Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks.
That's right.
We got football tonight, but we really don't care about that right now because we got a
bag alert and we got some trades.
Okay, some may well one of them is a major trade.
The other one, not so much little bit questionable, but who really cares about that?
Okay, D hop goes to Kansas City.
That's right.
D hop, Deandre Hopkins goes to Kansas City.
Alvin Kamera gets a bag during the season.
Jerome Baker goes from Seattle to Tennessee.
Probably want to get him some good ribs.
I heard they got some good ribs down there.
Devin White goes to the Texans.
Cooper cut trade rumors?
Question mark?
Maybe?
I don't know.
Steelers do something?
Vikings and Rams preview tonight.
John Merrick gives his vote of confidence for both Joe Shane and Brian Dabel and some
junkie bombs about the state of college football right now, especially the quarterbacks.
Okay, you're not going to like what I'm going to say, but it has to be said.
Okay, all of this and more on the 43rd episode of the football junkies podcast.
Okay, I am your host with the most your GM who currently is not on a team right now.
But don't you worry about that.
I am all these things and more.
I am your chief.
Bagrodamas, I am your chief head of the table, chief meteorologist, bag meteorologist.
Okay.
But most importantly, I'm your host, Kale.
You already know what I'm getting ready to say.
Okay.
You already know on three, one, two, three, let's lock in.
All right, folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that's going on
in the league right now.
I want to try to keep this episode fairly short since I since the other episode was
an hour long.
So maybe it'll work.
Maybe it doesn't work.
Most of the times it don't work.
Who cares?
But let's get into this bag.
Let's okay.
Alvin Kamara gets paid during the season.
Okay.
This was a shocker.
This was a curve ball.
Okay.
He gets a two year, $24.5 million deal.
He'll be making 12.2 million a year.
Okay.
Now, when you look at his stats last year, 180 attempts for 694 rushing yards, 3.9 yards
per carry, five touchdowns and 15 rushes of 10 plus yards and more.
Let's be real here, folks.
Alvin Kamara has definitely been one of their most consistent offensive weapons since coming
into the league.
Okay.
You are talking about one of the most balanced running backs in the league.
Okay.
You're talking about somebody who is just as good of a runner as well as a pass catcher,
you know, in the backfield.
He can do it all.
Like he's definitely been a very key piece in all of this.
And you know, with him looming and possibly being a free agent after this season, you
know, you want to make sure that you want to try to prevent that from happening.
Okay.
Because there are some teams that would be willing to give 12 to $13 million a year for
Alvin Kamara just because of what he brings to the table.
Because originally, let's remember here, folks, during the summer, there was a little bit
of a mini holdout that, you know, he was trying to look for more money and it wasn't trying
to budge, but now I think they've come to the realization that, hey, it's time we lock
up our guy.
Because again, he's one of the best.
He's one of the most consistent.
He always plays and he shows up.
He showed up.
He has shown up every single time when they need him the most.
Alvin Kamara is there and he always delivers.
So congratulations to him on getting his back.
Now let's get into these trade.
Let's get into the most important one and then we'll get into the one that really doesn't
matter the most.
Okay.
So DHOP, former Titans, was it Titans, Texans and Cardinals, now Chiefs, receiver DHOP has
been traded from the Titans to the Chiefs.
Okay.
So this is the breakdown and everything.
Okay.
So the Titans receive a 20-25 conditional fifth round pick that can turn into a fourth round
pick if DHOP makes it to the Super Bowl and he plays 60 of his snaps.
The Titans also agreed to pay 2.5 million of his contract before shipping him off to
Kansas City.
So when we look at this, it was definitely expected.
This was definitely a move that was definitely going to happen either now or after Sunday
simply because the Chiefs need a receiver.
They need receiver help bad.
And you know, what did the GM say?
Help is on the way.
Don't you worry.
Help is on the way and they deliver.
Let's be real here, folks.
Everyone knew that the Chiefs were going to get a receiver before the trade deadline was
over.
At some point they were going to get somebody, whether it be Deontay, Adam Thielen, Mike
Williams, DHOP, Deontay Adams, whoever was was floating around.
They were going to add was not on the roster.
You know, the receiver core is basically decimated with injuries, right?
Juju is hurt, but she rice is out.
You know, it's it's not looking good.
It really is not looking good for the Chiefs.
And that offense just hasn't had that spark that has few years.
So it was definitely a much needed move.
It's actually a great move, honestly speaking, because you only gave up a fifth round pick
that can that will that has a chance of turning into a fourth round pick.
And he's not carrying this large cap hit.
And you know, it's basically, you know, the rest of a year, not the rest of a year, but
it's basically a small rental.
I mean, it's a win-win situation.
Now you guys look a little bit more competitive and you guys could possibly, you know, take
this thing to the Super Bowl, which I don't I don't expect, but you know, there's that.
But again, I think the main point that I want to drive in this trade is they got someone
who is still a great red zone threat, who was still a great, you know, deep threat.
And he's just he is still playing at a very high level.
Do he still has some of the best hands in league right now?
Sure, he may not have the explosive that he had, you know, when he was in his prime, but
best believe when he throw his hand up to let you know that he's open, he's going to
he's going to come down with that ball.
I don't care who's covering him.
It could be sauce, PS2 and somebody else all covering D hop.
D hop is going to get that ball.
He is going to find a way to get the ball.
So does this necessarily, you know, change the temperature for the chiefs?
No, not really, because I still think that they need to that they have to wait for Isaiah
Pacheco to get healthy and others on that offense to get healthy in order to be taken,
you know, seriously, because again, Patrick Mahomes does not look good this season.
He doesn't.
He does not look good.
If it wasn't for the defense and especially having Chris Jones, the chiefs would have
lost.
They would have lost on Sunday against the 49ers, most definitely because Patrick Mahomes
looked horrible.
But now that they have D hop and they have someone that he can rely on, hey, this may
change the winds of fate.
Who knows?
Now, let's go into the other trade.
So former dolphins.
Yeah.
Yeah, he definitely played for the dolphins.
And now former Seahawks linebacker Jerome Baker has been traded from the Seahawks to
the Titans.
Does it make any sense?
No, not one bit.
So basically the Titans receive a 20, 25, four-round pick and Jerome Baker, the Seahawks receive
Ernest Jones.
Now, I don't understand why they made this trade.
I don't understand why they made this move.
Maybe they wanted to try to maybe get somewhat of a quote unquote upgrade.
Maybe I don't know.
It definitely doesn't make any sense.
It's definitely a head scratcher if we're being real here simply because, you know,
they traded for Ernest Jones not too long ago.
So why are you Jerome Baker?
I don't know.
I'm not in these front offices.
I just report what's going on.
Does it make any sense?
But who cares, honestly, if we're being real here?
Let's get into another free age, well, another major thing that has occurred.
Devin White is going to the Texans.
Yeah.
Devin White is going to the Texans.
So basically, you know, the Texans linebacker room has been decimated with injuries.
Christian Harris is still on IR with a calf injury.
Henry Tutu is still in concussion protocol.
disease, I'll show you, still has a knee injury.
So you know, they definitely needed to bring in somebody just to, you know, keep things
afloat.
And the best option is Devin White.
Now granted, do I feel like Devin White, you know, should do I feel like Devin White
shouldn't have been a free agent for sure?
I feel like the Eagles missed out on using someone like a Devin White because they need
someone like a Devin White because he's still he's still a good, rangy, you know, coverage
linebacker.
He still is.
So I just don't understand why in the world you wouldn't want to use Devin White, but
you know, onto greener pastures.
If now we do have to talk about the the biggest news that everybody, especially Steelers fans
have been raving about since the news came out, so according to Diana Roussini from the
athletic, she reported, I think a few days ago, basically stating that, you know, Cooper
Cup is available.
He's available for trade.
And you know, when I first when I first got the news, I was just like, maybe I don't know.
It seems a little bit too good to be true.
But you know, as time went by, it was just like, yeah, that actually sounds like a really
good situation and a really good option for the Steelers.
And you know, this is this is what I'll say because I was arguing with people about this
move that were basically saying, oh, well, what about the money this than the other blah,
blah, blah.
Let me tell you something.
Next year, he's only guaranteed $5 million.
He's only guaranteed $5 million.
Now, the Rams are looking for a second round pick and they're willing to take on some of
his salary.
So I think right now he's making I think his salary this year is like nine, nine million
around that ballpark.
So if they're willing to take some of it, maybe about three, three to five million, that's
easy to work with now granted the second round pick, you know what, I'm gonna have to put
in my GM hat.
Where's my GM hat?
There we go.
Now, this is what I will say me personally, I would do it simply because Cooper Cup, regardless
of what anybody would say, is still one of the best receivers in the league.
Granted, I understand he's been banged up, you know, lately, I get all of that.
But guess what?
When he is on that field, he is one of the best receivers in the league.
I will continue to say that and I will continue to beat on the table and say, because again,
Cooper Cup has that both inside and outside versatility.
He's a really good blocker.
He doesn't he doesn't bring all this drama, you know, with you.
He's just a blue collar, put your head down, get to work type of receiver.
And that's what, you know, that's what a lot of teams need, especially for the Steelers.
If I'm the Steelers, I'm picking up the phone and I'm giving them exactly what they want.
I'm doing it.
And this is what I will say.
And I'm going to be very honest here for just a quick moment, you're going to hear a little
bit of my fandom.
Omar, you have to get this done.
You have to get this done simply because the time now, if you really want to maximize this
maximize this year, if you really want to see where the team is, you have to somewhat
be all in.
Now I'm not saying you have to get rid of all your draft picks and, you know, destroy
your cap space for players.
I'm not saying that.
But listen, you got a little bit of a spark on Sunday.
You want to keep on building off of that spark.
You want to turn that spark into a full blown wildfire.
You want that simply because if you add Cooper Cup, that's an instant upgrade to the offense.
You basically have somebody that's going to take a lot of attention away, which then opens
up the field for other players like George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Pat Friar move and
company.
I'm just saying.
I understand that you want to wait and, you know, play it safe and whatnot.
You can't play it safe with this.
You can't.
You whiffed on Brandy Nyewick.
You wasn't able to get Devonte Adams.
I don't know what's going on with the whole Mike, Mike Williams situation.
You have to get a receiver.
If you want to be serious, if you want to do more than just win just one playoff game,
if you really want to make a run, you have to do this because guess what?
If you don't do this, there's going to be another team that's going to be lurking.
That's going to be, that's going to be a little bit more aggressive and get Cooper Cup.
And then guess what?
Then you're going to be ass out and then you're going to be saying, well, we tried to do the
best that we could, but you know, we were just trying to be patient.
No, forget about being patient.
Patient doesn't get you anything.
What patient gets you is a, is the end of your season while everybody else's season
is still going on.
Let's be, let's be real here.
We still haven't forgot about how you whiffed on Deontay Johnson.
We still haven't forgot about that.
If you trade for Cooper Cup, you make things right.
Once again, you're back in the good graces because right now the stain that is on Omar
Cohn's, you know, track record right now is the Deontay Johnson trade.
Now granted, I understand that he did it because Deontay Johnson was calling, was causing
a little bit of riffraff and he was being a little bit more public about his views and
opinions about the lack of quarterback play.
I get all of that, but it, it, you solved one problem.
Well, you somewhat solved one problem to create another.
That's essentially what you did.
And now you're trying to rewrite this wrong and it hasn't gotten you anywhere.
It hasn't.
You were too patient with the brand night you look situation.
What happened that blew up in your face.
There's been multiple, you've had multiple opportunities to get a receiver and you've
been quote unquote too patient.
You cannot do it because guess what?
There is a team like the Eagles in company who are just lurking, lurking, waiting to
figure out, okay, can we do this?
Okay, maybe if we move this money around and we do this, this and this, maybe we can create
a little bit of cash space right here, move this over, push this back to that.
Make the trade now.
Make the trade now after this, after tonight's game, you have to make that trade pronto like
Hancho, because if you don't, and if you whiff on this, people are going to come at you.
People are going to be very critical at you because why Russell Wilson?
I understand this is his first game with the Steelers, but that offense, it showed a lot.
This is the second game where the offense looks very fluid.
You want to keep on building off of this.
You want to the defense is playing, you know, at their playing like like their like their
head is on fire.
The offense is starting to get there.
If you really want to know what you have, you got to bring in some weapons.
You have to bring in some weapons.
Who knows?
Now, I'm not saying this team could, if we get a Cobra Cup and whatnot, will this make
this team, you know, a Super Bowl team?
No, I'm not saying that.
What I am saying is this can make this team a whole lot more competitive than what people
expect.
That's all I'm saying.
And I'll just leave it there.
Okay.
Now, moving on to the other things that do need to be discussed.
We got football tonight, folks.
Yes.
That's right.
We got football tonight.
So Vikings and Rams play tonight.
Honestly, I feel like a lot is on a lot is on the line for both will mainly for the Rams
than it is for the for the Vikings.
And I'll I'll get into that in a little bit.
But these are just a few junkie nuggets that I have, you know, rolled down and whatnot.
So this is what I'll say.
So the Vikings are coming off a loss to the Lions, of course, 2931.
The Rams are coming off a W against the Raiders, which is cool.
There is optimism that both Puka, Nakuha and Cobra Cup will play tonight, which is definitely
some some big news.
And in all six games, Matthew Stafford has thrown for less than two touchdowns this season.
Now this is what I will say.
The Rams offense has not looked good since Puka and Cobra Cup has been out.
It has not.
And, you know, this is a very important game for the Rams, because this game is going to
determine if there's going to be a fire sale or if there's hope.
That's big.
They're at a crossroads right now, and they're trying to figure out exactly, you know, what
exactly do do they want to do moving forward, because I guarantee you if the Rams win tonight's
game, it'll calm down the trade rumors for Cobra Cup.
It will.
Now I'm not saying it will completely extinguish it, but it will definitely tamp it down just
a little bit.
But if the Rams lose tonight, it's going to heighten up those it's going to heighten
up those trade rumors.
And then you'll probably see a quicker turnover, you know, of a trade happening for Cobra a
little bit longer and whatnot, because remember, the trade deadline got pushed back by by a
week.
So next week is the last full week of, you know, observing and figuring out what teams
want to do moving forward.
Right.
And you know what, I think I'm going to explain more of that in another episode.
I think I think I need to do that just so just so we can just so we can break things
down because there is a bigger there was a bigger topic that that that needs to be discussed
with that.
And yeah, I'll just leave it at that.
But you know, for me, what I am expecting tonight is basically a game where the Vikings
are going to be aggressive.
They're going to be aggressive.
They're going to be, you know, they're going to show they're going to bounce back and they're
going to continue to be dominant.
Granted, you know, it was a very close game.
It was still anybody's game with with their game against the against the Lions.
But you know, if they want to get back on straight street, if they want to get back
into the W column, this is the night.
This is the night.
This is the team.
All those different types of things.
Okay.
But that Vikings defense, they're going to do their thing.
They're going to impose.
They're going to try to impose their will on that Rams offense.
Because again, the Rams offense is it hasn't been as productive and granted that a lot
of that has to do with with injuries and whatnot.
But you know, are they going to continue and keep the that they have when they won the
Super Bowl?
Or are they going to start taking calls for certain people stock up their draft picks
and then just build through the draft?
That's just how I look at it.
Now I could I could definitely be wrong.
Now on to the one of the last things.
Wow, we're only at 20 minutes.
Oh, wow.
I told you guys this this episode is going to be fairly short, you know, because I don't
want to try to I don't want to try to give you guys these long, like super, super, super,
super long episodes.
I want to try to give you a mix of long episodes and short episodes just so you guys can have
a, you know, a mixed bag of everything.
So last night, well, yesterday afternoon slash night, basically John Merrill, you know, went
public and somebody asked him about, you know, will he be firing both Brian Dable and Joe
Shane?
And basically he to some things up basically said that he is going to be more patient than
what he has in recent years and give them time to show them, you know, that they can
turn things around, which that's that's perfectly fine.
But I think my gripe is, I think at this point, Joe Shane has to show John Merrill, the owner
of the Giants, exactly what what is his plan moving forward, because there needs to be
a plan because the offense is lackluster.
The offense is lacking of talent.
And you took away one of the most important key pieces of the offense because you decided
that you didn't want to pay him.
On top of that, you decided that you wanted to keep Daniel Jones instead of possibly drafting,
you know, the quarterback for the future, because let's be real here.
Daniel Jones does not look good.
That contract that they gave him is starting to look like it was a bad deal.
And I get it, you know, not every deal that you give, you know, your players is going
to be great and whatnot, and it's going to, you know, age like wine and, you know, as
time moves forward, I get all of that.
But the offense is lacking of talent.
Malik neighbors is learning their best offensive weapon.
And he's only one person.
He's only one person.
I'm not saying that, you know, you have to, you know, blow a whole bag on the offense.
But, you know, you didn't help yourself by not trying to keep say, the tone in the way
that he was basically, you know, talking to say, he was he basically was talking himself
out of re-signing say, even though say, Kwan said, Hey, I want to be here.
I've told you multiple times, I would like to be a giant.
And you decided that you were not going to pay say, Kwan and basically said, well, there's
no need to pay a sequel.
There's no need to pay a running back that much amount of money.
Well, I beg to differ, sir, because right now that running back is having one of the
best seasons of his life with the Eagles.
And he's way more healthier.
Just saying, like, let's be real here.
Darius Layton most likely is going to get traded because he is the main person that
everybody has been, you know, speculating that he's definitely going to get traded.
Jaylen Hyatt.
I mean, what is he really done?
What else do you have?
Okay.
Theo Johnson is a rookie and he definitely does look good.
He definitely has been, you know, productive and whatnot.
But him and Malik neighbor is only two people.
You have to do more.
If you were persisting and getting Brian Burns, you have to do the same for the offense and
granting the defense.
They have Tibidot.
You have Dexter Lawrence and you have Brian Burns.
Okay, cool.
Three three pieces that you can sort of build off of.
But that's only one side of the ball.
You still have to, you know, do more for the offense as well, because if you don't do anything
for the offense, guess what?
You're not going to go anywhere.
Brian Dable needs an adequate quarterback.
He needs adequate weapons in order to maximize his chances of winning because let's be real
here, folks.
Washington looks dangerous.
Washington is going to be a problem moving forward.
They are going to be a problem.
They are going to be a hot destination for free agents next year.
Watch what I say.
You heard it here first on the football junkies podcast.
They are going to be a problem because why?
Leadership is stable.
The quarterback is playing dynamic and, you know, they have a lot of catch base.
So they're going to be able to bring in some big fish.
If we're being real here, all all Washington really has to do is just boost up that defense
a little bit more, just a little bit, just a few, a few areas.
I would definitely say pass rush and the defensive line, especially the interior defensive line
definitely has to be bolster up a little bit more.
And then for the offense, all they need is another receiver and maybe a more productive
tight end.
And then bam, you have yourself a complete team, a young complete team that is ready
to decimate and destroy.
But you can't do that, Joe Shane.
That's why you decided that you wanted to trade for Brian Burns and pay all that money
to him when you should have done the right thing and taken care of a say, Kwame Barkley,
but hey, that's on you, sir.
But again, back to the main point at hand, John Merrick, you have to basically say, okay,
listen, Brian Dabel, you're cool.
Continue to keep coaching.
You're doing a great job with with the situation, you know, the, with the team is in right now
for Joe Shane, I need to see at least a five to 15 point plane of exactly, okay, we're
going to address these, these positions and free agency.
We're going to address this position in the draft.
We're going where we've been looking at these prospects right here.
We feel like with these prospects, they will give us the best chance of being, you know,
competitive and they will provide an instant upgrade to that particular position compared
to just, you know, just doing willy nilly, right?
Like come on, it you have to do better because why the cowboys are weak.
The Eagles don't look that good.
This is the time now where you have to really build yourself up.
That's all I'm saying.
Now, last thing I want to talk about because I'm talking about it a whole lot is college
football.
Yes, college football.
Now, this is what I will say and I'm just going to be very honest here and I understand
that, you know, the season is, is we're starting to reach somewhat of the midpoint of college
football.
I get all that, but these quarterbacks really don't look that good.
They don't Carson Beck does not look like a first round pick.
Jaylen Millrow does not look like a first round pick.
Both of those two do not look like first round picks.
If we're being real here, the only two quarterbacks right now that I would take in the first
round is either Cam Ward or should or those are the only two Miami.
Miami looks like old Miami.
Honestly speaking here in Colorado, I don't think this I don't think this is the year
that people can sleep on Colorado.
Colorado looks like a very dangerous team that can, you know, put points on the board,
but at the same time when they need to make a play, they can make a play.
And I'm not saying that just because they have Travis Hunter, but you know, there's
something different about this Colorado team.
It is.
And, you know, the defense looks better.
The offense looks way more productive and way more consistent.
And you know, they have a chance.
They do.
Now am I saying that they're going to be able to compete with, you know, a Michigan or Ohio
State or LSU?
No, I'm not saying that, but I do think that they can make a run.
I do believe that they can do it because again, this Georgia team does not look good.
It doesn't.
And then Alabama, Alabama for a damn sure does not look good.
And you know, this is sort of, I wouldn't say, I wouldn't say it's a spit in the face,
but it's definitely, we have to appreciate Nick Saban a little bit more.
And I, and granted, I understand, you know, we've seen all the clips of him, you know,
chewing out his, you know, his players and whatnot, but you know why he did that?
Because there was a level of expectation and discipline when you were, when you were going
to Alabama.
And now you just don't see that.
A lot of the things that are happening now on, on Alabama's team, they would have never
happened with Nick, Nick Saban.
They wouldn't have.
There is a standard for every single person coming into that college when, when they were
under Nick Saban.
I don't care if he was a five star prospect.
I don't care if he was a one star prospect.
I don't even care if he was a no, no star prospect.
There was a set level of standards and expectations that you had to meet every single day, every
single game.
And if you did not do it, you're going simple as that.
And Jalen Milrow, he has not looked that good.
Carson Beck has not looked that good.
All these other quarterbacks have not really looked that good.
And it's sort of scary because it sort of feels like that one year where it was McAruel,
Malik Willis, Kenny Pickett, Will Leviss and, and, and all those various quarterbacks.
That's really the vibe that I'm getting off this year.
Now can things change?
Sure.
You know, even if they were to change just a little bit, I still don't think that it
would move the needle substantially to say, Oh, Jalen Milrow is the first round pick or
Carson Beck is the first round pick.
I just don't see it.
I'm just being completely honest here, but I want to end this episode right here.
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