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Welcome back to the data blitz podcast I'm Noel.
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I'm Brendan.
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I'm finally back for vacation.
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I had a good time out in West Texas driving through oil towns and like that.
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It's good to be back not pooping in a bucket anymore.
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Yeah, it's good to be back to the podcast man.
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Yeah, I mean, probably the worst time vacation in the history of all vacations.
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You know, I was sitting there with minimal cell service just refreshing different things
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trying to get updates about free agency.
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You know, not the most relaxing in that regard, but definitely good to get away from coming
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off for a little bit.
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But we're back.
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We're ready to jump back into free agency and give a recap about every move that's been
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made, you know, over the past week and kind of give our takes on those.
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And then if you guys are looking forward to some March Madness talk, we will be, you know,
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doing that on Wednesday.
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We're gonna have a whole episode dedicated to brackets and March Madness talk so that
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we can cover that in, you know, its entirety as well.
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But free agency is almost giving it a whole episode is almost too little, but we're gonna
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try to squeeze it all in here.
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Yeah, so we're gonna break it down by positions.
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So first we're gonna start with quarterbacks.
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I think the first domino to fall was Russell Wilson signing with the Steelers for 1.2 million.
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I mean, the Broncos already paying them 38.
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So we thought that, hey, if Russell Wilson goes and signs there, it's gonna be a little
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weird and free agency.
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And we kind of saw that.
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But we did call it right.
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Justin Fields went to the Steelers.
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We got it right.
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Good for the podcast.
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And then otherwise we were right about Kirk Cousins heading to Atlanta.
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So good for us again.
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Kirk Cousins got a fat deal, $45 million average for three years.
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Pretty damn good.
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It's insane.
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Probably an overpay in my opinion, I think is Kirk worth that much by himself?
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No, but with the lack of really good quarterbacks on the market here and guys that were acquireable
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for the Falcons who have a window that's kind of open now with the lack of a quarterback.
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Fuck it.
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Like go sign Kirk Cousins, see what you can do in the next four years.
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And if you can't get it done, no harm, no foul.
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You still have some of your core guys.
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Who cares?
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I think it's a great move for them.
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Yeah.
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And Atlanta did a pretty solid job.
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Kirk Cousins was probably the best quarterback they could have ended up with.
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Oh, yeah.
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They wanted to make some crazy draft trade, but we've seen how those have worked out.
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So they gave him Darnell Mooney as well.
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Just to kind of pair as like another guy to, you know, maybe take some heat off of London.
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So not a horrible move.
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The team's in a pretty good spot.
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They got a pretty good pick to grab an offensive lineman or whatever else they want to do.
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This team should be the favorite for the NFC South, in my opinion.
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Oh, they are.
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Way the favorite at this point.
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I think they're minus 200 or something like that, maybe even more.
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You know, another quarterback news and in the NFC South, one thing to talk about is Baker
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getting his extension was a little bit murky waters around that.
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I wasn't really sure if he was going to be back there, but also like, again, it's not
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necessarily about the player.
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It's about who were the other guys that they could have had.
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And Baker was probably the best guy that they could have had for the price they got him.
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So I'm pretty happy with that if I'm.
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And we talked about it like the Bucks pretty much if they just bring it back, like that's
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the best team they can field really with their caps.
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They let who Devon White go to the Eagles.
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You know, we thought, hey, he's probably either going to stick around or go play for
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a competitor.
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He chose the competitor.
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So I mean, that's a loss, but at the same time grand scheme of things, they kept the
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thing together pretty well.
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So should be another team that can compete maybe better than last year, but we'll see
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a new offensive coordinator, aging team, you know, anything can happen.
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You could go in either way really.
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I do feel like we kind of, well, I mean, we obviously have, you know, Mike Evans and
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Chris Godwin there still.
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So I think that's pretty good for them.
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I was going to say, I feel like we kind of skipped over the, the Justin Fields talk, but
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I don't want to skip over the Baker Mayfield talk either here.
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So let's go Baker and then we'll go back to Justin Fields.
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But yeah, I feel like Baker is set up in a good position there.
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They have a pretty good team around him.
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Their defense is a little bit aging kind of remnants of the Brady era there in Tampa.
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So are the receivers, but you know, Chris Godwin's still super viable.
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Mike Evans is still one of the best receivers in the league and they extended him.
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It looks like they're going to be running back this core like we talked about.
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It's a competitive core.
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Is it a core that's going to win you a super bowl?
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Probably not.
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Of course, it might get you into the playoffs every other year.
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Like, yeah, they're kind of giving like Vikings for the last five years.
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That's the minus that one season where they went nuts.
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So I'm impressed with that for them.
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The Falcons on the other hand, you know, does feel like luck is not on the side of the Falcons.
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If you have Kirk Cousins, a guy who seems to lose a game in almost every way.
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And Atlanta who blew a 28-3 lead in the, in the Super Bowl, like what something's got
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to give there, like maybe the luck comes together when you put two very unlucky things together.
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But I'm not sure.
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I'm hoping for some success there just from a fantasy perspective.
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And it's better when the Falcons are good, you know, the N of us better in that situation.
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And they have a lot of really good weapons that I want to see flourish with Kirk Cousins.
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Yeah, as long as we can have one good team in the NFC South, then we can stop caring
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about how shitty of a division it is.
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We just need something to say, Hey, that's fun to watch because how many times were those
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teams on Thursday night football or Monday night football?
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And we're just like, why are we sitting here watching the Panthers play on Monday night?
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Like, so back to Justin Fields, though.
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So he was kind of the last domino to fall.
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He got traded to the Steelers, perfect fit really team that doesn't have a ton of cap
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space this year.
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But doesn't sound like they're going to really use him anyways, might lower his value, I
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guess in terms of a contract for, you know, the foreseeable future.
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But you know, it'll be interesting to see what happens with Russell Wilson in this offense.
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It seems like they need probably another receiver.
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Maybe they can grab that in the draft.
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Obviously, the Steelers have been historically good at drafting receivers.
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When the Steelers get in the draft, I'm targeting all over the place.
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Like that guy's going to be nuts.
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Yeah.
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So look out for that.
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Justin Fields, I'm not the highest on.
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I think everybody's like, Oh, look at all this talent, but doesn't really look at the
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field.
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He doesn't win games, kind of doesn't really throw the ball that well.
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So maybe Russ can help him turn his career around.
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I mean, wouldn't be the first time somebody, you know, all of a sudden got better.
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So yeah, it's an interesting fit.
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This stage in his career, Justin Fields clearly worth like a bag of potato chips, you know,
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the six round conditional up to a fourth round based off of playing time.
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It does sound like Russ is going to be, you know, the starter there, like barring injury
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or, you know, real setback like Russ, you for 26 touchdowns last year.
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He wasn't a huge liability.
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You know, Cortland Sutton was the main benefactor of that and the offense was kind of one dimensional,
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but it does feel like there aren't as many weapons on the Steelers.
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George Pickens is going to be, you know, I think he's going to have the best year of
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his career, but losing Deontay Johnson.
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I wouldn't even say losing, getting rid of Deontay Johnson is, you know, going to hurt
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them a lot.
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I think in the long run and I think Justin Fields maybe will benefit from taking this
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year to learn under Russ.
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But is it, you know, is he going to be the guy for years going out?
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Eventually does feel like a big move for them, but it wasn't a ton to give up and they're
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not going to have any like some cost fallacy with him.
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And I think that's honestly going to hurt Justin Fields going forward as if you didn't
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give up a lot.
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I think one thing that we were very off on, and I think I was leading the charge here,
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so I don't want to bring you in here, but we talked about Atlanta and Billy, sorry,
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Pittsburgh as, you know, potential places for Justin Fields.
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And I think the big reason that I said Pittsburgh was the better option was because the 20th
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pick is something that you'd give up for Justin Fields rather than the eighth pick.
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And it just, it just wasn't even a comparison.
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Like there was no discussion about the 20th pick or the eighth pick.
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You know, it clearly the Bears were like, fuck it, let's just get rid of this guy for
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whatever we can get rid of him for.
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I want to have a clean slate, bring Kayla Williams in.
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So, I mean, good for Justin Fields to go to a team that didn't give up a bunch to get
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him.
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But, you know, his viability as a starter and even a backup in the league going forward
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is kind of in question because, you know, right now he's backing up somebody that's
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a mobile or mobile ish quarterback that can, you know, kind of have the same game plan
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as Justin Fields.
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But the second that you get into one of those situations, like with what we saw with RG,
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RG three, when he kind of moved on from backing up Lamar is when you have a guy that's a mobile
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quarterback that's trying to be a backup in a non-mobile scheme.
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It just kind of doesn't work because they're going to have to have a whole separate scheme,
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a whole separate playbook or, you know, tailor to that guy and it just doesn't work.
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So Justin Fields is very limited in the teams that he can back up for if he's not a starter
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going forward.
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And I think one of the big things there is that Justin Fields value was clearly not to
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where they were expecting it to be.
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I sent out a tweet right after Russell Wilson got traded or signed with the Steelers.
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Sorry.
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And I said, this puts Justin Fields in a really interesting spot.
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What is his value now?
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Because you have basically the one team that was going to trade a lot for him.
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And you have the Falcons who are maybe going to do that, but then the Falcons are able
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to grab Kirk.
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And it was like, all right, these dominoes are falling, but it kind of just brings down
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how much teams are going to be willing up to give for Justin Fields because there's not
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really a starting job open for him now.
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So I was right on and Ari Myrov pretty much said the exact same thing like a day or two
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later.
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Yeah, Ari Myrov source Brendan.
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It's me.
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It's me.
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You're Ari.
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Yeah, everyone knows it.
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Or is stealing your tweets.
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That's what's going on here.
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Exactly.
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We should accuse him.
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It's brutal, but it happens.
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I mean, whatever.
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All right.
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Should we talk about the running back market?
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Yeah, I mean, is there anything else that we want to cover here?
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Just like to mention a few moves I think are a little bit relevant and we don't really
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have to get into them at all.
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Gardner Minshew probably going to be a backup in Las Vegas.
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Two years, 25 million.
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Love Gardner Minshew.
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He's a really good player should get some opportunity behind Aiden O'Connell.
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Look at that.
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Took a whole vacation to learn his name.
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Tyrod Taylor going to the Jets who the fuck cares.
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Sam Darnold might be the starter on Minnesota and we'll probably get into some speculation
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about what might happen.
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And honestly, now is just good a time as ever for the rest of the podcast.
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Let's just fucking do it.
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I heard you as a Patriots fan are here in some rumors.
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Yeah, so something that was mocked up is that the Vikings now that they've acquired
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another first round pick in this draft from the Texans that they're going to package that
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to another to their first round pick this year and another first round next year to
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grab the third overall pick and select the quarterback.
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Kind of makes sense, but I don't know.
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It's weird because it depends what their direction is, right?
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Like let's say the Pats take a quarterback at three and they're also rumored to be trying
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to get into either three, four or five.
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If they say trade with the Cardinals, what do they end up with?
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Probably Marvin Harrison.
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Does that mean, hey, they go and trade Justin Jefferson?
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So it'll be interesting to see how those dominoes fall there, but I don't know.
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It's interesting.
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I don't know why they would trade up to grab Marvin Harrison if they're like, oh, we're
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so committed to Justin Jefferson.
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So they're definitely trying to make some sort of move or they're just trying to get
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some draft picks for an aging roster.
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I like the move they made to move up into the first round.
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You know, I think giving up two seconds wasn't like a huge deal, but it does feel like they're
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kind of in quarterback limbo right now.
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And they might be able to put out, with Justin Jefferson, just might be able to put out a
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roster that gets, you know, five, six, seven, maybe even more wins every single year, which
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might set them back in terms of, you know, getting a really early draft pick and getting
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a quarterback.
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If they move up and they move up to four, that would just be an absolute misplay on
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their part.
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I think they could probably grab, you know, JJ McCarthy or your bow, Nick's at 11 right
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now.
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You don't need to trade like years of picks.
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So go get Marvin Harris.
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I mean, I'd love to see it.
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Did you imagine Marvin Harrison, Justin Jefferson and fucking Sam Darnold all next to each other?
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That's a different type of winning formula that we haven't seen done before, but I'm
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interested to see if they could do it.
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Yeah.
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I think that's all I really got for the Vikings.
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Looks like they're in an interesting spot now.
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Like what is the future of that quarterback room?
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Nobody knows.
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And it's a question that should be answered in the draft.
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So looks like there's a lot of trades that are going to be happening leading up to and
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during the draft.
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There's just guys who just aren't going to be on the same teams and their household names.
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So we'll figure out what that looks like.
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Yeah.
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I'm excited to see, you know, how it all shakes out at the end here.
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There's a lot of stuff still up in the air.
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Yeah.
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So can we move to the running backs now?
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Drew Locke.
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Oh, shut up.
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Running backs.
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I'm sorry.
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You know, I've been away all week.
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I just, we haven't done a podcast in a while.
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I don't give a shit how long this goes.
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I'm going to keep you hostage.
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All right.
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So the first deal on the board here is Josh Jacobs.
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I probably should have been like, yeah, let's move to the running backs.
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I'm a big fan of Josh Jacobs to Green Bay here.
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You got four years, 48 million, you know, 12, 12 million a year there.
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We moved on from Aaron Jones.
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We cut him, which really hurt me pretty deeply.
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Aaron Jones then goes and signs with Minnesota.
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Everybody's freaking out, burning the house down about that.
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I don't give a shit.
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It happened before Jamal Williams went and signed with Lions the year we cut him too.
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So just seems like these, these bottom feeders in the NFC North trying to get our playbook
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no matter what it costs them, the running backs, cheap position.
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So I think Josh Jacobs, he's, he's 26.
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He's, you know, one of the better guys, he was all pro like two years ago.
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Really an incredible running back.
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I think he's going to bring a lot of versatility to the offense.
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Well, like, is he worth 12 million a year?
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Maybe I don't hate it.
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I think he's only guaranteed 12 and a half so we can get out after one year of 14.8 million,
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which is fine for me.
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Is he, I think it's good to like put a supporting cast around Jordan Love as he continues to
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grow here in this offense.
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The move that I do hate around this is resigning AJ Dillon for 2.7 million.
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Like what the fuck is the point here?
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I don't like AJ Dillon.
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He's not very good.
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And I wish that we got rid of him instead of getting rid of Aaron Jones.
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Yeah, that's very fair.
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But you know, Aaron Jones is not going to play second fiddle with Josh Jacobs.
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That's just not in his cards.
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As far as Josh Jacobs kind of perfect timing, you know, 26 years old, four years will be
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just over 30.
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And then boom, you'll let him go off that cliff.
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Goodbye.
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It'll be good for years.
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Perfect contract.
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And yeah, we don't need all four years if he hits a cliff early, structured in a way
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where we can get rid of him.
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Kind of at whatever point we want.
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I'm a fan.
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Yeah, I thought that was good for you guys.
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You guys made some other moves that we'll get into as well.
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But that was that was a good move, I thought.
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Yeah.
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So a guy that's one year older, talking to me enough.
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And another big name out here, Saquon, signed with the Eagles, getting paid a little bit
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more than Josh Jacobs, guaranteed a lot more than Josh Jacobs.
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I'm still trying to justify this running back contract.
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You haven't noticed.
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So he's taken 12 and a half a year, three years, 37.7 with 26 guaranteed.
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So they're stuck with him for two years.
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I don't think you're really stuck with Saquon Barclays.
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Saquon Barclays stuck with you as he was with the Giants for most of his career.
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So I think he's a really good ad for them.
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Is he, you know, the same player that he was coming out of Penn State?
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Is he the same player that he was, you know, right out of the draft and put up like a thousand
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a thousand?
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No.
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But is he a guy that's going to offer you a lot of versatility and make your offense,
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you know, better and just have crazy weapons all over the place?
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Like, yeah, you want, if you want crazy weapons all over the place, Saquon's your guy.
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Got rid of DeAndre Swift.
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And I think that was a good, you know, exchange there.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, Saquon is a huge pickup for Philly.
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This running back position has been kind of a dilemma for them the last few years.
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Just trying to figure out who's our guy.
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Like they really haven't been able to figure it out.
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With Saquon, you know that's your guy.
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This guy can catch the ball, he can run the ball.
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It's everything you want in a running back.
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One comparison I'll draw is two Christian McCaffrey, who, you know, when he was in Carolina,
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with a lot of injuries and we were like, all right, like this is another one of those running
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backs that's just going to get injured and, you know, probably see the field for eight
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games a year.
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Goes to the 49ers and his stats just have gone through the fucking roof.
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So could we see the same thing happen with Saquon?
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Sure, I think so.
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But at the same time, I, yeah, I agree.
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I don't think he's right up there with McCaffrey.
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I don't think he's right next to him.
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I think he's probably, you know, just below him.
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I don't think there's any other running back in this league who's in a better situation
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than McCaffrey.
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And the number two is Saquon.
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This is a perfect landing spot for him.
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It puts him in contention to win games.
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He's going to be happy there for fantasy owners.
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He's going to stay on the field because they have other guys they can give the ball to
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unlike the Giants.
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They won't have to carry them 40 times a game.
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This is just perfect.
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You made a pretty bold statement there saying that McCaffrey and then Saquon.
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I think there are two other guys that got signed during free agency.
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One other guy that got signed during free agency and then one other guy that got a big name
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to his team on free agency that could be just as happy in their situations and just as successful.
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Is Saquon in the perfect spot?
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Basically yes.
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Another guy who is is Derek Henry.
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Two years, 16 million.
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I think Derek Henry is a super solid asset for the Ravens here.
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It's going to fit into their scheme as I don't know how that's going to work out, but I know
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that they're not going to fuck it up.
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It's Derek Henry.
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It's Lamar Jackson.
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Don't overthink it.
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Just keep running the ball and then run a bunch of play action.
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Throw it to Mark Andrews.
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You'll be fine.
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I'll be more saying Derek Henry is like approaching his age cliff.
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I don't really think he is.
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He's like he had the third fastest time as a running back running the ball last year.
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So I'm like, Derek Henry still got some juice to dislikes.
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Is he going to be as physical on the Ravens?
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Maybe not.
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But is he going to be called to be that same guy that he was on Tennessee?
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No.
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He was their entire offense for like eight years or whatever it was, like maybe six after
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DeMarco Murray.
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So Derek Henry, very happy man.
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I think the other guy that you can make the argument for is Bijan.
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Yeah.
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Bijan now has one of the best offenses around him in theory, assuming that Kirk Cousins,
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you know, Achilles is not going to be a huge issue.
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So just wanted to call you out there and let you know that there are two other guys I'm
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thinking about and Antonio Gibson.
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I'm just kidding.
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Fuck off with that.
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But what I do, I appreciate you calling me out, but still, Seyquan has the second best
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landing spot out of anybody.
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Derek Henry is right there too.
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I think Derek Henry fits the Ravens scheme perfect.
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The Ravens don't really utilize the pass game with the running backs.
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They're kind of just a downhill team.
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They like to throw the ball deep.
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They like to throw the ball across the middle.
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They run up the middle, you know, RPOs, whatever.
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So I think Derek Henry kind of fits this perfectly.
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I saw a funny tweet that was like, hey, the Ravens finally got two guys of the same position
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who can kind of throw the ball.
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Referencing the Derek Henry touchdown pass and the playoffs.
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But I think the Ravens there were addressing a need for offense, right?
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We saw it in the AFC Championship game, like need for offense.
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Their defense is going to be great regardless of the loss of Queen.
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And I forget who else they lost, but still, this is going to be a really good offense.
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They can just solidify their wide receiver too.
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They'll be a very, very competitive team next year.
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Yeah.
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I'm very much looking forward to this.
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You know, I think if you're talking fantasy perspective, Derek Henry is such a good buy
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at this point because he has such a good scheme.
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He might get a few touchdowns vultured by Lamar, but I don't think he's in a worse situation
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for that exact same thing than Saquon is, you know, with the Tush Bush.
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So we'll see what ends up happening there.
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Yeah.
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I think it's just going to be one of those cases where Saquon is going to get a ton of
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dump downward.
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I hope so.
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They have AJ Brown.
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They have Devontae Smith.
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Those are two guys who can stretch the field.
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Another who can sit in the middle and then, you know, Saquon's got all the underneath
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work.
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He's a three down back and, you know, he had very, very similar stats to Christian McCaffrey
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in their best years on their shitty teams.
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So it's a guy who could do that.
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I mean, he's been stuck with Daniel Jones for like ever.
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And Daniel Jones is surprisingly mobile quarterback and mobile quarterback extended not dumped
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down as much, and then you might say like, well, Jalen Hurts might, but it does feel
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like Jalen Hurts is kind of going to go back to that this year just to try to run, you
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know, a perfect offense through that team because they did struggle last year.
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So Philly lost DeAndre Swift.
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I, you know, three years, 24 million going to Chicago.
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DeAndre Swift is a guy that got traded for like a fixed fifth round pick from the Lions
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to the Eagles.
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And now he's back in the NFC North.
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Like DeAndre Swift coming out.
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He was pretty decent last year, but is he worth, you know, close to the same as, you
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know, a guy like Derek Henry or not a lot of guys got eight million a year.
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I think Aaron Jones, you know, is he worth as much as Aaron Jones?
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Like no, I think DeAndre Swift is more of a liability.
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Very obviously, you know, they're going to try to build and put an offense around Caleb
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Williams, right?
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When he comes out, you're saying, we're not making the same fucking mistake again.
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Oh, he made with Justin Fields, but we have an absolutely terrible team.
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And then we just establish this culture of losing and can't win a game no matter what.
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And then this guy's confidence get destroyed.
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We're going to do the best that we can to put a guy around him.
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One thing for me is that they already have a couple of guys at running back.
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But you know, who the fuck cares?
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DeAndre Swift is probably better than both of them.
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Yeah, I agree with everything you just said, right?
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DeAndre Swift showed some flashes last year that yeah, he can be a great running back.
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Obviously did not maintain that like past week four.
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So DeAndre Swift does make sense for the Bears.
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They need a guy in the backfield who they can just rely on regardless of whether or not
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he's a stud or not.
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I mean, now they have DJ Moore, another guy, Keenan Allen, who we'll get to.
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They got weapons, right?
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00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,520
So they need to just keep adding.
477
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,800
And I think they added a good player.
478
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,880
You know, Parham with Roshan, maybe he takes over the role.
479
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,000
Who knows?
480
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,600
But I do think this is a bad contract.
481
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:16,360
I think three years for eight million a year does not make sense.
482
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,600
If you signed him for one, two years, I think that makes sense.
483
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,360
But I think you're just extending it a little longer than you need to because you're probably
484
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,800
going to need some cap space somewhere down the line.
485
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:34,080
So I guess we'll see kind of how that breaks down in the coming free agencies in the next
486
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:39,360
few years, seeing how much can this team save on him or if they could be able to trade them,
487
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,680
cut them, whatever.
488
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,240
But I don't really see him being there for three years.
489
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,240
You might be.
490
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:52,120
But yeah, it does feel like if they figure things out, like two years down the line,
491
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,520
they're going to draft a new guy.
492
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,480
Let's play a quick game before we finish covering all the contracts.
493
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,760
Let's rate the worst contract, worst running back contract.
494
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,560
If running back is a meaningless position, what is the worst contract out here?
495
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,560
I got mine.
496
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,760
I think you're probably going to have the same one.
497
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,520
All right, we'll lead us off.
498
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,240
I'm going to go with Tony Pollard.
499
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,720
Tony Pollard is not great.
500
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:26,560
He sucked last year on Dallas and then he got three years, 21 million.
501
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720
They don't have an out until after two years, which you'll have to cut him for 14.5 dead
502
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,360
cap.
503
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:32,920
And that's brutal.
504
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:39,600
He's like arguably top 10 highest paid running back in the league right now on a team that
505
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:40,920
just sucks.
506
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:41,920
And he's 26.
507
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:42,920
He's all he's almost 27.
508
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,720
He'll be 27 at the start of the season.
509
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:53,440
And he hasn't proven anything to be a, you know, RB one and they already have a guy in
510
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,440
Tajaya Spears.
511
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,160
So why the fuck are you signing Tony Pollard?
512
00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,160
Yeah.
513
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:05,080
I mean, I think that's kind of the same thing as DeAndre Swift in a different way.
514
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:09,240
Like Tony Pollard is going to get his garbage volume.
515
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,240
Right.
516
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,760
Like he's probably going to score a ton of touchdowns this year.
517
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,200
Is it going to be an indication of like how good or athletic of a player he is?
518
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,200
I don't think so.
519
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:25,040
I think yeah, he's probably not as good as he used to be.
520
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:30,480
But you know, for him, this is a perfect landing spot, like wide open, not really wide open
521
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,440
backfield of Tajaya Spears there, but it gives him an opportunity to be in the backfield
522
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,480
with another guy like he was with Ezekiel Elliott.
523
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,440
Maybe it opens up some stuff for him.
524
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,440
We'll see.
525
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,760
I think Tennessee as a whole is just a big question mark.
526
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,520
So for me, DeAndre Swift is the other worst contract here.
527
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:57,160
But the worst landing, worst landing spot, in my opinion, is the Patriots signing Antonio
528
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,160
Gibson.
529
00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,160
No way.
530
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,560
Just like, it was just like, what are we doing?
531
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,400
Like this is not a need right now.
532
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,400
I don't get it.
533
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,720
It's not bad value though.
534
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,840
Like I understand that.
535
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,840
But for the Patriots right now, just roll with Ramon Dre.
536
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:22,000
You're expecting to win four or five games next year, maybe who cares?
537
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,120
Who cares who's running the ball?
538
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,120
That's true.
539
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,520
Don't pay a guy to run the ball.
540
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,360
Like just go let some rookie run it.
541
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,920
I thought you're going to go with Devin Singletary here.
542
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,920
I think that's our goal.
543
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,760
No, because that's fine.
544
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:35,760
I think it's worse.
545
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,560
He's a year older than Antonio Gibson.
546
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,840
He's getting paid, you know, another four million.
547
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,640
And then what are you going to?
548
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:50,600
I think the Giants have finally stopped lying to themselves and they hate Daniel Jones now.
549
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,320
So why are you signing Devin Singletary?
550
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,760
No, I think that's exactly why.
551
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,960
It's like, hey, we have to get a running back somehow and we're not going to draft one.
552
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:08,040
So we might as well just go buy some shitty running back who's not as shitty as the rest
553
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,040
of them.
554
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,200
Like go get it.
555
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,400
Go get yourself a mid tier running back and just call it a day.
556
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,080
I think that's kind of what they're thinking here.
557
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,680
But I think Antonio Gibson is the worst landing spot.
558
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,320
It just doesn't make sense to me.
559
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,600
Yeah, a lot of people are like, hey, you got your third down back.
560
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:25,760
It's like, OK, cool.
561
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,440
But if we could get within third and eight, that would be nice.
562
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,440
Yeah, that's brutal.
563
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,920
Yeah, not a lot.
564
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,520
I mean, we kind of just covered most of the bigger contracts besides what we had talked
565
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,120
about.
566
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:48,480
Austin Eckler goes to Washington to his eight million.
567
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,800
It's kind of washed up.
568
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,960
It's kind of done.
569
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:57,960
Kind of was just he's probably going to be taking over that Antonio Gibson role and
570
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,800
not really being relevant ever again.
571
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,240
Well, then I'm a little bit interested in.
572
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,240
I'm very interested to see how this works out for him is Zach Moss to Cincinnati, two
573
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:09,680
years, eight million.
574
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,280
He has a real chance to be the starter there next year.
575
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,560
I mean, they're going to drop somebody, right?
576
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,760
They have to.
577
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:24,960
But if they don't start, you know, you'd assume so.
578
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,640
Chase Brown, assume they'd sign somebody.
579
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,480
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking is like.
580
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,480
They can make that work.
581
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,080
Like, yeah, they could do the one to punch Chase Brown, Zach Moss.
582
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,280
I would not hate that.
583
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,600
Yeah, that'll be fine.
584
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:45,920
And then I think another pretty interesting one is actually Gus Edwards over to the Chargers
585
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,920
two years.
586
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,400
They're going to drive somebody.
587
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,240
They're probably going to drive somebody.
588
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:54,000
But if they don't, Gus is going to get fed.
589
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,000
This is true.
590
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,880
There's a workhorse back.
591
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:02,520
And if they can just get in the goal line, it doesn't seem like Justin Herbert has anybody
592
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:03,520
to throw to now.
593
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,520
So if they could get there, it would be viable.
594
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:13,080
But as of right now, I am personally staying far away from Gus Edwards.
595
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,040
Yeah, I hear that.
596
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,720
And that's completely fine.
597
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:22,360
Like, they're not going to be as of right now.
598
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,080
His market value is completely volatile.
599
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:32,360
Probably going to get Corum at, you know, 37 or whoever they want is there RB one.
600
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,760
And then if not, still their offense isn't going to be the best.
601
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:40,800
And there's not going to be a lot of opportunities for touchdowns and yards.
602
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,800
So.
603
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:42,800
All right.
604
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:50,840
I think that's just about all we got for running bags.
605
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:58,440
So would you like to lead us off with your favorite wide receiver signing?
606
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,920
My favorite wide receiver signing.
607
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,400
Don't say Jalen Rager to the Pats because I'll throw a fit.
608
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,600
I don't even see that.
609
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,200
She has resigned.
610
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,200
They resign.
611
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,200
What the fuck?
612
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,200
All right.
613
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:21,560
My favorite, at least you got rid of Devonte Parker.
614
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:26,000
My favorite wide receiver signing of this free agency period is Marquis Brown.
615
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,000
Easy.
616
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,800
This is a guy that is undervalued coming off of an injury.
617
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:37,120
He's proven that he can be a solid, you know, wide receiver one in the league with, you
618
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,160
know, he was really good when he was on Baltimore.
619
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,800
He was decent when he was on Arizona.
620
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,760
He hit a little bit of a lull when they were, you know, at a Murray list and then he got
621
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:48,760
injured.
622
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:54,840
I think he's going to be really good value there in a really good, you know, backup,
623
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,360
you know, secondary receiver to Rishi Rice, who's a little bit of a bigger guy.
624
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:04,120
Marquis Brown can play a little bit faster and underneath or over top even.
625
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,960
So I'm interested to see how that works out for him.
626
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,280
But you know, one year, seven million, that's a hell of a deal.
627
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:10,280
He's only 27.
628
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,280
All right.
629
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,200
We just ran some technical difficulties yet again.
630
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:19,360
It seems to be this dumb fucking mic that you have.
631
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:26,280
But here we are back and there may be some parts of that clip there that either there's
632
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:30,800
no audio from your side, but you know, I think it was mostly just me ranting about Marquis
633
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Brown being the best signing there.
634
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:42,080
So what's your favorite, you know, wide receiver free agent signing of this, this class.
635
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,360
Obviously, there's some big names.
636
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:51,280
Calvin Ridley gave Davis, they got big money, but honestly, my favorite fit here other than
637
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,840
Marquis Brown.
638
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,760
He's clearly the number one signing for wide receivers.
639
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,520
But I think the next one is just because it's a good fit.
640
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,320
And that's Curtis Sandel.
641
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,820
Could be interesting.
642
00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:05,820
I don't know.
643
00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:08,160
I mean, he's never been on a good team.
644
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:13,560
So you know, for the price, the price is right eight million.
645
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,560
Sure.
646
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,760
Take a guy who can run the ball and can catch the ball.
647
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,360
I mean, you're getting kind of that hybrid slot guy.
648
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,160
So could be a good fit.
649
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,360
Yeah, I'm a big fan of it.
650
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:34,000
I think he's a little bit overpaid, to be honest, at three years, 24 million.
651
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,880
But like you're the bills, your championship window is now and even now it's kind of closing.
652
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,840
So fuck it.
653
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,040
Go pay your guys, get what you want.
654
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,160
And if it ends up being a bad contract, you're not going to look back and say, well, this
655
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,160
guy.
656
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:53,760
Well, maybe you will, but you might look back and say that this guy wasn't thinking the
657
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,160
need that we had now for that money.
658
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:01,400
But I think he does add some versatility to their offense, the receiving core and should
659
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,840
be able to start some offense better than Gabe Davis did.
660
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:11,040
And I guess if we're comparing Gabe Davis to Curtis Samuel, Gabe Davis got paid five
661
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,040
more million a year.
662
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,160
So good play for them.
663
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,000
I think I think that's a good thing going forward.
664
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Yeah.
665
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:24,080
And I think Gabe Davis is more of like your vertical threat type of guy.
666
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:28,520
And the amount of times I saw him not be able to track a ball in the air last year, I think
667
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,440
for five million less, you're doing just fine Curtis Samuel.
668
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:38,520
So yeah, a guy that we kind of thought coming out of college, coming out of Ohio State could
669
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:44,840
be a decent, maybe good wide receiver, never really panned out that way.
670
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,800
He's dealt with some injuries, but finally in a good situation.
671
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,200
So we'll see what he has.
672
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,120
Yeah, I'm all in on that.
673
00:39:54,120 --> 00:40:01,080
I think another good ad that they had super under the radar for me until right now, even
674
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:06,880
Mack Hollins, a good, you know, wide receiver, like three, four, five to even have on that
675
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:07,880
team.
676
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,920
They're like one year, 390 K.
677
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:18,920
So he is, I don't know how that contract works out because he has a $2.4 million cap hit.
678
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,920
Probably all bonus.
679
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:26,560
Yeah, that barely makes any sense to me.
680
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,640
But I think he's a good ad for them to just feels like they're trying to shore up their
681
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:34,120
receiving core, talked about them potentially getting rid of step on digs and bring somebody
682
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:40,520
else in that that opportunity probably isn't done yet.
683
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:45,040
But even if they do go that way, it's going to be nice to have, you know, some veteran
684
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,560
leadership around the receiving room.
685
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:51,480
If they don't go that way, it's going to be nice to have some depth behind step on digs
686
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,280
as he potentially deals with regression.
687
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,280
Yeah.
688
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:01,960
I mean, we saw how that kind of phase last year towards the end of the season.
689
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:07,000
So yeah, they could, they could definitely use some depth and some help.
690
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,840
But obviously we know they're in cap hell and they restructured Josh Allen, they brought
691
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,240
back a couple guys.
692
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:18,440
So they're doing what they can to keep this team competitive.
693
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,720
Because honestly, at the end of the day with that contract, Josh Allen's got to be the
694
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,520
guy to win the game.
695
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,400
No more making excuses now.
696
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:33,280
He has enough guys around them for him to be a guy you think is like a top five quarterback.
697
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,920
He's got to get it done with what they're able to give him if he wants to get paid that
698
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:37,920
much.
699
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,920
Yeah.
700
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:46,760
Um, the rest of the signings here pretty ugly to me.
701
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:52,080
I think there might be one other signing that I like even a little bit.
702
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,600
And that's Noah Brown resigning with Houston.
703
00:41:55,600 --> 00:42:00,680
I think he's, you know, the most continuity that you can have in that receiving room is
704
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,840
the best thing that you can do.
705
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:08,120
Besides that, everybody else here got overpaid, I think.
706
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:13,280
Devin Duvernay getting a two year, $8.5 million contract.
707
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:19,240
Gabe Davis, as we talked about getting overpaid, I think, and then we got the two worst ones
708
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:20,240
for me.
709
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,680
I think Darno Mooney is worse because he had like one blip of a year where he was good
710
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:31,840
and now he's getting three years, 39 million, 13 million a year for somebody that's, uh,
711
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,400
I don't know, he's not a complete receiver.
712
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:41,600
I think a more complete receiver, uh, but somebody that's ridiculously overpaid now,
713
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:47,080
Calvin Ridley, uh, four years, 92 million, 23 million a year.
714
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,640
I, he's 29 years old.
715
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,720
I can't even begin to imagine why you'd pay a guy like that.
716
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:58,360
And yeah, I mean, he had, he had okay stats, right?
717
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,840
Like he had okay stats, but the eye test and just like from a fantasy standpoint as well,
718
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:08,000
like not, not a guy that deserves that kind of money.
719
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:15,200
Um, sure, the talent's there and we know what he's capable of, but we sure didn't see anything
720
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,320
to prove that he deserves $23 million.
721
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:23,040
We thought maybe, you know, somewhere between 15 and 20.
722
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,320
Um, but hey, go get your bag.
723
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,680
Yeah, like fuck it.
724
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:35,320
Uh, for them, I think it's about putting a receiver that's actually a real good option
725
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:36,320
around Will Leviss.
726
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:41,080
Uh, it looks like to me, this contract says we like Will Leviss and we're going to give
727
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:45,680
them potentially two more years to figure it out.
728
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:51,520
Um, and then at that point, jump into a rebuild and have to deal with this kind of shit contract.
729
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:52,520
It doesn't matter.
730
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:57,960
At that point, they have a potential out, I think, I don't know what exactly it looks
731
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:03,520
like there, but it says that the potential out for them is after two years.
732
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:10,200
Um, so if you like Will Leviss, yeah.
733
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,200
Yeah.
734
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:17,000
Personally, I thought that Jacksonville grabbing Gabe Davis was very questionable.
735
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,360
Just because we talked about, yeah, we talked about how they had limited cap face.
736
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,840
One could be able to bring back a bunch of guys.
737
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,440
They were able to bring back Josh Allen.
738
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:32,080
Um, but otherwise like this move doesn't make sense.
739
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:36,360
You have Christian Kirk, you have, you know, Zay Jones, who actually does pretty well for
740
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,360
them.
741
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,320
Um, it just, I have enigmas there.
742
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,160
Like I don't, I don't understand.
743
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,160
I don't, I don't think wide receiver is your issue right now.
744
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:51,560
Um, I think there's plenty of other issues to address with this team.
745
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,400
And you know, I think one of them is going and getting that star player.
746
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:04,160
And if that's at the cost of, you know, trading and maybe Calvin Ridley is a guy you signed
747
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,960
and then trade, like that would make sense.
748
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,080
But it wasn't in the cards.
749
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,640
So Jags are in an interesting spot.
750
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:18,560
And you know, I could see, I could see a world where they just continue to not get it done
751
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,840
and Trevor Lawrence is on a different team in two years.
752
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:22,920
Yeah, me too.
753
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:26,560
I think it's, it's leaning that way for sure.
754
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:33,000
Um, this whole Gabe Davis signing feels like, oh shit, we're losing Calvin Ridley, the guy
755
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:38,360
that we got, uh, you know, to try to figure this whole receiving core out.
756
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,440
Let's go bring somebody else into replace him.
757
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,240
But I don't think that was, you know, necessarily their biggest need.
758
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:46,640
You know, Christian Kirk, who's honestly super viable.
759
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:53,000
Um, so Gabe Davis doesn't feel like a complete wide receiver and paying him 39 million over
760
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,200
three years is not, not a great option.
761
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:04,640
No, it feels like, um, when they went and grabbed Christian Kirk and then everybody was like,
762
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,680
wow, they're paying him so much money.
763
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,720
And then that actually worked.
764
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:16,480
So maybe Gabe Davis does work, but who knows, we'll have to see.
765
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,480
That's a good, that's a good point, but I don't think it works like that.
766
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:21,840
So I don't think so either.
767
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,240
Um, all right.
768
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:28,480
The rest of the wide receivers here, I could not care less about anybody else you want
769
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:29,480
to talk about.
770
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:35,680
No, I mean, there's only one other thing and it's Mike Williams is a free agent.
771
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,720
He's expected to meet with the Steelers this week.
772
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:41,080
So could be interesting.
773
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:42,080
Why not?
774
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:43,080
Right?
775
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:44,080
Yeah.
776
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:49,200
George Pickens, two George Pickens, George Pickens.
777
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,200
That's math.
778
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:56,080
Um, tight end market, a little bit slow.
779
00:46:56,080 --> 00:47:02,520
Um, I know we got an extension for, uh, what's his name?
780
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,520
Dalton Schultz.
781
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:06,360
That was probably the biggest thing.
782
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,760
It was like a three year extension.
783
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:17,560
Oh, it's contract three years, 36 million, 12 million a year, 7.5 million signing bonus
784
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,160
and 23.5 guaranteed.
785
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:23,480
This just says to me that I was right long ago.
786
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:28,400
I started the podcast when I was doing this all by myself, um, telling everybody to trade
787
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,840
a first round pick for Dalton Schultz.
788
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,840
He is that man in this offense.
789
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,880
He's paired up with CJ Stroud for the next three years.
790
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:40,240
And I think he's going to be, you know, from a fantasy, from a fantasy perspective, super
791
00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:41,240
viable.
792
00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:45,520
Um, and I'm a huge fan of his going forward.
793
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:46,520
Yeah.
794
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:52,240
I mean, that was a great resign, especially looking at what's available.
795
00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:53,600
Like just keep your guy.
796
00:47:53,600 --> 00:48:00,640
Um, sure, you could go, go draft a guy too if you wanted to, but honestly, like the way
797
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,880
tight end is being utilized in the NFL these days.
798
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:10,280
Um, it's not like what we saw in those years of Jimmy Graham, Gronk, um, even beginning
799
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,120
of Kelsey's career.
800
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:17,160
Like I mean that kind of, that's kind of dying out from what we've seen.
801
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:21,240
Like we haven't seen guys being huge receivers anymore.
802
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:29,160
Um, there's a few guys who get the yards, like, you know, it'll Kelsey, but it's very
803
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:30,280
few guys.
804
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,960
So if you can have a guy who's a red zone threat and a good run blocker, that's all
805
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:34,960
you need.
806
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:35,960
Yeah.
807
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:39,400
Uh, I'll swear.
808
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,400
Not much.
809
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:49,560
Colby Parkinson got three years, 22.5 moving from Seattle to the Rams.
810
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:52,040
Uh, interesting play there.
811
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:57,880
He's, um, second highest, you know, contract here.
812
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,120
You know, a fan, two years, 21.
813
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:04,000
That's the highest paid guy resigning with Seattle.
814
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:09,840
Um, I don't feel like he's been a huge asset for them.
815
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,880
Will disley got three years, 14 million.
816
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:17,800
So Seattle, Seattle tight end room is just all over the place here getting paid.
817
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:18,920
Good for them.
818
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,640
I thought will disley was one of the better guys.
819
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,240
He actually gets paid the least out of all three of them.
820
00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:24,240
Yeah.
821
00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:25,240
Whatever.
822
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:30,800
I'm sure Colby Parkinson does some, you know, run blocking and you know, he has the Seattle
823
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,880
playbook to go ahead and give to the Rams there.
824
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,760
So that's probably why I got paid.
825
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:40,320
Um, I don't know anything else in the tight ends that you want to talk about.
826
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,120
There's not really a whole bunch.
827
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:43,120
Yeah.
828
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,240
Tight ends kind of boring.
829
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:46,240
Yeah.
830
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,240
Uh, a line.
831
00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:50,360
We're going to go quick here through the whole line.
832
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,960
I know this has already been a pretty long episode.
833
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,120
I can go on a rant.
834
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,120
Go on your ranch.
835
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,200
Cover the whole thing.
836
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:05,640
So the Patriot strategy seems to be everybody who's on the roster last year, we're just
837
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:11,560
going to resign and try again, except without Mac Jones on the roster.
838
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,600
That's pretty much what they're trying to do.
839
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,560
It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
840
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:23,720
Um, they seem like they have no idea what direction they're taking this team and it's
841
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,040
blatantly obvious.
842
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,600
Um, they re-signed Micah Wenu.
843
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,120
I thought it was a pretty solid contract, you know, they're paying them 19 million a
844
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:32,120
year.
845
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:37,240
I think that's pretty good for an offensive tackle who's saw or guard who's solid.
846
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:44,920
Um, kind of does a lot for you on the offensive line, but into the day it's like, all right,
847
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:45,920
like I get it.
848
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:50,640
We need an offensive line, but you didn't get anything else.
849
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,120
You got Antonio Gibson.
850
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:56,640
Like you signed Jalen Rager, you got rid of Devonte Parker, you re-signed Kendrick
851
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,320
Boer and like, where's the direction?
852
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:03,560
Like show us something like show us that you can invest in a, in a player.
853
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:09,280
Like all you're doing right now is investing in Jude on, um, and maybe Dougar.
854
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,440
We don't even know.
855
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,360
So we've seen this before.
856
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:14,360
Yeah.
857
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,920
And like the move makes sense.
858
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:16,920
It makes sense.
859
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:23,040
Um, you need the offensive line, just make it easy on yourself, re-sign this guy, 19
860
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,920
million isn't going to kill you, especially with the amount of cap space you have.
861
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,240
And especially if you don't sign anybody either.
862
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:32,160
So I guess that makes sense.
863
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,920
Um, that's it for my rant.
864
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:39,920
Otherwise Robert Hunt got paid big 20 million a year, five years.
865
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:45,000
Um, Caroline is now on the hook paying some offensive linemen.
866
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:50,280
Yeah, Carolina was made a bunch of interesting moves.
867
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:57,520
And I guess, uh, now's as good a time as ever to talk about Brian Burns.
868
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,040
Um, cause it technically wasn't a free agent move.
869
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:01,760
It was a trade, right?
870
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:02,760
Yeah.
871
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:08,120
Uh, Brian Burns franchise tag and then traded for a second and like fifth round pick.
872
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:11,920
I don't necessarily understand why you'd do that because I think they had an offer for
873
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,720
like the first round or last year.
874
00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:15,800
Um, maybe even more than that.
875
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:22,320
Um, I do think a second is decent value and they're kind of going into that whole rebuild,
876
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,600
build around Bryce, give him some confidence and maybe the defense will come.
877
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,000
Um, and that's what they're doing.
878
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,440
I guess we didn't talk about Deontay Johnson either.
879
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,840
That's what they're doing by going and getting Deontay Johnson.
880
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,360
Um, the guy that can get open in almost every part of the field.
881
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:42,880
One of the guys with the best open scores in league, uh, over the last, you know, a bunch
882
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,760
of years he's been consistent in getting open.
883
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,120
Um, and I think that's something that's really important for Bryce is he didn't have a receiver
884
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:50,600
that was able to do that last year.
885
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,800
Um, and then just shoring up their offensive line.
886
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:53,800
Yeah.
887
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,240
Are these contracts the best like no, but are they going to have a decent no line and
888
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:58,480
some weapons next year?
889
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,480
Yeah.
890
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:01,920
I think Bryce takes a step forward because of that.
891
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:02,920
Yeah.
892
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:06,800
So they grabbed Robert Hunt, they grabbed Damien Lewis.
893
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:12,480
Um, they were already on the hook for, I think another guard, I forget his name.
894
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,160
So they're paying their offensive line and we knew that that was a big problem for them
895
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,160
last year.
896
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:21,800
So they're kind of putting the chips on the table saying, Hey, Bryce Young, like it's
897
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:22,800
go time.
898
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:28,840
Um, it would be nice if they could go grab another wide receiver, but you know, there,
899
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:34,640
it seems like they're doing what they can to put a viable team around Bryce Young.
900
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:35,640
Yeah.
901
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,400
I'm a fan of it.
902
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,800
Like why would you trade your entire future for a guy that you're not going to build around?
903
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:42,600
You keep doing it.
904
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:43,600
Yeah.
905
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:48,120
And they've locked down their offensive line for a while too.
906
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:51,960
I'm excited to see what that kind of ends up looking like for him.
907
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:56,280
But, uh, one other guy that I want to talk about here is John Runyon.
908
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,200
Um, I'm, I'm sad.
909
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:06,800
You know, I feel like he was a good packer, uh, good guard, got around 10 million a year.
910
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,680
I think we could have afforded that.
911
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:16,440
It looks like right now, if my agency and cap space trackers, right, we still have 24.5
912
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:17,920
million to spare.
913
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:24,440
Um, so like why, why did we let him go?
914
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,040
Maybe you just didn't want to come back.
915
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:31,880
Um, whatever, I think we'll find somebody else.
916
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:35,360
Bunch of moves kind of all over the place for a line.
917
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:38,800
Anything else worth talking about?
918
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:44,240
Um, I think the ones we're talking about is Jacksonville got a center in Mitch Morris.
919
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:45,240
They took the bills.
920
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:54,480
And the ball leader in the year, I think that kind of gives them a little ability to
921
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:55,480
get up the middle now.
922
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,240
It seemed like a lot of their outside schemes.
923
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:02,800
So maybe it gives them the ability to go up the middle.
924
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:09,400
Otherwise, Lloyd Cushenberry to Tennessee, just once again, trying to surround a young
925
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:13,480
quarterback with a good offensive line, give him a chance.
926
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:19,240
And Jonah Williams, um, or sorry, where was the other one?
927
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,240
Not Jonah Williams.
928
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:23,240
Uh, Jonah Jackson.
929
00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,680
Jonah Jackson going from Detroit to the Rams.
930
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:27,480
He's a big one.
931
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:32,280
Um, Rams, we already, we talked about it in a great spot.
932
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,880
I think this is a great signing for them.
933
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,240
Just, Hey, we're all in Matt Stafford.
934
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:41,560
Give us your last few years and then we'll burn this thing to the ground.
935
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,600
So I think that's a great signing.
936
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:48,280
Jonah, Jonah Jackson was a great player for Detroit this year.
937
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,080
Um, their entire offensive line was awesome.
938
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:52,840
So just grab them.
939
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,360
One of the guys from their line.
940
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:56,360
Perfect move.
941
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:57,360
Yeah.
942
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:58,360
Yeah.
943
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:05,760
Overall good moves pretty much all around on a line.
944
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:06,760
Defense time.
945
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,600
We're going to cover defense as a whole here.
946
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:11,800
Yeah.
947
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,320
So what's your favorite side?
948
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:15,920
Oh, what's my favorite signing?
949
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:16,920
Hmm.
950
00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:19,360
What do you think it is?
951
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,920
I know what it is.
952
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:21,920
Yeah.
953
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:25,320
My favorite signing is Daniel Hunter to Houston.
954
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,560
Oh, I thought you were going to say Xavier McKinney.
955
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:35,680
I was, I was, I had to, I had to, uh, the new Hunter, you know, fucking crazy man.
956
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:40,320
I think that was awesome for them, you know, opening up a championship window, um, getting
957
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:47,040
some more threats outside two years, 49 million is, get ton of money, but.
958
00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:48,920
Fuck it.
959
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,680
Like you have really solid team right now.
960
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:57,680
Seems like you're making strides around shoring up your, you know, the rest of your
961
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:59,520
team outside of CJ stroud.
962
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:04,120
So I think to Neil Hunter is a guy that can really offer you a lot of value over the next
963
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,120
few years.
964
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:06,360
I wouldn't have hated if this was three years.
965
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:13,200
Uh, I think 24.5 is a little bit high, but I love the signing honestly.
966
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:14,200
Yeah.
967
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,200
It's a great signing.
968
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,200
Um, their team was already in a great spot.
969
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:23,200
I think they lost their defensive tackle and a linebacker.
970
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,440
So this kind of fills a need for them.
971
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,680
Just get to the quarterback, put some pressure on.
972
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:32,480
Um, I mean, this team is going to be good.
973
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:38,720
We know that it's just another piece that they're adding that should help in prime time
974
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:39,720
games.
975
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:41,720
I hope so.
976
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,720
Uh, okay.
977
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:44,960
So Xavier McKinney time.
978
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,040
I did kind of just say that to fuck with you.
979
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:50,880
Obviously you were right.
980
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:54,000
So Xavier McKinney is like 25 years old.
981
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,160
He's one of the better safeties in the league.
982
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:01,800
We're talking about the green Bay is losing all their safeties and you know, safety here,
983
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,800
safety there going.
984
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:11,280
Uh, I believe we resigned Kieshawn Nixon, lost Jonathan Owens and, uh, Adrian Amos.
985
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:17,880
I think we also lost him or no, Darno Savage, Darno Savage went to Jacksonville.
986
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:22,600
I don't even know if Adrian Amos is on the team anymore.
987
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:27,280
Um, so we have a safety like this is huge.
988
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:31,800
We got him four years, 67 million, 16.75 average.
989
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:35,400
Um, that's super affordable.
990
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:41,320
Um, when you talk about, I mean, Darno Savage is getting paid like half as much, but I think
991
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:44,040
that's up there for one of the best safety contracts in the league.
992
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:49,200
Um, and he's a guy that can really, you know, make a huge difference.
993
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:52,560
Um, and, and short up a huge hole for us.
994
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:54,840
So we're not going to have to wait for him to develop either.
995
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:55,840
He's, he's good.
996
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:57,840
He's going to be good now.
997
00:58:57,840 --> 00:58:58,840
Yeah.
998
00:58:58,840 --> 00:58:59,840
Yeah.
999
00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:00,840
That was a huge need for you.
1000
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:01,840
You said it.
1001
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:02,960
Um, good signing for you guys.
1002
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:09,440
You guys filled your holes and you know, you have some other spots that you would probably
1003
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,720
like to shore up, but this is a huge one for you.
1004
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:14,720
Yeah.
1005
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:15,720
I'm pumped.
1006
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:22,240
Um, you know, between Xavier McKinney and Josh Jacobs, the Green Bay made a lot of pretty
1007
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:27,880
cool moves and not really moves that I expected to be made, especially Josh Jacobs.
1008
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,960
But I think I thought Xavier McKinney was going to be too expensive or, you know, not want
1009
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:37,560
to go to Green Bay, um, as probably the best safety in free agency.
1010
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,520
We really lucked out on that one.
1011
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:40,520
Yeah.
1012
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:46,840
I mean, I think there's probably no better fit for a competitive team than that.
1013
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:50,400
You know, um, other than Daniel Hunter, probably.
1014
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:51,400
Daniel Hunter.
1015
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:52,400
Yeah.
1016
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:53,400
Yeah.
1017
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:59,200
So otherwise the other two great signings that I saw were Bryce Huff to Philly.
1018
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,880
Philly just continues to manipulate the cap.
1019
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:06,200
Um, they made that happen three years, 51 million.
1020
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,600
And then the other move that I really liked.
1021
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:12,040
Oh, shit, I just had it.
1022
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:19,560
Um, was Eric Armstead to Jacksonville three years, 51.
1023
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:22,920
I don't know how Jacksonville has the money.
1024
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,400
It doesn't make sense to me.
1025
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:27,000
I don't know what they did.
1026
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,080
I have no clue.
1027
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,440
It seems like you're going to be counting.
1028
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:35,440
Uh, Calvin Ridley somehow.
1029
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:36,440
No.
1030
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:42,240
Uh, I have no idea what happened.
1031
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:45,720
They just snuck in the cap.
1032
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:46,720
They said fuck it.
1033
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:47,720
And they wouldn't grab them.
1034
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,480
Um, great signing.
1035
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,440
Just the dude's a beast.
1036
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:52,440
We know that.
1037
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:59,320
So 14.5 allegedly that that doesn't show Eric Armstead.
1038
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:03,240
So I don't, I don't know how it's possible.
1039
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:06,640
Yeah, what?
1040
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:08,560
I don't know.
1041
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:12,760
Our cap predictions must have been off them because that makes no sense.
1042
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:13,760
Yeah.
1043
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:14,760
Yeah.
1044
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:16,240
It really makes no sense.
1045
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,440
Cap is fake.
1046
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:19,440
Sure is.
1047
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:23,040
Leonard Williams got a big contract to stay with Seattle.
1048
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:25,320
It's good to see.
1049
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:31,320
Seattle had a, yeah, Cedarius Smith to Cleveland stayed there.
1050
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:35,760
Um, otherwise there was some just solid signings.
1051
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:40,720
I mean, there was plenty of good players to be had in free agency on the defensive side
1052
01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:42,480
of the ball.
1053
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:47,400
So you guys lost savage kind of expected that.
1054
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,840
Um, yeah, whatever.
1055
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:54,480
Otherwise like teams just grab some good role players.
1056
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:57,520
That's about all that happened.
1057
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:04,360
I think switching out Jonathan Granard for, I don't know if it's really one to one, but
1058
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:07,880
switching out Jonathan Granard for Daniel Hunter was an interesting move that Houston
1059
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:08,880
made.
1060
01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:15,120
Uh, you know, not going to be ending up paying him long term, even though they kind of could
1061
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:19,080
have afforded it, but I don't know if he was worth the money.
1062
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:27,400
Um, another interesting one that I saw Patrick Queen, you know, shoring up that lineback
1063
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:35,000
and core in Pittsburgh and trying to go, I don't know, defense first year and then running
1064
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:40,320
out with your quarterbacks and I don't know, their team kind of has like very little identity
1065
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:41,320
to me.
1066
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:49,080
Um, you have a lack at wide receiver, shitty running backs.
1067
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,480
Your O line is not good.
1068
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:55,800
Um, you have two quarterbacks that could start.
1069
01:02:55,800 --> 01:03:00,480
Yeah, then your defense has some really good players and some pretty big holes still.
1070
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:05,440
So I think Patrick was an interesting signing.
1071
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:12,280
And I think him only getting like 13.6 a year was probably good value on that, but he, that
1072
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:14,280
is a confusing signing.
1073
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:20,160
Um, yeah, there's not a bunch else here that I want to talk about.
1074
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:22,360
Uh, pump that we got.
1075
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:27,080
Thanks and back, there's one other move that I will mention.
1076
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:28,080
Nope.
1077
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:34,240
The only reason I don't want to go too far into this one is because it's not a competitive
1078
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:40,200
team, but I thought it was a great signing for the commanders to grab Jeremy Chin one
1079
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,840
year, $4 million.
1080
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,040
I think the guys have kind of a stud.
1081
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:49,680
Yeah, I mean, that's a solid contract.
1082
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:51,680
That's good take there.
1083
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:59,160
There's a lot of guys that got like one or two year contracts that I think are good players.
1084
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:03,040
Ronald Darby is kind of law.
1085
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:11,320
Ron Kenlaj, Ron Baker, uh, Jordan Hicks, Jordan Hicks actually a really good ad.
1086
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:15,960
Um, probably Wagner goes to Washington for one year.
1087
01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:17,920
What the fuck is that?
1088
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:22,880
AJ up an essay back to Buffalo, that's a good deal.
1089
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:29,000
Um, there was one here that I was looking for Kevin Byrd to Chicago is actually decent
1090
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:34,840
and Kendall Fuller off to Miami is also really not that bad.
1091
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,560
Then Gross Matos actually goes to San Francisco.
1092
01:04:37,560 --> 01:04:43,840
So they kind of replaced, um, Tracy Young with that.
1093
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:44,840
Yeah.
1094
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:46,480
He's still free agent.
1095
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:51,360
So what is his value at this point?
1096
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:58,400
Oh, Tracy Young, science with see the next to Davian Clowney.
1097
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:03,760
I don't know what you mean by that.
1098
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:09,400
Like a guy who we had such high expectations for didn't quite meet them.
1099
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:14,600
Like he's still still a solid player, but is never going to get the contract that he
1100
01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:15,600
feels he deserves.
1101
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:20,840
And he kind of comes back and gets good or yeah, he's just going to bounce around teams
1102
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:27,120
and you know, get eight to 12 sacks a year.
1103
01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:30,320
That's probably best case scenario at this point for Tracy.
1104
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:33,880
I think he goes, I think he is going to go to a team that's not competitive.
1105
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:37,200
I honestly think Minnesota could be a good option for him.
1106
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:44,480
Um, you know, we have Minnesota and then I'd be very interested to see if the Lions could
1107
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,040
make a play for him or like the Panthers.
1108
01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:51,320
Um, all teams I think would have the space to do it.
1109
01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:55,640
And I think like three years, 21 million, or I think he'd probably want to do a shorter
1110
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:56,640
deal.
1111
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:59,640
So like two years 15.
1112
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:05,840
I think that'd be good value.
1113
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:11,840
It's another case of, Hey, do you fit in the starting lineup somewhere?
1114
01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:16,920
And if you do, what's the price you're willing to be willing to be on the field for?
1115
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:21,840
Because you're probably not going to be able to expect too, too much.
1116
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:22,840
Yeah.
1117
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,440
Um, there was one other signing here.
1118
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:30,720
Um, a Woozie a went from Cincinnati to Tennessee.
1119
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:36,640
Once again, Tennessee just ships on the table going all in on whatever they have.
1120
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:42,000
Um, going on and on, maybe making the play.
1121
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,400
Yeah, whatever they have.
1122
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:44,560
Yeah.
1123
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:49,520
It's a rebuild in, in the making, but I mean, technically a good setting.
1124
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,880
Yeah, that's weird.
1125
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:54,040
I went right past that one.
1126
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:56,920
20, he's like 29.
1127
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:58,920
Three years.
1128
01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:00,560
36.
1129
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:02,480
And that's, that's 12, 12, 12.
1130
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:04,320
That's not like front loaded or anything.
1131
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:08,920
Cause if they front loaded that, that could make sense, you know, for future competing,
1132
01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:12,840
but no, nope.
1133
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:14,840
Okay.
1134
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:22,800
Um, I think also you want to talk about with free agency, uh, before we jump over into
1135
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,840
the kind of talking about our betting competition and picking that back up.
1136
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:34,160
I just want to mention one thing and it's will lots getting $4.2 million a year.
1137
01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:40,480
Um, I guess Denver is just like whatever, like, it's a lot of money.
1138
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:41,480
Just keep it together.
1139
01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:46,560
I guess, I mean, I get it, but just to kind of a funny move.
1140
01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:49,720
It's like, all right, we have all these fucking issues.
1141
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:51,600
Let's go pay our kicker.
1142
01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:55,360
Like, another case of I don't get it.
1143
01:07:55,360 --> 01:08:00,760
I think Denver and the paths are both in a situation where it's like, what's your direction?
1144
01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:02,760
And I don't think the team knows.
1145
01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:05,560
She might be inking their kicker to a new deal as well.
1146
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:08,760
Based off of what we've seen here.
1147
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:10,760
Yeah.
1148
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:16,920
Um, yeah, a lot of good talk about free agency there.
1149
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:24,680
Um, yeah, apologize to you guys for not being here for you during one of the biggest weeks
1150
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:32,480
of the NFL season, but we'll be here, you know, hopefully for the rest of the off season
1151
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:33,480
and all that.
1152
01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:38,440
So let's jump over into talking about our betting contest.
1153
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:44,160
So I know this is completely irrelevant at this point, but the games that we had picked,
1154
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:52,920
um, I went to, you know, you went one on one and I climbed back up from the depths of 10
1155
01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:59,360
or of nine and seven to 11 and seven and you fell to 11 and seven.
1156
01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:04,640
So we were back and tied after you took the lead.
1157
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:13,040
So I think it's time to make our picks and I think we also get an anti bet here or this
1158
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:14,040
week.
1159
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:18,440
So today is Sunday, so we'll be picking for Monday.
1160
01:09:18,440 --> 01:09:20,440
All right.
1161
01:09:20,440 --> 01:09:22,440
All right.
1162
01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:28,640
Who's picking the first anti bet?
1163
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:29,640
Go nuts.
1164
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:30,640
All right.
1165
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:35,640
Well, you got the pistons against the salt.
1166
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,640
All right.
1167
01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:46,320
Um, I'm going to have to give me the Grizzlies, give me the Grizzlies.
1168
01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:50,520
No, I'm going to have to give you the Hawks because there's something about that line
1169
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:55,760
that's wrong so that you know that the Hawks are losing that by a lot.
1170
01:09:55,760 --> 01:10:03,280
All right, interesting, but I'll take it.
1171
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:05,760
I'm happy with that.
1172
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:07,840
Okay.
1173
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:13,040
And then what are your, do your first pick, then I'll do my two and then you do the last
1174
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:14,040
one.
1175
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:15,680
All right.
1176
01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:20,960
So my first pick, let me stay away from that.
1177
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:24,320
I will take.
1178
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:28,320
I'll take the Timberwolves over the jazz.
1179
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:30,320
Okay.
1180
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:34,320
I kind of saw that coming.
1181
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:35,480
I don't know why.
1182
01:10:35,480 --> 01:10:42,320
I think I liked that pick, but we'll see there.
1183
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:53,440
Um, there's not a lot of good opportunities at underdog here.
1184
01:10:53,440 --> 01:11:01,160
So I'm going to go with the calves, which is, I seem to do like every time.
1185
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:04,000
And then, so that's calves over Pacers.
1186
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:07,720
Um, yeah, I think there's decent value on that.
1187
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:09,720
The paces are favored by seven and a half.
1188
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,800
So I think the calves have enough pieces.
1189
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:20,680
Um, yeah, we have Donovan Mitchell and have a mobile out, but I think we'll be all right.
1190
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:23,560
And then that's my underdog.
1191
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:26,120
So then I got to go with my favorite.
1192
01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:27,760
And I think I'm going to pick the bolts.
1193
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:31,200
Um, those are pretty solid team.
1194
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:36,280
Portland has, you know, potentially Matisse, I will out Malcolm Brogdon out.
1195
01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:38,400
I'm just, you know, done.
1196
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:39,600
Jeremy Grant might be out.
1197
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,080
He's day to day as well.
1198
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Um, and I think if Alex Caruso plays tomorrow night, I have a pretty solid chance of hitting
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there.
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Yeah.
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I like it.
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Um, for some reason, I want to take the Knicks.
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Do it.
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But I think that's a bad idea.
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Don't do it.
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So I'll take, uh, I'll take the heat over the Sixers.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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I kind of thought of taking the Warriors as my favorite because I think the Knicks are
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missing.
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Yeah, they're missing Julius Randall and Mitchell Robinson, uh, and Mitchell Robinson
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for the season.
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So Julius Randall super core to them there.
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So we are both 11 and seven anti bets in for the week and real picks in for tomorrow
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night or tonight if you're listening to this on Monday.
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Anything else you want to go over before we call an episode?
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Um, no, I think, I think we pretty much covered everything.
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Um, I guess in the golf world, Scotty Shuffler is one, two weeks in a row if you care.
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Um, so betting odds in golf are pretty damn good if you have picking outright winner.
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So I know some people who had Scotty Shuffler and they went up big this weekend.
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There you go.
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You have him.
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I had Wyndham Clark who lost by one and his putt lived out on the 18th hole to go to,
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um, like a playoff.
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So hit the ball literally rolled all the way around the cup and didn't go in.
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That's wild.
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It was other golf news.
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Uh, I bought we switch sports or Nintendo switch sports and I've been playing some switch
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golf back on the back on the course.
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I love that shit.
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You got to get you back playing.
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I know, man.
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I got to get some clubs.
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One of your anti bets is you just make me bet.
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If you hit the anti bet, I have to buy a pair of clubs or set a club.
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It'll be our, it'll be one of our last ones or we take the money from the anti bet towards
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the clubs.
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There you go.
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I think we've been hitting them at a decent rate.
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Um, yeah, or we're doing anti season winner.
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Maybe put like 20 bucks on it, like an anti NBA champion.
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Oh, like once, once the playoff set, it's like, you know, like the Kings or something.
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I put like 50 bucks sound to win like a thousand bucks and I can get like a really nice set
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of clubs.
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That would be fucking crazy.
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All right.
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Okay.
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Thanks everybody for listening.
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Thanks for dealing with the break.
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Hope you guys liked the two episodes we kind of left for you there.
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Uh, NHL review.
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If you missed that was on Wednesday.
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Um, and then we kind of just covered the rest of the NFL before we, I think it was the NFC
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West we covered before free agency started.
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So thanks for listening to those.
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And then I'll leave links in the description to, uh, the website, which has links to kind
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of all of our socials and stuff like that.
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So you want to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, um, Mip here usually runs the Twitter.
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So you guys want to get betting tips.
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And I think we're going to post our brackets for your prior to our Wednesday episode and
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our Wednesday episode, which will just be focused on, uh, NCA and then we'll do our,
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you know, betting episode stuff too.
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But look forward to all that.
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Um, maybe we can get the NBA doc.
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Of check in, I know he's, he's got a schedule of a lot of podcast guessing.
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So I don't know if he's, he's going to be free for us.
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All right.
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Uh, thanks for listening.
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Uh, like, subscribe, you know, follow, do all the stuff that'll help us out.
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Do the stuff.
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Yeah.
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Do the stuff.
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And we appreciate you for doing the things.
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Exactly.
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All right.
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See you guys.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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All right.
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Thanks.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Welcome back to the data blitz podcast I'm Noel.
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I'm Brendan.
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I'm finally back for vacation.
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I had a good time out in West Texas driving through oil towns and like that.
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It's good to be back not pooping in a bucket anymore.
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Yeah, it's good to be back to the podcast man.
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Yeah, I mean, probably the worst time vacation in the history of all vacations.
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You know, I was sitting there with minimal cell service just refreshing different things
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trying to get updates about free agency.
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You know, not the most relaxing in that regard, but definitely good to get away from coming
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off for a little bit.
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But we're back.
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We're ready to jump back into free agency and give a recap about every move that's been
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made, you know, over the past week and kind of give our takes on those.
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And then if you guys are looking forward to some March Madness talk, we will be, you know,
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doing that on Wednesday.
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We're gonna have a whole episode dedicated to brackets and March Madness talk so that
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we can cover that in, you know, its entirety as well.
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But free agency is almost giving it a whole episode is almost too little, but we're gonna
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try to squeeze it all in here.
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Yeah, so we're gonna break it down by positions.
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So first we're gonna start with quarterbacks.
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I think the first domino to fall was Russell Wilson signing with the Steelers for 1.2 million.
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I mean, the Broncos already paying them 38.
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So we thought that, hey, if Russell Wilson goes and signs there, it's gonna be a little
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weird and free agency.
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And we kind of saw that.
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But we did call it right.
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Justin Fields went to the Steelers.
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We got it right.
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Good for the podcast.
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And then otherwise we were right about Kirk Cousins heading to Atlanta.
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So good for us again.
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Kirk Cousins got a fat deal, $45 million average for three years.
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Pretty damn good.
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It's insane.
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Probably an overpay in my opinion, I think is Kirk worth that much by himself?
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No, but with the lack of really good quarterbacks on the market here and guys that were acquireable
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for the Falcons who have a window that's kind of open now with the lack of a quarterback.
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Fuck it.
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Like go sign Kirk Cousins, see what you can do in the next four years.
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And if you can't get it done, no harm, no foul.
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You still have some of your core guys.
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Who cares?
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I think it's a great move for them.
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Yeah.
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And Atlanta did a pretty solid job.
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Kirk Cousins was probably the best quarterback they could have ended up with.
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Oh, yeah.
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They wanted to make some crazy draft trade, but we've seen how those have worked out.
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So they gave him Darnell Mooney as well.
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Just to kind of pair as like another guy to, you know, maybe take some heat off of London.
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So not a horrible move.
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The team's in a pretty good spot.
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They got a pretty good pick to grab an offensive lineman or whatever else they want to do.
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This team should be the favorite for the NFC South, in my opinion.
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Oh, they are.
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Way the favorite at this point.
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I think they're minus 200 or something like that, maybe even more.
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You know, another quarterback news and in the NFC South, one thing to talk about is Baker
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getting his extension was a little bit murky waters around that.
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I wasn't really sure if he was going to be back there, but also like, again, it's not
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necessarily about the player.
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It's about who were the other guys that they could have had.
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And Baker was probably the best guy that they could have had for the price they got him.
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So I'm pretty happy with that if I'm.
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Yeah.
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And we talked about it like the Bucks pretty much if they just bring it back, like that's
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the best team they can field really with their caps.
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They let who Devon White go to the Eagles.
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You know, we thought, hey, he's probably either going to stick around or go play for
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a competitor.
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He chose the competitor.
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So I mean, that's a loss, but at the same time grand scheme of things, they kept the
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thing together pretty well.
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So should be another team that can compete maybe better than last year, but we'll see
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a new offensive coordinator, aging team, you know, anything can happen.
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You could go in either way really.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I do feel like we kind of, well, I mean, we obviously have, you know, Mike Evans and
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Chris Godwin there still.
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So I think that's pretty good for them.
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I was going to say, I feel like we kind of skipped over the, the Justin Fields talk, but
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I don't want to skip over the Baker Mayfield talk either here.
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So let's go Baker and then we'll go back to Justin Fields.
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But yeah, I feel like Baker is set up in a good position there.
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They have a pretty good team around him.
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Their defense is a little bit aging kind of remnants of the Brady era there in Tampa.
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So are the receivers, but you know, Chris Godwin's still super viable.
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Mike Evans is still one of the best receivers in the league and they extended him.
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It looks like they're going to be running back this core like we talked about.
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It's a competitive core.
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Is it a core that's going to win you a super bowl?
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Probably not.
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Of course, it might get you into the playoffs every other year.
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Like, yeah, they're kind of giving like Vikings for the last five years.
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That's the minus that one season where they went nuts.
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So I'm impressed with that for them.
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The Falcons on the other hand, you know, does feel like luck is not on the side of the Falcons.
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If you have Kirk Cousins, a guy who seems to lose a game in almost every way.
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And Atlanta who blew a 28-3 lead in the, in the Super Bowl, like what something's got
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to give there, like maybe the luck comes together when you put two very unlucky things together.
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But I'm not sure.
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I'm hoping for some success there just from a fantasy perspective.
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And it's better when the Falcons are good, you know, the N of us better in that situation.
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And they have a lot of really good weapons that I want to see flourish with Kirk Cousins.
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Yeah, as long as we can have one good team in the NFC South, then we can stop caring
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about how shitty of a division it is.
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We just need something to say, Hey, that's fun to watch because how many times were those
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teams on Thursday night football or Monday night football?
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And we're just like, why are we sitting here watching the Panthers play on Monday night?
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Like, so back to Justin Fields, though.
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So he was kind of the last domino to fall.
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He got traded to the Steelers, perfect fit really team that doesn't have a ton of cap
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space this year.
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But doesn't sound like they're going to really use him anyways, might lower his value, I
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guess in terms of a contract for, you know, the foreseeable future.
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But you know, it'll be interesting to see what happens with Russell Wilson in this offense.
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It seems like they need probably another receiver.
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Maybe they can grab that in the draft.
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Obviously, the Steelers have been historically good at drafting receivers.
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When the Steelers get in the draft, I'm targeting all over the place.
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Like that guy's going to be nuts.
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Yeah.
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So look out for that.
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Justin Fields, I'm not the highest on.
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I think everybody's like, Oh, look at all this talent, but doesn't really look at the
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field.
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He doesn't win games, kind of doesn't really throw the ball that well.
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So maybe Russ can help him turn his career around.
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I mean, wouldn't be the first time somebody, you know, all of a sudden got better.
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So yeah, it's an interesting fit.
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Yeah.
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This stage in his career, Justin Fields clearly worth like a bag of potato chips, you know,
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the six round conditional up to a fourth round based off of playing time.
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It does sound like Russ is going to be, you know, the starter there, like barring injury
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or, you know, real setback like Russ, you for 26 touchdowns last year.
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He wasn't a huge liability.
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You know, Cortland Sutton was the main benefactor of that and the offense was kind of one dimensional,
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but it does feel like there aren't as many weapons on the Steelers.
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George Pickens is going to be, you know, I think he's going to have the best year of
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his career, but losing Deontay Johnson.
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I wouldn't even say losing, getting rid of Deontay Johnson is, you know, going to hurt
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them a lot.
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I think in the long run and I think Justin Fields maybe will benefit from taking this
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year to learn under Russ.
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But is it, you know, is he going to be the guy for years going out?
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Eventually does feel like a big move for them, but it wasn't a ton to give up and they're
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not going to have any like some cost fallacy with him.
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give up a lot.
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I think one thing that we were very off on, and I think I was leading the charge here,
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so I don't want to bring you in here, but we talked about Atlanta and Billy, sorry,
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Pittsburgh as, you know, potential places for Justin Fields.
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And I think the big reason that I said Pittsburgh was the better option was because the 20th
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pick is something that you'd give up for Justin Fields rather than the eighth pick.
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And it just, it just wasn't even a comparison.
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Like there was no discussion about the 20th pick or the eighth pick.
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You know, it clearly the Bears were like, fuck it, let's just get rid of this guy for
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whatever we can get rid of him for.
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I want to have a clean slate, bring Kayla Williams in.
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So, I mean, good for Justin Fields to go to a team that didn't give up a bunch to get
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him.
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But, you know, his viability as a starter and even a backup in the league going forward
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is kind of in question because, you know, right now he's backing up somebody that's
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a mobile or mobile ish quarterback that can, you know, kind of have the same game plan
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as Justin Fields.
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But the second that you get into one of those situations, like with what we saw with RG,
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RG three, when he kind of moved on from backing up Lamar is when you have a guy that's a mobile
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quarterback that's trying to be a backup in a non-mobile scheme.
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It just kind of doesn't work because they're going to have to have a whole separate scheme,
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a whole separate playbook or, you know, tailor to that guy and it just doesn't work.
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So Justin Fields is very limited in the teams that he can back up for if he's not a starter
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going forward.
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And I think one of the big things there is that Justin Fields value was clearly not to
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where they were expecting it to be.
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I sent out a tweet right after Russell Wilson got traded or signed with the Steelers.
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Sorry.
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And I said, this puts Justin Fields in a really interesting spot.
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What is his value now?
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Because you have basically the one team that was going to trade a lot for him.
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And you have the Falcons who are maybe going to do that, but then the Falcons are able
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to grab Kirk.
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And it was like, all right, these dominoes are falling, but it kind of just brings down
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how much teams are going to be willing up to give for Justin Fields because there's not
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really a starting job open for him now.
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So I was right on and Ari Myrov pretty much said the exact same thing like a day or two
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later.
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Yeah, Ari Myrov source Brendan.
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It's me.
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It's me.
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You're Ari.
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Yeah, everyone knows it.
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Or is stealing your tweets.
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That's what's going on here.
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Exactly.
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We should accuse him.
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It's brutal, but it happens.
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I mean, whatever.
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All right.
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Should we talk about the running back market?
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Yeah, I mean, is there anything else that we want to cover here?
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Just like to mention a few moves I think are a little bit relevant and we don't really
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have to get into them at all.
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Gardner Minshew probably going to be a backup in Las Vegas.
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Two years, 25 million.
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Love Gardner Minshew.
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He's a really good player should get some opportunity behind Aiden O'Connell.
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Look at that.
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Took a whole vacation to learn his name.
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Tyrod Taylor going to the Jets who the fuck cares.
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Sam Darnold might be the starter on Minnesota and we'll probably get into some speculation
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about what might happen.
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And honestly, now is just good a time as ever for the rest of the podcast.
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Let's just fucking do it.
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I heard you as a Patriots fan are here in some rumors.
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Yeah, so something that was mocked up is that the Vikings now that they've acquired
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another first round pick in this draft from the Texans that they're going to package that
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to another to their first round pick this year and another first round next year to
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grab the third overall pick and select the quarterback.
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Kind of makes sense, but I don't know.
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It's weird because it depends what their direction is, right?
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Like let's say the Pats take a quarterback at three and they're also rumored to be trying
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to get into either three, four or five.
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If they say trade with the Cardinals, what do they end up with?
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Probably Marvin Harrison.
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Does that mean, hey, they go and trade Justin Jefferson?
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It's interesting.
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I don't know why they would trade up to grab Marvin Harrison if they're like, oh, we're
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so committed to Justin Jefferson.
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So they're definitely trying to make some sort of move or they're just trying to get
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some draft picks for an aging roster.
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I like the move they made to move up into the first round.
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You know, I think giving up two seconds wasn't like a huge deal, but it does feel like they're
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kind of in quarterback limbo right now.
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And they might be able to put out, with Justin Jefferson, just might be able to put out a
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roster that gets, you know, five, six, seven, maybe even more wins every single year, which
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might set them back in terms of, you know, getting a really early draft pick and getting
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a quarterback.
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If they move up and they move up to four, that would just be an absolute misplay on
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their part.
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I think they could probably grab, you know, JJ McCarthy or your bow, Nick's at 11 right
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now.
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You don't need to trade like years of picks.
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So go get Marvin Harris.
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I mean, I'd love to see it.
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Did you imagine Marvin Harrison, Justin Jefferson and fucking Sam Darnold all next to each other?
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That's a different type of winning formula that we haven't seen done before, but I'm
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interested to see if they could do it.
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I think that's all I really got for the Vikings.
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Looks like they're in an interesting spot now.
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Like what is the future of that quarterback room?
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Nobody knows.
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And it's a question that should be answered in the draft.
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So looks like there's a lot of trades that are going to be happening leading up to and
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during the draft.
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There's just guys who just aren't going to be on the same teams and their household names.
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So we'll figure out what that looks like.
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I'm excited to see, you know, how it all shakes out at the end here.
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There's a lot of stuff still up in the air.
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So can we move to the running backs now?
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Drew Locke.
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Oh, shut up.
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Running backs.
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I'm sorry.
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You know, I've been away all week.
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I just, we haven't done a podcast in a while.
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I don't give a shit how long this goes.
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I'm going to keep you hostage.
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All right.
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So the first deal on the board here is Josh Jacobs.
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I probably should have been like, yeah, let's move to the running backs.
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I'm a big fan of Josh Jacobs to Green Bay here.
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You got four years, 48 million, you know, 12, 12 million a year there.
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We moved on from Aaron Jones.
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We cut him, which really hurt me pretty deeply.
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Aaron Jones then goes and signs with Minnesota.
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Everybody's freaking out, burning the house down about that.
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I don't give a shit.
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It happened before Jamal Williams went and signed with Lions the year we cut him too.
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So just seems like these, these bottom feeders in the NFC North trying to get our playbook
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no matter what it costs them, the running backs, cheap position.
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So I think Josh Jacobs, he's, he's 26.
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He's, you know, one of the better guys, he was all pro like two years ago.
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Really an incredible running back.
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I think he's going to bring a lot of versatility to the offense.
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Well, like, is he worth 12 million a year?
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Maybe I don't hate it.
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I think he's only guaranteed 12 and a half so we can get out after one year of 14.8 million,
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which is fine for me.
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Is he, I think it's good to like put a supporting cast around Jordan Love as he continues to
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grow here in this offense.
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The move that I do hate around this is resigning AJ Dillon for 2.7 million.
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Like what the fuck is the point here?
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I don't like AJ Dillon.
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He's not very good.
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And I wish that we got rid of him instead of getting rid of Aaron Jones.
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Yeah, that's very fair.
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But you know, Aaron Jones is not going to play second fiddle with Josh Jacobs.
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That's just not in his cards.
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As far as Josh Jacobs kind of perfect timing, you know, 26 years old, four years will be
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just over 30.
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And then boom, you'll let him go off that cliff.
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Goodbye.
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It'll be good for years.
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Perfect contract.
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And yeah, we don't need all four years if he hits a cliff early, structured in a way
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where we can get rid of him.
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Kind of at whatever point we want.
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I'm a fan.
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Yeah, I thought that was good for you guys.
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You guys made some other moves that we'll get into as well.
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But that was that was a good move, I thought.
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Yeah.
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So a guy that's one year older, talking to me enough.
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And another big name out here, Saquon, signed with the Eagles, getting paid a little bit
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more than Josh Jacobs, guaranteed a lot more than Josh Jacobs.
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I'm still trying to justify this running back contract.
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You haven't noticed.
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So he's taken 12 and a half a year, three years, 37.7 with 26 guaranteed.
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So they're stuck with him for two years.
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I don't think you're really stuck with Saquon Barclays.
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Saquon Barclays stuck with you as he was with the Giants for most of his career.
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So I think he's a really good ad for them.
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Is he, you know, the same player that he was coming out of Penn State?
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Is he the same player that he was, you know, right out of the draft and put up like a thousand
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a thousand?
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No.
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But is he a guy that's going to offer you a lot of versatility and make your offense,
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you know, better and just have crazy weapons all over the place?
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Like, yeah, you want, if you want crazy weapons all over the place, Saquon's your guy.
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Got rid of DeAndre Swift.
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And I think that was a good, you know, exchange there.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, Saquon is a huge pickup for Philly.
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This running back position has been kind of a dilemma for them the last few years.
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Just trying to figure out who's our guy.
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Like they really haven't been able to figure it out.
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With Saquon, you know that's your guy.
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This guy can catch the ball, he can run the ball.
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It's everything you want in a running back.
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One comparison I'll draw is two Christian McCaffrey, who, you know, when he was in Carolina,
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with a lot of injuries and we were like, all right, like this is another one of those running
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backs that's just going to get injured and, you know, probably see the field for eight
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games a year.
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Goes to the 49ers and his stats just have gone through the fucking roof.
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So could we see the same thing happen with Saquon?
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Sure, I think so.
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But at the same time, I, yeah, I agree.
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I don't think he's right up there with McCaffrey.
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I don't think he's right next to him.
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I think he's probably, you know, just below him.
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I don't think there's any other running back in this league who's in a better situation
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than McCaffrey.
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And the number two is Saquon.
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This is a perfect landing spot for him.
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It puts him in contention to win games.
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He's going to be happy there for fantasy owners.
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He's going to stay on the field because they have other guys they can give the ball to
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unlike the Giants.
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They won't have to carry them 40 times a game.
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This is just perfect.
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You made a pretty bold statement there saying that McCaffrey and then Saquon.
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I think there are two other guys that got signed during free agency.
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One other guy that got signed during free agency and then one other guy that got a big name
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to his team on free agency that could be just as happy in their situations and just as successful.
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Is Saquon in the perfect spot?
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Basically yes.
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Another guy who is is Derek Henry.
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Two years, 16 million.
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I think Derek Henry is a super solid asset for the Ravens here.
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It's going to fit into their scheme as I don't know how that's going to work out, but I know
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that they're not going to fuck it up.
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It's Derek Henry.
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It's Lamar Jackson.
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Don't overthink it.
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Just keep running the ball and then run a bunch of play action.
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Throw it to Mark Andrews.
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You'll be fine.
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I'll be more saying Derek Henry is like approaching his age cliff.
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I don't really think he is.
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He's like he had the third fastest time as a running back running the ball last year.
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So I'm like, Derek Henry still got some juice to dislikes.
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Is he going to be as physical on the Ravens?
391
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,560
Maybe not.
392
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,080
But is he going to be called to be that same guy that he was on Tennessee?
393
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,080
No.
394
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:50,680
He was their entire offense for like eight years or whatever it was, like maybe six after
395
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,640
DeMarco Murray.
396
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,880
So Derek Henry, very happy man.
397
00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,320
I think the other guy that you can make the argument for is Bijan.
398
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,320
Yeah.
399
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:09,200
Bijan now has one of the best offenses around him in theory, assuming that Kirk Cousins,
400
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,400
you know, Achilles is not going to be a huge issue.
401
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,360
So just wanted to call you out there and let you know that there are two other guys I'm
402
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,880
thinking about and Antonio Gibson.
403
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,880
I'm just kidding.
404
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,360
Fuck off with that.
405
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:31,760
But what I do, I appreciate you calling me out, but still, Seyquan has the second best
406
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,200
landing spot out of anybody.
407
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,920
Derek Henry is right there too.
408
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,480
I think Derek Henry fits the Ravens scheme perfect.
409
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,840
The Ravens don't really utilize the pass game with the running backs.
410
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,920
They're kind of just a downhill team.
411
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,360
They like to throw the ball deep.
412
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,880
They like to throw the ball across the middle.
413
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:54,040
They run up the middle, you know, RPOs, whatever.
414
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:58,280
So I think Derek Henry kind of fits this perfectly.
415
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:03,840
I saw a funny tweet that was like, hey, the Ravens finally got two guys of the same position
416
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:09,760
who can kind of throw the ball.
417
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:15,240
Referencing the Derek Henry touchdown pass and the playoffs.
418
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,240
But I think the Ravens there were addressing a need for offense, right?
419
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:25,160
We saw it in the AFC Championship game, like need for offense.
420
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,840
Their defense is going to be great regardless of the loss of Queen.
421
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:37,360
And I forget who else they lost, but still, this is going to be a really good offense.
422
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:39,760
They can just solidify their wide receiver too.
423
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:44,400
They'll be a very, very competitive team next year.
424
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,400
Yeah.
425
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,000
I'm very much looking forward to this.
426
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,880
You know, I think if you're talking fantasy perspective, Derek Henry is such a good buy
427
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,280
at this point because he has such a good scheme.
428
00:25:55,280 --> 00:26:02,640
He might get a few touchdowns vultured by Lamar, but I don't think he's in a worse situation
429
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:08,680
for that exact same thing than Saquon is, you know, with the Tush Bush.
430
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,400
So we'll see what ends up happening there.
431
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,400
Yeah.
432
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,800
I think it's just going to be one of those cases where Saquon is going to get a ton of
433
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:17,800
dump downward.
434
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:18,800
I hope so.
435
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:19,800
They have AJ Brown.
436
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,300
They have Devontae Smith.
437
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:24,640
Those are two guys who can stretch the field.
438
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,640
Another who can sit in the middle and then, you know, Saquon's got all the underneath
439
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:29,640
work.
440
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:36,000
He's a three down back and, you know, he had very, very similar stats to Christian McCaffrey
441
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,360
in their best years on their shitty teams.
442
00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:43,440
So it's a guy who could do that.
443
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,520
I mean, he's been stuck with Daniel Jones for like ever.
444
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,840
And Daniel Jones is surprisingly mobile quarterback and mobile quarterback extended not dumped
445
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:55,960
down as much, and then you might say like, well, Jalen Hurts might, but it does feel
446
00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,640
like Jalen Hurts is kind of going to go back to that this year just to try to run, you
447
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:06,520
know, a perfect offense through that team because they did struggle last year.
448
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,000
So Philly lost DeAndre Swift.
449
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:16,120
I, you know, three years, 24 million going to Chicago.
450
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:22,440
DeAndre Swift is a guy that got traded for like a fixed fifth round pick from the Lions
451
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,440
to the Eagles.
452
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,520
And now he's back in the NFC North.
453
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,640
Like DeAndre Swift coming out.
454
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:35,600
He was pretty decent last year, but is he worth, you know, close to the same as, you
455
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:42,680
know, a guy like Derek Henry or not a lot of guys got eight million a year.
456
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,800
I think Aaron Jones, you know, is he worth as much as Aaron Jones?
457
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,480
Like no, I think DeAndre Swift is more of a liability.
458
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:56,720
Very obviously, you know, they're going to try to build and put an offense around Caleb
459
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,720
Williams, right?
460
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,360
When he comes out, you're saying, we're not making the same fucking mistake again.
461
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:04,520
Oh, he made with Justin Fields, but we have an absolutely terrible team.
462
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,040
And then we just establish this culture of losing and can't win a game no matter what.
463
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,000
And then this guy's confidence get destroyed.
464
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,120
We're going to do the best that we can to put a guy around him.
465
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,240
One thing for me is that they already have a couple of guys at running back.
466
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,080
But you know, who the fuck cares?
467
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,800
DeAndre Swift is probably better than both of them.
468
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:28,240
Yeah, I agree with everything you just said, right?
469
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:34,280
DeAndre Swift showed some flashes last year that yeah, he can be a great running back.
470
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:39,160
Obviously did not maintain that like past week four.
471
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,440
So DeAndre Swift does make sense for the Bears.
472
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:48,560
They need a guy in the backfield who they can just rely on regardless of whether or not
473
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,560
he's a stud or not.
474
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:56,240
I mean, now they have DJ Moore, another guy, Keenan Allen, who we'll get to.
475
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,520
They got weapons, right?
476
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,520
So they need to just keep adding.
477
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,800
And I think they added a good player.
478
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,880
You know, Parham with Roshan, maybe he takes over the role.
479
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,000
Who knows?
480
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,600
But I do think this is a bad contract.
481
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:16,360
I think three years for eight million a year does not make sense.
482
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,600
If you signed him for one, two years, I think that makes sense.
483
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,360
But I think you're just extending it a little longer than you need to because you're probably
484
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,800
going to need some cap space somewhere down the line.
485
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:34,080
So I guess we'll see kind of how that breaks down in the coming free agencies in the next
486
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:39,360
few years, seeing how much can this team save on him or if they could be able to trade them,
487
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,680
cut them, whatever.
488
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,240
But I don't really see him being there for three years.
489
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,240
You might be.
490
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:52,120
But yeah, it does feel like if they figure things out, like two years down the line,
491
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,520
they're going to draft a new guy.
492
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,480
Let's play a quick game before we finish covering all the contracts.
493
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,760
Let's rate the worst contract, worst running back contract.
494
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,560
If running back is a meaningless position, what is the worst contract out here?
495
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,560
I got mine.
496
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,760
I think you're probably going to have the same one.
497
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,520
All right, we'll lead us off.
498
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,240
I'm going to go with Tony Pollard.
499
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,720
Tony Pollard is not great.
500
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:26,560
He sucked last year on Dallas and then he got three years, 21 million.
501
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720
They don't have an out until after two years, which you'll have to cut him for 14.5 dead
502
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,360
cap.
503
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:32,920
And that's brutal.
504
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:39,600
He's like arguably top 10 highest paid running back in the league right now on a team that
505
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:40,920
just sucks.
506
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:41,920
And he's 26.
507
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:42,920
He's all he's almost 27.
508
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,720
He'll be 27 at the start of the season.
509
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:53,440
And he hasn't proven anything to be a, you know, RB one and they already have a guy in
510
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,440
Tajaya Spears.
511
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,160
So why the fuck are you signing Tony Pollard?
512
00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,160
Yeah.
513
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:05,080
I mean, I think that's kind of the same thing as DeAndre Swift in a different way.
514
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:09,240
Like Tony Pollard is going to get his garbage volume.
515
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,240
Right.
516
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,760
Like he's probably going to score a ton of touchdowns this year.
517
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,200
Is it going to be an indication of like how good or athletic of a player he is?
518
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,200
I don't think so.
519
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:25,040
I think yeah, he's probably not as good as he used to be.
520
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:30,480
But you know, for him, this is a perfect landing spot, like wide open, not really wide open
521
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,440
backfield of Tajaya Spears there, but it gives him an opportunity to be in the backfield
522
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,480
with another guy like he was with Ezekiel Elliott.
523
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,440
Maybe it opens up some stuff for him.
524
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,440
We'll see.
525
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,760
I think Tennessee as a whole is just a big question mark.
526
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,520
So for me, DeAndre Swift is the other worst contract here.
527
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:57,160
But the worst landing, worst landing spot, in my opinion, is the Patriots signing Antonio
528
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,160
Gibson.
529
00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,160
No way.
530
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,560
Just like, it was just like, what are we doing?
531
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,400
Like this is not a need right now.
532
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,400
I don't get it.
533
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,720
It's not bad value though.
534
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,840
Like I understand that.
535
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,840
But for the Patriots right now, just roll with Ramon Dre.
536
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:22,000
You're expecting to win four or five games next year, maybe who cares?
537
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,120
Who cares who's running the ball?
538
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,120
That's true.
539
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,520
Don't pay a guy to run the ball.
540
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,360
Like just go let some rookie run it.
541
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,920
I thought you're going to go with Devin Singletary here.
542
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,920
I think that's our goal.
543
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,760
No, because that's fine.
544
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:35,760
I think it's worse.
545
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,560
He's a year older than Antonio Gibson.
546
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,840
He's getting paid, you know, another four million.
547
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,640
And then what are you going to?
548
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:50,600
I think the Giants have finally stopped lying to themselves and they hate Daniel Jones now.
549
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,320
So why are you signing Devin Singletary?
550
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,760
No, I think that's exactly why.
551
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,960
It's like, hey, we have to get a running back somehow and we're not going to draft one.
552
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:08,040
So we might as well just go buy some shitty running back who's not as shitty as the rest
553
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,040
of them.
554
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,200
Like go get it.
555
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,400
Go get yourself a mid tier running back and just call it a day.
556
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,080
I think that's kind of what they're thinking here.
557
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,680
But I think Antonio Gibson is the worst landing spot.
558
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,320
It just doesn't make sense to me.
559
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,600
Yeah, a lot of people are like, hey, you got your third down back.
560
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:25,760
It's like, OK, cool.
561
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,440
But if we could get within third and eight, that would be nice.
562
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,440
Yeah, that's brutal.
563
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,920
Yeah, not a lot.
564
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,520
I mean, we kind of just covered most of the bigger contracts besides what we had talked
565
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,120
about.
566
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:48,480
Austin Eckler goes to Washington to his eight million.
567
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,800
It's kind of washed up.
568
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:51,960
It's kind of done.
569
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:57,960
Kind of was just he's probably going to be taking over that Antonio Gibson role and
570
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,800
not really being relevant ever again.
571
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,240
Well, then I'm a little bit interested in.
572
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,240
I'm very interested to see how this works out for him is Zach Moss to Cincinnati, two
573
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:09,680
years, eight million.
574
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,280
He has a real chance to be the starter there next year.
575
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,560
I mean, they're going to drop somebody, right?
576
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,760
They have to.
577
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:24,960
But if they don't start, you know, you'd assume so.
578
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,640
Chase Brown, assume they'd sign somebody.
579
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,480
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking is like.
580
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,480
They can make that work.
581
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,080
Like, yeah, they could do the one to punch Chase Brown, Zach Moss.
582
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,280
I would not hate that.
583
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,600
Yeah, that'll be fine.
584
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:45,920
And then I think another pretty interesting one is actually Gus Edwards over to the Chargers
585
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,920
two years.
586
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,400
They're going to drive somebody.
587
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,240
They're probably going to drive somebody.
588
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:54,000
But if they don't, Gus is going to get fed.
589
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,000
This is true.
590
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,880
There's a workhorse back.
591
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:02,520
And if they can just get in the goal line, it doesn't seem like Justin Herbert has anybody
592
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:03,520
to throw to now.
593
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,520
So if they could get there, it would be viable.
594
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:13,080
But as of right now, I am personally staying far away from Gus Edwards.
595
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,040
Yeah, I hear that.
596
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,720
And that's completely fine.
597
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:22,360
Like, they're not going to be as of right now.
598
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,080
His market value is completely volatile.
599
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:32,360
Probably going to get Corum at, you know, 37 or whoever they want is there RB one.
600
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,760
And then if not, still their offense isn't going to be the best.
601
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:40,800
And there's not going to be a lot of opportunities for touchdowns and yards.
602
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,800
So.
603
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:42,800
All right.
604
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:50,840
I think that's just about all we got for running bags.
605
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:58,440
So would you like to lead us off with your favorite wide receiver signing?
606
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,920
My favorite wide receiver signing.
607
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,400
Don't say Jalen Rager to the Pats because I'll throw a fit.
608
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,600
I don't even see that.
609
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,200
She has resigned.
610
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,200
They resign.
611
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,200
What the fuck?
612
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,200
All right.
613
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:21,560
My favorite, at least you got rid of Devonte Parker.
614
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:26,000
My favorite wide receiver signing of this free agency period is Marquis Brown.
615
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,000
Easy.
616
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,800
This is a guy that is undervalued coming off of an injury.
617
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:37,120
He's proven that he can be a solid, you know, wide receiver one in the league with, you
618
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,160
know, he was really good when he was on Baltimore.
619
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,800
He was decent when he was on Arizona.
620
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,760
He hit a little bit of a lull when they were, you know, at a Murray list and then he got
621
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:48,760
injured.
622
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:54,840
I think he's going to be really good value there in a really good, you know, backup,
623
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,360
you know, secondary receiver to Rishi Rice, who's a little bit of a bigger guy.
624
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:04,120
Marquis Brown can play a little bit faster and underneath or over top even.
625
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,960
So I'm interested to see how that works out for him.
626
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,280
But you know, one year, seven million, that's a hell of a deal.
627
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:10,280
He's only 27.
628
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,280
All right.
629
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,200
We just ran some technical difficulties yet again.
630
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:19,360
It seems to be this dumb fucking mic that you have.
631
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:26,280
But here we are back and there may be some parts of that clip there that either there's
632
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:30,800
no audio from your side, but you know, I think it was mostly just me ranting about Marquis
633
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Brown being the best signing there.
634
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:42,080
So what's your favorite, you know, wide receiver free agent signing of this, this class.
635
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,360
Obviously, there's some big names.
636
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:51,280
Calvin Ridley gave Davis, they got big money, but honestly, my favorite fit here other than
637
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:52,840
Marquis Brown.
638
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,760
He's clearly the number one signing for wide receivers.
639
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,520
But I think the next one is just because it's a good fit.
640
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,320
And that's Curtis Sandel.
641
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,820
Could be interesting.
642
00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:05,820
I don't know.
643
00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:08,160
I mean, he's never been on a good team.
644
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:13,560
So you know, for the price, the price is right eight million.
645
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,560
Sure.
646
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,760
Take a guy who can run the ball and can catch the ball.
647
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,360
I mean, you're getting kind of that hybrid slot guy.
648
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,160
So could be a good fit.
649
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,360
Yeah, I'm a big fan of it.
650
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:34,000
I think he's a little bit overpaid, to be honest, at three years, 24 million.
651
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,880
But like you're the bills, your championship window is now and even now it's kind of closing.
652
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,840
So fuck it.
653
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,040
Go pay your guys, get what you want.
654
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,160
And if it ends up being a bad contract, you're not going to look back and say, well, this
655
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:48,160
guy.
656
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:53,760
Well, maybe you will, but you might look back and say that this guy wasn't thinking the
657
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,160
need that we had now for that money.
658
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:01,400
But I think he does add some versatility to their offense, the receiving core and should
659
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,840
be able to start some offense better than Gabe Davis did.
660
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:11,040
And I guess if we're comparing Gabe Davis to Curtis Samuel, Gabe Davis got paid five
661
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,040
more million a year.
662
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,160
So good play for them.
663
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,000
I think I think that's a good thing going forward.
664
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Yeah.
665
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:24,080
And I think Gabe Davis is more of like your vertical threat type of guy.
666
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:28,520
And the amount of times I saw him not be able to track a ball in the air last year, I think
667
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,440
for five million less, you're doing just fine Curtis Samuel.
668
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:38,520
So yeah, a guy that we kind of thought coming out of college, coming out of Ohio State could
669
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:44,840
be a decent, maybe good wide receiver, never really panned out that way.
670
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,800
He's dealt with some injuries, but finally in a good situation.
671
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,200
So we'll see what he has.
672
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,120
Yeah, I'm all in on that.
673
00:39:54,120 --> 00:40:01,080
I think another good ad that they had super under the radar for me until right now, even
674
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:06,880
Mack Hollins, a good, you know, wide receiver, like three, four, five to even have on that
675
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:07,880
team.
676
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,920
They're like one year, 390 K.
677
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:18,920
So he is, I don't know how that contract works out because he has a $2.4 million cap hit.
678
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,920
Probably all bonus.
679
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:26,560
Yeah, that barely makes any sense to me.
680
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,640
But I think he's a good ad for them to just feels like they're trying to shore up their
681
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:34,120
receiving core, talked about them potentially getting rid of step on digs and bring somebody
682
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:40,520
else in that that opportunity probably isn't done yet.
683
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:45,040
But even if they do go that way, it's going to be nice to have, you know, some veteran
684
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,560
leadership around the receiving room.
685
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:51,480
If they don't go that way, it's going to be nice to have some depth behind step on digs
686
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,280
as he potentially deals with regression.
687
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,280
Yeah.
688
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:01,960
I mean, we saw how that kind of phase last year towards the end of the season.
689
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:07,000
So yeah, they could, they could definitely use some depth and some help.
690
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,840
But obviously we know they're in cap hell and they restructured Josh Allen, they brought
691
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,240
back a couple guys.
692
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:18,440
So they're doing what they can to keep this team competitive.
693
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,720
Because honestly, at the end of the day with that contract, Josh Allen's got to be the
694
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,520
guy to win the game.
695
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,400
No more making excuses now.
696
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:33,280
He has enough guys around them for him to be a guy you think is like a top five quarterback.
697
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,920
He's got to get it done with what they're able to give him if he wants to get paid that
698
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:37,920
much.
699
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,920
Yeah.
700
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:46,760
Um, the rest of the signings here pretty ugly to me.
701
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:52,080
I think there might be one other signing that I like even a little bit.
702
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,600
And that's Noah Brown resigning with Houston.
703
00:41:55,600 --> 00:42:00,680
I think he's, you know, the most continuity that you can have in that receiving room is
704
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,840
the best thing that you can do.
705
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:08,120
Besides that, everybody else here got overpaid, I think.
706
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:13,280
Devin Duvernay getting a two year, $8.5 million contract.
707
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:19,240
Gabe Davis, as we talked about getting overpaid, I think, and then we got the two worst ones
708
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:20,240
for me.
709
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,680
I think Darno Mooney is worse because he had like one blip of a year where he was good
710
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:31,840
and now he's getting three years, 39 million, 13 million a year for somebody that's, uh,
711
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,400
I don't know, he's not a complete receiver.
712
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:41,600
I think a more complete receiver, uh, but somebody that's ridiculously overpaid now,
713
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:47,080
Calvin Ridley, uh, four years, 92 million, 23 million a year.
714
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,640
I, he's 29 years old.
715
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,720
I can't even begin to imagine why you'd pay a guy like that.
716
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:58,360
And yeah, I mean, he had, he had okay stats, right?
717
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,840
Like he had okay stats, but the eye test and just like from a fantasy standpoint as well,
718
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:08,000
like not, not a guy that deserves that kind of money.
719
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:15,200
Um, sure, the talent's there and we know what he's capable of, but we sure didn't see anything
720
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,320
to prove that he deserves $23 million.
721
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:23,040
We thought maybe, you know, somewhere between 15 and 20.
722
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,320
Um, but hey, go get your bag.
723
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,680
Yeah, like fuck it.
724
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:35,320
Uh, for them, I think it's about putting a receiver that's actually a real good option
725
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:36,320
around Will Leviss.
726
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:41,080
Uh, it looks like to me, this contract says we like Will Leviss and we're going to give
727
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:45,680
them potentially two more years to figure it out.
728
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:51,520
Um, and then at that point, jump into a rebuild and have to deal with this kind of shit contract.
729
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:52,520
It doesn't matter.
730
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:57,960
At that point, they have a potential out, I think, I don't know what exactly it looks
731
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:03,520
like there, but it says that the potential out for them is after two years.
732
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:10,200
Um, so if you like Will Leviss, yeah.
733
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,200
Yeah.
734
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:17,000
Personally, I thought that Jacksonville grabbing Gabe Davis was very questionable.
735
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,360
Just because we talked about, yeah, we talked about how they had limited cap face.
736
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,840
One could be able to bring back a bunch of guys.
737
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,440
They were able to bring back Josh Allen.
738
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:32,080
Um, but otherwise like this move doesn't make sense.
739
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:36,360
You have Christian Kirk, you have, you know, Zay Jones, who actually does pretty well for
740
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,360
them.
741
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,320
Um, it just, I have enigmas there.
742
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,160
Like I don't, I don't understand.
743
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,160
I don't, I don't think wide receiver is your issue right now.
744
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:51,560
Um, I think there's plenty of other issues to address with this team.
745
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,400
And you know, I think one of them is going and getting that star player.
746
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:04,160
And if that's at the cost of, you know, trading and maybe Calvin Ridley is a guy you signed
747
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,960
and then trade, like that would make sense.
748
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,080
But it wasn't in the cards.
749
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,640
So Jags are in an interesting spot.
750
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:18,560
And you know, I could see, I could see a world where they just continue to not get it done
751
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,840
and Trevor Lawrence is on a different team in two years.
752
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:22,920
Yeah, me too.
753
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:26,560
I think it's, it's leaning that way for sure.
754
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:33,000
Um, this whole Gabe Davis signing feels like, oh shit, we're losing Calvin Ridley, the guy
755
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:38,360
that we got, uh, you know, to try to figure this whole receiving core out.
756
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,440
Let's go bring somebody else into replace him.
757
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,240
But I don't think that was, you know, necessarily their biggest need.
758
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:46,640
You know, Christian Kirk, who's honestly super viable.
759
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:53,000
Um, so Gabe Davis doesn't feel like a complete wide receiver and paying him 39 million over
760
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,200
three years is not, not a great option.
761
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:04,640
No, it feels like, um, when they went and grabbed Christian Kirk and then everybody was like,
762
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,680
wow, they're paying him so much money.
763
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,720
And then that actually worked.
764
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:16,480
So maybe Gabe Davis does work, but who knows, we'll have to see.
765
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,480
That's a good, that's a good point, but I don't think it works like that.
766
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:21,840
So I don't think so either.
767
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,240
Um, all right.
768
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:28,480
The rest of the wide receivers here, I could not care less about anybody else you want
769
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:29,480
to talk about.
770
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:35,680
No, I mean, there's only one other thing and it's Mike Williams is a free agent.
771
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,720
He's expected to meet with the Steelers this week.
772
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:41,080
So could be interesting.
773
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:42,080
Why not?
774
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:43,080
Right?
775
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:44,080
Yeah.
776
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:49,200
George Pickens, two George Pickens, George Pickens.
777
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,200
That's math.
778
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:56,080
Um, tight end market, a little bit slow.
779
00:46:56,080 --> 00:47:02,520
Um, I know we got an extension for, uh, what's his name?
780
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,520
Dalton Schultz.
781
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:06,360
That was probably the biggest thing.
782
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,760
It was like a three year extension.
783
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:17,560
Oh, it's contract three years, 36 million, 12 million a year, 7.5 million signing bonus
784
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,160
and 23.5 guaranteed.
785
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:23,480
This just says to me that I was right long ago.
786
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:28,400
I started the podcast when I was doing this all by myself, um, telling everybody to trade
787
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,840
a first round pick for Dalton Schultz.
788
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,840
He is that man in this offense.
789
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,880
He's paired up with CJ Stroud for the next three years.
790
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:40,240
And I think he's going to be, you know, from a fantasy, from a fantasy perspective, super
791
00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:41,240
viable.
792
00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:45,520
Um, and I'm a huge fan of his going forward.
793
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:46,520
Yeah.
794
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:52,240
I mean, that was a great resign, especially looking at what's available.
795
00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:53,600
Like just keep your guy.
796
00:47:53,600 --> 00:48:00,640
Um, sure, you could go, go draft a guy too if you wanted to, but honestly, like the way
797
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,880
tight end is being utilized in the NFL these days.
798
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:10,280
Um, it's not like what we saw in those years of Jimmy Graham, Gronk, um, even beginning
799
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,120
of Kelsey's career.
800
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:17,160
Like I mean that kind of, that's kind of dying out from what we've seen.
801
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:21,240
Like we haven't seen guys being huge receivers anymore.
802
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:29,160
Um, there's a few guys who get the yards, like, you know, it'll Kelsey, but it's very
803
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:30,280
few guys.
804
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,960
So if you can have a guy who's a red zone threat and a good run blocker, that's all
805
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:34,960
you need.
806
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:35,960
Yeah.
807
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:39,400
Uh, I'll swear.
808
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,400
Not much.
809
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:49,560
Colby Parkinson got three years, 22.5 moving from Seattle to the Rams.
810
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:52,040
Uh, interesting play there.
811
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:57,880
He's, um, second highest, you know, contract here.
812
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,120
You know, a fan, two years, 21.
813
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:04,000
That's the highest paid guy resigning with Seattle.
814
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:09,840
Um, I don't feel like he's been a huge asset for them.
815
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,880
Will disley got three years, 14 million.
816
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:17,800
So Seattle, Seattle tight end room is just all over the place here getting paid.
817
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:18,920
Good for them.
818
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,640
I thought will disley was one of the better guys.
819
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,240
He actually gets paid the least out of all three of them.
820
00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:24,240
Yeah.
821
00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:25,240
Whatever.
822
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:30,800
I'm sure Colby Parkinson does some, you know, run blocking and you know, he has the Seattle
823
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,880
playbook to go ahead and give to the Rams there.
824
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,760
So that's probably why I got paid.
825
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:40,320
Um, I don't know anything else in the tight ends that you want to talk about.
826
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,120
There's not really a whole bunch.
827
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:43,120
Yeah.
828
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,240
Tight ends kind of boring.
829
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:46,240
Yeah.
830
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,240
Uh, a line.
831
00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:50,360
We're going to go quick here through the whole line.
832
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,960
I know this has already been a pretty long episode.
833
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,120
I can go on a rant.
834
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,120
Go on your ranch.
835
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,200
Cover the whole thing.
836
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:05,640
So the Patriot strategy seems to be everybody who's on the roster last year, we're just
837
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:11,560
going to resign and try again, except without Mac Jones on the roster.
838
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,600
That's pretty much what they're trying to do.
839
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,560
It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
840
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:23,720
Um, they seem like they have no idea what direction they're taking this team and it's
841
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,040
blatantly obvious.
842
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,600
Um, they re-signed Micah Wenu.
843
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,120
I thought it was a pretty solid contract, you know, they're paying them 19 million a
844
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:32,120
year.
845
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:37,240
I think that's pretty good for an offensive tackle who's saw or guard who's solid.
846
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:44,920
Um, kind of does a lot for you on the offensive line, but into the day it's like, all right,
847
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:45,920
like I get it.
848
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:50,640
We need an offensive line, but you didn't get anything else.
849
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,120
You got Antonio Gibson.
850
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:56,640
Like you signed Jalen Rager, you got rid of Devonte Parker, you re-signed Kendrick
851
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,320
Boer and like, where's the direction?
852
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:03,560
Like show us something like show us that you can invest in a, in a player.
853
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:09,280
Like all you're doing right now is investing in Jude on, um, and maybe Dougar.
854
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,440
We don't even know.
855
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,360
So we've seen this before.
856
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:14,360
Yeah.
857
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,920
And like the move makes sense.
858
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:16,920
It makes sense.
859
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:23,040
Um, you need the offensive line, just make it easy on yourself, re-sign this guy, 19
860
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,920
million isn't going to kill you, especially with the amount of cap space you have.
861
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,240
And especially if you don't sign anybody either.
862
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:32,160
So I guess that makes sense.
863
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,920
Um, that's it for my rant.
864
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:39,920
Otherwise Robert Hunt got paid big 20 million a year, five years.
865
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:45,000
Um, Caroline is now on the hook paying some offensive linemen.
866
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:50,280
Yeah, Carolina was made a bunch of interesting moves.
867
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:57,520
And I guess, uh, now's as good a time as ever to talk about Brian Burns.
868
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,040
Um, cause it technically wasn't a free agent move.
869
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:01,760
It was a trade, right?
870
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:02,760
Yeah.
871
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:08,120
Uh, Brian Burns franchise tag and then traded for a second and like fifth round pick.
872
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:11,920
I don't necessarily understand why you'd do that because I think they had an offer for
873
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,720
like the first round or last year.
874
00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:15,800
Um, maybe even more than that.
875
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:22,320
Um, I do think a second is decent value and they're kind of going into that whole rebuild,
876
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,600
build around Bryce, give him some confidence and maybe the defense will come.
877
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,000
Um, and that's what they're doing.
878
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,440
I guess we didn't talk about Deontay Johnson either.
879
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,840
That's what they're doing by going and getting Deontay Johnson.
880
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,360
Um, the guy that can get open in almost every part of the field.
881
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:42,880
One of the guys with the best open scores in league, uh, over the last, you know, a bunch
882
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,760
of years he's been consistent in getting open.
883
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,120
Um, and I think that's something that's really important for Bryce is he didn't have a receiver
884
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:50,600
that was able to do that last year.
885
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,800
Um, and then just shoring up their offensive line.
886
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:53,800
Yeah.
887
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,240
Are these contracts the best like no, but are they going to have a decent no line and
888
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:58,480
some weapons next year?
889
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,480
Yeah.
890
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:01,920
I think Bryce takes a step forward because of that.
891
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:02,920
Yeah.
892
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:06,800
So they grabbed Robert Hunt, they grabbed Damien Lewis.
893
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:12,480
Um, they were already on the hook for, I think another guard, I forget his name.
894
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,160
So they're paying their offensive line and we knew that that was a big problem for them
895
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,160
last year.
896
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:21,800
So they're kind of putting the chips on the table saying, Hey, Bryce Young, like it's
897
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:22,800
go time.
898
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:28,840
Um, it would be nice if they could go grab another wide receiver, but you know, there,
899
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:34,640
it seems like they're doing what they can to put a viable team around Bryce Young.
900
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:35,640
Yeah.
901
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,400
I'm a fan of it.
902
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,800
Like why would you trade your entire future for a guy that you're not going to build around?
903
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:42,600
You keep doing it.
904
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:43,600
Yeah.
905
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:48,120
And they've locked down their offensive line for a while too.
906
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:51,960
I'm excited to see what that kind of ends up looking like for him.
907
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:56,280
But, uh, one other guy that I want to talk about here is John Runyon.
908
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,200
Um, I'm, I'm sad.
909
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:06,800
You know, I feel like he was a good packer, uh, good guard, got around 10 million a year.
910
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,680
I think we could have afforded that.
911
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:16,440
It looks like right now, if my agency and cap space trackers, right, we still have 24.5
912
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:17,920
million to spare.
913
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:24,440
Um, so like why, why did we let him go?
914
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,040
Maybe you just didn't want to come back.
915
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:31,880
Um, whatever, I think we'll find somebody else.
916
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:35,360
Bunch of moves kind of all over the place for a line.
917
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:38,800
Anything else worth talking about?
918
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:44,240
Um, I think the ones we're talking about is Jacksonville got a center in Mitch Morris.
919
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:45,240
They took the bills.
920
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:54,480
And the ball leader in the year, I think that kind of gives them a little ability to
921
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:55,480
get up the middle now.
922
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,240
It seemed like a lot of their outside schemes.
923
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:02,800
So maybe it gives them the ability to go up the middle.
924
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:09,400
Otherwise, Lloyd Cushenberry to Tennessee, just once again, trying to surround a young
925
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:13,480
quarterback with a good offensive line, give him a chance.
926
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:19,240
And Jonah Williams, um, or sorry, where was the other one?
927
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,240
Not Jonah Williams.
928
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:23,240
Uh, Jonah Jackson.
929
00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,680
Jonah Jackson going from Detroit to the Rams.
930
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:27,480
He's a big one.
931
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:32,280
Um, Rams, we already, we talked about it in a great spot.
932
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,880
I think this is a great signing for them.
933
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,240
Just, Hey, we're all in Matt Stafford.
934
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:41,560
Give us your last few years and then we'll burn this thing to the ground.
935
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,600
So I think that's a great signing.
936
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:48,280
Jonah, Jonah Jackson was a great player for Detroit this year.
937
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,080
Um, their entire offensive line was awesome.
938
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:52,840
So just grab them.
939
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,360
One of the guys from their line.
940
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:56,360
Perfect move.
941
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:57,360
Yeah.
942
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:58,360
Yeah.
943
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:05,760
Overall good moves pretty much all around on a line.
944
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:06,760
Defense time.
945
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,600
We're going to cover defense as a whole here.
946
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:11,800
Yeah.
947
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,320
So what's your favorite side?
948
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:15,920
Oh, what's my favorite signing?
949
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:16,920
Hmm.
950
00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:19,360
What do you think it is?
951
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,920
I know what it is.
952
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:21,920
Yeah.
953
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:25,320
My favorite signing is Daniel Hunter to Houston.
954
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:28,560
Oh, I thought you were going to say Xavier McKinney.
955
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:35,680
I was, I was, I had to, I had to, uh, the new Hunter, you know, fucking crazy man.
956
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:40,320
I think that was awesome for them, you know, opening up a championship window, um, getting
957
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:47,040
some more threats outside two years, 49 million is, get ton of money, but.
958
00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:48,920
Fuck it.
959
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,680
Like you have really solid team right now.
960
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:57,680
Seems like you're making strides around shoring up your, you know, the rest of your
961
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:59,520
team outside of CJ stroud.
962
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:04,120
So I think to Neil Hunter is a guy that can really offer you a lot of value over the next
963
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,120
few years.
964
00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:06,360
I wouldn't have hated if this was three years.
965
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:13,200
Uh, I think 24.5 is a little bit high, but I love the signing honestly.
966
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:14,200
Yeah.
967
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,200
It's a great signing.
968
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,200
Um, their team was already in a great spot.
969
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:23,200
I think they lost their defensive tackle and a linebacker.
970
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,440
So this kind of fills a need for them.
971
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,680
Just get to the quarterback, put some pressure on.
972
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:32,480
Um, I mean, this team is going to be good.
973
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:38,720
We know that it's just another piece that they're adding that should help in prime time
974
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:39,720
games.
975
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:41,720
I hope so.
976
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,720
Uh, okay.
977
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:44,960
So Xavier McKinney time.
978
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,040
I did kind of just say that to fuck with you.
979
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:50,880
Obviously you were right.
980
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:54,000
So Xavier McKinney is like 25 years old.
981
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,160
He's one of the better safeties in the league.
982
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:01,800
We're talking about the green Bay is losing all their safeties and you know, safety here,
983
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,800
safety there going.
984
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:11,280
Uh, I believe we resigned Kieshawn Nixon, lost Jonathan Owens and, uh, Adrian Amos.
985
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:17,880
I think we also lost him or no, Darno Savage, Darno Savage went to Jacksonville.
986
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:22,600
I don't even know if Adrian Amos is on the team anymore.
987
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:27,280
Um, so we have a safety like this is huge.
988
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:31,800
We got him four years, 67 million, 16.75 average.
989
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:35,400
Um, that's super affordable.
990
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:41,320
Um, when you talk about, I mean, Darno Savage is getting paid like half as much, but I think
991
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:44,040
that's up there for one of the best safety contracts in the league.
992
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:49,200
Um, and he's a guy that can really, you know, make a huge difference.
993
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:52,560
Um, and, and short up a huge hole for us.
994
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:54,840
So we're not going to have to wait for him to develop either.
995
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:55,840
He's, he's good.
996
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:57,840
He's going to be good now.
997
00:58:57,840 --> 00:58:58,840
Yeah.
998
00:58:58,840 --> 00:58:59,840
Yeah.
999
00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:00,840
That was a huge need for you.
1000
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:01,840
You said it.
1001
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:02,960
Um, good signing for you guys.
1002
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:09,440
You guys filled your holes and you know, you have some other spots that you would probably
1003
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,720
like to shore up, but this is a huge one for you.
1004
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:14,720
Yeah.
1005
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:15,720
I'm pumped.
1006
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:22,240
Um, you know, between Xavier McKinney and Josh Jacobs, the Green Bay made a lot of pretty
1007
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:27,880
cool moves and not really moves that I expected to be made, especially Josh Jacobs.
1008
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,960
But I think I thought Xavier McKinney was going to be too expensive or, you know, not want
1009
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:37,560
to go to Green Bay, um, as probably the best safety in free agency.
1010
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:39,520
We really lucked out on that one.
1011
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:40,520
Yeah.
1012
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:46,840
I mean, I think there's probably no better fit for a competitive team than that.
1013
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:50,400
You know, um, other than Daniel Hunter, probably.
1014
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:51,400
Daniel Hunter.
1015
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:52,400
Yeah.
1016
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:53,400
Yeah.
1017
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:59,200
So otherwise the other two great signings that I saw were Bryce Huff to Philly.
1018
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,880
Philly just continues to manipulate the cap.
1019
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:06,200
Um, they made that happen three years, 51 million.
1020
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,600
And then the other move that I really liked.
1021
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:12,040
Oh, shit, I just had it.
1022
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:19,560
Um, was Eric Armstead to Jacksonville three years, 51.
1023
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:22,920
I don't know how Jacksonville has the money.
1024
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:24,400
It doesn't make sense to me.
1025
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:27,000
I don't know what they did.
1026
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,080
I have no clue.
1027
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,440
It seems like you're going to be counting.
1028
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:35,440
Uh, Calvin Ridley somehow.
1029
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:36,440
No.
1030
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:42,240
Uh, I have no idea what happened.
1031
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:45,720
They just snuck in the cap.
1032
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:46,720
They said fuck it.
1033
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:47,720
And they wouldn't grab them.
1034
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,480
Um, great signing.
1035
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,440
Just the dude's a beast.
1036
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:52,440
We know that.
1037
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:59,320
So 14.5 allegedly that that doesn't show Eric Armstead.
1038
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:03,240
So I don't, I don't know how it's possible.
1039
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:06,640
Yeah, what?
1040
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:08,560
I don't know.
1041
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:12,760
Our cap predictions must have been off them because that makes no sense.
1042
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:13,760
Yeah.
1043
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:14,760
Yeah.
1044
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:16,240
It really makes no sense.
1045
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,440
Cap is fake.
1046
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:19,440
Sure is.
1047
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:23,040
Leonard Williams got a big contract to stay with Seattle.
1048
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:25,320
It's good to see.
1049
01:01:25,320 --> 01:01:31,320
Seattle had a, yeah, Cedarius Smith to Cleveland stayed there.
1050
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:35,760
Um, otherwise there was some just solid signings.
1051
01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:40,720
I mean, there was plenty of good players to be had in free agency on the defensive side
1052
01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:42,480
of the ball.
1053
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:47,400
So you guys lost savage kind of expected that.
1054
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,840
Um, yeah, whatever.
1055
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:54,480
Otherwise like teams just grab some good role players.
1056
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:57,520
That's about all that happened.
1057
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:04,360
I think switching out Jonathan Granard for, I don't know if it's really one to one, but
1058
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:07,880
switching out Jonathan Granard for Daniel Hunter was an interesting move that Houston
1059
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:08,880
made.
1060
01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:15,120
Uh, you know, not going to be ending up paying him long term, even though they kind of could
1061
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:19,080
have afforded it, but I don't know if he was worth the money.
1062
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:27,400
Um, another interesting one that I saw Patrick Queen, you know, shoring up that lineback
1063
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:35,000
and core in Pittsburgh and trying to go, I don't know, defense first year and then running
1064
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:40,320
out with your quarterbacks and I don't know, their team kind of has like very little identity
1065
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:41,320
to me.
1066
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:49,080
Um, you have a lack at wide receiver, shitty running backs.
1067
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,480
Your O line is not good.
1068
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:55,800
Um, you have two quarterbacks that could start.
1069
01:02:55,800 --> 01:03:00,480
Yeah, then your defense has some really good players and some pretty big holes still.
1070
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:05,440
So I think Patrick was an interesting signing.
1071
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:12,280
And I think him only getting like 13.6 a year was probably good value on that, but he, that
1072
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:14,280
is a confusing signing.
1073
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:20,160
Um, yeah, there's not a bunch else here that I want to talk about.
1074
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:22,360
Uh, pump that we got.
1075
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:27,080
Thanks and back, there's one other move that I will mention.
1076
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:28,080
Nope.
1077
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:34,240
The only reason I don't want to go too far into this one is because it's not a competitive
1078
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:40,200
team, but I thought it was a great signing for the commanders to grab Jeremy Chin one
1079
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,840
year, $4 million.
1080
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:46,040
I think the guys have kind of a stud.
1081
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:49,680
Yeah, I mean, that's a solid contract.
1082
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:51,680
That's good take there.
1083
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:59,160
There's a lot of guys that got like one or two year contracts that I think are good players.
1084
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:03,040
Ronald Darby is kind of law.
1085
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:11,320
Ron Kenlaj, Ron Baker, uh, Jordan Hicks, Jordan Hicks actually a really good ad.
1086
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:15,960
Um, probably Wagner goes to Washington for one year.
1087
01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:17,920
What the fuck is that?
1088
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:22,880
AJ up an essay back to Buffalo, that's a good deal.
1089
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:29,000
Um, there was one here that I was looking for Kevin Byrd to Chicago is actually decent
1090
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:34,840
and Kendall Fuller off to Miami is also really not that bad.
1091
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,560
Then Gross Matos actually goes to San Francisco.
1092
01:04:37,560 --> 01:04:43,840
So they kind of replaced, um, Tracy Young with that.
1093
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:44,840
Yeah.
1094
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:46,480
He's still free agent.
1095
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:51,360
So what is his value at this point?
1096
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:58,400
Oh, Tracy Young, science with see the next to Davian Clowney.
1097
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:03,760
I don't know what you mean by that.
1098
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:09,400
Like a guy who we had such high expectations for didn't quite meet them.
1099
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:14,600
Like he's still still a solid player, but is never going to get the contract that he
1100
01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:15,600
feels he deserves.
1101
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:20,840
And he kind of comes back and gets good or yeah, he's just going to bounce around teams
1102
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:27,120
and you know, get eight to 12 sacks a year.
1103
01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:30,320
That's probably best case scenario at this point for Tracy.
1104
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:33,880
I think he goes, I think he is going to go to a team that's not competitive.
1105
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:37,200
I honestly think Minnesota could be a good option for him.
1106
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:44,480
Um, you know, we have Minnesota and then I'd be very interested to see if the Lions could
1107
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,040
make a play for him or like the Panthers.
1108
01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:51,320
Um, all teams I think would have the space to do it.
1109
01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:55,640
And I think like three years, 21 million, or I think he'd probably want to do a shorter
1110
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:56,640
deal.
1111
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:59,640
So like two years 15.
1112
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:05,840
I think that'd be good value.
1113
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:11,840
It's another case of, Hey, do you fit in the starting lineup somewhere?
1114
01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:16,920
And if you do, what's the price you're willing to be willing to be on the field for?
1115
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:21,840
Because you're probably not going to be able to expect too, too much.
1116
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:22,840
Yeah.
1117
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,440
Um, there was one other signing here.
1118
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:30,720
Um, a Woozie a went from Cincinnati to Tennessee.
1119
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:36,640
Once again, Tennessee just ships on the table going all in on whatever they have.
1120
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:42,000
Um, going on and on, maybe making the play.
1121
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,400
Yeah, whatever they have.
1122
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:44,560
Yeah.
1123
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:49,520
It's a rebuild in, in the making, but I mean, technically a good setting.
1124
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,880
Yeah, that's weird.
1125
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:54,040
I went right past that one.
1126
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:56,920
20, he's like 29.
1127
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:58,920
Three years.
1128
01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:00,560
36.
1129
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:02,480
And that's, that's 12, 12, 12.
1130
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:04,320
That's not like front loaded or anything.
1131
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:08,920
Cause if they front loaded that, that could make sense, you know, for future competing,
1132
01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:12,840
but no, nope.
1133
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:14,840
Okay.
1134
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:22,800
Um, I think also you want to talk about with free agency, uh, before we jump over into
1135
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,840
the kind of talking about our betting competition and picking that back up.
1136
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:34,160
I just want to mention one thing and it's will lots getting $4.2 million a year.
1137
01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:40,480
Um, I guess Denver is just like whatever, like, it's a lot of money.
1138
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:41,480
Just keep it together.
1139
01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:46,560
I guess, I mean, I get it, but just to kind of a funny move.
1140
01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:49,720
It's like, all right, we have all these fucking issues.
1141
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:51,600
Let's go pay our kicker.
1142
01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:55,360
Like, another case of I don't get it.
1143
01:07:55,360 --> 01:08:00,760
I think Denver and the paths are both in a situation where it's like, what's your direction?
1144
01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:02,760
And I don't think the team knows.
1145
01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:05,560
She might be inking their kicker to a new deal as well.
1146
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:08,760
Based off of what we've seen here.
1147
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:10,760
Yeah.
1148
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:16,920
Um, yeah, a lot of good talk about free agency there.
1149
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:24,680
Um, yeah, apologize to you guys for not being here for you during one of the biggest weeks
1150
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:32,480
of the NFL season, but we'll be here, you know, hopefully for the rest of the off season
1151
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:33,480
and all that.
1152
01:08:33,480 --> 01:08:38,440
So let's jump over into talking about our betting contest.
1153
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:44,160
So I know this is completely irrelevant at this point, but the games that we had picked,
1154
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:52,920
um, I went to, you know, you went one on one and I climbed back up from the depths of 10
1155
01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:59,360
or of nine and seven to 11 and seven and you fell to 11 and seven.
1156
01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:04,640
So we were back and tied after you took the lead.
1157
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:13,040
So I think it's time to make our picks and I think we also get an anti bet here or this
1158
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:14,040
week.
1159
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:18,440
So today is Sunday, so we'll be picking for Monday.
1160
01:09:18,440 --> 01:09:20,440
All right.
1161
01:09:20,440 --> 01:09:22,440
All right.
1162
01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:28,640
Who's picking the first anti bet?
1163
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:29,640
Go nuts.
1164
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:30,640
All right.
1165
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:35,640
Well, you got the pistons against the salt.
1166
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,640
All right.
1167
01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:46,320
Um, I'm going to have to give me the Grizzlies, give me the Grizzlies.
1168
01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:50,520
No, I'm going to have to give you the Hawks because there's something about that line
1169
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:55,760
that's wrong so that you know that the Hawks are losing that by a lot.
1170
01:09:55,760 --> 01:10:03,280
All right, interesting, but I'll take it.
1171
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:05,760
I'm happy with that.
1172
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:07,840
Okay.
1173
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:13,040
And then what are your, do your first pick, then I'll do my two and then you do the last
1174
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:14,040
one.
1175
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:15,680
All right.
1176
01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:20,960
So my first pick, let me stay away from that.
1177
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:24,320
I will take.
1178
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:28,320
I'll take the Timberwolves over the jazz.
1179
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:30,320
Okay.
1180
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:34,320
I kind of saw that coming.
1181
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:35,480
I don't know why.
1182
01:10:35,480 --> 01:10:42,320
I think I liked that pick, but we'll see there.
1183
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:53,440
Um, there's not a lot of good opportunities at underdog here.
1184
01:10:53,440 --> 01:11:01,160
So I'm going to go with the calves, which is, I seem to do like every time.
1185
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:04,000
And then, so that's calves over Pacers.
1186
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:07,720
Um, yeah, I think there's decent value on that.
1187
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:09,720
The paces are favored by seven and a half.
1188
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,800
So I think the calves have enough pieces.
1189
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:20,680
Um, yeah, we have Donovan Mitchell and have a mobile out, but I think we'll be all right.
1190
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:23,560
And then that's my underdog.
1191
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:26,120
So then I got to go with my favorite.
1192
01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:27,760
And I think I'm going to pick the bolts.
1193
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:31,200
Um, those are pretty solid team.
1194
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:36,280
Portland has, you know, potentially Matisse, I will out Malcolm Brogdon out.
1195
01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:38,400
I'm just, you know, done.
1196
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:39,600
Jeremy Grant might be out.
1197
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,080
He's day to day as well.
1198
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:46,160
Um, and I think if Alex Caruso plays tomorrow night, I have a pretty solid chance of hitting
1199
01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:47,160
there.
1200
01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:48,160
Yeah.
1201
01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:50,160
I like it.
1202
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:53,880
Um, for some reason, I want to take the Knicks.
1203
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:55,880
Do it.
1204
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:57,760
But I think that's a bad idea.
1205
01:11:57,760 --> 01:11:59,240
Don't do it.
1206
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:04,080
So I'll take, uh, I'll take the heat over the Sixers.
1207
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:05,080
Okay.
1208
01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:06,080
Yeah.
1209
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:12,800
I kind of thought of taking the Warriors as my favorite because I think the Knicks are
1210
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:13,800
missing.
1211
01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:18,680
Yeah, they're missing Julius Randall and Mitchell Robinson, uh, and Mitchell Robinson
1212
01:12:18,680 --> 01:12:20,680
for the season.
1213
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:26,560
So Julius Randall super core to them there.
1214
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:35,640
So we are both 11 and seven anti bets in for the week and real picks in for tomorrow
1215
01:12:35,640 --> 01:12:40,200
night or tonight if you're listening to this on Monday.
1216
01:12:40,200 --> 01:12:43,040
Anything else you want to go over before we call an episode?
1217
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:48,200
Um, no, I think, I think we pretty much covered everything.
1218
01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:53,960
Um, I guess in the golf world, Scotty Shuffler is one, two weeks in a row if you care.
1219
01:12:53,960 --> 01:13:02,280
Um, so betting odds in golf are pretty damn good if you have picking outright winner.
1220
01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:07,800
So I know some people who had Scotty Shuffler and they went up big this weekend.
1221
01:13:07,800 --> 01:13:09,840
There you go.
1222
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:11,480
You have him.
1223
01:13:11,480 --> 01:13:17,520
I had Wyndham Clark who lost by one and his putt lived out on the 18th hole to go to,
1224
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:19,680
um, like a playoff.
1225
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:26,480
So hit the ball literally rolled all the way around the cup and didn't go in.
1226
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:27,480
That's wild.
1227
01:13:27,480 --> 01:13:29,520
It was other golf news.
1228
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:33,560
Uh, I bought we switch sports or Nintendo switch sports and I've been playing some switch
1229
01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:37,400
golf back on the back on the course.
1230
01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:40,000
I love that shit.
1231
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:43,120
You got to get you back playing.
1232
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:44,120
I know, man.
1233
01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:47,000
I got to get some clubs.
1234
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:49,280
One of your anti bets is you just make me bet.
1235
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:53,520
If you hit the anti bet, I have to buy a pair of clubs or set a club.
1236
01:13:53,520 --> 01:14:01,200
It'll be our, it'll be one of our last ones or we take the money from the anti bet towards
1237
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:02,200
the clubs.
1238
01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:03,200
There you go.
1239
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:06,080
I think we've been hitting them at a decent rate.
1240
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:11,920
Um, yeah, or we're doing anti season winner.
1241
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:19,800
Maybe put like 20 bucks on it, like an anti NBA champion.
1242
01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:26,640
Oh, like once, once the playoff set, it's like, you know, like the Kings or something.
1243
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:30,560
I put like 50 bucks sound to win like a thousand bucks and I can get like a really nice set
1244
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:31,560
of clubs.
1245
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:35,720
That would be fucking crazy.
1246
01:14:35,720 --> 01:14:38,280
All right.
1247
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:39,280
Okay.
1248
01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:41,920
Thanks everybody for listening.
1249
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:42,920
Thanks for dealing with the break.
1250
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:46,920
Hope you guys liked the two episodes we kind of left for you there.
1251
01:14:46,920 --> 01:14:49,320
Uh, NHL review.
1252
01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:51,920
If you missed that was on Wednesday.
1253
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:58,440
Um, and then we kind of just covered the rest of the NFL before we, I think it was the NFC
1254
01:14:58,440 --> 01:15:01,600
West we covered before free agency started.
1255
01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:04,000
So thanks for listening to those.
1256
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:08,480
And then I'll leave links in the description to, uh, the website, which has links to kind
1257
01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:10,120
of all of our socials and stuff like that.
1258
01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:17,120
So you want to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, um, Mip here usually runs the Twitter.
1259
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:19,200
So you guys want to get betting tips.
1260
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:23,400
And I think we're going to post our brackets for your prior to our Wednesday episode and
1261
01:15:23,400 --> 01:15:27,840
our Wednesday episode, which will just be focused on, uh, NCA and then we'll do our,
1262
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:29,560
you know, betting episode stuff too.
1263
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:31,720
But look forward to all that.
1264
01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:36,440
Um, maybe we can get the NBA doc.
1265
01:15:36,440 --> 01:15:41,880
Of check in, I know he's, he's got a schedule of a lot of podcast guessing.
1266
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:46,440
So I don't know if he's, he's going to be free for us.
1267
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:47,440
All right.
1268
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:50,440
Uh, thanks for listening.
1269
01:15:50,440 --> 01:15:54,960
Uh, like, subscribe, you know, follow, do all the stuff that'll help us out.
1270
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:55,960
Do the stuff.
1271
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:56,960
Yeah.
1272
01:15:56,960 --> 01:15:57,960
Do the stuff.
1273
01:15:57,960 --> 01:16:01,120
And we appreciate you for doing the things.
1274
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:02,120
Exactly.
1275
01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:03,120
All right.
1276
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:04,120
See you guys.
1277
01:16:04,120 --> 01:16:05,120
Thank you.
1278
01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:06,120
Thank you.
1279
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:07,120
All right.
1280
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:08,120
Thank you.
1281
01:16:08,120 --> 01:16:09,120
All right.
1282
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:10,120
All right.
1283
01:16:10,120 --> 01:16:11,120
Thanks.
1284
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:12,120
Bye.
1285
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:13,120
Bye.
1286
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:39,140
Thank you.
1287
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:15,180
you
