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Ep.11 Hold out Show out · Football Junkies podcast

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The dry spell is about to hit folks. That's right after after mandatory mini camp
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We are gonna be in a drought for six weeks until training camp, but
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But before we get there, we still got some things we got to talk about all right
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My Tomlin gets an extension for three years stays with the Steelers
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Gotta talk about that gotta talk about the Steelers, right? Right. Okay, cool
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Amari Cooper a sound ready and see Higgins are still holding out or still looking for deals Brandon I you with the
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Backel continues
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Unfortunately, when will it ever end?
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as well as a rant on
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Aaron Rodgers because he missed mini camp
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mini camp come on guys and
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Some story lines that we're gonna have to keep a close eye on that could
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You know lead into training camp as well all of this and more on the 11th episode
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That's right the 11th episode of
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The greatest football
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Podcasts you could possibly listen to on a day-to-day basis your GM
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Okay, your GM who is scouting players two years in advance
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All right, who is still not on a team right now. Kale. Let's get it
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All right folks so unfortunately, yeah, we don't have no bag alerts to talk about we still got things that need to be
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Discussed unfortunately now. I am gonna give you guys a heads up right now
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Things may get a little bit scarce
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For the next six weeks if I'm not mistaken
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Because basically everybody is you know gonna be on vacation on on break and whatnot
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From Lee because you know, there is a gap period between mandatory mini camp and training camp
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So we're gonna try to see we can put out some stuff if we can't then you know, we'll probably be on a small hiatus
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And then pick back up. I don't know yet. I still have to figure things out
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But you know, we'll see how things go, but let's dive into the news. Okay, so if you guys have not heard
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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin inked a three-year extension to stay with them
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So let's just address the elephant in the room here, right? So on one hand, you know, yes, this was expected
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The Steelers are not gonna let you know my Tomlin basically just you know walking whatnot. They still believe in my Tomlin
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However, I think they I think ownership has reached a point where they are tired of not being in the playoffs
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Year after year after year
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And I think they do realize that you know some necessary changes
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Were made and you know needed to be made
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Whether that be you know personnel whether they be players whether that be people in front office scouting
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Whatever the case may be they're just trying to and
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Improve their chances of you know possibly making a playoff run because let's be real here folks
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The standard for the Pittsburgh Steelers is championships. Okay, it's not, you know, just having a winning season
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It's not, you know successfully, you know being you know, the number one or the number two spot, you know
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In their division. No, it's about holding up the Lombardi trophy
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Okay, and you know, it's been a while since the Steelers have even gotten to the Super Bowl
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And you know for obvious reasons, you know things happen and whatnot changes, you know
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Players got old and players left and you know coaches, you know didn't stay with the team and whatnot
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But the fact of the matter is Mike Tomlin
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Year in and year out
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Show stability, right and that is something that you know a lot of teams
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You know look for in head coaches
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You want a head coach who can stabilize the locker room?
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Well at the same time keep them motivated and keep them focused on the task at hand and to eliminate the outside noise, right?
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And so Mike Tomlin
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You know has to be given his flowers because let's be real here folks
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I don't know a whole lot of people that could deal with the antics of Antonio Brown
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He did that he did that for years, right?
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Until you know until they just reached a point where they just couldn't deal with it anymore. He dealt with that and
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So he's dealt with strong personalities. He's dealt with controversy
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He's dealt with a plethora of different things both internally and externally
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Concerning the team. He's done it with class and professionalism every single time and you know that definitely has to be recognized
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however
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We do have to be critical of
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You know the shortcomings, you know that has happened recently and a lot of that has to do with his
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Offensive coordinator high rings, okay now
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When you look at the last five had offensive coordinators, they've had they've had Bruce Arians
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MacCanada Todd Haley Randy Fickner and Arthur Smith, right now out of those five, right?
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two of them
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two of them
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Have been you know showed a lot of success and the offense was you know able to put points on the board and
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Eventually, you know when games and whatnot those two offensive coordinators were Bruce Arians Todd Haley, right?
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Todd Haley, we all know killer bees and whatnot Bruce Arians
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That's that's when you know, you had prom Heinz Ward. Yeah, and so on Randall L
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You had this person that person blah blah blah
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So I'm saying all that to say this
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The knock on my Tomlin has been you know him not
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Acing of the offensive coordinator hiring since Todd Haley
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Let's be real her folks. Matt Canada was a disaster. Okay. It was a disaster
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He kept Matt Canada for too long. He was you know trying to see and hope that things would turn around but
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Honestly speaking here and I'm gonna again. I'm gonna try to be as non-biased as possible
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When you looked at the offense, you know that that final year of Matt Canada, it wasn't going anywhere
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It was stagnant. You were having defensive, you know players from other teams that were you know coming out publicly and saying like hey
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Listen, we already knew what they were doing. We knew would be for be before we even got into the building
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We knew okay that they're gonna run here. They're gonna run here. They're gonna try to pass this
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They're gonna do this motion they go give out these call-offs this and the other blah blah blah
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They knew those things and so when you when there is a lack of
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Not secrecy, but a lack of
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You know anticipation and whatnot
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That that takes away from the game and not to mention
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That puts a strain on the defense because guess what the defense has to exude more energy
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just to try to you know make a play whatnot and
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It showed but I say all that to say this
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And you know that this will probably be
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I'm another episode, you know come completely dedicated to this my time and knows that you know
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He definitely has to show up and he has to break this streak of not being in the playoffs
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He has to show it okay, because you know when you have when you have the owner come out
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Publicly and say like he's tired of not being in the playoffs
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That that's sort of you know lights a fire under like hey like I gotta I gotta do more
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I gotta you know make changes if I have to make changes
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I gotta do something different just so we can break this streak because let's be real here folks
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My Tomlin's playoff record is eight and ten
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Eight and ten okay since 2018
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The Steelers has only made three playoff appearances and haven't made it and haven't made it past the wild card
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I want you to think about that for a second now mind you a lot of those years
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You know you had the killer bees you still had a B. Levy on big Ben you you you had teams
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And it's not like the team was deprived of of talent. No the talent was there. It's just
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They for some apparent reason they just weren't making it to the playoffs and that you know that gets old
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You know time after time after time sure, you know if it happens, you know once or maybe two years in a row
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Okay, no one's really not gonna say anything about it
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But if you see that there is starting to be a cycle a
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consistent cycle of
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Not making it to the playoffs people are gonna get sick and tired of that and it shows
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This is probably the first time, you know
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Ever that I've ever heard the owner actually come out publicly and actually say yeah, I'm tired of not being in the playoffs
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I'm tired. I don't like that. That says a lot honestly
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But you know as always congratulations to Mike Tom now moving on to the receivers
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I know we have been talking about receivers basically this entire offseason. Yes, it is starting to get tiring
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But it is basically the one position that everyone keeps on talking about and they have the most news
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So gotta cover it. So I'm browns receiver. Mark Cooper
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Is you know not attending many camp? He is you know, he wants another deal
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As well as a pass rusher now for the Jets former Eagle
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Hassan Reddick as well. So let's let's sort of you know, do do a deep a deep dive in this
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But before we do this, we have to talk about their past contracts in order to
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Reason why they're doing what they're doing, right? So let's let let's let's let's start with Mark Cooper, right?
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So according to spot rack, okay? I'm Mark Cooper's last deal was a five-year 100 million dollar deal
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To 10 million dollar signing bonus. He was going to be making 20 million a year
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40 million was guaranteed at signing and he had 60 million in total guarantees now
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When you look at a mark Cooper, right? I'm Mark Cooper is in a situation where he's looking for one more one more score, okay?
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Now will it come from the Browns? I don't know
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Simply because they they do have a lot of you know large
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large cap hits
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That that you know, they're they're not they can't just get rid of you know, so
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They may you know, just say okay, I'm I will just let you just play out the rest of your contract here
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And then let you test free free agency
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But the thing is a mark Cooper is still one of the best receivers in the league
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Okay, despite what anyone may say a mark Cooper makes big plays
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He makes big plays when you need him to make a play he's going to do it and he shows up game after game
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however
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the problem is with the
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With the explosion of the receiver market just in this offseason alone
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How much money is he going to be asking for?
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Because remember you still have CD land that's looking for a deal tomorrow Chase is looking for a deal to Higgins is looking for a deal
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Brandon I you week is looking for a deal, right? So you have those four receivers that are still looking for top dollar money
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And if we're being real here two of those receivers are probably going to get top dollar money
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And who are those two receivers to Marche's and CD land?
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Everybody else. I don't know. I really don't know
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Oh, and I forgot Cortland Sun as well. He's he's looking for another payday as well
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So there's a lot of receivers that are still looking for paydays now
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I will say this the one thing that a Mario Cooper does have in his favor is
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Next year's draft class is supposed to be a defensive heavy draft class
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It's not going to be the draft class like how it was
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This year where it's more offensive driven and you know this large
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receiver receiver draft class and whatnot. It's not supposed to be like that, right? So
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Maybe a team and free agency might try to you know, maybe overpay for a for a Mario Cooper
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Who knows but I will say this a Mario Cooper is you know, he he deserves to be paid a little bit more
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Now the question is how much more?
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Because let's be real here. He's he has more years behind him than he does, you know ahead of him
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You know with his playing career
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So I don't think a team is going to be willing to be you know to give him a
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Traditional four-year deal and and whatnot. I don't think they're going to do that. I just don't
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But you know only time
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Will tell now when you look at
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Hassan Reddix, you know last contract he signed a three-year 45 million dollar deal 14.2
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Signing bonus he would he would be making 15 million a year
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30 million guaranteed at signing and 30 million in total guarantees now when you look at his situation, right?
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And the past rush remark it as a whole
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He has been consistent, you know for the last few years
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He's been one of the best past rushers not only in the NFC but of but you know in the league as well
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Now the question is are they just going to be willing to pay him?
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You know top dollar money. Are they really going to want to do that? I don't know because
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remember they still have sauce garner that they have to pay and
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Let's be real here folks. They're gonna have to reset the market for sauce
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I don't care what anyone says the two corners right now that are going to
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Reset the market. It's gonna be sauce. It's gonna be ps2. You heard this from me first
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Okay, you heard it from me first
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Not to mention, you know, there's still a lot of question marks on what's gonna happen with the offense
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When you have, you know a large contract like Aaron Rodgers, then, you know, they paid, you know
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His buddies Al-Azhar Randall Cobb and then not to mention you also have to figure out what you're gonna do with Garrett Wilson, right?
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So there there's a there's so there's so much money, you know available that you know
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Someone's not gonna get paid, right? And so are the jets gonna be, you know, open to being like, okay
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Maybe we won't give you a traditional form. We'll give you a two-year, you know
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$25 million extension or you know something crazy like that then it's, you know, okay cool
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But for right now, I don't think the jets are, you know willing and open to doing business with us on reddit
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But, you know, only time will tell, you know at this point now speaking of
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Actually, you know what now?
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we'll continue with the
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With receivers as well because because we do need to talk about Brandon I you so
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Brandon I you it gets still not with the team. He is still holding out
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You know yada yada yada the same stuff same old same old same old stuff, right?
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But we got some information folks, right? So according to Steelers now
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Steelers now reporter Nick Farrell ball shout out to Nick Farrell ball and shout out to Steelers now great guys great
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Great people that report on a lot of things
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So Mike Silver
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49ers insider
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reported right that basically
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Brandon I you it is looking for a deal. That's around 30 million a year, right?
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Sort of sort of had an idea that you know, that was the case
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But here is the kicker in all of this
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He is he is using Amaral saying Brown's is deal as a model of what the type of deal that he would want
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From the 49ers, right?
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However, the 49ers right now have an offer on the table for Brandon I you week
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That's around the ballpark of around 26 million a year, right?
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Now the the Niners, you know, they may not want to get to 30 million 30 million a year
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But they are willing to do that if it means, you know, it closes the deal, right?
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And so when you look at it, right?
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And I've said this before and in multiple, you know episodes in the past and whatnot
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Brandon I you it gets in a situation where?
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he has, you know one or two options he could possibly take a little bit less and
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you know
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Possibly win a championship and then once he hits free agency
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He can really, you know get the bag that he really wants or
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You know, he can ask for a trade and you know, he gets traded to a crappy team and you know
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He gets his money that that's just what it is, right?
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And granted I'm not saying that you know, Brandon I you it doesn't have to you know
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Lower his Lord himself and whatnot. But what I am saying is this
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You're on a team, right? You're on a Super Bowl caliber team right now
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That has basically sent sent the message this offseason this summer that hey, listen
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Either you're on this train or you're not simple as that. Okay?
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They were able to work working extension for Kristen Caffrey. They were able to work working extension for
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Uh, Jawan Jennings, they're able to do things. Okay, they can do it with you or they can do it without you
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Okay, it's no problem for them
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But when you look at the 49ers as a whole
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They have a lot of big contracts on the books and again, I've said this before in the past
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You can you can listen to the previous episodes when you have Trent Williams when you have Nick Bosa Fred Warner
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Debo Samuel Christian McCaffrey
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Um, grave digger shout out to Javon Hargrave, you know when you have all of these big contracts on your books
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There's only so much money that you can allocate and then not to mention guess what?
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You got to find out how you're gonna be able to pay Brock Purdy as well
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That's not gonna be cheap. That's not
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So there's so much, you know that that you already have tied up and then not to mention. I just forgot George Kittle as well
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so
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You have a lot of high-end, you know players that got big contracts
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And I don't think the 49ers are going to be willing to just continue to run up the the number
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Just to possibly get a ring
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They're not going to be willing to do that and I think this twenty six million dollar offer is probably like okay
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Take it or leave it if you don't want it
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Then you know you tell us where where you want to go and we'll try to see we can get a deal done
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So we can ship you over there
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That's where it is and it you know those actions sort of you know reinforce themselves with how they did in the draft
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Because who do they draft in the first round a receiver? They draft Ricky Pierce all so that right there sent is sending a message to
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Him and Debo Samuel like hey listen one of y'all two are probably gonna get moved
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One of y'all now the question is who is it going to be me personally?
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I think it's going to be Debo Samuel simply because he already has a pre-existing contract and it's easier to digest
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It's easier to break down restructure figure things out
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Maybe add you know more money so you can lower the cap hit and one night that's workable right?
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Compared to Brandon I you it who basically you're gonna have to get the first round pick for there's no if ands or buts about it
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And you're gonna have to pay him top dollar
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Right now a lot of teams are gonna be willing to do that and the teams that are gonna be willing to do that are teams that
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You know they're not going anywhere anytime soon. They're going through a rebuild and they're just looking for you know a key piece
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You know for their young quarterback quarterback, right?
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So it's it's it's a very tough and very rocky situation
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Hopefully things get resolved do I think you know Brandon I you because gonna get paid no, I just don't I don't think he's gonna get paid
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I think the 49ers, you know, I think they realize like hey listen
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We got Ricky Piro saw we got another receiver, you know
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We were starting to you know rely on Chris to McCaffrey to run the ball more
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We can we can still do this thing without a Brandon I you we can do it. It may be a little bit difficult
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But we can do it so
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Let's you know, let's see what happens with that. Hopefully, you know things get resolved and whatnot
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But we got some breaking news folks. That's right breaking news fresh
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Fresh from the table, right?
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So apparently Alvin Camara is not attending
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I'm mandatory minicamp because this is contract related. Okay now
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When we look at things right Alvin Camara, you know, it's definitely a top five running back, you know
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Simply because of what he does he he can double as a receiving back
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He can double as someone, you know that if you need him to get that first down, he's gonna be that person
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However, I just think the Saints are not gonna be willing to pay him
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You know as much money as he probably was
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If we're being real here, but I think the I think the number one question should probably be
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You know, what is his number and are the one and are the Saints gonna be willing to pay that because let's be real here folks
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The Saints are trying to buy themselves time. Okay, they are trying to delay the inevitable of going through rebuild
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But eventually they're gonna have to go through a rebuild. Okay, Alvin Camara
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Has been their most productive offensive player
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Since they've been there
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Okay, now to some people are gonna be like, well, what about Michael Thomas? Michael Thomas is not in this conversation anymore
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I'm sorry. He is not
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He ever since he's gotten that deal he has just become a ghost. Okay
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his
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Just everything it just I don't know what it was
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But it just feels like when he's at when he signed that that deal it just zapped all of his
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You know all of his athleticism and everything that he was able to do before he got the deal
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I don't know what it was, but it's just weird. So
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you know
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This is gonna be something that is definitely gonna be you know leading into training camp
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We'll see how how far this goes
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Hopefully this gets resolved pretty quickly because if not, you know
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That Saints offense is gonna struggle
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It's gonna struggle tremendously because Alvin Camara does a lot for that offense, right?
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Now let's get into this rant. Okay, and I'm gonna try to be as
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Respectful as I possibly can so if you guys don't want to listen to this you can skip a good five to ten minutes
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Possibly a little bit more than that. Okay, so Aaron Rogers did not report to
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a mandatory mini camp yesterday, right? And so Robert Sala, you know put out a statement
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You know, he's been in communication with him and basically, you know, he had a previous, you know previous engagement and whatnot
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So, okay, cool perfectly fine
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But then there were rumors starting to swirl around
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That basically Aaron Rogers is not even in the country right now Aaron Rogers is on vacation, right?
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So, you know be and I want you to hold that I want you to put that in your back pocket for a quick second. Okay, so
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In January of this year, right Aaron Rogers put out a quote and it basically goes like this, right?
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And I quote and this is from my floreal from pro football network shout out to you guys
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He said and I quote
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Anything that doesn't have anything to do with winning needs to be assessed
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He said so anything in this building that we're doing
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and
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To put yourself in a position to win championships and be competitive
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Everything that you do matters and the bullshit that has nothing to do with winning
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Needs to get out of the building so that the focus
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Moving forward. Okay. That's what he said in January. Okay now fast forward to March of this year
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He said as well. He said
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He know he made it a point, you know to basically
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Sort of you know, call out the locker room filled with anonymous sources of frustration and finger pointing and basically said and I quote
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To flush the bullshit and focus on winning. Okay, that came from
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Nick Ferry off from sports. It was straight a shout out to them now
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Let's really assess this thing right since Aaron Rodgers has gotten traded. Um, no, excuse me
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Since Aaron Rodgers have been traded to the Jets
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Um, he is he has shown his ass. Okay. Let's let's just call it for what is he has shown his ass. Okay
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They've been, you know as accommodating as they possibly can they got, you know, some of the players that you've been successful with
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They brought them over no problem. Okay
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They brought in, you know, the the person that you were comfortable with as the offensive coordinator
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Even though me personally, I don't think he's an offensive coordinator. I just think he's a towel boy
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But you know, that's another story for another day
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um, you know, they've been very accommodating to Aaron Rodgers and
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You know for someone who is supposed to be the supposed leader of the team. He is not showing that. Okay
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Um, he has continued to show that he is still immature at his old age
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And that he truly is not committed to football. Okay. Now to some people that you're probably thinking
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Well, what do you know about that? And how in the world can you say that he's not committed to football because
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mandatory minicamp
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If you if you wanted to go out of the country, you should have done that at OTA's
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Where it wasn't mandatory where you could miss it and you won't get fined it
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You could have done that
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But instead you wanted to leave
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Supposedly because I don't know if this is true or not. I will just have to find out
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Allegedly
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You haven't even reported to mandatory minicamp
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You are the only person on this team that has won a Super Bowl
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You you were the only person nobody else on this team has won a Super Bowl except for you
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Sure, there's probably players on that team. That's one national championships
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National championships don't even hold a candle to what it feels like to win a Super Bowl
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You've experienced that Aaron
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Nobody else has and everyone is looking up to you to take them to that place
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So they can experience that but you know what they can't experience that when your ass is not there
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can't
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I don't care what anyone says when you look at any team that has won a Super Bowl
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The one thing that they all have similar is they are we they were committed
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From OTAs to minicamp to practices outside, you know of of of those, you know, those two time periods and whatnot
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They were committed they came in
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With a mindset that we are going to win a Super Bowl this year
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And everyone had to be on the same page. Everyone had to have that same message and if you weren't on that same boat
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You're going
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Okay
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That's how the Patriots became the dynasty that they were because you know why
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Because their leader Tom Brady came in with the mindset that we're going to win a Super Bowl
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And then guess what everyone followed suit and everyone was committed to this thing
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And if you're not committed to it, guess what you're not going to win a Super Bowl
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And right now it doesn't help that, you know, robber salla in some ways is on the hot seat right now
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Because you gave up Zach Wilson
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to get Aaron to get Aaron Rodgers
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And basically it is look like a complete failure
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Okay, let's just call a spade a spade. It has looked like a complete failure
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Aaron Rodgers continues to show that hey, I am above every person
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GM I'm above him head coach. I'm above him. I'm above every single person
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You could possibly think of and in some ways if I'm a player
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And you know because you know the the players probably probably know what's going on
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And they probably won't leak it out and whatnot
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But if I'm a player and if Aaron Rodgers isn't here, I'm going to be pissed off
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I'm going to be very pissed off because you cannot say in January and March of this year
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That you know all the extra bullshit that's not in you know, that's in this building
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That's in the locker room needs to go but your ass is not here
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You need to be here working on the chemistry with your offensive line
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Working on the chemistry with your offensive players working on your chemistry with your coaches
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All those different things because why you've added new players to the team
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So you need to be there and you need to show them the ropes
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Build that chemistry with them because there's going to come a time and point in the season where you are going to need them
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But you can't do that if if you're if you're not there Aaron, you can't
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You just cannot do that. It is unacceptable
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And if I am Robert Sala, if I'm the GM of the Jets and I'm the owner of the Jets
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I am giving Aaron Rodgers a stiff fine
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Because you are the leader we trade we moves heaven and earth
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To get you and so far you have not shown anything for us
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It is time for you to grow the fuck up
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Grow up if you are not committed to football then just retire
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But all of this antics and you know backbiting and basically being a hypocrite
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It doesn't work
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Those players are trying to get somewhere
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They're trying to experience something that you have already experienced
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And they can't do that if your ass is not there and I'm just going to leave it there because if I don't I'm going to get more
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More and more pissed off now moving on to the things that I'm looking out for
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With minicam that can possibly lead into training camp, right?
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So these are just you know some some of the few things that definitely
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Caught my attention. So starting with the buccaneers and the Tristan worth situation, right?
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So Tristan worths did report for mandatory minicam
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But I I'm I would not be surprised if he's doing his own individual workouts
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Or he's very limited in practices and whatnot just so he doesn't mess up his value and contract talks
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When you look at the buccaneers, right? The buccaneers are in the situation where they have
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Arguably the 1b
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In right tackles young right tackles, right? It's literally penace well and then Tristan works, right?
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for the for the young
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For that younger core of of tackles, right?
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And so Tristan worse is probably looking for a deal
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Similar or more to what penace well just got, okay?
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Tristan works
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Is an elite tackle whether he plays on either the left or the right?
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That is rare
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That is very very very rare
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And when you have a player like that you have to make sure that you compensate him because I guarantee you
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If the buccaneers let Tristan worse walk there will be multiple teams
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Who will move off of players off low contracts do restructures as players to take pay cuts just to pay Tristan works
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Because Tristan works is a Super Bowl winning champion
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And he can and he is diverse enough to play right tackle and left tackle and not miss a step
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That is rare folks now moving on to the to the next thing that I am
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You know definitely keeping my eye on who will the cowboys pay first, right?
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Because when we look at it, right the cowboys are in a situation where
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They they either they're either going to pay DAC or they're going to pay CD land. They can't pay both
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But they're going to have to pay one of those two
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And when you pay the when you pay the the other the other one's going to walk in free agency
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And when that other person walks
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Who was to say that you will never be able to get them back, right?
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Because let's be real here as I've said previously
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Um a few minutes ago
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Everyone has already said that next year's draft class is going to be defensive driven
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So, you know what that means that means all of the offensive free agents that's going to drive up their prices now
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Because everybody knows that there's not going to be as many quarterbacks
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There's not going to be as many receivers
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It's not going to be as many tight ends running backs
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A lot of offensive players that teams are going to be like, oh, we have to go and we have to get them, right?
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And so, you know, if if I'm the cowboys, I probably would pay CD land
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I would you've already paid that you've paid him multiple times
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It's time for him to it's time to let him walk and figure out, you know, what what you want to do because
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Their their cap is starting to get it's starting to get out of hand, right?
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You have a lot of older players who have big contracts and big cap hits, right?
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And so the best way to
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To combat that is to get a rookie quarterback
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Because when you get a rookie quarterback, guess what you don't have to pay him for five years
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You don't have to have a conversation with him about money for five years
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That means you could go through a soft rebuild
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Uh, and you know be able to you know, if you want to draft a certain position
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You can draft that certain position if you want to build the offensive line
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You can build the offensive line within those five years and you don't have to worry about the quarterback, right?
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Compared to if you continue to pay someone like a dag press card and it basically puts
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Everything that you want to do in a chokehold, right?
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And so, you know, the the cowboys definitely have a lot of
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You know question marks that they have to figure out, you know, leading into training camp
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Because Dak is there
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CD lamb isn't the question is
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Who's going to get that back first, right?
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And so, you know the the the next two
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Yeah, I'm I'm going to have to talk about the Steelers because you know, I mean
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You just have to um, how will the Steelers offense look? Okay?
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And you know, again, I'm going to try to be non biased as possible when you look at the Steelers offense the Steelers
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Have experienced a lot of you know, turnaround and just went off season alone, right?
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They traded away Kenny Pickett. They let Mason Rudolph walk. They traded away. Deontay Johnson
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They let go of mad canada. They brought in Arthur Smith. They traded for Justin Fields. They signed
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Um, Russell Wilson to to event minimum
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That's a lot
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Then you drafted Roman Wilson. You brought in van Jefferson cordel Patterson
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And Scotty Miller
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quest walk-ins, right
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You brought in a lot. So
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Who we we there's a lot of question marks on how exactly is this offense going to flow
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Is it gonna is it are you going to see a major improvement at week one?
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Or are you going to see something where this offense is going to take them a while to get used to
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They regressed even more, right?
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And so, you know, these are definitely major things that need to be talked about because they brought in Arthur Smith
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And if you don't know who Arthur Smith is Arthur Smith's scheme is run heavy, right?
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And so, you know, it sort of mirrors what you know, what Mike Tomlin and the team want to do which is run the damn football
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So, you know, that's definitely something that you know, people are going to have to keep an eye on I know for me
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Definitely going to be watching, you know, trying to see if I can find a feed or something
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Just so I can keep track of what's going on with that training camp, right?
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And so finally the the last thing that you know, and we briefly talked about it is, you know
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What what are the nine is going to do with their receivers? Okay
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You have one receiver who, you know, sort of went through the same debacle that brand. I you just going through, you know
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Basically requesting a trade. I want out, you know, I don't want to be here anymore blah blah blah and then finally got his deal
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Okay, cool. Now you have Brandon I you who he's looking for more money than what Dbo Samuel
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Um was looking for and so now the question is
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Who's going to go?
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It's going to be Dbo. We're going to be Brandon I you as I've said before and you can scroll back, you know made about 15 or 20 minutes
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um
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Teams will be more open to trading for Dbo Samuel compared to trading for brand I you
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Simply because you have to pay brand I you as well as give up
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Uh a first round pick and possibly a player to get Brandon I you, right?
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So these are all, you know, definitely major storylines that i'm definitely keeping
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Um track of and you know, I I know that things are probably going to be a little bit dry
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for the next six weeks, but you know, hopefully something gets done
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Um, also, I I forgot to to bring this up as well. I should have put this in my notes
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But kidney Clark defensive tackle for the Packers is um in contract
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Talks with you know with the Packers as well. So, you know, could be a future baggler coming on
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Hopefully we have another baggler coming on because you know
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