Speaker 1: Jube one has arrived in Tennessee, even if the Titans
Speaker 1: aren't ready to anoint cam Ward as their starter just yet.
Speaker 1: Here what Brian Callahan had to say today about the
Speaker 1: plan for Ward. As teams across the league get set
Speaker 1: to kick off rookie mini caamps. This was not a
Speaker 1: top heavy NFL draft for wide receivers, but your fantasy
Speaker 1: draft might be replete with rookies like left Floria will
Speaker 1: tell you who to target and who you should definitely avoid.
Speaker 1: Happy may Day, by the way, Drank may Day. That
Speaker 1: is Patriots quarterback speaking about a new regime in New
Speaker 1: England and a new left tackle who says he'll fight
Speaker 1: and die.
Speaker 2: To protect his QB.
Speaker 1: Hopefully somebody has since told Will Campbell that blocking will suffice.
Speaker 2: Welcome inside.
Speaker 1: With the inside there's alongside Judy Bautista and Mike Garrifolo.
Speaker 1: I am Tom pelisserro We are just one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty six short days away from the NFL kickoff game,
Speaker 1: thirteen days until we see the entire NFL schedule revealed
Speaker 1: on May fourteen, and just one day, one day away,
Speaker 1: guys from seeing some of those top rookies put on
Speaker 1: their new uniforms and practice for the first time. Not
Speaker 1: Cam wore their mediamp at Tennessee's out until next week.
Speaker 1: But let's not get hung up on timelines. All the
Speaker 1: matters now is Tennessee has a new face of the.
Speaker 2: Franchise, although Brian Callahan is saying he is going to
Speaker 2: take this thing one step at a time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, they'll they'll have plenty of opportunities. How those
Speaker 3: reps get shaken out will sort of be determined by
Speaker 3: how they perform when given opportunities. That part of it's
Speaker 3: been been thought out. It's we have a plan in place,
Speaker 3: and what that looks like is going to ultimately be
Speaker 3: sort of up to them, you know, and how their
Speaker 3: performance goes when when there's time to perform. So feel
Speaker 3: good about the process and the plan in place, and
Speaker 3: there's gonna be plenty of reps for those guys to
Speaker 3: compete and get better and improve and be ready to
Speaker 3: play in September. So, you know, starting off early on
Speaker 3: here is you know, baby steps to some degree.
Speaker 4: Those guys switch guys you your referm to.
Speaker 3: All, Yeah, they're all going to have opportunities to compete.
Speaker 3: And again there's you know, there's there's three quarterback jobs
Speaker 3: on most teams, sometimes for and we're gonna let them
Speaker 3: compete for all those.
Speaker 1: It's always interesting to see, Judy how coaches handle this
Speaker 1: because we all know it's a ninety nine point nine
Speaker 1: to nine bunch of nine percent chance to cam Ward's
Speaker 1: going to be the QB. In week one, Bryce Young
Speaker 1: two years ago, Frank Wright came out in like June
Speaker 1: and said he's the guy.
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams.
Speaker 1: I think it was like the next day Matt Eberflus
Speaker 1: just flat out said this guy's going to be the quarterback,
Speaker 1: with Brian Callahan saying we're just gonna divide the reps.
Speaker 1: What do you make of just kind of the overall
Speaker 1: approach of what that says about how they intend to
Speaker 1: conduct this program around cam Ward.
Speaker 5: Well, I appreciate the effort to create competition among the
Speaker 5: entire quarterback room. That's a good thing, but let's face it,
Speaker 5: in parentheses has to be with the priority being cam
Speaker 5: Ward be ready to start the season as the starter. Yes,
Speaker 5: how they perform in these practices will maybe determine how
Speaker 5: the reps are split, but the reps ultimately have to
Speaker 5: go to cam Ward because he's going to be the
Speaker 5: starting quarterback.
Speaker 6: He is the number one overall pick.
Speaker 5: This guy was texting guys who were getting drafted after him.
Speaker 5: He was texting the general manager. After he got drafted,
Speaker 5: he walked into the building and started introducing himself to
Speaker 5: staff members, to people in the ticket selling department. He
Speaker 5: is the franchise quarterback. He's already behaving like the franchise quarterback,
Speaker 5: like what you want a franchise quarterback to be. So Ultimately, yes,
Speaker 5: it's great that the other guys are going to compete
Speaker 5: for reps, but you already know what those guys are.
Speaker 5: You already know what Will Levis is. That's why you
Speaker 5: took cam Ward. Ultimately, the reps are going to have
Speaker 5: to be split at the end in a way that
Speaker 5: gives them to Camboard.
Speaker 1: Those reps will start out next weekend at the Titans
Speaker 1: rookie Mini Camp. We've got four teams kicking off the
Speaker 1: rookie mini camps tomorrow. You will get a look at
Speaker 1: the Cowboys rookies led by Tyler Bookie Booker, the Eagles
Speaker 1: rookies led by Jihad Campbell, the Packers' rookies and Matthew Golden,
Speaker 1: and the Seahawks, who had quite a class, including a
Speaker 1: quarterback in Jalen Milroe who's going to be one of
Speaker 1: the great fascinations as we go through this process. Speaking
Speaker 1: of the Eagles, they're still in celebratory mode, at least
Speaker 1: in terms of them being atop the standings until we
Speaker 1: start playing games again in September. GM Howie Roseman, though
Speaker 1: appearing on Mad Dog Radio saying, hey, it's not just
Speaker 1: about getting one title.
Speaker 7: This is a young team. I think we have two
Speaker 7: players projected on our defense that are over twenty five
Speaker 7: years old. Are extremely young. Our core guys they're all
Speaker 7: in their twenties, and so you know, this isn't like, well,
Speaker 7: we're just put him back, the band back together to
Speaker 7: make one last run. Like we feel like we got
Speaker 7: an opportunity here to continue to build our core players
Speaker 7: and keep our core guys together. We have a lot
Speaker 7: of picks next year already, you know, expecting compics, and
Speaker 7: we had made a trade, two trades, are ready to
Speaker 7: get other picks from teams. So you know, we're looking
Speaker 7: at a minimum of twelve picks next year, which is
Speaker 7: huge for us to keep supplementing. And the same token,
Speaker 7: like you know, I see the attitude and the energy.
Speaker 7: We understand. We understand that that twenty twenty five is
Speaker 7: a new year. We haven't won a game yet in
Speaker 7: twenty twenty five. We're going to have to do our
Speaker 7: best and work our hardest to have the kind of
Speaker 7: season that we're looking for, and nothing in the past
Speaker 7: is going to guarantee future success.
Speaker 2: Mike, we know this about Howie Roseman.
Speaker 1: He is always pushing the envelope and trying to get
Speaker 1: better every off season.
Speaker 8: Here.
Speaker 1: Yes, they take care of their core players, they're veterans,
Speaker 1: but you look at the roster churn from year to
Speaker 1: year here, not surprised at all to hear how we're
Speaker 1: reminding everybody, Hey, we can still go do that thing again,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of work to be done well.
Speaker 9: Hiri Roseman understands that you're gonna get You're going to
Speaker 9: keep your core guys together, and you're going to supplement
Speaker 9: the roster with guys that are going to be hungry.
Speaker 2: To get a piece of what you just experienced.
Speaker 9: And you look at their off season acquisitions, everybody's got
Speaker 9: a little bit of motivation for one reason or another.
Speaker 9: Kenyon Green, who they traded for with CJ. Gardner Johnson
Speaker 9: in that trade with the Texans, he comes over a
Speaker 9: guy that really hasn't lived up to his potential, but
Speaker 9: sees Mkai Becton who was there for a year on
Speaker 9: a Super Bowl team and boom, he hits it big.
Speaker 9: So he's got the potential to reset his value. AJ
Speaker 9: Dillon coming back from that medical issue with his neck,
Speaker 9: you know he's going to be motivated and have that
Speaker 9: love for the game now that he had it taken
Speaker 9: away last year. As he's O Jelari the outside linebacker,
Speaker 9: as well as at Dori Jackson, a couple of former Giants,
Speaker 9: so you know that they're going to want to stick
Speaker 9: it to their team as well as in o Jlari's case,
Speaker 9: get the chance to establish his value, just like josh Uja,
Speaker 9: a guy that they got for a bargain rate deal
Speaker 9: and could potentially get you know, five six seven sacks
Speaker 9: and set up his value on the market. So you know,
Speaker 9: you've got the guys that we saw Jordan Maylotta, you
Speaker 9: know he's gonna be hungry, he always is. Lane Johnson
Speaker 9: Jalen hurts that these guys are gonna want to defend this,
Speaker 9: but you also have that pieces that Howie Roseman understands.
Speaker 9: You also have to add to prod this team even
Speaker 9: more so. That was the point of the offseason, a
Speaker 9: lot of these acquisitions.
Speaker 1: From the best team in the NFL last season to
Speaker 1: one of the worst, the Patriots, no surprise, starting over
Speaker 1: in many different ways after a trying twenty twenty four campaign.
Speaker 1: There's new head coach, there's a new offensive coordinator. There
Speaker 1: is the same quarterback, though Drake May wonder trying circumstances
Speaker 1: shown what he can do in the NFL. Drake May
Speaker 1: speaking today about the initial work with Josh mcdanielson.
Speaker 10: Company, I'm pumped. I think, you know, a lot of
Speaker 10: new faces, a lot of guys, a lot of veterans
Speaker 10: that played at a high level. I think, you know,
Speaker 10: we kind of found answers a lot different spot. I
Speaker 10: hopefully can plug and play, and I think that's what
Speaker 10: the point of free agency is. I think you guys
Speaker 10: are coming here and help us win, help us win now.
Speaker 10: And I think you had that it was some young
Speaker 10: talent that we've had in the past, a couple of drafts,
Speaker 10: and I think hopefully we're head in the right direction.
Speaker 10: Just looking forward to you starting a game plan. I
Speaker 10: know it's far away, but nothing you kind of get
Speaker 10: the edge now.
Speaker 1: Main put takeaway from that right there, that should be
Speaker 1: the only Patriots logo that we see. That's the perfect
Speaker 1: sweatshirt pat Patriots.
Speaker 2: I don't want to see anything else.
Speaker 1: But more importantly, Judy, what do you anticipate from this
Speaker 1: Patriots team that has their work cut out just to
Speaker 1: be competitive at the AFCs.
Speaker 5: Well, one thing that Drake May said today is when
Speaker 5: he was talking about Mike Rabel is he's so comfortable
Speaker 5: being a head coach. And then in talking about Josh McDaniels,
Speaker 5: he said, you know, it's proven his system is proven
Speaker 5: to work, And I just thought that must be such
Speaker 5: a refreshing change for Drake May. He's got to feel
Speaker 5: like he's almost walked into an entirely different franchise from
Speaker 5: the one he was in last year, which, let's face
Speaker 5: it was a little bit experimental a first time head coach.
Speaker 5: They clearly struggled at They felt aimless, the roster was
Speaker 5: outmanned on many occasions. This has been a sea change
Speaker 5: of an off season for the Patriots so far. It's
Speaker 5: not just Rabel and McDaniels, the roster has been completely overhauled.
Speaker 5: They spent free agency. They went on a spending spree
Speaker 5: in free agency, mostly working on the defense of the
Speaker 5: draft was largely about putting pieces around Drake May to
Speaker 5: support him. They got Stefan Diggs whenever he's going to
Speaker 5: be available to play. So for Drake May, who was
Speaker 5: really the only ray of sunshine in what was a
Speaker 5: very bleak season in Foxborough last year, this just has
Speaker 5: to feel like they have thrown the windows open and
Speaker 5: there is fresh air coming in because all of a
Speaker 5: sudden they've got experienced, successful people around him and really
Speaker 5: good players, a much improved roster. He's got to just
Speaker 5: feel like his career is going to restart now.
Speaker 1: Speaking of bleak seasons, Daniel Jones last year was benched,
Speaker 1: he will was released, He signed with the Vikings. Now
Speaker 1: was on the Colts, his third team in the past
Speaker 1: five six months. Here getting in some work in the
Speaker 1: early stages of the offseason program as an open competition
Speaker 1: begins between Daniel Jones and Anthony richardson Mike. They also
Speaker 1: drafted Riley Leonard out of Notre Dame and I believe
Speaker 1: it was.
Speaker 6: The sixth round.
Speaker 1: Three guys who are big physical athletes not consistently accurate,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of different things you can do
Speaker 1: in the run.
Speaker 2: Face here.
Speaker 1: You spent a lot of time around Daniel Jones. I
Speaker 1: find this competition absolutely fascinating.
Speaker 2: How's this going to play out?
Speaker 9: Yeah, look, you know Daniel Jones going to show up,
Speaker 9: He's gonna work, He's going to push Anthony richards In.
Speaker 9: Any criticisms of Daniel Jones, it's not about his dedication
Speaker 9: about the work and everything he's willing to put in.
Speaker 2: We have heard that about Richardson on the other end.
Speaker 9: So I find this a fascinating thing because that's the
Speaker 9: way that Daniel Jones can push Anthony Richardson. And Richardson
Speaker 9: had some quotes via the team's website recently, and it
Speaker 9: was about learning basically to battle adversity, to battle through adversity,
Speaker 9: about how you respond when things are not going well,
Speaker 9: and if you're the cults, you gotta love the sound
Speaker 9: of that because it's not a physical thing. With Anthony Richardson,
Speaker 9: we saw a few instances over the last couple of
Speaker 9: years where the physical tools.
Speaker 2: Are out of this world. For this dude.
Speaker 9: It's all about the mental part of the game. The
Speaker 9: understanding of the game. You remember, he hadn't played much
Speaker 9: before he came into the league. The understanding of the
Speaker 9: game and how to what he said, keep battling when
Speaker 9: things are not going well. This should allow for that
Speaker 9: because this is going to be a little bit of
Speaker 9: a back and forth, I believe, the entire offseason into
Speaker 9: the summer, and the Colts want to see how everybody
Speaker 9: here responds, namely Richardson.
Speaker 1: Three teams in a short period of time for Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: Canny Pickett knows a thing or two about that. From
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh to Philly and now to Cleveland where well, they've
Speaker 1: added a lot of quarterbacks through the course of this offseason,
Speaker 1: officially declining the fifty year option on Kenny Pickett no surprise,
Speaker 1: and they've signed Joe Flacco and drafted two quarterbacks at
Speaker 1: this point, to paraphrase Jim Mora option, I'm just trying
Speaker 1: to get some reps. If you thought that Bucks defensive
Speaker 1: front was scary with Vita Veya leading the charge, let
Speaker 1: us introduce you to the rare guy who can make
Speaker 1: Vita look a little bit undersized. Desmond Watson, rookie out
Speaker 1: of Florida, signing with the Buccaneers after last week's drafting.
Speaker 1: Now Desmond from outside with the insiders Tom Pillicero and
Speaker 1: Mike Garrifalo.
Speaker 2: Desmond, take me through this past week.
Speaker 11: Here.
Speaker 1: You don't hear your name called in the draft, but
Speaker 1: your agent's phone starts ringing. Tell me what it was
Speaker 1: like finally getting that call you're a Tampa Bay buccaneer.
Speaker 12: It was great. It was called during like the whole draft.
Speaker 13: I think since maybe like the second round, back and
Speaker 13: forth from who who it was that I was going
Speaker 13: to sign to. It wasn't really excited for me to
Speaker 13: be a draft pick. Towards the end of the draft,
Speaker 13: two teams had like negotiations and it was going to
Speaker 13: either be I found with him where somebody use a
Speaker 13: draft pick on me, but ultimately ended up being me
Speaker 13: going with the Bucks. And I'm excited about it. You know,
Speaker 13: I get to stay in my hometown. Of things like that.
Speaker 13: It's not a huge adjustment. It is a huge justment,
Speaker 13: but it's not a huge I always say so, I'm excited.
Speaker 9: What was it about the Bucks and what did Todd Bowles?
Speaker 9: I assume you had a conversation with him at some point.
Speaker 9: What did Todd Bowles tell you about joining the Buccaneers.
Speaker 13: I think I looked at it as like just being
Speaker 13: able to get the most out of my potential there. Obviously,
Speaker 13: you know, like Ill said, they have a vet there
Speaker 13: that I feel like I try to model my game after,
Speaker 13: and you know he doesn't successfully. I feel like that's
Speaker 13: just the person I could look up to and learn
Speaker 13: a lot fromhim. So I think that was the best
Speaker 13: option for me.
Speaker 1: So obviously, the curiosity for a lot of people is
Speaker 1: you're the biggest guy who's ever played in the NFL,
Speaker 1: listed at sixty five four or sixty four pounds. But
Speaker 1: I know you've been barked on a little bit of
Speaker 1: a journey in terms of your diet and things like that.
Speaker 1: What are you weigh in now and what are you
Speaker 1: trying to attack when it comes to your physical condition.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I waited in at four thirty seven. I think
Speaker 13: it was late last week. Basically, you know, that's that's
Speaker 13: just the journey I got to take, you know, to
Speaker 13: be successful. I think it's good for clicks and things
Speaker 13: like that to be the biggest player ever and things
Speaker 13: like that, But at the same time, I know, to
Speaker 13: be successful and max how my potential. The coaches know
Speaker 13: and me and my my family and stuff like that
Speaker 13: know that I have to drop weight in order to
Speaker 13: reach that. So you know, I've just been changing my
Speaker 13: habits and things like that, you know, to actually get there.
Speaker 9: You're you're six foot six too, I mean, so you
Speaker 9: got to you got a tall frame as well carrying
Speaker 9: all that weight. What do you want to get down to,
Speaker 9: like what your ideal number to play in the NFL
Speaker 9: and to be agile and to do everything you need
Speaker 9: to do in the middle there.
Speaker 12: I'm not sure specifically.
Speaker 13: I think I have a long journey to go, even
Speaker 13: though you know, I made good progress so far.
Speaker 12: I think I have a long journey.
Speaker 13: To go, and just along that journey, I can see
Speaker 13: where I would be best at, you know what I mean.
Speaker 13: I think I moved pretty well from my size and
Speaker 13: I might not have to get down to as small
Speaker 13: as the average tackle and things like that to be good.
Speaker 13: But I think just along that journey, I'll be able
Speaker 13: to fill it out and see where see our work
Speaker 13: best steps.
Speaker 1: So we got all these fun clips. You're just swallowing
Speaker 1: dudes up at the line of scrimmage making tackles. But
Speaker 1: my favorite clip I've found of you in recent days
Speaker 1: was your carry. It's the gas parilla ball fourth down
Speaker 1: late in the game against Tulane. Just take me through
Speaker 1: that play. What's the call?
Speaker 2: And then what did you accomplish there?
Speaker 13: Yeah, it was it was a couple of a couple
Speaker 13: of couple of situations where it was like, all right,
Speaker 13: just get ready, you going up next, Like we'll be
Speaker 13: on the goal line in that game, and uh it
Speaker 13: was like, like you say, towards the end of the game,
Speaker 13: it was like runn out of chances. So it was
Speaker 13: like we get short down, be ready to go. And
Speaker 13: they called it Hawked for my high school mascot at Armwood.
Speaker 13: It was a great moment, I think. You know, a
Speaker 13: lot of people have been aing me to try to
Speaker 13: do it and things like that.
Speaker 14: I didn't.
Speaker 12: That's never really been my my my type, you.
Speaker 13: Know, to be the center of attention, even though as
Speaker 13: hard as it is not to be the center of attention.
Speaker 13: I had to do it just to just to you know,
Speaker 13: stretch off the bucket lists of things like that.
Speaker 1: Well for the time play though, Desman, my favorite part
Speaker 1: of the play real quick, Mike, is the fact that.
Speaker 2: You've got two guys coming around.
Speaker 1: It looks like they're anticipating a tush push. Number seven
Speaker 1: to eighty six are coming round. What were they going
Speaker 1: to do on that play that you couldn't do yourself?
Speaker 12: I'm not sure.
Speaker 13: I feel like I got hit as soon as as
Speaker 13: as I touched the ball. I feel like a lot
Speaker 13: of people.
Speaker 12: Block it from me.
Speaker 13: One to watch me run the ball, just like everybody
Speaker 13: else in this stance. But like I say, it weren't
Speaker 13: not successful. We got the first down and I was
Speaker 13: happy to do it. It was a great moment, especially being
Speaker 13: in my hometown too.
Speaker 9: Now, Now, the other time you had the ball in
Speaker 9: your hands that I saw, there was a there was
Speaker 9: a forced fumble fumble recovery against South Carolina. You've got
Speaker 9: the ball, you're breaking away and Spencer Rattler takes you
Speaker 9: to the ground.
Speaker 2: How did that happen?
Speaker 13: Okay, I feel like this is the perfect perfect time
Speaker 13: to really explain what happened on this play.
Speaker 12: I got the ball. You know, d Lomonar used to.
Speaker 13: Holding the ball things like that, But at Florida, coach
Speaker 13: Napier teaches situation experts, so had the ball, especially Ryler
Speaker 13: doesn't go to tackle me. He touches the ball. As
Speaker 13: soon as he does that, the ball flip sideways and
Speaker 13: in my head like, man, I'm goin to drop the ball,
Speaker 13: so I just grab it and fall. If you look
Speaker 13: at the picture, I got the step for him.
Speaker 12: He wasn't getting me.
Speaker 13: If he didn't push the ball, he wasn't getting me.
Speaker 13: But it was a good plan about him to push
Speaker 13: the ball out, and I feel like even better for
Speaker 13: me to make sure I to just secure the ball
Speaker 13: and go down and give the offensive ball.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, Desmond, we appreciate you being here man.
Speaker 1: Best of luck, And if there's one thing, let me
Speaker 1: just ask you this.
Speaker 15: If there's one.
Speaker 1: Thing we can expect to see from you between now
Speaker 1: and the start of the season on the field, what
Speaker 1: is it?
Speaker 4: Growth?
Speaker 12: I feel like that's that's my biggest thing.
Speaker 13: I've been focusing on in all aspects of the game,
Speaker 13: whether it be pass rushed or getting better at a
Speaker 13: run stopper. I know that's what I'm looked at, But
Speaker 13: being better I feel like looking at those guys that's
Speaker 13: been in the league for years, I feel like I
Speaker 13: do a good job at taking things in and learning
Speaker 13: from the best. So I feel like being around those
Speaker 13: people will really help me and grow me in every
Speaker 13: aspect of the game.
Speaker 1: Congrats again male too during the season. All right, I
Speaker 1: appreciate you being here.
Speaker 12: Thank you. Good luck man, Thank you.
Speaker 1: It is Desmond Watson, Buccaneers rookie defensive tackle. Could he
Speaker 1: be one of the impact players in fantasy Guess we
Speaker 1: draft the Bucks defense? Who else are you going to
Speaker 1: need on your roster? Michael left Floria will be here
Speaker 1: with answers. Next on the Insidives.
Speaker 6: Welcome back to the Insiders.
Speaker 5: You know it's May first, five to one and there's
Speaker 5: the Bengals five and one. T Higgins and Jamar Chase,
Speaker 5: two very big pieces of the Bengals off season. Welcome
Speaker 5: back in Steve Weish, Bucky Brooks, Brian Baldinger. We are
Speaker 5: going to talk about the AFC North, the things they've
Speaker 5: already done this offseason, and what they still have on
Speaker 5: their checklist.
Speaker 6: All right.
Speaker 5: The Bengals obviously getting T Higgins and Jamar Chase back
Speaker 5: under contract, that was a big step. They still have
Speaker 5: to resolve the Trey Hendrickson situation that is still floating
Speaker 5: out there. They did draft an ed rusher in the
Speaker 5: first round, though, so we will see what happens now
Speaker 5: in the coming weeks as they head toward mini camp.
Speaker 5: All right, let's turn to the Cleveland Browns, Bucky, who
Speaker 5: have one of the most interesting quarterback rooms we've ever
Speaker 5: seen assembled and are going to have one of the
Speaker 5: most fascinating quarterback competitions we've ever seen play out.
Speaker 6: What say you about what direction the Browns are going
Speaker 6: to go in?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 16: So much intrigue about what the Cleveland Browns have done
Speaker 16: this offseason. We can talk about them securing Miles Garrett,
Speaker 16: but all of the odds are on the quarterback room
Speaker 16: and who is going to be the starting quarterback for
Speaker 16: the Browns this fall. You signed Joe Flacco, a couple
Speaker 16: of weeks before the draft, you trained.
Speaker 2: And acquired Kenny Pickett, and then on draft.
Speaker 16: Weekend you go and get Dylan Gable with your third
Speaker 16: round pick, and come back and pick.
Speaker 4: Up Sudor Sanders.
Speaker 16: The question is, how do you get all of these
Speaker 16: quarterbacks the reps that they need to sort.
Speaker 4: Out the competition?
Speaker 16: More than likely you put Joe Flack on the side,
Speaker 16: tell them to chill out, try and figure out Canny Pickett,
Speaker 16: Dylan gab or Schadeur Sanders, which one can really be
Speaker 16: the QB one In a perfect world, you were like
Speaker 16: one of the young guys to emerge as a long
Speaker 16: term pesser. But if you have it getting the answer
Speaker 16: from one of these guys, you secured two picks in
Speaker 16: next year's draft. Did draft they could feature I can't
Speaker 16: say his name, but a certain nephew of two guys
Speaker 16: who could be in the Hall of Fame with long
Speaker 16: term lineage of a grandfather that's also a Manning. So maybe,
Speaker 16: just maybe the Cleveland Brown solve the quarterback issue. If
Speaker 16: not this year, they solve it next year by finding
Speaker 16: their solution in the draft.
Speaker 5: Well, I think the Pittsburgh Steelers would really like to
Speaker 5: resolve their quarterback issue.
Speaker 6: Steve.
Speaker 5: That is obviously one of the big storylines in the
Speaker 5: entire league, but certainly for Pittsburgh. Hard to say much
Speaker 5: about their offseason without knowing what's happening there.
Speaker 17: And Judy, you know, based off of your column, you
Speaker 17: know that's exactly what the deal is. You look at
Speaker 17: their roster. They added explosiveness with DK Metcalf. They drafted
Speaker 17: Caleb Johnson, the running back, the big running back kind
Speaker 17: of Iowa in the third round, they.
Speaker 18: Go out and they get you know, Robert Woods, a
Speaker 18: veteran tough wide receiver to help in the run game.
Speaker 17: But then when their first round picked defensively, and this
Speaker 17: was a priority from talking to people with them, they
Speaker 17: get Derek Carmen, the defensive tackle out of Oregon because
Speaker 17: they really want to shore things up up front on
Speaker 17: the defense.
Speaker 18: But what does it all mean if you don't know
Speaker 18: who your quarterback is.
Speaker 17: You can't set the table, you know, unless you know
Speaker 17: if Aaron Rodgers is coming, if you've got to make
Speaker 17: a trade for Kirk Cousins, and I know Mike Tomlin said, look,
Speaker 17: we're gonna give Aaron Rodgers all the time he needs.
Speaker 18: You can't do that. You cannot set what your offense.
Speaker 17: Is going to look like and what your players are
Speaker 17: going to You've got to set up how their strengths
Speaker 17: are going to be able.
Speaker 18: To excel if you don't know who the quarterback is.
Speaker 17: So they've got to figure this out soon, and then
Speaker 17: once they do, they can go out building to see
Speaker 17: if they can have a winning record.
Speaker 6: This year, all right, Pauldy.
Speaker 5: Not surprisingly, there are not many roster holes with the Ravens.
Speaker 5: There rarely are with the Ravens. I think the one
Speaker 5: question is where are they going to do a kicker?
Speaker 5: They drafted one. Of course, just Tucker is still there.
Speaker 5: He struggled last season. Though what direction do you think
Speaker 5: the Ravens are going?
Speaker 11: Well, Eric Ticosta, the general manager, is a wizard. I
Speaker 11: mean they had six six round picks. One of them
Speaker 11: was on that kicker, Tyler Luton. Now, look, Justin Tucker
Speaker 11: might regate his form, but he did miss eight kicks
Speaker 11: and forty yards of war last year. So Tyler Luke
Speaker 11: was the best kicker in this draft. So we'll see
Speaker 11: what happens there. But look, they picked up you know,
Speaker 11: they picked up DeAndre Hopkins, they picked up Nuke, so
Speaker 11: they add him to the wide receiver forore. Maybe he
Speaker 11: gives them some big time plays in a playoff game
Speaker 11: like they needed against Buffalo last year. But they just
Speaker 11: reinforced this roster with eleven picks. It started with Malachi,
Speaker 11: you know, more of the of the of Georgia here
Speaker 11: in the first round pick to go with Kyle Hamilton.
Speaker 4: I mean, just a great selection.
Speaker 11: Malachi starts excuse me, but you know Starks comes and
Speaker 11: joins Kyle Hamilton at safety.
Speaker 4: They're going to be so interchangeable with their.
Speaker 11: Playmaking ability and the ability to play different positions.
Speaker 4: Mike Green dropped in the draft.
Speaker 11: They felt comfortable taking him at fifty nine with his
Speaker 11: background that's out there, but you let him go join
Speaker 11: Chuck Smith, their pass rush specialist coach.
Speaker 4: You joined Justin.
Speaker 11: Manabeek and Kyle van Noy and adafe Oway.
Speaker 4: They keep the pass rush strong.
Speaker 11: And look, they drafted Emery Jones, who could play guard
Speaker 11: or tackle. Maybe he competes for one of those guard
Speaker 11: positions or maybe a tackle position.
Speaker 4: If he doesn't, he's going to give depth. We know
Speaker 4: this about the Ravens.
Speaker 11: They lose offensive lineman, but they restock offensive lineman the
Speaker 11: way Walmart stock shelves. And they drafted three more offensive
Speaker 11: linemen this draft, and so that's what they do. They
Speaker 11: just reinforce what they have and when the time comes,
Speaker 11: they get these guys ready to play.
Speaker 5: AFC North always one of the toughest, most physically brutal
Speaker 5: divisions in the game.
Speaker 6: Guys, thank you very much. Tom.
Speaker 1: Speaking of physically brutal, let's bring in Michael have Florio
Speaker 1: for a second. It exists solely for that wipe Florio's
Speaker 1: Fantastic First Year Receivers, which instantly also my favorite row
Speaker 1: Doll book. All right, Florio, let's talk about Travis Hunter.
Speaker 1: We know that he can play both ways, but the
Speaker 1: Jaguars are starting him out as a wide receiver. From
Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective, what's your level of faith in Travis
Speaker 1: Hunter as a room Well, I.
Speaker 8: Don't think I've ever been called physically brutal in my life,
Speaker 8: so thank you for that, Tom. I know that there
Speaker 8: was tough one elite wide receiver in this class, and
Speaker 8: to me, that's Travis Hunter, because when you watch him play,
Speaker 8: there's nothing he can't do. Literally, he can't do it.
Speaker 8: He can do it all on a football field. But
Speaker 8: as a receiver, he could win after the catch, he
Speaker 8: could win downfield, contested catches.
Speaker 2: Whatever it is you need him to do.
Speaker 8: But what I like, he's not gonna be asked to
Speaker 8: be the number one right away here because they have
Speaker 8: Brian Thomas Junior on the other side to take away
Speaker 8: defensive attention.
Speaker 12: And now for.
Speaker 8: Fantasy, there's gonna be concernings over usage. Are they gonna
Speaker 8: play him at dB? How much wide receiver is he
Speaker 8: gonna see? But the Jackson been vocal that he is
Speaker 8: a wide receiver first, so usage concerns aside. The upside
Speaker 8: is top twenty at wide receiver, and right now in
Speaker 8: early drafts, he's going in like the sixth round range,
Speaker 8: So if you want him, expect to use a pretty early.
Speaker 2: Pick on him.
Speaker 9: All right, how about t mac or Tetaroa. Don't call
Speaker 9: him ted. Mom doesn't like that Tetaroa McMillan.
Speaker 8: I'm old enough that Temac to me will always be
Speaker 8: Tracy McGrady. So Tetaroa McMillan, I like you. I'm a
Speaker 8: big fan of your game because, just like Travis Hunter,
Speaker 8: he could do pretty much everything.
Speaker 2: On the football field.
Speaker 4: He could win.
Speaker 8: Downfield, he could get contested catches if you need him to.
Speaker 2: But what I think is calling card.
Speaker 8: Is is his run after the catch abilities, and that's
Speaker 8: going to be huge for the Panthers because their wide
Speaker 8: receivers created the seventh US yards after the catch last season.
Speaker 8: I think he is a good fit stylistically with Bryce
Speaker 8: Young top target and Dave Canalis his offense look. He's
Speaker 8: likely going to be volatile week to week early on
Speaker 8: in fantasy, but you draft rookies for the ceiling the upside,
Speaker 8: they're kind of like lottery tickets. And his upside is
Speaker 8: being a wide receiver too, with a lot of volume
Speaker 8: going his way. And just like Travis Hunter, he's going
Speaker 8: in like the sixth or seventh round in early drafts.
Speaker 8: So if you want him, you got to pay up
Speaker 8: to get him.
Speaker 1: How about some of these second round wide receivers. Michael
Speaker 1: love Florio, I was fascinated Trey Harris going to the Chargers.
Speaker 1: What do you make of that fit for him in
Speaker 1: that offense?
Speaker 8: Look, what we want for fantasy purposes is opportunity, and
Speaker 8: Harris gets that here in Los Angeles. He's gonna have
Speaker 8: to compete with Quinton Johnston to be the number two.
Speaker 8: But I believe Harris is a good fit here because
Speaker 8: he's a big body X receiver, which the Chargers were
Speaker 8: kind of lacking on the offense last season, and he
Speaker 8: could contribute in the red zone. I think he brings
Speaker 8: touchdown upside, some big play capability there. But if you
Speaker 8: want him, you don't have to take him as early
Speaker 8: as those other guys. He's going in like the ninth
Speaker 8: tenth round range right now, which is just an upside gamble.
Speaker 8: You're not drafting him for the floor or to be
Speaker 8: an every weekly starter.
Speaker 2: You're hoping that he develops into that. But do not worry.
Speaker 8: It's still Lad McConkie no matter what.
Speaker 9: All Right, and Luther Burden the third I know weish
Speaker 9: and Bucky and Baldy are listening nearby.
Speaker 2: They were just on the air here.
Speaker 9: Those guys were excited for the match between Luthor Burden
Speaker 9: and what Ben Johnson can do offensively.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and I agree with them. Look, the Bears already
Speaker 8: had Dj Moore roma Dunsee, they used their first on
Speaker 8: Colson Lovelin, and they still went out and made sure
Speaker 8: to get Luther Burden. And I expect him to see
Speaker 8: a lot of usage out of the slot, which is
Speaker 8: big for him because last season Caleb Williams threw nearly
Speaker 8: a third of his throws two slot receivers. And like
Speaker 8: you said, he's got Ben Johnson now a huge play
Speaker 8: caller upgrade.
Speaker 2: They rebapped the old line second.
Speaker 8: Year Caleb lots of reasons to get excited for this
Speaker 8: Bears offense for fantasy football purposes, and Burden is a
Speaker 8: cheap way to get exposure to it. In the later
Speaker 8: rounds of redraft. I think he is a great dynasty
Speaker 8: pick as well. And real Quick, I just want to
Speaker 8: give a shout out to our guy Mac. I always
Speaker 8: see him clanging and banging in the gym. I just
Speaker 8: want to wish him best of luck and I'm going
Speaker 8: to miss you.
Speaker 1: Man McEnroe. Francis our producer. His last show tonight ten
Speaker 1: years at NFL Network Lot A little bit more on
Speaker 1: that later for now. Physically imposing Florio's fantasy football first something.
Speaker 16: Hey, Travis is James Gladstone with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 4: How you doing? You know what?
Speaker 15: Go ahead and take a moment to soak this one in.
Speaker 4: We're trading up in the draft. We're moving from.
Speaker 16: Pick five to pick two, and we're doing it because
Speaker 16: you're the one we've been hunting up.
Speaker 4: That's the best decision, Travis. Real Quick.
Speaker 15: Coach Cohen just want to say, what's up?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 15: Hey, what an unbelievable opportunity.
Speaker 4: Bro.
Speaker 15: We're prepared for this, We're excited for this. Man, What
Speaker 15: a great opportunity to do this thing together. Man, Let's
Speaker 15: get it man.
Speaker 5: You know, last week, a reporter in Jacksonville asked Travis
Speaker 5: Hunter if Travis Hunter, the receiver were being covered by
Speaker 5: Travis Hunter, the quarterback who would come down with the ball?
Speaker 5: And he said Travis Hunter, which is obviously the correct answer.
Speaker 5: Welcome back to the Insiders. Welcome back to Bucky and Baldy.
Speaker 5: Let's talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bucky, you know that
Speaker 5: franchise better than anybody who are around them.
Speaker 6: An awful lot. How do you expect them to deploy
Speaker 6: Travis Hunter.
Speaker 16: I think Travis Hunter comes in as a wide receiver
Speaker 16: but also gets plenty of time on the defensive side
Speaker 16: of the ball. I can tell you that the Jaguars
Speaker 16: have certainly planned out how they're going to utilize him
Speaker 16: to make sure they can maximize what they consider to
Speaker 16: be a generational talent. When you look at what he
Speaker 16: offers on offense, you have an opportunity to put him
Speaker 16: on an offense that features Dimmy Brown on one side,
Speaker 16: Brian Thomas Junior on the other side, Travis Hunter floating
Speaker 16: somewhere in between, to enhance what you already have in
Speaker 16: an offense that is pretty dynamic and potentially explosive with
Speaker 16: Trevor Lawrence. The thing that you want with Brian Thomas
Speaker 16: Junior and Travis Hunter, you want ball catchers, guys that
Speaker 16: can expand the strike zone, guys that can take it
Speaker 16: to distance from anyone in the field so the game
Speaker 16: can be easier for Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 2: And then on defense, think about him being.
Speaker 16: A situational playmaker, someone that you put on the defense
Speaker 16: side of the ball and gotta have it moments. He
Speaker 16: is so good in so many different areas that you
Speaker 16: want to maximize his opportunities to make plays on both
Speaker 16: sides of the ball.
Speaker 11: I agree, Bucky, and I think you know, Jacksonville made
Speaker 11: this move and made the trade because they had a
Speaker 11: real plan, and the plan involves starting on offense. I
Speaker 11: don't know to what extent, but he's going to be
Speaker 11: out there for just about every package. He's shown that
Speaker 11: he could be a point scorer. They need explosion in
Speaker 11: their offense. They need to help Trevor Lawrence out and
Speaker 11: he can contribute to that. But defensively, last year, Bucky,
Speaker 11: you know this, they had six interceptions the whole year.
Speaker 4: They just were not aggressive.
Speaker 11: They broke down far too often last year in so
Speaker 11: many different ways. He gives you the ability to take
Speaker 11: the ball away just because of the way that he played,
Speaker 11: how aggressive he is whether it's in man coverage or
Speaker 11: if it's in zone coverage. His understanding a route combination,
Speaker 11: where the ball is going and the anticipation for it
Speaker 11: is rare for a player coming into the into the NFL.
Speaker 4: Game from the college game.
Speaker 11: So he's going to be a playmaker for both sides
Speaker 11: of the ball, and it's something that Jacksonville desperately needs
Speaker 11: on this roster right now.
Speaker 5: Bucky, you mentioned that the offense is potentially explosive. Trevor
Speaker 5: Larrence has gone into his fifth season. He hasn't quite
Speaker 5: made the leap all the way up to the level
Speaker 5: we expected him to reach so far. Of course, he
Speaker 5: was injured a bunch last year. What are your expectations
Speaker 5: for Trevor this season?
Speaker 16: Travis should have an opportunity to get back on track
Speaker 16: and be the player that everyone envisioned he could become
Speaker 16: when he was taken number one. Overall, Travis's extremely talented,
Speaker 16: but there's been a lot of uncertainty around him, a
Speaker 16: lot of instability around them, whether it's when urban Meyer
Speaker 16: was the coach and was quickly dismissed after the season,
Speaker 16: or the I would say the tumultous three year run
Speaker 16: that you had with Doug Peterson.
Speaker 2: We're twenty twenty.
Speaker 16: Two started well, but then you couldn't get that consistency
Speaker 16: in twenty twenty three and twenty four. Here you have
Speaker 16: a coaching staff and the front office that kind of
Speaker 16: understands what Trevor Lawrence is and they really wanted to
Speaker 16: make the game easy for him. Whether it's putting Travis
Speaker 16: Center alongside Brian Thomas Junior, where it's adding more speed
Speaker 16: and explosiveness in the backfield, whether it's really trying to
Speaker 16: figure out how to put the best five in front
Speaker 16: of him on the offensive line. Everything is done with
Speaker 16: the intention of helping Trevor Lawrence be that special player.
Speaker 16: Now with Trevor Lawrence to show people that he is
Speaker 16: special and worthy of being a fifty million dollar man.
Speaker 11: Well to that point, Bucky, I mean, we're ten months
Speaker 11: removed from them making him the franchise quarterback and getting
Speaker 11: him into that that price right of being an elite quarterback.
Speaker 11: But the facts are he's won two of his last
Speaker 11: fifteen starts, going back to twenty twenty three, he's been
Speaker 11: on the slide. Now you can look at the injuries,
Speaker 11: you can look at certainly the instability that you just
Speaker 11: described around him, but at some point the quarterback has
Speaker 11: to elevate those around him. I think Liam Kahn, coming
Speaker 11: from the Rams doing what he did in Tampa last year,
Speaker 11: I think he's got a nice touch to help the
Speaker 11: quarterback out. I think there's certain things that they've done
Speaker 11: with the roster that can help them. But ultimately this
Speaker 11: is on Trevor right now to improve and play at
Speaker 11: a much higher level than what we've seen him play at.
Speaker 11: And you know, this organization's looked at him carefully. They
Speaker 11: did not draft him. I'm not saying they're trying to
Speaker 11: push him out the door. They're going to make this work.
Speaker 11: But at the same time, we know how this goes.
Speaker 11: If this thing doesn't start to improve on Trevor's behalf
Speaker 11: like there could be you know who knows, not avitating changes.
Speaker 11: But he's got to play better, play and elevate those
Speaker 11: guys around him.
Speaker 4: I'm playing better right now.
Speaker 6: Certainly.
Speaker 5: That is why Liam Cohen is in Jacksonville to try
Speaker 5: to get the absolute best out of Trevor Lawrence, Bucky Baldi,
Speaker 5: thank you very much. When we return, we're going to
Speaker 5: go from the a FC South to the NFC South
Speaker 5: Steve Wisch is going to rejoin us to talk.
Speaker 6: About the Carolina Panthers. That is Ted McMillan getting his draft.
Speaker 12: Call you, what's up?
Speaker 1: Man? This is Dan Morgan with the Carolina Panthers. Man.
Speaker 12: How you doing, dude? I'm great into you doing great?
Speaker 7: Man?
Speaker 12: Better better talking to you. Man.
Speaker 9: We're gonna we're gonna take you here with the with
Speaker 9: the eighth pick.
Speaker 4: Man, how do you feel about that?
Speaker 12: Hey, I'm ready. Let's do it. All right, let's do it, man,
Speaker 12: let's get it.
Speaker 4: Let's go.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pass you off to our owner.
Speaker 4: He wants to say a word to you.
Speaker 12: All right, harko, all right, man, ay tech, how you doing.
Speaker 12: I'm go to you pretty good. We're sads over here.
Speaker 12: You can hear it. Hey, man, let's get to it.
Speaker 3: Well, absolutely, we're gonna get to it.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 10: I think we're gonna it's like an early Christmas present
Speaker 10: I think for a quarterback.
Speaker 13: Who you know, so he's I.
Speaker 12: Think he's gonna be really excited too.
Speaker 8: Anyway, come on, come on now, that Kelly to Kelly
Speaker 8: is gonna be something different.
Speaker 2: Kelly to Kelly Tetaro.
Speaker 4: McMillan.
Speaker 9: McMillan the eighth overall pick to the Panthers, that big
Speaker 9: body receiver that Dave Canal has had with Mike Evans.
Speaker 2: Down in Tampa.
Speaker 9: Now hoping to recreate some of that magic mcmagic.
Speaker 2: We'll call it mcmagic sure with McMillan.
Speaker 9: Steve mcweish is joining me right now to talk about
Speaker 9: the Panthers draft. And uh, McMillan and our guy Jimmy
Speaker 9: Horn Junior, who we had on the Insiders.
Speaker 2: He was a great guest.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: They grab him later on in the draft as well.
Speaker 18: Yeah, the first of all, I love seeing Dan Morgan
Speaker 18: make that call.
Speaker 17: I actually covered Dan Morgan when he was killing played
Speaker 17: high school football in Broward County, Florida, So we go
Speaker 17: way back. So I actually spoke with him today and
Speaker 17: I said, look, how did you guys when you take
Speaker 17: in the draft and your off season overall, how did
Speaker 17: you guys check the boxes? He's like, we pretty much
Speaker 17: checked them all. And it started last year when they
Speaker 17: tried to enhance the offensive lines with their goal this
Speaker 17: year was to be beep up their defensive front.
Speaker 18: So in free.
Speaker 17: Agency they go out and they signed Bobby Brown and
Speaker 17: Treshaun Wharton and Patrick Jones and then in the second
Speaker 17: and third round they draft some edge rushers, you know
Speaker 17: in the what they wanted to do. But you just
Speaker 17: go to Tedoro. To McMillan though, and I said, why him?
Speaker 17: Why him at number eight? And they said, after him
Speaker 17: for what their draft board told them. The receivers dropped off.
Speaker 17: They wanted a big bodied receiver with a huge catch radius,
Speaker 17: and he's the one who fit the bill. They've scouted
Speaker 17: him for years. They really like him. They think they
Speaker 17: can help Bryce Young. Also, their running back room is deep.
Speaker 17: Remember they drafted Trevor ATM out of the University of Georgia.
Speaker 17: I said, why add him to what you have in
Speaker 17: Chewba Hubbard And you guys got Rico Dowdell. He said,
Speaker 17: he gives us the receiving threat and the inside run game.
Speaker 17: But he also added the Jonathan Brooks, the running back
Speaker 17: their second round pick from last year who tour retward
Speaker 17: his ACL. They're still working through his status for this season.
Speaker 17: They just don't know why, you know, if he's going
Speaker 17: to play. So again that added to them going with
Speaker 17: ETN there with that draft pick.
Speaker 9: Yeah, it was a tough one for Jonathan Brooks, but
Speaker 9: working his way back into top shape. There are high
Speaker 9: hopes for him if he can stay healthy. That CALLI
Speaker 9: to Cali combination or connection. Excuse me that you heard
Speaker 9: McMillan talk about Bryce Young throwing to him, throwing to
Speaker 9: Jimmy harn Junior and these other guys that they've got
Speaker 9: on the roster.
Speaker 2: Right now, those clips that.
Speaker 9: We saw of McMillan not exactly open on those, but
Speaker 9: he's open even when he's covered because of what he
Speaker 9: can do. So these additions, how much are they gonna
Speaker 9: help Brice youn Well?
Speaker 17: I mean, look, we know they had to add some
Speaker 17: explosiveess on their offense. They had to add some explosiveness
Speaker 17: of wide receiver, which they got. McMillan ended running back
Speaker 17: what they got with ETN. So now Morgan was telling
Speaker 17: me they've got some guys on the defensive front, so
Speaker 17: that historically bad defense number last year they were like
Speaker 17: the worst ever in several major categories can get better.
Speaker 17: That means Bryce doesn't have to play hero ball. They
Speaker 17: could control it a little bit better, So he said,
Speaker 17: the talent that they put around him, you can see
Speaker 17: Bryce's confidence is better from what he built on last
Speaker 17: year after being benched and how he got better each
Speaker 17: week at some of the things that he hit there.
Speaker 17: So they feel really good about his progress. And Morgan said,
Speaker 17: they don't see any reason why things are going to
Speaker 17: slow down. And he said one thing, he added, you
Speaker 17: can feel the culture changing in the building by the
Speaker 17: attendance that they're getting an offseason workouts, said, everybody's there,
Speaker 17: he said, you can see the players feel better about things,
Speaker 17: the front office feels better about things.
Speaker 18: So there's a different vibe in the building.
Speaker 17: And remember this is a player in Dan Morgan or
Speaker 17: a GM and Dan Morgan who played for this organization
Speaker 17: and really knows who the winning culture has been like
Speaker 17: because they won when he was there.
Speaker 18: Starting to sense a little bit of that. Coming back
Speaker 18: to Carolina.
Speaker 9: Exactly right, Steve Wiss burning up the phone lines to
Speaker 9: get you the latest information out of Carolina and elsewhere.
Speaker 2: Do we appreciate you.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders. Tom Pilaicero, Judy Matista, Mike Garrifolo.
Speaker 1: We are the faces of the Insiders, but there are
Speaker 1: a ton of people out in Los Angeles who make
Speaker 1: this show go on a nightly basis. One of the McEnroe,
Speaker 1: Francis been an NFL Network for ten years. He's been
Speaker 1: the primary producer of The Insiders for the past year.
Speaker 2: Tonight is his final show.
Speaker 1: I'm just checking the graphics to make sure he didn't
Speaker 1: slip something in on us here. We've all got a
Speaker 1: little tribute that we want to do to Mac, but
Speaker 1: first let's hear from a few others.
Speaker 19: Well, Mac, he's supposed to be saying congratulations, you're moving on,
Speaker 19: going do a great job. Something I know is great
Speaker 19: for you and your family, and I'm sad sucks for
Speaker 19: us and help build this show.
Speaker 14: You're amazing to work with.
Speaker 19: You are our rock, and I guess congrats, But man,
Speaker 19: I'm gonna Sam Mack.
Speaker 17: It's been an incredible ride for you at the NFL Network. Man,
Speaker 17: I have watched you grow to become a pillar of
Speaker 17: our newsroom, our programming and production teams. You are going
Speaker 17: to you be sorely missed, but we're also happy for you.
Speaker 14: Man.
Speaker 18: Going back to the DMV.
Speaker 17: Just make sure to hit up Jerry, Seafood and Bowie
Speaker 17: and make the crab bomb part of your staple of life.
Speaker 4: Good luck, brother, Mac.
Speaker 11: Just want to say, man, it's been a blast working
Speaker 11: with you over the years.
Speaker 4: I know you're heading home to the charm City. Good
Speaker 4: luck to you.
Speaker 11: Got your girl, you got the athletic, all that stuff's
Speaker 11: waiting for you. I just want to let you know
Speaker 11: I've had so much fun.
Speaker 4: Work with you. I always feel like, should we just
Speaker 4: have another show? Another show, and another show and another show.
Speaker 4: That's what it's been. It's been a blast, brother, Mac.
Speaker 14: Attack just want to say that you're going to be
Speaker 14: missed tremendously. It's been an honor and enjoy to work
Speaker 14: with you over the years. I know I've always enjoyed
Speaker 14: hanging out with you both at work outside of work,
Speaker 14: and just want to wish you the best in your
Speaker 14: next adventure. I know you're going to make them that
Speaker 14: much better, just like you've made us so much better
Speaker 14: over the years. Man, we love you. I can't wait
Speaker 14: to stay in touch.
Speaker 12: We'll see us soon. Good luck.
Speaker 20: I'm sure a bunch of people have already mentioned how
Speaker 20: much they're going to miss Mac because he's a great
Speaker 20: producer and even better friend. But I'll tell you the
Speaker 20: best part about Mac the snacks that he has on
Speaker 20: his desk, The snacks that I've bet in probably every
Speaker 20: day for the past four years. Sorry, Mac, if you
Speaker 20: were wondering how they disappear so quickly. We're going to
Speaker 20: miss you so much. Congratulations and if you ever want
Speaker 20: to come back and visit, I promise this time I'll
Speaker 20: bring the snacks.
Speaker 21: Hey, Mac, I'm so excited you're getting an opportunity to
Speaker 21: move back to Baltimore. I know how much that's meant
Speaker 21: to you. Selfishly, we will miss you. You're a huge
Speaker 21: part of this family. You will always be a part
Speaker 21: of the NFL network. We love you and good luck
Speaker 21: in Baltimore.
Speaker 4: Mac, what's going on?
Speaker 2: My man?
Speaker 22: We're in my ear for a couple few years of
Speaker 22: great sports television. You'll be in my heart for the
Speaker 22: remainder of my days.
Speaker 4: Man. I loved working with you.
Speaker 22: I love who you are as a person, and I
Speaker 22: wish you all the best out on the East Coast
Speaker 22: our loss the You know what's a big deal?
Speaker 4: Godspeed brother.
Speaker 2: You know it's a big deal with you know what's
Speaker 2: a big deal?
Speaker 1: When Hanson comes out Mike, Yeah, well that.
Speaker 9: Only costs US three hundred and fifty dollars there at
Speaker 9: the end.
Speaker 2: But Mac, we love you. You've helped this show grow.
Speaker 2: We don't have much time left.
Speaker 6: I love you, see you, buddy, Congratulations. Mac will miss
Speaker 6: you terribly.
Speaker 4: Mac.
Speaker 1: Now you're just gonna be serious in a podcast?
Speaker 2: I don't know, man.
Speaker 1: We'll see how it works out for it some devil.
Speaker 1: We love you, buddy. The insigners isn't get how he works.
Speaker 22: There Back tomorrow seven be at East