Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks that's right I called it,
I called it, no one else called it, I called it.
I was the one that said on the last episode that guess what there's a good chance that
we were going to have a bag alert and something was going to happen and just when I was editing,
just when I was gearing put out this episode this morning, guess what happens?
CD lamb gets paid, called it greatest football podcast in the world.
It's all I got to say, all right, but we have to get into all of these things.
Okay, CD lamb gets paid.
Of course, we do have to ask because we always have to with with anytime we have a bag alert,
does this affect Jamar Chase and brand are you a situation?
If it does cool, if it doesn't don't really care about it.
Malik Willis finally gets a fresh start a new opportunity.
I'm so happy for him to get it as well as the Texans in the Broncos are sellers.
We got a lot to talk about folks, a lot to talk about.
We are one episode away from 30 episodes, one episode away from 30 episodes.
I don't know if you guys realize this, but that is a major milestone, major milestone.
Guess what we have all of this to talk about and more on the 29th episode of the football
junkies podcast.
I'm your host, Bagrod Thomas, two time Bagrod Thomas.
Okay, I am your chief head of the table, chief bag meteorologist.
Okay, I am your GM who currently is not on a team right now, but my predictions have
come to pass and they will continue to come to pass because I am Bagrod Thomas.
But most importantly, the most important title, I am your host, Kale.
You already know what I'm getting ready to say.
Let's lock you.
All right, folks, let's just get into everything.
All right, we're not going to stall.
We are not going to waste any more time.
Okay, let's get into everything.
We're going to try to keep this episode as short, sweet and to the point.
Okay, that is the goal in this episode and future episodes.
Okay, because we've been putting out a lot of long episodes lately and we just want to
try to try to bring things back just a little bit.
But hey, you know, when you have a lot of things happening, you know, you got to talk
about it because why we are the football junkies podcast.
We are the hub.
We are the place to go with all things related to football, not to mention college football
also starts this week.
So we also have to talk about that as well.
Man, man, oh man, this is going to be busy, busy, busy.
All right, let's get into it.
So CD Land receiving for the Dallas Cowboys into a four year 136 mega deal.
Okay, he gets 38, he gets a $38 million signing bonus, 100 million in total guarantees, and
he will be making 34 million a year.
Okay, now let's go over just a few notes and whatnot.
So this is the largest signing bonus for receiver, 38 million, and he is second behind Justin
Jefferson in a wide receiver guarantees at 100 million.
Now when we look at his stats, you know, for last season, he had 135 receptions, 1,749 yards,
12 touchdowns, and he averaged 13 yards of play according to ESPN.
It's the coffee, it's definitely the coffee.
Now more notes, right, before we get into everything that we need to get into.
He's had three 1000 yard seasons straight, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
He was the most productive receiver against man coverage with 70 targets for 49 receptions
and 794 yards.
That is 132 more yards than any receiver in the league.
Not to me.
He gained 894 yards from the slot and 829 yards when lined up outside according to NFL
Pro.
So when we look at it here, the Cowboys were definitely in a situation where they definitely
needed to pay CDLAM and they realized that because there is no other receiver that is
as productive as CDLAM.
And you know, when you're talking about somebody who has that inside outside versatility and
the way that they use CDLAM, you better pay him.
You better pay him because you don't have anybody else that can do the things that he
do.
It'll be different if they still had Michael Gallup and they still had a Marnie Cooper
in company, then it opens up to a different conversation.
But you know, when it's literally just CDLAM, you have to pay him.
This is the price that you pay for having a superstar receiver.
This is the price.
And you know what?
That might actually be the title.
See?
Come on, man.
Best podcast in the world.
Come on now.
Now, when we go a little bit deeper in this, I've definitely looked at the stacks and you
know, shout out to Corey, one of the members of the Not That Serious podcast.
You guys can find them on YouTube or Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you guys listen
to podcasts as well.
We've definitely been going back and forth about this.
And I didn't realize it until I actually looked at the stats.
CDLAM has been lined up in the slot a lot.
So essentially, what it looks like to me is they just reset at the slot receiver market.
Wow.
I don't...
I don't know how to feel about this, folks.
This is a weird...
This is a weird situation because granted, the times that I have seen Cowboys games, I've
always seen CDLAM where?
Lined up on the outside.
I've never really seen him lined up on the slot.
But you know, the stats don't lie.
Stats do not lie.
So maybe I'm going to have to look at more CDLAM footage.
I probably will or something.
But geez, I did not expect this.
I did not.
I did not expect this.
I was...
I was befuddled again.
Be fuddled.
But did you know what?
It's fine.
Now, with all of this and whatnot, I think it does open up somewhat of a secondary conversation
of that everybody immediately asks, as soon as someone like a CDLAM gets paid the type
of money that he gets paid, does this affect other receivers that are looking for deals?
And you have to look at it from a situational basis.
You can't just group everybody into the same decision.
When you look at it for Jermara Chase's case, I think it definitely ups up the ante for
them because now Jermara Chase has more money that he could dictate and say, hey, listen,
he's the second highest paid.
I'm close to him.
I may be better than him in certain aspects on the field, but he just got close.
I'm trying to get as close as I can to him or at least try to get in the middle between
him and Justin Jefferson, one of the two.
So I mean, in that type of situation, it's definitely going to have major ramifications
for Jermara Chase moving forward because if Jermara Chase has a better season than CDLAM
and his stats are like literally neck and neck with Justin Jefferson, that opens up
the floodgates.
That changes everything.
That means that whatever agreements that they had in place are basically scrapped at that
point.
You're basically starting from step one and trying to do the whole process all over again.
Now, when you look at the free age or receiver market, there's going to be a lot of notable
names that are going to be available such as Deontay Johnson, Stefan Diggs, Kenan Allen,
and Company.
So you have that mixed with T. Higgins, Hollywood Brown, Odo Beckham Jr., whatnot.
So it's a good thing for the receiver market, but it's also a bad thing because now you're
going to have players who, if they have better seasons than what they're supposed to have,
well, no, let me rephrase it.
If they have like a crazy season statistically speaking, that could jack up the price even
more for receivers.
And granted, we have seen now that the league has accepted the receiver market now in values
than more simply because you're seeing more people getting paid as a receiver.
I could probably make a strong case that this offseason alone, this has probably been the
most, not only friction, but the most, well, no, not baggolards.
I don't know.
I'm drawing a blank.
This is probably the one offseason where I have seen multiple, multiple receivers get
paid 30, 35, almost close to $40 million.
I would not be surprised, and this is a baggoladamus prediction.
You're hearing it here first on the Football Junkies podcast.
I would not be surprised if somebody creses the $40 million mark within the next three
years.
I would not be surprised.
I'm just going to say that I'm going to get the first.
Simply because, you know, receivers now are valued because not only of the skill set that
they bring, but like how much influence they also have on an offense.
Like we're seeing it now that in order for a team to be successful, they have to have
a number one receiver.
They have to have, you know, an elite quarterback.
They have to have, you know, an elite pass rusher and elite offensive linemen and whatnot.
So when you have that mixed with, you know, college football is basically a receiver factory
and you're basically getting, you know, NFL caliber receiver, multiple NFL caliber receivers
every staff, regardless if it's an offensive draft or defensive draft, the prices is going
to continue to go up, right?
And that's not even counting when people like Marvin Harrison, Jr., you know, becomes available
to, you know, to start doing contracts and whatnot, it's only going to continue to go
up.
It really is.
So, you know, congratulations to CDLAM.
Now moving on to Malik Willis.
Okay.
So former, former Titans quarterback Malik Willis was traded yesterday to the Packers.
So the Packers of course received Malik Willis and the Titans are receiving a 2025 seventh
round pick.
Now when we look at it, this was definitely a move that was definitely needed simply because
Malik Willis really didn't have a chance, you know, when being drafted to the Titans,
right?
Instantly, you know, they started to favor, you know, Will Leviss and really started to
give him a chance and everybody knew that Malik Willis coming out of Liberty that year,
he was a raw prospect.
He was, he still had a lot of things that he had to work on.
He had to work on his mechanics, had to work on play calling, had to work on his execution,
all those different types of things.
But the, but the skill set is there.
He just had to work on the basics and whatnot.
So you know, the Titans, the Titans are going through a lot of change and a lot of, you
know, turnover from the last regime to now, right?
And so this is, you know, expected when you do have a new GM, they're going to clean house,
they're going to get rid of a lot of the older, you know, a lot of the players that, you know,
they feel like, you know, should probably go somewhere else and probably won't be on
this team, they're going to get rid of them.
And this is, you know, and this is what happens.
So I think him going to the Packers is probably a great situation.
You're on a young team.
You know, you get to sit behind Jordan Love and, you know, you probably get to get coached
by someone like Matt LaFleur.
So all in all, I think it's a great situation for him.
You know, it's, it's nothing, it's nothing where it's like, oh, he was trash, he was
this, that, you know, look at it.
Will Levis show, showed a lot of upside, you know, during this past season and, you know,
they got me screwed off.
So you have those two quarterbacks right there.
And you know, Malik Willis is basically ass out.
That that's, that's just what it is.
That is what happened.
That is what happens when it comes to football.
This is the side of football and not a lot of people talk about, but this is what happens.
But even then it gives him a chance to possibly maybe start in a game or two.
You know, if Jordan Love, you know, for some apparent reason gets hurt or anything crazy
like that.
So it's definitely a good situation for him.
Now on to another topic that we need to talk about.
Actually, you know, is that going to be the final topic?
Oh, wow, we are breezing through this thing.
See, I'm telling you guys, we're keeping things light.
We're keeping things in a good enough timeframe for everybody to listen to.
We're not trying to do this long and drawn out because I know we've been doing a lot
of longer drawn out episodes lately.
So I definitely want to just keep things fresh and keep things light.
And at the same time, you know, talking things we need to talk about and whatnot and just
keep pushing.
Now I will say this while I am recording, a lot of things are happening, you know, in
the league because it is cut down and basically teams have until four, I think it is four
o'clock this afternoon to, you know, cut the rosters down.
So you have people like Teris Marshall Jr. that got cut Desmond Ritter, James Pierre,
CJ, um, Bethard, you have Adrian Amos, you have what's to do is name CJ Henderson, he
got cut.
Um, who else?
Who else?
And then Robinson, Miles Boykin, Caleb Farley.
So you have a lot of movement that is happening.
As we speak right now, as I am recording this right now, a lot of things are happening
and a lot of it is because, you know, teams are, you know, making their roster cuts and
whatnot.
But, you know, I will say this, this is what I will say.
What's one man's trash is another man's treasure, right?
And the reason why I say that is because a lot of times, you know, some of these players,
they, you know, they'll come back on the same team that they were cut from.
They'll probably just join the practice squad or whatever.
They'll probably just wait for another opportunity depending on where you are in your NFL career.
Right.
For instance, like Alan Robinson, right?
Alan Robinson is an 11 year veteran, right?
So technically speaking, you know, he could probably go and wait, you know, for another
opportunity to arise, right?
Compared to someone like a Miles Boykin where you're mainly used for special teams, you
know, and you may not, you'll probably get some traction, but you probably won't get
a whole lot of traction, right?
And then you even have, you know, former first round picks, Caleb Farley and CJ Henderson,
who, you know, they have not lived up to the expectations that a lot of people had for
them.
And, you know, they just, you know, they just had to get cut, especially for Caleb Farley.
Caleb Farley definitely, definitely was someone that I definitely was interested in, you know,
when he was coming out of Virginia Tech, but he just hasn't been able to do it.
Now, a lot of that is because, you know, he's had, I think he had a back injury one year
and then he has like asthma that's supposed to be like really bad, like just a whole bunch
of stuff.
And you know what?
It happens.
It does.
And then later, it's going to have this successful career.
It's not going to get, you know, the big paycheck, but, you know, this is the business side of
football that not a lot of people talk about and not a lot of people like because, you
know, it definitely, it's a lot.
It definitely is a lot.
And I talked about it, you know, in the last episode, but, you know, this, this is a time
where, you know, it's, there's a lot of tension because you don't know if you're going to
get traded, if you're going to get cut, if you're going to be able to return to the practice
squad and whatnot.
And that takes a lot, especially when you have given your all in training camp, you've
given your all into the preseason and you feel like you've, you know, you've done enough
to be, to be like, okay, I, you know, I have a roster spot here.
And you know, they'll come up to you and say, Hey, you know, we, we think you did a great
job, but you know, we don't think this is probably the best opportunity for you.
And they cut you.
And that's a tough thing to take because now you have to figure out, you know, what are
you going to do moving forward?
And you know, it's not like there's a robust of opportunities on these teams.
It's very competitive outside of the star players and whatnot.
The rest of the roster spots are very competitive.
They are, you know, here today gone tomorrow type of situations.
If you get hurt and the injury is, is a significant, most likely they'll have your replacement
already on the plane, you know, ready, ready to sign a one year deal.
That's just the, the brutal side of it that, you know, not a lot of people talk about.
And you know, sometimes as fans, they, they try to turn it into a joke or whatnot.
When it's like, no, this is people's livelihood.
We're talking about this is, you know, a lot of these players are the, the primary care
taker for not only themselves, but for their families and whatnot.
So a lot rise on this type of stuff.
Now onto the final topic, a lot, you know, with everything that's going on and whatnot
cuts and trades and, you know, all those various different, different types of things.
We do have to talk about two teams that have definitely started to become sellers.
And that is the Broncos and the Texans.
So apparently a lot of teams have inquired with the Texans about, about, you know, receivers
such as John Mechie and other receivers that may be at the bottom part of their, you know,
of their receiver roster.
So as well as, you know, the Broncos teams are calling about Tim Patrick because Tim Patrick
actually looks very promising.
This is probably the best we've seen Tim Patrick since, since his arrival into the lead.
And granted, the only problem with, with Tim Patrick, I think that makes me very wary
about him is because of his extensive injury history.
Like he literally had two season, two season ending injuries back to back.
Right.
And he's just been, I want to say a glasshouse, but he just hasn't been able to stay healthy.
And in a league where, you know, availability is the best ability, you have to stay somewhat
healthy.
And granted, you know, in the preseason, he was looking phenomenal.
He's making the catches.
He was creating separation.
He was doing all those different types of things, but it's like, bro, if you just stay
healthy just one season, one season, I guarantee you somebody will definitely give you a chance.
But I do think someone like John Mechie, I think that's a very unique trade to go for
because one, he's still on his rookie deal.
So you don't have to worry about, you know, oh, this is going to be a large cap pay.
Do we have to do a restructure?
You don't have to worry about that.
You, the, the trade for him is relatively easy to make because you don't have to give
up, you know, a first round pick, a second round pick or a third round pick.
You could probably give them a conditional fifth that can turn into a fourth round pick
for John Mechie.
John Mechie is a deep threat who can, you know, play in the slot, play on the outside,
play with route runner and, you know, someone who he's, you know, his goal is to score.
That's who John Mechie is.
And, you know, John Mechie was, was talked about very highly, you know, definitely when
he was coming out of Alabama and he was definitely someone that I definitely, you know, really
wanted honestly.
Like I really wanted John Mechie.
So would I be surprised if, you know, if either one of them gets traded?
No, I wouldn't.
Even Robert Woods.
Robert Woods is even getting some traction as well, simply because he's a great blocking
receiver.
He's probably one of the best blocking receivers, right?
So you have that on top of, you know, he was on that, that Rams championship team.
So teams may try to, you know, may try to get that as well for that championship type
of pedigree player and whatnot.
So it's a lot of things that are happening.
And you know, with this much movement, I would not be surprised if the trade deadline is just
like this or even, or even worse.
Anyway, not a good worse, not a bad worse.
And the reason why I say that is because teams are trying to win now.
Okay.
You still, you have teams like the Ravens, like the 49ers, who else liked the chiefs
and company like the Eagles who are trying to win now.
And if there is a player that they feel like that, if they get that play that they're going
to be an instant impact and that can, and that can probably take them to the next level,
they are going to get them.
They are going to move heaven and earth to get them.
Now the only problem is for teams like the 49ers, they're in the, the pressure is really
mounted on them this year because they, they have a, they don't have a whole lot of, you
know, leverage.
They don't have a whole lot of time with their situation because they are going to be over,
I think $39 million over the cap next year.
Not to mention, not to mention, right?
You have the holdout with both Brandon and Trent Williams and on top of that, I keep
my saying Brandon and you and Brock, is, is up for a deal next year.
And you know, if, if the 49ers went in all this year, that's $60 million that's going
to Brock, as I've said before, episodes.
So you know, they have, this is the year that they have to win it.
I don't think there is another two or three years where they can continue to roll with
the roster that they have and you know, probably try to stay competitive.
I just don't, I think they've, I think they've been trying to mortgage a championship for
the past few years and have been unsuccessful.
A lot of that has been, you know, has been because of their own fault when it comes to
coaching and, you know, various different things.
But the fact of the matter is folks, it's going to be active.
This is going to, this is, this is my prediction.
This is my prediction.
I didn't hear this from anybody else.
I don't have any sources or anything, but this is my prediction.
I do believe this is going to go down in history as one of the most active trade deadlines
this year.
Multiple top notch players are going to get moved.
They are going to be put in better situations.
You have people like JC Horn, Marshawn Latimer, that's not getting talked about a whole lot,
Savante Adams, Hassan Reddick and company who are going to want out of their situation
and who are going to want to be in, who are going to be going to be put in better situations.
So you have that mixed with, you know, teams, teams are more, are more likely to give up
high draft compensation just so they can be able to, you know, to sweeten up the deal.
Of course, if it means that they can win the championship, okay, they'll throw away first
run pick.
They won't think twice about it.
That's just, that's just the mentality that GMs are having now.
You're seeing more GMs who have become somewhat gunslingers when it comes to trades who are
pulling the trigger, not thinking twice about it, who are, you know, not really thinking
about the repercussions and whatnot, not trying to be reserved.
They are trying to put, they are trying to assemble the best team that they possibly
can and it shows.
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Tell you bad road, diamonds, bad road, diamonds.
Come on now.
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The only thing that hasn't been coming to fruition is brand new.
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Who knows?
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