WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Unresolved Contracts Heading into Training Camp 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:12.520 Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Mike Garafollo. I am 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:16.440 Tom Pellicero. It is July first, and you know what 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:18.960 that means. No, not just Canada Dale, though we'll have 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:21.239 Stacey Dial's with us shortly here to talk about the 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:26.000 Packers and the Bears. We can now say every NFL 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:30.840 team reports to training camp by the end of this month, 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.199 and we get a jam pack show for you as 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.879 we kick things off here with sixty six days until kickoff. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.559 Brian Burns the new Giants pass rusher going to join 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.879 our Brian Baldinger at the Sack Summit. We'll have Paris Johnson, 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:45.599 Cardinals tackle on the show. What's he seen so far 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.160 from his old Ohio state buddy Marvin Arrison Junior. We'll 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.040 talk to him about that. We'll talk about the Colts, 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.800 we'll talk about the Texans, we'll talk about the Cowboys. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.520 But let's begin, as we have so often this offseason, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.960 with a little bit of wide receiver drama and not necessary. 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.400 The guy that you're thinking about Dolphins start Tyreek Hill. 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:05.959 He's got two real years and about forty three million 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.880 dollars left on the contract that reset the market two 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:12.320 years ago. He confirmed today to all these other wide 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:13.360 receivers getting paid. 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.160 Hey, he'd like to get paid again. Very you know, 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:17.160 proud of those guys. 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.919 You're happy for obviously my team mcwadall, you know, getting 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:25.559 his new deal. So for guys like me, that's great. 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.479 You know, I'm thirty years old, you know, also looking 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.679 for a new deal, so very very excited to see 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.280 where you know, I'll feed in to like that category. 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:39.280 With right, So you rewind the clock to twenty twenty two, 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.240 Mike and we were talking about Davonte Adams. He got 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.080 the big deal. It was twenty five on paper, it 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.759 was really like twenty two and change. Then Tyreek beats 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.600 that and it's thirty. It's really twenty five. But here 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.840 we are a couple of years later, Justin Jefferson gets 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:55.800 thirty five million dollars per year. It probably shouldn't surprise 0:01:56.000 --> 0:02:00.320 anybody that, with just several weeks left until training can here. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.000 If you're listing off the top. 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.920 Stories need to get resolved before camps open, a handful 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.960 of them right now are the wide receivers. I'll start 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.360 with Tyreek, and I still think that the easiest fix 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.640 here and something that they're going to explore as a 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.880 possible option here for the size here is to borrow 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.120 off of that forty five million dollar number that he's 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:22.400 got in twenty twenty six. 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.160 That was never meant to be a real year. 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.800 That number was put in there to inflate the overall 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:27.639 value of the deal. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.799 It's not guaranteed money, so you. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:33.000 Could take that and you can knock that down. Let's 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:34.560 say you knock it down by I'm going to pick 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.560 a number fifteen, right, you get it down to thirty, 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.440 and you take that fifteen million, and you could spread 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:40.480 it out over. 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:41.720 Twenty four and twenty five. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:43.880 You could do it in the form of incentives maybe 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.280 however you want to do it. But in return, the 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.000 Dolphins could pick up an extra year on the contract, 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.040 because now that is a reasonable number that they could 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.760 potentially keep him at in twenty twenty six, and he 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.160 gets his raise and maybe he's got to work for 0:02:58.200 --> 0:02:59.919 it a little bit along the next couple of years. 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.440 That to me is the most reasonable option. The problem 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.640 is you need that pressure point to make it happen. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.760 It's either the start of training camp and the thread 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.919 of whether it's Tyreek Hill or any of these other 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.160 guys we're talking about the threat of a possible holdout 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.560 or the start of the season where the player is 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.200 gonna want it done before he sets foot on the 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.160 field to get a little bit more security. I think 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.520 that's an option for Tyreek Hill. As it pertains to 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:24.079 Brandon Ayuk in San Francisco, this is going to be 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:29.560 more of a extension than a play with the numbers, move. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:30.440 Stop up type of deal. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:32.160 Is he gonna be with the forty nine ers long 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:33.920 term or is he not going to be with the 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.760 forty nine ers long term? Is he going to have 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.440 to play out this year? Is going to be potentially 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.760 playing for the team he's playing against? Right there, he 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.960 has alluded to the fact that he thinks he's going 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:44.680 to be with the Niners in some form of fashion 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.600 in twenty four if not with the Commanders or with 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.800 the Steelers. For Ayuk in the forty nine Ers, they 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:54.520 had conversations recently. They're no closer to a deal from 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.640 my understanding, but they're also no closer to a trade request. 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.760 That's never been something that he is lord in this case. 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.600 Besides, he's got to get back to work sometime before 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.840 training camp to see if they can get something done 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.640 to have him in San Francisco for the long haul. 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:13.000 It is entertaining watching Brandon ayuquhether he's having somebody record 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:17.600 a stage FaceTime with Jaden Daniels, or he's tweeting. He's 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.080 re fining to things he hears. He's driving up to 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.799 the gate at the team facility saying open the bleeping gate. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.840 There's a big show in this. He actually he kind 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.280 of broke through the fourth wall in that interview that 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.159 they did on the Pivot podcast, saying, you know, I 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.880 like walking waking up every day and everyone's talking about me. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:37.080 Mom says they're talking about me at work. DMZ's waiting 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.560 for me at the airport. I'm trying to use my leverage. Well, 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.840 much like fight Club, the first rule of using your 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.119 leverage is not saying that you're using your leverage anyway. 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.120 We'll see where that one goes. Ceedee Lamb also is 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.240 a holdout from Minnie Camp. We'll see whether he shows up. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.360 We'll see if something gets done with Amari Cooper and 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:56.360 the Browns. You got Portland Sutton, he got Jamar Chase. 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.960 There is a line of wide receivers, Mike. We'll see 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.719 who ends up getting paid. Speaking of Tyreek Hill, he 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.520 has said he would like to be in the twenty 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:09.159 twenty eight Olympics as the flag football event kicks off 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.240 that year. We know who was in the twenty twenty 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.960 four Olympics. You guessed it, the great Simane Biles, once 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.960 again making the US women's gymnastics team roster. Her husband 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.520 at Bears defensive back Jonathan Owen's is saying to Paris 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.200 to support her. The team has granted him clearance to 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.760 miss a few days of training camp to go cheer 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:30.040 her on to try to pursue some more goals. As 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.120 we welcome in our own Olympian Stacy Dales along with 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:34.400 Mark Ross. 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.599 Stacey. We look at this Bears team. 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.000 We've talked so much about Caleb Williams, We've talked so 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.679 much about Romadoons, all the parts that they've added on offense. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.280 Big part of their success the second half last year 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.640 was the leaps that defense was taken. Tell me more 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:49.120 about what we're seeing on that side of the ball 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.520 with Matt Eberflus calling it full time here in twenty 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:52.039 twenty four. 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.440 Yeah, Hey, Tom and Mark, Happy Canada Day. By the way, 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.240 I wouldn't missing a few days of training camp and 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.919 go watch someone files in Paris. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.839 That would be pretty phenomenal. Greatest of all time. Goat 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:06.720 the Chicago Bears. 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.440 It'll be a storyline throughout the course of the season, 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.120 as you just alluded to with Caleb Williams in this 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.880 offense and the evolution there. But I really think right now, 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:17.880 the bread and butter is their defense, and as you 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.520 just mentioned, Tom, it just got markedly better. Montes Sweat 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.040 impacted it. But having been around them a little bit 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:28.160 this offseason, pads are a thing. Right we constantly here 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.600 they're not in pads. They're not in pads. But there's 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.000 a moxie about this group, and as you know, you've 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.919 heard from players like Montese Sweat and Tremade Edmunds, the linebacker, 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.440 that there's a carryover. I really think when you look 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.800 at this unit in its totality, they tied for first 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.400 in interceptions, right you see the takeaways there in the 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:51.159 lower third, tied for fifth in that category overall. But 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.760 they were also the best rush defense in football. Here's 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.200 where they have to get better. 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.360 They were bottom five and pass tds allowed loud. They 0:06:58.360 --> 0:06:59.760 were bottom five in sacks. 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.320 I think you're going to see a group with an 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:03.600 incredible secondary. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.520 I mean, this is a potent group. 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.360 When you consider Johnson and Stevenson and Brisker and Gordon 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.640 and Byered. The linebackers Mark and Tom are really good 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:16.880 in terms of sideline to sideline, TJ. Edwards and Tremade Edmonds. 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.120 I just mentioned that duo. But what will happen upfront? 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.040 I wouldn't put it past Ryan Poles to add somebody 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.800 as we approach training camp in a few weeks to 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.040 that defensive group. But they're looking for a bunch of 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.680 those young guys to step up, you know, as Zach Pickens, 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.000 you know some of the rookies that we saw last year. 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.160 Of course Durvon Dexter, and so it'll be interesting to 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.520 see who helps Montese sweat. But make no mistake about it, 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.600 this defense is actually really good in Chicago and has 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:46.680 the potential to be a top five unit this season. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:48.760 It's fancy. 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.800 That's why everybody's so excited about Chicago. Kavid Williams wasn't 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.040 getting dropped into your usual first pick in the draft situation. 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:59.400 Where As you mentioned, the defense was pretty sturdy for 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.119 the second half half of the season and of course 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.960 all of the playmakers he has on offense, but you 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.960 mentioned how they got better and the strengths and weaknesses, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.840 and I always look at how teams are constructed, and 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.280 when you talked about that secondary a little bit, Stacey, 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.800 there seemed to be a concerted effort to say, we're 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.200 going to have our sweet spot in the second round 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.960 of drafting secondary players. They've taken four Ryan Pole's a 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.880 GM has taken four defensive backs in the last few 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:30.880 drafts that'll probably start this year. You mentioned Jalen Johnson 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.800 and Brisker Tyreek Stevenson and Kyler Gordon. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.439 So all four of those guys got. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.280 Taken in the second round and should get marketly better 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.640 because they are a young group. Now got the veteran 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.480 Kevin Byert hopefully will help them out as well. Of course, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.120 everything starts up front, but I think Ryan Poles really 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.720 constructed it to say, Okay, we're not nasty upfront just yet, 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.360 but we're going to build this secondary to try to 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.040 help that pass rush out now. And it's when I 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:57.160 look at how they're constructed, it really jumped out to me, 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:58.559 Stacey and Tom. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.040 Defense is one reason that the Bears right now a 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.719 trendy pick to make the playoffs, but they got to 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.079 get through. Of course, the Lions also got to get 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.120 through the Packers, who Stacey the second half of last 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.719 season into the playoffs right up until Jordan Love threw 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.120 that interception. That was one of the hottest teams in football. 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.040 Gonn be a huge focus again on Jordan Love, those 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.600 young receivers with another year under their belt, Josh Jacobs, 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:25.240 who's joining the Insiders tomorrow, adding to that backfield here. 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.600 But on the defensive side, we got big changes in 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:28.280 Green Bay too. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:34.439 Yeah, this is a complete makeover. This is a complete overhaul. 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:38.160 The three words that Jeff Hafley, the new defensive coordinator, 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:42.480 has been preaching this offseason to his players is attitude, effort, 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:43.120 and commitment. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:44.600 And by and large we've seen that. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:50.120 It's really refreshing to see what they are doing to 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.079 this defense in Green Bay, which wasn't too bad last year, 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:54.640 but they gave up a bunch of big plays. They 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.400 struggled in that area, and they struggled to stop the run. 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.599 So this is a complete scheme shift. We're going to 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.360 a fourth three, but as Hafley has talked about, you're 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:07.319 going to see a plethora of schemes defensially, defensively, formationally 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.480 for the Packers, but he's simplifying it because he wants 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:14.360 his players to play fast, without thinking, without overthinking, and 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.200 when players hear that, they pin their ears back and 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:20.080 they go. I think you're going to see players like 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.400 Rashaan Gary and Preston Smith upfront. That is where the 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.960 veteran nucleus of this defensive unit is really come alive 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.600 this season. But they are extremely excited about how Halfley 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:35.480 uses his linebackers in coverage. When you consider, you know, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:39.360 you know, some of their new players there. In terms 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:43.200 of those linebackers, Edgerant's going to be phenomenal, but their 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:47.079 back end is really exciting. I think Xavier McKinney, guys, 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:51.480 is a huge addition at the safety position. Obviously Bullard 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.560 the rookie also added, so that safety combination really should 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:59.360 change for the Packers defensively to where they just play free. 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.079 They're more op tunistic and they are a lot more 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.680 aggressive in Green Bay. But it's going to be fun 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:09.200 to watch Eddrian Cooper and all of these young players 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:13.760 come together, Mark and Tom in a division that right now, 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:14.520 I guess you. 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.080 Guys, could probably agree with me. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.800 Is on paper one of the best in the NFL 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:20.760 heading into the twenty twenty four campaign. 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.839 A lot of fun there in that division, Stacy, as 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:25.640 you mentioned, and you know, the biggest change, of course 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.040 is Jeff halfway Inn as the coordinator. 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:29.280 One thing interesting and. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.480 Looking at his background, he's been a head coach, but 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.840 he's only been a defensive coordinator one year the twenty 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.800 four years that he's coached in the college and the 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.800 pros and now the co defensive coordinator job at Ohio State. 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.000 So it'll be interesting to see what he's going to bring, 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.880 how he's going to construct the defense. You touched on it, Stacy, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.520 But until we see it on the field, I'm excited. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.400 I just think they have a ton of talent. 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.000 We talked about the secondary, the investment in the secondary 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.440 with the Bears and the second round picks, but the 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.320 Packer have a ton of first round picks on their defense. 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.079 Lucas's from last year. 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.040 We need to step up before as Gary was even 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.280 going back to Clark with the first round pick. You 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.120 mentioned kway Walker as well, and Edrian Cooper is to 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.960 me is going to be super exciting. All those guys 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.880 can get after the passer. And although Cooper is a linebacker, 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.760 when he was at A and M he had seventeen 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.760 tackles for a loss. He was in the backfield all 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.640 the time. To me, his strength was really blitzing and 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.360 getting to the quarterback or getting in the backfield. So 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.920 expect to see a lot of him going forward. Yes, 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.280 he'll have to cover and get in space like Quay does, 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.720 but expect to see a lot of Edgering Cooper coming 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.840 forward getting after with the rest of those guys. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:42.920 Tom did I mention Josh Jacobs on The Insiders tomorrow 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.480 you're gonna want to be here. We got a lot 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.040 more first in this show, Stacey Mark. 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.559 Don't go anywhere. Will be back with you shortly coming 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:50.320 up after this. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.160 The AFC South last year was dominated by one team 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:58.040 starting a rookie quarterback, another team that persevered despite losing 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.319 its rookie quarterback. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:00.400 How could his CJ. 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:04.920 Stroud Anthony Richardson rivalry developed in year two? We'll discuss 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.679 it after this On The Insiders. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:20.679 Indians called slack black Anthony Richardsonson quarter. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:24.720 About Richardson's gonna take off and runn He's at. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.280 The touch down. 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:31.199 The first career took down for Anthony Richardson looking out. 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:32.920 Right, what was on the rug? Fires it upfield? 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:34.160 The pass us fought by. 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:38.800 Indianapolis An heroic row by Anthony Richardson and Ronnie right 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.640 side is Anthony Richardson turns the hurt he's down. 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.520 This is where this kid is gonna give us so much. 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.320 We got just a little taste of Anthony Richardson in 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.319 twenty twenty three of what he is capable of doing 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.280 on the field that we are looking forward to seeing 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.040 him back on the field this upcoming season. Stacy Dall's 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.600 is with us back again. Jane Slater with us as well. 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.240 Anthony Richardson in mini camp a couple of days there 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.800 wasn't throwing and there was everybody on the outside looking 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.160 in and saying, whoa, whoa, what's the problem. He's supposed 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.560 to be full go right now. Well, Chris Ballard, the 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.959 coult general manager, saying that Richardson. 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.560 Will be a full go for training camp. 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.840 Stace, so what is the expectation with regard to once 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.240 he is a full go and that shoulder surgery is 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:28.240 behind him, what we can expect for him in his 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:28.800 second year? 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.360 Yeah, we know that Anthony Richardson, Mike and Jane have 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.120 had the injury issues over the course of his entire 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.040 football career. Right, He's been head a schedule for months 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.480 with this shoulder thing, and I think it's just been 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.680 that you term we use in the NFL, cautiously optimistic 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.080 when a player's coming back from injury. They've had to 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.120 actually hold him back, which is why you saw him 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.880 sit out that final day of mini camp because he 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.800 had some soreness. As we watch back this unfortunate injury 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.840 from last season, and we saw so many snippets of greatness, 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.480 but I think we can all agree that you know 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:08.160 what we've seen from Anthony Richardson, guys, he's launching the ball, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.440 easily launching the ball. Pull up anything on X and 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.200 you will see it sixty yards, sixty five seventy yards. 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.880 He has admitted that he's been, you know, months ahead 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.360 of schedule, weeks ahead of schedule, and I think if 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.600 you look no further to him mailing it in with 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:28.880 his recent on the court antics a little air windmill, 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:36.760 if you will, I think Anthony Richardson is feeling just fine, Like, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.280 can we just like watch this. I've watched this like 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.800 a thousand times, like it's just like effortless, right, And 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.080 here's what I love about it. These are the reasons 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.520 you have to be excited if you're a coltspan. Their 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:52.280 offensive line returns all five starters, right, Bernard Ryman on 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.360 the left side, Braden Smith on the right side, and 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.600 of course Ryan Kelly in the middle, who's one of 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.720 the best in the business. That offensive line is back 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.280 to or should be back to, being really good. And 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.720 then one player that isn't having all this offseason drama 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.840 that maybe there was some last year in the running 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.600 back Jonathan Taylor. I'm going to go to training camp 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.760 and I'm going to watch him actually working out on 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.000 the field because he doesn't have any contract issues. What 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.720 Jim Bob Couter the offensive coordinator, and Shane Stike and 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.320 the head coach can do with those two alone can 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.480 cause some confusion and stress on a defense. I cannot 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.440 wait to see how they use him. But of course 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.160 he's got to be healthy. I like that the offensive 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.680 line's healthy and that he's got a group like them. 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.440 Four games for Anthony Richardson last year, four rushing touchdowns, 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.520 three passing touchdowns to go on top of that to 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:42.320 only one interception. We said he needed to get some 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.680 playing experience. He didn't get as much as we wanted 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.320 to see last year. So this year going to be 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:50.160 big for him to have like his rookie year plus. 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:52.760 That's what we'll call twenty twenty four for him. 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:57.120 Speaking of sensational rookies that played the entire season, Jane 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.680 c J. Stroud in Texas, in Texas, down there, and 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.440 you add Stefan Diggs to the mix, and it sounds 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:04.880 like these two are vibing already. 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.240 Yeah, but real quick, I just want to see Stacy 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.320 Dill's do one of those windmills for us getting the 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:12.000 Jem Dell's. 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:13.120 I know you've got it in there. 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.440 I know some hops are in there. But as much 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:18.679 as you guys are talking about Anthony Richardson and the 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.920 Colts finding their quarterback, you're right, gee, they've got their 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.680 quarterback down there in Houston. 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:24.080 C J. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:27.560 Stroud had such a dynamic first year, and then you've 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:29.720 got guys like to make a Ryan taking care of 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.879 the defense. The big thing that we touched on a 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.119 couple of weeks ago, guys, was the addition of Stephan 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:36.680 Digs down there. Now that was a move that I 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:39.320 think shocked a lot of us this all season because 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.280 it was kept so quiet, they played the cards so 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.720 close to their vest. But what it does, it adds 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.320 yet another weapon to c J. Stroud's arsenal there and 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.639 you see Stroud and Diggs, they're throwing the ball in Paris, folks, 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.639 no days off. So Terrell Owen spent some time with CJ. 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.040 Stroud at his camp this summer, so I thought to myself, 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:00.480 why not just go ask one of the top five 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.440 receivers of all time what does he think of this connection? 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:04.920 And he had a lot of thoughts. 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.879 I mean, he gave me a whole lot of notes 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.359 on this, but he ultimately said, with Stefan Diggs, what 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.359 you really want from him was the guy that you 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:16.359 saw in Minnesota. You don't want a complimentary player. You 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.040 want him to be the playmaker. Now with the Bills, 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.200 you obviously saw his numbers during the year looked great, 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:26.080 but sometimes in the postseason it didn't always translate. And 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:27.680 that's what he needs to do. He needs him to 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:29.879 step up like that. But he also added add a 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:32.960 guy like Stefan Diggs to that room that's already got 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.160 tant Dell in there, You've got Nico Collins. This could 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.000 be a really, really special group. But I thought what 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.240 was more interesting coming from Terrell Owens When I talked 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.240 to him about c. J. Stroud, he was so impressed 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.600 with just his school, his skills, and his tool set 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.160 and ye're one, he thinks giving him those two type 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.000 of wide receivers, this is now a guy that could 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:55.199 be a top tier quarterback. In fact, he said he 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:57.320 thought he could be a top two or three guy. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.280 So interesting to see if that plays itself out well. 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.159 He certainly has got a lot of the tools around him. 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:03.439 We're seeing them do a lot of stuff down there 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:03.879 in Houston. 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.040 We've got a lot of Paris talk happening today. Stroud 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.239 and Diggs out there in Paris throw and I'd love 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.600 to see the reaction from anybody walking by us. No 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:14.639 concept of American football watching those guys do that. We 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:17.920 talked about Jonathan Owens going to Paris to see his wife, 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:21.879