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Mega Bag Alert, Mega Bag Alert, Mega Bag Alert, Mega Bag Alert folks, that's right.

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We got our first Mega Bag Alert of this offseason.

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We got a multitude of people that got paid.

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Originally, it was supposed to be a quad bag alert, but then it just grew even more.

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So let's just go down the list of the people that got paid.

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Sequan Barkley gets paid again.

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Max Crosby gets paid again.

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Zach Bond stays in Philly.

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Theo Jackson stays in Minnesota.

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Tutu Atwell stays in LA.

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DK Metcalf requests to trade.

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Tyler Lockett is out.

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Joey Bosa is out.

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Kristen Kirk is out.

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Garner Minchu is out.

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Joe Thuny gets traded.

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And the divisional rodeo goes to the east.

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We are going to a very historic division.

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That is the division that has the bearer, the Vikings, the Packers, and the Lions.

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All of this and more on the 72nd episode of the Football Junkies podcast.

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I am your host with the most.

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I'm your chief bag rodamus.

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Anything and everything related to the bag and more.

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I am your chief head of the table.

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Anything and everything related to the draft, combine, you name it, we're covering it.

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But guess what?

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I'm all these things and more.

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But the most important thing is I am your GM who currently is not on a team right now,

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but don't you worry about it.

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Because guess what?

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We got some interviews lined up because you know why?

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Some people want to know about my knowledge.

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So guess what?

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We're going to give them to them.

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So guess what?

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On three, you already know how these things go.

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Actually, you know what?

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I know I'm forgetting something because guess what?

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The most important title that you must remember is I am your host, Kale.

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Now we're back on track.

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On three.

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One, two, three.

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Let's lock in.

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All right, folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going

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on in the league right now.

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And man, oh man, do we have a lot going on in the league?

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Things are starting to cook.

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Okay.

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And we're not talking about with just no olive oil or just with a little bit of butter.

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No, we're talking about hot grease.

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Hot fish grease.

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So let's just get into these baguettes before we get into the divisional rodeo.

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So first one, say, come on, bark.

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We okay.

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The quad God himself gets a surprise extension.

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So we got here is 41.2 million, 36 million guaranteed at signing that is 20.6 million

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a year.

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He is the first running back.

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If I'm not mistaken fact check me out to get 20 million a year.

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He reset to the market.

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Do we really even need to go over the stats?

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You know what?

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I think we just do just cause so 345 attempts for 2005 rushing yards, 5.8 rushing yards per

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10, 13 touchdowns and 46 rushes of 10 plus yards or more.

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Folks, this will probably go down in history as one of the greatest off seasons for running

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back.

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I will argue with any person that says otherwise because this guy did it all in one off season.

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He could have easily broken Eric Dickerson's record, but he decided not to out of respect

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for him and, you know, he wanted to preserve himself.

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You become a Super Bowl champion and you get another extension, only one season.

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Come on, man.

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And then not to mention, you know, you leave a toxic situation with, you know, Joe Shane

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and the giants and you finally get a taste of winning and, you know, the Eagles want

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to reward you for all the hard work that you put in.

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And so this is what happens.

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Best believe, Saquon Barkley is not going anywhere.

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Saquon Barkley is probably going to end his career as an Eagle.

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If he continues with this, we're going to have to have a different conversation about

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Saquon Barkley.

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Now, let's get into Max Crosby.

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This was a little bit of a shocker.

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I'm not going to lie to you.

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So let's get into it.

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Three years, 106.5 million, 91.5 million guaranteed.

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That's 35.5 million a year.

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He reset at the pass rusher market.

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When we look at his stats, 45 tackles, seven and a half sacks and 53 quarterback pressures.

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This is what I will say about this.

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Honestly speaking, for one, I did not expect this.

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Two, I would have thought he would have wanted to trade.

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Here you have this person that's talking about how he's not happy with winning and,

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you know, he's disgruntled about where the direction of the team is going and all these

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things and rightfully so.

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And so you have all these reports coming out of how, you know, he's disgruntled and now

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he's angry and frustrated and then you signed this deal.

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So then that lets me know that it was fake.

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You're not going to stay in a crappy situation and then just continue to reset the market.

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I'm sorry.

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At some point, I want to be able to experience the confetti coming down.

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I want to be able to experience holding up the Lombardi trophy.

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I want to experience all the things that lead up to the Super Bowl.

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I don't want to be just somebody that just ends the regular season when everybody else

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does and then, you know, you're one, two, three, cancun in and cancun.

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I don't want that.

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I want to be able to experience more.

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I'm one of the best pass structures in the league.

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And so to me, this moves signals that you value the money more than winning a championship

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and that's perfectly fine.

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If you do, I'm not going to, you know, be mad at you for it, but it makes it seem like

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you're sort of a hypocrite because here you are someone who literally, there were teams

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waiting to see what was going to happen this off season.

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If you was going to declare for a trade or not, and instead of you doing that and possibly

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going into a better situation, you decided just to, you know, take the money.

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You know, this team is far away from being, you know, a really competitive team.

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So if that's what you want to do, hey, more power to you, brother.

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Now when we look at Zach bond, okay, three years, 51 million, 34 million guaranteed at

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a 17 million a year.

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He is one of the highest paid linebackers in the league right now.

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And when we look at his stats, 150 tackles, three and a half sacks, 14 quarterback pressures.

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This is the perfect example of what happens when you take a risk on yourself.

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He doubled down on himself.

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He signed a one year deal with the Eagles.

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Didn't know how they were going to use them.

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And then Van Gio say, you know what, we're going to put you in this role.

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We're going to have you play off ball linebacker and it worked.

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And he became a Super Bowl champion in that same season.

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And now he got rewarded for it.

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How we let it be known.

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I forgot where it was, but I know it was like at a, at a, like a event or something with

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Jason K. Ford's podcast.

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How we let it be known that they were going to lock up Zach bond.

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So this isn't a surprise, honestly.

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And like I said, when we were doing the divisional rodeo and we started with, with the Eagles,

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I said, Zach bond is going to be worth more than what spot racks of market value had for

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Just because of how much of a role he played on this team and how much of a role he played

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in the Super Bowl alone, like he did a lot.

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So all in all, the Eagles make sure that they prioritize taking care of their players while

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at the same time creating a lot of cash space, while at the same time potentially positioning

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themselves to go after someone like a mouse Gary.

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That's what all of this boils down to.

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Are they going to pull the trigger and get someone like a mouse Gary?

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How he has, has already let us know that listen, this team is going to be different than what

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it was last year.

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There's going to be a lot of changes.

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So I need you to follow me and he's starting already.

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Now when we look at Theo Jackson safety for the Minnesota Vikings, he inks a two year,

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$12.6 million deal, $6 million a year, which it's a fairly, you know, team friendly deal.

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It's nothing, you know, super crazy or whatnot.

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And even when we look at his stats, 11 tackles for one pick and three past deflection.

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This isn't a deal where like I've said before, with other smaller deals, it's earth shadowing

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or it's one of those deals that's, you know, that's going to make you scratch your head

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like they're just taking care of a person who plays a very pivotal role on their side

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of the ball.

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That's all what it is.

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You know, you're too out.

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Well, one year, 10 million fully guaranteed to be specific.

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And we look at his receptions.

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Well, not his receptions, but his stats, 42 receptions for 562 receiving yards, 13.4 receiving

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yards per reception.

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This is somebody who contributes a lot when they give him the ball.

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This isn't somebody that's going to wow you with, you know, 10 touchdowns and three touchdown

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game or something like that.

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This is somebody that plays a very pivotal role on this offense.

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And with the potential departure of Cooper cup, you want to make sure that you bring

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back at least one or two receivers that are familiar with the system and familiar with

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Matthew Stafford.

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So most likely this receiver core is probably going to be a Puka to to out well, and then

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they'll probably draft maybe one or two receivers.

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Now let's get into the juicy stuff.

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Let's get into the, the fire.

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So, Anthony Medcalf has requested a trade folks.

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And this was shortly after Tyler Lockett was being informed that he was going to get cut.

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A lot of, a lot of toxicity is happening in Seattle right now.

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So when we look at it, this is the crazy thing with this entire situation.

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So this year, he only has one year left on his deal, but it's not guaranteed.

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So his market value is three years, 78.2 million, which is 26.1 million a year.

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When we look at his stats this year alone, this, well, this past season specifically

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66 receptions for 992 receiving yards, five touchdowns and 15 receiving yards per reception,

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which is a little bit of a down year compared to, you know, previous years, but all in all,

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DK Medcalf is a top 10 receiver.

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I don't understand why people are so hesitant about making a move or someone like a DK Medcalf.

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DK Medcalf is a game changer.

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This is somebody that can change the trajectory of a game with just one play.

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He's done it multiple times.

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You got a big body dude that can win those 50, 50 balls.

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There's not a lot of people that can do that on a consistent basis.

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DK Medcalf has been able to do that.

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And so when we look at this, according to Diana Rossini, the report came out this morning

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basically detailing that the Seahawks won a first and a third round pick for DK Medcalf

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and rightfully so because he's a top 10 receiver, like I just said, but he is somebody that

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he's a number one receiver on a lot of teams.

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He's not a two.

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He's a one not to mention they're sort of positioning themselves to go through someone

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of a soft rebuild because you still have to figure out what you're going to do with Geno

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Smith.

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You still have to figure out what you're going to do with other players on this team.

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So there's going to be a lot of turnover between this year and maybe the next two years.

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So they want to be able to position themselves for the next two years and rightfully so.

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DK Medcalf has already let it be known that he wants 30 plus million a year, which again,

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rightfully so.

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Because when he signed the deal that he's on now, it was only a three year deal.

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It was actually a really cheap deal to be honest, but now that the receiver market has

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you know, grew so quickly so fast that you're going to have to you know, catch up.

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So if I was a team, I probably will want to trade for DK Medcalf now and I would pay

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him now before Jamar Chase because if you don't, you run the risk of someone like a

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DK Medcalf wanting to get close to what Jamar Chase is making.

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Now when we look at teams that could possibly you know, be in the running for someone like

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a DK Medcalf, I would say maybe the Chargers.

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I would say maybe the Texans.

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I would say maybe even the bills.

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I would even say the Steelers.

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I think those teams would love to have someone like a DK Medcalf on their team.

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Now the question is this, who is going to be the team that is going to meet their demands?

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Now me personally, I think it's going to be the Chargers because for one, a lot of the

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needs that the Chargers have, they can be addressed in day two and day three.

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Now when it comes to receiver with the receiver class being not as strong as it is, I think

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if you get someone like a DK Medcalf that automatically erases a lot of the needs that

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So you give them that first round pick, you pair him with Labrconky and Quentin Johnston

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whatnot.

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It's great.

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Not to mention you can give them a pretty good deal because why?

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You have, I mean, a decent enough amount of catchphrase too.

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Texans, it may be a little bit shaky for them because they need to address offensive line

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and they need to address it with their first pick.

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And this is sort of like a teaser into the AFC South and whatnot, but they have to be

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able to address the offensive line.

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CJ Straub was getting beat up this past season.

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So I don't think they can try to make that type of move.

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Now the Steelers, they could try, but do I think they're going to do it?

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No, only because they value their draft picks and drafting so much that I don't think they

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will pull the trigger on something like a DK Medcalf.

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Just saying.

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Now, when we look at the Tyler Lockett situation, okay, he got cut.

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And this is something that I sort of predicted when we went over that division because for

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one, you have three people that have very large cap hits and very large base salaries.

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And you're in a situation where you're trying to position yourself for free agency and potentially

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signing your rookies.

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So you're going to have to make some major moves.

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And so the most important thing that they had to do was he read it out of lock and I

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don't blame them.

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Okay.

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Get there.

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The financials of this situation, the Seahawks take on 13.8 million in debt cap while freeing

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17 million.

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So all in all, they put themselves in a really good spot.

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Okay.

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And when we look at his stats this past season, really wasn't the best 49 receptions for 600

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receiving yards, two touchdowns, 12.2 receiving yards per reception.

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He is still a very productive receiver, but I think it's come to a point where the Seahawks

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realized that listen, it's time for us to go into a different direction.

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It's time for us to possibly cut bait, cut weight.

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Excuse me, of some of these players that have these big contracts because not to mention,

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you're going to have to pay Tyreek Woolin fairly soon.

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And there's other players on this team that you're going to have to take care of as well.

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So the only way that you can curve all of that is you have to cut some of this dead

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weight.

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You have to trim the fat as, as I say, when it comes to these large contracts.

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Now granted, I would have liked for title lock it to be a Seahawk for life, but clearly

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that wasn't in the books.

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And so when we look at this, do I think he's going to probably play?

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I don't think so.

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I think he has nothing else to play for your Super Bowl champion.

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You definitely played a very pivotal role in the Seahawks in recent years.

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Like you have nothing else to prove and that's perfectly fine.

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But if he wants to continue to play, there will be a market for him because again, the

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receiver draft class this year for day one is not that strong.

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And I think someone like a title lock it will garner interest somewhere just because of

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his veteran leadership and what he brings to the table.

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Now am I saying he can be a one on any other team?

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No, but what I am saying is this, he can be a solid contributor on a lot of teams.

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A lot of teams will love to have someone like a title lock it just saying when we go to

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the Joey Bosa situation, this was something that I expected as well.

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And the reason why I say that is because for one, you have somebody that has a large contract

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to you have somebody that really hasn't been that impactful like he was in those first

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what three years of his career, three or four years of his career, excuse me, like it was

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needed.

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Like when we look at this really analyze this right.

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Khalil Mack, old Khalil Mack show more at his age than what Joey Bosa has.

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Khalil Mack has been able to stay healthy than what Joey Bosa has.

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When we look at Joey Bosa stats, I'm just going to read it off to you just for sacks.

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Okay.

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In 2019 11 and a half 2020 seven and a half 2021 10 and a half 2022 two and a half 2023

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six and a half this past season five and a half.

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It's just continue to go down and down and down and down and he hasn't been able to stay

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healthy.

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Like I don't like to use the, you know, healthy thing I really don't because I feel like it's

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an easy way out, but he has not been able to stay healthy.

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And I'm sorry.

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The best ability is availability.

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And if you are not available and you're making a boohoo amount of money, there's no point

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in me keeping you on the team.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm just not going to do that.

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Now will Joey Bosa have a market?

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Yes, for sure.

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There are a lot of teams that would love to have someone like a Joey Bosa on their team.

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Now do I think he'll probably go and play with his brother?

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Yeah, probably wouldn't be surprised.

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Now do I think he could probably go somewhere else?

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There's possibility.

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All options are on the table for someone like a Joey Bosa.

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When we look at the financials for the chargers, this frees up 25.3 million in cash base, which

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is very much needed because they're in the position right now where they could be a legitimate

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playoff caliber team.

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So you have to cut dead weight, which you did.

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You got rid of Joey Bosa.

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Now you need to make some moves, sure up the receiver room, fix up the running back room

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as well, make a few adjustments for the defense and then boom, you're going to be better this

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year than what you was last year.

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Now when we look at Christian Kirk, this one was a little bit confusing because the GM

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originally said that he liked Christian Kirk and whatnot.

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But then all of a sudden you go to, oh yeah, we're just going to cut you.

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You should have just traded him.

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If you would have traded him, you would have gotten some interest.

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No one's not going to give you a first round pick for Christian Kirk, but somebody would

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have gave you at least maybe a fourth or fifth, maybe even a sixth round pick.

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You could use that pick to get somebody that plays a very pivotal role in your team or you

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could use it to move up in the draft or you could use it to trade for somebody.

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You could have used it in different ways, but you didn't.

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So now the Jaguars take on 13.5 million in dead cap while creating 10.5 million in cap

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shakes.

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Now we all know his stats last season wasn't really the best because he broke his collar

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bone.

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We all know that.

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But before that season, he had three touchdowns and then 2022 he had eight touchdowns and

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so on and so forth.

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Me personally, the first team that I think of when it comes to Christian Kirk is the

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commanders because when he was under Cliff Kingsbury, that was when he was really contributing.

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I don't see him going to the Steelers.

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Just saying.

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I don't see him going to, I don't know, the bills or any of these other teams.

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Christian Kirk will have a market, but he won't have a solid market like what people

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are saying he will.

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Like I think somebody will be willing to take more of a risk on, I don't know, a Mecca,

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a Bucca or somebody in the second or third round before they give a chance to Christian

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Kirk.

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Just saying, don't hurt me.

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Okay.

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Now when we look at Gardner, Menchu, he gets cut as well.

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Originally I thought they were going to do a restructure.

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Okay.

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But for them to cut him, not surprised honestly because his contract was a little bit way to

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expensive me personally.

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Like you're a backup quarterback and you're making that much money.

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No cut.

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Now when we look at the financials for this, okay, the Raiders take on 10.8 million in

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Deccat while Gardner Menchu is guaranteed 3.1 million of his 2025 salary.

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Now when we look at his stats this past season, sure you threw for 2000 passing yards, you

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had nine touchdowns, but you had 10 picks.

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You averaged 6.6 yards per attempt.

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I mean, it was okay, but again, the Raiders are trying to clean house.

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They're trying to position themselves to win.

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And so the best way to do it is to cut bait, get rid of Gardner Menchu.

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They'll probably draft a quarterback or pay for a quarterback.

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Okay.

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Then they'll bring in, you know, a lower tier backup quarterback or they'll just bring back

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Gardner Menchu.

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Okay.

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At a lower price and then just go one from there.

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Because again, taking way too much money, he had a base salary that was too high and

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a cap it that was too high.

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No need to do that.

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They're trying to position themselves to take a few big swings to really catapult themselves

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in a different stratosphere.

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Okay.

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Who?

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Well, too well, too well, too well, too well.

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Joe Thune, okay.

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Joe Thune gets traded.

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He goes to the Bears.

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All right.

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So the Chiefs receive a 2025 fourth round pick and the Bears of course received Joe Thune.

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With this, and this is sort of going into the divisional rodeo a little bit, he's on

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the last year of his deal.

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Okay.

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His base salary, this, this upcoming season is 15.5 million and his cap hit is only 16 million.

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All in all, he is still a very productive guard.

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Now for all the people that say, well, the Chiefs should have been trying to find a way

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to keep them.

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No, you can't because they're about to reset the market for Trace Smith.

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May I remind you folks that the Chiefs cap situation is a lot more complex than what

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you think because you have three people that are taking up over 50% of their cap space.

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So instead of them doing what the Eagles do, which is they sort of spread out the money

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a little bit.

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No, they put it into Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey and Chris Jones.

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Everybody else.

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You're either on the boat or you're not.

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And so Joe Thune wasn't on the boat.

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But for the Bears, this is a major upgrade because you have someone that is a seasoned

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veteran, a Super Bowl champion, someone who has pedigree with his game and was still playing

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at a fairly pretty good level.

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I'm not saying he was the elite version of himself.

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No, but he was still, he was still a very good productive guard and not to mention the

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Bears have been trying to rebuild their offensive line this offseason because they have to prioritize

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protecting Kayla Williams.

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Kayla Williams, this past season was taking way too many hits.

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And so if you want to be able to preserve your quarterback, you have to make sure that

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you that you build a good offensive line around that is the only way that you can prolong

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his career.

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Otherwise, he'll be like Andrew Luck.

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No disrespect to him.

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Now let's get into the divisional rodeo folks.

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And so you already know how these things go.

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Okay, we're going to go through an entire division.

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We're going to talk about their salary free agents, draft picks, positions of need, candidates

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for restructure, extension, trades and cuts.

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Okay, so let's start with the NFC North of Bears, Packard Vikings and Lions.

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So we're going to start with the Bears 45.3 million in salary cap, the rollover cap

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of 5 million.

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Not too bad.

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Okay, free agents, Kenan Allen, DeMarcus Walker, Gerald Everett, Tevin Jenkins, Matt Pryor,

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Daryl Taylor, just to name a few.

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Their draft picks, they got their first two second round picks, a third, they don't have

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a fourth, they do have a fifth, they have a sixth, and they have two seventh round picks,

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position some need defensive line running back edge receiver interior offensive line.

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This one is going to be fairly quickly and fairly simple only because for one, this team

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is still fairly young.

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A lot of the main players on this team are still under contract and the people that aren't

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under contract are either older players or players that don't really contribute a whole

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lot to this team.

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So there's going to be a lot of turnover with the lower half of the roster, as I expect.

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Now when we look at positions of need, okay, you can go about this a few different ways.

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You can address defensive line slash edge in the first round, or you can address wide

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receiver and running back in the first round.

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Either way you look at it, I think you have to be able to like really bring in somebody

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that can be a contributor with the run game.

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Granted, the Andre Swift is good, but I think you're not going to make the type of moves

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that the Bears have made, especially to the offensive line.

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If you're not eyeing someone like an Ashton Gentie, or at least a Caleb Johnson or Devon

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Neal or Taj Brooks or RJ Harvey or O'Marion Hampson or who else, who else, I can't even

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think of anybody else, but the list goes on and on.

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Now if they get Ashton Gentie and you pair him with the Andre Swift, and then you pair

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him with DJ Moore and Cole Comet and then Roma Dunze and Caleb Williams, that's a really

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good offense.

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That's a really good run game.

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Okay.

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Now do I think they're going to do that?

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There's a possibility.

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The Bears are a team that you really can pinpoint and say, oh, they're going to do this or oh,

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they're going to do that.

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No.

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With them having been Johnson, I feel like they are definitely going to prioritize the

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offense high.

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Because again, with the defensive line class being as big as it is, they can bring in a

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quality defensive lineman in the second and third day of the draft and it won't really

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hurt them.

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You could go and get someone like Adarius Alexander or a Jordan Phillips or what's his

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name?

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You could be a non-walker for instance.

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You could go, you could get one of the edge guys if you wanted to.

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Because you already have Montez Svett.

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You just have to find him a partner.

469
00:27:18,820 --> 00:27:23,380
If you find him a partner and then you bolster up the interior defensive line, the defense

470
00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:25,860
is really good because you already have Jaylen Johnson.

471
00:27:25,860 --> 00:27:27,780
You still have Tremaine Edmonds.

472
00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:29,100
You have pieces.

473
00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:31,580
The Bears are in a really good place right now.

474
00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:36,620
Then with you bringing an offense of mine that has been Johnson, I think it takes things

475
00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:44,660
even further because I think what was missing last season was a good productive offense.

476
00:27:44,660 --> 00:27:47,100
The defense was doing his thing at first.

477
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:51,580
Then it fell off and then it was trying to pick itself back up and it fell off again.

478
00:27:51,580 --> 00:27:55,780
Then by then everybody was just mentally checked out.

479
00:27:55,780 --> 00:28:00,740
Matt Eberfluss was basically a phone call away from losing his job.

480
00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:03,020
A lot of the coaches were basically done.

481
00:28:03,020 --> 00:28:05,100
A lot of the players were mentally checked out.

482
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:06,860
It was just a bad situation.

483
00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:10,340
But bringing in someone like a Ben Johnson, an offense of mine, it's somebody that we

484
00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:14,100
all know and saw what he did with the Lions.

485
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:20,300
If he does just half of that with the Bears, I think we're having a different conversation

486
00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:24,020
about Caleb Williams and the Bears moving forward.

487
00:28:24,020 --> 00:28:27,460
Now when we look at candidates, well actually no, I'm awake.

488
00:28:27,460 --> 00:28:31,660
I'm awake because I want to go a little bit more in depth with the positions I need.

489
00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:36,060
So when we look at receiver, you can go about this a few different ways.

490
00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:38,460
You can get Jaden Higgins.

491
00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:39,580
You can get Jack Best.

492
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:47,180
You can get Ty Filton or any of those different types of receivers.

493
00:28:47,180 --> 00:28:52,940
Because again, I will continue to say this, the day two and day three slots for receiver

494
00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:56,540
have a lot of upside than the day one slots.

495
00:28:56,540 --> 00:29:02,820
The only reason why I say that is because each and every one of them have their own set

496
00:29:02,820 --> 00:29:03,820
of skills.

497
00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:04,820
Okay.

498
00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:13,380
Ty Filton, Speedster, Jaden Higgins, big body receiver, good when it comes to the blocking.

499
00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:18,940
Same thing with, I forgot what was his name, but he goes to Stanford.

500
00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:19,940
I forgot.

501
00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:24,140
It's no disrespect to your dog, but you have him as well.

502
00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:29,900
If you want a more faster slot guy, you have Xavier Restrepo from Miami.

503
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:32,020
You have options.

504
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:35,580
Do you want to spend your first pick on a receiver?

505
00:29:35,580 --> 00:29:36,580
Probably not.

506
00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:40,100
Are you going to spend on TMac?

507
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:41,100
Maybe.

508
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:42,580
Do you want to spend on Luther Burden?

509
00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:43,580
More of a Yacht guy.

510
00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:45,700
Do you want to spend on a Mecca Bucca?

511
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:47,740
Do you want to spend it on Matthew Golden?

512
00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:52,740
Now Matthew Golden, I think that could be an interesting investment, but you've already

513
00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:57,340
made an investment at receiver with DJ Moore and Roma Dunzi.

514
00:29:57,340 --> 00:29:59,300
You could go about this so many different ways.

515
00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:00,300
It's ridiculous.

516
00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:01,300
Okay.

517
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:06,380
Now when we look at interior offensive line, I think the number one person that they should

518
00:30:06,380 --> 00:30:11,820
really go after is the center from Atlanta because he's supposed to be a free agent.

519
00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:18,060
If you get him on that offensive line, you have him and then the guard that they got

520
00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:24,140
from the Rams and then Joe Thuny and then Darnell Wright.

521
00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:25,500
This might be really good offensive line.

522
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:31,180
I'm just saying, I'm just saying the Bears have let it be known that we are prioritizing,

523
00:30:31,180 --> 00:30:37,180
protecting Caleb Williams while at the same time trying to open up the offense and making

524
00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:43,540
the offense so diverse in so many different ways that it's going to confuse defenses,

525
00:30:43,540 --> 00:30:46,020
which I don't blame them personally.

526
00:30:46,020 --> 00:30:51,380
Now when we look at candidates for restructure extensions, trades and cuts, the only person

527
00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:52,900
I listed was Joe Thuny.

528
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:57,500
There's nobody else that I could think of that is up for an extension, a trade or a

529
00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,860
cut because everybody is fairly under contract.

530
00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:02,100
DJ Moore is under contract.

531
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:03,540
Dylan Johnson is under contract.

532
00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:06,340
Remain Edmunds is still under contract.

533
00:31:06,340 --> 00:31:11,660
All their top high paying players are still under contract and are still contributing.

534
00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:15,820
Now if they fall off a little bit or if they become disgruntled with the situation, then

535
00:31:15,820 --> 00:31:18,580
we have a whole different conversation.

536
00:31:18,580 --> 00:31:21,100
But for the time being, I don't see that happening.

537
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:26,020
And when we look at Joe Thuny's market value according to Spotrack, two years 40.6 million,

538
00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:31,540
which is only 20.3 million a year, which I think is pretty decent.

539
00:31:31,540 --> 00:31:39,100
He's a two time Super Bowl champion, still one of the best guards that you play now.

540
00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:40,660
I think that's not bad of a bargain.

541
00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:45,500
Now me personally, I would try to bring that down just a little bit.

542
00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:50,740
And we can maybe make the 20.3 just a little bit more on the incentives.

543
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:52,340
Maybe we can work that thing out.

544
00:31:52,340 --> 00:31:57,140
But for the time being, I think this is probably the best situation that you can do with Joe

545
00:31:57,140 --> 00:31:58,140
Thuny.

546
00:31:58,140 --> 00:31:59,140
It's a two year deal.

547
00:31:59,140 --> 00:32:03,580
It's not a traditional four because he is getting up in age and you don't want to tie

548
00:32:03,580 --> 00:32:07,420
him with this long contract and then a lot of dead capping whatnot.

549
00:32:07,420 --> 00:32:10,780
So let's see what happens with that situation.

550
00:32:10,780 --> 00:32:12,980
Now on to the Packers.

551
00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:17,060
So with their situation, man, is it a deep dive?

552
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,660
Okay, so let's just get into it.

553
00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:24,340
So salary 46.6 million with a roll over cap of 15.1 million.

554
00:32:24,340 --> 00:32:25,340
Really good.

555
00:32:25,340 --> 00:32:31,500
Free agents, Eric Stoltz, AJ Dillon, Corey Ballantyne, Josh Myers, Eric Wilson, Andre

556
00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:38,700
Dillard, Tyler Davis, Robert Rochelle, and Tedaro Slaton, just to name a few.

557
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:39,700
Okay.

558
00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:43,980
So they're first, they're second, they're third, they're fourth, they're fifth, they're

559
00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:46,300
sixth and two seventh round picks.

560
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:47,300
Cool.

561
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:51,220
Positions of need, corner, receiver, interior, offensive line, and edge.

562
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:52,220
Okay.

563
00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:59,660
So when we look at this, yes, corner, very much a top priority, especially with Jair Alexander

564
00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:02,940
possibly getting traded, definitely has to be a top priority.

565
00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:08,300
Now is this a good, you know, outside cornerback class?

566
00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:11,020
When you compare it to the last two years, not really.

567
00:33:11,020 --> 00:33:12,020
Okay.

568
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:16,460
Sure, you have your Jaday Barons and your Ezra Thomases and Chavon Rebels and Benjamin

569
00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:22,220
Morrison and Will Johnson's of the world, but the problem is the only person, well, the

570
00:33:22,220 --> 00:33:29,740
only two people actually that you can say, Hey, those are true first round picks is who?

571
00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:32,940
Jaday Baron and Ezra Thomas.

572
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:38,580
Everybody else is a little bit of a, you know, iffy situation because why they have injury

573
00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:43,820
red flags, especially Benjamin Morrison, he's coming off of a hip surgery.

574
00:33:43,820 --> 00:33:49,980
So there's a lot of questions saying, Hey, can you, how flexible are your hips and, you

575
00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:52,340
know, will that be a problem moving forward?

576
00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:57,300
Like all those things, same thing with Chavon Rebels, he's coming off of ACL surgery.

577
00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,980
Will Johnson, he's coming off of injuries as well.

578
00:33:59,980 --> 00:34:02,220
So there's a lot of question marks there.

579
00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:05,580
Now most likely you can go about this a few different ways.

580
00:34:05,580 --> 00:34:11,180
You can go, you can get somebody in free agency and then draft one, or you can just draft

581
00:34:11,180 --> 00:34:12,860
all of your corners.

582
00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:18,540
But I feel like the slot corner room is a little bit better because you have Jacob Parrish,

583
00:34:18,540 --> 00:34:22,260
you have Quincy Riley, you have Maxwell Hereston in company.

584
00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:29,340
So I say all that to say this, Jaya Alexander, you have to prepare like, like he's not going

585
00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:30,540
to be on the team.

586
00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:31,540
Okay.

587
00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:36,660
So you really need to make sure that you address corner because corner for the last few years

588
00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:38,820
really haven't been the best.

589
00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:43,380
Now granted, Eric Stokes, and do you really want to keep them me personally?

590
00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:51,620
No, you could probably bring in somebody that's a little bit more, actually, not well, I don't

591
00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:52,620
know.

592
00:34:52,620 --> 00:34:53,620
I really don't know.

593
00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:59,340
Cause my only problem with this is you don't want to have a complete makeover of the corner

594
00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:02,500
back room, you want to at least bring somebody back.

595
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:06,940
So if you bring someone like Eric Stokes, that could be good and not to mention he can't

596
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,860
demand a whole bunch of money anyway.

597
00:35:08,860 --> 00:35:11,180
So you could do that.

598
00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:12,180
What else?

599
00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:13,180
What else?

600
00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:14,180
What else?

601
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:18,860
Corner, see the problem with corner is there's not like, there's not like a lot of options

602
00:35:18,860 --> 00:35:20,500
like it has been for the last two years.

603
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:24,620
Like the last two years we've had Nate Wiggins, Christian Gonzalez, Quinneal Mitchell, Cooper

604
00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:29,260
Dejean, Julius Branson in company.

605
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:30,940
This year, not so much.

606
00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:36,140
Now there are some, some corners that not, that's not getting talked about as much that

607
00:35:36,140 --> 00:35:37,860
should be getting talked about a whole lot.

608
00:35:37,860 --> 00:35:41,580
Darian Porter from Iowa dog.

609
00:35:41,580 --> 00:35:42,900
Absolute dog.

610
00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:46,460
Almost six, four, six, four.

611
00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:48,060
That man is an avatar.

612
00:35:48,060 --> 00:35:51,180
That man is one of one.

613
00:35:51,180 --> 00:35:52,540
Okay.

614
00:35:52,540 --> 00:35:56,580
You could go and you could probably double up that corner if you really wanted to.

615
00:35:56,580 --> 00:36:02,260
Now receiver is the same thing with Romeo dogs, probably getting traded.

616
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:04,260
You're probably going to want to bring in somebody.

617
00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,860
So you have a few different options.

618
00:36:05,860 --> 00:36:10,020
You can get a speech or like a tie felt it, or you can get someone like a Matthew Golden,

619
00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:14,980
or you can get someone like, you can get the receiver from, from Stanford, or you can get

620
00:36:14,980 --> 00:36:19,820
Jaden Higgins, or you can get Jack Bess, or you can get, who is that receiver?

621
00:36:19,820 --> 00:36:21,740
I was just looking at, I was just looking at his footage.

622
00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:23,340
I was just looking at his footage this morning.

623
00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:27,980
I forgot who it was, but it'll probably come, you know, probably at the end of the episode.

624
00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:31,020
But you have a lot of options day two and day three.

625
00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:32,020
Okay.

626
00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:36,260
Interior, offensive line, you can go about a few different ways.

627
00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:40,940
You can go and draft someone like a Gray's apple or Tyler Booker, or you can pay for

628
00:36:40,940 --> 00:36:41,940
one.

629
00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:46,900
Now see with interior, offensive line, the guard market is starting to rise.

630
00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:51,940
So do you want to invest into a young guard that has a lot of upside with their game?

631
00:36:51,940 --> 00:36:56,540
Or do you want to go and get someone like a veteran who's already established, who may

632
00:36:56,540 --> 00:36:59,120
not ask for a whole lot of money?

633
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,300
Because you could get someone like a Kevin Zeigler, you can get someone like a James

634
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:06,300
Daniels, you have options there with interior, offensive line.

635
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,300
Okay.

636
00:37:07,300 --> 00:37:11,580
Now edge, you can, you can draft the edge.

637
00:37:11,580 --> 00:37:17,980
Like I forgot who it was, but there's an edge from Alabama that, that I have my eye on.

638
00:37:17,980 --> 00:37:20,820
There's an edge from Boston colors that I have my eye on.

639
00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:26,860
I cannot remember their names right now, but you have options that edge in this draft that

640
00:37:26,860 --> 00:37:29,180
are legitimate options.

641
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:31,820
So you can take that route as well.

642
00:37:31,820 --> 00:37:37,520
The Packers are in a situation right now where all fensively they're in a really good spot.

643
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,100
It's the defense that just has to pick up a little bit more.

644
00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:46,060
And it's mainly the secondary and maybe a little bit of the pass rush.

645
00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:47,060
Okay.

646
00:37:47,060 --> 00:37:49,960
Because for Sean Gary, we all know Sean Gary, he's doing his thing.

647
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,700
You all know that you have Kenny Clark.

648
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:52,700
Okay, cool.

649
00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:57,660
But outside of them, you got to have, you know, more production out of what you already

650
00:37:57,660 --> 00:38:01,600
have right now, plus what you're getting ready to bring in.

651
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,100
Because the Packers are not a bad team.

652
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:07,940
The Packers are a really good team that could be a playoff caliber team.

653
00:38:07,940 --> 00:38:11,900
All they have to do is just stop falling on their own sword.

654
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:18,460
We have seen multiple times where they just flopped like they flopped in the second half

655
00:38:18,460 --> 00:38:19,620
of the season.

656
00:38:19,620 --> 00:38:26,300
Why I don't know, but you have to be able to maximize the potential that you have on

657
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:27,300
this team.

658
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:31,860
You have a Christian Watson, you have Josh Jacobs, you have a really good offensive line,

659
00:38:31,860 --> 00:38:36,500
you have some good tight ends, you have pieces on this team.

660
00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,780
So you have to maximize it.

661
00:38:38,780 --> 00:38:41,740
Now granted, you do have a very competitive division.

662
00:38:41,740 --> 00:38:42,740
I'm not going to hold you.

663
00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:44,780
It's a very competitive division.

664
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:48,540
But still, you have Jordan Love, who's a really good quarterback.

665
00:38:48,540 --> 00:38:52,900
So you have to figure this thing out and they can do it in this offseason.

666
00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:57,780
Now when we look at candidates for restructure, extension, trades and cuts, Jair Alexander,

667
00:38:57,780 --> 00:39:00,180
like I just said, trade them.

668
00:39:00,180 --> 00:39:03,580
Especially with the large contract that he has.

669
00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:08,740
16 million for his base salary this year and then next year it's 18 million.

670
00:39:08,740 --> 00:39:10,260
And then the cap hits.

671
00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:14,740
The cap hit this year is 25.4 and then next year is 27.8.

672
00:39:14,740 --> 00:39:17,940
You might as well just want to offload that contract.

673
00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:21,620
Because what it sounds like to me is it's a relationship that's going back.

674
00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,740
So just cut your ties with it.

675
00:39:23,740 --> 00:39:27,420
Romeo Dobbs, trade them.

676
00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:30,740
But with him though, he does have a market.

677
00:39:30,740 --> 00:39:33,820
It's not a strong market, but it's a decent market.

678
00:39:33,820 --> 00:39:39,980
His market value, if he was to get traded and then extended, would be four years 47.4

679
00:39:39,980 --> 00:39:43,500
million, which is 11.9 million a year.

680
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,000
That's not bad.

681
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,420
That's actually really good, honestly.

682
00:39:46,420 --> 00:39:48,500
That's a pretty good team friendly deal.

683
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:49,500
Just saying.

684
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:54,260
Christian Watson, I probably would start talking about an extension now.

685
00:39:54,260 --> 00:40:00,640
I wouldn't put it off until I would start doing it now just so you're ahead of the gun.

686
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:05,660
Because if you don't, you're going to be like the bangles where you take a risk.

687
00:40:05,660 --> 00:40:09,740
And then if that risk doesn't go in your favor, then guess what?

688
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:14,260
You're going to have to shell out twice or three times as much more money than what you

689
00:40:14,260 --> 00:40:19,140
didn't have to do, had you just pay them right then and there.

690
00:40:19,140 --> 00:40:24,860
So when we look at it, they don't have a lot of people that they have to pay.

691
00:40:24,860 --> 00:40:28,220
There's not a lot of people that are demanding big contracts.

692
00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:31,780
They made sure that they take care of their people fairly well.

693
00:40:31,780 --> 00:40:34,980
And they made sure they take care of the big players on their team.

694
00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:38,740
So all in all, you're in a good spot.

695
00:40:38,740 --> 00:40:43,340
I looked at the salary cap situation for every single one of these teams.

696
00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:46,780
All of them are in a really good salary cap space.

697
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:53,420
All of them are, you know, they have cap space where they can, where they can make moves,

698
00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:58,460
but they don't have the type of cap space where they can bring in two or three big fishes.

699
00:40:58,460 --> 00:40:59,460
Okay.

700
00:40:59,460 --> 00:41:01,740
Malik Willis, give him an extension.

701
00:41:01,740 --> 00:41:04,380
Good backup quarterback option.

702
00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:07,100
He actually did pretty well when joining love was out this season.

703
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:12,300
I'm just saying, I'm just saying you have to keep him just saying.

704
00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:18,660
Now when we look at the Vikings, okay, 63.8 million in cap space, roll over capital 5.9

705
00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:23,260
million, you have free agents that include Cam Robinson, Sam Darno, Byron Murphy, Staff

706
00:41:23,260 --> 00:41:30,300
on Gilmore, Aaron Jones, Shaquille Griffin, Jerry Tellery, Jonathan Bullard, David Quessenberry,

707
00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:33,780
Jiha Ward and Patrick Jones, just to name a few.

708
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:34,780
Okay.

709
00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:35,780
Draft picks.

710
00:41:35,780 --> 00:41:38,380
You don't have a whole lot of draft picks because you have to use them to, you know,

711
00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:39,380
to get some people.

712
00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:40,900
So of course you got your first.

713
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:41,900
You don't have a second.

714
00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:42,900
You have a third.

715
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,620
You don't have a fourth and you have two fifth round picks.

716
00:41:45,620 --> 00:41:47,420
You don't have a six and you don't have a seven.

717
00:41:47,420 --> 00:41:48,420
Okay.

718
00:41:48,420 --> 00:41:49,420
Positions of need.

719
00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:53,780
This may be a little bit controversial, but who cares?

720
00:41:53,780 --> 00:41:54,780
Cornerback.

721
00:41:54,780 --> 00:41:59,580
Inside linebacker, excuse me, safety, running back, defensive line, interior offensive line

722
00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:00,580
in tight end.

723
00:42:00,580 --> 00:42:01,580
Okay.

724
00:42:01,580 --> 00:42:06,820
Now with corner, the reason why I say that is because it depends on what happens with

725
00:42:06,820 --> 00:42:08,980
the Byron Murphy situation.

726
00:42:08,980 --> 00:42:16,300
If they don't pay Byron Murphy, I feel like corner should be the top priority.

727
00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:22,340
But if they do keep Byron Murphy, then that can be a day two or day three option inside

728
00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:26,700
linebacker outside of Jiha Campbell.

729
00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:28,900
Who else do you really want to invest into?

730
00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:33,980
Now, granny, you have Barrick Carter, you have Carson, a Swaringer and company.

731
00:42:33,980 --> 00:42:34,980
You do.

732
00:42:34,980 --> 00:42:41,020
You have pretty good, you know, inside linebacker options, or you can bring in somebody from

733
00:42:41,020 --> 00:42:45,820
free agency if you want to, because again, the linebacker market isn't as strong.

734
00:42:45,820 --> 00:42:51,780
You don't have to pay 20, 25 or 30 million for a good productive inside linebacker.

735
00:42:51,780 --> 00:42:56,820
Now safety, safety is a little bit of a question mark.

736
00:42:56,820 --> 00:43:02,780
And I only say that because granny, you have some really good safety options.

737
00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:03,980
You have Malachi Starks.

738
00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:09,980
You have E-Man, you have Xavier Watts, you have Jaylen Reed, like you have some really

739
00:43:09,980 --> 00:43:12,020
good options at safety.

740
00:43:12,020 --> 00:43:15,980
Do I think any of them are going to fall that far?

741
00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:17,100
No.

742
00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:19,420
I don't think Malachi Starks are going to fall that low.

743
00:43:19,420 --> 00:43:25,060
I don't think E-Man is going to fall that low, especially with E-Man having the data

744
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:26,820
he had at the combine.

745
00:43:26,820 --> 00:43:28,420
I just don't see it.

746
00:43:28,420 --> 00:43:32,620
Now I could be wrong, but sometimes you just need a little bit of luck.

747
00:43:32,620 --> 00:43:39,380
But I think for safety, I think you probably have to start bringing in Harrison Smith's

748
00:43:39,380 --> 00:43:44,260
replacement because I think this might be Harrison Smith's last year.

749
00:43:44,260 --> 00:43:45,420
I'm just being honest here.

750
00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:51,940
I think you have to bring in his successor so that they can sit and that they can learn

751
00:43:51,940 --> 00:43:53,260
on Harrison Smith.

752
00:43:53,260 --> 00:43:58,340
So that way when Harrison Smith gets ready to pass on the torch, there's no problem.

753
00:43:58,340 --> 00:44:03,380
Now running back, for some people you'll probably say, well just bring back Aaron Jones.

754
00:44:03,380 --> 00:44:04,380
No.

755
00:44:04,380 --> 00:44:09,420
The only reason why I say that is because with the running back class as big as it is

756
00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:14,660
and as diverse as it is, you have to pluck at least two of them.

757
00:44:14,660 --> 00:44:20,740
If you bring in someone like a Dylan Samson and a Caleb Johnson or a Trayvon Henderson

758
00:44:20,740 --> 00:44:23,900
and a Taj Brooks, that's good.

759
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:26,820
That's really good productive running backs.

760
00:44:26,820 --> 00:44:31,860
Why in the world would you want to pay eight or 10 or 12 million a year for a running back

761
00:44:31,860 --> 00:44:37,620
where you can go and pluck two from the draft and it won't even hurt you?

762
00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:42,500
Not to mention, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these running backs do not get drafted

763
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,540
and then become undrafted free agents.

764
00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:49,340
And in that case, you can get them for more of a steal, unfortunately, but that is the

765
00:44:49,340 --> 00:44:52,820
business side of football, unfortunately.

766
00:44:52,820 --> 00:44:54,380
Now defensive line.

767
00:44:54,380 --> 00:44:58,180
Have the position where they are right now, sure, you can prioritize that in the first

768
00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:59,780
round if you wanted to.

769
00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:01,460
You can get someone like a Derek Harmon.

770
00:45:01,460 --> 00:45:06,060
You can get someone like Darius Alexander, Jordan Phillips, Deon Walker.

771
00:45:06,060 --> 00:45:08,140
Did I say Walter Nolan?

772
00:45:08,140 --> 00:45:09,140
I probably didn't.

773
00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:10,140
I don't know.

774
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:13,100
But you have options there.

775
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:16,820
You could, and I'm just saying hypothetically speaking, you can make a trade for someone

776
00:45:16,820 --> 00:45:18,980
like a Jonathan Allen if you wanted to.

777
00:45:18,980 --> 00:45:23,540
You can bring in someone like Javon Hargrave because Javon Hargrave is said to be released

778
00:45:23,540 --> 00:45:26,300
so he will be a free agent next week.

779
00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:28,660
You have options at defensive line.

780
00:45:28,660 --> 00:45:31,060
You can bring in someone like a BJ Hill.

781
00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:37,500
I will continue to say this for any team that has a defensive line problem.

782
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:43,260
This is the year that you need to address it because you have a really good defensive

783
00:45:43,260 --> 00:45:49,540
line draft class this year that you could bring in two or three really good quality

784
00:45:49,540 --> 00:45:51,660
defensive linemen.

785
00:45:51,660 --> 00:45:53,780
You can bring in someone like a Shamara Stewart.

786
00:45:53,780 --> 00:45:55,940
You can bring someone in like a Shamara Turner.

787
00:45:55,940 --> 00:46:03,140
You can bring in someone like, who else haven't said, there's so many, like so many defensive

788
00:46:03,140 --> 00:46:08,020
linemen that I still haven't even been able to look at, but you have options of line.

789
00:46:08,020 --> 00:46:12,860
So you might as well want to make that type of investment now, especially with you making

790
00:46:12,860 --> 00:46:14,700
the investment of getting Dallas Turner.

791
00:46:14,700 --> 00:46:16,140
You might as well.

792
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:21,900
So when we look at interior offensive line, you can bring in someone again like a Grey

793
00:46:21,900 --> 00:46:25,940
Zable Tyler Booker or you can get the veteran approach.

794
00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:31,940
Me personally, I sort of like the veteran approach a little bit only because sometimes

795
00:46:31,940 --> 00:46:34,900
it can be a little bit cheaper depending on who it is.

796
00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:39,460
And you already know what you're getting out of them compared to drafting somebody and

797
00:46:39,460 --> 00:46:41,660
you're having to show them the way.

798
00:46:41,660 --> 00:46:45,900
Now granted, there are some people that you draft, they can, you know, they can hatch

799
00:46:45,900 --> 00:46:47,900
latch on pretty quickly and it's no problem.

800
00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:52,500
And then there's others that may take a little bit time to, you know, groom and really see

801
00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:54,420
the potential out of them.

802
00:46:54,420 --> 00:46:56,020
So you have options there.

803
00:46:56,020 --> 00:47:00,980
Me personally, I feel like Tyler Booker and Grey Zable are interior linemen one and two

804
00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:06,860
for me because both of them were pulled to the side to practice at center.

805
00:47:06,860 --> 00:47:11,660
So I think if you bring in someone like a Grey Zable, I think that would be perfect.

806
00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:14,500
I think that would be a match made in heaven.

807
00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:16,780
Personally, just saying.

808
00:47:16,780 --> 00:47:21,260
Now when we look at tight end, for some people it's a little bit controversial because they

809
00:47:21,260 --> 00:47:26,820
had TJ Hawkinson, but the fact of the matter is he is getting up in age.

810
00:47:26,820 --> 00:47:30,140
He has been having a lot of injuries lately.

811
00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:34,860
And I think you need to bring in somebody that can take some of the snaps off of him.

812
00:47:34,860 --> 00:47:41,660
I think if you bring in someone like a Harold Fannon Jr. or you bring in the tight end from

813
00:47:41,660 --> 00:47:47,100
Miami or you bring in Colston Lovelin or a Tyler Warren, if you bring in one of those

814
00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:54,460
tight ends and you pair them with TJ Hawkinson, that expands the offense even more because

815
00:47:54,460 --> 00:48:01,300
now you're going to have Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, TJ Hawkinson, another tight

816
00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:03,940
end and then two really productive running backs.

817
00:48:03,940 --> 00:48:08,700
On top of this offensive line, we haven't even gone to the quarterback position yet.

818
00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:15,300
So I say all that to say this, Vikings, if you want to go back to where you just were

819
00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:22,180
or if you want to go further, you have to make more of an investment into the offense

820
00:48:22,180 --> 00:48:24,380
at certain positions.

821
00:48:24,380 --> 00:48:27,620
Now you can go at this a few different ways.

822
00:48:27,620 --> 00:48:31,260
You can go and bring in some young talent or you can bring in proven talent.

823
00:48:31,260 --> 00:48:32,260
The choice is yours.

824
00:48:32,260 --> 00:48:36,340
But remember, you are staring at the barrel of a gun when it comes to the quarterback

825
00:48:36,340 --> 00:48:39,220
position, which we're getting into right now.

826
00:48:39,220 --> 00:48:46,220
When we look at candidates for restructure, extension, trades and cuts, okay, Sam Darno,

827
00:48:46,220 --> 00:48:51,620
this is going to be the most talked about situation because on one hand you have somebody

828
00:48:51,620 --> 00:48:54,140
that played really well.

829
00:48:54,140 --> 00:49:00,700
You have somebody that at one point in time in the season, people were saying he could

830
00:49:00,700 --> 00:49:02,940
have been an MVP.

831
00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:04,340
I'm dead serious.

832
00:49:04,340 --> 00:49:08,660
That is how crazy they were doing in the first half of the season.

833
00:49:08,660 --> 00:49:14,340
But then they fell off a little bit and then they just flopped when it came to the playoffs.

834
00:49:14,340 --> 00:49:22,740
So you can run it back with Sam Darno or you can go and you can just stick with JJ McCarthy.

835
00:49:22,740 --> 00:49:30,060
Now the thing is this, the Vikings in some ways can finesse Sam Darno just a little bit.

836
00:49:30,060 --> 00:49:37,700
The reason why I say that is because he can't demand 45 or 50 million a year just because

837
00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:43,260
of how bad things went when they needed him the most.

838
00:49:43,260 --> 00:49:48,780
You could probably get him from maybe 35 to maybe 42 million a year at best.

839
00:49:48,780 --> 00:49:52,860
I don't think anything after that you can do it.

840
00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:58,820
Now when we look at his market value, it's a four year $160.4 million deal, which is

841
00:49:58,820 --> 00:50:00,500
40.1 million a year.

842
00:50:00,500 --> 00:50:03,220
Me personally, I feel like that's the sweet spot.

843
00:50:03,220 --> 00:50:08,940
I think anything over that you're reaching hard.

844
00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:15,500
So you have this decision where do you want to run it back with Sam Darno or do you want

845
00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:19,220
to go with the rookie because he's still a rookie at this point.

846
00:50:19,220 --> 00:50:22,820
This is going to be the first official season that he's going to be able to play.

847
00:50:22,820 --> 00:50:24,780
So you have a decision that you have to make.

848
00:50:24,780 --> 00:50:31,060
Now, when you make this decision, I think you have to weigh the outcomes with what you

849
00:50:31,060 --> 00:50:32,580
already have on the team.

850
00:50:32,580 --> 00:50:39,460
I think you have to weigh in with Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison and TJ Hawkinson because

851
00:50:39,460 --> 00:50:44,220
this team was on a whole nother level when Sam Darno was in.

852
00:50:44,220 --> 00:50:49,260
If you put JJ McCarthy in, they're going to have to relearn a new quarterback.

853
00:50:49,260 --> 00:50:52,980
And I don't think someone like a Justin Jefferson wants to do that again.

854
00:50:52,980 --> 00:51:01,180
So I say all that to say this, even you pay Sam Darno now and you have JJ McCarthy weight,

855
00:51:01,180 --> 00:51:03,300
which it wouldn't hurt him.

856
00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:09,340
Honestly, it'll give him time to develop and really be the best version that he can be.

857
00:51:09,340 --> 00:51:10,580
Or you can take the risk.

858
00:51:10,580 --> 00:51:14,460
You can let him walk and then you can run it with JJ McCarthy.

859
00:51:14,460 --> 00:51:19,900
But I think it all depends on if JJ McCarthy is fully healed.

860
00:51:19,900 --> 00:51:25,060
If his knee is fully repaired and it's good to go, give it a shot.

861
00:51:25,060 --> 00:51:30,140
But if not, and in the contract negotiations with Sam Darno continue to draw out and the

862
00:51:30,140 --> 00:51:35,300
number continues to be a crazy number that you guys aren't willing to pay, well then

863
00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:37,580
by all means, let him walk.

864
00:51:37,580 --> 00:51:40,420
But don't look back.

865
00:51:40,420 --> 00:51:42,700
Don't be the person saying, come on, come on back.

866
00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:43,700
Come on, we need you.

867
00:51:43,700 --> 00:51:44,700
We need you.

868
00:51:44,700 --> 00:51:45,700
No, no, no, no.

869
00:51:45,700 --> 00:51:46,700
Please come back.

870
00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:48,100
No, just let him walk.

871
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:49,100
Okay.

872
00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:51,340
So, you know, I'm going to ask you a question.

873
00:51:51,340 --> 00:51:53,820
You have a tough decision that you have to make.

874
00:51:53,820 --> 00:51:57,380
Do you want to pay him the amount of money that he's probably going to be asking for?

875
00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:58,620
Because he's going to be asking for a lot of money.

876
00:51:58,620 --> 00:52:00,220
He had a really good season.

877
00:52:00,220 --> 00:52:06,220
Like his market value is four years, 88.3 million, which is 22.1 billion a year.

878
00:52:06,220 --> 00:52:07,780
That's a lot of money.

879
00:52:07,780 --> 00:52:10,300
Do you want to do that?

880
00:52:10,300 --> 00:52:12,340
I think you have to.

881
00:52:12,340 --> 00:52:19,180
I think right now the Vikings are in a spot if they hit on their draft picks and free

882
00:52:19,180 --> 00:52:22,180
agency signings.

883
00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:23,180
Let me just say this.

884
00:52:23,180 --> 00:52:25,340
Let me also say this as well.

885
00:52:25,340 --> 00:52:30,420
When we think of free agency, a lot of times we think of the big flashy move.

886
00:52:30,420 --> 00:52:36,100
We think of the first person that signs the big deal that resets their position on market

887
00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:37,100
or whatever.

888
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:43,180
But a lot of times it's the free agent signings that not a lot of people talk about that are

889
00:52:43,180 --> 00:52:45,540
the most effective ones.

890
00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:49,380
And we see it every single year.

891
00:52:49,380 --> 00:52:50,380
Think about it.

892
00:52:50,380 --> 00:52:54,460
Zach Bond signed a one year deal with the Eagles.

893
00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:57,220
There was a lot of uncertainty with him.

894
00:52:57,220 --> 00:53:00,500
Vic Vangio saw the potential in him.

895
00:53:00,500 --> 00:53:02,740
They worked and then guess what?

896
00:53:02,740 --> 00:53:05,900
Super Bowl champions and he got paid for it.

897
00:53:05,900 --> 00:53:07,140
The same.

898
00:53:07,140 --> 00:53:14,900
So with Byron Murphy, you could pay him, which I do expect for them to pay him simply because

899
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:22,700
they pushed the contract deadline.

900
00:53:22,700 --> 00:53:25,660
So they're pushing it back for a lot of people.

901
00:53:25,660 --> 00:53:29,940
So if they're pushing it back for a lot of people, that lets me know that they are trying

902
00:53:29,940 --> 00:53:32,580
to hash out a deal fairly quickly.

903
00:53:32,580 --> 00:53:35,340
Dalton Reisner extension.

904
00:53:35,340 --> 00:53:38,940
And I only say that because it's not a lot of money to pay him.

905
00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:43,220
Two years, 6.7 million, which is only 3.4 million a year.

906
00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:45,140
That's not a whole lot of money.

907
00:53:45,140 --> 00:53:50,620
You still have to be able to have deaf pieces and people that aren't making a whole lot

908
00:53:50,620 --> 00:53:51,620
of money.

909
00:53:51,620 --> 00:53:55,500
Understand this here, fellow junkies.

910
00:53:55,500 --> 00:54:01,620
A roster isn't just composed of people that are making double digit amount of money.

911
00:54:01,620 --> 00:54:08,460
It's not about a team that has a whole bunch of players that are making 12, 11, 22, 28,

912
00:54:08,460 --> 00:54:11,100
45, 52 million a year.

913
00:54:11,100 --> 00:54:12,540
It's not about that.

914
00:54:12,540 --> 00:54:15,620
It's about prioritizing certain positions.

915
00:54:15,620 --> 00:54:20,420
And then the other positions outside of those prioritized positions, you make sure that

916
00:54:20,420 --> 00:54:23,380
you pay them, but you don't overpay them.

917
00:54:23,380 --> 00:54:27,780
Now when we look at someone like a Patrick Jones, I think you can give him an extension

918
00:54:27,780 --> 00:54:31,100
as well because he's coming off of a seven sack season.

919
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:34,980
He played a really pivotal role with his defense in the patch rush.

920
00:54:34,980 --> 00:54:36,860
I think you have to reward him.

921
00:54:36,860 --> 00:54:40,660
Same thing with Andrew Van Ginkel extension.

922
00:54:40,660 --> 00:54:44,540
Three years, 45.8 million, which is only 15.3 million a year.

923
00:54:44,540 --> 00:54:49,260
Now do you want to give him that type of money?

924
00:54:49,260 --> 00:54:54,260
That's for you to decide, but me personally, I would try to knock it down just a little

925
00:54:54,260 --> 00:54:57,820
bit because again, you still have to pay other people.

926
00:54:57,820 --> 00:55:00,460
You still have to prioritize other positions.

927
00:55:00,460 --> 00:55:07,420
So you want to be able to maximize what you have while at the same time, position yourself

928
00:55:07,420 --> 00:55:13,900
to where if anything crazy happens and training camp or somebody wants to come to the Vikings,

929
00:55:13,900 --> 00:55:14,900
guess what?

930
00:55:14,900 --> 00:55:19,060
You can make that move and you don't have to do a bunch of restructures and cuts and

931
00:55:19,060 --> 00:55:25,460
all of this financial stuff that a lot of teams have to do.

932
00:55:25,460 --> 00:55:28,340
So all in all, this is what I have to say about the Vikings.

933
00:55:28,340 --> 00:55:34,860
You're in a great spot, continue to build, continue to prioritize certain positions and

934
00:55:34,860 --> 00:55:36,420
you will be fine.

935
00:55:36,420 --> 00:55:39,420
You will be right back where you just were.

936
00:55:39,420 --> 00:55:41,900
Now onto the Lions, okay?

937
00:55:41,900 --> 00:55:46,820
Your salary, 51.3 million with a rollover cap of 23.7 million.

938
00:55:46,820 --> 00:55:47,820
Not bad.

939
00:55:47,820 --> 00:55:55,500
Your free agents, Carlton Davis, Marcus Davenport, Kevin Zyler, John Kaminski, Levi, Anwan Zinkari,

940
00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:57,340
I know I just butchered your last name.

941
00:55:57,340 --> 00:55:58,340
I am so sorry.

942
00:55:58,340 --> 00:56:05,380
Alan Robison, a few too, Metal Fano, Dan Skipper, Michael Bagley and Juan de Donne Alexander

943
00:56:05,380 --> 00:56:07,260
as I call him.

944
00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:11,100
Now when we look at this, all right, your draft picks, you got your first, your second, your

945
00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:16,420
third, your fourth, you don't have a fifth, you have your sixth and you have three seventh

946
00:56:16,420 --> 00:56:18,060
round picks.

947
00:56:18,060 --> 00:56:24,340
Positions of need, DB, Edge, Interior, Offensive Line and D-Line.

948
00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:29,380
The only reason why I say Interior, Offensive Line is because of Kevin Zyler.

949
00:56:29,380 --> 00:56:34,740
If he leaves, then that's position that you have to prioritize and take care of.

950
00:56:34,740 --> 00:56:41,700
Now when we look at this, all right, the Lions have had a lot of turnover this off season.

951
00:56:41,700 --> 00:56:46,380
You lost both your offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator and you've lost a majority

952
00:56:46,380 --> 00:56:47,820
of your positional coaches.

953
00:56:47,820 --> 00:56:54,180
So you've had to elevate a lot of your assistance into replacing the positional coaches positions.

954
00:56:54,180 --> 00:56:56,020
I know, confusing, right?

955
00:56:56,020 --> 00:56:57,780
Say that three times.

956
00:56:57,780 --> 00:57:04,660
So here you are in a situation where you're trying to get over the hump, you're trying

957
00:57:04,660 --> 00:57:08,500
to get to the Super Bowl and then this happens.

958
00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:13,340
So now you have a lot of questions that you have to answer moving forward.

959
00:57:13,340 --> 00:57:17,340
Is Jerichoff going to be the same Jerichoff that we've seen in the last three years?

960
00:57:17,340 --> 00:57:21,520
Is this offense going to be the same offense that we've seen in the last four years?

961
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:26,180
Is this defense going to be the same that we've seen in the last few years?

962
00:57:26,180 --> 00:57:30,300
There's a lot of questions right now with the Lions.

963
00:57:30,300 --> 00:57:37,140
And I think right now, if you are a Lions fan, you have to have a lot of questions because

964
00:57:37,140 --> 00:57:42,820
right now it'll be different if you lost one of your coordinators, right?

965
00:57:42,820 --> 00:57:48,260
If you lost Ben Johnson, but you kept Aaron Glenn for another year, okay, all is well,

966
00:57:48,260 --> 00:57:49,260
right?

967
00:57:49,260 --> 00:57:50,780
But you lost both of them.

968
00:57:50,780 --> 00:57:54,420
And then on top of that, you lost their assistants as well.

969
00:57:54,420 --> 00:57:59,700
So like everyone's having to learn a new system, everyone's having to learn, you know, everything

970
00:57:59,700 --> 00:58:04,640
all over again, because it might be different philosophies with everybody.

971
00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:07,260
So I say all that to say this.

972
00:58:07,260 --> 00:58:13,660
Sure, you're in a really good tap space, but you have to figure out exactly what are you

973
00:58:13,660 --> 00:58:15,020
going to prioritize first?

974
00:58:15,020 --> 00:58:19,380
Are you going to prioritize making sure that you take care of your own players or trying

975
00:58:19,380 --> 00:58:23,420
to figure out who else could we bring in that could be an instant upgrade that can take

976
00:58:23,420 --> 00:58:25,140
us to the next level?

977
00:58:25,140 --> 00:58:31,980
Because right now, your division is about to get a whole lot more competitive.

978
00:58:31,980 --> 00:58:37,180
And the reason why I say that is because a majority of the teams in your division all

979
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:42,540
have really good offenses, as well as really good defenses as well.

980
00:58:42,540 --> 00:58:47,740
This division last year outside of the Bears, no disrespect to y'all, was really competitive

981
00:58:47,740 --> 00:58:49,860
all the way to the end.

982
00:58:49,860 --> 00:58:54,140
Lions and Vikings fought tooth and nail all the way to the end.

983
00:58:54,140 --> 00:58:55,140
Okay.

984
00:58:55,140 --> 00:59:00,060
Packers, they were putting up a fight at first, but they just lost their grip.

985
00:59:00,060 --> 00:59:01,180
Okay.

986
00:59:01,180 --> 00:59:07,420
But when we look at everything for DB, the problem is where you guys are positioned.

987
00:59:07,420 --> 00:59:10,020
So you have the 28th pick in the draft.

988
00:59:10,020 --> 00:59:14,940
So most likely you're not going to have a really good choice when it comes to who you

989
00:59:14,940 --> 00:59:16,780
really want at DB.

990
00:59:16,780 --> 00:59:24,060
So sure, you can take a risk on someone like, you know, Siobhan Reville or Will Johnson,

991
00:59:24,060 --> 00:59:29,620
if he's there or Benjamin Morrison or all the corners that we all know and love, or you

992
00:59:29,620 --> 00:59:34,060
can take a swing at somebody in day two and day three if you want to.

993
00:59:34,060 --> 00:59:38,940
But I think if you want to be aggressive, you may have to trade up to get somebody that

994
00:59:38,940 --> 00:59:40,340
you really like.

995
00:59:40,340 --> 00:59:45,700
Now granted, Carlton Davis is a free agent and then a few too, Malifano is a free agent

996
00:59:45,700 --> 00:59:47,060
as well.

997
00:59:47,060 --> 00:59:52,820
And then not to mention Kirby Joseph, I think he's about to be a free agent after this season

998
00:59:52,820 --> 00:59:54,660
begins and ends and whatnot.

999
00:59:54,660 --> 00:59:59,620
So you have to figure out exactly what do you want to prioritize first?

1000
00:59:59,620 --> 01:00:01,020
Do you want to prioritize corner?

1001
01:00:01,020 --> 01:00:04,060
Do you want to prioritize safety?

1002
01:00:04,060 --> 01:00:08,500
Now with safety, again, as I've said before, the two main safeties that I think everyone

1003
01:00:08,500 --> 01:00:12,900
is going to want to go after is Malachi Starks and E-man.

1004
01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:16,300
You are in no position to get neither one of them.

1005
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:21,380
So the second best thing you can do, we sign them, we sign some of your players and then

1006
01:00:21,380 --> 01:00:26,740
try to see if you can take a swing at someone like an Ezra Thomas or Jade Barron.

1007
01:00:26,740 --> 01:00:33,660
Because if they fall to at least 22 or 23, I think you can make that move and you can

1008
01:00:33,660 --> 01:00:35,340
trade up and you can get them.

1009
01:00:35,340 --> 01:00:40,180
And that would be great because let's be real here.

1010
01:00:40,180 --> 01:00:44,540
Inside of Tarion Arnold, who else can you really rely on?

1011
01:00:44,540 --> 01:00:49,860
Because you've had a lot of turnover with this secondary in the last few years.

1012
01:00:49,860 --> 01:00:52,580
You thought getting camps was going to be the answer.

1013
01:00:52,580 --> 01:00:53,580
We all know how that ended.

1014
01:00:53,580 --> 01:00:55,860
I'm not going to get into it.

1015
01:00:55,860 --> 01:00:57,140
You bring in Carlton Davis.

1016
01:00:57,140 --> 01:01:00,500
Carlton Davis does his thing, but now he's a free agent and now he's going to be more

1017
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:03,620
expensive than, you know, than when he was before.

1018
01:01:03,620 --> 01:01:06,340
Kirby Joseph, he's going to want his money as well.

1019
01:01:06,340 --> 01:01:12,260
So you have to figure out exactly what are you going to do moving forward?

1020
01:01:12,260 --> 01:01:16,740
Because even with edge, you can attack that in the first run if you want to.

1021
01:01:16,740 --> 01:01:20,860
I feel like someone like a James Pierce, he's going to fall out of the first round because

1022
01:01:20,860 --> 01:01:23,700
apparently he has attitude issues.

1023
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:26,660
There's a red flag with him that not a lot of people are talking about.

1024
01:01:26,660 --> 01:01:30,300
And I really want to find out exactly what it is.

1025
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:34,340
Defensive line, as I've said before, and I will continue to say, you can address it

1026
01:01:34,340 --> 01:01:36,740
at any point in the draft.

1027
01:01:36,740 --> 01:01:42,340
You can address it in the first round, second round, third round, so on and so forth.

1028
01:01:42,340 --> 01:01:43,340
Okay.

1029
01:01:43,340 --> 01:01:45,060
Interior, offensive line.

1030
01:01:45,060 --> 01:01:51,740
I feel like you can address that in free agency because right now you can't really be in the

1031
01:01:51,740 --> 01:01:56,740
position to go after another, you know, really good edge rusher.

1032
01:01:56,740 --> 01:01:59,820
I mean, sure, you could probably get someone like a Khalil Mac or Joey Bolsa if you really

1033
01:01:59,820 --> 01:02:00,820
want to take that route.

1034
01:02:00,820 --> 01:02:01,820
But do you really want to do that?

1035
01:02:01,820 --> 01:02:03,740
I don't think you really want to.

1036
01:02:03,740 --> 01:02:06,980
You want to mention you have to get ready to pay hutch as well.

1037
01:02:06,980 --> 01:02:12,380
And with Max probably resetting the market hutch price probably just went up just a little

1038
01:02:12,380 --> 01:02:13,380
bit more.

1039
01:02:13,380 --> 01:02:16,780
So you have a lot of decisions that you have to make this off season.

1040
01:02:16,780 --> 01:02:18,700
My fellow Lions fans.

1041
01:02:18,700 --> 01:02:23,700
So when we look at, you know, positions of need, well, no, not not not position need.

1042
01:02:23,700 --> 01:02:24,700
What am I talking about?

1043
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:29,460
Candidates, excuse me, for restructure, extension, trades and cuts.

1044
01:02:29,460 --> 01:02:32,260
As I just said, Aiden Hutchison extension.

1045
01:02:32,260 --> 01:02:33,540
Okay.

1046
01:02:33,540 --> 01:02:41,740
Market value for years, 122.1 million, which is 30.5 million a year.

1047
01:02:41,740 --> 01:02:46,300
That price may have just went up maybe five or $6 million even more.

1048
01:02:46,300 --> 01:02:52,700
Just saying Kirby Joseph, like I just finished talking about extension market value for years,

1049
01:02:52,700 --> 01:02:56,420
92.8 million, which is 23.2 million a year.

1050
01:02:56,420 --> 01:02:59,440
I'm sorry, you're going to have to take care of these guys.

1051
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:03,140
You could not let Kirby Joseph play out the rest of the rest of this year.

1052
01:03:03,140 --> 01:03:08,540
I think you have to make sure that you lock him up because who's to say that he's going

1053
01:03:08,540 --> 01:03:10,540
to hold out and train camp?

1054
01:03:10,540 --> 01:03:11,540
Do you really want that?

1055
01:03:11,540 --> 01:03:12,540
I don't think you do.

1056
01:03:12,540 --> 01:03:13,540
Who else?

1057
01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:14,540
Who else?

1058
01:03:14,540 --> 01:03:15,540
Who else?

1059
01:03:15,540 --> 01:03:16,540
Jameson Williams.

1060
01:03:16,540 --> 01:03:20,300
I feel like you could give him an extension as well because he can't really demand a whole

1061
01:03:20,300 --> 01:03:23,980
lot of money because you're paying a lot of money to Amon Ross and Brown.

1062
01:03:23,980 --> 01:03:29,540
So with his market value, it's only three years, 59 million, which is only 19.7 million a year.

1063
01:03:29,540 --> 01:03:30,540
That's not bad.

1064
01:03:30,540 --> 01:03:31,540
That's actually pretty good.

1065
01:03:31,540 --> 01:03:32,540
Honestly.

1066
01:03:32,540 --> 01:03:33,540
I feel fine.

1067
01:03:33,540 --> 01:03:34,540
Extension.

1068
01:03:34,540 --> 01:03:39,100
Levi, I forgot how to pronounce your last name.

1069
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:40,380
I'm very sorry.

1070
01:03:40,380 --> 01:03:41,380
Extension.

1071
01:03:41,380 --> 01:03:44,220
Even when I looked at his market value, I was actually surprised.

1072
01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:48,860
I would have thought it would have been in the double digits, but for it to be only two

1073
01:03:48,860 --> 01:03:55,060
years, nine million, which is 4.5 million a year, I feel like that's a bargain, honestly

1074
01:03:55,060 --> 01:03:56,060
speaking.

1075
01:03:56,060 --> 01:04:01,820
Marcus Davenport, you could give him an extension or you could try to get somebody that could

1076
01:04:01,820 --> 01:04:09,580
be a little bit of a better upgrade. Like the choice is yours. Honestly, you don't have to bring back markets that important. I feel

1077
01:04:09,580 --> 01:04:14,980
like that's a decision that you can make, you know, later into the summer. I don't feel like that's something that's like a pressing

1078
01:04:14,980 --> 01:04:22,940
need. Honestly, Carlton Davis, that is a little bit more of a pressing need because when we look at his market value is three

1079
01:04:22,940 --> 01:04:35,100
years, 41.3 million, which is 13.8 million a year. I think you have to bring him back. You may not like it, but you might have

1080
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:43,660
to bring him back. That is not really that big of a deal. I think 13 million, I think that's pretty good compared to what, you

1081
01:04:43,660 --> 01:04:51,820
know, Tyreek Willen or sauce gardener or a lot of these other bigger name corners may try to gardener in free agency. Kevin

1082
01:04:51,820 --> 01:04:57,500
Zyler, that's a question mark because you have to figure out if you want to play or not. If he wants to play, you can give him an

1083
01:04:57,500 --> 01:05:04,460
extension because the extension is not going to cost you a whole lot. One year, 9.2 million, which is again 9.2 million a

1084
01:05:04,460 --> 01:05:12,700
year. That's not bad at all. So I say all that to say this, I think you have to do a little bit of dabbling and dabbling. You

1085
01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:21,060
have to prioritize taking care of your players, especially the players are going to be a lot of money while at the same time,

1086
01:05:21,060 --> 01:05:29,780
trying to repatch any positions that you have on this team. Because let's be real here. The only reason why the Lions didn't make it as

1087
01:05:29,780 --> 01:05:38,460
far as they did was because of injuries. That defense got riddled with injuries and they were just trying to find somebody to be able

1088
01:05:38,460 --> 01:05:45,420
to play on Sundays. It was so bad that they were getting people from other people's practice squads and just trying to do some

1089
01:05:45,420 --> 01:05:54,220
patchwork. They had Jamal Adams, Mr. I'm the best in the nation. Playing for them. They had Juan Alexander playing for them.

1090
01:05:54,260 --> 01:06:01,540
They were riddled. This person was out for the season. This person was out for the season. This person was out for the season like

1091
01:06:01,660 --> 01:06:11,860
injuries did their thing with the Lions defense. For one, you have to get healthy to prioritize who you want to prioritize.

1092
01:06:11,860 --> 01:06:21,660
And three, if you're going to be aggressive in the draft, be aggressive. If not, play it cool. See how the board falls and then just go

1093
01:06:21,660 --> 01:06:26,340
from there. But I'm going to end this episode here. If you guys like what you're listening, please, please, please, please, please,

1094
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1095
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Okay, that is the only way that I can know. Hey, you guys like this topic. Hey, you guys like this team. Okay, we're going to prioritize

1096
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junkies pie. I forgot I have to post a mock draft for yesterday and today. So that will be coming out today. Do I want to put

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pod. Okay, football underscore junkies pod junkies pod is not what

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it is. It is together, not spaced. Okay, it is together, not spaced. Follow me on Twitter at GM kale. Okay, GM kale,

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K a I l e. All right. That's where I do a lot of my debates. And you know, just talking with with different people on what's

1109
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going on in the league and you know, and what their team and whatnot. Okay, for what else for blue sky. Okay, follow me on

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to try to interact with blue sky even more, probably post more, you know, more content like my drafts and my thoughts on

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on different things and whatnot. So as always, I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys need. I love you guys. I

1113
01:08:50,260 --> 01:08:57,300
appreciate you guys so much. Remember, next week, next week is a great week for all of us, my fellow football junkies because

1114
01:08:57,300 --> 01:09:11,260
why free agency starts? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Monday, I think if I'm not mistaken, at 10 o'clock, the league year begins.

1115
01:09:11,300 --> 01:09:19,060
Okay, that is when the legal tampering period begins. So you can start having conversations with other teams. Okay,

1116
01:09:19,060 --> 01:09:30,020
hopefully Justin field times with the stewards, please, please, please. But then the find the finale. Okay, free agency begins on

1117
01:09:30,020 --> 01:09:38,500
Wednesday afternoon. And you already know, we will be covering any and all major signings and more when that happens. So as

1118
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always, I love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much. This is your GM kale signing out. Peace and love later.

1119
01:09:44,340 --> 01:09:55,260
Breaking news, breaking news, breaking news, breaking news, folks, Trey Hendrickson has been given permission to seek a trade.

1120
01:09:55,420 --> 01:10:02,020
Yes, that Trey Hendrickson. Now, when we look at the financials of this, all right, he has one year left on his deal, which is

1121
01:10:02,020 --> 01:10:11,060
non guarantee. All right, the bangles save 16 million in cap space while only taking on 2.6 million in dead cap. Now,

1122
01:10:11,060 --> 01:10:18,100
automatically, I can tell you two teams right now that would love to have someone like a Trey Hendrickson, Washington and the

1123
01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:26,820
Eagles. I think if either one of those two teams get Trey Hendrickson, that automatically up upgrades them and puts them in a

1124
01:10:26,820 --> 01:10:34,820
different stratosphere. Okay, especially the Eagles, because they're about to lose Josh sweat and Brandon Graham. So if you

1125
01:10:34,820 --> 01:10:41,620
bring in someone like a Trey Hendrickson, I think that patches things up. I think that addresses that need. Now for

1126
01:10:41,620 --> 01:10:49,740
Washington, this is an automatic upgrade over what you already have. Now granted, not a Fowler and Frankie Lover were very

1127
01:10:49,740 --> 01:10:57,700
productive, but Trey Hendrickson is on a whole other level. And I think you can talk him down his price. This is an ongoing

1128
01:10:57,700 --> 01:11:04,700
situation. Stay tuned. There's going to be more probably within the coming days. So as always, love you guys. Peace out.

1129
01:11:04,700 --> 01:11:15,140
Later. Now this was definitely expected only because the Bengals were not going to be able to pay T Higgins, Trey Hendrickson and

1130
01:11:15,140 --> 01:11:24,460
Jamar Chase and one offseason. You're resetting the market for Jamar Chase. You're probably playing 28 to maybe 30 million for

1131
01:11:24,460 --> 01:11:33,500
T Higgins. And Trey Hendrickson, I don't even know what his place is, especially with Max Krobs beginning his deal yesterday. So

1132
01:11:33,500 --> 01:11:43,100
Bengals, what are you guys doing? Sam Hubbard just retired yesterday. You essentially have nobody on your defense. You are

1133
01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:50,340
literally back to being the Bengals of old. Bengals will be the Bengals, I guess. Double breaking news, double breaking news,

1134
01:11:50,340 --> 01:11:57,260
double breaking news. Just when you think this episode was over. No, it is not. Christian Kirk has been traded to the

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Texans, folks. So the Texans are inheriting Christian Kirk in the one year that is left on his deal, which is non

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guaranteed at 16.5 million. The Jaguars are getting a 2026 seventh round pick for any person for any Steelers fan that wants to

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argue with me moving forward and say that, oh, we don't need to go after DK Metcalf. You are wrong. All of you are all

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wrong because you know why we literally went from a point to where you had Debo Samuel available. Brandon I you would possibly

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available again, Metcalf and Christian Kirk. And now it is basically gone all the way down to pop and I you in DK Metcalf.

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That quickly. What are we doing here, folks? What are we doing? He can no longer sit in our hands and just play the waiting

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game until next week. Teams are making moves now prior to the start of free agency. So what are we doing? What are we doing,

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Omar? You have to get DK now. That's the only way that you could consider this offseason to start off.

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On the right foot. I know I'm probably saying that wrong, but I'm just so frustrated because it doesn't make sense that we

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continue to go through another offseason where we play the waiting game instead of being aggressive. If you want to win, you

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have to be aggressive. Washington has been aggressive. Houston has been aggressive. The 49ers have been aggressive. I wouldn't

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be surprised right now. By the time I am done recording this little bit for this episode, that Washington would have made a trade

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to get trade Hendrickson. People want to win. If you are not willing to win, if you are not that pissed off of not making

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a goal and not holding up a Lombardi, then what are you doing with yourself? You no longer need to be a GM. If you don't want to

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take this thing serious, whatever the asking priority for a DK Metcalf, give it to him. Give it to him. What's it going to hurt

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you? It's not going to hurt you at all. The going price for a top 10 receiver is probably 30 plus million a year. That's just

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the price. It's no longer 06 where you can get an all pro pro bowler future Hall of Fame player for 6 and a half million. You

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can no longer do that. The price is the price. You have to go and you have to be aggressive. Even if it needs a give up a player just so

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you don't have to give up a first round pick to get someone like a DK Metcalf, do it then. Do you really need everybody in your team? No, you

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don't. Ship away Mario. Ship away Cole Holcomb. Ship away Roman Wilson. Ship away people that you know are not going to make it to the

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field. You need productive playmakers. Y'all said it yourselves. Y'all wanted playmakers. You wanted to win a playoff game. But if you want to

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play off game, you have to start now. This is where teams are built. This is where championships are created when when GMs want to make

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aggressive moves and position themselves over everybody, not only their division, but everybody in the league. I'm off my

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self box. I don't even want to say what else I wanted to say later.