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NFL Free Agency Primer: Some Game-Changers, Many Helpful Hands At Wide Receiver · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Inside the Birds is back. What's up? Everybody is Jeff Moser,
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan. We've been talking about NFL free agency. We've
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: been previewing it. We've given you quarterbacks, we've gone through
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: running backs, and now we get to wide receivers.
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: It may be.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at some of the names
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: out there, you're like, oh, hey, that guy can play,
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: that guy can play. Probably this, Adam. We're going to
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: talk about this through two different lenses, right the NFL
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: because we're gonna preview NFL free agency at this position,
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: but also obviously the Eagles lens. There's a lot going
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: on with them. You've heard them at the combine sort
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: of talk their way around the AJ Brown situation. All right,
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: clearly we know there if there's business to be made,
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: business will be made. All right, we'll say that. But
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: if you look at the Eagles, to me, whether or
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: not they have AJ Brown, I think we've discussed this.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Their depth of that position is not great and it
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: wouldn't hurt them to be a little bit active in
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: free agency. Just to you know, we've talked about they
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: don't have a natural slot, and we've talked about they
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: have no after DeVante Smith and A. J.
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: Brown.
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: What do they got right? I mean, John Doatson's a
• 1:17
  Speaker 1: free agent. Then you got guys like Johnny Wilson, Darius Cooper.
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: They don't have like an established guy there. And then
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: of course if you look at the NFL right, there
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: are probably four or five teams that you think if
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: that team got itself just a decent like a B
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: plus type of wide receiver, maybe like the Bills, right,
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: they could really do something. So why I think this
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: position is going to be very interesting in free agency?
• 1:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it actually has pretty good death. Now George Pickens
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: will not be going to freegency. Technically you're not going
• 1:47
  Speaker 2: to get the franchise tag Cowboys. Not surprisingly it's really
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: their only option now because they figuring out his contract
• 1:54
  Speaker 2: with If Pittsburgh want to know part of them, they
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: traded them and then you had some concentration problem after
• 2:00
  Speaker 2: problems last season, and then there were times where he
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: was unbelievable the best receiver in football by far. Some
• 2:05
  Speaker 2: weeks you got Dak Prescott, a still pretty good quarterback.
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: So it worked for them, But trying to figure out
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: what that contract would look like structuralized. Can they get
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: out of it early if he's not behaving. Well, yeah,
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: this stuff matters, man, It matters when you're doing out
• 2:20
  Speaker 2: that kind of cash. M hm. And you know how
• 2:23
  Speaker 2: the Cowboys love the way till the end.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: First of all, they love the franchise tag. I mean
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: they've had a franchise tag now, like think five times
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: in the last eight years. I mean the who they
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: put the tag on somebody two years in a row,
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence. I mean, they love the franchise tag, which
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: you know most people would tell you is not the
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: greatest mechanism. You don't want to have to use the
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: franchise tag. But they do business differently.
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an insurance policy. But what the Cowboys typically
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: typically do, and a lot of teams do this, they
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: don't look at it like the fans, Oh, who's their priority.
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: They don't look at it that way. The first thing
• 2:56
  Speaker 2: you look at it who could we get signed first?
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Okay? Jake Ferguson, he signed early, relatively early. Then they
• 3:03
  Speaker 2: worked their way to other contracts. Cowboys historically try to
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: sign guys they know they can get early done, and
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: then they moved to the big fish late and that's
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: when Jerry pays more than he should. It's not the
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: way the Eagles do a business. It's one of the
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: many reasons why Joe Banner was smart. Then they became
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: the nflp came up with the so called Joe Banner rule. No,
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: you can't extend it. We don't want you extend our players,
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: and we don't want the pressure of you try and
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: extend our players after two years. So in a CBA
• 3:31
  Speaker 2: couple decades ago, you have to wait three seasons of
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: a cruit service. So yeah, but you know the Eagles,
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: you know, we'll talk more about that as we get
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: closer to free agency, but you know they're going to
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: be aggressive trying to get there some of the young
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: players done. That's absolutely gonna happen. So they get three
• 3:47
  Speaker 2: or four of them done. That remains to be seen.
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: But the bottom line is when it comes to them
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  Speaker 2: at receiver. As much as they liked Darris Cooper, he's unproven.
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: There was a great story development, no no doubt, great
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  Speaker 2: story last summer. Mm hmm. Johnny Wilson come off a
• 4:02
  Speaker 2: major injury. Britain Covey is under contract. By the way,
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: he's a slot only and a punt returner and a
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: little bit of kickoff returner. And if they trade a J. Brown,
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: they have a major hall And obviously if you're gonna
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: trade them, you're gonna want to get something of worth
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: back where you could replace him. We're not going to
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: do it, right, That's just the way it is. So
• 4:19
  Speaker 2: it's it's kind of complicated trading him because if you
• 4:23
  Speaker 2: trade him, you'd love to if you're going to trade him,
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: you'd love to get a first for a bad team,
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: so you get it upper half of the first round.
• 4:30
  Speaker 2: But if you trade him to someone's gonna pick in
• 4:33
  Speaker 2: the late twenties, and we're we're on freedancy. Now we'll
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: get to that. We always get to the draft second
• 4:40
  Speaker 2: or three week of March, and it's all draft because
• 4:43
  Speaker 2: freegency is like this, you know, it's like NBA freegency.
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  Speaker 2: It's a little bit shorter than an NBA in terms
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  Speaker 2: of the big part of it. But when you look
• 4:51
  Speaker 2: at this situation, man, it's a you're not yet, You're
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: not you're gonna hear this list though it's a pretty
• 4:57
  Speaker 2: good list. There's no one out there who's not going
• 5:00
  Speaker 2: to be tagged other than Dredge Pickens, of course, but
• 5:04
  Speaker 2: there's no one else who could even remotely replace a G. Brown.
• 5:07
  Speaker 2: That's why the only way you're going to do it
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: is if you get someone back in the trade or
• 5:12
  Speaker 2: you feel that the draft is strong enough at receiver.
• 5:15
  Speaker 2: Now the early word is it's not. It's sort of
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  Speaker 2: top heavy, and even at the top guys, they're questions,
• 5:22
  Speaker 2: like there weren't a lot of Tech McMillan. I maybe
• 5:25
  Speaker 2: you might remember, I don't remember any questions about him.
• 5:27
  Speaker 2: He had a really good rookie season, by the.
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: Way, Yeah, he had a very good rookie season. There
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: were The only questions were about the pure speed, because
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: he's more of a big, physical, possession retrict London. Yeah. Yeah,
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: But like I remember talking to Greg about this and
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: Greg was like, I don't get it, man. He just
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: does what those he does, what big physical receivers do.
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: He catches all the balls, and he learns how to
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: shield defenders with his body, and he has great hands.
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: And you know, I think if Teed McMillan were playing
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: in a better offense last year, you could have even
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: had even better rookie numbers. He's a really good player.
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, seventy and seven touchdown that's really good for a rookie. Yeah,
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: he didn't miss any time. He's on his way to
• 6:05
  Speaker 2: being a really good player. He was the eighth pick overall.
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: And Philly's own Dan Morgan, the GM from Clifton Heights, PA.
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  Speaker 2: By the way he made the pick, and that he's
• 6:18
  Speaker 2: on his way. McMillan. So getting back to this situation,
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: we'll get the names in like thirty seconds here. But
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: the good thing about this group is if you're a
• 6:28
  Speaker 2: fan of a team that needs speed, there's that. If
• 6:31
  Speaker 2: you need a slot receiver, there's that. If you want
• 6:33
  Speaker 2: a veteran that's near the anim his career and you
• 6:35
  Speaker 2: just want to possess a receiver, you got that. But
• 6:37
  Speaker 2: the A level receiver Mike Evans is turning thirty three,
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: still really good. I'm interested to what kind of deal
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: he can get. That'd be fascinating me too.
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: Me too. I'm sure he's still a pretty good player.
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: You know, the Eagles at him. I think that no
• 6:52
  Speaker 1: matter what they probably should get in that they should
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: be involved here at some level in wide receiver free
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: agency just because of their depth in the past. I mean,
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: they've never really been deep at receiver, even at their
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: most successful they went to the Super Bowl and lost
• 7:09
  Speaker 1: it three years ago with Ques Watkins as their slot receiver.
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: Kind of miscast that way they made it work, but
• 7:16
  Speaker 1: really it's because the slot receiver has always been the
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: number four option in the passing game, behind the two
• 7:21
  Speaker 1: receivers and Dallas Goddard. But now we don't know what's
• 7:25
  Speaker 1: gonna happen with Dallas Goddard, So that third receiver in
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: general could take on a bigger role if it's the
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: right guy in this new offense, especially, and I just
• 7:34
  Speaker 1: think that they're gonna have to. I'm not saying that
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: they have to go out there and blow somebody away
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  Speaker 1: with a big three or four year deal. I'm just saying,
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: like they have to. It would help them to bring
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: in a guy who can catch and passes, veteran who's
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: done it, you know, God two years ago. Not a
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: draft one, by the way. Yeah, but you and I
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: always say you can't. You can't rely on a draft
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  Speaker 1: pick to as a rookie to be what you want
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  Speaker 1: that guy.
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: Be. Somebody. If you're looking for an insurance policy, you
• 7:58
  Speaker 2: might want to look towards free agency. Want a developmental slot,
• 8:01
  Speaker 2: you certainly could look to the draft, and we'll We'll
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: learn more about the rookies when we start breaking down
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: that stuff. But anyway, let's let's get to it.
• 8:09
  Speaker 1: Let's get just remember they wanted, right, I'm sorry to
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: drop two years ago, they wanted to be deeper. They
• 8:14
  Speaker 1: signed DeVante Parker and then he wound up retiring in camp,
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: which remember that, you know then.
• 8:24
  Speaker 2: Did he did he retire well before training? Right?
• 8:26
  Speaker 1: He retired? Way he might have been.
• 8:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly. I was like, wait a minute, right, right? Uh?
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: Then they went out and got what Zach Pascal that
• 8:36
  Speaker 1: year like as a as a four behind Watkins, I guess.
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, I know he came in I don't remember
• 8:40
  Speaker 2: if it was that same year, and he the enforcer.
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: You know, he was blocking, blocking receiver as we like.
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was pretty good, but he he was physical. Yeah,
• 8:49
  Speaker 2: he brought an attitude, no doubt. So when you look
• 8:51
  Speaker 2: at this group, it's actually a good group. Now again,
• 8:56
  Speaker 2: how many of them are going to resign? How many
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: of them make it to market? But right, it's the
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: way I ranked him his pickings. Obviously he's not gonna
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: make it. Then. Mike Evans is a true ax demo.
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: Samuel was a move receiver. He could play X, he
• 9:11
  Speaker 2: could play Z. You line him m inside. You know
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: about the gadget stuff. Adam Peters, a GM was with
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: him with the Niners, so he's infinity for him. That
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: the Commandos of zero depth at receiver, they're really bad
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: in terms of depth. It's McLaurin and Samuel than everybody else,
• 9:28
  Speaker 2: so that you would think they'd want to resign him.
• 9:30
  Speaker 2: I mean, I know he's getting older and you know,
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: round thirty and he's got injuries. But guy's a good
• 9:36
  Speaker 2: football player.
• 9:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. The Mike Evans one, to me is unbelievable.
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's the kind of guy. Where again, if
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: you're like the Texans are the Bills, if you think
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: you're a really good, established receiver away from winning a
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: super Bowl, you might want to throw big one year
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: money YEP at him and make it worth it. So
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: ordinarily I would say he's gonna go back to timp
• 9:57
  Speaker 1: Bay because that's where he's been. But I don't know now,
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: might he might be ring chasing at this point, well
• 10:02
  Speaker 1: he already has one, but he might want here.
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: Here's sure, but here's a reason to leave a Mecca
• 10:09
  Speaker 2: Boca was a first round pick. They want him to
• 10:11
  Speaker 2: be a starter, right right, Chris Godwin is, Yeah, he's
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: locked in based on his structure, a lot of fully
• 10:19
  Speaker 2: guaranteed money, so uh, he'll be there. And Jamen McMillan,
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: they really like. It was the third round last year.
• 10:26
  Speaker 2: Unfortunately he missed almost all the season. Then when he
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: came back he was great.
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: He was yep.
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: And Test Johnson could run, so they'd be better with
• 10:37
  Speaker 2: him than without him. But on your point, the kind
• 10:42
  Speaker 2: of team, like if you're Mike Evans, yeah, if you
• 10:45
  Speaker 2: want to make another run Chargers, you're looking for the
• 10:51
  Speaker 2: Niners possibly. I'm just looking at teams that could use somebody.
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: Jwan Jennings is up. The Marcus Robinson, he's the plug
• 10:58
  Speaker 2: and play guy. Some how it gets already plays. Ricky
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: Piersoll has been He's missed more games that he's been
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: available for. Mm hmm. You're looking at teams that clearly
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: need a receiver. Those are a couple of them. Buffalo,
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, gracious, do they need one? Oh? Yeah,
• 11:12
  Speaker 2: because Keon Coleman, I don't know if you're ware of this,
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: Like apparently Terry Pogula put it on the former coaching
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: staff for Keon Coleman, who's been a bus so far
• 11:22
  Speaker 2: been extremely disappointing. Maturity and Brandon being the gym as
• 11:25
  Speaker 2: he didn't hit anything. Let's talk about the maturity problems
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: boy in the in the scouting world, I know you
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: and I know this boy. It was either you liked
• 11:35
  Speaker 2: him or you couldn't stand him.
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: Mm hmm.
• 11:38
  Speaker 2: There was no love for him. He was like, oh,
• 11:40
  Speaker 2: you know, this guy could do it. He's an ex receiver.
• 11:42
  Speaker 2: He'll go get it, but he doesn't run very well.
• 11:44
  Speaker 2: Effort could be questioned. And then he got the maturity stuff. Yeah,
• 11:48
  Speaker 2: but when you look at this market for evans, it
• 11:52
  Speaker 2: should be robust. Tyi Hill as Andy Reid was asked
• 11:55
  Speaker 2: about it because he could because he was Tyer Kill
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: was cut so he could talk about him. M hm.
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: He's aware that Hill's got a devastating injury. Juan Jennings,
• 12:03
  Speaker 2: who I mentioned, who could line up inside or outside.
• 12:07
  Speaker 2: Romeo Dobbs, who certainly would be looking to start as
• 12:10
  Speaker 2: more of a he's more of a number two receiver.
• 12:13
  Speaker 2: Alec nine Rau Pierce, who had it unbelievable. I call
• 12:17
  Speaker 2: him nine round because that's really what he is. He
• 12:18
  Speaker 2: He has no versatility. But what he does is the
• 12:22
  Speaker 2: dude could flat out fly. Yeah, I mean almost everything
• 12:25
  Speaker 2: he has is deep. But man, he had a ridiculous
• 12:30
  Speaker 2: year for all the underachievement. He was overdrafted in the
• 12:32
  Speaker 2: second round by the Cults, but man, he only had
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: this is like ridiculous. He only had forty seven receptions
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: for one thousand and three yards twenty one point three
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: yards per catch. I mean that is big time. Yea,
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: so teams team. If he makes it to market, somebody
• 12:49
  Speaker 2: will overpay for a speed. It always happens.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: I agree, I agree. I mean those are the guys
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: you just mentioned, like Dobbs, Pierce, Wandale Robinson. These guys
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: will probably get multi year deal. I mean, I would
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: imagine good Tyreek. We got to figure out where his
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: health status is. Can he run anymore? Can he do
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: anything that that's a big It wouldn't surfres me if
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: he was a lader because he may still have to
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: rehab to get ready. Jennings is an interesting one. Jennings
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: has been a good, productive middle of the field receiver
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: for the nine Niners, but he's always sort of wanted
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: more money, right. He's always made clear and I don't
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: know where his mindset is at. But if you can
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: get him on a one year deal, if you're the
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: Eagles and you're trying to a guy, yeah I know,
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: I know, it's probably gonna be too much. Yeah.
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Plus you don't even know how much eleven personnel
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: they're going to play. That's a great question.
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, you would think that they would play a
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: decent amount given the offense you're about to implement, unless
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: they were going to go more mcveighish and have more
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: tight ends. But I was thinking more what the Packers do,
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: which is more eleven personnel.
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: Well where you could say the previous McVeigh until last season,
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: where would always be near the top at eleven personnel.
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: It's a strange thing. They had so many tight ends.
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: He went to heavy thirteen personnel. Tay like people thought
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: there was something wrong, Like no, it's they didn't have
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: a great third receiver and they were absolutely loaded at
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: tight end. It's a smart coaching. But looking at our list,
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: here a Wandel Robinson. Boy, he's turned out to be
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: a player. He had a great season.
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he was a good you know, he was good
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: coming out of it was a second round pick, right, I.
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: Mean he was Kentucky.
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, out of Kentucky, he should have been good. It's
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: just that he was on such an awful Giants team. Like,
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: it's not surprising me that he's finally, you know, coming
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: into his own a little bit. He had a quarterback
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: that can throw them the ball.
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: Last year in ACL injury early.
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's too. I forgot about the ACL. Yeah.
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but man last year ninety two, ten, fourteen and four.
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: That's good.
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: He's a dynamic slot receiver. He's got great quicks, gadget stuff.
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: He's a really good player. He's gonna get paid. Yep,
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: He's absolutely gonna get paid. You gotta go, he's got
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: to go somewhere. Well, he doesn't have to be. He
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: doesn't have to go where they're going to play heavy eleven.
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: He's just the team's got playing as at the Z position.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: Mm hmm.
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: You gotta know how, you got to know how to
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: use him. I'm sure that Brian Dable would love to
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: have him in Tennessee, and I'm sure they've got a
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: lot of cap space. And now that that's cap sas
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: is nice. If it's all about cash, Ben, that's a
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: number one criteria for free agency. What's your cash, ben? Yep,
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: that owner is not. Like they've got the new stadium coming,
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: so we'll see how aggressive they are. The previous two
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: gms were aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: They got the green light to spend. So see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you, what if the Falcons had some money,
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  Speaker 2: Problem though, here's problem. Here's the problem. They're paying money,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of Darnell Mooney, a lot of money, and
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  Speaker 1: It's just not No, I can't do that.
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  Speaker 2: Plus it just pits. Yeah, that's such a tough deal. Yeah,
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• 16:24
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• 16:32
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• 16:34
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  Speaker 2: Then you got my guy, Taekwon Thornton, who was a
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: complete bust with New England as a second round pick.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: H then he got pressed into service Hollywood Brown was
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: hurt and then uh Rachie Rice was suspended. They were
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: running out of receivers and he had to play, and
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: he was great in his role. He could run, he's
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: got length. He's always been a little bit thin, but
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: he'll be looking to get a little bit of coin.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: Jujuis muth Schruster is not the oldest guy in the world,
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: but diminishing returns. Alambade Sakis who didn't work here. Josh
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Reynolds is a not a bad backup X. You mentioned
• 19:32
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• 19:35
  Speaker 2: run it could return, and the immortal mvs Marquez Valdez
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Scaling who could too. He's got to be at least
• 19:41
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• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Right Toami Brown, did I know he's on the list
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: in Keenan Allen those Alan's interesting because at this stave
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: of his career, he's a one year deal guy, and
• 19:52
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• 19:55
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• 19:57
  Speaker 1: think that that would be the kind of guy, especially
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: the his route running precision inside outside, that gives you
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: good versatility. That's not a bad option. There a good
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: veteran option. You can do some things for you.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, DM Brown is healthy. Brown I believe missed the
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: decent amount of time last season. He's got really good size.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: He could run a little bit. Yeah you remember, you
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: might remember from Washington previously. I think he signed for
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: one year and ten million last season with the Jaggy Wars. Yeah,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: he didn't do anything. Twenty catches, twenty seven yards. Yeah
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: he didn't do much. Yeah, missed three games. But yeah,
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: I mean this is actually a deep group Eagles. Any
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: team out there looking for depth, you're gonna find that.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: You're gonna find Adam feelin is near the Adam's career.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: He's a slot. Their x's, their their z's, their slots,
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: their size, they're smaller guys there returners. It's actually a
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: pretty good group. But there was no one getting back
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: to the Eagles who could even remotely place replace a J. Brown.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Now I say that we're just we're having fun here.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: Wouldn't be if they traded AJ Brown, right, and let's
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: say got like a first round pick, Okay, but they
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: still don't have that guy. Would you would you look
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: to sign Mike Evans for one year?
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Absolutely? I think the good team should be aggressive on
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: a one year deal. Look, I'll give you a great team.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: Right once you win the Super Bowl, all the eyes
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: are on you. The Seattle Seahawks won a Super Bowl
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: with as little firepower as possible, a great JSN. But
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: if they can sign Evans to a one year deal
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: to pair with JSN, if they lose a sheet, especially man,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you would look at them as way more equipped to
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: repeat as champions. So I think that that that's the
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: teams that should go after Evans. The good teams that
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: are one that have a little bit of money to spend,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: they can give them a bigger one year deal.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Oh I got one. Particularly if the if the Pats
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: cut Stefan Diggs, is that that's that'd be a great spot.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Seattle.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: I mean that was no, no, no, no, New England.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah, but where where are you saying Seattle
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: would be a good spot if the Patriots cut him?
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, I'm talking about Evans going to Oh.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: I have to talk about them because they're going to
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: be in the market for it. MATC Collins has been
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: like a crazy well he played for what he is. Yeah,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: gechem Booty did a good job. But that I know.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: They're like Kyle Willams was at the rental last season,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: but man boy, do they need some help on the outside.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: That's a team that kind of shocked the world. We'll
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: see what they do. Mike Evans is kind of a
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: robo bust market again, folks, there's no excuse any team
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: that you're that you're a fan of. There's actually no
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: excuse for not getting a decent veteran receiver because there
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: are plenty of them that are going to be available.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: Totally agree. I agree. I like this group. I think
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: that the deeper we got, the more you can see
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: some good one year deals for guys who can really
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: help make an impact for a team. So I think
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: of all the positions, because we went through quarterback and
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: we're like, eh, we went through running back and said,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: you guys, guys can help you.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Guys can help you.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: No one's gonna like transform your team, but there are
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: a few guys here. You signed these guys and they
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: could really really help you out and get you over
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: the hump, certainly fill a role that you need. So
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: that's it. That's the look at wide receivers in free agency.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: In our next pub we'll do tight ends and some
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: interesting names in that group as well. That's going to
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: do it for this episode of Inside the Birds, the
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• 23:15
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