WEBVTT 00:00:03.140 --> 00:00:05.700 Double bag alert, double bag alert, double bag 00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:08.080 alert, folks. That's right. A .J. Cole resets 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:10.560 the punter market. Ryan Newsle stays in Atlanta. 00:00:10.859 --> 00:00:13.779 Terry Bradshaw speaks on the whole Aaron Rodgers 00:00:13.779 --> 00:00:17.179 debacle, as well as Kenny Pickett taking a jab 00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:20.600 at the Steelers. And we're doing a double draft 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.600 grade for both the NFC and AFC South. OK, all 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.339 of this and more on the 80th episode of Football 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:29.940 Junkies podcast. OK, that's right. We have made 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:33.320 it to 80 episodes, folks. And we still got a 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:35.460 whole lot more episodes to go. So guess what? 00:00:35.539 --> 00:00:37.679 You already know my spill. So let's just get 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.299 into it. Because guess what? I'm your chief bag 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:42.820 roll dominance. I'm your chief head of the table. 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:44.920 Anything and everything related to the bag and 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.179 more. I am also your GM who currently is not 00:00:48.179 --> 00:00:50.820 on a team right now. But don't you worry about 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:53.579 it, okay? Don't you worry about it. Because guess 00:00:53.579 --> 00:00:56.579 what? I am all these things and more. But most 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:58.399 importantly, the most important thing that you 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.259 must remember is I am your host, Kale. You already 00:01:01.259 --> 00:01:03.079 know how these... episodes are about to go i 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:05.280 don't know how long or short this episode is 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:06.760 going to go but guess what we're just going to 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.859 see how it goes so guess what on three one two 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:38.079 three let's lock in The rifles are just getting 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.840 to the meat and potatoes of everything that is 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.920 going on in the league right now. So we have 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.099 to get into these bag alerts before we get into 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:49.180 the controversy and the destruction that is going 00:01:49.180 --> 00:01:52.099 on in the Steelers right now. Because man, oh 00:01:52.099 --> 00:01:55.400 man, is the Steelers fan base on fire. It is 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.620 a heaping pile of burning trash right now. And 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:02.500 people are trying to put it out with water. People 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:05.280 try with flour. People have tried it with everything. 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.620 And guess what? The fire is still burning because 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:09.840 we still got a lot to talk about when it comes 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.319 to the Steelers. So before we get into that, 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.900 let's get into these bag words. Former three 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:18.180 -time Pro Bowler, two -time All -Pro punter for 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:21.340 the Raiders, A .J. Cole, inks a four -year $15 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:24.439 .8 million deal, $11 million guaranteed, and 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.300 he'll be making $3 .9 million a year. When we 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:30.740 look at his stats from this past season, 65 punts 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:35.770 for 3 ,304 puntage yards. 50 .8 yards per punt. 00:02:35.930 --> 00:02:38.909 He had his longest punt, which was 71 yards, 00:02:39.110 --> 00:02:42.189 eight touchbacks, and his inside to 20 percentage 00:02:42.189 --> 00:02:47.750 was 41 .5%. Folks, this is somebody who actually, 00:02:47.770 --> 00:02:49.729 believe it or not, is a sleeper of a punter. 00:02:50.050 --> 00:02:52.650 I had to look at some of the clips from this 00:02:52.650 --> 00:02:56.669 past season. He got a leg, all right? He can 00:02:56.669 --> 00:03:00.500 punt it. And I'm just talking about just do just 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:03.240 enough. Like, no, when you need him to punt at 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.719 a certain yardage, he gets it. I see why the 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:08.539 Raiders gave him the deal that they gave him 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:10.860 because he is definitely one of the best punters 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:13.319 in the league right now. Am I saying he's probably 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.900 top five? I don't know. I would have to look 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:18.560 at all the other punters in the league because 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:21.000 punters really don't get talked about as much, 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:23.919 unfortunately. They probably should. But the 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.840 fact of the matter is what we're starting to 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:29.370 see now is teams starting to really value special 00:03:29.370 --> 00:03:32.550 teams. When it comes to punters, when it comes 00:03:32.550 --> 00:03:35.629 to kickers, placeholders, whomever, they're all 00:03:35.629 --> 00:03:38.629 starting to get a bag because usually they'll 00:03:38.629 --> 00:03:40.210 be the ones that'll be making pennies on the 00:03:40.210 --> 00:03:42.289 dollar. No, they're making some legitimate money. 00:03:42.430 --> 00:03:45.360 4 .7 million a year, that's not bad. It's not 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.759 bad at all. So all in all, congratulations to 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.020 him. Now let's get to the second bag alert, and 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:52.979 that is Ryan Neusel, Center for the Falcons, 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:56.840 inks a two -year $9 .5 million deal, $6 .2 million 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.080 guaranteed, and he'll be making $4 .7 million 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.840 a year. When we look at this, this was probably 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.419 going to happen at some point, especially with 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:06.759 the departure of their other center, who was 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.560 a free agent as well. This was the more cheaper 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:12.400 option, team -friendly deal, doesn't break the 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.110 bank. really productive player. That's it. That's 00:04:15.110 --> 00:04:17.410 all. But I will say this just briefly about, 00:04:17.470 --> 00:04:20.089 you know, OTAs and whatnot. There are a few people 00:04:20.089 --> 00:04:21.870 that are holding out because they're looking 00:04:21.870 --> 00:04:24.050 for a new deal. And then there's others that, 00:04:24.069 --> 00:04:26.410 you know, are just aren't going to OTAs at all 00:04:26.410 --> 00:04:28.790 because they're just doing their own thing and 00:04:28.790 --> 00:04:30.800 that's perfectly fine. But For the majority, 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:33.180 a lot of people are at OTAs right now getting 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:35.139 themselves prepared for, you know, mandatory 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:37.139 minicamp and then training camp and then eventually 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:40.079 the season. So former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.120 Terry Bradshaw was on a local radio show and 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.000 gave his thoughts about the whole Aaron Rodgers 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.259 debacle. And I think he has said what everybody 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:51.160 has been thinking this entire time. So here's 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.910 what he says. And I quote, that's a joke. That 00:04:53.910 --> 00:04:56.209 is just, to me, a joke. What are you going to 00:04:56.209 --> 00:04:58.209 do? Bring him in for one year? Are you kidding 00:04:58.209 --> 00:05:01.129 me? That guy needs to stay in California, go 00:05:01.129 --> 00:05:03.670 somewhere, and chew on bark and whisper to the 00:05:03.670 --> 00:05:06.550 gods out there, end quote. If that is the most 00:05:06.550 --> 00:05:09.050 country -est thing I've ever heard in my life, 00:05:09.129 --> 00:05:11.670 I don't know what is. I've said some country 00:05:11.670 --> 00:05:14.310 things before, but that right there, that takes 00:05:14.310 --> 00:05:17.990 the cake. When we look at this from the outside 00:05:17.990 --> 00:05:22.069 looking in, Everybody is just tired of talking 00:05:22.069 --> 00:05:25.250 about Aaron Rodgers. Everybody is just tired 00:05:25.250 --> 00:05:28.269 of talking about the Steelers and their quarterback 00:05:28.269 --> 00:05:31.069 woes. And granted, I understand everyone is going 00:05:31.069 --> 00:05:33.670 to say, well, it's just OTAs. It's optional. 00:05:33.769 --> 00:05:35.970 You don't have to be there. Well, here's the 00:05:35.970 --> 00:05:38.810 thing. You would want your quarterback to be 00:05:38.810 --> 00:05:41.949 there because if the quarterback is there, that 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:44.110 means there is no excuse for anybody else to 00:05:44.110 --> 00:05:47.149 not be there. Now, granted. If you're in a contract 00:05:47.149 --> 00:05:49.790 negotiation, you probably want to be there. Okay, 00:05:49.829 --> 00:05:52.790 fine. If you have something already pre -planned, 00:05:53.009 --> 00:05:57.189 okay, fine. But the fact of the matter is your 00:05:57.189 --> 00:06:01.430 supposed quarterback one is not there. But the 00:06:01.430 --> 00:06:05.029 person who should be quarterback one is there. 00:06:05.550 --> 00:06:09.430 Day in and day out and has been there for a while. 00:06:09.769 --> 00:06:12.949 And the fact that this team has not moved on. 00:06:13.420 --> 00:06:16.560 And it's continuing to show grace to Aaron Rodgers. 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.740 Shows you how weak and how small this team is. 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:25.160 I'm sorry, folks. This is the worst the Steelers 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:29.560 have looked in all the 29 years that I've been 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.199 on this earth. This is the worst that I've ever 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.860 seen the Steelers be. Because why are you continuing 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:38.600 to wait for a 41 -year -old to make his decision? 00:06:38.779 --> 00:06:42.240 At this point... It is time to pull the plug. 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:45.339 It is time to move forward and go in a different 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:48.240 direction. Am I saying go after Kirk Cousins? 00:06:48.379 --> 00:06:52.399 No. Bring in Ryan Tannehill. Bring in Carson 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:56.600 Wentz. Because right now what you have is a quarterback 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.620 who is showing you his ass every single chance 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:04.079 that he gets. He can make time to go on Joe Rogan 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:07.339 and do a three -hour podcast with him. He has 00:07:07.339 --> 00:07:09.920 time to go to people's concerts. He has time 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.139 to go to Q &As. He has time for everything else 00:07:13.139 --> 00:07:17.920 but commit to football. That is not somebody 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.660 that I want in my locker room. And granted, this 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:25.079 is somebody who supposedly is very detail -oriented 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:29.319 and expects his wide receivers to know exactly 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:33.050 what he wants. Well, guess what? Nobody will 00:07:33.050 --> 00:07:35.889 be able to be on the same page as you if you're 00:07:35.889 --> 00:07:39.029 not there, if you're not building rapport with 00:07:39.029 --> 00:07:42.790 your teammates. The one thing I can say about 00:07:42.790 --> 00:07:46.110 Russell Wilson is that the minute that he signed, 00:07:46.350 --> 00:07:49.730 he was fully committed. From the moment that 00:07:49.730 --> 00:07:53.649 he inked his name on that piece of paper, he 00:07:53.649 --> 00:07:56.730 was committed through and through with the Steelers. 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.959 He made it a priority to develop chemistry with 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:03.920 each and every one of his teammates. He took 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.079 them out to dinner, took them out to games, was 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.839 around them a lot, practiced with them, worked 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.540 on reps, did everything you could possibly think 00:08:13.540 --> 00:08:16.500 of to develop that chemistry with each and every 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:21.160 one of his players. Where is that? Because Mason 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:26.220 Rudolph is there. Where's Aaron Rodgers? Because... 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:28.720 Here is for all the people that want to say, 00:08:28.779 --> 00:08:32.500 well, it's not really that serious and OTAs are 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.980 just optional. Let me tell you something. Championships 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:38.960 are not built in the regular season. Championships 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.980 are built in OTAs. They are built in mandatory 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:47.080 minicamp. They are built in training camp. So 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.860 if you want to be a championship caliber team, 00:08:50.019 --> 00:08:54.090 which this team is not. You would have needed 00:08:54.090 --> 00:08:58.429 to start that process in OTAs because that's 00:08:58.429 --> 00:09:00.549 when you begin to become closer with everybody. 00:09:00.750 --> 00:09:03.850 That's when you are able to understand what makes 00:09:03.850 --> 00:09:06.470 people tick, what people like, what people don't 00:09:06.470 --> 00:09:09.169 like. But you can't do that when you're just 00:09:09.169 --> 00:09:12.049 sitting on your hands and just saying, well, 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:15.730 you know, I may go to Chicago. I know there's 00:09:15.730 --> 00:09:18.149 a team that's going to face Chicago late in the 00:09:18.149 --> 00:09:22.000 season. I don't know. I mean, you. You tell me. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.860 I don't know. I don't really want to go to New 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:28.419 Orleans or whatnot. Cut the shit, okay? Cut it. 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:32.659 Either you want to play football or not. It's 00:09:32.659 --> 00:09:35.919 as simple as that. Because right now, the Steelers 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.440 are hitting a point where if this continues to 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.320 draw out into mandatory minicamp, this is going 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:47.029 to look bad on both Mike Tomlin And Omar Khan, 00:09:47.169 --> 00:09:50.129 especially on Omar Khan. I would have expected 00:09:50.129 --> 00:09:53.129 by now that Omar Khan would have picked up the 00:09:53.129 --> 00:09:56.230 phone and at least brought in Ryan Tannehill, 00:09:56.309 --> 00:10:01.090 brought in Carson Wentz. Because right now, this 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:04.590 is looking bad on the team. Because you're going 00:10:04.590 --> 00:10:08.409 to bring in somebody who could legitimately destroy 00:10:08.409 --> 00:10:11.809 your locker room. And you have tried so hard 00:10:11.809 --> 00:10:15.230 to eliminate all the outside noise and the nonsense 00:10:15.230 --> 00:10:19.110 and the drama and all of those negative players. 00:10:19.769 --> 00:10:22.889 You've tried to eliminate all of that. And now 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:25.850 you're about to bring in somebody who is just 00:10:25.850 --> 00:10:28.529 as negative as anybody that you would have thought. 00:10:29.149 --> 00:10:31.610 That was more negative than Aaron Rodgers. What 00:10:31.610 --> 00:10:36.129 sense does that make? It doesn't. You have to 00:10:36.129 --> 00:10:40.289 move on. It is time to stop playing this game 00:10:40.289 --> 00:10:44.690 of patty cake with Aaron Rodgers. Either you 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:47.509 want to sign with the Steelers or you don't. 00:10:47.509 --> 00:10:50.710 The longer that this draws out, the less time 00:10:50.710 --> 00:10:53.350 the offense will have to develop chemistry with 00:10:53.350 --> 00:10:55.450 their quarterback. You still need to develop 00:10:55.450 --> 00:10:57.169 chemistry with your center. You need to know 00:10:57.169 --> 00:11:00.230 exactly how you want things hyped to you. You 00:11:00.230 --> 00:11:02.889 still need to know how Pat Fryer move runs his 00:11:02.889 --> 00:11:05.769 routes, how this receiver runs his routes, how 00:11:05.769 --> 00:11:08.509 that running back pass blocks. You need to understand 00:11:08.509 --> 00:11:13.269 and learn how this offense ticks. But you cannot 00:11:13.269 --> 00:11:16.110 do that when you are not showing that you are 00:11:16.110 --> 00:11:18.750 not serious. And you know what? Aaron Rodgers 00:11:18.750 --> 00:11:22.220 realizes that. That's why he is not making any 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:25.519 moves because he realizes, listen, I have the 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.919 Steelers right where I want them. And as long 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.399 as the Steelers are looking for a quarterback, 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.659 I will always be in pole position, as Mike Tomlin 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:36.480 says, pole position of this entire situation. 00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:39.519 But let me go a little bit back to go a little 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:42.399 bit forward though. This is what Darius Slay 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.480 had to say on why he showed up to OTAs, and I 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.120 quote, This is where championship football starts. 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.059 Everybody has to buy in, and this is the time 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:53.519 to buy in. I know guys have family and stuff, 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.139 and I have got one as well, but if you want to 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:58.259 be a champion, there are some things you have 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:01.980 to sacrifice. I want to be here on time, be present, 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:05.320 let guys see my face, and show guys it is important 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.940 to be here, and I am here to win. End quote. 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:12.320 Darius Slay already said it. You have to sacrifice. 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:16.600 Everyone is sacrificing to be here. And granted, 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:19.919 I understand that what Aaron Rodgers is going 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:23.179 through is super traumatic and whatnot. Thoughts 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:25.059 and prayers to you, brother. But let me tell 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:28.899 you something. If you are really, really, really 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:33.120 in a really bad spot and it's a really bad situation 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.409 that is really accompanying your time. You would 00:12:36.409 --> 00:12:39.309 not make time to go to a concert. You would not 00:12:39.309 --> 00:12:42.129 make time to go on a podcast. You would not make 00:12:42.129 --> 00:12:45.830 time to do a Q &A after a concert. You would 00:12:45.830 --> 00:12:49.529 not do that. You would be right there in the 00:12:49.529 --> 00:12:52.350 middle of that situation, making sure that everything 00:12:52.350 --> 00:12:55.210 is taken care of. So what's the excuse? Somebody 00:12:55.210 --> 00:12:57.909 please tell me what's the excuse at this point? 00:12:58.070 --> 00:13:01.149 Because guess what? You are not just the only 00:13:01.149 --> 00:13:03.029 person that's probably going through some real 00:13:03.029 --> 00:13:05.710 serious stuff right now. There are probably other 00:13:05.710 --> 00:13:09.190 people on this team currently who are going through 00:13:09.190 --> 00:13:12.570 some very serious stuff. But you know what they 00:13:12.570 --> 00:13:15.370 did? They put that to the side. They have people 00:13:15.370 --> 00:13:17.990 in place to make sure that it's taken care of. 00:13:18.129 --> 00:13:21.090 And guess where they are? They are at OTAs, showing 00:13:21.090 --> 00:13:24.129 up every single day to make sure that they put 00:13:24.129 --> 00:13:27.809 their best foot forward. What are you doing? 00:13:28.490 --> 00:13:30.529 What are you doing to show that you're serious 00:13:30.529 --> 00:13:34.710 about football? Nothing. And yes, I hold Aaron 00:13:34.710 --> 00:13:36.669 Rodgers to a high standard because you know why? 00:13:36.750 --> 00:13:40.509 I saw Tom freaking Brady during the middle of 00:13:40.509 --> 00:13:43.889 COVID. When COVID was running rampant, where 00:13:43.889 --> 00:13:48.029 everyone had to stay in the house, this man risked 00:13:48.029 --> 00:13:52.830 his life and his family's life. To learn to be 00:13:52.830 --> 00:13:55.029 comfortable with his receivers. To be comfortable 00:13:55.029 --> 00:13:57.710 with his running back. To be comfortable with 00:13:57.710 --> 00:14:01.889 everybody on the offense at a park. A public 00:14:01.889 --> 00:14:07.909 park. So what's the excuse at this point? If 00:14:07.909 --> 00:14:12.539 you don't want to play football, retire. Go ahead, 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:15.720 go on the Pat McAfee show, do a little video. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.159 However, if you want to do it under the stars, 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:20.700 if you want to do it at the beach, if you want 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:22.659 to do it at the park, if you want to do it at 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:25.259 your local McDonald's, go ahead and just retire. 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:30.779 Because right now, the standard is broken in 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:34.059 Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was once a place where 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:36.960 it was no nonsense. You put your head down and 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:40.340 you go to work. Now that standard is broken. 00:14:40.990 --> 00:14:43.149 And I don't know when that standard will ever 00:14:43.149 --> 00:14:47.370 be rebuilt. Because we have a team who continues 00:14:47.370 --> 00:14:51.250 to wait on the word of a 41 -year -old to make 00:14:51.250 --> 00:14:55.990 his decision. You are about to enter into mandatory 00:14:55.990 --> 00:14:59.529 minicamp without a supposed quarterback one. 00:14:59.909 --> 00:15:02.590 You have Mason Rudolph, you have Skyler Thompson, 00:15:02.909 --> 00:15:06.429 you have Will Howard. Bring in Ryan Tannehill 00:15:06.429 --> 00:15:12.149 or Carson Wentz and move forward. It's time that 00:15:12.149 --> 00:15:15.330 you stop waiting for people to make their decision. 00:15:15.809 --> 00:15:18.429 Clearly, if they was really serious about this 00:15:18.429 --> 00:15:21.610 team, if they was really serious about actually 00:15:21.610 --> 00:15:24.250 wanting to play football, they would have already 00:15:24.250 --> 00:15:28.110 signed a deal by now. Because right now, I can 00:15:28.110 --> 00:15:31.769 make a strong case that if Aaron Rodgers was 00:15:31.769 --> 00:15:34.190 to make an appearance, he would not be welcomed 00:15:34.190 --> 00:15:36.889 within that locker room. He would not be welcomed 00:15:36.889 --> 00:15:40.850 in Pittsburgh. People are actually more behind 00:15:40.850 --> 00:15:45.549 Mason Rudolph than Aaron Rodgers. And granted, 00:15:45.590 --> 00:15:49.570 I understand Aaron Rodgers is four -time MVP 00:15:49.570 --> 00:15:54.110 and he's a champion, future Hall of Famer, all 00:15:54.110 --> 00:15:56.370 these great accolades. But that was with the 00:15:56.370 --> 00:16:00.210 Packers. What has he done lately? Nothing. All 00:16:00.210 --> 00:16:03.610 he has done lately is destroy locker rooms, throw 00:16:03.610 --> 00:16:07.100 people under the bus, and be toxic. I understand 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.919 there are people that are probably saying, well, 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.980 Ben really didn't show up a whole lot for OTAs 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:14.159 and this person didn't do it and that person 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:16.019 didn't do it. You want to know the difference 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:19.059 between those players and Aaron Rodgers? Those 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:22.120 were already established on this team. So they 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.179 didn't have to show up to OTAs because why? They 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:28.299 already knew everything. There was no new change. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.899 And if there was change, it wasn't a significant 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:34.309 amount of change to where, hey. I need to be 00:16:34.309 --> 00:16:37.309 able to learn the cadences for this and learn 00:16:37.309 --> 00:16:39.789 the cadences for that and the switches for this 00:16:39.789 --> 00:16:42.590 and that. You don't need to do all that. But 00:16:42.590 --> 00:16:46.049 if you are learning a whole new offense, if you've 00:16:46.049 --> 00:16:48.470 never played with any of these receivers, offensive 00:16:48.470 --> 00:16:52.610 linemen, tight ends, or running backs, then you 00:16:52.610 --> 00:16:55.789 need to put in as possibly can so that you are 00:16:55.789 --> 00:16:59.370 able to be ready for the season. Clearly, the 00:16:59.370 --> 00:17:02.049 league is trying to send a message as well because 00:17:02.049 --> 00:17:05.480 why? The league literally gave you a revenge 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:09.059 game to start off the season. They literally 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:13.259 gave you the Jets week one. That should have 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.940 been more of a reason to say, you know what? 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:17.680 Where do I sign? Send me the contract right now. 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.559 I'll sign it right now. I get to get my revenge. 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:23.039 I get to start off the season with possibly getting 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:25.460 my revenge against the Jets, the team that supposedly 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:31.970 did me wrong. What? Man, give me a pen. Bernie, 00:17:32.049 --> 00:17:34.269 give me a pencil. I'll sign it in pencil if I 00:17:34.269 --> 00:17:37.690 need to. But no, you have somebody that is lackluster, 00:17:37.750 --> 00:17:42.069 toxic, and is just never going to change and 00:17:42.069 --> 00:17:44.329 is never willing to change. And that is exactly 00:17:44.329 --> 00:17:48.430 why I always hold people like a Tom Brady, a 00:17:48.430 --> 00:17:51.089 Peyton Manning, a Drew Brees, people that are 00:17:51.089 --> 00:17:55.690 committed to the process than somebody who he 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:59.410 just uses his physical traits. to win him games, 00:17:59.450 --> 00:18:02.309 his physical traits to win people over. That's 00:18:02.309 --> 00:18:05.029 not good enough, especially in Pittsburgh. Now 00:18:05.029 --> 00:18:07.450 let's get into this other thing that Terry Bradshaw 00:18:07.450 --> 00:18:09.410 also had to say when it came to the whole Kenny 00:18:09.410 --> 00:18:12.309 Pickett thing. So this is what he also says as 00:18:12.309 --> 00:18:15.430 well. And I quote, I like Kenny Pickett. I liked 00:18:15.430 --> 00:18:17.970 him at Pitt. I knew him. I know what he's like. 00:18:18.190 --> 00:18:20.190 When they got him to Pittsburgh, they didn't 00:18:20.190 --> 00:18:22.029 protect him. They didn't get him an offensive 00:18:22.029 --> 00:18:24.519 line. They wanted to run the football. but they 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.339 didn't have an offensive line that could protect 00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:28.859 and they didn't have weapons. He had no wide 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:31.299 receivers to speak of. Then they throw a kid 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:33.180 in there for two years and you've got an offense 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:35.740 that doesn't fit and doesn't work and they can't 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:38.359 run because their offensive line's not even good 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.220 enough for a run -blocking team. Now they're 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:43.420 saying Kenny Pickett is a failure. He wasn't 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:45.839 a failure. The Steelers were a failure, end quote. 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:49.279 Granted, I was one of those people that... was 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:52.579 100 % against getting Kenny Pickett. I did not 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:56.059 want to get Kenny Pickett at all because I knew 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:59.859 that he did not meet the standards of what this 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:03.500 team needs. He's not someone that is proficient 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:05.940 at throwing the deep ball. That's not his game. 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:10.160 His game is middle to small range, okay? He doesn't 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.359 have that big of an arm like how Ben used to 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.019 have. So why would you get him? I'll explain 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:18.799 why. They got him because... They wanted to rewrite 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.140 a wrong and I'll continue to beat this dead horse 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:24.200 until my last breath. They got Kenny Pickett 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.460 because they wanted to rewrite a wrong and not 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:30.440 getting Dan Marino, who, by the way, they could 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:33.079 have just asked, hey, Dan, are you using coke 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:36.200 in college? They could have just easily done 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.859 that, but they didn't want to do that. And so. 00:19:39.390 --> 00:19:41.750 20 some years has passed. You have another pick 00:19:41.750 --> 00:19:44.609 quarterback that's had a great season. And so 00:19:44.609 --> 00:19:46.430 you're like, you know what? We can't pass over 00:19:46.430 --> 00:19:49.589 him. We got to get him. And in doing so, you 00:19:49.589 --> 00:19:55.390 failed him. 1000 % of the way. After that first 00:19:55.390 --> 00:19:58.849 season, there should have been significant changes 00:19:58.849 --> 00:20:03.009 to that offense. Case in point, Matt Canada should 00:20:03.009 --> 00:20:06.410 have been fired. But you decided to run it back 00:20:06.410 --> 00:20:10.140 with Matt Canada for another year. And in doing 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:15.039 so, it made Kenny Pickett look worse. It did 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.000 not help Kenny Pickett's development at all. 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:23.059 Kenny Pickett really didn't really develop until 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:26.779 he went to Philly. Really think about that for 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:29.440 a second here, folks. You didn't have anything 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:33.059 in place to really support him. On top of that, 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.440 you just decided to say, hey, okay, fine, we'll 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.880 just let you go. We'll let you go. It's no problem. 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.400 No problem whatsoever. No, it doesn't work like 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:45.279 that. You didn't give him an adequate chance. 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.660 You didn't give him a support system to really 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:53.079 bring the best out of him. This man was thrusted 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:56.519 into the quarterback position role because Mitchell 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.019 Trubisky wasn't able to do his job, which even 00:20:59.019 --> 00:21:01.960 then you messed up with that because why? Mitchell 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.619 Trubisky asked you, are you going to draft a 00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:07.680 quarterback? And y 'all told him something different. 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.720 And then guess what? He finds out just like how 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:13.299 everybody else found out that you guys were taking 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:16.759 a quarterback. It was a nasty situation from 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:20.240 the beginning. They did not do the most that 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.579 they could have done when it came to Kenny Pickett. 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:25.519 If you would have done everything in your power 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:28.400 to maximize the potential of Kenny Pickett and 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.220 it still didn't do anything, it still didn't 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:34.869 create significant change. OK, fine. You did 00:21:34.869 --> 00:21:37.349 everything that you could have done, but you 00:21:37.349 --> 00:21:40.410 didn't do enough to really say, hey, we gave 00:21:40.410 --> 00:21:43.150 our best foot forward for Kenny Pickett. Instead, 00:21:43.390 --> 00:21:47.150 all you did was just enough just to get you by. 00:21:47.569 --> 00:21:50.690 And now look, you're now in the same situation 00:21:50.690 --> 00:21:54.029 that you just were in a few years ago looking 00:21:54.029 --> 00:21:56.190 for another quarterback. That's why I'm very 00:21:56.190 --> 00:21:59.470 skeptical on if this team can really develop 00:21:59.470 --> 00:22:02.609 a quarterback moving forward. Because they failed 00:22:02.609 --> 00:22:06.450 so horribly with Kenny Pickett. And now next 00:22:06.450 --> 00:22:08.609 year, you're going to have Lenore Sellers. You're 00:22:08.609 --> 00:22:10.190 going to have Nussmeier. You're going to have 00:22:10.190 --> 00:22:12.150 Drew Aller. You're going to have Carson Beck. 00:22:12.369 --> 00:22:15.049 You're going to have a slew of different quarterbacks. 00:22:15.589 --> 00:22:18.690 And you have to hit on this quarterback. Because 00:22:18.690 --> 00:22:21.109 if you don't hit on this quarterback, people 00:22:21.109 --> 00:22:24.609 are going to lose their jobs. Mike Tomlin is 00:22:24.609 --> 00:22:27.130 going to be the first person. Mike Tomlin is 00:22:27.130 --> 00:22:30.430 under hot water right now. I know a lot of media 00:22:30.430 --> 00:22:32.250 people are not going to say it, but I'm going 00:22:32.250 --> 00:22:34.809 to be the one to say it. Mike Tomlin is under 00:22:34.809 --> 00:22:38.230 fire right now because he has not shown enough 00:22:38.230 --> 00:22:41.029 attention to the most important position on the 00:22:41.029 --> 00:22:44.730 entire team. He has been very lackluster in addressing 00:22:44.730 --> 00:22:48.009 quarterback. You brought in Mitchell Trubisky. 00:22:48.069 --> 00:22:50.569 That was a horrible move. You drafted Kenny Pickton 00:22:50.569 --> 00:22:52.829 in the first round with a draft class, by the 00:22:52.829 --> 00:22:55.690 way, that was not strong that a lot of people 00:22:55.690 --> 00:22:58.799 were saying. Don't do it. Wait till next year. 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:03.680 And you still did it with the first pick. Two 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.400 years later, guess what? He's gone. Now, you 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:10.960 brought back Mason Rudolph, and now you're waiting 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:13.759 for a 41 -year -old to figure out if he wants 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.700 to play or not. You've been whiffing on the quarterback 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:19.140 position. It's not good. At some point, you are 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:23.920 going to have to admit that, listen, it's just 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:27.390 time to go. And that's fine. But what you cannot 00:23:27.390 --> 00:23:31.970 do is continue to sell this hopeless dream of 00:23:31.970 --> 00:23:34.329 saying, oh yeah, it's championship or butts. 00:23:34.529 --> 00:23:37.630 We are a championship minded team. We're going 00:23:37.630 --> 00:23:39.910 to make the moves that we need to make so we 00:23:39.910 --> 00:23:42.390 can try to compete for a championship. We are 00:23:42.390 --> 00:23:45.789 not a championship caliber team. In no ways is 00:23:45.789 --> 00:23:49.089 the Steelers on. The Steelers are at least maybe 00:23:49.089 --> 00:23:52.190 three years away from possibly being a quote 00:23:52.190 --> 00:23:56.079 unquote Super Bowl contender. And by then, TJ 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:59.759 Watt will be up in age. Cam Hayward would possibly 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:03.099 retire. A lot of people in that defense are going 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:07.019 to get up in age. And so you, you're in a situation 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:12.420 right now, have to hit on your quarterback. If 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:16.220 you do not hit on your quarterback, you have 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:19.440 pushed this team back another three to five years. 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.740 Now, this is what Kenny Pickett had to say yesterday. 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:25.799 And I quote, I'm extremely grateful for my time 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:28.759 in Philly. I think I was just shown how it's 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:31.200 supposed to be done really from the top down. 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.180 So when you get a chance to see what it's supposed 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:36.000 to look like and how it should look like on a 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.059 day -to -day basis, not just on Sundays, you 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:41.079 know, I think it'll pay dividends for me in the 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:44.319 future, end quote. That is a direct jab at Mike 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:47.500 Tomlin. That is a direct jab at the Steelers. 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:50.579 Because Philly showed him, hey, listen. This 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.039 is how we do things on a day -to -day basis. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:54.240 This is how we do this. This is how we do that. 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:56.220 This is how we prepare ourselves for the upcoming 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:58.960 game. This is how we prepare ourselves for the 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:02.519 bye week. They have a process. The Steelers do 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:06.220 not have a process that they can go to. And for 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:09.880 all the people that were ridiculing Ryan Clark 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.759 when he said that Mike Tomlin's message has gone 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:16.359 stale, he is 100 % right. The message has gone 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:21.329 stale. They're not... They're buying into the 00:25:21.329 --> 00:25:24.630 process of Mike Tomlin. Instead, they are just 00:25:24.630 --> 00:25:28.130 winging it every single season. And that's not 00:25:28.130 --> 00:25:30.670 what's going to win you a championship. That 00:25:30.670 --> 00:25:37.349 is what's going to destroy a culture. Well, can 00:25:37.349 --> 00:25:39.369 you even say a culture? I don't want to make 00:25:39.369 --> 00:25:42.109 this a Steelers -based episode because I have 00:25:42.109 --> 00:25:44.069 other things to talk about. But they're the number 00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:45.730 one team everyone's talking about. This is the 00:25:45.730 --> 00:25:48.730 one headline that everybody has been talking 00:25:48.730 --> 00:25:52.119 about. since the draft. Everybody would have 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.660 thought by now that there would have been some 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:56.500 type of resolution, whether it be him retiring 00:25:56.500 --> 00:26:01.099 or signing with the team or something. But clearly 00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:03.819 it hasn't. And clearly it's going to continue 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:07.079 to linger. If I'm a player for the Steelers, 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:10.039 I don't want to always have to be asked this 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:12.680 question every time I do an interview. I don't 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:14.799 want to be asked about this when I go to the 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:17.990 grocery store. Where I go to pump my gas. I don't 00:26:17.990 --> 00:26:21.329 want to be asked this a thousand times. So it's 00:26:21.329 --> 00:26:24.890 time for the team to come to a decision and to 00:26:24.890 --> 00:26:28.190 move forward. Roll with Mason Rudolph. You guys 00:26:28.190 --> 00:26:30.869 aren't going to win this year. You guys aren't 00:26:30.869 --> 00:26:33.609 even in a position to really compete against 00:26:33.609 --> 00:26:36.670 the Chiefs, the Ravens, the Bills, any of the 00:26:36.670 --> 00:26:39.150 other Super Bowl caliber teams within the AFC. 00:26:39.329 --> 00:26:42.269 You won't be able to compete with them. So you 00:26:42.269 --> 00:26:44.369 know what you need to do? Wing it this year. 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.380 Do the best that you can do. And however the 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:51.119 season goes, guess what? You're in a good spot. 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:54.640 You can go and get Lenore Sellers, Drew Aller, 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:58.799 Carson Beck, Gary Nussmeyer, whichever quarterback 00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:02.200 that you want to. But I will say this, and I 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.140 said this previously, before we get to talking 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:09.900 about quarterback, significant changes are going 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.640 to need to be made for the offensive coaching 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:14.430 staff. They're going to need to bring in somebody 00:27:14.430 --> 00:27:17.029 who has experience developing a quarterback. 00:27:17.670 --> 00:27:20.309 You need to bring in someone like a Pep Hamilton 00:27:20.309 --> 00:27:23.369 or bring in someone like a Byron Leftwich who 00:27:23.369 --> 00:27:26.990 has experience being a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback 00:27:26.990 --> 00:27:30.109 so that he can show the new quarterback, hey, 00:27:30.210 --> 00:27:33.650 this is how the Steelers run this type of cadence. 00:27:33.750 --> 00:27:36.349 This is how they do when it comes to this play. 00:27:36.549 --> 00:27:38.589 This is how you execute this play. This is how 00:27:38.589 --> 00:27:40.769 you throw the ball. And by the way, and this 00:27:40.769 --> 00:27:42.190 is the last thing I want to say, then we're going 00:27:42.190 --> 00:27:45.450 to get into the grades and whatnot. For all the 00:27:45.450 --> 00:27:47.150 people that say, oh, we should just go after 00:27:47.150 --> 00:27:49.450 Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins is a good idea. Kirk 00:27:49.450 --> 00:27:51.950 Cousins had a horrible season last year. Kirk 00:27:51.950 --> 00:27:54.069 Cousins went through a period where he did not 00:27:54.069 --> 00:27:56.750 throw a touchdown. Do you really want that on 00:27:56.750 --> 00:27:59.289 your team? Not to mention, you're going to have 00:27:59.289 --> 00:28:01.509 to give up some significant draft compensation 00:28:01.509 --> 00:28:04.690 in order for the Falcons to take on a lot of 00:28:04.690 --> 00:28:08.619 that money. Do you really want that? No. I'm 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:10.819 looking at his contract right now according to 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:14.119 SpotRack. He has a $40 million cap hit this year. 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:17.859 His base salary this year is $27 .5 million. 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.880 Do you really want that on your team? No. It's 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:25.579 not worth it because most likely the Falcons 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.119 are going to be looking for either a day two 00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:32.079 or day three pick. High. Not to mention they're 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.799 probably going to be looking for maybe a player 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:38.039 as well. You are in no position. to make that 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:41.779 type of move. So Steelers, I'm going to say this 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:48.640 again one more time. Move the hell on. The hell 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:51.859 with Aaron Rodgers. The hell with waiting for 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:55.619 a 41 -year -old to make his decision. Move on. 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.940 Now let's get into something a little bit more 00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.900 positive, and let's get into these draft grades. 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.880 So we're going to start with the AFC South. So 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:05.099 with the Colts, their positions of need, defensive 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:07.660 back, defensive line, offensive line, tight end, 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.420 linebacker, edge. So they got Tyler Warren, tight 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:14.180 end, JT Tula Malau, defensive end, Justin Wiley, 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:17.960 cornerback, Jalen Travis, tackle, DJ Giddings, 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.799 running back, Riley Leonard, quarterback, Tim 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:23.940 Smith, defensive line, and Hunter Wohler, linebacker. 00:29:24.349 --> 00:29:26.730 When we look at their team stats, however, they 00:29:26.730 --> 00:29:29.529 had the 29th ranked defense, which allowed 25 00:29:29.529 --> 00:29:34.170 .1 points per game, 361 .2 yards per game, 5 00:29:34.170 --> 00:29:38.150 .5 yards per play, and allowed 45 touchdowns. 00:29:38.150 --> 00:29:40.609 Now, when we break this down into pass and run 00:29:40.609 --> 00:29:44.089 defense, they were 26th in pass defense, which 00:29:44.089 --> 00:29:48.109 allowed 229 .4 passing yards per game, 6 .7 yards 00:29:48.109 --> 00:29:51.339 per play, and 27 passing touchdowns. Moving over 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:54.319 to the run defense, they were 24th in the league 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:58.180 and they allowed 18 rushing touchdowns, 131 .8 00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.819 rushing yards per game, 4 .2 rushing yards per 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:04.039 play, and allowed 68 rushes of 10 plus yards 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:06.799 or more. Moving over to the offense, however. 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:10.500 They were the 13th ranked offense, which averaged 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:14.920 22 .2 points per game, 334 .8 yards per game, 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:18.539 5 .5 yards per play, and 40 touchdowns. They 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:21.460 were 25th in passing offense, which averaged 00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:25.740 197 .7 passing yards per game, 6 .2 passing yards 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:28.519 per play, and 20 passing touchdowns. They were 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:32.720 8th in rushing offense, which averaged 137 .1 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:35.420 rushing yards per game, 4 .7 rushing yards per 00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:39.269 play, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 64 rushes of 00:30:39.269 --> 00:30:42.369 10 plus yards or more. All in all, I would probably 00:30:42.369 --> 00:30:45.569 give them an A, and this is why. So for one, 00:30:45.670 --> 00:30:48.509 you get Justin Wiley, so you address defensive 00:30:48.509 --> 00:30:52.430 back, okay? Defensive line by getting JT Tolomawo, 00:30:52.589 --> 00:30:55.829 as well as getting Tim Smith. So that's, you 00:30:55.829 --> 00:30:58.349 know, kill two birds with one stone. You get 00:30:58.349 --> 00:31:01.410 Hunter Waller, so that's linebacker death. I 00:31:01.410 --> 00:31:04.380 can make a strong case. that this is definitely 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:06.720 one of the better draft classes in the entire 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:09.460 league. You get Tyler Warren, which is great, 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:11.079 because you're pairing him with Mo 'Ali Cox, 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.200 and you're giving whoever the quarterback is 00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:16.880 another weapon. You have JT Tulumawau, which 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:19.319 was a really productive defensive end. You got 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.319 Justin Wally, who was a really productive corner. 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.579 Jalen Travis, a tackle def. DJ Giddens, a really 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:28.660 good backup running back. You have done a lot 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:31.519 in this draft class, and it's great. These are 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:33.920 the type of draft classes that you need to have 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:36.940 in order to really position yourself for the 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:41.319 future. So I can't really hate them for that. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.700 Now, when we shift things over to the Jaguars, 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:46.019 though, it's a little bit more difficult to really 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:49.529 break down their draft. Let's just see what happens. 00:31:49.609 --> 00:31:51.569 So their positions of need, interior offensive 00:31:51.569 --> 00:31:54.410 line, tight end, wide receiver, DB, running back, 00:31:54.490 --> 00:31:56.630 defensive line. So the first round pick, they 00:31:56.630 --> 00:31:58.730 got Travis Hunter. Their third round pick, they 00:31:58.730 --> 00:32:01.390 got Caleb Ransault and Wyatt Millam. Their fourth 00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:03.470 round, they got Bashaw Tuan and Jack Kaiser. 00:32:03.750 --> 00:32:06.730 Their sixth round pick, they got Jalen McLeod, 00:32:06.750 --> 00:32:10.029 if I'm not mistaken, and Rayon Lane. Sorry if 00:32:10.029 --> 00:32:12.309 I butchered your name. Seventh round, they got 00:32:12.309 --> 00:32:16.299 Jonah Monaheim and then LaQuint Allen. So when 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:18.180 we break things down based off of their team 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:21.500 stats, they had the 31st ranked defense, which 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:25.920 allowed 25 .6 points per game, 389 .9 yards per 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:30.099 game, 5 .9 yards per play, and allowed 48 touchdowns. 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:34.420 They were 32nd in pass defense and allowed 257 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:38.039 .4 passing yards per game, 7 .1 yards per play, 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:41.220 and 29 passing touchdowns. They were 25th in 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:43.960 run defense and allowed 19 rushing touchdowns, 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:48.380 rushing yards per game 4 .4 rushing yards per 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:51.779 play and allowed 64 rushes of 10 plus yards or 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:55.359 more as well as having a run stuff rate at 14 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:58.400 .7 percent shifting things over to the offense 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:01.980 they have the 25th ranked offense which averaged 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:33.240 18 .8 points per game All in all, I really didn't 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.039 like the Jaguars draft class, and this is why. 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:38.579 We pardon to give you this interruption and say... 00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:41.700 According to Adam Schefter, the Dolphins have 00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:43.700 had trade discussions with the Pittsburgh Steelers 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:46.480 about their lone pro bowl selection last season, 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:48.380 tight end John New Smith, per league sources. 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:51.259 Those talks came after Smith expressed an interest 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:53.259 in reworking his deal that is scheduled to pay 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:56.160 him $4 .8 million this season. With Smith seeking 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:59.059 a new contract, Miami has sought a trade partner. 00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:01.700 Last season, Smith set the franchise record for 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.759 tight end in receptions, receiving yards, and 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:06.039 touchdowns. Smith's preference, per sources, 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:09.610 is to stay in Miami under a week. reworked deal 00:34:09.610 --> 00:34:14.789 a couple thoughts you know this um this just 00:34:14.789 --> 00:34:19.210 dropping and whatnot on one hand okay this is 00:34:19.210 --> 00:34:22.670 another move by the steelers this would possibly 00:34:22.670 --> 00:34:25.670 shore up the offense a little bit more you have 00:34:25.670 --> 00:34:28.429 john new smith who has been very successful especially 00:34:28.429 --> 00:34:31.550 under arthur smith okay great all those things 00:34:31.550 --> 00:34:36.150 and more but does this substitute wide receiver 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:39.780 See, I have a lot of questions about this, and 00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:44.280 I'm trying to find a way to really ask them because 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.039 I'm so confused right now. Because right now, 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:51.199 you have Pat Frymuth, Darnold Washington, and 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:53.539 Darnold Parham. Well, you also have to throw 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:55.000 in Conor Hayward as well, but he's more of a 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.460 gadget player. But that's not the case, all right? 00:34:57.820 --> 00:35:01.719 So you have all those tight ends. John New Smith 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:06.369 is looking for a new contract. So exactly what 00:35:06.369 --> 00:35:10.409 are you going to do to possibly facilitate this 00:35:10.409 --> 00:35:13.449 trade? I would not be surprised by the end of 00:35:13.449 --> 00:35:16.369 this episode, by the time this episode actually 00:35:16.369 --> 00:35:19.769 comes out, that we will have a resolution between 00:35:19.769 --> 00:35:24.389 these two teams. I think if you're the Steelers, 00:35:24.510 --> 00:35:29.780 it's a good move. If you're the Dolphins... Not 00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:32.239 so much because that's another weapon that's 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:36.420 not going to be with Tua. I don't know. I really 00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:38.440 don't know how to feel about this. I'm a little 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:41.039 bit more confused. I don't know. Somebody help 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:46.699 me, please. Please. Please. Why? Steelers. Why? 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:50.880 Just when you think the Steelers aren't going 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:53.619 to do something, guess what? They do it. They're 00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:57.159 going to do something crazy. But... What do I 00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:59.639 say every single time? Everything crazy always 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.380 happens when I'm doing what? Either when I'm 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:05.639 about to record, I'm currently recording, or 00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:09.019 after I'm done recording. We already know. But 00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:15.000 let's get into this Jaguars draft class. So here's 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:19.800 the thing. I wouldn't be as cautious with their 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.429 draft class. If they only used day two and day 00:36:23.429 --> 00:36:26.210 three picks just to move up to get Travis Hunter. 00:36:26.630 --> 00:36:30.130 But because they gave up next year's first just 00:36:30.130 --> 00:36:32.309 to get Travis Hunter, I'm a little bit more skeptical 00:36:32.309 --> 00:36:35.949 about. Simply because if Travis Hunter doesn't 00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:40.750 have a dynamic rookie season, that first round 00:36:40.750 --> 00:36:43.789 pick is going to be a waste. And granted, I understand 00:36:43.789 --> 00:36:46.610 he comes from the Rams and the Rams are very 00:36:46.610 --> 00:36:48.489 aggressive in a lot of the moves that they make. 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.440 You really don't make a lot of sense and whatnot. 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:55.400 I understand all that and more. However, when 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:58.679 you make these type of moves, that is basically 00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:03.340 you saying, guess what? We believe in this prospect 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:07.619 so much that we are willing to give up our next 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:10.280 year's first round pick. And granted, sometimes 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:13.179 it works, sometimes it doesn't work. But the 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:16.440 thing is this, you really won't be able to know. 00:37:16.969 --> 00:37:19.530 if that move was the right move or the wrong 00:37:19.530 --> 00:37:22.590 move within a short amount of time it's going 00:37:22.590 --> 00:37:24.829 to probably take you the length of his rookie 00:37:24.829 --> 00:37:28.710 deal to really see hey was this a good move was 00:37:28.710 --> 00:37:32.210 this a bad move so i would just give them an 00:37:32.210 --> 00:37:35.110 a i know it's probably be controversial but i 00:37:35.110 --> 00:37:38.019 really don't care On to the Texans. Positions 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:40.420 of need. Offensive line, wide receiver, D -tackle. 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:42.960 So with their draft picks, they chose Jaden Higgins, 00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:46.260 receiver, Ariance Ertry, offensive tackle. Then 00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:49.079 Jalen Noel, wide receiver, Jalen Smith, cornerback, 00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:51.940 Willie Marks, running back, Jalen Reed, safety, 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:54.539 and Graham Mertz, quarterback. Keontae Hamilton, 00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:57.340 defensive tackle, and Luke Lake at tight end. 00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:59.900 But when we look at their team stats, however, 00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:03.320 they had the sixth -ranked defense. which allowed 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:07.559 21 .9 points per game, 315 yards per game, 5 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:11.159 .1 yards per play, and allowed 42 touchdowns. 00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:13.840 They were sixth in pass defense, and they allowed 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:17.559 201 passing yards per game, 5 .7 yards per play, 00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:20.960 and 31 passing touchdowns. They were 11th in 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:23.619 run defense, and they allowed 11 rushing touchdowns, 00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:27.400 114 rushing yards per game, 4 .3 rushing yards 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.719 per play, and allowed 56 rushes of 10 plus yards 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:34.980 or more with a run stuff rate of 19 .2%. They 00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:38.659 had the 22nd ranked offense, which averaged 21 00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:43.179 .9 points per game, 319 .7 yards per game, 5 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:46.559 .1 yards per play, and 35 touchdowns. They were 00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:50.199 21st in passing offense, which averaged 207 .4 00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:53.139 passing yards per game, 5 .7 passing yards per 00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:56.469 play, and 20 passing touchdowns. They were 15th 00:38:56.469 --> 00:39:00.670 in rushing offense, which averaged 112 .3 rushing 00:39:00.670 --> 00:39:03.309 yards per game, 4 .4 rushing yards per play, 00:39:03.449 --> 00:39:07.250 15 rushing touchdowns, and 52 rushes of 10 plus 00:39:07.250 --> 00:39:10.809 yards or more. All in all, believe it or not, 00:39:11.050 --> 00:39:15.010 I would give them an A plus. And this is why. 00:39:15.969 --> 00:39:19.690 For them to make the aggressive moves that they 00:39:19.690 --> 00:39:24.860 made by trading down, I think it was great. because 00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:27.099 they don't have a lot of holes on their team. 00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:29.239 So they were in a position where, hey, listen, 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.920 for one, we're not going to be able to really 00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:34.820 choose who we really want to in the first round 00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:36.739 because of where we're positioned. So we might 00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:38.579 as well just want to trade down, collect a whole 00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.619 bunch of picks, and just keep it pushing. And 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:43.239 in doing so, you get Jaden Higgins and you get 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.440 Jalen Noel, which is great. You get Uriante Ursery, 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:49.519 which was great as well. Jalen Smith is a really 00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.619 good pick. Woody Marks is a really good pick. 00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:55.340 I love Jalen Reed coming out of Penn State. Graham 00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:57.719 Mertz is a backup quarterback. That's a work 00:39:57.719 --> 00:40:00.480 in progress. Kevontae Hamilton, that's a rotational 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:03.159 defensive lineman that can work with everybody 00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:05.440 else that's on that defensive line as well. And 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.599 then Luke Lakely, that could be tied in three 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:11.320 right there. That's a good draft class right 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:14.679 there. And for them to double dip that wide receiver 00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:17.139 lets me know that, hey, listen, for one, they're 00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:21.400 not too confident on Tank Dell's injury. So they 00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:23.079 want to make sure that they have a safety net 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:26.420 just in case. And I don't blame them. Jaden Higgins 00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:28.820 is a really good prospect. Jaden Higgins, to 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:31.800 me, and I said this in previous episodes, I feel 00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:33.860 like he could have been a late first rounder. 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:36.800 Just because he has the size, he has the speed, 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.239 he has the quickness, he has the route running, 00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:42.340 he had it all. I can't be mad at them for making 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.519 the moves that they made. On to the Titans. So, 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.420 with their positions of knee, quarterback, wide 00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:51.110 receiver, edge, safety, and kicker. So... They 00:40:51.110 --> 00:40:54.349 drafted Cam Moore, quarterback, Alwafami Aladijo, 00:40:54.489 --> 00:40:57.230 edge, Kevin Winston, safety, Chamary Dyke, wide 00:40:57.230 --> 00:41:00.150 receiver, Gunnar Elm, tight end, Ali Kayubanor, 00:41:00.269 --> 00:41:03.090 wide receiver, Jackson Slater, guard, Marcus 00:41:03.090 --> 00:41:05.730 Harris, quarterback, and Kyle Mullings, running 00:41:05.730 --> 00:41:08.369 back. When we look at their team stats, they 00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:10.769 had the second -ranked defense, which allowed 00:41:10.769 --> 00:41:15.329 27 .1 points per game, 311 .2 yards per game, 00:41:15.369 --> 00:41:19.559 5 .2 yards per play, and 48 touchdowns. They 00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:22.320 were second in pass defense, which allowed 212 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:25.380 .4 passing yards per game, six passing yards 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:28.599 per play, and 27 passing touchdowns. They were 00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:32.440 26th in run defense. which allowed 21 rushing 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.719 touchdowns, 133 .9 rushing yards per game, 4 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:40.599 .5 rushing yards per play, and allowed 54 rushes 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:42.780 of 10 plus yards or more with a run stuff rate 00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:46.800 at 20 .1%. When we look over the offense, however, 00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:50.900 they had the 26th ranked offense, which averaged 00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:55.139 18 .3 points per game, 304 .2 yards per game, 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:58.230 five yards per play, and 33 touchdowns. They 00:41:58.230 --> 00:42:01.190 were 26th in passing offense, which averaged 00:42:01.190 --> 00:42:05.610 195 .1 passing yards per game, 5 .7 passing yards 00:42:05.610 --> 00:42:08.309 per play, and 22 passing touchdowns. They were 00:42:08.309 --> 00:42:11.809 19th in rushing offense, which averaged 109 .1 00:42:11.809 --> 00:42:14.610 rushing yards per game, 4 .1 rushing yards per 00:42:14.610 --> 00:42:18.050 play, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 53 rushes of 00:42:18.050 --> 00:42:20.809 10 plus yards or more. For this to be Mike Proganzi's 00:42:20.809 --> 00:42:23.130 first draft as GM for the Titans, he actually 00:42:23.130 --> 00:42:25.369 did really well. Cam Ward, we all knew he was 00:42:25.369 --> 00:42:27.920 going to be the first pick. Alwafami Oladijo 00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.579 is a pretty good pass rusher. Kevin Winston was 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:32.579 another safety from Penn State that I had my 00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:35.139 eye on. Chamari Dyke, I feel like he has a lot 00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:37.880 of upside with his game. Gunnar Helm was definitely 00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:41.880 one of the better tight ends in this past draft 00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:44.380 class. Jackson Slater, I feel like he's a sleeper 00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:46.800 of a guard. Marcus Harris, he's a work in progress. 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.909 Same thing as Kyle Mullins, but... All in all, 00:42:49.969 --> 00:42:52.230 I feel like this was a really solid draft class 00:42:52.230 --> 00:42:54.670 for the Titans. I feel like this is the type 00:42:54.670 --> 00:42:56.610 of draft class that can definitely put them in 00:42:56.610 --> 00:42:59.630 a really great spot for years to come. You get 00:42:59.630 --> 00:43:02.010 your franchise quarterback. You get a really 00:43:02.010 --> 00:43:04.170 good safety. You get a really good edge rusher. 00:43:04.230 --> 00:43:07.369 You get two really good wide receivers and a 00:43:07.369 --> 00:43:09.769 really good tight end as well. I feel like the 00:43:09.769 --> 00:43:11.769 Titans are definitely going to improve with their 00:43:11.769 --> 00:43:14.389 passing game, and I definitely feel like their 00:43:14.389 --> 00:43:17.409 run game will definitely get a lot better, but 00:43:17.409 --> 00:43:19.969 only time will tell at this point. point here's 00:43:19.969 --> 00:43:21.969 the thing with the titans the titans are in the 00:43:21.969 --> 00:43:26.269 spot where for one i think getting cam ward will 00:43:26.269 --> 00:43:29.670 definitely improve just the team as a whole because 00:43:29.670 --> 00:43:32.969 cam war brings leadership and i feel like he 00:43:32.969 --> 00:43:35.889 also brings another level when it comes to being 00:43:35.889 --> 00:43:38.730 a quarterback and this is no slight at will levis 00:43:38.730 --> 00:43:42.110 or anybody else but i just feel like cam war 00:43:42.110 --> 00:43:45.309 can take this offense to the next level pairing 00:43:45.309 --> 00:43:48.289 him with Calvin Ridley and then everybody else 00:43:48.289 --> 00:43:50.309 that's on that offense, I think it would be great 00:43:50.309 --> 00:43:52.349 because the offensive line is still in a really 00:43:52.349 --> 00:43:54.869 good place. You pay for Dan Moore. You got JC 00:43:54.869 --> 00:43:57.630 Latham. You got Peter Skowronski. You got Lloyd 00:43:57.630 --> 00:44:00.670 Cushenberry. You've done a lot. But let's stay 00:44:00.670 --> 00:44:03.050 in the South, but let's transition over to the 00:44:03.050 --> 00:44:05.869 NFC side. You already know Panthers, Falcons, 00:44:05.949 --> 00:44:08.550 Saints, and Buccaneers. So with the Panthers, 00:44:08.590 --> 00:44:10.449 their positions of need, wide receiver, edge, 00:44:10.570 --> 00:44:12.829 and running back. So they chose Tetrell McMillian, 00:44:12.929 --> 00:44:15.929 wide receiver. Nick Scorton, edge. Prince Lee, 00:44:16.070 --> 00:44:19.309 you met an alien. I think I pronounced your name 00:44:19.309 --> 00:44:22.130 correctly. Edge. Trevor Intian, running back. 00:44:22.489 --> 00:44:25.050 Latham Ransom, safety. Cam Jackson, defensive 00:44:25.050 --> 00:44:27.429 line. Mitchell Evans, tight end. And Jimmy Horn, 00:44:27.610 --> 00:44:31.239 wide receiver. Here's the thing, before I get 00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:33.659 into all their team status. I don't care who 00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:37.320 anyone says, this is an A+. You get Tetsuroa 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.059 McMillan, as well as Jimmy Horn, who, from what 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:42.619 I've heard, Jimmy Horn has been cooking. You 00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:45.179 get Trevor Etienne, who is a Swiss Army knife 00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:47.519 at running back, just like his brother. You get 00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:50.000 Latham Ransom, who's really good safety. You 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:53.579 get two, two edge rushers who were actually really 00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:56.420 productive last year as well. You get another 00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:58.860 defensive lineman. You get another tight end. 00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:02.380 The Panthers, I don't know. I see what the Panthers 00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:04.380 are doing this year. I see what you're doing. 00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:07.260 I like it. I like this. This is the type of draft 00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:09.500 that they needed to have before they got Bryce 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:11.889 Young. Not this point, but... That's a whole 00:45:11.889 --> 00:45:13.510 nother story for a whole nother day. But let's 00:45:13.510 --> 00:45:16.429 get into their team stats. So they had the 32nd 00:45:16.429 --> 00:45:19.610 ranked defense, which allowed 31 .4 points per 00:45:19.610 --> 00:45:23.800 game. 404 .5 yards per game, six yards per play 00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:27.239 and 59 touchdowns. They were 23rd in pass defense, 00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.780 which allowed 224 .7 passing yards per game, 00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:35.559 6 .8 passing yards per play and 35 passing touchdowns. 00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:38.500 They were 26th in run defense, which allowed 00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:42.460 24 rushing touchdowns, 179 .8 rushing yards per 00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:45.659 game, 5 .2 rushing yards per play. and allowed 00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:48.579 83 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. They were 00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:53.139 the 29th ranked offense, which averaged 20 .1 00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:57.309 points per game, 298 yards per game. 5 .1 yards 00:45:57.309 --> 00:46:00.170 per play, and 40 touchdowns. They were 30th in 00:46:00.170 --> 00:46:04.210 passing offense, which averaged 187 .5 passing 00:46:04.210 --> 00:46:07.130 yards per game, 5 .5 passing yards per play, 00:46:07.150 --> 00:46:09.909 and 22 passing touchdowns. They were 18th in 00:46:09.909 --> 00:46:13.269 rushing offense, which averaged 110 .5 rushing 00:46:13.269 --> 00:46:16.010 yards per game, 4 .6 rushing yards per play, 00:46:16.170 --> 00:46:19.269 18 rushing touchdowns, and have 40 rushes of 00:46:19.269 --> 00:46:22.070 10 plus yards or more. I think adding Trevor 00:46:22.070 --> 00:46:26.139 Etienne along with Trevor Hubbard is great. And 00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:28.380 I think getting Tetrell McMillan and pairing 00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:32.000 him with Xavier Leggett and Adam Thielen and 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:35.139 Hunter Renfro. Folks, this offense is going to 00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:39.019 be crazy. They got weapons. You got a solid run 00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:41.900 game and a solid pass game. That pass game is 00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:44.179 going to be better this year. That run game is 00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:46.360 going to be better this year. Overall, this entire 00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:49.679 team is going to be better than what it was the 00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.860 last two or three years. I think they have made 00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:56.000 a lot of investment into this offseason to really 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.800 show that, hey, we are serious about Bryce Young. 00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:03.179 He is the future. He is our guy. And it shows. 00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:05.780 And I can't hate him for it, so I have to give 00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:08.239 them an A+. Now let's go over to the Falcons. 00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:10.579 Their positions of need, defensive line, wide 00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:13.900 receiver, tight end, center, and safety. Their 00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:16.639 first round picks, Jalen Walker, linebacker, 00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:19.400 and James Pierce, defensive end, Xavier Watts, 00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:21.340 which I really did want. I wish he would have 00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:23.739 went to the Steelers, but it's okay. Billy Bowman, 00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:27.039 safety, and Jack Nelson, tackle. So here's the 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:30.719 thing. Leading up to the draft, word had gone 00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:35.559 out that a lot of the Falcons scouts and personnel 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:39.019 people were more focused on the defensive side 00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:42.139 than the offensive prospects. And clearly it 00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:46.239 shows because, They only drafted one offensive 00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:49.119 prospect, and he was in the seventh round. But 00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:51.139 let's just get into the team stats. So they have 00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:54.579 the 23rd ranked defense, which allowed 24 .9 00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:59.059 points per game, 345 .2 yards per game, 5 .5 00:47:59.059 --> 00:48:01.900 yards per play, and 45 touchdowns. They were 00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:05.860 22nd in pass defense, which allowed 224 .5 passing 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:08.579 yards per game, 6 .3 passing yards per play, 00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:11.920 and 34 passing touchdowns. They were 15th in 00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:15.179 run defense, which allowed 11 rushing touchdowns, 00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:19.340 120 .6 rushing yards per game, 4 .5 rushing yards 00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:22.559 per play, and allowed 57 rushes of 10 plus yards 00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:26.460 or more with a run stuff rate at 15 .1%. They 00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:29.500 had the sixth ranked offense, which averaged 00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:33.860 22 .9 points per game. 369 .8 yards per game, 00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:37.179 5 .8 yards per play, and 39 touchdowns. They 00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:40.019 were fifth in passing offense, which averaged 00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:44.820 239 .3 passing yards per game, 6 .9 passing yards 00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:48.300 per play, 21 passing touchdowns, which really 00:48:48.300 --> 00:48:50.880 isn't that bad if we're being real here. But 00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:53.440 they were 10th in rushing offense, which averaged 00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:57.929 130 .5 rushing yards per game. 4 .5 rushing yards 00:48:57.929 --> 00:49:01.429 per play, 18 rushing touchdowns, and had 56 rushes 00:49:01.429 --> 00:49:04.989 of 10 plus yards or more. On one hand, I understand 00:49:04.989 --> 00:49:09.050 that their defense was atrocious last year, but 00:49:09.050 --> 00:49:11.769 doing what they did in the draft, especially 00:49:11.769 --> 00:49:14.190 in the first round, I think is a little bit more 00:49:14.190 --> 00:49:16.989 extreme. And let me explain why. And this is 00:49:16.989 --> 00:49:18.829 the same thing that I said with the whole Travis 00:49:18.829 --> 00:49:21.809 Hunter thing. When you give up next year's first 00:49:21.809 --> 00:49:25.170 round pick, You are placing a bet that says, 00:49:25.210 --> 00:49:28.909 listen, we are so confident in James Pierce that 00:49:28.909 --> 00:49:31.309 we are willing to give up next year's first round 00:49:31.309 --> 00:49:33.989 pick. I don't know if I really would have done 00:49:33.989 --> 00:49:37.389 that. Same thing with Jalen Walker. I feel like 00:49:37.389 --> 00:49:40.050 those two are question marks at this point because 00:49:40.050 --> 00:49:45.420 Jalen Walker, they used him in a way of. I don't 00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:47.099 want to say Derrick Brooks, but I feel like he's 00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:49.739 the only person I could really reference. It's 00:49:49.739 --> 00:49:53.219 like, sure, they used him at edge as well as 00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:58.340 inside linebacker. And so where is he actually 00:49:58.340 --> 00:50:00.679 going to be? Is it going to be edge rusher? Is 00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:03.079 it going to be inside linebacker? What is he 00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:05.719 exactly going to be? Now, James Pierce, James 00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:07.880 Pierce is an edge rusher through and through. 00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:11.940 But my only concern is, sure, he wins with his 00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:14.800 speed. But when it comes to his hand usage and 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.639 whatnot, I just really didn't see that whole 00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:19.539 lot. And I really wasn't as high on James Pierce. 00:50:19.699 --> 00:50:22.179 Me personally, I felt like James Pierce was going 00:50:22.179 --> 00:50:24.719 to fall out the first round. Then you go and 00:50:24.719 --> 00:50:27.440 you double dip back -to -back rounds with safety. 00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:31.219 And you get Xavier Watts and Billy Bowman. I 00:50:31.219 --> 00:50:33.340 would have just stuck with Xavier Watts and then 00:50:33.340 --> 00:50:36.699 addressed another position. Because you still 00:50:36.699 --> 00:50:38.900 need help with wide receiver. You still need 00:50:38.900 --> 00:50:41.480 help at center. You still need help at different 00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:44.800 spots on the team. And granted, I understand 00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:46.920 that that defensive line wasn't able to create 00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:49.380 a lot of pressure. It wasn't creating a lot of 00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:53.179 sacks. I understand that. But the moves that 00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:56.480 they made in both the first round, third round, 00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:58.639 and fourth round is a little bit of a head scratcher. 00:50:58.820 --> 00:51:02.360 So I feel like I have to give them a C plus at 00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:05.920 this point. Because... There's no direction. 00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:09.920 I feel like that's the best way to describe the 00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:12.460 Falcons. There was no clear direction on how 00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:14.420 they were going to address their positions of 00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:19.219 need. Because getting Jalen Walker, I'm going 00:51:19.219 --> 00:51:21.739 to be honest, I really wasn't high on. I'll continue 00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:24.980 to say it. My green to me was pass rusher one 00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:28.539 to me. I can be 100 % wrong and I probably will 00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:31.460 be wrong. But I just didn't see it with Jalen 00:51:31.460 --> 00:51:33.400 Walker and I didn't see it with James Pierce. 00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:38.019 but I could be 1 ,000 % wrong. Now let's go over 00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:39.920 to the Saints. Their positions of need, wide 00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:42.400 receiver, edge, cornerback, tight end, interior 00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:45.079 offensive line, and running back. So they chose 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:47.579 Calvin Banks, tackle, Tyler Shuck, quarterback, 00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:51.079 Vernon Broughton, defensive tackle, Jonas Sanker, 00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:54.360 safety, Danny Strutsman, linebacker, Quincy Riley, 00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:57.920 cornerback, Devin Neal, Molokai, Matavo, tight 00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:02.260 end, and Fadil Diggs, defensive end. So here's 00:52:02.260 --> 00:52:06.280 the thing. And I think I said it on one of the 00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:08.420 episodes. If I didn't, then I probably just had 00:52:08.420 --> 00:52:11.579 a conversation with Mook and whatnot. But I was 00:52:11.579 --> 00:52:14.039 definitely under the impression that the Saints 00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:15.980 weren't going to get Shador Sanders. And this 00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:19.400 is why. I think based off of the move that they 00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:22.139 made with Trevor Penning, I feel like that was 00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:24.400 the crumb that everybody should have followed 00:52:24.400 --> 00:52:28.860 leading into the draft. Because I always had 00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:30.940 a theory that they were most likely going to 00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:33.440 move Tyler Weiss -Fuaga back in his natural position 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:36.219 at right tackle and then draft another tackle 00:52:36.219 --> 00:52:39.059 because I don't think they were super high on 00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:41.099 a lot of the quarterback prospects. In case in 00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:43.739 point, that's exactly what they did. You draft 00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:45.519 Calvin Banks. He's going to be your left tackle. 00:52:45.719 --> 00:52:48.119 You move Tyler Weiss -Fuaga at right tackle. 00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:50.739 Those are your two tackle positions. You get 00:52:50.739 --> 00:52:53.179 Tyler Shuck, who is a little bit more of a older 00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:56.920 prospect. and you just continue to go with everything 00:52:56.920 --> 00:52:59.579 else, which there are some picks that I'm a little 00:52:59.579 --> 00:53:01.380 bit more in love with, and there are other picks 00:53:01.380 --> 00:53:03.480 where I'm just like a little bit of a head scratcher, 00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:06.599 but I may be able to wrap my head around. But 00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:09.179 when we look at their team stats, however, they 00:53:09.179 --> 00:53:12.179 were the 30th ranked defense, which allowed 23 00:53:12.179 --> 00:53:17.599 .4 points per game, 379 .9 yards per game, 5 00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:20.920 .8 yards per play, and 39 touchdowns. They were 00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:23.599 27th in pass defense, which... which allowed 00:53:23.599 --> 00:53:27.840 238 .5 passing yards per game, 6 .4 passing yards 00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:30.900 per play, and 19 passing touchdowns. They were 00:53:30.900 --> 00:53:33.880 31st in run defense, which allowed 20 rushing 00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:37.780 touchdowns, 141 .4 rushing yards per game, 4 00:53:37.780 --> 00:53:41.019 .9 rushing yards per play, and allowed 60 rushes 00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:43.320 of 10 plus yards or more with a run stuff rate 00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:47.519 of 11 .9%. They had the 21st ranked offense, 00:53:47.780 --> 00:53:52.239 which averaged 19 .9 points per game, 320 .1 00:53:52.239 --> 00:53:56.190 yards per game. 5 .3 yards per play and 36 touchdowns. 00:53:56.190 --> 00:53:58.869 They were 23rd in passing offense, which averaged 00:53:58.869 --> 00:54:02.829 205 .2 passing yards per game, 5 .9 passing yards 00:54:02.829 --> 00:54:05.590 per play and 21 passing touchdowns. They were 00:54:05.590 --> 00:54:09.289 14th in rushing offense, which averaged 114 .9 00:54:09.289 --> 00:54:12.429 rushing yards per game, 4 .4 rushing touchdowns, 00:54:12.429 --> 00:54:14.989 excuse me, and 48 rushes of 10 plus yards or 00:54:14.989 --> 00:54:17.889 more. So here's the thing with the Saints. So 00:54:17.889 --> 00:54:19.969 they started off a little bit hot in the early 00:54:19.969 --> 00:54:23.039 parts of the season. And then it just nosedived 00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:26.719 straight into the ground. And so we all know 00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:30.400 that the Saints really wanted to improve just 00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:32.500 the team as a whole, especially with them getting 00:54:32.500 --> 00:54:34.960 a new head coach in Kellen Moore. They just want 00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:38.099 to do a whole makeover of the entire team, which 00:54:38.099 --> 00:54:41.079 I understand. Tyler Shaw, a little bit of a head 00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:43.139 scratcher. I definitely didn't believe he was 00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:44.920 a second round pick. I feel like he was probably 00:54:44.920 --> 00:54:48.119 between a third to maybe sixth round pick at 00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:51.480 best. Quincy Riley, I feel like that's a sleepover 00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:54.920 pick. Danny Stutzman was a really good linebacker 00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:57.820 out of Oklahoma. To me, this is more of a meat 00:54:57.820 --> 00:55:00.780 and potatoes type of draft class. This isn't 00:55:00.780 --> 00:55:03.940 a oohs and aahs. This isn't a wow, this is going 00:55:03.940 --> 00:55:07.960 to be the most craziest draft class of all time. 00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:11.739 No, this is more of a solid foundation for the 00:55:11.739 --> 00:55:14.940 start of a new regime type of draft class. Devin 00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:18.400 Neal, really great draft pick. Tyler Shuck. a 00:55:18.400 --> 00:55:20.139 question mark, especially with everything going 00:55:20.139 --> 00:55:22.460 on with the quarterback position. Calvin Banks, 00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:24.440 I feel like he's your left tackle for the future. 00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:27.300 Jonas Sanker, I feel like that's a really good 00:55:27.300 --> 00:55:29.539 pick as well because he can learn under Tyron 00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:32.699 Matthew. Fidel Diggs, he gets time to learn under 00:55:32.699 --> 00:55:36.760 Cam Jordan as well as Chase Young. So they did 00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:40.260 a pretty good job. I'll give them a B. And the 00:55:40.260 --> 00:55:43.139 only reason why I'm giving them a B is because 00:55:43.139 --> 00:55:46.980 it wasn't draft class where it was great or it 00:55:46.980 --> 00:55:49.599 was horrible. it was just in the middle which 00:55:49.599 --> 00:55:52.860 sometimes you need that sometimes you need those 00:55:52.860 --> 00:55:55.880 type of draft classes to really put you in a 00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:58.400 really great spot for the next three to five 00:55:58.400 --> 00:56:02.179 years now on to the buccaneers which i have a 00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:03.639 lot to say about the buccaneers believe it or 00:56:03.639 --> 00:56:06.809 not so But I'll save that stuff for later. So 00:56:06.809 --> 00:56:08.949 their positions of need, edge, interior offensive 00:56:08.949 --> 00:56:11.909 line, tight end, cornerback, safety. So we all 00:56:11.909 --> 00:56:14.570 know they got Emeka Abuka, wide receiver, Benjamin 00:56:14.570 --> 00:56:17.449 Morrison, cornerback, Jacob Parrish, cornerback, 00:56:17.530 --> 00:56:20.150 David Walker, edge, Elijah Roberts, defensive 00:56:20.150 --> 00:56:23.250 line, Tez Johnson, wide receiver. When we look 00:56:23.250 --> 00:56:26.050 at their team stats, they have the 18th ranked 00:56:26.050 --> 00:56:29.480 defense. which allowed 22 .6 points per game 00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:34.239 341 .8 yards per game 5 .5 yards per play and 00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:36.980 40 touchdowns they were 29th and pass defense 00:56:36.980 --> 00:56:41.280 which allowed 243 .9 passing yards per game 6 00:56:41.280 --> 00:56:44.599 .1 passing yards per play and 27 passing touchdowns 00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:47.260 they were fourth and run defense which allowed 00:56:47.260 --> 00:56:50.920 13 rushing touchdowns, 97 .8 rushing yards per 00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:53.699 game, 4 .3 rushing yards per play, and allowed 00:56:53.699 --> 00:56:56.400 37 rushes of 10 plus yards or more with a run 00:56:56.400 --> 00:57:00.860 stuff rate of 19 .5%. They had the third ranked 00:57:00.860 --> 00:57:04.579 offense, which averaged 29 .5 points per game. 00:57:17.059 --> 00:57:35.369 This is an A+. I don't care what media head you 00:57:35.369 --> 00:57:37.030 listen to. I don't care what journalists you 00:57:37.030 --> 00:57:39.369 listen to. This is an A -plus draft right here. 00:57:39.530 --> 00:57:42.289 From drafting Emeka Ibuka to Benjamin Morrison 00:57:42.289 --> 00:57:45.630 to Jacob Parrish to David Walker, all of these 00:57:45.630 --> 00:57:48.590 are great picks. Especially Benjamin Morrison 00:57:48.590 --> 00:57:51.329 because Benjamin Morrison was supposed to be 00:57:51.329 --> 00:57:54.090 a first -round pick, but he only fell because 00:57:54.090 --> 00:57:57.449 of injury concerns. But Jacob Parrish, that's 00:57:57.449 --> 00:58:00.590 a really good slot corner. Elijah Roberts, that's 00:58:00.590 --> 00:58:03.690 a work in progress. Tez Johnson, I feel like 00:58:03.690 --> 00:58:06.269 he could be really effective in special teams 00:58:06.269 --> 00:58:11.349 as well as possibly wide receiver four. I really 00:58:11.349 --> 00:58:13.630 don't see a lot of holes with their draft. I 00:58:13.630 --> 00:58:16.650 feel like this is a great draft. Let's be real 00:58:16.650 --> 00:58:18.349 here, folks. And I just had this conversation 00:58:18.349 --> 00:58:25.710 with Moob before I did this. The Buccaneers could 00:58:25.710 --> 00:58:30.210 be a sleeper of a Super Bowl pick. I am willing 00:58:30.210 --> 00:58:34.920 to die on that hill. Today, folks, I think if 00:58:34.920 --> 00:58:39.019 they get Jalen Ramsey, I think that is a Super 00:58:39.019 --> 00:58:42.500 Bowl team. You have the quarterback. The quarterback 00:58:42.500 --> 00:58:45.420 has weapons. You have the offensive line. You 00:58:45.420 --> 00:58:48.699 have the run game. You have a really great defensive 00:58:48.699 --> 00:58:51.840 line. You have Desmond Watson, Vita Vea, Shaq 00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:54.260 Bear, and Hassan Reddy. And now you also have 00:58:54.260 --> 00:58:57.760 David Walker and Elijah Roberts. Your cornerback 00:58:57.760 --> 00:59:01.159 room. If you add in Jalen Ramsey and you pair 00:59:01.159 --> 00:59:04.880 him with Benjamin Morrison and Jacob Parrish, 00:59:05.059 --> 00:59:09.780 yo, that's crazy. And then you have Antoine Winfield 00:59:09.780 --> 00:59:16.059 Jr. as well? Are you serious? Because the Buccaneers 00:59:16.059 --> 00:59:20.380 is one of the only teams to really give the Eagles, 00:59:20.619 --> 00:59:24.699 the Lions, and all the other top NFC teams problems. 00:59:25.239 --> 00:59:27.440 They've been doing it for the last few years. 00:59:28.110 --> 00:59:31.190 I feel like if Baker Mayfield just stays consistent, 00:59:31.309 --> 00:59:33.909 and if they don't have as many injuries as they 00:59:33.909 --> 00:59:37.130 had last season, I guarantee you they will be 00:59:37.130 --> 00:59:39.349 a sleeper of a pick when it comes to the Super 00:59:39.349 --> 00:59:44.929 Bowl. You heard it here first, episode 80 of 00:59:44.929 --> 00:59:47.250 the Football Junkies podcast. You heard it here 00:59:47.250 --> 00:59:50.010 first. I said it, all right? But I'm going to 00:59:50.010 --> 00:59:51.670 end this episode here. 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Football underscore 01:00:55.949 --> 01:01:03.590 junkies pod. Junkies pod is not what? It is together, 01:01:03.829 --> 01:01:08.829 not spaced. It is together. not space. I also 01:01:08.829 --> 01:01:10.630 forgot about this when it comes to the YouTube. 01:01:10.869 --> 01:01:13.230 When you go on the YouTube, there is a link tree. 01:01:13.289 --> 01:01:15.130 You click on that link tree and it'll take you 01:01:15.130 --> 01:01:16.929 to anywhere and everywhere that we have Football 01:01:16.929 --> 01:01:20.469 Junkies content. You can follow me on X, G -M 01:01:20.469 --> 01:01:23.349 -K -L, all right? G -M -K -L, K -A -I -L -E. 01:01:23.750 --> 01:01:26.230 It's the same thing with Blue Sky as well. G 01:01:26.230 --> 01:01:29.510 -M -K -L, K -A -I -L -E. As always, I hope I 01:01:29.510 --> 01:01:31.909 gave you guys the fix that you guys need. I love 01:01:31.909 --> 01:01:34.250 you guys. I appreciate you guys so much. We're 01:01:34.250 --> 01:01:38.599 80 episodes in, baby. 80 episodes in. We are 01:01:38.599 --> 01:01:42.480 only 40 episodes away from 100 episodes, guys. 01:01:42.619 --> 01:01:46.019 And we are only a few more downloads from reaching 01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:50.480 800 downloads. I cannot thank you guys so much 01:01:50.480 --> 01:01:53.639 for your support. I cannot thank you guys for 01:01:53.639 --> 01:01:56.739 just interacting with the content. I can't thank 01:01:56.739 --> 01:01:59.619 all the people that support me in the background, 01:01:59.880 --> 01:02:04.960 from my parents to my friends. to everybody that 01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:07.159 I have a personal relationship. I just want to 01:02:07.159 --> 01:02:11.260 thank you guys. Most importantly, got to thank 01:02:11.260 --> 01:02:14.059 God for this because if it wasn't for him, I 01:02:14.059 --> 01:02:16.679 definitely would have quit probably after the 01:02:16.679 --> 01:02:19.960 fifth episode. But he's given me the strength 01:02:19.960 --> 01:02:22.920 each and every episode to continue to do this. 01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:25.440 And I love this and I'll continue to do this 01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:28.920 as long as I can. So this is your GM Kale signing 01:02:28.920 --> 01:02:34.070 out. Peace and love. Later. Or who knows? We 01:02:34.070 --> 01:02:37.369 might have another breaking news because Jonu 01:02:37.369 --> 01:02:39.170 Smith maybe went to the Steelers. Who knows? 01:02:39.250 --> 01:02:41.869 But guess what? This is your GM. Once again, 01:02:42.030 --> 01:02:44.130 peace and love. I'm out, guys.