The Shrewdness breaks down the latest free agency frenzy of activity, with special attention to how it may impact fantasy values of each player.
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Hey Shrewdness fans, welcome to the latest edition of the
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Shrewdness Podcast. I'm Crew joined by Chiz, who's
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having a heck of a time today, and Dex, as usual.
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We're here to to bring another cool episode.
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This week. We're going to talk about some
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NFL news. The free agent window has opened
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up and owners have been operating fast and furious and
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already several key signings, that kind of thing.
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So Chiz, I think is going to lead us through some of the
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latest news and we're going to talk about some of the the moves
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we like the most and some of the questionable ones.
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Yeah, absolutely. Over to you.
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It was without a pause. I mean like the last two days
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have just been non-stop. I don't remember.
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Maybe I just am old, but I don't remember there being like this
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kind of activity this fast in a 2 day period.
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But things are just lightning bolt.
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We'll talk especially about the Chiefs at the end.
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But you know, you guys listen to us for a lot of fantasy content,
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a lot of fantasy interesting moves that are going on here.
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We're going to go kind of team by team.
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If there's something interesting I'll throw out and I'm going to
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have Pruitt Dex react, we'll have a little talk on it.
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We'll start out. With the.
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Arizona Cardinals and the Arizona Cardinals.
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The only thing that's interesting about Arizona is
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they signed a gay named Tyler and Algier.
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You guys like the move? Don't like the move?
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Fruit, go ahead. I know you.
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I have an idea what you think about this move.
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Go ahead. Yeah, I mean, I like Tyler
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Algier. I thought he was a better fit
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for the Chiefs. Just.
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Because of his body, his body type and all that.
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But they, they went elsewhere, which we're going to talk about.
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I know Tyler Algier, I mean, he's a solid back.
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Arizona's in need of somebody that can stay healthy in the
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running back position, and that's not 30, two or three
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years old. So yeah, it probably is a good
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fit. And because of some of Atlanta's
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other moves, I think it was probably good that they moved on
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from him. That's right, Dex, I like.
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It I do like the move. I think it's a really good one.
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They are a better team when they have a power running game
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because it just makes everything work better.
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I mean, Trey McBride gets a huge boon from it when James Connor
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was in there. You'd think a better running
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game, less passing, but it's not really how it works.
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And we've seen that year after year, a good running game opens
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up the passing game and makes it easier.
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So he's not getting double teamed all the time, which will
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probably end up helping out Harrison Junior as well.
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Now the real question is the quarterback.
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And so they they either signed their backup or their new
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starter with Gardner Minshew. So that's another one Arizona
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did. I mean, Jacoby Brissett is still
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there that I'm tracking. I don't know if he's on a one
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year deal. I think he's.
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I think he's the starter. I do too.
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Guy Right now what I saw is that Brissett's the starter and
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Minshews the backup. Yep, it meant you he's AI like
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having him as a backup. I don't want him as a starter
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necessarily, but with if something happens to your
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starter and you got mint, you you don't feel horrible, you got
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mint you magic, something can happen.
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So it's not it's. Not a backup.
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So I thought that those two are pretty good signings in my book.
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Other one to note and we won't talk about, but they did sign
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white receiver Kendrick Bourne. OK, let's go to the Falcons.
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The Falcons very interesting. They signed a quarterback who is
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looks an awful lot like the quarterback they have.
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So to a ton of Iola, it's very similar to Michael Pennix
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junior, I would say. OFT injured.
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What do you what? Do you think of goods sometimes?
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Kind of a not rocket arm, maybe under powered arm.
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Totally. Yep, Yep.
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I think the bigger thing is in Miami 899.
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Dollars just to let him go. That's a that's a big deal.
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Money. I don't.
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They really didn't want him anymore.
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My whole deal is like to, if you're to AI mean that seems
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like an odd choice. You're going to go to a team
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that already has a starting quarterback.
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I mean, right, I guess he probably thinks I can beat out
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Phoenix. Maybe.
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Maybe. But you're also one hit away
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from being used again. He's just to it doesn't.
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He's had so many decent years too.
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That's what's funny. Like he hasn't been a total flop
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for Miami and he'd led the league, I think in passer rating
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one year. I think he was way up there in
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yards one year when the Miami was good a couple years ago.
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But yeah, it just seems like a weird, weird signing.
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I don't like it. I don't think it's a great fit
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because now I mean for, I don't know.
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I mean it could work out great I guess, but on paper I just think
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it looks like a man move. It sounds, yeah, it feels a lot
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like Arizona, where you've got a man starter and you bring up a
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equally man quarterback back up. Right, totally.
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Which one of these man's gonna win out?
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I think. I think the thought is they're
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thinking like, well, one of them's getting hurt for sure,
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so. I don't think we'll get 2 of
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them the training camp. Right.
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Yeah. They also had a key resigning.
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They also had a key resigning of Kyle Pitts.
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Well, they franchised him, which was, yeah, probably Smart
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brought in Austin Hooper. Yeah, Johan Dotson.
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And they got a kicker, Nick Folk, and nothing that really
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moves the needle. And of course, they lost Algier.
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That's the biggest loss that they had coming out of that so
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far. Let's go with the question real
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quick. Do you think that affects Bijan
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Robinson's role? No, I.
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Is he run more? Well, The thing is, as with
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Devon, a chain, yeah, Devon a chain in Miami did pretty well
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correct out of the backfield with nearly what 8090 catches a
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season. So if Tua gets it, that's pretty
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good. And with Pendix, he's already
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getting it. So I don't know if it really
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impacts him at all. I think he's just going to
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continue to be a high volume pass receiver out of the
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backfield that's electric when he actually runs the ball.
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So I think Bijon stock is doesn't really go up or down
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with this. Yeah, more carries, but I.
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I think it goes up a bit because I mean, Altier was stealing some
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goal lines from him. I feel like that's.
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True too, yeah. Unless they bring in somebody
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else to do that. But you know they will.
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They're going to bring in some weird, yeah, weird dude that
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comes in and scoops goal lines. Totally.
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I bet Rashad White goes there. Oh, that'd be a good.
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Perfect goal line sniper for Bijan.
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Might go there. Yeah.
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So now we're going to go to a really interesting one.
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Baltimore Ravens. I don't know what the hell
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they're doing because they had one guy coming in.
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It was pretty exciting for them. Max Crosby, They needed an
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impact defensive player and just hours ago that trade was voided
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due to a failed physical. Which brings up all kinds of
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question marks. What's going with Max Crosby?
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And also makes you think the Raiders are probably stuck with
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Max Crosby now. There's a bad.
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Problem. Stuck with Max Crosby though.
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I'd like to be stuck. With Max Crosby.
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I would too, but I would imagining they made some of
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their moves based on getting rid of his salary.
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That's the one like, I don't know, maybe the center, they
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signed for a record deal from Baltimore, right, right.
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And that Lindenbaum, that was a. Lindenbaum.
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Signing. I think they're in a pickle now.
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I think someone might be able to scoop them.
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They might be because for for nothing it.
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Won't be nothing. It might not be two first round
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picks though. That's right.
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They've lost Linderbaum, who as you mentioned got paid.
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He's the highest paid center ever by 9 million a year.
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Like that's how much higher he's made.
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So that's bad for them. They lost Isaiah likely.
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They lost to Louis Gilman. All they've done is lose people.
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They How's the offseason going? Right, they did gain a guard
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named John Simpson, who I don't. Know heard his name.
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So, but we've not much to say there other than they're in
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trouble unless they make some moves quick because they've had
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a lot of leaving and not a lot of coming and that's not what
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you want and. You're, yeah, you're a major,
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your major signing that you thought was going to shore up
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your defense and suddenly out the window.
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Like, that's right. It's not weird.
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Like there's not many Max Crosbys to be had.
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No we were talking about this during Patreon too but how in
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the hell do you have an all pro DN fail a physical like?
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Yeah. Right.
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What the Hell's going on there? And if it's something that they
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knew about, because you can't believe that Las Vegas, they had
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to have known something, right? If there was something that was
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going to be out there, unless it's just something Denise fall
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down the stairs the other day. It seems like one of those,
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they're just trying to sneak it in to me.
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Like it seems a very Raiders thing, Like, Oh no, no, he's
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good, you know? And then he goes and they're
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like, hey, you're not so good. But now with the Raiders,
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they're kind of in a pickle too, though.
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Like we were saying, on the flip side, they spent all this money
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and now you have to keep Max Crosby on your books who makes a
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ton of money. Like I think they're.
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Really screwed. So that's why I don't know if
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there's no way the Raiders knew about this because they just
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screwed themselves. That's a good point.
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In my good point, like Baltimore may have tried to screw them.
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Like oh wait they probably listened to too much ESPN the
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other night after the trade happened and they're like Oh my
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God, why would you get 2 first round picks?
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It never works out for the team that gives 2 first round picks
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ever, right? So they're probably.
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Watching that going Oh my. God, so you failed.
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Failed the physical. Exactly, your bicep looks like 1
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looks bigger than the other. This.
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Won't work right. I wonder.
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Good. I'd be interested to know what
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that was. But anyway, let's move on.
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Yeah, I would say we'll find out more in the next couple days,
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yeah. We will cause something's going
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to happen out of this. This is too big of a deal for
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for us not to find out more. So look at the Bills, really not
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a lot, but they did sign DJ. Well, they traded for DJ Moore.
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What do you guys think of DJ Moore in Buffalo?
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I think that's a good fit. I like DJ Moore.
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I think he's going to go up the draft boards next year.
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Being with Josh Allen. It's going to be the same
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offensive court. I mean, Joe Brady is the head
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coach and he was the offensive coordinator.
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You got to imagine the offense is going to look strikingly
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similar, but instead of only Shakur, like a little scared, at
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least have an X and AY and it'll be kind of nice.
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I think DJ Moore is, I think it's a really good fit for that
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offense actually. I think he's going to be a high
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volume guy. Yep, also resigned.
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They also reassigned their center, Connor McGovern, which I
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think is a good, good signing for them.
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Let's go to the Carolina Panthers, who you know, they,
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they haven't done that much, but they seem to be getting a lot of
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praise. They did sign an edge rusher,
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Jalen Phillips, Devin Lloyd, the linebacker.
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So they did a lot on on defense. On offense, they they're losing
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Rico Dowdle, of course, but not not much to react to there.
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We'll skip one of them. We'll go to the Bears.
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The Bears have been busy. The Bears have gotten a lot of
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defense. Devin Bush being a big name.
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And then they signed a wide receiver.
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Khalif Raymond, you may recall, played for Detroit, Detroit last
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year. He was kind of their 3-4 guy.
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And then they and. Then they got rid of pick
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returner too I think. Yeah, I think you're right.
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And then they lost DJ Moore, obviously.
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So you guys like Khalif Raymond there is that a upgrade
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downgrade? Seems like a downgrade to me,
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but I'm. Guessing it's a, I'm guessing
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it's a value like, yeah, salary cut thing where it's like we
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gave up a little bit of talent, but we gave up a lot of money,
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but you'll gained a lot of money in our salary cap.
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Yeah, when you opened up, yeah, Luther Burden to be starter.
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So Roma Duze and Luther Burden are now you're X&Y that's going.
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To be your 1/2, right? They had a lot in there.
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He's. Fine in the middle because
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they're probably going to still be rocking Coal Comet and
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Loveland. So you got the two tight ends.
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They're going to be the primary focus up the middle anyway.
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There's a lot of weapons. That's right.
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Chicago's going to be good again next year.
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Yeah. And then getting some defense I
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think is a is a very good thing for them.
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They need the Bengals, who are typically cheap as can be.
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Actually went out and signed someone from the Chiefs.
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Safety. Brian Cook.
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That sucks. I like Brian Cook.
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They also got an edge rush edge rusher from the Colts, Boye
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Mafe. So they're trying to get their
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defense better. They they lost.
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Not much so far. I lost yeah yeah, right.
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I mean, anybody you signed is probably upgrade the only one,
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the only one on offense they they've lost so far is Noah fan
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so. So what I heard though is both
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the guys they got on defense is there.
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I know Cook, we watched him play for years.
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They don't miss tackles in Mafia.
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He doesn't miss tackles either. So they have the.
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Highest tackles. Like they're among the highest
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in tackle rate and not having broken tackles against them in
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the league. So I think Cincinnati, when you
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get 2 of your 11 players now that won't miss, they, they know
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how to wrap up. That stuff's contagious.
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So when you have people that's true inform tackling and do it
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right instead of just flying around like a missile and hoping
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for the best. Which is how, I mean, Cincinnati
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kind of a clown show on defense because it's not that they're
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not in the right places, they just don't tackle you when
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you're there. They just run through it with
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you guys they had There was a list of individual players that
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missed tackles and Cincinnati was like 3 of the top 8.
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Sound right? I believe that.
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Including including #1 and #3. I don't remember who the guys
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were. They had three guys in the top
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ten in the league for missed tackles last year.
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I believe it that that defense was awful.
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So I think any of change there is good.
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Yeah, not much. That's probably what they saw.
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And we're like, yeah, we got to get a guy that's solid back
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there that can absolutely not miss.
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That's a good good. Good bring in for them.
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I think they got a long way to go.
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Still on defense though, yeah. We lose a hit or two at some
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point. He hasn't signed on.
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Hendrick, he's going to go somewhere.
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They basically indicated he's not signing with Cincy either.
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No, nor would I. So he's he's going to go
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somewhere else. Nobody on offense to mention
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yet. The Browns, interestingly, they
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don't really have any no kind of skill positions moving in and
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out. But I will say interesting that
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they brought in three offensive lineman.
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So they have signed 2-3 offensive lineman.
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Well, they signed 2, got 1 via trade and they also brought in
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linebacker Quincy Williams. So I think overall so far they
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they've done OK. They probably need some new
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lineman there, but nothing different from the skill
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position for us to react to the Cowboys.
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The Cowboys traded for edge rusher Rashon Gary from the
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Packers, which was interesting because they yeah, there was a
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little trade that happened between them last year.
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Yeah, they did franchise George Pickens.
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Interesting. We talked about that.
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You called it though, Chiz, with the the PR market down there,
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they just couldn't let them go. They're going to shoot
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themselves in the foot to make sure they have them.
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But. They're not going to be able to
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quit Joy Pickens this year, but it just That wasn't their
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problem either. And the.
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Good thing, the good thing for them is I guess if you franchise
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tag him, you know you didn't sign him to a big deal, 'cause
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if you signing a big deal, he's the kind of player that you're
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really afraid he's gonna. Fall off deal?
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It's like what, 32 or something for one year, yeah.
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Yeah, but he's still got to earn a contract.
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That's the only thing you got going on.
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He's. Still got a next year coming up.
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If they had signed him to like a three or four year deal, he
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would have fought off a Cliff. I've I've seen this guy a
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million times. Yeah, you know, like they get
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paid and they're like. I play without one.
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Class. They're like, they're like 2,
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like can I go somewhere and be the backup, right?
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Just sit on the bench and count my money.
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They also resigned Javonte Williams and Brandon Aubrey.
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What do you guys think of those? Brandon Aubrey I think is
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obviously a probably good signing, but what about Javonte
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Williams? It was last week, it was last
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year a an anomaly. Do you think that was a mirage
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or is he like a legit everyday bell horse cow?
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Bell workers bell horse cow? Bell horse cow.
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That's good. Is that the Fraser?
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Bell. Camel back there.
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I have to help camel. I don't know.
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I got, I got a new perspective on Javonte after this last year.
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I thought he he earned something, but what?
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What the what kind of deal did he sign?
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Does it say? I did not see the details of his
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deal. Yeah, let me see if I can.
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Find him here. I mean, I would have no problem
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signing him to another one or two year deal just to you.
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Would think it would be that. I mean surely they didn't do a
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long term deal with him cuz he's not.
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It's a three-year deal, but I you're wrong, but Javonte
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Williams, I think he earned, he earned a contract.
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He did very well. It's.
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Good, he did earn a contract. Yeah, and I think it's a good
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fit there. So I think it's a good sign by
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Dallas. I mean, the running game is
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important. You have to run the ball and
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stop the run. And so they've addressed
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stopping there with their defense and they're keeping
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their own game going with someone that's dependable.
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So at least with that. All right, let's talk about
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Denver. Denver Broncos.
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Our our beloved Denver Broncos, who we love to hate here, they
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resigned. The most important one is JK
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Dobbins. So do you guys like that?
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Do you think that's a good move? I like it for.
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Them I know Dex does. I like it for them because for
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one, they were a really, really good team when he was there and
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then once he went out they lost a lot.
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Like you can say they were still pretty good and they were
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because they weren't losing games, but they couldn't close
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people out. The the pass blocking from that
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position, no matter who they threw back there wasn't as good.
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JK Dobbins is a great teammate, great pass blocker as a running
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back. He's just good.
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When he at the time he got hurt, he was among the league leaders
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in rushing. He's just a good player.
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Isn't that the problem with him though at the time he got hurt?
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Seems to be a phrase you use every year with.
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JK, you are correct what it is. That's the only deal with him
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now. I mean, I guess they figure they
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got a backup young guy who, you know, can spare, spare him some
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carries and he could drop in there if he gets hurt.
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He obviously did. He didn't play as well, but you
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know. I would like to think that that
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it was an unnecessary signing and that Harvey could just step
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in and take over and everything will be fine.
00:19:39
But I agree with you, Dex, I don't think he's quite ready
00:19:42
either. That's not what he's that type
00:19:44
of back either. I think Harvey complimentary
00:19:46
back. Maybe.
00:19:49
Maybe so. He might be.
00:19:51
I know they had hoped he would be a.
00:19:52
Starter for sure. I think you're right.
00:19:54
Like when they saw what they lost when Dobbins went out.
00:19:58
It was a. Lot maybe that changed their
00:20:00
mind, you know, maybe it wasn't anything right through that that
00:20:05
he didn't do. It was like, it's just it is
00:20:09
what it is. We're we're not a bit of the
00:20:10
team without him in there. Yeah, a little bit of the Say
00:20:14
anything line, right? I've seen the future.
00:20:17
All I can say is go back right there.
00:20:22
It is like they also lost the that kind of sneaky, sneaky big
00:20:27
loss for them was they lost the defensive lineman John Franklin
00:20:30
Myers who played really well for him last year and was kind of
00:20:34
underrated tool in the bag. And I think that was that's
00:20:38
going to end up being a substantial loss.
00:20:40
One the Lions. The Lions had a lot going on.
00:20:43
Our old friend Isaiah Pacheco has landed with the Lions.
00:20:49
So it appears he is going to be the Montgomery replacement.
00:20:52
What do you guys think? Because Montgomery is gone now,
00:20:54
they traded him away. What do you guys think of him as
00:20:57
the Montgomery replacement in Detroit?
00:21:02
I think he's not an equivalent to Montgomery.
00:21:07
He's got a different running style.
00:21:09
He's more like a, a crossbreed between Montgomery and Gibbs.
00:21:15
Yeah. So it, I don't know, it feels
00:21:18
like Detroit kind of settled, to be honest.
00:21:22
Ohh geez. I mean the chicks.
00:21:25
Kind of true though, like. But if you already have.
00:21:28
Love for he just a lot. Less that.
00:21:31
Good, yeah. And yeah.
00:21:33
So it it comes down to contract dollars if that's.
00:21:36
Money. It's money.
00:21:37
It's money and I think trade off.
00:21:39
He's good value and I think he's a good fit on that team with
00:21:43
that coach and the way they play.
00:21:45
Yeah. I mean, who else he He runs
00:21:48
through walls. He just runs hard and angry all
00:21:51
the time. He gives full effort all the
00:21:52
time. It's a good fit.
00:21:54
I think he's going to be well liked in that locker room.
00:21:58
I think Detroit teammates are going to like him, that coaches
00:22:00
are going to like him. It's a good fit for team.
00:22:03
He's got a culture. He's good for a lot of things.
00:22:05
He's. He's got a good lion's
00:22:08
personality. I would say that what you said
00:22:10
there, what you said there is true.
00:22:12
He runs through walls oftentimes when there are holes.
00:22:14
And that's the problem. Yeah.
00:22:16
He he he never read the whole exactly right.
00:22:20
I always loved him because of the way he played.
00:22:23
He's easy to root for, and I'll root for him in Detroit.
00:22:26
But man, he just never seemed to like progress.
00:22:28
That's so that's. That was my point earlier is
00:22:31
that Montgomery's Forte is running between the guards
00:22:36
right, right up the A gaps, right up the middle.
00:22:39
And then you have Gibbs as the flashy guy that's outside and
00:22:42
all that. And I think Pacheco's more like
00:22:45
an off tackle runner, maybe not complete outside zone guy, but
00:22:50
he's he's just not really an up the middle guy.
00:22:53
And I think that she's had a lot more success with Kareem Hunt up
00:22:56
the middle. And so Pacheco may try to fill
00:23:00
that role and maybe he'll get coached up to where he is
00:23:02
effective in that role. But I I didn't totally respect
00:23:07
his heart and how he plays the game.
00:23:09
Yeah, absolutely, I think. Everybody loves the.
00:23:11
Guy, he will be a great fit personality wise with that team,
00:23:15
a great clubhouse. Guy, I got to throw this out.
00:23:17
Shrewdness, What you're hearing is not Pruitt's stomach
00:23:20
rumbling. He's not this hungry.
00:23:22
It's it's not. Transition 5 either, Yeah, no.
00:23:26
Or 3 or 4. Even it's just like.
00:23:30
Transition 5 so unbelievably loud.
00:23:32
There because he's sitting in the middle of Tornado Alley this
00:23:34
tonight. Yeah, we are in the midst of.
00:23:36
Thunderstorms tonight across the so you guys may hear that every
00:23:41
now and again. So let's talk about.
00:23:42
I'll try to mute myself, Green. Bay.
00:23:45
So here's something interesting. And after Green Bay, they really
00:23:47
haven't brought anybody in yet. They did lose Malik Willis,
00:23:50
interestingly, which we'll talk about later.
00:23:53
And then maybe the the most interesting trade.
00:23:58
I'm amazed that they got what they got for Rashon Gary because
00:24:03
Rashon Gary decided to post a goodbye Instagram post and then
00:24:09
delete it and then say he was hacked.
00:24:13
So basically he cut the Packers legs out from under him.
00:24:18
And of course they called the Cowboys because the Cowboys are
00:24:21
stupid enough to not realize what happened.
00:24:23
And they were like, yeah, we'll take him and probably overpaid
00:24:25
for him. But the fact that they got
00:24:27
anything for him and they got a fourth round pick for him is
00:24:30
kind of a steal after he he. Left the count of the bag and
00:24:35
he. Wasn't coming back to Green Bay
00:24:36
so they kind of basically wait until he got cut and signing
00:24:40
probably exactly but they haven't had much movement
00:24:43
otherwise won't spend any time on them.
00:24:46
The Texans super interesting when David Montgomery Yep,
00:24:50
Speaking of that, we. Just talked.
00:24:51
About key acquisition for them, what do you guys think about
00:24:54
David Montgomery in Houston? I think that is a.
00:24:57
Really good fit for them. I think they finally have a
00:25:00
dependable young non broken back to pair with Woody Marks, who I
00:25:04
think is again not he can be a lead back, but kind of like we
00:25:09
were talking about for Denver, I think they don't want him to be.
00:25:12
I think having that complimentary David Montgomery
00:25:14
plus Woody Marks is going to be a nice tan back there for
00:25:17
Houston totally. Agree.
00:25:21
Yeah, I agree. I.
00:25:21
Think it's a good, good fit. It makes them even more scary.
00:25:25
That was one of their big outages last year because they
00:25:28
really didn't have any kind of running game.
00:25:30
Put those two in the. Backfield and then Nico Collins.
00:25:33
Yeah, yeah. That's.
00:25:35
Now. You're you're.
00:25:36
Looking like that, that defenses, they really haven't
00:25:40
lost. They lost the defensive lineman
00:25:42
since Settle, but they haven't lost a ton from the defense yet.
00:25:45
So, you know, there's they're going to be a good team next
00:25:48
year. So far, I think a good offseason
00:25:49
for them. The Colts, the Colts resigned
00:25:54
Daniel Jones. I'm surprised by this.
00:25:57
We'll talk about that. And Alec Pierce for a lot.
00:26:01
They for a ton, a lot of money. They paid Alec Pierce and they
00:26:07
let go Michael Pittman junior. They traded Michael Pittman
00:26:10
junior, Yeah. What do you guys think of of
00:26:14
those moves? I like Alec.
00:26:17
Pierce, I don't know if I like him for 29 million a year for
00:26:20
four years. That's a ton.
00:26:23
And you need somebody because I guess if you knew you were going
00:26:27
to be trading Michael Pittman Junior, he goes something.
00:26:31
No, I don't know on the outside. Daniel Jones, like you just
00:26:35
alluded to, coming off a torn Achilles.
00:26:39
He's probably going to play till the.
00:26:41
Middle of the center and he's a mobile.
00:26:43
Quarterback that when he comes back, like what's he really
00:26:46
going to do? I don't know.
00:26:47
It's going to be kind of tricky because what are you going to
00:26:50
expect? But you hope he was as good as
00:26:51
he was last year. But I don't know.
00:26:54
He's a mobile quarterback who has torn Achilles.
00:26:56
He's coming back torn, Achilles, and he's not.
00:26:59
They were. Colts were kind of a tale of two
00:27:01
seasons, right? They started out hot and then
00:27:04
when they started playing some playoff caliber teams, they
00:27:07
faded big time. Yeah, they faded completely down
00:27:11
the. Stretch, yeah.
00:27:13
That was just. A disaster.
00:27:15
What was? I mean, I know.
00:27:16
In one of our earlier shows, we went through their games in that
00:27:21
first sixth rate weeks of the season when they couldn't be
00:27:24
beat. Yeah, and fraudulent.
00:27:27
Yeah, they went from. 98% chance to make the playoffs to 98%
00:27:31
chance to miss the playoffs. Yeah, like a month and a half.
00:27:34
That's right. I.
00:27:35
Mean. So from a fantasy standpoint,
00:27:38
number one, I would rather keep Michael Pittman Junior as Alec
00:27:41
Pierce. So I don't know what happened
00:27:43
there. It's probably a money deal or he
00:27:45
was like, I want to be here anymore.
00:27:46
I don't know. And also 9 million a year.
00:27:50
Yeah. And like, here's the deal with
00:27:54
Alec Pierce. I would have.
00:27:55
I like Alec Pierce. I just wanted to see him go
00:27:58
somewhere where they were going to throw the ball deep.
00:28:00
Yeah. I feel like he would have been
00:28:01
worth a lot more on another team.
00:28:04
So, I mean, their offense doesn't seem to utilize him
00:28:09
enough. They they feel like they had
00:28:10
one. Big ball a few.
00:28:11
Times a game when they have big plays though he's.
00:28:13
The one getting them and he, they do take the deep shots on
00:28:17
him because that's why we like starting them in fantasy because
00:28:19
we expect to get a 30 to 40 yard bomb million.
00:28:22
Dollars for Alec Pierce, though, I don't like.
00:28:26
That. 16. Million.
00:28:28
Dollars. He's never had more than. 47
00:28:31
catches when you look at all the.
00:28:33
Signings across the board the last couple days and you look at
00:28:36
wide outs, look at what they're going for.
00:28:39
This is a wide out market, wide out.
00:28:41
If you're a wide out quarterback, you're getting
00:28:43
paid. Let's look at the running backs.
00:28:45
So look at what Montgomery's getting.
00:28:46
Look at what these other backs are getting.
00:28:48
It is 9 million a year tops for some of these guys.
00:28:53
Whereas you look at the White House in these like you haven't
00:28:56
gotten to it yet, like Wandell Robinson and Kim Warren probably
00:29:00
got something. Romeo, Dobbs, all these dudes
00:29:02
they're getting. Paid like.
00:29:04
They're not that great, wouldn't even start them.
00:29:06
They'd be my 4th wide out in fantasy.
00:29:08
Part of the reason. Pierce wasn't getting as many
00:29:11
receptions as that. Pittman was there.
00:29:14
And they had. Kind of almost a Green Bay
00:29:17
situation where you got a log jam of.
00:29:21
So, so guys. And maybe they see something and
00:29:23
appears that he's kind of he's the guy they want to focus on
00:29:27
right coming up. Yeah.
00:29:28
So they're they're kind of clearing the path for him.
00:29:30
It's the way I mean, obviously they do.
00:29:32
Right, that's the only thing I can.
00:29:33
View of this the only thing I can think of.
00:29:36
Yeah, so the Jaguars forgot that it's the offseason.
00:29:43
Like they were a team that was like on the come up and everyone
00:29:46
is like excited about it. And they've promptly lost
00:29:49
linebacker Devin Lloyd, Travis ETN Junior and a cornerback,
00:29:53
Greg Newson, the second they haven't signed anyone yet.
00:29:58
So. Who's going to be?
00:30:00
That's an interest. That's an interesting strategy.
00:30:04
My team is on Jacksonville. Chase.
00:30:06
Right, totally. I mean, if you're a Jacksonville
00:30:10
fan, you got to be jacked up. You had a good season and like
00:30:12
now you're starting running back, starting linebacker,
00:30:14
starting corner, all gone and you haven't signed anything
00:30:17
weird. But typical Jacksonville.
00:30:19
This is why they're always rumored to go to move to London.
00:30:22
All right, let's talk about. Well, I'm going to skip the
00:30:24
Chiefs or come back them to the end the aforementioned Los
00:30:27
Angeles Raiders. So they brought in Tyler
00:30:30
Linderbaum as the highest paid centre ever.
00:30:33
They're paying him 27 a year, which is 9 million higher
00:30:36
than the previous record holder, which was Creed Humphrey for for
00:30:39
the Chiefs, they brought in quitty pay from the Colts, a
00:30:45
linebacker, they brought in Quay Walker, a linebacker, and they
00:30:50
brought in wide receiver Jalen Naylor and kept Max.
00:30:54
Crosby. And and.
00:30:57
Unexpected they actually sit next Crosby and then took him
00:31:00
back so they had him as a departure and an addition in the
00:31:05
same year. They lost their first round pick
00:31:08
though that. Was huge, so yeah.
00:31:10
So they've they've got the only person they've lost is backup.
00:31:14
Can you pick at quarterback so? What do you guys think of?
00:31:17
What they're doing in, I mean, there's no skill position
00:31:21
players to really react to here, but do you like what they're
00:31:24
doing there in Oakland or Las Vegas, wherever they are now?
00:31:28
Los Angeles. Oakland, Los Angeles.
00:31:31
Western Vegas. The western US somewhere in.
00:31:34
A hot. Deserted place.
00:31:38
The desert. Raiders, they can throw all the
00:31:41
money they. Want at Leonerbaum.
00:31:42
There's still four other offensive line spots that are
00:31:44
weak. Yeah, if let's just.
00:31:48
Say that. And then I mean, I will say
00:31:50
it's. Smart though bringing They're
00:31:52
gonna have the one pick. They're gonna take Windows.
00:31:54
Windows it is smart to. Bring.
00:31:56
Yes, super. Stud.
00:31:57
Center to work with them, right? Who can?
00:31:59
Hopefully call out protections and help protect the young dude
00:32:03
that can't protect himself yet. So it would have been nice to
00:32:05
have the. 14th pick to get another lineman but that shit.
00:32:09
Sailed right? Yeah.
00:32:10
Yeah. I bet you're right.
00:32:13
Prue like they they've so many holes.
00:32:15
It's kind of like, but they're at least trying.
00:32:17
To fill some of them. They're trying, yeah.
00:32:19
As opposed to years. In the past, the Raiders just
00:32:23
Raider them way through the offseason like the Jaguars and
00:32:26
do nothing and expect for better results.
00:32:29
Oh my gods are older. They're getting paid more.
00:32:31
Let's see how this works out and right.
00:32:34
I feel bad. For them, because they did, they
00:32:36
sounds like they brought in two or three other.
00:32:37
You said two linebackers, right? Yep.
00:32:41
Yeah, they got a, they got a Walker linebacker. 2
00:32:43
linebackers. And a corner and then Jalen
00:32:47
Naylor, a wide receiver. So and so they.
00:32:49
I think their philosophy was, OK, we're gonna give up the Max
00:32:53
Crosby stud and try to fill a bunch of holes on defense.
00:32:57
Yeah, that's right. And wait, now we have Max Crosby
00:32:59
back and they're backed into a. Corner now with Max Crosby.
00:33:02
I mean to be fair to them, they they did great originally to get
00:33:06
2 first rounders for Max Crosby. Absolutely.
00:33:08
That's. That was a credible.
00:33:10
Deal. But now I don't know what you
00:33:13
can get for it. Like I feel like they're just
00:33:16
screwed again. Baltimore.
00:33:18
Overpaid, it felt like. But here's the deal.
00:33:20
When you look at what their team is right, So you got, I mean,
00:33:22
it's going to be Mendoza. They got Gente Bowers and Jack
00:33:27
Batch is the other wide out. It's pretty good.
00:33:29
And so we got a lot of young, young Naylor.
00:33:33
Right in Naylor. Naylor.
00:33:35
So. It's not that they're lacking
00:33:38
talent at the skill position players places, but what are you
00:33:42
going to get now? Because yeah, I really think
00:33:45
they're screwed with this. Max Crosby not going through.
00:33:47
He takes so much money. I really I'd have to look into
00:33:51
it because it just happened. So we haven't had a chance to
00:33:53
look into it. But that has to impact what they
00:33:55
can do and can't do. Yeah.
00:33:57
Oh, for. Sure, you've got to cut someone
00:33:59
else now. That you probably weren't
00:34:00
planning on it. It was probably someone you
00:34:02
don't want to cut or you would have tried to trade them first.
00:34:05
So it's right they could be in a really bad spot.
00:34:07
I'm interested to see how this plays out in the coming days.
00:34:09
The GM, there's gonna be like, what the hell?
00:34:12
Some, yeah. Biscuit this.
00:34:14
Just that's even more. To get rid of him.
00:34:16
Yeah, well, I'll tell you. Less right you get.
00:34:19
Only a first and a third now. Something like that.
00:34:23
Max, they get less in return for him.
00:34:25
Yeah, Max Crosby is. Max Crosby's cap hit this year
00:34:30
is $36 million. That's a lot.
00:34:35
So. They've got him signed through
00:34:38
20, Travis Kelce's nine, so they've got him signed for 1234
00:34:46
more years. Yeah.
00:34:48
And he's going to make roughly 30 million a year for all those
00:34:52
years. So yeah, to free up 30 million
00:34:54
when your cap is 300 million, that's 10% of your cap.
00:34:57
I think they still have to try and move them.
00:35:00
I think you have to still try to rate them.
00:35:01
Somewhere because there's a. Lot of teams that'll take them
00:35:04
and again, you might not get 2 first rounds, but whatever you
00:35:09
can get. God, let's just put them in a
00:35:11
bad spot though. I feel kind of bad for them, but
00:35:13
let's go to the next. Let's go to the next we got.
00:35:15
To get a few if you want. More totally.
00:35:17
Totally. How about those Los Angeles
00:35:20
Chargers? The Los Angeles Chargers, not a
00:35:23
lot for us to talk about here. They haven't done much of
00:35:25
anything. They had some additions that
00:35:28
you've never heard of, and they have some subtractions that
00:35:30
you've never heard of. There we go.
00:35:32
So. Not much to.
00:35:34
Talk about the. Regular season, it's very, very.
00:35:36
Chargery now one. That's one that I have to
00:35:41
mention, even though there's no real offensive impact from a
00:35:47
fantasy standpoint, is the Rams, who have stolen the Chief's
00:35:50
defensive backfield, Trent Mcguffey via trade and Jalen
00:35:54
Watson via unrestricted free agency.
00:35:58
Wow. What do you guys think about
00:36:00
what the Chargers have done? They haven't lost anyone, by the
00:36:02
way, The Rams. Or the Rams.
00:36:04
Yeah, the Rams or. The Los Angeles whatever.
00:36:07
Well, they're obviously. Teams in Los Angeles.
00:36:09
They're in win Now mode. They're going all in for next
00:36:12
season. It's probably Stafford's last
00:36:14
season because this was maybe Stafford's last season.
00:36:16
They're going to put it all in the house and then they're going
00:36:18
to rebuild because that's all you can do when you've given up
00:36:21
that much draft capital and you have this much cap space getting
00:36:24
sucked into a team. I like the move if I'm a Rams
00:36:28
fan, like let's. Go.
00:36:30
Let's do this right. Because they could have had it
00:36:32
this. Last year, right, And they were
00:36:34
good enough to win and yeah, they're at.
00:36:37
Least going to be in a good. Enough position on paper to do
00:36:40
it again next season. So I like it.
00:36:42
Yeah, I think it's good. They shored up the corners and
00:36:45
that's right. They have.
00:36:47
Plenty of offensive talent, so it made me made.
00:36:50
Me sad seeing that they also resigned Tyler Higby, Cam Curl
00:36:56
and safety and then Harrison Nevis the thicker kicker.
00:36:59
You can't go wrong resigning the thicker kicker.
00:37:02
So so far they probably had. That's right.
00:37:06
I think for for the grades so far, I would say they've had one
00:37:10
of the best offseasons because they haven't lost anybody and
00:37:13
they brought in an entirely new start looking.
00:37:16
At building the team, they are screwed in two seasons, yes.
00:37:21
They are. They're really good news.
00:37:23
Enjoy your next couple seasons Rams fans, because this is
00:37:27
you're back to no first round. Picks again, you're back to.
00:37:31
That's right. You've played four aces and you.
00:37:33
Are drawing dead after next year, That's right.
00:37:38
So. Let's talk about the mercurial
00:37:40
Miami Dolphins, who just shipped out a strange quarterback into a
00:37:46
Tonga by law and brought in a strange quarterback in Malik
00:37:48
Willis. Yeah.
00:37:50
I don't know. What do you guys think of?
00:37:52
Malik Willis as the starter down there.
00:37:55
I don't know if you're. Gated anything and if you're
00:37:58
trying to rebuild why'd you get a guy that can be competitive I
00:38:02
don't know they like just do Quinn yours.
00:38:05
That was their backup anyway. Let's see what he can do.
00:38:08
But now he brought in Malik Willis what 3 year deal and he's
00:38:12
clearly going to be starting now and he could be a reclamation
00:38:15
project. But were you really just that
00:38:18
away Was it really just to a played bad and that's why Miami
00:38:21
sucked. I don't think so.
00:38:23
They had a lot going on and. You also don't.
00:38:26
Have Tyree kill now. There's a number of issues with
00:38:30
Miami. It wasn't all to I don't know,
00:38:35
another. I thought he was, I thought
00:38:37
Malik Willis the best fit. I thought it would be
00:38:39
Pittsburgh. I thought he would look really,
00:38:41
really good as a Pittsburgh Steeler.
00:38:44
But whatever, I know nothing. So that's why I sit here and
00:38:47
talk about stuff. Well, Willis I.
00:38:50
Saw him play against the Chiefs in a playoff game when he was
00:38:55
with the Titans and dear God he's awful.
00:38:58
I know, I know that he has gotten better and I know that
00:39:02
he's had he's had six career starts though.
00:39:05
He looked like the worst. Player in football a couple
00:39:08
years ago, yeah. The absolute worst.
00:39:11
Quarterback in the league and now he's rejuvenated himself and
00:39:14
just got paid, he says. Long as you're a quarterback,
00:39:18
I'm more optimistic. I thought he looked pretty good
00:39:20
actually, stepping in for Jordan Love last year.
00:39:23
He did You're. Right and.
00:39:25
And you're absolutely correct. When he played for Tennessee, I
00:39:28
was I saw him play the first two series.
00:39:30
I was like, how's this guy in NFL quarterback like this is not
00:39:35
going well. I mean, he did have good.
00:39:38
Coaches in Green Bay, you know, Yeah.
00:39:40
That helps, yeah. He had better talent around him,
00:39:44
so I don't know that I would have.
00:39:46
Kicked. What do you say, 99 million
00:39:48
bucks to the curb along with Tua, with Tua?
00:39:52
Tua thinking that Malik Willis is going to step in and save the
00:39:56
day and solve all your problems? Yeah, I think I would have made
00:39:59
a $50 million bet on Tua and still save myself $49 million.
00:40:04
Yeah, right. A very weird.
00:40:05
Move to me to like, it just doesn't seem like you went up or
00:40:10
down that much. You maybe went down a little
00:40:13
bit. You save.
00:40:14
I mean, you cost yourself 99. You're effectively paying. $99
00:40:17
million for Malik Willis. Yeah.
00:40:20
And like. That's that's really bad.
00:40:23
I don't like it when you frame it like.
00:40:24
That that's. Why you say that?
00:40:27
That's not fair to Malik. Though, come on now, I like it a
00:40:30
lot. Less when you say, yeah, you
00:40:33
know, if you're. Bringing in a Josh Allen or
00:40:37
whatever and you're giving up $99 million, OK, that kind of
00:40:42
like it's explainable it it feels.
00:40:45
Like they're half pregnant. Like yeah, if you want to
00:40:48
rebuild, rebuild, yes. Like it's like either either
00:40:51
like that's one way to. Put it Jess, I've never lost
00:40:54
that. Time of my life.
00:40:55
Oh boy, you lost you. Lost Tyree kill you you're
00:41:00
you're done with Tua like like start Quinn yours yeah, trade a
00:41:06
chain and get a bunch of draft picks and like do it right like
00:41:11
reload and or don't but like now they're just now you just kind
00:41:15
of went. Into purgatory now you're going
00:41:17
to be like average and get a middling first round pick again
00:41:20
next year. Totally tank.
00:41:22
Man, go. Quinn yours and hell, maybe it'd
00:41:25
be really good. But I agree, I would have
00:41:28
probably just just scrap it down, build back up.
00:41:31
Bizarre. I don't like it, Dexter, the
00:41:36
Vikings, I'm sorry, but they haven't done anything.
00:41:39
They they they did get a corner James Pierre.
00:41:42
So they did that and they got rid of Kyler Murray and I just
00:41:45
keep. Waiting for it to come down, but
00:41:47
it hasn't come down yet. And if that happens?
00:41:50
I've sat with it for. Like a week and a half now and
00:41:53
molded my head. I think I'm fine with it.
00:41:56
If they get Kyler Murray, you know you don't need a guy to.
00:42:00
Look over the line. You don't need a guy you can see
00:42:02
over the line. No, I just want him.
00:42:04
To run over time and I believe in KOC to make it happen.
00:42:08
So I am hopeful that if we get him, it'll be good.
00:42:13
It's. Going to be quite enjoyable.
00:42:15
It's going to be quite enjoyable for me to torment you for a full
00:42:20
season of of Kyler Murray as the Vikings quarterback I am.
00:42:24
I am looking forward to this quite a bit.
00:42:27
I hope you like the rollout, Hope you like the rollouts Chism
00:42:31
I want. To point this out, every
00:42:33
Goodyear the Vikings have had in recent memory has been with some
00:42:38
retread free agent pickup quarterback that came out of
00:42:42
nowhere and did awesome case keenum NFLNFC championship game
00:42:48
with case Keenum the. One year first.
00:42:52
Year we got him absolute. Dog crap at quarterback.
00:42:56
It's just like just bringing in just everybody's like someone
00:43:01
pooped and threw it out the window and you guys were like,
00:43:03
and then we take it. And we run with it and good
00:43:06
things usually happen. So like I said, some of their
00:43:09
best year dog crap. And you Polish it, and you shine
00:43:13
it up. And you put it out.
00:43:14
There, correct. That's pretty good.
00:43:16
Correct. It's.
00:43:17
Gonna Work, told the quarterback.
00:43:18
Until the until the playoffs. And then it goes, Oh yeah, I
00:43:21
forgot, let's stop. Talking about playoffs in the
00:43:24
Vikings. Let's just move on now, all
00:43:27
right? Let's.
00:43:28
Talk about the Patriots. The Patriots.
00:43:31
Yeah, the Patriots. Brought in.
00:43:33
Romeo Dobbs at wide receiver and they lost to they lost to Austin
00:43:40
Hooper at tight end and Tonga defensive lineman to the Chiefs.
00:43:45
What do you guys think about Romeo Dobbs in the New England
00:43:49
Patriots offense? My first thought.
00:43:52
Is that it feels a lot like the Indianapolis Colts and that they
00:43:55
got rid of the wrong guy. Right.
00:44:01
What do you think? What do you think next, Romeo?
00:44:04
Dobbs is fine. He's fine.
00:44:07
There's nothing. He's fine.
00:44:09
Excites. Me about him.
00:44:10
He is fine in Green Bay, He'll be fine in New England.
00:44:14
I don't think he moves the needle very much.
00:44:16
I don't know. He's fine.
00:44:18
He's good. He's fine.
00:44:19
It's it's very. Similar to Indianapolis in that
00:44:21
they kind of had a log jam of so so receivers.
00:44:25
So now in Green Bay, it opens things up for Golden a little
00:44:29
bit. In New England they bring in
00:44:30
another guy that is maybe a better fit, I don't know.
00:44:35
And I guess. The whole Stefan, the Stefan
00:44:37
digs off the upfield stuff kind of got in the way a little too
00:44:41
much. I think he's still in soil.
00:44:43
Yeah, yeah. He may not be playing.
00:44:45
He may be in the California penalty next year.
00:44:47
Oh, yeah. So let's look at the Saints.
00:44:51
The Saints are making noise bringing Travis Etienne junior,
00:44:54
and they paid him a lot of money for Travis Etienne junior.
00:44:58
I like I like Travis Etienne Junior fine.
00:45:03
Is he better than what? They have, yes.
00:45:06
Four years, 52. Million.
00:45:08
That's not that bad. It's 13 million a year.
00:45:11
That's not horrible. 13. Million a year, but Alec?
00:45:13
Pierce is 29 million a year. No, no, no, no comparing.
00:45:17
To the other running backs. Running backs I know 30.
00:45:20
More than. That what's What's Pacheco?
00:45:22
'S deal with the Lions, I don't know.
00:45:25
He wasn't even on. Here he must have just done it
00:45:27
because my list is a day old. But regardless.
00:45:31
Let's see here top paid. NFL run back. 6 a year
00:45:35
Here's the deal. Here's. 6.
00:45:37
A year, right? That is quite a bit.
00:45:39
That's pretty OK. Saquon Barkley makes 20 million
00:45:42
a year. Christian McCaffrey makes 19.
00:45:43
Derrick Henry makes 15. Breece.
00:45:47
Hall makes. 14 Jonathan Taylor makes 14, and now Travis Etn
00:45:53
makes 14. That seems.
00:45:55
Yeah, you're right, Scott, a little steep.
00:45:57
For me. JK.
00:45:59
Dobbins 2 guys, 3 million.
00:46:01
More. To JK, yeah, I mean.
00:46:03
I'd take JK Dobbins over him, wouldn't you?
00:46:06
Yeah, you're. Right, most of these guys went
00:46:08
for 6 to 9 bucks for these other running backs, so
00:46:11
gain 7 million a year going. Going rate for a running back.
00:46:15
Four year deal for a guy. That's been around a little
00:46:18
while. I mean, he's not.
00:46:19
Yeah, he's not. I wouldn't say old.
00:46:21
Yeah, this is. No, he's like I'd say he's 26
00:46:24
ish 27, something like that. So the second contract, I think
00:46:28
he's this is his First off rookie contract.
00:46:30
Yeah, it's a. Little high, but.
00:46:32
I it's not, it's not horrible and.
00:46:36
And to be clear, you are. They're on a rookie deal with.
00:46:40
Their quarterback, I think, which is nice.
00:46:42
So they have the money to spend for those four years, Yeah.
00:46:46
Yeah, and. And you're the Saints, right?
00:46:49
Like you, you probably need to overplay a little bit, and it's
00:46:53
true, Like you aren't coming to the Saints for a discount.
00:46:56
You're not going to be like, yeah, I want to go down to new.
00:46:58
Orleans and play like the Saints were more competitive than we
00:47:02
thought last year. Shook.
00:47:05
They're better. Than we thought.
00:47:07
Yeah, they were. All right, let's talk about the
00:47:09
Giants. They have made a lot of noise,
00:47:12
yes, mainly with their depart. Well, they've had a lot of
00:47:15
changes, period. They did bring in Isaiah Likely,
00:47:18
which is someone a lot of people are high on, me included.
00:47:21
Seems to be a guy who has a lot of talent.
00:47:23
Clydium position. They brought in a couple.
00:47:27
They brought in a lot of defense as well.
00:47:29
Tremaine Edmonds, Greg Newsome. They lost 1.
00:47:33
Dale Robinson, but Isaiah likely in this offense.
00:47:37
What do you guys think about him there like he could?
00:47:41
Be a sleeper tied in next year for fantasy.
00:47:43
I think he's a great fit. I think Harbaugh knew exactly
00:47:46
what he wanted when he became available because he was signed
00:47:49
very quickly and I think likely probably wanted to go play over
00:47:52
John Harbaugh. Be dead honest.
00:47:54
Yeah, right. I don't think it took him very
00:47:55
long to go there either. And I think it's going to be a
00:47:58
very solid fit. I think with Jackson Dart, I
00:48:01
think that's going to be a good offense.
00:48:03
I think it's, I think he's gonna be really good.
00:48:05
I like the signing a lot. I think likely he's gonna fit in
00:48:08
great there. You like it?
00:48:10
Brew. Yes, he will.
00:48:12
Likely do quite well there anything.
00:48:13
Oh. Is it?
00:48:15
Yeah, There it is. Nailed it.
00:48:18
I do like the. Signing I think, I think Isaiah
00:48:21
likely was a little overshadowed by Mark Andrews and or kind of
00:48:25
for sure log jammed by Mark Andrews.
00:48:28
So I think you're exactly right, Dex.
00:48:30
When John Harbaugh saw that he was available and he's like,
00:48:34
that's a guy I want on my team. Yeah, he'll fit great with what
00:48:37
I want to do. And who's the other guy at Theo
00:48:41
Johnson? Yeah, it's their Theo Johnson.
00:48:43
'S good too. I think they.
00:48:44
Have two good tight. Ends right now.
00:48:45
It's a nice SO exactly. They just, they played.
00:48:48
That in Baltimore, right? They they mixed likely in with
00:48:51
Andrews and Harbaugh is. Doing the Harbaugh thing, right,
00:48:55
he's going over the other the other Harbaugh thing.
00:48:57
He signed a punter and a kicker. He's a special teams guy.
00:49:00
He loves special teams and so right, you just don't want to
00:49:02
have to worry. About special teams, I think
00:49:04
that's more the reason. It's like it's worth spending
00:49:06
that little bit of money to buy consistency, totally not have to
00:49:09
worry about dumb stuff happening.
00:49:12
I agree. I I do like that.
00:49:13
I like that lot of games decided.
00:49:15
On the last second, so many, it's so.
00:49:17
Hard to win an extra point going doink or a long snapper not
00:49:22
doing it, or a guy missing a tackle.
00:49:24
Sign those dudes for a little bit of money.
00:49:26
You need to take that. Worry away.
00:49:32
That's right. So The Jets, The Jets feel like
00:49:35
a team that said, we have a bunch of sucky players and we're
00:49:38
going to change the whole roster and good on them for doing that.
00:49:41
I would say if you look at who they brought in, it's like it's
00:49:45
like actual professional football players.
00:49:47
They're they're excited to bring into the the team.
00:49:50
Geno Smith, it's not flashy, but he's solid.
00:49:52
They brought him in Mika Fitzpatrick, Demario Davis to
00:49:57
Andre Sweat, Neshawn right at corner, They resigned.
00:50:04
Breece Hall, they franchised him like they brought in a lot.
00:50:08
They got the only thing they've lost so far is they've lost Nick
00:50:12
Folk, kicker, who was not great last year, and Quincy Williams,
00:50:15
who was linebacker. But overall, they seem like
00:50:17
they've been a lot of addressing the key stuff.
00:50:19
The one will ask you guys about Peru.
00:50:21
What do you like? Do you like Geno Smith in New
00:50:25
York? My.
00:50:27
I had a thought flashed through my head real briefly and then it
00:50:32
it kind of was like, that's probably a bit much, but I I
00:50:38
could see Gino being a contender, probably not the
00:50:42
winner, but at least mentioned once this year for comeback
00:50:46
player of the year. I think he had a terrible.
00:50:49
Situation. In In with the Raiders in the.
00:50:53
Western. Western.
00:50:56
Raiders team whatever Western. Vegas Angelus.
00:51:00
Yeah, so. I I don't think he's nearly that
00:51:03
bad. I think he had a terrible O line
00:51:05
and not much coaching and just a, you know, a bad situation.
00:51:11
So I can't see him playing worse.
00:51:14
Boy, he was bad last. Year though, man, I know he was
00:51:17
not good. I don't know.
00:51:19
I think he. Had there was a lot of stats out
00:51:21
there, like least amount of time to throw yeah, all this stuff he
00:51:26
was running, he had a. Bad for.
00:51:28
Sure situation. So I think he will play better
00:51:31
and The Jets. The Jets didn't have a guy who
00:51:33
could throw a forward pass last year.
00:51:35
Like, yeah, who was starting? For the.
00:51:38
Jets last year fields. Yeah, for a.
00:51:41
While he. Can't throw a forward.
00:51:43
Well, he he couldn't get over 100.
00:51:45
Yards. Throw a forward poodle.
00:51:46
Right. It was right.
00:51:48
Yeah. Gino Get.
00:51:49
Down the first drive so that. You know, like I said, my my
00:51:53
thought went through my head and then it was like quickly, like,
00:51:55
no, that's not going to happen. But I think he'll play better.
00:51:59
He'll not embarrass himself again.
00:52:03
Right? I hope.
00:52:04
Yeah, for his sake, I mean. Garrett Wilson probably likes it
00:52:10
because he'll have a competent quarterback.
00:52:13
And The thing is, I think what he brings is more leadership and
00:52:16
stability than anything else. So he's been there, done that.
00:52:19
He's going back to where it all started, same thing.
00:52:23
And I think he's just going to be a more stabilizing force more
00:52:28
than anything. And Aaron Glenn is the coach.
00:52:31
He doesn't have to worry about that because I I know you're
00:52:34
going to know how to be a professional.
00:52:35
You're going to set the tone for this offense, you're going to
00:52:37
set the tone for this team. And Justin Fields, nothing wrong
00:52:40
with him. By all accounts, he's a great
00:52:42
teammate and a great guy. But as far as a consistent
00:52:47
quarterback play, you have to have that.
00:52:50
The team feeds. You can't throw.
00:52:52
The only problem is he can't. Throw me.
00:52:54
Just keep. Missing running back which is.
00:52:57
I was really. Excited to see the experiment
00:52:59
last year with Justin Field, Braylon Allen and Bruce Hall and
00:53:04
treating it like a, you know, a Navy.
00:53:08
Yeah, it's a Wildcat A. Navy game or?
00:53:10
Or the army team or whatever. Just Navy.
00:53:13
Army triple. Option right?
00:53:16
And so. I was.
00:53:17
I was waiting. To see some of that stuff and I
00:53:19
think I, I don't know if they just were scared to do it or
00:53:23
what. But anyway, they didn't do that.
00:53:25
Braylon Allen got hurt, Justin feels is terrible.
00:53:29
So they didn't really have a chance to do anything wild.
00:53:34
And now I think this is a little more traditional.
00:53:37
Getting Braylon Allen back will help a little bit more like a
00:53:41
Detroit offense where you got a couple different options at
00:53:45
running back and a stellar wide receiver.
00:53:48
If they can ever get him the ball, that'll be an interesting.
00:53:50
Experiment to see that come full circle.
00:53:52
Let's talk about the Steelers. The Steelers went and did a
00:53:56
couple things that are interesting.
00:53:57
They don't know who their quarterback is yet, but they do
00:54:00
know that Rico Dowdle will be there instead of Kenneth
00:54:03
Gainwell. So he has come in for Kenneth
00:54:06
Gainwell and feel like that's just a lateral.
00:54:08
Move and they got a me. Too.
00:54:11
And then they got a #2 to go alongside DK Metcalf with
00:54:14
Michael Pittman Junior. What do you think about those
00:54:18
moves? So you say lateral move decks on
00:54:21
on Rico Dowdle for Gainwell. What about Pittman?
00:54:25
I think Pittman's a massive. Upgrade because you can't even
00:54:28
name who the number 2 was last year.
00:54:31
So starting. With that alone, that is
00:54:33
helpful, but the problem is who's throwing to these guys?
00:54:39
I don't know if he's. On the team yet?
00:54:41
I mean, is it really going to be Mason Rudolph?
00:54:43
We going he's on a vision quest. Right now he's on a vision
00:54:46
quest. He's I just don't know what
00:54:48
we're. Doing, I mean, is it really
00:54:49
going to be Aaron Rodgers again? I don't know, man.
00:54:53
Well. His old coach is is back, right?
00:54:57
If he's going, seems like if he had any chance of coming back,
00:54:59
this would be it. He brought he brought his old
00:55:01
coach in. I don't know, I guess.
00:55:05
I don't know they, they, they need they.
00:55:07
Need someone to throw the football though right now that's
00:55:10
key. The last I think Aaron Rodgers
00:55:14
last game was his last game. That's what I think too.
00:55:18
I. Would be surprised if we.
00:55:19
Came back. I think he's.
00:55:22
Done as well. And I honestly, I don't think he
00:55:24
has anything in the tank. Like he didn't look great the
00:55:27
last part of the season and and I mean, he's old, yeah.
00:55:31
So what happens? Guys.
00:55:32
What happens to everybody? Yeah, unfortunately so.
00:55:36
All right, super interesting. 1 San Francisco 49ers, an old
00:55:39
team. They did get older, but wow,
00:55:41
talk about win now again. Mike Evans to the 40.
00:55:46
Niners. Mr. Buccaneer, Mr. I've always
00:55:49
been on Tampa Bay and I'm always going to be on Tampa Bay unless
00:55:52
the 49ers come calling. Unless I'm not.
00:55:55
Yeah, so. They lost.
00:55:56
Kendrick Bourne, they got Mike Evans.
00:55:59
What do you think? I'll tell you for the Hall of
00:56:02
Famer who had 11 consecutive 1000 yard seasons until he was
00:56:06
just hurt this year and that's the only reason he didn't get
00:56:08
it. So what do you what do you
00:56:09
think? About 32.
00:56:11
He's 32. It hasn't looked slower.
00:56:13
To me though, on the field, yeah, like he still plays big
00:56:16
and fast and his game is being big and blocking people out and
00:56:20
he's still fast enough. Now The thing is, is a
00:56:23
three-year deal. Do I feel the same about 35 year
00:56:26
old Mike Evans? I don't know.
00:56:27
But 32 I'm fine with it. To your point though.
00:56:30
Dex, like because he's a big target and not a burner, it's it
00:56:38
feels less risky. Yeah, because like he's not
00:56:40
going to get smaller and his hands aren't going to get worse.
00:56:43
So like, I feel like 32 year old Mike Evans feels pretty good.
00:56:47
Like I would have loved it on the Chiefs.
00:56:48
He's phenomenal wide receiver. It's not a burner, but they're
00:56:52
very old now. If you look at the 49ers in
00:56:55
their core, I mean, Brock Purdy's not old, but if you look
00:56:57
at Mccaffrey's, no spring chicken.
00:56:59
Kittles, 32 I think now as well. Yeah, they're not getting
00:57:05
younger. I mean, it's not win now, but
00:57:07
they're definitely not young guys on that team.
00:57:10
No, but they get. Their defense back though,
00:57:13
they'll be good. Oh yeah.
00:57:15
They will. What do you think about him from
00:57:17
a fantasy perspective next year? Prude?
00:57:19
Do you? Are you, are you going to
00:57:21
increase Mike Evans? Are you going to move him up the
00:57:24
list? Are you moving him down?
00:57:25
He's going from Baker Mint, Mayfield to Brock Purdy.
00:57:29
He's got a better running back, all things considered.
00:57:33
I think it's a pretty equal move from a fantasy perspective.
00:57:39
I mean, a ton of Mike Evans value is just him being on the
00:57:43
field. If you can say vertical, no
00:57:45
matter where he's at, he's going to contribute.
00:57:48
So that's right. I don't know that it's, I don't
00:57:51
know. I haven't thought through that
00:57:53
well yet. I think the offense right now is
00:57:55
so focused on McCaffrey that he's going to see fewer targets.
00:57:59
Yeah. So maybe they yeah, that's
00:58:03
interesting. Maybe they retool their offense
00:58:05
a little bit to to not have McCaffrey touch the ball 40% of
00:58:09
the time every every play. Yeah, I don't know if he.
00:58:12
Could do. It again you right you.
00:58:14
Move him up or down. Dex on the Mike Evans if you I'm
00:58:18
kind of with if he. Stayed at if he stayed at.
00:58:20
Tampa, you move him up or down from what he's doing now, I
00:58:24
move. Him, I don't know, man.
00:58:27
He's lateral. He's lateral.
00:58:29
To me. I'm with Peru, I don't think
00:58:31
it's up or down because it's it's too good offenses and he's
00:58:33
going to be a focal point in the zone just like he was before.
00:58:36
And it's not like Sam Fran was horrible.
00:58:40
They just got hurt last year. Just hurt everywhere all around.
00:58:45
I mean, they had Jones through five games.
00:58:48
The only person who was healthy was super ironic that it was
00:58:51
CMC. That's hurt all the time.
00:58:53
That's the only guy who didn't miss any games.
00:58:55
Is the guy who misses all the games.
00:58:58
Interesting. Yeah.
00:58:59
That's right. That'll be an interesting one to
00:59:01
watch. Seahawks, world champion
00:59:03
Seahawks, they have not added anyone.
00:59:07
They resigned Rashid Shahid, who was very loyal and pretty much
00:59:12
said I'm not going anywhere. I probably could have gotten
00:59:14
more money, decided to stay there, but they have lost
00:59:18
Kenneth Walker the 3rd as we will talk about in a minute.
00:59:23
So not much to talk about there. They haven't done much.
00:59:25
They've stood pat pretty much. We'll see if they get anybody
00:59:28
else big in the in the offseason.
00:59:30
But they are a team that's for sale, which is really
00:59:32
interesting. It is weird because when the
00:59:34
team's for sale, especially after winning the Super Bowl, I
00:59:37
don't know we've ever encountered this.
00:59:38
I don't know if you spend to try and get somebody more interested
00:59:41
in buying or if you save money. I don't know what you can do.
00:59:43
We'll see. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they have
00:59:47
brought in Kenneth Gainwell and they lost Mike Evans and they
00:59:52
resigned Kate Otten, Kenneth Gainwell.
00:59:56
Do you like Kenneth Gainwell and Tampa Prue?
00:59:58
Do they still have? Rashad, White and Bucky.
01:00:02
Well, Bucky's there for sure. Rashad White.
01:00:04
Bucky's there. Rashad White.
01:00:05
Is a free agent. OK, so they.
01:00:07
Basically are saying bye bye Rashad.
01:00:09
No interest in signing. In so I yeah Kenneth gainwell's
01:00:13
probably a decent signing then these are good receiving back
01:00:16
and good step in as a a replacement for Rashad white.
01:00:20
I feel like he has more juice than.
01:00:21
Rashad White, I think that's an upgrade for your background.
01:00:24
Yeah, I think you're right. So.
01:00:26
It could be a little bit. Of an upgrade.
01:00:27
But you're going to need to kind of hurt Bucky Irving, though, if
01:00:30
you're a Bucky Irving. Dynasty guy or keeper guy?
01:00:33
Yeah, man, Yeah, He brought in a.
01:00:34
Guy that can. Do the same things he can do.
01:00:36
I don't know if I like that because.
01:00:39
As a guy who? Has Bucky Irving on my dynasty
01:00:41
team, that kind of stuff. Yeah, it looks.
01:00:42
Like. And catches are the.
01:00:44
Thing that practice points quickly.
01:00:46
Yep, totally. Gainwell's the stealer.
01:00:49
We all know this. He likes to steal those carries
01:00:52
and catches. So how about, and evidently
01:00:56
they're counting on a Buca McMillan stepping up and
01:01:00
Godwin's going to be healthy. It's still good wide receiver.
01:01:03
That's what they're all sure. They're still all right there.
01:01:07
And they signed Kate on, who's steady.
01:01:10
I think the Titans are looking to get better fast.
01:01:14
And they have made a lot of, they've spent a lot of money
01:01:17
thus far in the free agent pool. They got John Franklin Myers,
01:01:22
the lineman I talked about from Denver.
01:01:25
They signed 1 Dale Robinson for a lot of money for one Dale
01:01:28
Robinson. I would say that was a curious
01:01:31
one to me. Yeah, they, they've got a lot of
01:01:34
other guys that are, you know, probably upgrades what they had,
01:01:37
but not household names. What do you guys think?
01:01:39
I want to specifically talk about 1 Dale. 1 Dale.
01:01:43
What do you think about 1 Dale Robinson?
01:01:46
Who got 4? Years $70 million.
01:01:50
Holy cow. Yeah.
01:01:53
It's a lot. But it's not 29 million a year.
01:01:56
So true. Wandale is quite the deal
01:01:59
compared to Alec Pierce. And I think they can do a lot of
01:02:01
the same things, right. I mean, I mean, how much better
01:02:04
is Alec Pierce and Wandale Robinson?
01:02:06
That's a. That's a.
01:02:07
Fair comparison, I guess, yeah. So when you're looking at that.
01:02:09
I think. Cam Ward gets another really
01:02:12
good target. There's nothing wrong with that
01:02:14
and they had two young whiteouts already.
01:02:17
I just. I mean, The thing is.
01:02:20
Generally gay. Yeah, yeah, DK.
01:02:22
And I manner I that was that's what surprised me.
01:02:26
And why would you spend that much on a veteran wide receiver
01:02:31
if you have two up and comers that probably, I think maybe
01:02:34
they just need. A They need a veteran, maybe
01:02:37
they need a guy who's can teach those guys or I don't know,
01:02:41
that's it's got to be something. Like that it is a steal from a
01:02:44
dollar standpoint. To your point decks, that's a
01:02:47
right. It's not a bad guy to bring in.
01:02:49
It's nothing you can never. Have too many good players
01:02:52
especially. There's nothing wrong with
01:02:54
having three wideouts. It's a passing league.
01:02:56
You're often with three. Wideout sets.
01:02:58
And have a Wandel's one of your three with your other two guys.
01:03:03
Sure, I'll. Take.
01:03:04
Maybe. Maybe.
01:03:05
Chiga Conquo takes a hit on his yes.
01:03:09
Chiga. Conquo it may take it may take a
01:03:10
prolific. Pass catching skills so but they
01:03:14
added they made. A couple lineman and some
01:03:15
defense too. Didn't they just?
01:03:17
Yeah, no, they did. That John Franklin Myers, they
01:03:20
signed, like I said, to a three-year, $63 million deal.
01:03:24
Yeah. So they think a lot of him on
01:03:25
the D line. They also got another, they got
01:03:31
a tight end, Daniel Bellinger. You guys may have heard a little
01:03:35
bit about him. He's a Giants tight end.
01:03:37
Yep. He got three years, 24
01:03:40
so and then they got Jordan Elliott, defensive lineman.
01:03:44
So they are they are getting better.
01:03:48
Didn't they add another? D Back to they did.
01:03:52
They cornerback Alonte Taylor, cornerback Cordell Flot as well,
01:03:58
so they've they've made. Maybe.
01:04:00
The most additions of anybody so far in free agency.
01:04:03
They had the money to spend and good for them.
01:04:05
They're going on spending it. So it's going to be interesting
01:04:07
to see how it works. Now to the last team before we
01:04:12
talked to Chiefs, the Washington Commanders.
01:04:15
I will note they don't have much that they brought in, but I will
01:04:18
note former friend Leo Chanel went to the commanders today.
01:04:26
Love Leo Chanel. Great player.
01:04:29
I think he's really an upgrade for them at linebacker that's
01:04:33
going to help them a lot. They resigned Marcus Mariota
01:04:36
from a backup standpoint, but they they really haven't lost
01:04:39
anything yet. So it'll be interesting to see
01:04:41
what else they do too young team.
01:04:44
All right now to our bread and butter, the chiefs, Kansas City
01:04:47
Chiefs. Wow.
01:04:48
So this is going to be an interesting season.
01:04:51
So let me set the stage for you. We found out in the last two
01:04:56
days that Travis Kelsey is coming back.
01:04:58
Travis Kelsey, who some people thought was done, some people
01:05:02
say it doesn't have anything in the tanks.
01:05:04
He ain't going out like that. I'll point out.
01:05:06
He was the third highest scoring tight end in fantasy last year,
01:05:09
so I don't know that how you could say it is.
01:05:10
I mean, the left in the tank, that's his worst year ever.
01:05:12
Came back. I know he's coming back for 12
01:05:16
million a year, guaranteed one year for one year, and he can
01:05:23
make up to 15 if he hits certain incentives.
01:05:26
They also brought in a defensive lineman, Tonga from the
01:05:29
Patriots. And you know, we need some depth
01:05:31
on the defensive line. Yep, safety Alohi Gilman, who
01:05:35
I'm a big fan of, he's very, very steady, not spectacular,
01:05:40
but a very steady defender and good safety.
01:05:45
Kenneth Walker, the third was the big splash Super Bowl MVP
01:05:49
for a team that has not had a solid top running game running
01:05:56
back. Actually, I think I read we
01:05:58
haven't had 1000 yard rusher since 2018.
01:06:01
That cream. But probably, probably rookie
01:06:05
year, Kareem. Yeah.
01:06:08
So. What do you guys think?
01:06:10
Oh, and then of course from a who we lost the whole secondary,
01:06:14
the Trent Mcduffey, Taylor Watson, Brian Cook and Isaiah
01:06:17
Pacheco and how you feel about. The Chiefs.
01:06:21
And Mike Dana Chanel and Mike Dana, right Are we?
01:06:26
Rebuilding. I don't know what we're.
01:06:28
Doing what do you guys? Think about what they're doing.
01:06:33
Didn't they resign? Bolton.
01:06:37
He was already resigned last year so they got him for three
01:06:40
more years I believe. So I think our 9th.
01:06:42
Pick is going to go on defense now so there's I would Jeremiah
01:06:45
love, even though I think Carnell Tate the Ohio State wide
01:06:50
out if he's there will be hard to not take because we also need
01:06:53
a wide receiver one an alpha. Have you seen the Ding?
01:06:57
On Carnell Tate, I haven't. So the Ding on Carnell.
01:07:01
Tate, 4540. I mean, that's faster than me.
01:07:08
But does it scare you? Away at all?
01:07:11
No Carnell Tate. OK.
01:07:14
Yeah, because. I mean, not everybody's going to
01:07:16
be Tyreke and 4-5 is fine because you when you look at
01:07:18
what he does, he is a big, strong physical guy and he is
01:07:23
that's. So do you.
01:07:24
Think they go. You go defense through I think
01:07:28
I. Do I do too?
01:07:29
Yeah. I think.
01:07:30
You got enough. I mean, they're traditionally
01:07:33
the Chiefs have not drafted wide receivers early.
01:07:37
We. Have lately.
01:07:38
So I can't imagine they continue that trend.
01:07:42
Yeah, they keep. Going to jail, we got to wait
01:07:43
for a third round guy, yeah. Well.
01:07:46
And if you think about. Who they got, they also
01:07:48
resigned. Taekwon Thornton.
01:07:50
That's so the wide receiver room right now is Rashi Rice.
01:07:54
Maybe if if he's out of prison. Rashi Rice.
01:07:59
Xavier Worthy. Taekwon Thornton.
01:08:03
Yeah. Jalen Royals.
01:08:04
Jalen Royals. Jalen Royals.
01:08:06
Which I think. Is someone they're counting on
01:08:09
to step up next year. He had he's kind of hurt all
01:08:12
last year. It's kind of a weird year for
01:08:13
him. We didn't really get to see what
01:08:15
he can do. But again, we watched a ton of
01:08:18
those Utah State highlights last year.
01:08:19
We previewed him. Yeah, he looks good.
01:08:22
He just needs to be healthy. I'm a.
01:08:24
Little nervous that they re signed Taekwon Thornton because
01:08:28
they thought Jalen Royals wasn't the real deal but I could be
01:08:32
wrong. Well, you need more than.
01:08:33
Four. Yeah, you need a.
01:08:35
Full room, There's still a. Talk about.
01:08:38
Juju. Hollywood's going to.
01:08:40
Be gone. He's not coming back the chiefs
01:08:41
don't have any interest in him. There is some talk about Juju
01:08:45
potentially re signing on a nothing deal which I.
01:08:50
Wouldn't be opposed to. It I don't suppose, but let's
01:08:53
talk about Kenneth Walker. What do you guys think about
01:08:57
paying? We paid.
01:09:00
We paid. We'd never pay for running back.
01:09:02
We paid for thirteen $14 million a year for him.
01:09:05
Do you like it? Well, we.
01:09:07
We predicted. Several weeks ago that whoever
01:09:10
spent money on him would overpay.
01:09:13
So I hope, I hope that's not true.
01:09:15
I hope he comes through again. I I like it.
01:09:19
I mean, it's a nice luxury to have a a stud running back that
01:09:24
you can rely on and not have to put all the pressure on the
01:09:28
homes every game to come through and win the game at the end of
01:09:31
the game. So if they can, if they can turn
01:09:35
that into a solid run game with some explosive plays downfield
01:09:40
every once in a while, you run 2 tight end sets more and you work
01:09:45
in Noah Gray and Wiley and and Royals and Thornton is kind of
01:09:49
your secondary options with the the three studs that we've
01:09:54
already talked about you. Know it's.
01:09:57
It's a I like it. Probably a better.
01:10:00
Offense than last year, I think what he's going to.
01:10:02
Do is he's going to make people respect the run again, because
01:10:06
as we were talking, we like Pacheco and Hunt did fine, but
01:10:12
you don't really like you're not scared of him.
01:10:15
Kenneth Walker can. Beat you.
01:10:16
He's got some electric to him he can get through and he can take
01:10:20
1 to the house. He is just good.
01:10:23
He's very good. I mean, he won the Doke Walker
01:10:25
Award at Michigan State is what, junior year, senior year,
01:10:28
whatever it was, He's got all the credentials.
01:10:31
And then he just showed it when he had to count on him in the
01:10:33
biggest game of biggest game, Super Bowl.
01:10:37
He won the MVP for the first time since Terrell Davis in
01:10:40
1998. So I don't feel bad about that.
01:10:44
Patrick Mahomes, I know, loved it.
01:10:46
And we were talking about this too, at the end of the season,
01:10:48
like a running game could solve a lot of problems.
01:10:52
The running game could solve a lot of problems.
01:10:53
And having a consistent guy like Kenneth Walker back there now,
01:10:57
play action is going to work a little bit better.
01:11:00
And now just flat out handing it off instead of like, here's 2
01:11:03
yards, Kenneth Walker's going to do 5 yards of carry.
01:11:07
That is helpful. If.
01:11:08
You're second. And five, what does the playbook
01:11:10
look like now instead of second and seven second and 9A knock on
01:11:14
him that we. Brought up weeks ago during the
01:11:17
season receiving. Receiving is.
01:11:19
One thing, and they do have Burchard Smith, who I really
01:11:22
like, yeah, who I think will be almost like a mini Bijan for
01:11:27
them. Like he's super personal, really
01:11:30
good. Hands.
01:11:31
Can receive out of the backfield, all those good
01:11:33
things. The knock on Kenneth Walker was,
01:11:35
yeah, receiving not the strongest.
01:11:37
I think this the Chiefs can cover that.
01:11:40
The other thing I think they can cover really well is his
01:11:43
tendency at times to lose yards on plays.
01:11:47
Yeah, the Chiefs are phenomenal. In 3rd and long situations and
01:11:50
whatever. So I think they can cover up a
01:11:53
lot of that better than any team or as as good as any team.
01:11:58
So I don't see like a strong negative for anything that yeah,
01:12:03
Kenneth Walker brings to the table.
01:12:04
I think it's all yeah, pretty possible.
01:12:06
Well, this is a team. Too, I mean #1 Kareem Hunt, I
01:12:09
forget if he's still under contract, he he could very well
01:12:11
still be on the team. Now they could sign him again
01:12:15
for nothing. Kiko and Hunt we're.
01:12:16
Both expirations, Yep. But I could see them giving.
01:12:19
Hunt $1 deal and having him be 1/3 and short guy.
01:12:24
But the the thing that is most notable about the Chiefs is for
01:12:29
the last two years they have had the least explosive running back
01:12:33
group for two straight years in the league.
01:12:35
Yeah, there's only one player that had a higher explosive rush
01:12:40
rate than Kenneth Walker last year and that was Devon a chain.
01:12:44
So this guy does big plays. That's pretty good.
01:12:48
So he. He.
01:12:49
He. Makes big plays.
01:12:51
Kenneth Walker was higher. Than Bijan.
01:12:54
As. Far as explosive players, that's
01:12:57
pretty incredible. Yeah, it is so.
01:12:59
That is a huge deal for a a line and a team that needs a break.
01:13:06
I feel like for the last three years, four years, they've just
01:13:09
been pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass.
01:13:11
Like just can't rely on the running game to get anything.
01:13:15
It could end up being a bad signing.
01:13:16
I don't see it as a bad signing. And it's either going to be
01:13:20
Kenneth Walker or you're going to bring in, you know, somebody
01:13:23
else like an Algier and and probably look to draft a running
01:13:28
back too. Yeah.
01:13:29
So I don't hate it. You know what you're getting.
01:13:34
The other thing I think is underrated is Tonga.
01:13:37
Tonga is really good against the run and we need help against the
01:13:42
run. Like our defensive line is not
01:13:45
done a great job against the run.
01:13:46
Chris Jones get double teamed, triple teamed like it's
01:13:49
ridiculous. So bring it in.
01:13:51
Tonga, I think, is going to be one of those moves that's pretty
01:13:54
underrated. The big tax.
01:13:59
Task now is you got a replaceable secondary.
01:14:01
I think a Loy Gilman is a good start.
01:14:04
He's a versatile guy. He's not going to make mistakes.
01:14:09
He's solid. So I like him as a solid
01:14:12
position. I really like Jaden Hicks.
01:14:14
Back there, he's AI like Jaden Hicks.
01:14:17
Hard. Hitter.
01:14:18
He came. Up with a couple of
01:14:19
interceptions last year and I would like to see.
01:14:24
I would like to see us take a corner, yes.
01:14:28
And I would like. To see us take like if if at the
01:14:32
nine slot a corner is too high to take him then trade down and
01:14:36
get a corner later. I hope one of those good edge.
01:14:38
Rushers there though, I would really love.
01:14:40
Yeah, I can see that too. The reason?
01:14:42
What keeps killing us? Is pressure on the quarterback
01:14:45
and frankly it kills every good team.
01:14:47
Is the quarterbacks running for his life.
01:14:50
Let's look at Drake. May I mean Seattle's defense run
01:14:54
for his life. Give me more of those.
01:14:56
I would love for number 9 to be that guy, then 29 because now
01:15:00
that we have it, there's going to be a ton of corners left.
01:15:03
There'll be a lot of good guys, linebackers, corners.
01:15:05
Let's take best available defensive player there.
01:15:08
Call it good man. Let's go 1-2 and then right off
01:15:10
the bat after day one, we should be a markedly better team with
01:15:14
two starters. We should be able to draft 2
01:15:16
starters out of our 11 defenders on day one and I would love
01:15:20
right because that fills holes quick.
01:15:22
If you hit, you have to hit. But I trust and be right the.
01:15:26
O. Line looks a little different 2
01:15:29
They got rid of Joan Taylor. Taylor.
01:15:33
Yeah, so. Speaking of.
01:15:35
Negative. Flays.
01:15:36
I have to say. I I heard Jawan Taylor is a
01:15:39
Peach of a guy and I I I really hope the best friend I really
01:15:44
do. He's made a lot of money though,
01:15:45
so if he doesn't ever play again he's totally fine.
01:15:48
Don't feel bad for Jawan Taylor and his grandkids are.
01:15:50
Fine, like they're all grandkids are fine but but.
01:15:53
Man, if you're a Chiefs fan, you've you've seen enough of the
01:15:58
lining up in the neutral zone. Lining up offsides, holding
01:16:03
false starts to to gag you the last three years with that guy.
01:16:08
At least he was never in. Key situations though, Chisholm.
01:16:11
Yeah, right. Right, so they're going to
01:16:14
they're going to try a couple different things, right?
01:16:16
They're going to try moving Jalen Moore.
01:16:20
They're going to move to right tackle and he's slotted as a
01:16:23
preliminary starter, right tackle.
01:16:25
But also you guys remember at the end of last season, a guy
01:16:27
named ESA Pohl, who was a kind of developmental guy they got, I
01:16:33
believe he's undrafted and he played really well at the end of
01:16:36
the season. So he he might actually be a guy
01:16:38
who who's in the mix for that right tackle spot too.
01:16:42
And the rest of the line feels pretty good if everybody's
01:16:47
healthy, right? So if you look at who's
01:16:50
draftable in that ninth slot, I was just looking.
01:16:53
So there's a edge rusher from Texas Tech who's David Bailey,
01:17:00
who has had a phenomenal year. Reuben Bain, Junior, yes, who is
01:17:07
great. He's he got, he got knocked in
01:17:09
the combine because he has small arms.
01:17:12
His arms, his small. Arms.
01:17:13
His gargantuan bodies. Arms are short.
01:17:16
And I'm like, you know what? I'm OK with that.
01:17:18
Yeah, he's no. T Rex, for the love of God, come
01:17:21
on, it seemed. Seemed to not bother him in at
01:17:25
Miami and then there's a safety named Caleb downs from Ohio
01:17:29
State that are all in the top 10 projected you don't get you
01:17:36
don't get to a corner until you get on this list 1819 that's
01:17:41
what I'm saying when they're. Projecting the.
01:17:43
First first corners take you can.
01:17:44
Still get a good corner. That's why I think it'd be nice
01:17:47
just to I think we have to almost take one there to be dead
01:17:50
honest. You don't want to wait till the
01:17:53
middle of the second round. I mean, that's right.
01:17:56
Let's see what we got there. Maybe we go maybe, maybe you go
01:18:00
D line and and corner 1st 2 picks.
01:18:06
I'd like that. I mean, I hate that.
01:18:08
I think the. Chiefs.
01:18:09
I think the Chiefs were really. Interested in Jeremiah Love.
01:18:12
Unfortunately, Jeremiah Love had such a good combine that it was
01:18:17
becoming evident he was not going to fall to them.
01:18:19
Yeah. Yeah.
01:18:21
No, I think that's. Probably true too, and.
01:18:24
So that was that was a challenge, even though so they
01:18:28
haven't go into. They get a lot of mock drafts.
01:18:30
Have them go into Tennessee at the four slot, which as we were
01:18:34
just talking about, can you get really good really fast.
01:18:36
Tennessee, Oh my God, If you end up Cam Ward, Jeremiah Love now
01:18:41
Wandale looks pretty nice out there with that.
01:18:44
Yeah. IO Manor DK, Shimray DK.
01:18:49
Now you look like an upcoming team.
01:18:51
You look like an NFL football team this year.
01:18:53
Like. All right, they could be good
01:18:55
quick I. I I'm scared to see I I have a
01:19:00
lot of obviously bias towards Jeremiah, but I got a lot of
01:19:05
love for love. So I hope he goes somewhere I
01:19:07
can root for him. I don't, I don't really want him
01:19:10
going to, you know, someone in division.
01:19:14
I don't want him going somewhere that I mean, I'd love for to go
01:19:18
NFC, but if he's got to go AFCI, guess tides would be horrible.
01:19:22
Yeah. So it'll be interesting.
01:19:26
That was a great breakdown, longer than we thought, but
01:19:31
hopefully you guys enjoyed it. We get excited about football.
01:19:34
We get excited about what we're gonna see next year.
01:19:37
We get excited about the fantasy, and we'll be talking
01:19:38
more about it. All right, so let's.
01:19:41
Let's wrap up this episode. We we talked longer than we
01:19:44
thought on the NFL news. It was a lot of news, so we had
01:19:48
a lot to talk about. We will be back with you shortly
01:19:52
for a different episode where we'll talk about World Baseball
01:19:55
Classic results, including. The.
01:19:58
US in their latest game against Italy and how things look, how
01:20:03
things are shaping up for the. The playoff round coming up, so
01:20:09
Dex take us out, all right? So that's all your NFL news.
01:20:13
It's going to be more coming in. We'll get you caught up on the
01:20:16
new stuff next week when Kyler Murray will probably have a
01:20:20
home, Trey Hendrickson might have a home.
01:20:22
So we'll see where these guys go.
01:20:23
There's still some big names out there, those two in particular.
01:20:27
And yeah, check out the World Baseball Classic episode will be
01:20:30
out there as well. So check that out.
01:20:33
And in the meantime, while you're doing all these things
01:20:35
and doing your taxes, just make sure the one thing you always
01:20:39
do, stay shrewd. Stay shrewd.