Russell Wilson allegedly wanted Pete Carroll fired, plus Jeff Bezos eyeing Commanders, AFC East team needs

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

I hope you enjoyed this quiet week around the NFL because things could get chaotic starting next week. First of all, the combine will be starting on Tuesday with the first batch of players reporting to Indianapolis, although testing won’t start until Thursday (You can check out our primer on the combine here). 

After the combine, we’ll be heading straight into free agency, and after that we’ll be heading straight into the draft. The offseason is almost crazier than the actual season. Maybe the offseason should be called the season and the season should be the offseason, because that’s what it’s starting to feel like around here. 

All right, let’s get to the rundown, where we’ll be talking about the wild report about Russell Wilson’s final days in Seattle, plus we’ll be identifying one free agent target for EACH team. 

Remember, if you’re hanging out with family and/or friends this weekend, you should tell them all to sign up for the newsletter. To get them signed up, all you have to do is click here and then share this link with them.

1. Today’s show: Players we would use the franchise tag on

For the Friday episode of the Pick Six Podcast, I teamed up with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson for a wild show that involved some role playing. Since the three of us love role playing, we were each given the role of an NFL general manager and we had to decide if we were going to use the franchise tag or not. 

Here are three of the situations we found ourselves in during the podcast: 

• Ravens GM Eric DeCosta. Ryan Wilson played the role of DeCosta, and Wilson decided that there’s a 100% chance that he would tag Lamar Jackson. At this point, it seems highly unlikely that Jackson and the Ravens will agree to a long-term deal by the time the franchise tag deadline hits on March 7, which makes it a no-brainer to hit Jackson with the tag. Once you tag him, that gives you another four months to negotiate a long-term deal. If Jackson ends up playing the season on the tag, that’s not the worst thing for Baltimore, because the tag only pays $32.4 million, which is much lower than the $50 million per year he’ll likely get if he signs an extension. 
• Bengals owner Mike Brown. I played the role of Brown,…