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Stack or Shed Ep.3 Giants edition · Football Junkies podcast

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  hey everybody this is your gm kill your bag road
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  dom is here to give you episode three of the
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  stack and shed series now in this series we're
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  going to do a deep dive on all 32 teams what
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  are their problems what needs to be fixed what
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  can be fixed and how can they fix okay now we're
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  going to cover a few different topics and those
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  topics include what went wrong what do they need
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  stack or shed draft picks One move I would do
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  in their cap space. Now, in this episode, we're
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  going to cover the Giants. Yes, I know. Everybody's
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  been talking about the Giants and where they're
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  going to go from here now that they've hired
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  John Harbaugh and whatnot. So we're going to
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  do a deep dive with them. So buckle up. It's
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  going to get crazy. All right, let's get into
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  it. So what went wrong in the Giants season?
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  And I would venture to say it was more lows than
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  highs. And the reason why I say that is because
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  we knew that coming into this season, both Brian
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  Dable and Joe Shane were on the hot seat. And
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  we knew that this team had to take a step forward
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  in the right direction in order for them to keep
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  their jobs. But unfortunately, that wasn't the
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  case. Now, we could play the blame game all day,
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  but the fact of the matter is everybody needed
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  to play better. There wasn't just one person
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  that is excluded from criticism. Everyone deserves
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  it to some degree. And it doesn't help when you
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  blow leads as well. Here's just some of the notable
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  ones. Just refresh your memory, okay? Week two
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  against the Cowboys. You had a 10 point lead
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  against them and you lost. Week five against
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  the Saints. You had an 11 point lead and you
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  lost again. Week 7 against the Broncos, you had
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  a 19 -point lead and you lost. Week 9 against
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  the 49ers, you had a 7 -point lead and you lost.
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  Week 10 against the Bears, you had a 10 -point
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  lead and you lost. Week 11, you had a 7 -point
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  lead against the Packers and you lost. Week 12
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  against the Lions, you had a 10 -point lead and
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  you lost. And you have nobody to blame but yourself.
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  Even the quarterback play was inconsistent. In
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  the six games that Russell Wilson started, he
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  was 119 attempts for 69 completions, 831 passing
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  yards, three touchdowns, three interceptions,
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  seven yards per attempt, and a 58 completion
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  percentage. In the three games that Jameis Winston
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  started, he was 66 attempts for 37 completions.
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  567 passing yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions,
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  8 .6 yards per attempt, and a 56 .1 completion
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  percentage. In the 13 games that Jackson Dart
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  started, he was 339 attempts for 216 completions,
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  2 ,272 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, five interceptions,
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  6 .7 yards per attempt, and a 63 .7 completion
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  percentage. Now out of those three, Jackson Dart
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  played his best with less. Russell Wilson can't
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  say that, nor Jameis Winston. Defensively, they
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  were night and day. There'll be one or two games
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  where they're playing their best ball and they're
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  really getting after the quarterback and they're
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  making big plays. And then there's three to five
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  games where they're doing the opposite. And mind
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  you, this is a defense that has Brian Burns,
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  Kayvon Thibodeau, Abdul Carter, Dexter Lawrence,
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  Javon Holland. Understand this, my fellow football
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  junkies. This is a production -based business.
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  And when you're not producing, they're going
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  to let you go. Case in point, that's why the
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  Giants fired their defensive coordinator, because
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  you know why? The defense wasn't playing well.
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  They were 28th in the league, and they allowed
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  25 .8 points per game, 359 .5 yards per game,
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  5 .8 yards per play, and 46 touchdowns. They
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  were 16th in pass defense, and they allowed 214
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  .2 passing yards per game, 6 .2 passing yards
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  per play, and 25 passing touchdowns. They were
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  31st in run defense, and they allowed 145 .3
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  rushing yards per game, 5 .3 rushing yards per
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  play, and 21 rushing touchdowns. Now, I understand
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  that Brian Burns had a really good year, but
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  he's only one person. Dexter Lawrence didn't
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  do anything this season. 31 tackles and a half
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  a sack? Kayvon Thibodeau, he could have done
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  more. 25 tackles, two and a half sacks? Abdul
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  Carter, 43 tackles and four sacks? Unacceptable,
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  especially for somebody that wanted LT's number.
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  Now, with that being said, what do the Giants
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  need? And that is a veteran head coach and better
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  drafting. Now, let's be honest here, and I know
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  this might be a hot take. I believe that John
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  Harbaugh is the best coach the Giants have had
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  since Tom Coughlin. And the reason why I say
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  that is because John Harbaugh is going to bring
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  two things to the Giants organization that they've
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  been longing for for a very long time. Stability
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  and consistency. You always know what you're
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  going to get with John Harbaugh. You can't say
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  that about Brian D 'Abel. Pat Shermer or Joe
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  Judge. Now, I understand that John Harbaugh's
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  playoff success really hasn't been the best.
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  And I understand he's choked some games. And,
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  you know, the quarterback has been playing his
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  best. And some people have fumbled the ball.
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  All these myriad different things, right? But
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  the fact of the matter is this. he's going to
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  elevate the team to some degree. Now, am I saying
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  is he on the tier of an Andy Reid or a Sean McVay
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  or a Dan Campbell or a Kyle Shanahan or a Mike
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  McDonald? No, but he's the second closest thing
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  to him. Most likely this team will probably be
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  a nine to maybe 10 win team in a couple of years.
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  Now, when it comes to the drafting part, that
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  goes to the GM, okay? stop trying to get these
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  big name defensive playmakers. It's time for
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  you to start investing into the offense. The
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  only way that you can truly see what you have
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  in your quarterback is if you give them adequate
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  weapons. And I'm not just saying you just give
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  them a bunch of wide receivers like how the Bengals
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  do, but you give them a good offensive line.
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  You give him a good run game. You give him a
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  reliable tight end. You give him maybe two or
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  three other receivers that he can rely on as
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  well. If you do all of those things and you still
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  don't see the potential that you thought you
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  were going to get with him, well, then that means
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  you just have to get another quarterback. But
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  if he exceeds all expectations that you have
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  for him, well, then guess what? You got your
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  guy. Now, with that being said, the question
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  we all need to ask ourselves is stack or shed?
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  And I would venture to say stack. And the reason
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  why I say that is because you have some pieces
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  on this team. All you have to do is just build
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  off of it and be consistent in your drafting.
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  If you have two or three really good drafts,
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  that's going to speed up the process of making
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  this team competitive. But if you continue to
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  make boneheaded moves in free agency and in the
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  draft, well then guess what? It's going to push
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  the process back. Now when we look at their draft
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  picks, they have their first, their second, their
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  fourth, their fifth, and three sixth round picks.
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  Now if I'm Joe Shane, I'm entertaining calls
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  for the fifth pick. And the reason why I say
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  that is because... If you move down just two
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  or three spaces, you're still in a really good
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  spot. And you're getting a lot of picks in return.
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  So if you wanted to, you could manipulate the
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  draft in such a way that it favors you. Because
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  let's be honest here. It's a defensive draft
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  class. Are all those pass rushers and defensive
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  linemen going to be drafted in the first round?
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  No. Are all those wide receivers and offensive
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  linemen going to be drafted in the first round?
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  No. So if I'm the Giants, trade down a little
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  bit, see how the board falls. If you like it,
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  make your pick. If you don't like it, just stay
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  put. Now, the one move that I would do if I was
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  the GM for the Giants is draft a wide receiver.
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  And the reason why I say that is because we don't
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  know when Malik Nabors is coming back. Wondell
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  Robinson is going to be a free agent. Are you
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  going to pay $25, maybe $28 million a year just
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  to keep him? No. So if I'm the Giants, draft
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  at least two wide receivers. You can get one
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  in the first and maybe even in the fourth round.
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  Because let's be honest here. You have Cardinal
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  Tate, Denzel Boston, Makai Lemon, Jordan Tyson,
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  the wide receiver from Georgia and Bama. You
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  have the wide receiver from Louisville. You have
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  Casey Concepcion. You have a plethora of different
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  wide receivers and different archetypes that
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  you can choose from. The defense is fine. You
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  can address that at the later part of the draft.
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  What you need to do within the first three rounds
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  is get you some offensive playmakers. If you
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  don't do that, you're doing a disservice to Jackson
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  Dart. Now, when we look at their cap space, they
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  only have $11 .9 million right now, but they
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  can create cap space if they just move some money
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  around. That's not really a problem. It's never
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  a problem for any team. I mean, look at the Saints.
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  Every single year, they're in the red. And for
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  some apparent reason, they're able to get in
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  cap compliance when they need to. I don't know
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  how they do it. I wish I would talk to their
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  cap guys just so they can show me how to move
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  money around. But hey, this isn't a podcast about
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  financial stuff, okay? But I'm going to end this
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