Breaking news breaking news breaking news. That's right. We got a loaded episode folks JJ McCarthy tore his
His meniscus the Steelers and the 49ers apparently have an agreement in place for the Brandon IEU
Iq trade as well as Matthew Judo is being shocked around by the Patriots
teams are looking to cash in on a on a top of top of the line a
Pass rusher as well as Hassan Reddick is holding out and we still got to continue on talking about
The brandy and I you a drama. I know you don't like it, but I don't like it either
But we still got to talk about it as well as quote-unquote America's team
Jerry Jones is still
Beefing with CD Lam all of this in more on the 23rd episode of the football junkies podcast. I'm your host
Bagrid Domus aka chief bag alert
Meteorologist, okay, your GM who still is not on a team right now
But has three interviews lined up for an assistant GM role right now
Who currently is in New York right now eating a chopped cheese the Aki way?
Kale, let's lock in
All right, folks, let's not waste any more time we have a whole lot to discuss a whole lot to talk about
So let's just go right into the meat and potatoes
Okay, Hassan Reddick outside linebacker for the Jets for now
has officially requested a trade from them and
Yeah, this is
Hmm when you think of a move for the Jets, this is exactly what it is
They they traded for a person. They don't even have a deal in place
So now he's requesting a trade and now they're like, oh my god. No, we're not gonna take him. We're not gonna trade
Oh, we're not gonna get rid of them
Well, it looks like you're gonna have to do something because this is not looking good
It's not but you know what we got to talk about this timeline, okay?
We got to talk about the timeline then we got to talk about the statements the GM has put out and then look at the stats
As opposed to his market value all this and more. Okay, so let's get into everything, okay?
And shout out to Diana Rossini
Insider for the athletic for breaking everything down
Because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be able to understand the ins and outs of this complicated drama. Okay. I just want it
Okay, so this is basically what has happened so far
So the just traded for Hassan Redick knowing that he wanted a contract adjustment quotes, right?
And all teams, you know that were interested in training for
Hassan Redick want knew that he wanted a new deal, right?
But here's the thing though, right?
So the jets made an offer that was quote-unquote below market before a but Hassan Redick declined it. Okay, cool
So the jets continue to move forward with the trade without an agreement in place
Basically meaning like they went forward with the trade without having somewhat of a contract offer, you know on the table that
You know both sides had agreed on basically, right?
And so basically the just didn't offer a long-term deal to do to a
Sion Redick's camp informing them that he would play under the current deal. Cool. This is where things go left
Okay, so Redick's camp believed that the jets said that they would do a deal and trusted
Resolution would be done by camp basically by either mini camp or training camp my guess is training camp, right?
And so the jets called and they said that they were willing to rework the current
Deal if he showed out. I mean showed up. However, that's not what Hassan Redick has agreed to before this trade
Now when you look at it, this is a bunch of broken promises lies and
Just lack of communication. Hey, Hassan Redick is not just your ordinary your ordinary
Attractor, okay? This is not somebody that you know, just has two or three sacks, you know to his career so far
Like no you are talking to somebody who is one of the best patch rushers in this league
Okay, ready yet. You know what before we get into the statement for the GM. Let me just read you the stats, okay?
So 2023 right he had 29 solo tackles 11 sacks and one-fourth fumble according to ESPN, right now
Since 2020 right Redick has had four
four
double digit sack seasons in a row
Okay, he's done that
Now when you break things down and you look at his market value his market value is three years
79.3 million which is about 26.4 million a year according to who?
Spot rack shout out to spot rack now when we look at this entire situation, right?
The jets knew that he was looking for a deal
They knew that he wanted more money. They knew that they were gonna have to pay him on
Top dollar in order to keep him. They knew all of these things
So then why in the world didn't you guys try to hash things out with his representatives in his camp first?
before
Even trying to make sure if this deal would go through
Because now you have somebody who basically has not been with the team
Since his press conference since he's actually been trading right so
He doesn't have any chemistry with any of his teammates. He doesn't know the playbook. He doesn't know anything, right?
And so basically, you know, they're in some one of a situation where they they they got to do something
they have to do something at this point because
You cannot just allow him to just sit
He's sitting and not to mention if we're being real here
You cannot just you can't just you know, just say oh, we're not gonna trade him when it's like yo
He said that he wanted a new deal
Okay, he wanted a new deal. That's why the Eagles. That's why the Eagles made him available for a trade
Because why they weren't gonna be able to pay him. They weren't
So guess what you knew exactly what you were doing, but guess what we're not surprised because why the jets continue
To punch themselves in the throat. Yes, that is a new analogy that I just created and that will be using
For various situations moving forward
But they punch themselves on throw every single time just when you think
They've made just a little bit of progress
Just when you think they've gotten a little bit farther and they've probably shown something a little bit different and they're breaking out of their
Old shell guess what they go right back into it and it shows it shows
100% of the way because there is just no way
That you think that you're gonna trade for one of the best past rushers in the league and you think that he's just gonna play
On the deal that he has no he wants more money
You knew that and you knew it wasn't gonna be no 10 or 15 million dollars
You knew that it was gonna be almost 30 plus million a year that he was probably gonna be looking for you knew that
So if you knew it why in the world again
Did you not take care of the money part before you got into the draft thing and I don't want to hear well
It was a really competitive, you know trade talks and there were multiple teams that were trying to do this and that I don't want to hear it
I don't because guess what now you're in a similar way now you're in a situation where guess what he wants out
He wants out and he's probably going to get out now if I'm the Jets
I probably would just just send him off somewhere. I would I would send him off somewhere
Figure out exactly what what can you get for him and just go from there at that point
I understand that you wanted to to bolster up the team even more I
Understand that you know having a sign ready on that team especially on that defense makes them more potent
I get all of that but guess what it's coming at a cost and clearly it's a cost that you guys do not want
Want to pay and that's just what it is. That's just what it is at this point because
Well, better yet, let me read the statement for from the GM, right? So this is what he said and I quote
We have informed we have informed Hassan that he will not that we will not trade him that he is expected to be here with his
Team mates and that he will continue to be fine per the CBA if he does not report
Since the trade discussion back in March, we have been clear direct and consistent with our position
Our focus will remain on the guys we have here as we prepare for the regular season
Now you know damn well
That you don't have a patch rusher on that team right now that is as consistent and as lethal as Hassan Reddick
You know that I know that
Now if you just pay him the money then maybe you could probably get something of what the Eagles when the Eagles had him
You probably could because if you have a son right on one side quitting Williams in the middle and then somebody else on the other side
Come on now. Someone's gonna get through someone's gonna hit that quarterback
Someone is going to do it
But if you don't pay him then he ain't gonna show up and that's exactly what's happening right now
So do I feel bad for them? Nope. Is it the Jets being the Jets? Yep. Is
Drama like this going to continue? Yep, because why it's the Jets
J ETS Jets Jets Jets Jets ridiculous
Absolutely positively ridiculous now moving forward to
The other news that's going on. So according to Jeremy Fowler. There are teams that are
Currently, you know inquiring about the availability of Matthew Judon via trade and you know
I'm not surprised because again, that's another top tier pass rusher
That is you know that that wants out of his situation that he's in right now, right? And this is somewhat of the same
Not storyline but the same timeline that a lot of people are going through right now
Which is they're on a team they want out of that situation. They want to be put in a better situation
And the team is just not gonna let them go right but at the same time if you are not going to pay them the money that they want
Or the money that they are worth then just let them go let them go and
Know maybe maybe during maybe before the the trade deadline
Maybe you can you know figure out something and you can you know
Flip those picks for a better player or whatever the case may be right because again
He wants out
Okay, he wants out Hassan Reddick wants out those are two top pass rushers
That you know want to be traded that you know if you put them in the right situation
They are going to be very productive and that's gonna bolster that defense whatever defense that they go to
Up a lot it is you were talking about two impact players
Who respectfully are looking for money? That's just what it boils down to it doesn't well
Let me say this for Jude on's situation specifically
It might be a little bit different because he realizes hey, I want to win. I've already gotten paid
I you know money is good and everything but I want to win a championship right and he probably realizes hey
Being on this team is probably not gonna be the best option for me to win a championship
Same thing with assign bullet even with Hassan ready even though he's already I think he's won a championship if I'm not mistaken
So it's like you know once you have that taste for winning you want to continue to go for it's like a drug
It really is once you've had your your first hit of it
you're gonna want to continue to chase that first experience and that's just what it is and
You know when you have people in the way like you know the Jets in the Patriots that muddies things up because why they're there
You know behind closed doors. They they they can be saying oh
We're so disgruntled with them. We don't like him in this and the other we don't like the actions that he but it's like bro
He's already said it. I don't want to be here
So if you don't want to be here bounce go let him go
It's not gonna hurt you you didn't draft him. You didn't pay him top dollar money and you're not going to pay him top
Dollar money, so let him go. It's not going to hurt your bottom dollar. It's not
It's not
It's not gonna be something where it's like. Oh if we lose this person
It instantly diminishes our chances of winning a championship. No because guess what neither one of those teams are gonna win the championship
It's just not but again, this is the same rhetoric
This is the same foolishness that you know continues to happen
Lately is that teams are just holding out for no reason and it's like dude
Don't just hold a player if they don't want to be there if things are just so you know
Just so bad and just so toxic and negative. Let him go. It's not gonna hurt you
It's not it might be better for the team anyway. Who knows but again, guess what?
It's not my team now on to this
Situation with Brandi Nyua can the 49ers of saga continues before we get into the breaking news aspect of it
The drama continues with you know, Brandi Nyua can the 49ers and it's basically reached a point to where
Neither side really wants to work something out even though there have been reports that you know that came out that
You know, Brandi Nyua can you know members of the 49ers had a heart-to-heart moment and they were able to reengage
You know contract talks and whatnot, but the fact of the matter is that bridge is already burned, right?
If you weren't if you guys have not talked since you know the earlier parts of this year
Then what do you think? You know having a heart-to-heart would would be able to to restart things
That's just what it is like
Okay, I understand that you want to try to keep your you know keep your guy and whatnot
But he's clearly show that he does not want to be there. He showed that his actions showed it this entire offseason
He doesn't want to be there. So don't hold him hostage. Just let him go
Just let him go because you thinking that you know, you're gonna be able to pay your it's not possible
It's not that's what the 49ers have been trying to do for the longest time and it's like
Okay, you're trying to pay everybody top dollar money
Well at the same time try to win a championship. It does not work at some point
There's going to be a lack on the roster, right?
And you would think that you know with the proper coaching and you know everything else and scheming whatnot that you know
That that lack would be you know filled in and whatnot
But I guess that's not the case but at the same time you drafted two receivers in this past draft
You drafted one in the first round and he drafted another one into the later part of the draft
So what exactly is the problem not to mention you still have what?
George Kittle, Joanne Jennings, and you still have Christian McCaffrey on that offense and then other players that they've gotten
So I don't understand what the problem is if the scheme is that potent and if the scheme is that intact
Then you should be able to you know switch different types different types of players in and out like it's clockwork, right?
Look at the Chiefs the Chiefs literally have adjusted just a little bit there
They're offensive scheme based off of the players that they had they didn't try to do the same thing that they did when they had
McCollard-Harman and Byron Pringle and Tyree Kill. No, they did something different
And even then they kept the core intact, right?
And they were still able to do everything that they needed to do so exactly
I don't understand what the problem is if Kyle Shanahan is the great offensive minded coach that he is
Then this should not you know worry him
He shouldn't lose an inch of sleep off of it, but they are trying quote-unquote so hard
To make sure that they keep Brandon IU that it's like you're hurting yourself more than helping yourself, right?
If the both of you guys do not want to work together
move forward
Move forward because guess what if you all win the Super Bowl guess what you're right
You were right. You were right. You were right. You were right everything that you did was right
But if you guys don't win the Super Bowl and you fail again, then it's like, okay something something's not right
Right because we cannot we cannot sit here and say that you know
Oh the 49ers, you know, haven't really been you know really even had the best chance. Yes, they've had a
majority of times that they've been into the Super Bowl from
2019 to last year guess what they were in it they were in it, but they stopped
They stopped doing what they were doing in the first half and guess what happened they choked
They that's what it boils down to and not to mention not to go off on another tangent
But you cannot pay every you can't reset the market for every single player that you have
You can't reset the market for every star player that you have you can't I'm sorry
It does not work like that
It's not like baseball
But you can reset the market for all your top for all your top people while at the same time paying everybody else
It does not work like that
It doesn't like you have a bigger problem to worry about than Brandon I you it was that bigger problem Trent Williams
Trent Williams is looking for more money
You need to be worried about that
Because that's the bigger problem because guess what if Trent Williams is not on that field
Come week one there. You're going to have hell to pay for it
You are because why he's still the best left tackle in the game
He is and you knew
Once Christian Derisaw was going to get his deal because you probably caught wind of it
Because I mean, let's be real here GM's and whatnot all those different type of people they talk
They talk I don't hear anyone says they all talk right?
So you probably have had to catch wind that that deal was gonna go that deal was gonna come down sooner or later as
Soon as that deal was announced by Adam Schefter and all the other insiders
You should have picked up the phone and you should have called Trent Williams and said let's come to the table
Let's get you some more money, right?
Because guess what he's still playing at a very high elite level and you need your left tackle
There's not a bunch of elite left tackles just sitting somewhere waiting to get traded. It's not that's Trent Williams
Okay, you have him so you need to prioritize him over Brandon IE
If Brandon IE doesn't want to be there, let him go
Let him go. It's not gonna hurt your bottom line. It's not
Because at the end of the day you still have other players that you have to worry about and pay for right
You still have Brock Purdy that you have to worry about next year and I understand that you know next year is next year
No, that had dirt of this season has a lot of ramifications on a lot of different things and people don't
Understand it because guess what if they lose again? They do not win a championship
Everything that they've done so far
With the whole John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan era has been a waste
From getting the fourth spuckner from getting Javan Hargrave from drafting Nick Bosa to
You know getting D. Bo Samuel and Brandon IE we could then trading for Christian McCaffrey and then trading for Trent Williams
And then doing this and doing that all the big moves that they made
Will all be a waste if they do not hold up a Lombardi trophy. That's what it boils down to
That's what it is. It's not rocket science. This isn't you know a
Super complex
You know situation that that needs to be answered. It's not it's very simple. It very it really is okay
If a print if a player does not want to be on the team you let them go
I understand I've been saying this this entire time, but I will continue to say it until you guys understand it
If a player does not want to be on the team, you let the player go. That's just it
That's just what it boils down to it's not gonna hurt your bottom line as long as the scheme
Continues to be productive as long as your other star players continue to show up. That's perfectly fine
That that just means that guess what somebody else is going to get more touches
Where that be another receiver?
Where that be Christian McCaffrey whether that be George Kittle somebody else is going to get more attention now
That's just what it is and that could be good. That could be bad
But again, these are all things that we have to wait and see exactly what's going to happen with them
And even then if we're being honest here
Mario Cooper has sort of thrown out subliminals that basically say that he's not opposed to being a different situation
So I wouldn't be surprised if the 49ers, you know, spin the block
During the season and probably go after someone like an Amara Cooper. Okay, just because you know, they there was some
Agreement in place. It's just brand-new. It didn't want to go there. So I mean either way you look at it
It's a messy situation on there in but I feel like it's more of a messier situation with the Steelers because
You're making this unprecedented move
Anyone would have a quarterback under contract next year, right? So you have to figure out exactly. What are you going to do?
At that position because it's either you're going to
Extend Russell Russell Russell Wilson
Justin Fields, you're gonna pay for someone like good like a Dak Prescott or you're gonna draft
Those are gonna those are your four options. You don't have no other options
You know when it comes to the quarterback position, you just don't I'm sorry and you know
I don't know about you, but I don't think the Steelers are going to be you know paying 60 million dollars to a quarterback that
You know hasn't even been to a Super Bowl let alone the NFC championship. I
Just don't think so honestly personally
Not to mention you're still going through a lot of the you know ends and outs of
The somewhat of a soft rebuild and whatnot
So it's a lot of factors that you have to you know have in place with this type of move because if we can be real here
You only make this type of move if
The entire roster is set and right now I can I can honestly be
Being completely transparent completely honest and say that the roster is not 100%
In a good place to compete with you know the Ravens or the Chiefs or whatever the top teams in the AFC
They're not in the position to do that. They're not far from it
But right now they still have a lot of building to do
I would venture to say that they probably have
Maybe one or two more, you know really good drafts that they have to have in order for things to be in a position for
You know for people to say that their Super Bowl window is open at this point
Because right now it's not open let alone their playoff window is open. It's not and even then you would you would have to hope and pray
That somebody else on the other team and in your division would relatively have to be hurt or they would have to have a really bad season
That's the only way that that's gonna work other than that
You're gonna be scratching and clawing to get into the playoffs
Especially like I said in previous episodes that second half of the season that is a gauntlet
That is a gauntlet. You're going up against the Chiefs. You're going up against the Ravens. You're going up against the Browns
You're going up against the Eagles
right in in the part of the season where
Every single game counts regardless if it's the NFC opponent or AFC opponent regardless if they're in your division or not in your division
Every game matters, right? And so I say all that to say this, you know
This is a this this situation has has drawn out for too long
Everybody is over it. Everybody is tired of talking about it. A resolution just needs to come
So we can just move on with other
other things to talk about because it's just
This this is all everybody talks about this is all everybody asked about this all everybody debates about nothing else
I have seen more attention
About the 49ers and Brandon IEUIC then what I have with CD lamb or any other person I
Have and that's honestly sad
but you know transitioning on to the next topic speaking of CD lamb and whatnot him and Jerry journals are still beefing and
And CD lamb basically has taken out the Cowboys out of his Twitter bio. So
To some people that's probably like, you know, that's not really nothing big to talk about
But you know that just in some way shows that you know, how deep and
how broken these contract talks
Talks are I can't speak because you're gonna have Jerry side who Jerry's gonna make it seem like you know
I want to pay him and you know, take care of my own and this and the other blah blah blah
But you have CD lamb on the other side who's basically saying listen, I'm trying to get paid
Okay, I'm one of the best receivers in the league right now and have been one of the best receivers in the league right now
And well, and I would like to be fairly compensated which is you know, I'm not gonna argue with that at all because
That's what you're supposed to do. He has exceeded his expectations
Expectations and now the market is you know, the market is the market
That's just what it is. The market is the market. There is nothing
You can do or say about it. The market is the market
You knew that pretty soon that once Justin Jefferson was gonna enter into a contract here
You should have done it a year prior
Because now you're in a situation where you have all these top-of-the-line receivers who got paid and literally went off season
Nico Collins Tyreek Hill Jalen waddle a Mon Ross a brown AJ Brown
Who else who else who else who else Jerry Judy?
And you know and the list goes on like you've had a lot of you know top receivers who got paid
Fairly well, right? So it's like, you know, it's either you pay him now or
Or you wait and you risk, you know, maybe the the bangles
Finally trying to page a march ace or Brandon I you week, you know
His his situation gets resolved pretty soon and whatnot. You better do it now because if you don't you're going to mess yourself up and granted
Understand, you know, Jerry Jerry always takes care of his players. He does that is the one thing
I can definitely say that I respect the Cowboys for they do prior ties
You know the players that they do draft and develop and whatnot. However
When you're dealing with a player like a CD lamb, you have to take care of them
You have to take care of them. And if you're not going to take care of them, trade them trade them open
Open things up for him to be traded and see exactly what the price is and if the price is enticing to you
You make the deal
But if the price is not enticing then you just you know
You figure out exactly what you're going to do because at the end of the day
You're going to go into you're going to be in a situation in this upcoming season. We are going to need a CD lamb
You're going to need his talents and his skillset to win you a game
Because there's no other receiver on the Cowboys roster that is as good or even close to CD lamb
It isn't he's literally the best receiver the best offensive weapon on that team right now
And he knows it. So Jerry
Take out that checkbook that old wrinkly
Beat-up checkbook that you've had to take out a lot of times to pay for a lot of players write that check
Write that check you might as well because if you don't you're gonna regret it. You are going to regret it now
we'll be going to
the the breaking news part one of the breaking news so JJ McCarthy a
Quarterback who just got drafted this this past draft
Tour his meniscus. Yeah, he he tore his meniscus. So
The timetable of when he's gonna be coming back is still unknown. I
Mean that there's nothing really to there's not a whole lot to say about it
Me personally I was very high on JJ McCarthy coming out of Michigan
Simply because he had a lot of the intangibles to be a franchise quarterback
Okay, you're talking about somebody who is very calm under pressure
Who is very calm under very tense and stressful moments?
You're talking about somebody that has an arm that's a little bit athletic that can roll out and do all the things that he
Need to do and he's a winner, right?
And I think that is something that a lot of quarterbacks don't have coming into
a league they don't have that winners mentality that mentality that you know, if you're not here to win
Don't even don't even try to you know, have a conversation with me. So
When you have that all mixed together and you add that with you know, the Vikings offense, you know, that that can be pretty potent
But now this basically put Sam Darno in the driver seat to be the starting quarterback
I'm moving forward, but I would say this it doesn't necessarily affect JJ McCarthy because
This is just an experience for him to sit down
Learn and observe that's the most important thing right now because if you if you sit down observe and learn
You'll be able to really be to really have a plan in place on exactly. How do you want to attack?
Not only your division rivals, but your opponents, right?
And a lot of times a lot of quarterbacks that do get drafted in the first round
They don't have that opportunity to just sit down and to learn behind the veteran, right?
A lot of times they are pushed into the situation of okay, you're the guy go ahead
Do it do what you did in college?
But I want you to do that over an 18-week period against some of the best pass rusher some of the best
Players in the world do it
And it's hard it it's hard. It's it's chewed up a lot of people and it spat them right back out
It has but I think JJ McCarthy, you know
I think this is a blessing and disguise for him and I think you know
This is gonna make him a whole lot stronger than what he was, you know coming into the league now
moving on to
To one better yet. I'm gonna save that for last. That's what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna save the the steel the steers and brand now you with thing again. I'm gonna save that for last
I'm gonna talk about the Texans thing so
if you guys if you guys didn't see it the
Man, man, this is gonna be hard the Texans and the Steelers played was it last Friday last Friday and
You know at first, you know, I was thinking okay
This is probably gonna be a pretty good game, but it just went left and you know to me personally
I don't look at the score. I look at the play on the field
Because again, this is preseason. No, it the preseason doesn't count right? It's not like a oh
You're undefeated or you're this or you're that it doesn't that doesn't mean nothing to me
What I want to see is what is how is everything working?
Are people are people able to you know do their assignments are the offense alignment?
Are they picking up their blocks? Are they you know doing doing whatever that they need to do right?
It's the quarterback. Is he being consistent?
Is he you know showing showcasing, you know better skills and whatnot all those different things
I value that a lot because a lot of times the preseason
Set you up and let you know exactly. Okay. What exactly are we gonna need moving forward and
Are we gonna be able to get it v. Trade or we're gonna have to draft it next year, right?
a lot of those the discussions and
Things of that nature start in the preseason. Okay, anyone says that is my belief
And I will continue to die on that hill
But I will say this
Justin Fields definitely is still lacking
The mechanics I think his mechanics still need to be worked on more and I understand there's probably gonna be some people out there
That's probably say well, you know, you're you come off as a hater come off as a Justin Fields hater
I don't come off as a hater. I come off as a realist because at the end of the day
We have seen bits and pieces of Justin Fields being elite and
Then we've seen him be inconsistent and unalied. We've seen it
so it's like, you know, everybody wants him to tap into that elite side of him, but it's like
What exactly is stopping him from doing it?
Because it's like bro, you got it. You have all the intangibles you can run you got the deep ball all those different type of things
All you need to do is just put it together
That's it
That's it. That's all you got to do
No one to say that you got to be patch my homes
No one to say that you got to be Tom Brandy
Nobody say that you got to be any of those players, but you have to be efficient
You have to be consistent. You have to be able to identify your reads and you have to execute
You have to execute you can't hold on to the ball that long and that's exactly what he was doing and you know for the people that were
There were you know a little bit upset that you know Troy Flattanu was you know was letting up
The Saxon whatnot you can't be upset with him. He's a he's a rookie. He's a rookie. He's gonna be against the Neil Hunter
The the Neil Hunter the the Neil Hunter who at one point, you know
Almost had I think he had almost close to the sax if I'm not mistaken and if not I can be wrong
But he's had double he's had multiple double digit sax seasons that the Neil Hunter, right?
And then you're going up against other patch rushes that are just as good or even below the Neil Hunter
but are still good in their own respective way, so it's like
You got all of this that you got to worry about these are the growing pains that you know as
As a tackle especially as a rookie tackle that they have to go through. That's just what it is
It sucks. Yes, it's not nice, but it's better that you go through this now
During the preseason so that when the season actually starts guess what you're prepared you're ready
You know exactly what you need to do right?
Compared to if you were to go into the season and you didn't know what to do then you're struggling and then guess what you risk the
You risk the chance of your quarterback getting punished and possibly hurt and you know whatever the case may be so
but I do think that the main thing in the main gripe that I have right now with the team and
This might turn into a rant a little bit is
Broderick Jones, and I'm gonna try to be as non-biased as I possibly can project Jones coming out of Georgia
Was a raw was a raw tackle?
He was raw now his run when when it when it comes to the run
He's a great. He's a row greater. He
Once he gets some momentum. He's gonna put you on he's gonna put you on your ass, okay?
He's gonna put you on the ground. That's Broderick Jones
However, what we what the Steelers have to stop doing is
Switching him from left tackle to right tackle right tackle to left tackle back and forth back and forth
Da da da da da da da da you have to stop doing it because all you're doing is messing up his progression
At some point at some point. He's gonna have to play left tackle
Omar Khan said he will play left tackle everybody else said he's going to play left tackle
So what is the holdup you know exactly what you're getting with Dan more?
You know exactly that Dan more is not a good is not a good left tackle and that you cannot rely on him
You invested a first round picking the Broderick Jones put him out there if he struggles
He struggles, but he has to go through these growing pains now
Because if he doesn't go through these growing pains now guess what's gonna happen
He won't be prepared and it'll be a waste and then you're gonna be trying to figure out. What are you gonna do?
You spent two drafts back-to-back drafts on offensive line specifically tackle
They have to work you have to throw them into the fire. That's just what it is
You have to throw them in into the fire
You have to let them experience the ups and downs and they have to go through some of the best patch rush
That's what it is because when he gets the contract talks guess what?
You won't even know how to really pay him because he's played a lot of snaps on the right side
He's played last time from the left side. He instead of just okay for a majority of his career
He's played on the left side for a majority
You know if his career he may play him on the right side just make the decision make the decision and stick with it
Otherwise you're gonna do that's another pick that you done wasted and you can't just waste picks
You just can't not not in the position
That you're in and even then when you have you know my time, you know saying things like you know, I
Want Minka and TJ Watt and cam to experience the confetti, but it's like but the moves that you've made lately
Say otherwise it contradicts exactly what you're saying, right?
Don't tell me that you want to win and whatnot
But you know you're trying to make a trade for a receiver and pay him
Close to almost 30 plus million dollars when you don't have a quarterback
That's under contract next year not to mention you also have to get ready to pay
TJ Watt again, you're trying to figure what you're gonna do with Cameron Hamer
You're trying to figure out what you're gonna do with Najee Harris
You're trying to figure out what you're gonna do path with path right move not to mention
You're gonna also gonna have to figure out what you're gonna do with Jalen Warren and George Pickett. It's pretty soon as well
So that's a lot of that's a lot of situations that you have to figure out and you have to take care of not to mention
You know Isaac see a maulu
You might want to do something with that and whatnot like you have a lot of things that you that are you know
They need to be answered and right now you're not in the situation to compete for a Super Bowl. You're not
Why in the world would you want a mortgage?
A two-year a two to three-year window and then lose it all when you could just build it up and then you know
Just see how how the cards, you know fall if they fall in the right direction
They fall in the right direction and if they don't fall in the right direction with them. Oh, well
It it just would it's it is what it is at the end of the day
but what you cannot do is continue to flip-flop certain players and
Put players out of position and then you know try to
You can't go after players that basically smoked you in a game
That's that that's just what it is
You can't go after players that you know had a crazy game on you and then think that you're gonna get the same thing that you
You know that they did against you. You just can't do that
It does not work if you did that every single time you you wouldn't get anywhere. You just wouldn't so
That's that's basically what?
What I have to say about that now finally what the last thing
Because there's a little bit of a twist apparently because I just saw the video
So the Steelers and the 49ers have a have agreed to terms, you know on a potential trade
however, it all depends on Brandy 9 you look right and so
Basically, it's now a wait and see everybody again is trying to you know hold their breath even longer to try to see exactly
What's gonna happen?
Brandy are you basically what it seems like is he's trying to?
Have the 49ers maybe like try to up their number up their number just a little bit
But apparently from my Garofalo
He just says something that contradicts that which is basically, you know the 49ers have you know the 49ers in the
And Brandy 9 you ex team, you know
They haven't they sort of have an idea of a number and you know, they are they're okay with that and you know again
It's in Brandy 9 you ex corner. So, you know
But
Let's get this over with I'm done. I'm I'm I'm so so done with this
I'm so tired of hearing this back and forth one minute. It's okay. Something is about to happen
It's it's imminent. It's imminent. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen
And then the next minute happens and the next minute
It's he doesn't know what he wants to do the next minute
He's disgruntled with the team the next minute, you know
They're putting out reports saying that him and Kyle shane him, you know gotten to it
And it's they having a heart-to-heart moment. It's I'm I'm so done with this
Signed the deal either you're gonna sign the piece of paper and stay with the 49ers or you're gonna go to the Pittsburgh Steelers
One of the two I don't even care and I'm gonna end this episode right here
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I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys needed this week. I
Know we've been giving out a lot of long episodes, but I mean it's a lot to talk about so I wouldn't be surprised if
You know, just as when I'm getting ready to edit or just when I'm getting ready to put it out
Something happens with either this brandy now you ex situation or somebody gets paid matter of fact, you know what that's exactly
It's gonna happen. Brandy now you is either gonna get trade
He's either gonna get traded to the Steelers or he's gonna sign a deal with the 49er in the next three days watch what happens
I would not be surprised. So as always, I love you guys appreciate you guys so much for you know
for supporting me for helping me through all of this and
You know
That's let's wait for another
Two more years. I'll see what's gonna happen. Brandy man. You know
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