WEBVTT - Summer NFL news catchup and inner monologues 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.520 Welcome to NFL Daily Kids in Charge episode, and nobody 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:14.239 in this space has to worry about their availability for 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:19.040 Monday's USA Belgium World Cup match. I'm Jordan Rodrig, filling 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:21.680 in for our great host Greg Rosenthal this week. He's 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:25.080 in vacation in Japan, and I'm joined by the great 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.120 Nick Shook, who did an awesome job with our pal 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.000 Patrick Claybond and filling in a couple of weeks ago 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:34.559 on co host duties. Shook, how are you? What's going on? 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:35.920 I'm fantastic. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:37.839 I forgot that we had that intro music because it's 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:39.400 been a while since the kids We're in Charge. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.080 But we're back. Yes, you and I are back. 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.560 And as the children all cheered, yay, here we go. 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:47.199 I know I love it. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:49.559 Are you going to be watching the World I mean, 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:50.880 are you keeping up with the World Cup? 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:52.360 What are you been kinding it up to? In your break? 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:56.320 I have watched more soccer this year than maybe ever. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.520 I think it's part of it's because, like it's very 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.120 cool to see it in all these football stadiums across 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.679 the United States and across North America. And you had 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.000 some in Canada and Mexico as well, it felt like 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:11.960 a good showcase of the the lavish spending our nation 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.440 does on sports facilities, but. 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:16.160 They're being used to put to good use. 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.280 And the soccer has been electric and of course temsa 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.520 men's national team they're involved in, it has driven it 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.120 as well. So I will be watching today. I don't 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.000 know exactly. I know there's an invitation in my lap 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:28.560 to go watch with some people. I don't know if 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.959 I'll join them, and considering it, but I will be watching. 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.880 Yeah, it's been a really good tournament. Now I'm not 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.000 super up to speed on the world of football, right, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.199 but I really enjoy good sporting events, and this one's 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:47.200 been fantastic. I can't remember something that's had us sort 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.600 of enthralled match to match like this. I mean, I know, 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:55.880 obviously when these massive, sort of global invitational tournaments happen, 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.120 we all do pay attention, but this one is just 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:03.200 every match is so so riveting. I find myself standing 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.440 for most of it, which is not. Oh it's not 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.000 like me. I'm a cushy press box rider, like I'm 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.520 a press box princess, right, so I usually I'm just 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.960 sitting down the whole time. And I love it. I 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:18.040 think it's been been awesome. I've been on vacation for 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:22.160 a few weeks now. I went into my little athletic 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:26.240 like portal that we have and saw how many vacation 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.920 hours I had amassed because I never take vacation and 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.520 I've just been trying to take a break. I went 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:34.520 up to Ohi for a little bit that was really 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.959 really nice, did some hiking and just sort of trying 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.320 to reset before what we know will be a really 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.360 really fun season. So I hope you've gotten some time 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:43.919 to take a little bit of a break as well. 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:44.320 Shook. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.040 Yeah, yeah, I took a couple of weeks ago. I 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.880 took a week off, which was magnificent. You know, the 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:51.800 short week with the holiday last week. You know, just 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.400 having four days off was fantastic. And I have one 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.480 more week ahead to take off, so I'm looking forward 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.480 to that. And you know what, the reset is necessary. 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.639 It's nice because in this slow news period, it's nice 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.600 to just kind of unplug from everything, and especially the 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.440 football world. I think there was a whole week when 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:07.600 I was off. That whole week, I don't think i've 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:08.640 talked about, well. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.800 That's a lie. I definitely talked about football to people 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:11.200 that I know. 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.639 But you know, I was just like, wow, you know, 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.440 that was a nice little change of pace, nice little reset, refresh, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.200 And yeah, we're gonna do a little bit more of 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.280 that before training camp arrives, because it's right around the corner. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:21.920 I know, I love it. 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.320 I'm stocking up on sunscreen kind of as we speak, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.440 speaking of not being able to quit football or just 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.639 totally turn it off. We do have a segment coming 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.239 up at the end of today's show where we are 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:37.360 basically sharing with the listener Greg Rosenthal's in inner vacation 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.720 monologue that we know undoubtedly and with just pure facts 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.120 that he's having even though he's in Japan. We know 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.880 he can't shut off the football. But first, we have 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.520 some news to catch up on. Unfortunately, a lot of 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.240 it is sad news shook. So we're gonna talk about 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:59.200 the sad and scary and just really unfortunate stuff first, 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.360 and then we're going to get to a couple of 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.440 nice things that have happened in the news recently. I 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:09.960 want to start with the news of Chris Johnson's als diagnosis, 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.120 so you know, we are catching up on all of this. Obviously, 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:16.120 there was a break of pre recorded shows. So that's 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.159 why you didn't hear us talk about this a really 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:23.240 horrible situation on NFL Daily last week. We're going to 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.719 get into it today. Former Titans and Cardinals star running 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:31.000 back Chris Johnson, of course, announced on Good Morning America 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:36.440 that he has been diagnosed with ALS, and in itself, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:41.320 it's incredibly heartbreaking news for him, for his family, for. 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:42.480 His friends and loved ones. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.719 In his interview with Michael Strand, where he could only 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.160 speak using a speech generating machine activated by his eyes, 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.960 Chris Johnson did reveal that he got diagnosed with the 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.200 disease at thirty nine. He is forty now and it's 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:59.360 progressed really rapidly. You know, a lot of us because 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.720 Chris Johnson when he retired I believe it was in 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.600 twenty seventeen, you know, he's been sort of out of 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.360 the spotlight and taking time spending time with his family. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:14.600 We remember him as such an electric, incredible you know, 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.839 every time the ball was in his hands, something magical 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:21.520 was going to happen. From scrimmage type of player. You know, 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.520 he was a thousand yard rusher for each of his 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.719 first six NFL seasons. Two thousand and nine, he said 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.839 the NFL scrimmag jarge record with twenty five hundred and 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.600 nine and got the nickname c J two K. 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:35.520 This is just really really sad shook. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:37.880 Yeah, absolutely, I mean it was. 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:39.320 It was a shock to me because I think nobody 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.520 really knew about it before and to see how quickly 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.640 it had progressed. You know, the first thing you think 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.360 of is Steve Gleason, you know, another former football player 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.800 who has dealt with it and has made his battle 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.480 very public in efforts to you know, fund research and 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.760 garner support for those dealing with it. But it I 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.960 think this one hit even harder just because of the 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.200 type of player that Chris Johnson was. I mean, he 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.719 was an incredibly explosive, like appointment viewing type of player. 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.159 Like you know, the Titans were on TV, you know 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:07.919 that you're gonna want to watch because Chris Johnson might 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.000 rip off a long run like he was the guy 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.240 the speedster held it back out of East Carolina who 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.240 really just put together quite a career that you know, 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.800 included almost ten thousand rushing yards. You know, you had 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.320 the CJ two K year really at his best, he 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.600 was the reason that you really wanted to watch Tennessee 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.200 play football. I think back to when they were doing 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.919 the AFL anniversary and they had those old Oilers uniforms 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.680 on and just watching him run through defenses and that 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:32.599 just it was it was a great time, I think 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.440 for running backs especially, But he was one of the 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.240 faces that was like when I was in high school 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.200 going into college and he was one of the guys 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:39.599 that you definitely wanted to watch. And it's just so, 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.480 you know, sad. It's just nothing more than sad that 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.400 that he, you know, has to deal with this disease. 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.239 And you know, good on him for having the courage 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.159 to you know, to participate in that interview, and good 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.280 on them to also. I mean it's it's a very 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.760 minor victory, but being able to record his voice so 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.560 that he could still speak in his own voice with 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.920 this you know software and everything that they're using. But man, 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.359 it's just it's another reminder of how difficult, you know, 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:07.320 things can be when you when you're stricken by such 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.479 a disease. And I also wanted to give a shout 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.840 out to Marshaun Lynch for doing reviving the ice Bucket 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.400 Challenge or helping revive the ice bucket challenge with with 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.760 Chris Johnson. Uh, you know, it's nice to see that 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.080 people come out and support him and just really unfortunate 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:20.840 that he's dealing with that. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.200 Yeah, And as we sit here and talk about that, 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.200 you know, this morning or this this early afternoon, your 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:30.240 your time shook. You know, that ice bucket challenge is 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.640 starting to resurface and spread a little bit more as 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:39.400 as people show their support for Chris Johnson. First and foremost, 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.840 our thoughts are obviously with Chris Johnson and his wife Brittany, 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:44.920 who was by his side during the interview, who has 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.840 been by his side as as he discussed and obviously 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.840 their their children, their family, their extended family, their friends. 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.280 Our hearts really go out to them. And I want 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.640 to say too, this all, all of this has also 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:03.400 reignited the very important discussion over potential links between ALS 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:08.520 and tackle football, between als and professional football got traumatic 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.440 contact sports such as football. The twenty twenty one study 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:16.360 by the American Medical Association found that professional football players 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:20.840 are four times more likely to develop the disease. Sharing 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:25.920 this because of awareness and to make sure that research 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:30.080 is ongoing. New treatment studies are ongoing and trying to 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.960 find help for people who are stricken by this, and 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.280 Chris Johnson talked a little bit about some of the 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.720 treatments that he is undergoing and said in that interview 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:45.720 that people sometimes look at the physical disability and assume 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.280 you're not still the same person inside. He said, I 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.439 still think the same, I still dream, I still love 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:56.480 my family. My body just doesn't cooperate, And also that 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:01.520 he has chosen to fight quote this arriable disease, and 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:06.280 you know, the courage is incredible. The situation is just 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.840 extremely it's just extremely sad, and you know, hope for 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.400 more awareness, hope for treatment that brings positive progress, and 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:15.120 hope for a cure. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:16.600 Yeah. 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.199 Absolutely, you know, I think back to my own personal experiences, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:20.600 you know, because you always want to try to find 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.920 a way to relate to something that's unfortunate as this. 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.200 And my late grandfather he'd had a stroke when he 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:27.920 was in his fifties and was paralyzed on the right 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.319 side of his body for the rest of his life. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:30.920 But he was, you know, much like christiolths and saying, 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.320 he was still the same person inside. So it was 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.280 mine he just couldn't, you know, do a lot of 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:38.240 the things that he was capable of doing before. And 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.640 I think that's a good reminder, is that when you 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:44.000 see people battling these these things, it's obviously easy to 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.640 get an immediate, you know, reaction and saying, well, wow, 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.319 there they've been physically reduced to, you know, being in 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.480 a wheelchair and needing these types of assistance. But let's 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.920 not forget that they are still the same person inside. 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.120 That he's you know, been one heck of a person 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.959 and was one heck of a football player during his 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:00.679 NFL career. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.280 Well said, you know, more sad news. We are catching 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.880 up on this. This also is one that I think 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:12.640 kicks people right in the gut, knowing the quality and 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:17.679 caliber of person, of teammate, of figurehead in the NFL 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:21.160 that Kalais Campbell has been. Just to update people on 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:25.040 the news, you know, longtime NFL iron man Walter Payton 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.920 Man of the Year, Kalais Campbell, his brother, was charged 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.600 last week in Atlanta with murder after the death of 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.920 their mother. I believe the pronunciation of her name is 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:39.360 Natael Campbell. Just an awful situation. The family, of course, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.679 has asked for privacy at this time. He's currently signed 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.880 with the Baltimore Ravens. They did release a statement that says, 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.920 we are incredibly sadden to learn about the passing of 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.160 Kalais Campbell's mother. We send our deepest condolences and full 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.000 support to Khalais and his family during this difficult time. 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:57.480 We asked that everyone please respect their privacy while they 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:01.800 grieve from this heartbreaking loss. And you know, just a 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.640 really sad and unfolding situation all around. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:05.720 Another legal update. 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:10.160 Wanted to update the news listeners on brief Terry and 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:14.360 Arnold update. He was released by the Detroit Lions last week. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:18.679 He's still awaiting trial and has posted bail on kidnapping 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:23.920 and robbery charges. There is no good transition out of 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.760 just a real load of unfortunate catching up to do. 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.520 But this story did make me smile shook. This is 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.720 regarding DJ Moore, player on of whom I am a 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:40.439 huge fan of. According to a Buffalo local news station, 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.440 it's w KBW, DJ Moore bought out all of the 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.800 T shirt jerseys featuring his name in a store in 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.600 a local mall in Buffalo and is giving them away 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.160 from a weight. Excuse me giving them away to fans? 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.040 Of course, DJ Moore was traded to Buffalo from Chicago 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:02.000 last season. My favorite detail about this is the touch 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.480 that the store put on it. They simply mark the 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.640 price of the shirts as zero dollars and put a 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.720 note and put a note by them that said the 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.319 shirt was paid for by DJ Moore. I just thought 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:17.720 it was a very just like surprising, not surprising, but 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.720 sort of spur the moment, serendipitous gesture that he made. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:23.760 I just thought that was fun. I just love stories 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:24.079 like that. 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:26.640 I mean, how do you curry good favor in your 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:31.440 new town better than getting everybody T shirt jerseys of yourself? 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.520 I mean, there's no better way to get your number 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.400 in the stands than by buying the stock out at all. 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.280 And also support a mall, because, as we know, malls 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:44.480 in America are not as prosperous and popular and productive 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.120 as they once were, so you know, helping out their 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.160 business that helps too. I mean, it immediately makes you 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.000 a fan favorite, it wins you over, and you're also 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:53.160 going to look up to the stands and see a 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.400 bunch of your number in the stands because oh yeah, 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.160 you happen to pay for it. It's a good way 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.520 to start off a tenure in Buffalo. High expectations there 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.200 as always, and he's going to be a key part of, 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.440 you know, their big Super Bowl hopes as they try 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.680 to make yet another run and hopefully clear that final hurdle. 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:11.320 So smart move, good PR, Good job DJ Moore. 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.360 I know, I thought it was very endearing. 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.120 That's really no different than how many of his ears 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:21.240 were in Carolina too. That fan base, the Panthers fan base, 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:25.400 really loved him before he went to Chicago. I just 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:30.160 feel like I love a city that notices when it's 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:35.120 athletes or famous figures otherwise famous figures like do stuff 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.040 like that. Like I mean, it wasn't like, you know, 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.880 if this news station hadn't to walk in sounds like 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:43.600 if they hadn't walked into the store and seen it, 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:48.800 then they probably wouldn't have This wasn't like a PR 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:49.880 memo sent. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.280 Let's think about it. Let's think about it. 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.040 Though somebody would walk in there and see zero dollars. 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.200 This shirt was paid for by DJ Moore posted to 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:56.800 social media. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.440 Oh for sure, for sure, for sure. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.400 I'm just saying they didn't send out like a press released, 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.440 like we didn't get like Matthew Stafford a Mortal Chamber 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.760 press release on this or anything like that. You know, Like, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.200 I just I like when stuff like this happens, that 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.840 that feels organic, that feels unplanned, that a fan base 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.360 can really endear themselves to a player, or vice versa 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.760 player can really endear himself to the fan base. 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:19.960 For I just like it. 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.040 I hope that it brought some joy to some of 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:28.000 the Buffalo fans' lives as they wait very very excitedly 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.520 for the opening of that new stadium up there. 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:31.840 It's just fun. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.400 I mean, you want some good energy and like some 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.440 good vibes going into a season where once again the 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.960 main questions we will be asking is do they finally 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.840 have what it takes to get over the hump this year? 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.440 A team that we're not really asking questions like that 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.560 of great great seg Jordan Drasul Douglas plans to sign 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.720 a one year deal with the Commanders, as reported by 0:14:55.880 --> 0:15:00.960 our buddy Adam Schefter over at ESPN. Deal is reportedly 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.120 worth up to three point eight million dollars. 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:04.440 Razul Douglas is thirty. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.760 He was signed by the Dolphins as a sort of 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:11.600 a late like postcut summer edition. Last season had some 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.600 injury issues. Played in fifteen games for them, though, and 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.280 he can be a menace when he wants to. You know, 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.960 he had some really really bright moments last season. Week 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.200 fourteen really stands out to me. It's like something like 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.600 four or five pass breakups and an interception, and he 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:30.240 had AFC Defensive Player of the Week or month or 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.680 whatever that was honors if I'm recalling correctly and probably 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:35.800 very sloppily. The listeners can let me know on that one, 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.480 but yeah, he still has some stuff to him. So 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:41.560 I just I think it's like one of those really 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.680 solid late late summer signings. And the Commanders they need 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:48.120 depth everywhere on their defense and they need a bounce 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:49.480 back in a bad way this year. 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:51.960 Yeah, they do need to bounce back given what happened 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.040 with their season, which largely depended on not only the 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.440 fact that they lost their starting quarterback, but also that 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.880 they had, you know, the league's worst defense or one 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.080 of the worst. So that ye wasn't a good look 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.160 for dan Quinn, defensive minded coach. But yeah, yet another 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.120 veteran addition on that side of the ball. That's how 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.200 they spent their entire offseason by investing. I think they 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.160 have as many as six new projected starters on the 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.960 defensive side of the ball. Rasul is not necessarily going 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.800 to slot in as a starter, but he's going to 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.240 be a quality veteran. He's one of my favorite defensive backs. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.040 So I think has been underrated throughout the course of 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.040 his career. At one point he was a practice squad guy. 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.040 I think he was a practice squad guy with Arizona 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:27.760 or Green Bay and then ended up Yeah, he ended 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.720 up with Green Bay. I remember him making a play 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.400 in Arizona and being like, oh, yeah, well he got 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.040 a little revenge there. But he's been a guy that 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.120 has just been a tireless worker who's contributed pretty much 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.960 every stop he's made, even like Buffalo, like he didn't 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.800 he'd spent two years in Buffalo. He had four interceptions 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.160 in total in the twenty twenty three season, then kind 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:46.520 of washed out in twenty twenty four. 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.040 Didn't seem to be much of a fit there. 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.760 But I've always known that this is a guy who 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.040 was like a quality player, and even at thirty years old, 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.720 approaching his thirty first birthday at the end of August, 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.800 it seems like that's the right fit, the right pairing 0:16:57.880 --> 0:16:59.760 as the Commanders try to turn this defense around. You 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:01.920 don't it was simply with young guys in young talent. 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.119 You got to have veterans. They have accrewed a bunch 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:05.720 of them this aw season. So it makes a ton 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.320 of sense looking forward to see what he does there. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.359 Yeah, it's like what we talk a lot about on 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:13.640 this show about having to bridge that developmental gap and 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.320 raise the floor of a position group, in this case 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:20.840 an entire unit. Their defense certainly needing attention there. Their coverage, 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.520 their rush was not great. Their coverage was also just 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:29.800 absolutely a factor in letting down their rush when they 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.200 did have it, and vice versa, honestly, and so I 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.159 think this is a really solid signing. It kind of 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.960 reminds me of when the Los Angeles Rams they signed 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:42.720 like a Kella Witherspoon, or when Tony Jefferson joins a team. 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.240 You know, whether it's the Chargers or the Ravens or 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.560 elsewhere where, you know that there's going to be a 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:50.679 game where, even if he's a depth player, even if 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.760 he's a rotational figure, there will be a game at 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:57.359 some point this season where we are watching him most 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:02.760 likely make plays for the Commander and certainly admire that 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.960 he you know, he stayed kind of resilient through some 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:09.760 of the later, later stage career injury issues that he's had. 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:14.000 I did not realize that he's one of your favorite Yeah. 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:14.320 Oh yeah. 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.440 I get on board with some lesser known guys when 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.240 I just see them make plays, especially mercenary guys. And 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.199 he's always been one of those guys like he just 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.560 happens to be there. He just has it innate sense 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:26.800 for you know, as a ball hawk, He's just a guy. 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.239 He makes plays on the ball. Next gen has a 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.159 ball hawk rate. I don't have the number pulled up 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:32.240 in front of me right now, but I know that 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:35.560 he was always pretty high in that metric. And yeah, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:37.560 I know he's not a household name, and that's fine. 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.359 I know he's been in a billion different stops. But 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.000 there's a reason he keeps getting a job because he's 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:42.879 a good football player. 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:43.880 Yeah. Smart signing. 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:49.119 And meanwhile, all eyes are on or maybe trying to 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:53.359 not be so closely on another potential commander's signing that 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.959 seems less and less likely as time passes, And that 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:01.400 is a receiver. Brandon Ayuk I know that and has 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.920 covered this situation that continues to get messier and messier. 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:07.800 I know he's already covered this, so we're not going 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.360 to spend a ton of time on this. We are 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:13.880 going to take some time to talk weddings, because. 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:15.119 You already know. 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.440 I sent you, guys a warning in the Google doc 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.000 and the rundown. I sent you a warning. This is news. 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:23.040 We are going to talk about it. I love, love, 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:27.800 love freaking rocks. On Friday, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.480 were married at Madison Square Garden in New York City 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.680 in front of you know, a tiny amount, no just kidding, 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.119 in front of reportedly hundreds, if not a thousand or 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:40.160 more guests, some of whom were NFL stars, current former 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.360