WEBVTT - Roster Reset: NFC North & South 0:00:05.058 --> 0:00:07.778 NFL Inside Report is the production of the NFL in 0:00:07.898 --> 0:00:21.538 partnership with I Heart Radio. I'm Rertt Lewis and this 0:00:22.218 --> 0:00:25.578 is NFL Inside Report. Today. We're kicking off a series 0:00:25.618 --> 0:00:28.858 we're calling Roster Reset, and over the next two weeks 0:00:28.858 --> 0:00:31.578 we'll cover all thirty two teams and look at out 0:00:31.578 --> 0:00:34.738 their off season moves will translate to the upcoming season. 0:00:35.218 --> 0:00:38.138 This week it is NFC Weed. They will cover the 0:00:38.218 --> 0:00:41.778 NFC North and NFC South squads. Tomorrow we'll talk about 0:00:41.818 --> 0:00:44.938 moves made by the NFC West and NFC East teams. 0:00:45.378 --> 0:00:48.378 Next week we'll sort through all sixteen teams in the 0:00:48.418 --> 0:00:51.058 a f C. And with us today to help us 0:00:51.058 --> 0:00:53.458 make sense of the NFC North and South is Steve 0:00:53.538 --> 0:00:57.338 Whitch and NFL dot Com writer Kevin Patro. Before we 0:00:57.378 --> 0:00:59.418 get started, though, let's look at some of the biggest 0:00:59.418 --> 0:01:05.938 offseason moves in the division. The Green a Packers primed 0:01:06.018 --> 0:01:09.138 to take the North again following their third straight division title. 0:01:09.258 --> 0:01:13.258 Aaron Rodgers is back, but he'll be without his top target, 0:01:13.338 --> 0:01:16.378 to Vante Adams, who was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders. 0:01:16.698 --> 0:01:19.338 The top ten defense returns to its stars with linebacker 0:01:19.418 --> 0:01:23.898 Devondre Campbell and pass rusher Preston Smith, both signing lucrative 0:01:23.978 --> 0:01:29.498 contract extensions. It's a new era in Minnesota under new 0:01:29.538 --> 0:01:33.098 GM quasy A Dolpha Mensa and new head coach Kevin O'Connell. 0:01:33.498 --> 0:01:35.538 Kark cousins back on a one year deal and hopes 0:01:35.578 --> 0:01:37.778 that the Vikings can get back to the playoffs for 0:01:37.818 --> 0:01:42.538 the first time since adopo Mensa's work to improve the 0:01:42.578 --> 0:01:46.658 defense this offseason, signing former Packers pass rushers that Darius Smith, 0:01:47.138 --> 0:01:51.978 former Bills d tackle Harrison Phillips, and resigning corner Patrick Peterson. 0:01:54.458 --> 0:01:59.018 The Chicago Bears also seeing regime change. New GM Ryan 0:01:59.098 --> 0:02:01.578 Poles and new head coach Matt eber Flues take over 0:02:01.618 --> 0:02:04.298 a team that went six and eleven last season. Also 0:02:04.378 --> 0:02:07.418 gone veterans Khalil Mack, who was traded to the Chargers, 0:02:07.738 --> 0:02:11.778 linebacker Danny Trevathan, and defensive tackle Eddie Goldman. Running Back 0:02:11.938 --> 0:02:15.458 Terek Cohen also on the way out on offense, the 0:02:15.498 --> 0:02:18.698 Bears signing quarterback Trevor Simeon to back up Justin Fields, 0:02:19.218 --> 0:02:22.378 and the Bears one of eight teams without a first 0:02:22.458 --> 0:02:25.778 round pick in this year's draft, as the order currently 0:02:25.858 --> 0:02:31.818 stands A three thirteen and one record calls for a 0:02:31.818 --> 0:02:35.698 lot of improvement in Detroit. Offensively, Lions quarterback Jared Golf 0:02:35.698 --> 0:02:37.738 will have plenty of weapons now at wide receiver, with 0:02:37.858 --> 0:02:40.858 d J. Chark added to a group that includes resigned 0:02:40.898 --> 0:02:43.658 pass catchers Josh Reynolds and Calif Raymond, as well as 0:02:43.738 --> 0:02:47.578 last year's fourth round pick a monra st Brown linebacker 0:02:47.698 --> 0:02:50.658 Jared Davis and dB Mike Hughes among the signings to 0:02:50.658 --> 0:02:54.458 add some depth defensively, and g M Brad Holmes facing 0:02:54.458 --> 0:02:57.218 the pressure of hitting on two first round picks in 0:02:57.218 --> 0:03:00.938 this year's draft at number two and thirty two overall. 0:03:03.418 --> 0:03:05.898 All right, Steve Kevin, let's start year with a look, 0:03:06.178 --> 0:03:08.498 kind of a global look at the NFC North, which 0:03:08.738 --> 0:03:11.858 has been run by the Green Bay Packers the last 0:03:11.858 --> 0:03:14.258 few years since Matt Lafleur has come on as the 0:03:14.298 --> 0:03:18.658 head coach. Steve, starting with you here for anybody who 0:03:18.658 --> 0:03:21.498 can step up to the plate here in the NFC 0:03:21.578 --> 0:03:24.298 North and knock off the Green Bay Packers considering the 0:03:24.338 --> 0:03:27.298 moves that we've seen now, the comings and the goings 0:03:27.298 --> 0:03:30.578 in this division. Yeah, I think the most of Vikings can, 0:03:30.698 --> 0:03:32.458 I mean, and this is where you know, look at 0:03:32.458 --> 0:03:34.578 you look at all the close games that the Vikings lost, 0:03:34.698 --> 0:03:36.338 you know over the past couple years, all these three 0:03:36.338 --> 0:03:39.298 point games in last possession games, So they were close, right, 0:03:39.338 --> 0:03:41.378 So now they come up with Kevin O'Connell, they figure 0:03:41.378 --> 0:03:42.978 they're can open up this offense a little bit. They're 0:03:42.978 --> 0:03:45.978 gonna go a lot more eleven personnel. Dalvin Cooke is 0:03:46.018 --> 0:03:48.098 gonna be you know, if he stays healthy. You know, 0:03:48.218 --> 0:03:50.738 we know they're a different team with Dalvin Cook and 0:03:50.778 --> 0:03:53.098 you know, you look defensively, they added, said Arias Smith, 0:03:53.538 --> 0:03:56.258 him and Danielle Hunter can be healthy, they're gonna cause problems. 0:03:56.298 --> 0:03:58.538 So I think Minnesota is the one team in the 0:03:58.578 --> 0:04:02.938 division that right now is right to give the Packers 0:04:02.938 --> 0:04:06.658 a challenge. That's think there's no question about that, especially 0:04:06.658 --> 0:04:08.818 considering the state of the other two teams in the division. 0:04:08.978 --> 0:04:11.258 So if you're gonna pick when you're definitely picking the Vikings. 0:04:11.258 --> 0:04:14.498 But I do like what they did in in uh 0:04:14.618 --> 0:04:17.258 upgrading a defense that just couldn't get stops down the end. 0:04:17.298 --> 0:04:19.378 We saw that when they almost lost the lines and 0:04:19.378 --> 0:04:21.618 they did lose to the Lions, couldn't get stops at 0:04:21.658 --> 0:04:25.058 the end. I think adding serious Smith is underrated, not 0:04:25.098 --> 0:04:26.698 only because of what he brings off the edge, but 0:04:26.738 --> 0:04:29.258 his versatility along the line, like you can line him 0:04:29.338 --> 0:04:31.738 up next to the Neil Hunter and please try to 0:04:31.778 --> 0:04:35.418 block that go ahead offense UM and you know Jordan 0:04:35.538 --> 0:04:37.778 Hicks can clean up in the middle. UM. They do 0:04:37.858 --> 0:04:40.018 have questions on the back end Pat Pete coming back. 0:04:40.258 --> 0:04:41.938 I think it's a solid start. I think we need 0:04:41.978 --> 0:04:43.898 to see what they do in the draft to add 0:04:43.938 --> 0:04:47.698 to that secondary. But I think the offense, there's little 0:04:47.818 --> 0:04:49.778 question about it. I think the offensive line is gonna 0:04:49.818 --> 0:04:52.538 get better, and like we said, they have a ton 0:04:52.578 --> 0:04:57.058 of weapons. Mr Jefferson, justin Jefferson, I'm sorry. Uh and 0:04:57.338 --> 0:04:59.298 Adam Feeling are too of the top receiver are going 0:04:59.338 --> 0:05:02.218 to be the most dynamic receiver duo in the league 0:05:02.258 --> 0:05:04.418 this year, I think, in my opinion, and I think 0:05:04.418 --> 0:05:06.938 they can overcome any shortcomings that you have with Kirk 0:05:06.938 --> 0:05:09.698 Cousins and the questions. We've seen other guys go deep 0:05:09.698 --> 0:05:13.778 into the playoffs with maybe not the star quarterback. I 0:05:13.818 --> 0:05:16.378 think Kirk Cousins is that second tier sort of guy 0:05:16.458 --> 0:05:19.658 that can get there and guys, to me, it feels 0:05:19.698 --> 0:05:22.418 like and uh, and you'll love you get your thought 0:05:22.458 --> 0:05:27.098 here that the Aaron Rodgers coming back was certainly, you know, 0:05:27.138 --> 0:05:29.378 the biggest piece of the off season for the Green 0:05:29.378 --> 0:05:33.298 Bay Packers, but the shock that followed with Davante Adams 0:05:33.378 --> 0:05:37.138 on the exit and until I see the succession plan, 0:05:37.338 --> 0:05:41.058 if you will, or the replacement plan at wide receiver, 0:05:41.178 --> 0:05:43.698 Like to me, it feels like, whoa, why do we 0:05:43.738 --> 0:05:48.498 do one without the other here? And maybe there is 0:05:48.538 --> 0:05:50.978 a plan there to figure out a way to get 0:05:50.978 --> 0:05:52.738 better at wide receiver in the draft, and we'll get 0:05:52.738 --> 0:05:54.698 to that in a second, but to me, it feels 0:05:54.738 --> 0:05:58.538 like without you know, Davante Adams, I mean, is the 0:05:58.618 --> 0:06:02.098 championship window closing a lot faster here on Rogers's run 0:06:02.218 --> 0:06:05.018 Steve with the Packers. It's interesting because some people will 0:06:05.018 --> 0:06:07.658 look at, you know, Matt Lafleur's offense, you know, which 0:06:07.698 --> 0:06:10.858 is Shaun Evey's offense, Skyle Shanahan's offense, Mike jane Hand's offense, 0:06:10.858 --> 0:06:15.978 say they can win without that standout receiver. Okay, and 0:06:15.978 --> 0:06:18.138 we know they've got two really good running backs, but 0:06:18.178 --> 0:06:20.098 that is not the identity of Aaron Rodgers. He's not 0:06:20.098 --> 0:06:22.258 gonna turn it off or turn around and hand the 0:06:22.258 --> 0:06:24.738 ball off thirty five times a game. Or throw thirty 0:06:24.738 --> 0:06:27.258 five swinging passes. He's someone who's got to be able 0:06:27.298 --> 0:06:31.938 to scramble create kind of have that adjunct option. Um 0:06:32.098 --> 0:06:34.018 when he's throwing the ball and I don't see you know, 0:06:34.098 --> 0:06:38.818 Davantae Adams withdraw double coverages. Now teams can defend this 0:06:38.938 --> 0:06:41.498 team completely differently and to the point where team can 0:06:41.538 --> 0:06:45.178 stack the box. Say Aaron Rodgers beat us. Um. So 0:06:45.378 --> 0:06:47.378 unless they've got some other plan, which is why, you know, 0:06:47.458 --> 0:06:50.178 I thought that'd be on a DeVante Parker. Um. You 0:06:50.178 --> 0:06:51.978 know who just got traded to the Patriots. Maybe they 0:06:51.978 --> 0:06:55.658 were and they they Yeah, So you know, I think 0:06:55.698 --> 0:06:59.378 they're still gonna be in the wide receiver market. Um 0:06:59.498 --> 0:07:02.018 to see what happens. You know, maybe the Julio Jones, 0:07:02.298 --> 0:07:07.858 who knows, But um, I think you know, drafting receiver 0:07:08.698 --> 0:07:11.938 Aaron Rodgers has a trust issue, right, so a guy 0:07:11.978 --> 0:07:14.498 coming out of the gate. That's another part of the problem. 0:07:14.538 --> 0:07:16.698 So they're still gonna be a good football team. They're 0:07:16.698 --> 0:07:19.658 a good defensive football team, right they take them all away, 0:07:19.538 --> 0:07:21.618 they do some things to get the ball back to Rogers. 0:07:22.178 --> 0:07:23.978 But in terms of competing with some of the other 0:07:23.978 --> 0:07:28.138 big boys, I do think that window is closing. An 0:07:28.178 --> 0:07:32.618 interesting thing with the Davante Adams deal was that that 0:07:32.618 --> 0:07:34.698 that kind of cast skating effect on the Packers. I 0:07:34.698 --> 0:07:37.898 think they were gonna get Velda's scandling back and that 0:07:37.938 --> 0:07:40.658 was their plan, but then Tyreek Hill wantsed a raise, 0:07:40.738 --> 0:07:44.498 so they get up over the top and that's a chain. 0:07:44.738 --> 0:07:47.418 I think they thought, Okay, well we'll get MVS back 0:07:47.418 --> 0:07:49.978 and that's something, and then he got scooped up by 0:07:50.138 --> 0:07:52.698 by the Chiefs after the domino has happened. So I 0:07:52.698 --> 0:07:54.578 think that was part of their plan that just didn't 0:07:54.578 --> 0:07:56.938 work out. And another I think another thing with the receivers, 0:07:57.218 --> 0:07:59.338 we kind of overlook a Maria Rodgers is a third 0:07:59.418 --> 0:08:02.378 round pick. The Packers have this draft and we're gonna 0:08:02.458 --> 0:08:04.858 draft and develop, right, draft and developed, well, they draft 0:08:04.898 --> 0:08:07.298 to them. Now let's see if they can develop him 0:08:07.538 --> 0:08:10.018 as they have other guys in the past. I think 0:08:10.058 --> 0:08:11.938 he's I think he's a wild card in this whole 0:08:11.938 --> 0:08:16.658 scenario if the coaching staff believes that they can develop. Okay, guys, 0:08:16.658 --> 0:08:19.898 I'm gonna kind of split this up here, and since 0:08:19.938 --> 0:08:22.338 we got two of you on here, I'm gonna Kevin, 0:08:22.378 --> 0:08:24.858 I'm gonna give you the Packers and the Bears, and Steve, 0:08:24.898 --> 0:08:27.578 I'm gonna give you the Vikings and the Lions, okay, 0:08:27.618 --> 0:08:29.938 And I want first to start with just a grade 0:08:30.258 --> 0:08:33.578 on the off seasons based on additions and subtractions, and 0:08:33.578 --> 0:08:36.098 then we'll get into draft priority using the same team 0:08:36.138 --> 0:08:38.498 assignments there. So Kevin, let me start with you, since 0:08:38.538 --> 0:08:40.578 we we've been kind of gearing this first part of 0:08:40.578 --> 0:08:44.578 the conversation on the Packers, how would you ultimately evaluate 0:08:44.618 --> 0:08:49.538 what we've seen offseason moves thus far. I mean I 0:08:49.618 --> 0:08:52.178 had them as a minus roster at the end of 0:08:52.258 --> 0:08:54.898 last year, and I would say they've dropped to at 0:08:54.938 --> 0:08:57.898 least to be maybe a B minus. I think Davante 0:08:57.898 --> 0:09:00.498 Adams is a huge part of that. I think he's 0:09:00.538 --> 0:09:03.178 a whole letter grade almost like that's the type of 0:09:03.458 --> 0:09:05.618 He's the best ride receiver in the in my opinion, 0:09:05.658 --> 0:09:07.938 that the number one ride receiver, and you lost him 0:09:07.938 --> 0:09:09.978 and you didn't replace him. So I think that's where 0:09:09.978 --> 0:09:13.458 you start. Um. But I think one underrated thing that 0:09:13.498 --> 0:09:15.578 I would give the Packers a boost for. I think 0:09:16.658 --> 0:09:19.498 Rich Pisaccia coming in as your special teams coordinator answers 0:09:19.538 --> 0:09:21.818 a huge question and I know that's not necessarily a 0:09:21.898 --> 0:09:24.978 roster part, but they were the worst special teams team 0:09:25.058 --> 0:09:28.418 in the league last year. He immediately boost that. So 0:09:28.938 --> 0:09:31.418 I think that's an underrated part of their off season, 0:09:31.458 --> 0:09:33.858 that they got a coach who we all believe in, 0:09:33.858 --> 0:09:36.818 in trust that he can make one of the three 0:09:36.898 --> 0:09:42.258 key elements of football into if not average, at least 0:09:42.298 --> 0:09:45.698 average may be better. And I think we got to 0:09:45.738 --> 0:09:48.818 give them some credit to for the re signings, right 0:09:48.978 --> 0:09:52.458 Preston Smith coming back over, you know, um and you know, 0:09:52.498 --> 0:09:55.458 on an extension of Andre Campbell, I think Jr. Alexander 0:09:55.538 --> 0:09:57.138 was ing on the pike here at some point. Did 0:09:57.298 --> 0:09:59.218 Andre Campbell one of the best, you know, kind of 0:09:59.298 --> 0:10:02.418 under the radar acquisitions of the entire season last year? 0:10:02.538 --> 0:10:04.258 It was such a key player for the Packers and 0:10:04.338 --> 0:10:07.058 now getting you know, his uh, his chance to cash 0:10:07.098 --> 0:10:09.258 in there in Green Bay. All right, Steve, let's move 0:10:09.298 --> 0:10:12.178 to the Vikings. Let's get her off season great there, yeah, look, 0:10:12.258 --> 0:10:14.818 let's go be right. Okay, So so you change leadership. 0:10:14.858 --> 0:10:17.778 First off, I'm starting there, right, Kevin O'Connell and uh 0:10:17.898 --> 0:10:21.218 at crazy the new GM we don't know about them, right, 0:10:21.378 --> 0:10:23.418 but the one thing you heard all last year is 0:10:23.458 --> 0:10:25.058 they need a breath of fresh air. You know, Mike 0:10:25.138 --> 0:10:27.818 Zimmer and you know Rick Spielman is kind of that 0:10:27.818 --> 0:10:32.578 whole leadership. So let's let's give them an atmospheric change here. Okay, 0:10:32.618 --> 0:10:34.338 Now they're going to go on the offensive head coach, 0:10:34.618 --> 0:10:36.778 and everyone will tell you Kevin O'Connell is the real deal. 0:10:37.218 --> 0:10:41.298 Kirk Cousins loves Kirk Cousins was the biggest lobbyist, you 0:10:41.338 --> 0:10:43.738 know in the Senate hearings. That was the you know, 0:10:43.778 --> 0:10:47.938 the Vikings decision making to get Kevin O'Connell um in there. 0:10:48.098 --> 0:10:50.498 So now you've got an offensive head coach with Kirk 0:10:50.498 --> 0:10:54.578 Cousins up there at Donna tells coming in defensively to 0:10:54.658 --> 0:10:56.858 run a thirty four offensive. They get to Darius Smith 0:10:58.418 --> 0:11:00.538 on a low key sign they made that's gonna be big. 0:11:00.658 --> 0:11:02.978 Is Jordan Hicks at linebacker? Al right, he comes over 0:11:02.978 --> 0:11:05.618 from Arizona. Great leader, right of veteran player, but a 0:11:05.698 --> 0:11:09.338 great leader. You lose Anthony Barr. That's a tough hit, okay, 0:11:09.338 --> 0:11:12.378 but you've got some other players there again, you got 0:11:12.418 --> 0:11:14.578 the guys up front. You got some issues in the 0:11:14.578 --> 0:11:17.538 second year. It's a grade wise I'm gonna say that 0:11:17.578 --> 0:11:21.618 they were about a b um, a B coming in, 0:11:21.818 --> 0:11:23.698 you know, maybe even a B minus. I'm gonna give 0:11:23.738 --> 0:11:25.898 him a B plus just because I just think the 0:11:25.938 --> 0:11:28.458 whole atmosphere of change there, it's gonna be a positive 0:11:28.498 --> 0:11:30.418 move for that. All right, Kevin, back to you here 0:11:30.418 --> 0:11:34.538 with the Chicago Bears, what do you got? I mean, 0:11:34.578 --> 0:11:39.298 this was a C S C minus roster coming in, 0:11:39.418 --> 0:11:42.778 and I don't think they've done anything. But I kind 0:11:42.778 --> 0:11:44.898 of feel bad for Ryan Poles. He's in a bad 0:11:44.978 --> 0:11:47.378 spot and as the first time GM and so I 0:11:47.418 --> 0:11:50.098 got him dropping down to a C minus D plus area. 0:11:50.818 --> 0:11:53.658 They just haven't the whole goal of this offseason. Buffer 0:11:53.778 --> 0:11:55.858 justin fields, right, you got you finally got this guy 0:11:55.978 --> 0:11:59.378 we think can be a franchise quarterback. Buffer him, build 0:11:59.458 --> 0:12:02.018 up the old line, give him some receivers. They've done 0:12:02.658 --> 0:12:07.338 very minimal. They lost their best offensive lineman and James Daniels. Uh, 0:12:07.458 --> 0:12:10.698 they lost Allen Robinson, They traded Khalil Mack. You brought 0:12:10.698 --> 0:12:13.298 in Lucas Patrick. Okay, fine, you you missed out on 0:12:13.418 --> 0:12:15.138 Ryan Bates, a guard that you tried to sign away 0:12:15.138 --> 0:12:19.218 from Buffalo. Uh. The wide receivers. All they really added 0:12:19.298 --> 0:12:23.298 was Byron Pringle. They signed Equanimius st. Brown away from 0:12:23.298 --> 0:12:26.378 the Packers, and to tell you about that deal, Packers 0:12:26.418 --> 0:12:29.698 fans didn't even care. These are fan bases that wouldn't 0:12:29.698 --> 0:12:32.978 share the mustard for a hot They don't even care 0:12:32.978 --> 0:12:35.818 that they signed them away. So they haven't had any 0:12:35.858 --> 0:12:38.058 money to do anything, and they haven't done what we 0:12:38.258 --> 0:12:41.298 wanted them to do, which was put pieces around Justin 0:12:41.378 --> 0:12:44.778 Fields to make him thrive. I don't see other than 0:12:44.858 --> 0:12:48.898 Darneld Mooney where the offense is gonna move. They're gonna 0:12:48.938 --> 0:12:50.818 have to be a run first, run always sort of 0:12:50.858 --> 0:12:54.298 game plan, and and then asked Justin Fields to make 0:12:54.338 --> 0:12:56.978 plays at the end, and no first round draft pick. 0:12:57.978 --> 0:13:01.458 That's brutal b if you if you go through the 0:13:01.538 --> 0:13:03.418 names of the guys that are still free agents for them, 0:13:03.418 --> 0:13:06.858 Alex Oldiltry, Danny Treate and Troron Gibson, Eddie Goldman, Scheam Hicks, 0:13:06.898 --> 0:13:10.898 Timmy Jimmy Graham, Jesse James, Jermaine and Fettie. These are 0:13:10.938 --> 0:13:13.338 guys we know. These are guys that they haven't got 0:13:13.378 --> 0:13:15.298 signed in the first or second or third wave of 0:13:15.338 --> 0:13:17.178 free agency that are going to have to wait until 0:13:17.258 --> 0:13:20.098 probably after the draft to get picked up. I mean, 0:13:20.138 --> 0:13:22.378 that just tells you the type of team they had 0:13:22.498 --> 0:13:25.618 last year, and then where are we going from there? 0:13:25.618 --> 0:13:27.458 And they don't have the money to resign a lot 0:13:27.498 --> 0:13:30.818 of guys. It's just kind of a fans in Chicago. 0:13:30.858 --> 0:13:32.818 I think our understanding this is going to be another 0:13:32.818 --> 0:13:35.458 holding pattern sort of year. Hopefully the new staff and 0:13:35.498 --> 0:13:40.738 you see Justin Fields develop from a progressing standpoint, going 0:13:40.778 --> 0:13:42.698 through his reads and all that sort of things, and 0:13:42.738 --> 0:13:44.498 then you build for the next year when they have 0:13:44.538 --> 0:13:47.538 a first round pick and they have some capital leaf. Yeah, 0:13:47.618 --> 0:13:50.138 it's a tough. It was tough off season to be 0:13:50.178 --> 0:13:52.738 a Bears fan um to see so much go and 0:13:52.858 --> 0:13:55.058 very little come back in return. Let's move to the 0:13:55.218 --> 0:13:58.498 Detroit Lions, who who didn't make some moves Again, they weren't, 0:13:58.618 --> 0:14:02.858 you know, huge spenders in free agency, but some kind 0:14:02.898 --> 0:14:06.738 of measured moves. Steve Whitch, what do you give them? Yeah, Look, 0:14:07.298 --> 0:14:10.418 getting DJ Shark, we know he wasn't great in Jacksonville, 0:14:10.498 --> 0:14:13.738 but do we know anything about Jacksonville's players in terms 0:14:13.738 --> 0:14:15.618 of development, because we just don't know what they were, 0:14:15.658 --> 0:14:17.498 So I think it would be able to pair him 0:14:17.498 --> 0:14:19.778 with him on st. Brown. They signed back Josh Reynolds, 0:14:19.778 --> 0:14:22.418 who's a very good special team is a nice two 0:14:22.498 --> 0:14:26.138 or three wide receiver. Yeah. So you know, I spoke 0:14:26.178 --> 0:14:28.658 to brat Home, to gm Um of the Lions at 0:14:28.658 --> 0:14:30.258 the league meetings, and he was like, look, we're at 0:14:30.258 --> 0:14:33.578 the point now where everyone loves the enthusiasm. They love 0:14:33.658 --> 0:14:35.378 the way we finished, they love the way we play hard. 0:14:35.418 --> 0:14:39.938 We gotta win. We have to win ballgames. So I 0:14:39.978 --> 0:14:42.058 think they're setting the plan in motion. We know they 0:14:42.138 --> 0:14:45.498 got the two first round draft picks. Um, they just 0:14:45.538 --> 0:14:48.218 have a ton of trade capital, I mean draft capital. 0:14:50.658 --> 0:14:53.578 We'll see, But I mean I think they've improved. I 0:14:53.618 --> 0:14:56.338 mean just because the culture there it is such It's 0:14:56.378 --> 0:14:58.618 been such a negative culture for so long. I've heard 0:14:58.618 --> 0:15:00.738 this from people from like Jim Caldwell, who's like the 0:15:00.738 --> 0:15:03.698 most positive human being ever. Like, boy, you talk about 0:15:03.698 --> 0:15:06.818 a culture change, that's that's the one of all time. 0:15:06.978 --> 0:15:09.458 And in Dan Campbell and that leadership group seems to 0:15:09.498 --> 0:15:11.418 have done it. So some of the moves they have 0:15:11.498 --> 0:15:14.378 been subtle. I like the fact that they're not swinging 0:15:14.378 --> 0:15:16.178 and missing because they know the roster still has a 0:15:16.218 --> 0:15:19.098 lot of holes right now. But they they've got a 0:15:19.098 --> 0:15:22.218 certain type of character that seems to be developed where 0:15:22.258 --> 0:15:25.938 I think they could be better. So, um, you know 0:15:26.338 --> 0:15:29.218 the Lions, I I think they're they're they're in that 0:15:29.338 --> 0:15:31.298 C category. It's still kind of a wait to see 0:15:31.338 --> 0:15:33.538 what I think they're in that C category. Steve gonna 0:15:33.578 --> 0:15:38.178 come right back to you with the draft prospects here 0:15:38.338 --> 0:15:40.338 for these teams in the NFC North. Here on the 0:15:40.418 --> 0:15:43.178 roster reset, Steve Kevin patra Red Louis here with you 0:15:43.218 --> 0:15:45.778 on NFL Inside Report. Let's take a quick look here 0:15:45.818 --> 0:15:47.698 at the Lions because they kind of book in the 0:15:47.738 --> 0:15:49.698 first round right two and thirty two. They have the 0:15:49.738 --> 0:15:52.418 highest draft pick in the NFC North. But for me, 0:15:52.538 --> 0:15:55.298 this is a really intriguing team to watch because I 0:15:55.338 --> 0:15:57.898 feel like that thirty two spot, if their guy is 0:15:57.978 --> 0:16:01.818 their quarterback, watch out. I think that's a real interesting 0:16:01.818 --> 0:16:04.818 spot for one fifth year option develop under Jared Gone 0:16:05.218 --> 0:16:07.618 and then number two, I mean, like go get them 0:16:09.058 --> 0:16:12.698 or the or the best. If the Jaguars take a tackle, right, 0:16:12.818 --> 0:16:14.738 what do you think? Yeah? I mean, look, they're gonna 0:16:14.738 --> 0:16:16.858 get an age Dresher, I think right here, especially with 0:16:16.898 --> 0:16:19.298 the Jacks did and in free agency, they're probably gonna 0:16:19.298 --> 0:16:21.818 get eight and Hutchinson. Uh, you know out of Michigan, 0:16:22.258 --> 0:16:24.898 So take your pick, right. I mean, he had Penny 0:16:24.898 --> 0:16:26.898 Sewell last year. I one loves with Penny se Will 0:16:27.178 --> 0:16:30.458 developed into the way he progressed at offensive tack. So 0:16:30.538 --> 0:16:35.018 go get the edge rusher, develop that type of tough 0:16:35.098 --> 0:16:38.698 guy defense, keep getting better up front. So I think, 0:16:38.818 --> 0:16:42.178 you know edge and I love the thirty two quarterback pick, 0:16:42.218 --> 0:16:43.698 and he may be able to trade back into the 0:16:43.738 --> 0:16:45.218 early part of the second round, get a little more 0:16:45.298 --> 0:16:49.458 draft equity and and get your quarterback you know, right there. 0:16:49.498 --> 0:16:52.778 So I think that's that's a very very good situation. 0:16:52.978 --> 0:16:54.938 Some of these wide receivers might be there right there 0:16:54.978 --> 0:16:57.098 as well, or a corner if you want to do 0:16:57.138 --> 0:16:59.098 that there on that back end of the second round draft. 0:16:59.138 --> 0:17:00.938 So I think I think they're in. Uh, it's a 0:17:01.098 --> 0:17:03.338 real real sweet spot when it comes to the draft, 0:17:03.618 --> 0:17:06.378 no question. Um. Let's move then to the other team 0:17:06.378 --> 0:17:08.938 with multiple first round draft picks here. Of course, this 0:17:08.978 --> 0:17:11.578 was courtesy of the Davante Adams trade for the Green 0:17:11.578 --> 0:17:15.178 Bay Packers Kevin who picked up the extra first round picks. 0:17:15.218 --> 0:17:18.218 So now sitting at twenty two and overall, they have 0:17:18.298 --> 0:17:20.458 not drafted a wide receiver in the first round. Since 0:17:20.498 --> 0:17:23.818 Javon Walker back in two thousand two. So hey, Kevin, 0:17:23.818 --> 0:17:27.338 no better time than the twenty anniversary, right right? I 0:17:27.338 --> 0:17:30.338 mean remember Aaron Rodgers a couple of years ago talking 0:17:30.338 --> 0:17:33.218 about how he was getting drunk and waiting for them 0:17:33.218 --> 0:17:35.298 to pick a wide receiver and then they didn't. Can 0:17:35.338 --> 0:17:38.338 you imagine if they went through two wide receivers and 0:17:38.858 --> 0:17:40.778 or went to to two first round picks and they 0:17:40.778 --> 0:17:43.658 didn't take a wide receiver this year with the need hole, 0:17:44.258 --> 0:17:46.698 I have to believe that they've they promised him, and 0:17:46.738 --> 0:17:48.978 I would hope that that you know, they they've asked him, 0:17:49.018 --> 0:17:51.418 which guys they they've looked at, had him looked at? 0:17:51.418 --> 0:17:54.298 I mean, they can't come out of the first round 0:17:54.298 --> 0:17:57.018 without a wide receiver. I just can't imagine unless they 0:17:57.058 --> 0:18:01.458 do something between now and the draft. It's just such 0:18:01.458 --> 0:18:04.258 a glaring, glaring hole, and you've got a few guys 0:18:04.258 --> 0:18:05.538 in the middle of the round that I think they 0:18:05.538 --> 0:18:08.698 can plug it and play immediately. Like Steve mentioned before, 0:18:08.738 --> 0:18:11.018 there is a trust issue with Rogers. But if he's 0:18:11.018 --> 0:18:13.218 got no choice, if this is your guy, you got 0:18:13.218 --> 0:18:15.938 to build him like we invested in you, now, please 0:18:16.178 --> 0:18:18.618 invest back in. There are guys can't. And then I 0:18:18.658 --> 0:18:20.698 think the other the other thing is maybe an offensive 0:18:20.738 --> 0:18:24.218 lineman if one slips to the mid round or replenish 0:18:24.258 --> 0:18:26.778 the trenches. I think on the defensive side of the 0:18:26.778 --> 0:18:28.658 ball would be where you go with the other pick 0:18:29.538 --> 0:18:33.138 Vikings at number twelve, Man, it feels like defense to me, Steve, 0:18:34.058 --> 0:18:36.258 it's a slam dug. It's God, they gotta go corner. 0:18:37.018 --> 0:18:38.698 I mean, there's there's too many good guys are gonna 0:18:38.738 --> 0:18:40.498 be there. I mean Stingley could be there. I don't 0:18:40.498 --> 0:18:43.538 think Sauce Gardner makes it down. I don't even know Dave. 0:18:44.298 --> 0:18:46.418 They've got to get a corner there. At Don Tel's 0:18:46.738 --> 0:18:49.858 is a dB specialist. You know, as they kind of 0:18:49.898 --> 0:18:52.258 get through the draft, I think you've gotta get into 0:18:52.298 --> 0:18:55.098 They've got to, you know, refurbished that interior offensive line. 0:18:55.498 --> 0:18:58.618 They've been working on the tackles um and then another 0:18:58.658 --> 0:19:01.138 wide receiver. It's crazy, it sounds. I mean, you can't 0:19:01.138 --> 0:19:04.058 have enough of them for the system that they run. 0:19:04.098 --> 0:19:07.218 You know, again, look at how many the niners in 0:19:07.258 --> 0:19:09.498 the ramps turned through and they develop them all. So 0:19:09.538 --> 0:19:11.458 I think at some point mid rounds you get a 0:19:11.498 --> 0:19:14.818 wide receiver, but early on you you've got to you've 0:19:14.858 --> 0:19:16.938 got to hit corner, you hit the edge rushers. You've 0:19:16.938 --> 0:19:18.378 got to hit a corner who can get his hands 0:19:18.378 --> 0:19:20.178 on the ball make place. And Stingley is a guy 0:19:20.298 --> 0:19:23.498 like that. Yeah, And from what I understand DJ was 0:19:23.538 --> 0:19:25.218 talking to us, UM, you know, one of the big 0:19:25.258 --> 0:19:28.018 reasons that they might have resigned a guy like Patrick 0:19:28.018 --> 0:19:31.258 Peterson was to give a support system to a guy 0:19:31.298 --> 0:19:33.738 like Derek Stingley. Where and where did they both go 0:19:33.818 --> 0:19:38.738 to school? There at DBU They're in bad Ridge. All right, 0:19:38.778 --> 0:19:41.098 let's finish up Kevin real quick. Look, no first round 0:19:41.098 --> 0:19:42.738 pick for the Bears. As we talked about there on 0:19:42.778 --> 0:19:46.498 the clock at thirty nine. In the second round, I mean, 0:19:46.578 --> 0:19:48.538 like just a thought there, what what might make the 0:19:48.578 --> 0:19:51.818 most sensors, most pressing need. I mean, the most pressing 0:19:51.858 --> 0:19:55.298 need wouldn't to me, would be another receiver. If we'll 0:19:55.338 --> 0:19:57.338 we'll see if one of those top guys falls. I mean, 0:19:57.458 --> 0:20:00.298 there's questions about the depth you can go one way 0:20:00.378 --> 0:20:02.418 or the other. So if one of the top guys falls, 0:20:02.458 --> 0:20:04.458