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- 0:05Speaker 1: NFL Now is a production of the NFL in partnership
- 0:08Speaker 1: with I Heart Radio. MARN. Welcome to another hour of
- 0:18Speaker 1: NFL now Here in the NFL l A Newsroom. Patrick
- 0:21Speaker 1: Clabon here with Bucky Brooks, who set to go to
- 0:23Speaker 1: the hpc U COMBA pretty soon. Here, get on a bird.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Get to see some of the top prospects trying to
- 0:28Speaker 1: make their push to professional football. Of course he's playing
- 0:31Speaker 1: attention to the draft. But we've got some news in
- 0:34Speaker 1: the realm of professional football coming into this NFL Network newsroom.
- 0:38Speaker 1: Courtesy of Mike Garrel. Follow earlier Today's news new Right Now.
- 0:42Speaker 1: Welcome in to Ian Rappaport and Mike. Derek Carr is
- 0:45Speaker 1: gonna be making a visit to New York. What can
- 0:47Speaker 1: you tell us, Patrick, We told you once Derek Carr
- 0:51Speaker 1: became a free agent, Actually he told you he would
- 0:53Speaker 1: be able to speak to quote all my friends, That's
- 0:55Speaker 1: how he phrased it. What that means is he could
- 0:57Speaker 1: talk to all the other thirty one teams. The Raiders
- 0:59Speaker 1: had only given him permission to visit the Saints, so
- 1:02Speaker 1: he did that one visit before he became a free agent.
- 1:05Speaker 1: Now that he's free he's beginning this leg of the
- 1:07Speaker 1: tour with the New York Jets. He will visit them
- 1:10Speaker 1: this weekend. The Jets employee Todd Downing, who was his
- 1:13Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach an offensive coordinator for a bit while he
- 1:17Speaker 1: was with the Raiders. Car and his camp have been
- 1:20Speaker 1: clear that they are going to take their time and
- 1:22Speaker 1: evaluate all their options, and their options still include the
- 1:25Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, despite the fact that they didn't agree
- 1:28Speaker 1: to that trade. At the time, it was more about
- 1:30Speaker 1: I want to become a free agent. I want to
- 1:32Speaker 1: explore all my options. I want to go at my
- 1:33Speaker 1: own pace. And Ian he's got the luxury of going
- 1:36Speaker 1: at his own pace right now because free agency doesn't
- 1:38Speaker 1: open until next month, so he's got a couple of
- 1:40Speaker 1: weeks now to play with here as he decides his future. Now,
- 1:45Speaker 1: this is all about deadlines, right, and Derek Card does
- 1:48Speaker 1: not need to make a deal until his deadline, which
- 1:50Speaker 1: is basically the start of the tampering period. He wants
- 1:52Speaker 1: a leg up on all the other free agent quarterbacks.
- 1:55Speaker 1: He has got it. This is now his time to
- 1:57Speaker 1: take some visinits, talk to some guys, and see where
- 1:59Speaker 1: it all ends. We know, as you mentioned he has
- 2:01Speaker 1: visited the New Orleans Saints. Sounds like that went very well.
- 2:04Speaker 1: They are very much in the mix here. The Jets
- 2:06Speaker 1: make sense too. Although it is obvious that Aaron Rodgers
- 2:09Speaker 1: would be their top choice if they had their druthers
- 2:11Speaker 1: of free agent quarterbacks, I mean, I think that would
- 2:13Speaker 1: be the case for many many teams. Aaron Rodgers is
- 2:16Speaker 1: still Aaron Rodgers, and I think Derek Carr knows that
- 2:18Speaker 1: going into the visit, Rodgers is in the darkness. We
- 2:21Speaker 1: don't know what he is going to do. So if
- 2:24Speaker 1: Rogers stays dark, I guess or whatever decides to not
- 2:27Speaker 1: be someone who is going to be traded, then Derek
- 2:30Speaker 1: carthink makes a ton ton of sense for the Jets.
- 2:33Speaker 1: So we will see if he ends up taking another
- 2:35Speaker 1: visit after this before coming to his final decision. Alright,
- 2:39Speaker 1: moving on again, a man who's no stranger to visits.
- 2:41Speaker 1: It's Eric b enemy visiting the commanders. What can you
- 2:44Speaker 1: tell us about that? And when might we get a
- 2:46Speaker 1: decision for the second straight day? Eric, the enemy is
- 2:50Speaker 1: back in the building for the Washington Commanders. Also, I
- 2:53Speaker 1: dinner with them the night before yesterday, which I think
- 2:55Speaker 1: that would be Wednesday, yesterday is Thursday and today's Friday.
- 2:59Speaker 1: I think that's right. So Eric the enemy is still there.
- 3:02Speaker 1: It sounds like they are having discussions about tracked in,
- 3:05Speaker 1: you know, really trying to close this thing. And I
- 3:07Speaker 1: think for the Washington commanders, the enemy is their choice,
- 3:11Speaker 1: has always been their choice really probably from the beginning.
- 3:14Speaker 1: It's really just a matter of concluding this deal and
- 3:17Speaker 1: making sure that he is in fact their offensive coordinator.
- 3:20Speaker 1: It is trending in the right direction, but that does
- 3:23Speaker 1: not mean it is done. Obviously, what it is, we
- 3:25Speaker 1: will bring it to you. But I think for the
- 3:27Speaker 1: enemy this makes a lot of sense. Mike. I mean,
- 3:29Speaker 1: he's not the primary play call in Kansas City for
- 3:32Speaker 1: a defensive head coach, and Ron Rivera he would be.
- 3:35Speaker 1: Perhaps that gets him on the head coach track again.
- 3:38Speaker 1: Andy Reid has done all he could to tell people
- 3:41Speaker 1: publicly and privately that Eric b Enemy plays a huge
- 3:44Speaker 1: role in scheming up their offense and calling the plays.
- 3:48Speaker 1: But this is the enemy's way of saying, all right,
- 3:50Speaker 1: if you still don't believe it, watch me go somewhere
- 3:52Speaker 1: else and perform well as an offensive coordinator. Maybe then
- 3:56Speaker 1: you will believe it. And if he can work with,
- 3:58Speaker 1: whether it's Sam Howe or whoever, versus working with Patrick
- 4:01Speaker 1: Mahomes and do well. Certainly he would make his case.
- 4:03Speaker 1: And I mentioned Mahomes because, as Matt Nagy, as Ian
- 4:07Speaker 1: mentioned on Twitter earlier, is the top candidate to replace
- 4:10Speaker 1: the enemy as the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs.
- 4:13Speaker 1: I know that there were other teams. I gotta stop
- 4:14Speaker 1: knocking in the silver. I know there were other teams
- 4:17Speaker 1: that showed interest in Naggie for their open offensive coordinator
- 4:21Speaker 1: jobs in recent weeks. But Naggie saw how this was
- 4:23Speaker 1: potentially going with the enemy and said, do I want
- 4:25Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator job with Patrick Mahomes or do I
- 4:28Speaker 1: not want Patrick Mahomes with Matt. I'll take Patrick Mahomes,
- 4:31Speaker 1: thank you very much. So it's not a shoe in.
- 4:33Speaker 1: He's a top candidate. They'll do uh an entire process there,
- 4:36Speaker 1: but Matt Nage could very well be the next coordinator
- 4:39Speaker 1: of the Kansas City Chiefs. Get to maintain some continuity
- 4:42Speaker 1: there After seeing Eric Bani hoist the Lombardi Trophy through
- 4:45Speaker 1: the streets of Kansas City for the second time in
- 4:48Speaker 1: the last four years, Ian, let's let's look over at
- 4:51Speaker 1: some contracts now, Aaron Jones switching his contract around a
- 4:54Speaker 1: little bit with Green Bay. What can you tell us there?
- 4:57Speaker 1: Aaron Jones took a five million dollar paid cut to
- 5:00Speaker 1: stay in Green Bay, which I know sounds like a
- 5:02Speaker 1: lot of It is a lot, but it's also kind
- 5:04Speaker 1: of always expect and I think from all sides. Brian
- 5:06Speaker 1: Goodkins was asked a couple of weeks ago if he
- 5:08Speaker 1: expected Aaron Jones back, and he did, and I think
- 5:11Speaker 1: most new it just would not be at that number
- 5:13Speaker 1: he signed. Originally a four year deal was considered to
- 5:15Speaker 1: be a two year deal with some big numbers on
- 5:18Speaker 1: the back end, with the thought always that those numbers
- 5:20Speaker 1: would be reduced to basically what the first couple of
- 5:23Speaker 1: years were. He's still on the books for a twelve
- 5:25Speaker 1: million next year. This year is gonna make eleven eight
- 5:28Speaker 1: point uh five. Two of that comes to n signing monus.
- 5:32Speaker 1: Now he adds his guarantees. Before he had sixteen million
- 5:35Speaker 1: dollars on the books, no guarantees. I don't know if
- 5:38Speaker 1: anybody cares running this. The main thing is that he's
- 5:40Speaker 1: going to return with the Packers at a very reasonable price.
- 5:43Speaker 1: So that's good. I carry it. Yeah, Aaron Jones is
- 5:46Speaker 1: a nice guy. He deserves his money. I'm glad he's
- 5:48Speaker 1: getting some money now as opposed to some hypothetical money later.
- 5:52Speaker 1: These are insiders, thanks to you and Rappaport. Mike Garafolo.
- 5:57Speaker 1: You gotta know the history of the game if you
- 5:58Speaker 1: want to be great. Waltz. Payton's is Erry Sammon's m
- 6:01Speaker 1: Smith The Adrian Peterson's gonna be one of grace running back.
- 6:05Speaker 1: He's light where looking the touchst down? Come on and
- 6:12Speaker 1: colet and it bust down show let me see this
- 6:15Speaker 1: woman Parkley again? A touchdown, giant kick that one a
- 6:18Speaker 1: lot of a lot of I don't you won't airbrate it, Drock,
- 6:23Speaker 1: I don't. All right. So these are the notable free
- 6:27Speaker 1: agents for the Giants. Most notable Daniel Jones and sa
- 6:31Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley. So let's discuss the road ahead for the
- 6:33Speaker 1: g men, Judy Batista joining myself and Bucky Brooks. Where
- 6:37Speaker 1: do the Giants even start, Judy, Well, they start with
- 6:41Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. General manager Joe Shan said at his end
- 6:44Speaker 1: of the year press conference, they want Daniel Jones back. Um,
- 6:47Speaker 1: He's done everything they asked him to do. That Giants
- 6:50Speaker 1: got back to the playoffs this year, won a playoff game.
- 6:53Speaker 1: They ideally would like to have him under a multi
- 6:55Speaker 1: year contract. They don't want to have to use their
- 6:57Speaker 1: franchise tag on him. If they get him under a
- 7:01Speaker 1: multi year deal, that would free them to use the
- 7:03Speaker 1: franchise tag potentially on Kwan Barkley. Joe Shane was a
- 7:07Speaker 1: little bit more noncommittal talking about state kuon Parkleys if
- 7:10Speaker 1: we'd like to have in fact, if it works out.
- 7:12Speaker 1: So we will see if it works out on a
- 7:14Speaker 1: long term deal, but they could also use the franchise
- 7:17Speaker 1: tag on Sa Kwan. You know, when you think about
- 7:20Speaker 1: stake Kuan and what he brings to the table, he
- 7:21Speaker 1: is everything for this offense and I love the offense
- 7:24Speaker 1: that Brian day Ball has put together. You think about
- 7:26Speaker 1: Mike Kafka and day Ball putting it together so Daniel
- 7:29Speaker 1: Jones can have success, say Kwan is a big part
- 7:31Speaker 1: of that. Fiscally, it makes sense to go after the
- 7:33Speaker 1: quarterback first and then the running back where you look
- 7:35Speaker 1: at the franchise tag. Look, it is easier to deal
- 7:38Speaker 1: with the franchise tag on running backs than a quarterbacks.
- 7:41Speaker 1: And when you think about the mileage that sa Kuon
- 7:43Speaker 1: Barkley has all those tires. You just don't know how
- 7:46Speaker 1: long do you want to commit for a running back
- 7:48Speaker 1: because you don't want to get caught holding the bag.
- 7:51Speaker 1: Big contract for running back that stars to decline. That's
- 7:54Speaker 1: why the Johnson opted for the quarterback is opposed to
- 7:57Speaker 1: the running back in this situation. Over on NFL dot
- 7:59Speaker 1: Com is looking at your one point on mock draft.
- 8:02Speaker 1: You have them taking the wide receivers A Flowers out
- 8:04Speaker 1: of you. See why do you think they need to
- 8:06Speaker 1: add out there at the white opposition. I mean, you
- 8:08Speaker 1: saw them in the playoffs. Gets to feel it. He
- 8:09Speaker 1: goes like they can't score and the only way they're
- 8:11Speaker 1: going to be able to score they got an upgrade
- 8:13Speaker 1: what they have on the outside. When you saw the
- 8:15Speaker 1: free agent list, Look, they're losing a bunch of playmakers
- 8:18Speaker 1: on the perimeter and they need to upgrade it. So
- 8:20Speaker 1: you need a number one receiver to come in there,
- 8:22Speaker 1: whether there's Day Flowers or someone else. You need a
- 8:24Speaker 1: true number one on the outside to help Daniel Jones
- 8:27Speaker 1: be able to really flourish as a pass and Judy
- 8:30Speaker 1: looking at the options here for the Giants and how
- 8:34Speaker 1: they build towards What do you see them doing coming
- 8:37Speaker 1: up in March. I see them atting playmakers and again
- 8:42Speaker 1: I see them keeping Daniel Jones and say Kwan Barkley. Somehow, somehow, somehow,
- 8:47Speaker 1: some way, thanks to Judy Batista, as we look at
- 8:51Speaker 1: the Giants on the road ahead for their three season,
- 8:54Speaker 1: got to try to get out how to keep those
- 8:56Speaker 1: two guys around. Speaking of Bucky has a certain quarterback
- 9:00Speaker 1: at number one on his top quarterback prospects. It's a
- 9:03Speaker 1: Buckeye w a c J. Stroud needs to do to
- 9:06Speaker 1: be one on one that's coming up next on NFL Now.
- 9:09Speaker 1: Now we're back on NFL Now in the NFL Combine
- 9:24Speaker 1: presented by Nobleware, a dream that starts small can get big,
- 9:27Speaker 1: and a name that's unknown can become the future. Next
- 9:30Speaker 1: is here the NFL Combine March second through the fifth
- 9:34Speaker 1: on NFL Network as well as n f L plus
- 9:40Speaker 1: one guy. Maybe we'll see that is Ohio State quarterback c. J. Stroud,
- 9:45Speaker 1: number one on Bucky Brooks Top five quarterback prospects. If
- 9:49Speaker 1: you would like to see the rest of the list,
- 9:51Speaker 1: let's see it. Because there's only four other names pretty familiar.
- 9:54Speaker 1: You will become with these guys. Of course, the Ohio
- 9:57Speaker 1: state signal caller is number one. Bryce Young, Bucky's number
- 10:01Speaker 1: two quarterback, Hendon Hooker coming off knee surgery, number three
- 10:05Speaker 1: Will Love Us out of Kentucky, and and Tanner McKee
- 10:07Speaker 1: from Stanford is Bucky's number five quarterbacks. Let's go through
- 10:11Speaker 1: this list, because you've got c J. Stroud one, Bryce
- 10:14Speaker 1: Young too. Why so, this is really the classic case
- 10:18Speaker 1: between Patrick what you call the performer versus the prospect.
- 10:21Speaker 1: The performer is Bryce Young because when you watch him play,
- 10:24Speaker 1: he plays the game exactly how you want to play. Look,
- 10:27Speaker 1: he can make all the throws. He's a terrific field general.
- 10:30Speaker 1: He is dazzling in the clutch. The one issue that
- 10:33Speaker 1: you have is the size does not necessarily stack up
- 10:35Speaker 1: to the prototypical dimensions that you look for, and so
- 10:38Speaker 1: durability becomes a concern. And c J. Stroud you have
- 10:41Speaker 1: the prospect, because man, he checks off the box boxes
- 10:44Speaker 1: from a physical dimension standpoint. When you watch him throw,
- 10:47Speaker 1: he's already the best for the most natural passage that
- 10:50Speaker 1: you'll see in this draft. When you go back and
- 10:52Speaker 1: you look at this tape from the past two years, man,
- 10:54Speaker 1: he can dazzle it, he can layer the ball, he
- 10:56Speaker 1: can make every throw that you want to see. And
- 10:58Speaker 1: so in this debate, you have to go with size. Uh,
- 11:02Speaker 1: you have to go with the prototypes. And so that's
- 11:04Speaker 1: why I see j Stroud gets the nod over Bryce
- 11:07Speaker 1: Young at this point. And that's one of the more
- 11:09Speaker 1: common debates you see those two. Not too many people
- 11:11Speaker 1: have Will Levis at four behind Hendon Hooker. Why do
- 11:15Speaker 1: you have them down there? So here's the thing that
- 11:16Speaker 1: Will loves. Will Levis. Will get the comparisons with Josh Allen,
- 11:19Speaker 1: and rightfully so, because when you watched them play, you
- 11:21Speaker 1: can see similarities in their game, also similarities in their
- 11:24Speaker 1: background when it comes to how they had to play
- 11:26Speaker 1: with maybe a lesser supporting cast that didn't allow them
- 11:29Speaker 1: to fully show off all of their talents. That's it.
- 11:32Speaker 1: The guy takes a ton of sacks, he has a
- 11:34Speaker 1: bunch of turnovers, and when you watch him, sometimes he
- 11:37Speaker 1: locks onto that primary and so while his athleticism can
- 11:40Speaker 1: buy sometime and maybe giving him escape. I think it's
- 11:43Speaker 1: a lot to say that he is going to be
- 11:45Speaker 1: the next Josh Allen. To me, he might be the
- 11:48Speaker 1: biggest boom or bust at the position, and so that's
- 11:51Speaker 1: why I having four. Yeah, we see guys taking chances
- 11:53Speaker 1: on talent. When player exhibits the type of talent some people,
- 11:57Speaker 1: sometimes it works take wils sometimes sometimes we don't know.
- 12:01Speaker 1: One thing that we have felt pretty confident about over
- 12:03Speaker 1: the past couple of years is that Will Anderson would
- 12:05Speaker 1: be here in the top one of your top five addressers.
- 12:10Speaker 1: We are finally here. What more is there to say
- 12:12Speaker 1: about this prospect at Alabama? But he's everything. I mean,
- 12:15Speaker 1: he's everything. He's one very productive player coming off the edge.
- 12:17Speaker 1: You see him highway speed, you see the athletics as
- 12:20Speaker 1: you see the production he has all that he played
- 12:22Speaker 1: on the Knicks table who in that machine that they
- 12:24Speaker 1: have down in telsclusive they produced a level players in
- 12:28Speaker 1: the National Football League. And so to me, he's number one.
- 12:30Speaker 1: He's the number one overall prospect in the class. There'll
- 12:33Speaker 1: be some debate when it comes to Jayalen Carter, but
- 12:35Speaker 1: this guy is a difference maker. And we think about
- 12:37Speaker 1: the way the game is. You better have a quarterback
- 12:39Speaker 1: and you have to have pass fresh to be able
- 12:41Speaker 1: to play at a championship level. We're saying everything that
- 12:43Speaker 1: he's done. You have to wonder, um what he could
- 12:46Speaker 1: have done if they the talent. We go back to
- 12:49Speaker 1: the John Allen the day Ron Paying days. Who haven't
- 12:51Speaker 1: had a lot of guys come off of that defensive
- 12:53Speaker 1: line in the first one. I think he had the
- 12:54Speaker 1: chance to play with Will Anderson could have seen some
- 12:56Speaker 1: different type of numbers. But who's who's got a chance
- 12:58Speaker 1: to come up the draft board at edge rusher right now?
- 13:01Speaker 1: I would say keep an eye on key On White
- 13:03Speaker 1: from Georgia Tech. And the reason why is because this
- 13:05Speaker 1: guy is a power playoff the edge, but he has
- 13:07Speaker 1: outstanding versatility, meaning he could play inside, he could play outside,
- 13:11Speaker 1: he can play from a three point, he can play
- 13:13Speaker 1: from a stand up position. You will see him come
- 13:15Speaker 1: off the edge with straight power Russians, You'll see him
- 13:17Speaker 1: loop around it's done. He can play in the games.
- 13:20Speaker 1: And what I love about him and where most defensive
- 13:22Speaker 1: coaches would love about him, NonStop motor to do this,
- 13:25Speaker 1: relentless in his approach. The energy never stops and because
- 13:28Speaker 1: of that, he is going to be a guy that
- 13:30Speaker 1: always pushes to be a double digit sacked artist every year.
- 13:33Speaker 1: I think the versatility gives him a chance to move
- 13:35Speaker 1: up the board as we get closer to the draft. Yeah,
- 13:37Speaker 1: just a wonderful time of the year as guys have
- 13:38Speaker 1: an opportunity to see their stock go through the ceiling.
- 13:41Speaker 1: But the past couple of years and now in the
- 13:43Speaker 1: second year, we're gonna have some guys that don't normally
- 13:45Speaker 1: get a chance to shine, uh Shine not only in
- 13:48Speaker 1: the Legacy Bolt, but the second HBCU Combine coming up
- 13:52Speaker 1: live Monday at eleven a m. Eastern, showcasing the talent
- 13:55Speaker 1: of a hundred HBCU student athletes hoping to earn a
- 13:58Speaker 1: roster spot uh two Lanes University's Yulman Stadium. Bucky, you
- 14:03Speaker 1: get a chance to go uh this year? Do you
- 14:05Speaker 1: expect to see come Unday? So I expect to see
- 14:07Speaker 1: us put a spotlight on a spc Use you talk
- 14:09Speaker 1: about the legacy of the HBCU pipeline to the National
- 14:13Speaker 1: Football League, when now we get a chance to see
- 14:15Speaker 1: some of these guys put it on display for the
- 14:17Speaker 1: second year in a row, we'll have an opportunity to
- 14:19Speaker 1: call the game. But more importantly, there's an HBCU Combine
- 14:22Speaker 1: where guys get a chance to show off their wares
- 14:24Speaker 1: in front of the scouts, and so if you think
- 14:25Speaker 1: about trying to make sure that scouts get around these players,
- 14:28Speaker 1: to get around these institutions that have really produced talent
- 14:31Speaker 1: for years, now, you have an opportunity to see some
- 14:34Speaker 1: of these guys have an opportunity to make a roster indviduity,
- 14:37Speaker 1: become contributors on some of these teams in the National
- 14:39Speaker 1: Football League. That game coming up Saturday at four o'clock
- 14:42Speaker 1: Eastern right here on NFL Network the HBCU, a legacy
- 14:45Speaker 1: boat presented about the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
- 14:47Speaker 1: Can't wait to see these guys get more opportunities and
- 14:51Speaker 1: get a champ. We're back on NFL now. It's time
- 15:00Speaker 1: for breaking news that's coming into the NFL l as
- 15:02Speaker 1: we'm new right now, my girl, follow reporting a few
- 15:05Speaker 1: minutes ago that the Jets have brought in Derek Carr
- 15:08Speaker 1: for a free agent interview. What can you tell us
- 15:10Speaker 1: about the conversation, maybe how it's going mind uh Patrick.
- 15:15Speaker 1: Derek Carr set to visit the Jets this weekend, both
- 15:19Speaker 1: teams covering all their bases here as they go through
- 15:21Speaker 1: the process. Derek Carr Uh, now a free agent, has
- 15:24Speaker 1: a chance to speak to as he put it uh
- 15:27Speaker 1: last week. All his friends right now that he's free,
- 15:30Speaker 1: can speak to all thirty one teams. That's what he
- 15:31Speaker 1: wanted from the Raiders. He wasn't granted it. So now
- 15:34Speaker 1: he has got that process going on, and it begins
- 15:36Speaker 1: with a visit to the Jets. Now, it really began
- 15:39Speaker 1: before he was released, with a visit to the Saints,
- 15:41Speaker 1: who are still in play here, but Car having the
- 15:44Speaker 1: luxury of being able to take his time because all
- 15:47Speaker 1: the other free agents can't sign until the start of
- 15:49Speaker 1: the league year next month. So Car meeting with the Jets,
- 15:53Speaker 1: who now have on their offensive staff his former offensive
- 15:56Speaker 1: coordinator with the Raiders, Todd Downing. So there's the connection
- 15:59Speaker 1: right there, and Downing obviously thinks highly of Car. Now
- 16:02Speaker 1: the Jets think highly of a number of free agent options.
- 16:05Speaker 1: I know we've talked plenty about Aaron Rodgers, but we're
- 16:07Speaker 1: waiting to see what Rogers decides first, whether he wants
- 16:10Speaker 1: to go back to the Packers or whether he wants
- 16:12Speaker 1: to push for a trade out of Green Bay. The
- 16:14Speaker 1: Jets would certainly be in the mix there, so let's
- 16:17Speaker 1: see how this one goes. Car had a good visit
- 16:19Speaker 1: new with New Orleans again, they remained in play. Let's
- 16:21Speaker 1: see how this visit with the Jets goes this weekend, Patrick,
- 16:24Speaker 1: their chance maybe that they could lock something up before
- 16:27Speaker 1: Aaron emergence from the darkness, Like how many friends? Is
- 16:30Speaker 1: Derek going to get a chance to visit before this
- 16:32Speaker 1: thing is over? Quite possible. There could be others in
- 16:36Speaker 1: the mix, but I I still think that the Saints
- 16:39Speaker 1: are really a strong player for him. Now Carolina we've
- 16:42Speaker 1: talked about. Perhaps the Panthers gonna have some interest as well,
- 16:45Speaker 1: but the Panthers looking to a number of options to
- 16:48Speaker 1: fill their quarterback position, which could also include the draft
- 16:51Speaker 1: as well. My understanding, Patrick was Derek Carr was gonna
- 16:55Speaker 1: take about a week and up to two weeks from
- 16:58Speaker 1: the start of being a free agent, which was earlier
- 17:00Speaker 1: this week. So I don't know that we're gonna get
- 17:03Speaker 1: a signing out of this visit right here. This is
- 17:05Speaker 1: a process that he is in the middle of right now.
- 17:08Speaker 1: So um, yeah, I believe he'll leave evaluate his options.
- 17:12Speaker 1: I don't know of any other visit schedule. That doesn't
- 17:14Speaker 1: mean that there aren't right now, but we shall see.
- 17:16Speaker 1: I'm not expecting anything imminent as far as a signing.
- 17:19Speaker 1: I like this. It's a it's like a pre draft,
- 17:22Speaker 1: pre free agency, free agency, and it's something that we
- 17:24Speaker 1: can all enjoy. In The news came courtesy this morning
- 17:27Speaker 1: of Mike Garlfolo. Thanks Mike. The Bengals have playoff victories
- 17:33Speaker 1: and back to back seasons for the first time in
- 17:36Speaker 1: franchise history. Windows my whole career, our Windows always never
- 17:42Speaker 1: feel like an underdog that everyone talking about a neutral
- 17:52Speaker 1: AFC Championship game, not even thinking about you guys, send
- 17:56Speaker 1: those refunds, jump top finish. We got another big one
- 18:03Speaker 1: next week on the road side. For what an early
- 18:08Speaker 1: run it has been for Joe Burrow and the Bengals,
- 18:11Speaker 1: and now that fifth year option is looming, that deadline
- 18:15Speaker 1: coming up on May one. Of course, not a lot
- 18:17Speaker 1: of questions. Joe Burrow will remain Cincinnati Bengal. The question
- 18:22Speaker 1: is how do they approach the free agency and the
- 18:25Speaker 1: rest of the roster construction. Samaj Pron Hayden Hurst, Jermaine Pratt,
- 18:29Speaker 1: Eli Apple, Von Bell, and Jesse Bates among their notable
- 18:33Speaker 1: free agents. In for more on the Bengals and how
- 18:36Speaker 1: they moved ahead. Let's welcome in Jim Trotter and bring
- 18:39Speaker 1: back Judi Batista, Judy, you go first, how does this
- 18:42Speaker 1: team who came so close two years in a row
- 18:45Speaker 1: going to well games? A shift for the Bengals. Now
- 18:49Speaker 1: it's no longer about building, it's about sustaining. You know,
- 18:53Speaker 1: in the previous years they had to build up the defense,
- 18:55Speaker 1: and then last year they had to build up rebuild
- 18:57Speaker 1: the offensive line, and they did that. But now they're
- 19:00Speaker 1: trying to keep it together because they have gotten so
- 19:03Speaker 1: so very close to winning a Super A Ball already. Obviously,
- 19:06Speaker 1: priority number one, no question about it, is Joe Burrow
- 19:10Speaker 1: is eligible for an extension. That is the biggest possible
- 19:14Speaker 1: priority is getting him under contract. Heat is expected that
- 19:17Speaker 1: he would reset the quarterback market deservedly so um and
- 19:21Speaker 1: that will shape everything going forward in terms of what
- 19:24Speaker 1: kind of money they have available for everybody else. But
- 19:27Speaker 1: te Higgins is also eligible for an ex uh an extension.
- 19:31Speaker 1: And then you saw the list of free agents. Both
- 19:34Speaker 1: safeties are free agents, so they're going to have to
- 19:37Speaker 1: pick and choose how they go about constructing the roster.
- 19:41Speaker 1: We all know that the biggest bridge that a team
- 19:43Speaker 1: has across is giving the franchise quarterback the big money deal.
- 19:46Speaker 1: And then how do you keep the rest of it intact.
- 19:49Speaker 1: The Bengals are at the foot of that bridge and
- 19:51Speaker 1: they have to get across it. Now. Yeah, Judy, there's
- 19:54Speaker 1: no question they have to address Joe Burrow on t Higgins.
- 19:57Speaker 1: But I would also argue that that keep an eye
- 20:00Speaker 1: on that defense from this standpoint three and therefore, starters
- 20:03Speaker 1: in the secondary are free agents. And I know they
- 20:06Speaker 1: used to hide draft pick on a cornerback last year
- 20:09Speaker 1: in the draft. But from that standpoint, what you're missing
- 20:13Speaker 1: or what you're losing if you allow some of these
- 20:15Speaker 1: veterans to walk away in that secondary is leadership and experience.
- 20:19Speaker 1: So when you talk about Jesse Bates, when you talk
- 20:21Speaker 1: about bond Bill, when you talk about Eli Apple, those
- 20:24Speaker 1: guys have played a lot of games together and there
- 20:26Speaker 1: is a synergy there among them. So from my standpoint,
- 20:30Speaker 1: that's something you have to look at. And then also,
- 20:31Speaker 1: they have a couple of defensive backs who were big
- 20:33Speaker 1: on special teams. So when you talk about Trey Flowers
- 20:37Speaker 1: and you talk about Michael Thomas, they're both free agents.
- 20:39Speaker 1: They played more than six the snaps on special teams.
- 20:42Speaker 1: So if I'm looking at the Bengals right now, obviously
- 20:45Speaker 1: there's going to be a lot of focus on that
- 20:47Speaker 1: quarterback position, but also I think they have to take
- 20:50Speaker 1: a look deeply at this secondary and address how they
- 20:52Speaker 1: are going to handle that going forward. Yeah, it's a
- 20:55Speaker 1: secondary and under Lou and Rumo's leadership that went into
- 20:59Speaker 1: Buffalo in the playoffs and put that put out a
- 21:01Speaker 1: dominant performance. And let's move over to those Buffalo Bills
- 21:04Speaker 1: and look at some of the things that are coming
- 21:07Speaker 1: up for them this offseason. Devin Singletary, Roger Saffold on
- 21:10Speaker 1: the offense, but then on the defensive side of the balls,
- 21:12Speaker 1: main ed Shack Lawson, Jordan Player notable for free agents.
- 21:17Speaker 1: Ine and Judy listening to what Jordan Boyer had to
- 21:21Speaker 1: say on our air on Super Bowl Live this week,
- 21:23Speaker 1: it seemed like he wasn't sure whether or not he
- 21:26Speaker 1: would be back. How do the Bills approach these questions
- 21:29Speaker 1: on defense? I heard that interview too, and I thought
- 21:32Speaker 1: the same thing. I thought he sounded like he was
- 21:34Speaker 1: prepared to go to free agency. Obviously, the franchise tech
- 21:38Speaker 1: window is about to open um and that's a possibility
- 21:41Speaker 1: for Jordan Poyer. But the Bills are going to have
- 21:44Speaker 1: to make some decisions here because Trumin Edmunds, who is
- 21:46Speaker 1: a young, incredibly important linebacker in their scheme, he's only
- 21:51Speaker 1: in his mid twenties. He's also a free agent. He's
- 21:54Speaker 1: going to command a big money, So they're going to
- 21:57Speaker 1: have to decide a Foyer, who is already in his thirties,
- 22:01Speaker 1: is somebody that you want to keep. Ideally they would
- 22:03Speaker 1: get him, try to get him under a multi or
- 22:05Speaker 1: deal to spread it out and not have to use
- 22:06Speaker 1: the franchise tech um or if you're going to put
- 22:09Speaker 1: your money on Edmunds. They've got some interesting decisions. And
- 22:13Speaker 1: then once free agency opens, um. You know, the free
- 22:16Speaker 1: agent pool for wide receivers does not look like right
- 22:19Speaker 1: now like it's going to be very rich, but certainly,
- 22:22Speaker 1: either in free agency or in the draft, to the
- 22:24Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills have to get another weapon to pair with
- 22:26Speaker 1: Stefan dis Yeah, Judy, I'm gonna sound like a broken
- 22:30Speaker 1: record here again, and focus on the defensive side of
- 22:32Speaker 1: the ball. You talk about their secondary with Jordan Poyer.
- 22:35Speaker 1: Dane Jackson, who started four teen games last year cornerback,
- 22:39Speaker 1: is also a free agent. Micah High, their talented safety
- 22:42Speaker 1: is coming off of a knee injury, so they have
- 22:44Speaker 1: issues in the secondary that they need to address and
- 22:48Speaker 1: be cognitant of. The Other thing I would say to
- 22:50Speaker 1: you is to keep an eye on their past rush.
- 22:52Speaker 1: We know they went out last year and got von
- 22:53Speaker 1: Miller to try and address that situation. He went down
- 22:56Speaker 1: with that knee injury. He's on the other side of thirty.
- 22:59Speaker 1: So the question becomes, where is your pressure gonna come from.
- 23:02Speaker 1: Do you want to focus or believe and put all
- 23:05Speaker 1: your chips that von is going to be able to
- 23:06Speaker 1: get it done. They did not have a player with
- 23:09Speaker 1: more than eight sacks. They only had three total players
- 23:12Speaker 1: who had more than six and a half sacks. So
- 23:14Speaker 1: for me, I think they also have to focus on
- 23:16Speaker 1: their pass rush as well as solidifying that secondary position
- 23:20Speaker 1: going forward. Yeah. Just how small the margins are and
- 23:23Speaker 1: how different different things von Miller has made teams in
- 23:26Speaker 1: the past two years. Uh, we saw what he could
- 23:28Speaker 1: do when he was there and when he was not there. Uh.
- 23:30Speaker 1: This year in Buffalo, let's switch to a team that
- 23:33Speaker 1: won all the games in the NC playoffs and then
- 23:36Speaker 1: beat the Eagles in Super Bowl fifty seven. The Chiefs
- 23:39Speaker 1: win their second championship in four years. Big parade earlier
- 23:42Speaker 1: this week. Uh, their championship window appears to be open
- 23:46Speaker 1: for years to come. But what teams are gonna be
- 23:49Speaker 1: realistically in the hunt? Well, if you go to NFL
- 23:52Speaker 1: dot com, Slash Brooks Bucky has an article just detailing
- 23:55Speaker 1: the championship windows. So, so who's got the biggest window
- 23:58Speaker 1: right now? But oh, then team did you just saw
- 24:00Speaker 1: on the parade the kN City Chiefs. The can City
- 24:02Speaker 1: Chiefs can go because during a rebuilding year they want
- 24:05Speaker 1: a Super Bowl Like no one expected the Kansas. The
- 24:07Speaker 1: Chiefs to be able to lose Tyreek Hill, bringing a
- 24:10Speaker 1: bunch of newbies on defense and then hoisted trophy. So
- 24:13Speaker 1: now that they've done it, they know how to win
- 24:15Speaker 1: it and those young guys got valuable experience. Look for
- 24:17Speaker 1: the Chiefs to go back to bad because, let's be honest,
- 24:20Speaker 1: no matter what happens in the a f C West,
- 24:22Speaker 1: they owned a division they wanted seven or three years
- 24:24Speaker 1: in counting. Who knows, they're already lsled and to be
- 24:28Speaker 1: in the postseason, Dennis is a handful of games for
- 24:30Speaker 1: them to win before they go back again. Well, I
- 24:33Speaker 1: would agree with that, and for the reason that we
- 24:35Speaker 1: were just talking about with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Chiefs
- 24:38Speaker 1: have already crossed the bridge that you have to cross,
- 24:40Speaker 1: and that is they gave Patrick Mahomes that they contract,
- 24:42Speaker 1: and then they figured out a way to construct a
- 24:44Speaker 1: roster that could win a Super Bowl the year after
- 24:47Speaker 1: you lose your most dynamic playmaker in Tyreek killed. They
- 24:50Speaker 1: were young on defense. Also, they are set up. As
- 24:53Speaker 1: Steve Maruchi, who is close to Andy Reid, told me,
- 24:56Speaker 1: Andy Reid is four and he has the quarterback. You'd
- 24:58Speaker 1: have to have your head examined to break that up.
- 25:00Speaker 1: So they are set up for a few years to come.
- 25:02Speaker 1: And I would also add the Bengals. I will take
- 25:04Speaker 1: a page him Joe Burrow, who said it himself, the
- 25:07Speaker 1: window is his entire career. But certainly, while you have
- 25:10Speaker 1: Burrow and mar Chase and Tie Higgins and all of
- 25:12Speaker 1: those weapons in place, as Jim was pointing out earlier,
- 25:16Speaker 1: if they can keep some of those pieces intact on
- 25:18Speaker 1: the defense, they are going to challenge again and for
- 25:21Speaker 1: the foreseeable future. Yeah, there's not much for me to
- 25:25Speaker 1: add or much meat left on that bone. You guys
- 25:28Speaker 1: took all of it there. Look, as long as Andy
- 25:30Speaker 1: Reid and Patrick Mahomes are together, that window is open
- 25:33Speaker 1: and they will chase championships. The other team that I
- 25:36Speaker 1: would say for me would be Philadelphia From this standpoint,
- 25:39Speaker 1: we see they finally have their franchise quarterback, and any
- 25:42Speaker 1: team that is going to have a championship window open
- 25:44Speaker 1: has to have that franchise guy in my opinion. Secondarily,
- 25:48Speaker 1: they've got a lot of draft capital going forward, and
- 25:50Speaker 1: particularly with two first round picks this year, they should
- 25:54Speaker 1: be able to keep stockpiling talent if they continue to
- 25:57Speaker 1: draft as well as they had, So from my standpoint,
- 26:00Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs and the Eagles are the two
- 26:02Speaker 1: teams that have the biggest window in terms of longevity
- 26:06Speaker 1: of chasing these championships contenders just on the basis of
- 26:11Speaker 1: the way that they have the roster, the way they
- 26:13Speaker 1: have continuity on the coaching staff. But we've seen these
- 26:15Speaker 1: teams come within you know, seconds and plays and the
- 26:19Speaker 1: ball rotations, the ball of winning championships. Who's the team
- 26:22Speaker 1: that hasn't made it to a championship game that you
- 26:24Speaker 1: think could have their window come on? There? We cannot
- 26:27Speaker 1: have a discussion about championship teams, but I'll bring up
- 26:29Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. This is the year coming up that
- 26:32Speaker 1: the Cowboys can maybe make it to the Super Bowl. Look,
- 26:35Speaker 1: so I gotta go bush on America's team because you
- 26:37Speaker 1: think about the quarterback, Dak Prescott. Mike McCarthy takes over
- 26:41Speaker 1: the play call, and so Mike McCarthy has won a
- 26:43Speaker 1: Super Bowl as a play call he did with Aaron
- 26:45Speaker 1: Rodgers years ago. So now he gets a chance to
- 26:47Speaker 1: really put his full imprint on this offense. We will
- 26:51Speaker 1: see if Dak Prescott can make the leap from good
- 26:54Speaker 1: to great, because if he makes that leap with everyone
- 26:56Speaker 1: else around him, all the Dallas Cowboys are right into
- 26:58Speaker 1: mixing the conversation of the Super Bowl team. All right?
- 27:01Speaker 1: Can I go even further outside the box here about
- 27:05Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars and making a run of things. First
- 27:07Speaker 1: of all, they are in an eminently winnable division that's
- 27:10Speaker 1: number one, and we saw Trevor Lawrence really take off
- 27:13Speaker 1: towards the end of the regular season and then into
- 27:16Speaker 1: the postseason. They're young, they're hungry, and they will be
- 27:20Speaker 1: in the second year with Doug Peterson, we saw the
- 27:22Speaker 1: transformation he made just in that one season that he's
- 27:26Speaker 1: been there. I like the trajectory that the Jacksonville Jaguars
- 27:30Speaker 1: are on here. Look again, you guys have taken all
- 27:34Speaker 1: the meat off the bone. I'm with you, Judy. If
- 27:35Speaker 1: I'm picking a dark course, I think it is Jacksonville.
- 27:38Speaker 1: They have been stockpiling talent over the years, which is
- 27:41Speaker 1: one of the benefits of being so bad for so long.
- 27:44Speaker 1: And now you have a head coach who understands how
- 27:46Speaker 1: to utilize that talent and bring out the most in
- 27:48Speaker 1: that talent. And we saw him do that with Trevor
- 27:51Speaker 1: Lawrence this year. So for me, if I'm picking a
- 27:52Speaker 1: long shot club to begin to open that window and
- 27:56Speaker 1: potentially make a championship run, it would be Jacksonville. And guys,
- 27:59Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk about not believing a
- 28:02Speaker 1: certain team could win the Super Bowl this week, especially
- 28:04Speaker 1: for Kansas City. So I'll over all of our bases.
- 28:06Speaker 1: I think we should play all the games. Everybody's championship
- 28:08Speaker 1: window is open. We're just talking about the best teams
- 28:11Speaker 1: from our Dallas. I can't, I can't. I can't believe
- 28:17Speaker 1: with Bucky woman Dallas, I mean more cowboy talk. We
- 28:21Speaker 1: ever get enough cowboy talking A good team the past
- 28:26Speaker 1: Fiers anyway, thanks to thanks to Jennie Fatista. We'll continue
- 28:30Speaker 1: here on NFL Now on team's got a new coach
- 28:32Speaker 1: to Miko Ryan's in charge in Houston. What's his plan
- 28:35Speaker 1: for the Texans as they prepare for this year's draft?
- 28:38Speaker 1: To first Rounte picks pro Football focuses. Mike Renner joins
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- 29:11Speaker 1: up the two thousand and three NFL Draft, let's get
- 29:14Speaker 1: a conversation with lee draft analyst at PF Mike Renner
- 29:19Speaker 1: about the class. And let's start with the Houston Texans. Uh, Mike,
- 29:23Speaker 1: they've got two picks in the top fifteen. You guys
- 29:26Speaker 1: have them taking uh A number two, Will Levis and
- 29:29Speaker 1: then at number twelve, Quentin Johnson, the TCU wide receiver.
- 29:34Speaker 1: What can you tell us about how these selections were made?
- 29:37Speaker 1: On the p f mock drafts of me. Lad. Yeah,
- 29:39Speaker 1: So if the Texas city at number two, if they
- 29:41Speaker 1: do make a move up to number one, or if
- 29:42Speaker 1: the Bears obviously go with the defensive lineman, I think
- 29:45Speaker 1: that Bryce Young will be the guy they're targeting. But
- 29:48Speaker 1: I anticipate Price Young being the N'm winning overall pick,
- 29:50Speaker 1: leaving the Texas number two for the second quarterback available
- 29:53Speaker 1: in this draft. And to me, the Will Levice connection
- 29:55Speaker 1: makes too much sense. Bobby Slowick the new offensive coordinator
- 29:58Speaker 1: for the Houston Texans coming over from San Francisco, obviously
- 30:00Speaker 1: a lot of that staff coming over from San Francisco,
- 30:03Speaker 1: and you have Will Levice coming from na He where
- 30:05Speaker 1: he played under two different offensive coordinators from the Shanahan tree.
- 30:08Speaker 1: So that connection, just me makes too much sense to me.
- 30:12Speaker 1: And then obviously, once you got the quarterback, you need
- 30:14Speaker 1: to get him that alpha number one type of wide receiver.
- 30:17Speaker 1: And there is no better one in this draft class
- 30:19Speaker 1: than Quentin Johnston six ft four pounds at TCU. He
- 30:24Speaker 1: broke tackles on a hundred fift career catches. Now he
- 30:28Speaker 1: has some issues to him. The full route tree. He's
- 30:30Speaker 1: never gonna be able to run but he's the guy
- 30:32Speaker 1: that reminds me a lot of DK Metcalf because at
- 30:35Speaker 1: that size, he just presents so many matchup problems physically
- 30:38Speaker 1: that he's that outside guy that can get down the
- 30:40Speaker 1: football field to make place to where that's the guy
- 30:43Speaker 1: I want to be targeting for a brand new quarterback,
- 30:46Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback to development. Yeah, we talked about talent
- 30:49Speaker 1: on the offensive side. Let's look over on the defensive side.
- 30:51Speaker 1: The Texas were able to get a corner and the
- 30:53Speaker 1: top ten last year. Devin livers Spoon is getting some
- 30:56Speaker 1: buzz at the cornerback position. What's what's the standout thing
- 31:00Speaker 1: about Witherspoon to you? I think it's his play style.
- 31:03Speaker 1: He plays the game the way that Jalen Ramsey's the
- 31:06Speaker 1: Gyro Alexander's of the world, played the cornerback position, and
- 31:09Speaker 1: that he's not backing down from anybody. He's getting right
- 31:13Speaker 1: up in your grill. He's gonna challenge you every single play,
- 31:15Speaker 1: and if you beat him, he's coming back the next play.
- 31:17Speaker 1: Alph Blood this past season, yet on a hundred and
- 31:20Speaker 1: thirteen press coverage snaps he allowed one yard. That is
- 31:23Speaker 1: the kind of what separates the men from the Boys
- 31:25Speaker 1: at the cornerback position is the ability to get up
- 31:28Speaker 1: at the line right one on one with a wide
- 31:30Speaker 1: receiver and win consistently. Witherspood did that better than anyone
- 31:34Speaker 1: in this draft class. So yeah, he's the guy I'm
- 31:36Speaker 1: going to bath for a CD one in this track class.
- 31:38Speaker 1: It's a contention with the sauce stat from last year.
- 31:41Speaker 1: One reception yard and press coverage is the bananas stat
- 31:44Speaker 1: and I can't wait to say that over and over again.
- 31:46Speaker 1: Bucky was up here earlier. You mentioned Jalen Carter. If
- 31:50Speaker 1: Jalen Carter lands on a particular team, you get to
- 31:52Speaker 1: pick the team for him. Where's the best fit for you?
- 31:55Speaker 1: I think it's the Chicago Bears now one and number
- 31:57Speaker 1: one overall. I don't think it's too rich for him.
- 32:00Speaker 1: He's that good of a defensive tackle prospect. May very
- 32:03Speaker 1: well be the best defensive tackle prospect we've scouted our
- 32:06Speaker 1: nine years of doing this at PFF, right up there
- 32:08Speaker 1: with Quinn and Williams. It's a little more powerful than
- 32:10Speaker 1: Quinn and Williams, and he's been doing it his entire career.
- 32:13Speaker 1: You go back to last year, that Georgia defensive line
- 32:17Speaker 1: that had Trayvon Walker that I want to overall pick
- 32:19Speaker 1: Jordan Davis, DeVante Wyatt, three first rounders. At defensive line,
- 32:23Speaker 1: Jalen Carter had the highest pass rushing grade of all
- 32:25Speaker 1: of them. He was the best defense tackle that year,
- 32:27Speaker 1: the best defense tackle in the country far and away
- 32:30Speaker 1: this year, highest graded in the Power five to where, Yeah,
- 32:32Speaker 1: I don't want to overthink it. Going to Chicago with
- 32:34Speaker 1: Mattie ber Fliss, they need the three technique. They use
- 32:37Speaker 1: that in their defense, used that as a havoc creating position.
- 32:40Speaker 1: He'd be perfect for. And And in terms of not
- 32:43Speaker 1: perfect prospects, Anthony Richardson has had some up and down
- 32:45Speaker 1: times at Gainesville, but clearly physically he's a step above
- 32:49Speaker 1: of so many other quarterback prospects. How do you view him?
- 32:55Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan. I think he's worth whatever risk
- 32:57Speaker 1: you want to take. You want to draft this guy
- 32:58Speaker 1: in the top ten, I'm on board with it because
- 33:00Speaker 1: of exactly what you just said right there, Patrick, He's
- 33:03Speaker 1: a step above physically in terms of what he is
- 33:06Speaker 1: capable of. Anyone this tract question, any play you can
- 33:09Speaker 1: think of as a runner, as a pastor, this guy
- 33:11Speaker 1: can execute because he has the high end physical tools
- 33:15Speaker 1: that compared to what the guy's getting the highest in
- 33:17Speaker 1: the NFL, the homes of the world, the Josh Allens
- 33:20Speaker 1: of the world. He possesses that ability and I think
- 33:23Speaker 1: the sort of productions concerns are overblown. The first three
- 33:26Speaker 1: weeks of the season really bad p F grade. The
- 33:30Speaker 1: rest of the season eighty six point seven saw massive
- 33:32Speaker 1: improvement improvement. I'm willing to bet high. Yeah, and we'll see.
- 33:35Speaker 1: We've got some time for Richardson to impress the scouts
- 33:37Speaker 1: and getting those interview rooms and change some things. You
- 33:39Speaker 1: want to be impressed, go to PF dot com and
- 33:42Speaker 1: check out Mike Renter's work and also the draft simulator
- 33:46Speaker 1: for for those fans who are constantly living the dream
- 33:48Speaker 1: and want those picks to fall to them. So thanks
- 33:50Speaker 1: to Mike and we'll see you and go check out
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