Welcome to the final Wednesday before the NFL offseason officially begins. This week has been wild enough, with Tuesday bringing all kinds of major quarterback news (more on that in a bit). In fact, John Breech was so overwhelmed by yesterday's blockbuster headlines
Khris Davis Jersey that he took the day off, leaving me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver you all the latest.This is the Pick Six Newsletter. Now let's get to it. (And please, do yourself a favor and make sure you're ! You don't want to mi s our daily offerings of everything you need to know around the .)We've got reactions to franchise tags, trade analysis, and much more:Today's show: Recapping the tag deadlineRyan Wilson and John Breech joined Will Brinson for Wednesday's "Pick Six Podcast" to recap Tuesday's deadline for to use the franchise tag. In between emergency pods on the latest surrounding and Ru sell Wilson, they touched on all the big names to get -- or avoid -- the tag: The guys agreed that the tagging left tackle may have been the most
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