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Now, number one, good job, by the way. Stay there if you don't mind, and I will get back there because I want to talk about another big, big story this morning. Meantime, Brewers fans, congrats. It's got to feel great. One line open: one eight hundred six three six eight six eight six.
Coming up at one forty. Or about 40 minutes from right now, Atlanta Falcons cornerback AJ Terrell Jr. coming up at the top of our number three, the beef segment. But and Milwaukee is talking junk to Chicago, and they should.
However, Chicago, something really interesting happened this morning. In fact, your Bears made a big time statement today. What a statement that your GM Ryan Poles made. The bear has just announced to the world that they see themselves as contenders. Write the bleep now, and you know I love that kind of thing.
I love that. Obviously, the Bears think their championship window is wide, us open, so they just went all in, and the real kind of all in, not the fake Jera kind of all in. Nah, nah, nah, not that kind of all in, not that Jera Dallas Cowboys all in. I mean, all in. Because the Bears just threw down two first-round picks and a fourth in exchange for Jeffrey Simmons and a fifth, two first and a fourth for Jeffrey Simmons and a fifth.
That's a bombshell. That's a blockbuster and then some. That is a massive swing. And a pretty massive gamble as well. It's hard to overlook that part.
I'm not just saying FTM picks. I love that. I mean, I love FTM picks, and that is what that is.
However, there's a major risk involved. I'm all about FTM picks, especially when a team has a legitimate reason to believe that they can definitely compete for Lombardi, and the Bears can. And they can right now, and they can going forward.
So I understand where Chicago is coming from with this move. I'd even go as far as to say I agree with this thinking, and I think they got an incredible player who's going to make an immediate difference. An immediate impact. In fact, that's not going far enough. Not just an immediate impact and an immediate difference maker, but the kind of dude who could change the balance of power.
The kind of player that could change the balance of power in the conference, if not the league. That kind of an impact. But I can't ignore the price tag, man. That is a steep price tag, historically steep. And historically, these things generally don't work out.
Can't ignore that either. I can't ignore the history of trading two first round picks for a star player and how terribly that tends to work out. Especially again if the two first round picks are for a non quarterback. The two most obvious recent examples of this are the Packers trading for Michael Parsons and the Colts trading for Sauce Gardner. Both of those trades have been, quite frankly, disasters, at least so far, and for very different reasons.
The Colts completely misread who and what they were, and they thought they were a player away when they were nowhere near a player away. Which is why, if you're getting ready for work right now, you are definitely not Chris Ballard. I mean, they jacked that up badly, badly. They misread that badly.
Now the Packers are different. They just got unlucky when Mike's knee blew up. But, but that's obviously a huge part of the risk when you mortgage the future on any player. And it begs the question once again: Is any non-franchise quarterback really worth mortgaging the future for? Is any non-franchise quarterback really worth two first-round picks?
I don't know that such a player exists. That's not a quarterback, but evidently the Bears don't think so because they've got their quarterback. And to be fair to the Packers, were they necessarily wrong to think that Micah could be the finishing piece of a contending team? Probably not. Not necessarily.
We don't know if that dude ever does come back. And he looks like the real Michael Parsons. I think the Packers are certainly going to love that trade again, and there's still plenty of time for that to work out if he ever comes back.
So I'm not saying that the Bears overpaid or took too big of a swing and a risk. I'm not saying I don't like the trade. I'm just saying I can't ignore the risk. Or the price tag, because both are pretty sizable. I can't ignore the fact that the two most recent examples did not work out, or haven't so far.
But I can't blame the Bears. For taking a swing, and I definitely can't blame the Bears and their fans for being excited. You should be excited, Bears fan. You've been waiting decades for this. Of course, Bears fan is hyped to see that team go all in, especially since the player.
And we haven't talked about this yet. The player is a freaking monster. Jeffrey Simmons is a baller. He doesn't get a ton of exposure because he's been doing it for a black hole known as the Tennessee Titans. But let's put it this way: Simmons has been the only reason to turn the Titans on for years.
He was a first-team All-Pro last season. He's arguably playing even better this year for a garbage team. He's an absolute menace in the middle of the defensive line. His motor, his effort—they're off the charts. He can rush the passer from the inside.
He's a dominant force against the run. These are all things that the Dennis Allen Jim Bears defense had to have, need to have, thrilled to have. This dude is a massive presence on the field, but also an equally massive locker room presence. I mean, like he's an alpha's alpha, the kind of personality that can stand out and thrive even in a huge market like Chicago, even in a locker room with other big personalities. Just listen to how devastated the Titans are to lose this guy.
Check out GM Mike. Barganzzi's comments after or earlier today, and Alvin, get the sad Top Gun music ready because the waterworks may begin with this guy. Has been an elite player here in this organization, both on and off the field. My respect and admiration for him. Is probably more than any player I've really been around.
You know, just to see the work that he puts in every day, his leadership here. You know, the past year and a half that I've been here. These are tough decisions, and you know, at no point, any time since I've been here, did did we ever try to trade Jeffrey Simmons. Easy, Mikey. It's all right, dude.
It's not like anybody died.
Well, your season did already, but it's not like any humans died. And remember, the reason you finally did consider trading Jeffrey for the first time is because your buddy Ryan Pole has offered you two firsts.
So it's not like. There's not a silver lining here.
So when you say, "Man, this was the hardest call I've ever had to make," no, it wasn't. It was a no-brainer. It was the easiest call you ever had to make. You, you couldn't turn it down. You wouldn't turn it down.
There was nothing hard about that. Two first-round picks. Two first round picks on a garbage team that's rebuilding and going nowhere.
Well, what do you mean that was the hardest call you ever had to make? You actually did well. Good job. Good effort. Your team is horrible.
It's rebuilding per always. You may need a quarterback.
Sorry to say that too. That's a no brainer for Tennessee, bro. I'm not even clowning you per se. I like it for you. I like it for Tennessee a lot.
Just don't tell me that that was the hardest thing you've ever had to do. No, it wasn't. That actually was one of the better phone calls you've gotten in a long time, my man. I bet you have a lot of tough decisions every single day. I bet that was one of the easier decisions you've ever had to make.
Wait a minute. I can get two number ones for a twenty-nine-year-old guy, and we're going nowhere, and we have to rebuild. Yes. Hey, uh, hey Borgs. It's Ryan Paul.
Yes, you haven't you haven't even heard what I had to say yet. Yes, because I know you're going to give me two number ones, and the answer is yes. Listen, as great a player as Simmons is, as sad as you think you are, as great as Simmons is, he's the only player you had.
So you have to build that roster up, and I think getting two firsts and a fourth for the only player you had is a pretty damn good haul. No offense to the other fifty-three, other fifty-two. I mean, damn, Mike, lighten up. You did what you had to do. Good job, good effort, and you did him a solid.
Simmons is moving on to a much better place. Think of it that way. If you love that dude so much, just be happy he is now in one of the most interesting, most exciting situations in the entire NFL. There is nothing like winning in Chicago, nothing. And clearly, they plan on doing a lot of winning in Chicago.
And after this massive swing of a blockbuster trade, they had best do a lot of winning there. I like it. I'm not saying it's a lock. I'm not saying it's without risk, but for Tennessee, it's without risk; it's a no-brainer. For Chicago, I still love it, but there's risk.
You know, in terms of the comps, the Colts did a deal that gets dudes fired and wrecks legacies. The Bears may have done a deal that turns them all into demigods. You imagine if this guy is the guy to get them over the hump, because let's face it, that's not a defense you could fully trust. But now you can. The other thing about the Colts, too, what did they do?
They made that deal for Sauce. Sauce is not a game wrecker. The way Simmons is, he doesn't have that same kind of impact on a game that Simmons does. Also, the Colts had Daniel Dimes, not Caleb Williams. The Colts also don't have Ben Johnson.
The Colts misread who and what they were. I mean, yeah, they definitely had a need, a need for Sauce, but for two number ones, and we already know how that went. They're breaking the team up completely. Even if Jonathan Taylor says no, we're not. And JT actually did try to say that.
What he's saying, what rebuild? Jonathan Taylor actually said that. What rebuild? He was asked about the rebuild, and he said, "What rebuild? What are you talking about, John?" Hey, John.
Hey, John. I never reset, hey John. But really, that's the ultimate. Hey John, what do you mean? What rebuild, bro?
Bro, weren't you and I just talking when you're at Wisconsin about astronomy and really high level things? What do you mean? What rebuild? Look around you, dude. This is why they're asking you.
They're asking you if you're next. There is a sign out front which says, "If you can haul it, you can have it." What do you mean? What rebuild? Hey, John. What do you mean?
What rebuild? Hey, John. So, if you want to point to the Colts and say these things never work, I'll meet you halfway. These things often don't work. But the Colts situation is nothing like the Bears situation.
Believe me, the Bears will not be in a full-on rebuild in ten games like the Colts are. I see why they did it. Ten games from now. The Bears will not be in a full blown rebuild and fire sale and denying that it's happening the way Jonathan Taylor is and the Colts are.
So if you are standing me, well, Rum, what is it? Do you like it or not? I do, I do, I like it for both sides. For Tennessee, it's a no brainer, and for Chicago, it's a big risk, but I love it. Big brass.
These are tough decisions. No, it's not. That's not a tough decision. That was an easy decision. A tougher decision was for Chicago.
Do we give up two number ones and a fourth?
Well, you get a guy who's playing at a really high level, and he's under contract through twenty thirty, and he's playing at a really high level. First team All Pro last year, better this year, and doing it on a garbage team. And now you're going to drop him into one of the best situations in the NFL, and they need him, and they'll love him. I mean, damn, Chicago's fun. They're really interesting.
All right, let's break. What are your thoughts on that? Is it worth it? Would you make that deal again? Would you give up two number ones for a non-quarterback?
Would you give up two number ones for a positional player? Ordinarily, I would say I don't think so. But for that player on that team, if them picks, if them picks, but but I'm big on Caleb and I'm big on Ben. And I'm not as big on Dennis Allen, Jim, and that defense, but I'm feeling much better about Dennis Allen, Jim, and that defense now. O'Reilly Auto Parts can help take the guesswork out of your check engine, ABS, or maintenance light with O'Reilly VeriScan.
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Let's go to Tampa, yo, bro. We don't want any educational terms or lessons about the porn industry today, Robert.
So if you can keep this thing clean, let's go ahead and do it. We go to Tampa, Robert. In Tampa, Robert, what's going on, dude? Hey Jim, hey Jim. First of all, I do want to apologize for getting a little loose yesterday.
I shouldn't be talking about porn on the radio, man. I do apologize, but now to the more important topic. Congratulations, Brewers fans. You deserve this. I went to all three games, Jim, and it is amazing the passion I saw.
I mean, Tampa Rays fans, those who did go to the game, we showed up late. We're on our phone, we're texting. I hear a conversation about what? What are you doing for Halloween? I'm like, what are you doing for Halloween?
You're at the World Series. Focus on what matters, Brewer fans. The entire, all three games, every inning, except for the the twelfth in game two, but every other inning, they dominated. They were amazing. Their passion, their energy.
I was totally, totally taken back by just how this fan base could mobilize. Literally talking to guys who got on airplanes the day of the game, flew in, and just blew all their money on a Brewers championship, and they said it's all worth it.
So I'm going to keep this short. Congratulations, Brewers fans. Not only were the Best team all year. You were the best fan base this week for sure. I enjoy the celebration in Milwaukee.
I'm out. Respect. Nice job, Robert. Way to go. He just said, "I talked to so many Brewer fans that got up morning of and blew all their money and just got on airplane because they wanted to be a part of it and they didn't care.
They didn't care that they were broke. That they spent all their money. They just could not miss out. Of course, because they spent their entire lifetime waiting on that. There was no way they were going to miss out on that." It reminds me when I was in college, I had a roommate at UC Santa Barbara, and he was a brilliant kid, and he's since passed away.
But he was a great dude, and he's from California. And for some reason, he was a Mets fan, big time Mets fan, big time Mets fan. And the Mets made it to the World Series, and then one day in Elavista, this kid decides, "I'm going." I'm going. He and his girlfriend, and this is long before there's any of these online services. They book a flight, they get their luggage, they get off the plane, they go to Shea.
They have the worst seats in the joint. They're taking their luggage all the way to the top of the stadium. They didn't even check in to a hotel. They went right to the stadium, and I never forgot that. A kid by the name of Andy Ratner.
I could not believe it. He and his girlfriend from Elavista got on a plane, went to New York, and made it. And then the Mets fans were blown away. Like he's trying to scalp tickets when he gets there. He went without tickets, without anything, except a girlfriend and a suitcase.
And they're like, "Damn, dude! Damn, dude!" And he took a suitcase all the way to the very top. Kind of like Brewers fans, but a little bit easier. A little bit easier to make that trip from Milwaukee to Tampa, given all the resources we have right now. Let's go to oh, looky here.
Now I know that I'm going to talk to this guy in ninety or in thirty minutes. I should say, but why not talk to him right now? Miles in Charleston, Miles, what's going on? Oh, oh, Miles, I'm going to hang up. That was a beef.
My bad. Dude, I got so fired up. I thought he was already in line. I thought that you had something to say about the World Series. My bad, dude.
So literally, I hung up on you. That was not you. That was me. I was all fired up to see the guy. I'm like, there's no way he's calling that early.
All right, let me reset this. Let's go. Let's go to Susie in Wisco. Susie, what's going on with you? Hey, Jim.
Thanks for the vine. Congrats, the World Series champs, Brewers. And special shout out to Morgandale Elementary in Milwaukee. Back in the early days of Robin Yount and Paul Molitor, my mom of a single mom of four kids, she couldn't afford tickets, but they offered. Four tickets.
If you made the honor roll, so I was able to get my family to go see the Brewers. My brother and sister—they've since passed—but those memories. I'm so grateful that we got to see those games together. And then in college, watching the games but listening to Bob Uecker on the radio—that started my love of AM radio.
So basically, the Brewers have molded my life for the better. Or the team, the city, the state, the fans here and in the outfield in the sky. Thanks, Jim. Nice job, Susie. Congrats.
Great story, Racker. One eight hundred six three six eight six eight six. Of course, that's a great example of what it means to them and how it molded her life and her family, and how long they had to wait. That's awesome. Got the beef segment top of the hour.
AJ Terrell coming up next segment. Let's go this time to Mike in Clearwater. I'm going to leave Wisconsin again. Mike in Clearwater. Hey, Mike, what's up?
How are you? What's up, GM? Hey, congratulations, Brew Crew. Congratulations, Milwaukee. You guys deserve it.
Best team. It was tough for us this morning being Tampa Bay Rays fans.
Well, you know, since they came in, I went to the very first game in '98. You know, we've had a tough couple years. We got kicked in the junk with those hurricanes. Couple years ago, had to play in a minor league ballpark last year.
So, but it was a great year for us this year. You know, I'm still proud of my team. At least we got one. We didn't get swept like the Dodgers. But, you know, congratulations, Milwaukee!
Congratulations, you guys are the best team. You guys, solid one through nine. All those guys get hit, man. We could not get a hit sometimes. Was a power outage for us.
Than the Rays, but you know it was a great season. I'm still proud of my team, and thanks for the call, Jim. Have a great day. You got, dude. You too.
You got nothing to be ashamed of. You should be proud of your team. Another very, very good organization. Very, very good team. You ran into a buzz saw, man.
Like the Dodgers ran into a buzz saw. Like the Padres ran into a buzz saw. Like all the National League ran into a buzz saw. That's a great team. A great team, not a team that got hot.
A great team that ran right through the postseason. And as I mentioned, they didn't flip the switch to the postseason. They were playing dominant baseball for weeks prior to that. There was nothing we saw in the postseason that they weren't doing all year long. That's how they're built.
That's how they play. Great team, great organization, great manager, top to bottom. They built that thing the right way, and again, it's built to last. And they didn't just come out of nowhere. That's the point that I'm trying to make.
Oh, and the president of baseball ops is a gaucho. When are you going to put some respect on the freaking gauchos, man? They're everywhere. UC Santa Barbara. That is kind of mind blowing.
The president of baseball ops for the Milwaukee Brewers is a gaucho, and somebody who wasn't good enough to make the UC Santa Barbara baseball team as a player, but is good enough to run the Milwaukee Brewers and build that franchise out, and is an executive of the year. Gaucho Baseball is a freaking factory. He wasn't even actually Gaucho Baseball. It's all factories, sports management. But either way, Alex Haddy is chasing.
He's chasing Brewers. All right, so I'm looking for your beefs.
Now, actually, you can now get through. Start dialing with your beefs: one eight hundred six three six eight six eight six. Got another phone call though. Quickly, let's go to Scott in Orlando. Rolling telephone calls on this Thursday.
Hey, Scott, what's going on? How are you? Hey, man, Jim. You know I'm a big Ponder fan, so I have to congratulate the Brew Crew. We probably had the best series between us.
And you know, mad respect to Pat and the guys. There's no way the Rays are going to compete when half the team is on fire. There's just no stopping that juggernaut. Again, Padres major affiliates in the thing, right down from the manager to the great, our great Andy Ashby, the nephew. He was totally, totally stud this series, and the fan base.
You can't. I mean, they totally deserve it. They've been the pride for decades. A lot of people don't realize the owner. He chartered five seven thirty sevens to fly the personnel down to the game for the team and the players.
Unbelievable! I mean, that's the kind of fan base that that deserves to win it all. And lastly, I have to say, Bob Uecker would have just been over the moon to see this. But he's an angel looking down on them. And again, congratulations on the on the win.
You guys fully deserve it. I'm out. I like it. I like that you're showing respect. I like that there's not a lot of hate.
There's not a lot of stupid jokes. A lot of stupid fat jokes. I mean, it really is such an amazing story. Fat, you know, they went through LA and Tampa Bay, two really good teams, a 100 win team and a 98 win team, and they lost one game. And that one game they lost, they lost in extra innings, and looked like that game was already over.
They could have swept the Rays and the Dodgers. But in the end, only lose one game against those two teams. You're right; the Padres gave them the best series. Man, so impressive, and so you'll enjoy this. And then the lockout will kick in, and then you wonder about Milwaukee.
I mean, are we talking about a budding dynasty? Could they run this thing back? There are going to be some really key free agents, but there won't be business. Because they'll be trying to get the next labor agreement settled down.
Okay, so I got to that point when I said that I wouldn't get to that point, but that's going to happen. But that doesn't matter to the Brewers fans right now. They've waited their entire lives. Again, some of these Brewers fans have not been alive that long. In fact, I'm assuming a lot of you have not been alive that long, and yet here it is.
Probably have stories like Susie. All right. When we come back, H. J. Terrell joins us.
In the meantime, I'm looking for your beef. What do you want to beef about? Today's been a really feel good day with good vibes. But I know you clones. I know you have beefs.
I know you can flip the switch at the top of the hour and hit you with beefs.
So I'm going to talk some Falcons football next. Then the beef segment at the top of the hour. Maybe on the very back end.
Well, boy, time to talk about the trade. Of Jeffrey Simmons and also the Brewers getting it done. One eight hundred six three six eight six eight six. Hit me with a beef, and we'll talk Falcons football when we return. You're listening to the Jim Rome Show.
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Quote: First time ever, there's a Packers game tonight, and no one in the great state of Wisconsin really cares. Go Brewers, World Series champs! That is true. The Packers are playing the Panthers tonight, but nobody cares because the Brewers won. That's somebody in Wisconsin saying that.
All right, if you're on hold, stay there. The beep segment, top of the hour, but as promised, we are joined right now by a cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons. He has spent his entire seven-year career with the Falcons. He was a second-team All-Pro in 2021, a national champion at Clemson in 2018. He's coming off a game where he had five tackles in that win over the 49ers, 29-20.
The Falcons are now three and four. They've got a big one against Tampa Bay on Sunday. We are joined. Right now, by AJ Terrell Jr. AJ, appreciate you making time.
How you doing, dude? I'm good. How you? Good man. Good.
Good. Good to see you.
So let me ask you: After starting the season 0 and 2, it feels like the Falcons have started to hit their stride. They won three of five. They handed the Niners their first loss on Sunday.
So, what is the energy and the vibe like around the team this week and in the building? No, it's good, man. We just sitting here, just competing, getting ready, prepared for Tampa. Big division game this week, so we know how important it is. AJ, I'm curious about the game over the 49ers.
That's big win, no matter what. But especially for you, because you're coming back from an injury. You'd miss four games with that groin injury. How good did it feel to be out there again with your teammates? And then, secondarily, how did you come out of that game physically?
Um, felt good being able to be out there with the guys. It's the longest I've ever been away from the game, so it was a big deal for me to get back. I felt good being able to get out there and compete.
So, and it was good to come back with a W. Hey, dude, that's so interesting, right? Because in you hate to say it, but in the NFL, it's not a question of if, but a matter of when you're going to get hurt. Everybody knows this, you know. You signed up for that was the longest you've ever been away.
So, what was that like? It was awkward, like just being able to reset, but also like you know take care of my body, get get back healthy, so I come out here and just get back and. You know, get back where I left off at. Just you know, trying to get this W and things like that, so we can make a run. And you did.
AJ Terrell joining us seems like part of the turnaround for the team so far has been the player quarterback Michael Penix Jr. He had three touchdown passes. He flat out outplayed MVP candidate Brock Purdy Sunday. Like, how different is this team when Michael's on the field? Um, you know, Mike.
You know, he's had a great job with his development over over the the years, and him just coming back, you know, with a mature mindset, being able to lead the team has been good for us. And um, you know, we count on him week in, week out. Dude, if you had never been away for more than four weeks, and then you look at a guy like that who's had the kind of injuries and adversity that he's had to go through, what do you think that's been like for somebody like that mentally and emotionally to fight through all that? Man, because the mind can obviously do some pretty pretty nasty things to you when you go through things like that. Yeah, it's a lot.
Like, like I said, like just being able to be away from the game. It just you, you know, you have a lot of thoughts, um, mentally, physically, trying to stay in shape to come back and you know, be the best version of yourself. But that mental toll could get to you. But it's all about your process, just how you handle things, the people you talking with, how you attacking your training, your nutrition, things like that. Just you know, to keep you on the right track.
Sounds like a vet, AJ. You've been around a while.
So when you first came up, like you had to learn these things. Like you have, you have to learn. Everybody has to learn how to be a professional in terms of you got to get your rest, you got to recover, you got to take care of your mentals, you got to take care of your nutrition. When you first came in, who did you kind of lean on? Like who took you under their wing?
Um, I always say Grady Jarrett. Um, you know, you know he was a Clemson guy. You know, big bro for me. I just felt like the way his process was was the way I needed to go about mine, and then of course, like it took time. I didn't do everything he did out the gate.
You know, I felt like my body was—I'm still young, doing what I could do. I didn't have to do certain things early on in my career that I have to do now, and the things that I'm doing now, he was doing at the beginning of when I got here. When I got here, so.
Now I see why. Exactly right. I mean, we don't. None of us bounce back the way we used to. When you're young, you bounce back from anything.
So where does that leave? Like your younger brother Avion. He and I had a conversation before the draft in April. He's a member of the team right now.
So like, what kind of conversations do you have with him? Because he's the young stud coming up. He probably thinks, "Hey, man, I my process isn't like yours." Unc, you know, like you got a few years on me. Like, what's he like? Does he treat it like you treated, or does he treat it the way you treated it when you were his age and you came in?
Don't call me Unc. Right, right, right. Nah, but nah, it's the process.
So you're right. Like just being able to give him game about what I know, just like I took on Grady's. Like just being a sponge. Like I'm leading by example. I want you to do what I'm doing.
I can show you the ropes. And it's still his job at the end of at the end of the day to you know operate and do what he want to do. But as long as he see the example, he know the way. That's all I can do for him. I mean, AJ, it may seem normal to you, but to me, it's incredible.
The two of you are both in the NFL on the same team, both repping the ATL. What's it like to share an NFL DB room with your brother as a fellow corner? Man, at this point, you know we got a few practices and games under our belt, so it's been it's been fun. Just being able to share that room, share every day, you know, practices just the whole day, everything that we do is just been fun and just surreal. Still, it's got to be.
It's an incredible story. Yeah, it's really cool. Hj Terrell Jr. joining us. Hj, what about?
Bijan Robinson, I love this guy so much. Like anybody who watched him on the way up, knew he'd be a star in the making, right? Like aside from his unbelievable playmaking, he's just got so much that it, so much that juice, so much that positivity. What's it like when he brings that around the facility every single day? Even with the hamstring injury this week, does he lift everybody up?
Like, what's he like to be around? He's, you know, Bijan is the the heartbeat of the team. You know, just the way he he goes about his business, go around, go about being around people. You know, he's the same person every day. You know, he always come to work, day in day out, and you always gonna get the same version of him.
Somebody that you can just lean on and trust. You know, week in week out. You know, I mentioned that you and your brother are both Atlanta products. You started Westlake High School.
So, as incredible as the NFL life is that you're living, man, how much more gratifying is it to have a chance to play back in the ATL and give back and make a difference to the community that you love and came up in and that everybody poured into you? Oh, it's very, it's very important. I've been, like you said, I'm born on year seven, so. Um, it never gets old to always know where I'm at, where I came from, and who I give back to, who I you know who I play for, and I'm just thankful and grateful every day that I get to, you know, get to do this storyline with the with with Atlanta and um just where I was raised at. Seven years, man.
That's really something to be proud of, especially in the same situation. And it hasn't been easy in the sense that you've actually played. Kevin Stefanski is your fourth head coach since you joined the Falcons in 2020. Like not ideal, but let me ask you this: How important was it from a continuity standpoint that he retained Jeff Ulbrich as the D coordinator? No, it's always good you can keep a guy, especially like Coach Ulbrich, somebody who's Gonna be the same person every day, and for a defense as a whole, you want to keep the same system.
You want to build off that system, and you know it just smoothens out the whole. Everybody on the defense, everybody know where they need to be. You can play faster. You don't have to worry about learning a whole new defense or philosophy. You get to just plug and play, and then tweak things that weren't the best last year, and just progress the whole defense and just build that chemistry.
So finally, you talked about you're having a good week. You've got a divisional opponent coming up. You know those are always tough. What do you make of the Bucks? Like the Bucks, rushed for 250 yards when they blew the Panthers out on Sunday.
Baker Mayfield's back from that thumb injury. He didn't have to do too much. How do they look to you on film right now, and what do you expect this weekend? You know, it's it's it's a divisional game, like you like you said, and it's any given Sunday.
So we coming we coming hot. Ready to you know take on whatever the weather is. If it's a passing game or run game, we we come to play ball. Falcons three and four. They're taking on Tampa on Sunday.
AJ Terrell, seven years in joining us on the program. AJ, appreciate making time. Really good to see you. Thank you so much. Great to have you on, man.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Appreciate you, AJ Terrell. Seven years with the Falcons. Seven years up here in the show.
National champion too at Clemson in 2018, second team All Pro in 2021, and the Falcons coming off. I've got the Jungle Tourettes Falcons coming off that win over the 49ers. All right, so let me reset you. We've got the beef segment coming up at the top of the hour, so less than 10 minutes from right now. Start dialing one eight hundred six three six eight six eight six.
I'm also getting some reaction to the trade that the Bears made. My question was: Is two first round picks too much for a non quarterback? And I would ordinarily say, you know, maybe, maybe. If you look at recent history, certainly so. But when you consider who we're talking about—the player and the team.
The Bears and Jeffrey Simmons, maybe not. I mean, it's worth a risk. I mean, I mean, it's definitely a risk. I should say, even at twenty nine, he's playing at such a high level and can make such a difference on a defense that has to have it. And the guy is still such a dominant player, but there are no assurances.
Ask Green Bay, who made that deal for Micah, and then Micah tore up his knee, and we haven't seen him since. Would you make that trade, this guy, Robert Apache Holworth? If the NFL had a trade insurance system, I'd say yes. Otherwise, no way.
Well, that's the whole point. They don't. They don't. So, do you make that deal? Of course, if you had insurance.
Raising sack quote: two first round picks is too much. A first and a second would have been okay. Yeah, but what if it took two first-round picks to get that deal done? What if you think you're good enough to win it all this year? What if somebody else had a first and second on the table, and it took two first-round picks?
And you're Chicago, and you fully believe that already you're competitive. You fully believe you're already legit, but you know you have questions on your defense. And you think that a guy like this does not come free and clear very often? But then again, look at what's gone on lately with draft picks for veteran players—almost nothing good lately. But if you had a team, and a team that you knew was in it.
And you had that quarterback, and you had that coach. If you had to bet on any team in the next couple of years with a coach and a quarterback, would it not be that team? And if there are question marks, you have playmakers defensively, and you know there are guys that can fly around and ball hawk, but there were holes. And that guy became available, first team all pro, playing last year, first team all pro, and playing better this year. Is that worth two first round picks?
F them picks, maybe. F them picks. All right, beef segment coming up next. One eight hundred six three six eight six eight six. What is your beef?
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