1 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: We are exactly one hour away from the release of 2 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: the full twenty twenty five NFL schedule, and you are 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: in the right place to get all the details. Where 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: will your team open the season? Who will you be 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: watching over the holidays. We will tell you what we 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: know and what is still to be unveiled tonight. The 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Ravens already unveiled a brand new contract for Derrick Henry 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: that locks up the King through twenty twenty seven. We 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: will break down what it means for Baltimore and what 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: it could mean for some other running backs waiting for 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: their own paydays. The Jaguars did not wait around for 12 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: Travis Hunter. They made a monster trade to snag the 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: two way threat at number two overall Hall of Favor. 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Tony Boselli is back in Jacksonville as a team executive, 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: and E will join us tonight to tell us where 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: Douval goes from here. Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Judy but T and Mike Garafalo. 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: I am Tom Pelisera. 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: We are now fifty nine minutes away from the release 20 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: of all two one hundred and seventy two games across 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: the NFL this season, and guess what we get a 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: few more sneak peaks at some of those big games earlier. Today, 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: let's start out on Thanksgiving, where the Cowboys are in 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: their traditional nationally televised slot this year going up against 25 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: a unique opponent. It's Patrick Mahomes, the defending AFC champion Chiefs. 26 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: You'll be watching that one over pie Deck, won't be 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: He'll actually be playing in the game, and he sounds 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: excited as well. 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 3: No, I think it's cool. I mean, obviously another team 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: that played in the Super Bowl last year, have been 31 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 3: champions past few years, and quarterback being from the Dallas area, 32 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 3: I think it's pretty cool. Just getting to host them 33 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: here at Achant Stadium on Thanksgiving. As you said, knowing 34 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 3: is such a tradition with a great halftime show, I 35 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: think the NFL is going to get what they want. 36 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: Chiefs also playing on Christmas again against the and that 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: is not all. Netflix also has a Christmas doubleheader. It'll 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: be Cowboys Commanders followed by Lions and Vikings, a triple 39 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: header in all on Christmas Day and night. Then I 40 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: mentioned tune in at the top of the hour to 41 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: see the full twenty twenty five NFL schedule revealed Every game, 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: every rivalry, every rematch in every rookie debut, APM Eastern 43 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: on NFL Network, NFL dot Com, the NFL App and 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: streaming on NFL Plus. Richeyes and Michael Robinson, MJD and 45 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: a bunch of special guests stick around. 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 2: You do not want to miss that. 47 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: But first, we got a lot more right here on 48 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: the insiders, including a big deal for one of the 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: NFL's biggest and best running backs, Derrick Henry, agree to 50 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: a two year, thirty million dollar contract extension that includes 51 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars fully guaranteed over the next two 52 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: seasons that locks up Henry now in Baltimore through twenty 53 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: twenty seven. Mike, this is a frontload in two year 54 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: deal that Henry signed last year. It ended up one 55 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: of the best bargains in football fifteen million dollars per 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 1: year on table on paper. But the biggest thing here 57 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: is it puts Henry back in line with some of 58 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: those other top guys in this position. 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: It does. 60 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 5: It gets him into the original Christian McCaffrey extension territory, 61 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 5: which is like sixteen million that was years ago. Say 62 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 5: Kwon Barkley now had a bump on his deal that 63 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 5: averages into the twenties. But it's apples and oranges really 64 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 5: when you start to compare these deals that are done 65 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: on top of deals. But I can tell you this, 66 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 5: he was scheduled to make seven million this upcoming season. 67 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 4: He doubled that. 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 5: He now has fully guaranteed money into twenty twenty six. 69 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 5: You said, it ties him to the Ravens through twenty 70 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 5: twenty seven, the fully guaranteed money at least through twenty 71 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 5: twenty six. So a vote of confidence, certainly from the 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 5: Ravens that this guy is going to continue. 73 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 4: To stay in shape. We know what he does to 74 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 4: do that. 75 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 5: And it puts him in a packed payment bracket, as 76 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 5: we say, tax bracket about a payment bracket that. 77 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 6: He probably should have gotten last year, right like we 78 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 6: were still in that we don't pay running backs type 79 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 6: of mindset, which I think we're out of now and 80 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 6: I think we're at back to drafting running backs highly 81 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 6: as well. 82 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 5: That was a deal that averaged eight million dollars per season. 83 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: The Ravens are one of the teams that probably should 84 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 5: have given Ai more, but at least they gave him 85 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 5: enough to get to Baltimore. Everybody else what were you doing. 86 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 5: I mean, this guy was there for the taking at 87 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 5: a much lower number. The Ravens said that they would 88 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 5: bump his salary up this offseason. 89 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 4: They did that. 90 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 5: That certainly earns them kudos in the locker room with 91 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 5: the mother folks duty as well. 92 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, I would say, though, I know there's a tendency 93 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 7: to look at this and say, Wow, this is a 94 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 7: post thirty year old running back who got a pretty 95 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 7: good chunk of change here. I'm not sure we can 96 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 7: extrapolate a whole lot from Derrick Henry. He is one 97 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 7: of one. There are just not that many running backs 98 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 7: who are in his kind of physical condition at age 99 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 7: thirty one, as productive as he is at age thirty one, 100 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 7: and as central to the team that he is on 101 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 7: as Derrick Henry is to the Baltimore Ravens. He's a 102 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 7: bit of an outlier, and the same way as Saquon 103 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 7: Barkley is an outlier, in the same way as Christian 104 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 7: McCaffrey is an outlier. So yes, I think the tendency 105 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 7: is to look at this and say, what does this 106 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 7: do to the. 107 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 4: Running back market? 108 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 7: I'm not sure if you're looking for post thirty year 109 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 7: old running backs that they should all be looking at 110 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 7: this number and thinking I'm going to get the Derrick 111 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 7: Henry number, because you're probably not Derrick Henry. 112 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley, as Mike mentioned, got his deal upgraded in 113 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: the offseason. Chris McCaffery got upgraded last year and then 114 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: played in the grand total of four games while dealing 115 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: with m kelly's injuries. Here, if you look at some 116 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: of the other guys now who are up for new 117 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: contracts potentially sooner than later, not a lot of Saquon 118 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: Barkley's on that list. Certainly really productive running backs Isaiah 119 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: but Checko has played big for the Chiefs, especially in 120 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: the postseason. Kyron Williams, Brisol, Travis ATN and James cook 121 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: the top name on that list. Certainly you can argue 122 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 1: he is the best of the players on that list. 123 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: Chiming in just saying congrats, nothing else. I think congrats Handles. 124 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: It makes the statement for him. And we know that 125 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: James Cooks already said earlier this offseason the type of 126 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: number that he is looking for. Judy from the Buffalo Bills, 127 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: there were talks at one point. It doesn't sound like 128 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: there's been anything recent. Well, James Cook's staying away from 129 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: the Bills in the off season. This is one of 130 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: those situations. It's going to be worth tracking here in 131 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: the coming months. 132 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 7: Yes, this is definitely worth watching because James Cook has 133 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 7: been really productive the last two seasons for the Buffalo Bills. 134 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 7: The question is the way the Buffalo Bills are built 135 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 7: and the way they play football, are they going to 136 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 7: pay James cooker, for that matter, any running back at 137 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 7: the top of the running back market. They are built 138 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 7: around Josh Allen. Right, Saquon Barkley is the engine of 139 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 7: the Philadelphia Eagles. Christian McCaffrey, same thing in San Francisco, 140 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 7: Derek Henry to a degree, same thing in Baltimore. That's 141 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 7: how important they are to their offenses. James Cook again, 142 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 7: very productive, but nowhere near as productive, for instance, as 143 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 7: say one was last year. And if you are the 144 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 7: Buffalo Bills, your priority is giving weapons to Josh Allen 145 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 7: and putting things around Josh Allen. The offense runs through 146 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 7: Josh Allen. He is the league MVP. He is the 147 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 7: person that elevates everything about that franchise. And James Cook 148 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 7: is a very good running back. I'm sure they'd like 149 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 7: to have him there. But I do think if you 150 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 7: are slotting priorities, James Cook is not the same type 151 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 7: of running back priority that Again, they say Quon Barkley 152 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 7: would be in Philadelphia. 153 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 5: James Cook and his representation playing poker with the Buffalo Bills. 154 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 4: See if I can get a smile out of Tom. 155 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: Do you know where I'm going with this yet? No, 156 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 4: it doesn't yet. 157 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 5: James Cook was at a poker tournament over the weekend. 158 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 5: You and I were on a group text with our 159 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 5: buddy Herbie TIOPI was giving us a heads up on 160 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 5: that time there. It is just hit just hit him 161 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 5: right there and yeah, and it didn't say much in 162 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 5: that situation. 163 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 4: But if it's this. 164 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: Kind of stare down, this kind of poker game that 165 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 5: you're going to play this offseason here, I don't know 166 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 5: what you're gonna do to really scare the Bills. 167 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 4: Like Judy you mentioned it. 168 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 5: I mean, you're talking about Sa Kwon Barkley and Derek 169 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 5: Henry being guys that are threatening the rushing record. 170 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: That's not what the Bills are gonna do. That's not 171 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 4: what James Cook. 172 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 5: James Cook deserves a nice payday, right, there's a nice contract. 173 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 5: It should get done before the start of the season, 174 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 5: before he puts his body on the line at that 175 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 5: position for one more game. Should it be in the 176 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 5: territory that Derek Henry just got or anywhere near what 177 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 5: Saquon Barkley has got. 178 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 4: Probably not. How close do you get? 179 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 8: Right? 180 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 5: That's what these negotiations should be about. But if this 181 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 5: number comes anywhere close to these deals that we're seeing 182 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 5: at the top of the running back market, I'm gonna 183 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 5: be very surprised. 184 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: If you go back several years ago, James brother who 185 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: had the same agent, Delvin, ended up going through the 186 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: entire offseason. He was kind of participating during training camp, 187 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: and then ultimately they got the deal done right before 188 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: believe it was the day before the season opener. Here 189 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: we'll see if James Cook takes a similar type of tact. 190 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: I know they love him in Buffalo, but getting downe 191 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: to those numbers with running backs remains a complicated process. 192 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 4: All right, here's what we want you to do. 193 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,359 Speaker 5: We want you to keep watching this show, the Insiders, 194 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 5: and then keep it locked right here at the top 195 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 5: of the hour. 196 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 4: We are inside an hour, folks. 197 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 5: The twenty twenty five NFL schedule will be revealed every game, 198 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 5: every rivalry, every rematch, and every rookie debut eight pm 199 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 5: Eastern right here, NFL Network, NFL dot Com, the NFL 200 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: App and streaming on NFL Plus. So wherever you're watching 201 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 5: us right now, just stay, don't move. The Jaguars are 202 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 5: going to move along with the Rams overseas. The Jaguars 203 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 5: used to doing this playing in Wembley. This is one 204 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 5: of the games that have already been revealed Rams at Jaguars. Now, look, 205 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 5: I'll help you with the date here. You got the 206 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 5: month second, so it's ten, that's October. The date is 207 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 5: the day is first is nineteen twenty twenty five, the 208 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 5: year of our Lord. 209 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 4: That's what we're in right now. 210 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 5: So having said all that, let us welcome in Pro 211 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 5: Football Hall of Famer, College Football Hall fam Jaguars Executive 212 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 5: VP of Football Operations Tony Vaselli joining the program right now. Tony, 213 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 5: the franchise has a familiarity with London. So when you 214 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 5: see that game, do you kind of ear market and say, Okay, 215 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 5: we know how we're going to structure things moving up 216 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 5: to that and we know how to handle it. 217 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 9: Right. 218 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, We've been doing this for a long time. 219 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 11: This year is a little bit differently because we're going 220 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 11: to play one game there and not too We've done 221 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 11: two the last two years, kind of got that locked 222 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 11: in and this year we're gonna be over there just 223 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 11: one time. But we have a good plan and the 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 11: team's ready and understands exactly what it takes to get 225 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 11: it done. 226 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 8: Tony, I let's put your ear piece in so you 227 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 8: can hear this question loud and clear. 228 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 10: I got you. 229 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 8: But draft the draft, Tony, like took a whole new 230 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 8: level on when your general manager, yourself and Liam Callen 231 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 8: decided to trade up for number five to two to 232 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 8: get Travis Hunder So my question is a million questions 233 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 8: about Travis. But sometimes, Tony, you go through the pre 234 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 8: draft process and you identify a player and then he 235 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 8: comes into your building and you're around him, and you 236 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 8: go out for a rookie mini camp, and then you 237 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 8: see the player. Sometimes they match up, Sometimes they see expectations. 238 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 8: What have you seen from Travis Hunter? Because I got 239 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 8: a bit tone I saw him at his pro day. 240 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 8: I fell in love with the kid, the person, the energy, 241 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 8: the talent. What have you seen thus far? 242 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 11: Well, First of all, ball you know this as well 243 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 11: as I do. We're not playing real football yet, we're 244 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 11: just out on the grass kind of going through and 245 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 11: doing individual It's a lot of insult out of education. 246 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 11: With that said, I'll say this, Travis Hunter and I 247 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 11: had high expectations. Obviously, we traded up and gave next 248 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 11: year's first round O our second rounder of this year 249 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 11: to go get him. We felt like he was the 250 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 11: best guy to be a Jaguar, and so we had 251 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 11: high expectations. 252 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 10: He's exceeded my expectations. 253 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 11: You see the athlete on the field, you see how 254 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 11: he moves, the change, the direction, the box control. But 255 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 11: it's the person that I'm most enamored with. Just the 256 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 11: natural leadership, the energy brings, the excitement, the smile, and 257 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 11: he's a tireless worker. This is a guy that wants 258 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 11: to be the best, and just you watch his demeanor 259 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 11: and how he approaches even just the Phase two workouts 260 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 11: on the field, how he approached the rookie mini camp. 261 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 11: This is a guy who's hungry to be the best. 262 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 5: You know, I failed to introduce I was so focused 263 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 5: on introducing Tony I didn't introduce this guy below me 264 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 5: here Brian Baldinger NFL Network insider Brian Baldinger, and I 265 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 5: say that because he was all over the fact that 266 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 5: there was going to be a huge trade in the 267 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 5: top ten. 268 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 4: He was working the phone, he had his sources. He 269 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 4: nailed it. 270 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 5: Take us back to that and that decision, though, Tony, 271 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 5: because you got a new GM, a first time GM, 272 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 5: you got a first time head coach, You're in a 273 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 5: new role that you're in right now, you would think 274 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 5: like everybody, oh, what is this button? Dude, just kind 275 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 5: of learning how that No, no at all, we're going atomic. 276 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 5: We're hitting that bright red one right now. Where did 277 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 5: that confidence come from for you as an entire regime. 278 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 11: Well, as soon as we figured out where the bathrooms where, 279 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 11: we said, all right, now let's get to work. It's 280 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 11: time to go and build a football team. And I 281 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 11: love that Baldy broke that because we were sitting around 282 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 11: that morning and I saw an axe Baldy was, you know, 283 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 11: was a little clip and I'm like, okay, And I 284 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 11: immediately text them trying to say, okay, what do you 285 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 11: know and who you get it from? It was good stuff, Baldy. 286 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 11: Expect nothing but nothing but that from you. But it 287 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 11: was the process was. I mean, we went through the 288 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 11: evaluation process. You looked at the draft kind of what 289 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 11: we were looking for as we kind of reset and 290 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 11: rebuild this organization. We felt like we have a lot 291 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 11: of good players on the team, but also there's some 292 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 11: areas that we wanted to address. And and when you 293 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 11: have the number five pick, overall, you're trying to get 294 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 11: trying to get better, trying to get the best player, 295 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 11: impact player, And it was clear in our minds that 296 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 11: Travis Hunter is a guy we wanted. 297 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 10: And it was James Gladstone. He led us. 298 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 11: It was his, it was the strategy he deployed. He 299 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 11: came to Liam and I right after the owners meetings 300 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 11: and and and laid out a scenario and some thoughts 301 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 11: about us getting up to number two. And after discussions, 302 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 11: you know, between the three of us, we were all 303 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 11: on the same page, aligned. 304 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 10: And then James wasn't executed. And once we got. 305 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 11: The terms agreed to with the Cleveland, we sat down 306 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 11: with ownership, went through that and we were off to 307 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 11: the races. The biggest thing was just waiting because we 308 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 11: didn't It was a small group that understood what we 309 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 11: were doing. To keep it quiet, somehow Baldy figured out 310 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 11: something was going on out there, but really proud of 311 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 11: how we executed, how we handled it. 312 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 10: At the end of the day. 313 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 11: Most importantly, we got the guy that we that we 314 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 11: wanted in Travis Hunter. 315 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 8: You know, Tony, it's it's probably ironic, not maybe not ironic. 316 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 8: The schedule makers serve they're smarter than AI. But you 317 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 8: playing the RAM and the you know, James Gladstone, Liam called, 318 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 8: I mean, they're all from the nest of the RAM. 319 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 8: It seems like everybody is drawing from something from here. 320 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 8: You're going internationally here, you're taking this team there on 321 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 8: the international stage. 322 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 12: You've been there, You've seen this up front. 323 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 8: What can I mean You've got fans all over the 324 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 8: world now, I mean because of what Sean has decided 325 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 8: to do that you're going to be the forefront of 326 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 8: this international program and you have what can we expect 327 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 8: from this team in this regime right now? Because you've 328 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 8: been here from the beginning, Tony, You've seen owners, coaches, gms. 329 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 12: What can be. 330 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 8: Special about Liam and James yourself as you take this 331 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 8: team abroad? 332 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 11: Yeah, starting with the internationals. To Baldy, I mean, I 333 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 11: think you hit on it. This is something really important 334 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 11: to ark to our organization, to our ownershot con into 335 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 11: the whole franchise and for me as someone who loves 336 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 11: the game and I know you do too, Baldi, just 337 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 11: a real passion for the. 338 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 10: Game of football. 339 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 11: I want as many people in this world to experience 340 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 11: what I was able to experience and the love of 341 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 11: the greatest game ever invented. So it's quite an honor 342 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 11: for us actually to go over to London a year 343 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 11: and a year out to build the game of football 344 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 11: and obviously our brand as the Jacksonville Jaguars and it's 345 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 11: a new day, you know. Obviously Sead Khan made the 346 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 11: decisions that he did reset the whole organization from a 347 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 11: leadership standpoint, Liam Cohen as the head coach, James is 348 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 11: the general manager, and me and my executive vice president role. 349 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 11: And you know, we've said a lot of things about 350 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 11: we're looking for guys who are in TANSI rich, tough minded, 351 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 11: physical competitors that are going to go just love the 352 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 11: game of ball. And we feel like we've done some 353 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 11: really good things this year so far and our players 354 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 11: are back, there's buy in, guys are working hard, but. 355 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 10: At the end of the day. 356 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 11: You know that what we talk about is one thing, 357 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 11: but we got to go prove it on the grass 358 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 11: and so we're not keeping score yet right now. We're 359 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 11: just making decisions and trying to do the right thing 360 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 11: day in and day out to build a foundation and 361 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 11: really to give ourselves the opportunity to earn the right 362 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 11: to win football games come September. So we have a 363 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 11: lot of work, but I'll say this, I think you're 364 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 11: going to see a group of guy in this organization, 365 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 11: football players, coaches, everyone involves, all staff that we're going 366 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 11: to compete our tails off every day to be the 367 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,959 Speaker 11: best we can and try to go win as many 368 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 11: football games as we can. 369 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 5: We got to talk about the quarterback, and I'll do 370 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 5: it in the context of all the additions that you made, 371 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 5: including Liam Cohen. 372 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 4: I'll count him as an edition this offseason. 373 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 5: Diami Brown comes in, Travis Hunter comes in as a 374 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 5: wide receiver. Two editions on the offensive line are actually 375 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 5: a multiple editions, but two expected to start. Patrick McCary 376 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 5: being a big one. Bay Shall touton, don't sleep on 377 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 5: our guy, bay Shall Touoton Baldy. I know we're looking 378 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 5: at him to make an impact there as a fourth 379 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 5: round running back. What do you expect with all this 380 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 5: added around Trevor? What do you expect from him in 381 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 5: twenty twenty five? 382 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 11: Yeah, first and foremost, you talk about the guys we 383 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 11: brought in and who might start who not. Going back 384 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 11: to the competitive nature, Hey, listen, guys are gonna have to 385 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 11: go earn their spots and we're going to go out 386 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 11: there in training camp. We'll find out who the best 387 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 11: eleven guys are. And obviously, one of the things that 388 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 11: this franchise did and we did as an organization, we 389 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 11: invested in Trevor Lawrence because we believe that he's our 390 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 11: franchise quarterback and we believe in what he can do 391 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 11: and that he can bring a championship and help bring 392 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 11: a championship to Jacksonville. So obviously we want to make 393 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 11: sure he's protected up front, we can run the ball, 394 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 11: takes some of the pressure off him. 395 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 10: Adding the weapons outside. 396 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 11: Obviously, Brian Thomas Junior coming back, we think he's one 397 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 11: of the best receivers in all of football. And then 398 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,360 Speaker 11: you match that all up with Liam Cohen and I'm 399 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 11: excited that Liam cones our head coach. I'm also excited 400 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 11: that Liam Cohen's calling place because you go look at 401 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 11: his history and what he's done and both college into 402 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 11: the professional level and then just specifically last year in 403 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 11: Tampa top five offense in rush and pass and scoring. 404 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 11: I mean this, And he's built a staff that is 405 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 11: really good and really detailed, and so I think the 406 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 11: combination you're going to see a whole new level of 407 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 11: offensive production. 408 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 10: That's my belief. 409 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 11: We got to go prove it now, but really the 410 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 11: focus on surrounding Trevor, getting the right pieces around him, 411 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 11: trying to take some pressure off him by running the ball, 412 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 11: and at the end of the day, bring a great 413 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 11: coaching staff in that can work with Trevor because he 414 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 11: has to get better too. And what I love about 415 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 11: Trevor watching him this offseason in the role I have now, 416 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 11: which I get to see every day, is just the 417 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 11: competitiveness of him of wanting to be better, not satisfied, 418 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 11: knowing that he has to raise the bar himself, and 419 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 11: that kind of makes forces everyone else around him to 420 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 11: raise the bar. So it's a good situation right now. 421 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 11: Offseason has been going well. Trevor's progression. He had the 422 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 11: off season shoulder surgery, that's behind him. We're excited expecting 423 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 11: him to be one hundred percent healthy, ready to go 424 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 11: at camp and we'll be off to the races. 425 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 4: There you go. 426 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 5: We put no firm timetable, but we got a rough 427 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 5: timetable there and an optimistic one there from Tony Passeli. 428 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 4: Tony, thank you for joining us. 429 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 5: Looking forward to OTA's mini camp training camp. 430 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 4: Before you know it, we're going to be get and going. 431 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 4: We're gonna be playing some of that real football you 432 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 4: were talking about. 433 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 11: Yeah, we'll get some pads on and actually be able 434 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 11: to evaluate some guys and see them out on the 435 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 11: field playing the game of football. And Baldy, I expect 436 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 11: you in Jacksonville this year to come see camp with us. 437 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 8: I will be there. I'll be a ok and this 438 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 8: summer when the pads are on, Tony. 439 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 12: I'll be right next. 440 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 10: Here we go. 441 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 12: There you go, Well watch it together. 442 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 4: You know I love Hitch. 443 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 10: I'm talking about. 444 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 4: Hitching it right along with him. Appreciate it Tons. 445 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 10: More than Mary. We're welcome. 446 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 4: All. 447 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 10: Let's go see you guys. 448 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 5: Now if you'l excuse us, we have to go book 449 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 5: some flights and hotels. Baldy and I, but when we 450 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 5: come back after that and this commercial break, we're gonna 451 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 5: talk cowboys. 452 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're talking cowboys for. 453 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 5: A tage and what the George Pickings trake could potentially 454 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 5: mean for Dallas. As we get set to hear their 455 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,360 Speaker 5: schedule and just over a half an hour. 456 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: Fix they need to third and one. It's Henry racing 457 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 4: to the whole AfOR Henry with the first dollar way 458 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 4: down to. 459 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 8: The thirty three, just a downhill run. 460 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 4: He reads it to the backside and he's out the gate. 461 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 10: Snip arm, one of the most pitious in the game. 462 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: Holy cow, try to tackle that KP No thanks, I'll 463 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: do it. 464 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 10: Oh my god. 465 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: Ravens fans can look forward to those Derrick Henry stiff 466 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: arms for at least a couple of years to come. 467 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: The Ravens today a green to terms with Derrick Henry 468 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: on a two year, thirty million dollar contract extension that 469 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: ties him to Baltimore through the twenty twenty seven season. 470 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: Henry was due just seven million dollars in the second 471 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: year of the contract he signed with Baltimore a year ago, 472 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: so he gets a big race this year. Twenty five 473 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: million dollars total fully guaranteed over the next two years, 474 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: getting him back in line with some of the top 475 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: running backs in the game. More schedule announcements. It's going 476 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: to be the Cowboys hosting the Chiefs this year on Thanksgiving. 477 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott has already said he is a big fan 478 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: of that matchup. 479 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 2: The defending AFC champs headed to Dallas. 480 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: Paulso got a tripleheader on Christmas, including two games on Netflix. 481 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: It will be Cowboys again against the Commanders in the 482 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: early window, Lions vikings also on Netflix, followed by the 483 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: nightcap of the Chiefs and the Broncos over. 484 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 2: On Prime Video. 485 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: Tune in at the top of the hour tonight to 486 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: see the full twenty twenty five NFL schedule revealed. Every game, 487 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: every rivalry, every rematch, and every rookie debut eight pm 488 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: Eastern and that's just thirty one minutes from right now 489 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: on NFL NETWORKNFL dot Com, the NFL App, and streaming 490 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: on NFL Plus Richeyes, Michael Robinson, MJD holding it down 491 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: with all the info at eight Eastern. It's gonna be 492 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: the first Thanksgiving game for George Picketts, who spent his 493 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: first three seasons ian Pitt's before last week's blockbuster trade, 494 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: sending him to the Cowboys in exchange for in essence, 495 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: a third round draft pick. Dak Prescott, speaking for the 496 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: first time, likes the idea of coupling George with another weapon. 497 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've connected, and I'm excited. I mean, you turn 498 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,239 Speaker 3: on the tape and you see a guy that can 499 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 3: catch the football. You put the football anywhere in his vicinity, 500 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 3: very strong hands, more than a fifty to fifty catcher. 501 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 3: He thinks it's his ball when it's in the air. 502 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 3: And I'm excited for him. I know that we need 503 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 3: some help in that position. No, CD needs some help. 504 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 3: And I think when you have a guy like that, 505 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 3: and I heard George say, it's hard to double team 506 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 3: two guys, and then when you've got other guys, whether 507 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 3: it be for Jalen Tolbert, Mingo, guys who who have 508 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 3: had reps and know how to get open in the league. 509 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 3: But they were putting together a nice, nice group of weapons. 510 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: George Pickens in a contract year, so a lot on 511 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: the line for him, and he'll be trying to break 512 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: quite the run of receivers after being traded away from 513 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Heavy. No, maybe not the best of results. Those 514 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: four previous players, Deontay Johnson, Chase Claypool, Antonio Bronmartavis Bryant 515 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: combined for four touchdowns with their new teams. 516 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 2: Three of those were. 517 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: By Deontay Johnson last year with the Panthers, who cut him, 518 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 1: actually traded him in the middle of the season, then 519 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: he was cut again. 520 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 2: It's a long story. 521 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: Bottom line has not gone all that well, which might 522 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 1: be part of the reason Cam Hayward is not ready 523 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: to freak out about this coming Steeler season. 524 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 9: I think we got to look at the track record 525 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 9: with trading wide receivers. There's been, you know, some good 526 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 9: history behind this and when to do it, what to expect. 527 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 9: I was looking at a stat it was like, there's 528 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 9: only been like three receiver, three or four receivers that 529 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 9: made it past the rookie contracts with the Steelers. And 530 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 9: this is a PSA for all Steeler fans. Don't panic, 531 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 9: stay patient, We'll get the work, you know. I think 532 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 9: sometimes we can, you know, jump off the ship and 533 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 9: think the ship is sinking. 534 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 12: Got work to do. 535 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 9: And you know, whoever won the off season isn't gonna 536 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 9: win the regular season is not gonna win a Super Bowl. 537 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 9: So I'm locked in on that, locked in on having 538 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 9: a good year, and I hope my teammates are too. 539 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the insiders, Tom Pila, Sero, Gudi Batista, 540 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 1: and Mike. 541 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 2: You're a follo, Mike. I like the messaging from Cam Hayward. 542 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 2: There don't panic. 543 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: Even though right now the quarterback depth chart says Mason 544 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: Rudolph is at the top of it. 545 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 2: Here. 546 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: All indications are Aaron Rodgers is coming. But this has 547 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: been a wild off season in Pittsburgh and they. 548 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 2: Are not done just yet. 549 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 5: I just like every year we do the whole Tomlin's 550 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 5: gonna have a winning season because he always has a 551 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 5: winning season. And there have been some weird off seasons 552 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 5: recently for the Steelers, the Kenny Pickett year, where it's 553 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 5: like they're just gonna wait and sit there and then 554 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 5: take him and yeah, we'll figure out our starting quarterback. 555 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 5: We believe in a bunch of This is like the 556 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 5: ultimate of all the recent ones. Go back to Justin 557 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 5: Fields and Russell Wilson. 558 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 4: Like leap of faith, folks. 559 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 5: This is the biggest leap of faith of all this 560 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 5: offseason so far. I mean, okay, you got the games 561 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 5: and the losses right, George Pickens goes away. Fine, but 562 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 5: you brought in DK Metcalf, but you're still letting go 563 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 5: of a player that can obviously make a difference, that 564 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 5: can win some jump balls down the field and whatnot. 565 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 5: They don't have a real clear vision at the quarterback 566 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 5: spot right now, Rogers is not in the. 567 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 4: Fold out, goes Najie Harris, Right. TJ. Watt's not getting 568 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 4: an extension. 569 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 5: And putting some pictures up on his social media that 570 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 5: leads some people to believe that something crazy might happen there. 571 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 4: It's not going to TJ. 572 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, that'll eventually get done and he's not 573 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 5: going anywhere that get rid of TJ. 574 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 12: Watt. 575 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: But just from a standpoint of like trust us, this 576 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 5: is maybe the biggest trust us off season that we 577 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 5: have seen from the Steelers to this point in time. 578 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 5: You say Rodgers is coming, till he's there, I don't know, 579 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 5: and I'll be interested to see. We got the schedule 580 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 5: release coming up in twenty seven minutes. How the NFL 581 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 5: we all handles it. Do they give him a lot 582 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 5: of primetime games duty like they tried to do with 583 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 5: the Jets when they knew Rogers was coming. 584 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: We don't have a guarantee on that yet. 585 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 7: Well, first of all, the mean Joe Green bobblehead over 586 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 7: a Cam Hayward's shoulder probably tells you everything you need 587 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 7: to know about the Steelers long history of making things work. 588 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 7: That's why they're so confident. I would say this with 589 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 7: ultra respect to Cam Hayward. The reason that the fans 590 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 7: are panicking is not George Pickens or even Notgie Harris 591 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 7: or anything else. They're panicking because you don't have a 592 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 7: quarterback and you still don't have a clear answer yet 593 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 7: from Aaron Rodgers. We should say though the Steeler's brass 594 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 7: has been consistently confident really all the way through this 595 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 7: that Rogers would be there. The fact that they did 596 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 7: not make a dramatic move in the draft to get 597 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,919 Speaker 7: a quarterback up high certainly suggests they remain confident that 598 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 7: Aaron Rodgers is eventually going to be there. There's been 599 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 7: plenty of scuttle but about now that the schedule is 600 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 7: done and we're about to find out about it in 601 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 7: just a few minutes, that now Aaron Rodgers will sign 602 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 7: up with the Pittsburgh Steelers because it's too late for 603 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 7: the schedule makers to shift all those games into primetime 604 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 7: and give the Steelers a really wonky schedule. Whatever, that 605 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 7: is why people are panicking. I would say this the 606 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 7: track record for Mike Tomlin and the Steelers figuring it out, 607 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 7: even if it's not always the most beautiful way to figure. 608 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 4: It out, it's pretty good. 609 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 7: You got to assume they know what they're doing here, 610 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 7: not just with the quarterback but with pickens. They certainly 611 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 7: have a long track record of sending receivers packing and 612 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 7: not feeling the ill effects of it. We will see 613 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 7: there has been an enormous amount of turnover for the 614 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 7: Steelers this season, but it's hard not to believe in 615 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 7: the Pittsburgh Steelers' way of doing things because they do 616 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 7: get to the playoffs. 617 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 10: An awful lot. 618 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: They get to the playoffs, but it's also been a 619 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: long time since they won a playoff game, which is 620 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: the step that all the fans are hoping that they're 621 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: going to take here, and they've been in this year 622 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: in a year out quarterback Haarrissel, whether it's drafting them, 623 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: signing them, trading them, whatever, I would say this, Mike's 624 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: right until Aaron Rodgers actually shows up and has the 625 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: Steelers helmet on and is in camp. You can't be 626 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: one hundred percent certain if we just stripped this out 627 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: and just think of this logically, here, Aaron Rodgers is 628 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: down to one team. If he's gonna start right now, 629 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: barring the Saints or somebody flying in, it's the Steelers. 630 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: He took one visit. It was to the Steelers. He's 631 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: continued to talk to Mike Tomlin. He's thrown with one receiver, 632 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: it's DK Metcalf, and those guys have spent a decent 633 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: amount of time together here. There's no reason at this 634 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: point to believe, at least from the Steelers perspective, that 635 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: he's not coming. If they did believe that, then they'd 636 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: probably pivot, maybe see if they work on Sunday for 637 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins here. So again, is this gonna be right 638 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: before Mini Camp? Is it going to be after Mini Caamp? 639 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: Or are we gonna be sitting there in late July 640 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: on vacation and all of a sudden Aaron Rodgers SMITZ 641 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: that part, I don't know, but certainly these Steelers operating 642 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: like a team that believes ultimately in the end. 643 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 2: Forty one year old Aaron Rodgers is come or maybe not. 644 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: We'll find out. 645 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 10: Let's get it, let's get it, let's get it. I 646 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 10: have a day, let's go, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. 647 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 10: Why ain't what's not? 648 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 2: Stop telling your secrets on Richard Sermon podcast. 649 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 10: Dudes, the palms look slick rather. 650 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, get me quick throw and are they gonna say incomplete? 651 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 4: My gosh, my goodness. 652 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:28,959 Speaker 7: Said, good play, good play. 653 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 10: I go happing a game. I was nigh though, Well, 654 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 10: we score right here, it would be huge. When we 655 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 10: score right here, it's gonna be huge. Come on, let's 656 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 10: go have some enthusiasm. 657 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 9: Let's go. 658 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 10: That's not hut. 659 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 4: Here's the snap, c J looking, CJ firing downfield, touchdown. 660 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 4: Let's go, man, let's go. 661 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 10: But again, it does harder in the NFL. 662 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pilla, Seri, Mike Garafalo, 663 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: joined once again by Brian Baldinger c J. 664 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 2: Stroud Baldy. 665 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: Even in a disappointing season for Hugh, you still went 666 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: back to the playoffs. They still want a playoff game here, 667 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: and they still, I would think, have to be looked 668 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: at as the team to beat within that division, especially 669 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: when you look at where we are from a quarterback 670 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: perspective around the league. 671 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 12: Well, there's no question. 672 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 8: I mean, it's the one team in the FCS out 673 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 8: that has quarterback stability and despite changes in the offensive line, 674 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 8: receiver injuries, changes, and coaches like, they still have prevailed. 675 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 8: And so that's really the challenge right now for the 676 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 8: other teams. Looking up at the Texans, we'll start with 677 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 8: the Jacksonville We just had Tony Bisselli on with Mike 678 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 8: and myself and he's saying, look, Trevor Lawrence has got 679 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 8: to play better. It's not just Trevor, but the fact 680 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 8: is Trevor Lawrence has won two of his last fifteen starts. 681 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 8: That's one of the reasons why there's been a coaching change, 682 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 8: a general manager change, a change up at the top 683 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 8: of Jacksonville. They're all looking up. He's got to play better. So, 684 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 8: you know, maybe Travis Hunter helps, maybe additions of the 685 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 8: offensive line helps, maybe the play calling and design of 686 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 8: Liam Cohen helps, but he's got to play better if 687 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 8: the team is going to compete and contend with Houston. 688 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 12: And then you go to the Colts. 689 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 8: Look, they have not replaced Andrew Luck yet They've gone 690 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 8: the veteran rout with veteran quarterbacks. They've made the draft picks. 691 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 8: Anthony Richardson, Can he beat out Daniel Jones? Can he 692 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 8: take a step up in his third year? Jamee Stiken 693 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 8: calling him play right there is in his third year. 694 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 8: They've got to get quarterbacks stability in Indianapolis. I played 695 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 8: there in Indianapolis. I know what Peyton Manning did, not 696 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 8: to just that franchise, but to the whole state about 697 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 8: their love of football. They've got to get that position 698 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 8: figured out because I think those other pieces there in place. 699 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 12: And then one of the reasons why cam Ward. 700 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 8: Was the number one pick is because Tennessee has had 701 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 8: tremendous instability at the quarterback position, and so they made 702 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 8: cam Ward. 703 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 12: The first pick. They got the first pick. 704 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 8: Now, can Brian's you know Callahan and his father Bill Kellen. 705 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 8: Can they put the line together, the run game together, 706 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 8: all the pieces around cam Ward right now? But that's 707 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 8: what they're hoping in counting on with the number one picky, 708 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 8: cam Award right here, that he can become possibly c J. Strout, 709 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 8: possibly better than CJ. Strout and get this team to 710 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 8: the playoffs the way Tamiko Ryans and CJ did in 711 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 8: their first year together. But it starts with quarterback stability 712 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 8: in that division. I think they have more instability in 713 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 8: that position than any other division of football right now. 714 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 4: Which is why CJ. 715 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 5: Stroud to me is the most intriguing of all these 716 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 5: quarterback situations, both because this is a team that not 717 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 5: only should win the division, should compete in the NFL. 718 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 5: It's we expected last year, and the quarterback play just 719 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 5: wasn't there. Was it a result of the offensive line 720 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 5: in front of them. You talked about the changes Laramie 721 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 5: Tunsell out, Kenyon Green out incomes Cam Robinson. So they 722 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 5: feel like they're in a better position right now with 723 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 5: their offensive line to protect him. Yeah, and there's been 724 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 5: a lot of injuries when it comes to his targets 725 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 5: that they've had to endure as well. But Nick Keley, 726 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 5: the new offensive coordinator, had several folks around. 727 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 4: League say he's going to be really good for CJ. Stroud. 728 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 5: So that was a surprising change they made at the 729 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 5: quarter at the coordinator position. But they did that, and 730 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 5: they also kept Jerrad Johnson, their quarterbacks coach on staff, 731 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 5: a guy that they think highly ofving a guy that's 732 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 5: got a. 733 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 4: Good relationship with C. J. Stroud. 734 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 5: So let's see that bounce back we talked about. The 735 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 5: Texans got the right guy at number two over number one. 736 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 5: Now this is still neck and neck. 737 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,439 Speaker 4: Here, Let's see how it goes. 738 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 1: Speaking of quarterback upheaval, let's talk about the Saints, who 739 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: of course had Derek Carr officially head into retirement this week, 740 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,240 Speaker 1: leaving this as their quarterback depth chart. They have drafted 741 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: won three consecutive years, Jake Hater back in twenty twenty 742 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: three and the fourth Spencer Rattler last year, and Tyler 743 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: shucked the number forty zero overall pick in this year's draft. 744 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: They also this week signed Hunter Deckers form Iowa State 745 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 1: and Iowa Western Community College quarterback to round out that 746 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: depth chart. Baldi, When you draft somebody number forty overall, 747 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 1: you would think that's somebody you anticipate and step right 748 00:34:59,400 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: in and come. 749 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,280 Speaker 2: But how do you anticipate this playing. 750 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 12: Out in New Orleans? 751 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 8: Well, I mean, you know you've got a factor in 752 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 8: Kellen Moore coming in with a new staff. You know, 753 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,239 Speaker 8: new Smyer comes in, Doug comes in from Philadelphia, brought 754 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 8: some of his coaches there that worked last year with 755 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 8: Jalen Hurts and got him on the path to become 756 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 8: the Super Bowl MVP. So you know, you would think 757 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 8: Kellen Moore not to go Latin on you here, Tom, 758 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 8: but maybe tabula raso, maybe just a clean slate here 759 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 8: in New Orleans right now where he's saying, let's give 760 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 8: everybody a chance, let's all give him the day, let's 761 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 8: all give him the reps, and let's make the evaluation 762 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 8: fair and even. But my guess is, Tyler Shuck is 763 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 8: is probably going to have a chance to win this job. 764 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 12: With the coach that helped draft him was there to 765 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 12: evaluate them. 766 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 8: They had their pick of the third quarterback and beyond 767 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 8: at number forty, and so they chose Tyler Shuck over 768 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 8: a lot of other names and names that we have 769 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 8: talked about quite a bit over the last two weeks. 770 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 8: So maybe he gets then, But regardless, they've got to 771 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 8: get that position fixed in New Orleans because it's been 772 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 8: outside of Derek Carr coming in and playing pretty good 773 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 8: at times but enduring some injuries, they really have not 774 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 8: yet replaced Drew Brees in that position in that city 775 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 8: long term where they can go Okay, I feel like, 776 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 8: you know, Baker is that guy in Tampa and they've 777 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 8: won that division now four or five years in a row. 778 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 12: You've got to get that position fixing. So tell them 779 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 12: more Dug newsfiers. 780 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 8: They're going to get that opportunity to evaluate these guys 781 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 8: day in day out, probably starting the mini camps, going 782 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 8: all the way through the OTAs and through the summer 783 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 8: before they get to week one. 784 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: Baldi, thank you very much. A lot more from you 785 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: on The Insiders coming soon. 786 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 7: I'm sure welcome back to the Insiders. We are only 787 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 7: minutes away from the full schedule release, but we have 788 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 7: another sneak peek. Here's the South Pallo game. We finally 789 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 7: know the opponent. It is the Kansas City Chiefs. 790 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 2: Versus the Chargers. 791 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 7: Ooh, very nice division battle in South pallow That is 792 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,439 Speaker 7: going to live on YouTube week one. 793 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 4: That is the Friday game. Can't wait. 794 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 7: Let's welcome in our Omar Ruiz because you know what, 795 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 7: the Chargers have become a musty TV omar, especially since 796 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 7: when Jim Harbar returned to the NFL. He executed an 797 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 7: incredible turnaround last season. What are we expecting in year two? 798 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 13: Well, they're taken off Jim Harbaugh saying going into rookie 799 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 13: Minicamp last weekend that they are installing the playbook full 800 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 13: speed ahead, as if they just played the Houston Texans 801 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 13: in the playoffs. 802 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,800 Speaker 2: They are not starting from scratch. 803 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,120 Speaker 13: They are going from where they left off and it's 804 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 13: time to get on board and they are looking to elevate. Obviously, 805 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 13: the first few years of Justin Herbert's career, the Chargers 806 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,839 Speaker 13: have been focused around surrounding him with talent. Now and 807 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 13: speaking with Joe Hortiz earlier, this offseason, it's about making 808 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 13: the team as a whole a lot better and we've 809 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 13: seen that by the revamp running back room. There you 810 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 13: see the headliners on these notable Chargers editions Omari and Hampton, 811 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,719 Speaker 13: the first round pick and A G Harris, Trey Harris there, 812 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,040 Speaker 13: Mike Williams improving the wide receiver room. We saw all 813 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 13: those players on display this past week. As Chargers offseason continues, 814 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,800 Speaker 13: Niji Harris as productive as they've been, O'mari and Hampton, 815 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 13: they're expecting the same. And I think when you talk 816 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 13: about this running back room, what they've been impressed with 817 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 13: is the way that they're looking for them to excel 818 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 13: in all areas that the running backs are expected to contribute. 819 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,759 Speaker 13: That's running the football and being productive with the ball 820 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 13: on their hands in pass protection and out of the 821 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,839 Speaker 13: backfield as an option for Justin Herbert in the past game. 822 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 4: So they're excited about that. 823 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 13: We saw them on the field for the first time 824 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 13: this week, and they're looking for a lot more specifically 825 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,840 Speaker 13: in sou Palo Week one against the Kansas City Chiefs. 826 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:48,280 Speaker 7: Probably worth remembering that in year two in San Francisco, 827 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 7: Harbaugh took the forty nine ers to the Super Bowl. 828 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,280 Speaker 7: We will see if he can repeat that in Los Angeles. 829 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 7: All right, let's stay out west. Talk about the Arizona Cardinals, 830 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,800 Speaker 7: who have spent an awful lot of time and focus 831 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 7: on their defense this offseason. 832 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,239 Speaker 13: Yeah, we saw in free agency Josh Sweat, Delvin Tomlinson, 833 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 13: the Headliners rebuilding that defensive front. And then the first 834 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 13: five draft picks of their twenty twenty five draft coming 835 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 13: on the defensive side of the ball. Obviously Walter now 836 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 13: Nolan their first round pick. They just signed Kalayas Campbell, 837 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 13: welcoming him back, so that big beef up front there. 838 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,960 Speaker 13: You see those list of names, and then Will Johnson 839 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 13: falling to the second round right to the lapse of 840 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 13: those Arizona Cardinals Johnson and Denzel Burke from Ohio State, 841 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,439 Speaker 13: Cody Simon, another Buck guy. All these Buck guys they've 842 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 13: been drafting over the last couple years. When you talk 843 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,920 Speaker 13: about Paris Johnson and Marvin Harrison Junior, their top two 844 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 13: picks of the last two drafts, respectively. But really Jonathan 845 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 13: Gannon finally getting those pieces in place to mold the 846 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 13: defense the way he wants to see it. You see 847 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,880 Speaker 13: them improved by four games last season. They're looking to 848 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,480 Speaker 13: build on that into much more success in twenty twenty five. 849 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 2: This rebuil defense will be a huge part of that. 850 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 7: Judy Omar, thanks very much. The Insiders is going to 851 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,759 Speaker 7: return in a moment. We are just minutes away from 852 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 7: the schedule release. 853 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,280 Speaker 1: We are now just minutes away from the full twenty 854 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 1: twenty five NFL schedule being revealed. Every game, every rivalry, 855 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: every rematch, every rookie debut joined Rich Eyes and Michael 856 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: Robinson and Maurice. 857 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 4: Jones drew eight pm Eastern. 858 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 2: That's two minutes from right now on. 859 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 1: NFL NETWORKNFL dot Com, the NFL App, and streaming on 860 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 1: NFL Plus. Which brings up an important question here as 861 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,320 Speaker 1: we wrap up the insiders, Tom Pillicero, Judy Batista, and 862 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,080 Speaker 1: Mike Garafalo. 863 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 4: Judy, what debut are you. 864 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 2: Most excited about on this twenty twenty five sleep? 865 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:55,440 Speaker 7: Oh, this is so easy. Travis Hunter, wherever he is playing, 866 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 7: whatever position he is playing. I cannot wait to watch 867 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 7: a two way player in the NFL. Apparently by all accounts, 868 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 7: just a great guy too. 869 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,640 Speaker 5: I'm gonna stretch this one a little bit and say 870 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 5: it's not really debut. If Pete Carroll his return and 871 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 5: Chip Kelly as well, I think the Raiders are gonna 872 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 5: be some are gonna be fun. They're playing in an 873 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,799 Speaker 5: AFC West where we don't expect them to win it, 874 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 5: but yeah, they'll make some noise there. Chip going back 875 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 5: to Philly, gonna find out when on the schedule release 876 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:21,879 Speaker 5: show coming up here. 877 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,440 Speaker 1: The easy answer for me would be cam Ward the 878 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: number one overall pick. But how about the quarterback we 879 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 1: didn't see from the class of twenty twenty four. Give 880 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,040 Speaker 1: me jj McCarthy in his debut, missing all those reps, 881 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,680 Speaker 1: all that time, all the speculation through the offseason. Let's 882 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: see when he gets that opportunity, what he does with it, 883 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 1: and maybe just maybe a large portion of the country 884 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: might be seeing that debut. Who knows We're gonna get 885 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: all the answers revealed just moments from right now. It 886 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,920 Speaker 1: is the NFL Schedule Release Show. We have been waiting 887 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,719 Speaker 1: for this. There's two hundred and seventy two games. You 888 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 1: are going to know when and where all of them 889 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: are just seconds away. Rich Eyes and Maurice Jones, Drew 890 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 1: Michael Robinson taken Away twenty twenty five NFL Schedule Release 891 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 1: Show begins right now