The Buzz - March 15, 2018

The day when free agency is supposed to start is really no fun because you already know what's going to happen. In other news, March Madness starts today, so in keeping with the Ravens' theme of the past few months - I'm ready to lose in great fashion!

aliens are real.

So, this is crazy. In a nutshell, this dude went to space and when he came back, his DNA was all screwed up and SEVEN PERCENT of his genes were altered from being in space for a year. WHAT THE HELL MAN?!

"Although 93% of Scott’s genetic expression returned to normal once he returned to Earth, a subset of several hundred 'space genes' remained disrupted. Some of these mutations, found only after spaceflight, are thought to be caused by the stresses of space travel." https://t.co/BzoE6DYSlm

— DonnaLynn (@TruthBeholden) March 14, 2018

So he was an identical twin and now him and his twin have some different genes now instead of identical ones? I was so bad in this type of stuff in school, so I'm just gonna stop reading there and have my mind be blown here. I don't even want to know the real truth.

Notable free agency news.

As I mentioned before, free agency SUCKS today because we know everything that already happened. But here are some things that we might not have known:

• AJ McCarron and his weird chest tattoo are heading to Buffalo for 2 years/$10million. After trading Tyrod Taylor to the Cleveland Browns, the Bills are putting McCarron in charge of being their "bridge QB." Nobody knows if he's good, or bad, or horrible, so this should be electric.
  
• Minnesota is trading a late-round 2019 draft pick to the Broncos for QB Trevor Siemian and a late-round 2018 pick. Denver will hold onto Paxton Lynch for some reason.
• Joe Thomas announces his retirement from the NFL. After 11 seasons and 10 Pro Bowl nods, after much speculation, Thomas confirmed his retirement on Wednesday. A truly great player that I have nothing bad to say about. 
  
• Tyrann Mathieu hits free agency after the Arizona Cardinals failed to re-vamp his current deal. At only 25 years old, he should have a huge market, and should get big $. 
  

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