Double back alert double back alert double back alert double back alert folks. That's right. We got another
Double back alert folks. Yes. We got another one also quick rant about Cameron. Hey, we're holding out
And part two of the grades for the best conference in football
The AFC I am your host your GM who has produced
seven all-pros
10 Hall of Famers six pro boners and
Has reset the market only three times kale. Let's get into it
Alright folks, so let's go over these back alerts because again, who doesn't love the back alerts
We over here at the football junkies podcast love the back alert. Okay, so with the first
Back alert we have Detroit Lions quarterback Jerichoff who inked a four-year
212 million dollar deal. Okay
He has a 73 million dollar signing bonus
170.6 million in total guarantees
113.6 is guaranteed at signing and he's average salary is
$53 million a year now
Let's be real here folks
Jerichoff was sent to Detroit
basically to die
Figured figure speech not literally but figure speech. Okay
When when this trade originally occurred many were thinking, you know
Jared golf is basically gonna fall off. He's not gonna be remembered and I'm gonna be talk about and all these crazy things
But he's proven, you know, he's proven the critics wrong. Okay?
Jared golf right now has probably had his best stretch of football that I can remember seeing
Since coming into the league. Okay
He is probably in the best position possible for him. You have a stacked receiver core
You have the up and rising Titan and San La Porta. You have a great running back core
Your offensive line, of course is stupendous from the left to the right and the right to the left and
You have a good you have a great defense
Okay, I would not be surprised if the Lions
Are going to be back in the same situation that they just were last season
I would not be surprised because their roster from start to finish
Is isn't a great place and they didn't have to
They didn't have as many holes as a lot of other
Playoff caliber teams did have so when you have that mixed with
Them addressing certain needs and free agency and not really breaking the bank for the players that they brought it in free agency
It was a great situation
It's a great situation for Jere goff to be in all together honestly
It's just a matter of
You know
When are they gonna it will not win but if they're going to win a Super Bowl? Okay, because right now
They're in a position to where
They can continue to try to you know make a run
Up for the next, you know three to six years whereas you have a team like the 49ers who have a older roster
In a lot of big contracts on their books
They basically have to win this year right and if they don't win this year
All of the moves that they made whether that be trades and signings and bringing people from free agency was basically for loss
Okay
But you know congratulations to Jere goff now to the second bag alert
Safety and swan when field junior inked a four year 84.1 million dollar deal to stay with the Buccaneers
He gets a 20 million dollar signing bonus
45 million in total guarantees and
45 million guarantee at signing which he will be making 21 million a year
Calling the spot right shout out to spot rack
Um when you look at and Antoine Winfield junior, he is a very unique safety
Okay, he's not the type of safety where you know, he's this crazy ball. Okay, you know, he's always gonna go for the ball and
You know, whatever the case may be that's not him. Okay. He is someone where you know
He he just gets the job done and it shows in his stats. Okay. Um this past season. He has 76
Um
Tackles well solo tackles, excuse me. Um, he had which you know ranked 20 of overall in the league
Six that's right six force fumbles, which was first in the league. He had three picks, of course
25th overall he had 12
Past deflections which was tied for 23rd
In the league as a whole according to ESPN
Um, let's be real here folks and swan Winfield junior
You know is definitely a safety that should be that should be talked about more. Okay
Am I saying he should be talked about in the same rail as the Derwin James the main defense Patrick the Harrison Smiths of the world?
Possibly because of his unique skill set and what he brings to the team. Okay, he has played a very pivotal role
On that bucking near secondary since being you know since being drafted by them. Okay?
He continues to just get the job done. Okay, you're talking about someone where if you need him to make a tackle
He's gonna make the tackle
If you need somebody that's going to go for the pick, he'll go for the pick
We need someone to make a play. This is Antoine Winfield, Jr. Okay?
and so
You know, it's actually really good deal because by the time the deal is over
He'll still be somewhat in his prime. He'll still be in his late 20s
So he could go and re up for another extension
and you know and and continue to play at a very high level because
You know since being drafted he has been one of one of the best safeties in my mind
One of the best up-and-coming safeties. Okay?
Just because of what he does on the field
He's not the he's not a safety to where you can box him in and you know
One or two different categories. He's just a do-it-all type of safety a person that just gets the job done
And so, you know congratulations to both of them getting their bag alerts now time for a rant folks
Okay, it's time to do a quick little rant before we get into these grades because I know once I get into these grades
Not a lot of people gonna like these grades, but guess what? I have to do it. It is my job as your GM
Okay, so if if you haven't if you haven't gotten the news
yesterday
around around the same time when the NFL dropped the
Schedule for all the teams which I will be probably doing a video or probably discussing about it
probably next episode
a report came out from
ESPN's insider Jeremy Fowler basically detailing that Cameron Hayward is sort of in a holdout because he wants a
Extension, okay
Now I'm going to try to break it down both the positive and the negatives of this situation
And I'm gonna try to
remain as
Bias as I possibly can
On one hand, I understand
You know why you why you will want to sort of be in a holdout. I get that
Always pro player always want, you know players to get paid. That's why I emphasize bag alerts so much
But at the same time
There is a time in place
For these type of discussions, okay?
Because we have to be real we have to be honest with ourselves
Cam is at a point in his career
Where he where he has more years behind him than the head of him, right?
And and so when you have a player like Cam who is in the position that he's in
It can make things a little bit difficult to try to
Come up with an extension for him because he might be thinking one thing and you might be thinking something different, right?
And so for the longest time the Steelers have had a problem when it comes to
Ripping the Band-Aid off for their older players. Okay, case in point
You look at you know them keeping Ben for as long as they did you look at?
You know Heinz war when once he got a little bit older Troy when he got a little bit older
In company, I just don't know what it is, but it's it's a weird thing honestly and now you look at camp
Cam is looking for an extension and that's perfectly fine
But for this to come out publicly is the wrong move
because
the problem with with this whole situation is
How much exactly would you would you want to give an older player who is coming off of a season?
Where he was hurt, right?
Because he can't he can't be asking for you know, Chris Jones type of money or the Forrest Buckner type of money or Jeffrey Simmons
Or Justin Madibou K and whatnot. You can't be asking for that type of money. I'm sorry because you
Since since you're you know, you're back-to-back double-digit sex season, which was two years ago
You really haven't putting up the best numbers. Okay, and there are games that you know
It shows your age and then there's other games where you see, you know
You're influencing your production and you know why you play such a pivotal role on this team
So when you have those type of things, it's hard to make a decision case in point
Look at how long the Steelers cat been
They kept him for for so long and they never had a plan in place for you know for his
successor and in doing so you have multiple drafts that went by
Where they never addressed the quarterback position because they always said oh we have seven when it's like no at some point
You're gonna have to just rip off the band-aid and just let it go. You're just gonna have to okay
um
Now am I someone that you know that once came to go no
But at the same time if his number is outrageous then he has to go
Because what since doesn't make that you have all the players that have been wanting a deal
Well or an extension or whatever the case may be you're the person that wants to hold out
When TJ Watt was looking for money. He didn't hold out. He held in
He just didn't do any practices
Um with the team he did his own individual workouts on the sidelines
Same thing with the ante Johnson and I think as well as Alex Highsmith
So what gives you the right to do that and I saw this on Twitter
And I was debating with somebody another Steelers fan with it on Twitter as well
And basically he was saying you know with him being a team a team captain, you know, it is his right for him
To to make this type of move and I had to tell him
Just because your team captain does not give you the right to do that matter of fact, it's the direct opposite
Because with you being the team captain everyone is gonna everyone is looking at you
So if you're doing this guess for that sense that sends a message to where oh, I can do the same thing
I can do the same thing ain't no nobody can can penalize me for because can did it and he's the team captain
No, it doesn't work like that. This is something to where you
try to keep this as low key as possible and
You try to figure things out and if things don't work out well then oh well
There's other options, but it also doesn't help that you publicly said on Twitter slash X
Whatever you want to call it that you're not taking a pay cut
So it's so in some ways you sort of put the Steelers somewhat of a chicken a chicken hole because
You're not willing to take a pay cut. You're looking in for for an extension like it's just it's just unnecessary drama
Going into you know training camp and OTA's and we had just finished getting rid of
The drama, you know with Kenny Pickett and Deontay Johnson and Mason Rudolph and all that different type of stuff
There's a bunch of players that are looking for new deals, but you don't see them holding out
You don't see Najee holding out with you know with them declining his fifth year option. You don't see you know
Pat Friar move holding out. You don't see that they're coming in and they're working
So you need to be doing the same thing. I'm sorry
You just have to because that can that can you know make things a little bit easier
Compared to just saying oh, I'm just gonna hold out. No, I'm not coming at all like no
We we've drafted some defense alignment. They they they need to be taught
You know how to do things what to look out for the best maneuvers for this the best maneuvers for that those type of things
You say that you're the team captain show it show it now to the positive side of this
giving him an extension would definitely you know open things up because
You know if if we are still in the market for you know a true number one receiver
Then you know we need to have as much cash base as possible
Just in case we have to give them a new deal or we have to absorb a
Substantial amount of money right so you know the depending on the extension will also depend on how much money can we?
absorb convert and whatever the case may be so
You know it's it has its pros and cons
But it's just too much of a risk. It really is paying players
You know this at this point in their career when they're this you know this old a lot of times it backs fires
And then you know they say you know I want to play two or three years
It's like you know they have they get the money and it's like I
Don't know I
Don't know I don't like this this was a bad move and it's like now you're trying to figure out how you're gonna spread this dead cat for
like the next few years and
It's just unnecessary stuff. Honestly, so
That is my little rent with cam now onto the other little rent that I have okay
And my gripe is that there's certain teams
Who are going to be playing three games in ten days now again as I've said before
Pro player, you know through and through and whatnot because without the players
We don't have football right
Explain to me who in the blue hell will want to schedule?
three games in ten days
I'm sorry, but you
And we we we have to eliminate the business side of football at some point, okay
You you guys want a longer season. Okay, cool. There's different ways around that
Having this you know having something like that it can take a toll on the player three games in ten days
That's a lot
That means they won't have a whole lot of time to rest recover and prepare for the next game
So it and it's not like you know it's something that you can say okay
Try to play as safe as possible
So you don't get hurt because we need you for the next two games
It's like no we can't do that especially if those three games are division rival games
You already know those games are gonna be a whole lot more tougher
because they're gonna be more physical because it's in the division and
It especially if it's later into the season where it's cold you got that cold
You know times
Times your body feeling the way that it feels. Oh my god. It's gonna be horrible
Why in the world would anybody want to do that and then you have games on Christmas?
Christmas who in the world will want listen?
I'm I can just I can speak for me. I can't speak for everybody else. I can go without watching football on Christmas. I
Can okay?
Thanksgiving I'm not gonna argue
I'm not gonna argue with you on that. Okay. I'm just not Christmas. That's where we draw the line
That is just where we draw the line let the players be able to enjoy Christmas with their families with their kids and whatnot
Not being on the road or playing at home, please
Please because when you boil it down, they don't have enough time to rest recover and do whatever
They need to do to be to be at their best for the next game. They don't
They really don't and it's so frustrating because I
Understand that you know, we we want to see more games. We want to see more highlights
We want to see, you know more dynamic plays and whatnot, but we also have to realize that these players are humans
And that they have families as well
And so, you know having you know the season be longer having them to play on certain holidays
That takes a toll not everybody can do that. That's why you see so many, you know players who they're blowing out their knees
They're blowing out their Achilles, you know, they're
Breaking their collarbone breaking their arms their shoulder. That's why you've seen so many freak injuries
Because players don't have enough time to rest recover and into prepare themselves for the play and then
You know once once you ask them to make a play they do make a play and in doing so they put themselves in harm's way
So it's it's it's just a lot honestly. It really is it's frustrating at times
But you know, this is when you need the players association to you know, stop stop sitting on their hands and
Get up and fight this because that's not right. It's not
But you know, who who cares at this point, right? Nobody cares
Now let's get into these grades. Okay grades for the AFC
All right, we're gonna start with the AFC East. Okay, AFC East
Is comprised of the bills Patriots Dolphins and Jets? Okay?
bills teams needs were receiver
Edge the tackle safety running back Patriots team needs were quarterback, of course tackle receiver
cornerback the tackle
Dolphins team needs were in interior offense aligned the tackle tackle edge tight end
Jets was tied in safety receiver linebacker and corner. Okay?
So let's start with the Patriots. Okay, of course with the Patriots. They drafted Drake May
Jaylen Polk, Kaden Wallace
Lating Robinson and Javon Baker
Marcelli Marcellus dial
Excuse me if I'm butchering your name Joe Milton the third that made Joe Milton and
Jaheem bill
So I decided to give the Patriots a B
The only reason why I did that is because
Yes, they hit on the quarterback and they also got you know two receivers for him
It's just a matter of you know, how are they gonna do things with Drake May?
Are they you know, are they gonna plug him in?
You know week one or they're gonna let him sit, you know behind Jacobi Berset for a few weeks and then you know
Put him in that's that that's the only
You know upside that I have
With that now when you look at the rest of their draft picks, you know, Jaylen Polk, Javon Baker
You know, those are some really good receivers especially
Especially Jaylen Polk, you know, he he was in that receiver core with Roma Dunze
You know and what in company so you know, it's it's only up
It's only up for all of those Washington receivers because all those Washington receivers
Um, we're dynamic in their own
Respective way. Okay. Now going on to the bills the bills did not have a first round pick
So with their first pick in the second round, they drafted Keon Coleman
Cole Bishop, DeWayne Carter
Ray Davis, Cedric van Pren
Edwin Finn
Foschio, excuse me if I am butchering your name. I'm not doing this intentionally Javon Solomon
Thailand grabble de Kwan Hardy and Travis Clayton
So for them
And I'm sorry bills fans if you you know, my my feel, you know a little bit upset with I'm about to say
But I gave them a seat right and the reason why I gave them a seat is because
Um
Their draft really isn't that good it just isn't Keon Coleman
To me personally, he's not that dynamic of a receiver. He isn't he doesn't really create a whole lot of separation
He's not a good route runner. It's just I mean, he's good
Well, he's sort of good to average when it comes to catching 5050 balls, but I mean, that's it
There's nothing, you know dynamic about him. That's like, you know, wow like
We could use that, you know and in our favor to you know, really, you know create create plays and put points on the board
That's not what you have
With Keon Coleman, right?
And when you look at, you know, everybody else, I mean, you know, said you said your grand pan, you know, definitely
Definitely needed with them losing Mitch Morse to free agency and then everybody else it's
We just have to
You know figure things out. Honestly with all the
Constant changes and moves that they've made
With coaching and players and whatnot. So I did to give them a seat not the best draft
The draft for me personally, I feel like the bills should have been more aggressive
I feel like they should have tried to
Trade into the first round and try to get one of those top receivers
Simply to replace Stefan Diggs and the role that Stefan Diggs play
But you know, I am a GM that's on the team right now. So here we are
moving forward
To the dolphins. Okay dolphins drafted chop Robinson Patrick Paul Jaylin Wright
Mohammed Kamara Malik Washington Patrick Macquaris in Taj Washington
Now with them I decided to give them a C
And I know there's dolphin fans are saying why are you so brutal when it comes to the graves?
Come on. Give us some slack man. Come on. We don't need a lot of stuff. I
Get that I get that I get that I get that but the players that you drafted
It it's it's no just just no
When you look at the first round pick and chop Robinson, honestly speaking here, I did not consider him to be a first-round talent
There was nothing about
What he did in college that made me say, oh, you know, he can be
The franchise patch rusher or the star patch rusher for my team. I did not see that personally
Honestly speaking here. I truly believe
I'm at the past rushing class as a whole
Was not as strong as it has been
Within the last, you know, three to five years usually
With with draft classes, you know, you know in the past
There's been at least three to five, you know
Past rushing prospects that a lot of people like right in this one
It really wasn't it really wasn't like that chop Robinson, you know
Before before college football started, you know, probably was a first-round great
But as I was watching the few Penn State games that was watching there was nothing about him. That's like
Man, he just gets off the line so quickly. Oh, he his presence is just
Menacing like there was nothing about that
Same thing with Dallas Turner same thing with Jared verse
Same thing with all those guys and this is no disrespect to them at all, but I
Just didn't I just don't see that that pop that that factor. It's like yo if I have them on my team
They're gonna make a play by themselves
They are going to do something
Dynamical in this team. I didn't I didn't see that which I promise honestly
Now Patrick Paul Patrick Paul is a very interesting prospect. Of course. He's raw
But his upside is amazing. Okay
Patrick Paul to me
Was definitely in that second tier
of tackles
That a lot of people were probably gonna go after okay when you look at his tape during the senior bowl
He was definitely
One of the tackles that definitely stood out and definitely caught the eyes of a lot of GM's and coaches
And with him, you know going to the Dolphins is definitely a great
You know situation simply because he can learn from you know players like to run armstead and company
So all in all, you know great great situation for him
Now when you look at the rest of their draft picks
It's
It's a little bit rocky
Toss Washington, you know to fill in the depth for the receiving core
Take a little bit pressure off of Jaylen waddle and Tyreek Hill
Jaylen writes if I'm not mistaken. I think he was the running back that ran like a crazy 40 times
So again, you know the dolphins, you know are
Re-confirming that you know their main
Attacking point is speed. Okay, they're going to beat you with speed speed speed speed speed speed speed speed speed
Fastest receiver fastest plays fastest this fast as that they're going to beat you
Um as quickly as possible. Okay
So, you know all in all the dolphins definitely could have done a better job with their drafting
But again, I am not the GM now moving on to the jets the jets drafted
Alun for Shanu Malachi Corley Braylon Allen Jordan Travis Isaiah Davis Quintess Stiggers
Jaylen Key
Um, honestly, I would probably
I'll probably give him a be I'll give him a be and the reason why I say be is because
They got, you know arguably either the best or the second best
Pass protection, you know tackle in this draft class and a little room for Shanu
Okay, he if you look at his tape when he was at Penn State
You're talking about somebody that was dominant from from the minute they hiked the ball, you know
He he he didn't slack off when it came to his patch protection
He didn't slack off, you know and try to
You know just you know stay in one place like he was moving. Okay, and that's what you need
For, you know, your left tackle and he goes into a situation where you know, he doesn't necessarily have to
Um start out, you know in week one
He can sit behind someone like a Tyron Smith who can show him how to you know better his skill set
Um, honestly speaking. So, you know and all all in all it it's a great it was definitely a great first round pick
Um, Malachi Corley, you know the the Yacht King
Um, definitely a dynamic and unique
um
receiver he
I don't know
I I don't want to be the person to say, you know, oh, he's deep old said me. We can do what deep old Sam was doing
No, I don't want to be that person, but I will say him going, you know to Aaron Rodgers
I'm I'm very curious to see
Um, how are they going to use him with that Jets offense?
Because what it looks like to me is the Jets are trying to surround Aaron Rodgers with as many weapons as possible
Which I'm not opposed to that and they have an offensive coordinator who in my eyes is not an offensive coordinator. He is just
um, Aaron Rodgers
Buddy or a cowboy as I will call him
But moving forward
now to
the greatest
of the greatest
Division in the AFC and it's not the west
And it's not the south it is the north
the north
All right, of course you have the bangles
You have the ravens
You have the browns
and you also have
the six time six time
six time six time six time
six time six time
Pittsburgh Steelers
Okay. Yes. I had to be dynamic with that. Don't care about it. If you don't like it, you can skip this part
Got it. Cool
Now we break down these team needs
Bangles team needs tackle detackle cornerback receiver tight end
Ravens, it was interior offensive line tackle edge receiver safety for browns
It is tackle linebacker detackle receiver tight end and with your six time
six time six time six time six time six time six time six time six time six time
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tackle interior offensive line receiver corner detackle. Okay. That's the last time. That's the last time
I'm gonna I'm gonna do that. I promise the last time I want to do it
who knows
um
So let's look at this. Okay. So with the bangles, they drafted the merrius mems chris jankins germain burton mckinley jackson
uh, eric olly johnson newton tenor tenor
Mclanchin, sorry finding butchering your last name sadrick johnson
uh
Dijon anthony and matt lee. Okay
So when we break things down, um, I decided to give them b
Um now to all the bangles fans and not be upset with me
Um, the only reason why i'm giving you guys a b is because yes, you guys did um address a major need in tackle
However, I feel like drafting a merrius mems
Was a little bit more risky than what people are saying. Okay. Um for those of you who don't know merrius mems only play eight games in college football
Only eight games. So you don't have as much tape to really identify his strengths weaknesses
Things he can work on um things he probably needs to stop doing all those different types of things
You don't have that because all you have is eight games, right? Um
And this is this is not to say, you know, oh, he's not gonna have a long career
He's not gonna be able to be successful and productive. He's not gonna be able to do this than the other
No, but what I do value is seeing
um
Enough tape to where I can you know, identify and analyze. Okay
These are you know, his three strengths. These are his
Five weaknesses. This is things that he need to do more of these are things he needs to do less of
Um, you know, this is the the best direction for him this than the other blah blah blah
That's just how I view things and this is not just for offensive line. This is for any player that um that um, you know
Scouting and and uh looking at tape at
Um, but a merrius men's is upside
Is definitely up there. Um, I would venture to say his upside was probably more
Than what broadrick was when when broadrick jones was coming out of
um, georgia a few years ago, so
Um, it's it is a risk, but you know, we'll definitely see what you know, what happens going forward now criss jankins
Chris jankins
That was definitely a good pickup, especially with them losing
Um, dj reader to free agency. Um, you definitely have someone who could definitely stop uh, stuff the run
And you know is definitely a playmaker. Okay. Um, germane burton germane burton had a lot of off the field issues
So let's you know, let let's you know fingers cross and you know hoping
That that doesn't you know follow him, you know going into uh the league
But all in all he definitely, you know
Is going into a good situation. You're going into a productive, you know quarterback
In the receiving core, um, that's full of you know, veteran receivers who can show him
You know how to move and operate
Um as a professional, you know
Professional athlete as well as things that he can do to become a more dynamic and unique
receiver now going on to
the Pittsburgh steel arts
Sorry had to do it
Um
Had to do it. Um with them with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They drafted Troy Fattanu, Zach Frazier, Roman Wilson, Peyton Wilson, Mason McCormick, Logan Lee and Ryanna
What?
All right
Here's the grade
And I'm not saying that because I'm a Steelers fan
So for all the people that think oh, you're just doing that you're just being favorite because you're a Steelers fan
No, I am not. Okay. I'm not doing this at all
um
When you break down their first three picks their first three picks
Were hits, okay?
um
By you know by a lot of analysts and and various people within
Uh football, you know, they definitely rated Troy Fattanu as one of the best um tackles me personally
I thought he was going to be taking um a lot earlier
But for him to fall to you know to the 20th pick, you know, that was you know, definitely great for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Um them getting Zach Frazier, you know, someone who was regarded as you know
one of the best
Um centers in this draft class along with you know, Jackson powers Johnson and grand barton
Um for us to get him, you know was definitely is definitely a great pickup because since mark
Uh mark he's pouties retirement. Um the Steelers have been trying to find, you know, their anchor, you know, their franchise center
You know, they try with the kender green experiment. We all know how that failed horribly
Simply because he was not a center. He was supposed to play guard, but another store for another day
um, and then you had mason coal who
He wasn't you know an elite
um
Center, he was just you know a good, you know
Just a good to average center
In my eyes and I think
You also have to tack on to the cap hit that that he had
I think I think they just decided, you know, it was his best
Um that they cut him and just you know move forward and whatnot
So, you know great for them and then you have roman wilson. Um roman wilson
um
To me is a very unique receiver because although he didn't get as much production in college
his skill set
screams
Screams someone that's going to give defenses problems. Okay
Mike tommy had him and quinion michael go at it one on one during the senior bowl
And roman wilson, you know made this crazy dynamic, you know one hand and catch on the sideline and you know and kept it in so
Um and he was going up against arguably the best corner
um in this past draft class, so
Um, it's just you know, he can do it all he can block he can catch create separation
He can do all those different things and then with us having
Um the new receiver coach that we have, you know, I definitely want to see you know, what things is he going to emphasize
Um, what things is he going to have roman wilson to polish up on and to work on?
As well as develop a chemistry
Um with both of his quarterbacks. That's right both of his quarterbacks
Um now moving on to the boltsmore ravens. Okay boltsmore ravens. They drafted nate wiggins
uh roger, uh, rosengarten
Adia isaac davantes walker tj tamper
Rashi and Ali devon leary nix of seh mac and sonosu kain
Now with them now steel is fans. Don't get upset with me. I decided to give them an a plus
Yes, an a plus and the reason why I gave them an a plus is because
um
For them to get nate wiggins
The second best corner in this draft class and the fastest
um
Corner in this draft class was great. They didn't they didn't have to move a single
um
pick
They didn't they didn't have to move up not one spot to get nate wiggins and that's great. That's unique
This is the same situation when kyle hamilton fell down to them
There were multiple teams that needed someone like a kyle hamilton and he fell right into the ravens lap
um
But you know, that's another story for another day because i'm because that i'm going to get upset about why we didn't get
Kyle hamilton but moving for um
moving for um
But in all all all jokes aside nate wiggins, um, definitely is going to
Be a very pivotal productive player with the ravens. Okay
He's going to be in a cornerback room with you know with a veteran like marlin
Um brandy stephens and company. He is going to be able to learn how to be
um a true afc north
Corner while at the same time um use his abilities to the best
Um best way possible because let's be real here folks. Okay. Well anyone says i'm okay
You know, oh my my division is better than yours now
afc north is the most competitive
um division
In the entire national football league. Okay, and the reason why I say that is because
Literally all of their teams can make it to the playoffs all of them. Right? So when you have a division like that, um,
You know, it's always it's never going to be. Okay
We can slack off because they don't have this or they don't have that. No
They are just as dangerous if they have, you know, all their starting players or none of their starting players. Okay
um, so, you know
They wiggins great pickup now moving on to the other ones, uh, rosen garten
And let's look at you know what yeah rosen garten and tj tamper. Let's start with rosen garten
rosen garten, um
Was again, he was one of those tackles that was in that second to third tier
Um, so, you know, it'll probably take him some time to you know to learn and to to get his feet wet
But he is in the best position possible. Um
Um, the ravens are one of very few teams. Um, low key who produce offensive linemen. Um, pretty well
Okay, when you look at their history, they have produced good guards centers and tackles
Okay, they have a rich history in doing so. So for him to go in there, um, he doesn't necessarily have to start
Um week one, but I would not be surprised that at some point
I'm during this upcoming season that he will be starting
Um at tackle now when you look at tj tamper tj tamper
Um was one of the best physical, um receive uh not receiver. Excuse me
Corners, okay, you're talking about someone
Who is a tackling machine who could thump you who can you know go up and get the pick
You're talking about someone that is just a dog at at corner. Okay
um
Me personally, I sort of wanted tj tamper on my team simply because of what he brings in his skill set
I know his skill set paired with joey porter jr. You're talking about
Menaces i'm talking about black air force one energy if you don't know what that is look it up. Okay him
paired up with um
marlin humphrey nape wiggins brandy stephens
Marcus williams and kyle hamilton that is a dangerous secondary folks
That is a very
Very very very dangerous secondary. Okay, I would not be surprised
um if that secondary alone is you know top five
based off of whatever major statistics uh people want to use but um, you know a plus for the rate
It's now moving on to the team and nobody really cares about because they don't win championships
Nor do they really do anything in the division the browse. Yep. I said it not taking you back
And I'm not adding that out
Um, so the browns don't have first round pink due to them
trading it for uh now their quarterback uh, dishawn watson, but we're going to go over things. Okay
So they drafted uh michael hall jr. Zephan miles harden and joe wan bricks. Okay
um for them, I just gave them just a plain old b
um, the reason why I gave them a b is because michael hall
um, even though he wasn't
talked about as much
He was still a productive player for
um the ohio state university because you have to say the
Every time you pronounce ohio state oh h i o
um now
Moving on zack zinzer zack zinzer
um was definitely somebody that a lot of people were were definitely talking about
Um before he unfortunately, uh broke his leg
um later into the season
Um, just want to see exactly, you know, where are they going to put him on the offensive line and who's he going to be replacing?
um
Jamari thrash jamari thrash is is a very unique
prospect because there were some people that you know had him as you know a top 10 top 15 receiver
Um in this draft class some people had him in like 20 30. It just all depends on who you um, who you look at so
um, he's going into
a receiving core that has um, you know, marie cooper and they just traded for jerry judy
So it's a matter of how is he going to get used?
Where are they going to put him out?
They're gonna, you know, put him on the outside on the inside or they're going to try to you know
do different things for because
Um, whether we want to admit or not chemist of fansky with his play calling is pretty dangerous. So
Um, let's see exactly how they use the marie thrash now
Moving on to the a fc west a fc west is composed of the broncos chargers chiefs and raiders
Uh broncos team needs our quarterback, of course corner detackle edge and tackle
Chargers is receiver cornerback interior offensive line tackle running back
Chiefs is receiver
Uh tackle quarterback running back interior offensive line and the raiders
Uh, their needs are quarter quarterback
Back tackle receiver interior offensive line
Now with the broncos
Um, their draft picks are bonix
Jonah Ellis, Troy Franklin, chris abrams drains
audrick, uh, I don't know how to pronounce your last name. So I'm not going to butcher it
Um, davon vele and nick
Garoogie low. I know I'm butchering that
So for the broncos, I just decided to give them a C
Um
Honestly speaking, I just feel like they they probably should have tried to do more but unfortunately they couldn't do more
Um simply because of you know, the big move that they that they made to get uh russ wilson at the time
So a lot of the draft picks that they would have used in this draft class. They were you know
Eventually sent over to the seahawks. So sucks to be them
But with them drafting bonix
Um, me personally, I just didn't feel like he's a first round pick. I just didn't you
You just look at his skill centers. It's like there's nothing about him that makes us say, oh, he's a first round pick
I've I know leading up to the draft. There were some people that were mocking him as drew breeze and it was just like, okay
That's okay. That's cool. That's not, you know dynamic, but you know, it'll get the job done
Um, but you know with you being in the vision of patrick mahomes, you need your quarterback to be dynamic
Because there might be a situation where your defense can't bail you out and you need your quarterback
To, you know, make a few plays to win the game and you know, you getting bonix really doesn't
Help that me personally, but you know, again, I am a gm. That's not on the team right now
So I can't really, you know make these type of uh moves now
Going on to the chargers chargers drafted, uh, joe alt lat mcconkey jr. Colson
Justin uh, uh boogie. Sorry if I pronounced your name wrong
Uh, tar heaps still cam heart kamonji vidal brandon rice and cornelius johnson. Okay
So for them, I gave them an a
um, they addressed, you know
Tackle which is, you know great with joe alt my only knock with joe alt is um at times
It just seems like he's just like a like a rock like he doesn't
He's just so stiff when it comes to him moving like
Like for me personally if if I'm getting a tackle, I need some mind that's going to move
Right. I need you to move the way I move just like that if you know that song, you know that song
um
With joe alt I feel like he just uses more of his size and his frame to win matchups and skit instead of
You know technique and whatnot and a lot of times to some people that's like, you know, that's a great thing
But it's like no because if you go up against a technician of a pass rusher, they're going to find ways to beat you, right?
um
So it it's just
I don't know what joe alt and then plus with him playing at left tackle and they already having a left tackle
Is he going to be able to play right tackle? It's it's just a whole bunch of question marks with that
But when you look at the rest of their draft picks lab mcconkey great pickup
Great pick up. All right
Lab mcconkey is a great pickup
Um, Brandon rice is definitely another great pickup as well. Um, I feel like both of those receivers
I'm eventually will probably be number one and number two receivers. Um within the foreseeable future
I truly feel like the chargers
Um, in some ways have given up on quentin johnson. I just feel like they realize they may have whipped
Um on him and so I think you know, they'll probably trade him away before the season starts
Um, but all in all for them, uh, the chargers definitely hit
I'm on a lot of their draft picks, especially with this being the
first draft
Uh for you know for the hardball regime. So let's see, you know, how things play out within the, you know, foreseeable
season now going on to the writers
Because
Raiders drafted Brock Bowers Jackson power johnson dj glaze the gam uh decameron richerson tommy eichenberg
Dylan lubey, sorry if i'm pronouncing your last name wrong tray taylor and mj debonchard now me personally
Um, I feel like the raiders should have been
Um more aggressive in trying to trade up to get their quarterback. I just feel like them having aiden o'Connell and garner menshu
Is not enough
Again because you're in a division where you have patrick mahomes and you have justin herbert, right?
You have both of those guys
And so you need to have a quarterback
That can be able
To you know to perform because there might be a game where you might be in a shootout with with one of these guys
And if you don't have a quarterback that can do that then what are you gonna do?
What can you do nothing you can't rely on the defense right because the defense can only do so much
Sometimes the quarterback is going to have to win you a game and those two quarterbacks
Um in my eyes are not starters. They are backup quarterbacks
Okay, um, but you know
Maybe I can be proven wrong. That's perfectly fine. Brock Bowers
Um was regarded as the best tight end in this draft class
I just want to see how is he going to get used in this raiders office because this raiders offense to me is a little bit funky
It's a little bit weird
Um, but you know more power to them for them getting jackson powers johnson in the second round
I'm not surprised simply because you know leading up to the draft there were
red flags coming out about um jackson powers johnson
Uh injury history. So I think that definitely affected his draft stock because leading up to that
A lot of people were saying that he was going to be a first round pick
Okay, and we look at everybody else. Tommy Eikenberg is a tackling machine of a linebacker. Okay
That's just the best way to to describe him. He is a tackling machine
You you talk about somebody that is just going to bring you down every single time every single time
Um that you try to get close to him. That's who he is. Um, but moving forward, um to the chiefs. Unfortunately. Yes, the chiefs
the chiefs
um, they draft Xavier worthy
uh, Kingsley
Summa
Tia, sorry if I'm uh butchering your last name
Uh, Jared Wiley jaden hicks hunter norzack maw Hayden and cj hanson now hunter norzad is a very unique. Um
prospect, okay
he by the ras
Scores was considered an elite offensive line based off his scores, right?
With him going to the chiefs
I wonder if they're going to use him as a guard because even though he can play center and they do have green Humphrey
I would venture to say that their biggest need right now is definitely for a more productive guard
um, so
He is definitely in a great situation
Andy Reed is going to show him how to be the best, you know, the best person that he can be
Um, and you know, you're gonna be on you're gonna be on the winning team
You could potentially win a ring in your first year. Let's see what happens with that. Um Xavier worthy is
He's a project. He's a project
Um
And I don't want to say, you know, he's like John Ross because that's that's low key disrespectful
But you know for the longest time they have been trying to find
You know the Tariq hill replacement and you know, they thought it would have been with
Uh, nvs clearly that wasn't the case and so with them they're trying to get back to using speed
Um to create those dynamic plays so for them to get Xavier worthy
Um to them is you know, is a is a high five me personally
I just don't see it because he just strictly relies on his speed and nothing else
And you know, we have seen that you know players would just speed doesn't really be the most productive players
But for them, I gave them a b
Um, and if I also didn't say the grade that I gave for the raiders, I gave them both teams a b
um, not the
Best draft for the raiders a good draft for the chiefs
All in all, you know, only time will tell on on how their uh players get used especially their first round picks
Um, but you know more power to them now going on to the final division
The afc south afc south is composed of the texans colts jaguars and titans, right?
So for the titans their draft needs are cornerback tight end linebacker interior offensive line
Colts draft needs cornerback receiver running back interior offensive line and safety
Jaguars draft needs are cornerback
D tackle tackle interior offensive line edge
Titans draft needs are tackle edge
D tackle receiver and linebacker now. Let's look at the taxes. Okay taxes don't have a first round pick because uh, if i'm not mistaken
They use uh this year's first round pick in order to be able to get cj strap. Okay, cool
So with their first pick they drafted kamari uh lassiter black fisher
caylin bullet kate uh stover jamal hill joar jordan
Solomon
bird
Marcus harris and ledarius hinderson now for them. I gave them a b right solid draft
You know, not a bad draft not a great draft, but you know a solid draft. They got players
You know that can add depth while at the same time could potentially be
future starters within the next two to three years. Okay. Um, you have kamara lassiter who is a
um, you know swiss army knife when it comes to being a corner
Um, if i'm not mistaken, he can play both inside and outside
Um, so, you know that definitely adds, you know versatility along with
Um, you know, derrick stingley as well
Um, black fisher another tackle. Um, that was you know in that second to third tier of offensive tackles
Um with him going into the text and situation
Um, he can definitely learn
Um from you know, larimi tonsil as well as you know, sort of get a feel of what exactly, you know
He should be expecting
Um, moving forward now when you look at the other draft picks for instance, uh, kate stover kate stover
Was regarded as one of the best tight ends as well. So let's see exactly how the texas are going to use them because
Last year the texas offense, um, definitely caught a lot of people off guard, right?
Their offense was just flat out just being dominant
So with them, you know training for stefan digs and then training for joe mixon and them having the receiving core that they have now
tacked on with them getting another tight end
You know and another tackle that definitely, you know continues
Um to just re-enhance that offense and then not to mention the defensive players that they drafted that also
Provides more depth for them as well. So all in all great pick
Uh, great draft for the texas now
Moving on to the colts
Colts drafted lotu lotu anani mitchell
matt gonclaves tanner bordellini anthony gold
uh, jaylon carlis jaylon simpson
mica abram in jonah lalu so
For the colts, I decided to give them a b as well once again like I just said for the texas
I'm not a great draft. Not a bad draft. Just, you know an okay draft. Okay
with them getting lotu lotu lotu lotu is
a
You know is a patch rusher who although he has a lot of red flags due to injury
Concerns and whatnot. He was one of the few patch rushers that you know, I could definitely say, you know in the right situation
He probably could be um, you know a good to
do
great patch rusher simply because his technique is sound and he has you know a little bit of
Explosiveness and speed with him. It's not necessarily, you know, the most speed where he know, he's super fast, but
Um, you know the speed is there the explosiveness is there
Um, the the use of his hands, you know was definitely unique. It definitely caught the eyes
Of you know of a few gms and coaches, you know, leading into the senior bowl combine and then private workouts as well
So, you know, all in all great for them and then for them to get a Donnie Mitchell
That's another receiver for Anthony Regerson
For years
They really have not really done the best when it comes to drafting receivers. I mean even though they did lock up
Michael Pittman
Junior, I just feel like they just needed to continue to add more to that offense to make that offense more
Uh dynamic, um, and it's you know in its own respective
But all in all great pickup great draft for the Colts now moving on to the jaguars
Jaguars drafted brian thomas jr
mason smith jerry on jones javon foster jordan jefferson
Deont deontre uh prince kailyn robinson cam little and miles cold
Now their first two draft picks are going to be starters. Okay, especially mason smith again
As I said before in a few episodes ago
If you don't know who mason smith is if you want to know what his comp is
step on to it
do it do it
That is who mason smith is. Okay, you're talking about somebody who?
um
In the you know in the year is coming. He is probably going to be a pass rusher that people are going to be talking about
Okay, you heard it here for brian thomas jr
um another receiver
Of for trevor lorenz. Um, they're definitely trying to surround him
Um with you know as many weapons as possible
So, you know, you have a very physical receiver who is going to give a lot of db some problems
So um can't wait to see you know how he matches up, you know going forward
Um, and then everybody else, you know, um, you know draft picks honestly
um
It's just a matter of will they be starters or will they not be starters?
We know the jaguars um did have to let go uh a few people trade away some few people
And I wouldn't be surprised if they you know trade more people as well
Um simply because I know pretty soon they they're going to want to try to
Um pay trevor lorenz, you know as quickly as possible now to the final uh team
The tennessee titans they drafted uh jc latham to vondry sweat satrid gray
uh jar Jarvis brownlee jr jacquan jackson james williams and jaylon uh
around now for them
I decided to give them a b as well and if I didn't say
Uh, what great I gave for the jaguars. I'll say it again. I gave both teams a b
When you look at the tines the tines are still going through sort of the hard rebuild phase
So they're still trying to you know build the offense in line as well as address other needs
Um on the roster so with them getting jc latham was definitely a great pickup
simply because
um, he has gone public and has said that you know
He's not opposed to playing left tackle as well even though he is a right tackle
He's not opposed to playing left tackle. You're talking about someone who is as strong as an ox
And can just move, you know with the best of them. Okay
I want to see exactly where are they going to put them out?
Are they going to keep him at right tackle or are they going to put him at left tackle me personally?
I probably would keep him um at right tackle, but you know, I don't make those decisions now
on to tennessee
sweat um a prospect who was regarded as a top 5 d tackle in this draft class
Him being on that d line with jeffrey simons is a one-two punch that you know
It's going to strike the fear in a lot of offensive lines because you're going to have to double team jeffrey simmons
And you're going to have to double team
possibly to varnay sweat as well and even then I don't even think that's enough so
Um, let's see what happens with that now
Um
Now to talk about somebody that not a lot of people are talking about but to me and a lot of other people he was regarded as
I'm one of the best linebackers and this very small linebacker draft class of sedra gray sedra gray
um is
a linebacker who
Honestly the titans need okay. You're talking about someone that has siren siren speed
Who is good in coverage and who could possibly you know match up with titans?
Well, so
I'm just really curious to see you know how bright s calahann is is going to use him especially with that defense
with them getting the gerry's need and
Now having you know
To varnay sweat and then adding on you know what they already have and jeffrey simmons that defense is going to be a problem folks
Yep, that defense is going to give some teams some problems
I would not be surprised if the titans are you know trying to get the second or third spot within their division
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