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Wow, the NFL offseason hasn't been overly chaotic when it comes to player movement. Few marquee names have changed teams via trade or free agency, but as you see there, plenty of star power still available. But don't expect these free agents to stay on the market much longer. Here to break down the top free agents still on the board and where they could land, let's welcome an NFL analyst for CBS Sports, John Breach, and Ryan Wilson, the super friends. We're going to start with the bigger Bosa brother, Joey. Now, there has been some buzz about a possible reunion with Nick in San Francisco. Bos is a five-time Pro Bowler who showed that he can still make a difference during his stint in
Buffalo, finishing with five sacks and five force fumbles. Wilson, are we going to get double Bosa Bear hugs in San Francisco? Love it. Good to see you, Katie. Good to see you, Breach. Yeah, so that's the direction I went because it felt like, you know, you want to keep it in the family. Let's get Nick and his brother Joey back together. Nick did say yesterday, I believe, that uh in terms of rehabbing uh for the season, the upcoming season, Joey is playing a lot of golf. So, I think that's where we are when you get north of 30 and you're a veteran and you don't need OTAAS, but
I do love the idea from going to San Francisco where they do need help at the edge rush position in terms of depth. They drafted Michael Williams last year who had the ACL. We know that his brother Nick had the ACL as well, Nick Bos, so he's recovering from that. And beyond that, there are a lot of question marks. So, I think getting a situational pass rusher like Joey Bosa, his best days are probably behind him. You see the five sacks there, but someone who can come in on third down and get after the quarterback. That makes all the sense in the world for me. And he can be reunited with his Ohio State brother and brother in real life. John.
Yeah, Ryan. These guys need to think about it's time to play together. They're you're not getting any younger. So, if the Bosa brothers do want to reunite in the NFL, it feels like this is the year to do it. I think that there was some speculation that Joey might do it last year. He ended up in Buffalo. And Ryan, you mentioned that the 49ers need some help with their pass rush. They don't just have Mike Williams and Nick Bosa both coming off torn ACLs. They got zero production last year. This team finished with just 20 sacks. That was the fewest in the NFL. Miles Garrett by himself had more sacks than the
entire 49ers roster. So that kind of tells you where that team was as far as getting after the quarterback. They absolutely could not do it. So if I am Nick Bosa, I am calling up Joey every day. I don't care if he's on the golf course. I am calling him up and begging him to come to San Francisco and I'm not going to stop those phone calls until he actually agrees to sign. Uh well, we know that it's the wish of Mama Bosa as well to have her sons together. And hey, the 49ers do have a ton of cap space. Next up, veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner. Breache, I feel like it's been all about fixing the
defense in Cincinnati this off season. Linebacker still a question mark. Would your Bengals be the best fit for the 11time AllPro or do you see Wagner ending up elsewhere? Well, you know what's interesting, Katie? I The Bengals were option one B here. I do think he would be a good fit in Cincinnati because they have not added a linebacker. They didn't do in free agency. They didn't do it in the draft, but instead I actually went with another cat team, and that's Jacksonville. Uh you look at what the Jags have done. The Bengals didn't add any linebackers, but they didn't lose anyone. They're going with their young
guys. They think those guys uh can put them over the top. But if you look at what happened in Jacksonville, they let Devin Lloyd walk in free agency, and they haven't really done anything to replace him. So, they're kind of counting on the guys they already have there, but it's still a hole on the roster. So, I think if you're Jacksonville, you're thinking, "Hey, let's bring in this bed linebacker." Yes, Bobby Wagner is getting up there in age, but he proved last season in Washington that he can still be productive. We're seeing these this career tackles list, 2,000 career tackles. That is absurd. That means he wraps you up, he takes you down, he is
all over the field. He brings that veteran leadership that I think a young defense like the one in Jacksonville would need. So, I do like uh Bobby Wagner's fit down there in Duval. Uh second worst Duval only to Liam Cohen, but I do appreciate it. You going with Cats, I'm going with Boines. I'm going to the Buffalo Bills. Uh in part because of many of the reasons that you laid out there. We know the veteran leadership uh that Bobby Wagner provides, but they're losing veteran leadership in Matt Milano. They have Terrell Bernard who obviously can play at a high level when he's healthy.
Dorian Williams as well. Those guys are penciled in to be the starters and they've been there for a few years, but it's hard to replace the leadership and the onfield productivity that Matt Milano brought. Obviously battled injuries. He's currently a free agent. I suppose it could bring him back, but I think Bobby Wagner fits that mold and gives you a little bit more upside. Obviously, uh, new coaching staff, new wish coaching staff, and that Shawn McDermott is no longer there. Uh, they moved on from Bobby Babish, the defensive coordinator to Jim Leonard. So, a bunch of moving parts there, but
but this team, Katie, feels like it's as poised as ever uh to make a legit run at winning the AFC and representing the AFC in the Super Bowl. And Bridge, you mentioned his age. If anyone is concerned about that, he's 35. Wagner hasn't missed a regular season game in four years. He's played in all 17 games in each of the last four seasons. So, the man is durable. Another big name still looking for a home allp pro wide receiver, Stefon Diggs. After rebounding last year with New England, Diggs does appear ready for his next opportunity. the legal stuff is behind him now, so contenders could come calling uh as training camp approaches here. Wilson, what team makes the most
sense for Diggs? Where do you think he ultimately ends up? So, if you'd asked me this a month ago, I would not have mentioned this team because I thought this team may have thought about drafting a wide receiver, but the LA Rams instead took Ty Simpson 13th overall, which led to a whole week's worth of conversations about the state of mind of Shawn McVey and Ty Simpson and Matthew Stafford. But there are still questions in the wide receiver room after Dvonte Adams and of course Puka Nakua. Dvonte Adams is in the last year of his deal and he is north of 30. He's not quite the player he was in those Green Bay days. Still very good. But after that you have Jordan Wittington, you have Kante Mumfield and
they drafted CJ Daniels. That is all to say there is room in that wide receiver room for someone like Steph Diggs who would be wide receiver three or wide receiver four and we'll get a ton of targets because we know that teams are going to double team Puka Nua. We know that Devonte Adams is primarily a downfield threat and that leaves a lot more space uh in the middle of that field breach for Stefon Diggs and those eight tight ends that are currently on the roster. Yeah, Diggs would be a great fit out there in Shawn McVeyy's offense. You have him going to the West Coast. I have Stefon Diggs landing on the East Coast in Baltimore. I think when you look at the Ravens track record if you
are a former star receiver in the NFL who is over the age of 30, there is a 50% chance the Ravens are going to call you up and try to sign you. We saw it a few years ago back in 2023. They signed Odell Beckham. We saw it last season. They signed DeAndre Hopkins. Of course, Hopkins contract has expired. So now you have that hole you need to fill at the number two spot because really you look at Baltimore's office. Yes, they love to run the ball, but if they are going to throw the ball, they don't have much at the receiver position outside of Z Flowers. As a matter of fact, there isn't a receiver besides Z Flowers who finished with over 225 yards last season. So, you're talking about
just this gaping hole on the roster. Stefon Diggs could go in there and fill that. He's from the Maryland area, so this would be kind of a homecoming. I think he would love this. I think Lamar Jackson would love this. And of course, the Ravens have a new coaching staff uh who could get Tuck Digs, a younger coaching staff, bring him in, make him fit in that offense. Well, either of those choices, I'm sure he would be thrilled with. Was in a Super Bowl last year, might find himself in a similar position if he gets either of those places. Let's go back to the trenches, fellas. With one of the most
interesting names still available, Joe Batino, uh, Betanino, excuse me. The veteran guard remains undecided between retirement and one more run with a Super Bowl contender. Bridge, if he does decide to give it one more season, he's got that left in the tank. Which contender makes the most sense for him? Yeah, I'm going to ship him off to Buffalo. I think he would be a great fit there. When you look at the Bills off season, they've obviously made some flashy moves. They made that trade for DJ Moore, but one of the big losses they had was David Edwards. Edwards is one of the top guards on the market in free agency. He's been with the Bills for three seasons. he had started uh pretty
much every game they played for the past two seasons. So once he left, that gives Buffalo a big hole at that left guard spot. And so if you want to fill that, why not call up the seventime pro bowler and Joel Batonio? And the one thing about him is that he has spent his entire career in Cleveland. So he might be thinking, all right, it's time to go play for a winner. I think he would jump at the chance to play for the Bills. So, I think it would be an interesting landing spot there with Josh Allen. No, I love the thinking there, Breach, because uh Buffalo's probably better than Cleveland this year, if I had to guess. Uh even better than that, the Seattle Seahawks. So, I have him going
to Seattle. He's played primarily left guard throughout his career, Katie. But they have a huge need at right guard. Anthony Bradford was the weakest link in that offensive line. They didn't address that in the offseason. They did draft Bose Stevens. I don't think he's going to challenge for the job. I think Joel Batonio comes in. He moves well on space. he can do the things they like to do with their new offensive coordinator Brian Flurry. Uh and again to breach his larger point, you're going from Cleveland, which historically has struggled, to a team that just won the Super Bowl. Yeah. After his contract was voided, the Browns took a 23 and a half million dead cap hit. Uh if he does choose to play in
either of those places, um projections have him landing a one-year deal worth nearly $13 million. All right, one of my personal favorites, Debo Samuel. While his season with Washington didn't match the production of course that we saw in those years in San Francisco, he does remain one of the most versatile playmakers on the market so far. So Wilson, what team makes the most sense for Debo? I'm going to send him to Indianapolis and the resurging resurgent Daniel Jones coming off that Achilles. We'll see what Daniel Jones looks like healthwise early in the season, but we know he was absolutely slinging it before the injury
last year. Sort of refound himself in that Sam Darnold refinding yourself on a new team. They have Alec Pierce, they have Josh Downs. After that, they have the Nick Westbrook Aeen. But there's certainly room in that wide receiver room for a wide receiver three type player. Get the ball in his hands and let him cook and get Debo back to the form that we had seen uh prior to landing in Washington when he was in San Francisco. Bridge. Yeah. And if you want to get Debo back to his old form, I think you bring back his old offensive coordinator. And that's what he could do by going to the Los Angeles Chargers. We know they just hired Mike McDaniel. Well, Debo's best
season came in 2021 with the San Francisco 49ers and his offensive coordinator that year was Mike McDaniel. So, if those two re reunite back out in the West Coast, nobody knows how to use that skill set more than McDaniel. So, I think Debo Samuel could have a lot of success with the Chargers. I love that, Breach. I didn't even consider that, but the boy genius with the wide back. Think of the plays that they could put up together. Uh Wilson and Breach, appreciate you so much. We will continue our look at the NFL's top remaining free agents. We got veteran pass rushers Von Miller and Davian Clowney still searching for their next team. The guys are sticking around to figure out their best fit next.
Welcome back. John Breach and Ryan Wilson here breaking down the top NFL free agents and where they could land. We'll pick up at number six here on the list. Von Miller, future Hall of Famer, made it clear that he wants to play in 2026 and he's even publicly campaigned for a return to Denver. Wilson, uh, what makes the most sense for him at this stage in his career? Give the man what he wants, Katie. By the way, here's how old I am. When I covered my first Super Bowl in 2011, that was Von Miller's rookie season, and I saw him at NFL honors along with Tim Tibo. So, that has been a minute ago. He
is still playing and playing in a high level. Breach joked last segment that uh Miles Garrett had more sacks than the San Francisco 49ers. In part-time duty, Von Miller had nine sacks and led the Washington Commanders last year. So, he was 45% of the way there for the San Francisco 49ers. So, I'm sending back to Denver, letting him cook alongside Nick Bonito and Jonathan Cooper and Jonah Ellis. And I think you're already on a great defense. You have one job to do. Get after the quarterback and it makes too much sense not to happen. Yeah, I absolutely agree with Wilson here. If you have a former Super Bowl MVP who is begging to play for your team and he would be coming back to play for
you, I say why not do it? I mean, this is Von Miller. It's not like he has really lost his step. We're not talking a guy about a guy who's going to go be a starter with the Broncos. He's going to be a situational pass rusher. He only played about 35% of the snaps in Washington last year. And even though that's all he was on the field, he still had nine sacks. So you give him that type of role in Denver and he can get after the passer. So the Broncos defense is already good. But I think if you add someone like Miller who can come in make a difference on third downs come and he has experience of we know he won a Super Bowl. So that's the kind of guy you need. He can win big playoff games for
you, can win Super Bowls for you. Bring him in. See what he can do. I feel like the 49ers are getting a lot of strays here. I just will say they didn't have a pass rush last year. Okay. that nobody was available for that pass rush. All right, but as you pointed out, breach Von Miller certainly proved that he can get after the quarterback even now. Next up, Javian Clowney. The former number one overall pick is back on the market after finishing his deal with Dallas where he led the Cowboys with eight and a half sacks last season. Even at this stage of his career, Clowney continues to provide value as a pass rusher and also a run defender. Breache, where do you think the best fit for Clowney is?
I am going to send Clowny, I don't know if he's going to like it, up north to Green Bay. So, Pack the Parker, get ready to play. But I think when you look at the Packers defense right now, they need some pass rushing help. We know they do have Micah Parsons, but he's coming off that torn ACL, there's no guarantee he's going to be ready for week one. And then you look at the opposite side of Micah Parsons. The pass rushing starter over there is probably going to be Lucas Vaness. He had one and a half sacks last year. And then you look at the Packers know this is an issue with the depth because they went out and used a fourth round pick on a pass rusher and uh denied Dennis Sutton.
And so he's unproven though. He hasn't been on the field yet. So I think you need to bring in a veteran, bring in a former number one overall pick like Jadevian Clowney and just unleash him those first few weeks. Once Parsons is healthy, then you make Cloudy more of a role player, more of a situational player. But I think he is someone who can help that team right away early in the season. Yeah, I love the situational part of the conversation. I'm not gonna make him pack a parker though, Bre. He can just bring a t-shirt and some shorts because he's going to Charlotte, the Carolina Panthers. Maybe a little easier path to
the playoffs. They won the division last year with that 89 record. But again, it'll be a situational situation, right? They have Jaylen Phillips who they signed. They drafted Nick Scorton last year and princely Muellen. They have Derek Brown in the middle of that defense. And as Katie noted, eight and a half sacks for the Cowboys. he can come in and get four or five or six sacks on third down for the Panthers and make that defense even better. A situational situation feels like something that you would see on like a dating website of someone who's really not that interested. Now, uh let's take a look at the secondary here, fellas.
Veteran quarterback Rasul Douglas remains available despite a productive season in Miami. 31 years old, led the Dolphins in passes defended last year while starting in 13 games. Wilson, what makes the most sense for Douglas? I'm going to send them to New Orleans. They lost Alante Taylor in free agency. Uh they have Kool-Aid McKinstry who's a really good young player, but they do have questions at the other quarterback position where Quincy Riley is currently listed as the starter, the secondyear player. I think Russul Douglas gives you a veteran presence. He's big, he's long, he's physical. You talked about the PBUS last year and he sort of revitalized his career a few
years ago when he came back onto the scene and he's bounced around a little bit, but he is essentially a gun for hire. You bring him in for a year, see what that defensive back room looks like and then you go from there. But this team is poised to win the division in part because they have their quarterback and their second year coaching Kell Moore, but also because the NFC South is perpetually wide open. So Rul Douglas headed down to New Orleans to help out that secondary. Yeah, Ryan, we are on the same wavelength here because I also have Rul Douglas going to the NFC South. Not New Orleans though. Instead, I have him going to Tampa Bay. He already got a taste of that no state income tax thing and Miami with the Dolphins. So he's
going to stay in Tampa Bay and go to the Buccaneers. I think when you look at Tampa Bay secondary, they let Jamal Dean walk in free agency this year. Uh they have Zion McCollum there on one side, but when you look at the other side of who's going to be that other starting quarterback, they have a couple young guys, Benjamin Morrison, uh Jacob Parish. So, they have guys battling for that spot, but I'm not sure they have anyone that Todd Bulls is going to be able to fully trust. So when you're in a situation like that, you bring in Razul Douglas for one year, you have that veteran who can kind of teach those guys, kind of walk them through, make the secondary room better. So I think
that's the kind of player you want and I think Douglas would be a good fit in Tampa Bay. Sticking in the NFC South here, another big name on the board after 15 seasons in New Orleans, Cameron Jordan is officially a free agent for the first time in his career. Now, Jordan has indicated that he would be open to returning to the Saints, but Ryan, who scoops him up? Yeah, I think the recurring theme in our conversations today is that veteran players with huge upside are going to go to winning teams. I'm sending Cam Jordan to the Detroit Lions. We know they have Aiden Hutcherson of course they have
Payton Turner uh who is more of a situational player drafted Derek Moore and then on the inside they have Aake the Dream McNeel Alem excuse me Tyl Williams and then Levi Enzarque who's never quite hit the ground running as a former day two pick. So Cam Jordan comes in there, solidifies the middle of that defensive line with the ability to play outside uh in that Kelvin Shepard defense in a unit that will be better this year primarily because they'll be healthy. But we just saw on the graphic he had 10 and a half sacks last year, which I think leads all the old-timers we've been talking about uh thus far. And I think that would be a huge get for the Detroit Lions on a I don't want to
say defensive line in transition, but certainly one that needs to get healthy and help out Aiden Hudson. And look, he's done some work for us here on CBS Sports Network and he is a lovely human being. Breach also has him going to the Lions. But at number 10, Kenan Allen, veteran wide receiver, looking to extend his career into 13 NFL season. And while he has made it clear that he'd love to remain where he is, Allen has generated interest from multiple teams and continues to weigh those options. So Bridge, I'm coming to you on this one. Where's the best fit for Keenan Allen? Well, Chargers fans might view him as Benedict Arnold, but I have Keenan Allen going to the Kansas City Chiefs. I think
when you look at the Chiefs receiving situation, we all know the issues right there. Uh Rasheed Rice has a legal situation. Nobody has really been able to step up and kind of take over that receiving room. So, I if I'm the Chiefs, I love the idea of adding a veteran receiver. And that is where Keenan Allen comes in. and he's obviously a receiver. The Chiefs know well cuz they played him twice a year for so long while he was with the Chargers. And you have to think he's 34. Keenan Allen is probably desperate to win a Lombardi Trophy. He's never made it past the divisional round of the playoffs. So I think the chance to team up with Patrick Mahomes, team up with Travis Kelce in what will likely be
Kelsey's final season, that is awfully enticing if I'm Keenan Allen. So I like him landing in Kansas City. Well, those Charger fans may bolt through the screen uh at you for that one, but Allen has proven that he can still produce 81 receptions, 7747 yards uh and four touchdowns last year. So, if he does go with the Chiefs, uh it's not a bad thing for them. Thanks so much to Super Friends Ryan Wilson and John Breach. Appreciate you guys. Here's a look at the shortest odds to win the Super Bowl next season. The Rams are the favorite at plus 700, followed by the Seahawks to repeat. Then the Ravens, the Bills, and hey, how about those 49ers, Tommy? At plus,500.
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