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🏈 Hello everyone, but above all to …
Josh Allen, Myles Garrett, DK Metcalf and Davante Adams
Show me the money! On the eve of the NFL free agents’ negotiation window, Josh Allen And Myles Garrett obtained record contracts, while DK Metcalf joined the party after being exchanged at Aceursand the Rams sign Davante Adams.
We will start with Allen, because … wow. It’s a Extension of $ 330 million over six years For the reigning MVP, including an NFL record, $ 250 million guaranteed. The $ 55 million per year are tied to the second largest number of playersonly behind Dak Prescott. Allen was still four years old on his current agreement, but that binded him to Buffalo until 2030.
After a test last month, Garrett is not going anywhere either. The defensive player of the year 2023 accepted a Extension of $ 160 million over four years; The $ 40 million per year make it the The most lucrative for a non-country-rearrier. Garrett asked for an exchange over a month ago and as recently as Friday, Brown owner Jimmy haslam refused to meet Garrett. But cooler heads (and a lot of money) prevailed.
It was also a big victory for Micah Parsons, Ja’mar Chase, Tee Higgins And Trey Hendrickson,, Non-quaks in search of big wagesNotes Garrett Podell.
As for a player whose demand for trade did Come materialize, Metcalf is head for Pittsburgh for a second round choice And also obtaining a $ 150 million contract over five years. In his commercial gradesBryan Deardo liked this movement for the Steelers, but when Cody Benjamin ranked the biggest movements of the weekendHe was not as optimistic.
Now the Steelers must understand who will launch the ball in Metcalf, George Pickens and others. Here are the options.
THE Seahawks Also need a quarter After exchanging Geno Smithwho is with Pete Carroll In Las Vegas, after him and Seattle could not settle on an extension. THE Looters sent a third round choice to Seattle.
Finally, Adams is Join the RAMs on an agreement of $ 46 million over two years. I like the movement on both sides – Jared Dubin had even Adams and the rams together in his NFC Free Agent matchmaking — And Sean Mcvay will have fun with the Matthew Stafford / Puka Nacua/ Adams /Kyren Williams Monster with four heads.
Here is more than the weekend:
- Xavier Digne was decree And faced the origin of an accusation of crime of attack in the third degree against a family or a member of a household which includes breathing or traffic. However, the The district prosecutor will not have filed a complaint.
- THE Chiefs resigned Marquise Brown ($ 1/11 million) And Nick Bolton (3/45 million dollars).
- In the news of the plateau: the Crows extended Ronnie Stanley (3/60 million dollars), and the Falconies extended Jake Matthews ($ 2/45 million).
- In Pass de Pass news: the Patriots are signature Harold Landry ($ 3 / 45.3 million), the Tickets extended Greg Rousseau ($ 4/80 million) and released By Miller (landing point), and the Lions will release Za’darius Smith.
- Make it Titans Release the impact of Landry Abdul Carter‘s Chance to go n ° 1?
Here is our live blog following each movement, and here is our Top 100 Free agents tracker.
😁 Honorable mentions
🏀 And not so good morning for …
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LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers
THE Lakers“ Excellent vibrations stopped immediate and painful on Saturday evening, with LeBron James outgoing Possible loss of Los Angeles 111-101 against the Celtics In the fourth quarter with a groin stump. It should miss at least one to two weeks.
- James, 40, had been remarkably healthy this season, playing in 58 of the 62 Lakers games, and remarkably productive. He and Jokić are the only two players with an average of 25 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
- With James and Luka Donic In the lead, the Lakers had won eight games in a row before falling to the Celtics. Jayson Tatum And Jaylen Brown combined for 71 points and showed the The road to a title still crosses BostonWrites Jack Maloney.
- The Lakers climbed to the second row in the West with their strong recent room.
Details of Sam Quinn How Los Angeles can survive without James.
😬 Not so honorable mentions
🏈 Free agency overview: best available players, daring predictions
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Yes, many big names have come out of the table via re-signs and released players to find houses.
But at noon and today, another wave of madness arrives like the The free agency negotiation period begins.
Six of the 10 best free agents in Pete Prisco remain on the marketwith Sam Darnold pave the way. In his daring predictionsGarrett returned Darnold in one of his old teams.
Make sure to keep our blog live and our Top 100 Free agents tracker operational all day. Here is more:
🏀 Men’s collegial basketball: n ° 7 Alabama stifles the n ° 1 Auburn
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N ° 7 ALABAMA Certainly lost believers in the midst of end -of -season difficulties. The Crimson Tide may have just recovered many of them this weekend, in mind No. 1 Auburn93-91, in overtime in the jungle Mark Sears‘ Floater as time has expired.
Sears had a large part of the afternoon, but Give nelson (23 points), Labanan Philon (15) and Clifford Omoruyi (15) were excellent, helping the crimson tide keeping the pace John Broome“S 34 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. Not only is it a huge victory in a game of rivalry, but it is Put the Alabama in the running for a seed n ° 1Jerry Palm writes.
Auburn, meanwhile, lost two games in a row. Although the tigers remain at the top Top 25 and 1 by Gary ParrishKyle Boone projects they fall at n ° 2 In the top 25 of the AP of today.
Kyle has N ° 2 DUKE Going to first place, and for a good reason: the Blue Devils beat North Carolina,, 82-69, to win the ACC regular seasonal title. I was really impressed by Duke, who went on the road and overcome not only a big match of RJ Davis The evening senior but also Cooper Flagg‘s angry. Taking six with less than 13 minutes to play, Duke made a 12-0 race and never looked back, winning a place among the winners of our weekend winners and losers.
North Carolina, on the other hand, remains in the “first four” of the Jerry range and wins bubble teams like Oklahola And Indiana did not help.
Elsewhere …
This means that this week’s conference tournament supports are set. Here are the older ones:
Several teams have already won their offers as champions of the conference tournament:
- Lips (I live)
- High point (Big Sud)
- Duck (Missouri Valley)
- Soy (Ohio Valley)
- Omaha (Summit)
Two other offers go out tonight. Here is our tracker.
🏀 Women’s university basketball: UCLA, South Carolina among the winners of the conference tournament
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I hope you were not only focused on the male side this weekend, because the tournaments of the women’s conference absolutely brought heat, nothing more than the Big Ten tournament, where UCLA has overcome a two -digit deficit to beat USC,, 72-67, in the championship match.
What was the size of this one? CBS SPORTS BRACKETROLIST Connor Groel Project Les Bruins will win the Global Seed N ° 1 Sunday.
The UCLA lost the first two meetings, and it seemed that Trojan horses would make a three-game scan, which led 48-35 at the start of the third quarter. But the Bruins outstripped the Trojans 37-19 the rest of the path, with Lauren Betts Conduct offensively (13 seconds of second half) and everyone appears in defense. USC Star Juju Watkins Managed only 11 points out of 4 of the 15 shots in the second period. THE Bruins have undertaken to bottle Watkins at each turnHowever, what also emerged was a UCLA team that seemed to rediscover her mojo, writes Jack Maloney.
- Maloney: “If the Bruins obtain the second half version of Betts in the NCAA tournament, they can absolutely win the first national championship in the history of the program”, “
The quest for Bruins for the seeded was helped by South Carolina beat Texas,, 64-45In the dry tournament championship. The Longhorns were n ° 1 in the country – and online for the overall seed n ° 1 – before a The anemic offensive showing the condemned.
Longhorns are not the only ones to have dropped at the wrong time. Duke upset Our Lady,, 61-54, in the semi-finals of the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils beat NC state In the final of Sunday, but the Fighting Irish Trumbers could be the biggest story. Classified n ° 1 at the end of February, Notre Dame lost three of the five entering the NCAA tournament.
Here is our turn of the conference championship, and here is our tracker For each tournament.
📺 What we look at Monday
🏀 Female Big East Tournament Championship
N ° 23 Creighton vs n ° 3 UCONN7 p.m. on FS1
🏒 Sabers Oilers7 p.m. on ESPN + / Hulu / Disney +
🏀 Unrivaled7:30 p.m. on TNT
🏀 Nuggets in Thunder8 p.m. on NBA TV
🏀 Knicks with kings10:30 p.m. on NBA TV
