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Speaker 1: is up? Straight Firefamp gets me Jason McIntyre Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: for Tuesday, March twelfth, and I was all excited. I

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Speaker 1: was like, Oh, We've got some March mad and stuff

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Speaker 1: conference tournaments, and then NFL tampering period begins and a

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Speaker 1: deluge of signings right out the gate, folks. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: there were so many signings Monday afternoon. It took basically

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Speaker 1: So many big names off the board so quickly. And

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Speaker 1: I guess we've got to start with the biggest domino,

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Speaker 1: and that would be Kirk Cousins leaving the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: for the Atlantacs. I gotta be honest, you know, you

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Speaker 1: read all this stuff, you hear Atlanta. Maybe Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 1: And and then you just see Bakers stay in Tampa,

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Speaker 1: keep him. And the Vikings did not. They lost him,

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Speaker 1: and folks, I gotta I gotta be honest, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what the Minnesota game plan is. Usually you try

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Speaker 1: But but I will say this, we talked about it

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Speaker 1: a lot. For instance, the Portland Trailblazers are the great example. Right,

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Speaker 1: So the Portland Trailblazers for years had Damian Lillard and C. J.

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Speaker 1: that if you're Portland or do you want? Like you

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Speaker 1: you're in rebuild mode, right, and that's not pretty and

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Speaker 1: you're gonna lose a lot of games for how many years,

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Speaker 1: He put up a lot of stats and he wond

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Speaker 1: check my notes here two playoff games and they said,

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Speaker 1: NFL Network, Kirk Cousins got one hundred and eighty mil

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Speaker 2: Rob. I feel like maybe we should have seen this

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Speaker 2: I mean, this guy is going to be, to quote

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Speaker 2: this basically means a two year deal. Cousins two year

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Speaker 2: to Kirk Cousins for getting the money. I believe now

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Speaker 2: this puts them firmly atop the NFC South, and now

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Speaker 2: the pressure shifts on him in a way that it

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Speaker 2: teams that were obviously better than them, whether it was

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Speaker 2: you're Kirk Cousins in Atlanta, you're the guy. You're the

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, you said they're clearly the best in the division.

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Speaker 1: You sure, I mean like they should be Tampa, Baker

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Speaker 1: the division is just a bunch of mediocrity, which is

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Speaker 1: do we think of Kirk Cousins as anything special? Like again,

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Speaker 1: I like him, He's a solid, But to me, he

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Speaker 1: is the epitome of that Portland Trailblazers CJ McCollum Dame

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Speaker 1: a couple of my best rob and you let me

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Speaker 1: thought this was a absolute heist by the Chicago Bears,

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Speaker 1: nabbing DeAndre Swift to go into the backfield. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: get a rookie quarterback. We know they've got a good,

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Speaker 1: not spectacular offensive line. It's better than I think people think.

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Speaker 1: fantasy football coaching, but whoever you plugged in was like

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Speaker 1: gonna deliver. Maybe they had a sum to do with

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Speaker 1: Justin Field's being a running quarterback or the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: like I said, was better than I anticipated. But Rob,

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Speaker 1: I thought they had a solid depth chart with Khalil

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Speaker 2: I mean yeah, other than you know, we still don't

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Speaker 2: biggest question is if Caleb Williams is as good as advertised,

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Speaker 2: then sure. I mean I personally would not have given

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Speaker 2: in a minute. But if you're gonna have a quarterback

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Speaker 2: think he's gonna be the kind of guy who's gonna

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Speaker 2: elevate your rushing attack, then sure, give them the money

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Speaker 1: They're gonna be able.

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Speaker 2: To draft a receiver. Go ahead, Sorry, they're gonna be able.

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Speaker 1: To receive No, no, no, I'm with you. The money was decent.

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Speaker 1: I will say the running backs coming off the boards interesting.

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Speaker 1: You know Tony Pollard went off the board pretty quickly

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Speaker 1: to Tennessee. I didn't understand that move, rob because they

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Speaker 1: another Tony Pollard. I didn't get that move. I did

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Speaker 1: see your Raiders lost Josh Jacobs. I know your cresfallen.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you'll be able to wear your

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Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs jersey in public anymore. That's a big loss. However,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. It feels like they probably will have

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Speaker 2: No, My issue with the running back situation is I

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Speaker 2: saw it. Maybe it was the thirty thirteam. I like

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Speaker 2: most of their work. I like some of the guys

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Speaker 2: who worked there, but their social media is he can

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Speaker 2: put out something that listed all the running back deals

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Speaker 2: that were given out and said, you know who said

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Speaker 2: the running back position is dead. Look at these contracts,

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Speaker 2: you know, four for thirty two, four for thirty two,

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Speaker 2: four Like it was listing all these guys, right, and

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Speaker 2: let me just start off with Josh Jacobs because you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm Raider fan, so it would make sense why I

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Speaker 2: will start with him. Josh Jacobs got what was reported

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Speaker 2: to be I want to say it was four years

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Speaker 2: for forty eight million dollars from the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good. Okay. Two problems. Number one, The last big

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Speaker 2: money contract the Packers gave out was in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: one to Aaron Jones, who is now with them anymore.

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Speaker 2: That's right, you know what. They gave him, four years,

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Speaker 2: forty eight million dollars. Okay. I'm no mathematician, but I believe,

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Speaker 2: with the cost of living and inflation, the contract for

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one should not be the same as contract

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four. Okay, that's number one. Number two,

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Speaker 2: and most importantly the second time, bringing up front of

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Speaker 2: the show, Andrew Brandt he ran things in Green Bay

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Speaker 2: there for decades, right, so he knows exactly how these

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Speaker 2: does not guarantee money beyond the first year of the contract.

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Speaker 2: That's something that they've done since he was there, something

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Speaker 2: they do still now. Only in very very rare exceptions

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Speaker 2: do they do anything different. So that Josh Jacob's four years,

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Speaker 2: forty eight million dollars that he and his agent are

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Speaker 2: pimping out there all through Monday after and into the evening, saying, look,

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Speaker 2: we got our guy the most of money on the market.

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Speaker 2: Look at it, Look at it look at it, it's

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Speaker 2: really one year, fourteen point eight million and three packer

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Speaker 2: option years where they can say, you know what, we'll

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Speaker 2: see if we like what we get from Josh Jacobs,

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Speaker 2: We'll see if he fits with Jordan Love and this

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Speaker 2: young offense. As much as people want to believe that

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Speaker 2: the running back market has rehabilitated, that all of these

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Speaker 2: guys getting paid shows that you know, the Woe is

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Speaker 2: Me narrative that came out last offseason with Derek Henry

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Speaker 2: and Austin Egler, so on and so forth, that that

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Speaker 2: was a mirage. No, it's very much real. And if

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Speaker 2: you are going to feel like this is a win

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Speaker 2: for Josh Jacobs or a lost from my Raiders, I

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Speaker 2: guess you can paint it that way. But the reality

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Speaker 2: is you can get a lot of different running backs

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Speaker 2: for a lot of low wages in today's NFL.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No, certainly, And I don't feel like this was a

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Speaker 2: win for anybody in that regard.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of not a win the Bryce Hoff loss,

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Speaker 1: we lost Bryce Hoff. He was amazing ten sacks, like

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Speaker 1: situational pass rusher. This is the guy who played like

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Speaker 1: excelled next to Quinn Williams playing for Robert Salah on

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Speaker 1: you know, Johnson will McDonald JFM, like, I like Huff

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Speaker 1: but a twenty MILLI pop. I don't know about that. Now.

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Speaker 1: Philly did get a little feisty with the money. And

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Speaker 1: I know, you know, Eagles fans are doing victory lot

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Speaker 1: because of Saquon Barkley, and I get that, like there's

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Speaker 1: reason to be excited for Saquon, but it felt a

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Speaker 1: little wishy washy and Rob I was doing some research

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Speaker 1: early this morning. You want to guess who some of

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Speaker 1: the biggest free agency winners and losers were last year.

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Speaker 1: This just goes to show when you later today when

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Speaker 1: you guys look and see, oh, winners and losers free agency.

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Speaker 1: So last year, the Baltimore Ravens got a d in

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Speaker 1: free agency. They ended up with the number one seed

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Speaker 1: they didn't bungle the game against the against the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: I mean, just a horrible game plan. The Carolina Panthers

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Speaker 1: got to be rob Carolina Panthers spent well, oh, they

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Speaker 1: got to be And then you start looking at these

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Speaker 1: other moves and the Detroit Lions. People were bagging on

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Speaker 1: the Lions. Remember they had Jamal Williams, who led the

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Speaker 1: NFL in touchdowns. They just basically kicked them to the

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Speaker 1: curb and were like, oh, come on in David Montgomery.

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Speaker 1: Montgomery was great, but nobody was like, that's a good move.

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Speaker 1: A lot of free agency is rearranging the deck chairs

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Speaker 1: on the Titanic. Okay, go look at what the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: did last year. Pretty much nothing other than that move

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Speaker 1: the Orlando Brown. They didn't want to pay him, so

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Speaker 1: of people perceive the Chiefs to be losers in free agency.

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Speaker 1: They won the Super Bowl. I know they have a

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Speaker 1: homes different story, but I just all these people who

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Speaker 1: They got Huff, they got Saquon, We're going to the show.

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Speaker 1: It's like let's take a deep breath. Okay, yes, Saquon

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Speaker 1: gets a massive upgrade in offensive line, but they lost

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Speaker 1: Kelsey and I don't know how does Saquon factor into

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Speaker 1: the to the brotherly shelve or whatever you call it,

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Speaker 1: or are they not even doing that because they lost Kelsey?

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Speaker 1: And it's just I don't know, rub I feel like

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Speaker 1: people overreact a little, like it's fun like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: Gabe Davis left the Bills. Oh that hurts Josh Allen. Really,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Gabe Davis kind of a one trick pony.

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Speaker 1: I'm like he had a couple He had that awesome

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Speaker 1: playoff game I think against the Chiefs, you know, the

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Speaker 1: I don't think that's a game changer for the Jags.

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Speaker 1: Does it hurt the Bills? I don't know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they lost the other receiver, they had to cut him

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Speaker 1: last week. It's just like some of these moves feel

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Speaker 1: a little inflated. And one that I'd love to hear

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Speaker 1: your thoughts is the Christian Wilkins move. They went out

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Speaker 1: early and the Raiders signed him and you're like, oh,

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Speaker 1: they stole him from the Dolphins. The bigger story here

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Speaker 1: is the Dolphins just losing starters handover fist. It looks

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Speaker 1: like they're gonna be down seven starters later this unless

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Speaker 1: they were able to sign Connor Williams, the offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna lose so many starters. It's like, holy cow,

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Speaker 1: that's the story. But no, no, no, it's about the

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Speaker 1: Raiders signing Christian Wilkins. And I see all these memes

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Speaker 1: on Instagram, Christian Wilkins next to Sidney NOTx Sidney Crosby,

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Speaker 1: Max Crosby. They're gonna dominate and wreck quarterbacks, like okay,

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Speaker 1: but wait a minute. And then another meame was Christian

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Speaker 1: watch the offense fase third and fourteen every single time

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Speaker 1: down the field, and Rob, you gotta like, okay, you

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Speaker 1: lose Josh Jacobs last year, you lost the tight end,

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Speaker 1: the big guy, and now it's like Davonte Adams is

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Speaker 1: catching passes from Gardner Minshew or Aidan O'Connell. I guess

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Speaker 1: they'll draft a guy. I just don't know what they're

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Speaker 1: a great defensive lineman, But I don't know. It feels

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Speaker 1: to me, Rob like it's such an offensive league right

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Speaker 1: now that I would be putting most of my stock

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Speaker 1: that's where I would be investing. I just a little

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Speaker 2: You know what, Jason, what do Chris Brussard, Mina Kimes,

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Speaker 2: Nick Wright and yourself all have in common?

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Speaker 1: Oh? No, I don't like the Raiders.

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Speaker 2: No, you all stolen my take, okay, at all one

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Speaker 2: you know what, who if I would give a grade

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Speaker 2: out today, the big loser, I'd already have the top

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Speaker 2: my list. With the Mammi Dolphins. Yeah okay, and I'll

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Speaker 2: explain why in a second. But with the Raiders again,

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Speaker 2: Christian Wilkins. I think is a very good player. I

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Speaker 2: their number one issue, which is quarterback. I know they

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Speaker 2: got Gardner Minshew. I love Gardner Minshew. I think Gardner

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Speaker 2: Minshew is going to be a fan favorite in Vegas

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Speaker 2: He's going to be great. Right However, he is a

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Speaker 2: He'll keep right around the Mendoza line right in Major

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Speaker 2: wildly disappointed. And right now it's to be determined for

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Speaker 2: the Raiders in the quarterback position, They're in a spot

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Speaker 2: like the Miami Dolphins. We talked about it on the podcast.

426
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Speaker 2: I wanted to pick them to beat the Kansas City

427
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,280
Speaker 2: Chiefs in that playoff game, but their injury list was

428
00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,719
Speaker 2: so immense that I just couldn't in good conscience do it.

429
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 2: I now believe that the Miami Dolphin super window is

430
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 2: over for it even opened.

431
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Speaker 1: Oh come on, okay, harsh.

432
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 2: The tour contract is coming. That's been widely reported now

433
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,160
Speaker 2: all off season. Both sides are working on a deal.

434
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 2: I assume with this Kirk Cousins contract coming in, this

435
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,480
Speaker 2: kind of sets the benchmark or the floor of what

436
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 2: a tour contract is going to look like. It's going

437
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 2: to start at forty six forty seven million dollars minimum

438
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 2: per season. And now you have a team that quite

439
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,720
Speaker 2: honestly got by with a lot of sizzle and no steak.

440
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,440
Speaker 2: Last season when they played the also rams like apologies,

441
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,880
Speaker 2: your New York Jets, they beat the shit out of them,

442
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 2: which is what good teams we're supposed to do. When

443
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 2: they played the heavyweights like the Buffalo Bills, they found

444
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 2: very quickly that they are not in that caliber in

445
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 2: the NFL. And now you lose. As you alluded to

446
00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,200
Speaker 2: seven starters, at least four of which are on the defense. Okay,

447
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 2: that's not even including your two pass rushers, Bradley Chubb

448
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 2: and Jalen Phillips will not be back until at minimum

449
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,880
Speaker 2: like a third into the into the season. So you're

450
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:16,239
Speaker 2: banking on Tua and his lengthy history injury history, and

451
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 2: Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle in that run game basically

452
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,400
Speaker 2: being able to score thirty to forty points a game

453
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,640
Speaker 2: no matter who's in front of them. Because that defense

454
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 2: is going to take a long time, at least in

455
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 2: my opinion, to get its bearings and find its way

456
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:38,120
Speaker 2: under that new defensive leadership. This situation here in Miami

457
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 2: is not looking good. I don't feel great about them

458
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 2: anymore as much as I did. I fought better about

459
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 2: them a week ago than I do today.

460
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it felt kind of sort of like one of

461
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,439
Speaker 1: those why wouldn't you just draft Pennix and plug him in?

462
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: Oh wait, that was my take a few weeks ago.

463
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 1: For maybe a couple months ago, I honestly thought that

464
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: would have made more sense than paying too a. Like,

465
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: I just it feels kind of sort of over for

466
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 1: at least in my opinion, for the for the Dolphins,

467
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: it just it just feels like I don't love it. Listen,

468
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: I did, uh kind of. I don't know if I

469
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,120
Speaker 1: was giving the Eagles positive or negative news or reviews

470
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: for the for the Saquon move, I was getting ready

471
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: to hammer the New York Giants. I was like getting

472
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 1: Salvos ready yesterday. But then they they traded for Brian Burns,

473
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,479
Speaker 1: the great pass rusher for Carolina, and they made him

474
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Speaker 1: one of the highest paid defensive ends in the league.

475
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Speaker 1: Like great. I like that they got cave On Thibodeau,

476
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: like all right, sure, and the Panthers desperately needed more

477
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 1: draft picks, so they got an extra two and a five,

478
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 1: so that's great help for Bryce Young. But like, I

479
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 1: don't know at all what the New York Giants are doing,

480
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,360
Speaker 1: Like none of it makes sense. Yes, Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns,

481
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 1: keve On Tibodeaux. They got some dudes on the defensive line,

482
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Speaker 1: but they have no quarterback. I mean, I would say

483
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: one of the week like bottom seven wide receiver groupings

484
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: in the league, and they have currently no running back.

485
00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 1: Now you could say, who cares? Who needs a running back?

486
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 1: Does that matter? I just I don't know. It feels

487
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,479
Speaker 1: to be rob If you're looking at worst teams in

488
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 1: the NFC, I would probably say it's the two teams

489
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 1: that made the Brian Burns deal, the Panthers and the Giants.

490
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree with you, and as much as

491
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 2: I like the deal for the Giants again because they

492
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,280
Speaker 2: they have a quarterback issue. So if you're gonna be

493
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 2: able to win with the quarterback problem, you got to

494
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,640
Speaker 2: be great at along the trenches. And adding Brian Burns

495
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 2: to that defensive line is going to help them a

496
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 2: lot tremendously. See if they get their offensive line back

497
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 2: in order. No sa Quon that he was basically their

498
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,200
Speaker 2: entire offense when he was healthy last season. So they're

499
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 2: gonna have to pitch a lot of shutouts there in

500
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 2: New York if they're going to be any kind of successful.

501
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 2: But when I saw that trade come down, my first

502
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 2: thought was, hey, do you remember when the Rams like

503
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 2: two years ago, offered to first and a second for

504
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,200
Speaker 2: Brian Burns and the Panthers said.

505
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Speaker 1: No, similar to the Jerry Judy butchering.

506
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 2: Exactly, Like this is the equivalent. I know we have

507
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 2: a lot of fans. You have a high falutin listenership

508
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 2: here for the Straight Fire podcast. It's like, hey, you

509
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 2: know what, I'm gonna wait to sell my house because

510
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 2: I think I can get more and then the market

511
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: crashes and they're like, all right, cool, but I still

512
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 2: made some money off of it. It's like, no, you

513
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 2: could have made three hundred thousand. Now you made seventy

514
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 2: five thousand, So you didn't really make good on that

515
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 2: deal at all. Right, So I don't know what the

516
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 2: path I mean. I guess the Pathers needed the draft picks,

517
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,239
Speaker 2: as you alluded to, but I don't believe that they

518
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 2: are in the business of losing talent. Yeah.

519
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 1: Remember I forget who had to quote somebody in the

520
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: NFL the best time to rebuild is last year. The

521
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 1: best time to trade somebody you should have was last year,

522
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: like should have given up Judy. Now you got a

523
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: fifth and a sixth for Judy got that's bad GMing.

524
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 1: And I'm sure Denver's like, hey, we're trying to make

525
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 1: a push for the playoffs, blah blah blah, but should

526
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: have been realistic. And the Brian Burns thing too, I don't.

527
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Speaker 1: I mean, I just don't have any clue what they

528
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 1: were doing. By the way, Listen, you guys know I

529
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 1: try to stay off social media as much as possible

530
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: during NFL free agency, it's hard not to. I will say.

531
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: One of the most biting comments I saw was player

532
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: on former player crime. I don't know if you saw this, Rob,

533
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: but I have in my notes. Saquon Barkley on his

534
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,639
Speaker 1: way out the door, kicking Tiki Barber. Saquon Barkley, who

535
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: doesn't do a lot of social media after signing with

536
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 1: the Eagles, you've been a hater since I got to

537
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: New York and all the dead to me talk, don't

538
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: smile on my face when you see me. I like

539
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: this Saquon Barkley. He seems like he's angry with the Giants. Listen,

540
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 1: they drafted him second overall, do you remember this second?

541
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: I jotted down some of the guys who went after him.

542
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: Sam Donald went third, that didn't quite work out, dinzow

543
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: Ward fourth, He's been a stud. Josh Allen seventh, Hello,

544
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: Rokwan Smith eighth, Mika Fitzpatrick eleventh. They overdrafted Saquon, that's fine,

545
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 1: But for Tiki Barber to go after Saqua and then

546
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: Saquon to get him on the way out, I kind

547
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: of rob I kind of sort of feel like maybe

548
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: Saquon has already circled on the count Giants. He knows

549
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,479
Speaker 1: who the opponents are, and then he's gonna circle when

550
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: the games are he's gonna make sure that he goes

551
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: ham on them. I'm excited for that. I don't think

552
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: you know what, I bet the networks make that like

553
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: a Monday night football game or Sunday night for something

554
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a prime time game.

555
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 2: I would love for Fox to have that game so

556
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,639
Speaker 2: that we can hype it up even more than usual

557
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 2: because it'd be a Fox broadcast. Like say, Kwon Barkley,

558
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: say what you want about his injury history. I understand

559
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 2: that it's fine. He was done dirty by the New

560
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 2: York Giants, right. He was their best player by a

561
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 2: mile when he was in New York, And how did

562
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 2: they repay him by giving all that money to Daniel

563
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 2: Jones and not to him that we've talked about. You

564
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 2: talked about it on this podcast. What was the locker

565
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 2: room vibe when Daniel Jones, who everybody knew was a

566
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 2: mediocre at best player, got the bag and your best

567
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 2: player didn't like that? Couldn't have gone over well. And

568
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 2: now we find out a couple of years later, you

569
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 2: got guys like Rich Eisen reporting that they already have

570
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 2: buyer's remorse before the ink is even dry on that

571
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 2: contract for Daniel Jones. Saquon Barkley when he was healthy again,

572
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 2: I understand the injury history. Was a damn good player,

573
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 2: and not only was he good, he was the workhorse.

574
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 2: How do they repay him again? They pay Daniel Jones first,

575
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 2: he goes into the offseason, doesn't want to sign the

576
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 2: franchise tag. He holds out, trying to do what's best

577
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 2: for himself the running back position. Ultimately, he comes back,

578
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 2: doesn't even get a raise, I don't think from New York. Yeah,

579
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 2: and he can't get a new deal again anyways, So

580
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 2: I don't care if he goes to the Jets. I

581
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 2: don't care if he goes, he ends up with the Eagles.

582
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 2: Wherever he goes. This is not personal for him. We

583
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 2: excuse me, the Giants fans and the Giants brass cannot

584
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 2: take this personal that he ended up with one of

585
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 2: their quote unquote rivals, because it's your fault why he

586
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 2: had to leave the building. So I hope when they

587
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 2: face each other the first time, I hope that it's

588
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 2: in New York. I hope that Giants fans whether he's

589
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 2: getting Booter cheered. I hope he goes off for a

590
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: buck fifty to two scores, and when he leaves the

591
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 2: podium after the postgame pres conf when the Eagles win

592
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 2: by twenty one points, he gives the Bird a tiki

593
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 2: barber on the way out the wind.

594
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait. I'll wrap up one small note

595
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: just because I'm kind of becoming a Chargers hank since

596
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,719
Speaker 1: I'm out here and they got Harball and Herbert. I

597
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: know you hate that as a Raiders guy. I like

598
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: the Rams too. I saw that the Chargers stole Will

599
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: Disley from Seattle and again Will Disley okay, whatever, he's

600
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: not top ten tight end in the league. Probably not

601
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: even top fifteen. I just wonder if we're gonna see

602
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: the Chargers. You get two tight ends, you get some

603
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 1: two tight end sets, you go with heavy packages. I'm

604
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: very excited for what Harball is gonna bring. I think

605
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: they're gonna look totally different than they have in the

606
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: last few years with Herbert, some heavier packages, two tight

607
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: end sets, it looks like and unconfirmed, but mac Bosa, Allen,

608
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: and Mike Williams, all four of those guys apparently they're

609
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: fielding offers. We're open for business. Not the exact quote,

610
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: but I'm saying, keep an eye on the Chargers. I

611
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: have a feeling they're not gonna do a on of

612
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: big moves addition wise, but subtraction wise. They may get

613
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: some guys. Keep an eye on the Chargers might take

614
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 1: rub I.

615
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 2: Would not like to keep an eye on the Chargers

616
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 2: just for selfish reasons, but I will say that I

617
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 2: do appreciate what they're doing because they are building the roster.

618
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 2: In Jim Harbaugh's image, right, what does he want to do.

619
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 2: He wants to play power football. He wants to ground

620
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: and pound, play defense. That is why I've told several

621
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 2: of my friends who are Chargers fans in the business,

622
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 2: and I tell him, look, Justin Herbert might be light

623
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 2: years better as a quarterback under Jim Harball, I can

624
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 2: promise you, though his stats won't reflect it, because they

625
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 2: are going to play a different kind of ball than

626
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 2: what they're used to. Herbert is not going to be

627
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 2: slinging the ball over the yard. And it's the other

628
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 2: reason why, as I've seen many Chargers fans and people

629
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: who work around the team like, hey, we can get

630
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 2: a great wide receiver at that draft slot. Like the

631
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 2: quarterbacks are gonna go in the top three, one of

632
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 2: these guys might fall to us, whether it's Harrison Neighbors,

633
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: a Duneesa, whoever. Yeah, you know what, don't be surprised

634
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 2: if Jim Harbaugh is like, you know what, let me

635
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 2: get that that tackle out of Notre Dame, let me

636
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 2: get that tackle out of Oregon State. Let me trade

637
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: down and pick up an offensive guard and maybe get

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Speaker 2: like Brock Bowers with twelve or something like that, like

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Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh. And this is this is the credit to

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Speaker 2: what they're doing that front office. They are allowing Jim

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Speaker 2: Harbaugh to be Jim Harbaugh. That's all I can say

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Speaker 2: about that.

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Speaker 1: All right, wild and exciting times. Hopefully more action tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: college basketball tomorrow. I promise you back then talk to

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Speaker 1: you then