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Ep. 3 Decisions Decisions Decisions · Football Junkies podcast

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Bag alert bag alert bag alert bag alert folks Josh Allen got the bag
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We're gonna talk about the draft some of a few a few teams that have a definitely caught my eye and
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Talk about the results of those mock drafts. We're also gonna talk about whose playoff window is open closed or shut and more on the football
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Junkies podcast. I'm your host McKell. Let's go. All right folks. So if you don't know
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Defensive end slash outside linebacker patch rusher
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For the Jacksonville Jaguars Josh Allen just got the binks truck folks a five-year
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150 million dollar deal with 88 of that guaranteed now
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This pays the way for them to just focus on trying to resign Trevor Lawrence. It was a great sign
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Definitely very much needed for the Jaguars because it had he left the Jaguars
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Who was to say that that defense would would still be as productive as it has been within the last few years?
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However, we do have to talk about how the patch rusher market as a whole is starting to sort of get out of hand
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and the reason why I say that is because
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You we are now hitting the threshold where players are now making, you know, 25 30 35
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I won't even be surprised close to maybe 40 and you know within the near future and so
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Although yes, you know teams do value patch rushers
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It's hard to decipher if you know if a patch rusher is sort of a generational talent and has consistently shown
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You know growth and has consistently been, you know, one of the you know, the top patch rushers in the league
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Or you know, it was just one great year and you know, they basically capitalize off of it
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So you definitely have to sort of those
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Those type of things that when when we definitely talk about these these bag alerts as I call them
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Now granted he is if I'm not mistaken. He is top five highest paid
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So he's you know, he's bumping elbows or Chris Jones. He's bumping elbows with Miles Gary and TJ
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Why did even Brian burns even Nick Bosa?
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so
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Congratulations to Josh Allen and him getting the bag now that we've gotten over the the bag alert
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Let's talk about what's going on in the league now
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You're probably wondering, you know why there isn't a whole lot of noise
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Why, you know, there's still some free agents that are still out that haven't gone. This is the time where teams are, you know
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They're finalizing going to pro days. They're finalizing going to private players who
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Who got injured sort of the later part of the season and who are now just now getting medically cleared
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To participate in football as well as people
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I'm developing their big board and their draft board. So when you you know in in this phase a lot of times
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Teams are not going to be focused on, you know, free agent signings unless it's something, you know
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Out of a dire need then, you know, okay, cool
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But most of times it's you know preparing most likely preparing for the draft or you know, they could be in contract negotiations with certain players
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It's it's quiet. Yes, but at the same time there is still things going on behind closed doors now
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When we you know, the draft is only a few days. It's only days away. It's not even weeks away
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I think it's only I think it's less than less than two weeks away if I'm not mistaken
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So
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Everybody's you know trying to finalize and figure out, you know, what what do they want to do with their pick and and whatnot?
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And who who is there? You know, who is their first pick that they want to choose from and whatnot?
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So it's a lot of activity a lot of motion going on
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Within the league right now, but I decided I wanted to test the waters once again
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Since I am one of the best GM's who is not on the team right now
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I decided to choose three different teams
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Now with these three different teams, I decided to
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Choose them based off of their position
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Within the draft so I chose so I wanted to choose a team that's hiding the draft
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In the middle of the draft and then at the bottom part of draft, okay?
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So the teams that we so the teams that chose were the Arizona Cardinals
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Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens now
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disclaimer right now
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To the fan bases of all three of these teams
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I did not do this out of spite. I did not do this out of malice
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I did not do this because I did not like any of your teams. No, I just did this
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I just choose I just chose y'all
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Simply because I wanted to see how things would we're playing out and they actually playing down pretty good
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I'm actually surprised except for Ravens fans, but who cares about them, right? Nobody does Pittsburgh Steelers all the way
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Moving on
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Moving on
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Moving on
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So when we break things down, you know based off of these three teams, we have to look at their needs
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So for the Cardinals the Cardinals needs our wide receiver edge
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Corner running back interior offensive line Ravens its interior offensive line offensive tackle
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Edge receiver safety and then for the Jaguars its edge
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Corner defensive tackle offensive tackle an interior offensive line
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Now based off of just saying that
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um, we could definitely
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sort of go deeper um before be before I go
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And tell you about the the results of the monk drafts
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Based off of the the team needs
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I could make a strong case that two of these teams will probably be able to
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um, you know address
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One or two one or two of those positions high
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While the other is going to have to trade up who's the team is going to have to trade up
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It's the Ravens and the reason why I say that is because
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although yes, this is a a a big
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offensive tackle class
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the problem with the offensive tackle class is
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Once it goes past JC Latham, Talulis Fouwaga, Troy, uh, Fatahanu, Marius, Mems and whatnot
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There is a definite drop in sort of uh, productivity in players. Okay. I mean, you still have a Marius Mems
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You still have your Patrick Paul. You still have your Tyler Gaiens and whatnot
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But the problem with those type of players is they're still raw
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And it's going to take them some time
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It's going to take them at least
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Maybe a season or two for them to actually get comfortable and to you know
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And to become starters whereas where you have a JC Latham, a Talulis Fouwaga, a Troy, Fatahanu
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You can plug them in day one
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They they they can start week one
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immediately no problem
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so
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but
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But at the same time, you know, they're they're
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In in my prediction, and I'm not I'm not a genie. I don't know the the future and whatnot
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I truly believe a lot of the teams
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You know high up are going to trade down and the reason why I say that is because
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Teams now are going to be focused on
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quarterbacks
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Quarterbacks and receivers those are the two biggest classes right now that everybody is talking about everybody is obsessed with and so
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What what you have is they're going to be some teams who need a quarterback really bad that are that are
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You know in the lower part of the draft they're going to want to trade up case in point the Vikings for instance
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Yes, the Vikings do have two first round picks, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikings are going to trade up even higher to
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Really get their quarterback
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um case in point the cowboys
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the cowboys need a quarterback
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and the reason and
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again
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Full disclaimer cowboy fans don't hate me. I'm just calling it for what it is the way I see it
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Cowboys are basically in a direction where they have to prepare for the future
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and the reason why I say that is because
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um, I don't think jerry jones is is going to be willing to pay that presscott
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almost 60 million dollars a year
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And we and they haven't gone
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You know to an nmc championship level on the super bowl. I don't think they're going to do that personally
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um, and then as
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When and when you look at it
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This is probably the best quarterback class that you're going to have
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You know in a while and the reason why I say that is because you don't know how things are going to pan out
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um
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Next year you don't even though. Yes, you have
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Shador Sanders and you have quen you were's and you have uh jaylin
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Milrow and and whatnot
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Why do that when you when there is a quarterback that you know, you could definitely
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Have them sit under deck and learn under deck for you know for a season and actually understand things
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Rather than you know to basically just get somebody and then just push them in the fire and say okay figure it out
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That's the problem
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When you look at a lot of quarterbacks nowadays, especially quarterbacks are they're getting drafted higher and coming into the league
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A lot of times, you know, they're being put into the fire
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And they're not having an opportunity to just sit
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I guarantee you if a lot of these quarterbacks just sat under a veteran quarterback for a season
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Maybe even two seasons you would see a a difference in production
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um
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Compared to just throwing them into the fire
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Case in point the Packers for instance, right?
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When the Packers drafted Jordan Love
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Everybody was losing their mind. Oh my god. Why would you draft Jordan Love?
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Aaron Rogers is coming off of you know, winning another
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MVP and whatnot
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But the reason why they did that is because so they can have him
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Sit under Aaron Rogers for a while and learn under him even if Aaron isn't you know,
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Physically like showing him like hey, this is what you're doing this situation. Hey, this is what you're doing that situation
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Hey, this is what you do with this or that
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Whatever the case may be just him being on the field on the bench and absorbing what he's seeing
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You know play after play game after game that goes a long way compared to just saying okay. Yeah
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Forget about Aaron Rogers. Jordan. Love you starting week one
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No, no, and so that is the situation that you have now
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um
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You have you know other teams who for instance, I don't know the saint for instance who right now
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They're pressing me as I said before in the previous episode is an offensive lineman
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their star right tackle Ryan Ramcheck
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He might have to medically retire because of his knee
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and so
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When you have situations like that emerge that can literally shift an entire draft board simply because
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Now you have a position where you may value. Okay. We'll address it, you know in the second or third round
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Now you're going to have to address that in the first round
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especially with the position that you are in the draft
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and so
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I say all that to say this
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I would not be surprised if we see multiple trade ups and trade downs
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um either the night of the draft or before the draft
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I wouldn't be surprised because there are a lot of teams that are not being talked about that have definitely
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you know
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Saw a a few prospects that that hate that they probably realized that they're going to have to trade up to get
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Whether that be offensive lineman, whether that be a corner whether it be receiver quarterback, whatever the case may be
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There is a lot of talent a lot of talent
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And some of this talent it's going to require you to trade up
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It is now to some extent it all depends you may have to trade up one or two spots
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You may have to trade up 10 spots. It all depends where you are
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And that is the beauty of the draft now
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Now that we've done past that let's talk about the mock draft result. So
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uh with the cardinals
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The Cardinals mock draft will do them first. So with their first pick, I decided to trade down
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and the reason why I decided to trade down was
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Instead of me taking that fourth pick
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I would I would just trade I decided to trade down
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Which then allowed me to acquire more picks
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Which you know you always want more picks and so with the 12th pick I decided to draft uh, roma dunce
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The next pick I decided to draft uh, johnny newton defensive tackle illinois with the next pick
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I decided to draft dairies robison edge from mazoub
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The next next pick I decided to draft ronardo green
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After that dominate paul and then the final pick. I drafted brand new rice
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And and here is the sweet spot folks
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I have the jets second round pick
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Cincinnati's third round pick and cleavings third round pick and kansas city third round pick
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That's great. And the reason why I say that is because you could use those picks
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for for a future trade for uh for a player or
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You could use those picks to get back into the first round if you want to see
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It's it's those. It's these types of situations where you sort of have to
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have to
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You sort of have to
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Be experimental and the reason why I say that is because it's it wasn't it wasn't that big of a drop
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Going from four to 12. It's not that big
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It's it's just not now if I was
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Going from the fourth pick of the draft to the 22nd pick of the draft
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Then it's like okay
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That's
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That's a lot
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That that's that that is a big
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Big big move that means that you are confident that the player that you have
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That you want is going to be available when it gets to the 22nd pick
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um
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Just you know briefly go over these players
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Johnny newton one of the best uh defensive tackles in this upcoming draft class he
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He fondre sweat byron murphy and mason smith
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Are sort of the creme de la creme for defensive tackles. Um
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I know not a lot of people are talking about uh mason smith as much, but they definitely should um
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Simply because his athleticism is very scary very scary in a good way
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Let me let me they put that out there because when they say scary some people are like oh, it could be a bad thing
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No, it's a good thing. Trust me. It's a good thing
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Um, the best way I can put it and steal his fans. You know
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We know step on to it
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Step on to it is is is a lot of people's comp for mason smith
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If you don't know who step on to it is go on youtube look at look up step on to it
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He's probably sacked your quarterback in the past. That's all i'm gonna say now moving on
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Moving on to the ravens. Um, I decided to just keep things traditional with them
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And so with their 30th pick I decided to draft derrius robinson
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Uh edge from missouri with their second pick. I decided to draft ricky
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Piersall my receiver from florida and with their third pick. I decided to draft dorian taylor demerson
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Now this is what I will say
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Ricky pierce all is a sleeper of a pick and the reason why I say that is because
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His skill set is very good very good. He has great footwork
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He has great hands can create separation. He's a great slot option
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Um, I wouldn't be surprised if if a team tries to have him playing on the outside as well
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Um, I I do know there has been a recent video of him emerging
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with him
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Practicing with both jaylen waddle and tyree kill
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So if he's practicing with the both of them who you know by all means a lot of people say that they are
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The best receivers and probably the best um route runners in the league then you know
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That's something that's something you you got to look out for
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Um, but moving on to the jaguars. This is my favorite one. Even though I'm not a jaguar fan not pitchburn stevens all day
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um with their 17th pick I decided to
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draft jc latham tackle from alabama
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I decided to trade down from their
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Uh with their second round pick and raffer nardo green their third pick
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I drafted brandon rice receiver from usc their fourth pick mason smith just went over him
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You can just roll back a few probably about maybe a few minutes or so and you know
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You can listen to my account for him brandon colman gar from tcu and then their final pick luke mccaffrey now
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Not a lot of people are talking about luke mccaffrey. Um, which they should be simply because
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He is a very versatile chess piece
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and the reason why I say that is because
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He can sort of do the same things that his brother can do
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From lining up in the slot to
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You know, he could probably double as a running back. He can basically do it all
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Um, luke luke mccaffrey on the right team in the right situation
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He can probably be just as effective as christian mccaffrey and I know, you know, oh
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You can't really say that because you know two different players and two different skill sets
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No
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No, the mccaffrey's if you if you've ever looked at their father and then christian mccaffrey and now luke mccaffrey
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All of them have shown versatility. That is like the number one thing that they have is versatility and it's it's it is amazing to see it
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Um, but now let's get to the part where not a lot of people are gonna want to listen to but
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I'm going to like it simply because I love talking about other people's teams
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Now we're going to do a new segment and we'll probably do it. Um, probably during the season as well
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Open door closing doors shut
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Okay
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So open door closing door shut door is basically
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The three categories in which your team
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Your team where I think your team would will be would fall in
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Uh, trying to compete for a championship now for the open doors
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For the players. I mean for the teams who you know, they still have a chance to to win a super bowl within the next
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Uh, two to the five years. I would probably say it is, you know, the usuals
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Ravens chiefs Niners Eagles Rams and Lions and the reason why I put the Lions there is because
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their their team is still relatively young
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and so
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Yes, they do have, you know players that they're going to have to pay soon
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But their window is still very much open very much open
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When you look at the when you look at the the the division
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The only teams that they would probably have to worry about is Green Bay and possibly
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um
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Possibly the Vikings if if the Vikings draft a quarterback if they get, you know, either Jay-Z, McCarthy or Michael Pennix or
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Whoa, what whatever quarterback if they can if they can do it
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If they can do it
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Then, you know, they they can be a problem as well
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But for right now the Lions are the top dog in that division right now
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Um, their roster is just so
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It's amazing right now. They're in and that's such a beautiful place right now. They have the receiver core
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They have the running backs. They have the tight ends. They have the quarterback
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Even on the defense the defense they even upgraded certain pieces on the defense
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So they're in a very great place. They really are
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Um
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Now when we get to the Rams the reason why I put the Rams in there even though. Yes, they did lose
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Um, Aaron Donald, you know to to retirement
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That team is still dangerous and the reason why I say they're still dangerous is because
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They still have Sean McFay. They still have Matt Stafford. They still have Cooper cup. They still have Pook in the cooler
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teams
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and I well not teams, but
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There were a lot of people that were riding off the Rams
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Last season everyone was thinking, you know post post Super Bowl, they're not gonna go anywhere
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They're not gonna do anything. They're just gonna fly. They're just, you know, gonna gonna gonna be forgotten and whatnot. No
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They were in it. They were in it to the end. They could have easily
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Really made, you know a deep push within the playoffs and they probably will this year. Um,
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They are a team who consistently shows that they don't need, you know, all of their picks to be successful
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They don't they have shown that, you know, we can go a few years without a first round pick
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And still draft very high, you know caliber players and they've done it case and point Pook in the cooler
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I mean they they drafted Pooka
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So what what what else there to talk about now as we get to the other three teams
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It's going to get a little bit trickier. Now with the Niners
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The problem with with the Niners is yes, their door is open
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But to a certain extent and the reason why I say that is because now they're starting to hit a point where
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They're losing players
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Be for uh because of cap reasons, right?
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You're they literally had to release Eric Armstead
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Um, and pretty soon, you know, if if they don't win this this year
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They're probably gonna have to release more players
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They have a lot of big contracts on their books. They got Nick Bolsas contract
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Grave digger aka Javon hard grave if you don't know
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Debo Samuel you have Trent Williams. You have christian mccaffey's contract. You got George kills contracts
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You have a lot of you got Fred Warner's contract. You got a lot of big contracts on your books
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And you know that can only get you so much. I only get you, you know to to a certain point
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Okay, you have to win
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You have to win in order to justify all the moves that they made to build this team to where it is
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You have to because if they don't win a Super Bowl within the next two two to five years
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People are gonna fall people are gonna put them in the same category as the bills
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And we all know
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We all know
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What happened with the bills if you don't know there's a documentary on hulu and espn plus that you can watch
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And it will explain everything for you for you. Sorry bills. I'm so sorry
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but um, but with the ravens the ravens are in a very unique position only because
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um, they don't have a whole lot of holes
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To to really patch up on their um on their team
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But at the same time they would like to sort of win a Super Bowl now
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Rather than, you know, try to retool and you know go through sort of a very soft rebuild and whatnot
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um
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And even then I I could probably make a case that you know
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They could probably address a lot of their needs in this draft and then post draft
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They could the ravens have showed time and time again now before I finish my statement
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um
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I am not a ravens fan. I will never be a ravens fan
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But this is probably the only compliment that I will give for the ravens
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um
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They have hit on their draft picks
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draft picks that you know people wouldn't expect they have hit
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They have they've done a very good job in drafting and um, you know
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Addressing other needs and free agency. You know post draft. They've done a very good job at it. So
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kudos to them now moving on from the ravens because I want to keep this is in the raven show. This is
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football's junkies now when we get to closing teams that you know, they're they're Super Bowl chances
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um are closing
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It's the Cowboys dolphins bills bangles and browns
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now
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You're probably wondering Cowboys. We're always going to make it to the Super Bowl. It's always our year. No, it's not
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No, it's not it has not been y'all year since 95
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Okay, it hasn't you guys keep on saying every single year. It's our year. No, it's not it's it. Please stop
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Please go get some help
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um, the reason why their their door is closing at this point is simply because
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They have to they they have too many too many players who you know are going to be asking for big money
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And on top of that their coach is is is in the hot seat
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I don't care what anyone says
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Mike McCarthy mark my words on this day at 150 at 153 on a friday
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Mark my words. Mike McCarthy is in the hot seat. He has to show up
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And if he doesn't Jerry is going to fire him before Thanksgiving. He is simply because
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the team
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Has not really done anything. They've been stagnant
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And with the talent that they have on on both sides of the ball you would think oh man
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These guys could potentially make it to the nsc championship. They don't they fold
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They fold every single year when the lights get bright. They say nope turn off those lights
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That's what they do
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and so
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When you have situations where you know, there are reports coming out that potentially cd land might set out
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When you have conflicting reports about Michael Parsons when you have reports about that presscott, you know, basically
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They're saying that they're not going to
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um, you know open up contract talks with him
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That can that that can muddy things up
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that can
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And you know not to mention the defense alone
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The defense has a lot of holes
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And so they're in a position where their draft picks have to hit
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Each of their draft picks has to hit if those draft picks do not hit
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They are not going to go anywhere. They're just not and you would think they would you know be able to
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To be super competitive with with the vision that uh, the vision that they have no not really
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They still fold
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Every single year may still fold but moving on
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to the dolphins
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Yes
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the dolphins reason why I say the dolphins um
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door is closing is simply because
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they
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They did not prepare for for the long term. They just prepared for the moment
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um
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And this this will probably be a bigger discussion, you know with with guest and whatnot
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The problem with you know acquiring a bunch of players in a very small period of time is that
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When when it when it comes to those large cap hits
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They're going to hit you back to back to back to back to back and so when that happens
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It's going to put you in a position where you know, you're going to have to make some tough decisions
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Somebody's going to have to go someone's going to have to get the axe
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And so what you saw this offseason even though the offseason still isn't over with
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They had to let go of xavion Howard. They had to let go of the ron baker
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And they've had to sort of restructure a few people's contracts
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And so what you're seeing is
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um
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A team who basically they have to win they're in a win now situation
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And if they don't win now, that's it
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That's it. They're going to have to start, you know
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off offloading people's contracts and possibly releasing certain players
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They they just have to do that not to mention they're in active contract talks right now with Tula. So it's you know
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There there's they have this one plate
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And they can only fit so much on this one plate and whatever they can't fit on that one plate well then
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Hey, oh well not to mention a lot of their draft picks lately really have been hitting
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So it it'll be one thing if you know if they lose if they lose a high end player
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But they drafted a player to be their replacement and they're still and and the player that they drafted is playing high
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Then it's like, okay, cool. We're fine
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But if you but if your draft picks have not been hitting like how they haven't been hitting for them
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That's not good and then not to mention coming down the pipeline
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Jaylen Phillips is gonna is gonna want to get paid
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Javon Hollins going to get paid and Jaylen waddle is going to get paid
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And out of those three Jaylen waddles probably gonna get paid and that's not gonna be you know, no chump change
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That's gonna be some big boy money. That's gonna be another bag alert
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um, but moving on um
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The bills bangles and browns now with those three teams the problem with with those three teams is
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With the bills and bangles what what their problem is their defenses have aged
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They've aged so much and that the
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Really um in the return rate that uh for for draft picks. It hasn't even really been that good
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okay
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not to mention
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If if if we can be real here, they've lost a lot
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They've lost a lot on on both sides of of the ball
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um, the bangles alone
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They've lost half of the half of the defensive players that they acquired in in free agency
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And you know, their draft picks really haven't been hitting like that either
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And on top of that they still don't have offense in line
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And on top of that
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Joe burrow, I mean even though yes by some he is considered an elite quarterback
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He just hasn't been available
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He hasn't and that is that is the number one thing
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That you need in order to win a championship
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You need your quarterback to be available and he has been available lately a lot of that can be
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Attested to you know, the bangles decision not to draft, you know, offensive linemen high compared to drafting, you know
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Players that he probably played with but I mean, you know, that that's that's another story for another day
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Now with the bills on the other hand
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The bills lost that fun digs
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and so
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Now you're you know, the the question is how how is this bill's offense going to move?
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What's going to be the difference maker?
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Who's gonna who's gonna be the person that's gonna step up and go be like, okay?
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I'm I'm gonna be the head honcho. Who's gonna be that person?
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Because that person needs to be identified now
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Because if it's not it's gonna be rocky for them
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It is the AFC is only going to get better and better and more difficult
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It is it's not a cakewalk. It's not like the nfc. No, it's gonna get worse
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It is it's gonna get worse for a lot of teams
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But moving on with the Browns, it's tough for them
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It's tough for them only because
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They have to win now to justify the Deshaun Watson trade
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and the reason why is because
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Deshaun Watson is the only player to have a fully guaranteed contract
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I want to say that again a fully guaranteed contract
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That means you if you cut them if you trade them
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Do whatever you want
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He's still going to get that money
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all of that money
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And so they're in a position where they have to win they're in a win-down situation
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They have to um
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They they just have so many, you know, they they have so many
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Great players on that team that you would think by now. Okay, they can you know, they might be able to do something. Nope
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Not at all
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Not at all
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When you have a top five offensive line when you have a top five
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Running back when you have one of the best route running
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Receivers you traded for Jerry Judy. You got david and joku
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That's just on the offense then on the defense. You got Miles Garrett on one side
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You got Zadaria Smith on the other side. You got that crazy secondary
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You have it
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So what is not clicking?
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What is not clicking cleveland?
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Flick the switch
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Is this is the switch that flick it you got to flick it?
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um
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Now do I think any of these teams could possibly, you know, make make it to the Super Bowl in the next two two to five years
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I
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would probably say possibly
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Maybe the bills either the bills or the bangles, but that only depends on how they do in the draft and how they do
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um, you know, if they make any crazy trades or anything like that now
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For the teams whose window is shut. I'm talking about it is closed
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But the locks on it. Don't even look at it. It is the Chargers. Unfortunately, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers
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Um, it is the Saints buccaneers and jets now you're probably wondering. Well, the jets have a very wrong group
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Doesn't matter. It doesn't matter their window
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Is shut at this point simply because for one they have too many holes that that they have not addressed properly in free agency
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And on top of that, I will not be surprised if they are a team that tries to trade down or try to do something stupid
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Instead of addressing very important needs for this team
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You have an offensive coordinator who is basically buddy buddy with the quarterback
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and you have
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A a coach who right now
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Is in a very very very hot hot hot
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I'm talking about the hottest of the hot seat right now
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And he has to show something and if he doesn't
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He's going to get fired before thanksgiving
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he is
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If any if you if you guys don't know anything about that jets owner that jets owner is impulsive
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he is very impulsive
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And he will make a move, you know when when nobody would release expected
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If you don't believe me look at the past. Um, now when we look at the Chargers
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The Charger situation is a little bit difficult only because
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They have a new head coach and so
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um
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This sort of tarnate this we we have to it's sort of a wait and see type of situation
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Only to know if you know if they're going to move forward or are they going to continue to regress
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um
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That's all I'll say about that now with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, that's right. Pittsburgh Steelers. I had to talk about Pittsburgh Steelers
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um
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they are in a
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Weird situation as well simply because
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Yes, they have quarterbacks on the team, but they don't have a long term answer for a quarterback
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You don't
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um, you have a lot of holes on the team
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And on top of that you have a lot of people that are never any that are looking for a back
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So
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You have all these different type of things on top of you need your picks to hit
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I can make a case right now and I'm not saying this
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You know out of biasness, you know because I'm a Steelers fan, but I'm just being completely transparent and completely honest here
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The Steelers draft picks this year. They have to hit like how they hit last draft
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They have to that's the position that they're in right now
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And if they don't hit especially those first three picks
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It's it's a very tricky situation not to mention
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When you have the owner who has basically sort of you know put
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Put the fire under Mike Tomlin and basically say hey listen. I'm tired of losing
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I'm tired of not being in the playoffs
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We need to win we need to win some playoff games when you have that in you know and other factors as well
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That can that that that can definitely
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You know muddy things up honestly and then with the Saints the Saints and buccaneers
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They're in a very they're in a they're in a weird situation as well
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only because one team
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Isn't prepared for the future case in point the Saints. They're just not prepared
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they
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They thought Derek Carr would be the answer, but he's not being the answer and so what you're seeing is a lot of those players
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It's it's it's just not clicking
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It's not and the reason why I say that is because they have an older roster and so those players
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Why those players they're not going to want to pay cuts and restructures and whatnot every single year
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At some point somebody's going to say hey listen. I've been doing this for like the past five or six years
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It hasn't gotten us anywhere
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So I'm not taking a pay cut and they'll probably get released
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um
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You got players like Michael Thomas who ever since he got his deal. What has he done?
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nothing
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nothing
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Nothing nothing not a vilp nothing
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um
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I mean the only bright spot is what Alvin Camara and chris alive
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That's probably the only bright spot
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And even then you can probably trade Alvin Camara and probably get some good compensation for it
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Um, I know I definitely did see a few articles swirling around that march on ladder board would be
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available for trade
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This off season for the right price. So I mean
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They they just they they have to start from the bottom. They they they're trying to avoid the inevitable
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But everybody has to go through a rebuild everybody
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Even the pittsburgh sealers
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Bucking ears. They have an older roster as well
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Um, they still have a lot of players who are from that super bowl team
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And this will probably be their you know, their their last year before they you know hanging up in in whatnot
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so the problem the problem with
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With the teams who are in the closing and shut and even in the open
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It is is that things could change instantly
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Things could change so quickly if they hit on their draft picks if they you know make a crazy trade or
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Whatever the case may be things can change
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now
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Am I saying am I saying there are some teams that are in a better position than others? Yes
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of course
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But to say that you know a team like the bills
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Or the dolphins or the saints or the Steelers are in a position where you know
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They're when now more they can do it. They can do it. No, it's it's going to be difficult for them
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it they would have to have
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The perfect offseason. I'm talking about draft picks hit
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They signed the free agents that you know that nobody will least expect
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They would have to have almost a borderline perfect season
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Just everything everything would just have to be
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Almost sort of a Cinderella sx type of season. That's the only way this works
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