Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we're always designated to return
Speaker 1: the next day. I'm Greg Rosenthal. I'm with Evan Silva.
Speaker 1: I was thinking back to my days back at Rhoda World.
Speaker 1: Cutdown day, a tough day in the NFL for a
Speaker 1: lot of players, a compelling day for front offices where
Speaker 1: you're putting together the roster and you're watching the rest
Speaker 1: of the league. But I was thinking back to when
Speaker 1: I was starting out in this business at Rota World,
Speaker 1: and it was a very busy day. You would have
Speaker 1: to just watch the transactions and pump them out, you know,
Speaker 1: minute after minute you're waiting for the fifty three to
Speaker 1: get reported. And who would be with me in the
Speaker 1: trenches back then, but Evan Silva. So I thought, no
Speaker 1: one better to do this day and go over what
Speaker 1: we find interesting today. How you doing, Evan?
Speaker 2: How's it going? Greg? Yeah? A lot has changed, especially
Speaker 2: from the like from a rule standpoint, since those days
Speaker 2: used to be like three rounds of cuts, there were
Speaker 2: definitely two. Now there's always three.
Speaker 1: Three back in the day.
Speaker 2: Now now there's only one. And I remember, like the
Speaker 2: night before especially final cuts, like I'd be rooting please
Speaker 2: teams like release some cuts early so we could just
Speaker 2: start shipping away at them because we knew that the
Speaker 2: next day was going to be absolute hell. And the teams,
Speaker 2: they were supposed to have all their cuts out by
Speaker 2: like four pm or five pm Eastern Time or something
Speaker 2: like that, but they would always be one or two teams.
Speaker 2: They wouldn't release their cuts until like hours afterwards. And
Speaker 2: by that time we're I'm punch drunk on the internet.
Speaker 2: You know, had been blurbing all day waiting for the
Speaker 2: freaking Raiders to release.
Speaker 1: It was always the Raiders, the Raiders in the Seahawks.
Speaker 1: But I got to give some props to the Raiders.
Speaker 1: Maybe with Tom Tellesco in the building, something changed. They
Speaker 1: were one of the first teams out. There are still
Speaker 1: a few straggling teams out there, but we'll make sure
Speaker 1: they're all covered. We wanted to get going. You're a
Speaker 1: busy man, you're running so.
Speaker 2: In the blurbs though, I mean I would just take
Speaker 2: a flamethrower to the braids, just blasting them for not
Speaker 2: releasing their cuts on time. But yeah, we can jump
Speaker 2: into this.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 1: I remember that I love the caustic Silva Blurbs, and
Speaker 1: they weren't they weren't labeled with who wrote them, but
Speaker 1: you could always tell which one was a Silva blurb.
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's how I look at today's show. Look,
Speaker 1: there weren't gigantic headlines, just little nuggets. They're different flavors
Speaker 1: of these NFL daily shows. We got some big previews
Speaker 1: coming up this week, but this is more of a
Speaker 1: housekeeping day where we're looking at what happened around the league,
Speaker 1: trying to have our takeaways as we really get ready
Speaker 1: for the season. And so yeah, let's just dive right
Speaker 1: into it. I could start in a million different places here,
Speaker 1: but I'm going to start with OBJ, just because I've
Speaker 1: been tracking this story for a while. He was placed
Speaker 1: on pup to start the season, and so you mentioned
Speaker 1: how the rules have been changing. Evan, pup means you're
Speaker 1: out for four games now you're eligible to return at
Speaker 1: that point. You're gonna have to be activated at some
Speaker 1: point in there. And the Insiders, of which I'm having
Speaker 1: one on later in the show, maybe I'll ask him
Speaker 1: about it. Ian Rappaport said, Oh, this was a possible
Speaker 1: you know outcome the whole time with Obj, But give
Speaker 1: me a break. They weren't saying that publicly. It's pretty
Speaker 1: disappointing for them. They really want to run an eleven
Speaker 1: offense here with three wide receivers. They wanted Odell Beckham
Speaker 1: to be a big part of the team, and he's
Speaker 1: just not going to be.
Speaker 2: I mean, he opened the camp, he opened camp on
Speaker 2: active pup though, and he never got obviously, never got
Speaker 2: in the practice field. I feel like the Beat writers
Speaker 2: were talking about how they would barely even see him
Speaker 2: around the facility. I think it could be potentially a
Speaker 2: positive for Odell Beckham. He's not gonna have to play
Speaker 2: the whole season. When they get him back in week
Speaker 2: five or week six or week seven, he's going to
Speaker 2: be healthier than he is now, and at that point
Speaker 2: maybe he can join their three receiver set. I think
Speaker 2: one guy who's kind of interesting here to see what
Speaker 2: kind of a role he can earn, and I think
Speaker 2: it's Braxston Barrios is going to open the season as
Speaker 2: the number three, but Molik Washington the sixth round pick.
Speaker 2: I think it's kind of interesting all of a sudden.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're banged up. Jalen Waddle hasn't been healthy, River
Speaker 1: Craikcaft hasn't been healthy, and I'm just curious, Well, I
Speaker 1: got you, like, what are you viewing for this Dolphins offense?
Speaker 1: Because usually they start like a house on fire, but
Speaker 1: their offensive line, the receivers are banged up, the running
Speaker 1: backs look awesome, Like what's your fantasy outlook right now?
Speaker 1: And yeah, people get over to establish the run. It's
Speaker 1: draft season. I got a draft on Wednesday. My kids
Speaker 1: have a draft on Friday. Like it's time. It's time
Speaker 1: to be to be getting that subscription and getting your
Speaker 1: money's worth it.
Speaker 2: I mean, I have Tyreek Hill as a top five
Speaker 2: overall pick number three right now in my top one
Speaker 2: fifty rankings. You know, seventeen hundred plus yards in both
Speaker 2: of his seasons under Mike McDaniel. I'm not too worried
Speaker 2: about his injury stuff. And then Jalen Waddle last year
Speaker 2: was like a consensus second round pick. This year, you
Speaker 2: can get him in the fourth because he's not coming
Speaker 2: off as great as season. He was banged up a
Speaker 2: lot last year. But I love him. I love taking
Speaker 2: him in the third round. If something were to happen
Speaker 2: at Tyreek Kill, Jayalen Wattle is going to win your
Speaker 2: fantasy league.
Speaker 1: Oh I like that, so that's the Dolphins on Tuesday.
Speaker 1: The Packers started making moves on Monday, including the trade
Speaker 1: for Malik Willis from the Titans for a seventh round pick,
Speaker 1: and then they cut Sean Clifford, who was their backup
Speaker 1: quarterback last year. They also cut my guy from Tulane,
Speaker 1: Michael Pratt. A tough day out here for the Pratt
Speaker 1: Pack because there was a report on si dot com
Speaker 1: that he might not even get back to the practice squad,
Speaker 1: that they want to keep Clifford there. I mean, seventh
Speaker 1: round pick out of Pratt. I mean, Malik Willis being
Speaker 1: one snap away from playing for a contender is a
Speaker 1: little surprising to me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree with that former what number he
Speaker 2: was supposed to be the number three overall pick and
Speaker 2: went in the third round Malik Willis and he just
Speaker 2: never showed anything. I mean, obviously he's athletic, he's got
Speaker 2: a strong arm, but just in terms of consistency, ball location,
Speaker 2: I mean, he just really never put anything together. Even
Speaker 2: in preseason games. He was largely unimpressive.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know for fantasy AJ Dillon going on injured
Speaker 1: reserve for the season, that was a surprise. Yes, it
Speaker 1: might be something where they can work out an injury settlement.
Speaker 1: At some point he had a stinger and then Marshawn
Speaker 1: Lloyd is not on IR, not on POP. He's on
Speaker 1: the active roster. I guess he's the backup. I don't
Speaker 1: know if he's healthy, Like, what's the fallout there in
Speaker 1: Green Bay?
Speaker 2: Marshall Lloyd has been out for two and a half weeks.
Speaker 2: There was actually a report that he would end up
Speaker 2: opening the season on a list. Probably it would be
Speaker 2: short term IR, but for now he is there. I
Speaker 2: think Emmanuel Wilson would be on track to be the
Speaker 2: Packers number two running back. This is a player that
Speaker 2: maybe the Packers like more than we know. But to me,
Speaker 2: the biggest beneficiary is like they are going to open
Speaker 2: the season with Josh Jacobs as a true warhorse behind
Speaker 2: a pretty good run blocking offensive line in an offense.
Speaker 2: So I think the arrow was pointing up. I think
Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs awesome third round fantasy pick with very little
Speaker 2: competition in the backfield.
Speaker 1: I love Jacobs. He's very hit or miss. He's kind
Speaker 1: of due for a hit year. I would just worry
Speaker 1: our producer, Randy's a Packers fan. Here. If I'm Randy,
Speaker 1: I mean, you're one injury away from like Emmanuel Wilson
Speaker 1: RB one maybe Week one, and one injury away from
Speaker 1: Malik Willis. Obviously, everyone you know would be a problem
Speaker 1: if you lose your quarterback, but just a little thin
Speaker 1: at those positions. They also cut their draft pick from
Speaker 1: a year ago, Andrews Carlson, so they have their new kickers,
Speaker 1: Greg Joseph at least for now. And we might as
Speaker 1: well say the public service announcement that everyone feels the
Speaker 1: need to say this time of year. It's true though
Speaker 1: these are not the final rosters. There's going to be
Speaker 1: more moves. If there was a team that was going
Speaker 1: to pick up a veteran running back, Green Bay would
Speaker 1: probably be high on the list. Absolutely another veteran move
Speaker 1: on Tuesday trade. Ernest Jones been tracking this the last
Speaker 1: couple of days. The Titans trade for the Rams captain
Speaker 1: on defense. Weird. They only had to give up a
Speaker 1: pick swap of a fifth and a sixth round pick,
Speaker 1: so basically the Rams said we're getting rid of this guy.
Speaker 1: We'll take whatever we can get. Shocking to me, because
Speaker 1: like when Aaron Donald retired, he was literally quoted saying
Speaker 1: to Ernest Jones, this is your defense now, And like
Speaker 1: Ernest Jones is a guy the Rams have you know,
Speaker 1: talked up a lot as kind of a leader and everything,
Speaker 1: and now he's just gone for nothing. Strange, I think
Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent they really like Omar Spates is
Speaker 1: gonna start, But just a weird camp for the Rams
Speaker 1: losing a bunch of players and Ernest Jones. It sounds
Speaker 1: like maybe he's not one hundred percent healthy or fit
Speaker 1: after surgery this offseason, but a good pickup for the
Speaker 1: Titans who were not looking good at linebacker.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Omar Spates went undrafted out of LSU, so you
Speaker 2: know every game that he plays in is a huge
Speaker 2: million scouts there. You know, I feel like NFL teams
Speaker 2: don't usually miss on a guy like that because there's
Speaker 2: so much tape on him. But you know, obviously you
Speaker 2: look good in training camping. Right now he has slotted
Speaker 2: in as a starter at off ball linebacker.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're They're a strange team. I don't know, I
Speaker 1: don't know what to think about that.
Speaker 2: They are a strange team. And every year I'm kind
Speaker 2: of like, what are they doing? And then you know,
Speaker 2: eighty percent of the time it works out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think for for fantasy, Pooka Akua's injury is
Speaker 1: something to keep an eye on. Cooper Cup has looked
Speaker 1: really healthy. I think it remains to be seeing how
Speaker 1: Pooka Nikoua comes off this injury. Just because he's back
Speaker 1: at practice. We just don't know. So that's a that's
Speaker 1: a little worrisome. Like where do you have those two guys?
Speaker 1: I'm going to hit you up for some fantasy nuggets
Speaker 1: while we're doing this. Why not, Like, where are you
Speaker 1: see in Puoka Cooper go off the board? I would
Speaker 1: have said they're nowhere near each other in my mind
Speaker 1: a Cup weeks ago and now for value, I might
Speaker 1: rather have Cooper Cup just because I'm a little freaked
Speaker 1: out about the Pookah injury and how.
Speaker 2: To be I would tend to agree with you. Pooka
Speaker 2: Nakula right now though, is my twelfth overall player. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean I haven't really heard any any substitute, substantive
Speaker 2: or positive report on his health since he went down,
Speaker 2: which was a while ago. I mean, I'm just not
Speaker 2: really sure I have Cooper Cup like number twenty three
Speaker 2: or twenty four overall, But I think that for value,
Speaker 2: I mean Pokinakua kind of regularly goes in the first round.
Speaker 2: At the end of the first round, I think for value,
Speaker 2: I'm leaning toward Cooper Cup right now.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna just give my tip here is I'm fading
Speaker 1: Pookinakua right now, just based.
Speaker 2: On okay, based on the vibes.
Speaker 1: I'll leave it there. Charles Amena, who is on the
Speaker 1: pup list. He is on the Chiefs. He's a he's
Speaker 1: a pass rusher. There are a lot of moves for
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, so I'm just going to go through the
Speaker 1: defending cham By the way, the Titans also cut Caleb Fairley,
Speaker 1: who was a first round pick a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: so I thought that one was interesting. He just was
Speaker 1: never healthy enough to stay on the field for the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Charles Amnahu on the pup NFI list. He was heard
Speaker 1: of course late last season in the playoffs, and so
Speaker 1: he's not going to be back for a while. They
Speaker 1: traded a seventh round pick for Cam Thomas, who was
Speaker 1: a third rounder from the Cardinals. It's kind of weird
Speaker 1: that the Cardinals are giving up on an edge rusher
Speaker 1: that the Chiefs want because the Chiefs are so much
Speaker 1: better at that position. The Chiefs also traded a late
Speaker 1: pick for tight end Peyton Hendershot. I would be afraid
Speaker 1: Evan to trade with the Chiefs at this point. Brett
Speaker 1: Viach has kind of reached my standard of what the
Speaker 1: Patriots used to be. Just be like, I don't want
Speaker 1: to trade them players. So maybe they know something we
Speaker 1: don't know. They're going to make us look bad.
Speaker 2: Also, the Cardinals moved on from Cam Thomas after losing
Speaker 2: bj Ojalaari for the season. And do you know what
Speaker 2: the deal is with Darius Robinson, their second round pick.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he is on injured reserve, designated to return.
Speaker 2: You know, these are the kind of moves like when
Speaker 2: I'm building my matchups column for Week one, Like there's
Speaker 2: a cluster situation right now going on with the Cardinals
Speaker 2: at I actually kind of like it. For their offense,
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna be in a lot of shootout
Speaker 2: situations this year because on defense they're just so shorthanded,
Speaker 2: especially up front. Their best cornerback is Sean Murphy Bunting.
Speaker 2: I mean, they're gonna and I like Jonathan Gannon as
Speaker 2: a schemer, but it's gonna be hard to scheme around this.
Speaker 1: Right I took an early look at the Week one lines.
Speaker 1: I only sounded like two, and immediately I saw Bill's
Speaker 1: minus six, and I was just thinking, well, fantasy, and
Speaker 1: that Bill's are going to put thirty five on this team.
Speaker 1: Maybe the Cardinals can kind of keep up and Kyler
Speaker 1: and the offense will be fun too, and it'll just
Speaker 1: be a fantasy score fest. But they're putting up thirty
Speaker 1: five on that Cardinals team. They do not have much
Speaker 1: all right here, here's other things the Chiefs did. They
Speaker 1: so they traded for Peyton Hendershot. He's like their fourth
Speaker 1: tight end. They cut Kadarius Tony, and then Carson Steele,
Speaker 1: the running back, makes the team. They only keep I
Speaker 1: think four running backs and he's a fullback running back.
Speaker 1: You are you into Carson Steele in like the deepest
Speaker 1: league possible.
Speaker 2: I kind of want to see how it plays out
Speaker 2: over the next couple of days and if they add
Speaker 2: another running back. Yeah, Carson Steele showed a lot in
Speaker 2: the preseason. You know, he kind of gives me vibes
Speaker 2: of is Peyton hillis the old Brown's running back who
Speaker 2: was actually on a Madden cover one year. Carson Steele
Speaker 2: ran four seven to seven coming out of college. You
Speaker 2: do not see running backs that run that slow make
Speaker 2: it in the NFL. But I mean, you know, he
Speaker 2: couldn't have done more in the preseason to earn this
Speaker 2: roster spot.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Andy Reid loves him. They love having fallback.
Speaker 1: Speaking of there's only a few left in the league.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys kept one too. They have a rookie fallback,
Speaker 1: Hunter Lipke. Now that would be a very deep league
Speaker 1: if you drafted Hunter Lipkey, although I think he's going
Speaker 1: to be on the field the sneaking out. They also
Speaker 1: kept douce Vaughn, the diminutive sun of their running backs
Speaker 1: coach in Dallas or their position coach in Dallas. They
Speaker 1: kept Ryan Flourney. I thought that was interesting, a rookie receiver.
Speaker 1: They kept Andrew Booth, who they just traded for and
Speaker 1: got cooked by East and Stick the other day. So
Speaker 1: that's not a good sign for their cornerbacks. And they
Speaker 1: might sign Dalvin Cook, Like what are you doing with
Speaker 1: this Cowboys backfield? Like Lipkey's gonna be in the mix.
Speaker 1: You got Dowdell, you got Zeke. I don't know if
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook's gonna sign because at this point it's been
Speaker 1: twenty four hours since that report came out and he
Speaker 1: hasn't signed yet. I don't know. I'm just fading all
Speaker 1: of it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I generally am as well. I'll take Rico Dowdell
Speaker 2: late if you know, if he's there, and you know,
Speaker 2: I need a running back or something. But I'm not.
Speaker 2: There's nothing to be excited about that. The Cowboys roster
Speaker 2: is so thin, man.
Speaker 1: They really are.
Speaker 2: They They're so thin. It's kind of like, I feel
Speaker 2: like this could be a season where just the bottom
Speaker 2: falls out on him, like they lose like seeding LAMB
Speaker 2: for an extending period or I mean, you know, let
Speaker 2: alone Dak Although their backup quarterback situation isn't terrible, Cooper
Speaker 2: Rush like has been solid in past opportunities, but I
Speaker 2: just feel like they're hanging by a thread if you're
Speaker 2: relying on rookies to start it on the offensive line,
Speaker 2: just I don't know, I'm with you.
Speaker 1: They also cut Karl Lawson, who I mentioned. They kept
Speaker 1: signing all these veterans in the last week or two.
Speaker 1: Most of them stuck. Karl Lawson, who used to be
Speaker 1: a great pass rusher for the Bengals but just never
Speaker 1: was the same after injuries was cut by the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: It's a weird team. By the way, Ceedee Lamb's not
Speaker 1: even on their active roster. They have a commissioners they
Speaker 1: are not a commissioner's exempt, but he's on an exemplest
Speaker 1: for now before he gets fully back into it, so
Speaker 1: they're kind of using a roster spot that way. The
Speaker 1: Vikings are not using a roster spot on their first
Speaker 1: round pick from just a couple of years ago. Lewis
Speaker 1: Seen did not make this team. I mentioned Andrew Booth
Speaker 1: got traded by the Vikings, so that means quessi adopha
Speaker 1: mensa who's done a good job otherwise says it g
Speaker 1: That means his first two draft picks, first and second
Speaker 1: round picks are no longer on the team. It was
Speaker 1: only two years ago. They also cut Kenny Nuangu, which
Speaker 1: I was really surprised about, one of the better return
Speaker 1: guys in the league. I actually think he will be
Speaker 1: a guy that gets claimed on waivers. Nikhil Harry did
Speaker 1: not make this team. Any thoughts on the Vikings on
Speaker 1: lewis Seen what's going on there. I kind of like
Speaker 1: their backfield, even though it's only I think it's only
Speaker 1: two players right now. They might add a running back.
Speaker 1: They only have two running backs right now.
Speaker 2: Well, when we were talking about this a little bit
Speaker 2: before the show, but when they drafted Andrew Booth and
Speaker 2: Lewis seen in that first QUESSI draft, like, they probably thought, man,
Speaker 2: this is we have the making, you know, this is
Speaker 2: the foundation of our secondary for the next at least
Speaker 2: four years. And they really got nothing out of either
Speaker 2: of those guys, even like from a positional draft standpoint, like, yeah, dude,
Speaker 2: taking taking DB's high makes sense. Those guys were both
Speaker 2: very highly touted. Booth a lot of people thought he
Speaker 2: would be a first round pick that that year. Just
Speaker 2: a complete disappointment. Quest he has struggled in the draft.
Speaker 2: I mean, let's let's be real. Quest he has and
Speaker 2: I still kind of believe in him, but he struggled
Speaker 2: in the draft. The release of Kenny nuang Wu is
Speaker 2: interesting for ty Chandler as a late round fantasy sleeper.
Speaker 2: I actually really like Aaron Jones in the middle rounds
Speaker 2: for whatever reason, people don't want to draft him. I
Speaker 2: like him getting a decent amount of him, and then
Speaker 2: ty Chandler late as a guy that hey, you know,
Speaker 2: if Aaron Jones has durability issues, which he has had
Speaker 2: a decent amount in the past, ty Chandler becomes, you know,
Speaker 2: explosive second option that you could get for really cheap
Speaker 2: in fantasy.
Speaker 1: I like both of those guys. You know, I would
Speaker 1: handcuff and we're still using handcuff as Alex you know
Speaker 1: in the Fantasy lexicon. Sometimes Levaton on your podcast, and
Speaker 1: one thing I like about it is you guys just
Speaker 1: you guys get to it. You get through it so fast.
Speaker 1: But sometimes Levaton Levitan uses uh words I don't even
Speaker 1: know anymore. Although I caused everyone dust everyone. It always
Speaker 1: delights me when I'm just like hoping to never be
Speaker 1: dust in my career. Yeah, all right, let's go to
Speaker 1: the Panthers. They put Jonathan Brooks that this is some
Speaker 1: fantasy impact here on the pu P list. Also dj Wanham,
Speaker 1: who's an edge rusher. They just have no one at
Speaker 1: the edge, and yeah, I guess it's Tuber Hubard in
Speaker 1: the backfield and Jonathan Brooks is someone Yeah you can
Speaker 1: stash in fantasy, but he might not be really all
Speaker 1: the way back till pretty late in the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I've got him, see I have to right
Speaker 2: after we did the show. I'm gonna I'm I'm gonna
Speaker 2: make a bunch of changes. All the changes are like
Speaker 2: from player eighty five overall to like one fifty overall.
Speaker 2: You know, but but I mean those mid round and
Speaker 2: late round picks matter. I have Jonathan Brooks like right
Speaker 2: around number ninety and he needs to go into like
Speaker 2: the one twenties or something like that. I'll figure that out.
Speaker 2: But you know, there wasn't It seemed like there was
Speaker 2: a chance to give you back by week three or
Speaker 2: week four. But right now, I mean he's definitely out
Speaker 2: through week won't be eligible to come back until week five,
Speaker 2: and then who knows he's even going to get that
Speaker 2: full time role. The Panthers could be going four by then.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think they're going to be any good.
Speaker 2: And you know, how would they be incentivized to give
Speaker 2: the ball to Jonathan Brooks a lot?
Speaker 1: Right? I liked how he played in college, but they're
Speaker 1: all about twenty twenty five and they're not gonna want it.
Speaker 2: It seems like he's behind schedule. When they drafted him,
Speaker 2: they were saying that he would be ready for training camp.
Speaker 1: This happens a lot though. That's the thing with OBJ
Speaker 1: and a lot of times you know, everything's optimistic and
Speaker 1: then you get to cut down there, you get the
Speaker 1: training camp and these guys aren't ready, but it makes
Speaker 1: sense to be careful with him. The Broncos tried to
Speaker 1: trade Tim Patrick and Samaj p Ryan, but no one
Speaker 1: wanted them, so they just cut them. They also cut
Speaker 1: little Jordan Humphrey. They did keep all three of their quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Samaj p Ryan is a guy that could land elsewhere.
Speaker 1: The Eagles cut Paris Campbell, who initially was going to
Speaker 1: be their third receiver, but then they trade for Johan Dottson.
Speaker 1: They kept James Bradberry, who converted to safety. He's getting
Speaker 1: paid twenty million dollars to be like their fifth safety,
Speaker 1: but it's guaranteed money, and they just figure like, well,
Speaker 1: why not keep him. He's a good guy. The Browns
Speaker 1: are keeping all four quarterbacks, so this is one to watch.
Speaker 1: I think over the next few days. They cut down
Speaker 1: to foreman at running backs, so they're very thin at
Speaker 1: running back right now. What do you see about the
Speaker 1: Browns backfield? And I can't imagine they're going to keep
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley and Dorian Thompson Robinson and Jameis Winston. But
Speaker 1: it was a little interesting. There were reports that came
Speaker 1: out that's saying they're looking to trade Huntley or Winston,
Speaker 1: that they're going to keep dtr and that maybe even
Speaker 1: Winston's available. So that's just something to watch the next
Speaker 1: couple of days. Are you buying Jerome Ford now because
Speaker 1: they only have two running backs on the roster right now?
Speaker 2: I am I've kind of always been buying Jerome Ford.
Speaker 2: But you know, today, like after they cut Jontay Foreman,
Speaker 2: a bunch of people were saying, like, well, he could
Speaker 2: definitely be back. He just gives him an element that
Speaker 2: Jerome Ford and Pierre Strong do not, and that he's
Speaker 2: like a big back who can run with power, who
Speaker 2: has like legitimate production on his resume in the NFL.
Speaker 2: So I think there's a possibility that he could come back.
Speaker 2: The Brown's better not trade Jamis Winston because he's going
Speaker 2: to be their starter at some point this year. If
Speaker 2: anything happens to Deshaun Watson, which Deshaun Watson has already
Speaker 2: struggled with, you know, some with soreness in his throwing
Speaker 2: arm or whatever, I would be terrified. I do wonder
Speaker 2: that because Jameis Winston is such like he can be
Speaker 2: a galvanizing presence. You know, you see the the pregame
Speaker 2: stuff that he leads. I mean he's the backup quarterback.
Speaker 2: He's leading the pregame stuff. Do they think that, oh, well,
Speaker 2: he you know, he might be encroaching on Deshaun Watson.
Speaker 2: You know, do we need to get rid of them? Yes,
Speaker 2: because like like the team could like start to rally around,
Speaker 2: like you remember when like no one would sign Cam
Speaker 2: Newton even to be their backup because he can he
Speaker 2: has this this charisma and presence Like if something is
Speaker 2: going wrong with the you know, mediocre starter, like the
Speaker 2: team is going to turn to Cam.
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think that could be a factor.
Speaker 1: I don't think Derek Carr totally loved all the love
Speaker 1: that mus Winston was getting in New Orleans. I don't
Speaker 1: think they brought they even considered bringing back Joe Flacco
Speaker 1: because because at about the locker room, the city, let's
Speaker 1: love Joe Flacco so much that you like, couldn't have
Speaker 1: them around it. It's a whole thing. And Tyler Huntley
Speaker 1: look good enough in the preseason that maybe they'd be
Speaker 1: willing to. I don't know. Let's take a quick break.
Speaker 1: We have a few more items to get through, uh
Speaker 1: with Evan, I'm looking forward to that, and then I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have Ian rappaport on to wrap up this news
Speaker 1: based show. We're a news show sometimes news back on
Speaker 1: NFL Daily. I mean, this is this is all protein
Speaker 1: on this one? What is that? Is that? What's the
Speaker 1: all protein diet? And now I'm now I'm blanking keto. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is this is the Keto of shows. It's just
Speaker 1: like all protein, no filler, no pasta, no, not even
Speaker 1: any fruit. We're just getting to the cuts and letting
Speaker 1: you know which ones matter so you're smarter than the
Speaker 1: people around you. Forty nine ers had some interesting ones.
Speaker 1: Elijah Mitchell's out for the season immediately that that has
Speaker 1: fantasy implications. Their backup is who Jordan Mason? Who is
Speaker 1: their back?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 2: Yes, And Christian McCaffrey right now is dealing with a
Speaker 2: calf strain. Now we have we have a pretty high
Speaker 2: level of confidence that he's going to be all right.
Speaker 2: But it's something to keep in mind. I mean, running
Speaker 2: backs get hurt in the NFL, especially when they're utilized
Speaker 2: as workhorses, like Christian McCaffrey has been in San Francisco
Speaker 2: and will continue to be. But Jordan Mason, by all
Speaker 2: accounts like he used to have like a sort of
Speaker 2: contentious relationship with Bobby Turner the Broncos or the Broncos
Speaker 2: used to be the Broncos Rby's coach, forty nine ers
Speaker 2: RB's coach, and now Bobby Turner has been like praising him,
Speaker 2: and he's like locked in as the number two right now,
Speaker 2: especially with Eli Mitchell out for the season. Eli so
Speaker 2: open training camp as like a draftable guy obviously, I
Speaker 2: mean he's done.
Speaker 1: I like that Jordan Mason pick because I guess the
Speaker 1: history of Christian McCaffrey. I know he's been healthy the
Speaker 1: last few years, but softissue injury in August, all the
Speaker 1: workload he had last year, just from a fantasy perspective
Speaker 1: freaks me out a little bit. Also, it's a team
Speaker 1: that September through November only matters so much. They can
Speaker 1: be careful with Christian McCaffrey. This is a team that's
Speaker 1: worrying about December and especially January and hopefully February for them.
Speaker 1: With that in mind, some big players not active on
Speaker 1: the team right now. Hufunga goes to the pup. Their
Speaker 1: safety Brandon Ayuk is on the roster. I expect that
Speaker 1: thing to happen. Trent Williams is not because he's on
Speaker 1: the reserve list right now, and they'll longer this goes.
Speaker 1: The more I'm wondering if he actually does miss a
Speaker 1: game or two. And then Dre Greenlaw is on the
Speaker 1: pup list. So a lot of talent there. The Texans
Speaker 1: actually cut a lot of players I recognize, which is
Speaker 1: always a good sign. It's like, oh, your roster's so
Speaker 1: good that they were able to cut Noah Brown, decent player,
Speaker 1: Desmond King, CJ Henderson, case Keenan went to IR. We
Speaker 1: talked about him with Nick Shook the other day. He's
Speaker 1: not healthy, so he's on IR. Tim Boyle was cut.
Speaker 1: Kristin Harris goes to IR return their starting linebacker Cam
Speaker 1: Akers made this team like that, Damian Pierce made this team.
Speaker 1: John Metchi made this team. Is a fun team. Like
Speaker 1: who's your kind of favorite value type guy from the Texans.
Speaker 2: I mean, I love all the starters on the Texans,
Speaker 2: and it's hard to sift through their backups. There was
Speaker 2: at one point in time where I wanted, really wanted
Speaker 2: to like Damian Pierce, but he was atrocious all preseason.
Speaker 2: I actually wonder if they're holding onto him to try
Speaker 2: to get a seventh round pick from him or something
Speaker 2: for him. Cam Akers looked great in the preseason. Yeah,
Speaker 2: he really really good, and I wonder if he might
Speaker 2: end up being the number two back for Houston.
Speaker 1: Yeah, something to watch week one between those two guys.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I think one of these wide receivers could
Speaker 1: get traded still at some point. Noah Brown, there was
Speaker 1: some question whether one hundred percent, but he's going to
Speaker 1: be on a roster somewhere just because he's better than
Speaker 1: He's not great, he's a journeyman, but he's better than
Speaker 1: half the Steelers wide receivers that they have rostered. The
Speaker 1: Falcons kept Taylor Heineke thought that was interesting. In one
Speaker 1: of the teams keeping three quarterbacks and no trade there,
Speaker 1: the Lions did not keep three. They cut Nate Sudfeld.
Speaker 1: Hendon Hooker is their number two. That could be a
Speaker 1: situation where Sudfeld goes to the practice squad and becomes
Speaker 1: the backup. We'll see. They cut Donovan People's Jones. They
Speaker 1: only have fifty two players on the roster, which is weird,
Speaker 1: and so I do wonder if they're going to add
Speaker 1: a receiver. They feel like a team that needs to
Speaker 1: add a receiver. An undrafted free agent named Isaiah Williams
Speaker 1: made the team and he is right now wide receiver
Speaker 1: four for the Lions.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I wonder if Tim Patrick might end up there.
Speaker 2: I mean as like, you know, a big, physical receiver
Speaker 2: who can very least block and give him something in
Speaker 2: the possession game. I love Jamison Williams. They have really
Speaker 2: cleared the deck. Yeah, Jamison Williams like he like essentially
Speaker 2: has faced no competition the number two receiver. Well, I
Speaker 2: do think that's a little risky. I think they add
Speaker 2: a veteran at some point.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be interesting. The Saints cut our guy,
Speaker 1: the Irish kicker, Charlie Smith. You know, they tried to
Speaker 1: not play him at all in the preseason so no
Speaker 1: one would take them. But then he hit a sixty
Speaker 1: five yarder at my Alma Mata Yuelman Stadium from at
Speaker 1: TWU Lane in an open practice that they were taping,
Speaker 1: and everyone's like, what, who's this Irish kid that just
Speaker 1: booted a sixty five yarder, but they cut him anyway,
Speaker 1: so I doubt another team will claim him, but he'll
Speaker 1: be on their practice squad if not, and maybe replace
Speaker 1: Blake Groupee. By the way, I know we have a
Speaker 1: lot of international listeners, and I think sometimes the international
Speaker 1: media and maybe the listeners too, like they freak out
Speaker 1: when these guys get cut, like Lewis rees Zama in Kansasity.
Speaker 1: It's all part of the process, and you get a
Speaker 1: free roster spot if you're part of this ipp So
Speaker 1: it happens. It takes years to develop sometimes before they
Speaker 1: make their mark, so it's all part of the process.
Speaker 1: Kendrey Miller went to injured reserve. One thing I was
Speaker 1: going to say about this team, if you have any comment,
Speaker 1: just four undrafted free agents make the team, And like,
Speaker 1: this is what happens when you never have any draft
Speaker 1: picks and you don't develop any good players with the
Speaker 1: picks that you have. They're just like so thin at
Speaker 1: so many positions. They're just counting on undrafted guys to
Speaker 1: come in and make an impact.
Speaker 2: Well, you remember they had that one sick draft. I
Speaker 2: think it was only like a five man draft, and
Speaker 2: it like saved a franchise.
Speaker 1: It was twenty seventeen.
Speaker 2: Now, yes, yeah, but they haven't drafted anything like that.
Speaker 2: You know, over the course of time, the draft is
Speaker 2: kind of like a crap shoot. I mean, that's kind
Speaker 2: of been determined. So when they crushed that one draft
Speaker 2: that wasn't necessarily everyone's like, Oh, Jeff Ireland's going to
Speaker 2: get a GM job again at some point, and then
Speaker 2: like they can't draft for the next five years straight.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Marshall Lattimore was part of that draft. He is
Speaker 1: on the roster. I yep, don't know what's up to
Speaker 1: believe in practice all camp. Yeah, I don't know what's
Speaker 1: up with him. I do believe you can draft and
Speaker 1: develop well at certain positions with continuity on the coaching staff.
Speaker 1: Like some teams are better at certain positions. I would
Speaker 1: say the Saints are excellent at identifying and developing cornerbacks
Speaker 1: as much as Dennis Allen, you know, I make fun
Speaker 1: of him, like that's that's what he does well, and
Speaker 1: they're great at that and they've done it repeatedly. After that,
Speaker 1: I don't really know what's going on. They cut Equanymia
Speaker 1: Saint Brown. Dennis Allen said he won't announce who the
Speaker 1: backup quarterback is which is just stupid that he just
Speaker 1: wants to continue the competition. I mean, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to announce it once Week one gets here, So just
Speaker 1: just what are we doing here? Jordan Mims made the
Speaker 1: team as a running back. He could be, you know,
Speaker 1: a fantasy pick up during the year. Wouldn't be surprised
Speaker 1: flying through the rest of these because you know, not
Speaker 1: big headlines here, Evan, But just if you have any
Speaker 1: thoughts jump in. The Pats cut Chad Ryland, who was
Speaker 1: their fourth round pick. They traded up for him with
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's last draft last year. Bailey Zappie's gone. But
Speaker 1: Joe Milton made the team and Joey Sly made the team.
Speaker 1: How about that?
Speaker 2: Well, Joe Milton is a developmental guy worth hanging on
Speaker 2: two and the Patriots are very much in sconstin a rebuild, so.
Speaker 1: They look he looked pretty good in the preseason. Kishon
Speaker 1: Booty made the team, which I was interested to see
Speaker 1: because he played well. And so they're keeping a ton
Speaker 1: of receivers and just see new sticks, all right. Only
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks from the twenty twenty four draft are currently
Speaker 1: on an active roster of the team that drafted them
Speaker 1: only two in their entire class. This is only you
Speaker 1: know and a two years and three months later. I'm
Speaker 1: saying that now because Bailey Zappi was cut, although he'll
Speaker 1: probably end up on the practice squad. But right now,
Speaker 1: can you name who those two players are? What draft
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two only two years ago? One of them?
Speaker 2: The only first rounder was Kenny Pickett. Yeah, then another
Speaker 2: quarterback didn't go to the third round.
Speaker 1: I think Malik Willis was one of the third rounders, Yes,
Speaker 1: mister irrelevant. Of course, Brack Purty is in that class,
Speaker 1: and you know is now a plus quarterback. And then
Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson is the only other one. It was actually
Speaker 1: the last two quarterbacks drafted two seven red picks, so
Speaker 1: it is a crap shoot. Sometimes. The Bills made their
Speaker 1: moves today. They cut Frank or Junior. I was disappointed
Speaker 1: to see that, no surprise, but he had a nice preseason,
Speaker 1: so he might end up having an NFL career, which
Speaker 1: would be cool. They cut Kareem Jackson, Lyle Collins, some
Speaker 1: some veterans, Tyrrel Shavers, who was a young receiver I
Speaker 1: was keeping an eye on. I just want to give
Speaker 1: you the names of the Steelers wide receivers Evan before
Speaker 1: we let you go that didn't make the team, that
Speaker 1: did make the team. Rather, this is their group. George
Speaker 1: Pickens okay, and then wide receiver two through five Van Jefferson,
Speaker 1: Roman Wilson who hasn't been healthy all camp, Calvin Austin,
Speaker 1: Scottie Miller. Is that the worst? That's worse than the Patriots.
Speaker 1: I know they have George Pickens, so maybe that makes
Speaker 1: it better. But wide receiver two plot on, that's.
Speaker 2: Layable individual play like playable individuals. You know, the Patriots
Speaker 2: have a better receiver court. I think the Steelers having
Speaker 2: George Pickens puts him over the top. But you know,
Speaker 2: maybe may maybe Jalen Polk can become eighty five percent
Speaker 2: of George Pickens.
Speaker 1: I just mean like wide receiver two on that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the worst group in the league. I would say,
Speaker 1: I don't even.
Speaker 2: Know if it's gonna matter the way that Arthur Smith
Speaker 2: calls offense.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that's a fair point. Who is the wide
Speaker 1: receiver too?
Speaker 2: And land they're going to be playing a lot of
Speaker 2: Darnell Washington this year.
Speaker 1: It looks like I wouldn't be surprised they'll play like
Speaker 1: three tight ends. All right, Let's let's wrap it up
Speaker 1: with the Cardinals cutting Desmond Ritter, who they traded Rondell
Speaker 1: Moore for, who's a Week one starter at quarterback last year.
Speaker 1: Now he didn't even make the Cardinals. They also caught
Speaker 1: Michael Carter at running back, who's had some moments. The
Speaker 1: Jags cut a bunch of veterans that you might know,
Speaker 1: Trey Flowers, Adrian Amos, Terrell Edmonds, Jerry Rice's son. Made
Speaker 1: the Chargers like what do you make of this Chargers
Speaker 1: receiver group?
Speaker 2: Well, again, it's a team that just is going to
Speaker 2: run the piss out of the ball. And you know,
Speaker 2: it's like, what what receiver receivers can block the best
Speaker 2: on the field.
Speaker 1: I think that and that might not we'll see on
Speaker 1: lad McConkey, but seeing him in person, like as you
Speaker 1: know as NFL players go, just he's gonna struggle crashing
Speaker 1: down on those outside linebackers sometimes just you know, not
Speaker 1: a not a heavy guy. The Chargers also kept Tony Jefferson,
Speaker 1: who had that big preseason finale wrapping up with the Bears.
Speaker 1: You know what struck me with the Bears cuts was
Speaker 1: like hard Knocks has done such a bad job getting
Speaker 1: me invested in these teams this year. I just feel
Speaker 1: like it's been like a music video of watching preseason
Speaker 1: games this year that usually when there's cuts, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: that guy from Hard Knocks gets cut, and I've watched
Speaker 1: them all and this year I'm just I'm not I'm
Speaker 1: not invested. I know it's not your team, but you
Speaker 1: do live in Chicago, Silva. Where are you at with
Speaker 1: the Bears with Hard Knocks, with their offense, anything.
Speaker 2: I mean, I have a lot of thoughts on the Bears.
Speaker 2: They have like the easiest first half of the schedule
Speaker 2: in the entire league. I think they're going to come
Speaker 2: out of the gates five and two, six and one,
Speaker 2: something like that, and the city is just gonna go
Speaker 2: absolutely insane, to the point where like I'm gonna stop
Speaker 2: liking the Bears at all and rooting against them because
Speaker 2: they could just get so annoying. But I think they're
Speaker 2: gonna be good. I mean, I think they're gonna win
Speaker 2: ten games this year. There They're win total at on
Speaker 2: sportsbooks is eight and a half. I think that nine
Speaker 2: is a is a slam dunk. I think they're gonna be.
Speaker 1: Good having Silva on for this day. The meat and potatoes,
Speaker 1: the Keto diet of days was a great decision. It
Speaker 1: was a slam dunk. I loved it. Silva one of
Speaker 1: the few men I know who truly doesn't root for
Speaker 1: a team, unless you're hiding it from me. It's just
Speaker 1: he's just a black hearted individual who's just all about
Speaker 1: the fantasy value and making that money for you. So yeah,
Speaker 1: if you if you want some help doing that in
Speaker 1: your fantasy league'es go over to establish the run. Thanks Silva,
Speaker 1: appreciate you, Thank you. See man, all right, we're going
Speaker 1: to wrap up NFL Daily. It's late August day, my
Speaker 1: brother Dean rosenthal fiftieth birthday. By the way, he would
Speaker 1: never listen to a football program. He just doesn't care.
Speaker 1: But you know who does care a lot about roster cuts.
Speaker 1: It's Ian Rapaport, fresh off a post roster cuts workout
Speaker 1: and dressed down for the occasion. If you're watching on
Speaker 1: YouTube just to just to see what a post workout
Speaker 1: Ian looks like, you should like and subscribe on YouTube
Speaker 1: to the show. Thank you Ian, what's going on?
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's one of the great pleasures of my job
Speaker 3: is when a deadline happens, we do some TV and
Speaker 3: then I get a workout in and I know my
Speaker 3: phone's not gonna buzz like it's been buzzing for the
Speaker 3: last seventy two hours. So very nice and very cathartic.
Speaker 1: Really, because I feel like it's still could buds.
Speaker 3: First of all, No, there'll be some things, but it's
Speaker 3: not like the flurry of like who do you hear
Speaker 3: is getting traded? Is this guy available? Like, yeah, the
Speaker 3: team's interested in this guy. Like that. Stuff is basically
Speaker 3: NonStop for the whole week, so that you know there
Speaker 3: will still be some trades the next couple days, but
Speaker 3: that mostly ends.
Speaker 1: Yeah, how about a pox on the teams? As we record,
Speaker 1: they still haven't even put their cuts out, which is
Speaker 1: there's like four or five of them still out there.
Speaker 1: Very annoying, but we know that the moves haven't finished
Speaker 1: for the day. Anything that surprised you today, Ian with
Speaker 1: all these cuts.
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know that there's ever that many
Speaker 3: things that are surprising on cutdown day. You know, teams
Speaker 3: have been so much more proactive when it comes to trades,
Speaker 3: Like I remember it was like six years ago or
Speaker 3: something Gideveon Clowney got traded on cutdown Day from I
Speaker 3: think it was the Texans to the Seahawks. That would
Speaker 3: never happen now, that would be that would be at
Speaker 3: the start of training camp. The Judon trade years past
Speaker 3: would have been cut down day. Now, It's like teams
Speaker 3: are way more proactive. They do things earlier, and I
Speaker 3: think there's more real, honest conversations happening earlier. So you know,
Speaker 3: we got a couple trades. I mean, we got an
Speaker 3: Ernest Jones trade, we got a Malik Willis trade yesterday.
Speaker 3: I mean, we've got some stuff. But I don't know
Speaker 3: that it's anything's that surprising. I think Cadarius Tony getting cut.
Speaker 1: How about OLBJ. I saw the way you put it
Speaker 1: out and I'm not pushing on the insiders here, but
Speaker 1: you said like this was always a possibility when when
Speaker 1: they first signed OBJ. And I don't know, I heard
Speaker 1: a lot of optimism this offseason from OBJ. And maybe
Speaker 1: it's more from like the fans and some of the reporters,
Speaker 1: but it was it felt like to me this whole time,
Speaker 1: when he's not on the field, Oh, he'll be fine,
Speaker 1: He'll be fine. It's no big deal. Ob they really
Speaker 1: seemed like they were carving out a big spot for
Speaker 1: him on this team. I think it's pretty disappointing that
Speaker 1: he's not going to be ready for the season.
Speaker 3: I mean, I would say, first of all, you know
Speaker 3: the way I put it out when when something like
Speaker 3: that happens, Like I do that intentionally right, like I
Speaker 3: like to. You know, there'll be times when I'll add
Speaker 3: context to a tweet and I will not get it
Speaker 3: out fast enough and someone will beat me. And I've
Speaker 3: done this for thirteen years and I am okay with that.
Speaker 3: I really am like the OBJ thing. I knew somebody
Speaker 3: might beat me on it, but I'm like, I would
Speaker 3: like to put it out in the most context full
Speaker 3: way possible. So like sources Beckham out the first four games,
Speaker 3: like that's pretty splashy. But the reality is he had
Speaker 3: a procedure surgery. I never got the sense it was
Speaker 3: particularly close. I got the central offense didn't really want
Speaker 3: to talk about it, and so I think that's why
Speaker 3: it was sort of sort of shrouded in secrecy. Because look,
Speaker 3: when a guy hasn't practiced all camp, they almost always
Speaker 3: start on pup, especially when he's not been with the team.
Speaker 3: I would also say some realism of where Odell is
Speaker 3: in his career definitely helps. Like he's not you know,
Speaker 3: Odell joining the Browns, which was like the world shook
Speaker 3: when that trade happened, Like it's different now, he's a
Speaker 3: complementary piece to an offense that's already very, very good.
Speaker 3: So I think he'll play. I think he'll contribute. I
Speaker 3: think it'll be helpful. There'll be some moments, but it's
Speaker 3: not prime Odell. It's kind of what it is at
Speaker 3: this point.
Speaker 1: I do like that we get Ian Rappaport part analyst here,
Speaker 1: not just the NFL insider. Your your boss, t'sy told
Speaker 1: me to point that out, that you're here as a
Speaker 1: role of providing some analysis, not just the hard news.
Speaker 1: Give me some analysis on the forty nine ers. So
Speaker 1: Brandon Nayuk is on the roster, no surprise, seems like
Speaker 1: that's just a matter of time. And yet still nothing
Speaker 1: and then uh Williams is not on the roster. What
Speaker 1: is your what is your level of like do you
Speaker 1: believe that Trent Williams will play Week one for the
Speaker 1: forty nine ers at this point?
Speaker 3: Hold on, Brandon Ayuk has to be on the roster,
Speaker 3: like there's no I know there was not, Like I
Speaker 3: know we were talking, like you know, conversations on insiders
Speaker 3: all the time about like you know, you know, is
Speaker 3: he going to hold out? He can hold out when
Speaker 3: you there are benefits to holding in in other words,
Speaker 3: you don't get fined. That's good generally, But the opposite
Speaker 3: thing is like you have to play. So if Brandon
Speaker 3: Ayuk doesn't have a deal, if he doesn't have something
Speaker 3: that he likes, he's contractually obligated to play unless he's
Speaker 3: going to like fake an injury. In that case, the
Speaker 3: forty nine ers can start finding like he has to play.
Speaker 3: Whereas Trent Williams is getting fined, is holding out but
Speaker 3: he cannot play. That's his progat and he'll get fined,
Speaker 3: but he can still not play. So it's a different situation.
Speaker 3: I would say this about Trent Williams, and I am
Speaker 3: in I think it's possible it gets done. I don't
Speaker 3: know for sure that it is.
Speaker 1: Right now.
Speaker 3: I wish I know they have been talking. He is
Speaker 3: a different dude. And if you were to say to me,
Speaker 3: is there any player who would simply say, yeah, I'm
Speaker 3: just not playing without a new deal like he would
Speaker 3: be it. He does not like he is. He sat
Speaker 3: out half the year with the you know team now
Speaker 3: known as the Commanders because he didn't like the way
Speaker 3: they treated his medical situation. Like he is a different dude,
Speaker 3: So absent a new deal, Like yeah, I don't think
Speaker 3: we're going to see him for a bit.
Speaker 1: That was that was a pro move from you. There
Speaker 1: almost said said it, but you didn't say it.
Speaker 3: That's why I haven't said it on air since they
Speaker 3: made the change.
Speaker 1: That's why you've lasted so long. You've outlasted I know.
Speaker 1: I remember when you were at the Boston Harold and
Speaker 1: you're coming up to me. You and bre are both, hey,
Speaker 1: there any stuff available at Pro Football Talk and stuff?
Speaker 1: And now now look at you, you've outlasted them.
Speaker 3: All that seems fake.
Speaker 1: The dead the dead bodies of insiders that you've left
Speaker 1: in your wake. I love it. What else do I
Speaker 1: want to get to today? Do you have anything on
Speaker 1: like the russ I know it has nothing to do
Speaker 1: with what happened today, but just the russ Fields thing
Speaker 1: and kind of the belief maybe in that building of
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and maybe how that that situation plays out
Speaker 1: because here's what I would just point out. It's going
Speaker 1: to be a tough situation for either quarterback. I don't
Speaker 1: love that offensive line. I don't really love the wide receivers,
Speaker 1: and I just think that what do you think the
Speaker 1: feeling of the building is there?
Speaker 3: Well, here, nobody cares about the offensive line. But let
Speaker 3: me just say this first, I think we see week
Speaker 3: one is not going to be what we're going to
Speaker 3: see week like eight. I think they they are talented,
Speaker 3: they're probably gonna not probably, they're gonna start two rookies.
Speaker 3: I think they are going to get better. So yes,
Speaker 3: it's important. It's sort of like the Cowboys, Like I
Speaker 3: could see the Cowboys struggling in the offensive line week
Speaker 3: one and everyone will lose their brains. But they are
Speaker 3: young and talented, like they're gonna get better, and no
Speaker 3: one cares about the offensive whatever. I don't think it's
Speaker 3: a tough situation for Justin Fields. I don't. I think
Speaker 3: he got traded to a place that is good for him,
Speaker 3: best place he could have got traded for. He has
Speaker 3: played well in the preseason practices, he's played okay in
Speaker 3: preseason games, and he is the guy who would sort
Speaker 3: of theoretically come in for the upset, and he is
Speaker 3: very talented and I know has made a really positive
Speaker 3: impression in the building, just as far as how smart
Speaker 3: he is, work ethic, how engaged he is. Like you know,
Speaker 3: the thought of Arthur Smith kind of making him his
Speaker 3: Tannehill but more talented, Like that's pretty real, Like that
Speaker 3: would be pretty good go for us. And look, he's
Speaker 3: made so much money and had a lot of success
Speaker 3: and so like, no one feels sorry for no one cares.
Speaker 3: But he was sort of annoying.
Speaker 1: Saying no one cares. I mean, people care, people care
Speaker 1: about some people care about the nobody.
Speaker 3: So sorry for Russell Wills. Yeah, but it is tough
Speaker 3: because he was sort of anointed as the would be starter.
Speaker 3: He had a calf injury, he watched fields play well,
Speaker 3: he's played again, okay, And the fact that he hasn't
Speaker 3: sees the job now yet is not like a great
Speaker 3: great sign. So we'll see what happens. Are still a
Speaker 3: really tough decision, but I don't think it's as easy
Speaker 3: now as maybe it sort of should have been if
Speaker 3: you had asked everyone on like July twenty seven.
Speaker 1: Mm hmm, I'm using my rap sheet translator there and
Speaker 1: picking up some vibes what you're putting down last one
Speaker 1: just quickly. This could be a yes or no if
Speaker 1: you want. But there's been no reporting on it, Which
Speaker 1: is is there any chance Marsha and Lattimore like I did?
Speaker 1: That seems so quiet and such a situation that I
Speaker 1: don't understand. He hasn't been on the field at all.
Speaker 1: I guess he's been hurt, but is there anything going
Speaker 1: on there that he could get delt or something could happen.
Speaker 3: I don't believe he's going to get dealt I believe so. Look,
Speaker 3: it's an odd situation. I believe he and Dennis Allen
Speaker 3: had a really good talk before camp. I thought he
Speaker 3: was going to get traded this offseason. He did not.
Speaker 3: He is an awesome player when he's on the field, awesome,
Speaker 3: like really really really good. So if he goes out
Speaker 3: and plays great, then I think there are no issues.
Speaker 3: If he goes out and plays great and the team
Speaker 3: is really struggling, then I'm sure we're going to be
Speaker 3: talking about him with the trade deadline again. But I
Speaker 3: don't get the sense that there's an injury now that's
Speaker 3: going to keep him off the field. I think it's
Speaker 3: more of he is very specific with his body and
Speaker 3: his preparation. I think it's more of the team being like,
Speaker 3: get ready, do your thing. See week one. I think
Speaker 3: it was handled well. You know, these things can go
Speaker 3: different ways, Like you know, would the Saint should be
Speaker 3: better off with a third rounder or marsh On Latimer.
Speaker 3: I would probably marsh On Latimore because he's very, very good.
Speaker 3: I just sort of hope it stays that way.
Speaker 1: I like it. Again, I used my rap sheet translator
Speaker 1: that that was a good nugget. I'm glad I asked.
Speaker 1: You gave me something that you know. Normally I might
Speaker 1: text you and who knows if you'd tell me. But
Speaker 1: I'm picking up what you're putting down the vibes. We're
Speaker 1: gonna have you in hopefully part of the show here
Speaker 1: and there throughout the course of the season. I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to that possible. Yeah, I mean anything is possible
Speaker 1: until next time. Yeah, football is back. We're excited about it.
Speaker 1: We're back doing an AFC preview with Nick Right, that's
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun one on our next show. See
Speaker 1: you next time.