1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: The Eagles are still on top of the world, but 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: for this week they're in Indianapolis. So what does Howie 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: Roseman have up his sleeve? As Philly begins a title defense, 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: we'll ask him. Howie joins the show tonight, so does 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who is on the end of 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: a not so super finished for the Chiefs. Big Reds 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: already turned the page to twenty twenty five. What's that 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: gonna look like, Judy Battista will ask him. I Meanwhile, 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins remains a Falcon and the team says that's 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: not gonna change anytime soon. But can Captain Kirk really 11 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: coexist as a backup to Michael Pennix. Let's give Raheem 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: Morris on the show too. We got nothing but time. 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: Welcome Inside with the Insiders, a special two hour edition 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: tonight here in Indianapolis at the twenty twenty five NFL 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: Scouting Combine, alongside Judy Batista, Mike Garafolo, and Ian Rappable. 16 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: I am Tom Pelsaro right down there in two days, 17 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. For now, Web's gonna do that too. 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: You're a little bit greasy. You're gonna have players out 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: there doing drills. That's, of course what all the coaches 20 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: and general managers and scouts came to see. But first, 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: we heard from many of those coaches and gms on 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: the podiums today addressing some of the biggest topics in 23 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: this offseason. Let's start out with Duke Tobin, the de 24 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: facto GM of the Cincinnati Bengals. We've had some rather 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: straightforward comments regarding Jamar Chase. Of course, the Bengals made 26 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: a push to re sign Chase back in last offseason, 27 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: all the way into training camp, weren't able to get 28 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: the deal done. 29 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: This time we're on. 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: Tobin said he's gonna end up being the number one 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: paid non quarterback in the league. We're there, let's get 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: it done, the highest paid non quarterback in the league, 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: with me topping justin Jefferson's thirty five million dollars per 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: year average. 35 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: We'll see if they can get there. 36 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey, meanwhile, has had the future a subject of 37 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: conversation since Ian reported the night before the Super Bowl 38 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: then it could potentially be his final game. Hearing Brett 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: Vechtill address it today, it certainly sounds like they anticipate 40 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: Kelsey coming back, Vez said they left it as Kelsey 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: is fired up to return. You'll hear from Brett Veach 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,839 Speaker 1: as well. He sat down with me earlier today. As 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: for Miles Garrett, he's also going nowhere, much to his 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: own chagrin, at least at this point. Andrew Barry, pressed 45 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: repeatedly during his media session today, said that the team 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: stance really has not changed. They have no plans and 47 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: no interest in trading one of the NFL's. 48 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: Superstar pass rushers. 49 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: We were all in a hall at the Indianapolis Convention 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: Center today ian for hours on end in time. There 51 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: were five different GM slash head coaches talking to the media. 52 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: What's the most interesting thing you heard? 53 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 3: For me, it is the Travis Kelcey situation. 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 4: Obviously, the multi time Super Bowl participants have leaned on 55 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 4: notish Patrick Mahomes, but his relationship with Travis Kelcey. One 56 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 4: of the best tight ends in the NFL, still one 57 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: of the best tight ends, maybe the best tight end ever. 58 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 4: His future has been a subject of discussion. My understanding, 59 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 4: you mentioned it before the Super Bowl. He was very 60 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 4: much up in the air. He later confirmed that on 61 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 4: his own podcast, and now Bret Beach saying they anticipate 62 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 4: Travis Kelsey being back. My understanding is that is the plan. 63 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 4: Travis Kelcey does, in fact plan to be back. His 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: contract for seventeen a little more than seventeen million dollars 65 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 4: should stand in place Kelsey. As Veach actually mentioned and 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 4: your interview, Tom was dealing with some illness during Super 67 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 4: Bowl week. Maybe that contributed to his performance during the 68 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 4: Super Bowl. But the main thing is he wants to play. 69 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 4: He's ready to play. They believe he has a lot left. 70 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: So it is a reboot for the Kansas City Chiefs 71 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: as far as the skill position goes, and Kelsey and 72 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 4: Mahomes well. 73 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 5: The most interesting thing I heard was from Zach Taylor. 74 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: The Bengals head coach. Duke Tobin was on the podium 75 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 5: saying they are prepared to make Jamar Chase the highest 76 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 5: paid non quarterback in the league. Zach Taylor said, they're 77 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 5: going to bring all of their stars back. His expectation, 78 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 5: that was his word. It is his expectation that all 79 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 5: of them will be back. Chase says the highest paid 80 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 5: non quarterback t Higgins who could be a free agent, 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 5: Trey Hendrickson. All of them, he said, will be back. 82 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 5: I said, is that realistic? And he says, well, it's 83 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 5: certainly a possibility. I said, well, is that what you 84 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 5: think is going to happen, and he said, that's my expectation. 85 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 5: That would certainly be quite an off season for the 86 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 5: Bengals if they managed to have everybody back. Also, interestingly, 87 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 5: he said they are looking at the entire structure of 88 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 5: their off season program. The focus is they know they 89 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 5: have to get out to a faster start than they 90 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 5: have in previous seasons. He said, they're looking at everything, 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 5: how they work in the off season, how they work 92 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 5: in training camp to try to generate early wins. 93 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 6: Meanwhile, in a nightly segment, we are calling touch talk 94 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 6: the animation. 95 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, roll the animation control room. You've never heard we 96 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: have the animation. We don't have the animation. 97 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 3: I thought we were going to have an animation for Pushtomer. 98 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 3: You're such a liar the bush. 99 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 6: Nick Sirianni, Eagles head coach, asked about it, and you know, 100 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 6: he was preparing his answer and that word one, two, three, four, 101 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 6: the fifth word they're insulted. 102 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: Kept coming up. 103 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 6: That he feels a little bit insulted that it's called 104 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 6: an automatic play, and he says, it's not an automatic 105 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 6: play because of the strategy or the formation or anything. 106 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 6: It's an automatic play in a lot of ways because 107 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 6: we're really good at it, and we work hard at it, 108 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 6: and our guys are talented at it, and this is 109 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 6: something that we like to use to our advantage. So 110 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 6: the insulted part I think was also he didn't flat 111 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 6: out say it, but also toward the idea that this 112 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 6: was going to be raised to be potentially banned because. 113 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: It's an effective play. 114 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 6: I know we had the debate last night a little 115 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 6: bit of maybe some concerns about potential health issues on 116 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 6: that play, but he's saying, we run the play more 117 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 6: than anybody. 118 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,239 Speaker 7: I can't think of an injury that we've ever. 119 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: Had on that play. 120 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 6: So Nick Sirianni really coming with the counter punch today. 121 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 6: This has been touch push touch talk presented by do 122 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 6: we sell it? 123 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: We're gonna I can think of a few candidates. 124 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, you can advertise an NFL network, I would say, 125 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: also was interested listening to some of the other coaches 126 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: who were asked today about the Packers proposal to ban 127 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: the tush push. Raheem Morris in particular said, I thought 128 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: it should have been banned three years ago. He was 129 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: smiling and laughing, but he was saying, it doesn't look 130 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: like any other play in the game. Credit to the 131 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: Eagles for running it so effectively, but I will absolutely 132 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: be one of those voting against that. To a defensive 133 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: coordinator was saying, it's an issue just because of the 134 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: way that the play begins. You need to create some 135 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: type of time elements so the push doesn't happen immediately. 136 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: Maybe that's a consideration. Say it has to be at 137 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: least the yard downfield. 138 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 6: John Harball, not a member of the competition committee now, 139 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 6: but I believe he was before, said he's totally fine 140 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 6: with it. So again, you're gonna have to get twenty 141 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 6: four votes for it. If you're getting split votes. 142 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 5: Justice coaches are not the ones who vote for rules 143 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,799 Speaker 5: shape all owners, and that sometimes is a problem. 144 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: Maybe the most interesting thing I heard was one of 145 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 1: the last podium sessions today, Colts general manager Chris Ballor, 146 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: just about an hour ago, said they intend to not 147 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: only add a quarterback to the room, but when asked 148 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: what type of competition it'll be, he said it'll be open. 149 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, of course, at one point took over as 150 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: the starter. That was benched again in favor of Anthony 151 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: rich when they brought in Flaco on a one year 152 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: deal that was really to be a true backup. We're 153 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: talking about having an open competition. You have to wonder 154 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: who potentially could those quarterbacks be. There's a bunch of 155 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: veterans who have uncertain features. You've got guys like Russell 156 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: Wilson and Justin Fields who are going to be free 157 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: agency seven, Sam Darnold Gardner Minshew was there once before. 158 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: He's got guaranteed money left on his contract with the Raiders, 159 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,239 Speaker 1: and today John Spytech said they have to evaluate everybody, 160 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: including Minshew, that potentially could be another name that enters 161 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: into the marketplace. Could they also draft one, Probably not 162 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: just yet. It was not that long ago, a couple 163 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: of years ago, that they used the number three overall 164 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: pick on Anthony Richardson. But you can be assured there 165 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: will be some quarterbacks in the conversation to go really, 166 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: really high. Bucky Brooks has his latest mock draft at 167 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: NFL dot Com. He's got two in the top three. 168 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Cam Ward going to the Browns at number two, Shador 169 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: Sanders going to the Giants at number three, But all 170 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: that presumes that the Titans are going to pass on 171 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback at number one? Is this for Ian had 172 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: Mike Borganci might ask that question, All. 173 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 4: Right, let's get right into it. You guys hold the 174 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: number one overall pick. I think everyone here is asking 175 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 4: about it. What kind of conversations have you had centered 176 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 4: around the number one pick? 177 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: And where do you guys stand as far as are 178 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 3: you going to make it or not? 179 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 8: You know, you know, I think we're still early in 180 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 8: the process right now. We've evaluated all the tape. There's 181 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 8: more tape that we have to kind of get through. 182 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 8: But this is like a very important time for us. 183 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 8: This is a touch point for us where we get 184 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 8: to really meet these players for the first time and 185 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 8: sit down and talk with them. So I don't think 186 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 8: we're anywhere near making a decision if we're going to 187 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 8: stay put and make the pick or trade out. But yeah, 188 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 8: it's early on in the process right now for that 189 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 8: for that decision. 190 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 4: You know, there have been times in the past when 191 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 4: you leave the combine and deals have happened. I believe 192 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 4: the Bears Panthers deal happened a couple of days after 193 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 4: like a week maybe after the and it sounds like 194 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: not putting more gim out, but it sounds like this 195 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 4: might take a little more time for you guys. I 196 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 4: mean obviously given new staff, new people to to kind 197 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 4: of get solidified as far as what do you want 198 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: to do. 199 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 8: And I think so because that's a that's a great 200 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 8: point you made. 201 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 9: It's it's a it's a. 202 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 8: New staff for me getting to learn the staff. So 203 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 8: I think we're going to need this entire process really 204 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 8: to get through to make the best decision for the team. 205 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 8: Like I said, there's a lot of more information gathering 206 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 8: that we have to do here with the next month 207 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 8: and a half. 208 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 4: Do you have a sense of this draft class in general? 209 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 4: You know, they all have strength and weaknesses, they have 210 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 4: positions better on that, do you have a sense early 211 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 4: on what this draft class is going to look like? 212 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: Because whether you're picking one or I don't even I 213 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 3: don't know anywhere else, like you're gonna get some get 214 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 3: a chance. It's some pretty good players. 215 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 8: It's a good class. And we just went through phase one. 216 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 8: We call it up setting the board. We went through 217 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 8: the whole meetings with the with the college scouts and 218 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 8: The one thing that stands out once you look at 219 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 8: the board is there's a lot of depthy defensive line, 220 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 8: you know, edge rushers, running backs, you know, I think 221 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 8: some good tight ends in the draft. So those are 222 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 8: the kind of the groups that stand out just visually 223 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 8: looking at the board after we said it too. 224 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 4: So you are in a unique situation. Obviously, you start 225 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: your new job. Your old team was playing in the 226 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 4: Super Bowl. Yeah lost unfortunately. Yeah, can you take me 227 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 4: through what the last month was like for you? 228 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 3: You take a job, so exciting, coolest thing ever your 229 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 3: team's playing in the super Bowl, but also they love, 230 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 3: like what has this been like for you? 231 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 8: You know, it's so much different when the coaches finish 232 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 8: out the season then take a new job. So if 233 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 8: you get a new gym, you kind of get thrown 234 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 8: right in the middle of it because it's an important 235 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 8: time of the season. So it's been tough to explain 236 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 8: to people. But you know, for instance, I was in 237 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 8: Dallas at the East West and my hotel room watching 238 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 8: a playoff game there. I'm in Nashville in my hotel 239 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 8: room watching it with my family, the Super Bowl. So 240 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 8: it's it's definitely been it's been strange. 241 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 4: Well, let's focus on your new team for a second. 242 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 4: You know, you guys, obviously the record is what it is. 243 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 4: You're picking number one for a reason. It sounds like 244 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 4: a simple question. But where can this team get better? 245 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 8: You know, as we looked at the at the roster, 246 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 8: there's a lot of places we can get better, you know, 247 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 8: particularly in the trenches. You know, I think we want 248 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 8: to try to build O line D line. So we're 249 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 8: going to attack this thing, whether it's through free andcy 250 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 8: the draft here, but I think it all starts up 251 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 8: up front for us. 252 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 253 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I mean having a draft class that seems 254 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 4: to have that sort of talent level is probably a 255 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 4: good thing. 256 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 9: Which is a good thing. 257 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, And then you know, on the quarterback, obviously Will 258 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: comes back, had some moments last year, had some not 259 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 4: good moments last year. I think it's fair to say 260 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 4: you guys are in the quarterback market on some level. 261 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 4: Where does that stand as far as your acquisition for 262 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 4: whoever may or may not end up being your starting 263 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: quarterback for next year? 264 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I've I've had conversations with Will. I 265 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 8: did Will come out of Kentucky. You know, he's got 266 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 8: a lot of talent. So we have one quarterback on 267 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 8: the roster right now, so eventually we're gonna have to 268 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 8: add through free and see all the draft. And I 269 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 8: think it's going to be competition, whether it's. 270 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 9: Through frame to see ow the draft. 271 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 8: But but I when I sat down with Will, I 272 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 8: talked to him, I said, listen, we gon gave you 273 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 8: every opportunity to compete with wherever we bring in here. 274 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 3: Interesting, right, Thank you, man, really appreciate you. 275 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: Now, a lot of quarterback questions up there at the 276 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: top of the NFL Draft, including that one at number three. 277 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: The Giants saw a lot of this. This tape could 278 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: go on for a while based upon the quarterback play 279 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. Joe Shane, though, has 280 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: a plan to fix it. He was asked today exactly 281 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: how he's gonna put that room together. 282 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 10: Yeah, and where we are, Tommy Devido is our only 283 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 10: quarterback on the roster, so you may evaluate both of those. 284 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 10: Those both both maybe options. So you know, again, we 285 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 10: don't know what's going to happen in the draft. We 286 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 10: don't know who's going to be there. You know, when 287 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 10: we get around these kids, they may or may not 288 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 10: be a fit for us. So you know, we're gonna 289 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 10: have to dress the position somewhere. And even if you 290 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 10: get a young quarterback, you'd like to have a vet, 291 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 10: you know, in the room with them to show them 292 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 10: the ropes and how to be a pro. So you know, 293 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 10: we're looking at all different avenues. It's hey, is this 294 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 10: guy gonna be really good for a young quarterback? Or 295 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 10: is this guy at starter, you know? Or can we 296 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 10: get a guy in the draft, or if we do, 297 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 10: should we have a guy that's more of a you know, 298 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 10: a guy that can develop and show a guy how 299 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 10: to be a pro. So you know we're gonna look 300 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 10: at you know, vets, We're gonna look at the draft, 301 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 10: We're gonna look at trade candidates. You know, we're gonna 302 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 10: look at under every rock to you know, find the 303 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 10: best prospect for us going in the twenty five season. 304 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: You're playing the Tommy DeVito game at home. You waited 305 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: thirteen minutes, but now drink Judy, what did you make 306 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: of what Joe Shane is. 307 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 5: Well, they literally said it, We're going to look under 308 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 5: every rock. I mean he ruled nothing out. First of all, 309 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 5: it's clear they're looking not just for one quarterback, but 310 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 5: more than one quarterback. Even if they draft a guy, 311 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 5: they want a veteran guy in there to help. 312 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 11: If it's a rookie quarterback. 313 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 5: They are open to free agency, they're open to trades, 314 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 5: they're open to He brought it up moving up in 315 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 5: the draft or moving down in the draft. There is 316 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 5: nothing he ruled out here. He certainly didn't clarify anything. 317 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 5: He of course, when he was asked specifically a out 318 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 5: Matthew Stafford, he's, well, that's really a question for the Rams, 319 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 5: even though you know the Rams have said, you know, 320 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 5: Matthew Staffords sort of you knew he was going to 321 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 5: do that. But basically they are looking everywhere for a quarterback. 322 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 5: He acknowledged they've made some decisions in the past that 323 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 5: did not really pan out. 324 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 6: Yeah, the only thing he ruled in was Tommy DeVito drink. 325 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 6: What do you drink for the Tommy DeVito drinking game? 326 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 11: And it's gotten right exactly. 327 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 12: Yeah. 328 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 6: Look, the comment from Joe Shane about we want a 329 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 6: guy who's gonna be able to show a young guy 330 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 6: the ropes. Some of these quarterbacks that are available might 331 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 6: not like that necessarily, but some of them are. I mean, 332 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 6: even Aaron Rodgers talked about him being open to the 333 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 6: idea of mentoring a quarterback at this point in his career. 334 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 6: So that's going to have to be a fact of life, 335 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 6: whether it's Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers. The fact that 336 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 6: they could still draft somebody with that third overall pick 337 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 6: that you're coming in and basically mentoring while also holding 338 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 6: onto the job for as long. 339 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: As you possibly can. 340 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 6: As for Stafford, yeah, I mean, the Giants are certainly 341 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 6: in the mix for him, but the Rams won him back. 342 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 6: The Las Vegas Raiders are in it. We talked about 343 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 6: that as a possibility. So there's a couple of things 344 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 6: that need to fall here, and they're not necessarily in 345 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 6: control of their own destiny on some of these. 346 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: Well, right, I mean, if we can't really talk about 347 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: the Giants quarterback situation without mentioning the Matthew Stafford situation 348 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 4: and whether or not the Rams decide to move them 349 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 4: at all, whether they decide to move them to the 350 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 4: Raiders or the Giants, whether Stafford can do a deal 351 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 4: with either of the teams before the Rams then end 352 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 4: up doing a deal to find the right compensation. It's 353 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 4: extremely complicated, and really it does seem this is probably 354 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 4: the first quarterback domino that's going to fall before all 355 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 4: the other things. But Joe Shane also said, as you 356 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: guys mentioned the possibility they move all the way up 357 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 4: to number one, And if the Giants want to be 358 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 4: in control of everything regarding their quarterback situation, if they 359 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 4: believe there is a quarterback presumable we can ward who'd 360 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: be worthy of the number one pick, then that is 361 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 4: what they need to do to have certainty. That is 362 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 4: the only way they could say, we know for sure 363 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 4: what quarterback we are getting to trade up to one. 364 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: We've seen it in the past, We've seen the Panthers do, 365 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 4: We've seen some other teams do it. We are a 366 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 4: long way from there, and as Borganzi told me, they 367 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 4: still need to figure out a lot before they even 368 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 4: though would they trade that pick. 369 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 3: But if the Giants want control, that's their control. 370 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: There is so much more to come this week here 371 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, the site of the NFL Scouting Combine, that's 372 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: where the drills are going to begin on Thursday. It's 373 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: the NFL Combine presented by Microsoft Copilot, where a dream 374 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: that starts small can get big, and a name that's 375 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: unknown can become the future. Next is here. The twenty 376 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: twenty five NFL Combine starts in two days Thursday to Sunday. 377 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: Right here on NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus. 378 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Insiders. 379 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: I'm Ian Rappaport here with Eagles general manager Howie Roseman. 380 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: Or wait, super Bowl winning general manager Howie Roseman. 381 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: Sorry, I gotta add the extra title thank. 382 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 4: You when we last saw you, besides doing the podiumself 383 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 4: over here, you are standing in front of millions of 384 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 4: people bleeding and declaring how you bleed for the city 385 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: of Philadelphia. 386 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 3: There's been a lot of great Philly moments. 387 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 4: Looking back on that, What was that a surreal experience? 388 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 13: Like, Yeah, I don't think that when I woke up 389 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 13: in the morning and thought that I was going on 390 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 13: the parade, bleeding from my head was part of was 391 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 13: the dance on the dance card at all. So I 392 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 13: really wasn't expecting it. But obviously we got unbelievably passionate fans. 393 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 13: I know that there's no malicious intent, you know. Unfortunately 394 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 13: for me, at a moment, I decided to go to 395 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 13: the other side of the bus, closer to the fans, 396 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 13: and I think that that was an invitation to toss 397 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 13: me a beer. And the only good thing about the 398 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 13: video coming out, which I don't want to watch again 399 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 13: because I maybe concussed if I just watched it five times, 400 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 13: but I think the only good thing was someone actually 401 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 13: asked me if, like I try to catch it and 402 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 13: I dropped it. They were like questioning my hands, and 403 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 13: it was like, you know, I wasn't even thinking that. 404 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 13: So you know, the rest of the parade, I spent 405 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 13: people trying to toss me more beers pointing to my forehead. 406 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 7: They still threw me beers. 407 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 13: Those I caught. 408 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 3: Those I caught, all right. I like that. Plus you 409 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 3: look like you've held up pretty nicely. 410 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 13: Yeah, yeah, I knew I had to get right for 411 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 13: this moment, and you know, I still got a little mark. 412 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 8: But we're doing all right, We're right. 413 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 4: Well, let's talk about this moment, not this interview, but 414 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 4: where we're at right now. 415 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 3: Free agency a couple weeks away. You got some big ones, someone. 416 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 4: Who maybe if you asked me a year ago, would 417 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 4: like Zach Bond be one of your big free agents. 418 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 4: I would say not necessarily. That was one of the 419 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 4: best signings in all football. Obviously you got Josh Wett, 420 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 4: your own, Makai Becton. Take me through some of your 421 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 4: free agents, Williams. How you handle what's going to happen 422 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 4: the next couple of weeks. 423 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 13: Yeah, it's a quick turnaround from obviously being really excited 424 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 13: about how we ended the season and extremely appreciative to 425 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 13: our players and coaches to now getting right down to business. 426 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 13: And in some ways that's probably better. So you can't 427 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 13: have too much time to kind of think about it. 428 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 13: You just kind of have to go into action. And 429 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 13: those guys have earned this opportunity in free agency, you know, 430 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 13: obviously our goal would be to keep as many of 431 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 13: them as we can. As we look at our roster, 432 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 13: we got a lot of guys who've earned their contracts, 433 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 13: and so we'll just have to see how it goes 434 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 13: in the next couple of weeks here. But all the 435 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 13: guys you mentioned really good players, really good people who 436 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 13: are huge parts of our football team. 437 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 4: So obviously we went through the celebration you guys had, 438 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 4: you were through it. 439 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 3: Now how quickly does the page turn? 440 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 7: Really quickly? 441 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 13: I think from our perspective, we understand that people have 442 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 13: been in this process with their coaches, with their front 443 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 13: office for a longer periods of time. And so although 444 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 13: we had all fall and the winter to go through 445 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 13: the free agents and the draft, so the evaluation process 446 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 13: was ongoing throughout the season, you know, having those conversations 447 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 13: and sharing kind of the vision of the off season 448 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 13: and getting some feedback of it. That's the thing that 449 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 13: probably has to happen real quicker. 450 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 4: So last thing, you guys have thrived over the last 451 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 4: many years, building through the offensive line and defensive line, right, 452 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: even if it's not premium pick, sometimes it is, But 453 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 4: even if it's not, that's really been your most talented groups. 454 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 4: As this has gotten more discussion naturally, is that annoying 455 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 4: and frustrating that other people may be onto what you guys. 456 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 3: Generally do well. 457 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 13: I think at the end of the day, the most 458 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 13: important thing is what we do, you know, for our 459 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 13: football team and the decisions we make, you know, I 460 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 13: think the hardest thing throughout the off season is that 461 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 13: good players are going to sign to teams that, quite frankly, 462 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 13: I'd rather them not sign with. Good players are gonna 463 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 13: get drafted by teams that, quite frankly I'd rather than 464 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 13: not get drafted with and so we got to focus 465 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 13: on how we can improve our football team, how we 466 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 13: can improve our roster. And I think that that's challenging 467 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 13: as it is without having to worry about what everyone. 468 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 14: Else is doing. 469 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 3: How we appreciate you. Congrats again. 470 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 8: Thanks he. 471 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 3: Battle scars for Howie Rosmen. There it is right there. 472 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 4: You could see in my interview with him, he look 473 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 4: totally fine. 474 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 3: There it is right there. 475 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 4: Scars from the war that was the Eagles parade came 476 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 4: right up to the podium and said, I bleed for 477 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 4: this city. Iconic moment for the city of Philadelphia. Maybe 478 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 4: not quite like winning the Super Bowl, but certainly up 479 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 4: there is something that would be replayed for years to 480 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 4: come as well. 481 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 3: This right here, man, Jalen hurt says, really age, I'm 482 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 3: just kidding. 483 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 4: He looks exactly the same, literally exactly the same. If 484 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 4: he went out there right now and took part in 485 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 4: the NFL scouting combine. 486 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 3: I would think he was a twenty one year old Hurts. 487 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 12: Of course I thought he was. 488 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 3: Thirty at the time. Anyway, this is where we are. 489 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 4: Jalen Hurts has come a long way in the football field, 490 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 4: but maybe not a long way in his headshot. 491 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 3: Let's talk about the Kansas City Chiefs. Though once out 492 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 3: of the Super Bowl we covered here's the other side. 493 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 4: That's Patrick Mahomes dropping one in the bucket during these 494 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 4: Super Bowl Let's talk to his coach, Andy Reid to 495 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 4: find out a little more and their plans to be 496 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 4: back next season. 497 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 15: Coming up on The Insiders, New Today into The Insiders, 498 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 15: Khalil Shakir, the Bills wide receiver fresh off a seventy 499 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 15: six catch for touchdown season, agrees to terms. 500 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 6: On a new four year, sixty point two million dollar extension, 501 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 6: gets thirty two million guaranteed. This according to Ian and 502 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 6: Tom So, the Bills get Shakir under contract for another 503 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 6: five years total. 504 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: There good deal for Buffalo and. 505 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 6: Good deal for the Chiefs that Travis Kelcey is returning 506 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 6: in twenty twenty five. This, according to Brett Veach Today 507 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 6: in speaking to the media the Bill's general managers was 508 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 6: sort of anti climactic, like we thought this was going 509 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 6: to drag on for a while, and then in the 510 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 6: end Kelsey decides he is coming back for a thirteenth 511 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 6: NFL season, And before his first NFL season, this is 512 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 6: how he looked as the Chiefs posted a then versus 513 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 6: Now Handsome Fella Back then Handsome Fella Now. He had 514 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 6: the flowing locks for the Super Bowl as well, growing 515 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 6: that hair back out, almost looking like his combine flow 516 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 6: from years ago. Here is Travis Kelsey's head coach, Andy Reid, 517 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 6: with our head coach, Judy Batista. 518 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 11: Andy, thanks for being with us. 519 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 5: You've had about two weeks to reflect on the Super Bowl. 520 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 5: When you look back, what are your takeaways? 521 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 16: Yeah, it was a bad day to have bad day, 522 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 16: for sure, So there are a bunch of things we 523 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 16: can learn from it without going publicly with it. I 524 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 16: think it's important that you write him down and then 525 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 16: step away, get away and relax here little bit when 526 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 16: you're thinking a little clearer. It's so emotional and it's 527 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 16: so final that you can forget about the other nineteen 528 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 16: games before that, or eighteen whatever it was before that. 529 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 16: So you've got to take it all in, and you 530 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 16: got to take the whole year in and then come 531 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 16: up with what you need to work on for the 532 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 16: offsias As a coach, obviously start with yourself, and then 533 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 16: as players you've got to do the same thing. So 534 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 16: and the one positive with the guys came out and 535 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 16: they I listened to what they said after the game, 536 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 16: and they were all going, I could have done this better, 537 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 16: I could have done that better. Well, if you're willing 538 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 16: to take upon that accountability, I think good. You know, 539 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 16: change can happen and positive things can happen. 540 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 5: I know, on the podium before you told the reporters 541 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 5: that you had told Travis to take some time, get away, 542 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 5: clear his head a little bit. Your GM made it 543 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 5: sound like you're expecting good news from him. Brett indicated 544 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 5: that he's fired up, he expects him to be back. 545 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 16: Is yeah understanding, Yeah, no, I think we'll all work out. 546 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 16: But I'm big on that. I'm big on stepping away. 547 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 16: I mean, Trav's positive, so everything's there's no negative to it, 548 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 16: but step back and. 549 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 12: Get yourself away from it. 550 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 16: And I told all the players that, I told all 551 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 16: the coaches that you just think clearer and we obviously 552 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 16: hope he's coming back. He's been positive in that direction. 553 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 12: So but you know, we'll cross all that here next 554 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 12: week or so. 555 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 5: So all right, as we turn the page, when you 556 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 5: when you look at the team, when you look at 557 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 5: what happened in the super Bowl, and maybe in some 558 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 5: of the other games. What do you think your priorities 559 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 5: are going into the roster buildings. 560 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 16: Yeah, so I think Brett does a nice job with 561 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 16: going through every position and kind of look at the 562 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 16: strengths and the weakness of each spot, and then he's 563 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 16: got to project that on like a three year advanced projection. So, 564 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 16: and what they're doing with the cap and we're not 565 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 16: one of those teams that kicks at kazillion dollars forward 566 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 16: and does all of that. I mean, we're we're gonna 567 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 16: draft well, and we're gonna be smart in free agency. 568 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 16: And and so we're right in the middle, kind of 569 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 16: the middle of that process. And and Brett further than 570 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 16: I am. Uh, that's his that's his baby right there. 571 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 16: So but he's he's looking at all that. I've got 572 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 16: full confidence that he takes care of all that, you know, 573 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 16: but as much as he possibly can. 574 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 5: What's your expectation, Tray Smith will be a free agents 575 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 5: are coming up? 576 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 11: What's your expectation. 577 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 16: We've got a handful of these guys that are pretty 578 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 16: good football players that are going to be free agents. 579 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 16: You're probably not gonna be able to bring them all back. 580 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 16: Tray's one we would love to get back obviously, just 581 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 16: because of what he is and what he kind of 582 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 16: stands for and a great human being. First of all, 583 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 16: I'm a phenomenal human and a tough one to boot. 584 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 16: So anyways, he's right in the middle of it. He's 585 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 16: working on all that stuff. 586 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 5: You're an offensive line guy, is that your primary focus 587 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 5: this off season? 588 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 11: Getting that offensive line right? 589 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 16: I'm always going to look at the offensive line and 590 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 16: defensive line first and then go from there. 591 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 12: That's where I normally start just over the years. 592 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, does this feel like maybe a more momentous off 593 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 5: season for you? Maybe because you're coming off a loss 594 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 5: at disappointing Laws, You've had so many wins in recent years, 595 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 5: but again because you have a handful of pretty big 596 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: free agents, does this feel like a critical off season 597 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 5: for you to sort of go into the next phase 598 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 5: For the Chiefs, I'm. 599 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 12: Tell you, they all seem critical. 600 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 16: There's so much parody in this league right now that 601 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 16: you have got to stay on your A game and 602 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 16: if you don't, you're going to get your tail kicked. 603 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 16: So you get to here and you're going, oh my goodness, 604 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 16: this thing, or even three days after the Super Bowl, 605 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 16: you're hitting the Petz Enemy a thing of free agents 606 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 16: to look at, and then going through our free agents 607 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 16: and looking at the spots that are potentially open on 608 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 16: your team. It slaps you right in the face every year. 609 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 16: I mean it's crazy. So and you know you better 610 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 16: be able to fill the majority of those or you're 611 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 16: gonna have a tough time. So in some way or another, 612 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 16: they all can't be the highest paid guys in the 613 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 16: national football You have to able to. 614 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 12: Balance that out. 615 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 11: It's one of those things. 616 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 5: Maybe getting another playmaker for Patrick, whether even if you 617 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 5: get Travis back, do you think you need to add 618 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 5: firepower to the offense. 619 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 16: Yeah, one thing brought He's very aware of this and 620 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 16: he talks about it. You have a player Patrick, They're 621 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 16: all this way, but you have arguably the best player 622 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 16: in the league or at that position for just this 623 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 16: period of time, and so you always want to try 624 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 16: to feed them the best you can you can possibly 625 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 16: get for them and give him the tools that he needs. 626 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,719 Speaker 12: To also be successful. 627 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 16: So Brett does that, and there is no better year 628 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 16: to look at it than this year by all the 629 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 16: movement that he that he had with injuries and having 630 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 16: to put guys bring guys in and hop comes in 631 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 16: and jumps in and is productive for us. So I 632 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 16: thought Brett did a did a nice job with all 633 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 16: that Hollywood, you know, likewise, So yeah, that's all right. 634 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 5: So you were just sort of referencing Patrick's window, right, 635 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 5: That's what we call it, his window? Are you with 636 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 5: Patrick as his head coach for as long as his 637 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 5: window is open? 638 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 4: Oh? 639 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 12: I don't. He might play at least forty. That put 640 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 12: me on a cane, So. 641 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 11: We would take that. 642 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 5: That's fine. 643 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 16: Now we'll see, we'll see how all that goes here. Yeah, 644 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 16: I don't know. I mean, I like doing what I'm doing, 645 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 16: and I like it right now, so I'm happy. 646 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 11: Yeah, great, Andy, Thanks. 647 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 12: You, betch I appreciate you. 648 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 17: Thank you. 649 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 12: Thanks. 650 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: Top prospects in the twenty twenty five NFL Draft are 651 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: descending upon Indianapolis. That is the site of the twenty 652 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: twenty five scouting Combine. It all starts Thursday, live exclusive 653 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: coverage on NFL Network and NFL Plus. For more on 654 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: the combine, let's welcome in Sam Schwartzstein Prime Video and 655 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: Thursday Football is Analytics Expert to help us break this down. 656 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: With a little bit of help from next Gen Stats. Okay, Sam, 657 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,959 Speaker 1: there's a lot of different ways you can break down players, 658 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: but we're still doing a lot of the traditional testing. 659 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,719 Speaker 1: It's the forty, it's the three cone. What can that 660 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: stuff tell us about these guys? 661 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 18: Look the traditional stats, we have them for years and 662 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 18: so being able to look back at those stats that 663 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 18: combine dates back all the way to nineteen eighty two, 664 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 18: it's been in Indianapolis since nineteen eighty seven, we can 665 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 18: utilize that data to then track those players to identify 666 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 18: what are their performance is going to be outside Now, 667 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 18: even for offensive linemen, you might say, when is an 668 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 18: offensive lineman ever going to run forty yards? We can 669 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 18: actually look back at the data and identify that the 670 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 18: forty is one of the best indicators for success for 671 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 18: an offensive tackle. It doesn't just measure speed how fast 672 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 18: are getting there, it's their flexibility as well as their 673 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 18: ability to stay healthy through that process and be able 674 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 18: to finish the forty like I didn't do it the 675 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 18: Pro Day ten years ago. So you know, that's a 676 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 18: clear indicator that a player is going to be good 677 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 18: for offensive lineman and using all this rich data, we 678 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 18: can use Athletic Scores, Next Gen Stats has an athletic 679 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 18: score that's a blended metric that looks at how good 680 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 18: a player has been on a hole for their position, 681 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 18: and Next Gen sets has it all the way through 682 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 18: two thousand and three. 683 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: And we've had more of the next Gen sets over 684 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,959 Speaker 1: these past couple of combines here, So what good is it? 685 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 18: Look, when you use tracking data, you can go a 686 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 18: little bit deeper and we can get what we call 687 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 18: game speed from that. So you're going to hear a 688 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 18: broadcasters over the year saying he might have had the 689 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 18: best forty, but he had great game speed. And using 690 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 18: a drill like the Gauntlet where a wide receiver is 691 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 18: starting online and they're then going to run across the 692 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 18: field and be able to catch a ball. Throughout that process, 693 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 18: you can actually see what game speed will be. And 694 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 18: this is a clear indicator of a guy like Puka 695 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 18: Nakula who did not have the best forty, but actually 696 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 18: the fastest time through the gauntlet, and not just when 697 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 18: you wash him in the gauntlet. You're seeing that he's 698 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 18: not making mistakes, he's able to stay on the line 699 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 18: of scrimmage. And using the next ten Stats tracking data, 700 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 18: we saw reached over twenty miles per hour. 701 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 17: So then when you're. 702 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 18: Looking at the next season, you have Keyon Coleman. He 703 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 18: was another player. He was more of a basketball player 704 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 18: at in Michigan State, then transfering to Florida State, had 705 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 18: a good season, but when you look at his gauntlet drill, 706 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 18: he performed better there than the gauntlet. That helps people realize, hey, 707 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 18: he's not just the player that might have a slower forty. 708 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 18: But being able to utilize the tracking data to reflect 709 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 18: game speed will take us one step. 710 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 17: Further than what the traditional combined drills will do. 711 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: So what else can tracking data help? Let's tell about 712 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: these guys. 713 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 18: Look, it's fun because this is greenfield, you know, and 714 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 18: that means that there's so many different things that you 715 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 18: can do by looking at the different drills that players 716 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 18: are doing and be able to then start tracking more 717 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 18: and more things. Look when the next Gen Stats team 718 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 18: I talked to Keigan Abdoll earlier today, they had a 719 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 18: hunch that the Gauntlet would be a great drial to measure, 720 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 18: but it wasn't a guarantee that it was going to 721 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 18: be a great thing. 722 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 2: And we're doing that. 723 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 18: With more and more drills this season this combine. Looking 724 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 18: at ways players can stand out in the Pacific drills, 725 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 18: not just nutritional drills that we have over time. I 726 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 18: didn't really looking forward to what we do with defensive lineman. 727 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 18: How whether we're able to track from running the hoop. 728 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 18: There's other things that that tracking you that can let 729 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 18: us go even deeper with numbers as well as at 730 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 18: the end of day, you gotta watch the film and 731 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 18: make sure the players can play, but the numbers will 732 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 18: take us deeper. 733 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: I'm guessing based on the fact that you're sitting next 734 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: to me and not, you know, playing for when these 735 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: seam of the prote didn't go great. 736 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 18: It wasn't the best day for me, But I think 737 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 18: I'm doing okay. But uh, you know, a lot of 738 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 18: other players had great prote's but I'll let them have that. 739 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 12: Shy. 740 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: We love what you do, Sam, Thank you very much. 741 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 11: This is a little bit strange. For the second year 742 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 11: in a row. 743 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 5: The fate of Kirk Cousins is one of the big 744 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 5: questions at the scouting Combine. Last year, at this time 745 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 5: he was slated to be one of the biggest prizes 746 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 5: in free agency. Didn't really pan out the way the 747 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 5: Atlanta Falcons or Kirk Cousins had hoped he lost the 748 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 5: starting job in the middle of the season, and now 749 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 5: general manager Terry front No is out here telling us 750 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 5: that the team is comfortable keeping Cousins as the backup quarterback. 751 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 5: Our Camp Wolf sat down with head coach Raheem Marris 752 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 5: to get his thoughts on Cousins and much much more. 753 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 3: Rahem, thanks for joining us today. 754 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,400 Speaker 19: Obviously, coming off your first year, what do you think 755 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 19: the biggest thing you learn coaching the Falcons was last year? 756 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 20: You know, you learn stuff every single day, and it's 757 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 20: hard to say the biggest, but ultimately you want to 758 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 20: find ways to be able to finish. And we had 759 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 20: a great start, but obviously we ended up disappointed and 760 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 20: you got to be able to find out how to 761 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 20: maintain that throughout the season. And you about to find 762 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 20: out how to maintain that fight and that urgency and 763 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 20: that consistent effort in order to get us to where 764 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 20: we want to go. 765 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 17: And we didn't do that last year, and it was 766 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 17: this pointing for us. It's just pointing for our fans. 767 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 20: But like we look forward to moving forward, we look 768 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 20: forward to going to get those things accomplished and get 769 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 20: those things done for us. 770 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 19: You mentioned moving forward. A big part of that is 771 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 19: your quarterback. Michael Penick showed a lot of poise last 772 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 19: few games. Maybe what is one thing you hope to 773 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 19: see him grow f in twenty twenty five as we 774 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 19: see him on the field, you. 775 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 20: Know, and it's really just winning, you know for him. 776 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 20: You know, he showed all the poise, He showed the maturity. 777 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 20: He showed it as a backup, he showed it as 778 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 20: a starter. He showed the ability to go out there 779 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 20: and remain poised throughout the situation, no matter what it was. 780 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 20: He played in the playoff like environment. We played that 781 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 20: Commander game there late in the season. Now it was 782 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 20: about going out there and finding ways to win and 783 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 20: find ways to show his team that they can lead 784 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 20: him to wins and which we all believe in it. It 785 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 20: really excites us as an organization, It excites us as 786 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 20: a city. 787 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 17: It excites us. 788 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 20: Just across the board, and we look forward to him 789 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 20: leading us into what we want to get done. 790 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 19: I can see your smile as you talk about that assitement. 791 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 19: Is there something that you know about him or you 792 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 19: learned about him that maybe the rest of us are 793 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 19: going to learn. 794 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 20: It's hard not to smile when you talk about Michael 795 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 20: and the maturity, the growth, the development, the ability to 796 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 20: touch every part of the field, his athleticism, which was 797 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 20: some of the things that we learned about him, some 798 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 20: of the things that really grew on us when we 799 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 20: washingon scramblefod touchdowns, do some of those different things, which 800 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,439 Speaker 20: was different from college us up. He keeps the whole 801 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 20: city engaged. He keeps us engaged as coaches and moving 802 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 20: forward is really what you surround them, what you surround 803 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 20: them with, what you do with them. And we got 804 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 20: to get better on defense around them. We got to 805 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 20: get better on offense around him. And he'll get better 806 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 20: as he matures and he grows and develops to the 807 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 20: guy that think it can be. 808 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 19: I know you and Terry talked earlier about Kirk Cousins 809 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 19: and him being your backup quarterback. How do you navigate 810 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 19: that as a coach? You know a guy who was 811 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 19: accomplished a lot, but he's in a little bit of 812 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 19: an awkward period, so to speak. 813 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 20: There's no doubt about it. And those awkward periods are 814 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 20: always created in the National Football League, whether you're talking 815 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 20: about quarterback position or you're talking about the d line position. 816 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 20: Those things always created the competition at this level is 817 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,439 Speaker 20: very high, and we're in a comfortable spot where we're 818 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 20: at without decision making, and we got to move forward 819 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,359 Speaker 20: and find out what we're going to do next year. 820 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 20: And really we just got finish talk about when we 821 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 20: talk about Michael Pennocks and moving forward, how you're going 822 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 20: to do those things. We know who our starting quarterback is. 823 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 20: We didn't wish we didn't do at this time last year. 824 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 20: We know exactly where we're going. We know that why 825 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 20: receivers were throwing to whether you're talking about Drake London 826 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 20: or Mooney or Ray Ray McCloud or Kyle Pitts or 827 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 20: b John Robinson. We know some of these things that 828 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 20: we got known commodities and we got to building those things. 829 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 17: We gotta build those things moving forward. 830 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 19: Say Kirk is still there when you coach and OTAs 831 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 19: in April, how do you handle that? 832 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 17: You know, I feel great about the human. I know 833 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 17: who the human is. 834 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 20: I've been around them before in DC, I've been around 835 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 20: him here at Atlanta. He had himself in such a 836 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 20: great way. We're gonna move forward to how we got 837 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 20: to get it done. But we're always gonna do what's 838 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 20: best for the Atlanta focus. Obviously, we're here for the combine. 839 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 20: The draft's a big part of it. 840 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 19: You got fifteenth overall, pitch sure, a lot of defensive players, 841 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 19: a lot of defensive tackles, ede rushers. What stands out 842 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 19: to you when you look at this crop and maybe 843 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 19: what can help you when you come around to April. 844 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 20: You know, we're very young into the process. Right now, 845 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 20: we're talking about the evaluation of them all, and we've 846 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 20: all heard about the highly anticipated defensive draft, So I 847 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 20: can't wait to dive deep into it with the guys, 848 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:42,879 Speaker 20: with Tarry and those guys who a lot of who 849 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:44,879 Speaker 20: are far ahead of us right. 850 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 17: Now, we're talking about the coach staff. 851 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 20: But when we get these guys right now, obviously we're 852 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 20: gonna have to go find rush. 853 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,279 Speaker 17: There's no secret. We talked about it. Last year. We 854 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 17: had to go find a quarterback. 855 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:54,919 Speaker 20: This year, we got to go find ways to add 856 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 20: to our rush pass rush. 857 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,839 Speaker 19: There's plenty of pass rushers in this gray. I've heard 858 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 19: obviously the NFC South, that's your first title. Tampa's been 859 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 19: that team for a while. What you know, obviously we 860 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,880 Speaker 19: talked about six and three for you guys at one period. 861 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 19: What does it take for you guys to get over 862 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 19: the top and take Tampa down? 863 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 17: You know, we got to go beat Baker. Man, let's 864 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 17: not get ourselves right. 865 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 20: But you just can't add it just to Tampa right 866 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 20: this this division is growing every single day. These things 867 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,239 Speaker 20: switch around so fast in the NFL. You know, I 868 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 20: remember there was a time we're the best division. I 869 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,720 Speaker 20: remember times there were the worst division. And who knows 870 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 20: going to happen in the next year. So like, you 871 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 20: got to find ways to get better first at home 872 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 20: and then you gotta find ways to beat that division 873 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 20: in order to get you in the playoffs and get 874 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 20: you to the spot you want to be in. 875 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,399 Speaker 19: Absolutely appreciate you, Raheem for the time always looking good 876 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 19: and can't wait to see Thanksgab this year. 877 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 17: Speaking of looking good, man, you look good. 878 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:42,760 Speaker 2: Appreciate that man. 879 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 5: The NFL Combine presented by Microsoft co Pilot, where a 880 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,759 Speaker 5: dream that starts small can get big and a name 881 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 5: that's unknown can become the future next is here. The 882 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 5: twenty twenty five NFL Combine this Thursday thru Sunday on 883 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 5: NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus. And when we 884 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,800 Speaker 5: return on the Insiders, we're going to talk to Steelers 885 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 5: general manager Omar Khan about their quarterback situation. Could it 886 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,320 Speaker 5: still involve that guy, Russell Wilson. 887 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,680 Speaker 1: Pay no attention to the man behind the steel curtain? Actually, 888 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 1: please do, because Omar Khan was kind enough to sit 889 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,360 Speaker 1: down today with Judy talking about these guys, Russell Wilson, 890 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: justin fields and the future at quarterback in Pittsburgh. Miles 891 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 1: Garrett is still in that division. He's still a Brown 892 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: and to hear GM Andrew Berry tell it, that's not 893 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,840 Speaker 1: gonna change. But exactly how committed is Cleveland to getting 894 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,719 Speaker 1: its superstar back in the fold after a trade request. 895 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,520 Speaker 1: Mike g sits down with ab to break that down, 896 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: and Cale Williams has a new coach in Chicago, Caleb 897 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: Now it sounds like he's not leaving Ben Johnson alone. 898 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,320 Speaker 1: A great chat with the new Bears head coach awaits 899 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: this hour as well. That's why they gave. 900 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 2: Us sixty extra minutes. 901 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the Insiders at the Combine. It is 902 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: a two hour special tonight here inside Lucas Oil Stadium 903 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,839 Speaker 1: where in just a couple of days some of the 904 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: top prospects in the twenty twenty five NFL Draft will 905 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: be right down there on the field behind us, showing 906 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: us what they can do. Alongside Judy Batista, Mike Garafalo, 907 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: Ian rappaport I am Tom Pelicero. We got Chiefs GM 908 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: Brett Veach on the show in this hour as well. 909 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,280 Speaker 2: We also have Bengals coach Zach. 910 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: Taylor, who had some interesting things to say during his 911 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: conversation at the podium with reporters as well as with 912 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,920 Speaker 1: Judy in parts, saying the expectation, in Taylor's words, is 913 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 1: that they're going to have t Higgins and Trey Hendrickson 914 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: back in the fold for twenty twenty five. T Higgins 915 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: of course set up to become a free agent, but 916 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: the Bengals have been committed to get a long term 917 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,440 Speaker 1: deal done. If they can't, it is likely and now 918 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: expected that they're going to place the franchise tag on Higgins. 919 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,360 Speaker 1: As for Trey, Henderson wants a new contract dissension that 920 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 1: puts him among the highest paid defensive players right now, 921 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,960 Speaker 1: He's still on the books for twenty twenty five, and 922 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,640 Speaker 1: certainly in Taylor's mind, that's not going to take place. 923 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:23,359 Speaker 1: Anywhere other than in Cincinnati. Anthony Richardson may have some 924 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 1: changes on the horizon. GM Chris Ballard speaking for the 925 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: reporters a short time ago and said they are going 926 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: to add a veteran to that quarterback room, and when 927 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: asked about the competition, Ballard said it'll be open. Anthony Richardson, 928 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 1: of course, the fourth overall pick just a couple of 929 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,839 Speaker 1: years ago. Bench last season put back into the job 930 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 1: they had Joe Flacco. He started for a bit, But 931 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 1: based upon Ballard's words, seems like perhaps they're trying to 932 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,960 Speaker 1: bring in a little bit stronger competition this time around. 933 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,560 Speaker 1: I meanwhile, the Chiefs, it sounds like they're not going 934 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 1: to need a new tight end. And how would they 935 00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: replace Travis Kelcey anyway, Brett Veach said earlier today when 936 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,080 Speaker 1: he left it with Travis Kelsey, Kelsey was fired up 937 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: about coming back in twenty twenty five. Also told me 938 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,240 Speaker 1: that Kelsey was battling a more severe illness than anybody 939 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,839 Speaker 1: realized heading into the Super Bowl. 940 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 2: Stick around a lot more from Brett Veach later on 941 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:17,479 Speaker 2: in this show. 942 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: We are here at the scouting combine, Bucky Brooks released 943 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,279 Speaker 1: his mock draft two point zero ahead of the combine. 944 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: He's got Abduel Carter up there going number one. Carter 945 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,279 Speaker 1: dealing with a shoulderage. You're gonna be cleared for Pro Day, 946 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,320 Speaker 1: not going to participate here. Cam Ward, Shadu or Sanders 947 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,359 Speaker 1: are up there in the top three as well, which 948 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: would mean no quarterbacks sitting on the board for the 949 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: Jets at number seven, they of course have a QB need. 950 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,359 Speaker 1: After announcing the week after the Super Bowl they are 951 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 1: partying ways with forty one year old Aaron Rodgers moving 952 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,960 Speaker 1: on in a different direction. Darren Mougie today said there 953 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: was no ultimatum to Aaron Rodgers. They simply decided it 954 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,440 Speaker 1: was time for a change. Here's what the new head coach, 955 00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:58,799 Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn had to say. 956 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 21: We're looking for smart, tough, aggressive and resilient players. 957 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 17: All right. 958 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 21: We're gonna do everything we can to find those guys. 959 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 21: And listen, you can find them in all different spots, 960 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,200 Speaker 21: small schools, big time schools, trades where we can find them. 961 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 21: We're gonna try to bring them on this team. We're 962 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,279 Speaker 21: gonna bring in competition at every position. It's not just 963 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 21: the quarterback position that can be d tackled. dB linebacker, 964 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 21: doesn't matter the nature of this game is competing, and 965 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,400 Speaker 21: we're gonna do that at every position. Listen, I understand 966 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 21: the reaction of the players, but I will say this, 967 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,479 Speaker 21: Every decision that men moves you make is to win 968 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 21: and to win now. So I understand it. But again, listen, 969 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,040 Speaker 21: that's not gonna be the last decision I make. 970 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 9: Right. 971 00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,440 Speaker 21: That's gonna upset some people, and that's okay, right, but 972 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,360 Speaker 21: as men, we talk about it, we make sure we 973 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:46,920 Speaker 21: keep it in the house that we're gonna continue to do. 974 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,839 Speaker 1: Notable that he says every move is to win and 975 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,360 Speaker 1: win now, which means in turn, that means Aaron Rodgers 976 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,759 Speaker 1: was not the guy to win or win now. So 977 00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: what direction does this go in New York? Mic Well? 978 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,760 Speaker 6: Rod Taylor's on the roster right now and a candidate 979 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 6: to be a starter for the Jets this season. Wouldn't 980 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,879 Speaker 6: be the last time, or this should be the first 981 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 6: time that he was a bridge quarterback. 982 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:09,520 Speaker 1: For a team. 983 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,359 Speaker 3: Uh, at least a third time. 984 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,040 Speaker 6: Count them up, bean, while I'm talking, because you're probably 985 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,680 Speaker 6: right about that. Yeah, I mean Buffalo, he. 986 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:16,640 Speaker 1: Will legit clean. 987 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:20,600 Speaker 3: Yeah the fourth time. 988 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:21,239 Speaker 9: There you go. 989 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:25,320 Speaker 6: So, Tyrod Taylor Bridge a possibility, uh, and the draft 990 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 6: as well. I mean they're there are a possibility to 991 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,440 Speaker 6: move up in the draft or even depending on how 992 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,360 Speaker 6: the top of the draft falls, could have a quarterback 993 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:35,200 Speaker 6: at that spot for them, uh there to potentially take there. So, 994 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,120 Speaker 6: you know, is every decision to win now, I mean, 995 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,520 Speaker 6: I think Darren Mougie came in and he pitched the 996 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,359 Speaker 6: Jets on a plan, a long term plan for how 997 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,680 Speaker 6: to build this thing up the right way. So I 998 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,160 Speaker 6: don't know, you know, and and quinnin Williams might be 999 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,960 Speaker 6: upset about this. He put out that tweet and then 1000 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,480 Speaker 6: deleted it about I guess it's another rebuild year for me. 1001 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,920 Speaker 6: You can rebuild quickly. There's enough talent on this roster 1002 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,439 Speaker 6: that you can rebuild quickly. The question is what they're 1003 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,680 Speaker 6: going to do at the quarterback position. They're not tipping 1004 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 6: their hands certainly on that, but at least they have 1005 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 6: tire Rod in house. 1006 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:05,319 Speaker 17: Well. 1007 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,799 Speaker 5: First of all, there was a strong new sheriff in 1008 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 5: town vibe from Aaron Glenn that he made it clear 1009 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,239 Speaker 5: he had spoken to quinnin Williams about that we're going 1010 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 5: to keep that in house, and also saying like people 1011 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,680 Speaker 5: are going to disagree with me, and that's fine. That 1012 00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,239 Speaker 5: was a very strong Bill Parcells vibe, by the way, 1013 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,200 Speaker 5: like you can disagree with me, I'm the head coach. 1014 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,440 Speaker 5: He also made the point that he does not want 1015 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,759 Speaker 5: the entire team to be about the quarterback, right, and 1016 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 5: he is conscious of the fact that we're all quarterback 1017 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 5: obsessed in the NFL, but he wants this to be 1018 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,799 Speaker 5: a more complete team. And that was certainly saying they 1019 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,759 Speaker 5: did not want to discuss Aaron Rodgers in detail. They 1020 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,400 Speaker 5: certainly want to put that behind him, But that was 1021 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:48,080 Speaker 5: his way of saying, he's not going to see have 1022 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:52,879 Speaker 5: a team that is constructed for the quarterback and by 1023 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,200 Speaker 5: the quarterback, which is certainly what the Jets had for 1024 00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,400 Speaker 5: the last two seasons. Very much turning the page on 1025 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,840 Speaker 5: the Aaron Rodgers era and the era of the Jets 1026 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 5: that was built just to Aaron Rodgers. 1027 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,120 Speaker 4: Liking well, and this to me kind of brings me 1028 00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:11,040 Speaker 4: back to where Aaron Glenn came from in Detroit. I mean, 1029 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 4: obviously you know the Allion's quarterback. It's Jared Goffer. Reclamation 1030 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,239 Speaker 4: project went from being someone who is just kind of 1031 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,560 Speaker 4: cast aside by the Rams to being their franchise guy. 1032 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 4: But that's not how the team was built. It was 1033 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,239 Speaker 4: been on the offensive line, it has been on the 1034 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,439 Speaker 4: defensive line. It was built with impact players, regardless of 1035 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,239 Speaker 4: kind of where they came from, and regardless off people thought, 1036 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,840 Speaker 4: I don't know, should we take a running back in 1037 00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:33,759 Speaker 4: the top fifteen, or an off the ball linebacker in 1038 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:38,120 Speaker 4: the first round, or a right tackle really early in 1039 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,840 Speaker 4: the top of all these different places that talented players 1040 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:42,520 Speaker 4: came from. 1041 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:43,920 Speaker 3: This is how you built. 1042 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,920 Speaker 4: And I think in Detroit we learned and you know, 1043 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,400 Speaker 4: we've learned this in other places. But obviously Aaron Glenn 1044 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:54,080 Speaker 4: saw it up close. This is not about just the quarterback. 1045 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,799 Speaker 4: You can build around him, drop a quarterback in and 1046 00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:00,480 Speaker 4: see them have success. A clear sort of message that yes, 1047 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,640 Speaker 4: we are going to be discussing the quarterbacks, but that 1048 00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 4: is not all they are going to be discussing. That said, 1049 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,640 Speaker 4: they picked number seven, they could take QB three anyway 1050 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:09,880 Speaker 4: and end up with their franchise guy. 1051 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:10,439 Speaker 3: All right, go ahead. 1052 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:12,880 Speaker 1: So the Jets need the quarterback of both now and 1053 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 1: the future. The Vikings kind of have the opposite issue, 1054 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,319 Speaker 1: where they've got a twenty seven year old Pro Bowl 1055 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,760 Speaker 1: quarterback in Sam Donald coming off of the best season 1056 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,120 Speaker 1: of his career on a one year contract, and they 1057 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,680 Speaker 1: got twenty two year old JJ McCarthy who they took 1058 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,040 Speaker 1: in the top ten of the draft just a year ago. 1059 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,600 Speaker 1: Sam Donald at this point would become a free agent 1060 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,600 Speaker 1: if they don't use the franchise tag, which remains a possibility. 1061 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,280 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell addressed those possibilities today. 1062 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,080 Speaker 22: Sam's year was so fun to be a part of, 1063 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,879 Speaker 22: just thinking back to this time last year and then 1064 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:49,120 Speaker 22: onward through the offseason, acquiring Sam and getting him to 1065 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,320 Speaker 22: trust in us to help him on that next step 1066 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,520 Speaker 22: in his quarterback journey, and what a step it was. 1067 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,840 Speaker 9: So proud of the year he had. 1068 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,879 Speaker 22: JJ's doing really well from a standpoint of where he's 1069 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,319 Speaker 22: progressed do in his rehab and in a phase now 1070 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,440 Speaker 22: where he's got his site set on that offseason program, 1071 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,160 Speaker 22: start dating and getting off to a great start there. 1072 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,520 Speaker 22: And then I can't speak enough about Daniel Jones and 1073 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 22: the short time we did have him. I thought it 1074 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,640 Speaker 22: was incredibly impactful for Daniel, but also for us to 1075 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,200 Speaker 22: get to know him and allow him to kind of 1076 00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,239 Speaker 22: learn a little bit about our offense, how we train 1077 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,719 Speaker 22: and coach the quarterback position, and he showed some real 1078 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:31,400 Speaker 22: positive early results from that. So feel incredibly fortunate to 1079 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,279 Speaker 22: be discussing those kind of names, you know, with Brett 1080 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,200 Speaker 22: Ripping and Nick Mullens also in our quarterback room, and 1081 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,320 Speaker 22: you know, we're evaluating the short term and long term 1082 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,600 Speaker 22: aspect of it. It's still early in the off season process, 1083 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:47,600 Speaker 22: but ultimately excited about you know what lies ahead in 1084 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:48,359 Speaker 22: twenty twenty five. 1085 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,400 Speaker 1: I don't think Kevin O'Connell was sending a message to 1086 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,919 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold anyway there, but I think it's notable Judy 1087 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,480 Speaker 1: that he brings up Daniel Jones' name. In other words, 1088 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot of different scenarios here. I would anticipate 1089 00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,120 Speaker 1: their go have a veteran quarterback on the roster. In 1090 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,359 Speaker 1: some regard, what they're focused on is making sure they 1091 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,280 Speaker 1: got the resources, the cat money to build a championship 1092 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,400 Speaker 1: caliber roster around whoever's at the quarterback position. At some 1093 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,040 Speaker 1: point the numbers go so high on Sam Donald, maybe 1094 00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:15,640 Speaker 1: you're better off with a more economical option in Daniel Jones, 1095 00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,600 Speaker 1: But they do have the tag at their disposal. 1096 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:18,080 Speaker 2: What do you make it? 1097 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,040 Speaker 1: Where the Vikings did. 1098 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, they're certainly not willing to tip their hands this early. 1099 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:25,000 Speaker 5: Like they talked a lot about like it's really early 1100 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,000 Speaker 5: in the process. It's so really it's like, well, not really, 1101 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,440 Speaker 5: if you're gonna use the tag, you got to do 1102 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,120 Speaker 5: that in the next two weeks or so, like, not 1103 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,480 Speaker 5: really that early, But they seem to be working through things. 1104 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,600 Speaker 5: They also bait the point I can't remember if I 1105 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,040 Speaker 5: can't remember who said it, but like they don't want 1106 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,879 Speaker 5: to overweigh what happened in the last two games of. 1107 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:43,600 Speaker 11: The regular season. 1108 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:46,160 Speaker 5: They also don't want to underweigh it, right, I mean 1109 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,880 Speaker 5: they have to, Like, if you're looking at the whole season, 1110 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,759 Speaker 5: how much do you put into what happened in those 1111 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,360 Speaker 5: last two games, which was obviously a tremendous disappointment given 1112 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,280 Speaker 5: how the rest of the season went for Sam Donald? 1113 00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,520 Speaker 3: Is that the real Sam Donald? 1114 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,520 Speaker 11: Is that not the real Sam Donald? 1115 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: What would that be? 1116 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,239 Speaker 5: And is that somebody they are comfortable going forward with 1117 00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:08,640 Speaker 5: still a lot of moving pieces here. 1118 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,640 Speaker 6: The more we start to dig into the quarterback landscape 1119 00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:16,200 Speaker 6: right now, the more I'm getting the vibe of the 1120 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,480 Speaker 6: teams that have a quarterback are looking around at the 1121 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,560 Speaker 6: teams that don't have a quarterback, and how desperate they 1122 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,359 Speaker 6: might be, and how few options there are out there 1123 00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:27,799 Speaker 6: that they go, why would we let a good one 1124 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:28,799 Speaker 6: out right? 1125 00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,520 Speaker 1: And why we've got one here? 1126 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,960 Speaker 6: And yes, JJ McCarthy is certainly in their long term plans. 1127 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,120 Speaker 6: But we've got a good quarterback who performed last year 1128 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,680 Speaker 6: in Sam Donald. We're not just gonna let him walk 1129 00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,279 Speaker 6: out the door like there's gonna be an effort here 1130 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,680 Speaker 6: to resign him or again, Tom as you mentioned, we 1131 00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:43,520 Speaker 6: may have to use the tag that buys us more 1132 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,759 Speaker 6: time to continue negotiating with him or whatever can come 1133 00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,640 Speaker 6: off of that. But whether it's Sam Donald or you know, 1134 00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:53,000 Speaker 6: Derek Carr with the Saints or Gino Smith with the Seahawks, 1135 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:55,640 Speaker 6: these are are the top five quarterbacks that you're going 1136 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,080 Speaker 6: to be set for the next ten. 1137 00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:57,879 Speaker 2: To fifteen years with. 1138 00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,000 Speaker 6: No but they're good quarterbacks and a lot of teams 1139 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,160 Speaker 6: would like to have a good quarterback right now, at 1140 00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:03,239 Speaker 6: least for the short term. 1141 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,279 Speaker 3: Well, the Vikings believe they have two, right. 1142 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,360 Speaker 4: I mean, if you look at the landscape of quarterbacks 1143 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,799 Speaker 4: and you just mentioned I think you mentioned all the names. 1144 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,200 Speaker 4: We certainly mentioned all the names in this segment. It 1145 00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:16,160 Speaker 4: seems to me, based on my conversations that in this offseason, 1146 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:18,960 Speaker 4: of the quarterbacks available, Sam Donald. 1147 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:19,920 Speaker 3: Seems to be the best, right. 1148 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,040 Speaker 4: I mean, you could sort of argue Matthew Stafford, who's 1149 00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:24,640 Speaker 4: a little older, but Donald seems to be the dude. 1150 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,279 Speaker 3: The Vikings have him, so if they want to have 1151 00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:29,960 Speaker 3: him be their starter, they can do that. That's not 1152 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:30,399 Speaker 3: that hard. 1153 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,200 Speaker 4: They could tag them, or they could reach a new 1154 00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:33,360 Speaker 4: deal based around the tag. 1155 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:34,879 Speaker 3: If they want to have. 1156 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 4: JJ McCarthy be their starter, they're in an unbelievable position 1157 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,000 Speaker 4: of just being able to hold on to the guy 1158 00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:43,400 Speaker 4: and say you want to get. 1159 00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:44,560 Speaker 3: Him, come get him. 1160 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,000 Speaker 4: And we haven't seen this a lot, but for the 1161 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:49,400 Speaker 4: Vikings it's like, you know, we'll talk about, oh, this 1162 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,759 Speaker 4: they had a good free agent and he goes to 1163 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:53,400 Speaker 4: somewhere else and he signs a lot of money, they 1164 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:55,600 Speaker 4: get a compic you know, a third rounder in. 1165 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,959 Speaker 3: A couple of years. This is like that, but accelerated. 1166 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:03,279 Speaker 4: It's like COMPIC plus plus amazing amazing situations. 1167 00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:04,120 Speaker 3: For the Vikings. 1168 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:06,919 Speaker 4: If they're comfortable enough with JJ McCarthy to be their guy, 1169 00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:08,880 Speaker 4: they can just auction off Sam John. 1170 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:10,120 Speaker 3: And go come pay for him. 1171 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,000 Speaker 1: You mentioned the fact that you've got one guy in 1172 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,120 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold in terms of the free agent quarterbacks where 1173 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,640 Speaker 1: we would anticipate gets paid. The Steelers have two guys 1174 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,040 Speaker 1: who are going to be in that free agent class, 1175 00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:22,120 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson or Dustin Fields. If they can't get a 1176 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:25,200 Speaker 1: deal done with either of them, I would anticipate. I 1177 00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,400 Speaker 1: said this on Super Bowl Sunday, if the Steelers resigned 1178 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,840 Speaker 1: Wilson or Justin Fields, it's probably a short term deal again, 1179 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:33,760 Speaker 1: and it's probably while they continue to search for their 1180 00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,239 Speaker 1: future quarterback again. But certainly these are guys who are 1181 00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:40,360 Speaker 1: going to have opportunities this year. Well Mark con discussed 1182 00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,120 Speaker 1: that when he sat down with Judy a little bit ago. 1183 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:46,799 Speaker 5: Omar, let's start with the big question looming over this offseason. 1184 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:50,960 Speaker 5: Where do you stand on a quarterback decision for the team? 1185 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,960 Speaker 23: Judy, thanks for having me on. You know, it's the 1186 00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:55,879 Speaker 23: question on a lot. I've gotten that question a lot 1187 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,400 Speaker 23: this week so far. Obviously, I'll say this. You know, 1188 00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,920 Speaker 23: we went into last year understanding that all three of 1189 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,600 Speaker 23: our quarterbacks were going into last year of their deals, 1190 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,520 Speaker 23: you know, and here we are this year. It was 1191 00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,880 Speaker 23: a good experience with all three of those guys. You know, 1192 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,040 Speaker 23: we'd like to you know, in an ideal world, we'd 1193 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:15,600 Speaker 23: like to have a combination of the three guys back 1194 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:17,400 Speaker 23: on our roster. But as we stand right now, you know, 1195 00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:19,959 Speaker 23: no one's signed, so all options are on the table. 1196 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:23,680 Speaker 23: Had conversations with Russ's group and Justin's group, and uh 1197 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:25,960 Speaker 23: even positive you know, I truly believe both of them 1198 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,520 Speaker 23: would like to to be here, and you know, the 1199 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,799 Speaker 23: conversations continue and we'll see where it goes. 1200 00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,960 Speaker 11: What's your timeline for when you'd like to have that settled? 1201 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,440 Speaker 23: You know, it's always you know, always, you know, when 1202 00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,120 Speaker 23: you go through this, you always say sooner than later. 1203 00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:42,040 Speaker 23: But the reality is, you know they you know, when 1204 00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 23: we do sign a quarterback or acquire a quarterback, uh, 1205 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:48,360 Speaker 23: that's going to have an impact on all the other positions. 1206 00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:50,160 Speaker 23: So the sooner we have that decision better. 1207 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,440 Speaker 5: It's looking outside the organization for a quarterback free agency trade. 1208 00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,560 Speaker 11: Is that a possibility preferably? 1209 00:53:56,680 --> 00:53:58,239 Speaker 23: We you know, we have the two guys that we 1210 00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:02,640 Speaker 23: had between Russ and Justin. You know, that's our first preference, 1211 00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,720 Speaker 23: But the reality is we don't have a guy under contract. 1212 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,480 Speaker 23: So until that happens, you know, all options have to 1213 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:08,359 Speaker 23: be on the table for us. 1214 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,400 Speaker 5: With the way the season ended last year, with the 1215 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,719 Speaker 5: losing streak, the offense obviously stalled. They are towards the 1216 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,680 Speaker 5: end when you look at the off season, what do 1217 00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:19,640 Speaker 5: you think you need to do to get the team 1218 00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:20,360 Speaker 5: back on track. 1219 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:22,880 Speaker 23: No, we we were ten and three at one point, 1220 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,480 Speaker 23: and you know, things didn't go well after that. We 1221 00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:28,000 Speaker 23: lost five straight games, and that's unacceptable. We know that, 1222 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,440 Speaker 23: we own it. We recognize that. You know, we we 1223 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,520 Speaker 23: have to look ourselves in the mirror, all of us, 1224 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:38,040 Speaker 23: top to bottom, and see how how we can not 1225 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,239 Speaker 23: make the same mistakes we made last year and and 1226 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:42,400 Speaker 23: just building some of the good things that we have. 1227 00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:44,080 Speaker 9: And we're in the process of doing that. You know, 1228 00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:45,319 Speaker 9: we we we. 1229 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:47,880 Speaker 23: Look at how we do things every year, and we're 1230 00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:48,719 Speaker 23: doing that right now. 1231 00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,480 Speaker 5: It's one of those things, maybe acquiring a few more 1232 00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:52,800 Speaker 5: playmakers for the offense. 1233 00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:55,040 Speaker 23: You know, you can always you can't have enough playmakers. 1234 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,120 Speaker 23: So I think that's you know, you guys watched us 1235 00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,040 Speaker 23: last year. We obviously need more playmakers. 1236 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,640 Speaker 11: George ends you want him their long term. 1237 00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,160 Speaker 23: I had George and I had a really solid exit 1238 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:11,000 Speaker 23: meeting after the season, and he he knows our expectations 1239 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,080 Speaker 23: for him, and you know he has expectations for himself. 1240 00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:16,920 Speaker 23: I believe George has a desire to be great and 1241 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,480 Speaker 23: desire to be great as a Steeler. 1242 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:19,360 Speaker 9: Uh. 1243 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:22,680 Speaker 23: And you know, we we we we're excited about the 1244 00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:24,160 Speaker 23: future and we'll see where all that goes. 1245 00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:26,880 Speaker 5: We're just going to go down the offense. We're just 1246 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,720 Speaker 5: going to go every position group offensive line. It sounds 1247 00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,480 Speaker 5: like there's going to be a few position changes on 1248 00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,680 Speaker 5: the offensive line. How do you feel about the state 1249 00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:36,080 Speaker 5: of your offensive line right now? 1250 00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,560 Speaker 23: So we we've obviously invested a lot of draft capital 1251 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,480 Speaker 23: on the offensive line the last couple of years, Judy, 1252 00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:43,239 Speaker 23: and you know, we we feel good about it. You know, 1253 00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:45,000 Speaker 23: a couple of guys are free agents, and you know 1254 00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,160 Speaker 23: there's some guys that may have to move positions and 1255 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,360 Speaker 23: adjust to where they played. But you know, excited to 1256 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:51,959 Speaker 23: have Broderick and you know some of the young guys 1257 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,640 Speaker 23: Broderick and we drafted Spencer Anderson the same draft. 1258 00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:55,719 Speaker 9: And you know last year. 1259 00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:58,600 Speaker 23: Troy Fatan who got hurt, we were expecting big things 1260 00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,880 Speaker 23: that it was unfortunately he got hurt. But he's on 1261 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,919 Speaker 23: the on the right path helping us in twenty twenty five. 1262 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,600 Speaker 23: And Mason McCormick. We took him in the fourth round 1263 00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:09,719 Speaker 23: and can't say enough about Mason. He worked really hard, 1264 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,839 Speaker 23: got better every week and you know, so we feel 1265 00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:14,200 Speaker 23: good about the offensive line. 1266 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,320 Speaker 5: Nanjie Harris, what's his future with the Steelers? 1267 00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,279 Speaker 23: You know, we now have tons of respect for Nauge 1268 00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:22,240 Speaker 23: and what he's done. You know, he's four straight thousand 1269 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:24,480 Speaker 23: yard seasons and that's hard of doing this league. 1270 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,240 Speaker 9: And you know, all options are on the table. 1271 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:29,120 Speaker 23: You know, we're not closing the door in anything, but 1272 00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,680 Speaker 23: understand he's a free agent and we'll see where it goes. 1273 00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:33,920 Speaker 11: That's a big picture. 1274 00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,040 Speaker 5: It's been a while since the Steelers have made a 1275 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:39,719 Speaker 5: deep push in the playoffs. Been a while since there's 1276 00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,600 Speaker 5: been a Super Bowl appearance for a team that has 1277 00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:44,640 Speaker 5: been turned awful lot of Super Bowls. What do you 1278 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,360 Speaker 5: have to do to get over that hump? 1279 00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:49,719 Speaker 9: Well, we have to be self aware. It's disappointing. 1280 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,279 Speaker 23: As I mentioned earlier, you know, we have to look 1281 00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,000 Speaker 23: every one of us has to look at ourselves in 1282 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:57,440 Speaker 23: the mirror and revisit everything that we do and how 1283 00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:00,880 Speaker 23: we do it. And it's it's an organizational thing. And 1284 00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:04,680 Speaker 23: but you know, I'm confident that we were reviewing our 1285 00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:08,520 Speaker 23: processes and how we do things and and that we 1286 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,480 Speaker 23: can turn this around and get to where we want 1287 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:11,479 Speaker 23: to be in twenty twenty five. 1288 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,640 Speaker 5: What convinces you that Mike Tomlin is the guy to 1289 00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:17,320 Speaker 5: do that? Still after all of these years. 1290 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,120 Speaker 23: You know, Mike t and I have been together now 1291 00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:20,880 Speaker 23: for eighteen years. You know, I've been in this capacity 1292 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,920 Speaker 23: going to my third draft, and you know, I just 1293 00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:23,959 Speaker 23: see the passion and. 1294 00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,560 Speaker 9: That he has and he's great to work with. 1295 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:28,960 Speaker 23: And you know, I just I just I love him 1296 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,080 Speaker 23: as a person and a football coach, and I'm excited 1297 00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:32,200 Speaker 23: with the future holds for us. 1298 00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:34,880 Speaker 5: And I'll ask you one question about the coming season. 1299 00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,280 Speaker 5: You're going to play in Dublin. I know how special 1300 00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,360 Speaker 5: that is to the Steelers organization. 1301 00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:41,640 Speaker 11: And the Rooney family. Yeah, yeah, how actually looking forward 1302 00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:41,920 Speaker 11: to that. 1303 00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,400 Speaker 23: You know, Judy, as you know, I had Urt Rooney 1304 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:48,680 Speaker 23: and Dane have done a great job of getting this 1305 00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,320 Speaker 23: game for us in Dublin. And as you know, I 1306 00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,880 Speaker 23: had a very close relationship with Ambassador Dan Rooney, and 1307 00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,520 Speaker 23: I had the opportunity and the honor to be in 1308 00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,200 Speaker 23: Ireland twice while he was ambassador over to visit them. 1309 00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:01,040 Speaker 23: And I got to tell I can't wait. It's gonna 1310 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,240 Speaker 23: be an awesome experience. The people, the countryside, the culture. 1311 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:06,560 Speaker 23: It's just it's gonna be awesome, and I can't wait. 1312 00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 9: I hope, I hope you make that trip over. 1313 00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:10,600 Speaker 23: I hope you get on the when you leave the set, 1314 00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,360 Speaker 23: Judy has to be there also, not playing a game than. 1315 00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:16,520 Speaker 12: You go? 1316 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:17,919 Speaker 1: What chime is any right? There? 1317 00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:18,480 Speaker 15: Uh? 1318 00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:21,800 Speaker 1: The Steelers posting some of their great forty yard dashes 1319 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,640 Speaker 1: through the years. You got Joey Porter Junior there at 1320 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,600 Speaker 1: the bottom right, Ian, can you name anyone else in 1321 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:27,040 Speaker 1: this photo? 1322 00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:32,640 Speaker 17: No? How about bottom left? Come on? 1323 00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:33,320 Speaker 1: Bottom left? 1324 00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:34,640 Speaker 3: Is your terrible photo of them? 1325 00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:34,919 Speaker 17: Left? 1326 00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:37,960 Speaker 3: Their faces are all weird. They got no numbers, They 1327 00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:39,280 Speaker 3: got no names. 1328 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:43,240 Speaker 1: Ideal either age. Look at the look at the numbers. 1329 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:44,920 Speaker 1: The numbers tell you where they are in the alphabet. 1330 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:49,120 Speaker 4: I'm much better when you put a name under it 1331 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:50,160 Speaker 4: so I could just read it. 1332 00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that should be. We don't have room for 1333 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,880 Speaker 1: it on the screen. We don't have him for my fault. 1334 00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:58,560 Speaker 6: But have been up and down first season for Kayleb 1335 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,919 Speaker 6: Williams with the Chicago Bears. But the potential is there, 1336 00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,600 Speaker 6: the promise is there. And Ryan Poles, the man who's 1337 00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,840 Speaker 6: selected Caleb, says that new head coach Ben Johnson, who 1338 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:10,160 Speaker 6: was certainly highly sought after the last couple of years 1339 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:14,000 Speaker 6: and decided to take his coaching talents to Chicago, will 1340 00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:15,240 Speaker 6: help take Caleb and the. 1341 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:16,360 Speaker 1: Team to the next level. 1342 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,959 Speaker 6: Here is our Tom Pelasero with Ben Johnson earlier today. 1343 00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,920 Speaker 1: Been about a month on the job. Now, is your 1344 00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:26,200 Speaker 1: brain settled? Have you come out of the whirlwind? 1345 00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:26,360 Speaker 5: Just? 1346 00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,600 Speaker 14: I don't think it's going to settle this year, and 1347 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:31,200 Speaker 14: that's perfectly fine with me. It's everything I knew I 1348 00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,920 Speaker 14: was getting myself into, and I've loved every. 1349 00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:34,800 Speaker 2: Step of the way so far. 1350 00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:36,720 Speaker 1: How do you navigate that, I shure you walk in 1351 00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,040 Speaker 1: the building, there's a million things you want to do 1352 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,280 Speaker 1: from like what's on the walls obviously, your scheme and 1353 00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:42,960 Speaker 1: your culture. 1354 00:59:43,120 --> 00:59:45,280 Speaker 14: Where do you start? How do you kind of compartmentally? 1355 00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:47,880 Speaker 14: You start by surrounding yourself with the right people. And 1356 00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:49,880 Speaker 14: that's what I feel like I've done from a coaching 1357 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,240 Speaker 14: staff perspective. Getting Dennis Allen as a defensive coordinator was 1358 00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:55,880 Speaker 14: huge for me because I do want to call plays 1359 00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:58,000 Speaker 14: on offense, and I know that I need a strong 1360 00:59:58,120 --> 00:59:59,680 Speaker 14: presence there on the other side of the ball that 1361 00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:02,760 Speaker 14: has history of producing good defenses. 1362 01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:04,320 Speaker 2: And that's what I was able to get. 1363 01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,000 Speaker 14: And then I've got a great chief of staff here 1364 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,520 Speaker 14: with me too, that's helping navigate some of the pitfalls 1365 01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:12,000 Speaker 14: that could come on a first time head coach as well. 1366 01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:14,920 Speaker 14: So it's things like that that have really added up 1367 01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:17,560 Speaker 14: and made this as seamless as transition as it could be. 1368 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:20,480 Speaker 1: I know, under the rules, you can't coach Caleb Williams 1369 01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:21,880 Speaker 1: as yet, but I know you've talked to him. He 1370 01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,800 Speaker 1: was at your introductory press commerce. What's that relationship like 1371 01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:25,400 Speaker 1: in the very. 1372 01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,400 Speaker 2: Very early show man, I tell you what, He's hungry. 1373 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:28,120 Speaker 2: He's hungry. 1374 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:31,200 Speaker 14: I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl with my family. 1375 01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:34,280 Speaker 14: I made it back to Detroit just for a weekend, 1376 01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,200 Speaker 14: and I'm watching and my phone just keeps buzzing and 1377 01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,160 Speaker 14: it's Caleb time and time again. 1378 01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:40,960 Speaker 2: You know what's going on here? What do we think? Oh, 1379 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:41,880 Speaker 2: that was a cool play? 1380 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,160 Speaker 14: Things like that, And so I just know this is 1381 01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:48,640 Speaker 14: a hungry individual that he's ready to get this career 1382 01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,360 Speaker 14: started of his because he's got a chance to be 1383 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:51,480 Speaker 14: pretty darn special. 1384 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:53,520 Speaker 1: Tell me about the parts around him again. I know 1385 01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:55,760 Speaker 1: you dug into the tape before you interviewed with the Bears, 1386 01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:57,320 Speaker 1: but just now that you're getting to watch it more 1387 01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,280 Speaker 1: and you're thinking about how you're going to utilize these guys, 1388 01:00:59,240 --> 01:00:59,840 Speaker 1: when does it begin? 1389 01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:05,120 Speaker 14: Sides Kalb Yeah, I think offensively. Listen, the best thing 1390 01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:07,800 Speaker 14: for Caleb will be to have a strong running game, 1391 01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:10,680 Speaker 14: and so we do want to have more consistent O 1392 01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:12,240 Speaker 14: line play going forward. 1393 01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:14,280 Speaker 2: Feels really good about Swifty. 1394 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:18,200 Speaker 14: Have a history with Swifty from Detroit, and I know 1395 01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,120 Speaker 14: he had a good year this past year in Chicago, 1396 01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:22,120 Speaker 14: so I look forward to that continuing on. And then 1397 01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:25,919 Speaker 14: the two wideouts are phenomenal players. I'm talking Dj Moore 1398 01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:29,400 Speaker 14: and Rome. I think those two guys have just scratched 1399 01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:30,240 Speaker 14: the surface. 1400 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,040 Speaker 2: Of what they're capable of doing. 1401 01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:34,840 Speaker 14: And then Cole Comet isn't someone to snuff your eyes 1402 01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:38,000 Speaker 14: at either, because I mean he's he had a down year, 1403 01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:41,200 Speaker 14: but the catch percentage that I think around eighty percent, 1404 01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,040 Speaker 14: So he is a security blanket for Caleb. 1405 01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:47,200 Speaker 1: So you're in a new market, obviously, in Chicago, you're 1406 01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,360 Speaker 1: with an enemy club. Within the division now from where 1407 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:51,560 Speaker 1: you've been in recent years in Detroit. I did enjoy 1408 01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:53,560 Speaker 1: that you took a small shot at the team that 1409 01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the Bears fans hate more than any others with the 1410 01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:58,960 Speaker 1: Packers here. That's a tough division, though, That's a bunch 1411 01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:01,920 Speaker 1: of really good players, could quarterbacks, good coaches. How do 1412 01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:05,360 Speaker 1: you begin that climb up the mountain knowing that much 1413 01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:07,080 Speaker 1: like it did in Detroit, it might take some time. 1414 01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:09,200 Speaker 14: Yeah, it might say it takes some time. But our 1415 01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,919 Speaker 14: goal right now is to win and win right away. 1416 01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:14,320 Speaker 14: This is not a in our mind's going to take 1417 01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:16,160 Speaker 14: three years to get this thing going. We want to 1418 01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,400 Speaker 14: build around Caleb and we're going to find the right 1419 01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,760 Speaker 14: mix of players to come in and help supplement that. 1420 01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:24,080 Speaker 14: And listen, we know it's going to be a challenge. 1421 01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,040 Speaker 14: Just this divisions to challenge every division in football. That's 1422 01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:30,440 Speaker 14: the way the National Football League's created is complete parody. 1423 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:34,960 Speaker 14: Things go in cycles, and so I get fired up 1424 01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,720 Speaker 14: thinking about the competition that's already in this division. 1425 01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:39,480 Speaker 2: I love sparring. 1426 01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:41,720 Speaker 14: With Brian Flores a couple of times a year, you know, 1427 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:44,200 Speaker 14: I love the thought of going standing on the other 1428 01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:47,120 Speaker 14: sideline of Dan Campbell and yeah, there's a little friendly 1429 01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:50,240 Speaker 14: banter there between myself and coach Laflora, But I have 1430 01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:52,960 Speaker 14: a ton of respect for all those guys and I 1431 01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:54,840 Speaker 14: really look forward to the challenge ahead. 1432 01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:57,920 Speaker 1: So when you just think about that city too, how 1433 01:02:57,960 --> 01:03:00,240 Speaker 1: hungry they are for this Bears team to be good. 1434 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:01,960 Speaker 1: And this is one of the storied franchises in the 1435 01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:04,360 Speaker 1: NFL you're part of. How are they treating you in 1436 01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:04,920 Speaker 1: that city? 1437 01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:05,200 Speaker 2: Have you? 1438 01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,000 Speaker 1: Have you kind of gotten a feel for Chicago? 1439 01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:09,479 Speaker 14: Not yet, I haven't been outside of the building very much, 1440 01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:11,520 Speaker 14: but a little bit that I have going through the 1441 01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:14,880 Speaker 14: airport or something like that. Yeah, it's been open arms 1442 01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,000 Speaker 14: and I think everyone's gotten excitement and a buzz about 1443 01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:21,560 Speaker 14: them right now. And so hopefully, hopefully at some point, 1444 01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:23,760 Speaker 14: once things settled down to have a little spring break 1445 01:03:23,840 --> 01:03:26,560 Speaker 14: or something like that, I can actually experience the city 1446 01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:27,000 Speaker 14: a little bit. 1447 01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:29,600 Speaker 1: The last thing for you, we met years ago, and 1448 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:31,200 Speaker 1: after you got the job, I went to text you 1449 01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:34,120 Speaker 1: and you're still in my phone as Ben Johnson Lions 1450 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,400 Speaker 1: Quality Control. Yeah that's only six years ago, by the way, 1451 01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:40,040 Speaker 1: that's right. How is that guy who was doing the 1452 01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:43,360 Speaker 1: grunt work of drawing the plays and having that role. 1453 01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:45,880 Speaker 1: How does that inform Ben Johnson, head coach of the 1454 01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:46,560 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. 1455 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:50,920 Speaker 14: Well, yeah, listen, you go from Miami where you climbing, 1456 01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:52,720 Speaker 14: and then all of a sudden you hit bottom again. 1457 01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:55,280 Speaker 14: You got to start all over again. It's resilience. It's 1458 01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:59,320 Speaker 14: everything you talk to the players about. It's resilience, is 1459 01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:01,760 Speaker 14: fighting through fit. You're all right, you hit bottom, you 1460 01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:03,920 Speaker 14: won't dust yourself off, and you keep going again. And 1461 01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:07,480 Speaker 14: and I've always thought, you put your head down, you 1462 01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:11,080 Speaker 14: work hard, good things will eventually come. And unfortunately that's 1463 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,320 Speaker 14: what happened. And and you think the people that helped 1464 01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:15,760 Speaker 14: you along the way. Dan Campbell was did a phenomenal 1465 01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:18,560 Speaker 14: job helping me. And I certainly wouldn't be here right 1466 01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:21,480 Speaker 14: now if I didn't, if you didn't give me the opportunity. 1467 01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:24,040 Speaker 1: Ranted Dan earlier today, probably getting like a seventh espresso 1468 01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:25,760 Speaker 1: of the day. Yes, right, have you have you had? 1469 01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:27,280 Speaker 1: Have you talked to him a little bit yet? 1470 01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:29,400 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, we talked a little bit. 1471 01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:31,160 Speaker 1: Now you're on opposite side. How does that go? 1472 01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:34,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's different, it's good, it's good. 1473 01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:35,960 Speaker 1: I'm hat before you, man, Thanks time for the time, 1474 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:36,520 Speaker 1: Thank you. 1475 01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:42,200 Speaker 6: Thank you, Ben Johnson Lyons Quality Control and Tom Pellisero 1476 01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:43,160 Speaker 6: USA today. 1477 01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:44,320 Speaker 1: That's how I have you in my phone. 1478 01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:48,480 Speaker 6: Tom coming up, Miles Garrett once at trade. Andrew Berry 1479 01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:52,280 Speaker 6: is not flinching. They want him back in Cleveland. We 1480 01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:54,320 Speaker 6: talked to Barry. That's coming up next on the. 1481 01:04:54,240 --> 01:05:08,280 Speaker 1: Insiders, Deshaun Watson's cylinder contract with the Browns for another 1482 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:12,120 Speaker 1: two years and ninety two million fully guaranteed. Brown's likely 1483 01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:13,880 Speaker 1: going to get some relief from that in the form 1484 01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:17,440 Speaker 1: of the insurance policy on Watson's contract, with his status 1485 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:19,760 Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty five season very much up in 1486 01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:23,400 Speaker 1: the air after a second tear of his achilles tendon. 1487 01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:26,360 Speaker 1: One way or another, they are going to need a quarterback, 1488 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:29,160 Speaker 1: but will they get one with the number two overall pick. 1489 01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:30,640 Speaker 1: Check out some of the mock drafts that are up 1490 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:34,400 Speaker 1: right now at NFL dot Com. Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky 1491 01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:37,000 Speaker 1: Brooks both have the Browns going cam Ward out of 1492 01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:41,440 Speaker 1: Miami at number two overall. Lance zerlines Cynthia Freeland go 1493 01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:44,680 Speaker 1: and ab Duel Carter the edge player Well. Chad Ryder 1494 01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:47,560 Speaker 1: checks in with some love for Travis Hunter. All names 1495 01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:49,960 Speaker 1: you quite possibly here come off the board in the 1496 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:53,920 Speaker 1: top five Who's Andrew Berry gonna take? He told Mike Garafalo. 1497 01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:59,400 Speaker 6: Here at Browns general manager Andrew Berry, and uh, I'm 1498 01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:00,000 Speaker 6: not gonna do it. 1499 01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm not because it was done enough. 1500 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:05,480 Speaker 6: You just did your podium up there and it was 1501 01:06:05,480 --> 01:06:08,919 Speaker 6: done enough and you were asked repeatedly. So I'll say 1502 01:06:08,960 --> 01:06:12,160 Speaker 6: that you said your stance on Miles Garrett has not 1503 01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:14,000 Speaker 6: changed and you're not going to trade them, And it 1504 01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,160 Speaker 6: doesn't matter how many teams called, because you're not going 1505 01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:20,000 Speaker 6: to trade them. But I will ask around it, and 1506 01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:22,040 Speaker 6: I will say to you, like how long can. 1507 01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:22,320 Speaker 1: This go on? 1508 01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:25,000 Speaker 6: Like you know where he stands now, we know where 1509 01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:27,640 Speaker 6: you stand. There's an off season to go through here, Like, 1510 01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:29,480 Speaker 6: how long can you go through before? Hey, look, we've 1511 01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:31,680 Speaker 6: got to come together and figure out a resolution here. 1512 01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,280 Speaker 24: Yeah, you know, Mike, I got mentioned at the at 1513 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:36,920 Speaker 24: the podium. You know, we have a lot of appreciation 1514 01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:39,680 Speaker 24: for Miles. I've known Miles since he was twenty one 1515 01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:41,960 Speaker 24: years old coming out of Texas A and m He's 1516 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,760 Speaker 24: been a big part of our organization. We think he's 1517 01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:48,800 Speaker 24: the best defensive player in football, and you know, he's 1518 01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:51,080 Speaker 24: an individual that, like you know, we have no interest 1519 01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:53,920 Speaker 24: in no interest in moving. I think we're all frustrated 1520 01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:56,400 Speaker 24: after coming out of last year with just three wins, 1521 01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,840 Speaker 24: and you know that's something that we have to work 1522 01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:03,200 Speaker 24: to improve. But you know, imagining Miles is not a 1523 01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:04,960 Speaker 24: member of the round is not something that not a 1524 01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:05,600 Speaker 24: world that we want. 1525 01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:05,840 Speaker 13: To live in. 1526 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:07,919 Speaker 6: He's made it clear, and it's not a financial thing. 1527 01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:09,120 Speaker 2: It's a competitive thing. 1528 01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:11,840 Speaker 6: And yes, last year obviously the record was not when 1529 01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:13,800 Speaker 6: you had money the year before. You wear a playoff 1530 01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:15,920 Speaker 6: team and you still have talent across this roster. 1531 01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:17,960 Speaker 2: How do you sell him on that? 1532 01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:18,880 Speaker 7: How do you sell other. 1533 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,520 Speaker 1: People say, hey, look, this is a competitive team. 1534 01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:22,800 Speaker 6: We believe we are in a position to compete in 1535 01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:23,600 Speaker 6: twenty twenty five. 1536 01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:26,000 Speaker 24: Yeah, Mike, I'd say, like, you know, our job and 1537 01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:28,400 Speaker 24: our focus is on, you know, making the decisions and 1538 01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:31,160 Speaker 24: doing the right things to get. 1539 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:32,560 Speaker 9: Back to being a lot more competitive than we were 1540 01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:33,200 Speaker 9: last year. 1541 01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:35,480 Speaker 24: You know, at the end of the day, you know, 1542 01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:38,600 Speaker 24: having a focus on you know, on selling, you know, 1543 01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:40,520 Speaker 24: that's not the that's not the primary job. 1544 01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:41,959 Speaker 9: The focus is on doing. 1545 01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:47,280 Speaker 6: You have the quarterback position right now that after the 1546 01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:50,080 Speaker 6: Deshaun Watson re injury, which you said it was a 1547 01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:51,920 Speaker 6: freak thing for how it occurred with him. 1548 01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:55,160 Speaker 24: Yeah, so, I mean really it's it was over the 1549 01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,440 Speaker 24: course of his his normal rehab, turned his foot ankle, 1550 01:07:58,520 --> 01:08:02,480 Speaker 24: that type of thing. Unfortunate, reinjured, you know, reinjured it. 1551 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:03,320 Speaker 2: It's unfortunate. 1552 01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:06,000 Speaker 24: But you know he's he's he's back on you know, 1553 01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:08,720 Speaker 24: back on the rehab course, and hopefully we can get 1554 01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,800 Speaker 24: help him, get him as healthy as get him healthy 1555 01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:11,520 Speaker 24: as soon as possible. 1556 01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:12,800 Speaker 6: And how do you look at that timeline and how 1557 01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:15,360 Speaker 6: does it affect your off season knowing that you're probably 1558 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,640 Speaker 6: gonna have to address the position at least for the 1559 01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:18,439 Speaker 6: start of the season. 1560 01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:21,720 Speaker 24: Yeah, so, uh, the timeline is still to be determined. 1561 01:08:22,320 --> 01:08:25,160 Speaker 24: You know, I think, uh, it's it's easy to say 1562 01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:27,000 Speaker 24: that he's going to he's going to miss significant time 1563 01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:29,600 Speaker 24: in twenty twenty five, and you know that's something that 1564 01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,680 Speaker 24: we're gonna have to have to deal with and and 1565 01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:33,040 Speaker 24: and we will as we get to the next couple 1566 01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:33,320 Speaker 24: of months. 1567 01:08:33,320 --> 01:08:35,640 Speaker 6: And you look at this, because there are veteran options available, 1568 01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:37,000 Speaker 6: do you look at it like, hey, we can get 1569 01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,160 Speaker 6: a guy who's a one year fix or maybe more 1570 01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:41,800 Speaker 6: of a long term solution. You're also holding that number 1571 01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:44,600 Speaker 6: two overall pick in the draft. Could there be a 1572 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:47,320 Speaker 6: long term solution to coincide with him over the last 1573 01:08:47,320 --> 01:08:48,639 Speaker 6: couple of years of his contract here. 1574 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,639 Speaker 24: Yeah, I think we're gonna attack the quarterback position with 1575 01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:53,720 Speaker 24: with an open mind and and and really you know, 1576 01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:58,639 Speaker 24: wide open eyes. We are positioned uniquely in the draft 1577 01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:01,559 Speaker 24: with having the the second overall pick, and you know, 1578 01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,439 Speaker 24: certainly we will explore the veteran market, but it's going 1579 01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,280 Speaker 24: to be a primary focus this offseason. You know, it's 1580 01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:08,679 Speaker 24: the most important position in sports. 1581 01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:10,880 Speaker 2: You made a change the offensive coordinator position. 1582 01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:13,479 Speaker 6: Kevin Stefanski has also gone a little bit back and 1583 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,400 Speaker 6: forth when it comes to the play calling. But how 1584 01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:18,559 Speaker 6: confident are you in your head coach and his ability 1585 01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:20,040 Speaker 6: to get this offense moving in the right. 1586 01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:20,880 Speaker 3: Direction in twenty Fah. 1587 01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:24,960 Speaker 24: You know, Kevin's excellent, you know he I think he's 1588 01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,880 Speaker 24: one of I think he's one of thirteen coaches since 1589 01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:30,920 Speaker 24: they they made the Coach of the Year award to 1590 01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:35,200 Speaker 24: win it multiple times. And I think he you want, like, 1591 01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:37,400 Speaker 24: I think, the second fastest in the in the word's history. 1592 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:40,600 Speaker 24: So we have a lot of faith in Kevin. We 1593 01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:43,759 Speaker 24: think he's a very bright offensive mind. He's a good leader. 1594 01:09:44,320 --> 01:09:45,920 Speaker 24: We have all the confidence of the world and how 1595 01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:46,679 Speaker 24: we know. 1596 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,960 Speaker 6: What you think of Nick Chubb and what he has 1597 01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:51,200 Speaker 6: meant to you in the organization over the course of 1598 01:09:51,240 --> 01:09:51,719 Speaker 6: their career. 1599 01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:52,559 Speaker 1: How confident are. 1600 01:09:52,479 --> 01:09:54,080 Speaker 6: You that there is a solution that can keep him 1601 01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:55,280 Speaker 6: in Cleveland and twenty twenty five. 1602 01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:58,280 Speaker 24: Yeah, you know, Mike, So first of all, we have 1603 01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:01,360 Speaker 24: a tremendous amount of gratitude an appreciation for all Nick 1604 01:10:01,400 --> 01:10:03,679 Speaker 24: that has done for our organization. Really what he's meant 1605 01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:07,000 Speaker 24: for us, you know, in our fan base. You know, 1606 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:11,559 Speaker 24: anytime a you know, player's contract expires, there always is 1607 01:10:11,560 --> 01:10:14,800 Speaker 24: a level of uncertainty, and that's something that you know, 1608 01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:18,360 Speaker 24: we have to you know, accept and appreciate. You know, 1609 01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:20,799 Speaker 24: we'll work through that situation over the next couple of weeks. 1610 01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:24,040 Speaker 24: But you know, it won't change our affinity for Nick, 1611 01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:26,960 Speaker 24: you know, or the fact that he'll, you know, regardless 1612 01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:28,360 Speaker 24: of what uniform he is wearing, whether it's ours to 1613 01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:29,840 Speaker 24: someone else's, he'll be a lifetime rown. 1614 01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,120 Speaker 6: Going back to Kevin Stefanski here, not just from an 1615 01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:36,439 Speaker 6: offensive standpoint, but from a culture center and a guy 1616 01:10:36,479 --> 01:10:39,200 Speaker 6: that can run the entire building here, how much do 1617 01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:41,360 Speaker 6: you believe in him? From that aspect and the fact 1618 01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:42,720 Speaker 6: that guys will continue to follow him. 1619 01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:46,280 Speaker 24: Yeah, Kevin's an outstanding leader, and I think for him 1620 01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:48,720 Speaker 24: being able to keep the team together when you know, 1621 01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:51,240 Speaker 24: we didn't perform as well as we should have last year, 1622 01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:52,720 Speaker 24: that's no easy feed. 1623 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:53,719 Speaker 2: And I think keV. 1624 01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:58,599 Speaker 24: I think guys appreciate Kevin's authenticity, they appreciate his honesty, 1625 01:10:58,600 --> 01:10:59,919 Speaker 24: and they appreciate his competence. 1626 01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:02,280 Speaker 9: And so we know we have a really great leader. 1627 01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:05,200 Speaker 24: We know we have a great football mind, and you know, 1628 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:06,439 Speaker 24: we know he can lead us to where we want 1629 01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:06,640 Speaker 24: to go. 1630 01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:09,600 Speaker 6: A busy offseason for Browns general manager Andrew Berry, so 1631 01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:11,680 Speaker 6: I'm going to stop cutting into your off season here. 1632 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:13,680 Speaker 6: Go get out there, go see the guys here, and 1633 01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:14,400 Speaker 6: go do what you gotta do. 1634 01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:16,080 Speaker 2: I appreciate you money, thanks for stopping by. 1635 01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:16,400 Speaker 9: Thank you. 1636 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:17,000 Speaker 2: Well. 1637 01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:19,280 Speaker 5: This was news today, and it was good news today 1638 01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:22,960 Speaker 5: for the Kansas City Chiefs. A very strong statement from 1639 01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:26,559 Speaker 5: Brett Veach, the general manager, that Traffis Kelsey is fired 1640 01:11:26,680 --> 01:11:29,439 Speaker 5: up to return in twenty twenty five. 1641 01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:30,600 Speaker 11: That should pretty. 1642 01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,760 Speaker 5: Much end our vigil to see if Traffs was going 1643 01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:36,320 Speaker 5: to retire, so they don't need to worry about replacing 1644 01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:40,360 Speaker 5: the irreplaceable tight end at least this off season. Bretteach 1645 01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:43,799 Speaker 5: sat down with our Tom Pellisaro to talk about Kelsey 1646 01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:44,479 Speaker 5: and more. 1647 01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:48,280 Speaker 1: Brett's back at another tombine here. What do you like 1648 01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:50,240 Speaker 1: about coming to Indianapolis for this event? 1649 01:11:50,479 --> 01:11:51,719 Speaker 7: Well, it's a fresh start for everyone. 1650 01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:56,080 Speaker 25: So we didn't have the ending to our season that 1651 01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:58,680 Speaker 25: we hope for, so this is a chance to kind 1652 01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:00,400 Speaker 25: of put that all behind us and look forward to 1653 01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:02,200 Speaker 25: twenty twenty five on both the pro side and the 1654 01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:02,720 Speaker 25: college side. 1655 01:12:02,760 --> 01:12:05,800 Speaker 7: So excited to be here. And obviously they do a 1656 01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:06,559 Speaker 7: great job. 1657 01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:11,080 Speaker 25: NFS and the people here, I mean every year I 1658 01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,080 Speaker 25: feel like they do better and better and better, and 1659 01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:15,960 Speaker 25: so it's always exciting to come here and have good 1660 01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:19,040 Speaker 25: dialogue with the agents of our players and then get 1661 01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:20,960 Speaker 25: to meet the new prospects coming up. 1662 01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:23,760 Speaker 1: It was only sixteen days ago in New Orleans too. 1663 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:26,479 Speaker 1: You were used to, of course, these quick turnarounds here, 1664 01:12:26,520 --> 01:12:28,320 Speaker 1: but as you kind of got away from the emotion 1665 01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:30,439 Speaker 1: of it a little bit, like what is your thought 1666 01:12:30,439 --> 01:12:33,400 Speaker 1: process about your getting that game, your team and kind 1667 01:12:33,400 --> 01:12:34,080 Speaker 1: of how it ended. 1668 01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:36,720 Speaker 25: Well, sure, it takes a few days to flush out 1669 01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:39,000 Speaker 25: of your system, so I mean, look, it was a 1670 01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:40,960 Speaker 25: great season we had when we were fifteen and one, 1671 01:12:41,680 --> 01:12:43,639 Speaker 25: you know, not counting that last game when the Stars 1672 01:12:43,640 --> 01:12:47,160 Speaker 25: didn't play. But yeah, lined up and beat most of 1673 01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:49,400 Speaker 25: the team on our schedule and had a chance to 1674 01:12:49,479 --> 01:12:51,400 Speaker 25: beat a really good use In team and then an 1675 01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:54,519 Speaker 25: excellent Buffalo team, and just picked a bad day to 1676 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,360 Speaker 25: have a bad day. But like anything in life, I mean, 1677 01:12:57,400 --> 01:13:00,080 Speaker 25: you learn more from the losses than the wins, and 1678 01:13:00,160 --> 01:13:02,599 Speaker 25: so we'll take that as a learning experience and use 1679 01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:04,639 Speaker 25: that as motivation to get better and tack the offseason. 1680 01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:07,160 Speaker 1: The last time that you lost a playoff game was 1681 01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:10,280 Speaker 1: three years ago. About a month later you traded Tyreek Hill. 1682 01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:13,200 Speaker 1: You used all that cap resources and the extra picks 1683 01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:15,920 Speaker 1: to rebuild your defense. How bold, if it all? Should 1684 01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,040 Speaker 1: we anticipate Brettfeach being in this offseason? 1685 01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:22,519 Speaker 25: I mean, listen, we'll explore every option there is any 1686 01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:25,840 Speaker 25: chance we have to make our team and our roster 1687 01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:28,240 Speaker 25: better for both the short term and the long term. 1688 01:13:28,280 --> 01:13:31,360 Speaker 25: I mean, we'll certainly explore that. But every year has 1689 01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:33,760 Speaker 25: its unique challenges and this will be no different. 1690 01:13:33,479 --> 01:13:35,280 Speaker 1: From hearing you up at the podium. It seems like 1691 01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:37,240 Speaker 1: we're going to get good news on Travis Kelsey. Can 1692 01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:39,080 Speaker 1: we turn off the Twitter alerts? Can we put it 1693 01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,080 Speaker 1: the band? Is he definitely playing in twenty twenty five? 1694 01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:41,600 Speaker 7: I think so. 1695 01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:43,680 Speaker 25: I mean there's been a lot of a lot of 1696 01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:47,240 Speaker 25: the you know, timeline and deadlines, and you know that's 1697 01:13:47,280 --> 01:13:50,519 Speaker 25: something that we as an organization haven't discussed and we 1698 01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:53,599 Speaker 25: anticipate Travis being back and if something changes, I'm sure 1699 01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:55,439 Speaker 25: NFL Network will be the first to break it, right, 1700 01:13:55,479 --> 01:13:56,720 Speaker 25: but we hope. 1701 01:13:56,720 --> 01:13:58,080 Speaker 1: So, yeah, you can help with that if you want. 1702 01:13:58,160 --> 01:14:00,000 Speaker 25: No, I think you know, we're excited to have Travors 1703 01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:02,559 Speaker 25: back and that's how we're operating this offseason and kind 1704 01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:03,080 Speaker 25: of go from there. 1705 01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:05,639 Speaker 1: What version of Travis do you feel like you're getting 1706 01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:06,679 Speaker 1: at this stage of his career. 1707 01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:09,640 Speaker 25: Well, I mean, listen, I mean he's accomplished everything that 1708 01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:13,280 Speaker 25: there is in this game, and he has that unique 1709 01:14:13,320 --> 01:14:17,479 Speaker 25: ability to not just make those around him better, but 1710 01:14:17,680 --> 01:14:21,320 Speaker 25: you know, find that extra something when you get late 1711 01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:23,320 Speaker 25: into the season and into the when we get on 1712 01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:23,759 Speaker 25: the postseason. 1713 01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:25,439 Speaker 7: Obviously, everyone remembers last. 1714 01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:29,360 Speaker 25: Year, that big postseason he had, and you know this year, 1715 01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:31,760 Speaker 25: I mean, we're never going to make excuses and talk 1716 01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:35,120 Speaker 25: about it, but I mean he was battling with pretty 1717 01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:37,200 Speaker 25: big illness there for the Super Bowl. 1718 01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:39,880 Speaker 7: But listen, the way the Eagles played, it wouldn't have 1719 01:14:39,880 --> 01:14:40,439 Speaker 7: made a difference. 1720 01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:44,799 Speaker 25: But I think that Travis is, uh, you know, excited 1721 01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:47,080 Speaker 25: to come back, and you know, he finds a way 1722 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:51,280 Speaker 25: to stay in shape and produce at at a level 1723 01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:51,840 Speaker 25: only he can. 1724 01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:54,880 Speaker 7: So that is such an intangible to have in. 1725 01:14:54,920 --> 01:14:58,320 Speaker 25: The locker room with the guys, and obviously the relationship 1726 01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:00,920 Speaker 25: he has with Pats. You need to so he makes 1727 01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,360 Speaker 25: us better when he's in our locker room, on the field, 1728 01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:05,559 Speaker 25: and again, excited to get him back. 1729 01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:07,600 Speaker 1: You got a ton of tackle in this offseason. You 1730 01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:09,320 Speaker 1: got a bunch of wide receivers for Fridgs, you got 1731 01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:12,559 Speaker 1: a bunch of free agents in general, Nick Bolton, Tray Smith. 1732 01:15:12,760 --> 01:15:16,439 Speaker 1: You anticipate using a franchise tag anywhere and additionally, then 1733 01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:18,599 Speaker 1: how do you navigate having that many of your guys up. 1734 01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:24,000 Speaker 25: Yeah, that's that's the another unique challenge of this offseason. 1735 01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:26,800 Speaker 25: You know, we'll see, you know, in regards to the 1736 01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:31,080 Speaker 25: franchise tag, I do think though that anytime you draft 1737 01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:34,200 Speaker 25: players as you mentioned Trey, like Trey and Bolton, I mean, 1738 01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,200 Speaker 25: those are guys who want to keep in the mix 1739 01:15:36,240 --> 01:15:38,559 Speaker 25: for the long term. And the good thing is they 1740 01:15:38,720 --> 01:15:41,920 Speaker 25: are represented by the same agency, so that will be 1741 01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:43,880 Speaker 25: a productive meeting here in the next few days. But 1742 01:15:44,720 --> 01:15:47,559 Speaker 25: I think all bets are on the table, and you know, 1743 01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:50,439 Speaker 25: we'll do what's best for the organization. But needless to say, 1744 01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:52,160 Speaker 25: I think both those guys would be a priority for us. 1745 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:53,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for the time, man, Yeah, you. 1746 01:15:53,200 --> 01:15:54,519 Speaker 2: Bet it's new. 1747 01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:58,559 Speaker 6: Today Bengals de facto general manager Duke Tobin talking to 1748 01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:00,080 Speaker 6: the media and says we're going to make Jamal A. 1749 01:16:00,280 --> 01:16:03,880 Speaker 6: Chase the highest paid non quarterback in the league, to 1750 01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:06,599 Speaker 6: which Chase and his representatives are surely saying, well, yeah, 1751 01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,640 Speaker 6: we were going to do that last year. Now you 1752 01:16:08,720 --> 01:16:10,760 Speaker 6: got to do that by a wide margin, because it 1753 01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:13,080 Speaker 6: could be a game of leap frog this offseason with 1754 01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:17,439 Speaker 6: guys like I don't know, Miles Garrett, Max Crosby, Micah Parsons, 1755 01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:19,840 Speaker 6: those guys in for new deal, So could wind up 1756 01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:22,760 Speaker 6: being a game of leap frog. It's a little complicated, 1757 01:16:22,800 --> 01:16:24,880 Speaker 6: and it's one of many things the Bengals need to 1758 01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:28,120 Speaker 6: figure out this offseason. Our Judy Batiza with Zach Taylor 1759 01:16:28,439 --> 01:16:29,960 Speaker 6: to talk about many of those things. 1760 01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:34,760 Speaker 5: That's thanks for being here. When you look back on 1761 01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,800 Speaker 5: last season, what were your takeaways from us? 1762 01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:41,040 Speaker 26: Disappointed? You know, we didn't start fast enough. Finished there 1763 01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:43,360 Speaker 26: really well, but it was too little, too late. And 1764 01:16:43,439 --> 01:16:45,160 Speaker 26: so we've got to do a better job next season 1765 01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:47,280 Speaker 26: of starting fast, putting ourselves in a position to be 1766 01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:51,080 Speaker 26: in the driver's seat as we go. And obviously our 1767 01:16:51,080 --> 01:16:52,719 Speaker 26: goal is to win the division. Is the best path 1768 01:16:52,720 --> 01:16:54,840 Speaker 26: forward to the super Bowl, and that's our plan for 1769 01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:55,519 Speaker 26: twenty twenty five. 1770 01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:58,519 Speaker 5: All Right, how do you start faster? Because that's been 1771 01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:00,160 Speaker 5: a topic for a few years. How do you you 1772 01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:01,320 Speaker 5: get going? 1773 01:17:01,520 --> 01:17:04,080 Speaker 26: There's something we're looking at, revising our whole off season plan, 1774 01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:07,559 Speaker 26: our training camp plan. I know our guys will buy 1775 01:17:07,560 --> 01:17:09,400 Speaker 26: into that, and so there's a lot of things you 1776 01:17:09,439 --> 01:17:11,320 Speaker 26: can factor into it that we're still working through. But 1777 01:17:12,200 --> 01:17:13,800 Speaker 26: we got to start want to not to start the season, 1778 01:17:13,800 --> 01:17:15,880 Speaker 26: you know, put our best forward, build confidence that way, 1779 01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:18,160 Speaker 26: and that way when we're playing good down the stretch, 1780 01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:20,120 Speaker 26: you know, we're playing for significant things down the road. 1781 01:17:20,560 --> 01:17:23,360 Speaker 5: How much will it help that Joe will have a 1782 01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:27,160 Speaker 5: full off season of good health and working How much 1783 01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:28,759 Speaker 5: will that help to get things moving? 1784 01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:31,000 Speaker 26: That's huge, you know, just for him to feel comfortable 1785 01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:33,600 Speaker 26: I know last season going into training camp there were 1786 01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:35,320 Speaker 26: still things he's working through in the early part of 1787 01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:37,800 Speaker 26: the season. So for him to be one hundred percent 1788 01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:39,519 Speaker 26: healthy going into the off season will be a big 1789 01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:40,400 Speaker 26: step for us. 1790 01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:41,400 Speaker 17: He's the leader of our team. 1791 01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:44,240 Speaker 26: He's playing at extremely high level last year, and we 1792 01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,280 Speaker 26: look forward to starting the season that way with him 1793 01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:46,639 Speaker 26: this year. 1794 01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:48,280 Speaker 11: All right, let's go to you. 1795 01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:50,720 Speaker 5: Guys have a lot of roster issues this offseason, so 1796 01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:54,479 Speaker 5: let's just go right down the list. Jamar Chase, what 1797 01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:58,120 Speaker 5: are your hopes for contract for him and for having 1798 01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:01,240 Speaker 5: him early and fully in the off season. 1799 01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:02,920 Speaker 26: He's worried they have a new deal, and so we're 1800 01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:05,559 Speaker 26: certainly working towards that and optimistic that we'll get that done. 1801 01:18:05,560 --> 01:18:07,680 Speaker 26: But he's done everything he can put himself in a 1802 01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:09,599 Speaker 26: position to earn that, and we want to reward him 1803 01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:09,840 Speaker 26: with that. 1804 01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:13,160 Speaker 5: Timing wise, do you want that done earlier rather than 1805 01:18:13,240 --> 01:18:16,960 Speaker 5: later so that there's no chance of him not being there. 1806 01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:18,080 Speaker 17: We'll just keep working through it. 1807 01:18:18,120 --> 01:18:20,599 Speaker 26: You know, that's one of those off season business deals 1808 01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:21,960 Speaker 26: that you just got to work through with the player 1809 01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:24,960 Speaker 26: of the agent and our front office and got full 1810 01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:26,240 Speaker 26: faith that we're heading in the right direction. 1811 01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:27,160 Speaker 17: There, and we'll get one done. 1812 01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:27,920 Speaker 11: All right. 1813 01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:32,160 Speaker 5: T Higgins could become a free agent, could be franchised tagged. 1814 01:18:32,400 --> 01:18:34,639 Speaker 5: What's your expectation, what's your hope there. 1815 01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:36,639 Speaker 26: He's a great player, He's a big reason why we've 1816 01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:38,559 Speaker 26: had the success we've had. We want Tea back and 1817 01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:39,640 Speaker 26: we'll continue to work through that. 1818 01:18:40,120 --> 01:18:42,280 Speaker 5: Right, Trey Hendrickson, Let's look to the other side of 1819 01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:44,920 Speaker 5: the ball, same thing. What's your expectation with him? 1820 01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:47,080 Speaker 26: We're certainly a better team with Trey on it, you know, 1821 01:18:47,120 --> 01:18:49,040 Speaker 26: and so again working through that with him. I know, 1822 01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:50,920 Speaker 26: we've had a lot of conversations. He's one of my 1823 01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:52,560 Speaker 26: favorite players to deal with. You know, We've had a 1824 01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:55,280 Speaker 26: lot of these conversations over the years, and so again, 1825 01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:56,519 Speaker 26: we're a better team with Trey on it. 1826 01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:57,240 Speaker 17: We're working through that. 1827 01:18:57,760 --> 01:19:00,840 Speaker 5: Realistic though, Is it realistic to think that you can 1828 01:19:00,920 --> 01:19:02,280 Speaker 5: keep all of it intact? 1829 01:19:02,720 --> 01:19:07,680 Speaker 26: That's certainly a possibility. That's your expectation, that's my expectation. Yeah, 1830 01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:09,519 Speaker 26: everybody will be better. We're better with all three of 1831 01:19:09,560 --> 01:19:11,599 Speaker 26: those guys on our team. And so again that's part 1832 01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:14,599 Speaker 26: of the business part as we work through it. It's 1833 01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,200 Speaker 26: never perfect, but got a lot of confidence in our 1834 01:19:17,240 --> 01:19:18,920 Speaker 26: people that are on the task and working with those 1835 01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,680 Speaker 26: players and their agents to get things done. And that's 1836 01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:23,080 Speaker 26: certainly the direction we want ahead. 1837 01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:28,559 Speaker 5: Joe has been outspoken, certainly about since December about his 1838 01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:32,679 Speaker 5: desire to keep the guys intact to see them get paid. 1839 01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:34,839 Speaker 11: How has that been received by. 1840 01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:37,360 Speaker 5: You and other people in the building that Joe has 1841 01:19:37,400 --> 01:19:39,320 Speaker 5: sort of stepped forward in that way. 1842 01:19:39,439 --> 01:19:41,679 Speaker 26: We want a team that's led by our starting quarterback 1843 01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:43,760 Speaker 26: supporting his teammates in the locker room and so that 1844 01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:45,280 Speaker 26: they can see that he's always going to have their 1845 01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:48,320 Speaker 26: back on the field off the field, and so I 1846 01:19:48,360 --> 01:19:49,920 Speaker 26: can't think of a better way for him to express 1847 01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:51,880 Speaker 26: himself that these guys are good players. I want to 1848 01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:54,439 Speaker 26: continue to play with them. Way better than the opposite 1849 01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:56,160 Speaker 26: of that, you know. And so again we have great 1850 01:19:56,200 --> 01:19:59,280 Speaker 26: dialogue with Joe. We're always on the same page talking 1851 01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,280 Speaker 26: with him, and you know, he gets on a set 1852 01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:02,720 Speaker 26: and the first question's going to be asked is that. 1853 01:20:02,760 --> 01:20:05,839 Speaker 26: And so he does a great job representing his teammates 1854 01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:08,120 Speaker 26: and fighting for those guys and they put on all 1855 01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:10,000 Speaker 26: hard work and he wants to see them rewarded. And 1856 01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:12,800 Speaker 26: so I like that from our starting quarterback and we'll 1857 01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:14,320 Speaker 26: continue to work through with all those guys. 1858 01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:16,720 Speaker 5: All right, you made a change at defensive coordinator. What 1859 01:20:16,760 --> 01:20:19,920 Speaker 5: should we expect changes in what the defense is going 1860 01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:20,639 Speaker 5: to look like this year? 1861 01:20:20,720 --> 01:20:22,160 Speaker 26: Well, that was a tough one because Lo's a close 1862 01:20:22,160 --> 01:20:24,920 Speaker 26: friend of mine and gets credit for a lot of 1863 01:20:24,960 --> 01:20:27,200 Speaker 26: the great things we've done. And now Al's in charge, 1864 01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:29,360 Speaker 26: you know, And now you know his last NFL game 1865 01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:30,880 Speaker 26: was a super Bowl, his last college game is a 1866 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:34,280 Speaker 26: national championship. He's a tremendous leader. He's had success at 1867 01:20:34,439 --> 01:20:38,000 Speaker 26: every different title and stage in his life, and so 1868 01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:40,200 Speaker 26: really excited to get Al back in the building. He's 1869 01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:42,960 Speaker 26: done a great job leading our coaches as we implement 1870 01:20:42,960 --> 01:20:44,640 Speaker 26: the scheme and make all of our hires, and I 1871 01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:45,880 Speaker 26: think the players are going to be excited to be 1872 01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:46,639 Speaker 26: around him as well. 1873 01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:51,000 Speaker 5: You have watched other AFC teams go to the Super 1874 01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:54,880 Speaker 5: Bowl since you went there, You've watched other AFC quarterbacks 1875 01:20:55,080 --> 01:20:57,599 Speaker 5: rise up. How does that make you feel when you're 1876 01:20:57,640 --> 01:20:59,559 Speaker 5: watching other AFC teams get. 1877 01:20:59,439 --> 01:21:01,960 Speaker 26: We've watched one, you know, and so you know we 1878 01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:03,120 Speaker 26: want to supplant them, certainly. 1879 01:21:03,160 --> 01:21:03,920 Speaker 3: That's that's our goal. 1880 01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:05,680 Speaker 26: Our goal is to win the division, put ourselves in 1881 01:21:05,680 --> 01:21:07,600 Speaker 26: the best chance to move forward and be in the 1882 01:21:07,640 --> 01:21:10,160 Speaker 26: Super Bowl like the Chiefs have done now for for 1883 01:21:10,240 --> 01:21:13,280 Speaker 26: several years in a row, and so envious of the 1884 01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:15,800 Speaker 26: position they were in this year. Absolutely, we want to 1885 01:21:15,840 --> 01:21:17,680 Speaker 26: do a better job of starting the season fast to 1886 01:21:17,680 --> 01:21:20,479 Speaker 26: put ourselves a position to win the division and get 1887 01:21:20,479 --> 01:21:22,240 Speaker 26: the seating and give ourselves the best chance. 1888 01:21:22,040 --> 01:21:22,599 Speaker 17: To go win it all. 1889 01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:24,320 Speaker 11: Thank you, Thank you very much. 1890 01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:25,200 Speaker 17: Jud appreciate it. 1891 01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:29,880 Speaker 6: A lot of questions on the Bengals offseason there from 1892 01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,759 Speaker 6: Judy and for the Bengals to answer, But Zach Taylor 1893 01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:35,679 Speaker 6: very pleased that he's got that guy, Joe Burrow as 1894 01:21:35,680 --> 01:21:37,439 Speaker 6: his franchise quarterback. 1895 01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:38,400 Speaker 1: Against all odds. 1896 01:21:38,840 --> 01:21:40,560 Speaker 6: What are we talking about that has to do with 1897 01:21:40,600 --> 01:21:42,400 Speaker 6: the combine a couple of years back. We'll talk about 1898 01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:42,760 Speaker 6: it when we. 1899 01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:50,960 Speaker 1: Come back Oniasiders. Not even five years since Joe Burrow 1900 01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:54,639 Speaker 1: came here to Indianapolis for the NFL scouting Combine where 1901 01:21:54,680 --> 01:21:57,599 Speaker 1: his hands measured in a little bit under the line 1902 01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:00,400 Speaker 1: for what you want them to be. He then this 1903 01:22:00,439 --> 01:22:03,360 Speaker 1: epic tweet considering retirement after I was informed the football 1904 01:22:03,560 --> 01:22:06,400 Speaker 1: will be slipping out of my tiny hands. Please keep 1905 01:22:06,439 --> 01:22:09,800 Speaker 1: me in your thoughts. This was early minutes after the 1906 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:13,880 Speaker 1: hand size measurement came out. Bengals, responding yesterday said who 1907 01:22:13,920 --> 01:22:18,160 Speaker 1: knew tiny hands could hold so much power? A phrase 1908 01:22:18,240 --> 01:22:20,080 Speaker 1: that Ian is used on many indicasion. 1909 01:22:20,120 --> 01:22:20,639 Speaker 2: Isn't that right? 1910 01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:24,880 Speaker 3: Uh, it's not right. Look at those mini hands, did 1911 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:26,160 Speaker 3: they yesday? 1912 01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:26,719 Speaker 17: I write? 1913 01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:29,719 Speaker 3: Yes? Are you sure? Maybe his hands are really that small. 1914 01:22:30,520 --> 01:22:33,320 Speaker 4: So one thing we learned about Joe Burrow in that tweet, 1915 01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:36,960 Speaker 4: besides the fact that he's very good at social media, he. 1916 01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:39,639 Speaker 3: Does not care. He says what he thinks. 1917 01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:42,200 Speaker 4: He's pretty dry and funny and when he speaks we 1918 01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:45,320 Speaker 4: all listen. As I think we've learned during this. 1919 01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:47,040 Speaker 3: News cycle, I want to see more of it. I 1920 01:22:47,120 --> 01:22:49,320 Speaker 3: want to see more of that, more hands, so to see. 1921 01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:51,600 Speaker 6: More personality from Joe Burrow, more of that stuff. I 1922 01:22:51,600 --> 01:22:53,280 Speaker 6: mean he does it with the with the Harry did 1923 01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:54,680 Speaker 6: at this past training camp. 1924 01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:55,600 Speaker 2: Give me, give me some more of that. 1925 01:22:55,600 --> 01:22:57,439 Speaker 3: That's funny, funny Joe. 1926 01:22:57,360 --> 01:22:59,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, he also wears great clothes like he shows us 1927 01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:00,800 Speaker 5: plenty of personality. 1928 01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:04,400 Speaker 3: I think it depends, Okay, he doesn't. 1929 01:23:04,560 --> 01:23:07,679 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. By the way, Jamar Chamber double checked fashion 1930 01:23:08,120 --> 01:23:10,840 Speaker 1: nine inches was the official hand measurement. Usually you want 1931 01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:12,840 Speaker 1: nine in a quarter or a little bit more. We've 1932 01:23:12,880 --> 01:23:14,639 Speaker 1: seen you know, the Cooper Rushes the world are check 1933 01:23:14,640 --> 01:23:16,840 Speaker 1: in like eight and three quarter. Then watch YouTube video 1934 01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:17,680 Speaker 1: how to roll out there. 1935 01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:20,360 Speaker 3: Who was the quarterback who increased his hand size. 1936 01:23:20,240 --> 01:23:24,719 Speaker 6: Kenny Pickett when Kenny Kenny had some some small hands too. 1937 01:23:25,080 --> 01:23:26,439 Speaker 1: Probably still does or something. 1938 01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:27,040 Speaker 2: Joe Burrow. 1939 01:23:27,240 --> 01:23:29,720 Speaker 1: Hand size doesn't matter. Hold up yours he and we'll 1940 01:23:29,760 --> 01:23:32,479 Speaker 1: see tomorrow. High five Ian, Yes,