1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,200 Gregg: Welcome to forties and Free Agents. I'm Greg Rosenthal with 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,520 Gregg: Daniel Jeremiah. It's the podcast that is marching towards player 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Gregg: acquisition season, free agency trades, and of course the NFL Draft. 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,320 Gregg: And to set you up, we are going to talk 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,800 Gregg: about all the teams not in the playoffs in the 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:25,520 Gregg: AFC and had more changes on Monday with Buffalo Bill's 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:26,880 Gregg: changing their head coach. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Also Gregg: DJ. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,280 Gregg: You had a theory about why these coaching moves have 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,159 Gregg: happened in mass in this season that I thought was 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:35,839 Gregg: really smart. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,200 DJ: Yeah. I think everybody was in this neighborhood in their house, 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,560 DJ: and they felt good about their house, and they felt 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,839 DJ: good about themselves. And then what happened was the biggest 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,479 DJ: house on the end of the cul de sac, the 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,440 DJ: big mansion, it's up for sale, and everybody started saying, well, 17 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,519 DJ: maybe my house isn't so I want to get in there. 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,639 DJ: Because that was the chiefs who've run this neighborhood for 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,360 DJ: so long and kind of been a reason why a 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,880 DJ: lot of people have been content, just saying well, that's 21 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,760 DJ: the we're not that's an insurmountable force right now, and 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,840 DJ: so we're having good years. We're getting in the tournament. 23 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,800 DJ: You know, we're a successful team, and now it's like, well, 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,920 DJ: wait a second, we could have everything. It's all out there, 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,760 DJ: there's no roadblock for us. So it's created this urgency 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,920 DJ: and this pressure that I don't know that existed previously. 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,880 DJ: I think that to me, when you have the top 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,160 DJ: dog and it was New England forever and then then 29 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,800 DJ: that became available, then I mean there wasn't any gap 30 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,160 DJ: because the Chiefs immediately took that over from them. I 31 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,959 DJ: don't think right now, even with the teams we have left, 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,880 DJ: and if you could make a case with you know, Seattle, 33 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 DJ: maybe more so because they have a younger quarterback, you 34 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,360 DJ: know how much longer staff are going to play, you 35 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,440 DJ: can make a case maybe Seattle could be ready to 36 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,640 DJ: go on that type of a run. But it doesn't 37 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,160 DJ: feel like that seat is filled. And I think that's 38 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,120 DJ: one of the reasons that we've seen so much turnover. 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,840 Gregg: And yeah, yeah, I do buy it. 40 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,160 Gregg: And maybe you look this year too and think, well, 41 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,200 Gregg: if we didn't do it this year, what are we doing? 42 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,760 Also Gregg: And yeah, you're right if you think about the coaches. 43 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,880 Gregg: Vrabel in his first year with the Patriots, Sean Payton 44 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,960 Gregg: in his third year with the Broncos, Mike McDonald in 45 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,200 Gregg: his second year, Ben Johnson almost beat Sean McVay, who's 46 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,560 Gregg: now like the old tenured head coach that is still 47 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,120 Gregg: I've Ben Johnson in his first year, So why not 48 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,240 Gregg: make a change. And I know it's a good analogy 49 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,959 Gregg: for you because no one has like upgraded houses as 50 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,600 Gregg: those NFL network checks. I'm coming in more than you 51 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,560 Gregg: over the years. I'm still renting here. I'm just a 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,120 Gregg: humble servant, you know, a podcaster. 53 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,680 DJ: I'm just I'm just just trying to make sure the 54 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,480 DJ: trash cans get up to the curb. That's all I'm 55 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,600 DJ: trying to do here, right. 56 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Gregg: Okay, So we are going to go through all the 57 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,720 Gregg: teams in the AFC, just kind of big picture looking 58 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,799 Gregg: at all the teams and what they are going to 59 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,880 Gregg: be looking to. We'll keep it fast moving through all 60 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Gregg: the teams. We'll start with the teams in the playoffs. 61 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,320 Gregg: Why don't you get us going. 62 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,080 DJ: Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna rip through here. I'm gonna 63 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,040 DJ: go with Houston to start out, and you look at 64 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,800 DJ: them in the off season. Let's start first of all, 65 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,080 DJ: I always do with the draft. They've got the three 66 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,760 DJ: picks there that they have in the top three twenty eight, 67 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,320 DJ: thirty eight, fifty nine, thirty eight I believe was the 68 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,600 DJ: Tunsil trade which gave them Washington's second round pick. They 69 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,600 DJ: are under the cap here, they are there over the 70 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,920 DJ: cap I should say eight point two million dollars over 71 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,960 DJ: right now. So they've got to sort some of that 72 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,960 DJ: stuff out in terms of needs and focus. Obviously, we're 73 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,919 DJ: going to start by the end of the season. I mean, 74 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,320 DJ: the QB discussion doesn't take place. I don't think you 75 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,880 DJ: extend Stroud. I don't think you want to. Look, he 76 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,920 DJ: hasn't played great for the last two years. It wasn't 77 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,120 DJ: This isn't just an overreaction of two you know, mediocre, 78 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,960 DJ: turnover prone playoff games. I don't think it's enough to say, Okay, 79 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,760 DJ: we're going to go in another direction. But I also 80 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,880 DJ: don't think that you can't ignore it and say we're 81 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,000 DJ: going to lock him in, you know, long term. I 82 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,160 DJ: think you ride that thing out. They need to upgrade 83 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,800 DJ: the interior of the offensive line. This is one of 84 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,960 DJ: those things you just kind of this is it's rumor 85 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,280 DJ: season a little bit now, So I'm look, I don't 86 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,000 DJ: know how much you put into this. But with all 87 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,720 DJ: the young receivers they drafted last year, there is talk 88 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,880 DJ: in league circles when you start talking about guys you 89 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,840 DJ: would try and go after in trades. I think teams 90 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,600 DJ: are going to at least try and call on Niko. 91 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,040 DJ: I do think they will try, and they'll try and call. 92 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,240 Also Gregg: Wow. 93 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,160 DJ: I mean that's just you know, the rumors you hear 94 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,520 DJ: talking around in the league. 95 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,320 Also Gregg: This is why we got DJ on forties and freedoms. 96 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,960 Gregg: I think they'd be crazy to trade nego cons, but 97 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,640 Gregg: it is not crazy to call and just ask yeah, yeah, 98 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,240 Gregg: I mean I sometimes worry about him because so much 99 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,640 Gregg: of the production that he had this season was the 100 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,599 Gregg: exact play that he got concussed on in the wild 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,400 Gregg: card round, him just getting thrown into really brutal windows 102 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,960 Gregg: and him making tough catches. I thought he was absolutely 103 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,760 Gregg: awesome this year, but man, they put him through it 104 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,960 Gregg: in terms of the physicality that he has to play 105 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,440 Gregg: with with Stroud, I think it's easy. You know, look, 106 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,920 Gregg: he's up for his fifth year option. You do that 107 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,640 Gregg: if they really do believe in him, you could potentially 108 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,719 Gregg: get a little bit of a discount on him By 109 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,680 Gregg: showing that you believe in him right now. 110 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,040 Also Gregg: I don't think I honestly don't think that's that crazy. 111 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,480 Gregg: If they truly believe in him, I do believe in 112 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,000 Gregg: him enough to do that. Looking at their cap sheet, look, 113 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,080 Gregg: they're pretty stet on defense in general. Like of course 114 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,760 Gregg: you're always tinkering at it's just crazy. I like the roster. 115 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,120 Gregg: It's all about the offensive line. You can cut Joe Mixon, 116 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,040 Gregg: you can cut Mario Edwards. That frees up thirteen to 117 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,760 Gregg: fifteen million dollars right there. But probably their best guard 118 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,040 Gregg: this year was Ingram and he's a free agent, and 119 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,479 Gregg: so it's just continue to push money there on the 120 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:31,200 Gregg: offensive line. 121 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,440 DJ: Yeah. No, it's a team that is very singularly focused, 122 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,560 DJ: or should be singlely focused on the offensive side of 123 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,120 DJ: the ball. They are good to go defensively. Who do 124 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,560 DJ: you want me to keep going? Are you going to No? 125 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,520 Gregg: I'll go with the Buffalo Bills. They are eleven million 126 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,440 Gregg: dollars over in cap space. We had an emergency Sean McDermott, 127 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,760 Gregg: you know, is out episode with Ali Connelly that went 128 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,640 Gregg: up on Monday. It'll be interesting where they go in 129 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Gregg: terms of their head coaching. Higher obviously you want someone 130 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,240 Gregg: that's going to maximize Josh Allen. Is it an old 131 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,240 Gregg: friend of Josh Allen? Is it just elevating Joe Brady? Like, well, 132 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,680 Gregg: we'll see there. They actually have a lot of free 133 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,160 Gregg: agents that are important to think about. Both their starting guards. 134 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,400 Gregg: I know you mentioned to me you thought David Edwards 135 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,480 Gregg: could get a good contract and free agency, a lot 136 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,560 Gregg: of the old guard McDermott guys who you figure are 137 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,560 Gregg: maybe on their way out. Milano aj Epaness is a 138 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,640 Gregg: younger player. Joey Bosa had a rough end to what 139 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,960 Gregg: was a really good free agency season, but that was 140 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,839 Gregg: a one year deal for him. And then some of 141 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,000 Gregg: the guys you just brought back in at the last second, 142 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,400 Gregg: like Poyer and trede Avius White, So you could see 143 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,040 Gregg: a lot of changes there. Dawson Knox is another guy 144 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,560 Gregg: whose cap number is really big. And look, they're going 145 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,360 Gregg: to have to fill those guard spots. I think they 146 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,960 Gregg: need some outside receivers clearly, and a new vision for 147 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,040 Gregg: what this defense. 148 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:52,120 DJ: Is going to be. Yeah, I mean, look, I look 149 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,400 DJ: at that receiver position and just you've got you've got 150 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,840 DJ: to go get somebody, man, You've got to get somebody 151 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,960 DJ: to help. Klik is a nice player, got two solid 152 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,480 DJ: tight ends, But I just the windows shrink. The windows 153 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,760 DJ: shrink in the postseason, and you need guys who can 154 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,760 DJ: make those combat catches, physical, a presence, a red zone guy. 155 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,600 DJ: To me, that's got to be a direction that they look. 156 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,920 Gregg: Yeah, they're a team, look they need some reimagining. But 157 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,000 Gregg: when I looked at the roster, I don't think it's 158 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,720 Gregg: as n in as bad shape as as people think it's. 159 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,560 Gregg: It's a lot of spots where you got like one 160 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,000 Gregg: or two guys you need one more. But you're not 161 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,600 Gregg: like building from from the ground up. You're very good 162 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,560 Gregg: at running back, solid at tight end. So I don't 163 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,560 Gregg: think it's a full rebuild, which obviously makes sense. This 164 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,200 Gregg: next coach is going to have to make the super 165 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,240 Gregg: Bowl in his first three years or else him and 166 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,200 Gregg: Bean are going to be out. 167 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:44,480 Also Gregg: It's like the highest one. 168 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,440 DJ: Even if he gets I don't know if he gets 169 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:47,040 DJ: the third year. 170 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,360 Gregg: I think right it might be two years, So you 171 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,600 Gregg: got to win fast. Pressure is on Brandon Bean. 172 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,480 DJ: All right, I'm going to go next here. I'm going 173 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,600 DJ: to go with Pittsburgh. This is one of the more 174 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,960 DJ: interesting ones looking at it, as someone who's a draft guy, 175 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,480 DJ: I have twelve picks in this draft, So in the 176 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:07,040 DJ: first three rounds GREG twenty one, fifty three, seventy six, 177 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,800 DJ: eighty five, ninety nine, They've got a lot of picks 178 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,480 DJ: they can work with. This is a team that's got 179 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,600 DJ: twenty nine almost thirty million in salary cap space. You're 180 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,040 DJ: going to start with the quarterback situation. It doesn't sound 181 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,360 DJ: like Aaron Rodgers will be back there, so they're back 182 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:26,040 DJ: in that market wide receiver adding help there as well. 183 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,440 DJ: I mean DK obviously the two games suspension didn't help 184 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:29,600 DJ: at end of the year, but they're able to get 185 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,040 DJ: around that, but need another guy there. And then really 186 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,200 DJ: I just put the secondary, like all the way across 187 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,240 DJ: the board, that secondary has to be much better. I 188 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,280 DJ: think they've done a really good job drafting on the 189 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,240 DJ: line of scrimmage, offensive lineman, defensive line. In the last 190 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,360 DJ: couple of years. They've got good young players. There are 191 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,280 DJ: a lot of talent, but they need to get better 192 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,520 DJ: on the perimeter and they need to find the quarterback. 193 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,640 DJ: And I could make a case if I just laid 194 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,480 DJ: out an offseason plan for you here and I'll get 195 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,600 DJ: the Rosenthal opinion on it all these twelve picks, I 196 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,360 DJ: want to take at least two of these picks. I 197 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,400 DJ: mean you could take two third round picks. I'm getting 198 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,559 DJ: ammunition in twenty seven. And people always say, everybody always 199 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,960 DJ: talks about the next quarterback draft class, and I'm like, well, 200 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,400 DJ: I'm telling you, this quarterback draft class is not great, 201 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,320 DJ: and there are going to be bona fide dudes next year. 202 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,520 DJ: We've not that long ago we saw six quarterbacks go 203 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,680 DJ: in the top twelve. I'm not saying it's to that extreme, 204 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,640 DJ: but there's going to be talent there. And if I 205 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,520 DJ: were them, I wouldn't force the young quarterback this year. 206 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,400 DJ: I would try and get some assets for next year. 207 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,440 DJ: Bring in your new head coach. It might be a 208 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,000 DJ: situation where, Godford bid, they might have a losing season 209 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,560 DJ: next year, something that they don't ever never had under 210 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,800 DJ: Mike Tomlin. But it might be for the greater good 211 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,760 DJ: if that makes sense. 212 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,000 Gregg: That does make sense. But we're you know, we're burned here. 213 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,360 Gregg: I'm just a normy DJ following the draft from afar. 214 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,840 Gregg: Listen to people like you until we get really close 215 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,400 Gregg: to and I've heard that the last three years, all 216 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,240 Gregg: the next one's going to be better at quarterback. 217 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,120 Also Gregg: Oh the next one, Okay, Yeah, that one's going to 218 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:53,480 Also Gregg: be good. 219 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,360 DJ: Yeah, we've been in it. We had a monster year. 220 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,320 DJ: What happens is it's like anything else when you have 221 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,040 DJ: that year where you get the six guy. Last year 222 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,480 DJ: was not as good this year, I don't you know, 223 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,480 DJ: it's very similar to last year, and I would say 224 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,000 DJ: maybe not even as good as last year. So we 225 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,400 DJ: had that peak. We have a couple down years, and 226 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,839 DJ: I think we're headed back next year. I really do. 227 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,720 Gregg: Saw a good stat that more quarterbacks from this class 228 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,800 Gregg: have won games. And you know, it's Boonick, it's Drake May, 229 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,840 Gregg: it's Caleb Willams in the playoffs. 230 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,600 DJ: Jayden Daniels in the conferen Championship game the. 231 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,960 Gregg: Year right in the first two years of their career 232 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,439 Gregg: than any quarterback draft class in like thirty something years, 233 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,440 Gregg: and Caleb was was very close to breaking that record 234 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,040 Gregg: in that Rams game. I don't think the Steelers have 235 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,199 Gregg: nearly as big a rebuild as people faude. 236 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,040 DJ: Young players on the line of scrimmage, that's a good 237 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:43,439 DJ: place to. 238 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Gregg: Start, and the guys on the front seven on defense, 239 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,240 Gregg: which are so good, like you're not just going to 240 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,640 Gregg: cut these guys. They're good players. The contracts aren't that crazy. 241 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,080 Gregg: They have cap space. Jalen Ramsey's one guy where you 242 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,680 Gregg: know his his cap figure might out outweigh how much 243 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,200 Gregg: value he's giving them, but for the most part, like 244 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,920 Gregg: it's it's a solid enough roster. 245 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,600 Also Gregg: They certainly need another wide receiver. 246 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,280 DJ: You know what, when you have this many, like just 247 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,360 DJ: look at fifty three, take the first round pick out 248 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,360 DJ: of it, fifty three, seventy six, eighty five, ninety nine. 249 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,240 DJ: You know what you find in between fifty three and 250 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,960 DJ: ninety nine. You can find corners, you can find receivers, 251 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,680 DJ: you can find safeties. That's that's a sweet spot for 252 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,000 DJ: where their needs are because the you know, the high 253 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,719 DJ: ticket items you know, outside of the quarterback position you're 254 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,400 DJ: talking about, you know those those offensive lot, offensive tackles, 255 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,280 DJ: edge rushers, like they're in a pretty good spot in 256 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,160 DJ: all those spots. 257 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,880 Gregg: So the Chargers are a team. I was surprised was 258 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,320 Gregg: a sign to me, I guess. 259 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,600 DJ: I guess because I want to I wanted to get 260 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,600 DJ: an outside I don't want to inside out looking like 261 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:44,880 DJ: I thought. 262 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,760 Gregg: Drew just thought, like, actually, DJ doesn't really know his 263 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,400 Gregg: stuff when it. 264 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:48,640 DJ: Comes to. 265 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,320 Gregg: Eighty million dollars in cap space. I have the most, 266 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,440 Gregg: I believe, more than they know what to do with. 267 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,679 Gregg: The Patriots are up there looking for a new offensive coordinator, 268 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,320 Gregg: have had some very interesting interview requests Dable, Brian Callahan, 269 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,040 Gregg: Mike McDaniel. So we'll just see where that, Arthur Smith, 270 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,000 Gregg: see where that ends up. The free agents are as 271 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,040 Gregg: good a list as any team has in the league. 272 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,000 Gregg: Unfortunately for the Chargers though, so they're going to have 273 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,720 Gregg: to spend money to keep these guys. Khalil Mack considering 274 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,360 Gregg: retirement again. Adafayoway who came in Tierre Tart had a 275 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,320 Gregg: great year for them. Zion Johnson came through for them 276 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,440 Gregg: this year. I listened to this Chargers podcast sometimes Guilty 277 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:29,040 Gregg: as Charged. 278 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,960 Also Gregg: They did. They did a top top ten Chargers. 279 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,760 Gregg: For the season. Well there's four of them. So those 280 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,600 Gregg: guys are guys they're going to have to try to keep. 281 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,800 Gregg: And also offensive line. Offensive line, offensive line, I would 282 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,600 Gregg: think on the interior especially would be big. 283 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,120 DJ: Yeah. I think rebuilding the interior the offensive lines number one, 284 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,120 DJ: without question. You get the two tackles back. I think 285 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,960 DJ: you have to whether it's with the draft pick, which 286 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,480 DJ: you could do with third round pick to say we're 287 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:58,880 DJ: going to take a swing, We're going to get a 288 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,640 DJ: quality swing tackle because you have to have some insurance 289 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,360 DJ: because Slater has had some injuries here and that's a 290 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,240 DJ: tough injury he's coming back from. I think all it's 291 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,640 DJ: going to be fine coming back, but just maybe some 292 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,600 DJ: young insurance at the tackle spot, but rebuilding the interior 293 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,920 DJ: that offensive line. I would also say on the to 294 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,920 DJ: do list, I mean to twey Polow two is eligible 295 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,760 DJ: for an extension coming off of a monster year. He's 296 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,440 DJ: twenty three years old. You know, elite, elite character, great dude. 297 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,600 DJ: So I think those three pass rushers and I think 298 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,240 DJ: in a perfect world they figure out a way to 299 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,280 DJ: pay all of them to get Khalil to come back 300 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,920 DJ: for one more year. I think he's got value still. 301 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,400 DJ: And then you know, O way, I think he ended 302 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,600 DJ: up with seven or eight sacks and so he didn't 303 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,760 DJ: have any with the Ravens get seven the. 304 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,280 Gregg: Money chargers are on. He made some money, whether it's 305 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:46,400 Gregg: with the charges or not. 306 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,720 Also Gregg: He made some money. And yeah, but I. 307 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,640 DJ: Mean, look there there, and it'll be interesting to see 308 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,960 DJ: what they decide on Keenan Allen to me. That's a 309 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,960 DJ: fascinating one because Herbert I think he was the most 310 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,720 DJ: targeted receiver this year. Well, a lot of those targets 311 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,000 DJ: came from Ladd McConkie, and while Keenan was able to 312 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,080 DJ: convert a lot of those third downs, lad would provide 313 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,000 DJ: a lot more explosiveness with those targets. So it besical 314 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,080 DJ: to see what they decide to do there. But when 315 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,240 DJ: you look at you know where they are with skill players, 316 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,000 DJ: young skill players, all on rookie deals, all cheap. They're 317 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,960 DJ: in a great spot to be able to make some 318 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:19,960 DJ: noise in the offseason. 319 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,800 Gregg: When you have that much cap space, you don't really 320 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,760 Gregg: need to make cuts. But since I've got you here, 321 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,240 Gregg: you think they'll cut Makai Beckton after. 322 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,320 DJ: Yeah, there's no I would be shocked, beyond shocked if 323 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:30,320 DJ: he's back next year. 324 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,080 Gregg: Okay, this is why, uh, that's why you listen to 325 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,960 Gregg: forties in free agency. I would have known that I'm 326 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,000 Gregg: going to put them on my list. 327 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,200 Also Gregg: I think there's a bit you know what, Hey, honey, 328 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,360 Also Gregg: but like those articles, let's go for a job. 329 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,040 DJ: You want to go shopping today? No, no, no, no, no, no. 330 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,840 DJ: Forys and free agents is out they're gonna let me 331 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,240 DJ: know if Mikai Becton is going to be back with 332 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,680 DJ: the Chargers. Put that on hold. 333 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,360 Gregg: You underrate how deep in the weeds our listeners want 334 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:54,520 Gregg: to go. 335 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,920 Also Gregg: All right, you're up next. 336 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,200 DJ: All right, I'm up next. I'm going to go. We're 337 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,960 DJ: outside the playoffs now, so I'm to go Vegas. Vegas 338 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,280 DJ: has ten picks, only two in the first three rounds, 339 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,440 DJ: so thirty or sorry, No, they have all three one, 340 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,320 DJ: thirty six, and sixty seven, so they've got their allotment. 341 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,320 DJ: There eighty four point one million dollars in cap space, 342 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,720 DJ: so a lot of room there. Quarterback, head coach, offensive line, 343 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,840 DJ: exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point, and then I wrote 344 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,920 DJ: edge d line. There's they can make a case outside 345 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,000 DJ: of taking the quarterback, which I would imagine will be 346 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,760 DJ: Mendozo with the first overall pick, I think you could 347 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,200 DJ: make a strong case. Let's just go BPA, best player 348 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,800 DJ: available on the offensive side of the ball. Let's try 349 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,080 DJ: and load up some of this money and get it 350 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,440 DJ: get a functional offensive line. I think they had health 351 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,560 DJ: issues too. You get your left tackle back healthy, that 352 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,320 DJ: helps Colt Miller and then you know, to me, I 353 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,360 DJ: think powers. Johnson has a chance to be a good center. 354 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,840 DJ: I like him there at that position over guard. But 355 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,040 DJ: continue to throw resources, try and fix the offensive line. 356 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,480 DJ: You get the quarterback, you'll have, you know, a tight 357 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,720 DJ: end who was arguably the best in the league, and 358 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,280 DJ: a solid young running back. I think this could be 359 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,120 DJ: a watchable offense within a year. I do think that's possible. 360 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:13,160 Gregg: I just assumed they would cut Gino Smith, and I 361 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,920 Gregg: still would guess they will, but if I had to guess. 362 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,360 Gregg: But then when I saw that they had eighty million 363 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,960 Gregg: dollars in gap space and they only save eight million 364 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,840 Gregg: dollars against the camp, they don't have to cut Gena Smith. 365 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,760 Also Gregg: They they could keep them around. 366 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,120 DJ: I don't know. I would not. I'll go on record 367 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,400 DJ: and say I would not do that. He's been a 368 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,680 DJ: backup before, I know, but that was also we've seen 369 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,640 DJ: Poudy Gino up in Seattle when he wasn't happy, you know, 370 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,680 DJ: with the contract situation. I don't know that that's he's already. 371 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,760 DJ: He's gone from that backup Gino to starter Gino. I 372 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,160 DJ: don't want to I don't want to do that. 373 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,600 Gregg: He was back in up Hall of Famers in Philip Rivers. Yeah, 374 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,120 Gregg: and right man, I backed myself into a corner. I 375 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,000 Gregg: don't think he Men is a Hall of Famer, so sorry, okay, 376 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:57,920 Gregg: taking that time. 377 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,520 DJ: I thought you gonna say Russell Wilson, E were getting 378 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,600 DJ: ready to go to is Russell Wilson the Hall of 379 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:02,440 DJ: Famer discussion? 380 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,560 Gregg: I'd put them in over a gino, I mean over Eli. 381 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,159 Gregg: I don't think it's crazy. 382 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:08,840 DJ: Let's not here, Let's just keep it. 383 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,720 Gregg: They need absolutely everything. There's nothing they don't need, which 384 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,440 Gregg: is why in the end, I think cooler heads will 385 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,840 Gregg: prevail and they'll keep Max Crosby. There was some buzz 386 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,760 Gregg: that Max Crosby kind of wanted out after they didn't 387 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Gregg: let him play the last couple of games, but I 388 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:23,840 Gregg: doubt it. 389 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,760 DJ: I guess it's It's funny though you look at if 390 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,960 DJ: you're just looking at salary cap, because we just talked 391 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,640 DJ: about the Chargers and all their space, and you talked 392 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,359 DJ: about the Raiders and all their space, so hey, something 393 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,359 DJ: in common. Well, actually, the Chargers have a lot of 394 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,679 DJ: good players need to figure out how to keep and it's. 395 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,439 Also Gregg: Pretty much a blank canvas for the Raiders. 396 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,639 DJ: They can just go outside with all that money, and 397 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,920 DJ: I don't know how much of that inside they need 398 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,200 DJ: to resign there. 399 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,679 Gregg: Right they if they traded Max Crosby, by the way, 400 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,800 Gregg: they would save like thirty million dollars against cap. But 401 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,480 Gregg: what's the point. They have too much gap space, a. 402 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,639 DJ: Lot of there's a lot of teams with cap space, 403 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,560 DJ: which again which again you give me the the teaser 404 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,639 DJ: on the free agent crop overall, Greg, But I just 405 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,439 DJ: don't think there's going to be enough great players to 406 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,639 DJ: satisfy all the cap space that's out there. 407 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,800 Gregg: No, I've been saying it now for a couple of years. 408 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,760 Gregg: There's too much cap space in the league. It is 409 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,320 Gregg: much harder to find great players to spend it on 410 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,639 Gregg: than it is to really get in trouble, especially with the. 411 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,119 DJ: That's how Dano, how Dan Moore ends up making whatever 412 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,640 DJ: you like, thirty million a year or whatever he got. 413 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,080 Gregg: Speaking of which, the Jets, let's go to them sixty 414 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,040 Gregg: six million dollars in cap space. Mostly a clean slate 415 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,520 Gregg: here in terms of what you could add, like, they 416 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,080 Gregg: need everything. They obviously need a quarterback, they need a 417 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,399 Gregg: second wide receiver. Ady Mitchell was a nice throwing in 418 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,280 Gregg: that trade who actually was productive and maybe can help 419 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,520 Gregg: them as a three four receiver. But they need linebackers, 420 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,280 Gregg: they need defensive backs. I mean, it was one of 421 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,040 Gregg: the worst defenses that you'll ever see. They have Brice 422 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,800 Gregg: Hall as a free agent. To me, with all that 423 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,760 Gregg: cap space, you might as well just tag Brice Hall 424 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,320 Gregg: and have one less problem to fill because he's a 425 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,480 Gregg: good running back and it's it's not a exorbitant tag. 426 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,000 Gregg: Quincy Williams will probably be elsewhere. They have to hire 427 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,080 Gregg: a defensive coordinator at some point. 428 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,720 DJ: But a little fun stuff. 429 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,879 Also Gregg: You buried the lead What what's the fun stuff with 430 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:12,520 Also Gregg: the Jets. 431 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,399 DJ: Look, it's a lot to be excited about. Let me 432 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:15,879 DJ: give you something to be excited about, because you have 433 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,440 DJ: an excited Jets Fan's twelve picks, Greg the second pick, 434 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,359 DJ: the sixteenth pick. So there's two first rounders, thirty three, 435 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,080 DJ: forty four. You got two second rounders. Then there's no third. 436 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,560 DJ: But then you get to a four, you've got two fives. 437 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,240 DJ: You've got three sixes, two sevens. They need to spin 438 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,640 DJ: off the same thing that I just said about Pittsburgh. 439 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,240 DJ: They need to spin off some of this. And they've 440 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,000 DJ: already got extra capital next year. Just keep loading up, man, 441 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,680 DJ: keep loading up. Get your lottery tickets ready for next 442 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,399 DJ: for twenty seven. 443 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,280 Gregg: Yeah, I think when they decided to stand pat it's 444 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,480 Gregg: really amazing that there's ten openings and the Jets. 445 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,040 Also Gregg: Aren't aren't one of them. 446 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,000 Gregg: Man, I know this is not how it works, but 447 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,359 Gregg: you almost should be committing multiple years because this GM, 448 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:03,320 Gregg: at least Darren Muji is gonna really set the groundwork 449 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,040 Gregg: for what this franchise is going to be like for 450 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,119 Gregg: the next five years or whether whether he has the 451 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:07,719 Gregg: job or not. 452 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,359 Also Gregg: So many already have three first round picks in twenty seven. 453 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,720 Gregg: Right, so even if Aaron Glenn isn't there long term, 454 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,760 Gregg: you got to think that that Muji is. And so 455 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,879 Gregg: we'll see that they were one of the easiest teams 456 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,720 Gregg: to look at because there's not many cuts. There's not 457 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,800 Gregg: many good players justin fields. I assume we'll get cut 458 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,400 Gregg: and that'll open. 459 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,600 DJ: This would be a fun team to be a scout 460 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,880 DJ: for right now, super fun because. 461 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,760 Gregg: Maybe you get back in. You already got that nice 462 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,080 Gregg: house to get back in. 463 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,720 DJ: Use to use one of your words, you can reimagine 464 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,640 DJ: this football team. Okay. Over the next two drafts will 465 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,040 DJ: determine whether the Jets are relevant for the next decade. 466 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,080 DJ: This is the this is their time. They've got to 467 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,199 DJ: nail it all. 468 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,400 Gregg: Right, Let's do one more team each and then we'll 469 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:48,920 Gregg: take a break. 470 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,160 DJ: Okay, I'll get Tennessee. Tennessee is picking four thirty five 471 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,439 DJ: and sixty six. Another team seventy seven point one million 472 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,639 DJ: in space, so they are they got to ton of 473 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,679 DJ: spots here, head coach, it looks like as we're recording this, 474 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,639 DJ: Matt Naggy's been the rumor that that will say, be 475 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,960 DJ: the connection. We'll see what happens there. So when you 476 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,439 DJ: look at them, this one of any team. I just 477 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:19,520 DJ: simplified it and I just wrote BPA offense. Just every 478 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,240 DJ: round at the top of the free agent market, wherever 479 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,600 DJ: you want to shop, we are taking the best player 480 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,919 DJ: available on the offensive side of the ball. Because I 481 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,440 DJ: want a year from now, whether or not we win 482 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,560 DJ: five games or twelve games, I want to say we 483 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,800 DJ: have our quarterback going forward. And I like him. I 484 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,800 DJ: actually do like him a lot. I like cam Ward. 485 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,320 DJ: I think he's got a chance to be good, but 486 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,000 DJ: you've got to get a chance to evaluate him. 487 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,680 Also Gregg: Load up, just load up. 488 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,400 DJ: On the offensive side of the ball. You'll hear this 489 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:46,919 DJ: kind of trend with me as we go through this, 490 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,040 DJ: I have a very I'm not going to waiverun the philosophy. 491 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,720 DJ: When you have a young quarterback and people say, oh, 492 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,240 DJ: you build up the defense, you don't have to score 493 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,880 DJ: as many points, I'm like, no, No, I'd rather lose. I'd 494 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,400 DJ: rather lose twenty eight to twenty seven with my young 495 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,720 DJ: quarterback getting better, gaining confidence. That's going to be the 496 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,159 DJ: long term move for this organization. We can get to 497 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,680 DJ: the defense, but solve the offense first. Give that kid 498 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:08,200 DJ: a chance. 499 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,159 Gregg: The defense has a few players, Jeffrey Simmons being the 500 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,760 Gregg: most notable among them, not a lot of key free 501 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,840 Gregg: agents for them. Kevin Zeitler's thirty six years old. Figure, 502 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,240 Gregg: he's not going to be back. They've put a lot 503 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,399 Gregg: into their offensive line over the last five years with 504 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,359 Gregg: the three different regimes that they've had, and hasn't really 505 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,880 Gregg: borne fruit in particular. But you know, I think you're 506 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,480 Gregg: you're right on just investing what the Bears did. 507 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,760 DJ: Look what the Bears did. Yeah, they're gonna have to 508 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,280 DJ: They're gonna have to get to the defense, but they 509 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,080 DJ: fix the offense first, and then they look at all 510 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,560 DJ: the hope that they've generated their Caleb Williams based off 511 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,800 DJ: all the things they accomplished in free agency as well 512 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,040 DJ: as a draft in one year. 513 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,040 Gregg: Would anyone take Calvin Ridley in a trade? His stock 514 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:52,160 Gregg: isn't that high. 515 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,320 DJ: I think you're moving on there, but it's. 516 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,320 Also Gregg: And it makes sense. 517 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,880 Gregg: They probably will you save thirteen million dollars in cap safe, 518 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,440 Gregg: Like what do you need the cap space for Lagariusneed, 519 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,840 Gregg: By the way, is another guy who I do not 520 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,199 Gregg: expect back there. That'll open up some cap space. But 521 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,000 Gregg: there's there's kint of no point. Maybe just maybe just 522 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,919 Gregg: hope that you get a good Calvin Ridley year, like 523 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,040 Gregg: you need as many people around. 524 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,280 DJ: I do like the young I do like the young rookies, 525 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,119 DJ: and I think the tight end and talking to people 526 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,199 DJ: that were on that previous staff, there is belief that 527 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,200 DJ: that tight end Helm is going to be a really, 528 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,000 DJ: really good player. So file that one away. 529 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,959 Gregg: They had a good first draft with Mike Burgonzi. But 530 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,320 Gregg: then again, at the point he was making those picks, 531 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,680 Gregg: this guy Chad Brinker was more powerful than him, and 532 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,560 Gregg: they've already flipped those roles that now it's Borgan like 533 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,720 Gregg: it's it's always changing in Tennessee, but he comes from 534 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,240 Gregg: Kansas City and they'll they'll give him a few years here. 535 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,439 Also Gregg: Speaking of which, the Chiefs are not one of the tame. 536 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,080 DJ: Weird CAP's weird to be talking about the Kansasity Chiefs 537 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:51,960 DJ: in this type of a show. 538 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,840 Gregg: By the way, they are sixty two million dollars over 539 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,439 Gregg: the cap and they have this bank account called the 540 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,760 Gregg: Patrick Mahomes contract, the greatest bargain for any team in 541 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,000 Gregg: the NFL. How underpaid he is relatively and the way 542 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,480 Gregg: it's structured, they just they just kind of change the 543 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,600 Gregg: money around. But sixty two million dollars over is a 544 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,760 Gregg: lot like they are not going to be able to 545 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,840 Gregg: go too crazy. They can save twenty million by cutting 546 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,639 Gregg: Juwan Taylor, which I think is a move they will do. 547 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,280 Gregg: Other than that, there weren't a bunch of obvious cuts. 548 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:27,720 Gregg: Mike Dana, Christian Fulton potentially could get some space. Would 549 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,199 Gregg: they ever consider trading Chris Jones or Trent McDuffie at 550 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,880 Gregg: this point in the process to save some money. They're 551 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,199 Gregg: gonna have to be creative here because they don't have 552 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,920 Gregg: a quarterback at the start of the year. You don't 553 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,879 Gregg: think Gardner Minshew also suffered a devastating injury. So they 554 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,520 Gregg: have to figure like that out, like who's going to 555 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,600 Gregg: be the quarterback in OTAs And they have a lot 556 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,560 Gregg: of needs, pass rush, kind of rethinking the offense where 557 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,640 Gregg: she Rice has legal troubles, potentially Hollywood Brown's a free agent. 558 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,280 Gregg: There's just a lot here. I could go on and on. 559 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,719 Gregg: I have a lot of notes on the Chiefs. They 560 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,359 Gregg: have a lot of work to do. It is not 561 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,520 Gregg: an easy job right now for each but you do 562 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,920 Gregg: have Patrick Malmes in the building and Andy Reid in 563 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,520 Gregg: the building that it's a nice advantage over normal teams. 564 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,119 DJ: They've got to get back to nailing the draft. You know, 565 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,840 DJ: it's not been If you look at it's there's as 566 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,480 DJ: one of my buddies in the league always says, losing 567 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,360 DJ: leaves clues. And when you look at kind of how 568 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,399 DJ: the Chiefs have arrived to this place, you look at 569 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,359 DJ: their last three drafts and the combination of lack of 570 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,679 DJ: dependability and production from those last three drafts, it's kind 571 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,359 DJ: of caught up to them. And they did a great job. 572 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,040 DJ: And in the previous years before that, where they had 573 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,199 DJ: built up a dominant young defense, we thought that defense 574 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,879 DJ: was going to be, you know, a chance to be 575 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,719 DJ: an elle elite defense for a long time with all 576 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,000 DJ: these young emerging players and outside of McDuffie, I don't 577 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,840 DJ: know how many of those Bolton's been really good, but 578 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,480 DJ: I don't know how many of those guys have continued 579 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:57,320 DJ: to just progress. Carl Office is okay, he's a solid player, 580 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,359 DJ: but like they're not, not to the level and not 581 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,960 DJ: to the level he's getting paid for sure. 582 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,600 Gregg: And some of the more solid players are free agents too. 583 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,080 Gregg: Jalen Watson is going to be relatively high on my 584 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,280 Gregg: free agency list because he's a player's who's produced cook 585 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,760 Gregg: their safety, was their starting safety. Leo Chanel's an interesting player. 586 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,959 Gregg: Kelsey's a free agent, Like does he come back? Because 587 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,720 Gregg: you know they gave him a lot of money and 588 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:21,800 Gregg: those are one year deals. 589 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,840 Also Gregg: Those those go straight on that cap. 590 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,160 Gregg: So if he wants to come back, you assume they 591 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,920 Gregg: work out a contract for him. So that that's another 592 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,560 Gregg: big one. But man, a lot of work to do 593 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,800 Gregg: for the Kansas City Chiefs. All the people have been 594 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,040 Gregg: hating on them for all the years, who just root 595 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,320 Gregg: for Nick Wright's downfall. They're enjoying life right now. But 596 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,679 Gregg: I'm not buying that that they're in some sort of 597 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,320 Gregg: total rebuild. When when you have Patrick Mahomes and we're 598 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,320 Gregg: going to assume he's playing in the second half of 599 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:50,640 Gregg: next season, you're gonna have a chance. 600 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,800 DJ: By the way, sidebar, you know how weird of a 601 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,520 DJ: sport baseball is, sure, I just saw this yesterday. Like, 602 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,880 DJ: but Kansas City, like, they don't, I don't. They don't 603 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,000 DJ: feel good about their power. So arbitrarily, hey, we're going 604 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,080 DJ: to move the fences and ten feet and done. This 605 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,040 DJ: is not the wrong in football, Like that's like, you know, 606 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,479 DJ: our kicker is not good, so we're going to move 607 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,200 DJ: the goal post up. We're going to move the goal 608 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,840 DJ: up about five yards. 609 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,280 Gregg: Or if you're the Dodgers, you're like, and we have, 610 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,600 Gregg: you know, eight one hundred million dollar players, Let's let's 611 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,400 Gregg: add another one in Kyle Tucker. Let's go, let's take 612 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,359 Gregg: a break. We'll be back and wrap them. 613 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,080 DJ: I'm gonna go throw up. I'll be right back. 614 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,080 Also Gregg: We are back on forties and free agents. 615 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,359 Gregg: DJ has taken a moment to collect himself and just 616 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,560 Gregg: live with the playoff failures. That is being a San 617 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,919 Gregg: Diego Padres season ticket holder. 618 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:53,320 Also Gregg: It's tough. 619 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,000 DJ: Man, it's tough, but man, is it going to be 620 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,560 DJ: sweet if we ever do I mean we be we 621 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,280 DJ: knock him out of the playoffs in twenty two, that 622 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,960 DJ: wasn't that long ago. But if we could ever do 623 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,440 DJ: it to this super team that they've that they've built, 624 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,280 DJ: and it does you know what makes me feel good 625 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,159 DJ: and then we'll get back to football. What makes me 626 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,680 DJ: feel good is I've long, long hated the Los Angeles 627 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,560 DJ: Dodgers with a passion. And as they say, misery loves company. 628 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,679 DJ: To know that the rest of all of baseball fandom, 629 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,920 DJ: including the big market New York Yankee fans and Boston 630 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,480 DJ: Red Sox fans and Chicago they we all they all 631 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,400 DJ: joined me. They all said, you know what, You've been 632 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,800 DJ: right in hating this despicable organization for as long as 633 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,000 DJ: you have, and we're going to join the fight. So 634 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,720 DJ: now they're clearly the number one most hated team in 635 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,280 DJ: the league. And I'm sure by the time we finished 636 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,879 DJ: this episode they'll throw out another deferred contract for three 637 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,000 DJ: four hundred million dollars. 638 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,880 Gregg: Well, we'll see, you'll see how that works out for you. Now, 639 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,680 Gregg: as a fan of two despicable organizations, it was a 640 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,160 Gregg: tough seven years between the Patriots making this. 641 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,640 Also Gregg: You're so so tony. 642 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,360 DJ: Are your kids both Dodger fans and Patriot fans? 643 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,120 Gregg: They're both huge Dodgers fans. Neither one of them are 644 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,360 Gregg: Patriots fans. They ford They forsook me at is that 645 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,480 Gregg: a word? Forsaken? What big Rams household here for My 646 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,320 Gregg: daughter and my wife and my son for some reason 647 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,320 Gregg: became a Texans fan. 648 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:09,040 Also Gregg: So it was a good thing. 649 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,280 Gregg: I was at work on Sunday when it was Texans 650 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,880 Gregg: Patriots and I heard he was in tears, which kills you. 651 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:17,120 DJ: He was. 652 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,400 Gregg: He was pretty upset after each successive turnover. 653 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,880 Also Gregg: He was getting tough. Some things were happening, alright, all right. 654 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,640 DJ: To keep us going here, I'm gonna go to Cleveland. 655 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,959 DJ: Cleveland has ten picks in this draft, including in the 656 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,160 DJ: first three rounds six twenty four, so two first rounders, 657 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,240 DJ: thirty nine and seventy, so opportunity in this draft do 658 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,360 DJ: some damage there. They are sixty five million dollars over 659 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,800 DJ: the cap right now, and I'm sure that's the Deshaun 660 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,440 DJ: Watson factor. I'm guessing is a lot. Oh that's not it? 661 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:49,680 DJ: Is it not? It is? 662 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:50,920 Also Gregg: It's a you know what it is. 663 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,720 Gregg: It's because of Deshaun Watson and because they went all in. 664 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,480 Gregg: In general, it's all these guys that they've pushed money 665 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,640 Gregg: into the future forever. All those aging offensive linemen, they're all. 666 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:01,800 Also Gregg: Not even they're all gone. 667 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,600 DJ: I have any of them. 668 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,440 Gregg: They're all with dead cap next year. There's like ten 669 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,440 Gregg: twenty five six. It's like it's a it's a problem. 670 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,960 DJ: Well there you go. So there's that. I wrote down 671 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,680 DJ: head coach, quarterback obviously the two big things there. As 672 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,600 DJ: we're recording this, I haven't landed on a head coach yet. 673 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,000 DJ: I think it'd be huge if if the head coach 674 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,680 DJ: isn't Jim Schwartz, if they find a way to keep 675 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,720 DJ: Jim Schwartz as a defensive coordinator who's in an outstanding 676 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,160 DJ: job there and who has the perfect defense for what 677 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,440 DJ: they have personnel wisefic specifically with Miles Garrett. I mean, 678 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,959 DJ: Miles Garrett was put on this earth to play in 679 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,840 DJ: that wide nine that the Jim Schwartz utilizes there. And 680 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,280 DJ: then I wrote for the priorities outside obviously those two 681 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,880 DJ: big ones head coach and quarterback. The entire offensive line, 682 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,360 DJ: no big deal. We just got to we just have 683 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,800 DJ: to build an entire offensive line in this offseason. So 684 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,440 DJ: thankfully they do have some picks there, and they got 685 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:52,680 DJ: to figure out the money side of it. 686 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,560 Gregg: I never seen anything like it, Like if you need 687 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,600 Gregg: a whole new group, they here's what I'll give them. 688 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,560 Gregg: I've never seen an over the cap page quite like them. 689 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,880 Gregg: Other than David and Joku. There's no one on the 690 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,640 Gregg: team you can cut really and save any money, like literally, 691 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,760 Gregg: not even an option because they've already done that. They've 692 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,960 Gregg: already like moved the money around. And then the offensive 693 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,840 Gregg: line thing is crazy that Daniel's not exaggerating. Literally the 694 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,160 Gregg: entire offensive line they're all free agents. 695 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,000 DJ: Yeah, it's insane. 696 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,400 Gregg: And they're all aging too, So I don't like, I 697 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:28,600 Gregg: don't think they're bringing them back. 698 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:29,160 Also Gregg: I don't. 699 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,040 Gregg: I think they're either, Like Joel Botonio is probably retiring. 700 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,560 Gregg: They left tackles just wide open. Wyatt Teller I think 701 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,960 Gregg: will be moving on. He might be retiring, Like who knows. 702 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,200 DJ: Here's here's the fund, here's the opportunity. So let's look 703 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,480 DJ: at it as instead of oh no, here we go 704 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,840 DJ: of like this is a great opportunity. They have young 705 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,479 DJ: skill players in this rookie class on both sides. But 706 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,560 DJ: I mean when you look at Fannin in the year 707 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,520 DJ: that he had Judkins, what he can do you wide 708 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,160 DJ: receiver wise? Why am I on the speech to who 709 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,120 DJ: was gosh? Who is undrafted free agents? 710 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:05,920 Also Gregg: On Isiah Isaiah Bond? 711 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,600 DJ: And he's got some juice. But like have a lot 712 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,760 DJ: of different pieces, a lot of different type of guys 713 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,920 DJ: you can play with there. Now here's hear me out. 714 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,960 DJ: It's set up perfectly for him. These picks. We're gonna 715 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,680 DJ: build this young offensive line. You have a chance to 716 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,280 DJ: have the best young nucleus. If you can hit on 717 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,880 DJ: offensive line picks with some skill players, you get the 718 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,640 DJ: offensive line. Now here's the plan you're gonna go. We're 719 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,720 DJ: gonna give Shador the year. We're gonna you know, I 720 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,160 DJ: don't know, there's a great opportunity to upgrade over him 721 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,640 DJ: right now. He costs you nothing. We're gonna give you 722 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,960 DJ: the year. And either he proves he's the guy with 723 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,360 DJ: all this young emerging talent that we have, or it 724 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,520 DJ: proves he's not the guy and we're in that. We're 725 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,720 DJ: gonna have a quarterback come in in twenty seven to 726 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,520 DJ: a team with a really good young corps of offensive 727 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,400 DJ: players for him to grow with. So I think they're 728 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,200 DJ: in a pretty good spot right now. 729 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,240 Gregg: Yeah, if not for the like forty million dollars you're 730 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,200 Gregg: playing into guys not named Deshaun Watson that are not 731 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,960 Gregg: on the team and the money you're paying to the 732 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,720 Gregg: shuttle clear, that'll clear up. 733 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,400 DJ: A year from now. I think at least, yes, they're clear. 734 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,800 Also Gregg: I never quite got them them keeping. 735 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,400 DJ: In I'm going to take your medicine in one year. 736 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:08,680 Gregg: Guy. 737 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,560 DJ: By the way, just take your medicine. 738 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:11,440 Also Gregg: Hmm. 739 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,840 Gregg: That's a good point, because they had the most expensive 740 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,720 Gregg: team in the league in aggregate over the last two years. 741 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,920 Gregg: I mean that's in that GM. Staying well, you drafted 742 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,720 Gregg: really well last year. Fair, I appreciate you not trying 743 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,200 Gregg: to claim victory. No, not that, but not trying to 744 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,960 Gregg: claim victory on the Travis Hunter trade and me saying 745 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,400 Gregg: it was an abomination by the Browns last year. 746 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,760 DJ: You really used that strong language. 747 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,200 Also Gregg: Not right. 748 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,080 Gregg: I don't know if I did, But right now they 749 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,240 Gregg: feel better that they have those picks. The Bengals a 750 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,960 Gregg: lot of cap space. They're an easy team to talk 751 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,360 Gregg: about because, like I thought about, like another team might 752 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,280 Gregg: even are we going to get creative and like trade 753 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,640 Gregg: in Orlando Brown or Tea Higgins just to just to 754 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,560 Gregg: fill spots up. But that's not It's not what the 755 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,360 Gregg: Brown the Bengals are going to do. They don't have 756 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,440 Gregg: a lot of key free agents out side of Trey Hendrickson. 757 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,440 Gregg: Joseph Asai and Cam Taylor britt have both played a 758 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,520 Gregg: lot for them, but been up and down, and you 759 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,040 Gregg: got to spruce up the interior of the offensive line. 760 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,200 Gregg: But beyond that, it's the entire defense. I mean, I 761 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,640 Gregg: know they drafted two linebackers last year they didn't play 762 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,120 Gregg: that well, and then the other positions, it's wide open 763 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,280 Gregg: basically in the secondary in terms of their safety position, 764 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,840 Gregg: and then the entire defensive line without Trey Hendrickson, you 765 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:28,680 Gregg: need upgrades. 766 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,840 DJ: Yeah, it's still, man, it's a golden opportunity thing because 767 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,399 DJ: Burrow's gonna if he's out there, he's going to score 768 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,560 DJ: bazillion points. So you got. 769 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,839 Gregg: Two tackles that you like, you got a running back 770 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,560 Gregg: that you like. It's not even just Burrow in the 771 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,200 Gregg: and the receivers. But man, they kept their defensive coordinator, 772 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,640 Gregg: so not a lot's changing there in Cincinnati. 773 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:53,880 DJ: Yeah, It's funny. I don't even know why I bothered 774 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,040 DJ: to look in their at their draft selection. They got seven. Yeah, 775 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,880 DJ: we're gonna roll with our seven. We're good to go. 776 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:04,320 Also Gregg: No, they do you know they are the Hill, They. 777 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:09,200 DJ: Are the The Bengals are the Steve Jobs closet of 778 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,480 DJ: the NFL. Like, just put on that black shirt every day, 779 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,160 DJ: like we're gonna have the same picks. We're gonna try 780 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,880 DJ: and do the same thing. Just consistency. Man. You know, 781 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,040 DJ: we're gonna have the same coach, same same GM, We're 782 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,200 DJ: gonna have the we're in the same thing. This here 783 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:22,720 DJ: we go. 784 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,400 Gregg: I used to get grief on the show that I 785 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,920 Gregg: called Zach Taylor just like the like a the polo 786 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,000 Gregg: shirt of head coaches. 787 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,200 Also Gregg: Like he's just solid. 788 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,680 Gregg: You know, you just just put on Zach Taylor and 789 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,279 Gregg: first you don't think about it. You're not gonna, you know, 790 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,160 Gregg: win any fashion contest. 791 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,600 DJ: You want to go, you want to you want to 792 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,200 DJ: go golf, you want to go to church, you want 793 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,359 DJ: to go to the movies. Fine, you can go all 794 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,000 DJ: three with the polo di versable piece of clothing. 795 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,080 Also Gregg: I mean, I'm a big polo guy. All right here up, all. 796 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,240 DJ: Right, I'm gonna go Miami here. Miami is picking eleven, 797 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,839 DJ: forty three, seventy five, eighty seven, ninety So they are 798 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,920 DJ: in a great spot here with draft capital in the 799 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,239 DJ: first three rounds, they are unfortunately twenty seven point five 800 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,359 DJ: million over the cap. We are trying to figure out 801 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,400 DJ: the quarterback situation. Obviously we have a head coach to 802 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,160 DJ: hire Tua. That's that ship sailed. And then I wrote 803 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,399 DJ: down corner is a is a key area for them 804 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,359 DJ: to address that that secondary kind of built back up. 805 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,200 DJ: So those would be some some key areas. It's not 806 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,319 DJ: a coincidence. A lot of these teams we're talking about 807 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,960 DJ: quarterback and head coach are are both on the to 808 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:29,439 DJ: do list. 809 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,560 Gregg: Yeah, and you mentioned Tua that that ship has sailed. 810 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,680 Gregg: He said he welcomes a move. 811 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,040 Also Gregg: It's got to be important for him. 812 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,880 DJ: It would be dope. I believe with is his word. 813 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,040 Also Gregg: He's honest. 814 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,560 Gregg: It will be dope for him and for Dolphins fans. 815 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,719 Gregg: I think at this point both him and Tyreek Hill. Look, 816 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,680 Gregg: you save much more money, especially the way to us 817 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,719 Gregg: contract is if you trade them versus cutting them. 818 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,560 Also Gregg: In fact, cutting them is a problem. 819 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,560 Gregg: You almost can't cut to us you kind of have 820 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:03,360 Gregg: to get someone to just take like like something a compense, 821 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,960 Gregg: you know, like a seventh round pick swap that comes 822 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,800 Gregg: with the restructured contract, just because of how the money 823 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,760 Gregg: is going to hit there. I got to assume Tyreek 824 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,520 Gregg: Hill is done there too, so he could. 825 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,680 DJ: Be got done period. And we'll see that was got 826 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,120 DJ: bad injury he had with his knee. 827 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,359 Gregg: So there will always be someone who knows maybe maybe 828 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,960 Gregg: an Andy Reid reunion. It's not like they're like without 829 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,719 Gregg: talent on on the defensive side. And and even in 830 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,600 Gregg: terms of h hn and and Jalen Waddle, and I 831 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,120 Gregg: think they like Patrick Paul's developed at left tackle. 832 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,520 DJ: Like I always like to to, uh to fess up 833 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,040 DJ: on guys that have exceeded my expectations from I was 834 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,880 DJ: not a big fan of Patrick Poles in the draft process. 835 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,600 DJ: I just I didn't see it. And he's he's played 836 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,480 DJ: better and better and proved to be more than a 837 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,640 DJ: functional player. So that was one that I got wrong. 838 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,880 DJ: And they've they've got a talented young guy. 839 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,880 Gregg: There in a second team All Pro in Aaron Brewer 840 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,680 Gregg: at the center. So and when I looked at the 841 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,440 Gregg: free agency list, one of the least consequential free agencies 842 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,200 Gregg: lists in the team in the league. So that's good 843 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,560 Gregg: news for whoever it's John Eric Sullivan at GM. 844 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,319 DJ: But you know, I will say this. I will say this. 845 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,279 DJ: I talked to some guys who have done a much 846 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,680 DJ: deeper dive on their roster than I have at this 847 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:20,399 DJ: point in time. And I don't know if they one 848 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,560 DJ: of them, I believe interviewed the other one. I don't 849 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,719 DJ: know if they were in consideration for the GM job. 850 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,160 DJ: So they had done their homework on the Dolphins and 851 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,960 DJ: kind of came to the same conclusion, which was, this 852 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,400 DJ: is not a tough football team. It's not a physical 853 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,399 DJ: football team. So that's something to just keep in mind 854 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,480 DJ: in terms of how they try and build this thing out. 855 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,160 Gregg: That that has been born out when they go play 856 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,840 Gregg: good teams in the Mike McDaniel era, and especially in 857 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,240 Gregg: cold weather, but really in any weather, his record against 858 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,880 Gregg: teams over five hundred was pretty brutal. The Colts have 859 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,000 Gregg: a coach in Shane Steichen who might be looking around 860 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,760 Gregg: and thinking, man, I could have maybe coached up Lamar 861 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,680 Gregg: Jackson or Josh Allen would have been one of the 862 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:01,520 Gregg: bells of the ball here. 863 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:02,239 Also Gregg: If he had. 864 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,240 Gregg: I'm sure he wanted to keep his job, of course, 865 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,320 Gregg: but I think he would have ended up with a 866 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,360 Gregg: pretty good job in this cycle. Insteadies with the Colts, 867 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,319 Gregg: which is not a bad job. They have twenty six 868 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,560 Gregg: million dollars in cap space. They have a lot of questions. 869 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,200 Gregg: One of the best lists of potential free agents in 870 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,640 Gregg: the league, Daniel Jones, got to figure out what you're 871 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,000 Gregg: doing with him. The expectation is he's stayed, So it's 872 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,319 Gregg: just the structure and how much. Alec Pierce, who's going 873 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,200 Gregg: to be really high on my list, really good deep threat, 874 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,239 Gregg: Nick Cross who was a great story for them as 875 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,080 Gregg: a developmental guy who turned into a really good safety. 876 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,439 Gregg: Quity pay who's played a lot for them. Braden Smith, 877 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,920 Gregg: who's been the right tackle forever, has injury concerns. It's 878 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,920 Gregg: a little uncertain where he's going in his career. And 879 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,279 Gregg: then to Forest Buckner says he wants to keep playing 880 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,640 Gregg: football despite a neck injury. But that's a tricky situation 881 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,640 Gregg: in Charvarius Ward, who was a big ticket item in 882 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,839 Gregg: free agency last year, is considering retirement. So those are 883 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,440 Gregg: two aging players too. You're not even sure if they 884 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,400 Gregg: were going to play. It's just it's a lot so 885 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,439 Gregg: Chris Ballard that you have a good nucleus I think 886 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,880 Gregg: to be a competitive team. But they're going to be 887 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,719 Gregg: one of you know, if I was making one of 888 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:12,520 Gregg: those articles the ten most important like active teams this offseason, 889 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:13,560 Gregg: I think they're one of those ten. 890 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:15,719 DJ: I have to I have to go back and watch 891 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,480 DJ: Quicky pay this last year because I thought he was 892 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,000 DJ: kind of on this upward trajectory and then I just 893 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,440 DJ: was just pulling up his numbers from the year. It 894 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,480 DJ: was kind of underwhelming. Yeah, there, but I mean the 895 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,240 DJ: previous two years eight and a half sacks and sixteen games. 896 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,080 DJ: Eight sacks and fifteen games, kind of and that's the 897 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,280 DJ: profile of someone who's a first round pick who's got 898 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,520 DJ: solid production. If not, you know, it's not elite production, 899 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,480 DJ: but solid production. Those guys usually get paid handsomely in 900 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,640 DJ: free agency. But I don't know what I have studied 901 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:44,799 DJ: him off of this last year. 902 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,239 Gregg: He Yeah, he is kind of the picture of a 903 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,080 Gregg: guy who's who's going to get paid in free agency 904 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,279 Gregg: because there's not a ton of options, you know, a 905 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,040 Gregg: little more on hope, a little bit of a Dafe 906 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,440 Gregg: Oway better, I would say before the trade. But now 907 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,799 Gregg: Oway I think made his you know, money with how 908 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,760 Gregg: he played at the end of the Chargers. But similar 909 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,320 Gregg: I would say their biggest need would be juice in 910 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,560 Gregg: the front seven, just a little more difference making juice 911 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:15,400 Gregg: on defense and then cornerback. If Tarvarius Ward is retiring, 912 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,439 Gregg: that kind of opens up a hole where you didn't 913 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,360 Gregg: think there was one. 914 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,480 DJ: And no first round pick with Sauce Gardner. Yeah, so 915 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,719 DJ: interesting with them. All right, I'm going to get to 916 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,960 DJ: my last team, which is Baltimore. Baltimore. When we were 917 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,359 DJ: doing this, I said, now, go I got the playoff teams, 918 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,120 DJ: I'll do Baltimore, and you reminded me they didn't make 919 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,759 DJ: the playoffs. It's like got that game against Pittsburgh felt 920 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,680 DJ: so much like a playoff game. I forgot it wasn't 921 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,280 DJ: actually a playoff game. It was to get in the playoffs. 922 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,399 DJ: They have ten picks, fourteen, forty five and eighty. They're 923 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,359 DJ: in the first three rounds. They have eight point four 924 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,120 DJ: million dollars in space, which if they can get Lamar 925 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,239 DJ: Jackson reworked, I think that'll create a lot more room there. Well, 926 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,000 DJ: they would be able to be more active. I even 927 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,680 DJ: saw in their press conference that Eric DeCosta, their general manager, 928 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,839 DJ: had made a had made a comment, if we can 929 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,600 DJ: get this Lamar thing, it'll allow you know, to be 930 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,640 DJ: aggressive maybe on the upper tier of guys in the 931 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,439 DJ: free agent markets. I don't know who they have in mind, 932 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,040 DJ: but that was interesting. Edge rusher, edge rusher, edge rusher. 933 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,960 DJ: They did not rush well last year and Odafe always 934 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,400 DJ: a great example. Zero sacks with them, goes to the 935 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,440 DJ: charters and finished with eight or whatever plus three in 936 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,960 DJ: the playoffs. Not a single sack with the Ravens. So 937 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,200 DJ: I don't know if that's you want to say that's 938 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,920 DJ: part of the scheme, but you know seven and a 939 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,520 DJ: half Gavin said there for sacks for a way, so 940 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,200 DJ: I was right between seven and eight head coach situation. 941 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,200 DJ: We'll see what happens there. I do know they love 942 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,120 DJ: Anthony Weaver. I saw he was coming back in for 943 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,040 DJ: a second interview, and maybe as you're listening to this, 944 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,920 DJ: they've already hired somebody, but that was a name I 945 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,160 DJ: would definitely keep an eye on. 946 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,080 Gregg: You keep saying this like we're like banking this and 947 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:46,800 Gregg: we're putting them up in March. 948 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,800 Also Gregg: You know it's going up in twelve hours. The NFL 949 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,280 Also Gregg: moves fast, Gregory. 950 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,120 Gregg: That was fast, Greig the extra Jesus. 951 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,280 DJ: I say it every time and you and you correct 952 00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,040 DJ: me every time, which just shows a character fall on 953 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:03,000 DJ: your part. Then to me, I wrote down in terms 954 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,520 DJ: of their keys, I wrote down Lamar Whisper, Like, they 955 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,560 DJ: need to bring someone in who connects with him, whether 956 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,319 DJ: or not that's the head coach, whether or not that's 957 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,680 DJ: the new offensive coordinator. They need somebody who can connect 958 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,319 DJ: and get the absolute best out of Lamar. I think that's, uh, 959 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,839 DJ: that's one of the underrated on the to do list 960 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:21,440 DJ: for this team. 961 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,719 Gregg: Yeah, and maybe it doesn't necessarily have to only be 962 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,759 Gregg: an offensive guy if it is Anthony Weaver, like he 963 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,719 Gregg: does kind of fit the mold actually, now that I 964 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,319 Gregg: think of it, if they want a guy for. 965 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,560 DJ: A long they love him there. They loved him as 966 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:35,719 DJ: a player, they loved him as a. 967 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,560 Gregg: Coach in terms of like almost as like a young Harbaugh, 968 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,959 Gregg: where it's you know, obviously he's a defensive mind. 969 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,640 DJ: Vrabel is what it reminds me of. 970 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,359 Gregg: Yeah, of just a guy who's gonna be kind of 971 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,120 Gregg: leading the charge for the entire building and hiring the 972 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:52,680 Gregg: right people you could see that they have a lot 973 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:56,560 Gregg: of questions. You know, Matta Bike, there's been talk that 974 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000 Gregg: he could be retiring. 975 00:43:58,239 --> 00:43:59,880 DJ: Yeah, I was very nervous about that. 976 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,880 Gregg: So I'm not sure what that does to the cap situation. 977 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,799 Gregg: So I'll pass on that. Marlott Humphrey is a guy 978 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,680 Gregg: whose production hasn't been as great in recent years, and 979 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,319 Gregg: so is he there next year? 980 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:12,640 Also Gregg: For sure? 981 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,360 Gregg: Isaiah Likely is a free agent, so it might be 982 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,799 Gregg: tough to keep him. They gave Mark Andrews a surprising 983 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,600 Gregg: another contract late last season. Actually, I was surprised to 984 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,520 Gregg: see that good money for him, so you would think 985 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,120 Gregg: they're not going to pay Isaiah Likely. And they have 986 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,280 Gregg: Tyler Linderbaum as. 987 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,000 Also Gregg: A free agent. 988 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,960 Gregg: They didn't give him the fifth year option, and if 989 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,400 Gregg: he gets out there, I'm curious. 990 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,800 DJ: Yes, And a lot of these teams that we've talked about, 991 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,600 DJ: interior offensive line has come up a bunch for a 992 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,239 DJ: lot of teams, and I know, look, I don't think 993 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,480 DJ: it's I don't think you played a perfect brand of 994 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,640 DJ: football this year. There's some games where I thought he 995 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,040 DJ: got moved around a little bit more than he had 996 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,440 DJ: in the past. But this is a massive upgrade for 997 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,880 DJ: the majority of teams who need interior all alignment. 998 00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,719 Also Gregg: He's like a scheme fit. 999 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,120 Gregg: I would think I have asked around a little about 1000 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,640 Gregg: him because if he makes it to free agency, he'll 1001 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,080 Gregg: be near the top of my list. And yeah, he 1002 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,279 Gregg: can get pushed back as a pass protector. So I 1003 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,160 Gregg: think you got to have like the right vision of 1004 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:13,680 Gregg: how you're going to use him in the running game 1005 00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:15,360 Gregg: where he can be a difference maker, and maybe the 1006 00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:16,920 Gregg: right people around him and everything. 1007 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,560 DJ: And you know who else they said that last year 1008 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,480 DJ: was Drew Dolman and then. 1009 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:26,160 Also Gregg: Quite well, it did that that entire last year. 1010 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,319 DJ: Greg, do we get that one right? 1011 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:28,280 Also Gregg: Yeah? 1012 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,040 DJ: He was high up. 1013 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:32,879 Gregg: He was quite high up on the list. Probably won't 1014 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,440 Gregg: be as high up. I don't now, I feel me 1015 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,919 Gregg: and even mentioning this, but poor Patrick claibhnd's punching bag 1016 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,879 Gregg: all season as a diehard Ravens fan. Daniel Filela, also 1017 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,919 Gregg: a free agent Ravens fans, were just killing that poor guy. 1018 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,360 Gregg: If you can call like a six eight, three hundred 1019 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:49,680 Gregg: and sixty pounds me and a poor guy. 1020 00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:51,520 DJ: But yeah, well not the best. 1021 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:53,000 Also Gregg: We did it. 1022 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:55,000 DJ: I exhausted my list. Are you done too? 1023 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:56,680 Also Gregg: That wasn't that it? 1024 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,360 Gregg: Or am I crazy? I think I'm done? Wait, I 1025 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,680 Gregg: have the Jaguar. Oh, it was always the Jaguars. They 1026 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,600 Gregg: would have killed me. I'm so happy. Agent, So the 1027 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:11,360 Gregg: Jaguars one of the teams in the AFC. I would 1028 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:15,040 Gregg: throw the Bills into this mix too. The way that 1029 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,480 Gregg: Texans game went, I don't know as a team that 1030 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,319 Gregg: just thinks, man, we could have made the Super Bowl 1031 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,520 Gregg: this year if it had just fallen a little differently. 1032 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,360 Gregg: I really think they had the goods to make it happen. 1033 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,440 Gregg: They have a tricky off season. They're twenty one million 1034 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,680 Gregg: dollars over the cap. I think they need some offensive 1035 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:36,640 Gregg: line help. Secondary, I would say it would be a 1036 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:40,120 Gregg: concern for them. They have Greg Newssen, who they traded 1037 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,759 Gregg: for and Monteric Brown who had a nice year as 1038 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:45,719 Gregg: free agents, and that was a thin position anyways, Devin 1039 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,040 Gregg: Lloyd's a free agent. Traves Etn is a free agent. 1040 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,880 Gregg: Think you need some more bulk in the interior of 1041 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:55,200 Gregg: their defensive line. They're obviously great on the edges, and 1042 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,080 Gregg: so it does seem like a team even though it 1043 00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,680 Gregg: has a lot of talent, a lot of good things 1044 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,840 Gregg: going on, that is in year two of a multi 1045 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,640 Gregg: year process of kind of turning over the roster. So 1046 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,160 Gregg: I do think they have a lot of work still 1047 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:07,520 Gregg: to do. 1048 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,640 DJ: And I think it's a defensive heavy offseason. I think 1049 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,600 DJ: they continue to make changes there and see if they 1050 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:17,359 DJ: can find some upgrades. Now, remember no first round pick 1051 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,600 DJ: obviously with Travis Hunter, so but again, hopefully you get 1052 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,160 DJ: him back, and they've they've said James Gladstone said that 1053 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,279 DJ: they plan on using him both ways again next year. 1054 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,560 DJ: So that's a chance to get two impact players if 1055 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,360 DJ: they can run him out there for seventeen weeks and 1056 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,279 DJ: find his role and get him going. But they picked 1057 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:37,279 DJ: fifty six, they do have three thirds, so eighty one, 1058 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,600 DJ: eighty eight, one hundred. Kind of a Rams esque old 1059 00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:42,239 DJ: school draft here, so they've got a chance. They got 1060 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:43,680 DJ: to do it outside the first round, though. 1061 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,320 Gregg: I am getting a note from our producer Drew noting 1062 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:53,040 Gregg: I Drew Dobbin fourteenth on the initial ranks. That's pretty solid. 1063 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:55,000 Gregg: I think even went up when when some other guys 1064 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,160 Gregg: got taken. That's the good news. The bad news is 1065 00:47:58,160 --> 00:47:59,960 Gregg: he was one spot below a Marie Cooper. 1066 00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:01,920 Also Gregg: I didn't call that mighty to retire. 1067 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:02,799 DJ: I didn't say it. 1068 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,480 Gregg: Cooper killed me last year. That was the one guy 1069 00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:07,959 Gregg: I really had in the wrong in the wrong spot. 1070 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,279 Gregg: If I felt for the name, fell for the name 1071 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,760 Gregg: value a little bit. Speaking of name value wide receivers, 1072 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:17,280 Gregg: the one just X factor here, would they consider trading 1073 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:21,359 Gregg: Brian Thomas Junior, who wasn't a great fit in this 1074 00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:22,399 Gregg: He's just. 1075 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:24,960 DJ: A complimentary piece right now. I mean he's easily the 1076 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,600 DJ: third option. 1077 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,759 Gregg: You get a lot for Brian Thomas you if you 1078 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,640 Gregg: were bold enough to do it. I think there's teams 1079 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:34,399 Gregg: in the league that would have a vision of how 1080 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,680 Gregg: they would want to use him and maybe is a 1081 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,160 Gregg: better fit and you could get a lot for him. 1082 00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,080 DJ: So that's that's something for a team that doesn't have 1083 00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,440 DJ: a first round pick. Maybe you look at that. 1084 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:47,120 Gregg: M spicy, I love doing this exercise. 1085 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:49,320 Also Gregg: Do some homework. 1086 00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,680 DJ: It is helpful, don't you think it did? 1087 00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:53,719 Gregg: I wrote this all down. This was like a good 1088 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,839 Gregg: early process. I need a deadline to start planning out 1089 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,919 Gregg: my free agency, my team building all this time. 1090 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,919 DJ: You're my feedback guy because you call what people think. 1091 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:06,000 DJ: So what what has the feedback ben on on these episodes? 1092 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,160 Also Gregg: Because I think it's pretty good. 1093 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:11,440 Gregg: These little daggers every now and then character flaw for 1094 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:16,640 Gregg: for Gregory, you know, constantly correct, care what people think. Look, 1095 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,799 Gregg: but let us know to hit us up in the mention. 1096 00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,600 Gregg: People are listening, The numbers are are great. I'm hearing 1097 00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:26,040 Gregg: from from my friends, some regular listeners to who they 1098 00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:28,160 Gregg: like it when you when you take me down to size, 1099 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,880 Gregg: which is troubling because I'm already at such a low size. 1100 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,080 DJ: It's fun, it really is, and I'm not uh to 1101 00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,920 DJ: be serious for a second. It's these these episodes and 1102 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:38,719 DJ: I think you you guys, if your football fans will 1103 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,919 DJ: enjoy them and hopefully have been enjoying them, because it's 1104 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,680 DJ: it's just a great primer as we get ready for 1105 00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,640 DJ: the off season, and like I jotted some stuff down 1106 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,000 DJ: I wanted to get too. As we wrap up here, 1107 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,800 DJ: you look at New England who's still still playing obviously 1108 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,319 DJ: two years ago, Drake May last year. Uh, this is 1109 00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,239 DJ: just on my side of it. With the draft, you 1110 00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:03,040 DJ: know Campbell Henderson, Kyle Williams, Wilson and Guard Woodson. We 1111 00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:04,880 DJ: had picked the other day borg alas a kicker like 1112 00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,719 DJ: they that's in two years Denver who's still going You 1113 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,840 DJ: see RG Harvey making plays every single game. Pat Bryant, 1114 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,520 DJ: before his injuries, had been doing his thing the year before. 1115 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,800 DJ: You get your quarterback Bo Nicks when healthy. You've seen 1116 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,479 DJ: you know, Jona Ellis, You've seen Franklin, You've seen Abram Strain. 1117 00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:23,120 DJ: Like these guys making plays, the Rams, Ferguson making big catches, 1118 00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:26,800 DJ: Josiah Stewart as a rusher. Then the year before, vers 1119 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,799 DJ: fist Korum, you know, on and on, and I go 1120 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:34,080 DJ: through Zabel and Emon Worri this year, Byron Murphy the 1121 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,440 DJ: year before, like these teams. That's just a draft component. 1122 00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:39,480 DJ: You could make a strong list of guys for all 1123 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:42,319 DJ: these teams in free agency where they've nailed it two 1124 00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,160 DJ: years greg two years of nailing the draft, and maybe 1125 00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:48,640 DJ: even one or two years in free agency. You can 1126 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,319 DJ: take your team from the dol Drums picking third in 1127 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:54,080 DJ: the draft to being playing in a championship game with 1128 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:55,640 DJ: a chance to get to the Super Bowl. So that's 1129 00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:56,840 DJ: why I love this exercise. 1130 00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,759 Gregg: I was thinking that the Patriots and particular could have 1131 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,400 Gregg: an impact on this free agency market because they had 1132 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,440 Gregg: the most cap space last year. They still have a lot, 1133 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,440 Gregg: and they spent like crazy. They spent the most. They 1134 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,520 Gregg: missed out on a couple guys Ronnie Stanley, Chris Godwin, 1135 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:15,279 Gregg: and they ended up spending it elsewhere and it worked 1136 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,759 Gregg: out well. And in one year, just think about the 1137 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:21,480 Gregg: hit rate that they had in free agency. Stefan Diggs, 1138 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:24,520 Gregg: Morgan Moses, who's been a solid right tackle for them 1139 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:31,279 Gregg: all off season, right, Milton Williams, Harold Landry, Robert Splane, 1140 00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:35,360 Gregg: Carlton Davis. I mean those are like six or seven 1141 00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,319 Gregg: of your key guys right there in one offseason, plus 1142 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,360 Gregg: the draft picks that you mentioned, and that's going to 1143 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,840 Gregg: get a lot of people around. Okay, I guess we 1144 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,280 Gregg: better start taking some swings. We could be like the Patriots. 1145 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:49,040 DJ: Yeah no, but this is helpful. So as we get 1146 00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:52,560 DJ: into you know, top fifty season, mock draft season, your 1147 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:54,920 DJ: free agency list. This is fun, this fun stuff. 1148 00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:57,759 Gregg: Yeah, we'll be posting each and every Tuesday all the 1149 00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,959 Gregg: way through the draft, so. 1150 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:01,120 Also Gregg: We'll be back in a week. 1151 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,360 Gregg: By then we'll know our Super Bowl participants will see that. 1152 00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:09,960 Also Gregg: M hm.