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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Morning Football. We are live in New

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Speaker 1: York City. It is Monday, March thirteenth. Named Sarah Walsh

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Speaker 1: alongside Kyle Brandt, Jason mccordy, James Palmer. We're here all

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Speaker 1: week guys, because we got some news to cover. We

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Speaker 1: got to get to the main man. With all the news,

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Speaker 1: it means bringing in our Ian Rappaport and Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: is keeping us all on the edge of our seats. Ian,

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Speaker 1: what is the latest? There is no latest. Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: is still waiting to determine where he's gonna go, still

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Speaker 1: waiting to inform the Jets or the Packers are both

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Speaker 1: where he wants to play next year if he wants

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Speaker 1: to play next year. Obviously a difficult decision. I don't

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Speaker 1: you know, for the Green Bay Packers, I know certainly

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Speaker 1: days in free agency with the tampering window opening, I

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Speaker 1: know they'd like to know. Is Jordan Love going to

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Speaker 1: be their starting quarterback next year? Are they gonna have

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Speaker 1: sixty million dollars to spend that otherwise would be earmarked

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Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers after the New York Jets, who I

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Speaker 1: that this was going to happen. They simply don't know either,

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Speaker 1: when Aaron Rodgers tells the Packers that he wants to

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Speaker 1: be traded to the Jets. If Aaron Rodgers tells the

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Speaker 1: on the phone, hammering out a deal and sending Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: the four time MVP, to New York. It just hasn't

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Speaker 1: happened yet. Meanwhile, one trade that did happen, Jalen Ramsey,

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Speaker 1: the All Pro corner for the Los Angeles Rams went

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Speaker 1: to the Miami Dolphins in a big splash for the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins yesterday. There was a lot of word that they

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Speaker 1: were going to go find a cornerback in free agency. Instead,

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Speaker 1: they went via trade. It is Jalen Ramsey whose preferred

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Speaker 1: Let me just say, who's a pretty excited dude yesterday?

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Speaker 1: All right, So, guys, one of the league's top corners

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Speaker 1: we see him Kyle fitting in with the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: I only want to hear from Jason first, Jason as

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Speaker 1: our defensive back. Jason, you're the former Miami Dolphins. I

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Speaker 1: would never ever jump you on this. What you are

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Speaker 1: such a pleasure to work with. I'm so happy leaf

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Speaker 1: in my jacket over the puddle for you walk over it.

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Speaker 1: Oh God, I'm fired up for Jalen Ramsey. I think

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Speaker 1: help dictate where they go. When we look at how

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Speaker 1: the heck did I get here? For Jaalen Ramsey, we've

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Speaker 1: heard the rumors all off season that he might be

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Speaker 1: he goes to the Miami Dolphins where he'll be paired

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Speaker 1: Both of these guys huge competitors, love to go against

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Speaker 1: For Chris gear and the Miami Dolphins going all in

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Speaker 1: finding ways to have guys second guests themselves? Well, when

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Speaker 1: Am Athlete podcast Take a Listen. How was it met?

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Speaker 1: It was at a passing deal down the Laguna Beach. Jason,

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Speaker 1: All you gotta do is just say, man, no, not today,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about Lamar. We have to talk about Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers and Kyle speak for yourself. I've been away from

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Speaker 1: because they've struggled for so long. You have your quarterback,

425
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Speaker 1: you have the picks. Now you just got to do

426
00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:23,748
Speaker 1: your thing little. It sort of feels like he's been

427
00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:26,388
Speaker 1: able to go with the amount of money they have, Like,

428
00:19:26,508 --> 00:19:28,748
Speaker 1: here's this pile of stuff over here that I have

429
00:19:28,828 --> 00:19:31,348
Speaker 1: to work with. Here's this pile of all my draft

430
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Speaker 1: It feels like he's sitting in an office and like

431
00:19:33,948 --> 00:19:36,948
Speaker 1: just just mounds of like scourage. McDuck. Oh yeah, just

432
00:19:37,028 --> 00:19:38,988
Speaker 1: like I got another breaking bad guys when they lie

433
00:19:39,028 --> 00:19:41,948
Speaker 1: down on the man, sleep on it, Hue. Yeah, that's

434
00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:44,988
Speaker 1: what it feels like. I'm from Chicago. There's a lot

435
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Speaker 1: of dad texts going on this weekend about the Bears.

436
00:19:47,388 --> 00:19:49,628
Speaker 1: I think that's because normally they're so bad. I mean,

437
00:19:49,668 --> 00:19:51,748
Speaker 1: so if you're a Bears fan, like you are literally

438
00:19:51,868 --> 00:19:53,628
Speaker 1: right now out of your mind. So do I think

439
00:19:53,628 --> 00:19:55,308
Speaker 1: it's a big deal. I think it is a huge,

440
00:19:55,548 --> 00:19:57,708
Speaker 1: massive deal. I also loved DJ Morton, by the way,

441
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Speaker 1: on the flip side of this, and I know this

442
00:19:58,788 --> 00:20:00,348
Speaker 1: wasn't the question. I also think it's a big deal

443
00:20:00,508 --> 00:20:03,028
Speaker 1: for the Panthers because I listened to Scott Fitter and

444
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:06,148
Speaker 1: I listened to Frank Greik at the combine, and you

445
00:20:06,348 --> 00:20:08,188
Speaker 1: got this. You knew that they just wanted to draft

446
00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:10,428
Speaker 1: their guy, whoever that guy is, and so they're going

447
00:20:10,508 --> 00:20:12,108
Speaker 1: to get what they need as well. One of our

448
00:20:12,148 --> 00:20:15,708
Speaker 1: friends here is the man who breaks news about Scottish punters.

449
00:20:15,788 --> 00:20:17,948
Speaker 1: Let's get Tom Pelliser. Scott. I would love to talk

450
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Speaker 1: to you about the New York Giants extending Jamie Gillian,

451
00:20:20,748 --> 00:20:23,388
Speaker 1: but federal law dictates that we talk about wide receiver

452
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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Junior and his potential landing spots. Your thoughts

453
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Speaker 1: on that, my friend, Well, Kyle the Scottish hammer is

454
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Speaker 1: back with the Giants and a two year, four million

455
00:20:30,868 --> 00:20:32,948
Speaker 1: dollar deal with incentives up to five million. But let's

456
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Speaker 1: get to a former Giant, Odell Beckham Junior, who visited

457
00:20:36,228 --> 00:20:39,228
Speaker 1: his old team among others, late last year. I am

458
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Speaker 1: told that several teams are currently in talks with Odell

459
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Speaker 1: Beckham Junior, who generated a buzz with that workout that

460
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Speaker 1: he did on Friday in front of scouts and coaches

461
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Speaker 1: in Arizona. Among the teams still interested, the Dallas Cowboys,

462
00:20:53,108 --> 00:20:56,148
Speaker 1: whose owner Jerry Jones has made abundantly clear you would

463
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Speaker 1: like to see Odell with that star on his helmet.

464
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Speaker 1: There are no negotiations yet. O'Dell has not made any

465
00:21:03,668 --> 00:21:07,308
Speaker 1: financial man's but expect this situation to ramp up soon.

466
00:21:07,388 --> 00:21:11,748
Speaker 1: He's now thirteen months out from ACL reconstruction surgery, ready

467
00:21:11,788 --> 00:21:14,668
Speaker 1: to play and free to side at any time. Guys.

468
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Speaker 1: Thank you Tom, and thank you Princeton Lucamara for the video. Guys.

469
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Speaker 1: Ob j has not played a football game in about

470
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Speaker 1: fourteen months, and yet he still has all this allure

471
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Speaker 1: and all this prestige and hopefully all this ability. What

472
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Speaker 1: do you think about JP? Well, I think the free

473
00:21:26,188 --> 00:21:28,988
Speaker 1: agent market in terms of wide receivers is in his favor.

474
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Speaker 1: I think the time is in his favor. I talked

475
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Speaker 1: to some people that were at the workout. They were impressed. Like,

476
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Speaker 1: I don't know what they're gonna say. I don't think

477
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Speaker 1: they're gonna come away and say they weren't impressed from

478
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Speaker 1: a workout. That's usually one of those things that Odell

479
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Speaker 1: actually signs in. Look like pregame where nobody can take

480
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Speaker 1: their eyes off him. I think the situation is important

481
00:21:45,508 --> 00:21:46,748
Speaker 1: to where he goes Now, if he wants to go

482
00:21:46,788 --> 00:21:48,708
Speaker 1: to contender, what does that mean? He's playing with a

483
00:21:48,748 --> 00:21:51,308
Speaker 1: good quarterback that's in his favor right there. I think

484
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Speaker 1: the room that he's walking into, I think is important

485
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Speaker 1: in terms of the wide receiver room, how those guys

486
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Speaker 1: are wired in that group. I've never heard anything bad

487
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Speaker 1: about Odell as a teammate. I've had a lot of

488
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Speaker 1: guys tell me he's actually a really good teammate. I

489
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Speaker 1: just think the makeup of that entire room is your

490
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Speaker 1: number one if he's going to be your two, is

491
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Speaker 1: your number one? Confident enough to know that they're the

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Speaker 1: number one? Because I know the way ob J's wire

493
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Speaker 1: and you're gonna tell him you might come in as

494
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Speaker 1: your two. Kay. You know he's gonna come in and go,

495
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna take that guy's job. I'm gonna be That's

496
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Speaker 1: the way he's That's how he's gotten to this point.

497
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Speaker 1: So I think that's an important part of where he lands.

498
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Speaker 1: I think Dallas is a fit and I think that

499
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Speaker 1: would mesh well with CD and company. I also think

500
00:22:26,228 --> 00:22:28,708
Speaker 1: when you look at the timing of the injury, well,

501
00:22:28,788 --> 00:22:30,428
Speaker 1: so this is what stood out to me is I

502
00:22:30,548 --> 00:22:32,788
Speaker 1: was down around Chris Godwin. He had tore his ACL

503
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Speaker 1: in December, like roughly a month and maybe some change

504
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Speaker 1: right before OBJ, and then he came back. I don't

505
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Speaker 1: want to say rush back, because it was like this

506
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Speaker 1: tremendous amount of work. He came back last season for

507
00:22:42,908 --> 00:22:44,828
Speaker 1: the first game of the year and he was effective.

508
00:22:44,868 --> 00:22:46,828
Speaker 1: But I remember when we all went over to Germany

509
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Speaker 1: and that was like mid November and he was like,

510
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Speaker 1: I'm just getting back into feeling like I'm starting to

511
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Speaker 1: be Chris Godwin again, right, And so I look at OBJ,

512
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Speaker 1: who's had this entire time off he tore his like

513
00:22:57,108 --> 00:22:58,868
Speaker 1: just a little bit later than him and not having

514
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Speaker 1: to go back last year, and there was discussions, you know,

515
00:23:00,748 --> 00:23:02,668
Speaker 1: like midway through the season, like he's going to come

516
00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:04,588
Speaker 1: back and who could he be on. I think not

517
00:23:04,868 --> 00:23:07,988
Speaker 1: playing had to have greatly helped him, and I think

518
00:23:08,028 --> 00:23:10,468
Speaker 1: you're going to see the full OBJ wherever he goes.

519
00:23:10,668 --> 00:23:12,428
Speaker 1: And James is right right, it has to be a fit.

520
00:23:12,508 --> 00:23:14,588
Speaker 1: It has there's other things that factor into it, but

521
00:23:14,668 --> 00:23:17,308
Speaker 1: strictly talking about the injury and what you'll see out

522
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Speaker 1: of him, I think not playing last year, I mean,

523
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Speaker 1: this guy should be full speed Week one I think

524
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Speaker 1: he'll be the OBJ that we're used to seeing, Yeah,

525
00:23:24,668 --> 00:23:26,748
Speaker 1: for sure, and him joining the Rams on that Super

526
00:23:26,788 --> 00:23:29,428
Speaker 1: Bowl run, Cooper Cup was already there. He went there,

527
00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,588
Speaker 1: fit into the room. Well. The Rams were trying to

528
00:23:31,668 --> 00:23:34,548
Speaker 1: get him back bad last season on that roster we

529
00:23:34,628 --> 00:23:36,628
Speaker 1: saw vob Miller trying to get him the Buffalo. So,

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Speaker 1: like you said, that speaks volumes to him as a teammate.

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Speaker 1: I look at that video and it says Prince and

532
00:23:41,348 --> 00:23:43,788
Speaker 1: Lukah more on there. We need Prince's thoughts. I was

533
00:23:43,828 --> 00:23:46,668
Speaker 1: at a wedding with Prince about a week ago, Yes,

534
00:23:46,748 --> 00:23:48,988
Speaker 1: at a wedding, talking about how he's working out, how

535
00:23:49,068 --> 00:23:52,068
Speaker 1: he's down there with Odell Beckham. He's shooting this video.

536
00:23:52,188 --> 00:23:55,068
Speaker 1: He's obviously been watching these workouts. We need Prince on

537
00:23:55,148 --> 00:23:58,268
Speaker 1: the show to discuss where he thinks Odell's gone. Would

538
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Speaker 1: he look like how his workouts have progressed and he

539
00:24:01,628 --> 00:24:03,588
Speaker 1: may think that he's ready. So we need Prince, a

540
00:24:03,668 --> 00:24:06,548
Speaker 1: former New York Giant himself who was teammates with Odell,

541
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Speaker 1: We need him to weigh in on where he thinks

542
00:24:09,108 --> 00:24:11,628
Speaker 1: he's going. Prince, Hey, I know you're an Arizona. You're

543
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Speaker 1: living life to come to the showtime. There you go.

544
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Speaker 1: Their next guest is entering his nineteenth season as owner

545
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Speaker 1: of the Minnesota Vikings. Honored to welcome to Good Morning

546
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Speaker 1: Football Owner and President of the Vikings, Mark Well, Mark

547
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Speaker 1: and es. How are you good? Great? Thanks for having

548
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Speaker 1: me on here. We're very excited to have you. As

549
00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:44,548
Speaker 1: you know, this is Frenzy time. It's a very exciting

550
00:24:44,628 --> 00:24:46,308
Speaker 1: time for the NFL. But I want to start on

551
00:24:46,308 --> 00:24:47,708
Speaker 1: a little bit of a sad note for the Minnesota

552
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Speaker 1: Vikings legendary Hall of Fame coach Bud Grant, who passed

553
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Speaker 1: away over the weekend at the age of ninety five.

554
00:24:52,948 --> 00:24:55,388
Speaker 1: Live in an amazing life. How will he be remembered

555
00:24:55,428 --> 00:24:57,908
Speaker 1: by the Minnesota Vikings and really the whole state of Minnesota.

556
00:24:57,988 --> 00:25:01,948
Speaker 1: I mean, heartbreaking news, But of course, no one personifies

557
00:25:02,028 --> 00:25:05,148
Speaker 1: Minnesota sports and the Minnesota Vikings more than Bud Grant

558
00:25:05,268 --> 00:25:08,308
Speaker 1: and what an incredible impact. Impossible to describe what he

559
00:25:08,388 --> 00:25:11,188
Speaker 1: meant to the Vikings organization. I mean just the impact

560
00:25:11,268 --> 00:25:13,668
Speaker 1: he had. The players, the coaches that are around him,

561
00:25:13,748 --> 00:25:17,388
Speaker 1: our entire building just love this man, and as owners,

562
00:25:17,468 --> 00:25:19,668
Speaker 1: just to be around him and hear the stories of

563
00:25:19,788 --> 00:25:22,188
Speaker 1: the old football and it's not just the football and

564
00:25:22,308 --> 00:25:25,668
Speaker 1: the NBA career, the NFL career, the coaching career, the

565
00:25:25,748 --> 00:25:27,828
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career, but what a person he was.

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Speaker 1: Just the stories he told, the lessons he gave all

567
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Speaker 1: of us, and he'll be sorely missed. I feel bad

568
00:25:33,388 --> 00:25:35,268
Speaker 1: because I'm sort of doing you a disservice sitting in

569
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Speaker 1: the seat of Jamie Artle because she's the biggest Minnesota

570
00:25:37,828 --> 00:25:40,588
Speaker 1: fan there and like this is the wrong time to

571
00:25:40,708 --> 00:25:43,388
Speaker 1: be filling in for Jamie. But I think any football

572
00:25:43,508 --> 00:25:46,188
Speaker 1: fan can appreciate what a first year head coach and

573
00:25:46,308 --> 00:25:48,428
Speaker 1: GM did for you guys last year and Kevin O'Connell

574
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Speaker 1: and Quasi ADOPOMNZA they win a division title. This is

575
00:25:51,228 --> 00:25:54,188
Speaker 1: their first year together, thirteen wins. What impressed you the

576
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Speaker 1: most about these two guys just the partnership they have together,

577
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Speaker 1: the collaboration they have, and the culture they've created. I mean,

578
00:26:00,548 --> 00:26:03,588
Speaker 1: Kevin is such a great communicator with our staff, with

579
00:26:03,708 --> 00:26:05,988
Speaker 1: the team, and it's throughout the building and so great,

580
00:26:06,068 --> 00:26:08,628
Speaker 1: great things in our first year with them as leaders,

581
00:26:08,748 --> 00:26:11,308
Speaker 1: and we're looking for a lot more. Well, we're two

582
00:26:11,388 --> 00:26:13,948
Speaker 1: days away. As you mentioned, things to come. We're right

583
00:26:14,028 --> 00:26:16,868
Speaker 1: into free agency. But you made two moves of guys

584
00:26:16,948 --> 00:26:19,868
Speaker 1: that have been staples of your organization, Eric Kendricks and

585
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Speaker 1: Adam Feeling. What have they meant in terms of impact

586
00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:25,828
Speaker 1: to the building and then also push that forward with

587
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Speaker 1: those moves, what are we going to see give us

588
00:26:27,588 --> 00:26:29,988
Speaker 1: a little little something in free agency? That's well, I mean,

589
00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:32,948
Speaker 1: these are two special people. Adam Feeling, I mean from

590
00:26:32,988 --> 00:26:35,068
Speaker 1: a workout player ten years to be one of the

591
00:26:35,148 --> 00:26:39,388
Speaker 1: best wide receivers in our Vikings history. Eric Kendricks, one

592
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Speaker 1: of the best linebackers in the NFL history, in Vikings history,

593
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Speaker 1: And so what they've brought to our organization will be

594
00:26:46,108 --> 00:26:48,828
Speaker 1: sorely missed, of course, and they're great leaders. But we

595
00:26:48,948 --> 00:26:51,908
Speaker 1: can't wait for the next next stage and we wish

596
00:26:51,988 --> 00:26:54,268
Speaker 1: them all the best and what they did off the field,

597
00:26:54,708 --> 00:26:58,268
Speaker 1: the feelings with their foundation, Eric Kendricks, both Walter Peyton

598
00:26:58,308 --> 00:27:01,748
Speaker 1: Man of the Year nominees, and the social justice work.

599
00:27:01,868 --> 00:27:03,868
Speaker 1: So of course that's the part of the business of

600
00:27:03,908 --> 00:27:06,508
Speaker 1: the NFL and we need to move on. And I

601
00:27:06,588 --> 00:27:09,548
Speaker 1: know Quacy and Kevin are working hard to get us

602
00:27:09,548 --> 00:27:12,388
Speaker 1: the championship caliber team we need. Yeah, we're all excited

603
00:27:12,388 --> 00:27:14,388
Speaker 1: about and you mentioned free agency and all the old

604
00:27:14,508 --> 00:27:16,948
Speaker 1: things coming up. When I hear Adam Deland's name, I

605
00:27:17,028 --> 00:27:20,068
Speaker 1: think about Justin Jefferson coming in and him being there

606
00:27:20,108 --> 00:27:22,748
Speaker 1: as a veteran in that lockerrooman both of those guys

607
00:27:22,828 --> 00:27:25,948
Speaker 1: gritty and across the end zone. Jefferson now finish his

608
00:27:26,068 --> 00:27:29,028
Speaker 1: third year, he's eligible for a new contract. Where is

609
00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:31,028
Speaker 1: he on a priority list of making sure he's a

610
00:27:31,108 --> 00:27:33,988
Speaker 1: Minnesota Viking for a long time? Well, we've got eyes too,

611
00:27:34,108 --> 00:27:36,988
Speaker 1: and the way he plays, he's just an electric player

612
00:27:37,108 --> 00:27:39,628
Speaker 1: and also off the field as well as the incredible person,

613
00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,868
Speaker 1: and we want to obviously keep him for the long term.

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00:27:41,948 --> 00:27:44,108
Speaker 1: He's one of the most special talents in the NFL.

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00:27:44,228 --> 00:27:46,108
Speaker 1: We think he's the best wide receiver in the league.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be such a pleasure to drive to

617
00:27:48,268 --> 00:27:50,388
Speaker 1: the stadium a game they knowing that Justin Jefferson is

618
00:27:50,428 --> 00:27:52,548
Speaker 1: gonna be out there playing for you. It's incredible. It's

619
00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:54,908
Speaker 1: an awesome feeling, and he brings a lot of great

620
00:27:54,988 --> 00:27:57,148
Speaker 1: energy and leadership to the team he does. I have

621
00:27:57,268 --> 00:28:00,588
Speaker 1: to say we have something in common. Our favorite quarterback

622
00:28:00,668 --> 00:28:03,228
Speaker 1: in the league is Kirk Cousins. I love Kirk Cousins.

623
00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:05,228
Speaker 1: Jason back me up. And he's my favorite player in

624
00:28:05,228 --> 00:28:07,468
Speaker 1: the league. I love the guy for his triumphs and

625
00:28:07,508 --> 00:28:10,948
Speaker 1: his faults and everything. He is entering the final year's contract,

626
00:28:11,228 --> 00:28:13,868
Speaker 1: So now there's this talk about Cousins is gonna bet

627
00:28:13,948 --> 00:28:16,668
Speaker 1: on himself like he always does. What is the future

628
00:28:16,668 --> 00:28:18,388
Speaker 1: of Kirk Cousins in the Minnesota Bike He's tell me

629
00:28:18,468 --> 00:28:21,068
Speaker 1: good things? More well, it's good things. Kirk's an outstanding,

630
00:28:21,428 --> 00:28:24,748
Speaker 1: outstanding quarterback. He's done a great job for us this

631
00:28:24,948 --> 00:28:27,388
Speaker 1: past season. I think with Kevin O'Connell, took our offense

632
00:28:27,428 --> 00:28:30,068
Speaker 1: to the next level. So we're looking for great things

633
00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:32,748
Speaker 1: in twenty three and and and Kirk's going to be

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00:28:32,788 --> 00:28:35,548
Speaker 1: our leader on the offense. Listen, this is an easier question.

635
00:28:35,548 --> 00:28:37,108
Speaker 1: How you can put them feet to the fire a

636
00:28:37,108 --> 00:28:39,468
Speaker 1: little bit. What's gonna happen with the contract to your quarterback?

637
00:28:39,508 --> 00:28:41,988
Speaker 1: This is one you're gonna absolutely love. Take a look

638
00:28:42,308 --> 00:28:46,228
Speaker 1: at this recent poll of thirteen hundred NFL players were

639
00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:49,548
Speaker 1: polled about their love the place. Look at these great

640
00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:54,108
Speaker 1: organization received mark. I mean, look at it from a's

641
00:28:54,188 --> 00:28:57,348
Speaker 1: all across the board, from your facility, locker room, everything.

642
00:28:57,348 --> 00:28:59,628
Speaker 1: I mean, it's one that Ocho Cinco wants to sleep

643
00:28:59,708 --> 00:29:03,228
Speaker 1: in and spending regular time. Apparently do you have that

644
00:29:03,348 --> 00:29:05,508
Speaker 1: issue players wanting to stay there just all the time?

645
00:29:05,948 --> 00:29:07,788
Speaker 1: What does this mean to you guys to see a

646
00:29:07,868 --> 00:29:10,868
Speaker 1: report card there from your players. Well, we're really proud

647
00:29:10,908 --> 00:29:14,548
Speaker 1: of it. It's a great testament really to our entire organization.

648
00:29:14,708 --> 00:29:17,708
Speaker 1: So kudos to the whole organization, and we're really proud

649
00:29:17,748 --> 00:29:20,188
Speaker 1: of this fact. And we as ownership want to invest

650
00:29:20,428 --> 00:29:23,868
Speaker 1: of course and fan experience and facilities and being part

651
00:29:23,908 --> 00:29:26,468
Speaker 1: of the community. But number one is just the people

652
00:29:26,548 --> 00:29:28,668
Speaker 1: in the building. I mean, it's an incredible place to

653
00:29:28,748 --> 00:29:32,228
Speaker 1: work and we really appreciative of what that Paul represents,

654
00:29:32,348 --> 00:29:35,468
Speaker 1: and you get you get people like Tyler Williams, our

655
00:29:35,508 --> 00:29:38,468
Speaker 1: head of health and safety, or Dennis Ryan, the longest

656
00:29:38,468 --> 00:29:42,028
Speaker 1: serving equipment manager in the NFL in decades, and so

657
00:29:42,628 --> 00:29:44,908
Speaker 1: we have great people in the building of course, led

658
00:29:44,988 --> 00:29:47,428
Speaker 1: by Kevin and Quacy and our entire team. So we're

659
00:29:47,468 --> 00:29:49,388
Speaker 1: real proud and it's you know, we put the capital

660
00:29:49,548 --> 00:29:51,748
Speaker 1: to make it happen, and it's really really an honor

661
00:29:51,788 --> 00:29:54,348
Speaker 1: to get that recognition, as you should. I think Death

662
00:29:54,388 --> 00:29:57,468
Speaker 1: surveys these volumes for players. Me now being a former

663
00:29:57,508 --> 00:30:00,948
Speaker 1: player at all thirteen hundred players took part in that survey,

664
00:30:01,188 --> 00:30:02,708
Speaker 1: and for you guys to be at the very top

665
00:30:02,788 --> 00:30:05,308
Speaker 1: enive list, I know those minutes. The Viking players, they

666
00:30:05,348 --> 00:30:08,108
Speaker 1: appreciate it, and players across the league do because now

667
00:30:08,188 --> 00:30:11,468
Speaker 1: you're setting a standard of what every building, whatevery organization

668
00:30:11,588 --> 00:30:13,748
Speaker 1: should be like A plus locker room a plus? How

669
00:30:13,748 --> 00:30:15,868
Speaker 1: about that? Yeah, I'm not awesome. I may come out

670
00:30:15,908 --> 00:30:19,508
Speaker 1: of a time. I'm saying, let's go, you still got

671
00:30:19,548 --> 00:30:21,548
Speaker 1: some I'll be thirty six. You guys can do a

672
00:30:21,628 --> 00:30:24,708
Speaker 1: lot better. But kJ Osborne, we all saw the news

673
00:30:24,788 --> 00:30:28,028
Speaker 1: save the man off of burning car. Your reactions to that,

674
00:30:28,148 --> 00:30:29,748
Speaker 1: and what does it say about the type of men

675
00:30:29,868 --> 00:30:32,188
Speaker 1: that you want in your locker room representing the Minnesota

676
00:30:32,188 --> 00:30:35,508
Speaker 1: Well so so proud of of what kJ did here,

677
00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:38,508
Speaker 1: such a such a hero, and we're thankful that everyone

678
00:30:38,748 --> 00:30:41,868
Speaker 1: was came out of that well and just you want

679
00:30:41,908 --> 00:30:45,028
Speaker 1: to build a team around kJ Osbourne's those type of players,

680
00:30:45,348 --> 00:30:49,148
Speaker 1: high character, high talent. So it doesn't surprise us that

681
00:30:49,268 --> 00:30:51,348
Speaker 1: he came out this way as a hero as he is,

682
00:30:51,468 --> 00:30:53,988
Speaker 1: and we're real proud of him, and uh, I can't

683
00:30:54,028 --> 00:30:55,388
Speaker 1: wait to give him a big hug when he gets

684
00:30:55,428 --> 00:30:57,148
Speaker 1: back to the building. We don't have any plus locker

685
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,748
Speaker 1: room with a plus guys. You know, you have to

686
00:30:59,148 --> 00:31:01,588
Speaker 1: plus guys and you have to have a plus leadership.

687
00:31:01,708 --> 00:31:04,188
Speaker 1: This is a a plus guest. It's a great segment.

688
00:31:04,388 --> 00:31:06,348
Speaker 1: So if you're trying to get free agents to come,

689
00:31:08,668 --> 00:31:10,988
Speaker 1: every Viking, I mean, doesn't anybody want to be a Viking.

690
00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:14,708
Speaker 1: They save lives. They've got the best facility. Yes, and Jefferson,

691
00:31:14,828 --> 00:31:17,068
Speaker 1: and they have Mark will new Jersey's own Mark. Well,

692
00:31:17,148 --> 00:31:19,548
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining the table. Skull. Vikes

693
00:31:19,828 --> 00:31:21,748
Speaker 1: enjoy free agency, enjoyed the draft. I know you will.

694
00:31:21,908 --> 00:31:24,828
Speaker 1: Thank you. That's the man, all right. So the Lamar

695
00:31:24,948 --> 00:31:28,388
Speaker 1: Jackson situation, the Ravens placed the non exclusive franchise tag

696
00:31:28,468 --> 00:31:32,068
Speaker 1: on him. Nobody can contact him until Wednesday. Guys, there's

697
00:31:32,348 --> 00:31:34,428
Speaker 1: a lot of directions we can go with this one.

698
00:31:35,348 --> 00:31:37,108
Speaker 1: What do you make of this? How do we see

699
00:31:37,148 --> 00:31:40,268
Speaker 1: it playing out? Jason? What's what's the ideal scenario here?

700
00:31:40,508 --> 00:31:43,028
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, like the way I would hope that

701
00:31:43,148 --> 00:31:45,628
Speaker 1: it plays out, and I'm going to speak specifically from

702
00:31:45,868 --> 00:31:48,988
Speaker 1: a player's standpoint, and for me, I'm hoping this ends

703
00:31:49,068 --> 00:31:52,868
Speaker 1: up where Lamar Jackson signs back with the Baltimore Ravens

704
00:31:52,988 --> 00:31:54,948
Speaker 1: or for to be honest with you, any other team

705
00:31:55,428 --> 00:31:57,668
Speaker 1: was more important to me is that he signs a

706
00:31:57,868 --> 00:32:01,388
Speaker 1: fully guaranteed contract. And I think this is very important.

707
00:32:01,548 --> 00:32:03,908
Speaker 1: We talk about it all the time every sports league

708
00:32:04,148 --> 00:32:07,868
Speaker 1: and BA players, Major League Baseball players, NHL players, when

709
00:32:07,868 --> 00:32:11,068
Speaker 1: they sign a contract, it's a guaranteed contract. It's never

710
00:32:11,148 --> 00:32:13,468
Speaker 1: been a thing in the NFL. Whenever you see a

711
00:32:13,548 --> 00:32:15,508
Speaker 1: deal the first thing we deal as well, we got

712
00:32:15,628 --> 00:32:17,628
Speaker 1: to wait and see what the details are, what the

713
00:32:17,788 --> 00:32:21,548
Speaker 1: deal actually the guarantee, What are the guarantees? What's guaranteed

714
00:32:21,588 --> 00:32:26,188
Speaker 1: at signing. There's a thousand different definitions for guaranteed within

715
00:32:26,388 --> 00:32:29,548
Speaker 1: NFL contracts. And I go back to two and eighteen,

716
00:32:29,628 --> 00:32:32,428
Speaker 1: a guy we talked about in our last segment, Kirk Cousins,

717
00:32:32,708 --> 00:32:36,868
Speaker 1: signs the first multi year quarterback deal that is fully guaranteed,

718
00:32:37,028 --> 00:32:41,228
Speaker 1: three years, eighty four million dollar deal with the Minnesota Vikings.

719
00:32:41,388 --> 00:32:45,068
Speaker 1: It's five years later before we see another quarterback fully

720
00:32:45,108 --> 00:32:49,028
Speaker 1: guaranteed deal in Cleveland with Deshaun Watson. So now Lamar

721
00:32:49,148 --> 00:32:52,188
Speaker 1: Jackson is his opportunity to get paid. And Lamar is saying,

722
00:32:52,188 --> 00:32:54,228
Speaker 1: I know there's so much talk about Lamar doesn't have

723
00:32:54,308 --> 00:32:56,388
Speaker 1: an agent. That's why he can't get a deal done.

724
00:32:56,668 --> 00:32:59,908
Speaker 1: Lamar doesn't need an agent to say, hey, Deshaun Watson

725
00:32:59,988 --> 00:33:02,628
Speaker 1: signed a two hundred and thirty million dollar deal that's

726
00:33:02,668 --> 00:33:05,748
Speaker 1: fully guaranteed. You know what, I'm a better player than him.

727
00:33:05,788 --> 00:33:09,268
Speaker 1: I've won an MVP, so hey, at the very ground level,

728
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:12,268
Speaker 1: their goals the structure of a deal that needs to

729
00:33:12,308 --> 00:33:14,388
Speaker 1: be in place for me to sign back with the

730
00:33:14,468 --> 00:33:17,188
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. So for me, I look at this whole

731
00:33:17,268 --> 00:33:20,708
Speaker 1: situation and I wanted to end with Lamar Jackson signing

732
00:33:20,748 --> 00:33:23,468
Speaker 1: a fully guaranteed deal because I think that's a step

733
00:33:23,508 --> 00:33:26,668
Speaker 1: for players when you talk about guinea contracts, fully guaranteed

734
00:33:26,708 --> 00:33:29,788
Speaker 1: starts at the quarterback position and not many a follow

735
00:33:29,828 --> 00:33:32,468
Speaker 1: suit after Kirk Cousins, and now as an opportunity to

736
00:33:32,588 --> 00:33:34,828
Speaker 1: keep that going. He's a unique player, so are we

737
00:33:34,948 --> 00:33:38,868
Speaker 1: surprised that his situation this offseason is unique? Is one

738
00:33:38,948 --> 00:33:41,508
Speaker 1: of a kind In a sense, everything about Lamar since

739
00:33:41,548 --> 00:33:43,428
Speaker 1: he's come into the league has been I don't want

740
00:33:43,468 --> 00:33:46,068
Speaker 1: to say outlier, but it's essentially we're seeing it for

741
00:33:46,148 --> 00:33:48,748
Speaker 1: the first time. The way he plays the position, the

742
00:33:48,828 --> 00:33:51,948
Speaker 1: way these negotiations have gone. It's kind of all part

743
00:33:52,028 --> 00:33:54,268
Speaker 1: for the chorus about when you're dealing with Lamar Jackson.

744
00:33:54,348 --> 00:33:56,868
Speaker 1: It's kind of a one of a kind type of

745
00:33:56,988 --> 00:33:59,588
Speaker 1: scenario how he plays and how this is gone. And

746
00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:03,148
Speaker 1: I think the interesting part about this is maybe the

747
00:34:03,268 --> 00:34:06,668
Speaker 1: grass isn't always green elsewhere because they're as I mentioned,

748
00:34:06,708 --> 00:34:09,388
Speaker 1: how unique of a player he is. You have to

749
00:34:09,468 --> 00:34:12,268
Speaker 1: do a lot of things as an organization to accommodate

750
00:34:12,348 --> 00:34:15,988
Speaker 1: and create success for Lamar. If he's your quarterback, the

751
00:34:16,108 --> 00:34:18,788
Speaker 1: offense is run in a different manner, so you're going

752
00:34:18,828 --> 00:34:21,188
Speaker 1: to have to adjust if you land somewhere else on

753
00:34:21,468 --> 00:34:23,788
Speaker 1: how that offense is going to be built. You're gonna

754
00:34:23,908 --> 00:34:26,348
Speaker 1: also if he goes somewhere else, be giving up the

755
00:34:26,468 --> 00:34:28,948
Speaker 1: draft capital that you would have to as well as

756
00:34:29,028 --> 00:34:31,668
Speaker 1: pay the contract. So how do you go about altering

757
00:34:32,268 --> 00:34:35,748
Speaker 1: within your roster to set things up for exactly how

758
00:34:36,028 --> 00:34:38,548
Speaker 1: Lamar plays the position and is successful. And this is

759
00:34:38,588 --> 00:34:40,788
Speaker 1: no knock on Lamar. He does things that nobody else

760
00:34:40,828 --> 00:34:42,828
Speaker 1: on the planet can do. That's why we're in this

761
00:34:42,988 --> 00:34:45,588
Speaker 1: situation and that's why this has gotten to this point, Kyle.

762
00:34:45,668 --> 00:34:47,868
Speaker 1: But I think the part that really sticks out to

763
00:34:47,948 --> 00:34:51,108
Speaker 1: me is in Baltimore. They have built that offense, they

764
00:34:51,228 --> 00:34:52,988
Speaker 1: have done all of that, and they have won a

765
00:34:53,068 --> 00:34:55,548
Speaker 1: lot of games, and he's won an MVP. It's wild

766
00:34:55,628 --> 00:34:57,628
Speaker 1: that we've gotten to this point, and it's almost like

767
00:34:58,188 --> 00:35:00,468
Speaker 1: maybe the best spot is if everybody would have stayed

768
00:35:00,508 --> 00:35:03,028
Speaker 1: put because we were winning in a sense. But now

769
00:35:03,108 --> 00:35:04,788
Speaker 1: it's gotten to a point to where it could get

770
00:35:04,828 --> 00:35:07,308
Speaker 1: pretty awkward if there's not an offer sheet out there

771
00:35:07,348 --> 00:35:10,508
Speaker 1: from anyone else which is talking to a couple of teams,

772
00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:13,788
Speaker 1: like this type of move has the potential to cripple

773
00:35:13,828 --> 00:35:16,468
Speaker 1: your franchise with the salary and the picks you got

774
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:18,428
Speaker 1: to give up. We're looking at Denver right now, who's

775
00:35:18,468 --> 00:35:20,748
Speaker 1: trying to rebuild after the salary that they have from

776
00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:22,868
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and the picks that they are lacking now

777
00:35:23,028 --> 00:35:25,668
Speaker 1: to try to rebuild around him. It's it's why this

778
00:35:25,908 --> 00:35:27,748
Speaker 1: is so complicated, and it's why we can talk about

779
00:35:27,748 --> 00:35:29,668
Speaker 1: it for the entire show. I don't like seeing the

780
00:35:29,748 --> 00:35:33,948
Speaker 1: Ravens vilified in this. I have no doubt that the

781
00:35:34,108 --> 00:35:38,108
Speaker 1: Ravens have offered him extremely generous deals. Don't think that

782
00:35:38,228 --> 00:35:41,068
Speaker 1: the Ravens, for West second, want Lamar to ever play

783
00:35:41,068 --> 00:35:43,308
Speaker 1: in another uniform. It's not just that they've built the

784
00:35:43,388 --> 00:35:46,588
Speaker 1: team and the offense and the roster like the city

785
00:35:46,908 --> 00:35:49,308
Speaker 1: is built around the state. He is the face of

786
00:35:49,428 --> 00:35:53,148
Speaker 1: the entire state. They badly want to keep him. He's

787
00:35:53,188 --> 00:35:55,988
Speaker 1: going where they can't follow. And let's just say what

788
00:35:56,068 --> 00:35:58,548
Speaker 1: we all think. We think that Lamar is probably asking

789
00:35:58,588 --> 00:36:01,988
Speaker 1: for the Deshaun Watson deal and maybe plus plus because

790
00:36:02,028 --> 00:36:03,748
Speaker 1: I'm a better player, and if he got that, why

791
00:36:03,788 --> 00:36:06,068
Speaker 1: shouldn't I And the Ravens are saying, dude, we can't

792
00:36:06,108 --> 00:36:10,268
Speaker 1: do it. We're not doing it. It's professionally irresponsible. The

793
00:36:10,428 --> 00:36:13,908
Speaker 1: Browns were wildly irresponsible for doing that and screwed the

794
00:36:13,948 --> 00:36:15,548
Speaker 1: rest of us. We're not following the suit. We don't

795
00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:18,388
Speaker 1: respect any business that way, and frankly, we're not giving

796
00:36:18,428 --> 00:36:19,788
Speaker 1: you that to a guy who gets hurt a lot

797
00:36:19,828 --> 00:36:21,708
Speaker 1: and runs and who knows if it's best football is

798
00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:23,428
Speaker 1: behind them. We have no idea. We're not doing it.

799
00:36:23,668 --> 00:36:25,708
Speaker 1: We love you, we want to marry you, we want

800
00:36:25,708 --> 00:36:28,148
Speaker 1: to have children with you. We are not mortgaging everything

801
00:36:28,268 --> 00:36:31,508
Speaker 1: on a deteriorating asset who gets hurt. We cannot do it, Lamar.

802
00:36:31,908 --> 00:36:33,948
Speaker 1: We love you, Please stay with us, but we are

803
00:36:34,028 --> 00:36:36,028
Speaker 1: not just gonna say screw it and pay you everything.

804
00:36:36,268 --> 00:36:37,788
Speaker 1: And Lamar said, fine, then I don't want to do

805
00:36:37,868 --> 00:36:40,428
Speaker 1: a deal, and that's why we're here. But don't think that.

806
00:36:40,668 --> 00:36:42,548
Speaker 1: How do the Ravens let Lamar goo? They don't want

807
00:36:42,588 --> 00:36:45,028
Speaker 1: to let Lamar go, but they cannot just set themselves

808
00:36:45,068 --> 00:36:47,668
Speaker 1: on fire to keep him. That's why we're here. But

809
00:36:47,748 --> 00:36:50,148
Speaker 1: could you imagine your marriage proposal? Like I want to

810
00:36:50,228 --> 00:36:53,548
Speaker 1: marry this deteriorating asset. Please come on, honey, come live

811
00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:57,268
Speaker 1: with me, Like take take this million, take this cheap ring,

812
00:36:57,388 --> 00:36:59,188
Speaker 1: and come on like it's just a band. We don't

813
00:36:59,188 --> 00:37:01,428
Speaker 1: even need to dime, and like you really want me.

814
00:37:01,708 --> 00:37:04,268
Speaker 1: The only way a player knows that an organization really

815
00:37:04,428 --> 00:37:07,228
Speaker 1: wants him is by the contract. You tell me everything

816
00:37:07,268 --> 00:37:09,388
Speaker 1: you wanted to whisper to Sweet, nothing's in my ear?

817
00:37:09,948 --> 00:37:12,828
Speaker 1: Show me on the idiots down the street ruin their

818
00:37:12,868 --> 00:37:15,628
Speaker 1: whole lives by paying this print. That's never gonna work out.

819
00:37:15,668 --> 00:37:18,148
Speaker 1: We're not gonna do what they do. I love you, dude,

820
00:37:18,988 --> 00:37:22,428
Speaker 1: and I mean you, Jason. I mean that we have

821
00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:24,588
Speaker 1: to think about the children. We have to think about

822
00:37:24,628 --> 00:37:26,308
Speaker 1: the whole We have to we have to pay for them.

823
00:37:26,588 --> 00:37:29,228
Speaker 1: I can't give you everything, right, we have to. I

824
00:37:29,388 --> 00:37:32,948
Speaker 1: promise I love you. So here's what really interests me.

825
00:37:33,788 --> 00:37:35,468
Speaker 1: And we were talking about this this morning as we

826
00:37:35,548 --> 00:37:37,948
Speaker 1: were getting ready, like, I just want to know when

827
00:37:38,028 --> 00:37:40,308
Speaker 1: you say, okay, I can't do it because we're not gonna,

828
00:37:40,428 --> 00:37:42,228
Speaker 1: you know, set the house on fire. Hey, it's got

829
00:37:42,308 --> 00:37:45,068
Speaker 1: to be this number or it's nothing. These guys, he

830
00:37:45,108 --> 00:37:47,028
Speaker 1: doesn't have an agent, right, We constantly say he doesn't

831
00:37:47,028 --> 00:37:49,108
Speaker 1: have an agent, but these guys are constantly surrounded by

832
00:37:49,148 --> 00:37:51,468
Speaker 1: people they have a say. Are they legitimately picking the

833
00:37:51,548 --> 00:37:54,828
Speaker 1: phone up today at one o'clock? Hey, hey, Lamar, Lamar,

834
00:37:54,868 --> 00:37:57,868
Speaker 1: are you there? So look, we don't think you're good enough. Like,

835
00:37:58,308 --> 00:38:00,708
Speaker 1: is he really the one taking the I know we

836
00:38:00,748 --> 00:38:02,548
Speaker 1: say doesn't have an agent, because as much as we

837
00:38:02,668 --> 00:38:05,268
Speaker 1: say it's business, it's not personal. There's no way it

838
00:38:05,348 --> 00:38:08,508
Speaker 1: doesn't get personal. So let's just say, to Jason's point,

839
00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:11,508
Speaker 1: if DeShawn got two thirty, he should get two thirty one.

840
00:38:11,588 --> 00:38:13,748
Speaker 1: Two thirty one will make guarantee. I don't care if

841
00:38:13,788 --> 00:38:15,748
Speaker 1: it's one hundred thousand, if it's fifty thousand, if it's

842
00:38:15,788 --> 00:38:19,028
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty one million, If you are insulting

843
00:38:19,108 --> 00:38:21,828
Speaker 1: someone or putting them down. Even if it's two hundred

844
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Speaker 1: and thirty one million and you feel like you won,

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Speaker 1: is there not a little bit of a bad I

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Speaker 1: don't know how you like I would take things personally right,

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Speaker 1: So I just don't know how that separation works. So

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Speaker 1: I would say I hope something can get done with

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Speaker 1: the least amount of damage as possible, and I don't

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Speaker 1: know how you do that. And I want to know

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Speaker 1: who's answering the call. So if someone is out there

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Speaker 1: and you're close, like, is he actually answering? I don't

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Speaker 1: know the call