WEBVTT - NFC Preview 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:06.880 Via Around the NFL Podcast, Wait where are all the Jets? Hats? Dan? 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:11.440 Welcome back to another edition to the Around the NFL Podcast. 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:13.560 My name is Dan Jansas and I'm joined by rom 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:18.759 Philis of Heroes, Mark Sessler, Greg ros Athal oh and 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:20.880 joining us for the first time in a in a 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:27.040 full show capacity at least, Nick Shock. Hey, Dan, who's 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:28.680 Nick Schuck? Do you want to know? Nick Chuck? Is 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.279 Nick Shook baer, That's what he is, Nick Shook, And 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.720 this is our video show. So right away you're like, 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:39.640 whoa who is this dude? Very well built, extremely masculine. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:44.720 Nick Shook works on the editorial team downstairs in the newsroom, 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.800 has been with the company for a couple of years. Right, 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:53.639 took a little sabbatical, took a sabbatical, um, but it's 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:59.720 definitely highly knowledgeable. Also another Browns fan. Oh, there seems 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:01.920 to be quite a few Browns fans considering the play. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.039 What do you know? They're actually loyal through the course 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.080 of their life. They don't just move to another city 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.360 and pick up what other team happens to be operating 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.479 there in the zip code. Very nice, well played. Mark 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.040 we Jook is an allied Well okay, you know, shook 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.200 and I have beens are sometimes it's I like to 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.280 tell what it's like to watch a team that hasn't 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.399 want in three plus decades. He likes to tell me 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.440 about one that hasn't won in two plus. It's it's 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.560 somehow a stranger argument coming from a man who grew 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.280 up in Connecticut and roots for the Browns. But you've 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.160 been loyal, you know what I mean, You've been Yeah, 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:36.640 it is fair, But this guy is from Cleveland workers 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.480 playing on Sunday, so you have to pick a team. Um. Mark, 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.520 By the way, yeah, we do want to touch touch 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.600 based real quick. So Nick, welcome to the show. Happy 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:46.839 to have you for our around the NFC and forty 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.600 eight minutes we're gonna get to we needed help, so 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:53.040 we we go to the bullpen and we're excited. Mark. Uh, 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.040 last time we talked to you, you were racing back 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.680 for from an urgent care clinic. Uh. Here's uh in 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.560 case you missed our last show, a quick rundown of 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.720 what happened with Mark lash show this together made your 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.280 laceration on the on the left index finger, on the 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.560 left index finger and on the left index finger. Hey, 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:18.480 let's just glue this together. Hey, let's just glue this together. Alright. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:22.680 So major laceration and uh you went to the urgent 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.640 care and got it stitched up, a smaller cast on 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.440 your hand, but still a lot of gauze. Where are 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.760 you at physically right now? Well, that ridiculous thing that 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.800 was on the hand before I switched it over, and 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.200 the BP makes sense. I looked at it. It does 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.480 not look good. I'm gonna be honest, it just doesn't 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:43.560 look good. And they have me on some bizarre antibiotic 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.440 where I feel slightly dizzy and nauseous all the time. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:50.720 So Mark, okay, listen. The last time Shook was on 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:53.120 the show, I was on the couch at home sideline 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.600 with another health issue. So this is could be huge 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:59.440 for Shook. I helpe. West isn't at home recovering from 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.399 the big He's doing great. You know, lost his voice 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.000 a little bit listening to us moan about the finger. 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.000 What do you say? Why are you marginal again? Greg? 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.680 Marginalized two times in roughly two minutes, Greg taking everything 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.160 that I'm about, just saying you're kind of worthless to Greg. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.760 Of course. This is the Around the NFL Podcast presented 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.480 by new Era and UH and and now we have 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.680 all the hats. If you're watching the video show, which 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:26.760 UH is live on NFL dot Com at nine thirty 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.320 Eastern six thirty Pacific overseas, figure it out all the 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:34.200 hats on display. We're all wearing hats for today's show. Uh. Greg, 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:39.320 you're going with the the Patriots um visor that neatly 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.839 matches your NFL Network shirts, So you kind of look 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.080 like a guy that like one of Belichick's underpaid assistants. 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.320 Not happy about it either. With the clothing, I'm happy. Yeah, 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.240 I'm like the guy who who holds the red hanky 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.640 for him and handed right, you're basically Eric Mangini in 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:58.720 I would take that. Yeah, that's gonna give you a 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:00.640 better job than that, I think, like next to Josh 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.400 McDaniels with your arms folded. Yeah, alright, so tell you. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:04.760 We got a lot to get to so let's get 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:09.400 to it. Um, Maddie Stafford got paid. Oh my goodness, 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.400 as I teased moments earlier, we did the a f 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.200 C on Monday today around the NFC, and I mean 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:20.159 around the NFC and forty eight minutes. UH. And Joe 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:24.000 Hayden no longer brown and uh, guys, I got a 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:29.000 little news now a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. My goodness. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.520 So we'll get into that and we'll talk to the 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.880 Browns fans in the room. But before we do any 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.440 of that, would say hello behind the glass to the 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.080 great Erica Tamposy. Some people call her a loose cannon. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.479 I'll just call her LC. What's up? That's right? How's 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.360 it going. It's going great. You have your Patriots cap on. 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.719 This is our final New Era show, so we're really 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:52.719 blown it out on Twitter. But New Era like, where's 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:57.560 my brain? See? This is why always always always looking 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:01.200 for that angle building the brandy. She's ruthless. She's running 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:07.400 her own fantasy league with listeners that I think it's great. 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.920 I couldn't fill my own with my own I don't 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:14.160 have any friends, have zero friends friends. You got four 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.080 on this side of the game, Aserica. Let's let's do 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:21.680 some news alright. Let's start UM with the latest than 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.919 and what has been you know, a tragedy down in 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:29.960 Texas and along the Gulf coast now Hurricane Harvey, which 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:35.200 UM continues to batter the region there as a result 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:39.880 of the storm and the unprecedented flooding. The Texans were 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.960 in a very difficult spot with their final preseason game. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.080 There was a plan for the Cowboys and Texans to 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.320 move and play their game at a T and T 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.400 Stadium in Arlington, which of course is the Cowboys home field, 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.159 but that has now been canceled. Both teams announced um. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:56.960 According to Mike Garifolo at NFL Network, one of the 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.320 reasons for canceling the game now is for players to 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.960 get back to Houston, help out in the relief efforts 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:07.480 and be with their families. Uh So, no final preseason 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:11.080 game between the Cowboys and Texans, but there is greg 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:15.479 um some positive signs and missed the devastation down there 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.560 that we might be getting back to approaching normalcy in 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.760 terms of the long road back to that well for 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.159 for football, yes, I I took some news that Rick Smith, 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.480 their general manager, said the plan was to play Week 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.360 one in Houston, that they would be hosting the game 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.400 against the Jaguars. I don't think that's official, but he 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.159 said that that's the plan, and I'm sure that'll be 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.080 uh an emotional day. I think it's gonna be a 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.680 long recovery for the region. But you can understand. Of course, 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:45.760 of course you go home, like if they would have 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.359 had to stay there an extra forty eight hours, knowing 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.159 that their kids in some cases and their house and 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.680 their families and their wives are there, and you're just like, 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.120 you have to stay there for the fourth preseason game. 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.560 It seemed a little crazy. So they they sounded like 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.599 they were very excited to get on the bus and 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:05.480 head back to Houston. UM and for everyone to know 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.640 because one of the great UM, you know, human stories 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.040 out of this that's come out of this is how 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.920 much everyone has helped and pitching across the country. J. J. 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.280 Watt has been a major part of that, and a 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.480 lot of teams chipping in. UH. You can to UM. 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.920 You can join the NFL family and helping those affected 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:26.440 by Hurricane Harvey by texting keyword Harvey UM to nine 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:30.280 zero nine to donate ten dollars to the American Red 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.840 Cross Hurricane Harvey Relief. Your donation enables the Red Cross 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:37.000 to respond and help people recover from this disaster. Please 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.200 donate today and help those in need. You could also 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.760 visit www dot red Cross dot org slash NFL. There's 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:47.160 a lot of when these type of tragedies happen. UH, 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.720 and there's massive relief efforts. There's a lot of scams 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.040 that pop up. Make sure you're donating to the right places. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:56.800 That one's full proof. Moving on to UM football news, 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:00.080 we had uh earlier. Joe Hayden no longer remember of 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.160 the Browns. Uh. The former first round pick who had 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.280 been there since two thousand and ten and was once 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:09.960 uh their best players, has slipped in the last couple 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.000 of years with some injuries. UH. And now the Browns 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.160 made the decision to cut ties with the former pro bowler. Uh. 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.360 Nick Chuck will start with you on this one. Uh. 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.880 He right, just as we started the show, he agreed 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.120 to a three year deal with the Steelers. How difficult 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.240 is it? Uh, let's start here as a Browns fan 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:33.400 to see him go from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, your arch rival. Uh. 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.440 This The first time this happened in my life was 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.439 when punter Chris GARDOCKI defected from the Browns to the 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.640 Right at that level back in the day, and that 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.480 was heartbreaking. I've since grown into an adult and it 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.199 doesn't affect me as much or if at all. Joe Hayden, 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.200 Joe Hayden lost a step um in the last year 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.480 and a half, whether anybody likes to admit it or not, 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:57.000 he has dealt with injuries having a um. How how 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.360 would you characterize a groin injury? Uh, that's gonna make 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.520 you a little bit. You could tell he's not a 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:06.679 an eight figure cornerback anymore. He's not a top five cornerback. 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:08.839 And I mean even some of the highlights that we 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:10.920 run now, if if there isn't a safety to help 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:12.840 him there, he's getting burned. And the rest of the 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:17.400 division knew that. So, I mean the Steelers, this is 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.840 a pretty big contract for yeah, for a team that 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.680 might know that. But then again, you know, maybe maybe 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:24.840 I think the Steelers know it because they were willing 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.480 to give Cleveland. I mean, listen, whenever you can take 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:31.000 from the Browns at at a a contract that Cleveland 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.920 will help split the bit, split the bill on why not. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.640 They gave Cleveland a draft pick for Justin Gilbert, so 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.240 they're always willing to test the waters. They'll play Cleveland 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.240 in Week one. I find that to be. You know, 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.840 it bothered me last year when Cleveland agreed to the 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.160 trade with the Eagles that allowed the Eagles to get 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.000 Carson Wentz and you knew Carson Wentz was playing Cleveland, 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.040 and the opener that there would be right there would 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.199 be a way to kind of create issues right away 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.720 with that trade. And this is not a trade, but 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:57.960 the idea that Joe Hayden probably could be lining up 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.600 for Pittsburgh immediately, you know, week one in dealing with 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.640 Cleveland and probably you know, offering secrets about Cleveland's plan. 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.520 That said, I'm Wis Shook that this was something that 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.760 we've mentioned on the podcast more than once this offseason, 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:14.360 that Hayden's contract was untenable. Cleveland is aggressively moving in 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:16.800 a new direction, and I don't have a problem with 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.440 Cleveland partying ways here with Joe Hayden. It's a huge 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.160 move for Pittsburgh that they're giving him seven million dollars 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:26.040 this season. So that's not top shelf starter money, that's 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:30.240 just kind of mid level veteran starter money, but that's significant. That's, Hey, 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.080 we're desperate at the position. We don't know who we're 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:36.480 gonna start. It was gonna be Ross Cockerel. I believe 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.280 their third round pick, Cam Sutton was maybe in the 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.800 Mike or Cody sense, like they did not feel comfortable 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:43.839 at cornerback at all. They're looking for Hayden to come 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:45.680 in and kind of shore up that position, and I 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:49.240 found this interesting. Adam Schefter reports that Hayden had bigger 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.520 offers from other teams that that he turned down because 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.120 he wanted Pittsburgh. So he stays in the a f C. North. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.679 I know, if I know is well in a similar 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.600 situation David Harris going to the Patriots. I'm happy for him. 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.640 I hopie he does well. But going to the Patriots, 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.680 I mean there's some similar DNA. They don't you'd rather 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.320 not end up with your division ronal. You want him 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:12.040 to do well, but that's it. Like to see him 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.000 with the Lions. Just get him, get him deep into 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.680 the distance. And one quick other note on the Browns. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.640 Cavern Cameron Irving, a draft bus from two thousand and fifteen, 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.920 traded to the Chiefs for a fifth rounder, so the 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:27.319 Browns continue to accumulate draft picks. Also in the news, 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:31.040 Matthew Stafford got paid. That is the business a quarterback 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.640 in the NFL. If you are above average, if you're 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.679 on the right side of the Dalton scale, you're gonna 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.319 get a lot of money, and Uh, Detroit and Stafford 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.000 agreed to terms on a five year deal worth a 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.959 hundred and thirty five million ninety two million and guarantees 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.679 he is now the highest paid player in the league. Greg, Uh, 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.480 tell me what this says about the landscape financially in 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.040 the NFL. Just means he's up next. And I we 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.000 keep having this conversation. I still think he's underpaid. He 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.000 actually takes up less of the salary cap than many 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.440 quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers did when he first signed his deal, 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.880 because the salaries have exploded and then it hasn't really 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.640 caught up quarterback wise compared to defensive ends making eighteen 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.120 million dollars a year. So this, this story got on 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.240 a lot of talk radio sports radio's radar. How how 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.880 can Matthew Stafford be the top player in the league. 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.640 It's like he'll be the twelve best paid quarterback in 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:23.560 three years and so that then it will be we 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.439 all need to catch up on the quarterback thing. It's 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.480 it's just the latest. They're all gonna be over thirty 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.200 million before too long. Kirk Cousins especially is gonna help 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.160 blow it out, all right, And Uh, that's what's happening news. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.480 We've gotta keep moving. Congratulations Maddie, He'll pay for a 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:40.440 lot of diapers. As he tweeted yesterday, he timed this well. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.559 He got that. He got that money being the number 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.199 one overall pick before this cb A came in just 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.440 like Sam Bradford, and now he's coming in after the 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.640 salary cap. Both of him and Sam Bradford have made 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.240 an insane amount of money considering like compared to a 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.720 Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Drew Brees, like those 0:12:56.760 --> 0:13:01.360 two guys timed everything perfect. Um, I'm it's a little aggregating, 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.640 aggravating to me as somebody that has to pay for 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:05.400 diapers and it cost a lot of money for that 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.640 to be one of the go to bits for guys 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:10.480 after they signed a big contract. Now I can take 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.319 care of these diapers. Yeah, alright, either expensive and there's 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:18.480 a constant expensive bro. Well maybe not for you, creg 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:20.240 but on the on on the salaries that Dan and 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.560 I are operating on, I think they took a chunk 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.440 out of the household budget. I will I can confirm 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:29.679 extremely expensive. Worst thing to buy diapers, waffle fries, worst 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:35.720 things got paid their car well, that's that's right, that's right, 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.960 And of course Joe Flacco famously went to McDonald's after 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.160 he got his massive contract. All right, now it's time 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:48.000 for the training camp Spotlight presented by New Era. All right, Greg, 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.319 queue us up here. Um, there are names out there. 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.880 Trades happen in the league this time of year. Uh, real, quick, 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.120 throw throw out some names that could be on the 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:02.160 move in your opin, Yeah, I think this done this week. Yeah. 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.959 All the players are getting cut after the Thursday night game, 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.160 so it's gonna be a day lose of players, and 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.200 there's a lot of trade talks. A couple of names. 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.400 I think to watch brock Oswiler if he doesn't get traded, 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.040 and I'd be shocked if he did. Will he get cut? 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.080 I tend to think yes. Once you put these guys 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.520 up on the trade blox, they usually get cut. T J. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.480 Ward is another one in Denver, Matt Forte. I don't 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.680 know why they would cut him when he's guaranteed four 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.520 million dollars look pretty good the other day. But he's 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.120 another name. Well, they don't want to win games, that 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:35.200 would be one. Yeah. Sheldon Richardson has really killed it 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.720 in the preseason. I'm wondering if they really make one 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.800 last gasp to try to get him moved before the season. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.080 He could help someone and in a contract a year. 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.520 I think he's somebody that if you're a team that 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.680 needs help on the defensive line, Uh, maybe will cost 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.360 you a second or third rounder, but you get a 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.960 guy that can really win games for you potentially. Uh 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.200 not bad either. One quick jet thing. Is it a 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.600 total disservice to Matt Forte to wait this long to 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:01.240 the what to do with him and he's gonna trying 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:03.160 to go catch up with somewhere else if he gets cut. 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.320 Joe had in the same thing. Yeah, I mean Hayden. Hey, 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.360 I agree that's fair, But I mean Hayden at some 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.400 point had a chance in camp I think to truly 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.280 be a starter for Cleveland. With Matt Forte, it's like 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.320 they obviously cut bait on all these all these veterans, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.840 and now he's he's not going to get a starting jo. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.560 They didn't cut him because the money was guaranteed and 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.360 they made the decision to try to hold on to him. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.480 I guess he's probably been shot for a while. 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You're checking the 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.480 bald box for West sitting in his So what box 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.760 do I check for you? Well, you know you're got 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.040 a great can I say you're checking the box of 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.360 I've been pumping up Kevin Patrick for three years in 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.320 this podcast for his bod, and now we got like 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.560 a young Arnold sitting in the studio and it's now 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.360 I feel weird about the Patrick thing. How do I 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.720 ever go back to as as nice as Patrick's bod 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:38.400 is after seeing what I've seen? You know, flaming I 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.880 think it's great. Patrick has that bulletin board that he 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:42.880 has up on his wall and he's got a lot 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.080 to write on it. Now. Yeah, so does anyone that 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:46.880 claims to be in shape on any level. I mean, 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.240 if there's an argument that human beings came from like 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.320 multiple different planets when shook, when he walks around the newsroom, 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.200 he'd be an argument because he literally looks like a 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.880 different human being than most other men in the room. 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.840 So anybody else on objectified Nick body before we move. 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.360 I think he likes it, though he seems to like. Um. 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:07.480 I was walking down the street with my girlfriend the 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.360 other day and I walked past a construction crew and 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.520 we're whistling at you. She's in shape, and she was 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.359 wearing a crop top and they said stuff to me, 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:20.040 not her. She was upset into a problem. That's not 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.840 he likes it now. It's part of life, you know 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:24.359 what it's part. It's part of the good life. What 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.359 it is. You put in a lot of work on 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.920 that bod, Yes or no? How many times a week 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.560 you working at five? Oh my god, how many what 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.160 are you doing the other two days? I don't want 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:35.560 to sound like that guy, but I would say like 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.680 active rest, playing basketball, that kind of thing. The rest 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.160 is important to uh, probably an hour and a half 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:45.720 each time. Do the math, guys pumping iron. I'm also 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.320 not married, I don't have kids, So he takes so 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.040 all that work. Now he gets the show out now 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.399 and say this is what the work gave. Most of 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.359 us didn't have kids deep into our thirties and we 0:17:55.440 --> 0:18:00.000 never achieved anything close. So that's not you know, Um, 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.600 is this getting weird? Erica? Is this getting weird? I 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:07.359 mean a little weird. But it's like it's fine. Junior 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.520 Belichick over here, you know, pretending like he's not a 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:12.560 part of it. You're looking at the Bob two. Alright, 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.520 you need to cover up. Alright, So we did it. 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.240 Let's move on. So we did it um on Monday 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.280 around the a f C. And just so you're aware, Nick, 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.240 we we don't go through. We don't kind of jump 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.840 in and out. We go around the NFC in forty 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.080 eight minutes, three minutes per team, and we'll start in 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:36.040 the NFC East and Greg, we will start with you. Erica. 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.000 We're ready to start the clock. I mean, this is 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.639 our NFC preview right here. Yeah, we're ready give us 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:45.520 a little fog horn to get us going. Eagles go. 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.680 If football is one in the trenches, they always say 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.520 that a football is one up front, don't. We have 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.800 to take the Eagles seriously as a contender in this 0:18:55.880 --> 0:19:00.240 division because for their defensive line, Timmy Journ again would 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.320 be one of the best pickups of the off season. 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:04.600 Next to Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham, that's a great 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.840 defensive line. The offensive line is pretty strong, not quite 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.520 with the Cowboys, but I think they believe it will 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:11.639 be a strength of their team. This is a team 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.280 built from the inside out, and I think they have 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.280 to feel pretty good about both of their lines heading 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:19.320 into the season. Are you getting sucked in by the 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:22.280 Eagles again? Just what I do? I feel like of 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:26.720 any team that I watched on game Pass Live during 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:32.080 the preseason, that Phillies front seven interrupted and created chaos 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.600 for every quarterback they faced. I don't buy it so 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:36.919 much with what I saw in the ground game and 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.240 on the offensive line. Had a bad preseason, so I 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:41.840 think they have to worry about on paper. I think 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:45.400 they liked the players. Defense was completely different than last 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:49.040 year's team. Now, Greg, when is the last time you 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:51.360 didn't pick the Eagles to win the NFC East. It's 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.479 been a while. I just like to be consistent, you know, 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:57.480 pick what you wrote, what you want to happen anyway, 0:19:57.520 --> 0:19:59.879 So why not? Why is that? I'm just that just 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:01.840 a little bit, Like I picked the Packers in the 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.280 Patriots in the Super Bowl every year for a long 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:06.320 long time. I don't know what are we expecting from 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:08.800 from Carson Wentz this year, because I know he showed 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.920 good and bad trades last year. Nick, what do you think? 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.120 I don't even think that would be the problem. I mean, 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:17.960 you have your second year, which tends to be the 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:19.720 year when those especially guys who've got a lot of 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.000 experience in the rookie year, take that next step because 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.760 you know, the game slows down and everything. My problem 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:27.879 with him is is where is he going outside of 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:30.879 of all Shan Jeffrey and and Zach Ertz, Like they 0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:32.879