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Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast knows how to spell. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to another addition of the Roma League Podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Dan Henderson. I'm joined by room filled with

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Speaker 1: some heroes, Chris Westling and Greg Ross. Do what up? Boys?

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Speaker 1: That's that's not the only people here. Well, he's so

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Speaker 1: special that he gets his own intro, sitting in the

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Speaker 1: Sessler chair looking at his phone. It's almost cliche. He

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Speaker 1: is the NFL media insider. Ian Rappaport head about it.

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Speaker 1: I don't also holding your headset like your Vanelle. I

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Speaker 1: also want to mess up my hair. It's on your ears. No,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna fall off other wives if it goes above.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to ruin the make it dent in

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Speaker 1: the hair up here. And I saw you laugh immediately

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Speaker 1: when Dan started the show, kind of like what the hell?

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Speaker 1: Kind of boy says this? Because that's not the normal

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Speaker 1: Dan hands this voice? What what was that about? Um?

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Speaker 1: You guys go back. We do, go back back to

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Speaker 1: our journal news days, back when we were taking games

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Speaker 1: over the phone, making twelve dollars an hour, which seems

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Speaker 1: like a ton in New York. What year? What year

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Speaker 1: was this when you guys worked together? Ian and Dan

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Speaker 1: both worked at the same newspaper in Westchester County. Basic

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Speaker 1: Well Dan didn't have gray hair then, yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: and Ian wasn't dying his yet, so we haven't started yet,

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Speaker 1: right anyway, two thousand three, then Ian started bouncering around

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Speaker 1: the country going up the ladder and then we strangely

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Speaker 1: cross paths again a decade. What super Bowl wasn't it?

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Speaker 1: It was? It was what Super Bowl was? It were

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Speaker 1: our first round into that was the cult the Giants

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Speaker 1: Patriots supers right, Yeah, that was back when Ian used

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Speaker 1: Talk about fifteen every blog post up for his old

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Speaker 1: rap sheet. He would say, Hey, here, guys, you can

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Speaker 1: link to this. But there was no quality control. It

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Speaker 1: good enough to send to us that. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if I really recall it quite like that. I play

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Speaker 1: things up to effect. Do you haven't listened to the

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Speaker 1: podcast that that was the original podcast, the original rap sheet,

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Speaker 1: wasn't it? No, the original rap She was in Birmingham

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Speaker 1: for the Birmingham News. Alright, Ian, if it's okay, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna start talking about football, Yes, you're here. It is perfect. Actually,

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Speaker 1: free agency starts on Tuesday. You're you're probably name drop

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Speaker 1: more than anyone else in the show, so it's it's

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Speaker 1: fitting that you're in here this week. We're gonna go

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Speaker 1: through some news and then we're gonna go through maybe

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Speaker 1: It'll get it'll be fun. That sounds right, sounds like

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Speaker 1: a regular week. We have to preface every time we

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Speaker 1: address you with the words NFL media insider, because we

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Speaker 1: do that on the show anyways. We make sure to

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Speaker 1: do that. I would say, yes, okay, that would be nice. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll just we're just gonna try to keep them happy

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Speaker 1: when the talent is in the room. If you don't

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Speaker 1: We've seen it. You got me coffee. That's pretty much.

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Speaker 1: It's one way too. When your son Max can first talk,

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Speaker 1: maybe he'll call you NFL media insider. Ian. I was

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Speaker 1: just talking. I was talking to my wife about this yesterday.

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Speaker 1: What we were going to try to have him do

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Speaker 1: That'll be a nice touch. He'll know you as Mr.

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Speaker 1: Greg I'm struggling, that's right, We're struggling to take you

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Speaker 1: serious with holding the headphones. That us how people do it.

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Speaker 1: No one's ever done that in the history of this student.

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Speaker 1: I think that's how they do it. The gold centered

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Speaker 1: behind the glass. How are you, buddy, duding? Great? Thanks? Um?

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Speaker 1: How is everything with you? Yeah? You know, pretty pretty

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Speaker 1: light weekend. He doesn't really care. It's just that. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm putting down the golden Tate to the Titans. Prediction

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Speaker 1: is hanging in the air over everyone from our famous game.

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Speaker 1: Now Friday's go get my lunch. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: we let's do it all right? This broke right as

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Speaker 1: trade wide receiver Steve Smith Purse sources per source informed

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Speaker 1: you don't think it's going to be on the field

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Speaker 1: this story Super Sluice at the NFL Combine, Greg Rosent

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Speaker 1: Well we Mark initially brought up the Steve Smith thing

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Speaker 1: How are you taking this? I mean, Steve Smith has

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Speaker 1: What could this guy get on the trade market? Is

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Speaker 1: sad though, sad to see Steve Smith leaf. That's one

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Speaker 1: what happened to Sessler. That's here it's been difficult moving

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Speaker 1: speculation sometimes works. Because we were hearing so strongly, Oh,

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Speaker 1: they're price his prices right, And there were a couple

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Speaker 1: You're you're a man. Take us a peek behind the current.

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Speaker 1: How does this all work? You know, where does this

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Speaker 1: the Bears try to sign Michael Bennett and then they didn't,

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Speaker 1: into some speculation. Everson Griffin and the Vikings have struck

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Speaker 1: has never been touched. All right, let's keep going, all right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this isn't more fascinating to watch. It's I

425
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Speaker 1: guess the listeners don't get to soaking in. But he's

426
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Speaker 1: at work, so Baban, what is his value at this point,

427
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: Greg and I were trying to decide if he was

428
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Speaker 1: even in the top twenty or top fifteen defensive ends available.

429
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Speaker 1: He's just borderline there. He's thirty four years old, seven

430
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Speaker 1: and a half sacks. He's like a borderline starter. I

431
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Speaker 1: guess he didn't crack our top one O one, so

432
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Speaker 1: that that should say at all, um, Arthur Jones West

433
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Speaker 1: is drawing very real interest from Colts. According to NFL

434
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Speaker 1: media insider Ian rappaport, Hey, we were playing, Um what

435
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Speaker 1: was that? Michael Bush has been released. This is all

436
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Speaker 1: happening in real time right now. Uh, this is not

437
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Speaker 1: gonna seem fresh when you listen to him. But as

438
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Speaker 1: as life was happening in the studio, ends back, the

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Speaker 1: ends back. Um, we'll get to that in a second

440
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Speaker 1: gold standard behind the glass. Um, can you play something

441
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 1: from Friday Show? From Go Get My Lunch? Arthur Jones

442
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Speaker 1: Ravens defensive man, older brother of Patriots sack masters Chandler

443
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Speaker 1: Jones and m m A Fighter John Bones Jones Jim

444
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Speaker 1: Horrible or John Horrible said the other day, if you

445
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Speaker 1: put the game tape on, you know teams are going

446
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,880
Speaker 1: to bid high on this guy. I'm taking the colts.

447
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,640
Speaker 1: You guys get the rest of the field. I mocked

448
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 1: West on Twitter yesterday when or Sunday when there was

449
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Speaker 1: some speculation that other teams were interested in not the cults,

450
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Speaker 1: and now it looks like I'm gonna owe you a sandwich,

451
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Speaker 1: so well we'll see. Yeah, there's still a lot of

452
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Speaker 1: teams interested. Per pretty good about yourself downstairs. I am

453
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Speaker 1: feeling that was a bold bet. That was so if

454
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Speaker 1: you missed Friday Show. I and I know you're a

455
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Speaker 1: religious listen show, but I almost clicked on it one time.

456
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Speaker 1: But if if anyone listening didn't listen to Friday Show,

457
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Speaker 1: we started a new game called go get My Lunch,

458
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Speaker 1: and uh, we we put something on the table, a statement,

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Speaker 1: and uh, if you want to challenge that the person

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Speaker 1: on that statement, they have to go get you a lunch.

461
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Speaker 1: And so that was a really bold one. So West

462
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Speaker 1: would be down three lunches if he was wrong. What

463
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Speaker 1: is your confidence level that we're going to be getting

464
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Speaker 1: Chris a fancy sandwich? I think he's getting a sandwich, yes,

465
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Speaker 1: three of them. And he was getting a lot of interest.

466
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Speaker 1: And then I heard this today and you're kind of like,

467
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Speaker 1: you know what that actually makes more sense than anything.

468
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Speaker 1: I mean, Pagana loves him. Uh, he's a tough dude

469
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Speaker 1: and he just fits what they like. He'd be great

470
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Speaker 1: in that locker room. Um, I think it makes a

471
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Speaker 1: lot of sense. And yeah, I mean I think for

472
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Speaker 1: a guy who likes sandwiches, and I think he could

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Speaker 1: be eating one. Um, what I'm talking about was a

474
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Speaker 1: swich of you love sandwiches. You take pictures of any pictures,

475
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Speaker 1: a lot of food pictures, you know what you're proud

476
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Speaker 1: about the because a lot of people are like I

477
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Speaker 1: don't like when people put food on their Instagram or

478
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Speaker 1: or Facebook. Means the guy, It's like, I don't care

479
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: I'm putting out there anyway, Well what I spent. There's

480
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Speaker 1: a lot of dumb things that I tweet. Um. Yeah,

481
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Speaker 1: there's just a lot of dumb things that tweet. Um.

482
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Speaker 1: But food gets a really good response to mainly because

483
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Speaker 1: I feel like I have a lot of heat, I

484
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Speaker 1: have good quality control, you know, like there's not crap

485
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Speaker 1: on there. It's just like this is a really tasty

486
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Speaker 1: looking whatever. Well, I have less problem with seeing your

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Speaker 1: food pictures. Then I would have be next to you

488
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Speaker 1: at the moment you're taking the food pictures because my

489
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Speaker 1: wife does that as well. She takes food pictures and

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Speaker 1: it really annoyed me for a while. I've gotten used

491
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Speaker 1: to it. But you're at a nice restaurant, you're having

492
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Speaker 1: a time, and you and you take out the photo.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Something seems wrong about that. There's only

494
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Speaker 1: one thing that's bad, and it's the flash. And that's

495
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Speaker 1: the real embarrassing at a table and all of a sudden,

496
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Speaker 1: the flash goat. Everyone's like, oh, that guy is taking

497
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Speaker 1: a pictures like a built in punishment. Yeah, but it

498
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Speaker 1: doesn't you know the bank dress. Your wife's famous on Twitter. Yes,

499
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Speaker 1: she doesn't get enough time with the NFL media insider.

500
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Speaker 1: And here you are at dinner. You're not even paying attention,

501
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Speaker 1: you're just snapping photos. Well we she she is also

502
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Speaker 1: a food instagram. But I have I have since tried,

503
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Speaker 1: from the hours of like seven to ten or whenever

504
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Speaker 1: she passes out, I have I have since tried to

505
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Speaker 1: put the phone down. Uh whether no food pictures, no, no, nothing,

506
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Speaker 1: just from that sort of safe zone as hands it

507
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Speaker 1: might see. We get we get into it on the podcast,

508
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,439
Speaker 1: we get deep into the personal, the family. I'm just

509
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Speaker 1: curious NFL. Now our digital network is launching this summer.

510
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Speaker 1: How long until Ian and the Bank, Triss and Max

511
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Speaker 1: all have a reality show? What makes you think we

512
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Speaker 1: don't have one already? You're probably locked in. I could

513
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Speaker 1: totally see it, all right, Why settle for network? Now,

514
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Speaker 1: let's put this on the big boy. What I'm saying,

515
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Speaker 1: you don't think it's a big time Hey, I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying figure speaking into that right now, knocking at the door? Um,

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00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: all right, fellas anything else we need to? Oh, Michael Bush,

518
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Speaker 1: what happened? I just got released? Okay, that's about all

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Speaker 1: I know. I thought about that. I guess that wasn't

520
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: That wasn't a great signing either. Ultimately, in terms, for

521
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 1: a couple of years, Ford has been as good as

522
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Speaker 1: they thought. So maybe it's kind of like, which was

523
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Speaker 1: good is a running back? You know? That sign always

524
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 1: seemed weird to me because you would have thought he

525
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,640
Speaker 1: would get his own starting job and he settled that.

526
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Speaker 1: It's hard to get paid as a running I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna see, unfortunately, we're gonna see this

528
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Speaker 1: year when it's I don't know, we'll find out, but

529
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Speaker 1: when it's Thursday or Friday in no Shamrado, still trying

530
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Speaker 1: to figure out where he's going. You've heard the running

531
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Speaker 1: back market, which isn't a shock. It's gonna be very quiet.

532
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: Quiet is what you expect. Even guys like la Garrett

533
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Speaker 1: Blundh is coming off a strong end of the year.

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Speaker 1: You don't think he'll get much no. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: I could see it being in the good a good deal,

536
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Speaker 1: being in the Shawn Green three to three for ten range,

537
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Speaker 1: which would be fine. I mean, Bond got that, that

538
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,120
Speaker 1: would be good. I mean, how much better is bent

539
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 1: Hait than Michael Bush right now? And he's We've agreed,

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00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: he's maybe the best running back on the market five

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Speaker 1: years younger probably. I'm not a big Michael Bush guy

542
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 1: at this point. He's not gonna I don't think he's

543
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Speaker 1: gonna crack our top one on one talk about doing

544
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: something live. Let's make this decision live. Toby Gerhardt's the

545
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 1: last running back on the list. Uh, the last one

546
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Speaker 1: before that is a scientist talk you could work on.

547
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: I s this out as well. I would I've been

548
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: trying to get this move done for a while now.

549
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 1: I would put him in and take out Kendrick Lewis.

550
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 1: Are you and you're Kendrick Lewis stuff. He's just been

551
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: killing Kendrick Lewis as a guy who should not be

552
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Speaker 1: on this list. All right, Actually, Ian, I'm glad you're

553
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: here because you're someone that can answer such a ridiculous question.

554
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: Who do you think gets more guaranteed money? Mike Mitchell

555
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: or Kendrick Lewis. We have a sandwich on the line

556
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: before the game even happened. He's such a weird one

557
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: because he really is fairly talented. He actually played pretty

558
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Speaker 1: well this year. That's what I'm talking about. I'll probably

559
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: go him, yeah, but we'll see. I don't have to

560
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Speaker 1: pay anything if I lose. Sorry, Dad, I know I've

561
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: just completely ruined our game here, Dan had Dan has

562
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: tuned out and he's now writing things on the talk.

563
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: I go, I stay out of the last I'm gonna draw.

564
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: So Dan's got crayons. He's like the kid at the

565
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Speaker 1: restaurant when they get the crayons. And then there's also

566
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Speaker 1: the game with the pins, you know, like that's it

567
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: home running. Okay, So after did you're here? By the way,

568
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: do you want to play a game with us? No?

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Speaker 1: You don't really have a choice. Lean you're in here already,

570
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: gold Stander behind the glass. I think it's time, don't

571
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Speaker 1: you let's do it? Why from Culver City, California. It's

572
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Speaker 1: America's favorite game show more. You know you got your

573
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Speaker 1: NFL network TV shows and you know that's fancy production.

574
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Speaker 1: But how about that? Yeah? I like how you had

575
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Speaker 1: to kind of wake him up to uh. He's like

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Speaker 1: gold said, it does great, and he's like what scratch

577
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: scratches his eyes, yawns. I'm sorry, push the button. All right,

578
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Speaker 1: So this is how the game works. I'm gonna put

579
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Speaker 1: on my wink tie. Is that what it is? West? Okay,

580
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Speaker 1: I'm going to ask a question and ask what's more likely?

581
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Speaker 1: Makes sense? Right? Yeah? Self explainatory. It's one of my

582
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Speaker 1: favorite games. Of the couple of games you play, what

583
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Speaker 1: more likely? Alright, Fells, what's more likely DeMarcus Ware is

584
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Speaker 1: cut by the Cowboys or Steve Smith is cut by

585
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Speaker 1: the Panthers? Well, I would say Steve Smith. After today's news,

586
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Speaker 1: you have to go Steve Smith. I still think DeMarcus

587
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Speaker 1: Ware has he's expressed the willingness to be a good

588
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: team guy and take less. I just if it's haggling

589
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: over a million or two. I can't see him saying,

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Speaker 1: you know what, just cut me. Don't you think this

591
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: whole DeMarcus where conversation about getting cut is just a

592
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: lot of talk. Can you Can you really imagine Jerry

593
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Speaker 1: Jones releasing DeMarcus where this year, after all the over

594
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: emotional decisions they've made over the years, where they keep

595
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: guys who aren't very good way too long some teams,

596
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: but not the Cowboys. I mean, if if we're talking

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Speaker 1: like the you know, if it's the Patriots or something,

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00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: if it's the Ravens, I would, yeah, I think it's possible.

599
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: But the Cowboys, I just I don't see it. So

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00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: this is a stair down, I think, yeah, but I

601
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: think both sides kind of know what's going on. So

602
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: I mean they're under the cap now, right, So it's

603
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: not there. You know, it was painted. And this speaks

604
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Speaker 1: to your point, Greg a couple of weeks ago that

605
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: sometimes the salary cap stuff it gets um, you know, overvalued.

606
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: About these teams being in deep trouble, everybody was saying

607
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: the Cowboys were in a really bad spot. The restructure,

608
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: a couple of deals, and all of a sudden they're

609
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Speaker 1: under So do you think they'll be active. I think

610
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: they'll look at defensive line like I think they could.

611
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 1: I think Henry Melton would make a lot of sense

612
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: for them. And I think they need a little money. Uh,

613
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: they could be in the safety market. I think that

614
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: could be interesting too. They've struggled over the years trying

615
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: to sign safeties. They've spent a lot of bad money

616
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Speaker 1: and safe. Do you think the Redskins are gonna be

617
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Speaker 1: very active? The free agency market is more fun when

618
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Redskins are spending stupid money. I

619
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 1: think the Redskins will be active. Um. I think their

620
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: players for to help that defense. For Jared's Bird for

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Speaker 1: keep to leab. Um, Mike Mitchell, what was that? What

622
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Speaker 1: was that first safety? You mentioned? Again? His name is

623
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Speaker 1: Jared's bird he Oh my god, there multiple pronunciations are

624
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Speaker 1: all accepted. I just gotta know. Wow, Um that guy.

625
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on. What more likely Eric Decker

626
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: signs with the Colts or Hakim Knicks signs with the Panthers.

627
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: And keep in mind there were reports on Twitter that

628
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Speaker 1: Steve Smith's jersey was pulled from the Panthers team shop today.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's true. I'm just saying I

630
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Speaker 1: saw it. You know, I would have gone with Decker

631
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Speaker 1: to the Colts before the news on Steve Smith broke today.

632
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Speaker 1: Now the Panthers seemed desperate for a wide receiver, don't they.

633
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: I'm going to keem Nicks to the Panthers. Can I

634
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: go both? We're just guessing though you have information. I

635
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: would go both. But which one would you be more

636
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: sure about? What's more likely? Oh? What's more like? Playing

637
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: the game. It's funny you took Sessler's chair and you

638
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: took over his mealy mouth. You know, in decision in

639
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: this game, I'll go with I'll go with I'll go

640
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: with Decker. Probably is more likely. I like this. Okay,

641
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: see when West and I are answering these questions. You know,

642
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to give any trade secrets away, but

643
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: we're just pulling stuff out of you know. Yeah, definitely,

644
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: But what he is doing, it's like it's based on

645
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: some real information. So that's interesting. He is the NFL

646
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: media insider. I was gonna go with Decker even before

647
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: he and said that, and now I'm definitely gonna go

648
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: Come on. I love that fit too. Yeah, I like that.

649
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:29,360
Speaker 1: I like that more Chad Henny is a sixteen game starter.

650
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: The other thing, Matt Castle is a sixteen game kind

651
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: of question. What's more like, Fellas, we kind of need

652
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: to see what happens in the draft to see which

653
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: one picks the first round quarterback. No, I don't think

654
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,879
Speaker 1: we have to wait for that. Let's go huh. Well,

655
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: I'll start with Castle because he's slightly better as a player,

656
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 1: and I think there's a better chance somehow that the

657
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: Vikings don't draft a really top notch quarterback in the

658
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: first round then the Texans, And no matter what Chad

659
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: Henny does, he's got to get replaced. It doesn't matter

660
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: who else is on the team. He'll eventually get replaced.

661
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: I'm going Castle. I agree with you. Well, and Castle,

662
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: you gotta sell the sizzle a little bit to keep

663
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: the viewers listening. I agree for you with you for

664
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: the same reasons. And I can't watch Hanny quarterback sixteen

665
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: games again, I'm going with Henny. I don't think it's

666
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: a given that they draft a quarterback. I think there's

667
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: still a year or more away, so I don't think

668
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna reach for one. If they don't love him,

669
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: Whereas the Vikings are definitely closer to being a contender,

670
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: and I think they may draft a quarterback in the

671
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: first round. What more likely Santonio Holmes resigns with the

672
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:55,280
Speaker 1: Jets or Usher become a speaker of the house. Wow,

673
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: it's a serious question, Usher, why house? You left it

674
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 1: a little vague? That's representative. Maybe it's just in his house.

675
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: I'm going Ush's replacing John Bonner. I'm gonna I'm gonna

676
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: go with Usher. I think he'd be really good. He

677
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 1: seems to the people are behind him. He's well spoken,

678
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: he's rich. You know why why? Because it's seven o'clock

679
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: on the top, I mean my droptop. Oh wow, what

680
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: was that? I don't know. I think it is. It

681
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: sounds like if you've gotta go, Usher, I think you

682
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 1: gotta go all the way. But I love that that

683
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: was Do you know what was that? An Usher song? Uh?

684
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: It was something I heard back in the bar Mitzvah era.

685
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: But I'm not sure if this is I think that

686
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: falls in Ian dj E. Well, he would he didn't

687
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: come out until the late nighties. I guess he could

688
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: have gotten the back end. I thought most people would

689
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:56,280
Speaker 1: go something like, yeah, remember that one, how's that going? Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

690
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: and then the who had the great guest verse at

691
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 1: the end of that one, result it on. We've got

692
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 1: to keep that as a as a drop for future

693
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: show whenever I don't know makes his debut as a rapper.

694
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: You don't know that song. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. No, No,

695
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: it sounds if there's no way you made that up

696
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: out of nowhere. So it sounds great. Wait are we

697
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: are we allowed to jump in? Wink? I would love

698
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: for you to jump in. Wink says it's okay, Wink Martindale.

699
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: He always hosts the game shows. That's kind of his

700
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: that's his thing. But I'm gonna I'm gonna ask question

701
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: a question as well, or maybe a couple. Al Right, well,

702
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: you gotta see Wink knows the production side of this.

703
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: Here we go. What more, what's more likely Fante Davis

704
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: is the highest paid cornerback on the market or alter

705
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: Ron Werner is the highest paid cornerback on the market.

706
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let Ian answer this first. And if you

707
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: think neither one of them it's going to be the

708
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 1: highest paid, then just tell me. I'm an idiot. I

709
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: mean it would it would take a lot to eclipse

710
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: Shields deal. Um, but they are free and he wasn't.

711
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: You don't think you think Shields might end up being

712
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: the top back after all this. Vante is a very

713
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: very good player, but he's been inconsistent. And so if

714
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 1: you're someone who if he doesn't sign with the Colts,

715
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 1: then you're someone who's gonna say, we're picking the good side.

716
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 1: So maybe he breaks the bank. Uh. And Alter and

717
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: Werner has been very good, but only but not for

718
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: that long. He didn't even start out as the starter

719
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: of this year for them. Could to leave get that money,

720
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 1: that that level of money? Could it's Redskins could What

721
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 1: what are the issues with Davis that would be preventing

722
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: him from a big contract? Not talent, but it would

723
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: be inconsistency, some immaturity. Um, but you know he could

724
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: get it. It It only takes one. I wouldn't be surprised,

725
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: but uh, it's a it's an it's an odd cornerback group.

726
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: There's no like Durell Reeves out there. For instance. I

727
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: think Verner has been the better player between the two,

728
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: but Davis has seen in the NFL is more talented.

729
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: I think that the word immaturity means Ian's got some

730
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 1: real dirt, but he won't spill it to us. But

731
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: maybe the next time around, he's got to keep sil

732
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 1: it on the inside. All Right, Verner gets a higher deal.

733
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: I think somebody would, well, why why do you say that?

734
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: Because it seems like he has more teams interested in him.

735
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: That seems like it's me, But that could just be

736
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: that he has allowed mouth agent. Yeah, do you do

737
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: you find me in that? When you're seeing all these

738
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: reports over the weekend, especially all the stuff coming out

739
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: that the players that seem the most popular are sometimes

740
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: just the ones that have agents that leak everything that

741
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: there are often really popular players that you don't hear

742
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: that much about because they're not trying to play the

743
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,479
Speaker 1: whole media game. Yeah, and there's a and there's a couple.

744
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: You know, there's a couple of good agents who just

745
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: say nothing until they absolutely have to and they don't

746
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: care about any of this. Um. But you know, I don't.

747
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: I really don't think it matters either way. Um, it

748
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: matters some in the in the world of public perception,

749
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: Like there's a lot of people who think a lot

750
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 1: of teams are going after all Tom Werner, but there

751
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: also are a lot of teams going after them. So

752
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: it's I don't I don't think it really matters. It's like,

753
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,280
Speaker 1: you know, Eugene Parker hasn't been all over the media

754
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: talking about Jared's Byrden. Who's interested? Um, but I think

755
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: a lot of teams are interested. You know. It's just

756
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: I think in the end, it's interesting. We we get

757
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 1: to find out about it. It's kind of fun. The

758
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: weekend was wild and ridiculous. Everyone's interested in everyone, Um,

759
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: but I'm not sure it means a whole lot. I guess, Greg,

760
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: do you have another one? What more? Michael Johnson goes

761
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 1: down as the highest paid player in this free agent class,

762
00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: or Jari's bird goes down as the highest paid player

763
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 1: Michael Johnson. I say Michael Johnson too, really, just because

764
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,279
Speaker 1: no one pays safeties like over ten million a year.

765
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: If you're setting nods, is Johnson the favorite? Would he

766
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: be the favorite of everyone? Eugene Monroe is another name

767
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: I could throw in there. Albert I would say, if

768
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: I had to say right now, I'd say it's Michael

769
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: Johnson or Brandon Albert and it'll both be in the

770
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: range of nine million dollar. You guys are sleeping on

771
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: Jerius birds bird. Is his value gonna be? Is he

772
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: gonna is he? Everybody knows he's trying to be the

773
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: highest paid safety. Is he gonna scare teams off? And

774
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: somehow bring him back to the bills, as was my

775
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,760
Speaker 1: prediction on Friday, shocking the world anyway that happens in Yeah,

776
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: I like to see it happen. Bills have left the

777
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: door open. It's negotiations have been fine. They just bills

778
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: set a price. They say, this is what we think

779
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: it is. He has wanted very badly to go out

780
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 1: and seek what is my value on the open market?

781
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: And the bill said, is he scaring teams away? Maybe

782
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: with this price tag a little bit? No, there's a

783
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: little bit of that going around. I don't, I don't.

784
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: I don't think he's scaring anyone. I think it's just

785
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 1: what two people think is his value. And he's a

786
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: he's a safety. He's very very good, but he's safety.

787
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 1: You know. It's if he gets nine million a year,

788
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: there are a lot of people who go, Wow, I'm

789
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,439
Speaker 1: not sure he's gonna get that, all right? Last one

790
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: what more Ian Rapp reports sleeps six consecutive hours at

791
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: any point this week, or Peyton and Eli go on

792
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: a countrywide bank robbing spray. What's more likely? Cantabat is

793
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: a big sleeping week for report no um, especially when

794
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:43,919
Speaker 1: the phone is under the pillow. Is that where it goes?

795
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: Just because the vibration from texting you wake up, Because

796
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: some of these people wake up at like six and

797
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: they want they want to send news and so what

798
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,840
Speaker 1: do you want? Okay? You know, does your wife resent

799
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: you for all the buzzing under the pillow or do

800
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: you sleep in a different bet at this point? Now

801
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 1: this is a little personal. Don't you think it's getting there?

802
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 1: That's what we're doing. Well, you're here in l A

803
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 1: this week, so it doesn't really matter, right, Um, this

804
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: week we'll be sleeping in different beds because I'm in

805
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: l A and she's in Dallas. But the phone is

806
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 1: usually thank I appreciate the confirmation. The phone is usually

807
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: on the night table. I want it's buzzing. Uh. She

808
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: gets very annoyed and sometimes I have to put it

809
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: on the floor or now usually put it underneath the pillow.

810
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: See this is how the sausage gets made. That's interesting.

811
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: Odd use of words there. I feel like, yeah, it's

812
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: so unfortunate, but I mean that was wink said that,

813
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 1: or they would say on archer phrasing, all right, before

814
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: we go, Ian Rappaport, what a lamb here for the

815
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: whole show today, looking at his phone, holding his headset

816
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: um like a live aid singer. Did a great job.

817
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: Thank you for coming in and that's real. Applause and

818
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: coming again, it's not real. Pause that was taped. How

819
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 1: long are you in l A this week? Leaving Thursday morning?

820
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: If I make it that far, we should all break

821
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: bread together at some point. No, I'm really busy, guys. Sorry,

822
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: that that is that's the endrap reporting nutshell. He's you know,

823
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: I like to call you like you're like a butt

824
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: head with a heart of gold. That's the compliment, right right.

825
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: It doesn't sound It's like when you hear people talk about,

826
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: you know, really famous people that have made it like

827
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: and they're they're always like, oh, yeah, he's a regular guy,

828
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: like he's a man of the people. Those are the

829
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: types of things you never hear. And it's funny. There's

830
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: some people saying that, right, I can honestly say, having

831
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: known you before you became NFL media insider, you were

832
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: always this guy. So this is not an act like you.

833
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 1: You haven't changed. I have not changed. No, you're the

834
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 1: same guy you were when you were driving the green

835
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,840
Speaker 1: Mustang at the drug must I missed my red Mustang.

836
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: So we thank you for coming on West before we go.

837
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,240
Speaker 1: What's going on with the maps arrived? It's in the studio.

838
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: I'm waiting for the text to arrive, and I have

839
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: to all these places with great for the tax to arrive.

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Speaker 1: the world, yes, the world, Ian Rappaport, can we could

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Speaker 1: regretting this yet, No, not at all. It sounds like

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Speaker 1: a fun deal, and I just want to give a

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Speaker 1: shout out to Scar the Raiders fan. He he sent

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Speaker 1: me a shirt. Um. I wrote about him on the

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Speaker 1: good man, Scar, a very loyal Raiders Raiders fan. Anything

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Speaker 1: else fells. That's all I got. Let's go, Let's go

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Speaker 1: write some news, all right. So that's it for today's podcast.

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Speaker 1: We will be back on Wednesday to talk about the

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Speaker 1: stay ups of the free agency period. Thanks again to

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Speaker 1: eat In. The gold standard behind the glass signing office

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