WEBVTT 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:05.839 Double bag alert, double bag alert, double bag 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.919 alert, folks. That's right. Gino Smith and Trey 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.220 McBride gets paid. All right. Joe Milton heads 00:00:12.220 --> 00:00:15.320 to the Lone Star State. We have to talk about 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.339 the takeaways from the NFL owners meetings. All 00:00:18.339 --> 00:00:23.440 right. And we are on the final divisional rodeo, 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.199 folks. That's right. The AFC North. All right. 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.839 All of this and more. on the 75th episode of 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.060 the Football Junkies Podcast, all right? I am 00:00:33.060 --> 00:00:36.060 your host with the most, all right? I am your 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:39.219 chief bag roll dominance. I am your chief head 00:00:39.219 --> 00:00:41.399 of the table, anything and everything related 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.600 to the bag and more, okay? I am the man with 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.920 the plan. I am your GM who currently is not on 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.719 a team right now, but don't you worry about it, 00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:54.100 okay? Don't you worry about it because guess 00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:57.179 what? I got two mock drafts for two different 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:00.670 teams lined up already. may post them today may 00:01:00.670 --> 00:01:03.170 post them tomorrow I don't know stay tuned though 00:01:03.170 --> 00:01:07.689 I am all these things and more but most importantly 00:01:07.689 --> 00:01:10.349 the most important thing that you must remember 00:01:10.349 --> 00:01:13.829 is I'm your host, Kale. You already know how 00:01:13.829 --> 00:01:15.709 these things are about to go. You already know 00:01:15.709 --> 00:01:17.629 how these episodes are about to go. A bunch of 00:01:17.629 --> 00:01:20.090 truth bombs, a bunch of reality checks, a bunch 00:01:20.090 --> 00:01:22.109 of controversial things that may be said. But 00:01:22.109 --> 00:01:24.489 guess what? It's all out of love because guess 00:01:24.489 --> 00:01:26.769 what? We got to give the people what they need. 00:01:26.829 --> 00:01:29.629 And what is that? Their football junkies fix 00:01:29.629 --> 00:01:32.129 to end the week. So guess what? On three, one, 00:01:32.230 --> 00:01:59.810 two, three, let's lock in. All right, folks, 00:01:59.890 --> 00:02:02.329 let's just get into the meat and potatoes of 00:02:02.329 --> 00:02:04.590 everything that is going on in the league right 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:07.790 now. Before we go any further, make sure you 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:10.949 guys like, share, subscribe, turn the notification 00:02:10.949 --> 00:02:14.310 bell on, download the episodes. all those things 00:02:14.310 --> 00:02:16.810 and more so we can continue to give you guys 00:02:16.810 --> 00:02:20.349 the football fix that you guys love and need 00:02:20.349 --> 00:02:23.409 okay so let's just get into it so gino smith 00:02:23.409 --> 00:02:26.710 inks a two -year 75 million dollar extension 00:02:26.710 --> 00:02:31.629 that can go up to 85 .5 million all right 66 00:02:31.629 --> 00:02:34.389 .5 million guaranteed and he'll be making 37 00:02:34.389 --> 00:02:37.710 .5 million a year which really isn't bad now 00:02:37.710 --> 00:02:40.270 when we look at his uh his stats for for last 00:02:40.270 --> 00:02:46.729 season 578 attempts for 407 completions, 4 ,320 00:02:46.729 --> 00:02:51.129 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, 15 picks, 7 .5 00:02:51.129 --> 00:02:54.349 yards per attempt, and a 70 .4 completion percentage. 00:02:54.870 --> 00:02:57.770 Geno Smith is still a really productive quarterback, 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:01.610 all right? He is somebody that he's not going 00:03:01.610 --> 00:03:05.889 to woo you with his play. He is somebody that 00:03:05.889 --> 00:03:08.789 he's going to get the job done. He's not somebody 00:03:08.789 --> 00:03:10.770 that's going to be in the same conversation as 00:03:10.770 --> 00:03:13.650 a Mahomes, a Burrow, a Lamar, or a Josh Allen. 00:03:13.990 --> 00:03:17.569 He is somebody that's sort of like in that Baker 00:03:17.569 --> 00:03:21.009 Mayfield type of realm, all right? Somebody that 00:03:21.009 --> 00:03:23.449 he's going to win you some games. He's going 00:03:23.449 --> 00:03:26.689 to make some crazy plays, but he's not the creme 00:03:26.689 --> 00:03:29.349 de la creme when it comes to quarterbacks. Not 00:03:29.349 --> 00:03:32.479 to mention... We all know that he had his best 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.500 years under Pete Carroll. So it was only right 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:37.879 for them to make sure that they lock him up because 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.539 when they traded for him, he was on the last 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:43.259 year of his deal that the Seahawks gave him. 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.139 So all it is is just adding on two more years, 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.840 which really isn't bad. Really think about this 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:53.159 for a second here. You got Geno Smith for two 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.919 more years and he's only making $37 .5 million 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:58.439 a year. That's not really bad. It doesn't break 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:02.139 the bank. It doesn't put you in cap hell. It 00:04:02.139 --> 00:04:04.659 doesn't do any of those things. Not to mention, 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.599 in some ways, you can push back on the priority 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.699 of quarterback for maybe another two years if 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:15.699 you choose to do that. Now, at the same time, 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:20.000 maybe next year you may want to still take a 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.620 quarterback just in case. If you see a little 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:24.699 bit of regression, you can still do that because 00:04:24.699 --> 00:04:28.040 why? His contract is not something where it's 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.939 ironclad that you have to, you know, stick through 00:04:30.939 --> 00:04:33.360 it and all those different types of things. It's 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.279 not like that. It's a very simple deal. It's 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.959 somewhat of a deal that what Baker Mayfield got 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.040 from the Buccaneers. So all in all, both sides 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.120 win. Now, when we look at Trey McBride's deal, 00:04:45.300 --> 00:04:49.480 all right, four years, 76 million. 43 million 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.139 guaranteed, and he'll be making 19 million a 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:56.500 year. When we look at his stats, 147 targets 00:04:56.500 --> 00:05:02.500 for 111 receptions, 1 ,146 receiving yards, two 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:05.740 touchdowns, 10 .3 receiving yards per attempt. 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.000 When you look at these stats, you're probably 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.120 thinking, you mean to tell me they reset the 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.579 market for Trey McBride based off of these stats? 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:16.500 Yes. You have to turn on the tape. You've got 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:19.800 to see his performance. Trey McBride, within 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:23.220 the last three years, has been one of the rising 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:25.980 stars when it comes to tight ends. You are talking 00:05:25.980 --> 00:05:29.540 about somebody that when he gets the ball, he's 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:31.439 going to make a play. Better yet, he's going 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:35.500 to extend the play as long as he can. We have 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:39.339 seen multiple games where he'll turn a 5 -yard 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:43.439 game into a 15 -yard game or a 20 -yard game. 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:47.500 That's just how skilled he is. Not to mention, 00:05:47.579 --> 00:05:50.779 he's someone that sort of flies under the radar 00:05:50.779 --> 00:05:52.959 when it comes to his performance. He has definitely 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.519 been one of the more consistent weapons for Kyler 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.279 Murray. Not to mention, he's put everywhere. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.000 Sometimes they'll have him lined up in the slot. 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.800 Sometimes they'll have him blocked. They'll have 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.959 him everywhere. And Trey McBride does it all. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:13.120 It was only right for the Cardinals to make him 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.800 the highest paid tight end. Because now what 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.779 you're starting to see is, and this probably 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:22.040 dates back all the way to maybe the Gronk years, 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:26.000 is that quarterbacks love having a reliable tight 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.319 end. A tight end is a quarterback's best friend. 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.160 Because when you need them the most, they're 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.079 always there to get you out of the pitch. Look 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.860 at all the great quarterbacks in NFL history. 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.459 They've all had a really great tight end, from 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:44.459 Brady to Gronk to Manning and Dallas Clark, which, 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:49.439 just on a side note, Dallas Clark and Madden, 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.120 within the last few years, unstoppable. Don't 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.060 ask me how I know. Luke, if you're listening 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:58.879 to this, don't even start. Don't even pull up 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.920 the clips. We're not going there, all right? 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.040 Now, back to the situation at hand. we are starting 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.879 to see a resurgence in the tight end position 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.300 as a whole. We are starting to see teams now 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.620 value the position of tight end because normally 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:18.420 back in the day, the tight end was like the really 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:23.379 big bulky dude that he may get five yards or 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:26.500 he may get five to 10 catches a game, where now 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:29.459 you're starting to see them get a thousand yard 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:33.500 receiving seasons like a receiver. And so it's 00:07:33.500 --> 00:07:36.600 only going to continue to go up from here at 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:40.720 this point. And Trey McBride is somebody that 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:43.420 is going to kick down the door when it comes 00:07:43.420 --> 00:07:46.439 to the next generation of tight ends. When you 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.560 have people like him and Isaiah Likely and Pat 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:54.699 Friermuth and who else? Who else? Who else? Who 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:58.170 else? Sam Laporta. There's a lot of tight ends 00:07:58.170 --> 00:08:00.990 right now that are monsters that pretty soon 00:08:00.990 --> 00:08:02.870 they're going to get paid as well. I would not 00:08:02.870 --> 00:08:06.029 be surprised if Sam Laporta shatters the tight 00:08:06.029 --> 00:08:09.509 end market again. Just saying. Now let's get 00:08:09.509 --> 00:08:12.430 into this Joe Milton trade situation. So Joe 00:08:12.430 --> 00:08:14.769 Milton was traded to the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. 00:08:14.949 --> 00:08:17.230 All right. So the Cowboys receive, of course, 00:08:17.269 --> 00:08:19.329 Joe Milton in the seventh round pick and the 00:08:19.329 --> 00:08:21.889 Patriots receive a fifth round pick. Now, according 00:08:21.889 --> 00:08:26.079 to Jordan Schultz. He had interests from multiple 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.759 teams. Some of those teams included the Raiders, 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.720 the Steelers, the Eagles, Dallas. But apparently, 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:37.320 his preferred destination was Dallas. And I can 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:40.480 respect that. And I love that the team granted 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:44.039 him his preferred destination instead of just 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.039 sending him to a place that gave them the best 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.820 offer. Now, I know there's a lot of Steelers 00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:51.570 fans that are very butthurt about this. Because 00:08:51.570 --> 00:08:54.429 I was just arguing with one yesterday about it 00:08:54.429 --> 00:08:59.029 on Twitter. At GM Kale, by the way. G -M -K -A 00:08:59.029 --> 00:09:03.710 -L -E. And he was basically in his feelings and 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:07.090 basically saying, you know, well, he's overrated. 00:09:07.090 --> 00:09:09.610 And why in the world would we want somebody that's 00:09:09.610 --> 00:09:11.710 overrated? There's no need for getting him. He's 00:09:11.710 --> 00:09:14.990 not overrated. He's a project. He was a project 00:09:14.990 --> 00:09:17.789 coming out of college. He was never going to 00:09:17.789 --> 00:09:21.080 be this. first rounder or second rounder or third 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.200 rounder. None of those things. He was very raw. 00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:27.539 Sure, he has the athleticism. Sure, he has the 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:31.659 big arm. Sure, he can throw really fast and it's 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:33.600 a beautiful, you know, it's a beautiful motion. 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:36.519 All of those things. But the fact of the matter 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.740 is he hasn't had a lot of opportunities to play. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.500 And so with the Patriots signing Josh Dobbs, 00:09:43.539 --> 00:09:46.360 he was going to get buried in the quarterback 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.240 room. And so instead of that happening, you might 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.259 as well just want to put him in a better situation 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:56.340 with Dallas because we know sometimes Dak will 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:59.399 get a little bit hurt. So this in some ways is 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.399 an insurance policy. It's not a he's going to 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.600 be your replacement. No, it's just insurance 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:09.080 policy. That's all it is. Joe Milton at best 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.899 could probably be a career backup. And that's 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:14.139 perfectly fine. You can still make a lot of money 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:16.059 being a career backup. It's not going to hurt 00:10:16.059 --> 00:10:20.480 anybody. Now, I will say this for any person 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.500 that feels like Joe Milton is overrated. Your 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:27.460 expectations for Joe Milton is too high. We all 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:31.360 know that Joe Milton is a work in progress, that 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.320 this is going to be a two, a three or maybe even 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:37.799 a four year project. And it's going to take you 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:39.980 a while and it's going to be nasty. It's going 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:43.740 to be ugly. But at best, like I said before, 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:46.899 like I just said. He's probably going to be a 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:50.179 career backup and that's perfectly fine. So let's 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:53.039 get into all the stuff that we need to talk about 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:56.580 when it comes to the NFL owners meeting. So a 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:58.840 few things were passed, a few things were tabled. 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:01.700 And when I mean table, that means that they will 00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:05.519 be talked about and probably voted on in a later 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:10.000 part of the year and whatnot. So here are just 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:14.330 a few things. One of the things that was passed, 00:11:14.590 --> 00:11:17.210 if I'm not mistaken, and it was actually proposed 00:11:17.210 --> 00:11:19.950 by the Eagles, which is crazy, which is during 00:11:19.950 --> 00:11:23.330 the regular season in overtime, both teams are 00:11:23.330 --> 00:11:26.190 guaranteed a possession, which, I mean, that's 00:11:26.190 --> 00:11:29.009 not really bad. Another rule that was passed, 00:11:29.230 --> 00:11:32.009 which was proposed by the Steelers, is during 00:11:32.009 --> 00:11:34.570 the negotiation period of free agency, teams 00:11:34.570 --> 00:11:37.710 are allowed to have one video call or phone call 00:11:37.710 --> 00:11:41.980 with no more than five free agents. that's not 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:45.600 bad now could this go in a few different directions 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.840 yes could a team probably try to you know manipulate 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.519 the rule or whatever yes it'll probably happen 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:58.100 but i like the idea i just want to see how it's 00:11:58.100 --> 00:12:00.659 going to be used moving forward and i'll just 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:04.629 leave it there so resolution was passed to basically 00:12:04.629 --> 00:12:07.769 get rid of the chain gang and replace it with 00:12:07.769 --> 00:12:11.190 this Sony Hawkeye technology that will be measuring 00:12:11.190 --> 00:12:14.529 first downs. Let's be real here. In the last 00:12:14.529 --> 00:12:18.110 few years, we have seen the chain gang mess up 00:12:18.110 --> 00:12:21.789 very badly when it comes to a lot of calls. We 00:12:21.789 --> 00:12:25.549 have seen them give people first downs when we 00:12:25.549 --> 00:12:30.279 know it wasn't a first down. And so... On one 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.879 hand, it sucks because that takes away jobs for, 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.200 you know, for those people and whatnot. But at 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.960 the same time, we've reached a point now where 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:42.720 technology is a little bit more accurate and 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:44.440 it's a little bit more better and it's a little 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.940 bit more consistent than what the chain game 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:51.299 was. Like we literally saw somebody use a card 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:55.120 to determine if the football passed the first 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.860 down threshold or not. It was time. All right. 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:01.340 Now. Here is something that was tabled but was 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:04.419 proposed by the Lions. During the seeding for 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:06.840 the playoffs, teams will be seeded based on their 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.299 regular season record instead of division championships. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:14.179 On one hand, I do like this, but I don't know 00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:17.220 how to really feel about this. Because on one 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:22.200 hand, I understand the thought, but I feel like 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.740 you still have to weigh division rivals a little 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:30.759 bit more. Because I think when you still value 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:34.000 division rivals, I think it makes the matchups 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.720 more intense instead of just saying, oh, with 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.679 a better record, then you're going to have a 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.980 higher seeding. No, it still needs to be determined 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:45.799 of what happens in your division. Because guess 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:49.460 what? You could lose each and every one of your 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:52.299 divisional games. But if you have the best record 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:55.000 or one of the best records, guess what? You're 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.740 going to have a high seed. That's not really 00:13:56.740 --> 00:14:02.509 fair. So, Lions, you thought you were going to 00:14:02.509 --> 00:14:06.029 be sneaky, but clearly it backfired, and here 00:14:06.029 --> 00:14:10.230 we go. Now, here was something else that wasn't 00:14:10.230 --> 00:14:12.470 approved. It was actually shot down, and it was 00:14:12.470 --> 00:14:15.429 proposed by who? The Lions. Get rid of automatic 00:14:15.429 --> 00:14:18.090 first downs for any defensive holding or illegal 00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:22.279 contact. Lions are being very sneaky now. We 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.740 can't be doing this, all right? This isn't jail 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:28.600 ball. This is football. Come on. We all know 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.279 that you guys have corners that like to be a 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:34.360 little handsy and whatnot, so it wasn't proved. 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.799 So stop it, all right? Here is something that 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.700 I think it could open things up for special teams, 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:44.899 and that is touchbacks on kickoffs will be marked 00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:48.200 at the 35 -yard line. Let's be real here, folks. 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:51.240 In the last few years, the NFL has definitely 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.559 tried to make the kickoff a little bit more safer 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.600 because we have seen some very horrible injuries 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:02.440 when it comes to the kickoff. And so on one hand, 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:06.000 I understand that they're trying to fix it and 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.820 they're trying to keep special teams and that's 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:11.720 perfectly fine. But at the same time, you don't 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.960 want to mess up special teams and kick off to 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.940 the point where it could actually hurt a team 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:19.259 that actually help the team. When we looked at 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:22.500 last year, we didn't see a whole lot of, you 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:24.860 know, kickoff returns like we have seen in the 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:27.620 past. And honestly speaking, there was a point 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:29.740 in time where I didn't like the kickoff. I just 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:34.779 felt like it was stupid. Not to mention, it also 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:38.700 is a disadvantage for rookies because you know 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:41.759 why? College football still does the old traditional 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:45.639 kickoff. But the NFL has changed. So you would 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:48.220 think with them passing the resolution that they 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:51.620 did last year or the year before last, that college 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:54.600 football would have instituted a change as well. 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.039 But clearly that's not the case. And clearly 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.419 that is very much needed. That's the only way 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:05.159 that players will be able to be adapted to the 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.200 changing times. Otherwise, it's going to be a 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.220 learning curve for any person that's coming into 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:13.409 the league. So that resolution is sort of a wait 00:16:13.409 --> 00:16:17.190 and see type of situation because I already know 00:16:17.190 --> 00:16:18.649 there's probably going to be a special teams 00:16:18.649 --> 00:16:22.549 coach or coordinator or whomever that's going 00:16:22.549 --> 00:16:24.730 to come up with something crazy. I just know 00:16:24.730 --> 00:16:27.350 it. I know it. Somebody is cooking up a strategy 00:16:27.350 --> 00:16:31.559 right now. Wait. Just you wait and see. Somebody's 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:33.779 going to do something crazy that's going to catch 00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:36.980 everybody off guard. But moving forward, the 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:40.240 banning of the tush push was tabled, and this 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.299 was proposed by the Packers. Here is something 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:45.120 that I think that needs to be talked about with 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.460 the tush push. On one hand, yes, I understand 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:53.460 it's basically the most broken move in football 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:57.139 and that nobody can stop it. But I think we have 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:59.919 to look at the side effects when it comes to 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.480 the health of the players that perform the tush 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:08.380 push. You are literally burying yourself at the 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:11.299 opponent's legs and knees in order to get to 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:14.079 the first down. That's not safe at all because 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:17.700 it will take the right player who will be just 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:21.000 as ballsy and gutsy to do it that will literally 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:25.829 deliberately try to basically headbutt himself 00:17:25.829 --> 00:17:29.589 to try to stop the tush push from happening at 00:17:29.589 --> 00:17:33.309 this point i think we need to look at the the 00:17:33.309 --> 00:17:36.029 side effects that may come with this instead 00:17:36.029 --> 00:17:38.950 of just saying oh we need to continue to keep 00:17:38.950 --> 00:17:43.109 this play going no i am against the tush push 00:17:43.109 --> 00:17:48.680 i think it is a very dangerous move I think it 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:52.079 is a move that puts offensive linemen in harm's 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.559 way. I think it puts defensive players in harm's 00:17:55.559 --> 00:18:00.319 way. And I think it is a move that all it takes 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.859 is just one situation and it can cause a serious 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:07.579 injury to somebody. And I don't want that to 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:09.920 happen. I don't want to continue to see players 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:14.299 being carted off and whatnot because they're 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:18.380 just trying to stop a... stop a play from happening. 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:22.440 I don't want to see that. So at some point, the 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:24.319 league is going to have to come in and the league 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:27.019 is going to have to figure out a way to get rid 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:30.119 of this tush push. Now, could there be a more 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:35.000 safer option? Sure. Perfectly fine. But right 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.420 now, the current version of the tush push is 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:41.200 not healthy and it's not safe. Now, I probably 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.460 sound like a parent, but who really cares at 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:49.460 this point? Because When you look at the interviews 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:52.839 from those Eagles offensive linemen, some of 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:55.299 them say they don't get feeling back in their 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:57.460 legs or their arms or their neck and whatnot 00:18:57.460 --> 00:19:02.559 for a few days. I'm sorry. If I'm the owner, 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:06.160 if I'm anybody that is high up within the NFL, 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:09.339 we have to come together and we have to ban this 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:13.420 move. Because we just finished writing almost 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:16.690 a billion dollar check for CTE. You're going 00:19:16.690 --> 00:19:19.109 to have to probably write another one for each 00:19:19.109 --> 00:19:21.769 and every player that tried to do something similar 00:19:21.769 --> 00:19:24.910 to the tush push. Do you really want that? Probably 00:19:24.910 --> 00:19:29.349 not. Now let's get into the divisional rodeo, 00:19:29.349 --> 00:19:32.269 folks. Man, we are just breezing by everything. 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:35.009 This is probably going to be a very short episode. 00:19:35.069 --> 00:19:37.230 I'm just letting you guys know right now because 00:19:37.230 --> 00:19:39.529 there's really not a lot to talk about. Everybody's 00:19:39.529 --> 00:19:42.240 getting ready for the draft. It's really not 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.019 a lot of stuff to talk about right now. Everybody's 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:48.460 doing their 30 -day visits and finishing up on 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:51.079 their big boards and all those different types 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.680 of things. So it'll probably be a little bit 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.440 of a quiet period. Most likely, I probably will 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.500 not put out an episode next week, depending on 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:02.140 if Aaron Rodgers wants to take his head out of 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:05.150 his ass. you know actually decide to to make 00:20:05.150 --> 00:20:07.269 a decision and whatnot maybe i'll do episode 00:20:07.269 --> 00:20:10.529 but um but most likely i'll probably just be 00:20:10.529 --> 00:20:13.230 working on clips from all the you know other 00:20:13.230 --> 00:20:15.490 previous episodes of the divisional rodeo and 00:20:15.490 --> 00:20:18.329 whatnot and you know put those out for for you 00:20:18.329 --> 00:20:21.210 guys so let's just get into the divisional rodeo 00:20:21.210 --> 00:20:23.230 because we have a lot we have to talk about okay 00:20:23.230 --> 00:20:27.990 so afc north browns bangles ravens and steelers 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:30.849 okay so let's start with the browns okay so their 00:20:30.849 --> 00:20:34.329 salary 19 .2 million with a rollover cap of 41 00:20:34.329 --> 00:20:38.269 .9 million. Their free agents, Jedrick Willis, 00:20:38.349 --> 00:20:41.089 Nick Harris, Nick Chubb, Elijah Moore, Naheem 00:20:41.089 --> 00:20:43.930 Hines, Jordan Atkins, Maurice Hurst, Michael 00:20:43.930 --> 00:20:46.410 Dunn, Ronnie McLeod, and Jermaine Effetti, just 00:20:46.410 --> 00:20:48.589 to name a few, okay? Now, when we look at their 00:20:48.589 --> 00:20:50.509 draft picks, okay, we all know they got their 00:20:50.509 --> 00:20:52.750 first, their second, they have two third round 00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:55.150 picks, they don't have a fifth, they have a fourth 00:20:55.150 --> 00:20:58.130 round pick, they have four sixth round picks, 00:20:58.289 --> 00:21:02.069 as well as one seventh round pick. So all in 00:21:02.069 --> 00:21:04.690 all, you have a lot of picks, which you're really 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:07.190 going to need it because right now your team 00:21:07.190 --> 00:21:09.950 is in bad shape. Really bad shape. All right. 00:21:09.970 --> 00:21:12.390 And we look at positions of need. Quarterback, 00:21:12.410 --> 00:21:15.690 running back, tackle, defensive line. Let's be 00:21:15.690 --> 00:21:19.349 real here, folks. The Browns are in hell. The 00:21:19.349 --> 00:21:22.269 Browns are in hell. And they put themselves in 00:21:22.269 --> 00:21:25.769 this situation because they decided to double. 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:29.640 Well, no, not double. They tripled down on trading 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.200 for Deshaun Watson instead of trying to give 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.579 Baker Mayfield a legitimate chance. Because let's 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:40.279 be real here. During Baker Mayfield's time, there 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:43.799 were a slew of head coaches, a slew of offensive 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:47.039 coordinators, a slew of changes that were constantly 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:49.779 happening almost every single offseason. So he 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:53.119 never had stability. Now that he has stability, 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:56.279 guess what? the Buccaneers see the best version 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:58.799 of them and they're benefiting off of it. Meanwhile, 00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:01.940 you're in a situation where you done gave this 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:05.119 Joker a fully guaranteed contract and now you're 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:07.740 trying to figure out how in the world can we 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:10.279 build this team while we're giving this fool 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:14.539 all of this money. So now you have to figure 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:18.440 out exactly, one, are we going to draft a quarterback? 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:22.099 Two, what do we need to do to take us to the 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:25.470 next level? And three, Do we have the resources 00:22:25.470 --> 00:22:29.329 right now if we don't trust any of these quarterbacks 00:22:29.329 --> 00:22:32.390 to make a trade for a veteran quarterback? Because 00:22:32.390 --> 00:22:35.710 right now, all you have is just Cam Ward and 00:22:35.710 --> 00:22:39.049 Shador Sanders. So right now, you have about 00:22:39.049 --> 00:22:41.890 three weeks to figure out if you're super high 00:22:41.890 --> 00:22:45.390 on both of those quarterbacks. And you have to 00:22:45.390 --> 00:22:48.609 figure out who are you going to get. So right 00:22:48.609 --> 00:22:51.609 now, you have a lot of tough decisions that you're 00:22:51.609 --> 00:22:53.769 going to have to make moving forward. You may 00:22:53.769 --> 00:22:55.849 not like them, but you're going to have to make 00:22:55.849 --> 00:22:59.250 them fairly soon. Even the Browns owner has come 00:22:59.250 --> 00:23:01.470 to the realization that he whiffed on Deshaun 00:23:01.470 --> 00:23:03.710 Watson. This is what he said at the owners meeting. 00:23:03.869 --> 00:23:06.450 And I quote, we took a big swing and miss with 00:23:06.450 --> 00:23:09.309 Deshaun. We thought we had the quarterback. We 00:23:09.309 --> 00:23:11.690 didn't. And we gave up a lot of draft picks to 00:23:11.690 --> 00:23:14.069 get him. So we've got to dig ourselves out of 00:23:14.069 --> 00:23:16.990 that hole. The trade was an entire organization 00:23:16.990 --> 00:23:20.849 decision. And it ends with D, his wife, and I, 00:23:20.930 --> 00:23:23.650 let's talk about himself, So hold us accountable, 00:23:23.829 --> 00:23:27.269 end quote. Yes, you must be held accountable 00:23:27.269 --> 00:23:30.210 for this move because this was the dumbest move 00:23:30.210 --> 00:23:32.349 any person could have made. But you know what? 00:23:32.430 --> 00:23:36.710 It is perfect because you know why? The Browns 00:23:36.710 --> 00:23:39.329 make some of the most dumbest moves when it comes 00:23:39.329 --> 00:23:43.170 to quarterback. I can't even tell you how many 00:23:43.170 --> 00:23:45.650 quarterbacks they have basically ran through 00:23:45.650 --> 00:23:49.549 within the past 15 years. But there is a theory 00:23:49.549 --> 00:23:53.279 that I do believe in. That I think it could happen. 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:56.599 And Diana Rossini of The Athletic talked about 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:00.839 it a little bit about a few days ago. And so 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:04.940 basically, she has heard from the grapevine that 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:07.299 there is somewhat of a connection between Kirk 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:09.559 Cousins and the Browns. And what is that connection? 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:12.920 Kevin Stefanski. Kevin Stefanski was the offensive 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.279 coordinator for the Vikings when Kirk Cousins 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.180 was there. So I think the both of them have a 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:21.460 pretty good relationship. And I think Kevin Stefanski 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:24.380 would be open to getting someone like a Kirk 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:27.240 Cousins. Now, the problem is this. Kirk Cousins' 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:30.980 contract is really bad. And so you're going to 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:34.940 be having to figure out a way to make that contract 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:37.900 work with the cap space and everything moving 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:41.839 forward. But the thing that works in the Browns' 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:44.539 favor if they were to make this move is this. 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:48.059 Kirk Cousins has a no trade clause. So Kirk Cousins 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:51.740 can dictate where he wants to go. He can literally 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:55.380 force the Falcons to send him to the Browns. 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:59.339 And not to mention, the Falcons can't ask for 00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:01.920 a first round pick. They can even ask for a second 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:04.720 or a third round pick. At best, they could probably 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.279 just ask for maybe a fourth round pick that could 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:10.500 turn into a third round pick based off of certain 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:15.660 criteria. At this point, if you are the Browns, 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.059 you have to weigh out every single option. Now, 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:22.039 I know today is the Colorado's pro day. It was 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.940 originally supposed to be yesterday, but they 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:27.400 had inclement weather, so they pushed it to today. 00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:30.759 So maybe they'll be super confident in Shador 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.720 after his pro day. I don't know. But they have 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.180 a lot of tough decisions that they're going to 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:37.920 have to make. Now, running back, it's not that 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:40.980 high of a priority. You can get that. Day two 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:44.880 or day three, honestly. Tackle, I do feel like 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:49.700 that is another priority of a need. I think outside 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:52.220 of quarterback, that needs to be the second pick 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:55.279 that needs to be made. Because right now, you 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.660 have a question mark when it comes to left tackle. 00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:02.059 As well as right tackle as well. Wyatt Teller 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:05.400 is getting up in age. And so right now, you may 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:08.920 want to try to maybe get a... succession plan 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:13.180 going for him. And so right now, you do have 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:15.140 some options because I do believe there's going 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:17.539 to be some pretty good tackles that will be available 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:21.440 in the second, third, and fourth round. The question 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.539 is, how high are you on them? Because you can 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:26.880 get someone like a Charles Grant who has positional 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.000 flexibility. You can get someone like a Josh 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.380 Conley who he's better in pass protection than 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:34.980 in run protection. You can go and get Donovan 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:38.109 Jackson. You have options at tackle. but you 00:26:38.109 --> 00:26:41.049 are going to have to invest a high pick in getting 00:26:41.049 --> 00:26:43.690 one. Now, defensive line, you can double dip 00:26:43.690 --> 00:26:47.069 with that. I think if you get one maybe in the 00:26:47.069 --> 00:26:50.289 third and then maybe in the sixth or maybe fourth 00:26:50.289 --> 00:26:52.670 round, I think that that would be good because 00:26:52.670 --> 00:26:55.890 right now you need to bolster up that defense 00:26:55.890 --> 00:27:00.089 a little bit more because all you have is just 00:27:00.089 --> 00:27:04.799 Greg Newsome, Denzel Ward, and Myles Gary. You 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.160 don't really have anybody else. So you need to 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:11.380 start making significant draft changes right 00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:14.220 now. You have to start hitting on your draft 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.519 picks. Now, luckily, you have a lot of draft 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:19.079 picks this year. So you can address a lot of 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:23.220 these needs. But at the same time, you need to 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:28.160 choose quality over quantity. Don't get the person 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:30.940 that went to Alabama. If there's somebody that 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:34.470 you are really high on, just get them. Because 00:27:34.470 --> 00:27:37.829 right now, the Browns, how can I say this? The 00:27:37.829 --> 00:27:40.170 Browns are in such a bad situation that it's 00:27:40.170 --> 00:27:41.910 going to take them at least five years to really 00:27:41.910 --> 00:27:45.450 be competitive. Now, granted, Deshaun Watson's 00:27:45.450 --> 00:27:49.130 contract, if I'm not mistaken, ends in two years, 00:27:49.269 --> 00:27:54.849 which is great. But, I mean, you're still taking 00:27:54.849 --> 00:27:59.750 on a lot of money. I really don't know what to 00:27:59.750 --> 00:28:02.269 tell you, Browns fans. But when we look at candidates 00:28:02.269 --> 00:28:04.329 for restructure, extension, trades, and cuts, 00:28:04.829 --> 00:28:07.509 David Njoku is a question mark for an extension. 00:28:07.869 --> 00:28:10.369 And the only reason why I say that is because 00:28:10.369 --> 00:28:13.809 does David Njoku want to stay with the Browns? 00:28:13.849 --> 00:28:17.730 Does the Browns want to keep David Njoku? Because 00:28:17.730 --> 00:28:20.809 right now, if you trade away David Njoku, you 00:28:20.809 --> 00:28:23.170 could probably get some pretty high picks for 00:28:23.170 --> 00:28:27.579 him. Just saying. Same thing with... with Greg 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:32.119 Newsome, trade or an extension. Because right 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:35.140 now you have a lot of large contracts on your 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:38.279 books. And so you're going to have to find a 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:41.440 way to make everything fit with the cap restrictions 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.200 that you have. Same thing with Wyatt Teller. 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:47.299 Now, if you give Wyatt Teller an extension, his 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:50.700 market value is three years, 23 .3 million, which 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:53.380 is only 7 .8 million a year. That's not bad. 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:56.619 That's actually pretty good. Deshaun Watson, 00:28:56.900 --> 00:29:00.539 restructure. You can continue to try to do a 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:04.519 restructure, but at this point, I think it's 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:07.519 just best that you just take it on. Take all 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:12.619 of it all at once and then you'll be fine. That 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:15.160 way you'll have a whole bunch of cap space to 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.819 play with once his contract is over with and 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.740 you don't have nothing to worry about compared 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:22.400 to trying to push things down the road and kick 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.099 the can down the road, all right? The main takeaway 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:30.640 from the Browns is this. Rebuild. That's what 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.160 you're going to have to do at this point. Because 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:38.160 right now, you are in such of a fucked up situation. 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:41.500 I mean exactly the way that I say it. That you 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:43.980 are going to just have to let certain things 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.980 just play out. You are literally going to have 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:50.559 to let some contracts just expire. Just so you 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:53.420 can one, clean up your books. Get rid of that 00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:57.759 toxic energy while at the same time, try to reshape 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:00.779 this team. You've learned your lesson. You realize, 00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:04.740 hey, don't put all your eggs in the house, in 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:07.920 the car, and everything else in one basket for 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:10.880 one person. Don't do it because this is what 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:13.720 happens. You don't get anything out of it. He's 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:16.500 enjoying his life, enjoying the money that he's 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:19.279 getting while you are trying to figure out what 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:21.019 you're going to do moving forward with quarterback. 00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:25.599 But guess what? The Browns will be the Browns. 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:29.819 Sorry, Browns fans. Now moving on to the Bengals, 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.779 all right? So with their salary, $24 .4 million 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:35.759 with a rollover cap of $5 .9 million. Their free 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.099 agents, Mike Hilton, Joe Beshe, Von Bell, Tre 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.940 'Veon Williams, Deontay Smith, Cade York, and 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:44.500 Chris Evans, just to name a few, all right? Your 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:46.640 draft picks. You got your first, your second, 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.960 your third, your fourth, your fifth, and your 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.980 sixth. You don't have a seventh round pick, all 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:54.180 right? Positions of need, DB, both cornerback 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:58.160 and safety, edge, D -tackle, linebacker, interior 00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:01.660 offensive line, all right? Here's the problem 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:05.680 with the Bengals. You have put so much money 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:10.160 into literally three people that now you're going 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:12.220 to have to really start hitting on your draft 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:15.319 picks. Beforehand, you really didn't have to 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:19.690 as much, but now... You really have to start 00:31:19.690 --> 00:31:22.130 hitting on your draft picks, okay? You really 00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:25.170 have to start being consistent with great drafting. 00:31:26.150 --> 00:31:29.230 Because you done gave Jamar Chase a whole bunch 00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:31.470 of money. You done gave Tee Higgins a whole bunch 00:31:31.470 --> 00:31:33.750 of money. And you done gave Joe Burrow a whole 00:31:33.750 --> 00:31:36.569 bunch of money. Not to mention, you still have 00:31:36.569 --> 00:31:40.349 another side of the ball that is very, very deprived 00:31:40.349 --> 00:31:44.210 of talent. And so now you're in a situation where 00:31:44.210 --> 00:31:48.430 a lot of the things... That were somewhat hidden 00:31:48.430 --> 00:31:50.750 or not really talked about as much in the past 00:31:50.750 --> 00:31:53.809 are really starting to come to fruition, which 00:31:53.809 --> 00:31:57.450 is you guys are really cheap organization. You 00:31:57.450 --> 00:32:01.049 guys don't like paying your players. Why? I don't 00:32:01.049 --> 00:32:04.829 know. And so now you're at a crossroads where 00:32:04.829 --> 00:32:08.630 you're trying to figure out, hey, do we continue 00:32:08.630 --> 00:32:12.410 to be this cheap organization or do we somewhat? 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.220 Step into the modern era and actually value our 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:18.200 players and actually take care of our players. 00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:21.019 Because right now you're in a situation where 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:24.059 Trey Hendrickson wants to play for the Bengals. 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:27.880 He's literally said he does not want to reset 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:31.740 the market, but he wants what's his. And for 00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:34.940 you guys to basically have the approach that 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:38.890 you have had. shows me that you do not value 00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:41.890 your players. You do not value the hard work 00:32:41.890 --> 00:32:44.490 that they put in. You do not value the sacrifices 00:32:44.490 --> 00:32:48.789 that they put each and every single season and 00:32:48.789 --> 00:32:51.950 off season for this organization. And that to 00:32:51.950 --> 00:32:56.569 me is an atrocity. This is what a Bengals executive 00:32:56.569 --> 00:33:00.190 said about Trey Hendrickson in his trade talks. 00:33:00.650 --> 00:33:03.990 Miss Katie Blackburn. Okay, this is what she 00:33:03.990 --> 00:33:06.400 says. And I quote. I think he should be happy 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:08.920 at certain rates that maybe he doesn't think 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:11.660 he'd be happy at. I think some of it is on him 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:14.140 to be happy at some point. And if he's not, you 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:18.220 know, that's what it holds up sometimes. So, 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.319 you know, it takes him to say yes to something. 00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:23.039 And also, we have all the respect in the world 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:26.640 for him. Now, the quote that she just said definitely 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:28.180 didn't make any sense. It sounded like she just 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:30.680 had maybe about three or four mimosas, okay? 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:34.119 That's why I had to stop and read it for a little 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.859 bit because it really didn't make any sense. 00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:39.839 But her approach is the same approach that the 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.900 owner and everybody else in the Bengals front 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:44.339 office has when it comes to contracts and players. 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:48.740 Literally, you could have had Jamar Chase and 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:53.319 Tee Higgins for a discount last year. But instead, 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.880 you took a risk and you say, you know what, we're 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:59.079 not going to pay you. And in doing so. Jamar 00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:01.019 Chase wins the Triple Crown and you have to reset 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:04.019 the market for him. And you may have to pay more 00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:07.119 for Tee Higgins. How does it feel, Bengals fans? 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.119 How does it feel to root for an organization 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:15.300 that continues to just give you the middle finger 00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:18.500 each and every offseason when it comes to paying 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:22.400 their players? And so now you have to figure 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:26.059 out, one, how can we somewhat be a little bit 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:30.210 more competitive? And two, how in the world can 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:33.530 we go back to the Super Bowl? Because right now, 00:34:33.550 --> 00:34:35.989 as long as you have Jamar Chase, Tee Higgins, 00:34:35.989 --> 00:34:38.769 and Joe Burrow, you do have somewhat of a small 00:34:38.769 --> 00:34:41.190 chance of making it back to the Super Bowl. But 00:34:41.190 --> 00:34:45.190 you have to build the rest of the team out. And 00:34:45.190 --> 00:34:47.130 you're going to have to do that through the draft. 00:34:47.929 --> 00:34:50.969 Because again, you put a lot of money behind 00:34:50.969 --> 00:34:54.469 Tee Higgins, Jamar Chase, and Joe Burrow. So... 00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:58.000 Let's get into the positions of need. So for 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:00.880 DB, you can go about this a few different ways. 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:04.800 You can go, you can draft a few, or you could 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:08.699 pay Von Bell and then draft somebody else. But 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:10.760 you're probably going to have to invest a high 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:14.139 pick when it comes to both cornerback and safety. 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:17.260 Now, luckily, the safety class is actually pretty 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:21.210 good this year. So you could get a Malachi Starks. 00:35:21.210 --> 00:35:24.590 You could get a Nick Emanuara. You can get Andrew 00:35:24.590 --> 00:35:27.570 Makuba. You can get any of those type of safeties 00:35:27.570 --> 00:35:29.289 if you want to take that route. Now, if you want 00:35:29.289 --> 00:35:32.110 to take corner, right, you can get Will Johnson, 00:35:32.269 --> 00:35:35.170 Siobhan Revel, Benjamin Morrison, Azra Thomas, 00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:39.909 Trey Amos. You have options for both cornerback 00:35:39.909 --> 00:35:43.329 and safety. Now, edge, me personally, I'm not 00:35:43.329 --> 00:35:46.010 that very high on these edge rushers, personally. 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:50.559 I just feel like for Edge, you could probably 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.880 get one in maybe day two or day three, personally. 00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:56.699 I don't see a need to invest a first -round pick 00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:58.579 into any of these Edges. I feel like they are 00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:02.480 very unfinished products. I feel like just because 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:05.519 they went to a certain school that it just gives 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:09.380 them a bump in reputation and whatnot, and I 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:12.989 feel like it's being... fueled by a lot of media 00:36:12.989 --> 00:36:14.710 personalities, and I'll just leave it there. 00:36:15.150 --> 00:36:18.250 Defensive tackle, you can address that at any 00:36:18.250 --> 00:36:21.250 point in this draft. You can address that in 00:36:21.250 --> 00:36:23.469 the first day, second day, third day, whenever. 00:36:24.030 --> 00:36:25.929 But you are going to have to make significant 00:36:25.929 --> 00:36:28.829 additions to this defensive line because outside 00:36:28.829 --> 00:36:31.730 of Trey Hendrickson, if he stays, all you have 00:36:31.730 --> 00:36:34.849 is B .J. Hill. That's not enough. You're going 00:36:34.849 --> 00:36:38.510 to need some more. Linebacker, you might as well 00:36:38.510 --> 00:36:42.570 just want to draft one. Because right now, Jermaine 00:36:42.570 --> 00:36:44.269 Pratt is probably not going to come back to the 00:36:44.269 --> 00:36:48.469 Bengals. And the other linebacker, who is somewhat 00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:51.369 of a dirty tackler, but that's another story 00:36:51.369 --> 00:36:53.650 for another day. That's all you have. You don't 00:36:53.650 --> 00:36:55.929 really have anything. The Bengals' defense is 00:36:55.929 --> 00:36:59.530 so bad that they're going to probably have to 00:36:59.530 --> 00:37:02.090 invest at least half of their draft picks to 00:37:02.090 --> 00:37:06.210 the defense alone. Interior offensive line, though. 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:09.599 I feel like that could be a sneaky first round 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:13.599 pick. And let me explain why. Gray Zabel. And 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:15.420 I understand people are probably tired of me 00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:17.360 talking about Gray Zabel, but you have to hear 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:23.920 me out. Gray Zabel, to me, has such a high potential 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:28.300 that you have to get him. You have to make that 00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:33.239 move. Because he has positional flexibility like 00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:37.130 no other. He could probably be elite. at both 00:37:37.130 --> 00:37:41.269 guard and tackle. I'm talking about the best 00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:45.090 of the best. Or you can take the route and get 00:37:45.090 --> 00:37:48.849 Tyler Booker if you want to. But remember, during 00:37:48.849 --> 00:37:51.250 the combine, especially for the offensive lineman, 00:37:51.429 --> 00:37:54.769 both of these two were tried at center as well. 00:37:55.329 --> 00:37:58.369 So I think making that investment would also 00:37:58.369 --> 00:38:01.590 benefit Joe Burrow as well because you don't 00:38:01.590 --> 00:38:04.530 want Joe taking all these hits. So you're going 00:38:04.530 --> 00:38:07.460 to have to protect him. Sure, you have the weapons 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:11.059 and you can get more weapons in the later parts 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:13.579 of the draft, but you are going to have to protect 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:16.739 him a little bit better. Now, when we look at 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:18.739 candidates for restructure, extension, trades, 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:22.519 and cuts, Trey Hendrickson, trade him. Trade 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:26.760 him. You have shown an unwillingness to pay him. 00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:29.920 Trade him. When we look at his market value, 00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:33.039 it's two years, $62 .9 million, which is $31 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.880 .5 million a year. Now, I think he could probably 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:39.960 demand a little bit more, maybe about 34, maybe 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:44.000 35, possibly, maybe even a little bit more. Jermaine 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:47.380 Pratt, trade him. Trade him. You're not going 00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:50.219 to pay him. Trade him. Get rid of these guys. 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:54.599 Cam Taylor Britt, you could give him an extension. 00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:58.179 And I only say that because his market value 00:38:58.179 --> 00:39:00.739 is fairly low, and I feel like he can't demand 00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:03.250 a whole bunch of money. Now, when we look at 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:06.170 his market value, it's only four years, 59 .7 00:39:06.170 --> 00:39:08.849 million, which is only 14 .9 million a year. 00:39:09.070 --> 00:39:12.550 That's not bad. I think that's right around the 00:39:12.550 --> 00:39:14.489 ballpark that the Bengals will probably pay him. 00:39:15.010 --> 00:39:19.909 And so, all in all, just get rid of people that 00:39:19.909 --> 00:39:22.909 you are not willing to pay top dollar for. Even 00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:26.030 Trey Hendrickson had something to say about this 00:39:26.030 --> 00:39:27.989 on the Pat McAfee show. This is what he said, 00:39:28.070 --> 00:39:30.409 and I quote. Through this process, communication, 00:39:30.889 --> 00:39:33.289 when I say it's been poor, it's been like here 00:39:33.289 --> 00:39:36.590 and there. And respect to Jamar and T. I don't 00:39:36.590 --> 00:39:38.590 want to take anything from all the great things 00:39:38.590 --> 00:39:40.670 they've accomplished in their careers. They deserve 00:39:40.670 --> 00:39:42.550 everything that they've gotten, and no doubt 00:39:42.550 --> 00:39:44.530 in my mind they're going to excel in the National 00:39:44.530 --> 00:39:47.190 Football League. I have a tremendous respect 00:39:47.190 --> 00:39:49.809 for both of them. But when it comes to my situation, 00:39:50.369 --> 00:39:52.750 it would have been nice to know in some ways, 00:39:52.949 --> 00:39:55.690 hey, we're going to put you in the queue. No 00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:58.760 problem with me. End quote. He also said this 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:02.320 as well, and I quote, We're on the DN, National 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:05.199 Football League Street. The market value for 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.280 that is going up like it did for wide receivers 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:11.079 last year, which is true. Where I fit in that 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:14.480 role is all up to the discretion. We're willing 00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:17.199 to talk about those things with the market continuing 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:20.199 to go up. I'm not going to apologize for that 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:22.840 because I've been basically asking for the same 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:26.170 thing every year. to be solidified as a Cincinnati 00:40:26.170 --> 00:40:30.409 Bengal for life. End quote. That is somebody 00:40:30.409 --> 00:40:36.530 who is willing, willing to end his career with 00:40:36.530 --> 00:40:39.670 the Bengals. But the Bengals have their heads 00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:44.090 so far up their ass that they don't even realize 00:40:44.090 --> 00:40:47.909 that they have someone who is loyal to the team 00:40:47.909 --> 00:40:51.579 through and through. Trey Hendrickson. was a 00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:54.440 breath of fresh air when he signed with the Bengals. 00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:59.840 He has been killing it each and every season. 00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:05.260 And so why wouldn't you want to pay him? It'll 00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:07.239 be different if he said, hey, I'm trying to reset 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.760 the market. It'll be different if he's trying 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:11.780 to say, hey, I want something like Miles Garrett. 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:16.019 But he's not. He's just trying to get what he's 00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:19.409 due. And the fact that you have basically put 00:41:19.409 --> 00:41:24.409 him on the back burner is so disrespectful. Because 00:41:24.409 --> 00:41:26.869 who else do you need to pay right now? Who else 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:29.230 is a top priority? You already took care of the 00:41:29.230 --> 00:41:31.550 two most important people in Jamar Chase and 00:41:31.550 --> 00:41:33.269 T. Higgins. Who else do you need to take care 00:41:33.269 --> 00:41:36.289 of? What else do you need to do? So if you are 00:41:36.289 --> 00:41:40.809 not going to pay him, trade him. And please, 00:41:40.909 --> 00:41:44.409 for the love of God, stop having these high... 00:41:45.470 --> 00:41:48.130 expectations for a team to give you a first round 00:41:48.130 --> 00:41:53.670 pick for Trey Hendrickson. Stop. Just stop. Stop 00:41:53.670 --> 00:41:56.750 being just fools when it comes to the business 00:41:56.750 --> 00:42:00.849 side of the ball. Joe Burrow is trying his hardest 00:42:00.849 --> 00:42:04.110 to break you guys out of this mold that you guys 00:42:04.110 --> 00:42:07.250 have been in for the last 20 and 30 years. But 00:42:07.250 --> 00:42:10.530 you guys are so reluctant to do that, that guess 00:42:10.530 --> 00:42:13.119 what? That will be the reason why you will never 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:15.900 go back to another Super Bowl because you guys 00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:19.400 are not willing to pay top dollar for the players 00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:22.980 that actually deserve it. Now, when we look at 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:26.900 the Bengals in its entirety, let's just be real 00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:30.199 here. I think the head coach, I think his seat 00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:33.260 is getting a little bit warm because last season, 00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:37.119 it really wasn't that good. It was tough. Now, 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:40.650 granted, They went on that run in the later part 00:42:40.650 --> 00:42:43.550 of the season, which was phenomenal, which me 00:42:43.550 --> 00:42:45.449 personally, I feel like they should have made 00:42:45.449 --> 00:42:47.210 it into the playoffs instead of the Steelers. 00:42:47.789 --> 00:42:49.510 Steeler fans, if you want to fight me, that's 00:42:49.510 --> 00:42:51.849 perfectly fine, but I said it and I'll stand 00:42:51.849 --> 00:42:53.869 on it. The Bengals should have made it to the 00:42:53.869 --> 00:42:56.329 playoffs instead of the Steelers because they 00:42:56.329 --> 00:43:00.150 won out. They won out against some very tough 00:43:00.150 --> 00:43:03.949 teams. They were able to do that. And so they 00:43:03.949 --> 00:43:06.840 should have made it to the playoffs. Unfortunately, 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:10.000 they didn't, but right now they're at a crossroads. 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:16.699 You can continue to stay in cheapness or you 00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:20.900 can step outside of the boat, step on land and 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:24.380 say, hey, listen, we're going to change our ways. 00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:27.300 We're going to be a little bit more open and 00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:29.519 we're going to change things around for this 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:32.510 organization. For the betterment of our players 00:43:32.510 --> 00:43:35.449 and for a better chance of possibly winning a 00:43:35.449 --> 00:43:38.829 championship. And I'll leave it there. Now on 00:43:38.829 --> 00:43:41.869 to the Ravens, okay? When we look at their salary, 00:43:41.929 --> 00:43:44.710 okay? $12 .2 million with a rollover cap of $2 00:43:44.710 --> 00:43:47.030 .1 million. Now when it comes to the free agents, 00:43:47.210 --> 00:43:49.190 Deontay Johnson, Marcus Williams, Tredavious 00:43:49.190 --> 00:43:51.550 White, Nelson Aguilar, Arthur Marlette, Josh 00:43:51.550 --> 00:43:54.530 Johnson, Brent Urban, Deontay Hardy, Trivion 00:43:54.530 --> 00:43:58.050 Mullen, Christian Matthews, excuse me, and Owen 00:43:58.050 --> 00:44:01.760 Wright. Let's get into these draft picks, okay? 00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:04.500 So you got your first, your second, your third. 00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:06.460 You have two fourth round picks. You have a fifth. 00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:11.960 You have four, okay? Four sixth round picks and 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:14.139 one seventh round picks. Oh, you have a lot of 00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:17.019 picks. Okay, cool. Positions of need, guard, 00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:20.460 edge, safety, and receiver. Now receiver is a 00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:24.500 little bit controversial, but I'll explain it, 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:28.400 okay? So all in all, You're still in your Super 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:30.460 Bowl window. You're still in a really good spot. 00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:32.980 You don't have a lot of big needs that you need 00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:37.059 to fill, okay? I think personally, guard and 00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:41.099 edge are 1A and 1B when it comes to positions 00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:46.440 of need. And let me explain why. Guard, at this 00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:49.480 point, you need to make a significant draft pick 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:54.460 for. Because Daniel Folele is ass. Daniel Folele 00:44:54.460 --> 00:45:01.460 is trash ass. Think of the most stinkiest trash 00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:03.699 can you could possibly find. I'm talking about 00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:08.980 a trash can that has been sitting out on a hot 00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.940 summer day. I'm talking about the hottest day 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:14.739 you could possibly remember. And it just stinks. 00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:17.860 The minute you open the door, it just stinks. 00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:22.000 That's Daniel Fulele, folks. And it's no disrespect 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:23.760 to him, but you have not been playing good, sir. 00:45:24.090 --> 00:45:28.449 So right now, you need to be put on the bench. 00:45:28.610 --> 00:45:32.250 You need to be put on ice at this point. Now, 00:45:32.250 --> 00:45:35.889 the problem with the Ravens is this. You are 00:45:35.889 --> 00:45:38.409 not in a position where you could possibly get 00:45:38.409 --> 00:45:41.289 a good interior offensive lineman in the first 00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:43.909 round if you want to take that route. Because 00:45:43.909 --> 00:45:47.909 right now, if they get Tyler Booker or if they 00:45:47.909 --> 00:45:51.039 get Gray Zabel, oh, it's over. It's curtains, 00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:54.659 especially Gray Zabel, because I think Gray Zabel 00:45:54.659 --> 00:45:59.619 to the Ravens would be such of a hit that they 00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:01.840 will have arguably one of the greatest offensive 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.739 lines in NFL history. Not to mention the Ravens 00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:08.199 have a history of developing really great offensive 00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:10.960 linemen. And so I think that would be a great 00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:14.360 place for him. Now, Edge, I'm a little bit on 00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:18.679 the fence about, and I'll explain why. there's 00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:21.039 probably only one edge rusher in the first round 00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:22.679 that I probably would be head over heels for, 00:46:22.739 --> 00:46:25.380 and that's Mike Green. Outside of that, I can 00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:28.579 probably talk myself out of everybody else, and 00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:31.039 it's no disrespect to any of them, but there's 00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:33.920 not like a TJ Watt in this draft class. There's 00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:37.559 not like a, what's a good pass rusher? What's 00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:39.840 a really good pass rusher? There's not like a 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:44.119 pass rusher that just everyone just wants. This 00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:46.860 is a draft class when it comes to pass rushers 00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:50.440 where, Sure, there may be a few that may interest 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:53.380 you. Sure, their skill set would probably be 00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:57.280 an upgrade for your team, but it's a whole lot 00:46:57.280 --> 00:47:02.539 of what ifs, not a lot of certainties when it 00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:05.780 comes to these edge rushers. And I feel like 00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:09.619 Mike Green, from a skill set standpoint, has 00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:13.099 a lot of upside to his game. I feel like, and 00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:14.340 this is just me personally, this is the account 00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:16.699 that I have for Mike Green. I think his comp 00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:20.480 is T .J. Watt. I think Mike Green, if put in 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:24.320 the right situation, he could be a poor man's 00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:29.320 version of T .J. Watt. I really do. I think everybody 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:32.980 else, it's a shot in the dark, just being honest 00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:37.400 here. Now, safety could be a sleeper of a first 00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:41.739 -round pick, and let me explain why. With the 00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:45.039 uncertainty of our Darius Washington possibly... 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:49.079 you know, re -signing with the team and Marcus 00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:51.219 Williams not coming back to the team at all, 00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:54.280 I feel like drafting a safety in the first round 00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:58.400 could be a possible hit. Now, again, the problem 00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:02.179 with that move is you are so low in the draft 00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:05.920 that guess what? You probably won't be able to 00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:09.599 get any of the top safeties. That's the only 00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:12.420 problem in every other position of need that 00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:15.199 they have right now. is that they're too low 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:18.739 in the draft for them to get any of the top players 00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:21.739 within those positions. And so, most likely, 00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:24.480 you're going to have to trade up. Now, luckily, 00:48:24.719 --> 00:48:28.019 this is just my prediction, personally, I think 00:48:28.019 --> 00:48:30.460 a lot of teams are going to trade down or possibly 00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:32.239 trade out of the first round. Because again, 00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:34.539 as I've said before, and a lot of people have 00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:37.159 also said as well, this is not a really good 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:39.920 draft class. This is not a draft class where... 00:48:40.510 --> 00:48:43.670 It's a bunch of oohs and ahs and oh man, I want 00:48:43.670 --> 00:48:45.690 that person or oh man, I want that person. I 00:48:45.690 --> 00:48:47.949 want that person. I want that person. It's not 00:48:47.949 --> 00:48:49.949 a lot of those type of players in this draft 00:48:49.949 --> 00:48:54.110 class. It's a lot of developmental players in 00:48:54.110 --> 00:48:56.190 this draft class. It's a lot of players that 00:48:56.190 --> 00:48:58.329 it's going to take you about two, maybe three, 00:48:58.409 --> 00:49:00.889 maybe four years to really see what you have 00:49:00.889 --> 00:49:06.309 in these players. So me personally, if I am the 00:49:06.309 --> 00:49:09.110 Ravens, you can go about safety a few different 00:49:09.110 --> 00:49:11.869 ways. You could address it in the first round, 00:49:12.010 --> 00:49:13.610 which means you're going to have to trade up, 00:49:13.710 --> 00:49:18.090 possibly maybe in the teens, or you could take 00:49:18.090 --> 00:49:20.769 a risk and maybe see who falls out the first 00:49:20.769 --> 00:49:24.469 round and then go on attack mode in the second 00:49:24.469 --> 00:49:27.090 round. Because I think someone like Xavier Watts, 00:49:27.369 --> 00:49:34.530 man, let me tell you something. Xavier Watts 00:49:34.530 --> 00:49:36.750 paired up with Kyle Hamilton, even though they 00:49:36.750 --> 00:49:40.780 were college teammates. The brothers of destruction. 00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:47.380 The brothers of destruction. OK, that's like 00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:52.320 putting prime Troy Polamalu and prime Ed Reed 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:57.739 on one team. Mook, I promise you. We're not having 00:49:57.739 --> 00:50:01.300 those conversations. I can assure you we will 00:50:01.300 --> 00:50:03.579 not be having those conversations if this does 00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:08.280 happen. OK. For all of those who don't know who 00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:10.519 Mook is, Mook is a really good friend of mine 00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:13.579 who's a Ravens fan. So, yeah, we'll just leave 00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:16.000 it there, okay? Maybe one day he'll make a guest 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:18.679 appearance or whatnot. But the fact of the matter 00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:22.519 is this. You could probably get Nick Emin -Warren, 00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:26.199 but the only problem is it's going to take him 00:50:26.199 --> 00:50:28.440 a while to be properly developed. You could get 00:50:28.440 --> 00:50:30.880 someone like Malachi Starks, who is probably 00:50:30.880 --> 00:50:33.679 the most balanced safety prospect out of all 00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:36.380 of them. Now, I have been able to review some 00:50:36.380 --> 00:50:40.380 of the All -22 from Malachi Starks, and I can 00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:44.139 tell you this. He's good. He's a really good 00:50:44.139 --> 00:50:48.119 safety. The only knock that I find in his game 00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:50.980 is he's not a willing tackler. He's not the best 00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:54.539 when it comes to his tackling technique. I think 00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:57.679 that is probably the only thing that would hinder 00:50:57.679 --> 00:51:00.480 him from possibly being drafted super high. Me 00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:02.400 personally, and this is just my personal opinions, 00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:04.179 and I will continue to say this and stand on 00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:07.820 this. I feel like to me, Malachi Starks is more 00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:12.019 of an NFC type of safety. And I feel like Nick 00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:16.880 Emanwari and Xavier Watts are more AFC type of 00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:20.539 safeties. And let me explain why. A lot of AFC 00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:24.519 teams, they require their DBs, both cornerbacks 00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:28.360 and safeties, to be at least of a decent tackler. 00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:32.039 NFC teams, on the other hand, not so much. And 00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:35.400 we all know that the AFC is more physical than 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:39.900 the NFC. And so I feel like Malachi Starks' game 00:51:39.900 --> 00:51:44.280 would thrive on a team like, I don't know, the 00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:50.860 Eagles or the Seahawks or 49ers or any of those 00:51:50.860 --> 00:51:53.820 teams. Compared to if you went to the Steelers 00:51:53.820 --> 00:51:57.539 or the Chiefs or the Jaguars or the Colts or 00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:59.809 the Texans or... any of those different types 00:51:59.809 --> 00:52:03.769 of teams. But back to the situation at hand. 00:52:04.389 --> 00:52:07.989 If you are the Ravens, you don't have a lot of 00:52:07.989 --> 00:52:09.489 tough decisions that you have to make, but at 00:52:09.489 --> 00:52:12.510 the same time, do you really need to use all 00:52:12.510 --> 00:52:16.510 of your draft picks? No. I think if you trade 00:52:16.510 --> 00:52:20.469 it up in the high teens, maybe like the 12th 00:52:20.469 --> 00:52:23.289 or the 13th pick to get whoever you want, okay, 00:52:23.289 --> 00:52:25.170 that's perfectly fine. No one's really complaining 00:52:25.170 --> 00:52:28.929 about it. but you don't really need a whole lot 00:52:28.929 --> 00:52:31.690 of players anyway. Because why? Your team is 00:52:31.690 --> 00:52:34.389 mainly set right now. You just have to add and 00:52:34.389 --> 00:52:37.530 just upgrade a few different spots. Even with 00:52:37.530 --> 00:52:40.469 receiver, like I put it on here, but then I wanted 00:52:40.469 --> 00:52:43.590 to take it off. I don't feel like receiver is 00:52:43.590 --> 00:52:46.869 a high need because you have Dehop, Rashad Bateman, 00:52:47.010 --> 00:52:50.650 Zay Flowers, Tez Walker, and I think you have 00:52:50.650 --> 00:52:54.030 one more person. And even then, if you really 00:52:54.030 --> 00:52:56.590 want to get a receiver, You could get a receiver 00:52:56.590 --> 00:52:58.789 in the fourth round, fourth or fifth round, honestly. 00:52:58.909 --> 00:53:02.170 Take a swing at somebody. But you have to start 00:53:02.170 --> 00:53:05.110 giving people like Tez Walker a chance because 00:53:05.110 --> 00:53:09.050 Tez Walker has the upside to be a really good 00:53:09.050 --> 00:53:11.710 receiver. He's got the size. He got the speed. 00:53:11.889 --> 00:53:14.670 He got the build. He has it all. He just has 00:53:14.670 --> 00:53:17.210 to get more reps and more playing time. That's 00:53:17.210 --> 00:53:20.550 it. End of discussion. Now, when we look at candidates 00:53:20.550 --> 00:53:22.769 for restructure, extension, trades, and cuts, 00:53:23.090 --> 00:53:27.679 Trey White, extension. He's probably cornerback 00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:30.260 four, cornerback five at this point. One year, 00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:33.079 $1 .3 million, which is only $1 .4 million a 00:53:33.079 --> 00:53:37.820 year. Light work. Lamar Jackson, extension. You're 00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:40.239 going to have to do it soon. Derrick Henry, extension. 00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:44.320 His market value is two years, $27 .5 million, 00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:47.440 which is $13 .8 million. Now, for some Ravens 00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.820 fans, you're probably thinking, hey, that's a 00:53:48.820 --> 00:53:51.320 lot of money. Well, guess what? Derrick Henry 00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:55.409 was doing his thing late last season. Derrick 00:53:55.409 --> 00:53:57.909 Henry is the reason why the Steelers this year 00:53:57.909 --> 00:53:59.349 are going to have to draft at least probably 00:53:59.349 --> 00:54:02.849 two defensive linemen. End of discussion. Kyle 00:54:02.849 --> 00:54:05.389 Hamilton, extension, market value, three years, 00:54:05.570 --> 00:54:08.630 $60 .8 million, which is $20 .3 million a year. 00:54:08.909 --> 00:54:11.590 You are going to reset the market for Kyle Hamilton. 00:54:11.949 --> 00:54:14.150 You are probably going to reset the market for 00:54:14.150 --> 00:54:18.230 Tyler Linderbaum as well because those two, those 00:54:18.230 --> 00:54:21.230 are Ravens for life type of players. Those are 00:54:21.230 --> 00:54:24.250 players that will end their career with the Ravens. 00:54:24.269 --> 00:54:26.570 Those are the type of players that you will find 00:54:26.570 --> 00:54:30.869 every way to never let them hit free agency. 00:54:30.949 --> 00:54:35.070 Don't even whiff with free agency. Now we look 00:54:35.070 --> 00:54:37.829 at Tyrell Linderbaum's market value. Three years, 00:54:37.929 --> 00:54:41.210 $48 .2 million, which is $16 .1 million a year. 00:54:41.449 --> 00:54:44.170 That's not really bad, honestly. Now when we 00:54:44.170 --> 00:54:47.570 look at somewhat of a breakdown with Lamar Jackson's 00:54:47.570 --> 00:54:50.579 contract, okay? His cap hit this year is $43 00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:54.780 .6 million, and then next year it's $74 .6, and 00:54:54.780 --> 00:54:57.940 then the year after that it's $74 .6. So you 00:54:57.940 --> 00:54:59.840 probably want to bring down those cap hits just 00:54:59.840 --> 00:55:03.019 a little bit, while at the same time giving Lamar 00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:05.619 a little bit more money. Now, when we look at 00:55:05.619 --> 00:55:10.679 Roquan Smith, because I had him for restructure, 00:55:10.739 --> 00:55:13.099 but then I had to look at his contract, and looking 00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:16.320 at his contract, it's really not that bad. Sure, 00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:19.340 you could probably bring down the cap hits just 00:55:19.340 --> 00:55:21.019 a little bit, just to create a little bit more 00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:24.300 cap space. But all in all, I think the Ravens 00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:26.920 are in a pretty good spot. But time is ticking 00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:31.280 for them, okay? This is what Steve Bishotti said 00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:33.679 on the State of the Ravens right now, and I quote, 00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:38.340 I want to win now, end quote. That's one, okay? 00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:42.099 This is what else he says, and I quote, we've 00:55:42.099 --> 00:55:45.179 got a window with Lamar. I know what we can do. 00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:47.800 I know that we work to put ourselves in position 00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:50.559 to win. We all get credit for that. That's all 00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:53.440 you can do. I hate it that every year you just 00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:55.340 have to start back over again. But you know what? 00:55:55.440 --> 00:55:59.039 This is not for the meek, end quote. So Steve 00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:02.739 Busciotti, Ravens owner, is letting everybody 00:56:02.739 --> 00:56:06.159 know, like, listen, we have the team to win. 00:56:06.219 --> 00:56:08.980 As long as we have Lamar Jackson, we'll always 00:56:08.980 --> 00:56:11.000 have a chance to win. We'll always have a chance 00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:13.809 to possibly win a Super Bowl. which he's not 00:56:13.809 --> 00:56:17.670 lying. That is the truth. But time is running 00:56:17.670 --> 00:56:22.610 out. You have to win a Super Bowl to justify 00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:25.769 every single move that you have made so far, 00:56:25.929 --> 00:56:29.610 from the trade for Roquan Smith to the drafting 00:56:29.610 --> 00:56:32.869 of Tyler Linderbaum, Kyle Hamilton, and Rashad 00:56:32.869 --> 00:56:36.090 Bateman and Zay Flowers and giving Lamar the 00:56:36.090 --> 00:56:38.690 extension that they gave him and then making 00:56:38.690 --> 00:56:41.010 the move for Derrick Henry and all those different 00:56:41.010 --> 00:56:44.400 things. You have to be able to justify all those 00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:46.320 moves by winning a Super Bowl. Now, granted, 00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:48.639 I understand. It's tough to do that when you 00:56:48.639 --> 00:56:51.940 got, you know, Mahomes and Burrow and Josh Allen 00:56:51.940 --> 00:56:54.679 all in your own conference and Justin Herbert 00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:58.480 and whatnot. I get that. But every single year, 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:01.159 you guys are super dominant in the regular season. 00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:04.159 But when it gets to the playoffs, you guys freeze. 00:57:04.579 --> 00:57:07.579 You guys are choking on Popeye's biscuits. Cold 00:57:07.579 --> 00:57:11.019 Popeye's biscuits, to be specific. And so now 00:57:11.019 --> 00:57:13.800 you have to find a way to get over that hump. 00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:17.320 You have to be able to make it to the big dance. 00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:20.840 That's the only way that you can really say, 00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:25.159 hey, it was all worth it. Every move, every cut, 00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:28.760 every signing, every trade, every draft pick, 00:57:28.900 --> 00:57:31.599 all of it was worth it by holding up Lombardi. 00:57:31.980 --> 00:57:35.659 Now, granted, respect to John Harbaugh for doing 00:57:35.659 --> 00:57:38.260 what he did to his coaching staff this offseason. 00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:43.179 It takes balls to make the move that he made. 00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:47.719 He called Chuck Pagano and got him to come out 00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:50.760 of retirement to join his coaching staff. I don't 00:57:50.760 --> 00:57:54.420 know if people understand Chuck Pagano. Chuck 00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:58.019 Pagano is probably one of the best when it comes 00:57:58.019 --> 00:58:02.320 to the secondary. So he is going to bring the 00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:05.079 best out of Kyle Hamilton. He's going to bring 00:58:05.079 --> 00:58:08.159 the best out of Nate Wiggins, out of TJ Tampa. 00:58:08.699 --> 00:58:11.260 out of all of those guys. He's going to bring 00:58:11.260 --> 00:58:14.440 the best out of them. And then not to mention, 00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:18.099 he made other additional moves when it came to 00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:20.639 his coaching staff. He brought in Chuck Smith. 00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:25.179 He brought back Dean Pease. So you see that there 00:58:25.179 --> 00:58:28.500 is a head coach that says, listen, my view is 00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:31.380 different. So maybe if I bring in somebody, maybe 00:58:31.380 --> 00:58:34.280 they can tell me something that I'm not doing, 00:58:34.340 --> 00:58:36.760 that I can fix. That can take us to the next 00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:39.980 level. That takes balls to do it. And John Harbaugh 00:58:39.980 --> 00:58:44.500 did that. And I can respect him for it. So when 00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:47.119 we look at, you know, everything in its entirety, 00:58:47.380 --> 00:58:51.119 the Ravens are in a good space. It's just right 00:58:51.119 --> 00:58:54.880 now you just have to win. That's it. You have 00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:58.139 to win. Do what you need to do to position yourself 00:58:58.139 --> 00:59:02.760 to win. If you do that, you'll be able to be 00:59:02.760 --> 00:59:07.250 a champion. That's it. Now on to the final team 00:59:07.250 --> 00:59:11.809 of the divisional rodeo, folks, and that is the 00:59:11.809 --> 00:59:15.989 Steelers. So your salary, $34 .6 million with 00:59:15.989 --> 00:59:18.800 a rollover cap of $6 .8 million. Your free agents, 00:59:18.980 --> 00:59:21.619 Preston Smith, CJ Henderson, Demonte KZ, McColl 00:59:21.619 --> 00:59:25.559 Pruitt, Tyler Maticiewicz, Cam Sutton, Max Sharping, 00:59:25.639 --> 00:59:28.199 and Calvin Anderson, just to name a few, all 00:59:28.199 --> 00:59:30.179 right? Your draft picks, you got your first, 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:31.699 you don't have a second because you used that 00:59:31.699 --> 00:59:34.039 to get DK Metcalf. You have your third, your 00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:36.460 fourth, your fifth, you don't have a sixth, and 00:59:36.460 --> 00:59:38.559 you have two seventh round picks. Your positions 00:59:38.559 --> 00:59:40.780 of need, quarterback, corner, defensive line, 00:59:40.940 --> 00:59:45.219 and running back. You could probably put wide 00:59:45.219 --> 00:59:50.829 receiver in there too. Maybe. So here's the problem 00:59:50.829 --> 00:59:56.269 with the Steelers. You are waiting for a 42 -year 00:59:56.269 --> 00:59:59.710 -old quarterback to make a decision on if he 00:59:59.710 --> 01:00:03.309 wants to play or not. And I'm probably going 01:00:03.309 --> 01:00:07.190 to go on a rant, probably for the rest of this 01:00:07.190 --> 01:00:10.449 episode, but I think it's very much needed at 01:00:10.449 --> 01:00:12.889 this point. And I feel like I am in a position 01:00:12.889 --> 01:00:16.829 where I can say what I'm about to say. To hell 01:00:16.829 --> 01:00:20.429 with Aaron Rodgers. To hell with Aaron Rodgers. 01:00:21.289 --> 01:00:26.010 You guys are waiting for somebody to make his 01:00:26.010 --> 01:00:31.309 decision. He is dragging his feet on figuring 01:00:31.309 --> 01:00:34.969 out if he wants to play or not. To me, this shows 01:00:34.969 --> 01:00:39.590 to me, and I can be 100 % wrong, that he does 01:00:39.590 --> 01:00:41.650 not want to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. 01:00:42.059 --> 01:00:45.019 He is waiting for a better opportunity to arise 01:00:45.019 --> 01:00:50.119 so that he could go to that specific place. I 01:00:50.119 --> 01:00:52.260 think he's waiting to see what the Vikings are 01:00:52.260 --> 01:00:55.260 going to do. I don't think the Steelers was his 01:00:55.260 --> 01:00:58.340 top choice. I think we were probably his last 01:00:58.340 --> 01:01:00.760 choice if we're being real here. And I can understand 01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:02.800 why because the Vikings are in a better place 01:01:02.800 --> 01:01:05.260 from a roster standpoint. They have the weapons. 01:01:05.360 --> 01:01:07.900 They have the defense. They have it all. They 01:01:07.900 --> 01:01:11.199 are closer to being a Super Bowl contender than 01:01:11.199 --> 01:01:13.300 what the Steelers are. I understand all of that. 01:01:13.739 --> 01:01:18.099 But why in the world would you go out your way 01:01:18.099 --> 01:01:21.880 to meet up with DK Metcalf, the arguably number 01:01:21.880 --> 01:01:25.460 one receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers? You 01:01:25.460 --> 01:01:30.099 met up with him. You had a professional videographer 01:01:30.099 --> 01:01:35.579 and photographer to come in and take pictures 01:01:35.579 --> 01:01:41.739 and video. Of you guys practicing. Why would 01:01:41.739 --> 01:01:45.739 you do that? Think about that for a second here, 01:01:45.780 --> 01:01:50.440 folks. Why in the world would Aaron Rodgers want 01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:53.239 to do that? Because you know why? It's all about 01:01:53.239 --> 01:01:57.320 him. It's all about him. It's all about Aaron 01:01:57.320 --> 01:01:59.739 Rodgers. It's always been about Aaron Rodgers. 01:02:00.679 --> 01:02:03.980 This is just me personally. If Aaron Rodgers 01:02:03.980 --> 01:02:06.519 is going to make his announcement next week when 01:02:06.519 --> 01:02:08.920 Pat McAfee's show has this big show in Pittsburgh, 01:02:09.260 --> 01:02:13.719 kiss my ass. Kiss my ass. Because you know why? 01:02:13.960 --> 01:02:17.739 You are showing that you are not committed enough 01:02:17.739 --> 01:02:22.260 to be my quarterback. You are showing to me that 01:02:22.260 --> 01:02:25.119 you are not willing to just sign the contract. 01:02:25.969 --> 01:02:29.210 Sign the damn contract. What is taking so damn 01:02:29.210 --> 01:02:31.730 long for you to figure out if you want to play 01:02:31.730 --> 01:02:34.150 football or not? If you don't want to play for 01:02:34.150 --> 01:02:37.769 the Steelers, just say that. Just say that. I 01:02:37.769 --> 01:02:42.250 would be so much better if we just said, you 01:02:42.250 --> 01:02:44.250 know what, we'll just roll with Mason Rudolph. 01:02:44.429 --> 01:02:47.829 We'll bring in possibly Joe Flacco or Carson 01:02:47.829 --> 01:02:50.250 Wentz or any of those other remaining veteran 01:02:50.250 --> 01:02:54.170 quarterbacks and then draft Riley Leonard or... 01:02:54.960 --> 01:02:59.199 Will Howard or Jalen Milrow or any of those guys 01:02:59.199 --> 01:03:02.539 compared to waiting for a 42 -year -old to figure 01:03:02.539 --> 01:03:05.059 out exactly what the hell does he want to do 01:03:05.059 --> 01:03:08.679 with himself. He's been dragging his feet this 01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:11.599 entire time. And I understand that the season 01:03:11.599 --> 01:03:13.280 is grueling and I understand that you want time 01:03:13.280 --> 01:03:15.059 for yourself. I understand that you want time 01:03:15.059 --> 01:03:18.420 to just breathe a little bit. Enjoy life. Enjoy 01:03:18.420 --> 01:03:20.920 the fruits of your labor. I have no problem with 01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:23.760 that. But we are three weeks away from the draft. 01:03:23.940 --> 01:03:28.039 And this fool, and I mean fool, has not come 01:03:28.039 --> 01:03:31.000 to a decision yet on if he wants to play for 01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:32.800 the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are not 01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:34.860 going to give him more money. The Steelers are 01:03:34.860 --> 01:03:37.880 not going to up the ante to force him to come 01:03:37.880 --> 01:03:40.780 and sign the contract. If he does not want to 01:03:40.780 --> 01:03:43.840 come and sign this contract, let it go. Let it 01:03:43.840 --> 01:03:47.179 go. Art Rooney said it best. Art Rooney is getting 01:03:47.179 --> 01:03:50.260 ticked off. There are probably people within 01:03:50.260 --> 01:03:53.360 the organization that are getting very tired 01:03:53.360 --> 01:03:58.559 of just waiting for Aaron Rodgers. Roll with 01:03:58.559 --> 01:04:01.460 Mason Rudolph. You're not going to win a whole 01:04:01.460 --> 01:04:03.320 bunch of games this season. You are not going 01:04:03.320 --> 01:04:05.940 to go anywhere. That's not the goal. The goal 01:04:05.940 --> 01:04:08.980 is to position yourself for next year to make 01:04:08.980 --> 01:04:12.460 a big swing and to get your quarterback. That's 01:04:12.460 --> 01:04:15.659 what it is. So stop waiting for somebody that's 01:04:15.659 --> 01:04:18.380 not committed. He hasn't been committed because 01:04:18.380 --> 01:04:21.380 I guarantee you right now, the moment that you 01:04:21.380 --> 01:04:24.820 sign him, and I said this a few episodes ago, 01:04:24.940 --> 01:04:29.019 the moment that you sign him, everything that 01:04:29.019 --> 01:04:33.980 you guys do will be documented and exposed. So 01:04:33.980 --> 01:04:36.239 if you have a problem with Aaron Rodgers, guess 01:04:36.239 --> 01:04:37.920 what? Most likely he's going to talk about it 01:04:37.920 --> 01:04:42.179 on what? The Pat McAfee Show. Do you really want 01:04:42.179 --> 01:04:46.590 that? No. No. Well, you know what? I really don't 01:04:46.590 --> 01:04:49.389 understand. What I don't understand for the life 01:04:49.389 --> 01:04:53.489 of me is you have Mike Tomlin that is playing 01:04:53.489 --> 01:04:56.449 the favorites game when it comes to Aaron Rodgers. 01:04:56.769 --> 01:04:58.989 When he should have said, you know what, we do 01:04:58.989 --> 01:05:01.769 have a deadline for Aaron Rodgers. And if he 01:05:01.769 --> 01:05:03.849 does not, you know, if we don't have a decision 01:05:03.849 --> 01:05:08.170 by then, then we will go in a different direction 01:05:08.170 --> 01:05:10.530 and we'll, you know, we'll make some additions. 01:05:11.130 --> 01:05:13.929 Omar Khan said that he wanted to have four quarterbacks 01:05:13.929 --> 01:05:17.150 on the roster. Omar Khan is going to make that 01:05:17.150 --> 01:05:22.329 move with or without Aaron Rodgers. I'll put 01:05:22.329 --> 01:05:24.130 a bookmark for that because we have more stuff 01:05:24.130 --> 01:05:26.789 that we have to talk about. Corner. I put corner 01:05:26.789 --> 01:05:32.829 on here because right now you don't have a succession 01:05:32.829 --> 01:05:37.329 plan after Darius Slay. All you have is Joey 01:05:37.329 --> 01:05:41.820 Porter Jr., Beanie Bishop. and Brandon Echols, 01:05:41.940 --> 01:05:45.139 and Corey Trice as well. But the problem with 01:05:45.139 --> 01:05:48.139 Corey Trice is what? He hasn't been able to stay 01:05:48.139 --> 01:05:52.480 healthy. If Corey Trice stayed healthy, I feel 01:05:52.480 --> 01:05:55.800 like the need for corner would be diminished. 01:05:56.239 --> 01:06:00.059 But because he has not been able to stay healthy 01:06:00.059 --> 01:06:04.079 since being drafted, you have to now shoot that 01:06:04.079 --> 01:06:08.000 up to a top priority at this point. Because right 01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:10.730 now, You do not have a quarterback one on your 01:06:10.730 --> 01:06:14.969 team. Now, can Joey Porter Jr. turn into a quarterback 01:06:14.969 --> 01:06:19.170 one? Possibly. There's a chance. But at this 01:06:19.170 --> 01:06:22.010 point, he is not quarterback one. And I don't 01:06:22.010 --> 01:06:23.969 think Darius Slay is going to be playing for 01:06:23.969 --> 01:06:26.409 a whole lot longer. I just don't, personally. 01:06:26.769 --> 01:06:28.530 I think this is probably going to be his last 01:06:28.530 --> 01:06:30.909 year, and then he's going to retire. Defensive 01:06:30.909 --> 01:06:32.809 line. You are going to have to double dip at 01:06:32.809 --> 01:06:36.690 defensive line. Outside of Cam Hayward and Keanu 01:06:36.690 --> 01:06:39.920 Benton, Who else do you have that you can say 01:06:39.920 --> 01:06:43.480 is really productive? Montrevious Adams? He can 01:06:43.480 --> 01:06:45.920 be a hit or miss sometimes. Isaiah Loudermilk? 01:06:45.980 --> 01:06:49.860 He is just a death piece. Who else do you have 01:06:49.860 --> 01:06:51.480 on this defensive line that you can rely on? 01:06:52.139 --> 01:06:55.539 Nobody. So most likely, your first pick will 01:06:55.539 --> 01:07:00.179 probably be a defensive lineman. And your probably 01:07:00.179 --> 01:07:02.119 third or maybe fourth round pick will probably 01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:04.280 be a defensive lineman as well. But you are going 01:07:04.280 --> 01:07:07.440 to have to make a significant... investment into 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:09.360 the defensive line because you have neglected 01:07:09.360 --> 01:07:14.420 it for so long. That is the only way that you 01:07:14.420 --> 01:07:16.820 can really get the best out of Cam Hayward and 01:07:16.820 --> 01:07:19.380 Keanu Benton and TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith and 01:07:19.380 --> 01:07:23.019 Nick Herbig and all those other guys. Now, running 01:07:23.019 --> 01:07:27.460 back, you can address that later, honestly speaking, 01:07:27.539 --> 01:07:30.099 but I wouldn't be surprised if they address it 01:07:30.099 --> 01:07:34.139 high. Because there's so many really good running 01:07:34.139 --> 01:07:35.940 backs that they could get that I think would 01:07:35.940 --> 01:07:39.840 match the system that they have currently. I 01:07:39.840 --> 01:07:44.199 think getting someone like Barshall Toohan or 01:07:44.199 --> 01:07:50.320 Damian Martinez or Caleb Johnson or Dylan Sampson 01:07:50.320 --> 01:07:54.639 or Omarion Hampton, any of those running backs 01:07:54.639 --> 01:07:58.559 would be great for the Steelers. Another position 01:07:58.559 --> 01:08:01.340 that needs to be talked about is safety. Because 01:08:01.340 --> 01:08:04.199 we have seen their level of interest in safety. 01:08:04.760 --> 01:08:07.179 They have talked to, I think, just about every 01:08:07.179 --> 01:08:10.860 single top safety. From Malachi Starks to Nicky 01:08:10.860 --> 01:08:15.699 Manwari to Xavier Watts, Jalen Reed. They've 01:08:15.699 --> 01:08:18.680 talked to a lot of safeties. I'm just saying. 01:08:18.779 --> 01:08:22.479 I'm going to save that for that part. But I want 01:08:22.479 --> 01:08:25.390 you guys to keep a close eye on that. When we 01:08:25.390 --> 01:08:26.890 look at candidates for restructure extension, 01:08:27.149 --> 01:08:29.930 trades and cuts, TJ Watt extension, we all know 01:08:29.930 --> 01:08:31.590 he's going to be a stealer for life at this point. 01:08:31.930 --> 01:08:35.689 Market value, four years, 128 .9 million, which 01:08:35.689 --> 01:08:37.989 is 32 .2 million a year. I think it may be a 01:08:37.989 --> 01:08:41.270 little bit more debatable. Deshaun Elliott extension, 01:08:41.510 --> 01:08:43.989 because right now this is probably the best that 01:08:43.989 --> 01:08:47.090 he has played out of his entire career. And so 01:08:47.090 --> 01:08:49.850 you have to reward him for that. Three years, 01:08:49.949 --> 01:08:52.750 21 .2 million, which is only 7 .1 million a year. 01:08:52.869 --> 01:08:55.770 That's not bad at all, personally. George Pickens, 01:08:55.970 --> 01:09:01.069 trade. Either trade or extension. Because right 01:09:01.069 --> 01:09:05.069 now, you're not about to pay DK Metcalf and George 01:09:05.069 --> 01:09:07.350 Pickens top receiver money. You're just not going 01:09:07.350 --> 01:09:09.689 to do that. And even when you look at his market 01:09:09.689 --> 01:09:12.229 value, it's four years, $94 .2 million, which 01:09:12.229 --> 01:09:14.890 is $23 .6 million a year. Here's the problem 01:09:14.890 --> 01:09:17.289 with George Pickens. And I'm just going to be 01:09:17.289 --> 01:09:20.010 completely honest here. George Pickens has the 01:09:20.010 --> 01:09:24.130 talent to be a top five receiver. but he has 01:09:24.130 --> 01:09:27.449 the attitude of an adolescent. I'm just going 01:09:27.449 --> 01:09:30.090 to be completely honest here. He is somebody 01:09:30.090 --> 01:09:33.689 who has all this potential in the world, but 01:09:33.689 --> 01:09:39.090 his attitude is so ass that teams, even the Steelers, 01:09:39.109 --> 01:09:42.109 are just fed up with him. When you have somebody 01:09:42.109 --> 01:09:45.090 that is not committed to the game like how he's 01:09:45.090 --> 01:09:47.510 supposed to be, teams are not going to want to 01:09:47.510 --> 01:09:48.949 invest into you. They're not going to want to 01:09:48.949 --> 01:09:52.439 do long -term business with you. You have somebody 01:09:52.439 --> 01:09:54.939 in George Pickens who showed up to the Chiefs 01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:58.500 game during Christmas late. You have somebody 01:09:58.500 --> 01:10:01.619 that will take off on plays, will crash out on 01:10:01.619 --> 01:10:04.000 the field, will have temper tantrums when he 01:10:04.000 --> 01:10:07.180 does not get the ball. This is literally somebody 01:10:07.180 --> 01:10:11.520 who got checked by Jalen Warren because he did 01:10:11.520 --> 01:10:15.460 not block for Jalen Warren. Think about that. 01:10:15.840 --> 01:10:19.310 Do you think any team Any of the 31 other teams 01:10:19.310 --> 01:10:21.369 will be willing to give George Pickens a whole 01:10:21.369 --> 01:10:24.430 bunch of money? No, because guess what? Sure, 01:10:24.529 --> 01:10:28.310 your talent may be great, but best believe there 01:10:28.310 --> 01:10:32.609 is somebody in the next draft, free agency, trade, 01:10:32.810 --> 01:10:34.829 whatever, that could probably do the same thing 01:10:34.829 --> 01:10:36.989 that you're doing or maybe even a little bit 01:10:36.989 --> 01:10:40.430 better. The world does not revolve around George 01:10:40.430 --> 01:10:42.729 Pickens. And I think the Steelers are starting 01:10:42.729 --> 01:10:44.550 to come around and starting to realize that. 01:10:45.039 --> 01:10:49.899 And so if I'm the Steelers, trade him. Because 01:10:49.899 --> 01:10:52.199 you already know there is a good chance that 01:10:52.199 --> 01:10:54.680 leading into training camp, this is going to 01:10:54.680 --> 01:10:57.539 get messy. This is going to turn into a drama 01:10:57.539 --> 01:11:01.180 -filled situation. Do you really want that? No. 01:11:02.020 --> 01:11:04.640 Trade him off. Get a second round pick for him. 01:11:05.239 --> 01:11:09.840 Move forward. Kyler Austin, I had him listed 01:11:09.840 --> 01:11:11.840 for an extension, but with a question mark. And 01:11:11.840 --> 01:11:14.829 let me explain why. I think giving Calvin Austin 01:11:14.829 --> 01:11:16.729 an extension probably wouldn't break the bank. 01:11:16.829 --> 01:11:18.210 I don't think it would be something where it's 01:11:18.210 --> 01:11:21.270 like, you know, super expensive, like 25 or 26 01:11:21.270 --> 01:11:23.789 or like 30 million a year, no. But I think it 01:11:23.789 --> 01:11:26.189 probably would be a team -friendly deal. I think 01:11:26.189 --> 01:11:27.869 Calvin Austin would probably do something like 01:11:27.869 --> 01:11:30.810 that. Mika Fitzpatrick, restructure. When we 01:11:30.810 --> 01:11:34.689 look at his contract right now, here's what it 01:11:34.689 --> 01:11:38.569 is. His base salary this year, 15 .5, and then 01:11:38.569 --> 01:11:42.850 next year, 17 .6. But his cap hits, okay? His 01:11:42.850 --> 01:11:47.069 cap hits is $22 .3 million, and then next year 01:11:47.069 --> 01:11:51.010 is $24 .4 million. I'm sorry, folks, but his 01:11:51.010 --> 01:11:55.090 play has not justified neither base salary or 01:11:55.090 --> 01:11:58.069 cap hits at this point. Minka Fitzpatrick has 01:11:58.069 --> 01:12:00.930 not been the same. Now, I understand there was 01:12:00.930 --> 01:12:03.270 a year where he was hurt, and there was another 01:12:03.270 --> 01:12:05.489 year where he really wasn't playing in his position. 01:12:05.550 --> 01:12:09.649 I understand all of that, but brother, you got 01:12:09.649 --> 01:12:12.369 to start playing. You got to start making some 01:12:12.369 --> 01:12:16.689 plays, bro. Because right now, the Steelers are 01:12:16.689 --> 01:12:19.949 showing you that they may be looking for your 01:12:19.949 --> 01:12:23.890 replacement. They've looked at every single top 01:12:23.890 --> 01:12:27.510 safety. Xavier Watts, Malachi Starks, Emmitt 01:12:27.510 --> 01:12:30.170 Worry, Andrew Makuba. They've looked at them 01:12:30.170 --> 01:12:35.569 all. So if I'm Minka Fitzpatrick, I may want 01:12:35.569 --> 01:12:39.970 to play with a little bit of... I may want to 01:12:39.970 --> 01:12:42.350 play like a chicken with his head cut off this 01:12:42.350 --> 01:12:46.250 season. Because right now, there is nothing that 01:12:46.250 --> 01:12:48.590 you have done within the last two years to say, 01:12:48.850 --> 01:12:53.489 hey, we should keep him. Hey, maybe if we just 01:12:53.489 --> 01:12:56.789 restructure his deal or maybe if we do this or 01:12:56.789 --> 01:13:00.909 do that, maybe everything will be fine. No. Because 01:13:00.909 --> 01:13:03.810 since you've gotten this deal, you have not been 01:13:03.810 --> 01:13:06.229 the same player. And mind you, when we traded 01:13:06.229 --> 01:13:09.529 for him. Those first two years, dominant. One 01:13:09.529 --> 01:13:12.789 of the best safeties in the league. Now, what 01:13:12.789 --> 01:13:16.869 has he done? You tell me. Because he hasn't done 01:13:16.869 --> 01:13:21.789 anything. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Nothing. But 01:13:21.789 --> 01:13:23.649 when we look at the Steelers in its entirety, 01:13:23.810 --> 01:13:27.489 I think the best thing that has happened so far 01:13:27.489 --> 01:13:31.710 was the cleaning of their books. I think we have 01:13:31.710 --> 01:13:36.640 hit a point where we have had so much... flexibility 01:13:36.640 --> 01:13:39.239 when it came to the cap. We don't even know what 01:13:39.239 --> 01:13:41.739 to do with it. Because remember, all those years 01:13:41.739 --> 01:13:43.880 when we had the killer bees, what was the number 01:13:43.880 --> 01:13:47.500 one problem that we had? You couldn't do anything 01:13:47.500 --> 01:13:50.020 because why? You had no cap space because he 01:13:50.020 --> 01:13:53.939 was paying AB and he was paying Big Ben and he 01:13:53.939 --> 01:13:57.260 was paying Pouncey and Castro and Foster and 01:13:57.260 --> 01:14:01.079 Alejandro Villanueva and this person and that 01:14:01.079 --> 01:14:04.239 person. You're paying all these people. But now 01:14:04.239 --> 01:14:06.020 you have a little bit of flexibility, which is 01:14:06.020 --> 01:14:08.939 great. And I love that. I love that Omar Khan 01:14:08.939 --> 01:14:12.659 is aggressive and wanting to make change and 01:14:12.659 --> 01:14:16.319 not satisfied with just enough. I love all of 01:14:16.319 --> 01:14:22.220 that. But here's my problem with this team. The 01:14:22.220 --> 01:14:25.039 lack of hitting on their draft picks, especially 01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:29.199 their first round draft picks. Towards the end 01:14:29.199 --> 01:14:32.680 of Kevin Colbert's tenure, there was a phase. 01:14:33.500 --> 01:14:35.399 where we were not hitting on our first -round 01:14:35.399 --> 01:14:39.619 picks. And it pushed the team back so much that 01:14:39.619 --> 01:14:43.119 now, in some ways, they're trying to get out 01:14:43.119 --> 01:14:45.600 of that hole. Because remember, we went through 01:14:45.600 --> 01:14:49.340 a phase where, guess what? You had Terrell Edmonds, 01:14:49.479 --> 01:14:53.380 Buss. You had Kenny Pickett. Better yet, I'll 01:14:53.380 --> 01:14:55.180 save the Kenny Pickett and Najee Harris thing. 01:14:55.279 --> 01:14:57.439 I'll save that for a moment. I'll put that on 01:14:57.439 --> 01:15:00.500 the back burner. Devin Bush, that was a miss. 01:15:01.130 --> 01:15:03.329 You traded your first round pick for Mika Fitzpatrick, 01:15:03.369 --> 01:15:08.689 which even looking back at it, I still feel like 01:15:08.689 --> 01:15:11.750 that was a bad move. And I only say that because 01:15:11.750 --> 01:15:15.449 he wasn't worth a first round pick because they 01:15:15.449 --> 01:15:18.090 had him at corner. They didn't even have him 01:15:18.090 --> 01:15:20.189 in his natural position. He wasn't even having 01:15:20.189 --> 01:15:23.789 a phenomenal season. But I understand that you 01:15:23.789 --> 01:15:25.109 want to give him the first round pick so you 01:15:25.109 --> 01:15:30.060 can seal the deal. So it is what it is. You know, 01:15:30.079 --> 01:15:34.260 since then, you haven't had any of your first 01:15:34.260 --> 01:15:36.920 round picks to stay with the team. The last first 01:15:36.920 --> 01:15:40.659 rounder to get to a second contract with the 01:15:40.659 --> 01:15:45.979 Steelers is TJ Watt. And that was 2017, 2017, 01:15:46.199 --> 01:15:49.779 2018, if I'm not mistaken. So from that point 01:15:49.779 --> 01:15:55.420 on until now, you have had a slew of first rounders 01:15:55.420 --> 01:15:58.960 that have not gotten to their second contract. 01:15:59.390 --> 01:16:02.649 I'm sorry. That's horrible. That's absolutely 01:16:02.649 --> 01:16:05.090 horrible. And let's be real here with the Kenny 01:16:05.090 --> 01:16:09.050 Pickett situation. Sure, Kenny Pickett probably 01:16:09.050 --> 01:16:11.930 could have played better. But the Steelers did 01:16:11.930 --> 01:16:16.789 not put him in a position to win. Because you 01:16:16.789 --> 01:16:20.189 decided to keep Matt Canada for an extra year 01:16:20.189 --> 01:16:23.670 instead of getting rid of him. What made you 01:16:23.670 --> 01:16:26.810 think keeping Matt Canada for another year would 01:16:26.810 --> 01:16:29.720 have changed the outcome? He was asked. Everybody 01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:34.060 knew that he was asked. But you decided to keep 01:16:34.060 --> 01:16:38.579 him. And in doing so, it messed up Kenny Pickett. 01:16:39.380 --> 01:16:43.039 And so now, you're in a situation where now, 01:16:43.060 --> 01:16:46.340 once again, you're in an offseason where you're 01:16:46.340 --> 01:16:47.939 trying to figure out who your quarterback is 01:16:47.939 --> 01:16:51.119 going to be. And even then, while we're talking 01:16:51.119 --> 01:16:54.159 about quarterback, okay, because I want to reopen 01:16:54.159 --> 01:16:58.380 this, you know. We probably could have had Justin 01:16:58.380 --> 01:17:02.239 Fields had we done right by him. I think the 01:17:02.239 --> 01:17:06.439 reason why we did not get Justin Fields was not 01:17:06.439 --> 01:17:09.199 because of the money. I think it was because 01:17:09.199 --> 01:17:13.260 of how they handled his situation. You gave a 01:17:13.260 --> 01:17:17.699 longer leash to Russell Wilson, but you did not 01:17:17.699 --> 01:17:21.369 do the same for Justin Fields. From the moment 01:17:21.369 --> 01:17:23.850 that Justin Fields was traded to the Steelers, 01:17:23.869 --> 01:17:26.689 what was the number one thing that Mike Tomlin 01:17:26.689 --> 01:17:29.670 continued to say? Russell Wilson has pole position. 01:17:29.890 --> 01:17:34.210 So the moment that that happened, Justin Fields 01:17:34.210 --> 01:17:37.470 was never going to be the solution. Justin Fields 01:17:37.470 --> 01:17:40.670 was never going to be given a fair chance. Justin 01:17:40.670 --> 01:17:44.210 Fields lucked up that Russell Wilson decided 01:17:44.210 --> 01:17:48.750 to push a sled and mess up his hamstring. That's 01:17:48.750 --> 01:17:52.770 what it boils down to, folks. But if Mike Tomlin 01:17:52.770 --> 01:17:56.069 was actually a fair coach and say, hey, listen, 01:17:56.350 --> 01:17:58.810 Justin Fields, you're going to have the first 01:17:58.810 --> 01:18:01.630 half of the season. Russell Wilson, you're going 01:18:01.630 --> 01:18:03.810 to have the second half of the season. And then 01:18:03.810 --> 01:18:06.430 we will come to a decision once the offseason 01:18:06.430 --> 01:18:08.810 is over with. Instead of saying, OK, we're going 01:18:08.810 --> 01:18:11.409 to pull Justin Fields after six games. Even with 01:18:11.409 --> 01:18:14.550 Najee Harris, a lot of people were upset with 01:18:14.550 --> 01:18:16.350 what he had to say. But you know what? It was 01:18:16.350 --> 01:18:18.819 the truth. This is what he said, and I quote, 01:18:18.979 --> 01:18:21.239 My time in Pittsburgh, it was a lot of learning 01:18:21.239 --> 01:18:23.760 things. It was a lot of learning experiences. 01:18:24.180 --> 01:18:26.180 Playing for Mike T, playing in that division, 01:18:26.359 --> 01:18:28.420 there were a lot of ways I didn't even realize 01:18:28.420 --> 01:18:30.760 what the NFL was really about until I came to 01:18:30.760 --> 01:18:33.359 Pittsburgh. I don't want to go into detail with 01:18:33.359 --> 01:18:35.840 it, but I feel there was a lot of stuff in my 01:18:35.840 --> 01:18:38.100 game where I could have elevated more and I could 01:18:38.100 --> 01:18:40.579 have did more. I feel like I just didn't get 01:18:40.579 --> 01:18:43.399 it done. I feel like I was obviously missing 01:18:43.399 --> 01:18:47.020 something. It was interesting years there. I'll 01:18:47.020 --> 01:18:49.420 just say that. Interesting years, end quote. 01:18:50.420 --> 01:18:54.739 He's right. He's 100 % right. The Steelers decided 01:18:54.739 --> 01:18:57.680 to draft a running back before addressing the 01:18:57.680 --> 01:19:00.539 offensive line. What makes you think any running 01:19:00.539 --> 01:19:02.979 back can run behind an offensive line that has 01:19:02.979 --> 01:19:08.199 Kendrick Green, old -ass Trey Turner, Kevin Dotson, 01:19:08.340 --> 01:19:11.859 Dan Moore, and Chuk Sikor for? What makes you 01:19:11.859 --> 01:19:14.300 think any running back can be productive behind 01:19:14.300 --> 01:19:19.329 that? Nobody can. And it took you a few years 01:19:19.329 --> 01:19:22.569 to finally realize, hey, we need to adjust the 01:19:22.569 --> 01:19:25.090 offensive line. And even then, guess what? It's 01:19:25.090 --> 01:19:29.350 still not enough. The offense still is not good 01:19:29.350 --> 01:19:33.850 enough. So why in the world would you put the 01:19:33.850 --> 01:19:36.829 cart before the horse? But this in some ways 01:19:36.829 --> 01:19:40.170 goes back to a lot of people that deserves blame. 01:19:41.369 --> 01:19:43.770 Art Rennie deserves some blame because you know 01:19:43.770 --> 01:19:47.770 why? You can't say in an offseason we want to 01:19:47.770 --> 01:19:50.510 run the ball and then you guys draft a running 01:19:50.510 --> 01:19:52.529 back in the first round instead of addressing 01:19:52.529 --> 01:19:55.630 offensive line in the first round. What sense 01:19:55.630 --> 01:19:57.649 does that make? That's the dumbest thing you 01:19:57.649 --> 01:20:00.350 could have ever did. A lot of this blame also 01:20:00.350 --> 01:20:03.130 falls on Kevin Colbert as well because Kevin 01:20:03.130 --> 01:20:06.210 Colbert was not hitting on his draft picks towards 01:20:06.210 --> 01:20:10.229 the end of his tenure. Why in the world would 01:20:10.229 --> 01:20:13.369 you go and draft Kenny Pickett in the first round? 01:20:14.220 --> 01:20:16.939 Why would you do that? Because you know why? 01:20:17.159 --> 01:20:20.119 Because you guys want to rewrite a wrong because 01:20:20.119 --> 01:20:24.539 you guys whiffed on fucking Dan Marino because 01:20:24.539 --> 01:20:27.939 there was an allegation coming out during his 01:20:27.939 --> 01:20:30.319 time at Pitt that basically said that Dan Marino 01:20:30.319 --> 01:20:34.279 was doing coke. If you were so in love with Dan 01:20:34.279 --> 01:20:36.699 Marino, then you should have went to Dan Marino 01:20:36.699 --> 01:20:39.079 and asked Dan Marino, hey, Dan, are you doing 01:20:39.079 --> 01:20:43.220 coke? Instead of just waiting 30 plus freaking 01:20:43.220 --> 01:20:46.439 years and just saying, oh yeah, we're going to 01:20:46.439 --> 01:20:49.279 get Kenny Pickett because we done seen Kenny 01:20:49.279 --> 01:20:53.279 Pickett for the last few years. Really? Really? 01:20:54.439 --> 01:20:58.159 If any of the teams in the top five who needed 01:20:58.159 --> 01:21:01.800 a quarterback passed on Kenny Pickett, passed 01:21:01.800 --> 01:21:04.500 on any of the other quarterbacks, what does that 01:21:04.500 --> 01:21:07.020 tell you? That should probably let you know, 01:21:07.100 --> 01:21:10.010 hey, Maybe we shouldn't draft a quarterback this 01:21:10.010 --> 01:21:12.510 high. Maybe we should wait a little bit longer. 01:21:13.430 --> 01:21:18.970 But you didn't. And so my main gripe is with 01:21:18.970 --> 01:21:22.869 Mike Tomlin. Because you know why? Mike Tomlin 01:21:22.869 --> 01:21:27.210 year after year after year continues to say we 01:21:27.210 --> 01:21:30.770 don't live in our fears and all this Jedi mind 01:21:30.770 --> 01:21:35.350 trick bullshit. And what does it do? Nothing. 01:21:36.060 --> 01:21:39.460 You guys play super hard and super rugged in 01:21:39.460 --> 01:21:42.479 the first half of the season when everybody is 01:21:42.479 --> 01:21:45.140 just trying to get their feet wet. But when the 01:21:45.140 --> 01:21:49.159 games really do matter, when the season starts 01:21:49.159 --> 01:21:51.479 to dwindle down, we start to get ready for the 01:21:51.479 --> 01:21:53.899 playoffs. Guess what happened? Y 'all choke on 01:21:53.899 --> 01:21:57.180 some Popeye's biscuits. And then guess what? 01:21:57.260 --> 01:22:00.439 You look like a sourpuss every single time that 01:22:00.439 --> 01:22:03.430 you don't make it to the damn playoffs. We done 01:22:03.430 --> 01:22:06.930 went almost nine years of not making it to the 01:22:06.930 --> 01:22:10.710 playoffs. And you have not made any significant 01:22:10.710 --> 01:22:14.890 changes to your coaching staff that says that 01:22:14.890 --> 01:22:18.689 you are serious about winning. John Harbaugh, 01:22:18.869 --> 01:22:23.729 your division rival, swallowed his pride and 01:22:23.729 --> 01:22:27.590 called Chuck Pagano. Hey, Chuck, can you join 01:22:27.590 --> 01:22:30.970 my coaching staff? I got some DBs that need some 01:22:30.970 --> 01:22:34.609 fixing. He called Chuck Smith. Hey, can you fix 01:22:34.609 --> 01:22:38.310 on my pass rushers? I want my pass rushers to 01:22:38.310 --> 01:22:42.130 be more productive. He called a whole bunch of 01:22:42.130 --> 01:22:46.829 other coaches to join his coaching staff because 01:22:46.829 --> 01:22:50.489 he is serious about winning. What have you done 01:22:50.489 --> 01:22:53.529 to say that you are serious about winning? The 01:22:53.529 --> 01:22:56.289 only two moves that you made. was get rid of 01:22:56.289 --> 01:22:58.170 the secondaries coach and linebackers coach. 01:22:58.310 --> 01:23:00.989 And you only did that as sacrificial lambs because 01:23:00.989 --> 01:23:03.250 of what happened towards the last game of the 01:23:03.250 --> 01:23:07.470 season when Derrick Henry basically cleaned the 01:23:07.470 --> 01:23:12.449 defensive line to a tee. The defensive line couldn't 01:23:12.449 --> 01:23:17.270 even stop a shred of grass in the wind. That's 01:23:17.270 --> 01:23:20.180 how crazy Derrick Henry was running. You have 01:23:20.180 --> 01:23:22.460 yet to make any adjustments to your defensive 01:23:22.460 --> 01:23:24.859 staff. You have yet to make any adjustments to 01:23:24.859 --> 01:23:27.640 your offensive staff. So what makes you think 01:23:27.640 --> 01:23:30.539 any person would believe in Mike Tomlin at this 01:23:30.539 --> 01:23:35.119 point? None. There is nothing that Mike Tomlin 01:23:35.119 --> 01:23:39.340 can do or say that would make me believe in Mike 01:23:39.340 --> 01:23:41.720 Tomlin or in the Pittsburgh Steelers. There was 01:23:41.720 --> 01:23:44.119 a period in time where the Steelers were feared, 01:23:44.239 --> 01:23:47.819 where the Steelers... Was a team that a lot of 01:23:47.819 --> 01:23:51.760 teams had to prepare. Because you knew it was 01:23:51.760 --> 01:23:54.039 going to be a physical game. Because you knew 01:23:54.039 --> 01:23:56.939 it was going to be a game. Where you may be feeling 01:23:56.939 --> 01:24:00.220 a little bit achy. Maybe for about a week or 01:24:00.220 --> 01:24:06.039 so. Now. Oh we're the laughing stock. We are 01:24:06.039 --> 01:24:10.279 pretenders. Each and every year we are pretenders. 01:24:10.600 --> 01:24:13.079 And granted I was one of those people that was 01:24:13.079 --> 01:24:15.720 drinking from that cup. that believed that the 01:24:15.720 --> 01:24:16.939 Steelers were actually going to do something 01:24:16.939 --> 01:24:18.680 this year, that the Steelers were actually going 01:24:18.680 --> 01:24:22.060 to win a playoff game. One playoff game. Not 01:24:22.060 --> 01:24:25.300 two, not three, not four, not five, not six, 01:24:25.359 --> 01:24:28.340 but one playoff game. And they did not do that. 01:24:28.500 --> 01:24:31.359 They folded when they needed to win the most. 01:24:31.600 --> 01:24:34.600 And granted, I understand that five -game stretch 01:24:34.600 --> 01:24:40.359 was hell. I understand that. But damn! You could 01:24:40.359 --> 01:24:43.359 have won at least two of those games, and you 01:24:43.359 --> 01:24:45.800 didn't even do that. You went on a five -game 01:24:45.800 --> 01:24:48.479 slide, and not once did you think about bringing 01:24:48.479 --> 01:24:51.720 in Justin Fields. Not once. You still rolled 01:24:51.720 --> 01:24:55.060 with frickin' Russell Wilson. Because why? He 01:24:55.060 --> 01:24:58.380 was the apple of your eye. You wanted to play 01:24:58.380 --> 01:25:01.079 favorites, and favorites has not gotten you anywhere. 01:25:01.460 --> 01:25:03.579 Favorites has gotten you eliminated from the 01:25:03.579 --> 01:25:06.850 playoffs for the past eight -plus years. The 01:25:06.850 --> 01:25:09.750 one thing that I can respect about Bill Belichick, 01:25:09.850 --> 01:25:13.770 as cutthroat as he was, guess what? He never 01:25:13.770 --> 01:25:16.949 had favorites. And the one time that he almost 01:25:16.949 --> 01:25:19.949 did have a favorite, guess what? The owner, Robert 01:25:19.949 --> 01:25:25.090 Kraft, forced him to trade him. He forced Bill 01:25:25.090 --> 01:25:29.050 Belichick to trade Jimmy Garoppolo away because 01:25:29.050 --> 01:25:32.729 they had Tom Brady. Meanwhile, you have somebody 01:25:32.729 --> 01:25:37.029 that plays favorites. Every single year. Even 01:25:37.029 --> 01:25:40.170 when it comes to the free agency signings. Favorites. 01:25:40.369 --> 01:25:42.710 You see how high he talks about people like Tee 01:25:42.710 --> 01:25:46.869 Higgins. Patrick Queen. Patrick Peterson. Darius 01:25:46.869 --> 01:25:51.989 Slay. DK Metcalf. All those players. And guess 01:25:51.989 --> 01:25:54.329 what happens? At some point in their career, 01:25:54.430 --> 01:25:56.050 guess what? They're going to be joining the Pittsburgh 01:25:56.050 --> 01:25:58.189 Steelers. It happened with Patrick Peterson. 01:25:58.670 --> 01:26:01.529 It happened with Darius Slay. It happened with 01:26:01.529 --> 01:26:04.619 DK Metcalf. It's going to continue to happen. 01:26:04.659 --> 01:26:09.319 Happened with Patrick Queen. Favorites. When 01:26:09.319 --> 01:26:13.239 can we not go through an offseason where we are 01:26:13.239 --> 01:26:17.359 the main talked about team? When can we just 01:26:17.359 --> 01:26:19.060 go through an offseason where we're just putting 01:26:19.060 --> 01:26:21.300 our head down and we're just working instead 01:26:21.300 --> 01:26:27.300 of just bullshitting? You, Mike Tomlin, was the 01:26:27.300 --> 01:26:32.390 person who decided to go out of his way. along 01:26:32.390 --> 01:26:37.289 with Omar Khan, to meet with a player who had 01:26:37.289 --> 01:26:41.949 serious allegations and an ongoing investigation 01:26:41.949 --> 01:26:46.909 going on in campsite. You met with him. You met 01:26:46.909 --> 01:26:53.710 with him. And you decided to sign him. Why would 01:26:53.710 --> 01:26:58.930 you do such a damning thing? Why? And then to 01:26:58.930 --> 01:27:03.210 make matters worse, You benched Beanie Bishop, 01:27:03.270 --> 01:27:09.010 who was making plays, who had four, four interceptions. 01:27:09.350 --> 01:27:13.329 Meanwhile, Cam Sutton was playing like dog shit 01:27:13.329 --> 01:27:18.510 every single time that he was on the field. They 01:27:18.510 --> 01:27:22.569 turned Cam Sutton into a jiff when Isaiah likely 01:27:22.569 --> 01:27:26.010 basically threw him down to the center of the 01:27:26.010 --> 01:27:29.619 earth. And you mean to tell me that I want to 01:27:29.619 --> 01:27:32.319 believe in this team? Hell no. And then not to 01:27:32.319 --> 01:27:34.479 mention, let's just keep on going here, folks. 01:27:35.979 --> 01:27:39.000 You continue to say that you want Cam Hayward 01:27:39.000 --> 01:27:42.520 and TJ Watt and Minka Fitzpatrick to experience 01:27:42.520 --> 01:27:46.239 the confetti, to experience winning a Super Bowl, 01:27:46.359 --> 01:27:50.060 but you haven't done a damn thing to say that 01:27:50.060 --> 01:27:53.119 he is serious about wanting us to win a Super 01:27:53.119 --> 01:27:56.449 Bowl. You haven't done anything. Don't tell me 01:27:56.449 --> 01:27:59.989 that you want to model the construction of this 01:27:59.989 --> 01:28:02.970 team to the Eagles when you are not willing to 01:28:02.970 --> 01:28:05.250 do anything of what the Eagles have been able 01:28:05.250 --> 01:28:07.250 to do. I want you to think about this for a moment 01:28:07.250 --> 01:28:12.369 here, folks. The Eagles were able to win a Super 01:28:12.369 --> 01:28:15.569 Bowl, go through some rift within their locker 01:28:15.569 --> 01:28:18.789 room, trade away their franchise quarterback, 01:28:19.149 --> 01:28:25.220 go through a small rebuild, retool again, Go 01:28:25.220 --> 01:28:28.319 and get another head coach and win another Super 01:28:28.319 --> 01:28:31.039 Bowl before the Steelers won a playoff game. 01:28:31.119 --> 01:28:33.060 I want you to think about that for a second here, 01:28:33.079 --> 01:28:38.199 folks. If I am a team, if I am a Steelers fan, 01:28:38.399 --> 01:28:42.779 I would be livid. I would be pissed because you 01:28:42.779 --> 01:28:45.619 know why? We are wasting the years of a T .J. 01:28:45.640 --> 01:28:48.180 Watt. We are wasting the years of a Cam Hayward. 01:28:48.680 --> 01:28:52.899 Here you have two blue collar players who work 01:28:52.899 --> 01:28:56.369 as hard as they do. In season, out of season. 01:28:56.989 --> 01:29:01.470 Who continue to hold the Steelers banner up. 01:29:02.430 --> 01:29:04.689 Even though when everybody says, bro, you should 01:29:04.689 --> 01:29:06.369 just go somewhere else. You should just go and 01:29:06.369 --> 01:29:09.170 just try to see if you can hitch on another team 01:29:09.170 --> 01:29:11.090 and possibly win a championship. But they stay 01:29:11.090 --> 01:29:13.670 loyal to the team. And y 'all haven't done anything 01:29:13.670 --> 01:29:17.310 to say that, hey, we're going to push our chips 01:29:17.310 --> 01:29:20.720 in and we're going to find a way. to make sure 01:29:20.720 --> 01:29:23.000 that this team is the best that we can be so 01:29:23.000 --> 01:29:24.920 that we can try to get you guys at least a playoff 01:29:24.920 --> 01:29:27.140 win. T .J. Watt doesn't even have a playoff win. 01:29:28.520 --> 01:29:31.380 He doesn't even have a playoff win. Think about 01:29:31.380 --> 01:29:34.819 that for a second here, folks. That is ridiculous. 01:29:35.159 --> 01:29:38.619 As hard as T .J. Watt plays, doesn't even have 01:29:38.619 --> 01:29:43.359 a playoff win. That is a shame before God. And 01:29:43.359 --> 01:29:48.140 then not to mention, you have somebody in Mike 01:29:48.140 --> 01:29:53.210 Tomlin. Who does not want to make serious changes 01:29:53.210 --> 01:29:56.970 to his coaching staff. When literally we all 01:29:56.970 --> 01:30:00.949 saw what happened when they had Brian Flores 01:30:00.949 --> 01:30:05.689 for one year. You saw how the defense played 01:30:05.689 --> 01:30:09.149 so much better. You saw how everybody just did 01:30:09.149 --> 01:30:13.109 their job a little bit more better. And you never 01:30:13.109 --> 01:30:15.970 thought about, hey, maybe we need to continue 01:30:15.970 --> 01:30:18.909 to do this. Maybe we should continue to bring 01:30:18.909 --> 01:30:21.569 in some people. And you have opportunities to 01:30:21.569 --> 01:30:24.170 do it. You could have brought in Robert Sala. 01:30:24.329 --> 01:30:26.369 You could have brought in Antonio Pierce. You 01:30:26.369 --> 01:30:28.789 could have brought in Jerron Mayo. But you didn't 01:30:28.789 --> 01:30:33.250 want to do that. Do you know why the Eagles are 01:30:33.250 --> 01:30:36.010 where they are? Do you know why the Ravens are 01:30:36.010 --> 01:30:38.949 where they are? Do you know why the Rams are 01:30:38.949 --> 01:30:41.609 where they are? Because you know why? They invest 01:30:41.609 --> 01:30:45.630 into scouting. They invest into their coaching 01:30:45.630 --> 01:30:50.670 staff. That is why it's not just about the players, 01:30:50.770 --> 01:30:54.029 but it's also about the foundational pieces, 01:30:54.250 --> 01:30:58.189 actually expanding your coaching staff, actually 01:30:58.189 --> 01:31:02.590 expanding your scouting. Stop just going to the 01:31:02.590 --> 01:31:05.970 same four or five different schools every single 01:31:05.970 --> 01:31:09.289 offseason. Start going to these smaller schools 01:31:09.289 --> 01:31:12.930 because what you're starting to see now is players 01:31:12.930 --> 01:31:16.069 from these smaller schools. are more refined 01:31:16.069 --> 01:31:18.850 in their techniques, and they have more upside 01:31:18.850 --> 01:31:21.430 with their game. And they don't have half of 01:31:21.430 --> 01:31:23.750 the antics that some of these players that go 01:31:23.750 --> 01:31:28.489 to these Power 5 schools go to. Sure, if there's 01:31:28.489 --> 01:31:30.329 somebody from Alabama that you really like, go. 01:31:31.130 --> 01:31:34.529 But you go to the same colleges every single 01:31:34.529 --> 01:31:39.380 year. Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, Clemson. 01:31:39.399 --> 01:31:42.159 Those are the main places you go to. You haven't 01:31:42.159 --> 01:31:44.279 really touched the West Coast like how you're 01:31:44.279 --> 01:31:46.640 supposed to. The last time that they went to 01:31:46.640 --> 01:31:49.720 the West Coast was for who? David DeCastro. And 01:31:49.720 --> 01:31:54.119 that turned out pretty well. So you have to expand. 01:31:54.460 --> 01:31:57.619 You have to be in a season of openness. You have 01:31:57.619 --> 01:32:00.359 to be in a season of expansion if you really 01:32:00.359 --> 01:32:03.439 want to tell people that I am serious about winning. 01:32:04.220 --> 01:32:07.460 Stop saying that you're serious when you're actually 01:32:07.460 --> 01:32:09.380 saying that, you know what, I want to be shitty. 01:32:09.539 --> 01:32:13.039 I want to do just enough. I want to just get 01:32:13.039 --> 01:32:15.859 by so I can continue to extend the streak of 01:32:15.859 --> 01:32:18.760 saying I have never had a losing season. Bill 01:32:18.760 --> 01:32:21.199 Belichick has had a losing season. Andy Reid 01:32:21.199 --> 01:32:23.859 has had losing seasons. Other coaches have had 01:32:23.859 --> 01:32:27.279 losing seasons. What makes you think that you 01:32:27.279 --> 01:32:31.000 are bigger than any and all of them? Nothing. 01:32:31.880 --> 01:32:36.130 And then... To make matters worse, while we were 01:32:36.130 --> 01:32:39.369 going through that winning streak, you decided 01:32:39.369 --> 01:32:42.829 to say, and you left it with a smirk on your 01:32:42.829 --> 01:32:46.229 face, this is why I'm highly compensated. But 01:32:46.229 --> 01:32:49.069 towards the end of the season, you didn't have 01:32:49.069 --> 01:32:51.350 a whole lot to say. You looked like you just 01:32:51.350 --> 01:32:56.149 finished eating a bunch of lemons. You didn't 01:32:56.149 --> 01:32:58.369 know what to say because you got punched in the 01:32:58.369 --> 01:33:01.199 mouth. You got punched in the mouth by the Eagles. 01:33:01.319 --> 01:33:03.420 You got punched in the mouth by the Chiefs. You 01:33:03.420 --> 01:33:05.319 got punched in the mouth by the Bengals. You 01:33:05.319 --> 01:33:08.380 got punched in the mouth by the Ravens. And you 01:33:08.380 --> 01:33:12.300 couldn't do anything about it. So stop telling 01:33:12.300 --> 01:33:15.060 me that you guys are serious about winning. Show 01:33:15.060 --> 01:33:19.960 it. And this falls on Art Rooney as well. You 01:33:19.960 --> 01:33:22.800 need to expand your coaching staff. That is the 01:33:22.800 --> 01:33:26.960 only way that this team can be real contenders. 01:33:27.060 --> 01:33:30.319 That is the only way. If you do not do that, 01:33:30.380 --> 01:33:33.239 guess what? You will never win a championship. 01:33:34.020 --> 01:33:36.800 And you know what's going to happen? And I pray 01:33:36.800 --> 01:33:39.680 to God this does not happen. Cam Hayward and 01:33:39.680 --> 01:33:44.420 TJ Watt are going to be Hall of Famers who have 01:33:44.420 --> 01:33:46.619 never won a championship, who have never even 01:33:46.619 --> 01:33:50.439 whiffed a Super Bowl. It's going to be a whole 01:33:50.439 --> 01:33:54.899 bunch of what -ifs with their career. Do you 01:33:54.899 --> 01:33:58.760 really want that? No. I don't think nobody really 01:33:58.760 --> 01:34:03.000 wants them to experience that. But that's a possibility. 01:34:04.460 --> 01:34:08.920 So why am I so passionate? Why am I so angry 01:34:08.920 --> 01:34:11.319 about the Steelers? Why am I so angry about Mike 01:34:11.319 --> 01:34:14.560 Tomlin? Because you know why? Year after year 01:34:14.560 --> 01:34:17.359 after year, they continue to sell us the same 01:34:17.359 --> 01:34:21.000 thing. And at some point, it feels like we're 01:34:21.000 --> 01:34:24.840 like the Cowboys. Every single year, we build 01:34:24.840 --> 01:34:28.079 ourselves up. We say, hey, this is going to be 01:34:28.079 --> 01:34:30.979 our year. This is going to be something special 01:34:30.979 --> 01:34:34.300 than last year and the years before that. And 01:34:34.300 --> 01:34:37.439 guess what happens? It's the same outcome every 01:34:37.439 --> 01:34:43.979 single year. 9 -8, 10 -8, 10 -7, 10 -6, 10 -5, 01:34:44.300 --> 01:34:50.279 11 -4. It's not enough. Never has been, never 01:34:50.279 --> 01:34:56.439 will be. This team deserves to win. There are 01:34:56.439 --> 01:34:58.859 players on this team that have been loyal to 01:34:58.859 --> 01:35:03.380 this team that deserve to win. And if you are 01:35:03.380 --> 01:35:07.319 not willing to make the necessary changes, if 01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:10.399 you are not willing to make the necessary additions 01:35:10.399 --> 01:35:15.960 to make this team better, then go somewhere else. 01:35:18.029 --> 01:35:23.229 Just go. Stop wasting people's time. Stop trying 01:35:23.229 --> 01:35:26.750 to hype everybody up for the season. There's 01:35:26.750 --> 01:35:30.270 not enough promoting videos. There's not enough 01:35:30.270 --> 01:35:33.130 teasers. There's not enough trailers. There's 01:35:33.130 --> 01:35:37.189 not enough of those that can replace the drought, 01:35:37.350 --> 01:35:41.590 the lack of thirst, the lack of winning that 01:35:41.590 --> 01:35:45.569 this team has yet to experience. None of it. 01:35:45.880 --> 01:35:47.939 Here you have the Ravens, your division rival, 01:35:48.220 --> 01:35:51.479 who have made significant moves to their coaching 01:35:51.479 --> 01:35:55.460 staff and you haven't done anything. The most 01:35:55.460 --> 01:35:59.180 you did was hire a linebackers coach. A no -name 01:35:59.180 --> 01:36:01.020 linebackers coach. No disrespect to you, big 01:36:01.020 --> 01:36:04.680 dog. How in the world can you say you want to 01:36:04.680 --> 01:36:07.260 position yourself to draft a quarterback next 01:36:07.260 --> 01:36:10.779 year when you don't have somebody on this coaching 01:36:10.779 --> 01:36:15.020 staff that has experience developing a quarterback? 01:36:16.359 --> 01:36:21.640 Folks, I could go on a whole nother hour about 01:36:21.640 --> 01:36:25.399 how I am so disappointed in this team, but I 01:36:25.399 --> 01:36:27.340 don't think nobody really wants to hear that. 01:36:28.239 --> 01:36:32.300 But I will say this and I'll leave it and then 01:36:32.300 --> 01:36:38.300 we'll do the outro and whatnot. I have very low 01:36:38.300 --> 01:36:42.140 expectations for this team moving forward. I 01:36:42.140 --> 01:36:45.020 will not be super dramatic. when it comes to 01:36:45.020 --> 01:36:49.880 us winning and losing and until significant changes 01:36:49.880 --> 01:36:54.319 are made i will somewhat step back when it comes 01:36:54.319 --> 01:36:57.399 to the support that i have for this team i have 01:36:57.399 --> 01:36:59.739 said it public i've now said it publicly so now 01:36:59.739 --> 01:37:02.699 everybody can can backtrack and hold me accountable 01:37:02.699 --> 01:37:05.720 for for what i just said but i want to end this 01:37:05.720 --> 01:37:07.659 episode here if you guys like what you are listening 01:37:07.659 --> 01:37:09.479 please please please please please make sure 01:37:09.479 --> 01:37:12.569 that you guys Download the episodes. 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As always, I hope I gave you guys the 01:39:06.369 --> 01:39:08.630 fix that you guys need. I love you guys. I appreciate 01:39:08.630 --> 01:39:12.390 you guys so much. Thank you guys so much for 01:39:12.390 --> 01:39:16.369 riding out with me with a divisional rodeo. It 01:39:16.369 --> 01:39:19.369 was great. And we'll probably do it moving forward. 01:39:19.569 --> 01:39:22.409 But we'll probably next year, we'll probably 01:39:22.409 --> 01:39:24.649 go a little bit more in depth when it comes to 01:39:24.649 --> 01:39:27.449 stats for every single team and records and all 01:39:27.449 --> 01:39:30.109 those different things. I probably won't be putting 01:39:30.109 --> 01:39:33.689 out another episode for a while now. If anything 01:39:33.689 --> 01:39:36.630 crazy happens with Aaron Rodgers, maybe I will. 01:39:36.810 --> 01:39:40.270 But moving forward, I probably won't. I'll probably 01:39:40.270 --> 01:39:42.949 save everything else for the draft and whatnot. 01:39:43.109 --> 01:39:45.989 But I will be putting out clips, posting mock 01:39:45.989 --> 01:39:50.029 drafts, and other forms of content. So as always, 01:39:50.229 --> 01:39:52.170 I love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much. 01:39:52.350 --> 01:39:55.109 This is your GM Kel signing out. Peace and love. 01:39:55.710 --> 01:39:56.229 Later.