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Episode 23: Broken promises · Football Junkies podcast

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Breaking news breaking news breaking news. That's right. We got a loaded episode folks JJ McCarthy tore his
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His meniscus the Steelers and the 49ers apparently have an agreement in place for the Brandon IEU
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Iq trade as well as Matthew Judo is being shocked around by the Patriots
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teams are looking to cash in on a on a top of top of the line a
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Pass rusher as well as Hassan Reddick is holding out and we still got to continue on talking about
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The brandy and I you a drama. I know you don't like it, but I don't like it either
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But we still got to talk about it as well as quote-unquote America's team
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Jerry Jones is still
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Beefing with CD Lam all of this in more on the 23rd episode of the football junkies podcast. I'm your host
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Bagrid Domus aka chief bag alert
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Meteorologist, okay, your GM who still is not on a team right now
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But has three interviews lined up for an assistant GM role right now
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Who currently is in New York right now eating a chopped cheese the Aki way?
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Kale, let's lock in
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All right, folks, let's not waste any more time we have a whole lot to discuss a whole lot to talk about
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So let's just go right into the meat and potatoes
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Okay, Hassan Reddick outside linebacker for the Jets for now
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has officially requested a trade from them and
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Yeah, this is
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Hmm when you think of a move for the Jets, this is exactly what it is
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They they traded for a person. They don't even have a deal in place
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So now he's requesting a trade and now they're like, oh my god. No, we're not gonna take him. We're not gonna trade
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Oh, we're not gonna get rid of them
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Well, it looks like you're gonna have to do something because this is not looking good
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It's not but you know what we got to talk about this timeline, okay?
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We got to talk about the timeline then we got to talk about the statements the GM has put out and then look at the stats
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As opposed to his market value all this and more. Okay, so let's get into everything, okay?
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And shout out to Diana Rossini
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Insider for the athletic for breaking everything down
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Because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be able to understand the ins and outs of this complicated drama. Okay. I just want it
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Okay, so this is basically what has happened so far
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So the just traded for Hassan Redick knowing that he wanted a contract adjustment quotes, right?
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And all teams, you know that were interested in training for
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Hassan Redick want knew that he wanted a new deal, right?
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But here's the thing though, right?
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So the jets made an offer that was quote-unquote below market before a but Hassan Redick declined it. Okay, cool
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So the jets continue to move forward with the trade without an agreement in place
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Basically meaning like they went forward with the trade without having somewhat of a contract offer, you know on the table that
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You know both sides had agreed on basically, right?
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And so basically the just didn't offer a long-term deal to do to a
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Sion Redick's camp informing them that he would play under the current deal. Cool. This is where things go left
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Okay, so Redick's camp believed that the jets said that they would do a deal and trusted
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Resolution would be done by camp basically by either mini camp or training camp my guess is training camp, right?
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And so the jets called and they said that they were willing to rework the current
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Deal if he showed out. I mean showed up. However, that's not what Hassan Redick has agreed to before this trade
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Now when you look at it, this is a bunch of broken promises lies and
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Just lack of communication. Hey, Hassan Redick is not just your ordinary your ordinary
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Attractor, okay? This is not somebody that you know, just has two or three sacks, you know to his career so far
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Like no you are talking to somebody who is one of the best patch rushers in this league
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Okay, ready yet. You know what before we get into the statement for the GM. Let me just read you the stats, okay?
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So 2023 right he had 29 solo tackles 11 sacks and one-fourth fumble according to ESPN, right now
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Since 2020 right Redick has had four
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four
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double digit sack seasons in a row
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Okay, he's done that
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Now when you break things down and you look at his market value his market value is three years
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79.3 million which is about 26.4 million a year according to who?
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Spot rack shout out to spot rack now when we look at this entire situation, right?
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The jets knew that he was looking for a deal
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They knew that he wanted more money. They knew that they were gonna have to pay him on
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Top dollar in order to keep him. They knew all of these things
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So then why in the world didn't you guys try to hash things out with his representatives in his camp first?
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before
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Even trying to make sure if this deal would go through
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Because now you have somebody who basically has not been with the team
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Since his press conference since he's actually been trading right so
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He doesn't have any chemistry with any of his teammates. He doesn't know the playbook. He doesn't know anything, right?
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And so basically, you know, they're in some one of a situation where they they they got to do something
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they have to do something at this point because
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You cannot just allow him to just sit
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He's sitting and not to mention if we're being real here
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You cannot just you can't just you know, just say oh, we're not gonna trade him when it's like yo
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He said that he wanted a new deal
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Okay, he wanted a new deal. That's why the Eagles. That's why the Eagles made him available for a trade
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Because why they weren't gonna be able to pay him. They weren't
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So guess what you knew exactly what you were doing, but guess what we're not surprised because why the jets continue
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To punch themselves in the throat. Yes, that is a new analogy that I just created and that will be using
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For various situations moving forward
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But they punch themselves on throw every single time just when you think
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They've made just a little bit of progress
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Just when you think they've gotten a little bit farther and they've probably shown something a little bit different and they're breaking out of their
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Old shell guess what they go right back into it and it shows it shows
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100% of the way because there is just no way
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That you think that you're gonna trade for one of the best past rushers in the league and you think that he's just gonna play
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On the deal that he has no he wants more money
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You knew that and you knew it wasn't gonna be no 10 or 15 million dollars
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You knew that it was gonna be almost 30 plus million a year that he was probably gonna be looking for you knew that
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So if you knew it why in the world again
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Did you not take care of the money part before you got into the draft thing and I don't want to hear well
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It was a really competitive, you know trade talks and there were multiple teams that were trying to do this and that I don't want to hear it
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I don't because guess what now you're in a similar way now you're in a situation where guess what he wants out
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He wants out and he's probably going to get out now if I'm the Jets
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I probably would just just send him off somewhere. I would I would send him off somewhere
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Figure out exactly what what can you get for him and just go from there at that point
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I understand that you wanted to to bolster up the team even more I
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Understand that you know having a sign ready on that team especially on that defense makes them more potent
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I get all of that but guess what it's coming at a cost and clearly it's a cost that you guys do not want
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Want to pay and that's just what it is. That's just what it is at this point because
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Well, better yet, let me read the statement for from the GM, right? So this is what he said and I quote
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We have informed we have informed Hassan that he will not that we will not trade him that he is expected to be here with his
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Team mates and that he will continue to be fine per the CBA if he does not report
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Since the trade discussion back in March, we have been clear direct and consistent with our position
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Our focus will remain on the guys we have here as we prepare for the regular season
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Now you know damn well
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That you don't have a patch rusher on that team right now that is as consistent and as lethal as Hassan Reddick
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You know that I know that
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Now if you just pay him the money then maybe you could probably get something of what the Eagles when the Eagles had him
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You probably could because if you have a son right on one side quitting Williams in the middle and then somebody else on the other side
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Come on now. Someone's gonna get through someone's gonna hit that quarterback
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Someone is going to do it
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But if you don't pay him then he ain't gonna show up and that's exactly what's happening right now
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So do I feel bad for them? Nope. Is it the Jets being the Jets? Yep. Is
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Drama like this going to continue? Yep, because why it's the Jets
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J ETS Jets Jets Jets Jets ridiculous
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Absolutely positively ridiculous now moving forward to
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The other news that's going on. So according to Jeremy Fowler. There are teams that are
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Currently, you know inquiring about the availability of Matthew Judon via trade and you know
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I'm not surprised because again, that's another top tier pass rusher
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That is you know that that wants out of his situation that he's in right now, right? And this is somewhat of the same
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Not storyline but the same timeline that a lot of people are going through right now
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Which is they're on a team they want out of that situation. They want to be put in a better situation
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And the team is just not gonna let them go right but at the same time if you are not going to pay them the money that they want
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Or the money that they are worth then just let them go let them go and
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Know maybe maybe during maybe before the the trade deadline
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Maybe you can you know figure out something and you can you know
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Flip those picks for a better player or whatever the case may be right because again
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He wants out
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Okay, he wants out Hassan Reddick wants out those are two top pass rushers
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That you know want to be traded that you know if you put them in the right situation
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They are going to be very productive and that's gonna bolster that defense whatever defense that they go to
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Up a lot it is you were talking about two impact players
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Who respectfully are looking for money? That's just what it boils down to it doesn't well
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Let me say this for Jude on's situation specifically
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It might be a little bit different because he realizes hey, I want to win. I've already gotten paid
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I you know money is good and everything but I want to win a championship right and he probably realizes hey
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Being on this team is probably not gonna be the best option for me to win a championship
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Same thing with assign bullet even with Hassan ready even though he's already I think he's won a championship if I'm not mistaken
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So it's like you know once you have that taste for winning you want to continue to go for it's like a drug
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It really is once you've had your your first hit of it
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you're gonna want to continue to chase that first experience and that's just what it is and
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You know when you have people in the way like you know the Jets in the Patriots that muddies things up because why they're there
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You know behind closed doors. They they they can be saying oh
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We're so disgruntled with them. We don't like him in this and the other we don't like the actions that he but it's like bro
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He's already said it. I don't want to be here
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So if you don't want to be here bounce go let him go
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It's not gonna hurt you you didn't draft him. You didn't pay him top dollar money and you're not going to pay him top
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Dollar money, so let him go. It's not going to hurt your bottom dollar. It's not
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It's not
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It's not gonna be something where it's like. Oh if we lose this person
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It instantly diminishes our chances of winning a championship. No because guess what neither one of those teams are gonna win the championship
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It's just not but again, this is the same rhetoric
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This is the same foolishness that you know continues to happen
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Lately is that teams are just holding out for no reason and it's like dude
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Don't just hold a player if they don't want to be there if things are just so you know
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Just so bad and just so toxic and negative. Let him go. It's not gonna hurt you
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It's not it might be better for the team anyway. Who knows but again, guess what?
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It's not my team now on to this
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Situation with Brandi Nyua can the 49ers of saga continues before we get into the breaking news aspect of it
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The drama continues with you know, Brandi Nyua can the 49ers and it's basically reached a point to where
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Neither side really wants to work something out even though there have been reports that you know that came out that
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You know, Brandi Nyua can you know members of the 49ers had a heart-to-heart moment and they were able to reengage
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You know contract talks and whatnot, but the fact of the matter is that bridge is already burned, right?
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If you weren't if you guys have not talked since you know the earlier parts of this year
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Then what do you think? You know having a heart-to-heart would would be able to to restart things
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That's just what it is like
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Okay, I understand that you want to try to keep your you know keep your guy and whatnot
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But he's clearly show that he does not want to be there. He showed that his actions showed it this entire offseason
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He doesn't want to be there. So don't hold him hostage. Just let him go
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Just let him go because you thinking that you know, you're gonna be able to pay your it's not possible
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It's not that's what the 49ers have been trying to do for the longest time and it's like
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Okay, you're trying to pay everybody top dollar money
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Well at the same time try to win a championship. It does not work at some point
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There's going to be a lack on the roster, right?
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And you would think that you know with the proper coaching and you know everything else and scheming whatnot that you know
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That that lack would be you know filled in and whatnot
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But I guess that's not the case but at the same time you drafted two receivers in this past draft
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You drafted one in the first round and he drafted another one into the later part of the draft
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So what exactly is the problem not to mention you still have what?
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George Kittle, Joanne Jennings, and you still have Christian McCaffrey on that offense and then other players that they've gotten
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So I don't understand what the problem is if the scheme is that potent and if the scheme is that intact
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Then you should be able to you know switch different types different types of players in and out like it's clockwork, right?
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Look at the Chiefs the Chiefs literally have adjusted just a little bit there
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They're offensive scheme based off of the players that they had they didn't try to do the same thing that they did when they had
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McCollard-Harman and Byron Pringle and Tyree Kill. No, they did something different
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And even then they kept the core intact, right?
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And they were still able to do everything that they needed to do so exactly
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I don't understand what the problem is if Kyle Shanahan is the great offensive minded coach that he is
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Then this should not you know worry him
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He shouldn't lose an inch of sleep off of it, but they are trying quote-unquote so hard
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To make sure that they keep Brandon IU that it's like you're hurting yourself more than helping yourself, right?
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If the both of you guys do not want to work together
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move forward
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Move forward because guess what if you all win the Super Bowl guess what you're right
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You were right. You were right. You were right. You were right everything that you did was right
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But if you guys don't win the Super Bowl and you fail again, then it's like, okay something something's not right
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Right because we cannot we cannot sit here and say that you know
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Oh the 49ers, you know, haven't really been you know really even had the best chance. Yes, they've had a
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majority of times that they've been into the Super Bowl from
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2019 to last year guess what they were in it they were in it, but they stopped
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They stopped doing what they were doing in the first half and guess what happened they choked
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They that's what it boils down to and not to mention not to go off on another tangent
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But you cannot pay every you can't reset the market for every single player that you have
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You can't reset the market for every star player that you have you can't I'm sorry
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It does not work like that
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It's not like baseball
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But you can reset the market for all your top for all your top people while at the same time paying everybody else
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It does not work like that
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It doesn't like you have a bigger problem to worry about than Brandon I you it was that bigger problem Trent Williams
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Trent Williams is looking for more money
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You need to be worried about that
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Because that's the bigger problem because guess what if Trent Williams is not on that field
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Come week one there. You're going to have hell to pay for it
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You are because why he's still the best left tackle in the game
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He is and you knew
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Once Christian Derisaw was going to get his deal because you probably caught wind of it
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Because I mean, let's be real here GM's and whatnot all those different type of people they talk
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They talk I don't hear anyone says they all talk right?
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So you probably have had to catch wind that that deal was gonna go that deal was gonna come down sooner or later as
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Soon as that deal was announced by Adam Schefter and all the other insiders
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You should have picked up the phone and you should have called Trent Williams and said let's come to the table
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Let's get you some more money, right?
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Because guess what he's still playing at a very high elite level and you need your left tackle
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There's not a bunch of elite left tackles just sitting somewhere waiting to get traded. It's not that's Trent Williams
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Okay, you have him so you need to prioritize him over Brandon IE
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If Brandon IE doesn't want to be there, let him go
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Let him go. It's not gonna hurt your bottom line. It's not
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Because at the end of the day you still have other players that you have to worry about and pay for right
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You still have Brock Purdy that you have to worry about next year and I understand that you know next year is next year
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No, that had dirt of this season has a lot of ramifications on a lot of different things and people don't
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Understand it because guess what if they lose again? They do not win a championship
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Everything that they've done so far
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With the whole John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan era has been a waste
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From getting the fourth spuckner from getting Javan Hargrave from drafting Nick Bosa to
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You know getting D. Bo Samuel and Brandon IE we could then trading for Christian McCaffrey and then trading for Trent Williams
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And then doing this and doing that all the big moves that they made
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Will all be a waste if they do not hold up a Lombardi trophy. That's what it boils down to
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That's what it is. It's not rocket science. This isn't you know a
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Super complex
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You know situation that that needs to be answered. It's not it's very simple. It very it really is okay
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If a print if a player does not want to be on the team you let them go
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I understand I've been saying this this entire time, but I will continue to say it until you guys understand it
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If a player does not want to be on the team, you let the player go. That's just it
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That's just what it boils down to it's not gonna hurt your bottom line as long as the scheme
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Continues to be productive as long as your other star players continue to show up. That's perfectly fine
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That that just means that guess what somebody else is going to get more touches
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Where that be another receiver?
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Where that be Christian McCaffrey whether that be George Kittle somebody else is going to get more attention now
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That's just what it is and that could be good. That could be bad
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But again, these are all things that we have to wait and see exactly what's going to happen with them
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And even then if we're being honest here
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Mario Cooper has sort of thrown out subliminals that basically say that he's not opposed to being a different situation
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So I wouldn't be surprised if the 49ers, you know, spin the block
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During the season and probably go after someone like an Amara Cooper. Okay, just because you know, they there was some
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Agreement in place. It's just brand-new. It didn't want to go there. So I mean either way you look at it
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It's a messy situation on there in but I feel like it's more of a messier situation with the Steelers because
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You're making this unprecedented move
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Anyone would have a quarterback under contract next year, right? So you have to figure out exactly. What are you going to do?
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At that position because it's either you're going to
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Extend Russell Russell Russell Wilson
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Justin Fields, you're gonna pay for someone like good like a Dak Prescott or you're gonna draft
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Those are gonna those are your four options. You don't have no other options
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You know when it comes to the quarterback position, you just don't I'm sorry and you know
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I don't know about you, but I don't think the Steelers are going to be you know paying 60 million dollars to a quarterback that
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You know hasn't even been to a Super Bowl let alone the NFC championship. I
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Just don't think so honestly personally
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Not to mention you're still going through a lot of the you know ends and outs of
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The somewhat of a soft rebuild and whatnot
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So it's a lot of factors that you have to you know have in place with this type of move because if we can be real here
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You only make this type of move if
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The entire roster is set and right now I can I can honestly be
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Being completely transparent completely honest and say that the roster is not 100%
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In a good place to compete with you know the Ravens or the Chiefs or whatever the top teams in the AFC
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They're not in the position to do that. They're not far from it
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But right now they still have a lot of building to do
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I would venture to say that they probably have
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Maybe one or two more, you know really good drafts that they have to have in order for things to be in a position for
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You know for people to say that their Super Bowl window is open at this point
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Because right now it's not open let alone their playoff window is open. It's not and even then you would you would have to hope and pray
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That somebody else on the other team and in your division would relatively have to be hurt or they would have to have a really bad season
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That's the only way that that's gonna work other than that
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You're gonna be scratching and clawing to get into the playoffs
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Especially like I said in previous episodes that second half of the season that is a gauntlet
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That is a gauntlet. You're going up against the Chiefs. You're going up against the Ravens. You're going up against the Browns
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You're going up against the Eagles
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right in in the part of the season where
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Every single game counts regardless if it's the NFC opponent or AFC opponent regardless if they're in your division or not in your division
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Every game matters, right? And so I say all that to say this, you know
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This is a this this situation has has drawn out for too long
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Everybody is over it. Everybody is tired of talking about it. A resolution just needs to come
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So we can just move on with other
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other things to talk about because it's just
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This this is all everybody talks about this is all everybody asked about this all everybody debates about nothing else
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I have seen more attention
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About the 49ers and Brandon IEUIC then what I have with CD lamb or any other person I
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Have and that's honestly sad
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but you know transitioning on to the next topic speaking of CD lamb and whatnot him and Jerry journals are still beefing and
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And CD lamb basically has taken out the Cowboys out of his Twitter bio. So
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To some people that's probably like, you know, that's not really nothing big to talk about
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But you know that just in some way shows that you know, how deep and
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how broken these contract talks
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Talks are I can't speak because you're gonna have Jerry side who Jerry's gonna make it seem like you know
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I want to pay him and you know, take care of my own and this and the other blah blah blah
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But you have CD lamb on the other side who's basically saying listen, I'm trying to get paid
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Okay, I'm one of the best receivers in the league right now and have been one of the best receivers in the league right now
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And well, and I would like to be fairly compensated which is you know, I'm not gonna argue with that at all because
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That's what you're supposed to do. He has exceeded his expectations
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Expectations and now the market is you know, the market is the market
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That's just what it is. The market is the market. There is nothing
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You can do or say about it. The market is the market
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You knew that pretty soon that once Justin Jefferson was gonna enter into a contract here
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You should have done it a year prior
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Because now you're in a situation where you have all these top-of-the-line receivers who got paid and literally went off season
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Nico Collins Tyreek Hill Jalen waddle a Mon Ross a brown AJ Brown
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Who else who else who else who else Jerry Judy?
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And you know and the list goes on like you've had a lot of you know top receivers who got paid
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Fairly well, right? So it's like, you know, it's either you pay him now or
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Or you wait and you risk, you know, maybe the the bangles
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Finally trying to page a march ace or Brandon I you week, you know
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His his situation gets resolved pretty soon and whatnot. You better do it now because if you don't you're going to mess yourself up and granted
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Understand, you know, Jerry Jerry always takes care of his players. He does that is the one thing
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I can definitely say that I respect the Cowboys for they do prior ties
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You know the players that they do draft and develop and whatnot. However
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When you're dealing with a player like a CD lamb, you have to take care of them
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You have to take care of them. And if you're not going to take care of them, trade them trade them open
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Open things up for him to be traded and see exactly what the price is and if the price is enticing to you
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You make the deal
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But if the price is not enticing then you just you know
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You figure out exactly what you're going to do because at the end of the day
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You're going to go into you're going to be in a situation in this upcoming season. We are going to need a CD lamb
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You're going to need his talents and his skillset to win you a game
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Because there's no other receiver on the Cowboys roster that is as good or even close to CD lamb
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It isn't he's literally the best receiver the best offensive weapon on that team right now
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And he knows it. So Jerry
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Take out that checkbook that old wrinkly
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Beat-up checkbook that you've had to take out a lot of times to pay for a lot of players write that check
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Write that check you might as well because if you don't you're gonna regret it. You are going to regret it now
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we'll be going to
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the the breaking news part one of the breaking news so JJ McCarthy a
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Quarterback who just got drafted this this past draft
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Tour his meniscus. Yeah, he he tore his meniscus. So
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The timetable of when he's gonna be coming back is still unknown. I
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Mean that there's nothing really to there's not a whole lot to say about it
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Me personally I was very high on JJ McCarthy coming out of Michigan
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Simply because he had a lot of the intangibles to be a franchise quarterback
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Okay, you're talking about somebody who is very calm under pressure
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Who is very calm under very tense and stressful moments?
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You're talking about somebody that has an arm that's a little bit athletic that can roll out and do all the things that he
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Need to do and he's a winner, right?
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And I think that is something that a lot of quarterbacks don't have coming into
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a league they don't have that winners mentality that mentality that you know, if you're not here to win
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Don't even don't even try to you know, have a conversation with me. So
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When you have that all mixed together and you add that with you know, the Vikings offense, you know, that that can be pretty potent
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But now this basically put Sam Darno in the driver seat to be the starting quarterback
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I'm moving forward, but I would say this it doesn't necessarily affect JJ McCarthy because
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This is just an experience for him to sit down
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Learn and observe that's the most important thing right now because if you if you sit down observe and learn
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You'll be able to really be to really have a plan in place on exactly. How do you want to attack?
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Not only your division rivals, but your opponents, right?
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And a lot of times a lot of quarterbacks that do get drafted in the first round
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They don't have that opportunity to just sit down and to learn behind the veteran, right?
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A lot of times they are pushed into the situation of okay, you're the guy go ahead
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Do it do what you did in college?
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But I want you to do that over an 18-week period against some of the best pass rusher some of the best
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Players in the world do it
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And it's hard it it's hard. It's it's chewed up a lot of people and it spat them right back out
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It has but I think JJ McCarthy, you know
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I think this is a blessing and disguise for him and I think you know
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This is gonna make him a whole lot stronger than what he was, you know coming into the league now
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moving on to
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To one better yet. I'm gonna save that for last. That's what I'm gonna do
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I'm gonna save the the steel the steers and brand now you with thing again. I'm gonna save that for last
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I'm gonna talk about the Texans thing so
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if you guys if you guys didn't see it the
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Man, man, this is gonna be hard the Texans and the Steelers played was it last Friday last Friday and
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You know at first, you know, I was thinking okay
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This is probably gonna be a pretty good game, but it just went left and you know to me personally
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I don't look at the score. I look at the play on the field
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Because again, this is preseason. No, it the preseason doesn't count right? It's not like a oh
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You're undefeated or you're this or you're that it doesn't that doesn't mean nothing to me
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What I want to see is what is how is everything working?
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Are people are people able to you know do their assignments are the offense alignment?
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Are they picking up their blocks? Are they you know doing doing whatever that they need to do right?
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It's the quarterback. Is he being consistent?
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Is he you know showing showcasing, you know better skills and whatnot all those different things
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I value that a lot because a lot of times the preseason
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Set you up and let you know exactly. Okay. What exactly are we gonna need moving forward and
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Are we gonna be able to get it v. Trade or we're gonna have to draft it next year, right?
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a lot of those the discussions and
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Things of that nature start in the preseason. Okay, anyone says that is my belief
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And I will continue to die on that hill
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But I will say this
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Justin Fields definitely is still lacking
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The mechanics I think his mechanics still need to be worked on more and I understand there's probably gonna be some people out there
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That's probably say well, you know, you're you come off as a hater come off as a Justin Fields hater
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I don't come off as a hater. I come off as a realist because at the end of the day
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We have seen bits and pieces of Justin Fields being elite and
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Then we've seen him be inconsistent and unalied. We've seen it
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so it's like, you know, everybody wants him to tap into that elite side of him, but it's like
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What exactly is stopping him from doing it?
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Because it's like bro, you got it. You have all the intangibles you can run you got the deep ball all those different type of things
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All you need to do is just put it together
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That's it
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That's it. That's all you got to do
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No one to say that you got to be patch my homes
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No one to say that you got to be Tom Brandy
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Nobody say that you got to be any of those players, but you have to be efficient
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You have to be consistent. You have to be able to identify your reads and you have to execute
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You have to execute you can't hold on to the ball that long and that's exactly what he was doing and you know for the people that were
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There were you know a little bit upset that you know Troy Flattanu was you know was letting up
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The Saxon whatnot you can't be upset with him. He's a he's a rookie. He's a rookie. He's gonna be against the Neil Hunter
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The the Neil Hunter the the Neil Hunter who at one point, you know
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Almost had I think he had almost close to the sax if I'm not mistaken and if not I can be wrong
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But he's had double he's had multiple double digit sax seasons that the Neil Hunter, right?
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And then you're going up against other patch rushes that are just as good or even below the Neil Hunter
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but are still good in their own respective way, so it's like
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You got all of this that you got to worry about these are the growing pains that you know as
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As a tackle especially as a rookie tackle that they have to go through. That's just what it is
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It sucks. Yes, it's not nice, but it's better that you go through this now
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During the preseason so that when the season actually starts guess what you're prepared you're ready
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You know exactly what you need to do right?
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Compared to if you were to go into the season and you didn't know what to do then you're struggling and then guess what you risk the
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You risk the chance of your quarterback getting punished and possibly hurt and you know whatever the case may be so
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but I do think that the main thing in the main gripe that I have right now with the team and
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This might turn into a rant a little bit is
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Broderick Jones, and I'm gonna try to be as non-biased as I possibly can project Jones coming out of Georgia
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Was a raw was a raw tackle?
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He was raw now his run when when it when it comes to the run
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He's a great. He's a row greater. He
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Once he gets some momentum. He's gonna put you on he's gonna put you on your ass, okay?
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He's gonna put you on the ground. That's Broderick Jones
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However, what we what the Steelers have to stop doing is
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Switching him from left tackle to right tackle right tackle to left tackle back and forth back and forth
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Da da da da da da da da you have to stop doing it because all you're doing is messing up his progression
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At some point at some point. He's gonna have to play left tackle
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Omar Khan said he will play left tackle everybody else said he's going to play left tackle
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So what is the holdup you know exactly what you're getting with Dan more?
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You know exactly that Dan more is not a good is not a good left tackle and that you cannot rely on him
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You invested a first round picking the Broderick Jones put him out there if he struggles
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He struggles, but he has to go through these growing pains now
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Because if he doesn't go through these growing pains now guess what's gonna happen
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He won't be prepared and it'll be a waste and then you're gonna be trying to figure out. What are you gonna do?
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You spent two drafts back-to-back drafts on offensive line specifically tackle
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They have to work you have to throw them into the fire. That's just what it is
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You have to throw them in into the fire
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You have to let them experience the ups and downs and they have to go through some of the best patch rush
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That's what it is because when he gets the contract talks guess what?
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You won't even know how to really pay him because he's played a lot of snaps on the right side
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He's played last time from the left side. He instead of just okay for a majority of his career
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He's played on the left side for a majority
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You know if his career he may play him on the right side just make the decision make the decision and stick with it
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Otherwise you're gonna do that's another pick that you done wasted and you can't just waste picks
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You just can't not not in the position
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That you're in and even then when you have you know my time, you know saying things like you know, I
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Want Minka and TJ Watt and cam to experience the confetti, but it's like but the moves that you've made lately
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Say otherwise it contradicts exactly what you're saying, right?
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Don't tell me that you want to win and whatnot
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But you know you're trying to make a trade for a receiver and pay him
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Close to almost 30 plus million dollars when you don't have a quarterback
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That's under contract next year not to mention you also have to get ready to pay
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TJ Watt again, you're trying to figure what you're gonna do with Cameron Hamer
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You're trying to figure out what you're gonna do with Najee Harris
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You're trying to figure out what you're gonna do path with path right move not to mention
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You're gonna also gonna have to figure out what you're gonna do with Jalen Warren and George Pickett. It's pretty soon as well
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So that's a lot of that's a lot of situations that you have to figure out and you have to take care of not to mention
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You know Isaac see a maulu
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You might want to do something with that and whatnot like you have a lot of things that you that are you know
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They need to be answered and right now you're not in the situation to compete for a Super Bowl. You're not
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Why in the world would you want a mortgage?
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A two-year a two to three-year window and then lose it all when you could just build it up and then you know
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Just see how how the cards, you know fall if they fall in the right direction
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They fall in the right direction and if they don't fall in the right direction with them. Oh, well
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It it just would it's it is what it is at the end of the day
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but what you cannot do is continue to flip-flop certain players and
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Put players out of position and then you know try to
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You can't go after players that basically smoked you in a game
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That's that that's just what it is
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You can't go after players that you know had a crazy game on you and then think that you're gonna get the same thing that you
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You know that they did against you. You just can't do that
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It does not work if you did that every single time you you wouldn't get anywhere. You just wouldn't so
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That's that's basically what?
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What I have to say about that now finally what the last thing
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Because there's a little bit of a twist apparently because I just saw the video
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So the Steelers and the 49ers have a have agreed to terms, you know on a potential trade
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however, it all depends on Brandy 9 you look right and so
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Basically, it's now a wait and see everybody again is trying to you know hold their breath even longer to try to see exactly
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What's gonna happen?
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Brandy are you basically what it seems like is he's trying to?
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Have the 49ers maybe like try to up their number up their number just a little bit
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But apparently from my Garofalo
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He just says something that contradicts that which is basically, you know the 49ers have you know the 49ers in the
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And Brandy 9 you ex team, you know
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They haven't they sort of have an idea of a number and you know, they are they're okay with that and you know again
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It's in Brandy 9 you ex corner. So, you know
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But
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Let's get this over with I'm done. I'm I'm I'm so so done with this
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I'm so tired of hearing this back and forth one minute. It's okay. Something is about to happen
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It's it's imminent. It's imminent. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen
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And then the next minute happens and the next minute
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It's he doesn't know what he wants to do the next minute
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He's disgruntled with the team the next minute, you know
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They're putting out reports saying that him and Kyle shane him, you know gotten to it
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And it's they having a heart-to-heart moment. It's I'm I'm so done with this
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Signed the deal either you're gonna sign the piece of paper and stay with the 49ers or you're gonna go to the Pittsburgh Steelers
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One of the two I don't even care and I'm gonna end this episode right here
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I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys needed this week. I
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Know we've been giving out a lot of long episodes, but I mean it's a lot to talk about so I wouldn't be surprised if
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You know, just as when I'm getting ready to edit or just when I'm getting ready to put it out
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Something happens with either this brandy now you ex situation or somebody gets paid matter of fact, you know what that's exactly
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It's gonna happen. Brandy now you is either gonna get trade
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He's either gonna get traded to the Steelers or he's gonna sign a deal with the 49er in the next three days watch what happens
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I would not be surprised. So as always, I love you guys appreciate you guys so much for you know
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for supporting me for helping me through all of this and
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You know
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That's let's wait for another
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Two more years. I'll see what's gonna happen. Brandy man. You know
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Peace and love
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You