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Kenneth Walker III leaves Seahawks for Chiefs, Mike Evans joins 49ers | Sherman Free Agency Reaction · The Richard Sherman Podcast

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Speaker 1: And we got another big splash this off season. Mike
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Speaker 1: Evans to the San Francisco forty nine Ers. This is
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Speaker 1: a move that I thought made a lot of sense
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Speaker 1: in a lot of ways for both sides. But I
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Speaker 1: wasn't sure Mike Evans would ever leave Tampa Bay. And
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Speaker 1: the conversations with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch must have
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Speaker 1: been fantastic because he's a San Francisco forty nine er
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Speaker 1: now three year, six million dollars up to sixty million
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Speaker 1: dollars deal for a true X receiver, a future Hall
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Speaker 1: of Famer, a guy that can change the complexity of
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Speaker 1: a game and a heartbeat, a guy that you could
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Speaker 1: put a fifty to fifty ball up to and he
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Speaker 1: make a play, runs the entire route. Treat a true
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Speaker 1: X receiver sixty five two thirty aggressive, a great blocker,
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Speaker 1: a great teammate. If you think about it, on the field,
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Speaker 1: he's going to be a fantastic addition, a safety blanket
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Speaker 1: for brock Perdy. I mean, I would have guess he's
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Speaker 1: getting on hundred and twenty targets this season. Fingers cross
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Speaker 1: he stays totally healthy. But a bona fide one number
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Speaker 1: one receiver. Guy who can win win one on one matchups,
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Speaker 1: winning man coverage, a guy who has dealt with double
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Speaker 1: double teams, a smart player, a guy that can be
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Speaker 1: a mentor for this young receiver group. An incredible leader,
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Speaker 1: an incredible, consummate professional. He's gonna if he if he's healthy,
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Speaker 1: he's gonna practice, He's gonna practice hard. He's gonna do
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Speaker 1: things the right way. He's gonna help guys that ask
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Speaker 1: him for help. He's gonna show guys how to do
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Speaker 1: things off the field. I mean, they're not just bringing
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Speaker 1: in a great player and a Hall of Fame player,
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Speaker 1: but a hall of fame all around well rounded guy
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Speaker 1: and human being. And I think that's what's gonna make
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Speaker 1: this such a great addition to the San Francisco fort nine.
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Speaker 1: As you'll see the results on the field, but off
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Speaker 1: the field and the impact that he has on these
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Speaker 1: young receivers is gonna be immense, And that's something I
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Speaker 1: really look forward to seeing. How many more go balls?
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Speaker 1: Is fifty to fifty go balls? Is brock Purty gonna
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Speaker 1: put up? I would guess that number is gonna double,
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Speaker 1: no question about that. Are they going to make another
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Speaker 1: splash in this this offseason with this with these receivers,
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Speaker 1: could they potentially pursue a guy like Shahid, a deep threat,
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Speaker 1: a speed guy to partner with with Mike Evans and
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Speaker 1: Ricky Pursaul Potentially, I think that's that's something that I
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Speaker 1: would expect them to at least kick the kick the
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Speaker 1: tie on. But again, this is a huge, huge deal
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Speaker 1: for the San Francisco forty nine ers, getting a true
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Speaker 1: number one receiver who can do it all, who can
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Speaker 1: do it all, who can take the top off the defense,
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Speaker 1: who can run the intermediate routes, who can live in
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Speaker 1: the middle of the field and and and take big hits. Uh.
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Speaker 1: He could be a run that one after catch guy
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Speaker 1: at times. If he if he catches a lane, he
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Speaker 1: can he can get you a first down running slants. Uh.
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Speaker 1: He uses his body well. I mean, this is just
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Speaker 1: a guy who's done it. I mean, for him to
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Speaker 1: have so many consecutive thousand yard seasons. The only other
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Speaker 1: guy he's tied with Jerry Rice. The forty nine are
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Speaker 1: all time great, the all the goat at the receiver position.
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Speaker 1: And for him now to to call San Francisco home,
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Speaker 1: it's really cool. Now. The question I have is what
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Speaker 1: number is he gonna wear? Because he's not gonna wear
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Speaker 1: thirteen obviously, I brock Party has Thirteen's gonna be three?
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Speaker 1: Is it gonna be eleven? He's gonna stay in the teens.
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Speaker 1: Is he going to go into the eighties. I don't
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Speaker 1: see Mike going into the eighties, but I could be wrong.
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Speaker 1: But that's another big question. Is he gonna be I
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Speaker 1: mean two? Is three? Four? Non paneroes four? I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I don't know what he's gonna do with his number,
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Speaker 1: but I know this is gonna help the San Francisco
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers immensely in this again arms race in
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Speaker 1: the NFC West and on the other side of the coin.
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Speaker 1: I mean, we got to talk about Eddie Panero, Panero
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Speaker 1: getting secured a four year deal, what he did this season,
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Speaker 1: coming in a guy who had been kind of out
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Speaker 1: of the mix for a while. Was a fantastic pickup,
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Speaker 1: almost perfect this season for the San Francisco forty nine ers.
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Speaker 1: That's great. We're still waiting for a lot of the
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Speaker 1: other dominoes to fall. But on the flip side, the
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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks are having themselves in all season, both retaining
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Speaker 1: guys like Josh Job, who just got retained for eight
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Speaker 1: million dollars a year. I thought that was a phenomenal
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Speaker 1: keep a guy that was essential to the defense they run.
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Speaker 1: They leave him backside a lot of times. He does
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Speaker 1: a great job in both man and man zone coverage,
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Speaker 1: has great zone instincts, great man instincts, great press. It
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Speaker 1: is fine being isolated one on one when it's a
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Speaker 1: three by one and they have man and man backside
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Speaker 1: and the safety's rolling away. He does a fantastic job.
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Speaker 1: And I thought, even for eight million dollars, that's a bargain.
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Speaker 1: That's a bargain for a guy of Josh Job's talent
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Speaker 1: and the way he played this season. So that's a
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Speaker 1: huge keep for the Seattle Seahawks. But they do lose
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Speaker 1: K nine. They lose the Super Bowl MVP, which is
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Speaker 1: something I predicted because of the number that he was
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Speaker 1: going to get to. I thought that other teams like
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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs would be higher on him and
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Speaker 1: have a higher number. And he gets what I believe
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Speaker 1: is the highest per year for a free agent running
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Speaker 1: back in the history of the National Football League at
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Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars a year, three for forty five. And
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Speaker 1: he deserves it. He deserves it, and he's gonna go
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Speaker 1: out there and do fantastic for the Chiefs. And I
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Speaker 1: think the Seattle Seahawks will be fine. I don't think
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Speaker 1: this is gonna be something that is incredibly detrimental to
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Speaker 1: what they have going. I think this is a situation
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Speaker 1: where where what's best for both sides kind of happened.
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Speaker 1: You know, Could the Seattle Seahawks maintain and and and
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Speaker 1: keep all the guys that they're gonna have to pay
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Speaker 1: Witherspoon and and JS and and all the rest of
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Speaker 1: the guys they are gonna have to shell out some
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Speaker 1: money to and keep K nine. I don't think they would.
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Speaker 1: So I think they they took the lesser of these
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Speaker 1: evils and said, hey, K nine, this is what we
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Speaker 1: can offer you if you can go out there and
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Speaker 1: get a huge bag, then congratulations, we love You'll You'll
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Speaker 1: be a Seahawks for life. You'll be a Super Bowl
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Speaker 1: MVP with the Seattle Seahawks for the rest of your life,
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Speaker 1: and that's gonna be a beautiful thing. But I don't
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Speaker 1: think they wanted to prohibit him from going out there
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Speaker 1: and getting them, you know, getting his bag, which is
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Speaker 1: what he did. I think they'll be able to find
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Speaker 1: an explosive running back that they feel comfortable about. I
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Speaker 1: think they feel good about Zach Sharburney and him coming
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Speaker 1: back into the fold, obviously coming off an injury, but
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Speaker 1: I think what he would doing throughout this season is
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Speaker 1: something they felt really good about. And I think another
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Speaker 1: piece of them losing Kobe Bryant is a little bit
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Speaker 1: more detrimental than I would like. But I feel like, again,
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Speaker 1: this is a storm they feel like they could weather.
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Speaker 1: Kobe winning got his three for forty million dollars with
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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, and that's a big time congratulations to him.
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Speaker 1: He deserves it. He's a fantastic player, a fantastic human being,
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Speaker 1: and a guy that will go out there and continue
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Speaker 1: to shine. But again, I think this is a situation
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Speaker 1: where even when guys go other places, I don't think
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Speaker 1: this is a situation where there's bad blood either way.
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Speaker 1: I think the organization wants the best for these guys,
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Speaker 1: and coming off a Super Bowl win, the positive energy
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Speaker 1: is to the max. And I think everybody tries to
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Speaker 1: get paid and there's only so much money that can
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Speaker 1: go around, and you got to keep the important pillar pieces.
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Speaker 1: You got to keep the foundational pieces to your organization
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Speaker 1: and guys that have helped you get here you appreciate.
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Speaker 1: But you also got to understand that, hey, can we
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Speaker 1: draft a guy? Do we have a guy in the
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Speaker 1: in the cut, in our backups that could potentially do
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Speaker 1: the job at a similar level. And I think the
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Speaker 1: Seahawks feel good about it. You know, when he got
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Speaker 1: hurt and was out for a while, Tayakata came in
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Speaker 1: and played at a high level, really really kept this
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Speaker 1: defense going and was flying around. And I think that
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Speaker 1: was an important part of this decision. Not that they
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Speaker 1: wouldn't have wanted to pay Kobe, you know, his his
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Speaker 1: what he's due, but could they pay him and keep
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Speaker 1: the guys that they needed to keep. They're gonna have
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Speaker 1: to pay high dollar numbers for JSN. I would guess
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Speaker 1: he's gonna approach forty million dollars, and I think the
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Speaker 1: same is true for Devin Witherspoon. He's gonna be thirty
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Speaker 1: one million dollars. And if you look at what the
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Speaker 1: Rams just did again, it's an arms race in NFC
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Speaker 1: right now. They traded for Trent McDuffie a couple first
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Speaker 1: a lot of picks, a first round pick, a fifth
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Speaker 1: of six. I mean, we talked about it the other day,
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Speaker 1: and then went on and paid him over one hundred
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Speaker 1: million dollars a year. He's at averaging thirty one million
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Speaker 1: dollars per season with this new deal with the Rams,
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Speaker 1: which is incredibly huge. I mean, that's that's a monumental deal.
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Speaker 1: So congratulations to him, Friend of the program again. Then
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Speaker 1: they go on and pick up Jalen Watson, who was
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Speaker 1: the running mate of Trent McDuffie in Kansas City, and
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Speaker 1: pay him what appears to be seventeen million dollars a year.
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Speaker 1: So you bring in two new corners who haven't played
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Speaker 1: it down for you, who have been fantastic players and
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Speaker 1: played fantastic in big games. Two times Super Bowl champion
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Speaker 1: Jalen Watson and then you inject him into this Rams
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Speaker 1: defense with a really great and aggressive pass rush. They're
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Speaker 1: going to play a lot of man coverage. I'm sure
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Speaker 1: Chris Schula is excited about this. We heard rumblings and
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Speaker 1: rumors that Tarik Woolan may be an option and there
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Speaker 1: may be interest there. I don't think that would be
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Speaker 1: the case anymore after paying these two guys, unless he's
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Speaker 1: you're paying him, unless you're gonna pay another corner over
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Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars, which I highly doubt. But we'll see
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Speaker 1: what this move looks like. I mean, this is this
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Speaker 1: is great. This is gonna be a really formidable Rams
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Speaker 1: defense along with a really aggressive, impotent offense. Obviously, this
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Speaker 1: same team made the NFC Championship last year, and we're
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Speaker 1: a few plays away from winning that game. But the
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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks did more than enough to win that game,
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Speaker 1: and they're the reigning Super Bowl champion, So the Rams
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Speaker 1: are feeling like they have to keep up in this division.
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Speaker 1: Then you got the San Francisco forty nine ers, not
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Speaker 1: only bringing in Mike Effans but just getting healthier. They
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Speaker 1: Fred Warner's back, Nicholas john Bosa is back, and I'm
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Speaker 1: hearing trade rumors and people call them for Fred Warner.
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Speaker 1: I'm sure the forty nine ers are picking up the phone,
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Speaker 1: but I don't think that's a trade that is likely.
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Speaker 1: This organization loves Fred Warner and loves what he means
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Speaker 1: to this organization. I think they want him to be
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Speaker 1: a forty nine Er for life. Crazier things have happened,
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Speaker 1: no question about it, but I don't think that is
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Speaker 1: something at the forefront of their mind unless it's an
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Speaker 1: offer that just really blows them away. I mean, you're
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Speaker 1: talking about two to three first round picks, like something
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Speaker 1: ridiculously incredible that you could not say no to. And
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Speaker 1: I don't see John Lynch making that deal because of
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Speaker 1: what Fred Warner means to this defense. He's the heart
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Speaker 1: of this defense and you could just see it. Last
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Speaker 1: year was a perfect example. When he was not a
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Speaker 1: part of it, it was hard to find turnovers, it
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Speaker 1: was hard to find stops, it was hard to find
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Speaker 1: the kind of consistency that they've been accustomed to. So
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Speaker 1: I don't see that changing. But I'm loving this arms
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Speaker 1: race I'm seeing from the NFC West. Another huge trait
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Speaker 1: that happened this offseason is Max mad Max Max Crosby
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Speaker 1: going to the Baltimore Ravens to help solidify that defense.
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Speaker 1: I think that's a great move for both sides. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: the Raiders are in rebuilt mode with a new staff
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Speaker 1: trying to figure things out. They're having a pretty good
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Speaker 1: offseason signing some guys. They just signed Tyler Linnenbaum to
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Speaker 1: one of the highest paid offensive line contracts in the
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Speaker 1: history of the league. I think they gave him eighty
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Speaker 1: one million dollars. They signed Tyler al Jear, So they're
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Speaker 1: they're they're starting to to to inject a little bit
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Speaker 1: of talent on that side. But I think for the Ravens,
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Speaker 1: this is this is a win now mode. This is
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Speaker 1: strengthening already strong defense and saying hey, we're we're we're
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Speaker 1: gonna be a force to be reckoned with. Baltimore Ravens
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Speaker 1: have been known for their defense for a long time,
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Speaker 1: and obviously they have talent on the other side of
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Speaker 1: the ball with with Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson. But
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Speaker 1: Max Crosby is a game changer on the other side.
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Speaker 1: And if you just look at that division, I'd hate
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Speaker 1: to be a quarterback in that division. You're talking about
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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. With the Cleveland Browns, you're talking about Max Crosby.
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Speaker 1: Now with the Ravens, you don't have Trey Hendrickson anymore.
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Speaker 1: But then you're talking about t J. Watt uh And
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Speaker 1: and the boys over there in Pittsburgh, it's murderers Row.
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Speaker 1: And if you're Joe Burrow, you're like, oh, I mean
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Speaker 1: you might want to start thinking about taking a little
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Speaker 1: less to get you a little bit more protection, Joe.
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Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. You might want to start considering
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Speaker 1: your health. Your health, that's all I'm saying. This has
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Speaker 1: been a great offseason. What's happening in Miami is interesting.
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Speaker 1: It looks like they're going to cut to a tongue
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Speaker 1: of Iloa, which was obvious with the new staff and
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Speaker 1: all this, But how much money they owe him is
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Speaker 1: Oh my god, this dead money stuff is starting to
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Speaker 1: They're gonna pay him fifty million dollars a year to
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Speaker 1: go away. I mean, it's bad. And then you hear
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Speaker 1: the rumors that the Atlanta Falcons are interested in to
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Speaker 1: a tongue of Ailoa, and I just it's hard for
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Speaker 1: me to understand the interest and the god that another
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Speaker 1: team is paying fifty million dollars to go away. But
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Speaker 1: I especially with the way the quarterback situation has been
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Speaker 1: in Atlanta over the last couple of years, you lose
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Speaker 1: your head coach and your general manager because the way
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Speaker 1: the quarterback situation was dealt with, and to walk back
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Speaker 1: in that, I don't want any part of it. But
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Speaker 1: we'll see, you know, to a tongue of Iloa is
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Speaker 1: a good guy and has found a way to play
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Speaker 1: at a high level in this league at times, and
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Speaker 1: maybe a change of scenery would be good for him.
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Speaker 1: But I think if they were that interested, then maybe
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Speaker 1: Miami would have been able to navigate a trade that
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Speaker 1: might have helped them salary cap wise if that was
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Speaker 1: the case. But you know, we'll see how this free
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Speaker 1: agency pans out. But right now, I think this is
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Speaker 1: a fantastic move for the San Francisco forty nine ers,
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Speaker 1: getting them a true number one receiver in Mike Evans. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: all the chaos around the Brandon Ayuk situation, they're getting
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Speaker 1: away from that and starting to find some consistency and
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Speaker 1: just calmness about this situation. I think he's gonna be
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Speaker 1: a June first cut from what I understand about what
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Speaker 1: they've been saying publicly about the Brandon Ayuk situation. I
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Speaker 1: think this helps Ricky Pursall. I think this helps George Kittle.
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Speaker 1: I think this helps the San Francisco forty nine ers
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Speaker 1: in general. As always, we're gonna keep giving you free
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Speaker 1: agency news as it comes up. Stay tuned, stay with
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Speaker 1: us all off season long, because this is gonna be fun.
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Speaker 1: I can't wait and hit that's up. But if you
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