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Bag alert bag alert bag alert bag alert folks Josh Allen got the bag

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We're gonna talk about the draft some of a few a few teams that have a definitely caught my eye and

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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

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Junkies podcast. I'm your host McKell. Let's go. All right folks. So if you don't know

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Defensive end slash outside linebacker patch rusher

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For the Jacksonville Jaguars Josh Allen just got the binks truck folks a five-year

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150 million dollar deal with 88 of that guaranteed now

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This pays the way for them to just focus on trying to resign Trevor Lawrence. It was a great sign

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Definitely very much needed for the Jaguars because it had he left the Jaguars

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Who was to say that that defense would would still be as productive as it has been within the last few years?

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However, we do have to talk about how the patch rusher market as a whole is starting to sort of get out of hand

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and the reason why I say that is because

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You we are now hitting the threshold where players are now making, you know, 25 30 35

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I won't even be surprised close to maybe 40 and you know within the near future and so

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Although yes, you know teams do value patch rushers

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It's hard to decipher if you know if a patch rusher is sort of a generational talent and has consistently shown

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You know growth and has consistently been, you know, one of the you know, the top patch rushers in the league

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Or you know, it was just one great year and you know, they basically capitalize off of it

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So you definitely have to sort of those

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Those type of things that when when we definitely talk about these these bag alerts as I call them

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Now granted he is if I'm not mistaken. He is top five highest paid

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So he's you know, he's bumping elbows or Chris Jones. He's bumping elbows with Miles Gary and TJ

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Why did even Brian burns even Nick Bosa?

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Congratulations to Josh Allen and him getting the bag now that we've gotten over the the bag alert

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Let's talk about what's going on in the league now

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You're probably wondering, you know why there isn't a whole lot of noise

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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

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They're finalizing going to pro days. They're finalizing going to private players who

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Who got injured sort of the later part of the season and who are now just now getting medically cleared

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To participate in football as well as people

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I'm developing their big board and their draft board. So when you you know in in this phase a lot of times

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Teams are not going to be focused on, you know, free agent signings unless it's something, you know

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Out of a dire need then, you know, okay, cool

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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

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It's it's quiet. Yes, but at the same time there is still things going on behind closed doors now

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When we you know, the draft is only a few days. It's only days away. It's not even weeks away

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I think it's only I think it's less than less than two weeks away if I'm not mistaken

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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?

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And who who is there? You know, who is their first pick that they want to choose from and whatnot?

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So it's a lot of activity a lot of motion going on

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Within the league right now, but I decided I wanted to test the waters once again

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Since I am one of the best GM's who is not on the team right now

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I decided to choose three different teams

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Now with these three different teams, I decided to

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Choose them based off of their position

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Within the draft so I chose so I wanted to choose a team that's hiding the draft

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In the middle of the draft and then at the bottom part of draft, okay?

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So the teams that we so the teams that chose were the Arizona Cardinals

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Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens now

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disclaimer right now

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To the fan bases of all three of these teams

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I did not do this out of spite. I did not do this out of malice

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I did not do this because I did not like any of your teams. No, I just did this

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I just choose I just chose y'all

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Simply because I wanted to see how things would we're playing out and they actually playing down pretty good

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I'm actually surprised except for Ravens fans, but who cares about them, right? Nobody does Pittsburgh Steelers all the way

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Moving on

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So when we break things down, you know based off of these three teams, we have to look at their needs

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So for the Cardinals the Cardinals needs our wide receiver edge

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Corner running back interior offensive line Ravens its interior offensive line offensive tackle

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Edge receiver safety and then for the Jaguars its edge

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And tell you about the the results of the monk drafts

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Based off of the the team needs

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I could make a strong case that two of these teams will probably be able to

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While the other is going to have to trade up who's the team is going to have to trade up

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It's the Ravens and the reason why I say that is because

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There is a definite drop in sort of uh, productivity in players. Okay. I mean, you still have a Marius Mems

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You still have your Patrick Paul. You still have your Tyler Gaiens and whatnot

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Maybe a season or two for them to actually get comfortable and to you know

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In in my prediction, and I'm not I'm not a genie. I don't know the the future and whatnot

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You know high up are going to trade down and the reason why I say that is because

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Teams now are going to be focused on

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Quarterbacks and receivers those are the two biggest classes right now that everybody is talking about everybody is obsessed with and so

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What what you have is they're going to be some teams who need a quarterback really bad that are that are

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You know in the lower part of the draft they're going to want to trade up case in point the Vikings for instance

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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

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Really get their quarterback

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Full disclaimer cowboy fans don't hate me. I'm just calling it for what it is the way I see it

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Cowboys are basically in a direction where they have to prepare for the future

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and the reason why I say that is because

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um, I don't think jerry jones is is going to be willing to pay that presscott

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almost 60 million dollars a year

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And we and they haven't gone

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You know to an nmc championship level on the super bowl. I don't think they're going to do that personally

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When and when you look at it

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This is probably the best quarterback class that you're going to have

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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

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Next year you don't even though. Yes, you have

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Shador Sanders and you have quen you were's and you have uh jaylin

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Milrow and and whatnot

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Why do that when you when there is a quarterback that you know, you could definitely

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Have them sit under deck and learn under deck for you know for a season and actually understand things

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Rather than you know to basically just get somebody and then just push them in the fire and say okay figure it out

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A lot of times, you know, they're being put into the fire

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Maybe even two seasons you would see a a difference in production

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Compared to just throwing them into the fire

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Case in point the Packers for instance, right?

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When the Packers drafted Jordan Love

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Everybody was losing their mind. Oh my god. Why would you draft Jordan Love?

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Aaron Rogers is coming off of you know, winning another

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MVP and whatnot

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Sit under Aaron Rogers for a while and learn under him even if Aaron isn't you know,

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Physically like showing him like hey, this is what you're doing this situation. Hey, this is what you're doing that situation

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Hey, this is what you do with this or that

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Whatever the case may be just him being on the field on the bench and absorbing what he's seeing

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You know play after play game after game that goes a long way compared to just saying okay. Yeah

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Forget about Aaron Rogers. Jordan. Love you starting week one

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No, no, and so that is the situation that you have now

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You have you know other teams who for instance, I don't know the saint for instance who right now

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He might have to medically retire because of his knee

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When you have situations like that emerge that can literally shift an entire draft board simply because

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Now you have a position where you may value. Okay. We'll address it, you know in the second or third round

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Now you're going to have to address that in the first round

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I would not be surprised if we see multiple trade ups and trade downs

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um either the night of the draft or before the draft

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I wouldn't be surprised because there are a lot of teams that are not being talked about that have definitely

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Saw a a few prospects that that hate that they probably realized that they're going to have to trade up to get

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Whether that be offensive lineman, whether that be a corner whether it be receiver quarterback, whatever the case may be

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There is a lot of talent a lot of talent

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It is now to some extent it all depends you may have to trade up one or two spots

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You may have to trade up 10 spots. It all depends where you are

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And that is the beauty of the draft now

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Now that we've done past that let's talk about the mock draft result. So

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The Cardinals mock draft will do them first. So with their first pick, I decided to trade down

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I would I would just trade I decided to trade down

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Which then allowed me to acquire more picks

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Which you know you always want more picks and so with the 12th pick I decided to draft uh, roma dunce

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The next pick I decided to draft uh, johnny newton defensive tackle illinois with the next pick

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I decided to draft dairies robison edge from mazoub

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That's great. And the reason why I say that is because you could use those picks

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Going from four to 12. It's not that big

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Big big move that means that you are confident that the player that you have

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Johnny newton one of the best uh defensive tackles in this upcoming draft class he

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He fondre sweat byron murphy and mason smith

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Are sort of the creme de la creme for defensive tackles. Um

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I know not a lot of people are talking about uh mason smith as much, but they definitely should um

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Simply because his athleticism is very scary very scary in a good way

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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

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No, it's a good thing. Trust me. It's a good thing

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Um, the best way I can put it and steal his fans. You know

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We know step on to it

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Step on to it is is is a lot of people's comp for mason smith

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If you don't know who step on to it is go on youtube look at look up step on to it

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He's probably sacked your quarterback in the past. That's all i'm gonna say now moving on

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Moving on to the ravens. Um, I decided to just keep things traditional with them

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Uh edge from missouri with their second pick. I decided to draft ricky

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Piersall my receiver from florida and with their third pick. I decided to draft dorian taylor demerson

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Ricky pierce all is a sleeper of a pick and the reason why I say that is because

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He has great hands can create separation. He's a great slot option

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So if he's practicing with the both of them who you know by all means a lot of people say that they are

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The best receivers and probably the best um route runners in the league then you know

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That's something that's something you you got to look out for

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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

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um with their 17th pick I decided to

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draft jc latham tackle from alabama

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I decided to trade down from their

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Uh with their second round pick and raffer nardo green their third pick

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I drafted brandon rice receiver from usc their fourth pick mason smith just went over him

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You can just roll back a few probably about maybe a few minutes or so and you know

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You can listen to my account for him brandon colman gar from tcu and then their final pick luke mccaffrey now

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Not a lot of people are talking about luke mccaffrey. Um, which they should be simply because

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He is a very versatile chess piece

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and the reason why I say that is because

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He can sort of do the same things that his brother can do

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From lining up in the slot to

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You know, he could probably double as a running back. He can basically do it all

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Um, luke luke mccaffrey on the right team in the right situation

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He can probably be just as effective as christian mccaffrey and I know, you know, oh

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You can't really say that because you know two different players and two different skill sets

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No, the mccaffrey's if you if you've ever looked at their father and then christian mccaffrey and now luke mccaffrey

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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

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Um, but now let's get to the part where not a lot of people are gonna want to listen to but

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I'm going to like it simply because I love talking about other people's teams

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Now we're going to do a new segment and we'll probably do it. Um, probably during the season as well

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Open door closing doors shut

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Okay

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So open door closing door shut door is basically

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The three categories in which your team

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Your team where I think your team would will be would fall in

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Uh, trying to compete for a championship now for the open doors

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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

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Uh, two to the five years. I would probably say it is, you know, the usuals

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Ravens chiefs Niners Eagles Rams and Lions and the reason why I put the Lions there is because

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their their team is still relatively young

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Yes, they do have, you know players that they're going to have to pay soon

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But their window is still very much open very much open

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When you look at the when you look at the the the division

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The only teams that they would probably have to worry about is Green Bay and possibly

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Possibly the Vikings if if the Vikings draft a quarterback if they get, you know, either Jay-Z, McCarthy or Michael Pennix or

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Whoa, what whatever quarterback if they can if they can do it

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If they can do it

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Then, you know, they they can be a problem as well

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But for right now the Lions are the top dog in that division right now

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Um, their roster is just so

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It's amazing right now. They're in and that's such a beautiful place right now. They have the receiver core

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They have the running backs. They have the tight ends. They have the quarterback

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Even on the defense the defense they even upgraded certain pieces on the defense

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So they're in a very great place. They really are

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Now when we get to the Rams the reason why I put the Rams in there even though. Yes, they did lose

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Um, Aaron Donald, you know to to retirement

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That team is still dangerous and the reason why I say they're still dangerous is because

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They still have Sean McFay. They still have Matt Stafford. They still have Cooper cup. They still have Pook in the cooler

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teams

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and I well not teams, but

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There were a lot of people that were riding off the Rams

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Last season everyone was thinking, you know post post Super Bowl, they're not gonna go anywhere

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They're not gonna do anything. They're just gonna fly. They're just, you know, gonna gonna gonna be forgotten and whatnot. No

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They were in it. They were in it to the end. They could have easily

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Really made, you know a deep push within the playoffs and they probably will this year. Um,

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They are a team who consistently shows that they don't need, you know, all of their picks to be successful

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They don't they have shown that, you know, we can go a few years without a first round pick

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And still draft very high, you know caliber players and they've done it case and point Pook in the cooler

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I mean they they drafted Pooka

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So what what what else there to talk about now as we get to the other three teams

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It's going to get a little bit trickier. Now with the Niners

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The problem with with the Niners is yes, their door is open

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But to a certain extent and the reason why I say that is because now they're starting to hit a point where

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They're losing players

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Be for uh because of cap reasons, right?

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You're they literally had to release Eric Armstead

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Um, and pretty soon, you know, if if they don't win this this year

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They're probably gonna have to release more players

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They have a lot of big contracts on their books. They got Nick Bolsas contract

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Grave digger aka Javon hard grave if you don't know

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Debo Samuel you have Trent Williams. You have christian mccaffey's contract. You got George kills contracts

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You have a lot of you got Fred Warner's contract. You got a lot of big contracts on your books

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And you know that can only get you so much. I only get you, you know to to a certain point

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Okay, you have to win

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You have to win in order to justify all the moves that they made to build this team to where it is

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You have to because if they don't win a Super Bowl within the next two two to five years

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People are gonna fall people are gonna put them in the same category as the bills

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And we all know

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We all know

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What happened with the bills if you don't know there's a documentary on hulu and espn plus that you can watch

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And it will explain everything for you for you. Sorry bills. I'm so sorry

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but um, but with the ravens the ravens are in a very unique position only because

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um, they don't have a whole lot of holes

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To to really patch up on their um on their team

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But at the same time they would like to sort of win a Super Bowl now

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Rather than, you know, try to retool and you know go through sort of a very soft rebuild and whatnot

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um

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And even then I I could probably make a case that you know

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They could probably address a lot of their needs in this draft and then post draft

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They could the ravens have showed time and time again now before I finish my statement

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um

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I am not a ravens fan. I will never be a ravens fan

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But this is probably the only compliment that I will give for the ravens

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um

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They have hit on their draft picks

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draft picks that you know people wouldn't expect they have hit

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They have they've done a very good job in drafting and um, you know

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Addressing other needs and free agency. You know post draft. They've done a very good job at it. So

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kudos to them now moving on from the ravens because I want to keep this is in the raven show. This is

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football's junkies now when we get to closing teams that you know, they're they're Super Bowl chances

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um are closing

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It's the Cowboys dolphins bills bangles and browns

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now

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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

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No, it's not it has not been y'all year since 95

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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

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Please go get some help

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um, the reason why their their door is closing at this point is simply because

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They have to they they have too many too many players who you know are going to be asking for big money

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And on top of that their coach is is is in the hot seat

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I don't care what anyone says

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Mike McCarthy mark my words on this day at 150 at 153 on a friday

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Mark my words. Mike McCarthy is in the hot seat. He has to show up

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And if he doesn't Jerry is going to fire him before Thanksgiving. He is simply because

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the team

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Has not really done anything. They've been stagnant

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And with the talent that they have on on both sides of the ball you would think oh man

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These guys could potentially make it to the nsc championship. They don't they fold

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They fold every single year when the lights get bright. They say nope turn off those lights

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That's what they do

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and so

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When you have situations where you know, there are reports coming out that potentially cd land might set out

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When you have conflicting reports about Michael Parsons when you have reports about that presscott, you know, basically

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They're saying that they're not going to

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um, you know open up contract talks with him

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That can that that can muddy things up

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that can

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And you know not to mention the defense alone

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The defense has a lot of holes

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And so they're in a position where their draft picks have to hit

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Each of their draft picks has to hit if those draft picks do not hit

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They are not going to go anywhere. They're just not and you would think they would you know be able to

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To be super competitive with with the vision that uh, the vision that they have no not really

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They still fold

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Every single year may still fold but moving on

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to the dolphins

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Yes

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the dolphins reason why I say the dolphins um

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door is closing is simply because

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they

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They did not prepare for for the long term. They just prepared for the moment

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um

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And this this will probably be a bigger discussion, you know with with guest and whatnot

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The problem with you know acquiring a bunch of players in a very small period of time is that

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When when it when it comes to those large cap hits

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They're going to hit you back to back to back to back to back and so when that happens

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It's going to put you in a position where you know, you're going to have to make some tough decisions

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Somebody's going to have to go someone's going to have to get the axe

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And so what you saw this offseason even though the offseason still isn't over with

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They had to let go of xavion Howard. They had to let go of the ron baker

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And they've had to sort of restructure a few people's contracts

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And so what you're seeing is

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A team who basically they have to win they're in a win now situation

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And if they don't win now, that's it

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That's it. They're going to have to start, you know

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off offloading people's contracts and possibly releasing certain players

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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

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There there's they have this one plate

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And they can only fit so much on this one plate and whatever they can't fit on that one plate well then

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Hey, oh well not to mention a lot of their draft picks lately really have been hitting

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So it it'll be one thing if you know if they lose if they lose a high end player

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But they drafted a player to be their replacement and they're still and and the player that they drafted is playing high

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Then it's like, okay, cool. We're fine

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But if you but if your draft picks have not been hitting like how they haven't been hitting for them

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That's not good and then not to mention coming down the pipeline

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Jaylen Phillips is gonna is gonna want to get paid

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Javon Hollins going to get paid and Jaylen waddle is going to get paid

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And out of those three Jaylen waddles probably gonna get paid and that's not gonna be you know, no chump change

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That's gonna be some big boy money. That's gonna be another bag alert

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um, but moving on um

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The bills bangles and browns now with those three teams the problem with with those three teams is

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With the bills and bangles what what their problem is their defenses have aged

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They've aged so much and that the

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Really um in the return rate that uh for for draft picks. It hasn't even really been that good

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okay

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not to mention

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If if if we can be real here, they've lost a lot

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They've lost a lot on on both sides of of the ball

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um, the bangles alone

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They've lost half of the half of the defensive players that they acquired in in free agency

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And you know, their draft picks really haven't been hitting like that either

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And on top of that they still don't have offense in line

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And on top of that

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Joe burrow, I mean even though yes by some he is considered an elite quarterback

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He just hasn't been available

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He hasn't and that is that is the number one thing

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That you need in order to win a championship

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You need your quarterback to be available and he has been available lately a lot of that can be

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Attested to you know, the bangles decision not to draft, you know, offensive linemen high compared to drafting, you know

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Players that he probably played with but I mean, you know, that that's that's another story for another day

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Now with the bills on the other hand

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The bills lost that fun digs

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and so

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Now you're you know, the the question is how how is this bill's offense going to move?

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What's going to be the difference maker?

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Who's gonna who's gonna be the person that's gonna step up and go be like, okay?

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I'm I'm gonna be the head honcho. Who's gonna be that person?

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Because that person needs to be identified now

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Because if it's not it's gonna be rocky for them

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It is the AFC is only going to get better and better and more difficult

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It is it's not a cakewalk. It's not like the nfc. No, it's gonna get worse

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It is it's gonna get worse for a lot of teams

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But moving on with the Browns, it's tough for them

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It's tough for them only because

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They have to win now to justify the Deshaun Watson trade

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and the reason why is because

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Deshaun Watson is the only player to have a fully guaranteed contract

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I want to say that again a fully guaranteed contract

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That means you if you cut them if you trade them

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Do whatever you want

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He's still going to get that money

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all of that money

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And so they're in a position where they have to win they're in a win-down situation

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They have to um

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They they just have so many, you know, they they have so many

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Great players on that team that you would think by now. Okay, they can you know, they might be able to do something. Nope

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Not at all

454
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,000
Not at all

455
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,640
When you have a top five offensive line when you have a top five

456
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,240
Running back when you have one of the best route running

457
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:05,280
Receivers you traded for Jerry Judy. You got david and joku

458
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,240
That's just on the offense then on the defense. You got Miles Garrett on one side

459
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:14,960
You got Zadaria Smith on the other side. You got that crazy secondary

460
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,920
You have it

461
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,920
So what is not clicking?

462
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,880
What is not clicking cleveland?

463
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:25,920
Flick the switch

464
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,360
Is this is the switch that flick it you got to flick it?

465
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:30,800
um

466
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:37,200
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

467
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,880
I

468
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,880
would probably say possibly

469
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:48,480
Maybe the bills either the bills or the bangles, but that only depends on how they do in the draft and how they do

470
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,400
um, you know, if they make any crazy trades or anything like that now

471
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,360
For the teams whose window is shut. I'm talking about it is closed

472
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:04,880
But the locks on it. Don't even look at it. It is the Chargers. Unfortunately, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers

473
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:11,120
Um, it is the Saints buccaneers and jets now you're probably wondering. Well, the jets have a very wrong group

474
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,320
Doesn't matter. It doesn't matter their window

475
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:22,800
Is shut at this point simply because for one they have too many holes that that they have not addressed properly in free agency

476
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:29,280
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

477
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,720
Instead of addressing very important needs for this team

478
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:37,920
You have an offensive coordinator who is basically buddy buddy with the quarterback

479
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,720
and you have

480
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:43,200
A a coach who right now

481
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,440
Is in a very very very hot hot hot

482
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,800
I'm talking about the hottest of the hot seat right now

483
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,720
And he has to show something and if he doesn't

484
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,000
He's going to get fired before thanksgiving

485
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,080
he is

486
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:06,160
If any if you if you guys don't know anything about that jets owner that jets owner is impulsive

487
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,480
he is very impulsive

488
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:13,120
And he will make a move, you know when when nobody would release expected

489
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:19,040
If you don't believe me look at the past. Um, now when we look at the Chargers

490
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,240
The Charger situation is a little bit difficult only because

491
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,680
They have a new head coach and so

492
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:29,680
um

493
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:34,480
This sort of tarnate this we we have to it's sort of a wait and see type of situation

494
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:40,720
Only to know if you know if they're going to move forward or are they going to continue to regress

495
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,880
um

496
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:49,040
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

497
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:50,960
um

498
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,960
they are in a

499
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,520
Weird situation as well simply because

500
00:36:55,520 --> 00:37:01,520
Yes, they have quarterbacks on the team, but they don't have a long term answer for a quarterback

501
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,280
You don't

502
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,760
um, you have a lot of holes on the team

503
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:11,280
And on top of that you have a lot of people that are never any that are looking for a back

504
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,440
So

505
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,560
You have all these different type of things on top of you need your picks to hit

506
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,120
I can make a case right now and I'm not saying this

507
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:27,520
You know out of biasness, you know because I'm a Steelers fan, but I'm just being completely transparent and completely honest here

508
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:33,200
The Steelers draft picks this year. They have to hit like how they hit last draft

509
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,120
They have to that's the position that they're in right now

510
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,960
And if they don't hit especially those first three picks

511
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,760
It's it's a very tricky situation not to mention

512
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,480
When you have the owner who has basically sort of you know put

513
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:55,680
Put the fire under Mike Tomlin and basically say hey listen. I'm tired of losing

514
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,320
I'm tired of not being in the playoffs

515
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:05,200
We need to win we need to win some playoff games when you have that in you know and other factors as well

516
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,640
That can that that that can definitely

517
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,400
You know muddy things up honestly and then with the Saints the Saints and buccaneers

518
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,480
They're in a very they're in a they're in a weird situation as well

519
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,200
only because one team

520
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,640
Isn't prepared for the future case in point the Saints. They're just not prepared

521
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:28,640
they

522
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:36,560
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

523
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,960
It's it's it's just not clicking

524
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:46,160
It's not and the reason why I say that is because they have an older roster and so those players

525
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,320
Why those players they're not going to want to pay cuts and restructures and whatnot every single year

526
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,840
At some point somebody's going to say hey listen. I've been doing this for like the past five or six years

527
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:00,240
It hasn't gotten us anywhere

528
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,560
So I'm not taking a pay cut and they'll probably get released

529
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,320
um

530
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:09,040
You got players like Michael Thomas who ever since he got his deal. What has he done?

531
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:11,760
nothing

532
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,440
nothing

533
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,720
Nothing nothing not a vilp nothing

534
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,720
um

535
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:22,640
I mean the only bright spot is what Alvin Camara and chris alive

536
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,600
That's probably the only bright spot

537
00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:32,720
And even then you can probably trade Alvin Camara and probably get some good compensation for it

538
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:39,440
Um, I know I definitely did see a few articles swirling around that march on ladder board would be

539
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,240
available for trade

540
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,720
This off season for the right price. So I mean

541
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:51,680
They they just they they have to start from the bottom. They they they're trying to avoid the inevitable

542
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,280
But everybody has to go through a rebuild everybody

543
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,920
Even the pittsburgh sealers

544
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,800
Bucking ears. They have an older roster as well

545
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:05,440
Um, they still have a lot of players who are from that super bowl team

546
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:11,680
And this will probably be their you know, their their last year before they you know hanging up in in whatnot

547
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,560
so the problem the problem with

548
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:19,440
With the teams who are in the closing and shut and even in the open

549
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,880
It is is that things could change instantly

550
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:30,640
Things could change so quickly if they hit on their draft picks if they you know make a crazy trade or

551
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,280
Whatever the case may be things can change

552
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:35,280
now

553
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:40,400
Am I saying am I saying there are some teams that are in a better position than others? Yes

554
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,720
of course

555
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,480
But to say that you know a team like the bills

556
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:51,840
Or the dolphins or the saints or the Steelers are in a position where you know

557
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:57,200
They're when now more they can do it. They can do it. No, it's it's going to be difficult for them

558
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,680
it they would have to have

559
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:05,040
The perfect offseason. I'm talking about draft picks hit

560
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:09,360
They signed the free agents that you know that nobody will least expect

561
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,120
They would have to have almost a borderline perfect season

562
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,160
Just everything everything would just have to be

563
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:22,000
Almost sort of a Cinderella sx type of season. That's the only way this works

564
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,600
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

565
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:34,720
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566
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:43,040
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567
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,360
also

568
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:51,440
Leave a comment leave a comment under there, you know, just if you have a favorite team, let me know

569
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:55,360
I'll do a mock draft for them. I'll talk about them. Throw me some ideas. I'll talk about it

570
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,400
I'll debate with you guys until then folks some more stuff

571
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:15,600
So I can continue to give you guys the fix that you guys need and until then I love you guys peace