Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we're in a mood to agree.
Speaker 1: We're not going to disagree once on this whole show.
Speaker 1: It's a mutually agreeable show. I'm Greg Rosenthal in the
Speaker 1: Chris Westling podcast studio and joined So Lucky today by
Speaker 1: Jordan Rodrigue of The Athletic Welcome, Jordan.
Speaker 2: It's so nice to see you, is it.
Speaker 3: Though.
Speaker 1: We wanted to have a show and I feel like
Speaker 1: we're feeling a little loopy today off different jobs and
Speaker 1: lack of sleep. We want to have a show where
Speaker 1: we don't bicker, where you don't tell me I'm an
Speaker 1: idiot for my opinions on the RAMS off air and
Speaker 1: for my behavior.
Speaker 2: Well, I really think the world of you, Greg, Thank
Speaker 2: you Hi.
Speaker 1: Starting out strong, I thought it would be fun to
Speaker 1: just put a flag down, you know, right before the
Speaker 1: season starts, and decide the best players in the NFL.
Speaker 1: It's more of a thought exercise that I hope the
Speaker 1: listeners enjoy too. That we look at this team, it's
Speaker 1: almost like a mid season all Pro team. I mean
Speaker 1: a preseason all Pro team, which they only have in college,
Speaker 1: and then at the end of the season we see
Speaker 1: how much it changed. But it's not a preseason all
Speaker 1: pro team because we're building a fifty three man roster.
Speaker 3: We're taking over.
Speaker 1: If there's any gms or assistant gms out there, this
Speaker 1: is our resume.
Speaker 3: We're going to build a team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, our cap space is like twenty billion. Yes, because
Speaker 2: we talked about potentially doing like starters and backups, but
Speaker 2: then we thought that's what's the point. And then the
Speaker 2: mental image of you know, superstar quarterback is your full
Speaker 2: time starter, and then two more superstar quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Okay, well, let' let's get to it. Then, like, let's
Speaker 1: start with the quarterbacks.
Speaker 2: I agree, we should start with the quarterbacks. See, I'm
Speaker 2: I'm already doing it.
Speaker 1: We are going to agree this whole show, and if not,
Speaker 1: we're going to be polite when we disagree. I went Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and Lamar Jackson and again to explain it
Speaker 1: to all you out there, tell us where you disagree,
Speaker 1: certainly politely, very politely. Fifty three man roster. We're gonna
Speaker 1: build it with the best players in the NFL. Who
Speaker 1: are the best players right now that the guys we
Speaker 1: would want on our roster, and Patrick Mahomes and Josh
Speaker 1: Allen were an easy one two for me, and I
Speaker 1: went with Lamar Jackson as my third. And yeah, I
Speaker 1: didn't really think about it in the sense of Josh
Speaker 1: is gonna, like maybe not be suited up for game
Speaker 1: day because I kind of want Lamar as my backup
Speaker 1: just as a change of pace, Like I think it'd
Speaker 1: be harder to deal with Lamar and you can always
Speaker 1: bring him in like in this scenario, he's totally.
Speaker 3: Happy backing up Patrick Mahomes. It's a super team.
Speaker 2: I would put Josh Allen at full back.
Speaker 3: Okay, see that's fun too, But it.
Speaker 2: Is funny to think of, you know, the Tom Brady
Speaker 2: the iconic photo where he's wearing like that giant rectangular jacket,
Speaker 2: yes to keep him warm on the sideline. Like if
Speaker 2: I just ficed Patrick Mahomes is on the field and
Speaker 2: then Josh and Lamar are standing there just like Stutu esque, I.
Speaker 1: Could see Lamar. Actually, I have seen Lamar look very
Speaker 1: cold on sidelines. He happens to look cold that It's
Speaker 1: actually a good point that Josh Allen would be great
Speaker 1: to have as a Taysom Hill like option every now
Speaker 1: and then. But have they kind of cemented themselves like
Speaker 1: coming into this season, we'll see how it's coming out
Speaker 1: of the season. As as the three dudes, it's kind
Speaker 1: of yeah, I think so Lamar has been a little
Speaker 1: more up and down throughout the course of his career,
Speaker 1: but he's obviously coming off an MVP season in a
Speaker 1: system that I think is going to help him for
Speaker 1: the rest of his career.
Speaker 2: They've verbalized I agree with you on that, by the way,
Speaker 2: but they've also verbalized what their goal is here with Lamar,
Speaker 2: and I have also Patrick Mahomes, La Mar Jackson and
Speaker 2: Josh Allen as we.
Speaker 3: Agree because we're we're not building different teams.
Speaker 2: We have to we are building the same rosters. Okay,
Speaker 2: so it's fish we're sitting in the same office here,
Speaker 2: and I do think that these are the three guys.
Speaker 2: But to my earlier point, they've been very open. John
Speaker 2: Harba has been very open. They're trying they're going for
Speaker 2: legacy at this point, they're cementing Lamar Jackson. They're not
Speaker 2: just going for Super Bowls right now, and he needs
Speaker 2: to get one, but they're going for legacy in terms
Speaker 2: of the capability and the ability of Lamar Jackson as
Speaker 2: a player. He was very open about that when he
Speaker 2: started out training camp.
Speaker 1: I love that, and uh, you know you'd love to
Speaker 1: see a playoff run.
Speaker 3: But this is a this is a regular season team.
Speaker 2: Let me ask you this because I know you tracked
Speaker 2: this and for a lot longer than I have, You've
Speaker 2: had your finger on the pulse of the entire league.
Speaker 2: I'm being so polite to you. Don't you just love this?
Speaker 3: Please?
Speaker 2: Please more more? What what do you make of this
Speaker 2: sort of flare up every few weeks months. It's been
Speaker 2: years at this point of the whispers about Josh Allen,
Speaker 2: or the voters saying one thing about Josh Allen, or
Speaker 2: the players like.
Speaker 3: The anonymous gms that, or the.
Speaker 2: Players saying that on the ESPN poll like this is
Speaker 2: an overrated eleven players or something said he's an overrated
Speaker 2: Like I kind of why why are we debating this?
Speaker 2: Why are we discussing this?
Speaker 3: Because I think he has.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he has limitations, but I think
Speaker 1: he's still been growing as a quarterback. But he's also
Speaker 1: the type of quarterback usually other players respect the most,
Speaker 1: which is just like, oh, you can't do anything with
Speaker 1: him because he's like Cam Newton essentially, and He's a
Speaker 1: guy that hasn't always won from the neck up, but
Speaker 1: I think he's like getting there now. So I honestly
Speaker 1: think it's just a sign that there are more people
Speaker 1: in Tell me if you disagree in the NFL that
Speaker 1: really don't know more than like we do, like me
Speaker 1: and you like they might know less because they don't
Speaker 1: really watch the other two. Like, there's a surprising amount
Speaker 1: of people that work in the NFL that have a
Speaker 1: relatively basic level of like opinions on other teams. They
Speaker 1: know their teams, that they know their specific little job,
Speaker 1: but of them talk about other teams and they kind
Speaker 1: of say, what what your average Like drive time radio
Speaker 1: host says.
Speaker 2: This might be a really great story idea for me
Speaker 2: over at the Athletic kind of digging into how siloed
Speaker 2: these these teams really are from each other.
Speaker 3: That would be fun.
Speaker 1: All right, we agree on our quarterbacks as mahomes Lamar
Speaker 1: and josh al Oh my god, all right, running backs.
Speaker 1: You know, at first I thought we'd have four running backs.
Speaker 1: Most NFL teams do that. The position's so thin. Now
Speaker 1: I'm going to try to save a spot elsewhere because
Speaker 1: I think it's even hard to get to three. There's
Speaker 1: such a drop from Christian McCaffrey. We're agreed on Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 2: We are agreed on Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: Okay, So I would go Jonathan Taylor and Bajohn Robinson.
Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a projection with Bajhon Robinson.
Speaker 1: I would listen to Saquon Barkley and listen to anyone
Speaker 1: that you would have to say, but those were the
Speaker 1: ones that came to my mind.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Greg, by the way, great jacket that you're wearing.
Speaker 1: Right it is jacket season. I now feel like T
Speaker 1: shirt only some days of the week, but not every
Speaker 1: day of the week.
Speaker 2: I mean, this is how we lift you up. Right before,
Speaker 2: I politely disagree while still being agreeable, you know, with
Speaker 2: your premise here. But I actually looked at this as
Speaker 2: building out a room a little bit instead of for best.
Speaker 2: And I know that's probably not fair because some positions
Speaker 2: I'm looking at X amount of best players. In this
Speaker 2: one in particular, I was looking at sort of building
Speaker 2: out the room.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: I know the injury questions are there with Kiren Williams,
Speaker 2: but he still was the second most productive running back
Speaker 2: in the NFL while missing four games to injury. I
Speaker 2: know there's the big Blake Korum question. I know there's
Speaker 2: a durability question. The Rams are apparently putting them at
Speaker 2: punt return this this season. Sean McVay dropped that little
Speaker 2: take on us. But I really like his ability in
Speaker 2: the passing game. Again, I watch up close to see
Speaker 2: how involved he can and will be in that regard.
Speaker 2: They also can do any type of concept with him
Speaker 2: out of any alignment, and they showed that last year.
Speaker 2: So I really like the versatilility. I also I got
Speaker 2: to watch Joe Mixon in practice. I think he's going
Speaker 2: to be a factor for the Texans, and I do
Speaker 2: think he changes it up a little bit in this room. Again,
Speaker 2: I'm building out the room sort of as different pieces
Speaker 2: with each other. And then James Connor is just steady,
Speaker 2: He's durable, he's powerful, he will run man in your face.
Speaker 1: It's not going to be hard to stay agreeable because
Speaker 1: you're going to be where we disagree.
Speaker 2: A lot, but you know what, You're going to definitely change,
Speaker 2: be able to change my mind on your last two
Speaker 2: that you have here.
Speaker 1: Okay, So Bjohn Robinson's secret, I feel strong about Bajhon.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be though, I agree, that would be
Speaker 3: my ding.
Speaker 1: Second second one, I would push because we're picking on traits,
Speaker 1: I think, and we're picking on production. And he had
Speaker 1: it like there's this idea because of fantasy that he
Speaker 1: wasn't productive. He was incredibly productive per touch. He showed
Speaker 1: he can literally do everything and he's similar to McCaffrey
Speaker 1: in that way. But that to me is why I
Speaker 1: want him on the team, that he could.
Speaker 3: Easily replace McCaffrey if McCaffrey got hurt in our fictional world. Okay,
Speaker 3: so we're agreed on Yes, we're taking off Gio.
Speaker 1: I can give them Jonathan Taylor because he's a little
Speaker 1: more one dimensional. I just happened to think he's going
Speaker 1: to have a good year. But is Kyrone really that talented?
Speaker 1: Is Joe Mixing? You know, he's passed his prime. He
Speaker 1: hasn't been able to stay healthy last few years.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm agreeing we pull off Joe put on jon
Speaker 2: I'm saying Kiren because he's he fits what they're trying,
Speaker 2: what they're trying to do. He's going to be very
Speaker 2: productive and has been very productive specifically, And this is
Speaker 2: kind of like when we talk about quarterbacks and what
Speaker 2: they're capable of within the framework around them, and both
Speaker 2: of those floors lifting because of that. I think that
Speaker 2: we saw that last year. Now do we see it
Speaker 2: again this year? That still remains to be seen because
Speaker 2: again he's got a friend now in the room in
Speaker 2: Blake Korum, and they're both going to be getting touches,
Speaker 2: so we can, uh, you could potentially convince me to
Speaker 2: take Kyroen off. I just think the passing game element
Speaker 2: and the versatility, especially of concept that he's able to run.
Speaker 2: You can pretty much work any type of run game
Speaker 2: you want with him. And I agree with you that
Speaker 2: Bijon should be put on there, but I could take
Speaker 2: off Kien if you let me keep James Connor.
Speaker 1: So no sequent, so Saquon to me like James Connor,
Speaker 1: And this is where maybe we can compromise. Has done
Speaker 1: it year after year, which is really important at running back.
Speaker 1: It's such a hard trait to find in running backs.
Speaker 1: There's just so few. It's why we're only going to
Speaker 1: pick three in the end, even because to do it
Speaker 1: consistently and develop your skill set, and I think James
Speaker 1: Connor is a better player now than when he was
Speaker 1: younger and be reliable, and he's had up in down
Speaker 1: years and that's what makes me a little anxious that
Speaker 1: I trust Saquon's talent like.
Speaker 3: A little bit more overall.
Speaker 1: But I also think Sequon has probably lost half of
Speaker 1: a step as well in terms of his explosiveness, which
Speaker 1: is similar to Connor just runs so h hard that
Speaker 1: I am willing to listen to him and I would
Speaker 1: accept him as my third running back because.
Speaker 2: You need some power in there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I also just think it's a trait that
Speaker 1: is hard to define, but running hard is like the
Speaker 1: trait running back now.
Speaker 3: Kyrin Williams has that trait.
Speaker 2: Yeah, not hard fall forward.
Speaker 1: No question, but to run hard year after year after year.
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon is one of the hardest runners I've ever
Speaker 1: seen in my time covering the NFL, But the last
Speaker 1: couple of years he doesn't run as hard in Week
Speaker 1: ten as he did in week two. I think it's
Speaker 1: just a physical thing. It's it's it's possible. And James
Speaker 1: Connor coming off at one of his best seasons. Let's
Speaker 1: go James Connor.
Speaker 2: So we're going to go Christian McCaffrey. Okay, James James Connor,
Speaker 2: yes and Bjeon Yes, great, I agree, dang, we agree.
Speaker 1: We negotiated it. I'm putting bees on first, though, I'm
Speaker 1: putting in an order.
Speaker 2: That's that's Christians is how you get your Greg.
Speaker 3: James Connor, Okay, that wasn't nice. That wasn't agreeable.
Speaker 2: It was so agreeable. I was smiling so big.
Speaker 3: All right, wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I think now that we have three running backs, we
Speaker 1: could go seven wide receivers. But maybe it'll be six.
Speaker 1: We'll see if we just you know what we want
Speaker 1: to do. This is a flexible roster. Justin Jefferson we
Speaker 1: can agree on yes.
Speaker 2: Enthusiastically. Yes.
Speaker 1: I it really hurt me to not take him with
Speaker 1: my first fantasy pick, and I have regretted it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, who did you take with your by the way, it.
Speaker 1: Took saque, But it's because there's no points perception, No
Speaker 1: one cares about your fantasy team. But that was an
Speaker 1: interesting debate those two. But that's it's such a running
Speaker 1: back heavy format. It took seque uh tyreek Hill agree.
Speaker 1: I actually think that's where the locks end, which is crazy.
Speaker 2: But I then go I politely disagree. I think I'm
Speaker 2: on Roussaint Browns also a lot.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: I really the potential and the fit and the way
Speaker 2: that they scheme with him, and the comfort level he
Speaker 2: provides to the quarterback, the physicality he plays with he
Speaker 2: he just gets the job done. But to be fair,
Speaker 2: I also think that a Davante Adams is a lock
Speaker 2: as well. I wish Davante could get with a quarterback
Speaker 2: that could, you know, throw them the freaking ball.
Speaker 3: Okay, let's put him. Let's put them both in that.
Speaker 3: Let's put them both.
Speaker 1: And I had Amanra right on my cusp, but I noticed,
Speaker 1: you know, I think you see him as a slot
Speaker 1: receiver in this uh.
Speaker 2: I see him as kind of an f like he's
Speaker 2: building into what we see Cooper Cup doing.
Speaker 1: And I know you can move other guys, almost any
Speaker 1: of these guys into the slot, but I do like
Speaker 1: a guy that's a little more prototypical there. Obviously, Devonte
Speaker 1: can move inside, and almost all these guys can. They're
Speaker 1: so diverse, all right, I'll go with those four, which
Speaker 1: is crazy because I do think a'man Ra is a
Speaker 1: guy who's complimentary and can fit into any offense, where
Speaker 1: so many of these other guys are just the guy
Speaker 1: I actually would have a J.
Speaker 3: Brown next, I had a J Brown third.
Speaker 1: I weirdly think AJ Brown is a little underrated because
Speaker 1: he's a much more subtle route runner than people give
Speaker 1: him credit for. He runs a slant in such a
Speaker 1: way and it's not like it's fancy, but that it's unguardable. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's their play. I actually would say, if you had
Speaker 1: to pick one single play from one single receiver in
Speaker 1: the NFL, the AJ Brown slant is probably the most
Speaker 1: unstoppable play. It's just nine yards whenever you freaking want it,
Speaker 1: and it might be a lot more than nine yards
Speaker 1: if you catch it right. But I just think I
Speaker 1: think he's a Hall of Famer, Like, I don't think
Speaker 1: people have totally wrapped their minds around like how good
Speaker 1: AJ Brown is. So he would have been third for me,
Speaker 1: behind Jefferson and Tyreek, But it doesn't really matter.
Speaker 3: We're not ranking them. To me, I'm pushing hard.
Speaker 1: All my chips for you to be agreeable are on
Speaker 1: AJ Brown making this team.
Speaker 2: There is no argument.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm just making sure.
Speaker 2: Because I have eyes in my head.
Speaker 1: Okay, I know, but the other guys are all so
Speaker 1: good too, that we have five and now to me,
Speaker 1: it's a little more up for grabs. I don't think
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb is as much of a lock as like
Speaker 1: his fantasy ranking would say.
Speaker 2: I'm putting Jamar Chase in the next spot.
Speaker 1: Okay, I would too. I don't think we've seen the
Speaker 1: very best you I agree, I agree. Why why would
Speaker 1: you put Chase next over Lamb? But I think they
Speaker 1: you know, they both.
Speaker 2: Maybe It's not like I'm ranking them, it's just that
Speaker 2: I would put Jamar Chase there, like it's I'm good,
Speaker 2: I'm not doing the rankings thing every subtly tried.
Speaker 3: It's true, we didn't want to do a rankings.
Speaker 1: We just stopped building the best team before the season,
Speaker 1: kind of a snapshot of where we think the league
Speaker 1: is at. And at the end of the year, we're
Speaker 1: going to be like, oh, yeah, remember when we thought
Speaker 1: X was actually at that level, he's not anymore.
Speaker 2: Well, and I'll say this, I guess, you know, in
Speaker 2: simplest terms, I put Jamar Chase here because I think
Speaker 2: he's a top five, top six receiver in the National
Speaker 2: Football League, Like I think he's outstanding. That's I mean,
Speaker 2: that's the simplest way that I could possibly describe it.
Speaker 2: I think he adds dimension, trustability. He and Burrow, they
Speaker 2: just they work. I just think that it just it
Speaker 2: just fit. I think he's a top five, top six
Speaker 2: receiver in this league.
Speaker 1: You know, he's not as physical as ceed Lamb, but
Speaker 1: he is just so good at the catch point.
Speaker 3: He's so good as a vertical receiver.
Speaker 1: He obviously can make the plays after the catch, but
Speaker 1: when it comes down to it, ty Breaker for me
Speaker 1: just goes with like footwork, and his footwork.
Speaker 3: Is just so nasty, spicy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's Davant had Kim, Jefferson, and DeVante maybe Tyreek.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just crazy. So I think he would
Speaker 1: work with anyone. Him and Joe Burrow make each other
Speaker 1: better and hopefully they can have a healthy season together.
Speaker 1: All Right, Cowboys fans might be annoyed, especially after we
Speaker 1: dumped on them throughout our NFC preview and now we're
Speaker 1: not even putting Ceede Lamb as lock.
Speaker 3: I'm just gonna listen.
Speaker 2: Don't we have six? I thought we had We're going
Speaker 2: with six. I thought we're going with seven.
Speaker 3: We don't know. We haven't decided right now.
Speaker 1: Six are in Jefferson, Tyreek, AJ Brown, DeVante Jamar Chas
Speaker 1: and a Monro Brown in no particular order. If we
Speaker 1: add a seventh cd ye, there's cd we I've just
Speaker 1: got through out some other options.
Speaker 3: Brandon Ayuk the intermediate King.
Speaker 2: Big news last week on Brandon Ayuk are our long
Speaker 2: national conversation finally ends.
Speaker 1: That was exciting. The best receiver on the best offense. Uh,
Speaker 1: outstanding route runner, he was everywhere. I'd probably take him
Speaker 1: over Ceedeelamb just as a pure route runner, O lave Uh.
Speaker 1: This is more of a projection. I think he could
Speaker 1: be on this list by the end, but I understand
Speaker 1: that it doesn't make sense.
Speaker 3: You know what. I love that.
Speaker 2: I love him as I remember one of the first
Speaker 2: shows I ever did with you, Greg, And if we're
Speaker 2: talking about agreeable, like happy, fond memories like was when
Speaker 2: I was talking about it was like Thursday night game
Speaker 2: and I was on to talk about the Saints with
Speaker 2: you and we just gushed over.
Speaker 3: Oh.
Speaker 2: I mean it's just he is. He's special. I think
Speaker 2: he will continue to develop into a really really special player.
Speaker 2: I would really love another guy. I would love to
Speaker 2: get a quarter back like I just yeah.
Speaker 1: Now, that was a very special memory to me too.
Speaker 1: I totally remember us talking about Chris. It is not
Speaker 1: totally washed away the sea of hundreds of shows that
Speaker 1: that we've done, not me and you, because I do
Speaker 1: remember it was really fun having you on those first
Speaker 1: few Thursday nights. That was your your debut on the
Speaker 1: Round the NFL podcast. Pooka, Uh, he's getting there. He
Speaker 1: certainly had one of the best seasons last year. Drake
Speaker 1: London could get their Neco Collins could get there. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: I think it's coming down to CD or Ayuk For me.
Speaker 1: I'm close on that one, but I'll leave it to
Speaker 1: you to pick. I think we the receiver position is
Speaker 1: so good right now. I think they deserve to have seven.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll probably put cde lamb.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go ceedee lamb Uh.
Speaker 1: Let's finish up with the pass catchers and let's give
Speaker 1: the tight ends three positions. Now, we could get weird
Speaker 1: and like get a blocking tight end, but that would
Speaker 1: be weird or at least someone that can hold up
Speaker 1: their end of the bargain there. And that's why Join
Speaker 1: Kittle is my first pick, just like he's the most
Speaker 1: obvious one, because I do want someone that's going to
Speaker 1: be a devastating blocker, and he might you know, the
Speaker 1: tape heads would say he's not as devastating consistently as
Speaker 1: he was when he was a younger player as a blocker,
Speaker 1: But I'm not a I can't even speak to that.
Speaker 3: I know he's good enough to make my team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I have him as my first choice as well,
Speaker 2: because of the versatility there. Also, by the way, when
Speaker 2: I was preparing for this, one of my arguments this
Speaker 2: when I was preparing, like doing my notes on this,
Speaker 2: it was before news of the Brandon Ayuk deal came through,
Speaker 2: and I was thinking to myself, Oh my goodness, George
Speaker 2: Kittle is going to have a huge amount of targets
Speaker 2: for this team, and I trust him with it. And
Speaker 2: that in my mind thinking, oh yeah, I do trust
Speaker 2: George Kittle, not just to you know, do the trench
Speaker 2: work that he needs to do, but also and to
Speaker 2: dig out players where he can. But also I trust
Speaker 2: him if they were going to be missing. I'm not
Speaker 2: saying this offense would be the same at all. It
Speaker 2: wouldn't be. It's just simply wouldn't. But I would trust
Speaker 2: George Kittle as being that super high volume target at
Speaker 2: least in the short term as they figured their sales out.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't now after last season, after he showed he
Speaker 1: was a little healthier and could make it to the
Speaker 1: end of the year with some juice, he definitely looked good.
Speaker 1: He had some injury plagued gears, but to me, him
Speaker 1: and Sam Laporta were easy picks. Yeah, and Travis kelcey
Speaker 1: just wins because east Travis Kelcey and all he knows
Speaker 1: how to do is win. And it's hard to ignore
Speaker 1: that he plays his best when it matters, so even
Speaker 1: if he saves it a little and in the regular
Speaker 1: seasons hasn't been quite his guy. Can I really put
Speaker 1: Tray McBride over him right now?
Speaker 3: I could.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's crazy, but I'm not going to,
Speaker 1: at least unless you convince me now too.
Speaker 2: I think it's fair to do a legacy pick here.
Speaker 2: And also he's very talented for Travis kelce and plays
Speaker 2: the best when it counts and freestyles with the best
Speaker 2: quarterback on the planet, and all of that's great. I
Speaker 2: did have Trey McBride here, but it was sort of
Speaker 2: a dual bride Sam Laporta, just because I also had
Speaker 2: sort of Travis Kelsey grandfathered in because how could you
Speaker 2: leave Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 1: Nick Bride is a little more physically talented maybe than
Speaker 1: the port Man.
Speaker 3: It's it's a tough call. I just that's a tough call.
Speaker 2: Samilaporta. Sam Laporta is so they both are very I mean,
Speaker 2: I just think they're It's like pick your poison in
Speaker 2: the best way, right, Like you would love to have
Speaker 2: either of them. But I would probably give Sam Laporta
Speaker 2: the edge on this. I think that just and I
Speaker 2: guess what I'll say is that offense is just gonna
Speaker 2: be good the entire year. Trey McBride really came on,
Speaker 2: you know, with the cardinal at the last part of
Speaker 2: last year. That's the only edge because I do think
Speaker 2: that they're super comparable in terms of the abilities, the versatility,
Speaker 2: the sort of master key element of unlocking certain parts
Speaker 2: of both offenses. It's it's a hard pick, though.
Speaker 1: It's a crazy conversation to have because I remember when
Speaker 1: he was like the Sea store in in season hard knocks,
Speaker 1: just as this second day draft pick that they were
Speaker 1: hoping would come around but really wasn't doing much as
Speaker 1: a rookie. Like a lot of Titands and now we're
Speaker 1: talking about him is potentially a top three tight end.
Speaker 1: But I think that's the reason to go with Laporta. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that he's that impressive as a rookie. One of the
Speaker 1: best rookie seasons in tight end history really statistically in
Speaker 1: terms of receiving the best. All right, let's take a
Speaker 1: quick break, and we're going to come back and we're
Speaker 1: going to fill out the rest of our ideal fifty
Speaker 1: three man roster. Getting festive and agreeable back on NFL Daily.
Speaker 1: We're building our perfect fifty three man roster before the season.
Speaker 1: See how it looks at the end of the season.
Speaker 1: We're onto the offensive line. We have nine offensive linemen
Speaker 1: on this seam. This is a fun group to put together.
Speaker 1: Let's just start with like the tackles. I think there's
Speaker 1: probably going to be wour tackles on this team.
Speaker 2: Can I just say too, what a luxury this would
Speaker 2: be if we actually got to do this and pick
Speaker 2: the best offensive lineman, Like I think you and I
Speaker 2: both dork out a little bit over line play, and
Speaker 2: what the mark of pure opulence that would be.
Speaker 1: This is a preposterous room to build because and I
Speaker 1: would pay them all. I have a feeling we're going
Speaker 1: to agree on Trent Williams and Pinasuel being down there. Okay,
Speaker 1: the other tackle positions, you know, if you want to
Speaker 1: keep it even right left tackle, I would go Lane
Speaker 1: Johnson and then either Laramie Tunsel or Andrew Thomas. I
Speaker 1: think I would because of Lane Johnson and because of
Speaker 1: Trent Williams. I actually want to have another young player
Speaker 1: in there to balance it out. So I'm going to
Speaker 1: go Lane Johnson Andrew Thomas as my other two tackles.
Speaker 2: I like that. I definitely was thinking about youth, and
Speaker 2: I also was thinking about keeping like continuity teammates who
Speaker 2: are used to playing with each other together. And so
Speaker 2: we did. That's the reason why we did go in
Speaker 2: a little bit of a different direction because I had
Speaker 2: Lane Johnson. I mean, I had your first two. The
Speaker 2: first two we obviously agree like one percent on the
Speaker 2: second to uh, I had Lane Johnson and Jordan Mylotta.
Speaker 2: Now I also think that Andrew Thomas is probably a
Speaker 2: better pick here.
Speaker 1: Wait, I think I have an even better pick. Maybe
Speaker 1: do we want five tackles? No, that's too many?
Speaker 2: Okay, wait, and they still could be uh, like a
Speaker 2: receiver tight end.
Speaker 1: So yes, we have to have a tool. I'm taking
Speaker 1: it back and I want Tristan Wurfs. First of all,
Speaker 1: you show you to be a great right tackle, but
Speaker 1: the fact that he could transition to left tackle and
Speaker 1: be that good right away, he can play both sides
Speaker 1: for us. Then I'm taking Lane Johnson out sorry, as
Speaker 1: great as he's been, and I think I'm going Worfs
Speaker 1: and then I'll let you. I'll let you choose. If
Speaker 1: you're with me on WORFS, you choose the other tackle.
Speaker 3: I'll leave it up to you.
Speaker 1: I'm Learmy tunsl Jane, Lane Johnson, Andrew Thomas.
Speaker 4: Pick one there, I'm gonna I'll probably pick Andrew Thomas.
Speaker 4: Then okay, So that's a fun group. Trent Trent Williams
Speaker 4: ponas Andrew Thomas, Tristan words the interior. We agreed on
Speaker 4: treat Creed Humphrey and we're just seeing our notes a
Speaker 4: little bit ahead of time. Chris Lindstrom in at right guard.
Speaker 4: We're gonna get the running game going. So we've now
Speaker 4: got six. I like Tyler Smith a lot of the Cowboys.
Speaker 4: I think either of the Cowboys guards Tyler Smith or
Speaker 4: Zach Martin would be options. Elkton Jenkins, I think is
Speaker 4: really underrated and very versatile, would be a great guy
Speaker 4: to have play any position. If we wanted a backup center,
Speaker 4: you kind of need it. Jenkins could be that. Or
Speaker 4: Tyler Linderbaum could. I don't know, he might.
Speaker 1: I might be over my skis with Linderbaum this early
Speaker 1: in his career. So those are some of the interior
Speaker 1: guys I liked. I think Jenkins actually makes sense as
Speaker 1: sort of a Jenga piece along with this line.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree he does. But I also have
Speaker 2: been watching Steve Abula for the last First of all,
Speaker 2: I think he was one of the better, if not
Speaker 2: one of the best left guards as a rookie already,
Speaker 2: not just because of past protection and run blocking, but
Speaker 2: also so much of what the Rams do in order
Speaker 2: to be successful and to what they believe what they
Speaker 2: call it. I know we have polite disagreement over what
Speaker 2: this is termed, but they like to say they extend
Speaker 2: their run game side to side of the field with
Speaker 2: their screen game and with some of the sweeps and
Speaker 2: those types.
Speaker 3: This is not a projection.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I talked last week about how the Rams are
Speaker 2: messing around with their offensive lines. Steve Ovula is the
Speaker 2: only reason they can do that because he can play
Speaker 2: center now. And he also, in my opinion again is
Speaker 2: one of the standout guards left guards in this league.
Speaker 2: He's super durable. Hopefully I'm not jinxing him on that,
Speaker 2: but he he is to me an ascending young star
Speaker 2: in this league. He's got the size, and I just
Speaker 2: I want people to go back and look and watch
Speaker 2: how he moves in the first level of the offense,
Speaker 2: in the second level of the offense, the way that
Speaker 2: he works the screen game. I mean, it really is
Speaker 2: predicated on.
Speaker 3: His move All Right, you've convinced me, so you pick.
Speaker 2: You picked the other two.
Speaker 1: Okay, we've got Lindstrom in there at guard. We've got
Speaker 1: your boy, Steve Abula, who can play a little center
Speaker 1: guard that kind of takes care of I think that
Speaker 1: knocks Alton Jenkins out. Then, uh. I like Zach Martin
Speaker 1: as the old head, just one of the greatest of
Speaker 1: all time. You get to put him on a team.
Speaker 1: There's really no reason not to. And yeah, maybe along
Speaker 1: with what you said earlier, have some teammates. Tyler Smith
Speaker 1: as another versatile guy who's shown he can play left
Speaker 1: tackle at like a solid level.
Speaker 3: He's the he really is like Zach Martin.
Speaker 1: They he's not gonna be Zach Martin because Zach Martin's
Speaker 1: like very likely a Hall of Famer, maybe a first
Speaker 1: ballot Hall of Famer. It's tough to put that on
Speaker 1: Tyler Smith. But he was a guy who showed he
Speaker 1: was a good enough left tackle but a great great
Speaker 1: guard right off the bat. So I'm gonna put both
Speaker 1: cowboy guards on there. And we have our group, Trent Williams,
Speaker 1: Pine Sewell, Greed, Humphrey, Tristan Wurf's Andrews, Thomas, Tyler Smith,
Speaker 1: Zach Martin, Crystal Instroram.
Speaker 3: Is this too many people? And Steve Avula, I don't care.
Speaker 2: By the way, I would love like I would in
Speaker 2: this concept. We are investing significant amount of money in
Speaker 2: this team, twenty billion in cap room, Like it's amazing.
Speaker 2: I would pay as a person, like great money to
Speaker 2: just be a fly on the wall of this O
Speaker 2: line room. By the way, but then to hear the
Speaker 2: stories that Zach Martin and Trent Williams share together, I mean,
Speaker 2: I can't even the human mind cannot comprehend.
Speaker 3: Often the best interviews often the best people to talk to.
Speaker 1: All Right, we've got a big defensive line room, so
Speaker 1: this is going to be some work to get through.
Speaker 1: We have nine edges in defensive linemen total. Maybe we'll
Speaker 1: break it up into edge in defensive tackle, so a
Speaker 1: total of nine between the two groups. Will see how
Speaker 1: we want to shake it out. I feel like the
Speaker 1: top four edges are just obvious. I don't want to
Speaker 1: just recap what happened last year. But to me, it'd
Speaker 1: be crazy not to put in Michael Parsons, Miles Garrett,
Speaker 1: Max Crosby, TJ.
Speaker 3: Watt. Yes, I actually can't remember.
Speaker 2: Or dings ding ding ding in my.
Speaker 1: Time covering the league that a position has been so
Speaker 1: clearly marked by greatness of These are clearly the four best.
Speaker 3: Guys in the league, and they all have a chance
Speaker 3: to make the Hall of Fame. That's pretty cool. We'll
Speaker 3: see if we need another edge.
Speaker 1: I'm going to go to defensive tackle now, Dexter Lawrence
Speaker 1: and Chris Jones. I feel like our obvious picks. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we're to six. This is where then it gets
Speaker 1: a little trickier. What what do we want out of
Speaker 1: our next three picks? Do we want one more edge.
Speaker 1: We have Dexter Lawrence there to stop the run, but
Speaker 1: I think Derek Brown would provide a very interesting you
Speaker 1: know him four than one to win the super Bowl
Speaker 1: and the pretend fifty three man roster playoffs. Like you
Speaker 1: want Derek Brown on the field to stop that run.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like Derek Brown in sort of that nose role.
Speaker 2: What I was looking at this here is actually pairing
Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year candidate Kobe Turner with a really
Speaker 2: good nose. So I should have put Derek Brown on
Speaker 2: with him in tandem, which now I'm going to daydream
Speaker 2: about for you know, until the end of.
Speaker 3: Kobe Turner was awesome last year. I want to see
Speaker 3: it again.
Speaker 1: This this group is a bunch of grown men, and
Speaker 1: Kobe Turner is as well but defensive, and it was
Speaker 1: a credit to him. It's a hard position to get
Speaker 1: good fast. It's pretty rare to be that good fast,
Speaker 1: so potential wise, you're there, and yet to me, it's
Speaker 1: hard to put him on over a guy like Quinn
Speaker 1: Williams exactly. Let's say that that's done it before, so okay,
Speaker 1: let's get Quinn Williams.
Speaker 2: In there and Derek Brown to me having him on
Speaker 2: the field. Trump's any sort of oh yeay this you know,
Speaker 2: this guy's ascending and right, you know.
Speaker 1: I think so that's eight if we if we you know,
Speaker 1: Kobe Turner's out there, Madam Week is out there, Jalen
Speaker 1: Carter maybe a little early for him, but he's coming.
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons would have been honest at one point, not crazy.
Speaker 1: Lee McNeil's a rising player. I want to use my
Speaker 1: last pick on just the the best player available, which
Speaker 1: is still Nick Bosa, Like.
Speaker 2: I just, oh, you're adding an edge.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we have four of each now, so I
Speaker 1: now we could go where we either way for the
Speaker 1: ninth spot if we have nine defensive line I mean
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa per snaps one of the greatest edge rushers.
Speaker 2: If you get him, like, we're preserving him, right, So okay,
Speaker 2: situational rush, yes, fine deal. Oh my god, that was
Speaker 2: so easy.
Speaker 3: I mean Nick Bosa is crazy.
Speaker 1: He's such a good player anyway that he was pretty
Speaker 1: healthy last year.
Speaker 2: So yeah, well, I mean we're gonna okay, and it's correct.
Speaker 3: How many linebackers do we want in this league? In
Speaker 3: this thing? I guess five makes sense. Most teams keep
Speaker 3: this one.
Speaker 2: This was also tough for me to because I wanted
Speaker 2: different things from different players than I overthought it and
Speaker 2: this one, this one was okay, so I'll be easy
Speaker 2: to our.
Speaker 3: Red Warner's the easiest guy to put on there.
Speaker 2: And then we both had Jeremiah Osukormo too, Yeah, which
Speaker 2: he's great. That's a I don't think it's a projection.
Speaker 2: I think it's where the league is. You want a
Speaker 2: guy like that.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's the second best off ball
Speaker 1: linebacker in the league, but we both happen to agree
Speaker 1: with him. He's going to make our team. I think
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith is a no brainer as well. So those
Speaker 1: are the three eight that I believe just have to
Speaker 1: be on this team. After that, it makes me almost
Speaker 1: want to create another defensive line spot and just give
Speaker 1: it to one of those guys because there's options here.
Speaker 3: Levante David's he's great.
Speaker 2: But I know I always I always throw him out
Speaker 2: just because in a positive way, throw him out among names,
Speaker 2: because I just think he's been long underrated.
Speaker 1: Mario Davis, How is this still happening? It defies logic
Speaker 1: because we thought he was, you know, getting a little
Speaker 1: slower like five years ago, and he's still so good.
Speaker 1: So he's an option. Levante David's an option. But it
Speaker 1: shows you where the position is that that these guys.
Speaker 3: CJ.
Speaker 1: Mosley is another one who are getting to their mid
Speaker 1: thirties and yet so.
Speaker 3: This is why I think they're there.
Speaker 2: A huge wild card. Okay to this, And I put
Speaker 2: Frankie Louvu on here, and I know I see your face.
Speaker 2: We're politely agreeing or polightly disagreeing. The reason I put
Speaker 2: him on here is because I'm thinking about a linebacker room.
Speaker 2: I'm thinking about the pressure that he got last year,
Speaker 2: what was it, five and a half sacks, twenty plush pressures.
Speaker 2: He's a he hits really, really freaking hard, which is
Speaker 2: what you want, not just from your linebacker, but somebody
Speaker 2: who's going to be helping you out on special teams,
Speaker 2: which is the back of the linebacker's room. Anyway, Okay, again,
Speaker 2: that's where my brain went on this. And he's younger,
Speaker 2: he's ascending. I cannot wait to see him in Dan
Speaker 2: Quinn's defense.
Speaker 1: Now, the devil on my shoulder is saying, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: well we'll give you Frankie Louvu but that's your pick.
Speaker 1: And if this looks embarrassing at the end of the year,
Speaker 1: that's on you. But that's the old in me, that's
Speaker 1: the one that's not as agreeable. The angel on my
Speaker 1: shoulder is saying, I want to prevent that from having me.
Speaker 2: Like a shot.
Speaker 3: You know what.
Speaker 2: One of the reasons, Commander, one of the reasons why
Speaker 2: I fell in love with this show and fell in
Speaker 2: love with Around the NFL is the propensity to you know,
Speaker 2: totally just hammer the table and stand on the table
Speaker 2: for a guy that you believe in, and I do
Speaker 2: you do watching Frankie play, I do believe.
Speaker 3: Okay, and he's found a home. Let's put him in there.
Speaker 1: He's our fourth and I'm going to propose this is
Speaker 1: complicated that as much as I like Levante David and.
Speaker 2: To Mario Davis and by the way, they both were
Speaker 2: on my list too, you know of potential guys who
Speaker 2: we would put on there, it's.
Speaker 1: Just I'd rather put Jeffrey Simmons or a defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: I think it would be Jeffrey Simmons from you or
Speaker 1: Jalen Carter, just like, let's just go heavy, let's just
Speaker 1: go deep on the defensive line.
Speaker 2: Mostly you are thinking like a good GM, though, because
Speaker 2: you are investing in more.
Speaker 3: I just think the value. The value is high value positions.
Speaker 2: I think you're you're investing in a high value positions
Speaker 2: or you are thinking like a modern GM, and I,
Speaker 2: you know what, I really admire that. Greg.
Speaker 1: All Right, you want to go Jeffrey Simmons, Jeffrey Simmons
Speaker 1: or Jalen Carter Jeffrey Simmons. Okay, he's on the team. Sorry,
Speaker 1: to the linebacker position. All right, moving on to cornerback.
Speaker 1: All right, we're wrapping. We're getting to the end here.
Speaker 2: Really similar on that.
Speaker 1: You're gonna do specialists, Okay, Sauce Gardner, let's go seven cornerbacks.
Speaker 3: How many cornerbacks of most teams keep? Is that too many?
Speaker 2: Five? Or four? In between four and six? Seven, seven
Speaker 2: if your sub packages or corners.
Speaker 1: Seven is aggressive. But that was the number I came to.
Speaker 1: I think it's because I looked at a couple of
Speaker 1: teams as samples and maybe they just happened to go
Speaker 1: cornerback heavy. Sauce Gardner yep. Patrick Sartan yep. Jalen Ramsey yep.
Speaker 1: Still getting it done. This is where now we could
Speaker 1: have some disagreements. So that's how many that's for. That's three.
Speaker 1: I think Trent McDuffie has to be my next guy.
Speaker 1: I want a slot corner. I think he's established himself
Speaker 1: as the best right now. So it's crazy, but he's
Speaker 1: actually kind of in my top four. I'm not ranking him,
Speaker 1: but yeah, I do think he needs to be on
Speaker 1: the team because I don't know who in the slot
Speaker 1: I'm putting over him. Another Devin Witherspoon is an option,
Speaker 1: and I might want to put him on this team,
Speaker 1: but I still would put mcduffee ahead of him.
Speaker 2: Jets Michael Carter. I mean, I think he's one of
Speaker 2: the best slot corners in the NFL. The only reason
Speaker 2: I hesitate and I'm going to give you Trent McDuffie
Speaker 2: obviously because he's a great player, but also Zach rosenblat
Speaker 2: my CALLI yet the Athletic has been reporting, you know,
Speaker 2: this return from a foot issue that Michael Carter's dealing with.
Speaker 2: So let's go with Trent McDuffie.
Speaker 1: Okay, So we have four cornerback Sauce Patrick Sartan, Jalen Ramsey,
Speaker 1: Trent McDuffie.
Speaker 2: We both name Jalen Johnson.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he's got to make it right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1: No, The only thing that concerns me is he does
Speaker 1: fit the profile. It's a very up and down position.
Speaker 1: It's a very hard position to stay near the top.
Speaker 1: Some guys pop for like a year and then they're
Speaker 1: just really good after that, but they don't have quite
Speaker 1: that season. Jalen Johnson kind of fits that profile, but
Speaker 1: I think right now he deserves to be on. Like
Speaker 1: AJ Terrell, who's on my longer list, fits that too.
Speaker 1: I think he's a really good player, but hasn't been
Speaker 1: quite as good as he was back in two thousand
Speaker 1: and one. I actually feel most strongly of anyone left
Speaker 1: of Darryl Stingley and Devin Witherspoon, and I know Stingley
Speaker 1: hasn't quite.
Speaker 3: Done it yet.
Speaker 2: We have to put Spoon on there.
Speaker 1: Okay, Spoon is on there, and I think either Darryl Stingley,
Speaker 1: Tron Johnson, Lagarious need AJ Terrell, one of those guys
Speaker 1: would be on my team.
Speaker 2: I want a lot of cornerbacks and you don't want
Speaker 2: JayR is what you're saying, Jaire Alexander in In Jeff
Speaker 2: Half Lee's No, he.
Speaker 3: Hasn't been consistent enough last couple years. He hasn't been
Speaker 3: healthy enough.
Speaker 2: I think the health thing is fair to bring up
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah he's great when he's great, but now he's getting
Speaker 1: to the age where you're wondering, like, is he ever
Speaker 1: going to get back to that great? I feel I
Speaker 1: want to call my shot. We didn't do a making
Speaker 1: the Leap show this year. I want to do that
Speaker 1: next year on NFL Daily. Like maybe Derek Stringley's like
Speaker 1: too obvious actually for making the leap because I think
Speaker 1: he's already that good.
Speaker 3: I want him on.
Speaker 2: Let's throw him on there.
Speaker 3: I want him on this team.
Speaker 2: You gave me, You gave me a guy that I
Speaker 2: believe in. I'm giving you a guy that I also
Speaker 2: believe in, but that you believe in.
Speaker 3: That's good.
Speaker 2: I agree with your belief Greg.
Speaker 3: Thank you. So many agree? Is all right?
Speaker 1: Let's go to safety. Uh. At the safety position.
Speaker 2: We have the same We have the same people.
Speaker 3: There was a Big three last year.
Speaker 1: It was Kylee Hamilton and Antoine Winfield, Jesse Beats. They're
Speaker 1: all at the age that I think they just have.
Speaker 3: To be on it.
Speaker 1: They were the Big three yeah, and you know what
Speaker 1: after that, it could be anyone. It could be Xavier
Speaker 1: McKinney playing with the Packers. It could be Brian branch
Speaker 1: who's expected to be a little more full time safety.
Speaker 3: That's a bit of a projection.
Speaker 1: I think Javon Holland for the Dolphins is going to
Speaker 1: get paid and is an interesting went. Minko Fitzpatrick coming
Speaker 1: off a bad year, but he's still you know, not
Speaker 1: a bad year, but just not himself in terms of
Speaker 1: making big plays.
Speaker 3: A lot of options.
Speaker 2: I I want to I have Zavier McKinney down. But
Speaker 2: as we were talking and just reading back some of
Speaker 2: Detroit's camp reports and all of those things in the
Speaker 2: preparation for this and ascending player, I really like Brian Burt.
Speaker 1: All right, let's put Brian Branch in as our safety.
Speaker 1: We have completed fifty of the fifty three players.
Speaker 2: That comes the fun part.
Speaker 3: Now it's the hard part. Man, Are we really gonna all? Right?
Speaker 1: Punter, I'm going Stonehouse. Here's how I want my punter
Speaker 1: for this team. What punter? If I'm watching on Sundays,
Speaker 1: will I stay to watch the punt instead of like
Speaker 1: turning my attention to the other games that are on.
Speaker 2: You're right, it's Thomas morristeaed No, Thomas Morriston. We got
Speaker 2: to give this to him. He punted ninety nine times
Speaker 2: last year for the poor Jets, and he pinned the
Speaker 2: ball thirty six times inside the twenty, and he also
Speaker 2: got great distance, and he's doing lots of work in
Speaker 2: the community. But it's he really kinda I'm going with
Speaker 2: the guy team. This is where my theme is for.
Speaker 3: The I'll give it. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean Stonehouse is awesome, awesome, Actually yeah, I think
Speaker 1: had the most punts that were down inside the twenty,
Speaker 1: so it's not just like a booming punting, which I
Speaker 1: think he's the best at. Morse said, I'll give it
Speaker 1: to him just because he was involved in the Saints'
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, when that's how long he's been in the
Speaker 1: league every once.
Speaker 3: In a while.
Speaker 2: According to Pro Football Reference, Thomas Moore said had eight
Speaker 2: more punts down inside the twenty than Ryan Stonehouse did.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I've been corrected.
Speaker 2: I have punter stats pulled up.
Speaker 1: Okay, Tom Thmas Moore said, it is he was involved
Speaker 1: in that Saints team kicker. I think there's two good
Speaker 1: options Tucker or Brandon Aubrey. I think that's the choice
Speaker 1: right now. Harrison Bucker has been extremely consistent year to year,
Speaker 1: but not as many fireworks as Tucker or Aubrey.
Speaker 2: I will give you kicker because you gave me punter
Speaker 2: and we're being a agreeable But I love the idea
Speaker 2: of Justin Ktucker and Thomas Moristead in the same room together.
Speaker 1: I mean, come on, okay, let let's put Tucker on
Speaker 1: and then I think it's obvious who the long snapper is.
Speaker 1: I've been studying long snapper for weeks preparing for the show.
Speaker 1: I've watched all thirty two long snappers. Who has the
Speaker 1: straightest ball, has the nicest rotation.
Speaker 3: It's got to be.
Speaker 2: Jj Janssen all the way. Thirty eight years old, has
Speaker 2: been playing since obviously for you know, well long amount
Speaker 2: of time. I'm not going to do the math in
Speaker 2: my head right now, has never missed a regular season game.
Speaker 1: That's incredible. It's incredible. We got a panther on there.
Speaker 1: Someone who listens to the show could do the numbers
Speaker 1: for us. And who has the most players from their
Speaker 1: NFL team on this roster? But I tell you what,
Speaker 1: the Panthers might have been the worst team of the
Speaker 1: NFL last year. They have more players than Plenty of
Speaker 1: rosters on this team because they got JJ Jansen and
Speaker 1: Derek Brown. That's incredible because Plenty went over.
Speaker 2: I think that tells us two really really good things
Speaker 2: about the Here we go.
Speaker 1: We've done it, We've picked the team, and now it's
Speaker 1: time for the two thousand and twenty four season. I
Speaker 1: am so excited for our normal weekly schedule to start.
Speaker 3: Jordan, you will be back with me?
Speaker 1: Can you come back in the Chris Westling podcast studio
Speaker 1: with Colleen Wolf for a very fun show.
Speaker 3: I'll just leave it at that. You're gonna want to
Speaker 3: listen to this one.
Speaker 2: You're gonna want to watch this one.
Speaker 1: You're gonna want to watch this one too. We're gonna
Speaker 1: put out some predictions for the season. I'll just say
Speaker 1: say that. So that show is going to drop on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: You guys are going to love that. That's going to
Speaker 1: be our crew every Wednesday. Steve Weischell join us on Wednesdays,
Speaker 1: not this one. I'm really excited for that. Our preview
Speaker 1: show coming up. We'll have Daniel Jeremiah guesting this week,
Speaker 1: which is really exciting along with me and Patrick Clayban.
Speaker 1: And then we get to the games. We have the
Speaker 1: TNF recap, we have the Sunday Show. It's all happening.
Speaker 1: We'll have some special stuff on that TNF recap afterwards.
Speaker 1: It's really exciting that we are here.
Speaker 2: Wait, I've got this. You ready what football is back?
Speaker 2: That is right, it's my tribute to you.
Speaker 3: It's been really fun.
Speaker 1: We started this show in the middle of July and
Speaker 1: everyone that's been along for the ride, like, the response
Speaker 1: has been fantastic. But this is what we do it
Speaker 1: for for the regular season. For Jordan, I'm Greg she
Speaker 1: said it. Football is back.