Jared, thank you for the time.
Thanks for having me. Absolutely. We all learned about Devante being open to being moved on from the Raiders. We heard that the Raiders would prefer a second pick. There's a lot that boils down to salary and what have you, which will determine what will happen.
What are your thoughts? Is Devante going to get moved? Are we going to have to wait until the deadline? Who are some potential teams? Well, I think we wouldn't be hearing about it this openly if it wasn't something that was kind of in the works and probably going to happen. That doesn't mean it'll definitely happen. The Raiders could change their mind.
Devante could change his mind. They might not get the kind of offers that they're looking for on the market. You know, a few years ago when Christian McCaffrey was getting traded, the Panthers put out there that they wanted multiple first round picks and I believe they ended up trading him for a second, third and fourth. So the idea that the Raiders are going to get a second for a guy who, you know, this year makes like 16 million and then has base salaries of 35 and 36 million over the next couple of years doesn't necessarily seem that likely to me. But if the price, even if the price is there, there are so many teams that could use a wide receiver right now. Like the Chiefs desperately need a wide receiver. You would think that the Raiders would try to charge them a premium, but there are other teams out there, you know, Washington or the Steelers or the Cowboys.
And these are just off the top of my head. There are so many teams that could use wide receiver help right now. Jared Dubin is joining us here from CBS Sports. Where do you think he's going to end up? What do you think is going to happen? Man, I mean, I hope he ends up in Kansas City just because that would be so much fun.
The idea of it actually happening seemed a little bit far fetched to me. You know, Washington, Pittsburgh, those teams were going after Brandon Aiyuk this offseason. So they seem like the most likely suitors just because we've seen that they're extremely motivated to to get themselves another receiver. And if it's those two, I hope it's Washington, because what Jayden Daniels is already doing dropped Devante Adams into that mix with Terry Mclaurin. And man, we'll be cooking with gas right there.
You talk about Jayden. How far do you think he can take this? I mean, he can't throw at an 80 percent completion rate the rest of the season. But is it realistic in your mind that that maybe the commanders can compete for the division? I mean, I think so, just because it doesn't look like anybody in that division is all that good. You know, like those Dallas or. Billy or the Giants carry you at all.
None of them scare me if I'm if I'm Washington. I mean, I think that their defense is going to have to step up. But that's really it. You know, it's not like there's any team in that division that should run away with things, you know. Well, let's talk about another big story that happened today. Unfortunately, Von Miller, this man is going to be out for the next four games. We see that this is a Buffalo Bills defense that had to deal with injuries and turnover from last year into this season. What are your thoughts on how they're going to continue to survive when Von Miller started to look like a guy from a few years ago?
Yeah, I mean, it's basically, you know, Sean McDermott scheming things up, which is kind of how it's been for them early this season to begin with. You know, they've been without obviously Matt Milano for the entire season. They've been without both Terrell Bernard and Russell Douglas for the last couple of weeks, too. And they lost both of their starting safeties from the last few seasons in free agency. They lost for Davis White and free agency like this is not the Bills defense that we've gotten used to over the last several years. And with the exception of Sunday night against the Ravens, where, you know, Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson just sort of ran roughshod over them. That defense has played really well this year. And, you know, I think that they can continue to play pretty well. It's just a matter of, you know, can they reach the sort of ceiling that they reached in the first few weeks of the season?
Jared Dubin joining us from CBS Sports. If we stand the AFC East, we just had a big old conversation here on the air about to a Tonga Veloa, his eligibility to return in week eight. Do you think the Dolphins will be too far gone then?
It will even make sense to bring to a back at that point, man. I mean, they're one and three right now. It does not look like they can move the ball on really any level with anybody other than Tua under center. And none of the three guys that they put out there behind him have thrown either a touchdown or an interception yet, which is pretty strange, honestly, to go three games or two and a half, I guess, games seeing that from a, you know, a quarterback room in the NFL. But their run game is not even working right now, which has been the one thing that's been sort of the saving grace for them over the last couple of years as they had an elite run game.
But even at the start of the year, I think when Tua was playing, it wasn't really working all that well to begin with. Devon Aicham is down at, you know, like three point one yards per carry or something along those lines. Maybe Raheem Mostert getting back gets them into that little bit of a run game. But the way they're playing offense right now and the defense is not really doing them any favors either. It's sort of hard to see them performing all that well in this sort of interim of time before Tua gets back. You talk about injuries. Let's go over to the NFC. People are just waiting to see what's the deal with Christian McCaffrey on one day.
It's now both legs. And you talk to one of his teammates, Trent Williams. He's he's doing better and he's doing fine. What's the deal? What's the latest? Are we going to see him? Is it going to be late this year?
Man, I wish I knew. You know, it's it's obviously a pretty strange situation. There was even a report, I think it was yesterday, that he has the Achilles tendonitis in both legs, which I mean, I've dealt with Achilles tendonitis before. It's not necessarily painful, but it's extremely annoying. Obviously, I am not a world class professional athlete, but just the annoyance of it and how it feels on the bottom of your leg. I can imagine it's annoying even for someone who is a world class professional athlete. But that's the kind of thing where, you know, you may leave yourself more susceptible to a tear.
And obviously, that's not something that anybody wants to deal with. And the 49ers do have the ability to sort of make up the ground without him. Jordan Mason, I believe, is second in the league in rushing yards. You know, Deebo Samuel, obviously still there.
George Kittle. Juwan Jennings is playing like one of the best receivers in the league over the last couple of weeks. And they haven't even gotten Brandon Ieke gone yet. So, you know, they can afford to sort of slow roll this thing and just try to hope that he's healthy for the postseason. Yeah, the expectation for the 49ers was that they'd go out there and compete for another Super Bowl. The Dallas Cowboys, eh, not so much. And they already have injuries now.
Demarcus Lawrence, Michael Parsons. What are your thoughts on what this Cowboys season is going to look like? There was no real enthusiasm to start. And now we're going through the year with these injuries. What is this going to look like for the Cowboys and potentially Mike McCarthy? Yeah, it's it's not a good situation because their defense, which was already not playing particularly well, now lost, you know, either the two best players on the unit or the second and third best players, depending on how you want to account for Demarcus Lawrence and Trayvon Diggs. And the idea that they're going to get stops like the defensive line was already getting rolled over. Now, you know, no tank, no Micah.
Like, I really don't know what they're going to do. And it's basically all on the offense to outscore teams. And that offense just has not been as explosive this year as it has been in years past. And like, can you even go out score teams when it's basically your skill position group is like just C.D. Lamb?
I don't know. It's going to be really tough for them over the next few weeks. And the schedule doesn't do them any favors. You know, they got Pittsburgh's defense to deal with this week. And then the next up is the Lions.
It's it's not a good situation for them right now. I mean, I don't think this whole year is looking good for the Dallas Cowboys. But when you think about Mike McCarthy, Doug Peterson is not looking good in Jacksonville.
Nick Sirianni is catching all the strays in Philadelphia right now. What coach? Not that I think these three maybe Doug is going to get the boot in the season. Which coach is not looking good for next season? For next season, I mean, it would take something pretty shocking at this point to see the Jaguars coaching staff come back, right? Like, man, that looks like a disaster out there right now. That would be my first guess after that.
I guess it would be Sirianni. I thought that Mike McCarthy and his staff should not have come back this season. But Jerry Jones and the Cowboys, they like nothing. They hate nothing more than admitting that they got something wrong.
So I would expect that they would again not admit that they got something wrong before they actually made a change in coach. Oh, boy. Jared Dubin joining us from CBS Sports. If we go further north up into Minnesota, we see that Sam Donald. I never thought I'd hear this. I heard it somewhere. The word MVP, the letters MVP associated with Sam Donald. Is this man going to turn into a pumpkin at the end of the year? Is the carriage going to turn into a pumpkin with Sam Donald?
I don't know about a pumpkin. You know, I don't know that I'd necessarily expect him to play at an MVP level either. But the good thing is he has an infrastructure that we've seen has led to success for quarterbacks. I mean, Kirk Cousins had the best years of his career playing for Kevin O'Connell there. And we saw even last year when Cousins was out like Josh Dobbs and Nick Mullins perform at a pretty decent level.
Donald has always had talent. It's been a matter of his decision making and inability to withstand pressure. And the way that this offense works, it schemes easy answers for quarterbacks.
Once you get those easy answers, then you need to have a little bit more confidence in what you're doing outside the structure of the offense. And I think that's what we've seen from him so far. And that's that's how you get the sort of results that we've seen.
I hear that, Jared. Well, the way things are rolling right now with some of these injuries, Rashid Rice going down. Aaron Rodgers says his relationship with Salah is great. The 49ers are dealing with injuries. We got Sam Donald looking like one of the best QBs in the game. We got two out.
There's so much that has taken place here in the league. What team do you think is going to be able to just if they continue rolling, going to be at the top of the heap when we get to the championship games? I know a long way out, but who's looking real good? Yeah, I mean, I don't know how necessarily good they're looking, but I'm never going to bet against Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to be at the top at the end. But I've taken I've learned my lesson, not taking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl in our picks at CBS.
And I'm just never going to do that again. I'm just going to take them every year until someone proves to me that they're better than Mahomes or better than Reid. So I'll just go with them because I feel like that's the most likely thing, even though they kind of look like they're in trouble right now.
Hey, listen, you mentioned it earlier on in our conversation. What is the likelihood that the Raiders would move the Vonce Adams to the Chiefs? Well, the Raiders are stupid. You know, they'll they'll end up they'll end up doing something silly. And the Chiefs will win another championship. And Antonio Pierce will like that on Instagram.
Problem solved. Oh, my gosh. You know, you see something new every day in this league. Jared, I cannot wait for Antonio Pierce's explanation slash lie slash.
I don't care. I can't wait for that. I can't wait. It's going to be something to see for sure.
What's it Tuesday? So we'll see that at the press conference tomorrow. Should be quite interesting. Always, always something interesting with the Raiders. Jared, thank you for the time.
Where can people follow you and find your work? Thanks for having me. It's CBSSports.com in the NFL section. And then, you know, if you still want to subject yourself to my horrible takes on anything other than football, then that's on the Twitter is J.A. Dubin five.
