Overreaction Tuesday: Rich Talks Rams, Bucs, Bills, Mahomes, Yankees, LeBron & More

Overreaction Monday landed on a Tuesday this week, and Chris came loaded. Camps are open across the National Football League, the Yankees are leaking oil, and somebody in Boston is still trying to talk Steph Curry into a move. Rich sorted it.

First up, Tampa. Chris argued that if Baker Mayfield does not get a new deal, this is his last year with the Buccaneers.

Rich did not agree, and his reason was structural. The Buccaneers have two years of franchise tag available. Chris pointed out the tag is almost 50 million.

"So what?" Rich said.

He conceded there could be contending teams next year that need quarterbacks, and Pittsburgh and LA got floated as landing spots where the money would be there. Rich's counter is that Mayfield wants to stay. He loves being there, his family is there, and this was a number problem, not a desire problem.

"He's not jumping ship," Rich said. "They just couldn't figure out that figure this time around."

Would he pay him? Yes. Does he think Mayfield leaves? No. Overreaction, on tag mechanics alone. Rich attached a warning anyway: Mayfield with a chip on his shoulder is waking up dangerous, and Rich would bet on him.

Then Chris moved to the other Los Angeles contract question, which is not the Aaron Donald watch. Where is Puka Nacua's record extension?

Rich rejected the framing before he got to the answer. Dangerous game? "It's not dangerous," he said.

He acknowledged there is off-field noise that could explain a front office pausing before committing that kind of money, no matter how talented the player is. Chris countered that plenty of guys with bigger off-field issues have still gotten paid, then asked the trade question. Sell high.

Rich would not. Not with Donald possibly on the way back and the stars aligned. And if there is anyone he trusts to take the emotion out of a decision like this, it is the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams.

"They're figuring out what the what is, and what the buyer needs to beware of," Rich said. Overreaction.

On health, Chris floated Patrick Mahomes and Daniel Jones both being back for week one. Rich did not even call that an overreaction. He liked it, though an Achilles and two knee ligaments is a lot to bring back on schedule. He would understand easing them in, sitting a month while the schedule is favorable, then rocking and rolling in October.

The jersey segment produced the most one-sided ruling of the day. Chris wants the league to knock it off with the alternates, and he was looking directly at Buffalo. Rich agreed, then delivered the actual explanation for why they keep coming.

"It's for kids to go, can I have that, please," he said. "And now you're in the position of saying no."

Rich also noted the Cowboys are like the Yankees. They just do not mess with their jerseys. Which was a convenient handoff, because the Yankees are a mess. Bellinger is out four to six weeks. Chris asked whether Aaron Judge is ever playing baseball again, then declared the Yankees will miss the playoffs.

Rich did not fight it hard. He wants Fried and Rodón healthy, Judge and Stanton back at some point, and above all he wants arms. Every arm that throws 100 miles an hour, for innings six through nine, all of them. He wants what Milwaukee has. Right now he is watching through his fingers, and a dropped third out ended a game the night before.

Then came the fifteenth anniversary bit. Chris noted we are nearing 15 years since Vince Young sat there and said, "Haha, dream team," and predicted the 76ers will fare a similar fate this year to those Eagles, who went 8 and 8.

"I think that's a great take," Rich said. "Last time you heard dream team was Philadelphia."

Chris closed by insisting it is time for Steph Curry to ask out of Golden State, specifically to Boston, on the grounds that the Warriors are no longer title contenders and have struck out on everything in free agency.

Rich asked the only question that matters. Why would he want to go to Boston?

He is also not convinced about the fit. "Can Tatum play with another superstar?" Rich asked, after reading the very heartfelt Instagram farewell from the guy who left and not getting the sense the guy wanted to leave.

"I don't know who the Celtics are anymore," Rich said. Not a ruling, exactly. But it is not a yes.