WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Jayden Daniels Named Commanders Starter and WR Contract Updates 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:07.800 A big season for rookie quarterbacks just keeps getting bigger. 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:10.520 We know we'll see that guy Caleb Williams out there when. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:11.719 Week one rolls around. 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.560 Why another rookie got the starting nod today and the 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:19.080 possibility we could have at least one more getting that 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:22.360 same opportunity here in the coming days. We know Aaron 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:25.000 Rodgers will be out there come week one as well. 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:27.400 A lot of pressure this year on the Jets as 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.080 well as the Cowboys. Bucky Brooks here to tell us 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.400 why it's win now or else. I Meanwhile, some big 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:37.200 name wide receivers still waiting for their bags, Brandon Aiyuk 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:38.720 Ceedee Lamb Jamar Chase. 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.519 When will we finally see them on the field. I 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:42.440 can tell you this much. 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.200 Until they actually get out there, we'll keep on talking 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:45.559 about it. 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:46.920 That's what we do here. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:53.640 Welcome Inside with the Insiders, presented by Best Buy, alongside 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:57.680 Ian Rapaport and Mike Garafullo, who is coming to us 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.680 live from a Jimmy Buffett concert. 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.840 I am Tom Pelisero. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.800 Tons and tons to dig into here, seventeen days out 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.920 from the regular season opener, just days away from the 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:13.520 final preseason week, Let's start out in Washington, where we 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.560 got the long awaited news earlier today. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.080 Yes, indeed, Jaden Daniels, the. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:23.280 Number two overall draft pick, is QB one for the 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:27.080 Commander's an expected move. It was tipped off when Daniels 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:30.240 was out there as the starting quarterback in the preseason opener. 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.040 So why was now the right time? Dan Quinn? 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.240 I told you about a month ago that naming our 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.319 starter at QB wasn't a secret. 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:39.440 And it was a process. 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.520 And when that process was time, i'd know, he'd know, 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.920 and I'd let you know. And as much as we 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.960 knew Jayden would get there, Adam and I were most 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:53.160 excited about watching how he would and the how has 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:57.440 been absolutely outstanding. He went through the whole thing. He 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:01.600 didn't miss a beat, hit the target that you know 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.400 we had put in front of him. You know, we 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.200 talked about the practices against the other teams the game. 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.640 So he's ready and he's earned the right to do that. 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.640 Just a blessing that d q AP trust me to 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.560 go out there and lead the team, lead the franchise 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.440 to hopefully win some games. So big ups to them. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.840 It's a blessing. Something I dreaded it by as a 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.760 kid to be at this moment, to experience this moment. Uh, 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:29.480 It's not that I can say too much. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.519 Ian we thought this day was coming from basically the 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.040 day that the commanders locked in the number two overall 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.800 pick and took Jaydan Daniels. But this does seem to 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:41.040 be another indication of what we've heard from Dan Quinn, 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:44.639 Adam Peters and others, which is everything Jayden Daniels has 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:48.359 done so far is what they expected and more. Now 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:50.760 they feel like he is ready. It's go time. He's 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:51.720 going to be out there week one. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.840 You know, during the pre draft process we talk so 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.440 much about the physical tools and the arm strength and 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.880 what Jaden Daniels put on tape and how much better 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.440 was from the previous years, and the athleticism, how fast 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.560 is all of those things all are very very important. 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.440 I remember being there with Mike actually during training camp, 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.440 and all the commanders talked about was the presence, how 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:16.200 he processes, how well he has done learning the offense, 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.680 picking it up, recounting it, teaching it to other people, 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.880 getting in out of the huddle, the operation part of 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.080 being quarterback, which if you're gonna name a starter, if 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:25.960 you're gonna name a rookie starter. All of that is 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.760 I would say as important, maybe more important, than the 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.920 physical tools. The fact that Jayden Daniels has showed them 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:36.160 so much so early reinforces what the Washington commanders think, 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:37.600 which is they. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:38.040 Got a guy. 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.440 In a league mic where either you have a guy 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.840 or you don't have a guy. The commanders believe that 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.640 they got a guy. And the fact that he checked 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.520 off every box as easily as he did, I think 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.800 makes for a lot more optimism in Washington right now 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.120 than we have seen in a pretty long time. 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.160 The end that day, we were there at training camp, 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.880 which was relatively early in the case. Now he had 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.360 the spring obviously, but it was early in training camp, 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.320 and you could see how comfortable he was. 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.640 You could see how comfortable they were with him. 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:09.320 I mean, some of the things that they were bragging 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.080 about you wouldn't notice just watching on the sideline. 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:13.280 They were talking about. 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:14.680 How he checked to a run the other day, and 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.080 oh my, what a great call it was, and how 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.039 he saw that that's exactly what he had to do 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.560 in that situation. And then for good measure, later in 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.800 that practice, he throws an absolute dime down the sideline 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.240 to Terry McLaurin on a go ball right over Emmanuel 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.039 Forbes in the perfect place. So he's showing them everything 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.480 with his mind, with his arm, and with his legs 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.839 as well. You talked about his presence just in a 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.360 couple minutes that he was talking to us, you could 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.640 see that presence on display, the fact that it didn't 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.320 really feel like it was too big for him. He's 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.559 got a quiet confidence about him. So, yeah, they wanted 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.320 to just go through the process, but he kept on 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.039 checking all these boxes, so let's go. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:49.560 Here we go. 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.560 The one thing that stood out to me watching back 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.200 that game that he played this past weekend was the 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.279 play where he scrambles and doesn't get down and takes 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.240 a hit and you and see him immediately pop up, 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:02.200 look at dan Quinn. 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.000 Quinn's going, you know, He's like, I know, I know, 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:04.279 I know. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.320 That's one of the biggest things we heard all the 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.920 way through the process was he's not the biggest guy. 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:10.240 Protect yourself. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.920 It's obviously's been a lot of communication on that, and 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.120 he is fun to watch when he's out there. You 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:17.480 know what else has been fun to watch bow Knicks 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.280 and the Denver Broncos in. 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.760 Fact, let's watch him right now. How about a highlight 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:22.279 right here. 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.320 Don't worry Packers fans, We're not really going to show 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:27.400 you anything of your team there, Purt Frankly, a whole 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:28.039 lot of highlights. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:29.679 We'll show you a lot of bow Nicks. 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.120 Here he is in the first quarter throwing the touchdown 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:36.120 pass off the scramble to Javonte Williams. That's a fourteen yarder, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:40.240 but called back because he was just I don't know, 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.760 that's so close. They're saying he was across the line 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.040 of scrimmage. Doesn't end up counting. It's going to be 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.839 a field goal. Still, a pretty nice play. Start of 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.279 the second quarter. Now, bo Nicks Courtland Sutton, who had 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.680 pancaked the guy on the previous snap. That's why they 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.320 adjusted the contract, made sure they got Courtland Sutton back. 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.040 Follows that up two plays later, second and goal from 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:03.719 the two. Patrick, how about that story consecutive season inning injuries. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.159 Look at the players pour off the sideline to celebrate 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.599 with Hitt. Patrick Guess a twenty seven to two win 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:14.200 for the Denver Broncos. Sean Payton Mike still not saying 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.400 yet that he's ready to name the starting quarterback, although 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.200 I'd put this pretty close to the category of Jadeen Daniels, 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.240 where it seems like it's when, not if, Dix gets 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.159 the nod at. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.160 This point, I mean, we all felt like that earlier 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.280 in the process. How could you not feel like that 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.120 at this point, And you've got Nix who started out 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.719 as third on the depth chart, and even at that 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.599 point we were like, all right, this is Sean Payton saying, Hey, 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.479 the rookie's got to earn his way up. Which is 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.760 not to say that Zach Wilson Jarrett Stead have really 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.400 had all those skins on the wall as veteran quarterbacks, 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.239 but Bo Nix was the guy where you just felt like, Okay, 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.520 Peyton is making him earn his spot, which is an 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.880 indication that he must have liked what he had seen 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.800 from him in the spring leading into training camp. Well, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.920 everything he's put on display and his command and his bill, 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.840 we'll do the process thing and things and get the 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.000 ball where it needs to be. Even that play, I mean, 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.120 I've seen the likes of Eli Manning and Patrick Mahomes 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.720 come right up against that line of scrimmage, so I 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.280 don't even mark him and say, oh, that was a 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:13.440 terrible amount of awareness. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:14.680 No, he was trying to make a play. He made 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:15.440 a pretty good play. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.720 It was by his toenail the fact that he was 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.080 barely over I like the headiness there to try to 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.280 make a play. Sean Payton clearly likes what he sees 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.520 from boon Nicks, just not quite ready to say he's 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:25.960 the guy. 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.800 That heady this This is a lot of the reason why 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.679 the Denver Broncos, and really specifically Sean Payton targeted bon Nicks. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.040 Wanted Bonnicks, but a lot of people, including me, not 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.520 that it matters, thought that he would be a back. 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:38.360 End of the first round pick. 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.160 The Broncos were like, yeah, we don't care, We're just 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.680 going to take him, because it does seem that had 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.320 they not taken him at twelve, there were at least 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.840 two other teams behind them who said, you know what, 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.440 maybe we'll just take this guy anyway. Wasn't worth the 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.200 risk of the Broncos an indication that they think that 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.040 he is a guy as well, just like we're talking 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.920 about with Jaden Daniels and you know, the read on 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.440 Bonnicks during the draft process and really throughout the entire 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.680 summer was that he was one of the most pro 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.720 ready rookie quarterbacks. 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.080 Well, he for sure. 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.400 Has shown that how high is the ceiling his play 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.040 is going to show right. I mean, he's hard to 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.120 be hard to be coached better than Sean payn is 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.280 going to be coaching him, especially early on, even though 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.160 it's a lot of the offense to handle. But the 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.680 fact that he can come in look like similar to 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.560 Mike what you're saying about Jayden Daniels, Like it's not 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.120 too big fat that he can use his athleticism and 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.880 do different parts of his game and look normal doing it. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.000 This is a very very good situation right now for 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.560 the Broncos, and I would agree with you guys. Feels 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.160 to me like when and not if. 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.480 Bo Nicks being QB one in Denver will give us 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.880 three rookie starting quarterbacks, and it might still be too 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.360 early to one hundred percent rule out the possibility we 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:52.280 get a fourth. Drod Mayo, the Patriots new head coach, 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:56.760 speaking earlier to reporters today and reiterating the same thing 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.000 that he had previously said after the game last Thursday, 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.520 which is that it's too soon right now. He's not 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.840 yet made a decision on who's going to be the 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:09.920 starter now. Jacoby Brissett also spoke and said he still 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.640 is treating this as if he's the starter. But there 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.640 was a lot to get excited about Ian from Drake 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:19.160 May's second performance. Everybody saw the first one. He didn't 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.520 play a whole lot. There was a bunch of nonsense 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.320 going around about they don't want to put him on 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.959 the field. Well, this guy behind a pretty patchwork offensive 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.360 line certainly showed the ability why they took him number 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.319 three overall, even though he does ultimately need some more 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:34.000 seasoning here. 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.280 The Patriots are very high on Drake Man. I want 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.360 to make that pretty clear. Not that it's not clear, 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.840 but just judging from the reports of training camp, people 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:43.400 maybe started to wonder. 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.880 The Patriots are very high on Drake May. 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.120 And it was interesting, I would say the last week 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.480 or so, the Patriots wanted to make sure he got 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.160 time in front of the starting offensive line. They want 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.920 to make sure he get real game and practice naps 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.160 in front of the starting offensive line, at least showing 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.719 us they haven't completely ruled out the possibility that he 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.920 would begin this season as the starter. You know, we 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:08.360 also heard Jacoby Brissett say he believes he is a starter, 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:10.480 and we talked to him at training give he you know, 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.360 was pretty it was pretty evident that that's where he 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:15.240 thought it was going to go. When you have a 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.760 rookie quarterback who's as talented as Drake may that it 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.840 really does, you know, sort of take a different It's 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.600 possible it could take a different a different lane. 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.440 I would say, we'll see which way this one goes. 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.640 With the fact that the early returns are so positive, 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:30.839 I would say is pretty good. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:35.600 In New England, you know the Patriots' schedule as it 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.400 lines up, and you know you can do it based 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.160 on last year's records. I don't like to do that. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.280 Our buddy, Cynthia Freeland has her expected wins for each team. 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.200 The New England Patriots schedule, if you plug in all 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.960 the expected wins, is the toughest schedule in the NFL, 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:55.040 and really it starts brutally. Five of the first six 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:58.160 games are against teams that she expects to be double 0:10:58.200 --> 0:10:59.400 digit win teams. 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.800 Now down the ste it softens up a little bit. 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.800 There's really no easy stretch with this schedule, especially when 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:06.880 you play in an AFC East where you look at 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.520 those other teams, and you know, all three of those 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.959 other teams are going to be pretty good football teams. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.040 So when you look at Drake may and you look 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.880 at the Patriots situation, not even so much for his development, 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.440 but really off the bat, wouldn't you like to have 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.040 a veteran out there, a veteran who has played serviceable 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:24.960 to good football in the past. And I like the 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.520 way that Jacoby Brissett has really expressed that confidence, not 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.120 only what he said recently back when Ian you interviewed 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:32.840 him with Scott Pioli, in the way that he talked 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.160 about that room, I was really feeling like, who's going 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.360 to be the starter? He's had that confidence in himself. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.760 So I think on a team that we're not expecting 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.040 to make the playoffs this year, I think maybe you want. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.640 The veteran early on. It's got to be something that's 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.880 going through girod Mayo's mind right now. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.440 Also some interesting decisions down the Patriots depth chart because 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.439 Joe Milton, who they also drafted, flashed in that first 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.400 preseason game. Hard to imagine with those traits you're going 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.400 to try to slip him through waivers. Bailey Zappi your 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.360 former starter is also still out there. Is there a 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.959 possibility of a trade? Could they try to slide him 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.800 through to the practice squad? Some interesting decisions for Drodmeo, 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:11.040 Elliott Wolf and company to make. The Chargers have done 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.920 some shuffling down their quarterback dep chart. They waved Max 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:17.719 Duggan earlier today. That's in part because they got that 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:21.520 guy back onto the field. Justin Herbert for the first 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:24.880 time since deal with that plantar fascia issue back on 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.280 July thirtieth, Not in spikes, not doing the whole practice, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.360 but he was leased on the field, which was music 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:31.480 to Jim Harbaugh's ears. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.480 I deal to have Justin back out there practicing. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.240 Oh great, great, I felt like the music should be playing. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.559 I haven't thought I felt. I thought I heard music, 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.319 voices of angels maybe, Oh great? Felt great. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.320 Matthew Stafford also back out on the practice field, only 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:56.040 did stretching in individual drills today, but certainly a step forward. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.480 Sean McVay said they had to hold him back here. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.280 Stafford wants to be on the field. No concerns at 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.960 this point about Week one, so much to talk about, 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.440 and yes to the NFL front office source who texted 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:08.679 me during that segment. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.480 This show is live seven pm Easter Time every night. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:15.360 Thank you very much for watching Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers. 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.559 A lot of pressure on those teams in twenty twenty four. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:33.400 Bucky Brooks off Lee's break it down next on The Insiders. 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.040 Well, we haven't seen Aaron Rodgers on the field in 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:40.360 the preseason so far. 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.240 Jets wrap it up on Saturday night against the New 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.199 York Giants. Dak Prescott and the Cowboys wrap up their 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:50.319 exhibition schedule on Saturday against the Chargers. Then the real 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.760 games begin and our Bucky Brooks, you read his column 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.240 NFL dot Com slash Brooks says, both these teams face 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:00.240 a similar pressure cooker heading into a twenty twenty four seas. 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:04.200 It is, in Bucky's words, win now or else. Time 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:08.000 Now for go bigger This season presented by best Buy 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.000 Welcome Back to the Insiders, also presented by Best by 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:16.840 Tom Pellicero, Ian Rappaport, Mike Garafalo, and the aforementioned Bucky Brooks. Bucky, 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:20.240 let's start out here with the Dallas Cowboys. We've talked 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.480 about this before. I can't think of another situation where 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.240 you're head coach and your quarterback are both going into 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.400 a contract here, much less a team that's won twelve 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:31.560 games in three consecutive seasons. Here, take me inside your 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.960 analysis and your evaluation of this Cowboys team what. 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.400 They're facing in twenty twenty four. 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:39.400 Hey, guys, it's really baffling. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.840 A team that has won twelve games in each of 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.520 the past three seasons has a care coastest in the 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:46.640 hot seat. Not only do you have a head coastess 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.560 on the hot seat, you have a quarterback who can't 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.400 get a deal done when most teams would be happy 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.880 to secure a quarterback that has won thirty six games 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:58.000 over the past three seasons, but the Cowboys operate differently. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.240 They don't appear to want to pay this Jerry Jones 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.360 appears to like the pressure that is putting on the 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.360 team to perform at a high level. I just think 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.920 it's crazy to think that the Dallas Cowboys are entering 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:12.120 a season coming on the heels of three successful regular 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.760 seasons where there's so much uncertainty about whether the head coach, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.360 the quarterback, the star wide receiver, the star pass rusher, 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.400 if they're going to be there for the long call. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:25.240 It is crazy that this self imposed pressure is really 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.840 going to impact the way the team prepares to play. 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.440 But hey, Jerry Jones, like this America's team is going 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.080 to see if they can do it because it's win 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:34.960 or go home for a bunch of different people that 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.120 are part of that organization. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.280 Buck, you explained it, well, it does seem the Dallas 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:43.120 Cowboys and Jerry Jones in particular, really do like the 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.040 pressure that is being put on the players and coach 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:46.800 Mike McCarthy. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.200 Mean, this is set up as a make or break season. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.080 Rim did not get a contracts extension, playing out the 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.600 final year of his deal, and you know, I think 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.480 there's a couple of things at player. First of all, 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.240 the Cowboys really do not love not that any team does, 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.640 but specifically they don't love dead money. They're only paying 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.120 guys who aren't there. They don't like paying players aren't there. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.960 There's no thought for them, So you know, we just 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.600 should extend them because that's what a lot of people do. 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.240 They are fine with not doing it, knowing that the 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:13.320 only option for MIKEL. 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.680 McCarthy is either to win or as you say, else, 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:21.080 they like the pressure. They want the pressure, and if 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.000 you're the Dallas Cowboys. If you're the brass, if you're 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:26.080 the players. Part of the reality with being in Dallas 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.640 is this is there all the time. So the fact 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.920 that the management amps it up a little bit, they 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:31.800 think that's okay. 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:34.480 I got a new camera set up here I'm gonna 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.640 use from time to time, and I'm never gonna do 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.840 this again. But the lights can change colors behind me 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.320 and our producer, Jeff Collett's cool. I gotta change colors. 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:44.480 We're talking Cowboys. So I went blue here. 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:50.720 For better or worse. The Cowboys believe in their. 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:54.600 Ability and Will McLay, their personnel guy who a lot 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.720 of folks have tried to interview and pry him away, and. 0:16:58.640 --> 0:16:59.960 He's been in Dallas this whole time. 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.720 They believe in their ability as a front office, with 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.879 Will running pretty much personnel to draft guys and to 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.200 develop guys. So Ian, you talked about all that money 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.160 that they didn't spend this offseason, and I can't tell 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.720 you how many countless times I heard from Cowboys fans, what. 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:14.280 Are we doing? 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:15.320 We're doing nothing. 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.520 Well, they're doing nothing because they're relying upon their depth 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:20.560 and maybe some guys we haven't talked about. 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.520 So that's putting the pressure on themselves. 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.240 If it doesn't work out, because there was the ability 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:26.800 to go out and spend money, and even your fan 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:28.199 base was like, let's go do it. 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.520 So the pressure is there. Let's see if their approach 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:30.919 works out. 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:34.600 Though I do know the Cowboys are really excited about 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:35.399 this rookie class. 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:36.439 There's probably four of them. 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.720 They're gonna have to step in start definitely play big 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.160 roles for this team. Also, maybe obviously a couple moves 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.880 to bring in veteran players on the defensive side. 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:46.000 Canna be interesting to follow. 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.399 Right, Let's turn the attention to the Jets, Mike, if 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.560 you got the clicker, we're gonna need green back there. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.520 Bucky O'Brian Rodgers lasted four snaps last season. Of course, 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.119 that's been very well documented at this point. It's been 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.880 a fairly by Jets standards quiet off season, other than 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:05.400 the Hassan Reddick holdout that continues to be on going here. 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.280 Rodgers said it himself back in OTAs, Hey, we're either 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.119 going to need to win or a bunch of us 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.000 are going to be out of here after the season. 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.720 It certainly seems like from the quarterback on down everybody 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:16.400 understands what's at stake in New York. 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:19.960 Yeah, look, there's a lot of pressure in New York 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.399