WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Inside the Falcons Controversy and Packers DE Barryn Sorrell Joins the Show! 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:07.200 Remember the simpler days when a prank call just meant 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.120 phoning Grandma to ask her if the refrigerator was running. 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:13.560 Now we got stolen phone numbers, paid live streams, and 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:16.680 six figure fins. We will tell you why the league 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:21.040 is taking action against the Falcons and who could be next. 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.480 The Falcons so far are taking no action on their 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.840 former starting quarterback, and Kirk Cousins options now appear to 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.560 be down to one or maybe none. Here from GM 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:34.120 Terry Fontinaugh on why the team is still in no 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:35.440 rush to move. 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.760 On from a one hundred million dollar investment. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.240 The Bills, of course have their quarterback and it seems 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.520 to be a little consternation in Buffalo, but why they're 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:45.840 not getting Josh Allen. 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:46.800 Even more receivers. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.680 Cameron Wolf will join us to explain why Brandon Bean 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:53.479 prioritized defense is the name. Patrick Mahomes ring a bell 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:59.560 welcome inside with the Insiders alongside Judy Batista and Mike Garafolo. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.959 I am Tom Pelisero. 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.959 One hundred and twenty seven short days until the twenty 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.640 twenty five NFL kickoff game. Two weeks for tonight will 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:12.720 be unveiling the twenty twenty five schedule always a huge 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.039 moment as we look ahead to the season against what 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.720 two days from right now, we're going to see some 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.240 of those new members of your favorite team out there 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.880 running around with jerseys and their new helmets because Rookie 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:27.200 Mini Camp Week is upon us, and some of those 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:31.640 rookies already in the building. That includes Sdor Sanders, the Browns' 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:36.039 newest quarterback, the number one forty four overall pick and 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.040 perhaps the number one most discussed for a variety of reasons. 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.760 He is already in Boria for his introduction, posting on 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.039 his social media account, one of two rookie quarterbacks on 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.480 that team, but the only one who got a call 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.280 from fake Mickey Loomis. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:51.720 Leading to this. 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.200 The NFL today finding the Falcons organization two hundred fifty 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:59.000 thousand dollars and defensive coordinator Jeff Obrook one hundred thousand 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:02.360 dollars over the leak of Sanders' phone number, specifically the 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.040 fines issued according to the league for failing to prevent 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:09.440 the disclosure of confidential information distributed to the club in 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.480 advance of the NFL Draft. It was Olbrich's son, Jacks, 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.440 who took the number from Olbrik's ibad and used it 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.639 to prank Sanders. Here's what Dad had to say today. 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:24.080 First of all, I like to publicly apologize to Schadur 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.600 and the Sanders family for what occurred. Second of all, 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:32.040 I want to publicly apologize to mister Blank, Terry Foutno, 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:37.560 Rean Morris, and the entire Falcons organization. My actions, my 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:42.720 actions of not protecting confidential data were inexcusable. My son's 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:47.440 actions were absolutely inexcusable, and for that we are both 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:52.920 deeply sorry. The NFL has taken action and I fully 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:58.040 respect the punishment. We take full responsibility my son and myself, 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.679 and we will not be appealing the fine in any way. 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:06.400 Going forward, I promised my son and I will work 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:11.600 hard to demonstrate we are better than this. Again, I'm 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.160 deeply sorry for our actions. 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:14.280 What was your reaction? 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.240 How did you process it? 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:17.400 Your family and the thing? 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:22.880 Yeah, obviously not happy and shocked, and so I made 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.839 the Falcons aware of the situation, and then our next 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.320 course of action was to try to get a hold 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.079 of the Sanders family so we could apologize in person, 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.800 which we were able to do, and the great the 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:42.840 Sanders family should er and coach Sanders were amazingly gracious, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:44.960 more gracious than they needed to be in a moment 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.880 like this. It's something that I brought upon myself and 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.640 my son brought upon himself. So it's it's one of 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.160 those things where we gotta we got to take this 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.240 on the chin, and we absolutely are doing that and 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.920 taking full responsibility, and I'm hopeful we'll grow and be better. 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:00.440 Because of it. 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:06.080 There's a statement from the Falcon saying, in part that 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:09.880 thanks the league for quickly addressing the situation, also that 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.160 the Olbert family is working with the organization to participate 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:18.320 in community service initiatives in relation to last weeks matter. Judy, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.320 this is not the first time that we've had prank 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:21.679 calls during the draft. 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.200 We've heard a lot of stories through the years. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.160 This is certainly the first time that you have a 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:30.640 viral video from both ends of the call, a number 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.800 lifted from an open iPad. This is a very twenty 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.640 twenty five story, and obviously the NFL trying to make sure. 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:39.360 We don't have a repeat in twenty twenty six. 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.640 Yeah, and actually the NFL is still looking into other 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.440 prank calls that replace their trying to find out where 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.680 those numbers were obtained. Let's be clear, there have been 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.159 prank calls in previous years, and there were a number 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.800 of them this year in addition to Shador Sanders. I mean, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:04:59.839 there are a lot of ways to get cell phone 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.120 umbers in this day and age. If you know where 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.400 to look, you can get them. What stood out about 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.240 Shador's number is that this was like an NFL only 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.799 phone number. He got only late last week, right before 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:14.719 the draft began, and it was only shared with NFL people, 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.839 which is why it was much easier to figure out, 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.320 and of course then they self reported it. It was 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.080 much easier to figure out where this was coming from. 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:27.719 Let's be clear, the NFL sent out about forty phone 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.479 numbers for players who were in Green Bay or who 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:34.120 were watching the draft remotely to teams. They send them 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.040 out to the general manager, the head coach, and the 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.800 player personnel director, and then it is up to the 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.640 teams to decide who gets those numbers. Again, should Door's 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.279 number was separate because he had just gotten a new 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:47.800 phone that was only for the NFL. It's important to 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.960 understand that when that memo went out, it was stamped confidential. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:55.719 The NFL takes not sharing public information. Really seriously, every 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.880 year the owner, head coach, and GM of every team 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:03.160 has to sign something that says there have been no 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:07.000 rules violations and that includes not sharing public information. And 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.440 that same kind of language is also in coaches contracts. 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:14.559 So they're not joking around about this. Certainly, they don't 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.760 want this to happen at all. They would like to 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.040 cut back on it as much as they possibly can. 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.000 I suspect in the future we're going to see teams 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.360 tight in the circle of the number of people who 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:24.599 get these numbers. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.839 No, no, no, I got it, Judy, I got this ready. Everybody, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.120 listen up. I know you got me up there in 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.320 three p forty five right now in New York offices, 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.560 listen to me. Shdor Sanders when he finally did get drafted, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.080 he knew it wasn't a prank call. Do you want 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:43.159 to know why video call video call? Andrew Berry was 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.640 staring him in the face. The Browns did that for 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.880 content purposes, for social media purposes. But I think it's 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.479 actually a really good security thing that you can do. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.240 You can't mimic the Browns draft room or Andrew Berry's face, 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:54.840 or maybe. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:55.880 You can with a AI these days. 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:57.760 I don't know, but it'd be harder to do that 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.320 from Barry College, from a dormitory there. 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.800 Then it would be to do it via just a 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:04.320 phone call. 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:05.520 So we have the. 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.640 Capabilities, ladies and gentlemen. It'll be twenty twenty six next year. 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.640 Still no flying cars. Hoverboards do have actual wheels, so 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.960 not quite the future that we were planned by this point, 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.640 but we do have the video calls, and I believe 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.000 that that should be a big part of what we 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.200 do next year in the draft to prevent the pranks, 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.320 because look a man in the eye, tell me he's 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.400 about to be drafted, Mike. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.119 Pic're urging our audience to figure out who can create 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.560 the best Andrewberry deep fake before the twenty twenty six 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:37.200 NFL Draft, So some homework for enterprising individuals out there. 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.440 Also should be noted too that beyond the standard distribution 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.000 of the phone numbers, there was an email that went 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.640 out to clubs that literally had a subject line Chador Sanders' 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.400 new cell phone number, So quite possible Jax Oldbrick, twenty 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.600 one years old didn't even have to search that hard 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.080 for Shador's number. I would imagine there are a variety 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.080 of protocols that will be adjusted moving forward. 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.960 As for a quarterback who is still. 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.480 On the Falcons roster, Kirk Cousins fully guaranteed twenty seven 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.640 point five million dollars in twenty twenty five, which would 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:10.800 make it easily the highest paid backup quarterback in NFL history. 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.640 He's still there, He's still in Atlanta. There have been discussions, 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.440 nothing has progressed in terms of a trade which Cousins 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:19.440 would have to sign off on by waving his no 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.840 trade clause. Terry Fott know the latest. 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:27.280 We just have to be patient there, and we we 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:31.239 always were open with it, not just talking about Kirk, 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:34.160 but with really anybody on our roster. You know, we 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.120 have a lot of those calls with I'll probably talk 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:41.040 to already six or seven GMS since the draft has ended, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.280 and they're talking about their roster. We're talking about our roster. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.160 Because after you get through the draft, that shifts some 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.520 things in terms of needs and surplus and all that. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.520 And so we're always patient with those types of things 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:56.120 because if something comes to us with Kirk or any 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.560 other player that makes sense and it's going to help 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.640 this team, then we're going to be aggressive. And we're 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.360 going to do it, and if it's not something that's 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.480 going to ultimately help this team. We always have to 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:08.000 ask that question, is it the best for the Atlanta Falcons, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.520 for this organization, And if it is, we're going to 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.319 be willing to do it. But all that communication is 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:14.120 always ongoing. 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:19.040 Michael Hered Terry Finos say a version of that repeatedly 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.079 since back at the scouting combine. We're only going to 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.640 do it if it's in the best interest of the Falcons, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.960 which seems like a not so much coded way of saying, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:31.240 you better take on salary here and give us something worthwhile. Otherwise, 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.960 we've already paid this guy sixty two point five million, 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:35.920 why would we move on from him. 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.360 Yeah, but it's also a way of communicating to other 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.240 teams that we're not just going to give this guy 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.160 away for peanuts. And look the deeper this gets. Let's 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.600 say it doesn't happen in the spring. Let's say we 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.160 go into the summer and we have the preseason and 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.559 make joint practices whatever. Right, that opens up the possibility 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.559 for a Vikings like situation where they needed a quarterback. 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:00.960 The Eagles had Sam Brad for they had just drafted 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.040 Carson Wentz, they had a backup and Chase Daniel as well. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.360 The return on that was a first round pick. So 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.200 you could look at it now and say, all right, well, 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.200 we're in a situation where we're looking at a potential 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.520 I don't know, day three pick, like that's the offers 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.240 that would be on the table at this point. If 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.479 we do wait it out and we get into that situation, 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.440 the return could be much much higher. And then this 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.840 whole situation from the start to finish. Now he'd have 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:29.480 to sign off on that, and I'm sure that he 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:31.280 would at that point because it'd be a chance to 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.560 be a starting quarterback. But right now it seems like 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.280 Pittsburgh bust and everybody kind of knows that. And if 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.440 Aaron Rodgers decides he wants to go to Pittsburgh and 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.160 they take him there, well then there's really no clear 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:42.880 landing spot. 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:44.679 Then it looks like he'll. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.400 Just be locked into that situation I was just talking about. 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.080 And then the worst case scenario there, Judy is Kirk 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.360 Cousins is the backup quarterback, which the Falcons have said 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.600 all along they're willing to do. It just feels like 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:57.240 this kind of three way standoff, maybe even a thirty 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:58.520 two way standoff. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:03.720 Base, it still feels impossible that he could remain there 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:05.960 as the backup quarterback. I don't know if that's a 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.840 good situation for anybody. It's certainly not a good situation 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.680 for Kirk Cousins, and I don't think it would be 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.880 a very good situation for Michael Pennix either. To have 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.200 Kirk Cousins, you know, the former starter who they paid 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.360 all this money to right over your shoulder, certainly not good. 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.000 If Pennox happens to get off. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.120 To a slow start or has a bad day, our 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:27.600 fans going to start calling for kirk Cousins. But you're right, 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.720 as things stands right now, I don't know an obvious 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.559 landing spot that Kirk Cousins would want unless the Aaron 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.040 Rodgers thing falls through in Pittsburgh, and then that would 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.840 leave them with an obvious opening for a starting quarterback 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:43.959 if they would want Kirk Cousins. 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:44.559 You're right. 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.600 If we let this go into the summer, training camp 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.960 starts in pre season, you know inevitably there will be 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.200 injuries somewhere, and then does that open the door to 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:56.680 more potential landing spots? 0:11:56.679 --> 0:12:00.480 For him that Kirk Cousins would like. I don't know. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.880 The bottom line to me is I just cannot envision 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.120 that the season kicks off with Kirk Cousins as a 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:07.800 backup quarterbacks to the Falcons. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:10.280 Here's the art thing to consider it. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.640 The no trade clause does not expire, and if it 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.920 requires to Mike's point about Philadelphia and Vikings back in 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.160 twenty sixteen, Teddy Bridgewater got hurt on August thirtieth, that 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.920 trade was made on Labor Day weekend. If it gets 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:25.000 that far into this, Kirk Cousins might just say, I 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.320 don't want to go to this team. I don't know 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.520 the coaches, I don't know the players, I haven't had 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.760 any reps. Is that really going to benefit me in 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.120 my career? Move my family across the country in the fall. 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:39.080 It's a real possibility here because he does have that card. 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.360 Kirk Cousins gets to the side, am I going to 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:45.000 approve any trade? Will see if anything develops here in 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.480 the coming months. It would help perhaps if they could 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.520 play in slow motion all the time, or at least 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.720 be in slow motion like this video. Justin Fields Garrett 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:58.160 Wilson get excited Jets fans. The Ohio state connection is 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:03.160 back in New York, Judy, this is something that was 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.199 one of the fascinating stories in the entire offseason. Obviously, 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.360 a new regime in New York with Darren Mougie as 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.240 the GM, with Aaron Glenn as the new head coach 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.520 of first time play caller in Tanner Angster, and they 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.120 get this guy in Justin Fields, Pozna's third team in 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.800 three years. We've seen the flashes of it, we haven't 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.679 seen the consistency of it. 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:23.880 You're close to it. 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.160 What are your expectations for that combination? And we're going 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.160 to see from the Jets offense in twenty twenty five. 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.800 Well, that video we just showed you is like the 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.199 dream sequence for the New York Jets. 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:35.440 Look. 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.840 Aaron Glenn, when I talked to him at the annual 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:41.600 meeting back in March, said he thinks that Justin Field 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.120 still has a very high ceiling and that they can 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.480 get him to that and that he is ready to 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.520 reach the level that he can play at. Obviously, again 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:52.560 when you show it in slow motion, it's just beautiful. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.440 He's already got the built in connection with Garrett Wilson, 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.280 so they're already ahead of where Aaron Rodgers was With 0:13:58.480 --> 0:13:59.160 Garrett Wilson. 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:02.120 Quite frankly, the question. 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:05.160 Is can he operate the offense efficiently, which he was 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.720 doing in Pittsburgh, and then can he get the ball 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:09.920 down the field? That is what they wanted more of 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.679 in Pittsburgh. They wanted more explosive plays, they wanted more 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.120 scoring than they were getting at that point. That is 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.640 why they made the switch away from Justin Fields. But again, 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.440 Aaron Glenn, who faced him as the defensive coordinator when 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.760 he was in Detroit and Justin Fields was in Chicago, 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.200 he feels that he still has a very high stealing 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.000 and that the Jets can get him to it, and 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.360 certainly the presidence of his buddy Garrett Wilson is going 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:32.280 to help a lot. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.240 Meanwhile, we're into fifth year option season as the deadline 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:41.200 to accept those options for next season. There for the 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.040 twenty twenty six season for players who were drafted a 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:44.800 couple of years ago. 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:46.200 In twenty twenty two. 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.120 To be exact, the Jets picked up all three officially 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:50.920 of the players that they drafted in the first round 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.560 that year, Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson, and Jermine Johnson, Johnson 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.880 tweeting out his thanks and his expectation for year five 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.280 for him. That is the first time, according to our 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.640 guy Ben McWilliams, do we have the graphic of this? 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:05.640 Ben? 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.080 Ben wrote such a beautiful email. You put it in 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:08.680 graphic form. 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:09.360 I'll just read it. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:13.320 So the first time since the fifth year option was 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.200 introduced back in twenty eleven with a new collective bargaining agreement, 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.120 so the first time that a team has picked up 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:23.480 three all three of the options there. So the Joe 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.120 Douglas era, it did not end well because of everything 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.200 that was committed toward Aaron Rodgers. But this was an 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:31.760 amazing draft class and it is something for Darren Moujie 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.920 and for Aaron Glenn to work with moving forward here 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.400 as they get these guys under contract for the twenty 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:39.040 twenty six. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:43.800 Season fifth year options, that's the twenty twenty sixth year 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.480 on those contracts, they're fully guaranteed at the time that 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.800 they are exercised, which influences some of the decisions. These 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.120 five right here no brainers, Drake London, Kyle Hamilton, the 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.720 two guys from the Chiefs and Jordan Davis all having 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.800 theirs picked up there are some other players who did 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.840 not have their options exercised in certain cases, including for 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:07.160 Tyler Lindenbaum, Kyle Hamilton's teammate with the Ravens. That could 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.640 be an indication that while the Ravens do not want 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.720 to play that number and haven't locked in the books 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.600 for twenty twenty six, a new deal at a more 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:18.480 team favorable number could be in the offing. Meanwhile, another 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:22.400 Jets news some unfortunate news for Jordan Travis, the quarterback 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.080 who we all saw have an unbelievable year at Florida 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.680 State back in twenty twenty three, prior to a devastating 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.480 leg injury that not only ended Travis's college career kept 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.520 Florida State out of the College Football Playoff, but also 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.720 has now ended Jordan Travis's NFL career before it got started. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.280 He announced today he is retiring from the NFL. Put 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.200 everything he had into rehabbing that leg, it just did 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.920 not come around. Best wishes to Jordan Travis in whatever 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.240 comes next. The top quarterback, top player taking in this 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:59.200 year's draft, Titans and cam Ward arriving at the facility, 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:04.040 the new face of the Titans organization getting a ride. 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:06.800 It's rainy there. The weather will improve in Nashville. I 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:09.760 feel very comfortable about that. Take a look at some 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:13.359 of the other quarterbacks taken in this year's NFL draft. 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.360 There were a lot of them, even more that we're 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.040 showing you. I believe thirteen in all in that graphic. 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:21.440 But some of the notables Jackson Dart, Tyler Schuck, Jalen Milroe, 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.280 the Browns getting a two for one with Dylan Gabriel 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.800 and Schador Sanders, Col mc cord, Will Howard also coming 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.320 off the board, among others. As we welcome in our 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:33.479 Brian Baldinger to the conversation, you look at those names, Baldy, 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:37.000 there's different scenarios where not just one, but a bunch 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.720 of those guys could see a path towards seeing the 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:43.240 field in twenty twenty five. In your mind, which quarterback 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.720 landed in the best spot? 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.520 But I think Jackson Dark is in a good spot. 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.160 And I know Russell Wilson is there, Jameis Winston is there, 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:54.000 but and Russell Wilson might very well start. But I 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.800 expect Jackson Dark to get on the field this year 0:17:56.880 --> 0:18:00.679 now this organization. Last year I saw quarterbacks throw for 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:05.760 thirteen touchdown passes in seventeen games. The quarterback position has 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.720 to be upgraded. So you trade, you know, in order 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.080 to move up to the twenty fifth pick. This is 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:14.240 the second or third round pick. This is the first 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.960 round pick now, and when you're your first round pick, 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:18.159 things change. 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:19.080 Especially when you're aggressed it. 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.920 They got their outside linebacker, and I'm dual Carter great, 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.200 but they traded up to get their quarterback. And this 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:28.199 is the first drafted quarterback that Brian Dable is going 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.400 to be able to hopefully develop. And so the only 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.560 way you're develop in his business, as we know Tomas 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.639 by playing. And so he may sit to start, but 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:38.960 I don't think he's going to sit. If the Giants struggle, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.040 if Russell Wilson struggles, I expect Jackson Dart to get 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.119 out there. They're going to find out what they have 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.920 and the only way to find out is to play them, 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:49.840 and so I think that we're going to see him 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:50.160 out there. 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:51.240 I think it's a good situation. 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:54.440 They've upgraded the offensive line, they drafted a running back, 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.919 the receivers all return, there's some help around him, and 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:01.520 I think Brian Dable gets the program. Jackson Dart from 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.320 the start remember top, they could have taken anybody they 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.960 wanted after Cam Woor, they chose Jackson Dart. So we'll 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.800 find out about Joe Shane and his ability to kind 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:11.400 of look. 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.280 At that position, draft that position. 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:15.520 We'll see what Brian Dable could do with the guy 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:18.320 that they wanted, that they traded up to get, and 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.080 how they program them. I think Jackson Dart's in a 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:26.960 good spot to start his career at some point this season. Baldi, 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:28.840 thank you very much. A lot more to come from 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:30.440 you later on in this show. 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:32.520 I know you're already ready for the twenty twenty five 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.359 NFL season. For everybody else, get ready for the twenty 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.760 twenty five NFL season like never before. But the highly 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:44.080 anticipated NFL schedule release. Every game revealed, every rivalry, every 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:48.240 rematch in every rookie debut. May fourteenth, mark your calendar. 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:52.880