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The Insiders Podcast: Can the Ravens Catch the Chiefs and Fantasy Stars on New Teams You Should Avoid · NFL Game Previews

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  Speaker 1: Welcome inside with the Insiders. I am Tom Pelsero, happy
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  Speaker 1: to be here with you.
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  Speaker 2: We got a fun hour ahead of football.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Ballier is going to join the show, help us
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  Speaker 1: break down the quarterback battles in New England.
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  Speaker 2: It was a really interesting one in Denver. Well. It's
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  Speaker 2: got so many big.
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  Speaker 1: Stars, your fantasy stars with new uniforms, guys like Saquon
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  Speaker 1: Barkley and Calvin Ridley. Should those guys be on your
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  Speaker 1: fantasy team or should you stay away? Michael le f
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  Speaker 1: Florio has the best insight in the business. He will
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  Speaker 1: join this show as well. You got sixty nine days
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  Speaker 1: left to get your fantasy draft done, because seventy days
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  Speaker 1: for right now, we shall have football, a matchup of MVPs,
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, Lamar Jackson and the Ravens,
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  Speaker 1: a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game, and a
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  Speaker 1: game that based upon the stage, it's the first one
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  Speaker 1: of the out of the The gate is going to impact
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  Speaker 1: a lot about how we're talking about the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four NFL season. For a lot more
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  Speaker 1: on that game and other stuff, I'm sure too. Let's
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  Speaker 1: welcome in our Brian Baldinger, as well as Omar Ruiz
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  Speaker 1: and Bridget Condon.
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  Speaker 2: Bridget, I'm going to start off.
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  Speaker 1: With you here because, of course we talk a lot
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  Speaker 1: about the MVP Lamar Jackson, some of these shortfalls that
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  Speaker 1: he and the Ravens have had during his time there
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  Speaker 1: as the quarterback. This will be the first time that
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  Speaker 1: he's got a certain guy lining up with him in
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  Speaker 1: the backfield. What type of impact in your mind is
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  Speaker 1: Derick Henry going to make, not just in Week one,
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  Speaker 1: but throughout this twenty twenty four NFL.
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  Speaker 3: Season, Tom Dereck Henry is going to make a big
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  Speaker 3: impact on this Ravens offense. Now, the Ravens have both
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  Speaker 3: the rushing leader in terms of quarterback and running back
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  Speaker 3: on their team, and Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, and
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  Speaker 3: those two don't just have success in the regular season,
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  Speaker 3: it's the playoffs too. In NFL history, those two ranked
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  Speaker 3: top six when it comes to amount of rushing yards
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  Speaker 3: per game in the playoffs. So how can this help you?
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  Speaker 3: Talk back about that AFC title game Chiefs Ravens, which
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  Speaker 3: is also that Week one matchup to open the season.
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  Speaker 3: The Ravens lost that game. Of course, we all know
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  Speaker 3: that they had just eighty one yards on the ground.
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  Speaker 3: Harbaugh was asked about the lack of the ground game
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  Speaker 3: after he said, that's just what the Chiefs defense was
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  Speaker 3: giving us. So how can Derrick Henry impact that well?
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  Speaker 3: His best asset against the Dynamics Chief's defense is his
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  Speaker 3: ability to play keep away and grind out possessions. In
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  Speaker 3: Henry's six games against the Chiefs, He's averaged one hundred
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  Speaker 3: and thirteen yards on the ground. That's more than thirty
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  Speaker 3: yards than what we saw in the AFC title game
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  Speaker 3: from the Ravens and Mahomes. Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: Get this.
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  Speaker 3: This is a good one from our research team, which
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  Speaker 3: is the best of the best. They average approximately one
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  Speaker 3: touchdown less when facing Derrick Henry.
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  Speaker 4: Rigie.
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  Speaker 5: The thing that's interesting about this dynamic duo that you
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  Speaker 5: speak of Lamar and Derek Henry is Dereck Henry. Yes,
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  Speaker 5: he's played with Marcus Mariota and with Ryan Tannehill, but
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  Speaker 5: nobody is Lamar. When Lamar puts the ball in your
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  Speaker 5: bell and there's a mesh point there for every defense
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  Speaker 5: to try to defend, who does it, Who's carrying the ball,
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  Speaker 5: you don't.
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  Speaker 4: Know till the final second your eyes have to be right.
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  Speaker 5: And now both these guys that you speak of and
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  Speaker 5: all the stats that are out there, I mean, Dereck
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  Speaker 5: Henry is going to flourish. Lamar Jackson is going to flourish.
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  Speaker 5: The run game is going to flourish because you're really
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  Speaker 5: not going to know what's happening. Then when Todd Munkin
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  Speaker 5: mixed it in, all the misdirections and all the counters
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  Speaker 5: and all of the disguises, this is going to be
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  Speaker 5: a very difficult offense to defend. And so I'm with you,
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  Speaker 5: Bridget this just should be a lot of fun. I
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  Speaker 5: think he's the perfect fit. I think Dereck Henry knows
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  Speaker 5: he's the perfect fitness offense, and you know, maybe this
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  Speaker 5: is the fit that gets them over the hump that
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  Speaker 5: they couldn't do last year.
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  Speaker 2: Faulty. Let me ask the one follow up here because
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  Speaker 2: I'm curious.
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  Speaker 1: From a schematic perspective, we've seen Derek Henry do a
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  Speaker 1: lot of his damage through the years. Where it's the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback under center, he's got a head of steam from Hawever,
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  Speaker 1: many yards deep in the backfield with Lamar, there's a
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  Speaker 1: significant amount of shotgun and pistol is Mark going to
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  Speaker 1: be under center more? And if not, how do you
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  Speaker 1: anticipate Derrick Henry is going to be able to run
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  Speaker 1: out of the gun.
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  Speaker 5: I think he'll be fine. He'll be a point of
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  Speaker 5: entry back. But you and we might see Lamar more
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  Speaker 5: under center, you know, and let Derek Henry line up
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  Speaker 5: eight yards and get that locomotive head of steam up.
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  Speaker 4: We might see a little bit more of that than
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  Speaker 4: what we have seen. But I think Derek Henry is
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  Speaker 4: just going.
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  Speaker 5: To enjoy getting some real runways here behind an offensive
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  Speaker 5: line that should come together pretty quickly with what they
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  Speaker 5: have right now. And then just the ultimate decoy and
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  Speaker 5: what Lamar brings to a defense where they really don't
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  Speaker 5: know if he's going to get the ball or not.
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  Speaker 1: Omar, I want to bring you into the conversation here
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of this matchup with the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: facing the Ravens in week one. I'm struck by this
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  Speaker 1: because we were talking as late as Christmas basically about
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  Speaker 1: a Chiefs team that didn't look the same as they
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  Speaker 1: have in years past. They lose that home game on
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  Speaker 1: the holiday to the Raiders. They folded nine and six.
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  Speaker 1: They turn it around, they win the last they go
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  Speaker 1: on the run, they go on the road in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: and they win the whole thing. But how are the
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs using the way that last season played out, because
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  Speaker 1: it was not pretty for a good chunk of it,
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  Speaker 1: especially on the offensive side, as they now turn their
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  Speaker 1: attention to going for that three peat.
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  Speaker 6: It's interesting you bring that game up, Tom, because I
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  Speaker 6: was speaking with Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Naggi earlier today
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  Speaker 6: and he pointed to that game on Christmas against the Raiders,
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  Speaker 6: and he says, if they don't lose that game, he's
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  Speaker 6: not so sure that they win the Super Bowl. He
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  Speaker 6: said that was a wake up call for that game
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  Speaker 6: and the lesson that was learned there that they applied
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  Speaker 6: to the playoffs that they feel they can apply to
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  Speaker 6: the twenty four season as the intensity ratches it up
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  Speaker 6: and the attention is brought to them on.
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  Speaker 2: Their pursuit for a historic three peat.
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  Speaker 6: Is that they're allowed to play complimentary football. They admitted
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  Speaker 6: to themselves, Okay, maybe we're not the forty points per
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  Speaker 6: game Kansas City Chiefs of the past, but they could
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  Speaker 6: still play not conservatively. They can still play aggressively, but
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  Speaker 6: they could settle for field goals and be okay with that,
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  Speaker 6: knowing special teams can bail them out, knowing that Steve
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  Speaker 6: Spagnolo's defense can make a couple stops and stay in
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  Speaker 6: the game for Patrick Mahomes to be the ultimate difference
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  Speaker 6: maker at the end. That was the formula you saw
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  Speaker 6: in the playoffs, and that was the formula that they'll
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  Speaker 6: head into twenty four when times get tough, knowing they
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  Speaker 6: can do that. Obviously, this is the third year in
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  Speaker 6: a row that Patrick Mahomes is ingratiating new weapons. This year,
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  Speaker 6: Xavier Worthy and Hollywood Brown and Neggy was tolding me
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  Speaker 6: that Mahomes has become better and better at onboarding those players,
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  Speaker 6: with the way he explains the nuances of their route running,
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  Speaker 6: the intricacies of the timing. He said, it's been pressive
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  Speaker 6: to watch Patrick Mahomes become a coach on the practice field,
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  Speaker 6: in the meeting rooms, and of course in games. And
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  Speaker 6: he said, Patrick Mahomes has become so good at this point,
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  Speaker 6: so confident and comfortable with his abilities that even if
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  Speaker 6: a player comes in and runs a route maybe differently
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  Speaker 6: than what the Kansas City Chiefs normally ask of that route,
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  Speaker 6: Mahomes can say hey, and this is part of welcoming
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  Speaker 6: these new players of the team. I got you, I
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  Speaker 6: can adjust to your route. We'll make that a part
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  Speaker 6: of the offense. And that's part of the story as
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  Speaker 6: the Chiefs welcome these new weapons into the team and
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  Speaker 6: learn from that adversity they faced last year.
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  Speaker 5: Baldi, you know, Omar, the marquis for this game is
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  Speaker 5: that we all saw is Lamar and Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 4: I mean three MVPs between the two of them, and
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  Speaker 4: rightfully so.
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  Speaker 5: But this also is the number one and number two
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  Speaker 5: ranked defenses in the entire NFL. And when the street
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  Speaker 5: the Chiefs horse struggling, like Matt Nagy explained, the defense
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  Speaker 5: carried him. And I'm just it's amazing to me because
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  Speaker 5: I always think it's more difficult to replace great coaches
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  Speaker 5: than it is great players. And the fact that the
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  Speaker 5: Chiefs haven't lost a coach and back to back winning
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  Speaker 5: Super Bowl titles, the fact that Steve Spectola is still
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  Speaker 5: there and not a head coach on place, taking his
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  Speaker 5: mastermind of what he does defensively, the fact that he's
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  Speaker 5: still in that roster calling defenses, Like I think this
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  Speaker 5: Chiefs defense might actually even be better this coming season
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  Speaker 5: than last year because of the depth that they have.
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  Speaker 5: And I know losing l J. Steed and Willie gave
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  Speaker 5: a big losses. But they've got great depth there and
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  Speaker 5: they've got his mind. They've got one of the great
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  Speaker 5: pressure minds in the NFL to really knock another or
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  Speaker 5: the opposing offense soft stride.
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  Speaker 4: It's a credit.
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  Speaker 5: And somehow the whole staff is there, especially the whole
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  Speaker 5: defensive staff. You know, the Ravens lose the AFC Championship game,
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  Speaker 5: they lose Mike McDonald, they lose two other defensive coaches.
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  Speaker 5: The chief didn't lose anybody there. Continuity, it's all there
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  Speaker 5: right now. To go back in tryport.
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  Speaker 1: Three p Mike McDonald's replacement, Zach Or, the former NFL
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  Speaker 1: linebacker who just turned thirty two years old earlier this month,
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  Speaker 1: first time play caller on the defensive side for a
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  Speaker 1: Ravens team with Super Bowl aspirations. Keep an eye on
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  Speaker 1: that one as this thing moves forward. Okay, guys, don't move.
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  Speaker 1: I want to turn tier to the Arizona Cardinals next,
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  Speaker 1: because they've got some new parts as well, some new faces,
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  Speaker 1: namely that guy who Cardinals fans hope you'll be seeing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Marvin Harrison Junior, the number four overall
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  Speaker 1: draft pick, one of the most deductive players in all
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  Speaker 1: of college football over the past couple of years. Cardinals
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  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Drew Petsing, in a very rare late June
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  Speaker 1: press session, talked with reporters about Marvin Harrison.
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  Speaker 7: Today, how he's going to define that role. I think
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  Speaker 7: that's going to continue through training camp. I certainly don't
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  Speaker 7: and really for these guys, and we try to tell
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  Speaker 7: that at every position, that's never done. You're always defining
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  Speaker 7: and redefining your role in this league. You want a
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  Speaker 7: bigger role, Earnie, you want lesser role. You're going to
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  Speaker 7: show us, you know, and not that they want to
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  Speaker 7: do that, but I think that's an important part of
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  Speaker 7: being a good team is keeping that competition and keeping
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  Speaker 7: that reality that no role.
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  Speaker 4: Is setting stone.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Betson is a fun guy to listen to because
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  Speaker 1: he is going to shoot you straight. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: be blunt, He's going to give you a lot of details.
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  Speaker 1: Here a name to keep an eye on as a
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  Speaker 1: head coaching candidate next year. Omar If this Cardinals offense
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  Speaker 1: could do what a lot of people believe they can.
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  Speaker 1: We had Trey mc bride on the other day and
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  Speaker 1: he backed up with Judy Batista wrote that is yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Kyler or the guy.
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  Speaker 2: They see right now, this can be an MVP candidate.
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  Speaker 1: Where does this offense go with that healthy Kyler in
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  Speaker 1: year two and Drew Petsing system plus that Marvin Errison
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  Speaker 1: junior guy.
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  Speaker 6: Let's start with that relationship between Drew Petsing and Kyler
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  Speaker 6: Murray obviously go a long way for the resurgent career
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  Speaker 6: of Kyler Murray, and we'll see where Drew Petsing's career goes.
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  Speaker 6: And if you remember a couple weeks ago, Tom Kyler
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  Speaker 6: Murray said that Drew Petsing is a genius. So I
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  Speaker 6: asked Petsing about that today and he said, it goes
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  Speaker 6: both ways. The way Kyler understands the game, the way
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  Speaker 6: Kyler can see the field certainly a tribute to Murray's work,
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  Speaker 6: ethic and the way he has evolved as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 6: And he said he wants that relationship to be to
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  Speaker 6: the point where Murray is anticipating the play that Petsing
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  Speaker 6: is going to call, or at least understand why he's
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  Speaker 6: calling each and every play.
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  Speaker 2: And he said that relationship has.
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  Speaker 6: Been fun to form over the last year and a half,
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  Speaker 6: and it's gotten to the point where even in games,
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  Speaker 6: when Petsing sees that Murray maybe didn't get to a
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  Speaker 6: proper checkdown, he'll say, what were you thinking? And then
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  Speaker 6: vice versa, when Petsing makes a bad call, Murray will
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  Speaker 6: call him out and Petsing will say, hey, that's just
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  Speaker 6: the first thing that came out of my mouth as
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  Speaker 6: a play clock was winding down. As far these highlights,
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  Speaker 6: Marvin Harrison Junior and the way he's going to fit
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  Speaker 6: into the offense, so many different weapons. Now for the Cardinals,
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  Speaker 6: we talked about Trey McBride and everybody anticipating him having
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  Speaker 6: a breakout year. James Connor is coming off a career year.
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  Speaker 6: We heard Michael Wilson say he's taking calls from Kyler
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  Speaker 6: Murray in the middle of the night, talking about practicing
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  Speaker 6: on the weekends. All those mouths to feed, and Petsing said,
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  Speaker 6: it's not going to be an issue. He says it
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  Speaker 6: points to the culture that Jonathan Gannon has built there
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  Speaker 6: the last year and a half, the type of players
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  Speaker 6: that Monty austen Ford has come into and Tom of course,
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  Speaker 6: if that becomes an issue, how many mouths they have
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  Speaker 6: to feel? That's a good problem to have for the
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  Speaker 6: Arizona Cardinals offense.
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  Speaker 1: And they will get a test right out of the
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  Speaker 1: gate Cardinals at Bills in Week one. Omar, don't move.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna be back with the shortly. So are Bridget
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  Speaker 1: and Baldy as well. The Dolphins come out of the
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  Speaker 1: gate against the Jaguars that opener in Miami. Should you
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  Speaker 1: have that guy on your.
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  Speaker 2: Face, Jim?
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  Speaker 1: Should you have that guy? A lot of backs, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of mouse to feed, as Omar put it in
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  Speaker 1: that Dolphins backfield, which one should be on your fantasy team?
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  Speaker 1: Mike lef Florio joined us to break down that and
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  Speaker 1: a lot more. Next on The Insiders.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Insiders. I am Bridgick Condon, Tom
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  Speaker 3: tel Sero having a little trouble with his camera, but
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  Speaker 3: he'll be back shortly. Don't you worry. For now we
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  Speaker 3: have Michael f Florio. Michael, I want to talk to
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  Speaker 3: you about some of these fantasy players, especially coming into
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  Speaker 3: this season. Who are some guys that have been drafted
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  Speaker 3: maybe too low in the past.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, and right now we're using best ball ADP, which
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  Speaker 8: is where you draft, don't set your lineup. Your highest
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  Speaker 8: scores get in, so that factors into things. But regardless,
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  Speaker 8: Isaiah Picheco is being drafted too low right now.
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  Speaker 9: He averaged over.
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  Speaker 8: Nineteen Fantasy points per game in games where he played
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  Speaker 8: at least sixty percent of the snaps last year. His
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  Speaker 8: target rate more than doubled what it was the year prior,
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  Speaker 8: and he got more and more involved in the passing
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  Speaker 8: game as the season went on. And as of right now,
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  Speaker 8: McKinnon still isn't there. He was relied upon heavily down
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  Speaker 8: the stretch. He is my running back eight right now.
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  Speaker 8: My only concern is sometime the Chiefs don't like to
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  Speaker 8: give their back backs the full workload early on. I
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  Speaker 8: also think Deontay Johnson is going too low. He is
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  Speaker 8: still one of the best separators in the NFL. Last
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  Speaker 8: year he had the third highest rate of uncatchable targets.
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  Speaker 9: That's on the quarterback, not on him.
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  Speaker 8: But I expect Bryce Young to take a next step
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  Speaker 8: under Dave Canalis, who kind of let the Gino and
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  Speaker 8: Baker resurgent years.
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  Speaker 9: And the Panthers are still gonna have to throw a bunch.
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  Speaker 9: Remember Adam Fielin had a stretch as a wide receiver. One.
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  Speaker 8: I think Deontay will put up good numbers all year,
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  Speaker 8: and then Chris Godwins singing in that division.
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  Speaker 9: He's coming off of a down year, but I think
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  Speaker 9: he'll bounce back. Third highest rate of uncatchable targets on
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  Speaker 9: downfield throws. Last year he was playing out wide. Now
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  Speaker 9: we're gonna hear him. We're seeing going to see him
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  Speaker 9: more in slot this year.
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  Speaker 8: And he had just six fewer targets than Mike Evans
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  Speaker 8: last season. And he's going forty picks later.
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  Speaker 9: So sign me up for Chris Godwin.
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  Speaker 3: All right, and Michael. Yesterday, we talked to Austin Eckler
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  Speaker 3: on the show, and one of the things he wants
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  Speaker 3: for this year is to be that fantasy player that
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  Speaker 3: we all remember he was a couple of years past.
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  Speaker 3: Is he one of those guys drafted too high? Who
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  Speaker 3: are these players that you think are maybe going too high?
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  Speaker 9: No, he's not.
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  Speaker 8: I've been a supporter of Austin Eckler in fantasy since.
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  Speaker 9: Before it was cool. I'm not jumping off for it now.
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  Speaker 9: But DeVante Adams, I do think might be going just
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  Speaker 9: a little too high. He started last.
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  Speaker 8: Season, his metrics declined a bit, and at thirty two
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  Speaker 8: years old coming into this season, I think that is
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  Speaker 8: something to be concerned about. And the quarterback play is
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  Speaker 8: still going to be an issue on a team that
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  Speaker 8: will rely on the ground game and their defense. So
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  Speaker 8: maybe he could repeat what he did last year and
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  Speaker 8: be a low end Rode receiver one, but that's where
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  Speaker 8: you're drafting him at right now, and you're not getting
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  Speaker 8: any discount for the risk, so.
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  Speaker 9: I will let other people take him. Devon is a
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  Speaker 9: player who I love his talent.
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  Speaker 8: He was off the charts efficient last year and we
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  Speaker 8: know how much upside he brings. But he's the seventh
• 15:08
  Speaker 8: running back being drafted right now, so you were paying
• 15:11
  Speaker 8: for the entire ceiling without taking much of the risk
• 15:14
  Speaker 8: into account. Where heem Moster is still there, got a
• 15:17
  Speaker 8: new deal, I don't think he fully goes away only
• 15:19
  Speaker 8: two games last year with over fifteen carries per eight
• 15:22
  Speaker 8: chan I even ranked at RB thirteen, So seven is
• 15:25
  Speaker 8: just a little too rich for my blood. And then
• 15:27
  Speaker 8: Jordan Addison averaged just ten point five points per game
• 15:32
  Speaker 8: without Kirk Cousins last year, and regardless of who starts
• 15:35
  Speaker 8: I think it is a downgrade at quarterback from Kirk Cousins.
• 15:38
  Speaker 8: He had just a fifteen percent target share when Justin
• 15:41
  Speaker 8: Jefferson was out there, and thirteen of his seventeen games
• 15:44
  Speaker 8: he failed to reach seventy yards. He was elevated by
• 15:47
  Speaker 8: ten receiving touchdowns, but you cannot rely on that. So
• 15:51
  Speaker 8: I'll let someone else take him, and I'll go get
• 15:53
  Speaker 8: someone a little bit more upside.
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: How many days till we're drafted, Michael.
• 15:57
  Speaker 9: I've been drafting since March.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Okay, get ready training camp less than a month away.
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: Everybody really tuned into who the best fantasy players will
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: be this season. Thank you so much, as always for
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: the great inside. Coming up after the break, do we
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: have a quarterback competition? Which teams have the biggest quarterback competition?
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: We're going to talk about bo Nix. We're also going
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: to talk about Patriots. Drake may stay with us here
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: on the Insider.
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: Six quarterbacks picked in the first twelve selections of the
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: NFL draft back in eight for all those six first
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: round selections, tying for the most in the common draft era.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: But which one of those quarterbacks is going to be
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: fighting for a starting job.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: As we get into training camps.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: Manchers on that we bring back our omaruiz Bridge at
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: Condon as well as Brian Baldinger. Guys, there's a situation
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: in right now New England where Drake May. The Patriots
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: made it binally clear they're not going to put him
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: on the field before he's ready. They brought in Jacoby
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: Brissette Bridget to be that veteran presence. What is it
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: going to take for Drake May to potentially get on
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: the field and does he have that opportunity.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: There's definitely that opportunity. But Tom, when you look at this,
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: there's no reason for the Patriots to rush Drake May.
• 17:18
  Speaker 9: Right.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: Alex van Pelt, now the offensive coordinator for the Patriots,
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: he was with Jacoby Brissett back in twenty twenty two
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: when Brissett was the starting quarterback for the Browns and
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: that season he had his best completion percentage and best
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: passer rating of any season in his career. So, look,
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: you have a guy in Jacoby Brissett that can help
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: this team. There is no need to rush Drake May.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: And talking with people around the Patriots organization, they kind
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: of feel the same that there's nothing that Drake May
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: has shown so far during camp that says we absolutely
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: have to have this guy out week one. Why put
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: the pressure on him, let him develop, let him sit
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: and learn behind Jacoby Brissett. That is a very capable quarterback.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: And if you look at teams who maybe rush to quarterback,
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: you can think about Jared Goff in the Rams, who
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: maybe he started a little too early, he hit a
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: really tough season. Also, Mitch Trubisky with the Bears his
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: first season or another UNC quarterback was tough in Chicago.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: Then look out a guy like Patrick Mahomes. Right, not
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: comparing the two, but just remember Patrick Mahomes in his
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: first season sat behind Alex Smith and then he had
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: the opportunity to learn and grow and absolutely flourish in
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: his second season. And now he's a quarterback that is
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: at the top of the top of the NFL. Why
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: not just let Drake May sit back, wait a little bit,
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: get comfortable before you know, enduring all that pressure as
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: a week one starter.
• 18:38
  Speaker 5: One of the reasons bridget that rookie quarterbacks do struggle
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: that get thrown in the right way is the team
• 18:42
  Speaker 5: around him is very good. Yeah, and the Patriots around
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: the quarterback position is very good. You mentioned Alex Van
• 18:48
  Speaker 5: Pelt and Jacoby Brissett. In twenty twenty two in Cleveland,
• 18:52
  Speaker 5: the Browns had one of the best offensive lines in
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: all football. You could always hand the ball off to
• 18:56
  Speaker 5: Nick Chubb in twenty twenty two. The Patriots aren't built that.
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: They're not there yet. I don't know who they're left
• 19:02
  Speaker 5: tackles yet. I don't know if the Patriots know who
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: their left tackle is protect the blindside the quarterback. And
• 19:07
  Speaker 5: I'm not saying put Jacobe Burssette out there just to
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: get beat up and hit, but at least he understands
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: the need and how important is get the ball out
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: of his hands and not hold it and not take
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: those hits. And so I think Drake is in a
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: position right here where if he sits, and the more
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: he sits, I think the more he's going to benefit
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: long term.
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: Omar.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: One of the worst kept secrets in the pre draft
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: process was that bone Knicks was in the mix the
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: potentially be the Broncos quarterback. Not a lot of people
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: necessarily believed it was going to happen at number twelve.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Once those other five quarterbacks went, Denver did not waste
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: any time tell me about the development of Bone Knicks
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: under a guy in Champayton who does have a good
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: track record of developing quarterbacks. In an interesting room right
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: now too, obviously with Zach Wilson the newest member of
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: that mix, Yeah.
• 19:53
  Speaker 6: Jared Sidham also in the mix, and Sean Payton not
• 19:55
  Speaker 6: tipping his hand as far as how they'll divvy up
• 19:58
  Speaker 6: reps when training camp begin or where the pecking order
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: is right now for that quarterback competition.
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: But as far Bo.
• 20:05
  Speaker 6: Nicks, you said, it no secret that seemingly he was
• 20:08
  Speaker 6: the perfect fit for Sean Payton's offense, and early returns
• 20:11
  Speaker 6: on Knick's development has been overwhelmingly positive. And everything we
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: talked about from his days at the University of Oregon
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: and the record sixty one college starts that he had
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: between the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers, as well
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: as the five or so different systems that he played
• 20:27
  Speaker 6: with in college, have certainly lessened his learning clerve. Obviously,
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: Sean Payton's offense has sophisticated as it gets in the NFL,
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: but his experience in those different systems Nicks had in college,
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: he's seen a little bit of everything that the Sean
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: Payton offense has to offer, but obviously called different things,
• 20:44
  Speaker 6: and he's still a rookie, still has to learn and
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: lessen with so many different things going on around him as.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: A rookie quarterback.
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: But the way he's ingratiated himself into the locker room,
• 20:53
  Speaker 6: the way he's ingratiated himself into that quarterback room, the
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: way Joe Lombardi says that Nicks rarely makes the same
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: mistake twice, and you could feel that experience on the field.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: Nothing seems to be too big for bo Nick's eve,
• 21:06
  Speaker 6: but nothing but please Baldy with so far his early
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: development there.
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: I've heard the same things, Omar, and that's good to hear.
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: I mean, I do think sixty one starts matters, and
• 21:16
  Speaker 5: experience matters, and playing in different systems and on different
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: teams and in different leagues, all that stuff kind of
• 21:22
  Speaker 5: builds that MAXI that you need inside you to run
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: a Sean Payton offense. I don't think Sean's giving him
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: the job. I think there's a competition. I think Sean
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: understands that he's got to show his team because you
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: now the leader of the team, whoever the quarterback is
• 21:37
  Speaker 5: that he has earned that right to be the starter.
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: It hasn't been given to him, and so I think
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: that's good. I think the offense line has some questions.
• 21:45
  Speaker 5: The center position I think is more up for grabs,
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: and I think the quarterback position is I'm anxious to
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: see who wins that. I think the running back competition
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: is going to be a really good battle, and so
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: while we're going to focus on the quarterback, and probably
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: rightfully so, I think there's some other really interesting battles
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: in Denver that might help whatever quarterback wins that battle
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: have some success early on.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: One of the big frustrations for Sean Payton, and you
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: saw a bubble over on the sidelines at times last year,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: was Russell Wilson simply not executing the plays the way
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: Sean Payton had drawn them up, or the way he
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: wanted him executed. I've had to coaches and scouts in
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: the pre draft process about why Bonix was a good
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: fit for Denver. A big part of it was he
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: is a coaches kid. He will do exactly what Sean
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Payton is asking him to do. Bridget Omar, thank you
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: very much. Look forward to talking to you again soon.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Baldy don't move. You and I have a lot of
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: business coming up. This is Cam Jordan at last year's
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Sex Summit. Who are some of the potential rising stars
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: at this year's event? Baldy breaks it down with me
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: next on the inside. Did you use some of that
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: autumn wind right about now in Vegas? Where at this
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: moment it's summer and it's hot as hell for the
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: sacks of it that will be kicking off in Vegas
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: later on this week, some of the top pass rushers
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: from around the NFL getting together as they have in
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: recent years. You know who else will be there, Our
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: guy Brian Baldinger, who right now is with me, Tom
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Pelisero right here on the insiders, Balding, this is a
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: phenomenal event that has kind of inspired some of the
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: other events too that we've seen taking place for other
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: position groups. You get an up close look at all
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: these guys. Tell me some of the guys that you're
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: excited to see out there in Vegas.
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: Well, I'm going to see Warren Stapp and John Randall
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: and Von Miller and Max Crosby and Cam Jordan. That's good,
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: not that, but there's some young guys that are going
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: to be there. I mean, you look at James Houston,
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: who was drafted by Detroit two years ago. He's from
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: Fort Lauderdale, ended up graduating from Jackson State. I was
• 23:55
  Speaker 5: there with Dion, But I call this the flying will lend,
• 23:58
  Speaker 5: hesitation and dip like he's got a creativity to them
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: and how he gets to the quarterback. Remember back in
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: twenty twenty two, he had eight sacks in seven games.
• 24:08
  Speaker 5: I mean he was ripping the league apart and beaten
• 24:10
  Speaker 5: siled left tackles like Cam Robinson here with a variety
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: of moves. Now he got hurt in the second week
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: last year, but he's going.
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: To be there.
• 24:17
  Speaker 5: He's going to be learning from Vonn and Max and
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: and Cam Jordan's some of these guys about techniques and
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: how to set your guy up. And then there's Klijah
• 24:25
  Speaker 5: Cansy and so you know, Calijah Kancy is a guy
• 24:28
  Speaker 5: that was the first round pick last year obviously of Tampa.
• 24:32
  Speaker 5: But I thought after tearing his caf in preseason, he
• 24:35
  Speaker 5: came on and really came on where he has an
• 24:38
  Speaker 5: array of moves, he's got a plan, he's got a
• 24:41
  Speaker 5: way to get there. He has absurd quickness and abilities
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: to defeat blocks, and I think this thing is only
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: especially with Sap and with Randall. There guys that play
• 24:49
  Speaker 5: his position. I think he's going to benefit a lot
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: from being around those guys. Hit sacks in both postseason
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: games a year ago. And then finally, I think the
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: guy that I think I'm interested in seeing is the
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: Buffalo Bills fifth round pick Javon Solomon from Troy. I mean,
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: he did have the sixteen sacks last year. He had
• 25:10
  Speaker 5: over thirty in his career Troy. But you know, he's
• 25:13
  Speaker 5: an undersized guy. He's about six to one, about two fifty,
• 25:16
  Speaker 5: but man, he comes off the edge. He comes off
• 25:18
  Speaker 5: the edge where I mean, he brings a little something
• 25:22
  Speaker 5: to the party, if you know what I mean. And
• 25:24
  Speaker 5: I just think this is a guy that nobody's paying
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: attention to, nobody's talking about, but he's gonna be up
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: there and Buffalo Vaughn's got almost the entire defensive line there,
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: aj Panessa at Oliver, They're all coming, all these rookies
• 25:37
  Speaker 5: are coming up there.
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: I got to watch, though.
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: I'm interested in just seeing his practice, habits, his quickness
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: and all those things.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: Is this Javon Solomon from Troy.
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: There's been a few pass rushers over the years from
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: those smaller schools have ended up having a big impact
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. John Solomon definitely a name to watch.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Baldy stick around. We're gonna be talking with you a
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: more a little bit later coming up after this though,
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit of fantasy football. Our guy
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: Michael F. Florio is back Stefan Diggs one of many
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: top names, big names that are on new teams in
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. But should they be on your fantasy team?
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: Florio's got answers after this on The Insiders, CG. Stroud
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs still building that chemistry even when they're in
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: Paris for fashion week. This is Strouded Diggs getting some
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: work in on whatever patch of grass they can find
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: right there, and that is some patchy grass on the
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: patcho grass.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: But hey, you take the reps where you can get them.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: Less than a month from now they will be out
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: there on the field together in training camp. Welcome back
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: to the Insiders. I am Tom Pellicero, join now this
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: time for real by Michael F. Florio, our fantasy expert
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: on the show. Florio, I'm really interested in this one
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: with Stefan Diggs because for whatever issues may have been
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: surrounding the Bills offense, multiple different play callers. You could
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: go into a season knowing for certain he's gonna have
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty one hundred and sixty targets going
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: to Houston, but they've got different mix of weapons. How
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: do you feel about Stefan diggs stock for twenty twenty
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: four in fans?
• 27:20
  Speaker 8: I think it certainly has to be viewed as being
• 27:23
  Speaker 8: lower than it has been with the Buffalo Bills.
• 27:25
  Speaker 9: You talk about his targets.
• 27:26
  Speaker 8: He averaged one hundred and sixty targets per year in Buffalo.
• 27:30
  Speaker 9: I just don't see any way he gets to that number.
• 27:33
  Speaker 8: With Nico Collins and Tank Dell and then Dalton Schultz,
• 27:36
  Speaker 8: Joe Mixon and those other secondary options there. This could
• 27:40
  Speaker 8: be potentially viewed as a quarterback downgrade. And last year,
• 27:44
  Speaker 8: in the second half of the season, Diggs was a
• 27:46
  Speaker 8: wide receiver for for fantasy purposes. I'm worrying if that
• 27:50
  Speaker 8: was the start of early signs of decline and the
• 27:53
  Speaker 8: deep playball was what was really missing from his game.
• 27:56
  Speaker 8: If he loses that, then he just becomes kind of
• 27:58
  Speaker 8: a safe moor play in fantasy. I think it costs
• 28:01
  Speaker 8: right now. I'll take Nico Collins over him.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Let's talk some other big names in new places here.
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley goes to Philadelphia. We all know what Saquon
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: can do when he's healthy. He also now has new
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who has a reputation for wanting
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: to throw the football a lot. Does Saquon stock rise
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: or fall with the move to Philly?
• 28:24
  Speaker 8: I think his value goes up in Philly because this
• 28:27
  Speaker 8: is the best offense he's ever played in, with the
• 28:29
  Speaker 8: best quarterback play, best pass catchers, best downfield attack. All
• 28:34
  Speaker 8: of those things should help open up space near the
• 28:36
  Speaker 8: line of scrimmage and help create running lanes for Saquon Barkley,
• 28:40
  Speaker 8: who I think will remain a three down back and
• 28:43
  Speaker 8: hurts his legs himself. His running ability could help open
• 28:47
  Speaker 8: up some paths for Saquon. Imagine those two running the
• 28:49
  Speaker 8: option or something like that, and I know.
• 28:51
  Speaker 9: Everyone's going to be like, but the tush push. He
• 28:54
  Speaker 9: could steal some touchdowns away, sure, but the Eagles are
• 28:57
  Speaker 9: going to score way more.
• 28:58
  Speaker 8: Polling send way more touchdowns the Giants did a year ago,
• 29:01
  Speaker 8: so I think because of all that this is a
• 29:03
  Speaker 8: good thing for Sakuon and his fantasy value.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: And then how about Calvin Ridley, one of the big
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: surprises in free agency. A lot of people believe he's
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: going back to Jacksonville. All of a sudden he signs
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: with the Tennessee Titans. Does his stock rise or fall
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: after his comeback season in Jacksonville?
• 29:20
  Speaker 9: I think it kind of stays the same.
• 29:23
  Speaker 8: Like last year, he was a boom er bust wide
• 29:25
  Speaker 8: receiver two for fantasy purposes, And while I have him
• 29:29
  Speaker 8: ranked a little bit lower than now than I did
• 29:31
  Speaker 8: a year ago, I think he's his value remains pretty similar.
• 29:34
  Speaker 8: Last year, Will Levis led the NFL in deep pass
• 29:37
  Speaker 8: his hero throws and first read throws.
• 29:40
  Speaker 9: Ridley should account for.
• 29:41
  Speaker 8: Most of those this year, and we're already hearing that
• 29:44
  Speaker 8: he could play the Jamar Chase role in Brian Callahan's offense.
• 29:47
  Speaker 8: So I think there'll be a lot of volume and
• 29:49
  Speaker 8: a lot of deep shots going his way, just with.
• 29:51
  Speaker 9: The quarterback play.
• 29:53
  Speaker 8: It's probably going to be up and down week to week,
• 29:55
  Speaker 8: but there will be some huge games mixed in and
• 29:58
  Speaker 8: then some dead games as well.
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: So to recap from Florio Draft, Saquon, Maybe draft Ridley
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: and draft Nico Collins. Three nuggets to keep in your
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: back pocket with sixty nine days left to get those
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: fantasy drafts in Florio, You're the man. Thank you as
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: always for being here. We are less than a month
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: away from training camp, which means well players and ex
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: players have a little time on their hands. What are
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: the Eagles up to those jello shots? If so, can
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: I have one? At about nine minutes? We'll talk about
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: that a lot more next on the Insiders. Happy thirty
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: fourth birthday to a future Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: now in his first season re united with Dan Quinn
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: in Washington with the Commanders. Big birthday day around the NFL.
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: Happy twenty fourth birthday Chris Olave, a Saints wide receiver
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: also celebrating today, as is Titans quarterback Will Levis, who
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: turned twenty five. But lest you think the Levis is
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: off just partying and enjoying himself.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: He is in Cabo, so who knows what's going on tonight.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: But during the daytime he's out there getting some work in.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley among the Titans players working out
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: with Levis in Mexico, young quarterback, getting those veterans to
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: show up for an event like this, Hey, there are
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: worse places to be at the end of June, but
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: still significant. He's putting the work in. Meanwhile, Russell Wilson
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: is working out with DK Metcalf. They've done this in
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: years past, and of course they were teammates for quite
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: a while there in Seattle. Two teams later, Russell Wilson
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  Speaker 1: still got his guy DK on his side. Welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to the insiders, Tom Pilicero and Brian or Baldy. It's
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  Speaker 1: always interesting because every coach gives a variation of the
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  Speaker 1: same speech to the team on the last day of
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  Speaker 1: OTA's er minicamp, which is, hey, stay out of trouble,
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  Speaker 1: come back in the best shape of your life. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: does this a little bit differently. Some of them do
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  Speaker 1: it more publicly on social media than others. But when
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  Speaker 1: you see videos like this, how much does any work
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  Speaker 1: you're getting in, especially those quarterbacks and wide receivers during
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  Speaker 1: this time of year actually matters when it comes time
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  Speaker 1: to play the games.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I think it matters because your focus is never
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  Speaker 5: completely off the game, even though you're having a good
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  Speaker 5: time in Cabo or Los Angeles wherever. Honestly, Tom, when
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  Speaker 5: I played, my best friends were my teammates. We did
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  Speaker 5: everything together. I mean, I know it's still like that
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  Speaker 5: to a degree. It's changed a little bit. But you know,
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  Speaker 5: when you see Will Levis down in Cabo, I mean, yes,
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  Speaker 5: when the sun goes down, there could be some fun
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  Speaker 5: down in Cabo if you had by everybody thot they's
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  Speaker 5: throwing the football out there. They found a field somewhere
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  Speaker 5: down here in Cabo, probably close to some golf course,
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  Speaker 5: where they were all taking each other's money for a
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  Speaker 5: little while this afternoon.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's a good thing. There's got to be
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  Speaker 4: a little bit of a balance.
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  Speaker 5: You got to have some fun, you got to get away,
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  Speaker 5: but you still want to come to camp in shape.
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  Speaker 4: You don't want to miss time.
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  Speaker 5: You want to get there running, being ready to go
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  Speaker 5: hit the field, going running as fast as you can
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  Speaker 5: right now and being up to speed. And so I
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  Speaker 5: think all these things, whether it's a sack summit, the
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  Speaker 5: offensive line masterminds. I'm going to in Frisco in a
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  Speaker 5: couple of weeks. The tight ends just had their camp
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  Speaker 5: in Nashville. It's the chance to kind of bond. The
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  Speaker 5: camaraderie is real, have some fun, learn some things, and
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  Speaker 5: still keep your eye on the prize, which is training camp,
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  Speaker 5: you know, starting in a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, you know who else is out there having fun?
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  Speaker 1: The other people who are normally helping me host the show.
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  Speaker 1: We've got Ian Rappaport and his wife Leah, who are
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  Speaker 1: parts and on Baldi, correct me if I'm wrong. Here
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  Speaker 1: is that where they are?
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  Speaker 4: That is the part on right there, right there in Athens.
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  Speaker 4: It's probably one hundred degrees there today as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, real feeling bad about Ian taking a two
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  Speaker 1: and a half week European vacation. Mike Garafalo is tending
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  Speaker 1: at Jackson Kelsey's event for the Eagles Autism Foundation. Good
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  Speaker 1: on Mike for volunteering there in the community. When Baldy's
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  Speaker 1: not here giving us pass rusher breakdowns.
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  Speaker 2: He's doing stuff like this. Is this the Caribbean, Baldi?
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  Speaker 2: Tell me where you are here?
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  Speaker 5: That is the Dominican Republic. That's Caraby and water. It
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  Speaker 5: just looks different, it feels different than every other place
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  Speaker 5: out there. So I was there last weekend, got some
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  Speaker 5: other trip planned here before we get the training camps
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  Speaker 5: to maybe you'll see another photo like that pretty soon.
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  Speaker 1: All right, then let's take a look at what I've
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  Speaker 1: been doing here during the off seat.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wait, this is it right here, I've been in
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  Speaker 2: this seat. This is it this show.
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  Speaker 1: I hope me that my camera stays all long time,
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  Speaker 1: so I get through another one bit.
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  Speaker 4: Hey God, somebody's doing the show. Good job.
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  Speaker 1: Tom seventy days till football, Baldi, seventy days still kick off,
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  Speaker 1: less than a month until every team is on the field.
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  Speaker 1: That's why we're here for all of you watching. Kvon
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  Speaker 1: Timm going to be on the show tomorrow. Giants pass
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  Speaker 1: Rusher Eli Manning is going to join from down at
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  Speaker 1: the Manning Passing Academy. A whole lot more through the
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  Speaker 1: course of a fun Friday show.
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  Speaker 2: Baldy, you're the best.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for taking a little bit of a burden
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  Speaker 1: off my shoulders to keep carrying this thing all week.
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  Speaker 1: Now get back to the beach. Everybody else see you
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  Speaker 1: here sevent eastern tomorrow,