0:05

Derrick Henry has a new home,

0:07

going from the Titans to the Baltimore

0:09

Ravens.

0:10

The quarterback the Vikings brought in after

0:12

Kirk Cousins headed to Atlanta.

0:14

It is Sam Darnold.

0:15

Aaron Jones becomes just the latest

0:18

former Packers star to cross the border

0:20

to Minnesota.

0:21

The Bengals all are moving on from Joe

0:23

Mixon, but they are instead of releasing

0:25

him and making him a free agent, trading

0:27

him to the Houston Texans.

0:29

It is Zach Moss headed to Cincinnati.

0:31

Darnell Mooney, the former

0:34

Bears receiver, has agreed

0:36

to terms with the Atlanta Falcon to become

0:38

a key new weapon for Kirk Cousins.

0:42

Day two.

0:45

Of the legal tampering period. Maybe we need to get

0:47

a new name for that. I know the league's trying to push

0:49

back on it.

0:50

It feels very technical because

0:52

we know the league year is tomorrow.

0:54

There's no tampering. And this makes Andrew

0:56

Ciciliano very mad. If you even say those

0:59

words, no one should those words.

1:01

Yeah, but yeah.

1:02

Ciciliana is also out here television

1:04

NFL Network yesterday saying,

1:06

oh, you cannot dip chicken

1:08

wings in any type of white song

1:11

like.

1:11

What he's got,

1:13

the platform he's allowed to espouse his

1:16

his views on all topics.

1:17

That's dangerous. Okay.

1:19

Well, from the Chris Westling podcast

1:21

studio, it's around the NFL. Dan

1:23

Hands is here with Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler.

1:27

You've already heard from all of us. We are probably

1:30

going a little nuts like the

1:32

Insiders during

1:34

these long days and long nights. And

1:36

now we are back in Los Angeles. We touched down

1:39

here about an hour ago on

1:41

a plane and I would love to say we were

1:43

put into like a almost like a

1:45

motorcade and taken straight

1:47

here, but it was a mad scramble finding a cab,

1:49

get us in the building. And yet we're

1:52

here now to give you the latest on

1:54

the league. And I would

1:56

say again, another show coming

1:59

off a wikily disappointing

2:02

award show that we're gonna get.

2:03

To later in the pot. Well, yeah, that's spoiler that

2:06

we're here.

2:07

We're here, We.

2:07

Don't we don't need accolades. We need to go on

2:10

you to work, that's all we're asking you. And for

2:12

those that think that we've gotten a little too big

2:14

for our breeches, like I am an hour

2:16

and a half removed from sitting in the very back

2:18

row of the plane where at all hours someone's

2:21

hips are hitting my ears and my head as they attempt

2:24

to go into the lavatory. So like like that,

2:26

does it sound like someone that just cares about status and

2:28

you know material?

2:29

I mean, it's always we

2:32

use the word heroes. But you know, just a little wink,

2:35

maybe it's a little uh big for yourself twist

2:37

today. It's true though, for us to get off

2:39

that plane straight from Austin and

2:42

get back into the coal mine.

2:44

The news mine's.

2:45

True and it's it's it's

2:47

funny and I think telling and I don't mind telling

2:49

the audiences because iHeartRadio and

2:52

it was the iHeart Podcast Awards. They they

2:54

were nice enough to send us down to Texas.

2:56

We go down first class, first

2:59

class. Baby Daddy's sitting there with the Miller

3:01

light, enjoying myself, plenty

3:04

of room. The guy from Workaholics with

3:06

the curly hair is sitting.

3:07

In front of us.

3:07

Yeah, took a selfie with him. Everything is Everything's

3:10

hunky, Dorry. I think there was something symbolic about

3:12

going to Texas first class, and

3:14

then on the way to the award show,

3:16

and then a day after being

3:19

pitiful losers in them and spoiler

3:22

alert, we'll talk about it later. Riding

3:24

back and coach by the toilets. I think there was something

3:26

there to dig into as well.

3:28

I think, you know, seeking humility matters

3:30

as you gain in age, and

3:33

that's certainly we discovered it today on the way

3:35

back.

3:36

All right, so much to get to So

3:39

did you have to deal with it? Because I was a couple rows ahead of

3:41

you, You have to deal with any of those people just standing

3:44

like waiting to like I said, like uppering

3:47

over you.

3:47

You know this these aircraft has gotten smaller and

3:49

smaller and people's hips haven't gotten smaller.

3:51

So I was like literally was like, you know, sleeping

3:54

during for the first time ever on most of this flight,

3:56

but kept getting jarred awake by like

3:59

the side of someone's hip, mostly typically

4:01

women's hips, just smashing me in the in the.

4:03

Ear Why women's why

4:06

why do you toil? That's

4:12

just called like the like biology, Like

4:14

it's just like in the I feel bad for them, you know, they're

4:16

just trying to do what they're trying to do.

4:18

And then but I'm also feeling bad for myself. It is

4:20

like I'm in the aisle seat you know, you lean left

4:22

a little bit and you get banged in the ear.

4:24

Did not expect like an Americans

4:26

are turning into a bunch of fatties. Take

4:29

from Matt Mark. But there you go, Matt,

4:33

I don't know crazy, all

4:35

right.

4:36

Strike that from the show. Let's

4:38

let's let's dig in.

4:39

Let's dig into everything that's happening, and let's

4:42

start with the big news.

4:45

I would say, like and hit

4:47

this out round of applause, drop because

4:50

we saw the Derreck Henry the Ravens thing coming.

4:52

But that that feels well, I'll.

4:53

Give it to us anyway, just get it, because

4:58

everybody seemed to feel like that was coming, and

5:01

then of course it did happen. Derrick

5:03

Henry, who will be going

5:05

to the Hall of Fame one day, and barring

5:07

some remarkable late

5:09

period, you don't think he's.

5:10

Going to the Hall of Fame.

5:11

I just don't like it when people just put people

5:13

in the Hall of Fame. I think he'll be at this.

5:15

I bet you like when certain people do. You just don't like that.

5:17

I did it.

5:18

Justin Graver tweeted today that he believes

5:20

he'll be a Hall of Fame.

5:21

He is, and we talk about Hall of Fame Gregory,

5:24

we talked about Canton or any sport, like

5:26

you can't tell the story of the league

5:28

without talking about a player at his position

5:31

like Derrick Henry.

5:32

I think is one of the faces of the running back position

5:34

in the last year.

5:35

Especially in this era, to do what he's done in this

5:37

era of like running back by committee.

5:39

Maybe it's just I've heard the guys like

5:42

who have the votes, their backs always

5:45

just go up when you say when you're just putting them

5:47

into the All Fame. You know that's on the one

5:49

All Pro first team, a couple second teams.

5:52

I would probably vote for him, but I'm saying he's not going

5:54

to be like a rubber stamp.

5:55

He's all right.

5:55

How about we have a couple of big years in Baltimore and it

5:57

won't be a debate because Derek Henry is now

5:59

joining the Ravens two year deal

6:02

worth up to twenty million, So there's nine

6:04

million guaranteed in his first season with Baltimore

6:06

and that might be all.

6:07

He gets guaranteed.

6:09

And if it seems like the money's

6:11

bigger for the running backs this year, I read

6:13

again, I'll quote him all the time, so I read them all the

6:15

time, Bill Barnwell, the

6:18

running backs are getting good money,

6:21

but the salary cap went up, then running backs are actually

6:23

get it. They're they're commanding less of the salary

6:26

cap for these teams percentage wise than ever

6:28

before. But you know, there's a lot of money flying

6:30

around the league now because of the cap keeps on going

6:32

upward.

6:33

I would love to know.

6:34

Let's put Eric to work early, Eric, what

6:36

was the NFL salary cap in the

6:39

twenty ten season when Mark and I

6:41

started at the company.

6:42

Can I get a guess too? Yeah, well take a

6:44

guess, no, Eric, go first, right now?

6:46

What is it too? Twenty?

6:48

No, it's to fifty to fifty.

6:50

See it's up there, all right?

6:51

So so yes, I got it already,

6:54

I said, quick Google search.

6:56

I thought he was gonna guess.

6:58

I was asking him to look at it. Why don't you guess?

7:01

Greg, Go ahead, I'm gonna go one twelve.

7:04

That sounds about right.

7:05

I'm gonna go I'm gonna go forty two. So

7:07

you said twenty ten? Correct?

7:08

Yes, So first answer.

7:10

With the owners deciding to exit the CBA in

7:13

March twenty eleven, the twenty ten season

7:15

had no salary cap.

7:17

Wow, the wait I was close.

7:18

Well, then pick a year close, Holly,

7:23

it was.

7:23

Zero and I said forty cap in two thousand and nine

7:25

to start the show over one hundred and twenty three million.

7:28

There we go.

7:28

So I got it, I said one twenty.

7:30

So did he really the dub?

7:32

Yeah, that's pretty good. All

7:34

right, let's see, I gave you a nice ballpark. That

7:36

was nice and got what's going in the right direction.

7:39

But so anyway, that's

7:41

all beside the point.

7:42

The point is that Derek Henry is a member of the Ravens

7:44

Now and everyone

7:46

is talking up and rightfully so marked

7:49

this idea that the reigning MVP Lamar

7:51

Jackson is explosive ability as an athlete,

7:53

and now you add Derrick

7:56

Henry to that mix and all that does

7:58

make a lot of sense.

7:59

I'll call you just a little bit.

8:00

I would I feel like I'd be a

8:02

little more like, oh my god, the league is in a lot

8:04

of trouble. If this was twenty twenty Derek

8:07

Henry in twenty twenty Lamar Jackson. They are a little

8:09

bit different players and entering twenty four, but

8:11

still an imposing duo and a move

8:13

that makes so much sense for Baltimore.

8:15

I love the fit.

8:16

I mean, we already we've exclaimed

8:18

that we wanted this to happen, and it's

8:21

to me, it's about the player. It's like because lesser

8:23

backs or you know, average

8:25

to better than average backs have thrived in

8:27

that system, whether it was the past Greg

8:30

Roman offense or even this year. And I think

8:32

when you add Derrick Henry to an

8:34

attack where if you're a defender or defensive

8:36

coordinator, you've got the one quarterback in the

8:38

league more than any other running quarterback outside

8:41

of Josh Allen, that you need to be hyper aware

8:43

of where Lamar Jackson is on terra firm

8:45

at all times. And now you add Derrick Henry

8:47

to the mix, it's like a double headache. And I guess

8:49

part of it is like, I don't believe that Dereck

8:51

Henry is going to fade come October November.

8:54

I believe he's got another year or two in him.

8:55

And I think that makes the Ravens about as hyper dangerous

8:57

as they've been in the Lamar Jackson era.

8:59

Right.

9:00

You can use your rush yards over

9:02

expected, you can use your broken

9:04

tackles, all these fancy stats. I sometimes

9:07

use my eyeballs. It

9:09

tells me Dereck Henry still running well. Thought

9:11

it ran well last year. I thought he ran

9:14

better than his numbers would show

9:16

on a per carry basis, although he's still

9:18

a workhorse. Still two underd Nady carries was

9:21

second in the league in yards, so he can still

9:23

get it done. And when I think of the Ravens offense, you

9:26

said it well, Mark, it's such a great place

9:29

to be for a running back, especially in the red

9:31

zone. I mean, all you gotta do is be

9:33

a Gus Edwards owner in fantasy

9:35

leagues and know when the ball is handed off

9:37

to Gus Edwards in the red zone,

9:40

it he usually just like walks into.

9:41

The end zone. No one's really around that.

9:43

Now you have Dereck Henry being the one that gets

9:45

the ball, and the Ravens are so good

9:47

at this, the running back market goes crazy.

9:50

They just kind of sit there. They clearly had a price

9:52

for Dereck Henry, they weren't going to go above it. And

9:54

somehow Derrick Henry signs for

9:57

like way less money than DeAndre Swift

9:59

and not that much more than

10:02

like Antonio Gibson and Singletary

10:04

or Pollard, and like significantly

10:06

less this year than Josh Jacobs. I don't

10:08

quite get how that all worked out,

10:11

because to me, running backs are year to year anyways,

10:14

all these guys are, and I'd rather have Henry than

10:16

any of those guys I just mentioned.

10:17

Well, let's I'm guessing maybe

10:20

of age and tread on tires, and he's not.

10:22

A third down guy all the time. But he's a receiver.

10:24

You know, I gotten good at that screen game.

10:26

I mean, you threw a touchdown against the Ravens in the playoffs.

10:28

You can throw the football.

10:29

Yeah, it's always I think he's got better as a receiver,

10:31

certainly over the last couple of years.

10:32

I would guess a lot of teams, whether

10:35

it's smart or not, are scared off

10:37

by a guy that is entering his age thirty

10:39

season. Just turned thirty in January and

10:41

has over two thousand rushes in

10:44

his career. I remember when he came into the league

10:46

and much was made about how because of

10:48

Alabama's embarrassment of riches,

10:50

he didn't get used a ton in

10:53

college in terms of workload. But he's certainly been

10:56

a bell cow guy for many years now.

10:58

So we'll see how much they

11:00

can get out of him, and if he does

11:03

have a vintage type season.

11:04

Yeah, that is scary.

11:06

And to your point about goal

11:09

line and the way it was for Gus the bus, like

11:12

maybe Lamar becomes a little bit more of a threat

11:14

running now that they have.

11:15

This, like you know, great,

11:18

I think so.

11:19

I think. I think it's got Lamar's a winner

11:21

in this absolutely.

11:22

And you got Patrick Riccard their their fullback,

11:24

who is pretty dynamic and gotten into the mix there.

11:26

They had an interesting offense.

11:27

We bring up Keaton Mitchell by the way.

11:29

Keaton Mitchell's coming out, I mean, he was incredible.

11:31

He's coming off a major injury. That was a spice

11:34

rack special Keaton Mitchell.

11:36

I don't think he actually said it on the show, so

11:38

it doesn't really care. But I don't think we had him. And

11:40

then he was texting it he had he had receipts.

11:43

I remember he was very excited about. Right, there's a paper

11:45

trick, Keaton Mitchell. And they're a very creative running

11:47

game. It's very different than when Greg Roman was there, but

11:49

very creative mauling. And

11:52

I just like when teams lean into having

11:54

a personality. It's one of the reasons why the NFL

11:57

is so great, and it's why you guys were on top

11:59

of it at this made so much sense.

12:01

It was such a Ravens move.

12:02

It makes me more excited for whatever

12:05

primetime game they put the Ravens

12:07

in right off the top of the season.

12:09

Yeah, feel very good about the Ravens, barring

12:11

catastroph catastrophic injury,

12:14

being near the top of the AFC. And then it becomes

12:16

once again, now what do we

12:18

do? How do we take that step? And maybe Henry is

12:20

a big part of taking that next step once

12:22

you get to January football all right.

12:25

By the way, the offensive line of the Ravens graded

12:27

out number six overall per PFF

12:29

last year, so he's Henry's also going into

12:32

a much better situation there as well.

12:34

Brian Burns.

12:35

We mentioned it off handedly

12:38

at the end of the show that there was something percolating

12:40

out there with some reporting around the

12:43

edge rusher from Carolina

12:45

and a potential move to the Giants, and it has indeed

12:48

gone down. Rap Sheet reported that

12:50

they make the trade, so

12:52

Burns goes to the Giants in exchange

12:55

for second and fifth round picks. Of course,

12:57

eyebrows shoot up because Burns

12:59

famously was a

13:02

target of the Rams, who were reportedly

13:05

looking to give up two first rounders or willing

13:07

to give up two first rounders to get Burns.

13:10

I believe it was last year or the year before

13:12

while they were falling apart, and.

13:15

The management at the time for the Carolina

13:17

Panthers said no thanks.

13:19

So it's a bad look obviously.

13:20

I know it's leadership changes, but organizationally,

13:23

it's a terrible look.

13:24

So it goes from two first to a second and a

13:26

fifth.

13:26

And of course the Giants then turn around and

13:29

give Burns a big new contract,

13:31

a five year extension worth a

13:33

maximum one hundred and fifty million, almost

13:36

eighty eight million guaranteed. So

13:39

Greg he's the second highest paid ed rusher

13:41

in the edge rusher in the league. He's twenty six years

13:43

old. I have to say

13:45

this about Burns. He's one

13:47

of those guys you always hear about, and he's and

13:49

this is part he's playing in Charlotte, which is the black

13:52

hole right now. Is

13:54

he as good as you kind of hear?

13:56

Is he as good as they say? Is he worthy

13:59

of that type of money when it comes

14:01

to edge rushers in football?

14:02

I think he has been, but

14:05

not last year quite as much.

14:07

And so he was coming off of an injury,

14:09

and his numbers were still good and he graded out

14:12

pretty well. Wasn't like it was a bad year. But

14:14

to me, coming off that injury, he wasn't

14:16

exactly the same player before that. Yeah,

14:18

I would say he's a top

14:21

ten edg rusher. Now he's probably at the bottom

14:23

end of that ten, but I'd rather have him

14:25

then. Let's say Daniel Hunter, who was

14:27

in this market, and he's so young, and

14:30

he's so quick off the ball.

14:32

He always rates really well in those stats

14:34

of like pressure within two and a half seconds,

14:36

and he's been in a spot where he's always

14:39

been the man getting a lot

14:41

of the attention on a team that's not

14:43

often trailing, so he gets like less opportunities

14:45

than everything, and just very dynamic.

14:48

And I don't think you

14:50

can get a pass rusher this good for any

14:52

cheaper than this. So I think it's a good

14:54

move for the Giants, and the Panthers

14:57

just weren't ready to give him that money.

15:00

I don't know it.

15:00

On some level, I'm almost confused, because you do need

15:02

good players no matter what stage of your

15:05

rebuild you're in.

15:06

If you're the Panthers, well and and and you

15:08

know understandably Panthers fans, you

15:10

know, famous ones and and civilians

15:13

are going absolutely nuts over this famous

15:15

one. There's a country singer that had like this gigantic

15:18

tweet about it was like, is this is

15:21

this organization just you know, trying to set itself on

15:23

fire essentially? But I mean, I think if you're the Giants,

15:25

because a day ago it's all about you.

15:27

Let's say you botch Saquon Barkley. You let

15:29

him go and he went to your rival, and it's like a bad

15:31

look for the Giants, who also lost Xavier

15:34

McKinney. But I would say that overall, when

15:36

you look at what they the value they got Brian

15:38

Burns for, which is a Koude talk, compared to what

15:40

the Rams were going to spend. They added John

15:42

Runyon along the line, Jermaine and mel and

15:44

you Melanor and and I don't love Devin

15:47

Singletary, but to patch up Saquon

15:49

like they had a pretty good day like they are addressing.

15:51

I think Joe Shane is a quality GM

15:54

You're.

15:54

Blocks in the building as Daniel

15:56

Jones's backup.

15:57

Well, to me, it's pretty clear that they're they're

16:00

open to maybe drafting someone too. But like I

16:02

just think that the Giants like it's not

16:04

as big of a tire fire as it appeared to be twenty

16:07

four hours ago.

16:08

Yeah, that's why with free agency, everybody's

16:10

got chill day

16:13

one. Everyone wants your team to go totally

16:15

nuts.

16:16

You just got to let it play out and see where

16:18

things stand at the end of the week. Also from

16:20

the Office of Corrections,

16:24

we got a Van Ginkle edit.

16:26

Yeah we did. I'm just I'm gonna move out of the way and you guys

16:28

could discuss.

16:28

Well, that was on me. I put

16:30

him under the Giants. I'm not sure if that

16:32

was even ever a report or just my

16:35

mistake. Throughout the day, it was always

16:37

on that rundown. Van Ginkle's

16:39

not on the Giants. I mean, if the only source

16:41

you have of news in the NFL

16:44

is the Around the NFL podcast, and you're a Giants

16:46

fan and you just made like your

16:48

own Van Ginkle jersey or posters,

16:51

who knows at home, I have bad

16:53

news for you he's a member, then.

16:54

Can I just say also, like I was surprised

16:57

because all we've been hearing on this program

16:59

is infatuation with the Van Gankle.

17:01

You would think that would not miss

17:03

your radar, Mark that you don't want to tell.

17:05

What I am the one that put it down.

17:07

I piggybacked off of.

17:09

But Mark was supposed to be the safety net with all that.

17:12

In my notes, I said, it makes sense that

17:14

he repairs with Brian Flores, and then

17:16

I was like, well, I must be wrong because he's all the giants

17:18

And it's like, no, he went back to pair with Brian

17:21

Flores, the Vikings defensive coordinator. Right,

17:23

And it doesn't it doesn't, like, you know, decrease

17:26

my belief in Van Ginkled.

17:27

The fact that we made a podcaster.

17:28

No, if anything, it's even it's a better fit for him

17:31

in Minnesota.

17:31

I like what It shook me a little bit, right.

17:33

But a true but a true, a true sports

17:35

show of the year would take a minute to you

17:37

know, say on us.

17:39

Well, they maybe wouldn't have made that mistake. Although I

17:41

think that's possible. I honestly can't remember

17:43

in twelve years of doing this podcast

17:45

where we had to come back the next day and we got a

17:47

free agent signing just completely offset.

17:49

It's pretty good.

17:50

So that that's a first I do before we

17:52

go.

17:52

Shannon Sharp has never made an error when he speaks,

17:55

that's true.

17:57

Good for him, I do. I'm just short

17:59

clicking, you know.

18:00

One, Congrats to as Mark

18:02

mentioned, Jermaine Luminor, who's

18:04

like a close a friend of our friend,

18:06

Henry Hodson, product of the International

18:09

Player Pathway at

18:11

age twenty nine, just got life changing

18:13

money two years, fourteen million dollars after

18:15

he's kind of bounced around in the league. And

18:18

what a great moment for him. But I

18:20

wanted to read this tweet. It was from Scott Barrett

18:22

on Twitter of just

18:25

if you combine the Brian's Burns, Bryce

18:28

Young, and Christian McCaffrey trades for

18:31

what the Panthers got and

18:33

what they gave up, and this

18:35

includes the trade they essentially didn't

18:37

make with the Rams, which is, you know, kind

18:39

of cheating, but it does make it fun. Here's

18:41

what the Panthers traded Caleb

18:43

Williams, assuming that's the number one overall

18:46

Pickture covers or

18:48

the number one over our pick Kristin McCaffrey

18:51

DJ Moore, a top

18:53

ten pick in the twenty twenty three draft. That was the

18:55

Rams pick the Bears drafted

18:58

to Tackle, a second round pick in the twenty twenty

19:00

three draft, a first round pick in the twenty

19:02

twenty four draft and a first round

19:04

pick in the twenty twenty five draft.

19:06

That's what they passed on. Here is what they

19:08

got.

19:09

Oh No, Bryce Young, one

19:12

year of Brian Burns, a

19:15

defensive a linebacker by the

19:17

name of DJ Johnson who was ranked one

19:19

hundred and twenty fifth at the edge position

19:22

by PFF last year, promising in

19:24

two fifth round picks.

19:26

I mean that's an all timer.

19:28

That's I mean, that is the series of

19:30

moves. And it's like, oh, it's not all the same guy. It's like, it's

19:32

your organization. That is a series of moves. As catastrophic

19:35

as I can.

19:35

I could flip it and say they're a very charitable organization.

19:38

They give to others.

19:39

And I think, as always Luke Colmbs has

19:42

his finger on the pulse because

19:44

he was the first one to point out twenty two hours

19:46

ago, no first round pick for McCaffrey

19:49

a few years back and now none for Burns.

19:50

Are we just fire bombing the whole team here?

19:53

Or what?

19:53

Right? Colembs is

19:56

right? I like that tweet.

19:57

I think he's not familiar.

19:58

With Combs's catalog, but I know he's enormously

20:01

popular.

20:02

It is the thirty seventh overall pick in

20:04

this draft. You know it's close to

20:06

being the first rounder. It's

20:09

a long road for these all right.

20:12

Anyway, somewhere Scott Fitter is

20:14

driving around like in a cream colored Porsche down

20:17

in the South.

20:17

It's like you buried one of the thirty.

20:21

I'm Daniel Jones. By the way, Drew Locke

20:23

is.

20:24

It's like a medium result of what could have happened

20:27

this offseason for your backup. They gave him five million dollars

20:29

guaranteed, which tells me, like, he'll

20:31

he'll play if you if you're not playing well, Daniel

20:33

Jones', you're not ready Drew Lock.

20:35

If I'm starting quarterback in the NFL and

20:37

they signed Drew Lock as my backup, I'm

20:39

not losing sleep, Okay, I mean Drew

20:42

Lock.

20:43

I think Mark's right. They maybe draft someone

20:46

too, but maybe if.

20:46

You have what are you like? Where

20:48

are we going about Lock?

20:50

All right?

20:50

In other news, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Joe

20:52

Mixon marriage.

20:53

Is over NFL networks.

20:54

He Rapp Report reports that Mix

20:57

and Who Diego was believed

20:59

that he was going to be waived.

21:01

Instead, they pulled the trigger on a trade so

21:03

they send him to the Houston Texans,

21:07

so his eighth season in football will be with

21:10

Houston. Of Course, the Texans, as we mentioned, lost

21:13

Devin Singletary to the Giants in free

21:15

agency. Mixon joins Damian Pierce

21:18

in that backfield now, so we'll

21:20

see what we get from

21:23

mixing mark.

21:26

On paper, it looks like a nice upgrade

21:29

for the Texans. He had over fourteen hundred yards

21:31

last year, twelve touchdowns. In

21:34

general, looked like a guy that had

21:36

been trending downward and then said no, I'm not done

21:38

yet.

21:39

So it's weird that.

21:39

This is when he gets cut but or let go

21:41

by Cincinnati, but Houston takes

21:44

on the former pro bowler.

21:46

It's not obviously not great news for Damian

21:49

Pierce. They struggled, He and the rest of

21:51

that team struggled to run the ball inside

21:53

an attack that was so promising through the air.

21:56

So I think it's a good landing spot for Mixon

21:58

to come in and upgrade. It leaves

22:00

me wondering a little bit about the Bengals

22:02

because we've got a lot of moving parts in Cincinnati

22:05

for a team that offensively was sitting

22:07

in a Super Bowl window, and it's like we're looking at wide

22:09

receivers exiting stage left. They signed

22:11

Zach Moss on a two year, eight million

22:13

dollar deal to essentially replace Joe

22:16

Mixon. I think Moss actually looked

22:18

really good in Indianapolis at stretches

22:20

last season, but that's the first season I really

22:22

felt that way about him at all.

22:23

Yeah, I'm I'm fine with that move for the Bengals.

22:26

I think they were clearly surprised that

22:28

anyone wanted to trade for Mixon because it was announced

22:30

as a release.

22:31

You thought he was gonna get cut last off season, right,

22:33

and it was.

22:34

Fourteen hundred yards and twelve touchdowns. It is not the

22:37

work of a bad running back.

22:38

No, not bad.

22:39

And the text, Look, they know

22:41

Bobby slowk and Tamiko Ryans. They

22:43

know more than I do about what they want

22:46

in their running back. I thought

22:48

he came out of the gates looking very fresh

22:50

and like, oh, the old Joe Mixon's back, and then as

22:52

the season were on, that

22:55

burst isn't there. I always loved Joe

22:57

Mixon as a as in terms of his running

22:59

style, well, you know, he came out of college and had that

23:01

questionable background and end up having a nice

23:05

career with the Bengals, but I think his best

23:07

days are behind him. And my guess is they would draft

23:09

someone too, but it's not a it's not a great running

23:11

back class. So you pair mix In probably with like

23:13

a third round pick, and Pierce is probably

23:16

in the rear. There's always one of those every

23:18

year, by the way, where like someone gets announced

23:20

as a release and someone's watching

23:22

Free Age Frenzy at home and Nick

23:24

Casiro's like, I'd give up a seventh throws and

23:26

for Mixing, I don't I like that contract.

23:28

It's fine still just twenty seven years old. Yeah,

23:31

but he's been around for a while now, and we'll

23:33

see if he could still play the guitar.

23:36

You know, Stone's a big pick up for them too. You know, he's making

23:38

more than any of these other guys they signed.

23:40

Lamar Jackson tweeted Gino Stone

23:42

instead essentially, you're gone,

23:44

You're dead.

23:45

You're dead.

23:45

There's been a lot of that going on.

23:47

With these but remember we have the conversation about

23:49

you got to be careful, like when your buddy breaks up with his

23:51

girlfriend and you bury her and then they get back

23:53

together, Like what happens if that would have fallen

23:55

through and Gino's coming back.

23:57

You're right.

23:58

It was Lamar just basically said you know,

24:00

I hate you, right, we don't advise. I think it was tongue

24:02

in cheek and serious. Also possibly

24:05

dead serious. We don't know. While

24:09

we're on the Texas just quickly. I do like their moves

24:11

lately.

24:11

They've been raiding the Titans, which is gonna be annoying,

24:13

uh Titans fans. As these alsha Here

24:15

Denico Autry. I really like

24:17

the alsha Here signing because he was with Demiko Ryans

24:20

in San Francisco. I think he's He's really good and

24:22

could have a like sneaky Pro Bowl

24:25

type season with the Texans.

24:26

They also re signed Noah.

24:27

Brown also, like, know what you're gonna get with Tanko Autry.

24:29

You know it's gonna be productions good, It's gonna

24:31

work.

24:33

It's like a lot of people are gonna be picking

24:36

the Texans to win that division.

24:37

Sneaky, like financially

24:40

h exciting career from Deniko

24:42

Autry. He's probably signed about six exciting.

24:45

I'm just saying, like you don't like you think of Kirk Cousins.

24:47

Financially active or or

24:50

actually exciting, I mean exciting, ye way,

24:52

to describe.

24:53

It, prisky, I mean, my brain

24:55

is just so off right now. But financially

24:58

lucrative, I guess, you know, adventurous.

25:02

He just keeps signing these like twelve million dollar

25:04

contracts like every other you know, he's getting it done

25:06

at age thirty. Breaking news,

25:09

whoa going

25:11

on here? Breaking news?

25:17

The Texans and Daneil Hunter are in

25:20

business. The Pell Raiser reports

25:22

that the four time Pro Bowl defensive end

25:24

is signing with Houston.

25:27

Wow credit credits rap sheet as

25:29

well.

25:30

That's the same Hunter coming off a big year

25:33

in Minnesota. He has eighty seven and a half

25:35

career sacks, and he immediately

25:37

fills the void left by Jonathan Grenard

25:40

who left for the Viking

25:42

Vikings day earlier. That's

25:45

a that's a that's a nice

25:48

plug of a hole there in quick

25:50

manner.

25:52

Interesting, They just they've chose him

25:54

over Grenard, who's you know, he's three or four

25:56

years older. He's certainly been a better player overall

25:58

than Grenard in his career year he's

26:00

you know, three four years older, two years,

26:03

but they're paying him more than Grenard is making

26:05

two two years, forty nine

26:07

million with forty eight million

26:09

guaranteed. We haven't seen many

26:11

deals like that, that short and

26:13

that big, but it's kind of perfect

26:15

in this c J. Stroud has a low contract

26:18

and they have all sorts of cap space, so

26:20

he'll be back off the books before they even

26:22

need to really worry about their cap space.

26:24

I wouldn't have minded them hanging around

26:26

with Grenard, who, like I think, showed

26:28

so much promise. But if he's departed, you've gone

26:30

and found someone to pair with Will Anderson.

26:32

And like these teams to try to get by

26:34

with one monster pass rusher, it's like you're

26:36

always going to be seeing that guy get

26:38

double on triple team. And it's like right now, like

26:41

this trend of getting two dudes they can kind of free

26:43

up each other in the inside of well, I

26:46

love it.

26:46

I mean with.

26:46

Wilkins defense yesterday, the Raiders

26:49

coaching staff gets like everyone on that defense

26:51

to play.

26:52

It's kind of niners like Ryan Burns

26:54

on Thibodeau.

26:55

Yes, it's to be able to pair two studs

26:58

cause there's a lot of trouble for a post team.

27:00

They're going to be such a trendy pick.

27:02

But it's like, oh, it all makes sense.

27:04

C J.

27:04

Stroud's their their quarterback, and you look at their defensive

27:06

line right now. They added fully Fatsukasi,

27:09

they added Autry, and now they add

27:12

Hunter along with Anderson. I had

27:14

mentioned I love the Alisha here signing

27:16

like Demico Ryans got

27:18

as far as they did without really a great defense.

27:21

I think they were kind of an opportunistic

27:23

defense and now they have a chance to step

27:25

it.

27:25

Up while cj'sdrug gets better.

27:27

That that is something a little challenge trade,

27:29

though not exactly a trade. But Vikings

27:31

say we'll take your guy. Texans says we'll

27:33

take your guy.

27:34

It's kind of interesting to think about it.

27:36

But when you look at the two South

27:38

divisions, are the will

27:40

the Texans and Falcons come

27:43

out of this offseason

27:45

as the two biggest favorites to win their division?

27:48

Yes?

27:49

Yeah, I think the biggest in any

27:51

division or just

27:53

no, in any division?

27:54

Wow?

27:55

Really I believe.

27:56

I believe the Falcons will be whether or not they

27:58

actually will be the chief No,

28:01

well, the Chiefs, yeah, the Chiefs obviously.

28:04

Who the Chiefs got in there, they get the ring.

28:07

Well, the Chargers with hardball will make it a little interesting,

28:09

but you're probably right, the Chiefs probably will come up.

28:11

I think you're talking about two teams that have shot up

28:13

the right hearts.

28:14

But after the Chiefs it might be.

28:16

To me, it might be these two divisions in terms

28:18

of like where everyone's going to.

28:19

Be pretty wild when you think about that they won three games

28:22

a year ago. But you're not wrong, they'll both

28:24

be favorites.

28:25

All right, Let's take a break and when we return

28:27

more news.

28:37

Dear Sam, I'm writing

28:39

you today to offer my heartfelt congratulations

28:41

on the beginning of a beautiful new adventure.

28:45

Six years ago, you entered my world

28:48

like an avalanche of hope. I and

28:51

many like me believed you would be our salvation after

28:54

decades in the darkness. Alas

28:56

the faiths played cruel tricks on us

28:59

all you

29:03

were treated in a careless manner and casually tossed

29:05

away as my

29:07

people floundered, you wandered. This

29:10

week's arrival with the Mighty Vikings of Minnesota,

29:15

an obvious choice for the twenty twenty four team

29:17

of around the NFL, feels

29:20

like the end of your undeserved exile

29:22

in the beginning of at long last, a

29:29

fair and true opportunity to succeed on the grand

29:31

stage. I have no doubt you will fend

29:34

off any competition, thrive in a healthy

29:36

new environment, and expose each of your

29:38

critics as the rude, thoughtless little pigs

29:40

they so clearly are.

29:42

As For myself, I will champion

29:45

you from afar.

29:45

My warm feelings tinged with the bitter sweet,

29:48

a wistful melancholy. Only former

29:51

lovers can truly understand. Safe

29:56

journey aboard your Norse longship, Sweet Prince

29:59

Skull forever, signed

30:01

your admirer from the car Sam

30:08

Donald to the Minnesota Vikings.

30:10

That the beautiful sound, the

30:12

romantic sound of the of the number two, only

30:15

lensil on the.

30:15

Only lovers, not even

30:18

like family members or just

30:20

only just physical lovers.

30:22

And if somebody's writing for your heart relationship with Sam.

30:24

The heart wants with the heart wants, and yes,

30:27

and I I

30:29

commented on this that I really have

30:32

wanted Darnald to get a true

30:34

fresh start because like what happened.

30:37

It's funny considering Baker went number

30:39

one, Sam went number three. What

30:41

Baker got last year is what all I was thinking,

30:44

even during this forty nine er season where he was like,

30:46

you know, one heart beat away from

30:48

getting into that lineup and maybe being able to

30:50

make an impact. Just wanted him to have

30:52

a chance, and he kind of has exactly

30:55

in some ways the Baker

30:57

set up now where we don't know and

31:00

he could they might go and draft somebody in

31:02

April. So I don't want to put the cart before the horse

31:04

totally. But and the contract came

31:06

out at first it was ten million, and I'm like, oh,

31:09

he's definitely their starter. We don't know how

31:11

much guaranteed money is coming into this, but

31:13

don't you just get the feeling that Kevin

31:17

O'Connell and he obviously

31:19

likes him a lot, Kyle Shanahan obviously liked

31:21

him a lot. There are people that are champions of

31:23

this guy, and they're they're believing his potential

31:26

that I would not be surprised if O'Connell wants

31:28

to see if he can get that Baker season

31:31

out of Donald and maybe reset

31:33

the franchise with a depreciated

31:36

asset who can outperform

31:39

greatly on what they signed him for.

31:40

Yeah, for like the pocket of humans

31:43

that continue to champion Darnald, and

31:45

I think there's reasons to believe.

31:48

You look at where he was with the Jets and Panthers and

31:50

say, you know, total disorganization. It

31:53

rite morphine right into total disorganization where

31:55

he was actually on the same team as Baker

31:57

Mayfield. They went into the hive and they came

32:00

back out. Baker's had his chance. This is the best

32:02

situation Donald's been in terms of the

32:05

personnel around him.

32:06

I don't put it beyond Minnesota.

32:08

They are in a rebuild mode to some degree that like they are

32:10

sitting at number eleven, it

32:12

just feels possible, maybe even likely,

32:15

that they trade up to get get up

32:17

to number five somewhere and get JJ McCarthy and

32:19

then it's Donald in a competition. But Donald

32:21

is actually I don't know if he's a perfect bridge,

32:23

but he's a guy you could you could feel excited about

32:25

seeing what he could do because.

32:26

It's that's what happens. But it's certainly

32:29

possible. They also possibility they

32:31

get Aaron Jones also, so he gets cut

32:33

loose by the Packers at

32:35

him.

32:35

I love I love Kevin O'Connell.

32:38

You know he's there's a reason he's one of the most popular

32:40

coaches in the league in terms of that that Union

32:43

poll and also the results you've seen, so

32:45

I think he has the right coach. He has the best wide receiver

32:48

in the League. He's got a running back. I think it's gonna

32:50

have a chip on his shoulder. I

32:52

think it's a pretty good setup if it happens for him

32:54

this time. Yeah, they're not done building. They

32:57

hit a home run last year

33:00

with their draft. I don't know if we're gonna have kg

33:03

Osbourne back, but I love Jordan Addison

33:05

as a two Hawkinson.

33:07

You couldn't. I get it.

33:09

The Donald Hive is out there and I

33:11

when this news happened, I just my immediate

33:13

reaction and was how obnoxious

33:16

the Donald Hive is going to be

33:18

for the next five to six months. And half

33:21

of our listeners appeared to respond

33:23

with with this here Han

33:26

shout out and and it wasn't Paul Rudd.

33:29

It wasn't.

33:29

That's why if I wanted to shout him out,

33:31

I'm not into uh,

33:34

well you do blind items on Twitter?

33:36

Well I will, but you understand why there

33:38

might have been Yeah, No, I get it, and we do the show

33:41

together. Happened to But it's it's

33:43

bigger than just Dan. It's it's

33:45

Daniel Jeremiah had later

33:47

number one overall, it's Mina

33:49

Kimes, who's you know, always thought he was

33:51

going to be great it's Nate Tice, who thinks

33:54

he's this unhair you know, quarterback

33:56

talent. It's Bill Barnwell, it's all the big

34:00

tape heads and names in the business.

34:02

They've always all believed in Sam Darnold.

34:04

And you couldn't even put him in your one oh one, and yet

34:07

you watch him play football, huh.

34:09

And it's never really happened for him.

34:11

Because the some people,

34:14

some people are able to look past the circumstances

34:17

and see even when you look at his last time as

34:19

a start at the Panthers, he puts some good tape

34:21

out there, and some of the data backs

34:23

that up, and they see that this

34:25

is a guy that has never been in position

34:28

to succeed.

34:28

And there are so many quarterbacks.

34:30

There are very few quarterbacks in the league that can

34:32

overcome ineptitude

34:35

all around them.

34:35

He's not one of them.

34:36

So I'm not saying he's going to become a top ten quarterback,

34:39

but I think he has the potential to be a guy

34:41

that's on the right side of the Dalton scale if if

34:44

he gets his chance, and I hope he does. And I

34:46

don't think you're not gonna I'm not gonna be too obnoxious.

34:49

Now I'm having fun with it.

34:51

If he if he likes in September, it could

34:53

be an issue.

34:55

I like that we get this, that this is a great

34:57

way.

34:58

If it happens again, I don't guess the Vikings

35:00

could go out and get a quarterback.

35:02

I think they're going to I do too well.

35:04

If he gets his starts this

35:06

year, it's going to put to bed something

35:08

that It's not just me. There are other people that

35:10

have always wondered, and this feels like a good,

35:13

like healthy setup for him.

35:14

The one little drama

35:17

magnet out there that kind of concerns me a little bit

35:19

is you've got to keep Justin Jefferson

35:21

happy. I mean, he's become one of those wide receivers where

35:23

it's like he can't float through his career with

35:25

poor quarterback play.

35:26

You've moved on from Kirk Cousins.

35:28

I'm sure he wasn't happy about that, and so there

35:30

is some pressure on Darnold to come in like he's

35:32

now in that thing where like your number one

35:34

star diva wide receiver needs to be fed

35:36

correctly on a weekly basis, Will you.

35:38

Want to be Jefferson's going to get fed right

35:40

and you want to be happy just listen to Quessi at

35:42

the combine saying that Justin Jefferson

35:45

deserves and will be the highest paid

35:48

player in the league non quarterback, which

35:50

is a bold statement.

35:53

You know you're only going to say that.

35:54

I think if you've already actually made that offer

35:56

and he didn't accept it and you're still like

35:58

working it out, I mean that an amazing thing.

36:00

So there's no way they are ever going

36:02

to trade him. And I think the contract and we haven't seen

36:04

the details, but whether the base salary is six

36:08

eight nine, whatever it is, to me, that's

36:10

that actually tells you exactly who he is, which is an in

36:12

between and not a backup, not a starter,

36:15

a guy you pair with your rookie, certainly

36:17

above what Baker got last year, and a lot above

36:19

what Sam Donald got last year. You only got three or

36:21

four million last year, but

36:23

someone that's not necessarily

36:25

expected to start seventeen games, that the rookie

36:27

is going to have a chance likely if

36:30

they can get one.

36:30

And Quessi, you know he's looking at

36:32

it like, you know, we think

36:35

we have something in here with him

36:37

potentially, and if he can be a league

36:39

average or better quarterback, would I rather have

36:41

Sam Donald for seven or be paying Kirk

36:43

Cousins still forty Like well,

36:46

I.

36:46

Think they did the right thing for their team. Like we talked

36:48

about that yesterday.

36:49

Yeah, when you needed to draft a new guy. Anyways,

36:51

I think that that's the smarter move. Aaron

36:53

Jones is an interesting signing, just that one

36:56

day he turns down a pay cup from the Packers

36:58

and then he joins the rival. Seen this move

37:01

before, especially with the Packers in

37:03

the Vikings and adds a little juice. I think

37:05

he was playing well at the end of last year.

37:07

Reportedly he turned down a contract with

37:09

the Packers that would have brought his salary down to four

37:11

million. He ends up getting six from the Vikings,

37:14

so he does come out ahead. He must have known

37:16

that before he did it, and now.

37:17

He can get a little revenge.

37:19

I still remember, like broadcasting

37:21

a show from home when he signed that monster

37:24

deal with the Packers, and like it just shows you that

37:26

seven hundred days later just doesn't matter.

37:28

If he's healthy.

37:30

He's in a block and change in seven hundred days

37:32

in life, especially in the end. Disturbing

37:35

by the way any Van

37:37

Ginkel Vikings takes

37:39

about where he fits in in Fangio's defense,

37:42

Well, it's Brian Flores who who knew

37:44

him so well in Miami. And I think that Van

37:47

Ginkle started to get on the radar of

37:49

the you know, the hipster Van Ginkle crowd during

37:52

that Flora's run in Miami and

37:54

then continued in a different scheme, and it's like he kind

37:56

of seems like he could fit in anything.

37:57

Certainly with the Vikings not even adding

38:00

Donald to they really are the hipster team

38:02

this year. So instead of signing cousins for all

38:04

that money, they get Donald hipster

38:06

favorite, Ben Ginkel, Blake Cashman,

38:09

Jonathan Grenard. Like they have been,

38:11

Aaron Jones had been extremely active here

38:14

in free agents, like the Silver it's like the Silver

38:16

Lake of They're not looking at it like we're taking

38:18

some huge step back. They're year three under

38:20

O'Connell. They're they're definitely trying to compete.

38:22

They just thought this was the time at quarterback

38:24

to make the change, some real team

38:27

of atn vibes never

38:29

doing just a conversation again, Well.

38:31

But no, you know what, can I argu Can I argue

38:33

why it is a conversation because like we now, it's

38:35

like you bounce away from them for like four seasons.

38:38

But we made a mistake last year.

38:40

But now this would be the year that when we don't pick them,

38:42

they thrive or or they

38:44

start three and one. We picked them and they lose seven

38:46

out of eight, which is typically what they get

38:48

in get in early.

38:50

It would be good to pick one before the season starts.

38:53

Whenever we picked midway through, like they immediately

38:55

go on a loose.

38:56

I also have a lot of fun Vikings drops, so

38:58

those are always funded.

38:59

I'm just saying it's a conversation and Vikings

39:01

fans are screaming right now out their listening device, don't

39:03

do it, don't do it.

39:05

But it just might

39:07

make the most sense.

39:08

In other news, the Falcons

39:11

speaking of Kirk Cousins, So

39:14

Cousins has a good setup. I think Donald

39:16

is a good setup where Cousins used to be. I think Cousins

39:18

has a nice setup in Atlanta because you

39:21

have Drake London as your number

39:23

one, you have Kyle

39:25

Pitts as your tight end with

39:28

number one potential, you have

39:30

Bjean Robinson who has potential

39:32

to be the best running back in the league. They

39:35

did seem to be missing that second piece

39:37

after Calvin Ridley disappeared in the

39:39

wide out game. How about Darnald

39:41

Mooney? So he lands three for thirty

39:43

nine, twenty six guaranteed. This is one of

39:45

my favorite moves greg of free agency

39:48

in the first two days. I think Mooney was a depreciated

39:51

assets. He's one year removed

39:54

from a eleven hundred yard season

39:56

with Chicago, and if you

39:58

put him in a functional offense

40:01

with a pocket passer

40:04

with elite skills like Cousins, I

40:06

think that Mooney can definitely

40:09

bounce back and become a real dude in

40:11

that offense.

40:11

I love this movie.

40:12

I do too.

40:13

He's a unique player because there just aren't

40:15

many players that get open consistently deep

40:18

down the field.

40:18

Now, he's not.

40:19

A big player, and you do see him struggle

40:21

sometimes in those contested catch situations,

40:24

but he was in a tough spot and there was a

40:26

lot of chatter of like if you just watch the Bears tape,

40:28

like he's out there getting open and they don't have

40:30

anyone. Yeah, they need a too, they need

40:32

a three and a four and a five. They are gonna

40:35

need to get active in terms of the draft and just like

40:37

getting some rotation players. But he's

40:39

someone that I think you can be confident.

40:42

It takes a full compliment of snaps and the

40:44

interest was there for him. He got a lot more guaranteed

40:46

money, for instance, than Gabe Davis.

40:48

Will see if he gets more than Calvin

40:52

Ridley when he signs tomorrow. Sounds

40:55

like he's probably gonna sign with the Jaguars, by the way,

40:57

while we're here, because if he signs with the Jaguars

41:00

Wednesday, they only have to give up a third

41:02

round pick. If he signed re signs with the Jaguars,

41:04

which would been today, they have to give up a second round

41:06

pick.

41:07

And the fact that he's just floating out there means I

41:09

don't.

41:09

Think the PA I was trying to make sense of this.

41:11

Isn't that an easy trade

41:14

term to circumvent? Yes,

41:16

like why did they doing that? But that seems

41:18

such an easy way to do it. I feel like this

41:21

was the Falcons right. This is

41:23

a why did they put the language

41:26

like that where the Jaguars could just easily

41:28

just wait an extra day?

41:30

It wouldn't surprise me if this is an issue brought

41:32

up with like the NFL management

41:34

counselor whoever decides these sort

41:36

of things. Iron it seems a little shady to

41:39

me in the Patriots probably aren't gonna

41:41

getim.

41:41

That was a side point.

41:42

But Darnel Mooney, well, two lane connection,

41:44

by the way, two lane GM, Terry Fontano

41:47

in Atlanta.

41:49

Greg, No, you didn't get rid of him, not a single

41:51

person.

41:51

Two lane wide receiver, Darnell Mooney. It's

41:53

a little green wave loyalty there.

41:55

This is not a two lane college podcast. But

41:57

I appreciate the fact that you went to school. He

42:00

hit one hundred and forty targets from in that thousand yard season.

42:02

He's only had one hundred and twenty two over

42:04

the last two years, so they I do think

42:06

that he's in for a larger role, and they slotted incorrectly

42:09

with the Falcons speaking, And I'm glad

42:11

you went to Tulane.

42:12

Greg.

42:12

That's no.

42:12

I just mean, wait, you went to Tulane.

42:14

I just mean this is probably the last

42:17

time ever there's going to be a big time of free

42:19

agent signing two lane to Tulane.

42:21

Greg. By the way, ever, I mean.

42:23

Unless Fontode goes and finds who else.

42:25

We got, don't worry. Don't worry. I won't get into

42:27

detail.

42:27

But how about some of those mega Greg reveals

42:29

on the way to the airport today about his days at Tulane.

42:32

WHOA, yeah, I thought it was confessional. WHOA

42:34

learned a lot.

42:36

At least, Jack of what stories

42:39

I have told you guys, and what.

42:41

Explosive I was happy you're here. In

42:45

other uh yeah, hold

42:47

on to your butts. Patriots talk. They

42:49

signed Jacoby Brissett, so they

42:51

add the veteran quarterback to the room, a

42:54

guy that's you know, everybody loves Jake

42:56

Briskett. I feel like we've been talking about Jake

42:58

Briskett on the show since the very

43:00

beginning, so much

43:02

so that the Jake Brisket

43:07

drop that it companies.

43:09

Yes, slice me off a piece

43:11

of that she has.

43:12

Gotten, use that,

43:15

you know, if Frags could get just a slice of royalties,

43:19

I would say it. Frag seems like she's pretty good with money

43:21

with some of these trips she takes in the summer. But you

43:24

probably wouldn't say no to more money. Now, little

43:26

mailbox cash as they call

43:28

it, she is.

43:30

I've if I've ever critiqued her to

43:32

her face.

43:32

It was like, why aren't you actually becoming a voiceover

43:35

artist in our town here in Hollywood?

43:37

You right be making total bank A lot of competition

43:39

as Zumwhalt. That's a lot before yeah,

43:42

struck old with our company. Jay

43:44

makes seven million a year doing voice for us. Uh,

43:47

it was it was a grind because there's so much

43:50

competition, you know that Zumwalt. I

43:52

went with him once. This is years

43:54

ago, would have been two

43:56

thousand and eight. We

43:58

were living in Hollywood, and I

44:01

drove Jayden know how to drive the

44:03

jot or he didn't have his license at.

44:04

The time, so fourteen, Like.

44:07

Jay's your age around okay, so

44:10

he's you know, he's not a kid. So

44:12

I drove him and we drove

44:14

to a studio, like

44:17

a production studio in Culver City,

44:21

and I just sat in on a

44:23

recording session where Jason had to redub

44:25

all of Steven Sagal's lines to some

44:27

like straight to video made

44:30

in Korea film or made in Russia film

44:33

at the time. And so just

44:35

imagine watching Jason Zumwolt

44:37

the Voice of God and around the NFL making

44:40

grunting sounds in the in the voice

44:42

of Steven Sagal for three hours.

44:44

It was amazing.

44:47

Can we purchase this tape? I want to watch this.

44:49

So that's the life of a voice over.

44:51

I must need to leave the room right now, just

44:53

too much.

44:55

Also the voice of Roman Bellic and Graham Theft

44:57

Auto's mega fan. No,

45:00

all right, let's get back on track, a

45:02

little zumwalt, shout out. Jake

45:06

Briskett is in the room. He's a quarterback.

45:09

Pat's gonna take out quarterback number three overall.

45:12

Maybe probably so Jake is

45:14

in there as a great veteran alongside

45:16

a young quarterback that is coming in now that Mac

45:18

Jones is out of the picture with Jacksonville. They also

45:21

resigned offensive lineman Michael Whennu.

45:24

I think I got it, you got it Yeah,

45:26

to a three year.

45:27

Fifty seven million dollar contract, thirty eight million

45:29

guaranteed. That's nice money. They also

45:31

resigned Josh Uce on a one year deal.

45:35

He wanted to stick around. He wanted to stay

45:37

with the Patriots. Calvin Ridley reportedly is

45:41

looking potentially going to give up money that

45:44

the Patriots want to give him to stay in Jacksonville.

45:46

There's a report out there right that the Pats

45:48

are hot for Ridley, but Ridley's not so

45:50

hot for the Pats, and he wants to stay in Jacksonville.

45:52

So Patriots active today.

45:55

Look if their plan here is

45:57

to bring me

45:59

back in, get me, get me

46:01

more.

46:01

In fact the way, and the only.

46:02

Reason you're out is because you don't go to the super Bowl

46:04

every year now, which is always a little bit of an underreported

46:08

aspect of Greg's not a big fan.

46:10

As soon as I said

46:13

it on this show, everyone was.

46:14

Very bad fandom upset.

46:16

It wasn't so much Bail. It's just like we've

46:18

hit the peak. It's you're you're a little less into it.

46:21

Tom Brady's gone. What are you gonna?

46:23

What are you going to replace Tom Brady?

46:25

How about replace him with one of the guys that actually

46:27

started for him, went while he was serving his

46:30

UH suspension back in the day,

46:32

with some exciting moments as a rookie. I

46:34

mean, you get Jake Brisket in the building and

46:36

then you get either Drake may or

46:40

Jayden Daniels and you got the perfect

46:43

quarterback tuitor that that is

46:45

an exciting combo. And I do like they kind of they

46:47

kept. This is very different than the belichicker.

46:49

They kept the players that I would want them

46:51

to keep, ended up only signing for one year

46:54

three million. Mike car Fullo says he passed up money

46:56

to stay elsewhere but he probably passed up like second

46:59

year money and he's betty on himself to have a

47:01

bigger year. But it is interesting to me that these

47:03

guys want to stay with Mayo

47:05

and I really like a whnu. I mean, he's been their

47:07

best offensive lineman, most consistent versutill.

47:09

Over the last couple of years. So it's like they keep the guys they

47:11

like. They bring in the guy like I see

47:14

you, gird Mayo, see I see what you're

47:16

doing. And their front office it's not just a one

47:18

man from Elliott Wine, but it's probably not your Mayo.

47:20

But I think Brissette Brissett is lineage

47:22

Preset's the perfect person for this situation

47:25

and like he's proven he can do this over and over.

47:27

And it's notable that like true

47:30

Alex van peld is a true offensive coordinator

47:33

like he was under Stefanski during that year, that he's

47:35

like Presett shine in Cleveland, but he went

47:37

after Baker and or you know, at least reportedly,

47:40

and he knows what he's getting in Jacoby Brissett.

47:42

Jacoby Brissett is a celebrated like Kevin

47:44

Stefanski called him, like the best teammate's ever

47:47

observed in a locker room. So this Patriots

47:49

team could use a little bit of that and whatever

47:51

rookie they draft, and I assume they will. It's

47:53

the perfect kind of path from there here A to

47:55

B.

47:56

And it's similar money to Darnold. I think he's getting

47:58

eight million. I think they

48:00

are gonna we aren't gonna know what they're doing.

48:02

I'm gonna guess until Draft week or Draft

48:05

night. I think they're they're leaving themselves.

48:08

Some will go room here. If someone gives

48:10

them a godfather offer, they might say,

48:12

let's.

48:13

Move down, let's pick up a bunch of picks.

48:15

Who knows, Maybe we'll take a second or third round quarterback

48:17

and we just go with that for now.

48:19

If we're not in love with who's there at three.

48:22

If Jake Briskett is one of the best

48:24

veteran quarterbacks you'd want in a room with a

48:27

young, hotshot rookie, I would say among lower

48:29

on the list would be Marcus Mariota, who quit

48:31

on his team a couple of years ago, but

48:34

apparently keeps getting hired, so people

48:36

must like the guy. I don't get it. The Commanders

48:39

agree to terms with Marcus

48:41

Mariota on a contract that's worth

48:44

up to six million, which is again, you

48:46

what has Mariota done in.

48:47

The last eight years in this league?

48:49

If everyone wants anything's to fix these high

48:51

quarterbacks.

48:52

What is a pretty pick privilege? It's I mean,

48:55

they called it. So he's

48:57

the number two pick is going to Washing team. They're gonna

48:59

obviously take a quarterback. So this

49:01

is bad news for Sam Howell, who went from

49:04

midway through last season. Oh maybe Sam

49:06

Awl is the long term answer too. I don't

49:08

even know if he's on the team anymore the

49:10

way this looks. So that's one big move for Washington

49:13

or a move for Washington. The other one would be Austin

49:16

Eckler, and this is man, it

49:19

is tough out there for running bas because

49:21

Eckler went from scoring twenty touchdowns a year

49:24

for a run there too, having a down contract

49:27

year in twenty twenty three and

49:29

he signed a two year deal with

49:33

the Commanders. Not a lot of

49:35

sizzle there, worth up to eleven

49:37

point four to three million, less

49:39

than five million total in twenty

49:42

twenty four. So that is obviously when Eckler

49:44

was holding out last summer and he was like,

49:46

look at my production, Look who I am. The

49:48

worst case scenario camp true is short of getting a

49:51

catastrophic injury, which is he didn't play

49:53

as well, the tape didn't look hot, and then he didn't get

49:55

paid very well.

49:56

But at least he got a job. Could have been worse.

49:57

There were guys last year, if you remember, like the Dalvin Cooks

50:00

the world, that hung out all through the offseason

50:02

looking for a job.

50:03

Eckler gets paid, but not what he wanted.

50:05

I mean, Antonio Gibson out the door to

50:07

New England.

50:08

So you pair him with Brian Robinson.

50:10

I think, you know, reading some stuff that Deckler

50:13

put out there today on he's pretty active on social

50:15

media, seems highly motivated

50:17

to kind of wipe away the narrative from last year and what happened

50:20

on a bad Chargers team.

50:21

I don't hate it.

50:22

And this is a team also from a you know, from the

50:24

Mariota standpoint. Absolutely, they're

50:26

drafting a quarterback just I mean, I'm just assuming

50:29

that without any question at this point. And

50:31

there's whispers that Howell if someone

50:33

else wanted to make something out of them,

50:35

that they would maybe move.

50:36

Howell, which to me, he'd

50:38

be a fun backup.

50:39

I think so too.

50:40

To add to the mix, look, motivation

50:42

has never been an issue for Austin Eckler. That dude

50:45

is max out his career

50:47

in a way that very few players

50:49

his side undrafted. I mean, he's

50:51

had an incredible career. So I

50:54

don't know if Trian Harder's

50:56

got to get it done for him. I'm not excited about

50:58

that backfield. Claire and

51:01

Brian Robinson, they've been incredibly active.

51:04

Dan Brandon McManus,

51:06

there is a kicker changing teams. Is a commander.

51:09

Dante Fowler is a commander. Nick

51:11

Alligretti, the guy who you might remember

51:13

stepped in in the Super Bowl for the Chiefs

51:16

the last couple of games, he's a commander.

51:18

Cleveland fur All a lot of Super

51:20

Bowl you

51:22

know experience.

51:23

And then Jeremy Chin That

51:25

that's one that I like out of all these just as kind

51:28

of a bit of a flyer. One year five million

51:30

had a nice early couple of years for the p.

51:32

Turning that roster over.

51:34

And yet until they

51:36

need this quarterback to hit, until

51:38

they get the new quarter They got the owner out.

51:42

Now they got to get the quarterback right.

51:43

And then there's just something so

51:46

gray to me with that team and they need that

51:49

that someone to kind of electrify the team, and I

51:51

know the fans feel the same way.

51:52

It is a good sign that a bunch of players followed

51:54

dan Quinn from Dallas to

51:57

Washington, and like, this is a team that I feel like, especially on

51:59

Ron River, it's just plug in aging

52:01

veteran milk toast quarterback for like two

52:03

thousand years in rows, Like it's a new experience

52:05

for them to go draft to Brooks.

52:06

I mean, it might work out for the Patriots, but

52:08

that win over the Broncos

52:11

on whatever it was, Saturday night

52:13

or Sunday night, it was like Christmas Eve and

52:16

the fact that that you couldn't win one game

52:18

down the stretch Ron RIVERA like, how did that team

52:20

turn into a four win team? They go

52:22

and steal that two pick and they're sitting pretty.

52:25

That's stiff kicker, yours pipe's won

52:27

with the game on the line after.

52:28

Like missing fourteen kicks earlier.

52:29

That's right. It does

52:32

annoy me.

52:32

I wish they had their welcome welcome to how the other

52:34

half lived, Greg, it's not fun, all

52:37

right?

52:37

One more before we take a break.

52:39

Patrick Queen, the linebacker, former first round

52:41

pick of the Ravens who had a breakout

52:43

season last year. Once

52:46

Rokwan Smith hit the scene in Baltimore,

52:48

he was able to leverage that not into a new

52:50

deal with the Ravens, but a contract

52:53

with the rival Steelers three years

52:56

worth.

52:57

Up to forty one million.

52:58

I don't know what the real money is, but Queen

53:01

goes to Pittsburgh another one mark that just

53:03

makes sense.

53:04

Well, it's too if there's two teams

53:06

I could pick the league wide to make,

53:09

you know, good use of these signings, Like it's it's

53:11

Pittsburgh and it's the Ravens. It does feel like

53:13

this is the free agency mailstrom

53:15

where like you're getting a lot of like player

53:18

goes from A to rival B and

53:20

like there's some juicy storylines. You can already see

53:22

that, Like when you know when Patrick Queen's

53:24

lined up against the Ravens and Lamar Jackson

53:26

in like Week three on Sunday Night Football, that's

53:29

your storyline going in there.

53:30

This this Steelers regime has really

53:32

struggled to fix this inside linebacker

53:35

position, something they used to be known for, and they've just

53:37

been throwing good money after bad. They

53:39

finally got a little more aggressive. They're

53:41

usually not too aggressive in free agency, but

53:44

the real money really is like a one year,

53:46

fourteen million dollar contract. I think Patrick

53:48

Queen would be high on the list of like guys

53:51

who were most disappointed by the

53:53

market he had when he got to

53:55

free agency, Jordan Brooks, Frankie

53:58

Luvu. They got better, but

54:00

really all the off ball linebackers, none of them

54:02

like hit it too big.

54:04

All right, let's take another break and we will continue

54:06

on.

54:06

Before we take a break, let's do a little breaking

54:08

news perfectly time.

54:09

Breaking bangs.

54:12

Bangs.

54:13

The Steelers are sending wide

54:15

receiver Deontay Johnson to

54:18

the Caroline Panther. Hey,

54:21

Bryce Young actually has a

54:23

wide receiver.

54:24

That's good.

54:24

That's a good trade. I don't even know what the terms are.

54:26

We don't.

54:27

Nobody knows yet. Man, the Panthers

54:29

need juice. Adam Thielen he for

54:32

you know, all the tread on his tires. He

54:34

put together a nice season for them, but they obviously

54:37

need to fill the DJ Moore hole. And you

54:39

know, does Deontay Johnson Is he

54:41

a knucklehead?

54:42

Like?

54:42

Is he a guy that you could trust to

54:44

be your your down to down

54:47

number one dude and anchor of the offense.

54:49

We'll see, But he certainly has a talent. Now he gets

54:51

open and we've got an update. It is a quite

54:54

interesting trade, A player for player trade

54:56

Deontay Johnson and

55:00

a late pick. I

55:02

think it's pick two forty what round

55:04

is that sixth?

55:05

Probably?

55:06

And then the Steelers get Dante Jackson,

55:08

very confusing Deontay Johnson for Dante

55:11

Jackson. We give him a new name too, Dante

55:13

Jackson, who is a kind of an up and down

55:15

cornerback, but good when he's good, been good. And

55:18

pick one seventy two,

55:20

So the Steelers get one

55:22

seventy eight, they get a Day

55:24

three move up in the draft, and they get a cornerback

55:27

in exchange for Deontay Johnson.

55:29

I mean cornerbacks. They need cornerbacks in

55:31

Pittsburgh. I get it.

55:32

I think this seems Dante Jackson fits

55:34

for the Steelers. I really think he

55:36

does.

55:36

It looks like a nasty sort of thing, really like

55:38

Deontay Johnson.

55:39

I mean that's I like Johnson, But I think if you're

55:41

if you're inside the Steelers like world.

55:43

Deontay Johnson had those weeks last

55:46

year where he was, you know, accused of not putting

55:48

in full effort, and I wonder if he burned Bridges.

55:50

I mean, you know, he's here right, talked about in trades for a while,

55:52

so it's like.

55:53

But it's bitterly disappointing because he's

55:55

so talented. But

55:57

he I mean, his act obviously is

56:00

what got him sent out of town, you know, and

56:02

geez that. So the Panthers

56:04

are taking a little bit of a roll the dice there in

56:06

terms of who you're bringing in.

56:08

But if it works, I

56:11

think it's a good trade.

56:12

Yeah.

56:12

They It is so hard

56:15

to get wide receivers, which is why throwing

56:17

DJ more of all people into that trade

56:20

I think really hurt Carolina.

56:21

They felt.

56:22

I mean, they need they need two more, but you

56:24

can't start getting two to three good ones without one

56:26

first. And he he gets open.

56:28

I mean, he is a reception perception favorite. We've

56:30

got another bit of breaking news. I think

56:32

it's not

56:34

it's not Carolina, but it is a

56:37

fun one. You know, during

56:39

the show, the top guy left on my top

56:41

one oh one, daneil Hunter, he got

56:43

taken off the guard. Now it's

56:45

the second, the number two guy on the list

56:48

or number three, Chauncey Gardner. Johnson is

56:50

returning to the Eagles on

56:52

a three year deal.

56:53

Isn't that nice? Up to took a little one year

56:56

break. There you go. Eagles

56:58

are like, ooops, we messed up. Come home.

57:01

They do feel like they messed up. I think with that James Bradbury

57:04

contract they could have just given that money to

57:06

Chauncey Gardner Johnson last year.

57:08

But oh well, isn't a nice one. You could correct

57:10

your error like that, like us with Van Ginkel.

57:12

How many he's only been He's only twenty six

57:14

years old, and it he has bounced around.

57:16

But that was a perfect spot for

57:18

them.

57:19

And their secondary was rough

57:21

last year, like as exciting as they were or

57:24

they look offensively. I still have questions

57:26

about the defense, but this helps.

57:28

Yes, that late season collapse was almost

57:30

unique, like you have not seen anything like that

57:32

from where they started to where they finished. So

57:35

changes are being made in Philly and we'll see what happens.

57:37

Let's take a break and we will finish

57:39

out the news

57:42

and now another edition of NFL

57:45

Media Insiders, Friends

57:48

or Foes. Cowboys

57:53

Receivers.

57:55

Okay out, never mind, go ahead?

57:58

It was mad.

58:02

Got it?

58:02

Mike it he ends up paying attention.

58:04

I'm talking. I'm not even on the screen. It's the voice

58:06

of God. It's the voice

58:08

of God.

58:09

Tell me about something.

58:11

Else, please.

58:14

A couple of days.

58:18

Oh my god, we're live, guys.

58:20

I mean they're not. We're not going to tape.

58:22

They're getting worn down with a you know, a barrage

58:25

of news that seems to never end. I feel like the only

58:27

one thing is is what life

58:29

is about at this point, it's just NFL transactions.

58:31

Let's hear another one, got another one. It's

58:34

a good app so far.

58:35

You know, Andrew if I May,

58:38

is usually the most buttoned up, the

58:40

most on the money of us all.

58:42

So when even he is just.

58:44

Like my bye by bad, I thought it

58:46

was, you know, it's coming unraveled, and

58:48

and that that worries me because we still got a

58:50

couple of days left.

58:51

I mean, Josie Jewel got us off

58:53

the tracks.

58:54

Yeah, Josie on the tracks.

58:57

The You almost have to say

58:59

that our critique yesterday on

59:02

various platforms.

59:02

I'll say hour you mean, well, no, I made it

59:04

a little personal, and I was I was taking I.

59:07

Wouldn't have gone there like out of pocket, but

59:09

when the topic came up, I went down the road. But it's like

59:11

it was a bit of a flashpoint. Focus

59:13

on some level a media like an understated

59:16

because it just seems to be growing and growing.

59:18

Like, wait, you're saying this could be the beginning

59:20

of the end for the inside.

59:21

No, I'm just saying that last it's

59:24

twenty four hours later, and that tension seems

59:26

to be only rising.

59:27

Right.

59:27

You could also say an entire segment

59:29

on the show called NFL Media Insiders,

59:32

friends or foes might be teasing

59:34

this as well.

59:36

That's true.

59:36

It's a good point.

59:39

It's a concern.

59:40

It would be good to do a flashpoint focus on

59:42

the insiders and just have one of them one.

59:47

Mike g unvarnished.

59:49

But Mike G also like like what

59:51

I love is he's willing to be just a tad remove from

59:54

some of the deeper what it seems to be going on there

59:56

from what we can tell, and he

59:58

could give us, you know, not a one sided opinion,

1:00:00

but sort of.

1:00:01

Maybe we can get my maybe we'll get make on next

1:00:04

week. I'm sure he'd be to discuss

1:00:06

the status. I think that actually would. He

1:00:09

might get a text about it after the appearance. But all

1:00:12

right, let's get back into it.

1:00:15

Uh bye, By so

1:00:18

yes, Tyrod Taylor leaves

1:00:20

the Giants. He gets replaced by

1:00:24

Drew Locke. The Jets ruined

1:00:26

their season last year. That's not a That's not

1:00:28

an overstatement by

1:00:31

not addressing quarterback behind

1:00:34

Aaron Rodgers, by by going with Zach

1:00:36

Wilson, who had given them no indication of

1:00:39

an ability to play starting

1:00:41

quarterback in the NFL at a high level through two

1:00:43

years, to then say he was the backup and

1:00:46

in only the Jets moment Rogers

1:00:48

blows his achilles, We're gonna get to Rogers in a second

1:00:52

on the fourth play of the season. Wilson is a train

1:00:54

wreck. They end up using a bunch of quarterbacks. Season

1:00:56

ruined with the great defense.

1:00:58

Tyrod Taylor now joins the Fray, and Tyrod

1:01:01

Taylor is like the

1:01:04

backups backup like he is if

1:01:06

Jake briskett Is is

1:01:08

president of the Backups Club, Tyrod

1:01:11

Taylor might be vice president like Aaron Rodgers

1:01:13

might be vice president soon. But

1:01:16

like I love like

1:01:18

Tyrod is a backup, I don't like durability

1:01:20

concerns.

1:01:21

We already have a forty year old quarterback.

1:01:23

But I can't say anything else other

1:01:25

than okay, you've professionally filled

1:01:27

the backup spot this year. Unlike

1:01:30

last year Joe Douglas. So from that, from

1:01:32

that standpoint, good job

1:01:35

by the Jets. They also address their offensive

1:01:37

line in some way. Ravens guard

1:01:39

John Simpson, who is a starter for all

1:01:41

nineteen games for them last year, he

1:01:44

gets signed to a contract, so he immediately

1:01:46

becomes one of their starting guards. And they also

1:01:48

take a flyer on former forty nine ers first

1:01:51

round picture von kin Law, who

1:01:53

signs a one year deal with the team.

1:01:57

Love Tyrod loved the bizarre transformation

1:01:59

he made love the Jets agreeing with

1:02:01

me and not Nick Westling, who who thought

1:02:03

Tyrod was way too high in the ranks. He was like

1:02:05

eighty something. It's like, calm down Tyrod

1:02:08

used to be. You know, in my mind,

1:02:10

Tyrod was always overly safe,

1:02:12

Like he can run and

1:02:15

he's got a good arm, but he's just like very conservative.

1:02:17

And then when he came in last year, he was like, this

1:02:19

career might be ending soon. I'm gonna turn into Ryan

1:02:22

Freakin Fitzpatrick. He led the NFL

1:02:24

by far according to PFF in big

1:02:26

time throw rate.

1:02:28

He was slinging the pill.

1:02:29

Seventeen big time throws in very limited

1:02:31

sample size. But you know, if you

1:02:33

if it's anyone over fifty dropbacks

1:02:35

in league he had. He had a couple hundred, easily

1:02:38

number one. And it's a good list too. It's

1:02:40

Stafford, Josh Allen, Gino, Dak,

1:02:42

you know, Trevor Lawrence.

1:02:43

Like it's a good list. He's slaying

1:02:45

it and and he's.

1:02:47

Like the hoole Zach Wilson thing beyond

1:02:49

Like his actual play, it was just

1:02:51

a weekly storyline and there was drama

1:02:53

and then at some point he and Rodgers you're hearing about

1:02:55

worn as close as you thought. It's like Tyrod

1:02:58

Taylor brings zero drama and the Jets could you a

1:03:00

player like that? Just he's not going to get

1:03:02

into the headlines as far as we know. Probably he will,

1:03:04

that's how it works. But he also seems to get hurt

1:03:06

like well, right, historability is

1:03:08

like is a continuing narrative everywhere

1:03:10

he goes.

1:03:11

But hopefully he doesn't have to play at all.

1:03:13

And John Simpson a nice little moller

1:03:16

you know, will blow up, blow up

1:03:18

by your opposing defensive lineman

1:03:20

with some splash blocks some.

1:03:22

Of his his pop the hood analytics

1:03:24

suggest he is after an up and down

1:03:26

star to his career, maybe a good signing, so I

1:03:28

hope. So now Aaron

1:03:30

Rodgers is still the QB one. Ostensibly

1:03:33

he hasn't really played for them yet, but we get everything

1:03:35

else with Aaron Rodgers, including

1:03:38

this from the New York Times. Hit it Eric the

1:03:41

New York Times. This is the headline

1:03:43

that broke, That broke. About an hour and a half

1:03:45

ago, Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura

1:03:49

top RFK Junior's list for running

1:03:51

mate.

1:03:52

Here's the lead by Rebecca Davis O'Brien.

1:03:55

Robert F.

1:03:56

Kennedy Junior has recently approached the NFL

1:03:58

quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former min

1:04:00

governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura

1:04:03

about serving as his running mate on an independent

1:04:05

presidential ticket, and both have welcomed

1:04:08

the overtures. Two people familiar

1:04:10

with the discussions said, we

1:04:12

have a lot of overseas listeners. It

1:04:14

is almost a certainty that it will

1:04:17

be Donald Trump versus Joe Biden

1:04:19

in the November presidential election.

1:04:21

One of those two guys will most likely become president.

1:04:24

RFK who seems like a nut

1:04:27

and is a big anti vaxxer and

1:04:29

all that other stuff, and I don't

1:04:31

even care enough. Don't come at me with Actually

1:04:33

RFK is good. I don't care. Just take

1:04:35

it somewhere else. He will.

1:04:40

He's the ross perrot of this election for

1:04:42

people that are old enough. Can he take votes

1:04:44

away from one of these the

1:04:47

Democrat of the Republican So he does potentially

1:04:49

have a big role in this election. And

1:04:51

the fact that Aaron Rodgers potentially is

1:04:54

mulling the idea of being vice president tells

1:04:57

me again, and let you know

1:04:59

that I'm on record. I've said I said it a month

1:05:01

ago on the show. I feel terribly about this upcoming Jets

1:05:03

season. Aaron Rodgers who came out and

1:05:05

said after the year, no more distractions.

1:05:08

Now he's in talks to be a vice

1:05:10

presidential candidate. And

1:05:12

by the way, when Mark is the president, but

1:05:15

right in.

1:05:15

The heart of the NFL season and when it takes

1:05:17

months and months and hours and hunt.

1:05:20

This is the very beating heart of the

1:05:22

election process, when you're on the run up

1:05:24

to the election and you're traveling criss crossing

1:05:26

the country.

1:05:27

The autumn into late autumn, and then you

1:05:29

remember October.

1:05:31

So I mean, Aaron, come back

1:05:33

to us number one for even kind

1:05:35

of allowing this to get to this point. But I'm sure

1:05:38

he will explain it in a way that makes sense to

1:05:40

him. The fact that it's coming from The Times

1:05:42

and is reported by all the highest or

1:05:45

most respected media outlets.

1:05:47

He said it.

1:05:48

He's on record saying that that

1:05:51

those are those are at the top of his list, and he's

1:05:53

talking to Rogers consistently.

1:05:55

Rogers, you know, just a few years ago was quoted scene

1:05:57

I'm an athlete, not an activist, and

1:06:00

you know, said he didn't want to be treated

1:06:03

that way. Now he has a legitimate

1:06:05

chance to be the vice presidential

1:06:08

candidate. And this isn't just like

1:06:11

like lately in American politics, when there's

1:06:13

a third or fourth party on the ballot,

1:06:16

they don't.

1:06:17

Get any meaningful vote.

1:06:19

It can be anywhere from like less than one

1:06:21

percent to you know, two to three percent something like that. At

1:06:23

least right now, you know, it appears

1:06:25

that RFK Junior has

1:06:27

a chance to get like a side, not a chance

1:06:30

to win, but a chance to get a sizeable

1:06:32

part of the electorate to vote for him anywhere

1:06:34

you know, from ten to twenty percent something like that, and

1:06:36

Aaron Rodgers might be on that ticket.

1:06:39

Can't fix stupid.

1:06:40

I can't imagine this was actually.

1:06:41

He's married to Cheryl Curb your Indea,

1:06:43

yeah, something, I think that she'd be We probably should stop

1:06:46

talking.

1:06:46

I wouldn't be terribly I

1:06:49

mean, I'd be disappointed by the overall boondoggle

1:06:53

when it was over. But if

1:06:55

Rogers decided to retire tomorrow

1:06:58

to take this run

1:07:00

seriously with Kennedy, I

1:07:03

don't think that would be the worst thing for the Jets.

1:07:05

What if he runs ani plays for the Jets.

1:07:08

Nothing's off the table right now. In

1:07:11

a weekly McAfee appearance becomes

1:07:13

like his stumping instead of traveling the country.

1:07:15

He just well, actually, because if you were, like, you're

1:07:17

voting for a quarterback who could be like unfurling

1:07:20

heroics every Sunday versus clunky speeches,

1:07:22

it might be a better place for vice presidents

1:07:24

to aren't seen in high esteem typically.

1:07:26

Does this sound like anybody you know in the NFL?

1:07:29

Mister Kennedy seventy as in recent

1:07:31

years become prominent for his vaccine skepticism

1:07:34

and his promotion of conspiracy theories about

1:07:36

the federal government and public health

1:07:38

apparatus.

1:07:39

Hmm, yeah, there seems to be

1:07:42

it's a you know, there's a match there.

1:07:44

Mark, Greg You're saying, let's move on. But that's

1:07:46

the news, dude, this is in the New York Times.

1:07:49

Bra It's

1:07:51

crazy, man.

1:07:52

Wow, yeah, this

1:07:55

isn't us just like shooting from the hip.

1:07:56

Right, No, No, I know, but we're gonna get the

1:07:59

there is you know, we're

1:08:01

gonna hear from the RFK junior Bros. And there's

1:08:03

no group that's more annoying I

1:08:06

get. I guess maybe the Aaron Rodgers bros. They're

1:08:09

all is one. Lions gave up,

1:08:11

let's move on. Okay, the

1:08:14

Lions got Carlton Davis.

1:08:17

To receive Carlton.

1:08:18

Davis, they gave up a twenty twenty four third

1:08:21

round pick and two six So

1:08:23

that's a nice move by Detroit, who

1:08:25

really need to make upgrades to their

1:08:28

defense and Davis helps there. They also added

1:08:30

Marcus Davenport and cornerback

1:08:33

A Meek Robertson, so the

1:08:35

operation in Detroit making moves as

1:08:37

well.

1:08:38

Little surprising that the Bucks

1:08:40

did this, but it just was kind of a cap

1:08:43

move. Carlton Davis is a number

1:08:45

one type of cornerback when he's right,

1:08:47

but like so many cornerbacks, it's a tough position

1:08:49

to like. Pick a guy long term, he'll

1:08:51

look like a pro bowler one year and kind of disappoint

1:08:53

the next. He's had some injury issues, but little

1:08:55

surprising. The Bucks gave up on him, Like.

1:08:57

If Aaron Rodgers retired, my

1:09:00

choice have to be soon.

1:09:01

By the way, he'd have to get like the guaranteed

1:09:03

money goes away, right, Like that goes

1:09:06

back into the coffers.

1:09:07

I would say one thing about him. I think he would not try

1:09:10

to fleece the Jets financially.

1:09:11

I think he would.

1:09:12

He says he had some interview. He says he wants to play

1:09:14

four more years lately recently.

1:09:16

No, he's talking about being president. Yeah, he wants to do someone else for

1:09:18

more years. Arah, I'm

1:09:21

Robert F. Kennedy. Rah Rah, welcome

1:09:26

Aroon to the stage.

1:09:27

Arah Rah, All right.

1:09:29

Uh.

1:09:30

The Seahawks Keith Leonard

1:09:32

Williams and uh tight end Noah

1:09:34

Fan they bring him back on new deals. The

1:09:36

Dolphins also staying busy, signing

1:09:38

line linebacker Jordan Brooks, Shaq Barrett,

1:09:41

Mark, senator Aaron Brewer,

1:09:44

and linebacker Anthony Walker.

1:09:47

Dude, Dolphins fans, it's not all doom and

1:09:49

gloom. You're still making making

1:09:51

moves.

1:09:52

You like the Shaq Barrett signing, Mark I

1:09:54

was like, I was officially wrong about

1:09:56

Shaq Barrett about a half a decade ago when I thought

1:09:58

like he had that one five cent game where I was like, it's

1:10:00

just sort of a flash in the pan. He was much

1:10:03

more than that pro bowler.

1:10:04

Super Bowl.

1:10:04

Yeah, like an anchor to a super Bowl winning team.

1:10:06

So X marks the spot on a bad

1:10:09

opinion by me have a Decadey's.

1:10:10

A nice signing a bad opinion.

1:10:13

I also would say, is

1:10:15

let's team up Jameis Winston with Deshaun

1:10:18

Watson on the same in the same quarterback room.

1:10:20

Did you read what Jameis Winston

1:10:22

said?

1:10:22

No, so he basically.

1:10:26

He had other offers,

1:10:29

and he said he wants to go to Cleveland specifically,

1:10:31

he feels like it's almost like a spiritual calling to

1:10:33

go and work directly with the Shawn

1:10:36

Watson. It's a very Jamis Winston

1:10:38

social media posting it out there.

1:10:39

But like that's why you chose.

1:10:41

To like be his Bengali or I think

1:10:43

to like to help him guide

1:10:45

him spiritually, help him grow.

1:10:48

That was the Jamis Winston. Yes, that was the intonation.

1:10:50

If you read, well, he I.

1:10:51

Don't know if you've seen he's he's done

1:10:54

some pastor type work. There were some

1:10:56

great clips of him

1:10:58

speaking in church while

1:11:00

holding a baby and making a very that's

1:11:02

good thrilling talk.

1:11:05

Weird weird Q bed the.

1:11:06

Baby get intercepted shortly thereafter.

1:11:09

Very thrilling. I

1:11:12

mean, he's a legend.

1:11:13

That is uh gonna go down

1:11:15

as one of the best last snaps ever.

1:11:17

That's a great way to you knew it was over and

1:11:21

he had the fakes that the fake kneel

1:11:23

down.

1:11:23

That's how it ends with the Saints. I can't

1:11:26

get over.

1:11:26

And that's amazing that he's going to help

1:11:29

Deshaun Watson see the light.

1:11:31

Getting good backup money, which does to

1:11:33

me indicate, Look, they wanted they wanted

1:11:35

something that could play.

1:11:36

Sorry, they had the best backup in the league last year

1:11:38

and he's a free agent. His name is Joe Flacco.

1:11:40

I'm with you, I think, but I think we've talked this, like

1:11:43

I think the Joe Flacco presence and what he created

1:11:45

last year was probably like, is this

1:11:47

too much of a distraction if wattraction

1:11:49

continues to.

1:11:53

Awesome? I agree with you.

1:11:54

I think I just I think that's an element

1:11:56

here between the fans and maybe the locker

1:11:58

room and whatnot.

1:12:00

They just so we bring in a known knucklehead and jamis

1:12:02

that no one will have.

1:12:03

I don't think that's okay. Now I understand.

1:12:05

I mean, he is a no knucklehead, but I

1:12:07

think teams enjoy the experienced.

1:12:10

Teammates like him. Though, well

1:12:13

that does in football, that does, Matt.

1:12:15

I'm not sure that's it's true of the

1:12:18

roster. Listen, we just finished.

1:12:20

My quarterback is mulling

1:12:23

a VP run with an insane person. But

1:12:25

the idea that you would pair Winston

1:12:29

and let Flacco walk is one of the

1:12:31

crazier moves I've seen so far this week.

1:12:33

I don't like it.

1:12:34

They did add they did keep Zadarias Smith,

1:12:36

which I think is very important to edge

1:12:39

rust the pastor across from Miles Garrett.

1:12:41

He was a big difference last year.

1:12:43

Is everyone because Flacco hasn't obviously you

1:12:45

haven't heard his name connected anywhere. Is everyone

1:12:48

of the belief

1:12:50

that that was just a little hot streak.

1:12:52

And he's now no longer.

1:12:53

He said he wants to start.

1:12:54

I mean, any quarterback would say that Cleveland

1:12:57

seemed like the logical spot

1:12:59

he wanted to go to.

1:13:00

He's been connected with the

1:13:03

Titans I think would be a good

1:13:05

backup spot.

1:13:07

Yes, you mentioned Smith. Maurice

1:13:09

Hurst. Niheim Hines running back also

1:13:12

joins that room. Of course, Nick Chubb coming back from

1:13:14

a really ugly knee injury

1:13:16

and subsequent surgery. Afternoon

1:13:19

Delight, eight

1:13:22

o'clock. Delight thou

1:13:24

the afternoon, either the morning or the night. It's

1:13:26

not the afternoon, Gregee. Lavonte

1:13:28

David stays with the Bucks. Wow, he's

1:13:31

a Bucks lifer, just like Mikey

1:13:33

Evans. The Rams spring back, cornerback Darius

1:13:35

Williams, Kenny Moore staying in Indy

1:13:37

on a three year, thirty million dollar deal, and

1:13:40

the Panthers continue their spending guard

1:13:43

Damian Lewis, linebacker Josie Jewel

1:13:45

and also Ashawn Robinson.

1:13:48

Anything are spending a ton of money.

1:13:50

Damian Lewis got a big contract, so they gave two

1:13:52

huge contracts.

1:13:53

The interior alignment.

1:13:54

They think that's the key to keeping their

1:13:57

diminutive quarterback up.

1:13:59

Right, Does any t even bring back X

1:14:02

safeties and cornerbacks more than the Rams?

1:14:05

That's right.

1:14:05

They done it with playing well with Jacksonville

1:14:07

and yeah, but now he's playing he's going back.

1:14:10

The Titans signed former charges first round pick Kenneth

1:14:12

Murray, the Bills bring back day Kwon

1:14:14

Jones. The Chiefs signed Deon Bush

1:14:17

to a new deal, and Irv Smith

1:14:20

welcome aboard. So there's a new piece of the offense

1:14:22

for Patrick Mahomes. The tight end Veterans

1:14:24

tight end. Bears signed tight end Gerald Everett, Eagles

1:14:27

signed Devonte Parker formerly of

1:14:29

the Pats. Packers bring back all

1:14:31

pro return slot corner Accusian

1:14:33

Nixon.

1:14:34

Anything on those.

1:14:36

Patrick Mahomes restructured his contract

1:14:38

to open up a lot of space as we enter

1:14:40

the new league here on Wednesday, where trades

1:14:43

could happen. Just something to keep an eye on with the

1:14:45

Chiefs.

1:14:49

Nice, We'll be right back.

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Mounting feeling that we were brought there by

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like, there's no way Shannon Sharp's coming this, but they flew us

1:16:58

here. But then the minute Shannon Sharp like walk through

1:17:00

the doorway. And then when we also found out that there

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was a roped off section for a level

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of talent. Yeah, and we were not allowed into that

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ropes off section. We're winning this.

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That's when the first class and champagne

1:17:12

days were over. When I saw literal

1:17:15

red velvet ropes and a

1:17:17

gleaming white couch for

1:17:20

one of our competitors, and while

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we were stuck amongst the riff raff, I

1:17:24

said, I don't think this is going our way,

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You know that was a big Shannon Sharp. The Cat

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Williams interview, that was, you know, the viral hit

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of the year. I can't believe they beat the

1:17:36

Kelsey Brothers. Well, then the next category

1:17:38

was best Podcast of the Year. Kelsey Brothers

1:17:41

took that home. They had a video recording

1:17:44

of Travis and Jason with

1:17:46

just the veagus idea what they were even accepting,

1:17:50

especially Travis. Travis seemed to be completely

1:17:53

in another world. But congratulations

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to all the winners, right, it is an honor

1:17:59

to be an on DoD as you heard from that crew.

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Those are all huge podcasts. So

1:18:04

the iHeart Podcast Awards,

1:18:06

we were there.

1:18:07

It was cool. We thank iHeart and

1:18:09

they flew us down there not

1:18:12

to win.

1:18:13

That's the last time I ever go to award show and

1:18:15

don't win. And if that means I

1:18:17

don't go to another award show, so

1:18:19

be it. But I will never go and lose.

1:18:21

There was because there was a point where we were like,

1:18:23

wait, or have other losers been

1:18:26

flown here?

1:18:26

Right? We started asking We started

1:18:29

at a certain point after a couple of drinks.

1:18:30

Is the open bar was open? You

1:18:33

start asking hard questions.

1:18:35

It was like, is there anyone else connected

1:18:37

with a podcast nominated that's not a winner

1:18:39

tonight?

1:18:40

And literally that's standing right.

1:18:42

And I came to the conclusion that we were

1:18:44

alone in that category and that maybe they were behind

1:18:46

the scenes, like you know, the ruse

1:18:48

was on and we were being snickered out through the whole forty eight

1:18:50

hour process.

1:18:51

It was sorious individual.

1:18:52

I did not share your guys's optimism.

1:18:55

Even on the way there, I was hiding behind the like,

1:18:57

hey, one in five chants like I wouldn't give us any

1:19:00

more than that, Why would you expect to?

1:19:02

Yeah?

1:19:02

Probably in my heart, I if I had known Shannon

1:19:05

Sharp was there.

1:19:05

That was That was the moment where that

1:19:08

we didn't have a chance. And

1:19:10

yes, they have all these roped off good

1:19:13

couches and they have different personalities.

1:19:16

Kyle McLaughlin was there, Chris

1:19:18

Pine was there, Adam Devine,

1:19:21

popular podcaster or YouTuber,

1:19:23

Bobby Altaf was there

1:19:26

and there, and I just you know, I'm

1:19:28

someone who wants to find

1:19:30

out and just make sure even though it sure

1:19:32

didn't seem like we had access to those

1:19:34

couches. But Dan witnessed,

1:19:38

you know what what he termed a very embarrassing

1:19:40

moment of me. I

1:19:42

wasn't gonna bring it up, making sure that we

1:19:45

couldn't get into those couches,

1:19:47

and you know, seeing if I could get in there, and I

1:19:49

was told no, my I did not have access

1:19:52

to that. And I thought, well, at least

1:19:54

I got my boy Dan backing me up

1:19:56

here. But Dan Dan quietly walked

1:19:58

away from me as I well.

1:20:00

Once I saw the like the six foot

1:20:02

eight, three hundred and forty pound bouncer type

1:20:04

dude in front of the velvet ropes give a greg

1:20:07

a look like what like, okay,

1:20:09

I'm gonna take a just about a half step

1:20:11

back here, not to be connected

1:20:13

to a very low moment in history, and the mean

1:20:16

look did it didn't my pride a

1:20:18

tiny bit, like a tiny bit, But I think

1:20:20

the calculation was worth it.

1:20:22

If I haven't hadn't even three percent chance

1:20:25

of sitting on that couch for

1:20:27

the show instead of standing.

1:20:28

I wanted to find out for sure. I wanted to make sure.

1:20:31

Always ask someone else to ask. Is

1:20:33

one of the good new from that situation.

1:20:35

If you're if your talent, especially, don't

1:20:38

don't actually be the one like sir,

1:20:40

can.

1:20:40

I get behind Well, I you know my

1:20:43

plan.

1:20:43

I think you.

1:20:43

Actually had to say we're talent, which

1:20:46

is a tough to say that we're talent.

1:20:48

I don't think I go back there. I didn't say

1:20:50

that.

1:20:51

I My plan was to just walk in there

1:20:53

confidently, because that's a it's a lesson in less that

1:20:55

if you're going somewhere you you're not supposed to be

1:20:57

just look like you belong. But he stepped,

1:21:00

he stepped forward, and the rope was unless

1:21:02

the guy that looks like.

1:21:05

I don't. Yeah, yeah,

1:21:09

humbling experience on various fronts.

1:21:11

We do.

1:21:12

We did get And like I said, congratulations

1:21:14

to Shannon Sharpe.

1:21:15

You know what, he was very He made a very heartfelt

1:21:18

speech that actually showed it meant a

1:21:20

lot to him and knows like, Okay, you gotta give it to him.

1:21:22

I like that.

1:21:23

Well, I do would say we have to give it to him, but I would say,

1:21:25

you know, he did. He's had a meteoric

1:21:28

rise in the industry. And good for him.

1:21:30

He's club Shaysha follows him

1:21:32

everywhere he goes. He did.

1:21:34

He did have something to say about us as well.

1:21:37

I called the president President,

1:21:39

we need a national guard.

1:21:40

We need as many mean as you can spare.

1:21:42

Coup we are killing them heroes.

1:21:45

Now that's turned into a

1:21:47

low moment in Patriots history and my own

1:21:49

personal histories.

1:21:50

Yeah, but again,

1:21:53

cool open bar had

1:21:56

some good barbecue before Terry Blacks

1:21:59

with their old buddy Matt Tanton. Yeah, and

1:22:02

and another experience, another notch on the belt.

1:22:05

Humbling, but also.

1:22:07

Well it also it instills in us

1:22:09

a sense of revenge. We'll be back. I

1:22:11

think that's what I think. They little they little fire under.

1:22:13

Our shoulders, you said, Dan,

1:22:16

as this was happening, This is just so perfect

1:22:18

for our podcast. It just makes so

1:22:21

much sense how how it all sort

1:22:23

of played out, and you know what, and we

1:22:25

and we talked about it afterwards too. That was a

1:22:27

scene because it was a strange, you

1:22:30

know, it was an award show. It was it was

1:22:32

strange to be there. On some level, we thought Chris

1:22:34

Chris would have really gotten a kick out of it.

1:22:37

Slash been disgusted by it. We probably

1:22:39

enjoyed it in the end. It would have.

1:22:40

Probably it was an open bar. Chris would have enjoyed

1:22:43

that as well. I think it would have been. I

1:22:45

think we all were enjoying the It

1:22:49

was kind of an outrageous scene the

1:22:51

way, and it was live, It streamed live and

1:22:53

everything. So anyway, like my wife

1:22:55

was watching it live at my son's little

1:22:58

league game, so she got to see a lose.

1:23:00

And she doesn't listen to a single episode of the

1:23:02

pod, so that kind of you got her to participate.

1:23:04

That's true, And I did.

1:23:06

I sent a text because I had alerted

1:23:08

my parents that we

1:23:11

were going to be in Texas and we were up for an award,

1:23:14

And when I texted Devin

1:23:16

Keith that we lost to share Shannon

1:23:19

Sharp. My father's response, sponsor

1:23:21

is always his texting is always as

1:23:23

many men age, very taut.

1:23:25

It's very straight to the point. We

1:23:28

lost the Shan Shannon Sharp.

1:23:30

I never cared for him.

1:23:36

I don't take it. I don't feel that way about Shannon. But

1:23:39

I'm glad that dad has as

1:23:42

our back.

1:23:44

Oh. He also added, I didn't see this.

1:23:46

One and bad on predictions, so

1:23:49

kind of get ah okay in terms

1:23:51

of his punditry as well.

1:23:54

I thought he meant our prediction that we were going to win also

1:23:57

bad.

1:23:59

All right, anything else we got

1:24:01

tomorrow is the official start of the league year. Now

1:24:03

I feel like we're doing too many shows. We're gonna do a Tomorrow's

1:24:06

show and then we'll see what comes

1:24:08

after that. But make sure you tune in because

1:24:11

we're going to have what's out what's out

1:24:13

there?

1:24:13

What's the biggest thing still out there?

1:24:14

I'd say, I don't think anything gonna happen to like the Justin

1:24:16

Field situation.

1:24:18

Well, it's a little strange for.

1:24:19

Justin Okay, So only six of the

1:24:21

top twenty five are

1:24:23

available even starting that list or

1:24:25

the six on Monday, and that that's like a

1:24:28

list the top. The entire top thirteen

1:24:31

off the original list are gone.

1:24:33

But who are the six and from my top twenty five?

1:24:36

Tyrant Smith, Calvin Ridley, Kendall

1:24:38

Fuller, Marquise Brown not much of a market

1:24:40

for him, Stefan Gilmour, Chase

1:24:43

Young who is reportedly going to take a couple of visits

1:24:45

in uric Armstead, who probably shouldn't

1:24:47

even be on this list because it was reported he

1:24:49

was going to be released. I have some doubts

1:24:51

whether this is going to actually happen

1:24:54

on Wednesday. But that's uh, that's

1:24:57

the six, But seventeen of the top fifty

1:24:59

forty six of the one oh one

1:25:01

overall, these are you.

1:25:03

Know, we are getting to the point where like,

1:25:05

yeah, we can make a four hundred and

1:25:07

seventy five item news list, but a

1:25:10

lot of the big names.

1:25:10

No. But here's what good happen?

1:25:12

Is like that Mahomes restructuring that I

1:25:14

mentioned, the trades, anything

1:25:16

kind of surprising on the trade front, I

1:25:18

think still could happen

1:25:21

Wednesday, Thursday.

1:25:22

One week prediction. What's happened?

1:25:24

One big signing or trader.

1:25:25

Oh wow, I'll say, I'll mention you have Smith

1:25:28

at top your list, Harry Smith. Yeah,

1:25:31

Jet's been big on him, and bring in Smith.

1:25:34

That's my prediction. Justin

1:25:38

Jefferson has moved.

1:25:40

Oh Stow, now you're

1:25:42

just getting old, the old Sessler.

1:25:44

Hail Mary at it again.

1:25:45

There are a little little chirpings and whispers out

1:25:47

there that I mentioned.

1:25:49

That's how you'd hate.

1:25:50

Our friend wrote up Pat how we you know, lost

1:25:52

to Club Shasha and he said

1:25:55

it was probably his Justin Herbert

1:25:57

for four first round picks prediction that

1:25:59

that.

1:26:00

That hurt us.

1:26:01

The voters did make just seem curious

1:26:03

voters had mentioned Pats

1:26:06

Herbert talk.

1:26:07

I think I think we get a Chargers trade.

1:26:09

I think we get a Joey Bosa trade.

1:26:12

If we want to get wildly specific, let's go Joey

1:26:14

Bosa to the Niners, even though they've

1:26:16

signed a couple of passers. Why not, you know, team

1:26:18

up the Bosa brothers. I saw, you know,

1:26:21

how about.

1:26:21

The Chiefs make a substantial move on offense?

1:26:24

Yes, yeah, they've done very little. How about

1:26:26

like, all right, I'll do something with them. The

1:26:28

realm of real Branda

1:26:32

Brandon Ayuk.

1:26:32

Traded to the Chiefs.

1:26:33

Wow, they couldn't do now there are whispers about

1:26:36

Ayuk, Yes, no, yeah, there are, and they

1:26:38

have a needed wide receiver.

1:26:40

Like the I don't I don't like the I

1:26:42

don't like them doing that in general. It's like then

1:26:45

they're one injury away from having exactly

1:26:48

the opposite of what they had last year.

1:26:50

Patriots and to the Chiefs.

1:26:51

I've read if they lose out

1:26:54

on the Calvin Ridley sweep steaks,

1:26:56

they could dive into the trade market. They're just

1:26:58

sort of like trying to plug holes and they

1:27:00

might try to get in on the t Higgins or Ayuk

1:27:03

or on a lower level Keenan Allen.

1:27:05

Something and nothing from the Cowboys seems weird.

1:27:07

I feel like they're gonna want to make a splash.

1:27:09

That's yeah.

1:27:10

They got like Dak Prescott's brother tweeting

1:27:13

ill words about the Cowboys front office

1:27:15

compared to the Eagles.

1:27:17

All Right, we

1:27:19

don't need to envy the Eagles after that last season.

1:27:22

Everyone's so quick to just dive back in on the

1:27:24

Eagles.

1:27:24

I know, but we lose.

1:27:25

It's like aragon of how an agency is

1:27:28

like like watch the mental Disorder.

1:27:30

Yeah, it does. All right, that's it.

1:27:33

Let's go, let's get out of you. It's

1:27:36

time. It's been a long day,

1:27:39

it's been a long three days. But

1:27:41

we'll be back. Until

1:27:44

then, either

1:27:46

call