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What's up, Rich? What's up, man? I'm at a place called World Springs right now.
Okay.
Okay.
It's like a bunch of like. Cold tubs and saunas and all type of stuff.
So it's a little bit different. you know, background setting, but my son. Had to come here with his basketball team after practice for recovery.
So I decided I'm gonna get in Asauna and I'll do Rich Eisen from World Spring.
So here I am, Richard. You're talking my language, Asaunas and Spas and things of that nature. I don't ski, I'm an apron skier. Actually, I'm a gold medalist. At that point Um yeah, if Apre ski was a uh was an Olympic sport Yeah.
Nobody's touching me.
Okay.
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So I'm with you. Which is the move that you, out of all of them on Monday, where you're like, or even the weekend, where you're like, that's the one. I would have done that too. What do you got? Rich.
Yeah. Max Crosby. I mean, I'm sure a lot of people would say it, but. One, I'm gonna go to the other side and talk about how happy I am. For Max Crosby to actually play with a contender so now people can see how good.
He really is. In impactful games, and obviously, you expect the Baltimore Ravens to be in the playoffs as well.
So, I'm looking forward to seeing that. And they needed to bolster their pass rush, they needed that type of mentality on defense. To kind of bring that old thing back. For the Baltimore Ravens.
So, Max getting out of the situation with the Raiders, even though I think they're going to start progressing here and being able to go and play for a contender.
Now he'll be able to put them talents on display on TV a lot, and people will get a great appreciation for how good he really is as a football player, let alone how impactful he is during games. How do you think that hits Jolt's a locker room? Marcus, I think it changes the dynamic. I mean, once you get you, now you have a cornerstone. which I believe Max Crosby is.
Along with the guys that were there, Kyle Hamilton, obviously, still being there. And then you got your cornerstone and Lamar Jackson. You got a new ushering in of a new crew. with the Baltimore Ravens from a coaching staff, Jesse Minter. Like, it just makes total sense that both of these guys will carry the banner for each side of the football.
They two leaders, they two Uber competitors. I'm talking about Lamar and Max. And they probably align on a lot of things about how you go about trying to win games.
So I just think it's a perfect match for, especially for a new crew coming into Baltimore with the expectations of being Super Bowl champions.
So, with Micah getting his exit visas from Dallas, and that's a totally different story. As you know, we spent my gosh, every day in August, your show, my show, every show, talking about it, and him being in Green Bay and getting paid, and now seeing Max do this. Do you think if. Miles Garrett could wave a wand. He would have stuck to his, I don't want to play for Cleveland anymore stance.
Yeah, I think he should have. I think he should have. Kept his stands, and I don't want to play for Cleveland. Because, look, Rich, it comes to a point. What else can Miles Garrett give the Cleveland Browns?
Like, just from a football standpoint, what else could he possibly do? In order to try to help this team win games than what he's done already. He's been That's good that they've at times been able to win games or be in games in the fourth quarter because of his talent alone, right? And that organization. Has a responsibility to players like that, in my opinion.
And I never was that type of guy, but they have a responsibility to players like that to try to position themselves to win championships and at least give him a window of a few years where he would have an opportunity. Miles Garrett plays in a division with Joe Burrow, who's been to a Super Bowl, Lamar Jackson, who's made deep playoff runs, the Pittsburgh Steelers, obviously, and the success that they've had, but even just getting into the playoffs as much as they've done. And Miles Garrett is home every offseason. Trying to figure out what's next for his football team. What's the moves that'll be made in order to try to put us in a situation where we could win games?
And could you imagine Miles Garrett playing for a true contender? Could you imagine the type of conversation we would be having about him? We would, Rich. Think about this. If Miles Garrett played for a contender the last four or five years, y'all, let me see Rich when I say this because I want to see his reaction.
Miles Garrett would be in the conversation for being the best defensive player to ever play football. If he played for a contender, based on what he's been doing. At that position, and how dominant he's been. He would be in the Lawrence Taylor, the Deion Sanders conversation with is this the greatest guy that we've seen play this position? And the fact that he's played with a team that just doesn't put that on display.
Rich, think about that coverage we give to the playoffs. Think about the Super Bowl. Think about the things, think about Aaron Donald. And the conversations that he was in. Because of the success that his team has.
So yes, individually, we know Miles Garrett. Is one of the best players to ever do it. But if he had those platforms, those opportunities to play in those types of games, those meaningful games that everybody's paying attention to, where the viewership is 30 to 40 million plus, and people can see 95 on display like that. We would be having a conversation of is he arguably Going to end up being the best defensive player to ever play in the NFL. We can't get there, though, because he's playing for the Cleveland Browns.
And, you know, not to kick Ohio teams when they're down, but being overing, you know, these things happen. Joe Burrow, what he must be thinking, right? And he has played in some meaningful games, though, as a Bengal, right? Things were corners being turned.
Now, Hendrickson is going to go somewhere else. They did get Boyer Mafe. But here does come, but here does come. Max Crosby in a division that he already has to see TJ Watt twice and also. Has to see Miles Garrett twice.
Yeah. So, what do you think is going through Burroughs' mind? Because he could be sitting here thinking the same thing that you just described, to potentially what Garrett's thinking.
Well, here's my challenge to the Cincinnati Bingles, Rich. If offense was going to win you a Super Bowl and continuously keep you in the playoffs, You would be in the playoffs every single year when Joe Burrow is healthy, right? That's another issue. That has to get corrected. His availability needs to become more pressing and more prevalent than it's been, but ultimately.
We know where their issues lie too. Defensively, if this team was middle of the pack last year, They would have made the playoffs. And Joe Burrow in the playoffs, to me, is still one of the scariest things that anybody can face. on the road to trying to win a Super Bowl. But unfortunately, this saga with Trey Hendrickson has been going on for three years.
I rang the lauren three years ago, and the Cincinnati Bengals fans lost their mind. Talking about, no, you don't know nothing. Look, he re-signed back. I said, Look, man, this is a tumultuous relationship that is not in good standing. And I knew that because I, Rich, you know how connected we are.
And I'm not talking about front office people, or I'm not Adam Shepherd. I'm connected to players. They talk. Because I'm not never going to divulge any information that they give me, but I get the feeling and the tone and tenure of a lot of these teams in the NFL when it comes to certain individuals and certain players. But for Trey, he had publicly.
Talked about how disparaging it was, the contract negotiation and the things that they were trying to get done. If you, Joe Burrow, and you just listed off the guys that are in this division now from a defensive standpoint, And you have obviously T. Higgins and Jamar Chase, and offensively, y'all put up these guarding numbers. It's going to be about stops for the Cincinnati Bengals, and whether they can or can't do that. is going to determine How far they actually can go in their division.
And that's why Rich Eisen, you are who you are because you got to get out of your division before we start talking about playoffs. And right now, if you look at Cincinnati, they are the third best team in their division. Right, based on I mean, the second best team in their division based on talent from an offensive standpoint. If you can't play in the defense, though, it's gonna hinder you like it did last year. And I think Joe Burrow in that offense is good enough to carry the load.
A lot of the times, but at times they're going to have to step up. And to their credit, they did start to play a little bit better at the end of the year last year. And you can see remnants of why this team could be really, really good when Joe is on and available and pushing the football down the field and doing the things that they were doing. But defensively, they are going to have to get better fast in order to keep this window open for Joe Burrow. Marcus Spears here on The Rich Eisen Show from ASPN NFL Live and Monday Night Football, so much more here on The Rich Eisen Show.
All right. Uh, Alec Pierce, Mike Evans, Kenneth Walker III. What else we got? I'll even throw Tyler Lindebaum in here. Or Tua out.
Malik Willis in and damn the salary cap torpedoes. Which offensive move from Monday? Did you like the most? Marcus. It was Malik.
A lot of familiarity where he's going, obviously. Coaches that drafted him, coaches that were a part of the process when he was in Tennessee. Obviously, the coaching prowess from Green Bay. I think Malik showed.
Now, here's what you don't want. You don't want that to be... A anomaly where he stepped into that time for Jordan Love and looked like he looked, because that is what. everybody in Miami is excited about. The fact that he played at the level in which he played.
In time off, and it didn't look like The playbook was shrunken. It didn't look like they had the coach around him. And, Rich, a lot of times, when you get these backups, right, and you see them play. You have to change a few things, or some things have to, you know, you got to cut back in what you want to do as far as throwing the ball downfield, or you got to curtail a lot of your offense because usually it's usually a precipitous drop-off when you got your second guy going in. Malik played.
Damn the elite. In his little time, they he Matt LaFleur stayed aggressive. He used his legs, the run game. He looked like he had full command of the offense. He understood where he was going with the football.
He used multiple weapons. He moved the ball around. I thought what he showed was quarterbacking, not some fly-by-night. Oh, I'm about to play and people can't scout for me.
So I'm going to have a good game because that happens with a lot of backups as well. I think Malik is ready to take care of, to become what people thought he could be coming out of the draft. I think development is taking place. Obviously, when you see him now going to Miami with a whole new, it's his team. It's his job.
They didn't have to overpay for him in some crazy way. I thought the contract was great. Um I like Malik Willis a lot. The next one is Mike Evans. But if Mike can stay healthy, we obviously know what Kyle Shanahan can do from an offensive standpoint.
We know how much that'll ease things for Brock Purdy. But I would be as excited about that. It's just Mike has missed a lot of time with these injuries.
So if he can be available for the San Francisco team for the majority of the season, it can be a problem for everybody else in that division. And that division is damn good. Marcus Spears here on The Rich Eisen Show. $281 million in total contract dollars given out by the Raiders on Monday. You know, it's a lot of money.
Raiders, do they have something left over for us? Is it anything we can do for the Raiders? I'm going to have my guys look into that. Would you guys mind looking into that? Any Davis dollars left for something?
For Swagoo? For his podcast or anything like that? Oh, look.
Okay, very good.
So, the reason why I bring this up is part of that was Nicoby Dean. going there. Additions. There's a cupboard's pretty bare there. My colleague from NFL Network, or soon-to-be our colleagues altogether, and right?
We're all one big happy team shortly by the end of this month. Jane Slater, she tweeted out. that the Cowboys were all in on Dean as well. But ultimately he went with his gut feeling. but was told he could have seen himself in both places.
It was a close margin, but the Raiders won this one.
Now I want to see your face. There it is. Marcus, floor is yours. You know. I, first of all, I'm a big fan of Nicole Dean.
Six Georgia. Yep. And And It's I'm going to be a little bit reserved, Rich, because my team has finally stepped into free agency and like we gonna do something, right? Supplementing your football team through free agents that are proven Helps you win championships, and that's the scream I've had about Jerry and how they've operated. But I have to give them full credit for what they've already done.
And I don't think the moves are done being made. You see the restructuring of the contracts, you see the move for the safety out of Arizona. You think about Rasha Gary, even though he didn't have a great ending to the season, maybe a revitalized guy, Quentin Williams last year. Dallas has done some tremendous things.
So this will be the first offseason, Rich. That you don't hear Marcus Spears say Dallas is not trying to win a championship or Jerry is not trying to win a championship. The moves that have been made have been leaning in that direction of being. All in. I talked to Dak last year at the Pro Bowl.
Well, this past Pro Bowl, yes. While we were in San Fran, and I said, Dak, I want to see you in LA. He said, man, bank on it. And I said, as long as the old man makes some moves defensively. we have an opportunity to actually be in the mix.
and make it to LA for a Super Bowl. Rich, if you know me, If you watch me, you know I am very, very, very. Even killed when it comes to Dallas, outside of when I'm cheering for them in actual games. I've been super critical of them. I've talked about what they haven't been doing in order to try to position themselves to win a championship.
I love what Schottenheimer did as a head coach last year. Offensively, you know, they've tagged pickings, and defensively, they've made some moves already, and I don't think that's going to be the end of it. I'm very excited about what we've been doing this offseason. Hey, yes, I said we. Yeah, I mean, and I feel the same way about Nicobi Dean, too, right?
And we have no idea what personal decisions are made, but. He would have been great. He would have been perfect. I just don't want to like, I don't want to cry over spill milk.
Well, I mean, they tried for Max Crosby. You got to give it up for that. They tried for Nicole Beatin. You got to give it up for that. Rashawn Gary's outstanding.
And if you look at that defensive line, last year it was Micah. Who knows how much we're going to pay him and whatever was going on beneath the surface, behind the scenes, there, him in the locker room, or whatever. Micah's out there. He's shaping to be a good one. I mean, no doubt.
Quinnen Williams, Kenny Clark, Rashawn Gary. Rasha, and having Odigazur. Right, and draft capital in your back pocket for future considerations. That's not too bad, man. That's not bad, man.
I mean, Pass Rush was an issue last year. Right. And I'm sure, you know, it got better as the season goes along, went along. You saw it change when Quinn showed up. Bruh Dallas got to get stops.
We need a better secondary. And people that can get after the passer. And I think that offense is still going to be really, really good this year. Getting Williams back. I know a lot of people don't like to talk about running backs, but Javante signing back with Dallas was big.
He had a phenomenal year last year that kind of flew under the radar because Dak and George and You know, obviously C D play so well, but You know, there is a lot to be optimistic about now with Dallas based on the moves that they made defensively. And I think it's going to be. I think it's going to be something to to reckon with. Reckon we got to alert. Did you see that alert?
What's the alert? What do we got? I think Gino going to the Jets. What do you think? Back home.
Gino's, Gino, they wrote back, Gino. Mm-hmm. Yeah. They wrote back. They did finally write back.
He finally got a response. Got lost in the mail. I know. I am. I can be, I think I can be optimistic.
I hate that Geno had the type of season he had last year. It looked awful. But coming out of Seattle, the excitement, I was at the Pro Bowl with Geno Smith as he played his way into that a few years ago.
So hopefully they can get some of that, and maybe it's a better offensive fit. And all of that type of stuff.
So, yeah. Good for Geno, man. I agree. Good for Gino. And I'll use the same line I used last last hour when it was possible.
You saw Dobbs just went to New England? Look at you. News is coming in. Hey, look at you. Marcus, I feel like I'm Pat, and I got my ESPN guy here doing a free agency show.
You know what I mean? I got you, brother. I got you. I got you, man. I got to get you out of your ashram or wherever you are and get you in my studio next time.
Hey, I'm going to pull up, man. I can't wait to sit in that seat, brother. You've had my brother Andrew Whitworth, and I got jealous because he got in there before me. Come on out. I'm going to pull up on you, Rich.
Please do so. I love having you on. I love talking football with you. You really, really, you make me smarter.
So, thank you. Thank you for your time here and your two cents. And go hang with your kid. Thanks for tapping out of that for a bit. Y'all take care, brother.
Appreciate it. There's Marcus Spears, everybody. M. Spears96, Swagoo Podcast, everything from ESPN and more. He's breaking all that news.
You know, I'm going to react to Gino going back to the Jets. That's next. This is the Rich Eyes and Show. Don't you dare move. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast.
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What's up, Albert? How you been, buddy? Gino Smith. Wow. I know.
I'll get to that in a second. What's on your mind? Listen, I love the fact that Spears is in there, Schwitzen, and just breaking NFL knowledge all over the place. I love him. Marcus is great.
Marcus Spears is awesome. Yep. That was excellent. That was excellent. So, you know, unfortunately, the Ohio State University has been in the news for a couple of different reasons, but we won't go into it.
But the cornerback Doesn't sound like he's got a little bit of a leg injury.
So, you know, that was the kid that I wanted my team to. to snatch up if he's there. But if if he's not you know, if he's not one hundred percent I have no problem with my man, you know. telling everybody he loves him some Jeremiah love and See who comes and knocking on the doors. I know.
Unfortunately, Al, that was my idea before the combine because I was into Jeremiah Love not making it to eight or nine before the combine. Coming out of the combine, I was also talking about the Giants should make noise that he's not getting past us at five. He may not get past the Titans at four. You take a look at what the Titans' moves of what they've done. They took Wandale Robinson off your team.
But the running back room, by the way, is not bad at all. I believe Tony Pollard is still there and Taji Spears is still there. But adding Jeremiah Love to that mix is not is not out of the realm. Um And I've got Cam Scataboo scheduled to appear tomorrow. I don't know if that would be a Sonic and Knuckles.
I know Tyrone Tracy is still sitting there. Carnell Tracy. You're not seriously talking about drafting a running back in five for the New York Football Giants. Why not? Mel, please, please.
Why not? Why not? I mean, that would. You tell me you could go another wide receiver, obviously. If Carnell takes it in there, I think that's what you do.
Yeah, listen, I listen. I trust in hardball, I trust, so I don't care. But like the drafting of Jeremiah Love, listen, if he gets taken before us, I think it's a good issue, right? It's a good problem. You take the best available for us, you take the best, you get the most value for what you do.
I don't have a problem. I'm not second-guessing these things, but I just loved it. And I'd be remiss to say one other thing, Richard, if you don't mind. I mean, we're almost there. I've had the joy, you know, you know, my daughter's attending University of Arkansas, and she's been going to eight or nine basketball games.
This Darius A Cup, I know you haven't talked about it, but if you get to watch this kid play it all, oh my gosh, what an NBA player this kid's going to be, and he can make a long run. Long run in the tournament, you know, hopefully. We'll see. We'll see. That's just right around the corner.
Championship weekend is this weekend. And we'll see how many. There's always these mid-major, small school. Um, players, did you see that last night, Rich? I did not.
I missed all of that. I was watching the world baseball, I was watching Aaron Judge tell Paul Skeens what a great teammate he is.
So, Optra got into the finals of the last-second three-pointer. Uh, they're in the finals of uh, whatever conference they're in. I can't remember, but they're gonna win that whatever conference, that's gonna be great. The flying Dutchman, the flying Dutchman, the automatic good from the whatever conference is a very coveted automatic good, they're the forget about it conference. That's it, yeah, whatever it is.
Allen Dallas, everybody, Colonial Athletic. Thank you for giving them the respect that they deserve. Listen, the Big Ten player of the year is Jackson Lendeborg. Yaxel. And he was on UAB last year.
So there's gonna be somebody like that. For that team, that's going to be what? The dreaded 12 seed, the dreaded 10 seed. I mean, it's common. It's common.
12 on the corner. Right around the corner. We're going to all fill out our brackets, even though we have no, it's one big fat dart throw. It's going to be great. And then we're going to be like, oh, who's best?
And Del Tufo is going to do it. He's going to show up for the first time in three weeks with his big, toothy grin and talk about how he knows college basketball more than anybody because he works faders for games that he doesn't remember who's playing.
So that's gonna be great. That's part of our madness. Did I nail it? Chris, any words I just say false. Uh, no.
Okay, thank you. The only thing false are his teeth. Oh, God, look at you. I tried to. Wow.
Hey, listen. That man's got veneers for days. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. One of our favorites. They're expensive.
Duke all the way. And by the way, that's where he's going to be because, listen, I don't blame him for hating my team. He's a Seton Hall guy.
So he's got legit. Reasons to still be angry at me. Real beef. I got it. 40-year beef.
40-year beef, by the way. That's great. It's aged. That's right. As you know, beef is great when it's aged.
Straight aged.
Okay.
All right. Listen. Give us what we want. Oh, I'll give you what you want. Crazy things happen in this world in sports.
You can't make it up. And and it it it I I know all about it. The fact that I'm sitting here. On anything remotely close to ESPN. I got an email the other day from ESPN Human Resources welcoming me to ESPN.
Oh, that's nice. Because you know, as the end of this. Uh month my long standing run as being an NFL employee comes to an end. Dude, yep, I am sad about it. I know you're having your fun with it.
You went through that. I've been there since 2003. It was great. For me to, I saw this email and I'm like, welcome to ESPN. You know, you're basically coming from NFL network to ESPN.
We're welcoming you. Let's talk. You know, we're going to have meetings and all this sort of thing. And I'm like, if you showed me this, say on my wedding day with Susie, when we were sitting there 10 days removed with. Me getting thrown that curveball of a cardboard box in Bristol, it's crazy, right?
Mm-hmm. And that's why you never burned a bridge, kids. And you just keep your head down and you just go about your business, and you never know, you might be back in that spot.
Okay.
Geno Smith's a jet again. And um I can't believe it. Neither can he, I'm sure.
Okay.
I can't believe it. He probably can't believe it. He's older and wiser than the last time he was there, which means. He understands. You know?
When he's back in that locker room. What sort of leadership he's going to have to provide, and he's ready to do it this time, and maybe, just again. He should wear a a red jersey walking around in there. Because you never know what might happen and who might take over. And it was Ryan Fitzpatrick that time.
And it didn't work out for him. In New York and It's kind of like the football gods have kind of had it in for this guy. In a way, because it's how you're born into the league and how you. how you're surrounded in this league. And And you take a look.
Yeah. Him falling to the second round in this draft. is kind of crazy. I'm looking at the the quarterback draft class. of twenty thirteen.
Oh, that was a big shock that he fell. E.J. Manuel got chosen first. Out of any quarterback. The Buffalo Bills grabbed him 16th overall.
Geno lasted till the next night. Gino put up big numbers at West Virginia, too. I know he did. The other quarterbacks taken in this draft class, Mike Glennon, who Warren Sapp famously called on NFL Game Day Morning once, Mick Glennon, like he was, you know, two all-beef patties with special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and stuff. It's Sesame seed bun, yeah.
Matt Barkley, Ryan Nassib, everybody, Landry Jones. Tyler Wilson, Tyler Bray. was undrafted. By the Chiefs. And there's Geno.
And he's still around, and everybody else is not in the league by a long shot. We all know It didn't work out for him there, and he starts bouncing around the league. He actually even winds up on the Giants. E li Manning's First benching, his streak of consecutive starts. Ben, don't call me Bob McAdoo, benched him for this guy.
Okay.
It's weird, wild what's been happening with Geno Smith in his entire. Career. Wound up with the Chargers, then he goes to Seattle to back up Russ, who doesn't miss a start himself. He finally gets a shot in 2022 and he wins Comeback Player of the Year Award, and that's where he famously said, you know. They wrote me off, but I never wrote back.
And he wins the Comeback Player of the Year award, even though he wasn't injured. He came back from everything I just mentioned. They eventually, I think, essentially, after Flacco then won it from coming back from the couch, they changed the rules to say you can't vote for anybody anymore. That hasn't been injured coming back from an injury and rehab. That's the sensibility surrounding this award.
Right. And again, that red jersey stuff I was joking. Just Google it, look it up. You can't make it up, it's typical Jet stuff.
So now here he is. After he winds up in Vegas for Pete Carroll again, it's a disastrous year for everyone involved, absolutely everyone involved. And um They're resetting. We all understand who's coming in first overall.
So, Geno now goes to New York, where he's going to start. He's going to start. It's not going to be Justin Fields' gig. I don't even know if he's going to be on this team after. Tomorrow Maybe he does stick around.
I have no idea what the Jets' plan is going to do or going to be. Everything right now is to save their powder for next year's draft where there's going to be tons of young quarterbacks. coming out of college, including your guy, Arch Manning. Yada, yada, yada. We'll see if.
The Manning family. Pols it again, except this time it won't benefit a New York team. The it, Google that too, about Eli's drafting. Right now. How he wound up in New York.
And so, um, The Jets need a bridge. They need a bridge. There's many bridges in New York. I'd like to say, there's the Brooklyn Bridge. There's the George Washington Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, the Verrizano Bridge, the Whitestone Bridge.
Awful. There's so many.
Well, I mean, that's. New York, New Jersey, but that is A good new jet hybrid, right there. Many, many. There's a new bridge, the Geno Smith Bridge. And more likely than not, there will be no easy pass.
By any stretch. Stop at the tolls. We got easy. Because these things don't usually work out easily. Unless Frank Wright comes in.
Here's Brees Hall healthy. I love you. I mean, there are ways where the Jets can. Can do some things if the geno of Seattle shows up, the geno of Vegas, where he's not protected. And the run game isn't supporting.
And he's Standing back there. It's entirely possible That could happen again. I don't wish it on Gino. I don't wish it on anybody in that organization at all. If that happens.
They've got a better shot at a better young quarterback. like the archmanning of the world. And if it works out better Then, yeah. They're not tanking properly, but they're at least winning with somebody that Jets fans can remember. Listen, Jets fans are just gonna have to swallow it.
They've just got to swallow this reality. Just have to swallow it. That didn't think going into a season with a new coach and Aaron Glenn, Bill Parcels' first draft choice and totally remaking the franchise is going to show up. And here's Garrett Wilson, and here's Brees Hall, and they're going to go in a battle with Justin Fields and see what that young guy can do with Quinn Williams and Sauce on defense. And here we go.
And Sauce is gone, and Quinnen is gone. And Brees Hall is franchised. And Garrett Wilson led the team in receiving with 400 yards receiving. And now we're all needing to believe in a new general manager we don't know from Adam trying to fill in these blanks with draft choices in the future. It's another reset, everybody.
And here's Geno Smith as your quarterback. No Jet fan wanted that. No Jet fan saw it coming. No Jet fan thought it was possible. But here.
Jet fans are.
So Gino is going to be your guy. He's one I root for. Uh They gotta protect him. Doesn't help that Elijah Vera Tucker's now a patriot. Yeah, it's a shame.
We'll see how they support him. We'll see how Brees Hall can shoulder A lot of the load, again. And we'll see what they do in the draft. We'll see if the defense can be supported by whoever is second overall. And Gino has an opportunity to show that he still has it.
for a twenty twenty seven season in which he'll likely be somewhere else. 'Cause the Jets have put all their powder in that draft for the next young buck.
Okay.
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Romeo Dobbs is a patriot. I like it. All right, so they tried for Alec Pierce. Yep. There's a You never know what to believe anymore.
Okay, you never know what to believe in. You don't ever you fall for videos that aren't real. There's blue check marks that aren't blue check marks anymore. You have no idea what is real and what is not. Like there was some stupid rumor that Pierce went with the Colts over the Patriots because He wanted to go with a situation where things were more stable?
Which is like absurd.
Okay.
Positively absurd. Yeah. You know. Kobe Dean goes for the Raiders because he fell into the middle of the market.
Well, I mean, Jane Slater's saying one, I know her check mark. That one I believe. Um But it can't be that. It just simply can't be that. Mean Who called Josh McDaniels being the cheat code?
Chris Long did, right? Of Greenlight. Two-time Super Bowl champ, called him the cheat code, because if you have an offensive coordinator that isn't. uh on a red hot Coaching list had you know coaching coaching list. Because he's already done it twice and flamed out Prime.
Then It's absurd. You got Drake May, you got McDaniels, you got Vrabel. There's nothing more stable than that. Right. And Elliot Wolfe.
Who's killing the draft since taking it over? Act. Craft family's not selling. Nope. Nothing's more stable than that.
That said. Uh he's I think he's a good receiver. He's a good receiver when he's healthy. And you take a look at the list. Again, I'm constantly referring to the NFL network list of who's available and who is not.
Um he was fifth on the wide receiver Free agent by positions list in terms of rankings. You could argue Romeo Dobbs should be above Wandale Robinson. You could make that case. But Pierce, Shaheed and Evans were one, two, and three. Dobbs is in front of Jennings and Depot.
Um I mean, he's made some really tough catches in traffic, really big-time catches for Green Bay. Yeah, so he's only 25. Stephon Diggs was 32, who obviously was released. Could see him. Really operating in a similar fashion to how Diggs was used for New England this year.
Amina Kimes tweeted this out. Romeo Dobbs was 12th in the league in yards per route run on 10 to 20 yard throws, tied with Stephon Diggs. Like, it's kind of just a Diggs plug and replace, seven years younger, so obviously more upside there. I love it.
Now go get A.J. Brown. Okay.
And David and Joku and Let's Rock. The A.J. Brown stuff.
Well, and Joku's entirely possible, because you could just pick up the phone and say a number that he wants to hear, and he's yours. Um Dallas Goddard, too, by the way. Also available. But in terms of Brown, I mean, having spoken to a Breer about it earlier. The Eagles don't have to trade him.
It's like he's not standing there demanding one publicly. He might be saying something behind the scenes that's causing a rumble. But The Eagles are 100% like, we don't have to do it. And the patriots are like, we don't have to do it. I mean, we're interested in doing it.
So Mm-hmm. There's a standoff. It's just going to be a lot of blinking at each other. Until A need becomes an urgency. And right now There's less of a need in New England.
And there appears to be no need in Philadelphia.
So that's how somebody doesn't go anywhere. Pretty much. I don't know what the Dobbs numbers are. There's some conflicting reports. It seems like it's in the four-year between high sixties with an upside of 80 million.
Well, it just depends on what the APY and the guarantees are and things of that nature. Yes, it's all about the guarantees. Remember last year, Stephon Diggs was a three, almost seventy, and it ended up being a one-year deal. Right. For twenty something million bucks.
Again, I've got all the things that we're doing. And he was awesome. He's third on the list of largest free agent wide receiver contracts in NFL history in terms of an APY. Yeah. Behind Ridley and Adams, and then there's now Mike Evans in that regard.
So It's it's a very Smart. Replacement for Stefan Diggs. Absolutely. Younger, one assumes less off-the-field conversations. And then, and then.
Um let him grow old with Drake May. And Booty. Absolutely. And Williams. And...
Douglas. A There were no Posters, fatheads on the wall of the Patriots' receivers until Randy Maul showed up. That's nice. You know what I mean? Yeah, without a doubt.
And you were winning championships with the right mix of offense and. Situational brilliance and of course the trigger man. and then a kicker and a defense. And that's what the Patriots have just redone it. I mean, it's the same thing, right?
It's the same idea. Yeah. Yeah. Same idea. You know what I mean?
Like, nobody. Knew who a receiver was a New England until, you know. I guess Welker became somebody that everybody knew, and then there was Randy Moss. He was the outlier. For Brady.
Yeah, Welker had a great five-year run, you know, 110 catches in every year. Didn't Brady, like back in his first run at it, It was always filled with, like, similar to what we see with the Bills and Josh Allen. If you got him, David, big time, right. Yeah, it was those types of guys. And they go get Randy Moss.
And he catches. He sets the touchdown record. And Brady. Does the same and they don't lose a regular season game. Yeah, so that's what happened.
And Eli got him anyway.
Well, Eli got the defense.
Okay.
Rodney Harrison. Should keep Rodney Harrison out of the Hall of Fame. I'm not knocking that. I'm just pointing out they're building it in a very similar way. And that worked out very well.
Correct.
So, if anybody's out there, well, Romeo Dobbs, not a big name guy. Didn't have to be back in the day either.
Okay.
No one had ever heard Joss Welker, Julian Edelman, who were these guys. Just seen all these other deals. They need to save their money for Christian Gonzalez because he is going to break the bank. And he deserves every penny. I know that.
He's going to get it. He is going to break it. He's going to break it in two. Yeah. When it's his time.
But where will he break the bank? In New England. They're not letting him walk. Yeah. That's it for this program.
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