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Speaker 1: Peter Schreger. This is the Season with Peter Schreger. And
Speaker 1: as you know, our best shows are in the off
Speaker 1: season when we are reacting to free agency and draft news.
Speaker 1: Last week we had Mike Garatfolo on to set the table.
Speaker 1: And now as I am recording this, it is three
Speaker 1: hours into free agency.
Speaker 2: So we started at twelve.
Speaker 1: We're recording this at three pm Eastern, and we'll call
Speaker 1: this an emergency pod, which.
Speaker 2: Is something that Bill Simmons I think coined.
Speaker 1: But it's our instant reaction to the first wave of
Speaker 1: free agent moves.
Speaker 2: And I will tell.
Speaker 1: You the big one to me is what went down
Speaker 1: just now with the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: And we have dominant that are still about to follow.
Speaker 1: We'll be on Twitter throughout this show, so we're gonna
Speaker 1: do good thirty forty minutes right now, and if we
Speaker 1: get more quarterback news, we will report it. But I
Speaker 1: said it throughout Good Morning Football this morning, and I
Speaker 1: said it throughout the week. The first domino to fall
Speaker 1: will be Stafford. The second domino to fall will be
Speaker 1: Sam Donald. The third will be Justin Fields. And then
Speaker 1: there is this see of names, and it includes Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: it includes Aaron Rodgers, it includes Russell Wilson, It quickly
Speaker 1: includes a Carson Wentz, It quickly includes a mac Jones.
Speaker 1: And there are seats to be filled. So my instant
Speaker 1: reactions Sam Donald. All along the thought was he would
Speaker 1: come back on a short term deal, two years, maybe
Speaker 1: forty million, to go back to the Minnesota Vikings. But
Speaker 1: when the Seattle Seahawks traded Gino Smith to Vegas, there
Speaker 1: was a giant void at quarterback for them. They go
Speaker 1: and they get Sam Donald. I like this deal. I
Speaker 1: think the money's right. Three years, one hundred million, so
Speaker 1: you're saying about thirty three million dollars a year, which
Speaker 1: puts him in that middle tier of quarterbacks. He also
Speaker 1: gets fifty five million dollars guaranteed. Finally, at this stage
Speaker 1: in his career, Sam Donald gets the love and appreciation.
Speaker 1: He's still wanted. He's the official quarterback one. There is
Speaker 1: no debate there in Seattle. I don't know if Sam
Speaker 1: Donald's great. I still don't seventeen weeks of amazing football.
Speaker 1: But I will tell you this his best game. And
Speaker 1: it could be debatable whether it was some of the
Speaker 1: big yards he put up, or the comeback he had
Speaker 1: against the Bears, or the overtime he had in Chicago
Speaker 1: where he came all the way.
Speaker 2: Back last year.
Speaker 1: But I think his best game, his clutches game, his
Speaker 1: gutsy his performance was Week sixteen in Seattle.
Speaker 2: They're down twenty four to twenty.
Speaker 1: Late, he leads them back, throws the touchdown to Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson in the end zone. Donald that day completed twenty
Speaker 1: six passes for you know, I think it was like
Speaker 1: twenty six to thirty one.
Speaker 2: Did it in seat in the elements, with all.
Speaker 1: Of the pressure in the world on him, and did
Speaker 1: that while throwing three touchdowns no interceptions, having a fourth
Speaker 1: quarter comeback on Mike McDonald's defense. Now, I don't know
Speaker 1: if McDonald and John Schneider, we'll get the full story
Speaker 1: in the coming day.
Speaker 2: I don't know if they saw this three steps ahead.
Speaker 1: But when their negotiations with Gino went off the rails
Speaker 1: a little bit and Gino was talking million forty five
Speaker 1: million at thirty five years old, it quickly made them
Speaker 1: pivot and said, well, what other options are there? Donald
Speaker 1: now goes up to Seattle, where he'll play at an
Speaker 1: outdoor stadium in the weather, in the elements.
Speaker 2: We'll see how that goes. Remember he's a West Coast kid.
Speaker 1: His career in New York was not not anything to
Speaker 1: write home about. He then bounced around from Carolina to
Speaker 1: San Francisco to this dream season in Minnesota, which was mostly.
Speaker 2: Done in that dome inside.
Speaker 1: So we'll see how he reacts and how he responds.
Speaker 1: So what are the trickle down effects of that? Well,
Speaker 1: the Jets quickly, quickly, right after we got our news
Speaker 1: out of Seattle, the Jets finally, you know, it's like
Speaker 1: smoke coming from the Vatican because we haven't heard a
Speaker 1: word from them since Darren Mugi and Aaron Glen took over.
Speaker 1: As far as you know, what they wanted to do,
Speaker 1: their intentions, there have been no leaks in that building.
Speaker 1: They go and they signed Justin Fields for two years
Speaker 1: forty million. So that's twenty million a year for Justin Fields,
Speaker 1: it's thirty three million dollars a year for Sam Darnald.
Speaker 2: Who would you rather have that situation?
Speaker 1: I think you'd say Donald based on the track record
Speaker 1: and the numbers that he put up last year, but
Speaker 1: Fields provides a running element. Fields, of Course was college
Speaker 1: quarterback to Garrett Wilson. Fields of Course has this upside
Speaker 1: where you feel like the scratch of the surface just
Speaker 1: has begun. So those are the first two dominoes to
Speaker 1: drop at quarterback. I am going to bring on a
Speaker 1: guest in a little bit, and we had him on
Speaker 1: when the Jets were doing their their coach and GM search.
Speaker 2: His name is Danny, and I call him Danny from
Speaker 2: lot E.
Speaker 1: Because that's where he tailgates with the kebab guy for
Speaker 1: those Jets games. He gave up his Jets season tickets
Speaker 1: after last year, in a fit of rage, gave him up,
Speaker 1: So I'm not paying money to go see this team anymore.
Speaker 1: They have since hired a new head coach, a new GM,
Speaker 1: a new offensive coordinator, a new defensive coordinator, have an
Speaker 1: entirely new front office, and I'm curious to check in
Speaker 1: with Danny on Howie feels about his new quarterback one
Speaker 1: being justin Fields. But before we get there, what other
Speaker 1: spots are still vacant? As we record this, the Giants
Speaker 1: still do not have a quarterback. My insight tells me
Speaker 1: that the plan was to go big on Rogers, all right,
Speaker 1: and hopefully that's.
Speaker 2: Still the plan, and my information wasn't wrong.
Speaker 1: Go big on Rogers, whatever that means, but show Rogers
Speaker 1: their intention on bringing him in, and if Rogers doesn't,
Speaker 1: then we pivot. But even if there's Rogers, the thought
Speaker 1: is you sign Rogers to a deal, or if it's
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz or Russell Wilson, and then you also address
Speaker 1: it in the draft, and that might mean third overall.
Speaker 1: I would say it could mean thirty fourth overall, which
Speaker 1: they have that pick quarterbacks who could be targets. I
Speaker 1: don't see cam Ward unless you trade up for one
Speaker 1: being there at number three. So you start going down
Speaker 1: the list and it's maybe Shador Sanders. But I really
Speaker 1: like the sound of Jackson Dart to the Giants, So
Speaker 1: in a ideal world for Giants fans, I think it's
Speaker 1: Rogers for a year with Jackson Dart in the room.
Speaker 1: If you listen to Zach Wilson, if you listen to
Speaker 1: Jordan love Rogers as much as a monster. The media
Speaker 1: made him out to be not a bad guy to
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks, and definitely was not. Brett Farv to him
Speaker 1: is a giving guy, is a mentor in many ways
Speaker 1: and has always been good to those younger quarterbacks in
Speaker 1: the room, whether it be a Tim Boyle or a
Speaker 1: Matt Flynn or in this case in recent years, Zach Wilson,
Speaker 1: Jordan Travis, who is it whoever? I would think the
Speaker 1: Giants would be very happy with a Jackson Dart long term.
Speaker 2: And Aaron Rodgers short term.
Speaker 1: But as you're listening to this, that plan might go
Speaker 1: awry because there's talked that the Steelers, with fields now
Speaker 1: out the door to the Jets, could be all in
Speaker 1: on Rogers. Darnold was a talking point for the Steelers.
Speaker 1: He's not going there. Russell Wilson was there last year.
Speaker 1: We hear that they're moving on from him. So right now,
Speaker 1: if you're Aaron Rodgers and were again, our three oh
Speaker 1: seven pm Easterns is an emergency podcast. Is three hours
Speaker 1: into free agency? Are you going to the Steelers or
Speaker 1: the Giants? If the money is the same with the Steelers,
Speaker 1: the Pros are probably a better roster, probably a more
Speaker 1: established franchise as far as recent years goes. And then
Speaker 1: probably a coach that you've long admired for the Giants.
Speaker 1: The Pros are Brian Dables, an offensive head coach, the
Speaker 1: Giants have Molik neighbors, and the Giants, well, you don't
Speaker 1: have to uproot your life now.
Speaker 2: Look, does he live in Malibu full time?
Speaker 1: Does he spend time in all these other countries, traveling
Speaker 1: and finding himself?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 1: Do I think Aaron Rodgers owning a home in Montclear,
Speaker 1: New Jersey is going to be what breaks the tie here?
Speaker 2: No, Aaron Rodgers can buy and.
Speaker 1: Sell homes three hundred and sixty five days of the
Speaker 1: year's plenty of money left over. He's made more money
Speaker 1: as an NFL quarterback than any person in the history
Speaker 1: of the game.
Speaker 2: That said, if he likes his.
Speaker 1: Community, if he likes being in the spotlight of New York,
Speaker 1: if he likes having the comforts of being able to
Speaker 1: stay where he lives and not having to uproot his
Speaker 1: life again, there is something too staying with the Giants.
Speaker 1: So Aaron Rodgers goes from being this discarded quarterback of
Speaker 1: the Jets to now potentially being able to choose his
Speaker 1: next home between those two franchises. Some quick other thoughts,
Speaker 1: I would say, I like what the Patriots did and
Speaker 1: I know I've already gotten crushed in my timeline for
Speaker 1: positively talking about the Patriots just because they're.
Speaker 2: Shlling out money.
Speaker 1: But I think Milton Williams was the top free agent
Speaker 1: in this in this entire free agent class that was
Speaker 1: left over as far as you know, guys who were
Speaker 1: ascending at that age.
Speaker 2: They signed him.
Speaker 1: Now, yes, twenty six million dollars a year is a ton,
Speaker 1: but the money at this point, guys, it's it's fungible
Speaker 1: in a way that next year the salard CAP's going
Speaker 1: to go up even more than the new year after
Speaker 1: that's going to go even more.
Speaker 2: Like, don't get caught up.
Speaker 1: On the money when it comes to these guys, because
Speaker 1: the money's a lot, and the salary cap was completely changed.
Speaker 1: So the Patriots had money going in, and then they
Speaker 1: had even more money after that. So did they offer
Speaker 1: him the most I don't know, but I know there
Speaker 1: were other teams involved. I know that the Cardinals were interested.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Panthers were as interested. I know
Speaker 1: there were some tweets saying there that he had signed
Speaker 1: with the Panthers. That's not anything that was worth you know,
Speaker 1: retweeting or commenting on because that wasn't the case, and
Speaker 1: it ends up going to the Patriots. Splaine Long has
Speaker 1: been a good player, they get him, Morgan Moses, they
Speaker 1: bring him in, and you go through the names and
Speaker 1: yesterday Harold Landry, these are guys.
Speaker 2: These are guys.
Speaker 1: Now. I would still look at the Patriots and say
Speaker 1: they need more on the offensive tackle position, and I
Speaker 1: guess they'll go offensive line in the draft with that
Speaker 1: fourth pick. Gosh will Campbell. Are we sure he's a
Speaker 1: left tackle? Are we sure he's even a tackle at all?
Speaker 1: Or is he a guard? That's really rich at fourth overall,
Speaker 1: But that's the top offensive lineman in this draft if
Speaker 1: they go that way. As of this recording, Patrick McCarry
Speaker 1: is still not signed anywhere.
Speaker 2: He's a great Ravens player.
Speaker 1: Perhaps he's the guy that they go with and they
Speaker 1: fill these holes with.
Speaker 2: Some other stuff. As we're going through this the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: You hate seeing them lose Joe Toney, they had to
Speaker 1: do it. But I love what they've done the last
Speaker 1: few days. They've continued to add players, bring back guys.
Speaker 1: Nick Bolton a huge addition for Kansas City. Not gonna
Speaker 1: steal any headlines. That was a big one. I'm just
Speaker 1: going through these real quick here.
Speaker 2: I like what the Bears did bringing in my guy Deo.
Speaker 1: If you listened to last week's pod with Mike Garatfolo,
Speaker 1: we discover mister Doo And if you're wondering who mister
Speaker 1: Doo is, it's Indianapolis Colts for a few years there
Speaker 1: and his name is Deo odeya Ingbo. And I've butchered
Speaker 1: that on national television. I've putchered that on podcasts. But
Speaker 1: Bear signed him the big money and he is a
Speaker 1: twenty five year old pass rusher that is ascending.
Speaker 2: The Bears.
Speaker 1: Of course, pick up Joe Toney. The Bears have done
Speaker 1: good work the last few days and they continue to
Speaker 1: add and I think deyo is was right up there
Speaker 1: with Milton Williams as one of the top young ascending
Speaker 1: defensive front seven players. All right, those are my initial takes.
Speaker 1: Cowboys fans, I have nothing for you. I know they
Speaker 1: brought back big Osa and they did. They let Jordan
Speaker 1: Lewis walk out the door and they've been silent otherwise.
Speaker 2: Sorry about that.
Speaker 1: Bengals fans, you bring back everybody but Higgins, Hendrickson and Chase.
Speaker 1: We'll see how Higgins and Chase go and if they
Speaker 1: can figure out a deal, and oh yeah, one rant
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. I have no animosity towards Miles Garrett, but
Speaker 1: I do want a lot of time and energy back
Speaker 1: if you can give it to me. I spent a
Speaker 1: lot of time on Good Morning Football talking about you
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. I said it all along. There
Speaker 1: was no way the Browns were trading them. They have
Speaker 1: made that clear, and in hindsight, as we go through
Speaker 1: all this, everyone who freaked out about Jimmy HASLM not
Speaker 1: wanting to sit with Miles Garrett. Shame on you. You
Speaker 1: can't be You can't have it both ways. You can't
Speaker 1: complain about Jerry Jones meddling or Woody Johnson meddling and
Speaker 1: then also want the owner of the Browns to suddenly
Speaker 1: drop everything and negotiate with a player. I don't care
Speaker 1: who the player is. We can't have it both ways.
Speaker 1: Do you want your owners heavily involved or do you
Speaker 1: not want your owners heavily involved? Is the first thing
Speaker 1: we hear, that these owners get too much involved and
Speaker 1: let the GM do his job. Jimmy Haslam the Browns
Speaker 1: distanced themselves that I'm not meeting with Miles Garrett. We
Speaker 1: have two years left on the contract and two years
Speaker 1: after that. Let the GM do it well. The GM
Speaker 1: found to make Miles Garrett happy. It wasn't with a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl ring. It wasn't with more players. It was
Speaker 1: with more money. Miles Garrett wrote a passionate letter about
Speaker 1: how all he cares about is winning a Lombardi. Miles
Speaker 1: Garrett went on the Rich Eisend Show and spoke about
Speaker 1: how there's no dollar amount, there's there's no there's no
Speaker 1: money that it could be spent. There is nothing having
Speaker 1: to do with being the highest non paid player that
Speaker 1: will even change his mind. He needs to be traded.
Speaker 1: He wants to be traded. Well, here's the issue. Doesn't
Speaker 1: have a no trade clause. So they could have sent
Speaker 1: them anywhere. This could have sende the NFL oblivion wherever
Speaker 1: that is besides Cleveland.
Speaker 2: They could have sent them there.
Speaker 1: And forty million dollars should us speak and Miles Garrett,
Speaker 1: his agent, Nicole lind did a fine job getting him
Speaker 1: this money, and whatever the conversations were, he seems to
Speaker 1: have had a change of heart quote unquote, So Miles Garrett,
Speaker 1: it's amazing how that works, and I don't spite you.
Speaker 1: I just wish we didn't spend so much energy super
Speaker 1: Bowl Week, not talking about the Chiefs and Eagles, and
Speaker 1: so much energy at the combine, not talking about Shador
Speaker 1: and Kim War and all those guys, and instead talking
Speaker 1: about Miles Garrett and his steadfast desire to be a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion. He will go back to the Browns
Speaker 1: where he'll make forty million dollars and the team is
Speaker 1: even more financially strapped to give him more assistance and
Speaker 1: help as they were before this whole entire experience. All right,
Speaker 1: quick instant reaction from our guy Danny from Lottie right
Speaker 1: after this.
Speaker 2: All right, no further ado. This is our guy.
Speaker 1: We talked to him earlier this season when they were
Speaker 1: about to start their coaching in GM higher process. He
Speaker 1: is the biggest Jets fan I know, and they have
Speaker 1: a new quarterback and Justin Fields. They also signed Justin
Speaker 1: Fields with absolutely no leaks out of the building and
Speaker 1: not a single negative story of the past few weeks
Speaker 1: as far as dysfunction in the building. He is no
Speaker 1: longer a season ticket holder, but he is my dear
Speaker 1: friend who I like to play a little paddle with
Speaker 1: and now we're talking a little paddling of the Jets
Speaker 1: topic here, Danny from Lattie, how are you feeling Justin Fields?
Speaker 1: Two years, forty million, New York Jets, new quarterback?
Speaker 2: Are you buying the jersey?
Speaker 3: What's going on? Shrakes?
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on this crazy opening day, a
Speaker 4: free agency.
Speaker 2: Historic day where Twitter went down.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, back to my college days.
Speaker 4: A refreshing pro football talk to see you know who
Speaker 4: I'm going to be disappointed about next. But look, I
Speaker 4: think Justin Fields is a low risk, high upside signing.
Speaker 4: I wasn't banging the table for Justin like our other
Speaker 4: paddle buddy, Eric. You know, half his dream offseason is
Speaker 4: complete now with Fields. You know, in his perfect world,
Speaker 4: Fields will be throwing to Tyler Warren. But look, with
Speaker 4: what was available, I think this is the best outcome.
Speaker 4: We couldn't go into the season riding Tyrod Taylor. You know,
Speaker 4: Tyrod's a good guy, good spots starter. But with Dustin Fields,
Speaker 4: you know, I look at it as you know, I
Speaker 4: don't want to say a lot of ticket, but maybe
Speaker 4: maybe you hit here. The money's not so big, it's
Speaker 4: not a big commitment and Look, he's explosive and he
Speaker 4: makes exciting plays. Maybe he can bring some life back
Speaker 4: into MetLife. I don't I'm not upset at the signing.
Speaker 4: And if you can't get if you look at fields.
Speaker 4: He ended twenty twenty three on a high note. The
Speaker 4: last seven games he was four and three, threw for
Speaker 4: five touchdowns, rush for another three.
Speaker 1: They had a chance to do something in the last
Speaker 1: week of the season and stop.
Speaker 2: The Lions from from you know whatever. It went in
Speaker 2: the line, and he's stunk when it mattered. I'll just
Speaker 2: say that. Everyone points to twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: I remember his final weeks of the season with the
Speaker 1: Lot with the Bears, the go on, sorry sorry.
Speaker 4: Sorry, okay, and then look started out four and two
Speaker 4: with Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3: Wasn't fine, dude, benched in that game.
Speaker 2: He wasn't.
Speaker 5: He wasn't, you know, throwing it all over the lot
Speaker 5: like it up. But he protected the ball.
Speaker 3: He only had one interception in the six games.
Speaker 4: He did, you know what it took to win, you know,
Speaker 4: in four out of the six, and it looked like
Speaker 4: he was you know, it looked like he you know,
Speaker 4: he was progressing. So it would have been nice to
Speaker 4: see him play a few more games with Pittsburgh and
Speaker 4: see if he developed a little more.
Speaker 3: But maybe we have something here.
Speaker 1: Okay, what's it tell you that A I think he
Speaker 1: did choose the Jets over Pittsburgh and b the fact
Speaker 1: that Mike Tomlin two different questions. One he picked the
Speaker 1: Jets over Pittsburg, which is rare to say, oh, I
Speaker 1: want that situation. And then the second one, Mike Tomlin
Speaker 1: went to Russell Wilson over him, and as Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: began to go, you know, slide downwards and play poorly
Speaker 1: down the rest of the season, did not go back
Speaker 1: to Justin Fields.
Speaker 3: Well, first off, why did he pick New York? You know,
Speaker 3: I'm guessing that.
Speaker 4: The money was a lot bigger with the Jets and Steelers,
Speaker 4: and probably the Jets were giving him more of a
Speaker 4: commitment level, saying you're the guy.
Speaker 3: You know, you're the starter, here's the ball, let's go.
Speaker 4: And obviously I'm sure Fields, you know, isn't too thrilled
Speaker 4: with Tomlin after getting yanked, you know, starting out four
Speaker 4: and two.
Speaker 3: But you know what's not being talked enough about here is.
Speaker 4: Maybe he wanted to, you know, get back with Garrett Wilson,
Speaker 4: who he had that connection with at Ohio State. And look,
Speaker 4: if you remember when we talked on the pod during
Speaker 4: the coaching search and we were talking about Rogers and
Speaker 4: you know, just the landscape of the team. What I said,
Speaker 4: one of the most important things was is Garrett Wilson
Speaker 4: gonna be happy if we bring back Rogers?
Speaker 3: And I think we realized now the answer would have
Speaker 3: been no.
Speaker 4: So if you were going to bring anybody in to
Speaker 4: make Garrett happy, Field was the guy. And maybe Fields,
Speaker 4: you know, wanted to come back and play with Garrett
Speaker 4: and on the Jets. I don't think there's any question
Speaker 4: that he's going to be the guy and they're going
Speaker 4: to ride it out and see what he can do,
Speaker 4: and if it works out, you know, there's a good
Speaker 4: chance he could be the long term solution here in
Speaker 4: New York.
Speaker 3: So I think that's why he picked the Jets. Why
Speaker 3: did Tomlin stick with Ross?
Speaker 4: Ross is a Super Bowl winning in that you know,
Speaker 4: was protecting the ball. They were winning games, and yeah,
Speaker 4: they hit that rough patch and where they were playing
Speaker 4: playoff teams and they you know, they didn't win. But
Speaker 4: I think Tomlin, you know, in typical Tomlin fashion, was
Speaker 4: concerned about, you know, just getting into the playoffs and
Speaker 4: having that another you know, playoff season on his resume,
Speaker 4: probably knowing that whether it was Fields or Wilson, he
Speaker 4: wasn't going to go very far anyway.
Speaker 1: Okay, here, I'm gonna give you some updates in the
Speaker 1: last five minutes, some news and if you're listening again,
Speaker 1: we're recording this at three fifteen pm during there'll be
Speaker 1: plenty more by the time this goes up and it's posted.
Speaker 2: Josh Sweat leaves the Eagles for the Arizona Cardinals on
Speaker 2: a monster deal.
Speaker 1: Okay, so that's one Tellanoah Hufonga, who had a great
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two and has been missing on the field
Speaker 1: from twenty three to twenty four, signs with the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 1: And there is still no word on Aaron Rodgers to
Speaker 1: the Giants or Aaron Rodgers to the Pittsburgh Steelers. As
Speaker 1: we record this, I believe that is going to be
Speaker 1: the next domino to drop. And then you'll see Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones sign somewhere, and then you will probably see Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson sign somewhere. Could you believe it as a Jets
Speaker 1: fan that Aaron Rodgers is being heavily quartered by the Giants,
Speaker 1: and the Giants are more or less waiting on Aaron Rodgers' decision.
Speaker 4: It feels like a couple of years ago with the Jets,
Speaker 4: where you had a coach and a gm who are
Speaker 4: fighting for their lives here and need to, you know.
Speaker 3: Need to make the playoffs to keep their jobs.
Speaker 4: And as tempting as it may be for Shane and
Speaker 4: day Ball to get Rogers in there so they can,
Speaker 4: you know, convince themselves that they're going to be competitive,
Speaker 4: I just I don't think it's the right move.
Speaker 3: I don't think it's the right move for the Giants.
Speaker 3: I don't think it's the right move for Rodgers.
Speaker 4: If I'm Rogers, I'm doing whatever I can to get
Speaker 4: to Pittsburgh. Look, Pittsburgh seems like regardless of who plays quarterback,
Speaker 4: they're in the hunt they make the playoffs.
Speaker 3: And now with DK.
Speaker 4: That defense and Tomlin, that's an attractive situation for any quarterback.
Speaker 3: And Rogers didn't play terrible last year. I think a
Speaker 3: lot of games. I think they lost a lot of
Speaker 3: games because of the defense, not because of him.
Speaker 1: And you fired a coach five weeks into the season,
Speaker 1: and you fired the like it's complete this function. You
Speaker 1: have to admit, as much as it's fun to have
Speaker 1: stories and gossip like it is kind of a refreshing
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks with Darren Mougey and Aaron Glenn
Speaker 1: and Rick Spielman that there.
Speaker 2: Hasn't been a peep out of that building.
Speaker 4: I think people just aren't so interested in the team,
Speaker 4: and everyone is just down and really has no expectations.
Speaker 4: So we're all just paying attention to other things. And
Speaker 4: I think I think the media is as well. There's
Speaker 4: no shortage of action elsewhere around the league that they
Speaker 4: can focus on instead of, you know, beating the dead
Speaker 4: horse of you know, this downtrodden franch.
Speaker 1: I Metugi at the combine. I was impressed. I never
Speaker 1: met him before. I was impressed.
Speaker 3: We'll see.
Speaker 4: I mean, if Sean Payton likes him, I like him.
Speaker 4: He knows football, so we'll see. I mean, I think
Speaker 4: it's Aaron Glenn's show. And I think the thing that
Speaker 4: I'm probably do have some hope about is that it
Speaker 4: seems like the GM and the cultural aligned and they're
Speaker 4: on the same page, and you know they're going to
Speaker 4: work together to you know, instill their vision here, not
Speaker 4: what we've had.
Speaker 3: In the past. But I have no expectations for Mugie.
Speaker 3: I mean, we'll see.
Speaker 4: I mean one thing, if I'm Mugie, I'm letting this
Speaker 4: justin fields acquisition get in the way of drafting a quarterback,
Speaker 4: you know, whether that's somebody at seven. If you believe
Speaker 4: there's a guy there that you know could be a
Speaker 4: franchise quarterback, then why not take them. If you want
Speaker 4: to wait and maybe trade back into the twenties to
Speaker 4: get somebody like Baltimore did with Lamar, and let's do that.
Speaker 4: But I wouldn't just be going all in on fields
Speaker 4: here and saying, Okay, we got our guy.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: In closing two questions, One, you have given up your
Speaker 1: season tickets. Does any of this encourage you to want to,
Speaker 1: you know, re up and go call the Jets ticket
Speaker 1: line and invest your money again into Jets season ticket holding?
Speaker 3: Absolutely not.
Speaker 6: I need to see I need to see a I
Speaker 6: need to see a product on the field that gets
Speaker 6: me excited, that gets me to buy back in, that
Speaker 6: just shows that we're a respectable team that is prepared,
Speaker 6: that actually looks like they practice.
Speaker 3: And you know, can compete against the better teams in
Speaker 3: the league. Until then, I'm you don't.
Speaker 2: Get my money now, and you don't get my love.
Speaker 1: And then more importantly, we're recording this Monday three thirty tonight.
Speaker 1: We have a sport called paddle that we play every
Speaker 1: Monday night in Brooklyn at the Spot Paddle House. Now,
Speaker 1: Andrew Schultz, the star comedian, has a big special on Netflix.
Speaker 1: He went on Joe Rogan and started talking about our sport,
Speaker 1: and Rogan had never heard of it. It's this good
Speaker 1: for our small sport of paddle, which is two on
Speaker 1: two tennis with glass walls, that we have.
Speaker 2: Been playing for years.
Speaker 1: Or is this now here come the unwashed masses into
Speaker 1: our lovely little sport like an indie band that has
Speaker 1: been discovered by pop radio, and now it's just going
Speaker 1: to be overrun with new people that we that we
Speaker 1: aren't familiar with playing our sport.
Speaker 3: I think it's great.
Speaker 4: I think more and more people are realizing that this
Speaker 4: is something real.
Speaker 5: This isn't you know, some you know, fly by night,
Speaker 5: some version of pickleball.
Speaker 3: That you know people talk badly about. You know, to
Speaker 3: play paddle, you have to be a real athlete. You
Speaker 3: need short area quickness.
Speaker 4: Maybe we can have a little paddle combine yep, you know,
Speaker 4: one of these days. But if anything, you know, I
Speaker 4: think it will bring more athletes to the space, more
Speaker 4: fun people for us to play with, and you know,
Speaker 4: hopefully more paddle facilities for us to test.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I will say this.
Speaker 1: I've gotten so many text from people knowing that I
Speaker 1: love this sport that Schultz even mentioned it on Joe
Speaker 1: Rogan that I've got to say. The antennas are up,
Speaker 1: the radars are up, but you are a day one
Speaker 1: ambassador of the game. And if you haven't played paddle,
Speaker 1: it's very New York, it's very la It's coming. I
Speaker 1: know they opened one in Nashville, and it's big in
Speaker 1: Florida as well, and huge in Europe.
Speaker 2: It's how would you explain it?
Speaker 1: It's two on two tennis with these glass walls on
Speaker 1: the side, and it is the only sport that I
Speaker 1: think is like truly social and you meet new people
Speaker 1: and we have had such a blast. We have before
Speaker 1: some that we play with, but I am by far
Speaker 1: the worst player in our foursome and you have not
Speaker 1: knocked me out of this group yet.
Speaker 2: So I appreciate you being we.
Speaker 3: Keep you in for the mahomes. No, look, you know
Speaker 3: that's it.
Speaker 1: I have as and and the pizza reservations afterwards, so
Speaker 1: we'll see.
Speaker 2: That's it, all.
Speaker 1: Right, get back to work. You've got actual deals to do.
Speaker 1: I'm just sitting here waiting on others to make deals.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. I'll see you tonight and by then
Speaker 1: we'll probably know where Aaron Rodgers is playing next year.
Speaker 3: Sounds good, thanks, Rakes.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Danny from lot E or Danny formerly
Speaker 1: from lot E, diehard Jets fan.
Speaker 3: Who it's Danny from the couch.
Speaker 1: Now, Danny from the couch, Danny from the couch with
Speaker 1: Adam Archaltta on the call.
Speaker 2: That's how that's going to go this year. So enjoy it,
Speaker 2: all right, buddy. So that's the Jets fan perspective.
Speaker 1: It would be a whole lot different if I had
Speaker 1: a Giants fan perspective on right now, they are freaking out.
Speaker 1: I think Ryan Russillo had a funny, funny post. He
Speaker 1: was like, let me find it said, Field's approval rating
Speaker 1: on X is the only thing close to Chalame right now.
Speaker 1: It's true, like Jets fans are treating justin Fields like
Speaker 1: he's Joe Montana. At least Die Danny was a little
Speaker 1: more moderate in his appraise for him. But we'll see
Speaker 1: how it goes. This is just the first three hours
Speaker 1: of free agency. Wanted to get some content out there.
Speaker 1: If you're listening, chime in, tweet the show, tweet us.
Speaker 1: Although Twitter was down for the first two hours offraise,
Speaker 1: which actually made it kind of fun. I actually enjoyed
Speaker 1: that I was checking NFL dot com refreshing. I will
Speaker 1: say this, the NFL Instagram never did I ever check it,
Speaker 1: and I finally I'm like, all right, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: to them. And the first thing at noon they posted
Speaker 1: was like, you know, an announcement of Olivia Colpo and
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey having a baby, and like, not today, guys,
Speaker 1: not today, not the audience. But congratulations to the McCaffrey
Speaker 1: Colpo clan on that one.
Speaker 2: Plenty of more pods to come.
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll do another one tomorrow or this week and
Speaker 1: we'll give our reactions.
Speaker 2: But there it is, first three hours of free agency.
Speaker 2: Here in the books. Thanks for listening.
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