WEBVTT - Hard Knocks nominations 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:05.600 Da Around the NFL Podcast would win a pickup game 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:10.080 against Daniel Jeremiah. Welcome back to another edition of the 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:13.000 Around the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.920 I am joined by a room film with heroes Mark Sessler, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.560 Chris Westling, and Greg Rosenthal. What's up boys, Hey Dan, 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.479 it's actually speaking of DJ. He was up here in 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.560 the studio when we got upstairs. Of course, he was 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.120 a guest on Friday show, and I think he might 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:32.800 have taken my advice. I think he might have started 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:36.680 a podcast here. Sounded like it. So if that's the case, 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:43.040 everybody look into it. If Dan has a show, he's 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.319 leveraging our appearance into his own endeavor. Best of luck 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:51.600 to Daniels Eremiah. I missed this showdown between DJ and 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:56.920 the rest of you, so some good feedback. People enjoyed it. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.760 It wasn't It was kind of uh, a one on 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.760 one battle with Greg laughing like a jackal every time 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:07.240 DJ put down my appearance. I gotta check this out. 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.840 Kind of a lot of reveal mcnifico a little bit, 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.720 and and I shared with Greg. I said, there's a 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:17.280 thing where I you know, where I come from, the 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.800 coldtown it's called home team that he doesn't want You 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.240 didn't want me laughing at DJs. It was all it 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.160 was about the type of laughing that you were doing, 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.280 and it was like, remember what team we're on. We're 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.280 all on the same team here. You can't just jump 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.720 around and defect. To be fair to Greg, I think 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:36.560 I was probably laughing just as hard. Trust me, Trust me, 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.480 I could pick up things. Sounds it's good natured from 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.200 West Colleen, A little on the fence. Greg very clear 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.039 as a mercenary in this. I mean, his whole bit 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:52.800 was kind of a you know, fantastic, you know, absurd bit. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.240 So I didn't even know laughing hard at something so 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.920 absurd there would be no offense to be taken from that. 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.920 It was like absurd, Like Greg is always picking up 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.400 the pieces socially after, you know, completely destroying someone without 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:07.440 trying to. That's also why I'm not like mad at 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.640 Greg was upset that I was mad after the show 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:12.520 and even sent like a text later on like hey, 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.480 that was a fun show, all kidding aside, just to 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.960 see if I was mad at him. But I know 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.480 that I know that Greg. You know, sometimes in these 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.840 social situations he can get on people's radar. And I've 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.040 learned that. And I love Greg matter because I don't 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.040 you know, I don't pussy foot around as much as 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:36.560 you guys. That must be in the way to diagnoseig um. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.560 So yeah, I was back in my cold town. We 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:43.239 had a little thing called busting Balls. You know, don't 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.600 get me started in your cold town with gorgeous views 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:51.000 of the Atlantic, you know, Yeah, that's western Massachusetts for you. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:57.320 All right, cow farms. All kidding aside, great show today 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:04.120 and big news because today's show around the NFL podcast 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:16.560 is driven people by Hyundai. Uh, this is a little awkward. 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.000 I would say we were aware that there was a 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.639 new sponsor coming into the fold in April, but as 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.080 things happen in the world west sometimes you you know, 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.720 you forget when when the month changes over. And we 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.240 would have loved to talk to Mr Flame about this first, 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.600 to be quite honest with you, Well, that was the plan. 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:38.000 This is a major surprise to him. So Mark, I 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:42.160 know you're extremely almost oddly close to Mr Flame, the 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.720 great Mr f If you could reach out to him, 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:48.720 maybe we can oddly what I mean, you know again, 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.080 but yeah, I think we have to reach out to him. 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.600 Here's what I do know that over the last whatever 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.400 it was, how many months did he operated him in 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.000 his high school class in the Hague the Netherlands, operated 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:03.320 it at our sponsor, many lunches, many gifts, many things 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.120 coming directly to the four of us and also to Sydney. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.520 What is Hyundai going to give us? Somebody took you know, 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.360 on your your car tires, the little plastic piece where 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:15.520 you inflate attire, someone took them off my car. If 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.400 they send me four of those little plastic pieces, I'm 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.719 not saying you have to, but as a gesture of 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.159 goodwill to get this relationship going, for those little plastic 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:28.520 things would be great. So welcome aboard Hundai. Um you have. 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.159 We're happy that you're driving us. According to the copy. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.320 Now today's show a great one, and Mark, reach out 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.559 to your very very close friend, Mr F and maybe 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.719 we can broker some type of what is the What 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.320 is your issue with the fact that I'm friends with 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.480 Mr F? Not an issue, It's just an observation that 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:51.000 you've become more than passing like email buddies. It's a 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:53.520 little more yes or no. Your fond is a little 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.599 more personal than the rest of us. This is I 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:57.880 I'd like to see your research on this, but I'd 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:01.880 say that I consider him a genuine friend. Yeah Facebook friends, 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.800 we you know, a genuine wish him. Well, So that's 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.080 exactly what I'm hitting at. And now you're painting it 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.480 like any friendship between two people where there's any level 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.560 of depth to it, there's something obviously wrong and involved. 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.120 It must just be we. I must be using him 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.800 for some reason or vice versaity, like he's just a 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.320 good guy. By now. This is kind of digging into 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.480 your own head right now, that is what it feels 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:29.400 like a little bit, you know, take it down a notch. Dan, alright, alright, 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:31.800 so you are you are? Just can you at least 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.960 reach out to him? That's all I would be happy to. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:40.880 Today's show will feature a breakdown of hard Knocks. How 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.160 about that hard knocks? Uh? There's some news today that 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:49.039 HBO and NFL films. Uh, they have I guess re 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.039 up their contract or commitment with each other. So not 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.160 that it was something that was hanging in the balance 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:57.160 or hanging in the air. We all expected another season 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.080 to arrive this summer, but we will be getting and 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:01.800 then that gives this opportunity to jump off and talk 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.680 about some teams we'd like to see. Uh in I 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.279 believe is the what is the twelfth season of the 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:13.320 groundbreaking HBO documentary series. So we'll go through that. We'll 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.640 nominate teams. Awesome fun with it. That's what we do 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.640 around here. We have funds Hyundai. I've been reminded not 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:26.600 una hund like Sunday. Everybody know that. All right, we 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.080 do now, all right, and uh, maybe we'll have a 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:31.680 special guest at the end of the show. We'll see 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:37.800 if it works out. But let's get to some news folks, 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.360 get to that a little bit later to uh. We'll 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.039 start though with the Dallas Cowboys and the Tony Romo 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.080 Romo saga um and what appears to be the next 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.839 step in Romo disconnecting with the Cowboys permanently. Cowboys owner 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.440 Jerry Jones has reached out to all thirty two NFL 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:01.680 teams letting them know that uh quote, they are permitted 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:05.040 to contact Tony Romo or his agent to schedule a workout, 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.520 visit or physical This according to NFL Networks Mike Garafolo. 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.360 Uh Garfolo noted Monday that talks are to be limited 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:19.240 to conversations concerning Romo's two thousand, seventeen to nineteen NFL 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:24.400 player contract. I'm sure that would be honored. Chris WESTLINGH, 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.200 can you tell me, uh in your what does this 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.880 mean to you? Are we getting closer to finally Romo 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:31.560 being at a Dallas or is this just going to 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.000 continue to drag on? I like the way you phrase that, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.280 what does it mean to me? Because to everyone else 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:41.520 it means last ditch attempt at a trade before workouts start. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:45.040 To me, not usually part of the tinfoil hat brigade here, 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.960 but Jerry Jones has made comments in the past that 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.600 he likes he likes soap opers to extend throughout an 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.800 offseason because the attention it gives the NFL. I mean, 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.320 it's not a coincidence this is this news is released 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:01.120 on opening day for baseball. He's dragging He is dragging 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:05.000 out this Tony Romo saga for all of March because 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.880 it's good for the NFL to to make news during 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:12.080 baseball's time of year, and Jerry is most people know this, 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:16.080 but Jones is probably the most influential owner in the NFL. 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.920 So West his theory here that he's he's working to 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.600 juice the NFL. Makes sense because he's basically one step 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.800 below the commissioner. He there's some showmanship to Jerry Jones. 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.400 He appreciates, uh, you know, dragging things out, getting more 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.080 interest in it, you know. So why he moved the 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.280 Raiders to Vegas, he moved the Rams to Los Angeles, 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.920 he just I mean he was. He was instrumental in 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:38.959 getting the other owners to agree that Vegas would be 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.560 good for the NFL. I I really don't think he 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.920 wants anything to do with this whole thing about a 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.520 good guy packed with Romo that you let him off 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.320 your roster and he floats downstate to Houston. I really 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.320 don't think Jerry Jones wants Tony Romo to go to 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.079 a super Bowl level defense in Houston and get them 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.559 deep into the playoffs. It's taking the attention in a 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.240 state you dominate to a completely different place, right, I agree. 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:08.080 And so it's just exhausting every possible avenue to find 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:11.840 a different outcome than him landing on the Texans. I 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:16.000 don't really see why any team that would be interested 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.520 in Romo would change their minds in any way because 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.960 they could schedule a workout with them, Like no one 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:25.640 was really looking to trade him before, why would they 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:30.160 be now? And what's the difference? One question about And 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.560 now we're hearing that the Broncos aren't really in and 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.160 it's almost like Texans or bust. I have a real 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.839 issue with that in the sense that why does if 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:42.280 Elway likes Baxton Lynch and Trevor Simeon, why does that 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.160 mean that precludes the Broncos from getting Tony Romo, who 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.400 is at best, let's face it, a two year patch 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.440 and maybe far less than that. Why can't they continue 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.120 to develop those two guys if you like them, and 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.120 also get Tony Romo and see how it works out. 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.360 I think they could if the price was right. Yeah. 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.520 I think always shown the past couple of years that 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.040 he wants a core her back at his price. He 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.040 did it with Kaepernick. Kaepernick refused to pay cut. He 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.240 wouldn't pay what the Texans were paying for us while 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.280 er either. And it makes sense for him to put 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.520 it out there that they're not really that interested because 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.920 he's not in a trade and he kind of sees 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.360 a situation where it sure looks like Houston cleared the 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.440 decks for Romo, and that Romo wants to play for Houston, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.360 so he's not gonna let it out there. Now a 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.560 situation happened where suddenly Romo was sitting out there and 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.360 maybe his price went down. I found this interesting, though, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:30.440 the most important part of this news to me is 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.680 that I think Tony Romo is planning to play football, 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:38.760 because Jerry Jones said he met with Romo last week 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.080 and he was going to meet with him soon after 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.600 the owners meeting. Then this news comes out. I I 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.800 think it's safe to assume that Tony Romo and his 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.640 representatives are We're on board with whatever this news is. 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.440 And to me that that sounds like a guy who's 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.960 trying to take the steps to play football, not to 0:10:55.080 --> 0:11:00.719 not to announce moving forward. Adrian Peterson still out there. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:02.760 The only team he's connected to right now is the 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.440 San Diego Graybeards, but he did meet with the New 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:09.200 England Patriots on Monday. Rap Sheet reported uh it was 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.880 the veteran running back second free agent visit of the offseason, 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:16.600 following a meeting with the Seattle Seahawks last month. He 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:21.440 left UH the Patriot Way without a deal. According to 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:26.839 Peter Schreeger of good Morning football. But that doesn't mean, uh, Mark, 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.319 that a deal won't get done with the Pats. Uh 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:31.880 do you think that would be a good fit. Let's 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.240 start there, Patriots Adrian Peterson. I think it's one of 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.040 the few teams that seem like it would be a fit. 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.000 And I mean West has been talking about that link 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.920 for for months and it makes some sense. I I 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.640 think a visit like this didn't need to end in 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.960 assigning to be the only way that you get maybe 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.080 you know you're they're doing their homework. The Patriots do 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.800 care about the person too, And if you look back, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.520 Tom Kerr and your boy Greg wrote an article where 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.880 he included some of the comments that Jonathan Craft made 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:02.080 about Adrian Peterson when the old child abuse thing went down, 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.320 whatever work we want to call that, and he called 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.319 it unacceptable and abhorrance. So that's two years ago, and 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.480 a lot of people have come around to Adrian Peterson's 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.679 version of all that to some degree, others have not. 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.120 I think that is a factor, even though it's not 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.560 as much of a hot button issue as it would 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.839 have been right after it happened. But they they you're 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.439 signing up for the person. They don't want Joe Mixon, 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.839 for instance, They're not interested in him, so they do. 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.440 It's not just take anyone no matter what they represent 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.720 off the field. Tom Current, you mentioned that article. I 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.280 mean his theory is they're just doing a solid to 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.480 Peterson's agent. That's it. Ben Dogger is coming off bend aggress. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.280 His agent used to be one of, if not the 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:43.240 most powerful agents, uh in the entire NFL. He's coming 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:48.079 off a suspension. Meanwhile, his biggest client can't get a job. Uh, 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.480 and you know they they're helping him out and they're 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.760 getting some information, you know. Jeff Jeff Howard Boston Harold 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.360 also reported they weren't comfortable enough to you know, make 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.680 They didn't make any offer during this trip. So I 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:01.680 think that speaks a lot that that's a that's a 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.320 conspiracy theory. I can buy that. There's a part B 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.640 to that theory too, that they're also sending a message 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.280 to the Garrett Blunt. Lower your you're asking price and 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:14.120 we'll bring in Peterson. Moving on, Hey, remember West, Remember 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:18.080 Mark Davis Bryant, I do that, dude. Well, he's in 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.560 the news, appearing on Thursday's edition of Up to the 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:25.160 Minute Live program. We will be on Monday, a little 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.120 late in the game for you to listen to watch that, 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.880 but hopefully later in the week as well. We we 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.079 are I think it's what it's two to three every day. 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:33.920 You know, you can always find these clips on NFL 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.720 do Anyway. Rap Sheet was on that program and said 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.920 that the suspended Steelers wide receiver believes he will soon 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.480 be returning to Pittsburgh. Here's what Rapport had to say 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.199 or report. When you speak to people close to him, 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.600 they are confident that in the near future he will 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:54.120 get word that he has been reinstated by reinstated to 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.439 the NFL. Chris, wasn't you wrote this piece up on 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:01.480 around the NFL? Remind people, Uh, I don't know why 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:05.360 I'm talking like this. Slow down a little bit, Chris. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.280 Can you remind people why mart Tavis Bryant uh is 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.480 such a special player. He's nicknamed the Alien because there's 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.240 no one else like him in the NFL. He's got 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.959 some Raindey Moss qualities to him as a six ft 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.520 four guy who runs you know probably right around a 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.360 four four forty can leap out of the building and 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.720 make spectacular catches like he did with that one that 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:28.480 was through his legs. Um, everything's changed in the last month. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.000 Mark Sessler tweeted out this quote from Kevin Quilbert on 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:38.640 March first, Mark right here, marcoun Mark Tavis was a 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.200 great asset, asset to us when he was available. That 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.360 was just four weeks ago. And now add Kinkabala reports 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:48.240 that the Steelers expect him for the start of offseason workouts. Well, 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.680 the phrasing was legitimate April, so they expect in the 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.720 next couple of weeks for Roger Goodell to reinstate Martavis. 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.680 Bryant quite a weapon. I mean, we talked about the 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.280 a f C has been top heavy in terms of 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.920 having one or two teams you can take seriously for me, 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.320 at least Steelers are always one of those teams. And 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.160 when you add that element back into an offense that 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.600 also has Antonio Brown and Levy on Bell and big Ben, 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.520 big Ben actually returns next he's going to say, like, yeah, 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.920 big Ben, we believe you might retire. Maybe Ladarius Green 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.040 whose battle concussion is but he plans on plane and 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:23.920 the few games he played last year he was a 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.200 great fit for that well, and they couldn't replace Bryant. 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.000 You know, you wouldn't have thought losing your number two receiver, 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.360 I'll be you know, maybe the best number two receiver 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.600 in the league would be that devastating. But that spot 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:39.720 ended up being uh, a gaping hole of drops and 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:43.520 injuries and just out of sync plays by Sammy Coates 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:47.040 and Mark Sweeten and they never really found him, but 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.640 they did find a slot receiver, Eli Rogers, so suddenly 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.880 put Brian back there, and that's the best looking offense 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.920 in in the league. Along with the Patriots moving on, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.040 the Vikings have some more. Teddy Bridgewater Insurance Minnesota agreed 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:03.000 to terms with former Rams quarterback case Keenum a one year, 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:07.640 two million dollar deal. Uh. Mike Garifolo reported, Uh, Bradford, 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.080 Sam Bradford is going to be the starter. He's locked 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.840 in there. Uh. He has another year left on his deal, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.520 I believe. But Teddy Bridgewater, who suffered that devastating freak 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:20.160 knee injury last summer, Uh, it is no guarantee that 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.400 he'll be back next year or back at all. So 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.760 we'll see he's he's I think he posted a video 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:28.920 with some progress on social media last week, but it 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.240 was a devastating injury for Bridgewater. Greg now case Keena 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:37.040 enters as the backup, what are your thoughts just that 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.880 they're not counting on Bridgewater and how could they? But this, 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.400 this I think drives the point home that they wanted it. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.560 Not only did they want obviously you're gonna have a 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.560 backup quarterback, but they wanted someone with experience. I mean, 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.360 they wanted what they would consider a real backup quarterback 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.680 because they have no idea Teddy Bridgewater is gonna play, 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.600 Mike Zimmer said last week when asked about Bridgewater ever 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:00.440 playing again. He said, I honestly have no idea. You 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.640 gotta keep planning. You gotta keep planning. Then that's I mean, 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.199 did they Here's my question, Like, let's say you go 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.919 into I guess you could eye r him, But do 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:10.840 you ever just have to cut bait with him? If 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:12.800 the if the report is just that negative by the 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.200 end of the summer, I think it's so early. I know, 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.679 I don't see why, because why can't you just not 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.840 right now? I'm saying, if you, if you can conclusion 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.840 you cannot play again. Yeah, I mean, if if that, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.720 if you felt strongly enough, he's not coming back to football. 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.520 But I don't see why you wouldn't wait a whole 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:32.600 another year just to see from what we heard about 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.720 the severity of the injury. It's typically in these situations, 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.440 it's not that's you know, there's specifics to every injury. 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.639 I don't want to group them all one category. But 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.120 when you have what's deemed a devastating kne injury, knee injury, 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:45.959 it feels like fifty fifty with these guys. You can 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.760 be Navarro Bowman where you get back, be Mark Marcus 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.439 Lattimore where you don't, And you just never know until 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.920 the process plays out and it's still ongoing. Moving on, Hey, 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.880 Zach Brown, another gray Beard team member and a reminder, 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.160 once a gray Beard, always a great beer. So people 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:02.840 that tweet at me when these guys start coming off 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.159 the market, hey, you gotta replace z and so, No, 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.320 it's a fake team, dummy. He's on the team. That's it. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.920 Did you ever make even a start? Dad? He's dad. 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.840 He's not gone back and editing now ten times over. 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:19.000 The what's that thing goes out the door? It's out 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.880 the door anyway. The Redskins agreed to terms with inside 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.240 linebacker Zach Brown, spent last year with the Bills, just 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.560 twenty seven years old, coming off a season where he 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:33.840 established career highs and tackles and forced fumbles. Uh and West, Uh, 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.960 this is a player that at this stage of the game, 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:38.879 I like this pick up For the Bills, I love it. 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:41.960 Excuse me, the Redskins, I love it. He was ranked 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:45.119 on our top one O one free agents. Only Adrian 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:49.080 Peterson and Jonathan Hankins remain from the top twenties, so 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.040 this was a good signing. He was among the tackle 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.520 leaders all year last year, and if you go back 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.440 and watch the I believe it was the Week four 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.000 game against the Patriots. He had like eight teen tackles. 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:01.479 It was one of the best games by an inside 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.600 linebacker all year. West is going to be telling his 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.680 grandchildren about this game. I mean, you love this game. 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:09.280 I actually remember when you were watch I think you 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.240 were watching it at work on game pass and you 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:13.919 were just like, I've never seen a linebacker play like 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.280 this for this game. That was a shutout wind If 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:20.720 people remember, is that West. That's that's my impression of 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:25.240 damax impression. Nobody is more abused in the people trying 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:27.800 to speak like someone in West who was just reduced 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:33.040 to some sort of mindless person with literally no education. Yeah, 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:36.639 I'll take that and counter you with Damna sex impression 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:39.640 of me, which maybe you haven't heard, don't heard out 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:41.719 too much, but it's it's a lot of well, I 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:46.640 don't really know about that checks out. West is as 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:49.040 time goes on, anybody that does a West impression, it 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:52.240 gets more and more country. Eventually just gonna be like 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:54.400 a deliverance, like the kid with a messed up phase 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:59.359 playing West. That's true. Redskins. You know, we killed the 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:02.439 Redskins for having a bad offseason and they have. It 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:04.920 is worth noting, you know, Brown is a nice pick 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:08.560 up at a position in need and their biggest losses 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:11.720 everyone you know really talked about we're wide receiver and 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:16.159 you look at their wide receivers pretty good Jamison Crowder, 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.080 Josh Dotson if if he can get healthy, and Jordan 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:22.600 Reed that's a great for you know, receiving option groups. 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:26.080 So yeah, maybe they're not in such moving on. Nicest 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.640 thing Gregg's ever said about the reds Maybe in such 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:33.120 bands shape. We are in the branch, sorry, huge olive branch, 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.639 very classic, but you know we now we have to 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:39.320 make up. You know who you and I yeah, I 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:42.639 told you. I because I know you and you're in 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:47.359 the trust tree. That's more than me laughing. I can 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:49.760 take it. No, I can take it because you're in 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:51.800 the trust tree, and I could step back and be like, 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:54.959 not a lot of people in that tree. Yeah, that's true. 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:57.119 If you're not in the tree and you do something 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.359 to upset the old suser and I'm not saying this 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.240 is like a positive a trait of mind, then you're 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:05.240 in trouble. Like I'll probably you'll never get off the list. 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:08.440 But if you're in the tree, you get a significant 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:10.640 amount of rope before you're hanging from it. That way. 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:16.119 Next metaphors, you're yeah, you're like, I mean, you're like 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.120 Mr Miyagi Prune in the bonds Eye tree. Your tree 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:23.280 is pretty thin these days. Not a lot of new 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:28.760 members coming into the treehouse. Uh. Gronk talk Spring of Gronk. 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:31.760 It is, you know when in the early days, and 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.000