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The Insiders Podcast: Brandon Aiyuk Demands Trade from 49ers and Dwight Freeney Joins the Show · NFL Game Previews

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Ian rapaport A fresh
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: off the golf course, Mike Garafalo. I am Tom Pelisera.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: We got a packed show for you. Training camps they
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: are kicking off. Dwight Fredy the Hall of Fame induction
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  Speaker 1: that's still a couple of weeks away, but he is
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  Speaker 1: going to be here join us on the show, talk
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  Speaker 1: about this year's colts, as well as what he's got
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  Speaker 1: planned for his speech today though, we just start to
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: do a couple of the teams. There's eight teams across
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  Speaker 1: the NFL whose rookies reported to work. That list also
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  Speaker 1: including teams like the Bills and the Dolphins. We will
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  Speaker 1: talk about them in just a little bit here, also
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  Speaker 1: including the Bears, who on the day that their rookies
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  Speaker 1: reported that they handled just a little bit of business. First,
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  Speaker 1: overall draft pick Caleb Williams agreeing to terms on his
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: new contract. It is a fully guaranteed four year deal
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  Speaker 1: with a fifth year option. Ro Madonsa, also the number
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  Speaker 1: nine overall pick, He officially signed his contract. Ro Madoonsay
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  Speaker 1: also in the fold, on a fully four year, fully
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  Speaker 1: guaranteed contract with that fifth year option. Yo's looking for
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  Speaker 1: a contract to sign at some point here that'll be
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk, who right now is entering the fifth year
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  Speaker 1: option on his original rookie deal. Today he did something,
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  Speaker 1: according to Mike, that a lot of people have been
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  Speaker 1: waiting for, which is officially request a trade from the
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine Ers. Now, if you think maybe
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  Speaker 1: this all sounds familiar, it's because the last two offseasons,
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  Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel did not show up for a good joke
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: of the offseason. He eventually got a deal right before
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: the start of September. Nick Bosa held out or in
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  Speaker 1: from everything, and then what do you know about four
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: days before the season began, nick Bosa also got a contract.
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  Speaker 1: So Mike who pulled over his golf cart on the
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  Speaker 1: fifteenth hole to deliver us that news this.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, I give the floor to you.
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  Speaker 1: How does this play out from here for the forty
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  Speaker 1: nine ers and Brandon Ayuk and if anything changes with
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  Speaker 1: today's trade request.
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  Speaker 3: Tom, we talked about this all off season, and there
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  Speaker 3: had been talk about him requesting a trade, and I
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  Speaker 3: made it clear at every stop along the way there
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  Speaker 3: was no formal trade requests from Brandon. Aok now was
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  Speaker 3: he aware that other teams would be interested in trading
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  Speaker 3: for him if the forty nine Ers actually opened the
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  Speaker 3: gates and let it happen. Yes, was he stoking the
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  Speaker 3: fire by talking to his buddy Jaden Daniels on FaceTime
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  Speaker 3: and then putting it on his social media, Yes, but
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  Speaker 3: there was no official trade request until today, and the
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  Speaker 3: reason for it, from my understanding is the forty nine
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  Speaker 3: Ers did make a run at an extension for Ayuke,
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  Speaker 3: but it was below what some of these other guys
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  Speaker 3: have been getting. And I'm not even talking about the
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  Speaker 3: Justin Jeffersons. I'm talking about the Jalen Waddles, the Devonte Smiths,
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  Speaker 3: and Ayuk wanted to at least be in line with them.
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  Speaker 2: It was not in line with them. And this was
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  Speaker 2: back a couple of months ago.
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  Speaker 3: Now you remember there was a recent conversation between the
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  Speaker 3: sides in which I'm told both sides got some things
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  Speaker 3: off their chest to perhaps reset the table for another
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  Speaker 3: run at negotiations. Well, that didn't happen, and the Niners
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  Speaker 3: haven't made an offer from my understanding, according to sources,
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  Speaker 3: until since.
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  Speaker 2: May excuse me.
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  Speaker 3: And so Ayok at this point, with training camp about
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  Speaker 3: to start feeling frustrated, says, you know what I want
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  Speaker 3: to trade. Then we had plenty of time to get
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  Speaker 3: something done. We're not getting it done. So here we
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  Speaker 3: are formally a trade request from Brandon Ayuk. We shall
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  Speaker 3: see if the Niners honor that. Like you mentioned, they've
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  Speaker 3: had these situations before and felt like they've been able
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  Speaker 3: to manage them to the point of getting something done
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  Speaker 3: in the end.
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  Speaker 4: Well, at his position group that had a very similar situation,
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  Speaker 4: Deebo Samuel very publicly requested a trade, was not happy.
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  Speaker 2: Then, I would say right.
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  Speaker 4: Before the season started, I think was in the middle
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  Speaker 4: of training camp. Ended up getting a deal on Nick Bosa,
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  Speaker 4: no trade request, but did get a deal before the season. Look,
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  Speaker 4: it's hard for me to imagine absence some crazy situation
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  Speaker 4: or someone offering them a premium first round pick. Hard
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  Speaker 4: to imagine the forty nine ers actually trade Brandon Ayuk,
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  Speaker 4: mainly because they're a very good team and rarely do
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  Speaker 4: very good teams trade very good players right before a
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  Speaker 4: season where they're trying to reach the Super Bowl and
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  Speaker 4: win it. But if Brandon Naneuk wanted to let the
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  Speaker 4: forty nine Ers know that all is not well, he
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  Speaker 4: is very upset. There's a lot of discontent. A trade
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  Speaker 4: request is a great way to say it.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned the receiver market and kind of where it
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  Speaker 4: lays out, it's actually really well defined. You would think
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  Speaker 4: that he'd make more than some of those guys you mentioned.
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  Speaker 4: Would wonder maybe he'd get kind of like right under
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  Speaker 4: where Aman Ross Saint Browns, which is twenty eight million
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  Speaker 4: dollars per year over the first three years. There is
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  Speaker 4: a sweet spot for a potential deal. But very clearly
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  Speaker 4: Brandon Niyuk is not thrilled with the way things are
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  Speaker 4: going and did one of the couple things that he
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  Speaker 4: can do. Next question, of course, would be does he
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  Speaker 4: stay away from training him?
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  Speaker 2: How upset is he? We will find out. We got
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  Speaker 2: one more week.
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  Speaker 1: The forty nine ers report next Tuesday, along with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of other teams around the NFL supporting that same day,
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: the New York Giants who enter this training camp with
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  Speaker 1: some quarterback questions. Of course, Daniel Jones got his contract
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  Speaker 1: last March. You're one of that arrangement didn't exactly go
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  Speaker 1: the way that anybody had planned, culminating with Daniel Jones
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  Speaker 1: suffering a torn acl well, he spoke with reporters to
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  Speaker 1: give an update, and if you listen to Daniel Jones,
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  Speaker 1: certainly sounds like things from a health perspective trending in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction.
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  Speaker 5: You know, I've had a pretty smooth process, no real
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  Speaker 5: setbacks or issues with it, which you have been fortunate
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  Speaker 5: with that. So it's been good. And at this point
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  Speaker 5: I'm doing pretty much pretty much everything, running cotton, everything
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  Speaker 5: I need do.
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  Speaker 1: Now we all know that there's a difference between I'm
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  Speaker 1: doing everything I'm running and cutting on a field with
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  Speaker 1: the athletic trainer by myself and actually getting out there,
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  Speaker 1: whether that's seven on seven, eleven on eleven, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel Jones did some of that ian to the course
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  Speaker 1: of the offseason, he was not yet ready for eleven
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  Speaker 1: on eleven. What are your expectations of how the Giants
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  Speaker 1: will ramp him up and whether Daniel Jones will be
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  Speaker 1: one fully cleared come week one.
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  Speaker 4: My understanding is that Daniel Jones will begin training camp active,
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  Speaker 4: not expected to be on the pup list, not expected
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  Speaker 4: to be on any list, expected to be healthy and
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  Speaker 4: ready to go, and for the Giants, for Giants fans,
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  Speaker 4: this really is all you want, This really is what
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  Speaker 4: you've kind of been waiting for. It is a long
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  Speaker 4: road for a quarterback with any significant injury, certainly a
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  Speaker 4: long road with an ACL. He's then everything and more
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  Speaker 4: that he has needed to do. Sounds like he is
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  Speaker 4: in very good shape, in good mindset, ready for this season.
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  Speaker 4: The fact that he is not expected to be on
• 6:32
  Speaker 4: the pup list means there's really going to be no
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  Speaker 4: limitations for Daniel Jones with this rebuilt offensive line, with
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  Speaker 4: this rebuilt receiver room. And I know a ton of
• 6:41
  Speaker 4: optimism that not just Mo League Nahbers, Wando Robinson another
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  Speaker 4: one who I know has really impressed the Giants in
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  Speaker 4: the offseason. A lot of positivity now for Daniel Jones
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  Speaker 4: as he heads into what is a crucial, crucial year
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  Speaker 4: for him.
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  Speaker 3: And I would say David Jones deserves a lot of
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  Speaker 3: credit for getting to this point. Maybe the average fan
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  Speaker 3: doesn't realize how much work he puts in period, but
• 7:01
  Speaker 3: certainly with this rehab, in the early part of the
• 7:04
  Speaker 3: rehab process, before he could put weight on his leg,
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  Speaker 3: he was sitting on a chair on the field throwing
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  Speaker 3: so that he could just be out there and just get.
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  Speaker 2: Some work in.
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  Speaker 3: This was way back in the winter time, he was
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  Speaker 3: out there on the field at the Giants facility getting
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  Speaker 3: that work in. So he attacked his rehab from the
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  Speaker 3: beginning and that helped him get to this point. Now,
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  Speaker 3: you're righty, and I mean, this is an acl and
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  Speaker 3: it's something where you always hear it takes about at
• 7:29
  Speaker 3: least a calendar year for you to start to feel normal.
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  Speaker 3: So once you get into the season, will he be
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  Speaker 3: that same threat with his legs that he has been
• 7:35
  Speaker 3: in the past. I've covered games involving the Giants where
• 7:38
  Speaker 3: the opposing defense was worried sometimes more about Daniel Jones
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  Speaker 3: legs and his rushing attack than say, Kwon Barkley, just
• 7:45
  Speaker 3: because of the unpredictability of the quarterback keeping the ball
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  Speaker 3: sometimes on some of those keepers. So will that element
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  Speaker 3: be there week one at one hundred percent, Probably not,
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  Speaker 3: But they are comfortable with where he is and he
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  Speaker 3: will be able to protect himself and also escape when
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  Speaker 3: he has to.
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: Mike, thanks for being here and for giving us something
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: to talk about. At the top of this show, Ian
• 8:03
  Speaker 1: stick Around will be right back with you. Mentioned earlier.
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  Speaker 1: The Chiefs back at training camp, So is their head coach,
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  Speaker 1: big Red himself? Andy Reid year twelve with the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: year twelve at Saint Joseph, Missouri. For camp, you'd always
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  Speaker 1: going to have early morning practices. They will be hard
• 8:20
  Speaker 1: hitting practices. As he goes for the fourth Super Bowl,
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: Doctor Mahomes spoke with the Porters as he arrived at
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: camp as well.
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  Speaker 6: Even though he won the Super Bowl last year, we
• 8:29
  Speaker 6: felt like we didn't play our best football, especially offensively.
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  Speaker 6: So it's our goal to be better that way. And
• 8:34
  Speaker 6: we had come up with that mentality every single day.
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  Speaker 6: Even to another extreme, like when you don't win it,
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  Speaker 6: it just it sucks even more because you experienced the
• 8:42
  Speaker 6: off season of being able to say you're the champ,
• 8:44
  Speaker 6: and you experience all the different things and activities you're
• 8:47
  Speaker 6: able to do because you're a super Bowl champion, and
• 8:50
  Speaker 6: you experienced a feeling of just winning the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 6: And so for us, I'll speak for myself, I mean,
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  Speaker 6: when you don't win it now, it sucks because you
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  Speaker 6: know what it could be like if you already go
• 9:00
  Speaker 6: out there and win it.
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  Speaker 7: We had our ups and downs. I just expect the
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  Speaker 7: young guys that were here last year to continue to
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  Speaker 7: build on what they've finished with. I thought we finished
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  Speaker 7: strong on both sides of the ball and special teams.
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  Speaker 7: It's important that you and we had a nice offseason
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  Speaker 7: where we were practice some of the kickoff kickoff return stuff,
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  Speaker 7: and so let's pick up where we left off and
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  Speaker 7: get better.
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  Speaker 1: Welcoming in Steve White's here at the news desk in
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Steve, you heard Andy Reid talking about the
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: young players. In my mind, all this goes back to
• 9:34
  Speaker 1: the Tyreek Hill trade two years ago. Yes, where everybody's going,
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  Speaker 1: How in the world are the Chiefs going to replace
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  Speaker 1: one of the most dynamic players in the game. What
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: they were not taking into account was the Chiefs looked
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: at this as we're freeing up tons of cap space,
• 9:46
  Speaker 1: we're also adding a whole bunch of draft picks to
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: fill out the roster. Those are now some of those
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: young guys who they're hoping and anticipating are going to
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  Speaker 1: develop into the difference makers as they go forward, and.
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  Speaker 2: Some of them have already gotten themselves.
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  Speaker 8: There a guy like Trent mcduffey, you guy like George
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  Speaker 8: car laugh as you look at the draft class of
• 10:01
  Speaker 8: twenty twenty two. First off, they've known nothing but winning
• 10:04
  Speaker 8: Super Bowls, right, So you hear Andy Reid talk about
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  Speaker 8: those young guys continuing.
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: To develop and Patrick Mahomes talking about some.
• 10:10
  Speaker 8: Of these guys continuing to get better. That's what they're
• 10:13
  Speaker 8: able to do. But now you look at the crux
• 10:15
  Speaker 8: of their defense, and let's make no mistake about it.
• 10:17
  Speaker 8: As great as Patrick Mahomes is, it was their defense
• 10:20
  Speaker 8: that got them to the Super Bowl. On a class
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  Speaker 8: of twenty twenty two, Trent McDuffie, George car laftis, you've
• 10:25
  Speaker 8: got a safety, Brian Cook, the linebacker Leo'shanal. You know,
• 10:29
  Speaker 8: you've got so many players, especially in that secondary. Even
• 10:33
  Speaker 8: though they lose lugarious need, that's where McDuffie can move over.
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  Speaker 8: And they've got some players tom who can slide in,
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  Speaker 8: who've been rotational players over the past two years.
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  Speaker 2: So the fact that they've.
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  Speaker 8: Got this type of youth, you're not looking at any
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  Speaker 8: rookies coming in and really making a heavy impact this
• 10:47
  Speaker 8: year because of the young depth and frontline talent they
• 10:50
  Speaker 8: have on the team. That's where Kansas City has struck
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  Speaker 8: gold and if any team can hit it like they
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  Speaker 8: did in twenty twenty two, they're going to position themselves
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  Speaker 8: to have the success similar with the chief have had.
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Maholmes also, I believe, had something to say about
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  Speaker 1: Chris Jones earlier today. Ah, and there it is on
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  Speaker 1: social Chris Jones say he's ready for training camp. Patri
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  Speaker 1: ma Holmes, you won't come tuesday. Chris Jones has made
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  Speaker 1: a habit of, you know, having different types of different
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  Speaker 1: types of approaches. He said earlier he wanted to not
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: have he didn't want to have the full training camp boat.
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  Speaker 1: As we welcome, be in rapport back into the conversation here, Ian.
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  Speaker 1: They finally got the deal done with Chris Jones. That
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  Speaker 1: was one of the huge, huge question marks of course
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  Speaker 1: going into the offseason. One of the top defensive players
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  Speaker 1: in the game is back, and they're hope and even
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  Speaker 1: though he's now been paid top dollar again, they're going
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  Speaker 1: to find a motivated Chris Jones to try to help
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  Speaker 1: on this repeat run.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think there's any issue with Chris Jones being
• 11:45
  Speaker 4: motivated to play. But I'm laughing a little bit because
• 11:49
  Speaker 4: Chris Jones really kind of created a problem for everyone
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  Speaker 4: right because stayed away from training camp obviously very publicly
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  Speaker 4: was not there on time. Stayed away, Remember he was
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  Speaker 4: in the box with his aid. It was the whole thing.
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  Speaker 4: And then all he did was show up and just
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  Speaker 4: be awesome. And so like, Chris Jones is sort of
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  Speaker 4: joking here about not showing up the training camp, but
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  Speaker 4: he really did show the Chiefs. And I think there's
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  Speaker 4: probably a lot of other veteran defensive linemen, our pass
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  Speaker 4: rushers or corners or whoever, being like, all right, if
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  Speaker 4: I don't have to do training camp full go, maybe
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  Speaker 4: that's actually better. And so Chris Jones is joking, but
• 12:21
  Speaker 4: he's not actually totally joking, And you know, somewhere, some
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  Speaker 4: way he's going to make sure that the Chiefs know, like, look,
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  Speaker 4: I did all this last year without being here one
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  Speaker 4: hundred percent of the time. No contract issues for him
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  Speaker 4: still though, and the fact that for once we are
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  Speaker 4: not going to be talking about what he's going to
• 12:36
  Speaker 4: get paid. His contract is now just set. I think
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  Speaker 4: that is a very very big positive for the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 8: If you think Steve Spagnolo is going to put stone
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  Speaker 8: cold Jones out there for one hundred percent of the
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  Speaker 8: practice snaps and things like that, like no, no, no,
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  Speaker 8: we need him at the end of the season because
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  Speaker 8: that's worked because the one thing that Chris Jones did
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  Speaker 8: that really helped out their defensive line. He played on
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  Speaker 8: the interior but sometimes lined up on the edge. They
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  Speaker 8: did a fantastic job of finding ways to single him up.
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  Speaker 8: That is a hard thing to do when everyone knows
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  Speaker 8: you want to double team him.
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  Speaker 2: Remember in the Super Bowl when.
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  Speaker 8: The forty nine ers forgot to find him, They're late
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  Speaker 8: on the drive and had to set up for a
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  Speaker 8: field goal at the very end of the game instead
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  Speaker 8: of the touchdown. Because Chris Jones was able to do
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  Speaker 8: what is he was able to do, that's an allowed
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  Speaker 8: guy like George car Laftis to go ahead and get
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  Speaker 8: ten and a half sacks last year. And now Charles
• 13:22
  Speaker 8: Amene who when he comes back from that injury, that's
• 13:25
  Speaker 8: just another veteran edge rusher that they're going to add
• 13:27
  Speaker 8: to that front line that's going to be able to
• 13:30
  Speaker 8: help that young secondary that we were just talking about.
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  Speaker 1: To be clear, Patrick Mahomes, the quarterbacks arrive early for
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  Speaker 1: su radically and the Chiefs with the rookies, Chris Jones
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  Speaker 1: not actually required to be there until Saturday. Why Saturday, Well,
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: because the Chiefs and the Ravens get these slightly early
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: reporting date because we are fifty one days away from
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  Speaker 1: the start of the regular season.
• 13:50
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• 14:21
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• 14:22
  Speaker 1: but fifty one days away from regular season football. Quinnie Pey,
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: could he become the next one of this guy? Well,
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot of Dwight Freeny out there
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: in the world. That's why that guy is ending up
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: in Canton. First, he comes here and joins us on
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: the inside of Dwight Freedie, the Sackmaster. Next, one of
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: the greatest pass rushers of all time, seven time Pro
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: Bowl defensive end now headed to the Pro Football Hall
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  Speaker 1: of Fame's eighteen short days away. It is Dwight Freeney,
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: the NFL and longtime Colt Sledging who joins us right
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  Speaker 1: now here on the Insiders, Ton Pilla Cero, Steve White.
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  Speaker 1: You at a front row seat for that magical moment, Dwight,
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  Speaker 1: congratulations once again eighteen days here. How's the speech come in?
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: Do you have the butterflies building? Like? How are you
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: feeling right now about taking that stage?
• 15:16
  Speaker 9: You know, it's funny, you know, you try to prepare.
• 15:18
  Speaker 9: It's like a game, right, you know, you prepare, you prepare, prepare,
• 15:22
  Speaker 9: and I'm hoping and praying all my preparation it turns
• 15:25
  Speaker 9: out to being a good thing and I'll be ready.
• 15:28
  Speaker 9: You know, I know I can't prepare for the actual motion.
• 15:31
  Speaker 9: You know, you could do all the reading of the speech.
• 15:34
  Speaker 9: What every guy I talk to is completely different when
• 15:37
  Speaker 9: you stand out there. So I'm excited. I'm excited to
• 15:41
  Speaker 9: get this thing going and uh and then moving on
• 15:44
  Speaker 9: to the next chapter.
• 15:46
  Speaker 8: You chose Colts owner Jim Mercey to present you in Canayeah.
• 15:50
  Speaker 9: Why did you choose Jim? Well, I think it all
• 15:53
  Speaker 9: starts with Jim Man. You know, Jim is the horseshoe,
• 15:56
  Speaker 9: his family you know, created that whole situation organization now,
• 16:01
  Speaker 9: and I know it means a lot to Jim, you know,
• 16:03
  Speaker 9: and he would do anything cross players, and we would
• 16:06
  Speaker 9: do anything for Jim, and I know how much it
• 16:08
  Speaker 9: would mean to him, and that's why I decided to
• 16:10
  Speaker 9: pick him.
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: Dwight, you look right now, and I'm only seeing you
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: from here up, but you sure look like you could
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: probably get out there still Russia passer or two.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Let's time you played.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: You had three sacks and a four game stretch with
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks. You you suit up right now and they say,
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: go play a seventeen game season maybe just you know,
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: DPR type stuff, twenty snaps a game. How many sacks
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: are you getting in a full eighteen or seventeen game season.
• 16:33
  Speaker 9: Well, I don't know about seventeen eighteen games. I'll probably
• 16:37
  Speaker 9: give you seventeen eighteen snaps for the whole entire year.
• 16:40
  Speaker 9: I'll try to get you one or two sacks. That's
• 16:43
  Speaker 9: about it. You know, you know what the game.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: I love the game.
• 16:48
  Speaker 9: I mean, I wish I could still play forever, honestly.
• 16:52
  Speaker 9: That's that's one thing that you know I will always miss.
• 16:54
  Speaker 9: Hence why I played so long as I just couldn't
• 16:57
  Speaker 9: get enough of the game of football.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: And what it takes to go out there and play
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: and compete.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Man.
• 17:02
  Speaker 9: So you know, in my mind, hey, maybe I think
• 17:05
  Speaker 9: I could play the entire season. My body's a whole
• 17:07
  Speaker 9: different story.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Hey, Dry, We.
• 17:10
  Speaker 8: Know the Colts have been trying to replicate what you
• 17:12
  Speaker 8: and Robert Mathis did when you guys are working as
• 17:14
  Speaker 8: tandem there, so.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: This should have go on the draft.
• 17:16
  Speaker 8: The rookie Latu Latu, I don't know how much you've
• 17:19
  Speaker 8: seen of him, but what you know, what do you
• 17:21
  Speaker 8: think he can bring with some of the pieces they
• 17:23
  Speaker 8: put on their defensive front?
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: This bad over the past couple of years.
• 17:27
  Speaker 9: You know, I think he has size and he has mobility.
• 17:31
  Speaker 9: He's not the fastest guy, but he does perform moves.
• 17:34
  Speaker 9: So when I sit there and watch him and I
• 17:36
  Speaker 9: watch tape on him, I see him effectively using.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: His hands, using his leverage.
• 17:42
  Speaker 9: And when you're a younger guy, you know, sometimes it
• 17:45
  Speaker 9: doesn't develop until later into your NFL career. Sometimes you
• 17:49
  Speaker 9: just use strict athleticism. But when you watch him at
• 17:53
  Speaker 9: UCLA and how he likes to us his hands and
• 17:56
  Speaker 9: just uses this straight out, just you know ability just
• 17:59
  Speaker 9: to make play. You know, it's it's going to be
• 18:02
  Speaker 9: something interesting, you know. I hope they you know how
• 18:04
  Speaker 9: to use him the right way and put in those
• 18:05
  Speaker 9: positions because he can.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Move around to different spots as well.
• 18:09
  Speaker 9: He's just not a guy who just stays on the
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: right side like me.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: I'm on the right side and you know exactly.
• 18:13
  Speaker 9: Where I am. A guy like him, he can move inside,
• 18:16
  Speaker 9: he can go to the other side. So it's going
• 18:19
  Speaker 9: to be a challenge for you know, offenses out there
• 18:21
  Speaker 9: to figure out how to stop him.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: If he can.
• 18:23
  Speaker 9: Continues to growth and continues to build on whatever.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: He has, may well, a lot of people could probably
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: mistake the Colts current quarterback for a pass rusher when
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: he got a six five, two hundred and forty five
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: pound dude like Anthony Richardson. Obviously he got banged up,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: had several injuries for the course the last season.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: But what have you seen so far from him?
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: And thinking back to your days, is there anybody you
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: would compare him to in terms of the challenges of
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: getting that guy on the ground.
• 18:50
  Speaker 9: Man, he should be playing defensive end and I tell you,
• 18:53
  Speaker 9: I mean, you know, but he does a great job
• 18:57
  Speaker 9: and I was very surprised by his toys, you know,
• 19:01
  Speaker 9: And I think that was the biggest thing. You know,
• 19:02
  Speaker 9: when you're a rookie, sometimes you get out there and
• 19:05
  Speaker 9: it's like, you know, I could deer in headlights.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: You don't know what to do.
• 19:09
  Speaker 9: You just run just because you can to run, and
• 19:11
  Speaker 9: you lean on that. The games that I saw him play,
• 19:14
  Speaker 9: he staid in the pocket, he made the right throws,
• 19:17
  Speaker 9: and when he had to run, he was affected.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: The only thing I would say is get down a
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: little bit sooner.
• 19:25
  Speaker 9: These guys are out there trying to hit you. Hit
• 19:27
  Speaker 9: your hard, and you know you're one of the faces
• 19:30
  Speaker 9: of the franchise and we need you for all the
• 19:33
  Speaker 9: entire season, not just for a few games.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: So take that into account as.
• 19:37
  Speaker 9: You run thirty yards down the field, pass the lineback
• 19:40
  Speaker 9: or a corner or something like that.
• 19:43
  Speaker 8: We started this off when Tony Jonesy broke the news
• 19:45
  Speaker 8: to you that you were going to be inducted into
• 19:47
  Speaker 8: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You were Grove twenty three,
• 19:49
  Speaker 8: Michael Jordan's golf course. We know you can't get off
• 19:51
  Speaker 8: the golf course, So I'm going to ask our guys
• 19:53
  Speaker 8: to show this tape of you at the Invited Celebrities
• 19:56
  Speaker 8: Classic down in Dallas and evaluate what you you are
• 20:00
  Speaker 8: about to see.
• 20:01
  Speaker 9: Okay, here we go. Oh well, let's see. I'm right there.
• 20:10
  Speaker 9: I'm playing a fan. I'm playing a fan, and I'm
• 20:13
  Speaker 9: swinging hard, all right now. That's That's the one thing
• 20:16
  Speaker 9: about my golf swing is I learned how to play
• 20:20
  Speaker 9: one way, and I taught myself. I really literally, if
• 20:23
  Speaker 9: I'm going to make a mistake, I'm going to make
• 20:25
  Speaker 9: a mistake doing it one hundred miles per hour, very
• 20:29
  Speaker 9: similar to football, and it's probably why I'm not as
• 20:31
  Speaker 9: good as I want to be in golf.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: But I'm gonna have a good time doing it.
• 20:35
  Speaker 9: I'm definitely going to have.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: A good time doing it.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: See day that reminds me of my swing in terms
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: of just it's all power. It's not necessarily form. Just
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: swinging as hard as I can. I can't get out
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: of bed the next morning if I play eight holes
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: because I swing like that. Your baby can't handle football
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: on your body, Eddiemore, can you handle this?
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Man? Listen? It's tall.
• 20:53
  Speaker 9: And you know what it's funny is that I actually
• 20:56
  Speaker 9: there's been times where I'm swinging that golf club. I'm like, man,
• 21:00
  Speaker 9: I probably should slow it down a little bit, you know,
• 21:02
  Speaker 9: I felt a little tweaking my shoulder a little. But
• 21:04
  Speaker 9: the thing is, I'm just I just can't stop. I
• 21:06
  Speaker 9: just cannot stop swimming hard. And every time I do,
• 21:10
  Speaker 9: it's a d sell. If you know anything about golf,
• 21:13
  Speaker 9: I decell and I can't find the ball. So I
• 21:16
  Speaker 9: just go out and say, you know what, I'm gonna
• 21:17
  Speaker 9: make this mistake one hundred miles per hour. I can
• 21:19
  Speaker 9: go out and mess it up. By all I know
• 21:22
  Speaker 9: is I gave it one hundred percent effort, all right,
• 21:24
  Speaker 9: And that's it.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Dwight, Thanks a lot for the time, man, enjoy these
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: next eighteen days. Don't let all that anxiety build up
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: too much on you. You got it. Just make sure
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: you're building building a little bit of cry time into
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: the time of speech, and.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: I'll see you can man, all right, man, I'll see
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: you you guys. Take care, boy, Freeny.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: One of the best packed weekend at the Pro Football
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Hall of Fame week and you'll be able to catch
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: a lot of it right here on NFL Network, including
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: the first game of the preseason, Steve sixteen days away,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: an out of Football Hall of Fame game is the
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Texans versus the Bears. We'll have pregame, postgame covered, and
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: then of course the enshrinement starting at noon on NFL Network.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Forty nine Ers report.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: In full of training camp one week from the day.
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: We don't yet know if Brandon Ayuk will be there
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: in light of his trade request. Ricky Pearsall and the
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: rookies did report today. Piersol not ready to practice just yet.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Well have details after this on the inside. Mike Herrifula
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: brought you the news first earlier today, Brandon Ayuk, after
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: a month's long standoff, officially requesting a trade from the
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: forty nine Ers. San Francisco's position all along has been
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: they are not going to trade them. They expect Ayuk
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: to be a part of the team in twenty twenty four.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: We'll see what, if any impact there actually is of
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: that trade request. For now, we know there's one week
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: to go until the veterans for the forty nine ers report.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: The rookies reported today and another wide receiver the latest
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: won the first round pick, Ricky Pearsall landing on the
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: active non football injury list. That is a list that
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: you can come off of at any time. My understanding
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: is this is not believed to be anything major for
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Ricky Piersall, but one more bit of wide receiver drama.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Why not for a team that's had it pretty consistently
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: over the past several years. Welcome back to the Insiders.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: I'm Tom Peliicero. That's Ian rapport this right here. Bridget
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: Condon now joining the show. Bridget, appreciate you being here.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: You've been around that team quite a bit with the
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: forty nine ers. You talk to people Ricky Parson winning
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: gets on the field, which it sounds like will be
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: in the relatively near future. What do they think that
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: they're getting with it?
• 23:33
  Speaker 10: Well, they put a lot of value into this guy, right,
• 23:35
  Speaker 10: drafting him with the thirty first overall pick in the
• 23:37
  Speaker 10: NFL Draft.
• 23:38
  Speaker 11: What's funny, Tomas.
• 23:39
  Speaker 10: He was teammates with Brandon Aiyuke back in twenty nineteen
• 23:42
  Speaker 10: when they were together in college, and now he could
• 23:44
  Speaker 10: be the guy that replaces Brandon Aiyuke if the forty
• 23:47
  Speaker 10: nine ers do agree to that trade request. He also
• 23:50
  Speaker 10: is a deep threat just like Ayuk, and he's a
• 23:52
  Speaker 10: guy that's turned heads during Mini camp, especially to his
• 23:55
  Speaker 10: teammates and coaches Kyle Shanahan saying that Brock perty doesn't
• 23:59
  Speaker 10: always get to see the way that a route is ran,
• 24:02
  Speaker 10: but he knows if the guy's in the right position
• 24:04
  Speaker 10: at the end of it and catches the ball, that
• 24:06
  Speaker 10: means he did the right thing. And that's how you
• 24:07
  Speaker 10: build chemistry and connection with a quarterback early as a receiver.
• 24:11
  Speaker 10: And Kyle Shanahan said that he already feels that that
• 24:14
  Speaker 10: early on in Mini Caamp. So remember he got a
• 24:17
  Speaker 10: lot of extra reps during Mini Caamp because Brendan Ayuk
• 24:20
  Speaker 10: of course was not there dealing with contract negotiations. And
• 24:23
  Speaker 10: if that's the case during training camp, the way that
• 24:26
  Speaker 10: he is building that connection with Brock Purty is only
• 24:29
  Speaker 10: going to continue to elevate and he could be that
• 24:31
  Speaker 10: number one.
• 24:32
  Speaker 11: Guy come this season. Of course, they have a lot
• 24:33
  Speaker 11: of options for that.
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: Well, if there is a hold out, it does get
• 24:36
  Speaker 4: pretty interesting. And obviously for Brandon Ayuk, the most important
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: thing take care of the business side, take care of yourself,
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: make sure that whatever you're doing you were getting the
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: money you deserve. But if he is not there, it
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: certainly does open opportunity for someone like Ricky Pearsow to
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: step in and at least make an argument for snaps.
• 24:53
  Speaker 4: And this draft pick, to me is one of the
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: more fascinating of all of the draft picks. Is obviously
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: everyone knows about the drama going on with the Ford
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: nine Ers receivers, and there has been drama or whatever
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: you want to call it the last several years. From me,
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: Deebo Samuel, trade request and contract extension, Brandon Ayuk was
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: kind of in the doghouse, then became a star, and
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: now is back in the situation he's in trying to
• 25:14
  Speaker 4: get a new contract, and then they go ahead and
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: draft a receiver in the first round, a sign that
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: we know the NFL is a business. Obviously we cover
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: the business side so much now, but this was a
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: pretty business forward decision to let all the other receivers
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: in the room know, like, look, someone else is there
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: and someone else's coming and watching how well that unfolds
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: is going to be fascinating, fascinating to see in this
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: forty nine Ers offense.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: Ricky Piersol was a surprise first round pick. There's a
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: lot of people in the league that liked him, but
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: bottom of the first round was rich for a lot
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: of people. There's one position the Kyle Shanahan knows besides
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: quarterback in terms of scouting him, it's probably wide receiver. Meanwhile,
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: flip side and we know another big change for this
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: defense this year. Another new coordinator who's a name that
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: you've heard is standing out and can make an impact
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: on this Sandwanchisco DA twenty twenty four.
• 26:02
  Speaker 10: Leonard Floyd is going to need to stand out. This
• 26:05
  Speaker 10: forty nine Ers defense we know has been dominant as
• 26:08
  Speaker 10: of late. It's one that they pride themselves on. But
• 26:11
  Speaker 10: four of six guys on defense left that had three
• 26:14
  Speaker 10: or more sacks. So you have Nick Bosa. Everybody knows
• 26:18
  Speaker 10: what Nick Bosa can do. Right, Teams are going to
• 26:20
  Speaker 10: put a lot of attention into Nick Bosa, but they
• 26:22
  Speaker 10: might find themselves in trouble if they don't pay attention
• 26:24
  Speaker 10: to the guy lining up opposite him, which is Leonard
• 26:27
  Speaker 10: of Floyd. He's coming from the Bills and he had
• 26:29
  Speaker 10: a career high ten and a half sacks.
• 26:31
  Speaker 11: Last season with the Bills.
• 26:33
  Speaker 10: Right, this is a guy that Kyle Shanahan feels like
• 26:35
  Speaker 10: can make an immediate impact with this forty nine Ers defense, and.
• 26:38
  Speaker 11: He knows the NFC West really well.
• 26:40
  Speaker 10: Remember He was with the Rams for three seasons from
• 26:43
  Speaker 10: twenty twenty to twenty twenty two. He had twenty nine
• 26:46
  Speaker 10: sacks over that span of three seasons, and Shanahan.
• 26:48
  Speaker 11: Said, I was sick of playing against him.
• 26:51
  Speaker 10: He's happy that he's on his team. He believes he's
• 26:53
  Speaker 10: a guy that can really impact and be what this
• 26:56
  Speaker 10: forty nine Ers defense wants to continue being.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: They heard Steve Wilks last year they go to the
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl, make a change of the defensive coordinator spot,
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: this time going within it's Nick Sorenson promoted decordinator. Brandon
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Staley also now on that staff. Will be interested to
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: see how the philosophy may change and obviously some personnel
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: changes as well. Bridget thank you to stick around, E
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: and you as well. You know why we had a
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: lot to talk about. Because football is back. Celebrate by
• 27:22
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• 27:24
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• 27:29
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• 27:33
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• 27:35
  Speaker 1: more information. Subscription required for NFL Plus. There was that
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: cluster of wide receivers take at the end of the
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: first round into the second round. Ricky Piersoll was among them.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: So was that guy Keon Coleman. He's already flashed at
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: the microphone. We'll leave flash on the field. The Bills
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: are going to need him to in the post Stefan
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: Diggs Era, let's talk about Buffalo and Josh Allen's pass
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: catchers right after this on The Insiders, Happy seven to one,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: sixth day from the Buffalo Bills. Yes, that is the
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: area code in the Greater Buffalo Niagara Falls area. Will
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: it be a happy nine to eight day the day
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: of their opener against the Arizona Cardinal. See what I
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: did there, Steve, very nice wind in the whole thing together,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: we'll go in that transition that is TV professionalist and
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: welcome back to The Insiders, Steve Witch. I am Tom Pelvisero.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: Obviously the biggest story throughout the course the Bills offseason.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: It's a lot of veteran attrition, but none bigger than
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs getting traded to the Houston Texans. They draft
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: a guy in Keon Coleman, who we've heard a lot from,
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: even if people may not have heard a lot about
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: prior to the draft. They liked him enough to move
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: back into the second round to take him up at
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: the top of that. How do you see Keon Coleman
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: on the field making an impact for the Bills in
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: twenty four.
• 28:53
  Speaker 8: Well, Tom, He's going to have to be on the
• 28:55
  Speaker 8: field making an impact because it wasn't just a Fon Diggs,
• 28:57
  Speaker 8: that guy rid of gab Davis. Those are the two
• 28:59
  Speaker 8: leading receivers the past couple of years, and the big
• 29:02
  Speaker 8: question going into training camp is do the Bills have
• 29:05
  Speaker 8: enough wide receiver support four quarterback Josh Allen and Keon Coleman.
• 29:09
  Speaker 8: He is a six to three, two hundred and fifteen
• 29:11
  Speaker 8: pound target. Now he ran a four to six at
• 29:13
  Speaker 8: the combine, so people are talking about his speed, but
• 29:16
  Speaker 8: you look at his production at Michigan State and at
• 29:18
  Speaker 8: Florida State, not only as a receiver, Tom, but as.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: A punt returner.
• 29:22
  Speaker 8: He's one of those guys who probably plays faster than
• 29:25
  Speaker 8: what that forty'clock showed. They're going to need that because
• 29:28
  Speaker 8: this might be a more tight end driven offense, much
• 29:31
  Speaker 8: like we've seen nowt the Baltimore Ravens with Dawson Knox
• 29:33
  Speaker 8: and Dalton Kincaid. Just because other than Keon Coleman. You've
• 29:37
  Speaker 8: got Khalil Shikuur Curtis, Samuel Marquis, Veldas, Gantlon mac Hollins.
• 29:42
  Speaker 8: I mean, these are the threats that Josh Allen's going
• 29:45
  Speaker 8: to be throwing to because of the organizational decision to
• 29:48
  Speaker 8: get younger on the receiving perimeter.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: The entire Keyon Coleman story just fascinates me, even before
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: the whole Macy's thing and everything else they did in
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: the press carts, because this is the guy who comes
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: from Michigan State. He walked down with playing bass skit
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: ball for Tom Izzo. He wasn't even fully training for
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: football till a year and a half ago. Still, in
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, was the leading receiver for the Spartans,
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: ahead of a guy named Jayden Reid who came out
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: and had a pretty good impact for the Packers in
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: year one. Okay, flip side of the ball. They also
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: lost some guys on the back end of that defense.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Your veterans in the secondary, this is a completely remade
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: type of unit.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: We had a guy named Cole bishop On prior to
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: the draft. Give me an idea, he's their second round pick.
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  Speaker 1: What they hope he can be as a rookie.
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  Speaker 8: So he's a versatile safety and that's what they have
• 30:29
  Speaker 8: to figure out because they could be losing both of
• 30:31
  Speaker 8: their safety if you know, Jordan Poyter is down in
• 30:33
  Speaker 8: Miami and Micah Hyde, who is a standout free safety,
• 30:37
  Speaker 8: is contemplating retirement if he doesn't return to Buffalo. A
• 30:39
  Speaker 8: Cole Bishop is somebody you know, as head coach Whittingham
• 30:43
  Speaker 8: said that he's got the big speed, he's a big hitter,
• 30:46
  Speaker 8: and he's in one of these guys who's always in
• 30:48
  Speaker 8: the right place so instinctively. He can play close to
• 30:50
  Speaker 8: the line of scrimmage, he can play off the ball
• 30:52
  Speaker 8: as a free safety. We're seeing him doing a lot
• 30:54
  Speaker 8: of things here blitzing and making a lot of TFLs.
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  Speaker 2: At Utah.
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  Speaker 8: They've got a guy in Taylor Rapp though, who does
• 31:00
  Speaker 8: that in Buffalo. So again, this is where Cole Bishop,
• 31:03
  Speaker 8: the second round pick, is going to have to show
• 31:05
  Speaker 8: his versatility. But safety overall and Tom's secondary depth that
• 31:09
  Speaker 8: is a significant concern. Even though they have some decent
• 31:12
  Speaker 8: starting corners. You remember they lost your Davius White is
• 31:15
  Speaker 8: now with the La Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Steve, thank you very much.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: I talk to you again soon here elsewhere in the
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: AFC East, The Dolphins rookies also reported to training camp
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: as we look ahead and some of the upcoming practices
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: for the Dolphins yesterday. Like most teams, have the full
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: squad reporting next week as we count down these final
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: fifty one days to the regular season. One of the
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: things to sort out between now and then the reporting
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: date for the Miami Dolphins, of course, is whether or
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: not they can get a deal done with Tua Tongua,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: Bi Lois and welcome back Ian rapport Tyreek hill Ian
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: we know we love a new contract himself also made
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: some comments to the other day that he believes Tua to
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: have a contract coming his way.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Where do we stand right now?
• 31:59
  Speaker 4: What do he actually say was Tua should be one
• 32:01
  Speaker 4: of the highest paid players in the NFL, and if
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: he does get a new contract, no doubt he is
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: going to be one of the highest paid players in
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: the NFL, because that's what happens with quarterbacks. That's really
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: where we are in the quarterback market. If you are
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: someone like Tua and you get a new deal, whether
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: he let's say, gets to where Trevor Lawrence and Joe
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: Burrow are at fifty five or whether he gets to
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: where Jared Goff is at fifty three. I believe it
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: is wherever it is. You know that it's going to
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: start with the five. You know he's going to be
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: one of the highest paid players in the NFL. That
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: goes without saying. It's really on the Dolphins and of
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: course Tua and his reps right now to get a
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: deal done. And certainly, if you were to say, is
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: there a deal there to be made, it really feels
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: like there is. I'm not saying they're there yet, but
• 32:43
  Speaker 4: at least it feels like there is a deal to
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: be made. And for the Miami Dolphins, you've gotten to
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: this point you are no longer wondering is TWOA the guy?
• 32:52
  Speaker 4: Is he the franchise quarterback? By the offers that have
• 32:54
  Speaker 4: been made where we are, he clearly is. It's just
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: about finding the right number and finally, as you can
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: deal potentially before training camp begins.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: One week from today, the Dolphins report training camp. Tua
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: was there for a good chunk of the spring, didn't
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: necessarily do everything. What will be his level of participation
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: we shall find out in the very near future.
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  Speaker 2: Ian, Thank you very much.
• 33:17
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• 33:42
  Speaker 1: The new look Chargers one of the biggest stories in
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: not just the NFL, but all of sports, and not
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: just because they got one of the biggest men in
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: the draft, Jim Harbaugh using his first draft pick on
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: Joe Alt. What can he do for Justin Herbert? Can
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: this Chargers team take the next step in a really
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: tough AFC West Division. Let's dig into it. Next on
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: the Insiders, Brandon Rice getting his first look at the
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: brand new Chargers facility, state of the state of the
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: art facility out here in El Segundo, California. Bred Rice,
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: of course, the son of Jerry Rice and one of
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: many offensive players that Jim Harbad, Joe Hortiz and company
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: added as they get things going in La Tom Piliser
• 34:28
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• 34:30
  Speaker 1: a lot of time around that Chargers team. No surprise
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: that the Chargers went offense early and often in that draft.
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: What are they anticipating in terms of the immediate impact
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: from some of those rookies reported today?
• 34:42
  Speaker 10: Well, Joe all you know, for the offensive line, he's
• 34:44
  Speaker 10: going to be on the starting line as everything that
• 34:47
  Speaker 10: we've seen during practice, but also a receiver to keep
• 34:50
  Speaker 10: your eye on Lad McConkey.
• 34:52
  Speaker 11: He's the guy that the Chargers really like.
• 34:54
  Speaker 10: Jim Harbaugh has praised him, spoke very highly about, you know,
• 34:58
  Speaker 10: the kind of player he can be. One of the
• 35:00
  Speaker 10: things that stood out to me when I asked our
• 35:02
  Speaker 10: research team for some information on him earlier today, he
• 35:05
  Speaker 10: caught eighty one percent of his targets, ranking in the
• 35:08
  Speaker 10: top ten in the SEC in college. Okay, yes, I
• 35:11
  Speaker 10: understand that's college.
• 35:12
  Speaker 11: Not the NFL.
• 35:13
  Speaker 10: But remember, one of the biggest issues that we saw
• 35:15
  Speaker 10: Justin Herbert have with someone like Quinton Johnston was that chemistry.
• 35:19
  Speaker 10: He didn't build that trust with him because of some
• 35:22
  Speaker 10: of the drops, whether it was his fault or not,
• 35:24
  Speaker 10: and so being able to be consistent being a guy
• 35:27
  Speaker 10: where if your quarterback's looking around, he sees you and
• 35:29
  Speaker 10: knows that you're more likely than not to catch the ball.
• 35:32
  Speaker 11: It's going to come your way.
• 35:33
  Speaker 10: And with no Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, we might see
• 35:36
  Speaker 10: this guy get a lot of action this season.
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: I got to know Leabconki through the process at the
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: Senior Bowl and interviewing him. One of the nicest, most
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: unassuming types of guys you're going to be around. But
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: everybody says when he gets on the field in those situations,
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: that's where you want the ball to go in crunch time.
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: I talked to Chase Daniel, former Chargers quarterback, earlier day.
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: He said he wouldn't be surprised if laded over one hundred
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: catches this year. So file that one away for fantasy football.
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: So much pressure right now, I think it's fair to
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: say expectations on a Chargers team that everybody has wanted
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: to take that next step forward in recent years. They
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: went to the playoffs two years ago, it didn't happen.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Major changes across the building. How does Justin Herbert Jim
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: Harbond Company get LA back into the postseason and maybe
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: even deep into the postseason.
• 36:16
  Speaker 10: Okay, well, there's a couple things. So let's start with
• 36:18
  Speaker 10: number one. Justin Herbert has to stay healthy. Right, He's
• 36:20
  Speaker 10: had back to back seasons where he's dealt with some injuries.
• 36:23
  Speaker 10: Jim Harbaugh said back across the street in February when
• 36:26
  Speaker 10: he took over as head coach for the Chargers that
• 36:29
  Speaker 10: he needs to protect his quarterback, and he stayed true
• 36:31
  Speaker 10: to that.
• 36:32
  Speaker 11: I mentioned Joe.
• 36:32
  Speaker 10: Alt, the player that they took with the fifth overall
• 36:34
  Speaker 10: pick in this year's draft. They now have three first
• 36:38
  Speaker 10: round picks and two veterans on that starting five offensive line. Right,
• 36:41
  Speaker 10: They're going to do everything they can to protect him.
• 36:44
  Speaker 10: And the second thing is they need to run the ball.
• 36:46
  Speaker 10: They need to be a better run team. Some of
• 36:49
  Speaker 10: these numbers that our research team shared with me, I
• 36:52
  Speaker 10: need to just make sure I get them absolutely correct
• 36:54
  Speaker 10: because this really puts in perspective how the Chargers have
• 36:57
  Speaker 10: struggled with the ball on the ground. So the four
• 37:01
  Speaker 10: seasons with Justin Herbert, there have only been four games
• 37:04
  Speaker 10: where running back rush for more than one hundred yards.
• 37:07
  Speaker 10: That's crazy to think about, right when you think about
• 37:09
  Speaker 10: Austin Eckler on this team. Only four games when they
• 37:12
  Speaker 10: had more than one hundred rushing yards. Also, the Chargers
• 37:15
  Speaker 10: average just three point nine rushing yards per attent that's
• 37:18
  Speaker 10: the third worst in the NFL. Despite all of this,
• 37:22
  Speaker 10: Justin Herbert has had forty one passing touchdowns on play
• 37:26
  Speaker 10: action passes.
• 37:27
  Speaker 11: But imagine if he has a good run.
• 37:28
  Speaker 10: Game to help supplement that right, and he maybe doesn't
• 37:31
  Speaker 10: need to throw.
• 37:31
  Speaker 11: The ball down the field that much.
• 37:33
  Speaker 10: Those are the two things that when I look at
• 37:35
  Speaker 10: this season, and we talked about this off camera, the
• 37:37
  Speaker 10: division that the Chargers are in, the AFC West, You're
• 37:39
  Speaker 10: going to have to get by the Chiefs.
• 37:40
  Speaker 11: What do you need? You need your team to be healthy.
• 37:42
  Speaker 11: You need to be able to run the ball.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Greg Roman, Jim Harby one of the best rushing attacks
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: in the NFL in San Francisco. Year one, back in
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: twenty eleven, they got there. Yeah, thirteen and three went
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: to the NCY Championship Game. Year two went to the
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. That's where the bar is set when you
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: hire Jim Harbo Bridget, thank you very much.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: If the Chargers are going to advance in the playoffs,
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: they got to get through you know that guy in
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Kansas City Patrick Mahomes. He's back in training camp, reported
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: with the quarterbacks and the rookies the Saint Joseph Missouri.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: Today we'll dig it into deep, a little bit deeper
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: on Mahomes, the Chiefs and how he's preparing what they
• 38:16
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• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Mike Garavola brought you this scoop early this morning. Brandon
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: Aiuk officially requesting a trade. Months long standoff now leads
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: to this Auk saying he wants out. Forty nine ers
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: have not shown any indication they will change their position,
• 39:08
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  Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl. He's not going anywhere. They got
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: one week until the started training camp. We'll see how
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: things play out there. Meanwhile, as Ian Rappaport said earlier
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: tonight on The Insiders, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones not expected
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: to be in training camp on the pup list. It's
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: really a positive indication. He wants doing things on the
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: field seven to seven and things like that. You're not
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: allowed to do that if you're on the pup list.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: So this doesn't necessarily mean Jones is full go, but
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: it does mean we'll see him participating in at least
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: some portions of practice, and boy are those practices close.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: The Texans tomorrow become the first team to report as
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: a full squad. The Broncos, Packers, Seahawks rookies as well,
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: the Bears, the Chiefs, the Ravens. They're all reporting before
• 39:53
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• 40:19
  Speaker 1: at training camp and you know, got some rookies to
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: help him out with the bags for the first time.
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: Mahomes is bringing something that in his NFL career he's
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: never had in his room in Saint Joseph before.
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: It was my first year. I'm bringing a TV. So
• 40:33
  Speaker 6: I haven't brought a TV ever before, but int DOUBLEA
• 40:36
  Speaker 6: came out and I'm gonna have to turn it on.
• 40:38
  Speaker 6: So I brought a TV for into Double A and
• 40:40
  Speaker 6: the Olympics. So that's my first year. I breed doing that.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom pilaicero Ian rapport. TV
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: is certainly must have, right if you're going to be
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: in the dorm room for that long period of time.
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: And I'd like to know what is essential for you
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: on the road for training camp.
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: And don't say that sure.
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: You don't need to t this a great shirt. Your
• 41:01
  Speaker 4: fashion since is terrible. You don't need a TV. Just
• 41:04
  Speaker 4: have an iPad. I watched half of the stuff I
• 41:05
  Speaker 4: watch on an iPad, putting the bear by the way,
• 41:08
  Speaker 4: which is great. Anyway, I would bring a lobledge. My
• 41:10
  Speaker 4: short game is, let's just say, dicey, you've seen it
• 41:14
  Speaker 4: lobloods would be.
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: It's a great time to practice.
• 41:17
  Speaker 4: You don't need a lot, just need like a little
• 41:19
  Speaker 4: net and some balls, like, oh.
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: Are you fitting that the sis? You don't have to
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: actually fit in the suitcase. You can just hold it.
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: You walk on the overhead day club and you're allowed
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: on the play with just the club.
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: Why it's not a knife or something worse.
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: It blender confiscated every year in training camp.
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: At some point. You don't that's right, you need it.
• 41:40
  Speaker 4: You don't follow the TSA rules.
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: What am I gonna do?
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: Get someone to come over and stick their hand into
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: the blender and press go. That's not an attack thing.
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: I do carry everything in one in one carry on
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: bag for the entire two weeks. Your blender stuff is weird.
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: She's a protein bar on the inside. See you normal
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: people eat protein bar.