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Alright folks, unfortunately, we do not have any bag alerts to start off the week

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But who knows we might have a bag alert or something crazy to happen

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By the middle to the end of the week, but we still got some things we have to talk about because the next 48 hours

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Gonna be the most

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Toughest moments for a lot of players. Okay

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Because they're gonna be some players who their dreams are gonna be crushed

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There's gonna be some players that they're gonna be spared and there's gonna be some players

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They're gonna be putting in different to a different situation

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So we have a lot to talk about in a little bit of time

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There's probably gonna be a short episode not gonna keep this, you know long and drawn now

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We've been putting out a lot of long episodes. So just want to keep this fairly short

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And just to put something out, you know, just to start off the week on the right foot. So

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I'm juju, you know signs with the with the chiefs

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NFL cut start today, and then they're supposed to be due tomorrow at some point

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You know, well, will there be more buyers and sellers? That's when you know, bad Rodan this, you know

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Comes into play Trent Williams is now threatening to hold out into the season if he does not get a bump in pay and

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Well, no not not yet, but are these receivers holdouts?

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Are they hurting the team more or they're hurting the player more we have a that can be somewhat of a tricky situation to talk about

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Well, but we're gonna talk about it though in early trade predictions

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Okay, all of this and more because this we're gonna go in in some different places, but you got to follow me

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Okay on the 28th episode of the football Chinese podcast. That's right. We are on we are almost

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To 30 episodes, okay two episodes away from 30

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Episodes and I cannot wait. I am your host your GM who currently is not on the team right now

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Who currently is taking interviews for assistant GM positions who currently?

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Right now is looking at the draft two years in advance because there's a left tackle that has definitely caught my eye

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We got to talk about all of this and more okay all of this because I am your back row darkness

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I am the chief the head of the table the chief bag

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Meteorologist okay all of these mighty titles and more but most importantly the biggest title of them all

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I'm your host kale. Let's lock in. Oh

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Oh, right folks, let's just go into this okay, I'm gonna keep on saying this is gonna be a relatively short episode

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This isn't gonna be anything long and drawn out. We've been putting out 30 40 45 and even 50 minute

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Episodes lately, so I know you guys don't want to keep on hearing that so, you know, we're just gonna keep things light

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You know just to start the work week for work week and school week off for those that are going back to school

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And whatnot, so let's just get into this news. Okay, so former Patriots

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Why why receiver I can't even think right now. I don't know why maybe isn't the coffee or something

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I don't know former Patriots receiver

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Juju Smith Schuster is returning to the Chiefs on a one-year deal vent minimum deal

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Not a whole lot really to talk about with that, you know, you're talking about a receiver who you know

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Definitely was cut from the Patriots, you know after getting somewhat of a big payday

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After winning the Super Bowl with the Chiefs so for him to go back to the Chiefs

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I'm definitely let you know that they probably have caught word that a lengthy suspension is still gonna come down for

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Rashi Rice and in his off-the-field situation

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So what what better person to have on the field than you know

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Someone with veteran presence who also is a good blocker and knows the system well, right?

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You don't have to give him a whole lot of money, right?

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So either way, it's a win-win situation

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Juju is able to you know be on a playoff contending team that is able to you know

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Go go somewhere and he could possibly win another Super Bowl and maybe get maybe one more

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Big payday, you know before he has to walk away, but nothing too

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Too too extensive really to talk about with that. Now. I will say this. This is an early bad road diamonds

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Prediction and it just you know, it just comes to mind when these things happen. I do feel like

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The Chiefs will be in the market for a receiver. I do

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I don't think they're satisfied with the receivers that they have right now

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They like where she writes, but I think with him getting in trouble and with with how that situation

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You know panned out in itself

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I wouldn't be surprised that if he's that if he's sitting down for you know

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Half of the season at least I wouldn't be surprised and so the Chiefs, you know

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They need to make sure that they have things in place just so that they you know can stay competitive while at the same time

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You know don't fall off offensively. So, you know

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This is definitely somewhat of a of a death

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type of you know signing it isn't anything like you know earth shattering or anything like that, but let's talk about

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Something that that doesn't get talked about as much but should get talked about as much and you know cuts

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Cuts now to some people you probably pay it. No mind

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You probably think it's nothing really to talk about but it is something to talk about because you know a lot of these players

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You know undrafted free agents and you know those different types of things journeymen people who are trying to continue their NFL

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career, you know, this is a tough time for them because you know within these next 48 hours

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You know that person on your team could be coming could be coming to you say hey listen

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You know do you have your you know your iPad or playbook or you know, how however they do things now and

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You know, it's tough. It's tough because it's not it's not really a guarantee that you're going to

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You know stay on a roster one. It's hard

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It is because every single thing that you do right or wrong is being judged, right?

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And you know, it's it's one of those things where basically, you know, you better hope you don't get hurt because if you get hurt

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You know, that's time that you're gonna have to miss and by then, you know

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Training camp and especially in the preseason. Oh, they'll just give you a body out

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So it's definitely a very tough situation and a tough moment

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For a lot of players who are in limbo, right?

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Because as much as we see the star players, you also have to have the day-to-day players as well

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You know people that get elevated from the practice squad to the active roster, you know during you know during game day and you're you know

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People who doesn't get as much attention as you know

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The star receiver or the star pass rusher or the star quarterback or you know the star offensive lineman or you know, who whomever, right?

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And you know, I do feel like it is important that we you know that we highlight this because a lot of people say

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Oh, no, they're just a bomb. Oh, no, they don't know they shouldn't be in the league, but it's like

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Bro, this is it's competitive. It's very competitive. It's a very competitive lead

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It's some it's somewhat reminds me of that one scene in the dark night

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When the Joker when the Joker killed Joker killed the dude and basically his he had two henchmen left and the Joker said

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Okay, we're gonna have tryouts and he snapped a pool a pool

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He snapped the the pool stick and he basically just just gave one piece to two people

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And they basically had to fight over on who was gonna join Joker's crew now

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I'm not saying that's that's how it is with football

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But that is essentially the mindset that that is you know

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That happens when it comes to training camp and preseason and all those different types of things you were trying to outdo

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Your teammate to get a roster spot and if not a roster spot on this team then on and then on another team, right?

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That's basically what is that's that's a mindset for a lot of the players that

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That you know, there are someone in limbo. They you know, they they think okay

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If I don't make it on this team within as long as my tape is good

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Maybe I'll have another opportunity somewhere else and most of the times it does happen

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For the players that are getting cut

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So, you know if you if you're one of those people that wants to be a newb and you know wants to you know

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Put out things for for for cloud or for clickbait. Don't do it. Don't do a dog. It's not worth it now on to something a little bit more

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Little bit more uplifting now now that we've definitely addressed the most important thing

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Out of this entire podcast this entire episode. We got to talk about buyers and sellers

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Yeah buyers buyers and sellers and that's probably gonna be the title for this episode because I thought about it a few weeks ago

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I was like, you know, we definitely do have to put out an episode before cut downs and whatnot

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So when we look at it, you know from a from from a league wide standpoint

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There's not one roster that is like, you know, oh, this is a perfect roster

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There's no holes on on the roster on both sides of the ball

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Everything is great this than the other blah blah blah. It's not it's not every roster has a hole

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Now the question is how big is the hole?

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Is it a hole where they need to get somebody?

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Immediately in order to patch it up or do they need to get two or three players?

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To possibly, you know, try to you know somewhat stop the bleeding per se

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With whatever the situation is and a lot of times of these things happen

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I'm especially as the season progress because players get hurt injuries happen people get traded all those different types of things, right?

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But at the same time though, we do have to somewhat identify

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Identify teams that will be more buyers and sellers because a lot of times this is somewhat in my mind somewhat of a

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of a start to what could possibly be for the trade deadline, right?

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Because and this is just this is just a theory that I've somewhat come up with a lot of times where if there's not a lot of

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Activity going on as far as like trades and whatnot

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During during the cut down, you know timeframe that most likely translate to somewhat of a very

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Minimal trade activity when it comes to the trade deadline later into the season, right?

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But if you see more activity though, that's when you see a more robust or more active trade deadline

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Which I mean, let's be honest here

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We all love the trade deadline because it's basically a day of nonstop

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You know news from the minute you wake up to the minute that you go to sleep

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It's just nothing but trades trades trades and trades

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But you know, I think we do have to identify

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You know just a few teams that will be both buyers sellers or maybe even both honestly

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So for me personally, I definitely do think teams like the Steelers will probably be buyers because

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They have you know, they still have a lot of pressing needs and you know

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I think they realize that you know, one of their strongest

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Groups is now one of their weakest groups with offensive line because you have Troy for Titan who's hurt

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You have Dylan Cook who's gonna be out for multiple weeks. You have

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Nate Herbic who's out for the season of the Torum rotator cuff

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project Jones is hurt, right and

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Well, too well too well, does that it? I think that's it for the offensive line, right? Not to mention

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They've been trying to find someone of a placement for you know for receiver as well

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So I do believe that they're gonna be one of the teams that are gonna be more

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Active when it comes to buying than selling because they don't have a whole lot to sell, right?

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And even if they do it'll probably be for a late round draft picks, right?

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And so, you know compared to a team that is for instance like the Texans the Texans could be a seller because why?

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They have over seven. Yeah, I think they have over seven receivers that that are NFL caliber receivers, right?

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Because remember they have Tankdale, Nico Collins, Stefan Diggs, Robert Woods

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Ben Ben Scrant, I think that that's his last name. I'm sorry if I mispronounce your name

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Your last name who was from the Rams we got tech traded over to the Texans as well as Noah Brown

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And I think they're maybe like one or two other people. Oh and John Metchie. So you have all of those receivers and mind you

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They're not gonna keep all of those receivers. They're just not so somebody is gonna be outside of that bubble

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And so I wouldn't be surprised if they moved off of someone like a John Metchie

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maybe possibly a robber Woods and whatnot because a team because teams would would love to have someone like a John

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Metchie right teams would like to have somewhat of a Robert Wood, right?

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And then not to mention you don't have to give up a whole lot of draft capital to get them

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They're not carrying large cap hits nor do they have large contracts. So either way, it's a win-win situation for both

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You know for for both parties, right?

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Compared to for instance, what's a good team?

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What's a good team? What's a good team?

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The Cowboys for instance the Cowboys have to be buyers because they realize that the defensive line isn't as strong

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Isn't their strong suit right now

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Nor is you know their middle line back in core and their secondary as well with you know with Duran Blaine being out for 68

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Six to eight weeks not 68 weeks, but six to eight weeks on with a stretch stress facts

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I can't even speak. I think it's the coffee stress stress fact. Mmm. Yeah, man. This is tough stress fracture

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There we go. We did it

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We did it we get a golden star for it

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You know those

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That is a team that you know, they're gonna have to they would have to be active

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They're gonna have to because that defense is a little bit beat up the defensive line is beat up

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I don't know what they're doing for middle line backer and I don't know what they're gonna do for their secondary

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Right, especially for their corners. The only healthy one is Trevon Diggs and even then he's coming back from a tournée CL

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So, you know, you you have a lot of things that you have to you know factor in when it comes to buyers and sellers

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You really do because a lot of times teams are this is when teams are gonna be really active, right?

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This is when they're gonna move off of certain players if they feel like okay

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Yes, you're a great player, but we don't have a spot for you on this team

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But guess what?

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We'll put you in a better situation where you can be competitive where you can play where you can be

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You know on the field once on Sundays, right?

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And then there are other situations where you know, they just have to be released just you know altogether because

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you know, there's just no spots or

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You know, they're just not playing well and so that happens and that's why you're gonna have to me

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More buyers than sellers because there's still a lot of teams who they need, you know

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Death, you know on their offensive line or they need it on their defensive line

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But they needed that receiver or running back or tied in or corner or wherever the case may be right compared to teams

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We're gonna be basically, you know

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Shipping off of players, you know, just just to get more and more draft picks and whatnot

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Which you know sort of entails to another topic, but you know, we'll talk we'll get there when we get there

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But we do have to talk about the 49ers. Yes. I know we are tired of I know we are tired of talking about the 49ers

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But it is not that person that we are talking about

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We are talking about Trent Williams this time because apparently according to Jeremy Fowler

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He has reported that Trent Williams is willing to hold out into the season if the 49ers do not give him a bump in pay

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This is what I will say

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pay the man

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Simple as that pay the man. Okay, this is someone who has significant who has significantly

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Impacted not only the run game, but as well as the pass game since joining the 49ers

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Okay, as I said before I think in the previous episode once they got Trent Williams

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They started to run the ball more on the left side on his side and they were doing it successfully

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So that tells you the impact that Trent Williams has on that team and mind you

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No one can say oh well. He's just you know, he's just a system player one

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No, because guess what Trent Williams was doing the same thing when he was with he was

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Can't speak it's definitely the coffee when he was with Washington. He was doing the same thing

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So again, this is what happens when you have a premier

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Player at a position that is you know important at left tackle

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This is what happens and so now the 49ers if I'm John Lynch

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I'm shifting my attention all of my attention to Trent Williams because he is more important in this in this

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Ecosystem in this equation in order for them to win a championship then Brandon I you I'm just being completely honest here

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Hate me love me whatever the case may be but that's just how I personally feel

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Trent Williams is more valuable because guess what if you don't have Trent Williams on that field

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Brock Purdy is gonna get beat. He's gonna get beat up

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Okay, Trent Williams is gatekeeping some of the best pass rushers

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Not only in that division, but in the entire league and he has to be he has to be fairly compensated

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I'm sorry. He's still if not the best the second best left tackle in the league right now

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And even then he did to any person that says that he's the second best left tackle. Who's the first?

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Who was the first because in my mind it's still Trent Williams and there will always be Trent Williams, okay, so

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You the 49ers already knew that once Christian Deris I was gonna get his deal

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Trent Williams is gonna want more you already knew that you already knew that so if you already knew that as

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As soon as it was announced you should have called Trent and say, you know what let's come back to the table

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Let's figure out how much more how much more do you want?

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You know how much of a pay increase that you want because guess what?

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That's a easier deal to take into mold and the restructure and to add on

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Compared to Brandon I you and it shows

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Because why Brandon I you it has basically been having a hissy fit almost like a two-year-old child

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Okay, I want this okay

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That's that's not the toy that I want even though it is exactly the toy that he wants

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Well, this one has too much dust what this one has this this little scrape

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Well, this one doesn't have the right paint this one has this

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He's just Nick picking at every small little thing and it's getting to a point where the 49ers just like hey to hell with it

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We gave you we came back to the table for you

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We bumped up our offer for you

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We're trying to keep you here because we value you but you are acting like you don't want to be here

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So guess what we're gonna do

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We're gonna prioritize somebody that does want to be here and that's what my said that John Lynch in the front office

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Should have because why he still has not signed the deal

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We still don't know exactly what's going on

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You know, we really

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Even though there there are you know, they're insiders that have you know sources and whatnot

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This is a this is a come-and-go type of situation. It really is

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One minute. He's happy. He's around the the team and he's talking to the players and blah blah blah

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The next minute he's not there for two or three days and he looks like he doesn't want to be around the team

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He looks like he's just stay away from me all those different types of things. So again

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Focus on Trent Williams. Trent Williams is more valuable on that offense than Brandon I you weak

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You could go and you can make a late season trade for another receiver

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That could probably do the same thing that brand I you it does and not lose an inch of sleep off of it

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I'm just saying it moving on to the

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To the next topic because I'm I can talk about that for almost an hour and I'm just not

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But I will say this with all of the friction that has happened lately with the rear, you know receiver holdouts

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I think it is a question that that does need to be asked, you know

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Are these holdouts hurting the team or the player more and you have to go you have to go at it by situation

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For instance the Cowboys. This is hurting the team more than what's seeding than than CD land

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Because CD land realizes listen, I am the best receiver on this team

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There's no other receiver that is better than me

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There's no other receiver that is as close to me when it comes to my skill set. So I have to be fairly compensated for me

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It is literally just me and me alone

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Nobody else. I don't have a gallop. I don't have a Mara Cooper

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I don't have this person or that person. It's solely just me

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And the Cowboys realized that guess what they have to pay him top dollar money. There's no choice

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There's no there's no, you know, can you take a hometown discount?

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And can you do this and can you do that? It's none of that pay the man his money the longer that this goes

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the worst is gonna look like on the Cowboys and Jerry because

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Jerry realizes that in order for Dak to be successful

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He needs CD land to be out on that field and if CD land is not out on that field

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Oh, man, you're gonna have some problems. You are now when we look over

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for instance the

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Who I want to do next what one do neck, you know, we'll just get out

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We'll get the 49ers out the way we look at Brandon I you look right?

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This is hurting

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both sides

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if we're being real here and I'll explain why because

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Brandon I you is literally their best route runner and

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And they're in one of their best blockers when it comes to the receiver position, right?

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And you know, they need someone like that because Deebo is the Swiss Army knife of the offense

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He is let's just call for what it is. He is the Swiss Army knife

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He is someone that he's been put in a running back position

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He's been put in the slot on the outside. They've used him in motions. They've used him, you know

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In jet sweeps and all those different types of things, right?

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Meanwhile, Brandon I you is the okay. I can run this route that route this route go route

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Slant routes post routes all those different types of routes, right?

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And you know, but in but at the same time, he's also a phenomenal blocker as well

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So this is hurting, you know both sides because guess what this is basically been, you know drawn out since

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since the end of the Super Bowl

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basically and

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You know it there's been there's basically been no no friction. It hasn't there's been speculations

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There's been you know this and that but it's never been any real movement, right?

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Because there was a moment in time where he was about to get traded

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during the I think during the draft actually because the Jaguars called the Jaguars called about him and they were willing to

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They were willing to give up a receiver to get him but the 49ers said no, okay, cool, then you have brand are you that you know

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Can't speak

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Really can't speak request a trade and once he finally did guess what?

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still haven't seen anything even though they have to even though they have agreed in

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In not in parameter. What am I? What am I doing?

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Even though they have agreed and principle with the Steelers for a trade and whatnot

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They want to try to work on trying to keep him but at the same time

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It's hurting them because why you still have you have another player a more impactful player that is looking for more money as well

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So it's you know, there's been little to no friction. There hasn't been anything

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So at some point something has to give on either side

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Are the Brandon I youth wants to go to another team or the 49ers are just gonna have to suck it up and just meet all of his

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Demands and just give them the money, but even then I feel like that's gonna cause more friction because why?

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Debo Samuel has been there every single practice every single preseason game. He has showed up and

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You know, if I'm the 49ers, I would rather

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You know reward that compared to reward, you know bad behavior quote-unquote

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When it comes to Brandon I you I'm just being honest here and then again, it's not like I have

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I want no one to think that I have you know beef with with brand I you or any of those different types of things

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But the fact of the matter is bro, you have been so

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Undecided in this situation and it's drawn out so long

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That I feel like you have made more enemies than allies and friends in this situation

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Let's just call it for what it is. It's a simple decision either you pick up the phone and you call

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Your agent and you tell them, okay? I'm going to Pittsburgh or I'm going to this team or that team and then and that's it or

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Okay, I'll be at the facility at two o'clock. We're gonna sign this deal. I'm tired of not being around my teammates

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I want to win a Super Bowl. That's it. That's it. That's all you have to do. It's nothing else

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They are not going to give you

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Every single little thing that you want

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Nobody gets that in a contract. Nobody does so why in the world?

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Do you feel like you are the only person that should be getting that Brandon?

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Are you it why that doesn't make any sense? It doesn't and now this makes you look worse

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But again, what do I know? But when you look at Jermaine Chase's situation

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This is to me is hurting the player more than the team because why the owner has already said

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We're not talking about contracts this year, but we may revisit it next year

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They've already said that so they've already said that then hey

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You got to take it for what it is and you just have to keep pushing forward

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That's it because the longer that you hold out this is gonna hurt you more because you have to

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Get better and develop chemistry again with Joe Burrow

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You have to because there's been new players that been added to the team

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offensive linemen other receivers and whatnot so

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You know you you there's still a lot of things that you have to do and then not to mention

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Even with all of these injuries guess what you guys are risking an injury a soft tissue injury whether that be a

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Hamstring or you're growing or your ankle or whatever those well, whatever the case may be right and

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The longer that this thing's wrongs out the worse it looks on you

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It does not to mention if I'm if I'm not mistaken. I don't have the the actual numbers

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But I think he still has two years left on on his deal. So why in the world are we are we doing anything?

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Why just why I?

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Don't know but you know the same thing with T

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Well with T Higgins, I feel like this is hurting the the team more than him because he just decided okay

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I'll sign the tag and I'll play with the tag and then after that. I'm done with the bangles. I'm done

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I haven't had no negotiations nor nor contract talks with them since last March

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I'm done. I'm done. I'm gonna play this season. We're gonna have our fun

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We're gonna have our you know our laughs our talks and all those different types of things

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Whatever happens with this season happens. That's his mindset and you know, he's there. He's practicing

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He's doing his thing, right? And so, you know

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this is it's a

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That type of question is a situation to situation type of basis

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It's not something where you can just group everybody into one category and say okay

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This is the problem. This is what this is how it's affecting this or that like no each situation is different now

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On to the final thing to talk about, you know, oh, we're we got 30 minutes. Oh, yeah, that's pretty good. Um

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Early trade predictions. Yes. I do feel like I have to put that out as your bag row darkness

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I do feel like you know players like

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JC Horn and Devante Adams and possibly Hassan Reddick will definitely be floated around

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You know during well not during a book but like

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This coffee is doing crazy stuff right now

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Do not do decaf or do not put a whole bunch of sugar and cream into your coffee. You are going to regret it

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I do feel like those those three names and probably a few other names will definitely be floated around

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for obvious reasons because

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Either they want a new situation. They're trying to win. They want more money or the team is just not going to pay them

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Right. Those are the type of situations where you know

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Those those three names will will definitely be floated around because I think I truly believe the panthers aren't going to pay JC

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Horn I don't but I do believe that they are definitely going to trade him

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I do I just know I don't know what it is, but I think that they're going to trade him

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I think the Raiders situation is a little bit more difficult because the way Devante Adams

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Contract is structured. It's back loaded. So basically his base

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His base salary for the next two years is going to skyrocket, right as well as the dead cap hit

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So even if the team offers, you know a first round pick that's still a lot of money

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They're gonna have to tack on any and even them can't even really give him an extension because why he's old

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He's up in age. So it's like you can't that that's a situation where

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You you would have to move a whole lot just to try to fit that contract under there

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but even then even if you want to do a restructure or

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Something that's still a lot of money that you have to tack on and

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Either way you slice it or dice it. I mean both parties are going to be taking a significant amount of money

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Either one team is going to take a lot of dead cap and probably his guarantees or something else

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So it's a very difficult situation. Even then with a sound ready. That's a difficult situation because why he's looking for money

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He's looking to get paid

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That's why the Eagles didn't pay him because they couldn't afford him because he'll be making a lot of money

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so and the Jets knew that and

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You know, the Jets continue to stand by this and not going to trade him

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But I do believe that the longer that this

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Holds out. I think the Jets will get desperate and be like, you know what to hell with it

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We'll just get a draft pick flip it and try to get something else

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But you know, those are probably the only names I could probably think of right now

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They'll probably be more, you know coming soon. Oh, I forgot. I'm a re Cooper

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I think a Mario Cooper might might get trade as well

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Especially with the restructure that they did to his contract. That's a little bit more easier for a team to

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You know to work with compared to the the original structure that they had in place

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Um for his contract. So a lot of names to definitely keep your eye on

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As this season, you know starts and progress

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Keep keep your eye out. Keep your eye out

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Bagrow Domus is definitely keeping his eye and his ear on the field for every little thing that I hear and know

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