Double back alert double back alert double back alert double back alert folks. That's right to
Notable players got paid brand now you trade talk Coral and son and dare your slate and wanting deals and
and the villain of
The NFL foil once again from getting a potential head coaching job
We're gonna talk about all of this on the fourth episode of the football chunkies podcast. I am your host, Mikhail
Let's get it. All right, folks. So
If you don't know and if you haven't heard the news
Eagles receiver Devontae Smith has inked a three-year 75 million dollar deal of 51 million of that is guaranteed
33.9 of that money is guaranteed at signing
Which on average he will be making about 25 million a year now
Quick points for Devontae Smith so far. He has had two 1,000 yards
See 1,000 yard receiving seasons
He's been targeted over a hundred times since entering into the league and according to next-gen stats
He had a 72.32 cash percentage
Last season so you're talking about a player who is productive and
Has a very pivotal role within the Eagles offense when defenses want to try the double team
AJ Brown who who's the main person that's going to get open Devontae Smith and so
You know, this this isn't a long-term deal. This is a you know a deal for basically
Three years, you know, that's that that's not really bad by the time that deal was over with
He'll still be in his prime which then he can be up and get another contract
Which you know always want players to get paid now for the other person who got a bag alert
defensive tackle the forest Buckner for the Colts
Signed a two-year 46 million dollar
extension with the 18 million dollar signing bonus which makes him the fifth highest paid defensive tackle in the league right now now
Since 2017 he has created 44 sacks when lined up at defensive tackle
Which is the fourth most in the NFL according to ESPN's analytics and NFL next-gen stats
Also since 2020 he has the fourth highest double team rate as defensive tackle at 65%
When you talk about a player who has been productive since leaving the 49ers
It's the forest buck the forest Buckner has continued to show
Why he is a top five defensive tackle in the league even when he's getting double double team and triple team
He is still getting to the quarterback folks still getting to the quarterback and he is the anchor for that defensive line
Honestly speaking here doesn't have a whole lot of talent. I mean they do have quity paid
But really haven't seen a whole lot of production with him lately. Maybe a change. I don't know. I'm not a magician
But um, you know congrats to the both of them on receiving a bag alert now
Let's get to some trade talk folks because there is a particular player that a lot of people have been talking about
And there's been a lot of conflicting reports
Most of them have been false reports some of them have been credible pores, but we're gonna deep we're gonna deep dive into it now
49ers receiver Brandon IEWIC
Right now is in contract talks with the 49ers and in doing so
Things are starting to look a little bit murky now
Apparently there have been reports coming out that the Steelers have been the main
Team that has been very persistent in trying to make a trade of for brand now you now
We're gonna have to
Dissect this like a surgeon. So I already have my knife already have my scalpel. Let's get into it. So with Brandon IEWIC
He plays a very pivotal role on the 49ers offense has been very very very productive
Within the last two years. He had a 71.43 catch percentage last season a hundred and five targets
He has two one thousand yard seasons in the last two years and his market value right now would be a four-year
99.8 million dollar deal, which would make him the fifth highest pay receiver. However
With the with the situation that the 49ers are in right now
They probably won't be able to pay that type of money to a Brandon IEWIC
Simply because they have all of these big contracts on their books
Right and so when you when you are a playoff caliber team like the 49ers
somebody is gonna have to get the low end of the totem pole, right and
Sometimes, you know, they'll they'll try to attempt to maybe try to add more money
But at the end of the day the player, you know, ultimately makes a decision on if he wants to sign the deal or not sign the deal now
With that being said
We we have to be honest here folks
Brandon IEWIC is in a situation right now where he cannot demand
more money than Deebo Samuel and the reason why I say that is because
You he isn't better than Deebo Samuel
He's just not I'm sorry. I don't care what anyone says Brandon IEWIC is not better than Deebo Samuel
Even even when a hurt Deebo Samuel is still more productive and still more dangerous
than Brandon IEWIC, okay, not to mention Brandon IEWIC is in a situation where
you have two choices and
One of these choices, you know, it the other one is it's gonna be a sacrifice basically
Either you take less and you stay on the team that you're on and then you go possibly win a Super Bowl and then, you know
Maybe maybe they'll they'll be in a situation where they could probably, you know, tack more money onto his deal
Or they can be in a situation where you know
He leverages his way out and he gets traded to a crappy team
But he gets the bag and the 49ers win the Super Bowl
Those are the two extremes at this point because whether whether we want to admit it or not and
This is that this is the God and honest truth here
It's gonna look weird for Brandon IEWIC to be making more money than what Deebo Samuel was making
Even though Deebo Samuel is the guy in the receiving room. That's gonna look weird
That's gonna cause friction within the locker room, which
Ultimately, you know, Deebo Samuel might might ask for trades and or my ask for more money
Tackle his contract simply because hey y'all just pay him that much money and I know he's not better than me
So that's sort of the the line that the 49ers
You know are sort of teetering on at this point and it also doesn't help that
You know, there are teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers, unfortunately and the Buffalo Bills who need a
who need a receiver and so, you know, it's it's a very it's a very
Sensitive situation only because if you trade for someone like a Brandon IEWIC
You're gonna have to make them top five highest pay. He's not gonna want to you know
Maybe we'll talk about at the end of the season. No, he wants his money up front. He wants to talk about money
He wants to stand on business. That's what he want to do. He wants stand on business and
Sometimes when you stand on business it comes it comes with a price and sometimes that price is
You get shipped to a crappy team. That's not gonna go to the playoffs
That's going through rebuild and now, you know, although you you got paid
You're not gonna go anywhere
Meanwhile, your other team, you know, they could possibly win a Super Bowl. They could you know
Go on a run and win two Super Bowl three Super Bowl's whatever the case may be
So that is the the the problem in this situation because
You know, if you're a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers, why would you trade for someone like a Brandon IEWIC?
especially when the receiver class is as
Diverse and as big as as it is
That doesn't make any sense
Especially when you have, you know, very pressing needs on both sides of the ball
You don't even have a starting center on the team right now and to any person that says
Well, not here we could could play center. No
No, we can't because if he if he was to play center, he should have started playing center
late last season or
Better yet, they shouldn't have just cut Mason Cole. They should have just kept Mason Cole for another year
Drafted a center so then they can just sit under him and learn from him and then you make the transition
Instead of being in a situation where now you have this pressing need at center and you haven't you haven't even
Brought in a death piece. You haven't even signed anybody for a center. You haven't
Meanwhile, you have players like a Brian Allen, a Connor Williams
And you know, there's there's probably a few other centers that you could possibly sign right now and that could you know, that's another
That's another position that you really don't have to worry about as much
But making a trade for Brandon IEWIC. You already know the 49ers are gonna want a first round pick
They're gonna want your first round pick and you need your first round pick. It'll be different
If a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers if they didn't have as many holes on their team
If they didn't have as many holes on their team, then it's like, okay, cool
You can make this trade, you know, see what happens
If you make it to play off school if you don't whatever this is but this is another draft
Where again your first four picks have to hit
They have to be starters and they have to be productive starters and if they're not that's gonna set the team back another year
another two or three years if we're being real here
so
Trying to be this, you know super aggressive team that's trying to go after receiver who is about to get his first contract
That's redundant
It is it'll be different if Brandon IEWIC had already had his first deal
He's looking for a second one or he's looking to tacked on more guaranteed money with his first deal
Then it's like, okay, cool. You can make that type of move
You know, you know lower the cap hit and create more cap and you know, what whatever else may be
but he's looking for money and
You already have players that pretty soon you're gonna have to pay so what does that look like you shelling all
Of that money to Brandon IEWIC when pretty soon you're gonna have to pay nausea Harris
You're gonna have to pay Pat farm move. You're gonna have to pay Jayla Warren
You're gonna have to pay George Pickens soon
You have to figure out what you have what you're gonna do with Cameron Haver
You have to figure out what you're gonna do with a landing Roberts
You got to figure out what you got to do with
Cameron Haver and you got to figure out what you're gonna do with TJ Y
That's almost eight players right there that you have to figure out what are you going to do?
Are you gonna pay them or you extend them or you trade them or you cut them?
Are you gonna just let them walk and let them test free agency?
Those are the decisions that you have to make not to mention you also have to figure out what you're gonna do with James Daniels
Because pretty soon he is gonna be free age as well and Isaac see a mallow
So you have all of these pressing needs that you know to some fans is like, you know
Though dressing when they address them. No
Making a type of move like this
Could literally mean
Well, not a life or death situation, but it can literally mean either your team makes a crazy run and goes to the AFC championship
maybe even a Super Bowl or
it flops and now you're basically 25 to
30 million dollars in a hole with it with a receiver and now you're probably gonna have to let a
Productive player walk
That's the situation it is and so
For all the fans for all the fellow junkies out there who say, you know, they're their particular team should go after
Someone like a brand-new. I want you to look. I want you to look up his his value
I want you to look at his mark his market value as I said earlier on to this podcast
But I'm gonna say this again according to spot rack
His market value right now would be a four year
99.8 million dollar deal. That's almost 25 million dollars a year. He would be the fifth highest paid receiver
That's a lot of money
that's a lot of money and
You you would be
You know in a in a category with receivers such as the Monte Adams Tyreek Hill AJ Brown
DK Metcalf Cooper Cup. Can you honestly speaking?
Say that Brandon IE is better than a Cooper Cup a DK Metcalf
A AJ Brown a Tyreek Hill or the Monte Adams. Can you really say that?
I can't even on their worst seasons. They can have a bad
Well, I'm talking about just a horrible season
they can still put up more numbers than what Brandon IE could do and
You know for for anybody out there. I don't want to make it seem like I'm a brand-new care
I'm always pro player, you know getting getting paid and whatnot, but to a certain extent
When when you are trying to get paid there was a way that you have to move in
order to get in order to secure the bag you can't just you know
Sort of have a temper tantrum like how Brandon IU gets having right now
Thinking that you know, it's gonna speed up the process. It's not it's not you unfollowing the 49ers
You deleting all the pictures that you have on your Instagram and other social media accounts
You may be taking 49ers out of your bio. That is not gonna make them move any faster
It is not honestly speaking it might actually make them rethink their decision
It may be rescind the offer that they currently have on the table. So
You have to be careful
Because if you don't be careful, they will ship you to a team and will not think twice about it
Nothing twice about it. They won't factor in, you know, how you may feel about it or whatnot. They'll just ship you off
Nothing twice about it. They don't care the the compensation one not they just want you gone
And it doesn't help again that this is a big receiver class
So I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle Shanahan probably had a conversation with John Lynch and probably said man forget him
Listen, there's about two or three receivers right now that I'm looking at right now
That could probably just as or maybe even more productive than what Brandon I you it has ever been
Those are the conversations that are that have probably been had
Leading up to the draft. So I say all that to say this brand I you it. I do hope you get paid
Pittsburgh Steelers
Don't make this move
You're on a you're on the right track. Well, sort of you're sort of on the right track. Don't derail it for one player
But moving on to Cortland Sutton also wanting a deal as well. So
With Coral and Sutton, it's a little bit more
complex
Simply because he is a older receiver and he has about two years
27.6 million dollars left on his deal now before I go any further when when when you hear that you're thinking
Oh, what is he really complaining about? He still has money left on his deal
No, he doesn't
however
2 million of his of his 2024 salary is fully guaranteed while the remaining 25 isn't
So what that means is he is guaranteed 2 million
For the you know for fully guaranteed for this year's salary, but the 25 million
He's not guaranteed that at all
So what he is trying to do is he's trying to read up on guaranteed money now
If you've never really looked into, you know, NFL player contracts when you know when the news break of you know
Any person signing a crazy deal you have to look at the guarantees
Because the guarantees
That is the money that they are guaranteed to get the minute that they signed their name on that piece of paper
That is the money that is guaranteed to them whether they are whether they play do not play injured
Whatever the case may be they are injured the money that is not guaranteed
That is the money that a lot of times are you know that are pushed sort of like to the back end of the contract
Most of times they can be incentivized sometimes are not incentivized
It just all depends on the on the structure of the contract now with that being said
Coral and son has had has only had one one thousand yard of receiving season
He has seven hundred and seventy two receiving yards last season
He had ninety targets last season and he had a sixty five point fifty six cash percentage
Now I understand the move right now. However
It doesn't favor you again simply because this is a big receiver class and
You are an older receiver
It'll be different if you was still like someone in your prime if he was about maybe 25 26 maybe 27 years old
Then it's like okay cool. You're great
but you're entering out of your prime and
so
You know that can that can make a GM a little bit hesitant on wanting to give you a long-term deal simply because
They don't know how you know how how much how many years you have left
You know of great production left because at some point you're gonna hit that you're gonna hit that point where
You know your production is just gonna fall it's gonna plummet and then that'll be the point where you're probably gonna walk away
And all that different type of stuff so you have to factor in all those different type of things now
The problem with the receiver market is that there is a bunch of receivers. We're all looking to get paid
Okay, you have Justin Jefferson that pretty soon you're gonna have to he's gonna have to get paid CD Lam's gonna have to get paid
Brand I ui Coral and Sutton like we're talking about right now and Darius late
That's five receivers right there that are looking to get paid
now
Some of them are gonna get paid some of them are not gonna get paid some of them are gonna get big money
Some of them are gonna get small money
It just all depends on where you know on how the chips fall honestly and so
At this point at this juncture Coral and Sutton
The best option is probably to want to get traded
Because I don't think the Broncos are gonna want to pay him the type of money
That he probably wants especially
Especially when they when they have to eat
89 million dollar dead cap hit with Russell Wilson. I don't think they're gonna want to do that. I
Just don't personally, but you know, I could be wrong
Again, you know for him. Hopefully he you know, he gets paid well
If he doesn't, you know, you can get traded there. There's a few teams that do need a receiver
You know, I mean, you know, you you were productive, you know with I mean with a quarterback last year
So, you know
You could you know, maybe come to the Pittsburgh Steelers, maybe, you know
Listen Coral in Coral in if you're listening to this come to the Pittsburgh Steelers come to the Pittsburgh Steelers
Come on. Follow
Russell Wilson, come on. Just follow
Follow him, please. Please follow him. Please for this moment
Please as a fan as a podcaster, please Coral and Sutton
Come to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Omar get on the phone and get this man
I need the con artist to get this man
Please Adam a few more a few more maybe about two more years on the remaining part of his deal
Little bit more money. Boom. We in there like swimwear now moving on to Daria Slayton. This is a
Really more complex situation simply because of where the Giants are positioned in the draft
So Daria Slayton if you happen if you happen to not know
I'm signed a two-year 12.2 million dollar deal last season in his due about 6.2 million in his final year
And so with that being said he is not attending and
voluntarily
Workouts, which you know if he did he would receive a 350,000 dollar bonus
Let's be honest here folks him getting paid
He simply relies on what the Giants are going to do in the draft now
You're probably thinking well that doesn't really that shouldn't dictate on if you get on if he gets paid or not
Yes, it does
simply because the Giants have a high draft pick and a lot of mock drafts have been mocking them to get
Someone like a Malik neighbors aroma, Dunes a
A Brian Thomas one of those you know high-end receivers
Whereas there's also mocks that are also saying that they might get a quarterback as well
So they're in a situation where depending on what they do in the draft will dictate
You know someone like a Daria Slayton getting paid
Now and I don't want to seem like I'm talking, you know out of the side of my mouth
The problem with this situation is you wanting to get paid
But the Giants didn't even pay say quine and say quine was the was the the heart and soul of the offense
They even pay him
So I mean if we being real here honestly speaking here if I could have a one-on-one conversation with what Daria Slayton
I would say bro if it was me personally
I would just play the the the rest of the season out and then just be a free agent
Because at this point if the organization didn't want to play I mean didn't want to pay there
the the heart and soul to their offense a
player who
Has been the most impactful since Odell Beckham, Jr. Why in the world would they pay you think about it?
Why would they want to pay you they overpaid for?
Daniel Jones overpaying now. They're realizing the mistake that they made why in the world
They want to pay you top dollar Daria Slayton is in a situation where
Honestly speaking here. It's best if you try to see if they if you can work something out
However, if you cannot work something out
You already know you have two options
You can either sit out or you can play and maybe see if you know if you're having a
Crazy, you know a crazy start to the season where you can sort of build up your your draft stock and teams will be
Interested in trading for you and then you get traded to another team midseason
That's the position that you're at right now because if you hold out
The Giants are not going to care. They've already shown that they are
Invested into Jalen height. They already showed that there's already mocks that are continuing to show that they're going to draft a receiver
So honestly speaking here like I said before in the beginning part of the episode
You're probably gonna be one of the players who's going to get the bottom end of the totem pole
That's where you are right now. And so, you know, you have to figure out. Do you?
Do you want to continue to do this or do you want to just you know?
Just try to just try to take a risk on yourself come in work out
You know even even if it means you do workouts by yourself on the sideline
Just do that just do that at that point because you just holding out isn't gonna solve anything because
It just won't I'm sorry. It just will not solve anything now
moving on to
the scathing
Scathing report that came out yesterday about
former New England's New England Patriot head coach Bill Belichick. So our an article came out yesterday
basically detailing
That's Robert Kraft owner of the New England Patriots
I'm sort of intervening in the hiring process for Bill Belichick to be the next head coach for the Atlanta Falcons now
Before we talk about the situation. We have to talk about the history, right? And so few years. Let's go back a few years. So
Bill Belichick is regarded as one of the greatest
head coaches of all time one of the
Most winningest coaches of all time especially in this era
However, the problem with Bill Belichick has always been and this has been documented with books
former interviews with players and whatnot and you know
people that that worked within within the New England Patriots organization is his ego
he is a person that wants control and
You know for the longest time he has had control over the Patriots
He has he has wielded an iron fist with the Patriots for the longest time folks
There there was a period in time where you know
He had this philosophy where he would cut a player two years early than to have them two years late
Did it work a few times? Yes, it did but there were situations where it did backfire and
So when you have a head coach who?
You know
Has has basically put the greatest
Football player of all time and Tom Brady on the spotlight, you know in front of the entire team
That can rub that can rub people the wrong way
His demeanor how he moves how he operates all of these things, you know has rubbed people the wrong way for the longest time
That's why a lot of players who you know who were on those Super Bowl teams when they come out and they talk about you know
How how tough it is to play for Bill Belichick?
They're not saying these things just to create likes and you know create attention
They're doing this because Bill Belichick demands
Um perfection he demands that you do your job for the longest time his his famous saying was do your damn job
That was his saying do your damn job, okay?
and so
Bill Belichick is
At a point in his coaching career where he doesn't have as many opportunities as as what he thought he was because
Not only are you getting the coach in Bill Belichick?
But you're also will be getting the GM of Bill Belichick because while he was you know with the Patriots
He also did have some GM power
Along with being the head coach case in point
Look at the past three or four drafts, you know that the Patriots have had a lot of those players
He's with on from Mack Jones to the kill Harry to a few other notable players
He's with on them and it's been horrible if we're being honest here his last great draft
was probably
Maybe Derek Barmore. I would probably say in Christian Gonzalez though
Those are probably the last two where it's like wow those are like those are really great, you know really good really great drafts
It was only two. It was only two prospects everybody else. It's
It's slim pickings honestly and so when you have a when you have a coach, you know that
Demands that type of control
it can rub GM's the wrong way it really can and
You know for the people that don't realize in order for a team to be successful
your GM and
And your coach they have to be on the same wavelength now
They don't have to be buddy buddy. They don't have to be best friends
They don't have to you know go over each other's houses for you know for Thanksgiving and for the holidays and whatnot
But they but they have to be on the same mindset that we are trying to win a championship
and
Sometimes when you have a coach
Whose presence is as strong as a Bill Belichick
That can rub people the wrong way that can make people not want to work with you honestly speaking here
And it honestly doesn't help that with the recent
Docu series that's come out called the dynasty
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Going back to Bill Belichick
during the coaching hires cycle
Bill Belichick really wasn't getting a whole lot of interviews honestly speaking here
The most notable one that a lot of people were definitely sort of attracted to
Was the Falcons job and the charges job?
There were a lot of people including myself that definitely believed that Bill Belichick was either gonna go to either the Falcons
Chargers or the commanders honestly, but ultimately they decided to go in a different direction
And so here we are now do I personally believe that robbercraft may be maybe probably
Intervened in this, you know in his hiring process. I wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be simply because
Robert Krav really hasn't really hasn't had the best relationship with little Belichick may I remind you ladies and gentlemen
This is the same bill Belichick that tried to trade for that tried to trade Tom Brady
When he was winning
Yes, yes, yes, this is documented. You could you could look him up go on Google see for yourself
there was a point in time where the Patriots had just drafted Jimmy Garoppolo and Bill was
head over heels for Jimmy and so
You know there there were rumbling starting starting to surface that Bill was gonna move on from Tom and
Basically have Jimmy, you know carry, you know carry on the torch and so that that angered Tom to the point where Tom went to
Robert Krav since they have a very close relationship and Robert Krav intervened and Robert Krav basically said you're going to trade Jimmy Garoppolo
I'm telling you I am demanding you as the owner as your boss to trade Jimmy Garoppolo
And we're gonna keep Tom Brady and so since then that has angered
Bill Belichick and he's probably you know kept that and so
You have to tack that on with you know
GM's and teams they don't want a bill Belichick. They don't they don't want someone who?
You know is gonna want is gonna want their hand in every single little thing
They don't want that they want someone who can kill who can coach the team and you know try to to win as many games possible
And ultimately try to compete for a championship. That's what they want. They don't want someone that you know is
You know as a part-time GM and a full-time coach. They don't want that at this point
Now I will make a prediction though I
Truly believe that Bill Belichick will be the next head coach for the Dallas Cowboys
And I say that because the Cowboys are in a situation where they need a strong force
They need a strong presence within that locker room within that organization that is going to
Create order and the only person I know that can create order the best and has consistently showed it
Despite his recent failures is Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick is gonna clean house. He's gonna bring in his people and
Any player that may not you know that may not like him that mean that may feel offended on how he you know moves and operates
And coaches he'll definitely ship them off. No problem. Only things wise about it
Do I think he probably would go anywhere else? Yes
From what I've seen and in various reports
I've seen that he is interested in coaching for not only the Cowboys, but the Giants and the Eagles
Even even in that situation
That's a little bit more
Complex only because with the Eagles all their money is invested into the offense and not a lot of money is invested into the defense
And so, you know with with Jalen Hertz already already showing signs of regression
How much would he regress under a bill Belichick system?
Because a bill Belichick system, you know, it's sort of a run-heavy type of you know situation
And when you have receivers like a J Brown and the Vontae Smith, they're gonna want theirs
So I say all that to say this and this will probably be the last thing that I'll say
Bill Belichick is in a is in a phase where he's trying to rebrand himself trying to make it seem like, you know, I'm
Changed I'm more progressive. You know, I'm willing to
Make changes and change how I you know coaching whatnot for the betterment of the team
TEAM as he said in one interview is that going to change the hearts and minds of GM's?
I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see how the chips fall
After this upcoming season do I think Bill Belichick will be a head coach again? Yes
100% simply because
Despite the ego despite, you know, how people may feel about Bill Belichick as the person you cannot
Deny his coaching his coaching is still intact and his defenses when when they have, you know
Effective players is a still a very dangerous defense. So with that being said, I want to end this episode
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What else what else we'll probably do, you know what I'm gonna do a mock draft. I have I did a mock draft
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