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Episode 15: The broken toy · Football Junkies podcast

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  We're back folks. I know it's been a while. I know it's been I know I know I know I know it's been a while
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  Your GM had to take a break. Okay, the news was dry. I needed to
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  Process a few things. I need to figure out a few things. I need I was on the road scouting multiple players
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  For my next three drafts that are gonna be coming up. I had to do it all but guess what we're finally back
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  Okay, and guess what was the best way to come back with a bag alert? That's right. We got a bag
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  We got a loaded loaded episode. Okay, so buckle up
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  Get your get your water get your popcorn get whatever you need to get because buckle in it's gonna be a lot
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  All right, we got a bag alert quitting minors gets paid. All right. He gets the bag
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  Okay, he gets the brings truck. Okay, Brandon
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  You look of course we have to talk about it because why he's officially air quotes
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  Decided to request a trade from the 49ers. We're also gonna be doing something different
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  We're gonna be reacting to the hard knocks episodes that have come out so far
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  Even though it's only three episodes
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  We still got to talk about because there's a lot to just know off of okay with that situation
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  And we also have to talk about my problem my beef
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  Okay with this top 10 list that always comes out every single year. We're gonna talk about that and also
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  We have breaking news. Okay, Eddie Jackson is has decided that he is going to sign with the Ravens
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  all of this and more on the 15th episode of
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  One of no not one of the greatest
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  Football podcast that is known to man and civilization. I am your host who is currently not on the team right now
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  Who has been on the road for the past three weeks?
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  Prospecting to see my next prospects my next hall of famers kale. Let's get it. Oh
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  Oh
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  Right folks and we are back. Okay. I know it's been a while you probably wondering where you've been what's been going on
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  Nothing really I just decided I need to take a break at some point
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  Everybody deserves a little bit of me time and I decided to take it at a time where for one
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  There's not a whole lot of information going around. There's not a lot of rumors not a lot of movement and everybody else is taking breaks as well
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  So I was like, you know what might as well, you know, take a break as well
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  Plus it gives me time to figure out, you know, how can I how I can continue to feed the masses with you know
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  Different types of content as well. Just know we got more stuff cooking up alright, but we're not gonna talk about that
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  Okay, cuz we don't have time for that. We need to talk about these bad alerts. Okay Quinn miners guard for the Broncos
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  Denver Broncos to be specific ain't a four year 80 million dollar deal
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  45 million guaranteed here. We're making 20 million a year
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  Unfortunately, Spy right did not have the signing bonus, but you know, it's probably something, you know reasonable
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  When we look at Quinn miners Quinn miners
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  Especially on that offensive line has definitely been one of the bright spots
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  I I do, you know, I do realize that, you know, the Broncos are going through, you know, a lot of turnover, you know recently
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  but
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  you know for Quinn miners to
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  You know to be one of those bright spots on the offensive line definitely says a lot
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  Not only, you know with the coaching that is in place there
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  But as well as you know his skill set. Okay, because and you know, this probably sound crazy
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  But I remember when he was coming when he was coming out of you know, when he was coming out of college
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  There was just something about him. I don't know. I don't know if it was a skill set
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  I don't know just the potential that he had but there was just something, you know
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  That that gravitated towards me continuing to look at his highlights because in my mind
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  I feel like he could have been possibly a second round pick be personally
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  and
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  You know for him to you know, basically get taken by the Broncos, you know, it was definitely, you know a
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  Good situation now personally, I probably would have you know prefer for him to go to
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  The Steelers especially with us drafting, you know, Kendrick Green instead of him
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  But you know, we don't always get what we want unfortunately. So, you know, congratulations to Quinn miners
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  Definitely, you know, one of those bright spots, you know for the Broncos
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  And you know, it's only it's only up from here now
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  Moving on to unfortunately Brandon I you it because I know you know, we all know are tired of talking about Brandon
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  I you it but we have to talk about it because he officially air quotes big air quotes
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  The biggest air quotes as you can possibly think of
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  Decided to officially request a trade from the 49ers now
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  I you guys already know how I feel about this, but I'll just continue to you know, beat a dead horse at this point
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  Brandon I you it has continued to show why if you are a team that needs a receiver
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  Why you should not go after him. Okay?
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  When you look at the antics, you know, basically this entire offseason since the Super Bowl, okay?
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  He has just been you know continuing to at times sort of be a noob
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  And the reason why I say that is because you it's one thing if you want to handle your business privately and you can be disgruntled
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  You know privately and publicly but to a certain degree, right?
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  But what he's doing is
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  somewhat, you know, it's just a little bit outrageous. It's unnecessary, honestly because yes
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  I understand that you you know that you do want your your money and that's perfectly fine
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  I'm not you know saying oh you can't get paid and whatnot. No, I'm not saying that but there is a way that you have to go about it
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  Okay, and the way that he's going about it is not the most professional. Okay, you are you know looking at
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  Commander's practice tape you're going you're going with Jane and Daniels and you're basically telling them, you know
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  They didn't want me and all this other stuff
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  You're going on various podcasts talking about you want to go to this team and go to that team
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  You're just doing anything and everything to get out of this situation
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  But you don't even realize that you're in a better situation
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  Then one of the other teams that you know if he was to go to them, right case and point
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  If he would have went to for instance the commanders or if you would have went to the Pittsburgh Steelers, guess what?
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  You would not be able to compete for a playoff spot let alone the Super Bowl
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  Meanwhile, you're on the team right now that most likely will probably be in the Super Bowl again, right?
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  So I
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  Understand that you do want to get paid I understand that but it comes to time a point where you have to realize at
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  Some point is this going to help me or is this going to hurt me?
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  Because if your team like I just said if your team that's looking for a receiver
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  You basically, you know in some ways have talked yourself out of trying to go after a Brandon
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  Not you because if he's doing this with the 49ers just and this is his first payday
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  Imagine what what he's going to do if he start actually being more consistent putting up numbers
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  Imagine, you know if he was to get you know major awards and accolades of that nature
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  It would be a nightmare a complete nightmare
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  And I don't think teams really want to do that not to mention the compensation
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  That you would have to give up to get a Brandon IE that's a first-round pick
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  Automatically with no questions that if a team calls the 49ers right now
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  And if they are acquiring about Brandon IE
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  Guess what if they are at the next few words are first-round pick they are hanging up the phone
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  Okay, that is a first-round pick and that is probably either a player and a pick or multiple picks and
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  You know, I know that the running notion has been that he's either going to go to the commanders or the or the Steelers
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  And I understand there are Steelers fans that say, you know, we should get Brandon. I you we get Brandon
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  I you that'll make a Super Bowl team. Let me be the person to tell you
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  Let me be the bearer of bad news
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  You will not be a Super Bowl team if you get Brandon IE you will not you won't even be a playoff
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  Calibrate team if you get Brandon I you because getting Brandon I you it means guess what that means that you are taking away
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  Resources future resources that you would need in order to make your team better and complete and to be able to make a playoff run
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  Let alone Super Bowl and if you do that for Brandon I you it
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  That's that that's gonna make things look bad because you're now bringing in someone who in some ways has definitely
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  You know just been this this thorn in the 49er side now
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  You're about to bring him into the building you're gonna have him with George Pickens. No, no, no, no, no, no, no
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  No, no, no, you want to get rid of that you want to eliminate that all together because if you don't you will have another
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  Brandon I you with 2.0 in your team, you won't be able to know how to handle it
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  That's just what it is then plus not to mention you still have a lot of players that you have to figure out what you're gonna do with them
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  Come you know come next year
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  You still have to pay Pat for our moves to have to pay Nasir Harris
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  I have to figure out what you're gonna do with a quarterback because you don't even have a quarterback
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  That's under contract next year. So what does it look like you going after a receiver?
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  If you don't even have a quarterback on your team next year
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  Think about that for a second. I'll let you wait
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  Exactly it doesn't make any sense now if you're a team like the commanders
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  The 49ers will probably be more open to it because for one they realize that the team is still going through rebuild
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  They're still trying to get themselves together
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  And you know what that first round pick that first round pick is going to be a high first round pick because most likely they're gonna be
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  Within, you know, the top 10 to 12 maybe 15 range
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  Compared to you if you get a pick from like the Steelers or whatever
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  It's gonna be a low first round pick and you don't want that
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  So I say all that to say this and I will I'll hit you, you know with with some numbers
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  Okay, according to spot rack brand IUX market value is a four year
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  104.6 million dollar deal you'll be making 26.2 million a year. Okay now if we
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  Reverse and look back at future. I mean past episodes
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  The the word that was going out was the 49ers had offered Brandon now you would 20 had a 26 million dollar
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  A year contract on the table for Brandon now you and he didn't want to take it. So
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  I
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  Understand that you know in the NFL, you know, when you have an opportunity to get paid you have to get paid
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  I understand that that's perfectly fine, you know, definitely not opposed to that definitely pro pro player to get paid
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  But at some point, you know, if you if you just did something a little bit unusual
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  Right and instead of you trying to get 30 million you get 26 or
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  27 who's really complaining nobody because guess what you still get paid and if you win this year
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  You went all the way you get a Super Bowl. Guess what happens?
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  That means most likely that when you hit free agency someone's gonna be wanting to get a deal from you
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  Simple if you just did a one-year, you know, 20 million dollar deal
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  Who's gonna say anything because guess what after this season you're free to do whatever you want
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  No one can say anything
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  But if you keep on, you know, try to you know, try to be somewhat of an ass
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  When it comes to contract negotiations, then people are not really gonna rock with you
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  They're just not they're gonna ship you to a crappy team
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  That's not gonna go anywhere and then you know, you'll get paid. But guess what you'll never go to a Super Bowl again
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  You'll never see the confetti
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  You'll never go to the playoffs none of those things and I don't think you don't want that and I think that that's wrong with a
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  Lot of players now where it's like they just see the money when they don't see the opportunity
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  If you are on a team and you've been to the Super Bowl the last, you know, three of the four last
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  Three of the four last years or whatever. I'm gonna keep on riding that wave because at some point we're going to win one
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  We're going to we're gonna win one
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  But continue but if I be a nuisance, then what was that gonna show? Nothing? It's not it's just it's just gonna hurt you more
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  Then help you so, you know, maybe it happens. Maybe it doesn't happen
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  I know as me as a Steelers fan, I do not want Brandon
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  I you look at all we have eliminated all of the nonsense and all of the you know internal noise
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  Let's keep it that way. Let's you know keep keep the temperature in the locker room cool
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  Okay, we don't want to keep on cranking it up cranking down cranking it up cranking it
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  No, keep it where it is. It's in a good spot. We're in a good spot
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  We just have to continue to build through the draft
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  Maybe you know hit on on some free agency pigs as well as develop my our own players now
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  Moving on from that because I'm not talking about brain. Are you any more?
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  just because it it's it's
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  Who it is just a horrible topic just to talk about just because it's just so plain because
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  It's always been the same thing. He wants more money. He wants more money. Okay. No one cares. No one does now moving on to
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  Hard knocks now. This is probably the first time. I'm actually really talked about this
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  But you know if you and if you haven't seen hard knocks, I would definitely recommend that you see it
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  I for this for this specific reason
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  I would say you should definitely look at hard knocks because it definitely gives you a glimpse of
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  How things are taken care of you know within the front office
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  It shows you the behind the scenes of you know the coach in front office relationship
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  It shows you, you know, what what were their thoughts, you know, leading up to the draft in the end of the season and you know
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  Any any star players are looking to get paid any those different type of things. It is important that you look at hard knocks, okay?
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  HBO Max, I'm not trying to do this and I try to promote it, you know, don't have a sponsor yet
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  But you know, we'll definitely get sponsors, but HBO Max if you want to be a sponsor, hey, we can put one right here, okay?
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  When you look at hard knocks, you know after looking at these three episodes, I can definitely say that the GM is definitely over his head
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  And I say that respectfully
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  In the most respectful way possible and you know if this turned into a little bit of a mini rant within oh well who cares and
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  And the reason the reason why I say this is because
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  What sense does it make that you went out of your way to get Brian Burns?
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  But you didn't do enough to try to bring back say qua
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  What sense does that make?
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  Okay, the G the the
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  This is oh
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  My god, this is so weird. Okay, this is what the owner said the owner said I'm gonna have a and I quote
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  I'm gonna have a tough time sleeping if
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  Say Juan goes
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  That's what the owner said. That's what John Merrick said. That's what John
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  Merrick himself said
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  I'm gonna have a tough time sleeping if say Juan goes if your GM and your owner tells you that that
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  That that that should be a switch in your head to say, you know what?
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  We got to go in the overdrive if I got a fly out or drive out to where this person is and we got to hash this thing out
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  Day and night night and day until you until you hate seeing you know my number pop up in your phone with it
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  Oh, well because because I value you that much
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  But you literally allowed him to quote-unquote test the free agency market and in doing so he went to your division rival
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  Think about that for a second
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  Why in the world would you want to let someone like a say Juan Barkley?
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  Just hit the free agency market and quote-unquote test the market
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  That's not someone that you just test the market for no and then not to mention
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  You're so committed towards
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  Daniel Jones when you don't even realize that Daniel Jones so far has been a below average to average at best quarterback
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  You're talking about somebody who you know the Giants basically, you know was working
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  You know towards the the last minute to try to get a deal done for Daniel Jones, okay?
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  But they barely but it seemed like they barely put you know
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  Any time any effort into trying to really bring back say qua?
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  I really think about that for a second here folks you went out your they went out their way and
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  And got Brian Burns, which is you know, no no disrespect to Brian Burns at all
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  But they went out their way to get Brian Burns
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  But you didn't do what you didn't do enough to keep say quan and your logic is oh
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  If we bring in someone like a Deandre sweat for a Devon single Terry, you know, they can do just as much as say
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  Quantu no they can't
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  No, they can't as as as no disrespect to them either
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  I don't care if they say oh, yeah, I can do the same thing the sake one can do no you can't
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  No, you can't no you can't you do not have that same
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  Influence on the field that a say quan Barkley does okay say quan Barkley is
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  Putting butts in seats at that stadium. Okay, not Daniel Jones
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  Not anybody else it is say quan Barkley when you look at that stadium and you see those little kids
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  Guess what you're seeing a bunch of them wearing say quan Barkley jerseys not Daniel Jones's jerseys
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  Say quan Barkley's jerseys. Okay. Now if you want to go to if you want to go from a from a record standpoint
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  I'm gonna pull it up for you. Okay, according to stat muse shout out to stat muse Daniel Jones's record without say quan is
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  8 and 14
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  Daniel Jones's record with say quan is
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  1423 and 1
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  The Giants record with say quan is 25 48 and 1 the Giants record without say quan is 9 and 18. I
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  Say all that to say this
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  Say quan is needed on that team
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  Because if you don't put him on that team guess what they're not gonna win games in granted
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  I understand in the in the first episode first two episodes the GM, you know
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  Basically said, you know, they wanted to invest more into the offensive line and they did, you know, they got
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  Jermaine Illuminor then they got John Roney and junior which were great pickups
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  They were but you just kept on hearing them, you know say oh what about Chris Jones? What about Chris Christian?
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  You know Christian Wilkins and you know this person that person when I'm thinking to myself
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  You don't need that you need to invest more into the offense because the offense is stagnant
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  If we are being real here folks say quan Barkley has been the most productive offensive player for the Giants since OBJ
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  That's a fact that is a fact and
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  You just let him just walk just just let him walk didn't even think about it
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  They even try to fight didn't even try to you know, really, you know talk to him and have a real conversation
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  What says does that make?
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  Really, what says does that make when we sort of you know go a little bit deeper into this
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  You know into the situation here the Giants, you know offer according to
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  CBS Sports by way of the you know the episode the offer was for from the Giants was
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  Three years twelve and a half million twenty five million guaranteed, right?
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  He signed with the Eagles three years thirty seven point seventy five million eleven point six million dollar signing bonus
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  26 million guaranteed 26 million
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  Guaranteed at signing right
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  When you look at Daniel Jones's deal, right? Which if we're being real here, it's it's starting to
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  Blossom into a very horrible deal for years
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  160 million 36 million dollar signing bonus 81 million guaranteed at signing
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  92 million guaranteed he would be making according to spot rack 40 million a year, okay?
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  it's
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  Just a bad situation because whether we realize it or not the Giants put too much responsibility on a rookie
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  Okay, I'm gonna say that again
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  They with them not bringing back say quan that put a lot of pressure on Malik neighbors because now Malik neighbors is now the primary
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  All sense of weapon for the Giants. That's what he is at this point. It's not Jaylen Hyatt
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  It's not this person. It's not that person. It is Malik neighbors, okay?
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  And you have a bum of a quarterback who?
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  You know has really only had one winning
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  Quote-unquote one winning season and since then has been badly injuries
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  all those other years and
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  You know really has nothing to show for that's what it is, okay?
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  And Giants fans I understand, you know, you guys might be a little bit angry with with this hard knocks
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  Especially with the GM and rightfully so but you know, I definitely sensed a lot of I definitely sense a little bit of tension
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  From that front office once Brian Dave bull, you know, basically stormed out of the room
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  After you know the GM was you know was was still trying to get a deal done to get Brian Burns
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  that let me know that he's he's definitely pissed because
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  You're you're still trying to invest into the defense when you should have been investing more into the offense
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  Honestly speaking here now granted. I understand, you know getting devin Devon single Terry was you know
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  It was a pretty good pickup and then drafting Malik neighbors was definitely good as well
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  But if you would have had say crime
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  Mashed up with Malik neighbors that would have definitely tamed things to another level instead of just sticking with oh
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  You know what? It's okay. We don't need that. We got Daniel Jones
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  We got this person. We got that person. It does not win because guess what I can make a strong case right now
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  That the commanders are a better team than the Giants
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  I can make a strong case for that right now
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  I can make a strong case that out of all the organizations in that division the Giants are the worst and it completely
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  Shows why they have not continued to learn their lesson from the OBJ situation
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  they haven't and
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  You know, do I think things are going to get better? I don't know. I don't have a crystal ball
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  You know, it's probably in the corner somewhere charging
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  But you know to say that this is going to be you know a great situation. I don't know. I definitely don't see it
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  I do feel like the GM
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  You know had his eyesight on on one person instead of trying to bring back
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  You know a homegrown player and you know, he's gonna pay the price for it because you're gonna have to see say
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  Coumbark Lee twice a year
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  You're gonna have to see that and I don't think you really want to see that but that's on them
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  That is strictly on them. Okay now and you know, I
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  I didn't have this in my notes, but I do feel like you know, it is something to talk about now that you know the
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  This disciplinary actions have been given out former Lions
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  quarterback cam Sutton
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  Has you know has been suspended for eight games now
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  This is what I will say and I'm gonna try to I'm gonna try to
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  Bob and weave with this situation as best as possible
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  I do feel like personally the Pittsburgh Steelers shouldn't have signed
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  Cam side. I
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  Definitely feel like they shouldn't have done that and the reason why I say that is because it'll be
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  There you had options
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  Right, you had options. You had a step on a Gilmore Chanis Sullivan Patrick Peterson
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  You could have traded for you know for for somebody there's so many different things that you could have done to address the cornerback position
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  Okay, and you going after
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  cam Sutton with the allegations
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  and in the you know in the
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  The judiciary situation that he's in for you to do that
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  Definitely was sort of sort of a bad move. It really is because you know, I understand that you that you know
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  You guys will probably say always a great person. He's this than the other we never saw this and you know all those different type of things
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  but you know, this is a very serious situation and
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  You know, you're gonna be without ever basically half of the season you're gonna be without them for eight games
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  Okay, and you don't have anybody else other than Joey Porter, Jr.
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  And maybe Dante Jackson did you trust you don't and you know, you could have went after a Stephon Gilmore
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  That's not that's you know, that's that's not super expensive
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  You could have went after an Xavier Howard you could have went after a Dory Jackson Chanis Sullivan Patrick Peterson
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  There are so many different other people that you could have went after and for you to go after somebody who has these
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  Legal troubles is not good. It's not it's not a bad. It's a bad look
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  They you it's sort of is somewhat of a hypocritical move because you eliminated all the noise on the offense
• 26:26
  But then you brought somebody in that has these problems back into the team and the only thing you can say is oh
• 26:33
  We did our homework. That's not a good enough answer. That's not
• 26:37
  Because you had options you had options and you did not do your due diligence and try to go after those options
• 26:47
  That's not good. That's not a good move. It's just not and
• 26:50
  I'll just leave it there, but I just feel like the Steelers could have done a better job at
• 26:57
  You know potentially addressing certain positions
• 26:59
  I just feel like you know
• 27:01
  They they wanted to take the easy way out quote-unquote and try to go after somebody that you know
• 27:07
  Won't cost them a whole lot of money won't break the bank
• 27:09
  Well in a situation like this, I would have rather paid a little bit more money for somebody
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  That's not having pending legal troubles that I know that's going to be suspended for multiple games
• 27:19
  Then to go after them just because they were on my team and I quote-unquote know them now moving forward
• 27:27
  the the problem the problem with that I have with this with this ESPN top 10 list is that
• 27:35
  It's more opinionated than factual, right?
• 27:38
  And the reason why I say that is because you know, it's it's based off of you know, the opinions of GM
• 27:45
  Scouts and you know, whoever else
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  that
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  That they ask, you know for for this list instead of just doing it based off of facts based off of stats
• 27:55
  Okay, because it's one thing if you know if if these lists are backed up by stats
• 28:03
  Then I can't really argue with you, but if they're backed off of opinion
• 28:08
  Then I have my reason to argue with you because
• 28:11
  For real for real if we can be real here. There are some people that should not be on the top 10 list
• 28:18
  Okay case in point for the quarterbacks
• 28:21
  Aaron Rogers should not be on the top should it should not be in the top 10 list. He shouldn't
• 28:26
  Sure, he was probably a top-10 quarterback when he was for the Green Bay Packers, but since he's been with the Jets
• 28:31
  I can't say that I cannot say that and I will not say that you can it you you could have easily put
• 28:40
  That press card on there. You could have easily put, you know a few other quarterbacks on that list
• 28:45
  I'm not even saying, you know Russell Wilson or Justin Fields, but you definitely could have put
• 28:51
  And moved up some people especially Lamar. Okay, because I understand Joe Burl definitely, you know
• 28:58
  Has been you know, he's definitely been one one of the better quarterbacks recently
• 29:03
  I get that I respect that all you know all props to him
• 29:06
  But we I feel like we are diminishing, you know the accomplishments of people like a CJ Stroud like a Lamar Jackson because
• 29:14
  These guys have have you know
• 29:18
  They've shown a lot in a small amount of time Lamar won his first MVP
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  on a team with an old Mark Ingram and
• 29:28
  Willie Snead as his best receiver and Mark Andrews. Okay, that's what he did in
• 29:34
  In my mind, I respect that more than someone like a Jamar chase them not not Jamar chase
• 29:42
  Then a Joe Burrow who ever being real here has only had one healthy season. That's it
• 29:47
  He's only had one healthy season. I cannot respect that
• 29:52
  You know with you just having one healthy season and I mean granted you went to the Super Bowl
• 29:56
  You only have one healthy season every other season. You've been hurt
• 30:00
  You have to factor in these different types of things if you're going to make them opinion base
• 30:07
  But if you are going to use stats and whatnot, then okay, cool that opens up for a different conversation
• 30:15
  Okay, even when it comes to certain positions, you know that certain positions
• 30:20
  There their stats are a little bit wonky as fuck. How are they recorded and whatnot?
• 30:25
  So I don't understand why in the world they would want to try to you know, do something like this
• 30:30
  I really don't it's it's it's a little bit frustrating because
• 30:34
  You you want to make sure that you know players are noticed but at the same time you want to make sure that you know
• 30:42
  You are not trying to create more controversy than than what it is
• 30:46
  Okay, we all know that when it comes to the quarterbacks patch my home to number one
• 30:50
  Okay, everybody knows that now when it comes to the rest of that me personally, I think Lamar is number two
• 30:57
  And then you know CJ Stroud, I do feel like CJ Stroud is probably maybe number five
• 31:07
  Maybe maybe Josh Allen
• 31:10
  Josh Allen is definitely up there because Josh Allen is is definitely he's he's definitely like that
• 31:15
  Joe Burrow is is up there as well. That press card is up there somewhere
• 31:20
  It's there there's a lot of quarterbacks that are up there
• 31:23
  But to have but the list that they have is just I just don't like it
• 31:28
  I don't personally now with this small little rank because I want to keep things, you know
• 31:33
  Why I don't want to try to you know, just be this hour long episode. I don't want that
• 31:40
  This is my problem
• 31:41
  This is my problem with the Steelers. Okay, this is this is what grinds my 990s. Okay
• 31:48
  The Ravens just signed Eddie Jackson to a one-year deal
• 31:52
  Okay, meanwhile the Steelers have not done anything and the Steelers do need to address their secondary more and as well as their defense in line
• 32:02
  and
• 32:03
  You know the Ravens continue to retool and repatch themselves up to really be able to contend with the best of the best and
• 32:11
  Really try to make a push to go and win a Super Bowl and the Steve on their hands and not do anything
• 32:16
  And you cannot say that all the Steelers don't have any cast base. Yes, they do they do have caps
• 32:23
  Stefan Gilmore is not gonna cost a lot of money
• 32:25
  Xavier Howard is not gonna cost a whole lot of money even Justin Simmons
• 32:29
  I won't even touch him right now because he still feels like he's a 12 or 13 million dollar
• 32:34
  Safety when in whole time he's probably a five or six million dollar safety if we're being real here
• 32:39
  You have to address these positions now
• 32:43
  You cannot wait until cut day and then try to pick up somebody and think that it's gonna work
• 32:48
  No, if you bring in someone like a Stefan Gilmore that changes the playing field because you have someone who
• 32:55
  Despite his age. He is still playing at a really good level. He can tackle he can play inside and in and outside
• 33:03
  He has the playoff experience. He's one. Okay. He's one Super Bowl
• 33:08
  I think he's one of defensive player of the year. He has been at the top of the mountain
• 33:14
  Okay, but but you just sitting there and then a whole bunch of speculation about
• 33:20
  About a receiver instead of really addressing the defense. That's not gonna win you anything. It is not
• 33:27
  The there the players that are still available in free agency
• 33:31
  They won't be asking for a whole lot of money at best. They're probably just looking for opportunity to
• 33:36
  You know potentially when you know when some playoff games or maybe possibly make it to
• 33:42
  Bring in these low level to watch the players is not going to solve anything
• 33:48
  It never has and it never will like a Patrick Peterson is not gonna it's not gonna solve it. It's not
• 33:56
  Okay, it's it's just not I'm sorry me personally Stefan Gilmore is top priority than his Xavier and Howard
• 34:03
  That's who it is and you have to you you have to somewhat position because
• 34:10
  Aside from Joby Porter Jr. And Dante Jackson. Who else can you rely on? You can't rely on the Benny Bishop
• 34:18
  You can't rely on Anthony a Avery. You cannot rely on Darius rush or Corey Trice
• 34:24
  Now granted, you know, you could probably try to see how they do in training camp and then figure things out
• 34:29
  But as of right now, you cannot do that. You have to bring in somebody else just to bring in some more competition
• 34:37
  But at the same time they can be somewhat of a mentor to that position
• 34:41
  But hey, what do I know? I'm not on the team right now. That's the end of my rant
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