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Speaker 1: Insight into how that decision could possibly be made coming

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Speaker 2: Or ultimately a loser.

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Speaker 1: It's we're early into the Free Agency Frenzy, still just

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Speaker 1: a day plus change in, but Jeff Jedea breaking down

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network. Patrick Clabrone in the NFL LA News

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Speaker 1: We're joined by our actual NFL Network insiders, Tom Pelisaro

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Speaker 1: Ian Rapport, Judy Batista, and Mike Garofolo as the phones Ians.

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Speaker 1: Ringer remains on and the smiles are still on these

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Speaker 1: before the start of the free agent negotiating window. Let's

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Speaker 1: the Carolina panp not the Carolina Panthers, was the Philadelphia

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Speaker 3: Hey you very much, Patrick could welcome inside with the insiders.

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Speaker 3: Let's do a quick recap here because there's sometimes a

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Speaker 1: She joins us, Now, as we covered them making the

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Speaker 8: They still need to get the Micah Parsons deal done,

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Speaker 8: Now he has told us that he's not looking to

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Speaker 8: per Carrie. Javonte Williams is a guy. They like his

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Speaker 8: we saw how deadly he could be, especially against Washington

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Speaker 8: But I see him more viewed as a third fourth

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Cavante can't be too upset about Dallas Cowboys fans

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Speaker 2: That's a part of the fun and.

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Speaker 1: Interest that makes covering the Cowboys so much fun, and

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Speaker 1: always you make it fun. Jane Slater on the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 10: Brian Floyds has already shown that he can make things

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Speaker 1: The success last year it was real, not just for

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Speaker 11: theying to Boom Jonah Jackson, Bang, Jude Domond Bang.

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Speaker 2: Dayo, go ahead, go ahead, no, give it.

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Speaker 11: A try, ingbo another I saw, yeah, a crazy amount

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Speaker 11: of money, Grady Jared bang, Like they're just breaking everybody off.

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Speaker 2: The line for Kayla money.

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Speaker 11: I mean their cash pace is probably they probably have

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Speaker 11: high catchpace. Got mean hot bens just making moves. That's

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Speaker 11: it right, I'm like you're seeing it happen like Bang

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Speaker 11: Bears Bang Bears, Like.

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Speaker 1: Like if not from Dale Oda Ingbo's name, you would

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Speaker 1: have had seventeen beeps in like a fifteen second sound bite.

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Speaker 2: So that's I'm on Ra's reaction.

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Speaker 1: Baldi, how do you feel about what the Bears have

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Speaker 1: done this all season?

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Speaker 9: Well, I mean, all you gotta do is look at reaction.

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Speaker 9: I'm on ra like he's like, Okay, might go up.

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Speaker 9: That's my guy, Ben Johnson, he's retooling.

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Speaker 2: Did she gotta go? Bear sitting?

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Speaker 9: Think about the Bears and think about just that's it, right,

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Speaker 9: But think about what Kansas City did after they lost

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Speaker 9: to Tampa in that Super Bowl where Mahomes was chased

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Speaker 9: all over the field, much like Caleb was chased all

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Speaker 9: over the field a year ago. They went out and

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Speaker 9: got Tooney, They drafted Create humph and Trey Smith, and

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Speaker 9: they fixed the interior that offense line for the next

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Speaker 9: four years. I feel like the Bears are taking that

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Speaker 9: same page. Let's go get Domon, Let's get Toney, first

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Speaker 9: TEAMO pro left guard. Let's go get you know, Jonah Jackson.

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Speaker 9: Let's fix the interior. And then Grady Jared is just

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Speaker 9: one of those players like he seems angels. He still

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Speaker 9: can beat any guard center combination in this league. He

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Speaker 9: still chases everything down. And Deo is a young player.

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Speaker 9: I think he's only twenty four years old, like his

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Speaker 9: best days are in front of him. And so I

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Speaker 9: thought the Bears did a great job of just building

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Speaker 9: the trenches, doing it the right way, not overly splashy.

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Speaker 9: But we're talking about it, and Amon ra was talking

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Speaker 9: about it and Ben Jonson, I think knows what he's

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Speaker 9: doing in order to build this team the right way.

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Speaker 10: I say, Ben Johnson certainly paid attention to the job

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Speaker 10: that Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes did and how they

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Speaker 10: built the Detroit Lions, and he is copy of that

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Speaker 10: formula to a te dominating in the trench. You saw

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Speaker 10: about all the moves that they made on the offensive line,

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Speaker 10: but it's not only the offense line. Is the defensive line.

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Speaker 10: You know that this is the line of scrimmers league.

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Speaker 10: We've seen this happen, particularly in the NFC North. The

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Speaker 10: Chicago Bears, welcome to the party. Then they can play

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Speaker 10: big boy football at the point of attack.

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Speaker 1: The welcome to the party pale now to the Chicago Bears,

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Speaker 1: as they shore up things up front, will leave that division,

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Speaker 1: will leave, in fact, the conference and go over to

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Speaker 1: the AFC guys, where Ian reported within the past thirty

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Speaker 1: minutes that the Baltimore Ravens are going to bring in

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins expected to sign which will be official tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: a one year, six million dollar deal for the former

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Speaker 1: Raven I mean excuse me, the former chief also the

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Speaker 1: former Tennessee Titan. And I know people think New Hompkins

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Speaker 1: and the AFC South playing against the Titans use two

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Speaker 1: once on the same team, and now they're back together.

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Speaker 2: In Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: We saw DeAndre Hopkins be a viable target for Patrick

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Speaker 1: Mahomes down the stretch for the Chiefs. What can he

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Speaker 1: bring to Lamar and this Ravens offense.

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Speaker 9: Baldy Well, the offense went backwards when Jay Flowers got

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Speaker 9: hurt last year. They've had Jay Flowers and Rashad Baton

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Speaker 9: had a good season, but it looks like they've been

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Speaker 9: looking for a third receiver for a long time. Remember

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Speaker 9: they had Odell Beckham junior. They tried it with Deontay Johnson.

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Speaker 9: They've been looking for a third guy that can go

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Speaker 9: out there and beat man coverage and give Lamar another option.

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Speaker 9: And so DeAndre makes a lot of sense. He catches everything.

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Speaker 9: He's a big body guy. You don't have to be

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Speaker 9: perfect with the throw like I think he fits in

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Speaker 9: real well with what they want to try to do.

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Speaker 9: And look, you get down to this part of the field,

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Speaker 9: Lamar knows how to find his tight ends. He can

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Speaker 9: find a guy like DeAndre Hopkins right there in the

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Speaker 9: corner of the paint.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: The big thing with DeAndre Hopkins is the consistency. He's

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Speaker 10: a great pass catch, a great handout coordination. You see

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Speaker 10: him consistently win those fifty to fifty balls. It gives

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Speaker 10: Lamar Jackson another option. You talked about Zay Flyers, Shot Bateman,

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Speaker 10: but now the trustee veteran that you can depend on

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Speaker 10: when it's time to move the chains, that's DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 10: And even though he's not what he once was in

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Speaker 10: terms of the athlete and the big time playmaker, he

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Speaker 10: certainly is a nice option to have as a number three.

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Speaker 10: It'll be fun to see what Todd Monkin does to

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Speaker 10: keep DeAndre Hopkins engaged because there are a lot of miles

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Speaker 10: to feed in Baltimore and they like to run the

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Speaker 10: ball a lot, so not many opportunities. We'll see if

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Speaker 10: he can be satisfied making big contributions in a minimum

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Speaker 10: way and one way.

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Speaker 2: To get fedis what you said.

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Speaker 1: Knowing where he's gonna be, and DeAndre Hopkins played a

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Speaker 1: lot of football in this league. We'll see how that

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Speaker 1: translates and yet another season for him, this one are

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Speaker 1: going to be with the Baltimore Ravens thanks to Brian

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Speaker 1: Baldinger and Bucky Brooks. As we continue here on the Insider,

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Speaker 1: speaking of receivers making their way to the AFC North

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Speaker 1: DK metcalf in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 2: What can that look like?

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Speaker 1: Fact?

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Speaker 2: What will it look like?

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Speaker 1: A discussion coming up as we get into wins and

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Speaker 1: losses in free agency with Jeffrey Chidia coming up next

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Speaker 1: on the Insider. Back here on the Insiders, let's get

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Speaker 1: what it's new today in our NFL LA newsroom. We

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Speaker 1: start with the former chief as well as the former

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans safety Justin Reid. A greing to a three

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Speaker 1: year deal could be worth up to thirty one and

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Speaker 1: a half million dollars, twenty two and a half guaranteed

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Speaker 1: with the New Orleans Saints and a return to Kansas

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Speaker 1: City for Hollywood Brown as it's a one year deal

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Speaker 1: could be worth up to eleven million dollars. That coming

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Speaker 1: courtesy of Tom Pelsero and NFL Network insider in Rapaport.

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Speaker 1: And another quarterback on the move, The Cardinals expected to

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Speaker 1: sign quarterback Jacoby Brissett to a deal that will again

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Speaker 1: be official when the new league year begins on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: which is a part of the quarterback movement that we

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Speaker 1: have chosen. The illus trade with a carousel a merry

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Speaker 1: go round, we don't mean like a luggage claim as

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Speaker 1: Geno Smith traded to.

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Speaker 2: Play with his old coach.

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Speaker 1: Sam Darnold ultimately takes Geno Smith place in Seattle a

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Speaker 1: three year deal worth up to one hundred million dollars

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Speaker 1: and some change, and then Justin Fields does not stay

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Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh instead gets a two year deal in New York.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett gets traded to the Browns from the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champs for dtr and a twenty twenty five pick,

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Speaker 1: and the pastronaut Josh Dobbs gets a two year eight

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Speaker 1: million dollar deal with the Patriots three point eight million

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Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed, and Zach Wilson departs Denver and goes to

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins a one year, six million dollar deal, and

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Speaker 1: then Daniel Jones a one year deal thirteen point one

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Speaker 1: million dollars guaranteed to provide some competition for Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. Let's discuss winners and losers, with Jeffrey Jdia

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Speaker 1: joining us here on the Insiders. Good evening to you,

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Speaker 1: Jeff Letz. Let's go over to one of those teams

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Speaker 1: featured in the carousel graphic, the Seattle Seahawks. Who do

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Speaker 1: you see as a Seahawks winner in free agency?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 12: Certainly. Sam Donald is the big winner there and probably

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Speaker 12: the biggest winner of all the free agency because he

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Speaker 12: got the free agency for one thing, but two he

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Speaker 12: found a team that is really smart. You know, John Schneider,

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Speaker 12: their GM has been around for a long time. He

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Speaker 12: knows how to build a team, and they're going to

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Speaker 12: understand that. Sam Donald's success in Minnesota wasn't just about

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Speaker 12: Sam Donald. It was about that supporting cast and good coaching.

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Speaker 12: I love him being reunited with Clint Kubiak. They were

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Speaker 12: together with the forty nine ers where he started to

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Speaker 12: turn his career around. So didn't get that huge payday.

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Speaker 12: I think this is a good place for him. I

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Speaker 12: think they will do well with him at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So they get kind of the best available quarterback on

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Speaker 1: the board at that point, do the Seattle Seahawks and

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald? The Steelers currently don't have a quarterback, but

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Speaker 1: you've got one of them as a winner.

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Speaker 2: Who is that? Jeff?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, Well, whoever ends up playing quarterback, is going to

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Speaker 12: be the winner there because of that big trade that

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Speaker 12: brought Tk Metcalf the town. And this told you the

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Speaker 12: Steelers were serious about improving that offense, trying to find

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Speaker 12: a way to be more prolific in scoring points. It

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Speaker 12: was depressing watching them at times last year, league grinding out.

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Speaker 12: And so you've got George Pickens on one side, you've

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Speaker 12: got Deacon Metcalf on the other. If this is Russell

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Speaker 12: Wilson's team, if it's Aaron Rodgers team, who's ever in there?

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Speaker 12: At least you know somebody can make big plays for

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Speaker 12: you to catch the football and hopefully open up that

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Speaker 12: passing game.

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Speaker 1: We just discussed in the last block of our show.

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Speaker 1: I'm on ross Saint Brown's reaction to all of the

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Speaker 1: Bears signings and what his former offensive coordinator is going

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Speaker 1: to have at his disposal. Just looking at all of

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Speaker 1: the signings from the Bears, who's the winner.

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Speaker 12: There, Well, Ryan Poles, and he came into this offseason

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Speaker 12: to me, is one of the guys who had to

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Speaker 12: have a big offseason because of the pressure on him

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Speaker 12: and this franchise. They obviously got Caleb Williams last year

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Speaker 12: with the first pick, made a ton of move with

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Speaker 12: skilled players, but this was the draft when they really

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Speaker 12: became got a chance to become a contender, going into

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Speaker 12: the trenches, getting guys like Drew Dolman, making trades for

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Speaker 12: an All Pro guard like Joe Toney, getting Joan Jackson,

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Speaker 12: they picked up some defensive line help. I like what

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Speaker 12: they've done because this is about getting into the trenches

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Speaker 12: and winning there. And the Bears realized last year, as

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Speaker 12: great as Kelly Williams is, that's where they really have

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Speaker 12: to be special.

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Speaker 1: All right, So we've done the fun stuff, Jeff, it's

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Speaker 1: time to unveil our losers in free agency. Of course,

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Speaker 1: all of these things are relatives. Every single time there's

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Speaker 1: a game, somebody wins, somebody loses.

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Speaker 2: We'll start with the Dallas Cowboys. Where do you see

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Speaker 2: a loser there?

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Speaker 12: Jerry Jones couldn't have been happy about that big deal

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Speaker 12: that Miles Garrett got with Cleveland, or even the deal

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Speaker 12: that Max Carsby got with the Raiders, because it just

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Speaker 12: up the cost of what he's going to have to

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Speaker 12: pay to make Mica Parsions feel good. And I don't

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Speaker 12: think this is going to be a obviously, Jerry Jones does.

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Speaker 12: He has to have Mica partiers to win games, but

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Speaker 12: to get in the area. We're talking about over forty

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Speaker 12: million dollars a year being the highest non paid quarterback.

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Speaker 12: I mean, that's that's a lot of money for a

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Speaker 12: guy who just spent a whole bunch of money on

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Speaker 12: Dak Prescott and Ceedee Lamb. So I think that that

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Speaker 12: Jerry Jones can't be happy about the way that played out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, almost makes the case for signing guys before they

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Speaker 1: get to the end of the year, so you don't

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Speaker 1: have to be in the particular source that's controversial at

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Speaker 1: this point. A team that's been able to keep things together,

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, you see them as a loser

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Speaker 1: in some aspect.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, Patrick Mahomes, this is more of a let's see

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Speaker 12: how it plays out deal. But they were going to

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Speaker 12: be in on the Ronnie Stanley sweepstakes if he got

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Speaker 12: out of Baltimore. That did not happen, so they pivoted

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Speaker 12: and went with Jalen Moore as the left tackle, a

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Speaker 12: backup with the forty nine ers.

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Speaker 2: But we don't know if he can play.

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Speaker 12: We know that their insurance policy and Joe Touney got

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Speaker 12: traded to Chicago, and so that left side of the

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Speaker 12: offensive line looks pretty uncertain right now. We know that

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Speaker 12: was a big concern for this team in the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 12: and once again they have time to figure it out,

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Speaker 12: but they better figure out if they want to protect

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Speaker 12: their quarterback.

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Speaker 1: A team that's given the Chiefs problems. Of course, one

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Speaker 1: of the AFC contenders in the Cincinnati Bengals, but you

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Speaker 1: see one aspect of free agency as being a loss

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Speaker 1: for them thus far.

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Speaker 12: Well, they came into this offseason talking a lot about

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Speaker 12: wanting to make sure they held on to Trey Hendrickson,

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Speaker 12: Jamar Chase, and t Higgins. You know, Steve Higgins has

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Speaker 12: been franchised and Chases still got some time to go

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Speaker 12: on his deal, but the Hendrickson market is just gonna

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Speaker 12: go bersert now for the same reasons what happened with

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Speaker 12: Jerry Jones that Miles Garrett contract. The match acrossby contract.

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Speaker 12: This is a guy who has one year left on

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Speaker 12: his deal has been granted permission to seek a trade.

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Speaker 12: I don't see any way Trey Henderson can come back

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Speaker 12: to the Bangs. At this point, they have to make

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Speaker 12: a deal because the cost is too high.

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Speaker 2: For him.

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Speaker 1: Now, if you want to see the full list of

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Speaker 1: Jeff Hradella's winners and losers in free agency, go to

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash Jadea and then if things get itchy,

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Speaker 1: you could, you know, send Jeff an email try to

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Speaker 1: figure out how he views the winners and losers. Because

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Speaker 1: we enjoy interactions so much thanks to Jeff Todea. Back

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Speaker 1: here on the Insiders, breaking news coming into our nfl

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Speaker 1: LA newsroom from NFL networkingsider Ian Rappidboord.

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Speaker 2: The Ravens agreeing to terms well.

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Speaker 1: Roger receiver DeAndre Hopkins on a one year deal coulda

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Speaker 1: be worth around six million dollars. This off the heels

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Speaker 1: of DeAndre Hopkins arrival in Kansas City as the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: go all the way to the Super Bowl and come

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Speaker 1: up short, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles. And now Newt

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Speaker 1: gets a chance with another AFC contender. So how does

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Speaker 1: this play not just serve real life, but in the

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Speaker 1: world of fantasy football. Let's go Insider Fantasy Live literally,

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Speaker 1: because one of my co anchors on NFL Fantasy Live,

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Speaker 1: Michael Florio's, spent a time with us here on The Insiders.

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Speaker 1: The Invasion is complete, Mike. We have completely subsumed this

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Speaker 1: particular apparatus. The question now what are we taking fantasy wise?

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Speaker 1: From DeAndre Hopkins' arrival in Baltimore. Any day I get

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Speaker 1: to work with.

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Speaker 7: You is a great day and talk fantasy football the

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Speaker 7: d hop News. I know people are going to get

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Speaker 7: really excited about it, but he is going to be

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Speaker 7: thirty three years old this year, and he has had

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Speaker 7: declining metrics the last couple of years. He struggled to

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Speaker 7: stand out last season with Mahomes on a wide.

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Speaker 1: Receiver needy Chiefs team. So my viewpoint is, like one.

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Speaker 7: Of the player starts the show signs of decline, you

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Speaker 7: should believe them. And I do think this is a

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Speaker 7: better real life fit than for fantasy. He could be

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Speaker 7: a leader, a veteran presence in that locker room. He

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Speaker 7: could contribute. But for fantasy, give me Jay Flowers with

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Speaker 7: Sean Bateman and the tight ends over him. And I

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Speaker 7: know you might be thinking, well, Devonte Adams is getting

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Speaker 7: up there in age two, are you worried about him?

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Speaker 7: I'm not nearly as worried about Devonte, even though he's

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Speaker 7: gonna be thirty two, because he was one of just

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Speaker 7: eight wide receivers to average over seventeen fantasy points per

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Speaker 7: game last season. Stafford is a quarterback upgrade. Sean mcvas

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Speaker 7: is a system upgrade. And what I think goes unnoticed

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Speaker 7: a little bit. Half of his routes with the Jets

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Speaker 7: last year came from the slot, same thing that Cooper

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Speaker 7: Cupp did for the Rams last year. So I think

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Speaker 7: that Devonte Adams going to play that Cooper Cup role

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Speaker 7: just at a higher level. And Stafford threw about a

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Speaker 7: third of his passes to the slot in recent years,

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Speaker 7: So I think Devonte Adams can just keep eating and

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Speaker 7: be a wide receiver two in fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, plenty of evidence that Matt's African support multiple wide receivers.

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Speaker 2: And also known to load up one receiver.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's a great option for anyone that gets

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Speaker 1: pieces of that Rams offense. Let's let's go to a

743
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Speaker 1: piece of the Vikings offense from a year ago. Sam

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Speaker 1: Donald a viable fantasy starter through a few weeks of

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Speaker 1: the season. How do you view what Sam Donald's gonna

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Speaker 1: bring to the fantasy world in Seattle?

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Speaker 7: Mark, I'm not sure for the Seahawks if he is

748
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Speaker 7: better than Geno Smith, but I get it, he is younger.

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Speaker 7: They save money at quarterback. But for fantasy, I think

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Speaker 7: this is a negative for Sam Donald because he loses

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Speaker 7: Justin Jefferson, arguably the best wide receiver in the game,

752
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Speaker 7: Jordan Addison, who's a great two TJ Hawkinson, and most

753
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Speaker 7: of all, he leaves Kevin O'Connell's very fantasy friendly passing attack.

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Speaker 7: Now Jaysen is excellent, and I like this move for

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Speaker 7: him because Sam Donald is just going to pepper him

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Speaker 7: with targets. But for Sam Donald's own fantasy value, he

757
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Speaker 7: feels like more of a QB two, a good safe

758
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Speaker 7: QB two, but not someone you want to draft a

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Speaker 7: your every week starter.

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Speaker 1: It was an every week starter at the start of

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Speaker 1: the season for Justin Fields with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and

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Speaker 1: then Russ comes in and takes his job. Now it

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Speaker 1: looks like it's his job to have.

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Speaker 2: Of course, the rush up side is there.

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Speaker 1: Where are you thinking for Justin Fields right now with

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Speaker 1: the Jets in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 7: I'm a sucker for a QB who can run. So

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Speaker 7: I love Justin Fields. I think he is going to

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Speaker 7: be a QB one this year because since twenty twenty

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Speaker 7: two the last three seasons, Justin Fields leads all qbs

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Speaker 7: and touchdowns on outside runs and only Lamar Jackson has

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Speaker 7: picked up more yards. Jets were fifth and outside zone

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Speaker 7: run rate last year, and you might be saying they

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Speaker 7: have a new OC. Yeah, he comes from the Lions

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Speaker 7: who were six, So I expect a lot of outside

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Speaker 7: zone runs for Fields. That makes him a fantasy QB one.

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Speaker 7: But I'm not panicking about Garrett Wilson. I know some

778
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Speaker 7: people are. DJ Moore's career season came with Justin Fields,

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Speaker 7: Let's not forget that. And then for Breze Hall, like

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Speaker 7: a running quarterback helps open up running lanes, and Justin

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Speaker 7: Fields last season was dumping off the ball at a

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Speaker 7: good a high rate. So I think this could not

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Speaker 7: only be a good move for Justin Fields, but for

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Speaker 7: the other stars in New York as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, in terms of a mobility upgrade at quarterback, it's

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Speaker 1: tough to imagine a more violent one, and going from

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Aaron Rodgers to Justin Fields in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five for Breese Hall in the backfield. Speaking of backfields,

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Speaker 1: Naji Harris has seen a lot of change at the

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Speaker 1: quarterback position in Pittsburgh. Now nag goes and plays in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles with a very very good quarterback. What do

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Speaker 1: you see for Naji Harris now with the Los Angeles Chargers, Mike.

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Speaker 7: I think this is a great thing for Naji Harris's

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Speaker 7: fantasy value. For one, he has never missed a game

795
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Speaker 7: and we know he can handle huge workloads. I think

796
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Speaker 7: the Chargers coaching STAF is going to put that to

797
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Speaker 7: the test this year because we know they want to

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Speaker 7: run the ball at a very very high rate. And

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Speaker 7: he might not be as explosive as JK. Dobbins, but

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Speaker 7: he is more durable, so you can load him up

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Speaker 7: with plenty of touches. And you said a new quarterback,

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Speaker 7: I think Justin Herbert is a huge upgrade there. And

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Speaker 7: this offense is as well, so a better offense tends

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Speaker 7: to lead to more scoring opportunities he does. His fantasy

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Speaker 7: value does depend on what the Chargers do the rest

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Speaker 7: of the offseason, but if he is their clear lead

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Speaker 7: running back, I think he will be a rock solid

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Speaker 7: RB two that will have a lot of weeks where

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Speaker 7: he finishes as an RB one, maybe even creep in

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Speaker 7: and finish the year as a back end RB one

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Speaker 7: because of all the volume might expect he will get

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Speaker 7: from the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it just shows how a team change can be

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Speaker 1: a circumstance changer for some of these running backs. To

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Speaker 1: get in a good opportunity and a good spot, things

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Speaker 1: could change. Things are not gonna necessarily change that much

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Speaker 1: for Mike and I coming up Wednesday. We got a

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Speaker 1: free agency fantasy fall back next week where yeah, we're

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Speaker 1: not gonna have you fancy jackets on and pocket squares.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be down on stage five going through what

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Speaker 1: all of these moves mean, not just for the teams,

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Speaker 1: but for you the fantasy football player, thanks to Michael

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Speaker 1: f Florio. Not just changes, There is a stylistic change

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Speaker 1: coming up for Pooka Nakua related to the acquisition of

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Speaker 1: Davante Adams, a change that we will explain when we

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Speaker 1: come back on the Insiders. All the frenzy has continued

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Speaker 1: this week, leading us to some breaking news coming into

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Speaker 1: the newsroom within the our former Kansas City Chief Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titan Houston Texan DeAndre Hopkins is expected to sign with

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens on a one year, six million dollar deal.

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Speaker 1: Per NFL Network insider Ian Rappaport New Hopkins going to

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Speaker 1: another AFC contender. Another move for a pass catcher, Juwan

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Speaker 1: Johnson staying in New Orleans agreeing to a three year.

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Speaker 2: Deal with the Saints.

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Speaker 1: That coming courtesy of NFL Network insider Tom Pellisero and

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Speaker 1: Folks wondered with Davante Adams wearing number seventeen making his

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Speaker 1: way to Los Angeles, where Pooka Nakua has played his

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Speaker 1: first two seasons with number seventeen. It is a change

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Speaker 1: for Puka Nakua, who will wear the number twelve in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Speaking of numbers, it's Tom Pelasero's favorite chart,

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Speaker 1: going through Greg Rosenthal's top one oh one assigning the

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Speaker 1: teams to the players that have agreed the terms on

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Speaker 1: some contract. We see there Milton Williams the number one

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Speaker 1: player on the board, Ronnie Stanley go down to number

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Speaker 1: twenty two, where Khalil Mack is Jonathan Allen at forty eight.

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Speaker 1: So much to discuss, Tom League here, sorrs tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: What are you going to do? For Sad's tweet at

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Speaker 2: for Eastern that the Happy New Year.

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Speaker 3: Now, Just to be clear, this entire chart was on

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Speaker 3: the screen simultaneously the first time around. Okay, that is

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Speaker 3: twice the size of what I was doing to try

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Speaker 3: to read. That's what I was looking at before.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on, but you see there

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Speaker 3: are probably a third forty percent, let's guess it, there

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Speaker 3: of the the top one under one for agents Corty.

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Speaker 1: Greg Roosevelt who have not yet signed.

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Speaker 3: We are a little over nineteen hours away from the

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Speaker 3: official start of the league year. Judy Batista of what's left?

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Speaker 3: What are you most excited to find out?

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Speaker 4: I am looking forward to this getting into a bigger

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Speaker 4: font because even when it's in the bigger funt that

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Speaker 4: they just showed, I can't read it. That's how bad

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Speaker 4: my eyes are. I am looking forward to an Aaron

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Speaker 4: Rodgers decision, or maybe just the Giants and Steelers getting

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Speaker 4: a quarterback, even if it's not Aaron Rodgers, some resolution

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Speaker 4: I would like resolution.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Well, we've got some good players. Rasante Samuel Jr.

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Speaker 5: Is the highest rated on Greg's list to go right here,

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Speaker 5: so let's see about him. Cam Robinson the offensive tackle

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Speaker 5: still out there, Still some really good players out there

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Speaker 5: to beside.

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Speaker 6: Makai Becton still does not have a home yet. I

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Speaker 6: know the Eagles are still in the mix. They did

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Speaker 6: trade for a guard today, so you wonder how that

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Speaker 6: affects things. But had a great season, a career year.

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Speaker 6: Where will he land?

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Speaker 7: I don't know.

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Speaker 6: Tune in tomorrow or tonight, maybe maybe right now?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Happy New Years ever everybody, here's all the signings.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow on the Insiders.

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Speaker 2: Buy everybody,