WEBVTT - NFL REPORT: Veteran QB Market 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:05.560 What's going on. 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.080 This is Zia Franklin, linebacker the Annapolis Colts, and this 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:10.480 is the NFL Report. 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:15.000 Oh yeah, went over to the NFL Report. I'm Steve 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.360 Weisch with my co pilot James Palmer. I'm not actually 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.360 with my toe pilot. I'm in our LA studios James Palmer. 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:25.600 He is in Indianapolis, resided Franklin the Colts play because 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:27.360 he's there at the combine. 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:29.520 It's that time of your JP. 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:33.479 And on our show, we have got Andy Reid, the 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.440 Chiefs head coach. We've got Brett Viach, the Chiefs general manager. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.479 We have got the information from Ryan Poles, the Bears 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.200 general manager. And we're gonna be talking to Less Sneed, 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:47.880 the Rams general manager. And Tom pelisera or NFL network insider. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.680 He's got some more for us too. Is a loaded show, JP. 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.280 But since you are in Knaptown, tell us what's going 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:55.920 down there. 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.400 Well, Steve, let's start at the top, right, and that's 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.960 starting at the top of this draft. Number one overall 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.120 pick belongs to as you mentioned him, Ryan Poles, the 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:08.120 general manager of the Chicago Bears. He's having several meetings 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:11.360 I'm told with people obviously about Justin Fields obvious about 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:13.559 people interested to trade up for that number one pick. 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.720 To my understanding, Steve, some of those conversations are happening 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.480 in the private suite that Ryan Poles has here that 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.120 also includes a golf simulator. 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:22.319 If he gets bored. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:22.679 I don't know. 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.560 If he's like Tom Cruise and a few good men. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.800 He thinks better with his bat, but he's got a 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.039 golf club there to swing well. He goes through some 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.600 of these conversations and the biggest pick of the draft. 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.399 So we had our very own friend of the show, 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:40.520 Stacey DALs, have an exclusive conversation with Ryan Poles about 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:43.720 that number one pick and about his current quarterback, Justin Fields. 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:44.880 Roll of tape, Elsie. 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:48.040 The one thing that's important for us is just continue 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.560 to communicate and be transparent with Justin, and we'll continue 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.920 to do that with him and his team, but we 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.280 have to be open minded about everything. What you do 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.680 appreciate about Justin is his leadership, his mindset that he's 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.240 had over the last two years. Things have not been easy, 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:06.320 but his stability, his confidence in himself, his leadership has 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.800 continued to grow as we've gone along, and that makes 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.440 all of these decisions so complicated because I care about 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.919 the guy a lot too, so I mentioned it before. 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.040 You know, no one likes to live in gray, right. 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.000 You want to know where am I going? Am I 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:25.080 staying here? All of those things. So we'll continue to communicate. 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.959 But he has done a great job, just getting better 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.239 every single year we've been together. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.280 Yeah, he had a career season really in terms of 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:35.720 his numbers. What trade talks have come up around his name? 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:37.640 Yeah? Nothing right now. 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.920 I know some people have kind of touch base with 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.679 different parts of my team, just kind of testing the water, 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:47.480 seeing what's going on, but no serious conversations have happened 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.800 right now. The question really is like can you pass 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.240 on like the right quarterback? 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:51.680 Right, so. 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.720 That person's got to fit exactly what we need to 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:58.520 be successful for a long period of time. And then 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.359 when you talk about the contract, like that's what makes 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.040 this so dynamic. It's the short term, but there's also 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.160 a long term setup as well when it comes to 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.560 a contract, you know, for a veteran quarterback or for 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.600 a rookie contract. So again, all of those things are 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.520 going to be put together and we'll make the best decisions. 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.360 Just kind of lastly, what would it take if you 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.080 were to trade a Justin Fields. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.799 I mean a lot of people love him. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.960 What would it take in terms of capital getting back 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.320 for a player of his caliber. 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.160 Yeah, we're still working through that. 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:29.400 It's hard to say right now. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.880 I think at the end of the day, it's you know, 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.720 if we go down that route and we continue to listen, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.360 we'll see what the teams are out there kind of 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.720 talking about what makes sense for everyone, But it's hard 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.440 to really put something on it right now. 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.720 We appreciate you stopping. That's Ryan Poles, GM of the Bears. 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:47.400 Thanks so much. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.320 Oh and do we appreciate our great teammate Stacy Deals 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.080 with a great interview right there. I thought Ryan Poles 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.800 is very transparent. So here's some things. It feels me 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.920 exactly what's going on. Justin Fields is out of there. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.880 Not once Ryan Poles say Justin Fields is our guy. 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.160 Like we heard Todd Bowles, the Buccaneers coach, come out 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:08.000 and say Baker Mayfield priority never said that, Oh, what's 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.840 the compensation going to be? Well, we don't know right now. 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.560 Well that follows him saying no, one's really kind of 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:14.880 gone in there. They got to figure out what a 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.320 team is going to be willing to take. From that 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.839 conversation right there, Justin Fields is going to be on 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.719 the move, and it looks like Caleb Williams is going 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.520 to be the first overall pick JP. But again, the 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.120 interesting part about that also is heard Ryan Poles say 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.520 nobody likes to live in the gray. We know Justin 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.880 Fields has said on the podcast with ross Aint bron 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.280 Equemius Emnemious ross Aint Brown that he wants to know 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.000 as soon as possible. We won't know until a team 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.640 comes to the table with some deal, so there could 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.719 be some gray going on. But Justin Fields, again based 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.599 on that conversation, tells me he's out of there and 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.240 Caleb Williams is going to be the Chicago Bears quarterback 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:53.080 in twenty twenty four. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.480 Well, Steve, you mentioned Caleb Williams. Ryan Poles has talked 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.359 about him plenty at this combine, and I think the 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.240 interesting part about it is that he was there for 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.400 that draft process of Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, who 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.359 is the guy that Let's just be clear, nobody is 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.680 Patrick Mahomes on this planet. But there are a lot 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.880 of traits that Caleb Williams possesses that make people think 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.120 of Patrick Mahomes. He had a great line here and 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.479 it was specifically said to Stacy in another part of 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.800 that interview that one of his scouts, Jeff King, says 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:29.000 quarterbacks are either artists or surgeons, Steve, and he meant, 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.880 there's a lot of comparisons in terms of the arm talent, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.080 the different arm angles that Caleb william uses that reminds 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.240 him of Patrick Mahomes. But what the biggest part of 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.680 their draft process of Mahomes was when they had a chance. 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.160 To meet with him for the first time. 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.040 It was r at the combine and spend a lot 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.800 of time with him and fall in love with him 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.359 as a person and a player, And that was a 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.880 big part of drafting Patrick Mahomes and knowing his personal makeup. 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:56.480 They know what they do on the field, Steve, but 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.160 also you have to know what makes up the player himself. 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.400 And Ryan Pulls starting to do that with Caleb Williams 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:02.159 right now, real. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.599 Looks stuff, JP, some stuff coming down the line. Well, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.720 another team that looks like they're getting ready to bounce 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:11.279 their veteran quarterback and to possibly draft another one is 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.400 the Denver Broncos and JP there at the combine, head 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:18.640 coach Sean Payton and GM George Peyton had some very 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:24.080 interesting things to say about Russell Wilson and their future quarterback. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.560 We're we want to see the entire landscape. We had 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:31.520 to get through our draft meetings, you know, we had 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.240 to get through our free agent meetings and evaluate with 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.400 what we have, and so we just want to get 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.799 through the process. Sean needs to see all these quarterbacks. 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.600 The coaches need to see all these quarterbacks until we 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:43.039 make an informed decision. 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.240 I think Tuesday, Wednesday, we'll be in meetings with ownership, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.720 and so I expect I expect that we're going to 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.080 know fairly quickly. I said it's a Super Bowl, but 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.280 I think more specifically, I think, you know, somewhere in 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.960 the neighborhood next week where we're going to there's a 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.600 couple factors here. You know, obviously the cap projections came out, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.640 We're further down the road with the draft class, obviously 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.520 the pro free agents. So I would I would anticipate 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.120 it being, you know, within the next two weeks. I 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.440 saw this like humorous meme the other day where there's 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.560 a Bronco fan with a shirt on and there was 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:29.320 like eight quarterbacks names across through it, you know, and 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:33.040 he's drinking the quarterback kool aid, and you know, our 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.320 job is to make sure that this next one, you know, 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:36.560 doesn't have a line through it. 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.720 Well, that's pretty clear there, Steve though, hoping the next 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:42.840 one doesn't have a line through it. He's literally saying 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.400 the next one and the two weeks is in reference 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.920 to Russell Wilson and his future. But if you listen 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.640 to the second part of the clip, you would say 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:51.600 that in the next two weeks they will be parting 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.560 ways with Russell Wilson, where right now there is no 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.280 trade talk by any stretch. No team has reached out, 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.280 to my understanding, to the Denver Broncos regarding h for 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.480 Russell Wilson, as they probably still believe that release is happening. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.120 The biggest thing that Sean Payton said repeatedly, and he 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.400 has said this to me privately as well, is multitasking, 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.680 the ability to do a variety of things at the 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.680 same time playing the quarterback position, whether that's how quickly 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.520 you deliver the verbiage, how quickly you can go through 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.680 your progressions, how you are able to communicate and work 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.200 within this offense. Doing a variety of things, whether that's 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.600 with motions or other aspects of handling an entire offense 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.960 is very very high priority for Sean Payton in this process. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.680 He believes quarterbacks like Tua Ton Devoloa can do that. 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.240 Patrick Mahomes can do that. Obviously, Drew Brees, who he 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.920 had for a long time, can do that. He doesn't 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.880 think of Russell Wilson, to my understanding, in that same vein. 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.840 So he's obviously looking for those traits and who the 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:45.960 next quarterback is going to be. 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:47.640 Yeah, I mean, and that's the question. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.839 As much as we're wondering where Russell Wilson's going to 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:51.840 end up, will be a bridge quarterback, will he be 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.800 a backup quarterback, will he get a shot to start? 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.720 What's going to happen in Denver because right now we 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:01.360 are in the Hacksta Lynch, brock us Weiler category of 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.679 maybe options out there they. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:04.480 Don't want to go back to. 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.720 As Sean Payton said, the names that are crossed out, 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.160 it's gonna be very intriguing to see if Denver makes 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.920 a move to get up in the draft, they wait 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.640 for one of these quarterbacks to possibly fall to them. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:14.280 Or if they do. 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.160 Something you trade or free agency. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.040 Also ound to the Sean Payton Rock with Arara Saint 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:21.559 Germain the soccer club. 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:22.680 As his hoodie said. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.199 For those of you listening only on the podcast, will 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.360 Jap coming up. We're talking about a team with a 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:33.079 quarterback stability. That's the Canvas City Chiefs and Andy Reid. 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:37.240 Big Red's gonna give us some insight on the surgeon 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.560 or is it an artist? Next on the NFL Report, 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.960 the NFL Combine presented by Noble, where a dream that 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.760 starts small can get big and a name that's unknown 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:55.040 can become the future. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:56.839 Next is here the. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.120 Twenty twenty four NFL Combine. 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:03.080 Tomorrow starts with d linman and linebackers, followed by dvs 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.240 and tight ends on Friday, then the big one on Saturday. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.840 That's the quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs. 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.880 And we finished it up Sunday with the offensive lineman 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:16.319 live on NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:18.760 Well, Steve, you know who's gonna like to take a 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.000 look at those offensive linemen. 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:20.760 It's Big Red. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.199 It's the head coach of the back to back Super 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:27.440 Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs. That's Andy Reid and also 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:31.160 general manager Brett Veach. Both of those guys the architects 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.199 of this, as we may call it, Steve, a dynasty 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.599 that's getting put together in Kansas City. I had a 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.880 chance to talk to both of them here in Indianapolis 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.600 with some exclusive conversations, Brett Veach and I breaking down 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.000 a lot of the behind the scenes things that could 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.720 happen with free agents coming up in other contracts he 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.120 has to deal with. But first, how about Andy Reid 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:56.480 and I having a conversation Steve about Patrick Mahomes and 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.240 what he grew with this season, A monster mind, monster 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.640 year for his career potentially, But also why is Andy 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:05.240 here in Indianapolis? 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.520 Roll the tape, Elsie, Andy. 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.120 The first thing that jumps out of me is how 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.720 long you've been doing this and there's coaches that are 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.600 opting not to come here. What do you gain out 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.360 of your experience here in Indianapolis that helps your club. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:19.760 It's the first time that you have a chance to 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.559 kind of meet the guys sitting from talk to them, 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.079 see how they handle you and how they handle your coaches. 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.560 I don't really care about the workout stuff as much 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:32.800 as I care about that. We have that all on tape, 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.520 but be right there with the kids, sitting six feet 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.079 away from them, and it'll talk to him and kind 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:44.360 of quiz them through things. I think is a good introduction, 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:45.720 at least to the player. 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.280 With that said, the continuity that you guys have been 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.000 able to continue with, What advantage does that give you 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.000 when you're going through this process, Andy, because you can 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:54.480 I guess you're all looking for the same thing or 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:55.319 know what you're looking for. 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.880 Yeah, well Brett listen, Brett has all that up, you know, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.480 and he does a heck of a job with it. 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:09.360 His communication with us, you know, the coaches is great. 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.600 There are no walls with his scouts or no walls, 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:18.520 and that becomes so important in the continuity part of it, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:25.800 consistency and we know, we all know you're not gonna 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:27.800 be very good if you don't have good players, you know, 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:33.920 and so it vests everybody together to find the best 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:38.440 guy for your team and hopefully cuts down on that 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:43.439 error margin. And that becomes you know, that becomes important 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:43.760 for us. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:45.880 You mentioned your best players, your quarterback. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.080 I had a conversation with your offensive coordinator and Matt 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:48.920 nagu told. 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.480 Me a couple days for the Super Bowl. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.480 This season is going to be great for Patrick's career 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.600 in terms of I'm not sure what he meant. I'm 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.920 curious what your opinion is in terms of what this 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.200 past year did for Patrick and maybe in the long run. 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.960 Well, the offense wasn't doing too well. We've always been 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.600 the number one offense and all of a sudden we're not. 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:12.120 So you got the outside scrutiny, but you're also trying 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.800 to fix it and grow it. In our case, we 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:20.320 have way too many drops, way too many penalties, new 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:27.160 guys and on the offensive line, new guys opposite Kelse 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:34.439 and without experience. So as Rashi grew, our offense kind 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.679 of grew and we were able to get the ball 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.920 out quicker, we were able to keep things more inside 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:42.720 the numbers. Kelse became better because he had somebody opposite 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:48.440 working with him where they couldn't just always double him, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:53.079 and Rashie built himself a nice foundation that he can 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.640 take his crong. In the meantime, you have this MVP 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.640 quarterback that had patience with it and was. 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:00.440 Willing to teach. 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:06.120 So I think that's probably what Matt meant was he 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:10.280 took a positive road moving forward, where other guys were 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:14.800 getting frustrated, He's kept a positive, positive attitude and people 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:15.440 followed him. 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:17.760 So last one, I know you're not going to talk numbers. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:19.720 I'm not going to talk your contract, Andy, but there 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.480 is you know, word out there that you're going to 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.560 be signing an extension most likely soon. How excited are 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:26.840 you to be just kind of probably locked in and 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:27.720 years to come. 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.560 We all were worried pre Super Bowl. 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:34.160 Yeah, that all take place I here quickly, I'm sure. 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:38.280 But I mean Clark, there's no no better person to 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.200 work for than Clark Hunt. I mean I felt that 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.800 way with Jeff Flurry. I feel that way with Clark Hunt. 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.560 And I've been fortunate Green Bay Packers. They don't have 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.680 an owner, but I was fortunate to be there. So 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:49.960 I'm not getting any younger. 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:50.680 And so. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:57.280 You know, I appreciate Kansas City. I mean, I love it. 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:01.000 We love it there, and I love the organization. I 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.480 get to work with three great guys or two great guys, 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:06.320 and I work were more than that. 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:07.520 But I mean I've got. 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.440 Mark, I've got Clark Hunt, Mark Donovan, and Bret Veitch, 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.160 which is the three I'd already mentioned Clark, So that 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:17.160 was the two. But those guys, I mean I work 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.440 work with them every day and and I've got the 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:25.280 opportunity to do do things that that Clark gives us, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.120 the opportunity, all three of us to do things to 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.040 help us win. And that's all, you know, that's all 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:30.600 you can look for. 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:32.640 So when you say you're not getting any younger, but 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.000 you're still doing it an unbelievable level. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:34.600 Thank you, Mane. 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:35.680 I appreciate James. Thanks you. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.840 Yeah, brought back to back Super Bowls. So I have 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:40.520 to start with this. 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:44.480 You're I guess a seasoned veteran at a shorter processing 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.280 time to start evaluating things for the combine. Is there 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.560 a method to this now that you know you have 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:50.600 a little bit less time? 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.320 No, those are those are good problems to have, and 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.880 it's always you know, difficult asking at caught up to 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.720 spe But I think you know, the method I have 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:00.720 is to rely on the great and elseaff I have 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.240 and there are always one step ahead the game, whether 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.880 that be freegency or the draft. So you know, once 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:07.440 you get back from Vegas, I mean you're right in 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.280 those draft meetings and you know it's hard to catch 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.640 a breath. But fortunately I have those guys, and you 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.240 know they have me well cut up to speed and 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:14.840 prep for all this. 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.400 Everybody obviously wants to know what you're going to do 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.520 with Chris Jones and saw how well he played. Again, 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.200 you guys went through this process last year. I'm curious, 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.080 as you're talking to his reps now, does that make 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.520 things harder or easier that you guys didn't get something 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:29.760 done but you did kind of start the conversation a 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:30.160 year ago. 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:30.800 I think to a. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:31.920 Certain extent that makes it easier. 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.680 You know, we have a great deal of respect for 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.560 his agents, and we have obviously we have a great 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.240 deal of respect for Chris, and I think our goal 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.840 and and intentions were to get something done last year. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:42.760 We weren't able to get it done. We hit a 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.920 little rough patch there, you know, the week of that 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.720 Detroit game. But I'll tell you give him and his 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.200 crew a ton of credit because we met right after 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:54.080 that game and had a great conversation and we talked 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.640 about some of the things and how this may all 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.600 play out. And so here we are, and I think 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:00.720 to your point, we have that kind of backlog of 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:06.240 dialogue that that we've shared and you know, listen, we're cautiously, 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.800 cautiously optimistic, and he's a great player, and you know, 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:10.600 these things are never easy, but we're gonna certainly put 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.400 our best, our best foot forward and try to get 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:12.800 something done. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:15.040 So where do things kind of stand. I'm curious with 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.800 him and LJ. With I mean, you could possibly use 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:19.720 the tag. I'm assuming you're you're thinking that's an option, 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:22.760 But have you started those conversations And yeah. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.960 We've had some initial phone conversations. But you know, actually 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.200 I think we have LJ and and Chris back to 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.439 back days there. I think later on today and then tomorrow, 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.000 I think we will you know, by the time we 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:32.639 get through the end of the workday Wednesday, we'll have 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:36.280 met with both of you know, their team members, and 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.760 you know, we'll start that process. We do have a tag. 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.600 I mean, the title be hard for Chris, but we 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.520 do have a tag at our disposal there for for 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.840 you know, potentially one of those players. But you know, 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.720 we're gonna work through it. And as I said back 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:51.720 in Las Vegas during Super Bowl Week, our goal and 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:53.440 our plan is to you know, do what we can 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.000 to you know, retain both players, and if we could 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:57.480 do that great, but we also know how this league 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.720 works and nothing's for sure, nothing is guaranteed, so we'll 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.200 have continuency plans and backup plans if we can't. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.960 There two other guys I'm curious about, and this is 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.960 a problem you're creating when you draft Well, then you 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:09.920 got to pay those guys their second deal when you 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.720 draft Well in the same drafts a Tray Smith and 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.320 Freed Humphrey, those guys are coming around the corner. Where 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.359 do things stand with both of those guys, because obviously 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.240 you want to keep that interior intact. 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.679 Yeah, those are all great problems to have, and a 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.480 lot of good players. I think you know, we'll have 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.760 a chance to meet with their crew this week as well. 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:28.840 I think it'll be a little bit of a different timeframe. 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:30.439 I think what we'll do is we'll attack free agency 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.040 and the guys that are up and the guys that 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:33.160 we need answers on right away. 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.240 We'll knock this out. 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:39.280