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After a slow start, Thursday entered the chat with the Los Angeles Rams’ signing of Allen Robinson to a three-year, $46.5 million deal with $30.7 million fully guaranteed, as Pelissero reported.
With the move, the Rams signaled to the rest of the league that they’re not licking their wounds after losing Miller to the Bills and intend to remain contenders for the foreseeable future.
A lot of the free agency news on Thursday revolved around who didn’t sign—or who got cut.
The Buffalo Bills, as many expected, parted ways with Cole Beasley. The controversial wideout was set to count $6.1 million against the Bills’ cap, and with the big-money Miller signing, Buffalo needed all the cap space it could get.
Another notable departure was that of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joe Schobert, who arrived in Pittsburgh last season via the Jacksonville Jaguars and posted 112 tackles.
Though it was reported Wednesday that Za’Darius Smith would not remain on the market long and sign with the Baltimore Ravens, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that he won’t, in fact, sign that contract. Smith, for now, remains available.
Elsewhere in the league, offensive lineman La’el Collins hit the market as the Dallas Cowboys announced his release, per Pelissero and Rapoport. The starting right tackle has had a rough go of it the last two seasons, for Collins, missing the entire 2020 season due to injury and serving a five-game suspension in 2021.
One of the biggest stories of the day wasn’t related to free agency but to Deshaun Watson’s future. After a grand jury did not indict the quarterback on allegations of sexual misconduct, teams have apparently decided it’s open season on the signal-caller.
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero (via NOLA News’ Amie Just), three teams remain in the running for Watson—the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers.
The Cleveland Browns, who had previously been a possible landing spot for Watson, are now off the list. That creates an awkward situation for their current signal-caller, Baker Mayfield, who tweeted a cryptic note about his uncertain future when the Browns were reportedly in the running for Watson.
It’s a potentially messy situation and it will be interesting to see how it resolves.
In a bit of intra-division rivalry, the Green Bay Packers, who cut punter Corey Bojorquez on Wednesday, signed former Chicago Bears punter Pat O’Donnell to a two-year, $4 million contract, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky.
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