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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? What a day in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League? John Middlecoff Three and Out podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: recording the opening, just the intro of the pod. It's

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Speaker 1: about Monday night, six pm Pacific Standard time, because in

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Speaker 1: obviously a lot happened today. And here's what I did

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Speaker 1: the morning, I will get on that tomorrow reacting to it.

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Speaker 1: As of right now, like Justin Fields hasn't been traded,

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Speaker 1: there's still some names out there, guys like Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 1: But I didn't expect all this to happen on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I was being naive or dumb, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, we got aggressive gms, aggressive organizations, unlimited amount

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Speaker 1: I might put out the go lopod tomorrow afternoon or something,

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Speaker 1: because it's hard with football. We got so much going

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Speaker 1: Everyone loves Raheem Morse. He's changed the narrative of his

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Speaker 1: I also think you hope that those two guys rub

428
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Speaker 1: off on Tyrese Wilson, a dude you drafted last year,

429
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: what seven or eight from Texas Tech, who had an

430
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: awful rookie season, And if you could just get that

431
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 1: guy going a little bit, all of a sudden, you

432
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,680
Speaker 1: got a little something with your defensive line. And they

433
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,719
Speaker 1: got a lot of question marks. They do not have

434
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 1: a quarterback. But I am always a believer in investing

435
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,160
Speaker 1: in the line of scrimmage, offensive and defensive lines. So

436
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: you pair easily the best guy that actually hit the

437
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: free agent market, in my opinion, in Wilkins, who's been

438
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,600
Speaker 1: an excellent player since his days in college playing for Clemson.

439
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 1: They're in really good. That's a really good signing. They

440
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 1: got to pay for it, and they gave him eighty

441
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,639
Speaker 1: five plus guaranteed, less than Chris Jones got ninety five million,

442
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: But this dude's good. This dude's really good. And I

443
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 1: also think it's a reflection a little bit like the Giants.

444
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: If you're the Miami Dolphins, you cannot lose a homegrown

445
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 1: player at a premium position. It just cannot happen. That

446
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: shows me you're poor at running your books. Something is off.

447
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: You can manipulate the cap, you can figure out ways

448
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: for you just to let this guy walk to me,

449
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: that's baffling. Now, sometimes there are internal circumstances, maybe the character,

450
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,159
Speaker 1: maybe a guy's been in trouble. To my knowledge, that

451
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 1: is not the case with this guy. He Like I

452
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: said a couple days ago, if you look at you

453
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 1: did a draft on their team, if they were just

454
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,879
Speaker 1: an expansion team and everyone got to pluck a player

455
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: off their team and it went one through thirty one,

456
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 1: Tree would be the number one pick that every team

457
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: in the league. If you had the number one pick,

458
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: the guy you would take from that team. I think

459
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 1: Wilkins would have been number two. So the Dolphins just

460
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: lost arguably their second best player who they drafted to

461
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: free agency. That's a fucking embarrassment. Look around the league.

462
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 1: How many guys there were really good players that what

463
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: did teams do Jalen Johnson, I'm gonna franchise you. We're

464
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: gonna work out a deal. I always script the dude's name,

465
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: but the defensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens franchise, you

466
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: work at a deal. That's usually the way it works.

467
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,239
Speaker 1: Even the Chiefs like, we're gonna make sure we get

468
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: a deal with Chris Johns. Why he's really freaking good,

469
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: and we don't want to lose a guy who's a

470
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: premium player at a position that most teams do not

471
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 1: have high end guards and centers. It's why we have

472
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: never seen so much talent at defensive tackle. And Wilkins

473
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 1: is one of those guys. So to let him just walk,

474
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 1: You're like, well, they'll get a comp third in a year. Great.

475
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 1: You would never trade pick one hundred for this guy,

476
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 1: straight up. So that is a loss. That's a major loss.

477
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: And it's why I when everyone was having these takes

478
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 1: when the Bills cut, everybody like, is their window closed? Well,

479
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna win the division. How would you not pick

480
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills to win the AFC East this year?

481
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: The Patriots suck. The Jets have way more question marks

482
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: than answers, and let's face it, the Dolphins just aren't

483
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: that well run, and their quarterback, as the games get

484
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,959
Speaker 1: a little tougher, doesn't look that good. And I'm not

485
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,239
Speaker 1: trying to shit onto it. He's fine, but it's not

486
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: like no one views him as a top ten quarterback.

487
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: I don't care what the stats say. Show me a

488
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: big game against a good team, you're gonna bet against them.

489
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: I did so, did you anyone with a brain did?

490
00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 1: And you made money. So this is not a great

491
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: day for the Dolphins, that's for sure. A nice little

492
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: addition for the Raiders. Now on the flip side, and

493
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the contract yet, Josh Jacobs, to me,

494
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,360
Speaker 1: is a better player than Saque Barkley. I think Josh

495
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: Jacobs was the best running back on the market. Now

496
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 1: he's had some injuries, he's had some durability concerns, but

497
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: to me, he's a complete player. He can catch the ball,

498
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: he can run it inside and outside. He's he can

499
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: break tackles, he can make you miss. I wouldn't call

500
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: him like Adrian Peterson top end speed, but his play

501
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: speed is excellent. He can block. He's just really good.

502
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: And the Green Bay Packers. Signing him, their offense could

503
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: be elite. I mean, Aaron Jones is, I don't know,

504
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: a top five running back in the NFL. You could

505
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: argue Jacobs is as well, so you get a one

506
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: to two combination. Their speed at wide receiver, all the

507
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: young guys is just incredible. We saw it the second

508
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: half of the season on display. Now, listen, being a

509
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: good player in the NFL, just like being any good

510
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: player in baseball, basketball, any team sport, any sport, tennis, golf,

511
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 1: is not just about having a good three month stretch.

512
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: It's about doing it year in year out right, Mahomes,

513
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Lamar, these guys have been doing it for five, six,

514
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: seven years. So Aaron Donald, Trent Williams, Lane Johnson being

515
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: a high end player, Travis Kelcey every single year. It's hard.

516
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: It's why even at the highest level of competition there

517
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: is a gap between the All Pro Pro Bowl guys

518
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: and even the next group. But if Jordan Love just

519
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: continues to play like the guy we saw the second

520
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: half of the season, the Packers could be a fucking power.

521
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: They could be definitely a top two or three offense

522
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and the question mark has been the

523
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: same thing it's been for fifteen plus years since McCarthy

524
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: and r got a rolling Can they figure it out

525
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: on defense? If they ever, They do not need to

526
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: be the two thousand Ravens. They do not need to

527
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: be the twenty twenty three Ravens or the eighty five Bears.

528
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: They don't even need to have a top five defense.

529
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,719
Speaker 1: But if they can just be a good defense, this

530
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: team is Super Bowl contender. Hell were They almost beat

531
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: the Niners to go to the NFC Championship last year

532
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: with the youngest roster in the league, a bunch of

533
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty three year olds on offense, as

534
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: well as a quarterback who has never made a start

535
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: or had made one start in his career leading into

536
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. So if you tell me that Jordan

537
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: Love is good again and the defense is a question mark,

538
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: I like Jeff Haffley everything I've heard about him from

539
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 1: people in the league. They clearly have physically gifted guys

540
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: on defense. Now actually executing and playing well is another story.

541
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: But if you just tell me they're a solid defense

542
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: next year, this is a team that can win twelve

543
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: thirteen games and be in the mix to win the

544
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. I don't even think that's debatable. Now, if

545
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: Jordan Love either regresses or struggles, then yeah, I mean,

546
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: just like like any team in the league, quarterback doesn't

547
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,959
Speaker 1: play well. But the guy that we saw down the Stretch,

548
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: which had glimpses of looking like a young Aaron Rodgers,

549
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: which typically if you had have told me I would

550
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: have been saying that at this time last year, I

551
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: would have been like, you're your nuts. But we watched him.

552
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: He did it. He saw him do it over and

553
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: over in the middle of November through the end of December.

554
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: So and then what he did against the Cowboys in

555
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: the playoff game. This guy now has two playoff games

556
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: worth of experience. Sometimes you bet on a guy, it's like, wow,

557
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: you know his team win eight to nine, we'll see

558
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: what happens. When they're like, no, this guy was playing

559
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: in massive games. I mean they had to win down

560
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: the Stretch like that, even the last game of the

561
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: season where they had to beat the Bears to get

562
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, then going on the road and beating

563
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. This guy has legitimate. Some pelts on the

564
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: wall for a first year starter, So I'm buying the

565
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,959
Speaker 1: Packers man that that's just a solid move. The other thing,

566
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: Lafleur is actually like, ultimately McVeigh. It turns out has

567
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: like a little more Andy Reid to him than Kyle Shanahan.

568
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: Shanahan wants to run the ball, and I think what's

569
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: his name in Minnesota a little bit more like McVeigh two,

570
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: like's passing the ball and there's nothing wrong with that.

571
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: But some guys Shanahan Lafleur, I think they're a little

572
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: more inclined to just pound you with the run game.

573
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: They're a little more wired, like an offensive coordinator from

574
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: the adies or the nineties. Well, the way to do

575
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: that is with legit backs, and Kyle got one with

576
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, and he's dominated the last year and a half.

577
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones was healthy, the Packers looked freaking good last year.

578
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: You had Josh Jacobs with that. Good luck trying to

579
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: tackle those two guys. The other move. I didn't know

580
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: that much about these guys, but the Rams, what the

581
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: Rams did last year was awesome. I mean, they were

582
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: probably the hottest team or one of them headed into

583
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year. And he obviously easily could have

584
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: won that game against the Lions, who proved to be

585
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: an awesome squad. But they signed. One big question mark

586
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago was their offensive line wasn't

587
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: very good. Well, a couple of years later, as a

588
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: buddy of mine in the league, just text me, the

589
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: Rams are fucking huge in the middle. They got Jonah Jackson,

590
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: who I've told is a really steady, reliable, rock solid player.

591
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: Nothing sexy, just good like a lot of guards and centers.

592
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: Most guards and centers aren't exactly the sexiest position. With him,

593
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: Dotson and Avola that their offensive line up the middle

594
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: is excellent. We know how good Pooka Nakua is, the

595
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: way Matt Stafford played at the end of the season

596
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,959
Speaker 1: last year, the young running back they have from Notre Dame.

597
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 1: We know defensively they're gonna be solid. Now there is

598
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: a question mark. They lose Raheem Morris, who's was easily

599
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: one of the better defensive coordinators in the league. But

600
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: what do they have. They have an elite head coach

601
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: who also impacts the game for fifty percent of the

602
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: snaps because he's the offensive coordinator. So I look at

603
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: the Rams and the Packers like they're improving their arrow

604
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: is pointing up Giants, Dolphins, arrow pointing down Eagles. Pretty interesting.

605
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,240
Speaker 1: I mean, they had to kind of plug some holes

606
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: character wise, leadership wise, and talent wise, and they definitely

607
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: paid for it. And like I said, with the Atlanta Falcons,

608
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 1: I get it. Got an eighty plus year old owner

609
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 1: that you know, the hearset doesn't follow you to the grave,

610
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: so you just I don't think this team's gonna win

611
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl anytime soon, but just help winning the division,

612
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 1: hosting a playoff game is a wild success based on

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Speaker 1: what we've seen in recent years. Okay, a couple of

614
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: the big moves that happened in the last couple hours.

615
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: Let's start with the big big trade Brian Burns from

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00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers for pick thirty nine, which is the

617
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: Giant's second round pick, and a twenty twenty five fifth

618
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: round pick. They get Brian Burns, and they give them

619
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: a massive one hundred and fifty million dollar extension with

620
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: almost I think ninety million dollars in guaranteed money. Now

621
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: texting around just because I how good is Brian Burns

622
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: got a lot of sentiment back from League employees, scouts

623
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: that do this for a living really good. Why didn't

624
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: the Panthers keep them? And I think before we get

625
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,400
Speaker 1: to the Giants, which this is going to be the

626
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: easiest trade that Joe Shane and honestly the Giants have

627
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: ever made. I give you pick thirty nine for a

628
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: high end pass rusher. The La Rams offered two first

629
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,479
Speaker 1: round picks for this player a couple of years ago.

630
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 1: Think about that, say it out loud. Actually, I think

631
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: it was last year. Two first round picks the Carolina Panthers,

632
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: who were bought by David Tepper, one of the greatest

633
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: you know, stock financial masterminds this great country's ever seen,

634
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: has been a terrible fucking owner. Now you could blame

635
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: him for hiring the wrong people, but that's a disaster

636
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: to go from two first round picks and saying no

637
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: to then trading him for pick thirty nine. Okay, the

638
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: Rams are good. Those two picks still would have been

639
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 1: in the twenties. I'll take pick twenty two and twenty

640
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: five over pick thirty nine and a fifth rounder every

641
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: day of the week. But I think this gets back

642
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: to obviously, if you could do a complete redo, they

643
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,760
Speaker 1: probably don't even make the trade for the number one pick,

644
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: and if they did, they clearly would have taken CJ. Strout.

645
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: But I never understood it at the time, and it

646
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: has aged so poorly since that for whatever reason, they

647
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: were uncomfortable with Brian Burns giving him some massive extension,

648
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: and they know him well, they've been in the building.

649
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 1: Though I have a hard time like I don't view

650
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: them like they know what they're doing, so this I

651
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 1: don't act like this is the Ravens or Andy Reid

652
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 1: or Shanahan and Lynch for someone that knows what's going on,

653
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: letting you know, trading a good player when you're going

654
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: to draft a quarterback at number one overall and the

655
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: offensive firepower you have in your organization is not great.

656
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: To trade a wide receiver in DJ Moore who was

657
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: under a cost controlled contract, it was crazy at the

658
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: time and it is age worse because the Bears and

659
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: Ryan Poles told them listen for this trade instead of

660
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: giving us one extra one, we want one of these

661
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: three players, the defensive tackle, the defensive end, and the

662
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver. And their logic, as it was explained last

663
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: year when the trade happened, was well harder to find.

664
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 1: Ends and defensive tackles, wide receivers easier to find. Will

665
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: trade you Dj Moore, so they took it. Clearly they

666
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: should have included Brian Burns in that deal and kept

667
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,240
Speaker 1: DJ Moore with Derek Brown on their team. But mainly,

668
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: if you're gonna add Bryce young to have a wide receiver,

669
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: especially like DJ Moore, who is very versatile player, you

670
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: could run just I don't know, basic screens for the

671
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: fucking guy to make it easy on your young quarterback.

672
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 1: He can break tackles regardless of even running down the field.

673
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: He's obviously a really good player. But it was Taylor

674
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: made for a young player. Hell, he looked. He made

675
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: justin Fields look decent. So the Carolina Panthers should be

676
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: ashamed in themselves. Just a complete embarrassment, it really is.

677
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: And the Giants, who I was pretty hard on earlier

678
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 1: today because they let a lot of good players go,

679
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: this was an easy move and they clearly had the

680
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: financial wherewithal other teams, you know, the bidding, clearly no

681
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,439
Speaker 1: one was offering a better pick than pick thirty nine,

682
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: and the Giants pounced and they got themselves a really

683
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: good defensive lineman. To go with Kavon Thibodeaut, who I

684
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: think it's fair to say people are gonna you get

685
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: drafted really high, time to show some stuff, time to

686
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: become a really good player. And it's easier to become

687
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: a really good player when you have other players on

688
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: your defensive line. So always a huge believer as a

689
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: organizational philosophy, invest in the line of scrimmage, offensive and

690
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: defensive lines. You can never go wrong. Clearly, the number

691
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: one thing you have to get right in football is

692
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 1: the quarterback. The Giants don't have that figured out, but

693
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: this trade adding more firepower off the edge when you're

694
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: playing the Eagles, who have a great offensive line and

695
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: a ton of offensive firepower. The Cowboys a lot offensive

696
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: firepower in Washington, which I think is fair to assume

697
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 1: is going to be much improved over the next couple

698
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 1: of years. Good move, good move, a lot of money,

699
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 1: but it's kind of the going rate. It's what these

700
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 1: guys are getting making right, eighty to ninety million dollars.

701
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: You're not going to get more than Chris Jones or

702
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. You're not going to get Boso money. But

703
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 1: that's a lot of coin and you get an immediate

704
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: impact player, which is always the goal because, let's face it,

705
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: a lot of these moves in free agency it's fun.

706
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: I love talking about it, but historically, you know, a

707
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: lot of them don't always work out as well as

708
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: the hype. And I was thinking about it today because

709
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: I was texting with someone in the league about the

710
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: dude the Rams signed the offensive lineman and we were

711
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,800
Speaker 1: talking Ryan Wendell, who my cousin played with at Fresno

712
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: State and when I went there to be a GA,

713
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: he had just left as an undrafted free agent. He

714
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: ended up making the Patriots. He started for one of

715
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: their Super Bowl teams, I think the one they lost

716
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: to the Giants, and has become a really, really good

717
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: offensive line coach and was an assistant offensive line coach

718
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: forever under day Ball with the Buffalo Bills, and then

719
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: Sean McVay hired him last year to be his offensive

720
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: line coach. And I don't think it's any coincidence that

721
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:20,280
Speaker 1: their offensive line was dramatically improved last year, and position

722
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 1: coaches with all these signings. Obviously, your head coach and

723
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,760
Speaker 1: your overall scheme from your coordinator matters to a player's success,

724
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: but the position coach has such a huge impact on

725
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: these players. If you watch the Kelsey retirement speech, him

726
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 1: just I mean he cried as much for Jeff stoutlind

727
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach, believing him in him than any

728
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: other person, his wife, his family, his teammates, The position

729
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: coach is just a game changer for you. And at

730
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: the offensive and defensive lines, those there's a reason non coordinators,

731
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: those guys make the most. Jeff Stoutlin, the Niners guy,

732
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,760
Speaker 1: Chris Ksoric, I mean, these are paid millions of dollars

733
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: a year. They're not even coordinators because when you get

734
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 1: good ones at those positions, they're worth every penny. And

735
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: so a lot of these signings, I don't care what

736
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: position you play, but specifically the defensive an offensive line obviously,

737
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 1: the scheme and the position coach are just have a

738
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: dramatic impact on your success or failure. This is not baseball,

739
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 1: where you just trade or sign Freddie Freeman. Plug him

740
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 1: in at first base, batom third, he'll compete for MVPs.

741
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: You know, sign Aaron Judge, put him in left field

742
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: or right field, batom third or fourth. You're fucking good.

743
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 1: That's not how football works. We've seen it for my

744
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: entire life. I'm almost forty years old. So many free agents,

745
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: I mean, some of them are incredible, it's like what

746
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: a signing, And some of them are like, this doesn't

747
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: work because scheme, culture, fit batters. And you know, we'll

748
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: see do the Giants have because they're getting a really

749
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 1: talented la now the culture there a losing Barkley, who's

750
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: kind of been the face of the organization for a

751
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: long time. We'll see how this all plays out. They clearly,

752
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: you know, put a premium on the defensive line, which

753
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: has a franchise they always have. The reason they won

754
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,760
Speaker 1: the two Super Bowls under Coughlin was because of the front.

755
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: And when you can dominate upfront, you got a chance

756
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: you just do against anybody. The other big defensive signing

757
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,720
Speaker 1: was Leonard Floyd. I think he's thirty two to thirty

758
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: one years old. At one point in time, he was

759
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: viewed as kind of a bust, right, a top ten pick,

760
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 1: a little bit of an underachiever with the Bears. But

761
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: that's a good example scheme, position, coach, just whatever. It

762
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 1: didn't quite work, and then he resurrected his career in

763
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:48,240
Speaker 1: twenty twenty with the Rams. In the last four years

764
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: he's had thirty eight and a half sacks, so he

765
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: has been an extremely productive player. Now, the forty nine

766
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: ers basically gave him a one year, twelve point five

767
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: million dollar contract, and he doesn't play the run as

768
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: someone in the league I was texting trying to get

769
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 1: information on him, Like he played half the snaps last year.

770
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 1: So an older player you can't depend on to play

771
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: like he's Nick Bosa or Fred Warning. Not gonna be

772
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 1: out there every snap, and he's not a great player

773
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: against the run, but he has edge rush ability. And

774
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: let's face it, you kind of get paid for sacks

775
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: you do, and rightfully, so if you can pressure the quarterback,

776
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,879
Speaker 1: that's that's how you get paid in the NFL. Now,

777
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: I understand quote unquote sacks can be a little pressure.

778
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:39,280
Speaker 1: Can you get to the quarterback? Can you just create

779
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,359
Speaker 1: havoc in the backfield? It doesn't always have to be seck.

780
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,319
Speaker 1: It doesn't even have to be a pressure, create force

781
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: him to move throll off the you know, the timing

782
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: and the rhythm of the given play. So the forty

783
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,480
Speaker 1: nine ers one thing they really lack last year, which

784
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,720
Speaker 1: they had had in previous years, is edge help for Bosa.

785
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: They did not have another defensive end who was any good.

786
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: Chase Young's one of the more overrated players I've ever seen,

787
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: and part of that might be his injury. He's not

788
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: the same guy. I know. He's a really good player

789
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 1: in college, even early on before he hurt his knee.

790
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: That guy's no longer there. He's a backup. I mean,

791
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: as of recording this, he hasn't even been signed. And

792
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,799
Speaker 1: Hargrave is a lot like Floyd is an incredible role

793
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: player pass rushers, but the forty nine ers really struggled

794
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: down the stretch of the season playing the run, and

795
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: they're cutting Eric Armstead, who is a fantastic run defender.

796
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 1: You lose him. Hargrave doesn't do it, Floyd doesn't do it.

797
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: Bosa can't make every stop with the defensive line. So

798
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,240
Speaker 1: I would imagine they're not quite done definitely in the draft.

799
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: But that's a good sign because they needed extra pass

800
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: rush help on the edge, which they really haven't had

801
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:57,240
Speaker 1: in several years. And part of that is because sometimes

802
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: in free agency, the reason you have to make these

803
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 1: moves is because you've missed in the draft, and because

804
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: in their draft situation, once they traded for Trey Lance.

805
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: They didn't have a first round pick for a couple

806
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 1: of years, and I know they've had a million cop

807
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: picks and a ton of third round picks. Well the

808
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: last couple of years, they've missed on him because they

809
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: took Drake Jackson really high, who I liked, really talented player,

810
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: hasn't done anything the last two years. He didn't even

811
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 1: play down the stretch of a second season, And I

812
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 1: think at this point in time, you can't really rely

813
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: or assume he's gonna bring much to the table. So

814
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: when you miss on a guy, usually have to double

815
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: down and pay another guy. It's why a lot of times,

816
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,800
Speaker 1: like all these teams signing some of these offensive linemen,

817
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:44,720
Speaker 1: I bet if you look in their last couple of drafts,

818
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: the guards have gotten paid, and rightfully so forever. Like

819
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: the whole Bill Walsh thing back in the eighties was

820
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: we need good tackles. We need a good left tackle

821
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,280
Speaker 1: because it protects my quarterback blind side and he's playing

822
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor or Reggie White or just some of the

823
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,919
Speaker 1: best players in the NFL. And for a long time,

824
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: the best players in the NFL were edge rushers on defense, well, now,

825
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: a lot of those edge rushers go to the right side.

826
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: That's why all these right tackles make a ton of

827
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: money as well. Well, it feels like the last six

828
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: or seven years when I was in the NFL, in

829
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:21,400
Speaker 1: like early on in the twenty tens, there were a

830
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:25,759
Speaker 1: handful of guys that you would call high end interior

831
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: pass rushers, A handful I sort of got. It feels

832
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: like half the teams in the league have a high

833
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: end guye now who can line up over the center,

834
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 1: line up over the guard and get pressure. Some teams

835
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: have multiple guys, so I think it's not random. Now,

836
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 1: you're always gonna get a little overpaid. In free agency.

837
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: You pay a premium as the buyer and as a

838
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: as a free agent player. If you're a solid starter,

839
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: you get probably a twenty thirty percent markup on your

840
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: contract because you hit the open market. But these guards

841
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: have gotten a lot of money, and in fairness, these

842
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 1: GM and coaches are going, well, I'm asking them to

843
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: block Aaron Donald, Javon Hargrave, Fletcher Cox retired, You know

844
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: what I mean, Aaron Donald, go around the go around

845
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: the league. All these teams have good interior pass rushers

846
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: or guys that can create. Have you want to block

847
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 1: Vida Bay all day? God speed? I mean have fun.

848
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:25,760
Speaker 1: And I don't think it's random because forever I've always

849
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: believed you can find good guards and centers late in

850
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: the draft, and it historically is true. But if you

851
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:34,759
Speaker 1: have a need and you have the cap space, I

852
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,359
Speaker 1: don't think it's that crazy because it's not just these

853
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: guys coming off the edge anymore. These teams have good

854
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: inside pass rushers some other moves. I had a Colts

855
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: fan was like, you're a fucking idiot. You don't think

856
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman should be franchised. Well, I don't think he's

857
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: a franchise level player. It doesn't mean I don't think

858
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: he's any good. When I close my eyes and think

859
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:02,319
Speaker 1: guys you would franchise Chris Jones, Lajerius Sneid, like those

860
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: are franchise players. The defensive lineman from the Ravens. If

861
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa was a TJ. Watt, that's what I think.

862
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. Look at the contract the Colts gave him.

863
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 1: Now I understand the mechanism because you don't want him

864
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: to hit free agency. And then anytime a guy hits

865
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: free agency. There's no guarantee that you can get him back.

866
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 1: But listen, Pittman's a solid player to me in a

867
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,880
Speaker 1: perfect world, He's like your number two wide receiver. We'll

868
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: get his production. Yeah, they gave him forty six million

869
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed elite wide receivers a couple years ago. We're

870
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: getting seventy plus in Devonte and Tyreek. Hell the second

871
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: rounders a couple of years ago, AJ Brown, Deebo Samuel,

872
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: and DK Metcalf. He's not on those guys level. He

873
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,839
Speaker 1: didn't get paid close to it. Those guys all got

874
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: fifty eight to sixty million dollars two free agencies ago.

875
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: So I'm not crushing them for franchising them because they

876
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 1: used it to ultimately extend them, which it worked. But

877
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 1: the contract shows you like they don't view him as

878
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,719
Speaker 1: some like all time great player, and it feels like

879
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: I'm shitting on the guy. He's good. I'd want him

880
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,400
Speaker 1: on my team. I've like Michael Pittman since he was

881
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,919
Speaker 1: in college. But sometimes you just have to do that

882
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: and sometimes you don't have the ability. Like the Dolphins,

883
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:20,960
Speaker 1: I haven't like dove into their cap situation. Clearly they're

884
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: all messed up, that they really are, and to think

885
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 1: that it hasn't happened yet, maybe it happens over the

886
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: next week. Signing Tua to a long term extension at

887
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 1: a lot of money anywhere forty plus million dollars to me,

888
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: feels insanity. But it clearly looks like he's gonna get

889
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 1: forty five to fifty million dollars a year, which is crazy.

890
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: Another why excuse me another quarterback? The money's a little

891
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: out of whack, right because forever if you need a

892
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: quote unquote bridge quarterback, that guy was like seven to

893
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,439
Speaker 1: ten million dollars. I guess not out of whack. It's

894
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: just now inflated. It's now just more because the cap

895
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 1: is gone up. Gardner Minshew got the modern day bridge

896
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: quarter You got fifteen million dollars guaranteed, which to me,

897
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew worst case scenario. The Raiders don't control their

898
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 1: own destiny when it comes to drafting and quarterback. They're

899
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 1: not drafting super high. They don't know who's gonna be

900
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 1: there if they're unable to trade up. So this is

901
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: almost like a contingency plan. Ideally, we'd like to take

902
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback but you never want to have to force

903
00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:23,319
Speaker 1: it in the draft, and when you're not drafting in

904
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: the top three or four spots, you just never know

905
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: who's gonna get picked above you. And you and GM

906
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,800
Speaker 1: say this all the time after the fact, like everyone

907
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: wanted us to trade up, Well, I need someone to

908
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 1: agree to a trade, so a lot of stuff is

909
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,799
Speaker 1: out of their control. I like to Minchew signing a

910
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:44,720
Speaker 1: lot because you can't go into another season with Aidan

911
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: O'Connell as your starting quarterback. Not when you got Max

912
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,800
Speaker 1: Crosby in his prime, you got DeVante Adams in his prime.

913
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 1: You signed Wilkins to a huge deal, Like you've got

914
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:58,399
Speaker 1: some ready made players ready to be playoff level guys. Now,

915
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: Minshew got the Colts really really close. But I don't

916
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: know if you can make the playoffs given that division

917
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,239
Speaker 1: with Minshew. But I do think it makes you a

918
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: little more credible. I take you a little more seriously.

919
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: I like that signing. I think the Chargers are about

920
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,560
Speaker 1: to kind of become the Ravens West. They signed Gus

921
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:24,799
Speaker 1: Edwards their GM. Joe Horowitz is a Ravens guy. John

922
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 1: and Jim are like the same guy. You are going

923
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: to get a very very similar operation. They are going

924
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,359
Speaker 1: to like the same players, And when you look at

925
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 1: the draft, I'd be a little stunned if they don't

926
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: take alignment defensive or offensive. It's can you close your

927
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,200
Speaker 1: eyes in envision even if? And we'll see what they

928
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 1: end up doing with Bosa, with Mac, with Mike Williams,

929
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: with Keenan Allen. Obviously, they got some high priced, big

930
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,480
Speaker 1: name guys who are kind of in flux. As of

931
00:52:56,719 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: four o'clock Pacific Standard time on Monday, we have a

932
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:02,720
Speaker 1: couple of days worth of leeway with some roster bonuses

933
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:06,040
Speaker 1: on the two pass rushers. But they're gonna get like

934
00:53:06,239 --> 00:53:09,840
Speaker 1: old school, hard nosed players. This is not gonna be

935
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:13,120
Speaker 1: At least I'd be stunned. I have a hard time

936
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: envisioning them taking a wide receiver in the top ten.

937
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean they won't, because some of these guys are

938
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,160
Speaker 1: really really talented, but it just feels like they will

939
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 1: take a different position. Oh, Austin Eckler signed with Washington.

940
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 1: I've always really, I've loved Austin Eckler. I think he's

941
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,360
Speaker 1: one of the best role players in the NFL. A

942
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,240
Speaker 1: lot like Tony Pollard and I think there's a fine

943
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:38,720
Speaker 1: line when you get a guy like that who winning

944
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: teams want. You want Austin Eckler or Tony Pollard on

945
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: your squad, but you have to have the right role

946
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:48,239
Speaker 1: for him. Not every guy can be Christian McCaffrey or

947
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,560
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara or Nick Chubb and kind of do it

948
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:55,239
Speaker 1: all for you. Those guys can excel in space. What

949
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:59,240
Speaker 1: always hindered the Chargers though short yarded situation They couldn't

950
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,239
Speaker 1: pound the ball. Why that's not Eckler's thing. But you

951
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: get him with Cliff Kingsbury, think about some of his

952
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:09,720
Speaker 1: offenses in Arizona. Spread it out, get the guy in space,

953
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:13,280
Speaker 1: throw them wheel routes. Don't ask him to just hammer

954
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:17,239
Speaker 1: it home run in power seventeen times a game. He's

955
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: not Ezekiel Elliott in twenty nineteen. That's not his skill set.

956
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 1: So here's another key in free agency. You have to

957
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,480
Speaker 1: be on the same page as a GM with your

958
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: head coach and his staff of what we want out

959
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:37,720
Speaker 1: of this player. I can't just sign Austin Eckler because

960
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: he has a bunch of a bunch of touchdowns the

961
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: last four or five years. If not everyone's on the

962
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: same page on how to use the guy, and that's

963
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: where I think the scheme fit. It makes a lot

964
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:51,239
Speaker 1: of sense. Just like Gus Edwards, Well, when did he excel? Well,

965
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:54,279
Speaker 1: he had Greg Roman before his offensive coordinator, so they're

966
00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:57,759
Speaker 1: gonna know how to use the player. Sometimes you just

967
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,840
Speaker 1: sign players and this happens less and less now without

968
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 1: the understanding of what he does. Well, why do you

969
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: like Kirk Cousins with Atlanta, Well because McVeigh and Shanahan

970
00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 1: they both liked him because he fit their offense. And

971
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: now they signed Zach Robinson coming from or to be

972
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 1: their offensive coordinator with Raheem, It's like his skill set

973
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 1: fits what they want to do. If you ask Kirk Cousins, now,

974
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: Andy would change his offense, but he wouldn't, Like he

975
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,200
Speaker 1: couldn't just function as Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen in

976
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: terms of running around. You can't expect a guy to

977
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:35,479
Speaker 1: do something he can't do just because you pay him

978
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 1: a lot of money. Whoever said player is doesn't mean

979
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:42,440
Speaker 1: his skill set changes. Like, if you're gonna sign one

980
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 1: of these guards to a lot of money, he'd better

981
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: fit your offensive scheme. If he's a power guy and

982
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,319
Speaker 1: he struggles running some of his own stuff that's on

983
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:52,880
Speaker 1: you or vice versa. He's his own guy and you're

984
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: asking him to run some power stuff, he might struggle

985
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: at it. When you marry the scheme and the talent

986
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,920
Speaker 1: to the player who's already established what he is. This

987
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:09,240
Speaker 1: is not a projection the draft, like Jayden Daniels, Roma Doonsay, whoever.

988
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:12,279
Speaker 1: All these star players in the draft, you're projecting what

989
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:15,280
Speaker 1: you want them to do in your offense. In the NFL,

990
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 1: there's no projection with all these guys in the NFL

991
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 1: in free agency. They have years of tape. You know

992
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:26,320
Speaker 1: their strengths and their weaknesses, and a lot of guys,

993
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 1: if they're truly hitting free agency, are gonna have some weaknesses.

994
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 1: That's why they're available. But clearly, if you're willing to

995
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,120
Speaker 1: pay them a lot, you view them having some strengths

996
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,359
Speaker 1: that fit you. You just got to use it right.

997
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:42,400
Speaker 1: This really has become a crazy time in the NFL today.

998
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,880
Speaker 1: Like I was gonna go live, I still plan on

999
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:49,839
Speaker 1: it on Wednesday, but a free free agency, we're gonna

1000
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:52,360
Speaker 1: have some trades, I would imagine over the next twenty

1001
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:57,680
Speaker 1: four hours. But man, stuff, just maybe I underestimated it.

1002
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: Maybe I just forget because just a lot that's going on.

1003
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: How crazy this opening tampering period is. I saw DJ

1004
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 1: Dana Jeremiah tweeted something about how the NFL, You know,

1005
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:17,160
Speaker 1: you get guys like Gus Edwards assigning before some of

1006
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: these big name free agents in Major League Baseball who

1007
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 1: are still unsigned, spring trainings, rocking and rolling. You just

1008
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: the key to a successful operation, which the NFL is

1009
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: just in the peak of its powers right now, is

1010
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 1: to have just scheduled events that everyone knows what's coming. Now.

1011
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 1: I thought it was coming in a couple of days,

1012
00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 1: but I knew Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, a lot of shit

1013
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 1: was gonna happen. And then you know, in about a

1014
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: little over a month, the Draft, then you know OTAs

1015
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: now we take a little summer break, and then training camp.

1016
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:56,480
Speaker 1: It's very you know, it's very specific what happens and when.

1017
00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,000
Speaker 1: And then because you're dealing with people and injuries like

1018
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: all signed, a random shit happens, but it's not like

1019
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,520
Speaker 1: a guessing game like the combine. The ball starts rolling

1020
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: end of today, and then the madness ensues and because

1021
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 1: of the money flowing in from the TV deals. All

1022
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:15,680
Speaker 1: these teams have the money, so any team you don't

1023
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: need to be the Giants or the Cowboys if you're

1024
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,080
Speaker 1: the Jags. Like low budget teams low budgets the wrong

1025
00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: way to put it. Small market teams have the capital

1026
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:27,880
Speaker 1: to spend if they so choose. It's just based on

1027
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:30,760
Speaker 1: how you would allocated it with your previous player. The

1028
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: Dolphins owner has a ton of money. Their problem is

1029
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:34,920
Speaker 1: their caps all fucked up, so they don't have the

1030
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 1: ability to do anything. What a day man. The volume