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Insider Report on Odell Beckham Jr., Best Fits for Free Agents, & Drue Tranquill Joins The Show · NFL Now

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Speaker 1: Patrick Cleibon here in the NFL LA news Room, as
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Speaker 1: we're looking to bring you the news of the day,
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Speaker 1: an update on the surgery that was scheduled for forty
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Speaker 1: nine Ers quarterback Brock Purty, the injury suffered in the
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Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. That is in coming. But we start
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Speaker 1: with the news of the week, and that is what
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Speaker 1: is new right now, not necessarily all the way new,
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Speaker 1: because we're still waiting on a decision from long time
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Speaker 1: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The contingent of the Jets flew
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Speaker 1: out to California to meet with Aaron Rodgers earlier this week,
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Speaker 1: and now the Jets, the Packers, everybody is still waiting
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Speaker 1: for a decision from Aaron Rodgers regarding whether he will
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Speaker 1: play football at all in twenty twenty three. But the
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Speaker 1: callers on w fa N Radio not waiting to let
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Speaker 1: their voices be heard. I think Aaron Rodgers weird. I
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Speaker 1: don't want it in New York, but I think the
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Speaker 1: only way we can make that a good situation is
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Speaker 1: hope he doesn't go, you know, on an ayahuasca vendor.
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Speaker 1: Of course, let me preface this with the fact that
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Speaker 1: I feel sick to my stomach. Still based off with
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Speaker 1: the fact that Joe Douglas decided to draft a softie
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Speaker 1: based off of one uncontested throw in a T shirt
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Speaker 1: and short of product. Zach Wilson was not pick but
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Speaker 1: two for nothing. Yeah, he is a good, very good,
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Speaker 1: talented individual. I think you're saying the whole situation is
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Speaker 1: the Jets are desperate and Aaron Rodgers is desperate. But
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Speaker 1: actually what it is is that they're the perfect machins,
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Speaker 1: be perfect like, the Jets are ready to win. The
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Speaker 1: Jets have never had a good QB like in your
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Speaker 1: entire history. And he's still what, he's thirty nine years old.
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Speaker 1: Who cares? But is that worth fifty eight million dollars
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Speaker 1: for a season and then you got to start over
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Speaker 1: again next year if he decides to retire. That's my
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Speaker 1: poorty because we suck some deep thoughts from sports talk
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Speaker 1: radio callers and Rappaport and Tom Pells. So you know
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Speaker 1: what I really like. I like that last hour we
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Speaker 1: did a whole thing on Rogers and this time we
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Speaker 1: were replaced by w fa N callers, and it was
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Speaker 1: probably more interesting if we're being completely honest, well as
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Speaker 1: NFL network insiders, I've actually decided to spare you guys.
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Speaker 1: We've installed a device and it has Aaron Rodgers made
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Speaker 1: a decision. Yet it just alternates it right now, it's
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Speaker 1: flashing red and it just says no. So we don't
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Speaker 1: have to talk Aaron Rodgers with you. You've been given
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Speaker 1: a reprieve on this Friday edition of the show. But
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Speaker 1: we will ian discuss brock Purty and the results from
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Speaker 1: his surgery that was scheduled for today. How did that go.
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Speaker 1: It sounded like it went really well, all positive for
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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, and brock Purty did have his
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Speaker 1: long waited surgery. Doctor Frank Meister performed the procedure the
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Speaker 1: Texas Rangers team doctor inserting internal brace into the UCL
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Speaker 1: of brock Purty. Now did doctor went into the surgery
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Speaker 1: today with options. The options were I think very simple
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Speaker 1: and very clear. One was Tommy John surgery, which would
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Speaker 1: mean out for the season, full elbow reconstruction. That would
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Speaker 1: be bad. Long term, it would be fine, but immediately
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Speaker 1: that would be bad. That is not the option that
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Speaker 1: the doctor chose. Instead, he went with what was the
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Speaker 1: result from a really good looking internal elbow. For my understanding,
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Speaker 1: the fact that the UCL was healthy enough to do
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Speaker 1: the internal brace means brock Purty should throw in about
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Speaker 1: three months and that is the timetable we had no
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Speaker 1: presumably that would give him enough time to be ready
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Speaker 1: for the season. But either way, there was a worst
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Speaker 1: case scenario, and then there was the other. This was
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Speaker 1: the other, which is good, Yeah, good news for brock
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Speaker 1: Purty and a promising rookie season that had a rough
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Speaker 1: ending in the NFC Championship Game. So perhaps giving the
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers some ease and making a decision coming
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Speaker 1: up later on this year in this off season. But Tom,
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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings have made their decision regarding Adam Thielan.
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Speaker 1: What can you tell us, Patrick? The Vikings are releasing
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Speaker 1: two time Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Feeling today at
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Speaker 1: the sides were unable to agree to a restructured deal
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Speaker 1: that would have lowered thelands nearly twenty million dollar cap
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Speaker 1: hit Dealan is thirty two years old, but he's still
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Speaker 1: got something in the tank. He's going to keep playing.
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Speaker 1: The hope is that he can land with a contender,
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Speaker 1: and because they're releasing him now, that gives Dealing the
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Speaker 1: opportunity to sign someplace prior to the start of free agency.
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Speaker 1: That is not the only question for the Vikings as
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Speaker 1: they moved through and the run up to the new
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Speaker 1: league year beginning next Wednesday. Sedarius Smith, their veteran pass rusher,
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Speaker 1: posted semi cryptically on social media yesterday thank you to
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Speaker 1: the organization. Ian had reported that Darius has asked the
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Speaker 1: team to release him. The Vikings at this point have
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Speaker 1: no plans to do so. Smith signed a three year
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Speaker 1: deal last year. He believes that he should make more
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Speaker 1: than the twelve point five million dollars this year that
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Speaker 1: he is owed. We'll see what direction this goes from here.
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Speaker 1: But does bar Mencian There's not a lot of pass
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Speaker 1: rush on the free agent market here, So maybe a
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Speaker 1: trade opportunity out there someplace for somebody wants of Editan. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: maybe peaking at that market led to this decision from Zadarius.
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Speaker 1: Some decisions to be made for the reigning NFC champions.
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Speaker 1: Some guy's leaders, gus wanting to leave you, What can
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Speaker 1: you tell us about Philly? We'll stick with the guy
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Speaker 1: who is staying first. Brandon Graham, the longtime star wars
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Speaker 1: for Philadelphia Eagles pass rusher, former first rounder. He gets
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Speaker 1: a one year deal up to six million dollars, and
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Speaker 1: I would imagine he probably could have gotten more elsewhere.
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Speaker 1: In fact, I'm almost positive could have gotten more elsewhere.
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Speaker 1: This was about him just wanting to be a member
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Speaker 1: of the Egos, wanting to stays with one organization through
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Speaker 1: his career, just wanting to be a part of this defense.
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Speaker 1: Knowing the direction it seems that Egos were going. This
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Speaker 1: was about loyalty. Brandon Graham stays, we'll see if Darius
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Speaker 1: Slay also stays that. I would say that is a
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Speaker 1: question mark. And you know, one of the biggest trades
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Speaker 1: that Egos have made in recent times trading by Darius
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Speaker 1: Lay giving him a big contract. That contract is almost
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Speaker 1: up do a big number this year with no guaranteed
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Speaker 1: money left. Yes, he is thirty two years old, but
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Speaker 1: he is also an awesome football player. People like awesome
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Speaker 1: football players. Perhaps there's somewhere, some way in the middle
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Speaker 1: of all this is the way the Eagles can make
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Speaker 1: this right and make Slay happy and keep one of
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Speaker 1: their best players on their defense. It's me. I'm people.
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Speaker 1: I'm a fan of awesome football players as well. Thanksy
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Speaker 1: and Tom. Let's discuss another team in the NFC East,
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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys making some moves clear him to cap space.
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Speaker 1: What can you tell us there? Pattering. The Cowboys announced
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Speaker 1: that they have cleared about thirty million dollars in twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty three salary cap space by restructuring the contracts of
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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and Zach Martin. Now I'll give my daily
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Speaker 1: explainer on this. Restructure in this case does not mean
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Speaker 1: a pay cut. They take a big chunk of base
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Speaker 1: salary converted to a bonus. It's calculated differently on the
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Speaker 1: salary cap, though every dollar you spend hits the cap eventually,
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Speaker 1: so while the number this year goes down, the number
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Speaker 1: in few years goes up. These deals also do not
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Speaker 1: preclude them from eventually extending one or both of these players,
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Speaker 1: and Dak Prescott said recently he is excited about the
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Speaker 1: possibility of doing another extension with the Cowboys at some point.
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Speaker 1: Here this does to get them in CAPP compliance leading
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Speaker 1: up to next Wednesday. Maybe gives them the freedom to sign. Oh,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe a certain wide receiver Odell Beckham
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Speaker 1: Junior is holding a workout today in Tempe, Arizona for
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Speaker 1: NFL teams, and yes, I'm told the Cowboys will be
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Speaker 1: among the teams that are represented there. The Cowboys and
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Speaker 1: the Giants, who are also attending this workout were among
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Speaker 1: the teams that Odell visited with last year. At that point,
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Speaker 1: wasn't quite ready to work out for teams. Now he's
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Speaker 1: thirteen months removed, ready to work out, ready to play.
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Speaker 1: Because he's been a street free agent, not an unrestricted
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Speaker 1: free agent, he doesn't need to wait until next week. Hypothetically,
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Speaker 1: if things go well today, Odell could sign a contract immediately,
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Speaker 1: so we shall see exactly when that potentially it's done
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Speaker 1: and puts one of the most talented receivers in the
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Speaker 1: NFL back on a roster at last. Noah, but perhaps
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Speaker 1: Odell could kick off free agency frenzy with us Sunday
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Speaker 1: at one pm Eastern See how things get started. Also,
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Speaker 1: you could download plus dot NFL dot com and watch
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Speaker 1: it on his phone or tablet. Thanks to in Rappaport,
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Speaker 1: Tom Pella, Sero, you think shortly, Hurch, this coach put
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Speaker 1: a touchdown right on the bunny with his throat letter
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Speaker 1: shop house tending football. Okay, I love Hurt. The Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: Eagles are heading in Super Bowl fifty seven. Hurt. He's
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Speaker 1: fucking deep and it's cot condown. He wants to run
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Speaker 1: its check up Tana syst like. But okay, song Hurt
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Speaker 1: and start. Eagles played with everything they have team, It's
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Speaker 1: not just bouncing back from the Super Bowl. Law. Since
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Speaker 1: James Palmer joins us to discuss the Philadelphia Eagles or
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Speaker 1: that they need to resign or signed Jalen Hurts to
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Speaker 1: a long term deal, or the myriad of free agents,
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Speaker 1: they also lost their offensive coordinator, James Now Shane Stekin's gone.
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Speaker 1: Brian Johnson comes in. What's the offense going to look
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Speaker 1: like with him? Well, exactly the same? Okay, next question, Patrick, No,
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Speaker 1: let me listen. It is going to look exactly the same,
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Speaker 1: because you're right, it is Nick Seriality that runs this
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Speaker 1: group and he is the one that obviously has the
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Speaker 1: offensive vision as a whole in terms of how everything
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Speaker 1: was gonna run. And they wanted continuity for Jalen Hurts.
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Speaker 1: If you remember all of the turboil that he has
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Speaker 1: had in terms of new offensive systems, dating all the
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Speaker 1: way back from high school year in and year out,
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Speaker 1: once he graduated, all through college and changing schools, he
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Speaker 1: had some consistency and we were able to go out
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Speaker 1: and see what he did. Now you have someone in
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Speaker 1: Brian Johnson who has known Jalen Hurts since he would say,
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Speaker 1: what four years old, because when he first met him.
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Speaker 1: So that's goot, some consistency you have in the backfield. Now.
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Speaker 1: Obviously it is a different play callers, a different voice
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Speaker 1: in your ear, but Brian Johnson had a big part
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Speaker 1: in my understanding to how they put this offense together
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Speaker 1: in terms of situational football, third down, red zone, you know,
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Speaker 1: all of those type of things. He had a big
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Speaker 1: voice in the room and how all of that operated.
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Speaker 1: So you look at all of the pieces around him.
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Speaker 1: Obviously we're seeing if Jason Kelsey is going to return
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Speaker 1: or retire, but Cam Jurgens is in the waiting there,
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Speaker 1: but they would like him to obviously play at center
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Speaker 1: and play at the level we saw this past year.
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Speaker 1: But most of that group is returning around Jalen Hurts
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Speaker 1: and the offensive system is going to be almost identical,
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Speaker 1: which is a very very good thing for Jalen Hurts.
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Speaker 1: We'll go to the other side of the field in
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Speaker 1: Arizona for the Super Bowl Champs. James is the opportunity
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Speaker 1: for Orlando Brown could be to leave. But is there
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Speaker 1: a chance that he could be coming back. There's a chance,
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Speaker 1: but I think we might be looking towards a greater
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Speaker 1: chance of them looking other directions at the left tackle
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Speaker 1: spot because instead of tagging him, they want to fix
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Speaker 1: that position long term. And we can look into the draft,
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Speaker 1: and we can look at free agency in terms of
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Speaker 1: maybe a stop gap being part of that process as
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Speaker 1: they go and draft a player that could potentially be
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Speaker 1: a right tackle right now coming out of school that
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Speaker 1: they see fit to move over to left tackle. I
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Speaker 1: think we could trust in Andy Reid and Brett Beach
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Speaker 1: and what they do in terms of evaluating offensive line talent.
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Speaker 1: When you look at what Creed Humphrey did coming out
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Speaker 1: is now considered one of the best centers in all
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Speaker 1: of football, Trade Smith the right guard. Both of them drafted,
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Speaker 1: played right away and have played pretty much every snap
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Speaker 1: since and are two of the better offensive linemen in football.
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Speaker 1: I think the other part of the Ortlanta Brown situation
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Speaker 1: and left tackle for the Chiefs is the right tackle
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Speaker 1: position as well, because Andrew Wiley played that and played
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Speaker 1: it very well this year for a little over two
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Speaker 1: million dollars. He's not going to get that again, considering
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Speaker 1: he's a free agent. That numbers going up when you
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Speaker 1: play like that against one of the best pass rushers
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Speaker 1: in all of football and Hassan Reddick the biggest stage
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Speaker 1: in all the sports in the Super Bowl and contain
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Speaker 1: him the way Andrew Wiley did. But Wiley's very valuable
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Speaker 1: to this team. Patrick Mahomes thinks the world of him,
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Speaker 1: and so it's interesting to see what they do at
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Speaker 1: the right tackle spot and how that plays into their
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Speaker 1: plans at the left tackle. When I mentioned you have
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Speaker 1: a couple of options, how you want to approach the
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Speaker 1: long term feel of that left tackle spot. Yeah, zero
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Speaker 1: sacks allowed in Super Bowl fifty seven. Have to think
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Speaker 1: that zero translates to the numbers somewhere else. The question
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Speaker 1: is just how much for Orlando Brown and Andrew Wiley
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Speaker 1: and the rest of these Kansas City Chiefs. James Palmer
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Speaker 1: looking in at both teams, it was never green in black,
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Speaker 1: and it was never that was right. You know, they
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Speaker 1: got five on the line of scrimmage and here, they
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Speaker 1: bring it all and there's Trake will second sack of
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Speaker 1: the game. They bring the blitz. Everybody's coming Ario to hit, hit, drops, sack,
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Speaker 1: bite or tranquil shotgun and this time it all the
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Speaker 1: field intercepted, picked off, true, tranquil true, what I play
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Speaker 1: under pressure? And he's dropped Trank, He's stunned, He's stud
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Speaker 1: and that stuff joins us now, Drew Trank will entering
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Speaker 1: seasons five of his NFL career, looking forward to free
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Speaker 1: agency coming up pretty soon. How's that process for you,
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Speaker 1: Drew Handling navigating all this. You've just had your third
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Speaker 1: child and now free agency coming up next week. How
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Speaker 1: are things going right now? Hey? Patrick, It's an exciting season.
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Speaker 1: It's the patient waiting game, as they like to call it.
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Speaker 1: But we're just super stoked to be in this position
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Speaker 1: and just trying to enjoy time as a family. And
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Speaker 1: what's done is done, and you got to let the
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Speaker 1: tape speak for itself, and you kind of all haze
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Speaker 1: in the barn, as they say, and we're just kind
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Speaker 1: of patiently waiting to see what this next chapter is
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Speaker 1: going to be for us, and it definitely spoke for itself.
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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two, fifth in the entire league and
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Speaker 1: tackles more snaps tackles sacks than you've had in the
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Speaker 1: rest of your career. What was the process like as
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Speaker 1: you prepared for this contract year in LA. Well, I mean,
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Speaker 1: being a former safety, I feel like I'm constantly learning
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Speaker 1: the ins and outs of the linebacker position and for
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Speaker 1: me transitioning to that position, played a lot of special
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Speaker 1: teams my rookie years. Second year, had a really good camp. Unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: you know, break my ankle like the fifth snap of
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Speaker 1: the season in a freak injury. Came back. Third year,
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Speaker 1: kind of had a rotation going between me, Kenneth Murray
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Speaker 1: and Kaiser White, who had an unbelievable season with the
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Speaker 1: Eagles this year, and then kind of really was just
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Speaker 1: able to come into my own this year, and I
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Speaker 1: just believe the best is yet to come, and I'm
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Speaker 1: just gonna keep getting better and better and learning this position.
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Speaker 1: And looking back at your time in LA Derek Ansley, guy,
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Speaker 1: I actually went to college with it is going to
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Speaker 1: be now the defensive coordinator. What do you see in
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Speaker 1: the future for this Chargers defense, whether or not you're
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Speaker 1: a part of it. Absolutely, They're just gonna keep getting better.
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Speaker 1: And Da is an unbelievable coach, brings absolutely unbelievable energy
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Speaker 1: to table and you can't say enough about him. Wishing
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Speaker 1: Naughty the best of luck. You know with Miami, he's
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Speaker 1: an unbelievable coordinator as well, but just had a really
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Speaker 1: good coaching staff, a lot of really good players, And
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Speaker 1: so if this outfit can be healthy together and get
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Speaker 1: time together on the field, I think it's going to
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Speaker 1: be a really really good picture moving forward. And we
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Speaker 1: got a lot of insight to some of your teammates
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Speaker 1: offensive end, defensive on the Drew Trank will show where
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Speaker 1: you were, of course the titled host getting a look
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Speaker 1: back at the guys that came on your show. If
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Speaker 1: you're gonna pick, if you're gonna pick a long term
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Speaker 1: co host from your time in Los Angeles, who would
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Speaker 1: be the best co host for the Drew Trank will
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Speaker 1: show that you had on as a game in the
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Speaker 1: past couple of years. I think I think people would
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Speaker 1: be a little surprised by this. But Joey Bosa, he's
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Speaker 1: unbelievably thoughtful, He's unbelievably he's philosophical in a lot of ways.
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Speaker 1: He has a lot of really good insights and takes
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Speaker 1: just on life in the game in general. And our
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Speaker 1: conversation was just really really cool getting to peel back
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Speaker 1: his story. And a lot of people they just see
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Speaker 1: what happens on the field, see what happens off the
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Speaker 1: field through a football lens. But you know, the goal
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Speaker 1: of this show is to really help fans and people
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Speaker 1: just get to understand athletes on a deeper level and
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Speaker 1: understand that they're just human beings like everybody else. And
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Speaker 1: so I would probably go with Joey bos that he
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Speaker 1: was fun. He was like, let's do this again right
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Speaker 1: when we got off camera, so the excitement was there.
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Speaker 1: He'd be a pretty good co host, all right. And
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Speaker 1: as a podcast host, you know, Drew, we got draft
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Speaker 1: season coming up. We got a couple of fighting Irish
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Speaker 1: guys that were paying at tencha tools. Let's put your
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Speaker 1: podcast hat on a breakdown a prospect. We'll start with
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Speaker 1: the tight end. We'll start with Michael Mayer. What are
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Speaker 1: you seeing out of him? Man? Such a productive guy,
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Speaker 1: a guy who really embodied what it was to be
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Speaker 1: a notre dame man and just carried himself well on
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Speaker 1: and off the field. I love what he's able to
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Speaker 1: do inline and you know split out. There were multiple
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Speaker 1: times he was able to kind of put the shakes,
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Speaker 1: you know, break the ankles of safeties in the slot.
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Speaker 1: Seems like he's really got really a good quick twitch um,
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Speaker 1: and he's a physical guy who can block. So when
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Speaker 1: you look at an all around tight end which teams
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Speaker 1: are looking for in the NFL, Michael definitely you know,
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Speaker 1: brings that to the table. And of course always edge
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Speaker 1: at a premium. What do you think Isaiah can bring
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Speaker 1: h if he starts here in this rookie year in
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Man, he's uh as as well as Michael.
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Speaker 1: He's just a productive player, a guy who's done it
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Speaker 1: multiple years, Notre Dame, a captain, m a guy who's
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Speaker 1: gonna have a really long career in the NFL. UM
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Speaker 1: good with his hands, strong, good and the good against
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Speaker 1: the run, but productive against you know, getting the quarterback
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Speaker 1: on the turf in the past game. So, um, they're
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Speaker 1: both gonna have incredible NFL careers as as I am.
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Speaker 1: They're in the patient waiting game as well, and you
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Speaker 1: know we'll see where they land. But um, you know
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Speaker 1: their NFL career, Um is gonna get started shortly, and
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Speaker 1: I anticipate both of them to have a good one.
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Speaker 1: And on that waiting game, Drew, you and Jackie have
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Speaker 1: been together since high school. How much say does she
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Speaker 1: have in this process and how much does she chime in?
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Speaker 1: We do everything together. We're a team, we're a unit.
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Speaker 1: We roll as one, and so we're constantly talking back
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Speaker 1: and forth about what's going to be best for our family.
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Speaker 1: And so I'm just thankful to have her as my
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18:20
Speaker 1: She's so invested in it. She's so invested in what
18:23
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18:26
Speaker 1: to have somebody in life that, um you know, loves
18:30
Speaker 1: the things that I love and wants to support me
18:32
Speaker 1: in then. And so we're riding together and we'll see
18:35
Speaker 1: where it takes us. Andrew, we appreciate you. We're thankful
18:38
Speaker 1: for you, and also thankful that you helped tell the
18:41
Speaker 1: stories of some guys on the podcast on the Drew
18:44
Speaker 1: Tranquil Show that we might not necessarily getting fans might
18:47
Speaker 1: not necessarily get otherwise. Of good luck to you and
18:49
Speaker 1: to Jackie going in the next week. And hopefully this
18:52
Speaker 1: process plays out as you guys deserve it too. Thanks
18:54
Speaker 1: Mat Yeah, thanks so much for your time. Patrick. We'll
18:57
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Speaker 1: callers in the NFL. Ohio Satan C. J. Shroud March
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Speaker 1: twenty second, going to Tuscaloosa for Bryce Young March twenty
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Speaker 1: third in Kentucky, but Will Levis then down in Gainesville
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Speaker 1: on March thirty. Have to see Anthony Richardson's workout again,
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19:33
Speaker 1: have some plans to work on that offensive line. They
19:36
Speaker 1: didn't use the franchise head on Orlando Brown going to
19:39
Speaker 1: Fridgen See also releasing Frank Clark. There have been some
19:43
Speaker 1: changeover with regard to the Super Bowl champion, so let's
19:46
Speaker 1: discuss the Kansas City Chiefs with our own James Palmer.
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Speaker 1: So Frank Clark Orlando Brown going to be in the
19:53
Speaker 1: free agency waters, could either of them or both be
19:56
Speaker 1: back in Kansas City. Well, we're looking at that left
19:59
Speaker 1: tackle spot and possibly Orlando Brown comes back, but you
20:02
Speaker 1: saw what happened with them not tagging him, Pa Patrick.
20:05
Speaker 1: What they're really looking to do is fix that left
20:07
Speaker 1: tackle spot long term this offseason before the start of
20:11
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Now they have a couple of options
20:13
Speaker 1: they can go about it. They can find a better
20:15
Speaker 1: and stop gap type of player, say Donovan Smith who
20:18
Speaker 1: was just released in Tampa Bay, and they can go
20:20
Speaker 1: and draft a left tackle and have him sit for
20:23
Speaker 1: a year and then be the future of the franchise,
20:25
Speaker 1: but he's on the roster this offseason. They could draft
20:28
Speaker 1: a right tackle that those are some available at the
20:30
Speaker 1: end of that first round, and have that guy play
20:32
Speaker 1: right tackle for a season, then slide over and play
20:35
Speaker 1: left tackle. Those are some options there. But at the
20:37
Speaker 1: same time, they're in a different spot than some other
20:39
Speaker 1: teams around the league in terms of their confidence level
20:41
Speaker 1: of playing a rookie right away at left tackle. If
20:44
Speaker 1: you remember what happened after they lost to the Bucks
20:46
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, they went out and they got
20:48
Speaker 1: Creed Humphrey at center, Tray Smith at that right guard spot,
20:52
Speaker 1: and both of them played every snap right away and
20:54
Speaker 1: have since that happened. They could play a left tackle
20:57
Speaker 1: specifically also because of their left guard and Joe Tuney
21:01
Speaker 1: remember what he did for Orlando Brown when he came
21:03
Speaker 1: over in that trade, slid over to that left tackle spot.
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Speaker 1: He is so smart, such a great leader, great player.
21:09
Speaker 1: They know with Tuney at that left guard spot, it
21:11
Speaker 1: really could help out a rookie left tackle playing and
21:14
Speaker 1: they would be comfortable doing it as we saw them
21:17
Speaker 1: play eight rookies in the Super Bowl. Yeah, they're doing
21:20
Speaker 1: so and having as much success as you could possibly
21:22
Speaker 1: have and winning a world championship. Let's keep it in
21:24
Speaker 1: the division with a team that did not have as
21:27
Speaker 1: much success, the Denver Broncos. What should they do? What
21:30
Speaker 1: are Sean Payton's plans are going into free agency here? Well,
21:34
Speaker 1: right now, Pastrion, they have about nine million dollars in
21:37
Speaker 1: cap space, and a couple of moves and a couple
21:39
Speaker 1: of wiggles, they could get that up to about thirty
21:41
Speaker 1: million dollars. And really we're all looking at what they
21:43
Speaker 1: do with this offensive line, right It's something that Sean
21:45
Speaker 1: Payton went and fixed immediately when Drew Brees arrived and
21:48
Speaker 1: he was there in New Orleans and he changed that
21:50
Speaker 1: group over entirely. This is a group that needs that.
21:53
Speaker 1: General Major George Payton said it at the combine, we
21:55
Speaker 1: need to make changes on our offensive line. They allowed
21:58
Speaker 1: an NFL high sixty three sacks this past season. Now,
22:01
Speaker 1: some of those are on Russell Wilson, but that group
22:03
Speaker 1: also was littered with injuries. Now they do get their
22:05
Speaker 1: left tackle, their Pro Bowl left tackle, and Garrett Bowl's
22:08
Speaker 1: back after a broken leg he suffered in Week five
22:10
Speaker 1: last season. Then they have Quinn Miners, who's a right
22:12
Speaker 1: guard who they could keep in the mix on that group.
22:15
Speaker 1: But that's about it. Right tackle is something they've been
22:17
Speaker 1: trying to fix for the last eight seasons. Now, free
22:19
Speaker 1: agency is gonna be something we're gonna keep an eye
22:22
Speaker 1: on because we know they don't have a ton of picks.
22:23
Speaker 1: So see what they do in terms of who Sean
22:25
Speaker 1: Payton likes in terms of plugging in and free agency,
22:28
Speaker 1: but also the draft with pick sixty seven and sixty eight,
22:31
Speaker 1: those with their first two in this draft because of
22:33
Speaker 1: the Russell Wilson trade, they do believe there's interior offensive
22:37
Speaker 1: lineman that could fit around that spot of the draft. Also,
22:39
Speaker 1: keep your eye on running backs, considering this as a
22:42
Speaker 1: deep draft in running backs, and there's deep running backs.
22:44
Speaker 1: In terms of free agency, I think Mark's gonna talk
22:46
Speaker 1: about that a little bit. They could have their pick
22:48
Speaker 1: without overspending to help out a backfield as they try
22:52
Speaker 1: to get healthier back there in a sense as well. Yeah,
22:55
Speaker 1: Week four, ACL tariff for Javonte Williams. Give him some
22:59
Speaker 1: tent at some time to get back and show that
23:01
Speaker 1: promise that he had to start his NFL career in
23:03
Speaker 1: James Palmer looking in at the af See West, Thanks
23:05
Speaker 1: James Dore. We go, we go, we don't play, We
23:09
Speaker 1: don't place my white? Do we go? We go? We
23:14
Speaker 1: don't make? We don't race by hunt touchdown on second
23:22
Speaker 1: of the night for Jamal Williams. Why what a move
23:25
Speaker 1: he decided to run angry gotown goes fever. Do we go?
23:31
Speaker 1: We don't do? We go? We don't make? Looking forward
23:43
Speaker 1: to free agency frenzy on Sunday. But here on Friday,
23:46
Speaker 1: let's mark the spot. Let's bring in our front office
23:49
Speaker 1: perspective with Mark Ross as Mark, We're gonna chart the
23:51
Speaker 1: locations the destinations for some of these free agent running backs.
23:54
Speaker 1: Let's start with the dude leading the NFL and rushing touchdowns,
23:57
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, where's the spot man? Jamal Williams has got
24:01
Speaker 1: to go back to Detroit. Patrick. I mean, when you've
24:04
Speaker 1: got a person there that it was productive as a player,
24:08
Speaker 1: which he was when they signed him. Detroit signed him
24:10
Speaker 1: in the free agent in twenty one. But also it
24:13
Speaker 1: comes down to be off the field as well. Jamal
24:16
Speaker 1: Williams has been a leader. He's beloved by the fans,
24:18
Speaker 1: beloved by his teammates. So it's not just the on
24:21
Speaker 1: field play, it's the total package of a player on
24:23
Speaker 1: and off the field. And when you're comfortable with a
24:25
Speaker 1: player and you have a great fit with the player
24:28
Speaker 1: on the field and off, there's no need to look
24:30
Speaker 1: outside to try to replace him. DeAndre Swift, the first
24:33
Speaker 1: round pick from a couple of years ago, really hasn't
24:35
Speaker 1: lived up the expectations. Jamal Williams has over exceeded his
24:40
Speaker 1: expectations when they signed him. So you gotta keep Jamal
24:43
Speaker 1: Williams there in Detroit. Okay, let's leave Jamal Williams. We'll
24:47
Speaker 1: go from a guy who scored zero touchdowns a couple
24:49
Speaker 1: of seasons to go to having almost a career year
24:51
Speaker 1: of Miles Sanders over twelve hundred yards rushing, eleven touchdowns.
24:55
Speaker 1: What's the spot, Mark, Well, Miles Sanders. Let's get him
24:59
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati with the Cincinnati Bengals. You mentioned Miles Sanders
25:03
Speaker 1: ascension and improvement, and I don't think he has a
25:05
Speaker 1: lot left. He's been in one prolific offense. Now with Cincinnati.
25:10
Speaker 1: You know Joe Mixon is there, who knows if he's
25:12
Speaker 1: going to be a cat casualty cut there? So my
25:15
Speaker 1: JP Ryan's a free agent. But Miles Sanders offers a
25:18
Speaker 1: different sort of player than those two guys were brinded out.
25:22
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon flashes here and there, but Miles Sanders is
25:25
Speaker 1: really that home run hitter. Get him mountain space. We
25:28
Speaker 1: know about the prolific offense already with Burrow and Chase
25:31
Speaker 1: and hopefully get T Higgins back and Tyler Boyd, but
25:34
Speaker 1: that opens it up for Miles Sanders. The best thing
25:36
Speaker 1: he does is slash and create big yards. Just a
25:40
Speaker 1: different sort of playmaker than the running backs they've had
25:42
Speaker 1: in the past, and I think he could really open
25:44
Speaker 1: up this offense more so than what they've had there.
25:47
Speaker 1: And Joe Burrow and those guys will love Miles Sanders
25:50
Speaker 1: with the hooday nation there. All right, we'll leave the
25:53
Speaker 1: running backs behind and look at the offensive tackles. Let's
25:56
Speaker 1: talk about Orlando Brown mark because with two franchises now,
25:59
Speaker 1: he's been very good, but just not good enough in
26:02
Speaker 1: their view to get a long term deal. Give us
26:04
Speaker 1: the spot for sure. Where's he going to get at
26:07
Speaker 1: some money from a team that depreciates him. Well, the
26:09
Speaker 1: Bears got a lot of money and they better have
26:11
Speaker 1: a lot of love for him because they got to
26:13
Speaker 1: get justin fields. Right, It's all about justin fields. And
26:16
Speaker 1: you just mentioned Orlando Brown has played for two of
26:19
Speaker 1: the most prolific offenses and quarterback backs blocked for both
26:22
Speaker 1: of those guys. Well up, now let's go block for
26:25
Speaker 1: the next guy who I think can take that step
26:27
Speaker 1: and be in the upper echelon of quarterbacks, and that's
26:29
Speaker 1: justin fields. Look, you may have to overpay for Orlando Brown.
26:34
Speaker 1: The Chiefs and Ravens were a position that they did
26:37
Speaker 1: not have to do that. But the Bears are in
26:39
Speaker 1: a completely different situation now where they're trying to ascend.
26:42
Speaker 1: They're trying to see what they have with justin fields.
26:45
Speaker 1: Justin Fields cannot go back out on that field next
26:48
Speaker 1: year and have to be a one man show. You
26:50
Speaker 1: have to put pieces around him to maximize what he does,
26:54
Speaker 1: and every play doesn't have to be on him, where
26:56
Speaker 1: he can just fully develop at his own pace. And
26:58
Speaker 1: I think Orlando Brown would be a first step of
27:01
Speaker 1: many that the Bears need to make Patrick all right
27:03
Speaker 1: big would be a big pickup for them. Let's finish
27:05
Speaker 1: this up mark with Javon Hargrave with the Philadelphia Eagles.
27:09
Speaker 1: Let's the spot there, Yeah, Javon Hargrave, Let's get him
27:13
Speaker 1: out of Arizona. So with his former coach there, Jonathan Gannon,
27:16
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator in Philly, Javon Hargrave after leaving the
27:20
Speaker 1: Steelers going to Philly, another guy that really took another
27:23
Speaker 1: step and really exploded around all that talent around him.
27:26
Speaker 1: And with free agency, your scouts evaluate these guys and
27:30
Speaker 1: they put grave on him. But also your coaches look
27:32
Speaker 1: at these guys ingraded and head coaches have a lot
27:34
Speaker 1: of say in who gets signed and who doesn't get signed.
27:38
Speaker 1: And here you have Jonathan Gannon going to a new place,
27:40
Speaker 1: trying to establish a new identity, put his stamp on
27:44
Speaker 1: this team. And a lot of times coaches will bring
27:46
Speaker 1: players with them who were a part of what their
27:49
Speaker 1: success was in the pass and Javon Hargrave was definitely
27:52
Speaker 1: a pillar of what Jonathan Gannon didn't the success that
27:55
Speaker 1: they had in Philly. So what better way to go. Hey,
27:58
Speaker 1: I'm going to new spot, going out to the desert.
28:00
Speaker 1: Let me bring my guy Hargrave here to show these
28:02
Speaker 1: guys how to work and how to implement my system,
28:04
Speaker 1: but also be a heck of a playmaker in that
28:07
Speaker 1: d Now, and you're a heck of a playmaker market,
28:09
Speaker 1: Why do we even need free agency? We got marks
28:11
Speaker 1: the spot here and it's and it's initial voyage. Just
28:16
Speaker 1: I just stay home and relax. Yeah, just charting the course.
28:18
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28:20
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