The forecast might say it's raining, but guess what?
It is dry as a bone outside.
That's right, folks.
We're going to be talking about the market forecast.
This is going to be something that's going to be implemented during the off-season and
during the season and post-season as well.
I'm going to be talking about why do certain position markets reset so often.
Future position markets that arise, how much does the draft effect position markets and
what market values will remain stagnant?
And all of this and more, as well as my predictions for the free agency class and the draft class.
All of this and more.
We're going to talk about all of this on the 14th episode of the Football Junkies Podcast.
I am your host, your GM, your chief meteorologist, your financial advisor who currently isn't
with a group right now.
Kale, let's get it.
All right, folks.
Well, unfortunately, yes, we do not have no bagglers to talk about, but we do have a
new segment as I've just said before.
Decided to do something a little bit different.
Allow us to analyze and take a deep breath and reflect on the bagglers that have happened.
You know, just in this offseason alone and sort of pick apart, you know, why are things
happening the way that they are right now?
So let's just take a deep dive right into it.
So when we look at, you know, when I decided to finally, you know, do something like this
in a market forecast, I was thinking about it was like, how in the world don't want to,
you know, break this down so people can understand this?
Well, I got to put in my factors and, you know, what grounds of information do I use
in order to make, you know, my predictions and whatnot.
So here goes.
Okay.
So when I look at, you know, my market forecast, especially for the offseason leading into the
start of the new season, okay, I look at for, you know, a few factors, right?
The rising salary cap, teams valuing other, you know, certain positions than others, you
know, impact as well as the free agency class.
Okay.
And in and in the future draft class as well, I forgot to leave that in my notes, but, you
know, it's whatever.
But the reason why I have those different things is because all of those things have
a very, you know, very pivotal piece and why certain teams, you know, may overpay or,
you know, reset the market more often for certain positions compared to others, right?
And so, you know, when we, when I take a look at everything, you know, for one next year's
draft class is supposed to be a defensive draft class.
Okay.
You're going to have, you know, a pretty good edge class.
Okay.
You're going to have a pretty good edge class.
The running back class is pretty good as well.
There's going to be some, you know, some good corners that are going to be coming out this
class too.
I can't tell you who they are right now because I'm still looking at tape and whatnot.
But quarterback class, however, is a little bit rocky.
And the reason why I say that is because there isn't someone, well, there isn't at least
a group where it's like, okay, these guys are, you know, bonafide top five, you know,
picks or, you know, they'll be taken in the first round somewhere in the middle or whatever.
It's not like that.
Okay.
The only quarterback that I can think of right now, well, the only two quarterbacks I can
think of that many teams may try to go after is Quinn Ewers from Texas and Carson Beck
from Georgia.
Those are only two.
The only reason why I say that's because Carson Beck has, you know, it's probably the most
experienced quarterback, you know, in college football right now.
And I know there's going to be people saying, what about your door?
What about your door?
The reason why I left your door out, and I'm going to be completely honest with you.
The reason why I did that is because personally, I feel like your door could, he has the potential
to be a top five pick, but the problem is, is he going to have a better season than what
he did previously?
Because yes, I understand he didn't have, you know, the best offensive line.
So he had to do whatever he had to do.
And I understand that, you know, at first in the beginning part of the season, it was
pretty good, and then as the season went on, it just, you know, got worse and worse.
But Shador really has to show that he is a better quarterback than everybody else.
Because if he doesn't, then, you know, scouts are just going to automatically disqualify
him as a first round quarterback.
And if we're being real here, his mechanics need to be worked on and refined more than
just solely relying on his athleticism.
And that is something that I feel like a lot of quarterbacks, you know, coming out of college
rely on too much.
Okay.
I understand, yes, you may be athletic, but the problem is, is that what happens is once
that athleticism is gone, you still have those mechanics.
And if your mechanics weren't even worked on in college, let alone when you first got
into the league, then they're going to be basically gone by the time your athleticism
runs out and you need that as a quarterback.
You do.
You in my mind, personally, I feel like if your mechanics were worked on more than your
athleticism, that will put you, that will put you in a better tier here to just, you
know, oh, okay, well, I mean, I can run out the pocket and I know if I do this, you know,
these two moves that, you know, it gets everybody and whatnot.
No, it doesn't work like that.
Okay.
And so, you know, it's, it's one of those things where, you know, within the past few
drafts, we've had more defensive, you know, draft classes and offensive draft classes.
I think the only real draft, the only real offensive draft class that we've had was the
one that just happened, you know, a few months ago, where you had Katelyn Williams and you
had Roma Dunes day and you had, you know, JJ McCarthy and you had this person and that
person, Marvin Harrison, Jr. You had all these offensive players that are coming out the
draft at the same time.
And so, you know, you have that and then, you know, now you're going back into the cycle
where it's going to be a defensive draft class, you know, in next year.
And, you know, who was to say that, you know, teams will be more open to possibly, you know,
trading up or being aggressive to try to get one of those quarterbacks.
I don't be personally, I just don't.
I think the only person I probably would maybe be interested in is possibly Carson Beck.
And even then, I still have to see how, how is he going to play this upcoming season, you
know, with the SEC going through the things that they went through with, you know, Nick
Saber and retiring and whatnot.
But you know, that's another story for another day.
Now, moving on to the free agency class.
Okay.
When we look at the free agency class for next year, to me personally, it's an older free
agency class.
You have more, you know, players who are, you know, a little bit up in age and some
of them are, you know, they have, they have more, they have less years ahead of them than
behind them.
They're possibly looking, you know, to possibly, you know, win at least a championship or at
least get on to a team that, you know, is protected, is projected to be a, you know,
a playoff caliber team.
And then you also have some who are looking for their first, you know, big contract, you
know, and for instance, you know, T Higgins, right?
T Higgins is somewhat of the outlier when it comes to the free agency class because
he's not even close to being, you know, 29 or even 30 years old, right?
Compared to when you have Stephon days, Khalil Mack, uh, Dak Prescott and, you know, Buddha
Baker and company, you know, those are older players.
And who was to say, you know, GMs will be willing to give them, you know, a pretty, a
pretty significant deal, right?
Some of them may try to nickel and dime them.
Others may, you know, try to play the long game.
Others may just, you know, just go through the draft and just get somebody compared to
paying them.
But you know, when you, when you really look at it, right?
And this is, this is just my, my prediction, you know, personally for the free agency class
next year, I truly believe that GMs are not going to give the traditional four years.
I feel like they're going to give them at least a two or three year deal with a high
signing bonus with a low year average.
That way, if, you know, if anything crazy happens, guess what?
They can move them off very quickly compared to having to, you know, deal with this large,
you know, dead cat that they have to find a way to spread, you know, through the next
two or three years or, you know, take it all at, you know, in one year and then be, be
cool for the next few years or whatever the case may be, right?
And so, you know, the reason, the reason why I value, you know, the free agency class as
well as the draft class is because oftentimes if a team realizes that they cannot go and
get, you know, a certain position or, or a certain player and whatnot, they'll just
make up for it and get in, in, in free agency compared to having to, you know, you know,
move, you know, 10 spots up to get to get that person or, you know, give up three first
round picks or two first round picks or a first round pick in this player or, you know, whatever
the case may be, right?
And oftentimes, you know, teams will address, you know, a majority of their needs in the
free agency and then maybe leave one, you know, one very big hole, you know, leading
up to the draft based off of, you know, where they are in the draft or just, you know, their
confidence that, you know, that player may, may fall or they will be able, you know, to
get them with little to no movement, right?
And moving on to the salary cap, right?
Now, you're probably wondering, why is the salary cap so important?
I'm going to tell you why.
Because when you look at how, you know, how things went, you know, post pandemic, the
league would, the league is just starting to like really be in a much better place compared
to what they were maybe about two or three years ago, right?
So let's look at these numbers.
Okay.
So when you look at 2021, right, their salary cap, 182.5 million.
We look at 2022, 208.2 million.
When you look at 2023, 224.8 million.
When you look at 2024 this year, 255.4 million.
That is $30 million per team from just this one year.
And mind you, before the league put out their official number, there were a lot of people
that were speculating if the number was going to be more or less or maybe even in the middle.
And you know, once the number did finally come out, it actually surprised a lot of people
because 30 million extra for a lot of teams, that is, you know, that can be the difference
between having to cut a player or do a restructure or, you know, being in a better place where
they can go after two or three people, two or three bigger, bigger name people in free
agency compared to just, you know, the low level tier of free agents, no disrespect to
them.
And a lot of that has to do with, you know, the bigger TV deals as well as Taylor Swift.
Now you're probably wondering, are you a Taylor Swift man?
No, I am not.
But we do have to recognize the influence that she brings because guess what?
She's bringing her own fan base here.
So when she's bringing all of her fans over to the NFL, guess what that's going to do?
That's going to rise up those revenues.
All of them.
Because guess what?
Anytime the Chiefs do something or Travis Kelsey scores a touchdown or gets a first
down or makes a big play, guess what?
The camera's going to go straight to her because that's the moneymaker right there.
Okay.
But that is another story for another day, unfortunately.
But when we really look at it, right, positions, you know, there are certain positions that
are going to be valued a little bit more than others, right?
And you know, and you sort of see that with how the playoff teams are constructed.
They have a, you know, premier, you know, premier tackle or that be, you know, both
the left and right tackle or just mainly, you know, either the left or the right tackle.
They have, you know, a pretty good receiving core running back is not invested, you know,
as much the quarterback is probably, you know, signed to a longer term deal.
And you know, the defense is, you know, pretty good to elite, right?
And so when we really look at things, you know, teams value in a left tackle, your center,
your quarterback and the number one receiver and possibly your tight end, depending on
how things go.
Now, when you move over to the defense, it's mainly your defensive tackles, your pass rushers
and your corners.
Okay.
Middle line backers and safeties, they don't get as much love as they should, even though,
you know, they play just as much as it does, right?
And so, you know, I say all that to say this, right?
When, when we really look at, you know, these, these, these bad alerts that we've had lately,
you know, Trevor Lawrence, 55 million, Jared Gough, 53 million, Baker Mayfield, 33 million,
Justin Jefferson, 35 million, Amon Ross, St. Brown, 30 million, AJ Brown, 32 million
in here.
Those markets, the quarterback market and the receiver market alone is getting to a point
where, you know, although, although yes, you know, the, the, the receivers are better now
than what they've ever been, however, the problem is the price tag that comes with them is starting
to get a little bit excessive and it's going to take a team to basically, you know, put
their foot, put their foot down and basically say, Hey, listen, we're not going to do this
no more.
Okay.
Enough is enough because this market is just growing, you know, exponentially, it's getting
out of control and, you know, we just need, we need things to cool down and to sort of
regulate itself.
Now a lot of that has to do with, you know, certain receivers and certain players as
a whole getting overpaid than, you know, what they should be getting paid.
And the reason why I say that is because when you overpay for a player, guess what happens?
It messes up the entire market for that particular position because now, guess what?
Players that are going to be looking for future contracts, they're going to use that person
that got overpaid and say, Oh yeah, you see my stats, both stats are way better than what
that person got overpaid for.
And a lot of times it's, it's true, right?
And so what you have is, you know, when you have someone like a Calvin Rintley, who he
basically got overpaid with the Titans, the Christian Kirk, the one who came from Arizona
and then went to Jacksonville.
Those two examples alone for the receiver market, they got overpaid and it messed up
a lot of things.
And you know, before I go any further, I am pro player.
I'm definitely pro player, but at the same time, it comes a time of point where, you
know, just it's starting to get out of hand.
It really is.
Same thing with the quarterback market.
Same thing with the defensive line market.
Well, not the defensive line market, but the patch rush for market.
Okay.
So, you know, the defensive line market, they have just, you know, exploded and not really
overnight, but they've definitely exploded within the last five to 10 years.
Now a lot of that has to do with, you know, premier great players in those respective,
you know, positions, but at the same time, it's like, yo, this has to, this has to slow
down a little, just a little bit, not a whole lot, but just a little bit, right?
And you know, it hasn't, it's just going to continue to grow, grow and grow.
And also doesn't help, especially for quarterback, when you have to shine Watson basically getting
a fully guaranteed deal, like it's just certain, certain contracts and certain players that,
you know, it can mess up the entire market.
And when it messes up the entire market, sometimes, you know, it can, it can cycle itself out
and sort of regulate itself.
And then other times it doesn't, and it messes up the market permanently.
And then, you know, GMs are sort of stuck in this bind where it's either you have to
overpay for, for that particular player, or, you know, you know, wish upon a star and policy,
see if you can draft someone that can be as close or even better than them, right?
And so, you know, when we look at, you know, when we look at, you know, teams and, and
their impact for, you know, for free agents, you know, we have to realize that, you know,
there are certain players, well, not even certain players, but certain free agents that
you know that if you get them, and if you, you know, bring them on to your team, guess
what's going to happen?
That's going to instantly change your team from being this team that's not really looked
at and not really as, you know, respected to a team that's like, oh man, they could
be a playoff caliber team.
And we've seen, we've seen that, we've seen that multiple times, right?
We've seen it where, okay, for instance, when the Ravens traded for, you know, the
Roquan Smith, everyone's like, yo, that, that, that was a crazy trade.
Yo, that puts them over the top.
That puts them in a great place because why?
Because of his impact.
That his impact alone can, you know, literally change the mindset of a lot of teams because
now you have somebody who is, you know, at the top of their game and who is regarded as,
you know, the best of the best now on an already stacked team.
That's, you know, they're already thinking about a Super Bowl.
They're already thinking about, you know, going here or going there or whatever the
case may be.
So, you know, you have those different types of things, but moving forward, you know, let's,
let's get into, you know, my prediction for these rising markets and stagnant markets.
Okay.
And mind you, this episode is not going to be pretty long.
It's going to be pretty short because I don't want to give you guys, you know, these long
drawn out episodes.
I'm going to try to give you something, you know, that's compact, that's not too long,
but not too short, but it's just right because again, we are in this drought and I'm still
looking at prospects and I'm still learning a few things.
And it's just a whole lot of stuff going on in the background here at the footballs junkies
podcast, but we always prioritize you guys first.
Now, these are my predictions for the rising markets.
Okay.
Cornerback, center, guard, tight end running back.
Now you're probably wondering why the running back market.
The reason why I say that is because the running back market is it's not going to, you know,
basically explode, but you are starting to see someone of a gradual rise and you see
it especially with Christian McCaffrey.
Okay.
Christian McCaffrey in my mind will be the reason why the running back market crashes
over that $20 million mark.
And if it's not him, then it'll probably be Alvin Camero because they are two of the best
running backs in the game right now.
And you know, everybody realizes and knows that, you know, when they get on the field,
they're going to change the game.
Okay.
They're influence alone can be a deciding factor if, you know, if the team gets a first
down or if they get a touchdown.
That's how big of an influence that they know that they have, but, but when we look at the
tight end market, tight ends are starting to become a little bit more valuable simply
because of, you know, because of the linebackers.
The linebackers aren't as effective or as used as much as they were compared to when
Ray Lewis was playing, right?
Everybody knew that, you know, if he was going up the Ravens and, you know, Ray Lewis was
playing, guess what, don't throw it in the middle.
Now the rules a little bit more softened a little bit more tamped it down.
So linebackers really can't do as many things as they want to do.
And then not to mention there's not as, as many elite middle linebackers as they were,
what maybe 10, maybe 15 years ago.
Now you mainly have Fred Warner's of the world, the Roquan Smith's of the world.
Is there anybody else I could think of?
I mean, not bodywagoner because Bobby Wagner is a little bit older now, but, you know,
you're Patrick Queens of the world.
Okay.
You, you have those type of middle linebackers now compared to, you know, back in the day,
you know, you had Ray Lewis, you had this person, you had that person, James Farrier,
you had all these different types of, you know, of people, right?
And, you know, tight ends are starting to be more athletic.
They can double, you know, for someone for, for being, you know, in the slot, they can,
you know, move around, they can be, you know, elite blockers and still catch the ball pretty
well and vice versa.
So, you know, you have those different type of things.
And you know, you're in a situation now where you have tight ends who are bigger, stronger,
faster, more athletic, you know, and, you know, you know, you're in a situation now where
you know, when, when we look at a lot of the elite teams, guess what they all have in common?
They have an elite tight end.
The 49ers, George Kittle, the Browns, David and Joe Coup, the Ravens, Mark Andrews, right?
The Lions, Sam LaPorta.
I was going to say the Eagles, but I'm not going to say the Eagles.
But you know, just, you know, I just feel like they're going to get their, their market
is going to rise, but it's not going to be to the point where it's going to be like,
oh, this person is making 25 million.
Oh, this person making 35 million.
Oh, this person is making 40 million.
No.
Now, I will say this, you know, when you have people like Kyle Pitts, Pat Fiery, Moff and
Company who pretty soon they're coming up for, you know, for new contracts, maybe there's
a possibility that they may, you know, possibly reset the market or get close to resetting
the market, but to say that, you know, the market is just going to, you know, explode
like how other markets have.
No, I just don't see that.
Now moving on to offensive linemen.
Okay.
Although offensive linemen do not get paid.
Well, not all, but although certain positions on the offensive line doesn't get paid as
much, I do believe that the center and guard market is going to continue to rise because
of, you know, the defensive line being valued a little bit more by teams because let's be
real here, folks.
Defense of linemen are getting bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic.
Okay.
And the only way that you can counteract that is, you know, investing into the offensive
line.
You just have to, unfortunately, because if you don't, you are going to mess yourself
up.
Okay.
And I mean, you have to protect your quarterback.
You have to invest some amount of money into your offensive line.
Now, does it mean that you have to put all your money into the offensive line?
No, but you do have to, you know, pick and choose which parts of the offensive line that
you want to value.
I mean, because when we look at it, you know, for center specifically, you have Creed Humphrey,
you have Nick Harris, you have Ryan Kelly, Frank Ragnar, who pretty soon will be coming
up for a new deal.
You know, Connor Williams and whatnot.
There are still really good centers and, you know, and teams value that they value that
more than just saying, Oh, no, we can just let this center go.
We can let him free hit, hit free agency.
It's no problem when it's like, no, a lot of teams, they do value their title.
I mean, they're not tight ends, but centers, they do.
Now to say that they're going to be like, Oh, we're going to pay them an exuberant amount
of money. I don't really know.
I don't know, but I can say this.
People when you look at Lloyd Cushingberry's deal, you know, when he hit free agency this
year, he got paid pretty, pretty well, pretty well for a center.
And you know, I know for a fact that Creed Humphrey, once it's time for him to get paid,
he's going to get paid.
He's going to get paid, paid.
Okay.
So that's for Tyler Linnabong with the Ravens. Those are just a few examples of, you know,
top end players who are still relatively young, but, you know, play at a very elite level
who are going to be compensated pretty well.
Now to say that it's going to be something like, you know, earth shadowing and whatnot.
I can't tell you, but, you know, only time will tell.
Now when it comes for the guard market, that's where I think it's really going to explode.
Okay.
Because you have people like James Daniels, who is still, you know, in the prime of his
career and is still fairly young, who he is, he's been playing a very, you know, pretty
well since being with the Steelers.
And I'm not saying that because I'm a Steelers fan.
I'm saying that because statistically, he only, if I'm not mistaken, I don't have the
exact stat with me.
I probably should have, but he only allowed one sack.
And for him to be, I think only 26 or 27 years old, oh yeah, he's definitely due for another
back alert.
Okay.
Now for someone like a Zach Martin, who is, you know, sort of at the tail end of his career,
he may be trying to go to a, you know, playoff caliber team just to, you know, experience
that because, you know, Cowboys fans, they never haven't been to the Super Bowls since,
you know, since I don't know how when.
Sorry Cowboys fans.
I love you guys though.
Moving forward.
Um, you know, people like Tevin Jenkins and Liam Eikenberg guards are a little bit, you
know, are a little bit not questionable, but a little bit shaky because sometimes, you
know, GMs will value, you know, investing more into the center and the tackles and then
just getting some, you know, average to above average guards just to, you know, hope things
together because let's be real here, folks.
Do you really need like an elite offensive line where every single person has a first
round pick and, you know, they're this and that statistically?
No, but as long as it tackles early in your center, the guards, you can, you can, you
know, you can pick them out, shuffle them, pick them out, shuffle them, pick them out,
shuffle them.
Right.
Now, moving on to the guard market.
I mean, not guard market, cornerback market, excuse me.
Guard market is a little bit weird itself as well simply because for next year's free
agency class four corners, the only corner that I could really think of that's going
to be, you know, really sought after a lot is possibly AJ Turrell.
That's probably the only one.
Now, Carlton Davis, he, he, depending on how he does this season, he may, he may be
due for like a, you know, a pretty, pretty good deal.
But to say like team, like multiple teams are going to be after them, like how, you
know, teams were after with Jerry, it's neat and company.
No, I just don't see that personally.
CJ Henderson is sort of in, is sort of like in between of that as well.
I just personally feel like the corner, cornerback market is going to rise a little bit, but
it's not really going to explode until Patrick Sertain and Sauce are due for their contract.
Same thing for those two corners, because those two corners are literally the best corners
in the league right now.
Okay.
You're talking about, you know, two corners who basically eliminate the side of the field
that they are on.
Okay.
And I'm not going to, I'm just going to leave that there.
I'm not going to go any further because if I do, I'm going to go down an entire rabbit
hole with corners.
Okay.
Now let's look at these stagnant markets.
Okay.
And it's mainly two markets, safety and inside linebacker.
And the reason why I say that is because safeties are not valued as much as how they were, you
know, back in the day, you know, back in the day, and I'm not trying to reveal my age,
but you know, you have people like the Ed reads, Bob Sanders, Troy Palma, lose of the
world, right?
Compared to now, you know, the elites are probably what?
Kyle Hamilton, Marcus Williams, Durwin James, Mica Fitzpatrick and company where, okay,
yes, they are making pretty good money, but to say that the safety market as a whole is
going to be this robust market that's just going to, you know, change overnight.
No, I think it's going to remain pretty stagnant.
There may be one or two people that may get, you know, a pretty good deal, but to say that
it's going to be a lot of turnover.
No.
And it sort of showed because, you know, Antoine Winfield Jr. was he reset at the market if
I'm not mistaken.
And that's mainly because he plays such a pivotal role on the Buccaneers and he is one
of the best states that no one really isn't, you know, talking about it as much.
He's really good.
You're talking about a tackling machine, someone who can go and get the ball.
And you know, when you need him to get the job done, he is that person that does it.
Okay.
Now, do now out of the people that I think could possibly get a pretty good payday, probably
maybe Javon Holland or Julian Love, maybe Jeremy Chen, maybe Justin Reed, Buddha Baker.
I don't know because I don't know how do teams view Buddha Baker.
I don't know if they value him to say, you know, okay, we'll give you, you know, five
to eight million a year or, you know, whatever the case may be because there are still some
safeties in the market right now.
You know, you have your Jamal Adams.
You have Eddie Jackson's of the world and whatnot.
So, you know, who, who knows honestly?
And you know, lately within the last maybe, you know, three to five years, the safety
market has just really just been taking a beating because, you know, GM's don't value
them as far as wanting to resign them.
Most of the times they'll, you know, they'll just go in the draft.
If they see a safety that's, you know, pretty elite and they'll just invest in that compared
to, you know, overpaying for them.
Now with the inside linebacker market, right?
Just to name a few, you know, you have Willie Gay Jr. and Anthony Walker and Devin Bush
for next year.
That's not really good.
It's just not, it's, it's, it's tough.
It's a tough one.
Okay.
Um, out of all of those names that I just said, probably Willie Gay Jr. probably could have
made, you know, some pretty good money, but the problem is, like I've said before, the
inside linebacker market is not valued as much as all the other markets, even though they
play a very major role, um, because they are the ones that sort of counteract with these,
you know, super athletic, you know, tight ends and whatnot.
But unfortunately, you know, they do not, they don't really invest to them a whole lot
and it shows.
It does unfortunately.
Now do I think, do I think the market will, will rise just a little bit?
I don't know.
I don't know because, you know, when you have people like real Quon Smith, who, you know,
coming into the league, he was regarded as one of the best, you know, middle linebackers.
He had to be compensated, you know, for that.
He had to.
Okay.
Fred Warner, he's probably going to get another deal that's going to probably get as close
or maybe it's a past real Quon Smith, but to say that, you know, this person is going
to get it.
This person is going to get it.
This person going to get it.
No.
Because even with Patrick Queens's deal, Patrick Queen actually took less to go to the Steelers.
Because like he said, in his interview with, with Derek Bell, shout out to shout out to
Derek Bell and everybody at Steelers now.
You know, he said that he took less and he said there were multiple offers, better offers,
you know, with other teams, but he felt like he just wanted to be with the Steelers, which
is fine.
You know, that's perfectly fine.
I'm not saying that because I'm a Steelers fan, but you know, it just shows you that certain
types of middle linebackers may get a better chance of, you know, maybe getting a pretty
good payday compared to, you know, just the entire market as a whole.
So I want to end all that to say this.
Do I think, do I think that, you know, next year could be as crazy as it was this year
with all the bag alerts?
Not as much, but I think, I think it will, there'll still be bag alerts, but to say it
will be as crazy as how it was, you know, leading up to the draft and even during the
draft and post draft.
No, I just don't see that.
I just don't.
With it being a defensive class, I think a lot of teams are going to try to, you know,
create some money and possibly try to reload their defense with younger talent, better
talent possibly and just go from there.
But I'm just going to end this episode right now.
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