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Chris Olave Signs $132M Extension with Saints + Matt's Instant Reaction · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: news from Adam Schefter. The New Orleans Saints and Chris
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  Speaker 1: Olave have agreed to a contract extension. And I'm in
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  Speaker 1: no way surprised because it is absolutely what I've said
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  Speaker 1: it was going to be all along. But I am
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  Speaker 1: very disappointed because I was right. It's exactly what I
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  Speaker 1: said it was going to be all along. The Saints
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  Speaker 1: have signed Chris A Lave to a four year extension
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  Speaker 1: worth up to one hundred and thirty two million dollars,
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  Speaker 1: with ninety million of it guaranteed. Chris A. Lave is
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  Speaker 1: represented by the Rosenhouses. When you look at that average
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  Speaker 1: annual value, that's about thirty three million dollars per year,
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  Speaker 1: which means only Jackson Smith and Jigba Jamar Chase, Drake London,
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  Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, and Ceedee Lamb will make more money on
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  Speaker 1: an average annual basis than Chris a Lave. The Saints
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  Speaker 1: just paid Chris a Lave effectively like the sixth highest
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  Speaker 1: paid receiver in the NFL. To me, that is not smart.
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  Speaker 1: And as we've talked about a Lave all off season
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  Speaker 1: and this contract, I really I wish we had this
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  Speaker 1: clip pulled him. Have to grab it another time. But
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about it all throughout the offseason, and two
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  Speaker 1: things can be true at the same time. This is
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  Speaker 1: the part that so often when we had this conversation
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  Speaker 1: people miss because they think I'm attacking Chris Olive or
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  Speaker 1: saying he's not a good player. None of that is true.
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  Speaker 1: I am not attacking Chris Olive. I think he's been
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  Speaker 1: a model teammate. I think the concussions are scary two
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  Speaker 1: years ago, to be perfectly honest with you, but he
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  Speaker 1: had a fully healthy season last year and had a
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  Speaker 1: career year, and good for him. When you're in a
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  Speaker 1: contract year and you have a career year, you're generally
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  Speaker 1: going to cash in awesome fire it up for him.
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  Speaker 1: I look at it through the prism, however, of how
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  Speaker 1: good is this player relative to the position in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: and how do you pay them accordingly? And Chris Alave,
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  Speaker 1: as I've said over and over and we have backed
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  Speaker 1: it up with all the data and all the metrics,
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  Speaker 1: Chris Olave is a bottom tier starter in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a mid tier number one, but he would be
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  Speaker 1: like the best number two in the NFL. The New
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  Speaker 1: Orleans Saints just used a top ten pick on a
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver if they felt Chris Lave was the game breaker.
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  Speaker 1: You don't go use a top ten pick on a receiver.
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  Speaker 1: They drafted three receivers this year, and I understand that
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  Speaker 1: other contracts get done and that continuously resets the market.
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  Speaker 1: The Falcons paying Drake London one hundred and forty one
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  Speaker 1: million dollars thirty five million per year resets the market
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  Speaker 1: to an unreasonable number because a Lave has been a
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  Speaker 1: more productive player than Drake London statistically throughout their time
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. So I'm certain that's what the Rosenhouses
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  Speaker 1: are saying. I just don't like it. I think the
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  Speaker 1: Saints overspent on a guy that is probably a low teens,
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  Speaker 1: high twenties receiver in the NFL, probably somewhere in that range.
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  Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus put up their receiver rankings, they had
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  Speaker 1: a Lave twelve. Okay, even if a Lave's twelfth in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, you're talking about right around, you're talking about
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  Speaker 1: like T Higgins Jalen Waddle range twenty eight million. I
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  Speaker 1: still think that's too much. I think Chris Olave, as
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  Speaker 1: we've said many times, should be in the twenty million
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  Speaker 1: dollar range. I think Chris Olave should be in that
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, Chris Godwin, Devonte Adams, Alvin Ridley, like that,
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  Speaker 1: Christian Watson, that twenty two million dollar echs. I think
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  Speaker 1: the Saints are overpaying by about ten million bucks a year. Now.
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  Speaker 1: It ain't my money, but it is my favorite team,
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  Speaker 1: and they have been notoriously awful with the salary cap,
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  Speaker 1: and I think they did just overpay. I think they
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  Speaker 1: just paid a lower tier number one or elite level
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  Speaker 1: number two, like an elite level number one. I mean
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  Speaker 1: he on an average annual basis. The only receivers in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL that will be making more per year than
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  Speaker 1: Chris Olave are Jackson Smith and Jigba Jamar, Chase Drake London,
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  Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, Cedde Lamb. That's it. Chris Alave will be
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  Speaker 1: pay making more than DK Metcalf, Garrett Wilson, Tera McLaurin, A. J. Brown,
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  Speaker 1: Amanas Saint Brown, Brandon, au T Higgins. I mean, go
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  Speaker 1: down the list, and if I ask you the question,
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  Speaker 1: if I gave you DK Metcalf or Chris Alave, who
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  Speaker 1: would you take? You know the answer. If I said, hey,
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  Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson or Chris Alave, you know the answer. That's
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  Speaker 1: the problem I have. And it's illustrated even further by
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  Speaker 1: the fact that they used the ninth pick on a receiver.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you drafted franchise left tackles each of the
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  Speaker 1: last two years. You weren't going in free agency to
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  Speaker 1: spend on a left tackle. You paid Chase Young like
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  Speaker 1: a number one edge rusher. You didn't go into the
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  Speaker 1: draft to pick a number one edge rusher. So again,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not surprised. This is what we said was gonna
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  Speaker 1: happen all off season. They were gonna pay him like
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  Speaker 1: a top five receiver in the NFL. The market had
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  Speaker 1: been set. They're validating their decision to draft him and
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  Speaker 1: keep him and all this sort of stuff, and he's
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  Speaker 1: a good productive player. He also this past season, Chris
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  Speaker 1: Olave was a volume receiver. He was he had a
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  Speaker 1: career year, but he was also playing in a receiver
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  Speaker 1: room that was featuring Samari Torre and I you know,
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  Speaker 1: de Von Velay until he got hurt and Ronnie Bell. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: throw it to twelve. You used the first round pick
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  Speaker 1: on him. He's the only guy you got. Force the
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  Speaker 1: ball to twelve. Well, this year, I don't think it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a bullet prediction. Chris Olave's production is gonna
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  Speaker 1: drop because you've got Jordan Tyson, and you've got Devon
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  Speaker 1: Velea coming off of injury, and you got Jalen Polk
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  Speaker 1: there as well, And you drafted Barry and Brown, and
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  Speaker 1: you drafted Bryce Lance, and you've drafted Oscar delp and
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  Speaker 1: you brought in Noah Fans, and you've got Juwan Johnson
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  Speaker 1: like all of us, and you've got Travis Achen and
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  Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara's back all of a sudden, you got toys everywhere,
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  Speaker 1: so you don't have to keep forcing the ball to twelve.
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  Speaker 1: I like Chris Olave again, like this is not a
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  Speaker 1: knock on Chris Lave. I think Chris Alave deserves to
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  Speaker 1: be paid. I think Chris Alave is a really good player.
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  Speaker 1: I think Chris Alave has been a great teammate and
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  Speaker 1: has been good in the culture of New Orleans and
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  Speaker 1: wants to be in New Orleans. And I'm not even
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  Speaker 1: worried about the concussions like a season ago, beaus he
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  Speaker 1: made it through a full season and stayed healthy, which
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  Speaker 1: is awesome and we all want to see. I just
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  Speaker 1: think they overpaid. Two things can be true at the
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  Speaker 1: same time. You can think Chris Lave is great and
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  Speaker 1: you can want him in New Orleans, but you also
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  Speaker 1: have to decide, like what is he worth. It's no
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  Speaker 1: different than a Lante Taylor or Paulson Adebo or any
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  Speaker 1: of the free agents the Saints of watch walk Trey Hendrickson,
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  Speaker 1: because they have to decide who they're going to pay,
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  Speaker 1: and in my opinion, they overpaid for Chris Alave. Hope
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  Speaker 1: I'm wrong. I hope he goes out and has four
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  Speaker 1: All Pro receivers and becomes the best receiver in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: But I think they just overpaid for a guy that
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  Speaker 1: is probably an elite, elite, elite level number two, a
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  Speaker 1: good number one, an elite level number two. I think
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  Speaker 1: they just overpaid for him. Tom willtail I him right
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  Speaker 1: or wrong, and I expect all of you to disagree
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  Speaker 1: with me. By the way, I don't expect anybody to
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  Speaker 1: agree with that sentiment. But all any of you are
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  Speaker 1: going to hear, though, is that I think they overpaid
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  Speaker 1: Chris A. Lave. So you're going to think that I
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  Speaker 1: said it. Chris Alave's bad. I've never said that it's
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  Speaker 1: a fantastic football player, an elite football player. He's just
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  Speaker 1: not a top five receiver in the NFL. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't think I'm going out on a limb in saying
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  Speaker 1: that