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Ep.30: Change of scenery · Football Junkies podcast

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Alright folks, so
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Now I know
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Normally I'll be saying you know baggler baggler baggler baggler, and I know you know
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This isn't just your ordinary episode. Okay, this isn't just an episode
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That's just you know just an episode for you. Listen to this episode is special
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Because you know why this is the 30th episode of the football junkies podcast
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That's right the 30th episode of the greatest football podcast you can possibly listen to the 30th episode of
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One of not the one not the two not the three not the four but the best up
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Incoming okay football podcast that you can listen to on a week to week day to day basis
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Okay, we got to get into these topics because we got a lot to talk about in a little bit of time because guess what?
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I know something is coming down the pipeline bag road Domus is back in effect folks
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I don't know who's gonna get paid, but someone's gonna get paid before then this week mark my words
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You're ready here first now. We have a lot to talk about okay?
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Russell Wilson has been named the starter the Steelers we already knew that already knew that but who really cares
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Dowson Cook goes to the Cowboys
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Ernest Jones is traded to Titans John Ridge
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Ridgeway goes to the Saints Elijah Moldin goes to the charges Taylor Heidecki goes to the Chargers Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch
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Our voice in their frustrations about brand-new looks still not doing anything Malik neighbors is is
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Gets the blessing to wear the number one jersey for the Giants and somewhat breaking news
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But not breaking news because news already broken. Everyone's already talked about it
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Jacobi Brissette is named the starting quarterback for the Patriots. Okay, all of this and more
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Okay, we want to deep dive into as much things we can possibly cannot write all of this and more on the 30th episode
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Of the football donkeys podcast. I am your host your bag road Domus your chief head of the table chief
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Bag meteorologist, okay
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The person who has predicted things and they have come to pass within the past three weeks
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But I'm already putting out prediction right now before this episode even starts guess what trip Williams is gonna get paid for
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Brin on you boom you just heard that here first on the football donkeys podcast
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I am your host kale your GM who still does not
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Have a position right now on a particular team who will go anonymous because they are paying me under the table
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But who cares because guess what you already know I'm getting ready say you're probably gonna say the same thing
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So we're all gonna say together one two three lock in
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All right folks let's just get into everything the meat and potatoes of
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Everything that's going on in the national football like also also Kyle's football starts tonight as well
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Colorado is playing tonight at eight o'clock. Okay. I know I'm gonna be watching it
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I'm gonna have my popcorn and maybe some wings and maybe some other things as well as
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You know, maybe a Reese's Cup or something. I don't know
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I'm just super excited super juice super pump for this because this is the 30th episode
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But let's get into it. Okay, Russell Wilson has been named the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
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No, brainer right no brain
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When we look at this, you know, Mike Tomlin is a is a coach who values
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a veteran quarterbacks a lot especially
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Winning veteran quarterbacks a way to try to sell the idea of Russell Wilson joining the Steelers. Okay, and
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You know, they they you know, they agreed to it. They liked it and you know, this was expected
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But I think we do have to somewhat go in a little bit of a deep dive
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About this choice simply because when we look at it, right?
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Justin Fields definitely could have definitely could have won or or couldn't made it as close
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Of a decision had he just done a little bit better when it came to the preseason games and training came
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Let's be real here because remember Russell Wilson wasn't really able to do anything for like the first for like a majority of training
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Can't because he was nursing a calf injury and so, you know, once you you know
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What once the noise not the noise once the news come down about that if I'm Justin Fields
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I have to go even harder because guess what?
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This is going to be my chance for me to be able to you know, try to convince Mike Tomlin to change his mind
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Because let's be real here folks the minute that Russell Wilson signed with the Steelers
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It was already written in stone that Russell Wilson was gonna be the week one starter. Okay, and you know
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If we're being real here, you probably want someone like Russell Wilson to start off simply because
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the first part of the of the season is
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I wouldn't say it's a cake walk, but it's a lot easier, right?
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So you can rack up a whole lot of wins and you can put yourself in a really good position, right?
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But that second half that second half is is hell in this cell
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Okay, you if anybody watched wrestling back in the day and any time there was a hell in a cell match and the undertaker was in it
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Whenever he whenever they would they whenever they was getting ready to start the match
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He would grab the cage and he would slam it and they were locking it or not
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That's exactly what what it's going to be for that second half for the Steelers now if I'm Justin Fields
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I wouldn't be offended by this
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I would use this as motivation because let's be real here
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They are going to incorporate Justin Fields in this offense. They are Justin Fields is just as athletic and
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You know able to move and it's fast enough to be able to get you first down if need be or to do
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You know a crazy trip play he can do that he can do that and so
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When we look at it, you know, it's definitely a good situation because Justin Fields is able to sit
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Well, not necessarily sit, but he's able to learn
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under Russell Wilson or what to do and what not to do because
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My prediction is I think the Steelers are going to invest into Justin Fields long term
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I think Justin Fields is the future quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
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I do believe that and I truly believe that listen that they're probably they're probably told Justin listen
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This isn't this doesn't mean that you know that we don't view you as a starting quarterback or anything like that
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It's just we value Russell Wilson's credentials and what he's been able to do in the league
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And we want to you know, we want to try to win now
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This doesn't necessarily mean that oh they're going to the playoffs this year or they're going to the Super Bowl this year
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No, I'm not saying that but you know
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If you want some if you want someone that's going to give you the best chance of winning
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Russell Wilson is probably the best chance and not to mention a lot is riding on this season for Russell Wilson because
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As of right now before he signed with the Steelers everybody consider him washed because of what happened with the whole Broncos situation
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And you know Sean Peyton and whatnot
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So this this a lot is riding on this season not only for the Steelers
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But also for Russell Wilson because guess what if he balls out this year if he does at least five to ten percent
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More than what he did last year in a positive way. I guarantee you he will he will
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We revive his market
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I would because they're gonna there's gonna be a team that's gonna value someone like a Russell Wilson and they'll throw the bag at him one more time
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I
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Truly believe that and I will stand on that but you know, I was definitely a little bit disappointed because I definitely thought Justin Fields
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You know from what I heard in training camp at one night
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He was definitely showing a lot of promise definitely showing a lot of upsides. I'm like, oh, okay
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This is gonna be this is gonna come down to the wire and you know the preseason the preseason games really didn't you know show
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Him the best and whatnot. So, you know, I wouldn't take it as as a punishment
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I would take it as a blessing personally now moving on to down the cook down the cook former
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Ravens jets and Vikings running back signs with the Cowboys
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You know, let's be real here folks the Cowboys needed someone like a down the cook
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Okay, because if you expect to give Zeke the ball 20 to 30 times a game
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You're not gonna get the best production out of him
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You're just not not in this stage of his career that burst that athleticism all those different types of things
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Has diminished just a little bit and you need someone you need someone who's somewhat of a dual threat in Dalvin cook who can do it
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You're talking about somebody who was able to not only truck you over
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But it also double as as receiving, you know running back as well. So all in all
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Things are starting to shape up in the Cowboys favor
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You know, this is definitely a do or die season for them as well because a lot is riding on this
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There is, you know, two other players that are looking for extensions Michael Parsons and that press card and
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You know, Jerry has has somewhat been on the fence about this whole that press card situation
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So it's a matter of what exactly is going to happen moving forward, honestly, because
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Remember they really didn't do anything in free agency
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They really didn't because they couldn't because they were trying to create cash space by trying to you know sign
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You know, at least all three of their players or at least one of their players and you know, they were able to get CD lamb done
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Thank God
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But now you got to worry about that press card and now you got worry about Michael Parsons
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But even then I don't even think they're really worried about Michael Parsons. I think they're probably going to trade away
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Michael Parsons, I truly believe that
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But you know only time will tell and let's see, you know, how things go with that now onto these trades
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Yes, because we we've had a lot of trade a lot of movement a lot of chains of scenery change of
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Furniture, you know furniture is being moved and whatnot from place to place here
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They're everywhere because of you know cut downs and whatnot. So let's start with Ernest Jones, okay?
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former Rams line linebacker Ernest Jones has been traded to the Titans
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So the Rams receive a 2026 fifth round pick and the Titans receive Ernest Jones, of course in a 2026 six round pick
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Now the only reason why this is happening is because the Rams and Ernest Jones could not come to an agreement to a contract extension now
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When we look at this, oh, actually, you know what?
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Let's let's go into the stats. Let's go into the stats and then let's go into the market value
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Then we'll go into everything. Okay, so it's 2023 stats where four and a half sacks 74 tackles, right?
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But we look at his career his career stats so far according to ESPN shout to who ESPN
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320 total tackles
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176 solo tackles five and a half sacks one force fumble three interceptions, right?
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When you look at his market value according to who spot-rack
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three years 36 million which is about 12 million a year now when we look at this all all of this
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You know and tie it up in a bow and whatnot Ernest Jones is a tackling machine
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Okay, he is a tackling machine of a linebacker. He is someone that has definitely
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You know, he does a lot on the field
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He is somebody that you know, he's not gonna have you know a thousand tackles and
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17 and a half sacks and six fours fumbles and he's not gonna have those different type of things
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But he's definitely a he's definitely a really good player
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He's a really good player and he probably wanted to be fairly compensated as such now
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The only the only problem is the Rams really haven't invested into the defense as much as what people think they are because remember
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Sean McVeigh is an offensive minded head coach. So with that being said guess what's gonna happen?
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A lot of the money is going to be invested into where the offense and it shows
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That's why they you know made the moves that they did when signing both of their guards and
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restructuring Matthew Stafford and you know paying Cooper Cup the money they did at that time and all those different types of things, right and
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So, you know 12 million a year me personally
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I wouldn't I wouldn't you know take slight to it because again on that defense who you really paint
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Now that Aaron Donald is retired who you really paint?
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Really like that's really think about it here and 12 million
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I mean 12 million is really good honestly now if his number was like 13 and 14 million is like whoa
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Whoa there brother. Whoa there brother, then it's a whole different ball game, but it's not but
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Clearly, you know, he he got into a better situation. Well, I wouldn't say a better situation
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But he got into another situation. Maybe the Titans, you know, will pay him. I don't know
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We'll just have to wait and see now on to the other trade Elijah Molden
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former
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Titans cornerback was traded from the Titans to the Chargers
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So the Titans receive a 2026 seven round pick and the Chargers receive Elijah Molden Elijah Molden
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Molden not Bolton Molden's
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2023 stats were 73 total tackles one-fourth fumble and one interception
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Now I haven't really seen him on the field as much so I'm guessing he's probably like special teams or something like that
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But I mean, it's more of a of a death, you know type of trade not a you know
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Oh, it's a blockbuster trade. Oh, it's gonna train. It's gonna change everything. This is gonna be, you know
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It's gonna move mountains. No, it's it's not it's more of a deaf piece, you know going into a different situation
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Moving somebody along because he probably didn't have a roster spot
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Available on this team. So that's just you know, that's just that honestly speaking same thing with Taylor Honekey Taylor Honekey
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former
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commanders Texans I
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Don't know the other teams that he's played. I know he's played for a lot of teams. I think was the Panthers as well
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I could be wrong
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Check it for me. Somebody please. Thank you in advance was traded to the Chargers
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Chargers, of course received Taylor Honekey the Falcons received. Oh, yeah, that's right. He did play the Falcons
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Duh
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The Falcons receive a conditional sixth round pick now when we look at his stats 74 completions for 136 attempts a
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54.4%
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percent completion
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completion rate
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Can't speak because I'm so excited because why this is the 30th episode of the football junkies podcast 890 yards
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He averaged 6.5 yards of play five touchdowns for interceptions
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Taylor Honekey at this point is a backup quarterback
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The Chargers need a productive backup quarterback and Taylor Honekey is probably the best option right now
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Now Taylor Honekey is not somebody that's going to
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Wow you with his stats nor his highlights or anything crazy like that, but when you need somebody to win you a game to finish a game
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That's Taylor Honekey. Okay, that's what he is
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He is not somebody that you know is gonna go well
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Well, you actually know what no I won't say that because you know, we've seen crazier things
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but
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the Chargers realized that they need a good backup quarterback and it shows and and if we're being real here
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This is somewhat of a trend that we've been seeing the last two or three years now case in point
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That's why the league implemented that emergency
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third quarterback rule because of what happened
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I think was it like it was either last year or the year before that were basically a majority of the quarterbacks were banged up
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And so you have a lot of backup quarterbacks that were basically, you know finishing the rest of the season, right?
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And so, you know, Justin Herbert Justin Herbert, that's Lee. Hmm. That's Lee. Yeah, that's Lee
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Definitely does get banged up a lot. So they just wanted to have an insurance policy
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Just in case of anything crazy happens. So all in all pretty good, you know, pretty good plan pretty good move and whatnot now on to
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The other trade. Yes, there is so man. Let me tell you something. There was so many trades
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My phone was ringing. Well, not ringing, but it was like
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Voo
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Basically
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for like
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What half of the day? Yeah, maybe like half of the day half of the day until I almost went to sleep
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It was just going off because of all the movement trades and the conundrum that happens
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When you have cut down day and whatnot
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So, you know, people can move here there everywhere chains obscene, you know those different types of things keep on saying change
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Is seen I think that's gonna be the title this episode because why we are the football Junkies podcast up as podcast in the wild
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Now on to former commanders defensive tackle John Ridgeway. Yes, I know Ridgeway
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that's a lot try saying that three times what you can gum was traded from the
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commanders to the Saints the Saints received John Ridgeway in a seventh
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round pick for 2025 the commanders of course receive a sixth round 2025 pick
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now John Ridgeway stats 31 total tackles one pass deflection again this is more
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of a deaf piece thing you know earth shattering or anything like that thing
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too crazy to really talk about and whatnot but you know that that that's
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just what it is honestly when we look at it here the Saints definitely needed to
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bolster the defensive line a little bit more especially defensive tackle so you
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know what what what better way to do it than to make a trade for someone like
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John Ridgeway you don't have to give up a whole lot to get them it's an easier
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pick you know not a whole lot of cap space that you got it that he has to eat
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up or any of those different types of things very manageable very easy to take
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care of right and so you know that's why this move was made now on to the good
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stuff alright the good good good good good stuff of the of the podcast right
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we have to talk about brand I you yes I know I know you're probably you're
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probably having a hissy fit right now you're probably freaking out man I don't
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want to hear about him anymore I'm so tired of hearing about brain I you well
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guess what we have a little bit of a revelation okay a little bit of a
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revelation so practice happened yesterday okay and you know John Lynch and
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Kyle Shanahan were basically saying the same thing and you know that you know
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they VV that I'm so excited I got a I got a calm down that they were excited
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well not excited but they were in expectation that brand I you it was
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going to practice and you know apparently Kyle Shanahan has said that you
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know brand I you it has been cleared by teen doctors after he was complaining
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about having back and neck issues and you know they were basically in
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expectation that he was going to practice and he did not show up for
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practice so but we do have we do have to go we you know what we just have to
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go and we got to talk about this because it's a lot of it's a lot of different
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things that we have to discuss honestly at this point at this juncture of
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everything so you know a quote that came out yesterday that definitely caught my
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attention was John Lynch basically saying you know when when somebody asked
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him about brand I you he basically said and I quote at some point you've got to
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play and you know when you look at his and I'm not trying to be a therapist or
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anything or anything like that psychiatrist and whatnot but when you
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but when you just look at his stance when you look at his face when you look at
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you know his reaction his posture and whatnot you can definitely see that John
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Lynch is tired of talking about brand I you he is tired of being in the
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headlines basically the entire offseason since the end of the Superbowl he they
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have been you know always and you know in the headlines and that does get old
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you know especially when you know at first you were very stern about the
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offer that you have on the table and then you guys had a heart-to-heart and
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you were thinking okay we're going in the right direction things are going in a
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good place blah blah blah we just have one hiccup that we have to take care of
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and then everything's going to be done and you know now it's this so in some
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ways it sort of looks like a it's like a spin the face basically like the 49ers
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in their eyes feel like okay we've gone the extra mile to you know accommodate
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you with everything and it's still not good enough and you're still not here
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at some point you do have to play and that is true at some point you do have
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to play because again the team is trying to win the Superbowl right and it's all
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hands-on deck here it's all hands-on deck and you cannot you know just think
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that oh it's about you it's about you you just can't do that because guess what
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happens you're gonna cause more friction than than what you know you really are
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at this point and it's reached a point where both Kyle Shanahan well I won't
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speak for them but you can definitely tell that both Kyle Shanahan and John
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Lynch are just over it you could just tell by their posture you can just tell
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by their tone you can tell by all those different types of things they are just
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over it and they want to move forward and you know it doesn't help that you
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have Bernie Niuwicks holdout and Trent Williams's holdout but here's the thing
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that not a lot of people are talking about you're starting to see a shift in
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how people view Trent Williams compared to Bernie Niuwik let's go a little bit
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deeper in this okay now Deebo Samuel posted on Instagram I think yesterday if
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I'm not mistaken he posted an important stat I think we all really need to talk
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about and we're gonna we're gonna deep dive into okay because we got we got a
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lot of talk about in this situation I know we I know we're tired of it but we
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we still got to keep all going just got a hold on strong Steve the friends we're
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about to get them the con artists is about to get them trust and believe the
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con artists is gonna do his thing you heard it here first on the football
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Tucky's podcast Deebo posted this Trent Williams has allowed one sack in his last 983
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pass blocking steps now to some people you're probably thinking oh you know he's
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probably just doing something just for you know his man's his teammate this and
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the other no no no no no no no no no no no not this not not this guy over here
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not this guy over here you have someone like Deebo Samuel who plays a very
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pivotal role on that team especially on the offense whose voice you know
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definitely has definitely has some pool that lets me know that basically I
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think he's trying to like basically say like hey like you know make make sure
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that that y'all take care of my man's like that despite what everyone may say
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Trent Williams deserves that type of money which he does respectfully he does
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because why he is still the best left tackle in the game I don't care what
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anyone says he is the best left tackle in the game right there there were even
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stats and I said in a few episodes ago that says that once they got Trent
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Williams guess what happened they started to run the ball more on his side
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and they were doing it successfully so that shows you the influence that Trent
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William has on the team at some point we have to talk about it and I've and I
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said it before and I will continue to stand on it the 49ers should should
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value Trent Williams more than Brandon IEwick I'm sorry I understand Brandon
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IEwick wants to get paid that's perfectly fine but at some point you just have to
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let it go because now you're gonna have this headline dragging into the first
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week of football and you don't want that nobody wants that because everyone is
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trying to lock in and focus on trying to compete and to ultimately win the
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Super Bowl and you can't do that when you have somebody who is basically having
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a hissy fit on why exactly you can you know why he's trying to get paid you
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just can't not to mention guess what Trent Williams is in a whole different is
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in a whole different situation where guess what he can hold out he can hold
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out if he wants to for real for him he could retire and not lose an inch of
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sleep off it because why I made a hundred million dollars I know I'm gonna
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get a gold jacket I know I'm gonna be one of the greatest left tackles of all
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time I know that I don't got nothing else to prove nothing else to prove and so
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when you have that that is you know that that says a lot that means a whole lot
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compared to Brandon IEwick who this is his first contract where if we're being
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real here he cannot hold out he can't he cannot hold out he hasn't made the type
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of money where he can you know just sit and he can you know miss a few game
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checks and do this and do that he hasn't gotten there this is his first big payday
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right and even then when you look at the the CBA rules for fines and whatnot he
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can he's probably get fine six thousand four hundred and three dollars for missing
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first practice right cool if he misses another practice eleven thousand two
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hundred and six dollars okay cool third practice sixteen thousand nine hundred
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sixteen thousand nine nine dollars the maxi he could be fine for is forty five
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thousand seven hundred and sixty nine dollars that's not even counting any
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other fines that that the team may have as well not to mention who knows they
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might even try to you know suspend him so that a lot is riding on this and you
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know John Lynch in the front office and whatnot probably don't want to do this
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but at some point you have to make a decision it's either you're gonna keep
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dealing with with the bull because this is bull either you're gonna continue to
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deal with this or you're gonna or you're just gonna move on are you gonna give it
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to somebody else and let somebody else deal with it in their own respective
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way because you you've done all that you can do you've gone out your way to try
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to make things right you try to bring it back in all those different types of
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things and just seems like it's just not working and at some point you just have
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to let it go you do you just have to let it go because guess what I guarantee you
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before the end of the trade deadline there's gonna be another receiver that's
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gonna be available for trade there's gonna be somebody that's gonna be
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disgruntled that wants that wants out not to mention you can probably spend the
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block and probably get a Mario Cooper come on now like it's not the end of
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the world if the 49ers do not keep Brandon I you it's not it's not it really
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isn't there's a difference between somebody who basically is a player who
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was basically you know not trained but how can I say this how can I say this
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where were the words I need the words I need the words I need the words there's
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a difference between between somebody who is great because of the system and
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who's great without the system Trent Williams and Christian McCaffrey they
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were great without the system right they just got they just took things to a
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whole another level once they got you know into the 49ers situation right
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brand-newic system system system system system system system that's what it is so
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you got Ricky Pierce all you can try to roll with that see what happens and then
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just go from there compared to trying to deal with this foolishness that brand-new
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because basically doing at some point it's either gonna be a yes or no either
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yes we can't come to an agreement and I'll just say free agency after this
28:39
season and I'll play the and I'll play under you know my rookie deal no I want
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to be traded that's it that's it and if I'm John Lynch that that's basically
28:50
where I am at this point I'm basically gonna pull him to the side and say
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listen you have until Friday either you are going to come up and sign this deal
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or you're gonna play under this deal that you have currently or we're shipping
29:06
your ass simple as that I'm not dealing with any of this rigamon roll okay I
29:13
want you guys I don't want you guys I want to get paid but you're not gonna
29:16
pay me I want this amount of money I want two extra dollars at the end of this
29:20
deal to hell with it move on move on now moving on to other things that we have
29:29
to talk about so Malik neighbors rookie for the Giants was given the blessing of
29:37
the of the family to to get the number one jersey now you're probably wondering
29:43
who did he get the jersey from he got it from a former player called Ray
29:48
Flirty Ray Flirty so if you guys don't know who Ray Flirty is like a lot of
29:54
people don't he played in he joined the Giants in 1929 he later became a coach
30:00
and his credit behind the line screen pass not I said they're wrong behind the
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line screen pass and the two the two platoon substitution system he was
30:11
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976 and in it and in and the number one
30:16
jersey for the Giants was the first number retired in professional football
30:21
history so it's a lot of historical value to that so you know it definitely
30:27
carries a lot of weight and responsibility so Malik neighbors put
30:31
you know put out this statement after you know getting the blessing from this
30:35
thank you to them know that happened thank you to the Flirty family for
30:39
allowing me to wear number one for the New York Giants what else what else what
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else what else I understand the responsibility and will do everything
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in my power to honor the Flirty family and this organization I will wear the
30:50
number with great pride can't wait for the season to start now this is my
30:56
only problem when it comes to stuff like this is that you know when you when
31:02
you do something like this a lot of expectation is put on your shoulders
31:06
right and you know to be able to to get the blessing from the family that
31:13
definitely means a lot there there are certain numbers you know with within a
31:18
respective team that you cannot you know that that you just cannot mess with
31:25
right like I know for instance like the Steelers you know they have they have
31:30
jersey numbers that they're not retired yet but they're just like they're big
31:34
no-knows right 43 92 7 12 75 who else who else who else Mike Webster's number
31:44
Jack Lambert's Jack Ham's 26 all those different types of numbers all those
31:51
different types of players they're big no-knows nobody touched them nobody
31:55
deals with them and so this definitely puts a lot of pressure on your shoulders
32:00
that means that you have to live up to those expectations both on the field and
32:05
off the field that's just what it is that's just what it boils down to so you
32:10
know I don't I don't know how he was able to to get this but you know who knows
32:16
to him hopefully he lives up to those expectations I think that's just yeah I
32:22
don't know I'm very on the fence on this different type of stuff because when
32:27
you do this different type of stuff it can it can definitely it can definitely
32:32
you know make or break you right that is and that's why you see a lot of former
32:38
players who wore these type of numbers who made them famous who are like
32:43
completely against it all together because it's like you won't be able to
32:47
do the things that I did you won't be able to achieve the things that I did and
32:52
if you wear this number I'm gonna hold you to even a higher standard that I
32:57
even have for myself that's like that's like Deebo Samuel asking Jerry Rice
33:02
can can I have your number and Jerry Rice is gonna look at him like hell no
33:05
you can't have my number no you know you have to create your own legacy with
33:09
your own number no so we'll just have to wait and see what happens now on to the
33:15
final thing so Jarab Mayo head coach for the Patriots has announced that
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Jacoby Brissette will be the starting quarterback for the Patriots now this is
33:28
somewhat of a of a no-brainer honestly simply because you know Jacoby
33:33
Brissette is a veteran quarterback he is somebody that you know can win you
33:37
games and whatnot he is somebody that you can learn under especially for
33:43
someone like Drake May I think I think the team probably realized that Drake
33:47
May it's still a little bit rough around the edges as for any rookie that that
33:52
comes to the national football league but I think I think it will be best for
33:56
for his development if he was to sit for maybe a year or two and then you
34:01
probably push him out there and you know and you see well what he can do
34:06
compared to just basically you know putting him into the fire say okay go
34:11
and win us again go and win us the season go and see exactly what we're
34:14
going to do right but if I'm the if I'm a Patriots fan I look at like this this
34:18
is a long-term investment you're not going to see the fruits of your labor
34:22
now you're going to see them later on right and this allows the team to be
34:27
able to figure out exactly one what are they going to do moving forward if
34:31
there's anybody else that they need to get you know during the trade line trade
34:35
deadline and whatnot as well as figure out what they're going to do with the
34:39
draft because next year's draft as I've said before is a defensive heavy draft
34:43
and there's a lot of holes on both sides of that ball that they really need and
34:48
if we're being real here if they tank another two more years I don't think it
34:52
really would hurt them I think it would actually help them to be honest from you
34:56
know getting a better tackle to getting another defensive lineman and whatnot
35:01
you they could probably get all of these things and more in next year's draft I
35:06
truly believe that so congratulations to Jacobi Brissette as I've said before in
35:11
the early part of this episode for Drake May don't take this as a punishment take
35:15
it as a blessing now this is where I'm going to end things right here we're
35:20
not going to go any any farther and whatnot thank you to everybody who has
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together not spaced yes I mean there's always a hope I gave you guys the fix
36:35
that you guys love and need.
36:38
Hopefully we can end the week with a bag alert.
36:42
A bag alert.
36:44
Hopefully we can end the week with a bag alert.
36:49
Who knows?
36:50
But I do have to give a,
36:55
just have to celebrate a few people for this milestone.
37:00
I definitely have to thank the Lord for this.
37:03
If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have been able to do it.
37:06
If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have the strength to do this.
37:11
If you would have told me
37:12
that I would be doing a sports podcast
37:15
at this point in my life, I would call you a liar.
37:18
For those who don't know,
37:20
I am obsessed with football lately.
37:24
I remember Clear as Day.
37:27
It was a few years ago.
37:28
I think it was the same Jaff class for Bryce Young.
37:31
I was out celebrating with my mom for her birthday.
37:35
Lo and behold, guess what happens?
37:39
The Panthers trade all the way up to the number one spot
37:43
and I just lost it.
37:44
I was letting my friends know and everything.
37:47
I told my parents about it one night.
37:50
They were like, you should start a podcast.
37:51
And at first I was like, nah,
37:53
I don't know if I really want to do that.
37:54
I don't really want to be able to hear myself this
37:56
and the other blah, blah, blah.
37:58
I was just trying to make an excuse.
37:59
And I finally took heed to what they said
38:04
and I got a mic for Christmas.
38:06
And at first I didn't know how to do it,
38:08
but I just said to hell with it.
38:10
I assembled it the best way I possibly could.
38:13
And I just played around with it,
38:14
looked at different YouTube videos
38:17
and just kept on trying.
38:19
And then once I felt like I was confident to do it, I did it.
38:22
And to all the people out there,
38:25
I just want to let you know that whatever you want to do,
38:28
you can do it.
38:29
It may take you some time.
38:31
You may not have the following that you want.
38:33
People may not understand where you're coming from.
38:36
People may think that you're crazy, but guess what?
38:38
Everybody thinks you're crazy until you're successful.
38:41
That's the best way to put it.
38:44
I appreciate all the people that have supported me
38:48
publicly and behind closed doors.
38:50
I want to think, again, I definitely want to thank God
38:54
for this because I definitely would have never done this.
38:59
I never would have taken that step to definitely do a podcast.
39:03
I want to thank my mentors.
39:05
I definitely want to thank Josh.
39:06
I definitely want to thank my other mentor
39:09
who I cannot think of right now.
39:10
I know I just like Jeremy.
39:12
That's who it is.
39:13
Jeremy, my man, Phitty Graham.
39:15
I want to thank him as well.
39:17
Shout out to Moob, shout out to Shane,
39:18
shout out to my boy, shout out to my dogs.
39:21
Shout out to all my friends that definitely supported me
39:25
with this.
39:27
Shout out to family, whatnot.
39:28
Shout out to just everybody that's just been there
39:32
for me with this.
39:34
If he would have told me, again, that I would have done this,
39:37
I would have called you a liar.
39:38
I definitely would have.
39:39
As someone who love looking at football contracts
39:43
and debating, I guess I finally made it into a passion.
39:45
So as always, I hope I gave you guys the fixes you guys need.
39:50
Just drop the gym for you guys.
39:52
You know, not to be, you know, if I can do what you can do,
39:56
but to just let you know, like, you know, whatever you're
39:58
trying to pursue, you can do it.
40:00
Whatever you can do.
40:02
Just, you know, there's always a niche for whatever.
40:05
There's a niche, there's a following for anything.
40:08
You just have to tap into it, find a way that you can do it
40:11
in your own special way, pursue it, be consistent about it.
40:15
That's the number one thing that I would definitely say
40:19
is being consistent has definitely helped me a lot
40:22
and has definitely grown my podcast, you know, little by
40:25
little, but you know, it's not always the big thing,
40:29
the bigger picture that sometimes that we overlook.
40:33
It's about the process that, it's about the process
40:38
that you have to do in order to get to the bigger picture.
40:42
Those laying down those bricks every single day,
40:45
every single time that you do something, you're laying,
40:47
you're putting down bricks, you're layering it,
40:48
you're layering it, layering it, layering it.
40:52
Just so, you know, by the time that you're done doing it,
40:55
guess what?
40:56
You have already created exactly what you wanted to do.
40:59
And, you know, you can do whatever you wanna do.
41:03
You just gotta stay consistent.
41:04
You gotta push yourself.
41:06
You gotta never settle, you know, for just enough,
41:10
you always wanna push yourself to that next level
41:13
because guess what?
41:14
You have to be your biggest critic
41:16
as well as your biggest cheerleader sometimes.
41:18
Not everybody is going to understand your dream.
41:21
Not everybody is gonna understand what you have to do
41:24
to, you know, to achieve your dream.
41:26
Not everybody is gonna understand the sacrifices
41:28
that you have to make to achieve your dream.
41:30
Not everyone is gonna do it, but guess what?
41:32
As long as you know what you have to do
41:35
and as long as you lock in and you focus
41:37
and do whatever you need to do to win, do it.
41:40
Because guess what?
41:41
Winning has a price.
41:43
And, you know, if you're not willing to pay that price,
41:45
if you've never won before, if you've never achieved
41:47
anything with it, I don't know,
41:48
this might be the wrong thing for you to listen to,
41:51
but to the people that wanna do something different,
41:53
that wanna make a name for themselves, guess what?
41:55
I did it.
41:57
You can do it too.
41:58
So as always, I love you guys.
42:00
I appreciate you guys.
42:01
I thank you guys so much for listening to this.
42:05
I sort of wanted to end it, you know, with the 30 mark
42:08
because it's the 30th episode,
42:09
but I definitely just had to get this off my chest.
42:13
I just had to let somebody know out there.
42:14
So as always, I love you guys.
42:17
I appreciate you guys.
42:18
Peace and love, I'm out.