The Ryen Russillo Podcast
NFL Free Agency Hits and Misses with Sheil Kapadia, Plus Chandler Parsons and How History Will View the SGA-Jokic MVP Race
11 Mar 2025
Russillo welcomes in Sheil Kapadia to share their thoughts on Sam Darnold and Geno Smith, reveal their favorite and least favorite free agent signings, and discuss why Justin Fields still has so much hype around him (0:56). Next, Ryen compares Jokic and SGA and wonders how history will remember their MVP race (40:49). Then, he’s joined by Chandler Parsons to pick the best teams in the East and West, preview where Kevin Durant could land next season, and break down the importance of a playoff scorer (53:17). Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle (1:21:03)! How do I handle my dad dating a woman my age? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Sheil Kapadia and Chandler Parsons Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Get Game Day Deals only on Uber Eats. Order Now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A lot to get to on today's pod, Chukwadia NFL free agency is cranking right now. We're going to get to a ton of names, so don't feel left out. We'll get to some of the quarterback stuff, what the Seahawks doing, what's going on with fields, and just some of our favorite and not so favorite signings. NBA Open.
NBA players love some things that I don't necessarily love, how that applies to Denver and OKC and the MVP stuff, some of the long-held historic claims by the guys that have played this game at the highest level.
And we've got Chandler Parsons on just taking a look at where Cleveland is in the East, the other West teams, and then just gearing up for the playoffs, going back to a couple of his Houston runs over 10 years ago and life advice. One of our favorite NFL guests to talk to from the ringer. It is Shil Kapadia.
What's up, man? Good to see you. Lots of signings. This is my season, offseason. Better than in-season as far as I'm concerned.
Whoa, I thought only the NBA had that for you. So let's go through this... barrage of signings, but I think the first thing you have to start with here is when we watch Sam Darnold, the Detroit game, the playoff game, potential blueprint games, what is Darnold worth on the open market? What is he worth away from Kevin O'Connell and this receiving core and the O-line and all this kind of stuff?
Well, he's worth three years and $100 million from the Seahawks, $55 million guaranteed. I think I'm scared to death if I'm a Seahawks fan.
Totally agree. I would be bummed by this offseason if I were a Seahawks fan. It just goes to a lot of the things we talk. It doesn't matter the sport where it's like a guy was bad. A guy was put in a certain situation. He played better for one year. And then you're the team that pays him based off of that one year.
I mean, I mean, to me, so much of this is just about the environment and the infrastructure and the moves that the Seahawks made were like you said, you don't have Kevin O'Connell's not coming over with you. Justin Jefferson's not coming over with you. You have offensive line issues. He's playing outside. And now you're expecting him to maintain his level of play from last year or improve.
Can it happen? Sure. Weird things happen all the time. They surprise us. So it could happen. He's young enough. I don't think that's the most likely scenario for Sam Darnold in Seattle.
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