The Around the NFL podcast. Can't believe it's not butter from the Chris Westling podcast Studio. It's around the NFL. I'm Dan Hansas, got a lot of got a lot of heroes, Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler. Oh and she's back. You think it's Summer of Connie. It ain't Summer of Connie because Connie is in the building. That's the kid. Is a clear cue to the producer video It Fox Tiny Box. They saw red Buttons, Blackney, Lonny back kind of Bammy a Rich is the Bresley's Cottie Billy's fourth
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soft jay Yo. No, thank you, mister went whistle. What was his last whistle Rock clearly a made up name in the Whistle and Twistle Yo, no went whistle Welcome to around the fl How are you, Colleen. I'm great. I'm doing really good. I just got back from Atlanta a little trip over the weekend. Um, my friend just had some twins, so I learned how to hold a child twins. Um, so yeah, you say twins like to not know? No, was it like two boys who were twins, two girls who were twins, a girl and a boy,
and um, yeah, they're human beings. I care what over? I was so impressed, like this is there. They didn't have kids before, and all of a sudden they just have like these two newborn babies that are a month old. And Michael, my friend's husband, has two babies like strapped, like swaddled strapped onto him somehow. They're very tiny and he's vacuuming the house at the same time. And so yeah, you know, it's like you guys are doing great workout. I told I told my wife, and I stuck to
the word. I said, you will never see me again in one of those like baby strap things walking down a sidewalk. You'll never put that on me. And why baby sitting and you're walking because I'm gonna hold my child. I didn't. I don't. I don't agree with big baby strap in their whole. He then think it's masculine. I would I would have gone in that direction. I thought it looks a little bit. It is not masculin. I agree with you, but I don't want to. That's a
luxury you can have in Los Angeles. My first ellis was in Manhattan. You try walking around four like miles and stuff, just carrying that baby. See, I think it's like attractive. You're not putting a stroller on a New York City sidewalk. And if you're going around all day and you got the baby, you gotta do a lot of carrying, You're gonna be doing a lot of that's same. Look. Yeah, sure, okay, I think you have it all wrong. That's just that's just where I come down on it. And and you
could strap on if you want. Yeah, personal needs, personal wants. It's like a fanny pack for a baby. Great, well, you know, let's just leave it there. Fine, we disagree, it's fine, all right, It's okay, So friends do This is around the AFC in forty eight minutes exactly, and it's a perfect time for it. Uh, We're gonna do the NFC later in the week with mister Patrick Claybon, and we are doing this greggy because it feels right. We are setting the table for what's going to be
a whirlwind of about six weeks of football transactions. So let's see where everybody's at, especially the next two weeks. I want to get this thing out there before anything happens. But starting this weekend, I noticed you were on the Free Agency Frenzy watch co hosting on Sunday. Starting around then, it's just gonna be popping for about ten straight days. Cuts, trades, all the rest. I feel I feel like it is
popping now. I kind of look at the understand the deadline is a nice branding opportunity for various people, but it's like, what's happening. Let's be real. I mean, we were sitting home yesterday watching bullets fly left and right on our laptops and on NFL network. Yes, that's true, that is true. So why don't we, without further ado, dig in to everything. Because again, the rules finite there,
there is no there's no wiggle room here. Three minutes per team, sixteen teams, sixteen times, three party eight minutes. We don't go over. If you go over. Our producer and we've all signed waivers years ago, is allowed to trank us. Right in the old jugular it sounds like this, whoa, whoa, what was that? That's not our tank? You just you just killed Colleen. Now we don't have a fourth first, yeah, Christian here first, the brave Figger. You do have the trank, right,
of course, of course it's there, it is. We got a little nervous there. Without the trunk, it's a problem keeping people in line. So we're gonna go through all four divisions in the AFC today, NFC after that, So let us get going. Do we have any type of um, I don't know, like a DJ's air horn something to get us rolling here? There should be like an opening ceremony of sorts, right, yeah, that's something we should work on for next year. It's all right ready, ye I
like it. Let's start with the Buffalo bills and I will get us going here because you know, this is a huge year for the AFC East champions. They have become a mainstay obviously in the AFC playoffs, but they can't get over the hump. They can't even get to the super Bowl, So what do they have to do? A couple of things, and it seems like it's offense related. As we look ahead to free agency in the draft. The offensive line was a little bit of a problem
this season. I could see them going down that road. But I think it is skill players that you're going to see this team look different. Wide receiver is a little weird and funky and free agency in the draft, but making a move there. This is a tight end heavy draft. I see something there. I love so much. Boys and girls. Derek Henry to the Bills. I see them making big moves to help Josh Allen just like
everyone else seems to think. Do you agree? I would adore that we mentioned the Bills the Eagles just for fun. As Derek Henry Henry landing spots a couple of shows ago, I think if you go after Derrick Henry, you've got to say, like, yeah, we're a team with like essentially a one year, two year super Bowl window, and he's the kind of guy that deep in the season, if he's healthy, can literally just destroy our enemy. And Derrick Henry added to Josh Allen and friends. That's suddenly who's
going to tackle that team? If you take that Sunday off, you suddenly have a little issue. I think a problem for the Titans when it comes to trading Henry is just there's so many good running backs available in this market. But I do think they'd want to add a little juice there. Devin Singletary's a free agent. I think they liked what James Cook gave him, but maybe he's going to be more of a third done guy. They have
some big decisions though. Jordan Poyer kind of been a rock for them in this Sean McDermott defense and tremade Edmonds, you know, one of the first picks under Sean McDermott when they arrived here, both free agents, Edmond's coming off a career year. I think they got to be careful about like overspending, to just keep this same group together
and be interesting. McDermott maybe taking over that defense after Leslie Frazer's got that's okay, all right here, I got some I got some thoughts real quick from the offensive line a whole minute I think is the for me, that's my biggest concern, because we saw the problems from that in the loss to Cincinnati, And when you look at even the way that PF ranks them, their final run blocking grade was fifth worth. So if they're gonna get Derrick Henry, they better have a good offensive line
in place too. And then they really do need a legit number two wide receiver because gave Davis he was expected to take that next step, but I'm not really sure he did. And when you have I mean Isaiah McKenzie. He's a good role player, but they need someone opposite Steffon Diggs to really make this offense sing. All right, hear me out. Okay, you get new Copkins, get Derrick Henry, draft an offensive lineman. What did you win the Super Bowl? Have a huge off season. I say, get Hopkins and
get like a sheep running back. There's a lot of it. Title game at least. That's not gonna be good enough, I know, but that feel like we both just got taken out. Who got it? By the way, that was both Mark and Dan for talking after the timer ended. All right, up next, Colleen Wolf and Miami Dolphins. Okay, Mike McDaniel. His first season was pretty promising, you guys. Uh,
he made some fashion statement here. He made the playoffs, um, and I think that like he made an excellent first impression, especially the first half of the season, they were also a little uneven at times. And I think this first season for McDaniel was not unlike Nick Sirianni's first season with the Eagles and the fact that they were able to get to the playoffs and it was unexpected. They lost in terrible fashion to the Bucks, but it kind of reminds me of that. And I think to Ah,
he showed some growth and development before the concussions. But I mean when you look at their scoring, they scored the eleventh most points per game. Blah blah blah blah bop. I mean the receivers they produced. You have two receivers there with over a thousand yards. Their defense was the weakness, and Vic Fangio is going to try and change that make it into a strength. The secondary really dropped off. It's the biggest area of weakness for them. Byron Jones
was hurt all season. He'll get cut if he hasn't gotten cut already, he got cut, I don't know he will. And then Xavien Howard he struggled in coverage too. So that is that's a major situation that they need to figure out. But they have no first round pick. They're in a tough spot, not a lot of cap space, no first round pick, like heightened expectations after that year, very difficult division, and you mentioned like major holes like
offensive line, secondary. Fangio will help that, I think with coaching. But they profile as a team that would want to be very aggressive this offseason, and yet they don't seem to have as many like resources to do it in terms of cap spaces as you would hope. I mean, I love the idea of a team being in the second year of a Mike McDaniel offense, except so much went well through the year last year. I mean, it all came down to like complete chaos at the quarterback
position in terms of durability. And I think that you know, I know Mike mtalan keeps coming on supporting two over and over. I just wonder if they're a sneaky little team we talked about it last step that might be tempted to chase someone like Lamar Jackson because their owner keeps wanting to chase these guys left and right. Yeah, or bring back Tom Brady. But he says he's not coming back. Yeah, had said that he had heard there was like a rumor Brady with the Dolphins, so Miami,
you can't imagine that happens. That would be crazy. But you know he's already come out of retirement once. Yeah, I think that the two A thing is it does feel like there might be something missing here. As much as they do love him, do they really want to go into a deeper relationship with him? And then Lamar is really there. I know Darlington reported that they weren't in on Lamar, but you gotta put that out there and play well though. And I think that they played
the Bills really close all season long too. Yeah, we comped them to Sirianni and the Eagles, though, would twa make a hurts like leap you already made a leap
last right, you know, not not like that. I was right and you know, came in right under this because of the tank situation, we're not going to trank or unless it's egregious, were already killed me at the top of the show's situation where it's like, well, if it's we look at the clock first, right, there's like the tenth of a second after zero zero, you know, point nine, right, it was like half a secondever, But it's fine. Mark Sessler, the New England Patriots, all right, you know, like I
have a past with Bill Belichick. It's part of my youth. I really like, have always thought highly of him. But I so I keep the letters. Yeah, I keep wondering. Dot Com still check if you can still find it on our site. We'll see. Um. I just keep wondering if like last year, Belichick was sort of doing like a high level punking of society and will completely get like Mac Jones back on track under his guy pal Bill O'Brien. Comes September, you know, load up on free agency.
They have like a major amount of cap space this year, seventh most in the league right now, six draft picks in the first four rounds. Maybe they go back to playoffs. Everything's fine all over again. But then I also, like I do ponder how last season Art that was one of the rare shining examples of the Pats totally mismanaging last offseason and sabotaging their quarterbacks under a defensive coach.
And somehow it's like Bill Belichick didn't see any of that coming, and it leads me to ask a sacrilegious question. As the league is growing, so is there any concern here? In March twenty twenty three, Frank into your neck, Belichick in a hyper revolutionary NFL. Is he showing signs of being left behind just a little bit? Oh, who a lot. I don't know if he's being left behind, but I definitely know I wrote this down after you said it.
I know that last season wasn't a high level punking of society, right I think, Bill, But we didn't talk about it that way, like oh, it's gonna be fun, like everyone's all getting all worked up, and then it was a disaster. I've said it often on the show. It's like, Bill, what has Bill ever made kind of a fool of himself and not been ready to develop a young quarterback and run the team the right way? Well, then we saw it like the idea of the Joe
Judge Patricia thing. We don't need to talk about that again, but we know it went poorly and it is kind of crazy to think, Greggy, I know you are Belichick supported at number one that he did kind of these are valuable rookie contract years, and you had a very promising first year player in Jones. You kind of just booted his second year development and now you're in a kind of a weird in between stage. Yeah, because they need so much help. So Nelson Aguilar is a free agent,
that's fine, that's good. Jacoby Myers is a free agent. That's bad. I hope they bring back, bring him back. But yes, they have cap space. They also have so many needs, like pick a tackle. I don't know if they're gonna keep Trent Brown or not. I wouldn't wouldn't shock me if they cut them, then you would need two tackles. They need help in their secondary. Jonathan Jones is a free agent. We don't know if Devin mccordy is coming back. There's just like not a spot on
this team that I feel totally comfortable with. Some good young pieces on defense in general, but Johnny Swiss still on this team. Hunter Henry's kind of overpaid, Like so weird. They need to make a lot of moves like weird team. It just it feels like a team that is like old and try to be young. Like just from the roster, the coaching staff, it's like hello, fellow kids, that is the team. They still win eight or nine games every year. But but what Greg, did you watch the game on Monday?
New York Jets, New York Jets. Okay, we spent a lot of time talking Rogers. We will talk Rogers, uh so, more so, let's talk about the non Rogers aspects to this team. What do they do if they get Rogers? Are you gonna have to clear a lot of cap space? That could be Carl Lawson, what's the big time pickup? Could be Jordan Whitehead. Uh I guess my issue with all the talk about Rogers is like, well, you put him with the best defense in the league and these
young pieces and like away you go. But they won't be the best defense in the league next year. That's just like not how it works. I think you have to expect the defense to take a step back because that's usually what happens, and you have a decent amount of free agents there and you need a guy like Rogers to juice up the offense a lot to make up for what's going to happen to the defense. It's
twenty twenty two. Defenses only matters so much. I think even the Jets saw that in some big spots that like the defense is only gonna take them so far. You gotta juice up that offense with Rogers. Yeah, and Nathaniel Hackett, that's gonna be the key. Well, he's he's getting the think can do the closest part of it. He's done this part of it before. You're right hanging out there. Yeah. Yeah. Jermaine Johnson is their first round pick,
one of the first round picks from last year. The idea is that he could slide in and take Carl Looston's spot. That's sensible, but then you're banking on his development. For the most part. Though. The defense is coming back. They have some depth pieces the defensive line. They'll be looking kind of at the lower margins of free agents. They gotta get things right with Quinnon Williams to get him paid. I could see them adding a safety and there's some nice options in free agency. I think that's
a target that they'll they'll look at. But for me, yeah, it is if you do Land Rogers, you got to invest in the offensive line. You gotta hope Breese Hall comes back and looks like Breese Hall, and I think you're ready to roll. I think they're a very dangerous good team as long as Rogers, if he is their quarterback, doesn't get old and is the guy who was like because he's scouting them too, and he's got to like
when he sees you're right. Like the idea that they be top five, sure, but they're not going to suddenly be twenty seven. Maybe. I mean, then there's no reason to sign anywhere because if there is going to go from twenty five hopefully top ten's like, you can't count on that totally. And I'm a little worried about their offensive line. It's like a boomer bust offensive line. I sure believe they had six tackles that went on ir and they have so many guys that are free agents
too coming up. The mcay Beckton thing is a big piece here where where he fits in at this point, And I do think they need to add another wide receiver. Maybe. I don't wonder if Elijah Moore gets traded, um, just because it's been a bit funky, uh that role. Love him with Rogers, though you could lose Corey Davis. He might get cut. We did come a year away from Rogers that the Salt Shakes out working with both Lafloor brothers, but they had to get him out of there, because
probably without Nathaniel Hackettes, it doesn't go down anyway. So I just understand what you're doing there. They starting center as a free agent. There's just like Rogers can't do at all. You still have to have a good offseason. And now your boy did last year the year badly. But he wasn't an embarrassment until I can't say it, oh suck, until he got promoted beyond what he was able to do. Now he's got saddled with a quarterback
that decided to die on us. Um. All right, let's take a break and then move on to the AFC North. All right, we're back. Let's keep rolling. Give me that airhorn again. Let's get back into it. Oh, the Baltimore Race Ravens of the AFC North. So obviously the big stories Lamar did. The Ravens say goodbye to Lamar when
they hit him with that non exclusive franchise tag. If Lamar doesn't find a suitor that meets his contract demands, would he be open to go him back to Baltimore on the tag or open to hammering out a deal that isn't in line with his original off speculated goal of fully guaranteed deal. Is the compromise here that he becomes the new Kirk Cousins where he does get his guaranteed money, just not the amount that he was hoping for,
and it goes over the next couple of years. Then he hits unrestricted free agency at age twenty eight, which would be grand. He would probably do very well in that spot. Or is all this not worth talking about because there's so much bad blood now between the two sides that he is going to be property of a different team comes September. I think there's a chance here at home. I think so if the right market doesn't
like happen for him, I think they. I believe the Ravens when they say they still want to keep him, they want to do it in their terms. I think like, in a way, if you're Lamar and his you know his mom's helping him out with all this, and you don't have an agent like the Ravens are, if anything's saying go ahead and find your deal and we'll see if we want to match. You're giving him the freedom to go do it. I think that's showing enough respect
for him. If he wasn't happy with how slowly the process has gone with the Ravens, but they've been doing this for so long and little because you got to put a team together though, like, right, you would like to know if Lamar is the guy or not. That's by the way, you would need a quarterback if Lamar is not your quarterbackly that's my more thing is like this doesn't shake out like they are suddenly like maybe
left out in the cold in a massive way. At the most, why you got to tread him for mac Jones in a first wow, everything revolved around how this Lamar Jackson situation shakes out. Like their entire future, short term and long term depends on this right now, and that feels so risky. But I guess they're just banking on the fact that Lamar Jackson won't have the market
that Lamar Jackson thinks he's going to have. And I guess if teams don't want to give up to first round picks, they could eventually do some type of like sign and trade situation. But I mean, this is a team that also has a lot of other questions like at wide receiver. Yes, they should be in the Hopkins business. Yeah wait a second, no, well only if Lamar Jackson or someone like suitable to them being a contender is behind center. I guess that's why it's also nebulos right
now with them for that very reason. They're kind of hung up in purgatory here. And is it possible that if they are willing and open to moving on, do they just take a year where they're a down team for a year and they reload and they get a good draft pick next year and they're back at it in twenty four. I think that's an outcome here too, And I don't think Ravens fans want to hear that, but it might be long term. Not for that, it doesn't work because they're lying. Like I like their roster.
They don't have a ton of huge needs, not a ton of huge free agents. The Ravens are telling us they're willing to do that by everything that's happened, Colleen Wolf on the Bengals, here we go. Um, as soon as you started talking about the Ravens, I realized that, Um, I wrote about the Ravens instead of the Bengals. But guys, you know what, I have a freestyle, So let's talk about it here. This team. We're not doing some work here, UM, honestly,
my biggest problem with this team. Honestly, let me tell you that the offensive line is still a problem. It was a problem last year and it remained a problem throughout the season, and because of the injuries late in the season, that's exactly how we saw this team fall apart Jonah Williams. He played at left tackle all season long, and Williams did a great job. But I mean this is this has been a problem for them, so they
absolutely need to get that figured out. Defensive backs also, um, they could use some work because Jesse Bates, Um, yeah, he looks like he's going. He's gone. Also, tight end, I mean Hayden Hurst might leave in free agency, and then your number two blocking tight ends Drew Sample and Mitchell Wilcox, they're also free agents. So there's a little
hole on the roster too. Um. And when you look at this team, they have a lot of talent on the roster, so there's only a few things that they really need to get done, and offensive line is at the very top of the list. Is lyall Collins even back, he seems like an I think he's gonna get cut. I think Mixing is gonna get cut. I think they'd like to bring Von bellback, who's also a free agent. That would be losing two safeties. Hurst I could see coming back. I could see them drafting or running back.
That's sort of their thing. They just like draft one every five years. I do listen to the Athletics Bengals podcast, Paul Denner Dinner or guests of our show, and they really think that the Bengals will not be spending in free agency this offseason. They're saving all that money for Joe Burrow. Well, I think they're one of these teams where your start, you have that, you have Jamar Chase down the road, and so you can't hit a bunch of positions. They did that last year and addressed the
office several years. It was done a job. It was injuries that sideswipe them though it wasn't the planning. I think like they're a well constructed team at this point. But like the Bengals, to me, among their Chiefs Bills, these high flying NFC teams, they are losing a lot
of faces. They need tackle help. I mean, Williams was okay and but now he's okay coming off an injury, and you don't have a right you want to hear something that's little less than Okay, Williams tied for the most sack surrendered by any tackle twelve in the regular season and had a minus forty nine point nine run blocking grade per PF. Wow, that's a lot. And then Bell Bates and Eli Apple, who I know is their
fourth cornerback, but all those guys had major snaps. So I think Duke Toby has done a great job in general and has earned the benefit of the doubt. But they have they have a big off season to try to stay up at the top. Colleen, I feel like you really did great job up there. Just ask like a question. Three of the four most snaps played on defense. I got you. Wow, we did it, guys, So we did it. Can she celebrate at an Oh? No, you can celebrate. You're not talking about the team anymore. I'm
just checking again for the rules. Mark the Cleveland Browns. All right, you're the Browns. You're roughly thirteen million in the red. Okay, you don't have a first round pick until twenty twenty five. Ye, you're gonna You're gonna have to restructure de Sean and a bunch of others because there are a lot of real needs here. I look around this division and the Browns I don't think thought they'd be here this season, this offseason in this situation.
Definitely need defensive line, no edge rusher across from Miles Garrett. They need linebackers, multiple linebackers. You probably need a wide receiver, if not two, Kareem Hunts out the door. There's just a lot for Andrew Barry, who is a great general manager, to handle here. But I think it's all of that, like doesn't really center around the nucleus as much as just that, Okay, we get it. Deshaun Watson was rusty, etc. In quotes, but he also just didn't seem to fit
Kevin Stefanski's offense really well. Like it went off a cliff in multiple ways. And I guess the biggest question is because nothing else they've done since last offseason matters, and you're not in this situation. It doesn't matter if you don't trust that Kevin Stefanski. The same way you say Sean Payton is going to fix Russell Wilson, Well that's probably nonsense, but you can make an argument for it.
But do you trust Kevin Stefanski to suddenly tailor an offense around a better version of Deshaun Watson immediately, because all of this was set them saying among every team in this division, we're the mustn't win now team. And I look at the round that, I look around the other three teams in this division. I'm not sure they're not in fourth in that. I'm not trying to be a Browns hater all these Browns fans thinking that. I'm
not saying that at all. It's just that team building wise, they have a lot of needs and they don't have a lot of answers right now. One thing they can do is restructure. You mentioned with Watson and a lot of their other players, and that's something where think it gets lost where that's where an owner like Jimmy has them, who has all the money, You could do a restructure forever. The Saints do it every year and everyone gets so mad like, oh, it's eventually gonna cost him. It really hasn't.
You just keep doing it. You're they're spending more cash, so they're trying to win, So I think they'll still be aggressive. I'm with you. They have a lot of needs defensive line, they certainly need another weapon in terms of a receiver for Watson. I mean, before Watson played, the offense looked pretty good fifth DA right, and you have Amari Cooper having this career renaissance almost there. I mean,
he definitely stepped up. And then you have Nick Chubb, who is so talented, and then all of a sudden everything came to a screeching halt when Deshaun Watson's got in there. I don't think they're that far away. Like, if Watson played well, it's a big if, then I think they're right there with the rest of the division.
This isn't breaking any news. If Watson is a longer an impact player, if he's if he stinks or is even closer to average, they're shot they I mean, they have so much tied up in him, and I know you could restructure, but it's they've really they tied the organization to him. He's got a play at a high level or else. Benga good line, He's got some things going for him. Good the Pittsburgh Steelers, Greg Roosevelt, I didn't know what to say about the Steelers. They're just
like coming back every year. Yeah, honestly say that you plan to talk about the Browns When was the last time we talked about the Steelers. They used to be one of our Tiffany franchises. Is Dan like kind of like the Patriots, But they're just sitting there. They're lying in the weeds. They have a young offense. They will not have much turnover on their roster, not many key free agents, which which is good news. I think they need to juice up that defense. Again, it's not lot
of difference making defense. Cameron Sutton and Turrell Edmunds, who are both starters, are free agents. I think Sutton might get a nice deal in free agency. But it's the it's the line that bothers me. They've never figured out. It's the same stuff every year with the Steelers. It's the secondary and it's the offensive line. And they seem to like this offensive line. But I just don't get it. I just don't expect them to be aggressive in free agency.
You know what, though, I would say that I think last year, if you were a Steelers fan for the first time in a while, you were thinking this might be a rough one, and then we get out of it, like instead, you found out the power of Mike Tollin
and like they found a quarterback. Over the course of an up and down season, George Pickens looks fantastic at wide receiver, Naji Harris played some of his best ball, and like the line started as a disaster, but it got a little bit better as the year went along and the whole all offense in general kind of grew together. All these guys are on rookie deals, so it's like, I kind of get you don't know what to say, because it's like, we just have to see another year
of it and see where they are after. They aren't a billion burning like voids here in Pittsburgh. Look at the defense before within without t J. Watts, So you hopefully have him for a full season. I would love it. This is not what they do. This is not a
Pittsburgh move. But as much as they might like pick it, or the idea of him long term, imagine Lamar Jackson talking about it to a rival and and putting together it's not a poison pill contract, but something really unpalatable for Baltimore, and then all of a sudden you have him playing with Mike Tomlin and that defense. Love that that's a wild fantasy. But Kenny Pickett, like he knows
the building. He knew where all like the laboratory just so so which which laboratory take the extra the smaller, the shorter urinals, which had the higher ones. Do you know who Stalls helped change the rules into like indirectly
because of the poison pill contract. I miss poison There was a few throughout the years, but I think the last one, Yeah, Hutchinson was Another one was our colleague Nate Burleson, one of my close friends, one of our podcast co host, Nate Burleson, some of those things, his contract going too, I think from Minnesota, the Seattle that was so is a podcast co host. Well, I mean
he's I think colleague interviewed Rihanna. We just had to burnout the time on Greg's bit here, not on purpose, but you want to call time out, you got to finish your bit. I'm calling time out. I didn't know timeouts are available. Yeah, you guys. Every year is you guys, You're likely band Cole's timeouts. Anybody could call time out and I'm calling one time back to Greg. You're giving it,
You're giving it to me. Yes, I believe it was the Vikings and the Seahawks and the poison Pill thing was so I forget what the rules where it was like if if you're in the Northwest, then you get like a seven million dollar bonus. I don't know. They added some crazy thing into his contract, and the NFL at that point was like, all right, we need to see Hutchinson was there can't be another offensive lineman that's being paid more than his salary, and that that competing
team had somebody already on the roster poison pill. They wipe those things out, wipe them out. Interesting, Okay, So just to be clear with the timeout thing, we got three, we each get three, No, there's three total. You're a team, so one person or we are a team, and there wet as they around the NFL podcast, we're trying to create the best show, and the timeouts help god do that. But Dan tends to be like Kyle Shanahan and like if the clock's running down, it's like first quarter doesn't
like to save him at all. To see like it's something like maybe maybe a head coach or a host has to take control and call time out and help that. Ye did a fine job at that time out of others are thought you were setting me up to get tranked. Uh no, not at all. I assume. I assume our buyelines have not changed. I have no idea who actually did that. It must have been Ali. I you know what I am the um the NFL dot com profiles which um Henry went into mine Henry Hodgson about five
or six years ago and rewrote mine No. Uh And the last line says Hansa's hosts, Oh interesting. The award winning around the NFL podcast within a plum reminiscent of a young Chris Berman that has sat on NFL dot com for the better part of a decade. So is our status as award winning it's been since I can't take it away the best new podcast in twenty fourteen or something. All right, time in let's move to the AFC South. Oh what a division, my goodness. All right,
so it is the cults start here. It's an absolute certainty. The Colts will come out of free agency draft, trades, blah blah blah with the QB of the future in their minds. Will it be a trade, free agency draft? Probably draft. They have the number four pick, and you could see management, especially at this point where the management is ownership, being hyper aggressive and maybe moving up out of that number four spot to go get somebody they
really want. But I'll say I'll do it again. I know I don't want to keep hitting ringing the same bell here. But do they make sense as a Lamar
suitor the Colts? Because because Ursay, quite frankly, has become a real unpredictable character the owner of the Colts, and because of the frustrations in their post luck era, which is about you know, four or five years now, would they make a play because if they could make something work the ABC South is I mean, the Jaguars are a promising team on the rise, but otherwise you can really make noise in that division with a big time quarterback.
So the draft is probably the most likely place they're going to get that QB of the future. But are they a team to keep an eye on for Lamar? I think, like Chris Ballard obviously cannot pick more than one more quarterback. Ever at this point um and you can't. No one would argue going for Lamar Jackson from a talent level. I think it seems a little aggressive for who they are, But they do also have a chance they've really wanted to. They're flushed with draft picks over
the next couple of years, not missing ones. Ryan Poles of the Bears has said that there is a team out there, a couple of teams that have basically already offered like multiple number ones to get up, and that's not everyone you'd expect. But the Colts could do that without too many problems and get the number one guy
they want. I'd like to think they'd want to build around someone young, but I'd pitched the Lamar Jackson thing on that in our Lamar episode because it kind of if you're Shane Stike and you just did all this with Jalen Hurts, so not exactly the same player, but why saddle him with anything other than someone he can maximize. But I think they're two wounded from taking but they can't can't be though, well Carson went, but they seem so married to this idea. Jim mur say kind of
giving it away in the press conference. Favorite there's a couple Alma, yeah, like he's looking good. I think they all just like like this idea. I also think that it's like good for job security. We're gonna start that Alabama kid pretty maybe keep him up the mic for a few minutes. Actually, they have many quarterbacks that have played a lot of football on this roster. Still, Matt Ryan is on this roster. Still, that's a former Eagle, great guy, you know, who's gone up a lot in
the cue radio. I feel like since the end of the season. I guess it's obvious. But man, people love stiking everyone. Everyone makes it out to be that stings the genius all along a little some Frank Reichlely maybe he was behind the butt putt. Let's also need a lot of players on their defensive line, and Gokway is a free agent Okaiki, they're linebackers a free agent. Brodley, by the way, is the offense line bad? Now? What's up with that? You're dead? I'm already shot. I mean
that's I mean that a bad year for him? Yes, that is that a bad line? And you know Quenton Nelson fell off a cliff. What's going on here? So that's what I mean? Yeah, I think him right? Yeah, that on him. It's nice to see Couter back in the big spot coordinator. Thank you, Jim Cooter. Why are we spending so much time talking about this team? Come on, let's talk about the only team that matters in the South. That's what I'm talking about. The Jaguars rake yourself, Jaguar,
turn that Trak on your own self. So anyway, yes, the Jags want to come back for them after I mean this time last year they were coming off an ugly, messy public breakup with Urban Meyer and now they're just in this beautiful relationship with Doug Peterson. Won the division, watched a different Trevor Lawrence emerge, so they have a legit quarterback on a rookie deal right now. Came back from down twenty seven points against the Chargers to play in the divisional round and lose by a touchdown to
Kansas City. But this is the comeback that was hoped for. This was Dan. We talked about it on the Power Rankings podcast at the beginning of the season. Which teams which will be back next year. I'm sure which team will turn it around. So listen. They have Calvin Ridley now on the team. He's back, He's a Jag. The past defense definitely needs some work. Tyson Campbell had a good year Shack Griffin. They just released him cap casualty there, so they have to do some work on the back end.
They tagged Evin ingram Zay Jones also produced last year. Those were there two free agent editions, so I think they're in really good shape. Yeah. I mean, also, everyone including Trevor Lawrence hinted at the fact that his rookie year obvious just didn't even exist. Last year was this rookie year, and so it's year two for everyone in a way, and it's like, I just think that there
is really no ceiling on the Jaguars. I think the one thing that can get escaped in a little bit, it's just expectations where it's like now they're just going to roll into the playoffs. It's like that that doesn't always work, and it doesn't always work with Doug Peterson too necessarily, So we just we'll see. I'm a little sometimes it does. I just don't want to take at them for the AFC title game. I mean, the second year of Doug Peterson for Philadelphia worked out pretty well.
It did. Yeah, I mean, you're a little teas there, Marky. There is no there's no room. I don't know teams to go. I'm a showman, they have. He moved his arms like a marching robot showman action figure. I thought it was interesting. Tred Balky basically said to the media that like last year, last year was their year. Like they went in last year, this year, they're very much just gonna bring back the same team. They don't have
a lot of cap flexibility. It's kind of like the Patriots went crazy in twenty twenty and then they totally stopped spending your twenty twenty one and stopped twenty and twenty two. So it's basically the whole team is coming back. We have a couple of free agents John Taylor, arden Key. Other than that, they're basically trying to bring back the same team continuity. Usually I would be against that teams, you know, you shouldn't rest on your laurels and all that,
but I don't mind seeing this nuclear is kind of coalesced. Yeah, and they're young. They're young, you know, for another year. Christian the Tennessee Titans, Graver and I are just bonding at this point. Yeah, friends, the team we didn't bring up when Graver thought it, what's gonna happen A face. So I actually think they're one of the most fascinating teams this offseason because we're gonna find out in the next ten is are they gonna blow it up or not.
This is this roster is a borderline disaster. I mean, their offensive line has been bad. It looks like it's getting worse. We think Derrick Henry might be available. You might as well just go the whole way and make Ryan Tannehill available and then you're kind of in the you know, number one overall pick for Caleb Williams sweepstakes. They could be a team the Titans that that could go for a rookie quarterback this year too, like move up in the draft. They're they're at number eleven. But
I just don't see a clear path out. And I would always say this about three or four teams in the NFL, and it's crazy that the Titans are one of them, and they always prove us wrong. Maybe they'll prove us wrong, but it feels like will they they're gonna be like six win type of team. Yeah, I agree with Greg. Actually, and here's the sound. We're on
a limited clock here. I don't want to okay, sorry, but just the fact that you did all that, I think the best course of action is for the Titans to go into rebuild mode and get a high pick in twenty twenty four. I don't think that's what they will do. There are reports that the Titans prefer CJ. Stroud of all the quarterback options in this class. He could be available down in like the seven eight nine
range if they wanted to trade up. I don't know if Vegas is going to trade down, but could look to trade up at three with the Cardinals at five, with who's to five the Lions. Six is the Seahawks, or maybe that's opposite five and Seahawks six the Lions. All those teams kind of have quarterbacks. I mean, I
don't know if the Lions do. But you can't just like one quarterback though, if you make that trade unless you went wait till draft right because C. Straud might go number one, totally one percent chance you put on Tannehill being on the team seventy. I think it's most likely they do that. But if they move Tannehill, that is a clear indication of where they think the team is, which is rebuilding. Right. Obviously their offensive line is not.
There's no worse line last year in the league. You could argue, yeah, and it's not getting better right now. Taylor Lawan on Nate Davis likely hitting free agency, um, David Long Junior is in my top twenty. Now after all the tags. In terms of daily Dennis Daly was not very good. He allowed the most sack tight for allowed the most sacks in the NFL last year. Do you have Tannehill going to the Falcons? I still like it and nobody and I've been through this justin but like,
maybe this is a take your medicine year. Maybe you do strip the whole thing down to the studs. I think it's worth it for the long term outlook, Like is it like what are you gonna do if you go win seven games and picking the teens again? Like you're not gonna build for the future that you made that run with that group and now they peaked. Do you like Ran Carthon as the guy to do? Yeah?
Why not cop right now? Yeah? All right? We finish up with the Houston Texans marks, and we engineered it that way because the respect for the Texans within this building, in this corporation knows no end. They have been a consistent punching line for years. We know that it's been a mini function um on the PR front for various reasons. But I want you to take a look at the Texans now, Damiko Ryans feels like a great hire to me. I mean the players that have been around him, just
like I just think it's just gonna worry. You have the third most cap space league wide. You have the second overall pick, the twelfth overall pick. You're getting at least your second favorite QB. You have two extra first rounders over the next two drafts. You got a handful of good players already. You've got two offensive tackles you can work with, Damian Pierce, Nico Collins on defense, Jail and Petre. You're in a soft division right now. Did
somebody say hyper juicy, hyper juicy? Somebody say hyper juicy Percercer in the AFC they I am telling you, no one talks about the Texans. This team, I think has they has a chance to do a Jaguars thing again. Hyper jerky, hyper juicy Perzerka a total disaster. U Okay, Colleen and Dan jumped in there too and had their
little fun. But when I said something, immediately your hand came out and almost poked me in the almost a physical It's like seven times a minute, so it's just like a human ever stopped talking, Greg Um, I was just trying to squeeze the line out and it blew me up. So what do you want? You get? Four Gate? Did you see the Chris Rock stand up special? For a year the entire world is what's Chris Rock gonna do? How will he address you? He does a live show. Oh,
time out, time out again? Dan Us, you know all the time out? All right? So one left. Chris Rock gets slapped at the Oscars by Will Smith. Unbelievable. One of the craziest pop culture moments of our lifetime. A year passes. What will Chris Rock do? Okay, this is gonna tie to what just happened here? How will he
speak on it? What will happen? He's gonna go on tour and then he's gonna put out a comedy special and everyone will want to know how he acts to what he has to say about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, the whole crew. He does a Netflix special, but not just any Netflix special, Greggy, you know people in the world of comedy. It's a live Netflix special, unprecedented, a
huge deal Saturday Night. He waits until the very end of the set to discuss the Will Smith situation, and when he finally gets to that after otherwise flawless show. In terms of his delivery, he botches the bit he says the wrong movie he meant to say. He meant to say concussion whatever that movie was, and said instead said of emancipation, the newer movie. Did Smith did and blew the whole thing? Oh that's what happened, Well it didn't.
He have like ten minutes on that though, and he stepped on the key joke and had connected all the different parts of the running joke, and it was a devastating situation. That's how I felt when you tried to say, did somebody say hyper juicy berserker in the AFC? That was a well used time out in my opinion. Okay, let's see it. Nick Cassario. Everyone's like when they were like almost fiery Nick Assario, they were like, oh, how dare they like consider fiery Nick Cassario before he could
show what he could do. He's also the guy who hired David Culley and hired Lovey Smith and they each lasted one year. Yeah, let's see. Well, to Mark's point, could they be that berserker? Well, they have four games against Tennessee and Indy, So that's a good start. The thing that made Jacksonville a compelling pick in that regard was generational quarterback getting a fresh start with a coach in Doug Peterson, and some pieces in place that they're
smart or a very aggressive offseason of spending. Remember, not a lot of people thought it was smart what Jacksonville did some of their spending. It all worked out. I don't know if they're in the same places, these two franchises, but I see your overall point that if you hit on the quarterback, Uh, they're they're in the right place to all of a sudden jump double their wint for long term six right if they mess all these things up I just mentioned, Yeah, that's an absolute organizational apoca.
Get the quarterback. Like, not to oversimplify it, but like if you hit on the quarterback, yes, you can do that. If you don't time out timeouts and the Texans two seconds left, the Texans saying they don't get any respect, We're gonna give it to them, and I'm just gonna do it. To point out a name we haven't mentioned on this show. One of the most important men in
this organization is Bobby Slowick. That's their offensive coordinator. He is taking over an offense with a number one overall quarterback or number two overall, depending on where they end up drafting. I kind of think they'll end up having the first overall pick because it's just gonna make sure they get their guy that they're the most logical team. Former PF Bloyee Bobby Slowik, how about that? Well, Also,
his dad was a longtime NFL uh coach. I forget his dad's name, but he was around in the same It's all very incestral, in the same sort of Shanahan Tree. And he also comes from San Francisco. But a young coach who's gonna have some pieces. They'll probably trade Brandon Cooks. They have to figure that out. Uh So I find that interest whatever. They're gonna do a ton sol too. I think, oh they keep tons. I mean they got they got a great left tackle. You got a couple pieces.
I don't think they're Damian Pierce won the scepter at the NFL. That was a big spot. Very nice. I'm kind of with you, Mark. I think they need to push, they need to make progress this year, or that he's gonna fire that coach. But Auntie about the vision, maybe that the GM and all that they're not. They got a chance, they got resources. Uh PF employee also Zach Robinson, the former PF employee, now in a bit just to
filibuster for the rest timeout. I just want to point out now that that is the end of the third quarter of this show. We've done three of the four divisions, and you just used our final time out with the entire fourth quarter still to play. Yeah, we're down two scores. That that was my I've just learned it from my my cost. You know, that's what you used to do a lot early. I don't see you. Are you talking about Mark not me? I didn't take a time out.
I didn't. I didn't say anything. I take a time out. You need those timeouts in the fourth I had to get in that slow pop. That's uh, let's take a break and then finish things out, all right, fourth quarter? No timeouts the AFC West, Colleen Wolf, Are you prepared to talk honestly? Yeah? Honestly. Well, I mean, we'll see what happens once I start talking. But I mean it's you know, honestly, you have started talking. Well, the timer hasn't. All right, let's go le Broncos what a disaster last year.
So a couple questions here, Ken Peyton, Sean Payton vibe with Russell Wilson like he did with Drew Brees. Will that be enough to fix how broken Russell Wilson looked at times last season. There's talent on this roster, and if Russell Wilson can tap into whatever he was able to have in Seattle with those deep throws and and just his his awareness on the field during the game, which he just didn't seem to have so many times last season, then they'll be in pretty good shape. The
offense was an absolute disaster last year. It was a career bad year for Russell Wilson, a ton of injuries to skill positions. Tim Patrick didn't even make it to the kickoff of the regular season because he was hurt in training camp. Um offensive tackle they four different ones in twenty twenty two, three of which are free agents. The defense always solid, that's usually not a problem. An excellent secondary. Patrick Surtan made the leap that was great
to see. But they could use outside linebacker help a defensive end as well. But it'll be a quiet night for Denver on Thursday of the draft because they have zero picks in the top sixty five. Who I mean, I'm not comparing Hackett to urban Meyer at all, but like it's got that chance to be that kind of
leap for the team in general. Because the one thing that kind of bugged me about Hackett it seemed like he and there was you know, whispers about this that he just didn't really have the makeup to stand up to Russell Wilson or stand up to some of the chaos. That there are even sideline shots where you could see the defense confronting the offense and Hacket sort of fades into the background, and it was just like, come on, bro.
But I also think that Sean Payton never would have taken this job or I would assume this without power, And he's gonna have more power than Russell Wilson, and that's gonna be tough for Russell Wilson to get out of Russell will after the season if it doesn't go well. I don't think it's like a Russell Wilson or bust
situation for Sean Payton. Otherwise it's a terrible job to take. Yeah, Like what also didn't help hack It was Russell Wilson couldn't play, no doubt, and like with Trevor, Lawrence was a rookie that was trapped in a bad situation. If Peyton, if if Russell Wilson still is terrible in September, like how long is the rope? Even with Russell Wilson or Sean Payton, gonna have somebody ready to roll that he likes.
Whether it's I feel power, a veteran uh that's out there on the market, or somebody they draft and try to develop. I don't know, they should have it. That'll be telling have a good backup. It doesn't need to be a veteran backup. Maybe it is a rookie, but like, is he just like break like I don't okay before and if he gets back to being okay, it's still a bit of a disaster. We were just saying, if Deshaun Watson's average, and that's a disaster, and that's like
what you're hoping for out of Wilson. Keep an eye on Courtland's Sutton maybe as a potential trade chip to get one to get one of those picks. I got enough receivers, all right, Let's ride to the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. So they just won that Super Bowl. As what I thought, they were a good team that were lifted to greatness by a magnificent quarterback. So there are areas of improvement here. The offensive line
very interesting. They decided not to tag their left tackle, Orlando Brown, so that opens up a potential massive deed on Mahomes's blind side. There are some tackle options in the free agent market. I'd be interested to see if that's the route they go on this. But the defense is also an area of need because Connie I remain fairly confident that if they don't throw that flag, I think Hurts is like the biggest sports star in America right now, because I think he would have taken them
down the field and won that damn game. So their defense was ripe to be picked off there they weren't. They lucked out Frank Clark, they let go this week, so he didn't become what they ever wanted him to be. Chris Jones is such a monster, just give him some help. So I think the idea of offensive line pass rusher seemed like two obvious places for the defending champs to focus on over the next month or so. They don't
have a tackle right now. I mean they're they're left tackle is about to hit free agency or Lander Brown in their right tackle Andrew Wiley is about the hit free agency. True that that's a bit of an issue. I found this tweet from our guy James Palmer, who unfortunately doesn't have the uh Twitter account at James Palmer. That is a man who's an entrepreneur, a technologist, and an explorer. But it sounds like, wait, there are still explorers.
He hasn't tweeted since twenty fifteen, so he's busy. Wait, they're still explorers. He's an ex. Yeah, but James Palmer TV, you'll find a very interesting tweet about the Chiefs Wide Receiver cruit group who. They say, we'll all be back. The plan is to bring back Juju, so a little news there so we'll see, but plans to bring them back, and that they expect Kanarius Tony to be their wide receiver one next year. Who and then McCall Harbin and is, well,
I'm not really counting McCall. Yeah, you got sky Moore, you got MBS, got Kelsey for Tony, I mean I think part of a Tony. It's like wide receiver one for how many weeks out of the season, But I love like the idea of them on the team with a much larger role. Does trust the Chiefs like like that they had issues coming out of the Super Bowl loss to the Bucks and they patched up their line that offseason in a great which is kind of trust them to do it, And like brut Beach doesn't get
enough credit. Normally you worry about handling success and they've been to five straight AFC championships, so I think they've proven it. I'm seeing a little exchange here between James Palmer and then Peter King, quote retweeting about some reporting from Palmer regarding Kirk Cousins act in the Day with the Broncos, King wrote, sorry, I didn't know this when I wrote on Monday. Comma at James Palmer, you deserve the kudos for reporting Broncos never made an offer to Cousins.
He sent it to the Explorer Sea. I love it, okay, but Lick, seriously, how do we get that guy on the pod? The Explorer gonna make sure he makes it. Could get Typhoid out there? Um the Chargers? Mark? Yeah, I was just like I've been looking at what's going on with these guys. I feel like if last year's Chargers team, no I did. I did, honestly, I did. Honestly, Like, if they frustrated you last year, I think I have some bad news for you because it was like last
offseason that they went all in to win. Now with Justin Herbert on a rookie deal, um, it didn't work out. They're twenty one million in the red. They can restructure a number of guys, like every one of these teams, but they're also going to have to sign Justin Herbert to a mass some contract at some point. Football is completely different than basketball. They just can't really like had the talent or depth. They're kind of stuck doing not a lot in this free agency period, and I mean
they have to absolutely nail their draft. And I was a huge brand and still a guy, But I feel like my two biggest memories of him are the way they lost the Raiders game two seasons ago and the absolute implosion against the Jaguars, which his whole branding was that all that old Charger stuff doesn't exist anymore. All that's just up in the head. We're going to be completely different. But that was like the most Chargers esque
lost ever, and I don't know if Justin Herbert. I do like Kelen Moore in thereover Joe Lombardi, but I mean, all things considered, I was looking around. I cannot find a bigger hot seat coach in the AFC than Brandon Stilly. Unless the Jets thing went totally south with Aaron Rodgers. They didn't get them and they had to go in with nobody at quarterback. I want them to focus on offense. They've spent so much time, resources, money, draft picks on
Brandon Staley's defense. This happens when you get defensive coaches. He wants his side of the bottle of good and they've never been particularly good. They've had moments here or they're like, let's get as many weapons around Justin Herbert as possible, but I don't really trust them to do it. They're in cap space difficulty and some teams you think would restructure and be able to spend more, but they're one of those teams that I don't think really spends
as much as other teams in terms of cash. And when the NFLPA report card came out the other week, Chargers thirtieth in the league. F minus training room, C minus training staff, D minus locker room F food service. I don't know. Maybe they're getting their food service from the same people that have Sofi Stadium, the best maybe stadium in the entire country, and the worst stadium food in the country. Let's fix it, Croy. Are they talking about the Well, yeah, this is different than their training.
Has nothing to do with so far. But my point about the so Fi food stands bad food. That's my favorite take from this entire show, by the way, that the food needs to get better. It's so far. Well, they're a tenant, and uh that's that's gonna limit their abilities to do any charges have nothing to do with it. Really, they need a wide receiver. Um. I know that Keenan Allen who's being thrown around as like a cap casualty, but they said that that's not gonna happen. He's not
another one have to draft. They had the slowest whiteouts in the league last draft. One of those fancy tight ends you did a hand thing. You said, cap space difficulty. Is that because you the concept of heaven and hell you wanted to stay away from caps hell? Is that? Are you editing him? No, I'm just asking a question. We're not talking about the team anymore. This is just about Greg. Save it for the theology podcast. Well that's awesome.
On point, it's disturbingly um all right, that's it, right, No Raiders. Okay, this team needs defensive backs, it needs linebackers, it needs pass rushers, it needs run stoppers. That's the entire defense. They need a defense. They have nothing on defense. They don't. They're in a tough situation. I think McDaniels took a difficult They need offensive linement terrible. He took
a difficult job. Not a lot of people on their roster that I think long term are going to be there and like reasonably high expectations because they were coming off a playoff appearance. It's they're in a tough spot. I think they're the in the toughest spot in this division. You trust Josh McDaniels to be the guy to save this It doesn't look good like I'm I'm just I'm I'm looking at this team right now, and they have a lot of cap space. That is one they are
is a plus. They're a team that you hear struggles with Escrow. Keep that in mind. Yeah, they're they're one of those Lamars. Yeah, that couldn't get Lamar because they cuscrow hell difficulty. I thought Darren Waller might be a guy that they look to trade, but there has been reporting that that that that's not the case. I don't I don't know if I totally Stavante Adams definitely. Yeah, I say it's definitely. I'm sure he's thrilled about this. What are they Who are they connected to right now?
Jimmy Garoppolo has been a name that's you know, obviously knows Sexans are also connected. Yeah, they could draft. I think they can move. They're a candidate to move up from seven or or draft someone like Willis and they did. He did very good work. It looks even better now with Mac Jones in two thousand, uh twenty one. So get give if we want to see if McDaniels can play the guitar, give him some runway with a young
quarterback and see if they can build something here. Yeah, I know what problem And like moving on from car, I do wonder if there was another world where they thought we'll have Tom Brady by this stage in the off season versus nothing, but you'd have a good draft position. You didn't know that when you had Derek car essentially leave the building. Though. They just have so many So Dave Ziegler and McDaniels just have It's tough to team build in one off season that many spots on defense.
You're county on your coaches to do it a little bit. I do think Jimmy g would be better than Derek Carr with Josh McDaniels. I've always thought he would have been better if he stayed in that system. I'm with you. How about Jimmy G. Yeah, pare him with a first round rookie. Jimmy. He's not gonna play seventeen games anyway.
So and Aaron Rodgers is completely not just they keep there's it sounds like it's a no go I think from a from a money too, Yeah, I could see them going for a Javon Hargrave in free agency for a James Bradberry. How about all the Eagles. I hate that John Gardner and Johnson they need they literally need everything on their defense. Other than that, things are looking really good. I can't wait. Sorry, we love you, Dark Sun that is around the AFC and forty eight is minutes.
Good work. Loved it. Colleen, You've said it all. It's been so much fun being in studio today and I'm just happy that I was able to carve a little time out to see my friends. Very nice. When does the when does the summer of Connie begin? We need to know that scheduling um in March? Now pretty much you went to Hotlanta up next where Caradabean. Perhaps maybe you know I gotta I gotta figure it all out trying to go on some type of retreat. We'll see
Greece darkness. It is only March, that's really not that close to the summer. It also hasn't topped like fifty five degrees and raining here. This is when you plan for your saks. So I feel like you and Gonzo, maybe an ayahuasca retreat could be not like no way there. You could not even pay me money to no. That sounds sounds terrible, like why just because of the company.
I think there's a little dignity loss with certain aspects of the retreat, as I've heard of with ayauasca, Like you are in a bathroom and it's like food poisoning. Essentially the body rejects that. My idea of fun, right m I understand that. I'm sorry for bringing all right, we will be back. We gave you guys a lot of content they last couple of days. But there's more coming because around the NFC in forty eight minutes with a great Clay Bond coming up later this week, so
stay tuned for that. And that's that was this the closest it ever came to Mark hitting Greg. I was not attempting to hit anyone. But was it a swing? I was close, I wasn't I know, just it was a he the call