, no matter where he signs, he'll have to sit out the first two games of the season.Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to family of deceased shooting victim.Lisa Lopez-Galvan was the only person who died in Wednesday's parade shooting and Taylor Swift is now doing what she can to help Lopez-Galvan's family. The singer has that was set up to support the family. Swift is currently on tour in Australia and didn't attend the parade.Bears cut two starters. The Bears have cut ties with safety Eddie Jackson and guard Cody Whitehair. The two moves will open up nearly $22 million in salary cap space as the Bears get ready for free agency. Whitehair was a one-time Chris Terry Men Jersey Pro Bowler who started 118 games over eight seasons. As for Jackson, he's a two-time Pro Bowler, who started in 100 games over seven seasons. Since they got cut, the two players will be able to sign with any team before the start of free agency. You can .Geno Smith gets $12.7 million bonus.It's still not clear if Smith will be Seattle's QB in 2024, but even if he's not, he's going to make at least $12.7 million this year. That's Smith's base salary for 2024 and it became guaranteed today. The Seahawks could have cut him before the money became guaranteed, but they decided that $12.7 million is fair price to pay to find out if he's going to be the starter this year. You .Eagles lineman says Jason Kelce is done playing.Jason Kelce hasn't yet confirmed if he's going to retire, but one of his teammates definitely . "There's no shot of a return ," left tackle Jordan Mailata recently. "You're telling me he's going shirts off in the games, gambling in the casinos, he's coming back? No way. He's having too much fun."Veteran QB takes job as Commanders a sistant coach.After five seasons, it appears that David Blough has retired from football so that he can take an a sistant coaching job. Blough has decided to take a job with the Commanders as the team's a sistant QB coach (). This marks the third time we've seen this happen over the past 12 months. Not only did Sean Mannion to join the Packers' staff, but we also saw career backup Davis Webb retire to join Sean Payton's staff in Denver.

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