Just an open page for me to drop notes/ideas/things I'm hearing/seeing/working on or just caffeinated or lack of sleep thoughts on football items.
MON 3/3
(7:25amET)
OK, the Combine is over...we get like a night to sleep on it, and then the free agent frenzy begins leading up to official FA day March 12.
Let me share a few notes and rumors from discussions with sources who were boots on the ground in Indy. Take them as you will...
-- One of the players ‘heating up’ the most in just general ‘chatter’...the free agent market is showing a lot of interest in Daniel Jones. And that’s so odd...just from the perspective of the Giants flopping with him, the fans hating him, NYG cutting him...but now he’s getting chatter like potential salvation for other teams!
What strikes me odd about that is...if Dan Dimes is really gonna get heat, and then if actually pans out -- you have to fire Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen...if like Dan Jones is the 2024 Sam Darnold of 2025, if he rockets out of the gates the first month and looks like a new/fixed QB a la Darnold...I don’t care if NYG is (4-0) to begin 2025, you have to fire Daboll and Schoen! And Kevin O’Connell gets sainthood for fixing him as a side project. That’s my own twisted logic...and tangent...I don’t how I got off track, but let’s get back on track...
The note is...the Dan Jones market is heating up. Rodgers-Darnold-Russ...then Dimes and Kirk Cousins seem to be the QB free agent ‘interest tiers’.
I project (good for the next 24 hours only) the QB needy teams will matchmake with the following QBs, for fun speculation...
LV = Rodgers
NYG = Moves up to #1 to draft Cam Ward
CLE = Darnold
IND = Dimes (or Jones signs with the Vikings as McCarthy insurance on a 1-year deal...and Indy pivots to Cousins)
NYJ = Sticks with Tyrod, tries to move up to draft Cam Ward but TEN wants the #3 pick more than NYJ’s #7. Drafts a day 2-3 QB.
PIT = Fields and/or Winston added, to battle it out.
TEN = Levis...tries to trade for Browning, tries to bring in Cousins. But I think Cousins goes to SF, if he’s gonna be a backup.
*Tomorrow, I will post Ross Jacobs’ rebuttal to this list/his list...once he reads this, I’ll have his current bingo card sent to me ASAP*
-- A Raiders theory floated to me, by my decent source, but remember this is just a theory based on some smoke he thinks might be ‘a fire’, a direction LV is heading...a theory that is worse case/at least ‘interesting folly’.
It goes a little something like this: LV may look to pull off this trio of signings because once the first domino (Rodgers) falls...
Sign Aaron Rodgers, which is theirs if they want it...and I think they do.
Sign Davante Adams back (who will be cut) because he is linked to Rodgers -- but the Saints/Derek Carr is going to pitch Davante hard (and we both think Adams is headed to NO).
Sign Aaron Jones
The Packers trio may reunite...and then they might sign A.J. Dillon to a league minimum deal with it for good measure (if he is medically cleared).
The Raiders have a ton of CAP space. They can sign themselves into a contender, including enough money to add an OL or two in free agency...but then most of these signings are just for 2025 impact/contracts, and they will not be too beholden for 2026/have nice CAP space for next year.
If they can pull all that off, then a trade of Michael Mayer to NE for their #38 pick (let’s speculate)...then they’d have the #6, #37, #38 (Mayer trade), #69 and #77 (Adams trade in 2024 from NYJ) to go on top of a retooled offense.
Only Las Vegas could pull this off...because of their great CAP position AND the recruiting power of Tom Brady.
-- The 49ers are re-talking to the Steelers about a Brandon Aiyuk trade...which almost happened last year.
Washington is probably out of the running, after the Deebo trade, but not entirely...still wanting that Jayden reunite. Imagine if the Commanders go McLaurin-Aiyuk-Deebo for 2025 as their starting trio vs. McLaurin-Dyami-Zaccheaus in the 2024 NFC title game.
-- Coming up on FFM today...
RC’s Next Scouting Report will post ASAP...I’m backed up on Combine work at the moment. Next report/s will be a TE...we’re gonna do a TE stretch to compare to Tyler Warren (released 2/26 WED).
Free agency previews, by position, started Sunday and will run daily leading up the 3/12 free agency period kickoff.
I just started taking notes and watching tape for the first ‘REWIND’ study for 2025...that report will be out this week, pertinent to Dynasty acquisition consideration before free agency.
Working on my team-by-team studies to launch the top 600 Dynasty valuations/rankings (offense) debut for 2025...which will include the rookies. ETA for the debut the week after the NFL Combine (this upcoming week), to get the best data in for the rookie projections start point. *IDP top 500 will debut in late March.
Our DRD daily series wrapped up last week -- our top 25 ‘draft’, a 2023 and 2024 Dynasty Rookie Draft mash-up draft...with the rookies from those two years drafted as we know them now. I will do a different version including the 2025 rookies into it, an early ‘gut’ feel where the DRD is at...and I will do it after we see the Combine data from the weekend. *I will likely do this new DRD mock draft with the 2025 guys in it after free agency, to see what players may have been affected by free agency.
-- Crumbl Cookie New Week Scouting Report...
Last week, I got a couple Butter Cakes that I nursed all weekend...so-so good. Got the Strawberry Cupcake cookie...not so hot. Tried the Banana Caramel cookie...it was OK. Butter Cake rules!
Grok 3.0’s Crumbl cookie lineup for this upcoming week:
As of 9:03 PM EST on Sunday, March 2, 2025, Crumbl Cookies has announced their lineup for the week of March 3–8, 2025, via a post on X. Here are the cookies featured, along with brief descriptions based on available information and typical Crumbl offerings:
- Cookies & Cream Brownie (Dessert of the Month, available all month long): A rich brownie infused with cookies and cream flavor, likely featuring Oreo pieces or a similar cookie crumble, topped with a creamy frosting or ganache for a decadent chocolate treat.
- Turtle Cheesecake (New): A creamy cheesecake cookie inspired by the classic turtle dessert, combining caramel, pecans, and chocolate for a sweet and nutty flavor profile.
- Frosted Strawberry ft. Pop-Tarts®: A vanilla or sugar cookie base topped with strawberry-flavored frosting, featuring Pop-Tarts® pieces for a nostalgic, fruity, and crunchy twist.
- Churro Toffee White Chip (New): A cinnamon-sugar churro-inspired cookie with toffee pieces and white chocolate chips, offering a warm, spiced, and sweet combination.
- S’mores: A classic campfire-inspired cookie with a graham cracker base, chocolate chips, and toasted marshmallow topping, delivering a gooey, chocolatey treat.
- Cake Batter: A vanilla cake batter-flavored cookie, likely soft and sweet, reminiscent of birthday cake batter, often topped with sprinkles or frosting for added fun.
I’m gonna try to stay away this week, for my own health and weight loss needs. Nothing this week is going to demand my presence like Tres Leche and Butter Cake the past two weeks. I say I’m not going, but...
