How did the first round break this year:

- 30 premium position players selected
- 2 non-premium position players were selected (Brock Bowers and Graham Barton)

Fair arguments can be made that Bowers is viewed more as a weapon than a TE, and Barton can play all five positions.

- extended Barmore at a bargain rate
- drafted their franchise QB
- added 3 offensive weapons in the draft

The Patriots continue to have one of my favorite offseasons, and could be in for a major turnaround if Maye is legit. My biggest question is how the O-line will mesh

“The Bengals never approached the $20 million range for Higgins.” If this is true, it’s an entirely unserious offer from the Bengals, and it’s exactly why the franchise tag is an issue: because it often doesn’t lead to good faith negotiations towards an extension.

There we go, it’s a raise. They did the same for Mahomes and Aaron Donald also got a straight up raise recently. It’s slowly becoming more common for star players, but don’t expect it to happen often.

And now JFM had to be traded for pennies on the dollar for cash/cap reasons. Jets handling of their edge players the last few years has been odd.

21 APY is a steal for the patriots for an ascending player like Barmore in a booming market.

Rolling guarantees and a 17.12m APY, still need more details. The new money APY slightly surpasses Waller at 17 APY.

Missed this while I was taking an exam, but Barmore agreed to extension worth a max of 92m. I had a base projection of Barmore at 94m. The Patriots appear to have done a solid job in being proactive and getting a solid deal based on where DT market is going, pending details.

Once he earns his 2024 salary, Christian McCaffery will become the second highest-paid RB of all time, with just over 78 million in career earnings (data from Over the Cap.) He'll still be behind Adrian Peterson, who has over 100 million in career earnings.

This is solid value for both parties. Elliott can sign for 3m and the cowboys don’t have to worry about affecting their comp picks.

No better place for Becton to develop than under Coach Stoutland. I had Becton getting at 3 APY base, so we’ll see how close his base is once we get more details. This signing is a reminder that comp pick formula is not affected by additions starting tomorrow.

Wow, saying a prayer for Tank Dell, thank God he’s ok!

The 50k signing bonus surpasses the high total from last year, when the Vikings gave Andre Carter II a 40k signing bonus. Sometimes it pays to go undrafted.