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Mega bag alert, mega bag alert, mega bag alert,

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folks. That's right, we are back. That's right,

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we are back and better than ever. Rested, refreshed,

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ready to go over all the things that we need

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to talk about with the draft, people getting

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paid, and more, okay? So we got a lot to talk

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about, so let's just get into it, all right?

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So Jalen Petrie, Kyler Gordon, TJ Edwards. Yes,

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that's Max in the background, sorry. George Kittle.

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Cam Juergens, Kirby Joseph, all get paid, okay?

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Now, George Kittle and Kirby Joseph reset at

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their positional markets, but everybody else,

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everybody else paid, okay? As well as the Lions

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exercising their fifth -year options on both

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Aiden Hutcherson and Jamison Williams, the Saints

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exercising their fifth -year option on Chris

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Alave and turning it down for Trevor Penning.

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That's a little bit controversial. Jalen Ramsey

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wants out of Miami. Sam Howell hits to Minnesota.

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My thoughts on the whole Aaron Rodgers debacle,

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and we have to talk about the draft, okay? All

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of this and more. on the 76th episode of the

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Football Junkies Podcast. I am your host with

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the most. I am your GM who currently is not on

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a team right now, but don't you worry about it,

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okay? Don't you worry about it because you know

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why? I'm your chief bag roll dominance, okay?

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I'm your chief head of the table. Anything and

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everything related to the bag, mock drafts, predictions,

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all those things and more. Just know this, the

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mock drafts that I did put out, I was right on

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a few of them. I may have not gotten the player,

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but I got the position right. Just know, you

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heard it here first on the Football Junkies podcast,

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okay? Because guess what? I am all these things

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and more. But most importantly, the most important

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thing that you must remember is I am your host,

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Kale. You already know how these things are about

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to go. This is going to be one of the best episodes

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that I probably will ever put out. So guess what?

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On three, one, two, three, let's lock in. All

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right, folks, let's just get into the meat and

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potatoes of everything that is going on in the

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league right now. So letting you know right now,

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majority of this episode is going to be dedicated

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to money, okay? Because you know why? We are

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in bag season, as I call it. While everybody

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else is recovering from the draft, we're just

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getting started because you know why? We know

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that the bag alerts are getting ready to just

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fly in the next few weeks, months, And whatever

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time that we have left until the regular season

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starts. So let's just get into everything. So

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let's start off with the newest bag alert that

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happened this morning. And that was George Kittle.

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All right. He resets the tight end market. Four

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years, 76 .4 million, 40 million guaranteed,

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19 .1 million a year and 35 million guaranteed

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at signing. Now, we will look at his stats. 78

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receptions for 1 ,106 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns,

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and 14 .2 receiving yards per reception. Now

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here's the thing. On one hand, I'm very happy

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that George Kittle got paid. We are now seeing

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that the league has embraced the tight end position.

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Because for the longest time... Tight ends really

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weren't loved as much. Now, sure, you had, you

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know, Kellen Winslow and you had what's his name?

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What's his name? Dave Casper and company had

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that next generation. And, you know, Shannon

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Sharp and Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates and

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Todd Heap and Heath Miller and Dallas Clark and

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company. And then you had, you know, this generation,

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which is, you know, Gronk. Travis Kelsey, George

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Kittle, Sam Laporta, TJ Hawkinson, Brock Bowers,

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Mark Andrews, just to name a few. And so now

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what you're seeing is offenses love tight ends

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more because tight ends are now a quarterback's

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best friend. We have seen some of the most iconic

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moments happen with who? A tight end. Tom Brady

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and Gronk are literally. Two of the most dynamic

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players of all time. And I guarantee you, if

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you ask Tom Brady right now, half of those plays

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probably wouldn't have happened if it wasn't

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for Gronk. At some point, Tom Brady is looking

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for Gronk. And guess what? Gronk gets the ball,

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gets first down and more. And it's hard to bring

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him down. And so it's great because you're seeing

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a position that's starting to get valued more

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and people are really starting to get paid more.

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And that's great. But here's my problem with

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this. If you're a 49ers fan, you probably are

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scratching your head this morning because you're

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trying to figure out exactly why did you reset

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the market for George Kittle? Why are you continuing

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to reset the market for your players? Granted,

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I understand that you want to pay your players,

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but at some point, the line has to be drawn in

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the sand because we are in the business of winning

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championships. We're not in a business to just

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say, oh, I have a roster that has three or four

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players that have resetted their positional markets.

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No, your goal is to win a championship. And so

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far, you guys haven't been able to do that. Now,

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a lot of that falls on your head coach and the

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executions and play calling and whatnot. But

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if you guys are serious about winning, somebody

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would have been willing to take a pay cut. I'm

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just saying. Really think about this for a second

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here, folks. Last year, they had to reset both

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the left tackle market and the running back market.

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They did it for Trent Williams and Christian

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McCaffrey. Now they're doing it for George Kittle.

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And there's a good possibility that they could

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do it for Fred Warner as well. You just can't

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keep on doing that. Resetting the market does

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not win you a championship. It does not get you

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to the end point. All it does is just get you

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right to the edge and that's it. Nothing else.

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We see the Eagles, a team who basically invested

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a lot of their money into the offense and kept

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the defense fairly cheap. They're paying little

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to nobody on the defense. And if they are, they're

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probably on a very short term contract. Let's

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go for what it is. If you're the 49ers, what

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is the goal? Because you continuing to write

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paychecks isn't going to solve the championship.

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Because right now. If this team does not win

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a championship, every move that they have made

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from getting Trent Williams and Christian McCaffrey

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to, you know, drafting Nick Bosa and then drafting

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Fred Warner and George Kittle and Brock Purdy

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and Brandon Ayewick and this person, that person

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will all be a waste. Because why? You guys haven't

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won a championship. You guys have created some

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of the best offenses and best defenses within

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the last five to eight years. And you guys have

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yet to win a championship. I'm sorry. That's

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unacceptable in my standards. But, hey, if that's

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what they want to do, if they want to continue

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to be in meteorography, that's perfectly fine.

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Now, back to the positive side with this. George

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Kittle has definitely been a very consistent,

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reliable player for the 49ers offense. You're

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talking about somebody that has had multiple

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1 ,000 receiving yards. That is something that

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you will only see receivers do. But now you're

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starting to see that more often with tight ends.

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And not to mention, what you're also starting

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to see is this. The market is continuing to climb.

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This is my hot take, and I could definitely be

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wrong. I'll probably be on cold takes. But I

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can make a strong case. That by the time Sam

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LaPorter is up for a contract and Brock Bowers,

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somebody is going to hit the $20 million threshold.

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You heard it here first on the Football Junkies

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podcast, episode 76, Aftermath. You heard it

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here first. I believe by this time next year,

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we will have our first $20 million a year tight

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end. Guaranteed. You can write it down. You can

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screen record it. You can do whatever you want,

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but guess what? I said it here first. To somebody

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else, Jalen Petrie, okay? Safety for the Texans.

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Inks a three -year, $39 million extension. He

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gets a $10 million signing bonus, makes $13 million

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a year, and is guaranteed $20 .6 million, which

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isn't really bad. Now, he uses $29 .1 million,

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which still isn't bad. Now, when we look at his

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stats, okay? 65 tackles and was targeted. 54

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times and allowed 34 receptions for 395 yards,

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five touchdowns, and got one pick. Now, he is

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more of a slot option at this point because primarily

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they really don't like using him in the safety.

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I don't know why. You probably have to ask them,

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but he's mainly placed in the slot. Now, when

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you look at his stats in the slot, it's a little

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bit of a difference, okay? So in the slot, he

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had 44 tackles. four quarterback pressures, and

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he was targeted 43 times and allowed 29 receptions

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for 371 yards, four touchdowns, and got one pick.

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All in all, this is a team -friendly deal. It

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does not break the bank. It is a great deal for

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both sides. Jalen Petrie plays a very pivotal

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role in the backfield, and so it's only right

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that you give him a pretty good deal. And then

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not to mention, it's only a three -year deal.

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So by the time this contract is up, you'll still

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be in your prime so you can re -up and get another

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contract, either with the Texans or with another

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team. All in all, I think that's a win -win situation.

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It's the same thing with Kyler Gordon as well,

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who inked a three -year $40 million deal. He

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gets a $10 million signing bonus. He's making

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the same amount as Jalen Petrie, $13 million

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a year, and he's guaranteed $21 .2 million for

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both total guarantees and guaranteed money. Now,

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when we look at his stats, all right, 75 tackles,

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and he was targeted 51 times and allowed 36 receptions

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for 329 yards and two touchdowns. What you are

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starting to see now is the slot corner position

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be valued so much that teams are willing to invest

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into it. Not only just because slot corners are

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good when it comes to blitzing and adding quarterback

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pressures and making... really great plays, but

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you're starting to see that slot corners are

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really good. And we're not just talking about

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people that were drafted in the sixth or seventh

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round and they were able to fight their way and

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get a roster spot. No, you're talking about people

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that make plays. You're talking about people

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who are locking down elite corners, elite slot

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receivers, because What you're also starting

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to see is a lot of the elite receivers are also

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being moved into the slot as well. So you have

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to counteract that with a good slot corner. Just

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saying. Now, some teams understand that. And

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then there's other teams, Steelers, who do not

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understand that and do not value that. And this

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is why they're in the situation that they're

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in. let's go to cam jurgens okay we're just breezing

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by the you know the bag alerts and whatnot so

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cam jurgens inks a four -year 68 million dollar

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extension to stay with the eagles he'll be making

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17 million a year and he gets 39 .4 million in

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total guarantees for the transition of jason

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kelsey to cam jurgens i can make a strong case

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it's definitely been one of the better ones because

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usually When a player is following the footsteps

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of a legend, it's a little bit difficult because

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they're trying to find their footing. They're

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just trying to find their way because it's so

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hard to play behind a legend. That's like Brandon

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Fisk, you know, trying to do what Aaron Donald

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did. Can't do that. But Cam Juergens has carved

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his own path and has played really well for the

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Eagles. And so it's only right that you give

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him a deal. Not to mention, let's be real here.

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As I said before, the Eagles aren't paying a

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lot of people on defense. The only person that

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they really paid a lot of money to was Zach Bond.

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Outside of that, everybody else is still on their

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rookie deals or on fairly small deals, which

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isn't bad. Because let's be real here. You have

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to invest into this offensive line because right

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now they're paying Cam Juergens, Landon Dickerson,

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Jordan Malata, and Lane Johnson. Those are the

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only people that they're paying when it comes

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to the offensive line. Then you got Jalen Hurts,

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you got Saquon, you got Devontae Smith, and you

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got A .J. Brown. That's the milk and honey for

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this team. It's that offense. If that offense

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ain't going, guess what? Team ain't winning.

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That is what it is. Now, when we look at T .J.

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Edwards' deal, it's team -friendly, very team

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-friendly. Two years, $20 million. He gets $10

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million a year, a $7 million signing bonus, and

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he's guaranteed. 16 .6 million. That's not bad.

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That's team friendly. Very team friendly. When

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you look at his stats, 129 tackles, four sacks,

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one pick. That's not bad. He's a really, I wouldn't

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say elite player. He's a very, what's the word?

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What's the word? He's a do -it -all type of player.

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He's a reliable player. He's a consistent player.

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He's a tackling machine. That's what he is. He

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is somebody that he's going to get the job done.

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He may not be in the same tier as some of the

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better outside linebackers and whatnot, but guess

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what? He gets the job done. And that's what you

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need sometimes on your team. That's it. There's

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nothing else that you can really say. It's a

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team -friendly deal. It does not break the bank.

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It does not have the Bears, you know, in cap

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hill or whatever. No, it puts him in a really

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.960
good spot. Now, Kirby Joseph, that deal is a

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little bit crazy. And I only say that because

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the Lions still have to pay Aiden Hutchison.

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And then not to mention, you're going to have

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:49.679
to pay Brian Branch soon. Just saying. Kirby

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Joseph's deal, four years, $86 million. And he'll

00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.759
be making $21 .5 million a year. When we look

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at his stats, 82 tackles, and he was targeted

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33 times and allowed 14 receptions for 168 yards,

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one touchdown, and one pick. He's been balling.

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He has been balling God. And it was only right

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that the Lions pay him because he played such

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a pivotal role in that team. If you're a team

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like the Ravens, you're in a pretty bad spot

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because you could have easily hashed out a deal

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prior to Kirby Joseph getting his money. But

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now you're taking a risk because guess what?

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If you allow Kyle Hamilton to play out this year,

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and if Kyle Hamilton wins a defensive player

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of the year award, oh, that's 90 million guaranteed.

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No ifs, ands, or buts about it. He is resetting

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the market again. Do you really want to take

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that risk? Because it's better to be proactive

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than reactive. Just saying. Now let's get into

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these fifth -year options. And these are just

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a couple because I know there's a whole lot more

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that I have to talk about and we'll probably

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talk about in the next episode. So the Lions

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picked up both Aiden Hutchinson and Jameson Williams'

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.879
fifth -year option. So Aiden Hutchinson's fifth

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-year option is worth $19 .7 million, which really

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isn't that bad. Jameson Williams is $15 .4 million.

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Now when we look at the market value for Aiden

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Hutchinson, It's four years, $122 .1 million,

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which is $30 .5 million a year. I don't think

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he's going to get that. I think he's probably

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going to get a whole lot more because Aiden Hutchinson

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has been one of the best pass rushers in the

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league. He's on that same team, a little bit

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under the tier of Watt, Garrett, Crosby, Bosa,

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and everybody else. Just saying. But the problem

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is... with Aiden Hutchinson's situation that

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:55.039
makes it so time -oriented is that Michael Parsons,

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Trey Hendrickson, and T .J. Watt are also looking

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for money as well. So who's going to be first?

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Because whoever is first, the next two, one of

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them will probably reset the market again. So

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do you want to be reactionary or do you want

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to be the other? Because right now we have seen

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a lot of teams pay more because they wanted to

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play the waiting game and they wanted to take

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a risk instead of just paying the person now

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and then just not having to worry about it. So

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it is a gamble. Now with Jamison Williams, not

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so much because his market value is only three

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years, 59 million, which is only 19 .7 million

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a year. That's not bad at all. Do I think he

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could probably get a little bit more? There's

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a possibility. Do I think there's a good chance

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he may get traded? There's also a possibility

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as well. Anything is open for Jamison Williams

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at this point. Now, me personally, I think the

00:17:53.470 --> 00:17:56.210
cutoff number for Jamison Williams will probably

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be 25, maybe 26. Anything over 26, we're out.

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Simple as that. You can't pay him almost 28 to

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almost 30 million while you're doing that for

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Amon Ross St. Brown. You just pay Panay Sewell.

00:18:13.210 --> 00:18:15.630
You just pay Jared Goff. Like, that's a lot of

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people that you're paying. So you want to try

00:18:18.910 --> 00:18:21.190
to have a little bit of cap flexibility while

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at the same time. But to your players, like,

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listen, we are still in our championship window.

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We might need to have a little bit of cap space

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to bring in a superstar. Who wouldn't want to

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win a championship? I would. When we look at

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.359
Chris Alave's fifth year option, it's worth $15

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million, which really isn't bad. His market value,

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on the other hand, is only three years, $53 .4

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million, which is only $17 .8 million a year.

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Do I think he could garner more? Yes. Do I think

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the Saints are probably working on a contract

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right now? Yes. Do I think it'll be hashed out

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by training camp? It's a possibility. Because

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Chris Alave, yes, he deserves to get paid, but

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he's not worth $35 or $36 million a year. No,

00:19:07.849 --> 00:19:12.730
not even close. Maybe about $28, $29, maybe $30

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if you want to add incentives. Okay, fine. But

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anything after that is just ridiculous. Now,

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Trevor Penning, on the other hand, they turned

00:19:19.769 --> 00:19:22.630
down his fifth year option. Now, had they picked

00:19:22.630 --> 00:19:25.630
it up, it would have been worth $16 .6 million.

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But the only problem is he's only played 40 games

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in three seasons. Case in point, that's why the

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Saints drafted Calvin Banks. And that was sort

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of the idea that I had leading into the draft.

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Now, I understand that the media personalities

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were saying, hey, they're going to go with Jackson

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Dart or Shador Sanders. I didn't believe it.

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And the only reason why I say that is because

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:53.839
once Ryan Ramchick had to medically retire. That

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.339
let me know, okay, most likely they're going

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to put Fuwaga back at right tackle because Trevor

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:01.900
Penning has been playing well on either left

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:04.299
tackle or right tackle. And then they'll draft

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one of the top left tackles and then just go

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from there. And that's exactly what they did.

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They got Calvin Banks at left tackle. You're

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:14.920
going to have Tyler Weeks for Fuwaga on the right

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side, which is great because right now, all you

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:22.539
really need to do is just ride out this season.

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And then just see what happens next year. Me

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personally, this is just my honest opinion before

00:20:27.210 --> 00:20:29.869
we get into the draft talk and whatnot. I don't

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think Archie is going to declare next year because

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when you look at it, Eli played all four years.

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Payton played all four years. They're not going

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to continue. They're not going to break that

00:20:42.269 --> 00:20:44.990
cycle. No, they're going to continue to go with

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that cycle because guess what happened? Both

00:20:47.250 --> 00:20:50.099
of them became. Overly successful. Now, one of

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them is regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks

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of all time. The other one, not so much. But

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that's another story for another day. But there

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are better options at quarterback next year.

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Now, let's get into this whole Jalen Ramsey conundrum.

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So Jalen Ramsey wants out of Miami. Perfectly

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:09.099
fine with that. But the problem is, is that his

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:11.500
contract is a little bit wonky. And let me explain

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:14.680
why. So according to SpotRack, this year is the

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:17.380
only year that's guaranteed at 21 .1 million.

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But the next three years, he still has money

00:21:20.630 --> 00:21:23.769
on the books that a team can guarantee. But here

00:21:23.769 --> 00:21:28.390
are the numbers. 2026, 21 million. 2027, 21 .7

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million. 2028, 24 million. That's a lot of money

00:21:33.130 --> 00:21:37.109
for an older cornerback. And we see that cornerbacks

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after 30 do not age well. Their play starts to

00:21:42.049 --> 00:21:46.490
decline a lot. And with Jalen Ramsey. His play

00:21:46.490 --> 00:21:50.490
style, it's way too risky, way too risky, to

00:21:50.490 --> 00:21:54.589
be honest with you. And so on one hand, I would

00:21:54.589 --> 00:21:57.170
love for him to go to another team. I just don't

00:21:57.170 --> 00:21:59.289
think a team will be willing to take on his guarantees.

00:22:00.210 --> 00:22:02.529
Now, maybe if a team is willing to give them

00:22:02.529 --> 00:22:04.349
a high enough pick, they'll probably take it.

00:22:04.809 --> 00:22:08.029
But even then, how high of a pick are you going

00:22:08.029 --> 00:22:10.509
to be willing to give up? I'm not giving up a

00:22:10.509 --> 00:22:12.609
first, nor am I giving up a second for Jalen

00:22:12.609 --> 00:22:15.269
Ramsey. I'm sorry. I'm just not doing that. Now,

00:22:15.329 --> 00:22:18.069
I could probably do a conditional fourth and

00:22:18.069 --> 00:22:21.069
maybe turn it into a third. That's a possibility.

00:22:21.710 --> 00:22:24.910
But outside of that, I'm not giving up high compensation

00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:28.230
for Jalen Ramsey. I'm just not doing it. But

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here is the other side that people aren't talking

00:22:30.769 --> 00:22:35.569
about. The dead cap hits. So if the Dolphins

00:22:35.569 --> 00:22:39.410
designate this as a pre -June 1st cut or trade

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or transaction or whatever, the dead cap hit

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this year is $29 .2 million. They lose, instead

00:22:45.910 --> 00:22:50.750
of gain, lose 12 .5 million in cap. That's not

00:22:50.750 --> 00:22:54.390
good. Now, if they make this into a post -June

00:22:54.390 --> 00:22:58.089
1st designation, 2020, 10 .8 million in debt

00:22:58.089 --> 00:23:01.869
cap. And then next year, it's 18 .4. But they

00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:05.549
have a savings of 5 .9. So it's either you wait

00:23:05.549 --> 00:23:09.970
until the post -June 1st designation happens.

00:23:11.269 --> 00:23:13.589
or somebody gets desperate enough and then they

00:23:13.589 --> 00:23:15.829
make a trade for Jalen Ramsey. Those are the

00:23:15.829 --> 00:23:18.809
only two outcomes at this point. Now, me personally,

00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:20.710
do I think he has a market? Yes, of course he

00:23:20.710 --> 00:23:22.630
does, because Jalen Ramsey is still one of the

00:23:22.630 --> 00:23:25.890
better corners in the league. Even at his current

00:23:25.890 --> 00:23:30.069
age, he is still one of the best corners. He

00:23:30.069 --> 00:23:33.029
is still able to hold his own against some of

00:23:33.029 --> 00:23:36.369
the best receivers in the league. Now, am I saying

00:23:36.369 --> 00:23:40.119
he can be like how he was in his prime? No. But

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:44.019
what I am saying is he can hold his weight. You're

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:46.380
talking about somebody that can tackle, that

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:49.400
can hit, and is probably one of the smartest

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:53.019
corners in the league. Now, me personally, I

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:55.579
think he'd probably go to the commanders. I think

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:59.019
if you add Jalen Ramsey to the commanders, that

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:03.640
would put so much fear into teams that I think

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:06.779
it could push you to the next level. I'm just

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:09.279
saying. Because think about it. You have Jalen

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:14.180
Ramsey, you have Trey Amos, Bobby Wagner, you

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:16.680
still have Deron Payne, you still have Johnny

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:19.160
Newton, I forgot who their pass rushers were,

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:22.599
and then your safeties as well. I think that's

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:25.339
a pretty good defense. I think getting a big

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.819
fish in Jalen Ramsey would be fairly good. I

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:30.859
think it would work phenomenally well. Not to

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:35.099
mention, Jalen Ramsey would automatically go

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:38.150
up against A .J. Brown. So you're taking A .J.

00:24:38.150 --> 00:24:40.529
Brown out of the game. Same thing with C .D.

00:24:40.529 --> 00:24:45.170
Lamb. Who wouldn't want that? Who would not want

00:24:45.170 --> 00:24:48.130
that? Who would not want a tackling machine in

00:24:48.130 --> 00:24:52.309
Jalen Ramsey, a playmaking machine in Jalen Ramsey,

00:24:52.369 --> 00:24:56.190
a person who can just do it all in Jalen Ramsey?

00:24:56.650 --> 00:24:59.210
Who wouldn't want that? Now, the finances, you

00:24:59.210 --> 00:25:01.349
probably have to, you know, move some money around,

00:25:01.589 --> 00:25:04.730
ask some people to take some pay cuts, but...

00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:07.650
I mean, if it pays off and you guys get into

00:25:07.650 --> 00:25:10.150
the NFC Championship or the Super Bowl, hey,

00:25:10.369 --> 00:25:14.049
who's really complaining? Nobody. But only time

00:25:14.049 --> 00:25:16.970
will tell with that situation, though. But we

00:25:16.970 --> 00:25:19.269
do have to get into a little bit of a trade talk.

00:25:19.369 --> 00:25:22.150
And that is Sam Howell going to Minnesota. So

00:25:22.150 --> 00:25:25.289
Sam Howell has been traded to the Vikings. And

00:25:25.289 --> 00:25:27.349
so the Vikings receive, of course, Sam Howell

00:25:27.349 --> 00:25:30.150
in a 2025 fifth round pick. The Hawks receive

00:25:30.150 --> 00:25:33.029
a 2025 fifth round pick as well. So they're just

00:25:33.029 --> 00:25:36.259
swapping, you know. Fifth round picks, that's

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:40.180
all. Nothing significant or whatever. With the

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:43.460
Seahawks drafting Jalen Milrow, Sam Howell didn't

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.339
have a chance. And so they want to put him into

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:48.900
a better situation. Because the Seahawks right

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:52.519
now have, what is it, Sam Darnold, Drew Locke,

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:55.660
and Jalen Milrow. And to be honest with you,

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.779
Sam Darnold, technically speaking, is on a one

00:25:57.779 --> 00:26:00.960
-year deal. This sort of... shuts the door for

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:03.019
Aaron Rodgers possibly going to the Vikings.

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.180
And I say that because with Sam Howell, you don't

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:11.019
have to worry about this shadowy figure that's

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:13.880
hovering over J .J. McCarthy. You don't have

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.660
to worry about that with Sam Howell. Sam Howell

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:20.740
is not necessarily a threat. He's here to help.

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.920
And so if you're in a pinch, Sam Howell comes

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:27.200
in. That's all it is. Nothing crazy or whatever.

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.200
But we do have to get into this whole Aaron Rodgers

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:33.380
debacle. OK, because there's a few parts with

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:35.640
this. So when Pat McAfee made the announcement

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:37.839
that Aaron Rodgers was going to be on the show

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.619
instantly, I'm like, oh, OK, this is going to

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:42.460
be the day that he makes the announcement. So

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:47.640
instantly I tune in and I'm listening to it and

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:50.700
it's just not going anywhere. Like it was probably

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:57.279
45 minutes of just bullshit. It was 45 minutes

00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:01.220
of time that I just wasted because here I am

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:03.059
thinking that he's about to make his decision

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:07.039
or or something significant. No, he didn't. He's

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.579
basically just talking about how, you know, the

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:12.079
Jets did him dirty. And, you know, they could

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.099
have just called him instead of just have him

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:16.880
take a take a flight and whatnot. All this other

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.619
crap. Don't nobody care about that. OK. But let's

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.359
just get into this stuff. So I'm going to read

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:23.859
some quotes, give my thoughts. Read some quotes,

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.180
give my thoughts, okay? So this is what he says

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:28.799
in that quote. I wasn't stringing anyone along.

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:31.500
I wasn't holding anyone hostage. I was honest

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.519
from the jump about where I was at mentally and

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:35.500
some of the constraints I have in my life right

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:38.160
now that warrant my attention. I'm open to anything

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:42.299
and attached to nothing. Time out. Time out,

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:44.660
time out, time out. Why in the world would you

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:49.579
say... Man, this is going to be difficult. Why

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:51.420
would you say I'm open to anything and attached

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:54.519
to nothing? But he goes on to say, retirement

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.920
could still be a possibility, but right now my

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:59.759
focus has been and will continue to be on my

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.619
personal life. And that's what I've told the

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.599
coaches. There are still conversations that are

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.839
being had. It's all been very honest lines of

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:09.339
communication. So then he goes on to say, I told

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:12.640
every single one of the teams I talked to. It

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:15.059
ain't about the money. I'll play for 10 M's.

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.859
I don't care. I never once said I need a multi

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:21.380
-year deal, 30 million or 40 million. Okay, that's

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:23.859
fine. That's absolute bullshit. I'll play for

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:29.420
10, whatever. Then where is everybody getting

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:31.140
these numbers from? That's what I really want

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:33.599
to know because I remember somebody was saying,

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:37.019
oh yeah, everybody's looking for 30 or 40 million

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.460
a year. And I'm like, wait a minute, just for

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:40.880
one year? Who the hell is going to pay Aaron

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.980
Rodgers 30 to 40 million a year? You got to be

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:47.480
out of your crazy mind. But good thing he finally

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:50.420
shot that down, which is great. Now, moving forward,

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:54.299
this is what he also says as well. He goes on

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:56.680
to say, and I quote, this entire time, I haven't

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:59.460
felt like I owe anyone a decision at any point.

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:03.380
This is my life now. I've been upfront with them

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:06.779
about that. If you need to move on, if you need

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.940
to do something, by all means. I don't think

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.859
it's fair to the Steelers or anyone while I'm

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:13.500
dealing with a lot off the field. I want to keep

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:16.000
the lines of communication open. The people who

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:20.359
need to know, know. On one hand, I do understand

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:23.299
where he is coming from. But at the same time,

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:28.019
what you cannot do is say these type of things.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:33.000
But then prior to this point, you had a photographer.

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:36.839
To come out and videotape and take pictures of

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:40.900
you and DK Metcalf working out on the field.

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:47.339
That's very hypocritical of you, Aaron. He goes

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:49.700
on to say, I'm in a different phase of my life.

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:52.059
I'm 41 years old. I'm in a serious relationship.

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.759
I have off the field stuff going on that requires

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:57.900
my attention. I have personal commitments I made

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.839
not knowing what my future was going to look

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:01.799
like after last year that are important to me.

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.200
And I have a couple people in my inner inner

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.740
circle that are really battling some difficult

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:10.720
stuff. Now that I'll give you some grace on because

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.819
we don't know what's happening in the backgrounds

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:17.079
and it could be very significant. That's it.

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:19.720
Like that's that's just what it is at this point.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.940
And then he goes on to talk about, you know,

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:24.200
the whole situation with the jets and whatnot.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:27.200
I'm just not really, really not going to read

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:29.279
into that. Honestly, I'll just talk about it.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:33.240
So basically what happened was. Aaron, you know,

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:36.140
got on the plane, went went to New York and he

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.940
was thinking the conversations were going to

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:41.519
go one way and they actually did. And so basically

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:45.700
what happened was 20 seconds into the conversation,

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:48.480
what they ask him is, so do you want to play

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:51.279
football? And he goes on to say, and I quote,

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:54.920
yeah, I'm interested. That wasn't the answer

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.299
that they was looking for. They were looking

00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:00.630
for either a yes or a no. And you decide to go

00:31:00.630 --> 00:31:03.210
and give your own answer and be an asshole and

00:31:03.210 --> 00:31:06.190
say, I'm interested. These are the things that

00:31:06.190 --> 00:31:08.650
I talk about when it comes to Aaron Rodgers.

00:31:09.650 --> 00:31:12.950
If this was the Aaron Rodgers of old, I'm not

00:31:12.950 --> 00:31:14.970
saying anything because I know what I'm getting

00:31:14.970 --> 00:31:18.930
with him. But this version, this asshole version

00:31:18.930 --> 00:31:22.730
of Aaron Rodgers, I'm not taking it. I don't

00:31:22.730 --> 00:31:26.470
even want it whiffing the locker room. Because

00:31:26.470 --> 00:31:29.450
he feels entitled. He feels like he is still

00:31:29.450 --> 00:31:32.529
the Aaron Rodgers of old. And you're not. Your

00:31:32.529 --> 00:31:35.990
play says otherwise. They were looking for a

00:31:35.990 --> 00:31:39.670
yes or no answer. And that's exactly why they

00:31:39.670 --> 00:31:42.289
made the move that they made and got Justin Fields.

00:31:42.410 --> 00:31:44.190
Because you know why? They were not going to

00:31:44.190 --> 00:31:47.470
take on your baggage and your BS for another

00:31:47.470 --> 00:31:52.190
season. Oh well, tough noogies. Get over yourself.

00:31:52.509 --> 00:31:55.460
It's no problem. But here's the problem that

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:59.019
I have with Aaron Rodgers, okay? So this is coming

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:02.319
from Mike Silver on an episode with the Scoop

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:05.079
City podcast that includes Diana Rossini and

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.619
Chase Daniels. It's actually a pretty good episode.

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:09.720
So this is what he says, Adam Silver. This is

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.960
what he says based off of a conversation that

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:16.140
he's had with Devontae Adams. And I quote, I

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:18.880
think Aaron wants someone to roll the red carpet

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:21.670
for him. That is what he's looking for. I'm not

00:32:21.670 --> 00:32:23.710
sure if he would consider the Steelers doing

00:32:23.710 --> 00:32:27.150
that right now. I'm not positive how Aaron perceives

00:32:27.150 --> 00:32:31.890
that or how the Steelers perceive that. Roll

00:32:31.890 --> 00:32:34.309
out the red carpet. Are you serious? Are you

00:32:34.309 --> 00:32:36.230
serious? Do you think they're just going to send

00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:39.450
a horde of planes full of players to say, hey,

00:32:39.450 --> 00:32:42.109
Aaron, come and be a Pittsburgh Steeler. Come

00:32:42.109 --> 00:32:44.190
on, play for the Steelers. Do you really think

00:32:44.190 --> 00:32:45.509
they're going to do that? No, they're not going

00:32:45.509 --> 00:32:48.230
to do that. You don't even deserve that type

00:32:48.230 --> 00:32:52.299
of attention. Again, as I just said, if this

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:55.700
was the Aaron Rodgers of old, best believe I'm

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:57.980
getting on a plane, I'm getting on a train, I'm

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:01.839
getting on a car, I'm getting on anything that

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:04.339
I can go so that I can communicate with Aaron

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:06.480
Rodgers because I know what I'm getting. Because

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:08.900
I know when he steps on the field, either he

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:11.859
is the best quarterback on the field or the second

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:15.720
best quarterback on the field. It's one of those

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:19.700
two. But that's not the case anymore. Who really

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:23.880
cares? I understand Aaron Rodgers puts butts

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:27.140
in seats. I understand that Aaron Rodgers may

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:29.980
still feel like he's still got it. But let's

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:34.920
be real here. You don't. You're washed. And it's

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.859
just time for you to hang it up. You are falling

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:43.299
into a pit of misery right now because you feel

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:45.859
like you want to try to dictate your own ending.

00:33:46.670 --> 00:33:49.029
Some people can do it. Some people can't do it.

00:33:49.470 --> 00:33:53.210
But the fact of the matter is we have seen you

00:33:53.210 --> 00:33:59.069
publicly throw players and coaches under the

00:33:59.069 --> 00:34:05.829
bus. Unacceptable. And I know damn well if you

00:34:05.829 --> 00:34:08.510
do that in Pittsburgh, it's going to cause a

00:34:08.510 --> 00:34:11.550
lot of friction in that locker room. And if you're

00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:13.570
the Steelers, I don't think you would really

00:34:13.570 --> 00:34:16.630
want that. I don't think you would want to entertain

00:34:16.630 --> 00:34:20.989
someone like Aaron Rodgers because he's tough

00:34:20.989 --> 00:34:23.489
to deal with. Some things just aren't worth.

00:34:23.989 --> 00:34:27.869
And Aaron Rodgers is one of them. It is not worth

00:34:27.869 --> 00:34:31.789
dividing your locker room just for potentially

00:34:31.789 --> 00:34:34.829
trying to make it to the playoffs this year.

00:34:35.210 --> 00:34:39.489
At best, the ceiling of having Aaron Rodgers

00:34:39.489 --> 00:34:41.769
as the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:45.719
It's most likely the wildcard division or the

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:48.760
second round of the playoffs. That's the ceiling.

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:53.159
And so does that change anything? No. Does that

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:57.659
do anything significant? No, it doesn't. Aaron

00:34:57.659 --> 00:35:02.519
Rodgers showed by his actions and just the way

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:04.760
that he was talking that he's not interested

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:09.210
in football. He's not. And that's perfectly fine.

00:35:09.349 --> 00:35:11.670
I have no problem with that whatsoever. You're

00:35:11.670 --> 00:35:13.829
in you say you're in a serious relationship.

00:35:14.210 --> 00:35:18.829
You're 41 years old. That's fine. I would rather

00:35:18.829 --> 00:35:21.929
for you to just say, you know what? I tried to

00:35:21.929 --> 00:35:25.150
go through the process. I appreciate everybody's

00:35:25.150 --> 00:35:29.429
time. I appreciate everybody. I appreciate everybody's

00:35:29.429 --> 00:35:32.889
involvement in this situation. But I think it's

00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:35.940
time for me to retire. And granted, I understand

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:38.400
it's a tough decision that you have to make because

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.760
this is a game that you love and it's not like

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:45.599
basketball or hockey or soccer or golf or any

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.920
of these other things where you can still play

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:52.559
once you retire. No. Once football is over with,

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:55.639
that's it. That's the end all be all. And so

00:35:55.639 --> 00:36:01.099
I understand that he may be in a difficult spot

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:05.590
right now. But at this point, What is the holdup?

00:36:06.409 --> 00:36:10.730
Because the draft is over. So what's the problem?

00:36:11.690 --> 00:36:15.050
Why haven't you signed? Why hasn't there been

00:36:15.050 --> 00:36:18.929
any indication that Aaron Rodgers is going to

00:36:18.929 --> 00:36:22.730
sign? Because, and this is just my personal opinion,

00:36:22.849 --> 00:36:26.369
I could be 100 % wrong. And I would love to be

00:36:26.369 --> 00:36:28.949
wrong. I don't think Aaron Rodgers really wants

00:36:28.949 --> 00:36:31.349
to go to the Steelers. I think Aaron Rodgers

00:36:31.349 --> 00:36:34.449
is waiting for another team, a better team, a

00:36:34.449 --> 00:36:36.989
team that is more suited to possibly winning

00:36:36.989 --> 00:36:40.429
the Super Bowl to appear. I think he's waiting

00:36:40.429 --> 00:36:43.329
for the 49ers. I think the 49ers make a lot of

00:36:43.329 --> 00:36:46.789
sense, and let me explain why. For one, you have

00:36:46.789 --> 00:36:48.809
a really good offensive line. You have a really

00:36:48.809 --> 00:36:52.130
good offense as a whole. You have Christian McCaffrey.

00:36:52.170 --> 00:36:54.230
You have Brandon Ayuk. You have Jawan Jennings.

00:36:54.369 --> 00:36:58.650
You have... Ricky Pearsall, you have options.

00:36:58.670 --> 00:37:02.050
And you have George Kittle, which is great. Not

00:37:02.050 --> 00:37:04.489
to mention, you're staying on the West Coast.

00:37:04.710 --> 00:37:09.110
You're staying in a warmer climate. The division,

00:37:09.369 --> 00:37:14.710
it's not necessarily a cakewalk. But the only

00:37:14.710 --> 00:37:16.530
two teams that you really have to worry about

00:37:16.530 --> 00:37:19.809
is the Seahawks and the Rams. Outside of that,

00:37:20.010 --> 00:37:22.590
you could probably beat the Cardinals twice if

00:37:22.590 --> 00:37:25.780
you really wanted to. And outside of that as

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:28.559
well, the only time you would have to come to

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:31.179
the East Coast is to face either the Eagles or

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:35.440
the Commanders or the Lions or the Bears or any

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:38.880
of those other teams. I would go there because

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:41.860
you playing for the Steelers at this point in

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:44.059
your career probably isn't the most healthy option

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:46.980
because you're going into a division where none

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:50.719
of the teams have a dome and all of their divisional

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:54.800
games are brutal. Do you really want to deal

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.980
with that? No, I don't think you really want

00:37:56.980 --> 00:38:00.239
to. So if I'm Aaron Rodgers, I'm weighing out

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:03.059
all my options. You say you're in a serious relationship.

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.679
You say there's a lot of things that are happening

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.420
in the background that are taking up your time

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:10.000
and all those other things. Then commit to those

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:14.559
things. By all means, 100 % commit to those things.

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.880
What you're doing right now is selling a bunch

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:21.019
of hopeless dreams. to a bunch of Steelers fans

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:23.480
that still believe that you're going to sign

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:26.780
with the team. Art Rooney II and Mike Tomlin

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:29.920
came out this past weekend talking about, oh

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:34.679
yeah, we hope to have Aaron in soon, and we believe

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:37.380
he's going to sign with us soon, and soon, soon,

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:40.760
soon, soon, soon, soon. Listen, y 'all been saying

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:44.840
soon for the longest time. At this point, just

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:48.769
stop. Admit your fault. It meant that you have

00:38:48.769 --> 00:38:52.289
egg on your face because what did you do again?

00:38:52.389 --> 00:38:56.289
You were the last to the party. You waited too

00:38:56.289 --> 00:38:59.730
long. And now what happened? You don't have a

00:38:59.730 --> 00:39:02.889
quarterback. This is exactly why I definitely

00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:05.530
believe that the Steelers should have drafted

00:39:05.530 --> 00:39:08.829
a quarterback in the first round because there's

00:39:08.829 --> 00:39:11.570
no need to wait and see what Aaron Rodgers is

00:39:11.570 --> 00:39:14.630
going to do. You need to move like Aaron Rodgers

00:39:14.630 --> 00:39:17.739
is not going to join the team. Because right

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:19.940
now, you waiting for him is not going to solve

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:22.480
anything. The offseason program has already started.

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.920
You should have been in the building by now developing

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:29.099
a rapport with your receivers, with your offensive

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:33.719
players. But that's not the case. So something

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:36.599
has to break at this point. Because the longer

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:40.900
that this thing draws out, the worse of the effect

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:44.239
that it has on everybody. Because why? DK Metcalf

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:48.590
is the only person. that he's basically worked

00:39:48.590 --> 00:39:51.110
with. He hasn't worked with Calvin Alston. He

00:39:51.110 --> 00:39:53.030
hasn't worked with George Pickens. He hasn't

00:39:53.030 --> 00:39:55.269
worked with Pat Frymuth. He hasn't worked with

00:39:55.269 --> 00:39:57.050
none of the running backs, none of the offensive

00:39:57.050 --> 00:39:59.090
linemen. He hasn't done any of those things.

00:39:59.750 --> 00:40:04.010
So at some point, somebody in that front office

00:40:04.010 --> 00:40:07.849
has to come out and they have to say, it's okay.

00:40:08.550 --> 00:40:12.880
We tried. We failed. It's okay. We're going to

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.199
run it with Mason. We just drafted Will Howard.

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:18.019
We have Skyler Thompson. At best, if you want,

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:20.539
we can go and make a move possibly and get Kirk

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:23.239
Cousins. Figure out all the financials with that

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:27.199
and just go from there. Because right now, waiting

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:31.400
for Aaron Rodgers is like a kid waiting for their

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:34.360
dad to pick them up on the weekend. When you

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:36.340
know daggone well, daddy's not coming to pick

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:39.619
you up on the weekend. I'm just being honest

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:43.150
here. Even when you want to look at his record

00:40:43.150 --> 00:40:46.650
since leaving the Packers, the one season that

00:40:46.650 --> 00:40:49.190
he actually played, one full season, he was 5

00:40:49.190 --> 00:40:56.570
-12, 584 attempts for 368 completions, 3 ,897

00:40:56.570 --> 00:41:00.909
passing yards, 28 touchdowns, 11 picks, 6 .7

00:41:00.909 --> 00:41:04.070
yards per attempt, and a 63 completion percentage.

00:41:04.289 --> 00:41:09.269
And he was sacked 40 times. I'm sorry. this offensive

00:41:09.269 --> 00:41:11.869
line is not strong enough to hold up against

00:41:11.869 --> 00:41:15.869
Aaron Rodgers. Let's be real here. Broderick

00:41:15.869 --> 00:41:19.590
Jones is now playing left tackle for the first

00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:23.530
time. And Troy Furtado is coming off of a serious

00:41:23.530 --> 00:41:27.289
injury. If I'm Aaron Rodgers, I'm very skeptical

00:41:27.289 --> 00:41:31.690
of that. Because why? I'm 41 years old. I can't

00:41:31.690 --> 00:41:33.989
keep on taking a whole bunch of hits. I can't

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:36.780
have another... a season where I'm sacked 40

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:40.239
plus times. I can't do that. I'm going to get

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:43.219
crushed. Now, if Aaron Rodgers was maybe about,

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:46.619
you know, 33, 34, okay, well then, yeah, he can

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:49.820
survive. He'll be fine because he can roll out

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:51.380
and he's a little bit, you know, he still has

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.920
a little bit of juice left in the tank so he

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.179
can run a little bit if he wants to, but not

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:58.400
anymore. This dude, he is a sitting duck and

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:01.159
you're playing in a division where the Ravens

00:42:01.690 --> 00:42:04.329
The Browns and the Bengals are all going to take

00:42:04.329 --> 00:42:06.969
your head off. I don't think you want that. But

00:42:06.969 --> 00:42:10.329
let's get into this whole draft debacle thing.

00:42:10.489 --> 00:42:13.510
So before we get into the actual draft, we do

00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:16.889
need to address the Shador Sanders incident and

00:42:16.889 --> 00:42:21.030
how this was a very serious situation. I understand

00:42:21.030 --> 00:42:23.250
to some people they may think of this as a prank

00:42:23.250 --> 00:42:27.170
phone call. I view this as an invasion of privacy.

00:42:27.389 --> 00:42:32.010
And let me explain why. Anytime somebody is able

00:42:32.010 --> 00:42:36.530
to retrieve information such as a phone number

00:42:36.530 --> 00:42:39.510
of a prospect or even a player that's currently

00:42:39.510 --> 00:42:42.849
playing in the NFL right now, that is an invasion

00:42:42.849 --> 00:42:46.630
of privacy. That can put them in harm's way.

00:42:46.730 --> 00:42:51.210
We have seen recently that professional athletes

00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:55.190
have been targeted by robbers. From Joe Burrow

00:42:55.190 --> 00:43:00.119
to Patrick Mahomes. I know there's maybe about

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:02.340
two or three other players that have been targeted

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:06.380
by robbers. Do you really want that? Do you really

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:08.599
want to put one of these players in harm's way?

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:15.179
No. So then why in the world was his son able

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:19.480
to actually get access to this information? You

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.719
would have thought by now that they would have

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:23.400
had a system in place to where any device that

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:26.250
they have would auto -lock. So this was the statement

00:43:26.250 --> 00:43:28.369
that Jax Ulbrich, the person that was involved

00:43:28.369 --> 00:43:31.909
with this prank call, said, and I quote, on Friday

00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:35.110
night, I made a tremendous mistake. Shador, what

00:43:35.110 --> 00:43:37.489
I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing,

00:43:37.829 --> 00:43:40.449
and shameful. I'm so sorry I took away from your

00:43:40.449 --> 00:43:43.510
moment. It was childish and selfish. I could

00:43:43.510 --> 00:43:45.610
never imagine getting ready to celebrate one

00:43:45.610 --> 00:43:48.070
of the greatest moments of your life. And I made

00:43:48.070 --> 00:43:50.769
a terrible mistake and messed with that moment.

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:53.360
Thank you for accepting my call earlier today.

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:55.579
I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:58.519
me, Shador Sanders. That's what Jax Albrecht

00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:02.360
says. Now this is what the Atlanta Falcons say

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:05.119
about this incident. Earlier in the week, Jax

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.019
Albrecht, the 21 -year -old son of defensive

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:09.539
coordinator Jeff Albrecht, unintentionally came

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:11.599
across a draft contact phone number for Shador

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:15.820
Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parents'

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:18.159
home and wrote the number down to later conduct

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:21.019
a prank call. Jeff Albrecht was unaware of the

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:23.480
data exposure or any facets of the prank and

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:27.659
was made aware of the above only after the fact.

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.340
What in the world? That is so crazy. The Atlanta

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:32.719
Falcons do not condone this behavior and send

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:35.440
our sincere apologies to Shador Sanders and his

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:39.119
family who have been in contact with to apologize

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:43.369
to as well as. Can't even speak. As well as facilitate

00:44:43.369 --> 00:44:46.829
an apology directly from Jax to the Sanders family.

00:44:47.110 --> 00:44:49.590
We have also been in contact with the NFL and

00:44:49.590 --> 00:44:52.530
will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries

00:44:52.530 --> 00:44:54.889
we may receive from the NFL League office. We

00:44:54.889 --> 00:44:57.130
are thoroughly reviewing all protocols and updating

00:44:57.130 --> 00:45:00.010
if necessary to prevent an incident like this

00:45:00.010 --> 00:45:02.449
from happening again. I'm sorry, but this is

00:45:02.449 --> 00:45:09.210
not good enough. Because you took away a moment

00:45:09.210 --> 00:45:15.920
from somebody. For fun. I can understand if you

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:19.619
already had a prior relationship to Shador. I

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:22.559
could be a little bit lenient with that. But

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:25.420
you didn't have a relationship with him prior

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:30.599
to this moment. And you were able to access your

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:35.539
father's iPad and retrieve the number of a Shador

00:45:35.539 --> 00:45:40.019
Sanders. I don't even understand why you would

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:42.880
do something like that. Because that incident

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:46.599
alone could have caused your father to lose his

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:52.400
job. Who wants that? Not to mention, this could

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:58.219
open things up for a lawsuit. Like, it's one

00:45:58.219 --> 00:46:01.300
thing if you're trying to have fun. But it's

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:04.380
another thing when you do it at the wrong moment.

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:09.130
Shador Sanders. Alone, outside of the rest of

00:46:09.130 --> 00:46:12.150
the draft, was the number one thing that had

00:46:12.150 --> 00:46:15.070
everybody glued to the draft because everybody

00:46:15.070 --> 00:46:17.510
was trying to see where Shador was going to go.

00:46:17.750 --> 00:46:21.469
And you just had to be the jackass to say, you

00:46:21.469 --> 00:46:23.690
know what? I'm going to do something stupid.

00:46:24.070 --> 00:46:28.090
And guess what happened? You got exposed. You

00:46:28.090 --> 00:46:31.250
know, and everybody else knows, that Twitter

00:46:31.250 --> 00:46:36.820
is faster than the CIA, NSA, FBI. everybody in

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:41.000
between they find people quick and when i mean

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:43.679
quick i mean quick i'm talking about the same

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:47.079
day that they put out that video they found out

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:51.119
who it was that's how quick it was that's unacceptable

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:56.079
there are there are certain lines that you just

00:46:56.079 --> 00:47:01.000
do not cross and this line was crossed and so

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:04.960
now if you're the nfl for one you need to find

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:09.320
Jeff Albrecht because you are being irrelevant

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:13.360
with the equipment. You should have had a setting

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:16.880
put in place on your iPad to where it auto -locks

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:20.599
after either 30 seconds, a minute, five minutes,

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:24.199
whatever, to prevent any incident like this from

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:27.900
happening. Because guess what? God forbid, if

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:31.079
somebody broke into Jeff Albrecht's house and

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:34.590
retrieved that iPad, they would have had direct

00:47:34.590 --> 00:47:38.349
contact with any of the prospects that were on

00:47:38.349 --> 00:47:42.010
his iPad. Not to mention, Shador wasn't the only

00:47:42.010 --> 00:47:45.710
person. Tyler Warren and Isaiah Bond were also

00:47:45.710 --> 00:47:51.510
targets for prank calls as well. So, I say all

00:47:51.510 --> 00:47:55.389
that to say this. The league has to change their

00:47:55.389 --> 00:48:00.389
rules for all 32 teams. Because right now, you

00:48:00.389 --> 00:48:02.829
cannot allow another incident like this from

00:48:02.829 --> 00:48:05.670
happening. Because luckily, this was just a prank

00:48:05.670 --> 00:48:09.869
call. If this was somebody with malice intentions,

00:48:10.489 --> 00:48:13.969
they could have schemed up something to make

00:48:13.969 --> 00:48:16.670
it seem like it was such a realistic situation

00:48:16.670 --> 00:48:20.289
and could lure somebody in and potentially either

00:48:20.289 --> 00:48:23.710
harm them or kill them. Now, to some people,

00:48:23.730 --> 00:48:25.130
they're saying you're being a little bit dramatic.

00:48:25.170 --> 00:48:28.210
But no, in this incident, you cannot be dramatic.

00:48:28.690 --> 00:48:32.690
This is a multi -billion dollar business. And

00:48:32.690 --> 00:48:35.429
you cannot allow the son of a defensive coordinator

00:48:35.429 --> 00:48:39.050
to do dumb shit like this on one of the most

00:48:39.050 --> 00:48:43.050
important three -day periods of the entire league's

00:48:43.050 --> 00:48:47.889
history. You don't want that. Because guess what?

00:48:47.969 --> 00:48:51.300
All those lawsuits and All those things that

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:53.739
come with it, if one of those players get hurt,

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:56.619
that falls on your lap. You're going to have

00:48:56.619 --> 00:48:58.860
to deal with that. Do you really want that? I

00:48:58.860 --> 00:49:02.599
don't think you want to. So if I'm the league,

00:49:02.820 --> 00:49:06.360
I'm slapping a fine on Jeff Albrecht. And if

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:09.800
I'm the Falcons, I may slap another fine on you

00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:13.480
as well. Because you need to understand the significance

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:17.739
of this incident. An incident like this cannot

00:49:17.739 --> 00:49:22.039
happen again, folks. If it does, things might

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:24.440
have to change significantly. Just saying, I'm

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:26.619
not calling for Jeff Albrecht to lose his job.

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:30.340
I never want to do that. But something significantly

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:35.179
has to change. Whether the contact information

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:38.320
is not shared with the coordinators or whatever

00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:42.420
the case may be. Something has to change. But

00:49:42.420 --> 00:49:44.320
let's get into the draft since we're still talking

00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:49.090
about Shador. Shador did not help his case. Now,

00:49:49.130 --> 00:49:50.570
I understand for some people you're probably

00:49:50.570 --> 00:49:54.349
saying, well, what do you mean? You cannot have

00:49:54.349 --> 00:49:57.349
your father go on the media run that he went

00:49:57.349 --> 00:50:00.650
on and basically say things such as, oh, yeah,

00:50:00.670 --> 00:50:03.230
there's only a few teams that we want him to

00:50:03.230 --> 00:50:08.909
play for. Oh, yeah, we're going to choose which

00:50:08.909 --> 00:50:12.199
teams he want to go to. You can't have those

00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:15.480
type of things come out publicly. Then on top

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:18.039
of that, you can't have someone like a Tom McShay

00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:22.739
report that says in details how him and Brian

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:27.199
Dable really wasn't agreeing eye to eye and that

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:30.219
how Brian Dable was grilling Shador and Shador

00:50:30.219 --> 00:50:32.840
really wasn't taking it well. You can't do that.

00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:35.900
Case in point, that's why they chose Jackson

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:38.719
Dart. They didn't just choose Jackson Dart just

00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:40.960
because he's a quote unquote better prospect.

00:50:41.260 --> 00:50:44.179
No, they chose Jackson Dart because you know

00:50:44.179 --> 00:50:48.380
why? Didn't have those problems. Didn't have

00:50:48.380 --> 00:50:52.699
those issues. Didn't have those situations. That's

00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:57.300
what it was. And so when you have Deion saying

00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:00.260
on top of Shador moving the way that he's moving,

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:03.070
guess what happens? A lot of teams are going

00:51:03.070 --> 00:51:04.590
to be turned off. They're not going to want to

00:51:04.590 --> 00:51:07.769
be interested. And a lot of people have said

00:51:07.769 --> 00:51:11.010
that, guess what? That interview with Shador,

00:51:11.230 --> 00:51:14.530
it did not go well. Now, here's the thing with

00:51:14.530 --> 00:51:17.610
this. If Shador was like the same prospect like

00:51:17.610 --> 00:51:20.829
his father, OK, fine, whatever, because you already

00:51:20.829 --> 00:51:24.829
know you're getting a perennial all pro game

00:51:24.829 --> 00:51:28.869
changing talent. But that's not the case. Let's

00:51:28.869 --> 00:51:32.630
be real here, OK? Jador isn't a prospect like,

00:51:32.670 --> 00:51:37.110
for instance, Andrew Luck or Camden or Patrick

00:51:37.110 --> 00:51:40.750
Mahomes or Lamar Jackson or Peyton Manning or

00:51:40.750 --> 00:51:44.130
any of those top tier prospects. That's not him.

00:51:44.730 --> 00:51:48.789
And so it reflected because a lot of teams were

00:51:48.789 --> 00:51:53.829
just like, no, we'll pass over you. Now, the

00:51:53.829 --> 00:51:57.179
thing that made things a little bit crazy. was

00:51:57.179 --> 00:52:00.420
that once the Browns passed him a couple of times,

00:52:00.699 --> 00:52:03.360
I was like, oh, man, this isn't really good.

00:52:03.739 --> 00:52:05.840
Because the Browns needed a quarterback. The

00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:08.159
Steelers needed a quarterback. The Raiders probably

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:10.000
wanted a backup quarterback. There was a few

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:11.559
teams that really needed a quarterback, and they

00:52:11.559 --> 00:52:16.119
all passed up on Shador. And so if you are Shador,

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:19.539
you need to come into the mindset that, listen,

00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:24.909
everything from this point on is a fight. I am

00:52:24.909 --> 00:52:27.510
fighting for my roster spot. I am fighting to

00:52:27.510 --> 00:52:30.650
stay in the league. I am fighting to prove all

00:52:30.650 --> 00:52:33.710
the naysayers and haters and doubters and all

00:52:33.710 --> 00:52:35.670
those people that said I wasn't going to be nothing.

00:52:35.710 --> 00:52:37.889
I'm just following. I'm just trying to be like

00:52:37.889 --> 00:52:41.550
my daddy. That's what you have to do with this

00:52:41.550 --> 00:52:44.710
point. Not be in the club with freaking Young

00:52:44.710 --> 00:52:48.849
Miami and whatnot. Partying. No, bro. The work

00:52:48.849 --> 00:52:53.639
starts now. It starts now. The minute. That they

00:52:53.639 --> 00:52:56.780
called you and said, we are going to draft you.

00:52:57.400 --> 00:53:00.159
The work should have started. That's when you

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:01.780
should have said, hey, listen, I appreciate everybody

00:53:01.780 --> 00:53:05.179
for coming. Thank you so much. But I got to get

00:53:05.179 --> 00:53:08.320
to work. And I would have started throwing. I

00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:10.920
would have started practicing. I would have gotten

00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:13.739
on a plane and head to Cleveland. I know I probably

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:15.539
just said that wrong. I would have gotten the

00:53:15.539 --> 00:53:21.340
playbook. Hey, Jerry Judy or David Njoku or whomever.

00:53:21.719 --> 00:53:24.039
Meet me at such and such place at such and such

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:27.900
time. We're going to do some drills. That's what

00:53:27.900 --> 00:53:30.719
it did. Because right now, you're in a really

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.800
crowded quarterback room. Because you have Deshaun

00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:35.500
Watson, even though he's not playing this season,

00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:37.559
he's still on contract. You have Joe Flacco.

00:53:37.639 --> 00:53:39.239
You have Kenny Pickett. You have Dylan Gabriel.

00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:41.239
And then you have yourself. You have five quarterbacks.

00:53:41.679 --> 00:53:44.519
Now, we all know Joe Flacco, this is his spot

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:47.199
to lose. And we all know, most likely, it'll

00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:49.199
be a battle between Kenny Pickett, Dylan Gabriel,

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:52.710
and Shador Sanders. But I feel like Shador Sanders

00:53:52.710 --> 00:53:56.889
could definitely beat Kenny Pickett. And I think

00:53:56.889 --> 00:53:58.389
there's a good chance he could probably beat

00:53:58.389 --> 00:54:02.389
out Dylan Gabriel as well. But he has to be committed.

00:54:02.989 --> 00:54:06.070
You have to prove and you have to show everybody

00:54:06.070 --> 00:54:09.670
that, listen, you weren't just a mistake. You

00:54:09.670 --> 00:54:11.610
have to do that. Otherwise, guess what's going

00:54:11.610 --> 00:54:13.969
to happen? Come cut time, they're going to get

00:54:13.969 --> 00:54:16.949
rid of you. I don't think you want that personally.

00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:20.900
Now, when we look at everything else in its entirety

00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:23.179
with the draft, there's just a few things that

00:54:23.179 --> 00:54:26.480
definitely caught my mind. The Patriots, Ravens,

00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:29.039
Seahawks, and maybe three other teams won the

00:54:29.039 --> 00:54:33.119
draft. I think their drafts went great, especially

00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:35.739
for the Ravens. You get Starks in the first round.

00:54:36.219 --> 00:54:39.480
Then you get Mike Green. Then you get Aeneas

00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:46.619
Pebbles. Are you serious? What? Folks, I don't

00:54:46.619 --> 00:54:49.659
think you guys understand how crazy that is.

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:53.519
For the Ravens to get Malachi Starks, Aeneas

00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:58.960
Peebles, and Mike Green, people are going to

00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:01.559
have hell to pay. And then even the Patriots.

00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:03.800
You get Will Campbell, which is a really good

00:55:03.800 --> 00:55:05.840
pickup. And then you also get Travion Henderson,

00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:08.000
which is a really good pickup as well. These

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:10.039
teams definitely made significant moves. And

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:12.000
then even with the Seahawks, you get Grace Abel,

00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:13.219
which I definitely thought they were going to

00:55:13.219 --> 00:55:15.800
do that. And you get Jalen Milrow as well, which

00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:18.900
is a really good pickup as well because in recent

00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:21.420
years, we have seen that the Seahawks have been

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:24.260
able to develop later round quarterbacks. I mean,

00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:25.940
they did it with Russell Wilson. I think they

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:30.119
could do it with Jalen Milrow as well. Now, for

00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:34.000
the Falcons, I feel like they reached. I truly

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:37.639
believe that because when you give up next year's

00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:39.659
first round pick to trade back into the first

00:55:39.659 --> 00:55:45.050
round, that is a gamble. You don't know where

00:55:45.050 --> 00:55:47.389
you're going to end up. You don't know if you're

00:55:47.389 --> 00:55:50.110
going to be, you know, in a really good spot

00:55:50.110 --> 00:55:53.489
or you're possibly going to be in a losing season.

00:55:53.650 --> 00:55:58.750
You don't know. And if you lose this thing, you're

00:55:58.750 --> 00:56:01.550
really going to lose your job because for one,

00:56:01.650 --> 00:56:06.030
you overpay for Kirk Cousins. And then in that

00:56:06.030 --> 00:56:08.869
same year, you draft Michael Penix. Hi. Okay,

00:56:08.889 --> 00:56:12.030
cool. And now this. You gave him a first round

00:56:12.030 --> 00:56:15.110
pick to get James Pierce. I don't know about

00:56:15.110 --> 00:56:18.190
that. That's a little bit skeptical with that

00:56:18.190 --> 00:56:21.610
one. Now, we all know that the second and third

00:56:21.610 --> 00:56:23.909
round was definitely the sweet spot for this

00:56:23.909 --> 00:56:27.630
year's draft. It was great. You still had Nick

00:56:27.630 --> 00:56:31.710
Imanwara. You still had Jalen Milrow and company.

00:56:31.929 --> 00:56:34.449
Like you had a lot of top tier players that were

00:56:34.449 --> 00:56:36.409
still available in the second and third round.

00:56:36.550 --> 00:56:39.809
And teams were just plugging them left and right.

00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:45.590
Now, I will say this. The Giants chose want over

00:56:45.590 --> 00:56:50.010
need. And let me explain why. It's one thing

00:56:50.010 --> 00:56:53.250
if you needed a pass rusher. You didn't need

00:56:53.250 --> 00:56:56.389
a pass rusher. You wanted another pass rusher.

00:56:56.469 --> 00:56:59.730
You paid top dollar for Brian Burns. You still

00:56:59.730 --> 00:57:02.309
have Kayvon Thibodeau under contract and you

00:57:02.309 --> 00:57:05.909
picked up his fifth year option. Where is Abdul

00:57:05.909 --> 00:57:10.210
Carter going to fit? Somebody tell me, please,

00:57:10.409 --> 00:57:13.809
where is Abdul Carter going to fit? It was a

00:57:13.809 --> 00:57:16.969
bad pick. If you wanted to address quarterback,

00:57:17.250 --> 00:57:20.150
fine. If you wanted to address offensive line,

00:57:20.309 --> 00:57:22.809
fine. If you wanted to address receiver, fine.

00:57:23.090 --> 00:57:25.570
There were other positions that you instead of

00:57:25.570 --> 00:57:28.449
going after another pass rusher, which was ridiculous.

00:57:28.909 --> 00:57:32.070
But this is the Giants. The Giants will be the

00:57:32.070 --> 00:57:36.130
Giants under Joe Shane. And same thing with the

00:57:36.130 --> 00:57:38.349
Jaguars. They took a gamble on Travis Hunter.

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:43.059
I think unless Travis Hunter wins Offensive Rookie

00:57:43.059 --> 00:57:45.139
of the Year or Defensive Rookie of the Year,

00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:49.119
this may have been a bad call. Now, I understand

00:57:49.119 --> 00:57:51.559
you probably may have done this because you probably

00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:53.440
got intel the Browns were going to choose Travis

00:57:53.440 --> 00:57:56.579
Hunter. But even then, I'm not about to give

00:57:56.579 --> 00:57:58.840
up next year's first round pick. Because guess

00:57:58.840 --> 00:58:01.960
what? If you don't do well, the Browns could

00:58:01.960 --> 00:58:06.619
potentially have two top five picks. Do you really

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:10.460
want that? No. And especially with the potential

00:58:10.460 --> 00:58:12.460
of next year being a better quarterback draft

00:58:12.460 --> 00:58:17.559
class? I'm sorry. I'm not doing that. I'm not

00:58:17.559 --> 00:58:20.940
taking that gamble. Because what if Archie Manning

00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:23.800
does declare for the draft next year? Do you

00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:26.920
know what happens? You just hand -delivered Archie

00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:30.539
Manning to the Cleveland Browns. And on top of

00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:33.320
that, they have another first -round pick, which

00:58:33.320 --> 00:58:36.800
they can use to get a weapon. For Archie Manning,

00:58:36.820 --> 00:58:40.719
if they really wanted to. I don't know. This

00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:44.500
draft was more of a meat and potatoes type of

00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:47.460
draft. This was a draft class that was more,

00:58:47.599 --> 00:58:50.920
you know, just building your team up. It wasn't

00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:54.280
like a, you know, dynamic oohs and ahhs type

00:58:54.280 --> 00:58:58.019
of draft class. It was not that. And clearly

00:58:58.019 --> 00:58:59.780
it showed. There were a lot of players that I

00:58:59.780 --> 00:59:02.610
feel like were reaches. I feel like Mason Graham

00:59:02.610 --> 00:59:04.469
was a reach. I feel like Mason Graham should

00:59:04.469 --> 00:59:08.849
have been drafted between the 10th to maybe 13th.

00:59:09.389 --> 00:59:12.670
I would have said that personally. I feel like

00:59:12.670 --> 00:59:16.170
Abdul Carter may be a little bit of a reach.

00:59:16.409 --> 00:59:18.570
I feel like Mikel Williams is a little bit of

00:59:18.570 --> 00:59:21.090
a reach as well. I'm just going to be honest

00:59:21.090 --> 00:59:22.889
and I'll continue to say it. I'm not really high

00:59:22.889 --> 00:59:25.070
on these pass rushers this year. And the only

00:59:25.070 --> 00:59:28.190
one that I really am high on is Mike Green. Outside

00:59:28.190 --> 00:59:31.369
of that. I can talk myself out of getting a lot

00:59:31.369 --> 00:59:32.789
of these pass rushes. I'm just being completely

00:59:32.789 --> 00:59:35.190
honest here. But I'm going to end this episode

00:59:35.190 --> 00:59:36.610
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-e As always, I hope I gave you guys the fix

01:00:47.670 --> 01:00:50.489
that you guys need. We're back and we're in business

01:00:50.489 --> 01:00:52.690
and we're ready to go, folks. So guess what?

01:00:52.710 --> 01:00:54.389
Stay tuned because there's still a whole lot

01:00:54.389 --> 01:00:56.250
of stuff that we still have to talk about. And

01:00:56.250 --> 01:00:58.789
we're going to be breaking down everybody's draft

01:00:58.789 --> 01:01:01.590
by their division so we can do a little bit more

01:01:01.590 --> 01:01:04.010
of an in -depth analysis, you know, with stats

01:01:04.010 --> 01:01:06.250
and all those different things and more. So as

01:01:06.250 --> 01:01:08.769
always, this is your GM Kel signing out. Peace

01:01:08.769 --> 01:01:22.750
and love. Later. Breaking news, breaking news,

01:01:22.829 --> 01:01:26.809
breaking news, just when the episode ended. Man,

01:01:26.809 --> 01:01:29.610
oh man, we got another bag alert, okay? Andrew

01:01:29.610 --> 01:01:33.389
Van Ginkle, excuse me, Ginkle, inked a one -year

01:01:33.389 --> 01:01:37.010
$23 million deal to stay with the Vikings. It

01:01:37.010 --> 01:01:40.170
includes $22 .4 million guaranteed. Now, we sort

01:01:40.170 --> 01:01:43.210
of talked about him in the divisional rodeo,

01:01:43.210 --> 01:01:45.489
and I definitely said that he was going to be

01:01:45.489 --> 01:01:49.329
extended, so I called it. I called it prior to

01:01:49.329 --> 01:01:51.860
this point, and so... It's a good deal. He's

01:01:51.860 --> 01:01:54.420
a really productive player on that Vikings defense.

01:01:54.519 --> 01:01:58.199
He did a lot in last season, so not surprised.

01:01:58.380 --> 01:02:00.239
And plus, it's a one -year deal. Can't be that

01:02:00.239 --> 01:02:03.800
bad. But we'll talk about, well, you know what?

01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:06.059
Yeah, we will. We'll talk about this deal as

01:02:06.059 --> 01:02:08.800
well as the fifth -year options in the next episode.

01:02:08.880 --> 01:02:14.739
So this is your GM signing out. I would not be

01:02:14.739 --> 01:02:17.940
surprised if somebody else gets paid by the time

01:02:17.940 --> 01:02:19.800
I am done editing and putting out this episode.

01:02:19.920 --> 01:02:22.400
But this is your GM Kel signing out. Peace and

01:02:22.400 --> 01:02:22.900
love later.