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Double bag alert, double bag alert, double bag

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alert, folks. That's right. We got another loaded

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episode. All right. George Kaloftis and Zach

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Tom get paid. Jerry Jones takes a jab at both

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Dak and Micah Parsons. My thoughts on Omar Khan's

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press conference. Lloyd Howe and J .C. try to

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resign. The president threatens the commanders.

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Will second round picks become guaranteed moving

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forward? And gut check time. That's right, folks.

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Gut check time. But this time we are going to

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the south, the dirty south. NFC and AFC North,

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okay? All of this and more. on the 86th episode

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of Football Junkies Podcast, okay? I am your

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host with the most, all right? I'm your chief,

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Bagroll Domics. That's right, chief, head of

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the table. Anything and everything related to

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the bag, rumors to the bag, and more, okay? I

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am your GM who currently is not on a team right

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now, but don't you worry about it, all right?

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Don't you worry about it because guess what?

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I am all these things and more, but most importantly,

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the most important thing that you must remember

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is... I am your host, Kale. You already know

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how these things are about to go. This is going

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to be another loaded episode because guess what?

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You are listening to the greatest football podcast

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that you can listen to on a week -to -week, day

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-to -day basis. So guess what? On three. One,

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two, three. Let's lock in. All right, folks,

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let's just get into the meat and potatoes of

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everything that is going on in the league right

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now. So we have a lot that's going on in the

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league, all right? But let's get into these bag

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alerts, all right? So George Kaloftis, defensive

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end for the Chiefs in, say, four -year, $88 million

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deal, $62 million guaranteed, and he'll be making

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$22 million a year. When we look at his stats

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from this past season, 35 tackles and eight sacks.

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Great deal for the Chiefs, great deal for George

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Kaloftis, okay? This doesn't break the bank.

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That doesn't put them in any financial problems

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moving forward. It also rewards a very impactful

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player that has played a very pivotal role within

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the last few Super Bowl runs that the Chiefs

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have had. You're talking about somebody that

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when Chris Jones is occupied with two and three

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tackles and tight ends and receivers and whatnot,

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guess what? George Kaloftis just comes right

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on in. He gets his pressures, he gets his sacks,

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maybe makes a forced fumble, maybe recovers a

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fumble. That's just who George Kaloftis is, all

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right? He's not going to be somebody that's going

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to be talked about like a Myles Garrett or TJ

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Watt or any of the other top -end pass rushers,

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but he is on that second to maybe third tier

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of pass rushers, okay? Now let's talk about Zach

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Tom, all right? Right tackle for the Packers

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inks a four -year $88 million deal with a max

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value, which is important, of $92 million, okay?

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He gets a $30 .2 million signing bonus, which

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is the largest signing bonus for any offensive

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lineman in NFL history, and he has $30 .2 million

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in guarantees, and he'll be making $22 million

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a year. Again, great business once again. The

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Packers value their own players and they're making

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sure that they take care of their players. Now,

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I do know that a lot of insiders have said that

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the Packers aren't done giving out extensions

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because currently right now they're talking with

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Quay Walker and I think one or two other players

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that are up for extension. So I wouldn't be surprised

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by the end of this episode, we probably get more

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breaking news of somebody else getting paid as

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well. So all in all, really good deal. For Zach

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time. All right. Now let's get into the real

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things everybody wants to talk about. Okay. And

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that is Jerry Jones. That's right. Mr. Jerry

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Jones taking a jab at both Dak Prescott and Micah

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Parsons. So training camp started with the Cowboys

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not too long ago. And of course, Jerry being

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Jerry has his, you know, little press conference

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and whatnot. And, you know, people are talking

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about the whole Micah Parsons situation and everything.

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So this is what Jerry Jones had to say. And I

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quote. I remember signing a player for the highest

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paid position in the league and he got knocked

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out two thirds of the year. So there's a lot

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of things you can think about just as the player

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does when you're thinking about committing and

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guaranteeing money, end quote. That's at that

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Prescott. This is what he said about Michael

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Parsons though, end that quote. Just because

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we signed him doesn't mean we're going to have

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him. He was hurt six games last year. Contracts

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are four, five years, okay? There's a lot of

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water under the bridge if you step out there

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and do something in the first two or three. You

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can get hit by a car, seriously. So there's a

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lot to look at over all of the years that could

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make a big difference. Have you ever heard of

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any clubs committing to players and then they

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didn't pan out after they committed to them?

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We have, end quote. But here's the kicker of

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all of this. J .J. Watt puts his two cents into

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this situation as well. And this is what he says,

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and I quote. Anytime you can publicly take a

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dig at your star quarterback and your star pass

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rusher simultaneously right before the season

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begins, you just got to take it. Nothing makes

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guys want to fight for you more than hearing

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how upset you are that they got hurt while fighting

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for you, end quote. But Micah Parsons retweeted

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this tweet. See, these are the quotes from a

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reactive instead of proactive owner. Jerry Jones

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has always been reactive when it comes to paying

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his star players. From Dak Prescott to CeeDee

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Lamb and now even Michael Parsons. Jerry Jones

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continues to get in his own way when it comes

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to negotiations. I understand that you may be

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frustrated with how much money you're giving

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out to these players. But guess what? They play

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one of the most physical sports in the entire

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world. So at some point, somebody's going to

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get hurt. someone's going to miss a few games.

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That's the business. So I don't understand why

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you're taking jabs at your star quarterback,

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at your star pass rusher, and at your star players

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as a whole. See, if the Cowboys were actually

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smart, they would have been proactive in the

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contract negotiations with Micah Parsons. I would

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have tried to get Micah Parsons to sign a deal

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right after Max Crosby signed his, because that

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was the sweet spot. But then after Miles Garrett

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and TJ White got their deals, it's over. You're

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going to have to reset the market for Micah Parsons.

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And if you don't, Micah Parsons is going to hit

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free agency next year, and he will single -handedly

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be the biggest defensive free agent since Reggie

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White. And we know that if he hits free agency,

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he may even take less just to be in a better

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situation. Would he stay in the division? Would

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he go out of the division? Because I can assure

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you right now, there's at least 10 to 15 teams

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that would be willing to sign a blank check for

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Micah Parsons. So Jerry, either you got to suck

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it up and sign Micah Parsons, or stop complaining,

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stop throwing jabs at your players, and actually

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try to win a playoff game for once. Now let's

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keep this thing going, okay? So Omar Khan finally

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speaks with the media. after all the moves that

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he's made in this offseason so far. So here's

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just a few bullet points that I took away from

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yesterday's press conference, okay? So when asked

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about the departure of Minka Fitzpatrick, this

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is what Omar Khan had to say, and I quote, I

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don't know if it was necessarily moving on from

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Minka. We had an opportunity to acquire two Pro

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Bowl players. We felt that where we are as a

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team made sense for us. We have a lot of respect

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for Minka. That's a great football player, end

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quote. When asked about Johnnie Smith and Jalen

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Ramsey and their roles and how they're going

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to be utilized on the team, this is what Omar

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Khan had to say, and I quote, Johnnie Smith and

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Jalen Ramsey both can line up in different places

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than their usual positions, and they'll see how

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it all shakes out on the field before they determine

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their exact roles, end quote. Omar Khan also

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said that he feels really good about the team

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as a whole, but wouldn't rule out making another

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move if the right opportunity came along. But

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this is what he had to say about the wide receiver

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room, and I quote, I feel really good. Obviously,

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we traded for DK. DK is going to be an impactful

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player for us. But I saw how the growth in Calvin

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Austin last year, and that was really cool to

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see. Watching Roman Wilson this offseason, it's

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been really great to see his progression and

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where he's at, and I think we would have seen

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more of it last year towards the end of last

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year. He said it, not me. If he would have had

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the opportunity to play. We acquired Robert Woods,

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a veteran leader in that room, so I feel really

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good about the position, end quote. Omar Khan

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also said that he doesn't rule out looking at

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the safety market as well. While I understand

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this trade was a really big trade, it was addition

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by subtraction because you trade away a really

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great player in Miga Fitzpatrick to bring in

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two really good players as well. I understand

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that Minkah Fitzpatrick has been playing his

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best ball and he has been making splash plays

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because everybody measures everything by splash

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and whatnot. But the fact of the matter is Minkah

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Fitzpatrick played a very important role on this

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team. And we cannot solely blame him for the

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mistakes of the defense, specifically the secondary

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over the past two years because of Minkah Fitzpatrick.

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Instead, we have to factor in coaching. We have

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to factor in that when you have someone in Cam

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Sutton who clearly was doing his own thing. Every

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single time he was on the field, it had a direct

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effect on everyone else. Not to mention, Minka

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Fitzpatrick at one point had to play a lot more

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in the box down at the line of scrimmage, where

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you know that's not where he likes to be. He

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likes to be in the backfield. He likes to roam.

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That's his role. So the fact that you were able

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to just trade away Minka Fitzpatrick like he

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was nothing, and the fact that this organization

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didn't do anything to say, you know what, Minka,

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we thank you for your efforts. We thank you for

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being the leader of that secondary. We thank

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you for being an upstanding person your entire

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tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I have gone

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through their social media pages, and I have

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not seen not one post, not one thank you Minka

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post. That's disrespectful to someone who has

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given his all to this team. Mind you, there was

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a period in time where Mingus Fitzpatrick was

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playing with essentially one arm and you just

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traded him away like it was nothing. Let me just

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read to you the stats from the past, I'll say

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three years. So in 2022, he had six picks. 2023,

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he had zero. 2024, he only had one pick. So he's

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only had a two -year slump. Okay, fine, whatever.

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But you should have tried to at least let things

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play out. If you would have made this move without

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giving up Minka Fitzpatrick and by, I don't know,

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maybe the trade deadline, Minka Fitzpatrick isn't

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back to his old self or he's not making quote

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-unquote splash plays, then move off of Minka.

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But you had to just try to give this a chance

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at least. Because this secondary would have been

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more formidable with Minka Fitzpatrick, Deshaun

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Elliott, Darius Slade, Jalen Ramsey, Jordan Porter

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Jr., Brandon Echols, Beanie Bishop, and Corey

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Trice. That's way more formidable than what we

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have right now. But again, Omar Khan emphasized

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in this press conference that he loves positional

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flexibility. Minka Fitzpatrick showed positional

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flexibility because he went from playing all

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the way in the backfield to now playing in the

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line of scrimmage to now playing in the box to

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now lining up that corner sometimes. He was flexible

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everywhere on this defense. This is the problem

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that I have with a lot of commentators, with

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a lot of journalists, with a lot of people who

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cover teams. Everybody talks about splash. If

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you're not making splash plays, then you're not

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effective. When that's not the whole kit and

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caboodle. You have to look at the player and

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the tape and everything that they put out in

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its entirety. It's not always the big hit, the

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interception, the forced fumble, the punch out,

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the touchdown, the catch, the grab, the truck.

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It's not always that. Sometimes it's just doing

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just the routine things. But we are so involved

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with... 5 and 10 and 20 second clips of splash

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plays that now it has blinded us as fans and

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as people who actually watch football and saying,

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you know what? Man, that player really ain't

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that good no more. He's not making any more splash

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plays. What happened to the splash, man? Players

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can go through things. People can go through

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a slump. Minka Fitzpatrick, okay, wasn't playing

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his best ball in two years. Okay, fine. But if

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he rebounds this year and he goes back to his

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quote unquote old self, who's complaining? Nobody.

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Because guess what? Everybody's going to be riding

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the make it this Patrick ways once again. You

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can't do that. You have to give people grace,

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especially people who have been nothing but a

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first class player for this team. From answering

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questions when they lose and win to just showing

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up. Minka Fitzpatrick was a first -class citizen

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for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I can only imagine

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how he feels with all the blood, sweat, and tears

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that he gave to the Steelers and just to be shipped

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away like it was nothing. You can even tell just

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by his posture and the way that he looks in Miami

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that he's still shaking up about this. That's

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why he still hasn't spoken to the media yet.

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Because I think he's still trying to deal with

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this entire process. But that's another story

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for another day. I want to go on my soapbox once

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again because nobody really cares about it. Because

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every time I say the things that need to be said

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about this team, I get flack for it. But let's

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get into this whole Lloyd Howell and J .C. Tretter

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situation. a couple days ago lloyd howell the

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former executive director for the nflpa resigned

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okay so uh it's a lot of twists and turns and

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uh booty cheeks and stripper poles with this

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okay so uh let's get into it so this is the statement

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from lloyd howell about his resignation And I

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quote, two years ago, I accepted the role of

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executive director of the NFLPA because I believe

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deeply in the mission of this union in the power

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of collective action to drive positive change

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for the players of America's most popular sport.

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Our members deserve a union that will fight relentlessly

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for their health, safety, financial futures,

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and long -term well -being. My priority has always

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been to lead that fight by serving this union

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with focus and dedication. It's clear that my

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leadership has become a distraction to the important

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work the NFLPA advances every day. For this reason,

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I have informed the NFLPA Executive Committee

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that I am stepping down as Executive Director

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of the NFLPA and Chairman of the Board of the

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NFL Players effective immediately. I hope this

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will allow the NFLPA to maintain its focus on

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its players' members ahead of the upcoming season.

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I am proud of what we've been able to accomplish

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at the NFLPA over the past two years. I will

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be rooting for the players from the sidelines

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as loud as ever, and I know the NFLPA will continue

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to ensure that players remain firmly at the center

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of football's future, end quote. But this is

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what J .C. Tretter had to say, and I quote, I'm

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not resigning because what I've been accused

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of is true. I'm not resigning in disgrace. I'm

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resigning because this has gone too far for me

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and my family, and I've sucked it up for six

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weeks. And I feel like I've been kind of left

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in the wind taking shots for the best of the

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organization. I got to the point this morning

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where I woke up and I realized like I'm going

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too deep dying on this fucking sword forever.

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I'll never ever be able to do what's best for

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me. And I will always pick what's best for the

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organization. And in the end, what's the organization

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done for me? Like nothing. I've been a bullet

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shield for six weeks for them where everything

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that's been controversial, it all just dumps

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down on me. And I've had nothing to fucking do

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with it. And that's when I was like, I'm done

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taking bullets for the organization on stuff

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I wasn't a part of and did not do, end quote.

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What a fiery response by J .C. Treader. Oh, it's

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just so ground shaking, just so pivotal with

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the word choice that he used. Amazing. Hand clap

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for J .C. Treader. No, let's just stop, okay?

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J .C. Treader, your hand was caught in the cookie

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jar. You orchestrated a lot of this conundrum

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that the NFLPA is now going to have to clean

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up because you decided to go around the entire

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process of hiring the next executive director

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for the NFLPA. And by doing so, you covered your

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own tracks by making sure that you bring in somebody

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that's going to put you in position of power

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as well by creating a position that was never

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created. prior to this point. And so now when

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the kitchen gets really hot and now everything

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is coming out about this whole collusion case

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and how you felt about it and your personal input

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and everything that you've said within the past

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few years, oh, you can't take it. Oh, I'm just

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tired of being the shield. Oh, I don't know what's

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going on anymore. I didn't do anything wrong.

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Yes, you did. Yes, you did. You hired somebody

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that for one, is a part -time consultant for

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a firm that is trying to acquire minority stakes

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in NFL teams, who was also a part of one of the

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largest scandals in U .S. history with Booz Allen,

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who also was making it rain at Magic City and

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at the world's biggest strip club in Florida.

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That's your guy. That's the person that you were

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tied to. So you have to fall on the sword just

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as much as he does. So you got to take them bullets

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and you're going to continue to take them bullets

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because you know why? This needed to come out.

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This needed to be done because this collusion

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case showed that the current structure of the

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NFLPA is not for the players, but instead for

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the owners and the league who continue. to find

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a way to limit guarantees for players. Players

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who, by the way, risk their bodies for this sport.

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So before we go any further, shout out to Pablo

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Torre. Shout out. to Pro Football Talk for coming

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together and putting out this collusion case

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story. Because you know what? It opened up the

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floodgates to what's going on with the NFLPA.

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And also shout out to Dan Venetta Jr. and Kaylin

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Cather from ESPN as well. Because you know why?

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If it wasn't for you guys working together to

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figure out exactly what's going on with the NFLPA,

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we would have never known anything about this.

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And I'm so glad. that Pablo Torre was the first

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person to kick down the door with this case.

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Now let's get to Lloyd. Not Lloyd Howell, but

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Lloyd, okay? Lloyd Howell, according to an article

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by Dan Mineta Jr. and Kalen Cather of ESPN, he

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liked to go to the strip club. He liked to see

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Scripless. So Lloyd Howell charged the union

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for two visits to a strip club, including a $738

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.82 car service. Howe was picked up at Fort Lauderdale

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International Airport on November 2nd of 2023

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at 1026. Now, before we go any further, let me

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just stop right here. They timestamped when you

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got picked up from the airport. Yo, this is sick.

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Lloyd, you are a sick man, okay? Sick man. Well,

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but let's keep on going, okay? A union finance

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worker discovered that Hal went to Tootsie's

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Cabaret, the world's largest strip club in Florida.

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Imagine you're somebody, you're one of the financial

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workers for the NFLPA. You're checking all the,

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you know, finance and whatnot. You're checking

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out. Wait, Tootsie's? Tootsie's Cabaret? Wait

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a minute. Let's go on here. Let's see what's

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going on. Tootsie's Cabaret. Tootsie's Cabaret.

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World's largest strip club? What? Yo, I would

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be... This is hilarious. Listen, I don't care

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what anyone says. This story is hilarious. But

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it gets even worse, okay? During this year's

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NFLPA Summit meeting on February 21st... Howell

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tagged along with Apple with employees to Magic

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City and accumulated $2 ,426 in charters, including

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cash withdrawal that ranged from $200 to $525

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from the club ATM and used two, not one, but

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two VIP rooms. Yo. Howell was giving it up. He

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was telling his life story. Yeah. Where's Shanisha?

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Where's Shanisha? I thought somebody told me

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she was performing tonight. Meet me in the VIP

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room. 2 ,426. Brother, that is somebody's rent.

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That is somebody's card note that you just spent

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at Magic City. Ain't no way. Ain't no way. See,

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if it was maybe about $200, maybe $300, okay,

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fine. No problem with that. But for you to accumulate

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that much money in charges, yo, you like them

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scribbles, okay? But here's the reason for this

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expense. And I quote, player engagement event

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to support and grow our union. End quote. Now

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you know damn well this ain't for no player engagement

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event. Because any player can go to a strip club

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by themself. What does it look like when you

00:23:08.769 --> 00:23:11.170
go into the club? All right, ladies, we got Lloyd

00:23:11.170 --> 00:23:13.809
Howell and the NFLPA in the building. That's

00:23:13.809 --> 00:23:16.450
right. Show them a good time, not a long time.

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Give it up for Lloyd Howell and the NFLPA. We

00:23:19.950 --> 00:23:22.589
want to thank them for coming tonight to Tootsie's

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Cabaret. No, man, you can't do that. You just

00:23:26.990 --> 00:23:30.609
cannot do that. Listen, imagine you go to Tootsie's

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one night and you see half the league in there.

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On top of the NFL Players Association as well

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:41.960
in there. Yo, it's going to be sick. Oh, my God.

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But it gets even worse. How instructed one of

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the employees that he tagged along with to file

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the expense reports. He was like, nah, bro, that

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:56.819
can't show up on my financial reports. That got

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to show up on your financial reports. I only

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tagged along with you. I wasn't the one leading

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the charge. But then he also goes on to say this.

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An employee noted that on March 23rd, that report,

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$736 was the final amount that he was charged

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to close the tab for both secluded sections for

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:24.299
our player members. This included food, alcohol

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and drinks, fees, taxes, and gratuity. So you

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was probably getting some wings, had a nice little

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drink with you. You know, your favorite stripper

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is dancing to your favorite song in the VIP room.

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Probably telling them your life story, what's

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going on at home with your wife and kids and

00:24:39.509 --> 00:24:41.910
whatnot. Probably telling them what's going on

00:24:41.910 --> 00:24:45.410
at work and everything. Oh my God, this is hilarious.

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Give it up for Lloyd. Lloyd Howes in the building.

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Lloyd Howes in the building. Lloyd Howes in the

00:24:51.089 --> 00:24:53.309
building, ladies. That's right. Show him a good

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time and not a long time. I just have one question.

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Did Loyal Howell get the Lou Williams special?

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Imagine you and your boys on a Friday night.

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Y 'all say, you know what? Let's go to Magic

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City, man. You guys go to Magic City, you know.

00:25:09.549 --> 00:25:11.829
It's some beautiful women around you and everything.

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It's a good time. Good vibes. Good energy and

00:25:14.529 --> 00:25:18.490
whatnot. Next thing you know, you see about five

00:25:18.490 --> 00:25:21.410
or six people in suits. And you see one dude,

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a bald -headed dude with some glasses. And one

00:25:25.230 --> 00:25:27.579
of your friends is like, wait a minute. Ain't

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:31.720
that Lloyd Howell? Yeah, that is Lloyd Howell.

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:34.220
That's Lloyd Howell from the NFL Players Association.

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Oh, wait, he's going to the VIP room. Yo, your

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:40.980
mind's going to be blown. What is this? This

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:46.059
is like a soap opera, but on steroids. Like,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:49.420
imagine this. This is the Days of Our Lives NFL

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PA Edition starring Lloyd Howell Jr. of the NFL

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:56.839
Players Association featuring... J .C. Treader.

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Like, what are we? This is hilarious. Listen,

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:02.319
if y 'all don't think it's funny, that's perfectly

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:04.700
fine. I don't care, but this is hilarious, okay?

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:07.339
Now, let's get into something a little bit more

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.519
serious. I know we're going to have to talk about

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.539
politics for just a little bit. Once we talk

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:13.599
about politics, then we can move forward and

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:15.819
talk about everything else, okay? I know. Everybody

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.200
doesn't want to talk about it. You could skip

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.859
this part. It's perfectly fine. I'm not going

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.500
to blame you for it. So let's just get into it.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:22.319
Let's get it over with. So the president released

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:24.700
this statement on his platform, and I quote,

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:27.000
The Washington whatever's should immediately

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:29.240
change their name back to the Washington Redskins

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:31.740
football team. There is a big clamoring for this.

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:34.339
Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:36.400
original baseball teams with a storied past,

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:39.420
our great Indian people in massive numbers want

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:41.779
this to happen. This is what he said. It's not

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:44.920
what I said. Their heritage and prestige is systematically

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:47.319
being taken away from them. Times are different

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.559
now than they were three or four years ago. We

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:52.079
are a country of passion and common sense. Owners,

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:54.900
get it done. But then he backtracks what he said,

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:57.559
and then he says this. My statement on the Washington

00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:00.079
Redskins has totally blown up, but only in a

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:02.519
very positive way. I may put a restriction on

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.240
them that if they don't change the name back

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.480
to the original Washington Redskins and get rid

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:09.480
of this ridiculous moniker, Washington Commanders,

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.519
I won't make a deal for them to build a stadium

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:14.200
in Washington. The team would be so much more

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.339
valuable, and the deal would be more exciting

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:18.839
for everyone. Cleveland should do the same with

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:21.059
the Cleveland Indians. The owner of the Cleveland

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:23.839
baseball team, Matt Dolan, who is very political,

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.900
has lost three elections in a row because of

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:28.319
that ridiculous name change. What he doesn't

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:30.480
understand is that if he changed the name back

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.059
to the Cleveland Indians, he might actually win

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:36.279
an election. Indians are being treated very unfairly.

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:39.200
Make Indians great again. Before we get into

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:42.099
how I feel about this, let's get into everything

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:44.859
else that comes with this, alright? So this is

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.279
what Jacqueline D. Leon, senior staff attorney

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:49.400
for the Native American Rights Fund, had to say

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:52.319
about this, and I quote, No Native American child

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:54.220
should have to sit through a pep rally or in

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:56.559
a stadium where the culture is being mocked,

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.460
end quote. Now, Savannah Romero, a member of

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:02.160
the Eastern Shusho Nation and co -founder and

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.819
deputy director of the Black Liberation Indigenous

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:08.059
Sovereignty Collective, had this to say, and

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:10.990
I quote, we are language keepers land protectors

00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:13.390
survivors of attempted genocide and a part of

00:28:13.390 --> 00:28:16.349
sovereign nations to equate native people with

00:28:16.349 --> 00:28:19.150
their cartoonish mascots alongside animals is

00:28:19.150 --> 00:28:22.029
a gross and ongoing tactic of dehumanization

00:28:22.029 --> 00:28:24.869
end quote now this is what somebody else had

00:28:24.869 --> 00:28:28.130
to say this comes from beth wright a member of

00:28:28.130 --> 00:28:32.890
the pobello of lagana my apologies once if i'm

00:28:32.890 --> 00:28:35.660
butchering the name And I quote, Native people

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.980
are still working to revitalize what the United

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:41.980
States tried to erase. Native mascots work directly

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:45.299
against these efforts by perpetuating false historical

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:48.240
narratives about Native people and false depictions

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:51.660
of who Native people are today, end quote. In

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:54.200
2013, the Leadership Conference on Civil and

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:56.440
Human Rights approved a resolution calling for

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.740
the owners of the Washington Redskins at that

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.619
time, Dan Schneider and company, to change its

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:04.730
name. This resolution also called for the elimination

00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:08.029
of names and mascots that, and I quote, promote

00:29:08.029 --> 00:29:10.990
negative stereotypes and connotations or that

00:29:10.990 --> 00:29:13.809
trivialize Native American cultures, end quote.

00:29:13.950 --> 00:29:16.950
As a DMV native and somebody that experienced

00:29:16.950 --> 00:29:20.250
all of this, it was a lot of tension. You're

00:29:20.250 --> 00:29:22.990
talking about a lot of opinions and, you know,

00:29:23.009 --> 00:29:25.190
you had this side that said this and that side

00:29:25.190 --> 00:29:28.450
that said that. And it was a lot to take in at

00:29:28.450 --> 00:29:31.819
that time. It was a very sensitive topic. to

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.839
talk about especially in public and um this is

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:37.039
just my personal opinion you don't have to agree

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:39.420
with it you don't have to like it you can skip

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.359
this part if you want i have no problem with

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:46.319
that keep the name where it is do not try to

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:51.059
change it back to the redskins the redskins is

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:55.099
a derogatory name to me i believe that it's a

00:29:55.099 --> 00:30:00.220
slur and it just has no need to be on a team

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:04.140
this team within the last three years has undergone

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:08.220
a lot of change and um changing it back to the

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:10.640
redskins would erase all the progress that they've

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:15.160
made so far they are trying to erase dan schneider

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:18.720
and the the cloud that was over this team for

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:21.279
all of those years they're trying to remove that

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.380
and by going backwards and changing it back to

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:28.160
their original name it's not worth it From a

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:30.579
public standpoint, it's not worth from a financial

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:33.740
standpoint. It's not worth it in any way that

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:36.279
you look at this. There were even times where

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:40.420
commentators who were covering any game that

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:43.299
the Washington football team was, you know, was

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:46.720
playing. They would not say Redskin. They would

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.859
just say the Washington team or they would just

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:52.859
say Washington because of just because of how

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:55.880
it sounded. And just everything that was tied

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:58.380
to it. If you don't know what a red skin is,

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:01.059
you go look it up and you do the research yourself.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.779
Because this is just something that you just

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:07.680
can't do no more. And I understand, you know,

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:10.660
a lot of people say, well, society now is too

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:13.400
woke and everybody's too sensitive and it's always

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:15.160
this and it's always that. It's changed this

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.960
and changed that. Okay, fine. That's your opinion.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:20.000
I have no problem with that, okay? But when it

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.980
comes to depiction of people, black and brown

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:25.500
people, That's where we draw a line. For the

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:29.119
longest time, we have seen a lot of teams, either

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:32.400
intentionally or unintentionally, use Native

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:35.400
Americans, Black people, and other indigenous

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:39.779
people in a cartoonish and degrateful type of

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:44.119
way. And by doing so, you now are in a place

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:47.599
in society where people can now project how they

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:51.420
feel about this. It's no longer just a small

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:53.759
little rally in front of the stadium and then,

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.460
you know, it just dissipates and whatnot. No,

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.920
you have social media. You have the Internet.

00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:00.700
Now you have various organizations that now have

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:03.460
influence and now have connections with people

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:06.140
who have influence that can project how they

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:08.759
feel about these things. But now that we've talked

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:11.119
about this, let's get into the opinion of what

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:15.319
said person said on what should happen. Respectfully,

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:18.680
Mr. President, stay out of this. You have far

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:21.579
more pressing things to worry about and far more

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:25.519
pressing things that you need to address than

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:29.160
the name of a football team and the name of a

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.900
baseball team. Even though we don't talk about

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:33.039
baseball, we still have to add them in as well.

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:36.980
People are fine with where both teams' names

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:40.400
are and their logos and merch and everything

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:44.539
else. So why would you want them to go backwards?

00:32:45.390 --> 00:32:48.349
and to erode all the progress that they've made

00:32:48.349 --> 00:32:52.410
so far and then for you to say hey if you guys

00:32:52.410 --> 00:32:57.710
don't appease me i'm going to personally intervene

00:32:57.710 --> 00:33:00.470
with this deal and make sure that it doesn't

00:33:00.470 --> 00:33:04.690
happen and we have seen the same tactic time

00:33:04.690 --> 00:33:08.029
again during this administration this bullying

00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:11.490
tactic to say hey we are going to strong -arm

00:33:11.490 --> 00:33:16.630
you to appease us And it's time out for it. Josh

00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:20.049
Harris, if I were you, I would not appease to

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:22.750
this. I would not think about this. I would even

00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:26.170
get an inkling of possibly changing the name.

00:33:26.789 --> 00:33:30.250
You have made so much progress in such a small

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:33.809
amount of time. Do not erode that to appease

00:33:33.809 --> 00:33:38.849
a person who is only focused on what benefits

00:33:38.849 --> 00:33:42.859
him in his pockets. but instead continuing to

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:46.640
grow this team and to regain the trust and the

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:49.359
love that this fan base has been looking to give

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:51.920
back to this team for the past 20 -something

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:56.220
years. Now, I will say this, and I've been thinking

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.259
about this and I thought about this prior to

00:33:58.259 --> 00:34:01.839
me recording. If you are the Native American

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:05.440
community as a whole, not just one specific tribe,

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.909
but as a whole, I think you could possibly be

00:34:08.909 --> 00:34:14.630
open to the idea of possibly reopening that door

00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:20.110
only, and I mean only, if they follow your parameters.

00:34:20.250 --> 00:34:23.309
And I feel like personally, I think the main

00:34:23.309 --> 00:34:27.489
parameters that could possibly work is that one,

00:34:27.610 --> 00:34:31.849
the Native American people as a whole come together

00:34:31.849 --> 00:34:35.369
and they create their own logo that the team

00:34:35.369 --> 00:34:39.429
will use to represent them. No longer would you

00:34:39.429 --> 00:34:42.289
use the chief. And if they do choose the old

00:34:42.289 --> 00:34:46.090
logo, let them make that decision. Not people

00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:49.110
who are not from the Native American community.

00:34:50.110 --> 00:34:55.949
As well as a percentage of revenue that comes

00:34:55.949 --> 00:34:58.769
from the team should go directly to the Native

00:34:58.769 --> 00:35:02.840
Americans. Every single tribe should get a piece

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:07.480
of that revenue. Every t -shirt, every hat, every

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:10.780
hoodie, every coffee mug, every ticket, every

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:13.960
TV deal, a portion of that should go back to

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.420
the Native American community as a way of saying,

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:19.300
you know what, we appreciate you for allowing

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:23.719
us to represent you guys. That is the only way

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:26.579
that this could work. And another thing, for

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.880
you to say that you would personally intervene

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.010
with this, It's just childish. It's just a bullying

00:35:33.010 --> 00:35:36.650
tactic. But I will say this. If your delivery

00:35:36.650 --> 00:35:39.829
was better, instead of saying, if you don't do

00:35:39.829 --> 00:35:42.750
this, then I'm going to do this. Instead of saying,

00:35:42.889 --> 00:35:47.130
hey, let me be the neutral party. Let's come

00:35:47.130 --> 00:35:49.949
together. Let's put our heads together. Let's

00:35:49.949 --> 00:35:52.250
find some common ground and let's get some resolution

00:35:52.250 --> 00:35:55.570
with this matter. Because I do believe that the

00:35:55.570 --> 00:35:58.380
commanders will go back to Washington. The problem

00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:01.219
is there's a lot of red tape when it comes to

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.800
the stadium and the process of building the stadium

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:05.599
and everything that comes with it. And I can

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:08.039
only say this because I live in the area and

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:11.079
I've been tracking this story this entire time.

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:15.860
It's been a very red tape type of issue because

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:18.539
there was a period in time where there was just

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:20.940
going to be negotiations between the DC government

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:23.940
and the commanders. But now that time is up.

00:36:24.489 --> 00:36:27.949
Now, Maryland and Virginia, as well as D .C.,

00:36:27.949 --> 00:36:30.750
can all be involved in negotiations with the

00:36:30.750 --> 00:36:33.690
commanders. And all three of the regions are

00:36:33.690 --> 00:36:36.789
trying to find a way to bring the commanders

00:36:36.789 --> 00:36:40.809
to their respective areas. And so here's the

00:36:40.809 --> 00:36:43.369
part where things get a little bit weird. OK.

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:48.159
The D .C. government, it's a little bit confusing

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:50.940
because you have some people that say, oh, yes,

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:53.059
I've talked to this person with the commanders.

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.860
I've talked to that person with that commanders.

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.360
Then you have, you know, the mayor that says

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:59.619
I have you know, I've had communications with

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:03.340
this person, that person. It's a lot of. miscommunication

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:06.900
and a lot of backbiting and a lot of, you know,

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:09.639
he said, she said, I'm going to go behind you

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.119
and talk to this person. I'm going to go behind

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:14.400
you and have this secret lunch meeting or whatever.

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:17.260
It's a lot of that. Just get this thing done

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:21.320
so we can just move forward. Because right now,

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.840
the longer that this draws out, the better the

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:28.300
chance that Maryland or Virginia could possibly

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:31.050
have a chance. to bring the commanders to their

00:37:31.050 --> 00:37:34.809
respective areas. And I just don't think that's

00:37:34.809 --> 00:37:37.429
possible. Even now, where the commanders are,

00:37:37.590 --> 00:37:40.550
you can't say the Washington commanders, because

00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:43.250
why? Technically speaking, the stadium is not

00:37:43.250 --> 00:37:47.389
located in D .C. It's not even near D .C. It

00:37:47.389 --> 00:37:50.929
technically is in Maryland. So I don't know what

00:37:50.929 --> 00:37:54.329
they have to do to get this done, but please,

00:37:54.329 --> 00:37:57.340
for the love of God, please get this done. And

00:37:57.340 --> 00:38:00.539
please do not change the name under any circumstance.

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.420
I don't care what type of tactics he used, what

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:07.219
type of threats that he throws at the ownership

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:10.619
of the commanders. Do not give in. Stay true.

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:13.800
Stay firm. They will forever be the Washington

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.980
Commanders. Granted, I understand that the legacy

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:18.360
of this team is tied to the Redskins and whatnot,

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:21.460
but sometimes you just need a breath of fresh

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:24.480
air. And that's what the commanders bring. Now

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:27.260
that we're done with the politics. Let's go back

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:29.179
to football, please, because I am so uncomfortable

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:32.260
with this. OK, you guys don't realize how much

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:34.360
I don't like talking about politics, especially

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.139
on a public platform. I do not like talking about

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:40.119
politics. I try to stay away from politics as

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:43.059
best as I possibly can. But any time that it

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:46.849
ties into football, I try to be. as lenient as

00:38:46.849 --> 00:38:50.769
I possibly can. And I try not to, you know, be

00:38:50.769 --> 00:38:54.329
radical or too conservative or be offensive to

00:38:54.329 --> 00:38:56.889
any sides. No, I just want to try to be as neutral

00:38:56.889 --> 00:38:59.769
as I possibly can when it comes to any of these

00:38:59.769 --> 00:39:02.750
types of topics, especially for something like

00:39:02.750 --> 00:39:05.190
this. Let's get into something more important,

00:39:05.250 --> 00:39:07.329
and that is second round picks getting fully

00:39:07.329 --> 00:39:09.840
guaranteed contracts. Pardon the interruption,

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Now back to the good stuff. So for the past few

00:40:35.050 --> 00:40:37.489
days, prior to a majority of teams reporting

00:40:37.489 --> 00:40:40.429
to training camp, we saw an influx of second

00:40:40.429 --> 00:40:43.489
round picks getting signed. So some of them got

00:40:43.489 --> 00:40:45.750
fully guaranteed, some of them didn't get fully

00:40:45.750 --> 00:40:47.559
guaranteed, some of them got... a little bit

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.880
more guarantees towards their third and fourth

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.460
year of the contract. It all depends, but we're

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:55.039
going to go over all of them. All right, so let's

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:57.500
just start. So Alfred Collins with the 49ers,

00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.440
he inked a four -year $10 .3 million deal with

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:03.539
over $9 million in guarantees. Donovan Izaraku

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:06.820
for the Cowboys, he got $8 .1 million guarantee.

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:11.579
JT Tumalau for the Colts, it was only just reported

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.500
as a four -year deal. They really didn't get

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:16.800
into the... to the numbers and whatnot. Terrence

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:19.679
Ferguson, 8 .5 million guarantees. Will Johnson,

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:22.869
there's nothing to report with that. Only thing

00:41:22.869 --> 00:41:25.110
that they said was this four -year deal, of course.

00:41:25.429 --> 00:41:28.550
Ariante Ursery for the Texans, four years, $9

00:41:28.550 --> 00:41:31.550
.2 million deal. Karshing Springer, of course,

00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:33.949
we already know, fully guaranteed. Jaden Higgins,

00:41:34.010 --> 00:41:36.630
we already know, fully guaranteed. Nick Imanwari

00:41:36.630 --> 00:41:39.530
for the Seahawks, fully guaranteed. Quinshawn

00:41:39.530 --> 00:41:42.510
Junkins right now, he's unsigned because he was

00:41:42.510 --> 00:41:44.909
arrested on a domestic violence charge on July

00:41:44.909 --> 00:41:52.099
12th. Jonah Savania for the Dolphins. My bad

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:57.219
if I butchered your last name, bro. 100 % guaranteed.

00:41:58.139 --> 00:42:01.519
Travion Henderson, I don't see it, but I think

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:04.679
it is guaranteed as well. Luther Burden, just

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:08.960
a generic rookie deal. Tyler Shuck, fully guaranteed.

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:12.900
TJ Sanders. He inked a four -year $10 .6 million

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:16.179
deal with $10 million guaranteed. Mason Taylor,

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:21.320
91 .3 % guaranteed. Demetrius Knight, 80 % guaranteed.

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:27.000
Let's see, Elijah Arroyo, $6 .8 million guaranteed.

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:29.679
Nick Scorton, just a four -year deal. That's

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:34.579
the only thing that they report. Uluwafami, Oladijo

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:38.050
for the Titans. Just the first three years guaranteed.

00:42:38.289 --> 00:42:41.210
Benjamin Morrison, 96 % guaranteed in the third

00:42:41.210 --> 00:42:44.570
year. Anthony Belton, all this is is sign a rookie

00:42:44.570 --> 00:42:48.969
contract. Trey Harris, he just agreed to the

00:42:48.969 --> 00:42:52.389
deal. I know this is weird. Ozzy, triple O for

00:42:52.389 --> 00:42:55.050
the Bears. The first two years are fully guaranteed,

00:42:55.090 --> 00:42:59.309
with the third year only guaranteed at 72%. Tate

00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:01.909
Rattles, he's just agreed to the deal. Jack Besch,

00:43:02.190 --> 00:43:04.610
the details are pending. Same thing with Mike

00:43:04.610 --> 00:43:07.030
Green. R .J. Harvey for the Broncos. The first

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:08.849
two years are fully guaranteed, and the third

00:43:08.849 --> 00:43:13.590
year is only guaranteed 47 .7%. Trey Amos, he

00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:15.969
only agreed to the deal. Same thing with Samar

00:43:15.969 --> 00:43:20.090
Turner. Omar Norman Lott, same thing, just signed

00:43:20.090 --> 00:43:23.550
his rookie deal. Andrew Makuba. 7 .1 million

00:43:23.550 --> 00:43:27.010
guaranteed. So you saw more teams actually just

00:43:27.010 --> 00:43:30.329
guaranteeing a percentage of that third or fourth

00:43:30.329 --> 00:43:32.750
year. And of course, you saw a few teams that

00:43:32.750 --> 00:43:34.250
just said, you know what, screw it, we'll just

00:43:34.250 --> 00:43:36.909
give you a fully guaranteed deal. But I think

00:43:36.909 --> 00:43:39.090
with all this being said and done, I think the

00:43:39.090 --> 00:43:41.010
number one question that needs to be asked is,

00:43:41.110 --> 00:43:44.909
will second round picks moving forward ask for

00:43:44.909 --> 00:43:47.949
fully guaranteed contracts? Because we all know

00:43:47.949 --> 00:43:51.150
that first rounders, their contract is guaranteed.

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:55.219
So I wonder with Jaden Higgins and Carson Swearinger

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:57.920
and Nicky Manwari and a few others getting fully

00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:00.760
guaranteed contracts, will that now have a ripple

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:03.320
effect on next year's draft and moving forward?

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:06.320
Will that also affect possibly, you know, third

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:08.619
round picks, maybe fourth round picks moving

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:12.369
forward? I would not be surprised if next year

00:44:12.369 --> 00:44:15.309
during the NFL players meeting, they probably

00:44:15.309 --> 00:44:17.849
say, you know what, we're going to find a way

00:44:17.849 --> 00:44:19.730
to make sure that second round picks don't get

00:44:19.730 --> 00:44:22.530
fully guaranteed deals and whatnot. But this

00:44:22.530 --> 00:44:25.289
was expected. We know specifically with this

00:44:25.289 --> 00:44:28.989
draft, more teams were interested in the second

00:44:28.989 --> 00:44:32.050
and third round. than actually the first round.

00:44:32.150 --> 00:44:34.570
And a lot of the people who were slated to be

00:44:34.570 --> 00:44:37.090
first round picks actually fell into the second.

00:44:37.170 --> 00:44:39.829
And that's why you saw such an influx of people

00:44:39.829 --> 00:44:42.510
just flying off the board so quickly. But this

00:44:42.510 --> 00:44:44.170
is something I'm definitely keeping an eye on

00:44:44.170 --> 00:44:46.550
moving forward because I know this is gonna have

00:44:46.550 --> 00:44:48.789
future ramifications. But let's get into gut

00:44:48.789 --> 00:44:50.610
check time, all right, folks? I know this is

00:44:50.610 --> 00:44:52.329
the part that everybody has been waiting for.

00:44:52.690 --> 00:44:55.889
So let's do it, all right? AFC South, you already

00:44:55.889 --> 00:44:59.800
know Colts, Jaguars. Texans and Titans, all right?

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.920
So let's start with the Colts. The positional

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:04.260
battles that I'm watching out right now, quarterback,

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.920
right tackle, wide receiver, defensive end, and

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:09.219
back up running back, all right? Players that

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:11.280
I'm keeping an eye on, Anthony Richardson, Alec

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:14.340
Pierce, Adani Mitchell, DJ Giddens, Latu Latu,

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.320
Khalil Herbert, and Bernard Raymond, all right?

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:20.260
So the storyline for the Colts is, who will be

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:22.000
the starting quarterback for the Colts this year?

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:24.940
Because right now, Anthony Richardson and Daniel

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:27.670
Jones have a clean slate. Nobody has an advantage

00:45:27.670 --> 00:45:30.590
over the other. And right now, Anthony Richardson

00:45:30.590 --> 00:45:33.809
has to prove that he is the franchise quarterback

00:45:33.809 --> 00:45:36.289
for the Colts. Because right now, I wouldn't

00:45:36.289 --> 00:45:38.170
be surprised if they're already having meetings

00:45:38.170 --> 00:45:40.710
on possibly scouting for next year's quarterback.

00:45:41.010 --> 00:45:43.429
Because right now, Anthony Richardson has not

00:45:43.429 --> 00:45:46.820
shown anything. He hasn't even shown that he

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:50.119
can play an entire season so far. Now for Daniel

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.980
Jones, it's a little bit more complicated with

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:55.139
his. We know the Giants let go of him because

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:57.099
he wasn't living up to the expectations of that

00:45:57.099 --> 00:45:59.460
contract. And then he jumps on the way with the

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:01.679
Vikings. He's the backup for the Vikings and

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:03.619
he doesn't play for them. And then, you know,

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:05.480
he's looking for another team. And so here we

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:09.780
are. But right now, both quarterbacks have to

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:13.519
have spectacular training camps. Because if neither

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:16.360
one of them show anything, oh, they're gone.

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:19.119
And it doesn't help that next year's draft class

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:20.920
is supposed to be really good at quarterback.

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:23.340
I mean, come on. And I know I haven't talked

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:25.019
about it. I know I have to talk about it. But,

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:27.019
I mean, you're going to have Drew Adler, Carson

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:31.000
Beck, Lenore Sellers, Fernando Mendoza. Who else?

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:33.500
I could probably name about maybe three or four

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:35.000
other quarterbacks except for Archie Manning

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:36.880
because Archie Manning is not going to be in

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:38.460
next year's draft class. You heard it here first

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:40.539
in the Football Junkies podcast. I believe it

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:42.920
and I know it, okay? But let's get back to the

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:45.440
Colts. The Colts should be one of the few teams

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:47.559
that we should be talking about well into the

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:50.980
playoffs. But what is the number one thing that

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:52.940
has kept them from taking things to the next

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:55.739
level? Bad and inconsistent quarterback play.

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:58.699
And so right now, if you're Anthony Richardson,

00:46:58.940 --> 00:47:01.940
you have something to prove. If you're Daniel

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:05.239
Jones, you have something to prove. So both of

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:07.000
you guys are going to have to hash this thing

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:09.840
out from the start of training camp all the way

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:14.059
to the last preseason game. You guys are on a

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:17.059
thin, and I mean the thinnest string that you

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:19.719
could possibly think of right now. So with A

00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:22.139
.D. Mitchell, I want to see more from him. I

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:24.739
want to see, can he be a more effective wide

00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:27.639
receiver? Because he has all the talent to be

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.860
a really good receiver. The question is, can

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:33.539
he put it together? And granted, I understand,

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:35.400
you know, when you don't have a really good quarterback,

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:38.059
sometimes that can, you know, diminish your stats

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:40.579
and how effective you are on the field. I get

00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:43.880
all of that. But still, you want to see more

00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:46.340
from A .D. Mitchell. Same thing with Alec Pierce.

00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:50.119
Is there another level to his game? And if so,

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:54.099
can it be achieved? Because right now, if Anthony

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:56.420
Bridgeson and Daniel Jones play at an average

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:59.559
to above average quarterback play, who's really

00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:02.199
complaining? Because everything else is already

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:04.619
in place. You made an investment in getting Tyler

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:07.300
Warren. You have Mo Alleycox. You have Jonathan

00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:09.800
Taylor. You have A .D. Mitchell. You have Michael

00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:12.739
Pittman Jr. You have a really good offense. Everything

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:15.880
has to come together. And people's game has to

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:19.659
be elevated even more. Same thing with the backup

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:22.340
running back position. Will it be D .J. Giddens

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:25.530
or will it be Khalil Herbert? Because me personally,

00:48:25.730 --> 00:48:28.590
I think that is another sleeper of a position

00:48:28.590 --> 00:48:30.789
that needs to be talked about just because we

00:48:30.789 --> 00:48:32.269
all know that Jonathan Taylor is probably going

00:48:32.269 --> 00:48:34.769
to miss, you know, two to maybe three games during

00:48:34.769 --> 00:48:36.889
the season. And that's perfectly fine. But you

00:48:36.889 --> 00:48:38.550
want to make sure that you have a backup running

00:48:38.550 --> 00:48:40.989
back that is just as effective and consistent

00:48:40.989 --> 00:48:43.849
as your primary back. And when we look at right

00:48:43.849 --> 00:48:46.969
tackle, Bernard Raymond, I wouldn't say he's

00:48:46.969 --> 00:48:49.960
on the hot seat. But I want to see, can his game

00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:52.099
be elevated? It's the same thing that I'm saying

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:54.420
with all the other offensive players. Can your

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:56.780
game be elevated, all right? I understand that

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:59.960
they lost Braden Smith via free agency, but I

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:02.159
still believe that this is still a really good

00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:04.460
offensive line. And let's shift over things to

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:07.500
the defense, all right? Latu, Latu, you got to

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:10.079
show something, bro. Because they made an investment

00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:13.360
in the second round, I think it was. Yeah, in

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:15.199
the second round with getting JT to him a lot.

00:49:15.579 --> 00:49:18.329
So, I mean, come on. You got to show something.

00:49:18.429 --> 00:49:20.349
Now, I'm not saying you got to put up, you know,

00:49:20.369 --> 00:49:23.989
12 or 13 sacks, but I think between 8 to 10 sacks,

00:49:24.030 --> 00:49:26.030
I think that would actually be really good. Now,

00:49:26.050 --> 00:49:27.769
when we look at possible free agency additions,

00:49:27.889 --> 00:49:30.010
if they want to take that route, especially for

00:49:30.010 --> 00:49:31.690
running back, I mean, you have Jamal Williams,

00:49:31.909 --> 00:49:34.289
Gus Edwards, Jeff Wilson, Amir Abdullah, Chase

00:49:34.289 --> 00:49:37.130
Edmonds, Ernest Johnson, Jermichael Hastie. If

00:49:37.130 --> 00:49:39.769
you want to go with the defensive end free agency

00:49:39.769 --> 00:49:42.530
route, you can go with Jadavion Clowney, Demarcus

00:49:42.530 --> 00:49:46.400
Walker, Montrevis Adams, Jerry Hughes. If you

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:48.559
want to do tackle, all right, you have George

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:51.380
Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Chris Hubbard,

00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:53.920
even though the tackle free agency crop right

00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:56.099
now really isn't the best. But if you want to

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:58.179
take those routes, they are readily available.

00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:00.519
Let's go to the Jaguars, right? Positional battles

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:03.320
to watch out for. Running back, right tackle,

00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:05.900
safety. So the players I'm keeping an eye out

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:09.079
for are Eric Mary, Andrew Wingard, Anton Harrison,

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:11.840
and Travis Etienne. Now the storyline for the

00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:15.139
Jaguars is, can Liam Cohen improve this offense?

00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:17.139
And the reason why I say that is because we all

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:19.480
saw how that Buccaneers offense was last season.

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:21.900
It was effective, it was consistent, and it was

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:24.260
putting points on the board. So if you're the

00:50:24.260 --> 00:50:27.659
Jaguars, you want at least half of that. Now

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:29.039
am I saying, are you going to get all of it?

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:32.199
No, because you don't have the same type of players

00:50:32.199 --> 00:50:35.860
that the Buccaneers have. But if you can at least

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:38.559
get a fraction of that, I think that would be

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:40.559
great. I think that would let people know like,

00:50:40.619 --> 00:50:43.179
hey, we are heading in the right direction and

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:45.380
all the investments that we have made so far,

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:49.380
they're working. But if this offense can't take

00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:51.659
another step in the right direction, there's

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:53.280
gonna be some serious questions that are gonna

00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:55.780
have to be asked once this season is over with.

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:58.679
The reason why I listed both safeties for players

00:50:58.679 --> 00:51:01.039
to watch out for is because one of them is not

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:03.719
gonna be on this team because remember, the Jaguars

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:06.960
drafted the safety. fairly high in this past

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:10.739
draft. So either Andrew Wingard is going to get

00:51:10.739 --> 00:51:13.880
cut or Eric Mary. Now with Anton Harrison, I

00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:16.579
want to see if he can continue to grow because

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:19.280
right now he hasn't played his best ball and

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:22.099
I want to see if he can at least show like, hey,

00:51:22.139 --> 00:51:25.539
I am that guy. I am your franchise right tackle

00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:28.980
because right now Liam Cohen has already put

00:51:28.980 --> 00:51:32.099
him on notice. Like, hey, listen, if you're not

00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:33.800
showing anything, we're going to move off of

00:51:33.800 --> 00:51:37.199
you. So, if I'm Anton Harrison, I got to ball

00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:39.940
out. Now, for Travis Etienne, that's a little

00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:42.539
bit of a weird situation, and I'll explain why.

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:45.539
Because we all saw that they declined his fifth

00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:47.559
-year option, so everyone's thinking, oh, okay,

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:49.880
they're going to trade Travis Etienne. So far,

00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:53.340
they haven't. And so far, he's now taking a back

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:56.019
step when it comes to the roster and getting

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:58.480
the snaps and just being on the field. Because

00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:01.719
now Tank Bixby is now the starting running back

00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:04.750
for this team. And so right now, if you're Travis

00:52:04.750 --> 00:52:07.550
Etienne, do you want to force a trade? Do you

00:52:07.550 --> 00:52:09.670
want to go in a different direction? Do you want

00:52:09.670 --> 00:52:12.489
to stay with the Jaguars? Me personally, I wouldn't.

00:52:13.130 --> 00:52:15.429
Because you guys clearly have shown that you

00:52:15.429 --> 00:52:18.510
guys don't value me as a player. So I might as

00:52:18.510 --> 00:52:21.050
well just want to go somewhere else. Now, when

00:52:21.050 --> 00:52:23.030
we look at possible free agency additions, if

00:52:23.030 --> 00:52:24.989
they want to take that route, of course, with

00:52:24.989 --> 00:52:26.530
the running back, as I've already said, Jamal

00:52:26.530 --> 00:52:29.650
Williams, Gus Edwards, Jeff Wilson, Naheem Hines,

00:52:29.789 --> 00:52:31.690
Amir Abdullah, Chase Edmonds, Dernish Johnson.

00:52:31.809 --> 00:52:34.090
Actually, no, scratch that. Naheem Hines actually

00:52:34.090 --> 00:52:36.929
signed with the Chargers. I remember that. When

00:52:36.929 --> 00:52:38.869
we look at safety, however, if they want to take

00:52:38.869 --> 00:52:41.250
a veteran approach, you have Marcus Williams,

00:52:41.570 --> 00:52:44.269
Justin Simmons, Jordan Whitehead, Quandre Diggs,

00:52:44.349 --> 00:52:47.269
and Chuck Clark. Tackle. If you want to bring

00:52:47.269 --> 00:52:49.510
in competition for Anton Harrison, you know,

00:52:49.570 --> 00:52:51.849
you can bring in George Phan, Andreas Peet, Isaiah

00:52:51.849 --> 00:52:54.409
Wynn, Chris Hubbard, you know, somebody that

00:52:54.409 --> 00:52:56.829
they're not necessarily going to take his job,

00:52:56.969 --> 00:52:59.849
but they're definitely going to push him. But

00:52:59.849 --> 00:53:01.369
let's keep things going, all right? Let's talk

00:53:01.369 --> 00:53:03.289
about the Texans. So their positional battles,

00:53:03.469 --> 00:53:05.809
tackle and wide receiver, all right? Players

00:53:05.809 --> 00:53:08.489
to keep an eye out for, Cam Robinson, Ariante

00:53:08.489 --> 00:53:12.130
Ursi, John Meche, and Xavier Hutchinson. Everyone's

00:53:12.130 --> 00:53:13.369
probably going to be wondering, why would you

00:53:13.369 --> 00:53:15.570
put the rookie that they just drafted on player

00:53:15.570 --> 00:53:18.389
to look out for? Because I want to see how he

00:53:18.389 --> 00:53:21.170
holds up against matchups between Daniil Hunter

00:53:21.170 --> 00:53:23.750
and Will Anderson. Now, I'm not saying they're

00:53:23.750 --> 00:53:25.769
going to get rid of him. No, of course not. But

00:53:25.769 --> 00:53:28.309
I just want to see where he is at this point,

00:53:28.389 --> 00:53:30.989
all right? Cam Robinson, yes, they did make a

00:53:30.989 --> 00:53:34.170
trade for him last season. Me, personally, I

00:53:34.170 --> 00:53:36.699
would have tried to get off of him, but... I

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:39.519
guess I see the reason why you want to keep him,

00:53:39.579 --> 00:53:41.940
but I just want to see where he is at this point.

00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:46.800
Because right now, if you're the Texans, do you

00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:49.360
want to see how things go with Cam Robinson?

00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:51.559
Do you want to try to make another crazy move

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:53.579
for a left tackle if someone becomes available?

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:56.739
What exactly are you going to do moving forward

00:53:56.739 --> 00:54:00.639
to? address left tackle long -term. Because right

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:03.380
now, I don't think Cam Robinson is the long -term

00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:06.219
option. I just think he's just a Band -Aid over

00:54:06.219 --> 00:54:09.639
a bullet wound. Yes, I know it's a weird monocle,

00:54:09.659 --> 00:54:11.940
but that's just how I view things. I know, it's

00:54:11.940 --> 00:54:13.639
weird. Don't worry about it. But when it comes

00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:16.119
to wide receiver, they have a lot of wide receivers,

00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:18.940
okay? You got Jaden Higgins, Tank Dell, John

00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:21.760
Mechie, Xavier Hutchison. I know I'm missing

00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:25.059
a few others. Who else? Evan Ingram. You have

00:54:25.059 --> 00:54:28.449
a lot of receivers. So somebody isn't going to

00:54:28.449 --> 00:54:31.610
make the team. Me personally, I think it's between

00:54:31.610 --> 00:54:34.409
John Mechie and Xavier Hutchinson. Now, John

00:54:34.409 --> 00:54:36.369
Mechie, you can give him a little bit of leeway

00:54:36.369 --> 00:54:38.730
because he was battling some type of disease

00:54:38.730 --> 00:54:41.829
and he wasn't able to play for a while. But since

00:54:41.829 --> 00:54:43.869
then, he really hasn't had a chance to really

00:54:43.869 --> 00:54:46.349
be on the field. So do you want to send him into

00:54:46.349 --> 00:54:49.550
a better opportunity where he could actually

00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:52.090
be effective on the field? Possibly. It's the

00:54:52.090 --> 00:54:54.679
same thing with Xavier Hutchinson. So right now,

00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:57.500
that entire wide receiver room is on notice.

00:54:57.719 --> 00:54:59.800
When we look at possible free agency additions,

00:55:00.099 --> 00:55:01.980
I mean, for tackle, you have George Fant, Andreas

00:55:01.980 --> 00:55:03.980
Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Chris Hubbard, if you want

00:55:03.980 --> 00:55:05.880
to bring in competition for both Cam Robinson

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:09.599
and Ariante Ursery. For wide receiver, if you

00:55:09.599 --> 00:55:12.219
want to take that route, Keenan Allen, Amara

00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:14.659
Cooper, Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar, DJ Char,

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:17.300
Tyler Boyd, Chris Conley, and Jamison Crowder.

00:55:17.380 --> 00:55:20.940
But the storyline for the Texans is, can this

00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:24.510
offense improve? And here's why. We all saw that

00:55:24.510 --> 00:55:27.750
this offense was just atrocious last year. From

00:55:27.750 --> 00:55:29.909
the offensive line being unable to protect C

00:55:29.909 --> 00:55:32.469
.J. Stroud to the run game being inconsistent,

00:55:32.969 --> 00:55:35.650
the offense just wasn't good at all. I want to

00:55:35.650 --> 00:55:38.949
see, can they rebound and actually improve? Because

00:55:38.949 --> 00:55:42.090
mind you, they made additions at wide receiver,

00:55:42.170 --> 00:55:44.289
but they also added Nick Chubb as well. So now

00:55:44.289 --> 00:55:47.170
you have a tandem of both Joe Mixon and Nick

00:55:47.170 --> 00:55:49.489
Chubb as well. And they made some investments

00:55:49.489 --> 00:55:52.900
into the offensive line. So I want to see can

00:55:52.900 --> 00:55:55.420
this offense become a little bit better than

00:55:55.420 --> 00:55:58.440
what it has been the last two years. Because

00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:01.179
we all know that if the run game was just a little

00:56:01.179 --> 00:56:03.039
bit better against the Chiefs in the playoffs,

00:56:03.300 --> 00:56:05.900
they could have won that game. The defense was

00:56:05.900 --> 00:56:08.659
keeping them in the game. It was just the offense

00:56:08.659 --> 00:56:11.440
was just so stagnant and it was so inconsistent

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:15.599
that C .J. Stroud couldn't do anything. But only

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:17.670
time will tell. Now, let's get to the Titans,

00:56:17.769 --> 00:56:19.909
all right? So, their positional battles. Guard,

00:56:20.050 --> 00:56:23.090
wide receiver, tight end, and left tackle. Players

00:56:23.090 --> 00:56:25.909
to keep an eye out for. Xavier Restrepo, Traylon

00:56:25.909 --> 00:56:28.489
Burks, Van Jefferson, Dan Moore, Peter Skowronski,

00:56:28.590 --> 00:56:32.909
and Chig Okonkwo. I think I butchered your last

00:56:32.909 --> 00:56:34.969
name. I didn't mean to do it, bro. Now, their

00:56:34.969 --> 00:56:38.670
storyline. Can this team improve? I understand

00:56:38.670 --> 00:56:40.750
that they just drafted Cam Ward. I understand

00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:43.449
that they still have a lot of rookies, especially

00:56:43.449 --> 00:56:46.239
on the offense. But can this offense improve?

00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:50.199
Peter Skowronski, you got to see more from him.

00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:53.239
Because right now, things are looking a little

00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:56.099
bit shaky, okay? Sure, they moved J .C. Latham

00:56:56.099 --> 00:56:58.860
back over to right tackle, if I'm not mistaken.

00:56:58.860 --> 00:57:00.500
Yes, they're moving back over to right tackle.

00:57:00.659 --> 00:57:04.119
Dan Moore's left tackle. I want to see, is Dan

00:57:04.119 --> 00:57:06.579
Moore going to live up to that contract? Because

00:57:06.579 --> 00:57:09.579
the Titans gave him a big payday. They paid him

00:57:09.579 --> 00:57:13.500
a lot of money. They paid him like he is an above

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:17.119
average to possibly borderline elite left tackle.

00:57:17.460 --> 00:57:20.340
So let's see if he lives up to that deal. Wide

00:57:20.340 --> 00:57:24.679
receiver, Xavier Estrepo. Right now, you're on

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:27.760
the outside looking in. But you have a chance

00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:30.599
to make this roster. Because the wide receiver

00:57:30.599 --> 00:57:33.179
room outside of Calvin Ridley isn't completely

00:57:33.179 --> 00:57:36.409
solidified. So you could do it. And mind you,

00:57:36.449 --> 00:57:38.789
you sort of have an advantage because you have

00:57:38.789 --> 00:57:42.269
chemistry with Cam Ward. Now, when we look at

00:57:42.269 --> 00:57:44.789
the tight end, however, I really don't know what

00:57:44.789 --> 00:57:47.230
to tell you at tight end. Now, me personally,

00:57:47.429 --> 00:57:50.550
I would try to make a move to get Noah Pham because

00:57:50.550 --> 00:57:53.449
right now that is probably the only viable option

00:57:53.449 --> 00:57:56.320
at tight end. I mean, sure, you could probably

00:57:56.320 --> 00:57:58.940
get Noah Phan, Gerald Everett, Mercedes Lewis,

00:57:59.139 --> 00:58:02.179
Jordan Aikens, or CJ Uzma, but I think Noah Phan

00:58:02.179 --> 00:58:04.940
has a little bit more upside with his game. Van

00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:08.860
Jefferson, I don't want to say he's on the outside

00:58:08.860 --> 00:58:11.360
looking in because I do think he'll make this

00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:15.360
roster, but I mean, it all depends on how well

00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:17.880
he plays. Traylon Burks, you're on the outside

00:58:17.880 --> 00:58:20.989
looking in. But I will say this, I wouldn't be

00:58:20.989 --> 00:58:23.389
surprised if the Titans make multiple moves to

00:58:23.389 --> 00:58:25.909
bring in wide receivers. I think they probably

00:58:25.909 --> 00:58:28.070
would make a move for someone like a John Mechie

00:58:28.070 --> 00:58:33.590
or Xavier Hutchinson or Don Sabian Wiggs or Romeo

00:58:33.590 --> 00:58:36.849
Dobbs if they become readily available. Because

00:58:36.849 --> 00:58:40.070
right now, outside of Calvin Ridley and Tony

00:58:40.070 --> 00:58:43.019
Pollard, What else do you really have? And this

00:58:43.019 --> 00:58:45.960
is no disrespect to any of the other offensive

00:58:45.960 --> 00:58:50.760
players on this team and whatnot, but for a rookie

00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:52.780
quarterback, you want to try to surround them

00:58:52.780 --> 00:58:56.000
with as much talent as you possibly can. Me,

00:58:56.079 --> 00:58:58.219
personally, I feel like they can make more of

00:58:58.219 --> 00:59:00.039
an investment into the offense because right

00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:02.960
now, this offense leading into week one of the

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:05.619
regular season is not good enough. You need to

00:59:05.619 --> 00:59:08.820
at least make at least two, maybe three moves.

00:59:09.400 --> 00:59:11.940
just to upgrade it, just so it can be, I don't

00:59:11.940 --> 00:59:14.440
know, average to possibly above average. Just

00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:16.820
saying. Now, when we look at possible free agency

00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:18.940
additions, like I said before, with tight end,

00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:21.260
you have Noah Fant, Gerald Everett, Mercedes

00:59:21.260 --> 00:59:24.360
Lewis, Jordan Aiken, CJ Usma. You also have Noah

00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:27.280
Fant as well. Guard, you have Brandon Scherf

00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:29.119
if you want to bring in competition for Peter

00:59:29.119 --> 00:59:32.420
Skowronski, Shaq Mason, Will Hernandez, Joe Feliciano,

00:59:32.760 --> 00:59:35.960
Cody Whitehair, Dalton Reisner, Mark Glanowski.

00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:40.010
Wide receiver. I mean, sure, you have Tyler Lockett

00:59:40.010 --> 00:59:42.329
and you have Calvin Ridley and company. But if

00:59:42.329 --> 00:59:45.230
you want to take, you know, a free agency route,

00:59:45.349 --> 00:59:47.489
you can, you know, get Keenan Allen, Amar Cooper,

00:59:47.809 --> 00:59:51.050
Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar, DJ Chark, Tyler Boyd.

00:59:51.070 --> 00:59:52.690
If you want to bring him back, Chris Conley,

00:59:52.750 --> 00:59:56.630
Jamison Crowder. Tackle, you could bring in George

00:59:56.630 --> 00:59:59.130
Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Michael Dunlap,

00:59:59.210 --> 01:00:01.349
Raven Clark, Chris Hubbard, and Jermaine Effetti

01:00:01.349 --> 01:00:03.550
if you want to take that route. Just so you can

01:00:03.550 --> 01:00:07.739
have competition for both JC Latham and... Dan

01:00:07.739 --> 01:00:11.019
Moore as well, but also having a safety blanket

01:00:11.019 --> 01:00:13.320
just in case they get hurt or anything crazy

01:00:13.320 --> 01:00:16.860
happens. But I want to see, can this team improve?

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:21.760
Because the defense have pieces. The offense

01:00:21.760 --> 01:00:25.900
has pieces. But the question is, can you put

01:00:25.900 --> 01:00:28.280
them together and can this be an effective team?

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:29.679
Now, I'm not saying this team is going to win

01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:32.260
eight games or this team is going to win 10 games

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:34.460
or go to the playoffs or whatnot. But I will

01:00:34.460 --> 01:00:39.070
say this. If this team wins at least five games

01:00:39.070 --> 01:00:43.909
and Cam Ward looks pretty good, I think you're

01:00:43.909 --> 01:00:46.849
in the right direction. But if this team struggles,

01:00:47.329 --> 01:00:50.449
we might have to have a conversation. Just saying.

01:00:50.989 --> 01:00:53.789
Now let's go to the NFC North. I mean, not North.

01:00:53.949 --> 01:00:55.409
South. I don't know why I'm thinking about the

01:00:55.409 --> 01:00:59.690
North. Saints, Falcons, Buccaneers, Panthers.

01:01:00.030 --> 01:01:01.929
This one is going to be a little bit controversial,

01:01:02.070 --> 01:01:04.389
but I really don't care. So let's start. So for

01:01:04.389 --> 01:01:06.449
the Saints, positional battles to watch out for,

01:01:06.510 --> 01:01:08.429
quarterback, left guard, safety, quarterback,

01:01:08.610 --> 01:01:10.929
and defensive line. Players to keep an eye out

01:01:10.929 --> 01:01:13.389
for, Tyler Shuggs, Spencer Rattler, Trevor Penning,

01:01:13.429 --> 01:01:17.210
Jordan Howden, Jonas Sanker, Alante Taylor, excuse

01:01:17.210 --> 01:01:21.550
me, Ugo Amadi, Brian Brees, David Gottschall,

01:01:21.650 --> 01:01:24.110
Nathan Shepard, and Vernon Broughton, all right?

01:01:24.269 --> 01:01:27.210
So the storyline for the Saints is, what's the

01:01:27.210 --> 01:01:30.500
identity of this team? granted I understand they've

01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:33.000
had a lot of change in this offseason you now

01:01:33.000 --> 01:01:35.940
have a new head coach a new regime so what is

01:01:35.940 --> 01:01:39.079
the identity of this team how is this team going

01:01:39.079 --> 01:01:41.420
to be better than it has been the last two years

01:01:41.420 --> 01:01:43.300
are they going to be more effective in the run

01:01:43.300 --> 01:01:46.380
game in the pass game a little bit of both what

01:01:46.380 --> 01:01:49.599
exactly is the identity of this team moving forward

01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:52.219
because right now if I'm Kellen Moore I would

01:01:52.219 --> 01:01:54.760
use this upcoming season as a measuring stick

01:01:54.760 --> 01:01:58.239
to see where the team is I want to see, hey,

01:01:58.280 --> 01:02:00.539
do we need to make significant upgrades in the

01:02:00.539 --> 01:02:03.159
draft next year and free agency? Are we good

01:02:03.159 --> 01:02:06.239
with what we have? What exactly do we need to

01:02:06.239 --> 01:02:09.380
do to make this team better within the next two

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:12.420
to five years? Because right now, I mean, you

01:02:12.420 --> 01:02:14.860
have Chris Alave, you have Alvin Kamara, you

01:02:14.860 --> 01:02:17.860
have Ty Luis Figueroa. You have pieces on the

01:02:17.860 --> 01:02:20.500
offense. Same thing with the defense. But you

01:02:20.500 --> 01:02:23.760
want to make sure that this team is headed in

01:02:23.760 --> 01:02:26.670
the right direction under Kellen Moore. So let's

01:02:26.670 --> 01:02:28.909
get into quarterbacks, all right? So Tyler Shuck

01:02:28.909 --> 01:02:30.969
and Spencer Radler, both of them have a clean

01:02:30.969 --> 01:02:32.889
slate and neither one of them has an advantage

01:02:32.889 --> 01:02:36.110
over the other. So right now, I think my number

01:02:36.110 --> 01:02:39.050
one question for Kellen Moore would be, how long

01:02:39.050 --> 01:02:40.889
is it going to take for you to come to a decision

01:02:40.889 --> 01:02:42.789
on who's going to be the starting quarterback

01:02:42.789 --> 01:02:45.409
for this team? Are you going to wait all the

01:02:45.409 --> 01:02:47.989
way until the end of training camp? Or are you

01:02:47.989 --> 01:02:50.289
going to make a decision by the second or maybe

01:02:50.289 --> 01:02:54.110
last game of the preseason? Because right now,

01:02:54.190 --> 01:02:56.829
I think... I probably would want to roll with

01:02:56.829 --> 01:02:59.829
Spencer Rattler just because he showed a little

01:02:59.829 --> 01:03:02.690
bit last year. But again, I don't make those

01:03:02.690 --> 01:03:04.849
decisions. I'm not a part of the Saints, so I

01:03:04.849 --> 01:03:07.409
don't know anything. Trevor Penning, you got

01:03:07.409 --> 01:03:09.309
to show something because right now you have

01:03:09.309 --> 01:03:11.769
not lived up to that first round pick. They moved

01:03:11.769 --> 01:03:13.630
you at tackle. Now they're moving you at guard.

01:03:13.909 --> 01:03:16.269
You have to show something. I think if Trevor

01:03:16.269 --> 01:03:19.710
Penning shows that he is an average to possibly

01:03:19.710 --> 01:03:22.849
above average guard, I think he has a chance.

01:03:23.710 --> 01:03:26.219
But... If he doesn't show anything, if he doesn't

01:03:26.219 --> 01:03:28.960
show any growth, they're going to move off of

01:03:28.960 --> 01:03:31.780
him. Because again, you can get a guard anywhere.

01:03:31.960 --> 01:03:33.900
And not to mention, there are still some really

01:03:33.900 --> 01:03:36.159
good veteran guard options that are still available.

01:03:36.420 --> 01:03:39.159
Brandon Scherf, Shaq Mason, Will Hernandez, Cody

01:03:39.159 --> 01:03:41.699
Whitehair, Dalton Reisner, Mark Lanowski. If

01:03:41.699 --> 01:03:43.659
you want to take that route, you know. Jonas

01:03:43.659 --> 01:03:47.219
Sanker, Elante Taylor, excuse me. Ugo Amadi,

01:03:47.400 --> 01:03:51.019
Brian Brees, Davin Gottschall. I want to see

01:03:51.019 --> 01:03:54.210
more from you guys. I want to see exactly. Can

01:03:54.210 --> 01:03:57.289
you guys solidify your role within this team?

01:03:57.409 --> 01:04:00.230
Because if not, I think the Saints will have

01:04:00.230 --> 01:04:02.829
no problem making upgrades, especially for Brian

01:04:02.829 --> 01:04:08.250
Brees. I think I'm pronouncing your last name

01:04:08.250 --> 01:04:11.510
correct. Hopefully I am. But I want to see more

01:04:11.510 --> 01:04:14.170
from him. I want to see more from this defensive

01:04:14.170 --> 01:04:17.280
line. Can this defensive line... Be effective

01:04:17.280 --> 01:04:19.760
moving forward. Because last year, the defensive

01:04:19.760 --> 01:04:22.119
line wasn't the best. And granted, I understand

01:04:22.119 --> 01:04:24.460
you still have Cam Jordan and you have Chase

01:04:24.460 --> 01:04:26.940
Young as well. But outside of them, who else

01:04:26.940 --> 01:04:30.699
do you have? Everybody is under a microscope

01:04:30.699 --> 01:04:34.360
moving forward. Now, yes, I did put safety on

01:04:34.360 --> 01:04:37.059
here. And this was prior to the Julian Blackman

01:04:37.059 --> 01:04:39.500
signing. But I think now that Julian Blackman

01:04:39.500 --> 01:04:41.400
is a part of the Saints, we could actually just

01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:45.199
cut that out moving forward. Yeah, let's just

01:04:45.199 --> 01:04:47.199
get into the free agency additions, all right?

01:04:47.219 --> 01:04:49.719
So for guard, like I just said, you have Brandon

01:04:49.719 --> 01:04:52.119
Scherff, Shaq Mason, Will Hernandez, Cody White

01:04:52.119 --> 01:04:54.920
here. For cornerback, if you want to take that

01:04:54.920 --> 01:04:57.300
route, James Bradbury, Kendall Fuller, Stephon

01:04:57.300 --> 01:04:59.800
Gilmore, Rasul Douglas, Mike Hilton, CJ Henderson,

01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:02.739
Michael Davis, Asante Samuel Jr., which I think

01:05:02.739 --> 01:05:05.739
would actually be a really good move, and Emmanuel

01:05:05.739 --> 01:05:08.269
Mosley. Defensive line, if you want to take that

01:05:08.269 --> 01:05:10.349
route, you have Raekwon Davis, Demarcus Walker,

01:05:10.469 --> 01:05:12.989
Montrevious Adams, Jerry Hughes, Linval Joseph,

01:05:13.289 --> 01:05:15.869
Maurice Hurst. Quarterback, if you want to take

01:05:15.869 --> 01:05:17.070
that route, if you want to bring in a veteran

01:05:17.070 --> 01:05:19.610
quarterback, you have Carson Wentz, C .J. Beathard,

01:05:19.670 --> 01:05:23.429
and Teddy Bridgewater. So all in all, actually,

01:05:23.530 --> 01:05:25.150
you know what? I know there was a position that

01:05:25.150 --> 01:05:27.210
I was missing out on, cornerback. I want to see

01:05:27.210 --> 01:05:29.130
how these corners are going to look because outside

01:05:29.130 --> 01:05:32.690
Kool -Aid McKinsey, if I'm killing more, I possibly

01:05:32.690 --> 01:05:34.989
would want to make an upgrade at cornerback.

01:05:35.469 --> 01:05:38.650
Just saying. I mean, you have James Bradbury,

01:05:38.789 --> 01:05:40.909
Kendall Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas,

01:05:41.150 --> 01:05:43.590
Mike Hilton, CJ Henderson, Asante Samuel Jr.

01:05:43.849 --> 01:05:46.630
I think getting Asante Samuel Jr. and pairing

01:05:46.630 --> 01:05:49.829
him with Kool -Aid McKinstry, I think that would

01:05:49.829 --> 01:05:51.849
actually be really good. On top of that, you

01:05:51.849 --> 01:05:53.869
have Jordan Reed and you have Julian Blackman.

01:05:53.909 --> 01:05:57.090
I think that would be a really effective secondary.

01:05:57.130 --> 01:06:00.340
But again... I don't make these decisions, okay?

01:06:00.559 --> 01:06:03.139
And let's keep on going to the Falcons, all right?

01:06:03.179 --> 01:06:06.519
So outside linebacker, quarterback, safety, kicker,

01:06:06.519 --> 01:06:09.480
right tackle, nickel corner, end tight end are

01:06:09.480 --> 01:06:11.940
all the positions that I'm looking out for. So

01:06:11.940 --> 01:06:14.480
players I'm looking out for, Jordan Fuller, Kirk

01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:17.400
Cousins, Michael Penix, Young Ho Koo, Dee Alford,

01:06:17.539 --> 01:06:21.079
Clark Phillips III, Caleb McGarry, Kyle Pitts,

01:06:21.260 --> 01:06:23.619
and Leonard Floyd, all right? So their storyline.

01:06:24.329 --> 01:06:27.849
Can Michael Penix improve going into year two?

01:06:28.550 --> 01:06:30.610
Granted, we didn't see a whole lot from Michael

01:06:30.610 --> 01:06:33.429
Penix, but I want to know, can Michael Penix

01:06:33.429 --> 01:06:35.949
take that next step moving forward? Yes, I know

01:06:35.949 --> 01:06:38.909
I say it so much, but I hear it so much on different

01:06:38.909 --> 01:06:41.769
podcasts and whatnot. So I guess it's so ingrained

01:06:41.769 --> 01:06:44.449
with me. But yes, can Michael Penix take that

01:06:44.449 --> 01:06:46.929
next step moving forward? When we look at this

01:06:46.929 --> 01:06:50.869
Falcons team right now, this team just has to

01:06:50.869 --> 01:06:54.449
improve. And I'm not just saying a specific position.

01:06:54.489 --> 01:06:57.590
I'm not saying a specific side. But this team

01:06:57.590 --> 01:07:02.409
as a whole has to improve. This team has weapons.

01:07:02.730 --> 01:07:06.110
This team could be fairly competitive. Am I saying

01:07:06.110 --> 01:07:09.090
this team can win the division? No. Am I saying

01:07:09.090 --> 01:07:11.389
this team can make the playoffs? No. But what

01:07:11.389 --> 01:07:14.570
I am saying is this. You want to see some level

01:07:14.570 --> 01:07:16.550
of improvement from this team that makes you

01:07:16.550 --> 01:07:18.969
say, hey, we're heading in the right direction.

01:07:19.340 --> 01:07:21.860
We're doing everything that needs to be done.

01:07:22.739 --> 01:07:24.880
Now, when we look at players to look out for,

01:07:24.980 --> 01:07:29.239
Jordan Fuller, Kirk Cousins, me personally, I

01:07:29.239 --> 01:07:31.760
just want to see where Kirk Cousins is. Because

01:07:31.760 --> 01:07:34.300
right now, hey, there might be a team that say,

01:07:34.380 --> 01:07:38.280
hey, we'll trade you X amount of picks or player

01:07:38.280 --> 01:07:41.079
for Kirk Cousins. Because again, Kirk Cousins

01:07:41.079 --> 01:07:44.000
continues to show and say that he does not want

01:07:44.000 --> 01:07:46.300
to be a part of the Falcons because the Falcons

01:07:46.300 --> 01:07:47.980
did him wrong and all that stuff, yada, yada.

01:07:48.159 --> 01:07:49.900
No one cares about that, okay? If you want to

01:07:49.900 --> 01:07:52.539
hear about it, go on Netflix and watch the new

01:07:52.539 --> 01:07:54.739
quarterback series, okay? It's not a promotion

01:07:54.739 --> 01:07:57.179
for Netflix, but hey, Netflix, if you're hearing,

01:07:57.300 --> 01:07:59.860
if you want to sponsor me, I have no problem

01:07:59.860 --> 01:08:01.960
doing that, okay? We'll even put the Netflix

01:08:01.960 --> 01:08:05.260
intro, the little doo -doo, in the front of the

01:08:05.260 --> 01:08:07.199
Football Junkies podcast if you want to. It's

01:08:07.199 --> 01:08:10.000
no problem. But Jordan Fuller, I definitely want

01:08:10.000 --> 01:08:12.480
to see an improvement from you. Michael Penix,

01:08:12.500 --> 01:08:15.400
we already talked about. Young Hoku, you had

01:08:15.400 --> 01:08:18.239
a down year last year, but I believe that you

01:08:18.239 --> 01:08:21.260
can definitely rebound. We all know things happen

01:08:21.260 --> 01:08:23.279
in life. You could be going through something

01:08:23.279 --> 01:08:26.460
at home. You could be seriously injured and you're

01:08:26.460 --> 01:08:28.439
just trying to play through it. Different things

01:08:28.439 --> 01:08:30.899
can happen, so I have no problem giving Young

01:08:30.899 --> 01:08:34.279
Hoku a chance because he's been a really effective

01:08:34.279 --> 01:08:36.479
kicker for the past few years. Am I saying he's

01:08:36.479 --> 01:08:38.359
top five? No, but I think he's possibly maybe

01:08:38.359 --> 01:08:42.239
like top 10, maybe top 15 at best. Now, as far

01:08:42.239 --> 01:08:45.239
as nickel corner, I feel like that's open. I

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:47.039
feel like that's anybody's job at this point.

01:08:47.180 --> 01:08:49.220
Do I think Clark Phillips could definitely take

01:08:49.220 --> 01:08:51.159
it? Yes. Do I think Jordan Fuller could take

01:08:51.159 --> 01:08:54.680
it? Yes, but only time will tell. Caleb McGarry.

01:08:55.529 --> 01:08:58.609
I want to see where he is, especially with the

01:08:58.609 --> 01:09:03.189
extension of the right tackle from the Packers,

01:09:03.310 --> 01:09:06.949
Zach Tom. I want to see exactly if he's on that

01:09:06.949 --> 01:09:10.029
level because if he is, Falcons, you're going

01:09:10.029 --> 01:09:12.390
to have to pay him that money. You're going to

01:09:12.390 --> 01:09:13.689
have to pay him some money. I'm not saying you

01:09:13.689 --> 01:09:16.430
have to reset the market for Caleb McGarry, but

01:09:16.430 --> 01:09:19.609
I do want to see where he is at this point and

01:09:19.609 --> 01:09:23.250
would it be best for the team to bring in competition

01:09:23.250 --> 01:09:26.319
just so they can see, hey. Is he the guy moving

01:09:26.319 --> 01:09:28.640
forward? Do we want to, you know, back him with

01:09:28.640 --> 01:09:31.840
money? Or do we want to move in a different direction,

01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:35.300
you know, after this upcoming season? But again,

01:09:35.520 --> 01:09:38.060
only time will tell. Kyle Pitts, you just got

01:09:38.060 --> 01:09:40.960
to show something just for other teams. Because

01:09:40.960 --> 01:09:42.939
all signs point that the Falcons are not going

01:09:42.939 --> 01:09:45.600
to give Kyle Pitts an extension. So if I'm Kyle

01:09:45.600 --> 01:09:48.260
Pitts, I'm bowling out in both training camp

01:09:48.260 --> 01:09:51.569
and in the preseason. But that's just me. Now,

01:09:51.569 --> 01:09:53.970
Leonard Floyd, I only put Leonard Floyd down

01:09:53.970 --> 01:09:56.770
just because they made significant investments

01:09:56.770 --> 01:10:01.270
in pass rush with drafting James Pierce and Mikel

01:10:01.270 --> 01:10:05.130
Williams. If they only drafted just one, I wouldn't

01:10:05.130 --> 01:10:06.989
put him on this list. But because they drafted

01:10:06.989 --> 01:10:10.609
two, it puts a little bit of pressure for Leonard

01:10:10.609 --> 01:10:12.949
Floyd. Now, am I saying that Leonard Floyd is

01:10:12.949 --> 01:10:15.890
going to get cut? No, I think his spot is safe.

01:10:17.520 --> 01:10:19.619
There is a chance that they may take some snaps

01:10:19.619 --> 01:10:22.899
from Leonard Floyd or they may have a different

01:10:22.899 --> 01:10:25.520
or they may move in a different direction concerning

01:10:25.520 --> 01:10:28.899
him moving forward. But when we look at possible

01:10:28.899 --> 01:10:31.869
free agency additions. For safety, I mean, you

01:10:31.869 --> 01:10:33.670
have Marcus Williams, Justin Simmons, if you

01:10:33.670 --> 01:10:34.989
want to take that route, which I don't think

01:10:34.989 --> 01:10:37.229
they want to take that route. Jordan Whitehead,

01:10:37.449 --> 01:10:40.609
Quandre Diggs, Chuck Clark. Tackle, if you want

01:10:40.609 --> 01:10:42.529
to bring in competition, you have George Fant,

01:10:42.670 --> 01:10:45.130
Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Michael Dunn, Raven

01:10:45.130 --> 01:10:47.890
Clark, Chris Hubbard, Jermaine Nefedi. Corner,

01:10:48.050 --> 01:10:50.939
if you want to take that route, you have... Mike

01:10:50.939 --> 01:10:53.460
Hilton, you have Asante Samuel Jr., you know,

01:10:53.479 --> 01:10:57.439
two really good nickel corners. I mean, you have

01:10:57.439 --> 01:10:59.060
Emmanuel Mosley as well. If you want to take

01:10:59.060 --> 01:11:01.279
that route, James Bradbury, Kendall Fuller, Stephon

01:11:01.279 --> 01:11:03.579
Gilmore, Rasul Douglas. If you want somebody

01:11:03.579 --> 01:11:06.020
that has a little bit more flexibility, if that

01:11:06.020 --> 01:11:08.359
makes sense. Kicker, you could bring in Nick

01:11:08.359 --> 01:11:11.819
Folk, Matt Prater, Eddie Panero, Michael Badley,

01:11:11.859 --> 01:11:17.000
Zane Gonzalez, Cade York, Austin Seibert. I think

01:11:17.000 --> 01:11:19.079
is your last name. Hopefully I didn't butcher

01:11:19.079 --> 01:11:22.539
your last name. My bad if I did. Tight end, you

01:11:22.539 --> 01:11:24.600
have Noah Phan, Gerald Everett, Mercedes Lewis,

01:11:24.779 --> 01:11:27.840
Jordan Akins, and C .J. Uzma or George Phan because

01:11:27.840 --> 01:11:29.539
he just became a free agent not too long ago.

01:11:30.180 --> 01:11:33.060
Outside linebacker, you have Matthew Judon, Preston

01:11:33.060 --> 01:11:36.260
Anzidarius Smith, Kaiser White, Duke Riley, Jalen

01:11:36.260 --> 01:11:41.520
Reeves, Maven, and Kamul Grazier -Hill. So you

01:11:41.520 --> 01:11:43.760
have options if you want to take that route.

01:11:43.939 --> 01:11:46.699
I'm not saying that you have to. But if you want

01:11:46.699 --> 01:11:50.140
to, those are your options. And let's keep things

01:11:50.140 --> 01:11:52.279
going. Let's go to the Panthers, all right? So

01:11:52.279 --> 01:11:54.840
their positional battles to watch out for, outside

01:11:54.840 --> 01:11:57.399
linebacker, wide receiver two, left tackle, center,

01:11:57.579 --> 01:12:00.319
and safety. So players to look out for. So you

01:12:00.319 --> 01:12:02.399
have Hunter Renfro. Yes, I know it's controversial,

01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:05.579
but I don't care. Jimmy Horn Jr., David Moore,

01:12:06.020 --> 01:12:10.500
Austin Corbett. You have Akeem Akwanu, just to

01:12:10.500 --> 01:12:14.170
name a few. With the names that I just listed,

01:12:14.210 --> 01:12:18.590
so especially for Hunter Renfro, right? You're

01:12:18.590 --> 01:12:21.750
just now coming back into the league. I want

01:12:21.750 --> 01:12:23.810
to see exactly where you are at this point in

01:12:23.810 --> 01:12:27.810
your career. Are you still the effective slot

01:12:27.810 --> 01:12:29.630
receiver that you were when you were with the

01:12:29.630 --> 01:12:32.750
Raiders? Or have you aged a little bit? Where

01:12:32.750 --> 01:12:36.090
is your game at right now? When we come to Jimmy

01:12:36.090 --> 01:12:40.750
Horn Jr., like he was bowling out in OTAs and

01:12:40.750 --> 01:12:43.359
in minicamp. So I want to see, is that going

01:12:43.359 --> 01:12:46.479
to continue moving into a training camp? You

01:12:46.479 --> 01:12:47.880
know, once you put on the pads and everything.

01:12:48.380 --> 01:12:50.939
Akeem Aquanu, I want to see exactly where you

01:12:50.939 --> 01:12:53.939
are. Because if I'm not mistaken, he's getting

01:12:53.939 --> 01:12:57.260
ready to come up for a contract, if I'm not mistaken.

01:12:57.359 --> 01:13:00.020
So I want to see where you are. Their center,

01:13:00.159 --> 01:13:02.199
Austin Corbett, I want to see where you are.

01:13:02.300 --> 01:13:04.840
There's a lot of players on this team that I

01:13:04.840 --> 01:13:07.779
want to see where they are at this point. Outside

01:13:07.779 --> 01:13:11.319
linebacker. Sure, they've made, you know, some

01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:13.760
investments. You know, they got Pat Jones and,

01:13:13.819 --> 01:13:18.520
you know, they drafted Prince Lee. Uman Milan,

01:13:18.859 --> 01:13:21.180
I think. No, I know. I just butchered your last

01:13:21.180 --> 01:13:24.699
name. Dog, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry if I butchered

01:13:24.699 --> 01:13:27.739
your last name. But, you know, the outside linebacker

01:13:27.739 --> 01:13:30.279
core, I want to see exactly where they are because

01:13:30.279 --> 01:13:33.979
I know they've made a lot of investments at that

01:13:33.979 --> 01:13:36.180
position specifically. So I just want to see,

01:13:36.239 --> 01:13:39.229
you know. where everybody is at this point, who's

01:13:39.229 --> 01:13:41.550
going to stand out, who's going to fall, all

01:13:41.550 --> 01:13:45.289
of that and more. But when we look at their storyline

01:13:45.289 --> 01:13:49.069
for this team, can Bryce Young take the next

01:13:49.069 --> 01:13:53.210
step? Last year was a rocky year for Bryce Young.

01:13:53.630 --> 01:13:55.770
There was a point where he got benched and then

01:13:55.770 --> 01:13:58.109
Andy Dalton came in. Then, you know, Andy Dalton

01:13:58.109 --> 01:14:00.329
wasn't playing his best ball. Then he got hurt,

01:14:00.409 --> 01:14:01.949
I think, in a car accident or something. Then

01:14:01.949 --> 01:14:04.449
so Bryce Young came in and then Bryce Young sort

01:14:04.449 --> 01:14:06.989
of like went on this, you know, really good run.

01:14:07.029 --> 01:14:09.510
He was playing really good. So I want to see

01:14:09.510 --> 01:14:12.350
is that momentum going to carry on into this

01:14:12.350 --> 01:14:15.529
season? Because right now, Bryce Young has to

01:14:15.529 --> 01:14:18.310
live up to that number one overall pick. Now,

01:14:18.310 --> 01:14:21.050
am I saying that he has to be an elite quarterback?

01:14:21.289 --> 01:14:24.649
No. But I think if he's a top 10, possibly top

01:14:24.649 --> 01:14:26.989
15 quarterback, I don't think nobody's really

01:14:26.989 --> 01:14:30.130
complaining. Now, me personally, I think the

01:14:30.130 --> 01:14:32.529
number one knock for the Panthers this offseason

01:14:32.529 --> 01:14:35.109
was, I feel like, personally, they didn't make

01:14:35.109 --> 01:14:37.949
as many investments into the offense as they

01:14:37.949 --> 01:14:40.489
did into the defense. They made a lot of moves

01:14:40.489 --> 01:14:43.090
defensively. But offensively, I'm just like,

01:14:43.210 --> 01:14:45.869
yo, where's the moves at? Granted, they drafted

01:14:45.869 --> 01:14:48.850
Tetrell McMillan, but I wanted them to try to

01:14:48.850 --> 01:14:51.529
make more upgrades from an offensive standpoint.

01:14:52.119 --> 01:14:53.680
I know I was forgetting something when it came

01:14:53.680 --> 01:14:58.640
to safety. Nick Scott and Damani Richardson and

01:14:58.640 --> 01:15:01.420
Latham Ransom. I want to see where, you know,

01:15:01.420 --> 01:15:03.479
where were they at as well? Because Trevon Morig,

01:15:03.560 --> 01:15:06.079
his spot is solidified, okay? He's a free agent

01:15:06.079 --> 01:15:10.140
signing, so he's good. But everybody else, I'm

01:15:10.140 --> 01:15:13.619
not saying that you're on the hot seat, but you

01:15:13.619 --> 01:15:15.739
sort of got to do a little bit more extra just

01:15:15.739 --> 01:15:18.659
so you can, you know, solidify your spot on this

01:15:18.659 --> 01:15:22.710
roster. Going back to the storyline and everything,

01:15:22.930 --> 01:15:27.069
I want to see where Bryce Young is. If he's the

01:15:27.069 --> 01:15:29.729
second or possibly third best quarterback in

01:15:29.729 --> 01:15:33.829
that division, that's a start. But if he's actually

01:15:33.829 --> 01:15:36.850
regressed instead of progressed, now we have

01:15:36.850 --> 01:15:40.720
a problem. But when we look at possible free

01:15:40.720 --> 01:15:42.960
agency additions, if they want to take that route,

01:15:43.140 --> 01:15:45.880
especially for outside linebacker, you have Matthew

01:15:45.880 --> 01:15:48.460
Judon, you have Preston Anzadarius -Smith, you

01:15:48.460 --> 01:15:51.140
have Kaiser White, Duke Riley, Jalen Reeves -Maben,

01:15:51.260 --> 01:15:54.920
you have Kamu Greger -Hill. Wide receiver, if

01:15:54.920 --> 01:15:56.500
you want to take that route, you have Keenan

01:15:56.500 --> 01:15:58.899
Allen, Amar Cooper, Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar,

01:15:59.020 --> 01:16:01.680
DJ Chark, Tyler Boyd, Chris Conley, Jameson Crowder.

01:16:02.380 --> 01:16:04.180
Safety, if you want to take that route, you have

01:16:04.180 --> 01:16:06.720
Marcus Williams, Justin Simmons, Jordan Whitehead.

01:16:07.180 --> 01:16:10.220
Quandre Diggs, and Chuck Clark. Now for tackle,

01:16:10.420 --> 01:16:13.859
if you want to bring in competition for Akeem

01:16:13.859 --> 01:16:16.859
Akwanu, you have George Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah

01:16:16.859 --> 01:16:19.199
Wynn, Michael Dunn, LaRaven Clark, Chris Hubbard,

01:16:19.220 --> 01:16:21.760
and Jermaine Effetti. For center, if you want

01:16:21.760 --> 01:16:24.220
to bring in competition for him, you have Nick

01:16:24.220 --> 01:16:26.500
Harris, you have Dan Feeney, Nick Gates, Sam

01:16:26.500 --> 01:16:30.239
Mustapher, Shane Lemieux, Wesley French, and

01:16:30.239 --> 01:16:34.520
De 'Ader Eisland. So sure, it's probably not

01:16:34.520 --> 01:16:37.340
the best options, but you want to try to at least

01:16:37.340 --> 01:16:39.600
bring in some competition that can at least nudge

01:16:39.600 --> 01:16:42.039
them that can at least push them into either

01:16:42.039 --> 01:16:44.800
playing better or at least show them or at least

01:16:44.800 --> 01:16:47.739
show you as the team like hey this is where they

01:16:47.739 --> 01:16:50.220
are we're not satisfied with this so we're possibly

01:16:50.220 --> 01:16:54.100
going to make an upgrade via you know free agency

01:16:54.100 --> 01:16:58.239
signing or a trade or just hold it off and possibly

01:16:58.239 --> 01:17:01.039
address it in next year's draft. But let's go

01:17:01.039 --> 01:17:02.760
to the Buccaneers. Let's just end it off with

01:17:02.760 --> 01:17:05.239
a great team, you know, positional battles to

01:17:05.239 --> 01:17:07.319
watch out for, wide receiver, defensive line,

01:17:07.380 --> 01:17:10.119
tackle, and cornerback. So players to keep an

01:17:10.119 --> 01:17:13.279
eye out for, Kalijah Canty, Yaya Diaby, Hassan

01:17:13.279 --> 01:17:16.859
Reddick, Jamal Dean, Benjamin Morrison, Tykee

01:17:16.859 --> 01:17:19.859
Smith, Jacob Parrish, Trey Palmer, Jalen McMillan,

01:17:20.039 --> 01:17:24.380
Sterling Shepard, Charlie Heck, and Ben... I

01:17:24.380 --> 01:17:26.619
think I butchered your last name. If I did, I

01:17:26.619 --> 01:17:29.460
did not mean to do that. But the storyline for

01:17:29.460 --> 01:17:31.960
the Buccaneers is, can this team take the next

01:17:31.960 --> 01:17:35.840
step to becoming true contenders? Because I believe

01:17:35.840 --> 01:17:38.619
they are contenders, but I want them to solidify

01:17:38.619 --> 01:17:42.520
themselves as true contenders. Because me personally,

01:17:42.699 --> 01:17:45.180
and I'll probably talk about this in the next

01:17:45.180 --> 01:17:48.079
episode, I do believe that the Buccaneers are

01:17:48.079 --> 01:17:51.560
a dark horse Super Bowl candidate. I think right

01:17:51.560 --> 01:17:54.439
now on both sides of the ball, they are a really

01:17:54.439 --> 01:17:56.619
good team. And I feel like they could go toe

01:17:56.619 --> 01:17:59.420
-to -toe against the Eagles, Lions, or any of

01:17:59.420 --> 01:18:03.260
the other big -name NFC teams that we all consider

01:18:03.260 --> 01:18:05.539
as Super Bowl teams. Don't hate the message.

01:18:05.619 --> 01:18:08.960
Just hate the game. Just saying. But let's start

01:18:08.960 --> 01:18:11.800
things off with Kalijah Canty. So he's coming

01:18:11.800 --> 01:18:13.539
off of a really good season. You know, he had

01:18:13.539 --> 01:18:16.739
four and a half sacks. Really good. So you see

01:18:16.739 --> 01:18:18.989
the growth. But I want to see more. I want to

01:18:18.989 --> 01:18:22.449
see, are you going to continue to grow moving

01:18:22.449 --> 01:18:24.930
forward? Because I believe Kalaja Kansi could

01:18:24.930 --> 01:18:28.869
possibly be a 8 -12 sack type of defensive lineman.

01:18:28.949 --> 01:18:31.970
He has that skill set, and I think he could definitely

01:18:31.970 --> 01:18:34.750
do it. The only question is, is he going to do

01:18:34.750 --> 01:18:38.390
it this year? Yaya Diaby, I want to see exactly

01:18:38.390 --> 01:18:41.239
where you are. Because right now, I mean, sure,

01:18:41.380 --> 01:18:43.619
you have Hasan Reddick. Sure, you have, you know,

01:18:43.680 --> 01:18:45.960
other pass rushers. But I just want to see, you

01:18:45.960 --> 01:18:48.479
know, can you continue to grow? Is there another

01:18:48.479 --> 01:18:51.460
level to your game? Same thing with Hasan Reddick.

01:18:51.520 --> 01:18:53.819
We all know what happened with the Jets situation.

01:18:54.000 --> 01:18:56.939
I want to see, are you the Hasan Reddick of the

01:18:56.939 --> 01:19:00.079
Eagles or are you the Hasan Reddick of the Jets?

01:19:00.220 --> 01:19:03.600
Which version is the Buccaneers getting? Jamel

01:19:03.600 --> 01:19:07.079
Dean, you're not on the hot seat, but I want

01:19:07.079 --> 01:19:10.529
to see where you are. especially with the Buccaneers

01:19:10.529 --> 01:19:13.310
drafting Benjamin Morrison, I want to see where

01:19:13.310 --> 01:19:16.050
you guys are at this point. Because right now,

01:19:16.069 --> 01:19:18.109
Jamel Dean, although you're probably cornerback

01:19:18.109 --> 01:19:20.810
two, possibly cornerback three, I think you're

01:19:20.810 --> 01:19:23.630
still really productive. So let's see it in training

01:19:23.630 --> 01:19:27.409
camp. Iron sharpens iron, all right? So Benjamin

01:19:27.409 --> 01:19:30.329
Morrison, I want to see where you are. I want

01:19:30.329 --> 01:19:32.590
to see, have you fully healed from that hip injury?

01:19:32.670 --> 01:19:35.289
Because remember, Benjamin Morrison was supposed

01:19:35.289 --> 01:19:38.920
to be a first round pick. He only fell because

01:19:38.920 --> 01:19:42.140
of an injury red flag. Outside of that, his name

01:19:42.140 --> 01:19:43.979
was going to be called in the first round. No

01:19:43.979 --> 01:19:47.579
questions asked. Tykee Smith, want to see where

01:19:47.579 --> 01:19:50.479
you are. Jacob Parrish, they drafted you a few

01:19:50.479 --> 01:19:53.159
years ago in the third round. I want to see where

01:19:53.159 --> 01:19:56.460
you are. Trey Palmer, Jalen McMillan, Sterling

01:19:56.460 --> 01:20:01.220
Shepard. I want to see exactly. Who's going to

01:20:01.220 --> 01:20:03.279
take that next step? Who's going to solidify

01:20:03.279 --> 01:20:05.600
themselves on this team? Especially with Chris

01:20:05.600 --> 01:20:08.939
Godwin still rehabbing that ankle injury, this

01:20:08.939 --> 01:20:11.739
now opens things up between Trey Palmer, Jalen

01:20:11.739 --> 01:20:13.920
McMillan, and Sterling Shepard. Now, granted,

01:20:14.039 --> 01:20:17.659
Sterling Shepard has a relationship with Baker

01:20:17.659 --> 01:20:20.359
Mayfield, so they already have chemistry. But

01:20:20.359 --> 01:20:22.340
I want to see if Trey Palmer is going to take

01:20:22.340 --> 01:20:24.539
that next step, especially Jalen McMillan, because

01:20:24.539 --> 01:20:27.100
they are two really good wide receivers that

01:20:27.100 --> 01:20:30.949
I believe... Prior to the regular season starting,

01:20:31.090 --> 01:20:32.609
I do believe that they're going to get traded.

01:20:33.029 --> 01:20:36.369
Where? I don't know. Now with Charlie Heck and

01:20:36.369 --> 01:20:40.909
Ben Chukwuma, I feel like personally this is

01:20:40.909 --> 01:20:43.149
an opportunity for the both of you guys to showcase

01:20:43.149 --> 01:20:46.590
like, hey, we may not be starting caliber tackles,

01:20:46.630 --> 01:20:49.409
but we are good backup tackles for any other

01:20:49.409 --> 01:20:52.390
team. Because right now with Tristan Works being

01:20:52.390 --> 01:20:54.649
on the pup, I think this opens up an opportunity

01:20:54.649 --> 01:20:57.600
for you guys to showcase yourself. For all 31

01:20:57.600 --> 01:21:01.140
other teams. Because, again, this team is very,

01:21:01.279 --> 01:21:04.640
very, very, and I mean very good. All right?

01:21:04.939 --> 01:21:08.300
Had the Buccaneers made a move to get Jalen Ramsey,

01:21:08.460 --> 01:21:11.579
oh, they're a Super Bowl team. 1 ,000%. I don't

01:21:11.579 --> 01:21:13.460
care what anyone says. They would have been a

01:21:13.460 --> 01:21:17.079
Super Bowl team in my eyes. Because Baker Mayfield

01:21:17.079 --> 01:21:19.020
has been balling out. You already know what you're

01:21:19.020 --> 01:21:22.340
getting with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. I mean,

01:21:22.359 --> 01:21:26.539
come on. What else do they need? for this team.

01:21:26.680 --> 01:21:29.380
Now, I will say this, the defensive line as a

01:21:29.380 --> 01:21:32.680
whole, outside of Vitavia, I want to see, can

01:21:32.680 --> 01:21:34.720
everybody step up to the plate? I want to see

01:21:34.720 --> 01:21:37.800
if everybody can become better. All right, sure,

01:21:37.899 --> 01:21:39.920
they made investments in getting Desmond Watson.

01:21:40.590 --> 01:21:42.109
I want to see what they're going to do with that

01:21:42.109 --> 01:21:44.770
project. I just want to see this defensive line

01:21:44.770 --> 01:21:49.130
become more formidable and how it was a few years

01:21:49.130 --> 01:21:51.430
ago when they won the championship with Brady.

01:21:51.630 --> 01:21:54.189
But we'll look at possible free agency additions

01:21:54.189 --> 01:21:56.670
if you want to take that route. Cornerback, as

01:21:56.670 --> 01:21:58.649
I've said before, you have James Bradbury, Kendall

01:21:58.649 --> 01:22:01.229
Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas, Mike

01:22:01.229 --> 01:22:04.289
Hilton, CJ Henderson. Tackle, you have George

01:22:04.289 --> 01:22:06.810
Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Michael Dunn,

01:22:06.810 --> 01:22:08.770
Raven Clark, Chris Hubbard, Jermaine Nefedi.

01:22:09.279 --> 01:22:10.880
Wide receiver, if you want to take that route,

01:22:11.140 --> 01:22:13.640
Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis, Nelson

01:22:13.640 --> 01:22:16.500
Aguilar, DJ Char, Tiger Boyd, Chris Conley, Jameson

01:22:16.500 --> 01:22:18.840
Crowder. In defensive line, if you want to take

01:22:18.840 --> 01:22:21.239
that route, as I've said before, you have Jadeveon

01:22:21.239 --> 01:22:23.859
Clowney, Raekwon Davis, Demarcus Walker, Montrevious

01:22:23.859 --> 01:22:26.859
Adams, Jerry Hughes, Linval Joseph, and Maurice

01:22:26.859 --> 01:22:29.630
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