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Baggler, baggler, baggler, baggler, baggler folks, you know what?

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I thought this episode was going to be relatively short, but it's not.

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It's going to be another banger.

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It's going to be another loaded episode.

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Okay, we have so much to talk about.

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We have so much to talk about.

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Oh my God.

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From the moment I woke up up until I finished doing the talking point for this episode,

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and it has been nothing but a whirlwind of news and baggler and more news and baggler

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and more news and baggler.

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And I told you this.

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I told you this as your baggler dominance.

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I told you that there was a good chance that there was going to be another baggler before

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this weekend.

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And guess what happened?

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It happened.

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It happened.

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See this is exactly why you have to listen to the greatest football podcast in the world

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because why?

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We said this a few days in advance and it happened.

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It did happen.

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But you know what?

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Let's, you know what?

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Let's get into the topic.

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So here we go.

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AJ Turrell, okay, gets paid.

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Okay.

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The Olympics and Gardner and Menchu have been named starters for their respective teams,

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right?

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Linval Joseph signs with the Cowboys.

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I know.

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Weird, right?

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Also, Baggler dominance predictions for both corners and receivers since there's a lot

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of things that are swirling right now, as well as the breaking news that literally just

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happened before I hit this record button.

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Jahan Dotson is going to the Eagles.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yep.

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And you're probably pulling over on 95 right now.

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You're probably hitting your steering wheel, crying, wondering what in the world is going

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on with the commanders.

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I don't know, but guess what?

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I have a prediction for that because why?

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I am your Baggler dominance.

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Okay.

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As well as we have to talk about the Steelers and Lions preview.

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Yes, we do have to talk about it because it is a team that everybody has been talking

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about lately.

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We have to talk about as well as responding and reacting to what Brian Flores has finally

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said about the whole tour situation.

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All of this and more.

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I know this is a long intro, but who cares about it because guess what?

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This is going to be a long episode.

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So who cares anyway?

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I am your host, your Baggler dominance, your chief, your chief.

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Okay.

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You time chief bag alert meteorologist.

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That's right.

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Me.

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Okay.

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As well as the GM who still isn't on the team right now, but he is able to predict things

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and they come to path.

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Just like how I said that there's going to be another backer.

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Just like I'm saying right now that brand now you because either going to get paid by

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the 49ers or traded by or before the chiefs and Ravens game.

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You heard it here for us on the 26th episode of the football junkies podcast.

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I am your host Kale who currently, as I'm going to say it again, is not on a team right

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now, but I'm looking at interviews.

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I don't know if I should go to the AFC North, AC West or the AFC South.

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I like the South, but guess what?

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Forget all that because you know what it's time.

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It's time.

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It is time.

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It is time.

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It is time to do what folks?

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Lock in.

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All right, folks, let's just get into everything.

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So corner for the Falcons.

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AJ Turrell has inked a four year 81 million dollar deal.

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He's making $65.8 million in total guarantees and he's making $20.2 million a year.

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Now when you look at his stats, his stats for last season, 11 past deflections, four

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tackle for losses and 34 tackles.

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So all in all pretty good stats.

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Of course, he didn't, his interception numbers wasn't there, but as far as everything else,

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it was definitely there.

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So all in all, great deal.

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Now, when we look at the total quarterback guarantee, as far as like the top four, you

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know, highest ones, we have to look at Denzel war with 71.25 million, Marlon Humphrey, 67.3,

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AJ Turrell just got there, 65.8 in Tyson Campbell, 53.4.

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Now when you look at it, you know, AJ Turrell is definitely one of those corners that, you

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know, is definitely a playmaker.

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This is a playmaker.

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This is someone that, you know, he can, he can, he can change the game.

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That's who AJ Turrell is.

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You're talking about someone who is going to go mono, mono with the number one receiver

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on the offense.

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That is who he is.

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And that is what he's been since coming into the league.

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Now, you know, as his career, as you know, progress, he does, he has gotten, you know,

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better when it comes to his coverage, better when it comes to just being, you know, somewhat

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of a foreign and a lot of receiver size.

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And he's definitely, you know, one of those corners that a lot of people talk about and

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give high praises to and give their flowers to.

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So all in all, I think it was a great situation.

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And you know, the Falcons have definitely done a lot of things, a lot of significant

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moves in this all season alone from getting her cousins and Michael Pennix to, you know,

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getting Justin Simmons, Jude on and now paying AJ Turrell.

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So I mean, all in all, a great, great, great, great, great situation, as well as getting

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Raheem Morris as well and making him the head coach as well.

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So, you know, this, this Falcons team, you know, looks, looks promising, looks very promising.

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I could probably make a strong case that in recent years, this is probably going to be

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the second best Falcons team that we've probably seen lately.

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And that's, that's, I mean, they're probably, they won't be as close as the Super Bowl team,

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you know, the ones that choked.

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I'm sorry, Falcons fans, I just had to do it.

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I just had to put that in there.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I know you probably clicked off on the episode already.

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I'm sorry.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for listening.

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But, you know, this is a really good team.

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This is a really good team.

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I think they are definitely going to be competitive with the Buccaneers on who was going to win

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the division.

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I definitely believe that they could probably sneak into the wild card.

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I would not be surprised.

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And I don't think the Falcons are done.

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I think the Falcons are still going to try to, you know, patch up any other holes that

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they have on both sides of the ball and, you know, do whatever they need to do to be competitive

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because they're in a situation where they are tired of being the door mat, not only

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in their division, but in the league, right?

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A lot of times, you know, when a team has to go up against the Falcons, you're thinking,

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oh man, we don't got to worry about the Falcons, man.

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We about to go to Magic City, get some wings and whatnot, about to have a good time, you

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know, about to go here, there, everywhere, probably going to see the Migos, CTI, or,

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you know, whomever, you know what I mean?

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All those different types of things, right?

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But now, you know, you do have to worry about them.

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That defense, that's a potent defense right there.

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That offense, that offense is going to put up some numbers.

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I don't care where anyone says, you guys can crap on Kirk Cousins as much as you want,

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but the fact of the matter is, Kirk Cousins is a good situational quarterback.

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That's what he is.

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He is someone who he is going to do whatever he needs to do in order to win.

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That is who he is.

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He's not someone that's going to be flashy when it comes to his stats or, you know, his

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style of play and whatnot, but he is someone who is just going to get the job done, put

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the ball in the playmaker's hands and win the game.

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That is who Kirk Cousins is and that is why the Falcons, you know, gave him the deal if

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they gave him.

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So, all in all, I feel like it's a great situation all around, honestly.

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And then not to mention, you know, if the Falcons would have let Aji Terrell walk, that

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definitely would have put a massive hole on that team.

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So, you know, you just had to make sure and you had to lock them up and make sure that

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everything was good.

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Now, I can say this, I definitely was, I definitely had a hunch and I'm not saying this because

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I have sources or anything, but I definitely felt like there was something that was going

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to happen with the Falcons lately because they restructured who was it?

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Jake Matthews.

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One of their offensive linemen that just got a mega deal, they just restructured his

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deal in order to create some cat space.

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So that let me know that either one of two things were going to happen.

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Either they were going to pay Judon or Aji Terrell or they were going to go and try to

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make a move for another big time player and patch up the team as best as possible.

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And, you know, won't be whole, they paid Aji Terrell.

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So all in all, great signing, you know, great move for the Falcons, ruining for the Falcons

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and let's just see what happens with them.

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Now, moving on to the other, well, I mean, it's not, it's important, but not as important.

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And I'll explain why shortly.

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So, Sean Payton, coach for the Broncos has decided to make a bow next to the starting

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quarterback for week one.

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Now, when we look at this, bow nicks for whatever, you know, whatever the reason is, you know,

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was definitely slept on by a lot of prospects and by a lot of people and, you know, definitely

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clamped, not clamped down, but definitely looked down on, on his assets and what he

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brings to a team, you know, I think me personally, I feel like his skill set reminds me of a

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Drew Brees, a more athletic Drew Brees who was able to, you know, make a move for the

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team, you know, run out of the pocket, who was able to extend the play, who has the

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big arm, you know, who has the maturity and whatnot, all those different types of things.

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It looks like Drew Brees 2.0.

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That's what it really looks like.

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That's the vibe that I'm getting from bow nicks.

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And you know, for, for all the flak that Sean Payton got with the whole Russell Wilson situation,

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I could definitely say he's done a lot of turnaround in this offseason alone when you

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really look at, you know, he got.

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Bow nicks, he was able to keep Cortland Sutton.

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Tim Patrick looks healthy and he looks like he's, you know, being productive.

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They re-signed Quinn Miners.

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They've, you know, done, done a few little things to the offensive line to make it a

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little bit better.

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You know, all in all, that offense does look like, you know, they're going to be in a good

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direction.

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It's just the defense that I think that's going to give them the problems because although

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you do have PS2, you don't have any, you don't have any patch rushers, any good patch rushers.

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You don't have any good, you know, defensive line depth.

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Your linebackers, I mean, they're, they're okay, but they could be better.

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So it's like, and then not to mention you lost Justin Simmons.

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So the only real focal piece that you have on that team is PS2 for the defense.

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And so, you know, maybe, maybe they may try to, you know, pick somebody up off of waivers

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and once cut down, they happens.

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I don't know.

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But you know, all in all, I think they are in a good direction.

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Now when we look at the, the Raiders.

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I think the Raiders situation is a little bit more unique than the Broncos because with

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Garner Minchu being the, you know, being named the, the starting quarterback, I do feel like

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this does, you know, hit the, well, not hit, but I think this initiates the ticking time

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bomb of Devante Adams.

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And the reason why I say that is because Devante Adams wants to win, right?

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And, you know, since the whole crappy shitty situation, you know, with the whole Aaron

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Rogers and Devante Adams in the Packers situation, I think he does realize that he didn't make

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a wrong, he, he, you know, he definitely made the wrong decision in leaving the Packers.

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And granted, I understand, you know, from his perspective, he's thinking, okay, Jordan

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Love really hasn't played.

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I don't have any chemistry with him.

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I don't know if this team is going to regress or continue to get better.

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So I just need to find a way out and granted, you know, at that time, Derek Harvest still

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with the Raiders.

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And, you know, there was, there wasn't no indication that, you know, that Derek Harvest

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going to get let go of, but ultimately he did.

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And, you know, Devante Adams is now stuck in a crappy situation with a Raiders team that's

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not going to really go anywhere that at best is going to compete for a top five draft pick.

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That's just that.

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That's just what it is.

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I'm calling it the way that I see it here, folks.

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I'm not trying to sugarcoat it.

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I'm not trying to do anything.

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Those different types of things.

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Garner meant you is going to win you games.

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But to say that he is going to win you eight, nine, 10 games, especially in a division where

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you have Patrick Mahomes, you now have bow nicks and you have Justin Herbert.

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Right.

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That's a pretty, that's a pretty, you know, competitive division.

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And, you know, the Chargers are looking pretty good.

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They are.

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And, you know, the chiefs are the chiefs.

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So again, is was this probably the best situation?

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I don't know.

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But you know, only time will tell.

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Maybe, maybe Garner mentioned will prove us wrong.

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Maybe I don't know.

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But all in all, I just, I just don't like it.

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I just don't.

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I think Devante Adams is going to want out.

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I think he's definitely going to want to be traded.

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And I think he's definitely going to, I think he's definitely going to garner a lot of attention

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from a lot of teams.

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I will not be some.

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This is my prediction because I'm going to do, I'm going to be doing a lot of predictions.

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Okay.

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We are going to call this episode.

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Bagracies.

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Yes.

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Bagracies bag, bag alerts and conspiracy theories mixed into one seat.

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See, this is exactly why this is the greatest football podcast you can possibly listen to.

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Man, come on.

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I don't care.

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Anyone says now when we look at this, when you look at it from, you know, from the eye

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outside looking at the Raiders have lost a lot.

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Okay.

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Especially on that offense, they lost Josh Jacobs due to free agency.

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You lost Derek Carr for, you know, obvious dumb reasons.

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All you have is Brock Bowers and Devante Adams.

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That's all you really have.

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Then you let go of Hunter Renfro.

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So it's like, what exactly do you have to show for?

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Right.

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And, you know, it's definitely a difficult situation for the Vonte Adams because one,

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he's not getting any younger, he wants to win.

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He wants to experience what winning is.

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And he knows that this is probably going to be the opportunity, the only opportunity

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that he's probably going to have to possibly go to another situation, a better situation

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that could probably be more competitive and that you could possibly win.

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That's just what it is at the end of the day.

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Now onto the other news.

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So defensive tackle will former bills and Vikings.

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I don't know what other teams they play for.

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But, uh, detackle Linval Joseph has signed a deal with the Cowboys.

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Yeah.

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This is the third, four, fifth, six, seven, eighth, ninth, tenth defensive line that they've

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signed already.

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Like, geez, how many defensive, how many defensive line are they going to sell?

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We got a week.

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Well, anyway, um, I'm rambling, uh, Linval Joseph signed with the Cowboys.

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So, you know, this is more of a veteran presence who, who knows the Mike Zimmer system, comfortable

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with the Mike Zimmer system, who has that, you know, who can show the other players on

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the defensive line, you know, how to be, you know, how to fit into his system.

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Um, nothing, you know, crazy or anything like that.

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Even when you look at the deal, it's really, it's only a one year, four million dollar

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deal.

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He's only getting 2.5 million guarantees.

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So all in all, it's really not that big of a deal, not that big of a situation because

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I do know that the Cowboys have been trying to like beef up their, their defensive line

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as best as possible.

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And Linval Joseph is definitely a good run stuffer.

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Um, I just wonder is it, you know, is a little bit of a premeditated type of move?

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I just want to know honestly, because again, you're filling up.

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Yes, you're, you're adding players, but are they impactful players?

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That's the question because Mazzie Smith really hasn't shown a whole lot since being drafted

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to the, to the Cowboys.

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Linval Joseph really, I mean, he's, he, he did a few things with the, you know, with

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the bills and whatnot.

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But again, where, where, where does he lie on the, you know, on the food chain on that

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defensive line?

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Um, even with Carl Lawson, like again, you're, you're getting, you know, you're getting these

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players are like, what, what exactly, what is the plan actually at this point?

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And you know, again, this does go back to everything that's going on with the Cowboys,

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the Cowboys, the Cowboys don't even realize and Cowboys fans, you guys don't even realize

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how much is riding on this season.

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Mike McCarthy is looking for an extension.

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Dak is looking for an extension.

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CD Lam's looking for an extension and Michael Parsons is looking for an extension.

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Right.

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And, you know, the Cowboys realized that guess what?

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They have to pay CD Lam.

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There's no way that you can go around this.

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There's, there's no way you can cut it, slice it, trim it, package up, whatever you want.

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They have to pay CD Lam because why?

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He is literally their best receiver and their only productive receiver on that team.

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Now it'll be different if they still had a Mark Cooper and, you know, Michael Gallop

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before the injury, then it's like, okay, cool, maybe they can, you know, figure something

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else out.

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But, but the fact of the matter is this, if you want to be able to win games, if you

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want to be able to be competitive, not only in your division, but to be competitive against

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other teams, you're going to have to sign a CD Lam.

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You're going to have to write that check, Jerry.

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You're going to have to because the offense is CD Lam.

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That's just what it is.

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And he's a superstar and you have to pay superstars, big superstar money.

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That's just what it boils down to.

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And you know, you may hate it or not, but guess what?

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Your whole identity is, has been for the Cowboys is superstars, superstars, superstars.

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But when it comes down to, you know, getting paid and whatnot, you don't want to pay them

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superstar money to take a discount.

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So guess what?

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CD Lam has definitely been one of the best productive receivers since coming into the

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league and he has to be, you know, a compensator for that.

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He just has to.

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So come on, come on, Jerry, take out that old wrinkly beat up checkbook that you have

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in your back pocket because I know you have one and write that check for CD Lam.

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You might as well get over with now because if this thing lingers into the season, you

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are going to have a big, big, big problem.

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And I wouldn't be surprised if, you know, behind closed doors, you have people like

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DAC and others who are vouching for CD Lam to get paid because again, they realize that

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if CD Lam is not on that field, the Cowboys offense is not productive.

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You have an old Zeke and you have DAC Prescott who literally, I mean, who are the other receivers?

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No, no, no disrespect to them.

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But again, who is just as productive or even close to being as productive as CD Lam as far

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as with the receivers on that team.

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I'll wait.

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Nobody.

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Okay.

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That's what I thought.

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Moving forward.

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Um, yeah, let's talk about these predictions.

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Yeah, let's let's let's actually do that.

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Let's do these bagro Domus predictions for both the corners and the receivers.

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But let's start with the corners first.

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So they're extinguished sauce and PS2 pretty soon will be eligible for, you know, contract

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extensions and whatnot.

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So cool, right?

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But the problem is, is that their situation sort of mirrors the receiver situation.

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And I'm going to explain why it just, you know, right now.

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So when you look at it, right, you have three, you have three corners who by themselves can,

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you know, are going to reset the market.

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Two of them for sure are going to reset the market.

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Okay.

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Two of them are.

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One of them is probably going to, you know, it's think, thinks they're going to, one of

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them is going to get a deal first.

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Right.

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It's going to be easier deal to take care of a one not the other two are going to be

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the ones that are going to be, you know, hashed out and whatnot.

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It can be drawn out for a longer period of time.

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Let me explain.

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So according to spot rack, shout to who spot rack.

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Their extended leaves market value is three years, $68.8 million, $22.9 million a year.

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Sauce gardeners market value is three years, 67.6 million, 22.5 million and PS2 is market

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value is three years, 66.5 million, 22.2 million a year.

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Now these are, you know, these are pretty fairly, you know, around the same ballpark,

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which is pretty cool and whatnot.

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But I just feel like one of them is going to reset the market.

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I do.

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I truly believe that because you have two, well, not even, oh no, I can't, I can't expect

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like that.

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You have three corners, three premier shutdown, lockdown, number one corners, right?

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That are going to be looking for the back, right?

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And that's not even mentioning if they have a crazy season, if they have a crazy season

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where they have, I don't know, five, eight or even 10 interceptions and whatnot and they

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have like these crazy stats and they're one of the finalists for the defensive player of

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the year award, that even ups the ante even more.

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So again, this is a situation where, you know, if you're the Jets, you have to figure out

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what you're going to do.

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If you're the Broncos, it's a little bit more easier to do because why?

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You don't have a lot of big contracts that you have to worry about.

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You have your quarterback is on a rookie deal.

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Three minus just got to do, but that's, you know, it's not earth shattering.

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Coral and Sutton got, you know, extra guarantee money added to his contract, which that's not

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that big of a deal either.

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So again, that's an easier sell.

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That's an easier, you know, contract to take care of.

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Same thing with Derek Stingley.

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Coral and not Coral and Sutton.

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Why am I thinking about Coral and Sutton?

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CJ Stroud is on a rookie deal, which is, you know, good.

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And you know, everybody else is still in a fairly pretty good situation.

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The defense isn't that expensive.

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So again, that's another deal that can be taken care of, you know, pretty well.

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So these are my predictions.

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Okay.

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Bagrow-Domas's predictions.

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You're only going to hear it here at the football junkies podcast.

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Okay.

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So for me personally, I would say sauce gardener gets a three years, $75 million deal, $25

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million, three years, $75 million.

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He'll be making $25 million a year.

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Patrick's retain three years, 73 million, 24.3 million a year.

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And Derek Stingley, three years, 72 million, 23.6 million a year.

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Now when we look at it, I do feel like sauce is somewhat of the Justin Jefferson, you know,

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type of situation when it comes to corners, right?

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You know that once it's time for him to get paid, he's going to reset the market.

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Same thing for PS2.

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PS2 in some ways is like the CD lamb for corners, right?

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He may not, he may not reset the market, but they'll probably get him as close as they

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possibly can to what sauce had probably.

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Derek Stingley on the other hand, I don't know exactly how that situation is just going

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to pan out.

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I don't.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they probably, you know, pick up his fifth year option.

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I wouldn't be surprised.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they did it for any of these, any of these players.

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I just don't.

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But the problem is, I think the jets in sauce, I think that's going to be a longer drawn

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out situation because they've put so much money behind Aaron Rodgers, even though that's

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a failed experiment that they're like, they're trying to see exactly how this thing is going

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to pan out.

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And then not to mention, there's a good chance that, you know, they're going to be, they're

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going to be looking for a new head coach as well.

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So there, there's a lot of things riding on, you know, if sauce stays or if he goes, honestly.

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But as far as PS2 and Derek Stingley, I think those deals are going to be done fairly quickly.

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I really do believe that.

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But again, I could be wrong.

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You know, how can I say this?

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How can I say this?

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It's just difficult.

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It's difficult.

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It's difficult because you have three, you have three premier, you know, players who

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are going to be looking for over 25 million a year.

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And the question is, are these teams going to be willing to do it?

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Really?

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Like that's, that's just the question.

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And you know, we have seen recently that a lot of teams nowadays, especially GMs are

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being, you know, that are fighting tooth and nail when it comes to these deals.

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Okay, so point, that's why you see a lot of players who, you know, they're not reporting

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to training camp who are not interacting with the team who are, you know, being silent

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and sending cryptic messages because it's like, bro, I am the best of the best on my

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team.

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I have to be fairly compensated and teams are like, well, we've won to compensate you.

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But at the same time, your, your version of compensation isn't what we want or what we

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have in, you know, envisioned or dreamed of.

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So again, it's a lot of things, a lot of situations, but I do believe all three of them will get

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paid respectfully.

468
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,680
So there's that now on to the breaking news, folks.

469
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:19,040
Okay, Johan Dotson, former commander's receiver has gotten traded to the Eagles.

470
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,040
Okay.

471
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,040
Yes.

472
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,240
Fly Eagles, fly whatever you, wherever you guys say, blah, blah, blah, don't care.

473
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,240
Okay.

474
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:32,160
So the Eagles get Johan Dotson in a 2025 fifth round pick and the commanders get a third

475
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:38,120
round pick for 2025 and two seventh round picks for next year's draft.

476
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,960
Now, this is a lot to take.

477
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:46,680
When we, when we look at this, this is a situation where the Eagles are continuing to beef up

478
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,440
that offense even more, right?

479
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,800
They've had a lot of, you know, a lot of offensive additions.

480
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,760
When you really look at it in this off season, they got Seguin, they paid him money.

481
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,040
Now they got Johan Dotson.

482
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:04,240
You still got AJ Brown, who they paid more money to and they paid money to Devonte Smith

483
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,240
as well.

484
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:10,720
So all in all, this is a very potent offense.

485
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,520
That is the best offense in that division.

486
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,000
I'm not going to anyone says I'm not going to any analysis.

487
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,200
That is the best offense in that division.

488
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,080
They are trying to go and win another Super Bowl.

489
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,600
Now, do I think they could probably do it?

490
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,080
I don't know.

491
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,080
I don't know.

492
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,600
I just don't know.

493
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:33,880
Only time will tell.

494
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,960
I mean, you know, we've seen how we make crazy moves during the season for, you know, for

495
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,200
veteran players and, you know, sometimes it works and sometimes they don't work, but who

496
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,200
knows?

497
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,960
I mean, this Eagles offense is, it's, who, this is some problems.

498
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,280
This is the, this is a problem.

499
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,520
I can't even find the words to say this is a problem.

500
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:59,360
But the thing about it is that people are not talking about this opens a whole lot for

501
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,280
the commanders because now guess what?

502
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,560
They now have a whole wide receiver number two.

503
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,720
There's still another receiver that's looking to get traded looks that's looking to get

504
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:09,720
paid.

505
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,520
Brandon, now you is going to go to the commanders.

506
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,160
I've heard it from, I'm not going to name who my sources are, but I've heard from a

507
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,280
source that there is a good chance that Brandon is going to go to the commanders.

508
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,520
And I'm not surprised that it happens because you still have that 49ers connection.

509
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:31,080
The GM, you know, was once in the front office with, with the 49ers, the commanders have

510
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,080
a little bit more leeway in paying for someone like a brand.

511
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:42,560
And I feel like he would probably fit their offense a little bit better compared to Jahan

512
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:47,400
Dotson because lately you've been hearing a lot of rumblings that, you know, Jahan Dotson

513
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,160
just didn't fit with the idea of the team.

514
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:55,480
And, you know, there was a little bit of like attitude issues if I'm not mistaken.

515
00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:02,720
So all in all, this is a very, you know, interesting move because they're moving him to a divisional

516
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:03,720
rival.

517
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,640
So again, you're going to see him twice.

518
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:13,280
So all in all, it makes you wonder exactly what is, what is the commander's doing?

519
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,920
Because you're not about to make this move.

520
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,760
If you're not about to make some things somewhat of a bigger move, you're just not, I'm sorry.

521
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,640
I'm not going to hear anyone says they're going to go after Brandon IE.

522
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,040
They're going to give them the money that he wants.

523
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,440
And I feel like they'll probably give him, they'll probably finesse the foreign of the

524
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:33,520
49ers.

525
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,640
Just because one, this situation has drawn out for too long.

526
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,640
It's basically drawn out the entire off season.

527
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,960
The season is getting ready to start.

528
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:48,680
And you know, the 49ers are trying to prioritize paying Trent Williams the money that he wants.

529
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,160
And you know, if I'm, if I'm a GM, if I'm John Lynch, I value Trent Williams more than

530
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,160
Brandon IEWIC.

531
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,360
I'm just, I'm just being honest here.

532
00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:02,400
It is easier to find a Brandon IEWIC in the draft than it is to find a Trent Williams.

533
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:03,400
Okay.

534
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,400
It is hard.

535
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:09,560
And I'm going to say that again, it is harder to find a Trent Williams in the draft or in

536
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,960
free agency or, or via trade than it is a Brandon IEWIC.

537
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,560
No disrespect to neither one of them, but that is the truth.

538
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,560
That is the mindset.

539
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:25,000
I think the 49ers just want to get old, just want to be done with this situation.

540
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,760
It has drawn out for too long.

541
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:33,680
They feel like they have basically exhausted every option possible in they, in their eyes,

542
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,360
they probably feel like it's still not good enough, right?

543
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,440
Because there was a moment where they were fielding calls.

544
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,440
Okay, cool.

545
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:44,120
Then there was some friction and then there were some rumors that the, you know, that

546
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,520
there was going to be a deal that was going to happen immediately.

547
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,000
And then it stopped and then they came back to the table and they had a heart to heart.

548
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,640
And then, you know, they, they would be, you know, buddy, buddy and whatnot.

549
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,160
So it's basically been like a drama series.

550
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,520
This is, this is the football version of days of our lives.

551
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,480
This is exactly what it is.

552
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,120
And it, it's drawn out for too long.

553
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,800
People are tired of talking about it.

554
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:13,320
People are tired, people are tired of speculating and I've heard from this person and that person

555
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:18,000
and I heard about the person that was folding up clothes, overheard a conversation from

556
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,320
the person that who was best friends with John Lynch that said that Brandon IEWIC was

557
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:27,200
going to get traded to this team on two o'clock on Tuesday and whatnot.

558
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,000
Everybody's tired of the foolishness.

559
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000
Okay.

560
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:38,160
The 49ers want to get quiet because they're trying to focus to try to win a Super Bowl.

561
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,800
That's all, that's all what it is.

562
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,920
That's just what it boils down to.

563
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:49,680
And you know, I'm not surprised that the commanders made this move because again, Johan Dotson

564
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:55,760
was, you know, well, yeah, back, back to that situation was on the outside looking in from

565
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:01,600
a roster standpoint and they probably realized within, Hey, why don't we just, you know,

566
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,480
try to get some compensation from them and just move off, you know, from there, right?

567
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:12,160
Because when you look at it, the, the commanders are going in a different direction, right?

568
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,000
They're trying to, they're trying to change and whatnot.

569
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,320
And they probably felt like, you know, Johan Dotson just hasn't really shown a whole lot

570
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:20,960
since they drafted him.

571
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,240
And that is just time they go their separate ways.

572
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,640
And then not to mention, you know, cut, cut down days next week.

573
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,600
So you're going to hear about more trades, you know, happening.

574
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,440
Not to mention the commanders traded for a kicker today.

575
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,600
They traded for KD York and then the Panthers, they just traded away.

576
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,240
I think they traded for Michael Jackson.

577
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,000
I'm not talking about the Michael Jackson.

578
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,280
They used to do the, they used to do the moonwalk.

579
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,000
No, I'm talking about cornerback Michael Jackson.

580
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Okay.

581
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:56,440
The Panthers traded for Michael Jackson and the Seahawks get Michael Barry.

582
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:57,440
Okay.

583
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,440
Didn't see that's the breaking news, right?

584
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:00,440
Yeah.

585
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:01,840
I just, I don't know.

586
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,000
Something, this is another prediction.

587
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000
Okay.

588
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,200
This is another Bagrod Thomas prediction.

589
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,520
Brandon Ieuk is going to get traded before next Wednesday.

590
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:12,520
That is my prediction.

591
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,800
I think they are just done with it.

592
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,360
I think they want to move forward.

593
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,480
I think, I think they just want to be done with this completely.

594
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:26,200
And I think the commanders now is somewhat of a better spot and a better situation.

595
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:31,760
Not to mention he also has chemistry with Jane and Daniels as well.

596
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,400
Is there anything else I need to talk about with that situation?

597
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,400
No?

598
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,400
No?

599
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,400
Yes?

600
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:38,400
No?

601
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,400
Maybe so?

602
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:40,400
Okay.

603
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:41,400
No.

604
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:42,400
Cool.

605
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,400
Now on to the second to last thing that we need to talk about.

606
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,400
Okay.

607
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:48,600
I'm drawing out the episode, but if the people that are bearing with me, I appreciate you

608
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,040
and I love you so much from the bottom of my heart.

609
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:58,160
Now we finally have, you know, we finally have a quote from Brian Flores on the things

610
00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,560
that have happened with Tua.

611
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,440
So let's just, let's just go into it and then we'll talk about everything else.

612
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:04,440
Okay.

613
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,440
Well, actually, you know what?

614
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,760
No, that's not for the people that didn't listen to this episode.

615
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,920
Tua basically has come out and basically talked about, you know, his relationship with former

616
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:24,280
Miami's head coach, Brian Flores, and basically how, you know, he was demoralized and basically,

617
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,720
you know, told like he wasn't going to be anything and that you're horrible and this

618
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:32,840
and the other and basically how, you know, with them firing him and then getting Mike

619
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:39,880
McDaniels, how, you know, how he's basically been reinforced with positivity and, you know,

620
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,240
all those different types of things.

621
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:46,040
And this is what I'll say after I really think about it, because I feel like I definitely

622
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,040
went in on Brian Flores.

623
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:53,680
Brian Flores, you know, is definitely a good coach, but I do feel like it's going to be

624
00:35:53,680 --> 00:36:00,640
a harder climb for him to be viewed as a potential head coach because of this situation, because

625
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:05,560
of how this situation was handled the way that it was, right?

626
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,440
Because remember, I don't think people realize this.

627
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:14,240
There was a time and point where there was a lot of speculation of, you know, the Dolphins

628
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:20,080
probably trying to get, I can't even speak, the Dolphins were thinking about trying to

629
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,480
go after, who was it?

630
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,480
Tom Brady.

631
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:28,120
There was rumors that they were going to try to get to Sean Watson as well.

632
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:34,240
So they were, they were, in their mind, they were done with Tua before they could really

633
00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:36,200
evaluate Tua.

634
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,440
And so that definitely probably took a toll on them, especially when, you know, every

635
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:45,560
time we turn on the news, we hear from insiders that, you know, the Dolphins may be interesting

636
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,240
going after Tom Brady and that whole debacle.

637
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:53,160
And that's why they lost their first round pick that year because of all of the things

638
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:58,240
that conspired and happened during, during that entire tenure.

639
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:03,040
So when you have that, you know, especially as a young quarterback coming into the league,

640
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,520
that definitely takes a toll on you.

641
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,720
And then not to mention the text messages, when you say, you know, don't eff this up

642
00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,560
or whatever, like to your quarterback, come on, man.

643
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:12,560
Come on.

644
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:20,080
There, there, see, there is a fine line between hard coaching and, you know, just, just, just

645
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:21,760
doing the most right now.

646
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:27,400
And you know, Ryan Clark and, you know, and company said it yesterday on, on get up on

647
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:32,280
ESPN shout out to them and whatnot.

648
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:37,640
Hard coaching basically is I'm pushing you because there's something inside of you that

649
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:42,320
I know that is there that I'm trying to bring out for the best, for the best version of

650
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,040
you, right?

651
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,280
Case in point, Nick Saban.

652
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:50,640
Nick Saban is, is, is, has always had a reputation of coaching hard.

653
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,680
And it shows because why a lot of the players that he is hard coach, guess what?

654
00:37:54,680 --> 00:38:00,520
They have become all pro Hall of Fame players who have gotten, you know, big time paydays,

655
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:01,520
right?

656
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:05,000
And, you know, that is what you see in hard coaching.

657
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:10,120
You're talking about somebody who is very detail oriented, who is, you know, at that

658
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:15,080
time, you know, the emotions may come out and you may not feel the best, but guess what?

659
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,120
He's doing that because why he's showing you that.

660
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,120
Listen.

661
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:24,880
If you can't do the small things here, what makes you think you'll be able to do things

662
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,640
once you get to the big leagues?

663
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:31,920
Because in the big leagues, there, there's not as many chances for excuses because they'll

664
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,840
ship your ass somewhere and not think twice about it, right?

665
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,760
And you know, that's hard coaching.

666
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,200
But this right here in this situation, this is not hard coaching.

667
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:47,200
This is not, this is demoralizing somebody and basically just breaking them down.

668
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,320
And I understand people make mistakes.

669
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,320
Everybody makes mistakes.

670
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,000
Everybody, you know, mishandles certain situations.

671
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,760
I get all of that.

672
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,160
But there's just certain things you just don't do.

673
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:00,160
There's not.

674
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:04,080
And it doesn't help that you are a black man.

675
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:09,280
So you're already, you're already going to be put in a situation where people are not

676
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,960
going to give you that look that you think that you feel like you deserve.

677
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:18,480
No matter what the situation is, no matter what your credentials say, no matter who you

678
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,160
coached and made them better or whatnot, they're not.

679
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:27,760
It's going to be, it's going to be a climb for him to get another head coaching job because

680
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,840
of that entire situation.

681
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,920
It is, it's hard.

682
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:32,920
It's hard.

683
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,160
It's going to be hard for him.

684
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:40,640
And that's probably why the best situation for him to go was to the Vikings because why?

685
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:45,800
They're learning from somebody in Kevin O'Connell who comes from the Sean McVay tree who they

686
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,240
are, they are reinforcing you.

687
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,480
They're trying to show you like, Hey, this is how you do this, this, this.

688
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:56,440
We're trying to encourage the player and show them how to be better, not beat them down.

689
00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:03,120
Because let's be honest here, folks, that Bill Belichick coaching is dead.

690
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,120
It's dead.

691
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,120
It's in the ground.

692
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:06,320
Nobody likes that anymore.

693
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,360
No, no player likes it anymore.

694
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,480
That's why you've seen Josh McDaniels not getting another job.

695
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,680
Matt Patricia not getting another head coaching job or whatnot.

696
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,360
The other dude that was with the Giants.

697
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,960
That's why you saw them not getting any more chances because why?

698
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,200
They thought that they were built.

699
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,640
And I said this in the other episode, they thought that they were built and they thought

700
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:33,000
that they could coach players the same way that Bill coached players and it doesn't work

701
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,120
like that.

702
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,000
Tom Brady is an outlier.

703
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:41,600
Tom Brady is a player who was obsessed about winning and he knew that.

704
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:47,160
Listen, I'm probably going to get my ass chewed in front of the whole team for every small

705
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:48,640
little thing that I didn't do.

706
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:54,440
I'm probably going to get ridiculed and talked about in practice after games, even when we

707
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:55,440
win the Super Bowl.

708
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,560
But guess what?

709
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,560
I don't care.

710
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:58,800
I want to win.

711
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,040
Right?

712
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,760
Not everybody has that same mindset.

713
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,800
I'm not saying that to a dozen.

714
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:10,480
But there, but what works for one person, you shouldn't take that and then try to fix

715
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,240
it and tweak it in your own way and think that you can do it with other players.

716
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:19,640
Because now you're in a situation where now basically that relationship has basically

717
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,160
been broken.

718
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:26,760
And somebody asked Brian Flores, do you feel like you and Tua could probably talk and hash

719
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:27,760
things out?

720
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,040
And he's probably like, I really don't know.

721
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,240
We're both too busy people.

722
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:38,040
We're not the whole generic, we're busy people and that different type of stuff, bull crap.

723
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:43,440
But I do feel like it's back to everything that I'm saying.

724
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,280
It's going to be hard for Brian Flores to get another head coaching job.

725
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:48,280
It is.

726
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:49,280
It is.

727
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:50,680
And it's going to be hard.

728
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,320
It's going to be difficult.

729
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:58,920
But when you have a situation like this and a lot of those things that happen behind closed

730
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:03,600
doors, they come out to the public, this is what happens.

731
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,760
So let's get into his comments.

732
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,320
So this is what he says according to ESPN.

733
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:16,080
And I quote, I'm genuinely, genuinely happy for the success that Tua has had for, as I

734
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,640
said, and I really wish him nothing but the best.

735
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,920
I think part of coaching is correcting.

736
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,280
I'm always going to correct.

737
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,240
I'm always going to have a high standard.

738
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:31,360
And I think, look, I've done a lot of reflecting on the situation, reflecting on the situation

739
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:32,360
and communication.

740
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,320
What is going on?

741
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,960
I think there's things that I could do better for sure.

742
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:41,080
And I've grown in that way and I've tried to apply the things that I could do better

743
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,280
and the things that I've learned over the last two, three years.

744
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,440
Look, I'm human, right?

745
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,920
That hit me in a way that wasn't positive for me.

746
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,800
But at the same time, I've got to use that and say, hey, how can I grow from that?

747
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,160
How can I be better?

748
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,440
And that's really where I'm at from that standpoint.

749
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,000
Do I feel like that's me?

750
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,000
No.

751
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,040
But how can I grow from that situation and create a world where that's not the case that

752
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,200
anyone says that about Brian Florex?

753
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:13,680
Now that is a whole lot to say here, but at the end, granted, he does have a point.

754
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:14,960
He is human.

755
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:20,880
We all make mistakes and all those different types of things, but there's just like certain

756
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,360
no-knows that you just don't do, right?

757
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,440
And granted, he's a good coach.

758
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,440
He is.

759
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:28,600
He's a really good coach.

760
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:36,560
But again, I think that whole situation definitely tarnished whatever credibility and reputation

761
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,040
that he had.

762
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:43,920
And now it's going to be 10 to 20 times harder for him to get a head coaching job because

763
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:44,920
why?

764
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,000
Because he just handled the tool of situation, right?

765
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:53,600
And that's probably why the Dolphins made the pivot that they did and realized, listen,

766
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,120
we have to make a move.

767
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,480
We have to do something different at this point.

768
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:06,200
But again, I could be wrong and hopefully I am wrong, but looking at this situation and

769
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:13,840
various insiders detailing things that happened and whatnot, even from a few years ago when

770
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:18,280
Brian Flores was the head coach and even now when he's not the head coach for the Miami

771
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,960
Dolphins, a lot of people are saying the same thing.

772
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,800
It was a nasty situation.

773
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:30,440
A lot of people definitely got hurt from it and all in all, I think it affected his credibility.

774
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,520
So there's that now.

775
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:38,520
On to a game that is supposed to be coming on Saturday at one o'clock.

776
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:39,520
Okay.

777
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,480
To the people that may be listening to this with your headphones on or maybe even in your

778
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:49,280
car, you might want to turn it down just a little bit because why?

779
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:59,920
You're probably asking because the six time, six time, six time, six time, six time, six

780
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:06,280
time Pittsburgh Steelers play this Saturday, one o'clock against the Lions.

781
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:07,280
Now I'm grinding.

782
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,280
It's preseason game.

783
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:09,280
I get it.

784
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,160
I get all those different types of things.

785
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:12,160
Okay.

786
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,520
This is what I will say.

787
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:14,520
This is what I'm looking for.

788
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,040
This is what I want to see.

789
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:19,040
I want to see the offense be more consistent.

790
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:24,280
I want to see them actually go down, march down the field.

791
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:25,280
I do.

792
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,880
I want them, I want the run game to look a little bit more consistent.

793
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,560
I want the pass protection and the run protection to be a little bit more consistent.

794
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,920
Well, all in all, I want the offense to not be sloppy.

795
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,120
I think that's where I'm trying to get at.

796
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:43,240
The offense should not be this sloppy in the last preseason game.

797
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:49,080
It should be better because again, you want to try to have a little bit of momentum leading

798
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,040
into the first week of the season, especially with you going up against the Falcons.

799
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,880
You want to have some momentum.

800
00:45:55,880 --> 00:46:01,320
Even if you just score two touchdowns or maybe just one touchdown, if it's a really good,

801
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,160
if it's a really good drive, okay, cool.

802
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,280
Who's really complaining about it?

803
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,720
I want to see more of Russell Wilson.

804
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:15,640
I want to see, I just want to see does he look good?

805
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:19,240
I think that's the main thing that I really want to see.

806
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,560
Is he all still there?

807
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:22,760
Is his read still there?

808
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:26,920
Is he able to use a little bit of his athleticism?

809
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,080
All those different types of things.

810
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:38,560
My whole question is, is this, will Mike Toblin break it up in a way to where Russ gets one

811
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:44,320
half and then Justin Fields get the other or what exactly is going to happen?

812
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:48,560
Because again, a lot of people don't understand this, but a lot is riding on this season for

813
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:49,840
the Steelers because why?

814
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:55,680
You have Russell Wilson who's on a minimum deal and you have Justin Fields who they decline

815
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,720
his fifth year option to.

816
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:03,280
Whoever does well in this preseason and then becomes the starter for the Steelers and then

817
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:07,640
overall just plays within the season, they're probably going to be the one that's going

818
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:11,960
to get an extension most likely.

819
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:15,680
If I'm Russ, I probably want to take this serious because this could probably be my

820
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,640
last big payday.

821
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:23,760
If I'm Justin Fields, I want to take this even more serious because why?

822
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,080
This could make or break my career.

823
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:34,600
This could mean either I get 30 or 40 or 45 or 55 million a year or I am basically going

824
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:38,200
to be a journeyman going from place to place.

825
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,760
That's what it is.

826
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,080
I just want to see more cohesion.

827
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,800
I want to see more consistency.

828
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:46,680
I want to see more cleanup.

829
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,800
I don't want to see a bunch of sloppy play and whatnot.

830
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,640
Now the full starts and the off sides and all those different types of things that don't

831
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:54,640
want to see that.

832
00:47:54,640 --> 00:48:00,360
I want special teams to look better as well.

833
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,360
I get it.

834
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:02,360
I get it.

835
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:03,360
It's a new rule.

836
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,360
Everyone's trying to get used to it.

837
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,880
All those different types of things.

838
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,400
But again, we need to see something.

839
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:15,440
You want to have some momentum on all three levels of play leading into the season because

840
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:16,920
you're going to need it.

841
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:22,240
You're not going up against a team that's fighting to get a high pick in the draft.

842
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:26,040
You're going up against a team right now that could possibly win their division and probably

843
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,160
sneak into the playoffs.

844
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,320
That's who you're going up against.

845
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:31,520
You have to take that serious.

846
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:33,880
You want to have a little bit of momentum with you.

847
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:40,520
I understand I keep on saying it, but in my opinion, if you're a team like this team

848
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:47,160
who has had a lot of change in this off season, you want to have something to carry you into

849
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:48,160
the first season.

850
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:49,760
I mean, into the first week of the season.

851
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:50,760
That's what you want.

852
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:56,720
Instead of trying to build yourself up and hype yourself up to get ready for the first

853
00:48:56,720 --> 00:48:57,720
week.

854
00:48:57,720 --> 00:49:01,360
I definitely want to see Broderick take more reps at left tackle.

855
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,880
I definitely want to see Zach Frazier do more.

856
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:09,880
Mason McCormack, I definitely want to see more of him as well.

857
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:10,880
And probably the receivers.

858
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:11,880
I do.

859
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:12,880
I think the receivers as well.

860
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:18,680
I definitely want to see what other than George Pickens and Van Jefferson, I want to see what

861
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:23,920
Calvin Austin can do, what Scotty Miller can do, Quest Watkins and company.

862
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,320
So definitely want to see that.

863
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,280
As far as for the defense, the defense is the defense.

864
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:35,160
I definitely want to see more consistency with the corners, especially the slot corner.

865
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:41,800
And I understand that Cam Siden is going to be suspended for eight games, but if you're

866
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:47,080
the Steelers, you do probably need to go and you probably do need to pick up somebody else

867
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:48,080
at this point.

868
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:49,840
I think you do.

869
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:56,280
You can't just bank on, okay, Cam Siden, after eight games, everything is going to be fine

870
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:57,280
and dandy.

871
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:04,040
No, you have to get somebody that can patch in the job and do the best that they can do

872
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:07,440
and help be any bishop in this situation.

873
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:08,440
That's what you need.

874
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:12,760
You can't just bank on, oh, Benny will do it or this person will do it or that person

875
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:13,760
will do it.

876
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,600
No, you got to bring somebody else.

877
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:21,520
There are adequate options available and free agency that you can get that is not going

878
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,360
to cost you a whole lot of money.

879
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,440
If you need some people, you know where to find me, Omar.

880
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:27,440
You know where to find me.

881
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:34,120
And as far as for the Lions, I just want to see, well, I really want to see their defense.

882
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:35,120
I do.

883
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,440
I want to see where that secondary lies.

884
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:42,440
I do because they lost Cam Siden for obvious reasons, not going to get into it.

885
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:43,800
They lost Kirby Joseph.

886
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:50,640
I just want to see what I just want to see what Tyrion Arnold looks like against other

887
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,080
receivers, someone like a George Pickens.

888
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:54,080
What else?

889
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,080
What else?

890
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,080
What else?

891
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:57,080
Their patch rushes.

892
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:59,560
Definitely their patch rushes because I've heard a lot of good things about them as well.

893
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:00,560
The offense is the offense.

894
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:07,000
I'm not really worried about them because I know the offense is definitely, you know,

895
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,000
they're up there.

896
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:11,000
They're definitely up there.

897
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:15,680
But I'm probably going to be watching as many games as I possibly can, but I'm probably

898
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,680
going to take down some notes and then we'll talk about it in the next episode.

899
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:22,000
But I'm going to end it here because, oh my God, 51 minutes.

900
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,440
Oh, good God, this is going to be an episode.

901
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:27,440
Wow.

902
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:30,360
As always, I'm just going to end it here.

903
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:31,800
Yeah, we're going to end it here.

904
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:37,120
So as always, I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys need.

905
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:42,640
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906
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:47,200
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907
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,200
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908
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:53,960
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915
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,960
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00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:38,360
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935
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,480
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936
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:13,680
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938
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00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:21,000
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you a liar.

941
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,760
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00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:27,760
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00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:28,760
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945
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,480
I feel like we're going to get a triple upload this week.

946
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We haven't had one in a while, but hey, this might be the week that we get these next two

947
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weeks.

948
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Who knows?

949
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Stay tuned.

950
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Peace and love.

951
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Stay tuned for our new serie, Hopefully.

952
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