1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:06,119 Speaker 1: Another picture perfect day in San Francisco, where the countdown 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: continues to Super Bowl sixty Seahawks Patriots from the Golden 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: Gate Bridge to Levi's Stadium. We are thrilled down the 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: next sixty minutes with you Welcome inside with the Insiders, 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings Sportsbook alongside Judy Matista, Ian Rapport, 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: and Mike Garafalo. I'm Tom Peldicero live ant radio row 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: where you gonna be quite honest. A lot of people 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: pack it up, yep, A lot of sets disappearing on us. 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: The human traffic is exiting. We got Matt Ryan on 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: the show tonight. We got Nakobe Dean coming here. Packers 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: receiver Christian Watson is going to join us. We will 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: start out with that little game on Sunday. First, officially, 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: we have the Patriots final injury report of the season, 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: and Drake May is off of it, full participate in 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: practice each of the past three days. May had assured 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: all of us repeatedly that he was going to be 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: just fine. That certainly indicates it. Meanwhile, for the Seahawks, 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Nick emon Wore, who rolled his ankle in practice on Wednesday, 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: also full participant, also off the injury report, and as 20 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: Mike told you earlier today, because he could read the 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: injury report. 22 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: Even wary is good to go. 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,279 Speaker 1: Thanks to the credit to our reporters stationed with these teams, 24 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: Jane Slater with the Patriots, Omar Ruiz with the Seahawks. Jane, 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: I start with you. You've spent a lot of time 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: around them through the course. 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: Of this week. What's a matchup in this game that 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: they're talking a lot about. 29 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 3: Well, I think the matchup, and it's an obvious one, 30 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 3: is you've got a rookie protecting the blind side of 31 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 3: your second year quarterback in Drake May. Let's start with 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 3: some of the numbers. So Patriots allowed forty eight sacks 33 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty five, one of the highest in the league, 34 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: and now they're going up against a front designed to disrupt. 35 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 3: Rookie leftaka Will Campbell is gonna have his hands full 36 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 3: protecting his quarterback, particularly when you look at this postseason 37 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 3: where the pressure is spiked. According to Next Gen Stats, 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: Campbell allowed ten pressures and four sacks and the Patriots 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: first two playoff games. Now head coach Mike Rabel and 40 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: quarterback Drake Man all the confidence in him in part 41 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 3: that comes to the common bond that May says he 42 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: shares with them both from the South, and May even 43 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: jokes that Campbell's accent is a bit more country. May 44 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: said Campbell is quote always pretty grumpy, but he's fun, 45 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 3: adding he doesn't take any crap sounds like her own 46 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: Mike Garafalo. To stay up right, Campbell is going to 47 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 3: need that edge because Seattle's defense they love to bring 48 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 3: those four rushers and they'll do it without even having 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 3: to blitz to get pressure on the quarterback. So the 50 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: big thing here is, you know, protections, quick game, situational awareness. 51 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: That's all going to be key for these young offensive 52 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: linemen who are steering this offense on a big stage 53 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 3: on Sunday. 54 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: Omark, Hey, Jane, you mentioned Will Campbell might have to 55 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 4: go up against DeMarcus Lawrence. 56 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: He just walked by and said to. 57 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 4: Say hello to Jane Slater, reporter that used to cover 58 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: him with the Dallas Cowboys. As for that Seahawks defense, 59 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 4: they are fully loaded and they are healthy. As the 60 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 4: insiders indicated, nick Emon Worri is good to go, was 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: a full participant in practice. He has no indesignation and 62 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 4: he is good to go. Obviously, the Seahawks use him 63 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 4: in a variety of ways. I asked fellow safety Julian 64 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 4: Love about that his position versatility. If the way Julian 65 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 4: Love plays, the way fellow safety Kobe Bryant plays has 66 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 4: helped them has helped Nick emon Worri develop, and Emon 67 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 4: Worri said, it's not necessarily the on field stuff. It's 68 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: the mental part of the game that those veterans have 69 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 4: been most helpful for him. The fact that they tell 70 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 4: him it's okay to make a mistake as long as 71 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 4: you learn from that. 72 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 5: It's the way that he's been able to flourish this year. 73 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 6: He said. 74 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 4: He is super competitive on the field, so when he 75 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 4: does make a mistake, he's able to forget about it. 76 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 4: He doesn't let one play affect the next, doesn't let 77 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: one game affect the next game. So certainly Brian and 78 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 4: Love taking Emon Warri under their wing, and he's shown 79 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 4: why he's been a force this year as a rookie. 80 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 3: Now, Mike g I know that we reject age as 81 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 3: we get older. You guys are talking about shutting down 82 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: there at the convention Center. Are you going to air 83 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 3: it out again at the end and who's going to 84 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 3: be a receiver now that Clayton Holloway is not around? 85 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 7: Oh hell yeah, No, it's a great call. There's still 86 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 7: there's still bodies in here. Last year we had an 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 7: empty convention center and I had Clayton run about a 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 7: forty yard route and I hit him, took it forever 89 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 7: and he made the catch. 90 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 5: That was the only question my I was going to 91 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 5: bring it in. So no, just a little too dangerous 92 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 5: here with. 93 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 8: Us right now. 94 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 5: He's taking care of me. The freshman's to be had. 95 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: Fantastic stuff as always, guys, Jane Omar, thank you both 96 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: very much. 97 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 2: Enjoy the next forty eight hours or so ahead. Last night, 98 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford named. 99 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: The MVP of the league in a very close vote, 100 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: received twenty four first place votes three hundred and sixty 101 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 1: six points to runner up Drake May's twenty three first 102 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: place votes and three hundred and sixty one points. That is, 103 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: in the ranked choice voting, about as close as it gets. 104 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: All that mattered, though, to Stafford is that not only 105 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: is he the MVP four the first time, but it 106 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: sounds like he's gonna be running the back. 107 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 9: I'm so happy to be able to teach the blessings 108 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 9: and those lessons of this game to you guys. Through 109 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 9: you guys, you're unbelievable cheerleaders for me. 110 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 8: I appreciate it. 111 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 9: I am so happy to have you at the games 112 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 9: on the sideline with me, and I can't wait for 113 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 9: you to cheer me on next year when we're out 114 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 9: there kicking ass. And so I'll see you guys next year, 115 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 9: hopefully I'm not at this event and we're getting ready 116 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 9: for another game. 117 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 8: And so far, so I appreciate you, guys. Thank you 118 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 8: very much. 119 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: Inside that auditorium, wow, I'm sitting about halfway up and 120 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: you could see twenty to thirty rams people hop up 121 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: out of their seats and start applauding at that news. 122 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: It really seems like, whether it was Sean McVay or others, 123 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: there were some people who genuinely had not actually been 124 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: told what Stafford's plans were. We now know he'll be back, 125 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 1: though there's still some other questions need to be answered. 126 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, there's surely a right now. 127 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 10: My understanding, this was a decision that Matthew Stafford really 128 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 10: had made a couple of weeks ago based on physically 129 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 10: where he is, which is in a very good place. 130 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 10: He was dealing with that disc injury before the season, 131 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 10: does not need surgery health wise, really came out of 132 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 10: the season relatively unscathed. And if you were wondering, like 133 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 10: how good he's playing, he did just win the MVP 134 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 10: by a Razor den margin, but still did win it 135 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 10: more than good enough to play next year he had 136 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 10: made this decision, It certainly did not seem like he 137 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 10: had communicated that to his good friends, including Sean McVay. 138 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 10: That was a real reaction and that really showed you, guys, 139 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 10: what he means to this organization. And they got a 140 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 10: chance to win the Super Bowl every year that he 141 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 10: used their quarterback. So coming back next year, yeah, they 142 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 10: got a chance to be right here, except not right 143 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 10: here in LA where they also play. 144 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 11: The reaction was amazing. It also sets the stage for 145 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 11: a really interesting offseason for the Rams. Now they have 146 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 11: indicated that if Stafford was returning, they were going to 147 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 11: be aggressive, right take advantage of the time you have 148 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 11: with Matthew Stafford. They have, well, they are an aggressive 149 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 11: team anyway under any circumstances. They certainly have the means 150 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 11: this year to be aggressive to first round draft picks 151 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 11: they're going to have some salary caps, so expect them 152 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 11: to you don't want to say all in, but to 153 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 11: really ramp up to take advantage of the window they've 154 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 11: got with Matthew Stafford playing at an MVP level, certainly 155 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 11: a super Bowl caliber team. 156 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 7: I have an inkling Sean McVeigh new and being in 157 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 7: Los Angeles. 158 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 5: He's just a good actor. 159 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 8: Now. 160 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,239 Speaker 7: I don't know that Kyren Williams, you saw his reaction. 161 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 7: I don't know that he knew, and those other folks 162 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 7: that jumped up there, But I just think that McVeigh 163 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 7: just loves Matthew Stafford so much that you can see 164 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 7: the emotion on his face, and you could see the 165 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 7: joy knowing that the MVP is coming back to play 166 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 7: for US next year and he got over his back 167 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 7: issues before the season. 168 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 5: It was a great way to help close out honors. 169 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 7: Stafford up there with his daughter saying he's going to 170 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 7: kick other teams asses, which my daughters would have said, Dad, 171 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 7: dollar in the jar. 172 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 8: And that we must have a lot of dollars in 173 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 8: that lot of. 174 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 5: Dollars not to see it from selling music. 175 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 2: Those were his kids. They were all on the rest 176 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: right for that particular moment. 177 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: Steffan One's on his contract do forty million dollars. You 178 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: would think once again that could be addressed in this offseason, 179 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: but without all the other drama that we last year of. 180 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: Is Stafford actually going to be back with the Rams? 181 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury is joining the Rams now expected to join 182 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: Sean mcvay's staff. Not going to be offensive coordinator replacing 183 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,559 Speaker 1: Mike Lafleur, who courses off to be the Cardinals head coach, 184 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: but is going to be a part of that's been 185 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: close with McVeigh for years. No offensive coordinator openings rising 186 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: for Thingsbury, so makes a lot of sense for him 187 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: to be back there. Meanwhile, Judy, we also saw the 188 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Pro Football Hall of Fame class unveiled 189 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: last night. 190 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 11: Your takeaways, Well, there was a glaring omission, which we've 191 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 11: already spent a lot of time talking about, and we're 192 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 11: certainly going to spend even more time talking about down 193 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 11: the line. 194 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 5: But this was a great class. Two first ballot. 195 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 11: Guys got in, two second year guys got in, and 196 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 11: Roger Craig got in. It's a really, really strong class. 197 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 11: I feel like I feel good for the Hall of 198 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 11: fame because they certainly have been taking a beating over 199 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 11: the last week or so. But this is just a 200 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 11: stellar class that'll really excite the fans and bring him 201 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 11: out to the induction ceremony this summer, and then they 202 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 11: will hopefully fix the issues that led to that claring omission. 203 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:05,599 Speaker 12: We've been talking about. 204 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: Some of the most productive players of their generation. 205 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: When you're talking about Drew Brees, who said it himself, 206 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: no one's ever seen the points and the yards and 207 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: everything else that they put up for fifteen years in 208 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: New Orleans with him and Sean Payton. Larry Fitzgerald also 209 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: extremely deserving of that honor, and Luke Keighley Boston College Eagle, 210 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: a Defensive Player of the Year, a defensive Rookie of 211 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: the Year, went to a Super Bowl shorter career. Obviously, 212 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: a lot of great names added to that class. We 213 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: also had more coaching changes earlier today, and once again 214 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: it occurs in Cleveland where Jim Schwartz has resigned as 215 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator of the Browns. Not a shock Mike, 216 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: because we told everyone within about an hour of Todd 217 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: Monkin being named the head coach that not only was 218 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: Schwartz not happy about the move, He said his goodbyes, 219 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: he cleaned out his office, He had no intention of returning, 220 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: and now we know he's not. 221 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, at one point you made the joke on text 222 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 7: that it's going to be awkward when he comes back 223 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 7: in and has to reset up his office. 224 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,119 Speaker 5: I was thinking about that when we thought that maybe. 225 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 7: There was a little bit of momentum to war there, 226 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 7: because they did have a conversation on Monday, that was 227 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 7: the day before Todd Munkin's press conference. If I'm recalling correctly, 228 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 7: it was an extended conversation. But I didn't get the 229 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 7: sense after that that there was any resolution, And if 230 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 7: it wasn't going to be resolved, at that point, you 231 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 7: really didn't get the sense that it was going to be. 232 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 7: So the expectation is that he's not going to coach 233 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 7: anywhere in twenty twenty six. 234 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, which obviously for the Cleveland Browns. First of all, 235 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 10: this is something they expected. They've been fighting it. They 236 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 10: wanted him back, but they once he packs his stuff 237 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 10: up and leaves and says I'm out, you probably know 238 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 10: that unless you're gonna, you know, do crazy things contractually, 239 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 10: that he is probably out. Now they have to replace him, 240 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 10: and Todd Monkin kind of got ahead of it a 241 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 10: little bit. Judy and his introductory press conference saying he's 242 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 10: here for the players, not the coaches. When he chips someone, 243 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 10: it's not Jim Schwartz, it's Miles Garrett, which I'm sure 244 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 10: Jim Schwartz I really enjoyed. 245 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: Chip him right there by to chip him. 246 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 10: That's basically what that is, a couple of good candidates 247 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 10: to take a look at. Diino Vasso, rising young coach 248 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 10: from the Houston Texans, same system, Corey Unlin, same team, 249 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 10: same system, Also a Jim Schwartz disciple, A couple of 250 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 10: names keep an eye on in Cleveland. 251 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 11: You do wonder how anybody in the Browns organization thought 252 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 11: they were going to finesse this when they wanted Jim 253 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 11: Schwartz back and then hired somebody else. How they thought 254 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 11: they were going to be able to thread that needle. 255 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 11: Did they not know the person very well? Because I 256 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 11: think everybody else knew there is no way that was 257 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 11: going to be a tenable situation, and Jim Schwartz was 258 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 11: going to leave anyway. Here we are and Jim Schwartz 259 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 11: will sit out a year and certainly be a very 260 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 11: strong defensive coordinator candidate coming up in the next second. 261 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: Well, the rest of the defensive staff remains in place. 262 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: Potential in house options I would infect Jason Tarboroo called 263 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: it years ago with the Raiders to be a possibility 264 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: from band another former college coordinator. That could also be 265 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: another option for them to look at. 266 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 7: Back here Radio Row with the Insiders eat rapport Gun 267 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 7: Please then n Kobe dean Eagles linebacker joining us here live. 268 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 5: To talk some ball. 269 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 7: Eagles. Boy, it's a shame we don't have any Eagles 270 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 7: storylines to talk about. Frankly, I don't know they We're 271 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 7: going to get to them. All your thoughts on Vic Fangio. 272 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 7: First of all, no official word yet, but the you 273 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 7: that your defensive coordinator is coming back after a pro 274 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 7: flirtation with retirement. 275 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 6: Yeah yeah. 276 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 12: I mean you got a guy who's been in the 277 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 12: lead for over forty years and with the Super Bowl 278 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 12: and now he's done almost everything. He had a Hall 279 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 12: of Fame career. So if you do decide to retire, 280 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 12: I mean we ride down to the sunset. 281 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 8: Anyway. 282 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 12: If he don't, I'm pretty sure everybody in Philadelphia love 283 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 12: and have a big back back for another season. 284 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 10: I'm sure they would. We got a lot of good 285 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 10: things to get you. I want to start with the 286 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 10: business side first. So we think vicer is coming back 287 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 10: to Philly. Okay, we don't know if you're coming back 288 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 10: to Philly. You're a free agent. Really played really well, 289 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 10: especially at the end of this year. 290 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 6: What are your prospects. Do you expect to be back? 291 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 6: I hope? 292 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 2: How you looking at it? 293 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 6: I hope. 294 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 10: So. 295 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 6: I know it's a business. 296 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 12: Though I know it's a business, but I do hope 297 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 12: to be back in Philadelphia. I'm pretty sure that the 298 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 12: team know that, the fans know that. You don't you 299 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 12: know it now? I hope to be back in Philly. 300 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 11: All right, So we do have a lot of Philly 301 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 11: storylines to get to, so let's get to them. How 302 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 11: weird is it for you to be here this year 303 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 11: after the kind of season you all had and. 304 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 5: Not like you were here last year. 305 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's weird. 306 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 12: It's my first time at Radio Row, so this is 307 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 12: my first time even experienced anything like this. But of 308 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 12: course it's only one team that get to hoist their 309 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 12: trophy up. It's gonna be thirty one other disappointed teams. 310 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 12: So it's all about how you shake back and how 311 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 12: you can recover from that. 312 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 5: It's a lot, I don't want to say quieter. 313 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 7: I mean because Super Bowl is loud, but when the 314 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 7: Eagles fans are not here, it's a fact it's a 315 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 7: lot quieter than it was last year. 316 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 6: This Eagles fans could be a little crazy. 317 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 5: They yeah, choice they bring. 318 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 8: It. 319 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 5: Also when it doesn't go well, they'll let you know 320 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: about it. 321 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 7: So I just feel like there's a lot of whether 322 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 7: it's offensively or defensively, a lot of this notion that, oh, 323 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 7: they're so far. 324 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 5: Away twelve months ago this team was in the Super Bowl. 325 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 7: You guys kind of shake your head sometimes, the reaction 326 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 7: and the swings. 327 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 12: With this sometimes, I mean, we try not to listen 328 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 12: to it. You try not to listen to you. The 329 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 12: fans gonna be what the fans are, and me being 330 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 12: in fitted for four years, I know that, so you 331 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 12: know it's gonna be a lot of ebs and flows. 332 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 6: I told this during a lot my rookie year. I 333 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 6: met a fan. 334 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 12: He was like, man, we loved the Eagles. What's up 335 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 12: in front of a bullet for you? But we'll also 336 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 12: put you in front of one two, and it has 337 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 12: held true. 338 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 6: Since I've been there. 339 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 12: But uh, well, I love the fans never this. 340 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 10: I want to talk about your your season a little bit. Obviously, 341 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 10: you came back from major injury, the injury you had, 342 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 10: which was torn p teller. 343 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 6: Yep. 344 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 10: It is a tough one and players do not always 345 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 10: come back as they were. First of all, what at 346 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 10: what moment were you like, Okay, I'm back, I'm gonna 347 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 10: be good. And then what did the way you responded 348 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 10: from that tell you about yourself? 349 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 13: Oh? 350 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 12: I feel like I was gonna I feel like I 351 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 12: was good to go. I could have played by the 352 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 12: week three, week four, but you know I didn't play 353 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 12: until what week seven? 354 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 6: Yeah for real. 355 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 10: But and people were kind of like, Cassy, really, how 356 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 10: much she's gonna play? 357 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 12: Yeah, but I wasn't awarded the uh the. 358 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 5: The chance to tiptoe. 359 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 12: I mean we you know, you had guys that was 360 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 12: playing good, We got a type of defense we had. 361 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 6: It's just like, if I. 362 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 12: Want to play this season, I got to come in 363 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 12: and I got to make it a media impact. So 364 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 12: I just did what I had to do essentially, So, 365 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 12: but it was it was tough coming back from the injury. 366 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 12: But I mean I knew, like I said it before, 367 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 12: I don't think nobody other than me and my closest 368 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 12: family and friends kind of knew I was gonna come 369 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 12: back the way I did, just because they know who 370 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 12: I am, they know what I'm made of, and they 371 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 12: seeing the work I was putting in the day in 372 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 12: and day out. 373 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 11: There was a lot of noise around the Eagles this year. 374 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 11: You may be aware of that, but from your point 375 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 11: of view, from a player's point of view, like what 376 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 11: has to happen to get you guys back to the 377 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 11: super Bowl because you're not that far away. 378 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 12: Taking it the day at the time, Taking it the 379 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 12: day at the time, Continue to put one foot in 380 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 12: front of the other. Don't look too far ahead, you know. 381 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 12: Sometimes even I know we preach it, but even at 382 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 12: times season, I feel like at times we might have 383 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 12: looked too far ahead. 384 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 5: We just got to look at. 385 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: Each day trying to be one. 386 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 12: To know at the end of each day, and then 387 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 12: uh you could be one in each week, and then 388 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 12: one and in each month. For uh, you could be 389 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 12: one at the end of the season when it matters. 390 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 12: So you gotta take it the day at the time, 391 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 12: play at the time, and uh, I feel like that's 392 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 12: all they're gonna take. 393 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 7: We'll see who winds up being the Super Bowl m 394 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 7: VP on Sunday. Last year's Super Bowl MVP had a 395 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 7: lot of criticism this year, like the whole team, Like 396 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 7: we talked about. 397 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 5: When had he not have criticism from exactly right? 398 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 7: But in your mind where Jalen Hurts is as a 399 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 7: franchise quarterback is what right now? 400 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 6: He's a winner? 401 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 12: I mean, come on, now, you talk about a guy 402 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 12: who he's had what four or five different coordinators in 403 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 12: the last five years, and he's still been able to 404 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 12: win over eleven games in each of those seasons. So 405 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 12: it's like, I will like what we're talking about. He 406 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 12: gets he gets criticized so much, way more, way more 407 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 12: criticisms than other quarterbacks who they they call. 408 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 6: Elite around the league. 409 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 12: But I mean, nobody have any more winnability, Like I 410 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 12: only no desk where nobody got more winnability in Jayleen Hurst. 411 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 5: I love that. 412 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Man. 413 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 5: We're putting that in the dictionary if it's not already there. 414 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 7: And let me tell you something. You're a winner in 415 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 7: our minds. Man, this is a great interview. We appreciate 416 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 7: you here and we're wishing you all the best, whether 417 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 7: it's back in Philadelphia or somewhere else in the next 418 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 7: couple of months. 419 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 5: Here best of luck to you on free agency appreciation. 420 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 7: Kobe Dean, Eagles linebacker, joining us here on the Insiders. 421 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 7: The second annual Toyota Glow Up Classic brought unforgettable glow 422 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 7: in the dark flag football to San Francisco. Featuring a 423 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 7: local female flag players, current NFL players, and celebrities. 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I haven't played a game yet. 435 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 8: The new president of football for. 436 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 5: The Atlanta Falcons, Matt Ryan. Congratulations on the new gig. 437 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 13: Listen. 438 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 7: Yeah, you got the cushy broadcaster life, but you said, no, 439 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 7: I'm diving back in. What was the genesis of you 440 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 7: wanted to take on this role. 441 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 14: I liked my life, you know, I had a great 442 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 14: gig at CBS. I actually just was walking around so 443 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 14: our producer Drew Klisky of the NFL today. It was 444 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 14: an awesome job, and honestly, I thought I would do 445 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 14: it for a long time and was having a blast 446 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 14: doing it. But this was a one of one, you know, 447 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 14: opportunity with the organization I played for. I wouldn't do 448 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 14: it anywhere else. Arthur blank Is is the best, and 449 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 14: to be able to come back and help him in 450 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 14: this role and you know, try and try and do 451 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 14: the best I can to help the organization win. 452 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 8: It was like a chance I had to take and 453 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 8: just go for it. I'm excited. 454 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 10: What do you think your biggest value to the organization 455 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 10: is going to be? Is it, you know, communicating Arthur 456 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 10: Blankes's message? Is it running you know the general manager 457 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 10: in the head? Like, what do you think the biggest 458 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 10: impact you can make is? 459 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 14: I think I think early on, like, I think it'll 460 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 14: come in segments. I think it's fluid at different times. 461 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 14: Your impact is in different ways. You know, early on 462 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 14: it's using the experience that I have in terms of, 463 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 14: you know, bringing people into the building of like sniffing through, 464 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 14: all right, who's who do we want in this building? 465 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 14: What head coach? And using the experience that I have there. 466 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 14: So I think that's helpful. But then I also think, 467 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 14: you know, helping these guys get up to speed. There's 468 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 14: a lot of relationships that I have that are already 469 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 14: pre existing in the building. So, you know, for a 470 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 14: Kevin for an Ian, Hey, you know, this might be 471 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 14: the best way to communicate with this department. Hey, they 472 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 14: tend to you know, just however that is, and understanding 473 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 14: of the human beings that are there, because I think, 474 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 14: you know, those guys getting up to speed and getting 475 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 14: rolling as fast as possible is going to make a 476 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 14: tremendous difference for us. So if I can help with 477 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 14: that early on, I think that's going to be beneficial. 478 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 7: You just talked about it. He come into the gig. 479 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 7: You've got a general manager that needs to be hired. 480 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 7: You've got a head coach needs to be hired. You've 481 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 7: got a quarterback coming off a serious knee injury. There's 482 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 7: a lot of big decisions to make along with the 483 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 7: little decisions. Have you ever at any point here go whoa, wait, 484 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 7: there's a lot to do here. 485 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 5: Where do we even start? 486 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 8: Yeah? 487 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 14: Yeah, I think you know, early on it's like, Okay, 488 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 14: I'm excited about this, and then you start you get 489 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 14: into it, and you're like, okay, we got a lot 490 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 14: of moving parts that are going on in really significant, 491 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 14: you know, decisions that are going to be made, and 492 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 14: it's like, how can we move fast but think slow 493 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 14: and try and slow down the way that you know 494 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 14: we're thinking about things. And I think one of the 495 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 14: things that was a benefit for us was with ten 496 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 14: head coach openings, but just we were the only spot 497 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 14: open at general manager at the time. The ability to 498 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 14: compartmentalize the two and really dive into what we're doing 499 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 14: on the head coaching side and then really dive in 500 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 14: and be thorough in the general manager side. I think 501 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 14: that was an advantage for us as an organization to 502 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 14: be able to make two really solid decisions. 503 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:11,959 Speaker 8: Let's talk quarterbacks a little bit. 504 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 10: That's you know, obviously one of one of the biggest 505 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 10: issues for you guys. Gariful mentioned Michael Pennick's coming off 506 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 10: tourin ACL We'll see if he's able to be ready 507 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 10: for the start of the season. You have Kirk Cousins 508 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 10: contractually who will be a free agent at some point 509 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 10: based on the rework deal that you guys did, but 510 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 10: I think it was before your tenure. How realistic is 511 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 10: it for Kirk Cousins to be back in the building 512 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 10: and potentially as a starter next season. 513 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 14: It's one of the first things we're gonna, you know, 514 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 14: talk about when I get back to Atlanta next week, 515 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 14: is you know, right now, Kevin and his staff and 516 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 14: Ian and his group are doing an evaluation of you know, 517 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 14: our current roster, where we're at, UFA's RFAs all of 518 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 14: those things as we move forward, and the decisions that 519 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 14: are going to have to be made. And I guess 520 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 14: it's a month now basically, you know, for four weeks away, 521 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 14: so we'll all be a part of that. We're also 522 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 14: starting draft meetings next week, you know, so there's a 523 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 14: lot on the docket, a lot of decisions to be made, 524 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 14: but those are conversations that'll be had amongst all three 525 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 14: of us. We know what's on the table and we 526 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 14: know you know, what's coming up in the next three 527 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 14: or four weeks, and we'll take our time and make 528 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 14: the decisions at the appropriate time. 529 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 7: Kevin Stefanski not new to the head coaching gig. He's 530 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 7: got a lot of experience already. What has impressed you 531 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 7: most about him and the working relationship between you Ian 532 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 7: and him. 533 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 14: I think the humility, the ability to communicate clearly in 534 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 14: a concise manner. 535 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 8: I think that's so important. 536 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 14: Right There's like there's a lot of moving parts, like 537 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 14: you guys have said that have been going on, and 538 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 14: a lot of change going on in our building. And 539 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 14: the ability to be very clear about what the expectation 540 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 14: is for his staff, how he can work best with Ian, 541 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 14: what we have going on with Ian and his staff 542 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 14: as well. I think his ability to communicate has been 543 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 14: great and instad the same. You know, Ian's been in 544 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 14: the building for four or five days and you know 545 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 14: of getting those the organizational skills that he has, and 546 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 14: you know kind of the plan that he has given, 547 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 14: you know, work three or four weeks behind maybe in 548 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 14: some ways you know other organizations and where they've been 549 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 14: at with with the All Star Games coming up, But 550 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 14: at the same time, the flexibility in the organization to 551 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 14: get us back up to speed on track prior to 552 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 14: leaving for Indy. 553 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 8: You know, I think he's been excellent at that. In 554 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 8: the last four or five. 555 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 10: Days we're here on Radio Row. You see all sorts 556 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 10: of various luminaries walking by. We just saw Bijon Robinson 557 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 10: walk by us just a minute ago, one of your 558 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 10: big stars obviously on this organization, also eligible for a 559 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 10: contract extension as well. What are your views on on 560 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 10: Bijon and how big of the Falcon's future is he? 561 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 14: I mean, my view is he's one of the best 562 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 14: players in the league, and I think that's a view 563 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 14: everybody shares. 564 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 8: Right, that's soundly right. 565 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 14: It's the common common thought talent to playmaker with the 566 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 14: ball in his hands, both in the run, gay men 567 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 14: in the past game, unbelievable human being, just like a 568 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 14: really really good person. So you know, as you sit 569 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 14: here in an executive role, he's everything that you want 570 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 14: for somebody who's a star player for you, a great 571 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 14: representation of the organization of what we're about, our values. 572 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 14: He performs at a high level, he does it with 573 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 14: a great level of humility. He's incredible, and that goes 574 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 14: into that pot of things to discuss how we move 575 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 14: forward when the timing may be best you know, for Beijon, 576 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 14: and so those are all things that you know, we're 577 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 14: we're going to talk about here in the near future. 578 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, we're showing his highlights and you're getting distracted. Just 579 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 7: what would be pretty good the little Flippy did like 580 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 7: on one arm there when he was into the end zone. 581 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 10: You guys also do the thing where you have the 582 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 10: cameraman on the roof. 583 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 14: Listen, Austin does it. He's the cameraman who does it, 584 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 14: who comes from the roof. One of the best shots, 585 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 14: one of the great shots in the history of the NFL, 586 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 14: is the behind the cat like the behind the back 587 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 14: catch that Beijon has from the roof. 588 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 8: Camp going in to score the touchdown. Unbelievable. Unbelievable was 589 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 8: the one that shout out to Austin. 590 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, shout out to Austin and be two guys incredible 591 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 7: at what they do. I'm just thinking in terms of 592 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 7: you know, you said you loved your life. You had 593 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 7: the broadcast in life because you life. Did you have 594 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 7: to commence your wife at all and say like, hey, 595 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 7: I'm diving back in, I'm gonna be there some late. 596 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 8: Nights, Yeah, in early mornings. Yea, yeah, because I've got 597 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 8: three young ones. You know, I've got twin board. I 598 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 8: know why you wanted to do it. Not true, Not true. 599 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 14: I love being home with my boys, so twins that 600 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 14: are seven and two and a half year old son. 601 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 14: And when the opportunity arose and talking with my wife, 602 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 14: she number one, she's the best, you know, just incredible wife, 603 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 14: but like an incredible mother. 604 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 8: And she she looked at me, She's like, you have 605 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 8: to go for it. 606 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 14: You gotta go for it, and you know so she's 607 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 14: incredibly supportive, understands kind of the time commitment that at 608 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 14: Stakes we were together my entire NFL career playing. She 609 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 14: kind of understands, uh, that space. But I'm also a believer. 610 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 14: It's like my family is going to be a part 611 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 14: of it. The kids are going to be there, They're 612 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 14: going to grow up in that building. And I've seen 613 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 14: that from from other other kids that that were around 614 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 14: the facility growing up. 615 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 8: And and you make it work. 616 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 7: We wish you, your family, your kids, your wife, everybody. 617 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 5: Great job by her, all the best moving forward. We 618 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 5: will see you at the combine. That's only a couple 619 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 5: of weeks, seeing like two weeks ago. 620 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:28,719 Speaker 8: That's right. 621 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 5: Thanks for drink and Kelly appreciate it. 622 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: One a night at the Palace of Fine Arts here 623 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: in San Francisco, honoring some of the best in the game, 624 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: and the best there ever was Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, 625 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: Roger Craig, Luke Keighley, Adam Vinterteri, all inducted into the 626 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame. Breeze caught up with our guys, 627 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: Steve which through there. 628 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 15: There probably isn't a huge surprise that you win on 629 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 15: the first ballot, but just all of your accomplishments and 630 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 15: now you're able to kind of reflect back at a 631 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 15: moment like this, what's that like? 632 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 16: I would just say this, there's a lot of people 633 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 16: riding with me, you know. I just got the phone 634 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 16: with Sean Payton Mickey Loomis, two of the guys most 635 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 16: responsible for this and and just bringing me to New Orleans, 636 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 16: you know, believing in me at a time when it 637 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 16: was kind of hard to believe in myself, you know, 638 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 16: coming off that injury from the San Diego Chargers, and 639 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 16: I'm not sure what the rest of my career would 640 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 16: look like. 641 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 6: And yet just with. 642 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 16: Unwavering positivity and hope and belief, you know, I had 643 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 16: Sean Payton look at me in the eye saying you're 644 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 16: my guy, and we're gonna build this offense around you. 645 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 16: We're gonna go do something special. And Mickey Loomis the 646 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 16: same way. So I just I owe so much to 647 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 16: those guys, and honestly, every day, every day that I 648 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 16: stepped from the facility, I wanted to prove them right. 649 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: Steve White's with us right now here on the Insider. 650 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 2: Stevie, you have a. 651 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 1: Really unique view every year of the Pro Football Hall 652 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: of Fame class. The Door Knocking Special premieres tomorrow night, 653 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: ten pm Eastern, seven pm Pacific. 654 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 2: Tell me your thoughts on this class. These men, these 655 00:27:59,200 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: players now are. 656 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 15: It's such a great class time because you know, kind 657 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 15: of the bar to get into the Pro Football Hall 658 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 15: of Famous? Can the history of football be written with 659 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 15: or without these people? 660 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 5: And you look at most of these. 661 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 15: Guys and there are a top the record books across 662 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 15: the board. Larry Fitzgerald, Drew Brees, the two first ballot guys, 663 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 15: some of the most prolific offensive players that there are, 664 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 15: the two second year guys, Adam Vinteri, the NFL's all 665 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 15: time leading scorer, and. 666 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 5: Then Luke Keighley played eight years, was. 667 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 15: A pro bowler, seven of them in a defensive Rookie 668 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 15: of the Year when he wasn't and I'm sorry, in 669 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 15: all Pro. 670 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 6: And so you look at that greatness. And then Roger Craig, 671 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 6: he had. 672 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 15: To wait twenty eight years of eligibility and he was 673 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 15: the first of course, thousand receiving yards, thousand rushing yards 674 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 15: running back. It's an incredible class. And yes, the big 675 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 15: story was that Bill Belichick did not get in as 676 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 15: a first ballot Hall of Famer. But when you look 677 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 15: at this five member class, the guys you got in 678 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 15: just a remarkable caliber of talent. And some of the 679 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 15: stories that these guys have told, like Drew Brees me 680 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 15: and that later in that interview that Luke Keigley was 681 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 15: the best defensive player he played against. Your Ba's played 682 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 15: for twenty years, right, so he played against a lot 683 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 15: of good players. So for him to say that about 684 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 15: Keekley and how Keigley elevated his and everyone else's performance, Tom, 685 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 15: it's just you know, remarkable, real quick though the Door 686 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 15: Knock Show. First off, I've had to like keep a 687 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 15: li in on this for two weeks, like I've known 688 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 15: Belatick wasn't getting it out for a long time. But 689 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 15: when you see some of these things, there's that There's 690 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 15: a moment that you'll see in with Luke Keighley where 691 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 15: Greg Olsen calls when they FaceTime. 692 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,719 Speaker 6: Greg Olsen is at the bedside. 693 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 15: Of his dying brother. His brother died yesterday. He's just like, look, Luke, 694 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 15: I wish I could be there, and I hate the 695 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 15: reason why I'm not. 696 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 6: It's just like, I. 697 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 15: Mean, the emotions we see every year doing this are intense, 698 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 15: but that's one where it just gets you like it's 699 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 15: it's really so There's so many like celebratory moments, so 700 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 15: many human moments, and that's why I would encourage everybody 701 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 15: to see something like this. Randy Moss, you know, the 702 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 15: Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald grew up watching was a 703 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 15: ball boy for the Vikings or Randy was playing for 704 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 15: the Vikings. Some of the moments and the stories that 705 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 15: they share absolutely riveting. 706 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 6: I mean, it is. 707 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 15: There are some things that will really blow you away. 708 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 15: Not just a tear jerker episode, but the stories that 709 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 15: these guys tell are pretty impressive. 710 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 2: Real quick too. 711 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: And that was very well said Roger Craig is the 712 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: one who gets in out of that coach pributor passed 713 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: through your time category of players over Bill Belichick, over 714 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: Robert Kraft. 715 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 2: The idea that we have. 716 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: Coaches and owners and players in one category alone is 717 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: reason to question whether the process could improve. But based 718 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: upon all the people you've spoken to, including the Hall 719 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: of Famers themselves, what if anything do. 720 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 2: You believe should or will change with that part of 721 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 2: the process. 722 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,959 Speaker 15: That's a great question. I would not be surprised if 723 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 15: it was tweaked. Remember two years ago they changed this 724 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 15: process where they put the contributors, coaches and seniors in 725 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 15: one cat I'm sure there's going to be some discussion. 726 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 15: I've already heard this that maybe they separate one of them, 727 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 15: or there's some type of rotation numerically to possibly favor 728 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 15: a coach getting. 729 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 6: In at some period or a senior getting in. 730 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 15: You know, look, the goal of the selectors is to 731 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 15: put in the best of the best, and you know 732 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 15: clearly Bill Belichick not being there makes you kind of 733 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 15: question against some of that. But there will be some 734 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 15: tweaks to the system, just like there were two years ago, 735 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 15: to make it more difficult for guys to get in. 736 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 15: It's not going to ease the level of burden to 737 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 15: get in, but again the process will probably be changed 738 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 15: going into next year. 739 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 2: The bar should be high. Yes, hard to imagine. 740 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: Many people were better at their jobs than Bill Belichick 741 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: was at his correct a very very long time. 742 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 2: Steve, Thank you very much as always. 743 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: Door Knock Show, ten PM Eastern, seven Pacific, debuting Saturday night, 744 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: the night before Super Bowl sixty. From money lines to 745 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: a money player whenever the Packers needed to make play? 746 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 2: Why receiver Christan Watson joined us right now? Let's go on, 747 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 2: Come on, man, how we. 748 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 6: Doing not much, not much, having a good time out 749 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 6: here in San France. 750 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: You get back down to you get down to Tampa 751 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: some of the offseason, get out of the pretty cold 752 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: winter up there. Just tell me about how long you 753 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,719 Speaker 1: give yourself to kind of breathe and rest before you 754 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: like go back to hardcourt. 755 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 8: Rating. 756 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 13: This year, I'm gonna give myself a little bit of 757 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 13: extra time because last year I got zero time to rest, 758 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 13: straight to the rehab, straight to everything with that. 759 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 6: So uh yeah, I give myself a good little two 760 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 6: three weeks just. 761 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 13: Kind of you know, relaxed wind down and then get 762 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 13: right back into things, not much downtime. 763 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 10: I'm gonna talk about it this season a little bit 764 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 10: because you know, you missed you missed half of it. 765 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 10: And when people come back from major injury, you know, 766 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 10: everyone says the same thing, like, oh, take your time, 767 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 10: make sure you're right. It sounds like from talking to 768 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 10: package people, you were like it should to get out there, 769 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 10: probably like a little ahead of schedule. Did you even 770 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 10: surprise yourself at how you came back from that pretty 771 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 10: serious injury? 772 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 13: I definitely did, uh cause I mean I was probably 773 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 13: like two months in and that's when you get to 774 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 13: like the runt of it where you're you know, you're 775 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 13: starting to feel better, but you know, walking around, moving 776 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 13: around is not feeling too great. Uh So you get 777 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 13: to that point like, how am I I don't know 778 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 13: if I'm gonna feel you know, much better, you know, 779 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 13: a month from now. 780 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 6: But it all kind of goes really quick, honestly. 781 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 13: You know, once you get moved around, all that stuff 782 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 13: kind of uh starts going away. So yeah, I mean 783 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 13: I definitely surprised myself once I was getting down to 784 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 13: the wire. I was definitely just itching to keep on 785 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 13: going through the progression. But you know, they got to 786 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 13: tell you to you know, slow down and stop. Uh 787 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 13: but yeah, no, I mean it was. It was amazing, 788 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 13: you know how how smooth everything went for me. And 789 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 13: I'm just you know, grateful and blessed to I've been 790 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 13: in that position. 791 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 11: All Right, let's talk about next season because you got 792 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 11: a new coach. Ian knew all about it. Noah paul At, 793 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 11: your wide receivers coach from college is now in Green Bay. 794 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 11: You were just telling us off camera it wasn't part 795 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 11: of your plan. But what's he bring to the table. 796 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 11: How excited are you to have him there? 797 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 6: I'm super excited. I'm super excited. 798 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 9: Uh. 799 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 6: I mean he was a great coach for me. 800 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 13: He was probably one of my favorite coaches I've had 801 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 13: in my coaching career, if not, you know, the favorite. 802 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,959 Speaker 6: Uh So I'm excited to have him. 803 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 13: I think he'll bring it a different dynamic to the offense, 804 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 13: you know, a different mindset. But you know, I know 805 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 13: he's going to be dialed in. He's gonna get us 806 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 13: right at receiver, you know, get us, get us going, 807 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 13: and I think we'll have a special group next year. 808 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: If we go back to let's say November, Packers are 809 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,439 Speaker 1: in position for the number one seed, like you guys 810 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: are absolutely rolling. Tucker Craft gets hurt. I think it 811 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: was against Carolina. You have like a little bit of 812 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: a lull for a couple of weeks there. Then he 813 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 1: starts to come but they get start to get other 814 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: guys back. Then Mike, it gets hurt. How much do 815 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: you feel like was left on the bone for what 816 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five packers could have been and how 817 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: much if it all's to make you optimistic about all right, 818 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,399 Speaker 1: if we get these dudes back right. 819 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty six would be pretty good. 820 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 13: I mean, there was definitely a lot left on the bone. 821 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 13: I think that everybody in the locker room felt that. 822 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 13: I mean it was, you know, really disappointing for us, 823 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 13: you know, when we got to the end of season 824 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 13: and it ended the way it did. But I mean, 825 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 13: and I definitely give us a lot of optimism going forward. 826 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 13: I mean, we know we're capable of I mean, we 827 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 13: just gotta find a way to close those games out. 828 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 13: And I think everyone will have that chip on their 829 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 13: shoulder going in the next year. And you know, obviously 830 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 13: we'll get some new pieces as well. 831 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 6: And uh, I mean, we. 832 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 13: Know what the what the end goal is for for 833 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 13: our team, and we know that we got the the 834 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 13: you know, the guys to do it. So, uh, you know, 835 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 13: we just got to go in with the right mindset 836 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 13: next year and and you know, get it done. 837 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,879 Speaker 10: When when Tom brought you in here described you as 838 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 10: a money player, and anyone who has seen your work 839 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 10: on the field knows that is the case. Uh, while 840 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 10: you were injured, Actually you got a little contract extension 841 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 10: from the Packers the way you played at the end 842 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 10: of the year, what you showed coming back from injury. 843 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 10: As big a piece of this offense as you are, 844 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 10: do you feel like you have earned another one, because 845 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 10: it certainly feels like you have. 846 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 6: Uh, I mean definitely. 847 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 13: I mean I know that, you know, my my goal 848 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 13: is is to be with Green Bay long term, and uh, 849 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 13: you know that's what that's where I want to be. 850 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,320 Speaker 13: That's where I want to you know, be for you know, 851 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 13: quite some time. So I mean, ideally I'd like to 852 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 13: get you know, something done that'll keep me there long term. 853 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 13: But I mean I've got you know, people in my 854 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,799 Speaker 13: circle who handle that side of things, and I'm just 855 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 13: going to go out there and you know, worry about football, 856 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 13: you know, making sure I'm putting myself from the best 857 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 13: position to be at my best next year. You know, hopefully, 858 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 13: you know, we can figure out that and uh, you know, 859 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 13: whenever whatever happens. 860 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 11: All right, when you leave here, you're gonna go home. 861 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 11: Are you one of those players who watches the Super Bowl? 862 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 11: Or you don't watch the super Bowl because you're not 863 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 11: in us? 864 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,359 Speaker 6: Uh, I'm definitely gonna watch. 865 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 13: With this hour taste in my mouth, I'm watching, but 866 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 13: uh yeah, no, I mean I'm definitely gonna watch. You know, 867 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 13: I'm just a big football guy, so I enjoy I 868 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 13: enjoy watching, uh, you know, regardless, I know it'll be 869 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,399 Speaker 13: a good game, two good teams. Uh, but yeah, I'll 870 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 13: just be you know, thinking about you know, myself being 871 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,720 Speaker 13: out there probably the whole game, and you know, obviously 872 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 13: you know our our team, but uh, you know, I 873 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 13: mean we got to earn it, so uh you know, 874 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 13: hopefully we can put ourselves in position to do that 875 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 13: here soon. 876 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,879 Speaker 1: Christian, thanks a ton for coming by, man, we really 877 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,919 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Best luck you got you play a time though. 878 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: Rest first, I don't even say it. Bestuck, rest do 879 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 1: that stuff. 880 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 2: Let's play time for football next start. 881 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate you, thank you, thank you for having me 882 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: get ready for Super Bowl sixty. NFL in Morning goes 883 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: live for eight and a half hours from Santa Clara 884 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: at nine am Eastern. 885 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,439 Speaker 2: Rich Eison. The crew will be joined by special. 886 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: Guests, plus exclusive interviews with Mike Vrabel, Stefan Diggs, Sam Darnold, 887 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 1: Jackson Smith in Jig but take that, Drewski and Mike 888 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 1: McDonald that much more. Super Bowl Sunday, nine am Eastern 889 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:16,760 Speaker 1: on NFL Network. 890 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 5: We got a very. 891 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 2: Special Saturday edition of The Insiders. Coming to you tomorrow night. 892 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,320 Speaker 1: Well, four o'clock here, seven Eastern from outside Levi Saam 893 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: the first look. We'll be right here on The Insiders radioo. 894 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: Clearing up behind us. Shout out to David Singer, Rose Garcia, 895 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: the entire booking crew who ran little what I'm saying, 896 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,720 Speaker 1: yeah through this place the last five days. 897 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 2: Appreciate you, guys, Appreciate the entire crew here and back 898 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 2: in LA. 899 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: We'll see tomorrow night tonight