WEBVTT - Screaming Needs For Every AFC Team 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Welcome to NFL Daily, where we never sold all our 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:11.720 jamis Winston Stock. I'm Greg Rosenthal in my garage talking 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:15.360 to my friend Nick Shook from Ohio. We're talking some 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:20.480 screaming needs for every AFC team today. Nick, welcome back. 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:23.680 I'm glad to be here. I'm in an apartment. I 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:26.480 do have some sound proofing foam on the wall, but 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:27.880 I don't trust it much, so I'm not going to 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.120 actually scream for screaming needs IDs. 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:35.080 Okay, you can scream. I speak very loudly. We're right 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:39.680 behind like a restaurant employee parking lot. They can definitely 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.960 hear me when I'm doing a show because, yeah, my 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.800 wife Emica, she says often she can hear me on 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.560 the total other side of the house and it's loud. 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:51.120 I guess I don't know what it is. You hit 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.840 record and you just start yelling. But yes, these are 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.480 It's screaming Needs Day. So two of the shows this week, 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:57.680 I'm going to do one with you. I'm going to 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.520 do one with Patrick Claybond. Later in the week we'll 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.040 do the NF See. We're gonna kind of go through 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.320 all the teams a little bit of a reset after 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.840 everything that happened in free agency and look ahead to 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:11.200 the draft what all the needs will be. And first 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:12.880 we're going to do just a little bit of news. Now. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.480 We have not addressed the Aaron Rodgers visit to the 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.959 Steelers on the show. Patrick and I talk draft on 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.560 the show that we put up on Monday, And it 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:27.840 was interesting, this report comes out Rogers is visiting. No 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.160 one really had it except for a local guy, Jerry Dulach, 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:36.080 who probably just heard it that day from someone literally 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.440 in the building that's like, hey, Aaron Rodgers is here, 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.039 because no one knew about it ahead of time, none 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:44.080 of the insiders, nothing, And that to me is interesting 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:45.640 on its own that they were trying to keep it 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.000 so quiet. It's come out since that Rogers stayed for 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:53.280 six hours pft. At least thought that this thing might 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:57.960 be headed to a conclusion, but then you know, it 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:01.000 didn't happen. They made an offer and he's just sitting 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.320 on that offer and we wait. But I do think 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:07.240 the fact that he was there and that Jamis Winston 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:08.880 is now a member of the Giants, which we'll talk 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.919 about in a second, certainly leads you to believe that 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.680 the Steelers are very likely to have Aaron Rodgers as 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:15.320 their quarterback. 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:19.200 Yeah, I would imagine that they're back and forth, you know, 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:23.000 producing a meeting of such length, and there's really no 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.519 interest with other teams that this feels like this is 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.200 his destination. Frankly, I'm tired of it already. Just because 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.000 Rogers does this, he makes us all a wait. But 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.360 it does make me think, Greg, what was the longest 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.919 job interview you ever had in your professional life? 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.720 Oh? Wow, the longest job in terms? 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:39.440 I have one. 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.640 Okay, give me a yours. Well, well, I think on it, 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.240 but I'll listen to your story because I know it's 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:44.200 going to be dynamite. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.920 In college, I interned at the Acron Beacon Journal as 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.560 a copy editor for two and a half years. I 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.400 went back there in between NFL stints to get a 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.280 full time copy editing job. My interview there was seven 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.519 and a half hours with people, wow, for nearly three years. 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.120 But I got the job, So we take that, Rogers. 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:02.120 I was there even longer. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.440 Yeah, that's that's insane, now that I think of it. 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:12.000 I'd never had long interview processes. Processes. I did that thing. 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.240 Remember when you were in high school and they had. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.040 It was like a scam that you would sell knives 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.640 or whatever, like for kids that are high school college 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.400 you would like go door to door for cutco selling knives. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.840 I remember I went to one of those and that 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.560 was a solid hour long interview and they were like, yeah, 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.080 then we'd love to have you come back for interview too, 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.400 and I was just like, no, this is bad, bad vibes. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.760 That is too much the NFL interview process. I definitely 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.120 had to meet a handful of people, including at the 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.160 scouting combine, But I don't know. I guess I've gotten 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.600 off pretty clean in terms of my job interviews. Yeah, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.640 but it's a long time. It just almost seems like, 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.240 come on, Aaron Rodgers. I know you will disrespect some 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.640 parts of the establishment. Would you really meet with Mike 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.880 freaking Tomlin for six hours and not go to the 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.280 Pittsburgh Steels. I have a hard time believing that would happen. 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.240 So there is an idea of maybe it's just leverage 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.120 to get everything he wants in the contract. Maybe he's 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:07.920 waiting till after the draft to make sure they don't 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.760 take a first run back. Whatever it is, we don't 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.160 need to go on about it. Too long, because at 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.840 some point he will sign and then we can analyze it. 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.239 Then the fact that Jamis Winston signed with the Giants 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.360 on the very same day this happened to me, it 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.080 was not a coincidence though. Two years, eight million dollars 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.280 and to me, that's the Giants saying, we know that 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:31.560 Rogers prefers the Steelers. Let's stop waiting for Rogers. Let's 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.599 get one quarterback in place because we don't have any, 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:39.200 and let's get who we see as the ideal quarterback 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.919 to just still have all our options open. Two years, 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.560 eight million dollars, they have put it out there that 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.400 they're still looking at Russell Wilson. They could still sign 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.599 another veteran in theory, they could still sign Aaron Rodgers, 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.880 but it's more likely Jameis Winston and Russ or Jamis 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:58.839 Winston and who I believe is more likely Shader Sanders 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.000 or even cam Ward if they traded up to number one. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.640 Yeah, and we now close the circle on our good 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.960 buddy Matt Harmon of Yahoo, who tweeted way back in 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:11.920 week seventeen when Malik Neighbors was torching the Colts with 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.599 Drew Locke that they were winning just enough to fall 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.040 out of draft position and convince the Giants to sign 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.440 Jameis Winston so that he'd hummel him with two hundred 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.479 targets and he'd go toward a huge season in a 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.960 second year. And now it's a possible reality. Congrats Matt 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:27.680 on having the fur side of that. 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.880 It's true this draft could easily be Giants one Patriots two, 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:36.680 which I obviously would prefer. It could be Patriots one 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.800 in Giants four, which they'd be even in a tougher spot. 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.560 But those two late season wins won by the Giants 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.120 and one by the Patriots really changed the equation of 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.760 everything that's happening. And you know, I say half the top. 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.640 I never gave up on my Winston stock. He has 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.360 fallen into his right zone. He's not making a lot 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.240 of money, I think for what he can do, which 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.120 is win a handful of games for you, solid backup 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.680 and an agreeable presence. To me, that's worth a lot. 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.600 Like that's only worth a one third as much as 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.039 d bj Hill, I don't know. I think it's worth 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.200 more than that. Bj Hill, if you don't know, is 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.880 a rotational defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals who plays 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.040 like five hundred snaps. Like to me, some backup quarterbacks 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.560 are are underrated, and it'll be interesting. If he was 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.480 the Week one starter, he would be the first black 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.000 quarterback to ever start Week one for the Giants. They've 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.479 only had I believe three starts ever. Gino Smith made 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.320 one and then he was banished and they had to 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:34.320 promise Eli Manning another year and a half, and they 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.080 fired McAdoo because that happened. And then Tyrod got a 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:38.520 couple starts and got to win. 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.640 So we'll see you pay the interceptions and the pick 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.560 six's tax. I think Jamis is in this deal and 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.560 hopefully the Lord will deliver him from pick sixes in 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:49.000 New York. 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:54.560 There you go. What a weird but ridiculous and kind 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.880 of fun combination Russ and Jamis Winston would be. But 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.640 I don't think it would be very good. I think 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.560 they got to go cam Ward. Let's talk about the 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.560 fact that cam Ward is having his pro day at 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.880 Miami as we're taping this. We don't have like big 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.400 reviews on it, and cam you know, Protey's always go 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.880 pretty well. The noteworthy part of it to me is 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.920 that the Titans had dinner with him the night before, 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:18.360 and that's kind of the pole position of like, Okay, 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.640 who has the highest pick, Who's getting dinner with the 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.440 presumptive number one overall pick the night before, it's the 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.280 team with the number one overall pick. It's the Titans. 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.400 And Yeah, the longer this goes on, I just think 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.520 he's going number one overall and we'll have to see 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.280 if the Titans want to do it. I think they 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.200 are going to want to do it in the end. Yeah. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.960 And is he going to order a Tomahawks steak and 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.440 really just you know, establish his dominance as the franchise 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.360 quarterback of the future for them or not, you know? 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.000 Or is he going to go something lighter? You know, 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.040 I show he's more measured, experienced, veteran guy. Yeah, they're 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.360 they're in the catbird seat for their pick of quarterbacks, 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.240 and it feels sure like they're going to take him. 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:56.160 Yeah. And he's someone that all the meetings at the combine, 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.280 everyone loves cam Ward. He is a veteran. I mean, 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.840 he's played a lot of football at the collegiate level, 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.000 knows how to run a team, do the whole process. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:05.680 I think it's going to be him in the end. 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:09.600 By the way, Xavier Ristreppo, who is a mid round receiver, 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.880 had a ton of production with him at Miami, reportedly 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:16.240 ran between four to seven mid four sevens and four 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:20.240 to eight, which is a really unfortunate time for a 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.760 smaller receiver. So maybe he'll try to run again at 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.720 some point. It's too bad because he was productive. He'll 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.760 still get a job in the league, but he might 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:29.520 not got drafted as early as he was hoping. Just 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.840 before we roll through a couple of nuggets and get 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:33.680 to all the needs where you want to talk about, 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.040 I just want to mention one contract thing that came up. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.480 Like the reports are one thing with these contracts when 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:40.800 they first come out, but then when you get to 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.240 peak under the hood, they often are one thing that's 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.520 a little bit different. And I noticed T Higgins's contract 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.240 Pro Football Talk is the one that had this was 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.320 very surprising, very year to year. He's going to get 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:57.360 thirty five million dollars in the first year, plus a 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.360 roster bonus into next year. But in theory, if it 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.200 went really poorly, they could really get out after one year. 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.959 It would be two for two years for fifty nine 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.920 and a half million dollars and that's a lot of money. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.719 So I'm not gonna say T Higgins like did the 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.680 Bengals a great favor, but it's very much a year 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.480 to year deal one, two, three, and four, and T 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.800 Higgins could have done a lot better on the open market. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:24.320 I actually do think Tea, Joe Burrow, and Jamar Chase 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.160 decided they really wanted to play together, and I think 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.000 the other two guys helped bring in Tea. He kind 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:31.800 of gave them a little bit of a hometown discount, 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.160 and I don't fault him for not getting every last dollar, 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.440 but it's interesting. It is kind of a team friendly 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:38.280 deal for the Bengals. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.240 Yeah, it is, and I think it sets up for 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.360 to protect the franchise, which a lot of clubs don't 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.120 necessarily do this with these big times of types of deals. 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:50.120 Which is that hey, like, if we're awful defensively and 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.800 we clearly need to dedicate some resources to the defense 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:54.600 and we have to make a sacrifice, we can make 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.360 a sacrifice and get out of this deal after year one. 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.760 Obviously that's not what you hope happens, but they're planning 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.719 for the worst case scenario in the event that they 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:05.120 realize this is too much money dedicated to three offensive guys. 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.280 So good on them. But yeah, you're right, and what 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.439 do we do? In January? Every team in the NFL 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.600 pretty much was like, we have a shot at T Higgins. No, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:14.440 you don't, because he's going to take this type of deal. 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.280 It's true, man, I would have been really curious to 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.280 see what he got, but he would have gotten more 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.560 ultimately and guaranteed money. The DK Metcalf deal, by the way, 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.920 is a two year deal. It's very simple. It's two 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.080 What is it for thirty five? I believe now and 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.680 now I'm forgetting, But it's essentially a locked in two 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:39.440 year contract, and then after that it's year to year, 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.320 which makes a lot of sense. I think it's basically 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.000 two for sixty for DK Metcalf and they're not going 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:46.560 to have any pain if they want to get out 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.920 of it after two years. There's a couple of little nuggets. 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.280 You can comment if any of these strike your fancy, 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.000 and then we'll move on to the segment. Brandon Cooks 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.880 is back with the Saints. I think he's more of 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.400 a third or fourth receiver at this point of his career. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.680 But where he started it all back with the Saints 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.679 in twenty fourteen. I ironically the same year Derek Carr 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.120 was drafted, so those guys were draft in the same 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.120 draft class. Dylan Raidin's, by the way, an offensive lineman, 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.640 signs there too from the Titans. He was disappointment a 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.040 high draft pick for the Titans. Trent Brown is with 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.200 the Texans as they continue to just collect random offensive lineman. 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.920 Avonte Maddox, who's coming off that Super Bowl win, is 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.520 going to the Lions. They've had some nice cheap signings. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:26.920 I think Charles Amena, who who is pretty high up 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.559 in the sixties I believe in my top one O one, 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.160 is back with the Chiefs on a deal that can 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.560 max out at seven million dollars. So that was good 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.559 for them to get a key guy for them back. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.480 Tyler Conklin, who had a lot of production at tight 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.680 end for the Jets the last few years, is going 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.719 to the Charters, and the Titans signed Joey sli What 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:43.880 catches your fancy there. 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:45.960 I love the addition to Conkland to that tight end 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.200 room with the Chargers. That was you know, as we 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:49.720 were going through these needs and I was prepping for this, 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:51.040 So I was thinking tight end and I saw, you 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:52.960 know that he was on that depth chart, and I was like, oh, okay, 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:54.920 that's good. That's a nice little balance for that offense, 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.439 especially an offense that has needed guys to catch the 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.800 ball outside of Ladd mcconky. But think Cook's complete the 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.360 career circle there, you know, I'll go back to the 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.320 place where it all started. He was only there for 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.000 a couple of years before they moved on fromhim. He's 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.160 the guy who gets traded throughout his entire career. This 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:10.960 is the first time he signed a free agent deal 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.280 in his career and he's already been in the league 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.360 for more than ten years, which is crazy to consider, 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.400 but he's always had value on the trade market. Now 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:18.640 he gets to go back to where he began, to 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.640 a team that has learned the value of receiver depth 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.920 by dealing with injuries over the last few years. So 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:25.959 it's a nice little pickup for them. Don't expect a 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.440 lot of production from him. He's a guy who with 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.760 the Cowboys last couple of years, he'd catch a touchdown 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.760 pass random and be like, oh, yeah, he is still 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.800 this receiving yeam, So I just probably know more looks there. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.960 But yeah, yeah, I don't think he has the juice anymore. 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.040 I'd love to be proven wrong because he's been a 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.120 fun player to watch over the years, although he pops 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:47.040 up sometimes. I always remember his Super Bowl performance for 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.240 the Patriots, where man, he just got to make a 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.400 man miss in the red zone in the low red 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.600 zone and might have a touchdown there, and who knows. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.240 Let's move on to our segment. So how I presented 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:04.120 it to you, Shook our screaming needs for AFC teams 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:09.600 after the free agency period, entering true draft prep. We're 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.439 now only a month away from the draft. What are 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.400 the biggest needs for these teams? Because anything that's happening 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.360 in free agency now is just kind of picking at 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.040 the back of the roster. So we're gonna go back 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.560 and forth. We'll start in the AFC East. We're going 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:26.520 to put a clock on this to just make sure 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.760 we get it nice and tidy, and we'll go two 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.920 minutes max. If we don't need two minutes, won't, we 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.440 won't use it all. But let's put Shook on the clock. 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.559 He can start out with the New York Jets. 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.440 All right, So you look at this group. I actually 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.640 love this roster and what they've done in the off season. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.360 A lot of low level signs where you're like, Okay, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:46.240 I like that. I like that. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:46.720 I like that. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.640 Even the current quarterback situation with Justin Fields and Tyron 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.680 on that team, I like it. But where they need 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.360 some depth is it linebacker. They went and got Jamie 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.320 Davis in an acquisition, and I'm like, Okay, low risk, 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.920 potentially high production. Didn't pan out, you know with Washington, 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:03.880 and I've always loved him coming out of college. But 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.120 they need depth. If you look at their depth chart 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.240 as that stands right now, Zira Barnes is listed there. 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.600 He played thirty two special team snaps last season. That's 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.880 not enough for a guy who maybe in your starting lineup. 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.920 Go add a linebacker, maybe add to fill out the roster. 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:17.599 I know it's not a position a priority like it 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.120 used to be because all these teams run sub packages, but 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.160 I need at least one more quality back. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.920 Okay. Yeah, And they are a team I think with 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.120 Aaron Glenn that are gonna lean if you look at 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.360 what they did in Detroit on the linebacker position more 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.360 than most because look, they spent a lot of money 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.640 to bring back Jamie and Sherwood, and you have Quincy 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.360 Williams still there, so you have two guys. It is interesting, 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:41.280 like now, the third linebacker is a luxury. But I 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.800 think for a team like the Lions, you're absolutely right that. 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.120 I mean, like the Jets, they'll want more. I think 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:50.720 they still need an edge. You know, they have some 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.560 talent there. They have what Will McDonald and they never 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.320 really got you know, Jermaine Johnson is a solid player, 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.240 but so they have like a real pass rusher there. 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.000 I'm not sure Will donald is a number one passwretcher. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:03.680 So to me that that's where I would look. 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.960 Yeah, I agree. I agree there too. They could use 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.320 some help in that front seven in general, and but 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:09.960 I do like what they look like, you know, starting 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:11.800 eleven on both sides of the ball for the most part. 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.840 It's not bad. I think if they drafted Membu at 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.520 number seven overall, you could slide them right into right tackle. 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.920 That's that's certainly an open spot. I don't know if 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.840 you put Max Mitchell there receiver could use some help. 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.520 But overall, I agree they're a team that, like their 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.840 lineup looks better than most. Let's go to another one 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:30.520 kind of like that, let's let's put me on the 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:37.000 clock for the Bills. No huge needs, Eric, no huge 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.400 needs for this team. Like, to me, this is one 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:45.480 of the best rosters in the NFL now. I think 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.640 what they need is guys with higher ceilings. It is 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:53.600 a roster full of pretty good players other than Josh Allen, Like, 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:58.480 it's just a roster full of like b pluses one 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.400 to one to twenty two. If you're looking at the 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.680 starting lineup, probably the number one thing I would look 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.480 at is probably in the secondary. Dan Jackson, who who 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:11.120 you brought back like he's a cornerback, probably your third cornerback, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:15.080 your safety. You drafted Cole Bishop there last year, you 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.040 brought back Damar Hamlin. But I think they're in the 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:22.360 perfect spot shook where they really should be best player available, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.040 and to me they should be. Specifically, can we take 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.760 some swings, Can we stop trying to just get like 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.640 singles and doubles and I don't know, go for a 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.240 home run because there's almost no position they couldn't use 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.760 a little talent infusion. But then again, they almost have 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.239 no needs that are big except for maybe the secondary. 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.360 Yeah, and that's kind of why I tried to pair 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.080 them with the best free agent fits remaining available. With 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.680 a cornerback, I said, send Rasoulo Douglas back there. But 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.560 then I looked at his performance last year and I 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.440 think it was below what they expected. But they traded 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.800 away Kyer Elams, so they have some needs in the secondary. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.680 I don't know if that big swing is theirs. It's 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:58.560 not a cornerback class that's very strong in the draft. 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.400 There's really not that much talent out there available, and 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.520 I don't know if even like a Stefan Gilmour or 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.480 somebody like that would really be all that interested in 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:07.160 going there, you know, somebody of that caliber. So again, 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:08.679 I'm gonna sound like a day with the Jets. I 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.480 need some more depth of linebacker again, because if you 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.080 lose Terrell Bernard, you're looking pretty thin right there without him, 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.000 and we know what that looks like in the past. 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.399 So I'm all about depth at this point in the cycle, 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:18.919 and I think they could use it there, but I 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.160 think it's secondary as well. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:23.560 Yeah, never tempt Sean McDermott for taking another linebacker or 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.760 taking another guy in the secondary. It's kind of what 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.159 he does under the radar. Matt Milano took a huge 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.520 pay cut to come back, which is kind of shocking 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.640 to me. They were ready to cut Matt Malan. When 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.480 a guy takes a pay cut like that, the team 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.920 is ready to cut him. Which, Oh, I like that horn. 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.880 That's aggressive. All right, you're up next. Who do you got? 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:43.760 The Miami Dolphins. 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.240 Miami Dolphins. Again, we're gonna like I said, at this 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.680 point in the in the process, I'm looking at depth, 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.000 and with them it's on the defensive front. I'm not 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:53.960 worried about edge rusher as much as some other people 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.439 might be, even though you know you dealt with an 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:58.320 injury to Jalen Phillips in each of the last two years, 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.440 because you got Chop Robinson last year. If you look 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.560 at the depth of their depth chart, though, they lack 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.200 bodies there. So you're gonna need some guys in the 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.080 front four. But again, I am really gonna dig down 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:11.040 along that and say, look, Zach Steelers, good Philips, you 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.240 should be back healthy hopefully, and you had Robinson, Like 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:15.760 I said, you also have Brad the Chubb who's dealt 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:19.439 with his own injuries. But you lack name brand power 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.120 up front. I need somebody else up there. Most importantly, 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.840 they just need to stay healthy, which is true for 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.800 every team. But I think about this, the way this 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.119