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Double bag alert. Double bag alert. Double bag

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alert, folks. That's right. We got a loaded episode.

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And I mean a loaded episode, all right? Colton

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Miller and Zach Allen get paid. Tara McLaurin

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requests a trade. Micah Parsons? Drama? Noah

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fan hits the Cincinnati. Trey Hendrickson reports

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to training camp. Chargers versus Lions recap.

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Yes, we are going to talk about the Hall of Fame

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game. If you don't want to listen to it, guess

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what? You can skip it. It's no problem. It's

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not going to hurt my feelings. And the final

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gut check time, folks. That's right. AFC and

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NFC West. So guess what? You already know my

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spell. This is the 88th episode of the Football

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Junkies podcast, all right? I am your host with

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the most. I'm your bagroll domus. That's right,

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your chief bagroll domus to be specific because

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you know why? I am in charge of anything and

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everything related to the bag, rumors to the

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bag, and more. But guess what? I am your GM who

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currently is not on a team right now, but don't

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you worry about it, all right? Don't you worry

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about it because guess what? I am all these things

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and more. But most importantly, the most important

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thing that you must remember is... I am your

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host, Kale. This is going to be a loaded episode.

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This is going to be an amazing episode because

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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? You already know

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how things are about to end. So guess what? On

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three, one, two, three, let's lock in. Right,

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folks? Let's 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, all right? Let's get these bag alerts out

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the way so we can get to the good stuff, all

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right? Cowboys fans, I want to feel bad for you,

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but I don't. But it's okay. I'll be a shoulder

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that you can cry on just for this episode, all

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right? But let's save that for later. Let's get

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to these bagelers, all right? So Zach Allen,

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defensive lineman for the Broncos, inks a four

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-year, $102 million deal, $69 .5 million guaranteed,

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a $24 million signing bonus, and he will be making

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$25 .5 million a year. I forgot to add this in

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as well. He gets $44 .2 million guaranteed at

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signing. When we look at his stats from this

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past season, 61 tackles and 8 .5 sacks. Folks,

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the Broncos continue to do good business. Zach

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Allen is one of those defensive linemen that

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doesn't get a lot of attention. He doesn't really

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get his flowers. He flies under the radar, but

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you are talking about somebody that since joining

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the Broncos, he has been very productive. I'm

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not saying he has double digit sacks, but I mean,

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eight and a half sacks for the role that he plays

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is a really productive defensive lineman. It

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was only right for the Broncos to give him the

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extension that he so deserves, which, I mean,

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even when you look at this deal, it's not a bad

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deal at all. Because why? The team is still fairly

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young. You still have Bo Nix on his rookie deal.

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I mean, you just paid Cortland Sun not too long

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ago. You paid PS2 as well. It's not that bad.

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This is a really good deal for a really good

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and very, very, very productive player. but congratulations

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to him all right now let's talk about colton

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miller left tackle for the raiders he inks a

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three -year 66 million dollar deal 42 .5 million

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guaranteed and he'll be making 22 million a year

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folks this offseason has been great for left

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tackles all right it was only right that the

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raiders took care of their left tackle who by

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the way has been their longest tenured player

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for a while Derek Carr has been gone for a while,

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Josh Jacobs, Darren Waller, this person, that

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person, all these other people have come and

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gone. But Colton Miller and Max Crosby have been

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the only two players that have stuck by the Raiders.

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Folks, this isn't a deal that's going to break

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the bank. This isn't a deal that's going to have

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the Raiders scratching their head in two years.

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This is a deal for somebody that's been loyal

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to the team through and through. And what better

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way to reward your player that's been with you

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through the ups and downs, the head scratching

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moments, the questionable decisions than to just

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give them a good deal. Now, let's talk about

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Terry McLaurin. OK, let's yeah, because we're

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because we're going to be talking about the NFC

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East for a while. OK, so Terry McLaurin requested

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a trade. So before we get into the hot takes,

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truth bombs and all that other stuff, let's speed

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everybody up. where we are right now with this

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whole situation, all right? So Terry McLaurin

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has requested a trade, and this is due in part

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because there's been little to no progress between

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him and the commanders. Now, prior to him requesting

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a trade, multiple teams have called and were

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told no prior to this point. Now, according to

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Diana Rossini from The Athletic, the road bump

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for this situation is that Terry McLaurin's age

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as well as his price. Now, when we look at notable

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wide receivers who have been in similar situations,

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you have to bring up Tee Higgins, Deebo Samuel,

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and even Brandon Iyuk from last year. According

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to SpotRag, two -year cash payouts for active

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wide receivers who are 29 or older includes Tyree

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Kill at $54 .1 million, Calvin Ridley, $48 million.

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Mike Evans, $44 .6 million. Devontae Adams, $44

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million. Chris Godwin, $44 million. Stefan Diggs,

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$40 .8 million. And Cooper Cup at $31 million.

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So here's the thing. So while I understand that

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the commanders are trying to factor his age on

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why they're not trying to give him the money

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that he's looking for, I think you have to put

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that to a side. Terry McLaurin has been very

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healthy throughout his entire career. It'll be

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different if he's somebody that, you know, the

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last two seasons he's only played like four or

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five games and, you know, he's had significant

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injuries like, you know, torn ACL one year, then

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the next year he's torn an Achilles. Okay, fine.

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You have every right to have the standard that

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you have. Terry McLaurin has been healthy and

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he's been consistent since coming into the league.

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You're talking about somebody that has had multiple

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1 ,000 receiving yard seasons with different

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quarterbacks. Quarterbacks, by the way, who,

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I mean, if we're being real here, wasn't playing

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their best ball. He's been productive with Dwayne

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Haskins, God rest his soul, Alex Smith, Taylor

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Heineke, Ryan Fitzpatrick. I can continue to

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go on and on and on. He's been consistent. So

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it's only right that the commanders give him

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the money that he's looking for. And even then,

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you can structure the contract in a way to where

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he can get a majority of his money up front.

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So that guess what? If anything crazy happens,

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you can move off of him and it doesn't affect

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you long term. You could give him a three year

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deal and, you know, you can jack up the signing

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bonus and, you know, base salary. There's so

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many different ways that you can skin a cat.

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So I don't see what the problem is. You have

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a quarterback that's on a rookie deal. There's

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nobody else on the team that you have to pay

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significant money to, except for Terry McLaurin.

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So I don't understand why things are so bad right

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now. But I will say this. If both sides cannot

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come to an agreement, trade them. Terry McLaurin

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has a market right now. I'm going to give you

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some of the teams that I think. That should go

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after Terry McLaurin. And I'll even explain why.

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But we'll turn this into somewhat of a mini experiment,

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okay? 49ers. First thing that comes to mind.

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You want to know why? For one, Brandon Iyuk is

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still nursing his ACL injury. So most likely,

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he's not going to be available for at least the

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first half of the season. There's nobody else

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outside of Jawan Jennings who even then... He's

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having his own contractual situations as well.

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So outside of those two, all you have is Ricky

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Pearsall and the younger receivers. By bringing

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in Terry McLaurin, for one, you're providing

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help to the wide receiver room. It's a reliable

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and consistent weapon. And if you wanted to,

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you can talk him into taking less. Because why?

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You are still a playoff contender. Let's keep

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on going. The Chiefs. The Chiefs right now need

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a dominant wide receiver. They don't have one

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right now. Sure, Xavier Worthy is a speed demon,

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but okay, fine. You have Juju. He's the veteran.

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Rasheed Rice. I don't know what's going on with

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his legal situation. I don't know if the league

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is going to suspend him or not. So you need to

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be in preparation that most likely he will be

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suspended for at least maybe two to three games,

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maybe a little bit longer. Sky Moore. I would

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venture to say he's falling out of the good graces

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of the team. So with Terry McLaurin, once again,

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you can convince him, hey, we can't give you

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30, but we can try to get you to 30. We can get

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you to 28. We can try to get you to 29 at best.

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I think he would be willing to take that. I think

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that would help the offense a whole lot more,

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but we'll talk about that when we get to gut

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check time, okay? Bills. The Bills don't have

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a true dominant number one receiver. Sure, Keyon

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Cole is a really productive receiver, but he's

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a two. He's not a one. Terry McLaurin is a one.

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Terry McLaurin could be the weapon that you need

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to get over your playoff woes. You can convince

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him to take less. And the Steelers, which, speaking

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of which, according to Chris Halleck from DK

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Pittsburgh Sports, by the way, side note, my

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bad, bro, because I know I butchered your last

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name. On an All Steelers live stream. And I did

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not mean to do that. Shout out to Noah. Shout

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out to DK Pittsburgh Sports. Shout out to Chris

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Hallett. Because you guys put out some great

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content by the way. But we're not here for that.

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Now with the Steelers. The Steelers need a receiver.

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Badly. They tried to give Roman Wilson a chance.

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He hasn't shown anything. Calvin Austin is a

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slot receiver. If DK Metcalf goes down. God forbid.

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Who else in that receiver room can you trust?

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We all saw what happened last season when George

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Pickens got hurt. That wide receiver room was

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unreliable. And sure, they made a trade for Mike

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Williams, but they really wasn't utilizing him.

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The only time that they really used him was for

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the Washington game. And in doing so, he helped

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them win the game. So if I'm the Steelers, I

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probably would want to be the most aggressive

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because why? For one, you brought in a potential

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better quarterback than what you had last year.

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You know that if DK Metcalf gets hurt, there's

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nobody else that you can rely on. And right now,

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Terry McLaurin is probably your best chance of

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this offense really becoming a better offense

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than what it has been the last three to five

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years. I think a receiver core that has DK Metcalf,

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Calvin Austin, and Terry McLaurin is way more

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formidable than what they have right now. Even

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when you look at training camp reports from any

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of the beat writers that are there, they'll all

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say the same thing. The offense continues to

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get dominated. So if you're the Steelers, you

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got to be aggressive. Now, when we talk about

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compensation and stuff like that, I would venture

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to say that the starting point for any Terry

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McLaurin trade would include a second round pick.

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Now, what you do after that second round pick

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depends. Me personally, I would say maybe a second,

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maybe a conditional fourth that can turn into

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a third, maybe a second and a receiver that you

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know is not going to make the roster, maybe a

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second and a third and, you know, something else.

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There's different ways that you can address this

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that's going to benefit both sides. But at the

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same time, if you're Washington. You know that

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by trading Terry McLaurin away, that opens up

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a bigger problem for the offense. Granted, they

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traded for Deebo Samuel, but you don't know what

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version of Deebo Samuel you're getting. You know

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what you're getting with Terry McLaurin. Not

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to mention, this could potentially damage the

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progress in Jaden Daniels. So if I'm the commanders,

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you have to try to at least attempt. to put a

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legitimate offer that's going to entice Terry

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McLaurin. Now, am I saying that you have to give

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him 40 plus million? No. Am I saying that you

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have to pay him more than what CeeDee Lamb is

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making? No. But I do believe that he is due between

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30 and 33 million a year. I think that's a reasonable

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price. I don't think that's a bad price at all.

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If you look at the deal that he signed a few

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years ago, that was a team -friendly deal. The

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market has changed now. His price point is literally...

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what the market is going for right now. Any productive

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number one wide receiver is making at least 30

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plus million a year. AJ Brown, Amon Ross St.

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Brown, CeeDee Lamb, Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson,

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DK Metcalf, all of them are making 30 plus million.

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So it's only right that he get his piece to the

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puzzle. So if I'm the commanders, you want to

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try to at least attempt. to get something done,

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to at least have some progress within the next

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few days, maybe within the next two weeks or

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so. Because right now, if this thing continues

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to stall, you are running the risk of possibly

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hurting the team more than actually helping it.

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You're going to need Terry McLaurin this season.

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So if I'm the commanders, just pay him. Give

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him a three -year deal, juice up the numbers,

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go from there. It's not going to hurt you. It's

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not going to hurt your cap. It's not going to

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hurt anything at all. Got to take care of your

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players, man. This is what happens when you have

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superstars on your team. I'm going to talk, just

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you wait, because we have to talk about the Michael

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Parsons situation, all right? Which, actually,

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you know what? We'll talk about it right now.

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So Micah Parsons has requested a trade, ladies

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and gentlemen. As we all have known, our phones

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have been buzzing. If you have social media,

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that's all you've been seeing. If you have friends

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that are Cowboys fans, they're probably super

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depressed and whatnot and just staring at a wall,

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crying their eyes out because it's just the end

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for them, all right? But let's talk about the

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facts first before we get into opinions. So prior

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to Micah Parsons requesting a trade, Diane Roussini

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of The Athletic put out this article and that

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Parsons was considering requesting a trade or,

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and I quote, a declaration that severs his relationship

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with the team, end quote. Right now, both sides

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remain far apart and are currently not in negotiation.

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During the spring, Micah had directly negotiated

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with Jerry Jones and believed that they had a

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deal. When Parsons involved his agent, with these

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negotiations, the Cowboys refused to engage with

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him and told the pass rusher, and I quote, honor

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the agreement he had made, end quote. The team

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is refusing to engage with Parsons agent David

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Malgetta, and Micah is attending practice but

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isn't involved on the on -field work. Now, this

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is what Jerry Jones had to say, and I quote,

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we're just working with what it is. It's not

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uncommon for me and not anything that there's

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a lot of angst over. He's doing a real good job

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of being here. And that's important. We are where

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we are. And I signed the check, period, end quote.

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I'm going to say that last part one more time.

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And I signed the check, period. But Micah Parsons

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says this, and I quote, I want to be here. At

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the end of the day, they signed the checks. Let's

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see if they want me to be here. I've been pretty

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consistent. If they don't want me here, I'll

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go about my business. I understand the nature

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of the business. As long as I'm here and under

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contract, I'm going to do what I have to do to

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perform at the highest level. But if this is

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the end, then this is the end, end quote. I'm

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not even done yet with half of the other things

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that we have to talk about, okay? There's so

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many different ways that I have to take this

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one topic. But let's just keep on going because

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this is really good. OK, this is really, really,

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really good. So C .D. Lim tweets this out. And

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I quote, never fails, dog. Just pay the man.

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Just pay the man what you owe him. No need for

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the extracurricular, end quote. OK, and then

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shortly after, Micah Parsons puts out this statement.

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And this is a very lengthy statement. So just

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bear with me, OK? And I quote. Yes, I wanted

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to be here. I did everything I could to show

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that I wanted to be a cowboy and wear the star

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on my helmet. I wanted to play in front of the

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best fans in sports and make this America's team

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once again. The team my pops and I grew up cheering

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for way up in Harrisburg, PA. Unfortunately,

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I no longer want to be here. I no longer want

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to be held to closed -door negotiations without

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my agent present. I no longer want shots taken

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at me for getting injured while laying it on

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the line for the organization, our fans, and

00:17:55.069 --> 00:17:57.789
my teammates. I no longer want narratives created

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and spread to the media about me. I have purposely

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stayed quiet in hopes of getting something done.

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But since there is confusion out there, let me

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clear some things up. I had my agent reach out

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:10.940
to the Cowboys last offseason after my third

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year in hopes of getting a deal done early. Unfortunately,

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the team did not want to start any negotiations

00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:19.299
at that point. I was okay with that. Didn't complain

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and focused on the 2024 season. After the season,

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I told my agent once again to let them know where

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we were open to negotiate when they met at the

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combine. My agent informed me I should wait for

00:18:37.589 --> 00:18:40.369
other deals to get done because the price will

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only go up. But I didn't care and I wanted to

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secure myself as a cowboy long term. This was

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before any of the other pass rushers deals. After

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the season, I told my agent once again to let

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them know we were open to negotiate when they

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met at the combine. My agent informed me I should

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wait for other deals to get done because the

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price will only go up, but I didn't care and

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wanted to secure myself as a cowboy long term.

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Micah, you're just repeating yourself. What the

00:19:04.690 --> 00:19:06.589
heck is going on? This was before any of the

00:19:06.589 --> 00:19:08.849
other pass rusher deals got done this offseason.

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Oh, he was correcting himself. Okay. I knew I

00:19:12.029 --> 00:19:13.829
would be leaving money on the table, but again,

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I was okay with that. Again, radio silence as

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far as my extension. In March, I met with Mr.

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:22.859
Jones to talk about leadership. Somehow, the

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:25.440
conversation turned into him talking contract

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with me. Yes, I engaged in a back and forth in

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regards to what I wanted from my contract, but

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at no point did I believe this was supposed to

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be a formal negotiation, and I informed Mr. Jones

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afterward my agent would reach out thinking that

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this would get things done. But when my agent

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.720
reached out and spoke to Adam, he was told the

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.460
deal was pretty much already done. My agent,

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of course, told him that wasn't the case and

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:50.319
also reached out to Steven Jones. Again, the

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:53.059
team decided to go silent. At that point, we

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decided we would allow the team to reach out

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to us whenever they decided they wanted to talk.

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Yet still not a call, email, or text to my agent

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about starting a negotiation. Up to today, the

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:08.259
team has not had a... Micah, come on, man. Why

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.880
would you do this in the notes? Why didn't you

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.039
just type this out or something? Come on, man.

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This is just crazy. Not one demand has been made

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by my agent about money, years, or anything else.

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Still, I stay quiet. But again, after repeated

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shots at myself and all the other narratives,

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I have made a tough decision. I have made a tough

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decision. I no longer want to play for the Dallas

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Cowboys. My trade request has been submitted

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to Stephen Jones personally, end quote. I know

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this is very confusing, but this is what J .J.

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Watt had to say. And I quote, take care of your

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best players early. Saves money, saves headaches.

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The longer you wait, the higher the price, end

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quote. And J .J. Watt is 100 % correct. That

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is the difference between a reactive organization

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and a proactive organization. Proactive organizations,

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case in point, the Eagles, Ravens, sometimes

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49ers, guess what? They pay their players ahead

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of time to avoid all that drama, saves money,

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and that way they don't have to react to the

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:13.730
market. They can dictate the market. But instead,

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here you have someone who is not serious about

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winning. All he is serious about is how many

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likes, how many clicks and how many people are

00:21:24.450 --> 00:21:27.009
talking about the Dallas Cowboys. Because if

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you had an owner that was serious about winning,

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we wouldn't be at this point. That deal would

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have been signed, sealed and delivered. It is

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rare and I mean very rare to have a star player.

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that is willing, willing to take less just because

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.559
he loves the organization, just because he loves

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:53.900
the team that much. Most superstars, they're

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:56.079
cracking you over the head. But here you have

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:58.240
someone in Michael Parsons who prior to this

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point was willing to take less for the team just

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:05.380
because he loved them that much. But that bridge

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:08.680
is burned. And even though the Cowboys believe

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.539
that that bridge is still alive and it's very

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:15.039
stable, oh no, that bridge is charred. And the

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:17.319
fact that you have an owner that is so immature

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:23.259
and his son who is so naive and so blinded by

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his own father's words and don't even realize

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:29.720
that, listen, if we don't take care of our superstar

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:33.640
right now, we are going to lose more than gain.

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Name me any other person on that defense right

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now that can contribute as much as a Micah Parsons.

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I'll wait. Don't have an answer? Exactly my point.

00:22:46.569 --> 00:22:52.309
Micah Parsons is the only person that can keep

00:22:52.309 --> 00:22:55.930
the Cowboys from having a winning season. There

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is nobody else on the defense that can contribute

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like a Micah Parsons. And if you don't have Micah

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:06.240
Parsons on that field, you're going to lose more

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:09.940
games than win them. And you know that, but you're

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.940
not focused about winning. You know what you're

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:14.539
focused on? When seeing on ESPN that people are

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.420
talking about who? The Cowboys. You turn on the

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.960
NFL Network, who are they talking about? Who?

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:20.079
The Cowboys. That's what you're concerned about.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:26.279
Here you have a naive, immature, snake of an

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:29.450
owner. who doesn't care about his players. He

00:23:29.450 --> 00:23:31.970
only cares about what they bring to the table.

00:23:32.210 --> 00:23:34.609
But this is what happens when you don't take

00:23:34.609 --> 00:23:37.809
care of your players, especially your superstars.

00:23:37.829 --> 00:23:40.549
Your superstars, you were supposed to go above

00:23:40.549 --> 00:23:44.210
and beyond for them. Because you know why? They

00:23:44.210 --> 00:23:46.730
are your difference makers. They are your game

00:23:46.730 --> 00:23:49.529
changers. They are the people that you know that,

00:23:49.549 --> 00:23:51.509
guess what? If you don't have them on the field,

00:23:51.710 --> 00:23:55.900
you are going to lose more than win. But here

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.680
you have an immature owner in Jerry Jones who

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:03.380
treats them like an ant. Now, if I'm Michael

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:06.839
Parsons, I'm not stepping on the field until

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:09.880
I get traded. Now, I know for a lot of people,

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:12.259
you're probably saying Michael Parsons isn't

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.960
going to get traded. I think at this point, that's

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.359
the only option. And I think if the Cowboys were

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:21.640
willing to meet his number or give him a fully

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:24.480
guaranteed contract or. Whatever it is, just

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:28.039
so things could be resolved, I think Micah Parsons

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:31.259
wouldn't do it. I think Micah truly believes

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.440
that, listen, you have questioned who I am as

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.140
a player and as a man. You have questioned my

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:38.720
leadership. You have questioned everything that

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.099
I do. And so I just can't stand for that. And

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:44.980
so I want to go somewhere where they value me

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:47.940
more than just a player. And he has every right

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:50.339
to feel the way that he feels. Now, I will say

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:54.259
this. The only situation that we can reference

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:58.259
is the Khalil Mack trade. Because remember, the

00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:01.440
Raiders in return got two first round picks,

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:05.140
a six, and a third round pick for Khalil Mack.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:08.519
So if I'm any team, you know most likely you're

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:10.759
going to have to give up two first round picks.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.940
It's not a first round pick and a conditional

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:17.259
pick and a player and this and that. No, it's

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:20.839
two first round picks plus. Whatever else that

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:24.079
you give them. Now, when we look at teams that

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:26.720
could possibly make a move for Michael Parsons,

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.079
I'm going to tell you the first thing that comes

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to mind. And, Mook, you already know what I'm

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:32.579
going to say. We talked about it. The Ravens.

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:36.920
Hear me out. This may turn into a lengthy conversation,

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:40.579
okay? If you're the Ravens, you make this move.

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There's no point in you continuing to draft year

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:51.019
after year after year. It's time for you to win

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:55.279
now. Because for every year that you don't go

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.799
to the Super Bowl, for every year that you don't

00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:01.480
win the Super Bowl, is a year that's wasted.

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.779
And if you're the front office, you have to ask

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:06.720
yourself this. How many years are you going to

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:11.420
continue to waste? You need a closer. You don't

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:14.920
have one right now on the roster. Micah Parsons

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:19.289
is the answer. The last productive pass rusher

00:26:19.289 --> 00:26:22.690
that you had was Terrell Suggs. Granted, you

00:26:22.690 --> 00:26:24.990
have Kyle Van Noor right now. He's been doing

00:26:24.990 --> 00:26:27.809
well since joining the Ravens. But he's just

00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:31.630
one person. If you get a Micah Parsons, that

00:26:31.630 --> 00:26:34.829
can open up the floodgates to how you want to

00:26:34.829 --> 00:26:37.910
attack a quarterback. Because guess what? I don't

00:26:37.910 --> 00:26:40.450
care who it is. It could be Sean McVay. It could

00:26:40.450 --> 00:26:44.519
be Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan, whomever. No one

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:48.119
can scheme a good enough strategy to stop a defensive

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.799
line that's going to have Justin Matabuke, Micah

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:55.000
Parsons, Adafi Owe, Kyle Van Noy, Mike Green,

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:59.460
the Green Machine, and everyone else. At some

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:02.220
point, you have to make the radical move. You

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.900
have to be crazy to win the Super Bowl. You saw

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:08.859
what the Rams did. The Rams said, fuck them picks.

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:11.039
That's the same mindset you got to have at this

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:14.059
point. There is no other prospect within the

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:17.819
next five years that has the skill set that Micah

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:20.539
Parsons has right now. There is nobody in the

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:22.900
draft within the next five years that is that

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:25.039
interesting, that is that much of a difference

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:30.079
maker to this team. Micah Parsons could literally

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.500
be the person that gets you over the hump. If

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:38.039
you get Micah Parsons, that is going to put fear

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:41.460
in a Patrick Mahomes because you know why? Not

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:43.940
only is Michael Parsons going to go after you,

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:47.440
you can use him as a spy. So that's going to

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:50.220
contain Patrick Mahomes in the pocket, and you

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:53.660
are going to impose your will on that offense.

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:57.740
I keep on saying this, folks. The only way that

00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:01.599
you can beat a Patrick Mahomes, you have to assault

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:06.039
him. You have to beat him. You saw what the Buccaneers

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:09.359
did. What did they have? A mean defensive line.

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:13.359
You had Evita Vea. You had Shaq Barrett. You

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:16.859
had Ndamukong Su. You had a crazy pass rush.

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:20.519
What did the Eagles just do? You had Jalen Carter.

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:22.480
You had Jordan Davis. You had Brandon Graham.

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:25.680
You had Nolan Smith. You had Josh Sweat. You

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:30.079
had a line. You had a wave that never ended.

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:33.319
That's what you need. Micah Parsons would be

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:36.019
the person that can go toe -to -toe against a

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:39.710
Josh Allen, a Patrick Mahomes. So yes, it may

00:28:39.710 --> 00:28:42.650
be a hefty price, but who cares about the price

00:28:42.650 --> 00:28:44.289
if you're going to be holding up a Lombardi?

00:28:44.970 --> 00:28:48.049
No one. If you trade for Michael Parsons right

00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:50.970
now, and you win a Super Bowl this year, and

00:28:50.970 --> 00:28:53.369
you have the chance to win another Super Bowl

00:28:53.369 --> 00:28:56.170
the next year, how are you going to do it? Here

00:28:56.170 --> 00:29:01.029
you have someone, 26 years old, not 32, not 33,

00:29:01.269 --> 00:29:07.859
not 35, not 39. 26 years old. Hasn't even reached

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:11.599
his prime yet. And he's right there. All you

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.799
have to do is give up two first round picks and

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:17.460
possibly a player. You're not going to do that.

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:20.319
And you can even tell Michael Parsons, hey, listen,

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.039
if you're looking to reset the market, we can't

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:24.779
do that for you. If you're looking to tie with

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.720
this person, that person, we can't do that for

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:30.680
you. But you know what we can do for you? We

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:33.940
can help you get to a Super Bowl. We can help

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:37.140
you become a Super Bowl champion. And I guarantee

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:40.019
you Michael Parsons would give in. I guarantee

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:43.180
you he would be a part of the process. Now, another

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:46.000
team that I think would be very interested to

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:48.799
go after Michael Parsons, I think the commanders

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:52.000
would do it. I think right now, outside of Von

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.039
Miller, who else in that pass rusher room can

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:58.279
you trust consistently? No one. Sure, Frankie

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:01.079
Lou Vu is a Swiss Army knife. He's lined up at

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:04.509
the edge. You've seen him line up. You know,

00:30:04.549 --> 00:30:07.029
as a middle linebacker, he's everywhere. But

00:30:07.029 --> 00:30:08.890
it's just something about having someone like

00:30:08.890 --> 00:30:12.069
a Micah Parsons that just hits different. That's

00:30:12.069 --> 00:30:14.430
like if T .J. Watt became available right now.

00:30:14.690 --> 00:30:16.589
You mean to tell me you want to turn down a T

00:30:16.589 --> 00:30:20.049
.J. Watt? Man, please, let me tell you something.

00:30:20.349 --> 00:30:24.150
If you're the Eagles, I would pick up the phone.

00:30:24.910 --> 00:30:27.589
I would move some future assets around if it

00:30:27.589 --> 00:30:29.529
means I can get a Micah Parsons. Because you

00:30:29.529 --> 00:30:32.309
know why? By getting a Micah Parsons, you can

00:30:32.309 --> 00:30:36.150
extend your Super Bowl window for another three,

00:30:36.250 --> 00:30:40.029
maybe four years at best. If you're any of the

00:30:40.029 --> 00:30:44.109
Super Bowl teams, you have to have a realistic

00:30:44.109 --> 00:30:46.930
conversation about possibly going after Micah

00:30:46.930 --> 00:30:51.150
Parsons. I understand that the compensation is

00:30:51.150 --> 00:30:54.319
cheap. But if you are a team that is trying to

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:57.119
get over a hump, if you are a team that has never

00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:00.839
been to the Super Bowl, if you are a team that

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:05.000
has everything else in place, but all you need

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:08.599
is a top -end pass rusher, you know who you're

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:11.140
going to need to call. And it may not be a good

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:14.099
call, and they may try to crack you over the

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:16.559
head, but guess what? It won't matter if you're

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.000
a Super Bowl champion. Now, I will say this,

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:22.279
and this comes from Adam Schefter. Since Jerry

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.740
Jones purchased the Cowboys in 1989, there has

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:28.400
been only one instance of his team trading away

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:30.880
a player immediately following a Pro Bowl season.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:33.759
The only time Jerry Jones has traded a player

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.059
coming off a Pro Bowl season was April 1994 when

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:39.519
he sent safety Thomas Everett to the Buccaneers

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:43.329
for a 1994 fourth round pick. The Cowboys also

00:31:43.329 --> 00:31:46.930
traded Amari Cooper in March of 2022, a couple

00:31:46.930 --> 00:31:49.410
years after he made a Pro Bowl to the Browns

00:31:49.410 --> 00:31:52.329
for a 2022 sixth round pick in exchange for a

00:31:52.329 --> 00:31:56.509
2022 fifth rounder, 2022 sixth rounder. That's

00:31:56.509 --> 00:31:59.890
the only time he's done this. Yes, this is uncharted

00:31:59.890 --> 00:32:03.289
territory for both the Cowboys and a player.

00:32:03.450 --> 00:32:06.809
But at the same time, if you realize that negotiations

00:32:06.809 --> 00:32:09.670
have stalled and you know that things aren't

00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:12.809
going anywhere anytime soon. Why play hardball

00:32:12.809 --> 00:32:15.769
when you can be compensated for? Because right

00:32:15.769 --> 00:32:18.390
now you need two first round picks. You need

00:32:18.390 --> 00:32:20.809
as many picks as you possibly can get. Because

00:32:20.809 --> 00:32:23.430
right now on that defensive line, there is nobody

00:32:23.430 --> 00:32:26.109
on that defensive line outside of Micah Parsons

00:32:26.109 --> 00:32:28.750
that strikes fear in people's hearts. Not Mozzie

00:32:28.750 --> 00:32:31.869
Smith, not Solomon Thomas. Who else? You can

00:32:31.869 --> 00:32:34.210
name me any person on that defensive line. Nobody

00:32:34.210 --> 00:32:38.869
is causing offensive coordinators and quarterbacks

00:32:38.869 --> 00:32:42.380
to miss sleep. Other than Micah Parsons. So if

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:46.660
you're the Cowboys, do you at least attempt to

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:51.640
try to mend this? Or do you move off of Micah

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.779
Parsons, receive that compensation, and use that

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:57.380
compensation to build this team up even more?

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.039
Because right now, the offensive line still needs

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.720
to be rebuilt. Defensive line still needs to

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:04.039
be built. Still needs to address inside linebacker.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:06.440
You need other weapons outside of George Pickens

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:08.700
and CeeDee Lamb. And you need to prepare just

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:11.410
in case. george pickens doesn't want to be with

00:33:11.410 --> 00:33:14.549
the team you still have other positions on the

00:33:14.549 --> 00:33:17.069
team both offense and defense that have holes

00:33:17.069 --> 00:33:19.490
you have to look at it a few different ways if

00:33:19.490 --> 00:33:23.049
you're the cowboys but only time will tell hopefully

00:33:23.049 --> 00:33:27.190
we will have some resolutions soon do i expect

00:33:27.190 --> 00:33:30.789
it no i don't but hey i wouldn't be surprised

00:33:30.789 --> 00:33:33.589
now let's talk about somebody else another superstar

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.099
That's in a bad situation. Trey Hendrickson.

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:39.240
So Trey Hendrickson has finally reported to training

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:41.480
camp. Now, he's not participating in training

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:43.779
camp. He's still, it's a hold in, not a hold

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:47.200
out. But he did have this to say, and I quote,

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.880
there are plans on not having to play on the

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.500
current deal. That's something we have a common

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:55.160
goal to get to. That's the plan moving forward.

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:57.660
No distractions. I'm excited to be here, end

00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:01.099
quote. But he also goes on to say this, and I

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:03.609
quote, But as we continue to go through this

00:34:03.609 --> 00:34:06.549
process, I plan on handling it with respect to

00:34:06.549 --> 00:34:09.789
Zach Taylor, to the 2025 Bengals, and not being

00:34:09.789 --> 00:34:13.550
a distraction." Now, according to Ben Baby of

00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:17.409
ESPN, prior to the veteran's report date for

00:34:17.409 --> 00:34:20.550
training camp, which was July 22nd, Trey Hendrickson

00:34:20.550 --> 00:34:22.889
said he was training for 30 days in Cincinnati

00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:26.329
and had intentions of reporting. He continues

00:34:26.329 --> 00:34:29.889
to say that he won't participate until he receives

00:34:29.889 --> 00:34:32.400
an extension. Now, his market value, according

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.880
to SpotRack, is three years, $116 .5 million,

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:40.019
which is $38 .8 million a year. This past season,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:43.960
he had 46 tackles and 17 .5 sacks. Folks, what

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:46.960
do I keep on saying? You have to take care of

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:50.659
your superstars. This is what happens when you

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:55.280
have a superstar. You have to pay them market

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:58.530
value. You know right now that the market value

00:34:58.530 --> 00:35:01.750
for a top -end pass rusher, an elite pass rusher,

00:35:01.849 --> 00:35:06.829
is $30 -plus million. So if you know that, why

00:35:06.829 --> 00:35:10.010
weren't you proactive? You could have hashed

00:35:10.010 --> 00:35:12.809
this out last year when the market was actually

00:35:12.809 --> 00:35:16.889
cheaper. But now, now that you have allowed Max

00:35:16.889 --> 00:35:20.789
Crosby, Myles Garrett, and TJ Watt to all get

00:35:20.789 --> 00:35:24.469
deals in one offseason, you may have to pay Trey

00:35:24.469 --> 00:35:27.420
Hendrickson a little bit more. So if you're the

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:30.519
Bengals, you have a tough decision that you have

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.559
to make. Do you let Trey Henderson continue to

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:36.159
hold out or do you swallow your pride and pay

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:39.360
the man? Me personally, I would pay the man because

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:42.119
you have no other choice. There is nobody else

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:45.960
on that defense that is just as productive or

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.039
even more productive than Trey Henderson. Not

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.500
a corner, not an inside linebacker, not a safety,

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:56.500
not a D tackle. Can hold a candle. to what Trey

00:35:56.500 --> 00:36:00.800
Hendrickson does. Every single game. He can be

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:03.300
double teamed and he still finds a way to get

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:07.199
through and gets a sack. So it's only right that

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:10.820
you pay him. And mind you, I don't think Trey

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:13.900
Hendrickson is looking to reset the market. He

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:17.860
just wants what's his. Which, can you blame him

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:21.530
for that? No, you can't. So I don't understand

00:36:21.530 --> 00:36:25.329
why are we seeing three organizations that are

00:36:25.329 --> 00:36:28.710
unwilling to pay their star player, one of their

00:36:28.710 --> 00:36:33.469
star players. Because again, I did not see the

00:36:33.469 --> 00:36:36.110
Bengals having a problem ripping out their checkbook

00:36:36.110 --> 00:36:40.190
to give a check to Joe Burrow. And mind you,

00:36:40.210 --> 00:36:43.349
they did this at the start of the regular season,

00:36:43.429 --> 00:36:48.630
as soon as that kicker kicked the ball off. Everyone

00:36:48.630 --> 00:36:51.289
got the same notification. Joe Burrow inks a

00:36:51.289 --> 00:36:53.230
deal. Joe Burrow is tied for the highest paid

00:36:53.230 --> 00:36:56.210
quarterback in the league at $55 million a year.

00:36:57.250 --> 00:37:00.550
Next thing you know, Jamar Chase gets a deal.

00:37:00.670 --> 00:37:03.130
He recessed the wide receiver market. T. Higgins

00:37:03.130 --> 00:37:05.550
gets his deal. This person's getting paid. That

00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:08.090
person's getting paid. You can't pick and choose

00:37:08.090 --> 00:37:12.269
who you want to pay. You knew what you were getting

00:37:12.269 --> 00:37:15.789
when you gave Trey Henderson his first contract

00:37:15.789 --> 00:37:19.329
when you got him in free agency. So I don't understand

00:37:19.329 --> 00:37:23.469
what the holdup is, but for the love of God,

00:37:23.610 --> 00:37:27.070
can we get some people who can just get the horseshoe

00:37:27.070 --> 00:37:30.730
out of their ass and just pay the man? It's not

00:37:30.730 --> 00:37:34.130
hard. All you have to do is pick up the phone,

00:37:34.329 --> 00:37:37.469
have a conversation, say, hey, what's your number?

00:37:38.809 --> 00:37:40.989
That number is a little bit too high. Let's try

00:37:40.989 --> 00:37:44.010
this number. Okay, how about this? What's your

00:37:44.010 --> 00:37:46.349
middle number? You give you yours, we'll give

00:37:46.349 --> 00:37:49.949
you ours. You know what? Let's compromise. Simple

00:37:49.949 --> 00:37:54.590
things. That simple sentence right there can

00:37:54.590 --> 00:37:57.349
go such a long way than just saying, you know

00:37:57.349 --> 00:37:59.730
what? Nah, we're not going to pay him that. Nah,

00:37:59.809 --> 00:38:01.630
we're just going to cease communication with

00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:04.429
him. It's hurting you more than helping you.

00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:07.989
Because guess what? You know that without Trey

00:38:07.989 --> 00:38:10.710
Henderson this season, Joe Burrow is going to

00:38:10.710 --> 00:38:15.769
be in a shootout every single game for 17 weeks

00:38:15.769 --> 00:38:20.480
straight. And you know, you know that you're

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.980
going to lose more than win. It's the price of

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:26.300
a superstar. This is the price of having a superstar.

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:31.559
This is why certain teams handle superstars better

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:36.099
than others. When you look at the Eagles, when

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:38.739
you look at the Steelers, when you look at the

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:43.579
49ers, even when you look at Chiefs, they handle

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:47.719
their superstars. Even with the Chiefs, they

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:50.400
had to realize that, listen, we can't go a season

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.380
without Chris Jones. We're going to have to pay

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.099
Chris Jones. It only took them two games to realize

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:58.079
that. After that second game, Brett Veach probably

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:59.579
said, you know what? What's your number? We'll

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:01.739
pay you. We'll pay you right now. No problem.

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:04.679
No questions asked. Because they realized that,

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:08.199
listen, if we want to continue to be competitive,

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:11.019
if we want to continue to win championships,

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:15.300
we need our guy. And it's starting to reach a

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:17.579
point now where, listen, if you don't have a

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:20.260
star pass rusher on your team, you're not going

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:24.239
to win. Pay the piper. Make the deal. And with

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:26.139
that being said, let's talk about the Hall of

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:28.360
Fame game briefly, okay? We're not going to go

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:30.699
into deep dive about it. We're just talking about

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:33.039
it very briefly because, of course, it is a football

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.920
game, okay? So Trey Lance, 20 attempts for 13

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.800
completions, 120 passing yards, two touchdowns,

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:42.730
and six yards per attempt. Kamani Vidal, nine

00:39:42.730 --> 00:39:46.030
carries for 37 rushing yards, 4 .1 rushing yards

00:39:46.030 --> 00:39:48.530
per carry, and two touchdowns. Keiondre Lambert

00:39:48.530 --> 00:39:51.170
-Smith, two receptions for 43 receiving yards,

00:39:51.289 --> 00:39:53.909
one touchdown, and 21 .5 receiving yards per

00:39:53.909 --> 00:39:56.769
reception. Kyle Allens, 14 attempts for nine

00:39:56.769 --> 00:40:00.650
completions, 91 passing yards, two picks, and

00:40:00.650 --> 00:40:03.869
6 .5 yards per attempt. Hendon Hooker, six attempts

00:40:03.869 --> 00:40:07.289
for three completions, 18 passing yards, one

00:40:07.289 --> 00:40:11.500
pick, three yards per attempt. Wow, that's bad.

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.840
Craig Reynolds, 10 carries for 38 rushing yards,

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:17.739
3 .8 rushing yards per carry, and one touchdown.

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:23.019
Isaac Tisla, either Tisla or Tesla, excuse me,

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:26.480
two receptions for 46 receiving yards and 23

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:30.800
receiving yards per reception. Folks, Trey Lance

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:33.760
looked really good this game. I understand that

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:35.780
this is a Hall of Fame game, but Trey Lance looked

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:40.369
really good. See, if Trey Lance does this for

00:40:40.369 --> 00:40:43.670
the rest of the preseason, moving forward, he

00:40:43.670 --> 00:40:46.989
will always have a job. Because that's all you

00:40:46.989 --> 00:40:49.269
need to do as a backup quarterback. No one is

00:40:49.269 --> 00:40:52.550
saying that you have to play hero ball. All you

00:40:52.550 --> 00:40:55.469
have to do is just execute. And that's exactly

00:40:55.469 --> 00:40:58.690
what Trey Lance did. That first half, he looked

00:40:58.690 --> 00:41:02.909
great. Executing the plays, making the routine

00:41:02.909 --> 00:41:06.710
throws. Wasn't trying to be overzealous, wasn't

00:41:06.710 --> 00:41:10.230
trying to do anything dramatic or crazy. He was

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:14.010
just doing his job and that's all you need. And

00:41:14.010 --> 00:41:16.929
it worked. Now, a lot of that can be contributed

00:41:16.929 --> 00:41:19.889
to one, having a coach that actually believes

00:41:19.889 --> 00:41:24.150
in you and two, having a system in place that

00:41:24.150 --> 00:41:28.190
supports you. See, one thing we need to talk

00:41:28.190 --> 00:41:32.550
about with Greg Roman is. He does very well when

00:41:32.550 --> 00:41:35.869
it comes to mobile quarterbacks. From Colin Kaepernick

00:41:35.869 --> 00:41:41.190
to Lamar Jackson, even with Trey Lance. He's

00:41:41.190 --> 00:41:43.670
pretty successful with mobile quarterbacks. Now,

00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:46.449
sometimes he can extend his stay for a little

00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:52.289
bit too long. Okay, Ravens, we know. But you

00:41:52.289 --> 00:41:54.630
know exactly what you're getting with Greg Roman.

00:41:55.690 --> 00:41:58.269
And when you have a head coach like Jim Harbaugh

00:41:58.269 --> 00:42:01.010
that believes in each and every one of his players,

00:42:01.250 --> 00:42:04.829
a lot of times that's when you put your best

00:42:04.829 --> 00:42:07.469
foot forward. Because there was a clip where

00:42:07.469 --> 00:42:10.289
you saw Jim Harbaugh, you know, like revving

00:42:10.289 --> 00:42:12.630
up Trey Lance, just talking to him like, hey

00:42:12.630 --> 00:42:14.530
man, get ready for this, get ready for this.

00:42:14.849 --> 00:42:18.690
Sometimes that's what a quarterback needs. And

00:42:18.690 --> 00:42:22.130
in some ways, this is somewhat of a shot at the

00:42:22.130 --> 00:42:25.690
49ers and Kyle Shanahan. Because here you have

00:42:25.690 --> 00:42:29.730
somebody in Trey Lance who did exactly what he

00:42:29.730 --> 00:42:32.570
did last night and you just let him go like it

00:42:32.570 --> 00:42:34.909
was nothing. But you should have known exactly

00:42:34.909 --> 00:42:37.389
what you were getting when you drafted Trey Lance.

00:42:37.530 --> 00:42:40.010
You knew that he was raw. You knew that he was

00:42:40.010 --> 00:42:42.409
a project. So why in the world would you just

00:42:42.409 --> 00:42:44.369
thrust him out into the fire and say, you know

00:42:44.369 --> 00:42:45.929
what, all right, let's see what you got. No,

00:42:45.969 --> 00:42:48.949
some quarterbacks need time. Some of them need

00:42:48.949 --> 00:42:51.949
a little bit of encouragement. And I understand

00:42:51.949 --> 00:42:54.250
we live in a time now where that's not really

00:42:54.250 --> 00:42:56.789
the case. A lot of head coaches don't do that.

00:42:56.869 --> 00:42:59.610
I get that. But that's what Trey Lance needed.

00:42:59.969 --> 00:43:03.309
He needed somebody that believed in him. And

00:43:03.309 --> 00:43:06.769
Kyle Shanahan didn't believe in him. And now

00:43:06.769 --> 00:43:09.630
look, Trey Lance has actually shown something.

00:43:09.750 --> 00:43:13.849
Trey Lance could at best be a really, really,

00:43:13.889 --> 00:43:16.690
really productive backup quarterback in the league.

00:43:16.869 --> 00:43:19.780
And sometimes that's all you need. Sometimes

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:23.500
you can take the Geno Smith route and be a backup

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:26.880
for three or four, maybe five years, and then

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:28.539
something breaks and then you're the starter

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:31.260
again. Trey Lance can do that. But when you have

00:43:31.260 --> 00:43:35.500
someone in the 49ers who moved, what was it,

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:37.800
two first -round picks? Two or three first -round

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.099
picks to get Trey Lance? And he just moved off

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:43.039
of him like it was nothing? Come on, man. You

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:46.619
know what time it was. Now, granted, I understand

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:50.570
that... They probably moved off of him because

00:43:50.570 --> 00:43:53.050
they realized that one, we're in our window and

00:43:53.050 --> 00:43:56.090
we want to maximize every opportunity we have.

00:43:56.190 --> 00:43:58.909
I get all of that. But if you were going to address

00:43:58.909 --> 00:44:01.250
quarterback, you should have went a different

00:44:01.250 --> 00:44:04.190
route than to trade up multiple first round picks

00:44:04.190 --> 00:44:07.570
to get a raw quarterback. But I'm not going to

00:44:07.570 --> 00:44:10.250
say anything. But I will say this. If you are

00:44:10.250 --> 00:44:13.329
the Lions, you have to be a little bit concerned.

00:44:13.670 --> 00:44:16.829
And granted. i'm going to say it again i understand

00:44:16.829 --> 00:44:19.190
that this is a hall of fame game but in some

00:44:19.190 --> 00:44:23.570
ways you have to take every game seriously offensively

00:44:23.570 --> 00:44:26.269
and defensively they were not playing well and

00:44:26.269 --> 00:44:28.750
we all saw what happened with the lions late

00:44:28.750 --> 00:44:32.670
last season especially the defense that defense

00:44:32.670 --> 00:44:37.789
was beaten up and you know most likely you're

00:44:37.789 --> 00:44:40.130
going to have to rely on those same people that

00:44:40.130 --> 00:44:42.469
was on that field during the hall of fame game

00:44:42.469 --> 00:44:47.150
that's not good That Chargers team on that field

00:44:47.150 --> 00:44:50.050
look like they can go toe -to -toe with any of

00:44:50.050 --> 00:44:52.489
the other teams in the league. You had an old

00:44:52.489 --> 00:44:55.889
Tony Jefferson that looked good. He got a pick.

00:44:56.409 --> 00:44:58.329
Defensive linemen, they're doing their thing.

00:44:58.750 --> 00:45:01.050
Corners are holding their own. Wide receivers

00:45:01.050 --> 00:45:04.150
are doing their thing. Everybody is doing their

00:45:04.150 --> 00:45:07.449
job effectively and it's working. If you're the

00:45:07.449 --> 00:45:10.650
Chargers, this is good. If you're the Lions,

00:45:10.869 --> 00:45:12.730
you got to be concerned a little bit, but we're

00:45:12.730 --> 00:45:14.300
going to talk about that. We're going to talk

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:16.579
about the Chargers and everything else once we

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:19.980
get to gun check time. But even with Kyle Allen,

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:23.840
the first probably three to five drives, he was

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:25.219
actually looking pretty good. He was executing

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:28.380
the plays, play action, roll out, hit, boom.

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:31.300
And then I don't know what happened, but he just

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:33.380
reverted back to his old ways. And it's just

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:37.239
like, bro, whoa, this is not looking good. Even

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:39.619
him and Hooker, he was just, I don't know what's

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:42.159
going on. And granted, I understand that this

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:44.780
offseason for the Lions has come with a lot of

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:47.119
change. You lost both your offensive and defensive

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:49.980
coordinator, as well as the positional coaches

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:52.860
that were under them. I get all that. But man,

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:55.920
if all you guys were able was just to put up

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:58.980
just seven points, it's a little bit concerning.

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:02.260
Because you know at some point, that backup running

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:04.239
back could be playing for two or three weeks.

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:07.320
That backup left guard could be playing in for

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:10.199
the rest of the season. That backup corner could

00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:13.139
be helping out for three to six weeks of the

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:16.280
season. These are things that people don't think

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:19.480
about, but they need to think about because,

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:23.420
again, the preseason isn't just for people who

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:27.940
they're trying to get a roster spot. This is

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:30.280
to show, hey, this is what happens if we're in

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:33.670
a situation where we're losing at least... Three

00:46:33.670 --> 00:46:35.989
to five people on both sides of the ball. And

00:46:35.989 --> 00:46:38.030
we have to bring in some people from, I don't

00:46:38.030 --> 00:46:40.030
know, the practice squad or from outside the

00:46:40.030 --> 00:46:42.570
team. This is how the offense will work. This

00:46:42.570 --> 00:46:45.369
is how the defense will work. But nobody wants

00:46:45.369 --> 00:46:47.289
to talk about that. But let's get into gut check

00:46:47.289 --> 00:46:49.650
time, folks. That's right. Gut check time. The

00:46:49.650 --> 00:46:53.949
final gut check time. All right. NFC and AFC

00:46:53.949 --> 00:46:56.630
West. You already know how these things are about

00:46:56.630 --> 00:46:59.449
to go. But this time we are starting with the

00:46:59.449 --> 00:47:04.869
AFC West. Now, this is gonna get very controversial,

00:47:04.929 --> 00:47:07.670
but it's okay because guess what? Who doesn't

00:47:07.670 --> 00:47:09.269
love a little bit of controversy? But before

00:47:09.269 --> 00:47:11.090
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Now back to the good stuff. And we're back, folks.

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So let's start with the Chiefs, all right? So

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:40.820
positional balance to watch out for. Wide receiver,

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:43.400
left tackle, and guard. Players to keep an eye

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:46.639
out for. Sky Moore, Tyquan Thorne, Jalen Royals,

00:48:46.679 --> 00:48:50.380
Josh Simmons, Jalen Moore, Mike Calando, and

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:53.340
Kingsley Suamatea. The storyline for the Chiefs

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:56.300
is, what edge will the offense have this year?

00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:59.400
We all know that last season, this offense was

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:01.960
not good. We know that there was a lot of games

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:04.219
where this defense had to step in and they had

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:07.420
to dig deep just to win the game. Especially

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:10.340
that game against the 49ers. Oh man, the offense

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:13.599
was just atrocious. It wasn't consistent and

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:16.360
it wasn't that same offense that everyone has

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:19.500
been raving about for the past few years. Let

00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:21.940
me just read to you their offensive rankings,

00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:25.880
okay? So they have the 16th ranked offense. They

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:30.860
average 22 .6 points per game, 327 .6 yards per

00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:34.559
game, 5 .1 yards per play, and 41 touchdowns.

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:36.980
They have the 14th passing offense, and they

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:42.219
average 222 .4 passing yards per game, 5 .9 passing

00:49:42.219 --> 00:49:45.539
yards per play, and 26 passing touchdowns. They

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:48.420
had the 22nd rushing offense, and they averaged

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:52.219
105 .3 rushing yards per game, 4 rushing yards

00:49:52.219 --> 00:49:56.219
per play, 15 rushing touchdowns, and had 33 rushes

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:59.000
of 10 plus yards or more. So I want to know,

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:01.960
what are they going to do this year that's going

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:04.739
to keep them ahead of everybody? Are they going

00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:07.179
to be more effective in the running game? Are

00:50:07.179 --> 00:50:08.679
they going to be more effective in the passing

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:12.260
game? What exactly are they going to do? Because

00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:15.119
right now, their division has become a lot more

00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:17.940
competitive in just this one offseason alone.

00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:21.360
The Raiders now have stability at quarterback.

00:50:21.739 --> 00:50:25.119
The Chargers are starting to look serious. And

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:28.840
the Broncos, man, the Broncos look like they're

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:32.239
serious. So you have to be able to have an edge

00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:35.519
over all of them right now. Because all of their

00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:38.760
defenses, well, except for the Raiders, no offense

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:41.500
to y 'all, has actually become better. So what

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:43.980
are you going to do? Me personally, I feel like

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:46.159
they need to go back to running the ball more

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:49.159
effectively. Now, granted, I understand Isaiah

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.159
Pachinko was out for a period of time, but still,

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:56.300
the run game has to get better. Passing game,

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:59.019
not really worried about as much, but the run

00:50:59.019 --> 00:51:01.860
game has to be better. But connecting this with

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:04.159
the whole Terry McLaurin situation, if you had

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.639
someone like a Terry McLaurin, I think that would

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:09.659
help the offense out a whole lot better. Because

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:12.059
here you have somebody, that is still fairly

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:15.860
young, who can create separation like any of

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:19.099
the other better wide receivers, okay? And you're

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:21.559
talking about somebody that's reliable and who's

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:24.139
consistent. Now let's get to these players, okay?

00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:28.900
So Sky Moore, right now, if I'm you, I'm probably

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:31.360
just gonna try to put out my best foot forward

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:34.320
just for the hope that somebody else will pick

00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:38.000
me up. Because my guess is you have fallen out

00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:40.329
of the good graces of the team. Is it because

00:51:40.329 --> 00:51:43.590
of your play? Is it because of you? I don't know.

00:51:43.690 --> 00:51:46.489
I'm not going to debate about that. But if I'm

00:51:46.489 --> 00:51:48.690
Sky Moore, you're on the outside looking in.

00:51:48.789 --> 00:51:51.949
So I think you have to have a strong and consistent

00:51:51.949 --> 00:51:55.750
training camp as well as preseason. Taekwon Thor

00:51:55.750 --> 00:51:59.050
and Jalen Royals, you have a chance to play a

00:51:59.050 --> 00:52:02.570
significant role in this offense. So if I'm you,

00:52:02.750 --> 00:52:06.349
I'm maximizing every single opportunity that

00:52:06.349 --> 00:52:09.070
you get. I'm building up as many reps as you

00:52:09.070 --> 00:52:11.909
can so that you can build somewhat of a connection

00:52:11.909 --> 00:52:14.130
with Patrick Mahomes, excuse me, because we all

00:52:14.130 --> 00:52:16.150
know at some point the Chiefs are going to use

00:52:16.150 --> 00:52:19.929
you. So if you start now by the middle to late

00:52:19.929 --> 00:52:21.909
part of the season, guess what? That connection

00:52:21.909 --> 00:52:24.730
with Patrick Mahomes, it's already intact. So

00:52:24.730 --> 00:52:26.570
you have nothing to worry about. You already

00:52:26.570 --> 00:52:29.030
know what he's looking for. He doesn't have to

00:52:29.030 --> 00:52:31.030
say anything. He just has to look at you and

00:52:31.030 --> 00:52:32.869
you know, oh, hey, he wants me to run a dig.

00:52:33.030 --> 00:52:37.000
He wants me to run a post, a drag. Fade. Whatever.

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:40.380
Josh Simmons and Jalen Moore. I'm interested

00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:42.960
in seeing this. And here's why. From what I've

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:46.039
heard, Josh Simmons has been doing his thing.

00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:48.760
And this is the rookie that they drafted this

00:52:48.760 --> 00:52:52.659
year. He has been killing it. And granted, I

00:52:52.659 --> 00:52:54.559
understand when he was coming out of college,

00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:58.619
the main knock on him was he had a knee problem

00:52:58.619 --> 00:53:00.719
or something. And that's probably what caused

00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:03.789
him to drop in the draft. I mean, I feel like

00:53:03.789 --> 00:53:05.829
that's a blessing in disguise because let's be

00:53:05.829 --> 00:53:08.869
real here. One of the main positions that's been

00:53:08.869 --> 00:53:11.590
really killing the Chiefs for the probably, I

00:53:11.590 --> 00:53:13.889
don't know, maybe the past three to four years

00:53:13.889 --> 00:53:16.130
has been left tackle. They've tried the free

00:53:16.130 --> 00:53:19.449
agency route. They've tried drafting it and it

00:53:19.449 --> 00:53:21.670
really hasn't been successful. They try to get

00:53:21.670 --> 00:53:25.829
Orlando Brown. He was okay, but I wouldn't say

00:53:25.829 --> 00:53:29.130
he was the end all be all. They tried free agency

00:53:29.130 --> 00:53:32.460
again, really didn't work out the best. And so

00:53:32.460 --> 00:53:34.260
now they're just like, you know what, we'll just

00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:36.880
draft one. And so far, it looks pretty good.

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:40.300
Now, I want to see if this carries over into

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:42.380
the preseason and into the regular season as

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:45.519
well. Jalen Moore, I mean, you want to show a

00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:47.780
little bit of something. Because right now, Josh

00:53:47.780 --> 00:53:51.639
Simmons is killing it. So if I'm you, I got to

00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:54.139
put my best foot forward. Now, how do you do

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:56.679
that? I don't really know. I don't know if it

00:53:56.679 --> 00:53:58.619
means that you have to be more consistent in

00:53:58.619 --> 00:54:00.739
winning your reps. I don't know if you have to

00:54:00.739 --> 00:54:03.519
be more detailed when executing plays. Whatever

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:07.139
it is, you have to do it. But at the same time,

00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:08.880
we all know that the Chiefs are going to keep

00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:11.800
as many tackles as they possibly can because

00:54:11.800 --> 00:54:14.099
we know that their tackles go down pretty quickly.

00:54:14.739 --> 00:54:18.480
Mike Colendo and Kingsley Sumatia, I want to

00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:20.869
see where you guys are. especially Kingsley,

00:54:20.869 --> 00:54:23.769
Sue, and Matia, because I know there was a point

00:54:23.769 --> 00:54:26.170
where I think he was a tackle, then they moved

00:54:26.170 --> 00:54:30.269
him back to guard. And right now, I mean, I wouldn't

00:54:30.269 --> 00:54:32.730
say you're on the outside looking in, but I think

00:54:32.730 --> 00:54:36.769
if somebody can provide stability at guard, I

00:54:36.769 --> 00:54:40.030
think that would go a long way. Because outside

00:54:40.030 --> 00:54:43.630
of Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith, this offensive

00:54:43.630 --> 00:54:46.969
line has gone through a lot of changes. I think

00:54:46.969 --> 00:54:49.550
every single offseason, they're rebuilding the

00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:52.210
offensive line. But that just shows you that

00:54:52.210 --> 00:54:55.389
they're not satisfied with what they have. And

00:54:55.389 --> 00:54:58.789
rightfully so. But when we look at possible free

00:54:58.789 --> 00:55:00.909
agent additions, if they want to take that route

00:55:00.909 --> 00:55:03.349
with tackle, I mean, you have George Fant, Andreas

00:55:03.349 --> 00:55:06.710
Peet, Isaiah Wynn, Chris Hubbard. Guard, if you

00:55:06.710 --> 00:55:08.510
want to shore up a guard position, you have Brandon

00:55:08.510 --> 00:55:12.210
Scherf, Shaq Mason, Will Hernandez, John Valenciano,

00:55:12.389 --> 00:55:15.170
Cody Whitehair, Dalton Reisner, Mark Blonowski.

00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:18.380
I will say this. If you do give Brandon Sheriff,

00:55:18.800 --> 00:55:21.179
I mean, he's really good when it comes to the

00:55:21.179 --> 00:55:23.900
run game. Just saying. If you want to take that

00:55:23.900 --> 00:55:25.880
veteran approach, if you feel like neither one

00:55:25.880 --> 00:55:28.579
of the guards that you have right now has shown

00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:31.820
anything, go with the veteran approach. Any of

00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:34.639
those guards would be willing to take less just

00:55:34.639 --> 00:55:37.079
to be with the Chiefs. I know I was forgetting

00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:39.119
something, wide receiver as well. Okay, so when

00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:40.739
we look at their free agents, you have Keenan

00:55:40.739 --> 00:55:43.880
Allen, Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar,

00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:46.639
DJ Char, Tyler Boyd, Chris Conley, and Jameson

00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:49.059
Crowder. Now you can take the free agency route,

00:55:49.219 --> 00:55:51.739
and you can get someone like a Gabe Davis, and

00:55:51.739 --> 00:55:53.519
you can get him for cheap because the Jaguars

00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:56.400
are still paying him, I think, at least 11 million,

00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:59.340
if I'm not mistaken. You can go with the veteran

00:55:59.340 --> 00:56:01.909
approach, Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper. You can

00:56:01.909 --> 00:56:04.570
go someone that's like a little bit younger in

00:56:04.570 --> 00:56:07.230
DJ chart. You have options at wide receiver.

00:56:07.630 --> 00:56:10.889
But if I'm the Chiefs, I think you have to seriously

00:56:10.889 --> 00:56:13.909
consider making at least one big investment into

00:56:13.909 --> 00:56:16.349
wide receiver because we've seen that for the

00:56:16.349 --> 00:56:18.769
last few years, they've tried the veteran approach

00:56:18.769 --> 00:56:21.570
really, really hasn't been as successful. I mean,

00:56:21.590 --> 00:56:24.010
Juju has probably been. their most successful

00:56:24.010 --> 00:56:29.829
veteran wide receiver so far. They tried to make

00:56:29.829 --> 00:56:32.070
the move with D -hop. That really didn't end

00:56:32.070 --> 00:56:35.389
so well. So let's see what happens. Now let's

00:56:35.389 --> 00:56:37.269
go to the Raiders, okay? So positional battles

00:56:37.269 --> 00:56:40.429
to watch out for. Wide receiver, inside linebacker,

00:56:40.449 --> 00:56:43.170
defensive end, and guard, okay? Players to keep

00:56:43.170 --> 00:56:45.789
an eye out for, Tyree Wilson, Devin White, Jalen

00:56:45.789 --> 00:56:49.570
Smith, Dante Thornton Jr., Jack Besch, Dylan

00:56:49.570 --> 00:56:52.780
Parham, and Jordan Meredith. The storyline for

00:56:52.780 --> 00:56:55.780
the Raiders is, what is considered a successful

00:56:55.780 --> 00:56:58.679
season for them? I understand they've gone through

00:56:58.679 --> 00:57:00.960
a lot of change. And I understand that they brought

00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:04.239
in somebody who he's supposed to bring in stability

00:57:04.239 --> 00:57:08.539
in Pete Carroll. But what would be considered

00:57:08.539 --> 00:57:10.960
a successful season for the Raiders right now?

00:57:11.500 --> 00:57:15.400
They have to show something. Because that offense

00:57:15.400 --> 00:57:18.460
last year was atrocious. I don't know what it

00:57:18.460 --> 00:57:23.360
was. but it just wasn't meshing, okay? So according

00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:26.719
to NFL Pro, they have the 27th ranked offense,

00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:31.820
and they average 18 .2 points per game, 303 .2

00:57:31.820 --> 00:57:36.239
yards per game, 4 .8 yards per play, and 29 touchdowns.

00:57:36.300 --> 00:57:39.119
They were 13th in passing offense, and they average

00:57:39.119 --> 00:57:43.619
223 .4 passing yards per game, 5 .5 passing yards

00:57:43.619 --> 00:57:46.320
per play, and 19 passing touchdowns. They were

00:57:46.320 --> 00:57:49.940
dead last. in rushing offense, and they averaged

00:57:49.940 --> 00:57:54.519
79 .8 rushing yards per game, 3 .6 rushing yards

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:57.980
per play, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 34 rushes

00:57:57.980 --> 00:58:01.099
of 10 plus yards or more. Case in point, that's

00:58:01.099 --> 00:58:03.440
why they made the investment in getting Ashton

00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:07.320
Genting. Do I feel like this team can win eight,

00:58:07.400 --> 00:58:11.920
maybe 10 or 12 games? No. I think at best, the

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:14.719
Raiders are probably a five to seven win team

00:58:14.719 --> 00:58:19.099
at best. I do believe that they're still probably

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:22.019
the third best team in their division. Sure,

00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:25.539
they're not like a slouch of a team, but I just

00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:28.639
feel like defensively and offensively, they're

00:58:28.639 --> 00:58:31.079
still missing out on a lot. Granted, I mean,

00:58:31.079 --> 00:58:35.400
you still have Max Crosby and you have Brock

00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:38.079
Bowers and, you know, Geno Smith and company,

00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:40.280
but I still feel like that's not enough when

00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:42.780
you're in a division that has Patrick Mahomes,

00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:46.429
Bo Nix, and Justin Herbert, okay? So Tyree Wilson,

00:58:46.769 --> 00:58:49.309
I want to see more. I want to see you take that

00:58:49.309 --> 00:58:51.690
next step. I want to see you solidify yourself

00:58:51.690 --> 00:58:55.730
as the partner for Max Crosby because that's

00:58:55.730 --> 00:58:58.409
why they drafted you. They drafted you to be

00:58:58.409 --> 00:59:00.849
someone that can be just as productive or even

00:59:00.849 --> 00:59:04.610
more productive than Max Crosby. Sure, you had

00:59:04.610 --> 00:59:07.869
a pretty good season last year, but more is expected

00:59:07.869 --> 00:59:10.489
from you. Am I saying that you have to have a

00:59:10.489 --> 00:59:13.489
double -digit sack season? No, but I think if

00:59:13.489 --> 00:59:16.280
you get maybe eight, or maybe like nine and a

00:59:16.280 --> 00:59:18.039
half sacks, I feel like that's actually pretty

00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:22.739
good. Devin White, survive, I would say at this

00:59:22.739 --> 00:59:25.739
point. You've been on the Eagles, that didn't

00:59:25.739 --> 00:59:28.699
work out. You've been on the Texans, that didn't

00:59:28.699 --> 00:59:31.539
really work out. Let's see what happens with

00:59:31.539 --> 00:59:34.480
the Raiders. And granted, the Raiders brought

00:59:34.480 --> 00:59:37.079
in Jamal Adams, who's converting into an inside

00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:40.380
linebacker as well. So it's a lot of competition.

00:59:40.539 --> 00:59:43.840
And even then with Jalen Smith. Where are you

00:59:43.840 --> 00:59:47.019
at at this point in your career? Granted, you're

00:59:47.019 --> 00:59:50.340
not the same Jalen Smith of old, but do you have

00:59:50.340 --> 00:59:52.659
a little bit of something? Just a little bit?

00:59:53.440 --> 00:59:57.119
Dante Thornton Jr., Jack Besch, I want to see

00:59:57.119 --> 01:00:00.119
where you guys are. Because I've been hearing

01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:02.519
a lot of great things about Dante Thornton Jr.

01:00:02.699 --> 01:00:06.099
and Jack Besch. I want to see, can you guys solidify

01:00:06.099 --> 01:00:09.400
yourselves as wide receiver two and three on

01:00:09.400 --> 01:00:13.599
this team? Because outside of Jacoby Myers, It's

01:00:13.599 --> 01:00:16.039
open season for all the other wide receiver positions.

01:00:17.179 --> 01:00:19.900
And I feel like Jack Besch and Dante Thorne Jr.

01:00:20.099 --> 01:00:22.760
can be week one starters. But that's just my

01:00:22.760 --> 01:00:25.820
personal opinion. But let's keep this thing going,

01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:30.119
though. Dylan Parham and Jordan Meredith. I'm

01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:31.860
not saying you guys are going to be replaced,

01:00:32.159 --> 01:00:35.480
but somebody has to step up. Somebody has to

01:00:35.480 --> 01:00:39.539
show something. Because right now, this offensive

01:00:39.539 --> 01:00:42.059
line needs to do their best to protect Geno Smith.

01:00:42.139 --> 01:00:45.239
Geno Smith right now is probably their best option

01:00:45.239 --> 01:00:49.239
to at least taking them to the next level. Now,

01:00:49.239 --> 01:00:51.539
am I saying that next level is, you know, making

01:00:51.539 --> 01:00:54.480
a deep playoff run? No. But what I am saying

01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:59.989
is this. Keep Geno Smith upright, please. Now

01:00:59.989 --> 01:01:01.969
when we look at possible free agency additions,

01:01:02.170 --> 01:01:05.110
if they want to take that route, for inside linebacker,

01:01:05.110 --> 01:01:07.530
you have Jawan Bentley, Devondre Campbell, Eric

01:01:07.530 --> 01:01:09.929
Kendricks, Quan Alexander, Raekwon McMillan.

01:01:10.030 --> 01:01:11.949
Wide receiver, if you want to take that route,

01:01:12.070 --> 01:01:14.250
you have Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, Reunion,

01:01:14.409 --> 01:01:17.650
Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar, DJ Chark, Tyler Boyd,

01:01:17.650 --> 01:01:20.190
Chris Conley, Jameson Crowder. Defensive end,

01:01:20.269 --> 01:01:22.949
you have Jadeveon Clowney, Demarcus Walker, Montrevious

01:01:22.949 --> 01:01:25.809
Adams, Jerry Hughes, William Golston. Guard,

01:01:25.829 --> 01:01:27.969
you have Brandon Sheriff, Shaq Mason, Willie

01:01:27.969 --> 01:01:31.150
Hernandez, John Feliciano, Cody Whitehair, Dalton

01:01:31.150 --> 01:01:33.829
Reisner, and Mark Glanowski, all right? So let's

01:01:33.829 --> 01:01:36.510
keep this thing going because we're on the roll.

01:01:37.110 --> 01:01:39.210
Let's go to the Chargers. So positional battles

01:01:39.210 --> 01:01:41.869
to watch out for. Backup quarterback, wide receiver,

01:01:41.929 --> 01:01:44.570
guard, running back, cornerback, and center.

01:01:45.050 --> 01:01:47.030
Players to keep an eye out for, Taylor Heineke,

01:01:47.130 --> 01:01:49.710
Trey Lance, Omarion Hampton, Najee Harris, Jalen

01:01:49.710 --> 01:01:52.690
Rager, Keiondre Lambert -Smith, Des Fitzpatrick,

01:01:52.809 --> 01:01:55.690
Brendan Rice, Mekhi Becton, Jamari Slayer, and

01:01:55.690 --> 01:01:58.230
Quentin Johnston, all right? So the storyline

01:01:58.230 --> 01:02:00.369
for the Chargers is, can this offense become

01:02:00.369 --> 01:02:03.210
more consistent? We all saw how this offense

01:02:03.210 --> 01:02:07.230
were the first five weeks of last season. They

01:02:07.230 --> 01:02:10.050
were dominant. The run game was great. They were

01:02:10.050 --> 01:02:12.949
super physical. They were controlling the line

01:02:12.949 --> 01:02:15.320
of scrimmage. controlling the clock, they were

01:02:15.320 --> 01:02:17.860
doing their thing. And then the minute J .K.

01:02:17.900 --> 01:02:20.619
Dobbins gets hurt, not really playing their best.

01:02:21.019 --> 01:02:23.719
The run game just falls off like a rib falling

01:02:23.719 --> 01:02:26.239
off the bone. Justin Herbert gets nicked up a

01:02:26.239 --> 01:02:27.840
little bit and he's not playing his best ball.

01:02:28.420 --> 01:02:31.920
It just went downhill. And so can this offense

01:02:31.920 --> 01:02:33.780
become a little bit more consistent? Because

01:02:33.780 --> 01:02:37.000
I truly believe that the Chargers are a really

01:02:37.000 --> 01:02:38.900
good team and I feel like they can be a dark

01:02:38.900 --> 01:02:41.579
horse for the playoffs. But this offense has

01:02:41.579 --> 01:02:44.280
to be more consistent. If this offense becomes

01:02:44.280 --> 01:02:47.500
more consistent, you're going to see more out

01:02:47.500 --> 01:02:51.360
of this team as a whole. They had the 27th ranked

01:02:51.360 --> 01:02:54.519
offense last year, and they averaged 18 .2 points

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:59.280
per game, 303 .2 yards per game, 4 .8 yards per

01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:02.780
play, and 29 touchdowns. They were 13th in passing

01:03:02.780 --> 01:03:06.599
offense, and they averaged 223 .4 passing yards

01:03:06.599 --> 01:03:10.239
per game, 5 .5 passing yards per play, and 19

01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:13.460
passing touchdowns. They were 17th in rushing

01:03:13.460 --> 01:03:17.219
offense, and they averaged 110 .7 rushing yards

01:03:17.219 --> 01:03:22.219
per game, 4 .1 rushing yards per play, 17 rushing

01:03:22.219 --> 01:03:25.320
touchdowns, and had 46 rushes of 10 plus yards

01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:28.780
or more. The run game has to be a little bit

01:03:28.780 --> 01:03:31.269
more consistent. We all know that. Passing game

01:03:31.269 --> 01:03:33.010
has to be a little bit more consistent as well.

01:03:33.030 --> 01:03:35.730
We all know that the wide receivers last year

01:03:35.730 --> 01:03:38.369
really wasn't the best. I mean, sure, you had

01:03:38.369 --> 01:03:42.989
Lat McConkey and company, but maybe if they add

01:03:42.989 --> 01:03:46.769
in someone like a Terry McLaurin or you add somebody

01:03:46.769 --> 01:03:50.369
else like Romeo Dobbs or John Mechie, maybe the

01:03:50.369 --> 01:03:52.230
passing game can be a little bit better. But

01:03:52.230 --> 01:03:55.710
I do believe that this offense can be a little

01:03:55.710 --> 01:03:58.210
bit more consistent. Now, am I saying this offense

01:03:58.210 --> 01:04:01.239
has to be top five or top 10? No. But I feel

01:04:01.239 --> 01:04:03.960
like if they're top 15, I think that's good.

01:04:04.239 --> 01:04:05.820
All right, so let's go with these players, all

01:04:05.820 --> 01:04:09.139
right? So Taylor Heineke, Trey Lance. Right now,

01:04:09.139 --> 01:04:11.039
Trey Lance has put on a really good performance.

01:04:11.460 --> 01:04:14.039
Let's see if Taylor Heineke can follow up with

01:04:14.039 --> 01:04:16.820
that with the next game, all right? Because right

01:04:16.820 --> 01:04:19.940
now, you have two really good backup quarterbacks.

01:04:20.840 --> 01:04:23.860
But I feel like Trey Lance may have the advantage.

01:04:24.079 --> 01:04:25.739
I'm not saying it just because he had a really

01:04:25.739 --> 01:04:27.880
good performance in the Hall of Fame game, but

01:04:27.880 --> 01:04:30.659
I just feel like his skill set would help more

01:04:30.659 --> 01:04:33.219
than Taylor Heineke. Could be wrong. It's just

01:04:33.219 --> 01:04:35.579
my opinion. Omarion Hampton and Najee Harris.

01:04:36.300 --> 01:04:38.780
I want to see if Omarion Hampton is going to

01:04:38.780 --> 01:04:40.840
take the starting running back job from Najee

01:04:40.840 --> 01:04:43.699
Harris. Granted, we all know Najee is still nursing

01:04:43.699 --> 01:04:47.340
the eye injury from the fireworks mishap, but

01:04:47.340 --> 01:04:50.800
I mean... I feel like right now, running back

01:04:50.800 --> 01:04:54.840
one is open. Now, running back two, three, that's

01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:56.300
a different conversation for a different day,

01:04:56.360 --> 01:04:59.420
but I do believe Omarion Hampton will definitely

01:04:59.420 --> 01:05:02.920
take the starting role. Jalen Rager, Keiondre

01:05:02.920 --> 01:05:06.139
Lambert -Smith, Patrick Brennan -Rice, and Quentin

01:05:06.139 --> 01:05:09.480
Johnson. You know what? Let's break it down,

01:05:09.539 --> 01:05:13.099
actually. Jalen Rager, I was high on you when

01:05:13.099 --> 01:05:15.329
you was coming out of college, so... There's

01:05:15.329 --> 01:05:18.369
nothing really to say about you. I do believe

01:05:18.369 --> 01:05:21.510
that you will definitely contribute at some point

01:05:21.510 --> 01:05:23.090
in this season. I don't know if it's going to

01:05:23.090 --> 01:05:25.250
be week one, but I do believe he's going to contribute.

01:05:25.869 --> 01:05:30.130
When it comes to training camp, you ball out.

01:05:30.210 --> 01:05:32.949
You do your thing. But when the pads come on

01:05:32.949 --> 01:05:35.130
and the lights come on and it's time for you

01:05:35.130 --> 01:05:39.170
to show something on the field, not so much.

01:05:39.690 --> 01:05:43.300
Why? I don't know. But you have all the intangibles.

01:05:43.380 --> 01:05:47.019
You have the physical tools to be a really good

01:05:47.019 --> 01:05:50.019
receiver in the league. But you just can't put

01:05:50.019 --> 01:05:52.980
it together. Why? I don't know. DeAndre Lambert

01:05:52.980 --> 01:05:55.059
-Smith, you showed a lot in the Hall of Fame

01:05:55.059 --> 01:05:58.659
game. You show that, hey, there's something with

01:05:58.659 --> 01:06:01.519
your skill set. You could definitely be useful

01:06:01.519 --> 01:06:04.739
to the Chargers. Brennan Rice, I feel like you

01:06:04.739 --> 01:06:07.179
have a role in this team as well. And if I'm

01:06:07.179 --> 01:06:09.199
not mistaken, I think I even saw him playing

01:06:09.199 --> 01:06:12.539
special teams as well. If you're playing special

01:06:12.539 --> 01:06:15.239
teams, hey, that even gives you more of an opportunity

01:06:15.239 --> 01:06:18.480
to be on this team. But if you're Quentin Johnson,

01:06:18.840 --> 01:06:23.880
you got to show something. This is a make it

01:06:23.880 --> 01:06:26.900
or break it year for you because right now you

01:06:26.900 --> 01:06:30.699
have yet to show anything. And you really can't

01:06:30.699 --> 01:06:33.639
say, oh, I didn't have this or I didn't have

01:06:33.639 --> 01:06:36.480
that. You have stability at quarterback. It would

01:06:36.480 --> 01:06:40.000
be different if you've had. three to maybe four

01:06:40.000 --> 01:06:42.199
quarterbacks since coming into the league. Okay,

01:06:42.239 --> 01:06:44.300
fine. We can give you a little bit of grace.

01:06:44.739 --> 01:06:47.659
But that's not the case. You have a dropping

01:06:47.659 --> 01:06:52.780
problem. And right now, Jalen Rieger, Keiondre

01:06:52.780 --> 01:06:56.360
Lambert -Smith, Brennan Rice, Latt McConkie,

01:06:56.519 --> 01:07:00.019
they're all looking way more better than what

01:07:00.019 --> 01:07:02.579
you're looking right now. So it's time for you

01:07:02.579 --> 01:07:05.480
to show something. Because I don't think there's

01:07:05.480 --> 01:07:07.480
going to be another team that's going to be dealing

01:07:08.010 --> 01:07:12.269
with your dropping problems. Just saying. Makai

01:07:12.269 --> 01:07:16.690
Becton and Jamari Slayer, I feel like the guard

01:07:16.690 --> 01:07:20.190
position is open. Although Makai Becton is coming

01:07:20.190 --> 01:07:23.050
off of a really good season and winning a Super

01:07:23.050 --> 01:07:25.590
Bowl with the Eagles, that doesn't mean that

01:07:25.590 --> 01:07:30.250
the guard position is locked in. It's still anybody's

01:07:30.250 --> 01:07:33.429
position at this point. Now, do I think Makai

01:07:33.429 --> 01:07:37.469
Becton may have the advantage? Yes. but I want

01:07:37.469 --> 01:07:39.329
to see if he's going to carry over what he's

01:07:39.329 --> 01:07:42.650
learned from the Eagles to the Chargers. Jamari

01:07:42.650 --> 01:07:46.449
Slayer has a chance, but how big of a chance,

01:07:46.650 --> 01:07:51.590
that I really don't know. But I will say this,

01:07:51.750 --> 01:07:53.789
each and every one of these battles are going

01:07:53.789 --> 01:07:56.409
to be very interesting moving forward, and I

01:07:56.409 --> 01:07:59.710
cannot wait to see them. But when we look at,

01:07:59.710 --> 01:08:02.670
you know, possible free agency additions, if

01:08:02.670 --> 01:08:04.860
they want to take that route. Backup quarterback,

01:08:05.119 --> 01:08:06.360
I don't think they're going to make any moves

01:08:06.360 --> 01:08:09.559
with that. Wide receiver, I wouldn't be surprised

01:08:09.559 --> 01:08:12.480
if they make a big move. I mean, hey, you can

01:08:12.480 --> 01:08:14.599
go after someone like a Terry McLaurin. I think

01:08:14.599 --> 01:08:17.420
that would be great. I do know that the Chargers

01:08:17.420 --> 01:08:19.439
and Keenan Allen, they do have mutual interest

01:08:19.439 --> 01:08:22.260
in doing business again. That's a possibility.

01:08:22.479 --> 01:08:24.899
I mean, we all know that Mike Williams unexpectedly

01:08:24.899 --> 01:08:28.220
retired before training camp even started. So

01:08:28.220 --> 01:08:31.920
you may want to add in somebody. There's not

01:08:31.920 --> 01:08:34.180
a lot of options. I mean, sure, you have Gabe

01:08:34.180 --> 01:08:37.039
Davis, Nelson Aguilar, the same people that I've

01:08:37.039 --> 01:08:40.539
been saying for the past few episodes. But I

01:08:40.539 --> 01:08:43.039
feel like getting someone like a Terry McLaurin

01:08:43.039 --> 01:08:46.039
would definitely solidify the wide receiver.

01:08:46.159 --> 01:08:51.399
Just saying. But when we're looking at other

01:08:51.399 --> 01:08:53.720
positions that they could possibly add, I mean,

01:08:53.739 --> 01:08:56.399
running back. I mean, you have Zach Moss, who

01:08:56.399 --> 01:08:58.680
just got released from the Bengals. Jamal Williams,

01:08:58.859 --> 01:09:03.520
Gus Edwards, Jeff Wilson. Cornerback, you have

01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:05.960
James Bradbury, Kendall Fuller, Stephon Gilmore,

01:09:06.100 --> 01:09:09.000
Rasul Douglas, Sante Samuel Jr., if you want

01:09:09.000 --> 01:09:11.000
to bring him back, Emmanuel Mosley, just to name

01:09:11.000 --> 01:09:13.760
a few. I don't think there's a need to address

01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:16.359
any of the other positions that I've talked about

01:09:16.359 --> 01:09:19.439
recently. I feel like all those positions have

01:09:19.439 --> 01:09:22.220
already been addressed and those personnel are

01:09:22.220 --> 01:09:24.340
already on the team. But, you know, anything

01:09:24.340 --> 01:09:27.270
can happen, you know. But let's keep this thing

01:09:27.270 --> 01:09:29.229
going, all right? So let's go to the Broncos.

01:09:29.229 --> 01:09:32.210
This is actually fairly easy, all right? Positional

01:09:32.210 --> 01:09:34.510
battles to watch out for. Running back and nickel

01:09:34.510 --> 01:09:37.869
corner. The storyline for the Broncos is, will

01:09:37.869 --> 01:09:40.430
the Broncos become playoff contenders this season?

01:09:40.630 --> 01:09:44.449
I think right now this is an underrated team

01:09:44.449 --> 01:09:47.949
that can definitely make a lot of noise. From

01:09:47.949 --> 01:09:51.689
adding Jadé Barrett in the draft to keeping Corlin

01:09:51.689 --> 01:09:55.739
Sutton and Zach Allen in PS2, This team is ready

01:09:55.739 --> 01:09:59.199
to make some noise. This team could have a direct

01:09:59.199 --> 01:10:01.840
impact on the Chiefs getting the number one or

01:10:01.840 --> 01:10:04.199
number two seed. Now, am I saying this team is

01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:08.260
ready for the Super Bowl? No. But what I am saying

01:10:08.260 --> 01:10:12.300
is this. This team can make some noise. I feel

01:10:12.300 --> 01:10:15.359
like this team can go toe -to -toe against the

01:10:15.359 --> 01:10:19.840
Ravens, the Chiefs, possibly the Bills, the Steelers.

01:10:21.000 --> 01:10:24.680
I think they can do it. I think as long as the

01:10:24.680 --> 01:10:27.840
offense improves and the defense gets a little

01:10:27.840 --> 01:10:32.039
bit better, I think they're there. Now, shifting

01:10:32.039 --> 01:10:34.340
things over to nickel corner, I mean, you have

01:10:34.340 --> 01:10:38.060
Jadé Barron and Jaquan McMillan. I'm not saying,

01:10:38.060 --> 01:10:40.659
you know, one person has the advantage over the

01:10:40.659 --> 01:10:44.539
other, excuse me, but I just want to see how

01:10:44.539 --> 01:10:49.020
Jadé Barron fits in this Broncos defense. Because

01:10:49.020 --> 01:10:51.399
we all know that Jadé Barron has a little bit

01:10:51.399 --> 01:10:54.340
of positional flexibility. So I want to see,

01:10:54.359 --> 01:10:56.060
are they going to use him as a nickel? Sometimes

01:10:56.060 --> 01:10:57.739
they're going to use him as an outside corner.

01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:01.140
How exactly are the Broncos going to use someone

01:11:01.140 --> 01:11:03.239
like a Jadé Barron? Because he has the speed,

01:11:03.319 --> 01:11:06.680
he has the IQ, he has the skill set. He can do

01:11:06.680 --> 01:11:10.119
it all. So this is going to be a very interesting

01:11:10.119 --> 01:11:14.720
matchup. Jaquan McMillan, the position is yours.

01:11:15.800 --> 01:11:20.199
You just got to fight for it. That's it. There's

01:11:20.199 --> 01:11:22.920
not a lot of positions to really keep an eye

01:11:22.920 --> 01:11:26.060
out for because this team is pretty much already

01:11:26.060 --> 01:11:29.399
set up. I mean, there's only a few loose ends

01:11:29.399 --> 01:11:33.579
and whatnot. It's no problem, right? But even

01:11:33.579 --> 01:11:35.380
when we look at things with running back, you

01:11:35.380 --> 01:11:38.939
know, J .K. Dobbins, you only signed a one -year

01:11:38.939 --> 01:11:43.869
deal. Your spot isn't locked in. At the same

01:11:43.869 --> 01:11:47.029
time, we all know that J .K. Dobbins is a difference

01:11:47.029 --> 01:11:50.210
maker when he's healthy. And I want to see, can

01:11:50.210 --> 01:11:54.710
he at least have just one healthy season? Because

01:11:54.710 --> 01:11:58.189
the skill is there. He just has to stay healthy.

01:11:58.210 --> 01:12:01.149
That's been his main knock since coming into

01:12:01.149 --> 01:12:04.250
the league. He has the skill set, but he just

01:12:04.250 --> 01:12:09.149
has to put it together. R .J. Harvey, I mean,

01:12:09.189 --> 01:12:14.199
it's your position to lose. But I feel like personally,

01:12:14.659 --> 01:12:25.800
there's another level to your game. I believe

01:12:25.800 --> 01:12:28.640
it. I think everything is in place for you to

01:12:28.640 --> 01:12:31.600
be super successful, but you just got to show

01:12:31.600 --> 01:12:33.840
it. Now, we will look at possible free agency

01:12:33.840 --> 01:12:36.340
additions if they want to take that route. I

01:12:36.340 --> 01:12:39.180
mean, for corner, you have James Bradbury, Kendall

01:12:39.180 --> 01:12:41.600
Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas, Emmanuel

01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.619
Mosley, Asante Samuel Jr. Running back, if you

01:12:44.619 --> 01:12:46.239
want to take that route, you have Zach Moss,

01:12:46.460 --> 01:12:49.739
Jamal Williams, Gus Edwards, Jeff Wilson. Do

01:12:49.739 --> 01:12:51.399
I think this team is going to make any of these

01:12:51.399 --> 01:12:54.420
moves? No. Do I think they may bring in somebody

01:12:54.420 --> 01:12:57.779
as a camp body? Yes. I think they're going to

01:12:57.779 --> 01:13:00.699
bring in somebody that could possibly push someone

01:13:00.699 --> 01:13:06.979
or at least compete at best. I mean, as a whole,

01:13:07.100 --> 01:13:09.739
this team is fairly set. I don't think there's,

01:13:09.739 --> 01:13:11.960
you know, I don't think there's, I don't think

01:13:11.960 --> 01:13:14.659
there's a need to have like a legitimate conversation

01:13:14.659 --> 01:13:17.739
about other positions. I feel like personally,

01:13:17.819 --> 01:13:21.399
this team is set up for success moving forward.

01:13:21.560 --> 01:13:24.239
I mean, the team is still fairly young. So let's

01:13:24.239 --> 01:13:26.180
see what happens with the Broncos. Now let's

01:13:26.180 --> 01:13:28.180
go over to the NFC West. All right, let's start

01:13:28.180 --> 01:13:30.380
with the Seahawks. Positional battles to watch

01:13:30.380 --> 01:13:33.500
out for. Quarterback. Tight end, right guard,

01:13:33.600 --> 01:13:35.880
right tackle, running back, and corner, all right?

01:13:36.380 --> 01:13:38.399
Players to keep an eye out for, Abraham Lucas,

01:13:38.640 --> 01:13:41.279
Anthony Bradford, A .J. Barner, Elijah Royo,

01:13:41.399 --> 01:13:44.520
Sam Darnold, Jalen Milrow, Drew Locke, Josh Jobe,

01:13:44.579 --> 01:13:47.279
Shag Griffin, Zach Charbonnet, and Kenneth Walker

01:13:47.279 --> 01:13:50.600
III. So the storyline for the Seahawks is, can

01:13:50.600 --> 01:13:54.159
this offense improve? Granted, I understand you

01:13:54.159 --> 01:13:56.460
guys made some significant moves on the offense.

01:13:56.579 --> 01:13:58.880
I mean, you added Cooper Cupp, and then you went

01:13:58.880 --> 01:14:02.430
after Sam Darnold. Okay, great. But this offense

01:14:02.430 --> 01:14:06.029
just needs to improve a little bit more. I'm

01:14:06.029 --> 01:14:08.689
not saying it has to be top five, but man, it

01:14:08.689 --> 01:14:11.909
has to improve because right now the defense

01:14:11.909 --> 01:14:13.770
is doing all the heavy lifting and you don't

01:14:13.770 --> 01:14:16.229
want that, all right? This isn't the early 2000s

01:14:16.229 --> 01:14:19.789
where your defense can shut a team out and all

01:14:19.789 --> 01:14:22.430
you have to do is score 15 points and win a game,

01:14:22.510 --> 01:14:26.350
no. So the offense has to do better, okay? Now,

01:14:26.350 --> 01:14:29.500
according to NFL Pro, The Seahawks had the 14th

01:14:29.500 --> 01:14:32.260
ranked offense last year, and they averaged 22

01:14:32.260 --> 01:14:37.159
.1 points per game, 332 .2 yards per game, 5

01:14:37.159 --> 01:14:40.619
.5 yards per play, and 38 touchdowns. They were

01:14:40.619 --> 01:14:43.899
8th in passing offense and they averaged 236

01:14:43.899 --> 01:14:47.060
.5 passing yards per game, 6 .2 passing yards

01:14:47.060 --> 01:14:49.720
per play, and 21 passing touchdowns. They were

01:14:49.720 --> 01:14:52.520
28th in rushing offense and they averaged 95

01:14:52.520 --> 01:14:55.800
.7 rushing yards per game, 4 .2 rushing yards

01:14:55.800 --> 01:14:59.319
per play, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 47 rushes

01:14:59.319 --> 01:15:02.380
of 10 plus yards or more. But let's be honest

01:15:02.380 --> 01:15:05.340
here. Can some of the offensive problems be blamed

01:15:05.340 --> 01:15:08.630
on the former offensive coordinator? Yes. Can

01:15:08.630 --> 01:15:11.229
some of the offensive problems be blamed on the

01:15:11.229 --> 01:15:13.310
lack of talent that's on the offensive line?

01:15:13.630 --> 01:15:16.949
Yes. Both things are true. But things have changed.

01:15:17.229 --> 01:15:19.689
They brought in a new offensive coordinator with

01:15:19.689 --> 01:15:22.510
the hope that this offense can improve just a

01:15:22.510 --> 01:15:24.609
little bit more than what it did last season.

01:15:24.789 --> 01:15:28.170
You brought in Sam Darnold, who, I mean, there

01:15:28.170 --> 01:15:30.090
was one point in time where people were talking

01:15:30.090 --> 01:15:34.229
about him being an MVP. You have JSN. You drafted

01:15:34.229 --> 01:15:37.420
Elijah Arroyo. You have Cooper Cupp. You have

01:15:37.420 --> 01:15:40.899
weapons on this offense. It's just a matter of

01:15:40.899 --> 01:15:43.340
can things come together. Now let's start with

01:15:43.340 --> 01:15:45.380
this offensive line. Right guard and right tackle.

01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:49.000
Abraham Lucas and Anthony Bradford. I understand

01:15:49.000 --> 01:15:52.779
that there's not a lot of good tackle free agent

01:15:52.779 --> 01:15:56.779
options. But, I mean, if you're the Seahawks,

01:15:56.859 --> 01:16:00.140
you have to bring in a veteran guard. I'm sorry.

01:16:00.220 --> 01:16:02.619
You cannot roll into the season with this guard

01:16:02.619 --> 01:16:05.180
right now. This is no disrespect to him. But

01:16:05.180 --> 01:16:07.539
these aren't good numbers. According to PFF,

01:16:07.720 --> 01:16:11.460
he allowed 10 penalties, 7 sacks, and 28 total

01:16:11.460 --> 01:16:16.640
pressures. Abraham Lucas had 6 penalties, allowed

01:16:16.640 --> 01:16:21.199
4 sacks, and 18 total pressures. Folks, this

01:16:21.199 --> 01:16:26.220
offensive line needs to be better. If this offensive

01:16:26.220 --> 01:16:29.460
line doesn't improve, the run game isn't going

01:16:29.460 --> 01:16:33.159
to get better, nor is the passing game. So somebody's

01:16:33.159 --> 01:16:35.350
going to have to do something. Whether it means

01:16:35.350 --> 01:16:38.270
you bring in a veteran tackle or you bring in

01:16:38.270 --> 01:16:41.310
a veteran guard, something. But let's keep things

01:16:41.310 --> 01:16:43.189
going, all right? So A .J. Barner and Elijah

01:16:43.189 --> 01:16:45.869
Royal. Right now, I believe Elijah Royal could

01:16:45.869 --> 01:16:49.470
be tied in one week one. I feel like his skill

01:16:49.470 --> 01:16:52.050
set would be great for this team, and I feel

01:16:52.050 --> 01:16:54.989
like he has a lot of upside to his game. A .J.

01:16:55.050 --> 01:16:57.109
Barner, on the other hand, could it be tied in

01:16:57.109 --> 01:16:59.609
two? Yes, and that's perfectly fine. I think

01:16:59.609 --> 01:17:02.109
tied in is one of those positions where you don't

01:17:02.109 --> 01:17:05.529
have to be number one. You can be just as effective

01:17:05.529 --> 01:17:08.970
in the second position as you would be in the

01:17:08.970 --> 01:17:11.609
first position. I'm just saying. It's my personal

01:17:11.609 --> 01:17:14.729
opinion. I could be wrong. Sam Darnold, Jalen

01:17:14.729 --> 01:17:17.289
Milrow, Drew Locke. Sam Darnold, you're under

01:17:17.289 --> 01:17:19.369
a little bit of pressure, and here's why. For

01:17:19.369 --> 01:17:23.630
one, if you don't perform well this season, the

01:17:23.630 --> 01:17:26.109
Seahawks can get off of your contract next year,

01:17:26.170 --> 01:17:28.710
no problem. You essentially signed a one -year

01:17:28.710 --> 01:17:32.149
deal. So you have to show them... what you showed

01:17:32.149 --> 01:17:34.289
the Vikings last season, because you were on

01:17:34.289 --> 01:17:37.409
a tear for a majority of the season last year.

01:17:37.489 --> 01:17:39.750
So you've got to carry that same momentum with

01:17:39.750 --> 01:17:43.810
the Seahawks this year. Jalen Milrow, I would

01:17:43.810 --> 01:17:46.149
use this opportunity to possibly compete for

01:17:46.149 --> 01:17:50.350
quarterback two or three. But I may want to lean

01:17:50.350 --> 01:17:52.770
with quarterback three just so you can sit back,

01:17:52.850 --> 01:17:56.310
learn, and watch on what you're supposed to do

01:17:56.310 --> 01:17:58.520
and what you're not supposed to do. Because the

01:17:58.520 --> 01:18:00.800
number one knock with Jalen Monroe coming out

01:18:00.800 --> 01:18:04.899
of Alabama was he was raw. And he was making

01:18:04.899 --> 01:18:09.359
a lot of routine mistakes. So if I'm Jalen Monroe,

01:18:09.500 --> 01:18:12.319
I would rather take a step back just so I can

01:18:12.319 --> 01:18:15.180
learn so that when my opportunity arises, guess

01:18:15.180 --> 01:18:17.800
what? I can capitalize off it because I know

01:18:17.800 --> 01:18:20.479
the do's and don'ts when it comes to being a

01:18:20.479 --> 01:18:22.060
quarterback in the National Football League.

01:18:22.460 --> 01:18:26.479
Drew Locke, I'm not saying you have a lot to

01:18:26.479 --> 01:18:30.090
show for. But I mean, let's see where you are

01:18:30.090 --> 01:18:32.329
at this point. I'm not saying I have super high

01:18:32.329 --> 01:18:36.029
hopes for him. But I do believe he is a better

01:18:36.029 --> 01:18:37.989
backup quarterback than what a lot of people

01:18:37.989 --> 01:18:41.890
say he is. Josh Jobe, Shaq Griffin. This is an

01:18:41.890 --> 01:18:44.270
interesting matchup, and here's why. So they

01:18:44.270 --> 01:18:46.829
bring in Shaq Griffin, who we all know he was

01:18:46.829 --> 01:18:50.630
part of the Seahawks at one time. And he's on

01:18:50.630 --> 01:18:53.909
a one -year deal. So technically speaking, his

01:18:53.909 --> 01:18:57.310
role isn't solidified on this team. Josh Jobe,

01:18:57.329 --> 01:19:00.390
on the other hand, you could show, hey, listen,

01:19:00.609 --> 01:19:03.329
this is my role. Yeah, you brought in a veteran,

01:19:03.390 --> 01:19:05.369
but hey, this is my role. He has to go through

01:19:05.369 --> 01:19:08.569
me. You can have that type of mindset when going

01:19:08.569 --> 01:19:12.069
up against a Shaq Griffin. Now, does that mean

01:19:12.069 --> 01:19:14.329
you have to be more detail -oriented and you

01:19:14.329 --> 01:19:18.390
have to be better in coverage? Yes. But I do

01:19:18.390 --> 01:19:20.390
believe that you have the potential to do it.

01:19:20.710 --> 01:19:23.189
Zach Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker, that's an

01:19:23.189 --> 01:19:25.640
interesting competition as well. Because both

01:19:25.640 --> 01:19:27.819
running backs are very productive when on the

01:19:27.819 --> 01:19:30.539
field. It's just one of them has a problem staying

01:19:30.539 --> 01:19:34.619
healthy. You remove the health part, you have

01:19:34.619 --> 01:19:38.199
a running back tandem. I think either way you

01:19:38.199 --> 01:19:40.739
slice this, Zach Charbonnet could be running

01:19:40.739 --> 01:19:44.399
back one and Kenneth Walker can be two or vice

01:19:44.399 --> 01:19:46.939
versa. Either way, it's still really productive.

01:19:48.199 --> 01:19:52.279
I think if this rushing offense become at least

01:19:52.279 --> 01:19:59.239
top 15, probably close to top 10, I think this

01:19:59.239 --> 01:20:02.739
offense would be a whole lot better. But if the

01:20:02.739 --> 01:20:04.840
run game doesn't get better, there's going to

01:20:04.840 --> 01:20:07.579
be legitimate questions moving forward on if

01:20:07.579 --> 01:20:10.380
this team has made enough significant investment

01:20:10.380 --> 01:20:13.140
into the offense. Because we all know where all

01:20:13.140 --> 01:20:15.140
the investments has gone. It's gone to the defense.

01:20:16.079 --> 01:20:18.579
But someone is going to start asking the question

01:20:18.579 --> 01:20:22.699
of, hey, did they put a little bit too much into

01:20:22.699 --> 01:20:25.350
the defense? Are they neglecting the offense?

01:20:25.409 --> 01:20:27.710
What's going on? But when we look at possible

01:20:27.710 --> 01:20:29.949
free agency additions, I mean, for guard, you

01:20:29.949 --> 01:20:31.989
have Brandon Scherf, Shaq Mason, Willie Hernandez,

01:20:32.409 --> 01:20:35.250
John Feliciano, Cody Whitehair, Dalton Reisner,

01:20:35.310 --> 01:20:39.510
Mark Lanowski. Cornerback, you have James Bradbury,

01:20:39.689 --> 01:20:41.770
Kendall Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas,

01:20:42.029 --> 01:20:45.810
Emmanuel Mosley, Asante Samuel Jr. Tackle, you

01:20:45.810 --> 01:20:48.149
have George Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn,

01:20:48.229 --> 01:20:51.310
Michael Dunn, Chris Hubbard, Connor McG... Dermott,

01:20:51.350 --> 01:20:53.949
if I'm not mistaken. Running back, you have Zach

01:20:53.949 --> 01:20:56.649
Moss, Jamal Williams, Gus Edwards, Jeff Wilson.

01:20:57.149 --> 01:20:59.329
Tied in, you have Gerald Everett, Mercedes Lewis,

01:20:59.529 --> 01:21:03.829
Jordan Akins, and McCole Pruitt. So do I think

01:21:03.829 --> 01:21:05.270
they're going to add a veteran at some point?

01:21:05.329 --> 01:21:08.050
Yes. Do I think it's going to be guard? Hell

01:21:08.050 --> 01:21:11.710
yeah. I think at best, if you add either Brandon

01:21:11.710 --> 01:21:15.069
Scherf, Shaq Mason, or Willie Hernandez, I think

01:21:15.069 --> 01:21:17.489
you're upgrading the position. And I think you're

01:21:17.489 --> 01:21:19.640
going to see a better result. than what you have

01:21:19.640 --> 01:21:23.279
right now, which is, I mean, Anthony Bradford,

01:21:23.340 --> 01:21:25.760
who gave up, what, seven sacks? That's just not

01:21:25.760 --> 01:21:28.119
good. Now, tackle is a little bit difficult,

01:21:28.239 --> 01:21:31.880
and here's why. All of these tackles are most

01:21:31.880 --> 01:21:35.180
likely swing tackles, okay? And on top of that,

01:21:35.380 --> 01:21:37.920
the last time that they did play, it probably

01:21:37.920 --> 01:21:42.159
wasn't their best. So what exactly do you do?

01:21:42.560 --> 01:21:45.100
Do you let Abraham Lucas play this thing out?

01:21:45.689 --> 01:21:48.489
in hopes that, hey, maybe he can improve as the

01:21:48.489 --> 01:21:52.250
season goes on. What exactly can you do to make

01:21:52.250 --> 01:21:54.329
this offensive line better? Granted, you made

01:21:54.329 --> 01:21:56.989
an investment in drafting Gray Zabel. Cool, great,

01:21:57.189 --> 01:22:01.029
whatever. You signed Connor Williams, but then

01:22:01.029 --> 01:22:05.869
he unexpectedly retired. What exactly do you

01:22:05.869 --> 01:22:09.369
need to do to take this offense to the next level?

01:22:09.449 --> 01:22:11.489
That would be my question for the head coach

01:22:11.489 --> 01:22:14.479
and for this team as a whole. Now let's get to

01:22:14.479 --> 01:22:16.720
the Cardinals, all right? So positional battles

01:22:16.720 --> 01:22:19.699
to watch out for. Guard, outside linebacker,

01:22:19.699 --> 01:22:22.439
and cornerback. Players to keep an eye out for.

01:22:22.579 --> 01:22:25.659
Isaiah Adams, Zevin Collins, B .J. Ojolari, Justin

01:22:25.659 --> 01:22:28.060
Jones, Darius Robinson, Garrett Williams, and

01:22:28.060 --> 01:22:30.699
Will Johnson, all right? So the storyline for

01:22:30.699 --> 01:22:34.159
the Cardinals is, is there another level to this

01:22:34.159 --> 01:22:37.380
offense? Folks, this is an underrated offense

01:22:37.380 --> 01:22:40.460
that doesn't get the flowers that it so deserves.

01:22:41.340 --> 01:22:43.960
You have Marvin Harrison Jr. You have Kyle Murray.

01:22:44.239 --> 01:22:46.600
You have a pretty good offensive line. You have

01:22:46.600 --> 01:22:49.060
Trey McBride. You have James Conner. You have

01:22:49.060 --> 01:22:53.539
some weapons. But my question is, is there another

01:22:53.539 --> 01:22:56.399
level to this offense? Can this offense become

01:22:56.399 --> 01:22:59.579
better? Now, when we look at the stats from this

01:22:59.579 --> 01:23:02.720
past season, they were the 11th ranked offense

01:23:02.720 --> 01:23:07.300
and they averaged 23 .5 points per game, 358

01:23:07.300 --> 01:23:11.239
.2 yards per game. 5 .9 yards per play and 39

01:23:11.239 --> 01:23:14.659
touchdowns. They were 18th in passing offense

01:23:14.659 --> 01:23:18.060
and they averaged 214 .1 passing yards per game,

01:23:18.279 --> 01:23:22.279
6 .4 passing yards per play and 21 passing touchdowns.

01:23:22.279 --> 01:23:25.180
They were 7th in rushing offense and they averaged

01:23:25.180 --> 01:23:29.279
144 .2 rushing yards per game, 5 .3 rushing yards

01:23:29.279 --> 01:23:32.800
per play, 18 rushing touchdowns and 73 rushes

01:23:32.800 --> 01:23:35.699
of 10 plus yards or more. Folks, the numbers

01:23:35.699 --> 01:23:39.670
don't lie. This offense has the potential to

01:23:39.670 --> 01:23:43.609
become possibly top 10 in all major categories,

01:23:43.869 --> 01:23:47.810
both passing and rushing. If Kyler Murray and

01:23:47.810 --> 01:23:50.470
Marvin Harrison Jr. develop their chemistry even

01:23:50.470 --> 01:23:55.810
more, oh, that's it. Because you have everything

01:23:55.810 --> 01:24:00.310
else in place. All you have to do is just build

01:24:00.310 --> 01:24:03.149
off what you have right now. This team as a whole

01:24:03.149 --> 01:24:06.729
is a dark horse. Now, am I saying this team?

01:24:07.199 --> 01:24:09.920
Can make it to the NFC Championship? No. But

01:24:09.920 --> 01:24:12.460
I do believe that this team could possibly make

01:24:12.460 --> 01:24:15.460
it into the playoffs. I think out of the NFC

01:24:15.460 --> 01:24:19.239
West, I can't even speak. Out of the NFC West,

01:24:19.640 --> 01:24:23.739
I feel like the 49ers, the Rams, and the Cardinals

01:24:23.739 --> 01:24:25.600
will all make it to the playoffs. I feel like

01:24:25.600 --> 01:24:29.920
the Seahawks, at first, they'll have the advantage

01:24:29.920 --> 01:24:32.520
over everyone. But as the season progresses,

01:24:32.739 --> 01:24:35.279
they're going to lose their grip. The 49ers are

01:24:35.279 --> 01:24:37.850
going to take control. And then the Cardinals

01:24:37.850 --> 01:24:40.850
are going to sneak into the playoffs. I feel

01:24:40.850 --> 01:24:44.050
like they have that type of potential. I could

01:24:44.050 --> 01:24:46.149
be wrong. These are just my opinions. I'm going

01:24:46.149 --> 01:24:48.430
to keep on saying it. Now, when we look at guard,

01:24:48.649 --> 01:24:52.449
me personally, you can go about it a few different

01:24:52.449 --> 01:24:55.750
ways, right? You can continue to let the younger

01:24:55.750 --> 01:24:57.630
prospects that you have in your team to hash

01:24:57.630 --> 01:25:00.529
things out just to see where they are. or you

01:25:00.529 --> 01:25:03.170
can bring in a veteran presence. Now, me personally,

01:25:03.329 --> 01:25:05.369
I wouldn't hit the panic button right now and

01:25:05.369 --> 01:25:08.010
bring in a veteran presence. Because right now,

01:25:08.010 --> 01:25:10.170
when you look at Evan Brown, according to PFF,

01:25:10.310 --> 01:25:12.829
he only had two penalties, he only allowed two

01:25:12.829 --> 01:25:16.289
sacks, and he only had, what, 20 total pressures

01:25:16.289 --> 01:25:20.289
allowed? That's not bad. And he's played 1 ,070

01:25:20.289 --> 01:25:23.489
snaps at left guard. Now, Isaiah Adams, on the

01:25:23.489 --> 01:25:26.270
other hand, he's a little bit more diverse, okay?

01:25:26.729 --> 01:25:29.510
So he had four penalties. He allowed two sacks.

01:25:29.590 --> 01:25:33.229
He's played 444 snaps at right guard and then

01:25:33.229 --> 01:25:37.270
18 snaps at left guard. So me personally, I would

01:25:37.270 --> 01:25:40.869
keep Evan Brown at left guard. Right guard, you

01:25:40.869 --> 01:25:43.689
can do a few things with it. If you feel like

01:25:43.689 --> 01:25:46.729
Isaiah Adams isn't the answer, okay, that's when

01:25:46.729 --> 01:25:51.829
you bring in Willie Hernandez or Shaq Mason or

01:25:51.829 --> 01:25:55.810
Brandon Scherf. But... If you feel good with

01:25:55.810 --> 01:25:57.569
the progress that he's shown in training camp

01:25:57.569 --> 01:25:59.810
and in the preseason, well, then just roll with

01:25:59.810 --> 01:26:02.470
what you have. This team doesn't have a lot of

01:26:02.470 --> 01:26:06.409
holes. This team continues to build every single

01:26:06.409 --> 01:26:08.130
year and they're heading in the right direction.

01:26:08.390 --> 01:26:12.050
All they have to do is maintain the course. Now,

01:26:12.069 --> 01:26:14.050
when we shift things over to the defense, however,

01:26:14.289 --> 01:26:17.869
they have a loaded pass rusher room. I mean,

01:26:17.890 --> 01:26:20.829
you have what? Zevin Collins, BJ Ojolari, you

01:26:20.829 --> 01:26:25.119
have Darius Robinson. You have Josh Sweat, who

01:26:25.119 --> 01:26:27.560
they got in free agency. You have a lot of pass

01:26:27.560 --> 01:26:29.939
rushers. And you have a lot of pass rushers that

01:26:29.939 --> 01:26:33.739
have a lot of upside to their game. So me, personally,

01:26:33.899 --> 01:26:36.640
I want to see who's going to stand out. Is it

01:26:36.640 --> 01:26:38.380
going to be B .J. Ojolari? Is it going to be

01:26:38.380 --> 01:26:39.979
Zevin Collins? Is it going to be Darius Robinson?

01:26:40.680 --> 01:26:43.220
Who's it going to be? Because if I'm the defensive

01:26:43.220 --> 01:26:45.659
coordinator, I want to keep as many pass rushers

01:26:45.659 --> 01:26:48.810
as I possibly can. Because that way you can continue

01:26:48.810 --> 01:26:53.449
to just create an endless wave of pressure on

01:26:53.449 --> 01:26:55.649
a quarterback. And who wouldn't want that? That's

01:26:55.649 --> 01:26:57.710
the same model that the Seahawks, I mean, not

01:26:57.710 --> 01:26:59.609
the Seahawks, that the Eagles have been doing

01:26:59.609 --> 01:27:02.289
for the past few years. They've created wave

01:27:02.289 --> 01:27:07.229
after wave after wave of pass rushers to consistently

01:27:07.229 --> 01:27:10.939
go after the quarterback. And it's worked. So

01:27:10.939 --> 01:27:12.899
I think if you take that same model and you apply

01:27:12.899 --> 01:27:14.960
it with the Cardinals, I think it can be really

01:27:14.960 --> 01:27:17.119
successful. Now, am I saying this defense could

01:27:17.119 --> 01:27:20.899
be, you know, top five or, you know, top two

01:27:20.899 --> 01:27:23.479
or whatever? No, but I do think this defense

01:27:23.479 --> 01:27:26.859
has a lot of potential. I think they've made

01:27:26.859 --> 01:27:28.739
a lot of investments into the defensive line.

01:27:28.880 --> 01:27:30.560
I think they made a lot of investments into the

01:27:30.560 --> 01:27:33.220
secondary. I feel like the secondary as a whole

01:27:33.220 --> 01:27:36.520
is underrated as well. You got Will Johnson for

01:27:36.520 --> 01:27:38.859
a steal. Because there was a point in time where

01:27:38.859 --> 01:27:41.220
he was slated to be a top five, possibly top

01:27:41.220 --> 01:27:44.439
10 pick. You have Garrett Williams. You have

01:27:44.439 --> 01:27:46.340
a lot in your secondary. You still have Buda

01:27:46.340 --> 01:27:48.680
Baker. You have Jalen Thompson. All I'm saying

01:27:48.680 --> 01:27:51.300
is this. This team really doesn't have to make

01:27:51.300 --> 01:27:53.560
any significant moves right now. They can just

01:27:53.560 --> 01:27:55.640
sit back and just wait. Now, if something emerges,

01:27:55.939 --> 01:27:58.239
you know, somebody's out for the season. Okay,

01:27:58.300 --> 01:28:00.560
fine. Then you have to make a move. But me personally,

01:28:00.659 --> 01:28:02.600
I feel like the Cardinals are in a really good

01:28:02.600 --> 01:28:04.899
spot right now. Now, when we look at possible

01:28:04.899 --> 01:28:06.859
free agency additions, if they want to take that

01:28:06.859 --> 01:28:08.840
route, I mean, cornerback, you have James Bradbury,

01:28:08.960 --> 01:28:11.000
Kendall Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas,

01:28:11.319 --> 01:28:15.619
Asante Samuel Jr., Emmanuel Mosley. Outside linebacker,

01:28:15.619 --> 01:28:17.100
if you want to take that route, you have Matthew

01:28:17.100 --> 01:28:20.899
Judon, Preston Anzadarius Smith, Kaiser. No,

01:28:21.039 --> 01:28:24.819
no, because Kaiser White, I think, retired. You

01:28:24.819 --> 01:28:27.960
have Jalen Reeves -Maben. You have Kamu Greger

01:28:27.960 --> 01:28:30.819
-Hill, just to name a few. Guard, if you want

01:28:30.819 --> 01:28:32.439
to take that route, you have Brandon Scherff,

01:28:32.479 --> 01:28:34.659
Shaq Mason, Willie Hernandez, John Feliciano,

01:28:34.920 --> 01:28:37.079
Cody Whitehair, Dalton Reisner, Mark Lanowski.

01:28:37.220 --> 01:28:40.359
So you have options at guard. Now the question

01:28:40.359 --> 01:28:43.840
is, are you going to just wait to possibly make

01:28:43.840 --> 01:28:46.439
a move, or are you just going to address it now

01:28:46.439 --> 01:28:48.239
so that way you don't have to worry about it

01:28:48.239 --> 01:28:50.340
moving forward? Just food for thought. Now let's

01:28:50.340 --> 01:28:52.220
go to the 49ers, all right? So positional battles

01:28:52.220 --> 01:28:54.770
to watch out for. Wide receiver, defensive tackle,

01:28:54.890 --> 01:28:57.289
defensive end, guard, and cornerback, all right?

01:28:57.430 --> 01:28:59.710
So players to keep an eye out for, Michael Williams,

01:28:59.949 --> 01:29:03.489
Yitir, Gross Motos, Jordan Elliott, Alfred Collins,

01:29:03.689 --> 01:29:06.090
Ricky Pearsall, Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowling,

01:29:06.170 --> 01:29:09.510
CJ West, Bryce Huff, Ben Bartsch, Spencer Burford,

01:29:09.630 --> 01:29:12.529
and Renardo Green. So the storyline for the 49ers

01:29:12.529 --> 01:29:15.430
is, can this team overcome their playoff struggles?

01:29:15.829 --> 01:29:17.189
Folks, you already know what I'm getting ready

01:29:17.189 --> 01:29:21.649
to say about the 49ers. This team has been overly

01:29:21.649 --> 01:29:25.449
qualified. for the past few years and yet every

01:29:25.449 --> 01:29:27.909
single time when they get to the big moment they

01:29:27.909 --> 01:29:31.829
fold for one reason or the other this is probably

01:29:31.829 --> 01:29:35.109
the most important season for the kyle shanahan

01:29:35.109 --> 01:29:38.710
john lynch regime and their entire tenure right

01:29:38.710 --> 01:29:41.930
now because right now if you don't win a super

01:29:41.930 --> 01:29:45.329
bowl you may have to start questioning kyle shanahan

01:29:45.329 --> 01:29:48.350
let's be real here folks they've had top five

01:29:48.350 --> 01:29:50.930
defenses they've had top five offenses in the

01:29:50.930 --> 01:29:53.470
last few years They've made moves to get Trent

01:29:53.470 --> 01:29:56.170
Williams, Christian McCaffrey. They've paid this

01:29:56.170 --> 01:29:59.130
person and that person. They've done it all.

01:29:59.289 --> 01:30:02.550
And so far, they haven't won a Lombardi. So at

01:30:02.550 --> 01:30:05.390
some point, someone's going to have to answer

01:30:05.390 --> 01:30:08.789
the tough questions. Is it Kyler Murray? Is it

01:30:08.789 --> 01:30:11.590
John Lynch? Is it the both of them? What exactly

01:30:11.590 --> 01:30:15.260
is causing them not to win at all? So let's start

01:30:15.260 --> 01:30:17.020
with the pass rushers, all right? Defensive tackle

01:30:17.020 --> 01:30:18.960
and defensive end, all right? So Mikel Williams,

01:30:19.159 --> 01:30:21.600
Yotir Grotos Motos, Jordan Elliott, Alfred Collins.

01:30:22.399 --> 01:30:26.520
For one, I want to see how Mikel Williams is

01:30:26.520 --> 01:30:29.819
going to be used in this defense. I know Georgia

01:30:29.819 --> 01:30:31.960
used him in a variety of different roles, so

01:30:31.960 --> 01:30:34.560
I want to see if that's going to carry on with

01:30:34.560 --> 01:30:39.000
the 49ers. I do believe that him, Yotir Grotos

01:30:39.000 --> 01:30:42.859
Motos, and Nick Bosa could be a really good combination.

01:30:44.010 --> 01:30:46.810
but I want to see how things work. I want to

01:30:46.810 --> 01:30:48.649
see how the chemistry works between all of them.

01:30:48.729 --> 01:30:51.149
I want to see exactly where is Mikel Williams

01:30:51.149 --> 01:30:52.890
going to be lined up. Is it going to be more

01:30:52.890 --> 01:30:55.970
of the outside linebacker type of role, or is

01:30:55.970 --> 01:30:57.890
it going to be lined up more in a traditional

01:30:57.890 --> 01:31:01.510
defensive end role? Year two gross motos. I want

01:31:01.510 --> 01:31:05.390
to see you continue to grow. Now, am I saying

01:31:05.390 --> 01:31:07.710
that you're going to be this super dominant tier

01:31:07.710 --> 01:31:10.470
one or tier two pass rusher? No, but I think

01:31:10.470 --> 01:31:13.329
if you contribute five to eight sacks this season,

01:31:13.899 --> 01:31:17.300
on top of whatever Nick Bosa gets, I think that's

01:31:17.300 --> 01:31:19.760
really good. Because I think right now, this

01:31:19.760 --> 01:31:23.039
pass rush room, this defensive line as a whole,

01:31:23.180 --> 01:31:25.880
has a lot of potential. I mean, you have Bryce

01:31:25.880 --> 01:31:28.319
Huff, you have CJ West, you have Alfred Collins,

01:31:28.520 --> 01:31:32.380
you have it all. And so right now, if you're

01:31:32.380 --> 01:31:35.960
Robert Sala, you want to emphasize trying to

01:31:35.960 --> 01:31:38.960
make sure that each and every one of your defensive

01:31:38.960 --> 01:31:43.489
linemen eats. I mean, listen, they made a move

01:31:43.489 --> 01:31:46.689
for Bryce Huff. We all saw how Bryce Huff was

01:31:46.689 --> 01:31:49.289
when he was with the Jets. He was killing it.

01:31:49.689 --> 01:31:52.750
So let's see if that's going to continue with

01:31:52.750 --> 01:31:55.729
the 49ers. You drafted CJ West and Alfred Collins,

01:31:55.970 --> 01:31:58.649
two really good defensive linemen. And Alfred

01:31:58.649 --> 01:32:02.329
Collins is a beast. Now, my question is, is he

01:32:02.329 --> 01:32:04.329
going to be used primarily to stuff the run?

01:32:04.550 --> 01:32:06.750
Is he going to be used to go after the quarterback?

01:32:06.989 --> 01:32:09.189
What is going to be his role? Same thing with

01:32:09.189 --> 01:32:12.880
CJ West. I feel like they have enough diversity

01:32:12.880 --> 01:32:15.640
within their game to where you can use them in

01:32:15.640 --> 01:32:18.659
multiple roles. Same thing with Jordan Elliott

01:32:18.659 --> 01:32:23.659
as well. This defensive line has to become better.

01:32:24.640 --> 01:32:28.359
Because right now, I don't really trust the secondary,

01:32:28.560 --> 01:32:31.520
personally. I mean, sure, you have Diamador Lenore,

01:32:31.720 --> 01:32:34.539
you have Renardo Green, but, I mean, with them

01:32:34.539 --> 01:32:37.699
losing Charverius Ward, you don't have that true

01:32:37.699 --> 01:32:40.529
number one corner on your team right now. And

01:32:40.529 --> 01:32:43.409
so the only way to mitigate that is for your

01:32:43.409 --> 01:32:46.369
defensive line to carry the majority of the workload

01:32:46.369 --> 01:32:50.149
for the defense. If they can go after the quarterback,

01:32:50.470 --> 01:32:55.170
the corner's kind of made in the shade. But if

01:32:55.170 --> 01:32:57.909
this defensive line can't successfully and consistently

01:32:57.909 --> 01:33:00.850
go after quarterbacks, it's going to be a problem.

01:33:01.069 --> 01:33:03.930
Let's keep things going, all right? So wide receiver,

01:33:04.229 --> 01:33:06.850
Ricky Pearsall, Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowan.

01:33:07.579 --> 01:33:10.739
Right now, we all know that Brandon Ayuk isn't

01:33:10.739 --> 01:33:13.140
going to be available for a while. We don't know

01:33:13.140 --> 01:33:15.619
what's going on with Juwan Jang's contract situation.

01:33:16.319 --> 01:33:18.840
So right now, Ricky Pearsall, Jordan Watkins,

01:33:18.880 --> 01:33:22.380
and Jacob Cowan, it's time for you guys to step

01:33:22.380 --> 01:33:25.699
up. It's time for you guys to be thrust into

01:33:25.699 --> 01:33:27.500
a role that you're probably not comfortable with,

01:33:27.560 --> 01:33:29.060
but you're going to have to be comfortable with.

01:33:29.399 --> 01:33:32.359
Because right now, with the 49ers moving off

01:33:32.359 --> 01:33:35.229
of Deebo Samuel this offseason, and Brandon Ayewick

01:33:35.229 --> 01:33:38.210
still recovering from his ACL surgery, and you

01:33:38.210 --> 01:33:40.390
don't know what's going on with Jawan Jennings,

01:33:40.510 --> 01:33:44.609
everyone's going to have to step up. Everyone's

01:33:44.609 --> 01:33:47.329
going to have to at least contribute more in

01:33:47.329 --> 01:33:50.390
the passing game. Now, do I think they all have

01:33:50.390 --> 01:33:53.949
the potential to do it? Yes, 1 ,000%. Ricky Pearsall

01:33:53.949 --> 01:33:55.949
has a lot of potential in this game. Same thing

01:33:55.949 --> 01:33:58.489
with Jordan Watkins and Jacob Kallick. Now, the

01:33:58.489 --> 01:34:02.260
question is... If you're the 49ers, do you make

01:34:02.260 --> 01:34:05.260
a big move and go after Terry McLaurin? I would

01:34:05.260 --> 01:34:09.159
say yes. Because right now, you don't have a

01:34:09.159 --> 01:34:11.560
true number one receiver available on your team

01:34:11.560 --> 01:34:15.180
right now. If you go into the season right now,

01:34:15.399 --> 01:34:17.460
who is your number one receiver? Who is your

01:34:17.460 --> 01:34:19.579
number two receiver? Who is your number three

01:34:19.579 --> 01:34:22.399
receiver? These are the tough questions that

01:34:22.399 --> 01:34:24.960
need to be asked when it comes to roster building.

01:34:25.880 --> 01:34:28.199
If you guys are truly serious about this season,

01:34:28.560 --> 01:34:30.939
And based off everything that I've read, with

01:34:30.939 --> 01:34:33.319
this schedule being the easiest schedule in the

01:34:33.319 --> 01:34:36.439
entire league, it's only right that you try to

01:34:36.439 --> 01:34:38.340
pick up the phone and go after Terry McLaurin.

01:34:39.739 --> 01:34:43.100
Now, granted, you are in a situation where, yes,

01:34:43.199 --> 01:34:44.899
you're going to have to pay somebody a lot of

01:34:44.899 --> 01:34:48.539
money, but it's going to help out the offense

01:34:48.539 --> 01:34:51.960
even more. And that's another weapon for Brock

01:34:51.960 --> 01:34:54.000
Purdy. Just saying. Now, let's keep this thing

01:34:54.000 --> 01:34:58.340
going. So Spencer Bradford, Renardo Green. I'm

01:34:58.340 --> 01:35:01.060
not saying it's a competition, but you just want

01:35:01.060 --> 01:35:03.000
to see where they are, just in case you have

01:35:03.000 --> 01:35:07.000
to make a move for corner. Granted, like I just

01:35:07.000 --> 01:35:09.420
said, with the whole Javarius Ward, DeAndre Lenore,

01:35:09.560 --> 01:35:13.239
and a Renato Green thing, your cornerback room

01:35:13.239 --> 01:35:16.100
took a loss this offseason. And you guys really

01:35:16.100 --> 01:35:18.420
didn't do anything in either the draft or in

01:35:18.420 --> 01:35:22.720
free agency to recoup that. And, you know, if

01:35:22.720 --> 01:35:25.859
you're the 49ers, You want to at least see what

01:35:25.859 --> 01:35:28.560
you have first before you have to make a drastic

01:35:28.560 --> 01:35:31.760
move. I still believe in Renato Green. I still

01:35:31.760 --> 01:35:34.199
feel like he has a lot of upside to his game.

01:35:34.239 --> 01:35:36.640
I still feel like he hasn't even reached his

01:35:36.640 --> 01:35:39.100
potential yet. But I want to see how things are

01:35:39.100 --> 01:35:41.159
going to go with him and DeAndre Lenore being

01:35:41.159 --> 01:35:43.840
the primary outside corners right now. But when

01:35:43.840 --> 01:35:45.939
we look at, you know, possible free agency additions,

01:35:46.079 --> 01:35:47.539
if they want to take that route, I mean, with

01:35:47.539 --> 01:35:49.899
cornerback, you have James Bradbury, Kendall

01:35:49.899 --> 01:35:52.880
Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas, Sante

01:35:52.880 --> 01:35:55.279
Samuel Jr., if everything checks out with his

01:35:55.279 --> 01:35:58.039
neck, Emmanuel Mosley. If you want to take that

01:35:58.039 --> 01:36:00.100
route, defensive end, you have Jadavion Clowney,

01:36:00.140 --> 01:36:02.399
Demarcus Walker, Montrevis Adams, Jerry Hughes,

01:36:02.699 --> 01:36:05.060
William Golston. Wide receiver, you have Keenan

01:36:05.060 --> 01:36:08.640
Allen, Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis, which recently

01:36:08.640 --> 01:36:10.560
he said that he's very interested in going to

01:36:10.560 --> 01:36:14.039
the 49ers. Nelson Aguilar, DJ Char, Tyler Boyd,

01:36:14.039 --> 01:36:16.479
Chris Conley, Jameson Crowder. Guard, if you

01:36:16.479 --> 01:36:18.180
want to take that route, you know, you have Brandon

01:36:18.180 --> 01:36:20.800
Scherf, Shaq Mason, Willie Hernandez, John Feliciano,

01:36:21.000 --> 01:36:24.199
Cody Whiter, Dalton Reiser, Mark Lanowski. Because

01:36:24.199 --> 01:36:26.500
let's be real here. The guard that you have right

01:36:26.500 --> 01:36:29.640
now, I don't really trust him as much. Me personally,

01:36:29.720 --> 01:36:32.000
I would feel a lot more comfortable if this team

01:36:32.000 --> 01:36:35.439
went after a veteran in Shaq Mason, Willie Hernandez,

01:36:35.760 --> 01:36:38.119
possibly Brandon Scherf, but that's just my opinion.

01:36:38.399 --> 01:36:40.220
A defensive tackle, if you want to take that

01:36:40.220 --> 01:36:41.840
route, I mean, you have Christian Wilkins, if

01:36:41.840 --> 01:36:43.899
everything checks out with him, Raekwon Davis,

01:36:44.140 --> 01:36:46.680
Austin Johnson, Maurice Hurst, Jordan Phillips,

01:36:46.800 --> 01:36:50.039
just to name a few. So all in all, I think the

01:36:50.039 --> 01:36:51.880
thing that I'm trying to get at with the 49ers

01:36:51.880 --> 01:36:54.840
is it's time for you to step up. Whatever you

01:36:54.840 --> 01:36:58.119
have to do, do it. Because right now, this is

01:36:58.119 --> 01:37:00.659
a make it or break it year for every person.

01:37:01.140 --> 01:37:04.880
From head coach, front office personnel, whomever.

01:37:05.039 --> 01:37:07.699
Everybody is under a microscope this year. Now

01:37:07.699 --> 01:37:09.859
let's go to the Rams, okay? So positional battles

01:37:09.859 --> 01:37:12.020
to watch out for. Cornerback, left tackle, right

01:37:12.020 --> 01:37:14.399
tackle, tight end, wide receiver. Players to

01:37:14.399 --> 01:37:16.439
keep an eye out for. Terrence Ferguson, Tyler

01:37:16.439 --> 01:37:19.420
Higbee, Rob Havenstein, Alaric Jackson, Xavier

01:37:19.420 --> 01:37:22.760
Smith, Kanate Mumfield, and Jordan Winnington.

01:37:23.340 --> 01:37:25.939
The storyline for the Rams is can the Rams make

01:37:25.939 --> 01:37:28.939
one more run? Folks, we all saw what the Rams

01:37:28.939 --> 01:37:31.539
did last season. That first half of the season

01:37:31.539 --> 01:37:34.000
wasn't the best for them. But that second half

01:37:34.000 --> 01:37:36.079
of the season, man, they were on a run. They

01:37:36.079 --> 01:37:39.119
looked like the real Rams. And they made some

01:37:39.119 --> 01:37:41.439
significant investments to the offense this offseason.

01:37:41.600 --> 01:37:43.319
I mean, they got Devontae Adams, which is another

01:37:43.319 --> 01:37:46.319
weapon for Matthew Stafford. They've tried to,

01:37:46.359 --> 01:37:48.770
you know, they try to. at least get more weapons

01:37:48.770 --> 01:37:51.729
for him. I mean, sure, you brought in another

01:37:51.729 --> 01:37:53.890
tight end, another really productive tight end.

01:37:53.949 --> 01:37:58.069
And so right now, I want to see, can this team

01:37:58.069 --> 01:38:00.510
at least make one more run? I think they can

01:38:00.510 --> 01:38:03.689
do it. It's going to be tough, but I think they

01:38:03.689 --> 01:38:06.229
can do it. Because after this season, I think

01:38:06.229 --> 01:38:08.029
we have to start having a legitimate conversation

01:38:08.029 --> 01:38:10.390
of who's going to be the successor for Matthew

01:38:10.390 --> 01:38:14.060
Stafford. And if I'm the Rams, I possibly want

01:38:14.060 --> 01:38:15.899
to take a quarterback next year. Now, I'm not

01:38:15.899 --> 01:38:18.159
saying you take a quarterback next year and then

01:38:18.159 --> 01:38:20.960
you just scoop Matthew Stafford. No, you bring

01:38:20.960 --> 01:38:23.479
in that quarterback so that they can sit and

01:38:23.479 --> 01:38:26.899
learn under Matthew Stafford. Because right now,

01:38:26.920 --> 01:38:30.100
last season, it really showed Matthew Stafford's

01:38:30.100 --> 01:38:32.960
age. And if you're the Rams, you have to be a

01:38:32.960 --> 01:38:34.699
little bit cautious with that. Even with the

01:38:34.699 --> 01:38:37.340
money that they gave him, I probably wouldn't

01:38:37.340 --> 01:38:39.760
have gave him that much money. I would have tried

01:38:39.760 --> 01:38:41.619
to at least structure it in a way to where, hey,

01:38:41.619 --> 01:38:44.789
listen. For all intents and purposes, if he retires

01:38:44.789 --> 01:38:46.569
after this season, guess what? We can let you

01:38:46.569 --> 01:38:49.630
go. It doesn't really affect us for the foreseeable

01:38:49.630 --> 01:38:52.010
future, and you can still get your money, right?

01:38:52.470 --> 01:38:54.470
Compared to being in this situation now where

01:38:54.470 --> 01:38:58.909
you have to take things year to year, which is

01:38:58.909 --> 01:39:01.409
a little bit cautious, and it's a little bit

01:39:01.409 --> 01:39:03.909
dangerous, to be honest. But let's get to these

01:39:03.909 --> 01:39:06.869
players, all right? So Terrence Ferguson, Tyler

01:39:06.869 --> 01:39:09.710
Higbee, I'm not saying this is a competition,

01:39:09.949 --> 01:39:14.409
but I think Having another reliable tight end

01:39:14.409 --> 01:39:17.130
would be great. Sure, Tyler Higbee is definitely

01:39:17.130 --> 01:39:19.350
one of the better tight ends in the league. He's

01:39:19.350 --> 01:39:21.829
very underrated with his game. But I think having

01:39:21.829 --> 01:39:24.210
someone in Terrence Ferguson, I think that can

01:39:24.210 --> 01:39:26.909
definitely open up the offense even more. My

01:39:26.909 --> 01:39:29.970
guess is Sean McVay probably wants to go to 12

01:39:29.970 --> 01:39:32.850
to maybe 13 personnel moving forward because

01:39:32.850 --> 01:39:34.649
they probably want to run the ball a little bit

01:39:34.649 --> 01:39:37.250
more effectively, which is perfectly fine. Rob

01:39:37.250 --> 01:39:41.520
Havenstein and Laird Jackson. So with these tackles,

01:39:41.539 --> 01:39:44.260
you have one who's had blood clot issues in Larry

01:39:44.260 --> 01:39:47.560
Jackson, and you have Rob Havenstein, who he

01:39:47.560 --> 01:39:50.420
had surgery this offseason to clean up some stuff

01:39:50.420 --> 01:39:53.239
within both of his shoulders. So you don't know

01:39:53.239 --> 01:39:56.199
exactly when they're going to be completely healthy

01:39:56.199 --> 01:39:59.659
this season. Now, am I saying that the Rams need

01:39:59.659 --> 01:40:02.579
to go after, you know, tackle prospects? No,

01:40:02.720 --> 01:40:05.779
but what I am saying is this. You want to move

01:40:05.779 --> 01:40:09.010
on the air of caution. And you want to be realistic

01:40:09.010 --> 01:40:11.850
that there is a chance that either a Larry Jackson

01:40:11.850 --> 01:40:15.670
may not start in week one or Rob Havenstein might

01:40:15.670 --> 01:40:19.210
start in week one. That is a realistic situation

01:40:19.210 --> 01:40:22.810
that could happen. So if I'm the Rams, you have

01:40:22.810 --> 01:40:25.130
to prepare for that. Now, do I think they have

01:40:25.130 --> 01:40:26.729
somebody on the team that can help them with

01:40:26.729 --> 01:40:28.609
that? Yeah, for sure. I mean, you can always

01:40:28.609 --> 01:40:30.529
bring in a tackle. That's no problem at all,

01:40:30.649 --> 01:40:34.130
okay? Tackle prospects are everywhere, especially

01:40:34.130 --> 01:40:37.340
swing tackles, okay? Shoot, Jermaine Effetti

01:40:37.340 --> 01:40:40.159
just signed with the Dolphins this morning because

01:40:40.159 --> 01:40:42.960
Austin Jackson got hurt and he's going to be

01:40:42.960 --> 01:40:45.260
out for a while. I think they said he probably

01:40:45.260 --> 01:40:48.399
won't be able to start until week one of the

01:40:48.399 --> 01:40:50.560
regular season. And even then, I think that's

01:40:50.560 --> 01:40:54.020
a long shot. So you just want to be cautious,

01:40:54.239 --> 01:40:56.939
okay? But let's talk about these wide receivers.

01:40:57.180 --> 01:41:00.560
So Xavier Smith and Kanate Mumfield, me personally,

01:41:00.619 --> 01:41:02.520
I feel like at some point this season, they're

01:41:02.520 --> 01:41:05.670
going to be playing, okay? Tutu Atwell only signed

01:41:05.670 --> 01:41:08.350
a one -year deal. His role isn't necessarily

01:41:08.350 --> 01:41:11.130
locked in with the team. So if you're Canante

01:41:11.130 --> 01:41:13.170
Mumfield and if you're Xavier Smith, you want

01:41:13.170 --> 01:41:14.829
to put your best foot forward. You want to at

01:41:14.829 --> 01:41:17.289
least develop some level of chemistry with Matthew

01:41:17.289 --> 01:41:20.189
Stafford. Because if you're the Rams, the more

01:41:20.189 --> 01:41:22.729
weapons that Matthew Stafford has at his disposal,

01:41:23.050 --> 01:41:25.130
the better chance that you have of winning it

01:41:25.130 --> 01:41:28.289
all. And so right now, I feel like with having

01:41:28.289 --> 01:41:31.189
someone in Canante Mumfield who he has the speed

01:41:31.189 --> 01:41:33.710
and the route running, and you have someone in

01:41:33.710 --> 01:41:36.970
Xavier Smith who I feel like there's something

01:41:36.970 --> 01:41:39.689
that can be unlocked in his game, I think the

01:41:39.689 --> 01:41:42.350
sky's the limit with both of them. I don't think

01:41:42.350 --> 01:41:45.250
neither one of them is going to get cut. I do

01:41:45.250 --> 01:41:47.149
feel like there's going to be a role for them

01:41:47.149 --> 01:41:50.590
at some point. What is it? I don't know. Even

01:41:50.590 --> 01:41:53.600
when you look at Jordan Winnington. I feel like

01:41:53.600 --> 01:41:56.060
he's somewhat of an underrated receiver. I mean,

01:41:56.079 --> 01:41:58.100
just looking at his stats from this past season,

01:41:58.199 --> 01:42:00.760
I mean, you what? You had 22 receptions for 293

01:42:00.760 --> 01:42:04.359
yards and you averaged 13 .3 yards per play.

01:42:05.420 --> 01:42:08.619
That's almost a first down and more every single

01:42:08.619 --> 01:42:11.420
time you got the ball. I'm going to continue

01:42:11.420 --> 01:42:15.039
to say this until the cows come home. If you're

01:42:15.039 --> 01:42:18.960
the Rams. You maximize as much talent as you

01:42:18.960 --> 01:42:21.300
have on this offense because you know it's going

01:42:21.300 --> 01:42:24.819
to benefit Matthew Stafford moving forward. The

01:42:24.819 --> 01:42:27.239
more receivers that he has available, the more

01:42:27.239 --> 01:42:30.119
running backs, tight ends, better offensive line

01:42:30.119 --> 01:42:33.399
protection, the more that he has more weapons

01:42:33.399 --> 01:42:36.539
around him, the better chance that he has of

01:42:36.539 --> 01:42:38.960
making it to the Super Bowl. We saw how close

01:42:38.960 --> 01:42:42.920
they were last season. If that offense was a

01:42:42.920 --> 01:42:45.369
little bit more productive, And that defense

01:42:45.369 --> 01:42:47.630
could have at least tried to disrupt the rhythm

01:42:47.630 --> 01:42:49.869
that the Eagles had. They would have been in

01:42:49.869 --> 01:42:51.789
the Super Bowl. Now, am I saying that they would

01:42:51.789 --> 01:42:55.890
have won? No. But what I am saying is this. They

01:42:55.890 --> 01:42:58.670
have potential this year. Now, when we look at

01:42:58.670 --> 01:43:01.010
cornerback, personally, I feel like they didn't

01:43:01.010 --> 01:43:04.149
make as much investment as they needed to. I

01:43:04.149 --> 01:43:06.170
feel like outside of a Keller Weatherspoon, who

01:43:06.170 --> 01:43:08.449
else can you really rely on right now? I feel

01:43:08.449 --> 01:43:11.640
like Darius Williams is a slot corner. At this

01:43:11.640 --> 01:43:13.560
point, I mean, sure, they brought in Emmanuel

01:43:13.560 --> 01:43:16.039
Forbes Jr. But I mean, even then, he's a project

01:43:16.039 --> 01:43:18.720
right now and you have to see where he is. And

01:43:18.720 --> 01:43:21.960
right now he's the he's sort of like at the bottom

01:43:21.960 --> 01:43:25.899
of the quarterback room. So do you have to bring

01:43:25.899 --> 01:43:28.159
in somebody to at least give you a little bit

01:43:28.159 --> 01:43:31.539
of protection? Possibly, because right now, if

01:43:31.539 --> 01:43:33.939
the Keller Weatherspoon goes down, who else can

01:43:33.939 --> 01:43:37.020
you rely on? I mean, sure, you have Darion Kendrick,

01:43:37.060 --> 01:43:41.109
you have Kobe Durant, you have people. But sometimes

01:43:41.109 --> 01:43:44.449
you're going to need a guy back there. And right

01:43:44.449 --> 01:43:46.930
now, I feel like Akella Weatherspoon and Darius

01:43:46.930 --> 01:43:49.590
Williams are the only two guy options right now.

01:43:49.729 --> 01:43:53.449
And one of them is a slot corner. Who, I mean,

01:43:53.489 --> 01:43:55.989
he's not the biggest corner. I mean, let's be

01:43:55.989 --> 01:43:58.170
real. Let's really have an honest conversation

01:43:58.170 --> 01:44:01.310
here. If this team wants to win one more Super

01:44:01.310 --> 01:44:03.149
Bowl, they're going to have to make at least

01:44:03.149 --> 01:44:06.890
one more big move. Me personally, I feel like

01:44:06.890 --> 01:44:09.840
it's either going to be a corner. or maybe a

01:44:09.840 --> 01:44:12.439
wide receiver. I feel like they have the assets

01:44:12.439 --> 01:44:14.760
to do it. I mean, listen, you have two first

01:44:14.760 --> 01:44:17.199
round picks. If you wanted to, you could give

01:44:17.199 --> 01:44:19.500
Washington a first round pick, even though I

01:44:19.500 --> 01:44:21.159
feel like that's a little bit crazy. I feel like

01:44:21.159 --> 01:44:23.000
that's a reach for Terry McLaurin, but you could

01:44:23.000 --> 01:44:25.420
do it. And then that means what? You will have

01:44:25.420 --> 01:44:27.460
a wide receiver room that has Devontae Adams,

01:44:27.699 --> 01:44:30.199
Terry McLaurin, Tutu Atwell, Pupu Nakua, and

01:44:30.199 --> 01:44:33.960
everyone else. I think that's really good. But

01:44:33.960 --> 01:44:36.420
again, these are just my opinions. This is just

01:44:36.420 --> 01:44:39.510
how I feel about the teams. in where they are

01:44:39.510 --> 01:44:44.970
right now if you're the rams what are you going

01:44:44.970 --> 01:44:48.029
to do because you know the eagles got better

01:44:48.029 --> 01:44:51.289
you know the vikings got better the 49ers the

01:44:51.289 --> 01:44:54.789
cardinals everyone in the nfc has gotten better

01:44:54.789 --> 01:44:58.770
you gotta find a way to stand out right now now

01:44:58.770 --> 01:45:00.449
when we look at possible free agency additions

01:45:00.449 --> 01:45:02.329
if they want to take that route especially with

01:45:02.329 --> 01:45:04.699
corner I mean, you have James Bradbury, Kendall

01:45:04.699 --> 01:45:07.020
Fuller, Stephon Gilmore, Rasul Douglas, Emmanuel

01:45:07.020 --> 01:45:11.039
Mosley, Asante Samuel Jr., Michael Davis. Tackle,

01:45:11.159 --> 01:45:14.319
which you may have to make that investment pretty

01:45:14.319 --> 01:45:17.220
soon. George Fant, Andreas Peet, Isaiah Wynn,

01:45:17.319 --> 01:45:19.920
Michael Dunn, Raven Clark, Chris Hubbard. Wide

01:45:19.920 --> 01:45:21.819
receiver, if you want to take that route, you

01:45:21.819 --> 01:45:23.859
know, Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, Gabe Davis,

01:45:24.060 --> 01:45:26.619
Nelson Aguilar, DJ Char, Tyler Boyd, Chris Conley,

01:45:26.680 --> 01:45:29.760
Jameson Crowder. Tight end, if you want to bring

01:45:29.760 --> 01:45:32.710
in a blocking option, okay. Gerald Everett, Mercedes

01:45:32.710 --> 01:45:35.850
Lewis, Jordan Aikens, or Nicole Pruitt. Those

01:45:35.850 --> 01:45:39.489
are all valuable options right now. But just

01:45:39.489 --> 01:45:43.270
looking at things with the Rams, I think their

01:45:43.270 --> 01:45:47.550
floor is maybe the wild card of the playoffs.

01:45:47.630 --> 01:45:50.149
And I think their ceiling is maybe the Super

01:45:50.149 --> 01:45:53.229
Bowl. But I feel like if they make one more significant

01:45:53.229 --> 01:45:56.149
move, I think you have to have a legitimate conversation

01:45:56.149 --> 01:45:59.189
right now with them. I'm just being honest. I

01:45:59.189 --> 01:46:02.069
could be wrong, but... It's just how I feel.

01:46:02.149 --> 01:46:03.930
I knew I was forgetting something. We have to

01:46:03.930 --> 01:46:07.130
talk about Noah Fant. So Noah Fant has signed

01:46:07.130 --> 01:46:10.569
with the Cincinnati Bengals. Now for how much,

01:46:10.590 --> 01:46:13.149
I don't know. We still don't know what the numbers

01:46:13.149 --> 01:46:15.829
are. All I know is it's just a one -year deal.

01:46:16.470 --> 01:46:20.069
I mean, sure, it's another weapon for Joe Burrow,

01:46:20.149 --> 01:46:22.569
but I'm a little bit skeptical about it because

01:46:22.569 --> 01:46:25.109
now you have two tight ends that neither one

01:46:25.109 --> 01:46:27.960
of them are good at blocking. If you at least

01:46:27.960 --> 01:46:30.220
brought in one tight end that's good with blocking,

01:46:30.420 --> 01:46:32.680
okay, fine. I can feel a little bit confident

01:46:32.680 --> 01:46:35.260
with that. But right now, all you have is just

01:46:35.260 --> 01:46:37.960
two receiving options at tight end. I don't really

01:46:37.960 --> 01:46:40.000
think that's the best. But when we look at his

01:46:40.000 --> 01:46:42.380
stats from this past season, 64 targets or 48

01:46:42.380 --> 01:46:44.979
receptions, 500 receiving yards, one touchdown,

01:46:45.100 --> 01:46:47.800
and 10 .4 receiving yards per reception. You're

01:46:47.800 --> 01:46:49.920
talking about somebody that is an intermediate

01:46:49.920 --> 01:46:53.569
short type of tight end. He's not this tight

01:46:53.569 --> 01:46:56.529
end where he's going to go deep and he's just

01:46:56.529 --> 01:46:59.069
going to kill it. No, he's just someone that

01:46:59.069 --> 01:47:01.050
if you need that first down, he's right there.

01:47:01.310 --> 01:47:03.909
If you need to extend the play, he's right there.

01:47:04.050 --> 01:47:06.050
That's just who he is, all right? But I'm going

01:47:06.050 --> 01:47:07.630
to end this episode. If you guys like what you're

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because guess what? We are in the season for

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football, folks. You're in the season. It's finally

01:47:26.340 --> 01:47:29.720
here. We can finally watch football now. OK,

01:47:29.819 --> 01:47:32.340
it may just be the preseason. Don't care. It's

01:47:32.340 --> 01:47:35.920
football right now. please leave a five -star,

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lets me know like, hey, I'm giving you guys the

01:47:45.220 --> 01:47:47.699
fix that you guys love and need. Hey, there's

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something I need to tweak. Maybe there's something

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I gave you guys the fix that you guys need. I

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love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much.

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Thank you so much for being with me on this mini

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series. Let's prepare ourselves. for the preseason

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games, as well as the regular season, okay? And

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best believe, within the next maybe two or three

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episodes, we have to start talking about draft

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prospects, specifically quarterbacks, and maybe

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a few other positions. We may even have to talk

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about some college football games as well. So

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stay tuned. As always, I love you guys. I appreciate

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you guys so much. This is your GM, Kale, signing

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out. Peace and love. Later.