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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we're not waiting for any

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Speaker 1: stinking tampering period. I'm Greg Rosenthal. I'm in my garage

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Speaker 1: on a hot Los Angeles March day talking to my

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Speaker 1: friend Nick Shook of the Vanquish Cleveland Cavaliers. We're not

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Speaker 1: getting into any NBA today though, Nick. It's all about

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Speaker 1: Max Crosby and all the moves that are leading into

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Speaker 1: the big free agency period that starts with us Monday.

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Speaker 1: Sorry for the low blow to start.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say I look past that dig

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Speaker 2: right now.

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Speaker 3: We'll just move forward into the news of the weekend,

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Speaker 3: which is the shaker that Max Crosby is now headed

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Speaker 3: to the AFC North and the Baltimore Ravens when you

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Speaker 3: looked at the possibility of a trade.

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Speaker 2: In my mind, the Ravens are always in play because

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Speaker 2: they love to go after vets.

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Speaker 3: They always love to make the big swings with the

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Speaker 3: brand names in pursuit of a ring. But even I

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Speaker 3: was shocked when this came about on Friday.

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Speaker 1: I was shocked too. It got thrown out a second,

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Speaker 1: I believe in the studio, and I can't remember if

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Speaker 1: it was me or Patrick who who just said, like

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Speaker 1: that's not really what the Ravens normally do, and yet

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Speaker 1: they did it. So, yes, we saw the Crosby trade.

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Speaker 1: I'm up at Indian Wells the tennis tournament Friday and night.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, ooh, the moves are starting to happen. I

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Speaker 1: want to start taping. And then we think about, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we got a lot of resignings coming up, we have

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Speaker 1: some cuts, we have some really good speculation. We thought,

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Speaker 1: let's do a show on Sunday night to kind of

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Speaker 1: clear the decks. So all of this isn't just thrown

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Speaker 1: into our Monday show. Really looking forward to our shows

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Speaker 1: all week long. We're going live at four pm Pacific,

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Speaker 1: seven pm Eastern throughout the week. But yes, let's talk

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Speaker 1: about what could be the biggest move of the entire offseason.

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Speaker 1: Crosby goes to the Ravens for the fourteenth overall pick

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Speaker 1: and a twenty twenty seven first round pick. So we

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Speaker 1: heard those reports back on Thursday when we last taped,

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Speaker 1: that the Cowboys not willing to give up a second

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Speaker 1: first round pick. Reportedly the Jaguars were also in on this.

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Speaker 1: That's very interesting to me, the teams that were in

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Speaker 1: and then some of the reporting that we saw on

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Speaker 1: ESPN was the Cowboys. You know, I tried to make

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Speaker 1: them sound discipline. They would not go to a second first,

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Speaker 1: but they were willing to give up another player and

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Speaker 1: a second which is crazy to me. In the in

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Speaker 1: the end, even though the Cowboys had the higher pick,

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Speaker 1: it's the Ravens who go over the top. They give

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Speaker 1: up the first the two first round picks. And there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of ways to talk about this with the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get to. I have twenty big moves.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about twenty big trends, but this

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Speaker 1: is the one we'll really dive into. To me, it

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Speaker 1: is a sign that like the way they've been doing things,

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Speaker 1: especially in terms of their pass rush and their defensive

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Speaker 1: thinks like, who am I getting there? And we have

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Speaker 1: a chance to really push our chips in the table

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Speaker 1: in the middle of Lamar Jackson's prime and do something

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Speaker 1: we haven't done in the past, Like what do you

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Speaker 1: think it is about maybe this offseason with Jesse Minner

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Speaker 3: I think that it was the way that they kind

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Speaker 3: them struggling in the mid portion of the season, But

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Speaker 3: the truth of the matter was that their defense couldn't

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Speaker 3: and they couldn't afford to do that again. Not only

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Speaker 3: And I feel like coming off of a season which

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Speaker 3: the coaching changed. Let's go capitalize with a defensive minded

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So Max Crosby is due about twenty nine to

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Speaker 1: thirty million dollars guaranteed this year. His salary stays similar

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Speaker 1: I'm curious if they're gonna do a new deal with

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Speaker 1: which to me is a huge part of this equation.

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Speaker 1: You're either getting like you could be getting Max Crosby

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Speaker 1: So that's like a big X factor. And I am

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Speaker 1: curious if Crosby like needs more money, wants more money,

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Speaker 1: him and Mark Davis were on the outset one point

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Speaker 1: that Max Crosby wasn't happy with the Alex Guerrero slash

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Speaker 1: And it does make me happy, just as someone that

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Speaker 1: Because to me that I don't think this was about

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, let's think about it.

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Speaker 3: He just got that contract redone a year ago and

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Speaker 3: it was just out of a sign of good will.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't because he was entering a contract year. It's

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Speaker 3: just that's how much the Raiders appreciated him. But things

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Speaker 3: it's good to see good football players join teams that

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Speaker 3: But it is interesting you're right about the contract because

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Speaker 3: I think that the contract could stay, but I would

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Speaker 3: still understand if they restructured, because if you look at

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Speaker 2: No way you're carrying that cap number for him. You

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Speaker 3: Rokwan Smith at thirty two point seven million, Mattabk at

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Speaker 3: it comes to the total of your cap, you're going

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Speaker 1: Now, yeah, we tried to tape this Sunday evening Sunday

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Speaker 1: because which is officially Wednesday, the tampering slash negotiating period

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Speaker 1: he said the right things about Crosby. But I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be thrilled by this, this deal to have

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Speaker 1: the fourteenth overall pick. I know that the fan base

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Speaker 1: next year, it really does feel like they're getting to

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Speaker 1: perfect time for them to get max value, no pun intended.

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Speaker 1: And also like I don't think their fans are gonna

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Speaker 3: No, absolutely, And I think, look, if you're going to

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Speaker 3: long run. It's just not like just father time will

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Speaker 3: come for him before you're truly in a position to contend.

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Speaker 3: It's much more important for you to get maximum value

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Speaker 3: for him in the form of the draft picks. But

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Speaker 3: it's also you alleviate more capri him to be able

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Speaker 3: when the average person just thinks about free agency, they consider, all, right,

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Speaker 3: what big fish can we land. What if you took

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Speaker 3: the Patriots approach from last season, in which you spend

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Speaker 3: kind of the path that the Raiders need to take.

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Speaker 3: You add in the draft capital ammunition, and suddenly you're

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Speaker 3: setting up for a potentially transformative offseason if you can

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Speaker 3: nail both of those periods, and if the more capital

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Speaker 1: It's a tough spot for someone like Kelsey because no

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Speaker 3: at No hate on Travis Kelce. I live in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're getting some comments that they think Kelsey's washed.

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Speaker 2: I got to see the blueprints. I want to see

435
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Speaker 2: the open floor plan. How many ovens? One? Two? What

436
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,119
Speaker 2: are we doing here? We got the built in pancake griddle.

437
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Speaker 2: Come on, Okay?

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Speaker 1: That was a points three and four on our show.

439
00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,399
Speaker 1: Number five also happened on Friday. But it's the Raiders

440
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Speaker 1: releasing Geno Smith and we have some expected cuts. Gino

441
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Speaker 1: Smith was expected. The crazy part about this is that

442
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Speaker 1: we have now seen multiple reporters suggest that Gino Smith

443
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Speaker 1: is either a top or close to the top of

444
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Speaker 1: the Jets wish list. I want so much better for

445
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Speaker 1: Gino than returning to the Jets. That seems like a

446
00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,560
Speaker 1: terrible coda to the end of his career. Frank Reich,

447
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,520
Speaker 1: who is the coach there, also reportedly wants to bring

448
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Speaker 1: in Carson Wentz as a possibility. I want better for

449
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Speaker 1: Jets fans than Carson Wentz, and I want better for

450
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Speaker 1: Gino than having to deal with the Jets fans who

451
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Speaker 1: are going to kind of hold it against him what

452
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Speaker 1: he was the last time. And I'm still hoping for Minnesota,

453
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Speaker 1: even though I think that's where Kyler ends up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that would take away probably his best fit

455
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Speaker 3: as a free agent quarterback at this point in his career.

456
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Speaker 3: But you know, sometimes we look at players' careers and

457
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Speaker 3: we see them returning to the team that drafted them,

458
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Speaker 3: and we think, oh, that ties a nice little bow

459
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Speaker 3: on their arc.

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Speaker 2: This would be the opposite.

461
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Speaker 3: I don't know how else to describe the opposite of

462
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Speaker 3: tying a bow on it other than I don't know,

463
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Speaker 3: obliterating the tail end of it and leaving him with

464
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Speaker 3: no soft landing whatsoever. I mean, look, not to hate

465
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Speaker 3: on the Jets, but any quarterback that is put in

466
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Speaker 3: that situation has to be a supernatural like human to

467
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Speaker 3: be able to you know, get something out of that offense,

468
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Speaker 3: at least as it stands right now. I know they

469
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Speaker 3: had some injuries up front, justin Fields took about nine

470
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Speaker 3: steps back behind that offensive line, which wasn't terrible but

471
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Speaker 3: got worse and worse throughout the year. Tyrod Taylor, you know,

472
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Speaker 3: struggled to stay healthy. But similar story for him. Putting

473
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Speaker 3: Gino there would be the worst thing possible because he

474
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Speaker 3: just came from a terrible situation in the desert in

475
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Speaker 3: Vegas behind the NFL's worst offensive line. So, Gino, this

476
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Speaker 3: is my plea to you. Please hold out for a

477
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Speaker 3: better offer that might not be you know, worth as

478
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Speaker 3: much money, but is a better situation than this one.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Like I would rather see Geno be Stafford's backup

480
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 1: or something, yeah, versus you know, in a situation where

481
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Speaker 1: where he could possibly succeed if he was called upon.

482
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Speaker 1: The Jets are have seventy three million dollars in cap space.

483
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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be active. We haven't heard any

484
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Speaker 1: more on the Kyler Murray kind of sweep steaks, you know,

485
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Speaker 1: since we last taped, Other than the expectation is Minnesota

486
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Speaker 1: is the favorite, but I don't think anyone really knows knows.

487
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,960
Speaker 1: We'll find out other cuts around the league. Really surprised

488
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Speaker 1: by Taylor Decker getting cut by the Lions. The veteran

489
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 1: left tackle was you know, do a decent amount of

490
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Speaker 1: money and he announced he wasn't going to retire in February,

491
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Speaker 1: and the assumption was he's just coming back to the Lions.

492
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Speaker 1: I think they tried to negotiate a pay cut. He

493
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Speaker 1: wasn't happy about it, and he's cut loose and I

494
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Speaker 1: don't think we ever hit it on the show. They

495
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Speaker 1: also cut Graham Glasgow the other week, and Frank Ragnow

496
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Speaker 1: is still retired. He's not coming back. So they don't

497
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Speaker 1: have a center, they don't have a left tackle. They

498
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Speaker 1: need a guard spot. Interesting time for the Detroit Lions.

499
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Speaker 1: And where where would have you put Taylor Decker? And

500
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Speaker 1: I'll throw in Geno Smith if you were making the

501
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Speaker 1: top one oh one, these are where.

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Speaker 3: You well that that would require some context about who's

503
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Speaker 3: in like the thirties and forties.

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Speaker 1: Would you put Geno's with the head of Kirk Cousins, Yes,

505
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Speaker 1: and Ian Aaron Rodgers?

506
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Speaker 3: No.

507
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Speaker 2: I would put him behind Rogers and ahead of Kirk,

508
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Speaker 2: if thats it.

509
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Speaker 1: I actually put Kirk ahead of Rogers because I think

510
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,639
Speaker 1: Rogers is so tricky to fit into a different system.

511
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Speaker 1: But I had them all basically in the same tier.

512
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Speaker 1: Their rank between fifty and sixty. I'm calling that bridge

513
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Speaker 1: quarterback land. Yeah, but you know, you know this is

514
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Speaker 1: Geno Nation. I'm still standing up for the In the

515
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Speaker 1: right situation, he could be better. We got a comment

516
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Speaker 1: here that the Lion's window has closed. I disagree with that.

517
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Speaker 1: I don't think the Lion's window is closed. But this

518
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,720
Speaker 1: is a big month for them.

519
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Speaker 3: Yeah, look anytime that you're what was the story of

520
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,159
Speaker 3: the twenty twenty five Lions, the offensive line, the injuries

521
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Speaker 3: that they suffered up front, the fact that Frank ragnow

522
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Speaker 3: retired and replacing him didn't go as well as they

523
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Speaker 3: thought it would, which it's always a risk. Him trying

524
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Speaker 3: to unretire and failing as physical and then being sent

525
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Speaker 3: back to retirement against his wishes. And now Taylor Decker

526
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Speaker 3: leaving this feels like an emotional move on his part,

527
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Speaker 3: like I'm gonna come back and play one more year

528
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Speaker 3: and you're gonna ask me to take a pay cut,

529
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Speaker 3: all right, I'm out of here, because then where is

530
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Speaker 3: your next market? Do you end up with a team

531
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Speaker 3: that has the same ambitions? Like I think about teams

532
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,639
Speaker 3: that need offensive line men, and I think about the Browns,

533
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Speaker 3: and would Taylor Decker want to go play for the

534
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Speaker 3: Browns over the Lions? Because I wouldn't if I was

535
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Speaker 3: Taylor Decker. So I think if you weigh the priorities,

536
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Speaker 3: apparently it must have been offensive enough for him to

537
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Speaker 3: be like, you know what, screwed?

538
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Speaker 2: I want to leave entirely. And now he's out there.

539
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Speaker 3: The idea though, of investing in a guy for who's

540
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Speaker 3: probably only going to play one more year, it's got

541
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Speaker 3: to be with a team that really desperately just needs

542
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Speaker 3: a veteran to fill that last spot on their offensive line.

543
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Speaker 1: And I put him in my top hundred though, because

544
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Speaker 1: there's no tackles out there.

545
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Speaker 3: No, definitely in the top one hundred. But I'm thinking, like,

546
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Speaker 3: does he end up in Chicago because like they have

547
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Speaker 3: that would questions to answer on their offensive line.

548
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Speaker 1: Oh, that would That actually does make a lot of

549
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Speaker 1: sense because it's just a one year option they really

550
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Speaker 1: need with Delo coming off an injury. This is what

551
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Speaker 1: Lions correspondent Kevin Patrick said about how Taylor Decker played

552
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Speaker 1: last year serviceable. He missed more blocks than we'd seen

553
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Speaker 1: in the past few years. I think injuries really restricted

554
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Speaker 1: him a lot. Like he knew. He looked like a

555
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Speaker 1: guy who knew where to be and what was coming,

556
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Speaker 1: but couldn't always get there. Average with the arrow pointed down,

557
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Speaker 1: not where you want to be in life. Where I

558
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Speaker 1: feel like I am average with the arrow pointed You.

559
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Speaker 2: Know that's a lie.

560
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Speaker 1: Let's go. Packer says. The Jamir Gibbs stats are going

561
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,680
Speaker 1: to plummet as they pass more and become one dimensional.

562
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Speaker 1: Let's give them. Let's give them the next couple weeks

563
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: because the Lions actually have very little flexibility financially, at

564
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: least on paper. But Brad Holmes has done a great

565
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 1: job overall. I just want to I'll grade them at

566
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Speaker 1: the end. I think I don't want to be premature,

567
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Speaker 1: but I don't.

568
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Speaker 3: Want to be a doomsday guy either. But I think

569
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Speaker 3: there is some validity in the comment about Jamiir Gibbs.

570
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Speaker 3: I actually talked to him at the Pro Bowl in

571
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Speaker 3: San Francisco and basically was going to ask him about

572
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 3: the new offense and hurt him just quickly like reject

573
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Speaker 3: the premise of it by being like, I haven't been

574
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,239
Speaker 3: there yet. I don't know what it's going to look

575
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,719
Speaker 3: like because I haven't been in the building yet. So

576
00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 3: then I was like, all right, well, can we be

577
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,880
Speaker 3: honest for a second. We know your offensive line struggled

578
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,120
Speaker 3: last year and how it hurt your numbers, and he.

579
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Speaker 2: Basically acknowledged that.

580
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 3: He was like, yeah, I mean they had injuries up

581
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 3: front and it kind of hurt our entire offense and

582
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 3: took away a lot of our running game, which was

583
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 3: the basis of our offense. So this is going to

584
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 3: be the number one priority for this team, not to

585
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,719
Speaker 3: mention the fact that they need to find an edge

586
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 3: rusher to pair with Aden Hutchinson, they could use some

587
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 3: more defensive reinforcements. It's going to be a pivotal offseason

588
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 3: for them, It really is. It's crazy how quickly things

589
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 3: can change. But this is the way the NFL is

590
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,159
Speaker 3: with with attrition, with roster turnover falling short of the

591
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,680
Speaker 3: mark one year, Suddenly you lose a couple of key

592
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 3: guys up front, and the trenches get a little weaker

593
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 3: and things get a little unstable. So I hope that

594
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 3: Brad Holmes comes through for the better mint of the

595
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 3: Detroit Lions fan base.

596
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: The Trenches are looking rough, but they have a lot

597
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,400
Speaker 1: of great players still on that team, including Pan Sewell

598
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 1: by the Way, and Aidan Hutchinson. So I'm not pushing

599
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 1: the panic button yet. Here's what I'm gonna do, though,

600
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: is test Nick Schook and our producer Eric Roberts with

601
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Speaker 1: a little breaking news as we're taping this. The Rams

602
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 1: have signed Trent McDuffie to a four year, one hundred

603
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,399
Speaker 1: and twenty four million dollar contract extension. Look, we already

604
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 1: hit the trade at length on the show. This is

605
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: part two of the trade, getting him locked in long

606
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: term one hundred million dollars guaranteed reportedly or Trent McDuffie

607
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 1: now you know it, says highest paid cornerback in NFL history,

608
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: says one hundred million dollars guaranteed. I hate to say

609
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,439
Speaker 1: it when it comes to these insiders. I can't trust

610
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: it until I actually see the contract come up. But

611
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Speaker 1: it's not shocking because to me, he's a top ten

612
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: cornerback and generally, if you're in the top ten at

613
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Speaker 1: your position, you kind of become the highest paid player

614
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: when you're up. So it sounds crazy, but what that

615
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 1: tells me probably is you know it's guaranteed money into year,

616
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: you know, through three years. So of course Trent McDuffie's

617
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: going to be on this team for three four years.

618
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Speaker 1: He's twenty five years old. I don't think he's as

619
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Speaker 1: high level as the very very best cornerbacks, but he's

620
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: not far off, and he's a guy you can build around.

621
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Speaker 3: What I like is his versatility. He proved that in

622
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Speaker 3: Kansas City he was essentially started in the slot. He

623
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 3: had a great performance in twenty twenty four when they

624
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Speaker 3: got to the Super Bowl and beat the forty nine

625
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 3: ers in Vegas, and he played a pivotal role in

626
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 3: that game itself, breaking up a few key passes, again

627
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 3: largely manning the slot throughout that playoff run. Then the

628
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 3: next year proves that he can be inside and outside

629
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 3: and make a difference. PFF grades have him super high

630
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Speaker 3: over the last three years. I think the second best

631
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 3: corner in the NFL since twenty twenty three and coverage

632
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 3: grade wow. I agree that he's not necessarily like the

633
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 3: high level, elite brand name guy that you think of

634
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 3: at his position, but the Rams needed this.

635
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 2: We knew the only real weakness.

636
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: With the Rams, especially entering the postseason, was their secondary,

637
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 3: which is why we were so shocked that the secondary

638
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: made big plays and.

639
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 2: That win over the Bears.

640
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 3: Some of that had to do with DJ more Nutt

641
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,959
Speaker 3: finishing his route and flattening it out, but still they

642
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 3: made the plays when they needed to.

643
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 2: Now they go after it. This mirrors what they.

644
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: Got against the Seahawks. They didn't.

645
00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 3: You're right, and this is what that's the game that

646
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 3: tells them, this is what we need to focus on

647
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 3: the off season is our secondary. So this mirror is

648
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 3: what they did when they went after Jalen Ramsey when

649
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 3: they were going all in back when he was around

650
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 3: the same age he was considered the same level of cornerback.

651
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 3: They said, screw it, we're going all in. So it's

652
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 3: less need understanding. The time is now again, Let's go

653
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 3: get one of the best cornerbacks available in a trade

654
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 3: and pay him one twenty four over four. Now the

655
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 3: highest pass the sauce guard are at one twenty point four.

656
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 3: But the one hundred million guaranteed You're right, I need

657
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 3: to see the details because the top guaranteed numbers right now.

658
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 3: According to over the cap are like around forty eight

659
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 3: million for Derek Stingley.

660
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 2: That would be massive.

661
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 3: I don't know, there's no way that that's a really

662
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 3: true one hundred million guaranteed.

663
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 1: Well who knows. And yeah, even the per year at

664
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: thirty per you know, tops the highest before and at

665
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: his age, he is more likely than most to get

666
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: every dollar in that contract. But the CAP's going up,

667
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 1: you can always massage it. And yes, the Rams are

668
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: trying to win the super Bowl. And I like what

669
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: Jordan Rodrieg said on our show a couple of days ago, like, look,

670
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: it's not a position they've drafted. Well, so if that

671
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: that's a position you need to overpay a little bit

672
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: in a trade slash contract. Yeah, f them picks and

673
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: give the money to McDuffie. By the way, yeah, I

674
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: put Eric on the spot. He had that graphic up

675
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: in four point two one seconds. That was faster than

676
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 1: the fastest forty at the combine getting the Trent McDuffie

677
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: graphic up despite not knowing that it was coming. Now,

678
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: I'm really throwing another curve ball here because we're going

679
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: to hit point number fourteen on the rundown. Since it

680
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: was the Rams anyways, quickly in the secondary, Cam Curl

681
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: got a big contract thirty nine million dollars over three

682
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: years from the Rams. They also brought back Tyler Higbee

683
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: for eight million dollars over two years. I don't think

684
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: we need to go on much about that, but Cam

685
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: Curl was a guy that was in my top sixty

686
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: overall free agents, one of the top safeties available. And

687
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: a lot of people thought, oh, when they bring Quinton

688
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: Lake blat back, say goodbye to Cam Curl. But no,

689
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: they're going to spend money on the players that were

690
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: good in their secondary and that is a really diverse,

691
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: I think, trustworthy trio. And it really speaks to how

692
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: NFL defenses are run now where they can play all

693
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: sorts of different styles between Curl McDuffie and now Quinton Lake.

694
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: And yeah, they're still going to be looking at cornerbacks,

695
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: but they're going to feel really good. Let's go back

696
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: and let's talk about all the seenters. So I'm just

697
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: going to rip off all these center moves that happened

698
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: over the weekend. As one point, Conda McGovern got fifty

699
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: two million dollars, thirty two million dollars guaranteed from the

700
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. That's a four year contract that came just

701
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: a few days after he told Tim Graham of The

702
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: Athletic he assumed he's leaving Buffalo because no one had

703
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: even contacted him. And Tim Graham believes literally that conversation

704
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: helped kickstart negotiations, which is bizarre, but they got a

705
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: deal done. McGovern gets big time money, maybe because they

706
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: were looking at the rest of the market. Tyler Biattish

707
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: gets three years thirty million dollars with the Chargers. If

708
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: you remember, Biadas just got cut by the Commanders. He

709
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 1: finds a new home very quickly with the Chargers. They

710
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 1: had three interior line spots open, now they fill one.

711
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: The Packers have signed Sean Ryan for thirty three million

712
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: dollars for three years, eleven million dollars guaranteed. He's expected

713
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: to play center, which means Elgin Elton Jenkins might get cut.

714
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: We don't know about that. Maybe they could move Jenkins

715
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: out to a different position. He's still on the team.

716
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: Garrett Bradbury got traded from the Patriots to the Bears

717
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: for a twenty twenty seven fifth round pick, so the

718
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: Bears filled their center hole that was brazing, you know,

719
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: opened up by the fact that Drew Dolman retired the

720
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: other day, so it's just a game of musical chairs

721
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:46,320
Speaker 1: at center. The Patriots send off Garrett Bradbury. Jared Wilson,

722
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 1: who they drafted a year ago from Georgia is expected

723
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: to take that position, and also another spot opened up,

724
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: Ryan Kelly retired from the Vikings. He had been having

725
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: concussion issues, So that was a lot Nick, But I

726
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: just gotta want to just put it all out there

727
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: and let me know what you think if anything stands

728
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: out to you there. In general about the center market.

729
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,239
Speaker 3: I thought Biag's landing on the free agent market was

730
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 3: mildly surprising, and it felt like he wasn't going to

731
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 3: be out there for very long. Good that he kind

732
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 3: of got the early head start in a center market

733
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 3: that has suddenly become you know, fast and furious. Usually

734
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 3: isn't this active, but is this offseason. So good to

735
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 3: see him laying with the Chargers, the team that obviously

736
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 3: understands the importance of offensive line strength given that they

737
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 3: haven't been able to produce it over the last few years,

738
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 3: and luckily their quarterback still has all of his limbs.

739
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 3: As for the Patriots trade with the Bears. Very funny

740
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 3: how this construction of this Patriots team has already evolved

741
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 3: from year one to year two, where they went and

742
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 3: got some of the vets that they thought could plug holes.

743
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 3: And then now that they finished that first season, they're like,

744
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 3: all right, you're out, Stefan Diggs, Bradbury, you're traded.

745
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 2: Wilson's going to move over to center.

746
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 3: The succession plan completely, you know, in place and active.

747
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 3: And the Bears get an answer after a surprise retirement

748
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: from from Drew Dollman. I know that Bears fans. I

749
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 3: am very close with a few of them. They have

750
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 3: been panicking all week since he announced his retirement, and

751
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 3: so it's nice to get that done before the start

752
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 3: of free agency as well. And Bradbury guy with obviously

753
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 3: with a ton of experience and did a good jobs

754
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 3: as the veteran leader of the pivot of the Patriots

755
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 3: this year, an offensive line that was very diverse, being

756
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 3: so young on the left so experienced on the right.

757
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 3: Didn't play the best in the super Bowl. But I

758
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 3: think Bradbury overall deserves this next opportunity.

759
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 2: We'll see how he doesn't.

760
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 1: You I don't know. Bears fans watched a lot of

761
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,760
Speaker 1: that those Vikings games in Division when Bradbury was struggling.

762
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: It's it's a little bit of a buyer beware with

763
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: biattish at that salary that the Commanders were willing to

764
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: get off. Yeah, and also little buyer be aware for

765
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: the Bears that the Patriots were willing to get off

766
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 1: of them. It's not like his contract was that much,

767
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: but they only gave up a fifth round pick. To me,

768
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: they might bring in competition for Garrett Bradbury, they might

769
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,879
Speaker 1: draft someone, they might add another free agent. But yeah,

770
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: it should. It should make Bears fans feel a little

771
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: bit better that they have an option that knows how

772
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: to play. But yeah, there was lot of like protection

773
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: issues with the commanders in terms of communication. Was that

774
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 1: on beiadash I don't really know. McGovern getting that big

775
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: of a deal, yeah, kind of eliminated him from, you know,

776
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: possibly going elsewhere. But man, the Bills who were going

777
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: to get to in a second, they had to make

778
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: a lot of cuts and they still don't have any

779
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: cap space right now, like they and they just paid

780
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: all that money to McGovern. I'm kind of wondering, like,

781
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: what else is going to happen here? We know they're

782
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: not going to be in on Tyler Linderbaum. That's it.

783
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: I think this is the spot. While we're talking centers

784
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: to talk linder bomb uh Ian reported that the Ravens are,

785
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: you know, trying to keep Linderbaum, but the Commanders, who

786
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: you know, just cut Beiadash and the Raiders were the

787
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: two teams that he mentioned could be willing to pay

788
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: big time money for Tyler Linderbaum. Now, another outlet, I

789
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 1: believe it was ESPN, had the Titans and the Giants

790
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: in on Linderbaum earlier in the in the weekend, and

791
00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:01,720
Speaker 1: so Lindenbaum is going to get huge money. Tampering starts

792
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 1: at New in Eastern on Monday, and I think he'll

793
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: he could be one of the first people signed. And

794
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 1: I have no idea where he's going, but it is

795
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: very interesting to me to see the teams that are

796
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: out there. And if the Raiders just wanted to give

797
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: Tyler Linbram like twenty seven twenty eight million dollars a

798
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: year tackle type money, they could do it like Mark

799
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: Davis would do it. They could just get they could

800
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: just make the money, absolutely crazy.

801
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 3: It would make the PA happy too, because it would

802
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 3: launch the center market into the stratosphere. But it's funny

803
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 3: because three of those four teams that were mentioned as

804
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 3: being in on him, outside of the Ravens, of course,

805
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 3: are three of the four teams of the most cap

806
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 3: spaced at this point as we enter the new league year,

807
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 3: Raiders at one hundred and twenty one million, Titans at

808
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 3: ninety two million, Commanders at eighty seven million, So they

809
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,839
Speaker 3: will have the money to throw if they really want

810
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 3: him in a bidding war I believe will ensue, and

811
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 3: it's gonna be one of the fun storylines to track

812
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 3: as the new new League year opens up.

813
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really I'm really looking forward to seeing who

814
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: goes crazy. But I think these teams that you keep

815
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: seeing mention we just said a few of them, Raiders, Commanders, Titans.

816
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: I think Giants are going to be very active patriots.

817
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: Those are some of the teams that I expect to

818
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: go crazy. One thing I also thought about with McDuffie.

819
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,919
Speaker 1: It's probably an extension, so the average per year looks

820
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: a little misleading because you're not counting the year that

821
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: was already on the contract and they fudge around with

822
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 1: these money. We see you agents and insiders at times.

823
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,720
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about a few dudes staying put

824
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 1: tj Hockinson took a five million dollar pay cut to

825
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 1: stay with the Vikings, and James Connor is back with

826
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: the Cardinals on a revised contract. Usually that means a

827
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: pay cut for him as well. Hockinson will now become

828
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 1: a free agent after the twenty twenty sixth season. Any

829
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 1: thoughts on Connor or Hockinson staying with their teams.

830
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 3: Hockinson making the necessary sacrifice that the Vikings front office

831
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 3: probably begged him to do to stay there, and he

832
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 3: probably wanted to stay there. I think that it's been

833
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 3: a good home for him since he was traded there,

834
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 3: despite their instability at quarterback over the last year or so,

835
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 3: And it makes a lot of sense. However, Connor is

836
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 3: an essential piece to whatever the Cardinals are going to

837
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 3: be under Mike Lafleur, because this is all he was.

838
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 3: Like he was their offense in Arizona, like once they

839
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 3: got hurt, he got hurt. Last year their offense took

840
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 3: a nose dive, and then Kyler gets hurt. He ends

841
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 3: up getting soft bench for Jacoby. Over the last three years,

842
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 3: the story with the Cardinals was did James Connor have

843
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 3: a good game? Did he run for a close to

844
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 3: one hundred yards? Then they may have won. Did he

845
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 3: have a bad game, They definitely lost. So keeping him

846
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 3: there makes sense. And coming off of the injury, that

847
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 3: also explains why the contract is revised.

848
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 2: But they have money to spend, so interesting.

849
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 3: I think negotiation there between the two and that like

850
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 3: running back coming off of an injury, kind of at

851
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 3: that point in his career age wise where you can't

852
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 3: justify paying him the same amount. He does it out

853
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 3: of a move of good faith. They do it because

854
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 3: they know he's so important, but they also preserve the

855
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 3: ability to add elsewhere because they know they have a

856
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 3: lot of holes that they need to fill.

857
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 2: So good on them.

858
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,479
Speaker 1: We got a question asking to say something nice about

859
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. They need hope. Look, maliqu Willis could be

860
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: your quarterback in less than twenty four hours. That would

861
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: give me personally a lot of hope. It would also

862
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: give me a point in our free agency matchmaker game

863
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: that I'm hoping to win. I think Maliquillis might happen,

864
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 1: and just kind of as a something to remember, if

865
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: you're watching like a pay cut or a revised contract

866
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 1: at this time of year, the team ultimately is saying

867
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: we will cut you. It's up to you. They're negotiating that,

868
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:37,240
Speaker 1: and exactly it helps the agent and the player. TJ.

869
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: Hockinson look like they got to win that. Well, the

870
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: contracts shortened. Now I'll become a free agent after next year. Well,

871
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:43,919
Speaker 1: you would have been a free agent in a day

872
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: if you didn't accept the pay cup. But ultimately Hockinson

873
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: decided the money I'm going to get there, which is

874
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: still I think probably going to be pretty good, Like

875
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars is probably better than i could do

876
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: on the open market. And I'm comfortable here and that

877
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: ultimately the team was ready to move on. The Eagles

878
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: are not ready to move on from Jordan Davis. He

879
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,399
Speaker 1: gets sixty five million dollar guaranteed on a three year,

880
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: seventy eight million dollar extension. It's a four year total deal.

881
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: And I find that really interesting in the context of

882
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 1: the ESPN report that some teams have called about Jalen Carter.

883
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: I threw that out there in the middle of February.

884
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: I was like, I wonder if the Eagles would ever

885
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: think about trading Jalen Carter. So if you're looking for

886
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: like a stunner of a deal in the next week,

887
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: that would be one potential one. The Eagles also reportedly

888
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,399
Speaker 1: are talking about possibly trading for Jonathan Garnard and are

889
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,839
Speaker 1: doing their best to keep Jalen Phillips. So I think

890
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 1: they're going to spend at edge. We just kind of

891
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: have to find out if it's Phillips or Gernard. It's

892
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: a lot there that I just served up for you,

893
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: But a very cool development arc for Jordan Davis improving

894
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: in his career.

895
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it lands him I think in the top

896
00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 3: two in APY at his position. Actually, he'll make more

897
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 3: than Milton Williams. Actually, I think that's the same as

898
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 3: Milton Williams. What twenty six a year was at fifty

899
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 3: two mental maths seventy eight. Yeah, that's the equal to

900
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 3: what Milton Williams got paid by the Patriots last year.

901
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 3: I know the Eagles, between the two, would rather pay

902
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 3: Jordan Davis than Milton Williams.

903
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 2: So it makes sense.

904
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: He has improved after he dropped that weight last offseason.

905
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 3: He became a more agile player. He was always very

906
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 3: explosive and kind of a freak of nature athletically, but

907
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,280
Speaker 3: he became a more effective and more agile player. Instead

908
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 3: of just being a gap plugger, he could also make

909
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 3: a bigger difference as a rusher and as somebody who

910
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 3: could move from gap to gap, which was big for

911
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:29,880
Speaker 3: him in his development.

912
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 2: And that's why here, how.

913
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 1: About a touchdown scorer with that return against the Rams.

914
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 2: That boy was slim new looks. Look how smelt he

915
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 2: looks because he lost all that weight. He felt lighter

916
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 2: on his feet. Now his pockets are going to feel

917
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 2: heavier in a good way. Grenard makes a ton of sense.

918
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 3: They got to keep Jaln Phillips that trade for him,

919
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 3: They bought low at the deadline, and he was so

920
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 3: effective for them. He reinstated some presence of an edge

921
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 3: rusher that they lacked since his son Reddick's final days there.

922
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 3: Because we know what they try to do with Bryce

923
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 3: Huff didn't work out. I think they have to find

924
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 3: a way to retain him because he's still relatively young,

925
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: even though he has.

926
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 2: Had a lot of injuries.

927
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 3: And Grenard one of my favorite players over the last

928
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 3: like four years. He was really effective for an just

929
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 3: complete afterthought of a Texans team, and then he goes

930
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,919
Speaker 3: to Minnesota. They swap basically Grenard for Hunter. Both play

931
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 3: really well. Grenard would make a ton of sense for

932
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 3: the Eagles. It would be a textbook Howie Roseman move.

933
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's that's why this Jalen Carter thing. I

934
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 1: I just think the Eagles are going to be incredibly

935
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: active right now. Mike Garrifolo reports that any AJ Brown

936
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: talks have stalled. There was another report that the Patriots

937
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,959
Speaker 1: are not willing to give up a first round pick.

938
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 1: The Eagles don't look like they have cap space, but

939
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 1: they always find a way to make it done. But still,

940
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: you can only pay so many defensive linemen so much money.

941
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: And if we're hearing that teams have called about Jalen Carter,

942
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: they could get a haul while also possibly you know,

943
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 1: getting a free agent edge along with Dave. Just something

944
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 1: to watch over the next few days. No, no point

945
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: in in speculating too much, because we're going to find out.

946
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: Most of what's going to happen this offseason is gonna

947
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: happen in the next seventy two hours or so. You

948
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: mentioned Daniel Hunter. He got a one year extension by

949
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 1: the Texans. Dalton Schultz also got a one year extension

950
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: from the Texans. I mentioned Hunter especially because it was

951
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: like for forty million dollars. It was a crazy, crazy extension.

952
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: But the bigger picture here is, you know, it just

953
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 1: signs him through twenty twenty seven. Same thing with Schultz,

954
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: but the Texans. Every other move I see this week,

955
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: Cook is the Texans opening up cap space. And actually

956
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,760
Speaker 1: that's what this one year deal does for Hunter. Lowers

957
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 1: his twenty six number, gives him more guaranteed money, pushes

958
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:42,400
Speaker 1: down twenty seven, so just keep it. They also resigned EJ. Speed,

959
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: who's kind of a depth linebacker for them. Just keep

960
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: it an eye on, Like, what are the Texans doing?

961
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: I feel like they're doing something they're up to.

962
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I mean they reached the division A round

963
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 3: again and lost again, and they understand how close they are.

964
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 3: They could get consistent quarterback play, they'd probably be another

965
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,399
Speaker 3: step ahead, or an offensive line that was not.

966
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 2: As bad as two years ago.

967
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 3: By the way, folks, everyone talking about how they've just

968
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 3: been terrible. Sack numbers wise, they cut it in half

969
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 3: from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five. They are

970
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 3: slowly getting better marginally speaking. But yeah, I mean Casario,

971
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 3: Wheelan and Delan. That number, by the way, for twenty

972
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 3: twenty seven for daneil Hunter forty five million dollars thirty

973
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 3: point two and guaranteed salary. I don't think he'll be

974
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 3: in Houston in twenty twenty seven. Wait, you said it's

975
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 3: guaranteed though in twenty points that were guaranteed in twenty seven,

976
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 3: But I bet you that's a new league year deadline

977
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:38,839
Speaker 3: to become guaranteed. Okay, I don't know, man, he is.

978
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 3: He is one of those players talk about all time

979
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 3: bag getters.

980
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: He is that dude. And to get that much guaranteed

981
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 1: salary in twenty seven that probably he probably is making

982
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 1: that money, which is a crazy bet on one of

983
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: as John Gruden pointed out once on Monday Night Football,

984
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: awkwardly the best bodies in the NFL. He said, if

985
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: you could have one body, I always remember this when

986
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: he that's how long Hunter has been in the league

987
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: that John Grunen was announcing Monday Night Football, he would

988
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 1: want to have Daniel Hunter's body, And yeah, like the

989
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: one of the best paid players of his generation too,

990
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter keeping it going I think Will Anderson will

991
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 1: get a long term contract this offseason. Two. I mentioned

992
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: the Bills making some cuts earlier. This happened back on Friday,

993
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: but I did want to note Taylor Rap, Curtis Samuel,

994
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: and then Toron Johnson out the slot corner just an

995
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: indication that it's got to be different. I was surprised

996
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 1: to see Toron Johnson, who I think will have a

997
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: market as a slot cornerback. But just like, Okay, if

998
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: there ever was a Sean McDermott guy, Doron Johnson is

999
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: that guy. And we're getting rid of some of the

1000
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott guys.

1001
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're currently looking at at a cap deficit

1002
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 3: that they have to get out of.

1003
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 2: So you're gonna see some of these moves.

1004
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 3: You're gonna see restructures because this is another team that

1005
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 3: got to the Divisional round, had Super Bowl ambitions. This

1006
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 3: was supposed to be the year no Chiefs, no Ravens

1007
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 3: in the playoffs, and now with a new head coach

1008
00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 3: but the same pressure to deliver.

1009
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:01,720
Speaker 2: You got to find a way to retool this roster.

1010
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 3: And I think about some of these guys on the

1011
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 3: defensive side, like a Taylor Rap I don't think that

1012
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 3: people were very fond of him in Buffalo with the

1013
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,479
Speaker 3: way that he performed, not that he had a terrible season,

1014
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,919
Speaker 3: but they just don't think that they were super fond

1015
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 3: of him and his presence in that secondary.

1016
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,319
Speaker 2: So sometimes this is what you have to do to

1017
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 2: get better.

1018
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,479
Speaker 1: And I know, but this was Toron Johnson. Bill's fans.

1019
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 1: If you're watching hit us up, you know, I thought

1020
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: he was still solid. I know he's had some injuries.

1021
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: You know, he is thirty. Maybe just doesn't fit that

1022
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: this scheme, and it does show that the cap is

1023
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: real by the way that one of the dumbest comments

1024
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,239
Speaker 1: I've ever seen in my life right now said the

1025
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: Eagles only have one real championship. I don't even know

1026
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: what that means. They beat the alt they beat the

1027
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: goat Tom Brady in one of the best games he's

1028
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 1: ever had, five hundred yards or something preposterous, and then

1029
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: they beat the crap out of one on the other goats,

1030
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. How are those not as real as a.

1031
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't understand that that was the cowboy. New

1032
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 3: Orleans was incredibly dominant and lopsided. Those are two very

1033
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 3: real rings. Almost why they say, don't read the comments.

1034
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 1: They say, don't read the comments. Another guy that that

1035
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: snuck into my top fifty once once we got some

1036
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: of these signings and tags was justin Stronat and I knew,

1037
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,800
Speaker 1: influenced by Ali Connelly, I was a little higher on

1038
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 1: him than probably consensus. An edge linebacker who can rush

1039
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: the passer, you know, an inside linebacker, but who can

1040
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: can rush the quarterback. And the Broncos agreed that he's

1041
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: an important piece for them. He is staying off the

1042
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: market thirteen million dollars over three years, ten million dollars guaranteed,

1043
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: you would assume in the next two years. So a

1044
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: good bit of business for him. Kind of a journeyman

1045
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: type who gets the most money of his career. And

1046
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: I and I did the math, shook from my original

1047
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: top fifty eight are off the board. That's it so far.

1048
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: So that's from re signings and tags. So for the

1049
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: most part, I think we're going to have a lot

1050
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: of like the big name players changing teams in the next.

1051
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 2: Three eight hours.

1052
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right that that's a that means we're gonna

1053
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 3: get an active Monday, Tuesday, WEDNESDA this week for sure.

1054
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 3: I also think about one of my most loyal Twitch

1055
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 3: viewers is a Broncos fan, and he jumped in there

1056
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,800
Speaker 3: on Friday and was like, we got to keep Stirnad,

1057
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 3: we got to keep Singleton. Like these are guys that

1058
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 3: just define the Broncos defense. So to see him get

1059
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 3: paid was nice.

1060
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I he really earned. It makes you wonder

1061
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: Alex Singleton is a free agent there and so I

1062
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:25,479
Speaker 1: m hm, you don't know if he's gonna come come back.

1063
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: I did not crack my my one o one, but

1064
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: but a solid player who's played a lot for them.

1065
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: Another trade or another move over the weekend. Zire Franklin

1066
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 1: is going to the Packers. He's a linebacker who's been

1067
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: with the Colts for a while. Uh, he's going to

1068
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: Green Bay for defensive tackle. Colby Wooden kind of assigned

1069
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: kway Walker is on his way out. I think in

1070
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: gredient Bay tire Franklin actually has a decent contract that

1071
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,360
Speaker 1: they are taking as part of this deal. Colby wood

1072
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: In more of a younger, you know, defensive tackle prospect

1073
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: for the Colts. What did you think about that move

1074
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:01,279
Speaker 1: for Green Bay?

1075
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,760
Speaker 3: I thought it was interesting that they're resupplying their linebacking

1076
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 3: court because I feel maybe I'm in the minority here,

1077
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,080
Speaker 3: but I've liked kway Walker a decent amount, but he's

1078
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 3: also made some boneheaded plays in his career. Athletic guy

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00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 3: that could definitely fill a lot of the job that

1080
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 3: they need filled at that position. But you think about

1081
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 3: Edge Cooper being lined up alongside him and the other

1082
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 3: studs that they have, it kind of makes more sense.

1083
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 3: And the Colts meanwhile kind of beef up up front.

1084
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,319
Speaker 3: It's one of those interesting like one to one trades

1085
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 3: where it's like, hey, we have a need here, we

1086
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 3: have a need here. We don't really care to keep

1087
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,919
Speaker 3: this guy that much if we can fill this need,

1088
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,399
Speaker 3: all right, same here with this guy.

1089
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:36,799
Speaker 2: Let's get it done right.

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00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 1: And he's only making only six million dollars, which I

1091
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: was like, do you need to pay that much for him?

1092
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:45,720
Speaker 1: Like is he a scheme fit? And then I thought,

1093
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 1: oh yeah. Jonathan Gannon is the defensive coordinator of the Packers.

1094
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 1: Remember him. Jonathan Gannon has a great history of taking

1095
00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: linebackers and just getting the most out of him. Like

1096
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:03,879
Speaker 1: if I would say he has a specialty, that's one

1097
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 1: of them. So if he has a vision for zaire Franklin.

1098
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: I do too. He you know, he helped you know,

1099
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:13,240
Speaker 1: many linebackers over the years. So let's make it happen.

1100
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: I mentioned the Rams earlier. We're talking packers while we're here.

1101
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: You see this for Shaun Gary, stuff like what happened

1102
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:23,720
Speaker 1: over the weekend.

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00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:24,720
Speaker 2: He was hacked.

1104
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: I mean, he says he was hacked. He put this

1105
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 1: statement out on Instagram that it was his time in

1106
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 1: Green Bay is coming to an end and blah blah blah,

1107
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 1: and then just like a little while later, he deleted

1108
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: it and then he said he was hacked. What do

1109
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 1: you think happened there?

1110
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 3: Oh? Okay, So I didn't see the initial post, and

1111
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,520
Speaker 3: I would judge a lot of my analysis on this

1112
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 3: on how well the graphic was done, because it's either

1113
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,720
Speaker 3: a prepped statement or it's something that's made out of emotion.

1114
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 3: There's usually a paragraph long caption that says goodbye the

1115
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,560
Speaker 3: city that they were in and they're preparing for something new.

1116
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 3: Multiple Browns did it this offseason, and I didn't see it,

1117
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,640
Speaker 3: so I can't tell you, but it looks pretty professional.

1118
00:51:08,719 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 1: When I got the call in twenty nineteen, it was

1119
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: one of the greatest moments of my life and always.

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Speaker 2: Not getting hacked. I'm sorry, that's not getting hacked.

1121
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,960
Speaker 1: That's what has come to an end.

1122
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 2: The agent called him and was like, take that down now, right.

1123
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: My read on it is they're trying to negotiate a

1124
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,920
Speaker 1: different contract. Maybe it's a pay cut, maybe it's a

1125
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,879
Speaker 1: some sort of restructure, and at some point he either

1126
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: was getting emotional or he thought it was over. But

1127
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: the contry, the negotiation not over until it's over, and

1128
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: my guess is that him and his agent are still

1129
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: working on like a possible deal.

1130
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,279
Speaker 3: Super producer Eric Roberts has sent the screenshot to us

1131
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 3: in via text and yeah, he did not get hacked

1132
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:54,359
Speaker 3: at all.

1133
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 2: This is super real. This is absolutely real. Your theory's

1134
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:57,880
Speaker 2: very correct.

1135
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,359
Speaker 1: We can't be still using hacked twenty twenty six because

1136
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 1: who's getting hacked?

1137
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 3: Although I will say I don't know if he got

1138
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:05,759
Speaker 3: dms from people in the business who were like, hey,

1139
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 3: I'm up for an award with these podcast awards, click

1140
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 3: here to vote.

1141
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 2: That's getting hacked.

1142
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:13,279
Speaker 1: Okay. By the way, we have a comment. I asked

1143
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: the Bills fans out there, any anyone for some Tarron

1144
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 1: Johnson perspective, and from super listener. Brad beats in here

1145
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 1: tarn Johnson. His tackling grades were down the past two seasons,

1146
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,719
Speaker 1: with a mistackle rate at seventeen percent plus per PFF.

1147
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,719
Speaker 1: I think it was really just about the cap hit

1148
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 1: and moving away from the four to five defense a

1149
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 1: great perspective. There a few more mistackles, changing defense, big

1150
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: cap number, this new coach. It is how these things happen.

1151
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: So keep an eye on Rashan Gary by the way,

1152
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: he would be an interesting guy to add to the

1153
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: edge group. Some official releases that we were keeping an

1154
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: eye on and expecting. Joe Mixon is officially cut. Don't

1155
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 1: know if his career is going to continue. Marshaun Lattimore

1156
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 1: was officially cut. It's crazy, but with his injuries, I'm

1157
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,080
Speaker 1: not totally sure his career is going to continue. Their

1158
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: main Edmonds a linebacker for the Bills. His career will

1159
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 1: absolutely continue. He will have a market, but they did

1160
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 1: not find a trade for him at a big salary number,

1161
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 1: and so he is now hitting free agency. We have

1162
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: kicker news shook Chad Ryland staying with the Cardinals. The

1163
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,759
Speaker 1: Colts re signed Blake Groupie, and then one of the

1164
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 1: wildest bits of news of the entire offseason. Eddie Pinero

1165
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: got ten million dollars guaranteed. I need to see the

1166
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 1: fine print if that's true. Ten million dollars guaranteed from

1167
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: San Francisco four for seventeen total. The forty nine ers

1168
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:40,440
Speaker 1: have been trying to solve this kicker situation. Yeah, for

1169
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 1: so long. I almost feel like they spent so much

1170
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: money shook just to convince themselves that if we spend

1171
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: a lot of money, then Eddie Pinero is going to

1172
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: stay as awesome as he was for the season that

1173
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:52,359
Speaker 1: he just had for us.

1174
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 3: Look, they started last year with Jake Moody, it didn't

1175
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 3: work out. They ended up with Eddie Pinero, and it

1176
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 3: worked out remarkably well.

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00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,840
Speaker 2: He was what he was what twenty eight ofe You

1178
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 2: barely missed the kick.

1179
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,240
Speaker 1: But it was one year and Ed's had a long career.

1180
00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, and over the course of his career, he's hit

1181
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 3: eighty nine point seven percent of his field goals. So yeah,

1182
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 3: he's not rock solid, but he was also the guy

1183
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 3: that began his career in the windy city of Chicago,

1184
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,360
Speaker 3: spent a few years in Carolina. Look, you spent a

1185
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,399
Speaker 3: draft pick on Jake Moody and it never worked out.

1186
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 3: You gave him time to figure it out and it

1187
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 3: didn't work out. Then you got this veteran who came in.

1188
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 3: You're rewarding him, and you're also trying to confirm your

1189
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 3: bias toward him by spending this much money and hoping

1190
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 3: it works out. And they're far from the first team

1191
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 3: to do this. The Browns did with Dustin Hopkins like

1192
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 3: two years ago and ended up with Andre Schmidt to

1193
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:38,319
Speaker 3: start this year. So I think it happens more often

1194
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:39,839
Speaker 3: than we realized, but hopefully it works out for them

1195
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:40,799
Speaker 3: because he was good this year.

1196
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: Some other odds and ends. Before we get out of

1197
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: here and kind of start looking ahead to Monday, the

1198
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:49,760
Speaker 1: Dolphins released their kicker Jason Sanders and their fullback alec Ingold,

1199
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,399
Speaker 1: So if you want a fullback, that's a good one

1200
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 1: on the market. Traylon Burks is back with the Commanders

1201
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: for like a contract up to four hundred million dollars.

1202
00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:59,799
Speaker 1: My most niche take right now is that Trail. I'm

1203
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 1: still not totally giving up on Trail, and Burke's just

1204
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,560
Speaker 1: being kind of like a fun number four based on

1205
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: his commander's tape. Man he had some crazy catches. I

1206
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 1: know there was that one that was like the catch

1207
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 1: of the year, but he I don't know. I kind

1208
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 1: of liked that move for the Commanders as like a

1209
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:18,200
Speaker 1: fourth fifth receiver to see if he can do something that.

1210
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:20,760
Speaker 1: The Cowboys put a second round tender on their kicker,

1211
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,440
Speaker 1: Brandon Aubrey haven't been able to work out a long

1212
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 1: term deal. Darius Williams, the longtime Rams cornerback, retired. The

1213
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:31,200
Speaker 1: Panthers are expected to cut Andy Dalton if they cannot

1214
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:34,320
Speaker 1: find a trade partner. That was David Newton from ESPN

1215
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:37,880
Speaker 1: that reported that the Cardinals released Dalvin Tomlinson. Tommy DeVito

1216
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 1: is back with the Patriots right now. He's their third quarterback,

1217
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 1: but maybe he'll become their backup. And then Drake Thomas,

1218
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: who had some nice moments there for the Seahawks at linebacker,

1219
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,920
Speaker 1: is back in Seattle for two years eight million dollars.

1220
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,239
Speaker 1: Let's start spinning ahead a little bit, shook kind of

1221
00:55:54,280 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: what's next? Is there are anything you're looking at as

1222
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,440
Speaker 1: we head into Monday and really the meat of this

1223
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: free agency season.

1224
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,360
Speaker 3: Well, honestly, I now that we just covered it very

1225
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:09,919
Speaker 3: quickly here. I want to know if a team would

1226
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,040
Speaker 3: be willing to risk a second rounder to go after

1227
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 3: Brandon Aubrey, So I think they would. I think that

1228
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,880
Speaker 3: I think that that tender is actually pretty competitive, just

1229
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:21,600
Speaker 3: given like a late second. Yeah, I would if I

1230
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 3: was in need of a kicker desperately, I think that

1231
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 3: I would.

1232
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 1: Why not? Funny who just got a late too? The

1233
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:36,040
Speaker 1: Bears did for Curtis Samuel. Do they need a kicker now?

1234
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 1: Kiro Santos is fine? I was like, would he? I

1235
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: think that is pick sixty. That was why I was

1236
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: sticking in my head. If nothing else, just make the

1237
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:47,279
Speaker 1: Cowboys spend, spend a huge amount of money, but then

1238
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: it kind of ties you up for a week. That

1239
00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: would be really funny. It does feel like Alec Pearce

1240
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: is maybe a candidate here to get the most guaranteed

1241
00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 1: money of anyone in free agency, now that he is

1242
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:03,799
Speaker 1: this close. The Patriots, the Raiders, the Commanders, and the

1243
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:08,960
Speaker 1: Titans are all reportedly in the mix for Pierce. Patriots

1244
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 1: fans are really getting excited about it, but you know,

1245
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,840
Speaker 1: Vegas Commanders again, it's these same teams. I still if

1246
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 1: I had to pick a team, I would go Colts.

1247
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 1: But as we get closer, I might go with the

1248
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 1: field over the Colts now, even though I kind of

1249
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:29,120
Speaker 1: think in the end the Colts will find a way

1250
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:30,040
Speaker 1: to keep him. Yeah.

1251
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:34,360
Speaker 3: So Pierce said this past week that he felt he

1252
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 3: earned the right to test free agency, but he also

1253
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 3: acknowledged that quarterback has a big part in it, you know,

1254
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 3: plays a big role in making his decision. And yes,

1255
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 3: the transition tack is on Daniel Jones, but we don't

1256
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 3: know when exactly he'll be back or what form he'll

1257
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 3: be in. And if Pierce believes that he is going to,

1258
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:53,040
Speaker 3: you know, have sustained success, it's going to have to

1259
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:54,240
Speaker 3: be with the quarterback. So if you look at the

1260
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,680
Speaker 3: other three candidates, Drake may is very enticing, very enticing,

1261
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 3: probably gets more money offered to him the Raiders or

1262
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 3: the Commanders. But you have Fernanda Mendoza expected to be

1263
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:06,760
Speaker 3: the number one pick of the Raiders coming in there.

1264
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 2: And then the Commanders have Jade Daniels. But can they

1265
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,400
Speaker 2: protect him, can they keep him upright? And prevents?

1266
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,680
Speaker 1: Just who offers the most money there? Shooky, that's all.

1267
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,840
Speaker 3: But if all the money is the same, then where

1268
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:20,200
Speaker 3: are you going? Because that actually becomes somewhat intriguing. I

1269
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 3: would probably rank the Raiders last on that list because

1270
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 3: of the unknown. I'd put Drake May and the Patriots first,

1271
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 3: although he got the battle for targets with Kaish on Booty.

1272
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:30,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, come on that money, you're getting it and a

1273
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:31,520
Speaker 1: great deep ball.

1274
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 3: Thrower running the streak and the dagger and booter running,

1275
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 3: Booty running the dig Yeah, let's do it.

1276
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 1: I want it. I want it. There's a report to

1277
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:41,440
Speaker 1: the commanders in on him, which would be interesting. They

1278
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 1: also seem in on tight ends Isaiah likely maybe as

1279
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:48,680
Speaker 1: a possibility. One thing I'd like to see. Tom Pelisero

1280
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: had his list of players who will get a surprisingly

1281
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,080
Speaker 1: good contract and free agency, and they had our two

1282
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 1: highly ranked tight ends from my one oh one, kitat

1283
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:01,520
Speaker 1: And and Charlie Kohlar on his list. So I seeing that,

1284
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 1: I'm curious how quickly the edge market goes. Where does

1285
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:09,440
Speaker 1: Hendrickson go, Where does Jalen Phillips go, Cowboys, Bucks, Eagles,

1286
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 1: I think all in the mix for the big edges.

1287
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:16,000
Speaker 1: A Dafeoway obviously out there, to Romeo Dobbs is maybe

1288
00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 1: like kind of the backup for a lot of these teams.

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Speaker 1: If you don't get Alec Pierce, even though he's a

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Speaker 1: very different player. I just think a lot of the

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Speaker 1: same teams could be going for him. I think the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers are laying in the weeds there. But

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Speaker 1: no sense predicting too much because it's all going to

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Speaker 1: be happening by the time, you know, people really start listening.

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Speaker 1: I also wanted to say before we said goodbye, just

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Speaker 1: rest in peace to Bob Harlan, the long time Packers

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Speaker 1: president and CEO. Died on Thursday at the age of

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Speaker 1: eighty nine. And we had Kevin Harlan on the show

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Speaker 1: last summer and he told a great story about how

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Speaker 1: his dad, Bob Harlan helped to, you know, help Mike

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Speaker 1: Homgren and Ron Wolf really execute the Brett Favre trade that,

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Speaker 1: you know, even though he wasn't the one making the decision,

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Speaker 1: he let the football people do it, even though everyone

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Speaker 1: was giving them a heat. That was a time in

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Speaker 1: the Packers history where you had sort of this you know,

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Speaker 1: committee that was almost overseeing things and having to rubber

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Speaker 1: stamp all these big moves, and Bob Harlan said, no,

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Speaker 1: let Ron Wolf make the football moves. He brings in

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Speaker 1: Bret Brett Favre. Similar thing happens with Aaron Rodgers and

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Speaker 1: Bob Harlan ran the Packers for over eighteen years and

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Speaker 1: really turned it around. If you weren't around in the nineties,

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Speaker 1: like there was a minute there were Packers weren't in

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Speaker 1: great shape. There was some question about whether they were

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Speaker 1: going to be able to keep the team their long term.

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Speaker 1: They end up doing that stock sale and go public.

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Speaker 1: They renovate lambeau Field and now it's really a treasure.

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Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, you know he won a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl and they won another one after he was

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Speaker 1: running the team too. Obviously you know his son, Kevin Harlan.

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Speaker 1: We're friends with his granddaughter, Olivia Harlan deck or two,

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Speaker 1: and so our thoughts are with the family. Just wanted

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Speaker 1: to mention that before we got out of there. Man Chook,

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Speaker 1: hope you're ready. You're gonna be writing a lot of

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Speaker 1: posts in the coming days, and yeah, we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: you on NFL Daily later in the week.

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Speaker 2: I'm ready.

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Speaker 3: This is this is when we set the table for

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Speaker 3: what lies ahead in April and then going into the season.

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Speaker 2: This is hits a peak right here right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, by Friday, things will be calming down and

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Speaker 1: the shows are going to be great, but we'll have

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Speaker 1: a off season winter. Yeah, most of the moves will

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Speaker 1: will happen really that matter this offseason by Friday, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be analyzing that all week long. So if

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Speaker 1: you're listening to us now, come back with us. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna be on YouTube all week long, Monday through Wednesday,

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01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:54,600
Speaker 1: I should say, at seven pm East Coast time, four

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Speaker 1: pm on the Best Coast. And we're also going to

1339
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Speaker 1: be on the NFL Channel, So if you have the

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01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 1: NFL channel, which is the free over the air NFL network,

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Speaker 1: it'll be me. It'll be Steve Wisch and Jordan from

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Speaker 1: the studio. Let's hit that music. Let's get out of here.

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Speaker 1: Eric really appreciate everyone joining us for this live YouTube

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Speaker 1: on Sunday evening. A little different. I'm really excited, and

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Speaker 1: I'm also annoyed because the second we say goodbye, Shook,

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01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:23,760
Speaker 1: this is already going to be out of date. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see you on Monday podcasts all week long. Can't

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Speaker 1: wait for you that