WEBVTT 00:00:03.430 --> 00:00:06.049 Bag alert bag alert bag alert no no no no no 00:00:06.049 --> 00:00:08.789 no no double bag alert double no no no no no 00:00:08.789 --> 00:00:11.289 no no triple bag alert no no no no no no no no 00:00:11.289 --> 00:00:14.429 no no no no this one is a little bit different 00:00:14.429 --> 00:00:18.109 from all the other ones okay this is the first 00:00:18.109 --> 00:00:21.530 week of free agency so we have to really bring 00:00:21.530 --> 00:00:25.449 things out the right way okay and what better 00:00:25.449 --> 00:00:29.530 way to do it than to introduce a new bag alert 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:34.869 big bank alert That's right big bank alert big 00:00:34.869 --> 00:00:38.130 bank alert big bank alert folks That's right 00:00:38.130 --> 00:00:41.409 week one of free agency is in the books folks 00:00:41.409 --> 00:00:44.890 and man. Oh, man Do we have a lot to discuss? 00:00:45.369 --> 00:00:48.590 Okay, let's just get into everything so Devontae 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:51.329 Adams goes back to Cali Myles Garrett stays in 00:00:51.329 --> 00:00:54.049 Cleveland Josh Allen hits the lottery when it 00:00:54.049 --> 00:00:56.750 comes to quarterback contracts Gino Smith heads 00:00:56.750 --> 00:01:00.210 to Sin City DK hits the Pittsburgh Sam Darno 00:01:00.210 --> 00:01:03.429 goes to see Crazy, right? Cooper Cup comes back 00:01:03.429 --> 00:01:06.469 home, the Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson debacle 00:01:06.469 --> 00:01:11.489 continues, the free agency recap, and the divisional 00:01:11.489 --> 00:01:15.150 rodeo continues, folks, and we're in the South. 00:01:15.189 --> 00:01:18.629 That's right, collard greens, biscuits, all that 00:01:18.629 --> 00:01:22.629 good stuff and more, okay? I am so excited. Listen, 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:25.930 you guys understand, I have been waiting. to 00:01:25.930 --> 00:01:28.090 do this episode because there is so much that 00:01:28.090 --> 00:01:32.010 we have to do. This might go down as the longest 00:01:32.010 --> 00:01:35.450 episode by far because we have so much we have 00:01:35.450 --> 00:01:37.189 to unpack and whatnot. But you already know I 00:01:37.189 --> 00:01:39.109 have to get into my spell, okay? All of this 00:01:39.109 --> 00:01:41.629 and more on the 73rd episode of the Football 00:01:41.629 --> 00:01:44.530 Junkies podcast, okay? I am your host with the 00:01:44.530 --> 00:01:47.170 most, okay? I am your chief bag roll dominance, 00:01:47.329 --> 00:01:49.769 okay? Anything and everything related to the 00:01:49.769 --> 00:01:52.989 bag and more, okay? I am your chief head of the 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:56.459 table. Everything related to the draft everything 00:01:56.459 --> 00:01:59.540 related to mock draft trades rumors you name 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:01.920 it I cover it all of that and more okay, but 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.840 guess what I am all These things and more okay, 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:07.780 but guess what I am your GM who currently is 00:02:07.780 --> 00:02:10.680 not on a team right now But don't you worry about 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.360 it, okay? Don't you worry about okay? Because 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.680 guess what the most important tile that you must 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.639 remember my fellow junkies is I am your host 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.500 kale You already know how these things are about 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:23.840 to go this might be a three hour episode Let's 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.080 see if we can get to that point. Maybe we might 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:28.199 have some breaking news about Jamar chasing T 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.419 Higgins signing a deal Maybe we might have some 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:32.719 news about Russell Wilson joining the Giants. 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.020 I was about to say just but the Giants Okay, 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:37.159 so you already know how my spills about to get 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.460 into so guess what on three one, two, three. 00:02:39.460 --> 00:03:08.159 Let's lock in Alright folks, let's just get into 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.120 the meat and potatoes of everything that is going 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:15.039 on in the league right now So we got so much 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.120 we got to talk about you don't even realize how 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:19.699 much we got to talk about Okay, some hot takes 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:22.379 some truth bombs all that and more. Okay, so 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:26.120 let's just get into it Devante Adams heads back 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:29.000 to the West Coast Okay, I did not expect for 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.180 him to stay in the East Coast as much as you 00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:33.120 know, he was saying Oh, I love you know, I love 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.939 my time. I would love to play for Mike Tomlin 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:37.840 That was not going to happen. OK, he was going 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.039 to go back to the West Coast and so he went to 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.319 a contender in the Rams. So he signed a two year 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.080 $44 million deal with the $12 million signing 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.460 bonus. 26 million guaranteed. OK, now when we 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:54.919 look at his stats, 85 exceptions for 1063 receiving 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:57.879 yards, eight touchdowns and 12 .5 receiving yards 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.099 per reception. Now when we look at this, this 00:04:00.099 --> 00:04:02.539 is a great replacement for Cooper Cup. OK, you're 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:06.069 having to get somebody. who is a little bit more 00:04:06.069 --> 00:04:08.229 productive at this point than what Cooper Cup 00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:10.729 has been in the last few years. But Devontae 00:04:10.729 --> 00:04:14.229 Adams has been able to do that with grace, regarded 00:04:14.229 --> 00:04:17.709 as a top five, top 10 receiver by a lot of defenders. 00:04:18.329 --> 00:04:21.750 You pair him with Pukka Nakua. That's a deadly 00:04:21.750 --> 00:04:24.889 combination here, folks. That's a deadly combination. 00:04:25.649 --> 00:04:29.389 Now, granted, do I still believe that the Rams 00:04:29.389 --> 00:04:32.350 will probably get another receiver? No. because 00:04:32.350 --> 00:04:35.629 they brought back, who was it, Tutu Atwell. They 00:04:35.629 --> 00:04:37.990 have Puka, and now you got Devontae Adams. You 00:04:37.990 --> 00:04:39.790 also have Tyler Higbee. You have the running 00:04:39.790 --> 00:04:42.810 back as well. All is really good. All they really 00:04:42.810 --> 00:04:45.149 have to do now is really just focus on the defense, 00:04:45.290 --> 00:04:48.370 primarily the secondary. And I think this team 00:04:48.370 --> 00:04:50.529 could go right back into the NFC Championship. 00:04:51.250 --> 00:04:53.189 Now, am I saying they can go, you know, to another 00:04:53.189 --> 00:04:56.670 Super Bowl? Only time will tell. But at this 00:04:56.670 --> 00:04:59.990 point, they're gonna make some noise. They're 00:04:59.990 --> 00:05:02.709 gonna do their thing. Now let's talk about this 00:05:02.709 --> 00:05:05.149 this miles Garrett guy, you know, this is this 00:05:05.149 --> 00:05:08.610 guy in Cleveland, right? So, you know Everybody 00:05:08.610 --> 00:05:10.850 was under the impression of miles Garrett was 00:05:10.850 --> 00:05:13.610 gonna get traded this offseason, you know and 00:05:13.610 --> 00:05:15.490 for the longest time he was saying he didn't 00:05:15.490 --> 00:05:17.629 want to be part of Cleveland and he put out this 00:05:17.629 --> 00:05:20.649 Statement and all that other stuff come to find 00:05:20.649 --> 00:05:23.629 out the dude just wanted more money That's all 00:05:23.629 --> 00:05:27.329 the money. So he inks a four -year 160 million 00:05:27.329 --> 00:05:29.920 dollars point five million guaranteed He had 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:34.160 47 tackles, 14 sacks, and 84 quarterback pressures. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.600 My take is this. If you wanted more money, just 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:42.399 say that. If you were really 10 toes down on 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.279 your stance of not wanting to play a single down 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.439 for the Cleveland Browns, you should have stood 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.000 on it. You never should have backed down when 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.019 they was offering you more money, but you did. 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:55.300 And so now... You're going to be stuck in a crappy 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:57.500 situation. You're going to be stuck on a team 00:05:57.500 --> 00:06:00.199 that is not going to be winning anytime soon. 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.459 Granted, the money was still clear. The check 00:06:03.459 --> 00:06:06.800 was still clear. You'll still be able to live 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.540 the lifestyle that you want, but at what cost? 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:12.240 You'll never be able to experience a championship. 00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:15.660 And no one in their right mind would be willing 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:18.519 to make a trade for you at this point because 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.079 you have this crazy dumb contract. You didn't 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:24.319 reset at the market again. The passion for Mario 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.740 just just got reset it twice You were all happy 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:31.259 and smiles and you know, I'm ready to be back 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:34.759 and all man. I love these guys Yeah, and nobody 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.399 cares about that. You was just you was just writing 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:42.660 out these fools Come on, man And here I am thinking 00:06:42.660 --> 00:06:45.560 that miles gear was gonna go to the Eagles. Well 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.019 Guess I was wrong. Guess we all were wrong at 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:53.129 this point. But um at this point This is basically 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:55.509 just a move to continue to put butts in seats 00:06:55.509 --> 00:06:59.310 for Cleveland. I Don't I don't see them, you 00:06:59.310 --> 00:07:01.850 know making it any farther than what they did 00:07:01.850 --> 00:07:03.610 in the last two years I'm just gonna be completely 00:07:03.610 --> 00:07:08.970 honest with you Deshaun Watson was a fail, but 00:07:08.970 --> 00:07:13.009 the degree of the failure Has to be measured 00:07:13.009 --> 00:07:16.290 at this point because right now it is starting 00:07:16.290 --> 00:07:21.379 to be a giant snowball of a disaster And the 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:25.000 reason why I say that is because the more years 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.259 that they push this contract back, the bigger 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:30.379 the cap hit that they're gonna have to take at 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:34.959 once. If I'm not mistaken, and somebody can fact 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:38.500 check me, I have no problem being wrong and whatnot, 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:43.160 if they don't do something with his contract 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:47.300 next year, you are looking at a potential 90 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:52.319 plus million dollar cap hit. I'm sorry, folks. 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:54.819 There is not one person that is worth all that 00:07:54.819 --> 00:07:59.199 money. Not even Tom Brady. And it's no disrespect 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:04.699 to him at all. You guys put three mortgages on 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:08.199 one player thinking that you were going to get 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:12.720 half or maybe just a little bit of what the Texans 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:16.060 got out of them. No. You didn't. You didn't get 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:19.959 anything close to it. so you were thinking that 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:22.660 maybe this upcoming season he was going to play 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:24.079 well guess what that's not going to be the case 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:27.300 because why he injured his other Achilles so 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:30.279 you won't be able to see where he is until next 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.279 year so while those checks are continuing to 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.059 go to the Sean Watson's account you are having 00:08:36.059 --> 00:08:37.919 to figure out what you're going to do moving 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:40.860 forward now granted you will be but Tony will 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:44.860 say that he's coming back and I think Wyatt Taylor 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:47.460 has also said that he's coming back as well. 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:50.639 But those are just two people. You still have 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:51.960 to figure out what you're going to do with the 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:55.659 rest of the team. So I say all that to say this. 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:59.000 Yes, they are going to draft a quarterback. Yes, 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:02.419 it'll probably be between Cam Ward or Shidora 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:05.559 Sanders. But the fact of the matter is, this 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:11.000 team, it needs so much that you would essentially 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:16.179 need Every single draft pick to hit and I'm not 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:19.220 talking about you know, they're doing okay They're 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:22.340 doing well like no these guys have to be playing 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:26.779 at a pro bowl borderline all pro level all pro 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:31.700 level From the gate from the jump That's how 00:09:31.700 --> 00:09:35.759 bad of a situation they are So if you want to 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.399 continue to be in pig slop for the rest of your 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:42.419 career by all means do it but If it was me, I 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:45.980 would have not even touched the very ground that 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:49.620 is the Cleveland Browns facility until I was 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:53.899 trading. But I'm not Miles Garrett. But we have 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:57.539 to talk about a curve ball of a quarterback contract. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.200 And that was Josh Allen getting his deal. So 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:06.279 Josh Allen inked. six -year 330 million dollar 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:10.279 contract 250 million guarantee you'll be making 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:18.419 55 million a year a year It's crazy, right? We 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:21.059 already know the stats, but I'll just go over 00:10:21.059 --> 00:10:24.110 them Three thousand seven hundred thirty one 00:10:24.110 --> 00:10:27.490 passing ours 28 touchdown six picks seven point 00:10:27.490 --> 00:10:29.889 seven yards per attempt in a sixty three point 00:10:29.889 --> 00:10:31.970 six completion percentage We all know that he 00:10:31.970 --> 00:10:34.850 won the MVP. No Marsha's wanted. That's a different 00:10:34.850 --> 00:10:37.269 story for a different day But the fact of the 00:10:37.269 --> 00:10:38.730 matter is they realized that they were gonna 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:43.049 have to pay him more money. Okay Josh Allen right 00:10:43.049 --> 00:10:47.549 now is Playing at a level that the bills have 00:10:47.549 --> 00:10:50.370 never seen before. Okay, when everything is said 00:10:50.370 --> 00:10:53.029 and done And this is no disrespect to Jim Kelly 00:10:53.029 --> 00:10:56.210 at all. When everything is said and done, I would 00:10:56.210 --> 00:11:00.909 not be surprised if Josh Allen is first in every 00:11:00.909 --> 00:11:04.909 single major quarterback category within the 00:11:04.909 --> 00:11:09.289 Bills. OK? Granted, this does create some catch 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:12.190 space, and this does allow them to create some 00:11:12.190 --> 00:11:15.190 leverage and whatnot, which is great. But at 00:11:15.190 --> 00:11:19.870 the same time, The time is still ticking for 00:11:19.870 --> 00:11:23.210 you all to win a championship Because right now. 00:11:23.230 --> 00:11:25.669 Yes, you still do have Josh Allen for a while 00:11:25.669 --> 00:11:29.169 Yes, you grew so and you locked up a few other 00:11:29.169 --> 00:11:32.330 players great But the fact of the matter is you 00:11:32.330 --> 00:11:34.990 guys still have yet to get over the hump You 00:11:34.990 --> 00:11:38.250 guys have yet to been able to beat Patrick my 00:11:38.250 --> 00:11:42.990 homes. So at some point you gotta win You have 00:11:42.990 --> 00:11:46.350 to win All right, you want to you want to MVP. 00:11:46.570 --> 00:11:49.570 Cool. Great. Congratulations So class class class, 00:11:49.830 --> 00:11:52.830 whatever don't care. But what matters at this 00:11:52.830 --> 00:11:55.850 point is a championship that is the cherry on 00:11:55.850 --> 00:12:00.850 top if you win a championship you have Automatically 00:12:00.850 --> 00:12:04.629 eliminated yourself and put yourself in a category 00:12:04.629 --> 00:12:08.269 that only bills fans would only dream and want 00:12:08.269 --> 00:12:13.450 so at this point Yes, celebrate the contract, 00:12:13.450 --> 00:12:16.570 but at the same time still look at the watch 00:12:16.570 --> 00:12:20.370 Because time is still ticking and so the longer 00:12:20.370 --> 00:12:23.769 that this goes The more questions are going to 00:12:23.769 --> 00:12:28.350 be you know asked For Josh Allen because you 00:12:28.350 --> 00:12:30.669 have to win a championship at this point It's 00:12:30.669 --> 00:12:32.889 the same thing with Lamar is the same thing with 00:12:32.889 --> 00:12:34.929 Joe burrow It's the same thing with any of those 00:12:34.929 --> 00:12:37.389 other quarterbacks that have that have not won 00:12:37.389 --> 00:12:39.470 a championship outside of Jalen Hurts and Patrick 00:12:39.470 --> 00:12:43.509 Holmes Everybody is on the clock because you 00:12:43.509 --> 00:12:47.070 guys have to win a championship because you guys 00:12:47.070 --> 00:12:51.090 are playing at levels Though that we have never 00:12:51.090 --> 00:12:54.049 seen before right granted. We all know in the 00:12:54.049 --> 00:12:57.070 early 2000s We had you know Tom Brady Big Ben 00:12:57.070 --> 00:13:00.429 Philip Rivers Drew Brees Payne Manny if I if 00:13:00.429 --> 00:13:03.570 I've already said it already and a few other 00:13:03.570 --> 00:13:06.669 quarterbacks But we have never had a group of 00:13:06.669 --> 00:13:10.620 quarterbacks that have been able To light it 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:14.840 up almost every single game. It's almost like 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.600 a movie Every single Sunday when you watch these 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.600 quarterbacks from Joe burrow to Patrick Mahomes 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.740 to Lamar Jackson to even Josh Allen. It's a movie 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:29.360 and You want the movie to end on a good foot 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:32.039 with them, you know walk into the sunset being 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.960 a champion But will that happen? I don't know 00:13:36.190 --> 00:13:38.730 Knew I was forgetting somebody I knew there was 00:13:38.730 --> 00:13:40.690 somebody else they got paid lately and that was 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:43.409 Gregory Russo Gregory Russo got paid He got a 00:13:43.409 --> 00:13:46.370 back alert as well. So he ain't a four -year 00:13:46.370 --> 00:13:50.129 80 million dollar deal. Okay His average salary 00:13:50.129 --> 00:13:53.129 is 20 million his signing bones of 17 .5 million 00:13:53.129 --> 00:13:58.289 and he's guaranteed 38 .7 million man. I knew 00:13:58.289 --> 00:14:01.009 I was forgetting somebody but when we look at 00:14:01.009 --> 00:14:04.289 this Gregory Russo, like I say when we covered 00:14:04.289 --> 00:14:08.269 the the bills he was going to get paid it was 00:14:08.269 --> 00:14:10.309 either going to be early or it's going to be 00:14:10.309 --> 00:14:13.710 late and so the bills actually did the right 00:14:13.710 --> 00:14:16.750 thing and they paid him early because we all 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:19.429 know just like just like what the bangles are 00:14:19.429 --> 00:14:21.929 going through right now when y 'all take that 00:14:21.929 --> 00:14:25.330 risk sometimes it benefits you and sometimes 00:14:25.330 --> 00:14:28.490 it burns you and the bills realize hey listen 00:14:28.490 --> 00:14:31.350 we cannot take that risk and so when we look 00:14:31.350 --> 00:14:33.970 at this you know when we look at his stats specifically 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:38.120 53 tackles, 8 sacks, 59 quarterback pressures, 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:40.980 like this has been a very productive player, 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:45.159 okay? This is somebody who is continuing to climb, 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.299 who is continuing to get better and better each 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:51.759 and every year. And so it was only right for 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:55.179 the Bills to just give him the deal now. Like 00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:57.980 this has been a really productive and consistent 00:14:57.980 --> 00:15:01.299 pass rusher. Now, am I saying he could, you know... 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.799 get more than eight sacks oh i believe it i believe 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.960 reverie russo has the potential to get double 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.080 digit sack seasons it's only up from here folks 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.279 okay the bills are prioritizing taking care of 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:18.480 their players which i love oh so much so now 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.899 again like i said before with josh allen time's 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:25.000 a ticking tick tock take time josh allen tick 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:29.029 tock uh Forgot what's supposed to GM Brandon 00:15:29.029 --> 00:15:31.549 being I think it is Brandon me yet Brandon me 00:15:31.549 --> 00:15:34.730 time is ticking man Time is ticking. I want y 00:15:34.730 --> 00:15:36.809 'all to win I want Lamar to win and Josh Allen 00:15:36.809 --> 00:15:39.090 everybody else to win But we all know there's 00:15:39.090 --> 00:15:41.289 only one winner out of this entire thing. It's 00:15:41.289 --> 00:15:44.129 not both teams are winners only one but Let's 00:15:44.129 --> 00:15:45.970 get into this jeno smith thing. So jeno smith 00:15:45.970 --> 00:15:48.309 goes to sin city folks All right, so we got to 00:15:48.309 --> 00:15:50.570 talk about this because it was a trade Okay, 00:15:50.570 --> 00:15:53.370 so seattle receives a third round pick and of 00:15:53.370 --> 00:15:56.149 course las vegas receives jeno smith as well. 00:15:56.250 --> 00:16:01.870 Okay, but then he inks a deal with The raiders, 00:16:02.070 --> 00:16:04.909 okay a three -year 75 million dollar deal 40 00:16:04.909 --> 00:16:08.269 million guaranteed 25 million a year not bad 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.679 Really good, actually. So, when we look at his 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.600 stats, you know, 4 ,320 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:18.840 15 picks, and 7 .5 yards per 10, and a 70 .4 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.259 completion percentage. Now, as we talked about 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:25.500 the whole debacle with the Seahawks maybe about 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:28.259 a week or two, I had already believed that this 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:30.539 was going to be the last time that we saw Geno 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:34.000 Smith in a Seahawks jersey, simply because they 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.360 were pressed for cash. You had three players, 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:40.659 that were taking up a large chunk of the cap 00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:43.799 space. DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, and Geno Smith. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.059 And so what happened? They released Tyler Lockett, 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:49.879 they traded away DK Metcalf, and then they traded 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:53.039 away Geno Smith. And it was only right for them 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.799 to send him to Las Vegas because why? He was 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.340 able to get his second chance under Pete Carroll. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.919 So it was only right for Pete Carroll to continue 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.980 to get his guy again. Let's be real here. This 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:09.740 is not a hard topic to wrap your mind around. 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.940 This isn't a topic where you're like, well, why 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:14.200 do they do this or why do they do that? No. Let's 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.799 be real here, folks. Gino Smith is still a really 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.779 productive quarterback. Am I saying he's a top 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:20.960 10 quarterback? No. Am I saying he's possibly 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.920 maybe a top 15, maybe top 20 quarterback? Yes. 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:27.299 Yes. He is still a very productive quarterback. 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:29.839 Now, is he somebody that can go toe to toe with 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.579 a burrow? Lamar or my homes or any like that. 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.359 Mmm. I don't know. That's I Don't know. I mean 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.759 a few weeks about that. Okay, let me let's get 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.339 through the draft for us Then we can figure out 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:43.640 exactly how things are gonna go. But at the same 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:48.859 time This makes that division more and more Competitive 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:51.839 because remember for all those years it was just 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:54.299 my homes to steamrolling the entire division 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:57.200 But now you got bone next you got Justin Herbert. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:00.059 You got Gino Smith and you got my homes All in 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:04.440 one division. Man, oh man, will that be a very 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.519 competitive division this season, okay? Each 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.599 and every one of those teams have positioned 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:14.380 themselves to get better than last year. And 00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:16.660 it's only up from here. The Broncos are getting 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:19.180 their act together. The Raiders have the potential 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:22.140 to get their act together. The Chargers are starting 00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:25.140 to be a little bit more consistent. I'm telling 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:28.099 you folks, Those other three teams are going 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:32.019 to make the process for the Chiefs to win the... 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:35.019 What is it? What is it? The first seed. It's 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.579 going to be difficult for them to win the first 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:39.279 seed this year. I'm telling you. One of those 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.440 teams is going to prevent Mahomes from getting 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:44.099 that first seed. And man oh man, is it going 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:48.099 to be hilarious. But let's get into another situation. 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.720 That is Sam Darnold going to Seattle. I know, 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.509 right? It's like a swap. you go to sin city i 00:18:54.509 --> 00:18:57.190 go to you know seattle or whatever who cares 00:18:57.190 --> 00:19:01.910 okay so sam donnell inks a three -year 100 .5 00:19:01.910 --> 00:19:04.609 million dollar contract 55 million guarantee 00:19:04.609 --> 00:19:07.829 he'll be making 33 .5 million a year when we 00:19:07.829 --> 00:19:12.690 look at his stats we all know his stats 4 319 00:19:12.690 --> 00:19:17.230 passing yards 35 touchdowns 12 picks 7 .9 yards 00:19:17.230 --> 00:19:19.809 per attempt in a 66 .2 completion percentage 00:19:20.349 --> 00:19:22.029 First of all, we have to thank Kevin O 'Connell 00:19:22.029 --> 00:19:25.710 for this, okay? First of all, half of that money 00:19:25.710 --> 00:19:27.329 needs to go to Kevin O 'Connell's account because 00:19:27.329 --> 00:19:29.369 if it wasn't for Kevin O 'Connell, he would not 00:19:29.369 --> 00:19:30.890 be getting this bag. I'm just being completely 00:19:30.890 --> 00:19:33.569 honest with you, okay? But when we look at this, 00:19:33.569 --> 00:19:37.269 you know, from the outside looking in, Seattle 00:19:37.269 --> 00:19:40.250 was going to get Sam Darnold. Nobody else was 00:19:40.250 --> 00:19:43.809 going to be willing to give Sam Darnold a $100 00:19:43.809 --> 00:19:46.869 -plus million contract. Nobody was it. But who 00:19:46.869 --> 00:19:49.529 would do that? The Seahawks. Once they got off 00:19:49.529 --> 00:19:52.329 of the Gino Smith contract and Tyler Lockett 00:19:52.329 --> 00:19:55.470 and DK Metcalf, they made the decision. Okay, 00:19:55.849 --> 00:19:57.329 let's go and get our quarterback. And that's 00:19:57.329 --> 00:20:00.650 exactly what they did. Now, this is a little 00:20:00.650 --> 00:20:03.210 bit of a different contract because it's a three 00:20:03.210 --> 00:20:06.410 year instead of a four year. So my guess is this, 00:20:06.569 --> 00:20:08.970 and I haven't been able to look at the structure 00:20:08.970 --> 00:20:11.990 of the contract, which believe it or not, a lot 00:20:11.990 --> 00:20:13.710 of the contracts, you really haven't been able 00:20:13.710 --> 00:20:15.690 to really look at the structure of them. But 00:20:15.690 --> 00:20:19.890 my guess is, They structured this contract to 00:20:19.890 --> 00:20:23.210 where they put a lot of his money up front in 00:20:23.210 --> 00:20:26.250 the first two years so that maybe that third 00:20:26.250 --> 00:20:29.650 year can be sort of like a ghost year or There 00:20:29.650 --> 00:20:32.269 will probably be like, you know, less guarantees 00:20:32.269 --> 00:20:34.009 and less of a base salary. It could be one of 00:20:34.009 --> 00:20:37.809 those two different things But all I know okay. 00:20:38.049 --> 00:20:40.650 Yes, you guys got your quarterback cool. You 00:20:40.650 --> 00:20:44.009 still have JSN You now have Cooper Cup like okay 00:20:44.009 --> 00:20:46.920 this team could could do a few things now am 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:49.039 i saying this team is going to be ultra competitive 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:52.940 no do i think this this team still needs a lot 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:56.720 of work to do yes but i mean they address the 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.779 most important position which is quarterback 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:02.259 so all in all congratulations to them now We 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:05.460 got to talk about DK mech have going to the Pittsburgh 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:07.079 Steelers. Yes, you thought I was gonna do the 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.740 six times six time No, we're not doing that. 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:10.539 Okay, because I I got a little bit of a beef 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:13.200 right now with with with the con artists Okay, 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:15.200 but but i'll leave it i'll leave it there. We're 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.839 not gonna talk about it, but we will talk about 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.599 it We will address it. Okay when we get to the 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:24.140 afc north Okay, so DK Metcalfe was traded to 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:26.200 the Pittsburgh Steelers. So Seattle receives 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.400 the 2025 second round pick and the 2025 seventh 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.839 round pick. Pittsburgh, of course, receives DK 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:35.519 Metcalfe in the 2025 sixth round pick. Okay. 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:40.000 And in doing so, DK Metcalfe agrees to a five 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:44.500 year, $132 million deal. He'll be making 33 million 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:46.380 a year. Okay. Now when we look at his stats, 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:51.539 66 receptions for 992 receiving yards, five touchdowns, 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:54.160 15 receiving yards per reception. Now, when we 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.240 look at this, this is the quote unquote splashy 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:59.420 move. I don't know why, but I just hate, I hate 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:02.819 using that word, but this is the big move that 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:05.480 everybody has been wanting the Steelers to do. 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:08.339 Because remember, we all know what happened last 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:10.660 year when they were basically the only team trying 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:12.839 to get brand new again, and basically they didn't 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:17.420 get anything. And so that's. Man, that year was 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:19.940 just horrible, okay? And so they wanted to make 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:22.920 things right, and they got DK Metcalf. Great. 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:26.720 I already knew that the Seattle Seahawks were 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:31.180 not going to get a first round pick for DK Metcalf. 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:33.140 I'm sorry, he's not worth a first round pick. 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:35.819 Because why? You're gonna have to pay him 30 00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:39.119 plus million a year. Why am I giving you a first 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:41.799 round pick, an additional pick, just for you 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:45.579 to do that? No. All in all, great deal for the 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:47.839 Steelers. They get their number one receiver. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:50.779 I just want to see how things are going to go 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:54.380 moving forward. Because you have DK Metcalf, 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:57.420 you have George Pickens, you have Pat Fryermuth, 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:01.180 you have Jaylen Warren. You have a pretty competent 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:06.000 offense. But the question is, how are things 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:09.160 going to go moving forward? Because they don't 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:11.680 have a quarterback. I know I'm not really supposed 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:14.960 to be talking about the Steelers, but You just 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.740 have to at this point, but DK Metcalf is somebody 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:23.039 Who was going to put in 100 % not you know what 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.079 screw 100? He's gonna put a hundred and ten percent 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:29.259 effort in everything that he does Every route 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:32.960 every block being a menace to society to every 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:36.539 DB. He is going to do that Okay, this is the 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:40.359 Brothers of Destruction wide receivers. You're 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:43.940 talking about two legitimate crash outs of a 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:47.779 receiver who do not care, who always look for 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:52.119 the fade. Every single time you are going to 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.720 see DK Metcalf and George Pickens gang up on 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.460 some of these DBs. DK Metcalf got him in the 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:03.160 headlock and George Pickens is just beating them 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:06.460 up. Okay that's how crazy of a situation this 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:10.380 is. But At the same time, you're getting somebody 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:13.160 who is literally in the middle of their prime. 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:15.259 So you're going to get probably the remainder 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:18.819 of his prime and more. D .K. Metcalfe's game 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:22.000 is going to age well because even when he loses 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:25.019 his speed, he'll still have his strength. So 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:27.200 he'll still be able to win those contested catches 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.319 and everything. So all in all, great move. But 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.660 we have to talk about free agency, folks. The 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.740 first week of free agency, and best believe, 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:37.680 within maybe the next two or three episodes will 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:39.759 do great for every single team with you know 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:42.039 the free agency moves because there are some 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:44.759 teams that did more than others and i'll just 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:47.440 leave it there before i get really upset so let's 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:50.059 just get into it so let's start harold landry 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:53.279 okay ain't a three -year 43 .5 million dollar 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:56.099 deal with the patriots 26 million guarantee and 00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:59.940 he will be making 14 .5 million a year his stats 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:04.039 of course 71 tackles 9 sacks 41 quarterback pressures 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:06.799 now when we look at this you know when we talked 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:09.759 about that whole scenario when it happened when 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:12.460 he was you know given permission to secret trade 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:16.579 in the back of my mind i had a feeling that he 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:20.359 probably would go to the Patriots but i didn't 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:22.819 believe that he was actually going to do it and 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:25.460 the only reason why i say that is because i thought 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:29.369 he was going to try to at least go after a championship 00:25:29.369 --> 00:25:31.910 at least that's what I would have thought but 00:25:31.910 --> 00:25:35.710 clearly I was wrong and so he goes back to my 00:25:35.710 --> 00:25:38.829 variable which this actually benefits my variable 00:25:38.829 --> 00:25:42.690 a lot because he brings in a defensive player 00:25:42.690 --> 00:25:46.029 who can sort of show everybody else like hey 00:25:46.029 --> 00:25:49.549 this is how my variable does this and does that 00:25:49.549 --> 00:25:51.470 and this is how you're supposed to move in this 00:25:51.470 --> 00:25:53.910 situation that situation all those different 00:25:53.910 --> 00:25:58.279 things Compared to, you know, him having to emphasize, 00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:00.180 okay, you gotta do this, you gotta do that. Like, 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.980 he doesn't have to do that no more because you 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:04.019 bring in someone like a Harold Landry. On top 00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.539 of that, you just made this defense a whole lot 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:08.240 better, okay? You got Chris Gonzalez, unfortunately. 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.319 You have Carlton Davis. You have Harold Landry. 00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:14.119 You have Christian Barmore. You got Milton Williams. 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.900 This is a really good defense. Now, am I saying 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:19.000 this team could possibly win seven or eight games? 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:22.500 I don't know, but only time will tell. Okay, 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:25.119 let's keep on going JC horn. Okay corner for 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:29.279 the Panthers. It's a four -year 100 million dollar 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:33.059 deal Okay, 28 .4 signing bonus. All right 17 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:37.380 million 72 not 17 72 million guaranteed. He'll 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:41.119 be making 25 million a year folks when we look 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:45.740 at his stats 68 tackles two sacks One pick, he 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:49.240 was targeted 75 times and allowed 38 receptions 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:52.180 for 419 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:54.980 J .C. Horne, when he was coming out of, I think, 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.619 what was it, South Carolina? I think it was South 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:58.839 Carolina. If it wasn't, then I'm wrong. Sorry. 00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:01.000 When he was coming out of college, I was very 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.880 high on J .C. Horne. I wanted the Steelers to 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:06.160 go after J .C. Horne, but clearly they did not 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.440 get him. Me personally, I would have thought 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:11.079 the Panthers would have traded him, but I think 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.500 they valued him so much. They just have to you 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.319 know go ahead and just pay him which oh no. It's 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:19.839 a really good deal He's still a really productive 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:23.220 corner. He's definitely on that top tier of young 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:27.640 corners So I don't see why you know anybody would 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:29.779 have tried to you know possibly trade for him 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:33.160 Steelers or maybe you know Ravens or you know 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:35.660 any other team just saying just saying just saying 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:39.619 just saying But um you know all all jokes aside 00:27:39.930 --> 00:27:42.289 J .C. Horne plays a very pivotal role in this 00:27:42.289 --> 00:27:45.210 defense. He has done a phenomenal job within 00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:47.990 the last three years and so it's only right to 00:27:47.990 --> 00:27:51.730 reward him. That's it. Now, on to Khalil Mack. 00:27:51.869 --> 00:27:54.730 Khalil Mack inks a one -year, $18 million deal 00:27:54.730 --> 00:27:57.589 with the Chargers. Okay, he stays back in LA. 00:27:58.009 --> 00:28:00.730 $10 million signing bonus, $18 million guaranteed, 00:28:00.849 --> 00:28:03.710 $18 million a year. Now, when we look at his 00:28:03.710 --> 00:28:07.690 stats, 39 tackles, six sacks, and 54 quarterback 00:28:07.690 --> 00:28:10.930 pressures. Now, when we look at this, I believed 00:28:10.930 --> 00:28:13.529 that Khalil Mack was not gonna go anywhere else. 00:28:13.890 --> 00:28:17.069 Simply because, and this is just a truth bomb, 00:28:17.430 --> 00:28:20.130 I'm just being honest with you guys, Khalil Mack 00:28:20.130 --> 00:28:24.549 has been more productive in the last four years 00:28:24.549 --> 00:28:28.589 with the Chargers than what Joey Bosa has. Joey 00:28:28.589 --> 00:28:31.970 Bosa has not been able to stay healthy to save 00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:35.910 a lick, okay? You're looking at a Khalil Mack 00:28:35.910 --> 00:28:39.769 who... I think he's only two years removed from 00:28:39.769 --> 00:28:42.069 being a finalist for defensive player of the 00:28:42.069 --> 00:28:45.410 year. He has been able to be very productive 00:28:45.410 --> 00:28:48.910 in these last few years. So it was only right 00:28:48.910 --> 00:28:51.750 to bring him back. Now granted, of course they 00:28:51.750 --> 00:28:54.069 had to release him because they probably wanted 00:28:54.069 --> 00:28:56.089 to do so just to free up some cap space so they 00:28:56.089 --> 00:28:58.750 can address other positions. But all in all, 00:28:58.809 --> 00:29:01.710 you bring somebody back. I definitely believed 00:29:02.089 --> 00:29:04.549 that the Chargers were not going to bring back 00:29:04.549 --> 00:29:08.130 Joey Bosa at any time simply because why? He 00:29:08.130 --> 00:29:11.289 hasn't been super productive, he's more expensive, 00:29:11.789 --> 00:29:13.990 and there's just no need to keep him. I'm sorry. 00:29:14.450 --> 00:29:16.789 If he was doing what he did in the first three 00:29:16.789 --> 00:29:21.789 years, okay, fine. No problem whatsoever. But 00:29:21.789 --> 00:29:24.849 anytime you have Khalil Mack, old Khalil Mack, 00:29:25.250 --> 00:29:30.359 doing a better job, more productive, more consistent 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:34.660 than what you have been, that's a problem. And 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:37.059 that's why the Chargers chose Khalil Mack over 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:40.660 Joey Bolson, right? Now Chris Gollin, he inks 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:45.019 a three year, $66 million deal, 44 million guaranteed, 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.160 22 million a year, okay? And when we look at 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:52.069 his stats, 50 receptions for 500. 76 receiving 00:29:52.069 --> 00:29:54.910 yards, five touchdowns, 11 .5 receiving yards 00:29:54.910 --> 00:29:57.230 per reception. Now when we look at this, you 00:29:57.230 --> 00:29:59.849 know, Chris Godwin could have tested free agency 00:29:59.849 --> 00:30:02.569 if he really wanted to. He could have went, you 00:30:02.569 --> 00:30:04.609 know, anywhere. If he could have, he could have 00:30:04.609 --> 00:30:06.650 went to the Patriots, for instance, right? The 00:30:06.650 --> 00:30:08.029 Patriots would have been willing to give him 00:30:08.029 --> 00:30:10.750 30 plus million. Chris Godwin had a market. I 00:30:10.750 --> 00:30:13.190 don't care what anyone says. He had a legitimate 00:30:13.190 --> 00:30:17.660 market because Why? He is still a very productive 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:20.380 receiver. Despite the injury that he had last 00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:24.420 season, he was still very productive. And so 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:27.960 Chris Galwin decided to choose loyalty with a 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:30.680 stable franchise over a testing free agency, 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:33.380 which I don't blame him for. And we'll get more 00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:37.700 into once we get into the divisional rodeo. But 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:39.660 the fact of the matter is the Buccaneers have 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:43.359 been very consistent. I don't know, five, 10, 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:47.160 maybe. even longer than that but in recent times 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:50.339 they have been very productive since the whole 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.940 Tom Brady situation okay and so I think Chris 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:56.960 Godwin values that a lot and so in doing so I 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.420 think he was just like forget about I'll just 00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:01.299 stay here why leave I'm in the best situation 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.200 I'm I'm not too far away from Disney World not 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:06.940 too far from Universal Studios like come on who 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.539 where else would I want to go I don't want to 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.099 go nowhere where it's cold want to be somewhere 00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:14.259 it's warm come on But when we look at it, you 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.259 know, we got some other people that we have to 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:18.900 talk about. Okay, Drew Dahlman Yes, you're probably 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:21.460 thinking who's drew Dahlman drew Dahlman was 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.480 the center for the Falcons And now he is the 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.240 center for the Bears go Bears three years 42 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:29.940 million a six million dollar signing bonus 28 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:32.180 million guaranteed. He'll be making 14 million 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:34.619 a year I think we got to have an honest conversation. 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:37.890 You know, it's just crazy to me how A lot of 00:31:37.890 --> 00:31:39.990 these offensive coaches, you know, when their 00:31:39.990 --> 00:31:41.930 offensive lines aren't that good, guess what? 00:31:42.089 --> 00:31:45.349 They address it so quickly and they rebuild their 00:31:45.349 --> 00:31:47.750 offensive line so quickly that it's just like, 00:31:47.750 --> 00:31:51.269 whoa, what just happened? Ben Johnson made a 00:31:51.269 --> 00:31:54.109 trade, made a few trades. Okay, they got Joe 00:31:54.109 --> 00:31:58.109 Thune, they got the guard from the Rams, and 00:31:58.109 --> 00:32:00.150 now they just got a center. Their offensive line 00:32:00.150 --> 00:32:03.109 is good now. Their offensive line is good. They 00:32:03.109 --> 00:32:05.329 no longer have to prioritize offensive line in 00:32:05.329 --> 00:32:07.700 the draft if they really don't want to. That 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:11.019 is how quickly they address their problems Compared 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:13.619 to defensive coaches where they'll just neglect 00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:16.160 an offensive line and just say hey put a band 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.920 -aid over it will be perfectly fine But when 00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:20.359 we look at this, you know, I would have thought 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.339 the Falcons would have tried to at least put 00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:26.759 out an offer for poor Drew Dahlman simply because 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:29.299 That offensive line for the Falcons has been 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:32.240 really good lately. And so you would have thought 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:35.130 hey Keep the center. The center is really important 00:32:35.130 --> 00:32:37.430 outside of quarterback. Clearly. That's not the 00:32:37.430 --> 00:32:41.970 case but You know what? Well, we'll save that 00:32:41.970 --> 00:32:43.549 for the Falcons. I want to save that for the 00:32:43.549 --> 00:32:45.829 Falcons I have so much I have to say okay You 00:32:45.829 --> 00:32:49.250 guys don't realize how excited I am to do about 00:32:49.250 --> 00:32:52.269 this not to mention if I'm not mistaken I think 00:32:52.269 --> 00:32:56.329 our first year anniversary For this podcast. 00:32:56.329 --> 00:32:58.809 I think is next week if I'm not mistaken, but 00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:01.059 who cares about that. All right back Back to 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:04.039 the free agency stuff. But when we look at this, 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:08.220 offensive linemen have become more and more a 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:11.359 priority in recent free agencies than what we've 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:15.000 seen in past years. Why? Because we're seeing 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.940 a lot of interior defensive linemen who are wrecking 00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:20.500 shops. So what's the best way to prevent that 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:22.599 from happening? You get some really productive 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.779 interior offensive linemen. And that's exactly 00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.619 what the Bears did. The Bears prioritized the 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:31.369 health and wealth of Caleb Williams. Your quarterback's 00:33:31.369 --> 00:33:34.269 years are determined by their offensive line. 00:33:34.349 --> 00:33:36.650 If they have an offensive line, oh, hey, they'll 00:33:36.650 --> 00:33:39.109 be fine. They'll be perfectly fine. If they don't 00:33:39.109 --> 00:33:43.509 have an offensive line, good is gone in less 00:33:43.509 --> 00:33:46.329 than 10 years. If you don't believe me, ask Andrew 00:33:46.329 --> 00:33:49.250 Luck. No disrespect. Now let's go to DJ Reed, 00:33:49.410 --> 00:33:53.210 OK? DJ Reed inks a three -year $48 million deal, 00:33:53.630 --> 00:33:56.890 $32 million guaranteed, and he'll be making $16 00:33:56.890 --> 00:34:00.039 million a year, OK? When we look at his stats, 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:04.500 64 tackles, one sack. He was targeted 59 times 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:08.360 and allowed 33 receptions for 369 yards and one 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:12.920 touchdown. DJ Reed goes to the Lions. I was a 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:16.039 little bit shocked about this one, only because 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:18.619 I would have thought he would have stayed in 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:21.260 the AFC personally. But clearly that's not the 00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:24.079 case. I knew that he wasn't gonna go to the Jets 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:26.539 Okay, I knew he wasn't gonna will not go because 00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:28.639 he was already with the Jets I knew that he wasn't 00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.360 gonna stay with the Jets, excuse me, but to go 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:34.699 to the Lions I mean the Lions do value their 00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:37.500 secondary a lot and so getting someone like a 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:39.920 DJ Reid would definitely do wonders because again 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:42.840 They lost Carlton Davis, but they still have 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:45.699 Tyrion Arnold So you have Tyrion Arnold and you 00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:48.360 have DJ Reid. So I mean, that's a good tandem 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:51.619 right there Milton Williams gets the Brinks truck. 00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:55.159 Okay at first we're thinking Oh, he's going to 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:58.880 the Panthers and then in report says not Guess 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.260 what he guess where he's going to the Patriots 00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:05.820 folks. So he inks a four -year 104 million dollar 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:10.460 deal 24 million dollar signing bonus 63 million 00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:13.199 guaranteed and he'll be making 26 million a year 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:15.019 Let me tell you something before I before I get 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:18.460 into the into the stats or right now Cuz I'm 00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:22.179 feeling a little bit funny, okay, I Need to hire 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:25.900 one of these agents to be my representation will 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:28.300 begin to the big contracts and whatnot because 00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:33.800 you guys are legal Robbers, okay, and I mean 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:38.099 this in a funny way you guys are legal Robbers 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:42.840 you guys I don't know how you do it But when 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:45.780 it comes to free agency you guys are doing the 00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:49.320 birdman hand rub when it comes to a free agent 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.159 Especially a top free agent who's your client 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:56.059 because you know why they get the bag Better 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:58.679 yet forget about a bad. They get the Brinks truck. 00:35:58.820 --> 00:36:01.579 Okay, the Brinks truck is just is just pulled 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.159 into the driveway Give them the keys and just 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:08.050 say hey all that's yours in the back my G That's 00:36:08.050 --> 00:36:10.730 how crazy it is. When we look at this, you know, 00:36:10.929 --> 00:36:14.510 Milton Williams, from a stat perspective, okay, 00:36:14.869 --> 00:36:18.710 his stats were 24 tackles, five sacks, and 35 00:36:18.710 --> 00:36:20.929 quarterback pressures. Folks, we're talking about 00:36:20.929 --> 00:36:23.989 somebody who was playing very well when it came 00:36:23.989 --> 00:36:26.289 to the Super Bowl. You're talking about somebody 00:36:26.289 --> 00:36:29.349 who was wrecking the shop along with Jalen Carter. 00:36:29.889 --> 00:36:32.329 So it was only right for them to pay him. And 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:34.170 not to mention, you're talking about somebody 00:36:34.170 --> 00:36:37.500 who... didn't play as many snaps as everybody 00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:40.280 else did. So you have to factor in that and you 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:43.500 also have to factor in that he was one of those 00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:47.139 defensive linemen that was waiting. This is exactly 00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:50.980 why the Eagles recipe has been able to withstood 00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:54.199 the test of time. Because you know why? They 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:56.500 continue to draft offensive and defensive linemen 00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:58.940 every single year and you don't even know who 00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:01.929 you're getting. You could be getting a dog and 00:37:01.929 --> 00:37:04.849 you don't even realize it. That's how crazy it 00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:08.789 is. And guess what? He got paid for it. Man, 00:37:08.949 --> 00:37:11.150 you don't want a Super Bowl. You ain't got a 00:37:11.150 --> 00:37:13.909 hundred million dollar contract. Man, life is 00:37:13.909 --> 00:37:18.610 good. Life is good in the hood. Man, we also 00:37:18.610 --> 00:37:21.210 got to talk about another trade and that is Loremi 00:37:21.210 --> 00:37:24.630 Tunsell getting traded to the commanders. It's 00:37:24.630 --> 00:37:26.650 just crazy how, you know, now that I'm a Steelers 00:37:26.650 --> 00:37:28.769 fan, the commanders want to get their act together. 00:37:29.449 --> 00:37:32.409 you know every single day i'm just wondering 00:37:32.409 --> 00:37:35.130 if i should be a commanders fan at this point 00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:37.570 because you know the commanders are basically 00:37:37.570 --> 00:37:39.389 on the cusp of potentially winning the super 00:37:39.389 --> 00:37:42.349 bowl at this point i mean this it's just horrible 00:37:42.349 --> 00:37:45.769 horrible but when we look at this okay washington 00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:48.630 receives a 2025 fourth round pick in lorenzo 00:37:48.630 --> 00:37:52.269 tunsel houston receives a 2025 third and seventh 00:37:52.269 --> 00:37:55.849 round pick as well as a 2026 fourth round pick 00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:58.800 Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. 00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:02.320 They're GM Cooking he's been cooking with hot 00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:04.800 grease from the minute that they traded for Debo 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:07.780 Okay, they are serious about Jayden Daniels and 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:11.199 it shows now when we look at this for the Texans 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:13.460 I'm still trying to figure out why would you 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:17.139 make this trade like Remy Tunsel has been? Your 00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:19.980 best offensive lineman. Why would you trade him 00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:23.119 away? Not to mention you didn't even get a first 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:27.489 -round pick for That's crazy. That is robbery 00:38:27.489 --> 00:38:33.849 Highway robbery and they did it they did it um 00:38:33.849 --> 00:38:37.550 When this news broke I almost lost it folks. 00:38:37.570 --> 00:38:40.710 That's how crazy it was but from a financial 00:38:40.710 --> 00:38:43.269 standpoint You know he still has two years left 00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:45.710 on his deal counting this year a base salary 00:38:45.710 --> 00:38:48.869 of twenty point nine million Okay with a cap 00:38:48.869 --> 00:38:51.389 hit of twenty one point three million, which 00:38:51.389 --> 00:38:53.619 you know really isn't that bad Now the thing 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:56.960 is this, this benefits Washington more because 00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:59.780 why? You've solidified your left tackle spot 00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:03.179 with a really good left tackle. Outside of Trent 00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:06.599 Williams, Loremi Tunsil is probably either in 00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.760 the same conversation with Trent Williams or 00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:10.880 probably right under him, but he's not too far 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:14.000 away from Trent Williams. Not to mention, this 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:16.300 reduces the priority of getting a left tackle 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:19.119 to maybe a sixth or seventh round if they really 00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:21.780 wanted to. because you brought in someone that's 00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:25.139 been highly productive basically his entire career. 00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:28.380 So you protect Jaden Daniels' blind side while 00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:30.760 at the same time you're making a large investment 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:33.619 into Jaden Daniels because again you build your 00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:36.400 team when the quarterback is on a rookie deal 00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:38.920 because once that rookie deal is over with things 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:42.039 get a little bit crazy. But for Houston I'm trying 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.420 to understand why would you trade away the Remy 00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:47.380 Tunsel unless if you're going to address offensive 00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:51.079 line high because right now you have to address 00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:54.380 your left tackle, you got to address guard, I 00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:57.519 think you also have to address maybe center if 00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:00.500 I'm not mistaken but like they've let go a few 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:03.559 of their offensive linemen and they really haven't 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:06.199 made a whole lot of additions to the offensive 00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:09.039 line so I'm just trying to understand why I do 00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.559 that now especially when CJ Stroud had the season 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:14.360 that he just had where basically he was taking 00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:17.400 a beating Because of this offensive line. So 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:20.840 I don't know what what their plan is, but they 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:23.300 must feel real confident in their plan Okay. 00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:27.179 Now let's get into will fries. Okay will fries 00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:30.900 Joins the Vikings so he ain't a five -year 88 00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:35.579 million dollar deal 17 .6 million a year the 00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:38.699 Vikings prioritize their offensive and defensive 00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:41.900 line and it's going to pay off substantially 00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:45.469 whoever their quarterback is Whether it be Aaron 00:40:45.469 --> 00:40:47.550 Rodgers, whether it be J .J. McCarthy, whether 00:40:47.550 --> 00:40:50.449 it be anybody else. They're going to be fine. 00:40:50.730 --> 00:40:52.949 Christian Darisal is coming back. You pair him 00:40:52.949 --> 00:40:55.710 with Will Fries and everybody else on this offensive 00:40:55.710 --> 00:40:59.369 line. On top of that, you have Justin Jefferson, 00:40:59.829 --> 00:41:02.190 T .J. Hockeson, and Jordan Addison, and Aaron 00:41:02.190 --> 00:41:05.289 Jo— Man, listen, let me tell you something. This 00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.760 Vikings team— This Viking seems going to be a 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:10.300 problem. This Viking seems going to be a menace 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:13.699 to society, folks, because why? They realize 00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:16.739 that, listen, we must prioritize our offense 00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:19.260 and defensive line. That is the only way that 00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:22.280 we're going to be able to go further in the playoffs. 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:25.519 Otherwise, we're going to be right where we just 00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:28.460 were last year, which is trying to compete for 00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:32.219 a high seed, but we basically flop. And it shows 00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:34.960 with the next two contracts, which are related 00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.780 to the Vikings, which is Jonathan Allen and Javon 00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:41.380 Hargrave. Both great signings, not a lot of money, 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.920 and that bolsters up your defensive line even 00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:47.000 more, because now you have Javon Hargrave, Jonathan 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:49.820 Allen, Dallas Turner, I forget who the other 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:53.750 patch rusher is. Along with Byron Murphy and 00:41:53.750 --> 00:41:56.329 Harrison Smith like it's a really good deep We 00:41:56.329 --> 00:41:58.489 look at Jonathan Allen's deal three years 51 00:41:58.489 --> 00:42:01.449 million or 14 million dollar signing bonus 31 00:42:01.449 --> 00:42:04.610 .2 million guaranteed only 17 million a year 00:42:04.610 --> 00:42:07.269 That's not bad. And even when you look at his 00:42:07.269 --> 00:42:10.989 stats last year, which are a little bit low only 00:42:10.989 --> 00:42:14.489 because You know, he suffered a pec injury sort 00:42:14.489 --> 00:42:17.050 of like middle to late part of the season and 00:42:17.050 --> 00:42:20.769 originally he was declared out within once they 00:42:20.769 --> 00:42:23.150 made it to the playoffs and whatnot, it opened 00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:26.429 up a window for him to be able to come back and, 00:42:26.429 --> 00:42:28.610 you know, the rest is history. So when we look 00:42:28.610 --> 00:42:31.349 at his stats, 19 tackles, three sacks, 14 quarterback 00:42:31.349 --> 00:42:34.610 pressures. Now, I knew Jonathan Allen wasn't 00:42:34.610 --> 00:42:37.909 going to be able to demand 20 plus million, but 00:42:37.909 --> 00:42:40.750 around that, you know, 17 to 18 million, I think 00:42:40.750 --> 00:42:42.849 that's the sweet spot for him. And then with 00:42:42.849 --> 00:42:45.389 Javon Hargrave, same situation. You're coming 00:42:45.389 --> 00:42:48.869 off of an injury year when we look at his deal. 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:51.380 Two years, 30 million, 19 million guaranteed, 00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:54.059 15 million a year. Perfect. And then we look 00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:56.920 at his stats, seven tackles, one sack, and eight 00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.760 quarterback pressures. These are two very productive 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:03.340 defensive linemen that injuries have basically 00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:05.940 derailed them this past season. So now this is 00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:08.050 a bounce back year for the both of them. And 00:43:08.050 --> 00:43:09.710 I think this is the best situation for them to 00:43:09.710 --> 00:43:11.449 go to. Now, me personally would have wanted them 00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:13.610 to go to the Steelers just because, you know, 00:43:13.710 --> 00:43:15.369 Gravedigger coming back to the Steelers. But 00:43:15.369 --> 00:43:17.670 clearly that was not the case. But when we look 00:43:17.670 --> 00:43:19.849 at Joey Bosa's situation, okay, this one was 00:43:19.849 --> 00:43:22.630 a little bit of a head scratcher only because 00:43:22.630 --> 00:43:25.670 the Bills got rid of Von Miller. Okay, cool. 00:43:25.889 --> 00:43:28.710 I understand that 100 % of the way. You wanted 00:43:28.710 --> 00:43:30.869 to get rid of that, you know, horrendous contract 00:43:30.869 --> 00:43:33.360 that you gave him, which... It was a horrendous 00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:35.380 contract and they only paid him that type of 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:37.719 money because of what he did during the Super 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.699 Bowl and that entire playoff run with the Rams. 00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.920 Okay, but when we look at Joey Bosa's contract, 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:46.619 one year, 12 .6 million, 12 million guaranteed, 00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:49.340 12 .6 million a year. Okay, when we look at his 00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:52.719 stats, 22 tackles, five sacks, 33 quarterback 00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:57.059 pressures. This is somewhat of a let's see if 00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:59.559 you still got it, if you don't got it. It's a 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:03.650 low risk, high reward deal. because outside of 00:44:03.650 --> 00:44:06.010 Gregory Russo, who else do you have that's been 00:44:06.010 --> 00:44:11.170 very consistent? Nobody. So bringing in someone 00:44:11.170 --> 00:44:14.489 like a Joey Bosa, you get to see where he is. 00:44:14.929 --> 00:44:17.929 Because again, like I said before in previous 00:44:17.929 --> 00:44:21.309 episodes, Joey Bosa is not the same person. Injuries 00:44:21.309 --> 00:44:24.610 have completely derailed him for the last three 00:44:24.610 --> 00:44:27.730 and four years. That's exactly why the charges 00:44:27.730 --> 00:44:30.510 did not decide to keep him because why you were 00:44:30.510 --> 00:44:33.449 way too expensive and your Production wasn't 00:44:33.449 --> 00:44:35.250 meeting the contract that you were currently 00:44:35.250 --> 00:44:38.570 under So they had to get rid of you on top of 00:44:38.570 --> 00:44:42.110 that your partner Khalil Mack was doing way more 00:44:42.110 --> 00:44:44.869 than you It was being more consistent and more 00:44:44.869 --> 00:44:47.309 productive than you. Well, I mean come on now 00:44:47.309 --> 00:44:49.170 me personally I would have thought he would have 00:44:49.170 --> 00:44:51.030 went to his brother or I would have thought he 00:44:51.030 --> 00:44:53.239 would have went to the Dolphins because Those 00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:55.360 were the only two teams that everybody was saying 00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:58.199 that was really interested in Joey Bosa. But 00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:00.619 clearly the Bills came out the blue and gave 00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:03.480 him the deal that they gave him. Now, Grady Jarrett's 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.440 situation is a little bit weird. Because the 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:08.699 Falcons wanted him to take a pay cut, he said 00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:13.139 no, and so they just released him. Which sort 00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:15.079 of goes into what's going on with the Falcons, 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:18.300 but I don't understand why you would let him 00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:21.500 go. just because he refused not to take a pay 00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:23.760 cut. I'm not going to take a pay cut when, for 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:27.500 one, I'm one of the leaders of the defense. I've 00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:30.360 been consistent. Sure, I'm getting a family year, 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:32.579 but it doesn't even matter because why? I'm still 00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:34.820 that guy. So why in the world should I have to 00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:38.619 take a pay cut? And guess what? He bounced back 00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:41.019 and went to another team in a better situation. 00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:44.420 Now he's with the Bears. Three years, 43 .5 million. 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:48.079 28 .5 million guaranteed. 14 .5 million a year. 00:45:48.250 --> 00:45:51.369 That's not bad, even with his stats. 53 tackles, 00:45:51.469 --> 00:45:54.110 2 .5 sacks, 32 quarterback pressures. I don't 00:45:54.110 --> 00:45:56.309 care what anyone says, Grady Jared is still that 00:45:56.309 --> 00:46:01.510 guy. And he will always be that guy. Why? Because 00:46:01.510 --> 00:46:04.570 he's always been very productive. Now, when you 00:46:04.570 --> 00:46:05.929 look at his stats, you're probably thinking, 00:46:05.969 --> 00:46:08.070 oh, well, that's not really productive. No, not 00:46:08.070 --> 00:46:10.469 really. It's not the stats. You gotta look at 00:46:10.469 --> 00:46:12.769 the tape. You're talking about somebody that 00:46:12.769 --> 00:46:16.090 is getting through and, you know, a guard in 00:46:16.090 --> 00:46:17.849 the center is basically double -teaming and he's 00:46:17.849 --> 00:46:21.090 still finding a way to get through. This is somebody 00:46:21.090 --> 00:46:25.210 that you're pairing him with Montez Sweat and 00:46:25.210 --> 00:46:28.929 Tremaine Edmonds and Jalen Johnson and Jaquan 00:46:28.929 --> 00:46:31.730 Brisker and, you know, all those other guys. 00:46:32.030 --> 00:46:36.070 That's a really productive defense. The Bears 00:46:36.070 --> 00:46:38.710 right now have really positioned themselves to 00:46:38.710 --> 00:46:41.789 be in a really good place. That division as a 00:46:41.789 --> 00:46:44.909 whole has really positioned themselves to be 00:46:44.909 --> 00:46:47.670 very competitive. I think the only question mark 00:46:47.670 --> 00:46:50.469 that we have is just the Lions. And that's only 00:46:50.469 --> 00:46:52.909 because they lost both Ben Johnson and Aaron 00:46:52.909 --> 00:46:56.989 Glenn this offseason. Outside of that, I think 00:46:56.989 --> 00:46:59.489 it's gonna be a very competitive division. Now 00:46:59.489 --> 00:47:01.710 we look at Evan Ingram, which was somewhat of 00:47:01.710 --> 00:47:05.380 a shocker. He goes to the Broncos. Two years, 00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:09.159 $23 million, $8 million signing bonus, $16 .5 00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:13.280 million guarantee, $11 .5 million a year. I did 00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:15.739 not expect for him to be released by the Jaguars, 00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:18.139 but he goes into a way better situation. This 00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:21.239 is another weapon for Bo Nix to throw to, okay? 00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:24.559 You have Courtland Sutton, as long as he doesn't, 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:27.119 you know, hold out or anything. Evan Ingram, 00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:32.300 Bo Nix. This is a pretty good team. This is a 00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:36.429 really good team. people are tired of losing 00:47:36.429 --> 00:47:38.630 and some people just say you know what to hell 00:47:38.630 --> 00:47:40.389 with it we'll just go somewhere else and that's 00:47:40.389 --> 00:47:42.269 exactly what Evan Ingram did and he found himself 00:47:42.269 --> 00:47:47.010 another bag okay. Tylenol hefunga goes to the 00:47:47.010 --> 00:47:49.949 Broncos really good deal three years 45 million 00:47:49.949 --> 00:47:52.929 20 million guaranteed 15 million a year that's 00:47:52.929 --> 00:47:55.619 not bad at all When we look at his stats, 38 00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:58.639 tackles, he was targeted 8 times for 7 receptions 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:02.000 for 112 yards. He's been one of those rising 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:05.860 stars when it comes to safeties. And he probably 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:08.119 could have demanded more money, but for him to 00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:11.480 take this deal is really good. He's still a really 00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:14.739 good competitive safety, and I think he's going 00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:18.539 to get better as his career progresses. Now, 00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:21.219 when we go to the Justin Field situation... I 00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:23.139 know it's a sensitive subject for some Steelers 00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:25.739 fans, but I'm gonna break things down in a way 00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:27.199 that you guys are gonna be able to understand 00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:29.219 it. So, before I get to that point, let's just 00:48:29.219 --> 00:48:31.579 get into the contract, okay? Two years, $40 million, 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:34.639 a $15 million signing bonus, $30 million guarantee, 00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:36.780 and he'll be making $20 million a year, okay? 00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:42.119 His stats, 1 ,106 passing yards, five touchdowns, 00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:45.199 one pick, and 6 .9 yards per attempt. Now, when 00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:48.139 we look at this situation, okay? In some ways, 00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:50.360 this was a blessing in disguise for Justin Fields. 00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:53.599 And I'm going to explain why. Because had he 00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:56.659 played the entire season, I don't think he would 00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:58.719 have been able to get the money that he got. 00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:03.099 But because he played only six games, I think 00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:06.219 it left a lot of question marks for a lot of 00:49:06.219 --> 00:49:09.260 teams to say, you know what? I like that. I want 00:49:09.260 --> 00:49:11.900 to invest into that. Now, when we look at it 00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:17.619 from the Steelers perspective, in his mind, he 00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:22.730 got screwed over. In his mind, he was never given 00:49:22.730 --> 00:49:26.829 the keys to the kingdom. Because once he was 00:49:26.829 --> 00:49:28.889 traded, what was the first thing that Mike Thomas 00:49:28.889 --> 00:49:31.590 said? Russell Wilson has pole position of his 00:49:31.590 --> 00:49:36.329 team. Every single time. Every single time he 00:49:36.329 --> 00:49:38.690 was brought on for an interview or anytime anybody 00:49:38.690 --> 00:49:40.849 asked him anything related to quarterback. It 00:49:40.849 --> 00:49:44.030 was always what? Russell Wilson has the pole 00:49:44.030 --> 00:49:47.150 position. So automatically, you've already doubted 00:49:47.150 --> 00:49:49.659 me. You've already eliminated me from competition. 00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:52.719 You've already set the standard and you've already 00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:54.519 put the line in the sand and say, guess what? 00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:58.380 No matter what you do, no matter what stat you 00:49:58.380 --> 00:50:02.480 put up, Russell Wilson is going to be the guy. 00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:05.280 We're going to go back to Russell Wilson. And 00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:08.300 so for him, that probably, you know, made him 00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:10.440 feel some type of way. And then not to mention 00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:12.719 six games into the season, you pulled the plug 00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:15.099 for me. And then basically for the rest of the 00:50:15.099 --> 00:50:19.719 season, I'm on the bench. That's not good Especially 00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:22.639 during that five game stretch. You would have 00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:25.780 thought hey make a switch Maybe put Justin Fields 00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:31.519 in see you know see what happens No Not at all 00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:34.500 and so for him. He probably was like you know 00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:37.179 what the hell with them The Jets are offer me 00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:39.360 a better bag. I get to play with my former teammate 00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:42.369 and Garrett Wilson Let's see what happens. Now, 00:50:42.369 --> 00:50:44.610 the only problem that I have with this situation 00:50:44.610 --> 00:50:46.630 is the offensive coordinator. I don't think that 00:50:46.630 --> 00:50:48.489 offensive coordinator and Justin Fields are really 00:50:48.489 --> 00:50:52.889 going to match together because that offensive 00:50:52.889 --> 00:50:55.409 coordinator, his system is basically Ben Johnson's 00:50:55.409 --> 00:50:59.909 2 .0 with a few little tweaks and whatnot. And 00:50:59.909 --> 00:51:02.150 Justin Fields isn't really that fast of a processor, 00:51:02.170 --> 00:51:04.469 so I don't know how that's really going to work, 00:51:04.469 --> 00:51:09.460 but only time will tell, right? And so... when 00:51:09.460 --> 00:51:13.360 we look at this, I don't even think the Steelers 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:15.699 were willing to really offer him the type of 00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:18.699 contract that he just signed with the Jets. I 00:51:18.699 --> 00:51:20.579 think they were gonna try to lowball him and 00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:23.000 basically try to say, hey listen, we'll bring 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:25.980 you some good weapons and then see what happens 00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:31.300 and maybe something can work in your favor and 00:51:31.300 --> 00:51:34.239 we'll give you sort of like a trial just to... 00:51:34.239 --> 00:51:36.159 You know see what happens and then we'll go from 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:39.519 there like it could have been that or they probably 00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:42.179 didn't promise him You know the the starting 00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:45.360 job And so if I'm Justin Fields, that's what 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:48.260 I want I feel like I am a starting caliber quarterback 00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:53.059 and I will not argue with anybody that says otherwise 00:51:53.059 --> 00:51:55.820 But the fact of the matter is the Steelers screwed 00:51:55.820 --> 00:52:00.519 him the Steelers did not give him The adequate 00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:03.300 chance to actually really showcase his skill 00:52:03.300 --> 00:52:05.699 set if the Steelers would have said hey listen 00:52:05.699 --> 00:52:08.480 We're gonna give you the first half of the season 00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:10.519 and then Russ you get the second half of the 00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:14.320 season And then you guys come to a decision Okay, 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:18.440 fine But you just deciding hey six games. We're 00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:20.440 gonna pull the plug for me when you only had 00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:24.000 two bad games Unacceptable, that's my time now. 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:27.840 Let's get into the divisional Rodeo folks and 00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:31.159 we are in the NFC style so you already know how 00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:35.300 my spill goes okay salary free agents draft picks 00:52:35.300 --> 00:52:37.639 possessions of need and candidates for either 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:40.219 restructure extension trades or cuts so we're 00:52:40.219 --> 00:52:42.260 going to start with the saints all right so you 00:52:42.260 --> 00:52:44.599 have a salary of 17 .1 million with a rollover 00:52:44.599 --> 00:52:48.630 cap of 2 .9 million okay Your free agents, Paul 00:52:48.630 --> 00:52:51.030 Snelledivo, Chase Young, Juwan Johnson, Will 00:52:51.030 --> 00:52:53.590 Harris, Marquez Valdez Gantling, Peyton Turner, 00:52:53.789 --> 00:52:56.349 and Dante Pettis, just to name a few. Your draft 00:52:56.349 --> 00:52:58.210 picks, of course you got your first, your second, 00:52:58.510 --> 00:53:00.489 you have two third round picks, you have two 00:53:00.489 --> 00:53:02.710 fourth round picks, you have a sixth, and you 00:53:02.710 --> 00:53:04.110 have a seventh. You don't have a fifth round 00:53:04.110 --> 00:53:06.909 pick. Positions of need, wide receiver, edge, 00:53:07.170 --> 00:53:09.750 corner, tight end, interior offensive line, and 00:53:09.750 --> 00:53:12.170 running back. This is what I'll say to start 00:53:12.170 --> 00:53:16.170 things off, specifically with the cap. I think... 00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:20.699 The number one red flag for this job was when 00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:23.780 a lot of those coaches decided not to take the 00:53:23.780 --> 00:53:27.360 interviews for the Saints. Once you saw Mike 00:53:27.360 --> 00:53:30.699 McCarthy and Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn and 00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:33.519 all those other coaches basically take their 00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:36.960 name out of the hat for this position. That lets 00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:40.099 you know that for one they didn't like how things 00:53:40.099 --> 00:53:42.920 were probably structured and two They don't like 00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:46.019 it how you're about to inherit a team where for 00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:49.719 one you have little to no cap space Sure, you 00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:52.760 have a high draft pick, but you don't have a 00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:55.239 lot of concrete pieces that you can build off 00:53:55.239 --> 00:54:00.300 of okay because For the last few years what have 00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:06.380 we seen? with the with the Saints You find a 00:54:06.380 --> 00:54:09.340 way to do a whole bunch of restructures you move 00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:12.139 a whole bunch of money and you do this indeed 00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:15.159 and you do that and you find a way just to create 00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:17.199 just a little bit of cash space where you can 00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:20.039 make one or two free agent signings and then 00:54:20.039 --> 00:54:23.260 you can sign your rookies at some point you're 00:54:23.260 --> 00:54:25.980 gonna have to clean your books and I think they 00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:28.159 should have went through the process of cleaning 00:54:28.159 --> 00:54:32.059 their books this year because Since the whole 00:54:32.059 --> 00:54:35.559 Drew Brees thing and whatnot. You've been doing 00:54:35.559 --> 00:54:38.039 the same method Restructure after restructure 00:54:38.039 --> 00:54:40.519 after restructure after restructure after restructure 00:54:40.519 --> 00:54:43.019 pushing money down the road further and further 00:54:43.019 --> 00:54:46.139 and further Well, guess what at some point the 00:54:46.139 --> 00:54:49.579 bus has to stop and it should have stopped here 00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:52.199 now Granted you have a high you have a high first 00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:53.719 -round pick, you know, you have the ninth pick 00:54:53.719 --> 00:54:56.579 in the draft great That's cool. But if you're 00:54:56.579 --> 00:55:00.340 a coach most of the times you inherit either 00:55:00.340 --> 00:55:02.900 one or two different situations a team that has 00:55:02.900 --> 00:55:05.360 a whole bunch of cap space like the Patriots 00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:09.579 or A team that has a high draft pick or the rarity 00:55:09.579 --> 00:55:12.059 where you inherit both Where you have a high 00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:14.539 draft pick and you have a lot of cap space the 00:55:14.539 --> 00:55:17.539 Patriots, but I don't know what it is I don't 00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:19.739 know if it has to do something with the GM and 00:55:19.739 --> 00:55:23.980 whatnot, but whatever the case may be It is something 00:55:23.980 --> 00:55:26.119 that I think needs to be talked about more and 00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:29.739 more because the Saints as a whole just have 00:55:29.739 --> 00:55:33.500 to go through a rebuild. Just do it. It's not 00:55:33.500 --> 00:55:36.880 going to hurt you. What do you have to lose? 00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:42.159 Drew Brees is gone. Sean Payton is gone. That 00:55:42.159 --> 00:55:45.280 whole crew is gone. All you have left is Chris 00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:49.019 Alave and Alvin Kamara. Taysom Hill might be, 00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:52.059 you know, out the window. Just saying. Sure, 00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:54.599 you have Cam Jordan and you have DeMario Davis, 00:55:54.599 --> 00:55:58.099 but they're up in age. They probably want to 00:55:58.099 --> 00:56:00.840 go somewhere and probably win. Why in the world 00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:03.260 would you not want to give them that chance? 00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:06.679 But when we go to positions of need, okay? Wide 00:56:06.679 --> 00:56:08.619 receiver, edge, cornerback, tight end, interior, 00:56:08.940 --> 00:56:11.019 offensive line, and running back. Okay, for a 00:56:11.019 --> 00:56:16.019 wide receiver, you can go about this a few different 00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:18.639 ways. Outside of Chris Elave, who else do you 00:56:18.639 --> 00:56:23.250 really have? Exactly, nobody. So you can either 00:56:23.250 --> 00:56:25.369 address it high in the first round, get someone 00:56:25.369 --> 00:56:28.369 like a Matthew Golden, a Mecca Bucca for instance, 00:56:28.849 --> 00:56:33.250 or you can take a swing at maybe the round two 00:56:33.250 --> 00:56:36.590 or round three range and probably get one of 00:56:36.590 --> 00:56:38.670 those type of receivers, which I probably would 00:56:38.670 --> 00:56:41.590 do personally. But you do have to bring in somebody 00:56:41.590 --> 00:56:44.949 else than just having Chris Alave. And Chris 00:56:44.949 --> 00:56:46.849 Alave has been having a lot of concussions lately. 00:56:47.449 --> 00:56:49.389 So that's something that you have to factor in 00:56:49.389 --> 00:56:52.280 as well. So, I think they need to be going after 00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:55.860 someone like a Matthew Golden or a Savion Williams 00:56:55.860 --> 00:57:01.659 or a Strap Row from Miami or Jayden Higgins or 00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:04.280 Jack Besh or any of those different guys. But 00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:07.059 you need to bring in somebody else instead of 00:57:07.059 --> 00:57:09.719 just throwing the ball 20 and 30 and 40 times 00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:13.280 to Chris O 'Loughlin, okay? Edge. You have to 00:57:13.280 --> 00:57:17.340 bring in a younger pass rusher. Sure, you have 00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:20.570 Ken Jordan and you have You know, Chase Young, 00:57:20.949 --> 00:57:24.110 great. But you need somebody else. All right. 00:57:24.170 --> 00:57:27.110 You need a little bit more production out of 00:57:27.110 --> 00:57:29.250 this defensive line because you invested a lot 00:57:29.250 --> 00:57:33.010 into it. Sure, you have Brian Breecy. You have 00:57:33.010 --> 00:57:35.969 you now got David Gottschall. You got Chase Young. 00:57:36.010 --> 00:57:39.090 You still have Kim Jordan. But you need one more 00:57:39.090 --> 00:57:42.050 really productive young. And I'm going to emphasize 00:57:42.050 --> 00:57:46.429 young, patch rusher, because if you don't, it's 00:57:46.429 --> 00:57:50.019 basically pointless. We are seeing now that teams 00:57:50.019 --> 00:57:53.059 want to invest more into pass rushers because 00:57:53.059 --> 00:57:56.059 why? They are the ones that are the game closers. 00:57:56.320 --> 00:57:58.340 They are the ones that are the game changers. 00:57:58.440 --> 00:58:01.219 They are the ones that can change the tide of 00:58:01.219 --> 00:58:04.500 an entire game with just one play. Exactly why 00:58:04.500 --> 00:58:06.800 the Eagles won, because of their pass rush, of 00:58:06.800 --> 00:58:09.099 their defensive line specifically. Now when we 00:58:09.099 --> 00:58:13.079 look at corner, I think you do have to prioritize 00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:16.800 corner high. Simply because okay you have a Kool 00:58:16.800 --> 00:58:19.139 -Aid McKinstry, but who else do you have and 00:58:19.139 --> 00:58:21.760 you just lost Paulson? Paulson the Debo to free 00:58:21.760 --> 00:58:24.320 agency so you need to you need to bring somebody 00:58:24.320 --> 00:58:28.679 in now For outside corner you may have to dress 00:58:28.679 --> 00:58:31.380 that in the first round You may have a chance 00:58:31.380 --> 00:58:33.400 to address in the second round, but do you really 00:58:33.400 --> 00:58:36.159 want to take that chance? I don't know because 00:58:36.159 --> 00:58:38.719 in the second round you have Darian Porter you'll 00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:41.960 have Who else? Who else? Who else? Who else? 00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:45.079 Quincy Riley. You may have Maxwell Harrison. 00:58:45.579 --> 00:58:48.019 You'll have a few people. Now in the first round, 00:58:48.099 --> 00:58:50.260 of course, you may have Will Johnson. You may 00:58:50.260 --> 00:58:53.460 have Siobhan Revel, Trey Amos, Benjamin Morrison. 00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:56.119 You'll have options. But you're going to have 00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:58.820 to make a significant investment into corner. 00:58:59.599 --> 00:59:02.320 At some point, whether it be this year or next 00:59:02.320 --> 00:59:04.659 year, you're going to have to do it. Tight end. 00:59:05.260 --> 00:59:07.539 I feel like this could be your first pick. simply 00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:09.579 because this is a really good tight end class. 00:59:09.800 --> 00:59:12.340 You have Tyler Warren, you have Colston Loveland, 00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:16.300 you have Harold Fanon Jr., you have the tight 00:59:16.300 --> 00:59:19.239 end from Miami, you have a few other tight ends 00:59:19.239 --> 00:59:21.300 that are really productive. You have Mason Taylor 00:59:21.300 --> 00:59:24.599 as well. So you have options at tight end and 00:59:24.599 --> 00:59:27.139 I think you need to do that now because Taysom 00:59:27.139 --> 00:59:30.340 Hill is coming from a serious injury and I think 00:59:30.340 --> 00:59:35.260 it's time that you move off of Taysom Hill. Because 00:59:35.260 --> 00:59:38.340 right now he's getting up in age and he's coming 00:59:38.340 --> 00:59:41.480 back from a very serious serious injury And so 00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:44.280 I think it's you go a little bit younger interior 00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:49.420 offensive line you have options But your options 00:59:49.420 --> 00:59:54.400 are possibly first rounders unfortunately Grey's 00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:57.659 able that's a first rounder Tyler Booker. That's 00:59:57.659 --> 01:00:01.199 a first rounder. Okay Sure, there's there's a 01:00:01.199 --> 01:00:03.699 few other you know really good interior all sense 01:00:03.699 --> 01:00:05.400 of alignment in the later parts of the draft 01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:08.119 But it's like those are the two that you probably 01:00:08.119 --> 01:00:11.320 want to go after now Do I think one of them will 01:00:11.320 --> 01:00:13.079 be drafted in the first round? Yes for sure. 01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:16.400 Do I think one of them may slip? Yes, there's 01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:19.460 a possibility, but if they do it's not by a lot 01:00:19.460 --> 01:00:21.880 Okay, they may be the first pick in the in the 01:00:21.880 --> 01:00:24.679 second round for all we know But I do feel like 01:00:24.679 --> 01:00:27.139 you do have to make that investment at some point. 01:00:27.139 --> 01:00:29.739 I think this is the year to do it Running back, 01:00:30.099 --> 01:00:32.539 yes. I think you do need to bring in a running 01:00:32.539 --> 01:00:36.500 back, not to take Ivan Kamara's job, but to basically 01:00:36.500 --> 01:00:38.980 help him. With this running back class being 01:00:38.980 --> 01:00:41.940 as good as it is, you need to go and get one. 01:00:42.099 --> 01:00:46.199 You can get Caleb Johnson, Devin Neal, Taj Brooks, 01:00:46.579 --> 01:00:49.820 Damian Martinez, who else, who else, who else, 01:00:49.940 --> 01:00:53.909 RJ Harvey. You have a plethora of... Options 01:00:53.909 --> 01:00:55.750 when it comes to running back honestly when it 01:00:55.750 --> 01:00:58.230 comes to any of these positions But the question 01:00:58.230 --> 01:01:00.809 is which position do you want to address first 01:01:00.809 --> 01:01:03.349 in the draft me personally? I would say tight 01:01:03.349 --> 01:01:07.489 end. I think if you get Tyler Warren With their 01:01:07.489 --> 01:01:10.829 car. I think that would help out a lot Instead 01:01:10.829 --> 01:01:13.469 of you know putting Chris Alave in harm's way 01:01:13.469 --> 01:01:16.469 and throwing basically, you know hospital balls 01:01:16.469 --> 01:01:19.409 at him like No bringing a tight end or really 01:01:19.409 --> 01:01:21.570 productive, you know tight end. I think that 01:01:21.570 --> 01:01:24.489 would actually help out a lot Wide receiver, 01:01:24.710 --> 01:01:26.829 you can address that. Maybe the second or third 01:01:26.829 --> 01:01:28.989 round. Same thing with corner if you want to. 01:01:29.389 --> 01:01:30.849 Edge, you could probably do the same thing as 01:01:30.849 --> 01:01:33.969 well. You have Landon Jackson. You have Mike 01:01:33.969 --> 01:01:36.289 Green, which he may be a first round pick. You 01:01:36.289 --> 01:01:40.690 have James Pierce. You have the pass rusher from... 01:01:40.730 --> 01:01:43.829 Was it Alabama if I'm not mistaken I forgot what 01:01:43.829 --> 01:01:45.809 his first name is I know his last name is like 01:01:45.809 --> 01:01:48.449 Robinson like you have options You have a low 01:01:48.449 --> 01:01:50.730 you have a whole lot of options now when we look 01:01:50.730 --> 01:01:53.090 at candidates for restructure extension trays 01:01:53.090 --> 01:01:55.469 and cuts taste them hill I'm sorry. I have to 01:01:55.469 --> 01:01:58.789 cut you like I just said a few minutes ago. You're 01:01:58.789 --> 01:02:02.510 coming back from a serious leg injury and You're 01:02:02.510 --> 01:02:04.389 getting up in age and we need to get and this 01:02:04.389 --> 01:02:06.469 is a really good tight end class So your replacement 01:02:06.469 --> 01:02:10.429 will be drafted fairly high onto Chris Alave. 01:02:10.789 --> 01:02:13.590 So his market value was a little bit of a shocker, 01:02:13.590 --> 01:02:16.949 okay? His market value is three years, 53 .4 01:02:16.949 --> 01:02:20.090 million, which is 17 .8 million a year. I would 01:02:20.090 --> 01:02:21.630 have thought it would have been like 20, maybe 01:02:21.630 --> 01:02:25.329 25 million, but spot red may see something that 01:02:25.329 --> 01:02:28.989 I don't see, but I think if you do this now, 01:02:29.010 --> 01:02:31.690 you save yourself some money. Because if he has 01:02:31.690 --> 01:02:34.820 a baller of a season, We all know you're gonna 01:02:34.820 --> 01:02:36.739 have to pay more. You may have to pay twice, 01:02:37.119 --> 01:02:40.500 maybe even three times more, okay? Chase Young, 01:02:40.980 --> 01:02:44.340 extension. His market value, four years, 70 .1 01:02:44.340 --> 01:02:47.380 million, which is 17 .5 million a year. His actual 01:02:47.380 --> 01:02:50.159 extension was three years, 51 million, which 01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:53.440 is 17 million a year. So, all in all, it was 01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:56.659 around the same ballpark, which is not really 01:02:56.659 --> 01:03:00.480 bad. He's definitely trying to find a home. and 01:03:00.480 --> 01:03:03.119 I think New Orleans has definitely brought the 01:03:03.119 --> 01:03:05.539 best out of him since being with Washington, 01:03:05.639 --> 01:03:08.760 so let's just see what happens with this, okay? 01:03:09.340 --> 01:03:14.139 Now, all in all, from a team perspective, I think 01:03:14.139 --> 01:03:15.900 the number one thing that the Saints need to 01:03:15.900 --> 01:03:19.659 do is clean up your books. You have gone way 01:03:19.659 --> 01:03:24.139 too long of trying to just kick the can and trying 01:03:24.139 --> 01:03:26.639 to figure out, okay, how many restructures do 01:03:26.639 --> 01:03:28.900 we need to do just to be under CAP compliance? 01:03:29.179 --> 01:03:32.949 No. It's time for you to chip away some of some 01:03:32.949 --> 01:03:36.570 of that fat and get rid of any of those large 01:03:36.570 --> 01:03:39.250 Contracts that are plaguing you and clean up 01:03:39.250 --> 01:03:42.389 your books so that you can have a dense of cat 01:03:42.389 --> 01:03:44.969 space that way you can really Make some moves 01:03:44.969 --> 01:03:47.250 and really position yourself to be a really good 01:03:47.250 --> 01:03:50.010 team like you have been in the in the past But 01:03:50.010 --> 01:03:52.849 you can't do that if you continue to do restructure 01:03:52.849 --> 01:03:56.500 restructure restructure at some point That snowball 01:03:56.500 --> 01:03:59.260 is going to go from a little baby snowball to 01:03:59.260 --> 01:04:02.239 just this behemoth of a monster. And you don't 01:04:02.239 --> 01:04:04.519 want that. You don't want to be like the Browns 01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:06.639 who are basically in cap hell every single year 01:04:06.639 --> 01:04:08.880 and then find a way to get out of it just so 01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:10.639 they can go right back into it. You don't want 01:04:10.639 --> 01:04:15.420 that. Now, you did bring in a good coach. Let's 01:04:15.420 --> 01:04:18.099 see what happens with that. A little bit optimistic 01:04:18.099 --> 01:04:20.619 with it, but... Little bit worried, but we'll 01:04:20.619 --> 01:04:23.400 see what happens now the Panthers salary thirty 01:04:23.400 --> 01:04:25.679 six point one million rollover cap of four hundred 01:04:25.679 --> 01:04:28.599 and eighty four excuse me four hundred and ninety 01:04:28.599 --> 01:04:30.579 thousand three hundred and sixty eight dollars 01:04:30.579 --> 01:04:34.820 Okay, your free agents Andy Dalton Austin Corbett 01:04:34.820 --> 01:04:38.099 Brady Christensen Tommy Trimble Ian Thomas Philippe 01:04:38.099 --> 01:04:40.579 Franks David Moore Mike Boone Deshaun Williams 01:04:40.579 --> 01:04:43.960 Can Gill Shaq Thompson Mike Jackson Caleb Farrie 01:04:43.960 --> 01:04:46.880 Farley excuse me and Xavier was just to name 01:04:46.880 --> 01:04:49.789 a few okay Your draft picks you got your first 01:04:49.789 --> 01:04:51.789 your second your third you have two fourth round 01:04:51.789 --> 01:04:54.230 picks you have three fifth round picks You don't 01:04:54.230 --> 01:04:56.269 have a six, but you do have a seventh round pick. 01:04:56.710 --> 01:04:58.690 Okay positions of need I was a little bit stuck 01:04:58.690 --> 01:05:02.409 with this one. Okay wide receiver edge running 01:05:02.409 --> 01:05:05.289 back I was going to put tight end, but I was 01:05:05.289 --> 01:05:09.070 like, yeah They resigned Tommy Trimble. Yeah, 01:05:09.070 --> 01:05:12.190 I mean they had Jatavion Sanders as well to two 01:05:12.190 --> 01:05:15.769 really good productive tight ends and no need 01:05:15.769 --> 01:05:20.280 so when we look at this Me personally, and this 01:05:20.280 --> 01:05:24.519 is just my opinion, I could be wrong, I think 01:05:24.519 --> 01:05:27.179 they've done a good job this offseason so far. 01:05:27.599 --> 01:05:31.099 You've addressed the defense hard. You re -signed 01:05:31.099 --> 01:05:34.639 your number one corner. You've got some defensive 01:05:34.639 --> 01:05:37.960 linemen. You've brought in Trevon Moray. You've 01:05:37.960 --> 01:05:41.260 done some things, okay? But at this point, it's 01:05:41.260 --> 01:05:43.460 time for you to shift your focus to offense. 01:05:44.039 --> 01:05:46.500 Because that has been your problem for the last 01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:50.090 few years now. is the offense and so if we really 01:05:50.090 --> 01:05:53.309 want this Bryce Young experiment to work you 01:05:53.309 --> 01:05:56.489 have to give him adequate weapons especially 01:05:56.489 --> 01:05:59.150 with him being a smaller quarterback you have 01:05:59.150 --> 01:06:01.170 to give him better protection and you have to 01:06:01.170 --> 01:06:03.349 give him better weapons that is the only way 01:06:03.349 --> 01:06:05.889 that he is going to be able to survive he showed 01:06:05.889 --> 01:06:10.210 a lot of grit after being benched because during 01:06:10.210 --> 01:06:12.309 that first half of the season I was definitely 01:06:12.309 --> 01:06:14.409 under the impression that he was going to get 01:06:14.409 --> 01:06:17.679 traded because he was not playing well He looked 01:06:17.679 --> 01:06:19.739 like a deer in headlights at some games and he 01:06:19.739 --> 01:06:23.199 was getting just destroyed left and right. But 01:06:23.199 --> 01:06:25.579 the Panthers believed in him. They gave him time 01:06:25.579 --> 01:06:28.780 to work on his game and try to figure out, okay, 01:06:28.940 --> 01:06:32.159 what can we do to make you better? And ultimately 01:06:32.159 --> 01:06:34.719 it paid off. That second half of the season for 01:06:34.719 --> 01:06:37.630 the Panthers was amazing. They looked like a 01:06:37.630 --> 01:06:40.030 team that was together that they could defeat 01:06:40.030 --> 01:06:42.710 any team that they was going up against. That 01:06:42.710 --> 01:06:44.750 game against the Giants, and then what was it, 01:06:44.989 --> 01:06:46.969 either London or Germany? It was a really good 01:06:46.969 --> 01:06:49.809 game. That was a down to the wire type of game. 01:06:50.130 --> 01:06:53.340 That showed you, okay, Bryce Young has it. You 01:06:53.340 --> 01:06:56.619 just have to build off of that momentum. And 01:06:56.619 --> 01:06:59.139 so right now, you're at a crossroads where you 01:06:59.139 --> 01:07:01.639 have to figure out, okay, do we want to emphasize 01:07:01.639 --> 01:07:03.840 edge in the first round, or do we want to emphasize 01:07:03.840 --> 01:07:06.239 wide receiver in the first round? Excuse me. 01:07:06.599 --> 01:07:09.920 But the problem with this, as I've said before 01:07:09.920 --> 01:07:11.679 in previous episodes, and I will continue to 01:07:11.679 --> 01:07:14.800 say this until the birds come home, the receiver 01:07:14.800 --> 01:07:17.780 class in the first round specifically is not 01:07:17.780 --> 01:07:20.239 as strong as it has been in the last few years. 01:07:20.639 --> 01:07:23.679 But with the edge class, there's a lot of question 01:07:23.679 --> 01:07:26.079 marks with a lot of these prospects. Because 01:07:26.079 --> 01:07:29.300 some of these prospects were both outside linebackers 01:07:29.300 --> 01:07:32.000 and inside linebackers. Some of them were just 01:07:32.000 --> 01:07:35.559 lined up on the edge. It's a whole lot of uncertainty 01:07:35.559 --> 01:07:39.300 with certain people. Not to mention you have 01:07:39.300 --> 01:07:41.440 certain red flags that are starting to emerge 01:07:41.440 --> 01:07:44.440 with certain players. For instance, like James 01:07:44.440 --> 01:07:46.860 Pierce. Apparently he has a quote unquote attitude 01:07:46.860 --> 01:07:49.019 problem. I don't know why it's just coming out 01:07:49.019 --> 01:07:51.320 of all of a sudden now, but it's just a little 01:07:51.320 --> 01:07:54.400 bit weird. Okay. You have one of the Georgia 01:07:54.400 --> 01:07:57.639 edge rushers who they didn't even participate 01:07:57.639 --> 01:07:59.760 at their pro day. So you already know their draft 01:07:59.760 --> 01:08:01.980 stock is going to fall a little bit. So you're 01:08:01.980 --> 01:08:03.860 in a position where right now, yes, you have 01:08:03.860 --> 01:08:06.400 a high pick. You have, you have the eighth pick 01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:09.460 in the draft and you want to maximize that pick. 01:08:10.340 --> 01:08:14.239 So again, Panthers, what are you going to emphasize 01:08:14.239 --> 01:08:20.069 first receiver or edge? Because the problem with 01:08:20.069 --> 01:08:22.850 this is you can go about this a few different 01:08:22.850 --> 01:08:25.869 ways honestly You could go you can get someone 01:08:25.869 --> 01:08:28.489 like a Mike Green and James Pierce Jalen Walker 01:08:28.489 --> 01:08:31.949 Michael Williams Jihad Campbell if you want to 01:08:31.949 --> 01:08:34.270 you could do that or you could take a swing and 01:08:34.270 --> 01:08:36.409 maybe get somebody pretty high, you know, Matthew 01:08:36.409 --> 01:08:39.789 Golden or Luther Burden or a Tetsuro McMillan 01:08:39.789 --> 01:08:44.350 or a Mecca Bucca You could do that. So I say 01:08:44.350 --> 01:08:48.199 all that to say this Whoever they choose in the 01:08:48.199 --> 01:08:50.600 first round they're probably going to double 01:08:50.600 --> 01:08:53.020 dip in the second round for the other position 01:08:53.020 --> 01:08:58.100 so me personally my My thinking is they'll probably 01:08:58.100 --> 01:09:01.399 emphasize edge first and then they'll double 01:09:01.399 --> 01:09:03.239 dip at receiver because right now all they have 01:09:03.239 --> 01:09:05.979 is just Xavier LeGette and Adam Thielen both 01:09:05.979 --> 01:09:10.510 of whom are coming off of surgery so If you get 01:09:10.510 --> 01:09:12.449 someone like a Jayden Higgins and then you get 01:09:12.449 --> 01:09:14.890 someone else like a Jack Besh or Tess Johnson, 01:09:15.250 --> 01:09:18.989 Isaiah Bond or who else, who else, who else, 01:09:18.989 --> 01:09:21.529 who else? I know there's a few others, but Ty 01:09:21.529 --> 01:09:23.649 Filton for instance, if you get any of those 01:09:23.649 --> 01:09:26.310 guys and then you add to what you already have, 01:09:26.710 --> 01:09:29.029 that makes things a little bit better compared 01:09:29.029 --> 01:09:32.289 to not doing anything and just saying, okay, 01:09:32.310 --> 01:09:34.550 we did enough and let's just see what happens. 01:09:34.770 --> 01:09:38.029 No. Bryce Young is somebody that needs adequate 01:09:38.029 --> 01:09:40.800 weapons. Granted yes, Adam Thielen is coming 01:09:40.800 --> 01:09:43.060 back and he has shown a little bit of resurgence 01:09:43.060 --> 01:09:46.760 in his career But at the same time you have to 01:09:46.760 --> 01:09:49.140 continue to build and you have to give more weapons 01:09:49.140 --> 01:09:52.699 to your quarterback now running back Running 01:09:52.699 --> 01:09:54.960 back is a position that you can go about this 01:09:54.960 --> 01:09:57.079 a few different ways as well You can address 01:09:57.079 --> 01:09:59.380 it high in the second round or you can wait to 01:09:59.380 --> 01:10:01.500 maybe the fourth or fifth round if you want to 01:10:01.500 --> 01:10:06.140 Okay, because again, this is a really big Diverse 01:10:06.140 --> 01:10:08.359 running back class. Okay. It's not just a bunch 01:10:08.359 --> 01:10:11.479 of speedy running backs or a bunch of power backs 01:10:11.479 --> 01:10:14.720 like no you have Options. Okay, if you want a 01:10:14.720 --> 01:10:16.939 receiving back, there's one in there if you want 01:10:16.939 --> 01:10:19.600 a bruiser There's one in there if you want someone 01:10:19.600 --> 01:10:22.319 that can do everything. There's one in there 01:10:22.319 --> 01:10:24.840 Okay, so do you want to go after someone like 01:10:24.840 --> 01:10:26.619 a Mario or Hampton? Do you want to go after someone 01:10:26.619 --> 01:10:28.279 like a Devon Neil? Do you want to go after someone 01:10:28.279 --> 01:10:32.720 like a Taj Brooks a? RJ Harvey, who do you want 01:10:32.720 --> 01:10:35.670 to go with? Because as of right now, I think 01:10:35.670 --> 01:10:39.050 if you build off of what you have already with 01:10:39.050 --> 01:10:41.369 Chubba Hubbard, I think that would be great. 01:10:42.130 --> 01:10:44.449 Because if you pair Chubba Hubbard with, for 01:10:44.449 --> 01:10:47.510 instance, I don't know, Caleb Johnson or Omarion 01:10:47.510 --> 01:10:51.789 Hampton or Dylan Sampson, for instance, that's 01:10:51.789 --> 01:10:54.470 a pretty good run game. So I saw that to say 01:10:54.470 --> 01:10:57.300 this. Panthers continue to build. while at the 01:10:57.300 --> 01:11:00.000 same time emphasizing and giving Bryce Young 01:11:00.000 --> 01:11:02.640 more weapons. The more weapons that you give 01:11:02.640 --> 01:11:05.159 Bryce Young, the better results that you will 01:11:05.159 --> 01:11:08.380 get from him. And please, please, please, please, 01:11:08.380 --> 01:11:11.539 rely on the run game a little bit more too. Because 01:11:11.539 --> 01:11:13.539 again, you had Trevor Hubbard. Trevor Hubbard 01:11:13.539 --> 01:11:16.619 was playing really well. Rely on that run game. 01:11:16.739 --> 01:11:19.659 You want to be able to take the ball. out of 01:11:19.659 --> 01:11:22.260 Bryce Young's hands as much as possible. You 01:11:22.260 --> 01:11:25.319 don't want him to hold onto the ball as long 01:11:25.319 --> 01:11:27.260 as he did in the first half of the season. No, 01:11:27.619 --> 01:11:29.960 just do whatever. If it means you gotta give 01:11:29.960 --> 01:11:31.899 him another tight end, if it means you gotta 01:11:31.899 --> 01:11:34.260 give him another running back, whatever it is, 01:11:34.359 --> 01:11:36.890 just. do it okay but we have a little bit of 01:11:36.890 --> 01:11:40.210 some breaking news okay and that is derrick stingley 01:11:40.210 --> 01:11:43.789 has reset the cornerback market folks so he just 01:11:43.789 --> 01:11:48.170 inked a three -year 90 million dollar deal 89 01:11:48.170 --> 01:11:51.250 million guaranteed he'll be making 30 million 01:11:51.250 --> 01:11:53.890 a year okay when we look at his stats he was 01:11:53.890 --> 01:11:57.289 targeted 90 times and allowed 42 receptions for 01:11:57.289 --> 01:12:01.090 444 receiving yards for and five touchdowns okay 01:12:01.090 --> 01:12:06.039 he also had five picks Folks the price of the 01:12:06.039 --> 01:12:09.979 brick just went up. Okay, if You're sauce if 01:12:09.979 --> 01:12:13.039 you're a Tyree coolin if you're Isaiah McDuffie, 01:12:13.039 --> 01:12:15.640 and you're looking at this. Oh, this is a good 01:12:15.640 --> 01:12:19.960 day for you. Oh Yes, this is this is a Immaculate 01:12:19.960 --> 01:12:22.760 day for you because you know why the price just 01:12:22.760 --> 01:12:26.279 went up just a few more dollars and JC horn just 01:12:26.279 --> 01:12:30.180 reset the market this past week and Now Derek 01:12:30.180 --> 01:12:33.850 Stanley is doing it. So now The bar is set high 01:12:33.850 --> 01:12:36.409 where basically either Sausage is going to reset 01:12:36.409 --> 01:12:39.569 the market again, Isaiah McDuffie or Tyree Cullen. 01:12:39.909 --> 01:12:42.229 One of those three is going to reset the market. 01:12:42.770 --> 01:12:45.970 Now the question is who's going to do it? Now 01:12:45.970 --> 01:12:47.890 I can tell you this right now, the Chiefs are 01:12:47.890 --> 01:12:51.029 not going to pay McDuffie. I can assure you they 01:12:51.029 --> 01:12:54.069 will not be able to afford him. So most likely 01:12:54.069 --> 01:12:56.550 I wouldn't be surprised if he gets traded soon. 01:12:56.840 --> 01:12:58.880 Simply because they can't afford them because 01:12:58.880 --> 01:13:01.859 you're paying top dollar to patch my homes Travis 01:13:01.859 --> 01:13:07.399 Kelsey and Chris Jones so You got lots of you 01:13:07.399 --> 01:13:09.880 Man, you got a lot of tough decisions that you 01:13:09.880 --> 01:13:12.000 have to make you've already traded away one corner 01:13:12.000 --> 01:13:15.020 Because you guys couldn't afford him. So what 01:13:15.020 --> 01:13:19.239 are you gonna do now now for the Jets? You're 01:13:19.239 --> 01:13:22.479 staring at a bullet as well because why? You 01:13:22.479 --> 01:13:25.460 could have You could have taken care of this 01:13:25.520 --> 01:13:28.859 prior to this happening now that this has happened 01:13:28.859 --> 01:13:33.039 and if sauce has a crazy year we are talking 01:13:33.039 --> 01:13:35.180 about someone that is going to probably get 32 01:13:35.180 --> 01:13:37.739 maybe 33 million a year same thing with tari 01:13:37.739 --> 01:13:42.840 cool so if i'm a gm i'm a little bit frustrated 01:13:42.840 --> 01:13:44.600 this morning i'm a little bit angry this morning 01:13:44.600 --> 01:13:47.739 because why the prices went up so that means 01:13:47.739 --> 01:13:50.939 that the agents now they can go and say hey listen 01:13:51.289 --> 01:13:54.369 My client wants to do X Y Z my client wants this 01:13:54.369 --> 01:13:59.029 number this number just just went up Just it's 01:13:59.029 --> 01:14:01.550 just saying man just just saying but we also 01:14:01.550 --> 01:14:03.409 have some other breaking news that we have to 01:14:03.409 --> 01:14:05.729 talk about well It broke last night, but it's 01:14:05.729 --> 01:14:08.010 somewhat breaking this morning now that everybody 01:14:08.010 --> 01:14:11.289 is up in and whatnot T Higgins and Jamar Chase 01:14:11.289 --> 01:14:15.010 will be staying in Cincinnati Now when we look 01:14:15.010 --> 01:14:17.130 at these deals, okay, let's just start with T 01:14:17.130 --> 01:14:20.550 Higgins. So T Higgins inked a four -year $115 01:14:20.550 --> 01:14:24.210 million deal, which is $28 .7 million a year, 01:14:24.210 --> 01:14:27.529 okay? When we look at his stats, 73 receptions 01:14:27.529 --> 01:14:31.689 for 911 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 12 01:14:31.689 --> 01:14:35.649 .5 receiving yards per reception. I was right. 01:14:36.130 --> 01:14:39.069 I was right. I knew for a fact that they were 01:14:39.069 --> 01:14:42.310 not going to crest over 30 million for T Higgins. 01:14:42.649 --> 01:14:46.449 He couldn't demand it. So all in all this is 01:14:46.449 --> 01:14:48.590 a really good deal for T Higgins. Now the thing 01:14:48.590 --> 01:14:52.770 is this according to Jordan Schultz The only 01:14:52.770 --> 01:14:55.069 years that are guaranteed are the first two years 01:14:55.069 --> 01:14:59.329 so What does that mean moving forward? I don't 01:14:59.329 --> 01:15:01.489 know, but that's just a little bit weird for 01:15:01.489 --> 01:15:03.649 me. Keep your eye on that Okay, put a bookmark 01:15:03.649 --> 01:15:05.829 on that. All right now Jamar chase, you know 01:15:05.829 --> 01:15:09.850 reset in the market. Okay four years 161 million 01:15:09.850 --> 01:15:12.710 he was making forty point two million a year. 01:15:12.789 --> 01:15:16.939 Okay his uh receptions his stats before we get 01:15:16.939 --> 01:15:21.800 to receptions 127 receptions for 1708 receiving 01:15:21.800 --> 01:15:25.619 yards 17 touchdowns and 13 .4 receiving yards 01:15:25.619 --> 01:15:28.960 per reception folks this is somebody that deserved 01:15:28.960 --> 01:15:31.420 the bag they didn't want to pay him last year 01:15:31.420 --> 01:15:33.600 he was like okay cool it's perfectly fine i'm 01:15:33.600 --> 01:15:35.899 gonna take a risk on myself and in doing so he 01:15:35.899 --> 01:15:38.100 won the triple crown and now he had a reset of 01:15:38.100 --> 01:15:42.899 the market folks jamar chase is that guy Hate 01:15:42.899 --> 01:15:47.539 to say it but Jamar chase is that guy? He is 01:15:47.539 --> 01:15:53.380 a dog and He is doing this in a very tough division 01:15:53.380 --> 01:15:58.760 and he is holding his own Great for them, but 01:15:58.760 --> 01:16:01.500 it's bad for the Bengals. Okay, and the reason 01:16:01.500 --> 01:16:05.579 why I say that is because You now have allocated 01:16:05.579 --> 01:16:09.380 at least 50 % or maybe even more of your cap 01:16:09.380 --> 01:16:13.079 space to three players Not to mention, you also 01:16:13.079 --> 01:16:16.060 have to find a way to pay who? Trey Hendrickson 01:16:16.060 --> 01:16:19.760 as well. Not to mention, because there's a little 01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:22.060 bit more with this, you haven't been really hitting 01:16:22.060 --> 01:16:25.399 on your draft picks lately, defensively. So right 01:16:25.399 --> 01:16:29.199 now, this means that for the rest of your team, 01:16:29.819 --> 01:16:31.399 everybody's probably going to be through the 01:16:31.399 --> 01:16:35.520 draft. So right now, if I'm the Bengals moving 01:16:35.520 --> 01:16:38.560 forward, if I'm the front office, scouts, whomever, 01:16:38.800 --> 01:16:43.800 We have to emphasize on better scouting and better 01:16:43.800 --> 01:16:47.020 drafting. Because that is the only way that they 01:16:47.020 --> 01:16:49.840 can mitigate the effects of these three deals. 01:16:50.699 --> 01:16:52.659 Because Joe Burrow is getting paid top dollar. 01:16:53.079 --> 01:16:55.899 Jamar Chase is getting paid top dollar. T Higgins 01:16:55.899 --> 01:16:58.319 is getting paid top dollar. All three of these 01:16:58.319 --> 01:17:00.359 guys are getting paid top dollar. And we're not 01:17:00.359 --> 01:17:01.899 even, we don't even know what's gonna happen 01:17:01.899 --> 01:17:04.760 with Trey Hendrickson. So you have to be able 01:17:04.760 --> 01:17:07.460 to start hitting on your draft picks. Because 01:17:07.460 --> 01:17:11.180 right now your defense is atrocious. Okay, Mike 01:17:11.180 --> 01:17:15.039 Hilton gone I couldn't even uh, who's who's there? 01:17:15.060 --> 01:17:17.439 Who's there? Who's there? Cam Taylor Brett is 01:17:17.439 --> 01:17:20.539 still there. Okay, that's fine out of him Who 01:17:20.539 --> 01:17:22.680 else do you have during your draft and miles 01:17:22.680 --> 01:17:25.420 Murphy maybe about two or three years ago? Okay, 01:17:25.500 --> 01:17:28.819 that that's fine. You resigned BJ Hill from free 01:17:28.819 --> 01:17:31.979 agency great But outside of that who else do 01:17:31.979 --> 01:17:34.840 you have nobody Jermaine Pratt still wants to 01:17:34.840 --> 01:17:38.939 get traded The other linebacker I forgot his 01:17:38.939 --> 01:17:41.840 name. I don't I couldn't even tell you I know 01:17:41.840 --> 01:17:44.399 his last name is Wilson I don't even know what's 01:17:44.399 --> 01:17:48.180 going on with him What exactly do the Bengals 01:17:48.180 --> 01:17:50.739 have defensively that makes people say that's 01:17:50.739 --> 01:17:53.640 gonna be a problem It's mainly the offense if 01:17:53.640 --> 01:17:55.960 this team does not score a 30 plus points a game. 01:17:56.119 --> 01:17:59.119 They're going to lose They're going to lose more 01:17:59.119 --> 01:18:03.170 games than win. So It's great for T Higgins and 01:18:03.170 --> 01:18:05.270 Jamar Chase. It's a great day for them But it's 01:18:05.270 --> 01:18:07.229 a horrible day for the Bengals coaching staff 01:18:07.229 --> 01:18:09.630 because now they have to figure out what can 01:18:09.630 --> 01:18:14.109 they do to? Maximize what they have on on defense. 01:18:14.529 --> 01:18:17.390 I would not be surprised if this entire draft 01:18:17.390 --> 01:18:20.850 is Just strictly just defensive players. That's 01:18:20.850 --> 01:18:22.409 how bad their defense is gonna be this year, 01:18:22.430 --> 01:18:27.069 but let's get back into the divisional rodeo 01:18:27.069 --> 01:18:31.380 Folks and we have to go over The candidates for 01:18:31.380 --> 01:18:33.760 either restructure, extension, trades, and cuts 01:18:33.760 --> 01:18:35.279 for the Panthers. You thought I was done with 01:18:35.279 --> 01:18:37.119 the Panthers? No, we are not. I just had to break 01:18:37.119 --> 01:18:39.600 that news, okay? So when we look at it, Taylor 01:18:39.600 --> 01:18:41.859 Morton, you could probably give him an extension. 01:18:42.199 --> 01:18:44.079 When we look at his market value, according to 01:18:44.079 --> 01:18:46.619 the spot rack, it's only three years, 50 .7 million, 01:18:46.800 --> 01:18:50.840 which is only 16 .9 million a year. He's been 01:18:50.840 --> 01:18:53.460 a pretty good right tackle. I mean, you might 01:18:53.460 --> 01:18:55.199 as well just want to keep him and make him a 01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:58.279 Panther for life. Might as well. Jadevion Clowney, 01:18:58.619 --> 01:19:01.399 extension. Question mark. And the only reason 01:19:01.399 --> 01:19:05.600 why I say that is because Do you want to continue 01:19:05.600 --> 01:19:08.399 to have Jadavia Clowney on the team or do you 01:19:08.399 --> 01:19:09.979 want to get younger and a little bit cheaper? 01:19:10.239 --> 01:19:13.640 That's the question because right now his market 01:19:13.640 --> 01:19:17.399 value is estimated at two years 22 .8 million, 01:19:17.720 --> 01:19:20.340 which is 11 .4 million a year. That's not bad 01:19:20.340 --> 01:19:22.460 That's actually pretty good. Okay to me that 01:19:22.460 --> 01:19:26.340 seems team friendly ish, but the question is 01:19:27.070 --> 01:19:29.590 How does the Panthers feel about Jadevion Clowney 01:19:29.590 --> 01:19:32.430 right now? Do they want him to play out the rest 01:19:32.430 --> 01:19:35.189 of his deal or do they want to try to, you know, 01:19:35.369 --> 01:19:38.109 lock things up and just have him retire as a 01:19:38.109 --> 01:19:40.390 Panther? That's the question moving forward. 01:19:40.689 --> 01:19:44.689 Equine Equanu, either an extension or pick up 01:19:44.689 --> 01:19:47.869 his fifth year option. One of the two. But if 01:19:47.869 --> 01:19:50.369 you pick up his fifth year option that buys you 01:19:50.369 --> 01:19:52.630 another year, but at the same time you run the 01:19:52.630 --> 01:19:55.979 risk of possibly paying more than what you probably 01:19:55.979 --> 01:20:01.239 could have paid right now. So all in all, you 01:20:01.239 --> 01:20:03.560 do have, you know, two tackles that are probably 01:20:03.560 --> 01:20:04.960 going to be looking to get paid. You do have 01:20:04.960 --> 01:20:06.739 an edge rusher that you could probably pay right 01:20:06.739 --> 01:20:10.140 now. It's not that bad. OK, they've made a lot 01:20:10.140 --> 01:20:12.619 of investment into the defense this offseason. 01:20:13.020 --> 01:20:16.779 So will that trend continue? I don't know, but 01:20:16.779 --> 01:20:19.079 hopefully they make some more investments into 01:20:19.079 --> 01:20:22.229 the offense, please. Bryce Young's ankle now 01:20:22.229 --> 01:20:25.630 on to the Buccaneers Okay, so their salary cap 01:20:25.630 --> 01:20:27.869 negative nine point four million with a rollover 01:20:27.869 --> 01:20:31.090 cap of six point six million free agents Chase 01:20:31.090 --> 01:20:34.310 Edmonds William Goldston Shag Barrett Troy Hill 01:20:34.310 --> 01:20:35.989 Sterling Shepard will actually he just ain't 01:20:35.989 --> 01:20:38.770 an extension I think late last week Bryce Hall 01:20:38.770 --> 01:20:41.689 Mike Edwards Eric Bates Ryan Neil and Jordan 01:20:41.689 --> 01:20:44.369 Whitehead just to name a few okay draft picks 01:20:44.369 --> 01:20:46.649 They got their first their second their third 01:20:46.649 --> 01:20:48.949 their fourth their fifth. They don't have a sixth 01:20:49.079 --> 01:20:51.119 and they do have a seventh round pick, okay? 01:20:51.319 --> 01:20:54.279 Positions of knee, edge, interior offensive line, 01:20:54.479 --> 01:20:56.880 tight end, corner, safety. Now this is probably 01:20:56.880 --> 01:20:58.500 a little bit controversial, but I really don't 01:20:58.500 --> 01:21:00.899 care because why? We like controversy over here 01:21:00.899 --> 01:21:03.600 at the Football Junkies podcast, okay? So with 01:21:03.600 --> 01:21:09.020 edge, yes, you could do it in the first round. 01:21:09.359 --> 01:21:12.739 The question is, who do you really like out of 01:21:12.739 --> 01:21:15.279 all these edge rushers, okay? Because you have 01:21:15.279 --> 01:21:17.800 options, you have... Mike Green, you have James 01:21:17.800 --> 01:21:19.560 Pierce, you have Michael Williams, you have Jalen 01:21:19.560 --> 01:21:22.800 Walker, you have Shamar Stewart, you have Lyndon 01:21:22.800 --> 01:21:26.000 Jackson, you have the patch rusher from Boston 01:21:26.000 --> 01:21:28.960 College as well, you have the patch rusher from 01:21:28.960 --> 01:21:32.340 Alabama, you have options, okay? The question 01:21:32.340 --> 01:21:35.220 is this, do you want to invest a first round 01:21:35.220 --> 01:21:40.220 pick in Edge? Me personally, maybe not. There 01:21:40.220 --> 01:21:43.279 is a position that I did leave out. I want to 01:21:43.279 --> 01:21:45.579 run with you guys. I just need you to walk with 01:21:45.579 --> 01:21:49.479 me for a second. Okay, just hear me out linebacker 01:21:49.479 --> 01:21:52.260 inside linebacker and the only reason why I say 01:21:52.260 --> 01:21:55.579 that is because The Buccaneers have had a rich 01:21:55.579 --> 01:21:58.600 history when it comes to their linebackers from 01:21:58.600 --> 01:22:02.899 Derek Brooks to Levante David To even Derek White 01:22:02.899 --> 01:22:04.939 when when he was actually playing pretty good 01:22:04.939 --> 01:22:10.100 they have emphasized middle linebacker and so 01:22:10.629 --> 01:22:13.869 You have someone like Jiha Campbell who you probably 01:22:13.869 --> 01:22:18.210 could get I'm just saying the Vonte David is 01:22:18.210 --> 01:22:20.609 Year -to -year at this point in his career. Okay, 01:22:21.170 --> 01:22:23.149 if you bring in someone like a Jiha Campbell 01:22:23.149 --> 01:22:26.909 I think that would be great because Levante David 01:22:26.909 --> 01:22:29.630 can show him the Buccaneers way it can show him. 01:22:29.630 --> 01:22:32.949 Hey, this is how I You know run the defense is 01:22:32.949 --> 01:22:35.470 how I you know do the play calling and you know 01:22:35.470 --> 01:22:37.510 this I work with you know this side and that 01:22:37.510 --> 01:22:41.350 side all those different things because Outside 01:22:41.350 --> 01:22:44.470 of jihad Campbell and outside Levante David who 01:22:44.470 --> 01:22:47.270 else do you really have on the Buccaneers as 01:22:47.270 --> 01:22:50.409 far as the interior? Linebacker core that you 01:22:50.409 --> 01:22:53.029 can really rely on sure you can bring back Devon 01:22:53.029 --> 01:22:54.930 White, but does Devon White really want to come 01:22:54.930 --> 01:22:58.510 back I don't know now back to the position of 01:22:58.510 --> 01:23:02.149 me that I listed okay? Interior offensive line, 01:23:02.550 --> 01:23:06.510 two names, Gray Zabel, Tyler Booker. Those two 01:23:06.510 --> 01:23:09.850 right there, to me, are first rounders. So the 01:23:09.850 --> 01:23:13.329 question is this, do you want to put a first 01:23:13.329 --> 01:23:15.569 round pick on an interior offensive lineman? 01:23:15.569 --> 01:23:18.750 Personally, I would, because Tyler Booker... 01:23:18.829 --> 01:23:22.430 I love his mentality. His mentality is, I'm going 01:23:22.430 --> 01:23:26.569 to impose my will upon you. I am going to crush 01:23:26.569 --> 01:23:29.409 you. I am going to dominate you. From the minute 01:23:29.409 --> 01:23:33.430 the ball is hiked, I am putting you in the ground. 01:23:33.949 --> 01:23:38.430 That is his mindset. Gray Zabel, I love his positional 01:23:38.430 --> 01:23:42.189 flexibility. Gray Zabel originally is considered 01:23:42.189 --> 01:23:44.970 a tackle, but during the combine, they had him 01:23:44.970 --> 01:23:47.920 practicing a lot of them. Interior stuff as well 01:23:47.920 --> 01:23:50.180 as doing center snaps and then in the senior 01:23:50.180 --> 01:23:53.439 bowl as well. They had him inside at guard So 01:23:53.439 --> 01:23:55.779 I think getting someone like a gray sable could 01:23:55.779 --> 01:24:00.060 possibly work as well but the question is How 01:24:00.060 --> 01:24:02.359 high do you want to emphasize interior offensive 01:24:02.359 --> 01:24:04.920 line now me personally? This is my personal opinion. 01:24:04.939 --> 01:24:09.680 I always emphasize offensive line very high because 01:24:09.680 --> 01:24:13.960 The offensive line is the nucleus of the offense. 01:24:14.260 --> 01:24:16.949 Okay, really think about this for a second And 01:24:16.949 --> 01:24:20.109 somebody else explained that I forgot what video 01:24:20.109 --> 01:24:22.810 it was, but they basically broke it down like 01:24:22.810 --> 01:24:26.270 this. Without the offensive line, the quarterback 01:24:26.270 --> 01:24:28.649 can't do his job. The receiver can't get the 01:24:28.649 --> 01:24:31.409 ball. The running back can do his job. The tight 01:24:31.409 --> 01:24:33.909 end can't do his job. Nobody else can do their 01:24:33.909 --> 01:24:36.270 job without what? The offensive line. So you 01:24:36.270 --> 01:24:38.670 have to make sure that the offensive line is 01:24:38.670 --> 01:24:41.890 good enough for everybody else to do their role. 01:24:42.329 --> 01:24:45.680 And so we have seen with the Eagles. in recent 01:24:45.680 --> 01:24:48.500 years how they emphasize both the offensive and 01:24:48.500 --> 01:24:51.539 defensive line so much and it's paid off phenomenally 01:24:51.539 --> 01:24:54.100 because why? quarterback play is really good 01:24:54.100 --> 01:24:56.760 so i think you have to make that investment at 01:24:56.760 --> 01:25:02.319 some point now you could wait into the second 01:25:02.319 --> 01:25:04.520 or third round if you want to because i don't 01:25:04.520 --> 01:25:06.579 think both of them will be drafted in the first 01:25:06.579 --> 01:25:09.399 round But do you really want to take that risk 01:25:09.399 --> 01:25:12.180 because there are some really good interior offensive 01:25:12.180 --> 01:25:14.140 linemen in the second and third round I'm not 01:25:14.140 --> 01:25:16.800 just discounting them as well, but it's just 01:25:16.800 --> 01:25:18.640 something about Tyler Booker and Graves Able 01:25:18.640 --> 01:25:21.279 that just Separate themselves from everybody 01:25:21.279 --> 01:25:24.560 else. Okay. Now when we look at tight end tight 01:25:24.560 --> 01:25:26.560 end is something that you can address in the 01:25:26.560 --> 01:25:29.199 first three rounds Okay. Now with the first round 01:25:29.199 --> 01:25:31.300 you have options with both Tyler Warren and Colston 01:25:31.300 --> 01:25:33.489 Loveland In the second round, you have Harold 01:25:33.489 --> 01:25:37.149 Fanon Jr., Mason Taylor, and the tight end from 01:25:37.149 --> 01:25:41.890 Miami. So you have options there, okay? Me personally, 01:25:41.989 --> 01:25:44.529 I think if you bring in someone like a Tyler 01:25:44.529 --> 01:25:47.489 Warren, or Harold Fanon Jr., or Colston Loveland, 01:25:48.029 --> 01:25:50.090 I think it would make Baker Mayfield's job a 01:25:50.090 --> 01:25:52.689 lot easier because remember, when Baker was in 01:25:52.689 --> 01:25:54.590 Cleveland, who did he have that tied in? David 01:25:54.590 --> 01:25:57.270 Njoku. And so I think if you bring in someone 01:25:57.270 --> 01:26:01.529 like a David Njoku in, not saying... the real 01:26:01.529 --> 01:26:03.750 David and Joku, but bringing someone like a Tyler 01:26:03.750 --> 01:26:05.850 Warren or Colston Loveland, I think that will 01:26:05.850 --> 01:26:08.970 work out as well. Because this offense is really 01:26:08.970 --> 01:26:10.930 good, you just have to continue to build off 01:26:10.930 --> 01:26:17.329 of it, okay? Corner, yes, corner. Here's the 01:26:17.329 --> 01:26:21.050 problem with corner, okay? There's not as many 01:26:21.050 --> 01:26:24.699 first round degraded corners in this draft. And 01:26:24.699 --> 01:26:26.880 the people that are graded as first rounders, 01:26:26.899 --> 01:26:29.539 to me, will probably fall. And the reason why 01:26:29.539 --> 01:26:34.699 I say that is because, for one, injury red flags, 01:26:35.220 --> 01:26:38.079 okay? Will Johnson, injury red flags, Benjamin 01:26:38.079 --> 01:26:40.640 Morrison, injury red flags, Siobhan Revel coming 01:26:40.640 --> 01:26:43.279 off an ACL injury. Trey Amos is the only one 01:26:43.279 --> 01:26:45.060 that's not really being talked about this much 01:26:45.060 --> 01:26:47.720 that I love that I think he could probably be 01:26:47.720 --> 01:26:50.859 a first rounder for sure. So... Outside of those 01:26:50.859 --> 01:26:53.840 guys, and oh, I forgot Ezra Thomas as well, but 01:26:53.840 --> 01:26:56.060 some people say Ezra Thomas is a second -rounder. 01:26:56.060 --> 01:26:59.720 I don't see how. Jade Baron and Maxwell Harrison, 01:27:00.180 --> 01:27:04.020 to me, are probably first -round and graded corners. 01:27:04.380 --> 01:27:07.380 Everybody else, you can make an argument for, 01:27:07.439 --> 01:27:11.680 but I feel like those two, those are for sure 01:27:11.680 --> 01:27:15.720 first -rounders in my book. I think you do need 01:27:15.720 --> 01:27:18.619 to make a high investment into corner at this 01:27:18.619 --> 01:27:21.300 point. But at the same time, if you don't want 01:27:21.300 --> 01:27:22.720 to address in the first round, that's perfectly 01:27:22.720 --> 01:27:24.500 fine. You can address in the second round, because 01:27:24.500 --> 01:27:27.140 you have Darian Porter, you have Kobe Bryant, 01:27:27.279 --> 01:27:30.239 you have Quincy Riley, you have Ezra Thomas, 01:27:30.300 --> 01:27:32.399 because I think Ezra Thomas may fall. I think 01:27:32.399 --> 01:27:34.460 Siobhan Revel may fall. I think Benjamin Morrison 01:27:34.460 --> 01:27:37.000 may fall out of the first round as well. So you 01:27:37.000 --> 01:27:39.119 have options there as well, but I feel like you 01:27:39.119 --> 01:27:44.000 do need to make an emphasis into, okay. Now safety, 01:27:44.880 --> 01:27:47.890 safety's a little bit tricky. Because sure you 01:27:47.890 --> 01:27:51.670 have Antoine landfill junior, but you still need 01:27:51.670 --> 01:27:54.350 to bring in somebody else. Okay, Jordan Whitehead 01:27:54.350 --> 01:27:57.130 I Don't think they're probably gonna bring them 01:27:57.130 --> 01:27:59.289 back if they do it'll probably be somewhat of 01:27:59.289 --> 01:28:03.850 like a mid camp signing Honestly, but if that 01:28:03.850 --> 01:28:05.569 doesn't happen, I feel like you do need a draft 01:28:05.569 --> 01:28:07.750 one And so you do have options, you know, you 01:28:07.750 --> 01:28:10.430 have you have a man from South Carolina You know 01:28:10.430 --> 01:28:12.829 I'm saying you can get him That could be your 01:28:12.829 --> 01:28:16.470 first rounder, okay? You have Malachi Starks. 01:28:16.550 --> 01:28:19.670 You also have the safety from Penn State. You 01:28:19.670 --> 01:28:23.409 have the safety from Saxis. Makuba, I think, 01:28:23.489 --> 01:28:25.770 is his last name. You have Malachi Moore from 01:28:25.770 --> 01:28:29.470 Alabama. You have options at safety. And so, 01:28:29.750 --> 01:28:31.229 if you don't want to dress in the first round, 01:28:31.310 --> 01:28:33.010 that's perfectly fine. I feel like all those 01:28:33.010 --> 01:28:35.409 other safeties will be available in the second 01:28:35.409 --> 01:28:39.090 and third round as well. But all in all, Think 01:28:39.090 --> 01:28:41.029 the point that I'm trying to get with the Buccaneers 01:28:41.029 --> 01:28:45.609 is you have Flexibility with with what positions 01:28:45.609 --> 01:28:48.210 that you want to address first, okay? I think 01:28:48.210 --> 01:28:51.050 that's the the main takeaway of this Because 01:28:51.050 --> 01:28:53.670 they're in a position where sure they don't have 01:28:53.670 --> 01:28:55.949 to address this position in that position high 01:28:55.949 --> 01:28:58.430 in the first round They can wait if they if they 01:28:58.430 --> 01:29:01.569 really want to but at the same time I feel like 01:29:01.569 --> 01:29:04.250 whatever the position that you're trying to address 01:29:04.250 --> 01:29:06.850 first in the first round Think you need to be 01:29:06.850 --> 01:29:09.930 a little bit aggressive with it Okay, because 01:29:09.930 --> 01:29:12.449 you have the 19th pick which is sort of like 01:29:12.449 --> 01:29:16.189 middle of the pack sort of low But at the same 01:29:16.189 --> 01:29:18.250 time you're still in a good spot where if you 01:29:18.250 --> 01:29:20.689 wanted to You can move up two or three spots 01:29:20.689 --> 01:29:23.810 and you can go and get your guy That's just me 01:29:23.810 --> 01:29:26.210 personally. Okay now when we look at candidates 01:29:26.210 --> 01:29:29.750 for restructure extension trades and cuts me 01:29:29.750 --> 01:29:32.880 personally I feel like the Buccaneers have to 01:29:32.880 --> 01:29:35.380 find a way to create some cash base because again, 01:29:35.560 --> 01:29:37.460 free agency is not over with, okay? That's just 01:29:37.460 --> 01:29:39.920 the first wave. We all know the first wave is 01:29:39.920 --> 01:29:41.819 somewhat of the biggest wave, okay? That's when 01:29:41.819 --> 01:29:44.840 our phones are blowing up and everything. But 01:29:44.840 --> 01:29:47.600 you still have free agency. So with that in mind, 01:29:47.680 --> 01:29:49.239 you want to have a little bit of money to play 01:29:49.239 --> 01:29:52.079 with, okay? So Cade Odden, you can give him an 01:29:52.079 --> 01:29:54.560 extension, okay? His market value is not that 01:29:54.560 --> 01:29:57.399 high. Three years, $36 .5 million, which is only 01:29:57.399 --> 01:29:59.859 $12 .2 million a year. That's not bad. That's 01:29:59.859 --> 01:30:02.619 actually really good, okay? Baker Mayfield, I 01:30:02.619 --> 01:30:04.340 feel like you can restructure his deal, create 01:30:04.340 --> 01:30:07.220 a little bit of cap space. Vita Vea, you can 01:30:07.220 --> 01:30:09.880 either do an extension or you can do a restructure 01:30:09.880 --> 01:30:12.500 with his deal. Sterling Shepard, we already know 01:30:12.500 --> 01:30:16.500 he signed an extension with the Buccaneers to 01:30:16.500 --> 01:30:20.619 stay with him. But all in all, I trust the Buccaneers, 01:30:20.880 --> 01:30:24.850 okay? The Buccaneers in recent years have definitely 01:30:24.850 --> 01:30:28.630 made a great shift. Ever since the Tom Brady 01:30:28.630 --> 01:30:32.130 years we have seen more consistency with the 01:30:32.130 --> 01:30:36.149 Buccaneers. We have seen better play from the 01:30:36.149 --> 01:30:38.670 Buccaneers. I think overall we've just seen a 01:30:38.670 --> 01:30:40.829 better version of the Buccaneers because there 01:30:40.829 --> 01:30:42.510 was a point in time where they were somewhat 01:30:42.510 --> 01:30:45.270 of the the stepping stool for their division 01:30:45.270 --> 01:30:47.489 for the entire league because they can never 01:30:47.489 --> 01:30:51.020 get their act together. And so now that they've, 01:30:51.020 --> 01:30:53.619 you know, they won a Super Bowl in recent years 01:30:53.619 --> 01:30:56.460 and they then went through, you know, what they 01:30:56.460 --> 01:30:58.899 went through, I think they're in a really good 01:30:58.899 --> 01:31:01.680 space. And I think if they continue to build 01:31:01.680 --> 01:31:03.600 off of what they have right now, I think they 01:31:03.600 --> 01:31:06.079 could be legitimate contenders because let's 01:31:06.079 --> 01:31:08.579 not forget, they've been having the Eagles number 01:31:08.579 --> 01:31:11.659 in recent years. They've been beating up on a 01:31:11.659 --> 01:31:15.720 lot of these top NFC teams. So they are still 01:31:15.720 --> 01:31:19.729 a dark horse in my mind until you know until 01:31:19.729 --> 01:31:22.670 something crazy happens okay but do not sleep 01:31:22.670 --> 01:31:24.750 on the buccaneers the buccaneers have been giving 01:31:24.750 --> 01:31:27.850 people trouble in the last few years okay now 01:31:27.850 --> 01:31:32.949 on to the falcons okay the falcons the fail kids 01:31:32.949 --> 01:31:37.979 okay These guys, what can we say that has already 01:31:37.979 --> 01:31:40.479 never been said about the Falcons? Choke artists 01:31:40.479 --> 01:31:45.300 maybe? 28 .3? Sorry Falcons, I just had to do 01:31:45.300 --> 01:31:51.859 that. You guys choked in the Super Bowl. Ah man, 01:31:52.079 --> 01:31:56.180 you guys, you guys, you guys. Okay, so your salary, 01:31:56.300 --> 01:31:58.739 negative 1 .5 million with a rollover cap of 01:31:58.739 --> 01:32:01.989 6 million. Your free agents Matthew Jude on Justin 01:32:01.989 --> 01:32:05.850 Simmons Lorenzo Carter Makaya Abernathy Robert 01:32:05.850 --> 01:32:09.890 Burns Damone Harris Antonio Hamilton Harrison 01:32:09.890 --> 01:32:12.569 hand just to name a few okay your draft picks 01:32:12.569 --> 01:32:14.729 you got your first your second You don't have 01:32:14.729 --> 01:32:17.189 a third you have your fourth you have a fifth 01:32:17.189 --> 01:32:19.550 you don't have a sixth, but you have two seventh 01:32:19.550 --> 01:32:22.210 -round picks Okay, positions of need everything. 01:32:22.229 --> 01:32:25.890 I'm just joking. I'm just joking Let me be serious. 01:32:26.029 --> 01:32:27.949 I'm trying to be serious, okay? Positions of 01:32:27.949 --> 01:32:30.430 need, defensive line, wide receiver, tight end, 01:32:30.710 --> 01:32:33.609 center, and safety, okay? Here is the problem 01:32:33.609 --> 01:32:37.350 with the Falcons, okay? You allocated money to 01:32:37.350 --> 01:32:40.149 the wrong person. You should have never given 01:32:40.149 --> 01:32:43.029 that money to Kirk Cousins because now you guys 01:32:43.029 --> 01:32:47.289 are stuck in a nasty situation where right now, 01:32:47.989 --> 01:32:51.680 he wants to go. But the problem is one of his 01:32:51.680 --> 01:32:53.779 bonuses just kicked in this past weekend. So 01:32:53.779 --> 01:32:55.779 that's ten million dollars That's just been wired 01:32:55.779 --> 01:32:58.939 to his account So right now you guys are trying 01:32:58.939 --> 01:33:01.199 to figure out exactly how can you make this marriage 01:33:01.199 --> 01:33:04.699 work? Because at first it was all sunshine and 01:33:04.699 --> 01:33:07.340 rainbows and everybody was loving each other 01:33:07.340 --> 01:33:09.939 and posting everything and whatnot now It's just 01:33:09.939 --> 01:33:13.260 a nasty situation where both of you guys are 01:33:13.260 --> 01:33:15.060 just sleeping in separate beds and trying to 01:33:15.060 --> 01:33:18.079 figure out how can we just mingle with one another 01:33:18.079 --> 01:33:23.920 so Here is the situation Sure, you are in a good 01:33:23.920 --> 01:33:27.260 space somewhat But the problem is you got to 01:33:27.260 --> 01:33:29.579 emphasize a lot on your defense because your 01:33:29.579 --> 01:33:32.199 defense was atrocious And it also doesn't help 01:33:32.199 --> 01:33:35.420 that you just let Grady Jarrett just walk You 01:33:35.420 --> 01:33:37.659 didn't even try to figure something out with 01:33:37.659 --> 01:33:40.239 his contractual situation. You just let him walk 01:33:40.239 --> 01:33:43.260 so now you basically have to figure out what 01:33:43.260 --> 01:33:45.380 you're going to do with your defensive line as 01:33:45.380 --> 01:33:48.930 well as linebacker corner and a few other spots. 01:33:49.210 --> 01:33:51.569 Sure, you brought in Mike Hughes, which was a 01:33:51.569 --> 01:33:53.609 pretty good signing and whatnot, but the fact 01:33:53.609 --> 01:33:56.510 of the matter is, the defense was not able to 01:33:56.510 --> 01:33:57.869 create a lot of pressure on the quarterback, 01:33:58.250 --> 01:34:00.670 and it showed. Now when they made the trade for 01:34:00.670 --> 01:34:03.989 Matthew Judon, I was under the impression, oh, 01:34:04.329 --> 01:34:06.229 Judon's gonna have this great year, he's gonna 01:34:06.229 --> 01:34:08.750 show why he's still one of those guys, all those 01:34:08.750 --> 01:34:11.189 things and more. He didn't do that, he did not 01:34:11.189 --> 01:34:14.869 do that. So now you have to figure out. How can 01:34:14.869 --> 01:34:17.289 we make this defense better than what it was 01:34:17.289 --> 01:34:22.310 the last two years? The question is this. How 01:34:22.310 --> 01:34:24.409 high do you want to emphasize your defensive 01:34:24.409 --> 01:34:28.529 needs? Because safety, you could address that 01:34:28.529 --> 01:34:31.069 high. Defensive line, you could address that 01:34:31.069 --> 01:34:35.210 at any point in the draft. Just being honest 01:34:35.210 --> 01:34:38.720 here, okay? but you have to do something you 01:34:38.720 --> 01:34:42.000 have to be able to emphasize on creating more 01:34:42.000 --> 01:34:45.319 pressure and getting after the quarterback because 01:34:45.319 --> 01:34:48.340 you weren't able to do it and That is the only 01:34:48.340 --> 01:34:51.199 way that you are able to really win games at 01:34:51.199 --> 01:34:53.359 this point If you don't have a legitimate pass 01:34:53.359 --> 01:34:55.739 rush, guess what you're finito. You're done. 01:34:55.819 --> 01:34:57.960 You're not gonna be playing in February You're 01:34:57.960 --> 01:34:59.859 definitely not gonna be playing in January. All 01:34:59.859 --> 01:35:03.060 right, we've seen it multiple times so right 01:35:03.060 --> 01:35:06.899 now If I am the Falcons, I probably want to emphasize 01:35:06.899 --> 01:35:10.359 defensive line high. And I'm probably going to 01:35:10.359 --> 01:35:13.079 double, maybe even triple dip at defensive line. 01:35:13.420 --> 01:35:15.699 And the only reason why I say that is because 01:35:15.699 --> 01:35:18.300 this is a really good defensive line class. You 01:35:18.300 --> 01:35:21.340 have options, okay, both first, second, third, 01:35:21.479 --> 01:35:23.479 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth round if 01:35:23.479 --> 01:35:26.859 you really want to. So you have to make that 01:35:26.859 --> 01:35:30.409 emphasis on defensive line. Now you have Kenneth 01:35:30.409 --> 01:35:32.390 Grant, you have Derek Harman, you have Mason 01:35:32.390 --> 01:35:33.949 Graham, which I don't think they'll be able to 01:35:33.949 --> 01:35:36.449 get Mason Graham, but I've seen crazier things. 01:35:36.829 --> 01:35:39.449 You have Ineas Pebbles, you have Derrick Alexander, 01:35:39.569 --> 01:35:42.430 you have Jordan Phillips, you have Alfer Collins, 01:35:42.550 --> 01:35:45.470 you have a plethora of defensive linemen that 01:35:45.470 --> 01:35:48.470 you need to pluck at least two of them. Same 01:35:48.470 --> 01:35:50.850 thing with pass rush. I feel like you probably 01:35:50.850 --> 01:35:54.550 need to get an edge rusher as well, because I 01:35:54.550 --> 01:35:55.949 don't think you guys are bringing back Matthew 01:35:55.949 --> 01:35:58.569 Judon, so you need to bring in somebody else. 01:35:59.119 --> 01:36:01.899 And you really need to just really just figure 01:36:01.899 --> 01:36:03.600 out what you're going to do with this defense 01:36:03.600 --> 01:36:07.920 like I Knew they were serious about the defense 01:36:07.920 --> 01:36:10.399 when reports were coming out during the combine 01:36:10.399 --> 01:36:13.319 that They have basically shifted all of their 01:36:13.319 --> 01:36:16.430 coaching focus to the defensive prospects Not 01:36:16.430 --> 01:36:19.109 the offensive prospects that let me know. Oh 01:36:19.109 --> 01:36:22.149 this whole defense is about to go through a 360 01:36:22.149 --> 01:36:24.850 makeover. Okay, it's about to be like that one 01:36:24.850 --> 01:36:27.229 show back in the day I think what was it extreme 01:36:27.229 --> 01:36:29.930 home makeover were like they send them away for 01:36:29.930 --> 01:36:32.630 like a week like a weekend or something and you 01:36:32.630 --> 01:36:34.470 know They're doing all this hard work and rebuilding 01:36:34.470 --> 01:36:36.689 their house and once everything is over They 01:36:36.689 --> 01:36:40.489 say move this bus move this bus the bus moves. 01:36:40.489 --> 01:36:42.829 It's a whole bunch of emotions I know I know 01:36:42.829 --> 01:36:44.729 I'm going off on a tangent, but that's basically 01:36:44.729 --> 01:36:46.439 what needs to happen with the Falcons at this 01:36:46.439 --> 01:36:51.180 point because right now you guys are in a situation 01:36:51.180 --> 01:36:54.680 where for one you're trying to figure out exactly 01:36:54.680 --> 01:36:57.180 if Kirk causes wants to stay on or not while 01:36:57.180 --> 01:37:01.340 at the same time trying to just make things a 01:37:01.340 --> 01:37:03.420 little bit more comfortable with this whole transition 01:37:03.420 --> 01:37:06.359 process between Arthur Smith and their new head 01:37:06.359 --> 01:37:08.659 coach like it's a lot of transitions a lot of 01:37:08.659 --> 01:37:11.380 change going on in a very small amount of time 01:37:11.399 --> 01:37:13.960 Okay, some people have left some people have 01:37:13.960 --> 01:37:15.899 been traded some people are still on the team 01:37:15.899 --> 01:37:18.340 But you're everyone is still trying to find their 01:37:18.340 --> 01:37:22.300 way. So the question is What do you guys want 01:37:22.300 --> 01:37:25.420 to emphasize first in the draft? Okay, because 01:37:25.420 --> 01:37:30.399 right now there's only maybe Three well, no, 01:37:30.520 --> 01:37:32.180 there's maybe like two or three positions of 01:37:32.180 --> 01:37:34.159 need right now that you probably could legitimately 01:37:34.159 --> 01:37:37.300 address in the first round Why receiver to me? 01:37:37.740 --> 01:37:39.840 Feel like you have to do it in the first round 01:37:39.840 --> 01:37:42.140 and the only reason why I say that is because 01:37:42.140 --> 01:37:44.420 the amount of money that you gave Kirk Cousins 01:37:44.420 --> 01:37:46.300 You could have gotten a number one receiver for 01:37:46.300 --> 01:37:50.380 that because right now You still don't know what 01:37:50.380 --> 01:37:52.560 you have with Kyle Pitts sure you have Drake 01:37:52.560 --> 01:37:56.079 London sure you have What's his name? I knew 01:37:56.079 --> 01:37:57.939 I'm forgetting his name. I know I'm forgetting 01:37:57.939 --> 01:38:00.659 his name I can't remember his name. It'll probably 01:38:00.659 --> 01:38:02.420 come back to me. Maybe about 30 seconds or whatever, 01:38:02.439 --> 01:38:06.470 but You have Bijan Robinson, you have Kyle Pitts, 01:38:06.550 --> 01:38:11.329 and you have Drake London. More. You need more. 01:38:11.449 --> 01:38:14.590 That is the only way this team can go higher. 01:38:15.069 --> 01:38:17.229 So me personally, I feel like if they get someone 01:38:17.229 --> 01:38:20.010 like a Matthew Golden, I think that would be 01:38:20.010 --> 01:38:22.430 lethal. I think if they get someone like a Swiss 01:38:22.430 --> 01:38:25.310 Army Knife and a Mecca Bucca, that would be lethal 01:38:25.310 --> 01:38:27.869 as well. But you do need to bring in at least 01:38:27.869 --> 01:38:31.720 maybe two receivers, at least, possibly. Defensive 01:38:31.720 --> 01:38:34.399 line. We've already went over that tight end. 01:38:34.399 --> 01:38:36.619 I will be controversial. You should address in 01:38:36.619 --> 01:38:38.779 the first round I think you should I think at 01:38:38.779 --> 01:38:41.439 this point You have question marks with Kyle 01:38:41.439 --> 01:38:43.899 Pitts You would have thought by now Kyle Pitts 01:38:43.899 --> 01:38:46.140 would have had at least one dominant season, 01:38:46.159 --> 01:38:50.220 but he hasn't So right now you have to either 01:38:50.220 --> 01:38:54.260 a figure out if he can be you know At least workable 01:38:54.260 --> 01:38:57.560 at receiver or something you have to figure out 01:38:57.560 --> 01:39:00.579 exactly what you want to do and so me personally 01:39:00.750 --> 01:39:02.649 I'm drafting a tight end in the first round. 01:39:03.210 --> 01:39:05.229 I'm getting either Tyler Warren or Colston Levin, 01:39:05.550 --> 01:39:07.850 one of those guys. And we're going to have competition. 01:39:07.930 --> 01:39:10.149 We're going to figure out exactly, are you tight 01:39:10.149 --> 01:39:13.029 end one or not? Because right now, you have all 01:39:13.029 --> 01:39:17.029 the intangibles to be a top 10 tight end. But 01:39:17.029 --> 01:39:20.170 you have not shown it. I don't know if it's because 01:39:20.170 --> 01:39:22.510 of a new system. I don't know if he's still trying 01:39:22.510 --> 01:39:24.470 to get his feet wet. I don't know what's going 01:39:24.470 --> 01:39:27.310 on. But at this point, There's still a lot of 01:39:27.310 --> 01:39:30.130 question marks with Kyle Pitts So I think it's 01:39:30.130 --> 01:39:31.409 just time for the team just going a different 01:39:31.409 --> 01:39:33.329 direction me personally I would have thought 01:39:33.329 --> 01:39:35.289 Kyle Pitts would have been traded last season 01:39:35.289 --> 01:39:39.510 but clearly I think the I'm gonna say the Panthers 01:39:39.510 --> 01:39:41.710 clearly the Falcons still believe in him and 01:39:41.710 --> 01:39:43.689 clearly they still see something in him that 01:39:43.689 --> 01:39:45.989 they like so Let's just see what happens with 01:39:45.989 --> 01:39:50.630 that now center Center is tricky and I only I 01:39:50.630 --> 01:39:52.149 only say that because I haven't really looked 01:39:52.149 --> 01:39:55.289 at a lot of center prospects I do know during 01:39:55.289 --> 01:39:58.770 the combine there was maybe about five to ten 01:39:58.770 --> 01:40:01.729 guards that were practicing at center. I do know 01:40:01.729 --> 01:40:04.210 Graves Able and Tyler Booker were one of the 01:40:04.210 --> 01:40:06.510 two that was pulled to the side to be tried out 01:40:06.510 --> 01:40:10.069 as guard. My only problem with this, I would 01:40:10.069 --> 01:40:13.289 have tried to lock up Drew Dalman. I would have 01:40:13.289 --> 01:40:15.649 not allowed him to hit free agency only because 01:40:15.649 --> 01:40:18.279 now he's in a better situation. Now he's the 01:40:18.279 --> 01:40:20.500 center for the Bears, and that Bears offensive 01:40:20.500 --> 01:40:22.880 line looks a whole lot better. Granted, I understand 01:40:22.880 --> 01:40:24.899 you put a lot of money behind Jake Matthews and 01:40:24.899 --> 01:40:27.479 Chris Lindstrom. I understand that. But at the 01:40:27.479 --> 01:40:30.520 same time, it is very rare for centers to hit 01:40:30.520 --> 01:40:33.340 free agency. And if they do, it's one of two 01:40:33.340 --> 01:40:36.260 things. Either they're too expensive, injury 01:40:36.260 --> 01:40:39.260 prone, or they're just not that good. But Drew 01:40:39.260 --> 01:40:42.600 Dorman has been a really good center. Center 01:40:42.600 --> 01:40:44.520 is something that you could probably address 01:40:44.520 --> 01:40:47.359 maybe in the third maybe fourth round if you 01:40:47.359 --> 01:40:51.039 really wanted to But I'll probably have to look 01:40:51.039 --> 01:40:54.840 at center prospects probably this weekend probably 01:40:54.840 --> 01:40:58.859 give you my honest opinion about a few but safety 01:40:58.859 --> 01:41:02.460 as I've said before Safety is something that 01:41:02.460 --> 01:41:04.640 you can address, you know in the first three 01:41:04.640 --> 01:41:07.359 rounds if you really wanted to the question is 01:41:07.399 --> 01:41:11.039 Do you value Malachi, Starks and Eman over all 01:41:11.039 --> 01:41:13.960 of your other positional needs or not? Because 01:41:13.960 --> 01:41:16.279 me personally, I feel like defensive line, wide 01:41:16.279 --> 01:41:18.939 receiver and tight end, maybe even center, maybe 01:41:18.939 --> 01:41:21.380 a little bit higher on my draft board than maybe 01:41:21.380 --> 01:41:23.960 safety. I feel like you could probably get someone 01:41:23.960 --> 01:41:26.220 like a Malachi more and I think you can make 01:41:26.220 --> 01:41:28.880 it work because you do have Jesse Bates. So I 01:41:28.880 --> 01:41:31.260 mean, that is a pillar back there in the safety 01:41:31.260 --> 01:41:34.119 room. You just need to get somebody else. Now, 01:41:34.119 --> 01:41:37.180 when we look at candidates for restructure, extension, 01:41:37.420 --> 01:41:40.479 trades, or cuts, I would have said her cousins 01:41:40.479 --> 01:41:43.939 for trade, but at this point, no one wants to 01:41:43.939 --> 01:41:46.739 pick up that contract. It's a bad contract. His 01:41:46.739 --> 01:41:49.939 cap hit this year 40 million, and then next year, 01:41:50.039 --> 01:41:56.260 57 .5 for both 2026 and 2027. His base salary 01:41:56.260 --> 01:41:59.020 this year is only 27 .5, and then next year, 01:41:59.060 --> 01:42:02.420 it's 35 million. It's a bad contract, and it's 01:42:02.420 --> 01:42:05.159 been a bad contract. And I don't think nobody 01:42:05.159 --> 01:42:07.420 is going to be willing to give up compensation 01:42:07.420 --> 01:42:10.579 to get Kirk Cousins at this point. It was a flop 01:42:10.579 --> 01:42:15.220 of a free agency signing. Now, I understand a 01:42:15.220 --> 01:42:18.020 lot of people want to try and, you know, bolster 01:42:18.020 --> 01:42:20.300 up their team as quickly as possible. And I understand 01:42:20.300 --> 01:42:23.659 that. And I get that. But why in the world would 01:42:23.659 --> 01:42:26.140 you pay the amount of money that you paid for 01:42:26.140 --> 01:42:30.119 Kirk Cousins and then in that same year for the 01:42:30.119 --> 01:42:33.220 draft, you draft Michael Pinnix high? What sense 01:42:33.220 --> 01:42:35.880 does that make? And you didn't even deliberate 01:42:35.880 --> 01:42:39.539 it with Kirk Cousins. So in his mind, he's thinking, 01:42:39.640 --> 01:42:41.659 oh, I'm going to be the starting quarterback 01:42:41.659 --> 01:42:45.840 moving forward. No. Your replacement is right 01:42:45.840 --> 01:42:50.119 behind you, buddy. So at this point, I think 01:42:50.119 --> 01:42:52.140 you may have to cut your losses, take on that 01:42:52.140 --> 01:42:54.479 dead cap hit, and just let him go. Because he 01:42:54.479 --> 01:42:56.939 continues to emphasize that he feels like he 01:42:56.939 --> 01:42:59.800 is a starting caliber quarterback. Now we all 01:42:59.800 --> 01:43:02.520 know Kirk Cousins went through a dry spell last 01:43:02.520 --> 01:43:04.899 year where he didn't throw not one touchdown. 01:43:05.779 --> 01:43:09.180 So as much as I would love for him to stay and 01:43:09.180 --> 01:43:11.199 he can be a mentor to Michael Pinnix and he could 01:43:11.199 --> 01:43:14.600 be a good backup option, at this point you have 01:43:14.600 --> 01:43:16.539 to figure out what you can do with this contract 01:43:16.539 --> 01:43:19.979 before we move forward with anything. Because 01:43:19.979 --> 01:43:23.119 right now this contract is a major roadblock 01:43:23.119 --> 01:43:26.020 for any team to be interested in trying to make 01:43:26.020 --> 01:43:28.659 a move for Kirk Cousins. Now when we look at 01:43:28.659 --> 01:43:32.920 Drake London, I would say an extension. Get it 01:43:32.920 --> 01:43:34.699 over with now, especially with Jamar Chase and 01:43:34.699 --> 01:43:36.500 T Higgins getting their deal. Get it over with 01:43:36.500 --> 01:43:40.159 now. His market value, four years, 95 .3 million, 01:43:40.359 --> 01:43:42.920 which is only 23 .8 million a year. That's not 01:43:42.920 --> 01:43:45.720 bad. That's actually really good. Drake London 01:43:45.720 --> 01:43:47.899 isn't a one. Drake London is probably a two or 01:43:47.899 --> 01:43:52.319 three on anybody else's team. Just saying. Just 01:43:52.319 --> 01:43:55.819 listen. Don't fight me, please. Please. Caden 01:43:55.819 --> 01:43:59.840 Ellis extension Ray Ray McLeod extension Caleb 01:43:59.840 --> 01:44:04.600 McGarry extension his market value three years 01:44:04.600 --> 01:44:09.399 51 .8 million which is 17 .3 million a year These 01:44:09.399 --> 01:44:11.939 are fairly good contracts. These are not you 01:44:11.939 --> 01:44:15.319 know exuberant contracts. Okay, Chris Lindstrom 01:44:15.319 --> 01:44:18.479 I feel like you can give him a restructure Because 01:44:18.479 --> 01:44:23.029 man, oh man his contract is crazy. Okay His base 01:44:23.029 --> 01:44:25.390 salary this year 14 .5 and then the next year 01:44:25.390 --> 01:44:31.210 16 and then 2027 15 .7 and then 2028 17 .2. His 01:44:31.210 --> 01:44:34.649 cap hits this year 22 .2 million and then next 01:44:34.649 --> 01:44:37.289 year is 23 .7 and then the year after that is 01:44:37.289 --> 01:44:40.729 25 .5 and then the year after that is 21 .5. 01:44:41.369 --> 01:44:43.510 I feel like you could probably do something with 01:44:43.510 --> 01:44:45.069 that contract. I feel like it's a little bit 01:44:45.069 --> 01:44:47.609 more easier to work with. That way you could 01:44:47.609 --> 01:44:50.289 probably maybe convert a lot of his money into 01:44:50.289 --> 01:44:53.609 a signing bonus or do something with it, but 01:44:53.609 --> 01:44:56.729 The Falcons have to figure out a way to one create 01:44:56.729 --> 01:45:00.649 cap space Be more consistent when it comes to 01:45:00.649 --> 01:45:03.430 their drafting and free agency signings while 01:45:03.430 --> 01:45:06.569 at the same time Just be a better football team 01:45:06.569 --> 01:45:09.989 because right now you guys have just been flopping 01:45:09.989 --> 01:45:12.850 at quarterback Since Matt Ryan left you didn't 01:45:12.850 --> 01:45:16.140 want to get Lamar which was by far the dumbest 01:45:16.140 --> 01:45:19.600 decision that you could have ever ever did and 01:45:19.600 --> 01:45:21.779 instead you decide to be in the sweepstakes for 01:45:21.779 --> 01:45:25.000 Deshaun Watson you get burned with that okay 01:45:25.000 --> 01:45:28.220 cool so now you get Arthur Smith and now Arthur 01:45:28.220 --> 01:45:29.859 Smith doesn't want to draft a quarterback even 01:45:29.859 --> 01:45:32.260 though he could have drafted Justin Fields and 01:45:32.260 --> 01:45:34.539 instead he gets Desmond Redder and then he gets 01:45:34.539 --> 01:45:36.920 Marcus Mariota and then he gets Taylor Heinecke 01:45:36.920 --> 01:45:40.460 did that work? No it didn't And so now you're 01:45:40.460 --> 01:45:44.079 in a situation where guess what? You paid X amount 01:45:44.079 --> 01:45:46.420 of dollars to Kirk Cousins while at the same 01:45:46.420 --> 01:45:48.720 time you drafted Michael Penick's high. And now 01:45:48.720 --> 01:45:50.479 you're trying to figure out exactly what are 01:45:50.479 --> 01:45:52.500 you going to do moving forward at quarterback. 01:45:53.220 --> 01:45:56.300 You have been whiffing on quarterback hard. It 01:45:56.300 --> 01:45:59.560 is time for you guys to figure out exactly what 01:45:59.560 --> 01:46:02.880 direction you want this team to go to. Because 01:46:02.880 --> 01:46:05.600 right now you guys have been very mediocre for 01:46:05.600 --> 01:46:08.100 the last maybe four or five years. It's time 01:46:08.100 --> 01:46:10.800 to get your act together. The problem with the 01:46:10.800 --> 01:46:14.100 Falcons is, sure you have a lot of good pieces, 01:46:14.840 --> 01:46:17.260 but you've been going through a lot of transition 01:46:17.260 --> 01:46:19.979 within the past maybe four to five years. You 01:46:19.979 --> 01:46:23.079 know, the Arthur Smith and just how horrible 01:46:23.079 --> 01:46:26.020 that time was and now you got the new head coach. 01:46:26.359 --> 01:46:29.500 Like, it's a lot of turnover. I don't see being 01:46:29.500 --> 01:46:31.859 this super dominant team that they used to be 01:46:31.859 --> 01:46:34.979 in the early 2000s and somewhat in the 2010s. 01:46:34.979 --> 01:46:37.000 I don't see it no more. they're going to have 01:46:37.000 --> 01:46:39.000 to show me that they're really serious. Now, 01:46:39.239 --> 01:46:41.819 depending on what they do in the draft, will 01:46:41.819 --> 01:46:43.899 definitely let me know how serious they are about 01:46:43.899 --> 01:46:46.619 winning. Because I think if they address a lot 01:46:46.619 --> 01:46:49.840 of their needs fairly high in the draft, I think 01:46:49.840 --> 01:46:51.880 they can position themselves really good. I do 01:46:51.880 --> 01:46:54.960 feel like they can be the third best team in 01:46:54.960 --> 01:46:58.260 their division. I really do. But you've got to 01:46:58.260 --> 01:47:00.220 get your act together, man. You've got to figure 01:47:00.220 --> 01:47:02.060 out what you want to do with quarterback. You've 01:47:02.060 --> 01:47:03.819 got to bring in more weapons from Michael Pennings. 01:47:04.060 --> 01:47:05.560 You have to figure out what you're doing with 01:47:05.560 --> 01:47:07.979 Kyle Pitts. If you don't believe in him, send 01:47:07.979 --> 01:47:10.779 him somewhere else. And for the love of God, 01:47:10.819 --> 01:47:14.060 please get adequate pass rushers for this defense. 01:47:14.359 --> 01:47:17.180 We all know and we all see that guess what? Pass 01:47:17.180 --> 01:47:19.180 rushers are getting the big bucks because why? 01:47:19.359 --> 01:47:22.539 They are the game changers, game closers, and 01:47:22.539 --> 01:47:25.020 they are game wreckers. OK? And you don't have 01:47:25.020 --> 01:47:27.920 one on your team right now. I know I was forgetting 01:47:27.920 --> 01:47:29.760 a few other things that we had to talk about 01:47:29.760 --> 01:47:31.319 because I know I was probably skipping around 01:47:31.319 --> 01:47:34.619 but we have to talk about the love triangle that 01:47:34.619 --> 01:47:37.520 is with Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson and 01:47:37.520 --> 01:47:41.199 the Vikings and Giants and Steelers okay so at 01:47:41.199 --> 01:47:43.520 this point there's a lot of uncertainty with 01:47:43.520 --> 01:47:46.380 that entire situation you have reports that are 01:47:46.380 --> 01:47:51.229 detailing and saying that you know, the Vikings 01:47:51.229 --> 01:47:54.310 are like lurking around for Aaron Rodgers. Aaron 01:47:54.310 --> 01:47:56.430 Rodgers is waiting to see if the Vikings, you 01:47:56.430 --> 01:47:58.909 know, want to try to do business with him. If 01:47:58.909 --> 01:48:01.630 not, he may try to go into retirement. You got 01:48:01.630 --> 01:48:04.250 a picture of him on a beach with some old school 01:48:04.250 --> 01:48:07.289 Apple headphones staring into the sunset. You 01:48:07.289 --> 01:48:09.010 just have a whole lot of drama. So I'm gonna 01:48:09.010 --> 01:48:10.949 try to break it down as best as possible. I'm 01:48:10.949 --> 01:48:13.149 just gonna give my opinions on this, okay? So 01:48:13.149 --> 01:48:15.170 here's the thing. So what's the Russell Wilson 01:48:15.170 --> 01:48:19.420 situation specifically? I feel like, and I want 01:48:19.420 --> 01:48:20.880 to emphasize this, I don't have any sources, 01:48:21.500 --> 01:48:24.460 I feel like the one thing that really killed 01:48:24.460 --> 01:48:27.140 his chances of going back to the Steelers was 01:48:27.140 --> 01:48:31.520 when his camp leaked out the report that him 01:48:31.520 --> 01:48:33.560 and Arthur Smith was not getting along. I think 01:48:33.560 --> 01:48:35.399 that was the worst thing that he could have ever 01:48:35.399 --> 01:48:38.680 did because why? It basically blacklisted you 01:48:38.680 --> 01:48:41.659 from the Steelers because you have people with... 01:48:41.579 --> 01:48:43.880 in the front office and within the locker room 01:48:43.880 --> 01:48:45.619 that were feeling some type of way about it because 01:48:45.619 --> 01:48:47.199 it's like, bro, why would you put out something 01:48:47.199 --> 01:48:50.819 like that? And so I feel like had he not put 01:48:50.819 --> 01:48:52.979 that out, I think he would have already been 01:48:52.979 --> 01:48:55.420 the stealer by now. But because he did that, 01:48:55.680 --> 01:48:58.640 I think they sort of like put him on the back 01:48:58.640 --> 01:49:00.979 burner. He went to Cleveland, didn't get a deal. 01:49:01.279 --> 01:49:03.840 He went to New York, didn't get a deal. And New 01:49:03.840 --> 01:49:06.079 York is still bringing in people. New York brought 01:49:06.079 --> 01:49:08.520 in Jameis Winston and they brought in Joe Flacco 01:49:08.520 --> 01:49:12.100 for a visit. So I say all that to say this, Russ, 01:49:12.420 --> 01:49:15.420 you sort of burned yourself, bro, because you 01:49:15.420 --> 01:49:18.460 thought by you putting out that story that the 01:49:18.460 --> 01:49:20.420 Steelers would probably run to you and say, hey, 01:49:20.500 --> 01:49:22.399 we can still try to make this thing work. No. 01:49:23.199 --> 01:49:26.119 But if I'm the Steelers at this point, I feel 01:49:26.119 --> 01:49:27.840 like you have to make a decision at this point 01:49:27.840 --> 01:49:31.399 because you have continued to go through a phase 01:49:31.399 --> 01:49:34.039 of waiting and it has burned you. Last year, 01:49:34.039 --> 01:49:37.479 you waited all the way to the last minute for 01:49:37.479 --> 01:49:41.229 Brandon Iuek. And just when that trade was gonna 01:49:41.229 --> 01:49:44.489 go down, guess what happened? He backed off and 01:49:44.489 --> 01:49:46.850 he stayed with the 49ers. And it burned you. 01:49:47.310 --> 01:49:50.449 And for that entire season, you were trying to 01:49:50.449 --> 01:49:52.529 basically do patchwork with the receiving room. 01:49:52.869 --> 01:49:54.810 Now you're doing it with the most important position 01:49:54.810 --> 01:49:57.510 on the entire team at quarterback. Do you really 01:49:57.510 --> 01:49:59.369 wanna deal with a 42 -year -old quarterback? 01:50:00.329 --> 01:50:03.569 I don't think you really want to because... Granted 01:50:03.569 --> 01:50:05.909 you do have DK Metcalfe and you have George Pickens 01:50:05.909 --> 01:50:08.069 you have Pat Freimuth You have Jalen Warren and 01:50:08.069 --> 01:50:09.390 you have all these other pieces and you have 01:50:09.390 --> 01:50:11.670 really good defense and whatnot But the problem 01:50:11.670 --> 01:50:14.350 is this there's still a lot of uncertainty with 01:50:14.350 --> 01:50:17.050 your tackles this is probably going to be the 01:50:17.050 --> 01:50:18.970 first full season and we're going to see Broderick 01:50:18.970 --> 01:50:22.930 Jones at left tackle and Troy Fatanu is still 01:50:22.930 --> 01:50:27.050 recovering from his ACL injury so you still have 01:50:27.050 --> 01:50:30.109 a lot of uncertainty at the tackle position and 01:50:30.109 --> 01:50:32.890 then not to mention We all know that Aaron Rodgers 01:50:32.890 --> 01:50:36.649 likes to do his things his way. I don't know 01:50:36.649 --> 01:50:38.189 if that's really going to work in Pittsburgh 01:50:38.189 --> 01:50:40.489 personally. I don't even know if that's really 01:50:40.489 --> 01:50:45.449 going to work in New York as well. So it's it's 01:50:45.449 --> 01:50:48.890 just a lot of just foolishness with this entire 01:50:48.890 --> 01:50:52.289 situation. And then when we look at Aaron Rodgers, 01:50:52.289 --> 01:50:56.270 OK, we don't know what's going on. He's basically 01:50:56.270 --> 01:51:01.600 gone quiet. Nobody really knows. And so The running 01:51:01.600 --> 01:51:04.640 feeling around a lot of people is make a decision 01:51:04.640 --> 01:51:07.359 Adam Schefter said it the best way possible make 01:51:07.359 --> 01:51:09.340 a decision It doesn't take you this long to come 01:51:09.340 --> 01:51:12.000 to a decision either you want to play or you 01:51:12.000 --> 01:51:14.699 don't and I feel like that is the running notion 01:51:14.699 --> 01:51:16.880 with a lot of these people they're in these front 01:51:16.880 --> 01:51:19.819 offices either you want to play or you don't 01:51:19.819 --> 01:51:22.800 because right now we are getting closer and closer 01:51:22.800 --> 01:51:26.520 to the draft and We have two teams right now 01:51:26.520 --> 01:51:29.210 who they definitely need a quarterback But one 01:51:29.210 --> 01:51:31.689 of them is in the position to get their quarterback. 01:51:31.989 --> 01:51:36.029 The other one isn't. So now, if you're the Steelers, 01:51:36.210 --> 01:51:37.930 sure, you're playing the waiting game, but you're 01:51:37.930 --> 01:51:39.649 getting a little bit desperate. You're getting 01:51:39.649 --> 01:51:42.569 a little bit anxious because why? All you have 01:51:42.569 --> 01:51:44.989 on your team right now is Mason Rudolph and Skyler 01:51:44.989 --> 01:51:48.010 Thompson. That's not enough. And we all know 01:51:48.010 --> 01:51:50.069 that this quarterback draft class is not that 01:51:50.069 --> 01:51:54.050 good. And please, for the love of God, for any 01:51:54.050 --> 01:51:56.090 person that continues to say that Jackson Dart 01:51:56.090 --> 01:51:59.800 is a first round pick, please. Please, please 01:51:59.800 --> 01:52:02.800 stop it. You are lying to yourself. You are getting 01:52:02.800 --> 01:52:06.260 paid by his agents. You are getting paid by the 01:52:06.260 --> 01:52:08.460 people that work for him to promote these type 01:52:08.460 --> 01:52:13.140 of fake news. Please stop it, okay? But back 01:52:13.140 --> 01:52:17.239 to reality, all right? Now for the Vikings, I 01:52:17.239 --> 01:52:19.460 don't feel a reason for you to try to go and 01:52:19.460 --> 01:52:22.779 get Aaron Rodgers. You have J .J. McCarthy. Run 01:52:22.779 --> 01:52:25.380 with J .J. McCarthy. Give him a legitimate chance. 01:52:25.760 --> 01:52:28.180 Because right now all Aaron Rodgers is doing 01:52:28.180 --> 01:52:30.439 is just following the co -tailor Brett Farth 01:52:30.439 --> 01:52:33.880 Okay, you were great with the Packers you went 01:52:33.880 --> 01:52:36.680 to the Jets You really wasn't that good and then 01:52:36.680 --> 01:52:38.760 you possibly could go back to the Vikings and 01:52:38.760 --> 01:52:41.420 then everything is all you know rainbows and 01:52:41.420 --> 01:52:45.539 unicorns No, either you want to play or you don't 01:52:45.539 --> 01:52:49.520 Because right now time is ticking and teams are 01:52:49.520 --> 01:52:52.319 waiting to do business with you But are you ready 01:52:52.319 --> 01:52:54.829 to do business with them? That's all I have to 01:52:54.829 --> 01:52:57.869 say about that. It would be crazy if by the time 01:52:57.869 --> 01:52:59.909 we're done with this episode, you know news drops 01:52:59.909 --> 01:53:01.810 about the whole Kirk Cousins and Aaron Rodder 01:53:01.810 --> 01:53:04.729 situation that would be crazy, but You never 01:53:04.729 --> 01:53:06.850 know with the football junkies podcast, but we 01:53:06.850 --> 01:53:09.630 do have to talk about one more thing and that 01:53:09.630 --> 01:53:12.970 is Cooper Cup coming back home, folks. That's 01:53:12.970 --> 01:53:16.689 right. He is going to the Seattle Seahawks. He 01:53:16.689 --> 01:53:19.409 ain't a three year, $45 million deal, which is 01:53:19.409 --> 01:53:24.130 15 million a year. His stats, 67 receptions for 01:53:24.130 --> 01:53:28.210 710 receiving yards, six touchdowns and 10 .6 01:53:28.210 --> 01:53:30.449 yards per reception. This is what I will say. 01:53:30.770 --> 01:53:32.310 It's going to be completely honest with you. 01:53:33.069 --> 01:53:35.609 The Seahawks are out of their damn mind for paying 01:53:35.609 --> 01:53:39.420 Cooper Cup 15 plus million. I'm sorry. If this 01:53:39.420 --> 01:53:42.539 was Cooper Cup after he won the Triple Crown, 01:53:42.640 --> 01:53:45.640 oh, yeah, for sure. Perfectly fine. But in recent 01:53:45.640 --> 01:53:47.859 years, he has not been able to stay healthy. 01:53:48.159 --> 01:53:51.100 He really hasn't been as consistent. And you're 01:53:51.100 --> 01:53:55.140 seeing one of a decline in his play. I'm sorry. 01:53:55.659 --> 01:53:58.039 The Seahawks pay 15 million for him just because 01:53:58.039 --> 01:54:01.359 of his name. It wasn't because of his play. It 01:54:01.359 --> 01:54:03.220 wasn't because of what he's done lately. It's 01:54:03.220 --> 01:54:05.779 because of his name, Cooper Cup. There was a 01:54:05.779 --> 01:54:08.319 market for him. I do know there were teams like 01:54:08.439 --> 01:54:10.739 You know the Cowboys that were like semi -interesting 01:54:10.739 --> 01:54:13.779 him. I know the Broncos had some interest in 01:54:13.779 --> 01:54:15.680 him the Patriots There were a few teams that 01:54:15.680 --> 01:54:18.979 had some level of interest in Cooper Cup Everyone 01:54:18.979 --> 01:54:21.840 was waiting to see what was gonna be his number 01:54:21.840 --> 01:54:24.119 now me personally I would have thought he would 01:54:24.119 --> 01:54:26.699 have taken less to join a contender for instance 01:54:26.699 --> 01:54:29.359 You know the Chiefs or the Eagles or the Ravens 01:54:29.359 --> 01:54:31.380 or the Bills or any of those different types 01:54:31.380 --> 01:54:33.979 of teams? But for you to take 15 million with 01:54:33.979 --> 01:54:37.789 the Seahawks really do I just don't know how 01:54:37.789 --> 01:54:40.029 to really feel about this. Sure, the Seahawks 01:54:40.029 --> 01:54:43.069 will have JSN and Cooper Cub, but it's like, 01:54:43.229 --> 01:54:45.909 bro, you just had DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, 01:54:46.369 --> 01:54:48.729 and you let those two go, and then you bring 01:54:48.729 --> 01:54:51.409 in Cooper Cub? I don't know about this. But I 01:54:51.409 --> 01:54:53.229 want to end this episode here. If you guys like 01:54:53.229 --> 01:54:54.810 what you're listening, please, please, please, 01:54:54.869 --> 01:54:56.850 please, please make sure that you guys download 01:54:56.850 --> 01:55:00.090 the episode. Either five star, five star, five 01:55:00.090 --> 01:55:03.710 star, five star, five star, five star, five star, 01:55:03.710 --> 01:55:06.090 five star review on anywhere and everywhere that 01:55:06.090 --> 01:55:08.609 you listen to podcasts at. Okay. We are available 01:55:08.609 --> 01:55:11.960 on RSS fee. 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