Quote from lovelystyle100 on March 11, 2024, 8:51 AM

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!If you still don't know what you're going to do with your weekend, I have an idea: YOU CAN WATCH THE NFL COMBINE. The NFL Network will be airing more combine coverage than you could ever want over the weekend with six hours scheduled for today (4-11 p.m. ET), five hours scheduled for Saturday (4-10 p.m. ET) and five more hours scheduled for Sunday (2-7 p.m. ET).Please make sure you watch all 16 hours of coverage this weekend because there will be a quiz on Monday. Just kidding, there won't be a quiz because that means I'd have to make a quiz and I'm way too lazy for that.We'll also be covering the combine all weekend on CBS Sports HQ and you can .If you mi sed any of Thursday's action at the combine, don't fret, because we'll be covering it extensively in today's newsletter. We'll also be breaking down the ' decision to likely dump . As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is. Alright, let's get to the rundown. 1. Today's show: Live from the NFL Scouting Combine Part IIFor the Evan McPherson Jersey second straight day, the Pick Six Podcast is live from the combine, but today's show is coming with a twist. Instead of Will Brinson in the hosting chair, we had Ryan Wilson host the show from Indianapolis and Wilson brought on two special guests in and Pete Prisco.As you may or may not know, Quinn is a former NFL first-round pick, so there aren't many people in the industry who understand what quarterbacks at the combine are going through more than him. With that in mind, the three guys spent a lot of time talking about this year's crop of quarterback prospects. Not only did they talk about whether Kenny Pickett's 8.5-inch hand measurement would impact his draft status, but they also touched on multiple other quarterbacks in the cla s with scouting reports on Malik Willis, Carson Strong, Desmond Ridder, Matt Corral and Sam Howell. During their conversation about Pickett, Quinn explained why having small hands can be a problem."An NFL ball, it's just laces, there's no grip there for you," Quinn said, comparing it to a college ball. " Hand-size is about ball security, it's about how much of your hand can you get on the ball to protect it." The six active are , , , , and .If you can't attend this year's combine, listening to today's episode will almost make you feel like you're there, so you don't want to mi s it. To hear what Quinn, Wilson and Prisco think about this year's QB cla s,so you can listen to today's podcast. You can. 2. Combine roundup: Wide receivers steal the show on Thursday nightThe most exciting workout to watch at the NFL combine is almost always the 40-yard dash and that was definitely the case on Thursday night. In front of a prime-time audience, multiple position groups went out and ran the 40 and what happened is that the receivers stole the show. Here's a look at how well they ran:Baylor's Tyquan Thornton shows blazing speed. The Baylor receiver ran a 4.28, which was the tied for the seventh-fastest Hakeem Adeniji Jersey time . When Thornton finished his 40, his time actually showed as a 4.21, which would have been the all-time record for the combine, but that was his unofficial time. Each player is electronically timed and once his official number was in, it was bumped up to 4.28.Eight receivers ran under 4.4. Thornton isn't the only receiver at the combine with blazing speed, apparently the entire cla s is fast. At the end of the night, a total of eight receivers had run a 4.4 or better in the 40, which marks just the second time over the past 15 years that a receiving cla s has had at least eight guys hit that number. The only other year where it happened came in 2007. Ohio State teammates make history. Of the eight guys who went under 4.4, two of them were from Ohio State with Garrett Wilson (4.38) and Chris Olave (4.39) both going under the number. According , this marked just the second time over the past 15 years that two teammate went under 4.4 at the same combine. Ohio State also produced the other tandem as and accomplished the feat in 2019.Desmond Ridder was the fastest QB.The Cincinnati QB ran a 4.52 40, which was not only the fastest time among quarterbacks, it was also faster than 12 receivers at the combine. The next fastest QB was EJ Perry out of Brown, who ran a 4.65.If you want to know who else had an impre sive performance last night, be sure to .If you're wondering which players helped themselves the most and which players hurt their draft stock, be sure to click here to . We also have a separate winners and loser section on just the quarterbacks at the combine and you . 3. Cowboys likely to release Amari CooperCowboys owner Jerry Jones that Amari Cooper's days might be numbered in Dallas and when Big Jerry hints at something, it usually becomes a reality and it looks like this one is going to become a reality. According to CBS Sports' Patrik Walker, the Cowboys are likely going to release Cooper before the start of the league year on March 16 if the receiver doesn't accept a pay cut. Here's why the Cowboys would do that:Cowboys are in salary cap hell. Every NFL team has to be salary Brandon Allen Jersey cap compliant by March 16, and right now, the Cowboys aren't anywhere near that. According to Over the Cap, the Cowboys and they need to be under the cap by March 16.Release Cooper will free up a bunch of money. The Cowboys receiver doesn't have any guaranteed money in his contract for 2022, which means the Cowboys will pick up some serious cap space by cutting him. Cooper's cap hit is scheduled to be $22 million for the upcoming season. However, if he gets released, the Cowboys would pick up $16 million in cap space and take a $6 million dead cap hit. Basically, Cooper's release alone would put them under the cap. Cooper's salary becomes fully guaranteed on the fifth day of the league year, so if they are going to release him, it would have to be by March 20.Why it makes sense for the Cowboys to leak this news now. The fact that this news is leaking out now is a GOOD thing for the Cowboys. They're basically telling the 31 other teams to make a trade offer for Cooper. Since they don't have to release him until March 16, that means they can entertain trade offers for the next 12 days. That being said, most teams will probably shy away from Cooper because if they pull off a trade, they'll owe him a $20 million salary for 2022. On the other hand, if they sign him in free agency after he gets cut, he'll likely come at a much cheaper price.Cowboys new plan at receiver. According t, the Cowboys want to bring back and they felt that it was going to be impo sible to bring back both Gallup and Cooper, so Cooper became the odd man out. Gallup is set to be a free agent, but if Cooper does get released, that likely means we'll see Gallup get a new deal before March 16. Prioritizing Gallup over Cooper does come with some risk since Gallup tore his ACL near the end of the 2021 season.For more details on Cooper's likely release, . 4. NFC West team needs: need to beef up their offensive line if they want to repeatOver the course of this week, we'll be covering the offseason needs for each team by going through each division. Today we're going over the NFC West.With that in mind, Jeff Kerr went through every team in the division and made a list of their biggest needs to fill this offseason.RAMSTop needs (in no particular order): G, LB, WRKerr's take: Top needs: WR, CB, IDLKerr's take:Top needs: CB, S, GKerr's take:Top needs: EDGE, CB, TKerr's take: If you want to see the full explanation for each team's needs, . 5. Top-10 most underrated free agents: headlines group of overlooked playersWith free agency kicking off on March 16, you're probably going Michael Thomas Jersey to notice that we're going to be talking a lot about free agency between now and then, so please get mentally prepared for that. Today's free agency topic is the most underrated free agents who will be hitting the market.Cody Benjamin combed through the list of impending free agents and came up with a list of the top-10 guys who are being overlooked. Here's five of the players on his list: Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds. WR . WR .Cardinals TE . OG .If you want to see the entire list of 10 players,. 6. Rapid-fire roundup: NFL suspends COVID protocolsIt'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.NFL suspends COVID protocols.After two seasons of testing, the NFL and the NFLPA have finally decided . This applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated players and means that no one will be tested going forward. It also means Scotty Washington Jersey that everyone can eat lunch together and work out together like they used to before the pandemic started. The NFL did note that the protocols could be restored if the league is hit by any sort of outbreak.Cowboys tight end likely to mi s start of season. According , underwent hip surgery in February and due to that operation, it's looking like he's going to mi s the start of the 2022 season. Jarwin's injury likely means the Cowboys will do everything po sible to keep , which could even mean we see him get hit with the franchise tag.RG3 decides not to write book. was going to write a "tell-all" book about his time in Washington, but for some reason, it looks like he has decided to scrap the book. For more details on why he might have decided to quit the project, .Falcons won't commit to Matt Ryan as their starting QB for 2022.Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot and coach Arthur Smith were both asked this week about the po sibility of trading Ryan at some point this offseason and both left the door wide open. I took a look at what their vague comments might mean and why they won't commit to Ryan as their starter.