Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast hovers just above the Dalton lawns.
Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.
Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansis. I come to you from
Speaker 1: a virtual room filled with heroes. Some heroes. That was
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, Greg Rosenthal. Hey, what the initial plan you're
Speaker 1: in me and the lady wife was this is our
Speaker 1: you know, five year home. It's not our forever home.
Speaker 1: Plans have changed. I'm never leaving because I'm never moving
Speaker 1: ever again, because today was actually worse than yesterday. I
Speaker 1: thought actually moving from the old house to the new
Speaker 1: house was a pain in the ass, and it was.
Speaker 1: But today my wife, my wife had to drive my
Speaker 1: youngest UH to preschool, and then that left me alone
Speaker 1: with my oldest and then in that time, while I'm
Speaker 1: trying to set him up with Zoom class, I get
Speaker 1: a knock on the door. It's the guy that's come
Speaker 1: to mount the TV. Then I get another knock on
Speaker 1: the door. It's the guy in the back. He's the
Speaker 1: pool guy. I have to learn how to deal with
Speaker 1: the pool because I have a pool. Now he's trying
Speaker 1: to show me things. I get another knock on the door.
Speaker 1: It's the locksmith to change all the keys. I get
Speaker 1: another knock on the door. I'm not making this up.
Speaker 1: It's the neighbors saying Tuesday at ten am a street
Speaker 1: cleaning and you got to get all these cars off
Speaker 1: the road. I almost had a meltdown. In fact, they
Speaker 1: did have one with my wife, and I feel bad
Speaker 1: and I will apologize when she gets home. If she
Speaker 1: comes home. This is all very stressful, and I just
Speaker 1: want to say that this, this podcast, it really is
Speaker 1: as it's been in the past, is a calm mid storm.
Speaker 1: I feel comfortable and safe here and I don't really
Speaker 1: want to leave this little spockus. Once I do, chaos
Speaker 1: will once again reign supreme. I would say that you absolutely,
Speaker 1: I mean your guys, and I know you couldn't time
Speaker 1: it out perfectly, but to have this land um right
Speaker 1: during the thick of free agency, UM was a masters
Speaker 1: broke by the hands his family, like moving is the worst.
Speaker 1: I'm with you, and it's it's tricky, like you think
Speaker 1: about you know, our ancestors and the frontiers men who
Speaker 1: you know were first in this country and like all
Speaker 1: the pool men and um tv UM set her uppers
Speaker 1: that they had to deal with when they were just
Speaker 1: moving all the time. It was it's tough forget about
Speaker 1: those people, think about me, think about what I'm going
Speaker 1: through Greg now it is. It is the absolute worst.
Speaker 1: It's one reason I have stayed away right at least
Speaker 1: so far from just moving. Now this moving bonanza going on.
Speaker 1: I haven't moved in seven years, first time since high school.
Speaker 1: I think I've made it past three years in a place.
Speaker 1: It's great. Well, it was hard enough to get your
Speaker 1: wife to even move to Los Angeles, so let's you
Speaker 1: know one thing at the time. I mean, I do
Speaker 1: think that I was the winner here though, because we
Speaker 1: had a lovely time with um young Jack and Harrison
Speaker 1: over at the house, and I will these guys remind
Speaker 1: me a lot of my own sons. But um, it
Speaker 1: was a great time. They were wonderful, and I like
Speaker 1: the one thing I forgot about that little when they're little,
Speaker 1: Like when Harrison is he's he's four, and it kept
Speaker 1: telling me I'm four. I was like, really, that's awesome,
Speaker 1: but he would. They are obsessed with Godzilla and like, um,
Speaker 1: we were watching some movie that they had pinpointed and
Speaker 1: Harry kept going, Godzilla is already big has alread by
Speaker 1: big person. I was like, you're right, he is mad
Speaker 1: relative to the objects around him, he's huge. So I
Speaker 1: was an absolutely wonderful time. I'm glad. Yeah, children go
Speaker 1: through fads um and things that they've become obsessed with
Speaker 1: and then forget about, and some hang around longer than others.
Speaker 1: With this Godzilla versus Colng movie coming out, Uh, there
Speaker 1: has been a ramp up that is really unrivaled in
Speaker 1: in my house in terms of the obsession, Like they
Speaker 1: devour all the YouTube video and all of this of
Speaker 1: course ties in again to them being stuck at home
Speaker 1: and all this stuff, so they're they're more plugged into
Speaker 1: screens while mom and dad are busy and they just
Speaker 1: know everything about Godzilla and the history of the franchise
Speaker 1: and all the other monsters within the Godzilla universe. I mean,
Speaker 1: the movie when that comes out at the end of
Speaker 1: the month, is going to be a bonanza in this house.
Speaker 1: So a lot going on a lot, and there's a
Speaker 1: lot going on in the NFL. How about that. Um,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get to it all. Well, everything that's happened
Speaker 1: in the last twenty four hours. And Greg I was
Speaker 1: thinking about this because again the Patriots have won free agency.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the headline, and that's only you're protecting. Well,
Speaker 1: then call me a seer because I've done this long enough.
Speaker 1: When they're writing the pieces at the end of the week,
Speaker 1: the Patriots are back. Yeah, Bill doesn't want to He
Speaker 1: doesn't want to deal with seven or nine ever again.
Speaker 1: And I get it, and he doesn't. I'm sure he doesn't.
Speaker 1: I'm wondering if, though, like this super aggressive spending spree
Speaker 1: by the Patriots and your take yesterday, which was they
Speaker 1: were so talent pour in so many areas. Of course
Speaker 1: they've had to go this route, which obviously that makes sense,
Speaker 1: But I wonder if there's maybe a just like a
Speaker 1: twins of desperation involved here, that he was so used
Speaker 1: to being the man and being unchallenged in his greatness,
Speaker 1: that the sour taste of two thousand twenty has caused
Speaker 1: him to be aggressive in in a way he wouldn't
Speaker 1: have been years ago, when he was more confident in
Speaker 1: his standing amidst the NFL universe. How about that, Greg,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a tinge of desperation that it's
Speaker 1: I think it was born out in November and December
Speaker 1: people saying like, well, he watched Brady and now it's
Speaker 1: like he's jealous. It's like, no, he watched his team.
Speaker 1: He watched such a lousy passing game. And then front seven.
Speaker 1: So those would be the two things I would identify
Speaker 1: most which are among the worst in the NFL. And
Speaker 1: there was no coaching around that. They just didn't have talent.
Speaker 1: So I think it's a ton of desperation. I don't
Speaker 1: think the whole like the league's talking about how he's
Speaker 1: fallen or this or that is necessary like his prime motivation.
Speaker 1: But he's a prideful guy who doesn't want like who
Speaker 1: doesn't want such a lousy team. I do think one
Speaker 1: thing that's been missed, though, is that they were setting
Speaker 1: up for this a little bit. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: think they've They've never gone into an off season with
Speaker 1: this amount of cap space, and I do think they
Speaker 1: were setting up a little bit for this offseason to do. So,
Speaker 1: don't you think a little bit there? I mean, there's
Speaker 1: the Patriots draft record has been somewhat spotty forever, right
Speaker 1: they're making up for their had they been like more
Speaker 1: successful with some of their draft picks. Like I don't
Speaker 1: know they wouldn't be in this situation. But I'd say
Speaker 1: the last three years that people get on him as
Speaker 1: a draft It's like I would say he'd be average
Speaker 1: or better for the fifteen years he's been there, but
Speaker 1: the last three years have been terrible. There they just
Speaker 1: drafted to, you know, two tight ends in the third
Speaker 1: round last year before signing Jonny Smith and Henry who
Speaker 1: are about to get there. So so they traded up
Speaker 1: for one of them, so that that is an immediate
Speaker 1: like whoops. You know they have they have not done
Speaker 1: well in the draft the last couple of years. So
Speaker 1: what are you going to do? On Friday? When our
Speaker 1: features editor Ali Bunpori connects with you and says, hey,
Speaker 1: we need somebody to write the Patriots are Back article column,
Speaker 1: And he says, I think you're the guy to do it.
Speaker 1: Do you do? You say no, I'm not doing it
Speaker 1: because I don't believe in the narrative. I you know,
Speaker 1: you can go to NFL dot com right now. I
Speaker 1: wrote a big thing on the Patriots last night, essentially
Speaker 1: saying what I just did it was it was born
Speaker 1: out of desperation that that he knows how bad his
Speaker 1: roster is, and uh, so he's just throwing it, throwing
Speaker 1: it against the wall. Some of these will work, some
Speaker 1: of them won't. I the only thing I'm pushing back
Speaker 1: on is your narrative, Dan, because I think they're getting
Speaker 1: a lot of criticism. I think everyone's saying, look at
Speaker 1: the Patriots being desperate in a way that they never
Speaker 1: excuse me, that they never were before. I think it's
Speaker 1: a it would be a prime spot to bring back
Speaker 1: the celebrated. I mean, this would be Ali's territory. But
Speaker 1: he said, he said column from way back when you
Speaker 1: could have Dan on the left side, I mean his
Speaker 1: patriots have one thing and Greg on the right. We
Speaker 1: all we all have an occasional like frog and Art
Speaker 1: wrote it happens to all of us. So Greg, I'm
Speaker 1: not like, uh, you know, pointing you out. But every
Speaker 1: once in a while they're really good ones. And that
Speaker 1: was a good one. That was a bad one, good one,
Speaker 1: bad one. Mindset happened on NFL network. It's like the
Speaker 1: worst possible time. So I like Marx because there's there
Speaker 1: is speaking of tinges. There's a tinge of panic, and
Speaker 1: he's you can see him hitting the mute, butting and
Speaker 1: button and guzzling down some water and it just won't
Speaker 1: go away. And that's knock up on me. Or else
Speaker 1: I would have hit the mute and didn't didn't see
Speaker 1: it coming. Yeah, human, it was vulnerable and human like. Again,
Speaker 1: my world is spinning. So I know the Patriots yesterday
Speaker 1: h came to terms with Johnny Smith. What was the
Speaker 1: other big move they made? They made a couple of
Speaker 1: obviously multiple moves. Uh, Matt jude On was the other one. Matt,
Speaker 1: that was the biggest one. And then also Jalen Mills
Speaker 1: and Divon god Chow. We we talked about. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. They might they might have six or seven
Speaker 1: new starters. Whether it works or not, they will be
Speaker 1: playing on this team. So that was Monday. Then Tuesday
Speaker 1: rolls around and overnight into Two's day. The Patriots weren't done.
Speaker 1: They didn't just want the best tight end on the
Speaker 1: market or the one that most people were hot about.
Speaker 1: They wanted the other guy that people were talking about,
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry. So the Patriots lock up Henry. Let's get
Speaker 1: a little thrown at ease because I know Eric is
Speaker 1: pumped up. She's still sour about this Cam Newton situation,
Speaker 1: and and she's still suffering because she you know, maybe
Speaker 1: Greg is saying he didn't care that Tom Brady won
Speaker 1: another Super Bowl somewhere else. But you know it killed Ricky,
Speaker 1: you know it killed Erica. So Erica, give me some
Speaker 1: thrown of ease. And now you have Hunter Henry and
Speaker 1: Janue Smith, Johnny Smith and of course now you're gonna
Speaker 1: have Hey, this is Gronk and Aaron Hernand is all
Speaker 1: over again. Could it be Greg? Do you think that?
Speaker 1: Or is there one thing missing here? And it's like
Speaker 1: thirty four year old Tom Brady, Well yeah, that's that's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing still missing. But it gives them, It
Speaker 1: gives them a chance, whether it's Cam Newton or a
Speaker 1: rookie to be named later, or some other veteran that's
Speaker 1: thrown in this mix. You have to admit it's ridiculous
Speaker 1: that demere Bird led the team in snaps last year,
Speaker 1: and that Jacobe Myers was by far the best receiver
Speaker 1: on the team, including their tight ends. That it's among
Speaker 1: the worst receiving groups in the last decade. And so
Speaker 1: now you have Hunter Henry and John new Smith to
Speaker 1: top ten tight ends who you can do a lot with.
Speaker 1: They were last in the league according to next Gen
Speaker 1: stats and two tight end sets over the last two years.
Speaker 1: And they used to be first in the league every
Speaker 1: year with with Gronk and Hernandez, there's not like an
Speaker 1: neither one of them is Hernandez on the field, you
Speaker 1: know well or off the field. Thankfully. I hope um
Speaker 1: because I wanted to like say, you know, Jonny Smith
Speaker 1: is the ground because I kind of called him a
Speaker 1: portman's grown but Henry is really not like, uh, he's
Speaker 1: more like another Gronk um but just not that sort
Speaker 1: of blocker that they can They just makes them so
Speaker 1: much more versatile. And then you signed Nelson aghilaar uh
Speaker 1: two and you think, okay, between him and Kendrick Bourne,
Speaker 1: who's more of a slot guy, you have a lot
Speaker 1: of guys who can move inside out, you have a
Speaker 1: lot of er fatility, you can play fast. I mean,
Speaker 1: they have guys. Is this even an above average receiving group?
Speaker 1: Maybe not. Still like this gets them from like thirty
Speaker 1: second to eighth or something. But that's a big jump.
Speaker 1: But but Greg, I think you pointed one thing out
Speaker 1: that they just lay had no versatility last year. They
Speaker 1: were shipwrecked in terms of what they could do that.
Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned that they used two tight ends
Speaker 1: sets um at three three two percent of the time,
Speaker 1: which is by far the lowest in the league, and
Speaker 1: they averaged one yard per play when they had two
Speaker 1: tight ends on the field. So I mean that is
Speaker 1: counter and completely opposite for what Belichick tried to do
Speaker 1: on offense for a long time. I think if you
Speaker 1: Cam Newton as a starter to you're getting stronger right
Speaker 1: up the middle. I like it a lot. Um. It
Speaker 1: is like fifty six million and guaranteed money, but I'm
Speaker 1: not sure why I'm supposed to care about that part
Speaker 1: of it as a human being. Um, if it works,
Speaker 1: they got the two best tight ends available and it
Speaker 1: opens up what they can do. And I do think
Speaker 1: that someone like Kendrick Borne better um each year in
Speaker 1: San Francisco is not a star. Nelson Agholor had the
Speaker 1: best year after a really rough career in Philadelphia. If
Speaker 1: you get those versions of those guys, um you're looking up,
Speaker 1: you're a completely different offense. And you probably a run
Speaker 1: first offense too. Still, well, especially if Cam's going to
Speaker 1: be your guy, but I don't I don't think he
Speaker 1: will be. That's all. And you know that gets to
Speaker 1: my point. I like all these moves. I think Smith
Speaker 1: and Henry that's great. That's gonna make them so much
Speaker 1: more dynamic, and um be able to have guys that
Speaker 1: can make plays, whether it's down the seam or just
Speaker 1: in general, just have more talented players on the field.
Speaker 1: Nelson Aghilar, I've talked about him and the ramp up
Speaker 1: towards free agency that I thought he was could be
Speaker 1: somebody's bargain because he really did flash with the Raiders.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure why they didn't keep try harder to
Speaker 1: keep him around, but um, it all kind of goes
Speaker 1: back to Cam and can Cam Newton coming off a
Speaker 1: season where he had what eight touchdown passes and I
Speaker 1: know he ran for double digit scores, but you know
Speaker 1: that's that's pretty remarkable the number of touchdown passes he had,
Speaker 1: and a lot of that played into his supporting cast,
Speaker 1: of course, but Nelson Aghil is a guy that did
Speaker 1: all his damage or a lot of his damage as
Speaker 1: a deep threat. Can Cam deliver throws like that anymore?
Speaker 1: Can he be accurate enough to take advantage of these
Speaker 1: great tight ends? And then you can say, well, maybe
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be Cam. Maybe it's gonna be somebody else.
Speaker 1: All right, maybe it is, But then you got to
Speaker 1: think about what we've been talking about, like all these
Speaker 1: deals where it's like four year deal, fifty million dollars
Speaker 1: and then we're like, well, it's actually just a two
Speaker 1: year deal for all And what that to me says,
Speaker 1: It's like there's more urgency than than you realize with this.
Speaker 1: You can't necessarily kick away Um a year off. Cam
Speaker 1: can't really play because you're basically paying these guys on
Speaker 1: two year deals. So there is always urgency, especially the
Speaker 1: way contracts are structured. Cam has to be able to
Speaker 1: play unless there is and Belichick seems like he's I
Speaker 1: don't know whether he's on tilt or whether he's being
Speaker 1: extremely savvy, and we'll find out, but he's gonna want
Speaker 1: results this year, and you wonder how patient he'll be
Speaker 1: with Cam or if he feels like he needs to
Speaker 1: make another splash. There's reports out there that they're in
Speaker 1: on Chris Carson and Leonard Fournette as well. They're just
Speaker 1: looking to do a complete makeover via free agency, which
Speaker 1: usually does not work. But since it's Belichick, you get
Speaker 1: the Benett of the doubt, and you get things like
Speaker 1: the Patriots are back, and again Greg saying I'm the
Speaker 1: only one that's saying it. Maybe right now I'm the
Speaker 1: only one that's saying it, but there's some people I
Speaker 1: would say, it's like, I think I've just seen sort
Speaker 1: of the counter narrative, just as hardcore, because that is
Speaker 1: the logical one. If you look at UM the highest
Speaker 1: spending teams in guaranteeing money in the history of free agency, UM,
Speaker 1: the Jets are both in the top four that didn't work.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins last year UH is number one that did
Speaker 1: work to to a degree. UM although two of the
Speaker 1: biggest signings they had, Shack Lawson and Kyle van Noy,
Speaker 1: are no longer on the team. So even though the
Speaker 1: team did better, some of those signings didn't work. The
Speaker 1: Patriots are going to pass those teams and they'll be
Speaker 1: the So this it is unprecedented, It is out of
Speaker 1: it is out of desperation. It does make them more
Speaker 1: fun to watch. I do think though the Bellichicks in
Speaker 1: it to win it every year. I believe he was last.
Speaker 1: I believe they maybe took a little bit of a
Speaker 1: step back last year. But even then he thought they
Speaker 1: would be better than they were. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: he thinks they're playing to win a title every year,
Speaker 1: whether or not, I'm gonna ask you why Tom Brady
Speaker 1: is not on the team anymore, if he's really in
Speaker 1: it to win every year because he I think the
Speaker 1: reason is at some point you're gonna have to take
Speaker 1: your medicine with the dead money, and you kept kicking
Speaker 1: the can. And they decided clearly too early based on
Speaker 1: how well Brady can still play with a good surrounding talent,
Speaker 1: that last year was the year to do it, and
Speaker 1: that that that Brady wasn't gonna succeed with last year's
Speaker 1: Patriots team, which, by the way, I agree they kind
Speaker 1: of ate a lot of cap space last year to
Speaker 1: open it up this year. They wouldn't be spending all
Speaker 1: this money if they had Tom Brady. Doesn't mean they
Speaker 1: made the right decision. They Brady would have made that
Speaker 1: team much better last year. I wouldn't, yeah, but he
Speaker 1: wouldn't have been in the same situation as he was
Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay. And I like back to Dan's thing.
Speaker 1: I do think that there is an enormous amount of
Speaker 1: people that think this is sort of a Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: revenge toward Now, I'm not trying to be like some
Speaker 1: sort of talk radio person saying that, but if you
Speaker 1: go on Twitter, how many people used to in Twitter
Speaker 1: is extremely annoying this week. It is burning me up.
Speaker 1: It is it is eating me up. But like it's
Speaker 1: how many, how many individuals. It's like everything the Patriots do,
Speaker 1: it's a gift of someone being like Bill Belichick to
Speaker 1: the football world, and it's like someone slapping a man
Speaker 1: in the face. I don't know, it's just like a
Speaker 1: lot of lack of creativity. Everyone sort of saying the
Speaker 1: same thing. So I appreciate the fact that we have
Speaker 1: two people here um saying different things. Um. Well, Riddick
Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick stands out to me. There's a couple of
Speaker 1: Belichick guys in the media. And to give Riddick some credit,
Speaker 1: he forecasted this a month ago. He said, you gotta
Speaker 1: be kidding me. If you think Belichick is just gonna
Speaker 1: sit by, He's gonna go nuts. And I think Cassario
Speaker 1: leaving This is why why I want to make one
Speaker 1: final point is a huge deal. You have heard rumers
Speaker 1: in New England that the front office guys were all
Speaker 1: getting frustrated because more than ever the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: Belichick's showing up on drafting and say, no, that's nice.
Speaker 1: He did all this work. I'm gonna do whatever I
Speaker 1: want to do, and um, it hasn't really worked that
Speaker 1: well necessarily. And now in free agency, maybe you get
Speaker 1: the feel that, like everyone, that's usually kind of a
Speaker 1: little more calm when free agency is out the window
Speaker 1: and Beltics is doing whatever he wants to do. We'll
Speaker 1: see if it works. I don't want to yeah, and
Speaker 1: I don't want to be reductive here, but it's they
Speaker 1: have an ugly seven and nine season, kind of amazing.
Speaker 1: They won seven, Yeah, it was an ugly seven and
Speaker 1: the first game first place schedule. It's an ugly seven
Speaker 1: and nine in the first year without Tom, Tom goes
Speaker 1: and wins the Super Bowl and then the Patriots a
Speaker 1: month later spend more money than anyone in the history
Speaker 1: of the sport. And free agency. Again, I don't want
Speaker 1: to oversimplify it, but you can connect the dots there.
Speaker 1: The bill is like, okay, also, I want to build
Speaker 1: a team here. I can't think again, I don't have
Speaker 1: years old. I mean, it's like, you know, he can't
Speaker 1: go into a six year rebuild mode. And I think
Speaker 1: that he simply refuses to do that. But most of
Speaker 1: the teams that do that are poorly run, poorly lead,
Speaker 1: and can't figure out their own problems. I think the
Speaker 1: Patriots to say we're gonna figure out figure this out
Speaker 1: quicker than some of these other clown shows. On the
Speaker 1: subject of the Hunter Henry signing, let's hear from the
Speaker 1: voice the conscience of Patriots fans. Scott's all worry. That
Speaker 1: was not really for the radio audience, but that was
Speaker 1: Zolax radio show, and he's done. They were just all
Speaker 1: standing up and going crazy crazy over Hunter Henry signing.
Speaker 1: All right, okay, so there we go. The athletes took
Speaker 1: one of your jets, Henry Anderson. How about I saw
Speaker 1: that well an ex jet. He was a bust that
Speaker 1: they It was a nice trade by the Jets couple
Speaker 1: of years ago from the Cults. They got him for
Speaker 1: a lit round pick. He blew up and had a
Speaker 1: nice little season and then did nothing for two years
Speaker 1: after getting paid. I don't think they're done by the
Speaker 1: ways are done. Glazer put out a tweet saying like
Speaker 1: watch Out wouldn't surprise me if they're in the mix
Speaker 1: for more more they need an offensive lineman. They've lost
Speaker 1: Joe Tuney and their center David Andrews is a free
Speaker 1: agent too, So that not that I would say. Also
Speaker 1: this nay mean nothing, because these things usually are nothing.
Speaker 1: But Odell Beckham tweeted a few things right before we
Speaker 1: started to have people freaking out, uh too. He wrote
Speaker 1: and then and thanking God and other stuff. So I
Speaker 1: don't you know, that could be he had a nice
Speaker 1: day at the gym, but it could be something else.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Then Cleveland Act too, I mean the
Speaker 1: Giants are Act one that people were people were wondering
Speaker 1: if what it meant was that he's going back to
Speaker 1: New York for an act to which could be the Jets,
Speaker 1: could be the Giants, who knows? Or the Bills that
Speaker 1: certainly not the Bills, but New York, New York. I
Speaker 1: can't I can't lie. I mean, if if the Jets
Speaker 1: pulled off a trade where they didn't give up a
Speaker 1: lot and I mean first round picks to get O'Dell Beckham,
Speaker 1: I'd be excited. But it's like what we wouldn't be
Speaker 1: hearing about Odell Beckham is a di action anymore. If
Speaker 1: he went to the Jets, it would be no conversations,
Speaker 1: would vanish listen. He puts his head down and he
Speaker 1: does the work. In other news, Ryan Fitzpatrick, I guess
Speaker 1: he's not retiring. Not only is Ryan Fitzpatrick not retiring
Speaker 1: the Amish Rifles. He everybody calls him fitz Magic, but
Speaker 1: if you go back long enough, you could say the
Speaker 1: Amish Rifle. Um. Ryan Fitzpatrick has found a landing spot
Speaker 1: where he's finally going to get a starting job. I
Speaker 1: think out of this, the Washington football team signed the
Speaker 1: veteran to a one year, ten million dollar contract. Schefter
Speaker 1: reported that Fitzpatrick is expected to head to camp as
Speaker 1: the starter, with competition from Tyler Heineke, which I know
Speaker 1: everybody was over the moon about Tyler Heineke in the
Speaker 1: playoff game against Tampa. Uh, it was fun, it was good.
Speaker 1: But I think Ryan Fitzpatrick, the idea of him getting
Speaker 1: a shot here after really greg the last three or
Speaker 1: four years, he's played as well as he's ever aid,
Speaker 1: and he's really earned a starting job and I hope
Speaker 1: the rug doesn't get pulled out from under him here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would expect him to start, because you know, Heinek
Speaker 1: is making less than half as much. I think the
Speaker 1: contracts are always instructive. You know, when you look at
Speaker 1: Cam Newton's money and Jamis Winston's money, who will get
Speaker 1: to They're making almost half as much as Fitzpatrick and
Speaker 1: Heinik is making less than half as much as Fitzpatrick.
Speaker 1: I think he used that retirement as a little bit
Speaker 1: of leverage, and there was probably some competition. Maybe it
Speaker 1: was from Chicago. Most likely it was from Chicago based
Speaker 1: on reports and that. You know, it's not like primetime
Speaker 1: starter money. They might still draft a quarterback. But if
Speaker 1: I'm a Washington fan, like your season just got more fun.
Speaker 1: If you're a fantasy football owner of McLaurin or Logan
Speaker 1: Thomas or Antonio Gibson, you're probably gonna get more yards.
Speaker 1: I mean, they won seven games coaching around their their
Speaker 1: quarterbacks last year. Fitzpatrick's an upgrade. Mark's not feeling it.
Speaker 1: I can know. I love Ryan Fitzpatrick, but I I
Speaker 1: I guess I'm just wondering if this is sort of
Speaker 1: the Ron Rivera experience to some degree that you're always
Speaker 1: going to tilt towards um a veteran who has been
Speaker 1: around the block that you trust, versus what I really
Speaker 1: think Washington should do, which is aggressively find the quarterback
Speaker 1: in the future. They tried to do that with Dwayne Haskins.
Speaker 1: That obviously didn't work out. They made the playoffs that
Speaker 1: kind of ruined their pick. You know, they had the
Speaker 1: same record as the Patriots, but they're gonna be picking
Speaker 1: pretty late because they That's true. But I mean there
Speaker 1: in there were always ways. There are always ways to
Speaker 1: get to get up and and is it a safer
Speaker 1: plan than you'd want if you're a Washington fan thinking
Speaker 1: beyond this next season? Mhm uh. In other news, you've
Speaker 1: heard it before, and I'm praying to God you never
Speaker 1: hear it again. The Jets haven't had a premium pass
Speaker 1: rusher since John Abraham left in two thousand five. It
Speaker 1: is the lead of a million no books by Jets
Speaker 1: beat writers over the past decade and a half. And
Speaker 1: if Carl Lawson is able to take his game in
Speaker 1: the direction that some people think he can, maybe, at
Speaker 1: long last, the curse of John Abraham will be lifted.
Speaker 1: The Jets signed laws informally of the Bengals to a
Speaker 1: three year forty five million dollar contract and includes thirty
Speaker 1: million guaranteed. Um, he hasn't had huge numbers twenty sacks
Speaker 1: and four seasons. But when you read about it, and
Speaker 1: obviously when you're a fan of a team, you start
Speaker 1: just you know ingesting all this content. Everybody seems to
Speaker 1: love him and sees him as an ascended player. And
Speaker 1: the fact that he's uh in terms of QB rushes
Speaker 1: and hits, he's way up there in terms of his
Speaker 1: positional group. That Lawson is a guy who can make
Speaker 1: the next step Mark and become a star pass rusher,
Speaker 1: And especially with Robert Salah there who his defense thrives
Speaker 1: off that and he had it and Nick Bosta a
Speaker 1: guy in the edge, I can go get a quarterback.
Speaker 1: And it all hinged on that it's supposed to be
Speaker 1: Carl Lawson. I trust Robert Sala I can tell you that.
Speaker 1: SOA So I ask you this, Mark Sessler, do you
Speaker 1: mean look I I would say this that, Um, we're
Speaker 1: all pro Robert sala In the whole situation happening, I
Speaker 1: wonder if things would get a bit tiresome down the road.
Speaker 1: But Carl lost in me. You're getting sounds like you've
Speaker 1: already gotten there, Mr No no no, I honestly think
Speaker 1: I mean with that sound, the sound just like you
Speaker 1: know I I would like to think that when the
Speaker 1: Browns made the playoffs for the first time ever on
Speaker 1: our show, I took a rather quiet, hushed, tumble approach
Speaker 1: to it. I don't think that's the approach will take it.
Speaker 1: The Jets start off eight and one, but um, you
Speaker 1: deserve it, and I think the Jets are in a
Speaker 1: completely different place and they're conflicted in the way you're
Speaker 1: speaking right now. No no no, I this is a
Speaker 1: Jets think team that I could buy into more than
Speaker 1: these past incarnage. I think Carl Lawson is like, if anything,
Speaker 1: if you just get what he's sort of been every year, UM,
Speaker 1: I like it much more than like going after Trey Hendrickson,
Speaker 1: who I you know, had a great season last year
Speaker 1: and we'll get to him, but that is that's more
Speaker 1: of a gamble. I think Carl Lawson is gonna give
Speaker 1: you production like he did in Cincinnati right away. They
Speaker 1: know that they trust him. He's been super consistent, and
Speaker 1: I think it's a great person to pair alongside, you know,
Speaker 1: Quentin Williams on that line, it's crazy. They've not had
Speaker 1: a like a reliable pass rush since two thousand and five.
Speaker 1: That's absurd. And quickly this leadership has come in and
Speaker 1: changed that. So you have to look at the Jets
Speaker 1: in general, with some of the other stuff that they've done,
Speaker 1: with what we can discuss, like, this is a different
Speaker 1: Jets team. It just is. And I trust the leadership
Speaker 1: and I haven't there for as long as I've known
Speaker 1: you dance, so this is different. I love Lawston, I
Speaker 1: mean he was my face. He was number five on
Speaker 1: the final one oh one list after you took away
Speaker 1: the franchise tags and stuff like that, And initially it
Speaker 1: was really hard to set bread all these pass rangers,
Speaker 1: Hendrickson and Gockway, Jude On dupre Um. You can even
Speaker 1: throw Shack Barrett in there. It's funny because they all
Speaker 1: got very similar contracts. Barrett was like a little higher
Speaker 1: than the rest and Gockway was a little lower. The
Speaker 1: rest were almost identical. And Lawson was my favorite, just
Speaker 1: sort of my personal favorite because I've watched them the
Speaker 1: last two years and to me, he's pass rushing. The
Speaker 1: bottle he did wasn't getting a lot of attention, but
Speaker 1: a lot of juice, every snap, effort, speed, it's it's
Speaker 1: what you want. Now. He's not gonna play like a
Speaker 1: thousand snaps at least the Bengals didn't use them that way. Um.
Speaker 1: But man, he was fourth among edd dressers and pressures
Speaker 1: and second and hits and and when you when you
Speaker 1: watch them snap after staff, he just seems like he's
Speaker 1: always there. And I really liked him because he's the
Speaker 1: type of free agent. I think you've got a chance
Speaker 1: that he gets better now you're upgrading the coaching staff,
Speaker 1: maybe upgrading the surroundings with Quinnin Williams next to him, um,
Speaker 1: and he's gotten better each year. Like I I don't
Speaker 1: love the other two Jets signings that they've made. I
Speaker 1: love I love the loss in one and think like
Speaker 1: he might go to another level and be and be
Speaker 1: a total star. And that's c J. Mosley back to.
Speaker 1: I mean, baring is happening there. We'll see, but maybe
Speaker 1: he might be on the trade blockers back back is
Speaker 1: tough because he's never played for them essentially, but you know, um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's what feels different. Um. And I think
Speaker 1: that's what you're alluding to, Mark and and for me
Speaker 1: for sure. Like if the Jets, with their decision makers,
Speaker 1: target guy like Lawson, I believe that there's that is
Speaker 1: gonna work because I believe Salo has an eye for
Speaker 1: a defensive talent and he knows who's gonna work in
Speaker 1: a system. And I think Joe Douglas is a smart
Speaker 1: guy who knows how to make good football decisions. So
Speaker 1: I think the brain trust there is sound. So you
Speaker 1: have Corey Davis added as well at wide receiver. Um
Speaker 1: this one I was a little bit more um on
Speaker 1: the fence about because I think the Jets what they want,
Speaker 1: what I want them to come out of this offseason with,
Speaker 1: is a number one wide receiver, a true number one.
Speaker 1: And then it feels like then Denzel Mims, who's a
Speaker 1: promising second round pick, can develop as a like a
Speaker 1: number two guy. And I like Jamison Crowder in the slot.
Speaker 1: I want to keep him there. With Corey Davis, I
Speaker 1: know he was a first round bust for the Titans
Speaker 1: who came out of nowhere kind of last year and
Speaker 1: and had nearly a thousand yards in fourteen games, and
Speaker 1: people like his intangibles and his size. He's big like
Speaker 1: Mims is. But now you're kind of betting here that
Speaker 1: you need Corey Davis or Denzel Mims for this really
Speaker 1: to fly and work, uh, to develop into a true
Speaker 1: number one. And we just don't have track record for
Speaker 1: any of those guys. So when you factor in the
Speaker 1: money that was spent three years thirty seven and a
Speaker 1: half twenty seven guaranteed, and Davis's pedigree in background and
Speaker 1: lack of success before, this one feels like more of
Speaker 1: a gamble and I'm not so sure about it. Well,
Speaker 1: it may they may not be done. It's there are
Speaker 1: some really intriguing wide receivers in the draft too. And
Speaker 1: I would also just say with Mike Lafleur, if you
Speaker 1: look at like a Kyle Shanahan type offense, this is
Speaker 1: going to be a run Day's team that you know,
Speaker 1: do you need a star number one wide receiver in
Speaker 1: those Niners offenses? Never hurts, But it doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be that way. And I like the pairing of Mimes
Speaker 1: and you've got Davis and You've got you know, there's
Speaker 1: who else they have they have h Jamison Crowder. I
Speaker 1: mean that's I don't dislike that group in the in
Speaker 1: the in a rookie draft, someone else. Davis was a
Speaker 1: guy we we sort of had on those you know,
Speaker 1: be careful lists, you know, because because he was injured
Speaker 1: and he was I don't know if he was a
Speaker 1: bus He was just sort of not what you expected
Speaker 1: of a top five pick. He was just kind of
Speaker 1: like a solid number two. And that's you know, he
Speaker 1: he got a lot of money. It's very interesting to
Speaker 1: me that Nelson Agilar and Corey Davis are the two
Speaker 1: receivers that are off the board quickly and not at
Speaker 1: not really at discounts at a little maybe I expected
Speaker 1: Davis to get and I didn't. I didn't expect either
Speaker 1: one of them to make twelve thirteen million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: But Agilar to the Patriots and Davis to the Jets
Speaker 1: kind of at premium, signing quickly, whereas Juju and Gola
Speaker 1: A and Will Fuller and Curtis Samuel are all kind
Speaker 1: of waiting out there. Presumably they want more money then
Speaker 1: Davis and Aguilar took. I don't know if they're gonna
Speaker 1: get it, like that's usually what what happens, and the
Speaker 1: Jets Jets valued Davis. It's a little bit of a risk.
Speaker 1: Are those other whiteouts waiting for Gala Day or is
Speaker 1: it like a Curtis Samuel situation. It just seems like
Speaker 1: it's frozen. And their reports that wide receivers were saying
Speaker 1: the market is utter crap right now and there's no movement.
Speaker 1: And other Jets as they signed linebacker Jared Davis, a
Speaker 1: former first round pick as well who didn't get his option,
Speaker 1: picked up him with the Detroit Lions, so sale has
Speaker 1: like something he sees. He also primarily plays the same
Speaker 1: position as C. J. Mosley, so NFL Networks Tom L
Speaker 1: Zero reports the Jets are receiving trade calls on Moseley,
Speaker 1: who got you know, grossly overpaid um on the free
Speaker 1: agency market a couple of years ago. But he was
Speaker 1: a great player and then he just hasn't played with
Speaker 1: the Jets. He got hurt in the first in the
Speaker 1: third quarter of the season open in two thousand nineteen,
Speaker 1: essentially missed the rest of the year more or less,
Speaker 1: and then opted out in ties. So I don't know
Speaker 1: whether he's on the s list with the Jets, who
Speaker 1: are quietly unhappy with the opt out after he missed
Speaker 1: all of the first year or what. But uh uh,
Speaker 1: that could be a move to keep an eye on
Speaker 1: if they could find a willing partner. One of the
Speaker 1: most surprising markets for any point, maybe the most was
Speaker 1: Jared DearS. I was shocked by that contract he got
Speaker 1: five guaranteed because there were multiple teams that wanted him.
Speaker 1: I mean, Lions fans are scratching their heads just because
Speaker 1: he he was a bust he you know, he couldn't
Speaker 1: even get on the field last year, but even before
Speaker 1: that he was really struggling. Maybe that's all on Patricia
Speaker 1: because there were multiple there were multiple coaches who loved
Speaker 1: him coming out of the draft that ended up bidding
Speaker 1: up his price. I was sort of stunned by that one,
Speaker 1: Like he seemed like a guy who would maybe struggle
Speaker 1: to get anything. We talked about Drew Brees his retirement
Speaker 1: on Monday's show, and then shortly after we unplugged for
Speaker 1: the day, the Saints made an official that Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: was under contract one year UH twelve million. I believe
Speaker 1: it's less than that guaranteed uh. And Winston will um
Speaker 1: enter into the training camp in a competition, according to
Speaker 1: Sean Payton, who said on The Dan Patrick Show that
Speaker 1: the two quarterbacks are going to be competing for QB
Speaker 1: one status. I want to see who else is added
Speaker 1: to this room. I think the contracts instructive. Again, it's
Speaker 1: really more like five and a half six million, almost
Speaker 1: identical the Cam Newton's contract, so Taysom Hill technically makes
Speaker 1: more money. You would think Jamis Winston has the upper
Speaker 1: hand just logically, But uh, I believe Sean Payton when
Speaker 1: he says the competition. I just was seeing the little
Speaker 1: whispers out there that they might be in on Rabinsky
Speaker 1: if the if the price falls low enough, So Sean
Speaker 1: Payton might just be down to get weird here. I
Speaker 1: don't know. And if they're thinking about Robisky, they must
Speaker 1: be thinking about like got a pick too. It's like
Speaker 1: crazy to me because I think it's Trabinsky is not
Speaker 1: anybody's idea of a superstar. But if you're if you're
Speaker 1: interested in Jamis Winston and rehabilitating his career, the Trabinsky
Speaker 1: to me or they're very similar in that you know
Speaker 1: their disappointments, looking for a fresh start, and maybe Peyton
Speaker 1: just likes the skill set better or his ability to
Speaker 1: protect them all a little bit more. Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: need to see it. That's going one step too far.
Speaker 1: I like the idea that John Payton can fix player
Speaker 1: x um, especially in the same division where Jamis was.
Speaker 1: I'm cool with that. The Trabinsky thing, first of all,
Speaker 1: if you have three of these people, what are we
Speaker 1: doing here? Who? Who's getting shot? What? It just seems
Speaker 1: completely absurd to me and I and I gotta be honest,
Speaker 1: I I'm rooting for this. I like the whole thing,
Speaker 1: but um, the whole Saints quarterback storyline is starting to
Speaker 1: wear on me. Not I had like a like a
Speaker 1: bag of bricks on my head walking around town. That's
Speaker 1: how it feels. It's just like, figure it out, have
Speaker 1: a competition. Let's talk in August. Yeah, wait till August. Yeah.
Speaker 1: If Winston's he's he's the ultimate. He's only twenty seven
Speaker 1: years old. Guy, Ever, h he is still somehow only wait,
Speaker 1: that's still Sammy Watkins's title. Let's down there. Um. But
Speaker 1: if it doesn't happen, if he doesn't get the chance,
Speaker 1: or it doesn't happen with Sean Payton, I mean this,
Speaker 1: this is it. This is his year to change the
Speaker 1: course of the rest of his career and make himself
Speaker 1: a starter for the next ten years. If he can't
Speaker 1: do it with this Saints team and Sean Payton, It's
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen, and I finally give up the
Speaker 1: ghost I do. I I enjoy. There are certain players
Speaker 1: or coaches over the years of doing this that really
Speaker 1: Mark can't hate more. And then anytime they get brought up,
Speaker 1: you know they're about to take some sniper fire. Trabiskie
Speaker 1: at quarterback, in Naggie at head coach. Those guys are
Speaker 1: in the Sessler cross hairs like not too many guys
Speaker 1: I can remember in the history of this podcast. Well,
Speaker 1: I think the one thing that gets misunderstood and and
Speaker 1: you know, I thought that Wes. I felt this way
Speaker 1: about certain teams and scenarios to where it's like, I'm
Speaker 1: not against the Bears or Bears fans, I'm wanting more
Speaker 1: for them. And I get annoyed when I hear anyone
Speaker 1: kind of just tell you, hey, this will be fine.
Speaker 1: You know, hold that thought, because speak handing of the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, we have breaking news their Madam Schefter. Former
Speaker 1: Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton is signing a one year, ten
Speaker 1: million dollar deal with the Chicago Bears. He has a
Speaker 1: chance to earn another three million in incentives. So the Bears,
Speaker 1: who it always felt like a total pipe dream, but
Speaker 1: there are the reports that they were all in for
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, and hell, maybe they still are trying to
Speaker 1: make that happen. But Dalton feels like now the fallback
Speaker 1: option or just their move going forward. Uh, Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: in Chicago's doesn't doesn't sound overly exciting for anybody involved.
Speaker 1: I have to be Isn't this exactly what I was
Speaker 1: just talking about? Yeah, I mean it's like you are
Speaker 1: right about trabiscuits. To Mark's point, he never stopped banging
Speaker 1: on him during that good season they had where people
Speaker 1: tried to conn He never Yeah, I see it makes
Speaker 1: a lot more sense. Um, But no, you're right. Good job,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. Know. I like Dalton. I've always liked Alton.
Speaker 1: I've always supported him on the show and thought he
Speaker 1: was a little better than he got credit for. So
Speaker 1: I don't like this though. I I feel like Chicago
Speaker 1: is in a in a kind of a weird place
Speaker 1: in the NFL. They're in a bit of a funk,
Speaker 1: and uh Naggy enters the season on on shaky ground. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton going to the Bears, We'll see how that goes,
Speaker 1: and we'll see if he's the starter. But uh, all right,
Speaker 1: good for him. He got paid. Who who's who's bidding
Speaker 1: against him? For real? Because someone was I gotta imagine
Speaker 1: they just gave him ten million. Dallas doesn't disappointed Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: but it was probably Denver because Dallas, I don't know
Speaker 1: if that's he is their starter. Get ready Bears fans out, man,
Speaker 1: I feel bad for them. Unwatchable. Take him out of
Speaker 1: prime time? This Sierre, Mike North, whoever is making the schedule.
Speaker 1: They haven't done it yet. What is his name? Is
Speaker 1: that Mike North? It's something like that. That's the problem
Speaker 1: that Mark and I both there's too much Bears in primetime.
Speaker 1: That's the problem. That's Chicago. It's the market. Yes, don't
Speaker 1: include me in that. I can't get enough of the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears in prime time. Please keep me out of
Speaker 1: that conversation. The Cincinnati Bengals, Uh, they lost Carl Lawson
Speaker 1: to the Jets. They signed Trey Hendrickson, formerly of the Saints,
Speaker 1: four year, sixty million. Hendricks kind of interesting because they're
Speaker 1: the same age, and it's it's just basically replacing one
Speaker 1: guy with the other. Um, and they're both seen as
Speaker 1: guys that are um ascendant or late bloomers. Trey Hendrickson
Speaker 1: didn't do much at all in his first three seasons.
Speaker 1: In fact, he had six and a half sacks in
Speaker 1: his first three seasons and then blew up with New
Speaker 1: Orleans for thirteen and a half. So great job by you,
Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson in your contract here and you could see
Speaker 1: what it does for a player in a person's life
Speaker 1: to have a truly big breakout season in that final
Speaker 1: year before you go free agent. Good for him. Four,
Speaker 1: It is a little weird. I'd be a little worried
Speaker 1: that the Saints kind of valued keeping Marcus Williams their
Speaker 1: safety over Hendrickson. And the Bengals are just they're kind
Speaker 1: of like basic in some ways and everything they do.
Speaker 1: If you look at the three free agents they signed
Speaker 1: so far, it's like exactly replacing someone leaving the roster.
Speaker 1: So they signed Mike Kelton, like Mike Kelton a lot
Speaker 1: West for instance, a huge fan. Okay, he's you lost
Speaker 1: Mackenzie Alexander. Okay, we'll replace him with Mike Hilton. We're
Speaker 1: gonna lose William Jackson, one of the best cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: the market. We're gonna sign a Woozier from Dallas. Okay,
Speaker 1: we replace him, we lose Lawson and we replace him
Speaker 1: with Hendrickson. It's just like this is this is the
Speaker 1: Bengals way. They're not gonna even when they're making some moves,
Speaker 1: which I like. I like all three of these players
Speaker 1: on some level. Uh, it's like it doesn't get you jazz.
Speaker 1: Then if you do get last year's version of Hendrickson, though,
Speaker 1: he just seemed to me like a figure that arrived
Speaker 1: from like fifty years ago. He was disruptive, he's fun
Speaker 1: to watch. Um he blew a few people up. I
Speaker 1: just I liked the player a lot, But it seemed
Speaker 1: to me like the Bengals in Karl Lawson, had someone
Speaker 1: that had had done it every year. You like, I
Speaker 1: think the Jets of the two big pass rushers here
Speaker 1: got the guy you're just gonna You're gonna know what
Speaker 1: he's gonna do. Trey Henderson. If he does what he
Speaker 1: if he's this is who he was last year's version, cool,
Speaker 1: But if he was in a situation where that changes,
Speaker 1: um is a lot of money. And by the way,
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and you know there's still a lot of time,
Speaker 1: and there are guys out there that have not been
Speaker 1: signed yet that will be big time players for teams
Speaker 1: next year. And there's the draft, of course. But they
Speaker 1: have to get that offensive line right they Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I thought they would have made one of these splash
Speaker 1: offensive lineman signings, but not so far. Um. Speaking of
Speaker 1: pass rushers Jonnick and gok Way, He's on the move
Speaker 1: yet again, this time to the Las Vegas Raiders, Um,
Speaker 1: who signed him to it. See, this is the way
Speaker 1: it should be, Greg, We're talking about this yesterday. He
Speaker 1: got a two year, six million dollar contract. That's it.
Speaker 1: It's fully guaranteed. That's how many years he signed for.
Speaker 1: That's how much money he's gonna make. Why can't that
Speaker 1: just be the standard? Why do we have to Is
Speaker 1: it because of the salary cap? And you have to
Speaker 1: have ways to be wiggly around the salary cap? Okay,
Speaker 1: it's salary cap is an important thing. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, I'm getting you want to tell Mark you're
Speaker 1: sick of? What are you sick of again? Already? Oh?
Speaker 1: The Saints quarterback? Back? Long list of things I have
Speaker 1: to tell you. I mean, where we're at with money.
Speaker 1: What was the new one? You have the guaranteed trigger
Speaker 1: or whatever virtual guarantees or someone someone tried to break
Speaker 1: out practical practically guarantees. Why do we get into sports
Speaker 1: to employ this. I don't want to work in an
Speaker 1: accounting from I have no idea, Like I I it's
Speaker 1: a total blind Now. I love Mike Mayock and I
Speaker 1: love Jon Gruden, and I want them to go nineteen
Speaker 1: and because Jannaway signed for two years and million dollars
Speaker 1: and I know exactly what that means. Yeah, when you
Speaker 1: put the extra years, then you can just like spread
Speaker 1: it out and spend more this year. I know we
Speaker 1: were going to talk their center they cut later, but
Speaker 1: I do think it's kind of connected. You know, they
Speaker 1: cut they cut Rodney Hudson. You know, one of the
Speaker 1: best centers ten years, one of the best free agent
Speaker 1: signings I think of the last ten years by the Raiders,
Speaker 1: just thirty one years old, still playing at a high
Speaker 1: level of according to everyone that I try that he's
Speaker 1: still a top ten center at the very least, and
Speaker 1: you cut him sort of to make room for Ngockway,
Speaker 1: who was a little bit of a bust last year.
Speaker 1: You know, we kind of saw him as a free agent.
Speaker 1: Last year he was on two different teams, the Vikings
Speaker 1: and the Ravens. Didn't really work, you know, he only
Speaker 1: played twenty snaps a game in the playoffs for the Ravens.
Speaker 1: So I don't I don't know. I feel like a
Speaker 1: year ago he would have gotten Carl Lawson money. And
Speaker 1: now you see where he is, you know, so maybe
Speaker 1: he's his market is cooled a little bit. Or with
Speaker 1: one of his old coaches we should point out with
Speaker 1: Gus Bradley, who was with him in Jacksonville, so that
Speaker 1: that part of it makes sense. But Derek Carr always
Speaker 1: had this great offensive line, and now they just traded
Speaker 1: Trent Brown, they lost Rodney Hudson. They supposedly we're cutting
Speaker 1: Gabe Jackson, but they actually haven't done it, and so
Speaker 1: some people are thinking maybe they're actually keeping him. Has
Speaker 1: gone right? Will the Raiders swing a trade for Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: who's annoyed because in Seattle the offensive line has issues,
Speaker 1: so why would you go to Las Vegas or Okay,
Speaker 1: that kind of a deal where you have one offensive
Speaker 1: lineman from last year cemented into the lineup feels a
Speaker 1: tad shaky um I would love to see, Uh Joe
Speaker 1: Douglas pounce on Rodney Hudson. They missed out on Corey Linsley.
Speaker 1: Uh he according to I'm not sure who to sight here,
Speaker 1: but he's allowed three sacks across almost pass blocking snaps
Speaker 1: over the last six seasons. Uh, that that'll play solid.
Speaker 1: Hudson is on the open market, and uh, the Raiders
Speaker 1: have to eat a lot of dead cap on that.
Speaker 1: So maybe there's more to that story. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but that's weird. No one wanted to trade f him.
Speaker 1: It was a confusing he wanted out to I mean,
Speaker 1: he was partially his request. So Cars lost four out
Speaker 1: of his five offensive lineman and his number one receiver.
Speaker 1: You know they I know they drafted Henry Ruggs, um,
Speaker 1: but Agilar was their number one receiver. It has turned
Speaker 1: into I've noticed on Twitter Mayock hit season. Uh, people
Speaker 1: are like starting to grumble about the free agents and
Speaker 1: the draft picks they brought in, to which I would
Speaker 1: mostly say it's Gruden. But either way, they're a pack together.
Speaker 1: So if let's say and I don't, I don't root
Speaker 1: against us. Not that we were close with the man,
Speaker 1: but he was a colleague in one sense, he used
Speaker 1: to work in NFL network. If the Raiders, if let's
Speaker 1: say this season really goes sideways and they go four
Speaker 1: and twelve and he's out the door, does he just
Speaker 1: does he get to slide? I'd back in and be
Speaker 1: like the draft expert after he spent four years putting
Speaker 1: the Raiders underground. I mean, I guess I believe so.
Speaker 1: But I so you're saying that Jeremiah is going to
Speaker 1: pull a power play and try to stop that from happening.
Speaker 1: Is that what you're saying? There's nothing that I wouldn't
Speaker 1: put past Daniel Jeremiah, who's got you know, he's got
Speaker 1: that the smile and the boyish charm and the wholesome
Speaker 1: sense of humor. But that man is a scorpion. He
Speaker 1: helps set up ma act for that job. I think
Speaker 1: you know he was pushing some levers behind the scenes.
Speaker 1: The Jaguars keep on spending money. They signed cornerback Shaquille
Speaker 1: Griffin formally of the Seahawks three years, forty four and
Speaker 1: a half million, twenty nine guaranteed. So what does that mean?
Speaker 1: It's really a two year, twenty nine million dollar deal.
Speaker 1: Can we decode this? Is that? What it means more
Speaker 1: or less anyway. Uh, so the Jaguars have all this
Speaker 1: cap space. Also, I'm gonna blow this one. They also
Speaker 1: signed defensive tackle Tyson Halloa hall Wa Yeah. Uh, formerly
Speaker 1: of the Steelers, two years, six million dollars. He's a veteran.
Speaker 1: Uh adds a little depth and gives him another player
Speaker 1: on their team. They've also signed um Chris man Hurts.
Speaker 1: I am Chris man Hurts, the tight end formerly of
Speaker 1: the Panthers. The two year, seven point to five million
Speaker 1: dollar deal. Uh, they're busy. Gihad Ward, gihad Ward, gihad Ward.
Speaker 1: It's a good name. I mean yeah, if your name
Speaker 1: Man Hurt, you better become a football player. I'm glad
Speaker 1: you brought up the Jaguars because I just wanted to
Speaker 1: point out they have signed, according to our tracker, twelve players.
Speaker 1: How about that twelve players so far. So Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Patriots are get all this attention. That makes sense because
Speaker 1: all the Jaggars players are mostly like Dwayne smoot In,
Speaker 1: Philip Dorsett and Jamal Ague and and jihad Ward, Like
Speaker 1: man Hurts says, but you know, they're kind of shopping
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the market here. But Urban Meyer
Speaker 1: is going wild them this for twelve twelve players. That's
Speaker 1: a lot of players. There's also Warren Sharp pointed out
Speaker 1: that the Jaguar since two thousand eleven lead the league
Speaker 1: by a lot, having spent one point four billion dollars
Speaker 1: in free agency for what one player. For breaking news,
Speaker 1: more Man hurts this from Rap she the Jaguars. The
Speaker 1: Jaguars are expected to sign Lion's wide receiver Marvin Jones.
Speaker 1: The source said, I've always been a Mary from Jones fan,
Speaker 1: and he's a very good player and has had good
Speaker 1: years in Cincinnati and then Detroit. Nice signing, especially when
Speaker 1: you have an incoming quarterback um that everyone's in love with.
Speaker 1: Give him a nice, solid veteran option. So that's I
Speaker 1: like that sign. Yeah, he's uh, he's like a number
Speaker 1: two or three at this point of his career, but
Speaker 1: that you need one of those solid guy to add
Speaker 1: to the mix. I don't mind the receiver group. I
Speaker 1: think if urban Meyer is who he says he is
Speaker 1: and he's got Trevor Lawrence, I already think you've got
Speaker 1: enough around Lauren, A decent offensive line, kind of an
Speaker 1: underrated offensive line. They played pretty well last year. I mean,
Speaker 1: if Gardner Minshew can put up stats and the expectations
Speaker 1: should be that Lawrence does DJ Shark I love him,
Speaker 1: and you've got a great running back and James Robinson.
Speaker 1: Their offense is you know, they could be spicy quickly. Uh.
Speaker 1: The New York Giants get a deal done with Leonard Williams,
Speaker 1: a three or sixty three million dollar contract. Forty five
Speaker 1: of that is guaranteed. Um. So that is big time
Speaker 1: money for Leonard Williams, who the light finally went on
Speaker 1: in a big way in twenty and he was a
Speaker 1: star on New York's defensive line and now he's getting paid. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think Gettleman deserves uh some apologies because he's still
Speaker 1: getting bangs for this Leonard Williams trade. I see, like
Speaker 1: nastional guy and Giants fans being like, you know, they're
Speaker 1: still like moaning about this Leonard Williams trade. And then
Speaker 1: I was like, what more at There has to be
Speaker 1: a level of play you hit that that shuts you
Speaker 1: up about that. He was one of the best guys
Speaker 1: at his position, said the gentleman was right, it was great.
Speaker 1: And I think probably just like these national people who
Speaker 1: are the name names, because I'm curious what they could
Speaker 1: be actually banging out about if they if they watch
Speaker 1: the games basically like, hey, you shouldn't have given up
Speaker 1: the second round pick and you have the franchise tag
Speaker 1: him in like the process was bad. It's like, okay,
Speaker 1: but he got unlocked in in that defense. He was
Speaker 1: certain guys certain and our podcast is not innocent of this.
Speaker 1: Certain guys attract detractors. They attract attract um and people
Speaker 1: have it out for Getleman and I have I have
Speaker 1: been killing him for years, but so they won't even
Speaker 1: give him one W. I'm gonna give him a W.
Speaker 1: But he's gonna if if Daniel Jones can't play the
Speaker 1: guitar this year, it ain't gonna matter because he'll be
Speaker 1: Leonard Williams is like item number five. I think the
Speaker 1: people are annoyed with about Dave Gedtlman. Uh. The Titans,
Speaker 1: they are taking another swing at fixing their pass rush issue.
Speaker 1: They signed Bud Dupree, formerly of the Steelers, to a
Speaker 1: multi year deal. Um, so you imagine he's gonna get paid.
Speaker 1: I don't see the exact figures here yet. Maybe they're
Speaker 1: out very where like it was forty five in the
Speaker 1: first three years. Another very similar contract to Matt jude
Speaker 1: On with million guarantees and Lawson and Hendricks and they're
Speaker 1: they're all on the same ballpark. So there you go.
Speaker 1: And and and famously uh John Robinson, Big Swings and
Speaker 1: mss on, Jadavian Clowney and uh Vic Beasley last year.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Dupree can do that. And Greg, you had mentioned
Speaker 1: speaking of Clowney that on your UM free agency one
Speaker 1: on one. I believe you said there's only one out
Speaker 1: of the top ten guys left and it's Clowney. Ten
Speaker 1: edge rushers. Okay, I was gonna say, how does Clowney
Speaker 1: still even as people disappear? How was he getting into
Speaker 1: the top ten of anything at this point? But edge rushers,
Speaker 1: I'll give you that. Talk about guys, people will have
Speaker 1: an axe to grind him. I still know this is
Speaker 1: the year ago get him, This is the year to go.
Speaker 1: Because Mark, you're right that you point that out. I've
Speaker 1: always been, you know, keep an eye on this Clowney stuff.
Speaker 1: People always going nuts about him. Let's keep a track
Speaker 1: of what he actually does for a team. And I
Speaker 1: was right about that one. I'm not right a lot,
Speaker 1: it was right that time. So I guess I'm more
Speaker 1: vocal about it as a result. That's you with Drabsky.
Speaker 1: I think it's only natural it is. I think Dniko
Speaker 1: Autrey though, a you're taking him away from the cults.
Speaker 1: He just solid like that dude, just like like they
Speaker 1: got him for not a lot of money, Like I
Speaker 1: love that because the Titans defense needed help, and like
Speaker 1: you're taking it away from a division opponent. Yummy. They
Speaker 1: also cut Dorry Jackson, so that was a surprise. He
Speaker 1: was injured and streaky, but when he's been good, he's
Speaker 1: been really good and so America. I'm sorry. I wasna
Speaker 1: is on fire right now. Finish your point, though, Greg.
Speaker 1: He is one of three guys who's been added to
Speaker 1: the top hundred list just in the last morning. Kareem
Speaker 1: Jackson at the bottom he was let go by Denver,
Speaker 1: and then Hudson and Dori Jackson are in the top forty,
Speaker 1: Hudson's in the top twenty and Travisky still one oh
Speaker 1: one right, still won one. Yeah, I love it. I
Speaker 1: love it. Hey hit me, hit me again with the
Speaker 1: breaking news. I wanted fresh, I want it right off
Speaker 1: the hot off the presses. Yeah, this was a little
Speaker 1: on the borderline, but quarterbacks are fund. Tyrod Taylor reaches
Speaker 1: an agreement on a one year deal worth up to
Speaker 1: twelve point five million with the Houston Texans, according to
Speaker 1: schafter So and by the way, Erica tamp Possey. You
Speaker 1: know Erica, it does excellent work for us. She's all
Speaker 1: over right now. I'm getting these little pings in my
Speaker 1: who I won't say the name of the chat agent. Uh.
Speaker 1: And we are on top of everything because of our producer,
Speaker 1: and I love her for it. She does a great job.
Speaker 1: I have to tell you something if you go again,
Speaker 1: It's that a f C free agency fits piece that
Speaker 1: I wrote at this point, about eight hundred days ago,
Speaker 1: I had Tyrod to the Texans. I think they said,
Speaker 1: this isn't spicy enough. I said, I'm about accuracy. This
Speaker 1: will happen, and I have nailed another one. They said
Speaker 1: that I'm just creating a day. I think in general
Speaker 1: it was like, this isn't you know, it's not gonna
Speaker 1: make the little image that they tweet out, like Tyrod
Speaker 1: to the Texans, But this is the ground work to
Speaker 1: move to sean out the building. The off season of
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor is a veteran starter. We can believe in. Well,
Speaker 1: I guess he becomes the insurance policy here, right if
Speaker 1: if if they do. Maybe this is like in an
Speaker 1: independence day when you see the the spaceships, you know,
Speaker 1: settling over the White House, settling over the Empire State
Speaker 1: building over the tower. It's funny. I live in l
Speaker 1: A and I don't know the name of that building
Speaker 1: in downtown l A. That it's settled over. Uh that
Speaker 1: you know speaks to the upcoming huge blockbuster. Is Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson gonna get moved in the next couple of days? Well,
Speaker 1: I wanna I want to explode off this earth. The
Speaker 1: phrase up too when it comes to country you you
Speaker 1: don't like these partial guarantees and all this stuff. Let's
Speaker 1: get rid of the up too. Well, yeah, I like
Speaker 1: it's like you can you can make up to all
Speaker 1: the money in the world. I guess that's possible, but
Speaker 1: I want to see what the actual terms are for this.
Speaker 1: It's probably it's probably similar to Cam and Jamis. But
Speaker 1: that does indicate that was worth a breaking news because
Speaker 1: he's he's there likely week week one starter at this point. Well,
Speaker 1: it definitely drafts someone and he'll be replaced the first
Speaker 1: quarter of game two, right, because this is it's ultimately
Speaker 1: the fate of guys like Tyrod and Andy Dalton, where
Speaker 1: he is at this point in his career that you're
Speaker 1: too good to be on like a backup um on
Speaker 1: a good team apparently, that you're gonna be these these
Speaker 1: bad teams and doing badly all right. Here here are
Speaker 1: the landmarks attacked in the initial alien strike in I
Speaker 1: D four. The White House and the Capitol Building got popped. Okay, um,
Speaker 1: Empire State Building in New York City, of course iconic.
Speaker 1: The U S Bank Tower is what it is in
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, lunch and there's our city. Had we were
Speaker 1: better at branding, like New York City, the Empire State Building,
Speaker 1: the Chrysler Building, you had the twin towers. Now you've
Speaker 1: got the Freedom Tower. The US Bank tower that doesn't
Speaker 1: quite we have is like the Santa Monica Pier. They
Speaker 1: should have just done that, because like downtown l A,
Speaker 1: maybe one of the lower, lower wattage downtowns of any
Speaker 1: big city around. And of course there was an attack
Speaker 1: on Area fifty one as well. Mark any any thoughts
Speaker 1: about Area fifty one you want to share, well, I
Speaker 1: feel like I guess it's is it is it one
Speaker 1: alien species attacking another uh alien discovery research zone. I
Speaker 1: don't feels a little maybe a misfire, they got the
Speaker 1: wrong target. I feel like that would be like a
Speaker 1: mecca for you to get there if you could have
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. Wasn't there a plan to
Speaker 1: to rate it? An online petition or something that was
Speaker 1: being planned behind the scenes. There was a Anzo and
Speaker 1: I tried to get there ourselves when we did that
Speaker 1: road trip and we were totally unsuccessful. Well, there there
Speaker 1: has been some talk and it might be tough to
Speaker 1: get the schedules all the work out. But behind the scenes,
Speaker 1: our friend Colleen Wolf has suggested, um this area somewhere
Speaker 1: in California that has some sort of alien life form
Speaker 1: connection that we were thinking take do a podcast from there,
Speaker 1: take it on the road, and josh and I think
Speaker 1: somewhere around is it in Joshua treat Okay, Well, we
Speaker 1: should keep it quiet, but it'll be a surprise episode.
Speaker 1: But I think we need to make this happen. I
Speaker 1: like that, like we're basically doing stunt locations that that
Speaker 1: to reduce the listenership. I'm into it. The rams are
Speaker 1: keeping Leonard. I wonder if Deshaun Watson is gonna get
Speaker 1: traded soon, that's I think it's gonna happen, all right.
Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd is staying with the Rams four years, sixty
Speaker 1: four million dollars. I don't know what's guaranteed. There were
Speaker 1: practically guaranteed. We're up to but he had uh ten
Speaker 1: and a half sacks last season playing on a one
Speaker 1: year deal, and I guess, I don't know. I guess
Speaker 1: once you hit double digit sacks, you become a total
Speaker 1: jim and that leads to getting paid in a massive way.
Speaker 1: This is the one where I want to see the details.
Speaker 1: I haven't on it, um, but the Giants were in
Speaker 1: on him pretty aggressively. Supposedly that really drove the price up.
Speaker 1: Shows you how much they love Leonard Floyd because they
Speaker 1: really valued him ultimately, over over John Johnson or over
Speaker 1: some other people they've had to this offseason. And finally
Speaker 1: eight o'clock de light the Denver Broncos edition perk up
Speaker 1: Broncos fans. Von Miller sticking around his legal problems didn't
Speaker 1: amount to anything, no charges. Uh So, with that hurdle
Speaker 1: no longer in front of the team, the Broncos exercised
Speaker 1: the seven million guarantee option on his eighteen million salary
Speaker 1: in one. Von Miller missed all of last year with
Speaker 1: an ankle um foot injury. Uh. And you know, Greg
Speaker 1: Is he's still the same guy anymore. Who knows. This
Speaker 1: was a little bit of a sentimental pick I think
Speaker 1: by the Broncos. Nothing wrong with that, but he is.
Speaker 1: He is one of the highest paid defensive players in
Speaker 1: leagues still. Broncos also signed cornerback Ronald Darby, formerly of
Speaker 1: the Washington Football Team, three years, thirty nineteen and a
Speaker 1: half million in guarantees. Dick fag, you all gonna be
Speaker 1: tooling it up with Ronald Darby. I like Ronald Derby,
Speaker 1: but I I like that they signed Shelby Harris More.
Speaker 1: I think he's someone that stood out alone. He's smart
Speaker 1: because you didn't really have anything to say on Ronald Ronald.
Speaker 1: He's been injured and he's been on the one who
Speaker 1: one like four straight years Darby, so that's I don't
Speaker 1: know if that's a good thing. He kind of got
Speaker 1: paid three years, twenty seven million dollars. Uh. He played
Speaker 1: on a one year deal la lst year, so they
Speaker 1: keep him around and Uh, you know, good good for
Speaker 1: the Broncos who are looking to get saucy. Still have
Speaker 1: a bit of a quarterback probably if you asked me.
Speaker 1: But speaking of things that you bang on, because you're
Speaker 1: right about Truelock is still a guy. Well our guy.
Speaker 1: James Palmer though, was staying on NFL Network before this
Speaker 1: show that they are interested in bringing in competition. I
Speaker 1: don't know if it's gonna be maybe maybe that was
Speaker 1: the time. That's why. That's why I thought maybe that
Speaker 1: the Dalton thing was happening there a little bit. That's
Speaker 1: someone that they can come in to push him a little.
Speaker 1: He's inconsistent. General George Patton, the GM says, I like
Speaker 1: the idea Travisky there. Oh my god, forget see what
Speaker 1: this kind of. I'm happy for running Fitzpatrick because he's
Speaker 1: getting that job of watching. I really wanted him at Denver.
Speaker 1: That felt like it would have been nice and he
Speaker 1: would have had it oun of weapons, but uh, you
Speaker 1: know whatever. Anyway, the Denver Broncos got your own five
Speaker 1: five o'clock to lay at. We's still the music is
Speaker 1: still going. If you have anything else, they add on
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos, this is the time, not feel good personally, alright,
Speaker 1: Erica just cut the music out? Well not not not
Speaker 1: a shining moment for Denver. I feel like, oh, it's
Speaker 1: called five o'clock delight or eight o'clock delight? What is
Speaker 1: it I call it? You called the five o'clock it's
Speaker 1: eight o'clock delight. Well it was afternoon delight. Was like
Speaker 1: a song back in the day, right, all right, good stuff,
Speaker 1: good stuff. Tomorrow is the official start of the league year.
Speaker 1: Who's still out there? Who Kenny Golladay? That's Curtis Samuel
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Houston Samuel Juju, Chris Carson, Chris Carson. Patriots
Speaker 1: have enquired about Chris Carson apparently, let's see these Odell
Speaker 1: tweets that Mark's talking about. If you're right, I think
Speaker 1: I think trades are what we could hope. Trent Williams
Speaker 1: and you know, the number one players still hasn't signed.
Speaker 1: People kind of think he's going back to San Francisco,
Speaker 1: but hasn't happened yet. Uh. I think trade Tomorrow would
Speaker 1: be the day for trades because it's the day that
Speaker 1: you have to get your salary cap officially in order
Speaker 1: all the voodoo that the Rams theoretically still need to do.
Speaker 1: For instance, that you have to have it done by
Speaker 1: tomorrow at four pm. So if there's gonna be some
Speaker 1: trades with O'Dell or whoever, tomorrow is the day to
Speaker 1: do it. So the tweet was as Mark said, it
Speaker 1: just happened when we started Second Act, and then a
Speaker 1: follow up tweet God period, thank you for clarity, which
Speaker 1: could mean one of a billion life scenarios. So I'm
Speaker 1: not going to overreact to it. But second Act, to
Speaker 1: Greg's point, is inaccurate either if unless it's a New
Speaker 1: York team, because that would be a third act, so
Speaker 1: holding off on the panic button. Also, if they trade him,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to panic. Let there's too many other things.
Speaker 1: I mean, he panicking over it could just mean like
Speaker 1: his local dispensary got like a new shipment or something.
Speaker 1: Who really knows exactly fun new strain. Uh yeah, how's
Speaker 1: everything else? Guys? I literally don't want to stop the
Speaker 1: podcast because then I got to go back into my house.
Speaker 1: So I know, I hear you continue on packing, but
Speaker 1: you said you were going to apologize to Emily about
Speaker 1: your spack. Now, I just think if you said it
Speaker 1: here on the show, you know she listens to every
Speaker 1: You're gonna you don't need to have a one on
Speaker 1: one apology. We've done probably about shows. My wife is
Speaker 1: yet to listen to an episode, so I wish I
Speaker 1: could say that same. Meanwhile, the entire Sessler family has
Speaker 1: like a five o'clock evening day every Friday, so it's like,
Speaker 1: gather around, young Sesslers. We're gonna watch three hours of
Speaker 1: our week seventeen show from two thousand and sixteen. Daddy
Speaker 1: made a great point. They've seen a lot of content. Daddy.
Speaker 1: Why do you always wear that shirt? Why are you
Speaker 1: nice on this show? Hey? Mark? And again, as I
Speaker 1: said on text, and now I'll say it here, Um,
Speaker 1: I'll take those boys off your hands once I get
Speaker 1: settled and you and Simone you have a nice little
Speaker 1: night together. Well, I mean I'll take you up on it.
Speaker 1: I mean I think that ours offer some organizational challenges
Speaker 1: that would be new to you and uh, challenging interesting,
Speaker 1: So but yes, I'll just drop them off without unnotice.
Speaker 1: Years are years are older. I mean, going from two
Speaker 1: to four is is? Um is problematic no matter what.
Speaker 1: But if I'm if I'm judging the degree of difficulty, uh, Mark,
Speaker 1: Mark taking on the young hands Ie, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: even harder because they're younger. Yea, the hands actually, well,
Speaker 1: they were compliant though, Like I'm what I'm learning is
Speaker 1: that get to an age now where they're not willing
Speaker 1: to they're not their their choices, not first to listen
Speaker 1: to what you're asking them to do. Well, all right,
Speaker 1: I guess I should go. All right, Eric, is there
Speaker 1: anything new with you? Okay? Cool? We want to take
Speaker 1: some phone calls or oh that's bad for Dan. That's it,
Speaker 1: all right, kid, that's it. Dan has a signing off
Speaker 1: for Rocky Hollywood and jump in any time here if
Speaker 1: anybody's on to say, uh, the Quiet Storm and the
Speaker 1: Old Boss until tomorrow. Eat the call. Six