Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we love a quarterback battle
Speaker 1: and early.
Speaker 2: I'm Greg Rosenthal.
Speaker 1: I'm here at the Bolt in El Segundo, the Chargers
Speaker 1: training facility where we watched practice on this very Tuesday,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna hear our interviews and our takeaways from
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel on Wednesday show. But for now, Jordan, what
Speaker 1: we're doing, Yes, Jordan Rodriguez with me. Hello, We're gonna
Speaker 1: do a little campus might be named Daily Buzz in
Speaker 1: the in the season. That's the one that's the name
Speaker 1: that you wanted.
Speaker 2: So what campus is.
Speaker 1: We're just gonna get you up to date on all
Speaker 1: the news around the league. And yeah, like I said,
Speaker 1: we'll tell you everything that happened at Chargers camp on
Speaker 1: our next show, and I alluded to it off the top.
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray is your Vikings quarterback. I find the timing
Speaker 1: really interesting because it comes off of three or four
Speaker 1: days where the general reporting around Kyler Murray and this
Speaker 1: Vikings quarterback battle was like, man, it'd be nice if
Speaker 1: Kyler would just take this job, because he actually hasn't
Speaker 1: been playing that well. He's thrown some groaners. JJ McCarthy's
Speaker 1: had his moments, if you just didn't know that much
Speaker 1: between the two of them, even though Kyler's been getting
Speaker 1: way more snaps with the first team, you would say, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's Kyler, but it's kind of either way, like they're
Speaker 1: both struggling. And yet, why do you think Kevin O'Connell
Speaker 1: chose this Tuesday to declare it over as we expected
Speaker 1: from the beginning?
Speaker 3: To me, some of it, I would think has to
Speaker 3: do with preparing for this first preseason game and really
Speaker 3: getting your roster plan ready for that. Who's going to
Speaker 3: play and how much they're going to play, who's not
Speaker 3: going to play, and how much they're not going to play.
Speaker 3: That in itself would be a huge tell and again
Speaker 3: continue to perpetuate the story of this quarterback battle, which
Speaker 3: I don't think that organization really wants at this point,
Speaker 3: but it really would be a very very clear indicator
Speaker 3: either way if they hadn't already announced it, when people
Speaker 3: are breathlessly counting preseason snaps and who does what? And
Speaker 3: is Kyler is he even playing? Is he held out?
Speaker 3: And does that mean he's the starter? I think that
Speaker 3: this makes sense to me that for that reason, what
Speaker 3: I wish I would have seen is one of the
Speaker 3: two guys, to your point, actually sees this job and
Speaker 3: clearly run away with it.
Speaker 1: I do wonder for a team that you're right. I
Speaker 1: think probably does just want this story to go away.
Speaker 1: That if anything, it's annoying to hear people being like
Speaker 1: JJ won this day and it's just like, what are
Speaker 1: we doing here?
Speaker 2: We know it's going to be Kyler Murray's job.
Speaker 1: JAJ McCarthy certainly hasn't played well enough to change their mind.
Speaker 1: And what Kevin O'Connell said at the podium was it's
Speaker 1: a projection. But now we've seen him in this offense
Speaker 1: despite what people are saying, and these are my words,
Speaker 1: not Kevin O'Connell's words. Kevin O'Connell said that we think
Speaker 1: he fits this offense. We now know he fits this offense.
Speaker 1: We've seen him fits this off Ultimately, it's like we're
Speaker 1: wasting our time giving first team reps to JJ McCarthy.
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you if you believe Kevin O'Connell
Speaker 1: that JJ McCarthy has a future with the organization.
Speaker 3: I think he can say that until the right offer
Speaker 3: comes along, if it ever does.
Speaker 1: What about just like a six round pick or something
Speaker 1: in late August, like basically nothing, but just let's get
Speaker 1: rid of it.
Speaker 3: I don't really want I don't really that's not really
Speaker 3: my forte is assigning value to people.
Speaker 4: But I really think that, like.
Speaker 2: But he's gonna have to. They're gonna have They're.
Speaker 4: Gonna have to.
Speaker 3: And my thing, to sort of circle back on what
Speaker 3: you're talking about there for a second, Greg, is like
Speaker 3: they want to install a lot of offense too. You
Speaker 3: can install actually what your offense is gonna That's what
Speaker 3: teams are doing right now the first two weeks of
Speaker 3: training camp. That's all fun and there's fans there and
Speaker 3: it's a really really cool time. This happens right now
Speaker 3: in this like third ish week, right before the first
Speaker 3: preseason game, where you're actually you're not gonna show your
Speaker 3: offense in the preseason, but you're actually uploading your entire
Speaker 3: playbook in totality to this offense. And if you're splitting
Speaker 3: reps between two players, you can't actually functionally do that.
Speaker 3: And when he says but when he talks about you know, efficiency,
Speaker 3: and it just doesn't make sense to keep doing it
Speaker 3: this way, Like, yeah, absolutely, I understand that. Do I
Speaker 3: believe that long term, JJ McCarthy is going to be
Speaker 3: a part of this Vikings team.
Speaker 4: No, I don't.
Speaker 3: I don't believe that, even though I do think there
Speaker 3: are some people in the building who still still want
Speaker 3: to see how to make that work. However, I don't
Speaker 3: think they're just going to give this guy away.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: That's why I ask and when I say a sign
Speaker 1: of back, because you're saying if the right value comes along,
Speaker 1: I don't know what it is, right, I mean to me,
Speaker 1: there's two different types of ways that they would handle it. Sure,
Speaker 1: they would trade him for a good draft pick at
Speaker 1: the end of training camp, if someone gave him a
Speaker 1: good offer, let's say a future third or something like that.
Speaker 2: I find that unlikely to happen.
Speaker 1: It's possible, because you know, top top quarterback picks. It happens,
Speaker 1: it's pos or do they look at it? And I
Speaker 1: think this is where it could go. That we have
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback in Carson Wentz that we really like.
Speaker 1: And I've heard some reporters, including on Purple Daily that
Speaker 1: I listened to, say like Carson Wentz probably played like
Speaker 1: the cleanness of like knowing the offense of this camp.
Speaker 1: And here we are right, we have our backup in
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz that will take the best offer we can
Speaker 1: get for JJ McCarthy, and that might be a future
Speaker 1: fifth we will find out, and that would be the
Speaker 1: last time we hear.
Speaker 3: Do it this time of year too, because you if
Speaker 3: you're going to up again insta all your entire offense
Speaker 3: for your starting quarterback, Kyler Murray, you.
Speaker 4: Gotta make sure the vibes are good.
Speaker 2: That's star's more what I mean, like to start.
Speaker 4: Camp, we're not good.
Speaker 3: Did not feel good coming from at least one side
Speaker 3: of that that whole operation.
Speaker 1: That is more what I mean that they might just
Speaker 1: decide it's not worth the distraction in their minds of
Speaker 1: the questions and let's just rip the band aid off
Speaker 1: and it would be interesting to see who went after him.
Speaker 1: This would be a pretty logical place to do it,
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers, where his former coach has tried
Speaker 1: to rehabilitate a top quarterback pick before, in Trey Lance,
Speaker 1: who is here as the backup, but not really lighting
Speaker 1: it up at training camp from what I've heard in general.
Speaker 1: So more in this space later. Okay, it's a news
Speaker 1: update show. And unfortunately, at this time of year, A
Speaker 1: lot of the news updates are injury, so we're gonna
Speaker 1: go through a lot of the ones I think are
Speaker 1: the most interesting. Pukuinakua goes first because he left the
Speaker 1: joint practice between the Rams and the Cowboys on Tuesday
Speaker 1: with an injury that Sean McVay didn't want to guess
Speaker 1: what it was, but he left. But it's Pukinakua will
Speaker 1: always keep an eye on that. Miles Garrett also left
Speaker 1: with or didn't practice at all with swelling in his knee.
Speaker 2: That doesn't sound great. I'm sure they're being careful.
Speaker 1: You don't want to throw them out there in a
Speaker 1: joint practice, but just swelling, and he's had some issues
Speaker 1: so far this week. But I bring pukab first because
Speaker 1: Adam scheff Or mentioned Puka Akua as one of a
Speaker 1: few NFL players who could face discipline in terms of
Speaker 1: a suspension. He also mentioned Josh Jacobs specifically Adam Schefter,
Speaker 1: that is, as someone who could still face NFL discipline.
Speaker 1: This was the most on Front Street that any main
Speaker 1: reporter like that has actually thrown out the possibility that
Speaker 1: that Puoka could be suspended by the NFL. If Schefter's
Speaker 1: thrown it out there. I tend to think it's happening,
Speaker 1: and then that is surprising to me because you just
Speaker 1: hadn't heard a lot about this.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's well, it is something the team has
Speaker 3: sort of been bracing with Alerc Jackson as well, their
Speaker 3: left tackle, to see they did they didn't know what
Speaker 3: was maybe gonna come or not come. But the fact
Speaker 3: that they were that they didn't know clearly that something
Speaker 3: wouldn't come made me feel like, maybe something will, you know.
Speaker 3: And so that's something absolutely to keep an eye on
Speaker 3: right now, less so than than you know, any possible
Speaker 3: injury or anything like that. I mean, this is this
Speaker 3: is the big the biggest subplot of the Rams start
Speaker 3: to their season, even more so than the superstar talent
Speaker 3: that they have brought in.
Speaker 1: Yeah, keep an eye on this because the NFL generally
Speaker 1: announces these suspensions they're a little unpredictable by mid to
Speaker 1: late August, which we're in. Sometimes they've announced it in
Speaker 1: early August, but usually they don't, you know, wait until
Speaker 1: the last week before the season starts. And the Rams
Speaker 1: are starting in Australia. They're not leaving eight days early
Speaker 1: like San Francisco. But I'm sure the Rams would like
Speaker 1: to know, and I'm sure Netflix is hoping he's available
Speaker 1: for that game, but Adam Schefter thrown it out there
Speaker 1: makes me think that he might not be out there
Speaker 1: for week one.
Speaker 3: Usually he at least lobs up the signal you know
Speaker 3: that something's marinating the other. The thing with Miles Garrett, Okay,
Speaker 3: I don't ever want to doubt in. I hope he's
Speaker 3: not injured. I hope he's not. You know, but wouldn't
Speaker 3: it be interesting if you know these two teams they
Speaker 3: want to get some really productive work in right goods
Speaker 3: on goods against an opponent. They want to really see
Speaker 3: defensive structure and offensive structure. Wouldn't that be something maybe
Speaker 3: you talk about with the other coach. Because I was
Speaker 3: just at a Rams practice and Miles Garrett single handedly
Speaker 3: blew it up. So it's like the old Aaron Donald days.
Speaker 3: So I'm just I'm just you know, I'm not saying anything.
Speaker 3: I'm just wondering. Wouldn't would that be something Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Are like, we don't want that smoke. Tyler Geiten's trying
Speaker 1: to get build some confidence.
Speaker 3: Also, like their defense, the Rams want to see what
Speaker 3: this defense actually could Also look like, you know, without
Speaker 3: I just think like maybe you get your bet your
Speaker 3: most functional work done. If if you're a superstar pass
Speaker 3: rusher who is absolutely destroying your practice script on days
Speaker 3: he is available like Aaron Donald used to do. I
Speaker 3: don't know I would have that conversation. I'm not saying
Speaker 3: it happened. I'm just I would personally have that conversation
Speaker 3: absolutely fair.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if Garrett even makes the show
Speaker 1: if not for the Pooka connection.
Speaker 2: But it's interesting.
Speaker 1: I love the joint practices out there, and I believe
Speaker 1: there was a report forty nine ers Titans had four
Speaker 1: fights within the first ten minutes of practice.
Speaker 2: That's great, that's great for everyone there.
Speaker 1: But as I mentioned, Josh Jacobs could be suspended as well,
Speaker 1: so that's something to watch because he hasn't been healthy either.
Speaker 1: He is out for at least another week with a
Speaker 1: knee injury. He is in every other year guy. He
Speaker 1: often gets hurt, so he might not be a guy
Speaker 1: that the Packers can rely on, certainly not if he's
Speaker 1: suspended early in the year. Michael Parsons helped to illuminate
Speaker 1: his recovery from his knee surgery with our Stacey Dales
Speaker 1: and Brian Baldinger saying that Week six against the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: not so coincidentally, I doubt would possibly be the very
Speaker 1: earliest that Micah Parsons would be back, and wouldn't that
Speaker 1: be delicious? I think that's a Sunday night football game
Speaker 1: if he gears up his rehab to get back for
Speaker 1: that game, but he won't be back until then. According
Speaker 1: to Michaeh Parsons, who this was a delight in terms
Speaker 1: of building up himself with our friends.
Speaker 5: And I don't even think it's just about pastors. I
Speaker 5: think about is commanding the defensive front, like the way
Speaker 5: I set it up. I can dictate the slides, know
Speaker 5: where the slides going, understand protections. I think I'm above
Speaker 5: IQ in every rush in the league. I don't like
Speaker 5: I've learned from the best between Dan Zim halfway like
Speaker 5: I really understand football at a way better level. So
Speaker 5: allows me to, you know, use those abilities that I
Speaker 5: haven't seen no one else do.
Speaker 1: So I love the take the confidence for Michael Parsons,
Speaker 1: And the reason I threw that in the show other
Speaker 1: than it's a fun SoundBite, is that I remember he
Speaker 1: did this event with Miles Garrett and they were on
Speaker 1: the stage. Did you see that this summer? He more
Speaker 1: or less said, I'm smarter than you. Miles Garrett, like.
Speaker 4: I did not see this. Now in the.
Speaker 1: Nicest of ways, he was. He was like, I don't
Speaker 1: just get there with athleticism. I'm the smartest edge in
Speaker 1: the league. I do it with this, this and that,
Speaker 1: and some people aren't just going out there and doing
Speaker 1: it and I and Miles Garrett was.
Speaker 2: Like, excuse me, back and forth, and.
Speaker 1: I was just like I, I, you know, generally someone
Speaker 1: that calls themselves the smartest, we have some high profile
Speaker 1: examples are not the smartest. So maybe it's it's not true,
Speaker 1: but I still just like it.
Speaker 4: I like Michael Parker, you know who I bet loves
Speaker 4: that as Jerry Jones.
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, another self proclaimer.
Speaker 1: Another I bet he'll also love No lie. If Michael
Speaker 1: Parsons come back for that game, yeah, just the attention
Speaker 1: on that would be one of the games of the year.
Speaker 2: But he will not be back for a while. More
Speaker 2: injury news.
Speaker 1: Nate Wiggins, the Ravens cornerback, carted off practice.
Speaker 2: We'll see again.
Speaker 1: Carts don't always mean the same thing, but we'll track
Speaker 1: that because he's really important for their defense at cornerback.
Speaker 1: Thought he was a young, improving player. Caid Mays one
Speaker 1: of our favorite free agent pickups. He's the center for
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, is gonna be back in about eight
Speaker 1: to ten weeks after a wrist injury, so that puts
Speaker 1: him out for the first month plus of the season.
Speaker 1: More bad Lions news. His backup, which in theory is
Speaker 1: Juice Scrugs, great option from the Texans, also hurt right now.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco sprained his MCL. He hasn't been healthy in years.
Speaker 1: And then Dan Campbell indicated that Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph,
Speaker 1: they're all pro safety tandem, would both not be back,
Speaker 1: likely until early in the regular season, that they would
Speaker 1: miss some regular season time. That is not a surprise
Speaker 1: when it comes to Brian Branch coming off major knee surgery,
Speaker 1: but we haven't really heard about what's happening with Kirby Joseph.
Speaker 2: So just.
Speaker 1: A bunch of bad news for one team. And sometimes
Speaker 1: it's not you know who you face, but when you
Speaker 1: face them, the Lions, you know might be a good
Speaker 1: Week one opponent.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, and the whole talk about them this year
Speaker 3: is can they get their offense kind of humming the
Speaker 3: way that we're used to, especially the run game humming
Speaker 3: that we're used to with the even with the departure
Speaker 3: of David Montgomery. When you're missing your center and the
Speaker 3: offensive line was retooled a little bit, when you're missing
Speaker 3: the guy in the pivot basically in that role, that's
Speaker 3: that's really tough.
Speaker 4: Caid mays we loved him for.
Speaker 3: He was really held that Panthers line together last year
Speaker 3: in a really positive way. Tough as they come to.
Speaker 3: So that's unfortunate. And then the questions about this Lion's
Speaker 3: defense just won't will not go away until they're healthy.
Speaker 3: Oh and by the way, losing you know, a corner
Speaker 3: for the foreseeable well they cut him Terry on Arnold
Speaker 3: and and and you know you're losing depth there with him,
Speaker 3: and then you're also losing guys to injuries like this.
Speaker 4: My question still, what is this defense going to look like?
Speaker 3: And how are you gonna affect the opposing offense because
Speaker 3: it's just one thing after another with this group.
Speaker 1: I think it's been a good camp for them up front. Yeah,
Speaker 1: once you get to the linebacker and the second the
Speaker 1: secondary is a mess, and you know who plays them
Speaker 1: week one. This is off the top of my head,
Speaker 1: and so I really hope it's not wrong. You're New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints, Tyler suck baby, Yeah, could be lighting it up.
Speaker 1: That's back and forth. That's a lot of points. I
Speaker 1: see a lot of points in that game, partly because
Speaker 1: the Saints are quite banged up too. Cam Jordan has
Speaker 1: an injury that could keep him out into the regular season.
Speaker 1: We were waiting for an update with Cam Jordan, but
Speaker 1: it does sound quite significant and he's going to be
Speaker 1: out for a while. Hopefully he's still podcasting in the meantime,
Speaker 1: but I unfortunately.
Speaker 3: Maybe we can get an update from him. You know,
Speaker 3: I hope he is on the come on the show.
Speaker 1: That would be outstanding. The Bears are another team kind
Speaker 1: of clustering injuries. Kobe Bryant their safety. We knew he
Speaker 1: was going to miss a big chunk of the season,
Speaker 1: we did not know he was likely to miss all
Speaker 1: the season.
Speaker 4: Yeh.
Speaker 1: Ben Johnson revealed at the Ponium after Adam Schefter reported
Speaker 1: it earlier that Kobe Bryant would be out four to
Speaker 1: six months and they would hope for him to be
Speaker 1: back for the playoffs. I think it's one of those
Speaker 1: situations they didn't know quite how bad it was until
Speaker 1: he underwent the surgery. Yeah, and so that's one of
Speaker 1: their big free agent pickups gone. They're really banged up
Speaker 1: in the secondary right now. We'll see who comes back,
Speaker 1: if Kyler Gordon comes back. But also on offense, the
Speaker 1: guy who a lot of people thought might be their
Speaker 1: number one receiver this year, Luther Burden, out roughly a
Speaker 1: month according to a local report. I think the hope
Speaker 1: is that maybe he's working his way back, not fully
Speaker 1: back for week one. It's tough to tell this far out,
Speaker 1: but some rough news on a few fronts there for
Speaker 1: the Bears.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I worry less about their offense as long as
Speaker 3: those you know, their their alignment. You know, the Ozzie
Speaker 3: Trepulo obviously still recovering from the injury. But for the
Speaker 3: most part, I think they'll be okay.
Speaker 1: They did the thing on the depth chart where they
Speaker 1: listed three guys at the same position as their starting
Speaker 1: left tackle, which is classic if you have threes.
Speaker 4: Class I mean, I think I don't worry as much
Speaker 4: about their offense.
Speaker 3: Luthor burden. It's not having to miss much time. I
Speaker 3: don't worry too much about that. I think it's a
Speaker 3: soft tissue which I am a little worried about. With
Speaker 3: the receiver as explosive as he can be. This defense
Speaker 3: is where I have a huge concern because they already
Speaker 3: played the game and took the risk this offseason that
Speaker 3: they were going to continue to predicate their system with
Speaker 3: coverage first, and they were going to continue to try
Speaker 3: be as aggressive as possible with their coverages despite letting
Speaker 3: some really good players walk in free agency, and then
Speaker 3: by bringing in a player like Kobe Bryant dictate that
Speaker 3: way and then try to get these guys up front
Speaker 3: continuing to develop and not make a big signing there
Speaker 3: and not make a big a big trade there. And
Speaker 3: so that is a risk already, and then it becomes
Speaker 3: even more of a razor thin line to walk when
Speaker 3: you do have an injury, the significant with a player
Speaker 3: who was supposed to really make a difference for them.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: And it's like the starters are hurt, the backups are hurt.
Speaker 2: We got a month to go.
Speaker 1: But man, they've asked the station over there, right, They've
Speaker 1: asked Dennis Allen to do a lot, and he made
Speaker 1: up for a lot. That's tough to make that work
Speaker 1: year after year in the in the secondary, but I
Speaker 1: believe in you. The Dennissance is on a few other
Speaker 1: rookie notes. Kaylin Rutledge the yeah the Texans. I was
Speaker 1: going to say first round pick, yes, or was he
Speaker 1: high second round pick? Either way, he's going to be
Speaker 1: the starting center for this team, so learning a new
Speaker 1: position that's interesting immediately put there. Heard from our friend
Speaker 1: Andrew Siciliano that Spencer Fano, uh, following up on what
Speaker 1: we talked about Sunday night has been declared the left
Speaker 1: tackle of the Browns and no more battle there for
Speaker 1: the top ten pick. I also spoke too soon about
Speaker 1: that Browns quarterback battle, like a day after it sounded
Speaker 1: like they're just going on Watson. They give it back
Speaker 1: to should Sanders, and Todd Munkin is f bombing both
Speaker 1: quarterbacks because practice ends with Shoulder having two like pre
Speaker 1: snat penalties and incomplete and then Watson and then practice
Speaker 1: with pre snat penalty and an interception, and he's just
Speaker 1: like Todd Muggins, mad at them all and there's no
Speaker 1: clarity there, and it serves me right for opening a
Speaker 1: show with the Browns quarterbacks.
Speaker 2: Stupid.
Speaker 1: The Patriots made a trade which I'm only gonna mention
Speaker 1: because he was a third round pick two years ago,
Speaker 1: Kaden Wallace. And now that Drake May draft class only
Speaker 1: has two guys left of it, Drake May and Marcellus Dial,
Speaker 1: who's like an end of the roster guy who might
Speaker 1: not make the team anyways. That was a disastrous draft
Speaker 1: class other than Drake May, which is a big other.
Speaker 2: Then and then finally, or maybe.
Speaker 1: Not finally, in the news before our broadcasting news, Quinn
Speaker 1: Williams signs a three year, one hundred and six million
Speaker 1: dollar contract that makes his total time with the Cowboys
Speaker 1: contract five years, one hundred and fifty three million dollars.
Speaker 1: We always killed the Cowboys for not getting these deals
Speaker 1: done early. They got it done very early, so you
Speaker 1: can do it. They just do it with who they want,
Speaker 1: which makes me think they don't want it with George Pickens.
Speaker 2: That's my take.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I think they've been pretty clear about that,
Speaker 3: but yeah, they darn it if I don't really enjoy
Speaker 3: a Cowboys offseason once again, you know, it's like making
Speaker 3: the right decisions and signing these players who are going
Speaker 3: to be pillars for them and doing these smart extensions,
Speaker 3: and they had, you know, really really strong vibes to
Speaker 3: open camp. Dak Prescott's out there wearing a T shirt
Speaker 3: from the Super Bowl and saying, why wouldn't I talk
Speaker 3: about this? I want to win a Super Bowl. Why
Speaker 3: shouldn't I talk about it and try to manifest it.
Speaker 3: That sounds like the Cowboys defense is playing really well
Speaker 3: against the Rams offense and this joint practice as we're recording,
Speaker 3: and like, I can't wait I go up there later
Speaker 3: this week.
Speaker 4: I cannot wait to see what there is to see.
Speaker 1: Regular NFL Daily listeners will know that we are the
Speaker 1: only podcast that declares a winner for every single joint
Speaker 1: practice because we're taping this so soon after all these
Speaker 1: joint practices are while they're happening, we need to check
Speaker 1: the tape and check the reports that you know, scoring
Speaker 1: will come later in the week. Yeah, that's a big one,
Speaker 1: Rams Chargers, that's one of the biggest ones.
Speaker 2: Nicki min worry.
Speaker 1: Also taking off the pup list for the Seahawk, So
Speaker 1: some good injury news. Yeah as well, maybe he could
Speaker 1: get back for Week one.
Speaker 2: We will see.
Speaker 1: Finally, I just want to note we cover the broadcasters
Speaker 1: like their players because we spend all Sunday with them.
Speaker 1: They're important to us and one of our favorites, a
Speaker 1: regular NFL Daily guest and around the NFL guest back
Speaker 1: in the day, Ross Tucker, who I used to work with,
Speaker 1: is one of the people getting a big bump up
Speaker 1: because of everything that happened to Tony Romo. They had
Speaker 1: some sort of press conference press availability on Tuesday. The
Speaker 1: CBS executives, the shadowy League figures did not say anything
Speaker 1: about Tony Romo. They said, they're just we're figuring out
Speaker 1: that situation. Time will tell, noncommittal, but thankfully we've got
Speaker 1: a great bench. They've already announced JJ Watt is stepping
Speaker 1: up to number one. Yeah, and I think I think
Speaker 1: Iron Eagle is the number two spot, which means Ross
Speaker 1: Tucker is going all the way up to number two.
Speaker 1: It's a little confusing to me. Kevin Harlan is there too.
Speaker 1: How can you choose between Harlan and Eagle two?
Speaker 2: Three?
Speaker 1: But either way, Ross Tucker is going to be calling
Speaker 1: some big time games. Yeah, that's quite an elevation. I'd
Speaker 1: love to see it.
Speaker 3: Yes, and Ross, never forget your roots on NFL Daily
Speaker 3: in the around Man and everything else that you've always
Speaker 3: done really really well.
Speaker 4: But that's cool to see.
Speaker 2: We want to talk roots.
Speaker 1: I worked with him at NBC's Sports Channel, a channel
Speaker 1: that's so old it didn't exist because they shut it
Speaker 1: down for ten to fifteen years, and now they've actually
Speaker 1: brought it back and it exists again.
Speaker 2: That's how long ago.
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker and I did some fantasy nightly show or.
Speaker 3: So you famously today famously to you had Chris rim
Speaker 3: the great reporter for ESPN who covers the the Chargers,
Speaker 3: tell you that you looked about twenty five or thirty five.
Speaker 3: I don't remember which one, but you know.
Speaker 4: So maybe there you go. You're still you're still holding
Speaker 4: the down, Greg.
Speaker 2: That's that's because I've got like the like the height,
Speaker 2: the body of like a millie.
Speaker 4: We had, yes, and we're like.
Speaker 1: An elementary schooler, not even the body, because it's an
Speaker 1: elementary schooler plus like thirty pounds.
Speaker 3: I will tell you it has been a real treat
Speaker 3: sitting between you and very very short football coaches for this,
Speaker 3: and I feel like I do look about three feet
Speaker 3: taller and maybe wider as well when I sit in
Speaker 3: between you guys.
Speaker 4: But really great for the old ego here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Cameron Dicker ruined everything because he's a kicker, but
Speaker 1: he's a he's a unit everyone on This is a yes,
Speaker 1: you will. You will hear our interview with him on
Speaker 1: Wednesday morning. But yes, I did scout and want to
Speaker 1: get Sean McVay and Mike McDaniel for their height, not
Speaker 1: just their offensive Acumi.
Speaker 4: Yes, it is all about it is. It is all
Speaker 4: a very very very serious calculation in your mind. Greg.
Speaker 1: So, as we've been teasing, our next show in the
Speaker 1: feed will be from Chargers camp. You will hear our
Speaker 1: interviews with Mike McDaniel and Cameron Dicker and some takeaways
Speaker 1: from the practice.
Speaker 2: And yeah, it is all. It is all Roland.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be live on Thursday night at the end
Speaker 1: of the preseason game, so to check us out. Then
Speaker 1: we might have our winners of the joint practices. Then
Speaker 1: until then, Jordan rod reeg what a week. I hope
Speaker 1: everyone checked out the Power Players with Nick Kayley. That
Speaker 1: was a great interview. We will see you on Wednesday.