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Speaker 1: The volume What is going on everybody? John Middlecough that'd

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Speaker 1: be me. Three and Out pod, a little weekend edition

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Speaker 1: of the best of where we throw together a couple

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Speaker 1: of topics. Obviously, it was a very very busy week

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Speaker 1: with a little thing called NFL Free Agency, and uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: so we'll just kick it off talking about free agency

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Speaker 1: the outlook looks like for them and really why they

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Speaker 1: made some of their decisions, and then just a big

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Speaker 1: is this week a little overrated? Obviously individual have big

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Speaker 1: kind of wanted to dive in as free agency overrated.

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Speaker 1: that out. Let's talk about some football. I do think

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Speaker 1: just in general, the free agency period, which is really fun.

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Speaker 1: We love transactions in sports and I'm all for it.

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Speaker 1: I do think there's a little JANKI right to have

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Speaker 1: You could argue, like five days, maybe not even a

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Speaker 1: the tampering, right because free agency has been going on

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Speaker 1: Combine ends on a Monday, you could start And I

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Speaker 1: legal tampering. Guys can't actually sign. I think we could

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Speaker 1: So once these guys like Milton Williams all of a

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Speaker 1: Stuff just happens. So just let it happen and let

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Speaker 1: Kyle yustcheck and just about the way the forty nine

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Speaker 1: that the Crafts and the forty nine Ers spent more

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Speaker 1: that's the business. These people are in and the Yorks

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Speaker 1: because again, this is a business that is their future

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Speaker 1: Most people listening are in fickle industries. Right can be

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Speaker 1: huge swings, good times are great, bad times can be rough.

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Speaker 1: Shanahan plan on doing that this fall. And I think

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Speaker 1: when you're the Eagles, you go. We have so much

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Speaker 1: invested into our offense financially, and that's just a fact.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Saquan is the seventh highest paid player on

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Speaker 1: the offense. We have one of, if not the best

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in the NFL, and he is being paid

433
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Speaker 1: an absolute premium. And we're lucky we have hit on

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Speaker 1: some sweet draft picks, but we're gonna utilize him. We're

435
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Speaker 1: gonna be able to let the defensive lineman go. We're

436
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Speaker 1: gonna be able to trade CJ. Gardner Johnson because our

437
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Speaker 1: ability to make guys, develop guys and find underappreciated assets

438
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Speaker 1: is under vix tutelage and watch. We just did it

439
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Speaker 1: last year with Zach Bond. We plan on doing it again,

440
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Speaker 1: and they did it. They also do it on the

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Speaker 1: offensive line with Stoutland. They've done it with Jordan Milatta,

442
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Speaker 1: they did it last year with Becton. They are attempting

443
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Speaker 1: to do that in the trade for CJ. Gardner Johnson

444
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Speaker 1: with the former top pick from the Houston Texans fifteenth

445
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Speaker 1: overall pick, guard Green. Now, you're not going to hit

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Speaker 1: on all these but this is Howie and this is

447
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: why I push so heavily when it comes to the draft,

448
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: free agency, this stuff is all an economic exercise. It

449
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Speaker 1: really is how much do I have to pay for

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Speaker 1: the player? What type assets do I have to pay

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Speaker 1: a premium for? And what type guys can I get

452
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,440
Speaker 1: on the chief? Like, one thing's pretty clear right now

453
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: in free agency, if you want a competent guard or tackle,

454
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Speaker 1: you got to pay a lot of money. But I

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Speaker 1: will say this, when you are paying a ton of

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Speaker 1: money for a starting guard or a starting tackle that

457
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Speaker 1: has proven he can start at those positions, it's like,

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Speaker 1: at least you know I can plug this guy in

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Speaker 1: and he can start for me and he can function.

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Speaker 1: Do I feel comfortable giving Aaron Banks that much money

461
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 1: if I'm the agreement packers, of course not. Do I

462
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Speaker 1: feel great if I'm the Chiefs about signing Jalen Moore,

463
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Speaker 1: who was Trent Williams backup to thirty million dollars. Of

464
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Speaker 1: course not, but those guys have proven they can start

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Speaker 1: in enormous games. Banks has been a multiple year strong

466
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Speaker 1: or on one of the best teams in the NFL. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: do I have to pay one hundred and fifty cents

468
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Speaker 1: on the dollar? Probably, But I witnessed what happened last

469
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Speaker 1: year in the playoff game to the Green Bay Packers

470
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Speaker 1: that left guard. It was a joke, like, it was

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Speaker 1: a complete embarrassment, and I'm not going to allow that

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Speaker 1: to happen again. Plus, unlike free agency, like a guy

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Speaker 1: might get hurt that you sign, but you know what

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Speaker 1: you're getting in free agency. Why because a guy's been

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Speaker 1: playing in the NFL and if you run the same scheme,

476
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 1: it literally is plug and play. It's the only time

477
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Speaker 1: in football where stuff is plug and play when another

478
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Speaker 1: team runs your offense, because there's not often you go

479
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,719
Speaker 1: because in college football that's not the case. When you

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Speaker 1: are drafting a college prospect, there is a huge projection

481
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Speaker 1: not just his ability to play in the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: how he will work in your scheme. Even if there

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Speaker 1: are similarities to what he did in college. But like

484
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Speaker 1: you pay premiums in the NFL for these offensive that

485
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: much is clear when you watched how much they got.

486
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,360
Speaker 1: Same thing with defensive linemen, because if you watch them

487
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 1: do something exactly what you're gonna ask them to do,

488
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: you feel pretty good about it because they've been doing

489
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,239
Speaker 1: it for several years, typically for whatever team they've been

490
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Speaker 1: playing on. And like Howie Roseman understands how talented Milton

491
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: Williams is, but he goes, I've watched Fangio for twenty

492
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Speaker 1: years in the NFL find guys like that and develop them.

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00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: I've watched him take guys like Nolan Smith and develop

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Speaker 1: him into a good player and then turn them into

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Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl level guy. And then take really good

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Speaker 1: players like Jalen Carter and Quinnon Mitchell and Cooper dejen

497
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: and turn them into like all pro level guys. So

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Speaker 1: part of the Eagles economic outlook on their squad is

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00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to trim a little bit on defense,

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Speaker 1: invest in the draft, and let Fangio coach and develops.

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Speaker 1: Why we're paying him so much money, We've been doing

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Speaker 1: it on the offensive line for years with Jeff Staltlin

503
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: for years before he showed up. Howard Mudd was that

504
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: version for the Eagles. It's why he believed in Jason Kelce,

505
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 1: an undersized athletic center. And that's how you have to

506
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: do it in football, because you can't just find a

507
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,360
Speaker 1: bunch of AJ Browns and pay them all. We saw

508
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. They got to get rid of

509
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Speaker 1: a lot of guys because eventually you get to a

510
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 1: point where the cap space just limits you. And that

511
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: is why coaching is so important. It really is. And

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Speaker 1: I think the Eagles are in an excellent spot because

513
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Speaker 1: of the guy running their defense. So yeah, some of

514
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: the household names might be gone. Clearly, those guys got

515
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Speaker 1: a ton of money and rightfully so on the open market.

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Speaker 1: But I wouldn't lose one second of sleep if I

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Speaker 1: was a Philadelphia Eagle fan. I guess I'm just gonna

518
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Speaker 1: ask a question. Is free agency overrated in the NFL?

519
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Speaker 1: Obviously it's not in baseball and it's not in basketball,

520
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: But is it overrated in football? And don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 1: I like you get excited. It is fun to watch

522
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Speaker 1: these transactions. It is been something I've looked forward to

523
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Speaker 1: as a sports fan my entire life. It is cool.

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Speaker 1: I enjoy this week. I enjoy watching guys star, big

525
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: names get traded, guys get signed, teams get really aggressive

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Speaker 1: with cap space. I'm not acting like I am not

527
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: into this, But after you give it a couple of days,

528
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Speaker 1: you take a deep breath and you look back and

529
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Speaker 1: you go, isn't this always the most overrated time of

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Speaker 1: the league year? Because first of all, the best dynasty

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Speaker 1: of my life was Belichick. He never really dabbled in this.

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Speaker 1: He always waited for the second tier guys that he

533
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Speaker 1: got it for no money, or older players who were

534
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: high level Pro Bowl guys willing to give him a discount.

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Speaker 1: He rarely, if ever broke the bank on guys that

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Speaker 1: weren't his guys. The current dynasty, the Kansasity Chiefs, their

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Speaker 1: core guys have been three people. They drafted, Patrick Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey, and Chris Jones. And they won their first

539
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl with Tyreek Hill, who they also drafted, and

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Speaker 1: then they flipped. And how they continued this dynasty was

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Speaker 1: basically through that draft was a huge part of it

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Speaker 1: with mc duffie and Karloskas. But when you think about

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Speaker 1: like the Chiefs, who has been their huge signing over

544
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 1: the last five six years, an offensive lineman here or there,

545
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Speaker 1: Like they are not signing sex justin Reid. You know

546
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Speaker 1: that they are not out there fishing in the deep

547
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Speaker 1: end of the pond. And I thought about last year,

548
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: and again, I'm not trying to hate on any team

549
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Speaker 1: that signed players. Totally understand if I'm the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: or if I'm the Chicago Bears. Basically, if you take

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Speaker 1: those two teams, they had five starting offensive linemen, right

552
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: the Vikings did two and the Chicago Bears did three.

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Speaker 1: Totally understand why they would do that. If I was

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Speaker 1: in their shoes, I probably would do the same. But

555
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: like when I see Aaron Banks get eighty eight million

556
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Speaker 1: dollars from the Packers, like, yeah, they need a guard.

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00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: Is that a good contract? Like, I mean, I understand

558
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 1: people around the league go, that's kind of rich. But

559
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: look at last year. You could argue the best signing

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Speaker 1: of the year when you factor in the money was

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Speaker 1: Zach Bond. How he gave him like one year four

562
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Speaker 1: million dollars, his first team All Pro. He was honestly

563
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: one of the better players non quarterback in the NFL. Obviously,

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00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: Saquon had the best running back season, but Derek Henry

565
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: had the second best running back season. The Baltimore Ravens

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Speaker 1: gave him eight million dollars eight million dollars guaranteed, So

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Speaker 1: some of these contracts that are getting thrown around, Milton

568
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: Williams gets a huge amount of money. All my buddies

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Speaker 1: with the Eagles love the guy. I mean, he's a stud.

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Speaker 1: He had an incredible season. I don't even think he

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Speaker 1: played over fifty percent of the snaps and he also

572
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Speaker 1: got to play the majority of the time next to

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Speaker 1: what many consider the best and most talented young defensive

574
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Speaker 1: lineman in the league in Jalen Carter. So you have

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Speaker 1: a guy you're given. I mean, I hate, you know,

576
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: talking about it this way. It's just easier sometimes like

577
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty six million dollars a year. He's never

578
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Speaker 1: even become close to a full time player and really

579
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: benefited from playing next to a superstar. And I'm not

580
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: anti the Patriots signing him, but these contracts that get

581
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: thrown out for these players set enormous expectations because you're

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Speaker 1: no longer talked about, like, let's face it, the core

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00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: of the of the Chiefs over the last however, many

584
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: years have been guys they've drafted had developed. Same thing

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Speaker 1: with the Patriots for a long time, Same thing with

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Speaker 1: a lot of the good teams you know in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: When you look at the Eagles, the forty nine Ers,

588
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, it doesn't mean you can't supplement players.

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00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: But we talk so aggressively about this time, like this

590
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: is gonna change this team. This team, It's like, I

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00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: don't know, we'll see the cohesion, the chemistry that's built

592
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: over time. Like I love what the Bears did, it

593
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 1: was a no brainer doing all that, but like offensive

594
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 1: line chemistry isn't just built overnight. It takes time. And

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00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: same thing with the with the Minnesota Vikings adding two

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Speaker 1: new starting offensive linemen. Now, I would say adding guards

597
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: and centers in theory should be the easiest plug and

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00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: play in all of the sport. But I just think

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Speaker 1: this time of year, it's kind of a tried and

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Speaker 1: true way we react and we're all, including myself, guilty

601
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: of this is the way we talk about these moves

602
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: usually isn't the way they actually play out. So is

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Speaker 1: free agency overrated? I think it's fair to say in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League, it is a little bit. You know.

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Speaker 1: I was watching Sam Darnold give his press conference today

606
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Speaker 1: and it's pretty clear that that game that he had

607
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: against McDonald and Seattle that essentially knocked them out of

608
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs, and I would say was his defining moment

609
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: as a from a positive standpoint for Sam this year.

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00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: That game winning touchdown on the road was a huge,

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00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: huge reason that Mike felt very confident about supporting the signing,

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Speaker 1: and even he talked about it obviously having a front

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00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,439
Speaker 1: row seat in that game, but it was the way

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Speaker 1: that we had game planned against him throughout the week

615
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Speaker 1: of essentially watching all of his snaps, and I think

616
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Speaker 1: sometimes you got to be careful with that, but like

617
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: that held it was held in high regard when it

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00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: came to their head coach, that performance and his performance previously,

619
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Speaker 1: because that was before the last couple of games. But

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Speaker 1: watching Sam donald talk and right before that, they tweeted

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Speaker 1: out like the I don't think it's called periscope anymore

622
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 1: but YouTube wherever it's streamed at on Twitter is Seattle

623
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Speaker 1: had put something out on Gino Smith, who clearly resurrected

624
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 1: his in Seattle and became a really solid player, and

625
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: you start thinking about some of the players in the NFL,

626
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 1: like it's it's a no brainer when you talk about

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00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: the star players, like Patrick Mahomes is good immediately, right,

628
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: Josh Allen after year one was sweet. Lamar Jackson was

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Speaker 1: pretty incredible from early on, right. Joe Burrow's been pretty

630
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: fucking good as long as he's been healthy. Justin Herbert

631
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Speaker 1: had like one of the great rookie seasons we've ever seen,

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00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: and he was thrown in because Tyrod Taylor got a

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00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: needle to his kidney. Most guys see a lot of crap, honestly, Historically,

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00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: a lot of like great players, you know. I mean Drew

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00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: Brees was basically told you're out of here for Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: You know, Steve Young was a backup for a long

637
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: period of time to Joe Montana, but before that was

638
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: not viewed as a good player in Tampa Bay. And

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00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: I think sometimes with quarterbacks, you know so many other

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Speaker 1: players because you get to rotate in kind of battle

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Speaker 1: through stuff, and when you're bad early on your career,

642
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Speaker 1: like most guys aren't incredible day one. Most aren't just

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Speaker 1: like Aaron Donald or Justin Jefferson. Even great players, they

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00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: go through adversity and that's usually and I think most

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00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: people would agree in any line of work, that's how

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Speaker 1: you learn. Like you usually don't learn that much when

647
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: everything's going well. Why is that because you don't like

648
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: look that much inward. You don't have that much perspective

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00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: on things because things are good and you don't have

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00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: to overthink anything. And when things are bad, you kind

651
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: of gotta like lay it on the table and look

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Speaker 1: yourself in the mirror. And I think Sam Darnold, I

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00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: think Gino Smith, and I think Baker Mayfield are good

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Speaker 1: examples of like Pete Carroll just traded a third round

655
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,399
Speaker 1: pick for a thirty five year old quarterback. Why because

656
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: he kind of swears by the guy, and I think

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00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 1: he thinks that, Like Gino's a really impressive person, obviously

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00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,359
Speaker 1: on top of a solid player. And when you look

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00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,839
Speaker 1: at what Baker Mayfield has done down in Tampa, how

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00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: much now I'm not even talking about how well he's played,

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00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: but how much the guys on that team like him.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they would be where they're at

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Speaker 1: without kind of going through the Andy Duframe sewer and

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Speaker 1: coming out on the other end and listen, I'm done

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00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 1: psychoanalyzing what Aaron Rodgers, you know, or why it's taking

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Speaker 1: him so long when he's gonna make a decision. At

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00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: this point in time, I'm assuming he's going to continue

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00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: to play like that. That is my assumption. He's either

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Speaker 1: going to play on the Giants or more than likely

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00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I think a lot of people

671
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,919
Speaker 1: think that he's waiting to announce it at McAfee's deal,

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00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: which I was like, Oh, that makes some sense. McAfee's

673
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: doing this live show in Pittsburgh, But then I google

674
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: it the McAfee shows not till like April ninth, Like

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00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: that would be insanity if that is true, And he

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00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: announces on April ninth, like that, that's that we've jumped

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Speaker 1: the shark on that. And I don't think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: wait that long, Like I understand like doing some you know,

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00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: thinking long and hard. Though from a football perspective, I

680
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: think the Pittsburgh Steelers is an easy decision, assuming that

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00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: they want him. But you know, for the first time

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00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: in a long time, Aaron's really kind of hit the skids,

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Speaker 1: like they were really, really terrible, and people are talking about, like,

684
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Speaker 1: is your career over? Like it's not. The box score

685
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 1: doesn't look that terrible, but when you watch you play,

686
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,840
Speaker 1: you're a shell of yourself and you're kind of done.

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00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 1: And that might be true, but like that humbled all

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Speaker 1: these other guys. Everyone talks shit about Sam Donald, Everyone

689
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 1: talks shit about Baker Mayfield. People thought Geno Smith was

690
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: like a joke, and look at them now. They're all

691
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: making thirty forty million dollars and Baker Mayfield second in

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Speaker 1: the league in touchdowns. Sam Donald just had a team

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you know, Gino Smith. I think three

694
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Speaker 1: straight years nine to nine to ten wins in Seattle.

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Speaker 1: Once they kicked Russell Wilson to the curb. Like we've

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00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: seen Russell Wilson. No matter what happens, Negative is the

697
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: same guy, same cheesy, optimistic bs like Russell's time to pivot, bro,

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Speaker 1: this ain't working. And I think Rogers, in a weird way,

699
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: is a little more real. But also like he's been

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Speaker 1: so used to held to such high esteem by every

701
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Speaker 1: human being, one of the greatest ever. You're so good.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna carry the team, hell, even the Jets. You're

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00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 1: gonna You're gonna save our franchise, and it's like, not

704
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,439
Speaker 1: only are you not gonna save our franchise, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be an embarrassment. And if he does come back to play,

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Speaker 1: I do wonder if there's a little like self reflection

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Speaker 1: and a little humility to like make you a better player,

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Speaker 1: a better teammate, because it clearly works for these other guys. Now,

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Speaker 1: it's usually harder on the other end, when you've been

710
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: a superstar to change. You know, the old sayings like

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00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: you don't teach an old dog new tricks. And at

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Speaker 1: this point in time, Aaron Rodgers made I don't know,

713
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Speaker 1: four hundred million dollars MVPs. Maybe he just is what

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Speaker 1: he is, and I listen, I'm not saying that he's

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Speaker 1: gonna change, but like smart guy like that, there's no

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Speaker 1: chance that maybe it's like little humility moving ard uh.

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Speaker 1: Time will tell.

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Speaker 2: The volume.

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Speaker 1: M hmm,