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Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks that's right I called it,

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I called it, no one else called it, I called it.

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I was the one that said on the last episode that guess what there's a good chance that

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we were going to have a bag alert and something was going to happen and just when I was editing,

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just when I was gearing put out this episode this morning, guess what happens?

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CD lamb gets paid, called it greatest football podcast in the world.

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It's all I got to say, all right, but we have to get into all of these things.

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Okay, CD lamb gets paid.

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Of course, we do have to ask because we always have to with with anytime we have a bag alert,

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does this affect Jamar Chase and brand are you a situation?

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If it does cool, if it doesn't don't really care about it.

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Malik Willis finally gets a fresh start a new opportunity.

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I'm so happy for him to get it as well as the Texans in the Broncos are sellers.

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We got a lot to talk about folks, a lot to talk about.

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We are one episode away from 30 episodes, one episode away from 30 episodes.

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I don't know if you guys realize this, but that is a major milestone, major milestone.

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Guess what we have all of this to talk about and more on the 29th episode of the football

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junkies podcast.

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I'm your host, Bagrod Thomas, two time Bagrod Thomas.

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Okay, I am your chief head of the table, chief bag meteorologist.

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Okay, I am your GM who currently is not on a team right now, but my predictions have

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come to pass and they will continue to come to pass because I am Bagrod Thomas.

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But most importantly, the most important title, I am your host, Kale.

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You already know what I'm getting ready to say.

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Let's lock you.

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

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All right, we're not going to stall.

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We are not going to waste any more time.

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Okay, let's get into everything.

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We're going to try to keep this episode as short, sweet and to the point.

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Okay, that is the goal in this episode and future episodes.

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Okay, because we've been putting out a lot of long episodes lately and we just want to

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try to try to bring things back just a little bit.

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But hey, you know, when you have a lot of things happening, you know, you got to talk

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about it because why we are the football junkies podcast.

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We are the hub.

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We are the place to go with all things related to football, not to mention college football

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also starts this week.

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So we also have to talk about that as well.

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Man, man, oh man, this is going to be busy, busy, busy.

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All right, let's get into it.

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So CD Land receiving for the Dallas Cowboys into a four year 136 mega deal.

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Okay, he gets 38, he gets a $38 million signing bonus, 100 million in total guarantees, and

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he will be making 34 million a year.

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Okay, now let's go over just a few notes and whatnot.

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So this is the largest signing bonus for receiver, 38 million, and he is second behind Justin

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Jefferson in a wide receiver guarantees at 100 million.

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Now when we look at his stats, you know, for last season, he had 135 receptions, 1,749 yards,

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12 touchdowns, and he averaged 13 yards of play according to ESPN.

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It's the coffee, it's definitely the coffee.

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Now more notes, right, before we get into everything that we need to get into.

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He's had three 1000 yard seasons straight, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

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He was the most productive receiver against man coverage with 70 targets for 49 receptions

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and 794 yards.

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That is 132 more yards than any receiver in the league.

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Not to me.

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He gained 894 yards from the slot and 829 yards when lined up outside according to NFL

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So when we look at it here, the Cowboys were definitely in a situation where they definitely

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needed to pay CDLAM and they realized that because there is no other receiver that is

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as productive as CDLAM.

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And you know, when you're talking about somebody who has that inside outside versatility and

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the way that they use CDLAM, you better pay him.

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You better pay him because you don't have anybody else that can do the things that he

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It'll be different if they still had Michael Gallup and they still had a Marnie Cooper

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in company, then it opens up to a different conversation.

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But you know, when it's literally just CDLAM, you have to pay him.

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This is the price that you pay for having a superstar receiver.

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This is the price.

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And you know what?

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That might actually be the title.

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See?

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Come on, man.

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Best podcast in the world.

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Come on now.

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Now, when we go a little bit deeper in this, I've definitely looked at the stacks and you

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know, shout out to Corey, one of the members of the Not That Serious podcast.

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You guys can find them on YouTube or Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you guys listen

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to podcasts as well.

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We've definitely been going back and forth about this.

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And I didn't realize it until I actually looked at the stats.

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CDLAM has been lined up in the slot a lot.

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So essentially, what it looks like to me is they just reset at the slot receiver market.

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I don't know how to feel about this, folks.

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This is a weird...

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This is a weird situation because granted, the times that I have seen Cowboys games, I've

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always seen CDLAM where?

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So maybe I'm going to have to look at more CDLAM footage.

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I probably will or something.

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But geez, I did not expect this.

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I did not expect this.

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I was befuddled again.

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Be fuddled.

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But did you know what?

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It's fine.

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It's fine.

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of that everybody immediately asks, as soon as someone like a CDLAM gets paid the type

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of money that he gets paid, does this affect other receivers that are looking for deals?

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And you have to look at it from a situational basis.

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You can't just group everybody into the same decision.

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When you look at it for Jermara Chase's case, I think it definitely ups up the ante for

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them because now Jermara Chase has more money that he could dictate and say, hey, listen,

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he's the second highest paid.

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I'm close to him.

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I may be better than him in certain aspects on the field, but he just got close.

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I'm trying to get as close as I can to him or at least try to get in the middle between

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him and Justin Jefferson, one of the two.

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for Jermara Chase moving forward because if Jermara Chase has a better season than CDLAM

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and his stats are like literally neck and neck with Justin Jefferson, that opens up

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the floodgates.

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That changes everything.

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That means that whatever agreements that they had in place are basically scrapped at that

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You're basically starting from step one and trying to do the whole process all over again.

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So you have that mixed with T. Higgins, Hollywood Brown, Odo Beckham Jr., whatnot.

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So it's a good thing for the receiver market, but it's also a bad thing because now you're

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going to have players who, if they have better seasons than what they're supposed to have,

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well, no, let me rephrase it.

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If they have like a crazy season statistically speaking, that could jack up the price even

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more for receivers.

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And granted, we have seen now that the league has accepted the receiver market now in values

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than more simply because you're seeing more people getting paid as a receiver.

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I could probably make a strong case that this offseason alone, this has probably been the

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most, not only friction, but the most, well, no, not baggolards.

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I don't know.

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I'm drawing a blank.

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This is probably the one offseason where I have seen multiple, multiple receivers get

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paid 30, 35, almost close to $40 million.

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I would not be surprised, and this is a baggoladamus prediction.

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You're hearing it here first on the Football Junkies podcast.

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I would not be surprised if somebody creses the $40 million mark within the next three

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years.

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I would not be surprised.

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I'm just going to say that I'm going to get the first.

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Simply because, you know, receivers now are valued because not only of the skill set that

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they bring, but like how much influence they also have on an offense.

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Like we're seeing it now that in order for a team to be successful, they have to have

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a number one receiver.

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They have to have, you know, an elite quarterback.

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They have to have, you know, an elite pass rusher and elite offensive linemen and whatnot.

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So when you have that mixed with, you know, college football is basically a receiver factory

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and you're basically getting, you know, NFL caliber receiver, multiple NFL caliber receivers

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every staff, regardless if it's an offensive draft or defensive draft, the prices is going

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to continue to go up, right?

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And that's not even counting when people like Marvin Harrison, Jr., you know, becomes available

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to, you know, to start doing contracts and whatnot, it's only going to continue to go

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It really is.

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So, you know, congratulations to CDLAM.

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Now moving on to Malik Willis.

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So former, former Titans quarterback Malik Willis was traded yesterday to the Packers.

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So the Packers of course received Malik Willis and the Titans are receiving a 2025 seventh

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round pick.

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Now when we look at it, this was definitely a move that was definitely needed simply because

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Malik Willis really didn't have a chance, you know, when being drafted to the Titans,

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right?

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Instantly, you know, they started to favor, you know, Will Leviss and really started to

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give him a chance and everybody knew that Malik Willis coming out of Liberty that year,

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he was a raw prospect.

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He was, he still had a lot of things that he had to work on.

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He had to work on his mechanics, had to work on play calling, had to work on his execution,

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all those different types of things.

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But the, but the skill set is there.

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He just had to work on the basics and whatnot.

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So you know, the Titans, the Titans are going through a lot of change and a lot of, you

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know, turnover from the last regime to now, right?

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And so this is, you know, expected when you do have a new GM, they're going to clean house,

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they're going to get rid of a lot of the older, you know, a lot of the players that, you know,

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they feel like, you know, should probably go somewhere else and probably won't be on

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this team, they're going to get rid of them.

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You're on a young team.

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by someone like Matt LaFleur.

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So all in all, I think it's a great situation for him.

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You know, it's, it's nothing, it's nothing where it's like, oh, he was trash, he was

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this, that, you know, look at it.

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Will Levis show, showed a lot of upside, you know, during this past season and, you know,

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they got me screwed off.

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So you have those two quarterbacks right there.

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That that's, that's just what it is.

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That is what happened.

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That is what happens when it comes to football.

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This is the side of football and not a lot of people talk about, but this is what happens.

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But even then it gives him a chance to possibly maybe start in a game or two.

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like that.

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So it's definitely a good situation for him.

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Now on to another topic that we need to talk about.

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Actually, you know, is that going to be the final topic?

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Oh, wow, we are breezing through this thing.

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See, I'm telling you guys, we're keeping things light.

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We're keeping things in a good enough timeframe for everybody to listen to.

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We're not trying to do this long and drawn out because I know we've been doing a lot

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of longer drawn out episodes lately.

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So I definitely want to just keep things fresh and keep things light.

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And at the same time, you know, talking things we need to talk about and whatnot and just

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keep pushing.

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Now I will say this while I am recording, a lot of things are happening, you know, in

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the league because it is cut down and basically teams have until four, I think it is four

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o'clock this afternoon to, you know, cut the rosters down.

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So you have people like Teris Marshall Jr. that got cut Desmond Ritter, James Pierre,

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CJ, um, Bethard, you have Adrian Amos, you have what's to do is name CJ Henderson, he

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got cut.

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Um, who else?

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Who else?

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Who else?

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And then Robinson, Miles Boykin, Caleb Farley.

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So you have a lot of movement that is happening.

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As we speak right now, as I am recording this right now, a lot of things are happening

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and a lot of it is because, you know, teams are, you know, making their roster cuts and

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whatnot.

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But, you know, I will say this, this is what I will say.

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What's one man's trash is another man's treasure, right?

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And the reason why I say that is because a lot of times, you know, some of these players,

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they, you know, they'll come back on the same team that they were cut from.

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They'll probably just join the practice squad or whatever.

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They'll probably just wait for another opportunity depending on where you are in your NFL career.

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For instance, like Alan Robinson, right?

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Alan Robinson is an 11 year veteran, right?

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opportunity to arise, right?

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Compared to someone like a Miles Boykin where you're mainly used for special teams, you

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know, and you may not, you'll probably get some traction, but you probably won't get

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a whole lot of traction, right?

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And then you even have, you know, former first round picks, Caleb Farley and CJ Henderson,

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who, you know, they have not lived up to the expectations that a lot of people had for

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them.

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And, you know, they just, you know, they just had to get cut, especially for Caleb Farley.

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Caleb Farley definitely, definitely was someone that I definitely was interested in, you know,

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when he was coming out of Virginia Tech, but he just hasn't been able to do it.

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Now, a lot of that is because, you know, he's had, I think he had a back injury one year

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and then he has like asthma that's supposed to be like really bad, like just a whole bunch

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of stuff.

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It happens.

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It does.

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And then later, it's going to have this successful career.

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It's not going to get, you know, the big paycheck, but, you know, this is the business side of

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football that not a lot of people talk about and not a lot of people like because, you

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know, it definitely, it's a lot.

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It definitely is a lot.

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And I talked about it, you know, in the last episode, but, you know, this, this is a time

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where, you know, it's, there's a lot of tension because you don't know if you're going to

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get traded, if you're going to get cut, if you're going to be able to return to the practice

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squad and whatnot.

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And that takes a lot, especially when you have given your all in training camp, you've

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given your all into the preseason and you feel like you've, you know, you've done enough

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to be, to be like, okay, I, you know, I have a roster spot here.

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And you know, they'll come up to you and say, Hey, you know, we, we think you did a great

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job, but you know, we don't think this is probably the best opportunity for you.

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And they cut you.

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And that's a tough thing to take because now you have to figure out, you know, what are

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you going to do moving forward?

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And you know, it's not like there's a robust of opportunities on these teams.

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It's very competitive outside of the star players and whatnot.

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The rest of the roster spots are very competitive.

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They are, you know, here today gone tomorrow type of situations.

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If you get hurt and the injury is, is a significant, most likely they'll have your replacement

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already on the plane, you know, ready, ready to sign a one year deal.

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That's just the, the brutal side of it that, you know, not a lot of people talk about.

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And you know, sometimes as fans, they, they try to turn it into a joke or whatnot.

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When it's like, no, this is people's livelihood.

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We're talking about this is, you know, a lot of these players are the, the primary care

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taker for not only themselves, but for their families and whatnot.

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So a lot rise on this type of stuff.

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Now onto the final topic, a lot, you know, with everything that's going on and whatnot

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cuts and trades and, you know, all those various different, different types of things.

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We do have to talk about two teams that have definitely started to become sellers.

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And that is the Broncos and the Texans.

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So apparently a lot of teams have inquired with the Texans about, about, you know, receivers

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such as John Mechie and other receivers that may be at the bottom part of their, you know,

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of their receiver roster.

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So as well as, you know, the Broncos teams are calling about Tim Patrick because Tim Patrick

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actually looks very promising.

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This is probably the best we've seen Tim Patrick since, since his arrival into the lead.

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And granted, the only problem with, with Tim Patrick, I think that makes me very wary

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about him is because of his extensive injury history.

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Like he literally had two season, two season ending injuries back to back.

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Right.

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And he's just been, I want to say a glasshouse, but he just hasn't been able to stay healthy.

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And in a league where, you know, availability is the best ability, you have to stay somewhat

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healthy.

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And granted, you know, in the preseason, he was looking phenomenal.

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He's making the catches.

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He was creating separation.

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He was doing all those different types of things, but it's like, bro, if you just stay

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healthy just one season, one season, I guarantee you somebody will definitely give you a chance.

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But I do think someone like John Mechie, I think that's a very unique trade to go for

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because one, he's still on his rookie deal.

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So you don't have to worry about, you know, oh, this is going to be a large cap pay.

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Do we have to do a restructure?

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You don't have to worry about that.

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You, the, the trade for him is relatively easy to make because you don't have to give

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up, you know, a first round pick, a second round pick or a third round pick.

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You could probably give them a conditional fifth that can turn into a fourth round pick

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for John Mechie.

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John Mechie is a deep threat who can, you know, play in the slot, play on the outside,

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play with route runner and, you know, someone who he's, you know, his goal is to score.

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That's who John Mechie is.

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And, you know, John Mechie was, was talked about very highly, you know, definitely when

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he was coming out of Alabama and he was definitely someone that I definitely, you know, really

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wanted honestly.

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Like I really wanted John Mechie.

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So would I be surprised if, you know, if either one of them gets traded?

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No, I wouldn't.

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Even Robert Woods.

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Robert Woods is even getting some traction as well, simply because he's a great blocking

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receiver.

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He's probably one of the best blocking receivers, right?

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So you have that on top of, you know, he was on that, that Rams championship team.

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So teams may try to, you know, may try to get that as well for that championship type

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of pedigree player and whatnot.

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So it's a lot of things that are happening.

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And you know, with this much movement, I would not be surprised if the trade deadline is just

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like this or even, or even worse.

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Anyway, not a good worse, not a bad worse.

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And the reason why I say that is because teams are trying to win now.

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Okay.

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You still, you have teams like the Ravens, like the 49ers, who else liked the chiefs

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and company like the Eagles who are trying to win now.

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And if there is a player that they feel like that, if they get that play that they're going

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to be an instant impact and that can, and that can probably take them to the next level,

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they are going to get them.

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They are going to move heaven and earth to get them.

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Now the only problem is for teams like the 49ers, they're in the, the pressure is really

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mounted on them this year because they, they have a, they don't have a whole lot of, you

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know, leverage.

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They don't have a whole lot of time with their situation because they are going to be over,

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I think $39 million over the cap next year.

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Not to mention, not to mention, right?

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You have the holdout with both Brandon and Trent Williams and on top of that, I keep

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my saying Brandon and you and Brock, is, is up for a deal next year.

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And you know, if, if the 49ers went in all this year, that's $60 million that's going

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to Brock, as I've said before, episodes.

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So you know, they have, this is the year that they have to win it.

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I don't think there is another two or three years where they can continue to roll with

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the roster that they have and you know, probably try to stay competitive.

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I just don't, I think they've, I think they've been trying to mortgage a championship for

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the past few years and have been unsuccessful.

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A lot of that has been, you know, has been because of their own fault when it comes to

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coaching and, you know, various different things.

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But the fact of the matter is folks, it's going to be active.

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This is going to, this is, this is my prediction.

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This is my prediction.

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I didn't hear this from anybody else.

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I don't have any sources or anything, but this is my prediction.

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I do believe this is going to go down in history as one of the most active trade deadlines

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this year.

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Multiple top notch players are going to get moved.

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They are going to be put in better situations.

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You have people like JC Horn, Marshawn Latimer, that's not getting talked about a whole lot,

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Savante Adams, Hassan Reddick and company who are going to want out of their situation

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and who are going to want to be in, who are going to be going to be put in better situations.

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So you have that mixed with, you know, teams, teams are more, are more likely to give up

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high draft compensation just so they can be able to, you know, to sweeten up the deal.

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Of course, if it means that they can win the championship, okay, they'll throw away first

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run pick.

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They won't think twice about it.

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That's just, that's just the mentality that GMs are having now.

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You're seeing more GMs who have become somewhat gunslingers when it comes to trades who are

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pulling the trigger, not thinking twice about it, who are, you know, not really thinking

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about the repercussions and whatnot, not trying to be reserved.

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They are trying to put, they are trying to assemble the best team that they possibly

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can and it shows.

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And as always, I'll give you guys the fix that you guys need best believe there's going

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to be more news is going to be more friction within the coming hours would probably within

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the next few days or whatnot.

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I would not be surprised if some more bombshells drop within the next 48 to 72 hours.

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I would not be surprised, but you know, when it happens, we will be the first to talk about

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it, discuss it and give our opinions about it.

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So I will say later for now, okay, because there's still going to be some things are

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going to be happening.

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Tell you bad road, diamonds, bad road, diamonds.

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Come on now.

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Bad road, diamonds keeps on saying it now.

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The only thing that hasn't been coming to fruition is brand new.

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Hopefully maybe that maybe it happens while I'm at it.

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Who knows?

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Who knows?

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But as always, I love you guys.

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I appreciate you guys so much.

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We are almost at 30 episodes and I am so excited and I appreciate you guys so much.

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Peace and love.

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Bye.