1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,800 Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks, that's right. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,560 We have to end the week with another bag alert. 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,800 I predicted it. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,240 I called it. 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,360 You already know we're going to have to go over it. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,360 Okay. 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,360 Creed Humphrey resets the center market and we got to ask a few questions. 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,360 We really do. 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,360 We really got to ask a few questions. 10 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:25,360 All right. 11 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,080 Is there more pressure on Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson disease? 12 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,080 Let me know. 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,080 Let me know. 14 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,080 Okay. 15 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,480 Should the 49ers value extending Trent Williams or Brandy Niu? 16 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,200 Now that one, that's going to be a controversial one, but it's okay. 17 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,200 We got to go. 18 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,200 We have to talk about it. 19 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,200 Okay. 20 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:47,400 As well as the Omar Khan reads to try to upgrade the receiver position to keep this very light 21 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,520 and we're going to keep this very, very, very, very condensed. 22 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,520 Okay. 23 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,000 Because we just gave y'all, okay, almost an hour episode. 24 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,840 We're just going to keep this one real light just to end the week right. 25 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:02,840 Okay. 26 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,680 All of this and more on the 27th episode of the football junkies podcast. 27 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:08,920 I'm your host. 28 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:09,920 Okay. 29 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:15,800 You're a GM who still does not have a job right now, but currently is taking interviews 30 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,440 and is also giving advice to current GMs right now. 31 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,440 Three teams. 32 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,440 Okay. 33 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,320 Two of those teams are super bowl caliber teams. 34 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:24,320 Okay. 35 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:33,080 As well as your chief, the head of the table, Bagrod Domes, as well as your chief bag meteorologists. 36 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,840 You already know what I'm getting ready to say. 37 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,040 I am your host, Kale. 38 00:01:37,040 --> 00:02:03,040 Let's lock in. 39 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:13,880 All right, folks, let's just get into the information. 40 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,440 Let's talk about the bag alerts. 41 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:16,440 Okay. 42 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,560 We're not going to keep this episode very long and drawn out. 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,760 We're going to hit everything that we need to hit and then we're going to let it go. 44 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:24,760 Okay. 45 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,600 So, Queen Humphrey Center for the Chiefs. 46 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:28,600 Okay. 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:29,600 Super Bowl reigning chiefs. 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Okay. 49 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:36,280 I have to put that in there and for it to be signed a four year 72 million dollar deal 50 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,760 to stay with the chiefs, of course. 51 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,720 So let's just go over the financials. 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:41,720 Okay. 53 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,080 So he gets 50 million in total guarantees and he's making about 18 million a year according 54 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,080 to who? 55 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,080 Spot right. 56 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,680 Shout out to spot right now when we break things down, right? 57 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,640 So these are stats from last season. 58 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,560 Of course, there's no stats for this season because season hasn't even started yet, but 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,080 supposed to be starting in two weeks. 60 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,080 Right. 61 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,520 So he was first in past blocking snaps. 62 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,800 He was first in when it comes to pressure, pressure rates. 63 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,640 He was first in one on one pressure rates. 64 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:11,240 He was seventh in sack rates and he was third average. 65 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,080 I can't even speak. 66 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,720 He was third when it comes to average time to pressure. 67 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:16,720 Okay. 68 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,360 According to NFL pro, there's a lot of new staff. 69 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,880 So it's still a little bit of a learning curve with everything, but I'm going to learn 70 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,880 your own learn. 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,640 So when we look at it, this was very respected. 72 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:36,520 Lee Humphrey is definitely a top five center in the league. 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,320 I mean, let's be real here. 74 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:43,480 It was expected he was going to reset the market. 75 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,320 Same thing with people like Tyler Linderbaum and all the other really good centers that 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,920 are in the league. 77 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:56,480 So I mean, granted the market force centers aren't that expensive. 78 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:04,320 So it's a little bit easier to digest compared to the receiver market, the quarterback market, 79 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:10,120 the patch rusher market, the quarterback market, all those different types of markets. 80 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,360 So all in all, it's a really good deal. 81 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:19,920 Creed Humphrey has definitely been an anchor for that offensive line since being drafted 82 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,840 by the chiefs if we can be real here. 83 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,960 So all in all, it was a great signing. 84 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:27,960 It really was. 85 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,000 I mean, 18 million a year. 86 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 That's good. 87 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 That's really good. 88 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,040 Now, if I can throw in my bag of diamonds hat for a quick second, do I believe someone 89 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,520 is going to crest that 20 million pretty soon? 90 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,520 Yes. 91 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,400 I think it's going to be either Tyler Linderbaum or I think Ryan Kelly is probably going to 92 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,520 get one more big payday. 93 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,520 I do. 94 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:57,480 I do believe that because there, how can I say this without trying to be disrespectful? 95 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:04,560 Centers are they aren't as valued as other positions, but when a team has a premier, 96 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,240 you know, great center on their team, most likely they're going to stay there for the 97 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,240 rest of their career. 98 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Right? 99 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:17,480 It's rare that you see centers, you know, really great centers actually, you know, leave, 100 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,240 you know, leave the team that they, you know, that they were drafted to or, you know, signed 101 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,240 to or whatever the case may be. 102 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Right? 103 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,440 And, you know, this is, this is what it is. 104 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,440 This is what it is. 105 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:33,000 Creed Humphrey has been one of the best centers since coming into the league. 106 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,640 You are talking about someone who has been consistent. 107 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:40,760 You're talking about somebody who, you know, has, has done it all. 108 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,680 You really, you rarely see him, you know, give up, give up on plays. 109 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:46,680 You rarely do. 110 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,800 He is consistent. 111 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:53,080 He holds his own against some of the best interior defensive linemen and he does it well. 112 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,240 So this is just him, you know, getting fairly compensated for that. 113 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,120 So congratulations to him. 114 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,600 Now on to the juicy topics. 115 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,600 Okay. 116 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:08,600 This is a topic that I've definitely been thinking about because let's be real here. 117 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:14,920 Aaron Rodgers has been getting a little bit more slack and a little bit more leeway compared 118 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:21,280 to Aaron Rodgers, especially from certain people who will remain anonymous. 119 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,520 Let's just call it for what it is, right? 120 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:30,360 Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson, you know, two quarterbacks who are from the older generation 121 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:35,240 of quarterbacks who are still trying to hang on, who still feel like they can play at the 122 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,240 league level. 123 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,320 And that's perfectly fine. 124 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:38,720 It really is. 125 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:45,920 However, I feel like we are diminishing one quarterback and continuing to praise another 126 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:51,480 quarterback when that other quarterback has not done anything since, you know, changing 127 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:52,480 to another team. 128 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Now, granted, granted, he could not control the injury. 129 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,400 He couldn't. 130 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:04,520 But at the same time, we are hyping him up and putting him on a level that he has not 131 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:12,520 even reached in a few years, right, compared to Russell Wilson, who basically, you know, 132 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:18,760 it's just, you know, just a complete media beatdown, you know, oh, he's not supposed 133 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,760 to be calm. 134 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,280 He's not supposed to be this down the other. 135 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,960 Just like, bro, it's the preseason, right? 136 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,280 It'll be different if this was, you know, the regular season and, you know, your and 137 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:36,080 the team is on like a three game losing streak or whatever, then it's like, okay, you needed, 138 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,520 you need a, there need to be some urgency in your voice. 139 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:44,240 You need to be some urgency in your tone in the message that you're trying to convey, 140 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,120 you know, not only to the media, but to the team, right? 141 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,880 And you know, Russell Wilson has always been somebody who can control the media. 142 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:54,880 He always does. 143 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,280 He's not someone that uses his emotions. 144 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,600 He's not someone that, you know, you don't know how things are going to be when it comes 145 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,320 to reporters and different types of things. 146 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:10,360 He is someone who you may have to try to decipher exactly what he's saying, but he's always 147 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,480 going to be, he's always going to handle the media thing very well. 148 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,240 That's one thing that you can't take away from Russell Wilson. 149 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:22,240 Whereas the other person, you don't know exactly what you're getting, right? 150 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,440 You don't know if you're getting someone that's going to be professional or you're going to 151 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,440 get someone, you know, has a 10-4 hat on. 152 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,480 That's just what it is, right? 153 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,960 And you know, when we look at their numbers, right, their numbers are somewhat similar. 154 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,640 They're very close, honestly. 155 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,240 So let's just look at them. 156 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:41,240 Okay. 157 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:48,280 So Russell Wilson's last full season, 2023, of course, last season, he had 297 completions, 158 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:55,280 447 attempts, 3070 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, eight interceptions, a 98 pass, a 10-4 pass, 159 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:00,720 a rating, and he averaged 6.9 yards per attempt. 160 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,080 Cool, right? 161 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,720 Now let's look at Errodgers, okay? 162 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,480 Errodgers last season was 2022, okay? 163 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:17,640 350 completions, 542 attempts, 3,695 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, a 164 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:23,440 91.1 pass rating, and he averaged 6.8 yards per attempt. 165 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:32,520 Now, the only difference, honestly speaking, in their numbers is Errodgers probably threw 166 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:38,480 for more passing yards, just a few more passing yards than what Russell Wilson did, right? 167 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:44,840 But they have the same identical touchdowns, except Errodgers threw more interceptions, 168 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:51,200 and their pass rating is somewhat close, right? 169 00:09:51,200 --> 00:10:00,080 And whether we want to imagine it or not, Russell Wilson, he didn't, the last season 170 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:08,000 was not necessarily a bad season, it was just a, it didn't meet the standard that we always 171 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,840 see when it comes to Russell Wilson, right? 172 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,440 Compared to any other quarterback, right? 173 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:21,280 Like we're comparing Russell Wilson's stats from last year to, I don't know, Daniel Jones, 174 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:26,560 Trevor Lawrence, or you know, some no name or whatever the case may be, of course Russell 175 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:30,920 Wilson's numbers are going to look a whole lot better compared to who, the other person, 176 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:31,920 right? 177 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:39,680 And so I feel like, you know, there's more pressure on Errodger than it is on Russell 178 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:41,200 Wilson, because why? 179 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:50,840 The Jets moved a lot to get Errodgers, not to mention, they also got his old, you know, 180 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:57,280 offensive coordinator, his little towel boy, and then they got some of his receivers, Alan 181 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:04,160 Luzard and Randall Cobb, and you know, they brought all of those people in with him, right? 182 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,320 You had all this, you know, this big media buzz, you know, they were on hard knocks and 183 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,280 you know, all these, you know, different types of things. 184 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:17,880 So the pressure is on Errodgers, you know, to show something. 185 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,200 It is, because granted, they've done a lot. 186 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:26,320 Well, I wouldn't, to my standards, I don't feel like they've done a lot, but in their 187 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,640 eyes, they feel like they've done a lot for, you know, for this team, right? 188 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:36,320 From trying to, you know, rebuild the offensive line, and you know, they get the left tackle 189 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:42,600 from Penn State, and then they get Tyrone, Smith, and one now, they're trying to invest 190 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,360 more into the offensive line, you know, try to protect Errodgers, and you know, they're 191 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:51,360 just trying to do a few different things just to, you know, try to only make things better 192 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,040 for Errodgers, but somewhat try to take the load off of Errodgers. 193 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:02,280 But at the end of the day here, folks, you know, a lot has been moved for Errodgers. 194 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:07,880 A lot, you know, the expectations were set high for Errodgers, right? 195 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,840 You, you know, there were a lot of people that were saying, oh, Errodgers are going 196 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,200 to, you know, take them to a Super Bowl and this, then the other, and blah, blah, blah, 197 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,360 blah, and it's just like, no, that's not a guarantee. 198 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,960 It's never a guarantee, right? 199 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:28,680 And you know, Errodgers is in a place where, you know, either one or two things are going 200 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:29,680 to happen. 201 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:35,400 Either you're going to have a dynamic season that's going to go down in the history books 202 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,680 or you're going to have a season where everyone is basically going to be like, bro, just retire, 203 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:46,760 just retire, just, just, you know, find, find a little place on the beach and relax for 204 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,760 the rest of your life. 205 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:48,760 Okay. 206 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,480 Sure, you can still throw the ball, you know, to some kids in the neighborhood or whatever 207 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:53,640 the case may be. 208 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:58,000 But, you know, as far as you playing, you know, professional football, suiting up every Sunday 209 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,920 and playing, do not do that, right? 210 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:06,520 That is what is, and in some ways, it's in somewhat of the same situation for Russell 211 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:12,840 Wilson as well, because, you know, the Steelers signed him to a vet minimum, right? 212 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:19,080 And the Broncos basically were like, to hell with it, we'll eat, you know, the biggest 213 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:24,480 dead cap hit in NFL history, just so we never see you again, right? 214 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:30,040 And granted, some of that was because of Sean Payton and, you know, his vision and whatnot. 215 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:35,840 But I feel like, you know, the temperature in the locker room for the Broncos, when 216 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:42,160 it came to Russell Wilson, started to hit a point that, you know, if you, if you were 217 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:47,040 around when the Legion of Boom, you know, was like, was like really up there and a lot 218 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,480 of people were talking about them and they were supposed to be like the next big dynasty. 219 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,840 And you know, the whole debacle with the, you know, with the Super Bowling whatnot, it 220 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,640 sort of gave you somewhat of a similar vibe, but it didn't. 221 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,160 And so, you know, here we are, right? 222 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,120 You know, Russ is trying to change his image. 223 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,960 He's trying to show people that, hey, I'm still the Russell Wilson of old. 224 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:14,960 I can still do this, this and this, but it's like, are you? 225 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:15,960 Are you? 226 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Because it's easier. 227 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:22,200 It's easier for us to trick our minds and to tell ourselves that we are the same person 228 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:27,960 that we were, you know, the person that was able to do, you know, all these various different 229 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,160 things. 230 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,800 But the fact of the matter is there comes a time and point where we all have to have 231 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:39,960 that honest, honest discussion with ourselves that, hey, I've lost my step, right? 232 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,840 I lost a little pep in my step. 233 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,640 I don't know how much I've lost, but I've lost a little bit. 234 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:45,640 Okay. 235 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,640 I've lost a little bit of, I can't do this anymore, or I can only do it a few times or 236 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,120 whatever the case may be, right? 237 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,520 And that's perfectly fine. 238 00:14:52,520 --> 00:15:00,200 But, you know, the pressure, the pressure is on the both of them to show something, right? 239 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:05,480 Because Russ is trying to fight for another big deal, another opportunity to be a starting 240 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:06,480 quarterback. 241 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:12,840 Aaron Rodgers is somewhat finding of a spot to see, you know, if he's not going to get 242 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,600 pushed into retirement at this point. 243 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,240 That's what it is. 244 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,480 That's really what it is. 245 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:23,680 It's nothing, you know, super hard or super complex to understand or whatnot. 246 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,240 It's none of those things. 247 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,920 And to any person that says that, you know, there's no pressure on Aaron Rodgers or your 248 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,360 liar, the Jets moved having an Earth to get him. 249 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:33,640 They did. 250 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,480 And they carried on some of his teammates with him as well and some of the coaching staff 251 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,680 as well with him as well. 252 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:46,240 A lot of players decided to go to the Jets because they were thinking, oh, with Aaron 253 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,200 Rodgers being there, this is going to change everything. 254 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,480 And so far hasn't lived up to those expectations nor those standards. 255 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:00,560 So again, I will continue to say that the Jets are not a Super Bowl team. 256 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,400 Now that defense, that defense is a very potent defense. 257 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,120 That's a defense that you don't want to see in January. 258 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:09,120 Okay. 259 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,760 And when it comes to that offense, I just don't see it. 260 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,080 I just don't. 261 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:18,760 Even with the decision of Aaron Rodgers not even taking at least a few snaps in the pre-season 262 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:24,800 game, I would have had him do it because he needs to get into a stride going into the 263 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,600 season instead of just, you know, you not knowing exactly what version you're getting 264 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,200 out of it. 265 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,480 You just need to do that. 266 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:40,680 If Patrick Mahomes can go in for a few drives, if Jarragov can do it, if every other starting 267 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,160 quarterback can do it, what is it? 268 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,800 What is the exception for you, Aaron? 269 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,520 What is the exception for you? 270 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,520 You haven't. 271 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:53,440 Okay, granted, you've won a bunch of MVPs, but you haven't won a championship lately. 272 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:57,400 You haven't even though you had an opportunity to do it, but you choked that away. 273 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:58,640 Right? 274 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:05,880 So exactly what makes you so high and mighty that you are above, you know, taking a few 275 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:13,280 snaps and building that chemistry with your players compared to just saying, I'm okay. 276 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,640 And we, I don't need to do that because you know why? 277 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,280 Because I'm Aaron Rodgers and I don't need to do that. 278 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 I'm okay. 279 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,280 I'm him. 280 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,920 No, no, you need this more than everybody else does. 281 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:25,920 You do. 282 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,160 And it's okay if you don't want to admit it. 283 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,760 It's perfectly fine, but you do need it. 284 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,920 Now, moving on to the other topics that are going on. 285 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:40,160 We're actually breezing by this pretty good, but I keep telling you guys this is going 286 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,840 to be a pretty short episode. 287 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,200 It's not going to be drawn out. 288 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,840 Just wanted to hit all the focal points. 289 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,880 And you know, if anything crazy happens, you know, of course, we'll, you know, talk about 290 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:51,880 it. 291 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,760 And of course, it'll be an episode about it, but you know, just want to keep things fairly 292 00:17:54,760 --> 00:18:01,080 light for you guys, but you know, there was definitely a question that came up that I 293 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,240 saw. 294 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,440 I think it was either on Twitter or Instagram and it basically asked, well, I think it was 295 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,480 talking about Trent Williams, right? 296 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,360 And you know, there are people that were saying, Oh, no, they don't need to do anything with 297 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,640 Trent Williams to stand the other blah, blah, blah. 298 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:22,520 And I'm just like, do you guys not know who Trent Williams is? 299 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,240 You guys not get who Trent Williams is? 300 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:31,160 Trent Williams is going to go down in history as one of the best, one of the greatest left 301 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,600 tackles in NFL history. 302 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,080 He is going to rub elbows with Jonathan Ogden. 303 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,640 If you don't know who Jonathan Ogden is, YouTube him. 304 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,140 YouTube him. 305 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:44,940 You'll see. 306 00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:52,280 And you have Brandon Iewik, who basically is this disgruntled receiver who feels like 307 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:57,760 you know, he's being screwed over when it's like, bro, the team originally offered you 308 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:58,760 26. 309 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,080 Okay, cool. 310 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,400 You wasn't, you feel like you were worth more than that. 311 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,400 That's perfectly fine. 312 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,440 I'm not going to argue with you on that. 313 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,640 Then you go from that to, you know, you requested train. 314 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:10,640 Okay, cool. 315 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:16,360 The 49ers, you know, take call from the Patriots, the Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. 316 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:17,520 Cool. 317 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,080 The Patriots were offering you 32 million. 318 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,520 You didn't want that. 319 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,800 The Browns were offering a Mario Cooper and a little bit of money. 320 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,360 You didn't want that either. 321 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,440 You keep teetering and tottering. 322 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,480 When if you want to go to Pittsburgh or not, same thing with Washington as well with their 323 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:38,600 whole debacle now with Jahan Dotson getting traded, right? 324 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:45,440 So as right, you cannot continue to say, you know, you can't continue to have, you know, 325 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,240 report you wants to stay here. 326 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,400 You know, he moved this family here and this and the other blah, blah, blah. 327 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,120 And that's the case and sign the papers. 328 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:55,120 Sign the papers. 329 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:59,320 Why are you taking so long to come to a resolution? 330 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,960 Either you want to be here or you want to go somewhere else. 331 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,720 It's a simple decision. 332 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,040 It's a yes or no. 333 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,040 That's it. 334 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,040 It's not hard. 335 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:13,600 So I don't understand why the world has this thing, you know, basically drawn out going 336 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,280 into the regular season. 337 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,760 I don't get it. 338 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:25,080 The 49ers have literally been over backwards, forwards, side to side, left to right, spin 339 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:29,400 around, do the spinaroni and more for Brandon I.U. 340 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,040 They've done a lot for Brandon I.U. 341 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,120 And you know, they're probably, you know, frustrated to the point where they're just 342 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:39,320 like to hell with it, to hell with it. 343 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Is it really worth trying to keep him? 344 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,960 If it means that, you know, we're basically having to go through hell and high water just 345 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,040 to please this fool in my eyes. 346 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,040 And this is just me personally. 347 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,200 I know I'm probably going to get a whole lot of slack for it. 348 00:20:54,200 --> 00:21:02,000 To me, it is easier to replace and to find a Brandon I.U. tire than it is a Trent Williams. 349 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,880 I'm going to say that again because you probably didn't get that. 350 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,920 So I'm going to say it a little bit closer in the microphone so you can really hear exactly 351 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,520 what I'm saying. 352 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:19,000 It is easier to find a Brandon I.U. type player than it is a Trent Williams. 353 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Okay. 354 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:28,680 And the reason why I say that is because you can somewhat mold a player into the skill set 355 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:29,680 that Brandon I.U. 356 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,640 has, right? 357 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,600 Trent Williams, that is natural. 358 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,080 That is God giving ability with Trent Williams. 359 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:45,440 You are talking about somebody who when he was drafted to Washington, he was an anchor 360 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,440 on that offensive line. 361 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,360 And I'm talking about an offensive line that didn't have a lot of star power, that didn't 362 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,760 have a lot of upside. 363 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,600 He was the upside, right? 364 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:02,400 And, you know, of course things happen with them and they handled a situation, you know, 365 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,400 the wrong way. 366 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,800 And he basically won it out and he went to San Francisco and he made, you know, San Francisco's 367 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:14,800 run game, pass game, just a whole entire offense, a whole lot better, right? 368 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:20,760 And so this was expected for him to ask for more money once Christian Derisaw got paid. 369 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:26,960 A little bit more of an easier process to figure out a, you know, figure out a way with 370 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,040 Trent Williams' deal because he already has a preexisting deal. 371 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:36,320 So all in all, he probably just want more guaranteed money just to up the, you know, 372 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,400 the overall number, which is a little bit more easier to do compared to Brandon Iewick 373 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,560 where you're basically, okay, the offer is 26 million. 374 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,040 Okay, he doesn't want 26 million. 375 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,760 Okay, we're going to up the offer by 2 million. 376 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:48,760 Okay, he still doesn't want, okay. 377 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,440 We're going to up the offer 2 more million. 378 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,440 Okay, he still doesn't want it. 379 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,480 Okay, we're going to up the offer 3 more million, right? 380 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:59,200 It's a lot easier to do something with Trent Williams than it is with Brandon Iewick, especially 381 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,840 with reports coming out that basically the only thing that's stopping Brandon Iewick 382 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:10,880 from inking this deal is he wants more guaranteed money at the end of his contract. 383 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,800 Brother, brother, brother, brother, brother, brother. 384 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:15,800 Nobody has that. 385 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,640 Well, no, we'll actually know what no, I lied. 386 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,520 There are some people that do have it, but even then, most of the times people don't 387 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,560 even see the end of the contract. 388 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,640 Most of the times they're traded by the third year, the second or third year of the contract. 389 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,600 We're being real here. 390 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:39,040 So again, as I've said before in multiple episodes prior to this one, something has to 391 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,480 break at this point, right? 392 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,000 You're traveling with the team. 393 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,240 You're not wearing any of the gear. 394 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,200 You look like you're not interested in the team. 395 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,400 Go, go. 396 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:51,720 No one is stopping you. 397 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,320 No one is holding your hand and saying, Oh, Brandon, don't go, don't go. 398 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,200 We miss you all so much. 399 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,200 No one is saying that, bro. 400 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:07,040 If you go and go somewhere, go somewhere because right now the team is trying to focus and 401 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:12,840 try to prepare themselves for the gauntlet that they are going to, I can't even speak 402 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:18,040 because I'm so upset for the gauntlet that they have to prepare themselves in order to 403 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,600 get to the Super Bowl and to wait. 404 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,680 They have to prepare themselves for that. 405 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:28,600 And right now this story has basically been dragging on since the end of the last Super 406 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,440 Bowl. 407 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,480 It's drawn out. 408 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:34,840 People are tired of it. 409 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,420 People are talking about, people are tired of talking about it. 410 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:41,360 People are tired of speculating about it. 411 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,440 People are tired of just talking about various rumors. 412 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,160 Either you're going to put your name on that piece of paper and stay with the San Francisco 413 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:54,400 49ers and take that picture that everybody, that every single person does, or you're going 414 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,320 to be holding up a jersey of another team during a press conference. 415 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,320 It's simple as that. 416 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:01,320 Simple as that. 417 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,760 And if I'm Kyle Shanahan, I'm probably thinking the same thing. 418 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,640 Listen, there's supposed to be a few good receivers that are going to be coming out next year. 419 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:09,960 Guess what? 420 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:10,960 We can get them. 421 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:11,960 It won't hurt us. 422 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:17,560 We won't lose the inch of sleep off of it at all compared to going through this foolishness 423 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:23,120 with somebody who, you know, he's basically nitpicking at every single little thing and 424 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:25,520 it's like, bro, to stop. 425 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:26,520 Stop. 426 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,640 Because even then, if, you know, when we look at the stats for, you know, for both Brandon 427 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,040 Iewik and Trent Williams, right? 428 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:43,440 Brandon Iewik was second in receiving yards on 10 plus air yard targets, right? 429 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:50,040 He averaged 3.2 yards per route, which was, which was the fourth most in a single season 430 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,640 since 2018. 431 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:59,320 He gained 696 yards on intermediate targets, 101 more than any other receiver. 432 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,560 Granted, he should be fairly compensated because he did have a great season. 433 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,760 That was the best season of his career so far. 434 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:13,160 And he does deserve to be fairly compensated, but it comes in time and point where a team 435 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,560 has to make a decision. 436 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:21,200 Either we have to pay you a little bit less just so we can be able to stay competitive 437 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,920 or we just have to move on from you. 438 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,480 That's just what it is. 439 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:31,160 And the 49ers continue to try to buy a Super Bowl when it doesn't work like that. 440 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,840 And I've said this in, I think the last, what was it, two episodes, either two episodes 441 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,160 or three episodes ago, you can't make every single star player the highest paid. 442 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,920 You can't reset the market for every single person. 443 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:43,920 You just can't. 444 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,720 They reset the market for Fred Warren. 445 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,800 They reset the market for Nick Bosa. 446 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,800 They reset the market for Kittle. 447 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,280 They reset the market again for Christian McCaffrey. 448 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,040 They're about to do it for Trent Williams. 449 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,000 I think they also did it for Debo Samuel at that time. 450 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,920 You know they're going to have to do it for Brock Purdy. 451 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:04,880 At some point, the line has to be drawn in the same. 452 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,360 It has to. 453 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,160 It has to. 454 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,120 And if he's not willing to comply, oh well, ship him. 455 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:15,040 You won't lose an inch of sleep off of it. 456 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:22,360 Ship him because you in the best time on this one, time on this one that I've ever heard 457 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:26,440 was we want, what is it? 458 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,440 We want not survivors. 459 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,440 Was it participants? 460 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,440 I think it's participants. 461 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,720 We want participants, not hostages. 462 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,480 That's what Mike Tomlin says. 463 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,280 We want people that are going to participate and not hostages. 464 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,200 So if you feel like you are a hostage in this situation, move somewhere else. 465 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,200 Kick rocks. 466 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:50,680 Now when we look at Trent Williams, you know, stats and whatnot, the 49ers have ran more 467 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:58,600 to the left and have done this more frequently and more successfully since Trent Williams 468 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,800 has been traded to the 49ers. 469 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:08,160 And he's the only old lineman on that team that ranks top 15 in pressure rates at left 470 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:14,520 tackle and he's allowed the fourth lowest pressure rate at tackle. 471 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,840 That's a whole frame right there, folks. 472 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,840 That's a bona fide first ballot hall of famer right there. 473 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:25,960 That is something that is a difference maker right there from the moment that he was traded 474 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,480 to the 49ers. 475 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,520 That was a difference maker. 476 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:36,200 That is someone that you cannot find in the draft, that you cannot find in free agency, 477 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,800 that you cannot find via trade. 478 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,520 That is a one in a million type of player. 479 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,720 That is God giving ability. 480 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,520 Brand IE that's a system. 481 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:47,520 That's a system. 482 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,360 I'm just going to end it there. 483 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,360 Now onto the last topic. 484 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:52,360 Oh wow. 485 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,360 20 minutes. 486 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,360 Okay. 487 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,360 Pretty good. 488 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:56,360 Pretty good. 489 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,360 We're on a good time. 490 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,360 We got to talk about Omar. 491 00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,360 We got to talk about Omar. 492 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:04,240 We we come on, Steve, we got to have an honest conversation about Omar Khan. 493 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,240 Okay. 494 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,360 My end and I'm again, I'm going to try to be as non-biased as I possibly can. 495 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,720 I'm going to try to remove all emotion out of it. 496 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,280 But if it happens, it happens. 497 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:14,680 Okay. 498 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:19,080 I think a question that thing that needs to be asked is, did Omar Khan reach when it 499 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,480 came to trying to, you know, upgrade the receiver position? 500 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:24,480 And I would say yes. 501 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,920 And the reason why I say that is because you were in this situation where you had Deontay 502 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,960 Johnson, a veteran receiver on your team, who's probably looking for just an extra little 503 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:41,360 bit of money and who basically voiced his opinion about the current conundrum that was 504 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:46,480 with the quarterback situation and with the offensive play calling. 505 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:47,960 And they were just like, to hell with you. 506 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,800 We're going to ship you somewhere else. 507 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:50,800 Right. 508 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,600 And they were thinking, okay, maybe we'll have a chance to get one of these other receivers. 509 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,100 You didn't. 510 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,100 You didn't. 511 00:29:58,100 --> 00:29:59,840 You were supposed to have a visit with Mike Williams. 512 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,840 Guess what? 513 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,240 He signed with the Jets. 514 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,920 Tyler Boyd took less money to be with the Titans. 515 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:06,920 Right. 516 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,920 Who else? 517 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:08,920 Cortland Sutton. 518 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:14,680 I mean, he was on a little bit of a holdout situation with the Broncos. 519 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:15,680 Guess what they did? 520 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,600 They just gave him a little bit more extra money and guarantees and whatnot. 521 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:25,200 You've basically been the only team that's been trying to hold on to this whole brand 522 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,840 and IU situation. 523 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,120 Right. 524 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,840 At some point, you have to call this a fail. 525 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:32,840 It was a fail. 526 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,120 It was a failed attempt. 527 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:39,760 You never should have did it because now you don't create it this big hole on the team 528 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:44,880 that you don't, that you've tried to fill it with other lower tier receivers thinking 529 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,240 that it's going to do it and it's not. 530 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,160 You got Scotty Miller. 531 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:53,480 You got Quest Walkins and a bunch of other receivers thinking that they're going to be 532 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,720 able to do what Deontay Johnson did and he can't. 533 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,720 They can't. 534 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:58,720 They just can't. 535 00:30:58,720 --> 00:30:59,720 Right. 536 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,640 You know, sometimes we have to look at it from a player's perspective. 537 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,800 Deontay Johnson, you know, his most success came from when he had who? 538 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,800 Big Ben. 539 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:10,800 Right. 540 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,840 And, you know, that was, that was different. 541 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:19,240 It was a different, you know, way that he was getting the ball and, you know, the way 542 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:24,480 that he was getting fed and whatnot compared to with, you know, Kenny Pickett and Mitchell 543 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:31,040 Biscay and Mason Rudolph, it was a little bit difficult for him because why, you know, 544 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:36,120 people are learning, you know, the offensive system and, you know, different, you know, 545 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,680 various changes and all and whatnot. 546 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:43,240 And then, you know, he did have chemistry with Mason and then, you know, the media asked 547 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:48,560 him, like, you know, if you could make a decision on who would you want to be the next, you 548 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,120 know, next year's quarterback, he said Mason and you can't hate him for, he's just being 549 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,880 honest in that moment because why? 550 00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:01,680 He was able to get the ball more when he was with Mason than he was with Mitchell Biscay 551 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,160 or Kenny Pickett. 552 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,960 That's just what it is. 553 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,840 The tape doesn't lie, folks. 554 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:12,680 If you look at the tape of Kenny Pickett when he was with the Steelers, a lot of times Deontay 555 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,360 Johnson was open. 556 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,720 A lot of times George Pickens was open. 557 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,280 A lot of times Pat Farmer was open. 558 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:20,280 Right. 559 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,160 But we have to call a spade a spade in this type of situation. 560 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,080 And granted, I understand Omar was thinking he could probably be the con artist and all 561 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,860 those different types of things. 562 00:32:30,860 --> 00:32:36,840 But the fact of the matter is you have now made a hole so big that you're basically hoping 563 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:44,800 and praying that somebody, that another receiver basically becomes disgruntled and wants out. 564 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,440 And even then, they probably wouldn't even want to go to the Steelers anyway because 565 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,040 we're not a Super Bowl team nor are we a playoff team at this point. 566 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,800 We're not. 567 00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:01,040 And I understand there are people that are saying, we should have gave up a first round 568 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:05,720 pick to seal the deal with Brandon Iewick and whatnot or we should have gave up George 569 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,000 Pickens to get Brandon Iewick. 570 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,560 But clearly they didn't. 571 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,320 And it shows. 572 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:13,840 It shows. 573 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:18,960 And now they're in a situation where the season is about to start in less than two weeks and 574 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,680 he don't have a true number one receiver on your team. 575 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,120 You have George Pickens who's now the one. 576 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:31,600 But even then, can we say that he can handle the workload that comes with being a number 577 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,600 one receiver? 578 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,320 You have Van Jefferson. 579 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,240 You have Calvin Austin. 580 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,480 You have Scotty Miller and company. 581 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,360 That's what you have. 582 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,760 And you know, to the people that say, well, what about the Vante Adams? 583 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,560 The Vante Adams wants to win. 584 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,040 The Vante Adams wants a Super Bowl. 585 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:50,120 We are not there. 586 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,080 So of course he's not going to come to us, right? 587 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:58,480 Unless it's a player who he really doesn't care about winning a championship, but he 588 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,160 just wants to be put in a better situation than it. 589 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,720 Okay, maybe something. 590 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,560 It's going to be a situation where they're going to be like, oh, yeah, I want to go to 591 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,560 the stairs. 592 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:08,560 I want to go to the stairs. 593 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,440 I don't know about that, brother. 594 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:11,920 I don't know about that. 595 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,520 Brandon, I understand that being a GM is hard. 596 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,920 As a fellow former GM and one down, I get all those different types of things. 597 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:26,080 I understand that you may with on certain situations and whatnot, and you have to take 598 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,120 your Ls respectfully. 599 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:33,120 But you know, when you don't have to do it, then don't do it, right? 600 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,240 Because the Panthers were already going to release Dante Jackson. 601 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:39,320 So you just gave them a draft pick just because, right? 602 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,520 And then you gave them, you know, a top receiver as well. 603 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:49,480 So, you know, we, we whiffed, we whiffed, we whiffed. 604 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:55,200 And now they're going to have to hope, pray, you know, fingers crossed and a four leaf 605 00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:00,880 clover and a rabbit's foot in, you know, a leprechaun and more just to see if they can 606 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,600 get a true number one receiver on this team. 607 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,480 But that's all I'm going to say with that. 608 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,600 I told you guys, I'm going to keep it light and whatnot. 609 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,680 So I'm going to, I'm going to, you know, hold, hold myself to that. 610 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,800 If you guys like what you are listening, please, please, please, please, please leave a five 611 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,360 star review wherever you guys listening to the football junkies podcast and where you 612 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:27,760 can get your daily fix of football junkies, hot takes, you know, truth bombs, bad road 613 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,520 domes, predictions and all those different types of things. 614 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:31,520 Okay. 615 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,880 To my YouTube people, like, share, subscribe, turn that notification bell on, leave a comment 616 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:36,880 down below. 617 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:37,880 Okay. 618 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:42,200 To my audio listeners, please leave a five star review, leave a comment down below wherever 619 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,200 you guys listen to. 620 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,680 I know I said a second time and I want to reinforce those things. 621 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:51,280 Now you can follow us on Instagram at football underscore junkies pod. 622 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:56,440 Again, that is football underscore junkies pod junkies pod is the what it's not spaced 623 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:57,440 out. 624 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,440 It is all together. 625 00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,440 Okay. 626 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,240 You can follow us on Tik Tok at football underscore junkies pod. 627 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,440 You can follow us on YouTube as well. 628 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,240 Football underscore junkies pod. 629 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:12,160 And as always, I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys need. 630 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,480 What a great way to end the week with a bag alert. 631 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:21,760 If I can put a little prediction on there, I do think brand IE week, some resolution 632 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,400 will come within the next coming days. 633 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:30,720 I do believe that not speculating it off of, you know, sources or anything, but I do believe 634 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:32,920 we are at the finish line with something. 635 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,520 I don't know what it is, but, you know, hopefully it happens. 636 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,600 I don't know, maybe by the time I'm done editing this, I don't know. 637 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,000 But as always, I love you guys. 638 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,080 I appreciate you guys. 639 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,080 We are not. 640 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,080 We are almost what? 641 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,580 Seven, what? 642 00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,080 Three episodes? 643 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,080 Three out. 644 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:56,720 We're almost three episodes away from 30 episodes from 30 episodes, folks. 645 00:36:56,720 --> 00:37:00,120 That deserves a celebration, a major celebration. 646 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,720 Not only for me, also for you as well. 647 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,680 As always, I love you guys. 648 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,680 I appreciate you guys. 649 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,320 I don't want to say it so much, but I really do. 650 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:08,800 I love you guys so much. 651 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,360 Shout out to all the new football junkies, you know, worldwide. 652 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:13,360 We love you guys. 653 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:14,640 We appreciate you guys. 654 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:20,360 We hope that you guys stay with us and, you know, come with us, you know, on this journey. 655 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:21,360 Peace and love. 656 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:42,280 Buh-bye.