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The Audible - Episode 28 · TDUK

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  Heat. Heat.
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  Hello. Hello.
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  >> Hello and welcome to another episode of
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  the Audible. Uh my name is Lee Sessions
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  and I'm joined by Steve. How we doing
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  Steve? We all good?
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  >> All good. All good. All exciting. Lot
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  lot of busy stuff going on with a new
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  job and new bit new venue sort of coming
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  up and Yeah. What about you? you been up
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  to much or
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  >> um still stuck in Brunai. Uh I say
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  stuck, I'm still working here in Brunai.
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  Uh finally make my way back to the UK
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  tomorrow night. Um back on Terrairma. Um
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  looking for looking forward to getting
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  some decent food back in my belly and um
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  and and getting on with with life as
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  normal and getting back to sort of cats
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  football and getting on with sort of
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  Brit as we progress down that one. Um,
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  so there's been lots of lots of stuff
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  happening in the news just lately. Um,
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  we're going to be covering it as much of
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  it as possible within this episode. Um,
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  it's been some pretty exciting stuff.
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  Um, and I think we'll start with uh
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  where we broke the news last week with
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  um, our Mr. Max Crosby. Um obviously uh
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  initially
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  uh a trade deal came in where he was
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  going to be drafted to the Baltimore
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  Ravens. Um but however after a medical
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  um that trade has been rescinded and Max
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  Crosby has been sent back to Las Vegas
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  for further medical uh investigation.
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  Bit of a shock. Steve, what what did you
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  think on this one?
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  >> Um I'm pretty sure I was awoken by the
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  sigh of Joe Barrow from from all the way
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  over here. Well, when he heard that news
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  happening, but um yeah, it was a bit of
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  a shock. It was just
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  obviously there's going to be rumors
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  around and when we get to the Ravens, we
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  can discuss that a little bit further.
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  But, uh yeah, I just we we all knew he
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  was injured and um the Ravens should
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  have known that he's been injured, but
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  he's in rehab. So, it's like trying to
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  make him pass a physical when he's got
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  months to prove that he's ready to go.
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  Maybe he wasn't worth the first round
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  picks. It's It's
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  >> Yeah, it it does. It does raise the
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  question. It really does raise a
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  question is like what did they find? Did
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  they find something that we as the
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  general public don't know about? Um is
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  this injury more severe than what we're
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  being led on to believe? Um, you know,
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  and I'm sure, you know, they may be,
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  you know, regretting that trade if if
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  Max Crosby comes back next year as a
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  beast that he has been for the last few
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  years and, uh, you know, they they've
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  missed out on a on a decent trade there.
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  But, um, yeah, interesting to see how
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  this one unfolds. I think
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  >> it was I think I think the funniest part
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  of it for me is going to be that um Sean
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  Payton said that he c apparently was on
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  news that he Shawn Payton called him and
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  offered him the one-way flight out to
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  Baltimore because he was like I'm glad
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  to see you out the league and now he's
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  back. Sean's just like crying out loud.
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  >> Yeah, he's he's definitely a problem
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  child for that uh AFC West, isn't he?
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  >> Um but yeah, some some other breaking
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  news that's been happening. Um we'll
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  jump straight into this one. Um, and
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  that is the Kyler Murray uh has been
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  picked up by the Minnesota Vikings. What
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  do you know about this one so far,
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  Steve?
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  >> Um, I think it's looking like he's going
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  to be dropped in at QB1, which I feel
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  bad for JJ McCarthy because he had that
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  injury, but other than that, he was on
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  he's he's in a team that was in a
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  rebuild. He was being given the time and
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  he showed himself up 70% of the time to
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  be a decent quarterback. Um, we just
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  know Kyler Kyler's not had a great run
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  at Arizona. Maybe he's just needed a new
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  coach. Maybe he'll come back strong and
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  maybe maybe this year he won't disappear
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  and play COD for a bit. But I don't
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  know. But he could be good
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  for JJ JJ to learn from, but I can't see
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  this being a amazing thing for Kyler.
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  But maybe Kyler and Jefferson could be a
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  good linkup.
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  Yeah, I think um you know the way Kevin
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  O'Connell runs that that offense, I
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  think this this is going to be good for
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  Kyler. Um you know the
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  >> back I think I think Kyler was best when
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  he still had DeAndre Hopkins. So once
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  he's got the likes of Justin Jefferson,
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  he might be back to being a quarterback
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  that we all like, oh god, actually he
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  could actually go somewhere in his
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  league.
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  >> And he's always seems to be the way,
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  doesn't he? you know, when a quarterback
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  kind of reaches the end of his sort of
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  tender with a with with a club and then
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  makes that makes that move into another
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  organization and has that second burst
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  of energy. Um, but it'll be interesting
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  to see how he how he fits in with with
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  the Minnesota Vikings with Justin
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  Jefferson and all the other offensive
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  weapons that he's got to throw to. Um,
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  and hopefully he uh he he he settles in
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  there. Um, obviously there was there was
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  talks him potentially going back to
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  baseball. Um, obviously those have been
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  silenced now and now he's uh now he's
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  been picked up by the Vikings. Um, but
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  yeah, any other thoughts on this one?
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  >> No. No. Well, we'll get to the Vikings
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  later anyway, but that's Yeah, I think
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  that's
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  >> going to be an interesting thing to see
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  where that goes.
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  >> Yeah. So, without further ado, let's go
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  on to our next uh pickup, which was
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  Romeo Dobs uh being picked up by the New
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  England Patriots. Uh obviously a
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  fantastic wide receiver, really outshone
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  in Green Bay. Um is this what the New
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  England Patriots needed?
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  Uh yes, I think
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  Jackson Dart is needed because that team
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  is quite a young team and he he was
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  fighting and he was a very good
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  quarterback and we all sort of slowly
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  slowly got on a bandwagon especially
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  even on this Audible podcast. We loved
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  him last year and having a bit of a
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  player that Aaron Rogers has thrown to
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  and Jordan Love has had a great time
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  throwing to he's he's going to have the
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  experience that they need. Um,
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  but I also thought I don't know last
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  season with a Guardian cap, he was it
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  might have been a bit of a drop. Maybe
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  maybe had a bit of a fear season. We'll
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  see what happens. Um, yeah, but I think
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  I mean the Patriots have made quite a
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  few good pickups that I'm excited to see
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  with Jackson Dart, which is just going
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  to be a running theme.
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  >> Yeah, Drake May, not Jackson Dart. Drake
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  May
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  >> is I've got No, sorry. I think next one.
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  No. Yeah, that is Drake May. Jackson
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  Dark is a new in New is in New York.
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  >> No. Yeah, I was thinking about the next
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  ones. Yeah.
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  >> Um so yeah, I mean you're absolutely
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  right. I mean Romeo Dobs is, you know,
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  is a is is he a wide receiver one
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  though? Is is he what Drake May needs?
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  Um or is he just that sort of comfort
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  blanket that he knows that he's going to
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  be open? Um be interesting to see what
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  the New England Patriots win the draft
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  as well. I say we also know that Stefon
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  Diggs is on free agency and he's had a
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  bit of a pivot season.
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  Looks like we've lost.
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  See if he comes back in a minute.
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  It's on port. There we go. Yeah, cool.
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  >> There we go. Back in the room. Um, bit
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  of a technical glitch there, but yeah,
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  Romeo Dobs, uh, obviously coming into
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  into that. Obviously, we're talking
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  about Stefon Diggs. Um, is he is he
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  coming back to New England? It's going
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  to be interesting to see. Obviously,
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  you've got the the draft as well. see if
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  they're in New England pick up any wide
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  receivers, but um the wide receiver room
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  in my eyes definitely got better in this
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  one.
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  >> I think so, 100%.
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  >> Um moving on to the uh to the next one.
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  Obviously, we briefly talked about the
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  uh the Ravens um and their um back sort
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  of step with Max Crosby. Um, however, a
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  few days later, we hear that uh Trey
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  Hendrickson has been picked up uh from
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  the Cincinnati Bengals. Uh, how do you
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  think this one went down?
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  Uh, so there there was a lot of
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  conversations and a lot of like a lot of
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  rumors. So, Trey Hendrickson was
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  obviously a free agent, so it didn't
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  cost them any draft picks or anything.
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  So, my initial thought was, okay, maybe
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  they realized they could get Trey
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  Hendrickson for a very similar cost with
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  no draft picks instead of Max Crosby.
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  Um, but it has come out that they were
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  the Ravens were attempting to have Max
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  Crosby and Trey Hendrickson on either
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  side, which almost feels like you're
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  playing
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  a game, but you're playing in like
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  beginner mode. It's like you can't be
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  allowed to do that.
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  I think it's it was definitely a bold
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  move to try and get both both uh you
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  know pass rushers um in in that trade
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  deal. Um I think you know if that had
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  have worked out nicely for them that
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  would have been an unstoppable duo um
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  with with both of them at the helm. Um
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  but obviously they got to make do with
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  with just one with Trey Hendrickson. Um
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  but it's definitely looking like the the
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  Ravens are taking their defensive
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  um play play scheme seriously and
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  they're looking like they're they're
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  trying to bulk out that defense as much
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  as possible. Uh so I I I think this is a
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  fantastic addition to the team. Um
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  >> see Ravens wise they it's been a lot of
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  getting rid of players. Uh they've got
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  they've signed Titan Duran Smay I'll be
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  honest no idea who that is. Uh but big
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  bigger of a pickup is the O lineman John
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  Simpson to a 30 million three-year deal.
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  Other than that, it's just they've just
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  been getting rid of players. It's just
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  like are they are they getting ready for
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  a big draft or are they trying to save
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  cap space for some big pickups? What
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  what do you reckon their thoughts
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  thought is here?
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  I think from the stance of their offense
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  I think is is pretty much there. You
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  know, they've got obviously, you know,
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  King Henry, they've got Lamar. Um
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  they've got they've got some big names
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  there and I think they are trying to
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  save on cap space. They are trying to um
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  move people around. Um
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  but essentially they need to they need
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  to you know secure those those big
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  spots. Um with this with this past Raj
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  Russia it's it's only going to make
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  things better. Um and obviously they've
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  got a new new head coach in there at the
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  moment and yeah I I think this is it's
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  going to be a make or break season for
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  the Ravens this year. Um especially for
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  Lamar. I completely back that.
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  >> And um and back to and back to with the
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  rumors on Max Crosby. Obviously, it's
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  nice and fun to just leave leave that as
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  a hang cliffhanger there. But um
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  >> when they when they originally did the
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  trade deal, uh Lamar agreed to a
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  restructure. So they were fully planning
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  to have Max Crosby in that team. It
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  wasn't as if they really decided to
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  change their mind and just fail this
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  physical. Uh so Lamar's taken a pay cut
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  in want terms. He probably got more up
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  front than anything. I think it is. I
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  think their defense was their let down
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  last year and that's definitely what
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  they're going to be looking at picking
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  up whether it is going to be draft or if
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  it's
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  what's left on free agency or maybe some
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  trades. Who knows?
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  >> Yeah, I mean only time will tell and I'm
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  sure there's there's, you know, there's
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  still a lot of free agents that we'll go
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  through at the end. Um,
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  >> what do we think to Trey Hendrickson
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  getting to run at uh Joe Burrows twice a
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  year? Do you think he's going to enjoy
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  enjoy that?
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  >> I think it's it's going to be
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  bittersweet, isn't it? You know, you
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  know, Trey had a really good run at at
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  Cincy. Um, but I think, you know, again,
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  he's just one of those players that just
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  deserves a better team. And I think, you
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  know, the Bengals weren't giving him
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  what he wanted that that he was the best
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  player on that team by far
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  >> um on the defensive side of the ball
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  anyway. Um, and I think this the the
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  Bengals need to use their draft capital
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  wisely to to bolster out their defensive
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  side of the ball massively. Um, and
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  unfortunately they've got
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  >> it's been it has been a running theme
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  year on year that the offense have put
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  up numbers but they still aren't winning
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  games. It's like we've all felt bad for
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  Joe Bars but there's there's only so
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  long you can start going well they
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  should probably start fixing this
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  because they've got an elite level
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  quarterback.
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  >> Yeah, absolutely. not doing anything
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  with him.
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  >> Absolutely. Um so let's move on to the
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  the next one. Um obviously we've got
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  Rico Dael um former Panthers running
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  back who's now been picked up by the
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  Pittsburgh Steelers.
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  >> How do you think this one went down?
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  >> I think this is huge. Um, I was a big
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  fan of Rico last season and I said it I
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  think it was probably around Christmas
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  time that I looked back at all of the
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  the games and the Panthers won games
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  where they let Rico down or have the
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  ball more often than not. So was anytime
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  they let him rush more and they were
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  trying rather than trying to pass it or
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  pass it to someone else, they were
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  winning games. This is this is a big
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  pickup for the Steelers. Um, and the
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  Steelers have already had gone a little
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  bit crazy this season on the off season.
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  There's a lot going on over here, but I
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  think I think it's good. What do you
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  think?
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  >> I think I think this is an asset. You
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  know, Rico Daniel was a bit of a an
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  anomaly with the with the fantasy scene.
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  Um, you know, a lot of people, you know,
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  picked him up in their fantasy because
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  he was running away with with, you know,
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  fantasy leagues. Um but then he had that
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  little bit of a dip where um he just
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  stopped being good. Um is that coaching?
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  Was that was that something personal? I
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  I I don't know. Um all I know is that
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  you know he had flashes of class and I
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  think putting him in a in a Steelers
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  uniform um with a different organization
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  that's going to be taken this season
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  very seriously, I think he he has an
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  opportunity to shine. Um
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  it just be interesting to see who his
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  quarterback is this year.
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  >> Yeah,
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  that's definitely the big question mark
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  of Aaron Rogers still on free agency
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  which is also like so look just again
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  I'm just looking through the teams what
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  they've done. They traded for Michael
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  Pitman which is a great trade from the
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  Colts. Very good wide receiver. And at
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  first when I first saw that I was like
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  that's a great wide receiver for Aaron
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  Rogers. And then just before we recorded
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  this, I was talking to you and I was
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  like, I just remembered Aaron Rogers
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  hasn't even been signed yet. So, we
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  don't know who their quarterback's going
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  to be. I don't even know who their
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  backup is, if I'm completely honest.
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  >> Uh, I think their Mason Rudolph is still
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  their backup.
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  >> It is. Yeah.
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  >> It's not a great position to be in
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  really, is it? Um,
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  >> but they've they've Yeah. Rico Dor,
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  Pitman, they've got Director of School.
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  They're beefing up their O line and
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  Dline.
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  Um, but most of it's just people being
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  resigned. Yeah.
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  One. Um, so yeah.
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  >> Yeah. But we do know that Alan Rogers to
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  go on this this Darkness retreat,
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  doesn't he? His off season. So maybe
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  they just haven't been able to contact
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  him yet with his paperwork. Do
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  >> you know what I did? Obviously coming
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  out to Brunai. I've come out every six
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  months and I've been coming out here for
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  the last five years. Um my first trip
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  out here was during COVID and um I
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  remember they they told us before we we
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  took off they said you know you're going
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  to have to quarantine for for two weeks
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  um in a hotel before you were allowed
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  into um into the general public. And uh
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  we we got off the plane and they ushered
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  us like you know we were the walking
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  dead plagued individuals into into mini
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  buses and then shipped us shipped us off
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  to these random hotels and
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  sat in this hotel room for 15 days
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  because they don't count the first day
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  as as day one. They count the second day
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  as day one. So you have to stay in
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  quarantine for 15 days. selfisolation.
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  You really do get to find yourself in
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  those 15 days
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  and and for Aaron Rogers to do all that
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  in the dark.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> No, no. I'm sorry.
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  It's is a little bit a little bit too
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  testing for me. Um, thankfully, you
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  know, I had I had I had Netflix and um
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  other streaming platforms to to keep me
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  going, but yeah, not that is definitely
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  sort of not my cup of tea. Um,
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  >> oh no.
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  >> But yeah, let's let's move on to our
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  next pickup. Um, which is uh I say a
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  likely um being picked up by the New
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  York Giants.
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  Um definitely a decent target for
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  Jackson Dart on this one.
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  >> Yeah, that's the one I looked at I would
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  bet didn't even look at the logo. I just
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  saw the blue and carried on talking.
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  >> Yeah. Um yeah, I mean this is I think
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  this is great. Um you know likely I
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  think is is an underrated character. I
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  think he's been overshadowed by Mark
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  Andrews in in Baltimore for so long. Um
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  he can be a tight end one if you want to
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  put it that way. um but he's just not
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  being utilized enough in that Baltimore
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  Ravens offense. So be good to see how he
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  performs with with the Giants and how he
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  how he
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  goes forward with this. Obviously
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  another big one here is um obviously the
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  Giants, you know, head coach Jim Harour,
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  you know, obviously knows him knows him
• 18:50
  quite well. So obviously he likes him
• 18:53
  enough to to bring him over to that to
• 18:55
  organization as well. But what do you
• 18:56
  what do you think on this this one? I
• 18:58
  think this is good. I think I've
• 19:02
  you can't take anything away from Mark
• 19:04
  Andrews. He's he's used a lot for a
• 19:07
  reason. But I think as you'd say,
• 19:10
  they've definitely taken a lot away from
• 19:12
  Isaiah likely. Andrews is a very good
• 19:17
  5 10 yard slant, 15 yard. He's good at
• 19:19
  blocking as well. He's a good old school
• 19:21
  tight end, but Isaiah likely can get
• 19:23
  three like 40 50 yards down. He scored a
• 19:26
  lot of touchdowns like that. And I think
• 19:29
  that's going to be a good d good for
• 19:30
  Dart. It's also going to be good because
• 19:31
  he's going to have again the maturity
• 19:34
  and because he's a tight end, he's going
• 19:36
  to be able to do the quick 10 yard
• 19:37
  catches if Dart needs to quick out.
• 19:40
  >> I don't know much about Isaiah likely's
• 19:42
  blocking ability. I don't know if he's
• 19:43
  going to be add much to that. He is
• 19:45
  quite a small tight end. He's not like
• 19:47
  your George KD or whatever, but
• 19:50
  I think as a you almost look at a tight
• 19:53
  end as like a almost wide receiver four
• 19:55
  sometimes and I think that's almost
• 19:56
  where he sits in very well just in
• 19:58
  between the slot.
• 20:01
  >> Yeah. And I think I think the Giants
• 20:02
  have got, you know, those big tight ends
• 20:04
  if they want to use it. Um
• 20:06
  >> yeah,
• 20:07
  >> you know, Bellinger, I think, is is
• 20:09
  another, you know, prime example of one
• 20:11
  of those blocking tight ends that that
• 20:12
  the Giants have already. So, you know,
• 20:15
  to use a sailor likely as a sort of a
• 20:17
  wide receiver, more type uh sort of
• 20:21
  tight end, I think is is gives Jackson D
• 20:23
  another guy to throw to, which is um
• 20:25
  something he struggled towards the end
• 20:26
  of the season once all his key players
• 20:29
  had gone out.
• 20:30
  >> Yeah.
• 20:30
  >> Um yeah, let's move on to the next one.
• 20:33
  Um this is a very interesting one. Um
• 20:37
  the lefty quarterback joins another
• 20:39
  lefty quarterback in Atlanta. Uh, let's
• 20:44
  hope their QB coach is a lefty
• 20:47
  specialist. I suppose
• 20:49
  >> true. I think I think the one good thing
• 20:53
  about this is
• 20:55
  if one of them were to go down and they
• 20:57
  had to put a backup quarterback in,
• 21:00
  you're going to have to very like wide
• 21:01
  receivers and that would have to very
• 21:02
  quickly switch and it wouldn't be a big
• 21:04
  switch, but knowing it's coming from a
• 21:05
  left-handed player rather than a
• 21:06
  right-handed player all of a sudden
• 21:08
  changes the position of the ball
• 21:10
  slightly in a trajectory. Whereas if
• 21:12
  they're both left-handed, there's not
• 21:13
  going to be a lot there. I don't know
• 21:15
  who's going to be QB1.
• 21:18
  I think they they're saying to her, but
• 21:21
  in my eyes, I I still think he should
• 21:23
  have retired this season. I don't think
• 21:24
  he should be coming back.
• 21:28
  It's a tough one. Who is the better QB,
• 21:32
  Penna?
• 21:36
  Is this is this another scenario where
• 21:39
  we had Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold on
• 21:42
  the same team at the Panthers where
• 21:46
  they're both competing for that number
• 21:48
  one spot and actually none of them
• 21:52
  really fitted the mold in that situation
• 21:54
  and probably do better elsewhere. Is
• 21:58
  this another scenario like that do you
• 22:00
  think?
• 22:01
  >> I think it could be. Um,
• 22:06
  I don't know. The Falcons are not mean
• 22:08
  they're not an awful squad, but I don't
• 22:10
  think I don't think they needed to
• 22:11
  change stuff with Pennic. It was just
• 22:14
  evolve and help him grow. They didn't
• 22:15
  need to I don't think they needed to
• 22:16
  bring him whether they're bringing Tur
• 22:19
  in to light a fire underneath him or
• 22:21
  whether they are bringing T in to start
• 22:23
  the season and give him some sort of
• 22:28
  training and teachings. But at this
• 22:30
  point, chewers training will be smack
• 22:32
  your head against someone and turn the
• 22:34
  ball over. It's just it's not going to
• 22:35
  he's not going to get much from him.
• 22:37
  >> Yeah. Try not to get a concussion.
• 22:40
  >> Um
• 22:41
  >> it's a blue tent with you. That's my
• 22:42
  advice.
• 22:43
  >> I think I think this this this story's
• 22:45
  got a lot of unfolding to do over the
• 22:47
  next few months. um you know interesting
• 22:50
  to see OTAAS and
• 22:52
  >> um and sort of preseason see who looks
• 22:55
  like they're going to sort of nab that
• 22:57
  number one spot. Um but yeah, it'll be
• 23:01
  it's it's an interesting one that's
• 23:03
  going to unfold. Um let's move on to the
• 23:05
  the next one. Um the Philadelphia Eagles
• 23:09
  obviously signed Jaylen Phillips last
• 23:11
  year to a one-year deal. Um that that
• 23:14
  contract was was up. Um Jaylen Phillips
• 23:17
  hit the open market and soon got picked
• 23:19
  up by the Carolina Panthers. Um in my
• 23:23
  eyes, this is a fantastic signing. Um
• 23:26
  seeing Phillips on the field with the
• 23:28
  Eagles last year, he is a difference
• 23:31
  maker. He is the edge rusher that you
• 23:33
  really want. Um and I think the the
• 23:35
  Panthers is is a great fit for him to to
• 23:38
  showcase his ability. Um what did you
• 23:41
  make of this one?
• 23:43
  >> Yeah, I agree. It's Phillips was very
• 23:45
  much, yes, he's a differencemaker, but
• 23:46
  he was he wasn't really a big fish in
• 23:49
  the evil squad. It's going to give him a
• 23:51
  chance to go to a Panthers team where he
• 23:53
  can he can take the next step on that
• 23:56
  ladder and be the leader and take the
• 23:57
  lead, teach himself a little bit, but
• 24:00
  also bring a team up with him, which is
• 24:02
  going to be good for him and the entire
• 24:03
  the entire squad around him. I think I
• 24:06
  think he'll be a big voice coming from
• 24:07
  the Eagles as well.
• 24:08
  >> So, I think he'll be good for that
• 24:10
  defense.
• 24:11
  Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously he's
• 24:12
  he's had that experience under Vic
• 24:14
  Fangio. Um, you know, he's going to take
• 24:16
  that that knowledge that he had there
• 24:19
  and and, you know, plug and play into
• 24:21
  the Carolina Panthers defense and, you
• 24:25
  know, I think you're going to see big
• 24:26
  things from him um this year and and
• 24:29
  potentially the Panthers as a whole. You
• 24:31
  know, we obviously saw them on that
• 24:32
  little bit of a run last year um making
• 24:36
  the making this making the playoffs. you
• 24:38
  know, are they going to, you know,
• 24:40
  progress on from this season? It'll be
• 24:43
  interesting to see. Um,
• 24:45
  >> see, they're obviously they're one of
• 24:47
  their main contenders. Last year was the
• 24:48
  the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Um, and moving
• 24:52
  swiftly on from the Tampa Bay
• 24:53
  Buccaneers, we had Mike Evans leaving
• 24:55
  the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and making his
• 24:58
  way across the country to San Francisco.
• 25:04
  What do you think of this?
• 25:06
  I think this is good um for the 49ers.
• 25:10
  It's quite scary for the league. Uh he's
• 25:13
  going to be big big sort of player
• 25:15
  within there. An ext wide receiver for
• 25:18
  him because you still got I think we
• 25:20
  looked is it John Jennings Andy u you
• 25:22
  know John Jennings is still on free
• 25:24
  agent. Is it going to be big big time
• 25:26
  replacement
• 25:28
  or
• 25:29
  or what? Um he's a big time player if he
• 25:32
  can stay healthy. That's the only
• 25:33
  problem with Mike Evans. the last few
• 25:35
  years he keeps getting injured
• 25:37
  mid-seasonish
• 25:38
  but if he stays healthy this makes a big
• 25:41
  problem in the fact that they've Mike
• 25:43
  Evston's health came out and said that
• 25:45
  he thinks the 49ers have been missing a
• 25:46
  piece maybe he is the piece and you know
• 25:49
  what that that is ego but I don't think
• 25:51
  he's wrong
• 25:52
  >> no I think you're absolutely right you
• 25:54
  know I mean it's it's scary to think
• 25:56
  what a Mike Evans would look like in a
• 25:59
  Kyle Shanahan offense
• 26:02
  >> you know you know Kyle Shanahan is a
• 26:06
  mastermind when it comes to offensive
• 26:07
  plays, you know, to get Mike Evans, you
• 26:11
  know, a healthy Mike Evans and put him
• 26:14
  into a team. Um,
• 26:16
  it's it's going to be interesting to
• 26:18
  see, but like you say, can he stay
• 26:19
  healthy? Can he stay on the field? Who
• 26:21
  else has he got on the field with him?
• 26:24
  You know, Brock Pery's, you know, he he
• 26:27
  we lost a lot of key players towards the
• 26:29
  end of the the season. Um, you know, Kit
• 26:32
  going down um in the Eagles game, Jan
• 26:35
  Jennings constantly out, you know, they
• 26:38
  were running out of of of players to
• 26:40
  throw the ball to. Um, so having Mike
• 26:43
  Evans stepping in there is is great as
• 26:45
  long as he can stay on that field.
• 26:47
  >> It's almost like it's like Shanahan is
• 26:50
  deciding to try to play this game where
• 26:51
  he's on like hospital mode level where
• 26:54
  he just seems to have his entire squad
• 26:56
  that could get injured at any point, but
• 26:58
  it's higher risk, high reward, and he's
• 26:59
  like, "Let's go for it. just get him out
• 27:01
  there.
• 27:02
  >> I mean, yeah, we we we we could all talk
• 27:04
  about risk levels. Um just one popped to
• 27:08
  my mind, but we won't go there on this
• 27:10
  in this podcast. Um yeah, it's it it is
• 27:14
  it is that risk factor that that
• 27:16
  obviously that he's he's taken on board
• 27:18
  there. But if if the risk pays off, he's
• 27:22
  got a fantastic wide receiver, one who
• 27:25
  is only going to elevate the team
• 27:27
  massively.
• 27:29
  Um,
• 27:31
  let's move on to the onto the next one.
• 27:34
  Uh, which is a bit of a shock for me.
• 27:36
  This one. Travis ETN. Um, moving uh from
• 27:40
  Duvall to the New Orleans Saints.
• 27:48
  >> Yeah, it's a shock for me as well. Um,
• 27:50
  makes you wonder how much
• 27:53
  makes you wonder how much a player has
• 27:54
  to if they can even agree or if they can
• 27:57
  say no to a trade because I would have
• 27:59
  said no to this. This the s the Saints
• 28:02
  are a few years away from being
• 28:04
  anything. Like the Jaguars have been in
• 28:06
  the playoffs last year had a great run
• 28:08
  and then all of a sudden you're going to
• 28:09
  go to the Saints and this is even
• 28:11
  potentially behind Alvin Kamara or is
• 28:14
  Alvin we know Alvin Kamar wants a trade.
• 28:16
  Doesn't mean he's going to get one.
• 28:19
  I
• 28:21
  don't fit in with that.
• 28:22
  >> I mean, the only saving grace is is, you
• 28:25
  know, that the Saints looked really
• 28:27
  dangerous towards the end of the season.
• 28:29
  you know, they had that
• 28:30
  >> had that really terrible start um to to
• 28:33
  last season, but towards the end they
• 28:36
  they started looking at looking a bit
• 28:37
  frisky and um you know, they've got
• 28:43
  their style running back. So, why
• 28:46
  why take Travis ETN and
• 28:54
  I I can't see how this is going to work
• 28:56
  personally. You know, Travis CTN is is a
• 28:59
  is a starting running back. You know,
• 29:01
  you've got Alvin Kamar.
• 29:05
  Who are you putting in as your number
• 29:07
  one running back? I Yeah.
• 29:10
  >> Unless Unless they're going to start
• 29:11
  playing some weird formation where
• 29:12
  they've always got two running backs
• 29:14
  behind the quarterback. Yes, Tyler
• 29:16
  Shooks a rookie, but he doesn't
• 29:17
  necessarily need both of them. I know
• 29:20
  Alvin Kamar is a very good catching
• 29:21
  back, but you they don't need both of
• 29:25
  them.
• 29:27
  at all. And again, like you always need
• 29:29
  a backup in case somebody gets injured,
• 29:31
  but neither of those players are backups
• 29:35
  really on any squad.
• 29:38
  >> No. No. Exactly. Um
• 29:41
  yeah, interesting to see how that one
• 29:44
  will unfold in this this season. Uh
• 29:46
  moving on to the to the next one. Um,
• 29:49
  we've got another Green Bay Packer
• 29:51
  moving to uh to the Miami Dolphins,
• 29:54
  Malik Willis. Um,
• 29:58
  I think this is a fantastic pickup. I
• 30:01
  think they just
• 30:02
  >> they've just upgraded from from tour to
• 30:05
  Malik Willis. Um, who is, you know, who
• 30:08
  who shoe last year and in his time at
• 30:11
  Green Bay that he is a callback one in
• 30:15
  any team. um how he got let out of the
• 30:18
  building at the Titans to to be released
• 30:21
  to Green Bay is is beyond me. Um and
• 30:25
  yeah, I think that the Dolphins have
• 30:27
  have picked up a special one there. Um a
• 30:30
  lot of people won't won't rate it as
• 30:33
  much as I do, but I think um this is by
• 30:35
  far an improvement to to what they had
• 30:38
  in tour.
• 30:40
  >> Yeah, I massive I massively rate this.
• 30:42
  We we did say, didn't we, there was what
• 30:43
  was it two or three games he played last
• 30:45
  season. He's definitely just he's turned
• 30:47
  up and shown himself to be a quarterback
• 30:49
  one. Um and and that's and I think it's
• 30:52
  definitely Matteo who is saying that
• 30:53
  more than anyone last on on this
• 30:55
  podcast. When you get the chance, you go
• 30:57
  out there and you prove it and he's done
• 30:59
  that.
• 30:59
  >> He's gone and got himself a 67.5 million
• 31:01
  pound deal. He's he's gone and proved
• 31:03
  it. Um, and I think you got the likes of
• 31:08
  Tyreek Hill who's been injured and he
• 31:10
  does a lot of tweeting and a lot of
• 31:12
  talking and he's been saying a lot about
• 31:13
  teams he wants to go to and he always
• 31:15
  backs up the Chiefs and that. But if
• 31:17
  you're Tyreek Hill and you think you can
• 31:18
  come back this season, you got to be
• 31:20
  excited about this.
• 31:21
  >> Yeah, I think to have a a quarterback
• 31:24
  that's actually going to be able to
• 31:25
  throw him the ball um,
• 31:28
  >> you know, is is exciting. Um, but
• 31:31
  obviously, you know, there is questions
• 31:34
  raised about Tyreek. You know, what's
• 31:36
  his level of fitness now? Is he still as
• 31:39
  fast as he used to be? Um,
• 31:41
  >> I mean, that was a bad injury. That was
• 31:43
  a bad injury. It was like a double it
• 31:45
  almost like it was like a double knee
• 31:46
  injury.
• 31:47
  >> Yeah.
• 31:48
  >> But, but also the other the problem with
• 31:50
  the Dolphins here is you've got like
• 31:54
  Yes. two are causing us to have a lot of
• 31:55
  injuries, but you also had a lot of them
• 31:56
  from being sacked
• 31:59
  and they haven't done anything with the
• 32:01
  O line. So, this is a great pickup, but
• 32:04
  I want to see him protect Malik. I don't
• 32:05
  want them just to be sat behind the
• 32:07
  current O line.
• 32:08
  >> Yeah. And I think that's that's
• 32:10
  something that they're going to have to
• 32:11
  address in the draft. I think I think
• 32:12
  they've got to focus building that
• 32:15
  building the trenches in the draft,
• 32:18
  especially the offensive line. um you
• 32:21
  know give some protection for for Malik
• 32:23
  to to get rid of that ball. Um you know
• 32:26
  have a look what's out still out there
• 32:28
  in free agency. There's there are still
• 32:29
  some good tackles and guards out there.
• 32:32
  >> Um but yeah, for sure to give give Malik
• 32:36
  some time in the pocket.
• 32:38
  >> Um
• 32:38
  >> yeah, that's what that's what does
• 32:40
  that's what does well was doing well
• 32:42
  with the Packers, especially when they
• 32:43
  put a backup in there.
• 32:45
  They all stepped stood up and gave him
• 32:47
  that extra seconds he needed and it was
• 32:49
  just like, "Right, cool. There we go."
• 32:51
  >> Yeah, that's what he needs.
• 32:53
  >> I think this is good. Very good work.
• 32:56
  >> Yeah. So, moving on. Uh, this is
• 32:58
  obviously a bit of a more of your
• 33:00
  interest in this one and a bit of a
• 33:01
  shock for me. Um, Kenneth Walker, uh,
• 33:04
  Super Bowl winning back and MVP,
• 33:08
  um, has made his way to Kansas City
• 33:11
  Chiefs. You must be ecstatic on this
• 33:14
  one.
• 33:16
  >> I am. I am very excited about this. Um I
• 33:19
  mean so I I was I was looking at draft.
• 33:22
  I was saying I really hope we make a
• 33:25
  move so we can pick up Jeremiah Love.
• 33:26
  Looks like an incredible running back.
• 33:28
  Maybe we still could. I don't know. I
• 33:30
  really liked him. I had no thoughts that
• 33:32
  we were going to do something as insane
• 33:34
  as this. Um but it's also insane on the
• 33:38
  Seahawks side that I bought. Why would
• 33:39
  you get rid of your Super Bowl MVP?
• 33:43
  >> Yeah, I can't get it.
• 33:46
  >> And now you got to look at it on the
• 33:48
  sense of Chiefs have now got the Super
• 33:49
  Bowl MVP of the four of the last five
• 33:52
  Super Bowls.
• 33:55
  >> Yeah,
• 33:55
  >> it's just
• 33:56
  >> Yeah.
• 33:56
  >> I mean, okay. Yeah. Um to be fair, if we
• 33:59
  talk about because we we have done a
• 34:01
  load of that, but I'm excited for this.
• 34:03
  But the problem is we had we had Kareem
• 34:06
  Hunt and Isaiah Pacheo and our running
• 34:08
  game still wasn't amazing. So we still
• 34:10
  need to do something
• 34:12
  and picking up
• 34:15
  um I have forgotten our knew DC's name
• 34:18
  all all of a sudden.
• 34:21
  DC who left he went to the Bears and
• 34:23
  he's now come back but he was the bear.
• 34:25
  He he did all the running training for
• 34:27
  the Bears.
• 34:28
  >> Okay. Um, and I'm very excited to think
• 34:31
  that he's going to come in and get the
• 34:33
  running backs back to where they should
• 34:34
  be because the Bears had a great running
• 34:36
  squad last season. Hopefully he can do
• 34:38
  that with us. Um, we we need something O
• 34:42
  line wise and that was like we had
• 34:43
  Patrick Mahomes running around not
• 34:45
  getting any help. And then if the O line
• 34:48
  aren't going to be making the channels,
• 34:49
  as good as Kenneth Walker was last
• 34:51
  season, and yes, he was very good at
• 34:52
  going to the right, bouncing back and
• 34:54
  then still making his breaks to the
• 34:55
  left. We don't want to have to make him
• 34:57
  do that every time we give him the ball.
• 35:00
  But having said that, I'm very excited
• 35:02
  for this.
• 35:04
  >> Eric Benemy is it Eric?
• 35:06
  >> That's it. Eric Benemy. Yeah.
• 35:08
  >> Yeah.
• 35:09
  >> Also, the other good thing about that is
• 35:11
  Chiefs haven't won a Super Bowl without
• 35:13
  Eric Benemy as our DC. So, him coming
• 35:16
  back to DC was good news. But yeah, I
• 35:19
  think because when he went to the Bears
• 35:21
  as DC, he or running back coach, he just
• 35:23
  focused on the running backs. So, I
• 35:25
  think that's going to give him very
• 35:27
  helpful ability there. Um, and I know
• 35:32
  we're the Chiefs. Obviously, we're going
• 35:34
  to probably go into the trade, so I'm
• 35:35
  not going to go too much into that one,
• 35:36
  but we keep releasing players.
• 35:40
  So, obviously, we we've lost three DBs.
• 35:44
  um three incredible DBs as well. But
• 35:48
  people have been messaging me going just
• 35:50
  asking what the how our plan is, what we
• 35:52
  doing here cuz obly we've just resigned
• 35:54
  Travis Cow for another season. Um and
• 35:57
  people are saying is Mahomes coming
• 35:59
  back. There's no way Mahomes is letting
• 36:00
  Cal play his last season without him
• 36:04
  stupidly from Mahomes. He should take
• 36:06
  some of the season off, but he's going
• 36:07
  to want to come out and play with Cows.
• 36:10
  Um so if he gets himself fit, that's
• 36:12
  going to be amazing. So offensive,
• 36:14
  weapons wise, great. Offensive linewise,
• 36:17
  that needs work. But looking back in
• 36:19
  history,
• 36:21
  every single year we seem to get rid of
• 36:23
  DBs. We like Spags is a very good
• 36:26
  defensive coach.
• 36:28
  Um, and if he's going to go,
• 36:31
  I think every single year if he's going
• 36:33
  to get rid of someone and we all worried
• 36:35
  about we worried about when we got rid
• 36:36
  of Javarius Ward and Matthew in the same
• 36:38
  season, didn't matter. Then we got rid
• 36:41
  of Legius Sneed. Um,
• 36:44
  and now we're we're getting rid of three
• 36:46
  big names. Like I believe there's a plan
• 36:49
  somewhere.
• 36:50
  >> Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.
• 36:51
  >> This particular signing I think I don't
• 36:54
  know what your thoughts were when you
• 36:55
  saw it, but I'm excited for this and I
• 36:57
  think it's I don't know how we got away
• 36:59
  with this.
• 37:02
  >> Yeah, I think I think this is, you know,
• 37:04
  this is a fantastic pickup, especially
• 37:06
  for the offense. Um and it it' be great
• 37:09
  to see how you know Kenneth Walker fits
• 37:12
  into that offense. Um obviously you've
• 37:14
  mentioned it before about some of the
• 37:16
  guys you've lost. Let's let's look at
• 37:17
  the trade um that one of the trades that
• 37:19
  you did lose um you know you've lost
• 37:22
  your you know Trent McDuffy um to the LA
• 37:25
  Rams uh for a first round uh in this
• 37:30
  year, fifth round this year, sixth round
• 37:32
  this year and a third round next year.
• 37:35
  Um, I mean that's quite a lot of trade
• 37:37
  capital to to pick up for for one guy.
• 37:40
  Um, is that is that enough do you think?
• 37:44
  You know, obviously they are gambles in
• 37:47
  the eyes of the draft. You don't know
• 37:48
  what you're going to get. Um, obviously
• 37:53
  >> look, I mean,
• 37:56
  he's now cuz two or three days after
• 37:58
  that, he was then given an extension and
• 38:00
  he's now the highest paid DB in a
• 38:02
  league.
• 38:04
  And I think he's deserved that. I think
• 38:06
  he's proved himself that for the last
• 38:08
  couple of seasons at the Chiefs. I'm
• 38:10
  really happy to see that because he what
• 38:11
  he obviously need that and deserve that,
• 38:13
  but we couldn't give it to him. So maybe
• 38:14
  that's what we've done. Maybe we've just
• 38:15
  gone, look, we've given you the time.
• 38:17
  We've helped you nurture and grow. We'll
• 38:19
  let you go make money elsewhere and
• 38:20
  we'll just start again somewhere. Um
• 38:23
  because we seem to be pretty good at
• 38:25
  doing that, especially on the DB side of
• 38:26
  the ball.
• 38:29
  >> Yeah. picks wise. I mean, it's I it's
• 38:31
  it's a good draft. If we if we pick up
• 38:34
  someone, whether it's on free agency or
• 38:36
  if we draft well on the DB side of the
• 38:39
  ball, I'll be happy with that draft. If
• 38:41
  we end up with a terrible draft, that I
• 38:43
  will think that this has been a mistake.
• 38:46
  >> Yeah. I mean, that that first round
• 38:47
  draft pick, you know, is obviously that
• 38:49
  we know the Rams uh you know, finished
• 38:51
  quite strong in the in the the playoffs,
• 38:53
  so they're late
• 38:55
  >> I believe it was.
• 38:56
  >> Yeah. So, they're a late round draft
• 38:57
  pick in the first round. Um and then
• 38:59
  you've got a fifth and a sixth. Um
• 39:02
  again, two, you know, third day sort of
• 39:04
  round picks. You know, that's that's
• 39:06
  where you can you can find some hidden
• 39:08
  gems in in those sort of picks. So
• 39:11
  potentially there there is there is
• 39:12
  scope to to to get a a young uh DB who's
• 39:18
  who's talented, but yeah, it's it's a
• 39:21
  risk that I think they they've taken.
• 39:23
  >> It is. I mean, you look back at we
• 39:25
  drafted Trent McDuffy in 2022.
• 39:28
  Um, and I think this was very much we
• 39:31
  seem to be very good at finding DBs and
• 39:34
  just getting on with it. The other thing
• 39:35
  with the Rams as well, um, they picked
• 39:38
  up Jaylen Watson, which is our free
• 39:41
  agent DB. So, that's the second DBB lost
• 39:44
  to the Rams.
• 39:46
  So, and then you sort of look at the
• 39:48
  Rams and you start to get a bit scared
• 39:50
  because you're like, "Right, we're going
• 39:51
  to build this team. What if we end up
• 39:52
  playing the Rams in the Super Bond?
• 39:54
  We're like, "Oh, no. We're playing
• 39:55
  against our DBs that we've trained and
• 39:57
  made this good."
• 40:00
  >> Yeah, they know your they know your
• 40:02
  trade secrets. Um yeah, it's it's it is
• 40:06
  going to be an interesting show to see
• 40:08
  how this season pans out for for both
• 40:11
  the Rams and the Chiefs. Um let's move
• 40:14
  on to we did cover this last week, but
• 40:16
  let's look at it in a little bit more
• 40:18
  detail. um the trade between uh the
• 40:22
  Houston Texans and the Detroit Lions. Uh
• 40:25
  the Texans received David Montgomery and
• 40:29
  the Texans uh sent to the uh Detroit
• 40:33
  Lions uh juice shrugs. Scrugs
• 40:39
  >> Scrugs a fourth round 2026 pick and a
• 40:43
  seventh round 2027 pick. Um,
• 40:48
  I think this was good value for money to
• 40:50
  be fair. I think, you know, David
• 40:51
  Montgomery is a is a proven running
• 40:53
  back. Um,
• 40:56
  I think I think that the Texans are
• 40:58
  definitely going to use that use that uh
• 41:03
  that that trade as as as a positive.
• 41:05
  He's he's obviously going to run in go
• 41:07
  running back one in that room now. Um,
• 41:11
  do you think the the lines in this trade
• 41:13
  got anything out of it? I don't know.
• 41:16
  >> Um, see, I think I think the Lions are
• 41:19
  the
• 41:20
  the one one in a million case where we
• 41:22
  were talking about with the Saints of
• 41:24
  how can you have two running backs on
• 41:25
  the same squad when they had J Gibbs and
• 41:28
  David Montgomery. And
• 41:29
  >> yeah,
• 41:30
  >> I feel they did lose something
• 41:33
  in the fact that they didn't because
• 41:35
  they were both good at different things.
• 41:36
  Maybe they got a third down back, maybe
• 41:37
  they got an outside back, an inside
• 41:40
  back, and it's good to have the options.
• 41:42
  Um, but this is very good for the Texans
• 41:47
  100% and it makes them scary cuz they
• 41:49
  were already there like getting close
• 41:51
  last season. So, this is going to be
• 41:54
  good. We do know well I say we I because
• 41:57
  again it's another Chiefs player we got
• 41:58
  rid of that the Lions have picked up
• 42:01
  Isaiah Pachco
• 42:03
  to replace David Montgomery
• 42:06
  because which that one I hated but we've
• 42:09
  picked up Carl Walker the third so we
• 42:10
  didn't need him. I would have preferred
• 42:12
  Pacheco than Hunt if I'm honest as a
• 42:14
  third down back but just do whatever. So
• 42:16
  I think the Lions have they haven't lost
• 42:18
  anything because Pacheco is a very good
• 42:20
  third down back and I think that's what
• 42:21
  they were roughly using Montgomery for
• 42:23
  at this point but he's going to go into
• 42:26
  the Texans as your as as their running
• 42:28
  back. So I think everyone's sort of done
• 42:30
  well. I think I can't remember if Duke
• 42:32
  Scruggs was he O line or is he
• 42:37
  >> I thought he was
• 42:38
  >> I know they fixed a position with him.
• 42:41
  >> Yeah, he's Yeah.
• 42:42
  >> Oh, he's an O lineman. Okay, that's fair
• 42:44
  enough then.
• 42:46
  >> Could be could be a positive then. Um
• 42:49
  you know
• 42:52
  as as we've said line O linemen are
• 42:54
  important in this league. Um and to to
• 42:56
  get good ones is is is important. Um so
• 43:00
  yeah, let's move on to the the the final
• 43:02
  trade that we're going to talk about
• 43:03
  today. Um an interesting trade. Uh the
• 43:08
  Jets have received Gino Smith and a
• 43:11
  seventh round 2026 pick. Uh and they
• 43:15
  have sent their sixth round 2026 pick to
• 43:18
  the Raiders. Um
• 43:21
  this seemed like
• 43:24
  loose change being exchanged uh on the
• 43:27
  stock market. What do what do you think
• 43:29
  on this one?
• 43:31
  >> Yeah. So,
• 43:33
  for for anyone who doesn't know, I I do
• 43:35
  I do all the graphic work or most of the
• 43:37
  graphic work, especially NFL side of
• 43:38
  things. And I made this for us to talk
• 43:40
  about for the simple fact that I wanted
• 43:42
  to discuss the fact that the Jets are
• 43:44
  the first team in 50 years ever to draft
• 43:46
  a player and then eventually resign him
• 43:49
  back,
• 43:51
  which is just funny. But when you look
• 43:53
  at it, I can't decide if the Raiders
• 43:56
  have lost or won here because Gino Smith
• 43:58
  wasn't good in the forum. But you can't
• 44:00
  send a player and a pick for just a
• 44:02
  pick. Like that that that's got to hurt
• 44:05
  Gino Smith just being like, "Oh, I'm
• 44:06
  just worth a few places in a like I'm
• 44:09
  not worth anything other than that."
• 44:11
  >> I I think the Raiders Raiders probably
• 44:14
  got a really decent deal out of this to
• 44:15
  be fair. Um they've just you know you
• 44:18
  take out Gino Smith you know who they
• 44:21
  were going to drop anyway and they've
• 44:23
  just exchanged a seventh round pick for
• 44:26
  a sixth round pick. So
• 44:28
  >> essentially if we look at that yeah
• 44:30
  >> I think back as a
• 44:33
  >> yeah they they weren't they were never
• 44:35
  going to resign Gino. He's just he was
• 44:38
  dead wood and they sent him off to the
• 44:40
  Jets for that sort of last harra I think
• 44:45
  for Gino to to put on a Jets uniform one
• 44:49
  last time because I don't think he's I
• 44:52
  don't think he's going to be starting. I
• 44:54
  think he may have a few a few
• 44:56
  appearances but I I'm not hopeful for
• 45:00
  the man unfortunately.
• 45:01
  >> That's that was was going to be my next
• 45:03
  question. What do you think the plan is
• 45:04
  there? is he's just going to be a good I
• 45:07
  say a good backup. He's just going to be
• 45:08
  a backup just in case. I think just
• 45:11
  retire out in New York. You know,
• 45:12
  there's worse places to end up retiring.
• 45:15
  >> Yeah, I think that's that's probably
• 45:17
  probably how it's going to be. He's
• 45:18
  going to retire as a New York Jet and
• 45:20
  sail off into the sunset.
• 45:24
  >> Um but yeah, uh so that's kind of it for
• 45:28
  us right now. Um
• 45:31
  uh we've still got the Monday night
• 45:33
  huddle uh which is going to be shown
• 45:35
  with myself and Matteo Steam Maker may
• 45:38
  make a appearance on there as well. Um
• 45:41
  yet to be decided on that one. We're
• 45:43
  also still trying to get hold of some
• 45:44
  guests. So if you're a part of part of
• 45:47
  the Britall team and you want to jump on
• 45:48
  the show, get in touch. We'll have you
• 45:50
  on uh or get you on to the onto the
• 45:53
  Monday night show. U but for now guys um
• 45:57
  I've been Lee. Not been stay
• 46:01
  have a great weekend.
• 46:03
  >> Enjoy, guys.