1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: The late fifteen ten touchdowns. What's up, guys, Welcome into 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: another episode of Chargers Weekly, as always, joined by Matt 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Money Smith Money in the Midwest for some March madness. Yeah, 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: worked out get the IU Michigan game on Sunday on Bloomington, 5 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: So flew in to Indie on Saturday afternoon and was 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: able to connect with our friend Lancer Line, who I 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: worked with for a long time covering the combine, and scouts, 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: a couple of GMS got to hang out with on 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: Saturday night chop it up about the Combine, and then 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: Sunday called the game and after the game ended up 11 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: having dinner with our colleague and friend Daniel Jeremiah and 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: more scouts. More GMS talked to some coaches that we're 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: kind of floating around the hotel a bunch of old 14 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: NFL Network colleagues, so it's kind of fun. It was 15 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: almost like I was able to get some good comic 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: because you learned so much at the combine. You know, 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: a lot of it's off the record, but at least 18 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: it kind of gives you an idea. I'll tell you 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: I didn't think I went to bed. I went to 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: bed on Sunday night or maybe Saturday. I went to 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: bed on Sunday night, I think, and Derek Carr was 22 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: going to be a Jet, uh, and woke up and 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: he was a saint. So it's kind of funny, you know, 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: speaking to just maybe how kind of close and tight 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: that was, and you see just how it's kind of 26 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: put the league on its head and how desperate the 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: Jets look here at this moment when we're recording this 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: podcast to get Aaron Rodgers, you know, basically sounded like 29 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: in talking to some people like yeah, it's it's an 30 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: air ab, It's it's Aaron Rodgers, it's Derek Carr. It's 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: got to be one of those two. So I don't 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: think i'd be surprised, unless, of course Aaron doesn't want 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: to go there. I won't be surprised to see them 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: really put together a pretty substantial offer to get him 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: out to New York. It sounds like they really want 36 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: to make that happen. Yeah, the full court Press has 37 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: to be on there. And then you mentioned Derek Carr 38 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: out of the AFC West now in New Orleans, and 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: then this whole Lamar Jackson thing is wild too, because 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: he's going to have the ability to kind of shop 41 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: himself around in the league. You're seeing teams that say 42 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: they're not interested, which I find to be kind of 43 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: funny because it's Lamar Jackson an MVP. So where is 44 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson going to go? I think between Rogers and 45 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: Lamar will get to all the extensions with Burrow and Herbert, 46 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: but those are the next two dominoes. No. Yeah, So 47 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: you know, I heard a couple of different things, you know, 48 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: and nobody's ever being honest with you. They know I'm 49 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: in the media. They may want me to put out there. 50 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: They're what they're selling. I always am cognizant of that. 51 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: But I heard kind of two different theories. One that 52 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: teams are reluctant to engage with Lamar because they're convinced 53 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: Baltimore is going to match that. That's all this is. 54 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: It's why they put the lower tag on them, because 55 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: they are just beating their heads against the wall, you know, 56 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: with what he wants and what they think is realistic, 57 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: and they're just content to let the market set itself 58 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: for him. Now, that doesn't mean that a team can't 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: put together an offer that Baltimore deems is too expensive. 60 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: And they'll take the two first round picks. But that's 61 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: sort of the impression I got that they just feel 62 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: like this is a waste of time, that whatever they 63 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: put together for Lamar is going to be matched, and 64 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: he's going to be back in Baltimore, and this is 65 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: just an opportunity for them to say, hey, man, we're 66 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: not trying to screw over, we're not trying to get 67 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: one over on you. Go out and see for yourself 68 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: what we think is a fair deal for you, and no, 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: we want you. You know, we're going to match the deal, 70 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: like we have no interest in seeing you leave. But 71 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: this is an easier road than putting the exclusive tag 72 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: on at forty five million and just continuing to bud hes. 73 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: The other thought is that teams aren't going to be 74 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: as interested that the numbers too big, that they're concerned 75 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: about the injuries that you know, well, why would you 76 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: trade two ones to go up and get you know, 77 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson or c. J. Strout If you're the Polts, 78 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: you know, why trade four and a future one and 79 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: a two and a future two to go get Strout 80 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: or Bryce Young or whoever when you can just trade 81 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: the two ones and get you know, Mark Well, one 82 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: because C. J. Strout isn't going to cost you fifty 83 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: million bucks a year. And two, I think there's there's 84 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: some legitimate concern about just like there was when he 85 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: came out, just like there is with Bryce Young. You 86 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: know that quarterbacks that are light, you know, it's it's 87 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: a concern. You know, it is a concern when you're 88 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: at that number, you know, under two hundred and whatever, 89 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: ten pounds or fifteen pound. I don't know what the 90 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: threshold is, but I think there's some legitimate concern about 91 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: a we get rid of two draft picks that you 92 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: kind of need when you have a fifty million dollar quarterback. 93 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: That's how you have to build your roster out with 94 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: those draft picks. And now those are gone. And you know, 95 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: be here's a guy who's missed you know, four or 96 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: five games in each of the last two years, and 97 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: is that because of his slight build? So it'll be interesting, 98 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: I know for a fact. Look, I know if it 99 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: were me, and I know there's people that are pro 100 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: Lamar and people that aren't sold, I'd take the flyer, 101 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'd do it if I were you know, 102 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: I'd be all about it, I'd be like, man, you 103 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: want me to give up two ones and get a 104 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: guy who's twenty six who can do what he can do? 105 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: And like, if you have a good offensive mind, like 106 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith in Atlanta, you know, I think the question 107 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: Chris just becomes timetable, you know. Like to me, I 108 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: look at the Raiders and I say, why the hell 109 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't you drop him in there? You've got Waller, You've 110 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: got renfro You've got Davante Adams, you've got Josh Jacobs, 111 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: you've got Colton Miller. Like, to me, that's the one 112 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: that I'm like, Man, if I'm the Raiders and I'm 113 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: thinking about giving up seven and maybe a future one 114 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: to get up to number two or number one, and 115 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: I wouldn't much rather just be like, here's the twos, 116 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: here's the money, let's go, let's let's get a division 117 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: with Herbert Lamar Holmes and Russell Wilson and see what 118 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: the heck happens. That's what I'm wondering, money, is what 119 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: are the Raiders going to do? Because with car leaving, 120 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: that's like the one kind of big piece in the 121 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: AFC West that we're unsure about right now like, who's 122 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: the quarterback going to be for Josh McDaniels. Is it 123 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: going to be a guy like Lamar Jackson. You hear 124 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: that they're maybe they're not as interested in Aaron Rodgers 125 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: because of the fact that they don't know how long 126 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: he's gonna play the rookies in this class. I mean, 127 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: and we can kind of start there, because listen, this 128 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: is a position the Chargers have no interest in, but 129 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: it does nothing but benefit them. If four quarterbacks are 130 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: gonna go ahead of them, maybe five, who knows, you're 131 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: back at seventeen seventeen overall. Again, So the Lamar Jackson 132 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: thing is fascinating. I think Deshaun Watson set this precedent 133 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: that Lamar is not gonna let people off the hook 134 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: with like, hey, you gave him guaranteed money. I want 135 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: guaranteed money, and the quarterbacks behind me, I want to 136 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: guaranteed money. So I think that's the kind of the 137 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: big sticking point too, is is Lamar is asking for 138 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: something that I don't know the Ravens are comfortable giving 139 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: up at this point. Yeah, so I think you know, look, 140 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: I I know of it. You know, we work for 141 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and how does this. You know, do we 142 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: have a bias toward ownership in the front office because 143 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: we're under their employee. Maybe I don't know, but that 144 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: the way I try to explain it to people that 145 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: just stick their feet in the ground and say, selfish owners, 146 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: Why aren't these these these contracts guaranteed? And you know, 147 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,679 Speaker 1: and there's there's a couple things, you know. One and look, 148 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: I've said it on this podcast before. I think the 149 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: I think the owners hide behind it. The whole escrow thing, 150 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: like I you know, you have to put a certain 151 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: amount of money into escrow that is guaranteed. Now you 152 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: can structure the contract where you don't have to put 153 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty million dollars if Deshaun Watson's into 154 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: an account immediately. You know, you can guarantee that money, 155 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: but say it is guaranteed at this particular date and 156 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: then you can arrange that with the league where then 157 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: you can put it into the escrow as it coincides 158 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: with those dates. So you don't have to do it 159 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: for two hundred million bucks immediately. But that's you know, 160 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: to have two hundred million dollars of liquidity, it's not easy, 161 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: like you've got to have a certain amount of means 162 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: in order for that to happen. I know these franchises 163 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: are valued. You know, we're talking about the Washington Commanders 164 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: at seven billion dollars, but yeah, that's not realized until 165 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: you sell the team. Until you actually sell the team, 166 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: you're still on operating income. And what does our ledger 167 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: look like? And we know for you know from the 168 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: ESPN reporting it didn't look good in Washington and that 169 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: the Namal Snyder was pulling fifty million bucks out to 170 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: aline his pocket. So it's not like you have that 171 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: money liquid. The second thing, and I think this is 172 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:51,239 Speaker 1: the more important part of it, is this isn't basketball. 173 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: It's not twelve guys. It's not even baseball at twenty 174 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: five guys. It's fifty three guys and a practice squad, 175 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: and guys get hurt. It's a violent game. You know, 176 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: you sustain we know it well as the Chargers from 177 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: last year horrible injury luck. So you've got to build depth. 178 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: So when you're talking about guys that are making an 179 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: average of thirty five to fifty million dollars a year, 180 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: the way you can build these contracts out gives you 181 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: that leeway. So it's like, yes, I'm guaranteeing you one 182 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty million bucks. Justin Herbert, you are going 183 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: to get one sixty guaranteed, and I'm going to give 184 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: you eighty million dollars of it over your first two years, 185 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: or ninety million dollars. But the way it works is 186 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: now you can build in that cushion, so his cap 187 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: hit is not like the Shaun Watsons with a fully 188 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: guaranteed deal where you've got a number on your books 189 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 1: for that year of forty five or fifty million bucks. 190 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: Now that number can be twenty eight. And for people 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: that say, and we went through this with Poper last week, well, 192 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: eventually you've got to pick He's right. However, you can 193 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: build it out now. Now it's like, okay, well when 194 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: that fifty three millions do in four years, because Justin's 195 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: only twenty eight. Now I can build it out and 196 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: I can make that fifty four thirty six again, and 197 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: I get while he's still giving his money. So that's 198 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: what you know. And in a situation like this, you 199 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: can then build in you know, you can build in 200 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: protections for the rest of your roster, where okay, now 201 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: I've got Joey making thirty. Well, guess what, I can 202 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: now dig back into Herbert's contract because he's not going 203 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: to complain for me converting future salary and assigning bonus 204 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: that I can now stretch over three more you like. 205 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: That's why they like to structure these deals, particularly the 206 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: quarterback deals, this way, because it's a built in safety 207 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: for them where they can always deduct you. I think 208 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: you use the term last week, the Bank of Bosa, right, 209 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: So you can use those banks to take money out 210 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: and help the roster out. And I'm not Look, You're 211 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: worth whatever someone's willing to pay you. So I do 212 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: not fault the quarterbacks or the players for wanting to 213 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: get all this money guaranteed. They've earned it, they deserve it. 214 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: You know, there aren't a lot of quarterbacks that can 215 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: play this game. However, it does help the team out 216 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: incredibly to be able to have a contract like Patrick 217 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: Mahomes that's a half a billion dollars, but it's stretched 218 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 1: over ten years and you can just pull and use 219 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: a number, you know, to use the term that Popper 220 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: used last week, could pull so many different levers to 221 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: help your team out. To negotiate that salary cap, that 222 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: hard cap that they have in the NFL. It's funny. 223 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 1: Speaking of Levers, I saw the Saints converted. I think 224 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: it was Taysom Hill or something, and I almost tweeted 225 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: Levers to you it's like they do you know. Look, 226 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: I know, I know, Poppers. You know. It was the 227 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: sticking point between the two of us. And I'm not 228 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: trying to have a one sided argument with him, not 229 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: here to defend his position, but I told him as like, hey, 230 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: let me know when it happens. Because every single year, 231 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: and yeah, they had the lets her Armstead go and 232 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: they had to let Garter Johnson go. Sure every team 233 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: has to do that, but they were fifty five million 234 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: bucks over the cap, and somehow they signed Derek Carr, 235 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: who a seventy million dollar guaranteed deal and he's going 236 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: to be their quarterback now. Like it's just every single 237 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: year they do it. And I think, for me, like 238 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: I encourage it. I think it's great. I think if 239 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: you're a Saints fan, you know, I don't care about 240 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: future years. I care about this year. I care about 241 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: this year and next year, and I want my team 242 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: to win the division. If I'm a fan, I want 243 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: my team like I don't I don't want my team 244 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: like like to me, it's great for the fans, you know. Now, 245 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: look there's a flip side to that, and that's what 246 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: the Rams are going through. The Rams were incredibly aggressive 247 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: to win that Super Bowl two years ago, and they 248 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: want it and now they're really paying for it. You know, 249 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: this is a team that is really getting torn down 250 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: to the studs. And now with some reports about Matthew 251 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: Stafford's future and how cloudy that could look, Chris, that's 252 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: the one to look at, like, wow, that's a team 253 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: that really Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Donald, Alan Robinson, Cooper cup 254 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: Matthew staff If they paid these guys big freaking money, 255 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: like six dudes, and now look at what they're dealing with. 256 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: Now it's a real mess there because you know they 257 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: just they That's the one, not the Saints. It's the 258 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: Rams that you should look at for like, oh, I 259 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: hope we're not in that sort of situation. Yeah. The 260 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: Hords of the Lombardi though, so again it's like, Okay, 261 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: did they do what they set out to do and 262 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: were they aware that this was going to happen at 263 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 1: some point and how quickly can McVeigh build it back? 264 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: You know money. Rich Eisen had Joe Banner on his 265 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: show yesterday. He brought up a really, really good point 266 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: about these guaranteed contracts. If you're in your mid twenties, 267 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: like Lamar Jackson or Justin Herbert, there is a very 268 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: very high probability that you're going to see every single 269 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: cent in your contract anyway. Like it's just it may 270 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: it may not say, hey, this is guaranteed money, but 271 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: there is a very high probability you will see every 272 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: dollar of that contract and then you'll get another one. 273 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: So the fact that we talk about guaranteed money and 274 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: kind of what the Browns did with DeShawn Watson, if 275 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: you're in that position that Lamar Jackson is in right 276 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: now and you continue to just beat Lamar Jackson and 277 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: don't change anything, you're gonna see all that money. So 278 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: I think that's an it's an interesting way to kind 279 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: of look at it. And these contracts, we're just it's 280 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: whatever the moment is. Daniel Jones is making more than 281 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes right now, you know, and that's just kind 282 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: of what it is right now. But you know, Patrick 283 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: Mahomes will probably get another huge contract or restructured or whatever. 284 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: But this is the year that you know, Kyler Murray 285 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: got his last year, Daniel Jones got huge money this year, 286 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: and then it's just gonna keep going. You know, Burrows next, 287 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: Herbert's after that, and you know, we'll see what happens 288 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four and who's up next. But each 289 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: quarterback is gonna benefit by the previous guy getting paid. 290 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: And you know we saw that with even with Derek Carr, 291 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: who you know isn't a top ten quarterback, maybe top 292 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: ten to top fifteen quarterback, top getting guaranteed, yeah, yeah, 293 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: top five yea. And I think it's funny, Chris, I 294 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: think like the you know, Tom Talasco said it at 295 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: the combine, Herbert's gonna get done and that that's that's 296 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: an easy one, that's not a hard one. That deal's 297 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: going to get done. They'll figure out how he wants 298 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: to structure it, how the Chargers want to structure it. 299 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: He's going to be the highest paid player or the 300 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: second highest paid player in the league. However, whenever it 301 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: gets done. The more interesting one to me is Austin Eckler, 302 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: who is in the last year of his deal. And 303 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: I bring it up because you brought up Daniel Jones. Right, 304 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: Look what the Giants did, Look what the Raiders did, 305 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: Look what the Cowboys did. You know, you're talking about 306 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: guys getting franchised at the running back position not getting extensions. 307 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: How do you feels getting ten million and then seeing 308 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: his quarter might get all that? That's what I mean. 309 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: So like that to me is the more interesting one. 310 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: You know, Austin Ekeler, who has been a touchdown machine, 311 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: who has been a bargain for this team. You know, 312 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: that's the one that I'm interested to see how they 313 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: want to work on that, because when you're in the 314 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: last year of the deal and you're a running back, 315 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: we know that's when things start to get sideways at 316 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: that position. We've seen it repeatedly year after year. So 317 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: that's the one deal I'm looking at a little bit 318 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: more as to how do you guys want to work this. 319 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: You know, he's got with all these franchise tags, he's 320 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: going to end up being again like the eighth or 321 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: tenth or twelfth highest paid player at his position, And 322 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: how's that going to work out in the last year 323 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: of his deal? And what are you what are you 324 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: probably going to have to do in order to get 325 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: this thing right because we know how important he is, 326 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: how unique of a player he is, but we also 327 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: know he's on a team. This is twenty two million 328 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: bucks over the gap right now. So that to me 329 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: is going to be an interesting one just because of 330 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: how that how this league treats that position. And you 331 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: think about the identity of the Titans and how important 332 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is to what they want to do, the 333 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,719 Speaker 1: type of team they are, and it's like, yeah, go 334 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: up shop for a shop for a new deal. We're 335 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: we're happy to let you try it. You know, Tony Pollard, No, 336 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: don't watch that a long term deal. Franchise, Sequan franchise, 337 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs franchise. So Rashod Penny. I know he look 338 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 1: he can't stay healthy, but he's an incredible runner. We 339 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 1: know how important he is to Seattle and what they 340 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: want to do. You know, go ahead, let's see what 341 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: you can get on the open market. You can't stay like. 342 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: That's a different deal. That's the one that I'm going 343 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: to find that that I find interesting as to how 344 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: they're gonna try to piece that one together and if 345 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: they're going to have to piece it together and money. 346 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: That's that's why we talk about it beat John Robinson, 347 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: because you know, we're not We're not just looking at 348 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. You're looking at three four years down 349 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: the line. And if you have an elite player at 350 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: that position on a rookie deal, it just makes sense 351 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: to bring a guy on because he can play with 352 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: Austin and he can also carry the load on his own. So, 353 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: like I understand Popper's argument, Hey, you know, never drafted 354 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: running back in the first round. But if it's a 355 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: generational guy, I think you have to think about it 356 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: a little bit. And you know, we also talked about okay, 357 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: well if he's the final piece, then go for it. 358 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: Who's to say he's not the final piece? I mean, 359 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: this this team was a super Bowl contender. We we 360 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: thought this team was a super Bowl contender going into 361 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: this past year. Right, they had injuries, but a ton 362 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: of guys back. You're gonna get Slater back, You're gonna 363 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: get Austin Johnson back. Hopefully Joey stays healthy. You know, 364 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with Khalil and and hopefully Khalil 365 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: can do what he did this past year and play 366 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: for seventeen games. Um, Mike and Keenan. I mean, Justin 367 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: was hurt all year, So who's to say that the 368 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: team that they currently have constructed can't get deep into 369 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: January maybe February, and then you throw a guy like 370 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: v Jean Robinson into the mix. That's why I think 371 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: that that position in particular is fascinating. And you have 372 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 1: to think about the future with the running back position 373 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: because of exactly how you laid it out, these guys 374 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: have a shorter shelf life the franchise, tach. That's the 375 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: one thing I want. I'm wondering in New York is 376 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: how happy Saque is going to because you know, he 377 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: probably wanted to to see how much he was going 378 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: to get on the open market. Now he's not able 379 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: to do that. Yeah, I think, you know, I think 380 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: for running backs, unfortunately, it's just the reality of the 381 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: position of the market. And look, there's nothing wrong with 382 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: getting ten million bucks for a year, you know, or 383 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: and that's this is where this is where the conversation 384 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: of a first round back you could argue, make sense. Right, 385 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,719 Speaker 1: so you get four years, you get the fifty year option, 386 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: and then you can do two franchise tags. Let's say 387 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: you have an elite back. You get four years of 388 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: locked in salary from the first for being a first 389 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: round pick. Then you get the fifth round option, which 390 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: averages that it's like a franchise tag. Right, so now 391 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: you have five Now you have two franchise tags to 392 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: work with, and nobody's paying running backs, like to me, 393 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: that's that's the argument. Or if you want to draft 394 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: them outside of the first round, now you get four 395 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: years and two franchise tags, so you get six or 396 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: seven years and then you get to the next one. 397 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: Because it's just a position that takes so much punishment. 398 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: And I think that's where Austin is interesting because he's 399 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: so different. He's such a different player than your standard 400 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: running back and why his situation is unique and how 401 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: they're going you know, to sort through that. But just 402 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: imagine you take you know, Robinson. Let's just say he 403 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: immediately becomes one of the five best backs in the league. 404 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: You know, if you're projecting him to be what everybody 405 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: thinks he's gonna be. So now you've got an elite 406 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: player and that's what you're looking for, right, do you 407 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: have a player that is top five at their position 408 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: at edge rusher, Joey Bosa at quarterback, Justin Herbert at 409 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: wide receiver, Keenan Allen at you know, left tackle, Rashaan 410 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: Slater at like at defensive back, you know, in the 411 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: defensive backfield, Derwin James. Like, that's when you're talking about 412 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: building a Super Bowl contending team, you need to have 413 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: these blue chippers at positions. Well, now, if you tell me, 414 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: I can plug in a guy at running back and 415 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna be one of the five best players in 416 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: the league at his position, and I'm gonna have cost 417 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: certainty for seven years and it's going to be affordable, 418 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: you know, because the franchise tag for running backs is 419 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: ten million bucks. It's nothing. So it's like, that's where 420 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: that to me, that's where that conversation starts to make 421 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: sense and why it made sense to tag Hunter. You know, 422 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: we know that the Chargers don't tag a lot of guys, 423 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: you know, they tag Hunter because it makes sense to 424 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: tag tight ends. Ten million bucks for elite for someone 425 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: who was as elite as Hunter, you know, like a 426 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: sicky last year done, Let's go bargain draft the tight 427 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: end in the first round. Fifty year option, franchise, franchise, 428 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: and there's seven years of cost certainty at a position 429 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: that's not gonna crush you when you drop that tag 430 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: on him. Yeah, I'm with you, and I just I 431 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: think we forget about Rashaun Slater and just how good 432 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: he is. If you put an elite back again, I'm 433 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: not saying Austin's not elite. Austin's just a different type 434 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: of running back. Austin has been awesome. He leaves the 435 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: league in touchdowns of the last two years. But if 436 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: you get I do think though, Chris, you know what, 437 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: I just to jump in, you know what I think, 438 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: And you've got to find a speed receiver because you've 439 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 1: got to open things up. That that that was the problem. 440 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 1: That was a big problem with the running game last year. 441 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: It's just teams did not respect the downfield throws for 442 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: someone that has arguably the best arm in the league. 443 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: And it's crazy like they just didn't. And so that's how, 444 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, So that's something that has to get worked out. 445 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: However they figure it out. They've got to figure it out. 446 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: You have got to get speed in that wide receiver room. 447 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: All right, Hey, let's take a quick break. We got 448 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: a bunch of questions that relate to the combinind the 449 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: draft and free agency. Will answer them on the other side. 450 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: All right, guys, is the official hospitality provider of the NFL. 451 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: On Location offers unrivaled access to experience all premiere NFL 452 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: events like never before. 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How did mister Smith get his 470 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: nickname money? I wish it was a great story, it's not. 471 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: I just worked on a morning show in Los Angeles 472 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame morning show. Kevin and Bean got the 473 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: job when I was still in college answering their phones, 474 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: and thankfully their sports guy took a liking to me 475 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: and wanted to use me to do some voices and 476 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: allowed me to kind of write some comedy for them 477 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: and be able to get on air. That guy was 478 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: Jimmy Kimmel, so that was super cool to have him 479 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: sort of bring me in under under his wing and 480 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: kind of walked me through and still remains a friend 481 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: of this day. Is just one of the best people ever, 482 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: as loyal as anyone could ever be to his friends. 483 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: And that's why you see his show look the way 484 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: it does, with his aunt Chippy, and cousin Sal and 485 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: Guierrimo and his uncle Frank who sadly passed away, you know, 486 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: and Clito who's been his best friend, who's his band leader. 487 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: Like that's just Jimmy, so he was nice enough to 488 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: kind of take me in and helped me out when 489 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: I was still a junior in college. And for some reason, 490 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: the guys over there just gave me the name Money. 491 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: I don't know why, because everybody on their show had 492 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: a nickname. You know, we had Lightning, and we had 493 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: Big Leo, and I was Money and you know, you 494 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 1: just that's just what it was everybody. Yeah, I had 495 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: a nickname, and they gave me the name Money. We've 496 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: speculated why, but no one's given me a good answer. 497 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: So I don't know if it's because I was gambling 498 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: with cousin sal when he was coming by, or or what. 499 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: But that's I wish I had a better story. It's 500 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: a hopefully then that story pretty was Jimmy Kinder put 501 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: you in a position to get the nickname money, right, 502 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: I mean there you go. Yeah, so pretty great. That's awesome, 503 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: Pretty great? All right? Camp see four? That that was? 504 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: That was your answer? Uh, this is from Junius Lim. 505 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: If we go wide receiver slash tight end in the 506 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: first two rounds of the draft, who are the players 507 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: that define Kellen Moore's prototypes? Well, I guess you look 508 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: look the Cowboys event some really good receivers. I mean 509 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: Gallop and Ceedee Lamb and Amari Cooper, and I mean 510 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: that's you're talking about really good receivers. So I don't 511 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: think there's necessarily a profile for Kellen Moore. Um. I 512 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: think because you've already got Mike Williams, Josh Palmer, Keenan Allen. 513 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: So you've already got ones, Like you could make a 514 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: case that both Mike Williams and Keenan are ones. You've 515 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: got a one in a one A, which very few 516 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: he had. You know, you can argue that that he 517 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: had when he had Cooper and Ceedee Lamb, he had 518 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: a one in a one A and they were able 519 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: to move off of Cooper, you know, because of that 520 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: what I have. Heck, no, not for the number he was. 521 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: I think he was making eighteen million bucks for a 522 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: Marie Cooper. Absolutely would have rather have kept Cooper there 523 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: than trade him for whatever it was, A four or 524 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: five from the Browns. But so I think any receiver 525 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: could could fit in. I think, you know, if you 526 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: want sort of the smaller guy that's fast as they flowers. 527 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 1: You know, I got a chance to watch some of 528 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 1: the wide receivers. Man, I love Downs was so smooth 529 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: out of North Carolina. That's a potential maybe second instead 530 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: of a first. Josh Downs, dude, he is smooth and 531 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: I mean you talk about beautiful looking hands, Addison was 532 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 1: super smooth too. Now, I don't you know he tweaked out. 533 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: I think I don't know if he tweaked a hammy 534 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: or calf or what it was. It was something going 535 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: on that he ended up having to cut his workout short. 536 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,199 Speaker 1: But you could just see the fluidity in his movement. 537 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: So I think there's a lot of guys, you know, 538 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: flowers look great. He looked explosive. I know DJ likes 539 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: him a lot um, So I think I think we 540 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: saw it right. So here's high. He gets the Richardson 541 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: throw um downfield and what happens he drops it, you know. 542 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: So that's a bit of a concern is that he's 543 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: just one he's a one year producer and two he's 544 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 1: a one trick pony. So I think that's the thing 545 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: you have to be concerned about a little bit. Whereas 546 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: you know, Addison was great last year, has some injury 547 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: issues and he's slight, and that's the one thing to 548 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 1: be concerned about I think he waiting at like one 549 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: seventy one, So you're talking about a much smaller guy, 550 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: much you know, thinner frame that you maybe have to 551 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: worry about a little bit. But man, he was good 552 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: at Pittsburgh. If you just go back two years and 553 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: watch what he and Tenny Pickett were doing, it was 554 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: so impressive. And I like that. I know the the 555 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: Steelers are probably the best drafting wide receiver team in 556 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,959 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's incredible what they come up with, you know, 557 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: in those second, third, fourth rounds. But I do think 558 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: there's something to be said about, you know, getting guys 559 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: back together. You know, the way that Joe Burrow and 560 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase got back together. You know that that. I 561 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: do think there's something to that. Um, you know, DeVante 562 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: Smith and Jalen Hurts and so Jalen Waddling too. H 563 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, there's just something about that familiarity in connection. 564 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: So I don't know if Addison will be there. But 565 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: in terms of tight ends, you know, Dalton Schultz is 566 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, I'd say he's more of a pass catcher 567 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: at tight end as opposed to a you know, full 568 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: service big body can block his tail off I think 569 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: you saw, you know, Washington certainly play his way into 570 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: the first round out of George. Can't any question that 571 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: he's going to go in the first round. Right handed catch, 572 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: Yeah on the sledge just I mean that the sled 573 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: is still crying for um. So I think that's a 574 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: real interesting one because there's not a lot of pass 575 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: catching production there because they didn't need it. But the 576 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: idea that you have a six offensive lineman anytime he's 577 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: on the field that is going to be able to 578 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: match with your defensive end and just obliterate your linebacker 579 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: defensive back, he's super intriguing. And it's just a question of, Okay, 580 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: how good is he in the past game? How good 581 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: can he be in the past game, you know, versus 582 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: someone like a Dalton Kincaid, who would be more like 583 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: your Dalton Schultz and you know, just exceptional, but he'd 584 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: be an upgrade on Schultz. You know, just a ridiculous 585 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: route runner separation. You know, we talked about it last week, 586 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: you know, Travis Kelsey asked, you know, and you saw 587 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: you know, Mayor who's you know, looked incredible. I mean, 588 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: he was the body beautiful guy out there. You saw 589 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: him all muscled up, and you know, it looks like 590 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: he's perfectly proportioned and it's kind of that that signature 591 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: full service tight end. So I think I think in 592 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: the you know, I think you're more I know, the 593 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: kind of the the vibe that I got from people 594 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: was that it's not as good of a wide receiver 595 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: draft as you might like, and then it's a really 596 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: good tight end draft. So I think along those lines, 597 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: you're probably more likely to get a good tight end 598 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: in the second round. And maybe you got to you 599 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 1: gotta spend a little bit more to get the wide receiver, 600 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: or you know, is it not worth the first round 601 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: pick for the wide receiver because you feel like the 602 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: tight ends are a little more talented, So why not 603 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: go for the talent with that first round pick. It's 604 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how they how they sort 605 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: it out. But yeah, I would say there's a number 606 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: of tight ends that you could probably say reflect a 607 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: Schultz type of tight end. You know, Mayor Musgrave, super athletic, 608 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: looked really good body, beautiful, guy Washington was just an alien, 609 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: a complete alien out there. So that would be a 610 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: real interesting, one good problem to have for the Chargers. 611 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: Selected at seventh. Yeah, one of those guys is going 612 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: to be there, you know, one of those elite tight 613 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: ends or who knows ofs and drops. Such a great point. 614 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that up, Chris. It's it's a 615 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: great way to look at it. You're not picking at 616 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: twenty one, you're picking at seventeen because there's gonna be 617 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: four quarterbacks. So now just set your old line, D line, 618 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: defensive backs, tight ends, wide receivers, and the one running back, 619 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: and there's six positions. You know you're going to probably 620 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: get the second best player at one of those positions, 621 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: you know, guaranteed, because you're talking about seventeen guys that 622 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: are going to come off the board. Jermaine out of Wilmington, Delaware, 623 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: how do you guys feel about us adding a guy 624 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: like Mikole Hardman? Would he come at a discount considering 625 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: his injury? Jermaine's looking for speed money. Yeah, I think 626 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: it's a great I think it's a great point. You know, 627 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: is there is there someone on the free agent market? 628 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: You know that, and you saw it last year. You know, 629 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: you saw some of these guys that were floating out 630 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: there that were speed guys. That you take a flyer on, 631 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: you know that that you hope pan out, and sometimes 632 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: they do, sometimes they don't, you know. And and look, 633 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: Mikole has not had the career that the Chiefs had hoped, 634 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: you know. It's just he's kind of been a little 635 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: more effective on those jet suits and stuff and just 636 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: really wasn't the guy that could take the top off. 637 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: He would he would flash every now and then. But 638 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: certainly that's the one concern, right is you've got Patrick Mahomes, 639 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: who can extend plays, who's got a huge arm, should 640 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: be a no brainer, should be an absolute perfect weapon. 641 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: And they were hoping that Hardman was going to take 642 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: over for you know, for Tyree Hill, and it just 643 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,719 Speaker 1: never happened. So that's the I think that's the one concern. 644 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: I'm blanking. I'm sure I'm vamping because I'm trying to 645 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: think of the name. And why can I not remember 646 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: the notre dame receiver that was in Houston that signed 647 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: the one year deal will will Fuller, Like look what 648 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: happened with Will fer Fuller last year? Right like, Hey, 649 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: here's this elite speed, let's go get him. And then 650 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: he just barely plays and it just ends up, you know. 651 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: So that's guys that are hurt and to get hurt, 652 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: you know, And there's a reason why guys with four 653 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: three speed find themselves on the open market. So that's 654 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: just the one thing you got to be aware of. 655 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: Why Why couldn't the Chiefs make it work? Why did 656 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: they have to bring in Marquess Valdez Stantling to be 657 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: that speed guy when they already had Mcole Hardman on 658 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: the roster. And why did they have to go trade 659 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: a draft pick for Kadarius Tony to do a lot 660 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: of the things that we thought Nicole Hardmen was going 661 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: to be able to do when they already had him 662 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: on the roster. So that's the one I think concern 663 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: with that. Yeah, you know, someone else asked about Jalen 664 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: Guyton He's a free agent now, and I think the 665 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: silver lining to having a terrible injury like that is 666 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: that had happened earlier in the year, so maybe maybe 667 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: he could be fully recovered by the time you get 668 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: to the beginning of the season. It's jail and a 669 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: guy worth bringing back. You know, he's twenty five years old. 670 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,959 Speaker 1: You know, if if he can if he can still 671 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: flash that speed. Um you know, you just you just 672 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 1: hope that you know he can he can be close 673 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: to the same guy that he was, because when you 674 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: have an injury like that, you probably do lose a 675 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: little bit of speed. Yeah, at a leage minimum deal, 676 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: which is what I think it would be. Yeah, hundred percent, 677 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: I'd bring him back up. You're familiar with him. It's 678 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,399 Speaker 1: a great teammate. Guys love him great in the room. 679 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: Herbert's got a special chemistry with them. We know there's 680 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: been some sensational place that those two have made together. 681 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: I think when you're talking about filling out the back 682 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: side of your roster, Yeah, I would much rather have 683 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 1: guiding as a depth piece as maybe a couple of 684 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: the other receivers. You know that they were carrying in 685 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 1: that position, So that makes sense. I'll be honest, like, 686 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:38,879 Speaker 1: I'm I'm really interested with how how it's gonna I'm 687 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: trying to figure out the best way to say this 688 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: without kind of saying anything weird. Like I'm anxious to 689 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: see if it's the same receiver room next year. If 690 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: I just think about like last year, like the year before, 691 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,399 Speaker 1: So what do teams want to do with young quarterbacks? Right? 692 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 1: Like just look at what the Bills did with Josh Allen. 693 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 1: They traded a one for Stefan Diggs. Look what the 694 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: Eagles did with Jalen Hurts, they traded a one for 695 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: a J. Brown. You've got, you know, potentially a Houston 696 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,479 Speaker 1: team that's going to be drafting a quarterback. You've got 697 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,879 Speaker 1: a Colts team, You've got you know, some a Panther's team. 698 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: Now they have DJ Moore and stuff. But like, I 699 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: just wonder if you know, if the Chargers are going 700 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: to get calls, you know, if they're gonna get calls, 701 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: because it's like, hey, you've got two receivers that are 702 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: making twenty million bucks apiece. Let's see if we can 703 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: pluck one of them. Let's see if you know, we 704 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: can offer you a second round pick or something and 705 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: pluck one of those guys and help our young quarterback out. 706 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: Because you kind of have this embarrassment of riches of 707 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,839 Speaker 1: two ones, you know, which not a lot of teams have. 708 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: And I think I just there's something about it that 709 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,800 Speaker 1: that's kind of been nagging at me. And I wonder 710 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: if how you know when you're when you're over there 711 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 1: cap when you're trying to build out a roster when 712 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: you're trying to get depth and you've had two receivers 713 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: that dealt with injuries last year but are really, really good. 714 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,799 Speaker 1: You know what happens if you get that call? You 715 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 1: know what do you do? Because we know the way 716 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: those contracts are structured, they can move them, you know, 717 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: and they're not going to take on a lot of 718 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: dead money for either Mike or Keenan. So I know 719 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:27,919 Speaker 1: what Tom said, but I think it's different from Hey, 720 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,239 Speaker 1: we're just straight cutting this guy for cap relief too. 721 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,760 Speaker 1: You got you got Will Levis coming in, you got 722 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: you know, Anthony Richardson, who's got a huge arm, and 723 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: we want to pair him with a guy like Mike 724 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: who can high point. We'll send we got two ones, 725 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 1: We'll send your other one. Let's I'm interested to see 726 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: how that would shake out. I'm not saying I would 727 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, what I'm saying is I think they're 728 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: gonna get that call. I would not be surprised. And 729 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,920 Speaker 1: I think that's when you now you have to start saying, Okay, 730 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: if we do this, we take this piece away, what 731 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: do we replace it with? And look, you saw what 732 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 1: happened in Tennessee it totally fell apart. Aj was a 733 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 1: Jenga piece and it absolutely fell apart um. So I 734 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: think you have to be you know, and let and 735 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: then look what happened in Minnesota. They pull out digs 736 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,960 Speaker 1: and they plug in Justin Jefferson and they upgrade it him. Yeah, 737 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: so it's like it works both ways. So I'm anxious. 738 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm anxious to see if if they do get that call, 739 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,399 Speaker 1: and what would happen if they did. We've seen We've 740 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,400 Speaker 1: seen stranger things. You know. Remember last year the Cardinals 741 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: tried to do the same thing with Kyler Murray. Let's 742 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: get Hollywood Brown, let's trade. Let's trade a first round 743 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: pick for Hollywood Brown, and the Ravens said, Okay, go 744 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: for it. You know, it didn't really work out, That's 745 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. But they had Hopkins there too, so 746 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: they were they were trying to just just load it 747 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: up for Kyler. Right. Hey, now they're going to trade Hopkins. 748 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: I wouldn't or he's a free agent. Who's that? I 749 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,799 Speaker 1: said it? Now? Hopkins is gonna be gone now, like 750 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: you know, he's he's on the market. So yeah, it's 751 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: just a trend. People follow the trends, right Look at 752 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: what Diggs did for Alan, look at what A. J. 753 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: Brown did for you know, for for for Jalen hurts 754 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: like it's there's a reason why, you know. Doug Peterson 755 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: went out and said, hey, let's get some vets down here. 756 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: Let's get Evan Ingram, Let's get Christian Kirk. We got 757 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: a young guy, we need to get veteran receiver. Yeah, 758 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 1: to help him. Now they got Calvin Ridley. I mean, 759 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,240 Speaker 1: my god, it's crazy. Hey, you know what I wouldn't 760 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: put I wouldn't put anything past this draft. I think 761 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 1: the Bears are gonna do some wheel in and dealing. 762 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,840 Speaker 1: They're gonna have a ton of We're gonna have a 763 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 1: ton of picks. Chase Claypool isn't enough for Justin Fields. 764 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,399 Speaker 1: So I could see that was Yeah, I could see 765 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,439 Speaker 1: the Bears saying, Okay, hey, let's go get d Hop. 766 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,319 Speaker 1: Let's go look in the in the AFC, see who's 767 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: available for our guy. So we could take this offense 768 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 1: to another level. So it's fascinating, and you know, anything 769 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: can happen. I think Joshua Palmer, the way that he 770 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: played in the absence of Keenan and Mike, I think 771 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: maybe showed the fraud office that, hey, Joshua is capable. 772 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: He's only going to get better the way he works 773 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,319 Speaker 1: with Justin after practice man that that has just been 774 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,399 Speaker 1: a thing that we've seen since his rookie season. So 775 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:19,480 Speaker 1: who knows. How about let's see. Gerard Robertson asked about 776 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 1: the time frame on Pipkins. I think people are understanding 777 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: the Pipkins thing among the unrestricted free agents. We talked 778 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: about Drew last week too, But getting trade it's back 779 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 1: in the folds important. We you know what, we ended 780 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 1: up getting some really and I want to try to 781 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: find it here. Where the heck did it go? You 782 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: ended up getting a huge break on the tackle market. 783 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 1: Let's see, I'm trying to find here we go. I 784 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 1: could not believe how many tackles did not get tagged. 785 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,359 Speaker 1: I thought for sure that you were going to see 786 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: Orlando Brown get a second tax. This is the benefit 787 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,359 Speaker 1: for the Chargers is there's a lot of tackles out 788 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 1: there that are free agents. Orlando Brown, Jewan Taylor, Caleb McGarry, 789 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:13,720 Speaker 1: Mike mcclinchey, Taylor, the one, Isaiah Wynn, Donovan Smith yesterday 790 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:18,080 Speaker 1: released by the Bucks, Calvin Beecham Andrew Wiley of the Chiefs. 791 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:22,440 Speaker 1: So like that's a lot like if you're the Bears, 792 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 1: and like that's where which we said, these guys never 793 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,319 Speaker 1: hit the market, you know, and yet here they are 794 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,400 Speaker 1: hitting the market. So that's where it could benefit the 795 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,719 Speaker 1: Chargers that you know, maybe Trey finds himself a little 796 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,279 Speaker 1: bit further down in that pecking order because they don't 797 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 1: know him like the Chargers know him and how he 798 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: has developed and how he has gradually taken these steps 799 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,720 Speaker 1: to have his best year and to be a really 800 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,440 Speaker 1: good right tackle that fought through a lot of toughness, 801 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: and they wouldn't value him as much as maybe a 802 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,440 Speaker 1: couple of the other guys that have just had you know, 803 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: they were first round draft pick, first or second round 804 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,759 Speaker 1: draft picks, so they always have that stigma attached to them. 805 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,279 Speaker 1: They won a Super Bowl in the case of Orlando Brown, 806 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,359 Speaker 1: they were the highest paid tackle in the league at 807 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: one point, and Taylor of the one, like they all 808 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: have that sort of resume. That's a little more flashing 809 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,439 Speaker 1: lights for these teams with a ton of cap space 810 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: to go, you know, the Raiders to go out and 811 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,239 Speaker 1: get one of them. The Bears to go out and 812 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 1: get one of them. With what we were talking about, 813 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,239 Speaker 1: that maybe it works out for the Chargers money, or 814 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,879 Speaker 1: on the flip side, if somebody really falls in love 815 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,200 Speaker 1: with Trey and his youth and the fact that he's 816 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 1: ascending and they pay him a lot of money. You 817 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: just named a bunch of guys who could be potential replacements. 818 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,879 Speaker 1: You know. Obviously it would be nice to have Trey 819 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: in here and to just kind of continue what he 820 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,759 Speaker 1: started here with the Chargers. But it's a great point 821 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 1: because there weren't a many tackles tagged, and there's you know, 822 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,800 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe Peter Peter King, I think in his 823 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,440 Speaker 1: column said that this was going to be a very 824 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: boring free agency. That's one position though, where you just 825 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,040 Speaker 1: named a ton of guys who you know, really kind 826 00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,440 Speaker 1: of fit with the Chargers need, even like from a 827 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,960 Speaker 1: swing tack whole perspective, if you can get another guy 828 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,360 Speaker 1: in here to back up, you know, I know we 829 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 1: have Sawyer in the mix. I don't know if they're 830 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: gonna move him to guard. He's a candidate to be 831 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: a swing tackle too, But I just think that that's 832 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:16,799 Speaker 1: one position the Chargers they could look at closely and say, okay, hey, 833 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: let's get Trey back. But if not, there's a couple 834 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: of other guys that may fit the bill, no doubt. 835 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,840 Speaker 1: I think if you ask them ultimately, they probably prefer 836 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,040 Speaker 1: to get trade as opposed to trying to figure out 837 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,799 Speaker 1: if there's an upgrade out there. But I think that 838 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,040 Speaker 1: benefits them. I think, you know, teams would be apt 839 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: to lock in on somebody like a mc gary, a Taylor, 840 00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,800 Speaker 1: a Brown before you know those. I'm talking about the 841 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:47,399 Speaker 1: teams with a big numbers in cap space. They can 842 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 1: go out and spend some serious cash as opposed to, like, 843 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,759 Speaker 1: you know what, let's take the assenting player. Let's take 844 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,520 Speaker 1: the guy that that had a solid season last year, 845 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: as opposed to someone like Donovan Smith, who everybody knows 846 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 1: is just a Rocks solid league average tackle. Is he elite? No, 847 00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:05,880 Speaker 1: but that's not necessarily what you're going to get in 848 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,040 Speaker 1: free agency. You're going to get is he replacement level? 849 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,400 Speaker 1: He is he one of the twenty best tackles in 850 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,799 Speaker 1: the league, one of the eighteen best tackles in the league. 851 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,839 Speaker 1: If he is, let's go get him because that's all 852 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:21,320 Speaker 1: you need. Because because to search for something else is foolish. 853 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 1: It's just it's it's so hard to find. But I 854 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:27,759 Speaker 1: think it ends up benefiting the Chargers quite a bit. 855 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: Same same with linebacker. You know we were talking about tranquil. 856 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,120 Speaker 1: You look at the linebackers that that are going to 857 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,840 Speaker 1: be available, Let's see where did they go. I was like, 858 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: holy cow, look at all these freaking linebackers that ended 859 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,440 Speaker 1: up making their way. I had no idea. You know 860 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,960 Speaker 1: how many of those guys ended up not getting deals. 861 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,880 Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner, Tremaine Edmond's taken one pick ahead of Darwin James. 862 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,120 Speaker 1: They didn't pick up his fifth year option. He's a 863 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,600 Speaker 1: free agent. Lavante David David Long, who I absolutely love 864 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,280 Speaker 1: from the Titans. I didn't know he was a free agent. 865 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,960 Speaker 1: Bobby o'karaka or Okarek if you call these games in college, uh, 866 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,520 Speaker 1: Jermaine Pratt, Eric Kendricks is a little bit old um 867 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,560 Speaker 1: Layton Vandersch who's had some injury issues, but you know 868 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,880 Speaker 1: what I mean. It's also done the commercials with Justin 869 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:16,680 Speaker 1: Herbert exactly. Like those are flashy names that slot perhaps 870 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,600 Speaker 1: ahead of Drew and now you know, because of the market, 871 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,000 Speaker 1: you have an opportunity to keep your guys up. We're 872 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,680 Speaker 1: a little short on time, so I'm gonna try to 873 00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,640 Speaker 1: combine some of these questions because some of the sorry 874 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,000 Speaker 1: it's not you, it's we have we have a lot 875 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 1: of questions. It's great, um Luise, Andrew, Jeff and Chris. 876 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,920 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna kind of combine these. Assuming the charges 877 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,680 Speaker 1: resigned Pipkins and cut Feiler to slot saw, you're in 878 00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:42,600 Speaker 1: the left guard, how do you think they addressed the 879 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,560 Speaker 1: backup swing tackle position. We kind of just alluded to 880 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: that what extensions could be done to keep the cap, 881 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,759 Speaker 1: to help the cap and keep the team together. And 882 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,560 Speaker 1: then somebody asked about maybe offering extensions to eck and 883 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,560 Speaker 1: Vato to help with cap relief. And if they don't 884 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,560 Speaker 1: draft to tight end in the first round, who would 885 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,719 Speaker 1: be your favorite targets in later rounds? So a lot 886 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,799 Speaker 1: there about the offensive line. Would you like to build 887 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,720 Speaker 1: the offensive line through free agency or the draft money? 888 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,279 Speaker 1: You can kind of attack this however you want. Maybe 889 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:15,440 Speaker 1: we just start with would you offer guys like like 890 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:19,840 Speaker 1: Mike Davis and Eckler extensions to help with kap relief? Well, 891 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,640 Speaker 1: I mean, their numbers so small, right, Now that's the thing. 892 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:26,000 Speaker 1: They're both bargains, you know, Mike, is what ten million 893 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,319 Speaker 1: bucks for a starting corner and that's nothing. I'm talking 894 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: about guys that are making twenty five million bucks a 895 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,840 Speaker 1: year at that position. And I'm sure Mike he's content 896 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:36,640 Speaker 1: to be like, hey man, either you're gonna pay me 897 00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,600 Speaker 1: a bunch of scratcher, I am getting to free agency. 898 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,160 Speaker 1: So I think that's the one issue there is. I 899 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 1: don't think that's the place to find Kap relief. The 900 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: place to find Kapp relief is where that. To me, 901 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,240 Speaker 1: the big one is Joey Bosa. It's thirty million bucks, 902 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,960 Speaker 1: you know, and you can you can toy with that 903 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,759 Speaker 1: as long as you're comfortable stretching Joey out, which I'm 904 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,840 Speaker 1: assuming they are. You know, he seems to be a 905 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,359 Speaker 1: core piece, So I would guess that's one that you'd 906 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,400 Speaker 1: want to take that. That's a big one. Yes, Plugging 907 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:10,000 Speaker 1: Jamari in at guard serves two purposes. One, you feel 908 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,680 Speaker 1: good about him to Matt Feiler, saves eight million bucks. 909 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,680 Speaker 1: It's just salary that's off the books. But as Popper 910 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,319 Speaker 1: pointed out last week, Jamari played tackle and you know, 911 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,200 Speaker 1: yes he played. He played everything. He played up and 912 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: down that Georgia line. You know, they kicked him inside 913 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,080 Speaker 1: when they needed him inside. They kicked him outside when 914 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,360 Speaker 1: he needed him outside. But that's projecting. Okay, he's going 915 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,440 Speaker 1: to be a style. I think he's going to be 916 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,920 Speaker 1: a better guard personally because once he locks onto you, 917 00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,439 Speaker 1: that's where he wins. You know, some of the speed 918 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,960 Speaker 1: rushers that he kind of had trouble getting out too quickly. 919 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 1: So I think that's a solution there. Yeah, I said it. 920 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,000 Speaker 1: I think at tight end, you saw all the athleticism 921 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,520 Speaker 1: out there. The one thing I would say about tight 922 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,000 Speaker 1: End though and trying to pick one up in the 923 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:52,880 Speaker 1: third fourth, I think was Porter right was the one 924 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:55,240 Speaker 1: that really kind of raised his hand out of Iowa, 925 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: so that the laporta. Yeah, So I just think it's 926 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:03,400 Speaker 1: such an important position. I think it really changes the 927 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,960 Speaker 1: math when when you have a dominant player at that position. 928 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:08,880 Speaker 1: So to me, if you have one of those elite 929 00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:14,600 Speaker 1: guys sitting there, um to me that I would get it. 930 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't mess around with, Hey, let's see if we 931 00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:19,080 Speaker 1: can pluck this guy in the herd, for they've been 932 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,319 Speaker 1: doing that since they let Hunter Henry go you know, 933 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,839 Speaker 1: it's one year it's it's it's Jared Cook, the next 934 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: year it's Gerald Everett. Like, get that guy and get 935 00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:31,320 Speaker 1: that position settled, because man, Justin is he can exploit 936 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,400 Speaker 1: the hell out of it. Jack Foley says, I know 937 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,840 Speaker 1: Matt money Smith is on the Concade train, but would 938 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,239 Speaker 1: the team take him over Mayor if both available at 939 00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:41,200 Speaker 1: twenty one? The Chargers have have a track record of 940 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:45,040 Speaker 1: liking there's notre dame guys Money They sure do. Um, 941 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:51,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think there's you know, there's there's 942 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,440 Speaker 1: so many different styles. There's so many different types, body types, 943 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,239 Speaker 1: styles of play. I think it's just what they think 944 00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:02,840 Speaker 1: fits the team best. Um. You know, do they want 945 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,719 Speaker 1: someone who's more of a blocker, um and not as 946 00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,160 Speaker 1: good of a pass catcher, then yeah, then then you know, 947 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,680 Speaker 1: Meyer might be your guy, or Washington might be or guy. 948 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,960 Speaker 1: If that's what you want. Um, you know we said it. 949 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,719 Speaker 1: If you want someone at that position that's a little 950 00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:21,239 Speaker 1: bit more of the Travis Kelsey. You know, I don't 951 00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:22,680 Speaker 1: even want to put up an Ingram in there. He's 952 00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:24,560 Speaker 1: so much more of a wide receiver, he's not even 953 00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:28,279 Speaker 1: really a tight end. Um Kin Kaid is a more 954 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:32,600 Speaker 1: Kelsey esque style tight end um. So I think it 955 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:34,839 Speaker 1: just depends. I wouldn't have a problem with either of them, 956 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, with Washington, with Meyer, with with Kinkaid, I'm 957 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,279 Speaker 1: good with all that, you know, give me some of 958 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,239 Speaker 1: that for her. But I just think you get those 959 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,600 Speaker 1: trees in the in the red zone in the middle 960 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:48,399 Speaker 1: of the field. It's such a it's such a It's 961 00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,359 Speaker 1: just it's easy completions to me, when when you can 962 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,560 Speaker 1: find one of those guys, the likelihood the charges will 963 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:57,840 Speaker 1: trade down even out of the first round. You know, 964 00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:00,320 Speaker 1: I think you gotta get a blue chip type player 965 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,279 Speaker 1: where you're at because of the fact that the quarterbacks 966 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,439 Speaker 1: are going to go there. But what do you think? 967 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:09,520 Speaker 1: Yeah to me, you know, we've said it. It's just 968 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,240 Speaker 1: what how many players do they have first round grades 969 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:15,759 Speaker 1: on and is one of them available? And if that 970 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,239 Speaker 1: player isn't available, what is the offer you know that 971 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,360 Speaker 1: for someone that wants to come up that clearly adds 972 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:24,759 Speaker 1: one of those players as a first round grade. So 973 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,920 Speaker 1: that's again, that's just math. It's it really does typically 974 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,400 Speaker 1: come down to that and whether or not you have 975 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,880 Speaker 1: a player that you really like and how big. The 976 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:37,680 Speaker 1: gaps are on your horizontal board. You know, horizontal, you 977 00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,759 Speaker 1: have each position, and you have each position ranked, and 978 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,279 Speaker 1: then you have a vertical. However, many players they put 979 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,840 Speaker 1: on their verticals. Some things put seventy, some have one hundred, 980 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,520 Speaker 1: some have one hundred and fifty in order, and what 981 00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:50,480 Speaker 1: does that look like based on what's available to you. 982 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,640 Speaker 1: It doesn't sound, you know, it doesn't sound like there's 983 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,680 Speaker 1: a lot of action in this draft. I didn't quite 984 00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,480 Speaker 1: get that vibe when I was out of the combine. 985 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,520 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of those teams that want 986 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,839 Speaker 1: to jump up. Now if what you say goes, Chris, 987 00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:07,840 Speaker 1: and let's just say Hendon Hooker ends up going and 988 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,480 Speaker 1: someone falls in love with him, and he ends up 989 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,320 Speaker 1: going in the first round, and you get five guys, 990 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:14,719 Speaker 1: and now you've got sixteen players. You know, you're the 991 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,920 Speaker 1: sixteenth best non quarterback that you get to draft. Okay, 992 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,080 Speaker 1: now that looks like a back end of a first 993 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:23,200 Speaker 1: round grade, and that's that tends to be the sweet spot. 994 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,239 Speaker 1: That's what you usually hear from guys is Yeah, it's 995 00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,359 Speaker 1: usually about seventeen to twenty guys that get first round 996 00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,399 Speaker 1: grades in an average draft. So now, yeah, you could 997 00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,279 Speaker 1: be in a position to trade back because it may 998 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,960 Speaker 1: be the very back end of Okay, this guy we 999 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,040 Speaker 1: have and he should have gone at twelve, but the 1000 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:41,400 Speaker 1: quarterbacks pushed him down and old, my god, he's available 1001 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,719 Speaker 1: at twenty one. Let's get him and offer him, you know, 1002 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:46,600 Speaker 1: a two this year and a two and a three 1003 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,560 Speaker 1: next year, and okay, let's go. You know, Chargers have 1004 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:52,960 Speaker 1: no two, so replaces there are. They lost their two 1005 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,719 Speaker 1: last year. So now you replace that two that you 1006 00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,440 Speaker 1: lost last year maybe and you get the extra pick 1007 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,520 Speaker 1: out of it the following year, a couple more, and guys, 1008 00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:01,640 Speaker 1: we get a bunch porn in so we always appreciate you. Listen, 1009 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,880 Speaker 1: we'll do another one of these guys soon. Of Bolts 1010 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:05,520 Speaker 1: nine four, I think we kind of answered this. How 1011 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:07,120 Speaker 1: do the Chargers fix the running game? I think it's 1012 00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:10,319 Speaker 1: a combination of a lot of things. You either get 1013 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,320 Speaker 1: that generation or running back. He talked about a speed 1014 00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:17,520 Speaker 1: receiver in this question, and then obviously upgrading the offensive line. 1015 00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,080 Speaker 1: But I also think the Kellen Moore scheme is gonna 1016 00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,120 Speaker 1: help or sent right is going to help that running game. 1017 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,239 Speaker 1: John Bingham Money wants to know how and when did 1018 00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:28,160 Speaker 1: the Chargers get a backup center who can take over 1019 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:30,600 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four? I guess he's looking for the 1020 00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:34,040 Speaker 1: next Corey Lensley. I'm very happy with the current set up, 1021 00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:38,640 Speaker 1: but I appreciate the future question. You know, that's just 1022 00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:42,640 Speaker 1: going back to a prior question, restructure in Vato or Austin. 1023 00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,120 Speaker 1: How about restructure and Corey? You know, I don't want 1024 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:46,960 Speaker 1: to do center in twenty twenty four. I don't either, 1025 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:50,200 Speaker 1: you know, And he's doing great so and he's young 1026 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:51,920 Speaker 1: enough that you know, and centers tend to last a 1027 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:55,640 Speaker 1: little bit longer than tackles. Um so I think that's 1028 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,400 Speaker 1: an interesting contract to maybe extend because I would assume 1029 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,279 Speaker 1: they want him here so that instead of finding the 1030 00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,240 Speaker 1: next one. And I think the good thing about center 1031 00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:06,319 Speaker 1: is if if we feel so, you know, if we 1032 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,600 Speaker 1: feel really good about this nucleus that the Chargers have, 1033 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,840 Speaker 1: you can you can get the best center in the draft. 1034 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:15,239 Speaker 1: Typically in the twenties, you know, those those guys, you know, 1035 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,799 Speaker 1: of all the positions on the offensive line, they tend 1036 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,280 Speaker 1: to last the longest. They're the last ones that are drafted. 1037 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,920 Speaker 1: Remember when they when the Cowboys took Travis Frederick everybody 1038 00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:25,840 Speaker 1: freaked out. They're like, you're taking a center in the 1039 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,440 Speaker 1: first round, and now it's commonplace where the number one 1040 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,759 Speaker 1: center ends up going at the back end of the 1041 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,480 Speaker 1: first round. So I think that's something you can replace. 1042 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,640 Speaker 1: If the Chargers stay competitive like we think they're going to, 1043 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,880 Speaker 1: and their first round pick ends up in the twenties 1044 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,320 Speaker 1: somewhere every year, you know, and hopefully one year it 1045 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,600 Speaker 1: ends up at thirty two, then yeah, I think that's 1046 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:49,640 Speaker 1: still a good spot for a center. Last one, if 1047 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:52,279 Speaker 1: Trey Pitkins does sign with another team, how high of 1048 00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:56,560 Speaker 1: a draft priority aka what round does right tack will become? 1049 00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,359 Speaker 1: So that's something we talked about with all the guys 1050 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,120 Speaker 1: that you mentioned in the free agency market. Or do 1051 00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 1: you spend a second let's say, on a right tackle? Well, 1052 00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: I think or does Jamari saw your becoming your right 1053 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:12,080 Speaker 1: tackle and now you're drafted interior alignment? You know. So 1054 00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,760 Speaker 1: that's the other thing is is if Trey leaves, because 1055 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:20,080 Speaker 1: Jamari helps so much, you know, with that issue, because 1056 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:24,000 Speaker 1: he can play tackle or guard. So if Trey leaves 1057 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,680 Speaker 1: and you're sitting at twenty one and like you were 1058 00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,319 Speaker 1: last year with Zion, you feel like, oh, we're gonna get, 1059 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, the second best guard, our number two graded 1060 00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:36,040 Speaker 1: interior alignment in the draft, and you plug him in 1061 00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:41,120 Speaker 1: at left guard and move Jamari over to right tackle, 1062 00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:43,560 Speaker 1: and you still have an opportunity to move on from 1063 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:45,920 Speaker 1: Matt Filer's money if you want to do that. And 1064 00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:47,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to cut Matt Filer. I don't want 1065 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:48,920 Speaker 1: to put him out of a job. You know. I 1066 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,160 Speaker 1: think he had a little bit of a rough goal 1067 00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:51,920 Speaker 1: last year, but he had a really good year of 1068 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:53,400 Speaker 1: the year prior. And then it's a slater. I think 1069 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,520 Speaker 1: that's what people have to remember, Like when it was 1070 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,279 Speaker 1: Lindsay Filer Slater, that was a really good left side 1071 00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,799 Speaker 1: of the line. And if you can have to come back, 1072 00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:02,680 Speaker 1: then yeah, that would be ideal and you don't have 1073 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:06,240 Speaker 1: to expend a pick there. Um. I think they're hoping 1074 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:08,680 Speaker 1: that Brennan Himis takes the step that that Trey took 1075 00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:10,920 Speaker 1: this year last year, that that Heimus can take that 1076 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,640 Speaker 1: step this year. Haven't drafted him where they did, and 1077 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:18,920 Speaker 1: he's got center guard flexibility and tackle flexibility for that purpose. UM, 1078 00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:22,239 Speaker 1: So that's that would be my guess, is that their 1079 00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:25,520 Speaker 1: first goal would be in house. UM and have that 1080 00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:29,720 Speaker 1: inexpensive option six round pick you know, Jamaria right tackle 1081 00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:31,640 Speaker 1: instead of having a hand out seven eight million bucks 1082 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,920 Speaker 1: to somebody just trays going, what do you have about this? 1083 00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,920 Speaker 1: We went sixty minutes on March eighth talking Charges football. 1084 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,479 Speaker 1: It's pretty good and a ton of questions. So people 1085 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,960 Speaker 1: definitely engaged an intrigue by what the Chargers are going 1086 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:47,239 Speaker 1: to do. But it's March madness. You got to get 1087 00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:50,319 Speaker 1: to the United Center in to talk some Big ten, 1088 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,600 Speaker 1: cover some Big ten who do the games today? Today 1089 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,960 Speaker 1: I've got the basically like the plans right, the buys 1090 00:55:57,120 --> 00:56:00,880 Speaker 1: start tomorrow, so today we've got eleven, twelve fourteen, So 1091 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:03,520 Speaker 1: it's Wisconsin. As hard as it is to believe, Wisconsin 1092 00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:06,920 Speaker 1: in Ohio state are the twelfth and thirteenth teams to 1093 00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,080 Speaker 1: Big Ten. That's how stacked the Big Ten was this year. 1094 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,719 Speaker 1: They're going to get ten teams in the tournament. And 1095 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:16,560 Speaker 1: then eleven fourteen is Nebraska, who, by the way, Nebraska, 1096 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:19,800 Speaker 1: who's the eleventh team, won six of their last eight games, 1097 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,520 Speaker 1: swept Iowa and they're playing a Minnesota team that's just 1098 00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:27,200 Speaker 1: really struggled this year. So should be I mean having 1099 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:30,799 Speaker 1: Wisconsin Ohio State in the play ins Chris, you're near 1100 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:38,160 Speaker 1: a Northwestern alumnus, so you know it's usually Northwestern Minnesota, Rutgers, 1101 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,520 Speaker 1: Penn State is typically what we get on this day, 1102 00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:48,040 Speaker 1: and today we're getting Ohio State Wisconsin. It's just crazy 1103 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,759 Speaker 1: to have those two teams or typically Nebraska's is here, 1104 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:52,879 Speaker 1: you know, and they're here this year again. But they're 1105 00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:54,840 Speaker 1: a really good team. So it's just kind of funny 1106 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:56,880 Speaker 1: that we got Wisconsin in Ohio State. I think between 1107 00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,240 Speaker 1: them they have I want to say they have seven 1108 00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:01,560 Speaker 1: big ten turns them in titles between them, and they're 1109 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,319 Speaker 1: playing as the twelve and thirteen seed this year. Those 1110 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:08,160 Speaker 1: Chris Collin Wildcats get the feed up today. They're relaxing. 1111 00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:12,080 Speaker 1: I think they're going to the two. They are the 1112 00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:17,040 Speaker 1: two seed. They're opposite Perdue with the double buy. It's crazy, man, 1113 00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:21,160 Speaker 1: They're they're enjoying life. They're loving it, man. Unbelievable. Hey 1114 00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:24,200 Speaker 1: man in Jewish, good luck to your cats. Yeah, you 1115 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:26,240 Speaker 1: know what, I'm just glad they're gonna get in, you know, 1116 00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:28,640 Speaker 1: and maybe maybe win a game or two. Hey, they 1117 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:31,320 Speaker 1: got a good team, man, they're their backcourt. They they 1118 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,080 Speaker 1: got two vats. You know, boo boo and Chase Audies 1119 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,400 Speaker 1: those are good. Audis is one of the best defensive 1120 00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:39,280 Speaker 1: players in the Big Ten and and boo boo, he's 1121 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,200 Speaker 1: one of the best all around players in the Big Ten. 1122 00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:45,280 Speaker 1: And you know that's the old you know, benefit of COVID. 1123 00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:47,360 Speaker 1: They stuck around in extra years. So you got guys 1124 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,439 Speaker 1: that are like twenty four years old out there roughing 1125 00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:52,320 Speaker 1: up these kids because it's Northwestern and why not, man, 1126 00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:53,960 Speaker 1: Let's go have some fun and see if you know 1127 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,320 Speaker 1: you can get the city of Chicago a Final Four appearance. 1128 00:57:56,440 --> 00:58:01,120 Speaker 1: You know, so gonna be fun, alright, enjoy it. We'll 1129 00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:03,960 Speaker 1: talk next week for money. I'm Chris. 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