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Speaker 1: last weekend on Father's Day, like it does every single

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying we won't watch and we won't talk

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Speaker 1: about it, but as we've seen the last couple of years,

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00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 1: games in October and games in November are relevant. They

426
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Speaker 1: do not matter. They get judged purely on January games.

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Speaker 1: That's it. That's the only and they're the only team

428
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 1: in the NFL that can say that. And I think

429
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 1: Rory probably more than anyone, even more than Scotty Scheffler,

430
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,639
Speaker 1: is only judged on these weeks. No one cares, and

431
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: whether it's fair or not, when he wins the Memorial

432
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: or if he wins one of these playoff events, or

433
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 1: if he ends up winning the FedEx and taking down Scotty,

434
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,640
Speaker 1: it just does not matter. And I also think that's

435
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Speaker 1: a cool part of sports. When you get to that level,

436
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 1: you're just judged, you know, at the highest level of

437
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 1: your profession in your sport, whether it's like, listen, I

438
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: got a little money on the oilers, like McDavid. At

439
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,240
Speaker 1: this point in time, everyone knows he's Hall of Fame talent.

440
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna win all these MVPs, He's dominating everyone. He's

441
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: just judged on the playoffs and can he win a

442
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,119
Speaker 1: Stanley Cup? And because Rory banks him early, he doesn't

443
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 1: have like the ghost of can this guy ever win it?

444
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 1: But he does have is a guy ever gonna win one? Again?

445
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: And listen, you know where I stand. But you see

446
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: moments like today and you're like, if you were on

447
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,720
Speaker 1: the side of the argument, he's never gonna get it done.

448
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,920
Speaker 1: I don't know what I could come back besides just well, statistically,

449
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: it would show if you just stay in the mix,

450
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: because like today's a good example of the eighteenth toll

451
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: and they both neither of them hit the fairway and

452
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 1: one guy ends up with a five and one guy

453
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 1: ends up with a four, And let's face it, Rory's

454
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: up and down in theory should be a lot easier,

455
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,639
Speaker 1: but he left the ball above the hole to the

456
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: left and had a tricky little putt. Bryson, meanwhile, leaves

457
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Speaker 1: it below the hole, knocks it in, and I thought,

458
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 1: I thought, the whole Bryson experience is everything I want

459
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: as a sports fan. Okay, Trevor Lawrence. My first reaction was,

460
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: holy shit, that is insanity. And several days later, I

461
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: haven't changed my opinion that much. And I think the

462
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,040
Speaker 1: conventional wisdom when it comes to these contracts is the

463
00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:36,120
Speaker 1: price only goes up, it can only go up. That's

464
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Speaker 1: actually not true. Stocks, for example, which players I think

465
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 1: have a lot in comparison to You're either ascending or

466
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: you're descending. You're either going up or you're going down.

467
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: You're not guaranteed to get better. Just because I buy

468
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 1: something that's going up doesn't mean that it can't come down. Right,

469
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 1: just because you buy something that's low doesn't mean it

470
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 1: can't fly up. We see it all the time in football,

471
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: see it all the time in sports. He signed guys

472
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Speaker 1: to low contracts and they fall out seed and exceed

473
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Speaker 1: those expectations of the money you're paying them. And we

474
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Speaker 1: have a long list of guys, especially in football, that

475
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Speaker 1: you pay a lot of money to and do not

476
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Speaker 1: live up to the contract. I'll defend over paying guys

477
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Speaker 1: in free agency because typically they have a five, potentially

478
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Speaker 1: a six year body of work. You have seen what

479
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: they have done. This is essentially buying that it's going

480
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 1: to get dramatically better than what it's been now. Unlike

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Speaker 1: a lot of people I think, like on the internet,

482
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Speaker 1: I don't just think Trevor Lawrence sucks like this guy

483
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 1: over it. It's not really debatable that he has not

484
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 1: lived up to the hype, not even close Andrew Locke.

485
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 1: By year three, you knew the guy was a rocket ship.

486
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: He literally was rattling off playoff victories with a pretty

487
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Speaker 1: average roster. And let's face it, a joke of a

488
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: head coach Trevor Lawrence last year. And here's where I knew,

489
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 1: Like at the combine, all these coaches in the media

490
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: kind of area where they do their press conferences are

491
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: just kind of lingering around. You can bullshit with him.

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Speaker 1: And I've known Doug since I worked with him with

493
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: the Eagles, and we were just shooting the shit talking

494
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: about his kids, and I started asking them about Trevor

495
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: Lawrence and he loves them, and it was not like

496
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: he had no reason to lie to me. I mean

497
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,719
Speaker 1: we were just kind of bssing, and it was clear like,

498
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: I don't think he's joking. He really likes them, and

499
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: clearly by the jags of actions, they really liked the guy.

500
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: And I'm all four really liking the guy and really

501
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: believing in the guy. But wouldn't you rather pay an

502
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: extra fifteen percent of what you're willing to pay right

503
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: now to just feel really good about this? You just

504
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: guaranteed him almost one hundred and fifty million dollars the

505
00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 1: moment he signed his contract. The overall practical guarantees are

506
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: two hundred million dollars. Like, if I'm going to sign

507
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: one of those contracts, I can't have any questions. Even

508
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: if you're not Peyton Manning or Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers,

509
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 1: I still gotta feel pretty good about you. This is

510
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: where I go to the Lions. Could Jared Goff today

511
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: think that he kind of got screwed because there is

512
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: no number on a contract. If I'm Jared Goff that

513
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: should be lower than what Trevor Lawrence signs for. This

514
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,959
Speaker 1: is not about hype. This is not about what people

515
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,719
Speaker 1: projected me to be in this notion, and listen, I

516
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,360
Speaker 1: like Albert Breer a lot, and I don't think he's

517
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 1: wrong here. This contract represents what they think he's gonna be.

518
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: I think that's a crazy mindset to have. That's why

519
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: you have draft picks. I'm drafting this guy number one overall,

520
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: number seven overall, number fifteen overall because of what I

521
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be in the next four or five years.

522
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: When I sign a guy to a contract, obviously, when

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Speaker 1: you're a younger player under twenty five twenty six years old,

524
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: there's still room for growth, but you gotta be a

525
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: large percentage of what you're gonna be. I've already had

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Speaker 1: to experience. His best year was two years ago. He

527
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: threw twenty five touchdowns. Last year was an utter disaster,

528
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: and I think the Jags would say, well, he was

529
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Speaker 1: banged up, Well, okay, can he play a season healthy

530
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,719
Speaker 1: and throw thirty five touchdowns? Can he be clearly one

531
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Speaker 1: of the best six to seven quarterbacks in the NFL?

532
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: Not a guy that many would say guy. There are

533
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Speaker 1: a lot of weeks where he's not even a top

534
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: twenty guy. I never understand. Let's just see a little

535
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: more when you have a lot of questions. All for

536
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: Micah Parsons right now, after year three, if the Cowboys

537
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: want to give him an astronomical amount of money, get it.

538
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: I have seen him play at a really high level

539
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: for a long period of time. Right now, if he

540
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: just maintains what he's been, we're in good shape. Obviously,

541
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: you want him to improve, as you would with any

542
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: young employee in any industry. But anytime you gotta guess,

543
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: like God, I hope this works out. That's crazy when

544
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: you pay I mean just premium amounts of money. Now,

545
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,719
Speaker 1: Jared Goff did get double the amount of a signing bonus.

546
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence got thirty seven million dollars the MOMENC he

547
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: signed a contract, which is a lot of money to

548
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: ninety nine point ninety nine percent of people. Jared Goff

549
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: got seventy three million dollars. Anyone that's taken any you know,

550
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: business or economic classes, time value money. You'd rather have

551
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: money up front. Obviously, with how much hit costs and inflation,

552
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: I mean the dollars lost what twenty percent of its

553
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: value in like three year span, So big win for

554
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: Jared Goff, But when it comes to overall guarantees, there's

555
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: a pretty wide gap there. So if I'm Jared Goff,

556
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Speaker 1: I'm probably not losing much sleep over this, but it's

557
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: kind of crazy. I also don't quite understand if I'm

558
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: the Jags the moment Jared Goff signs his contract, whose

559
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: resume is dramatically better, who's been doing it for a

560
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: much longer period of time, also a number one pick.

561
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Speaker 1: Also a number one pick who has several seasons at

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00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: a really high level that has led his team and

563
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: put his team in the position to win a Super Bowl.

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00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: Wouldn't you like to see just one season, like, Hey,

565
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,959
Speaker 1: coming off a rough year, let's bounce back. See if

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00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: you can win us ten to eleven games, have us

567
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: back in the playoffs. Then we'll feel very comfortable doing

568
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: this because we bought into the hype when we drafted you.

569
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: We obviously really like the person which matters at quarterback,

570
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: The character of the work ethic, all that stuff is

571
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Speaker 1: a part that's hard for us to quantify on the outside,

572
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: which obviously they like, which I understand. But this is

573
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Speaker 1: a production based business. You have to produce on the field.

574
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: Like I don't know, if you're one of the great

575
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: prospects of all time and have all this talent. He's like, wow,

576
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: we don't have the receivers. I don't know. You should

577
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Speaker 1: be able to throw thirty touchdowns in seventeen games in

578
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: the way this game is officiated in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not trying to act like I wouldn't want

580
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Speaker 1: this guy on my team. But I don't ever understand

581
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: the rush to sign guys. I would understand if he

582
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: was going into his franchise tag year or he was

583
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Speaker 1: a true free agent. You're like, a, he had our

584
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: back against the wall. We just what were we gonna do? Okay,

585
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: I get it, it was a weird position. You're kind

586
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: of stuck. You're not stuck at all. Pick up his

587
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: fifth year option, plays his fourth year, and let's evaluate

588
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: another season like this number, this notion that it's only

589
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: gonna go up. Well, what if he has another season

590
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: just like he just had? Would you feel comfortable doing

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00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: that again? Because if he has a season just like

592
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: he just had, this contract's gonna feel awful. It's gonna

593
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: feel terrible, and you did not have to do it.

594
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,479
Speaker 1: So I guess my overall reaction was like most people.

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00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: This feels insane. This feels overly aggressive. This feels overly

596
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: aggressive for what, like, what race are you running here?

597
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: Are you afraid to get? Laugh to pay an extra

598
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: two million dollars per year next season? If things go great,

599
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: well great, then we're all feeling good about it. But

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00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: right now I'd say, universally around football, I got good

601
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: luck to you guys. That seems pretty bold. And that's

602
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: where the Lions like gotta feel really really good about

603
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: the contract they signed. Obviously, they gave him a big

604
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: signing bonus, but they know they can win with a guy.

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00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: They've seen him a couple of years ago, win on

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00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: the road in the cold in Green Bay, which is

607
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: a huge question with Jared Goff, and he's never gonna

608
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: be a great outdoors quarterback, but their don't team, and

609
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: their team's really good, and they know for the next

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00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: several years they can win with this guy. You cannot

611
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: with a straight face say that with a Jacks You

612
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: really can't, because if it wasn't for one of the

613
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: greatest playoff collapses we've ever seen, led by a guy

614
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: that will never be a head coach ever again, they

615
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't have a playoff victory. They shouldn't have that playoff victory,

616
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Speaker 1: but they do. And listen, Lawrence played really well in

617
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Speaker 1: the second half. He showed a lot of mental toughness.

618
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: But man, that first half also happened. And that's really

619
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Speaker 1: what he's hanging his hat on. Like that game turns

620
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: the ball over at just rapid rates the picks. Here's

621
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: the thing with Trevor Lawrence and Andrew luck was somewhat

622
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,879
Speaker 1: like this. Like he doesn't have a howitzer. I would

623
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: not say that he has a top six seven arm

624
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So his game at the NFL level

625
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: is predicated on timing rhythm. You know, he's got to

626
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: play much closer to like Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers

627
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: than those guys. And when you watch him play, that's

628
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: not really how he plays. The fumbles were atrocious. I

629
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Speaker 1: don't know, man, I we always got to be early,

630
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: do you, I mean, do you? Couldn't you just take

631
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,439
Speaker 1: a deep breath and see where this goes. That's where

632
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: I think the biggest winner in this whole thing is

633
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: Dakota Prescott. Now, I could not if I was the

634
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: Cowboys sign him to this contract. Couldn't do it. I

635
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: have to see how the season goes. Can you win

636
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: some playoff games? Can you play better in January? Because

637
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: if I'm signing you to this contract, and if anything,

638
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: Dak would go this contract, I'm way better in this guy.

639
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: And he's not wrong. He's been better than Trevor Lawrence

640
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: for a long period of time, not even debatable. Under

641
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: no measure could you make the argument that Trevor Lawrence

642
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: is better than Dak Prescott. And obviously Dak's been the league,

643
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,760
Speaker 1: playing at a high level for a much longer period

644
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: of time than this guy. But I could not do

645
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: it if I was the Cowboys. If I have to

646
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: pay quote unquote next year a premium after he wins

647
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,760
Speaker 1: three playoff games and we lose in the Super Bowl, great,

648
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: that would be a historic moment for the Cowboys, given

649
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: that they haven't made it the NFC Championship game since

650
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: the mid nineties. But I just don't know how you

651
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: pay this money to Dak Prescott because essentially you tie

652
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: yourself to him for three four years and you're basically

653
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: just cool with doing what you've been doing. At least

654
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 1: the Jags have the opportunity what could be, Even though

655
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 1: what could be there's a decent chance that never materializes

656
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,919
Speaker 1: in anything, Like you do know what Dak is, You're

657
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,919
Speaker 1: just kind of hoping that he can have a hot

658
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: stretch in the playoffs, which I've said for a while

659
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 1: is definitely possible. We have seen guys who aren't as

660
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: good as Dak have incredible stretches in the playoffs. I mean,

661
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: that Flacco stretch is one of the craziest things we've

662
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: ever seen. The Eli Manning stretches multiple times. It was

663
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: an outlier toward his career. But when you do that,

664
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: even if I got to pay you probably more than

665
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable with. Plan. As Brian Winhor says, you never

666
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: apologize for championships, and it's true, but ultimately that flack

667
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: of contract didn't age well after he won the ring.

668
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,439
Speaker 1: But he won the freaking ring. The Cowboys can't even

669
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 1: get to the last weekend of the conference championship. I

670
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: just think they're kind of in a weird position now.

671
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 1: I can't imagine that had to be a jolting contract

672
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: when it came out for the Cowboys. Brass and I

673
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: don't blame them this notion of like, oh they wait

674
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: too long. You know, you can make that argument for

675
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: you know, position players. But with Dak at this point

676
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 1: in time, like, I think it's worth waiting. Another guy

677
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: who I think is in a weird spot is Jordan Love.

678
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,760
Speaker 1: You know, he hasn't made any money in his career

679
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 1: relative to quarterbacks, right, he was a late first round pick.

680
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: Instead of getting his fifth year option, he I give

681
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 1: the Packers credit, they kind of offered him this extension

682
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 1: that was way lower than the fifth year option, which

683
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: was more than justified. He had never played a snap,

684
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: so it was like two years I think eleven or

685
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars, which was a smart contingency plan for them.

686
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: But then Jordan Love's last eight games looked unlike anything

687
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: we've seen out of Trevor Lawrence. Trevor Lawrence has never

688
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: had a stretch like that one. Physically, he does not

689
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: possess the arm that Jordan Love does. Jordan Love's eight

690
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: game stretch, while a small sample size, did look like

691
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers's. That's what it looked like. And then he

692
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: went in to Dallas on the road and eviscerated those guys.

693
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: But if I'm Jordan Love, because I I played this

694
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: out because if I have another year like the last

695
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: eight games, and I'm a Pro Bowl level guy in

696
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: the NFC, I'm a one hundred and eighty two hundred million

697
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: dollar guy. And if I'm the Packers, based on even

698
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: I'm sure I love the guy. I feel very confident

699
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: in the guy. I drafted the guy gudha Kins in

700
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: the floor. What he showed last year was incredible. I

701
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,399
Speaker 1: still would like a little more before I cut that check.

702
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: I'm probably offering more of the Cousins deal, Like, hey man,

703
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,439
Speaker 1: we'll give you like forty five million dollars, but it's

704
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 1: we're talking one hundred guaranteed. We ain't sniffing the two

705
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: hundred number. If I'm Jordan Love and I'm confident in myself,

706
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: now listen, Football's risky guys get injured all the time.

707
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: Things change quickly. I go, well, the infrastructure here is

708
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: pretty awesome. My offensive weaponry is pretty bad ass. It's

709
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: like the young youngest unit in the league wide receivers

710
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: tight end. Now we add Josh Jacobs, Like, I'm feeling

711
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 1: pretty good about my chances. Let's see how the first

712
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: eight games go. Then maybe we can talk contract extension

713
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: in the middle of the season. Because I would not

714
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: sign a quote unquote team friendly deal, and listen, even

715
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: if he signed him to a Kirk Cousins contract, if

716
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: that eight games turned out to be just like an

717
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: outlier of his career, that'd be a disaster, and that'd

718
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: be a disaster fast. But if I'm Jordan Love, I'm

719
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: probably feeling pretty confident that I can replicate what I

720
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: just did and become one of the best quarterbacks in

721
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: the NFC, because look at his competition, that's the other thing,

722
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: and the AFCY is difficult. You got Mahomes, you got

723
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, you got Lamar Jackson, you got Joe Burrow,

724
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: you got Justin Herbert, you got studs everywhere in the NFC.

725
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: It's like Rock Purty, really good player, good team. Jared

726
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: goff McVeigh once kicked them to the curb Dakota Prescott

727
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: because back to dak Like, if I'm the Cowboys, let's

728
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: play this out's just see how it goes, and if

729
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: we lose in the round one of the maybe it's

730
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: just time for us to pivot and you can go

731
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: to the Raiders, which I'm sure would be gladly pay

732
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: a lot of money because they would die to go

733
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. I'm Jordan Love like I'm taking a

734
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 1: deep breath to what's even to be said at this point?

735
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: How could any human being, including Mike McDaniel, including Stephen Ross,

736
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: including any Dolphin fan, be remotely comfortable discussing these type

737
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: numbers for this player based on the information we have.

738
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: We've seen two straight years. He was banged up two

739
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 1: years ago, which is a concern. It's not his fault

740
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 1: he's getting concussions, but he got him and last year

741
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: just fell apart, crumbled like a cookie. How could you

742
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: even entertain discussing any of these numbers. I couldn't. I'm

743
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: not acting like he's some scrub. I'm not acting like

744
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,399
Speaker 1: the guy should be a backup. But not everyone should

745
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: get these amounts of money We've seen in the NBA

746
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: for years. It's like, wait, DeMar Derozen and Zach Levine

747
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 1: make the same amount as Anthony Davis and Steph Curry.

748
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: So yet not all contracts are equal, even if the

749
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: money is, because some guys have a dramatically bigger impact

750
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: than others, and when you pay Patrick Mahomes or Josh

751
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: Allen Lamar Jackson a lot of money, those guys.

752
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 2: Are ass kickers.

753
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: When you pay two a lot of money, that just

754
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: limit your cap space to have to surround him with

755
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: talent because he can't do it by himself. Hell, we

756
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 1: don't even know if he can do it when he

757
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 1: has help in the biggest moments when it gets cold.

758
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: So I don't even know what the discussion is there.

759
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: To me, it's a no brainer. We're playing this thing

760
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: out and last, but not least like rock Perty has

761
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: been objectively better than Trevor Lawrence. The only difference in

762
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: the two guys is one guy was the most hype

763
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: guy since Andrew Luck and the other guy was a

764
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: seventh round mister irrelevant. But on the field, rock Perty's

765
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: been a way better player. David Lobardi, who covers the

766
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, tweeted out some statistics, and his agent

767
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: retweeted it. I think the forty nine ers probably can't

768
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: be happy with this number either, because now if Brock

769
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: Purty is another season like he did last year, Niners

770
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: are one of the best teams. He throws thirty plus touchdowns,

771
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: they win a couple of playoff games. I remember we're

772
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 1: talking two hundred ten two hundred and fifteen million dollars

773
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: a year. That's the price. I mean, that's that's the

774
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: going rate. And the difference of like Tua is like,

775
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: this guy's proving it in big games. You're winning with

776
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: this guy, and we could argue is pretty good enough.

777
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: We still got to see more. I like him. I

778
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: think he's been really good, but like I've seen him

779
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: play well in big games. I've seen him come through

780
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: in big moments. Can't say that about a lot of

781
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 1: these other guys. Definitely to a Donga Bai Looa same

782
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott. They falls apart in the playoffs. It's

783
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: gonna be awfully interesting and I'm un phazed by like

784
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: this money's all relative. It's not like fifty five sounds

785
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 1: so big. No, this is the new number. But just

786
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 1: because it's the new number doesn't mean everyone should get

787
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: that number. Doesn't mean every team should sign these long

788
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: term contracts. And we've seen in recent memories some of these.

789
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson has been an utter disaster. It's one of

790
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 1: the worst contracts in NFL history. The guy didn't even

791
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: make it through two years. They cut him. They're eating

792
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 1: eighty five million dollars in dead cap space. I've defended Dak.

793
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: He got a lot of money, but at least he's

794
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: giving you twelve wins a season and giving you a

795
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: couple of home playoff games. Now you losing them, but

796
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: at least you're hosting them. Man, NFL contracts got crazy,

797
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: and they got crazy fast. Business is booming. No disputing that.

798
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: A huge fan of the Pod, I think you're undervaluing

799
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: Ayuk's impact on the Niners offense. Yes, of course CMC

800
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: is the most important skill player, but Kyle has never

801
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,320
Speaker 1: had more downfield attempts than he has with Purdy and Ayuk.

802
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: I understand that your point is Ayuk is never gonna

803
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 1: have as many catches as Amenro, but his impact with

804
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: the ones he does haul in are more valuable. Ayuk

805
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 1: averages seventeen to nine a catch, meaning he would only

806
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: have to catch ten more balls to pass Saint Brown's

807
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: yardage for twenty twenty three. Maybe one hundred balls may

808
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: be too many, but isn't entirely possible that he catches

809
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 1: eighty five to ninety as he continues to build on

810
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,479
Speaker 1: the work he's put in with Purty. Not a huge

811
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 1: advanced stats guy, but Purdy's averaged the most air yards

812
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: per attempt this past season, meaning he is pushing the

813
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: ball pass the line more than any other quarterback. I

814
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: believe Ayuk is a huge reason for this, doesn't having

815
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: i Uke's medium to down the field, ability to open

816
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,240
Speaker 1: things up for CMC in the box, his overall yak

817
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: monster numbers on the team, and they're new over the

818
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 1: middle slot weapon in Persol. I think Persaoll is going

819
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: to be an outside the weapon, my man. I don't

820
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 1: disagree with you that Ayuke's a really good player and

821
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,359
Speaker 1: his value is really really high, Like he's a high

822
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: end starting, winning player, But does Kyle think that he

823
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: can replace that with someone else? Because where it gets

824
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: complicated is, like you said, his impact being threatened down

825
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: the field matters, But can I find someone else to

826
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: do that for a quarter of the price. Where this

827
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: becomes a complicated conversation is he's laughing at twenty six

828
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: million dollars he wants thirty million dollars. Well, part of

829
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,800
Speaker 1: my offense, like, can I find someone in a draft

830
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: in the second round that can ultimately do that? Can

831
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: I sign some random free agent for ten million dollars?

832
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,240
Speaker 1: They can bring me eighty percent of his value for

833
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: twenty percent of the costs and then my team's better

834
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 1: on defense. That's where this puzzle gets put together. In

835
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: a perfect world, the Niners would get rid of you know,

836
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: obviously for the next five years. They would rather have

837
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuke than Deebo Samuel moving forward. But it's a

838
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: complicated situation because of the money. I'm not anti Brandon Nyuk.

839
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 1: I just look at the way Kyle plays and goes

840
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: they have. You have to understand too, they have other

841
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: question marks moving forward. Trent Williams, one of the best

842
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 1: players in the league, is thirty five years old, So

843
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,479
Speaker 1: how are you gonna get another tackle? You're either gonna

844
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: trade multiple picks to get move up in a draft

845
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: and try to get a guy in the top twenty.

846
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,279
Speaker 1: Maybe if a guy becomes available, you trade a first

847
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: round pick and you break them off with a huge contract.

848
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: You know, you our various Ward is he gonna be

849
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: on the team forever. He's gonna have to buy a corner.

850
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: You just your team becomes party's about to get We

851
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: just saw what Trevor Lawrence gott Perty's gonna get that

852
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: or not? If not more, it becomes a puzzle of

853
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,439
Speaker 1: putting money together. It's why the forty nine ers haven't

854
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,200
Speaker 1: just handed him this contract. If I was a betting man,

855
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: they probably end up paying him. But I do think

856
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: these conversations have been long and hard because I, like

857
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: you said, his value to the team. You just watched

858
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: them play. He's a very valuable player. But is he

859
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: an irreplaceable player. We're gonna find out here in the

860
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 1: next couple months, because if the forty nine Ers don't

861
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: extend him and make him play on the contract, then

862
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,799
Speaker 1: he's they view him as a replaceable player. If they

863
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: end up giving him thirty million dollars a year, then

864
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: they don't view it that way. I do think he's not.

865
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 1: He's never gonna be a top five wide receiver in

866
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: the league and paying premiums for god like, I have

867
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: no problem given Nick pose a historic deal. He's one

868
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 1: of the best pass persons in the league, Fred Warner,

869
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 1: one of the highest paid linebackers, best linebacker in the league.

870
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: When they broke off Kittle, he was one of the

871
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 1: best tight ends in the league. It's really good and

872
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: like you said, he's good with the act. He's he's

873
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: just a really good player. And again I'm not saying

874
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: Saint Brown, Like, if you could just have a draft,

875
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: who would you rather have? I like both players, but

876
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: it's easier to justify when I throw one guy one

877
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty passes, the large percentage of my targets

878
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 1: goes through him, and not a large percentage of my

879
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: targets go through this guy when I run the ball

880
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: a lot, and like you said, you need receivers to

881
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 1: move the defense around. But personnel groupings was the word

882
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,880
Speaker 1: I was looking for earlier. You know, summer brains a

883
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 1: little foggy, drank a little too much last weekend. But yeah,

884
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't I'm not necessarily disagreeing with what

885
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: you're saying, but I find these things very complicated. When

886
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: you're talking about paying premium amounts of money for guys

887
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,840
Speaker 1: like can we do better? And listen, can you do better?

888
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 1: There's no guarantee you can't, and then you find yourself

889
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: where you have a hole at that position. But I

890
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 1: understand the complicated nature, Like Nick Bosa wasn't complicated. It's

891
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: basically how much you were gonna end up giving them.

892
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey wanted to raise gotta do it if Trent

893
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 1: Williams goes, I need a race, gotta do it. When

894
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: I use says I want thirty plus million dollars a year,

895
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: you don't just write that check right away. You have long,

896
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,279
Speaker 1: hard conversations. They literally just draft a wide receiver in

897
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 1: the first round. Here's the other thing, like Kittle's been

898
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: banged up a lot. Now they're gonna need a new

899
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: tight end. So you just have a lot of needs

900
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: and you don't have unlimited draft picks, and when you're good,

901
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: you're drafted at the end of the first round, so

902
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:53,319
Speaker 1: it's not like you're getting Julio Jones every year. I

903
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: just think these conversations are very, very different. This is

904
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: a difficult conversation to have. I understand both sides. This

905
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: isn't justin Jeffers where it's like, yeah, it is what

906
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 1: it is ceede lamb aj Brown to the Eagles, this

907
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:07,839
Speaker 1: is like, God, this guy's really good and we love

908
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,640
Speaker 1: the player and he stands for everything we do and

909
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: that's why, ultimately probably why they end up eating it.

910
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,879
Speaker 1: But I would understand, like, hey, you want thirty, we

911
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 1: want twenty six. We'll give you twenty seven and a half,

912
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 1: but we're not budgeting off that number. Like not every

913
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: negotiation is like, well blank check, you sign it, Steph Curry,

914
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: you tell me, Aaron Judge, tell me the number, Otani,

915
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: how much is it gonna cost? That ain't this? That

916
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: ain't this. And that's why I think it's so emotional

917
00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:39,759
Speaker 1: because I U sees all these other guys because of

918
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: the position, and his team is not like kissing his

919
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:48,399
Speaker 1: feet even though they like him. This is just these

920
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:52,280
Speaker 1: are tough conversations because of the numbers we're talking about,

921
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,719
Speaker 1: they're really large, even with the cap going up. It's

922
00:50:55,760 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 1: Brandon ayuk Worth. It is a legitimate conversation, no matter

923
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:05,440
Speaker 1: what side of the argument or where you stand. So

924
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:09,920
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not a proponent of trading him, but

925
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: if you told me they wanted to play this year out, like,

926
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 1: I don't think that's that crazy either, I really don't.

927
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: And I'd understand it from his side, like fuck you guys,

928
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,279
Speaker 1: give him my money, like I get every like this

929
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: is a very easy kind of situation to understand all

930
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: the sides. I know my guy earlier thinks I'm a

931
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson hater, like the Ravens, like what are you

932
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,799
Speaker 1: gonna do? When they were going back and forth, lamar like,

933
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,359
Speaker 1: you don't have a choice. You're gonna pay this guy

934
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 1: an ungodly amount of money, and that's what ultimately ended

935
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 1: up happening. You can see the different scenarios here. That's

936
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: that's where I stand on this, Like if I had

937
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: to bet he's gonna be on the Niners, if you

938
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: had to bet if a new contract, ultimately give him

939
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: a new contract, do I think, Yeah, we don't agree

940
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 1: on a number. We want you to play on the

941
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,320
Speaker 1: fifteen million dollar fourteen and a half or whatever the

942
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 1: number is. I can see that trade harder to see

943
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: because you'd be trading him for a draft pick who

944
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 1: does not help you now. But been following this league

945
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,640
Speaker 1: and sports long enough that you never say never. So

946
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: I think at this point in time, until a deal's done,

947
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,520
Speaker 1: you have to acknowledge everything's on the table. And one

948
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,839
Speaker 1: guy who you know, some internet fans get mad at

949
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: is Mike Silver, Like, I don't know. Mike Silver's down

950
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 1: the Shanahans for thirty plus years, so when he reports

951
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,399
Speaker 1: on this stuff, he's kind of been right. So there's

952
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 1: a little bit of an impass, Like there's a number

953
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:35,279
Speaker 1: of the team thinks there's a number he thinks it's bridgeable,

954
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: doesn't mean it's gonna happen. The volume