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Speaker 1: Breaking news right now, and no, this is not a drill.

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Speaker 1: Just moments ago, the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms

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Speaker 1: with the Las Vegas Raiders on a blockbuster trade, sending

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Speaker 1: their starting quarterback Gino Smith, a two time pro bowler,

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Speaker 1: to Las Vegas in exchange for a twenty twenty five

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Speaker 1: third round pick. We've got this covered from all angles

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Speaker 1: right now. Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Ian Rappoport

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Speaker 1: and Mike Girafolo. I am Tom Peliicero. This has all

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Speaker 1: kinds of domino effects across the rest of the quarterback market.

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Speaker 1: Let's dig into it right now. Ian, starting out with

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Speaker 1: the fact that this trade came together. My understanding has

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Speaker 1: been the Seahawks were in talks with Gino Smith about

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Speaker 1: a new contract. They stood willing to give him a

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Speaker 1: raise in twenty twenty five, give him a new deal,

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Speaker 1: but they were not able to come to an agreement.

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Speaker 1: So what do you know, His old coach Pete Carroll,

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Speaker 1: who gave him the starting opportunity in Seattle, revived Gino

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Speaker 1: Smith's career. Now those two reunite once again in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 2: That's right, a reunion.

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Speaker 3: The Las Vegas Raiders have a quarterback. Gino Smith is

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Speaker 3: now their quarterback and for the Las Vegas Raiders, we'll

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Speaker 3: start with their side of it. Guys, it has been

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Speaker 3: quite a winding road. Of course, we know they're one

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Speaker 3: of the teams the team to try to trade for

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Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford. He eventually stayed with the Los Angeles Rams.

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Speaker 3: They explored plenty of options, but it really seemed they

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Speaker 3: just weren't set on anyone at the combine. The first

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Speaker 3: conversation happened between the Raiders and the Seahawks. Hey, could

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Speaker 3: this actually happened? Obviously they know each other, Pete Carroll

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Speaker 3: with the Seahawks, the sides are friendly, everyone on the

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Speaker 3: same page. Or could this happen and not really? Let's

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Speaker 3: sort of check back, maybe stay in touch. Then contract

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Speaker 3: talks really got no With Seattle. They re engaged yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Had a meeting this morning between new general manager John

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Speaker 3: Spytech Seahawks general manager John Snyder got together on a deal.

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Speaker 3: It is Geno Smith headed to the Raiders, a third

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Speaker 3: round pick going to Seattle and Mike Seattle now needs

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Speaker 3: a quarterback. Lucky for them, it's before free agency. Every

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Speaker 3: option is available besides the quarterbacks you're already spoken for.

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Speaker 3: That would be surprised if they target Sam Donald among others.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Sam Donald a possibility. Klint Kubiak up there. His

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Speaker 4: quarterback last year was Derek Carr. We're still waiting to

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Speaker 4: see what's going to happen in New Orleans with that situation.

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Speaker 4: I know the Saint said they want them back, but

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Speaker 4: they've got to come to some kind of financial agreement there. Yes,

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Speaker 4: the contract negotiations with Gino Smith go back to last

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Speaker 4: year when we reported that there were conversations or Geno

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Speaker 4: Smith tried to have conversations about a contract last year

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Speaker 4: and the Seahawks said not with two.

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Speaker 2: Years left on your deal.

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Speaker 4: He confirmed it to the media, did not seem very

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Speaker 4: happy at the time that he didn't get an extension.

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Speaker 4: So coming into this offseason, feeling like he proved it again,

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Speaker 4: wanted an even bigger number this time around from the Seahawks.

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Speaker 4: There was a gulf between the sides from our understanding

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Speaker 4: in the end, the Seahawks say, well, if we're gonna

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Speaker 4: go and spend the money, let's get a pickback in return.

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Speaker 2: So they're getting a third round pick back in return.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, the Raiders had an extra third round pick

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Speaker 4: that gave them the flexibility this new regime to still

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Speaker 4: the Seattle Seahawks. So Pete Carroll gets his reunion with

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Speaker 4: Gino Smith. We know he thinks highly of him, and

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Speaker 4: one of them is going to land in Vegas, Tyler

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Speaker 4: Lockett being the other one. He is a free agent.

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Speaker 4: We'll see even both. Maybe a reunion of all three

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Speaker 2: Head coach, Pete Carroll. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: So again, this is going to set off a lot

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Speaker 1: of different dominoes here, but let's focus in first on

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Speaker 1: the two teams involved. I'll start out with Seattle. You

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Speaker 1: They have not yet done a new deal in Las

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and my understanding of Seattle did make a good

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Speaker 3: And if you're an organization of a starting quarterback and

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Speaker 2: So if you're Seattle, you know.

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Speaker 3: You got a pretty good chance at someone like Darnald,

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Speaker 3: interesting situation for Seattle, but John Shaider, the general manager,

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Speaker 3: for sure, has a plan for how to make this happen.

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Speaker 5: I'm trying.

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Speaker 4: out if it makes sense. You guys, work on that.

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Speaker 4: I texted you that there Gino Smith the yeah, please,

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Speaker 4: what are you looking at me for?

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Speaker 2: Le start figuring it out. I'm on in Utah.

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Speaker 4: In here, yes, with Gino Smith here the old the

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Speaker 4: quote from him after that game. You know they me off,

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Speaker 4: It was a great It was a great job by

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Speaker 4: I believe with the Giants previously before him. You know,

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Speaker 4: There now restarts in Vegas. This is a guy that

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Speaker 4: career and pride helped really restart things in Seattle. He

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Speaker 4: He is going to make sure that Geno Smith knows

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Speaker 2: They're working on getting more targets there.

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Speaker 4: excuse me, not a bad start from Geno Smith right there.

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Speaker 3: You know one thing I wanted to mention as you

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Speaker 3: We'll see how long this ends up lasting. But to me,

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Speaker 3: Pete Carroll is trying to set the culture here. Gino

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Speaker 2: Of those dudes. Right.

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Speaker 3: He can go a long way in helping Max Krosby, who,

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Speaker 3: So so important when you have a new regime and

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Speaker 1: All right, let's take a look at some of the

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Speaker 1: other ramifications here. Again, the breaking news tonight is Gino

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Speaker 1: Smith traded from the Seattle Seahawks to the Las Vegas

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Speaker 1: that they have found their quarterback. For more on this,

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Speaker 1: let's bring in our Brian Baldinger as well. As Steve

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Speaker 1: Weich into the conversation. Steve, I'll start out with you here.

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Speaker 1: When you hear this news of this trade, what do

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Tom, you guys are getting the real high notes

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Speaker 2: right here. Look. I saw Raiders owner Mark Davis at

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Speaker 6: He told me we have got to get a quarterback,

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Speaker 6: and real quick to go to that Max cross between

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Speaker 6: LFG the guy helping them quarterback Tom help him find

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Speaker 6: the quarterback Tom Brady. That was a big thing for

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Speaker 6: lean on Tom. So now, as Ian said, they've got

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Speaker 6: the Chargers did last year. Look look at how top

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Speaker 6: Chip Kelly, the new offensive coordinator, can start designing an

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Speaker 6: offense that plays the Gino's strengths and just historically, what

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Speaker 6: are the Raiders like to do.

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Speaker 2: They like to throw the deep ball. We know Gino

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Speaker 6: So he checks some of the boxes organizationally, but more

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Speaker 5: So you got you got Pete, You've.

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Speaker 7: Baldy Steve, Let's be very clear about this. DK Metcalf

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so let's go right there, because this is the

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Speaker 2: We'll start in Seattle, I would agree.

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Speaker 3: It does feel to me feel like Sam Donald would

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Speaker 4: Let's follow the bouncing ball and let's fill it in

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Speaker 1: Insiders, breaking news tonight, the Las Vegas Raiders have their quarterback,

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Speaker 5: That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 8: I don't think it mattered based off that start.

437
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Speaker 2: Wow, okayp Lear In the Hoodie James that shows up

438
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Speaker 2: on tape, he is explosive.

439
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Speaker 8: His first three steps as a rusher. He goes, he

440
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Speaker 8: covers ground, and he goes.

441
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Speaker 5: And he is relaxed. Look at the hoodie flowing.

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Speaker 1: How fast is James Pierce Junior a full tenth of

443
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Speaker 1: a second faster at any other defensive end who attended

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Speaker 1: this year's scouting combine. So fast, in fact, that he

445
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Speaker 1: just wrapped up a workout and sped over here to

446
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Speaker 1: join us on the Insiders with me Don Pellicero as

447
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Speaker 1: well as Ian Ravenport. Thanks for being here, James. A

448
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Speaker 1: lot to discuss with you here, but let's start out

449
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Speaker 1: with this. There's a lot of fascination as you heard

450
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 1: there from Rich Eyes and Daniel Jeremiah on the hoodie.

451
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Speaker 1: Is the hoodie always present? Did you have any concerns

452
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Speaker 1: about it being like a wind resistance type of a thing.

453
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Speaker 1: Obviously didn't stop you, But tell me the backstory here.

454
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Speaker 9: Uh No, I just I was working out anything what

455
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Speaker 9: I had on all day and what I was warming

456
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Speaker 9: up in, and then I just look at tank top

457
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Speaker 9: from off from underneath off. But when I FaceTime Coach

458
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Speaker 9: Moen before I ran, he was like, what's up with

459
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 9: the hoodie? Like that's gonna show you down. I'm like,

460
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Speaker 9: this is all I got and it was go time.

461
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Speaker 9: Then all I had to run.

462
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Speaker 3: Man, you could have been like like point one second

463
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Speaker 3: faster then you would have just been everyone like just

464
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Speaker 3: a little bit more. One of the fun things that happened, well,

465
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Speaker 3: you know, one of the fun things that happens when

466
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Speaker 3: you run really fast at the combine is we do

467
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Speaker 3: the simulcast right simulcams, and like you could see you

468
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Speaker 3: beating like Saquon and aj from the Eagles, and it's

469
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Speaker 3: like kind of a fun thing for us. Did you

470
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Speaker 3: get to see Oh, he's a right here literally? Uh,

471
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Speaker 3: Jalen hurts too, Did you get to see any of this?

472
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Speaker 3: And what do you think when you see your forty

473
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Speaker 3: times compared to all these superstars?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Like yeah, like you said, like, I know.

475
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Speaker 9: I'm running, but then that just me running with superstars,

476
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Speaker 9: and so it just shows like my speed among superstars.

477
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Speaker 1: So, James, tell us more just about you your game.

478
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Speaker 1: Do you watch certain guys in the NFL? Do you

479
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Speaker 1: do you emulate certain people? Just just take us through

480
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Speaker 1: what somebody in the NFL is getting from James Pierce

481
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Speaker 1: the football player.

482
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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, it's just getting a great pass rusher, a

483
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Speaker 9: great run defend of, a great overall defense defensive player,

484
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Speaker 9: a dog on the defensive side. Yeah, I really don't

485
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Speaker 9: watch like path rushers like just one on one pack rusher.

486
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Speaker 9: I watched groups, but I watched Laura Taylor as well.

487
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Speaker 9: That's probably one of my favorite pack rusher I watch.

488
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Speaker 3: That's a guy who's got some speed as well. You

489
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Speaker 3: also met with a bunch of teams in India. I

490
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Speaker 3: know that's a huge part of this process. What's been

491
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Speaker 3: your message to teams as they try to get to

492
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Speaker 3: know you? Like, what what about you? Do you want

493
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Speaker 3: teams to know during.

494
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Speaker 2: This process.

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Speaker 9: That first of all, like that I'm just a great person,

496
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Speaker 9: great teammate, great ball player.

497
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Speaker 8: And then they gained everything that.

498
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Speaker 9: They need, a dominant edge, a dominant player.

499
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Speaker 5: And so on so forward.

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Speaker 2: Jams been reading your bio.

501
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Speaker 1: One of the interesting things that jumps out is you

502
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Speaker 1: ended up being a five star recruit, top fifteen recruit nationally,

503
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Speaker 1: but you did not have a Power five offer until

504
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Speaker 1: March of twenty twenty one, basically right before the signing period.

505
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Speaker 5: Do you have a growth spurt?

506
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Speaker 2: Did you suddenly find your game? Like? What changed there

507
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Speaker 2: right at the end of the recruiting process.

508
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Speaker 9: Probably just not putting myself out there as much, Probably

509
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Speaker 9: just been laid back, probably just letting my talents speak

510
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Speaker 9: for yourself, probably not just really selling the talent. And

511
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Speaker 9: then I also graduated class twenty twenty two of my

512
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Speaker 9: high school of my high school career, so I think

513
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Speaker 9: that was going into my senior year, my junior year summer, so.

514
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Speaker 2: Just a lot of people Washington.

515
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Speaker 3: Then, you know, when I was when I was covering

516
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Speaker 3: the SEC, which is a long time to go, way

517
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Speaker 3: before you were there, I was covering Alabama and Tennessee

518
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 3: was not very good. Alabama would just beat them basically

519
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 3: all the time. They would get to smoke the cigars

520
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 3: in the locker room and it was a whole big thing.

521
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Speaker 3: Since you were at Tennessee, Tennessee has won a ton

522
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Speaker 3: more than I can ever remember, including last year. What

523
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Speaker 3: do you think, Look, you're going to go into the

524
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Speaker 3: NFL and you're going to be on a team they're

525
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Speaker 3: going to.

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Speaker 2: Talk about culture.

527
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Speaker 3: What did you learn about culture with what Tennessee now

528
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Speaker 3: has built over the last several years by winning like

529
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Speaker 3: they've done.

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Speaker 5: Well.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Like before I got there, were super close to winning,

532
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Speaker 9: super close to getting over at home, super close to

533
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Speaker 9: just becoming a powerhouse.

534
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Speaker 2: So like it taught me a lot doing culture.

535
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Speaker 9: And I just especially even on the big games you

536
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Speaker 9: talk about Thursdaturday on October.

537
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Speaker 2: It was a lot, just the.

538
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Speaker 9: Whole college steem and structure of everything, just being a powerhouse,

539
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Speaker 9: like got one hundred and two thousand fans streaming in

540
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Speaker 9: there and everybody on your side, and it just goes down.

541
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Speaker 2: So it'll teach you a lot about culture, a lot

542
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Speaker 2: about how to stick together.

543
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Speaker 9: Through the ups and down after the long years of

544
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Speaker 9: Alabama beating.

545
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Speaker 2: Us a lot and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: Last thing for you here, James. You know right now,

547
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: if you search the internet, you're in every mock draft.

548
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Speaker 2: You're somewhere.

549
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 1: Some you're higher, some you're lower. Do you pay much

550
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,640
Speaker 1: attention to what people are projecting for you? And where

551
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: do you want to end up in late April here?

552
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Speaker 2: I really don't pay much attention to it.

553
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Speaker 9: It really don't bother me as long as I'm working

554
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 9: and being at the place I'm at right now in

555
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Speaker 9: the gym. Just got done, getting some work in, Just

556
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,800
Speaker 9: keep putting one foot in front of another, and just

557
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 9: keep showing the scouts and the teams type of player

558
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 9: around and I just keep putting out there. I feel

559
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 9: like everything everything could go well, and I probably want

560
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Speaker 9: to end up I feel like I'm the dam edge

561
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Speaker 9: in the draft.

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Speaker 2: I've been there.

563
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I've been the best edge in the draft. Home

564
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Speaker 9: in college for the last two years. How do you

565
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 9: want to keep proving that? Keep showing on that production

566
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Speaker 9: numbers down a little bit this year, but missed.

567
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Speaker 2: A couple of sacks when I got home. But that's

568
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 2: not about nothing, not about too much.

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Speaker 1: Only forty eight more days, man, forty eight more days wondering,

570
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: and I can see. I mean, you're literally on with

571
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Speaker 1: us from the gym. I have a feeling most of

572
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Speaker 1: your time is going to be spent right there. So

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Speaker 1: best of luck, man. I can't wait to see you

574
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Speaker 1: find out your home here in the twenty twenty five

575
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Speaker 1: NFL Draft that should be here.

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Speaker 2: Thanks James, Yes, sir, thank you for having the truth.

577
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Speaker 2: Shay John as a fast man who is still wearing

578
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Speaker 2: a hoodie right now.

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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty five NFL Draft all kicks off Thursday, April

580
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Speaker 1: twenty fourth in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The likes of Abdul

581
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Speaker 1: Carter Shudor Sanders, Travis Hunter, Ashton genty, and so many

582
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Speaker 1: more like James Pierce Junior. We'll have full coverage all

583
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Speaker 1: the way leading up to that breaking news tonight within

584
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Speaker 1: the past hour or a blockbuster trade three days before

585
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Speaker 1: free agency begins. The Raiders have landed their quarterback, and

586
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Speaker 1: it's Pete Carroll's old quarterback, Gino Smith, traded from the

587
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: Seahawks to the Raiders in exchange for a twenty twenty

588
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Speaker 1: five third round draft pick. We had some fun off

589
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Speaker 1: the top of the show because this news broke about

590
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Speaker 1: two minutes before we were on the air. But exactly

591
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Speaker 1: which of the raiders many third round picks this involved, Mike,

592
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Speaker 1: We have finally a firm and final answer on which

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Speaker 1: pick it is.

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Speaker 4: So if you were looking earlier at me, well this

595
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Speaker 4: is I was like this, looking like, what's you know?

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Speaker 2: And because we were told he was number ninety two.

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Speaker 4: But if you go anywhere on the internet and search

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Speaker 4: for NFL draft order, you see number ninety two come

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Speaker 4: up as the Jets pick, and it says that number

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Speaker 4: seventy three was traded from the Jets to the Raiders.

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Speaker 4: That is not accurate, apparently number ninety two, So adjust

602
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Speaker 4: your mock drafts now number ninety two belonged to the Raiders.

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Speaker 2: After the DeVante trade.

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Speaker 4: That is the pick that is going from Vegas to

605
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Speaker 4: Seattle as part.

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Speaker 2: Of this trade.

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Speaker 4: Right here, it's very dramatic. Again, the Jets have number

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Speaker 4: seventy three. The Seahawks now have number ninety two. Your

609
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 4: three round box are all topsy terraby right now. You're

610
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Speaker 4: just gonna have to. I'm sorry to make you work

611
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Speaker 4: on a Friday night, so we do three round box sure.

612
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Speaker 4: Ninety two, by the way, was originally Detroit's pick. Here's

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Speaker 4: your trivia question.

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Speaker 1: Togel during the break bike. How did the Jets get

615
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Speaker 1: that pick that they traded to the Raiders? Will find

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Speaker 1: out more from you there.

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Speaker 5: It was a trade back.

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Speaker 4: No, I already thoget that it was a trade back

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Speaker 4: during the draft last year.

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Speaker 2: Here you go, trade back on it.

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Speaker 1: That's how they got it. We will, We'll get the

622
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Speaker 1: full web of everything. But there could be more draft

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Speaker 1: picks on the move if the Browns ever changed their

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Speaker 1: mind about their Superstar pass rusher Miles Garrett. As I

625
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Speaker 1: reported this morning, Miles Garrett recently requested a meeting with

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Speaker 1: Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, who declined to speak directly with

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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett amidst his ongoing trade requests. Both sides at

628
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Speaker 1: this point remain dug In. The Browns have made clear

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Speaker 1: publicly and privately they are not trading Miles Garrett under

630
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Speaker 1: any circumstances. They are aligned in that off season plan. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett has also made clear, as he did with

632
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Speaker 1: his public trade requests a month or so ago, that

633
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Speaker 1: he intends to continue his Hall of Fame caliber career elsewhere. Obviously, Mike,

634
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Speaker 1: there's different layers to this right now. We said it

635
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Speaker 1: a month ago. This was going to take some time

636
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Speaker 1: to work through it. Jimmy Haslam deferred to Andrew Berry,

637
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Speaker 1: saying he's the football decision maker. If you're Miles Garrett,

638
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Speaker 1: you're also going. But I know he's not doing anything.

639
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Speaker 1: That's why I'm coming to you. What does it all mean?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's.

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Speaker 4: Look, the Browns stance on this one and Jimmy Haslam's

642
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Speaker 4: stance on this one was I trust Andrew Berry to

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Speaker 4: handle this situation.

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Speaker 2: You've been dealing with him. He's the general manager.

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Speaker 4: He makes the decisions on these things, and we are

646
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Speaker 4: in locker step from the owner down to the general

647
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Speaker 4: manager down to the head coach. Heck, I'm sure the

648
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Speaker 4: janitor is on board as well, saying we want to

649
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Speaker 4: keep Miles Garrett with the Cleveland Browns this year. They

650
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Speaker 4: have been adamant publicly. They have been adamant privately as

651
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Speaker 4: well on this one. And Jimmy Haslem saying, no, you're

652
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Speaker 4: not going to go around Andrew Berry.

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Speaker 2: Now you can disagree with that.

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Speaker 5: And I saw a.

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Speaker 4: Report from our buddy Albert Breer earlier today saying that

656
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Speaker 4: Kirk Cousins got himself a meeting with ownership down in Atlanta,

657
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Speaker 4: and Arthur Blank took that meeting. That's a different way

658
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 4: of approaching it. In the case of the Browns, they

659
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 4: have been criticized in the past. Jimmy Haslam has been

660
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 4: criticized saying he medals too much. This is the opposite

661
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 4: of meddling. I guess I know a lot of people

662
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 4: are still going to.

663
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Speaker 2: Disagree with that.

664
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Speaker 4: I'm just telling you that that is my understanding of

665
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 4: where the Browns stance was on this one.

666
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 3: I never understand how an owner can meddle. It's literally

667
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 3: his team. It's like saying the CEO medals it's like

668
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 3: they're in charge anyway. Whatever, That's a different soowbox for it.

669
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Speaker 2: Every day.

670
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Speaker 3: I want to focus in on the edge market here,

671
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 3: focus in on what Tom and I mentioned yesterday, which

672
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 3: is that Trey Hendrickson does have permission to seek a trade.

673
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 3: Miles Garrett wants per mission to seek a trade and

674
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 3: wants to be traded, Trey Henderson actually has it. And

675
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 3: my understanding here, guys, is that when Trey Hendrickson went

676
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 3: to the Bengals with this saying I would like to

677
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 3: be traded, I'd like to explore, the thought was that

678
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: he could go for a first round pick, he could

679
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 3: go for a premium pick, and so the Bengals were

680
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 3: basically like, if you can go for a first round pick,

681
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 3: explore that. Talk to teams. They certainly have had some

682
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 3: level of interest the Bengals have. But these veteran trades,

683
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 3: just like the trade oh, I don't know we told

684
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 3: you about earlier in the show, which you know Smith

685
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 3: going for just a third, they're never quite as much

686
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 3: as you think they are because a lot of times

687
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 3: they're with older players trading. Since surely an older player

688
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 3: the NFL sack leader, yes, for sure, but also wants

689
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 3: a new contract. It's not impossible, it's not impossible, it

690
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: can be done. But for the Bengals to get a

691
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 3: premium pick for Trey Hendrickson and agree to move on

692
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 3: from a lot of things need to happen.

693
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Speaker 1: This is all part of the summer of the pass

694
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: rushers we talked about on Super Bowl Sunday, because he

695
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: got five or six guys who are all going to

696
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: be trying to be the highest paid non quarterback in

697
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: the NFL. That guy at the top, Miles Garrett, certainly

698
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: has a good argument in the Browns, not for nothing,

699
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: are prepared to pay him if Miles Garrett changes his

700
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: mind about returning to Cleveland.

701
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 2: Michael Parson's up for a new contract.

702
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Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson, Denil Hunter two would talk much about him,

703
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: but certainly he's going to be looking for additional years

704
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: only one year left on his contract. As we bring

705
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: back our Brian Ballninger and Steve Watch. Okay, Baldy, you

706
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: study line play more than probably literally anybody else on

707
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: planet Earth. When you talk about and Trey Hendrickson potentially

708
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: being available, we talk about a Miles Garrett asking for

709
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 1: a trade. If you're their existing teams, the Browns and

710
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: the Bengals, what do you.

711
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 7: Think, Well, I mean, I wouldn't trade either player if

712
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 7: I was both Cleveland or Cincinnati because they're pillars. That's

713
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 7: what you want on your defense. You want guys that

714
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 7: can affect the quarterback on any him passed. That being said,

715
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 7: this happens to be a great draft and a deep

716
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 7: draft for defensive lineman if Cleveland. Now, look, if Miles

717
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 7: doesn't want to be there and he wants out, I

718
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,879
Speaker 7: mean Andrew Barry should pick up the phone and talk

719
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 7: some teams in this league to see what he could

720
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 7: get for Miles Garrett. Because if you look at you

721
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 7: know what the Rams have done over the last two years,

722
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 7: where they have completely rebuilt their defensive line and they

723
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,479
Speaker 7: got four studs in the last two years.

724
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 5: You could do that this year. There's those level of players.

725
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 7: Now, I'm not saying anybody is ever going to be

726
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 7: as good as Miles Garrett is draft, but there's gonna

727
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 7: be a lot of really good players tackles, ends, edge guys,

728
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 7: and for Trey Henderson, like only TJ. Watt over the

729
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 7: last five years has more sacks than Trey Hendrickson. He's

730
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 7: from a popka, Florida and Steve. If you're from a

731
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 7: popka like Warren Sapp or Jalen Carter, you show up

732
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 7: and you show out. And that's what Trey Henderson has

733
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 7: been doing in Cincinnati. They just don't recognize his value.

734
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 7: He helped them get to a super Bowl and within

735
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 7: drive of winning your Super Bowl, and he was a

736
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 7: key component to that defense.

737
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Speaker 6: But Baldi, you know to that point, I don't First off,

738
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 6: I don't think either team should trade either guy.

739
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 5: But I'm with you on this.

740
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 2: Now.

741
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 6: It's kind of the time to strike because Miles Garrett

742
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 6: did worked last year, as did Trey Hendrickson, and guess what,

743
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 6: neither team made the playoffs. This could be one where

744
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 6: leadership says, you know what, we can lose without you,

745
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 6: and at the same time we can restock. And we

746
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 6: know in terms of the Cincinnati Bengals, that defense has

747
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 6: not been good. You know it was not good last year.

748
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 6: Lou Ana Rumo, he is now in Indianapolis. Hey, maybe

749
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 6: pick up the phone and call the Colts if you

750
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 6: want to see if you can get if you can

751
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 6: move Trey Henderson to Indianapolis or maybe you know, some

752
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 6: other teams. I think they need to explore some opportunities

753
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 6: in the fact that the Bengals are saying, hey, Trey,

754
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 6: go go see what's out there.

755
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: Okay, see what the market is. Maybe it's not what

756
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 2: he thinks it is.

757
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 6: In terms of Miles Garrett, this is a different thing

758
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 6: because he seems dug in to the point where he

759
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 6: will hold out. He will not be in the summer then,

760
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 6: like he just does not want to be there anymore.

761
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 6: And that might be one where teams will wait and

762
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 6: wait and wait. So, if you're Cleveland, do you want

763
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 6: to restock on compensation for this year's draft or do

764
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 6: you want to wait and see? I think this is

765
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 6: gonna be an interesting staredown because I'm sure a team

766
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 6: like Washington and a couple other teams would love to

767
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 6: have Miles Garrett coming off the edge feeling that they're

768
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 6: pretty darn.

769
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: Close, Baldy, Steve, thank you very much. Tight A lot

770
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 1: more news to come throughout the course of this show.

771
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: We already had a big trade in the NFL. Geno

772
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: Smith headed to the Las Vegas Raiders. Could Sam Darnold

773
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: be the next quarterback of the Seahawks? Our guy Adam

774
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: rankleb be here next to play Max Maker for all

775
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: the different moving quarterback parts. With the first big domino

776
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: having fallen, stick around. A lot more to coming see

777
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: in centers.

778
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 3: Our top story of the day didn't really get any

779
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 3: bigger than massive quarterback trades. Exactly what we had to

780
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 3: start this very show to Gino Smith gets traded to

781
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 3: the Las Vegas Raiders. I could have some sort of

782
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 3: pun about how the Raiders called and then Gino called back,

783
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 3: but it doesn't really make sense in my head right now.

784
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 3: Should just know this, Gino is the new starting quarterback

785
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 3: for the Raiders. Seattle needs one and we need to

786
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 3: make sense of it.

787
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 5: So no one better to.

788
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 3: Make sense of it than Adam Rank Right there, Mike

789
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 3: Grifo with him.

790
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 2: Two bald guys. Two bald guys are here to talk

791
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 2: to me.

792
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 3: We know about Geno Smith, right, Let's start with you

793
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 3: right there, Gino Smith to the Raiders, what do you think?

794
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 5: Yeah?

795
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: I love this move, you know? Or last night I'm

796
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 2: sitting there pouring over spending hours in trying to figure

797
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 2: out the certain matchmakers, like who would be the best

798
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 2: fit for the Las Vegas Raiders, not thinking about justin

799
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 2: fields and stuff like that. But Gino Smith ultimately makes

800
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 2: the most Smith because, of course Pete Carroll probably wrote

801
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 2: to him. Gino Smith did right back to Pete Carroll

802
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,479
Speaker 2: and said yes, I will come down to Sin City

803
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,320
Speaker 2: and guide your offense. And of course, right when this happens,

804
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 2: I'm sitting down, you guys are doing the A block there,

805
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 2: and then I'm getting texts like, hey, where do I

806
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 2: take brock Bowers? Now? In my fantasy, that's where we are,

807
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 2: that's where we.

808
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 5: Are in life.

809
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,479
Speaker 2: Where do I draft Bryar? Like rock Bowers excelled last

810
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 2: year with less than spectacular quarterback play, And you might

811
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 2: look at Geno Smith's time in Seattle and be like,

812
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: no Ah Fan wasn't necessarily tearing up the league. But

813
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 2: I think that brock Bowers is It's slightly above Noah Fan.

814
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 2: He's going to be the most targeted player in that offense.

815
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 2: Jacobe Myers is also going to be another guy that

816
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 2: you want. The one thing that I'm really interested to see,

817
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 2: And I know this isn't part of it. I'm sorry,

818
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 2: I'm blowing up the rundown a little bit. Ashen ashit Genty.

819
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 2: I wonder if this is going to be something that

820
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 2: allows the Raiders now to take a look at somebody

821
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 2: like that. They're trying to get some skill guys around there.

822
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 2: Obviously you know what they've got they got their wide receiver,

823
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 2: they got the tight end. Do they make a move

824
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 2: for Ashton Genty? A lot of people are really excited

825
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: about him. We saw what happened with Saquon this year,

826
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 2: what he meant to the Philadelphia Eagles.

827
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 5: Could that be something?

828
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 2: Could this be the big thing? So much to look

829
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 2: forward to in the next couple of months.

830
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 4: We talked about Tyler Lockett potentially coming in as well,

831
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 4: to the Raiders reuniting with Pete care Bring Marshaun Lynch back.

832
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 2: Bring all reunite there. That's what I'm saying.

833
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 4: It's so easy, just take you can just come here,

834
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 4: come come practice, Let's play free agent matchmaker.

835
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 2: I feel like this. You talk about blowing up the rundown.

836
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 2: We blow up the rundown like right before the show. Yeah,

837
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 2: I get the rundowns. I feel like this got like

838
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 2: easier for you.

839
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 4: So just take the layup, Sam Donald, let's match make

840
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 4: Sam Darnald with the team.

841
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 2: Well, you guys did such a great job of laying

842
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 2: it out in the A block. Again, sorry to use

843
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 2: the television parlance as well, but listen, Seattle makes a

844
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 2: lot of sense. You got the same system. Kubiak's going

845
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 2: to be there. Last night when I was putting this together,

846
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 2: trying to think about a good place for Sam Darnold. Now,

847
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 2: obviously a couple of weeks ago, I was on this

848
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 2: show saying his best his best situation is staying with Minnesota,

849
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 2: staying with the coach that got you where you needed

850
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 2: to go. I do believe that if he is going

851
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 2: to leave the Minnesota Vikings, don't go to one of

852
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 2: the New York teams. Don't go to an uncertain situation.

853
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 2: I believe that Pittsburgh makes a lot of sense if

854
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 2: you look at a team that could go out there

855
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 2: and give you a lot of success. The Steelers, you know,

856
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,800
Speaker 2: they're going to be in the mix of the playoffs.

857
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 2: They're going to be above five hundred, as they always are.

858
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 2: They've got a great defense, depending on what they do

859
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 2: with George Pickens. They always find a way to be competitive,

860
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 2: especially offensively. Don't take don't just take anything. Don't get

861
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 2: If the Tennessee Titans call, be like, yeah, hold on,

862
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 2: I got somebody on the other line. I'll call you

863
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 2: back later. Don't right back to that one. Sam Darnold

864
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 2: may be a little judicious, you know, put some thought

865
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 2: of this I think Seattle and Pittsburgh are probably the

866
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 2: only two spots that makes sense for him in Minnesota,

867
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 2: Seattle and Pits.

868
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, the Jets involvement in this whole thing, by the

869
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 4: way that DeVante Adams trade that pick being a part

870
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 4: of this trade with a former Jets quarterback being traded away,

871
00:40:55,719 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 4: potentially a former Jets quarterback filling in here. It's always

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Speaker 4: Brian Costello tweet. It always comes back to the Jets,

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Speaker 4: and it always comes back to Adam Rank. Thank you, brother,

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Speaker 4: We appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: New today, Falcons quarterback still Kirk Cousins met this week

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Speaker 1: with owner Arthur Blank. Made clear that he would like

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Speaker 1: to have an opportunity to start somewhere in the NFL

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Speaker 1: this season. My understanding, however, good meeting, but the Falcons

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Speaker 1: are not budging. Still not going to release Cousins, remember,

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Speaker 1: does have a no trade clause. Levante David also not

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Speaker 1: going anywhere. He is back for year fourteen with the

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers of green in terms on a one year,

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Speaker 1: ten million dollar contract. Earlier today, while the Titans moving

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Speaker 1: on from Harold Landry, their pass rusher whos had about

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Speaker 1: fifty sacks to the course of his career. They tried

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Speaker 1: to trade him, no takers. He was due a big number,

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Speaker 1: but now he's still young. Pass rusher set to hit

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Speaker 1: the market. Breaking news tonight, the Seattle Seahawks have traded

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Speaker 1: Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for

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Speaker 1: a third round pick, number ninety two overall in next

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Speaker 1: month's NFL Draft. Like all trades, this cannot become final

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Speaker 1: and official until Wednesday, giving Geno Smith time to pass

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Speaker 1: a physical and whatnot. But all kinds of falloup that's

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Speaker 1: now going to impact everything else we're talking about. With

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Speaker 1: a special Insiders coming up Sunday night, seven BM Easter Time,

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Speaker 1: we are on All Day Freezy Frenzy on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Are you were jobbing the segment? I'm ready, let's go.

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Speaker 2: We're started tonight. Gino got traded. Are your phone's working?

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Speaker 2: That's really the key.

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Speaker 1: Us do.

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Speaker 2: We'll find out. It's gonna be fun. See