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Hopium, hopium, get your hopium, hopium, hopium.

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Yes, I'm selling hopium, folks. Although I am

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Bagrodamus, although I am your GM who currently

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is not on a team right now, although I am your

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GM who knows any and all things related to the

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bag, rumors to the bag, and more, I am now your

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hopium. All the hopium that you need to make

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it through the rest of the season, I am the person

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to go to because there are some fan bases right

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now that are going to need some hopium. Dolphins

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fans. But we're not going to talk about them

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right now because we have a mega bag alert, mega

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bag alert, mega bag alert, mega bag alert, folks.

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That's right. Colton Mickiewicz, Jamison Williams,

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Armani Hooker, Christian Watson, and Zion McCollum

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get paid. Cam Hayward and the Steelers find resolution.

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The Eagles trade for Tank Bigsby. Steelers...

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All of this and more. On the 93rd episode of

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the Football Junkies Podcast, okay, I am your

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host with the most, all right? I am your GM who

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currently is not on the 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 I'm your chief, Batgirl Thomas.

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That's right, chief, head of the table, anything

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and everything related to the bag, rumors to

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the bag, and more. But guess what? I'm all these

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things and more. But most importantly, the most

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important thing that you must remember is I am

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

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episode, so buckle up, Ravens fans. Buckle up,

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Steelers fans. fans, buckle up Dolphins fans,

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because man, oh man, we have a lot to talk about

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with your fan bases. So guess what? On three,

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one, two, three, let's lock in. All right, folks,

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let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything

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that is going on in the league right now. So,

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before we get into the game recaps, let's talk

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about these bag alerts and get that out the way,

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all right? So, Colton Mikovic's right tackle

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for the 49ers inks a three -year, $45 million

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deal, $27 million guaranteed, and he'll be making

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$15 million a year. When we look at his stats

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from this past season, according to PFF, six

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penalties and allowed two sacks. A good deal

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for an above -average right tackle. For someone

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who was drafted in the fifth round, he's doing

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something right. So it was only right for the

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49ers to take care of him, not to mention he's

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not making a whole lot of money. And it's a short

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-term deal, meaning that if Colton Mikovits outplays

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this contract, he can be due for a bigger payday

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either by the 49ers or somebody in free agency.

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But if he underperforms with this contract, the

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49ers can get rid of him and not take on large

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dead cap hits, which is fairly good. Now, you're

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paying a boatload of money to Trent Williams,

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so he wasn't going to be making a whole bunch

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of money anyway. But all in all, really good

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deal for both sides. Now, let's talk about Jamison

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Williams, all right? Wide receiver for the Lions

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in a three -year $83 million deal, $67 million

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guaranteed, and he'll be making $27 .6 million

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a year. When we look at his steps from this past

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season, 92 targets for 58 receptions, 1 ,001

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receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 17 .3 receiving

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yards per reception. Now, according to Reception

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Perception, Jamison Williams' success rate when

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facing man coverage is 65 .7%. When facing zone

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coverage, his success rate is 79 .5%. When facing

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press coverage, 61 .9%. When being double covered,

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his success rate is 50%. Folks, this is a really

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good deal for an underrated wide receiver too.

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Not to mention he's only 24 years old. So by

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the time this deal is over with, he's still going

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to be in his prime. Meaning if he tested free

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agency, he can be due for a bigger contract than

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what he's making right now. Even though right

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now he's making pretty good money for a wide

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receiver too. Although he is a wide receiver

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too, that doesn't mean that he isn't productive.

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When Amon Ross St. Brown is being locked up,

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Jamison Williams is still available. He's still

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making plays. He's still doing everything that

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the Lions need him to do and more. That's what

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you need sometimes. Ross A. Brown is the one.

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Jameson Williams is the two. Slash 1B if you

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want to have that conversation. But it's a really

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good deal. This is what I've been saying for

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the last few years. Sign shorter term contracts.

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Because by signing shorter term contracts, not

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only are you getting a lot of your money up front,

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you're also... allowing yourself to increase

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your market so that when you hit free agency,

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guess what? You can be due for a bigger payday

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than what you originally got. But what do I know?

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I'm not a GM, all right? So let's talk about

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Amani Hooker, safety for the Titans, who inks

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a three -year $48 .6 million deal, $29 million

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guaranteed, and he'll be making $16 .2 million

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a year. When we look at his stats from this past

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season, 70 tackles, five picks, a good team -friendly

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deal for productive safety. Now, he isn't in

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that same realm as a Derwin James or Kyle Hamilton

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or Antoine Winfield Jr. or Amiga Fitzpatrick,

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but he is a productive safety. He has made some

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big plays in the last few years, so it was only

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right for the Titans to take care of him. Now,

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let's talk about Christian Watson, wide receiver

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for the Packers, who inks a one -year $13 .2

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million deal. When we look at his stats from

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this past season, 53 targets, For 29 receptions,

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620 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and 21 .4

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receiving yards per reception. Now, I know a

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lot of people are asking the same question. Why

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give Christian Watson an extension when he's

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still recovering from a torn ACL? A lot of that

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had to do because they still believe in him.

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and that he was going to hit free agency next

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year. So it was only right that you keep Christian

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Watson because most likely you're going to lose

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Romeo Dobbs or Dontavion Wicks in free agency.

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So you have to keep at least one veteran, and

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why not keep Christian Watson? When he is on

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the field, he is a baller, but clearly the Packers

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value him and they value what he brings to the

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table. So by giving him a one -year extension,

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you're not tying him for the long run. You're

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just allowing him to get healthy again so that

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he can go out. increase his value, like I've

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been saying for these past few contracts, and

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prepare himself for a bigger payday. Now on to

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Zion McCollum, quarterback for the Tampa Bay

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Buccaneers. He inks a three -year $48 million

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deal, $35 .4 million guaranteed, and he'll be

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making $16 million a year. When we look at his

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stats from this past season, 82 tackles, two

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picks. A good deal for a productive player. This

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is what you're supposed to do if you're a really

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good GM and you're good at drafting. You take

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care of your players. Because by doing so, it

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eliminates you having to go in either free agency

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or in the draft to fill that position. Folks,

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we see a lot of times, especially in that first

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wave of free agency, where teams will be overpaying

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just to fill that void. And a lot of times when

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they do this, it backfires and actually helps

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them. Because now you're in a situation where

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you're trying to get out of this contract. Nobody

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else wants to pick up the contract. So if you

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release them, you have to take on all this dead

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cap money. But if you take all this dead cap

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money, it's going to affect the cap space for

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the next two years. So it's like, damn if you

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do, damn if you don't, essentially. But this

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is what separates the great teams from the bad

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teams. The great teams aren't always aggressive

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in free agency because why? a lot of the positions

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of need are already being taken care of internally.

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And those players are getting second and maybe

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third contracts. Whereas a bad team, they're

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having to waste a high draft pick or they're

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having to waste 20 or 30 plus million for one

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player that he probably only had one good year.

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But let's keep this thing going. So Cam Hayward

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and the Steelers finally find some resolution.

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So the Steelers are adding $3 million in incentives.

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to which he can earn up to $18 million this season,

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but they are based off the playoffs. So according

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to Steelers Now, Mike Florio broke down how these

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incentives work. So Hayward can earn $1 .6 million

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if he records at least eight sacks and the Steelers

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make the playoffs, but he can earn another $1

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.6 million if he records 11 .5 sacks and the

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Steelers win the playoff game. While I understand

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that both sides found some resolution, it still

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didn't get the job done because these are incentives.

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They're not guarantees. We're fighting for guarantees

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this entire time. So then what was the point

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in you doing all this elaborate stuff, posting

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stuff on your story, talking about how you don't

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feel valued. And every time people ask you questions,

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you come off as nonchalant and angry and how

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you talk about you've had serious conversations

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with your family and whatnot. How do you go from

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all of this? To now finding some resolution where

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it's not even guaranteed. That's what you were

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fighting for this entire time was guarantees.

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It defeated the purpose of you doing all of this.

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And I mean, the entire little media run, whatever

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you want to call it, that he was on was all for

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nothing. And I said this to somebody on TikTok.

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Shout out to OAD Loom. He's a really good Steelers

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content creator on TikTok. Me and him went back

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and forth about this because my stance is this.

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If you're going to do all of this stuff, if you're

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going to talk about how you don't feel valued

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and you go to places where you are valued and

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you're talking about that you've had serious

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conversations with your family and whatnot, that

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lets me know that you're serious. That lets me

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know that you are not stepping on the field until

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some legitimate resolution is found. Not just

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some patchwork and just saying, hey, we're just

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going to give you $3 million in incentives. Not

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really guaranteed, but it's just incentives.

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No, you are shooting for guarantees. That's what

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every player shoots for is guaranteed money.

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Because guess what? If they cut you, if you get

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hurt, if anything crazy happens, that guaranteed

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money is yours. Whereas with incentives, they're

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not. Because if you don't hit that mark, you

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don't get the money. So again. What was the point

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in you guys doing all of this? This could have

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been easily resolved prior to the draft, prior

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to free agency. Could have easily been resolved.

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So why in the world did it take from the combine

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all the way to the middle point of training camp

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to finally find out that this was happening and

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then go on this media run and saying, I'm not

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happy. You're supposed to go to places where

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you're valued. Let me tell you something. I've

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said this before in the previous episode. Now

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I'm going to say it again. If the Steelers didn't

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value you, they would have gotten rid of you,

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no questions asked. They did it to Troy. They

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did it to Heinz Ward. They did it to Ben Roethlisberger.

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You name me, any of the great Steelers, they

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have all done the same thing, and that is force

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them into retirement. They're not doing that

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to you. They're giving you the benefit of the

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doubt that they never gave to Ben Roethlisberger

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or Troy, and they won multiple Super Bowls. But

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you know, Chris Hallett from DK Pittsburgh Sports

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said this. For all intents and purposes, Cam

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Hayward should have just signed a one -year deal.

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So that way, he could come back to the table

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and get more money instead of just signing the

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deal that he signed last year. Because it defeated

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the purpose. Because it really wasn't an extension.

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Because when you really look at the structure

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of the contract, you don't have a whole lot of

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guarantees. Your guarantees is essentially a

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million -some dollars and some change. All your

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money was given into roster bonuses. And even

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then, Roster bonuses aren't really guaranteed.

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They can get rid of you before the roster bonus

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kicks in. We've seen multiple teams do it. So

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why are you complaining and saying all these

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different things? You should be worried about

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trying to win a playoff game or better yet, trying

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to win a Super Bowl. Not trying to get three

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extra million dollars in incentives. or a couple

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extra dollars just so you can be in this range

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of defensive linemen that's getting paid a lot

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of money. Who cares about that? Because guess

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what? Out of all of those defensive linemen,

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the top 10 highest paid defensive linemen, I

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can assure you that there's less than six defensive

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linemen that have either won one Super Bowl or

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at least made it to their conference championship.

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Chris Jones, Super Bowls and playoffs. Milton

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Williams, he just won a Super Bowl. Nnamdi Metabuke

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hasn't won a Super Bowl. Aleem McNeil hasn't

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won a Super Bowl. Derrick Brown hasn't won a

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Super Bowl. Quentin Williams, Jeffrey Simmons,

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DeForest Buckner, none of them have won Super

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Bowls. DeForest Buckner has made it to the Super

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Bowl, but never won it. Derron Payne hasn't won

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a Super Bowl. So out of the top 10 highest paid

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defensive linemen right now, there's only two

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that have won a Super Bowl. Think about that

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for a second here, folks. But you got somebody.

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The quote unquote leader of the team that's complaining

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about he's not valued. Man, please. But let's

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talk about this trade. So the Eagles traded for

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former Jaguars running back Tank Bixby. So the

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Jaguars receive a 2026 fifth and 2026 sixth round

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pick while the Eagles receive Tank Bixby. So

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this trade was made because the Eagles needed

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another kick returner as Will Shipley is dealing

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with a rib injury. Nothing too complex. Nothing

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to really talk about. Just a routine trade to

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address a position of need. All right. So let's

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talk about these games. All right. So Steelers

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versus Jets recap. Let's start with them. All

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right. Because I'm seeing a whole bunch of grown

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men glaze over Aaron Rodgers. One game. I see

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people say, well, I guess missing OTAs really

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wasn't bad at all. Oh, I think Aaron Rodgers

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is just doing such a great job. Stop it. Just

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stop it. It is week one, and we already seen

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people just eat up Aaron Rodgers for breakfast,

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lunch, and dinner. All right, so let's just start.

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Aaron Rodgers, 30 attempts for 22 completions,

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244 passing yards, four touchdowns, 8 .1 yards

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per attempt, and a 73 .3 completion percentage,

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but also took four sacks. Jalen Warren, 11 attempts

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for 37 rushing yards, 3 .4 rushing yards per

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carry. DK Metcalf, seven targets for four receptions,

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83 receiving yards, 20 .8. receiving yards per

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receptions, and 73 yards after the catch. Justin

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Fields, 22 attempts for 16 completions, 218 passing

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yards, one touchdown, 9 .9 yards per attempt,

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and a 72 .7 completion percentage and only took

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one sack. Brees Hall, 19 attempts for 107 rushing

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yards, 5 .6 rushing yards per carry, and four

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rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Garrett Wilson.

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nine targets for seven receptions, 95 receiving

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yards, one touchdown, and 13 .6 receiving yards

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per reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets.

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So according to NFL Pro, Aaron Rodgers completed

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eight of 10 play action passes for 71 yards and

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three touchdowns. This was tied for the most

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touchdowns on play action passes in the game

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since 2016. So my takeaway from this game is

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the Steelers won, but at what cost? Because the

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same problems that plagued them late last year

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emerged in this game. which was what? Stopping

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the run. They essentially dedicated an entire

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draft into making sure that they bolster up the

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run game. They drafted Derek Harmon, then they

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get Y .A. Black, and Jack Sawyer. Because why?

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They wanted to be better in stopping the run.

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And they didn't do that this game. From poor

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blocking, poor block shedding, and just trying

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to contain Justin Fields, this Steelers defense

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failed. And that falls on Mike Tomlin and Terrell

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Austin because they didn't do enough to adjust

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to the game. And mind you, Brees Hall as well

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as Braylon Allen were eating. You're talking

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about large gaps and they were hitting them.

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And they were getting a first down and more almost

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every single time they were getting the rock.

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So that falls on the coaches as well as the players.

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That's not good enough. Because you're going

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to be going up against teams that have really

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good run games. You're going to go up against

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the Seahawks on Sunday. They have Zach Charbonnet

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and Kenneth Walker. So the same problems that

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we saw late last year were not truly fixed. Instead,

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they were just patched over. That's not good,

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folks. And that's just the defense. I haven't

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even gotten to the offense yet. Which... Speaking

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of which, let's get to the offense. Now, I know

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everybody has been beating up on Broderick Jones,

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but I'm not going to be the person to do that.

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I'm going to be the bigger person. Let's be real

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here. Could Broderick played a better game? Yes.

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Could the Steelers have done a better job in

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trying to help Broderick Jones? Yes. All those

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things can be true. But we also have to mention

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that this is Broderick's first year at left tackle.

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So there's going to be highs and lows. So this

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is going to be the only way to find out if Broderick

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Jones is the truth or not. So they're going to

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let this play out. But if this continues on,

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if this becomes a repeated pattern for the next,

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I don't know, three weeks, then the Steelers

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are going to have to make a move. Now, are they

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going to put Andres Pita left tackle? That's

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a possibility. Are they going to trade for a

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left tackle? That's a possibility. But let's

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be real here, folks. Between Broderick Jones

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and Troy Fitanu, one of them wasn't going to

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pan out. And it's starting to look like Roger

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Jones isn't panning out. But one can ask one

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question, who failed who? Was it the organization?

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Was it Roger Jones? Was it coaching? Who deserves

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blame? Me personally, I would say everybody deserves

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some level of blame because why? You knew that

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drafting Roger Jones, he was a project. And you

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knew that by drafting a project, There is more

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risk than reward, especially if you don't have

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proper coaching in place. Now, am I saying Pat

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:15.759
Meyer is an offensive line guru? No. But what

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I am saying is this. It looks a little bit weird

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if Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick, and Troy Fatano

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look actually pretty good, but Broderick Jones

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is the only one that hasn't really shown anything.

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That's a problem. But again, and that's what

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happens when you draft potential over experience.

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I'm always going to value somebody that has experience

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over potential because potential isn't always

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going to get your foot in the door. But experience

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can aid you a little bit better in that transition

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process than somebody that's just, oh, I'm super

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athletic or I'm just super raw. No, because a

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lot of times what we see is a lot of teams nowadays

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are not developing players. They're just looking

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at him and just say, hey, we're going to throw

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you into the fire. If nothing comes out in two

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or three years, we're just going to find somebody

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else. And we see it every single year. We see

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it with offensive linemen. We see it with receivers,

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quarterbacks, running backs, you name it. We

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see it every single year. So I'm not surprised.

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Going back to this game, the Steelers run game

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was just inefficient. It was inconsistent. I

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know a lot of people like myself was, you know,

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asking the same question, which is why was Kenneth

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Gainwell getting more reps than Jalen Warren?

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A little bit of a head scratcher, but I guess

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we'll have to wait until Arthur Smith says something.

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DK Metcalf looked good. I wasn't really worried

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about DK Metcalf, but I was just more worried

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about, you know, how Calvin Austin and Ben Skoranek

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and everybody else was going to look. But, you

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know. For all intents and purposes, the Steelers'

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offense did look good, okay, minus the offensive

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line problems. They did look good. Aaron Rodgers

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looked good as well. And so, yes, I'm happy for

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him that he got his revenge against the Jets,

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but I'm not going to be the person that's going

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to be waving pom -poms and saying, Aaron Rodgers,

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Aaron Rodgers, he's our man, he's our man. I'm

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not going to do that, all right? And I understand

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there's a lot of people that said, well, Aaron

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Rodgers isn't the same. He hasn't thrown anybody

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under the bus. Where is this version of Aaron

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Rodgers is just super toxic and conniving and

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whatnot. People can change. All right, relax.

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Let's please relax because I'm seeing a narrative

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that I'm not liking on social media with a lot

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of beat writers and journalists that follow the

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Steelers who are secret Aaron Rodgers fans. And

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if you're a secret Aaron Rodgers fan, that's

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perfectly fine. But do not allow your fandom

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for a player cloud your judgment and analysis

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on his play on the field. And I'll just leave

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it there because if I don't, I'm going to name

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drop and I don't want to do that yet. Let's talk

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about the Jets. So the Jets actually played a

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:04.539
really good game. Pass rush was just on fire

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from the first snap to the last. All right. Justin

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:10.279
Fields, I would venture to say probably at his

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best game by far. If you're a Jets fan, you probably

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have a little bit of hope this year because if

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:20.460
Justin Fields played exactly how he played on

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Sunday. For the rest of the season, I guarantee

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you they'll make it to the playoffs. I guarantee

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you they'll even win at least one playoff game

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because he did everything you needed to do. He

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wasn't super aggressive. He wasn't always trying

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to run the ball. He executed the plays. When

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he needed to pass, he passed. When he needed

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:41.579
a handoff, he needed a handoff. When he needed

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:43.759
to extend the play, he extended the play. There

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were a lot of times where the pocket was collapsing

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and he found just enough wiggle room. And he

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:52.000
got through and he extended the play two, three,

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:55.779
maybe four extra yards. Now, if you're the Steelers,

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:59.920
you could have had that. But you decided that

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you wanted to go with the veteran in Russell

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:05.920
Wilson. And in doing so, you got the end result.

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In some ways, Justin Fields, I feel like, sort

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:12.359
of took a pot shot at the Steelers, and rightfully

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:15.359
so. So this is what he said in my quote. I'm

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:17.819
just calling it what it is. They acquired all

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.519
these guys in the offseason, future Hall of Famers

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:23.059
on that side of the ball, and we put up 32, end

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quote. That is somebody that has had pent -up

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:29.880
emotions for an entire season. You're talking

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about somebody that started off at first and

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:37.319
then was just benched for no reason. and never

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:39.900
had a legitimate chance to reach the field again.

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You're talking about somebody that despite how

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:46.559
anybody may feel about Justin Fields' play when

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:49.500
he was with the Steelers, he took it on the chin

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.079
and he was a professional about it. Whereas somebody

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else was leaking out information to the media.

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Talking about, oh, yeah, I have problems with

00:22:57.869 --> 00:23:00.269
Arthur Smith. Yeah, I didn't really like his

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offense. And we really was actually butting heads

00:23:02.869 --> 00:23:05.210
a lot because I want to do this and he wanted

00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:07.210
to do that. You didn't see that with Justin Fields.

00:23:07.529 --> 00:23:10.450
But my hat's off to Eric Glenn for a really good

00:23:10.450 --> 00:23:14.150
game plan. He played a lot of man coverage. Limited

00:23:14.150 --> 00:23:16.890
DK Metcalf's effect on the game, while at the

00:23:16.890 --> 00:23:20.309
same time creating a lot of pressure on Aaron

00:23:20.309 --> 00:23:22.769
Rodgers. There was a lot of times where Aaron

00:23:22.769 --> 00:23:25.569
Rodgers had to use the quick game just so he

00:23:25.569 --> 00:23:28.690
can avoid getting sacked. Will McDonald was doing

00:23:28.690 --> 00:23:31.309
his thing against Broderick Jones, as well as

00:23:31.309 --> 00:23:33.549
Michael Clemens. Michael Clemens was creating

00:23:33.549 --> 00:23:36.609
a lot of pressure on Broderick. And shout out

00:23:36.609 --> 00:23:38.809
to Tanner Engstrand for a really good offensive

00:23:38.809 --> 00:23:40.609
plan to combat against the Steelers defensive

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line. I mean, it literally looked like Elijah

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:46.119
Vera Tucker was on the field. If you would have

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:48.440
told me Elijah Vera Tucker didn't play that game,

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.799
I would have called you a liar because they were

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.559
running the ball so well and the Steelers didn't

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.599
have an answer for it. Not to mention, Alufashanu

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.940
and Armin Membu was actually holding their own

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:02.059
against Alex Highsmith and TJ Watt. Overall,

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:05.460
although the Jets did lose, there's a lot of

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:08.069
promise with this team. There's a lot of promise

00:24:08.069 --> 00:24:10.069
with both of their tackles. There's a lot of

00:24:10.069 --> 00:24:12.430
promise with that defense. I think it's only

00:24:12.430 --> 00:24:15.130
up for here if you're a Jets fan. And let's go

00:24:15.130 --> 00:24:18.089
to the Dolphins and Colts because I think they

00:24:18.089 --> 00:24:20.910
need a lot of hopium right now because, man,

00:24:21.069 --> 00:24:25.190
oh, man, Dolphins fans, oh, they are going through

00:24:25.190 --> 00:24:28.019
it, man. It is horrible for them. But we're going

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:30.980
to get through it. So Tua Tugavailoa, 23 attempts

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:34.240
for 14 completions, 114 receiving yards, one

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.660
touchdown, two picks, five yards per attempt,

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:39.480
and a 60 .9 completion percentage, as well as

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:42.700
taking on three sacks. Devon Achain, seven targets

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:45.660
for 55 rushing yards, 7 .9 rushing yards per

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:48.359
carry, and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:51.410
Tyreek Hill. Six targets for four receptions,

00:24:51.450 --> 00:24:54.109
40 receiving yards, 10 receiving yards per reception.

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Daniel Jones, 29 attempts for 22 completions,

00:24:57.670 --> 00:25:01.710
272 passing yards, one touchdown, 9 .4 yards

00:25:01.710 --> 00:25:04.069
per attempt, and a 75 .9 completion percentage.

00:25:04.430 --> 00:25:07.910
Jonathan Taylor, 18 attempts for 71 rushing yards,

00:25:08.150 --> 00:25:11.049
3 .9 rushing yards per carry, and two rushes

00:25:11.049 --> 00:25:14.099
of 10 plus yards more. Michael Pittman. eight

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:16.519
targets for six receptions, 80 receiving yards,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:19.960
one touchdown, and 13 .3 receiving yards per

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:22.460
reception. So here's a few junkie nuggets. So

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:25.599
according to NFL Pro, when under pressure, Tua

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:28.460
failed to complete any of his three passing attempts

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:32.039
but threw two picks from a clean pocket. Tyler

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:35.380
Warren played 33 snaps at tight end, nine in

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:38.599
the slot, six in wideout, and two snaps in the

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:41.420
backfield. When throwing outside the numbers,

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.880
Daniel Jones completed 10 of his 13 attempts

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.500
for 160 yards and a touchdown. So my takeaway

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:52.380
from this game is the Dolphins have to do something

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:55.839
to save their season. Because right now, the

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:58.299
fans are just done with them already. And this

00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:01.259
is only the first game, folks. It would be different

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:03.380
if this was the fifth or sixth game. No, this

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:05.960
is the first game of the season and everybody

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.500
is just done with it. From the offense looking

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:12.920
sloppy. to Tua just making costly turnovers and

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:17.400
fumbling the ball, to just everybody just not

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:20.660
being on the same page. I don't know what was

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:24.400
going on, but this team just was completely dysfunctional.

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.920
Tyreek Hill was having tantrums on the sideline.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:30.960
Tua looked like a deer in headlights. Nobody

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:35.099
was on the same page. And it seemed like as the

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:38.119
game progressed, the Colts realized that, listen,

00:26:38.589 --> 00:26:40.609
Oh, we got them in the bag. We can just do a

00:26:40.609 --> 00:26:42.710
few different things. And that's exactly what

00:26:42.710 --> 00:26:46.369
they did. Lou Amarumo was discussing different

00:26:46.369 --> 00:26:49.069
coverages. So I know there was like a few plays

00:26:49.069 --> 00:26:51.190
where he made it seem like it was a zero blitz,

00:26:51.190 --> 00:26:54.509
but in actuality, it wasn't zero blitz. The Dolphins

00:26:54.509 --> 00:26:57.329
just didn't have an answer. And at this point,

00:26:57.349 --> 00:27:00.509
if you're the Dolphins, well, specifically Steven

00:27:00.509 --> 00:27:03.190
Ross, how long is it going to take for you to

00:27:03.190 --> 00:27:06.759
make this decision? Because right now, Mike McDaniel

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:10.039
cannot coach this team. At this point, I think

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.019
it's just best that you just blow up this team.

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:15.059
Because this team hasn't gone anywhere. Outside

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:17.619
of that one year where they put up those crazy

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:20.119
numbers against the Broncos, and they were super

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:22.960
fast, and couldn't nobody really stop them, they

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.990
haven't really done anything. They made it to

00:27:24.990 --> 00:27:27.170
the playoffs. They faced the Chiefs. Oh, we can't

00:27:27.170 --> 00:27:29.549
take the cold. It's too cold outside. What are

00:27:29.549 --> 00:27:31.289
we going to do? It's too cold outside. We can't

00:27:31.289 --> 00:27:33.690
handle physicality. This is a team, and Omar

00:27:33.690 --> 00:27:35.730
Kelly has said this. Shout out to Omar Kelly.

00:27:35.950 --> 00:27:38.930
He has said this multiple times on the Dolphins

00:27:38.930 --> 00:27:40.849
Collective, which if you're a Dolphins fan, you

00:27:40.849 --> 00:27:44.089
should listen to that, and on the Miami Herald.

00:27:44.230 --> 00:27:47.650
This team cannot take physicality. This team

00:27:47.650 --> 00:27:51.170
strays away from physicality. I don't know what

00:27:51.170 --> 00:27:54.160
it is. But if you're Chris Greer, I don't even

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.180
know how you still have a job. Because this roster

00:27:57.180 --> 00:28:00.559
is not a competitive roster. This offensive line

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:04.539
is not good enough to protect Tua. You know that

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:07.900
Tua has a concussion problem. So why wouldn't

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:10.980
you try to make at least two or three significant

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:14.079
investments into the offensive line? Because

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:16.119
if you don't, guess what's going to happen? Tua's

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.920
going to get another concussion, and now you're

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.039
trying to figure out what you're going to do

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:21.539
moving forward. Granted. You traded for Minka

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.200
Fitzpatrick. Okay, cool. But he's just one person.

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:26.839
Your corners are bad. Your pass rush didn't do

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:28.920
anything, even though you acquired Matthew Judon.

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:32.640
What exactly, what is the bright spot on this

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:35.200
team that you can say, that's something that

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.900
we can build off of? Because right now, there

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:40.759
is nothing positive to say about the Dolphins.

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:43.720
They have not done enough to say, hey, we are

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:47.119
a legitimate team. I would make a strong guess

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:50.799
if I was a betting man. that this team wins less

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:53.359
than five games this year. Now, if I'm someone

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:55.740
like a Minka Fitzpatrick, I want out. If I'm

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.240
someone like a Jalen Phillips, I don't even want

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:59.940
to touch this team. If I'm anybody that is due

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:03.619
for a contract, I want out. Now, speaking of

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:06.059
which, there has been some rubblings, according

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:09.400
to Mike Florio, that he's talked to people and

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:12.279
that Tyreek Hill could be on the move soon and

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:15.180
that the Chiefs or the Steelers are, you know,

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:17.420
two of the teams that everyone is thinking about

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.359
that he's probably going to go to. Let me be

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:22.000
honest here, folks, and this is directly at Steelers

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:25.079
fans. If all of you guys are saying that, oh,

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.200
this is the year we can win the Super Bowl, then

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.680
go and get Tyreek Hill in. Go and get Tyreek

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:32.839
Hill. Because all I keep on seeing is a whole

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:35.039
bunch of people saying, well, he has a whole

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:37.779
bunch of off -field problems. Didn't nobody say

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:41.420
anything about Cam Sutton. Everybody was quiet

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:44.529
when Cam Sutton signed with the team. Didn't

00:29:44.529 --> 00:29:48.509
nobody say anything. Everybody was lips shut

00:29:48.509 --> 00:29:51.549
when Cam Sutton signed with his team. And we

00:29:51.549 --> 00:29:54.349
all know what he did. And those were allegations.

00:29:54.650 --> 00:30:00.049
Those were documented. Documented. Whereas with

00:30:00.049 --> 00:30:02.549
Tyreek Hill, he's just going through a messy

00:30:02.549 --> 00:30:06.049
divorce that when you go through a messy divorce,

00:30:06.190 --> 00:30:09.470
a lot of things that were either kept hush -hush

00:30:09.470 --> 00:30:12.210
or potential allegations are all going to come

00:30:12.210 --> 00:30:15.920
out. That's all that it is. I get it. He's a

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.299
lot to deal with. But guess what? Sometimes when

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.740
you get people like a Tyreek Hill, if you put

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:23.660
them in the right situation, you won't hear a

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:27.559
peep out of them. But that's what happens when

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:30.480
there's no structure in the locker room. That's

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:32.299
what happens when there's nobody that's going

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:35.420
to hold him accountable. We are now starting

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:38.220
to see that there really is a legitimate rift

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:42.069
between him and Tua. Honestly speaking, he brought

00:30:42.069 --> 00:30:45.670
this on himself because why? You cannot go on

00:30:45.670 --> 00:30:49.549
a live stream or just better yet, public platform

00:30:49.549 --> 00:30:52.130
and just throw your quarterback under the bus

00:30:52.130 --> 00:30:55.309
every single chance that you get. If that's how

00:30:55.309 --> 00:30:58.019
you feel about Tua, Keep it behind closed doors.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:00.420
Let it be something that you talk about while

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:02.500
you're on the way to the barter shop or while

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.220
you're on the way to Disney World or something.

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.579
Don't go on somebody's live stream and say, oh,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:10.519
yeah, man, I could play for maybe about two or

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.019
three other quarterbacks than my quarterback.

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.400
You can't do stuff like that, bro. Because guess

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:16.440
what? Now that this regular season is starting,

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.359
you don't have no real connection with Tua. Tua

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:21.339
ain't really rocking with you. But let's talk

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:23.900
about the Colts. So Daniel Jones actually had

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:26.220
a really good game. And let's be real here. If

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:29.819
Anthony Richardson did exactly what Daniel Jones

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:32.400
did on Sunday, he would be the starting quarterback

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:35.460
for the foreseeable future. That's all he had

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:38.519
to do. You don't have to be Superman. You don't

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.700
have to play like Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:43.480
or every great quarterback. All you have to do

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:47.680
is just execute. If you execute, you will always

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:50.329
have a seat at the table. And that's exactly

00:31:50.329 --> 00:31:52.950
what Daniel Jones did. Ran the ball a little

00:31:52.950 --> 00:31:55.630
bit, passed the ball. Clearly, he has a really

00:31:55.630 --> 00:31:57.430
good connection with Tyler Warren because Tyler

00:31:57.430 --> 00:32:00.950
Warren came out guns blazing. I mean, from playing

00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:03.950
as a fullback to a slot to a tight end, he was

00:32:03.950 --> 00:32:06.309
just doing it all. And that was great to see.

00:32:06.549 --> 00:32:10.230
This offense was very productive. And I think

00:32:10.230 --> 00:32:12.410
this is what Chris Ballard and Shane Steigman

00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:14.569
have been looking for. I think there's a lot

00:32:14.569 --> 00:32:16.410
of promise to this offense. I think there's a

00:32:16.410 --> 00:32:19.220
lot of promise to this team as a whole. As long

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:21.880
as Daniel Jones maintained this type of play,

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:24.680
they will have a legitimate chance to make it

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:27.259
to the playoffs this year. Now, as far as the

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:31.440
defense, that secondary was cooking. Cam Bynum,

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:35.039
Charverius Ward, Xavier Howard, cooking. That

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:38.460
pass rush, Latu Latu, Quidi Pei, DeForest Bunker,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:42.680
cooking. Every aspect of this Colts team was

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:46.380
cooking. And what great way to celebrate the

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.940
life of Jim Irsay. than with a dub. Now let's

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:52.259
talk about this Giants and Commanders game. So

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:55.019
Jaden Daniels, 30 attempts for 19 completions,

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:58.599
233 passing yards, one touchdown, 7 .8 yards

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.559
per attempt, and a 63 .3 completion percentage,

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:05.380
as well as taking on three sacks. Ja 'Cory Chrisky

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:08.259
Merritt, 10 attempts for 82 rushing yards, 8

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:10.980
.2 rushing yards per carry, one touchdown, and

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:13.660
three rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Deebo

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:16.839
Samuel, 10 targets for seven receptions, 77 receiving

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:19.380
yards, 11 receiving yards per reception, and

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:22.680
42 receiving yards after catch. Excuse me. Russell

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:26.859
Wilson, 37 attempts for 17 completions, 168 passing

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:30.299
yards, 4 .5 yards per attempt, a 45 .9 completion

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:33.279
percentage, and took two sacks. Russell Wilson.

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:36.839
8 attempts for 44 rushing yards, 5 .5 rushing

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:39.339
yards per carry, and 1 rush of 10 plus yards

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:42.480
or more. Malik Nabors, 12 targets for 5 receptions,

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.619
71 receiving yards, and 14 .2 receiving yards

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:48.019
per reception. So here's a junkie nugget. So

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:51.119
according to NFL Pro, Abdul Carter played 65

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:53.819
% of defensive snaps in the first half, and then

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:58.559
41 .4 snaps in the second half. In 25 pass rushes,

00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:01.640
Abdul Carter generated 3 pressures and half a

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:04.900
sack. When facing four or less pass rushers in

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:08.559
drop back, Jaden Daniels completed 16 of 21 passes

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:12.780
for 204 yards and a touchdown. Now Jaden Daniels

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:15.719
completed three of nine passes for 29 yards when

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.940
facing the Blitz. Deebo Samuel caught seven of

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:22.460
10 targets for 77 yards. Six of those catches

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:25.699
for 73 yards were between the seams. So a few

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.699
takeaways from this game. For starters, the Giants'

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:29.820
pass rush has a lot of upside and is going to

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:32.260
be a problem in the future. The Giants' offense

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:35.599
is very stagnant with Russell Wilson. The Commander's

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:38.860
O -line needs time to mesh. Commander's offense

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:41.260
as a whole is going through some growing pains,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:43.900
and rightfully so. The Commander's right tackle

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:47.440
really couldn't stop the bull rush. Debo's route

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:50.300
running, explosiveness, and yak ability has definitely

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:53.940
returned. And is it too early to possibly bench

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:56.880
Russell Wilson? Granted, I understand Brian Dable

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.980
has already said that he will start in Week 2,

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.639
but... At some point, Brian Dable is going to

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:04.179
have to make a change because this offense was

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:06.800
very stagnant. He didn't have a connection with

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.380
Malik neighbors. They couldn't run the ball well.

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:12.099
And you can see that his play is starting to

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:14.960
decline a little bit. Because remember, in Russell

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:18.260
Wilson's heyday, he relied a lot on his athleticism

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:20.599
because it was his athleticism that allowed him

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:23.480
to extend the plays. So now that that's gone.

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:26.480
All you have is the moon ball. And even then,

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:28.699
you can't really use the moon ball every single

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:31.840
time. You just can't do it. So at some point,

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:33.780
Brian Dable is going to have to do something

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:36.559
with this offense because this offense was just

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:40.539
downright atrocious. And Malik Nabors was trying

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:43.280
so hard not to crash out. But you can see in

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.599
his face, it's like, bro, what are we doing?

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:49.260
Nobody is really getting the ball. Nobody is

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:51.420
making any big plays. We're not putting points

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:55.099
on the board. What are we doing? And rightfully

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:58.280
so. If you're Brian Dable, you're going to have

00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:01.079
to make a decision to save your job. I understand

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.940
Russell Wilson is the quote -unquote veteran,

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:06.300
but you may have to put Jackson Dart in. And

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:08.840
I guarantee you if you do put Jackson Dart in,

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:12.659
this offense will look a whole lot better. Now,

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.539
I understand that Andrew Thomas didn't play this

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:18.969
game, but... And that offensive line, a little

00:36:18.969 --> 00:36:22.210
bit shaky, just a little bit of a problem. Now,

00:36:22.230 --> 00:36:24.610
I will say this. For any Commanders fan that

00:36:24.610 --> 00:36:26.449
may be complaining about how the offense was

00:36:26.449 --> 00:36:29.030
just stagnant and they wasn't as explosive as

00:36:29.030 --> 00:36:32.550
how they were last year, give it some time. Remember,

00:36:32.750 --> 00:36:35.469
they brought in Loremi Tunsil, Debo Samuel. They're

00:36:35.469 --> 00:36:38.630
trying to rework Terry McLaurin in. So all of

00:36:38.630 --> 00:36:40.889
this is going to take some time. Now, I will

00:36:40.889 --> 00:36:43.280
say this. If you're the commanders, you have

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.659
to find a way to negate these elite defensive

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:48.840
lines. Because Brian Burns and Kevon Thibodeau

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:51.239
and even Abdul Carter at times, they was creating

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:53.079
a lot of pressure and they were getting after

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:56.659
Jaden Daniels. So you have to find a way to do

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.800
something. Whether that means you have to start

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:01.480
playing in 12 or 13 personnel, or you have to

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:04.000
add in a tight end to possibly chip block, you

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:06.480
have to do something to slow down these elite

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.539
pass rushers. Because if you don't, Jaden Daniels

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:12.460
is going to get squashed. But I will say this,

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:14.780
the commander's defense, it's going to take some

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:18.159
time for them to really start cranking, but I

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.960
think they showed a little bit of some promise.

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:22.300
As far as the pass rush, I think there's something

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:24.000
there, but I think it's going to take a while

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.940
for them to really hit their peak. Same thing

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:29.139
with the secondary as well, but if you're the

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:32.239
commander's defense, is there another addition

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:34.980
that you need to make to really solidify this

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:37.550
defense? Because granted, you have Von Miller,

00:37:37.670 --> 00:37:39.510
you have Frankie Louvu, you have Deron Payne,

00:37:39.530 --> 00:37:41.110
you have Johnny Nunez, you have Marshawn Lattimore,

00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:43.590
who's now healthy, you have Trey Amos. You have

00:37:43.590 --> 00:37:46.670
a lot on this team. But is there something else

00:37:46.670 --> 00:37:49.630
you need to do to really solidify this defense?

00:37:49.869 --> 00:37:51.929
But only time will tell. Now let's talk about

00:37:51.929 --> 00:37:54.530
the last game, and that is the Ravens and the

00:37:54.530 --> 00:37:57.889
Bills. So Lamar Jackson, 19 attempts for 14 completions,

00:37:57.929 --> 00:38:01.389
209 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 11 yards per

00:38:01.389 --> 00:38:04.570
attempt, and a 73 .7 completion percentage. Derrick

00:38:04.570 --> 00:38:08.789
Henry. 18 attempts for 169 rushing yards, 9 .4

00:38:08.789 --> 00:38:10.949
rushing yards per carry, 2 touchdowns, and 5

00:38:10.949 --> 00:38:13.690
rushes of 10 -plus yards or more. Zay Flowers,

00:38:14.010 --> 00:38:17.550
19 targets for 7 receptions, 143 receiving yards,

00:38:17.690 --> 00:38:20.769
1 touchdown, and 20 .4 receiving yards per reception.

00:38:21.389 --> 00:38:25.170
Josh Allen, 46 attempts for 33 completions, 394

00:38:25.170 --> 00:38:28.610
passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 8 .6 yards per attempt,

00:38:28.650 --> 00:38:32.289
a 71 .7 completion percentage. James Cook, 13

00:38:32.289 --> 00:38:35.349
attempts for 44 rushing yards, 3 .4 rushing yards

00:38:35.349 --> 00:38:38.369
per carry, 1 touchdown, and 1 rush of 10 plus

00:38:38.369 --> 00:38:41.469
yards or more. Keon Coleman, 11 targets for 8

00:38:41.469 --> 00:38:44.610
receptions, 112 receiving yards, 1 touchdown,

00:38:44.750 --> 00:38:47.519
and 14 receiving yards per reception. Pardon

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:49.760
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Now back to the good stuff. So a couple takeaways

00:40:32.530 --> 00:40:34.570
from this game. So for starters, the Ravens'

00:40:34.570 --> 00:40:37.110
pass rushers couldn't get home. The Bills are

00:40:37.110 --> 00:40:40.210
starting to use more pre -snap motions. The Ravens

00:40:40.210 --> 00:40:42.530
need more lightning than thunder in the run game.

00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:44.969
The Bills were stacking the box while playing

00:40:44.969 --> 00:40:47.869
man coverage. The Ravens missed Patrick Hard's

00:40:47.869 --> 00:40:50.460
blocking. The Bills were disguising a lot of

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:52.760
their coverage packages. The Bills secondary

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:55.159
is still a question mark unless they bring in

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:57.860
someone. The Bills were continuing to keep Joey

00:40:57.860 --> 00:41:00.780
Bosa on the left side instead of switching him

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:03.500
with Gregory Russo, especially when you saw Lamar

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:06.460
continuing to go on that side. We all know that

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:08.860
Joey Bosa isn't fast enough to go after Lamar

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.440
Jackson. So why wouldn't you at least switch

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:14.230
him? The Ravens need to rotate their interior

00:41:14.230 --> 00:41:17.550
defensive line. Give Aeneas Peebles a chance.

00:41:17.829 --> 00:41:21.650
The Ravens need to be more aggressive. More five

00:41:21.650 --> 00:41:25.570
-man instead of four -man fronts, please. Please.

00:41:26.150 --> 00:41:28.889
This was a very winnable game for the Ravens,

00:41:28.889 --> 00:41:33.150
and you choked. You flat -out choked. It wasn't

00:41:33.150 --> 00:41:35.469
because of the refs. It wasn't because of a fumble.

00:41:35.650 --> 00:41:38.199
It wasn't because nobody catch the ball. You

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:41.679
choked. You had the game in your pocket and you

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:45.320
choked it away. And this continues to be a problem

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:48.920
for the Ravens. So according to Josh DuBois of

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:52.039
the Associated Press, there's only three coaches

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.420
to lose twice in the regular season when leading

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:56.960
by 15 plus points at the start of the fourth

00:41:56.960 --> 00:42:01.340
quarter. John Harbaugh, Webb Eubank, and Marion

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:04.679
Campbell. John Harbaugh leads them all in 55

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:07.460
opportunities. I'm sorry, that's unacceptable.

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:11.679
At some point, you have to win the big games

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:14.159
because you know that you're either going to

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:17.280
have to face the Chiefs or the Bills to make

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.679
it to the Super Bowl. And the fact that you had

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:23.619
this game and all you had to do was just secure

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:26.960
the lead, but you choked it away, lets me know

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:29.659
that you are not the coach that is going to take

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:31.800
the Ravens to the Super Bowl. I think at this

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:34.019
point, we need to have an honest conversation

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:38.159
about the Ravens and John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh's

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:42.039
time has ran out. I understand that he's a good

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:44.679
coach. I understand that he does a lot for the

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.900
Ravens. But at this point, brother, you can't

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:51.079
float. You continue to choke away opportunity

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:54.960
after opportunity after opportunity. From having

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:57.639
the number one seed and the Chiefs coming to

00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.219
Baltimore. You could have won that game. You

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:02.579
didn't do it. You could have won last year. You

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:05.059
didn't do it. You could win this year and you

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:08.400
probably won't. At some point, you cannot point

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:11.199
the finger at everybody else. You have to point

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:15.019
the finger at yourself. This lackadaisical reserved

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:18.599
play calling in the most important times of the

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:21.699
game is going to cause you to lose more than

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:25.909
win. And we see it every single year. We talk

00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:28.630
about the Ravens every single year saying, oh

00:43:28.630 --> 00:43:30.489
yeah, they're a Super Bowl team. This could be

00:43:30.489 --> 00:43:32.469
the year that they win the Super Bowl. And every

00:43:32.469 --> 00:43:34.809
single year, they choke on a Popeye's biscuit.

00:43:35.690 --> 00:43:38.389
So at some point, someone's going to have to

00:43:38.389 --> 00:43:41.630
say it. John Harbaugh may not be the guy. And

00:43:41.630 --> 00:43:43.690
that's perfectly fine. The Eagles went through

00:43:43.690 --> 00:43:46.510
with Andy Reid. All those years, the Eagles were

00:43:46.510 --> 00:43:48.989
super competitive. But when the lights were too

00:43:48.989 --> 00:43:52.489
bright, they choked. So at some point, they had

00:43:52.489 --> 00:43:55.309
to make a move. So they let go of Andy Reid.

00:43:55.489 --> 00:43:57.710
Andy Reid went to the Chiefs. They started the

00:43:57.710 --> 00:44:00.929
Chiefs dynasty. The Eagles, they won a Super

00:44:00.929 --> 00:44:02.650
Bowl and then went back and they won another

00:44:02.650 --> 00:44:05.769
Super Bowl. So at some point, you have to be

00:44:05.769 --> 00:44:07.889
honest and you have to say, you know what? I

00:44:07.889 --> 00:44:10.389
think it's just time for us to go our separate

00:44:10.389 --> 00:44:14.190
ways. If I'm a player, I'm calling for a players

00:44:14.190 --> 00:44:18.889
only meeting. No phones, no tablets, no nothing.

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:21.860
Because nobody needs to know about this. And

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:23.739
they just need to have a heart to heart with

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:27.300
every single person in that room. Because everything

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:31.239
is there. You have the team. You have the weapons

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:34.019
on both sides of the ball. And you mean to tell

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:37.019
me this team hasn't at least made it to one Super

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:41.519
Bowl? One? It cannot be just the Chiefs and the

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:43.699
Eagles just winning the Super Bowl every single

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:47.440
year. At some point, somebody from the AFC is

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:50.090
going to have to do something. Because it's always

00:44:50.090 --> 00:44:52.949
been Patrick Mahomes. So who's it going to be?

00:44:53.570 --> 00:44:56.110
Who is going to be the person that's going to

00:44:56.110 --> 00:44:59.449
hold John Harbaugh accountable? Somebody needs

00:44:59.449 --> 00:45:02.829
to do it. Because clearly, he is not doing enough.

00:45:02.969 --> 00:45:06.650
You know that Daniel Felele is a problem. I purposely

00:45:06.650 --> 00:45:10.920
looked at the All -22 version of that game. Daniel

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:14.480
Folele is not a good guard. I'm sorry. He is

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:17.199
going to lose you more games than win them. Because

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:19.699
I guarantee you, if you go up against the Chiefs,

00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:21.659
Chris Jones is going to be his dance partner.

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:24.920
And he's shown that he can't do it. And you knew

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:27.760
that Daniel Folele can't do it. And instead of

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:30.659
you trying to get somebody in free agency, you

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:32.420
just say, you know what? We're okay with what

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:36.519
we have. No. You cannot do that. And that's exactly

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:39.659
why you guys continue to choke year after year

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:42.380
after year after year because you know why? You

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:45.519
are complacent. You want to try to give people

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:47.880
a chance. You cannot do that. You are in a Super

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:50.860
Bowl window. If you are not performing, you got

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:53.360
to go. I love you. You'll be a part of the Ravens

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:55.619
documentary. You'll be part of that whole ceremony

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:57.679
when they celebrate the team and whatnot. But

00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:00.039
as far as all that extra rigmarole, hey, man,

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:02.519
you got to go. We got to bring in somebody else.

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:05.690
Simple as that. The pass rush needs more juice

00:46:05.690 --> 00:46:08.550
and you need to stop running it with Derrick

00:46:08.550 --> 00:46:10.929
Henry. There is no reason why Keaton Mitchell

00:46:10.929 --> 00:46:13.610
should have been on that field because everybody

00:46:13.610 --> 00:46:16.429
knows how to counter Derrick Henry. Stack up

00:46:16.429 --> 00:46:19.010
the box and just make sure you try to tackle

00:46:19.010 --> 00:46:20.730
him and slow him down. That's it. That's all

00:46:20.730 --> 00:46:22.489
you got to do with Derrick Henry. Whereas with

00:46:22.489 --> 00:46:25.309
a Keaton Mitchell, he got speed. He has receiving

00:46:25.309 --> 00:46:27.969
ability. There's more that you can do with him

00:46:27.969 --> 00:46:31.400
than a Derrick Henry. But you have your head

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:34.599
so far up your ass that you don't realize that.

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.440
So until the players want to actually have a

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.699
heart -to -heart conversation with John Harbaugh,

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:42.780
they will never experience winning a Super Bowl.

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:46.519
They will never experience the feeling of being

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:50.320
a winner. Because your coach likes to sit on

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:52.579
his hands and just say, you know what, I'm okay

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:54.739
with where we are. We don't need to be aggressive.

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:56.860
I understand it's the two -minute warning. We

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:58.679
don't need to be aggressive. Y 'all literally

00:46:58.679 --> 00:47:02.260
just justify why Josh Allen won the MVP. Think

00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:04.320
about that for a second. Here you have a defense.

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:07.579
Really good defense, right? Really good defense

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:10.500
of prospects. Mike Green, the Green Machine,

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:14.420
Adafio Way, KVN. You know that KVN is going to

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:17.300
take a while before he starts cranking. So why

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:19.599
don't you put Mike Green in? Why don't you put

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:22.739
in these peels in? You need to throw offenses

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:25.460
off guard because if you don't, guess what's

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:27.380
going to happen? You're going to get smoked like

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:29.739
how Josh Allen just smoked you. So when you go

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:32.460
up against the Chiefs and you choke and you lose

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:34.579
again and everybody's looking at you with the

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:36.639
side eye, don't be pointing fingers at anybody

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:40.559
else. There's no excuse this year. And remember

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:42.500
what I've been saying for the past two years.

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:45.400
The two things that would stop the Ravens from

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:48.730
winning it all. is injuries and self -inflicted

00:47:48.730 --> 00:47:52.650
wounds. And Sunday proved exactly what I said.

00:47:52.809 --> 00:47:56.250
Self -inflicted wounds will prevent the Ravens

00:47:56.250 --> 00:48:00.409
from winning a Super Bowl. There is no reason

00:48:00.409 --> 00:48:02.809
under the sun that this team should be losing

00:48:02.809 --> 00:48:05.710
like this. Now, if the game was super close,

00:48:05.949 --> 00:48:08.750
okay, fine. I'm not going to complain about it

00:48:08.750 --> 00:48:11.360
because these are two really good teams. But

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:14.360
the fact that you allowed the Bills to make a

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:17.480
comeback in such a small amount of time lets

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:20.840
me know that you, sir, are not the head coach

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:24.280
for the Ravens. Instead, all you are is just

00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:26.969
a cheerleader. With the clipboard. But I'm going

00:48:26.969 --> 00:48:28.550
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00:50:55.199 --> 00:50:57.239
be watching tonight's game and we will be talking

00:50:57.239 --> 00:51:00.860
about tonight's game tomorrow as well as previewing

00:51:00.860 --> 00:51:02.360
a few games that are going to be catching my

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:05.179
eye for Sunday. So as always, this is your GM

00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:07.840
Kale signing out. Peace and love. Later, guys.

00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:16.260
And another thing, the Steelers need to move

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:18.579
Keanu Ben from nose tackle. He is not a nose

00:51:18.579 --> 00:51:21.500
tackle. You need to move him at end, put Y .A.

00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:23.659
Black at nose tackle, and I think you'll see

00:51:23.659 --> 00:51:27.260
a better result. Also, also, hot take, truth

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:32.139
bomb, okay? I think the Steelers should draft

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:35.039
the number one tackle in next year's draft and

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:37.119
possibly trade for quarterback. I'm going to

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:38.739
save that for the next episode. Peace and love.

00:51:38.760 --> 00:51:39.159
Later, guys.