WEBVTT - Roster Reset: AFC West and East 0:00:05.058 --> 0:00:07.778 NFL Inside Report is the production of the NFL in 0:00:07.898 --> 0:00:21.698 partnership with I Heart Radio. I'm Reread Lewis and this 0:00:22.098 --> 0:00:25.418 is NFL Inside Report. We're back with you this week 0:00:25.498 --> 0:00:28.818 to continue our Roster Reset series, taking a look at 0:00:28.818 --> 0:00:31.578 the offseason wheeling and dealing from all thirty two teams 0:00:31.618 --> 0:00:34.978 and how it will impact this upcoming season. Last week, 0:00:35.018 --> 0:00:38.698 we reset the entire NFC. This week it's the a 0:00:38.858 --> 0:00:42.018 f C s turn, and today we're tackling the East 0:00:42.338 --> 0:00:46.018 and West with our pal here from NFL Media, Mike 0:00:46.298 --> 0:00:50.178 g rd And Mike, We're gonna start with the East 0:00:50.378 --> 0:00:53.458 in a division this century that has been dominated by 0:00:53.498 --> 0:00:58.498 the Patriots, but they are not the top dogs anymore. 0:00:58.538 --> 0:01:00.978 The Buffalo Bills now went back to back a f 0:01:01.058 --> 0:01:02.938 C East Crowns looking to make it three in a row. 0:01:03.018 --> 0:01:05.338 And that's kind of what we expect here, Mike, with 0:01:05.418 --> 0:01:08.218 Josh Allen establishing himself as one of the most elite 0:01:08.258 --> 0:01:13.218 quarterbacks in this entire league. But how competitive do you 0:01:13.258 --> 0:01:16.898 expect the division to be to try to topple the 0:01:16.938 --> 0:01:20.018 Bills at the top there? Yeah, I don't know that 0:01:20.178 --> 0:01:23.218 anyone has done enough at to this point, even though 0:01:23.418 --> 0:01:27.418 Miami has done some splashy things, um to close the 0:01:27.458 --> 0:01:29.978 gap on what Buffalo is. Because Buffalo has done a 0:01:29.978 --> 0:01:33.178 really nice job again this offseason and sort of maintains 0:01:33.258 --> 0:01:36.018 that distance I think between them and the other teams 0:01:36.018 --> 0:01:37.778 in the division. And you know, it's gotta be a 0:01:37.818 --> 0:01:41.218 little disheartening, I think maybe for New England. Uh. And 0:01:41.258 --> 0:01:43.738 if I'm Miami, like, look, they're feeling good about what 0:01:43.778 --> 0:01:46.578 they did, but man, there's still a long gap. There's 0:01:46.578 --> 0:01:49.178 still a large gap rather between you and Buffalo in 0:01:49.218 --> 0:01:52.658 my opinion. Yeah, I would agree there, you know as well, 0:01:52.738 --> 0:01:54.978 and despite all the moves and all the trades and 0:01:55.058 --> 0:01:57.338 a new regime. Um. And we're gonna get into that 0:01:57.378 --> 0:01:59.698 with the Dolphins, Like, it really comes down to the 0:01:59.778 --> 0:02:02.618 quarterback in this division, and there's not one that is 0:02:02.658 --> 0:02:05.378 on the level of Josh Allen at this point. But 0:02:05.498 --> 0:02:08.658 let's start there with the Bills. Then how would do 0:02:08.698 --> 0:02:11.698 great with the Bills did this offseason, which you know 0:02:11.818 --> 0:02:16.058 clearly has been impacted by the marquee signing of Von Miller. Yeah, 0:02:16.058 --> 0:02:18.418 I give him. As I was looking at it last night, 0:02:18.498 --> 0:02:20.938 I'd say a minus. And I'd say the only reason 0:02:20.978 --> 0:02:23.458 I would go a minus and not higher is that 0:02:23.578 --> 0:02:26.578 Brandon being talked about the need for some more speed, 0:02:26.978 --> 0:02:29.058 I think on both sides of the ball, and I think, 0:02:29.058 --> 0:02:30.898 you know, von Miller certainly gives them some of that, 0:02:30.938 --> 0:02:35.178 but I think there's offensively they could use another guy 0:02:35.258 --> 0:02:38.218 that has the ability to take at the distance. And yeah, Diggs, 0:02:38.298 --> 0:02:40.938 you have Gabe Davis, but I think maybe whether it's 0:02:40.978 --> 0:02:44.098 someone in the slot, maybe it's another big outside receiver 0:02:44.218 --> 0:02:45.978 we can take the top off, or maybe if you 0:02:45.978 --> 0:02:48.378 can start running back. I think that's an area where 0:02:48.858 --> 0:02:52.098 wouldn't surprise me come draft time if that's what they address. 0:02:52.818 --> 0:02:55.338 And they're they're going to be some receivers that have 0:02:55.578 --> 0:02:57.298 you know, that have gone. Some of the top receivers 0:02:57.298 --> 0:02:58.738 will be gone by the time the Bills are on 0:02:58.778 --> 0:03:00.098 the clock. Here. We'll get to that here just a 0:03:00.138 --> 0:03:02.818 little bit, but there could very well be uh still 0:03:02.858 --> 0:03:04.818 one of the top flight wideouts in this year's class 0:03:04.818 --> 0:03:07.138 of ailable for them there. And look, I think you 0:03:07.218 --> 0:03:10.418 mentioned it, but Gabe Davis. You know, Emmanuel Sanders told 0:03:10.458 --> 0:03:12.258 us on g MFB last week when he was with 0:03:12.298 --> 0:03:14.618 the crew that Gabe Davis is one of those dudes 0:03:14.658 --> 0:03:16.378 that is going to become a household name. And I 0:03:16.418 --> 0:03:20.858 think he kind of asserted himself into, you know, the conversation, 0:03:20.978 --> 0:03:24.378 inserted himself into the conversation in that divisional game loss 0:03:24.378 --> 0:03:26.258 to the Chiefs. But you have three touchdowns in that 0:03:26.298 --> 0:03:34.458 game against Kansas City, So I think we're gonna see 0:03:34.458 --> 0:03:36.098 a lot more from him. But you're right, I think 0:03:36.178 --> 0:03:39.098 a little more speed could certainly benefit what the Bills 0:03:39.138 --> 0:03:41.298 want to do, especially after locking up Stefon Diggs to 0:03:41.378 --> 0:03:44.658 that contract extension. Let's move on then to the Patriots 0:03:44.858 --> 0:03:47.218 right there in New England. As we mentioned, a lot 0:03:47.218 --> 0:03:50.938 of staff turnover this year, clearly with Josh McDaniels out 0:03:51.298 --> 0:03:55.218 and no clear successor as an offensive coordinator, which has 0:03:55.258 --> 0:03:57.818 obviously been one of the storylines here. So if you 0:03:57.898 --> 0:04:00.458 if you factor that in, you know, to the grade here, Mike, 0:04:00.458 --> 0:04:02.778 how are we are? We looking at the Patriots? C 0:04:02.978 --> 0:04:06.298 minus for starters are mentioned the coaching staff, right, I 0:04:06.338 --> 0:04:10.098 think unless Bill O'Brien had come to be the offensive coordinator, 0:04:10.418 --> 0:04:13.298 I think replacing Josh was gonna be hard to do. 0:04:13.498 --> 0:04:15.258 Gonna be hard to do this season. I mean, he's 0:04:15.258 --> 0:04:18.498 been calling plays for basically twenty years. Uh, he's helped 0:04:18.938 --> 0:04:20.778 be the architect of this offense and the way it's 0:04:20.778 --> 0:04:24.138 developed over the course of twenty years. Um, and he 0:04:24.178 --> 0:04:26.378 did a terrific job I think with Mac Jones. And 0:04:26.378 --> 0:04:29.538 you saw the pictures if you're watching the games, after 0:04:29.578 --> 0:04:32.498 every series that goes to the bench, Josh goes there 0:04:32.578 --> 0:04:34.138 right next to him. Now, who's gonna be doing that 0:04:34.218 --> 0:04:37.138 this year? Is that Joe Judge? Is that that Patricia? 0:04:37.538 --> 0:04:41.498 Isn't Nick Cayley? Um? No one knows for sure. I 0:04:41.538 --> 0:04:44.538 do know that Bill Belichick has a large steak in 0:04:44.738 --> 0:04:47.618 Mac Jones and his future, and I believe that Bill 0:04:47.658 --> 0:04:51.138 Belichick will be more involved with Mac Jones. I think 0:04:51.138 --> 0:04:54.538 that's the feeling inside the building. But again, what does 0:04:54.578 --> 0:04:56.538 that really mean? Does that mean an extra meeting a 0:04:56.578 --> 0:04:59.618 week with him? Does that mean he's watching the offense 0:04:59.658 --> 0:05:03.338 more closely and during games and paying less attention to 0:05:03.378 --> 0:05:05.898 the big picture. Like I don't. We haven't seen it yet, 0:05:05.898 --> 0:05:07.858 so I don't know how it's gonna go. I just 0:05:07.938 --> 0:05:10.298 know that with Josh there, Bill was able to turn 0:05:10.378 --> 0:05:12.938 his back on the offense at times and talk to 0:05:12.938 --> 0:05:15.818 the defense because Josh was essentially the head coach of 0:05:15.858 --> 0:05:17.858 the offense and had you know, Carpe launched to do 0:05:17.898 --> 0:05:19.858 what he wants so that, to me is a massive 0:05:20.298 --> 0:05:22.338 issue for this team. And then I think the other thing, 0:05:22.378 --> 0:05:25.658 right I look at is they lost some good players 0:05:25.978 --> 0:05:28.898 that they haven't replaced. J. C. Jackson is gone, Right, 0:05:29.778 --> 0:05:34.258 what's the replacement plan? Terrence Mitchell? No, Malcolm Butler, Like, okay, 0:05:34.298 --> 0:05:36.978 that's a nice dice roll. But theyn't really guarantee any 0:05:37.018 --> 0:05:39.458 money from Malcolm. So they're telling you right there, like, well, 0:05:39.498 --> 0:05:41.658 if it works, it was worth the risk. And if 0:05:41.658 --> 0:05:44.858 it doesn't, well we didn't pay anything to do it. 0:05:45.178 --> 0:05:47.338 And then I started go down the line too, and 0:05:47.338 --> 0:05:50.098 it's like, okay, they brought Devin mcquarterback. That makes sense, right, 0:05:50.138 --> 0:05:52.458 you're going through some turnover. He's a culture guy. He 0:05:52.538 --> 0:05:55.138 still played at a pretty high level to keep him. 0:05:55.178 --> 0:05:57.458 But then I thought Trump Brown was gonna be gone. 0:05:57.698 --> 0:05:59.498 They got him back, They didn't pay him a ton 0:05:59.498 --> 0:06:01.538 of money. How much is he gonna play. He's had 0:06:01.538 --> 0:06:03.418 a hard time staying on the field. He's miss basically 0:06:03.538 --> 0:06:06.778 half his games over the last three years. Um, he's 0:06:06.778 --> 0:06:10.178 a big man. He's got lower leg issues like those 0:06:10.218 --> 0:06:12.618 don't get better. He's not gonna be two eighty five 0:06:12.658 --> 0:06:15.178 anytime soon. Right, they got a weight clause inform to 0:06:15.218 --> 0:06:18.338 stay under three sixty. But I think he's just at 0:06:18.338 --> 0:06:20.538 the point of his career now where if he plays 0:06:20.538 --> 0:06:23.858 double digit games in the season I'd be surprised, or 0:06:23.898 --> 0:06:27.338 maybe you'd be excited by that fact. You bring James 0:06:27.378 --> 0:06:29.898 White back again, sort of been a key guy for 0:06:29.938 --> 0:06:33.178 you coming off a really bad hip injury. Wasn't walking 0:06:33.218 --> 0:06:35.458 for the first couple of months after the injury, Like, 0:06:36.258 --> 0:06:39.258 so where is he? Like he's making progress, but again, 0:06:39.298 --> 0:06:42.458 no guaranteed money. Jabrol Peppers people are trying to get 0:06:42.458 --> 0:06:46.058 excited here about he projects as a depth piece and 0:06:46.098 --> 0:06:49.018 maybe a return guy. Like there's just I look at 0:06:49.018 --> 0:06:52.258 the roster and I say, man, there are a lot 0:06:52.658 --> 0:06:54.258 a lot of holes in this roster and a lot 0:06:54.258 --> 0:06:56.778 of things that need to be addressed. And look, I 0:06:56.818 --> 0:06:58.938 think it was it was probably it would probably be 0:06:58.938 --> 0:07:01.378 a little foolish to expect them to spend another you know, 0:07:01.498 --> 0:07:04.778 three hundred and whatever million like they did this two 0:07:04.898 --> 0:07:06.898 off seasons ago. Now when they brought in you know, 0:07:06.978 --> 0:07:09.738 Hunter Henry and John new Smith and and spent all 0:07:09.778 --> 0:07:12.738 that money with Matthew Judan and that whole crew, and 0:07:12.858 --> 0:07:14.898 would love to get a little bit more out of 0:07:14.898 --> 0:07:18.338 that tight end room, particularly with John new Smith for 0:07:18.378 --> 0:07:19.978 some of the money that was spent, certainly got a 0:07:19.978 --> 0:07:21.858 lot out of Matthew Judan was was one of the 0:07:21.898 --> 0:07:26.738 best free agent signings of the twenty one off season period, 0:07:27.098 --> 0:07:29.378 not just for New England. So yeah, still someone answered 0:07:29.458 --> 0:07:33.458 questions there for the Patriots. Let's move to the Dolphins. 0:07:34.578 --> 0:07:40.138 Mike McDaniel the only new coach in the division this 0:07:40.298 --> 0:07:45.018 offseason and seems dead set on rolling to a tongue 0:07:45.018 --> 0:07:48.258 of viola out there again and trying to support him. 0:07:48.498 --> 0:07:52.178 How much does that factor into the grade here? Yeah, 0:07:52.258 --> 0:07:54.738 I'm giving him. I'm giving him a B. And this 0:07:54.778 --> 0:07:57.698 could this could be at a if Tyreek Hill meshes 0:07:57.738 --> 0:08:01.018 with the quarterback and turn Armstead stays on the field, 0:08:01.058 --> 0:08:02.618 because we know when he is on the field he's 0:08:02.618 --> 0:08:05.058 one of the best left tackles of it. Well, it 0:08:05.098 --> 0:08:07.338 also can slide to a D because I don't know 0:08:07.378 --> 0:08:11.938 that Tyreek Hill meshes with who two is as a quarterback, 0:08:12.098 --> 0:08:14.858 right and he's going from Patrick to to ah too. 0:08:14.938 --> 0:08:17.498 Is still trying to prove himself in the landscape. Patrick 0:08:17.618 --> 0:08:20.138 is the best quarterback in the league or one of 0:08:20.218 --> 0:08:22.538 two or the three best quarterbacks. Right, there's there's no 0:08:22.618 --> 0:08:27.018 question about that. Um and Armstead, Like, if Armstead there's 0:08:27.018 --> 0:08:29.858 a big investment in him financially, and if he has 0:08:29.898 --> 0:08:33.018 another one of these seasons where he's playing six games, 0:08:33.058 --> 0:08:35.138 that that's a massive issue. And look at this point 0:08:35.138 --> 0:08:38.338 in his career, does it get better? You know, like 0:08:38.498 --> 0:08:39.898 you hope it does because you want to see the 0:08:39.898 --> 0:08:41.258 guy on the field. We all want to see the 0:08:41.258 --> 0:08:43.738 best players on the field every week. But that's not 0:08:43.778 --> 0:08:47.018 a that's not a lot considering his his past history. 0:08:47.058 --> 0:08:49.458 But to your point, like it really is, it's all 0:08:49.498 --> 0:08:52.738 about Toah because now they've given him pieces, They've got 0:08:52.738 --> 0:08:54.938 a coach who at least publicly is saying he believes 0:08:54.978 --> 0:08:58.258 in him. Although the signing of Teddy Bridgewater at the 0:08:58.338 --> 0:09:01.458 number that they gave him makes you wonder like and 0:09:01.538 --> 0:09:03.818 look to it hasn't been healthy a lot either, so 0:09:03.858 --> 0:09:05.658 he's miss games. He I guess you have to have 0:09:05.698 --> 0:09:07.578 a viable back up there. But again it just sort 0:09:07.578 --> 0:09:11.058 of it makes you think a little bit um. But look, 0:09:11.338 --> 0:09:13.858 I think probably McDaniel got the job in part because 0:09:13.858 --> 0:09:16.298 he said I can make this work with Tah. I 0:09:16.298 --> 0:09:18.618 think the owner wants it to work with Tah. But 0:09:18.738 --> 0:09:21.218 now we'll see they've got all the pieces for Tah. 0:09:21.458 --> 0:09:23.498 They gave him a much better offensive line than he 0:09:23.498 --> 0:09:27.138 had last year. Connor Williams add into the mix as well. Um, 0:09:27.338 --> 0:09:30.938 so you know now it's it's it's time, it's trying 0:09:30.978 --> 0:09:33.538 to prove your worth. Or next year they got multiple 0:09:33.578 --> 0:09:36.058 first you know, they'll be in the quarterback market again. 0:09:36.058 --> 0:09:38.338 I would believe. Well, so that's the thing. I kind 0:09:38.338 --> 0:09:40.658 of look at this as a win win for the 0:09:40.698 --> 0:09:43.858 Dolphins in this situation, and the first win would be 0:09:44.218 --> 0:09:47.298 to a thrives in this new environment, in this new system, 0:09:47.418 --> 0:09:50.698 with this new supporting cast that he has now, and 0:09:50.858 --> 0:09:53.178 they're ready to roll him out here for the future 0:09:53.218 --> 0:09:55.458 and he becomes you know, the face of the franchise, 0:09:55.818 --> 0:09:59.978 you know, without question, or they find out for sure 0:10:00.298 --> 0:10:03.698 this year that he is not the guy and then they're, 0:10:03.778 --> 0:10:05.698 like you said, in the quarter back market again. So 0:10:05.778 --> 0:10:09.298 it's either we have found our solution or we know 0:10:09.458 --> 0:10:11.818 we need to find the solution. There's no middle ground 0:10:11.858 --> 0:10:13.778 after this year. Yeah, I mean, just think about how 0:10:13.778 --> 0:10:17.218 they started last year and look, the stories are pretty 0:10:17.258 --> 0:10:19.618 well documented now that Floors is not a believer in 0:10:19.658 --> 0:10:22.058 to and wanted them to move in a different direction 0:10:22.338 --> 0:10:25.098 prior to even last season. But they can't have another 0:10:25.138 --> 0:10:27.138 start like that too. We can't have another start like 0:10:27.178 --> 0:10:29.298 that because he won't be playing. It'll be it'll be 0:10:29.298 --> 0:10:32.058 Teddy Bridgewater, and they'll have already made the decision we're 0:10:32.058 --> 0:10:34.978 moving on in the off season to go ahead. Uh. 0:10:35.018 --> 0:10:37.138 And obviously, because of all the chips they put in 0:10:37.178 --> 0:10:41.418 on Tyreek Hill, the draft is basically a non starter 0:10:41.498 --> 0:10:43.778 for them as their first pick as in the fourth round, right, 0:10:43.818 --> 0:10:46.178 So you look at it, maybe you could steal a 0:10:46.258 --> 0:10:48.618 starter somewhere out of there in the in the latter picks, 0:10:48.658 --> 0:10:50.978 but most likely you're just looking for death pieces, or 0:10:50.978 --> 0:10:53.578 maybe you're you're rolling the dice on someone who, from 0:10:53.778 --> 0:10:56.298 whatever reason you know, had a second round grade, but 0:10:56.338 --> 0:10:58.618 now he's slid into the fourth round because of injury 0:10:58.778 --> 0:11:01.218 or off field stuff or whatever it may be. And 0:11:01.258 --> 0:11:03.178 then maybe you hope you can you can you know, 0:11:03.258 --> 0:11:06.138 salvage that. But their team is pretty much their team 0:11:06.138 --> 0:11:08.938 at this point. Yeah, that's a good point. And look, 0:11:08.978 --> 0:11:13.018 they'd love to to see some of those offensive linemen 0:11:13.098 --> 0:11:16.098 that they spent high draft resources on in recent years, 0:11:16.138 --> 0:11:19.658 Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, leam Mykenberg, that whole crew really 0:11:19.738 --> 0:11:23.058 kind of step forward even more so this year too, 0:11:23.538 --> 0:11:25.778 you know, either jump into one of those best five 0:11:25.818 --> 0:11:29.818 starting positions or provide, you know, real quality depth on 0:11:29.858 --> 0:11:32.578 that roster as they look to continue to support in 0:11:32.658 --> 0:11:34.898 front of two a tug of Voloa in addition to 0:11:34.978 --> 0:11:37.338 around him. Let's move to the final team of the division, 0:11:37.378 --> 0:11:41.258 the New York Jets, year two of the Zach Wilson 0:11:41.378 --> 0:11:45.738 Robert sala Era as head coaching quarterback. What did you 0:11:45.738 --> 0:11:49.378 see from this offseason? You know, they have gotten a 0:11:49.378 --> 0:11:52.218 lot of attention from people I talked to around the league, 0:11:52.298 --> 0:11:55.458 a f C, NFC executive, scouts. There's a plan in 0:11:55.498 --> 0:11:59.538 place like that. People are seeing a good execution of 0:11:59.538 --> 0:12:01.698 a plan and a step forward from this team here 0:12:01.698 --> 0:12:04.418 in this offseason. I say, it's a B plus offseason 0:12:04.458 --> 0:12:07.098 for them. Like, you have the floor's offense, right, so 0:12:07.098 --> 0:12:08.858 what do you do? He needs tight ends? You didn't 0:12:08.898 --> 0:12:10.858 have any tight ends. So you go out and sign 0:12:11.178 --> 0:12:13.258 basically the two best guys that ended up being free 0:12:13.258 --> 0:12:15.778 agents in Conkman and Uzama. Right now, if they can 0:12:15.778 --> 0:12:18.338 get sort of mirror of the production they had last year, 0:12:18.538 --> 0:12:20.378 that's a great at And even if that production comes 0:12:20.378 --> 0:12:22.338 down a little bit. Still, they got nothing out of 0:12:22.378 --> 0:12:24.378 that position. They haven't had a good tight end since 0:12:24.458 --> 0:12:27.418 Dustin Keller. I mean it's been that long, right, So 0:12:27.698 --> 0:12:30.138 now you've got two guys that are have proven to 0:12:30.138 --> 0:12:32.538 be more than competent at the position. I love that 0:12:32.938 --> 0:12:35.618 Lake and Tomlinson on the front line. You know, maybe 0:12:35.698 --> 0:12:38.338 over paying for a guard, but obviously they know him 0:12:38.378 --> 0:12:42.258 from the San Francisco days, and look much like with 0:12:42.578 --> 0:12:45.138 we talked about, you know, to ah, this is a 0:12:45.138 --> 0:12:48.098 lot about Zac now, right and the second year, we 0:12:48.138 --> 0:12:50.658 saw some signs, especially I thought later in the year 0:12:50.898 --> 0:12:53.458 of like, okay, he's he's grown a little bit. We're 0:12:53.458 --> 0:12:56.578 seeing some things here, and now let's protect him better. 0:12:56.698 --> 0:12:59.178 You know, they were had problems to tackle Beckton gets 0:12:59.258 --> 0:13:01.898 hurt last year early, doesn't play the rest of the season, 0:13:02.418 --> 0:13:04.258 maybe got three or four games in there. So like, 0:13:05.258 --> 0:13:08.138 if they can protect him better, they've got a good 0:13:08.138 --> 0:13:10.578 plan in place to maybe take some pressure off him, 0:13:10.938 --> 0:13:14.298 get him some safety security blankets there and maybe you know, 0:13:14.458 --> 0:13:16.098 now all of a sudden, we'll we'll see what Zach 0:13:16.138 --> 0:13:18.138 Wilson is all about. Because let's face you can have 0:13:18.178 --> 0:13:20.618 a B plus offseason and if Zach Wilson doesn't take 0:13:20.618 --> 0:13:24.338 a step forward this year, then it probably is all 0:13:24.378 --> 0:13:27.778 for not and they may find themselves, like several other teams, 0:13:27.818 --> 0:13:29.898 back in the market for a quarterback a year or two. 0:13:29.938 --> 0:13:33.378 Double line. Yeah, and that's something that's that you just 0:13:33.418 --> 0:13:35.338 can't do it at this point. If you're the if 0:13:35.378 --> 0:13:37.858 you're that Jet, that Jets regime with GM Joe Douglas 0:13:37.938 --> 0:13:40.538 and head coach Robert sala Um, you know, you can't 0:13:40.538 --> 0:13:42.978 go back to ownership and me like, hey, sorry about that. 0:13:43.058 --> 0:13:45.498 Let's let's try that quarterback thing again. It's just you 0:13:45.538 --> 0:13:48.418 just don't get that many opportunities. I mean, it's very 0:13:48.418 --> 0:13:50.858 It is rare for a GM and a coach to 0:13:50.938 --> 0:13:55.258 get a second opportunity to draft a quarterback up high. 0:13:55.378 --> 0:13:58.698 Ryan Pason, Matt Naggie did uh and only lasted one 0:13:58.738 --> 0:14:01.458 season with the new quarterbacks. So you really gotta you 0:14:01.458 --> 0:14:03.138 gotta look at that as this is the guy we're 0:14:03.218 --> 0:14:05.258 riding with. How do we make it work? And I 0:14:05.298 --> 0:14:07.018 think a big part of how they will make it 0:14:07.058 --> 0:14:08.658 work as we start to look at some of the 0:14:08.738 --> 0:14:10.938 draft needs here. We'll start right there with the Jets 0:14:11.258 --> 0:14:13.298 and keep this conversation rolling is what they do at 0:14:13.298 --> 0:14:16.298 four and ten because Mike, I see the ability there 0:14:16.618 --> 0:14:19.618 to yes, get an edge rusher if you really want. 0:14:19.658 --> 0:14:21.818 And as long as the top three guys aren't gone 0:14:22.218 --> 0:14:24.538 at number four, because then you're looking at you know, 0:14:24.618 --> 0:14:27.658 let's get another tackle. Why not continue to support Zach Wilson? 0:14:27.698 --> 0:14:29.338 Maybe bounce back at ten with a white out? How 0:14:29.378 --> 0:14:31.058 do you see it? Yeah? I think they're in a 0:14:31.098 --> 0:14:34.138 position where, uh, and Joe Douglas said it, like the 0:14:34.178 --> 0:14:36.978 opportunity with four picks in the top thirty eight, five 0:14:37.018 --> 0:14:39.618 in the top sixty nine, they can get some impact 0:14:39.658 --> 0:14:43.378 players and really help shape their future going forward. Um, 0:14:43.378 --> 0:14:45.098 and I look at it, You're right. I mean you 0:14:45.098 --> 0:14:47.818 could go pass rusher, you could go offensive tackle, you 0:14:47.858 --> 0:14:52.018 can even go corner. I mean to me, Gardner is 0:14:52.058 --> 0:14:56.738 probably the safest pick in the draft. Maybe, Um, would 0:14:56.778 --> 0:14:58.418 you do it? Is it too high at forward? Do 0:14:58.458 --> 0:15:00.418 you think you can get him at ten? You know? 0:15:00.578 --> 0:15:02.618 I I just think they're in a position where they 0:15:02.618 --> 0:15:04.458 can just look at it and say, like, if we 0:15:04.538 --> 0:15:06.818 get this position, we can still help ourselves at ten 0:15:06.898 --> 0:15:10.378 as well, or as we've heard, and I think it 0:15:10.538 --> 0:15:13.418 is clearly part of their thinking is, you know, can 0:15:13.458 --> 0:15:16.698 we yo get a number one. Is Deebo Samuel gonna 0:15:16.738 --> 0:15:19.498 get put out there? Is DK Metcalf gonna be put 0:15:19.538 --> 0:15:21.618 out there? I mean, as of right now, you're getting 0:15:21.658 --> 0:15:23.738 pushed back and there's nothing gonna happen, and there's still 0:15:23.738 --> 0:15:25.898 time to fix this. But I don't know. You know, 0:15:25.938 --> 0:15:28.618 they put an offer on the table that Kansas City 0:15:28.658 --> 0:15:30.818 was willing to take without the two first round picks 0:15:31.058 --> 0:15:34.258 for Tyree Hill, and he'll eventually chose the Dolphins over 0:15:34.298 --> 0:15:37.498 the Jets. But if you had dangled that ten for 0:15:37.578 --> 0:15:41.218 someone like DK or Devo, would that be you know, 0:15:41.378 --> 0:15:43.698 enough to convince the that side to say, all right, 0:15:43.738 --> 0:15:46.098 well we love our player, but we have to pay 0:15:46.178 --> 0:15:49.138 him twenty thirty million a year. We get a ten, 0:15:49.218 --> 0:15:51.058 we can get a good, good wide receiver there and 0:15:51.098 --> 0:15:53.498 start the clock over on that position. That's just I 0:15:53.498 --> 0:15:56.738 think they have a lot of options. Yeah, I think 0:15:56.778 --> 0:15:58.498 they did well last year. And then you know, as 0:15:58.498 --> 0:16:01.018 you mentioned, I just if you can get if you 0:16:01.018 --> 0:16:02.898 can get one of those top wideouts without giving up 0:16:02.938 --> 0:16:04.618 four and ten, you know, like they were poised to 0:16:04.618 --> 0:16:06.298 do with Tyreek Hill would have done that deal all 0:16:06.378 --> 0:16:08.658 day long. But at ten, I think you get a 0:16:08.658 --> 0:16:11.058 wide receiver with five years of cost control, you know. 0:16:11.258 --> 0:16:13.178 And I think that pays off because I think there 0:16:13.178 --> 0:16:15.858 are players, you know, those two dudes that you mentioned 0:16:15.938 --> 0:16:18.938 DK Debo, they're one of one in terms of skill set, 0:16:18.978 --> 0:16:22.338 in terms of build, but there are guys that are 0:16:22.818 --> 0:16:25.178 similar in terms of the impact that they can make 0:16:25.298 --> 0:16:27.298 that they could get their attend Drake London being one 0:16:27.298 --> 0:16:30.578 of them as a bigger target. Right. You hear London's 0:16:30.658 --> 0:16:32.978 name attached to the Jets quite a bit here during 0:16:33.018 --> 0:16:35.698 this process, dating back to the combine, and it hasn't 0:16:35.778 --> 0:16:37.858 hasn't died down at all. You know, they feel like 0:16:37.898 --> 0:16:40.578 they've got some smaller guys that they can work underneath, 0:16:40.738 --> 0:16:43.298 and then let's get that big receiver to you know, 0:16:43.378 --> 0:16:46.058 contested catch to help bail out Zach and times when 0:16:46.258 --> 0:16:47.858 you know the window is not that big or maybe 0:16:47.858 --> 0:16:49.338 he just needs to throw one up there and trusted 0:16:49.378 --> 0:16:51.498 your guy can go get it. And I think there's 0:16:51.498 --> 0:16:54.178 a feeling in New York that that maybe London is 0:16:54.218 --> 0:16:57.538 that guy. I would agree. Let's go back up the 0:16:57.858 --> 0:17:00.738 totem pool here with the Miami Dolphins, as you mentioned, 0:17:00.778 --> 0:17:03.298 like get their first pick is coming in the compensatory 0:17:03.778 --> 0:17:07.578 area of the third round at number one hundred and two. 0:17:08.658 --> 0:17:11.578 Um So look, I I we're not gonna identify a 0:17:11.578 --> 0:17:15.698 player here, but again, like I think trying to find 0:17:15.898 --> 0:17:18.618 you know, another edge rusher there to kind of bolster 0:17:18.698 --> 0:17:22.458 that unit. Um, I think, you know, linebacker, I think 0:17:23.018 --> 0:17:26.338 offensive line as as a possibility. There just anywhere where 0:17:26.338 --> 0:17:29.058 they can get some really good football players that are gonna, 0:17:29.178 --> 0:17:31.458 you know me, either compete on special teams immediately or 0:17:31.498 --> 0:17:33.618 provide depth is what they're looking for here. Yeah, that 0:17:33.738 --> 0:17:35.778 to me, like I said, it's almost like you're in 0:17:35.818 --> 0:17:38.978 a dice roll situation there because you're you're not picking 0:17:39.018 --> 0:17:41.538 for so long. It's just like, what's there? Is there 0:17:41.538 --> 0:17:43.938 somebody that we liked it again for whatever reason, has 0:17:43.978 --> 0:17:45.618 slipped down the board a little bit, or is there 0:17:45.618 --> 0:17:47.618 someone we project and maybe he's a little bit of 0:17:47.658 --> 0:17:50.538 a project, but like, hey, if we can maximize this guy, 0:17:50.578 --> 0:17:53.178 knowing that we're essentially having an opportunity to red shirt 0:17:53.218 --> 0:17:55.698 him this year, that you know, maybe that's a guy 0:17:55.698 --> 0:17:58.138 that can impact our football team, you know, two years 0:17:58.138 --> 0:18:00.658 from now. And you know, with what they've done this offseason, 0:18:00.858 --> 0:18:03.538 I don't know that they necessarily desperate for impact pieces 0:18:03.618 --> 0:18:07.058 right away. Up. Let's move to the Bills, who have 0:18:07.138 --> 0:18:10.618 eight picks in total starting with number twenty five overall. 0:18:10.738 --> 0:18:12.338 I skipped the Patriots will get back to them here 0:18:12.378 --> 0:18:15.378 in a second. Um, but we talked about that is 0:18:15.538 --> 0:18:18.458 maybe a spot for another wide receiver or you know, 0:18:18.498 --> 0:18:22.218 if one of those guards is available, as you continue 0:18:22.258 --> 0:18:23.778 to try to, you know, kind of beef up up 0:18:23.818 --> 0:18:25.538 front and get a little bit more to that run game, 0:18:25.618 --> 0:18:28.258 could be something they could consider. Mike. Yeah, you know 0:18:28.298 --> 0:18:31.218 it's interesting is as you kind of keep hearing from 0:18:31.298 --> 0:18:33.818 Buffalo that maybe there might be a surprise here and 0:18:33.858 --> 0:18:36.498 maybe running back is a place where even though no 0:18:36.538 --> 0:18:38.898 one likes first round running backs, that maybe they look 0:18:38.938 --> 0:18:41.498 at a piece there and say there's someone here who 0:18:41.538 --> 0:18:44.698 can help put our offense, which is already and an overdrive, 0:18:44.938 --> 0:18:47.618 and maybe take us to another place again looking for speed. 0:18:47.938 --> 0:18:49.258 I mean, the other thing you have to look at 0:18:49.298 --> 0:18:52.098 here is Tnevious Whites coming off the A c L. 0:18:52.738 --> 0:18:54.338 I've heard he's the head of schedule, but you know 0:18:54.338 --> 0:18:56.578 you still gotta get on the field and start doing stuff. 0:18:56.938 --> 0:18:59.218 Um so is he gonna be ready for the start 0:18:59.218 --> 0:19:01.378 of the season and their number two corner to Levi 0:19:01.498 --> 0:19:04.738 Wallas is now with Pittsburgh, so Bean has not drafted 0:19:04.858 --> 0:19:07.658 Brandon Bean is not drafted a cornerback higher than the 0:19:07.698 --> 0:19:10.218 fifth rounds since he's been there. But maybe this is 0:19:10.258 --> 0:19:13.058 the year where you go in and you find that 0:19:13.258 --> 0:19:17.378 corner opposite of trade Avious when he gets right and 0:19:17.498 --> 0:19:19.978 feel like, you know, we're looking at a f C 0:19:20.138 --> 0:19:22.378 where all the quarterbacks are at right now, all these 0:19:22.418 --> 0:19:24.298 weapons are at. You're gonna need to be able to 0:19:24.338 --> 0:19:26.818 handle the pass, and um, it might be a perfect 0:19:26.818 --> 0:19:29.058 opportunity there someone like Andrew Booth. I know they've had 0:19:29.138 --> 0:19:31.498 him in for a top three visit. Uh, someone like 0:19:31.538 --> 0:19:34.258 that who can slide right in right away your number 0:19:34.298 --> 0:19:36.178 two corner and then who knows, you know, a couple 0:19:36.178 --> 0:19:38.578 of years down the road where that player develops and 0:19:38.658 --> 0:19:41.258 what he becomes. But you know, I would I would 0:19:41.258 --> 0:19:44.338 look at that area if I was them, A yeah, 0:19:44.378 --> 0:19:46.458 and if you know Booth is gone, you're looking into 0:19:46.538 --> 0:19:49.578 the you know, the Kyler Gordon from Washington neighborhood, You're 0:19:49.578 --> 0:19:52.658 looking at the Roger McCreary from Auburn neighborhood there as well. 0:19:52.698 --> 0:19:56.458 At twenty five running backs, Wiz Kenny Walker, Briest Hall, Uh, 0:19:56.578 --> 0:19:59.098 Brieste Hall of Iowa State. Uh, you know Blaze, the 0:19:59.298 --> 0:20:01.258 both those guys really did, really did well in the 0:20:01.298 --> 0:20:03.898 athletic Hall's name is I've heard Breese Hall's name come 0:20:03.978 --> 0:20:07.058 up a few times in connection with Buffalo. So again, 0:20:07.138 --> 0:20:08.578 just something to kind of keep an eye on there. 0:20:09.138 --> 0:20:11.618 And Leslie for the Patriots picking four spots in front 0:20:11.738 --> 0:20:16.818 of the Bills there in my list, Yeah, run it 0:20:16.858 --> 0:20:23.378 down all right, left guard, left tackle, cornerback. Uh, looking 0:20:23.378 --> 0:20:25.738 for a Devin mccordy replacement, you know, thirty four going 0:20:25.858 --> 0:20:31.098 thirty five, a playmaking linebacker. Don't have enough speeded linebacker level. Uh. 0:20:31.138 --> 0:20:34.018 They were as bad against the run last year as 0:20:34.058 --> 0:20:36.338 they were the year before and that was a concentration 0:20:36.418 --> 0:20:40.498 for them during this previous off season. So maybe another 0:20:40.578 --> 0:20:43.458 run stuffer. And you know, if you want to be 0:20:43.578 --> 0:20:46.218 nice to Mac Jones, especially after what you've done to 0:20:46.298 --> 0:20:49.018 the offensive coaching staff here, maybe get him a shifty 0:20:49.058 --> 0:20:51.378 slot receiver, which is how they've really thrived in that 0:20:51.458 --> 0:20:55.418 offense for twenty years. And you know, give him that guy. 0:20:55.458 --> 0:20:57.578 They can get open in one point eight seconds. So 0:20:57.778 --> 0:21:00.258 if your offensive line isn't getting it done, you can 0:21:00.258 --> 0:21:01.978 get the ball out to someone you trust you can 0:21:02.018 --> 0:21:05.018 make a play. I'm into that as well. Love those 0:21:05.098 --> 0:21:08.058 choices there. As we look at the a f C East, 0:21:08.178 --> 0:21:11.578 the roster reset here, assessing what these teams have done, 0:21:11.618 --> 0:21:15.978 what they will do in the upcoming NFL Draft up 0:21:16.018 --> 0:21:19.058 next on the docket. Mike's back with us as we 0:21:19.138 --> 0:21:36.338 dig in on the a f C West back here 0:21:36.378 --> 0:21:39.738 on NFL Inside Report, Red Lewis and Mike Gardi here 0:21:39.778 --> 0:21:43.538 with us as we continue our roster Reset series. Did 0:21:43.618 --> 0:21:46.418 the a f C East at the top part of 0:21:46.418 --> 0:21:48.978 the show here, getting into the a f C West now, 0:21:49.098 --> 0:21:51.298 But want to remind you that you can read more 0:21:51.338 --> 0:21:54.458 on the Roster Reset series on NFL dot com slash 0:21:54.618 --> 0:21:58.778 Roster Reset, and we'll be hitting all the angles as 0:21:58.858 --> 0:22:02.618 well throughout all eight divisions here in the NFL on 0:22:02.938 --> 0:22:06.498 NFL Network all week long. We should have tuned into 0:22:06.618 --> 0:22:09.258 NFL Now and all of our platforms for that information. 0:22:09.578 --> 0:22:13.098 Back here now with Mike, Mike most competitive division in football. 0:22:13.178 --> 0:22:16.338 It's like, um, you know, it's it's literally like like 0:22:16.378 --> 0:22:18.858 a I don't watch wrestling, but if I did, this 0:22:18.898 --> 0:22:20.818 would feel like each team getting up on the top 0:22:20.938 --> 0:22:23.978 ropes and delivering, you know, like the diamond cutter to 0:22:24.098 --> 0:22:26.658 every every single team, like with the moves that they 0:22:26.658 --> 0:22:29.338 were making. You know, started with Russell Wilson and we 0:22:29.418 --> 0:22:31.978 got the vote. Adams is the Entyree Hill is out. 0:22:32.378 --> 0:22:34.498 You know, Khalil mac J C. Jackson come over to 0:22:34.538 --> 0:22:38.338 the Chargers. This was an insane a couple of weeks 0:22:38.338 --> 0:22:41.058 for the a f C West. Um any reason to 0:22:41.098 --> 0:22:44.458 believe that it is not the best division in football? Yeah, 0:22:44.498 --> 0:22:46.218 I can't see it. I mean I just think that 0:22:46.298 --> 0:22:50.498 everybody has done so much UM and it just oh well, 0:22:50.778 --> 0:22:53.018 the Chargers just did. Then the Chiefs did the like 0:22:53.058 --> 0:22:55.978 it's just like they it was almost like clear, look, 0:22:56.018 --> 0:22:57.978 we know they do it. I mean teams look at themselves, 0:22:58.018 --> 0:23:00.018 but they also have to pay attention to the competition. 0:23:00.258 --> 0:23:03.338 And it was almost like, oh man, well we can't 0:23:03.378 --> 0:23:05.498 stand we gotta go and do something like hey, let's 0:23:05.498 --> 0:23:07.498 go get Colombette. Like they're just there were so many 0:23:07.538 --> 0:23:10.138 things that happened that make you believe, like every one 0:23:10.178 --> 0:23:12.058 of these games, especially when they play each other, when 0:23:12.098 --> 0:23:15.098 they have those interdivisional matchups, like you're gonna you're gonna 0:23:15.098 --> 0:23:17.098 wanna DV on the game if you're not watching it live, 0:23:17.138 --> 0:23:19.378 because it just has the potential to be so much fun. 0:23:19.418 --> 0:23:21.418 I think there's gonna be a lot of competition, and 0:23:21.458 --> 0:23:23.538 I think, you know, when you get to this level 0:23:23.578 --> 0:23:26.218 and this level of competition and the way each team 0:23:26.218 --> 0:23:27.938 sort of feels about themselves, I think there'll be some 0:23:28.018 --> 0:23:30.178 hatred involved in the Division two, which I kind of like, 0:23:30.258 --> 0:23:34.498 you know, you get get a little nasty between. You 0:23:34.498 --> 0:23:37.178 know what's funny is that, like you literally with this division, 0:23:37.858 --> 0:23:40.218 you could make a case for each one of these 0:23:40.258 --> 0:23:43.858 teams to finish first, in each one of these teams 0:23:44.058 --> 0:23:47.218 to finish last, like can you believe that? Like we 0:23:47.258 --> 0:23:50.698 could be talking about the Chiefs, you know, won the division, 0:23:50.938 --> 0:23:54.058 you know, five straight years here finishing last in the 0:23:54.058 --> 0:23:55.978 division and you know what, they still might make the 0:23:55.978 --> 0:23:59.218 playoffs like doing that, which is also insane. And the 0:23:59.258 --> 0:24:02.018 Broncos who finished last each of the last two years, 0:24:02.858 --> 0:24:05.818 even though they acquired Russell Wilson, because of the strength 0:24:05.818 --> 0:24:08.618 of the division of the division, they could still finish 0:24:08.698 --> 0:24:12.218 last again but again could make the playoffs winning tenoral 0:24:12.218 --> 0:24:14.978 eleven games. Like that's how crazy it is. So let's 0:24:15.018 --> 0:24:16.778 kind of set the scene here for each one of 0:24:16.818 --> 0:24:19.498 these divisions great their off season moves. Let's start with 0:24:19.538 --> 0:24:23.978 those Denver Broncos and obviously the Marquee transaction trading for 0:24:24.058 --> 0:24:27.218 Russell Wilson. Yeah, I say it's an a minus. You know, 0:24:27.538 --> 0:24:29.858 you gave up the five picks and some players to 0:24:29.898 --> 0:24:31.938 go get them. But when you consider where they've been 0:24:31.978 --> 0:24:36.618 since Peyton Manning retired, um, desperately seeking that next guy. 0:24:36.898 --> 0:24:41.578 Um they got him. Now. To me, I'd be a 0:24:41.618 --> 0:24:43.818 little bit worried about what I've seen from Russell the 0:24:43.898 --> 0:24:46.898 last year and a half. Uh, sort of an unwillingness 0:24:46.978 --> 0:24:49.938 to run as much um. And obviously we know there 0:24:49.978 --> 0:24:52.938 was some friction there with Seattle Nathaniel Hackett's the first 0:24:52.978 --> 0:24:54.938 year head coach, Like, how does that? Mary? I know, 0:24:55.098 --> 0:24:57.978 right now everything's wonderful, But when they start calling runs 0:24:58.178 --> 0:25:00.778 and Russell wants to throw it every play, like, does 0:25:00.818 --> 0:25:02.978 that lead him to the same place he was in Seattle? 0:25:03.858 --> 0:25:05.778 That has me curry us to see how that looks, 0:25:05.818 --> 0:25:09.178 you know, in September and October. But for now, obviously 0:25:09.178 --> 0:25:11.098 you just have to love the idea. They finally don't 0:25:11.138 --> 0:25:13.778 have to answer questions about that position or try to 0:25:13.818 --> 0:25:18.578 talk themselves into Teddy Bridgewater or um, god, how many 0:25:18.618 --> 0:25:20.178 other guys have they gone through, right, It's just like 0:25:20.178 --> 0:25:28.938 one year yo, yeah, right, like yeah, there's nicer yeah right, 0:25:29.218 --> 0:25:32.138 ripping right, like it was the market Margaret was not 0:25:32.298 --> 0:25:35.218 markets and whatever the other one the other rippon. So like, yeah, 0:25:35.258 --> 0:25:36.698 you got to this point where you're like, you're trying 0:25:36.698 --> 0:25:39.378 to commit yourself. That maybe just made Drew lock that 0:25:39.498 --> 0:25:41.618 this could be the next guy. You don't have to 0:25:41.658 --> 0:25:44.138 worry about that anymore. This is the guy. You're gonna 0:25:44.218 --> 0:25:47.218 tire yourself to this guy long term and now hopefully 0:25:47.258 --> 0:25:49.098 you're gonna get yourself out of that rotten back in 0:25:49.138 --> 0:25:51.578 the playoffs. So they can, you know, with the consistency 0:25:51.618 --> 0:25:53.138 that again has been lacking for the last seven or 0:25:53.178 --> 0:25:56.098 eight years. Randy Gregory comes back over as well to 0:25:56.138 --> 0:25:59.658 provide that edge, pairing with Bradley Chubb, who hope is 0:25:59.658 --> 0:26:02.018 even healthier you know this year for the Brocos. And 0:26:02.178 --> 0:26:04.778 otherwise it's a defense that was pretty darn solid. Let's 0:26:04.858 --> 0:26:07.898 it to the Las Vegas Raiders who made a marquee 0:26:07.898 --> 0:26:12.178 transaction on both sides of the ball. Mike, Yeah, they did, 0:26:12.258 --> 0:26:14.938 and I don't know how you're not excited about that either. 0:26:14.978 --> 0:26:18.338 It's certainly Josh McDaniels going out and trading for our 0:26:18.418 --> 0:26:21.138 number one ride receiver is absolutely the opposite of what 0:26:21.218 --> 0:26:24.338 his mentor, Bill Belichick would ever do. Remember he's the 0:26:24.378 --> 0:26:27.938 guy who told Thomas demutrof in Atlanta, now, Julio Jones, 0:26:27.938 --> 0:26:29.818 you don't trade it for that, You can get Jonathan Baldwin. 0:26:29.858 --> 0:26:32.698 They'll be about the same guy. Jonathan Baldwin I think 0:26:32.738 --> 0:26:34.898 had like five catches in his career. And you know, 0:26:34.978 --> 0:26:37.058 we know what, we know what Julio Jones went on 0:26:37.098 --> 0:26:39.858 to become for Atlanta. UM, so I say, b plus, here, 0:26:40.378 --> 0:26:42.338 there's a you know, a lot to give up for Adams. 0:26:42.378 --> 0:26:45.578 And again that's an interesting position. But now everybody, all 0:26:45.618 --> 0:26:47.738 the elite guys are getting paid there. But I just 0:26:47.778 --> 0:26:50.378 think the synergy between him and car the idea that 0:26:50.418 --> 0:26:52.138 he wants to be there, that he wanted to come 0:26:52.178 --> 0:26:54.498 home to play for them, I think it's pretty exciting. 0:26:55.058 --> 0:26:57.178 Chandler Jones is still a really good pass rusher. You 0:26:57.258 --> 0:26:59.938 pair him with Max Crosby, Um, you know, Crosby and 0:26:59.938 --> 0:27:02.538 and Gockway were great last year. Chandler is a bit 0:27:02.578 --> 0:27:05.138 better player against the run than in Gotways, so it 0:27:05.138 --> 0:27:07.858 should be an upgrade there. And I like and this 0:27:07.938 --> 0:27:10.538 is you know, kind of a further down. They signed 0:27:10.538 --> 0:27:14.698 to Ron Harmon, former Patriot, former Falcon deep safety guy, 0:27:14.898 --> 0:27:19.698 Jonathan Abram. It's an interesting player, you know, drafted up safe. 0:27:20.338 --> 0:27:23.298 It hasn't happened for him. Can't can't play deep, you know, 0:27:23.298 --> 0:27:25.978 it's more of a box safety. So Abrams is still 0:27:25.978 --> 0:27:28.378 gonna play. But I think having someone that they can 0:27:28.378 --> 0:27:31.498 put back there and sort of quarterback that defense and 0:27:31.538 --> 0:27:34.138 that unit and sort of communicate what Patrick Graham, the 0:27:34.138 --> 0:27:36.618 new d C wants from his defense, I think it 0:27:36.658 --> 0:27:38.218 is important. You know, like he's not like he's not 0:27:38.258 --> 0:27:40.378 gonna make game changing plays weekend and week out, but 0:27:40.418 --> 0:27:42.258 he's a smart player, and I think that will just 0:27:42.298 --> 0:27:45.218 help that unit become cohesive, you know, maybe quicker than 0:27:45.258 --> 0:27:47.978 it would take in a normal season where you don't 0:27:47.978 --> 0:27:50.298 have a veteran that that knows the system and sort 0:27:50.298 --> 0:27:52.858 of can be leaned upon to to help things out there. 0:27:53.578 --> 0:27:56.578 Kind of view, Abram is like Jamal Adams light. You know, 0:27:56.698 --> 0:27:58.978 it's like a player of that ilk that you would 0:27:59.018 --> 0:28:01.298 want to put in that kind of position to succeed 0:28:01.498 --> 0:28:03.818 rather than force him, you know, to be a little 0:28:03.858 --> 0:28:05.658 bit more out of his comfort zone because you have 0:28:05.778 --> 0:28:08.538 to um and so now maybe a player like Harmon, 0:28:08.898 --> 0:28:11.178 you know, can help alleviate some of those concerns on 0:28:11.218 --> 0:28:13.538 the back end there as well. All right, let's get 0:28:13.578 --> 0:28:16.738 to the l A Chargers trade for Khalil. Max signed 0:28:16.818 --> 0:28:19.458 j C. Jackson in addition to some depth pieces up 0:28:19.498 --> 0:28:21.498 front to kind of bolster what was one of the 0:28:21.498 --> 0:28:24.498 worst rush defenses in the league last year. And man, 0:28:24.498 --> 0:28:26.938 I'm feeling pretty good if I'm l A right now. Yeah, 0:28:26.978 --> 0:28:28.858 it's an A RNA minus. I mean, I think that 0:28:28.978 --> 0:28:31.338 j C is a is a perfect fit for what 0:28:31.378 --> 0:28:33.938 they want to do. I think the way he and 0:28:34.098 --> 0:28:36.898 Brandon Staley are already vibing is to me, it's a 0:28:36.898 --> 0:28:42.898 really I think it's pretty clear um Staley's respect for Jackson, 0:28:42.938 --> 0:28:45.098 and I think Jackson always felt like he didn't necessarily 0:28:45.098 --> 0:28:48.258 get that respect here in New England. So I think that, 0:28:48.338 --> 0:28:50.418 you know, could help take him to another level just 0:28:50.658 --> 0:28:53.938 feeling more confident because they're feeling confident in him and 0:28:53.938 --> 0:28:55.698 trusting him to do what he does. I mean, the 0:28:55.738 --> 0:28:58.938 Mac thing, he wasn't very good last year, but now 0:28:58.938 --> 0:29:00.858 he's got both On the other side, I think Max 0:29:00.978 --> 0:29:02.658 thing might have been a little bit about health too, 0:29:02.698 --> 0:29:05.378 So now if he comes back and he's healthy. He 0:29:05.538 --> 0:29:08.698 and Bosa like that helps guys like j C. Jackson, 0:29:08.778 --> 0:29:11.338 the second hair I maag just helps the whole unit entirely. 0:29:11.898 --> 0:29:15.658 And but keeping Mike Williams maybe it's a little bit 0:29:15.658 --> 0:29:18.298 of an overpay maybe, And I know all the receivers, 0:29:18.298 --> 0:29:20.298 they are getting paid a lot of money. Maybe they 0:29:20.298 --> 0:29:22.018 want a little bit further than I would have gone 0:29:22.058 --> 0:29:26.538 for him. But look great synergy with Herbert um Keenan 0:29:26.538 --> 0:29:28.778 Allen's getting a little bit older, maybe he can make 0:29:28.818 --> 0:29:32.138 that transition and eventually become a number one Sebastian day 0:29:32.178 --> 0:29:34.178 in the inside, like they did a lot of good 0:29:34.178 --> 0:29:36.058 things for their football team that have to make them 0:29:36.098 --> 0:29:38.738 feel great, you know, missing the playoffs last year. But 0:29:38.738 --> 0:29:40.778 I have to make them feel great rolling into you know, 0:29:40.818 --> 0:29:44.258 the draft and the upcoming season. But Mike, I mean, 0:29:44.298 --> 0:29:47.978 what a shrewd move by G M. Tomp Kalesco. Because 0:29:48.258 --> 0:29:51.418 the contract from Mike Williams three years and sixty million 0:29:51.738 --> 0:29:54.578 probably would have cost three and ninety million about three 0:29:54.618 --> 0:29:59.938 weeks later Son early rightin mill per year right there. 0:29:59.978 --> 0:30:02.338 Based on the way that Davante Adams got paid, the 0:30:02.378 --> 0:30:06.058 way that Tyreek Hill got paid with stuff I think 0:30:06.058 --> 0:30:08.978 about how teams have gone into the off season, so 0:30:09.018 --> 0:30:10.698 many of these some of these receivers that were in 0:30:10.698 --> 0:30:13.298 free agency, and like I know in New England, you know, 0:30:13.338 --> 0:30:16.418 they end up trading for DeVante Parker. And as people said, 0:30:16.458 --> 0:30:18.858 it's a classic Belichick move, Well, why because he doesn't 0:30:18.858 --> 0:30:21.018 want to pay twenty five million or he doesn't want 0:30:21.018 --> 0:30:24.818 to pay twelve million for mvs So this guy, pretty 0:30:24.818 --> 0:30:26.698 good player, has our time stand on the field all 0:30:26.698 --> 0:30:30.458 the time. But like for the production for the cost, like, okay, 0:30:30.538 --> 0:30:32.498 that makes sense. And I wonder if they're gonna be 0:30:32.498 --> 0:30:35.058 more teams that sort of trying to mind that middle class, 0:30:35.098 --> 0:30:38.618 if you will. Um because of the escalating cost for 0:30:38.738 --> 0:30:42.018 receivers and particular the receipt if the receivers weren't going 0:30:42.058 --> 0:30:44.138 to come off the board early and often in the 0:30:44.218 --> 0:30:47.898 draft this year before all this happened, they are now 0:30:48.138 --> 0:30:50.458 Like wait till you see how many white outs go 0:30:50.658 --> 0:30:53.218 in the first three rounds of this year's draft. Like 0:30:53.298 --> 0:30:57.018 just because of that salary effect that we're talking about here, 0:30:57.058 --> 0:30:59.738 our final team for an offseason grade, the Kansas City Chief, 0:30:59.778 --> 0:31:02.298 the perennial champion in this division. How do you see it? 0:31:02.978 --> 0:31:06.138 C plus and look, I like some of what they 0:31:06.218 --> 0:31:09.218 did to react to the trade of Tyreek Hill. I thought, 0:31:09.258 --> 0:31:12.098 bringing in mvs and Juju, they got a little bit 0:31:12.098 --> 0:31:15.418 more physical and wide receiver. I think they're they're kind 0:31:15.458 --> 0:31:17.778 of giving you the idea that maybe this offense is 0:31:17.778 --> 0:31:20.258 gonna morph a little bit from what it's become, what 0:31:20.258 --> 0:31:22.858 what has been, to maybe what it's going to become. Now. 0:31:23.258 --> 0:31:24.698 I think they can be a little bit bigger, they 0:31:24.698 --> 0:31:26.338 can run the ball a little bit more. I think 0:31:26.338 --> 0:31:29.178 because they got two pieces. Honestly, a wide receiver that 0:31:29.338 --> 0:31:31.858 blocked very well. Harry Kill is not a blocker. These 0:31:31.898 --> 0:31:34.178 guys are big guys, physical guys. I mean, obviously that's 0:31:34.178 --> 0:31:35.618 not what you're paying them to do, but that is 0:31:35.658 --> 0:31:38.178 part of the equation. But I just I look at 0:31:38.178 --> 0:31:42.138 it and say, how can you take someone who he's 0:31:42.178 --> 0:31:45.818 a top five receiver and is a complete freak in 0:31:45.898 --> 0:31:48.018 terms of his speed and how he stresses a defense. 0:31:48.258 --> 0:31:50.778 How can you remove that player still in his prime 0:31:51.218 --> 0:31:54.258 from the equation and think, at least in the short term, 0:31:54.298 --> 0:31:56.698 that you got better. You know. Now, look, there's still 0:31:56.778 --> 0:31:58.978 draft picks, and there's a lot of different ways they 0:31:58.978 --> 0:32:02.098 can build this and address that position and how they 0:32:02.098 --> 0:32:04.338 play offense. But until we see it, and I think 0:32:04.378 --> 0:32:06.818 it's probably to take a little time to until we 0:32:06.818 --> 0:32:08.818 see it, until we see it developed, then I don't 0:32:08.818 --> 0:32:11.538 know how you can be super high on what they did. 0:32:11.538 --> 0:32:14.538 I do like the Justin Reid signing. Honey Badger is 0:32:14.578 --> 0:32:16.898 a great leader, but I think you're seeing now even 0:32:17.018 --> 0:32:21.618 they're sort of a slowing Yeah, he's not he's not 0:32:21.658 --> 0:32:24.138 a he's not a peer like Tyrone Matthew is in 0:32:24.218 --> 0:32:26.778 terms of awareness, but he's a better he's a better 0:32:26.778 --> 0:32:29.698 athlete at this point. Yeah, absolutely, And I think that's 0:32:29.738 --> 0:32:31.378 the reason they moved on, right. I think they just 0:32:31.418 --> 0:32:34.298 felt like, all right, we've gotten a lot of mileage 0:32:34.298 --> 0:32:36.178 out of this player, and maybe now he's starting to 0:32:36.178 --> 0:32:38.418 show some tread on his tires. You gotta get younger, 0:32:38.418 --> 0:32:40.338 we gotta hit more athletic. They did that, So I 0:32:40.698 --> 0:32:43.658 like that move, But again, now you're removing a leadership 0:32:43.658 --> 0:32:46.978 piece as well. Honey Badger clearly one of the heartbeats 0:32:46.978 --> 0:32:49.098 of that defense. So you know, again, I think it's 0:32:49.098 --> 0:32:50.858 gonna take them a little bit of time, and by 0:32:50.858 --> 0:32:52.658 no means am I writing them off. To your point, 0:32:53.098 --> 0:32:55.138 you can finish and last and still be in the playoffs, 0:32:55.138 --> 0:32:56.618 And would you want to see them in the playoffs 0:32:56.898 --> 0:32:58.938 if they're healthy and Patrick Mahomes is the quarterback. The 0:32:58.938 --> 0:33:02.018 answer is hell, no, you would not. So they're still 0:33:02.098 --> 0:33:03.938 dangerous to me, but I think it's gonna it might 0:33:03.938 --> 0:33:06.658 take a little time to gotta hit their stride. And 0:33:06.698 --> 0:33:09.178 by the way, Marquez vald Is scantling well not on 0:33:09.258 --> 0:33:12.538 Tyreek Hills level. Is as close as it gets in 0:33:12.578 --> 0:33:15.058 the league. Like, dudes got some speed. In fact, was 0:33:15.098 --> 0:33:17.858 the second fastest ball carrier this past season in the 0:33:17.978 --> 0:33:20.538 NFL according to Next Gen Stats as they do the 0:33:20.578 --> 0:33:23.618 miles per hour. Uh stat there, okay, Uh let me 0:33:23.738 --> 0:33:25.858 start back here with the Chiefs as we get into 0:33:25.898 --> 0:33:29.578 the draft now, Mike, because I'm gonna pose this question 0:33:29.618 --> 0:33:32.058 to you because it's something Daniel Jeremiah and I talked 0:33:32.058 --> 0:33:34.138 about and moved the sticks a couple of times when 0:33:34.178 --> 0:33:37.618 this trade went down that sent Tyreek Hill on his way. 0:33:37.698 --> 0:33:41.578 I think the Orlando Brown franchise tag at left tackle 0:33:42.698 --> 0:33:44.978 hamstrung the Chiefs a little bit in the amount of 0:33:44.978 --> 0:33:47.098 money that they were willing to commit or could commit 0:33:47.138 --> 0:33:51.018 to Tyreek Hill. So let me ask you this, um, 0:33:51.058 --> 0:33:53.338 because they couldn't get a deal done with Orlando Brown. 0:33:53.498 --> 0:33:55.658 What if they would have just let him walk for 0:33:55.738 --> 0:33:58.258 now and say, we'll keep Tyreek Hill, will give him 0:33:58.298 --> 0:34:01.978 the money, and we'll take let's say Bernard Ryman out 0:34:01.978 --> 0:34:04.578 of Central Michigan with the twenty nine pick in the 0:34:04.618 --> 0:34:07.138 draft or wherever they were tween or thirty, which whichever 0:34:07.178 --> 0:34:09.498 one was the original pick that they had, Like, would 0:34:09.538 --> 0:34:12.098 you would you take that? Or would you take Orlando Brown? 0:34:12.338 --> 0:34:17.098 And let's say Christian Watson from North Dakota State at 0:34:17.098 --> 0:34:19.418 a wide out. That's a good that's a good little 0:34:19.418 --> 0:34:23.738 brain vender right there here. So I would side with 0:34:23.858 --> 0:34:28.098 keeping Orlando Brown. But I don't think Orlando Brown played 0:34:28.098 --> 0:34:30.898 great last year, and I think there's still some concerns 0:34:30.898 --> 0:34:33.698 about him as a pass blocker, as a left tackle. 0:34:34.178 --> 0:34:38.218 So you know, they gave up capitol ago get him. 0:34:38.298 --> 0:34:41.498 He's younger. Maybe they look at Tyreek and say, sometimes 0:34:41.498 --> 0:34:43.898 the hamstrings, like you know, when's the when has all 0:34:43.898 --> 0:34:45.738 of a sudden that going to turn sideways? And when 0:34:45.738 --> 0:34:49.458 it does, then the impact of the player. So I 0:34:49.818 --> 0:34:52.938 guess I would say Brown. But boy, that is a 0:34:52.978 --> 0:34:55.058 tough one. It really is a tough one. I think 0:34:55.098 --> 0:34:58.098 about it. I just you basically remade your offensive line 0:34:58.218 --> 0:35:00.258 and I and and they were pretty good last year, 0:35:00.298 --> 0:35:01.778 So I guess I would I would say I'd want 0:35:01.818 --> 0:35:04.298 to keep them together and see if they continue to 0:35:04.378 --> 0:35:07.138 blossom as a group. I I I agree with that 0:35:07.178 --> 0:35:09.378 part of it too, because we saw what not having 0:35:09.378 --> 0:35:12.578 a marquee tackle meant for Patrick Mahomes down the stretch 0:35:12.658 --> 0:35:15.058 in the in the Super Bowl loss to the Bucks, 0:35:15.178 --> 0:35:17.818 you know, year year plus ago. Now. But let me 0:35:17.938 --> 0:35:20.298 but I'll bring this up to you, um as well, 0:35:20.378 --> 0:35:24.138 because you know, now this is with the benefit of time. 0:35:24.538 --> 0:35:27.178 But if you had not given Orlando Brown the franchise tag, 0:35:27.218 --> 0:35:29.218 Look how long it took for to Ron Armstead to 0:35:29.258 --> 0:35:32.578 get that deal with Miami. Like as the clocks kept ticking, 0:35:32.618 --> 0:35:35.498 and the clock kept ticking on Orlando Brown, and you 0:35:35.498 --> 0:35:37.618 could say, all right, we gave Tyreek Kill the extension. 0:35:38.178 --> 0:35:40.178 Oh this is what we got for you. Is it 0:35:40.218 --> 0:35:42.898 gonna be enough? Um? Or was he gonna get that 0:35:42.938 --> 0:35:46.018 amount of money out on the open market? I don't know. 0:35:46.178 --> 0:35:48.818 With the Colts have backed up the brink struck for him, um, 0:35:48.858 --> 0:35:52.178 whereas they didn't for to Ron Armstead. You know, I 0:35:52.218 --> 0:35:54.778 think there's there's not a Chris ballad move right that 0:35:54.898 --> 0:35:58.258 tends not to delve into it that way. There are 0:35:58.258 --> 0:36:00.618 people around the league, and you talk to people like 0:36:00.818 --> 0:36:02.578 there are some people around the league that still believe 0:36:02.658 --> 0:36:05.098 Orlando Brown's a right tackle. I'm not a left tackle, sure, 0:36:05.138 --> 0:36:07.938 and they feel they feel even more emboldened by their 0:36:08.098 --> 0:36:10.698 their thought process before last year by the way he 0:36:10.738 --> 0:36:14.418 played this year. But you know, smallish wide receiver. I 0:36:14.458 --> 0:36:16.858 know he had the freak speed, But like I guess, 0:36:17.138 --> 0:36:18.498 at the end of the day, I'm gonna stick with 0:36:18.738 --> 0:36:22.098 protecting Patrick and hoping that he can elevate whatever receiver 0:36:22.218 --> 0:36:24.258 you decide to go with in the draft, because I'm 0:36:24.298 --> 0:36:26.378 assuming they willn't take at least one in the draft 0:36:26.818 --> 0:36:30.618 um and the other pieces juju and mvs and and 0:36:30.618 --> 0:36:33.178 and elevate them because well, quite frankly, that's what you're 0:36:33.178 --> 0:36:37.898 paying him to do, exactly exactly. Okay, let's then move 0:36:37.938 --> 0:36:40.818 back in order with the l A Chargers here as 0:36:40.818 --> 0:36:43.338 we go back up the way, we started Chargers on 0:36:43.378 --> 0:36:45.578 the clock at number seventeen overall, hit it out of 0:36:45.618 --> 0:36:49.018 the park last year at thirteen with Rashon Slater. Wouldn't 0:36:49.058 --> 0:36:50.778 hate it if if they got one of the top 0:36:50.818 --> 0:36:53.498 tackles in this year's Class two and moved slided him 0:36:53.578 --> 0:36:55.458 right over there to right tackle. Because at some point 0:36:55.498 --> 0:36:59.018 you're gonna be paying justin Herbert fifty bill a year. Yeah, 0:36:59.058 --> 0:37:01.658 in that time is coming sooner rather than later. I'm 0:37:01.898 --> 0:37:04.858 a pent with it that. I think Storm norton uh 0:37:04.858 --> 0:37:08.058 struggle last year right tackle. I think there's an obvious 0:37:08.098 --> 0:37:10.418 area for an upgrade. I think that you know, when 0:37:10.458 --> 0:37:12.178 you look at the tackles, I think, really, if you're 0:37:12.178 --> 0:37:13.818 not getting a tackle in the first round, you are 0:37:13.898 --> 0:37:16.298 rolling the dice. I think that's where the good ones are. 0:37:16.298 --> 0:37:18.538 I think that's historically where you find the good ones. 0:37:18.858 --> 0:37:21.578 So this is what I'm doing. You know, whether it's 0:37:21.618 --> 0:37:26.698 someone like Trevor Penning, whether it's Charlie Cross, like somebody 0:37:26.738 --> 0:37:30.378 there that can. Again, you want to keep Herbert upright, 0:37:30.418 --> 0:37:33.858 you want to keep him healthy. Norton was a problem again. 0:37:33.898 --> 0:37:36.298 I'll go back to just watching that Patriots game, and 0:37:36.338 --> 0:37:39.258 they just tortured Storm Norton on that right side. It 0:37:39.418 --> 0:37:41.578 was a massive issue of Judean. They were all eating 0:37:41.618 --> 0:37:44.698 off him. Um, you know, you've you've got upgrade that spot. 0:37:44.698 --> 0:37:46.698 And I think that's that makes a heck of a 0:37:46.698 --> 0:37:48.618 lot of sense. Any other position I kind of look 0:37:48.658 --> 0:37:53.018 at is linebacker. Kenneth Murray hasn't developed. Now. I don't 0:37:53.058 --> 0:37:56.258 know how Brandon Staley sees Kenneth Murray and and if 0:37:56.258 --> 0:37:59.378 he foresees him making a leap as a player, but 0:38:00.058 --> 0:38:02.658 to me, that's been an area of concern for them, 0:38:02.658 --> 0:38:06.138 and I think the potential upgrade now know Devin Lloyd, 0:38:06.818 --> 0:38:09.018 would that be something you would do there? I mean again, 0:38:09.058 --> 0:38:10.898 I would stick with offense because I think my team 0:38:10.938 --> 0:38:13.378 has built around Justin Herbert and I think I've done 0:38:13.458 --> 0:38:16.818 enough defensively at least to get significantly better than I 0:38:16.938 --> 0:38:19.738 was last year. So maybe linebacker is a luxury pick 0:38:19.818 --> 0:38:22.138 or something you look at the second, second, or third round. 0:38:22.218 --> 0:38:24.778 But you know, for me, that's another area that I 0:38:24.818 --> 0:38:26.698 kind of look in and say, I need more out 0:38:26.738 --> 0:38:29.338 of that spot and I gotta find someone for for 0:38:29.338 --> 0:38:32.378 Staley's defense to be the quarterback there. Yeah, and look, 0:38:32.458 --> 0:38:33.738 and by the way, if you want to look at 0:38:33.778 --> 0:38:36.498 the third round pick of the Chargers, that's number seventy 0:38:36.578 --> 0:38:38.298 nine overall. If they want to if they want to 0:38:38.298 --> 0:38:41.258 look at a linebacker there, some names to follow would be, 0:38:41.498 --> 0:38:44.818 you know, Leo Chanal from Wisconsin. Um with big strong 0:38:44.898 --> 0:38:47.338 dude Trey Anderson from Montana State might be gone by 0:38:47.338 --> 0:38:52.298 that time. Um, but man Cheney can can. I WT 0:38:52.378 --> 0:38:55.818 the sneaky one. So he's not big, he's I think 0:38:55.818 --> 0:38:58.698 he's five eleven. He's about two thirty. But I have 0:38:58.858 --> 0:39:05.538 become enamored with Oklahoma State's Malcolm Rodriguez. That dude, that Rhett, 0:39:05.578 --> 0:39:08.778 just like I know your Bucky and and DJ they 0:39:08.818 --> 0:39:11.778 might shoot me down. I just every time I've watched 0:39:11.818 --> 0:39:14.818 him now, he finds the football. It's like he has 0:39:14.858 --> 0:39:18.138 an unbelievable mac for finding the football. Sometimes he takes 0:39:18.258 --> 0:39:20.418 weird roots to get there, but he gets there and 0:39:20.418 --> 0:39:22.778 he makes plays. Uh, you know he I think he 0:39:22.818 --> 0:39:24.778 was a high school wrestler, like a really good high 0:39:24.778 --> 0:39:26.898 school wrestler. I think he was also, Uh, I think 0:39:26.898 --> 0:39:28.458 he was a pretty good running back as well. I 0:39:28.498 --> 0:39:30.618 think if I had my memory or maybe he was 0:39:30.658 --> 0:39:32.778 a quarterback whatever, he was a good offensive player. I 0:39:32.818 --> 0:39:35.578 remember that. So like he's just he's an intriguing guy 0:39:35.658 --> 0:39:38.098 for me. And again, like then now we're talking, he's 0:39:38.138 --> 0:39:40.378 probably a fourth or fifth round pick. But you know, 0:39:41.218 --> 0:39:43.018 beauties in the eye of the beholder and right now. 0:39:43.258 --> 0:39:46.098 He's pretty beautiful to me. There you go. Yeah, Darien 0:39:46.138 --> 0:39:48.378 Beavers from Cincinnati. Another one that I like. Joe Joe 0:39:48.418 --> 0:39:51.378 Dolman from Nebraska. Um, you know that kind of has 0:39:51.418 --> 0:39:53.698 some of that versatility that I think Brandon Staley would 0:39:53.698 --> 0:39:57.138 get into. So um, there's you know, just the thought 0:39:57.218 --> 0:40:00.658 there um on what the Chargers might do. Then let's 0:40:00.698 --> 0:40:03.458 get into now the Las Vegas Raiders, who again, look 0:40:03.498 --> 0:40:05.938 they're not gonna be on the clock until the third 0:40:06.098 --> 0:40:09.698 round after the Davante Adams trade eight six overall, but 0:40:09.818 --> 0:40:12.018 a a position group or another need that you'd like 0:40:12.058 --> 0:40:15.498 to see filled their offensive line. I think if you 0:40:15.538 --> 0:40:18.138 looked at their offensive line last year, Colton Miller played 0:40:18.178 --> 0:40:20.618 really well, in fact, kind of established himself as one 0:40:20.618 --> 0:40:23.298 of the better young left tackles in football. Um, but 0:40:23.418 --> 0:40:27.058 I think pretty much the rest of that offensive line struggled. Uh. 0:40:27.058 --> 0:40:29.498 You know, Alex Leatherwood first round pick, they put him 0:40:29.498 --> 0:40:32.498 a right to like, maybe he's better suited inside. I 0:40:32.578 --> 0:40:35.978 just think at that spot that's I kind of be 0:40:36.058 --> 0:40:39.458 looking to to to add some competition there and maybe 0:40:39.458 --> 0:40:41.418 get an upgrade because I just think they need to 0:40:41.418 --> 0:40:43.618 be better in front of Derek. I think there's there 0:40:43.618 --> 0:40:45.298 are too many holes and too many questions with that 0:40:45.418 --> 0:40:48.258 offensive line. So that's something I think makes a lot 0:40:48.338 --> 0:40:50.898 of sense. And you know Josh's offensive background, Like, let's 0:40:51.178 --> 0:40:53.698 all right, we got pieces on offense, we've got skilled players. 0:40:54.018 --> 0:40:56.978 Now let's fortify up front and that you know, a 0:40:57.058 --> 0:40:59.738 third round guard. Now, that's more in line with the 0:40:59.738 --> 0:41:02.098 way Bill Belichick has thought all those years, right, and 0:41:02.178 --> 0:41:05.578 McDaniel seeing that up close and personal as well, Yeah, yeah, 0:41:05.618 --> 0:41:09.138 I know exactly right. Um, and again, they really only 0:41:09.138 --> 0:41:11.978 have five picks, and they've got two in the fifth 0:41:12.098 --> 0:41:15.818 round and then one's in the third, fourth and at seventh. 0:41:15.898 --> 0:41:18.018 Let's move to the Denver Broncos, who will not pick 0:41:18.058 --> 0:41:20.498 in the first round because of the Russell Wilson trade, 0:41:20.498 --> 0:41:23.218 and say that's a a plus move from that perspective, 0:41:23.738 --> 0:41:27.018 essentially sending the number nine pick this year and a 0:41:27.018 --> 0:41:29.618 couple of players as well over to Seattle. So they're 0:41:29.618 --> 0:41:33.978 on the clocket number sixty four. This is uh the 0:41:34.098 --> 0:41:36.418 pick they got, one of the picks they got from 0:41:36.498 --> 0:41:39.818 the Rams for the von Miller trade. So here we 0:41:39.858 --> 0:41:44.018 are at sixty four. Were not like there for Denver. 0:41:44.338 --> 0:41:46.658 So I think another cornerback here and I think there's 0:41:46.658 --> 0:41:48.618 plenty of guys to choose from that will be in 0:41:48.618 --> 0:41:51.058 and around that area. You know, something like Martin Emerson 0:41:51.058 --> 0:41:55.538 from Mississippi State Camp, Taylor Bread from Nebraska, Kobe Bryant, who, 0:41:55.538 --> 0:41:57.538 by the way, I really like from Cincinnati. You watch 0:41:57.578 --> 0:42:00.898 Sauce and nobody threw it sauce they're throwing at Kobe 0:42:00.938 --> 0:42:03.818 and Kobe handled his business over there in Cincinnati pretty well. 0:42:04.178 --> 0:42:06.178 Like to me, that would make a lot of sense. Again, 0:42:06.298 --> 0:42:08.618 we're talking about the division we've we've rattled off these 0:42:08.618 --> 0:42:12.858 teams Mahomes Herbert car like, you need to have good corners. 0:42:12.938 --> 0:42:14.858 I think that's an area would make a lot of 0:42:14.898 --> 0:42:18.618 sense for me. I think another one, um, you know 0:42:18.858 --> 0:42:21.258 you traded fan as part of the deal to get Wilson. 0:42:21.778 --> 0:42:25.338 How about McBride from Colorado State? Right, Like, would that 0:42:25.458 --> 0:42:28.818 you know in your backyard it was the top tight 0:42:28.898 --> 0:42:30.898 end in the in the country last year won the award, 0:42:31.018 --> 0:42:34.258 right might be a you know, nice little fit there 0:42:34.738 --> 0:42:38.378 and give give a security blanket for for Russell with 0:42:38.418 --> 0:42:40.858 a with a you know, treasure trove of weapons on 0:42:40.898 --> 0:42:44.098 the outside between Judy and Sutton and Patrick like they've 0:42:44.138 --> 0:42:46.658 got plenty of pieces outside, but maybe someone who can 0:42:46.698 --> 0:42:48.458 work the middle of the field a little bit. That 0:42:48.498 --> 0:42:51.018 would be uh, that would be a luxury pick for them. 0:42:51.018 --> 0:42:53.538 I think I'd probably go a corner first, but McBride's 0:42:53.538 --> 0:42:56.178 a pretty good player. Might be hard to pass him up. Yeah, 0:42:56.218 --> 0:42:58.178 if he's there, that that could make some sense that 0:42:58.258 --> 0:43:00.738 you have albert A koy boon him who provides the 0:43:00.778 --> 0:43:04.298 speed at the y position. Um, you know. And if 0:43:04.378 --> 0:43:08.538 McBride not there, Isaiah likely from Coastal Carolina, um has 0:43:08.658 --> 0:43:10.098 you know, is a guy that has been asked to 0:43:10.098 --> 0:43:13.698 do a bunch of things there for Coastal and really 0:43:13.938 --> 0:43:16.978 gets into it in the blocking game too, So could 0:43:16.978 --> 0:43:19.258 help that offense in a variety of ways. And look 0:43:19.298 --> 0:43:22.058 at interior defensive line um as well. Maybe a guy 0:43:22.098 --> 0:43:25.098 like Travis Jones from Yukon after they said Shelby Harris 0:43:25.098 --> 0:43:27.778 on his way, Um, just kind of beefing up the 0:43:28.658 --> 0:43:31.098 front of that defense. Try to collapse the pocket from 0:43:31.098 --> 0:43:33.098 a number of different areas. I dug up a good 0:43:33.098 --> 0:43:38.058 little nugget. Um. They added ten players in free agency, 0:43:38.058 --> 0:43:41.178 Red who played forty four playoff games between them and 0:43:41.218 --> 0:43:44.578 their roster prior to had like nothing there was like, yeah, 0:43:44.658 --> 0:43:46.458 you know Jstin Simmons is one of the best players. 0:43:46.498 --> 0:43:48.018 He's one of the best safeties in the league. Right 0:43:48.098 --> 0:43:51.018 He's never played in the playoff game. They added and 0:43:51.058 --> 0:43:53.378 it's not just Russell, you know, it's a d. J. Jones, 0:43:53.378 --> 0:43:57.098 It's Randy Gregory, Krowan Williams, Billy Turner, Tom Compton. Like, 0:43:57.298 --> 0:44:00.138 they added a lot of pieces that know how to 0:44:00.218 --> 0:44:03.298 play in January, you know, and know how to play 0:44:03.298 --> 0:44:05.778 in some of them in February. And I think that's 0:44:05.818 --> 0:44:07.978 a nice little addition for that team too, just in 0:44:08.058 --> 0:44:10.658 terms of leadership. You know, you're you're bringing some young 0:44:10.698 --> 0:44:13.058 players onto a team that that's got some pretty good 0:44:13.058 --> 0:44:14.418 guys that know how to point you in the right 0:44:14.418 --> 0:44:17.018 direction to where you want to go. I love that. 0:44:17.018 --> 0:44:20.498 That's a great nugget in fact, because playoff experience, while 0:44:20.698 --> 0:44:24.418 you know it is oftentimes something we talk about, it's 0:44:24.498 --> 0:44:29.578 more tangible than I think people people realize when you 0:44:29.578 --> 0:44:32.058 get in the locker room and people see the habits 0:44:32.178 --> 0:44:35.058 and other guys see the habits, the daily work habits 0:44:35.138 --> 0:44:37.178 of those who have been there and knows what and 0:44:37.218 --> 0:44:38.458 know what it takes to get to the top of 0:44:38.458 --> 0:44:41.618 the mountain. So I think that's that's a good point there, Mike. 0:44:41.738 --> 0:44:44.778 Already on the Denver Broncos now with some playoff experience, 0:44:44.818 --> 0:44:47.698 with some Super Bowl experience with Russell Wilson coming over 0:44:47.698 --> 0:44:50.138 as well, so a lot of like there in Denver. 0:44:50.378 --> 0:44:52.778 It's going to be a wild ride in the a 0:44:52.938 --> 0:44:55.418 f C West. Thanks for setting to straight like but 0:45:03.298 --> 0:45:05.098 all right, that's gonna do it for this episod hide 0:45:05.138 --> 0:45:07.578 of NFL Inside Report. Thanks so much for being with 0:45:07.618 --> 0:45:09.578 this reminder to download, rate, and review our show and 0:45:09.618 --> 0:45:12.578 the I Heart Radio app on Apple podcasts or wherever 0:45:12.938 --> 0:45:15.538 you get your podcast We appreciate you guys being along 0:45:15.738 --> 0:45:19.218 for the ride. For our producers Thomas Warren, Tim Paracca, 0:45:19.258 --> 0:45:21.818 and Harrison Stanford. 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