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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of Big Blue Kickoff live right

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Speaker 1: here on Giants dot Com. I am John Schmelt. Demand

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Speaker 1: to my left is pauled Totino on the phone number

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Speaker 1: the off season and Paul Um, we talked a lot

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Speaker 1: about the coaching changes in the coaching editions, I should say,

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Speaker 1: in the NFL yesterday, one piece of news that hadn't

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Speaker 1: come out yet was who the Jets were gonna hire

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Speaker 1: as their head coach, and we did get word of

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Speaker 1: that yesterday. At one point it looks like it was

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Speaker 1: gonna be former Giants assistant Matt Rule, and then that

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Speaker 1: kind of faded away from reports, and then it turned

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Speaker 1: out to be someone that people in the AMC should

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Speaker 1: already be very familiar with, Adam Gaze, former head coach

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Speaker 1: of the Dolphins. I know a lot of Jeff fans

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Speaker 1: are really upset about this. I never thought Gaze was

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Speaker 1: did a poor job in Miami. I never thought he

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Speaker 1: had a lot of had a ton to work with,

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Speaker 1: To be honest, with you. The one year he had

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Speaker 1: Tannehill for for a full year, they went ten and six,

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Speaker 1: they made the playoffs. He's only played I think ten

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Speaker 1: games the past two seasons. He and Brock Oswiler starting

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Speaker 1: for them. This year they were seven and six at

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Speaker 1: one point. So he's offensive coach. He's a guy that's

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Speaker 1: done well as as a guy who's handled quarterbacks. To

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Speaker 1: bring him into to help Sam Donald along, I get it.

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Speaker 1: I think it's okay. I suspect that most Jets fans

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Speaker 1: who are upset about him are angry because they look

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Speaker 1: at Mike McCarthy's resume and they say, well, look at

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Speaker 1: that guy. A lot of playoff appearances, a super Bowl ring,

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Speaker 1: and you settled for this. I think that's where it's

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Speaker 1: coming from. Yeah, it's funny, and this is kind of

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Speaker 1: how I look at it. And we talked about this yesterday.

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Speaker 1: There are two different parts of being a head coach.

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Speaker 1: If you're one of these offensive gurgles, right, there's the

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Speaker 1: CEO management part of the deal, and then you have

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Speaker 1: the play caller, offensive scheme part of the deal. Right.

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Speaker 1: I would trust McCarthy more to be the guy that

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Speaker 1: manages the team as the CEO. I think I would

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Speaker 1: honestly trust Gays Moore as the play caller, to be

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Speaker 1: honest with you, that makes a lot of sense. And

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Speaker 1: that's kind of how I look at it, and all

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Speaker 1: the pens, I think, what you prioritize. I'm not a

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Speaker 1: big fan. And look, we talked about a lot about

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Speaker 1: this a lot because we watched what the Packers did

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Speaker 1: when Ben McAdoo camp here, right, and that offense that

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Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not a huge, you know, hardcore

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Speaker 1: And the bottom line is how does Sam Donald develop?

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Speaker 1: And even to me, more so than wins their losses,

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Speaker 1: determine whether or not they made the right move with

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Speaker 1: someone like Case. I wonder how much the generation gap

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Speaker 1: a big difference in age. And I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: their franchise. He's the face of what they're trying to do.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if they were looking to have somebody who

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Speaker 1: I don't know. And Gays brought in the big guns.

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Speaker 1: And now there's a couple of guys are talking about

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Speaker 1: And then obviously what he did in Chicago disappointed a

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Speaker 1: You said a minute ago about you know you'd like

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Speaker 1: looking more for a guy who does that, which is

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Speaker 1: making that final decision. And there are football games this week, Paul,

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Speaker 1: It's usually the best best weekend the football of the year.

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Speaker 1: You have some of the best teams that are left.

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Speaker 1: I thought last week's games were actually all pretty good

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Speaker 1: and the Cowboys, frankly, Paul, play the way you want

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Speaker 1: for you because look at look at the Cowboys. They

429
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Speaker 1: got uh um Ah boy from New England for one

430
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Speaker 1: year contract for cheap and he's been performing the guy

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Speaker 1: that was on the other side of our shoulder last year.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, you know, and quite honestly, and the

433
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Speaker 1: biggest problem with kind of addressing the guys that are

434
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Speaker 1: going to be available in free agency is you don't

435
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Speaker 1: know if there is that one team that's an outlier

436
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Speaker 1: that's got a ton of cap space that suddenly decides, oh,

437
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Speaker 1: that's the guy we want, and that's the guy we're

438
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Speaker 1: going to overpay to get, and then all of a sudden,

439
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Speaker 1: what you think is market value for a player is

440
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Speaker 1: no longer relevant because some crazy GM decided that they're

441
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Speaker 1: blowing that guy out of the water. Like look at

442
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Speaker 1: Andrew Nora last year would be a good example of

443
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Speaker 1: that troll Bowl player who suddenly escalated on the salary

444
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Speaker 1: scale many times, probably more than anybody thought. Although Dave

445
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Speaker 1: Gentleman made him a comperable offer, uh to sign with

446
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Speaker 1: the Giants. Uh, it just got to be very very expensive.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you taking my cause. Thanks appreciate that

448
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Speaker 1: he looked at the Bears cap space there. It looks

449
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Speaker 1: like they're a little bit under twenty mill is the

450
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Speaker 1: projected cap space for them with their commitments in two

451
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Speaker 1: thousand nineteen to quoting over the cap, which is one

452
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Speaker 1: of your lower numbers. That's that's that's not a ton

453
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Speaker 1: of room. No, it isn't. Uh. And Bobby Massey made

454
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Speaker 1: six mill this year, so I don't know how much

455
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Speaker 1: more he's going to look to make. And he's our

456
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Speaker 1: agent and he unrestricted. Yeah, And I don't see anybody

457
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Speaker 1: on their roster that they could let go to save

458
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Speaker 1: any money on the cap either. Taking a look at

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Speaker 1: their roster real quick here, unless I mean, I doubt

460
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Speaker 1: they're gonna balon Allen Robinson after a year. Kyle Fuller, Uh,

461
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 1: he's a good player, a Keem Hicks, and I stawly

462
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Speaker 1: not gonna let him go. Yeah, So, I mean they'd

463
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Speaker 1: have to push it to get there, that's for sure.

464
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Speaker 1: But no, okay's he's he's a real good player and

465
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Speaker 1: he's there right tackle. So and he played well this

466
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Speaker 1: year two one, four or five one three. And by

467
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Speaker 1: the way, I was looking at Matt Khalil's seasons here

468
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Speaker 1: and it didn't click with me with the year just

469
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Speaker 1: changing in the nine even played it all this year

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Speaker 1: only And I didn't say that earlier. I said he

471
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Speaker 1: missed um all but two games. He did not play. Yes,

472
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Speaker 1: he did not play a snap in twenty eighteen. And

473
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Speaker 1: Darry Williams only played one game in twenty and he

474
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Speaker 1: got hurt this located his kneecap actually in the first

475
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Speaker 1: game a pretty serious injury. So, um, I have to

476
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Speaker 1: check to see what Matt Khalil's injury was. I'm not

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Speaker 1: positive the top of my head, I can look that

478
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Speaker 1: up for you right now. But you know, those are

479
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Speaker 1: guys where medicals gonna be a big, big part of

480
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Speaker 1: how you evaluate these players, you know what I mean.

481
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Speaker 1: Remember how many visits Jake Long took. He even had

482
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Speaker 1: two visits with the Giants near the end of his career,

483
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Speaker 1: and everybody was checking out his medical saying, look, if

484
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Speaker 1: he's got anything left in his legs, and I think

485
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: he had bone on bone in his knee. If he's

486
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Speaker 1: got anything left in his legs, somebody might want to

487
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Speaker 1: take a flyer on him. And you know, as it

488
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Speaker 1: turned out, I think he actually wound up with the

489
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Speaker 1: vikings at the very end, and it wasn't pretty when

490
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Speaker 1: you get on the field. Yeah, I mean, the medical

491
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Speaker 1: is always gonna be and parts that are very difficult

492
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Speaker 1: for us to ascertain. And it is a knee for Khalil,

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Speaker 1: by the way, which is right. I don't have a

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Speaker 1: specific and he opened up his call by saying, Khalil

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Speaker 1: is coming off a year of injury, So I mean,

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Speaker 1: you were you were covered on that. I just think

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Speaker 1: you were missing. I just wanted to make sure I

498
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Speaker 1: got the information out there to five one three and

499
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Speaker 1: in Westville is up next ed line four? What's going on? Buddy?

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Speaker 1: How you hey? How are you hi? UM? I wanted

501
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: to talk about the quarterback situation UM with Eli. Um.

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00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: I've seen him make a throw this year that um

503
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Speaker 1: he made in the Super Bowl with Manningham And why

504
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: is everybody pitching about Eli? He still can make all

505
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Speaker 1: the throws if you well. I think people finally came

506
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: around to the fact that he still has the arm

507
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 1: strength to play position and to play the position at

508
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Speaker 1: a high level, and he can make all the throws.

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Speaker 1: There are other things that he doesn't do quite as well,

510
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Speaker 1: which is fine. He's certainly not a perfect player. UM.

511
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,159
Speaker 1: I think some people just see Pat Mahomes running around,

512
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Speaker 1: you know, trucking no look passes and seven yard deep throws,

513
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 1: and they see DeShawn Watson running around and they say, well,

514
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Speaker 1: I wish I had a quarterback that could do that.

515
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Speaker 1: But as Paul and I have said, look, if you

516
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Speaker 1: put the right pieces around the Elie and put him

517
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Speaker 1: in the right situation, you can still win with him now.

518
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Speaker 1: And Paul has set his piece on this many times,

519
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Speaker 1: and I haven't really because I haven't been on since

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Speaker 1: last Monday. So I'll give my little piece down, then

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Speaker 1: I'll let Paul give his addition to me ed what

522
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Speaker 1: they doing right now and and the purpose of Dave

523
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: Gentleman's press conference last week was very simple. The Johns

524
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Speaker 1: are trying to figure out what's next they know, in

525
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: my opinion, and he's gonna double check out with the

526
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Speaker 1: film with you know, watching the film again. I think

527
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Speaker 1: he was being honest about that. They have a pretty

528
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Speaker 1: good idea what they have an Eli manning and what

529
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Speaker 1: he can do. But this Eli decision is not being

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Speaker 1: made in a vacuum. You don't just say all right,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna like go Eli now, we're gonna figure out

532
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Speaker 1: what's coming next. That's not how this works. They have

533
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: to know what their next plan is right so right now,

534
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Speaker 1: I'm sure Dave Gentleman is having conversations with Chris Pettit

535
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Speaker 1: in his college, you know staff, to see how how

536
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,439
Speaker 1: do they think about the due quarterback, how do they

537
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,000
Speaker 1: think about Haskins, how do they think about Jones? And

538
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,440
Speaker 1: even if they do like one of those players. Maybe

539
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: they think that those guys need a year to play

540
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Speaker 1: under a veteran quarterback, in which case you could draft

541
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Speaker 1: one and then Eli could be back. Anyway, then he's

542
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 1: gonna talk to his part personnel guys. He's gonna talk

543
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 1: to Kenny Starnfeld's gonna talk to Matt Sugar. He's gonna talk,

544
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Speaker 1: you know, to the guys around him and see about

545
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Speaker 1: the guys that could be at one free agency. You

546
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: know a lot of people bring up Nick Foles. Well,

547
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: the way he's playing, I doubt the Eagles just gonna

548
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: release him. They have a big option on him. They

549
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: trade him before they release him. Right, Um, what what

550
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: is Pat Shermer thinking nick Foles? He was with him

551
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,919
Speaker 1: and played very closely with him in Philadelphia. What does

552
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: he think of Teddy Bridge order who he was with

553
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 1: in Minnesota. You know, these are all things they have

554
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: to consider. Is there a better option than Eli? That's

555
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: what they're gonna have to decide. And frankly, it's not

556
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Speaker 1: like last year where there's a million guys they can

557
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Speaker 1: choose from. The choices are limited. So my guess is

558
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: that they're gonna land when they spend a little wheel,

559
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: it's gonna land back on Manning, but they have to

560
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: figure out if there's a better course out there than

561
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Speaker 1: the current quarterback. That's what they need to figure out.

562
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Speaker 1: And that's really the bottom line moving forward. Yeah, I

563
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 1: understand that, Um, and I'm a you know, I'm I

564
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 1: love Eli Manning. I've been him forever. Has always been

565
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Speaker 1: a gun slinger. They'll always take. It's the risk, and

566
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 1: but when it when it comes down to it, he

567
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: has he brings us back in the fourth quarter. What

568
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: he did in them two Super Bowls, and even what

569
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Speaker 1: he did in them two Green Bay games was remarkable.

570
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we you know, and I've seen

571
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Speaker 1: him make the clothes this year when he was protected,

572
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 1: he made the throws. Well, you see, here's the thing.

573
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Speaker 1: The last few years Eli was playing more of the

574
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: percentages because that's what Ben McAdoo wanted them to do.

575
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: And earlier in the year, UM, with the offensive line

576
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Speaker 1: as as discombombulated as it was, he continued to play

577
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 1: the percentages and that's why, you know, so many people

578
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: were accusing him of being a checkdown guy. Well, once

579
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: they got that offensive line squared away, Eli started to

580
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: become the old Eli again, and they kind of took

581
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: the handcuffs off of him and said, okay, and you

582
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: want to laugh and let it go. And this is

583
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 1: for you, Paul and the caller and Lenn from Maryland

584
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 1: called up with this the other day and I hadn't

585
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: gone through the since the end of the year. Where

586
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: do you think he ranks in the league. He's top

587
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 1: three in the league six six, he's behind, but look

588
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: at the guys he's behind. He's behind Mahomes, GoF, Roethlisberger,

589
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 1: Rivers and Breeze. Then Eli's next with fifty seven completions

590
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 1: of over twenty yards I mean, and passes over forty yards.

591
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,719
Speaker 1: He's also six completing ten behind Aaron Rodgers, Roethlisberger, Mahomes,

592
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. I mean, those are big time names, and

593
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: he basically did that over the second half of the season. Yeah,

594
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: that's okay, because in the first half of the season

595
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: it wasn't happening by design and and just by the

596
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: way it was working out. So you can't you can't

597
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: possibly justify whoever you're anti Eli, Manning, uh personnel or

598
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: critic might be. You can't justify saying he can't make

599
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: the throws anymore, or does that's that's this proof, or

600
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: doesn't want to throw the ball down the field, which

601
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: is nonsense exactly, that's totally disproven. And I'm gonna add

602
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: one more thing here, because everybody knows I I look,

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Speaker 1: I think it's fair to complay I think Manning. They

604
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: want they want him back. He wants to be back.

605
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: He's back. The only problem is the mechanism under which

606
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: he goes. I'm much more definitive than John is on this,

607
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: and that's fine. But now here's the thing. There are

608
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 1: two things about Eli Manning that, in my opinion, have

609
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: been taken away from him, and it's unfortunate because they're

610
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: two of the best weapons he has. The seam route

611
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: went away a few years ago, and only now are

612
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: they trying to get it back with Evan Ingram at

613
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: the end of the season, all of a sudden, that

614
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: play kind of found its way back into the playbook again.

615
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: He actually saw Red Allison on a couple of those

616
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: two days second half and how nice to that? Yeah,

617
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: that really worked well. For like three years we haven't

618
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: seen it. And the second ones, the back shoulder throw.

619
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Speaker 1: I've been screaming about this forever. The back shoulder to

620
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: a key mix was the most deadly potent part of

621
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: this Giant's offense. He's the funny thing, PA, and we'll

622
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: cause you generally speaking, you need a bigger receiver to

623
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: have success understood back shoulder throw, and they actually did

624
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 1: when McAdoo first got here. Elien Beckham tried to connect

625
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: for a good season or two on that back shoulder throw,

626
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: even in practice during the summer. We talked about this

627
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: at the time. They had a lot of trouble getting

628
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: the timing on those throws, and they really requires a

629
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: lot of chemistry to get that throw. And Manning and

630
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: Beckham just have never been able to get together as

631
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: good as they've been on all the other throws. That

632
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: throw they have not been able to get together on. Now,

633
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: that is one of Manning's most potent weapons. Okay, we

634
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: talked about all the time. He's a great play action guy.

635
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 1: Well that's how you beat man coverage sometimes. But but

636
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: the back shoulder is well, the back shoulder in my mind,

637
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: when you had guys like and again they're bigger guys.

638
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: Whether it was burst, whether it was tumor whether it

639
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: was CRUs certainly a key Nicks, who, in my mind,

640
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: was the best back shoulder throw receiver that Manning's ever

641
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Speaker 1: thrown to. Okay, it was order back, third and seven,

642
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 1: nine yard back shoulder throw, a Keen Knick's first down.

643
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: Giants moved the chains. I got so frustrated these last

644
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: few years by losing that part of the playbook, And

645
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: my goodness, can they just get him a receiver who

646
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 1: can run that route for him because it was poison

647
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: to opposing teams. They couldn't stop him. He couldn't stop it.

648
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: He made that throw right on the money. It was perfect.

649
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: Couldn't stop it, could not stop anyway in the playoff game. Okay,

650
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: So so now think about this, think of what's happened

651
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: over the last four or five years. For the most part,

652
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: I want to say this too, I don't think it's

653
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: fair to to use throws that Eli made back in

654
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: two thousand and eleven to justify keeping him in eighteen either.

655
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: I don't think that's I don't think that's what I'm

656
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: saying is right, right, right, that's true, that's fair. What

657
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: I'm saying is that over the course of the last

658
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: several years, they've gotten away because they couldn't on the

659
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: ball and they couldn't protect so they got away from

660
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: play action. They got away from throwing the ball down field.

661
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: They got back to it though second half of the air, right,

662
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: But but I'm talking about the last four or five

663
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: years a question. They got away from play action, They

664
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: got away from throwing the ball downfield, they got away

665
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: from back shoulder throw, they got away from seam routes.

666
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: These are four things that Eli kicks, but on all

667
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: it all disappeared from the playbook. And then when they

668
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 1: started to get some of it back in the second

669
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: half of this season, the offense average nearly thirty points

670
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: a game. Gee, what a coincidence. And that's why I

671
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: went frankly, and frankly, that's why when we talked about

672
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: when they brought in the West Coast offense, we talked

673
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: about whether or not we thought it was a good

674
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: fit for the quarterback, and I retrospectively, using the lens

675
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: of hindsight, I'm not sure that it was. Well. We

676
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,959
Speaker 1: knew he could do it, but it was neutering some

677
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: of the best stuff that he could do. Correct. Not

678
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: that Eli couldn't do it, but it wasn't the best

679
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: system for him. Based on what he did his whole

680
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: career and the ultimately that's the biggest argument you can

681
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: give to the Eli Manning critics is that some of

682
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: the best stuff that he did was taken away from him.

683
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: He was really handcuffed. And I think that's a legitimate,

684
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: absolutely legitimate thing to throw in their faces when you

685
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: tell them that Eli mann he can still do it.

686
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: I still think he can, and I hope he got

687
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: all be back alright. Thanks thanking, hey, thanks for calling it,

688
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: and we appreciate the call. Good call. And again Paul

689
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: is much more enthused about this than I am, and

690
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: much more emphatic, no doubt, I'm Italian, I have to be,

691
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: and he's much higher on that whole process than I am.

692
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: I think you have to make a legitimate, you know,

693
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: determination as to what the best path is moving forward.

694
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: And like I said, I think, in my heart of hearts,

695
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the best pass forward

696
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: is probably gonna be with number ten being back, only

697
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 1: because I don't like what else is out there. Um,

698
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: but look, the bottom line is then the second half

699
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: of year, the offense was productive. It was very productive,

700
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: and man, he made a lot of good throws. Two one, four, five,

701
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 1: one three. Don in Texas is up next. Hello, Don,

702
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 1: how are you? How are you doing? John? How you doing? Don?

703
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: What's up? Alright, guys, I'm gonna touch on three subjects Gentleman, Eli,

704
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: and Haskins, and I'll take my answers off the air

705
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: perfect alright. So first, if you kind of pay attention.

706
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: In my opinion, this is just my opinion, I have

707
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: a bad feeling. I don't think Eli Manning is going

708
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: to be back. When you look at what Gentleman said

709
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: at his conference, he was first fixing the defense and

710
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 1: then he said two things back to back after his

711
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 1: his sit down with Eli. He said it consecutively after

712
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes, he said, sustained consistency is what

713
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: we want to do, and the definition of insanity. He's

714
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Ironically,

715
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: in my opinion, Eli has been the epitome of inconsistency.

716
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he can't make the throws. I'm not

717
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 1: saying he's not a good quarterback. But that's exactly what

718
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 1: Gentleman was talking about. And he was talking about the

719
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: inconsistencies around Eli Manning, the fact that they haven't had

720
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: consistent things around him that are necessary, like a running game,

721
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: like an offensive line, like receivers, like last year when

722
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,479
Speaker 1: they didn't have any. That's what he was talking about.

723
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: You're mistaken. That's not how I took that, Bed. I

724
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: kind of read on that a little bit differently than

725
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: when he was saying there. And I think you're just

726
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: saying that. I don't think he's gonna be back. It's

727
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: just a bad feeling. I don't think he's gonna be back.

728
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: It's unfortunate he's only made the playoffs. The Giants have

729
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: one time in the past eight years. That's inconsistent. Something

730
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: has to be done. They definitely have to make a change.

731
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 1: What do wide things gonna happen? I do believe they're

732
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: going to explore another quarterback as a temporary bridge. That

733
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: leads to my point for Haskins. This guy is a

734
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: stud I know you guys haven't sat down and watched

735
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: the tape at all. In my opinion, he's one right

736
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: under Mayfield and he's above Sam Donald. He's that good.

737
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 1: The Giants would be making a mistake to not go

738
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: after this guy. Look done, you don't, I hear you?

739
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: And if when I look at the tape. That's my determination.

740
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,399
Speaker 1: I will come out and I will say I think

741
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: that I think the Giant should draft him. I just

742
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't have the information to make that

743
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: determination quite yet. All right, I got you and my

744
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: final pick of the playoffs this weekend. I'm taking all

745
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: the home teams except the Chiefs. I like the Colts, Pats, Rams,

746
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: and Saints. Have a good one guy, Thank you, don

747
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: I appreciate people heavy on the Colts this week. Thanks

748
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: for the call, but heavy on the Colts. It's like

749
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: last everyone was heavy on the Eagles. They're finally starting

750
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: to listen to me about the Andy Reid factor. That's

751
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: why you never had my homes though quarterback. And he's

752
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: pretty good. It's pretty good. Oh he's darn good. Three

753
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: four five one three. Let's go to Scott in New Mexico.

754
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,879
Speaker 1: He's up next. What's up, Scotty? Do good afternoon, guys.

755
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: How you doing? What h question for you? When Dave

756
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: Gettleman's press conferences last one, he made a comment that said,

757
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: uh words to the effect that he had no illusions

758
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: about this team, which sort of implied that he knew

759
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,919
Speaker 1: he had to get more playmakers to make the team competitive. Yeah,

760
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 1: and you guys have sort of addressed the needs right tackle,

761
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: probably a cornerback as well. I know they'll be getting

762
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: Sam Beale, but he had shoulder injuries going into this.

763
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's going to hold up, especially at

764
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: the weight he is. It's got real quick. The playmakers

765
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,360
Speaker 1: on defense starts with pass rushers. Yeah, that's what I

766
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: was just alluding to that probably two pass rushers is

767
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: what he's going to need to be nice. Well, I

768
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: think how many you need also is determined by whether

769
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: or not Verdon's back, which, by the way, the more

770
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: I think about it, I think it makes sense to

771
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: have him back on the roster next year along with Jenkins.

772
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: And we didn't say this before. He is going to

773
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: the promom. Yes, right, Khalil Mack is injured, he has

774
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: bailed on it, and Olivier Vernon was the first alternate.

775
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: He is now going. Thank you for that, yes, right.

776
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: With all the changes, though, the one thing that all

777
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: the playoff teams have in common, more so than anything else,

778
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: is they all have very good offensive lines. I can't

779
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: think of a team that doesn't have a good offensive

780
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: line or a very competitive one, and my question was, uh,

781
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: is it that far fetched that the Giants potentially could

782
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: take a first round draft choice with an offensive tackle

783
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: or alignment? As opposed to the past searchers, which I

784
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: guess are more prevalent, I would say not impossible, Scott,

785
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: non impossible at all. I am my opinion there's only

786
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: one guy that would be in consideration in that spot. Again,

787
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: I haven't looked at all the guys, but based on

788
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: people that I've talked to that I trust Jonah Williams

789
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: would be the guy. If he's there at six, and

790
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: who knows, he might not be. Maybe maybe the Jets

791
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: are sitting there at three and they're like, you know

792
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 1: what our franchise quarterback needs. He needs a left tackle,

793
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,240
Speaker 1: So we're picking Jonah Williams. And then all of a sudden,

794
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: you sitting there, Oh maybe the little kid what NC state,

795
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: Mississippi State. But but but we just had Tony Pauline

796
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 1: on and he and he had those guys flipped. He

797
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: likes Little a lot more than Williams. Who knows, Yeah,

798
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: he wasn't big on Williams. Yeah that's at six for

799
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: for good value. So I don't know. But though you're

800
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: you're You're absolutely right. I think in the first two

801
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: rounds they got to take a stud right tackles. They

802
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: don't get one in free agency because again we have

803
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: to take that into account. You don't know what they're

804
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: gonna do, of course, right. My other thing is, uh,

805
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: I understand that Kyle Murray just declared for the draft yesterday,

806
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: and I was wondering, is that going to impact what

807
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: the Giants might do now that you'll have besides Haskins,

808
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: you'll have Murray. And I wanted to get your opinion

809
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: on what you thought of Murray being a Heisman Trophy

810
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: winner and whether he could fit into a Giant system

811
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: the way pet has it devised. Well, for me, it's

812
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: unfair to answer, because, as as I've already said on

813
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: the show before, I'm not quite to my tape study yet.

814
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: I'm going to start doing it at some point in

815
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: the next two weeks leading into the combine, and then

816
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: that's when it gets really hot and heavy. Uh So

817
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 1: I would really hesitate to say all the then other

818
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 1: than the people who I have talked to who do

819
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: this for a living, tell me that Haskins is the

820
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: only guaranteed first round quarterback in this draft, and he

821
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 1: probably should not go higher than fifteen. That's what people

822
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: have told me. These are people who know the stuff,

823
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: and they say if he does go higher than that,

824
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: and he probably will, it's because people are always hungry

825
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,800
Speaker 1: for a quarterback and they'll draft them higher than their rated.

826
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 1: If Haskins isn't a top ten pick, I'd be blown away.

827
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: The two other guys that I think, or that I've

828
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,840
Speaker 1: been told could sneak into the first round is the

829
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones kid from Duke and Drew Lock. Those are

830
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: the other two guys that could climb into the first round.

831
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: Depending where how desperate people are for quarterbacks will determine

832
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: where they go. But those the other two guys that

833
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: could climb into the first round. The other thing too,

834
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,320
Speaker 1: in terms of Murray, even if he gets drafted this

835
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: year in the nf FELL, it doesn't mean he's gonna

836
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: play football. He's not gonna play right away. Well, what

837
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: if he chooses I'll try football first, now I'll go

838
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 1: to baseball. I don't know how he's going to make

839
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: that decision. You look at Drew Henson, which I think

840
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: is probably the closest to that that right La shows football,

841
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: Henson shows baseball. Uh La was obviously so good a football.

842
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: He never went back to baseball. Henson quit baseball, went

843
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: to football. Then he failed at that too, made plenty,

844
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: made plenty of money along the way. They'll buy the way. Um.

845
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: And so you gotta see what Murray tells NFL teams.

846
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: If he tells NFL teams I'm trying baseball first, well

847
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: then he's a day two, day three pick. He's not

848
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: a first round you know what I mean? Okay, Well,

849
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: I appreciate the insight, guys, thanks again, Yeah, no problem.

850
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 1: We'll we'll get to all this stuff. Trust me. We're

851
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of time to break this stuff

852
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 1: down when the appropriate weeks come coming to play. But

853
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: right now it's a little yeah, guys, And I think

854
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: Paul makes a good point. I think at this point,

855
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: trying to assign names to teams is very very premature,

856
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,760
Speaker 1: extremely premature. Just doesn't make a lot of sense. Frangers,

857
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: he has to come first, and that changes needs a lot,

858
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: and that changes teams structure a lot. So to try

859
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: to figure out who what teams are picking who now

860
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: is stupid. It doesn't make any sense. It's count of

861
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: productive or not get anywhere. We can talk about players

862
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: who pol And I haven't looked at yet. So you

863
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: can talk about players if you wan, I'm not gonna

864
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: be able to add anything. We can only give us

865
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: some hearsay exactly. But you know, talking about who's gonna

866
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: get picked where when frangers he hasn't happened yet. It

867
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,959
Speaker 1: is probably a little bit crazy, especially give any trades

868
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 1: happen every year with draft picks too. So let's let's

869
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 1: let's not get ahead of ourselves. There is one relevant

870
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: point to all of this, though, that I think we

871
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: have to make very clear, and it's in spite of

872
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: the fact that the Giants have always been a best

873
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 1: player available team whenever possible. They've been a couple of

874
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: times they've veered off for that and it didn't always work.

875
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: But even Dave Gentleman, who says I want to take

876
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: the best player available, go to the highest rated guy

877
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: on your board at the time you pick, even he

878
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: has said you can never go into the draft saying

879
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:05,919
Speaker 1: I need X, because if you do that, you will

880
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: warp your sensibilities. You will wind up elevating that need

881
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: far more than it needs to be. And then you're

882
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: going to wind up making a mistake. He's flat out

883
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: told us that to our faces. So yes, it does

884
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: tell you that free agency has a significant impact on

885
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: who you draft because of not so much the need

886
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: but the lack of need. After you feel spots in

887
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: free agency and you're laughing hysterically about something. Did you

888
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: see the tweet from Andrew at all about Blue eighty

889
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: eight John with the rumors of Kylo Mury heading to

890
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 1: the NFLO Draft? Can you already confirm that he has

891
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,359
Speaker 1: Lance Meadows quarterback one this year? Oh my? You know why?

892
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: A right? He's sure. It's it's always likes the tiny guys. Yeah,

893
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: but can't be fair. Drew Brees is really good. And

894
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 1: actually that's as Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson, who I had

895
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: dubbed a system quarterback early in his career anymore since

896
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: he came back from his high ankle sprain and m

897
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: c L I think it was an m c L injury.

898
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: His last three years he has developed into a much

899
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: more complete quarterback and far far outperformed what I thought

900
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: his ceiling was. And so, you know, I don't know

901
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: if I've ever said I'd take it back but I

902
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 1: do take it back. Well, I mean, it's a right

903
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 1: to analyze his first couple of years and say, well,

904
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: he won because they had a great defense day and

905
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 1: more Shawn Lynch, which was the reason, by the way,

906
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: But he developed, he got better and that thanks for change. Absolutely.

907
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 1: Let's go to lend in Maryland. He's up next. What's

908
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: up Land? How are you buddy? Hey, how are you doing?

909
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:46,919
Speaker 1: Let's go on? Thanks, Hey, Paul, how are you all right? Good?

910
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: Good John? Thanks for the shout out earlier. Um, I

911
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: just wanted to add something to to your take on

912
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 1: what I gave you yesterday. Two things which I think

913
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: make a strong a case for even make a stronger

914
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: case for ELI. Has to do with first downs passing.

915
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,959
Speaker 1: He was eighth in first sounds passing. And there's something

916
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: about that percentage um interception percentage rate that just I mean,

917
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: it sticks with me less than two and by my

918
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: way of thinking, that's pretty good in the NFL. And

919
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:25,959
Speaker 1: that's pretty good given that Giant's team. Think of something

920
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,840
Speaker 1: that Dave Gettleman told us in the presser when he said,

921
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: look at the second half of the season, look at

922
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: the points we scored, and he started rattling off the numbers,

923
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: and then he said, you know what, if you just

924
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: look at ELI stats, not too shabby at all. And

925
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,839
Speaker 1: he and he had a real he had a real

926
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 1: uh piece of emotion when he said that. And consider

927
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: that in the first half of the season he was

928
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 1: dealing with three different offensive lines that weren't very good,

929
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: that was was not really given him much of anything

930
00:45:57,719 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: to work with, and they were one in seven and

931
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: its statistically, he did wind up so high in so

932
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: many different levels. That shows you how sensational he was

933
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: in the second half of the year. Yeah, I agree,

934
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: I agree. You know, I think I hope he's you know,

935
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: I think it's September eight is opening day. I hope

936
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: he's the quarterback. I think it's probably going to take

937
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,720
Speaker 1: some kind of extension. I he's not going to play

938
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: on that one year contract. There's going to have to

939
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: be something beyond that. And and frankly, I'm okay with that.

940
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. Pa Paul, You've mentioned something on

941
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: Monday and Tuesday which I thought was just you made

942
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: an excellent point regarding the draft, and I frankly had

943
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: been thinking along the same lines. We got to get

944
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:48,320
Speaker 1: back into that third round. Um, I'm I'm counting, you know,

945
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: I'm counting Beal as part of this draft class. But

946
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: I keep thinking, I keep thinking of what we were

947
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: able to do last year with that second third round pick.

948
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: We really came out of that draft with with four players. Now,

949
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: it took Carter to about game eight to begin to

950
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 1: make a you know, a real mark for himself and

951
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 1: to be an integral part of the rotation. But I

952
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: think it's if we can get to a round pick

953
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: eighty five and that, which is about halfway through that

954
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: third round. Um, I think I think we can. I

955
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: think we can nail four starters in this in this draft,

956
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 1: and I think that's awfully important. It's a long way.

957
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 1: You know, Bill would have been if if if we

958
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: if if Bill had stayed in and we had picked

959
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:35,279
Speaker 1: him in the third round, he would have been about seventy. UM.

960
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: But our second round, you know, our second round pick

961
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: is thirty seven. Um. If you go thirty seven to

962
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: a hundred and two, which is about our fourth round pick,

963
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: maybe higher, because I'm not counting the competent, you can't

964
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: do that's that's a that's a lot of football players

965
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: coming off the board. That's not good. You can't do it,

966
00:47:57,840 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: then we can't do it. We gotted it was somehow

967
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: we got to get back into the middle or the

968
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: back end. Not the compics at the end of the

969
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: third round, but somewhere in that third round. We've got

970
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: to get that, you know, we've got to get that

971
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 1: fourth player. So I thought that was an excellent point.

972
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 1: You know you made on Monday and Tuesday. Um, I

973
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: know John John's going down to Uh, he's going down

974
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: to the Senior Bowl. Uh, John, Just just a couple,

975
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: I mean there were many. I mean, the guy Little

976
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 1: from is really good as a you know, as a

977
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: tackle prospect. I don't like I don't think Little Williams,

978
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,279
Speaker 1: but Lynn Little is not at the Senior Bowl. I

979
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: don't think, oh well he probably. Yeah. The guys who

980
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 1: were that high really don't go, do they. I mean,

981
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: the round trying to get into the first round, who

982
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: really go? Who? But there's a guy at Wisconsin and

983
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: they had some offensive line. I think their whole offensive

984
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: line was the All Big Ten first team offensive line.

985
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 1: Um Williams possible second round, possible second round pick at

986
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: thirty seven, and there, you know me, I can't get

987
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: away from the center position. Uh. The kid at Mississippi State,

988
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: hopefully he lasts till thirty seven. Maybe that's a guy

989
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,839
Speaker 1: who's um, you know who's there in that second round.

990
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: And be careful now, because you can only have so

991
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,879
Speaker 1: many first level priorities. And while I I say to you, hey,

992
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,399
Speaker 1: it's great to upgrade as many spots on the old

993
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: line as you can, quite frankly, the right tackle spot

994
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: is the weakest link of all and the one that

995
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,279
Speaker 1: is glaring, and that's got to be the priority on

996
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 1: the line. Center doesn't, right, You have to, you know,

997
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:46,400
Speaker 1: we have to look at that. I think we have

998
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: to look at that position as being the number one.

999
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: I got a tiered um Uh. And of course I've

1000
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 1: been harping on this for you know a number of years.

1001
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: And also I think the offensive line has been the

1002
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 1: longest problem or the problem that we've had the longest

1003
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 1: on the team, and it's just time to fix it. Paul.

1004
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: So my my top tier, given draft, free agency trades,

1005
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: whatever I want center and right tackle. That's what we gotta.

1006
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: We got to clear up this offensive line problem. Um.

1007
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: The second tier, I mean I got free safety, I

1008
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:30,279
Speaker 1: got edge rusher, Um, I got cornerback and hopefully, you know,

1009
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: hopefully Bill fills that spot and then drop into a

1010
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: third tier. I got wide receiver and I got right guard.

1011
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be disappointed if the whole right side of

1012
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,919
Speaker 1: the offensive line, including the center, got changed. But that's

1013
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: that's just me. But um, I'm with you, Paul, right tackle, center, center,

1014
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: right tackle by free agency trades, second round in the draft.

1015
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,840
Speaker 1: We gotta fill that spot. We gotta fill those spots. Len,

1016
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: I love you. If edge rusher isn't one of your

1017
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,560
Speaker 1: top two prior these, you're doing something wrong. Yeah, it's

1018
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,040
Speaker 1: gotta be. It's gotta be. Just can't get off that

1019
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,520
Speaker 1: offensive line. Well, then you're gonna stop anyway. I got you,

1020
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,439
Speaker 1: I got you. It's just been so long that we've

1021
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:14,040
Speaker 1: talked about this offensive line not being right. Yeah, but yeah,

1022
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: but you don't. You don't need five studs to have

1023
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:19,720
Speaker 1: a good offensive line. You don't have to have five studs.

1024
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 1: I'm not looking for well, I'm looking for upgrades, Paul.

1025
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 1: I mean, geez, we gotta get started. I'll tell you

1026
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 1: why you were guys who can at least start. Here's

1027
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 1: here's here's here's where I'm kind of agreeing and disagreeing

1028
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 1: with you. All right, I'm disagreeing with you because I

1029
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: think solder Hernandez Pully, I'm a Pulley guy, and and

1030
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: Brown are fine. And if you get a stud right

1031
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 1: tackle to go with those four, I like that five right.

1032
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: If you're if you're keeping Brown and Pulley, then you

1033
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,919
Speaker 1: need a stud right tackle and that's it. And that's

1034
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: it to start. Now, Now I had right guard on

1035
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: my on my third tier. Well, you do you think

1036
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: browning of the seventh position? See that's the seventh spot. Um,

1037
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,800
Speaker 1: I understand. I think the other six were you know

1038
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:08,800
Speaker 1: above that we gotta and we gotta fix those. You know,

1039
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:12,439
Speaker 1: it's it's we gotta have an edge rusher. I'm hoping

1040
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: that maybe it's Olivier full season. We get more out

1041
00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:20,160
Speaker 1: of Hill, you know those kinds of things. And um,

1042
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:23,600
Speaker 1: you know with this hybrid three four, we get we

1043
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: get more sacks, we get more pressure in the quarterback

1044
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: mid round. The big guy at the middle in the middle,

1045
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: you know who can push the center back, Um, you

1046
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 1: know would be big as well, Leon Lenlon. You have

1047
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:39,720
Speaker 1: Dalvin Tomlinson, he's your nose tackle. They traded Snacks Harrison

1048
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: to put Dalvin Thomason a nose tackle. He's your guy there. Yeah,

1049
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 1: listen he listen. Tomlinson played better than I thought he

1050
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,879
Speaker 1: was gonna play at no tackle. I'm just I want

1051
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,880
Speaker 1: to if he's the nose tackle John, I want to

1052
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: see one more season before I annoint him as a

1053
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:01,280
Speaker 1: long term answer at that position. I I understand he played,

1054
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: he played, Okay, I just want to see it one

1055
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,840
Speaker 1: more year to anoint him. And for anything, we got

1056
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,840
Speaker 1: to get it back up. That's why I was so

1057
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: big on that kid from Virginia Tech last year, Settled

1058
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,320
Speaker 1: who went to the Redskins a round six, because I

1059
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 1: think we needed somebody behind Snacks and not have to

1060
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: disrupt thom Wilson from playing on the outside and put

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00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: him in as a substitute for Sex. All right, we're

1062
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: going too deep into the Snacks for we have so

1063
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 1: many months to analyze those draft needs. Please, let's go

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Speaker 1: to Jeff in Long Island. He's up next, Jeff. What's

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00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: going on? Pal A high, guys, Before I get into

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00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,400
Speaker 1: my main point, he earlier in the show, you were

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00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: talking about plays that we passing, plays that we missed

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00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: with Eli. And there's just one play I wanted to

1069
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,919
Speaker 1: bring up. And it wasn't a big long pass play.

1070
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: It was maybe ten yards fifteen yards to the left

1071
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 1: side flat, but it happened at certain times, at very

1072
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: importan moments in Giant history, at least in recent history.

1073
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 1: And that was against Dallas, of all teams. Both times

1074
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:09,840
Speaker 1: the same play, and the recipients were a Monti Tumor

1075
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 1: and Victor Cruz And I think maybe you know what

1076
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:16,960
Speaker 1: I'm talking about. It's a simple outroute. Yeah, that's all.

1077
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,320
Speaker 1: But you know what, it was a perfect play in

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00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:25,239
Speaker 1: the and the fact that it didn't require uh uh

1079
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:30,400
Speaker 1: the Elis skill set to throw into a tiny window.

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00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:35,359
Speaker 1: It mounted, it required the team to provide the right

1081
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 1: type of blocking, and it was just a beautiful play

1082
00:54:38,719 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 1: to watch and to see it imitated by Victor Cruz

1083
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 1: in in two thousand eleven, after Monty did that in

1084
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. It was just a very nice play.

1085
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 1: And I missed that and the out and the up

1086
00:54:49,719 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: was the one the Cruise ran. But here's the thing,

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00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,759
Speaker 1: I do get it. I mean, as upset I as

1088
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: I am about some of these things disappearing from the

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00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 1: playbook over the last few years. I understand that the

1090
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: coaches got queasy because of the lack of a consistent

1091
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,400
Speaker 1: running game and the lack of a good, solid offensive line.

1092
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,200
Speaker 1: They got queasy with the playbook and started shrinking the

1093
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 1: playbook and said, you know what, this isn't a gamble

1094
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:15,719
Speaker 1: that's we're willing to take. We got to shrink the

1095
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,760
Speaker 1: playbook because these guys aren't providing the other necessary ingredients.

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00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 1: So as upset as I am, I do understand the

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00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:26,320
Speaker 1: logic behind the reason they got that way, and I

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00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 1: understand too, So we move on, We move forward. The

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00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: main point I wanted to bring up was, you know,

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Speaker 1: we we've talked about stats earlier in terms of how

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00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 1: the newer running backs, newer running quarterbacks are high on

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00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 1: the list in quarterback sacks. And my question basically is

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00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: the teams that have um gone for those running quarterbacks

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00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:56,880
Speaker 1: or at least very mobile quarterbacks, are they taking them

1105
00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: because they're saying to themselves or the the gms, the

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00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,719
Speaker 1: you know, the uh professional staff, they're saying, well, you know,

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00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:07,439
Speaker 1: our lines aren't good enough, our old lines aren't good enough,

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Speaker 1: and that we need somebody mobile. Are they, you know?

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00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 1: Because the only the only uh uh flying. The ointment

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00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 1: is that in terms of Dak Prescott, you know, and

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00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 1: his old line, he's sort of inherited old line from uh,

1112
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: you know, uh from Dallas, but because Romo. But I

1113
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,360
Speaker 1: was just wondering, do you feel that general managers, you know,

1114
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: are are are assuming that you know, they're old lines

1115
00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:39,280
Speaker 1: don't have to be as good with the running quarterback now, Jeff, honestly,

1116
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:43,360
Speaker 1: I don't. I think they did not draft to Shaun

1117
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: Watson because he could run. They drafted the Shawn Watson

1118
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:49,839
Speaker 1: beause they think he could throw. You know, Josh Allen

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00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:52,040
Speaker 1: being mobile was great, but they drafted him because of

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Speaker 1: his arm talent. You know, Dak Prescott was a fourth

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00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:58,480
Speaker 1: round pick. He was a fourth round pick because he

1122
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:01,479
Speaker 1: wasn't inaccurate and he had that the off the field

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Speaker 1: this year with the d uy You know, generally speaking,

1124
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 1: teams aren't taking chances on quarterbacks because they can run.

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Speaker 1: They think they're guys that can pass but can also run.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think general managers are fool enough to

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00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 1: think that a mobile quarterback fixes a bad offensive line.

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Speaker 1: You might be able to buy more time, you might

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00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: be able to help yourself out a little bit, but

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00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 1: in the end, it's still gonna come and bite you

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00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 1: in the butt. You need to block whether or not

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00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 1: your quarterback is mobile or not. Well, I understand that,

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00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:35,320
Speaker 1: and I I and I I look at the last weekend,

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00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:38,919
Speaker 1: and especially Jackson and Baltimore who had really very poor

1135
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:43,560
Speaker 1: pocket presence and and and his quote unquote escapability wasn't

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00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 1: there at all for the most part. And and the

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00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: way I look at it, you know, I'm I'm an

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00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:52,120
Speaker 1: Ernie a Corsi fan, and when I look at quarterbacks,

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00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,560
Speaker 1: you know, I have to really scrutinize who's out there.

1140
00:57:56,080 --> 00:58:01,000
Speaker 1: And I'm sure Dave Gettleman is sometimes it takes a

1141
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 1: look at at Ernie's playbook in the way he evalued

1142
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:08,960
Speaker 1: in the way Ernie evaluated Eli in the draft for

1143
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:13,800
Speaker 1: that year. And I'm hoping that that he doesn't uh,

1144
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:18,360
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he will be the same show the

1145
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: same type of scrutiny because it's it's a very hard thing.

1146
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 1: And really the only quarterback that I I see in

1147
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: the last seven eight years who really came out and

1148
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 1: has really shown what he is is is Uh. I

1149
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: was gonna say all of the luck, but Andrew Luck.

1150
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: So the look, but basically he's the last really true

1151
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:44,520
Speaker 1: stand up quarterback that's been in the draft for the

1152
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,080
Speaker 1: last seven eight years. Okay, we appreciate the call, thanks

1153
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: a lot. Josh Rosen's the pocket quarterback. Sam Donald moved,

1154
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: but he's a pocket quarterback. Baker Mayfield ca move, but

1155
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 1: he's a pocket quarterback. These are guys that want to throw.

1156
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:58,080
Speaker 1: They don't want to run the ball. They might go

1157
00:58:58,240 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 1: to move a little bit, but there guys that want

1158
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:01,560
Speaker 1: us six. He from the pocket, and and Jock, by

1159
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,440
Speaker 1: the way, you can run too, but he's a guy

1160
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,800
Speaker 1: that wants to throw. And DeShawn Watson wants to throw.

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00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,280
Speaker 1: His first option isn't to run. I mean I could

1162
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,200
Speaker 1: count on two hands how many times even ran the

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00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 1: read option with DeShawn Watson this year. He's a thrower

1164
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:16,439
Speaker 1: of the ball. Carson wins is a thrower of the ball.

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00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:20,760
Speaker 1: They use their mobility to compliment what they do with

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00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 1: their arms. And Lamar Jackson is a different category. The

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00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: way they use him this year is unique, correct, and

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00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: you can kind of put him off to the side

1169
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:29,800
Speaker 1: and he's kind of in his own group to me,

1170
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 1: the same way the Redskins use RG three in his

1171
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 1: rookie year. Those guys are kind of, at least to me,

1172
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 1: in the same group on their own. But Russell Wilson, look,

1173
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 1: you can run, but they want to throw with him.

1174
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: I mean, Dak Prescott can run and they do a

1175
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:44,040
Speaker 1: couple design runs with him, but Scott Lenahan uses him

1176
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 1: as a pocket passer. That's what the NFL is. You

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00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:50,520
Speaker 1: cannot survive as a quarterback that's a run first player

1178
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:52,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL, it just doesn't work long term. In

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00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:54,800
Speaker 1: reference to his question, and I know we're running out

1180
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,880
Speaker 1: of time, I got one more guy. I simply want

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00:59:56,920 --> 01:00:00,640
Speaker 1: to say this, uh, he asked, You know, are teams

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01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: looking for those kinds of guys because they know about

1183
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,000
Speaker 1: their lines? Well, there's no question. Over the last many

1184
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:08,360
Speaker 1: years now, and it goes back probably at least a

1185
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,479
Speaker 1: half a dozen NFL teams are having a harder time

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01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: finding quality offensive line and coming out of the n

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Speaker 1: C double A ranks. That's just the fact. It's either

1188
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:20,920
Speaker 1: because of the schemes that they're playing or guys just

1189
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 1: aren't being taught to fundamentals and now it takes so

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01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:26,600
Speaker 1: much time to groom them when they get here. And

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01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:29,600
Speaker 1: with the new CBA they don't have the opportunity to

1192
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:33,760
Speaker 1: teach them. Sure, so you're having a much harder time

1193
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:38,920
Speaker 1: as a pro personnel director acquiring and building offensive lines.

1194
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:43,840
Speaker 1: So the lazy way out is, well, go get the

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Speaker 1: mobile quarterback, Go get the running quarterback, because we just

1196
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,400
Speaker 1: can't spend the elbow grease to go get the offensive

1197
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:53,280
Speaker 1: line that we need to protect our pocket pass right.

1198
01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:54,919
Speaker 1: But do you think the Seahawks are saying we don't

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Speaker 1: need to improve our offensive line because we have Russell Wilson.

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Speaker 1: I think there are there are teams that under stand

1201
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,640
Speaker 1: that if we don't get our offensive line fixed, we're

1202
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:06,320
Speaker 1: not gonna go very far. Our quarterback is gonna wind

1203
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:11,200
Speaker 1: up on ancient reserve Andrew Luck last year. It's you know,

1204
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:15,080
Speaker 1: teams want to but I do think in the meantime

1205
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 1: they think, well, if they can get the more mobile guy,

1206
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:20,919
Speaker 1: take the lazy way out. Get that guy first, see

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01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 1: if he can survive, and we'll buy some time until

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01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:26,480
Speaker 1: we can try to fix the line for him. I

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01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: do think that happens in a lot of cases. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: final call the show, and by the way, it was

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Speaker 1: all brought to you by Corps Light. Download the cores

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Speaker 1: Light Awards after an amazing Giants prizes is Michael long Island. Mike,

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Speaker 1: what's up, hi, guys? How are you hi? Mike? I

1214
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:43,280
Speaker 1: just got under the wire. I guess I'm gonna talk

1215
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:48,040
Speaker 1: about ELI and our next quarterback. I'm gonna played general manager.

1216
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:51,080
Speaker 1: And I think you guys are gonna think I'm crazy. Okay,

1217
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,680
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna try this anyway. I would extend ELI

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01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:58,840
Speaker 1: for another year, say some money on the cap. We're

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01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 1: gonna probably have eleven draft picks this year, maybe a

1220
01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:08,040
Speaker 1: little less. And I want to prepare. I want draft capital.

1221
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,479
Speaker 1: I want to start trading these a couple of draft picks,

1222
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:15,560
Speaker 1: uh for next year. And I want to start saving

1223
01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:19,280
Speaker 1: a lot of capital for Trevor Lawrence. Remember Trevor Lawrence.

1224
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Speaker 1: Mike is a next year Trevor Lawrence is. Yes, Yes,

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01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:24,800
Speaker 1: I know that it's gonna take time to get a

1226
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:28,480
Speaker 1: lot of capital. See, Mike, here's the problem. I I

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01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 1: understand what you're trying to do, but I'm gonna give

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01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:36,200
Speaker 1: you the nightmare scenario that makes your plan faulty. And

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01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 1: and here's what it is you got. And let's say

1230
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Speaker 1: the Giants, let's say they even have a high pick

1231
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,800
Speaker 1: Let's say they're picking eighth that year. Now that's that

1232
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:46,480
Speaker 1: that that's real bad news of the art. But let's

1233
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,360
Speaker 1: say they are picking eighth. Okay, what happens if you're

1234
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:52,040
Speaker 1: sitting there and the team with the worst record in

1235
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 1: football is picking first, they don't have a quarterback. You

1236
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,840
Speaker 1: you could offer them a billion picks. They're gonna want

1237
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:03,960
Speaker 1: to take Trevor Lawrence. So that's why it's impossible to

1238
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:07,240
Speaker 1: plan just for one guy. It's one thing like last year,

1239
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 1: where you have three or four guys that maybe can play,

1240
01:03:10,080 --> 01:03:12,360
Speaker 1: and you you know, you gather capital to get one

1241
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,000
Speaker 1: of those four because you figure you can figure out

1242
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:15,720
Speaker 1: what to get one of the four, right, But if

1243
01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 1: you can't just target one guy because there's no guarantee

1244
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:21,439
Speaker 1: that you're gonna be able again. For example, when Andrew

1245
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:24,800
Speaker 1: Luck came out, um whatever, six seven years ago, now right,

1246
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 1: the Colts wouldn't have traded that pick for anything in

1247
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:32,200
Speaker 1: the world. Anything in the world. They would have traded

1248
01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:34,680
Speaker 1: that pick, which is why you can't just target one guy.

1249
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:37,000
Speaker 1: The same thing when Peyton Manning came out, they wouldn't

1250
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,840
Speaker 1: have to pick for anything in the world. And by

1251
01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 1: the way, John John is making such a good point

1252
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:44,880
Speaker 1: off of what you just said, it makes sense that

1253
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 1: in when they're supposed to be a handful of high

1254
01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:54,320
Speaker 1: quality Herbert. Well, now you can start playing around with well,

1255
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,920
Speaker 1: how do we want to maneuver ourselves to get into

1256
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:58,840
Speaker 1: the neighborhood to get one of those guys. Yeah, and

1257
01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:01,200
Speaker 1: again it's not just targeting guy. It's looking for one

1258
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:04,120
Speaker 1: guy out of a group. Right you listen, you know

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01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,880
Speaker 1: I'm I'm not a dummy. I understand what you're saying.

1260
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,000
Speaker 1: But you know I would still try to get draft

1261
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:13,040
Speaker 1: capital capital with the eleven pick step we're gonna have,

1262
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,680
Speaker 1: and we could move around. You know, don't get me wrong.

1263
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 1: I'm talking about trading a fifth this year or you know,

1264
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:24,200
Speaker 1: for a fourth next year. They usually do that right

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Speaker 1: where if you are willing to give up a fifth,

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Speaker 1: you might get a fourth for the next year if

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Speaker 1: you give it up. Mike. No, Mike, Mike, I think

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Speaker 1: that part of your plan is absolutely perfect. I would

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Speaker 1: do the same thing. You have so many picks, you know,

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Speaker 1: if they want to say, trade their fourth round pick

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Speaker 1: this year to pick up a third round pick next year,

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Speaker 1: I'd be a hundred percent in favor of doing stuff

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Speaker 1: like that, to try to give yourself capital moving forward

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Speaker 1: to go get the quarterback whenever it becomes possible. That

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Speaker 1: I have no problem with. I'm all with the on that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a good idea. And remember the other

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Speaker 1: thing is they could always trade a player or two.

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Speaker 1: You could always play trade a player or two for

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Speaker 1: a pick. And to I think upon how you maneuver

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Speaker 1: your free agency situation is all season. You always have

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Speaker 1: to keep in mind you may get compensatory the following

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Speaker 1: years as well. That's right. Anyway, listen, raft capital fort

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Speaker 1: and the year raft. That's what I say. Sounds good.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. That good stuff. Thanks for the call

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Speaker 1: and look, and I have no problem with accumulating capital.

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Speaker 1: So you can put yourself in the position to find

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Speaker 1: your quarterback eventually. Because I'll say it again, and this

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Speaker 1: is what I'll close the show on, Paul. The most

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Speaker 1: important thing this regime does is transfer from Eli Manning

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Speaker 1: to the next guy that's gonna determine what the long

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Speaker 1: term success the franchises. So you've gotta figure out the

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Speaker 1: best way to do that. And you can't force it.

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Speaker 1: Just like Dave Gentleman said, you can't force something like that.

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Speaker 1: You have to let it come, but you can run

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Speaker 1: your organization, manage your assets, manage your draft capital to

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Speaker 1: give yourself the best chance possible to make that transition

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Speaker 1: in the in the best possible way. So that's what

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Speaker 1: I think the challenges for Dave Getleman here is to

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Speaker 1: do that while at the same time trying to improve

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Speaker 1: the team in the present and get them better to

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Speaker 1: make a plan. There are so many mechanisms you can

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Speaker 1: use to affect your draft bushel or basket if you will.

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Speaker 1: I think the perfect scenario for them would be and

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Speaker 1: I think it can be done in a variety of

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Speaker 1: different ways. Is to get the ability to trade up

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Speaker 1: into the top hundred, like what lenn was saying before,

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Speaker 1: and I said this week on the show, try to

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Speaker 1: get more picks in the top one but also at

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Speaker 1: the same time, because they may have eleven picks this

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Speaker 1: year and there's always the possibility of more compensatories next

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Speaker 1: year or maybe trades, try to also at the same

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Speaker 1: time compile a couple of extra picks for the following year.

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Speaker 1: I think it can be done. Look, you can move

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Speaker 1: in and can be and we and this I said

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Speaker 1: this with the last yesterday. I don't think getting another

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Speaker 1: second round picks realistic with what you have. But if

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Speaker 1: you want to move into the middle or back into

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Speaker 1: the third round, the top packaging a couple of fours,

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Speaker 1: you can do that. Top one hundred, you can do it.

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Speaker 1: You can do that anyway, all right, thanks for joining us, everybody.

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Speaker 1: I'm out with Figgles. Tomorrow we preview the divisional playoffs.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you then, Audios.