Speaker 1: So much football practice, so little time, so much slow
Speaker 1: motion as well, twenty five teams on the field for
Speaker 1: mini camp today, and we got the next sixty minutes
Speaker 1: to take you all around the NFL like nobody else can.
Speaker 1: That includes a stop in Pittsburgh where QB one has
Speaker 1: finally arrived. What took so long? Why are the Steelers
Speaker 1: the right spot? And is that a wedding ring on
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers finger? We are live in Pittsburgh to break
Speaker 1: down the four time MVP's arrival. We know one of Rogers'
Speaker 1: new teammates was not there to greet him, and TJ.
Speaker 1: Watt was not the only superstar missing today around the league.
Speaker 1: We will tell you who showed up, who did it,
Speaker 1: and what it all means about big deals getting done.
Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the insiders. I am Tom Peliicero. That
Speaker 1: is Mike Garafullo, who we have released into the wild,
Speaker 1: though not the tree lined parking lot you saw him
Speaker 1: in earlier today on NFL Network. He's now wearing a
Speaker 1: very form fitting polo shirt inside the building. How's the
Speaker 1: vibes there today on a big day in Pittsburgh, Mike.
Speaker 2: Oh, the vibes are just excellent, Tom. Actually it's pretty
Speaker 2: quiet in here. Earlier Mini Caamp, the opening of Mini Camp,
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers arriving. Look, we've gone through this with him
Speaker 2: with the Jets. There was a lot of hoopla the
Speaker 2: last couple of years with his arrival there. This was
Speaker 2: the opposite. This was more of a expected arrival for
Speaker 2: many many months. Finally occurred, and for a team that
Speaker 2: is saying, hey, we're not gonna build everything around this guy.
Speaker 2: He's gonna be a piece of what we do, but
Speaker 2: he fits. They feel like he fits in the vibe
Speaker 2: between him and Mike Tommin which we'll get to in
Speaker 2: a second, seems like it has been really good over
Speaker 2: the last couple of months, and that is why Aaron
Speaker 2: Rodgers is here finally for a little taste of the
Speaker 2: spring session before they break and come back for training
Speaker 2: camp in the summer.
Speaker 1: To be clear, this is not a green screen. This
Speaker 1: is not AI. Mike is really there inside the Sewer's facility,
Speaker 1: and this is also not AI. It's really Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: Word at number eight practice jersey and on the field
Speaker 1: for the first time in a Steelers uniform. A month's
Speaker 1: long courtship coming to a head last week when Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers agreed to terms on a one year contract that
Speaker 1: could be worth close to twenty million dollars. Rogers on
Speaker 1: the scene at last and here's what he had to
Speaker 1: say about why it ended up in Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3: You know, I think it starts with Mike Tumblin, and
Speaker 3: then I've been a fan of his for a long time.
Speaker 3: There's a few iconic franchises in the NFL. I played
Speaker 3: for one of them for eighteen years. This is another
Speaker 3: one of those. There's something special about, obviously this area.
Speaker 3: So many great quarterbacks are from Pittsburgh. I feel like
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh has been a part of my career from the beginning. Again,
Speaker 3: the rapport that fell in between me and Mike made
Speaker 3: it to where as I was going through my personal stuff,
Speaker 3: there wasn't any other option for me. It was here
Speaker 3: and I play. I don't need it for my ego.
Speaker 3: I don't need it to keep playing. A lot of
Speaker 3: decisions that I've made over my career in life from
Speaker 3: strictly the ego, even if they turn out well, are
Speaker 3: always unfulfilling. But the decisions made from the soul are
Speaker 3: usually pretty fulfilling. So this was a decision that was
Speaker 3: best for my soul, and I felt like being here
Speaker 3: with Coach t and the guys. They got here and
Speaker 3: the opportunity here was the best for me. And I'm
Speaker 3: excited to be here.
Speaker 1: To see what Aaron Rodgers' body can do. The soul
Speaker 1: is certainly willing. He seemed a beat today, Mike watching
Speaker 1: from Afari, looked clean cut relative to the Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: who has showed up sometimes in off seasons past. What
Speaker 1: else did you glean from his time with the reporters there, Well, you.
Speaker 2: Know, married life will do that, Tia Tom and Aaron
Speaker 2: Rodgers did confirm that that is a wedding ring that
Speaker 2: he is wearing on his finger. We haven't met Brittany yet.
Speaker 2: It's like when your friend is telling you he met
Speaker 2: this new girl. It's going great.
Speaker 1: When can we meet her?
Speaker 4: We don't know.
Speaker 2: Maybe we'll all, you know, double date at one point
Speaker 2: and finally meet Brittany.
Speaker 5: We shall see.
Speaker 2: But in the meantime, Aaron Rodgers on the field at
Speaker 2: Mini Camp. We saw him in the locker room before
Speaker 2: practice trying on a number of different helmets. The helmet
Speaker 2: that he's worn, as he said, for twenty years, is
Speaker 2: a shut helmet every year the NFL and the NFLPA.
Speaker 2: There's the recommended helmets, there's the approved helmets, the not
Speaker 2: approved helmets. He's got to now change to a different helmet.
Speaker 2: He said, he can't stand the one you can see
Speaker 2: it right there. Can't stand the one he's wearing right there. Look,
Speaker 2: that's part of why he's here right now is just
Speaker 2: to get a little bit of a taste. Didn't know
Speaker 2: where he was going in the building. Had to ask
Speaker 2: directions from Bert Lawton, the head of media relations for
Speaker 2: the Steelers, where's this, where's that? Figuring out the building
Speaker 2: because remember when they go to training camp, it's not here,
Speaker 2: it's going to be in Latrobe. So he wants to
Speaker 2: get to know the building a little bit, get to
Speaker 2: know his teammates. It's also a mandatory part of the spring.
Speaker 2: He wasn't under contract. If he didn't sign, he wouldn't
Speaker 2: have to be here. But you know what, the rest
Speaker 2: of the team, it's mandatory. I'm gonna be a part
Speaker 2: of this. I'm gonna start to build a rapport and
Speaker 2: get to know guy and be around. He did not,
Speaker 2: as you can see right here, did not take any
Speaker 2: reps during the team portion of practice. He said he
Speaker 2: was willing to do that, but Mike Tomlin said, no, relax,
Speaker 2: stay to the side for now. We actually asked Tomlin
Speaker 2: about that and he said, I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 2: The reps in June are more important for guys like,
Speaker 2: let's say, Will Howard, the young guys, because they've got
Speaker 2: to get caught up to speed so that they're ready
Speaker 2: in training camp. So that's the trust that Tomlin has
Speaker 2: in Aaron Rodgers. The fact that he hasn't been around
Speaker 2: all spring. He's listening to the play calls in the
Speaker 2: headset because he's got to learn the terminology. You'd think
Speaker 2: we're late in the process, but they have that much
Speaker 2: confidence in him to get caught up that they're giving
Speaker 2: the reps to some of these younger guys here and
Speaker 2: believe that he is going to be ready to go
Speaker 2: come week one once he gets his work in training camp.
Speaker 2: He's had some throwing sessions with DK Metcalf alone. Now
Speaker 2: got to have at least a little bit here in
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh time.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers also asked, but how long will take him
Speaker 1: to pick up all that stuff with the language and
Speaker 1: the scheme in the office. He said, well, couple of weeks, Well,
Speaker 1: you had a couple of weeks if you had showed
Speaker 1: up sooner. Here instead, he's got like two three days
Speaker 1: on the field of mini camp. And he also said
Speaker 1: this was about wanting to make sure that the other
Speaker 1: things he was dealing with in his personal life were
Speaker 1: resolved or at least improved that he was going through
Speaker 1: during the spring. He wanted to make sure once he
Speaker 1: arrived he was all in. That's something that took place
Speaker 1: really over the past week. Here and now here we
Speaker 1: go once again, Aaron Rodgers arriving with great fanfare on
Speaker 1: a team that's got really really high hopes, certainly the Steelers,
Speaker 1: hoping that this ends better than the last time Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers made his debut at MetLife Stadium, which lasted all
Speaker 1: of four snaps during his first season with the Jets.
Speaker 1: So Aaron Rodgers on hand for the mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 1: There were some other players around the NFL who were
Speaker 1: not there for the mandatory mini camp. That included Trey
Speaker 1: Hendrickson holding out in Cincinnati while awaiting a new contract,
Speaker 1: Johnny Smith, Jalen Ramsey, was excused, Terry McLaurin, and then
Speaker 1: one guy, Mike Great they're in Pittsburgh, who's a pretty
Speaker 1: important piece of that team as well. TJ.
Speaker 2: Watt in the last year of his deal, Tom making,
Speaker 2: I think it's twenty one million dollars this year. We're
Speaker 2: looking at pass rushers on the top end of the
Speaker 2: market up to around forty million dollars per year. Look
Speaker 2: these other names in the list, and you're going to
Speaker 2: get into some of them in just a short bit.
Speaker 2: They're more contentious than this one. I don't feel that
Speaker 2: this one is contentious. You don't have to find a player,
Speaker 2: like we talk about these finds that could add up
Speaker 2: to over one hundred thousand dollars if a player missus
Speaker 2: mandatory mini camp over the next couple of days. You
Speaker 2: don't have to find a player. So we'll see what
Speaker 2: the Steelers wind up doing on this one. I know
Speaker 2: that they feel really good about the talks that they've
Speaker 2: had and the offers that they've made. They also have
Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in TJ.
Speaker 6: Watt.
Speaker 2: In fact, they were talking about while we're talking right now,
Speaker 2: he's probably literally working out right now. Mike Tommin has
Speaker 2: the belief that TJ. Watt is going to be just fine.
Speaker 2: Working away from the facility, so they're not stressing about
Speaker 2: that part of it. If there was a pressure point
Speaker 2: right now in the start of training camp, seems like
Speaker 2: it's a pressure point. I feel like this thing would
Speaker 2: get done, and we'll get done at some point. I
Speaker 2: don't sense any long term concerns about TJ Watt, despite
Speaker 2: the fact that he's thrown up that peace sign in
Speaker 2: that picture he posted on Instagram bought a couple of
Speaker 2: weeks ago and people freaked out about that.
Speaker 1: Has been an ongoing situation for months with TJ Watt.
Speaker 1: Everybody knew what those other pass rushers getting paid, Miles Garrett,
Speaker 1: Max Crosby, daneil Hunter on a one year, big money extension,
Speaker 1: TJ Watt was going to on his eventually. Kind of
Speaker 1: similar with Terry McLaurin. This is something that was percolating
Speaker 1: all the way back at the combine that at some
Speaker 1: point here with the wide receiver market exploding, McLaurin, who's
Speaker 1: doing a little under twenty million dollars in twenty twenty five,
Speaker 1: was going to be seeking a contract upgrade. Not only
Speaker 1: did you have Jamar Chase, who blew out of the
Speaker 1: water the top contract in the market is teammate t
Speaker 1: Higgins got a deal that's worth more annually than Terry
Speaker 1: McLaurin is making. Right now, it's still the second week
Speaker 1: in June. There's not necessarily a pressure point right now,
Speaker 1: five six weeks until training camp. Let's see where we
Speaker 1: are as they try to work toward this deal. And
Speaker 1: as for Trey Henderson, this has been playing out very
Speaker 1: publicly in Cincinnati, where Hendrickson traveled a few weeks ago
Speaker 1: to get in front of the media on an open
Speaker 1: practice day and explain all the reasons that he was
Speaker 1: not going to play on his existing contract, which is
Speaker 1: due to pay him sixteen point five million dollars this season.
Speaker 1: The top of that market now is forty million dollars
Speaker 1: per year with Miles Garrett. Trey Hendrickson, who signed a
Speaker 1: one year extension two off seasons ago. That's why he's
Speaker 1: under contract of twenty twenty five. He doesn't want another
Speaker 1: one year extension here, So can they come to a
Speaker 1: number that makes sense on a multi year contract. You
Speaker 1: hate to say anything is close, because there is no close.
Speaker 1: It's either done or it's not. Right now, it is
Speaker 1: not done with Trey Hendrickson here, can't roll out the
Speaker 1: possibility they could do something to get him in for
Speaker 1: the mandatory mini camp, but as of now he is
Speaker 1: not there. One of his new teammates, the guy they
Speaker 1: planned to play on the other side of the line,
Speaker 1: Shamar Stewart, is there in Cincinnati, the number seventeen overall
Speaker 1: draft pick. But at this point Shamar Stewart does not
Speaker 1: have a contract, so he is not practicing, has not
Speaker 1: signed a participation agreement, and he had some thoughts on
Speaker 1: that whole situation today.
Speaker 5: I still go to meetings.
Speaker 4: I still stand in my playbook, you know, taking on
Speaker 4: the right notes, and then when now we gets some
Speaker 4: free time, we'll go out to train one hundred.
Speaker 5: Is that right?
Speaker 4: So it should be a no brainer. And Trayce case,
Speaker 4: I think it should be a no brainer too. I mean,
Speaker 4: he led seventeen and a half Saxon for two years
Speaker 4: back to back. If I was the GM or I
Speaker 4: was the owner, take all my money. But I guess
Speaker 4: they don't offer you like that.
Speaker 1: He disputed over contract language, keeping shamar Stewart away for
Speaker 1: the time being. My com Parsons also is up for
Speaker 1: a new contract, but he is at least in attendance today,
Speaker 1: told reporters he was dealing with back tightness, could perhaps
Speaker 1: also just be a little bit of wallet tightness for
Speaker 1: Michael Parsons. But new coach Brian Shot and IM are
Speaker 1: happy that both Micah and tray Von Diggs showed up
Speaker 1: on day one.
Speaker 7: I think it just shows you that he's serious about
Speaker 7: what we've talked about, which is developing that leadership mentality,
Speaker 7: the mindset to be a guy that we can count on,
Speaker 7: and not just the fourth quarter when he's got to,
Speaker 7: you know, make a big sack or get pressure on
Speaker 7: the quarterback, but just in general throughout.
Speaker 5: The course of a week.
Speaker 7: And it's a long season. We all know that, and
Speaker 7: my conversation with Micah have been great. He'll be out
Speaker 7: on the field doing some stuff.
Speaker 5: Yep.
Speaker 7: It's actually great. Trayvon got here early. It's great to
Speaker 7: see him. He's one of the first guys I saw,
Speaker 7: and he got his rehab stuff in with Britt, so
Speaker 7: both guys were excited to be here.
Speaker 1: Sorry if I Diggs still long road back from his injury.
Speaker 1: James Cook is healthy. It was actually on the field today.
Speaker 1: Had skipped all of the voluntary portions of the off
Speaker 1: season schedule while seeking his new contract. They had talks
Speaker 1: way back February March, after the season, we're't able to
Speaker 1: get a deal done, but after conversations today, Cook decided
Speaker 1: to be on the field. As for why you showed up,
Speaker 1: he told reporters, I like my money. That's why I'm here.
Speaker 1: Fines for missing all three days with total a little
Speaker 1: over one hundred thousand dollars. Kirk Cousins also likes his money.
Speaker 1: He chose to show up on day one of the
Speaker 1: Falcons mini camp, even though Cousins had made abundantly clear
Speaker 1: early in the off season that he would love to
Speaker 1: be playing quarterbacks somewhere and not backing up that guy,
Speaker 1: Michael Pennix Junior. Cousins today speaking reporters for the first
Speaker 1: time in quite a while, also making clear that at
Speaker 1: this point his focus is moving forward.
Speaker 8: Michael is going to do great. He's going to have
Speaker 8: a great career. He's off to a great start. He's
Speaker 8: got all the all the tangibles and intangibles you need
Speaker 8: to be successful. And I'm just here to support him,
Speaker 8: you know, as he needs it.
Speaker 9: Man.
Speaker 10: Just getting better, you know, being better than I was
Speaker 10: last year, being better than I was yesterday and today
Speaker 10: you know, each and every day, just working on improving,
Speaker 10: you know, on the field, off the field, building connections,
Speaker 10: relationships with my teammates. You know, it's a lot of
Speaker 10: different aspects that going to that you know, in order
Speaker 10: for you know, this teams how to season that we
Speaker 10: want to have to see.
Speaker 1: Mike. We know this. The Falcons were so high on
Speaker 1: Michael Pennix junior they were willing to take him number
Speaker 1: eight overall on the twenty twenty four draft, just six
Speaker 1: weeks after they had signed Kirk Cousins to a deal
Speaker 1: including one hundred million dollars guaranteed. No question. When I
Speaker 1: asked for Hem Morris back at the COMBA, is there
Speaker 1: any scenario where Kirk could beat out Penix? He said,
Speaker 1: Pennix is our starter. And in listening to Kirk's words
Speaker 1: there too, when he said those are things we talked
Speaker 1: about months ago and now we move forward, I can't
Speaker 1: help but think this is a guy who's got a
Speaker 1: no trade clause, and even if something materialized at some
Speaker 1: point during KF the preseason or the regular season, Kirk
Speaker 1: might go My best opportunity to show I can still
Speaker 1: play high quality football might be if a situation injury
Speaker 1: or otherwise arises right there in Atlanta.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, listen, if you're the Falcons and there isn't
Speaker 2: a big injury elsewhere, remember that Eagles Sam Bradford trade
Speaker 2: from a couple of years ago. Uh more than a
Speaker 2: couple of years ago, but remember that trade, and the
Speaker 2: Eagles had the ability to trade him then for a
Speaker 2: first round pick, because at that point, if you're a
Speaker 2: team that's in contention and your starter goes down, you
Speaker 2: don't have a backup that you want to turn it
Speaker 2: over to. You get a little desperate, and all of
Speaker 2: a sudden, now you're willing to bid higher than you
Speaker 2: wear the entire offseason. So that's one reason why the
Speaker 2: Falcons could wind up looking smart by holding on to
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins. The other one, if there is an injury
Speaker 2: to Michael Pennox, You're right, Kirk Cousins being your backup
Speaker 2: one of the better options that the Falcons have as
Speaker 2: it pertains to back up quarterbacks throughout this entire league.
Speaker 2: And you talked about a couple of months ago when
Speaker 2: they went through all these things, Kirk Cousins had that
Speaker 2: no trade clause which allowed him to say to the
Speaker 2: Falcons don't even agree to a trade before the draft
Speaker 2: because I'm not going to accept that because he was
Speaker 2: worried that what happened to him in Atlanta could have
Speaker 2: happened to him potentially again. So this has been a
Speaker 2: little bit of a back and forth when it comes
Speaker 2: to the leverage in this case, the Falcons had it,
Speaker 2: then Cousins had it. It feels like it's kind of gone
Speaker 2: back and forth, and now the Falcons kind of have
Speaker 2: it when it pertains to whether he stays or goes,
Speaker 2: because there's not a lot of options. There are no
Speaker 2: other options really from a starting standpoint, there are no
Speaker 2: other options for a team willing to take on all
Speaker 2: of that money. It could change if there's an injury
Speaker 2: or some kind of situation where a team needs that,
Speaker 2: whether it's in training camp, into the preseason, maybe even
Speaker 2: early in the season. So there's really no way of
Speaker 2: predicting this at this point. What Cousins is saying, in
Speaker 2: control what you can control. Be the best employee, the
Speaker 2: best backup that he can be in Atlanta at this point,
Speaker 2: and then we'll see where it goes.
Speaker 1: A twenty seven point five million dollars backup, fully guaranteed
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five also has ten million dollars get
Speaker 1: fully guaranteed in twenty twenty six. Falcons have not wanted
Speaker 1: to eat a substantial chunk of that money. Just one
Speaker 1: of the reasons that right now Kirk Cousins is still
Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Twenty five teams on the field for mini
Speaker 1: camp today, including the Big Boys with the Chargers right
Speaker 1: there in El Segundo where Shan Slater who's still winning
Speaker 1: a new deal, as well as last ye's first dround
Speaker 1: pick Joe alt on the field getting ready to protect
Speaker 1: a quarterback that I'll safe to say, Jim Harba likes
Speaker 1: a lot.
Speaker 11: The best uh, you know, expectation is setting the set
Speaker 11: in the example you know of of work ethic and training.
Speaker 11: You know you at least you would at least be
Speaker 11: aspiring to to uh to train at his level and
Speaker 11: UH to uh to compete at his level and to
Speaker 11: work at his level. I know it motivates me every day.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders. Tom Pilisero, Mike, You'refolo and
Speaker 1: the guy that motivates us every day. Omar Ruiz Omar,
Speaker 1: you were there at Chargers Mini camp today. What else
Speaker 1: did you end Jim Harbaugh have to say about Justin Herbert.
Speaker 12: Well, Jim Harbaugh, whenever he speaks about Jim Justin Herbert,
Speaker 12: you guys know he gushes about him. So I asked,
Speaker 12: you know, what he would like to see from him
Speaker 12: in Mini caamp and a lot of what he said.
Speaker 12: How to do with that SoundBite right there? How Justin Herbert,
Speaker 12: he hopes will continue to elevate those him by those
Speaker 12: players aspiring to work like Justin Herbert and really follow
Speaker 12: his lead in that way. And Harbaugh identified Herbert as
Speaker 12: one of nine players that he says are elite on
Speaker 12: the roster. And I'm not going to leave any of
Speaker 12: these guys out, so I'm going to read it off.
Speaker 12: But those players were Herbert, Derwin James, Khalil Mack, Joe Alt,
Speaker 12: Lad McConkey, Zion Johnson, Rashaun Slater, Twoey Tuia Pilo, two
Speaker 12: Dayon Henley. Those are the nine that Harbaugh has no
Speaker 12: problem identifying and singling out amongst the team. Derwin James
Speaker 12: telling me that those are the nine players that he
Speaker 12: tells in team meetings he wants players to ascend to.
Speaker 12: So Herbert, he says, is always going to play at
Speaker 12: his elite level. He's going to practice at that elite level.
Speaker 12: He's going to work at that elite level. What they're
Speaker 12: hoping for is now that those nine players are the tide,
Speaker 12: and the tide rises all boats and the rest of
Speaker 12: the team elevate in that way. And Rball telling me
Speaker 12: that there's plenty of room for other players in that
Speaker 12: elite category and if they have enough of those that
Speaker 12: reach that, they feel that it.
Speaker 1: Can go pretty deep.
Speaker 12: So far in the playoffs this year.
Speaker 2: That's bothering me. It's the elite eight, right, So you
Speaker 2: got to come up with something different, like the Fine
Speaker 2: nine or something like that, And that's the elite eight.
Speaker 1: Is one off.
Speaker 2: It's bothering me.
Speaker 12: You're a Marshall.
Speaker 1: What else? Yeah, right?
Speaker 2: Exactly what else is Harball emphasizing for this team in
Speaker 2: mini camp Omar other than crisply ironed khchys.
Speaker 12: Well, you know, you know Harball always emphasizes physicality, right,
Speaker 12: So I asked him how in this non padded, non
Speaker 12: physical practices, the setting that mini camps are, how do
Speaker 12: they instill that physicality? He told me that we're not
Speaker 12: They're not going to instill the physicality that they're going
Speaker 12: to see in the fall that he wants the team
Speaker 12: to play with. What he does want to see is polish.
Speaker 12: He said that is an old school term. He says
Speaker 12: that people don't use anymore, but he wants to have
Speaker 12: his team polish in that they're trying to be perfect
Speaker 12: in everything that they do and he wants everybody to
Speaker 12: know exactly what they are doing. You see the way
Speaker 12: Laden Maconky runs to have so fine for their assignments
Speaker 12: on the field that it translates at every level and
Speaker 12: they are ready to go once they are able to
Speaker 12: implement the physicality portion of the year in training camp.
Speaker 12: So it is the technique, especially on the offensive line
Speaker 12: guys he wants to see with those explosive first steps,
Speaker 12: those six inches tending to be perfect and then they
Speaker 12: get greedy and the second and third steps. And you
Speaker 12: mentioned coming into this segment, Tom, that Rashaan Slater was
Speaker 12: there in attendance, speaking of those o line, those perfect techniques.
Speaker 12: Slater participating in the mandatory mini camp portion, obviously going
Speaker 12: into the last year of his rookie contract working for.
Speaker 1: A bigger deal.
Speaker 12: But Slater's presence another indicator that these Chargers believe they
Speaker 12: have something special in the building with that culture, they're
Speaker 12: looking to get obviously further than the wildcard round of
Speaker 12: the playoffs. Slater's presence, just like the rest of the
Speaker 12: star players, most of the rest of the star players
Speaker 12: have been very active. They've had a high participation percentage
Speaker 12: for those star players and most of the offseason all
Speaker 12: working toward what they expect to be an even better
Speaker 12: team in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: For these LA Chargers, omar thank you more from you
Speaker 1: a little bit later. One guy who will not be
Speaker 1: back with Jim Harbaugh in LA this season is last
Speaker 1: year's top running back JK. Dobbins agreed to terms today
Speaker 1: with an AFC West rival. He is headed to Denver
Speaker 1: on a one year deal that could be worth up
Speaker 1: to five point two to five million. Comeback Player of
Speaker 1: the Year finalists last year, Dobbin's course has dealt with
Speaker 1: multiple major injuries in his career, but still when he
Speaker 1: has been on the field, one of the most efficient
Speaker 1: backs in the NFL and now pairing up with a
Speaker 1: high draft pick in Denver Anthony Richardson at a high
Speaker 1: draft pick several years ago. Injuries have been the early
Speaker 1: story of his career and also the story of the offseason,
Speaker 1: dealing with a shoulder issue he recently got a second opinion.
Speaker 1: Coach Shane Steikens said today it is the ac joint
Speaker 1: that he injured back in twenty twenty three. Dealer with Sorenus.
Speaker 1: No alarm bells at this point, but more missed reps
Speaker 1: this week at a time that he is in a
Speaker 1: competition with Daniel Jones. Also the Colts this week announcing
Speaker 1: officially their new ownership structure. Jim Ersay, the longtime owner
Speaker 1: and CEO, passed away last month at age sixty five.
Speaker 1: His daughters, Carly, Casey and Kaylin, are now taking over
Speaker 1: the team, with Carly Ersa Gordon serving as the controlling owner.
Speaker 1: Here is what she had to say today about her
Speaker 1: vision for her team.
Speaker 13: We are so proud to continue our dad's legacy, beginning
Speaker 13: with carrying out his foremost wish to keep.
Speaker 2: The Colts in our family.
Speaker 14: We want our fans to know that we've spent decades
Speaker 14: in our family business, learning every aspect of our organization
Speaker 14: under our dad's leadership.
Speaker 1: A lot more to come here on the Insiders. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins also out on the field for mini camp today
Speaker 1: and Tyreek Hill first time since risk surgery. He's some passes.
Speaker 1: What does it mean in the direction of this Dolphins offense?
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty five, Cameron Wolf was there next to
Speaker 1: me here and he'll tell us on the inside.
Speaker 2: A steamy mini camp down there in Miami, the Dolphins
Speaker 2: mandatory mini camp, one of the many opening today, to
Speaker 2: Tunguo Mailoa, to Malik Washington. There possible breakout Kennith this year,
Speaker 2: we'll see some of us think so, some of us
Speaker 2: think maybe I will see meantime. Here's Mike McDaniel on
Speaker 2: the philosophy for the Dolphins this season.
Speaker 13: Being able to feel a team in seven weeks of
Speaker 13: gotten to that point where I have an idea of
Speaker 13: a team, not exactly what it's going to look like.
Speaker 13: They'll define that by their daily work, but the elements
Speaker 13: of a team that you can only really create through blood, sweat, tears.
Speaker 13: Failure is the key, because too many people are avoiding
Speaker 13: failure in life and in football.
Speaker 2: YEP, I agree with that that there's some wise sage
Speaker 2: advice there from Mike McDaniel on life and football. Cameron
Speaker 2: Wolf joining us now camp. You got to like read
Speaker 2: between the lines on this and with Tua Tunguo Mailoa
Speaker 2: had to say about the team chemistry because it's not
Speaker 2: like there's been wholesale changes to the roster, just a
Speaker 2: couple of guys that were not necessarily there anymore. But
Speaker 2: you're talking about team and chemistry and all this stuff.
Speaker 2: The buzzwords keep buzzing for the Dolphins. What is it
Speaker 2: about this team that they want to see such better
Speaker 2: chemistry in twenty five?
Speaker 14: Yeah, the biggest thing I saw from Too is a
Speaker 14: different look every year.
Speaker 1: He looks a little different than he did the year before.
Speaker 14: But for them, they're trying to change a culture that
Speaker 14: from the perception from the outside is sawd That's a
Speaker 14: word they've heard a lot, and they cringe with the
Speaker 14: idea of it. But look, it's not going to change
Speaker 14: through June words, and I think the team knows that
Speaker 14: they're saying the right things at this stage. But we're
Speaker 14: going to see the action when it comes in the
Speaker 14: fall in December practice.
Speaker 1: I think the most interesting thing to us.
Speaker 14: Said today was discussing his progress through the injuries, because
Speaker 14: that's really the question mark.
Speaker 5: When we talk about Too.
Speaker 14: Obviously, he had the concussion last year, he had the
Speaker 14: hip injury late last season, He said that he got
Speaker 14: healthy around February from that hip injury. He wouldn't say
Speaker 14: exactly what it was, but he said that as long
Speaker 14: as he protects himself better, or won't be reoccurring. And
Speaker 14: really that's been a focus point for him throughout. OTA's
Speaker 14: in mini camp, getting the ball out quicker, making those
Speaker 14: decisions where last year he wanted to run somebody over
Speaker 14: a lower shoulder to prove that he.
Speaker 1: Was tough enough.
Speaker 14: He said, I got to make a different mindset decision
Speaker 14: because my availability is key. He's planning on throwing the
Speaker 14: ball away more, sliding more, and not wanting to be
Speaker 14: that superhero that risked his availability as it has in
Speaker 14: the past, and so he has to lead through that.
Speaker 1: But I have heard he's been more vocal the building.
Speaker 14: He talked about practicing with guys even outside of the
Speaker 14: practice time. And that takes me to Tyreek Hill, his
Speaker 14: top weapon, who's coming off a tumultuous end of the season,
Speaker 14: taking himself out of the game, asking out and then
Speaker 14: everything that's happened in the offseason.
Speaker 1: He's recovering from that risk injury.
Speaker 14: I watched him today catch passes for the first time
Speaker 14: we've seen since he's had that risk surgery. You could
Speaker 14: tell he was still getting comfortable. He dropped one pass,
Speaker 14: he called a few others, but it's a great sign
Speaker 14: for his recovery might be. Daniel said that the combine,
Speaker 14: the hope was for him to be able to start
Speaker 14: catching passes by training camp, and so the fact that
Speaker 14: he's already trying at this stage of mini camp shows
Speaker 14: that he's in good pace for the regular season. He's
Speaker 14: been vocal through our practices and they expect to see
Speaker 14: a different version of Tyreek than we saw late in
Speaker 14: the season.
Speaker 1: To what did mention, He's.
Speaker 14: Practiced with Tyreek some of those routes on air and
Speaker 14: trying to get ready for this season that they hope
Speaker 14: it's going to be a little bit more smoother in
Speaker 14: December and January than it has in the past.
Speaker 2: It is interesting when you talk about the changeover in culture,
Speaker 2: the new culture and making sure everybody's bought in that
Speaker 2: a guy who was frankly asking out is still a
Speaker 2: part of the team and still expected to be a
Speaker 2: key part. That's the trust that they have in Tyreek
Speaker 2: Hill that he's going to be eyes forward this year.
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five, John new Smith the tight end.
Speaker 2: Jalen Ramsey, the cornerback. Not there at minicamp for two
Speaker 2: different reasons, and excuse and excuse what he got there.
Speaker 14: Yeah, two completely different reasons for John hus Smith and
Speaker 14: Jalen Ramsey's accidents.
Speaker 1: Let's start with John news Smith. John Newsmith wants a
Speaker 1: new contract.
Speaker 14: He's set to make four point one million dollars last year.
Speaker 1: He's coming off in.
Speaker 14: Excellent season, the best tight end season in Miami history,
Speaker 14: and he wants that bag.
Speaker 1: And right now they haven't.
Speaker 14: Been able to get to a contract for and I've
Speaker 14: been told this has been going on for multiple months.
Speaker 14: And then John who made the decision not to show
Speaker 14: up for mandatory minicamp, it.
Speaker 1: Was not excused.
Speaker 14: So he is potentially getting fined over one hundred thousand
Speaker 14: dollars for mixing this week. And that's where some of
Speaker 14: those trade talks we've heard with John who come up
Speaker 14: right now. Both sides would like to get something done.
Speaker 14: We're going to have a month or a month and
Speaker 14: a half until training camp to see if that's done.
Speaker 14: But he's a key part of the weapon to a
Speaker 14: set today. He's team paid John u he said he's
Speaker 14: thrown a couple of times with John who outside of
Speaker 14: the facility facility, and so the hope is that he gets.
Speaker 1: Something done there.
Speaker 14: As far as Jalen Ramsey, it's not a money deal,
Speaker 14: it's a relationship deal. And this is a divorce that
Speaker 14: is just waiting a ending. At this stage, he is
Speaker 14: staying away. They excused him for practice. He will not
Speaker 14: be fine. This is a situation where both sides are
Speaker 14: working together to find that rate right trade partner. He's
Speaker 14: still do twenty one million dollars in guaranteed money and
Speaker 14: they've got to figure out that money before finding the
Speaker 14: right partner. So this could be something that still lingers
Speaker 14: into training camp until they find a right partner. But
Speaker 14: two guys who are for different reasons not here for Miami.
Speaker 2: Sometimes you see these trade situations get resolved right before
Speaker 2: training camp. It's like, let's just move on. Let's not
Speaker 2: even bring this into training camp. Let's get the best
Speaker 2: deal that we could possibly get. Let's eat as much
Speaker 2: money as we possibly have. Again, you need to that
Speaker 2: pressure point could be the start of training camp for
Speaker 2: the Miami Dolphins. Cameron Wolf will be there at the
Speaker 2: start of training camp to see if Jalen Ramsey is
Speaker 2: there and what the Dolphins are gonna look like in
Speaker 2: twenty five Morgan Moses just there walking into the building,
Speaker 2: a free agent signy from the New England Patriots, a
Speaker 2: just enormous human being, an enormous presence for the Patriots
Speaker 2: as a lot of people think this could be the
Speaker 2: team that maybe gets close to flipping its record under
Speaker 2: Mike Vrabel, with a schedule that lines up pretty I
Speaker 2: don't want to say easily for them, but pretty nicely
Speaker 2: for them.
Speaker 5: We shall see.
Speaker 2: The work begins in the spring, continues into the summer.
Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs there for the end of the spring, asked
Speaker 2: about that video of him on a boat, and he
Speaker 2: pretty much said, mind you.
Speaker 6: I kind of like, how have a thing where talk
Speaker 6: about my person like with people I don't know personally.
Speaker 6: I'm pretty sure everybody here men and women are great people,
Speaker 6: but you know, what I'm saying kind of came my
Speaker 6: person my personal personal I had a conversation with raved
Speaker 6: obviously omcho everything that he said.
Speaker 5: He told me, you know, hoping everybody.
Speaker 8: Making good decisions what I'm saying.
Speaker 6: And I had a conversation with people in a building
Speaker 6: as well, so you know, everything else is everything.
Speaker 1: Else the Browns field. They made a good decision locking
Speaker 1: up Miles Garrett on a four year, one hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty million dollar contract extension this off season, mainly because
Speaker 1: this is what he looks like. It's not AI, it's
Speaker 1: not photoshop. I'm not really sure what that is. Miles
Speaker 1: Garrett has muscles on top of muscles, and he also
Speaker 1: has some thoughts on being back in Cleveland.
Speaker 9: I mean, I look forward to my best season for sure,
Speaker 9: and I think it's chinning that way. It's been really good,
Speaker 9: and I think everything is putting in that direction, and
Speaker 9: I liked, you know, where we are as a defense
Speaker 9: unit's really firing, really rolling, and I think it's really
Speaker 9: clicking as far as so the this scheme in the place,
Speaker 9: especially early on, that's that's big. I think it's a
Speaker 9: good opportunity to put him in the graveyard.
Speaker 1: Time now would for count on it. Present by Toro
Speaker 1: Tom Peliicero, joined now by Brian Baldinger. To be clear,
Speaker 1: Baldi for anyone watching at home, he's talking about the
Speaker 1: graveyard in his front yard where he has the tombstones
Speaker 1: every Halloween. The kids can see it. Not the literal
Speaker 1: great gard lawyer. Rogers is forty one years old. Some
Speaker 1: bad things, potentially good happen here. Let me ask you
Speaker 1: this ball. We know Miles Garrett's a really good player.
Speaker 1: They do have talent on this team, But can Brown's
Speaker 1: fans count on their squad being more competitive in the
Speaker 1: AFC North than twenty twenty five?
Speaker 15: Well, I mean, right now, they've got Joe Flacco pencilvy
Speaker 15: it as a starter, right, I mean, that's kind of
Speaker 15: how what we're led to believe right now.
Speaker 5: They could change, but you.
Speaker 15: Know, and you know, it just so happened at Miles
Speaker 15: Garrett became the defensive player of the Year of the
Speaker 15: year that Joe Flacco took over and led him to
Speaker 15: the playoffs, winning four of his five starts down the
Speaker 15: stretch and getting him to Wild Guard Weekend. And so
Speaker 15: for Miles, I mean it starts with, look, Miles, can
Speaker 15: you go out and be the defensive player of the
Speaker 15: Year again? And they might win four games if they
Speaker 15: don't score more points.
Speaker 5: And they did a ago. And so you know, I
Speaker 5: think the offensive line should be good.
Speaker 15: I think Kevin Stefanski knows how to call plays. I
Speaker 15: think they've got some weapons. They need a quarterback to
Speaker 15: play a whole lot better than any of the four
Speaker 15: starters did a year ago.
Speaker 5: And if they do that, if these four more points
Speaker 5: were Miles Garrett gets a chance to really get after.
Speaker 15: Aaron Rodgers week six, get after some of these quarterbacks,
Speaker 15: you know, to start the season right now, whether you
Speaker 15: know it's Week one against Cincinnati, whatever it might be,
Speaker 15: it's a lot of user to get after him.
Speaker 5: If you got to lead in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 15: And so I think that's what Miles Garrett's like, all right,
Speaker 15: Joe Flack will come in, like, do what you did.
Speaker 5: Let's core some points.
Speaker 15: Let's put our Jim Schwartz led defense, myself, Macon Grahant.
Speaker 15: Let's get some dogs out there to get after these
Speaker 15: quarterbacks who to leave the fourth quarter something they rarely
Speaker 15: saw a year ago.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers trailing with Miles Garrett pass rushing on the
Speaker 1: other side. Not a situation he wants to be in.
Speaker 1: A lot of news around the NFL today, including veteran
Speaker 1: player ended up in Buffalo. This time it is linebacker
Speaker 1: Shaq Thompson, longtime Carolina Panther, agreeing to terms on a
Speaker 1: one year contract with the Bills. Walter Nolan, one of
Speaker 1: the handful of remaining unsigned first round draft picks, agreed
Speaker 1: to his rookie contract with the Cardinals and the Vikings,
Speaker 1: extending tight end Josh Oliver, another Frasier acquisition a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago by Koisia. Dopho Mensa and his staff
Speaker 1: agree now on a new contract as they build that
Speaker 1: thing out around JJ McCarthy. Aaron Rodgers finally agreed to
Speaker 1: his contract with the Steelers last week, a one year
Speaker 1: deal worth up too close to twenty million dollars. Got
Speaker 1: his first taste of practicing with these Steelers today, then
Speaker 1: faced the media and wanted to make clear he's not
Speaker 1: trying to run the Aaron Rodgers offense.
Speaker 3: I don't understand our last term takeover when I see fit.
Speaker 3: I mean, I've called some two minutes over the years,
Speaker 3: but the idea that somehow I need to or have
Speaker 3: spent most of my grip outside of an offensive system
Speaker 3: is just not correct. So I'm gonna learn the offense,
Speaker 3: and Arthur and I are gonna talk a bunch this summer,
Speaker 3: and there's if there's things that I like that I'd
Speaker 3: like to see in the offense, Arthur, I'm sure is
Speaker 3: gonna put it in. But he knows how to call
Speaker 3: a game. I know how to get us in the
Speaker 3: right spot based on what's called. There's two or three
Speaker 3: plays called in the huddle. Sometimes my jobs to get
Speaker 3: us in the right play. DK has been blowing me
Speaker 3: up for a while. You know, we we got to
Speaker 3: get together out West. But I've gone against him a
Speaker 3: number of times. He's big, athletic, fast, got great hands,
Speaker 3: ball skills. But the thing that really excites me the
Speaker 3: most is his character. I think he's a high character guy.
Speaker 1: When you play twenty one NFL seasons, you eventually get
Speaker 1: some opportunities to take down some notable records, including one
Speaker 1: owned by his former teammates, Brett farb Needs six pass
Speaker 1: to on ser pass far for fourth most of all time,
Speaker 1: among many many other things. He's got the opportunity to
Speaker 1: become a fifth quarterback to beat all thirty two teams
Speaker 1: because he does get to face the Packers in Week
Speaker 1: eight of this season. Welcome back to the insiders. Tom Pilisero,
Speaker 1: Mike Garrofullo, and Brian Baldinger here. But I'll start with
Speaker 1: you in your mind. Obviously a lot of attention comes
Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers entering Pittsburgh, all the attention, they said, Mike,
Speaker 1: you know, all the way to Pittsburgh for this thing
Speaker 1: here in your mind? What is the benchmark for this
Speaker 1: season to be a success for Rogers and the Steelers.
Speaker 5: Well, the Steelers haven't won a playoff game in eight years.
Speaker 5: I mean, you know, this is nineteenth here for Mike Tomlin.
Speaker 5: A playoff win is the benchmark. That's where it's got
Speaker 5: to start.
Speaker 15: Otherwise, why are they investing in a forty one year
Speaker 15: old quarterback.
Speaker 5: They're there to win playoff games.
Speaker 15: And if anybody who's been around the Steelers might be
Speaker 15: there all day today, you can't walk in that facility
Speaker 15: not see the six Lombardies. So their whole goal is
Speaker 15: to get a seven. Can Aaron help them get there?
Speaker 15: It starts with winning a playoff game, and so tom
Speaker 15: you know, and then the low side of the whole
Speaker 15: thing here, Mike is this is the nineteenth year for
Speaker 15: Mike Tomlin. Who were well aware he doesn't have a
Speaker 15: losing season. Well, Aaron Rodgers doesn't want that on his
Speaker 15: epithet as well, that you know, he was there when
Speaker 15: Mike Tomlin had a losing season. So the benchmart though,
Speaker 15: is winning a playoff game. It's just that simple right now.
Speaker 15: And the offensive line that is going to play behind,
Speaker 15: they're right behind Mike Tomlin right now. They have a
Speaker 15: chance to be very good and maybe one of the
Speaker 15: better ones that Aaron has played behind in the last
Speaker 15: few years.
Speaker 1: Baldy.
Speaker 2: If they go nine to eight and lose in the
Speaker 2: wild card round, it's like, well, we could have done
Speaker 2: that with Russell Wilson or Kenny Pickett or Mason Rudolph
Speaker 2: who's currently on the roster. Like there's got to be
Speaker 2: especially because this is a team that they're going to
Speaker 2: be good enough where they're not going to be in
Speaker 2: prime position to draft a quarterback. It's not like they
Speaker 2: have a guy in the building right At some point
Speaker 2: they need a long term plan at the quarterback position.
Speaker 2: So for the time being, I agree with you, they
Speaker 2: have to win a playoff game. But it's also a
Speaker 2: and I know we've said and you saw it there.
Speaker 2: They're going to want to run the football. I mean,
Speaker 2: that's an organizational philosophy. But since Ben Roethlisberger has retired,
Speaker 2: the Steelers have forty six touchdown passes, the fewest in
Speaker 2: the NFL. They need a guy that's going to start
Speaker 2: providing some of that in their offense right now. And
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers at this point. We saw the flashes of
Speaker 2: it with the Jets, we didn't see it consistently, and
Speaker 2: he was banged up. I mean he said today he
Speaker 2: felt pretty good. Last year he was banged up. We
Speaker 2: need to see more than flashes, right, I mean we
Speaker 2: need we need to see consistent vintage Rogers, no question.
Speaker 1: And you see Tom I would save real quick.
Speaker 5: And we have talked about this throughout the off season.
Speaker 5: I mean, he was not good at the end of games.
Speaker 5: Last year.
Speaker 15: They had a great chance to beat the Minnesota Vikings
Speaker 15: in London. He missed a wide open Garrett Wilson. They
Speaker 15: had a chance against Seattle after he threw a pick
Speaker 15: six to Leonard Williams to go down and win that game.
Speaker 15: They had a chance if they could score touchdown. Mike,
Speaker 15: you might have been in the building against Denver Week
Speaker 15: four to win that game, and they couldn't sport them
Speaker 15: from the one yard line.
Speaker 5: I had opportunities. He couldn't. I think he's got to
Speaker 5: see that.
Speaker 15: It had to be frustrating to him that he couldn't
Speaker 15: consistently put the ball where he wanted to put him
Speaker 15: the way we're used to seeing him do it. Where
Speaker 15: under any arm angle, any release, any platform.
Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers put the ball where he.
Speaker 15: Wanted to put it, like he did that for the
Speaker 15: mother part of his career, and he struggled to do
Speaker 15: that last year.
Speaker 1: You can see in that video from practice today he
Speaker 1: still has that arm twitch. He can still get the
Speaker 1: ball out. Can he stay healthy, Can he make it
Speaker 1: happen over a full season? That's the big question. Baldi,
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mike, don't move. We got to talk about
Speaker 1: c J. Stroud, who's got his arm working once again.
Speaker 1: He can turn off those panic buttons. We'll explain after
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Speaker 1: on for twenty five teams this week around the NFL,
Speaker 1: including the Texans. We've got to see CJ. Stroud back
Speaker 1: on the field. Whether it was a shoulder, a peck,
Speaker 1: general body soreness, CJ. Stroud says the issues that kept
Speaker 1: them out the past couple of weeks no big deal, folks.
Speaker 16: I was already throwing you know before you guys see
Speaker 16: me out there pretty normally. I just I think y'all
Speaker 16: don't have much to talk about. So y'all just everything
Speaker 16: is blown up in off season. So I'm fine, man,
Speaker 16: I'm really okay. The goal was just to be bigger, faster,
Speaker 16: stronger like every off season, but be more intentional about it.
Speaker 16: So have more fluty in my hits, lose a couple pounds,
Speaker 16: run faster, and I got all those done.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pella Sero, joined once
Speaker 1: again by Omar Rouiz Okay. Omar, So we know CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud from a health perspective. According to him, he's going
Speaker 1: to be just fine as we head into the break
Speaker 1: prior to training camp here. But I thought it was
Speaker 1: interesting hearing him talking about maybe trying to change his
Speaker 1: body just a little bit. As the Texans try to
Speaker 1: get over that hump from being a team that's in
Speaker 1: the playoffs and winning a playoff game to getting where
Speaker 1: they really want to go.
Speaker 12: Yeah, Tom, Bigger, faster, stronger. The goals that CJ. Stroud
Speaker 12: set out for himself this offseason, and he said he
Speaker 12: hit prs in most every category that he was shooting
Speaker 12: for personal records, so he accomplished those goals. In the
Speaker 12: video beforehand, he saw that incredible catch by Jaden Higgins
Speaker 12: forming chemistry with some of his new weapons. Christian Kirk
Speaker 12: has been a presence there this offseason, so CJ. Strouden
Speaker 12: company obviously, like you alluded to, they've won playoff games
Speaker 12: each of the last couple seasons, but looking to take
Speaker 12: that next step and obviously holding him out from throwing
Speaker 12: during OTA's as Demiko Ryan's described, was just precaution, trying
Speaker 12: to do what's best for CJ. Stroud and the entire
Speaker 12: football team. But Stroud saying that he's going to be
Speaker 12: throwing this summer with his guys in LA and trying
Speaker 12: to continue to build the camaraderie and leadership. He was
Speaker 12: also asked what he's looking forward to most about playing
Speaker 12: in new offensive coordinator Nick Cayley's system, and he said
Speaker 12: the fact that he's going to be working with Kaylee.
Speaker 12: He said, it's the chemistry and camaraderie they're forming, not
Speaker 12: necessarily the x'es and o's, is what really can take
Speaker 12: this team to an ascending level. The other news out
Speaker 12: of Houston this week they signed Nick Chubb. He was
Speaker 12: in the building participating in mini camp.
Speaker 1: CJ.
Speaker 12: Stroud saying he didn't even recognize Chubb because he is
Speaker 12: so unassuming and quiet, but Dimigo Ryan said, they're just
Speaker 12: learning Nick Chubb, how he functions, how this team functions,
Speaker 12: getting him on the same page in that regard, so
Speaker 12: when training camp rolls around, they can unleash him. Ryan
Speaker 12: saying that, of course, when Nick Chubb is healthy, when
Speaker 12: he is fully rocking and rolling, one of the most
Speaker 12: dynamic players in the NFL, They're hoping to get him
Speaker 12: up to speed, and Ryan's being a former player in
Speaker 12: the NFL, appreciates just how hard it is to come
Speaker 12: back from an injury the way Nick Chubb did, both
Speaker 12: at the knee and then obviously the foot last year.
Speaker 12: So if they can get him right there in the
Speaker 12: twenty five season, an incredible added dimension to that running
Speaker 12: game with Joe Mixon another weaponry around.
Speaker 5: C J.
Speaker 12: Stroud. As you mentioned, Tom, this team trying to get
Speaker 12: over that hump and beyond the divisional route of the playoffs.
Speaker 1: This season, second straight season that Detexans pick up a
Speaker 1: running back with a lot of success in the AFC.
Speaker 1: Northan was available for not too much. They can only
Speaker 1: hope this works out as well as Joe Mixon a
Speaker 1: year ago. Omar, thank you very much. Coming up on
Speaker 1: the Insiders, Xavier Worthy might have to watch out for
Speaker 1: his forty yard dash record. We'll explain what we mean
Speaker 1: right after this on the inside. The Eagles announced today
Speaker 1: the chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lourie and his family will
Speaker 1: make a fifty million dollar donation to Children's Hospital in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and pen Medicine to create the Loriy Autism Institute.
Speaker 1: Laurie says the institute's goal will be to spark a
Speaker 1: new era of scientific discovery in autism spectrum disorder. Great
Speaker 1: work by the Loriy family across the state. Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: is officially a Pittsburgh Steeler and Mike Garritfolo has decided to,
Speaker 1: I'm told, try his hand at taking down Xavier Worthies
Speaker 1: four point two one record in the forty our dash
Speaker 1: Is that right, Mike?
Speaker 2: We had I knew you were going to show to stumble.
Speaker 1: You had.
Speaker 2: We had a free block while you were doing the
Speaker 2: last segment. So we said, I what Cody and I,
Speaker 2: my producer, were talking about. I said, we got to
Speaker 2: time the forty. I gotta get a time forty. So
Speaker 2: was this one here with six two? I try to
Speaker 2: get you two to run at the combine? You chicken
Speaker 2: bleeps won't do it. I gotta beat Desmond Watson four
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty four pounds at five ninety three. I
Speaker 2: gotta get Cleeton. I'm coming for you, Desmond.
Speaker 1: We're out of time. See you tomorrow. Yeah,