Double bag alert. We got another double bag alert. We got another double bag alert folks
Zach Wilson gets traded to the Broncos Jamar Chase PS2 and Michael Parsons get their fifth year option picked up
Trey Hendrickson throwing out retirement
Penae Sue well resend the market and
Amon Ross a brown we're gonna talk about all of this and more on the fifth episode of the football junkies podcast
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Okay, future hall of fame GM. That's not on a team right now. Kale. Let's get it. All right, folks
The day that we have all been waiting for that's right the draft the draft is
Tonight, okay
People are going to get called
Playmakers are gonna be added to teams. The deck is about to change. Oh my god
I cannot tell you how excited I am for the draft tonight, but we didn't come here to talk about the draft not today
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, because we have
Double bag alerts folks. That's right. That's right receiver for the Lions Amon Ross ain't brown
Okay, ain't a four-year
120 million dollar deal
77 million dollars of that is guaranteed and now he is the highest paid receiver in the league right now
Now let's take a look at everything before we you know get into, you know, so celebratory mood. Okay
Amon Ross ain't brown
Since being drafted by the Lions has proven that he is the number one receiver on that team
No matter what anyone says no matter, you know what this analyst or what this former player, you know
May may want to try to debate Amon Ross. Hey brown is that dude?
Okay, he has continued to show
Consistency and he has continued to show up in the biggest moments when his team needs him
Okay, just this past season he had a hundred and nineteen receptions
1,515 yards and 10 touchdowns 10 touchdowns folks. Okay in 2022 he had a hundred and eight receptions
1,161 yards and six touchdowns and in his first season he had 90 receptions
912 yards five touchdowns now granted, you know, it his rookie year, you know, probably wasn't the best by some
But this shows you that he can be a thousand yard reception
double digit touchdown
caliber planer Amon Ross ain't brown is not being talked about as much as a
D. Bo Samuel a Cooper cup of the Vontae Adams a AJ Brown a Tyree kill or a Justin Jefferson
Why I don't know but this dude
He is an elite receiver for him to do the things that he do
Game in and game out is amazing and I'm so so so so happy for him now to the other
Lions player that got the bag
Pena Sue well, that's right. You got to love your offensive linemen
Especially your tackles are right because it tackles makes all your quarterback stays clean. Remember that now
Pena Sue well inked a four-year
112 million dollar deal
85 million of that is guaranteed 42.9 of that is guaranteed at signing which averages
around 28 million a year and he now is the highest paid offensive linemen in NFL history
Leading up to that draft
Where it was Pena Sue well Jamar chase and a few other players
There was a debate going on for specifically the bangles on whether they should have drafted
You know Pena Sue well or Jamar chase and ultimately it ended with the bangles
drafting Joe Burroughs teammate at LSU and Jamar chase and the Lions picking Pena Sue well now
I'm going to try to be as non-biased as I possibly can but since Pena Sue well
Has gotten into the lead you can make a strong case that he has been
The best what one of the best
Right tackles in the lead. He has consistently
consistently showed
Greatness in every single game every single matchup. He is holding his own the best way possible. They've used him
Even in trick plays. I think he's even gotten a first down
I think he got a first down in in one play. He can do it all
Okay, and that is the offensive linemen if we're being real here that the bangles needed now
I want to I want to try to paint a picture in a perfect world
What if the bangles did draft Pena Sue well?
Could we make a case that Joe Burrough probably winning probably wouldn't get hurt as much
Could we make a case that they probably won the Super Bowl when they you know made that run that year?
Who knows we'll never know but it's safe to say that
This is a reason why when you have players like a Pena Sue well, you know coming into the draft
You have to you have to get them especially if it's a need simply because all great offensive linemen
They're hard to find they're super hard to find the Lane Johnson's the Trent Williams the Ronnie Stanley's of the world
those are hard
um players to find in the draft and when you have a draft where you may have one or two of
You know one or two prospects that might be on that level or could get to that level
You have to go and you have to get them you have to you have no choice, but you have to address it because
Teams now are beginning to value the defensive line more. That's why you are beginning to see so many defensive linemen
Players especially pass rushers get paid the amount of money that they get paid
Whether we want to admit it or not folks
Pass rushers are going to continue to get bigger stronger faster and way more athletic
And the only way that you can counter that is if you get a
Perennial great offensive linemen, especially your tackles your tackles they they have to be top tier
Okay guards you can you can interchange guards honestly speaking here, but your tackles
They have to those are your foundational pieces and if you don't invest into your tackles
What's going to happen is your quarterback is going to get hurt more and when they get hurt more
That lessens the chance of you actually making a run to potentially try to win a championship
whether we want to admit or not folks
Um, if you don't have an offensive line
You're not going to get far no matter if you're in the NFC or AFC
You are not going to get far because I guarantee you
You're gonna go up against a team that's gonna have a TJ Y a Miles Garrett a Max Crosby a Nick Bosa
as a Darius Smith a Josh Allen a Brian Burns all those different type of pass rushers who can
Consistently go at you all four quarters, especially TJ Y
But that's another another story for another day
But I say all that to say this let this be a reminder on why you should always
Value your offensive linemen, especially your tackles
Who's make sure that your quarterback stays clean and if your quarterback is not staying clean
That is a problem that the offensive line has to address
Just saying now let's talk about these fifth year options. Okay?
So we have Patrick's retain the second
We have Jamar Chase and we have Michael Parsons who all three of them and their respective teams
They have decided to pick up the fifth year option for them now
Here's where things can get a little bit tricky. Okay with PS two's fifth year option
He will be making
19.8 million this this upcoming season, but his market value would be a four year a
2.3 million dollar deal which averages around 20.5 million which would make him the second highest paid corner according to spot
Rack, okay? When you look at Jamar Chase's fifth year option valued around 21.8 million
Now when you look at his market value according to spot rack, he would be valued at for a
Four year 104.5 million dollar deal which would average around
26.1 million which would make him the fourth highest paid receiver according to spot rack when you look at Michael Parsons
fifth year option which would which is valued at 21.32 million
For this upcoming season all of these
Fifth year options are you know are pretty good price points. However?
the problem with
Jamar Chase and Micah well specifically Jamar Chase is that technically speaking here?
the Bengal should have paid Jamar Chase this year
because
Whether we want to admit it or not the receiver market is is a ticking time bomb once again now granted
I'm on Ross St. Brown
You know currently holds the title as the highest paid receiver, but pretty soon
That's going to get taken away because Justin Jefferson still has to get paid CD Lam still has to get paid
Paid Brandon I you it still has to get paid and T Higgins still has to get paid. So between one of those four
Someone is going to reset the market again. It's going to happen before the end of the the 2025 season
someone's going to reset the receiver market again and so
what you're seeing is
um
Especially for the Bengals there they're in a rock and a hard place simply because you have two
You know elite receivers who are looking for big-time money T Higgins is still looking for a deal even though
He's already
Requested for a trade who was to say that Jamar Chase won't do the same thing
Because the Bengals can't pay both Jamar Chase and T Higgins
It just can't happen because neither one of them is probably going to want to take you know less than the other
They're probably gonna want you know more than what the other person got which I mean, you know
You can't really blame them for that
But when it comes to the cowboy situation right with Micah Parsons
He can he can honestly speaking if he has a crazy year
I'm talking about you know
He could win a defensive player of the year that can Mac that could price him out of Dallas because right now
Micah Parsons
Is on a path where if he hits free agency I
Can't promise you that he won't reset the market for patch rusters again
I can't promise you that simply because of how talented he is because not only can he play
You know as a patch rusher he could also probably play pretty well
Maybe even elite as a linebacker a middle linebacker to be specific. So you there's so many different
You know layers to these type of situations when it comes
To contracts honestly because when you have players like Brandon I you would who was an active contract
Negotiations with his team this now changes the entire playing field
Because now the price just went up
It literally just went up and it's going to continue to go up
Unless they try to come up with a deal right now
Because whether we want to admit it or not Justin Jefferson is going to get paid
He's probably going to crack that 30 that 30 million a year threshold as well as C.D. Land
And so if you're the 49ers at some point you have to put a line in the same
You just have to and I'm not you know
I'm I'm not saying this because you know, I want Brandon are you to to get traded to my team
I'm saying that because when you are a
Super Bowl caliber team you cannot pay every person top dollar
someone's gonna have to take less someone and
They're in a situation right now where they realize hey
This might be our final last chance of actually trying to win a championship
because after this after this upcoming season they're gonna lose more players and
Who was to say that they will be able to like really recover from that?
especially when you have teams like the Rams who they don't have a whole lot of holes in their team and
They could probably address a lot of their needs in this draft and probably post draft and
You know, it's smooth sailing and then you also have to worry about
The Seahawks who me personally I consider a dark horse that defense is young
Their new head coach is very crafty when it comes to scheming up defenses
If you don't know who I'm talking about I'm talking about Mike Mike McDonald
He was the former defensive coordinator for the Rams
He is going to make that defense crazy good
I'm talking about close to the Legion of Boom as possible. They got the secondary
They just have to figure out what they're gonna do with the middle linebackers
defensive line that that's not really
You know that big of a priority, you know, they can probably get somebody in the third or fourth round
And it really won't matter to them. So
I say all that to say this you have to be careful when you're in contract negotiations
Because yesterday's price is not today's price as the great philosopher fat Joe says shout out to fat Joe
yesterday's price is
Not today's price and you're going to continue to see that moving forward into the summer
Watch what I say
Listen to your GM the GM knows I see the patterns
Now that we have addressed all the back alerts fifth year options and whatnot
Let's talk about Zach Wilson getting traded to the Broncos. That's right
Former Jets quarterback Zach Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos
So let's go over the details first before we really analyze exactly why this move was made. Okay
So the Broncos received of course Zach Wilson in a 2024 7th round pick while the Jets receive only a
2024 6th round pick. Okay, when you look at it, it was just time for a new scenery with Zach Wilson
Okay, Zach Wilson
by all means
Failed in
New York he did now can we blame all of this on Zach Wilson?
No, we cannot but can we say that Zach Wilson?
You know could have done more with what he had. Yes. Yes for sure
At this point in his career
This is probably going to be your last chance to really compete for a
starting caliber
Quarterback job because right now the Broncos are in a situation where they don't have a quote-unquote, you know
Bonafide starter at quarterback. They don't and if we're being real here
If they do decide to draft a quarterback
The only quarterback that might be available to them that you know
Some people have giving him a first ground a first round grade for is bow nicks
And even then who was to say that bow nicks can beat Zach Wilson and vice versa?
Honestly speaking here. Um
Not to mention I think him going to a offensive minded coach
Might actually help him out more than staying with Robert Sala
Now I know you I know there's probably some you know some fellow junkies out there that are probably thinking well
Zach Wilson may not do it. He may not be able to succeed out there
This is the same Sean Payton who took Drew Brees and literally made him into one of the greatest quarterbacks of
our regeneration, okay
Whether we want to admit it or not Sean Payton
Has an image for the Broncos and he probably realized that Russell Wilson was not a part of that image
And so, you know, they just decided to wipe their hands clean from that situation and just move on
And so now they're in a position where
He he can execute what he really wants for it for his quarterback, okay
Ken Zach Wilson, you know be a good quarterback. Yes, I think he can still be a good quarterback
But to say that he can be you know an elite quarterback who can you know when you out of a stadium or
When you play off games or go up against, you know, some of the best quarterbacks and like Mahomes and Herbert and
Burrow and Lamar and Jalen Hurts and whatnot. I don't know. I
Truly do not believe that
But you know, who knows we really don't know only time will tell
You know rooting for his success and
Let's see what happens now. Let's talk about
The bombshell that happened yesterday afternoon. So Trey Hendrickson
Has decided to officially request a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals
Siding that he wants to get
Paid again now for those who don't know you're since signed an extension not too long ago
But he is still looking for more money now granted
Trey Hendrickson so far in his career has had three double-digit sack seasons
In 2020 2021 and in 2023 according to ESPN now for someone like Trey
Trey Hendrickson who has played a very pivotal role on that Bengals defense
Um, he does deserve to get paid. However, the problem is and history has shown
The Bengals do not like to pay their players
A lot. They just don't I don't know what it is. I don't know if that's their philosophy
I don't know if that's something that the owner, you know
You know stands on but you know
When you have someone like Trey Hendrickson who plays a very pivotal role on that defense
and basically, you know
Since all of the major departures
From from the defense including, you know, von bell dj reader larry oglen joby
and company
The defense has significantly regressed and so now you're in a situation where that defense
Although they have, you know acquired geno stone through free agency
All they have is Mike Hilton who's getting up in age and probably is going to want more money as well
You have sam Hubbard and you have Trey and so
You know, you're going to have to probably tacked on more money on Trey Hendrickson's deal
You're just going to have to otherwise
He's going to walk or better yet. He's going to go into retirement. Yes. That's right folks
He has thrown out retirement if the bangles do not grant him a trade or pay him and so
You know, if you're a bangles fan right now, things are looking a little bit shaky
Simply because you have T Higgins who has asked for a trade and has yet to get paid hasn't even had
Contract negotiations since last march. Okay, you have Trey Hendrickson who's looking for for more money
And has basically thrown out that he might retire as well
Meanwhile, you have a glass house in your quarterback and Joe burrow who you know, inked this crazy deal
You know during the first uh one or two days of the new season for the nfl
But you have Jamar Chase as well that that also is going to want to get paid as well
So it's like there's only so much money that can go around now if you are a
Steelers fan Ravens fan. You are just
laughing at this moment simply because
All the bangles fans that were saying all we're
This is our division now. We're going to win it. We're going to beat you guys
We're going to steamroll you guys you guys can't do nothing anymore. Really really
Really really really
Oh how the mighty have fallen
We have finally allowed you guys to have your fun have your moment. Enjoy yourself celebrate
You know make a crazy run
But now it is time for you guys to hand over the keys
Back to the real teams that are really going to be competing to win the division case and point
Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens now
Before we end so I feel like I definitely need
To put on another GM hat since I already have my original GM hat on
And let us do it just a quick brief prediction of how I think the draft is going to go
personally do I feel like
Um, the draft is going to be, you know, just this traditional everyone's just going to wait their turn
No, there's going to be a lot of trade-ups. There's going to be a lot of movement
There's going to be players being shipped to other teams
Um, I just truly believe that there's going to be teams like the giants like the Vikings who you know
That that need quarterbacks
They're going to try to move up as as quick as possible and as high as possible
And you're going to have teams like the chargers
And maybe those other teams that are in the middle part of the draft that might want to trade down or possibly just trade out of the first round
Okay, um
Do I feel like
Brandon iuik or quorlin sudden might get traded, you know during the draft not really
um, especially for brandon iuik simply because
Um reports have come out that the 49ers are going to be looking for, you know, high draft picks
To facilitate a trade for brandon iuik not to mention
A team is going to have to pay brandon iuik top dollar
So I don't think a trade like that could possibly happen
But I wouldn't be surprised if quorlin sudden gets traded either before the draft during the draft
Or you know when the first round of the draft is officially over
I wouldn't be surprised simply because that's the easier trade to facilitate
You don't really have to give up a first round pick for him. You could probably give up maybe a second round pick
And you know just tacked on a few more years on his deal and then that's you know, and that's it
um
Now do I feel like teams are going to be a little bit more aggressive?
In the second day of the draft possibly if there is a prospect, you know that they've been eyeing on and they truly believe that
They could try to trade up and get them then you know that could possibly happen but um
Once the once the fourth round ends
That's when teams are probably going to you know trade trade down trade out and just try to recoup more picks
Uh for next year's draft um, and then there's probably going to be other teams who are just going to be drafting
You know more for death and not for
Um, you know starting caliber players, but I'm going to in this episode right now. Thank you guys once again
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Um, if not tonight after the draft probably tomorrow just to
To react on the draft as a whole
as well as talk about any trades and rumors that may be um
servicing, you know after the first round, but uh, as always I love you guys
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I love you guys can't wait till the draft tonight. I hope you guys are uh, gonna watch the draft like I will
There will be no special stream tonight due for unforeseen
Circumstances, but I will make it up to you guys. Trust me your gm will make it up to you guys
I love you guys peace