WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: Post-Draft Contract Extension Season in the NFL 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:10.280 It's been an off season of changes for the forty 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.960 nine ers, but some things stay the same. George Kittle 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:16.880 is sticking around on a new contract. We will tell 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:19.960 you what it means and when Brock Purdy could get 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.280 his JJ. McCarthy says he's ready to get his first 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.759 regular season start and he sure looks like he's back 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:29.600 to his old self. Here from the Vikings quarterback on 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:33.520 his recovery from knee surgery, Aaron Rodgers and what lies 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:37.080 ahead in twenty twenty five. Getafel Draft is now in 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.120 the rearview mirror, but now comes the fun part. Which 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.040 rookies will make the biggest impact well for your team 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.479 and your fantasy team. Brian Baldinger and Michae left Florio 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.640 have their predictions. Did somebody says Scataboo. Welcome inside with 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:56.240 the insiders alongside Judy Batista and Mike Garrifolo. I am 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:59.880 Tom Peliicero. We are fifteen days away now from the 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.720 NFL schedule release. We are one hundred and twenty eight 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:08.160 short days away from the twenty twenty five NFL kickoff game. 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:08.520 That's all. 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:10.600 It is a little over four months away from seeing 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:15.039 all these rookies make their regular season debuts as well 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.040 as the regular season debut. One guy whose rookie season 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.720 got wiped out, that, of course, is JJ McCarthy, the 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:24.479 number ten overall pick in last year's NFL draft, wowed 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.119 in his pre season debut before suffering a meniscus injury 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.800 the required season ending surgery last August. JJ McCarthy, as 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.839 you can see here, is back to throwing. 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.480 He's moving. He has certainly put the weight on. So 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:38.399 how are you feeling, Jj? 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:41.040 Overall? 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.160 I feel one hundred and ten percent, because I feel 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.039 like better than you know when I got hurt eight 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:49.600 months ago, and yeah, just really excited to be out 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:51.840 here with the guys again and be in the building. 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.800 I know I'm ready to start because all the work 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.280 I put in and just the confidence in my skills 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:00.680 and abilities and just being able to do my job 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:04.160 and simplify simplified things to you know, the best of 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.440 my ability every single day and you know, just taking 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.000 one day at a time, one play at a time. 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.320 And you know, I have a tremendous coaching staff, a 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.960 tremendous group of guys around me that I can lean 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.320 on and they can lean on me. 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:18.680 Judy. I watched that press conference today. 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:18.919 J J. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.280 McCarthy is a very impressive young guy. It's easy to 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:24.880 forget last year. For all the talk we've had about 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.040 Jaden Daniels. What a first season. Drake May, Caleb Williams, 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.880 Michael Pennis, bow Nicks. This was the other guy that 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.560 was in the mix. He's obviously put a lot of 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:35.840 that weight back on that he lost post surgery. Here 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.360 now it's time to find out exactly what he's all about. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.119 Well, we'll get to all the stuff that he said, 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.519 which was impressive, but just looking at him makes you 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.120 feel better about him because you remember those scenes from 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:49.799 when he was on the sideline after he got hurt, 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:51.639 when he was drawn, he had lost so much weight. 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.400 He's obviously put the weight back on. He looks healthy, 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.799 he's moving well, he's throwing the ball well. And he 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.359 did say all the right things right that he was 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.600 asked about the sort of flirtation or at least conversations 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.040 with Aaron Rodgers, and he basically said, like he put 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.600 blinders on, he wasn't paying attention to that. He welcomes 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.480 the pressure. I mean, he is clearly the number one guy. 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.519 It is all in with JJ McCarthy. There's that old 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.000 video where he just did not look very healthy frankly 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.640 at all. But it does all systems go with him. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.519 I mean, he is the starting quarterback. They basically told 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.560 Aaron Rodgers like, thanks for your interest, but no thanks, 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:28.720 We're going with this guy. 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.960 So all systems are go for him. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.680 Really excited to actually see him on the fields when 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.880 he's got his teammates out there and really practicing football again. 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.720 He gets the full gamut of reps too this time, Judy. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.080 I mean, think about the reps he lost when he 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.640 got hurt. Now he gets the starter reps because he 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.840 doesn't have anybody to compete with. If you brought Aaron 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.440 Rodgers in, it was going to cut significantly into his reps, 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:50.960 even if it was an open competition. 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.120 He needs those now he needs to make up for them. 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.640 He did a good job by all accounts of during 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.280 the last year taking the mental reps and seeing how 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.840 Sam Darnold ran things for the Minuta Vikings as the quarterback. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.280 But now it's about actually getting in there and doing it. 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.080 It starts in the spring, it continues into training camp 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.080 and then in the preseason and the Vikings are hopeful 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.320 he can be even more impressive than he was last 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.040 year in those preseason games. Carry all that momentum into 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.160 the preseason and never have to look back and sign 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.480 a veteran that would be your starter heading into week one. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.320 Time and Mike he was asked about how he handled 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.200 everything with Aaron Rodgers and all the speculation. He said, 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.360 Aaron Rodgers one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.880 Toy to respect for him, but I'm focused on what 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.840 I have to do, which right now is continuing to 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.640 prove through this offseason that he can be QB one 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.880 Fightings also locked up one of his teammates for another 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.039 year earlier today. 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.200 Andrew Van Ginkel agreed to terms. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.600 On a one year, twenty three million dollar extension that 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.560 puts him under contract with Minnesota through twenty twenty six. 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.920 Van Ginkle last year one of the best bargains in 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.040 the NFL. Maybe this time around teams will realize stop 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.040 throwing bubbles to his side and handing them free piece 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:58.279 pick sixes. 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.480 That certainly would be a sound strategy. 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.320 Another guy who got paid earlier today, George Kittle, the 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.800 forty nine ers star tight end, agreed terms on a 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.640 four years seventy six point four million dollar contract extension 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.240 that includes forty million dollars guaranteed. Kittle had been due 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.960 fifteen million dollars this season. He was not present at 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.320 the start of offseason workouts. Judy Kittle said it was 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.120 not contract related, but it was pretty obvious that he 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:25.960 was due for an adjustment. What do you make of 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.280 this deal right now for a San Francisco team that's 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.320 made a lot of decisions through the course of this offseason. 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:33.680 Well, first of all, it probably got lost in the 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.039 draft shuffle, but when he showed up to the offseason 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.720 workouts on Friday, that was an indication that things were 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:40.880 probably moving in a positive direction. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.320 And here we are. You're right. 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.279 In the past we have seen in the past few months, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.560 we've seen, I mean, San Francisco has shed a. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.280 Lot of big name players. 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:55.680 This is one they wanted to bring back, and incredibly, 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.920 they did it early in the off season relative to 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.080 when they usually get these contracts done. The last few years, 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.320 we've seen them go all the way into July, even 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.080 August getting these contracts done. The last time George Kittle 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.200 signed an extension, it didn't get done until August it's 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:14.360 still April. This is a four year extension. He's going 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.159 to be thirty two in the middle of this season. 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:17.920 Is he going to play out the four years? I mean, 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.279 maybe not, but he's going to play at least two years, 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.919 maybe three. He's still super, super productive eleven hundred yards 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:30.360 last season, I believe, eight receiving touchdowns, and he's super durable. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.880 The only season in which George Kittle lost significant time 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.760 was twenty twenty, so he is available in addition to 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.840 being a huge piece of that offense. 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:41.920 Good for him. 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:45.240 He is now the highest paid tight end by just 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.320 a little bit over Trey McBride, but he's still got 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:48.000 the title. 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.000 With a little help from some back end money there 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:52.720 to inflate the deal. That's why. That's the reason for 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.040 the point four. He got point one over Trey McBride. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.800 Is he technically the new highest paid tight end, but 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.000 it's Apple's and Orange is tough to compare the two deals. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.400 It's a good deal. George Kittle's back. He's in the fold. 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:02.800 That's good. 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.800 Check one item off of the forty nine ers offseason list. 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.280 Brock parties another. We're going to get to him in 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.360 a second. How about Fred Warner, the linebacker who is 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.840 just so pivotal, so vital, excuse me, to what the 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:14.600 forty nine ers do defensively. 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.760 He's got two years left on his deal. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.760 Now, the market at his position really hasn't run away, 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.160 But at some point both sides might want to get 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.520 this thing done. They're going to talk and see if 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.640 they can get something done moving forward. So the fact 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:28.880 that Kittle got done, I'm sure that is a good 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.280 sign for Fred Warner that he could potentially get his 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:35.160 sounded like the Niners wanted to get Kittle done first 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.680 and then move on to see if they can get 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.200 something done for Warner. We'll keep an eye on that, 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.360 see if the sides can reach an agreement at some 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.880 point this offseason. And then there's the trickle down effect 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.600 for the other tight ends on other teams. Guys we 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.160 were talking about during the draft is potentially being traded. 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.040 They were not, and nothing is imminent now for both 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.520 Mark Andrews and the Ravens and Dallas Goddard of the Eagles. 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.760 Now we can argue when it comes to Andrews and 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.480 Goddard whether they should have money that what Kittle got 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.400 is over it, under it, whatever, But the point is 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:06.840 both guys are going to get deals at some point, 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.480 whether it's from their existing teams or their next teams 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.760 that should be in that neighborhood. So yeah, this certainly 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:16.040 helps these guys who are on their third contract say hey, 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.320 there's where I should be, and their current teams have to. 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.200 Decide can we budget that? If not, then we got 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.400 to potentially move on from these guys. 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.360 The Ravens also have to decide is it Andrews or 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.800 is it Isaiah likely that they wind up giving their 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:30.960 next big deal at the tight end position too, So 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.920 these are still two situations we are monitoring. I know 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.719 Eric Tacosta said he expects Mark Andrews on the team 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.880 this upcoming season, but that doesn't put this one to 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:39.520 bed completely. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.080 Got to keep an eye see what happens with both 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:41.680 of those guys. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.040 Well, if you're Mark Andrews or Dallas Goddard and you 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:48.120 just saw George Kittle, another tight end over age thirty, 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.439 get a raise after he was doing fifteen million this year, 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:54.080 you're going, in Andrew's case, I'm making eleven million this year. 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.280 What are we even talking about at this point here? 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.640 Certainly situations to monitor moving forward, same thing you mentioned 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.319 brock par there, Mike. We know the forty nine Ers 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.160 and Perty's agent have been in negotiations for quite a 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.880 while now on a contract extension Party going into the 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.079 fourth year of his original rookie deal, which as we know, 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.400 is at a pretty low number around five million dollars 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.079 thanks to hit him hitting some escalators on what was 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.600 a seventh round draft pick contract, Judy, we know from 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.840 the forty nine ers own words, they have been budgeting 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.480 for this. They have been preparing to pay Rock Party. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.600 They have every intention for Rock Party to be their 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.520 franchise quarterback. It's always tough, though, when you've got that 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.080 much smaller number in the last year of a deal, 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.480 to figure out how the cash flow works, how the 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.240 numbers work, to look the right way it's going to 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.079 be franchise quarterback money. They're just not yet at a 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.520 point of agreeing on exactly what those numbers should be. 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:46.760 They're not. 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.079 But as we were just talking about before, like this 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.120 is a franchise that has been very comfortable with letting 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:56.240 big contracts get done deep into the summer after training 0:09:56.320 --> 0:10:00.360 camp opens, you know, after a preseason games start July August, 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.600 you do wonder though, after last year when the Ayuk 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.720 situation sort of hung over them, they were flat, They 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.120 did not get off to a very good start. The 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.959 whole season sort of caved in. You do wonder if 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.200 maybe they are going to change their approach. They got 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.319 the Kittle deal done and that sort of felt like 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.280 they were clearing the decks to try to concentrate now 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.520 on getting party and we did here again when so 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.800 many veterans left during free agency, we did hear that 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.679 part of this was because they were getting prepared to 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.160 pay Brock Purdy. You do wonder if maybe they're going 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.720 to change their approach and try to get this done 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:35.600 so that everything is clear. 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:37.199 Nothing is hanging over the team. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.280 Certainly nothing is hanging over your franchise quarterback as you 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.920 go into what's going to be a really important season 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:43.480 for this team. 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:46.440 Yes, it's one thing to do that with Deebo Samuel 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.800 or Brandon Ayuk. It's another thing to do with your 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.800 starting quarterback. And he was there for the start of 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.040 off season workouts. The next step is OTA's is he 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.280 going to wind up being there for those You certainly 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.080 want your quarterback to be part of them, even if 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.400 they are voluntary. We have seen guys miss him at 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.360 the quarterback position before. I just every time I've seen 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:06.840 something in the last couple of days about brock Purty 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.520 and the monetary value, it seems like it's now accepted 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:11.719 that this is going to be in the fifties. With 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.400 regard to million dollars per year. It's like when we 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.600 talked about this a couple of weeks ago, or everybody. 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.440 What he's going to make fifty something, Yeah, fifty something million, 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.320 depending on where it is. In the fifties is low 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.040 when you're doing these deals because we're already in the sixties, 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:28.839 so he's taking less than that. 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.719 We talked about the percentage of the salary cap. So 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.959 I think both sites in this negotiation have also gotten 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:36.599 to the point where everybody, yeah, okay, it's going to 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:37.240 be in the fifties. 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.520 It's a question of how high. It's a question of structure. 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.040 There's still allowed to figure out. But at least they're 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:42.240 in the. 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.120 Same ballpark with regard to the first number on this 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.160 deal with average per year, Tom. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.600 Massive contracts like this usually don't get done unless you're 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:55.320 at least in top ten money for the position. Right now, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:59.040 that is over fifty million dollars per year, including for 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.080 a guy for everybody, he's saying, well, you can't build 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.959 around a quarterback making that money. Jalen Hurts is upwards 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.520 of fifty million dollars. That hasn't precluded the Eagles from 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.840 building a Super Bowl Championship caliber a team pretty of course, 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:11.880 does not have a fifty year option on his contract. 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.199 That's part of the unique dynamics of this. But the 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.480 deadline is coming up on Thursday. Four teams to exercise 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:19.960 those fifty year options on their first round picks from 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.000 the twenty twenty two draft. The Chiefs did that, no brainers. 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:26.840 Trent McDuffie George car loftis now under contract through twenty 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.440 twenty six, and you would certainly think Kansas City would 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.640 like to get extensions done with both sooner than later. 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.880 He has the upside the ceiling ball steels production. 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.199 There's tremendous upside, a tremendous due is a live arm. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:46.000 The blockbuster trade, the trade up, trade down rated outs 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:47.880 traded in getting out of this pick. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.040 Certainly open to trading. 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.680 Back the best available at your best available, best player available, 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.160 best available, slid. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.600 Down, stockpiling and raft Capital mock draft. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.600 In mock drafts, from the rest of my mock draft, 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:00.400 I'm going to probably hide under my bed, but. 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:01.560 This is one I got right. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.000 Time now for ask the Aces presented by ACE Hardware. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.760 Tom Pellisera with our Ace Brian Baldinger with us right here, Baldy, 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.239 I won't ask you to break down all the terminology 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.200 and whether or not DJ would have been better served 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.959 getting underneath his bed here, but let's just talk about 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.280 who benefited the most in your mind a couple of 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.800 days to marinate on this draft, what team improved the most. 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.439 Well, when you think about this, Tom, I mean the 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.600 Raiders had eleven picks. They won four games last year 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:33.319 in the division where Kansas City won fifteen. They've done 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.640 an improve a lot. And so it starts with the 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.679 drafting of this man right here, Ashton gent And it's 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.599 one thing to draft Ashton Genky, it's another thing to 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.240 have a plan for in the history of Pete Carroll 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:48.560 and also Chip Kelly is they're going to learn how 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.080 and show you how to use a running back. I mean, 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.480 we know what Pete Carroll's history is with Reggie Bush 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:57.000 at USC with Marshawn Lynch, at Seattle. But Chip Kelly 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.520 when he was the head coach of Philadelphia Shade McCoy 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.400 the rushing title his first year there in Philadelphia. So 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:06.280 it's one thing to get the back, build the offense 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.839 around the running back and Gino Smith, and then you 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.319 had Jack Best a receiver. They got to replace the 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.640 Bonte Adams from a year ago. And on defense they 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.240 released Jack Jones and starting left corner. How about Darien Porter, 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:23.120 a big, big, tall corner at Iowa State coming in 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.040 and maybe having a chance to compete for that starting 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:30.280 corner position. They might have found three starters right away 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.800 for this Raiders team that's trying to close the gap 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.160 with the Chargers in Denver. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.200 Everybody looking at the Kansas City Chiefs and chasing the 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.800 Chiefs talking to people who around the league. Going into 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:42.720 this draft, if there was one thing the Raiders needed, 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.240 it was just playmakers. Didn't matter exactly the position, just 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.120 get some playmakers. They did that with their top two picks. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.520 Let's talk about another team, Baldy, who'd you say improve 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.360 these second most in this draft? 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.200 Well, I mean the Voldema Ravens just know what they're doing, 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.840 they really do. They had eleven picks, and right away 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.680 they picked Malachi Starts. Many people had him as a 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.320 number one safety in this business, and they got to 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.080 replace some safeties that departed from a year ago. But 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:11.040 you match Malachi Starts along with Kyle Hamilton, you could 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.000 have the two most versatile safeties in the whole business. 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:15.840 They're interchangeable and versatile. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:19.200 And I think in Zach Worr's defense in his second 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.320 year where he really saw growth from his defense as 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.960 the season went on, you could see Malachi in a 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:26.160 variety of positions. 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.000 And then they go and get Mike Green. 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.000 Now, Mike Green slid all the way down to the 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.280 fifty ninth selection, but many people had him at a 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.600 mid first round pick, and just watching him at the 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.760 Senior Bowl, he might have been as good as end rusher, 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.640 maybe after Abdul Carter in this whole draft. And the 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.920 Ravens get him the paramo with Chuck Smith, their past 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.000 rush specialist coach, to go with what they'd got from 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.240 Kyle van Noy to adape Oway some of the guys 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.800 off the edge, he's going to fit in. And then look, 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.720 I always said this about the Ravens. Tom liked Dave 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.320 Place offensive lineman the way Walmart, you know, replaces things 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.800 off them shelf, you know, and then draft to three 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.760 more offensive linemen, including Emery Jones from LSU. You know, 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.960 who is you know, a bona fide potential starter at 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:18.240 both tackling guard to just start building that depth, or 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.680 when they have injuries, when they lose guys in free 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.760 agency like they have lost over the years, and they. 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.560 Just get to get next guys up and ready to go. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.920 So the Ravens do what the Ravens usually do, stockpile 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.480 offensive lineman, find starters right at the top of the draft. 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:34.160 And that's what they did in this draft. 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.480 Much like Walmart. If you are drafting Emery Jones, you 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.400 are buying in bulk. Baldi, thank you very much. A 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.640 lot more from you coming up in just a little bit. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.040 But first let's talk fantasy. It's never too early to 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.440 look ahead to your draft. Who will be this year's 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.320 Clyde Edwards z layer. Try not to be scarf about that. 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.080 I just mean the running back was a rookie. He 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:55.000 was gonna get over drafted. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:55.960 Is it scataboo? 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:56.520 Like? 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.240 I let Florio's with answers? Next on the insiders, h. 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.600 Hey Colson, Yes, sir, Hey, it's Ryan posting the Bears. 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.720 How you doing, man, Hey, I'm doing great. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.120 How you doing good? 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:11.760 Ready to be in Chicago Bear? 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.359 Let's go, coach, come on, let's go. 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:15.040 Let's go. 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.600 Yeah it, Oh, we are gonna be great. 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.479 I'm gonna do h hands with your coach Johnson. 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.359 Now, okay, yeah, let's go. 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:35.960 Come on now, come on, now we're cooking with hot grease. Now, man, 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:36.880 I'm telling. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:41.360 You, hey, thank you so much, coach. I appreciate Mark Closes. 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:43.639 I mean, well, yeah, I know exactly what we're getting. 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.520 Man, come on you excited? 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:47.560 Yes, sir, I can't wait. 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:49.400 I can't wait. Good Bear, good. 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.320 Coleston Loveland, the newest Chicago Bear. 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.639 And a guy that, uh Ben Johnson is going to 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.440 draw some things up for Stacy Dall's. Hey, guy that 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.639 a couple of teams were positioning to potentially trade up 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:04.879 if he lasted a little bit longer. The Bears, no 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.440 great need, said, let's add a piece, even though we 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.440 have Cole Commet at the tight end position the second round. 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.159 I remember talking to Bucky Brooks and Steve Weisch on 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.280 Saturday on the air on NFL Draft kick Off. They 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.600 were excited about Luther Burden as well being added in 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:20.919 the second round, so two offensive pieces for Ben Johnson. 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.320 As the remake on offense continues for the Bear stays. 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:26.600 Yeah, you know, this. 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.600 Luthor Burden pick is so interesting because we're all sitting there, 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.480 We're thinking he's not going to take a wide receiver 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.840 right sitting there at thirty nine, he's got forty one, 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.800 which they ended up moving back, but they end up 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.560