I have to say, I hope everyone loves quarterback drama, because I'm starting to feel like that's going to be one of the main themes of the offseason. As someone who writes a daily newsletter, I will unashamedly admit that I'm a fan of any drama involving quarterbacks, especially when it's never-ending drama, like whatever's going on with . With Wentz now in Indianapolis, you'd think all the drama involving him would be over, but apparently, that's not the case. Wentz called up one of his new teammates over the weekend in hopes of talking him into giving up No. 11 and I'm not going to tell you how that conversation went right now, but let me just say that Wentz
Dallas Cowboys Pants probably isn't going to be No. 11 in Indianapolis. also had a drama-filled weekend and let's not forget about , who has given us his own drama all offseason in Pittsburgh.We'll be talking about those three quarterbacks and more in today's newsletter, so let's get to the rundown. As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is . 1. Today's Show: Mock Draft MondayFrom now until the draft starts on April 29, every Monday will be Mock Draft Monday on the podcast. What this means is that we'll be bringing in our draft gurus each week to talk about how they think the draft will play out. This week, that means that we had draft experts Ryan Wilson and Josh Edwards take over the podcast. One interesting thing about the draft this year is that the evaluation proce s could get a little complicated due to the fact that several top prospects opted out and didn't play in 2020. How will that change things? Wilson and Edwards covered that in the podcast.Wilson also released his weekly mock draft and you can check out the top-10 picks below. Wilson got a little crazy and included THREE trades in the top 10 (The traded with the , the traded with the and the traded with the ).1. :QB Trevor Lawrence (Clemson)2. :QB Zach Wilson (BYU)3. Bengals (MOCK TRADE WITH MIAMI):OL Penei Sewell (Oregon)4. Panthers (MOCK TRADE WITH ATLANTA):QB Justin Fields (Ohio State)5. Dolphins (MOCK TRADE WITH CINCINNATI):WR Ja'Marr Chase (LSU)6. :OL
Dallas Cowboys Rompers Rashawn Slater (Northwestern)7. :WR Jaylen Waddle (Alabama)8. Falcons(MOCK TRADE WITH CAROLINA):TE Kyle Pitts (Florida) 9. :LB
Emmitt Smith T Shirts Micah Parsons (Penn State)10. 49ers (MOCK TRADE WITH DALLAS):QB Trey Lance (North Dakota State)You can . To listen to today's episode -- and to subscribe to the podcast -- .2. NFL Insider notes: Big Ben only has one option if he wants to play in 2021If Ben Roethlisberger wants to play football this season, he better figure something out with the , because that's likely his only option this year. In his weekly insider notes, Jason La Canfora took a walk around the league to see who else might be in the market for a soon-to-be 39-year-old quarterback and the answer is no one.From La Canfora ( ): What this means is that the Steelers hold all the leverage here. If Ben wants to play in 2021, he's likely going to accept any offer the Steelers give him and right now, it kind of seems like they either want him to take a pay cut or retire. The Steelers have made it clear his $41.25 million cap number needs to go down, but $22.25 million can't be touched because it's already been paid out. The only number that can shrink is Ben's $19 million salary, which means he might have to accept a lower number if he wants to play next season. If Big Ben retires, it will free up $19 million in salary cap space and based on listening to the Steelers, it sounds like they'd prefer the cap space over bringing Ben back.The Steelers did pick up some extra cap room on Monday when they converted Cam Heyward's , which means the cap hit can now be spread out over the length of his contract. Thanks to the restructured deal, the Steelers have now picked up $7 million in cap space for 2021. 3. Cam Newton won't be retiringRoethlisberger isn't the only quarterback who has been contemplating retirement this offseason. After a rough year with the , there was some speculation that Cam Newton might call it quits, but you can go ahead and forget about that option, because it's definitely not going to happen.Here are a few nuggets from Cam's busy weekend.Cam won't be retiring. During an interview on 's podcast, Newton was asked if he was going to retire and he was pretty clear with his answer, "Hell no! I can't go out like that. I hear all
Bob Lilly T Shirts of that talk. My pride ," Newton said, via the . "There aren't 32 guys better than me." I think that means Cam is coming back.QB says COVID slowed him down. Although Newton struggled last season, he doesn't think 2020 was indicative of what he can still do on the field. As a matter of fact, Newton that shouldn't affect him in 2021: He didn't get an offseason with the Patriots and he came down with COVID, "I was one of the first football players ," Newton said, via the . "When I came back, that's where the lack of an offseason and the lack of time
Tyler Smith Jersey in the system really showed itself. I was behind and I was thinking too much. The offense kept going and I was stagnant for two weeks. It was all new terminology. I wasn't just trying to learn a system for what it was, I was learning a 20-year system in two months." It will be interesting to see whether teams still feel he has anything left in the tank.Kid gets into spat with Newton football event. You're going to have to watch this on video to fully understand what happened, but to make a long story short, Newton showed up at a seven-on-seven football event in South Carolina over the weekend and one of the kids decided to trash-talk him. If you want to . If you want to see how Cam handled the situation, . If you want to read
Micah Parsons T Shirts the kid's apology to Newton, .Newton has done a good job of staying in the news over the past week. Not only did he have an eventful weekend, but let's not forget about the fact that he did an interview last week where he admitted that he has spent "millions of dollars" on clothes that he's only worn once. My clothes budget is like $75 per year. To .4. First hint of Carson Wentz drama in Indy?I'm not saying there's already some drama in Indianapolis with Carson Wentz, but there might already be some drama in Indianapolis with Carson Wentz. Now that Wentz is with the , he has to pick a uniform number and it appears that his favorite number -- 11 -- won't be available to him. is the player who currently wears that number and he apparently no matter what the price is."I am No. 11," Pittman . "I don't think there's any deal that is gonna be done."Pittman did say that he's already talked to Wentz about the situation."I spoke to Carson and he was jus
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