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Speaker 1: is NFL Inside Report. We're back with you this week
Speaker 1: to continue our Roster Reset series, taking a look at
Speaker 1: the offseason wheeling and dealing from all thirty two teams
Speaker 1: and how it will impact this upcoming season. Last week,
Speaker 1: we reset the entire NFC. This week it's the a
Speaker 1: f C s turn, and today we're tackling the East
Speaker 1: and West with our pal here from NFL Media, Mike
Speaker 1: g rd And Mike, We're gonna start with the East
Speaker 1: in a division this century that has been dominated by
Speaker 1: the Patriots, but they are not the top dogs anymore.
Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bills now went back to back a f
Speaker 1: C East Crowns looking to make it three in a row.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of what we expect here, Mike, with
Speaker 1: Josh Allen establishing himself as one of the most elite
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this entire league. But how competitive do you
Speaker 1: expect the division to be to try to topple the
Speaker 1: Bills at the top there? Yeah, I don't know that
Speaker 1: anyone has done enough at to this point, even though
Speaker 1: Miami has done some splashy things, um to close the
Speaker 1: gap on what Buffalo is. Because Buffalo has done a
Speaker 1: really nice job again this offseason and sort of maintains
Speaker 1: that distance I think between them and the other teams
Speaker 1: in the division. And you know, it's gotta be a
Speaker 1: little disheartening, I think maybe for New England. Uh. And
Speaker 1: if I'm Miami, like, look, they're feeling good about what
Speaker 1: they did, but man, there's still a long gap. There's
Speaker 1: still a large gap rather between you and Buffalo in
Speaker 1: my opinion. Yeah, I would agree there, you know as well,
Speaker 1: and despite all the moves and all the trades and
Speaker 1: a new regime. Um. And we're gonna get into that
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins, Like, it really comes down to the
Speaker 1: quarterback in this division, and there's not one that is
Speaker 1: on the level of Josh Allen at this point. But
Speaker 1: let's start there with the Bills. Then how would do
Speaker 1: great with the Bills did this offseason, which you know
Speaker 1: clearly has been impacted by the marquee signing of Von Miller. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I give him. As I was looking at it last night,
Speaker 1: I'd say a minus. And I'd say the only reason
Speaker 1: I would go a minus and not higher is that
Speaker 1: Brandon being talked about the need for some more speed,
Speaker 1: I think on both sides of the ball, and I think,
Speaker 1: you know, von Miller certainly gives them some of that,
Speaker 1: but I think there's offensively they could use another guy
Speaker 1: that has the ability to take at the distance. And yeah, Diggs,
Speaker 1: you have Gabe Davis, but I think maybe whether it's
Speaker 1: someone in the slot, maybe it's another big outside receiver
Speaker 1: we can take the top off, or maybe if you
Speaker 1: can start running back. I think that's an area where
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me come draft time if that's what they address.
Speaker 1: And they're they're going to be some receivers that have
Speaker 1: you know, that have gone. Some of the top receivers
Speaker 1: will be gone by the time the Bills are on
Speaker 1: the clock. Here. We'll get to that here just a
Speaker 1: little bit, but there could very well be uh still
Speaker 1: one of the top flight wideouts in this year's class
Speaker 1: of ailable for them there. And look, I think you
Speaker 1: mentioned it, but Gabe Davis. You know, Emmanuel Sanders told
Speaker 1: us on g MFB last week when he was with
Speaker 1: the crew that Gabe Davis is one of those dudes
Speaker 1: that is going to become a household name. And I
Speaker 1: think he kind of asserted himself into, you know, the conversation,
Speaker 1: inserted himself into the conversation in that divisional game loss
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs. But you have three touchdowns in that
Speaker 1: game against Kansas City, So I think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: a lot more from him. But you're right, I think
Speaker 1: a little more speed could certainly benefit what the Bills
Speaker 1: want to do, especially after locking up Stefon Diggs to
Speaker 1: that contract extension. Let's move on then to the Patriots
Speaker 1: right there in New England. As we mentioned, a lot
Speaker 1: of staff turnover this year, clearly with Josh McDaniels out
Speaker 1: and no clear successor as an offensive coordinator, which has
Speaker 1: obviously been one of the storylines here. So if you
Speaker 1: if you factor that in, you know, to the grade here, Mike,
Speaker 1: how are we are? We looking at the Patriots? C
Speaker 1: minus for starters are mentioned the coaching staff, right, I
Speaker 1: think unless Bill O'Brien had come to be the offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: I think replacing Josh was gonna be hard to do.
Speaker 1: Gonna be hard to do this season. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: been calling plays for basically twenty years. Uh, he's helped
Speaker 1: be the architect of this offense and the way it's
Speaker 1: developed over the course of twenty years. Um, and he
Speaker 1: did a terrific job I think with Mac Jones. And
Speaker 1: you saw the pictures if you're watching the games, after
Speaker 1: every series that goes to the bench, Josh goes there
Speaker 1: right next to him. Now, who's gonna be doing that
Speaker 1: this year? Is that Joe Judge? Is that that Patricia?
Speaker 1: Isn't Nick Cayley? Um? No one knows for sure. I
Speaker 1: do know that Bill Belichick has a large steak in
Speaker 1: Mac Jones and his future, and I believe that Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick will be more involved with Mac Jones. I think
Speaker 1: that's the feeling inside the building. But again, what does
Speaker 1: that really mean? Does that mean an extra meeting a
Speaker 1: week with him? Does that mean he's watching the offense
Speaker 1: more closely and during games and paying less attention to
Speaker 1: the big picture. Like I don't. We haven't seen it yet,
Speaker 1: so I don't know how it's gonna go. I just
Speaker 1: know that with Josh there, Bill was able to turn
Speaker 1: his back on the offense at times and talk to
Speaker 1: the defense because Josh was essentially the head coach of
Speaker 1: the offense and had you know, Carpe launched to do
Speaker 1: what he wants so that, to me is a massive
Speaker 1: issue for this team. And then I think the other thing,
Speaker 1: right I look at is they lost some good players
Speaker 1: that they haven't replaced. J. C. Jackson is gone, Right,
Speaker 1: what's the replacement plan? Terrence Mitchell? No, Malcolm Butler, Like, okay,
Speaker 1: that's a nice dice roll. But theyn't really guarantee any
Speaker 1: money from Malcolm. So they're telling you right there, like, well,
Speaker 1: if it works, it was worth the risk. And if
Speaker 1: it doesn't, well we didn't pay anything to do it.
Speaker 1: And then I started go down the line too, and
Speaker 1: it's like, okay, they brought Devin mcquarterback. That makes sense, right,
Speaker 1: you're going through some turnover. He's a culture guy. He
Speaker 1: still played at a pretty high level to keep him.
Speaker 1: But then I thought Trump Brown was gonna be gone.
Speaker 1: They got him back, They didn't pay him a ton
Speaker 1: of money. How much is he gonna play. He's had
Speaker 1: a hard time staying on the field. He's miss basically
Speaker 1: half his games over the last three years. Um, he's
Speaker 1: a big man. He's got lower leg issues like those
Speaker 1: don't get better. He's not gonna be two eighty five
Speaker 1: anytime soon. Right, they got a weight clause inform to
Speaker 1: stay under three sixty. But I think he's just at
Speaker 1: the point of his career now where if he plays
Speaker 1: double digit games in the season I'd be surprised, or
Speaker 1: maybe you'd be excited by that fact. You bring James
Speaker 1: White back again, sort of been a key guy for
Speaker 1: you coming off a really bad hip injury. Wasn't walking
Speaker 1: for the first couple of months after the injury, Like,
Speaker 1: so where is he? Like he's making progress, but again,
Speaker 1: no guaranteed money. Jabrol Peppers people are trying to get
Speaker 1: excited here about he projects as a depth piece and
Speaker 1: maybe a return guy. Like there's just I look at
Speaker 1: the roster and I say, man, there are a lot
Speaker 1: a lot of holes in this roster and a lot
Speaker 1: of things that need to be addressed. And look, I
Speaker 1: think it was it was probably it would probably be
Speaker 1: a little foolish to expect them to spend another you know,
Speaker 1: three hundred and whatever million like they did this two
Speaker 1: off seasons ago. Now when they brought in you know,
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry and John new Smith and and spent all
Speaker 1: that money with Matthew Judan and that whole crew, and
Speaker 1: would love to get a little bit more out of
Speaker 1: that tight end room, particularly with John new Smith for
Speaker 1: some of the money that was spent, certainly got a
Speaker 1: lot out of Matthew Judan was was one of the
Speaker 1: best free agent signings of the twenty one off season period,
Speaker 1: not just for New England. So yeah, still someone answered
Speaker 1: questions there for the Patriots. Let's move to the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel the only new coach in the division this
Speaker 1: offseason and seems dead set on rolling to a tongue
Speaker 1: of viola out there again and trying to support him.
Speaker 1: How much does that factor into the grade here? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm giving him. I'm giving him a B. And this
Speaker 1: could this could be at a if Tyreek Hill meshes
Speaker 1: with the quarterback and turn Armstead stays on the field,
Speaker 1: because we know when he is on the field he's
Speaker 1: one of the best left tackles of it. Well, it
Speaker 1: also can slide to a D because I don't know
Speaker 1: that Tyreek Hill meshes with who two is as a quarterback,
Speaker 1: right and he's going from Patrick to to ah too.
Speaker 1: Is still trying to prove himself in the landscape. Patrick
Speaker 1: is the best quarterback in the league or one of
Speaker 1: two or the three best quarterbacks. Right, there's there's no
Speaker 1: question about that. Um and Armstead, Like, if Armstead there's
Speaker 1: a big investment in him financially, and if he has
Speaker 1: another one of these seasons where he's playing six games,
Speaker 1: that that's a massive issue. And look at this point
Speaker 1: in his career, does it get better? You know, like
Speaker 1: you hope it does because you want to see the
Speaker 1: guy on the field. We all want to see the
Speaker 1: best players on the field every week. But that's not
Speaker 1: a that's not a lot considering his his past history.
Speaker 1: But to your point, like it really is, it's all
Speaker 1: about Toah because now they've given him pieces, They've got
Speaker 1: a coach who at least publicly is saying he believes
Speaker 1: in him. Although the signing of Teddy Bridgewater at the
Speaker 1: number that they gave him makes you wonder like and
Speaker 1: look to it hasn't been healthy a lot either, so
Speaker 1: he's miss games. He I guess you have to have
Speaker 1: a viable back up there. But again it just sort
Speaker 1: of it makes you think a little bit um. But look,
Speaker 1: I think probably McDaniel got the job in part because
Speaker 1: he said I can make this work with Tah. I
Speaker 1: think the owner wants it to work with Tah. But
Speaker 1: now we'll see they've got all the pieces for Tah.
Speaker 1: They gave him a much better offensive line than he
Speaker 1: had last year. Connor Williams add into the mix as well. Um,
Speaker 1: so you know now it's it's it's time, it's trying
Speaker 1: to prove your worth. Or next year they got multiple
Speaker 1: first you know, they'll be in the quarterback market again.
Speaker 1: I would believe. Well, so that's the thing. I kind
Speaker 1: of look at this as a win win for the
Speaker 1: Dolphins in this situation, and the first win would be
Speaker 1: to a thrives in this new environment, in this new system,
Speaker 1: with this new supporting cast that he has now, and
Speaker 1: they're ready to roll him out here for the future
Speaker 1: and he becomes you know, the face of the franchise,
Speaker 1: you know, without question, or they find out for sure
Speaker 1: this year that he is not the guy and then they're,
Speaker 1: like you said, in the quarter back market again. So
Speaker 1: it's either we have found our solution or we know
Speaker 1: we need to find the solution. There's no middle ground
Speaker 1: after this year. Yeah, I mean, just think about how
Speaker 1: they started last year and look, the stories are pretty
Speaker 1: well documented now that Floors is not a believer in
Speaker 1: to and wanted them to move in a different direction
Speaker 1: prior to even last season. But they can't have another
Speaker 1: start like that too. We can't have another start like
Speaker 1: that because he won't be playing. It'll be it'll be
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, and they'll have already made the decision we're
Speaker 1: moving on in the off season to go ahead. Uh.
Speaker 1: And obviously, because of all the chips they put in
Speaker 1: on Tyreek Hill, the draft is basically a non starter
Speaker 1: for them as their first pick as in the fourth round, right,
Speaker 1: So you look at it, maybe you could steal a
Speaker 1: starter somewhere out of there in the in the latter picks,
Speaker 1: but most likely you're just looking for death pieces, or
Speaker 1: maybe you're you're rolling the dice on someone who, from
Speaker 1: whatever reason you know, had a second round grade, but
Speaker 1: now he's slid into the fourth round because of injury
Speaker 1: or off field stuff or whatever it may be. And
Speaker 1: then maybe you hope you can you can you know,
Speaker 1: salvage that. But their team is pretty much their team
Speaker 1: at this point. Yeah, that's a good point. And look,
Speaker 1: they'd love to to see some of those offensive linemen
Speaker 1: that they spent high draft resources on in recent years,
Speaker 1: Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, leam Mykenberg, that whole crew really
Speaker 1: kind of step forward even more so this year too,
Speaker 1: you know, either jump into one of those best five
Speaker 1: starting positions or provide, you know, real quality depth on
Speaker 1: that roster as they look to continue to support in
Speaker 1: front of two a tug of Voloa in addition to
Speaker 1: around him. Let's move to the final team of the division,
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, year two of the Zach Wilson
Speaker 1: Robert sala Era as head coaching quarterback. What did you
Speaker 1: see from this offseason? You know, they have gotten a
Speaker 1: lot of attention from people I talked to around the league,
Speaker 1: a f C, NFC executive, scouts. There's a plan in
Speaker 1: place like that. People are seeing a good execution of
Speaker 1: a plan and a step forward from this team here
Speaker 1: in this offseason. I say, it's a B plus offseason
Speaker 1: for them. Like, you have the floor's offense, right, so
Speaker 1: what do you do? He needs tight ends? You didn't
Speaker 1: have any tight ends. So you go out and sign
Speaker 1: basically the two best guys that ended up being free
Speaker 1: agents in Conkman and Uzama. Right now, if they can
Speaker 1: get sort of mirror of the production they had last year,
Speaker 1: that's a great at And even if that production comes
Speaker 1: down a little bit. Still, they got nothing out of
Speaker 1: that position. They haven't had a good tight end since
Speaker 1: Dustin Keller. I mean it's been that long, right, So
Speaker 1: now you've got two guys that are have proven to
Speaker 1: be more than competent at the position. I love that
Speaker 1: Lake and Tomlinson on the front line. You know, maybe
Speaker 1: over paying for a guard, but obviously they know him
Speaker 1: from the San Francisco days, and look much like with
Speaker 1: we talked about, you know, to ah, this is a
Speaker 1: lot about Zac now, right and the second year, we
Speaker 1: saw some signs, especially I thought later in the year
Speaker 1: of like, okay, he's he's grown a little bit. We're
Speaker 1: seeing some things here, and now let's protect him better.
Speaker 1: You know, they were had problems to tackle Beckton gets
Speaker 1: hurt last year early, doesn't play the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: maybe got three or four games in there. So like,
Speaker 1: if they can protect him better, they've got a good
Speaker 1: plan in place to maybe take some pressure off him,
Speaker 1: get him some safety security blankets there and maybe you know,
Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, we'll we'll see what Zach
Speaker 1: Wilson is all about. Because let's face you can have
Speaker 1: a B plus offseason and if Zach Wilson doesn't take
Speaker 1: a step forward this year, then it probably is all
Speaker 1: for not and they may find themselves, like several other teams,
Speaker 1: back in the market for a quarterback a year or two.
Speaker 1: Double line. Yeah, and that's something that's that you just
Speaker 1: can't do it at this point. If you're the if
Speaker 1: you're that Jet, that Jets regime with GM Joe Douglas
Speaker 1: and head coach Robert sala Um, you know, you can't
Speaker 1: go back to ownership and me like, hey, sorry about that.
Speaker 1: Let's let's try that quarterback thing again. It's just you
Speaker 1: just don't get that many opportunities. I mean, it's very
Speaker 1: It is rare for a GM and a coach to
Speaker 1: get a second opportunity to draft a quarterback up high.
Speaker 1: Ryan Pason, Matt Naggie did uh and only lasted one
Speaker 1: season with the new quarterbacks. So you really gotta you
Speaker 1: gotta look at that as this is the guy we're
Speaker 1: riding with. How do we make it work? And I
Speaker 1: think a big part of how they will make it
Speaker 1: work as we start to look at some of the
Speaker 1: draft needs here. We'll start right there with the Jets
Speaker 1: and keep this conversation rolling is what they do at
Speaker 1: four and ten because Mike, I see the ability there
Speaker 1: to yes, get an edge rusher if you really want.
Speaker 1: And as long as the top three guys aren't gone
Speaker 1: at number four, because then you're looking at you know,
Speaker 1: let's get another tackle. Why not continue to support Zach Wilson?
Speaker 1: Maybe bounce back at ten with a white out? How
Speaker 1: do you see it? Yeah? I think they're in a
Speaker 1: position where, uh, and Joe Douglas said it, like the
Speaker 1: opportunity with four picks in the top thirty eight, five
Speaker 1: in the top sixty nine, they can get some impact
Speaker 1: players and really help shape their future going forward. Um,
Speaker 1: and I look at it, You're right. I mean you
Speaker 1: could go pass rusher, you could go offensive tackle, you
Speaker 1: can even go corner. I mean to me, Gardner is
Speaker 1: probably the safest pick in the draft. Maybe, Um, would
Speaker 1: you do it? Is it too high at forward? Do
Speaker 1: you think you can get him at ten? You know?
Speaker 1: I I just think they're in a position where they
Speaker 1: can just look at it and say, like, if we
Speaker 1: get this position, we can still help ourselves at ten
Speaker 1: as well, or as we've heard, and I think it
Speaker 1: is clearly part of their thinking is, you know, can
Speaker 1: we yo get a number one. Is Deebo Samuel gonna
Speaker 1: get put out there? Is DK Metcalf gonna be put
Speaker 1: out there? I mean, as of right now, you're getting
Speaker 1: pushed back and there's nothing gonna happen, and there's still
Speaker 1: time to fix this. But I don't know. You know,
Speaker 1: they put an offer on the table that Kansas City
Speaker 1: was willing to take without the two first round picks
Speaker 1: for Tyree Hill, and he'll eventually chose the Dolphins over
Speaker 1: the Jets. But if you had dangled that ten for
Speaker 1: someone like DK or Devo, would that be you know,
Speaker 1: enough to convince the that side to say, all right,
Speaker 1: well we love our player, but we have to pay
Speaker 1: him twenty thirty million a year. We get a ten,
Speaker 1: we can get a good, good wide receiver there and
Speaker 1: start the clock over on that position. That's just I
Speaker 1: think they have a lot of options. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: they did well last year. And then you know, as
Speaker 1: you mentioned, I just if you can get if you
Speaker 1: can get one of those top wideouts without giving up
Speaker 1: four and ten, you know, like they were poised to
Speaker 1: do with Tyreek Hill would have done that deal all
Speaker 1: day long. But at ten, I think you get a
Speaker 1: wide receiver with five years of cost control, you know.
Speaker 1: And I think that pays off because I think there
Speaker 1: are players, you know, those two dudes that you mentioned
Speaker 1: DK Debo, they're one of one in terms of skill set,
Speaker 1: in terms of build, but there are guys that are
Speaker 1: similar in terms of the impact that they can make
Speaker 1: that they could get their attend Drake London being one
Speaker 1: of them as a bigger target. Right. You hear London's
Speaker 1: name attached to the Jets quite a bit here during
Speaker 1: this process, dating back to the combine, and it hasn't
Speaker 1: hasn't died down at all. You know, they feel like
Speaker 1: they've got some smaller guys that they can work underneath,
Speaker 1: and then let's get that big receiver to you know,
Speaker 1: contested catch to help bail out Zach and times when
Speaker 1: you know the window is not that big or maybe
Speaker 1: he just needs to throw one up there and trusted
Speaker 1: your guy can go get it. And I think there's
Speaker 1: a feeling in New York that that maybe London is
Speaker 1: that guy. I would agree. Let's go back up the
Speaker 1: totem pool here with the Miami Dolphins, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: like get their first pick is coming in the compensatory
Speaker 1: area of the third round at number one hundred and two.
Speaker 1: Um So look, I I we're not gonna identify a
Speaker 1: player here, but again, like I think trying to find
Speaker 1: you know, another edge rusher there to kind of bolster
Speaker 1: that unit. Um, I think, you know, linebacker, I think
Speaker 1: offensive line as as a possibility. There just anywhere where
Speaker 1: they can get some really good football players that are gonna,
Speaker 1: you know me, either compete on special teams immediately or
Speaker 1: provide depth is what they're looking for here. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: to me, like I said, it's almost like you're in
Speaker 1: a dice roll situation there because you're you're not picking
Speaker 1: for so long. It's just like, what's there? Is there
Speaker 1: somebody that we liked it again for whatever reason, has
Speaker 1: slipped down the board a little bit, or is there
Speaker 1: someone we project and maybe he's a little bit of
Speaker 1: a project, but like, hey, if we can maximize this guy,
Speaker 1: knowing that we're essentially having an opportunity to red shirt
Speaker 1: him this year, that you know, maybe that's a guy
Speaker 1: that can impact our football team, you know, two years
Speaker 1: from now. And you know, with what they've done this offseason,
Speaker 1: I don't know that they necessarily desperate for impact pieces
Speaker 1: right away. Up. Let's move to the Bills, who have
Speaker 1: eight picks in total starting with number twenty five overall.
Speaker 1: I skipped the Patriots will get back to them here
Speaker 1: in a second. Um, but we talked about that is
Speaker 1: maybe a spot for another wide receiver or you know,
Speaker 1: if one of those guards is available, as you continue
Speaker 1: to try to, you know, kind of beef up up
Speaker 1: front and get a little bit more to that run game,
Speaker 1: could be something they could consider. Mike. Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: it's interesting is as you kind of keep hearing from
Speaker 1: Buffalo that maybe there might be a surprise here and
Speaker 1: maybe running back is a place where even though no
Speaker 1: one likes first round running backs, that maybe they look
Speaker 1: at a piece there and say there's someone here who
Speaker 1: can help put our offense, which is already and an overdrive,
Speaker 1: and maybe take us to another place again looking for speed.
Speaker 1: I mean, the other thing you have to look at
Speaker 1: here is Tnevious Whites coming off the A c L.
Speaker 1: I've heard he's the head of schedule, but you know
Speaker 1: you still gotta get on the field and start doing stuff.
Speaker 1: Um so is he gonna be ready for the start
Speaker 1: of the season and their number two corner to Levi
Speaker 1: Wallas is now with Pittsburgh, so Bean has not drafted
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean is not drafted a cornerback higher than the
Speaker 1: fifth rounds since he's been there. But maybe this is
Speaker 1: the year where you go in and you find that
Speaker 1: corner opposite of trade Avious when he gets right and
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, we're looking at a f C
Speaker 1: where all the quarterbacks are at right now, all these
Speaker 1: weapons are at. You're gonna need to be able to
Speaker 1: handle the pass, and um, it might be a perfect
Speaker 1: opportunity there someone like Andrew Booth. I know they've had
Speaker 1: him in for a top three visit. Uh, someone like
Speaker 1: that who can slide right in right away your number
Speaker 1: two corner and then who knows, you know, a couple
Speaker 1: of years down the road where that player develops and
Speaker 1: what he becomes. But you know, I would I would
Speaker 1: look at that area if I was them, A yeah,
Speaker 1: and if you know Booth is gone, you're looking into
Speaker 1: the you know, the Kyler Gordon from Washington neighborhood, You're
Speaker 1: looking at the Roger McCreary from Auburn neighborhood there as well.
Speaker 1: At twenty five running backs, Wiz Kenny Walker, Briest Hall, Uh,
Speaker 1: Brieste Hall of Iowa State. Uh, you know Blaze, the
Speaker 1: both those guys really did, really did well in the
Speaker 1: athletic Hall's name is I've heard Breese Hall's name come
Speaker 1: up a few times in connection with Buffalo. So again,
Speaker 1: just something to kind of keep an eye on there.
Speaker 1: And Leslie for the Patriots picking four spots in front
Speaker 1: of the Bills there in my list, Yeah, run it
Speaker 1: down all right, left guard, left tackle, cornerback. Uh, looking
Speaker 1: for a Devin mccordy replacement, you know, thirty four going
Speaker 1: thirty five, a playmaking linebacker. Don't have enough speeded linebacker level. Uh.
Speaker 1: They were as bad against the run last year as
Speaker 1: they were the year before and that was a concentration
Speaker 1: for them during this previous off season. So maybe another
Speaker 1: run stuffer. And you know, if you want to be
Speaker 1: nice to Mac Jones, especially after what you've done to
Speaker 1: the offensive coaching staff here, maybe get him a shifty
Speaker 1: slot receiver, which is how they've really thrived in that
Speaker 1: offense for twenty years. And you know, give him that guy.
Speaker 1: They can get open in one point eight seconds. So
Speaker 1: if your offensive line isn't getting it done, you can
Speaker 1: get the ball out to someone you trust you can
Speaker 1: make a play. I'm into that as well. Love those
Speaker 1: choices there. As we look at the a f C East,
Speaker 1: the roster reset here, assessing what these teams have done,
Speaker 1: what they will do in the upcoming NFL Draft up
Speaker 1: next on the docket. Mike's back with us as we
Speaker 1: dig in on the a f C West back here
Speaker 1: on NFL Inside Report, Red Lewis and Mike Gardi here
Speaker 1: with us as we continue our roster Reset series. Did
Speaker 1: the a f C East at the top part of
Speaker 1: the show here, getting into the a f C West now,
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Speaker 1: Back here now with Mike, Mike most competitive division in football.
Speaker 1: It's like, um, you know, it's it's literally like like
Speaker 1: a I don't watch wrestling, but if I did, this
Speaker 1: would feel like each team getting up on the top
Speaker 1: ropes and delivering, you know, like the diamond cutter to
Speaker 1: every every single team, like with the moves that they
Speaker 1: were making. You know, started with Russell Wilson and we
Speaker 1: got the vote. Adams is the Entyree Hill is out.
Speaker 1: You know, Khalil mac J C. Jackson come over to
Speaker 1: the Chargers. This was an insane a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: for the a f C West. Um any reason to
Speaker 1: believe that it is not the best division in football? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't see it. I mean I just think that
Speaker 1: everybody has done so much UM and it just oh well,
Speaker 1: the Chargers just did. Then the Chiefs did the like
Speaker 1: it's just like they it was almost like clear, look,
Speaker 1: we know they do it. I mean teams look at themselves,
Speaker 1: but they also have to pay attention to the competition.
Speaker 1: And it was almost like, oh man, well we can't
Speaker 1: stand we gotta go and do something like hey, let's
Speaker 1: go get Colombette. Like they're just there were so many
Speaker 1: things that happened that make you believe, like every one
Speaker 1: of these games, especially when they play each other, when
Speaker 1: they have those interdivisional matchups, like you're gonna you're gonna
Speaker 1: wanna DV on the game if you're not watching it live,
Speaker 1: because it just has the potential to be so much fun.
Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a lot of competition, and
Speaker 1: I think, you know, when you get to this level
Speaker 1: and this level of competition and the way each team
Speaker 1: sort of feels about themselves, I think there'll be some
Speaker 1: hatred involved in the Division two, which I kind of like,
Speaker 1: you know, you get get a little nasty between. You
Speaker 1: know what's funny is that, like you literally with this division,
Speaker 1: you could make a case for each one of these
Speaker 1: teams to finish first, in each one of these teams
Speaker 1: to finish last, like can you believe that? Like we
Speaker 1: could be talking about the Chiefs, you know, won the division,
Speaker 1: you know, five straight years here finishing last in the
Speaker 1: division and you know what, they still might make the
Speaker 1: playoffs like doing that, which is also insane. And the
Speaker 1: Broncos who finished last each of the last two years,
Speaker 1: even though they acquired Russell Wilson, because of the strength
Speaker 1: of the division of the division, they could still finish
Speaker 1: last again but again could make the playoffs winning tenoral
Speaker 1: eleven games. Like that's how crazy it is. So let's
Speaker 1: kind of set the scene here for each one of
Speaker 1: these divisions great their off season moves. Let's start with
Speaker 1: those Denver Broncos and obviously the Marquee transaction trading for
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Yeah, I say it's an a minus. You know,
Speaker 1: you gave up the five picks and some players to
Speaker 1: go get them. But when you consider where they've been
Speaker 1: since Peyton Manning retired, um, desperately seeking that next guy.
Speaker 1: Um they got him. Now. To me, I'd be a
Speaker 1: little bit worried about what I've seen from Russell the
Speaker 1: last year and a half. Uh, sort of an unwillingness
Speaker 1: to run as much um. And obviously we know there
Speaker 1: was some friction there with Seattle Nathaniel Hackett's the first
Speaker 1: year head coach, Like, how does that? Mary? I know,
Speaker 1: right now everything's wonderful, But when they start calling runs
Speaker 1: and Russell wants to throw it every play, like, does
Speaker 1: that lead him to the same place he was in Seattle?
Speaker 1: That has me curry us to see how that looks,
Speaker 1: you know, in September and October. But for now, obviously
Speaker 1: you just have to love the idea. They finally don't
Speaker 1: have to answer questions about that position or try to
Speaker 1: talk themselves into Teddy Bridgewater or um, god, how many
Speaker 1: other guys have they gone through, right, It's just like
Speaker 1: one year yo, yeah, right, like yeah, there's nicer yeah right,
Speaker 1: ripping right, like it was the market Margaret was not
Speaker 1: markets and whatever the other one the other rippon. So like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you got to this point where you're like, you're trying
Speaker 1: to commit yourself. That maybe just made Drew lock that
Speaker 1: this could be the next guy. You don't have to
Speaker 1: worry about that anymore. This is the guy. You're gonna
Speaker 1: tire yourself to this guy long term and now hopefully
Speaker 1: you're gonna get yourself out of that rotten back in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So they can, you know, with the consistency
Speaker 1: that again has been lacking for the last seven or
Speaker 1: eight years. Randy Gregory comes back over as well to
Speaker 1: provide that edge, pairing with Bradley Chubb, who hope is
Speaker 1: even healthier you know this year for the Brocos. And
Speaker 1: otherwise it's a defense that was pretty darn solid. Let's
Speaker 1: it to the Las Vegas Raiders who made a marquee
Speaker 1: transaction on both sides of the ball. Mike, Yeah, they did,
Speaker 1: and I don't know how you're not excited about that either.
Speaker 1: It's certainly Josh McDaniels going out and trading for our
Speaker 1: number one ride receiver is absolutely the opposite of what
Speaker 1: his mentor, Bill Belichick would ever do. Remember he's the
Speaker 1: guy who told Thomas demutrof in Atlanta, now, Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: you don't trade it for that, You can get Jonathan Baldwin.
Speaker 1: They'll be about the same guy. Jonathan Baldwin I think
Speaker 1: had like five catches in his career. And you know,
Speaker 1: we know what, we know what Julio Jones went on
Speaker 1: to become for Atlanta. UM, so I say, b plus, here,
Speaker 1: there's a you know, a lot to give up for Adams.
Speaker 1: And again that's an interesting position. But now everybody, all
Speaker 1: the elite guys are getting paid there. But I just
Speaker 1: think the synergy between him and car the idea that
Speaker 1: he wants to be there, that he wanted to come
Speaker 1: home to play for them, I think it's pretty exciting.
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones is still a really good pass rusher. You
Speaker 1: pair him with Max Crosby, Um, you know, Crosby and
Speaker 1: and Gockway were great last year. Chandler is a bit
Speaker 1: better player against the run than in Gotways, so it
Speaker 1: should be an upgrade there. And I like and this
Speaker 1: is you know, kind of a further down. They signed
Speaker 1: to Ron Harmon, former Patriot, former Falcon deep safety guy,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Abram. It's an interesting player, you know, drafted up safe.
Speaker 1: It hasn't happened for him. Can't can't play deep, you know,
Speaker 1: it's more of a box safety. So Abrams is still
Speaker 1: gonna play. But I think having someone that they can
Speaker 1: put back there and sort of quarterback that defense and
Speaker 1: that unit and sort of communicate what Patrick Graham, the
Speaker 1: new d C wants from his defense, I think it
Speaker 1: is important. You know, like he's not like he's not
Speaker 1: gonna make game changing plays weekend and week out, but
Speaker 1: he's a smart player, and I think that will just
Speaker 1: help that unit become cohesive, you know, maybe quicker than
Speaker 1: it would take in a normal season where you don't
Speaker 1: have a veteran that that knows the system and sort
Speaker 1: of can be leaned upon to to help things out there.
Speaker 1: Kind of view, Abram is like Jamal Adams light. You know,
Speaker 1: it's like a player of that ilk that you would
Speaker 1: want to put in that kind of position to succeed
Speaker 1: rather than force him, you know, to be a little
Speaker 1: bit more out of his comfort zone because you have
Speaker 1: to um and so now maybe a player like Harmon,
Speaker 1: you know, can help alleviate some of those concerns on
Speaker 1: the back end there as well. All right, let's get
Speaker 1: to the l A Chargers trade for Khalil. Max signed
Speaker 1: j C. Jackson in addition to some depth pieces up
Speaker 1: front to kind of bolster what was one of the
Speaker 1: worst rush defenses in the league last year. And man,
Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good if I'm l A right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's an A RNA minus. I mean, I think that
Speaker 1: j C is a is a perfect fit for what
Speaker 1: they want to do. I think the way he and
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley are already vibing is to me, it's a
Speaker 1: really I think it's pretty clear um Staley's respect for Jackson,
Speaker 1: and I think Jackson always felt like he didn't necessarily
Speaker 1: get that respect here in New England. So I think that,
Speaker 1: you know, could help take him to another level just
Speaker 1: feeling more confident because they're feeling confident in him and
Speaker 1: trusting him to do what he does. I mean, the
Speaker 1: Mac thing, he wasn't very good last year, but now
Speaker 1: he's got both On the other side, I think Max
Speaker 1: thing might have been a little bit about health too,
Speaker 1: So now if he comes back and he's healthy. He
Speaker 1: and Bosa like that helps guys like j C. Jackson,
Speaker 1: the second hair I maag just helps the whole unit entirely.
Speaker 1: And but keeping Mike Williams maybe it's a little bit
Speaker 1: of an overpay maybe, And I know all the receivers,
Speaker 1: they are getting paid a lot of money. Maybe they
Speaker 1: want a little bit further than I would have gone
Speaker 1: for him. But look great synergy with Herbert um Keenan
Speaker 1: Allen's getting a little bit older, maybe he can make
Speaker 1: that transition and eventually become a number one Sebastian day
Speaker 1: in the inside, like they did a lot of good
Speaker 1: things for their football team that have to make them
Speaker 1: feel great, you know, missing the playoffs last year. But
Speaker 1: I have to make them feel great rolling into you know,
Speaker 1: the draft and the upcoming season. But Mike, I mean,
Speaker 1: what a shrewd move by G M. Tomp Kalesco. Because
Speaker 1: the contract from Mike Williams three years and sixty million
Speaker 1: probably would have cost three and ninety million about three
Speaker 1: weeks later Son early rightin mill per year right there.
Speaker 1: Based on the way that Davante Adams got paid, the
Speaker 1: way that Tyreek Hill got paid with stuff I think
Speaker 1: about how teams have gone into the off season, so
Speaker 1: many of these some of these receivers that were in
Speaker 1: free agency, and like I know in New England, you know,
Speaker 1: they end up trading for DeVante Parker. And as people said,
Speaker 1: it's a classic Belichick move, Well, why because he doesn't
Speaker 1: want to pay twenty five million or he doesn't want
Speaker 1: to pay twelve million for mvs So this guy, pretty
Speaker 1: good player, has our time stand on the field all
Speaker 1: the time. But like for the production for the cost, like, okay,
Speaker 1: that makes sense. And I wonder if they're gonna be
Speaker 1: more teams that sort of trying to mind that middle class,
Speaker 1: if you will. Um because of the escalating cost for
Speaker 1: receivers and particular the receipt if the receivers weren't going
Speaker 1: to come off the board early and often in the
Speaker 1: draft this year before all this happened, they are now
Speaker 1: Like wait till you see how many white outs go
Speaker 1: in the first three rounds of this year's draft. Like
Speaker 1: just because of that salary effect that we're talking about here,
Speaker 1: our final team for an offseason grade, the Kansas City Chief,
Speaker 1: the perennial champion in this division. How do you see it?
Speaker 1: C plus and look, I like some of what they
Speaker 1: did to react to the trade of Tyreek Hill. I thought,
Speaker 1: bringing in mvs and Juju, they got a little bit
Speaker 1: more physical and wide receiver. I think they're they're kind
Speaker 1: of giving you the idea that maybe this offense is
Speaker 1: gonna morph a little bit from what it's become, what
Speaker 1: what has been, to maybe what it's going to become. Now.
Speaker 1: I think they can be a little bit bigger, they
Speaker 1: can run the ball a little bit more. I think
Speaker 1: because they got two pieces. Honestly, a wide receiver that
Speaker 1: blocked very well. Harry Kill is not a blocker. These
Speaker 1: guys are big guys, physical guys. I mean, obviously that's
Speaker 1: not what you're paying them to do, but that is
Speaker 1: part of the equation. But I just I look at
Speaker 1: it and say, how can you take someone who he's
Speaker 1: a top five receiver and is a complete freak in
Speaker 1: terms of his speed and how he stresses a defense.
Speaker 1: How can you remove that player still in his prime
Speaker 1: from the equation and think, at least in the short term,
Speaker 1: that you got better. You know. Now, look, there's still
Speaker 1: draft picks, and there's a lot of different ways they
Speaker 1: can build this and address that position and how they
Speaker 1: play offense. But until we see it, and I think
Speaker 1: it's probably to take a little time to until we
Speaker 1: see it, until we see it developed, then I don't
Speaker 1: know how you can be super high on what they did.
Speaker 1: I do like the Justin Reid signing. Honey Badger is
Speaker 1: a great leader, but I think you're seeing now even
Speaker 1: they're sort of a slowing Yeah, he's not he's not
Speaker 1: a he's not a peer like Tyrone Matthew is in
Speaker 1: terms of awareness, but he's a better he's a better
Speaker 1: athlete at this point. Yeah, absolutely, And I think that's
Speaker 1: the reason they moved on, right. I think they just
Speaker 1: felt like, all right, we've gotten a lot of mileage
Speaker 1: out of this player, and maybe now he's starting to
Speaker 1: show some tread on his tires. You gotta get younger,
Speaker 1: we gotta hit more athletic. They did that, So I
Speaker 1: like that move, But again, now you're removing a leadership
Speaker 1: piece as well. Honey Badger clearly one of the heartbeats
Speaker 1: of that defense. So you know, again, I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna take them a little bit of time, and by
Speaker 1: no means am I writing them off. To your point,
Speaker 1: you can finish and last and still be in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: And would you want to see them in the playoffs
Speaker 1: if they're healthy and Patrick Mahomes is the quarterback. The
Speaker 1: answer is hell, no, you would not. So they're still
Speaker 1: dangerous to me, but I think it's gonna it might
Speaker 1: take a little time to gotta hit their stride. And
Speaker 1: by the way, Marquez vald Is scantling well not on
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hills level. Is as close as it gets in
Speaker 1: the league. Like, dudes got some speed. In fact, was
Speaker 1: the second fastest ball carrier this past season in the
Speaker 1: NFL according to Next Gen Stats as they do the
Speaker 1: miles per hour. Uh stat there, okay, Uh let me
Speaker 1: start back here with the Chiefs as we get into
Speaker 1: the draft now, Mike, because I'm gonna pose this question
Speaker 1: to you because it's something Daniel Jeremiah and I talked
Speaker 1: about and moved the sticks a couple of times when
Speaker 1: this trade went down that sent Tyreek Hill on his way.
Speaker 1: I think the Orlando Brown franchise tag at left tackle
Speaker 1: hamstrung the Chiefs a little bit in the amount of
Speaker 1: money that they were willing to commit or could commit
Speaker 1: to Tyreek Hill. So let me ask you this, um,
Speaker 1: because they couldn't get a deal done with Orlando Brown.
Speaker 1: What if they would have just let him walk for
Speaker 1: now and say, we'll keep Tyreek Hill, will give him
Speaker 1: the money, and we'll take let's say Bernard Ryman out
Speaker 1: of Central Michigan with the twenty nine pick in the
Speaker 1: draft or wherever they were tween or thirty, which whichever
Speaker 1: one was the original pick that they had, Like, would
Speaker 1: you would you take that? Or would you take Orlando Brown?
Speaker 1: And let's say Christian Watson from North Dakota State at
Speaker 1: a wide out. That's a good that's a good little
Speaker 1: brain vender right there here. So I would side with
Speaker 1: keeping Orlando Brown. But I don't think Orlando Brown played
Speaker 1: great last year, and I think there's still some concerns
Speaker 1: about him as a pass blocker, as a left tackle.
Speaker 1: So you know, they gave up capitol ago get him.
Speaker 1: He's younger. Maybe they look at Tyreek and say, sometimes
Speaker 1: the hamstrings, like you know, when's the when has all
Speaker 1: of a sudden that going to turn sideways? And when
Speaker 1: it does, then the impact of the player. So I
Speaker 1: guess I would say Brown. But boy, that is a
Speaker 1: tough one. It really is a tough one. I think
Speaker 1: about it. I just you basically remade your offensive line
Speaker 1: and I and and they were pretty good last year,
Speaker 1: So I guess I would I would say I'd want
Speaker 1: to keep them together and see if they continue to
Speaker 1: blossom as a group. I I I agree with that
Speaker 1: part of it too, because we saw what not having
Speaker 1: a marquee tackle meant for Patrick Mahomes down the stretch
Speaker 1: in the in the Super Bowl loss to the Bucks,
Speaker 1: you know, year year plus ago. Now. But let me
Speaker 1: but I'll bring this up to you, um as well,
Speaker 1: because you know, now this is with the benefit of time.
Speaker 1: But if you had not given Orlando Brown the franchise tag,
Speaker 1: Look how long it took for to Ron Armstead to
Speaker 1: get that deal with Miami. Like as the clocks kept ticking,
Speaker 1: and the clock kept ticking on Orlando Brown, and you
Speaker 1: could say, all right, we gave Tyreek Kill the extension.
Speaker 1: Oh this is what we got for you. Is it
Speaker 1: gonna be enough? Um? Or was he gonna get that
Speaker 1: amount of money out on the open market? I don't know.
Speaker 1: With the Colts have backed up the brink struck for him, um,
Speaker 1: whereas they didn't for to Ron Armstead. You know, I
Speaker 1: think there's there's not a Chris ballad move right that
Speaker 1: tends not to delve into it that way. There are
Speaker 1: people around the league, and you talk to people like
Speaker 1: there are some people around the league that still believe
Speaker 1: Orlando Brown's a right tackle. I'm not a left tackle, sure,
Speaker 1: and they feel they feel even more emboldened by their
Speaker 1: their thought process before last year by the way he
Speaker 1: played this year. But you know, smallish wide receiver. I
Speaker 1: know he had the freak speed, But like I guess,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I'm gonna stick with
Speaker 1: protecting Patrick and hoping that he can elevate whatever receiver
Speaker 1: you decide to go with in the draft, because I'm
Speaker 1: assuming they willn't take at least one in the draft
Speaker 1: um and the other pieces juju and mvs and and
Speaker 1: and elevate them because well, quite frankly, that's what you're
Speaker 1: paying him to do, exactly exactly. Okay, let's then move
Speaker 1: back in order with the l A Chargers here as
Speaker 1: we go back up the way, we started Chargers on
Speaker 1: the clock at number seventeen overall, hit it out of
Speaker 1: the park last year at thirteen with Rashon Slater. Wouldn't
Speaker 1: hate it if if they got one of the top
Speaker 1: tackles in this year's Class two and moved slided him
Speaker 1: right over there to right tackle. Because at some point
Speaker 1: you're gonna be paying justin Herbert fifty bill a year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: in that time is coming sooner rather than later. I'm
Speaker 1: a pent with it that. I think Storm norton uh
Speaker 1: struggle last year right tackle. I think there's an obvious
Speaker 1: area for an upgrade. I think that you know, when
Speaker 1: you look at the tackles, I think, really, if you're
Speaker 1: not getting a tackle in the first round, you are
Speaker 1: rolling the dice. I think that's where the good ones are.
Speaker 1: I think that's historically where you find the good ones.
Speaker 1: So this is what I'm doing. You know, whether it's
Speaker 1: someone like Trevor Penning, whether it's Charlie Cross, like somebody
Speaker 1: there that can. Again, you want to keep Herbert upright,
Speaker 1: you want to keep him healthy. Norton was a problem again.
Speaker 1: I'll go back to just watching that Patriots game, and
Speaker 1: they just tortured Storm Norton on that right side. It
Speaker 1: was a massive issue of Judean. They were all eating
Speaker 1: off him. Um, you know, you've you've got upgrade that spot.
Speaker 1: And I think that's that makes a heck of a
Speaker 1: lot of sense. Any other position I kind of look
Speaker 1: at is linebacker. Kenneth Murray hasn't developed. Now. I don't
Speaker 1: know how Brandon Staley sees Kenneth Murray and and if
Speaker 1: he foresees him making a leap as a player, but
Speaker 1: to me, that's been an area of concern for them,
Speaker 1: and I think the potential upgrade now know Devin Lloyd,
Speaker 1: would that be something you would do there? I mean again,
Speaker 1: I would stick with offense because I think my team
Speaker 1: has built around Justin Herbert and I think I've done
Speaker 1: enough defensively at least to get significantly better than I
Speaker 1: was last year. So maybe linebacker is a luxury pick
Speaker 1: or something you look at the second, second, or third round.
Speaker 1: But you know, for me, that's another area that I
Speaker 1: kind of look in and say, I need more out
Speaker 1: of that spot and I gotta find someone for for
Speaker 1: Staley's defense to be the quarterback there. Yeah, and look,
Speaker 1: and by the way, if you want to look at
Speaker 1: the third round pick of the Chargers, that's number seventy
Speaker 1: nine overall. If they want to if they want to
Speaker 1: look at a linebacker there, some names to follow would be,
Speaker 1: you know, Leo Chanal from Wisconsin. Um with big strong
Speaker 1: dude Trey Anderson from Montana State might be gone by
Speaker 1: that time. Um, but man Cheney can can. I WT
Speaker 1: the sneaky one. So he's not big, he's I think
Speaker 1: he's five eleven. He's about two thirty. But I have
Speaker 1: become enamored with Oklahoma State's Malcolm Rodriguez. That dude, that Rhett,
Speaker 1: just like I know your Bucky and and DJ they
Speaker 1: might shoot me down. I just every time I've watched
Speaker 1: him now, he finds the football. It's like he has
Speaker 1: an unbelievable mac for finding the football. Sometimes he takes
Speaker 1: weird roots to get there, but he gets there and
Speaker 1: he makes plays. Uh, you know he I think he
Speaker 1: was a high school wrestler, like a really good high
Speaker 1: school wrestler. I think he was also, Uh, I think
Speaker 1: he was a pretty good running back as well. I
Speaker 1: think if I had my memory or maybe he was
Speaker 1: a quarterback whatever, he was a good offensive player. I
Speaker 1: remember that. So like he's just he's an intriguing guy
Speaker 1: for me. And again, like then now we're talking, he's
Speaker 1: probably a fourth or fifth round pick. But you know,
Speaker 1: beauties in the eye of the beholder and right now.
Speaker 1: He's pretty beautiful to me. There you go. Yeah, Darien
Speaker 1: Beavers from Cincinnati. Another one that I like. Joe Joe
Speaker 1: Dolman from Nebraska. Um, you know that kind of has
Speaker 1: some of that versatility that I think Brandon Staley would
Speaker 1: get into. So um, there's you know, just the thought
Speaker 1: there um on what the Chargers might do. Then let's
Speaker 1: get into now the Las Vegas Raiders, who again, look
Speaker 1: they're not gonna be on the clock until the third
Speaker 1: round after the Davante Adams trade eight six overall, but
Speaker 1: a a position group or another need that you'd like
Speaker 1: to see filled their offensive line. I think if you
Speaker 1: looked at their offensive line last year, Colton Miller played
Speaker 1: really well, in fact, kind of established himself as one
Speaker 1: of the better young left tackles in football. Um, but
Speaker 1: I think pretty much the rest of that offensive line struggled. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, Alex Leatherwood first round pick, they put him
Speaker 1: a right to like, maybe he's better suited inside. I
Speaker 1: just think at that spot that's I kind of be
Speaker 1: looking to to to add some competition there and maybe
Speaker 1: get an upgrade because I just think they need to
Speaker 1: be better in front of Derek. I think there's there
Speaker 1: are too many holes and too many questions with that
Speaker 1: offensive line. So that's something I think makes a lot
Speaker 1: of sense. And you know Josh's offensive background, Like, let's
Speaker 1: all right, we got pieces on offense, we've got skilled players.
Speaker 1: Now let's fortify up front and that you know, a
Speaker 1: third round guard. Now, that's more in line with the
Speaker 1: way Bill Belichick has thought all those years, right, and
Speaker 1: McDaniel seeing that up close and personal as well, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I know exactly right. Um, and again, they really only
Speaker 1: have five picks, and they've got two in the fifth
Speaker 1: round and then one's in the third, fourth and at seventh.
Speaker 1: Let's move to the Denver Broncos, who will not pick
Speaker 1: in the first round because of the Russell Wilson trade,
Speaker 1: and say that's a a plus move from that perspective,
Speaker 1: essentially sending the number nine pick this year and a
Speaker 1: couple of players as well over to Seattle. So they're
Speaker 1: on the clocket number sixty four. This is uh the
Speaker 1: pick they got, one of the picks they got from
Speaker 1: the Rams for the von Miller trade. So here we
Speaker 1: are at sixty four. Were not like there for Denver.
Speaker 1: So I think another cornerback here and I think there's
Speaker 1: plenty of guys to choose from that will be in
Speaker 1: and around that area. You know, something like Martin Emerson
Speaker 1: from Mississippi State Camp, Taylor Bread from Nebraska, Kobe Bryant, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, I really like from Cincinnati. You watch
Speaker 1: Sauce and nobody threw it sauce they're throwing at Kobe
Speaker 1: and Kobe handled his business over there in Cincinnati pretty well.
Speaker 1: Like to me, that would make a lot of sense. Again,
Speaker 1: we're talking about the division we've we've rattled off these
Speaker 1: teams Mahomes Herbert car like, you need to have good corners.
Speaker 1: I think that's an area would make a lot of
Speaker 1: sense for me. I think another one, um, you know
Speaker 1: you traded fan as part of the deal to get Wilson.
Speaker 1: How about McBride from Colorado State? Right, Like, would that
Speaker 1: you know in your backyard it was the top tight
Speaker 1: end in the in the country last year won the award,
Speaker 1: right might be a you know, nice little fit there
Speaker 1: and give give a security blanket for for Russell with
Speaker 1: a with a you know, treasure trove of weapons on
Speaker 1: the outside between Judy and Sutton and Patrick like they've
Speaker 1: got plenty of pieces outside, but maybe someone who can
Speaker 1: work the middle of the field a little bit. That
Speaker 1: would be uh, that would be a luxury pick for them.
Speaker 1: I think I'd probably go a corner first, but McBride's
Speaker 1: a pretty good player. Might be hard to pass him up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if he's there, that that could make some sense that
Speaker 1: you have albert A koy boon him who provides the
Speaker 1: speed at the y position. Um, you know. And if
Speaker 1: McBride not there, Isaiah likely from Coastal Carolina, um has
Speaker 1: you know, is a guy that has been asked to
Speaker 1: do a bunch of things there for Coastal and really
Speaker 1: gets into it in the blocking game too, So could
Speaker 1: help that offense in a variety of ways. And look
Speaker 1: at interior defensive line um as well. Maybe a guy
Speaker 1: like Travis Jones from Yukon after they said Shelby Harris
Speaker 1: on his way, Um, just kind of beefing up the
Speaker 1: front of that defense. Try to collapse the pocket from
Speaker 1: a number of different areas. I dug up a good
Speaker 1: little nugget. Um. They added ten players in free agency,
Speaker 1: Red who played forty four playoff games between them and
Speaker 1: their roster prior to had like nothing there was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know Jstin Simmons is one of the best players.
Speaker 1: He's one of the best safeties in the league. Right
Speaker 1: He's never played in the playoff game. They added and
Speaker 1: it's not just Russell, you know, it's a d. J. Jones,
Speaker 1: It's Randy Gregory, Krowan Williams, Billy Turner, Tom Compton. Like,
Speaker 1: they added a lot of pieces that know how to
Speaker 1: play in January, you know, and know how to play
Speaker 1: in some of them in February. And I think that's
Speaker 1: a nice little addition for that team too, just in
Speaker 1: terms of leadership. You know, you're you're bringing some young
Speaker 1: players onto a team that that's got some pretty good
Speaker 1: guys that know how to point you in the right
Speaker 1: direction to where you want to go. I love that.
Speaker 1: That's a great nugget in fact, because playoff experience, while
Speaker 1: you know it is oftentimes something we talk about, it's
Speaker 1: more tangible than I think people people realize when you
Speaker 1: get in the locker room and people see the habits
Speaker 1: and other guys see the habits, the daily work habits
Speaker 1: of those who have been there and knows what and
Speaker 1: know what it takes to get to the top of
Speaker 1: the mountain. So I think that's that's a good point there, Mike.
Speaker 1: Already on the Denver Broncos now with some playoff experience,
Speaker 1: with some Super Bowl experience with Russell Wilson coming over
Speaker 1: as well, so a lot of like there in Denver.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a wild ride in the a
Speaker 1: f C West. Thanks for setting to straight like but
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