Latest / Football Junkies podcast / Ep.67: Broken standards
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- 0:00I'ma be honest with you today. I was actually getting ready to start working on the first division
- 0:06I was gonna do for the series for the offseason and whatnot
- 0:09when suddenly, you know
- 0:10I check and see that the Steelers have inquired about Trevor Lawrence and then all of Steelers Twitter just
- 0:17You know blows up in flames
- 0:19Again every single offseason and then a few hours later and Rogers is set to be released by the Jets
- 0:26And then guess what Steelers Twitter once again blows up even more
- 0:31It every single time folks every single time
- 0:38Some people are not gonna like me for what I have to say in this episode, but I
- 0:42Think it needs to be said so
- 0:45Yeah, here we go
- 0:47Here we go. So Steelers have inquired about Trevor Lawrence as I just said as well as Aaron Rodgers. Okay
- 0:53Travis Kelsey is contemplating retirement
- 0:57Kellan Moore has now become
- 1:00the official head coach for the New Orleans Saints and
- 1:05James Cook wants the bag. Okay all of this and more on the 67th episode of football junkies podcast
- 1:11Okay, I am your host with the most okay. I am your GM is not on a team right now, but don't you worry about it?
- 1:18Okay, I am your chief back road anything and everything related to the bag
- 1:23Okay, I am the man with the plan like 30 mock drafts right now in my phone from the first round second round
- 1:30Third round third round to the first round all that and more. Okay, but guess what? I'm all
- 1:36These things and more but most importantly, I am your host Kale
- 1:40You already know how these things are about to go. This might be somewhat of a long episode
- 1:46Okay, I do have my tinfoil hat on but I need you to walk with me. Okay on three one, two, three
- 1:52Let's lock in
- 2:17All
- 2:19Right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league rights now. So
- 2:26Yeah, I
- 2:28Know I'm not supposed to be the person that you know reports on these type of things
- 2:31But I have to because it just caught my attention and there's so much that I have to say about this that's connected to this
- 2:37And whatnot, which is a little bit crazy because both of the two topics actually come with one another but uh
- 2:44Yeah, let's just get into it
- 2:46So apparently according to an insider of Ryan Burr shout out to him
- 2:52the Steelers have inquired about the availability of Trevor Lawrence and
- 2:59Yeah
- 3:00Yeah, that's that's all I'll say first. Okay
- 3:04let's get into all the
- 3:07Financials and whatnot and then we'll get into everything else. Okay, because
- 3:10This is probably one of the most dumbest moves and dumbest ideas anybody could possibly think of this is something that you would do when you're
- 3:19On mad and franchise and there's a favorite player that you really like that. You just want on your team
- 3:24This is that type of stuff. Okay, so when we break things down, okay with Justin
- 3:30Justin I don't know why I think about Justin Fields Trevor Lawrence's contract
- 3:33Okay, so for starters before we go any further he has a no trade clause
- 3:38So if he was to be traded he dictates where he wants to go not the team now when we break things down
- 3:46Moving forward. Okay his cap hit this year is 17 million next year
- 3:5224 million the year after that 35 million the year after that
- 3:5747 million. Okay, and then the two years after that is
- 4:0278.5 and then
- 4:0474.8 million those are his cap hits
- 4:06Okay, but when we break things down by the cap, okay
- 4:10His base salary this year is only 2 million his cap hit is 17 million as I just said his
- 4:17base salary for next year is 2 million and then the year after that is 6 million and then the year after that is
- 4:2211 million and in the last two years it is 50 million and then 53.3 million. So
- 4:30This is what I will say about this
- 4:32This is a very bad decision. Okay, and the reason why I say that is because
- 4:39It'll be one thing if the team was completely built, right?
- 4:43There's not a lot of holes on the team, you know, all you really needed was just a quarterback, right?
- 4:49Then this is when you make that type of move. Okay, but this isn't this isn't a type of roster
- 4:57that you you know
- 4:59You know give up a first or a second or maybe two first in the second and the third or whatever the case may be
- 5:05To get someone like a Trevor Lawrence Trevor Lawrence does not move the needle
- 5:09It does not make you closer to being a contender
- 5:13It does not move the needle to the point where oh you're in the same realm of you know
- 5:19The the Super Bowl caliber teams it doesn't I'm sorry
- 5:22I'm just being honest with you Trevor Lawrence has not lived up to that first overall pick
- 5:28Okay, he's overpaid and he's just not that good folks
- 5:33He's just not that good when when we look at this right because I decided to do a comparison
- 5:39I did a comparison between Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields and then Trevor Lawrence and Russell Wilson
- 5:44Okay, according to pro football reference shout out today
- 5:47So when we look at things Trevor Lawrence had a lower completion percentage against Justin Fields
- 5:53Trevor Lawrence's completion percentage was 60.6 while Justin Fields was 65.8
- 5:59Granted Trevor Lawrence threw more touchdowns
- 6:03Okay at 11, but he also threw seven picks
- 6:07whereas Justin Fields only threw five touchdowns in one pick we all know because
- 6:12After I think it was due to the Colts of the Raiders game. They benched him then they put in Russell Wilson
- 6:16Okay, but when we look things with Trevor Lawrence and Russell Wilson, okay
- 6:21Still it's the same thing Russell Wilson has a higher completion percentage at 63.7%
- 6:28He also has more touchdowns and less interceptions than Trevor Lawrence
- 6:33So I say all that to say this if a 36 year old quarterback in Russell Wilson
- 6:39who by odds do I not want to be on the Steelers this upcoming season and
- 6:45Justin Fields who is still trying to find his way within the league
- 6:50Have better completion percentage and somewhat better seasons than what Trevor Lawrence has had then
- 6:56Why would you want to make a move for someone like a Trevor Lawrence and granted?
- 7:01I understand that as a GM you are supposed to evaluate every single position on your team and
- 7:08Figure out what positions need to be fixed and what positions are fine. I understand that but at the same time
- 7:14You are not going to inquire about someone like this if you have not had the thought or the idea
- 7:22To go after someone like a Trevor Lawrence, but at the same time shortly after this report came out and in it
- 7:29I don't know why I'm thinking about NASA an
- 7:33ESPN reporter Michael D Rocko was told by Jaguars least league source and I quote
- 7:40There's no chance that this could happen. He also said that this move was quote-unquote ridiculous
- 7:47So either one or two things is true
- 7:51either the Jaguars Lee league source that told Michael D Rocko that if that there was no chance and that you know, it's ridiculous is lying or
- 8:01Somebody else within the Jaguars front office or or whatever told Ryan Burr something just to put something out
- 8:09One of the two but the fact of the matter is the Steelers are not in the position to make this type of move
- 8:15You cannot make this type of move when one you have a left tackle who is very inconsistent and
- 8:23Really has not lived up to the hype of being
- 8:25You know drafted as high as he was and you have a rookie right tackle who is coming off of a major injury
- 8:32On top of that, you do not have a number one wide receiver
- 8:36So why in the world would you want to?
- 8:39Potentially trade for any quarterback and this is for any of the quarterbacks that people have you know
- 8:45Will throw out where they be Matthew Stafford or Kirk Cousins or anybody else?
- 8:51Why would you want to trade for anybody if you know that the team is not set for them to be successful?
- 8:58And on top of that you do not have a coaching staff that would help them and bring the best out of them
- 9:04Why would you make this type of move again? I say all that to say this?
- 9:10Buckle up Steelers fans because this is gonna be a long offseason. Okay
- 9:15Because the quarterback position is about to be a carousel. Okay
- 9:20You have people within the Steelers front office that are torn between the both of them
- 9:27And then you also have a section of people within the front office that doesn't want neither one of them
- 9:32So there's there's so much discourse right now on what exactly?
- 9:37The Steelers want to do with their quarterback that you don't know exactly how things are gonna go and grant
- 9:43I understand Justin Fields. You got to give him a chance. You really do have to give him a chance
- 9:47You really really really do but the fact of the matter is
- 9:51Either one or two things are gonna happen this offseason
- 9:55Either they're gonna make a trade for somebody or they're just gonna stick with Justin Fields or Russell Wilson
- 10:01One of those things are going to happen
- 10:04Now am I gonna be the person that has a tin foil hat on and say, you know, whether they're smoke those flames
- 10:10Yes, I will be today
- 10:12Because you're just not about to go to Trevor Lawrence. You're not about to call for Trevor Lawrence. You're just not about to do that
- 10:18No, no, no, no, no, you're not about to do that
- 10:22Keep your eye on this story
- 10:24Because I feel like there's a good chance that if things go left with the Justin Fields
- 10:31You know negotiations as well as the Russell Wilson negotiations. I think they would spin the block on someone like a Trevor Lawrence. I
- 10:39Think they would even spin the block on someone maybe like a columnary
- 10:43I would not be surprised by the end of this week
- 10:46another report comes out that they have inquired about columnary or they've inquired about I
- 10:51Don't know Kirk Cousins or Dak Prescott or any of those guys. I would not be surprised but
- 11:00This is what happens when you go through that transition period
- 11:05From your franchise quarterback to finding your next franchise quarterback
- 11:10now let's get into this whole Aaron Rodgers debacle because
- 11:13once again
- 11:15We have to talk about him, unfortunately
- 11:17But according to multiple insiders Aaron Rodgers is set to be released from the New York Jets
- 11:23Okay
- 11:24Now let's get into these statements that have been put out by both Aaron Glenn and their G other GM Darren
- 11:31Moghi as well as their owner, Woody Johnson
- 11:34Okay, so let's do the first one with Aaron Glenn in the GM and I quote last week
- 11:39We met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction that quarterback
- 11:43It was important to have this discussion now to provide clarity and enable each of us the proper time to plan for our respective
- 11:51Futures we want to thank him for the leadership passion and dedication
- 11:55He brought to the organization and wish him success moving forward end quote. That's from Aaron Glenn in the GM
- 12:01Okay, now we look at Woody Johnson's quote
- 12:05Maybe a little bit similar
- 12:06Maybe a little bit different. I don't know you are the only person that can you know decipher that so here goes
- 12:13In that quote I personally want to thank Aaron for his time at the New York Jets
- 12:18His arrival in 2023 was met with unbridled excitement and I will forever be grateful
- 12:23That he chose to join us to continue his Hall of Fame career from day one
- 12:28He embodied all that it meant to be a New York jet
- 12:31Embraced our fans and immersed himself in our city
- 12:34That is what I remember most when I look back at his time here
- 12:38He will always be welcome and I wish him only the best in whatever he chooses to do next end quote
- 12:44And that's from Woody Johnson now when we look at the financials with this
- 12:48Okay, the Jets will still have to take a 49 million dollar dead cap hit, right?
- 12:53But most likely this is going to be a post June 1st designation
- 12:57Meaning that the 23.5 million dollar cap hit will be carried until June 1st
- 13:03However, when it drops to 14 million the Jets will save 9.5 million in cap
- 13:09But will take a 35 million dollar cap hit in 2026
- 13:12So either way they are still facing some type of backlash and they do have multiple options where they could you know
- 13:19Break it down so that they can you know stretch out the cap hit just so they don't take it all directly
- 13:25Or they can just take it all directly and then you don't have to worry about it
- 13:29You know moving forward but all in all this was expected
- 13:32There's not a whole lot really to say about this
- 13:36But I don't want to be the person that told you so but I told you so okay
- 13:41I called this from the minute that this happened that this was not going to end well
- 13:46And it wasn't even to be super negative or whatever
- 13:49It was just a simple fact that someone like an Aaron Rodgers at times you have to question
- 13:55How much is he committed to the game?
- 13:58Whereas someone like a Tom Brady or Peyton Manning you never have to question that
- 14:04When Tom went to Tampa Bay, he was committed you want to know how committed he was they were doing
- 14:10practice at the park
- 14:12During kovic during the height of kovic. Okay, Peyton Manning
- 14:17He was fully committed when he went to the Broncos fully committed with it
- 14:22So I say all that to say this I
- 14:25Feel like there are so many bridges that have been burned with Aaron Rodgers that I think
- 14:31Teams view him more as a liability more than the asset and granted
- 14:37I understand you know sometimes we can burn our own bridges and we can definitely mess up
- 14:42You know certain relationships that we have but come on man
- 14:47Come on. It's starting to look like you know you might just be just a backup quarterback at this point
- 14:54And granted I understand you know some people will say well
- 14:57He didn't have a good offensive coordinator or he didn't have this or didn't have that they got all of his receivers
- 15:03They got some of his boys. They did everything even got a person that used to work with him in Green Bay
- 15:09It made him the offensive coordinator. They did all of that and guess what it still was not enough
- 15:15I think at this point thing Aaron has to have a real conversation with himself and
- 15:20Possibly just you know say you know what it's time. I understand
- 15:24You know your body tells you one thing, but your mind says something else, but at this point just walk away
- 15:31Walk away from the game of football you have nothing else to prove in the game of football
- 15:36You will go down in history as one of the best
- 15:40quarterbacks of all time
- 15:41And you will go down in history as well as one of the greatest throwers of the ball not to mention
- 15:47You're gonna get a gold jacket so there's no need for you to continue to keep playing
- 15:53When we all know that going well, you're really not committed to this thing
- 15:57So I say all that to say this at this point
- 16:01The options for Aaron Rodgers is very slim
- 16:05So for any Steelers fan out there because this goes back to the Steelers as well any Steelers fan out there that says
- 16:10Oh, we should try to get Aaron Rodgers. No
- 16:13No, no, no
- 16:15No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no because you know why guess what's gonna happen any rifts any problems any
- 16:24Disagreements that are happening within the locker room guess what it's gonna be made for everybody
- 16:29They know because why you're on the Pat McAfee show and if I'm not mistaken
- 16:33I think there was a report from I think either Diana Rusini or or somebody that said that one of the factors
- 16:41For the Jets cutting Aaron Rodgers was because he was on the Pat McAfee show and they didn't want him on the Pat McAfee show anymore
- 16:49so at this point just be immediate personality at this point just be immediate personality
- 16:56That's on the Pat McAfee show, you know every Tuesday or whenever and just go from there. Okay
- 17:03Because you trying to go to another team. No granted. I understand he can throw the ball really good
- 17:10It looks amazing great. But guess what not on the Steelers? Okay, if we make this move for the for Aaron Rodgers
- 17:18I'm telling you I will go on a whole hour rant about this team in the state of this team
- 17:24Oh and guess what apparently?
- 17:28Another bombshell with this whole Trevor Lawrence situation. I thought we were done talking about it, but clearly we're not
- 17:34Apparently according to Noah's track bind from all Steelers talk
- 17:38There has been a direct source within the Steelers front office that has said and I quote simply not true
- 17:47So I'm saying all that to say this folks somebody is lying
- 17:55Somebody is lying
- 17:57Why in the world of all the fan bases in the world you could have done this to the Cardinals
- 18:02You could have done this to the Cowboys. You could have done this to the Saints. You can does to the Giants
- 18:08You could have done it with anybody else
- 18:10But you decided to do it with the one team the one team that's going through some foolishness right now with their quarterback position
- 18:18Why?
- 18:20Why?
- 18:21Why?
- 18:22Why would you do that?
- 18:24Why would you do that? This is exactly what what the senior Pittsburgh Steelers source said? Okay, and I quote
- 18:31There has never been nor was there at any time implied or directly in imposition about Trevor Lawrence
- 18:39Whoa, and this is exactly why folks sometimes you got to be careful with your sources because
- 18:46Somebody's lying. I don't know who it is because I don't have you know the direct knowledge with
- 18:52With any of these folks, maybe I will you know soon, but uh somebody lying
- 18:57Somebody lying you know what I'll make a phone call. I'm once this
- 19:03Episode is out. I'll make a phone call with somebody try to see if I can get some
- 19:08Get some inside information. You know, I I think I might have an insider
- 19:11You know with the Cleveland Browns and whatnot shoot. I might even have an insider with the 49ers. Who knows?
- 19:17Hey, I might even be the person that tells you where T. Higgins is gonna go before everybody else does who knows
- 19:22You just can't make this stuff up man, you cannot make this stuff up somebody is lying
- 19:29I'ma keep on saying this until the cows come home think about it
- 19:35Yes, I have my tinfoil hat on. Yes. It's a new tinfoil hat on as well
- 19:39But let's get into the more serious topic and that is Travis Kelsey contemplating
- 19:45retirement
- 19:46And granted retirement, you know
- 19:48The the the retirement talk as a whole is not something that you can be like super like funny about and whatnot
- 19:55Sometimes you have to take it, you know super seriously, but
- 19:58Based off of what I heard because I actually watched the episode
- 20:02You can tell by Travis Kelsey's demeanor that that he's just like he's tired. He's beat up
- 20:09For him to say what he said
- 20:12Definitely lets you know like he has more years of experience
- 20:15Definitely lets you know like he has more years behind him than ahead of him
- 20:20I would not be surprised if he plays one more season
- 20:24They win the championship and he just rides off into the sunset
- 20:27But let's just get into the quote that he put out. Okay, so this is what he says in that quote
- 20:32I know everybody wants to know whether or not i'm playing next year and right now i'm just kicking everything down the road
- 20:37I'm kicking every can I can down the road. I'm not making any crazy decisions
- 20:42But right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches
- 20:48Understanding that there's a lot that's going into this thing
- 20:51The fact that we keep going to these aFC championships and super bowls
- 20:55That means i'm playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the entire league
- 21:00That's a lot of wear and tear on your body. It's a lot of time spent in the building
- 21:04That process can be grueling it can weigh on you
- 21:07It can make you better and it can drive you crazy at the same time
- 21:11Right now it was one of the things where it was driving me crazy this year
- 21:15It happens as you tail off towards the back
- 21:18nine of your career
- 21:20That's that's a weird thing
- 21:23As you see yourself or feel yourself not having the success that you once used to have
- 21:28It's a tough pill to swallow on top of that to not be there in the biggest moments knowing your team is counting on you
- 21:35Those are extremely hard things. It's just a tough reality
- 21:38I'm not half-assing it. I'm fully here for them and I think I can play
- 21:43It's just whether or not i'm motivated or if it's the best decision for me as a man as a human as a person to take on
- 21:49That responsibility end quote now that is a lot for what he said
- 21:54But he's being honest and he's being transparent. It does take a toll on your body
- 21:59Especially the position that you play where you are going to get hit at some point
- 22:04You are going to take a big hit from somebody
- 22:09and so
- 22:11This is the price of going deep into the playoffs granted you get to play a little bit longer
- 22:18Granted you do have a chance to hold up a lombardi
- 22:21But at the end of the day as you get older it takes longer for you to recover, you know
- 22:28From each and every season
- 22:30And so travis kelsey is letting it be known like listen
- 22:32I'm here for my teammates. I'm here for everybody else
- 22:35but right now
- 22:37I'm not really thinking about that
- 22:39You know
- 22:40We'll when when the time comes for a decision we'll cross that bridge when we cross that bridge and i'm 100%
- 22:46You know in agreement with him
- 22:48But if he does retire he's going to get a gold jacket
- 22:51He's going into the hall of fame. He is one of the greatest tight ends of all time
- 22:56I'm not saying he's the greatest but i'm saying he's one of the greatest
- 23:00Okay, because in my mind I still think it's gronk. Okay, just being honest here
- 23:06If you guys saw
- 23:08The run that gronk was on in his prime before all those injuries started to stack up
- 23:16Unguardable, okay
- 23:18This dude was doing it all
- 23:22They would have safeties come down in the box to try to see if they can just stop him still didn't work
- 23:28But at the same time I do believe and i'll continue to say it
- 23:33If travis kelsey does decide to play again
- 23:36I think this will probably be the last year
- 23:39I don't think he's going to be playing, you know, another two or three or five years. I just don't see it
- 23:45But we have to talk about somebody that's going back to the bayou and that is kellen moore. That's right folks kellen moore
- 23:52Is now the saints head coach
- 23:55I
- 24:03Said it I said it I said it kellen don't do it
- 24:07Don't do it kellen. Don't do it and guess what you did. You decided hey
- 24:12I'm still gonna do it though and he did it and now he's the head coach for the saints
- 24:16Probably one of the worst jobs you could have ever took in to be a first-time head coach
- 24:21You're gonna take this this burning pile of garbage you're gonna do this
- 24:28brother either you're a magician or you do voodoo because
- 24:33They are gonna have to do some serious sorcery in order to turn this team around
- 24:36But let's get into the quote that uh saints owner gail benson has put out and I quote
- 24:43At the start of the interview process. It was important to find a head coach who was the right fit for the new orleans saints organization
- 24:49Through the search process it became clear that kellen is the right person to help us reestablish a winning program and culture
- 24:56That our fans are accustomed to and have come to accept
- 24:59I will also like to thank darren rizzi for his service as an interim head coach and leading our team this past season
- 25:05I am truly great for him end quote and this comes from katherine terrell from esp and this comes from her article shout out to her
- 25:12This was a horrible move. Okay, horrible horrible horrible horrible move and the reason why I say that is because
- 25:21Usually when you become a head coach, you don't want to have a little bit of flexibility, right?
- 25:25You got a you know, a lot of cap space. You got you know, a high draft pick
- 25:31You got something that you can build off of right? There is nothing that you can really build off of with the saints
- 25:38There's uncertainty with derrick car
- 25:40The roster is going through someone of a rebuild. Okay
- 25:45What exactly do you have that you can say? Hey, this is something that we can build off of nothing
- 25:52Chris allame probably does not want to be there anymore
- 25:55And I wouldn't be surprised if there's other players that don't want to be a part of a rebuild as well
- 25:59So what exactly do you have not to mention you have no cap space because why all of those years of continuing to?
- 26:07Push money down the road and push money down the road and keep on kicking the can down the down the road
- 26:13And now guess what the cans right there and it's time for you to pay up
- 26:17So now you are going to have to wait until your books are cleaned
- 26:21Then you can try to see if you can finagle some people to you know
- 26:26Come in and you know play for you and whatnot
- 26:30Unless you're going to get Kenny picking you're going to get Kenny pick a 30 plus million
- 26:33Get Kenny picking you're going to get Kenny pick a 30 plus million. So what exactly?
- 26:38Made you think that this was a great opportunity. I would have waited and just stayed
- 26:45with the eagles for one more year
- 26:48And then by then you would have a more clear cut, you know idea of what destinations you will want to go to
- 26:56Not just choose one of the worst jobs that everybody has said that it is a horrible job to take just because of the situation
- 27:04That they're in right now. You're going to have to go through a hard
- 27:08Rebuild with this team
- 27:11You have to figure out what you're going to do at quarterback. You have to figure out what you're going to do at
- 27:15You know receiver running back
- 27:17You already know that's fine because you got alvin camara and you have to figure out what you're going to do with defense
- 27:21Is cam jordy going to want to stay there for a rebuild?
- 27:23I don't think so is damario davis going to want to stay there for rebuild
- 27:27I don't think so. It's tyrone matthews going to want to stay there. I don't think so
- 27:32So you have a lot of decisions that you are going to have to make moving forward and then not to mention
- 27:36You're bringing on brandon staley
- 27:38brandon staley really that guy
- 27:42that guy
- 27:44The guy that choked away a playoff game against the jackwars that guy come on, please
- 27:49Give me a break. I would not be surprised within the first two years
- 27:54There are insiders that are talking about you know various situations about kellen moore and how bad his coaching is or how bad?
- 28:00The situation is and how they want out I would not be surprised but on to the final topic and that is james cook
- 28:08Wanting 15 million a year so recently he was on ig live and on the pin comment. It just said 15 million a year
- 28:1516 million a year now granted. I understand that you know, he definitely wants to get paid and that's perfectly fine
- 28:21But we have to look at everything from a broad perspective. Okay, so when we look at it
- 28:27He's had back-to-back seasons of a thousand rushing yards, which is great
- 28:32But this year this was his best year by far. Okay, he had
- 28:381009 rushing yards. He averaged
- 28:404.9 rushing yards per carry and he had 16 touchdowns 16 touchdowns
- 28:47Compared to last year. He only had two touchdowns
- 28:50James cook is a very productive running back
- 28:54But paying him 15 million. I don't know
- 28:57Do I think they'll probably try to get as close as they can to maybe 15?
- 29:02I don't think he's you know in the same conversation as a saquon barkley or christian mcaffrey or alvin camara or
- 29:10A jonathan taylor. I don't think he's in that same tier now. Is he in that maybe second to third tier?
- 29:17Now we have a you know a legitimate conversation that we have to have
- 29:22But he's not in that first tier of running backs now the bills have options
- 29:27They can franchise tag them they can you know do all different types of tags they can try to see and you know
- 29:35Maybe come to a mutual understanding with like a good number that benefits everybody
- 29:41There's different ways that they can do about this right, but when we look at spot racks, you know market value for james cook
- 29:46It's a four-year forty point eight million dollar deal which is around ten point two million a year
- 29:52Which is you know relatively good now do I think he maybe deserves a little bit more?
- 29:57Possibly you can probably bump it up to maybe about 11 maybe 12
- 30:01But either way we look at it one or two things are going to happen
- 30:04Either they're going to give him the 15
- 30:06But they're going to structure in a way to where he basically gets
- 30:10You know at least 50 to 60 percent of the money upfront or they're going to try to backload it or
- 30:17They'll just let him just hit free agency, and they'll just draft one because you have people like omari on Hampton
- 30:23by show to and Caleb Johnson Devon Neil
- 30:27quinch on
- 30:29a junkie's trevion Henderson you have a slew of
- 30:34Different types of running backs in this upcoming draft that you can get
- 30:38So the bills do have options if they do not want to pay James cook 15 million
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- 30:45It's an option
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