WEBVTT - Emergency Pod: Free Agency Day 1! 0:00:07.266 --> 0:00:09.666 The Season with Peter Scheger is a production of the 0:00:09.786 --> 0:00:23.546 NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up, Everybody, This is 0:00:23.546 --> 0:00:26.826 Peter Schreger. This is the Season with Peter Schreger. And 0:00:26.826 --> 0:00:29.306 as you know, our best shows are in the off 0:00:29.426 --> 0:00:32.986 season when we are reacting to free agency and draft news. 0:00:33.066 --> 0:00:36.226 Last week we had Mike Garatfolo on to set the table. 0:00:36.626 --> 0:00:39.346 And now as I am recording this, it is three 0:00:39.466 --> 0:00:41.346 hours into free agency. 0:00:41.466 --> 0:00:42.626 So we started at twelve. 0:00:42.666 --> 0:00:46.026 We're recording this at three pm Eastern, and we'll call 0:00:46.066 --> 0:00:47.906 this an emergency pod, which. 0:00:47.746 --> 0:00:49.466 Is something that Bill Simmons I think coined. 0:00:49.866 --> 0:00:53.586 But it's our instant reaction to the first wave of 0:00:53.706 --> 0:00:54.786 free agent moves. 0:00:54.986 --> 0:00:56.106 And I will tell. 0:00:55.986 --> 0:00:59.826 You the big one to me is what went down 0:00:59.986 --> 0:01:04.666 just now with the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Jets. 0:01:05.506 --> 0:01:07.826 And we have dominant that are still about to follow. 0:01:07.906 --> 0:01:11.026 We'll be on Twitter throughout this show, so we're gonna 0:01:11.026 --> 0:01:14.426 do good thirty forty minutes right now, and if we 0:01:14.506 --> 0:01:16.866 get more quarterback news, we will report it. But I 0:01:16.906 --> 0:01:19.826 said it throughout Good Morning Football this morning, and I 0:01:19.906 --> 0:01:22.986 said it throughout the week. The first domino to fall 0:01:23.066 --> 0:01:26.826 will be Stafford. The second domino to fall will be 0:01:26.946 --> 0:01:30.266 Sam Donald. The third will be Justin Fields. And then 0:01:30.306 --> 0:01:34.426 there is this see of names, and it includes Daniel Jones, 0:01:34.586 --> 0:01:38.586 it includes Aaron Rodgers, it includes Russell Wilson, It quickly 0:01:38.826 --> 0:01:44.226 includes a Carson Wentz, It quickly includes a mac Jones. 0:01:44.426 --> 0:01:47.946 And there are seats to be filled. So my instant 0:01:47.986 --> 0:01:51.546 reactions Sam Donald. All along the thought was he would 0:01:51.546 --> 0:01:55.226 come back on a short term deal, two years, maybe 0:01:55.266 --> 0:01:59.066 forty million, to go back to the Minnesota Vikings. But 0:01:59.106 --> 0:02:03.826 when the Seattle Seahawks traded Gino Smith to Vegas, there 0:02:03.866 --> 0:02:05.946 was a giant void at quarterback for them. They go 0:02:05.986 --> 0:02:09.666 and they get Sam Donald. I like this deal. I 0:02:09.666 --> 0:02:13.346 think the money's right. Three years, one hundred million, so 0:02:13.386 --> 0:02:16.746 you're saying about thirty three million dollars a year, which 0:02:16.746 --> 0:02:19.106 puts him in that middle tier of quarterbacks. He also 0:02:19.186 --> 0:02:23.586 gets fifty five million dollars guaranteed. Finally, at this stage 0:02:23.586 --> 0:02:26.346 in his career, Sam Donald gets the love and appreciation. 0:02:26.466 --> 0:02:29.426 He's still wanted. He's the official quarterback one. There is 0:02:29.466 --> 0:02:32.826 no debate there in Seattle. I don't know if Sam 0:02:32.866 --> 0:02:36.946 Donald's great. I still don't seventeen weeks of amazing football. 0:02:36.946 --> 0:02:39.706 But I will tell you this his best game. And 0:02:39.786 --> 0:02:42.146 it could be debatable whether it was some of the 0:02:42.146 --> 0:02:44.106 big yards he put up, or the comeback he had 0:02:44.146 --> 0:02:46.266 against the Bears, or the overtime he had in Chicago 0:02:46.306 --> 0:02:47.106 where he came all the way. 0:02:46.986 --> 0:02:47.626 Back last year. 0:02:47.626 --> 0:02:49.626 But I think his best game, his clutches game, his 0:02:49.706 --> 0:02:52.306 gutsy his performance was Week sixteen in Seattle. 0:02:52.866 --> 0:02:54.986 They're down twenty four to twenty. 0:02:55.066 --> 0:02:57.826 Late, he leads them back, throws the touchdown to Justin 0:02:57.866 --> 0:03:02.146 Jefferson in the end zone. Donald that day completed twenty 0:03:02.186 --> 0:03:04.546 six passes for you know, I think it was like 0:03:04.586 --> 0:03:05.666 twenty six to thirty one. 0:03:05.706 --> 0:03:08.826 Did it in seat in the elements, with all. 0:03:08.626 --> 0:03:12.026 Of the pressure in the world on him, and did 0:03:12.066 --> 0:03:16.146 that while throwing three touchdowns no interceptions, having a fourth 0:03:16.226 --> 0:03:19.786 quarter comeback on Mike McDonald's defense. Now, I don't know 0:03:19.786 --> 0:03:22.266 if McDonald and John Schneider, we'll get the full story 0:03:22.306 --> 0:03:22.946 in the coming day. 0:03:22.946 --> 0:03:24.826 I don't know if they saw this three steps ahead. 0:03:24.826 --> 0:03:27.946 But when their negotiations with Gino went off the rails 0:03:27.946 --> 0:03:30.546 a little bit and Gino was talking million forty five 0:03:30.586 --> 0:03:33.346 million at thirty five years old, it quickly made them 0:03:33.346 --> 0:03:36.186 pivot and said, well, what other options are there? Donald 0:03:36.226 --> 0:03:39.186 now goes up to Seattle, where he'll play at an 0:03:39.186 --> 0:03:42.306 outdoor stadium in the weather, in the elements. 0:03:42.386 --> 0:03:45.186 We'll see how that goes. Remember he's a West Coast kid. 0:03:45.306 --> 0:03:48.226 His career in New York was not not anything to 0:03:48.266 --> 0:03:51.746 write home about. He then bounced around from Carolina to 0:03:51.826 --> 0:03:56.586 San Francisco to this dream season in Minnesota, which was mostly. 0:03:56.226 --> 0:03:59.066 Done in that dome inside. 0:03:59.146 --> 0:04:01.466 So we'll see how he reacts and how he responds. 0:04:01.506 --> 0:04:04.306 So what are the trickle down effects of that? Well, 0:04:04.386 --> 0:04:08.586 the Jets quickly, quickly, right after we got our news 0:04:08.626 --> 0:04:11.986 out of Seattle, the Jets finally, you know, it's like 0:04:12.026 --> 0:04:14.026 smoke coming from the Vatican because we haven't heard a 0:04:14.066 --> 0:04:17.106 word from them since Darren Mugi and Aaron Glen took over. 0:04:17.146 --> 0:04:19.226 As far as you know, what they wanted to do, 0:04:19.266 --> 0:04:21.386 their intentions, there have been no leaks in that building. 0:04:22.146 --> 0:04:24.626 They go and they signed Justin Fields for two years 0:04:24.906 --> 0:04:28.946 forty million. So that's twenty million a year for Justin Fields, 0:04:28.986 --> 0:04:31.786 it's thirty three million dollars a year for Sam Darnald. 0:04:32.746 --> 0:04:34.146 Who would you rather have that situation? 0:04:34.186 --> 0:04:36.546 I think you'd say Donald based on the track record 0:04:36.626 --> 0:04:38.546 and the numbers that he put up last year, but 0:04:38.666 --> 0:04:42.906 Fields provides a running element. Fields, of Course was college 0:04:42.986 --> 0:04:48.186 quarterback to Garrett Wilson. Fields of Course has this upside 0:04:48.266 --> 0:04:50.786 where you feel like the scratch of the surface just 0:04:50.866 --> 0:04:54.746 has begun. So those are the first two dominoes to 0:04:54.786 --> 0:04:57.226 drop at quarterback. I am going to bring on a 0:04:57.266 --> 0:04:59.266 guest in a little bit, and we had him on 0:04:59.746 --> 0:05:02.426 when the Jets were doing their their coach and GM search. 0:05:02.506 --> 0:05:04.546 His name is Danny, and I call him Danny from 0:05:04.586 --> 0:05:04.906 lot E. 0:05:05.066 --> 0:05:08.066 Because that's where he tailgates with the kebab guy for 0:05:08.106 --> 0:05:10.546 those Jets games. He gave up his Jets season tickets 0:05:10.626 --> 0:05:13.986 after last year, in a fit of rage, gave him up, 0:05:13.986 --> 0:05:16.626 So I'm not paying money to go see this team anymore. 0:05:16.906 --> 0:05:20.906 They have since hired a new head coach, a new GM, 0:05:21.266 --> 0:05:24.026 a new offensive coordinator, a new defensive coordinator, have an 0:05:24.146 --> 0:05:27.386 entirely new front office, and I'm curious to check in 0:05:27.426 --> 0:05:30.026 with Danny on Howie feels about his new quarterback one 0:05:30.546 --> 0:05:33.466 being justin Fields. But before we get there, what other 0:05:33.546 --> 0:05:36.706 spots are still vacant? As we record this, the Giants 0:05:36.786 --> 0:05:40.746 still do not have a quarterback. My insight tells me 0:05:41.386 --> 0:05:45.506 that the plan was to go big on Rogers, all right, 0:05:45.706 --> 0:05:51.146 and hopefully that's. 0:05:49.426 --> 0:05:51.026 Still the plan, and my information wasn't wrong. 0:05:51.066 --> 0:05:53.346 Go big on Rogers, whatever that means, but show Rogers 0:05:53.346 --> 0:05:56.106 their intention on bringing him in, and if Rogers doesn't, 0:05:56.106 --> 0:05:59.426 then we pivot. But even if there's Rogers, the thought 0:05:59.466 --> 0:06:02.786 is you sign Rogers to a deal, or if it's 0:06:03.186 --> 0:06:05.746 Carson Wentz or Russell Wilson, and then you also address 0:06:05.786 --> 0:06:08.026 it in the draft, and that might mean third overall. 0:06:08.186 --> 0:06:11.666 I would say it could mean thirty fourth overall, which 0:06:11.666 --> 0:06:15.666 they have that pick quarterbacks who could be targets. I 0:06:15.746 --> 0:06:17.906 don't see cam Ward unless you trade up for one 0:06:18.026 --> 0:06:21.026 being there at number three. So you start going down 0:06:21.026 --> 0:06:23.626 the list and it's maybe Shador Sanders. But I really 0:06:23.746 --> 0:06:26.946 like the sound of Jackson Dart to the Giants, So 0:06:27.306 --> 0:06:30.426 in a ideal world for Giants fans, I think it's 0:06:30.546 --> 0:06:33.426 Rogers for a year with Jackson Dart in the room. 0:06:33.906 --> 0:06:35.946 If you listen to Zach Wilson, if you listen to 0:06:36.026 --> 0:06:38.746 Jordan love Rogers as much as a monster. The media 0:06:38.746 --> 0:06:40.506 made him out to be not a bad guy to 0:06:40.586 --> 0:06:44.306 young quarterbacks, and definitely was not. Brett Farv to him 0:06:44.506 --> 0:06:47.746 is a giving guy, is a mentor in many ways 0:06:47.986 --> 0:06:50.946 and has always been good to those younger quarterbacks in 0:06:50.946 --> 0:06:53.466 the room, whether it be a Tim Boyle or a 0:06:53.546 --> 0:06:58.306 Matt Flynn or in this case in recent years, Zach Wilson, 0:06:58.746 --> 0:07:02.866 Jordan Travis, who is it whoever? I would think the 0:07:02.866 --> 0:07:06.346 Giants would be very happy with a Jackson Dart long term. 0:07:06.186 --> 0:07:08.746 And Aaron Rodgers short term. 0:07:08.906 --> 0:07:11.226 But as you're listening to this, that plan might go 0:07:11.266 --> 0:07:14.226 awry because there's talked that the Steelers, with fields now 0:07:14.266 --> 0:07:17.906 out the door to the Jets, could be all in 0:07:17.946 --> 0:07:21.066 on Rogers. Darnold was a talking point for the Steelers. 0:07:21.146 --> 0:07:24.786 He's not going there. Russell Wilson was there last year. 0:07:24.866 --> 0:07:28.266 We hear that they're moving on from him. So right now, 0:07:28.266 --> 0:07:30.666 if you're Aaron Rodgers and were again, our three oh 0:07:30.746 --> 0:07:34.226 seven pm Easterns is an emergency podcast. Is three hours 0:07:34.266 --> 0:07:38.146 into free agency? Are you going to the Steelers or 0:07:38.186 --> 0:07:41.746 the Giants? If the money is the same with the Steelers, 0:07:41.786 --> 0:07:45.586 the Pros are probably a better roster, probably a more 0:07:45.666 --> 0:07:50.266 established franchise as far as recent years goes. And then 0:07:50.746 --> 0:07:54.706 probably a coach that you've long admired for the Giants. 0:07:54.906 --> 0:07:59.226 The Pros are Brian Dables, an offensive head coach, the 0:07:59.266 --> 0:08:04.266 Giants have Molik neighbors, and the Giants, well, you don't 0:08:04.266 --> 0:08:05.346 have to uproot your life now. 0:08:05.386 --> 0:08:07.866 Look, does he live in Malibu full time? 0:08:08.266 --> 0:08:11.186 Does he spend time in all these other countries, traveling 0:08:11.466 --> 0:08:12.466 and finding himself? 0:08:12.546 --> 0:08:12.826 Yes? 0:08:13.386 --> 0:08:15.706 Do I think Aaron Rodgers owning a home in Montclear, 0:08:15.746 --> 0:08:18.346 New Jersey is going to be what breaks the tie here? 0:08:18.506 --> 0:08:19.906 No, Aaron Rodgers can buy and. 0:08:19.866 --> 0:08:22.466 Sell homes three hundred and sixty five days of the 0:08:22.506 --> 0:08:25.386 year's plenty of money left over. He's made more money 0:08:25.386 --> 0:08:28.106 as an NFL quarterback than any person in the history 0:08:28.106 --> 0:08:28.546 of the game. 0:08:28.946 --> 0:08:31.066 That said, if he likes his. 0:08:30.986 --> 0:08:33.586 Community, if he likes being in the spotlight of New York, 0:08:33.626 --> 0:08:36.826 if he likes having the comforts of being able to 0:08:36.866 --> 0:08:38.626 stay where he lives and not having to uproot his 0:08:38.626 --> 0:08:42.586 life again, there is something too staying with the Giants. 0:08:42.866 --> 0:08:46.346 So Aaron Rodgers goes from being this discarded quarterback of 0:08:46.386 --> 0:08:49.226 the Jets to now potentially being able to choose his 0:08:49.346 --> 0:08:54.466 next home between those two franchises. Some quick other thoughts, 0:08:55.066 --> 0:08:58.506 I would say, I like what the Patriots did and 0:08:58.546 --> 0:09:00.546 I know I've already gotten crushed in my timeline for 0:09:01.146 --> 0:09:03.666 positively talking about the Patriots just because they're. 0:09:03.506 --> 0:09:04.226 Shlling out money. 0:09:04.266 --> 0:09:07.746 But I think Milton Williams was the top free agent 0:09:07.826 --> 0:09:10.706 in this in this entire free agent class that was 0:09:10.786 --> 0:09:13.946 left over as far as you know, guys who were 0:09:13.986 --> 0:09:15.306 ascending at that age. 0:09:15.346 --> 0:09:15.986 They signed him. 0:09:16.066 --> 0:09:18.666 Now, yes, twenty six million dollars a year is a ton, 0:09:18.746 --> 0:09:21.786 but the money at this point, guys, it's it's fungible 0:09:22.186 --> 0:09:23.946 in a way that next year the salard CAP's going 0:09:23.986 --> 0:09:25.306 to go up even more than the new year after 0:09:25.306 --> 0:09:26.226 that's going to go even more. 0:09:26.266 --> 0:09:27.146 Like, don't get caught up. 0:09:27.026 --> 0:09:29.146 On the money when it comes to these guys, because 0:09:29.146 --> 0:09:32.226 the money's a lot, and the salary cap was completely changed. 0:09:32.226 --> 0:09:34.346 So the Patriots had money going in, and then they 0:09:34.386 --> 0:09:36.826 had even more money after that. So did they offer 0:09:36.906 --> 0:09:38.146 him the most I don't know, but I know there 0:09:38.146 --> 0:09:41.146 were other teams involved. I know that the Cardinals were interested. 0:09:41.226 --> 0:09:43.346 I don't think the Panthers were as interested. I know 0:09:43.346 --> 0:09:45.426 there were some tweets saying there that he had signed 0:09:45.426 --> 0:09:49.026 with the Panthers. That's not anything that was worth you know, 0:09:49.066 --> 0:09:51.906 retweeting or commenting on because that wasn't the case, and 0:09:51.906 --> 0:09:55.346 it ends up going to the Patriots. Splaine Long has 0:09:55.386 --> 0:09:58.066 been a good player, they get him, Morgan Moses, they 0:09:58.106 --> 0:10:00.826 bring him in, and you go through the names and 0:10:00.906 --> 0:10:03.106 yesterday Harold Landry, these are guys. 0:10:03.426 --> 0:10:04.066 These are guys. 0:10:04.106 --> 0:10:06.426 Now. I would still look at the Patriots and say 0:10:06.866 --> 0:10:10.026 they need more on the offensive tackle position, and I 0:10:10.026 --> 0:10:12.426 guess they'll go offensive line in the draft with that 0:10:12.466 --> 0:10:16.026 fourth pick. Gosh will Campbell. Are we sure he's a 0:10:16.106 --> 0:10:18.146 left tackle? Are we sure he's even a tackle at all? 0:10:18.226 --> 0:10:20.586 Or is he a guard? That's really rich at fourth overall, 0:10:20.626 --> 0:10:23.426 But that's the top offensive lineman in this draft if 0:10:23.426 --> 0:10:27.426 they go that way. As of this recording, Patrick McCarry 0:10:27.706 --> 0:10:29.706 is still not signed anywhere. 0:10:29.826 --> 0:10:31.586 He's a great Ravens player. 0:10:31.986 --> 0:10:35.546 Perhaps he's the guy that they go with and they 0:10:35.666 --> 0:10:36.746 fill these holes with. 0:10:39.426 --> 0:10:42.066 Some other stuff. As we're going through this the Chiefs. 0:10:42.346 --> 0:10:45.306 You hate seeing them lose Joe Toney, they had to 0:10:45.306 --> 0:10:47.466 do it. But I love what they've done the last 0:10:47.506 --> 0:10:50.586 few days. They've continued to add players, bring back guys. 0:10:51.106 --> 0:10:54.546 Nick Bolton a huge addition for Kansas City. Not gonna 0:10:54.586 --> 0:10:58.466 steal any headlines. That was a big one. I'm just 0:10:58.546 --> 0:10:59.866 going through these real quick here. 0:10:59.906 --> 0:11:02.346 I like what the Bears did bringing in my guy Deo. 0:11:02.506 --> 0:11:05.986 If you listened to last week's pod with Mike Garatfolo, 0:11:06.026 --> 0:11:09.586 we discover mister Doo And if you're wondering who mister 0:11:09.626 --> 0:11:13.546 Doo is, it's Indianapolis Colts for a few years there 0:11:13.746 --> 0:11:18.186 and his name is Deo odeya Ingbo. And I've butchered 0:11:18.226 --> 0:11:21.266 that on national television. I've putchered that on podcasts. But 0:11:21.666 --> 0:11:23.626 Bear signed him the big money and he is a 0:11:23.666 --> 0:11:26.386 twenty five year old pass rusher that is ascending. 0:11:26.746 --> 0:11:27.146 The Bears. 0:11:27.186 --> 0:11:29.706 Of course, pick up Joe Toney. The Bears have done 0:11:30.546 --> 0:11:33.586 good work the last few days and they continue to 0:11:33.626 --> 0:11:35.946 add and I think deyo is was right up there 0:11:35.946 --> 0:11:38.666 with Milton Williams as one of the top young ascending 0:11:38.746 --> 0:11:43.546 defensive front seven players. All right, those are my initial takes. 0:11:44.346 --> 0:11:47.026 Cowboys fans, I have nothing for you. I know they 0:11:47.026 --> 0:11:50.346 brought back big Osa and they did. They let Jordan 0:11:50.426 --> 0:11:52.546 Lewis walk out the door and they've been silent otherwise. 0:11:52.746 --> 0:11:53.546 Sorry about that. 0:11:54.946 --> 0:11:59.826 Bengals fans, you bring back everybody but Higgins, Hendrickson and Chase. 0:12:00.186 --> 0:12:03.906 We'll see how Higgins and Chase go and if they 0:12:03.946 --> 0:12:07.106 can figure out a deal, and oh yeah, one rant 0:12:07.426 --> 0:12:11.746 Miles Garrett. I have no animosity towards Miles Garrett, but 0:12:12.066 --> 0:12:14.426 I do want a lot of time and energy back 0:12:14.546 --> 0:12:16.266 if you can give it to me. I spent a 0:12:16.266 --> 0:12:18.226 lot of time on Good Morning Football talking about you 0:12:18.306 --> 0:12:21.066 the last two weeks. I said it all along. There 0:12:21.106 --> 0:12:22.946 was no way the Browns were trading them. They have 0:12:23.026 --> 0:12:26.186 made that clear, and in hindsight, as we go through 0:12:26.226 --> 0:12:28.866 all this, everyone who freaked out about Jimmy HASLM not 0:12:28.986 --> 0:12:32.506 wanting to sit with Miles Garrett. Shame on you. You 0:12:32.546 --> 0:12:34.666 can't be You can't have it both ways. You can't 0:12:34.666 --> 0:12:39.386 complain about Jerry Jones meddling or Woody Johnson meddling and 0:12:39.546 --> 0:12:42.626 then also want the owner of the Browns to suddenly 0:12:42.706 --> 0:12:44.946 drop everything and negotiate with a player. I don't care 0:12:44.946 --> 0:12:47.346 who the player is. We can't have it both ways. 0:12:47.746 --> 0:12:50.026 Do you want your owners heavily involved or do you 0:12:50.106 --> 0:12:52.466 not want your owners heavily involved? Is the first thing 0:12:52.506 --> 0:12:55.026 we hear, that these owners get too much involved and 0:12:55.106 --> 0:12:58.106 let the GM do his job. Jimmy Haslam the Browns 0:12:58.386 --> 0:13:01.506 distanced themselves that I'm not meeting with Miles Garrett. We 0:13:01.506 --> 0:13:03.546 have two years left on the contract and two years 0:13:03.586 --> 0:13:05.906 after that. Let the GM do it well. The GM 0:13:06.026 --> 0:13:08.346 found to make Miles Garrett happy. It wasn't with a 0:13:08.386 --> 0:13:10.866 Super Bowl ring. It wasn't with more players. It was 0:13:10.906 --> 0:13:14.226 with more money. Miles Garrett wrote a passionate letter about 0:13:14.226 --> 0:13:17.066 how all he cares about is winning a Lombardi. Miles 0:13:17.066 --> 0:13:19.066 Garrett went on the Rich Eisend Show and spoke about 0:13:19.066 --> 0:13:22.866 how there's no dollar amount, there's there's no there's no 0:13:22.986 --> 0:13:26.146 money that it could be spent. There is nothing having 0:13:26.186 --> 0:13:28.386 to do with being the highest non paid player that 0:13:28.426 --> 0:13:30.786 will even change his mind. He needs to be traded. 0:13:30.786 --> 0:13:34.306 He wants to be traded. Well, here's the issue. Doesn't 0:13:34.306 --> 0:13:35.826 have a no trade clause. So they could have sent 0:13:35.866 --> 0:13:38.546 them anywhere. This could have sende the NFL oblivion wherever 0:13:38.546 --> 0:13:39.586 that is besides Cleveland. 0:13:39.586 --> 0:13:40.546 They could have sent them there. 0:13:41.186 --> 0:13:44.826 And forty million dollars should us speak and Miles Garrett, 0:13:45.506 --> 0:13:47.746 his agent, Nicole lind did a fine job getting him 0:13:47.786 --> 0:13:50.506 this money, and whatever the conversations were, he seems to 0:13:50.506 --> 0:13:54.306 have had a change of heart quote unquote, So Miles Garrett, 0:13:54.306 --> 0:13:57.146 it's amazing how that works, and I don't spite you. 0:13:57.306 --> 0:14:00.226 I just wish we didn't spend so much energy super 0:14:00.226 --> 0:14:02.626 Bowl Week, not talking about the Chiefs and Eagles, and 0:14:02.706 --> 0:14:05.626 so much energy at the combine, not talking about Shador 0:14:05.666 --> 0:14:09.106 and Kim War and all those guys, and instead talking 0:14:09.106 --> 0:14:12.306 about Miles Garrett and his steadfast desire to be a 0:14:12.306 --> 0:14:14.506 Super Bowl champion. He will go back to the Browns 0:14:14.586 --> 0:14:17.106 where he'll make forty million dollars and the team is 0:14:17.146 --> 0:14:20.746 even more financially strapped to give him more assistance and 0:14:20.826 --> 0:14:24.866 help as they were before this whole entire experience. All right, 0:14:25.066 --> 0:14:28.546 quick instant reaction from our guy Danny from Lottie right 0:14:28.546 --> 0:14:28.866 after this. 0:14:37.706 --> 0:14:40.826 All right, no further ado. This is our guy. 0:14:40.866 --> 0:14:42.706 We talked to him earlier this season when they were 0:14:42.746 --> 0:14:46.586 about to start their coaching in GM higher process. He 0:14:46.666 --> 0:14:48.746 is the biggest Jets fan I know, and they have 0:14:48.786 --> 0:14:51.986 a new quarterback and Justin Fields. They also signed Justin 0:14:52.026 --> 0:14:54.866 Fields with absolutely no leaks out of the building and 0:14:55.226 --> 0:14:58.746 not a single negative story of the past few weeks 0:14:58.786 --> 0:15:01.546 as far as dysfunction in the building. He is no 0:15:01.626 --> 0:15:04.306 longer a season ticket holder, but he is my dear 0:15:04.346 --> 0:15:06.266 friend who I like to play a little paddle with 0:15:07.186 --> 0:15:10.746 and now we're talking a little paddling of the Jets 0:15:10.786 --> 0:15:14.826 topic here, Danny from Lattie, how are you feeling Justin Fields? 0:15:14.866 --> 0:15:18.066 Two years, forty million, New York Jets, new quarterback? 0:15:18.106 --> 0:15:19.066 Are you buying the jersey? 0:15:20.026 --> 0:15:21.026 What's going on? Shrakes? 0:15:21.026 --> 0:15:24.066 Thanks for having me on this crazy opening day, a 0:15:24.186 --> 0:15:25.186 free agency. 0:15:24.906 --> 0:15:26.866 Historic day where Twitter went down. 0:15:27.186 --> 0:15:29.226 Yeah, you know, back to my college days. 0:15:29.226 --> 0:15:32.666 A refreshing pro football talk to see you know who 0:15:32.666 --> 0:15:36.906 I'm going to be disappointed about next. But look, I 0:15:36.946 --> 0:15:40.346 think Justin Fields is a low risk, high upside signing. 0:15:41.026 --> 0:15:43.106 I wasn't banging the table for Justin like our other 0:15:43.146 --> 0:15:47.066 paddle buddy, Eric. You know, half his dream offseason is 0:15:47.066 --> 0:15:50.066 complete now with Fields. You know, in his perfect world, 0:15:50.106 --> 0:15:54.506 Fields will be throwing to Tyler Warren. But look, with 0:15:54.586 --> 0:15:57.786 what was available, I think this is the best outcome. 0:15:59.106 --> 0:16:02.906 We couldn't go into the season riding Tyrod Taylor. You know, 0:16:03.266 --> 0:16:07.426 Tyrod's a good guy, good spots starter. But with Dustin Fields, 0:16:08.386 --> 0:16:10.266 you know, I look at it as you know, I 0:16:10.306 --> 0:16:12.346 don't want to say a lot of ticket, but maybe 0:16:12.466 --> 0:16:15.706 maybe you hit here. The money's not so big, it's 0:16:15.746 --> 0:16:21.546 not a big commitment and Look, he's explosive and he 0:16:21.986 --> 0:16:25.626 makes exciting plays. Maybe he can bring some life back 0:16:25.666 --> 0:16:30.026 into MetLife. I don't I'm not upset at the signing. 0:16:30.106 --> 0:16:33.266 And if you can't get if you look at fields. 0:16:33.906 --> 0:16:36.826 He ended twenty twenty three on a high note. The 0:16:36.866 --> 0:16:40.426 last seven games he was four and three, threw for 0:16:40.586 --> 0:16:42.506 five touchdowns, rush for another three. 0:16:42.666 --> 0:16:45.026 They had a chance to do something in the last 0:16:45.026 --> 0:16:46.586 week of the season and stop. 0:16:46.346 --> 0:16:49.146 The Lions from from you know whatever. It went in 0:16:49.226 --> 0:16:50.906 the line, and he's stunk when it mattered. I'll just 0:16:50.906 --> 0:16:52.706 say that. Everyone points to twenty twenty three. 0:16:52.746 --> 0:16:54.906 I remember his final weeks of the season with the 0:16:54.906 --> 0:16:56.826 Lot with the Bears, the go on, sorry sorry. 0:16:56.546 --> 0:16:59.386 Sorry, okay, and then look started out four and two 0:16:59.386 --> 0:17:00.106 with Pittsburgh. 0:17:01.026 --> 0:17:03.186 Wasn't fine, dude, benched in that game. 0:17:03.426 --> 0:17:04.066 He wasn't. 0:17:04.146 --> 0:17:06.226 He wasn't, you know, throwing it all over the lot 0:17:06.306 --> 0:17:09.066 like it up. But he protected the ball. 0:17:09.106 --> 0:17:11.586 He only had one interception in the six games. 0:17:12.946 --> 0:17:17.586 He did, you know what it took to win, you know, 0:17:17.866 --> 0:17:20.266 in four out of the six, and it looked like 0:17:20.426 --> 0:17:23.426 he was you know, it looked like he you know, 0:17:23.506 --> 0:17:26.746 he was progressing. So it would have been nice to 0:17:26.786 --> 0:17:29.026 see him play a few more games with Pittsburgh and 0:17:29.026 --> 0:17:30.426 see if he developed a little more. 0:17:31.826 --> 0:17:33.186 But maybe we have something here. 0:17:33.466 --> 0:17:35.666 Okay, what's it tell you that A I think he 0:17:35.706 --> 0:17:39.626 did choose the Jets over Pittsburgh and b the fact 0:17:39.666 --> 0:17:42.586 that Mike Tomlin two different questions. One he picked the 0:17:42.666 --> 0:17:44.506 Jets over Pittsburg, which is rare to say, oh, I 0:17:44.586 --> 0:17:47.386 want that situation. And then the second one, Mike Tomlin 0:17:47.906 --> 0:17:50.346 went to Russell Wilson over him, and as Russell Wilson 0:17:50.386 --> 0:17:54.266 began to go, you know, slide downwards and play poorly 0:17:54.306 --> 0:17:56.026 down the rest of the season, did not go back 0:17:56.026 --> 0:17:57.226 to Justin Fields. 0:17:57.746 --> 0:18:00.586 Well, first off, why did he pick New York? You know, 0:18:01.266 --> 0:18:02.826 I'm guessing that. 0:18:02.786 --> 0:18:05.626 The money was a lot bigger with the Jets and Steelers, 0:18:05.666 --> 0:18:07.946 and probably the Jets were giving him more of a 0:18:07.986 --> 0:18:09.546 commitment level, saying you're the guy. 0:18:10.106 --> 0:18:12.786 You know, you're the starter, here's the ball, let's go. 0:18:14.826 --> 0:18:18.986 And obviously I'm sure Fields, you know, isn't too thrilled 0:18:19.026 --> 0:18:22.186 with Tomlin after getting yanked, you know, starting out four 0:18:22.266 --> 0:18:22.626 and two. 0:18:24.746 --> 0:18:28.666 But you know what's not being talked enough about here is. 0:18:29.226 --> 0:18:31.986 Maybe he wanted to, you know, get back with Garrett Wilson, 0:18:32.346 --> 0:18:35.906 who he had that connection with at Ohio State. And look, 0:18:36.146 --> 0:18:39.426 if you remember when we talked on the pod during 0:18:39.426 --> 0:18:42.866 the coaching search and we were talking about Rogers and 0:18:43.386 --> 0:18:46.186 you know, just the landscape of the team. What I said, 0:18:46.186 --> 0:18:49.066 one of the most important things was is Garrett Wilson 0:18:49.146 --> 0:18:50.746 gonna be happy if we bring back Rogers? 0:18:51.666 --> 0:18:53.706 And I think we realized now the answer would have 0:18:53.706 --> 0:18:53.946 been no. 0:18:55.306 --> 0:18:57.346 So if you were going to bring anybody in to 0:18:57.466 --> 0:19:01.786 make Garrett happy, Field was the guy. And maybe Fields, 0:19:02.226 --> 0:19:05.506 you know, wanted to come back and play with Garrett 0:19:05.786 --> 0:19:07.866 and on the Jets. I don't think there's any question 0:19:07.946 --> 0:19:10.226 that he's going to be the guy and they're going 0:19:10.266 --> 0:19:11.706 to ride it out and see what he can do, 0:19:11.906 --> 0:19:16.386 and if it works out, you know, there's a good 0:19:16.466 --> 0:19:18.306 chance he could be the long term solution here in 0:19:18.346 --> 0:19:18.746 New York. 0:19:19.146 --> 0:19:23.746 So I think that's why he picked the Jets. Why 0:19:23.746 --> 0:19:25.426 did Tomlin stick with Ross? 0:19:26.346 --> 0:19:29.826 Ross is a Super Bowl winning in that you know, 0:19:30.306 --> 0:19:33.146 was protecting the ball. They were winning games, and yeah, 0:19:33.186 --> 0:19:36.386 they hit that rough patch and where they were playing 0:19:36.386 --> 0:19:39.626 playoff teams and they you know, they didn't win. But 0:19:39.706 --> 0:19:43.866 I think Tomlin, you know, in typical Tomlin fashion, was 0:19:44.306 --> 0:19:48.666 concerned about, you know, just getting into the playoffs and 0:19:48.746 --> 0:19:51.906 having that another you know, playoff season on his resume, 0:19:52.746 --> 0:19:57.466 probably knowing that whether it was Fields or Wilson, he 0:19:57.546 --> 0:19:59.026 wasn't going to go very far anyway. 0:19:59.346 --> 0:20:01.586