Bag alert bag alert bag alert bag alert folks Josh Allen got the bag
We're gonna talk about the draft some of a few a few teams that have a definitely caught my eye and
Talk about the results of those mock drafts. We're also gonna talk about whose playoff window is open closed or shut and more on the football
Junkies podcast. I'm your host McKell. Let's go. All right folks. So if you don't know
Defensive end slash outside linebacker patch rusher
For the Jacksonville Jaguars Josh Allen just got the binks truck folks a five-year
150 million dollar deal with 88 of that guaranteed now
This pays the way for them to just focus on trying to resign Trevor Lawrence. It was a great sign
Definitely very much needed for the Jaguars because it had he left the Jaguars
Who was to say that that defense would would still be as productive as it has been within the last few years?
However, we do have to talk about how the patch rusher market as a whole is starting to sort of get out of hand
and the reason why I say that is because
You we are now hitting the threshold where players are now making, you know, 25 30 35
I won't even be surprised close to maybe 40 and you know within the near future and so
Although yes, you know teams do value patch rushers
It's hard to decipher if you know if a patch rusher is sort of a generational talent and has consistently shown
You know growth and has consistently been, you know, one of the you know, the top patch rushers in the league
Or you know, it was just one great year and you know, they basically capitalize off of it
So you definitely have to sort of those
Those type of things that when when we definitely talk about these these bag alerts as I call them
Now granted he is if I'm not mistaken. He is top five highest paid
So he's you know, he's bumping elbows or Chris Jones. He's bumping elbows with Miles Gary and TJ
Why did even Brian burns even Nick Bosa?
so
Congratulations to Josh Allen and him getting the bag now that we've gotten over the the bag alert
Let's talk about what's going on in the league now
You're probably wondering, you know why there isn't a whole lot of noise
Why, you know, there's still some free agents that are still out that haven't gone. This is the time where teams are, you know
They're finalizing going to pro days. They're finalizing going to private players who
Who got injured sort of the later part of the season and who are now just now getting medically cleared
To participate in football as well as people
I'm developing their big board and their draft board. So when you you know in in this phase a lot of times
Teams are not going to be focused on, you know, free agent signings unless it's something, you know
Out of a dire need then, you know, okay, cool
But most of times it's you know preparing most likely preparing for the draft or you know, they could be in contract negotiations with certain players
It's it's quiet. Yes, but at the same time there is still things going on behind closed doors now
When we you know, the draft is only a few days. It's only days away. It's not even weeks away
I think it's only I think it's less than less than two weeks away if I'm not mistaken
So
Everybody's you know trying to finalize and figure out, you know, what what do they want to do with their pick and and whatnot?
And who who is there? You know, who is their first pick that they want to choose from and whatnot?
So it's a lot of activity a lot of motion going on
Within the league right now, but I decided I wanted to test the waters once again
Since I am one of the best GM's who is not on the team right now
I decided to choose three different teams
Now with these three different teams, I decided to
Choose them based off of their position
Within the draft so I chose so I wanted to choose a team that's hiding the draft
In the middle of the draft and then at the bottom part of draft, okay?
So the teams that we so the teams that chose were the Arizona Cardinals
Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens now
disclaimer right now
To the fan bases of all three of these teams
I did not do this out of spite. I did not do this out of malice
I did not do this because I did not like any of your teams. No, I just did this
I just choose I just chose y'all
Simply because I wanted to see how things would we're playing out and they actually playing down pretty good
I'm actually surprised except for Ravens fans, but who cares about them, right? Nobody does Pittsburgh Steelers all the way
Moving on
So when we break things down, you know based off of these three teams, we have to look at their needs
So for the Cardinals the Cardinals needs our wide receiver edge
Corner running back interior offensive line Ravens its interior offensive line offensive tackle
Edge receiver safety and then for the Jaguars its edge
Corner defensive tackle offensive tackle an interior offensive line
Now based off of just saying that
um, we could definitely
sort of go deeper um before be before I go
And tell you about the the results of the monk drafts
Based off of the the team needs
I could make a strong case that two of these teams will probably be able to
um, you know address
One or two one or two of those positions high
While the other is going to have to trade up who's the team is going to have to trade up
It's the Ravens and the reason why I say that is because
although yes, this is a a a big
offensive tackle class
the problem with the offensive tackle class is
Once it goes past JC Latham, Talulis Fouwaga, Troy, uh, Fatahanu, Marius, Mems and whatnot
There is a definite drop in sort of uh, productivity in players. Okay. I mean, you still have a Marius Mems
You still have your Patrick Paul. You still have your Tyler Gaiens and whatnot
But the problem with those type of players is they're still raw
And it's going to take them some time
It's going to take them at least
Maybe a season or two for them to actually get comfortable and to you know
And to become starters whereas where you have a JC Latham, a Talulis Fouwaga, a Troy, Fatahanu
You can plug them in day one
They they they can start week one
immediately no problem
so
but
But at the same time, you know, they're they're
In in my prediction, and I'm not I'm not a genie. I don't know the the future and whatnot
I truly believe a lot of the teams
You know high up are going to trade down and the reason why I say that is because
Teams now are going to be focused on
quarterbacks
Quarterbacks and receivers those are the two biggest classes right now that everybody is talking about everybody is obsessed with and so
What what you have is they're going to be some teams who need a quarterback really bad that are that are
You know in the lower part of the draft they're going to want to trade up case in point the Vikings for instance
Yes, the Vikings do have two first round picks, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikings are going to trade up even higher to
Really get their quarterback
um case in point the cowboys
the cowboys need a quarterback
and the reason and
again
Full disclaimer cowboy fans don't hate me. I'm just calling it for what it is the way I see it
Cowboys are basically in a direction where they have to prepare for the future
and the reason why I say that is because
um, I don't think jerry jones is is going to be willing to pay that presscott
almost 60 million dollars a year
And we and they haven't gone
You know to an nmc championship level on the super bowl. I don't think they're going to do that personally
um, and then as
When and when you look at it
This is probably the best quarterback class that you're going to have
You know in a while and the reason why I say that is because you don't know how things are going to pan out
um
Next year you don't even though. Yes, you have
Shador Sanders and you have quen you were's and you have uh jaylin
Milrow and and whatnot
Why do that when you when there is a quarterback that you know, you could definitely
Have them sit under deck and learn under deck for you know for a season and actually understand things
Rather than you know to basically just get somebody and then just push them in the fire and say okay figure it out
That's the problem
When you look at a lot of quarterbacks nowadays, especially quarterbacks are they're getting drafted higher and coming into the league
A lot of times, you know, they're being put into the fire
And they're not having an opportunity to just sit
I guarantee you if a lot of these quarterbacks just sat under a veteran quarterback for a season
Maybe even two seasons you would see a a difference in production
um
Compared to just throwing them into the fire
Case in point the Packers for instance, right?
When the Packers drafted Jordan Love
Everybody was losing their mind. Oh my god. Why would you draft Jordan Love?
Aaron Rogers is coming off of you know, winning another
MVP and whatnot
But the reason why they did that is because so they can have him
Sit under Aaron Rogers for a while and learn under him even if Aaron isn't you know,
Physically like showing him like hey, this is what you're doing this situation. Hey, this is what you're doing that situation
Hey, this is what you do with this or that
Whatever the case may be just him being on the field on the bench and absorbing what he's seeing
You know play after play game after game that goes a long way compared to just saying okay. Yeah
Forget about Aaron Rogers. Jordan. Love you starting week one
No, no, and so that is the situation that you have now
um
You have you know other teams who for instance, I don't know the saint for instance who right now
They're pressing me as I said before in the previous episode is an offensive lineman
their star right tackle Ryan Ramcheck
He might have to medically retire because of his knee
and so
When you have situations like that emerge that can literally shift an entire draft board simply because
Now you have a position where you may value. Okay. We'll address it, you know in the second or third round
Now you're going to have to address that in the first round
especially with the position that you are in the draft
and so
I say all that to say this
I would not be surprised if we see multiple trade ups and trade downs
um either the night of the draft or before the draft
I wouldn't be surprised because there are a lot of teams that are not being talked about that have definitely
you know
Saw a a few prospects that that hate that they probably realized that they're going to have to trade up to get
Whether that be offensive lineman, whether that be a corner whether it be receiver quarterback, whatever the case may be
There is a lot of talent a lot of talent
And some of this talent it's going to require you to trade up
It is now to some extent it all depends you may have to trade up one or two spots
You may have to trade up 10 spots. It all depends where you are
And that is the beauty of the draft now
Now that we've done past that let's talk about the mock draft result. So
uh with the cardinals
The Cardinals mock draft will do them first. So with their first pick, I decided to trade down
and the reason why I decided to trade down was
Instead of me taking that fourth pick
I would I would just trade I decided to trade down
Which then allowed me to acquire more picks
Which you know you always want more picks and so with the 12th pick I decided to draft uh, roma dunce
The next pick I decided to draft uh, johnny newton defensive tackle illinois with the next pick
I decided to draft dairies robison edge from mazoub
The next next pick I decided to draft ronardo green
After that dominate paul and then the final pick. I drafted brand new rice
And and here is the sweet spot folks
I have the jets second round pick
Cincinnati's third round pick and cleavings third round pick and kansas city third round pick
That's great. And the reason why I say that is because you could use those picks
for for a future trade for uh for a player or
You could use those picks to get back into the first round if you want to see
It's it's those. It's these types of situations where you sort of have to
have to
You sort of have to
Be experimental and the reason why I say that is because it's it wasn't it wasn't that big of a drop
Going from four to 12. It's not that big
It's it's just not now if I was
Going from the fourth pick of the draft to the 22nd pick of the draft
Then it's like okay
That's
That's a lot
That that's that that is a big
Big big move that means that you are confident that the player that you have
That you want is going to be available when it gets to the 22nd pick
um
Just you know briefly go over these players
Johnny newton one of the best uh defensive tackles in this upcoming draft class he
He fondre sweat byron murphy and mason smith
Are sort of the creme de la creme for defensive tackles. Um
I know not a lot of people are talking about uh mason smith as much, but they definitely should um
Simply because his athleticism is very scary very scary in a good way
Let me let me they put that out there because when they say scary some people are like oh, it could be a bad thing
No, it's a good thing. Trust me. It's a good thing
Um, the best way I can put it and steal his fans. You know
We know step on to it
Step on to it is is is a lot of people's comp for mason smith
If you don't know who step on to it is go on youtube look at look up step on to it
He's probably sacked your quarterback in the past. That's all i'm gonna say now moving on
Moving on to the ravens. Um, I decided to just keep things traditional with them
And so with their 30th pick I decided to draft derrius robinson
Uh edge from missouri with their second pick. I decided to draft ricky
Piersall my receiver from florida and with their third pick. I decided to draft dorian taylor demerson
Now this is what I will say
Ricky pierce all is a sleeper of a pick and the reason why I say that is because
His skill set is very good very good. He has great footwork
He has great hands can create separation. He's a great slot option
Um, I wouldn't be surprised if if a team tries to have him playing on the outside as well
Um, I I do know there has been a recent video of him emerging
with him
Practicing with both jaylen waddle and tyree kill
So if he's practicing with the both of them who you know by all means a lot of people say that they are
The best receivers and probably the best um route runners in the league then you know
That's something that's something you you got to look out for
Um, but moving on to the jaguars. This is my favorite one. Even though I'm not a jaguar fan not pitchburn stevens all day
um with their 17th pick I decided to
draft jc latham tackle from alabama
I decided to trade down from their
Uh with their second round pick and raffer nardo green their third pick
I drafted brandon rice receiver from usc their fourth pick mason smith just went over him
You can just roll back a few probably about maybe a few minutes or so and you know
You can listen to my account for him brandon colman gar from tcu and then their final pick luke mccaffrey now
Not a lot of people are talking about luke mccaffrey. Um, which they should be simply because
He is a very versatile chess piece
and the reason why I say that is because
He can sort of do the same things that his brother can do
From lining up in the slot to
You know, he could probably double as a running back. He can basically do it all
Um, luke luke mccaffrey on the right team in the right situation
He can probably be just as effective as christian mccaffrey and I know, you know, oh
You can't really say that because you know two different players and two different skill sets
No
No, the mccaffrey's if you if you've ever looked at their father and then christian mccaffrey and now luke mccaffrey
All of them have shown versatility. That is like the number one thing that they have is versatility and it's it's it is amazing to see it
Um, but now let's get to the part where not a lot of people are gonna want to listen to but
I'm going to like it simply because I love talking about other people's teams
Now we're going to do a new segment and we'll probably do it. Um, probably during the season as well
Open door closing doors shut
Okay
So open door closing door shut door is basically
The three categories in which your team
Your team where I think your team would will be would fall in
Uh, trying to compete for a championship now for the open doors
For the players. I mean for the teams who you know, they still have a chance to to win a super bowl within the next
Uh, two to the five years. I would probably say it is, you know, the usuals
Ravens chiefs Niners Eagles Rams and Lions and the reason why I put the Lions there is because
their their team is still relatively young
and so
Yes, they do have, you know players that they're going to have to pay soon
But their window is still very much open very much open
When you look at the when you look at the the the division
The only teams that they would probably have to worry about is Green Bay and possibly
um
Possibly the Vikings if if the Vikings draft a quarterback if they get, you know, either Jay-Z, McCarthy or Michael Pennix or
Whoa, what whatever quarterback if they can if they can do it
If they can do it
Then, you know, they they can be a problem as well
But for right now the Lions are the top dog in that division right now
Um, their roster is just so
It's amazing right now. They're in and that's such a beautiful place right now. They have the receiver core
They have the running backs. They have the tight ends. They have the quarterback
Even on the defense the defense they even upgraded certain pieces on the defense
So they're in a very great place. They really are
Um
Now when we get to the Rams the reason why I put the Rams in there even though. Yes, they did lose
Um, Aaron Donald, you know to to retirement
That team is still dangerous and the reason why I say they're still dangerous is because
They still have Sean McFay. They still have Matt Stafford. They still have Cooper cup. They still have Pook in the cooler
teams
and I well not teams, but
There were a lot of people that were riding off the Rams
Last season everyone was thinking, you know post post Super Bowl, they're not gonna go anywhere
They're not gonna do anything. They're just gonna fly. They're just, you know, gonna gonna gonna be forgotten and whatnot. No
They were in it. They were in it to the end. They could have easily
Really made, you know a deep push within the playoffs and they probably will this year. Um,
They are a team who consistently shows that they don't need, you know, all of their picks to be successful
They don't they have shown that, you know, we can go a few years without a first round pick
And still draft very high, you know caliber players and they've done it case and point Pook in the cooler
I mean they they drafted Pooka
So what what what else there to talk about now as we get to the other three teams
It's going to get a little bit trickier. Now with the Niners
The problem with with the Niners is yes, their door is open
But to a certain extent and the reason why I say that is because now they're starting to hit a point where
They're losing players
Be for uh because of cap reasons, right?
You're they literally had to release Eric Armstead
Um, and pretty soon, you know, if if they don't win this this year
They're probably gonna have to release more players
They have a lot of big contracts on their books. They got Nick Bolsas contract
Grave digger aka Javon hard grave if you don't know
Debo Samuel you have Trent Williams. You have christian mccaffey's contract. You got George kills contracts
You have a lot of you got Fred Warner's contract. You got a lot of big contracts on your books
And you know that can only get you so much. I only get you, you know to to a certain point
Okay, you have to win
You have to win in order to justify all the moves that they made to build this team to where it is
You have to because if they don't win a Super Bowl within the next two two to five years
People are gonna fall people are gonna put them in the same category as the bills
And we all know
We all know
What happened with the bills if you don't know there's a documentary on hulu and espn plus that you can watch
And it will explain everything for you for you. Sorry bills. I'm so sorry
but um, but with the ravens the ravens are in a very unique position only because
um, they don't have a whole lot of holes
To to really patch up on their um on their team
But at the same time they would like to sort of win a Super Bowl now
Rather than, you know, try to retool and you know go through sort of a very soft rebuild and whatnot
um
And even then I I could probably make a case that you know
They could probably address a lot of their needs in this draft and then post draft
They could the ravens have showed time and time again now before I finish my statement
um
I am not a ravens fan. I will never be a ravens fan
But this is probably the only compliment that I will give for the ravens
um
They have hit on their draft picks
draft picks that you know people wouldn't expect they have hit
They have they've done a very good job in drafting and um, you know
Addressing other needs and free agency. You know post draft. They've done a very good job at it. So
kudos to them now moving on from the ravens because I want to keep this is in the raven show. This is
football's junkies now when we get to closing teams that you know, they're they're Super Bowl chances
um are closing
It's the Cowboys dolphins bills bangles and browns
now
You're probably wondering Cowboys. We're always going to make it to the Super Bowl. It's always our year. No, it's not
No, it's not it has not been y'all year since 95
Okay, it hasn't you guys keep on saying every single year. It's our year. No, it's not it's it. Please stop
Please go get some help
um, the reason why their their door is closing at this point is simply because
They have to they they have too many too many players who you know are going to be asking for big money
And on top of that their coach is is is in the hot seat
I don't care what anyone says
Mike McCarthy mark my words on this day at 150 at 153 on a friday
Mark my words. Mike McCarthy is in the hot seat. He has to show up
And if he doesn't Jerry is going to fire him before Thanksgiving. He is simply because
the team
Has not really done anything. They've been stagnant
And with the talent that they have on on both sides of the ball you would think oh man
These guys could potentially make it to the nsc championship. They don't they fold
They fold every single year when the lights get bright. They say nope turn off those lights
That's what they do
and so
When you have situations where you know, there are reports coming out that potentially cd land might set out
When you have conflicting reports about Michael Parsons when you have reports about that presscott, you know, basically
They're saying that they're not going to
um, you know open up contract talks with him
That can that that can muddy things up
that can
And you know not to mention the defense alone
The defense has a lot of holes
And so they're in a position where their draft picks have to hit
Each of their draft picks has to hit if those draft picks do not hit
They are not going to go anywhere. They're just not and you would think they would you know be able to
To be super competitive with with the vision that uh, the vision that they have no not really
They still fold
Every single year may still fold but moving on
to the dolphins
Yes
the dolphins reason why I say the dolphins um
door is closing is simply because
they
They did not prepare for for the long term. They just prepared for the moment
um
And this this will probably be a bigger discussion, you know with with guest and whatnot
The problem with you know acquiring a bunch of players in a very small period of time is that
When when it when it comes to those large cap hits
They're going to hit you back to back to back to back to back and so when that happens
It's going to put you in a position where you know, you're going to have to make some tough decisions
Somebody's going to have to go someone's going to have to get the axe
And so what you saw this offseason even though the offseason still isn't over with
They had to let go of xavion Howard. They had to let go of the ron baker
And they've had to sort of restructure a few people's contracts
And so what you're seeing is
um
A team who basically they have to win they're in a win now situation
And if they don't win now, that's it
That's it. They're going to have to start, you know
off offloading people's contracts and possibly releasing certain players
They they just have to do that not to mention they're in active contract talks right now with Tula. So it's you know
There there's they have this one plate
And they can only fit so much on this one plate and whatever they can't fit on that one plate well then
Hey, oh well not to mention a lot of their draft picks lately really have been hitting
So it it'll be one thing if you know if they lose if they lose a high end player
But they drafted a player to be their replacement and they're still and and the player that they drafted is playing high
Then it's like, okay, cool. We're fine
But if you but if your draft picks have not been hitting like how they haven't been hitting for them
That's not good and then not to mention coming down the pipeline
Jaylen Phillips is gonna is gonna want to get paid
Javon Hollins going to get paid and Jaylen waddle is going to get paid
And out of those three Jaylen waddles probably gonna get paid and that's not gonna be you know, no chump change
That's gonna be some big boy money. That's gonna be another bag alert
um, but moving on um
The bills bangles and browns now with those three teams the problem with with those three teams is
With the bills and bangles what what their problem is their defenses have aged
They've aged so much and that the
Really um in the return rate that uh for for draft picks. It hasn't even really been that good
okay
not to mention
If if if we can be real here, they've lost a lot
They've lost a lot on on both sides of of the ball
um, the bangles alone
They've lost half of the half of the defensive players that they acquired in in free agency
And you know, their draft picks really haven't been hitting like that either
And on top of that they still don't have offense in line
And on top of that
Joe burrow, I mean even though yes by some he is considered an elite quarterback
He just hasn't been available
He hasn't and that is that is the number one thing
That you need in order to win a championship
You need your quarterback to be available and he has been available lately a lot of that can be
Attested to you know, the bangles decision not to draft, you know, offensive linemen high compared to drafting, you know
Players that he probably played with but I mean, you know, that that's that's another story for another day
Now with the bills on the other hand
The bills lost that fun digs
and so
Now you're you know, the the question is how how is this bill's offense going to move?
What's going to be the difference maker?
Who's gonna who's gonna be the person that's gonna step up and go be like, okay?
I'm I'm gonna be the head honcho. Who's gonna be that person?
Because that person needs to be identified now
Because if it's not it's gonna be rocky for them
It is the AFC is only going to get better and better and more difficult
It is it's not a cakewalk. It's not like the nfc. No, it's gonna get worse
It is it's gonna get worse for a lot of teams
But moving on with the Browns, it's tough for them
It's tough for them only because
They have to win now to justify the Deshaun Watson trade
and the reason why is because
Deshaun Watson is the only player to have a fully guaranteed contract
I want to say that again a fully guaranteed contract
That means you if you cut them if you trade them
Do whatever you want
He's still going to get that money
all of that money
And so they're in a position where they have to win they're in a win-down situation
They have to um
They they just have so many, you know, they they have so many
Great players on that team that you would think by now. Okay, they can you know, they might be able to do something. Nope
Not at all
When you have a top five offensive line when you have a top five
Running back when you have one of the best route running
Receivers you traded for Jerry Judy. You got david and joku
That's just on the offense then on the defense. You got Miles Garrett on one side
You got Zadaria Smith on the other side. You got that crazy secondary
You have it
So what is not clicking?
What is not clicking cleveland?
Flick the switch
Is this is the switch that flick it you got to flick it?
um
Now do I think any of these teams could possibly, you know, make make it to the Super Bowl in the next two two to five years
I
would probably say possibly
Maybe the bills either the bills or the bangles, but that only depends on how they do in the draft and how they do
um, you know, if they make any crazy trades or anything like that now
For the teams whose window is shut. I'm talking about it is closed
But the locks on it. Don't even look at it. It is the Chargers. Unfortunately, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers
Um, it is the Saints buccaneers and jets now you're probably wondering. Well, the jets have a very wrong group
Doesn't matter. It doesn't matter their window
Is shut at this point simply because for one they have too many holes that that they have not addressed properly in free agency
And on top of that, I will not be surprised if they are a team that tries to trade down or try to do something stupid
Instead of addressing very important needs for this team
You have an offensive coordinator who is basically buddy buddy with the quarterback
and you have
A a coach who right now
Is in a very very very hot hot hot
I'm talking about the hottest of the hot seat right now
And he has to show something and if he doesn't
He's going to get fired before thanksgiving
he is
If any if you if you guys don't know anything about that jets owner that jets owner is impulsive
he is very impulsive
And he will make a move, you know when when nobody would release expected
If you don't believe me look at the past. Um, now when we look at the Chargers
The Charger situation is a little bit difficult only because
They have a new head coach and so
um
This sort of tarnate this we we have to it's sort of a wait and see type of situation
Only to know if you know if they're going to move forward or are they going to continue to regress
um
That's all I'll say about that now with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, that's right. Pittsburgh Steelers. I had to talk about Pittsburgh Steelers
um
they are in a
Weird situation as well simply because
Yes, they have quarterbacks on the team, but they don't have a long term answer for a quarterback
You don't
um, you have a lot of holes on the team
And on top of that you have a lot of people that are never any that are looking for a back
So
You have all these different type of things on top of you need your picks to hit
I can make a case right now and I'm not saying this
You know out of biasness, you know because I'm a Steelers fan, but I'm just being completely transparent and completely honest here
The Steelers draft picks this year. They have to hit like how they hit last draft
They have to that's the position that they're in right now
And if they don't hit especially those first three picks
It's it's a very tricky situation not to mention
When you have the owner who has basically sort of you know put
Put the fire under Mike Tomlin and basically say hey listen. I'm tired of losing
I'm tired of not being in the playoffs
We need to win we need to win some playoff games when you have that in you know and other factors as well
That can that that that can definitely
You know muddy things up honestly and then with the Saints the Saints and buccaneers
They're in a very they're in a they're in a weird situation as well
only because one team
Isn't prepared for the future case in point the Saints. They're just not prepared
they
They thought Derek Carr would be the answer, but he's not being the answer and so what you're seeing is a lot of those players
It's it's it's just not clicking
It's not and the reason why I say that is because they have an older roster and so those players
Why those players they're not going to want to pay cuts and restructures and whatnot every single year
At some point somebody's going to say hey listen. I've been doing this for like the past five or six years
It hasn't gotten us anywhere
So I'm not taking a pay cut and they'll probably get released
um
You got players like Michael Thomas who ever since he got his deal. What has he done?
nothing
Nothing nothing not a vilp nothing
um
I mean the only bright spot is what Alvin Camara and chris alive
That's probably the only bright spot
And even then you can probably trade Alvin Camara and probably get some good compensation for it
Um, I know I definitely did see a few articles swirling around that march on ladder board would be
available for trade
This off season for the right price. So I mean
They they just they they have to start from the bottom. They they they're trying to avoid the inevitable
But everybody has to go through a rebuild everybody
Even the pittsburgh sealers
Bucking ears. They have an older roster as well
Um, they still have a lot of players who are from that super bowl team
And this will probably be their you know, their their last year before they you know hanging up in in whatnot
so the problem the problem with
With the teams who are in the closing and shut and even in the open
It is is that things could change instantly
Things could change so quickly if they hit on their draft picks if they you know make a crazy trade or
Whatever the case may be things can change
now
Am I saying am I saying there are some teams that are in a better position than others? Yes
of course
But to say that you know a team like the bills
Or the dolphins or the saints or the Steelers are in a position where you know
They're when now more they can do it. They can do it. No, it's it's going to be difficult for them
it they would have to have
The perfect offseason. I'm talking about draft picks hit
They signed the free agents that you know that nobody will least expect
They would have to have almost a borderline perfect season
Just everything everything would just have to be
Almost sort of a Cinderella sx type of season. That's the only way this works
But I'm going to end this I'm going to end this right now because I'm going to do is just going to continue to jumble
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