Speaker 1: No playoffs in twenty twenty five led to changes entering
Speaker 1: the twenty six season. Four Detroit Lions quarterback Jerry Goff
Speaker 1: joined us to explain how they plan to get their
Speaker 1: groove back in Motown. Oh, and we can't stop talking
Speaker 1: about quarterbacks or the teams that haven't settled on theirs.
Speaker 2: With the true.
Speaker 1: Competition set to begin as camp's open, our experts break
Speaker 1: down the battles. That's right, we're going head over heels
Speaker 1: as we get ready for the insiders or are.
Speaker 2: We welcome the Monday?
Speaker 1: Here on the insiders, we moved one day closer to
Speaker 1: the trainee camp. I have joined by our insiders, Ian
Speaker 1: Rappidboard and Julia Bautista, who can't get enough of watching
Speaker 1: Cam Scataboo do his thing. We'll get to him later
Speaker 1: because new today, the Packers in defensive end Devonte Wide
Speaker 1: have agreed the terms on a new three year, fifty
Speaker 1: seven million dollar contract. According to Ian Rappaport, Whyott was
Speaker 1: dunching the final.
Speaker 2: Year of his rookie deal and the Packers' rookies.
Speaker 1: They report to camp a week from today on July
Speaker 1: twenty seventh, with the veterans arriving on the twenty eighth
Speaker 1: and news.
Speaker 2: Out of Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1: Second year of safety Nick Eman war one of the
Speaker 1: top young defenders in the NFL, will enter training camp
Speaker 1: on the physically unable to perform lists a team and
Speaker 1: outs today. Per rules, Eman Warry can be activated at
Speaker 1: any point during camp when he is medically cleared.
Speaker 2: All right, let's take a look.
Speaker 1: At the teams that are going to be reporting to
Speaker 1: training camp. Is he the Seahawks and Niners rookies already
Speaker 1: getting to work, and a little bit later on the
Speaker 1: full rosters for the Panthers and the Cardinals, we'll be
Speaker 1: getting it going. Is they are the first teams to
Speaker 1: kick off our preseason on the Pro Football Hall.
Speaker 2: Of Fame Game.
Speaker 1: And let's get back with Judy Batista and Ian Rappaport. Judy,
Speaker 1: let's start with you and some of the training camp
Speaker 1: storylines you're most interested in.
Speaker 3: I'm actually interested in three two teams. One of them
Speaker 3: was on that list of the teams that are opening soon.
Speaker 3: Bill's Steelers, Ravens, all highly successful teams that have moved
Speaker 3: on from longtime head coaches who'd had a ton of success.
Speaker 4: At those places.
Speaker 3: Two of them, of course, won Super Bowls for those teams,
Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh, all three moving on two
Speaker 3: of the teams going with rookie head coaches. I am
Speaker 3: fascinated to see, first of all, how they put their
Speaker 3: fingerprints on these teams, all of whom are built to
Speaker 3: win right now. We're showing you the Pittsburgh Steelers, obviously
Speaker 3: with a forty something quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, they are
Speaker 3: trying to win right now. But the other two teams,
Speaker 3: of course have League MVP level quarterbacks.
Speaker 4: They are built to win right now.
Speaker 3: These moves were made to get a new voice in
Speaker 3: maybe to get some energy and to get them over
Speaker 3: the hump.
Speaker 4: They haven't been able to get.
Speaker 3: Back to the super Bowl in Pittsburgh, and in Baltimore,
Speaker 3: and of course in Buffalo, they haven't gotten to the
Speaker 3: Super Bowl in the Sean mcdonought eres. So it's going
Speaker 3: to be interesting to see how they put their fingerprints
Speaker 3: on these franchises. It's a big roll of the dice
Speaker 3: by ownership to break up with longtime head coaches who
Speaker 3: were consistently getting you to the playoffs. But we've seen
Speaker 3: it before. New coaches bring new energy and new messages.
Speaker 3: Is that going to be enough to get these three
Speaker 3: teams over the top?
Speaker 5: So many fascinating storylines. Is we get into training camp
Speaker 5: and I want to focus here, Judy on the quarterbacks,
Speaker 5: no surprise, and I'll start with the team that is
Speaker 5: having their players report first. That is the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 5: on the twenty second veterans and rookies both reported. As
Speaker 5: of right now, the Arizona Cardinals do not have their
Speaker 5: starting quarterback under a contract that he would want to
Speaker 5: play under. Jacoby Brissette has been over the course of
Speaker 5: the last several months of rolling in contract negotiations with
Speaker 5: the team, trying to get a little more money considering
Speaker 5: he is going into the season as the starter. Sutainly
Speaker 5: some drama there because if he is not there to
Speaker 5: take the first team reps, is Carson Becks who could
Speaker 5: possibly challenge him? And how much do those reps help? Meanwhile,
Speaker 5: for the Minnesota Vikings, no doubt one of the biggest
Speaker 5: storylines of all of training camp. They have their quarterback
Speaker 5: battle as well as Kyler Murray is a JJ McCarthy
Speaker 5: that is going to be going on throughout camp, through
Speaker 5: the preseason games, right up to the start of the
Speaker 5: season obviously has wide ranging ramifications for the organization, but
Speaker 5: who ends up being their starter will go a long
Speaker 5: way determining just how these Minnesota Vikings end up doing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's gonna be one of the top story lines
Speaker 1: all through training camp all bet we see the games
Speaker 1: being played in week one. I want to bring things
Speaker 1: back closer to Los Angeles because they are two high
Speaker 1: level young pass rushers who are up for contract extensions.
Speaker 2: And let's start with the Chargers. And that's as Tully
Speaker 2: twea Polo to who is.
Speaker 1: Just coming off a thirteen and a half sack season. Yes,
Speaker 1: he's playing alongside Khalil Mack, but he is eligible for.
Speaker 2: A contract extension.
Speaker 1: There have been conversations, we're getting closer to the opening
Speaker 1: of training camp, nothing has been finalized.
Speaker 2: Tua Polo too, only twenty three years old.
Speaker 1: Seems like he's of the age and of the ascension
Speaker 1: to be a defensive pillar the Chargers.
Speaker 2: Would like to build around. Now let's go over to
Speaker 2: the Rams.
Speaker 1: Yes, the offseason conversation deservedly has been around their acquisition
Speaker 1: of Miles Garrett, but Byron Young, another third year player,
Speaker 1: is coming off of a twelve sacks season. He is
Speaker 1: somebody in three years who has twenty seven and a
Speaker 1: half sacks, and with Garrett on the other side, those
Speaker 1: numbers could continue to go up because.
Speaker 2: The attention that's paid to Garrett.
Speaker 1: One thing that could really hamper young and a big
Speaker 1: deal is he's twenty eight years old.
Speaker 2: That's kind of old for a third year player.
Speaker 1: But that is going to be something to watch going
Speaker 1: into camp and through camp because these are two ascending players,
Speaker 1: Judy and Ian. We will be back with you a
Speaker 1: little bit later, and let's go to Detroit where their
Speaker 1: rookies report to training camp Saturday, and the Veterans court
Speaker 1: on July twenty eighth, and their quarterback Jared Goff, has
Speaker 1: something to say about how things could go as camp
Speaker 1: gets going.
Speaker 2: It's be great.
Speaker 6: Let's go, buddy, it'll be great.
Speaker 2: Let's go. Let's go to work today. Fellows back on track,
Speaker 2: let's go.
Speaker 7: What was that?
Speaker 6: Big?
Speaker 2: And no one's coming up? Tell us make some plays.
Speaker 2: Let's go. This is the one here. Golf turns gives
Speaker 2: to Gibbs, Bill, Gilly big, what do you got?
Speaker 5: Gets lit school little still little still blue, Lil score,
Speaker 5: LIBI still goody.
Speaker 2: That is one of my favorite wins of all time?
Speaker 1: All right, Jared here joining me in Stacey Dales and Jared,
Speaker 1: I just want to get kind of right to it.
Speaker 1: How did not making the postseason last year impact the
Speaker 1: approach heading into training camp?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it made us really hungry, really, it
Speaker 7: really did. And even though we had a winning record
Speaker 7: and we were nine and eight, it wasn't good enough.
Speaker 7: We came in fourth place in our division, and it's
Speaker 7: it's really you know, we came up in a lot
Speaker 7: of ways, and finding a way to win our division
Speaker 7: first again, get back on top of our division we
Speaker 7: had won it two years prior, and finding a way
Speaker 7: to win that division and then see what happens when
Speaker 7: you get to the playoffs. But yeah, we're hungry, man,
Speaker 7: we really are, and certainly excited to get after it.
Speaker 8: Jared, The relationship between the play caller and the quarterback,
Speaker 8: as you know firsthand, is so essential. What is that
Speaker 8: relationship like with Drew Petson, your new offensive coordinator, and
Speaker 8: how you share ideas and create concepts within this offense.
Speaker 6: Yeah, he's been awesome.
Speaker 7: He really has been great to work with and I
Speaker 7: really want to try to be an extension of him
Speaker 7: on the field, and then hopefully he's an extension of
Speaker 7: me when coming up with plays throughout the week and
Speaker 7: having ideas. So it's trying to be on the same
Speaker 7: page at all times and constant communication. That's what I
Speaker 7: try to do with him is just talk with him
Speaker 7: as much as possible, and I know he's doing the
Speaker 7: same with me, but making sure we're on the same
Speaker 7: page and understanding each other to the fullest extent. And
Speaker 7: there will be growing pains, there always is, But up
Speaker 7: to this point, man, it's been really, really good and I've.
Speaker 6: Had a lot of fun working with him.
Speaker 8: You have so many weapons on this offense. We know
Speaker 8: the dual threat powerhouse that Jamira Gibbs is'm and Ross
Speaker 8: Saint Brown three straight all pro seasons. What is it like,
Speaker 8: Jared working with him as your go to guy and
Speaker 8: understanding he's just always there for you, and the daily
Speaker 8: experience of training with him.
Speaker 7: Yeah, he's the best, he really is. And you know,
Speaker 7: for I think he's the best wide receiver in the league.
Speaker 7: I think he's the only guy who catches with it,
Speaker 7: runs with it, blocks does everything. He can do it
Speaker 7: all and it's it's a lot of fun to work
Speaker 7: with him and to play with him and the way he.
Speaker 6: Works in practice, he makes he makes me want to
Speaker 6: get him the ball.
Speaker 7: He makes me want to reward him for all his
Speaker 7: hard work, and you know it makes everyone around him
Speaker 7: work harder. And he's just such a great teammate, great player,
Speaker 7: great person, and I love playing with him.
Speaker 1: Like you said, the numbers back up the fact that
Speaker 1: he's one of, if not the best wide.
Speaker 2: Receivers in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Why don't you think he gets more acclaim when people
Speaker 1: talk about the best wide receivers.
Speaker 2: I don't know, man, that's your guys' show. Okay, Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's on our lab. Well done, Jerry, I'm doing my part. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2: We do what we can do.
Speaker 1: Hey, but Jared, also, you know we see the pizza
Speaker 1: boxes behind you for little seizures.
Speaker 2: Is what can you tell us about that?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 7: I'm honored I was chosen to kind of represent Detroit
Speaker 7: in that way and to be with the Little Caesars now.
Speaker 7: I've been seeing them across Detroit for so long and
Speaker 7: being able to partner with them today and do this
Speaker 7: campaign will be a lot of fun and I'm excited
Speaker 7: about it.
Speaker 1: All right, man, Well, good luck we'll talk to you soon, Jered, congratulation.
Speaker 6: Thank you. I'll get you some pizza soon.
Speaker 2: Okay, excellent, I'm down all right.
Speaker 1: I think Jared pipluats pineapple on his pizza too. Another
Speaker 1: storyline to watch heading into the twenty twenty six NFL
Speaker 1: season is whether the World Cup reignites the debate over
Speaker 1: playing surfaces. Spain's one zere A victory over Argentina in
Speaker 1: the FIFA World Cup Final at Metlive Stadium yesterday once
Speaker 1: again and put the spotlight on natural grass for the tournament.
Speaker 1: Fever required MetLife and several other NFL stadiums with artificial
Speaker 1: turf to install temporary natural grass fields, reinforcing its long
Speaker 1: standing mandate the world the World Cup matches be played
Speaker 1: on grass. Some NFL players have voiced their opinions on
Speaker 1: social media. Here's George Kittle, grass still looks great. Let's
Speaker 1: use grass instead of turf, Jonathan Taylor natural grass is
Speaker 1: an out of reach prioritizing players shouldn't be either. We
Speaker 1: are worth the cost. There's NFL Field director Nick Pappis
Speaker 1: back in April with Judy Batista at the league meeting,
Speaker 1: addressing this matter specifically, We've got the.
Speaker 3: World Cup coming to the United States this summer, they're
Speaker 3: obviously using a bunch of NFL stadiums, so there are
Speaker 3: grass fields in those stadiums, and.
Speaker 4: Of course everybody wants to know, why can't we just
Speaker 4: keep those grass fields?
Speaker 2: Nick?
Speaker 9: Yeah, if ever it was so simple, I think, you know,
Speaker 9: the biggest thing you can to remember about the World
Speaker 9: Cup tournament is that it's got exclusivity in these buildings, right,
Speaker 9: And I think that's one of the big pieces. The
Speaker 9: only thing that's going to see those playing services is
Speaker 9: going to be World Cup matches, and that's not a
Speaker 9: normal usage of our venues. The other thing you got
Speaker 9: to consider is the duration of time. It's only going
Speaker 9: to be what June and July, and then we'll see
Speaker 9: those those fields exit our stadium. So it's a short
Speaker 9: term option. It may work well for the World Cup,
Speaker 9: it may work well for their athletes, who are very
Speaker 9: different than our athletes. The demands of the game are
Speaker 9: also very different, and I think just making sure that
Speaker 9: that is even a viable option for an NFL venue.
Speaker 2: Is something that still needs to be determined.
Speaker 1: Yeah, don't look like anything's going to be changing soon,
Speaker 1: but look at some of the MetLife Stadium.
Speaker 2: Notable injuries on the artificial surface.
Speaker 1: You're saying Aaron Rodgers, Malik Neighbors ACL and the Bosa ACL,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo Ankle Sterling Shepherd had two injuries on that
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium field. So let's bring back Judy Batista and
Speaker 1: Ian Rapid for wrap, Ian Rappaport for the Sorry about that.
Speaker 1: I but Judy, this really has reignited the conversation. But
Speaker 1: will it reignite any changes?
Speaker 4: I don't think so.
Speaker 3: You heard Nick Pappas explain, like NFL stadiums are not
Speaker 3: like what FIFA was demanding. FIFA demanded nothing else go
Speaker 3: on in those stadiums for weeks ahead of time. The
Speaker 3: grass was laid down like ten weeks before the World
Speaker 3: Cup even began, and then, of course the World Cup
Speaker 3: has been going on for five or six weeks with
Speaker 3: nothing else happening at that stadium. Well, like MetLife Stadium,
Speaker 3: for example, has stuff going on constantly, not just giants
Speaker 3: and jets, games, big concerts, tractor polls, all kinds of events.
Speaker 3: So it's hard to imagine that that grass field would
Speaker 3: hold up very well under all of those conditions. And
Speaker 3: that's the case in most NFL stadiums. Now, there are
Speaker 3: NFL stadiums that have grass, some better than others.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 3: There have been complaints about the grass in Pittsburgh and Chicago,
Speaker 3: not surprisingly their climates are tough like New York is.
Speaker 3: But in Florida, for example, the Miami Dolphins own their
Speaker 3: own sub farm and they replace the natural grass regularly
Speaker 3: because that stadium hard rock does host a whole variety
Speaker 3: of events, So you.
Speaker 4: Could go that route. Certainly, there is an economic consideration
Speaker 4: here for a lot of teams.
Speaker 3: The question is are you better off with bad grass
Speaker 3: than a good artificial turf. The other thing to keep
Speaker 3: in mind is this conversation is going to.
Speaker 4: Continue to go on.
Speaker 3: There are eventually going to be CBA negotiations between the
Speaker 3: Players Association and the league, and the Players Association could
Speaker 3: certainly make a decision to press this issue during those
Speaker 3: negotiations and then you see if those two sides can
Speaker 3: come to a deal.
Speaker 5: And that's really going to be fascinating, Judy, because it's
Speaker 5: one thing to have a grassroots social media push, which
Speaker 5: seems to be going on now from the NFLP now
Speaker 5: that their leader JC Tretterer is in charge. And really
Speaker 5: kind of the first grassroo movements we've.
Speaker 2: Seen under the new leadership.
Speaker 5: It's another thing to say during CBA negotiations that we're
Speaker 5: going to put our foot down on grass versus turf,
Speaker 5: when really there are other issues, monetary issues that generally
Speaker 5: kind of come to the forefront and generate much more
Speaker 5: of the spotlight. This issue is not going away. The
Speaker 5: turf is getting much better. I think that's one of
Speaker 5: the things that the NFL has talked about part of
Speaker 5: the problem here, Judy, You know this as well as anyone.
Speaker 5: The NFL has presented the evidence that turf is really
Speaker 5: not worse than grass on any sort of noticeable level.
Speaker 5: For whatever reason, people and especially players don't seem to
Speaker 5: believe it. Getting everyone to understand the real actual evidence
Speaker 5: will certainly help in this matter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, there's that evidence right there.
Speaker 1: But again, with the players are saying the grass actually
Speaker 1: feels better on their bodies, that's something that should be
Speaker 1: held into account. And we do know a lot of
Speaker 1: teams have added grass practice facilities even if they play
Speaker 1: in their games on turf.
Speaker 2: All right, Judy and Ian, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: Kamara down with the Saints back for another season, Another
Speaker 1: former Saints legend running back is going to be here
Speaker 1: to talk a little bit more about Camara and his
Speaker 1: impact in New Orleans. I know, yeah, Cam'scattaboo. Over the weekend,
Speaker 1: you had to flipping out.
Speaker 2: Oops. I think hopefully we stick the landing a little
Speaker 2: bit better than that.
Speaker 1: We come back here on the Insiders a little bit
Speaker 1: more discussion.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Insider's role.
Speaker 1: Over the weekend, Giants running back Cam Scattaboo gave the
Speaker 1: fans a bit of a scare when he attempted to
Speaker 1: backflip and fell at fanatics Fest.
Speaker 2: Didn't quite stick to landing, but no need to worry here.
Speaker 1: Scatabou made sure to let everyone know afterwards that he's
Speaker 1: just fine.
Speaker 2: So when I took off, I was in mid air, like,
Speaker 2: holy cow, I'm not going to land this. I'm way
Speaker 2: too high landed. But it had too much cushion.
Speaker 3: It wasn't a stiff, firm ground, so it's wind of
Speaker 3: kind of like went back safely.
Speaker 6: Landed, got back up, it was good to go.
Speaker 2: So nothing came out from that.
Speaker 5: I'm perfectly fine, nothing happened, We're.
Speaker 2: Good, okay.
Speaker 1: And Jueyt of course he had to reassure he was
Speaker 1: reassures he was good because he's coming off of a
Speaker 1: broken tibia and an ankle injury that cost him a
Speaker 1: big part of his rookie season last year.
Speaker 2: Judy, I saw your reaction on social media.
Speaker 1: How do you think the Giants themselves felt about Skataboo
Speaker 1: saying being not quite risk averse.
Speaker 3: I think the Giants probably realized this is part of
Speaker 3: the Cam Stataboo package. If you remember, he actually stuck
Speaker 3: the landing on a back flip during a charity softball
Speaker 3: event with his teammates a few months ago, and John
Speaker 3: Harbaugh joke during mini camp like he told him they
Speaker 3: maybe not do the backflip so much anymore.
Speaker 4: So maybe that message needs to be delivered. Listen, Cam
Speaker 4: Scataboo is a.
Speaker 3: Big part of this Team's going to be a big
Speaker 3: part of this offense, assuming that he is fully healthy
Speaker 3: coming out of training camp. They want to run the ball,
Speaker 3: they want to be bullies, they want to dominate the
Speaker 3: line of scrimmage. They've got a pretty good running back room.
Speaker 3: It's him Tyrone, Tracy Singletary is still there. They got
Speaker 3: a bunch of good running backs. They need him to
Speaker 3: be healthy. They need him to be to bring the
Speaker 3: electricity that he brings. I thought his relationship with Jackson
Speaker 3: Dart really powered the movement last year where you saw
Speaker 3: sparks for the future. Jackson Dart, by the way, is
Speaker 3: a really good friend and teammate. He said, Wow, that
Speaker 3: was really great burst that he saw a good explosion.
Speaker 3: So this is part of what you get with Camp Scataby.
Speaker 3: You just have to hope he can stay in one
Speaker 3: piece and he can bring that energy and intensity to
Speaker 3: the field.
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is really the nine Missionnario in so so
Speaker 5: so many ways. Jude I was spending time with the
Speaker 5: general manager earlier this summer. You got a call from
Speaker 5: someone very high up at his organization, and the first
Speaker 5: thought that this person had seeing the phone call was like,
Speaker 5: oh my god, because really there's no reason to call
Speaker 5: a general manager during the summer. Ever, if there's something
Speaker 5: like cool happening, just text, because any phone call you
Speaker 5: know it's bad, right, And so if Joe Shane is
Speaker 5: getting a call about Camps Scattabou hurting himself doing a
Speaker 5: backflip at some Fanatics event, that is all bad. The
Speaker 5: other part of this is so much of what teams
Speaker 5: want to do during the summer is literally just get
Speaker 5: to training him. Don't anything stupid happen, keep everyone clear
Speaker 5: out of trouble, no issues, keep everyone healthy.
Speaker 2: Just get them through training camp.
Speaker 5: And in an unforced era, almost camp Scattaboo nearly made
Speaker 5: that a complete disaster. Everyone just stay on your feet.
Speaker 5: We got like a week to go that you could.
Speaker 6: Just go back to football and do whatever you want.
Speaker 1: Guys the window guys who suffered big injuries while they
Speaker 1: are jet skiing, while they're all playing basketball, things like
Speaker 1: that that have enabled them not to get to training camp.
Speaker 1: Had he stuck the landing, I think we would have
Speaker 1: been okay. But he did cause a little bit bit
Speaker 1: of a start.
Speaker 5: All right, a week or so to go intil the
Speaker 5: Green Bay Packers reports to training camp and they are
Speaker 5: doing some work, as they have done really for much
Speaker 5: of this offseason. They're making sure that some of their
Speaker 5: young stars get paid. The latest defensive lineman, Devonte Wide,
Speaker 5: gets a three year, fifty seven million dollar contract extension,
Speaker 5: twenty million dollars in a signing bonus, and a deal
Speaker 5: done by Win Sports. Devonte White is coming off the
Speaker 5: best season of his career, overcoming a broken leg at
Speaker 5: the end, but still, I mean really looks like the
Speaker 5: butting star that the Packers hoped he would be, which
Speaker 5: now means, Judy, there is one more star for the
Speaker 5: green Bay Packers that still is doing a contract extension.
Speaker 5: Tucker Craft coming up a touring ACL surely now the
Speaker 5: target for Green Bay. The hope is at some point
Speaker 5: before the season he will be the latest Packer to
Speaker 5: cash in on a huge deal, Judy.
Speaker 3: Another team getting ready to report Cleveland. Brown's veterans are
Speaker 3: reporting July twenty and one of the biggest storylines of
Speaker 3: the summer is their quarterback competition and now healthy Deshaun
Speaker 3: Watson versus the incumbent second year quarterback Shador Sanders. Back
Speaker 3: in the spring, Watson didn't seem to take an early league.
Speaker 3: Then Shador made.
Speaker 2: Up some ground.
Speaker 3: Coach Todd Munkinhead originally wanted to name a starter coming
Speaker 3: out of the spring.
Speaker 4: He ended up not doing that.
Speaker 3: He wanted to see more work, so training camp starts
Speaker 3: with a true competition. Keep an eye on those joint
Speaker 3: practices and preseason games. Here's Shador on the state of
Speaker 3: play in Cleveland.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I would say it's the same thing that we've
Speaker 10: been saying from day one. You know, we're both trying
Speaker 10: to be the best version of ourselves we could be,
Speaker 10: so we're not going to let anything get in between
Speaker 10: of that. So it's a level of respect you know
Speaker 10: that we all in the quarterback room have for each other,
Speaker 10: and we're not really emotional when it comes to things
Speaker 10: that we can't control. We mainly focus on and thrive
Speaker 10: on getting better and the work every day.
Speaker 2: So if I.
Speaker 10: Like something doing, I ask if he looks up like
Speaker 10: some I do it, and I asked, like is conversation
Speaker 10: and that's what's most effective.
Speaker 2: All right, let's bring in Mark Rowson.
Speaker 1: Stacy dials for more on the quarterback battles to watch
Speaker 1: heading into.
Speaker 2: Camp, and Mark, let's start right there in Cleveland. What
Speaker 2: about that competition.
Speaker 11: Well, look, as a personnel apartment, you always want the
Speaker 11: best player to win the job, to give you the
Speaker 11: best chance to win, but you also have to take
Speaker 11: in effect what you have invested in these players. And
Speaker 11: for the Browns That'sted a fifth round pick in Shador Sanders,
Speaker 11: and they have invested Stacy two hundred and thirty three
Speaker 11: million and counting for Deshaun Watson. So if all things
Speaker 11: are equal throughout training camp. If it is a true
Speaker 11: open competition, or if they haven't already know that Deshaun's
Speaker 11: going to be the guy, then I would think they
Speaker 11: have to lean to Deshaun Watson to be the guy,
Speaker 11: just because of how much they have invested. Shador a
Speaker 11: lot younger, of course, has time, so at his best.
Speaker 11: Of course, DeShawn Watson was a top five pick. We
Speaker 11: haven't seen that in a long long time. Shaudor showed
Speaker 11: the flashes last year. Stacey needs more consistency. But if
Speaker 11: all else is equal, I gotta figure they got to
Speaker 11: go with the Shan is the guy.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and I think he's a hair ahead right now.
Speaker 8: If you talk to people there in Cleveland, listen, Todd
Speaker 8: Munkin was brought in to fix a problem. He was
Speaker 8: a former quarterback and he was brought in to fix
Speaker 8: not only this offense, but this quarterback issue.
Speaker 4: It's a carousel.
Speaker 8: It's been one there in Cleveland since twenty twenty thirteen,
Speaker 8: different starting quarterbacks, and so here he comes to fix
Speaker 8: the thirtieth rank total offense in terms of yards, thirty
Speaker 8: first in scoring, they were worst in yards per play,
Speaker 8: and Shador Sanders has had a very good offseason. Remember
Speaker 8: back to back achilles injuries, those ruptures. Hasn't played essentially
Speaker 8: game football since January of twenty five, but he's been
Speaker 8: really sound through the course of OTA's He's driving the ball,
Speaker 8: as Todd Munkin has talked about, and he's shown signs
Speaker 8: of that mobility that we became so accustomed to. Perhaps
Speaker 8: this could be a potential comeback a Player of the
Speaker 8: Year should.
Speaker 2: He be the guy.
Speaker 8: And again, by all reports out of Cleveland, he seems
Speaker 8: to be a hairhead of Shador who also has shown
Speaker 8: signs of improvement. He was their best passer last season, Steve,
Speaker 8: and he has shown better decision making up the line
Speaker 8: of scrimmage. But nonetheless, it'll be a quarterback competition. They
Speaker 8: are splitting reps starting in training camp.
Speaker 2: Whoever wins a job.
Speaker 1: Let's not forget the Browns heavily invest in their offensive
Speaker 1: line in free agency and in the draft, and they
Speaker 1: got him two young wide receivers.
Speaker 2: In the draft.
Speaker 1: So whoever comes in is going to come in with
Speaker 1: with an offensive staff to help support them. All right, Mark,
Speaker 1: back to you, Minnesota. Another storyline with that quarterback battle,
Speaker 1: give us some insight.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well this is two guys in two different directions.
Speaker 2: Kyler Murray trying to resurrect his career.
Speaker 11: You know, people forget how well he played offensive Rookie
Speaker 11: of the Year, a couple of Pro Bowls, and JJ
Speaker 11: McCarthy just trying to prove he can be the guy.
Speaker 2: And of course, again when I talked about the.
Speaker 11: Investment in these players, if you try right up to
Speaker 11: draft the quarterback with a tenth pick in the draft,
Speaker 11: as the Vikings did for JJ McCarthy, you want him
Speaker 11: to be your guy, not just for this year, but
Speaker 11: for the long term. Of course, only playing paying Kyler
Speaker 11: Murray one point three million just because of the past contract,
Speaker 11: but they would want Jada to perform and looked well.
Speaker 11: But I think Kyler Murray definitely gives them the best chance,
Speaker 11: especially how nasty that defense is. Kyler, with still some playmaking,
Speaker 11: just has to get a little bit more comfortable consistent
Speaker 11: in what he does.
Speaker 8: Stacy, Yeah, and it's an unusual situation for Kyler Murray.
Speaker 8: He's always been the starter in his career and now
Speaker 8: he's having to share fifty to fifty reps with JJ McCarthy.
Speaker 8: And what does that mean, Well, you're getting less reps.
Speaker 8: So if you were room for error, less room for
Speaker 8: error what I'm looking for in training camp? A couple things. Shockingly,
Speaker 8: the Minnesota Vikings finished dead last with thirty giveaways offensively
Speaker 8: last season.
Speaker 2: They went through a carousel of quarterback.
Speaker 8: Speaking of carousel, JJ McCarthy, Carson Wentz, Max Brosmer, And
Speaker 8: so you're looking that stability from the position. But who
Speaker 8: values the football through training camp? Which is hard to
Speaker 8: do because if you're Kyler Murray, you're learning a new offense.
Speaker 8: There will be mistakes. But ultimately I have one player
Speaker 8: circled that is Justin Jefferson. Mark you mentioned him career lows.
Speaker 8: He's still at over one thousand receiving yards, but twelve
Speaker 8: and a half yards per catch, two touchdowns receiving the football.
Speaker 4: He was frustrated.
Speaker 8: It was frustrating to watch which guy has the most
Speaker 8: chemistry starting with Justin Jefferson. Those are things KOC is
Speaker 8: going to be looking at.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Bingos, Stacy, you nailed it right there. And look,
Speaker 1: I don't think they brought Kyler Murray in there to
Speaker 1: be a backup. If they had that much faith in
Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, they wouldn't have gone with a veteran like that,
Speaker 1: as you said, someone who is used to being the guy.
Speaker 1: Now one of the most intriguing quarterback battles down in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: Mark Ross. Two lefties battling for the job and the
Speaker 1: same type of scenario though, as you just explained in Minnesota.
Speaker 11: Yeah, for sure, as I talked about in Minnesota, the
Speaker 11: Atlanta Falcons took Michael Pennick with the eighth pick. In TUA,
Speaker 11: they're basically have the bargain rate for him and for
Speaker 11: Kevin Stefanski. You know, you talked about Stacey talked about
Speaker 11: Cleveland the quarterback Caarra, so Kevin Stefanski was a part
Speaker 11: of that. Now he comes down to Atlanta and still
Speaker 11: doesn't have that quarterback stability.
Speaker 2: And to me, this is going to come down to
Speaker 2: who can stay out of the training room.
Speaker 11: You know, Pennix is coming off the injury off, injured
Speaker 11: in college, banged up here and now Tua. Of course
Speaker 11: we know his long injury history as well, So who
Speaker 11: can stay on the field is going to.
Speaker 2: Win the job.
Speaker 11: Of course, Pennix showed a lot of promise in his
Speaker 11: short time there. Short stand especially that connection with Drake
Speaker 11: London and the rejuvenated Kyle Pitts. You know, Tua at
Speaker 11: his best, the timing throws, the throws in the middle,
Speaker 11: getting the ball out, quick, quick decisions, and you just
Speaker 11: didn't see that last year where he looked almost like
Speaker 11: a shot fighter, and he just didn't have that same
Speaker 11: sort of quick minding, quick release that he showed in
Speaker 11: the past. So we'll see if he can regain the
Speaker 11: early career or two.
Speaker 2: Of at his best. But Penix, to me, definitely gives
Speaker 2: him the best chance.
Speaker 11: And of course the people here the front office will
Speaker 11: want him to win the job because we've.
Speaker 2: Spent the eighth pick of the draft on this guy. Stacey.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and unfortunately, so coming back from that ACL that
Speaker 8: left ACL the third mark of his career, he is
Speaker 8: roughly by training camp, nine months into the rehabilitation process,
Speaker 8: cleared to throw the football in March, but kind of
Speaker 8: liking it to Patrick Mahomes right, got to ease him
Speaker 8: back into this thing, which you would assume, regardless of
Speaker 8: our opinions, that Tua is out there throwing the football
Speaker 8: and in this sort of quick game screens play action
Speaker 8: with Kevin Stefanski, moved the chains. He's got a quick
Speaker 8: trigger now, I just want to give a shout out
Speaker 8: to our research guy Lawan Jones.
Speaker 2: Just a little nugget for our viewers.
Speaker 8: Last time we had two lefties on a team in
Speaker 8: the National Football League per la Quan nineteen ninety seven
Speaker 8: with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mark Brunell was the starter. Steve
Speaker 8: Matthews was the third stringer. So cool storyline there. Whatever
Speaker 8: man takes this job, ultimately this season, the backup will
Speaker 8: be essential.
Speaker 2: Mark.
Speaker 8: You talked about it and alluded to the injury history.
Speaker 8: This is a very important quarterback situation in Atlanta because
Speaker 8: of that injury history, and the backup will matter regardless
Speaker 8: of who the starter is.
Speaker 2: That's right, guys.
Speaker 1: I mean it might not matter who starts, might matters
Speaker 1: who finishes. All right, Now, let's say you to Las Vegas.
Speaker 2: Mark.
Speaker 1: We know Clint Kubiak, new head coach of the Raiders
Speaker 1: say the first not to start a rookie that he
Speaker 1: needs to learn behind a veteran. You've got Kirk Cousins,
Speaker 1: but you also got the top pick in Fernando Mendoza.
Speaker 1: Change his mind for me. Why should Fernando be the guy? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he has to be the guy.
Speaker 11: Clint Kubeck took that job for Bernando Mendoza, not for
Speaker 11: Kirk Cousins. And Fernando Mendoza with so much success and
Speaker 11: so much playtime that he had in college, I.
Speaker 2: Think he's ready, He's mature to do it.
Speaker 11: And when you really look, the old school thinking was
Speaker 11: let the guys sit, But the last few years, just
Speaker 11: look at last year, even though cam Ward and Jackson
Speaker 11: Dark and Tyler Shuck struggled some, that you showed the
Speaker 11: promise and now going in a year two you feel
Speaker 11: so much better about them having And then going two
Speaker 11: years ago with Caleb Williams and Jaydon Daniels and Bo
Speaker 11: Nix and Drake May who struggled year one, but then
Speaker 11: year two went to the Super Bowl because he put
Speaker 11: together and took those lumps.
Speaker 2: And now they're ready to go.
Speaker 8: Yeah, and Fernando will eventually be the guy, Mark and Steve,
Speaker 8: but for now, Clint Kubiak, let's be clear, he's told
Speaker 8: us Kirk Cousins is the guy, and maybe until his
Speaker 8: performance and play deems otherwise. But hey, Kubiak was with
Speaker 8: him in Minnesota a few years ago, helped coach him
Speaker 8: to a Pro Bowl. Kirk Cousins and I want to
Speaker 8: leave one thought overarching all of this. Tom Brady is
Speaker 8: looking at this whole darn thing, and guess who he
Speaker 8: had to sit behind there in New England, a guy
Speaker 8: named Drew Bledsoe. So he's telling Fernando Mendoza, you better
Speaker 8: be careful, you better retain, you better learn how to
Speaker 8: not make the same mistake twice. And you've got a
Speaker 8: leader in Kirk Cousins that you should be learning from.
Speaker 8: And Kubiak has stated, Stephen Mark, we're counting on Kirk
Speaker 8: Cousins to teach him, show him how it's done, show
Speaker 8: him the ropes. But you still have Tom Brady over
Speaker 8: there helping this young man too. He is surrounded by
Speaker 8: brilliance in the game and will eventually be brilliant, you'd
Speaker 8: think because of that.
Speaker 1: Speaking of brilliant, Station Mark, you brought it to this segment,
Speaker 1: we will be done talking about this again. That's gonna
Speaker 1: be a theme all through training camp and we come back,
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about another quarterback, Tyler Shupp down
Speaker 1: in New Orleans as former Sage running back in their
Speaker 1: current radio color analyst Duce McCallister.
Speaker 2: Joins the show next.
Speaker 1: Well, we've got a lot of excitement around the New
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints heading into training camp, in part because our
Speaker 1: ian Rappaport reported Alvin, the veteran.
Speaker 2: Running back whose status was a little up in the air, has.
Speaker 1: Reworked his contract to be back in the Saints backfield
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six. He'll be joined by newcomer Travis
Speaker 1: atn So. For more on that backfield and more Saints talk,
Speaker 1: let's bring in former Saints running back Deuce McCallister, who
Speaker 1: also does radio for the Saints.
Speaker 2: Deuce, always good seeing you, And let's start.
Speaker 1: Right there about the potential of this backfield. Alvin Kamara.
Speaker 1: We know the versatility he brings, but now they pair
Speaker 1: him with Travis Hen what can those two do in tandem.
Speaker 6: Well, you're really pleased that Alvin was able to get
Speaker 6: the deal done. And you know with the organization, anytime
Speaker 6: that you have a player and a team trying to
Speaker 6: work through a contract, that's always a source spot. But
Speaker 6: you're happy to have that kind of out of the way.
Speaker 6: And now you look, you want to get back to football,
Speaker 6: and so Alvin will tell you that, hey, look he
Speaker 6: still has something left in the tank. And being able
Speaker 6: to partner with a you know, hopefully that gives him
Speaker 6: that one to two duo that this offense has really
Speaker 6: missed the last couple of years. I mean when you
Speaker 6: go and looking up, you haven't had a ton of explosives.
Speaker 6: As something that Travis can add to that mix and
Speaker 6: take some of that pressure off from just having to
Speaker 6: be the league guy. I think that definitely him as well.
Speaker 9: Well.
Speaker 1: Again, I met a lot of excitement around the Saints.
Speaker 1: I think part of it's with this offense because of
Speaker 1: quarterback Tyler Shuck Duce. You were there, you saw him
Speaker 1: the last two thirds of the season last year. He
Speaker 1: added a complete new element to this offense, completed a
Speaker 1: high number of his passes, especially in that intermediate range.
Speaker 1: What are the expectations for Shock going into the season.
Speaker 6: Well, I think when you talk about Tyler, you just
Speaker 6: want to see some growth. I think that's probably the
Speaker 6: most important part when you talk about not only from
Speaker 6: a leadership standpoint, but you have to be able to
Speaker 6: do it on the field. And you can talk about
Speaker 6: the last half of that season how they were able
Speaker 6: to put some wins together. Him go out there get
Speaker 6: some experience. But now I see some growth from that
Speaker 6: stage and from that standpoint, they the Saints have done
Speaker 6: a really good job. You've added to the offensive line
Speaker 6: with Edward gi We're able to get some speed on
Speaker 6: the outside, and I think that was probably the most
Speaker 6: critical thing for this offense. You know, one being able
Speaker 6: to run the football, take some pressure off of that
Speaker 6: young quarterback, but then be able to add to that
Speaker 6: not only tight end room offensive line, but on the
Speaker 6: outside as far as receiver being able to have some
Speaker 6: explosive plays. That's what this offense needs. It's always hard
Speaker 6: to grind out a ten to twelve play drive in
Speaker 6: the NFL. If you can have a couple of guys
Speaker 6: that can take the top off of that defense, that
Speaker 6: definitely helps you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, drafted Jordan Tyson in the first round, the wide
Speaker 1: receiver to go with Chris Alave. You got two guys
Speaker 1: who can really go. Let's go also go revisit a
Speaker 1: little bit of retaining a veteran cam. Jordan decided to
Speaker 1: sign the one year deal to come back. How important
Speaker 1: is that coming off a ten and a half sack
Speaker 1: season to get him back in the mix of a
Speaker 1: defense that was much better than people give it credit for.
Speaker 6: Yeah, rich better and I think you know, for Cam
Speaker 6: it was an opportunity to kind of finish some things
Speaker 6: that he had started. You know, he had some opportunities
Speaker 6: to go to some other places, but for him just
Speaker 6: being able to talk to him, you know, not only
Speaker 6: wanting to finish finish his career in New Orleans, but
Speaker 6: I think the aspect of the wife and kids, you know,
Speaker 6: just missing some of that home feeling for them and
Speaker 6: just being able to say, Okay, you know, I have
Speaker 6: a good situation here. I know, and I understand the defense.
Speaker 6: I know, and I understand, you know, kind of my
Speaker 6: playing situation. It was something that he felt good about,
Speaker 6: and so to be able to get him not only
Speaker 6: from a leadership standpoint, but just to be able to say, hey,
Speaker 6: look can you produce those type of numbers that you
Speaker 6: did the year before? And so if he can come
Speaker 6: close to that, I think it's a win win situation
Speaker 6: for both groups. I mean, because you're going to have
Speaker 6: some leadership, so avoid there not having Tomorrio Davis who
Speaker 6: was able to go to New York with the Jetsons.
Speaker 6: So I know that you signed some other guys to
Speaker 6: be able to fill that void. As far as Okay,
Speaker 6: nellis is a guy that you know really well over
Speaker 6: from Atlanta. He comes back to New Orleans, he tries
Speaker 6: to play that role of to Mario, but having Cam
Speaker 6: there and just being able to go out there and produce.
Speaker 6: I think that that will help that Saints defense, you know,
Speaker 6: to be able to play at an elite level, you know,
Speaker 6: kind of like they did most of the year last year.
Speaker 1: Yeah, especially with Chase hung on that other edge really
Speaker 1: coming into his own last season, the big things expected
Speaker 1: out of him.
Speaker 2: I want to take you to a little bit.
Speaker 1: Of your career as it comes back on the twenty
Speaker 1: year milestone this year, Week four of Monday Night Football,
Speaker 1: the NFL season, twentieth anniversary of that first game back
Speaker 1: in the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, A game you played in,
Speaker 1: a game the Saints won.
Speaker 2: We know how big of a game that was.
Speaker 1: What was it like when you look back twenty years ago,
Speaker 1: not only the impact and magnitude of that game itself,
Speaker 1: but what it has meant for Saints football.
Speaker 2: In that city.
Speaker 6: Just thinking about it, you know, it's hard to bath
Speaker 6: on that it's been twenty years, you know, when you
Speaker 6: think about Hurricane Katrina and being being able to continue
Speaker 6: to play in duals. You know that was even in
Speaker 6: doubt itself, and you see the block there by Steve Gleason,
Speaker 6: and just to be able to have that moment, not
Speaker 6: only as a return as a player, but you know,
Speaker 6: a team, a city, just to be able to bring
Speaker 6: some hope, you know. I think that was probably the
Speaker 6: most important thing for us, just because you were vagabonds
Speaker 6: the year before, the unknown whether you would return to
Speaker 6: New Orleans, whether the city of New Orleans would be
Speaker 6: viable you know long term, and you've seen some of
Speaker 6: the growth you've seen, you know, not only the organization
Speaker 6: be able to step up and be a better team
Speaker 6: than it kind of was, you know, or at least
Speaker 6: was thought of prior to that time. And so you know,
Speaker 6: there's a lot of work that still has to be
Speaker 6: done for an organization to be able to get back
Speaker 6: to the least status. I think it starts with the quarterback.
Speaker 6: I think that you may have that in place now,
Speaker 6: you know, you around him so soon, But when you
Speaker 6: think about that game, that moment, it meant a lot,
Speaker 6: not only to the organization but to the city, to
Speaker 6: the region, and just brought a lot of hope, and
Speaker 6: you know, the team was able to kind of reward
Speaker 6: the city and the safe with the Super Bowl in
Speaker 6: two thousand and nine. You know, a couple of years
Speaker 6: after treaming talk.
Speaker 1: About meaning a lot to the city in the organization,
Speaker 1: your quarterback, Drew Brees going to the Pro Football Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame at ken Ohio in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: What can you tell us about Drew to some of
Speaker 1: the memories and how deserving he is of this honor.
Speaker 6: Well, it's definitely deserving, and you know, just you know,
Speaker 6: just a small part that I was able to play
Speaker 6: in that picture. You're definitely you're thankful for it. And
Speaker 6: so you know, for Drew and his kids, his wife Brittany,
Speaker 6: all the things that they meant to this city in
Speaker 6: New Orleans and the things that they still mean to
Speaker 6: this city and to this organization. You know, you're you're proud,
Speaker 6: You're happy for him, you know, because we saw the work.
Speaker 6: You know a lot of people, you hear the stories,
Speaker 6: you know about some of the things from a preparation standpoint.
Speaker 6: You know, you see Drew and you think, man, he's
Speaker 6: not that big. You know, he doesn't fit the typical
Speaker 6: sixty four you know, two twenty type of quarterback. But
Speaker 6: maybe from a physical standpoint, he didn't beat you. He
Speaker 6: beat you up top, and so he still had a
Speaker 6: strong enough arm. He was still a good enough at
Speaker 6: league where he could move into pocket and manipulate it,
Speaker 6: be able to see things kind of before they happen,
Speaker 6: and just his preparation. And so you know, he's definitely
Speaker 6: deserving of the Hall of Fame. And you know, like
Speaker 6: I said, just for myself and some of the other
Speaker 6: guys that were able to play a small part in
Speaker 6: you know, that that time that he had here in
Speaker 6: New Orleans. Man, we're so proud of him. You know
Speaker 6: who can't wait to celebrate with it?
Speaker 1: All right, dude, don't tell yourself short man, you play
Speaker 1: a little bit more of a small part.
Speaker 2: You were a baller.
Speaker 1: People go back and google up for twenty six Duce
Speaker 1: mccallis are doing his thing.
Speaker 2: Hey, brother, appreciate you taking some time. All the best,
Speaker 2: no problem, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Insiders. Here is the full list
Speaker 3: of first time head coaches to win the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3: That's right, there are two of them. Don McCafferty with
Speaker 3: the nineteen seventy Baltimore Colts and of course George Seaffert
Speaker 3: with the eighty nine San Francisco forty nine ers.
Speaker 4: There's a chance we could have a coach to do
Speaker 4: that this year.
Speaker 3: We're going to talk about that now with Ian Rappaport,
Speaker 3: Mark Ross, and Stacy Elsall returning with me.
Speaker 4: Judy Batista.
Speaker 3: All right, Stacey, I want to start with you, because
Speaker 3: Joe Brady takes the helm with the Buffalo Bills. They
Speaker 3: have been a Super Bowl contender for the last few years.
Speaker 3: Can he get them over the top?
Speaker 8: Why can't he right the relationship that he has built
Speaker 8: with his quarterback since twenty twenty two when he was
Speaker 8: the quarterbacks coach, morphed into the OC and called the
Speaker 8: plays there to the tune of the fourth best offense
Speaker 8: last year in football. They were number one against the rush.
Speaker 8: Josh Allen a huge part of that. Thirty nine total
Speaker 8: touchdowns for the quarterback, twenty five through the air, fourteen
Speaker 8: on the ground, and then of course James Cook led
Speaker 8: the league with over sixteen hundred rushing yards. He was
Speaker 8: sensational again, number one rushing attack in football. So Brandon Bean,
Speaker 8: this organization brought back Joe Brady through the interview process
Speaker 8: because they wanted to keep that continuity. Yes, they have
Speaker 8: a new defensive coordinator in Jim Leonard by way of
Speaker 8: the Denver Broncos, but maintaining that continuity, that foundation of
Speaker 8: thus between the play caller and the quarterback. And the
Speaker 8: quarterback is an MVP level quarterback. Why not with the energy.
Speaker 8: One of my favorite pregame conversations in the league is
Speaker 8: with Joe Brady when I have one of their games.
Speaker 8: He's innovative, the players love him, and we'll see what
Speaker 8: happens on the defensive side of the ball. As you
Speaker 8: guys know, it's going to come down to clock management,
Speaker 8: fourth down for brady teams, situations, situational football, those will
Speaker 8: be the areas we'll see how he impacts as the
Speaker 8: head coach.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Joe Brady can get this team a couple plays better,
Speaker 5: one or two plays better, No doubt. He can become
Speaker 5: a rare, rare for year head coach to go deep
Speaker 5: into the playoffs, and we will see obviously plenty talented
Speaker 5: and off our mark. What about Jesse Mintter with the
Speaker 5: Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 2: Take me through that one. Well, so eerily similar.
Speaker 11: I mean, these situations are almost the same with Jesse
Speaker 11: Mintzer there and Joe Brady where you've got the franchise quarterback.
Speaker 11: You've been on the doorstep of being the best team
Speaker 11: in the league making it to the super Bowl. Joe
Speaker 11: Brady's the offensive side of the ball, but jesse Minter
Speaker 11: is on the defensive side, and he has to entrust
Speaker 11: a new young offensive coordinator there in Decklan Doyle to
Speaker 11: take Lamar Jackson's game to another level, you know. And
Speaker 11: for jesse Minner, we saw the Baltimore defense struggle last season,
Speaker 11: you know, his charges to get those guys right, with
Speaker 11: Trey Henkerson and Kalaias Campbell, Jalen Hawkins coming in there,
Speaker 11: Zion Young.
Speaker 2: The rookie there in the second round. So so similar.
Speaker 11: I can't imagine in history there's been two coaches that
Speaker 11: got put into better situations at the same time than
Speaker 11: these two guys.
Speaker 3: Judy, you know, the AFC felt so wide open last year.
Speaker 3: No Burrough, no Lamar, no Mahomes in the playoffs, Josh
Speaker 3: Allen out early. That set of circumstances is probably not
Speaker 3: going to repeat itself. Let's hope it doesn't repeat itself.
Speaker 3: Going to be really interesting to see if Joe Brady
Speaker 3: and Jesse Mentor can break through that very crowded field.
Speaker 4: Guys, thank you very much.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a hood a part in Cincinnati on
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve against the Ravens.
Speaker 2: As the Bengals are having a white stripe.
Speaker 1: Out, so to speak, as they're asking fans in certain
Speaker 1: sections to wear white tops, others wear black tops so
Speaker 1: it can resemble the Bengal tiger stripes.
Speaker 2: Can be a really cool event. Hey, how'd they get
Speaker 2: my workout video from this morning?
Speaker 1: I mean, oh wait, wait, that's trips in wherfs of
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just ripping up about oh I'm
Speaker 1: guessing about four hundred.
Speaker 2: That is an awful lot. And teams reporting to camp tomorrow.
Speaker 2: You see them right there.
Speaker 1: The Patriots, the Dolphins, the Panthers, the Bills, the Texans,
Speaker 1: all their rookies will.
Speaker 2: Be showing up. You know, we'll also be showing up tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Right here, we will be showing up on the Insiders.
Speaker 1: I am Steve White and also signing off for Jumiy Batista,
Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport, Stacy Deals and Mark Ross for the Insiders.
Speaker 2: Thanks a ton, have a good night. We'll see you
Speaker 2: on Tuesday.
Speaker 7: Before