Russell Wilson landing spots, plus details on players who could be franchise tagged on deadline day

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

The most exciting day on the NFL offseason calendar is finally here: It’s franchise tag deadline day! 

OK, so I might be slightly exaggerating here. It’s not the most exciting day on the offseason calendar — you could argue that it’s not even in the top five — but we’re still going to cover it. 

As of noon on Tuesday, there have been three tags used and we could see as many as five more players get tagged before the deadline hits at 4 p.m. ET. We’ll be covering the latest on those tags, plus taking a look at some possible landing spots for Russell Wilson. 

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1. Today’s show: Most impressive players at the NFL Combine

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With the NFL Combine officially in the books, we decided that today would be the perfect day to recap the entire event. For today’s episode of the Pick Six podcast, Will Brinson and I were joined by CBSSports.com NFL Draft guru Josh Edwards, who gave us the inside scoop on some of his favorite players from the combine. 

Here are three players who Edwards really liked: 

QB Caleb Williams (USC). The quarterback didn’t throw and didn’t partake in drills, but Edwards still thinks he came away as a winner at the combine. “Most people thought he was kind of self-absorbed, a little emotional based on how he reacted postgame this year, I think he was a big winner because he was able to show his personality and answer the questions that were swirling about him this year.”WR Ricky Pearsall (Florida). “He did really well, looked really crisp in the drills. I thought he was going to run slower in the…


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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-03-05 18:02:44

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