WEBVTT - The Insiders Podcast: AFC North Camp Countdown and Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:10.639 Happy Wednesday, everybody, and welcome to the Insiders. I am 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:14.040 Steve White's here at our Inglewood, California newsroom, and in 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:15.800 just a few minutes A're gonna be joined by NFL 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:19.680 Media's Bucky Brooks and Nick Shook. But later in the show, 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:24.520 Colorado head football coach Dion Sanders and his son, his quarterback, 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.600 Shador Sanders, they're gonna sit down for a little chat 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:31.240 as well Jaguars head coach Doug Peterson. Plus we're gonna 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:36.440 be talking AFC North storylines a little bit later. But first, 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:40.519 Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who signed a four year, 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:44.120 one hundred and forty million dollar contract this offseason, said 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.239 on The Rich Eisen Show that he understands why quarterback 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:51.000 Kirk Cousins left Minnesota for Atlanta, but thinks the Vikings 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:55.240 will remain competitive with Sam Darnold or JJ McCarthy at 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:55.640 the helm. 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.680 I feel like he just wanted a new start, the 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:03.520 new opt trinity to you know, start with Atlanta and 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.759 uh a clean slate. And I'm not mad at him 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.200 at all of that. I'm grateful for what he has 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.920 brought to me. And you know the things that we 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:18.040 have accomplished together. But you know, at the end of 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.399 the day, it's a business, and you know, you gotta 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.640 do what you gotta do for yourself and for your family. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:28.319 And uh, I clearly understand that. Uh, but you know, 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.759 it's it's it's on to the next. It doesn't matter 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.360 if it wis Kirk or if it's Sam, or if 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:38.480 it's JJ. You know I'm going to make them, you know, 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.880 make him make it as easy as possible for right. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.080 Now, joined my former NFL player, NFL scout and current 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.480 NFL media analyst Bucky Brooks and Buck, you heard JJ 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.840 right there, you know, talk about they're gonna make the 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.040 new whoever's the quarterback better? But how can JJ and 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:59.280 Jordan Addison, Addison and some of those other players help 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.400 whether it's JJ McCarthy or Sham Darnold succeed. 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.560 So, Steve, if you've listened to the Move the Six podcast, 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.720 you've heard his break quarterbacks down into trucks or trailers, 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.080 meaning a truck is one that carries the rest of 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.640 the team. A trailer is one that the rest of 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.840 the team carries the quarterback. Well, in Minnesota, they may 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.320 have the best supporting. 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:20.000 Cast in football. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.799 When it comes to being able to elevate the. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:22.920 Play of a quarterback. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.320 So a trailer and Sam Donald or JJ McCarthy should 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:30.360 be fine because Justin Jefferson, George Addison, Aaron Jones, they're 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.600 all going to be able to make plays regardless of 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:36.240 who is distributing the ball. The thing that Kevin O'Connell does, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.040 because he also plays a part in that, is he's 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.840 a great play designer. He's going to make sure that 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.800 the game is easy for the quarterback quarterback for Riendley's 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:46.640 system that puts the ball in the hands of the 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:50.480 playmakers and optimal situations. To me, it really doesn't matter 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.520 who is the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. This offense 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.640 is going to score points. We saw it last year 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.400 with Nick Mullins and Josh Dobbs. They're going to be 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.440 an effective offense because the weapons on the perimeter and 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.440 the play caller that is making sure the life is 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:04.480 easy for the quarterback. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.280 Yeah, some people say that's going on with the forty 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.200 nine ers, with how that supporting cast helps along Rock Purty. 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.480 So really good stuff right there. But Bucky, let's take 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.320 a look at the Vikings schedule. When it comes to 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.880 maybe deciding on when to make a quarterback change. If 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:21.320 they do. To JJ McCarthy, that, my friend, is a 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.880 brutal first half of the schedule. When you're looking at 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.680 the forty nine ers Texans Packers, just look at weeks 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.040 two through nine. That Week five game in London versus 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.200 the Jets. So bucky when it comes to deciding who 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.040 their quarterback is going to be. And everything we've heard 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:38.560 on in Minnesota, Sam Darnold, the veteran, is the leader 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.560 of the pack, but they drafted JJ McCarthy to one 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.800 day be their guy. How should Kevin O'Connell the Vikings 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.440 go about making that type of decision. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.400 So what the Minnesota Vikings did was really smart. They 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.880 backstopped the quarterback position, meaning they had a veteran quarterback 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.920 in place who has enough experience to be the starter. 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:58.200 You have a young, inexperienced quarterback. 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.840 Remember J McCarthy only hit twenty eight career starts at Michigan. 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.200 In a perfect world, you will let Sam Donald do 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.120 a lot of the heavy lifting early in the season, 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.040 and then when JJ McCarthy shows you're on the practice 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.760 field that he's ready to take over, you give him 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.920 that opportunity. But really, I believe this is Sam Donald's 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.720 job to lose. I believe there are a lot of 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.920 people in Minnesota that believe he is a guy who 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.640 hasn't really been around a talented supporting cast. This would 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.919 give him an opportunity to really show the talents that 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.600 made him a top pick years ago. 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:29.040 Kevin O'Connor's going. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.960 To do everything in his power to really elevate Sam Donald. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.520 This is Sam Donald's final chance to really carve out 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:36.279 a nice career. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:37.960 Look for him to take advantage of that. 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.920 And then maybe after a year, maybe like Baker Mayfield did, 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:43.960 maybe he has a great year, goals that Parlay's it 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.320 somewhere else, and then JJ McCarthy becomes a quarterback in 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.400 the middle of the season or maybe at the end 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.760 of the season, going into next year, he's a QB 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:52.920 one for the Minnesota Viking. 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.159 Well, see, this is what training campus for Bucky, because 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.440 who knows, Maybe JJ McCarthy gets the guys around him 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.279 to play better. Maybe he's that truck instead of the 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.320 trailer that you were talking about earlier. Well, speaking of 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:08.200 Justin Jefferson, Bucky, he was in la last night for 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.359 the premiere of the New series Receiver, which documents his 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:16.120 twenty twenty three season along with Deebo Samuel, Devonte Adams, 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.480 George Kittle, and aman Ros Saint Brown. You see all 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:23.200 of them there, besides besides Deebo Samuel, you can now 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.839 stream that show on Netflix. It is out there for 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:33.320 the full season and new today. The Scottsdale Police Department 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.960 released a following statement regarding former Panthers VP of Player 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:41.039 Personnel and former Arizona Cardinals defensive back Adrian Wilson. On 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.240 June first, just after oh six hundred hours, Wilson was 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:48.400 arrested at his home for domestic violence related charges of assault, 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:54.080 criminal damage, and disorderly conduct. All charges were misdemeanors. So 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.200 that statement adds context to a previous statement released over 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:01.560 the weekend by the Panthers Ownership Group and Entertainment, which 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.599 says Adrian Wilson will not continue in its position as 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:08.560 Vice President of Player of Personnel for the Carolina Panthers. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.440 Consistent with our organizational policy on employee matters, we will 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.560 have no further comment. 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:17.520 Now. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.640 Today in Kansas City, you're looking at the Chiefs Equipment 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.120 staff loading up a truck with equipment bound for training 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:28.200 camp at Missouri Western State and Saint Joseph, Missouri. The 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.560 Chiefs open their back to back title defense with rookies 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:36.760 reporting in just six days. Veterans report on July twentieth. 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.400 So Bucky, let's bring back, let's bring you back in here, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.360 and let's talk a little bit about the Chiefs and 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.760 their title defense and give us three storylines you think 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.360 are going to be at least two or three storylines 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.040 I should say that you think are going to be 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:53.720 hugely important to them getting back to another championship. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:56.920 Well, all the attention is going to be on the 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.680 offense and Pat Mahomes because everyone wants to know who 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:00.960 is going to be the number. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.400 One receiver in this fasting game. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.600 And when I mean receiver, I'm talking about who's gonna 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.600 be the number one pass catcher. Yes, Travis Kelce comes back, 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.080 but Travis Kelsey is in the twilight of his career. 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.360 And then there's a lot of uncertainty on the other 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.000 weapons on the perimeter. You don't know what's gonna happen 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.720 with Rashid Rice once the league determines the suspension or not. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:20.760 Then you have Hollywood Brown coming over. 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.680 But he has always dealt with a lot of injuries, 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:25.880 So there's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.160 that receiver corps. Who is going to emerge as a 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.840 guy that Pat Mahomes can depend on. The last two years, 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.360 they've been able to do it with the hodspots of 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:33.560 playmakers getting it done. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.080 Can they do it again? That's to be another question 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:36.640 in Kenni City. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.440 Well, Bucky, we also just have some highlights there of 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.880 Xavior Worthy, the rookie out of Texas, the four to 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.200 two speed burner watching him right here. But let's also 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.320 flip it to the other side of the ball. I mean, 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.480 they just they traded away to Lugerius Sneed on the 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.040 defensive side. We know he was the lockdown corner. Remember 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.760 all the images of him shoving Tyreek Hill down into 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.040 the ground. What about that being something that could be 0:07:58.080 --> 0:07:59.000 a potential concern. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.880 Yeah, it is going to be a potential concern. The 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:03.440 Jerry Snead. 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.160 You're talking about a Pro Bowl caliber, high end cornerback, 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:08.880 one of the lockdown specialists in this league, who did 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.000 it in a very physical fashion. The thing about the 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.760 Kansas City Chiefs is they've been forward thinking when it 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.040 comes to building up their defense. The last couple of 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.640 years they have drafted defensive backs and put them on 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.800 the field. So even though the Jerry Sneid is a 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.480 huge loss, they have young guys ready to replace him. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.400 You're talking about our Joshua Williams who has come in, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.720 who has played a key role. You had Trent McDuffie, 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.960 who was an All Pro caliber player who plays on 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.800 the inside, but maybe he bounced on the outside. I'm 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.440 not as worried about their defense because what we do know, 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.840 Chris Jones and the guys up front are going to 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.200 rush the passer. They're going to get after Hi because 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.679 Steve Spagnulo is going to bring the heat that is 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.960 going to make life easy for the cornerbacks. I'm more 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:48.000 worried about their offense than defense. But even in saying that, 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.240 as long as you have number fifteen, you have a chance, 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.520 the Cancaity Chiefs are well positioned to maybe make a 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.960 three feet in this National Football League in a postseason. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.959 Run quickly, Bucky, just from your experience as a scout, 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.560 as a player, and just evaluating film. Now, Trent McDuffie 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.520 again one of the better slot corners in the NFL, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.079 moving outside for him with his skill set, would it 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.120 be an easy transition? 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:11.240 Well, look, man, he's really talented. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.679 He's a high IQ player, great technique, tremendous fundamentals when 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:16.640 it comes to playing the position, and even though he's 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.560 been a start on the inside, he certainly can go outside. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.360 The thing that you have to weigh if you're Steve 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.680 Spegnudo in the staff, do we weaken the defense by 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.760 moving him outside and taking away a key piece to 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:29.040 the defensive. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.120 Puzzle over the middle of the field. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.520 McDuffie's been so good, I would rather try another young 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.880 player on the outside see if they can hold up, 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:38.439 so we don't kind of ruin the chemistry and continuity 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.640 of the defense by moving Trent McDuffie from inside to outside. 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.680 So Buck, you know, since we're talking about cornerbacks, who's 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.800 one of the best cornerbacks of all time? Pro Football 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:47.079 Hall of. 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:54.400 Famer Prime time baby Don Sanders, Bucky, Oh yeah, the 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.320 new head coach were not the new head coach, but 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.360 the current head coach of the Colorado Buffalo's. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.280 He's going to be joining you in me with his son, 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:05.120 shadur in just a minute. Come back for this on 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:17.120 the Insiders after the break, Welcome back to the insiders, 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.640 and you're looking at it as only Las Vegas can. 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.760 Welcome to the Big Twelve Media Days, the sixteen team 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.360 Big twelve at Allegian Stadium, that's come from the Big 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.520 twelve conference social posting page, and the Big Marquis team 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.600 and the big Marquee names joining media days. You're looking 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:36.800 at Colorado head coach Dion Sanders arriving in style leading 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.880 his group of elite players to the media days. And 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.079 if those players getting ready to step off that plane 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:47.040 right there, you're saying, is quarterback shadere Sanders and Bucky Brooks. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.160 Guess what? We're joined by coach Prime and should do 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.439 it right here, gentlemen, what's going on? 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:52.920 Good team? 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.240 He appreciates you joining us, Hey, Coach Prime. I want 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.440 to start off with this new beginnings once again with 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.240 Colorado now joining a new conference. Like I said, the 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.440 sixteen team Big twelve, what about the new fresh start 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:05.680 in the new conference. 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:07.280 Were excited. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.560 We have the best commissioner I believe in the game, 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.720 and Brett I mean he's doing a phenomenal job. The 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.320 coaches have opened their arms and their hearts to me 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:22.280 to welcome me and they've been so they've been so wonderful, man. 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.800 I mean, I feel the love. I still feel the support. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.560 They text me and call me if you need anything, 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.920 any advice on this and that. I mean so I 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.560 love that aspect of it. But I can't wait to play. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.200 I can't wait to start getting it on. We've been 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.960 working out, but of all summer, man, I think we 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.320 have another week and a half of workouts in It's time. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:40.960 They're gonna have a break, then they come back at 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:42.760 the end of the month to start gearing it up 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:43.040 for real. 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.959 You know, coaches, I'm gonna ask you something that you've 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.959 never had to do, but I'm gonna give you an 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.440 opportunity with your coaching had if your door centers was 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.800 on another team and you had to look at the tape, 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.400 what would scare you the most about facing your son 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:00.359 at quarterback. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.840 Giving him time. I can't give him, sad. If I 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:05.520 give him time, I know what the result is gonna be. 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.560 If I give him time in the pocket, he's gonna 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:09.560 he gonna rip me up a little bit. And I 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.959 can't show my hand because you know, like I tell 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.760 him my corner. Sometimes guys quit showing him parallel feet, 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.000 parallel feet. He knows cover too, like, don't do that, 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.480 He'll check off on her practice. He's he's gonna do that. 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:26.839 And he sees the field really well. But one of 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:28.880 the main things that he does really well, and I 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.600 can say they're sitting right behind. He's a relational man. 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.720 I mean he's a relational person where he forged relationships. 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.199 Not only would his lineman because they love him the life. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:42.000 He don't go anywhere with that them, but the running backs, 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:46.839 the receivers, I mean, the specialists, everyone on there. They 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.440 want to play for him, they want to go fight 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.160 for him, they want to ride with him. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.800 So hearing something like that from your father, and I'm 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.680 sure a lot of other coaches look at the film 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:58.359 the same way. But also living up to the expectation 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.679 that a lot of people have placed on you entering 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.960 the season. How do you feel about that? 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.040 Well, he ain't lying about anything he said. He ain't lying. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.800 No, I mean the expectation and that it always been 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.680 there since day one. Uh, even in high school, even 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.439 in the league, we're always everybody's super Bowl. So uh, 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.640 really just inheriting the mindset from him, and when when 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.439 when he was playing in his days and him building 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.720 us up all the way from six years or old 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.680 running snakes all the way at the Prosper House, which 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:30.120 some time he probably forgot. 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.040 But I'm just thinking now, if I running his snake does. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.439 An across the field up five yard, that's what he means, 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:36.640 not not with real snakes running. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.800 I see that that right there, That that that makes 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.360 a grown man at you at a young age. 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:43.720 So now I. 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:48.200 Feel like he I kind of let him be kind 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.360 of cruise control now and I got to let me. 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.680 Ah, he gotta you build me up to this point 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.880 to be able to take over. So that's what it 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:57.720 is true that. 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:01.199 Coach. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.320 One of the things that you do is you certainly 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.840 breathe a lot of confidence in all your players. But 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.600 another player that you've really been talking about has been 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:09.319 Travis Hunter. 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:10.360 You're one of the. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.760 Last two way players, maybe the last two way player 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.480 in the NFL, and so Travis is doing it at 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:16.400 the collegiate level. 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:18.760 When you watch him. What makes Travis Hunts so. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.920 Special Travis loves the game of football. Number one. 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:25.200 Secondly, travis athleticism is off the charts, and he's a 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.800 ball getter. Like when the ball's in the air. Offensively, defensively, 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.960 he's going to make the play. There's no fifty fifty 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.160 ball with Travis. When the ball was up there seventy thirty, 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.600 eighty twenty, he's going to go get the ball. Knows 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.120 that if he's one on one, just throw it up there. 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.560 He's gonna make a player get the pi at one 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.320 or the other. And the kid loves the game. Now 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.040 we challenge him to study his butt off so he's 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:53.560 prepared not only physically but mentally for the challenges week 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:53.960 to week. 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:55.800 But the worst thing to do is to take him 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:57.760 off the field. You want to keep him on the field. 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.400 And I get a kick out of all these uh 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.880 you know, I'm your quarterbacks and players telling me how 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.960 I should play him, how he shouldn't play at, how 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.360 many reps he should get during the game. They don't 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.920 understand he's gonna be more of a problem to you 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:13.520 on the sideline than on the field. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.080 So let me put Let. 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:17.760 Me put it through this way, because earlier your dad 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.560 said at media days today he's the best, that Travis 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.880 Hunter is the best wide receiver and the best quarterback 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.400 in college football. So let me ask you this shouter, 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:29.640 would you prefer throwing the ball to him or challenging 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:31.720 him in practice when he's guarding some of those other 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.480 standout wide receivers you guys have. 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:37.400 I mean, well, of course throwing it to him. 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.160 But you get the best of both worlds though you 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:42.000 get Monday, Tuesday, he get to be on your team. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.520 Then Wednesday Thursday he's on the opposite side of the ball. 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.120 So it's definitely competitive. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:48.920 You know you're gonna be on your game a little 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.360 bit more when he's out there. So it gives a 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.960 receiver as a chance to challenge him and him challenge 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.160 the receivers. But you're not gonna go against a better 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.600 corner than Travis. 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.600 Okay. So on that note, we saw today the the 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.520 EA Sports College Football game rankings came out. Travis Hunters 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:09.960 rated at ninety five one the highest rated players in 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.880 college football in the game, and you're tied for at 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.560 ninety three for the highest rated quarterback in the game. 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.160 We know you guys love the game. 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:19.680 We knowever you like guys love to play. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:20.560 What about that? 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:22.600 How's their tag? Like? 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:23.440 How's their tae? 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.600 I don't do it to them that? 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.320 Like do you do? You hate so bad that you 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.480 gotta give him a tax. Ain't no TAZ in football, like, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.480 ain't no TA. You don't want no tae. No we 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.480 ain't we ain't accepting no tag, no tag. Just say 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.880 what it is, buy said, fucky you, but you know 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.080 you want of the best analysts. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.040 I know now you know what I need information? Who 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:47.560 I call? I call you? 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:48.600 That's what I can't call. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.960 Yeah, you know ta, Yeah, give him off this team 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:54.440 to take a little bit TVC. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:55.320 What the record is? 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:00.680 I love it a prime. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.360 I got to ask you this because you made some 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.080 changes on your coaching staff, and your coaching staff is 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:09.159 real heavy with NFL expertise and experience. What made you 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.960 go the pro route as opposed to adding more college 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:13.480 coaches around your project. 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:15.879 That's a great question, man, brother, and I appreciate you 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:20.919 asking me that I'm a pro. Man Like through thinking 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.960 the thing, I'm a pro, and I think at another level, 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.520 we have some tremendous college coaches on our staff, but 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.879 when it comes to the coordinating and it comes to 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.320 the majority of the staff, I want to be around 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:36.959 guys that have been there, guys that have done that, 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:38.920 because our lights are bright, man, and. 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:40.520 I can't have you. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.240 You know, you guys getting big, You're getting a little sensitive, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.919 you're getting a little salty, getting a little fraid when. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.320 Things light up over there on that sideline. 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.520 So I like pros because we've been there, we've done that, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.840 and we understand one another. But that's not taking nothing 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.440 against our collegiate coaches that we have on staff. But 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.159 I think right now, especially with the daily simmers, we 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.200 have over one hundred and forty some years of pro 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.840 experience on the sidelines, and that's relatable to where these 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:07.760 young men want to go. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.000 It's hard to take somebody but you've never been well. 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.400 Again, you our guy Warren sappis on your staff too. 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:15.120 We know he's doing a good job of shoot out. 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:16.480 You know one thing that you know I want to 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.320 ask you because we know one of the great metrics 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.240 when we talk about the best quarterbacks in the country 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.640 at any level is touchdown the interception ratio last year 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:28.040 twenty seven tds just to three interceptions. In your three 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.560 year collegiate career, ninety seven touchdown passes. 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.440 And don't forget you missed a game and a half 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.639 last year too, well, you missed the game. 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:39.119 That part too, Okay, you're reminded us. But in your 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.880 college career, I mean, ninety seven touchdowns are seventeen nine 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.280 and tis why do you see the field so well? 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.000 And why do you think your decision making is so 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.719 precise that you avoid the mistakes that hurt your team? 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:56.200 I would say, I would say from a young age, 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.959 an understanding dad put me on offense and defense to understand, 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:04.040 you know, coverages and things like that. So I feel 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:06.880 like those are small stepping stones from each year. Each 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.560 year you get improvement in different areas and you're able 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:11.560 to get a lot of different pictures. I played a 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:15.360 lot of football, starting from freshman year of high school 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.720 all the way to now, So it's just a lot 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.440 of games, a lot of experience, a lot of different situations. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.600 Knows the pros, knows the cons and learned from certain 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.840 situations that you have so you don't make the same mistakes. 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:29.680 And I like that. Let me add to that. 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.960 You got to really understand what he just said, He's 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:36.080 played a lot of football. How many quarterbacks you know 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:40.320 have started every game in their high school career, every 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:45.880 game in youth, every game in college except for game 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:48.520 and a half where he was injured. Last season. He 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:53.880 started every game. So that's a lot of playing. That's 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:58.320 a lot of leverages, that's a lot of understanding situational football. 0:19:58.440 --> 0:19:59.879 That's a lot of understanding talent. 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:02.560 I got to put the ball on his back shoulder, 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:04.320 or I could lead him down in the field because 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.880 he could make that grab fifty fifty ball. Like, that's 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.640 a lot of understanding of football. And the first thing 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:11.480 I told him, like he said, I taught him defenses. 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:14.000 I taught him defense. You don't teach a quarterback routes. 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:18.399 You're teaching defenses, you know. 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:18.760 Prime. 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:20.919 I want to ask you this because I know it 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:22.720 your hard to far as you're an old school coach. 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.600 But everyone talks about today's generation of player having played 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.560 yesteryear for dealing with a new kind of player. What 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:32.680 are the challenges of coaching today's athlete compared to when 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:33.320 you were playing? 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:38.720 Nil collected. I want guys that want to play in 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:40.840 the NFL. I don't want guys who are all about 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:42.479 the nil. I want you to get paid. I may 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:44.280 help you get paid. I'm gonna trust that I may 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:45.120 help you get that bag. 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:45.800 And he knows that. 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.400 But your focus gotta be being great because when you're great. 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:51.040 That bag is gonna chase you, and you don't have 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.920 to chase it. So he knows that I'm out shoot 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:56.880 the old team knows. If you want to make me mad, 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.280 start talking about some money as I talking about getting 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:01.920 paid to getting broken off, Start talking like that, Yeah, 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:02.800 you dumb and it. 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.080 I'm gonna help you get it. I'm gonna make sure. 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:06.360 I'm gonna make sure you get it. 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:08.439 Look, if you. 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:10.479 Want to keep it one hundred and get it one hundred, 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.639 these are the two dudes to talk to, Bucky coach Prime. 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:15.600 Should do it. Thank you so much for joining us. 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.119 Best of luck this season, and we're getting ready to 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:20.280 call EA sports and break that tie for you too. 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:20.840 Should do her? 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:29.199 I have to hide scrapers. Should be ninety nine. Shouldn't 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.040 he like? Who else? 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.280 What is the best receiver and the best corner in 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:36.160 cottage football? 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:39.600 How can he that? Don't even it don't even make sense, 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:41.000 but it's up. 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:44.080 It sounds like it sounds like a segment for twenty 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:46.600 first in Prime. Sounds like a segment for twenty first 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:48.160 in Prime. Maybe we can bring. 0:21:48.000 --> 0:21:52.439 That Backry, go bring that bag, all right, Jess, we 0:21:52.480 --> 0:21:55.040 got to get out of here man, Bucky, Hey, we 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:56.879 can do this all day, but be honest to do it. 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.160 Thank you so much, man, Really do appreciate you. 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:02.320 I appreciate y'all. Man, God bless you. I love y'all brothers, 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:04.879 y'all know that man. Y'all some good dudes. 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:05.080 Man. 0:22:05.680 --> 0:22:09.119 Oh, let me get continued talking for another fifteen minutes 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:11.040 of prime as your doer. But we got to get 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:14.200 to the a FC North, top to bottom. 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:15.399 It's the best. 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.840 Division in football. All these new quarterbacks, we're gonna be 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:20.000 hitting the field again. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:22.120 We're gonna see. 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:23.280 We're gonna talk about that next. 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:27.399 On the inside. 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:33.639 This is a gary competi division. 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:41.560 Yeah wa, this froke gid. 0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:46.960 Jack Conning for the NA scramble off from end of 0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.879 the field and slapsas hell about what cap from the. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:53.680 Files Garrity single handedly take you over the game. 0:22:53.800 --> 0:22:55.320 Throw that AFC North. 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:59.480 If there's some turmoil, it's delightful turmoil. 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:00.240 Am I gonna. 0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:04.280 There is AFC North IM Steve Whites and on Engwood, 0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:08.520 California newsroom, and that is Nick Schuchar around the NFL 0:23:08.600 --> 0:23:11.119 writer and we're going to talk about some camp storylines 0:23:11.160 --> 0:23:14.240 and for all of our training camp storylines. Go to 0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:18.680 NFL dot com Slash Countdown and Nick we talked about 0:23:18.680 --> 0:23:21.520 the AFC North right here. Let's start with the with 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:23.879 the division chap the Baltimore Ravens. 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:27.720 Yeah, you know, Steve, the story about the Ravens this year, 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:30.639 coming off of an AFC North title, coming in with 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:32.960 Todd Monk and up and up the offense last year. 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:35.320 Year two, it's all about elevating it, bringing it to 0:23:35.480 --> 0:23:38.520 the next level, because look, Lamar Jackson won his second 0:23:38.680 --> 0:23:42.040 MVP last season under Monkin's direction, but he also let 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:43.800 the team in rushing with over eight hundred yards. 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:45.160 He threw for thirty six hundred yards. 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:48.120 Everything's great there, but then when it came to the playoffs, 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:50.320 the NFC title game, suddenly the play calling became a 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.040 little questionable. The league's top rushing offense only ran the 0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:54.720 ball eight times with running backs in that game. 0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:56.240 Lamar had eight himself. 0:23:56.320 --> 0:23:58.600 So now you go into twenty twenty four and you 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:00.720 got to take the next step with the off year two. 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:02.520 If last year was Monk in one oh one, this 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:05.000 year is Monk in two oh one. John Harbaugh has 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:07.600 talked about giving Lamar Jackson more agency at the line 0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:10.480 in pre snap getting more creative, and Monkin can't wait 0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:12.920 to see more out of Rashad Bateman. So I'm expecting 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:14.920 them to take the next step because that might be 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:15.960 what gets them over the hump. 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:17.840 Well, Derek Henry might be what gets them over the 0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:20.880 hump as well, getting the big running back from Tennessee. 0:24:20.960 --> 0:24:22.159 All right, Joe Burrow. 0:24:21.960 --> 0:24:24.960 Comes back at quarterback off of injury for the Bengals. 0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:26.640 What should we be looking for out of them? 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:30.479 Well, hopefully Burrow is completely healthy. Everything points to him 0:24:30.560 --> 0:24:32.440 being healthy, and we know what happened to them last 0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:34.560 year when he wasn't healthy. He was statuesque in the 0:24:34.600 --> 0:24:37.160 pocket for the first month, and when he was suddenly better, 0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:39.280 they were taking off, and then it all fell apart 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:41.040 when he again was knocked out for the rest of 0:24:41.080 --> 0:24:42.320 the season with at wrist injuries. 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:43.680 So now he should be good. 0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:46.199 But they don't have Joe Mixon on that roster anymore, 0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:47.840 and folks might look at that and think, well, they'll 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:48.120 be fine. 0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:48.920 They got Joe Burrow. 0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:51.720 Joe Mixon accounted for fourteen hundred scrimmag yards last year, 0:24:51.720 --> 0:24:53.560 and yet before they were about to release them, all 0:24:53.600 --> 0:24:55.920 they did was traded to Houston for a seventh round pick. 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:58.600 So I'm curious to see, can Chris Evans, can Zach 0:24:58.680 --> 0:25:01.440 Moss the new acquisition, can Chain Brown and Travon Williams 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:05.359 effectively replaced that production that Joe Mixon provided. Or are 0:25:05.400 --> 0:25:08.040 we looking at a hidden weakness for the Cincinnati Bengals 0:25:08.080 --> 0:25:10.159 that maybe we're not paying attention to you right now 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:13.000 because we can't stop looking at Joe Burrow's immaculate hair 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:15.600 and fantastic fashion. That's what I'm really curious to see, 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:17.440 because otherwise that roster is still very strong. 0:25:17.600 --> 0:25:19.480 You know, you have a spot code with an open 0:25:19.560 --> 0:25:21.840 heart in the back like Joey b wore over in 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:24.800 con France. All right, Now, the Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Tomlin, 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:28.359 he gets the extension after having another winning season, but 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:30.920 they've got something going on at quarterback there. They don't 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:32.960 really have one because they've got two. 0:25:34.200 --> 0:25:36.320 Yeah, And some people say, if you don't have one 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:38.000 and you have too, you have nobody. But I think 0:25:38.080 --> 0:25:40.320 that's not necessarily the case with the Steelers, because, oh, 0:25:40.400 --> 0:25:43.160 Mark Han did a fantastic job this offseason. 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:47.000 He remade that room. So almost overnight he signs Russell Wilson. 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:49.879 He trades away Kenny Pickett, he acquires Justin Fields, and 0:25:50.000 --> 0:25:52.800 suddenly the Steelers are no longer relying on a youngster 0:25:52.840 --> 0:25:54.639 who hasn't quite proven it yet, even if he was 0:25:54.680 --> 0:25:56.440 a local product. But we're not going to talk about 0:25:56.480 --> 0:25:59.080 quarterback that much. That'll sort itself out. I would look 0:25:59.080 --> 0:26:01.760 at the rest of the roster. Omar Khan drafted phenomenally. 0:26:02.040 --> 0:26:04.800 Troy Fatanu gives you a tackle, Zach Fraser gives you 0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:07.439 a starting center, and Roman Wilson is my sneaky favorite 0:26:07.440 --> 0:26:08.919 pick from this class. I think he's going to fit 0:26:09.040 --> 0:26:12.439 perfectly in that receiving court. Defensively, Peyton Wilson, watch out 0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:14.840 for him as a blitzing missile, especially on third down. 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:17.160 That three year extension came at the perfect time because 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:19.800 Mike Tomlin has the best roster he's had to win 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:22.720 since they finished twelve and four in twenty twenty. So 0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:24.560 while we might pay attention to the Ravens and the 0:26:24.560 --> 0:26:27.119 Bengals with Burrow back and Deshaun Watson and the Browns, 0:26:27.520 --> 0:26:30.360 watch out for the Pittsburgh Steelers in twenty twenty four. 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:30.800 Folks. 0:26:31.040 --> 0:26:34.840 Okay, all right, very interesting when you mentioned DeShawn Watson 0:26:35.359 --> 0:26:38.159 and the Cleveland Browns. This is a playoff team and 0:26:38.280 --> 0:26:42.480 Deshaun Watson is back from that shoulder injury or is. 0:26:42.520 --> 0:26:45.480 He Yeah, we're not so certain about that because it 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:47.200 was a bit of a strange injury. But the Browns 0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:49.800 have kind of prepared accordingly by making a change at 0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:52.640 offensive coordinator. Kevin Stefanski has called the place since twenty twenty. 0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:55.000 I don't expect that to change. But incomes Ken Dorsey, 0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:57.600 who's going to bring with him new ideas to potentially 0:26:57.720 --> 0:27:00.600 elevate this offense. He did so with Josh Allen. The 0:27:00.680 --> 0:27:02.800 Bill succeeded, but I felt like they relied on Josh 0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:04.360 Allen a little bit too much of the run game, 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.000 and that concerns me about Nick Chubb's place in this offense. 0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:08.840 We also need to know if Nick Chubb's gonna win, 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:10.560 he's gonna come back, because he's still returning from that 0:27:10.600 --> 0:27:13.960 significant knee injury. So overall, the first goal is to 0:27:14.000 --> 0:27:16.200 figure out what you have in Deshaun Watson, and Dorsey 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.920 seems to be the guy to bring ideas in and 0:27:19.080 --> 0:27:21.240 open up the mind of Kevin Stefanski Moore to maybe 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:23.960 take advantage of what Deshaun Watson brings, but I think 0:27:24.000 --> 0:27:25.520 his impact is going to stretch beyond that. 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:28.920 That'd be very interesting because all of those teams, any 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:32.920 one of them, can win the super tough AFC North. 0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:36.000 Once again, Nick schul can read nfl dot com slash 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:41.159 Camp Countdown for all type of camp stories. Thanks so much, Nick. Well, 0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:43.520 the Jacksonville Jaguars, they got off to the hot start 0:27:43.640 --> 0:27:46.920 last season, but then they faded down the stretch. We're 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:50.480 gonna be joined by their head coach Doug Peterson after 0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:53.320 the break. He's gonna tell us what they're doing to 0:27:53.440 --> 0:27:56.280 make sure s that's a tail spin doesn't happen again. 0:27:56.720 --> 0:28:07.960 That's on the inside, I'm telling you. I'm telling you 0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:10.280 that's the straight You strengthen numbers. 0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:12.359 Man strengthen numbers. Right when someone is not. 0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:15.560 Feeling their best, somebody else rallies and the team rallies 0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:18.080 around them. That's what you did today, and that's what 0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:19.239 you did all right. 0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:20.440 My hat is off to you guys. 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:21.119 I'm so proud. 0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:22.360 Congratulations. 0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:24.720 This ride's gonna be sweet going. 0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:37.760 There we go one, two, three, Oh yeah, we know 0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:40.200 that chance and Bucky Brooks. We know this guy that 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:43.880 is Jaguars coach Doug Peterson. He's in beautiful Lake Tahoe, 0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:47.040 Nevada at the American Century Golf Championship. Coach, thanks so 0:28:47.160 --> 0:28:49.400 much for joining us. I know you're loving the views 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.800 and playing that very tough, hit them straight golf course 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:53.160 up there. 0:28:54.240 --> 0:28:55.960 I tell you what, Thanks for having me on. And 0:28:56.400 --> 0:28:59.280 you're absolutely right. This is a tough golf course, tough greens. 0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:02.520 The scene bey here is beautiful. It's a great place 0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:04.280 to bring the family. Right before training camp. 0:29:04.800 --> 0:29:06.880 Hey, coach, I want to get you started by asking 0:29:06.880 --> 0:29:08.760 you this. I mean, just you guys locked up your 0:29:08.840 --> 0:29:11.680 quarterback Trevor Lawrence long term. I mean, what was the 0:29:11.760 --> 0:29:14.480 decision behind that? And what do you see him doing 0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:17.840 this year to continue in ascension to being that franchise 0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:18.800 changing quarterback. 0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:21.240 Yeah, well, the decision was easy. 0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:22.960 You know, we all feel in the building that he's 0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:25.080 our guy, and he's obviously the face of the franchise, 0:29:25.200 --> 0:29:28.280 and he was drafted a few years ago, you know, 0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:30.560 the first round pick to be that guy, and we 0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:32.320 have all the confidence in the world and we're just 0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:35.479 excited and thrilled for he and his family to get 0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:38.760 this contract behind him. As we head into this season 0:29:38.840 --> 0:29:42.080 into twenty four and just continue to build on the 0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:45.800 last two years. It wasn't a perfect finish, but you 0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:47.959 know to the last season there were we had some injuries. 0:29:48.040 --> 0:29:50.080 Trevor's one of those guys that we got to continue 0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:53.000 to keep healthy. But he's on the right path and 0:29:53.560 --> 0:29:56.200 we continue to work. We build the pieces around him, 0:29:57.120 --> 0:29:59.440 get our run game going a little bit, play good defense, 0:29:59.520 --> 0:30:00.520 and see what happens. 0:30:02.480 --> 0:30:04.360 You know, Coach, look, you talked about back to back 0:30:04.440 --> 0:30:06.680 winning seasons, but didn't have the finish that you wanted 0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:09.640 to last season. How do you take those lessons and 0:30:09.720 --> 0:30:12.160 help the team become a much better version of itself 0:30:12.400 --> 0:30:13.320 in twenty twenty four. 0:30:14.560 --> 0:30:17.000 I think, Bucky, you and I have had conversations after 0:30:17.080 --> 0:30:20.720 games last year about it, and I think for myself, 0:30:20.960 --> 0:30:21.560 it's gonna burn. 0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:22.360 It's gonna burn for. 0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:24.440 A long time until you know, we get to meaningful 0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:27.360 games again and start playing in September. But I think 0:30:27.440 --> 0:30:30.680 that's the same fuel, you know, the motivating factor for 0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:33.680 our for our players that the way we ended. 0:30:35.000 --> 0:30:35.560 Is not us. 0:30:35.800 --> 0:30:37.960 And no matter what you go through as a football team, 0:30:37.960 --> 0:30:40.200 you know, everybody goes through adversity. There's always going to 0:30:40.240 --> 0:30:43.640 be injuries, but you can't make excuses and you got 0:30:43.760 --> 0:30:45.840 to go play football, and so so for us, we 0:30:45.920 --> 0:30:48.600 got to learn from that, roll up our sleeves in 0:30:48.680 --> 0:30:51.479 a training camp, work hard, and just play it one 0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:52.080 game at a time. 0:30:52.600 --> 0:30:54.480 Doug, when you talked about doing some things to make 0:30:54.520 --> 0:30:57.440 things better, to grow from that, you've really adjusted your 0:30:57.480 --> 0:31:01.200 wide receiver room, adding guys that gave Davis, Devin Duvarney, 0:31:01.280 --> 0:31:04.200 drafting Brian Thomas out of LSU in the first round. 0:31:04.680 --> 0:31:07.200 How do you think those new faces, those different skill 0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:10.240 sets can help increase or improve that passing game. 0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:12.760 Well, I think that's what you know, what we saw 0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:14.760 in Gabe Davis, you know in Buffalo, what he did, 0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:16.520 how he could kind of stretch the field. 0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:18.240 He was a big, big, tall receiver that could go 0:31:18.280 --> 0:31:18.760 over the middle. 0:31:18.800 --> 0:31:21.680 He's physical, can block and and I would say that 0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:23.800 that's a piece that we missed a little bit last year. 0:31:24.120 --> 0:31:25.840 You know, Zay was beat up a little bit. We 0:31:25.880 --> 0:31:28.240 missed Christian. At the end of the season, we get 0:31:28.320 --> 0:31:29.560 we get Christian back healthy. 0:31:29.640 --> 0:31:30.640 We lost Calvin. 0:31:30.440 --> 0:31:32.800 Ridley, but but now we get we get Gabe and Brian, 0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:35.800 and Brian's got the speed element that that you know 0:31:35.840 --> 0:31:38.480 we probably lost with Calvin and and so we've. 0:31:38.360 --> 0:31:39.240 Got to integrate all that. 0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:41.480 We got to get on the same page early as 0:31:41.520 --> 0:31:44.080 we head into training camp. But but I'm excited for 0:31:44.200 --> 0:31:45.960 these guys and how they how they fit. 0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:46.640 And then Devin. 0:31:46.960 --> 0:31:49.880 Devin brings another element to and in our return game 0:31:50.880 --> 0:31:52.200 with with agnew not back. 0:31:52.280 --> 0:31:54.640 So we feel in it like we're in a good spot. 0:31:54.800 --> 0:31:57.520 And you know, the big thing is just a matter 0:31:57.600 --> 0:32:00.840 of of I think just working and working together and 0:32:01.000 --> 0:32:04.120 and building the camaraderie and then the and the team 0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:07.280 around our quarterback that can that can help us all 0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:08.000 be successful. 0:32:09.840 --> 0:32:10.000 You know. 0:32:10.080 --> 0:32:12.080 Coach, one of the things that has come up, you 0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:15.360 made some defensive changes. Josh Allen recently talked about just 0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.240 make sure that the team builds the trust player the player, 0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:21.360 player of the coach. How important is trust and that 0:32:21.880 --> 0:32:25.760 camaraderie to build a successful team, a championship caliber team. 0:32:26.360 --> 0:32:28.360 Now, I think trust is everything with a football team. 0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:30.080 You know, I think you got to lean on your brother, 0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:32.280 you got to lean on your coaches. Coaches got to 0:32:32.360 --> 0:32:34.200 lean on each other, you know, not only in the 0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:36.720 good times but the bad and and obviously there were 0:32:36.760 --> 0:32:39.680 some changes made, you know, on staff last year and 0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:42.560 and you know, bringing Ryan Nielsen and and and his 0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:46.240 his staff on defense and and and the sort of 0:32:46.280 --> 0:32:49.240 the new approach that he has with our defense, and 0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:51.960 you know, guys like Josh and you know with with 0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:55.160 Trey Von and you know, the addition of of Eric 0:32:55.280 --> 0:32:59.040 Armstead and guys like that that can really really help 0:32:59.160 --> 0:33:01.479 us in the past row and even be better than 0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:05.440 we were before. And and so you'll see some differences 0:33:05.840 --> 0:33:08.880 with the defense, but I think I think it's all positive. 0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:11.160 But at the same time, we got to get it 0:33:11.200 --> 0:33:13.040 all all jailed on the you know, on the same 0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:14.080 page as we move forward. 0:33:14.560 --> 0:33:16.720 Doug Bucket just referred to him as Josh Allen, but 0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:20.320 we know this week officially added a name and a 0:33:20.360 --> 0:33:23.920 hyphen to his last name, Josh hind Alanines. How are 0:33:23.960 --> 0:33:25.600 you and the coaching staff going to refer to him with? 0:33:26.400 --> 0:33:27.600 I mean, how are you going to make this happen? 0:33:27.960 --> 0:33:29.880 Yeah, I don't know. I got to process this one 0:33:29.920 --> 0:33:30.360 a little bit. 0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:32.960 It's relatively new, But I'm just excited for him, and 0:33:33.000 --> 0:33:35.360 I know that some of the history there and for 0:33:35.520 --> 0:33:37.800 him and to make the name change. 0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:40.400 So I'm excited. And if it helps him get to 0:33:40.480 --> 0:33:41.720 that quarterback man, I'm all. 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:47.000 For it, Uh, you know, coach last thing, like, we've 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:48.720 seen a lot of these teams that have kind of 0:33:48.760 --> 0:33:51.720 changed where they're kind of balancing out the wide receiver corps. 0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:55.360 You talked about what btj as and what gave Davis as. 0:33:55.680 --> 0:33:58.400 How difficult is it to defend an offense they may 0:33:58.480 --> 0:34:01.200 not have a true or extap there's number one receiver. 0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:03.000 Why does that work for some reason? Why could it 0:34:03.040 --> 0:34:03.800 work in Jacksonville? 0:34:04.760 --> 0:34:08.680 Well, I think the passing game in general is different, 0:34:08.719 --> 0:34:10.960 has changed a little bit around the league, and the 0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:14.440 ball does get spread out to multiple players. I think 0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:16.920 we kind of have the best of all of them. 0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:19.440 You know, we've got a really talented slot receiver that 0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:22.920 can get open. You throw Evan Ingram in there. You know, 0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:26.080 even as a tight end, he can create some matchups. 0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:29.400 And then we create, you know, some picks and obviously 0:34:29.400 --> 0:34:31.759 you get into bunches and stacks and then use some 0:34:31.840 --> 0:34:34.000 of these things to get these guys open. And then 0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:36.440 your quarterback can just spread the ball around and you 0:34:36.560 --> 0:34:39.960 take shots when you have the opportunity, and you know, 0:34:40.120 --> 0:34:40.640 it's it's. 0:34:40.560 --> 0:34:42.240 About getting everybody involved. 0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:44.320 And then you get your running game with Travis etn 0:34:44.680 --> 0:34:46.960 you get him going a little bit. So I think 0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:50.480 it's it's exciting for us, you know, excited for our 0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:52.759 quarterback as we head into training camp here in a 0:34:52.800 --> 0:34:58.200 couple of weeks and see just how successful we can be. Doug, 0:34:58.239 --> 0:34:58.919 it's a couple weeks. 0:34:58.920 --> 0:35:00.480 Like you said, before you start train any camp, you 0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:03.080 are at that beautiful golf course up there in North 0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:07.239 Lake Tahoe. So Sauce Gardner, the Jets cornerback, he tweeted out, 0:35:07.719 --> 0:35:10.399 and we've seen his golf exploits this summer. I never 0:35:10.440 --> 0:35:14.920 thought I would say this, but golf is harder than football. Okay, 0:35:15.000 --> 0:35:17.320 you played in the NFL, you've coached in the NFL, 0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:20.760 and now you're on the links. Any thoughts on Sauce's tweet. 0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:24.440 I kind of have to agree with him just a 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:27.439 little bit. This is not a sport that we play. 0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:31.160 We feel comfortable coaching and playing football, so I understand 0:35:31.239 --> 0:35:33.719 exactly what he's talking about. I know the ball is 0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:36.600 not moving, it's sitting right there on that beautiful green grass, 0:35:36.760 --> 0:35:39.319 but oh my goodness, it's hard to advance that ball 0:35:39.400 --> 0:35:40.080 down the fairway. 0:35:40.880 --> 0:35:43.120 All right, coach, we'll hit him straight when the tournament 0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:46.400 starts and have a great time up there in Lake Tahoe. 0:35:46.440 --> 0:35:47.520 Thanks again for joining us. 0:35:48.080 --> 0:35:49.239 Thank you guys, appreciate you. 0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:51.080 All Right. 0:35:51.160 --> 0:35:54.759 Coming up, it's Hard Knocks Season two and a lot 0:35:54.840 --> 0:35:57.680 of conversation about the New York Giants and their former 0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:01.640 running back Saquon Barkley. Oh, we're gonna have more on this. 0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:09.480 We come back on the inside. Welcome back to the insiders. 0:36:09.719 --> 0:36:12.120 Coming up this month, it's the return of the Top 0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:15.719 one hundred players of twenty twenty four. The players have 0:36:15.880 --> 0:36:18.000 voted for the fourteenth year in a row, and a 0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:21.520 new Top one hundred will be revealed. Watch the Countdown 0:36:21.680 --> 0:36:25.680 every weekday at noon Eastern on NFL Plus than tune 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:29.520 in here on NFL Network August second for a special 0:36:29.680 --> 0:36:33.640 Top ten Countdown event. Visit NFL dot com slash Plush 0:36:33.719 --> 0:36:38.400 to sign up. The NFL Flag Championships, presented by Toyota, 0:36:38.480 --> 0:36:41.520 are coming your way next week. The tournament will feature 0:36:41.560 --> 0:36:44.680 the best of girls and boys flag football representing all 0:36:44.800 --> 0:36:49.520 thirty two NFL teams. Watch the action this summer on ESPN, ABC, 0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:53.400 NFL Network and more Disney Networks and you'll see talents 0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:56.920 like this young man Alex Houston take center stage. 0:36:57.200 --> 0:37:02.799 Flag keeps me moving and it keeps me them. I'm 0:37:02.840 --> 0:37:06.440 Ale Houston, I'm fifteen. I play receiver dB play for 0:37:06.560 --> 0:37:11.600 TC Flag Football. I start talking about You've always told 0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:13.840 me I'm too skinny to play up because I've always 0:37:13.880 --> 0:37:15.360 been undersize, has always been skinny. 0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:16.640 But you can't let them bother you. 0:37:17.160 --> 0:37:17.520 Just do you. 0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:20.759 You did such a fast paced game and you need 0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:24.239 speed and agility and mole skills to be good. 0:37:25.680 --> 0:37:27.640 You boss taught me to always be myself. 0:37:27.719 --> 0:37:28.600 You got to use your voice. 0:37:28.640 --> 0:37:29.640 You have to communicate. 0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:32.600 He always comes from a leadership perspective. Knows how to 0:37:32.640 --> 0:37:34.640 pick up his players. He keeps his head in the game. 0:37:36.400 --> 0:37:39.080 Tell me to work hard and always chase your goal. 0:37:39.320 --> 0:37:41.600 You can't give up just because somebody tells you you can't. 0:37:41.760 --> 0:37:41.960 Yeah. 0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:52.400 Another important NFL initiative driving voter registrations across the country. 0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:56.120 Back in June, the NFL partnered with Beet to help 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:59.920 people register to vote. Several NFL employees worked the NFL 0:38:00.160 --> 0:38:04.160 Votes activation booth at the Beet experience here in Los Angeles. 0:38:04.600 --> 0:38:07.680 There were games for fans, plus an interactive experience with 0:38:07.920 --> 0:38:14.919 NFL officiating staff members during the two day event. Coming 0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:17.759 up next, Oh yeah, We're talking more hard knocks the 0:38:18.000 --> 0:38:21.560 off season with the Giants, and there's Brian Daveall if 0:38:21.600 --> 0:38:23.680 you run that seven flat forty. 0:38:23.480 --> 0:38:25.080 Yard dash, who cares? 0:38:25.120 --> 0:38:28.000 We're gonna talk about more Giants on the Insiders after 0:38:28.120 --> 0:38:38.000 the break, all right? Bringing back in Bucky Brooks and Bucky. 0:38:38.440 --> 0:38:40.759 When you see that scene and you've been on conversations 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:42.279 like this, you mean you're a former scout, you're a 0:38:42.280 --> 0:38:46.120 former player. You know how this works. Did the Giants 0:38:46.440 --> 0:38:49.960 misread Saquon Barkley's value and free agency? 0:38:52.160 --> 0:38:54.960 Yeah, it appears so it appears like when you want 0:38:55.040 --> 0:38:57.759 someone to test and kind of see where their market is, 0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:00.400 you're probably more of the belief that they're going to 0:39:00.520 --> 0:39:03.080 go and find that is less than what they think, 0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:04.600 and so then you can come back and then you 0:39:04.680 --> 0:39:07.439 begin to negotiate a deal that is probably more team 0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:11.200 friendly than player friendly. But what happened, Saquon Barkley got 0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:13.080 in those streets, he had a lot of interest to 0:39:13.120 --> 0:39:15.759 Philadelphia Eagles, jumped on them, and they paid him what 0:39:15.920 --> 0:39:16.800 he was looking for. 0:39:17.640 --> 0:39:19.600 For the Giants, it's a huge loss. 0:39:19.680 --> 0:39:21.480 And the reason why it's a loss is because Saquon 0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:24.279 Barkley was so valuable to that team. And I know 0:39:24.400 --> 0:39:26.880 you had a quarterback making forty million dollars in Daniel Jones. 0:39:27.040 --> 0:39:28.400 But I think if you look at it from a 0:39:28.480 --> 0:39:31.600 defensive standpoint, who was the most valuable weapon or who 0:39:31.680 --> 0:39:33.840 was the guy that you had to take away, Saquon 0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:34.759 Barkley was the guy that. 0:39:34.800 --> 0:39:37.080 You worried about more than Daniel Jones. 0:39:37.320 --> 0:39:39.040 And so now they have to make sure that Devin 0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:41.600 Singletary and the rest of the running backs can give 0:39:41.680 --> 0:39:45.200 them what Saquon Barkley gave them the last few years. Look, 0:39:45.480 --> 0:39:48.120 it's a difficult replacement, but the fact that he's down 0:39:48.160 --> 0:39:51.080 the road in Philadelphia, playing with a top offensive line 0:39:51.320 --> 0:39:54.960 and motivated to kind of shove it to the Giants, Oh, 0:39:55.560 --> 0:39:57.239 those two games a year are gonna be epic. When 0:39:57.239 --> 0:39:58.960 it comes to Saquon Barkley having to deal with his 0:39:59.040 --> 0:39:59.720 former team. 0:40:00.120 --> 0:40:02.360 He's in their division with the division favor coming in, 0:40:02.800 --> 0:40:04.960 that has to be a stinging blow. So let me 0:40:05.000 --> 0:40:07.000 ask you this, because of your experience doing what you've 0:40:07.040 --> 0:40:09.760 done again as a player, as somebody in the front office, 0:40:10.400 --> 0:40:13.319 do you actually try to play games or win games 0:40:13.320 --> 0:40:14.880 and say, hey, we have to make it look at 0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.839 least ideologically, make it look like we made the right 0:40:17.920 --> 0:40:19.439 decision in letting him walk. 0:40:21.760 --> 0:40:23.560 I mean, look, you always want to be right when 0:40:23.560 --> 0:40:25.920 you're a decision maker. And look, time will tell if 0:40:26.000 --> 0:40:27.719 the Giants were right in terms of moving on from 0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:28.640 Saquon Barkley. 0:40:29.000 --> 0:40:31.440 But certainly you don't want him to come back in 0:40:31.800 --> 0:40:33.120 kind of be a thorn in your side. 0:40:33.160 --> 0:40:36.000 The fact that he's within the division, Yeah, it puts 0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:37.960 it together a different challenge. 0:40:38.480 --> 0:40:40.600 I felt like they negotiated in good faith. They wanted 0:40:40.640 --> 0:40:41.319 to get this done. 0:40:41.880 --> 0:40:44.720 Running Back markets are tricky, but this year was different 0:40:44.760 --> 0:40:47.719 than any other year. We saw running backs get paid. 0:40:47.800 --> 0:40:48.120 This year. 0:40:48.200 --> 0:40:50.040 We saw Josh Jacobs go. 0:40:50.239 --> 0:40:52.640 We saw like a run on running backs right away 0:40:52.680 --> 0:40:55.480 when free agencies started, and so all the conversation that 0:40:55.560 --> 0:40:58.600 we had about the devaluation of running backs that didn't 0:40:58.640 --> 0:41:00.880 appear so when it came to the veterans. 0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:03.880 And so maybe there was just a sea change when 0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:04.840 it came to the way the. 0:41:05.040 --> 0:41:07.840 League viewed running backs in Saint Qward, Barkley was a beneficiary. 0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:09.880 Yeah, especially the veteran running backs this year, and you 0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:11.919 saw the guys get paid. Maybe that said something about 0:41:11.920 --> 0:41:14.120 the running backs in this year's draft class. But to 0:41:14.160 --> 0:41:16.520 get back to the Giants. It's just interesting, how I say, 0:41:16.680 --> 0:41:18.440 Daniel Jones. We have to find out what he is. 0:41:19.040 --> 0:41:22.040 He was better with Saquan when he was in there. Hey, Bucky, 0:41:22.160 --> 0:41:25.280 great job today. Tomorrow on the inside is Bears cornerback 0:41:25.360 --> 0:41:29.000 Jalen Johnson, the pro bowler, the bad man. On the outside, 0:41:29.360 --> 0:41:32.200 he'll be joining us. Thanks again, have a great night everybody.