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Episode 19: Play money · Football Junkies podcast

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Triple back alert triple back alert triple back alert folks. That's right
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We got three people that got paid today. All right, Jordan love got paid to a guy paid and
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Taylor Decker got paid. All right. Now the real question is how do they affect the Cowboys current negotiations?
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With Dak Prescott and how does Taylor Decker's deal affect Trent Williams current holdout?
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Also, does it add more fuel to the fire?
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For the 49ers to try to get a deal done with Trent Williams as well as is the quarterback market starting to become a little bit out of hand
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Is it me? I think it's just me. I don't know. We'll talk about this all of this in more on the ninth team episode of
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The greatest football podcast you could possibly listen to on a day-to-day basis
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I am your host your GM who still is on the road currently in Miami
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Sipping a pina colada
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Looking at the mock drafts as well as all 22 film for the next three years in advance kale. Let's lock in
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All right folks, let's get into these bag alerts, okay? We're gonna start off with the quarterbacks
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Then we're gonna go to the offensive linemen. Okay, because everybody likes the quarterbacks and just got to show them love
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Sometimes more than offensive linemen. So but we're gonna do things a little bit different though
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We're gonna go and we're gonna go in depth a little bit more with all of these contracts. Okay, so if you guys don't know
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Tua inked a four-year
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212.4 million dollar extension with the Dolphins. He gets a 42 million dollar signing bonus. He gets
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93.1 million guaranteed at signing as well as
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167.1 million in total guarantees his average salary folks
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53.1 million, okay
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Now when you when you look at everything, you know from a broad perspective, you're probably thinking okay the dolphins
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You know ain't up, you know not inked up but locked up there
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You know their their franchise quarterback cool great amazing
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But when you really look at it, right you you really have to sort of go in depth to really
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Understand the structure of the contract because if you just look at the numbers you're thinking
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Oh, you know the dolphins basically somewhat overpaid for him and you know this and the other and whatever
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You know whatever opinions that you know people can possibly have
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But when you really go in depth and you look at the the contract they structured the contract in a way
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So that basically they front-loaded it and the reason why I say front-load is because basically
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He gets a large majority of his money within the first two to three years
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So that guess what that back part of that contract if anything crazy happens
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Guess what they can they can move off of it very easily and there's no problems
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Compared to if you if you back load the contract and now you're in a position where you're trying to figure out exactly
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How are you going to?
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You know break down and try to either do a restructure or to a trade or you know a release or whatever the case may be
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Because let's let's because let's be let's be real here folks coming into the league to
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Suffered a major injury while he was in college right an injury that by many accounts is somewhat similar to what Bo Jackson
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Suffered when he was playing for the Raiders and ultimately ended his
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football career right and so you know those first few years when Tua was you know in you know in the NFL
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He was taking some shots right and let's not forget the the the season where he
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Suffered multiple concussions in one season there there was a point in time
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Where you could easily make an argument that you know Tua is gonna have to make some very serious
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life decisions because he just kept on taking you know concussions left and right and
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You know you would see him you know within the next you know two weeks or whatever
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But it's like no it doesn't work like that. We have seen multiple players
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Who who have had to retire because of multiple head injuries case in point Luke Keekley?
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Luke Keekley had to retire because he kept on getting concussions
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If he had he not gotten those those you know all those concussions that he suffered Luke Keekley
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Probably would have you know had a longer career, but he just couldn't do it anymore, right?
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And so you know with with Tua situation as far as being a quarterback the dolphins
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Basically prioritized and basically made it made a contract to where okay. Yes, you get your money
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But at the same time if anything crazy happens guess what we can move off of it. We can restructure it
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We can adjust it. We can do so many different things instead of you know it being an ironclad, you know
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Unmovable type of deal right and then not to mention
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Let's let's sort of give an applause to Mike McDaniel as well because let's be real here
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Um when Brian Flores was the head coach for you know for the dolphins to it was not to it was not doing the best
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and there were you know, there were a lot of rumors and
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Talk, you know around the lead that was basically
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Saying hey the dolphins might move off it to hey the dolphins might be involved in trying to get time Brady
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Hey, the dolphins might be involved in trying to get the Sean Watson at that time when when you know before he got traded to the
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to the Browns
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so you have to it's been a very roller coaster-esque type of
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career so far for Tula and
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Honestly speaking last season was statistically speaking his best season, right?
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And I'm gonna I'm gonna read off these stats
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I just want you to sort of you know get a glimpse of exactly how great or not great
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But how good his season was right so he had
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388 completions
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560 attempts he had a
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69.3
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completion percentage right he threw for
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4,624 yards he had 29 touchdowns almost 30 touchdowns right 14 interceptions
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I mean come on folks. Those are really good numbers
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Those are really good numbers and you would expect that with the type of offense that they ran
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You know when you have Jalen waddle and Tyree Kale and David our chain and Raheem Oster and company
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Of course, you know, he's gonna put up those numbers
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But at the same time you also see that the dolphins also
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Prioritized in making sure that they protect to it as best as possible
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So what did they do? They emphasized more on the run game
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They emphasize more on the quick pass they emphasize more on trying to be as fast as possible
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Because they realized that the longer that to a holds on to the ball the more
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Acceptable he is to get hurt right and when we when we sort of go a little bit more in depth
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Into you know into this iceberg according to next gen stats right shout out to the next gen stats 620 since 2016
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Tua has thrown
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1199 yards on quick passes traveling
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10 plus air yards alright last season last season alone
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Then any other quarterback right so
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Now now you're probably thinking you know why why would you read off a stat like this?
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That's because that shows that Mike McDaniel and that offense is
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Emphasizing more on getting the ball out of two his hands as fast as possible. That's their goal and it worked and you know
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The the stats you know basically speak for themselves now the question is
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You know, what is the expectation moving forward right because let's be real here the dolphins have basically
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Mortgage
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Well not not completely mortgage, but they are trying to mortgage that roster to get a Super Bowl and
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Granted, you know the super the roster is is really good
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It is on both sides of the ball. It really is however, however, we do have to address the elephant in the room here
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You know Tyree kill is gonna want is gonna want more money to run arm instead at one point in the offseason was contemplating retirement
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They lost Connor Williams and you know that roster is on the ticking time bomb
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It's not a bunch of you know young players who you know are just about to enter into their prime one
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Not like no you have a mixture of old of old veterans and you know still fairly
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You know young players who are still in their prime, right and not to mention you're in a division where you have Aaron Rodgers
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And Josh Allen as well
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So you have there there's a lot of there's a lot of things that are riding on this one season
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Alone not to mention the multiple moves that they made in order to bolster the roster as well
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When you you know when they went after and got Bradley Chud
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I can't even speak Bradley Chubb and they paid him when they went after
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Jaylin Ramsey and whatnot those weren't just you know just moves just to just to make them
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They're making those moves because they feel like in their heart of hearts that they can try to to the Super Bowl and possibly win
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That's what it boils down to right and so you know the pressure is on to and now
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To you know to show up you got paid. So now you have to show up folks
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You know kudos to the front office for for modeling a
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Contract that not only pays to but at the same time protects them just in case of anything crazy happens and you know finally things
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You know came to an understanding now moving on to Jordan loves this deal, right? Well actually know what no no no
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No, I want to I want to keep on talking about to was deal a little bit more
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Just just so people can sort of like understand things right because I wanted to do something a little bit different, right?
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So when you look at to his deal shout out to spot rack as well because spot rack
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Allows you to see the breakdown of the cap space. I mean not the cap space
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But the cap hit of you know a player's contract and whatnot, right? So when you look at it, right?
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To his deal to his deal come what what is it next year next year?
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His cap hit will be fifty nine point four million his base salary only be twenty five million the year after that
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That's when it's the year where it's going to be the most amount of money, right?
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His base salary is going to be fifty four million his cap is going to be sixty three point four million
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However, he does have an out in
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2027 right the dead cap it will only be nineteen point eight million
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So the the reason why I'm saying all of this is because the dolphins did it the right way
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They understood that he has a high, you know that he has a high injury risk
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But at the same time they do realize that they do want to pay him because of
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You know of how great the offense runs when he is on the field
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So, you know, it's it's basically it's like peanut butter and jelly if they came together it worked and
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You know, this is this is the type of deal that you have now
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Moving on to Jordan loves his deal because Jordan loves his deal is also unique as well, right?
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So Jordan love ain't a four year two hundred twenty million dollar deal
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He gets a seventy five million dollar signing bonus. He gets a hundred million a hundred point eight million guaranteed at signing
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He'll have a hundred and sixty point three million in total guarantees
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His average salary will be fifty five million which ties with both Joe Burrow and
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Trevor Lawrence as the highest paid quarterbacks in the league now
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When we look at Jordan loves his situation right Jordan love situations a little bit
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awkward
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Because he didn't he didn't initially, you know play, you know his all of his rookie season, right?
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He had to sit behind in Rogers, of course
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We all know exactly how that how that situation ended
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But last season was basically his first full season of you know playing
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Under this new regime with the Packers and whatnot and it actually went very well, right?
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So let's look into these stats. Okay, because again, we gotta look into these stats because a lot of times the stats in
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The footage will also paint a picture than what our opinions can do, right?
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So basically he threw for four thousand one hundred fifty nine yards
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thirty two touchdowns eleven interceptions
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he had
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372 completions out of
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579 attempts right and he had a 64.2
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Complacent percentage, okay, you were talking about somebody who
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Has done a phenomenal job with that Packers offense because that Packers offense has gone through a lot of
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Not terminal a terminal, but a lot of change, right?
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David Bakhtiari is gone. You know some of those people from the offensive line is gone
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You know they got Josh Jacobs. They the receiving core is still fairly young and whatnot
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so a lot of turn a lot of turnover has occurred with that Packers offense, but
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This is very promising because Jordan love
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Continues to show why that pick was you know was actually a great pick because remember when that pick happened
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Multiple people were saying it was a horrible pick multiple people were saying oh
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The Packers should have just you know got Aaron Rogers another receiver. Oh, they should have done this
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They should have done that so many different things right depending on who you listen to and who you
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You know look at it and whatever right fact of the matter is that pick was a great pick
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It was they realized that it was time for them to make a transition into fine their next franchise quarterback
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And at the same time move off of Aaron Rogers in the drama that came with him, right?
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And you know for the people out there that think that I have beef with Aaron Rogers
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I don't have beef with Aaron Rogers, but I
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Hold I hold him to a higher standard because some of the things that he do is
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Is is a little bit childish just just a little bit just a little bit, right?
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Because you would think by now technically speaking in my eyes
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He should have had a second championship that
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COVID year when they went up against the
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The the Buccaneers and the NFC championship they should have won it, but guess what he did he choked
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He choked let's call it for what it is folks. He choked. Okay granted. Yes. He won two more MVP's, but he choked
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He me while Tom Brady got another championship
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You only have one and that's mainly because of the defense
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But again, I'm gonna leave that alone because if I don't gonna open up indoors box
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I don't want to do that. So back to Jordan Love. Okay. All right. He um
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Jordan love Jordan loves, you know career so far has definitely been a roller coaster as well because you know, he hasn't had
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The opportunity to you know play multiple seasons and sort of grow like he he his growth
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Occurred on the bench, right? His growth occurred when you know
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When you had your veteran quarterback who basically was playing more out of
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Anger in spite towards the front office then to basically sort sort of show him like hey
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This is how you do this. This is how you do that. This is what you look out for in this coverage
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This is what you look out for and that covers. This is how you, you know beat the teams within your division
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This is how you prepare yourself, you know for those winter games in Green Bay all those different things, right?
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and you know the Packers basically are saying like okay
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Jordan love is the franchise quarterback. We are going to build around him. We believe in him
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We see, you know something about him that just makes us, you know want to
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Embrace him and make him, you know the guy right and it shows with the type of deal that he has
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However, the way that they structured it is really right and we're gonna talk about all of this and more right now
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Okay, so when you look at it, right his base salary isn't even really that high
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It's not for the next three years
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His base salary is between 10 to 11 million dollars, right? The cap hit next year's cap hit
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29.7 the year after that
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36.1 million the year after that
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42.4 million his last year is the year where his cap hit is
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astronomically high at
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74.2 million so basically what they sort of did was the way that they structured his deal because I'm looking at it right now
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They basically configured it in a way
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To where a lot of his money goes into the signing bonuses, right?
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Which then sort of
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Counteracts with the base salary and everything else, but at the same time you're gonna back load it
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So that basically by the time we get to the back end part of that contract
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There's either gonna be a restructure. There's either gonna be an extension
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Something is going to take place, right? Which is good. Which is good because again
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They that Packers roster is in a really good place technically speaking if they make a few a few more moves
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They could go and they can be on the same level as the Lions or the 49ers now
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There are some people that probably saying, you don't know what you're talking about, but I do know what I'm talking about
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That receiving core great
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Run game the expectation is supposed to be you know phenomenal, right?
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Not to mention look at the defense you have John here Alexander Alexander. They brought in Xavier McKinney through free agency
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They have Kenny Clark. They got Rashawn Gary. They have some pieces now. They got it
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They have it now the question is
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What what exactly do they have to do now to take them to that next step and can Jordan love take them to that next step?
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Right because we'll what whether we want to admit it or not
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That division has now become very competitive now. You got Kaila Williams. You got Jericho
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You got Jordan love and now you have JJ McCarthy, which I don't know JJ McCartney's gonna be the starter
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But that's another story for another day
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But all of those rosters are all competitive and they're and you know in their own way and so I will not be surprised if you know
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The the basin came is I don't know why I cannot speak today
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I would not be surprised if the last you know the last divisional game between all of them
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Will decide who will be the who will win the division?
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I will not be surprised because each of their rosters their offenses are you know our high functioning
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Can definitely put points on the board fast
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While at the same time they all have a really good run game as well. So it's a lot of moving pieces folks
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It's a lot of moving pieces. Let's keep let's keep an eye on these situations now
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But we do have to talk about how does these quarterback contracts? How does these you know current?
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Deals affect, you know, what's going on with the Cowboys in that Prescott because let's be real here folks
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This this is starting to look like a really bad breakup
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It really is and you know
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You have a deck who is trying to play face and you know basically try to kiss up to the fans and basically say
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You know, I want to be here. I want to you know
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Be the quarterback for you guys this and the other all the PR stuff that you're supposed to say
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But at the same time you have Jerry Jones who is basically sort of tired of
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Being in this, you know state of being like complacent and not really getting anywhere
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So he's trying to be like, you know, I really want to move on but I understand that you're my best chance of winning
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But it's like
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It's it's it's it's a really bad breakup. It really is and
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You know, they have a lot of tough decisions that they have to make, you know
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Respectively for for their own organization as well because you have two players right now
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Who have already said publicly that they want to reset their markets within their own individual positions, right?
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Not to mention you already know that Prescott. He's gonna he's gonna crash over that that the 60 million dollar mark
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You know that I know that we all know that but the question is how is this going to get done?
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Well, not how but if it can get done at this point because again when we look at, you know
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Dax market value right according to spot rack shout out to who spot rack
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He's you know, his market value would be a four-year 220 point three million dollar deal and he will be making
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55.1 million right and you know that that probably is the going number right now for
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Four quarterbacks because we look at the regular season. Dax Prescott is really good. He is he the the stats don't lie
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He is really good. It's just when you get to the off-seat
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Well, not the off-season, but once you get to you know, the playoffs he just fold and granted
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You know, that is a lot of that that's a lot of quarterbacks as well
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But at the same time we have to call a spade a spade here folks
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And then also, you know that this can sort of open up to somewhat of a bigger conversation itself
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The Cowboys really don't have a whole lot of leverage because guess what is Jerry is Jerry gonna be willing to
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Tank to get one of those quarterbacks next year
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Probably not is he gonna be willing to make a trade for another quarterback that might be, you know available probably not you don't you don't trust trade Lance
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So, I mean, what other option do you really have at this point?
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Honestly speaking like like this. Let's really have this conversation
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Let's really address the elephant in the room here now. I'm not trying to make it seem like oh
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Cowboys you need Dak Prescott more than what Dak Prescott needs the Cowboys
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I'm not trying to make it seem like that but Dak Prescott has basically made it seem like well not made it seem like but he has
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Basically said like listen if I leave I know I'm gonna have a market. I
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Know I'm gonna have a market whether you want to a minute or not
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I am going to have a market and you know, I have no problem leaving
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To you know to a better opportunity. That's basically what it is at this point now
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The question is is Jerry going to you know, make the decision and
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Basically pay back one more time or is he gonna go in a different direction and you know surround
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Surround the you know the team with somebody different. That's the question
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That's the number one question that I think everybody wants to know at this point because again the quarterback market
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You know, that's the running number now. It's 50 plus million. That's what it is
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Now, you know and this could probably transition to you know to the other topic as well at times
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Do you feel like the quarterback market is starting to get out of hand? Yes?
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Yes for sure because a lot of the people that are getting paid
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Their playoff records aren't aren't well some of them probably haven't even made it to the playoffs at all
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There's only one
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Other that I could think of right now. That's in that. Well, no
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There's only two that are in that top five top ten highest paid quarterback threshold
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That have actually made it to the Super Bowl and both of them lost in the Super Bowl Joe Burrow and Jaylen Hertz
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Right. So I and I understand that you know
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Quarterbacks are trying to get their value everybody's trying to get their value everyone's trying to be aggressive and trying to get you know
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Paid and whatnot not opposed to that at all want players, you know to get paid because you know, you guys play a very physical
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demanding sport that you know, shaves years off of your lives and you want to be able to be financially
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compensated and financially stable once you walk away from the game
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However, we do have to realize that GM's and somewhat some owners are starting to push back on this idea that
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You know, we have to throw a boatload of money, especially to these quarterbacks, right and it shows like
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That press card is gonna he's gonna break the bank again. He's gonna rob the bank one more time
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He got one he got one more robbery, you know
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He's getting everything ready. He's got the ski mask. He got the bags. He got you know, the plan and everything
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He he's gonna do it one more time. The question is who's gonna be the sucker to do it
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That's the real question at this point now if you're the Cowboys, you know, do you let that press card walk?
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Do you try to figure out a way that you can you know come to some middle ground? I don't know. I don't know personally if it was me
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I
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Probably would let Dak walk
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I would at this point because you haven't gotten anywhere you haven't even made it to an NFC championship
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What exactly are you paying him for?
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Are you paying him for just to pay him or are you paying him with the idea that?
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Hey, there's a chance that he could possibly take us to another place
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Because whether we want to a minute or not folks
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They still have to pay CD Lam and CD Lam has already made it be known that he wants to reset the receiver market, right?
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Then you have Michael Parsons as well
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Those are two big contracts
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You can't just have three big contracts and then you know the rest of the roster is basically full of you know
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people that you
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Like but you really don't like this like it's like I don't know about this guy
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I don't know about that guy so I say I like to say this Jerry Jones is just I
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Think he's at a point where he is just tired of basically running around in the same circle and not getting as far as
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You know to what the Eagles have gotten or the 49ers, right?
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He feels like he can be there, but at the same time
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He's in a situation where I got to pay three my best player
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I got to pay them top top dollar money and at the same time
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The rest of the roster isn't even in a good place. So it's like it's damn if you do damn if you don't
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What do I do with this?
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Somebody help me, but hey guess what I'm not a GM for them. So hey more power to you now
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Let's go on with this other bag of Lerner, okay?
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Because we got to show the offensive linemen love okay because without the offensive linemen a lot of these quarterbacks would not be lasting that long
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Okay, just saying it just putting out there. Hey me if you want don't care now left tackle for the Alliance Taylor Decker
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ain't right
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ain't a three-year
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60 million dollar extension now you look at that you're probably thinking huh?
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Hmm not that bad right it really isn't let's let's go a little bit deeper to it, right?
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So his average salary is only 20 million. That's it. There's only 20 million and his total guarantee is only 31.8 million now
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Unfortunately, there's no information of you know the money that he gets guaranteed that signing nor the signing bonus
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But that'll probably come out
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You know maybe in a few days or not
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But when you really look at it, you know
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The the Lions are in a place now where they can you know
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Resign a lot of their own players which you know it's worked and then not to mention they wasn't as active
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You know in free agency either so it's like you have that mixed with you know
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The roster is still in a really good place where it's like okay
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You can lock up a penace well a man Ross a brown a Jericho and now Taylor Decker in one offseason and not look
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You know and I look twice about it
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you can do that because of the place that they're in and you know, they are
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Prioritizing taking care of their players making sure that everyone is locked up, which is a great thing and you know
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They can they're still in the running to you know give not only their own division trouble
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But everyone else in the NFC trouble they are as of right now
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They are at the gate and they are the gatekeepers that are keeping the 49ers from possibly going back in possibly winning a Super Bowl
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That is my honest opinion. That is an opinion that I will stand on because when you look at it
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The lines are in a situation right now
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Where if they probably make you know one or two two more trades
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Especially for that defense especially for the secondary right they can be a really dangerous team
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Especially later into the season. I'm telling you I understand that the 49ers of the 49ers
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I understand the Eagles are the Eagles. I understand that more power and respect to them
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But at the same time the Lions are a sleeper and people are going to be sleeping on them
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Until until it gets later into the season and they just start going on a tear, right?
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Because again, they have a solid run game
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Their past game is phenomenal and that defense is it is is ferocious not to mention they got DJ reader as well
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So you have him in the middle. You got hutch on one side. I forget who the other past wrestler is
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Who's the other past wrestler? I can't even think so. He's probably somebody great. Anyway moving forward
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You got Brian Branch. So they have pieces
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they have a lot of pieces in place and you know, they probably
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Me personally do I think they probably need to address corner. Yeah, possibly are they going to do that?
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I don't know. I again crystal ball still charging
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It's at about
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85% so that's gonna take me about what two more days before the crystal ball is fully charged
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But you know when it is I'll let you guys know now moving forward, right? When we look at this deal
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You're probably thinking you know, it's it's a really small deal. Nothing to really worry about and it is
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it is something to worry about because that puts pressure on not only the 49ers, but it also puts pressure on
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The on the bucking years as well. I forgot to add them into the talking points
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But guess I guess we're gonna be in there now because when we look at it, right?
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according to spot rack, right the the the top seven
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highest paid left tackles by average, right Christian Derisaw 26 million
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Loretta me Tunsel 25 million and you Thomas 23.5 million Trent Williams is currently looking for more money
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23 million Jordan Milada 22 million Dion Dawkins 20 million and now Taylor Decker 20 million, right?
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And so that number is going to continue to rise because of how great left tackles have
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You know how are starting to become especially coming out of college now, right?
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So you have that mixed with you know, some of the best left tackles are still in the game right now who you know
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They're still playing at an elite level even as they get older you have that to attack on so
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You know, it's only a matter of time before Trent Williams
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Cresces that 30 million dollar mark and I do believe he's going to do it because why he is still the best left tackle in
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The game right now. I don't care what anyone says
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Trent Williams is still that guy
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This is still his yard and you have to get by him. He can still hold his own
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Against some of the best patch rushers that you could possibly think of and the 49ers realize and they know that if they do not
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Sign Trent Williams to an extension. They're screwed
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They're screwed their chances of going to the Super Bowl and possibly holding up a Lombardi
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It's over if they don't get a deal done with Trent Williams
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Now me personally do I feel like this this holdout is you know, it's gonna draw into the start of the regular season
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No, because I feel like they're gonna prioritize getting that deal done a lot quicker
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compared to Brandon Iewix simply because
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Trent Williams, it's a little bit more easier to fix. It's not like a whole it's it's a new deal
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But it's not a new deal. It could basically just be an extension
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So honestly, you could just tacked on more guaranteed money and you know, everything would would be good compared compared to
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Brandon Iewix who at one point he's like I want to be here
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But I don't want to be here, but I like Washington, but I like Pittsburgh, but I like Washington
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But I like the 49ers, but I like you guys
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It's just confusing, right?
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And so, you know, if you're if you're a 49ers fan, this probably has to be the most stressful offseason for you guys
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Okay, Brandon Iewix is looking for a trade. Trent Williams is now in a holdout
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You got to pay Brock Purdy next year. You guys are trying to win a Super Bowl
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You drafted Ricky Pierce on the first round. It's just a whole bunch of hoopla all
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Around there's nothing you can really do about it
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Honestly, because whether we want to a minute or not
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49ers have been trying to mortgage themselves to win a Super Bowl and every single year
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They come up close and they come up too short and you know, that's another year. That's wasted
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Now the real question is
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What how exactly are they going to configure this contract for Trent for Trent Williams? Are they gonna give him a two-year?
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You know, whatever crazy amount of money that he wants
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Are they gonna give it a three just to give them a little bit of cushion exactly?
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How are they going to do it if it was me personally? I'll probably do a three so that way that last year
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You can you know if he wants to retire if he wants to do anything crazy
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Guess what you have your out, right?
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And you would just somewhat front-low the the first two years give him a crazy signing bonus
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So that his base salary and the cap hit are relatively low because again
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they still have a lot of big deals and
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Not to mention if Brock Purdy wins a major award like an MVP or let alone a Super Bowl
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That's 60 plus million that you're gonna have to give the Brock Purdy. No, no if ends or butts about it, right?
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And so, you know, and this will probably that was probably the last thing I'll say and then you know that this will be in for the episode
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The 49ers right now you have to win it all
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You have to win it all to justify every single move that they have made so far
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They have to win it all now. I'm not saying they have to you know
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Go undefeated and then win a Super Bowl not saying any of that
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But they have to win a Super Bowl to justify every single move they made from going after Christian McCaffrey
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From going after Trent Williams from getting Javon Hargrave for letting you know
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Eric Armstead and the fours back before his buckner walk
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They got to do something because if they don't then guess what they're gonna be making a documentary
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And you guys are gonna be putting the same situation into those as that that bill squad back in the
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late 80s and early 90s, but I digress
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But I will say this before I end the episode before I get into all the things that I need my football junkies to do
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To any person that is reacting to any of the clips that you guys see on
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You know on Twitter Instagram wherever you guys see the stuff for your respective teams
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I want to continue to say this until training camp is over. Please do not over hype it. Do not okay
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I understand there's a dynamic catch. I understand the quarterback may have not made, you know a certain player whatever
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Please please please please please do not over react to it. Okay, don't pay it. No mind. Please don't okay?
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Because yes as fans, you know, we want the the ooze and the odds and whatnot
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I get all those things but at the same time it's it's training camp. It's practice
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It's practice. So of course there's gonna be some hiccups
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Of course, you know a quarterback may not, you know, make the right throw or they might have a bad day at practice
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Or whatnot that doesn't mean that they're gonna be a bad player. Okay
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That's all I gotta say about that because I've seen a lot of people on Twitter that are just going crazy
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Oh my god, this person gotta go. Oh my god. We gotta train and get rid of them. There's any others. It's like bro
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Relax relax your nerves. It's just practice AI said it best. We're talking about practice
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Not again
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Not again, but we're talking about practice, right now
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