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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Washington Football Team: 3 cap casualties who flip 2021 NFL Draft plans

The Washington Football Team is walking into free agency with 40-million in cap space and in a comfortable position thanks to their superior defense and a young core group of players. It is evident to the average viewer that there is still an abundance of holes after going 7-9 in a lame-duck division.

Some of those needs include a third edge rusher, quarterback, wide receiver, running back, linebacker, and safety. Of course, that isn’t in any particular order, as the quarterback position needs to be targeted with an energetic approach.

Carson Palmer

Palmer turned 38 last week. "Over the years, I’ve had teammates who decided to hang it up and I would ask them how they knew when it was time to walk away," Palmer said in a statement. "The answer was almost always the same: You just know. For me that time is now. Why? Quite simply, I just know." It ends a long, strange trip of a career.

The 2002 Heisman Trophy winner at USC, Palmer was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2003 draft, but spent the entire year behind Jon Kitna on the bench. Palmer's career rapidly progressed after that before a devastating knee injury in the 2005-06 postseason. Palmer was never quite the same, though he was a second-team All-Pro for the Cardinals in 2015.

Jonathan Martin posts gun picture, bullying revenge message, leads to closing of high school

The high school attended by former Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin closed today because of a social media post from Martin that seemed to hint at school shootings as a source of revenge for bullying.

Martin, who has said he was subjected to bullying both in high school and by teammates in the NFL, posted an image of a shotgun and shells on his protected, private Instagram account, according to the New York Post.

The post included the words, “When you’re a bully victim & a coward, your options are suicide, or revenge.”

Mike Tanier

Mike Tanier taught mathematics in the New Jersey public school system for 17 years before embarking on a full-time sports-writing career.

Starting at Football Outsiders while still a teacher, he became the Sunday NFL preview writer for the New York Times, mixing stats and analysis with off-the-wall humor.

After several years at the Times, Tanier spent two years as the primary NFL writer for Sports on Earth.

An Idiot Guide to Mock Drafts

Each and every year, there is a down time between the end of your beloved team's season, and the excitement that comes with free agency, offseason workouts, and everyone's favorite offseason event - The NFL Draft.

During this period of boring downtime, it can be difficult to work, or even survive. You just don't know what to do with yourself without your beloved football team playing games. We've all been there. Luckily there is a certain activity which can alleviate that boredom. Mock Drafts. You know of them. You see them. All. The. Time.

The Idiot's Guide To The NFL Draft

The 2012 NFL Draft begins tonight. Who will the Niners and Raiders pick? We have no idea! But for the casual football fan who has not been following every Mel Kiper mock draft and Mike Mayock big board, we have assembled a cornucopia of relevant hyperlinks:

You can find Mike Tanier of Yahoo’s two-part breakdown of the first round here and here. Tanier opines that the 49ers will take Stanford offensive tackle Jonathan Martin with the 30th pick and doesn’t have an opinion about the Raiders’ first-round pick because they traded it to Cincinatti for Carson Palmer.