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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman & Lindahl 4/1/24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Right now, we welcome into the program our pal Jeff Legwald of ESPN covering
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  the Broncos and anything else that is notable and again, Jeff, uh,
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  I'll I'll just go ahead and say this as a precursor station. We don't
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  need to talk about anything that happened in college basketball over the weekend. Okay,
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  we refused to discuss it. Yeah, I had told a friend of
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  mine they were going to lose by thirty and it came almost to fruition.
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  Yeah, thirty. I mean we could go thirty minutes not talking about it,
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  Jeff, we could go the the you know they have thirty questions without
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  Nate and jumping in, you know, the ligne. I went fifty minutes
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  of real time without scoring. They did, really they did? Yes,
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  kind of like you at a bar back in the day. Hey, yeah,
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  that's four hours. Okay, Leggy, let's gave you the punch out.
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  Did you like that? That was good? That was good? Yes,
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  Enrico Palazzo, All right, Leggy, What what's the deal with Calvin
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  throck Morton? Besides having the best name that I have ever seen on the
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  back of a football, Jersey, tell us about Calvin throck Morton. Have
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  you known many moons in your time? Yeah, it might be the first,
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  but uh, you know, again a shock of shocks, the Broncos
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  sign or re sign a player with New Orleans Saints roots. You know,
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  I think that's like seven now in the in the off season. So again
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  that you know, uh, it's like a sequel of sorts for for Sean
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  Payton. And you know, this shows where they are in free agency because
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  of where they are financially against the cap and all of those things, because
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  you know, here's another free agent that's a very specific signing to uh to
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  fit what they need, uh, you know, in terms of depth,
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  and and another free agent signing who started half his career games, you know,
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  a little more than half of his career games. So this is this
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  is where they're at right now. They're trying to make very specific uh signings
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  that they can afford and that that fit what they do and have enough experience
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  uh to be there if if they need them. And you know, again,
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  this was a thin team when before they even did all these financial gymnastics,
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  and you know they're trying to address that the best they can and with
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  with limited draft capital. Yeah, jeff it seems as though the Broncos are
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  really betting on the value of familiarity while paying less money to football players that
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  are out there. I don't even know if you can quantify this or or
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  qualify it, but if anybody can, I know you can. What is
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  the value of that for a team that is in this spot right now?
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  What is the value of Sean Payton going and getting his guys? Does it
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  make the Broncos better? You know, I don't. Again, their their
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  talent level won't be what it was last year. Maybe the incoming are not
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  matching the outgoing right now in terms of experience. Now, maybe they get
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  a career year from one or two of these guys and then we're we're framing
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  it differently. But right now, on paper, uh, you know,
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  the incoming players are not as talented is the ones that left. And I
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  think you know, they're trying to sort of cut the developmental corner that you
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  would have if you had sort of a homegrown, draft built team. They're
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  sort of trying to create a big, you know, piece of the pie
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  chart that's quote unquote homegrown just somewhere else. You know a lot of former
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  Saints who know what he wants and what he's looking for and you know,
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  within enough experience to be productive guys if they're thrown in there. But I
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  think Brandon Jones is really the only free agent you know, that they've they've
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  sort of signed and maybe you know in the defensive line, but you know,
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  I think Jones is really the only guy they've signed who they look at
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  as unquestioned starter level in all of this. And you know that that just
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  shows you where they're at. And again, it's part of the price tag
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  of the decisions they've made. And you know, we don't know if they're
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  right or wrong yet. We just don't. But you know they're they need
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  all of these guys to play at the the absolute highest level they've been at
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  for this to work. Oh, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Jeffrey. All right,
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  where are we at with the quarterback shuffle? I'm starting to see more
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  reports as to you know, maybe Jayden Daniels is becoming number two. A
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  couple of guys on your very network have suggested maybe he's I gonna supplant Caleb
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  Williams' number one. Drake May's rising and falling. What do you make of
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  all this? As far as these top three quarterbacks, and and who do
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  you think Like with JJ McCarthy, we've we've talked a ton about him.
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  You seem to buy the hype that he'll be in the top ten after this
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  run. But what do you think is going on with the top three,
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  Because again I continue to see stories and I think Daniel lask Orlowsky's leading the
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  charge of Daniels possibly being number two and may sneak into number one. I
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  think Daniels is the clear number two when you talk to people around the league,
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  and you know, as always, uh, well we'll never know the
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  exact number, but there are teams that have him as QB one, So
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  uh, you always have to temper draft talk with you know, what's being
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  said out in the media and then what's actually happening in the in the war
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  rooms as it were. You know, the draft boards never matched the public
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  hype on players. You know, the quarterbacks haven't moved that much on the
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  board. It's just they're going to get overdrafted by where they are on the
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  boards. That's just a fact. So that always makes talking about them difficult
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  because no team's going to select a quarterback at three and say, yeah,
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  we had them at twenty six on our board, but that potentially can happen,
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  certainly in this draft. And you know, I know plenty of teams
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  that have only two or three first round grades on the quarterbacks no matter how
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  they stack them. But they're never going to say that publicly because that's just
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  not the kind of information they get out. So it's hard to discuss.
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  I mean, this quarterback class is being mock draft as if it's one of
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  the best in history, and I just think that's a difficult concept to wrap
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  our heads around that. I don't think the talent level of this quarterback class
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  is that much different than any of the last you know, eight or nine
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  quarterback classes. So Leggie and again we continue to sort of live in this
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  world where, all right, the Broncos going to draft up to go and
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  find the quarterback of their supposed dreams or not. I want to get your
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  take out of conversation Andy and I had last week. He run the show.
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  Okay, so we know the Broncos desperately need an upgrade at quarterback after
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  quarterback right now? What position group needs an upgrade on this team the most?
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  I think the two that stick out at me are corner and edge rusher.
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  You know, I think they need explosiveness at both of those positions.
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  They have players they can certainly play and start in games and function, but
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  they need explosiveness at those two positions and tight end. Those would be the
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  three we're I think the the talent explosive. This quotient needs to go way
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  up, especially tight end in this offense. You know, a tight end
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  and a running back have always been important parts of the passing game for him
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  in this offense, and they have not gotten that kind of production from who
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  they have on the roster, and the offense won't be what it was in
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  New Orleans until they do. Jeff, as far as now until the draft,
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  do you think they're done? Because look, quite honestly, anythink what
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  is his name? Throckmorton. I didn't see rock Morton entering our lives either.
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  I think they'll be kind of quiet. Are we gonna see? And
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  you've laid it out in the first answer tonight that you know this is the
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  section of the they're stopping. They're shopping in the dollars section if you will.
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  Free agency right now? Do you think we may see a couple guys
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  added post draft? Do you think they're gonna draft and just kind of see
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  what happened, Well, that would be where the veteran quarter comes from post
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  draft. Possibly. Well, I think they want to. You know,
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  there's no reason to jump in on any of the unsigned quarterbacks right now because
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  I think they're going to be unsigned. Most or all of them will remain
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  unsigned because they're going to want the best situation possible and you're not going to
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  know the best situation possible if you're a quarterback or is agent until after the
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  draft. So I think it'll be quiet on the quarterback front unless they just
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  get the deal they with the guy they simply feel like they can't pass up.
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  But they've been very public about saying another veteran is coming in at some
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  point. So you know, the list is the list, so they you
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  know, they know what they have to deal with. But I think they
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  do want to see where they end up after the draft. But they're showing
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  you a little bit what they think of the draft board by who they've targeted
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  with some of these free agent depth signings. You know, most people don't
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  think there are a lot of interior linemen. So that's that's today's signing.
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  That's you know, that's that's dealing with that fact maybe you don't get a
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  guy in the middle rounds or you don't feel like there's anybody worth taking in
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  the middle rounds as if you lock in your board the way they are,
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  I mean, they're they're at the point now, or they're going to bring
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  all their scouts in and and do the reports, you know, one last
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  time from the area scouts this week, and that'll that'll get them pretty far
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  down the line as to to some of their final draft board situations. So
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  that this is where they're at right now. And I think they'd like to
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  see, especially a quarterback, what what unfolds in front of them, And
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  you know, we we probably don't know what they think of a guy like
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  Spencer Ratler, you know, Spencer Rattler and Michael Pratt from Tulane. Are
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  those two guys they feel like they like and could they get them in the
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  third, you know, or get into the late second and get those guys.
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  That's the kind of answers they need to see what level of veteran quarterback
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  you know, they would bring in after that, we're getting drafted with Jeff
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  You need ramos Law medical doctor and attorney ramos Law dot com. Jess.
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  Being a draft boards, I want to get a little bit of insight into
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  what you're thinking on the top one hundred. Do you have a favorite non
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  quarterback in this draft right now? Oh? Yes, I have two.
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  Actually I'll go three because I love the two receivers Marvin Harrison Junior and Malik
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  Neighbors. Those are those are instant pros. You know, welcome to the
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  show, have a nice day at the Pro Bowl type guys. And brock
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  Virus. I just think I think it's been a long time since we've seen
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  a college tight end coming in so pro ready for the modern pro game.
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  And the tight end, I mean, he is a matchup problem no matter
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  where you put him. I mean they have Georgia's run him out of the
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  backfield even and I just think he's one of the most I think those three
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  guys might be the most phenomenal athletes on the board. But you know,
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  we're all talking about quarterbacks because that's how it is. But the top three
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  receivers on this draft board might be the top three players in the draft.
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  I love hearing Brock Bowers. Love hearing that, Leggy. I hope they
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  could get him at twelve. I would not have a problem, as you
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  well know, looking for a quarterback another time. If you can get up
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  Rock Bowers, Jeff, what is there a player on this roster they'd be
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  willing to part with? And you and I are an agreement on patzer Tansel,
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  let's just take him out of the discussion. Is there a guy you
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  think they'd be willing to part with that could bring him a second round pick?
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  Because you know, is this time here. I try to explain it
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  to people. I've seen it over and over again. Draft pick people treat
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  their draft teams, Pea treat their draft picks like it's like it's gold,
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  sometimes to the point where it almost makes me laugh. I'd rather have an
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  experienced player sometimes than the draft pick. I think these people clutch onto like
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  it's some sort of hidden you know, map to the hidden treasure or whatever.
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  But do you do you knowing that maybe fans over value what a guy
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  could go for. Who could they truly play? And I bring this up
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  because if they hadn't trade, if they don't, if they take Bowers at
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  twelve. Well, then the most likely scenario to pick up a second is
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  gone because you're not trading down right, you're taking Bowers. Is there a
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  guy they could trade that could bring him a second round pick? Yeah,
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  that's uh, that's a high value. I mean, that's gonna take.
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  That's gonna take a frontline guy at this point. I mean, you look
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  at what, uh you know the Bears got for justin Fields. You look
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  at some of the trades, You're not seeing that ton of value uh popping
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  up. So uh, I don't think they would pass on any deal they
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  thought was good, though, I will say that I don't think, you
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  know, I think Sir Tan's as close to and off limits as they have
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  because they've made no secret that they want to sign him to a long term
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  deal and have discussed it. But I don't think they would pass up on
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  anything they considered good value. You know, that added up to being a
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  move they would make. So I don't think there's anything they won't look at
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  in that regard. But to get it too, it's gonna be really hard,
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  just because you're probably gonna have to trade that twelfth pick and go down
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  to get it, you know, as sort of the part of the combination.
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  But even that, you know, a late one and a three.
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  Maybe the math how it works out to pend of how far down you're going.
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  Serious question, is there a guy on this roster that would fetch a
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  second round pick? I mean, stain would get you a first maybe two
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  of them. That's that's what we've talked about, that the talent level on
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  this They put themselves in a box with so much change over the last I
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  think the bill. The short answer is the bill came due this year on
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  all front financial, talent depth chart, you know everything, the bill of
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  switching coaches and quarterbacks and even the owner and the GM over the last seven
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  eight years. The bill came due this year on all fronts, and they're
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  just gonna have to do the best they can to get through it. Jeff
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  Lagweld, everybody, ESPN doing the best he can every time he comes on
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  the Craigman and Lyndall Show. Leg you will talk to you Friday. Thanks
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  buddy, Thanks Bella's take care