1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight fire. Yes, 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: a low key fire for Tuesday, March six. Yes, I've 4 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: gotten all your gripes people on social media. Jay, I 5 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: can't deal with the way you're staying straight fire. Yeah, 6 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: neither can my family. The wife has chimed in with 7 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: some theories. The kids mock me, so I'll start to 8 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: dial it down just a little. Nobody's had any Nobody 9 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: has had the goal to say it to my face 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: outside of my family. Friends. Listen, they chime in. They 11 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: like it, um or they say they do. At any rate. 12 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 1: It is a glorious Tuesday out here in Los Angeles 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: after basically a you know, forty winds all the Monday 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: and I was sitting indoors, did not really leave the house, 15 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: um watching the NFL madness of free agency happened. We 16 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: are going to take a pause on the n c 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: A tournament today. We'll just do an all NFL show 18 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: for free agency. Come back to the tournament tomorrow. And 19 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: a lot of shenanigans went down on Monday and the 20 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: New England Patriots or at the forefront, we will talk 21 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: to Bucky Brooks, who was a former NFL scout. He's 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: in NFL network. I worked with him at F one. 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: He does it all. I mean, he's a really talented guy. 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: And um, let's just say he had a hotter takes 25 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: on NFL free agency than me. This is my job 26 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 1: to fire some interesting, thought provoking stuff and I will 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: just say strapping, Okay. Bucky Brooks, he's a smart, intelligent guy. 28 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: He's also a high school football coach out here in California. 29 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: And Monday, despite the wind, it was a monstrous day 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: out here in California. Jim's opened. I'm on a couple 31 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: of text chains with some buddies, and a couple of 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: them went to the gym and noticed that the basket 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: of ball courts are open, and instantly can we play indoors? 34 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: And some guys are saying, well, you know, I don't. 35 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm gonna play indoors even though I 36 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: have the vaccination. You're asking me, I'm all up in there. 37 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: The second I can play basketball, I'll just live way 38 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: to my house. Um. By the way, before we get 39 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: to Bucky Brooks, one funny order of business, So my 40 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: son's really gotten into football. You know, he's nine, about 41 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: to turn ten, and I think the video game Madden 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: got him really into it. And you know, we're playing 43 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: a lot. He's got a Dynasty team, and now his 44 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: new thing is let's play catch in the house. So 45 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: we're tossing around the football in the house. Of course, 46 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: the wife does not like it. One pass goes astray, 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: hits a picture on the wall, get outside, you know. Um, 48 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: I know every dad knows what I'm talking about at 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: any rate. At one point, my son's like, you know, Dad, 50 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: our friends are doing a pick up football game. I 51 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: think I'm ready to join. And it's like a flag 52 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: football game organized by a dad and I know him, 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: and I just don't think my kids ready for a 54 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: flag football. He's just not at that level. And he's like, Dad, 55 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: we're working on stuff, like I know this guy plays, 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: I can play. I'm as fast as him. Like I 57 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: was like, all right, um, here's what you need to do. 58 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: You need to get a little bit faster, and so 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: he so Monday night he's like, well, how do I 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: get faster? And then he just stops and googles how 61 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: do you get faster? It goes right to YouTube. This 62 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: is the new kid. You know, when we were kids, 63 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: we would go to like an encyclopedia or ask the adults. 64 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: There was no internet to search. First YouTube video comes up. 65 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: Before he can eat, the video starts, I said, well, 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: you need to work on the legs first. You know, 67 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,839 Speaker 1: we do push ups. And I got my daughter doing 68 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: push ups too, and I said, you gotta work the legs. 69 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: This is where your strength comes from. I had him 70 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: doing lunges early Monday before school and squats. The first 71 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: video that comes up. I can hear it because he's 72 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: near me. Start with lunges. He goes, Dad, lunges. I'm like, yeah, 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: now listen, okay, my you guys have seen me. I'm 74 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: not built for football. I'm in good shape now. I 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: was not in good shape to play football in high 76 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: school or any way shape or for None of my 77 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: parents wouldn't even let me. That being said, I do 78 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: like that my kid is interested in football, and we 79 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: are a sports household. You know, I'm basically running fourth 80 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: grade basketball pickup games, second grade girls basketball pickup games. 81 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: Another dad's running football games. We're starting to get some 82 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: soccer action on the side. Like we are into sports 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: and being athletic and active and being outdoors and trying 84 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: to stay off the roadblocks. At any rate, I've rambled 85 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: long enough. I hope you guys enjoy this interview with 86 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks of the NFL Network. Fox Sports Radio has 87 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 88 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and 89 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s R 90 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: to listen live. Jason likes to think he knows everything 91 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: when it comes to awards. I know what sports stands want, 92 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: But for everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does. 93 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: Let's just say I know a guy who who knows 94 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: a guy who knows another guy. All right, let's welcome 95 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: into straight fire. A guy who's been by before. He's 96 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: been through the wars in the NFL as a player. Uh, 97 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: he's done everything. Really, he knows the league as well 98 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: as anybody. So on free agency Monday, I don't know 99 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: what they're calling that, um black Fridays when everybody gets 100 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: fired Bucky Brooks, NFL Network. What do they call it 101 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: when everybody gets paid big money? I guess it's big 102 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: money Monday. I don't know. I mean, some of these 103 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: guys getting paid. Look back at the rings truck man, 104 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: You're talking about big money being paid out. Yeah, I'm 105 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm kind of stunned. Listen, Bucky, we have to start 106 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: with the New England Patriots. They're the big story. I 107 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: don't get it. I will confess that. You know, I 108 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: saw all the memes floating around the internet about Bill 109 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick not wanting to spend forever, and now he's spending. Yeah, 110 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: I don't know. I look at the names Bucky and 111 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, Judean is nice, But did they get 112 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: a lot of B B guys and C plus and 113 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,119 Speaker 1: B minuses. I mean, they're always gonna kind of shop 114 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: in the bargain bin. But I think they've done a 115 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: really good job. I thought the first domino to go 116 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: down was Cam Newton. When they re signed Cam Newton 117 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: at the deal they were able to get him at, 118 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: you knew that they were gonna have a lot of 119 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: money to spend and get other pieces. And I think 120 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: the bigger thing is what are they building? And to me, 121 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: they're they're building a team that is going to be 122 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: more new school in their approach. Cam Newton is right 123 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: now the guy that we will presume to be the quarterback. 124 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: But I think this pushed them in the market to 125 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: get another quarterback in the draft. I think the quarterback 126 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: that they get in the draft will be an athletic quarterback, 127 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: and I think they'll go all in on the mobile, 128 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: playmaker quarterback, the running game being the central means of 129 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: being able to move the ball. And then I think 130 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: they beefed up their defense. If you look at the moves, 131 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: it was about their defense being beefed up. Yes, Jono Smith, 132 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: Nesonagilar and those things they want to be able to 133 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: make some place. But it's about making sure that you 134 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: add these guys with the opt out guys from last 135 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: year and maybe you see this Patriots defense re emerged 136 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: one the top defenses. So here's what I don't get. 137 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: They did have more COVID opt outs Bucky than anybody 138 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,559 Speaker 1: else in the NFL. And that, you know, you would 139 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: think they've got, oh, they've got like six starters coming back, 140 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: and now they go out and spend and get fifteen dudes. 141 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: I don't does that mean a lot of guys are 142 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: suddenly going to be cut or released or traded. No, 143 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: I don't think it necessarily means that I think they're 144 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: trying and the flip the team. Let's be honest, we 145 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: lived at the team. It was a void of talent 146 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: last year. They were trying to count on all the 147 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: young guys that they had drafted, the Chase win of It, 148 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: which is of the world, and some of those Josh 149 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: you Chase. But now they want experience. They have always 150 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: been better when they've had an older, ve veteran callus 151 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: team where they can kind of beat you up because 152 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: they got a bunch of guys that know what they're 153 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: doing and know how to play. I think this is 154 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: how they're at their best when Belichick has guys that 155 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: have experience and knowledge and they know and they can 156 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: do a bunch of different things to create chaos and 157 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: problems for the offense. But they're still the third best 158 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: team in the a f C East, right, I don't 159 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: know what who are they? I don't I don't know 160 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: if they're the third best team like the Dolphins and 161 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: stuff like our find and theoretically we were saving they're better. 162 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: But but think about it this way. As bad as 163 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 1: it was for the Pagriots and Cam Newton and all, 164 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: this a lot of one score games away from being 165 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: able to do it. Like fourth and goal against the 166 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. They're going in to potentially win the game 167 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: against Buffalo Bills, and cam phone was at the fifteen 168 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: yard line. I'm saying, as bad as it was for them, 169 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: they were seven or nine, it could have been a 170 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: nine and seventeen. You upgrade the telling a little bit. 171 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: You're talking about living winds. I love the optimism, Bucky, 172 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: of course for the Patriots of all the good man. 173 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: I know you want them to suck forever, but they're 174 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 1: not going to suck forever. Um, let me go through 175 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: the receivers. Okay, I'm looking at thirty four year old 176 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: Julian Edelman. Overpaid for Nelson Aguilar, although he could work 177 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: well camp throwing the deep ball kind of good. Uh. 178 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: Kendrick Bourne, Jacoby Meyers who everybody likes, Nick Kill, Harry 179 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: who may not be on the team in forty eight hours, 180 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: the kid Gunner, the white little punt returner, Guy Marquisley. 181 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: They've got a lot of receivers, Bucky, don't laugh. But 182 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: they don't have a number one, do they? Yeah? All 183 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: those guys one girl, I think the most important domino 184 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: that that Feil today was John Smith being side because 185 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: then they have a tight end. And if you go 186 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: back and you look at the history, John O. Smith, 187 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: I want to say hit in the last year was 188 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: one of the most productive play action pass catchers in football. 189 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: Like his yards have to catch. The yards that he 190 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: produced off play action passes one of the tops in 191 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: the league. And so that right there is you're indicating 192 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 1: what do they want. They want a seam runner. But 193 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: when they run it, run it, run it, they fake it, 194 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: they pull it out. Jonald Smith running right down the pipe. 195 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: They can control the middle. It makes it easy year 196 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: for them to do some things on the outside. I 197 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: think this is a part of the Patriots kind of 198 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: re establishing their offensive identity. Really their team, I didn't, 199 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: and so these moves were made with that thought in mind. 200 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: And when you look back at Cam's best season when 201 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: he won the MVP, greg Olsen starring a tight end, Uh, 202 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: he didn't have a tight end last year. Um No, 203 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: he didn't. He didn't. He didn't have a tight end. 204 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: And he typically has gotten down most of his career 205 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: without whiteouts on the perimeter. He is better throwing it 206 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: down the middle. Big body, tight end No, No different 207 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: in the mar Jackson like, certain guys just work better, 208 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: work in the middle of the field, down the hashes 209 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 1: and those things, and so I think it's a part 210 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: of making the quarterback comfortable for sure. So we're recording 211 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: this Monday night. We still haven't got word on two 212 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: big names, Kenny Golladay and Juju Smith Schuster wide receivers 213 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 1: weirdly not getting the love that everybody thinks they should. Um, 214 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: is there a mover to Miami can make here to 215 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: kind of edge out the Patriots for the number two seed? 216 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I'm sorry, number two in the a 217 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: f C East. I'm assuming the Jets, still rebuilding, will 218 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: probably be pulling up the rear again. Yeah, I think 219 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: you're right about the Jets probably pulling up the rear. 220 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: The Miami Dolphins need to continue to add weapons around 221 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: to whether that's in the draft, whether that's in free agency. 222 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: They need to just kind of upgrade what they have 223 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: on the perimeter because if they're gonna go all in 224 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: for him, they have to right a way to play 225 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: fast break basketball, and so that means more weapons, more 226 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: people that can get down the field let him get 227 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: the ball out of his seat as quickly and let 228 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: them pick up yards after cats. That is critical. Here's 229 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: one thing that I want to point out, because you 230 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: mentioned about the wire receivers and the glut of wire 231 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: receivers that are out there on the market. Why are 232 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: you seeing the money um on a not going their direction? 233 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: Is because so many evaluators feel so great about the 234 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: class of our receivers that are coming in. And the 235 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: more that we see the Justin Jefferson's of the world, 236 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: the Treament Lawrence of the world, the A. J. Browns 237 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: of the world come into the league where the first round, 238 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: second round, third round and have success, more teams are 239 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: going to pause on paying big money for guys that 240 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: are not number one receivers. If you're number one, yes 241 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: you get your money. But if you're a number two 242 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: and number three, maybe I can get that in the draft. 243 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: I don't need to spend that money. And as it 244 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: relates to Juju Smith Schuster, I think Juju Smith's Schuster's 245 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: name is greater than his game. I think he's a nice, 246 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: complimentary player and people talk about, oh, he had almost 247 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: a hundred balls, but he averaged eight nine yards of cat. 248 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: I'm not paying big money for eight or nine yeards 249 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: of cats. Yeah. Interesting. Um, all right, So you know, 250 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: as I was mentioned the Dolphins, in my head, I'm like, well, 251 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: wait a second, what about the Shawn Watson. So if 252 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: Watson don't go to the Jets, that basically leaves Carolina 253 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: and Miami and your guy Daniel Jeremiah seems to think 254 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: Carolina is out of the mix. So if Deshaun Watson 255 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: goes to Miami, Bucky, they're definitely the number two team 256 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: in the a f c's they might overtake Buffalo for 257 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: number one. Right, Yeah, but is he going to Miami? 258 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: Where's he going? I mean, where he's going, he's gonna 259 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: stay in. What leverage does he have? He doesn't have 260 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: any leverage. Okay, okay, it doesn't have any leverage. Let's 261 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: back up here. What about what this? Uh you heard 262 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: the kid that they're not the kid? The coach Culli 263 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: Taco with Jim Trotter last week and basically resigned to 264 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: the fact that Watson is the quarterback now. He's there, now, 265 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: he's our leader now, and he don't want to be there. 266 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: And he's putting out the vibe through his agent, his 267 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: powerful agent who you know, uh that you don't want 268 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: to play there, and he's prepared to sit out. Okay, 269 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: if he's prepared to sit on and he's prepared to 270 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: pay back the twenty one May another pro rated bonus 271 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: that he has to give back up by not reporting 272 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: and signing the then fine, but he's not going to 273 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: be able to have his cake and eat it too, 274 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: like he signed the deal the extension in September cast 275 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: the seven million dollar check that came with that in 276 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: terms of the signing bonus, and so the Texans don't 277 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: owe him another diamond too. The regular season kicks off, 278 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: and so right now, what are they losing by squatting 279 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: on his rights or holding onto him. It's a bad look, 280 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: isn't it, Bucky? I mean, yeah, but who's gonna right now? 281 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: The only people that are signing there are guys who 282 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: are just desperate for a paycheck on mark ingram Um. 283 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: I mean, they just they're handing money out because they 284 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: can't get nobody good to go there. Right Yeah, But 285 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: I mean it may be a bad look, but what 286 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: happens if you have a bad look? That's nothing. That's 287 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: like sticks and stones, maybe my bones, but they never 288 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: like there's nothing that because also remember this and hes 289 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: in they watched their star James Harden walk out the door. 290 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: They lost sixteen straight games the Rockets has do you 291 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: think do you think the Texas are gonna be like, oh, 292 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna let Deshaun Watson go, We're gonna suck and 293 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: we're okay with it. Absolutely not. They're supposed to get 294 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: a boatload of picks, aren't they from Miami? And boy, 295 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: look at this now, Deshaun Watson says, I'm not playing, 296 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: I'm sitting out. Okay, Houston Texans Stadium will be open 297 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: fully for business next year. Who is buying a ticket? 298 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: When J J. Wat said I gotta get out of here. 299 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: Trade B and Deshaun Watson A planned like, who's even 300 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: the draw on that team? You couldn't get away tickets 301 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: in Houston next year? Are we convinced that Deshaun Watson 302 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: isn't going to play when he has to give the 303 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: money back out of his pocket? This quiet thing that 304 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: was done with the cb A, when hey, we did 305 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: the c b A to make the pandemic exemptions, they 306 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: beefed up the penalty these for holdouts in those things. 307 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: Let's see because the draft is the kicking point. If 308 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: they don't trade him by the draft, now it goes 309 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: back to the Texans because there's no pressure, like, hey, 310 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna hold on to him. We don't have to 311 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: worry about the picks. Now, what is he not going 312 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: to play? Because here's the thing, Jason, he's twenty five 313 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: years old in his prime. It is hard to find 314 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: a top five quarterback and have him in the prime 315 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: to think that you're gonna trade him away and oh, 316 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna flip it back and I'm gonna get another 317 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: quarterback that can do the things that he's already done. Now, 318 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: I think another quarterback of his caliber unlikely, but you 319 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: get that Miami pick at three. This is interesting. So 320 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: you you say Watson, and I'm not saying you're wrong. 321 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: Watson got a twenty one million dollar signing bonus seven 322 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: million dollars seven million dollars signing bonus. But if he 323 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: doesn't report with all the penalties and those things, the 324 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: Texans can go after about twenty one million of that 325 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: signing bonus to make him pay it back. So the end, 326 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: I guess you would say, hey, every week he doesn't 327 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: show up. E O s I'm just throwing out at 328 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: number five dollars or whatever. Okay, so that will be 329 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: a test for Deshaun Watson. But at the same time, 330 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: and Bucky, you know how the media game has played, 331 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: the agents kind of call a lot of the shots. 332 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson has a powerful agent. Okay, he rapped Jalen Ramsey, 333 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: got him page. Jalen Ramsey wanted to go to this place, 334 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: he got his money. We'll get us powerful. And I'm 335 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: not saying he's gonna say nobody go to Houston. It's 336 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: not totally that game. But in the NBA, we've seen 337 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: players say I don't want to be drafted there. I'm 338 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: not gonna give you my medicals, I'm not gonna work 339 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: out for you. I'm just refusing to do it. And 340 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: the team's dodge him at some point. Doesn't the team 341 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: kind of look like assholes if they're just like, you 342 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: don't want to play for us, that's your loss, pay 343 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: us our money. Like as a business practice, Bucky, is 344 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: that a smart plut move. Yes, it is. It's business, 345 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: not personal. It's business. My job isn't necessarily to make 346 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: because here's the thing, John Watson didn't have to sign 347 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: the extension. No one, No one put a gun to 348 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: his head and say, oh, you got to sign the extension. 349 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: If you were so disgrown up with the franchise, he 350 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: could have said, oh, I'm gonna play this out. I'm 351 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: playing the term. When I'm a free agent, I'm gonna 352 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: hit the market. Can I time out? Let me? Let me, 353 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: let me time out. So when he was when he 354 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: signed the deal, was wasn't Bill O'Brien silver coach? Yeah? 355 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: And was he still the GM or no, You're still 356 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: in charge of everything. So he was still in charge 357 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: of everything. And I'm not saying he was there only 358 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: because of Bill O'Brien. But Bill O'Brien gets pushed out 359 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: by this shadowy figure Easterby, and all of a sudden, 360 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: Easterby's got total control. He's firing ball boys and medical 361 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: equipment guys every and it's like, what are we doing here? 362 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: J J? Watt, I'm out of here? And Watson just 363 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 1: gets a bad taste in his mouth, like I can 364 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: understand that he's at the time said yeah, I want 365 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: to sign and be here. They had just gone to 366 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: the a f C uh second round right uh, and 367 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: let the Chiefs twenty four. Nothing like I can nderstand 368 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: why he's signed to stay. Things changed, Yeah, I mean, 369 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean things change, but I mean it is what 370 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: it is. Like he signed, he signed the deal, so 371 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: now he gave up some of his leverage when he 372 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: signed the deal. So now it's on the Texas. And 373 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: if I'm the Texas, I'm Nick. Sorry, man, I gotta 374 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: put on my big boy pants and I gotta I 375 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: gotta wait through this storm because like right now in 376 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: the media saying oh, you have to do this or whatever, 377 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, he doesn't have 378 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: to do it. He can sit there tight and wait. 379 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: And I think if you said the president that you're 380 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: going to let Deshaun Watson work his way out of Houston, man, 381 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: I think you just have a line of dudes at 382 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: the door that are always coming back or whatever. So 383 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: I think this is the most important move that Nick 384 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: Casario can make as it relates to building the team 385 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: and changing the culture in Houston. As I understand it, 386 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: Casario is a first time GM. He was a personnel 387 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: guy in the Patriots for like what fifteen years or something. Yeah, good, 388 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: good guy, good evaluators. Do you do you know him? Well, 389 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: or I mean, you say, good evaluator, But I start 390 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: thinking about the recent Patriots drafts and that has a 391 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: been good, Bucky, I mean yeah, But I mean like 392 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: there's more to like acquired personnel than just a draft. 393 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: Like the Patriots have been ones that have been able 394 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: to kind of find it in free agency turn guys 395 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: that have been cast off other places and play really 396 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: really well. Cal Van Noyd was one that they traded 397 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: forward to get from Detroit and he played really well there. 398 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: So they were able to take Brandon Cooks, and Brandon 399 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: Cooks paid well for them and they plucked him from 400 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: the same So they've been able to do a few 401 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: different things. I think when you're trying to re establish 402 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: the culture or establish your new culture when you take over, 403 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: I don't think the first thing that you do is 404 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: I'm a trade away franchise quarterback that it is hard 405 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: to find in our league, Like it's hard to find 406 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: those guys. You don't give those guys up? Yeah, um, 407 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: you know and broke last word, but Bill Belichick, because Sarry, 408 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 1: how much you know from your knowledge of front offices 409 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: when you're mentioning guys like Calvin Noi and all these 410 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 1: moves that the Patriots have made. How much is Belichick? 411 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: How much is everyone else? Well, I mean Belichick controls 412 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: everything because he's the one who puts the pieces of 413 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: the postle together. He has the vision from the organization. 414 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: He kind of figures out what he wants in terms 415 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: of putting it together. And I know people are beating 416 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: up on him because Tom Brady leaves, he goes to Tampa. 417 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: And it works for Tom primarily because the defense that 418 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: was already in place played really well. But that's the thing, 419 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: and I think for Bill, I think he understood what 420 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: they need to do to reset the cap and he 421 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: was making those moves. And so look, Bill plays a 422 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: major role in it. We've seen a bunch of his 423 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: disciples not necessarily have the same level or any success 424 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: without him being there. But maybe Nick has a plan 425 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: and maybe they can kind of get it right, all right. 426 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: Couple of teams to buzz through real quick. New Orleans 427 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: Saints um Jamis Winston through eleven past his last season. 428 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: They just signed it for twelve million dollars. Taysom Hill 429 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: restructured his deal. Saints seven wins over under next year 430 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: over what do you think it's a playoff team. Absolutely. 431 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: I think it's what absolutely, because I don't I don't 432 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: think anything changes. Like, let's be honest with Drew Brees. 433 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: I know right now because Drew Brees retired yesterday today, 434 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: Like we're in the romanticizing and Drew Brees and how 435 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: grat he was last year or whatever. But remember, man, 436 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: this dude couldn't throw it beyond twenty yards. They were 437 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: playing in a phone booth with Drew Brees at quarterback, 438 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston and Tasting Meal. The combinations of the two 439 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: opens up this offense where they can do more stuff. 440 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston being able to push the ball down the 441 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: field releases some of the pressure on Mike Thomas because 442 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: Mike Thomas could only run these intermediate routes because Drew 443 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: couldn't throw it down the field. I'm not saying that 444 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: they're a better team without Drew, but I'm saying this 445 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: offense has a chance to be more dynamic. And I'm 446 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: gonna say this Sean Payton to Drew Brees, and Drew 447 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: Brees struggled those first four of the five years in 448 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: San Diego with the charges. Then he goes to New 449 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: Orleans and becomes a thing. I'm just saying. I think 450 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: the way that we view Jameis Winston as this colossal bust, 451 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: I think we've we've over we've overdone it because even 452 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: though he had those thirty interceptions, he also had thirty 453 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: touchdowns in five thousand yards and so and so Sean 454 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,479 Speaker 1: Payton being able to take him and teach him, like, hey, 455 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: you just don't throw the ball to the other team. 456 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: Don't love optimistic Bucky Brooks. He's like, just Saints are good. 457 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: I thought this was gonna be a dumpster fire. I 458 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: mean they're losing guys. Cap Wise, we'll see, okay. Bucky 459 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: likes the Saint's next team, UM, Tennessee Titans. They add 460 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: Bud Dupree coming off the A C. L. Denico Autry. 461 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: Nice pickup. Um. They did lose Arthur Smith obviously to 462 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: the Falcon. Derrick Henry has had a three hundred and 463 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: seventy eight carries and he led the league two years 464 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: in a row. He's gonna break down. They lost John H. Smith, 465 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: the hater Jason's out. What do you got on the Titans? 466 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: Where you got? They playoff team? I think they come 467 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: back to the pack. I don't think they're the same. 468 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: I think Chard Smith did a great job offensively, like 469 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: making this happen for Ryan Tannehill, Derry Henry playing great. 470 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: I just don't think defensively they're good enough to deal 471 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: with the teams that you can have to deal with 472 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: in the a f C. I'm with you, um sneaky 473 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: good signing on Monday, the Browns landing John Johnson, the 474 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: safety from the Rams being out here in l A. 475 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 1: I watched a lot of Rams. That defense was phenomenal. 476 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: Johnson's really good. Why they let him go? I can't 477 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: pay everybody. When you can't pay everybody, but here's when 478 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: you're paying Girley and Golf thirty million to not play 479 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: for you. Well, I mean they're they're all going. But 480 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: what they did the Rams, they invested in Leonard Floyd. 481 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: The pass for us is more important than the coverage unit, 482 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: so that's why they invested in that. With John Johnson, 483 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: I think going to Cleveland, it's important playmaker in the 484 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: middle of the field. When you think about the team 485 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: that you have to knock off to win the Division 486 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,479 Speaker 1: of Baltimore Ravens, you have to have someone that can 487 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,719 Speaker 1: go toe for toe with Lamar Jackson, not only as 488 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: a thrower because Lamar likes to throw it over the 489 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: middle field, but also as a runner. Lamar Jackson splitting 490 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: teams down the middle of field. You have to have 491 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: someone and the third level that can get him to 492 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: the ground. John Johnson gives them a player that can 493 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: do some of those scenes. That Monday night football game, 494 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: Lamar just killed him. He was incredible. Um, alright, real quick, 495 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: my New York Jets, Bucky, I know your guy, Daniel 496 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: Jeremiah is bullish on the toughness of Corey Davis. Um, 497 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: I'm not excited. Um. Carl Lawson I think is a 498 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: good get. Maybe you could tell me why he only 499 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: plays sixty percent of the snaps every year. But next 500 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: to quintn and Williams, he could do some damage. I 501 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: didn't get the Gerard Davis signing. They have, Uh c J. 502 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: Mosey or maybe just have him momentarily and he's gonna 503 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: be leaving. But it makes sense of what the Jets 504 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: have done. Uh, Jerry Davis gives him somebody to naturally 505 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: replace c J. Mosley. Uh, they probably want to move 506 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: off from c J. Mos They didn't really get anything faster. Yeah, 507 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: I mean he got hurt in his first game against Buffalo, 508 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: and then he barely played the rest of the year. 509 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: Then he opted out last year. I mean, yeah, so 510 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: they didn't get things. So now you want to get 511 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: moved on, get a different player. Jered Davis. Uh, Carl 512 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: Losson gives him an energize of Bunny beside Quentin Williams. 513 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: Quinn and Williams found his game. Uh, this year came 514 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: on sacks and stuff like that. Played at a high 515 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: level inside and then you give Carl Losson a high 516 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: energy play on the outside. Maybe they beef up that. 517 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: And remember the way Robert Salo wants to play. They 518 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: don't want to blitz a lot. They want to try 519 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: and lean on that four man rush to get to 520 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks and play backs coverage. You gotta have energiz 521 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: of guys that can do it. Carl lost can do it. 522 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: Corey Davis to me is an interesting one. Never really 523 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: viewed him as a number one receiver even though he 524 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: came in as a fifth overall pick. Didn't really dominate 525 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: or whatever. So let's see, come on, he was average 526 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: at best. Come on, I know he didn't dominate. You 527 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 1: draft somebody in the top five, which is what you 528 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: want to do. You want trade away to Sean Wasson, 529 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: get like a Corey Davis type or something like that. 530 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: Like that's what happens like and so we'll see if 531 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: Corey Davis can can really step up and be there 532 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: gut whether us for Sam Donald or for another young quarterback. 533 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: That's one of the things that we have to see. Uh. 534 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: I guess final two questions Number one, where is Sam 535 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 1: Donald starting or sitting the bench in Week one next season? 536 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: I think he's right there with your New York Giants, 537 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: and I think he's in a competition with the quarterbacks. 538 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: Whoa Donald with the Giants? With the Jets right there? Dude, 539 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: Come on, I don't keeping them the way? They gotta 540 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: trade them. Uh all right, fine, that was the second 541 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: last question. I do wanna wrap up with this. Greg 542 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: Bdard was on my Saturday radio show and he's surmised 543 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: that Brady taking less they get to keep the band together. 544 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: Shack Barrett stays god with everybody, the whole kitten caboodle. 545 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: Can they go nineteen and oh? I wouldn't say they 546 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: go nineteen and O, but I think they absolutely can 547 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: run it back because now they figured it out. They 548 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: figured it out in year one, which was a surprise 549 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: as before they were supposed to. Now that they know 550 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: how to win, and Tom Brady is going to be 551 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: fueling them to get the eight, they have to be 552 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: the favorites in the NFC to get it done. And 553 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: then it comes down to if they meet the Chiefs 554 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: or the Baltimore Ravens, who would your favorite? Right now, 555 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: everybody's gonna bed on Brady and Crew selling Buffalo short 556 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: What about the Chargers? I mean Ravens interesting? Huh Well, 557 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: let me ask you one more question. You mentioned the Ravens. 558 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Are they paying Lamar Jackson the kind of money the 559 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott just got. He gets more than Dak Prescott gets. 560 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: You have to fad he and he and Josh Allen 561 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: both would come it over forty million dollars. I think 562 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: that's the thing. No, well, he only has the same 563 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: amount of playoff wins his dad. But does he just 564 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: say I don't want to sign a deal franchise tag 565 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: me and uh, I'm gonna run it back into the 566 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: playoffs and then you gotta pay me. Can he pull 567 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: that off? He could pull it off. And I'm the Browns. 568 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: I want to make him pull it off because when 569 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,479 Speaker 1: I look at the numbers, here's some research for you. 570 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: Look at his numbers, and look at the numbers case 571 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: Kingdom had in Minnesota with Kevinansky, and you'll sit there 572 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: and they're exactly the same. So you have to be 573 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: able to figure out how much of it is Baker, 574 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: how much of it is the system? And remember it's 575 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: a run first past second team. They win because they 576 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: run it with Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt and they 577 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: pounded that big offensive line. Baker plays as a manager, 578 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: a compliment. Good player in that role, But how much 579 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: am I paying for a role player to do it? 580 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: All right? The Great Bucky Brooks NFL Network slash high 581 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: school football coach Cha out here in California. Bucky will 582 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: be following your team closely. Uh, what's the team again? 583 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: Growing out of hills Charter John always Alma my Wow, 584 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: big shoes to fill, Bucky Brooks. All right, good luck 585 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: this season, Bucky, Thanks man, hey man, appreciate you