Staying In Detroit
The latest NFL news and rumors for you on today’s video we’re going to begin with the coaching landscape and the big news of the day Ben Johnson isn’t going anywhere which is a pretty
I think a fairly big enough surprise uh Ben Johnson is staying as the Lions’ offense Ive coordinator he informed the Seahawks and the commanders that he’s pulling out of the race
he’s not going to take the job he’s going to stick with the Detroit Lions and isn’t even getting a pay raise by the way staying on his contract at least for now’s a big win for the Lions and a bit of a surprise as well and there’s been some we’ll talk about the commander impact here
and the Seahawk’s impact there was some wow he canceled on them when they were mid-flight to interview him out of the commander organization was the leaks by the way which which is true it happened they were also flying out to meet to with Aaron and Glenn so it’s not like he only like canceled on him and wasted a tri like they were going to do it anyway.
So I think that was a little bit overblown but it is noteworthy timing’s not great from Ben Johnson either so give me your one-word reaction to
Ben Johnson choosing to stay with the Detroit Lions go ahead and sound off for me in the comments section right now my one word is bold look there should be jobs elsewhere next year you know maybe the Eagles job comes open maybe the Cowboys job comes open maybe
another job comes open that can get you a top-five pick again just like the commanders were offering you or a job with some good you know balance and ready to win now maybe the Chiefs maybe Andy Reid retires at some point down the line like there could be good jobs that come open but there’s always a risk
when passing on a head coaching job there are only 32 of them and what H happens to Ben Johnson’s stock or perceived stock if the Lions kind of collapse next year I’m not saying it’s going to happen but it’s but if the offense kind of struggles for whatever reason we just saw it with Dan Quinn with the Dallas Cowboys and his stock took a shot as a result based on really a half season sample size
Commanders Coaching Searches
so there’s always a risk if you don’t jump at that head coaching job you don’t want to take a bad one but I think he could have argued the commanders and Seahawk’s jobs were pretty solid the commanders had been heavily linked to Ben Johnson as the top candidate
now he wasn’t viewed as a lock within the organization to be clear but they had the number two overall pick a new GM new ownership and tons of cap space honestly it was kind of a fairly intriguing situation for the commanders and now they’re kind of in an okay
so what do we do here how do we adjust and move forward after missing on one I think if we’re being honest the most logical fit for them now is what do they do with the known candidates for this gig guys who have had second interviews and more
Commanders Candidates
Dan Quinn the Cowboys’ defensive corer Aaron Glenn whom they were flying out to meet today as part of the Ben Johnson Duo interview Anthony Weaver the Ravens assistant head coach and Mike McDonald the Ravens DC and then only one other offensive guy
it’s Bobby Slowick the Texan’s offensive coordinator are are you gonna go offense if not that’s the only that they interviewed Eric Benny did not get a second interview this is your second interview list which makes things dicey I’m not sure which route
they go now Seattle wasn’t viewed as a likely fit for Ben Johnson Dan Quinn and Mike MC uh M McDonald have been the two most heavily linked candidates decisions for both these jobs should be coming soon you know Mike McDonald and Dan Quinn have two defensive Minds air evero Patrick Graham got second interviews Mike CFA got in second interviews as well maybe
he’s a Darkhorse on offense maybe they add somebody else list a Mike frabel Bill bich maybe somebody else pops into those lists but Ben Johnson was viewed as likely to get one of them to see what happens so what is the better head coaching job for the Seahawks C for the commanders.
Cousins Future
let’s move to free agency here as there is a report from the Pioneer Press we’ll call it Vikings newspaper Twin Cities that Cousins is looking for a $90 million guaranteed contract over two years
so in theory that I would assume two years 90 with 45 million per year maybe it’s just 90 million the first year is guaranteed there’s some room for adjusting the numbers based on whatever you know but that’s a lot of guaranteed money over just two years for a guy coming off a Tor Achilles.
that’s going to I believe raise some red flags cousins is a fringe top-10 quarterback whether you put him at inside or outside of it and those types of guys don’t hit free agency often and there’s enough teams that are in really dire straights for a quarterback that they might be willing to pay it the last four years of Kirk Cousins eight games played
Last Four Years
by the way, if Kirk had stayed healthy, we were going to have an MVP conversation with him he’d have been right there alongside guys like Dak and Lamar in that MVP conversation he was good in 2022 good in1 he always puts up good numbers
he always has he’s always been that Fringe top-10 quarterback is he enough you know if the Falcons had Kirt cousins this year they would have won the NFC South Arthur Smith still has a job as a head coach worth mentioning.
Cousins Odds
now the cousin’s odds break down like this the Vikings are the betting favorite at Plus 150 the Falcons at plus 600 the Broncos at plus 700 Raiders Patriots Steelers I like the Falcons there with those current odds Today’s Show is made possible by prize picks you can still do daily fantasy for the Super Bowl also for the NBA they’ve even got other sports like
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Wilson Latest
LNS and use that code clans for a first deposit match up to $100 Russell Wilson is our final talking point here on today’s show I still laugh every time I see his headshot put on black for the team head for the team photo headshot anyway
I digress expectation is that Denver is going to cut Wilson this off seon uh didn’t get along that great with Shawn Pton this past year it is unlikely I believe a team will end up trading for him it’s that the money doesn’t really make a ton of sense with the way the guarantees are
because it’s going to guarantee the base salary next year teams aren’t going to want to do that $17 million of his 2024 salary reportedly has offset language in it now the initial report here also said it was uh 3 $7 million for this year which is not true that’s not
how does any of this work so there was some bad miscommunication about what the money was but this is the actual reality $17 million I don’t know if he commands that on the open market which means you might be able to get him for the vet minimum and you know
Russell Wilson with a $37 million guaranteed next year if Denver keeps him is not the same as Russell Wilson getting you know the vet minimum for a year or whatever you know vet Min this year and then a big bonus next year that’s doable for a lot of teams out there
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Teams Most Frequently Linked
now in all the various rumors and speculative articles Etc out there the four teams that are most frequently linked are the Pittsburgh Steelers the Minnesota Vikings the Las Vegas Raiders and the Falcons it makes sense right Pittsburgh’s got Mason Rudolph and Kenny Picket are you buying those guys
I don’t think so Minnesota might lose Kirk Cousins and it leaves Jaron Hall that’s not very good the Raiders are probably not going to keep Jimmy Garoo he’ll be a free agent I’m sure he gets cut and then it’s Aiden Oconnell
the Falcons Desmond Ritter all four teams by the way might miss out on the top three quarterback prospects which means a year of Russell Wilson or two years of it maybe or tying your job status to a JJ
McCarthy or a Bo Nicks or a Michael Penck ah that actually might make more sense for Russ and then you see how it goes for teams that think or at least want to be close to winning in the near future now that list does not line up necessarily with the current betting odds out there the Falcons are the favorites for Russell
Russell Wilson Odds
I still think Kirk Cousins would make so much sense for the Raiders at plus 550 which is worth mentioning when Rust did that whole Here’s my list of trade fits
Raiders were on there the one team that still could kind of make some sense since you know Saints have committed to Derek Carr you know obviously the Denver thing already the Cowboys have taken Prescott and money issues there anyway
So it doesn’t make any sense that’s not really in play the Patriots would you rather have Marvin Harrison Jr and Russell Wilson like Jaden Daniels and Drake May and insert fragrant receiver here the Vikings of course you mentioned them as the commanders
I will say not going QB at 2 and signing Russell Wilson would be a colossal mistake that’d be a horrible idea could he compete with Danel Jones for the Giant’s job that’d be interesting Tampa I think they’re gonna bring back Baker Mayfield
I think the Saints make no real sense so where will Russell Wilson play in 2024 again I apologize for the stuffy NOS the wife got me sick wasn’t even the kid this time it was the wife where will Russell Wilson play sound