Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
I have some terrific news everyone: As of today, we are now exactly just two weeks away from the 2022 NFL Draft.
Since two weeks is such a long time to wait, we’re going to help you pass the time by unveiling our first seven-round mock draft of the year. If you only read one round per day in this mock draft and you read the entire thing twice, then BOOM, it will get you all the way to the start of the draft.
Besides our seven-round mock, we also have a draft nugget from Sean Payton, who claims he tried to convince the Giants to draft Tom Brady in 2000. That actually would have worked out well for Brady because then he wouldn’t have lost to them twice in the Super Bowl.
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1. Today’s show: Breaking down Derek Carr’s contract
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Raiders quarterback Derek Carr landed a monstrous contract on Wednesday when the Raiders signed him to a three-year, $121.5 million extension. On paper, that makes Carr just the seventh QB ever to join the exclusive club of players who have signed a deal that’s worth $40 million or more per year.
Although Carr is now a very rich man, he definitely wasn’t the winner on Wednesday and that’s because his contract isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Basically, Carr agreed to sign a deal that involves almost no risk for the Raiders. If Carr struggles under Josh McDaniels in 2022, then the Raiders can pull the plug on the contract after just one year for the low price of $24.9 million.
The guys over at Pro Football Talk got the full details on the deal and here’s a look at how the…
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